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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Under

i M; Nanking, ‘ion replied to “mike city Ill darkened.

the fire, while

[bile ‘shellsirom Japanese war-iancse have seven anchored oi! the city crash- ed ofl the city. In Chinese artillery developments, the cabinet

Jap

n. u.

hu decided to send two army div-

Jap- lsions numbering 20,000 men to ese temple in foreground.

Bombardment

__ SL u. . . . view oi latest there at present. ABOVE photo at Toklo shows the river front of the city ‘oi Nanking, with do ancient Chin-

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Slender

iilii iiENlliiNBH AGREEMENT! ii|iH_i_l_ll8S|i

British Govt. Will; End “Dumping” 0t Russian Goods Into England.

(Special to the Guardian) LONDON, Feb; 10.-The Dally! Mail said todny that the Govern-' merit would soon denounce the trade agreement with Soviet Rus- sia by the late labor government with a view to ending a. "dumping" .

NEW MAYOR AND FOUR NEW MEMBERS

liPiN idiii alISARMiiiiEiiT

(I! Anilruc Herding, Associated Press Staff Writer)

IENEVA, Feb. l0.-—(A.P.)—Jap- iiiidded he‘; voice today to the call ltldlsarnizinicnt. Tsuneo Matsu- iilralapanrsc Ambassador at Lon- tipsnd chici oi Tokyo delegation tlihe World Disarmament Con- leince, assorted in a declaration oi W! that "notwithstanding the iiilortunate situation in the far tilt, Japan ls as eager as ever to Miller the cause oi disarmament.”

The Ambassador's speech, the tiniest address by any great power Itiresentative, iollowed that oi Di- ioGi-andi, Italian Foreign Minister, ‘in presented to the delegates a h“ llfoflmmme ior lessening the inien oi war preparations.

“it 35'Year-old Italian Foreign iiinlster advocated widening the

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iNNOUNCEMiLNTS, COMING EVaNrs,

g MEETINGS, arc

V"c°m° to tho Concert at Rose

lilo Hall Thursdn - Y. February "h- if not ilne, Friday. 045-2-11-11.

"Mmm" Medina o! Lot a Shl p- aiillub will be held in Glenwood

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In Three - Co

Favorable weather, and consider- ablc public interest in the event. resulted in a large turnout oi vot- crs in thc civic election yesterday, the result being a victory for Hon. . W. S. Stewart in thc Mayoralty contest by a majority oi 405; the return of four members of the past City Council, also three new Coun- cillors and onc former Councillor.

Following is the line-up oi thc new civic government:

Mayor

Hon. W. S. Stewart.

Councillors Ward Oiie-Ex-Coun. A. A. Hen- nesscy. - Ward Two-Conn. M. W. Rear-

don (elected by acclnmntlon). Ward Three-Mr. F. H. Trainor.

Advance In Production Of Footwear

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 10. (By the Canadan Presw-Durlng the cal-

roR COUNCIL BOARD

' Civic Election ‘Y-e-sterday Results In Victory For Hon.W.S. Stewart

rnered Mayor-

alty Contest-Four Members Of Old Council fie Re - Elected.

Ward Four-Conn. B. R. Holman, (re-elected), Mr. W. P. Doull.

Ward Five-Conn. Samuel Ken- ncdy, (re-elected), Coun. W. E. Burke, (re-elected), Mr. R. L. Day.

Water Commissioners

Messrs. J. A. Webster, Hugh F. Connors and G. D. Wright, (all re- elected by acclamatlon).

The total votes polled in the may- oralty contest were 2567 as com- pared with 2757 in the last mayor- alty election oi 1928. In 1930 Mayor Prowse was elected by acclamation.

Mr. Stewart received a total vote o! i265, as against B60 for Dr. Blan- chard and 442 for Coun. E. A. Fos- tor. In Ward One, Ex-Coun. Hennes- sey's vote was 249, a. majority oi

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I Text Of Trade Bill Delayed

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LONDON, Feb. I0. (Canadian Press C bin-Publication oi the text oi the government's trade bill, ‘which will reveal the iull range oi

oi Russian goods which lmperilled the British trade balance. The an- ; nouncement oi the agreements ter- l mlnation, the newspaper said would =1... mzde soon after sa- John sum‘ on, Secretary oi State for Foreign Adah-s returns from thc zlsarm- amen‘. conference at Gcnev... next week. Imports oi Russian goods ex- ceeded British exports to Russia by about $125,000,000 a year, the

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Anhull Eubsrripliolns llriiin-rrri $3.00 Br unii Cllllilllll um] c. s. A. “.50.

st Great Drive

barked For Chinese Also

(By lilorrls J. Harris, Associate

SHANGHAI, m». l1.—(Thursd,1

JAPANESE HUGE PREPARATIONS FOR ,FI1_\lAL BIG geyser

érishly T0__S_t_em Advance.

cclllTiililt. 1933. By the Associated Pres;

Tvvo Army (Divisions Number- mg 20,000 Men Have Em-l

The Front — Working Fev-

d Press Stall Correspondent)

)')'—Tl\0 greatest concentration of

811115. manpower and ammunition oi the entire Shanglial-Woosung en. gagemcnt was in progress this morning as the Japanese and the Chinese i 8'01- ready to fight it out to thc finish. The troops werg massed “bout "'10 ‘vlwfllllg forts, whi-rc the Chinese have stood up for a woo]; undu- nlmost continued bombardment and acriul attack. ,

JAPS BUSHING TWO DIVISIONS T0 FRONT

'l‘lu- or“ ~~ii‘.rzitluri lllJVClllCRt was carried out (‘rider the cqvq- of jhipsllsljbrhl-Idzxtqlrixttlllrt jscllliiclur: glomillilg’ Pilsscngers aboard steam- had passed a dozen Japanese troo shxlang l‘: [lye Wednesday Sam they a code message from Japan sa l p p!‘ c“ a] source! he“ ‘ecu-yea

y rig that two army divisions, about 20,000 men, had embarked for the front,

VERY LITTLE “WAIST Although Mile. Arlcttc itlurclinih. well-known French beauty, is not an economist, she lays claim to the smallest waist in Fro-nee.

mall explained. , It said the expectation on which the trade agrement wis based that British trade would benefit had been erroneous, moreover the news-- paper added most British goods had been bought by Russia on credit with the result that Russia owed Great Britain about $250,000,000. while Russia. had been flooding the British market with goods at prices sometimes 40 percent below value against which the British could not ' complete.

Mill TRAPPEF.

Silii lunar

‘rooTglirCxilzcse got ready for the big push by draining their reserve P o rench lines to the rear oi’ their positions in Chapel.

l In the sector about the north sta-

MAKING-

“mun-CT

"Tame Wolf”

[lion oglyh two lines of trenches re- bales oi cotton into the Woosung

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u °_ finned. Hitherto three or secto. for use in protecting strong m" hues have held ‘"11 wmilie" points from Chinese machine gun rents oi men. A gap oi half a _ bullets and aptmery Sham .iile existed between the Chinese‘ The Chinese carted great qu .1. t . r g an- ‘m and the Silllllort lines aiter titise oi wooden beams and iron in- he shift had been completed. Jap- to the Woosung area and mesc field, pieces, unloaded from "iuisitioned wnshboards witzvfhrri- m l - - °‘

2d I; Froirlli-tgléhgicpoo. were plck-‘ to build shelter roofs and n, buttress

811E081 docks by . the sides o! their trenches. Mean- motortrucks that rumbled away to]

the north. Japanese trucks rushed (Continued on Page 3)

Jul 1 Conference i/Vill Be Representative Of . 1-4 Of World’s Sarfac

(Canadian Press) been represented at previous Im- OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. l0.—-Thc ;perla.l Conferences. The Crown Imperial Economic Conference at . colonies, which will not be repre- Ottawa next July, will be repre- scnted, include: scntative of one-quarter of the area SOUTH AMERICA-Eritish Gui- oi the world's surface, with the in- , ana, Falkland Islands. ciuslon in it oi representatives oi NORTH AMERICA-Bermuda.

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Ranks oi the posse following

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the Crown colonies oi Great Bri- taiu. It will also be representative oi almost one-quarter of the world's population of two billion of people. Besides the Empire oi India, there are the Dominioris of Ireland, Can- ada, Union of South Africa, Austral- ia, New Zealand, and Newfound- land and Labrador. which have

Sllltiilli

PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Feb. l0.

WEST INDIES-Bahamas, Bar- bados, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda and Reponda, St. Christopher, Nev- is and Anguilpa, Dominica, Mont- scrrat, Virgin Islands and Sombre- ro, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Vincent.

CENTRAL AMERICA — British Honduras.

EURDPE—Isle of Mari, Channel Islands, Malta, Gibraltar.

AFRXCA — Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Kenya Colony, Maurit- ius, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia. Southern ‘Rhodesia, St. H8161"!- Seychelles, Sierra Leone.

MLwl-‘riday night, Febzuai-y 12th

' 56-2-11-11. - endar year 1931 the production oil articles exempt from the new gen- leather iootwear in Canada made|eral 10 per cent duty, is being de- torlayed, owing it is said to a last

miilillt J. A. Moore, Charlotte.

before Insuring. The gun

on advance over 1930. According

iii . ellcanadas ilfsest Insurance B‘ mud" 9° Gilli Your every ‘ Feb. ‘10-41.

"The Annual Mm; 111s oi Tryori will be held in the Public A, 1%"? 585M118)’. February Iolloiiin ' ‘M u “my. the 1 “midw- 0194-10-21.

‘Tan. “T . lthool the“ 0°“ "-

Baptist ins, w“ Thunder.

_ February 89o. Sale oi

5714-10-21 0

0 cg edy l q "1 sketches also vo- inmlofltrumeam music u. Phil- mm. Thursday evening. 5114-10-21

l! Wi-k

lommflarllfc Weivhinc Party at

lltdsy eveni ° “'°K1fl1~v. Wed-

uiqummi- "brim-y aim, in

ma“ River Women's m. m-a-ii-ai.

($100k. Tlcka‘

“Nouehmm . Iiianire tele 1,030! noidm North lent n m, 6D“ l" Y"!!! assess- _ I, m, g5: 1217:1210 in reb-

N course um] b‘ thruliilsonaonth 049-2-11-11.‘

wan“ ~i_

0nd ‘ n‘ u" 3°88. Hunter evlyfflfimn’ "bunny ma. lime. Reopen‘ Emerald. Alden 0mm "Wing same

rd mreii wedlock. 0504-1141-

River,

‘lie. 51m

output was 1,133,534 pairs as a-

gdnst 1.064.192 pair in Decemberqposed

1930.

1980.

Mohammad, although enjoining

nine wives at the time oi his death,

for social in Manse, Marshiield.

"Stewart's Bakery vs. Granite: in Hghileld Rink tonight. Bus leav- Ql JimmYl Taxi office at 7.30, Skat- ing after match. 664-1!

"M Vlotmil Rink. Friday, Feb. 12th. 8001104 Prince of Wales C01-

aiter game. Admission 20 cents,

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Imports oi footwear (except rub- ber) during 1931 were valued at $1.- ,ii09,05_1. compared with 9.226.120 in

single marriage upon others. had "Reserve Thursday, February l8

601-11

lege vs. Victoria, Ramblers. Bkatinsl 6884-11-21 clonal KOII.

the Dominion Bureau oi Statlsticif minute extension oi the list oi ex- 17,677,616 pairs were manufactured‘ ‘as compared with 17,087,382 pairs- in the previous year. The Decemberlcd to be tabled today.

emptions.

The trade bill was at first expect- When the |flnanciai resolutions are finally dis-

of 1.. the House tonislll the tariff bill will be lormaliy intro- duced and then printed-

Products oi the Domlnions and colonies are not liable to the 119W 1° per cent duty, until after the 0t- tawa Imperial Conierence at lelflt- They will therefore enivy l 1119"" ure oi at least 10 per cent 9"!‘ orence, exccpt concernlnB "Ni!!! articles on the iroe list. These ar- ticles, the government has already made known, will include wheat in grain, meat including bacon. 11W wool and cotton, tea and coflee and fish of British catch.

WASHINGTON, D. (1., F65- lm-Ialeue of one billion dol- lars in “free gold” now lvlii‘ able in the United States treas- ury is pippoaod in the banklnl bill agreed Ipon today 091"?"

Another disastrous fire occurred in the Province y r morning, "1"" "l! 59- Mllustine Convent and school, South ltustico, was raz- ed t» the Blound. randomly there was no loss oi life, although at the time the convent was oc- MIDM h! iive nuns cndthlrtcen boarders.

Th" bmldilll. which was a three storey one about ‘l0 feet by '10 feet h‘ dlmmdillil. had been erected mtrtm‘ "l" llo and has been

i i .. .. kE s c a p e d Yesterday TR From His Fortified NnnucE Parapet 0n The Rat (Canadian Press) AKLAVIK, N W. T, Feb. l0.-— The Arctic's famous fugitive trap- per, two-gun Albert Johnson, trek- LONDON’ Fab" 1°‘ ‘C°'““dm“ “m! gion oi’ the Rat Rlvcr hills tonight Asmciated Press cablesn-The as pursuing police of the Royal “trade hm" t0 esttlbush a general Canadian Mounted Police drove on ten per cent tarlfl on 1111110?“ w r-eleritiesly to capture him ior mur- duced to the House oi Commons m "dummy" to?!“ and given m5 first Johnson's footprints in the snow P9541118. an" the wvemment Md were augmented today when Capt. 4115005“ ‘l! ti" Lab" i‘ enamel“ W. R. (Wop) May, veteran north- oi duties t0 One Yell-i‘ 811d Fined with several extra mcn as well as a all foodstuffs on the free list. supply oi provisions. Yesterday The first i-Pbvl‘ amendment to llllay brought word here of the mad limit operation of the tarifl to one trapper's escape from his fortified to 62 and the second, demanding ——-—-*- exemption o! food-studs from tax? oi the full text, expected tomorrow ation, was voted down by 2B5 to 65. or Fridxy, was awaited with keen The bill was then introduced by‘lnterest. It was not known what given first reading. Exact contents were still unkown and publication I St. Augustine Convent And School Completely Destroyed 9 ' . In Yesterday s Conflagration. i the boarders there is an attcndancc mitorles are on the 3rd floor, thc 51111001 Ind other‘ rooms on thc sec- ond iloor and on the main floor were the Superior‘: apartments. rc- baseinent were the usual ccllarage accommodation and the furnace, the building being heated by steam. The caretaker, ‘Mr. Emil Du Long.

River. ‘ed through the heavy-snowed re- ared: Britain tonight was intro- d“ which Wfillld have limited °P°T°~fl°n land pilot, returned to the chase year was reiected by a vote oi 845 parapet on the Rat River. Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain and products would be exempt from the C t F . oi about sixty day pupils. The dor- celving room, chapel, etc. In the s native oi Quebec, and an excep-

President Hoover and conlfll‘

in occupation as a convent and Continued on page 0

uliooiflereinoe. tnsddiloato

(By the Canadian Press-Samuel ASIA _ ceyron, Cyprus, Hong

'W. Emery, 49, one oi the leading Kong, Malaya, Straits Settlements,’

Democrats of New Hampshire and Federated Malay States.

an outstanding lawyer, committed suicide by shooting himself twice today. He took his lifr in the bis:- ment of ChrLsUs episcopal Church, o1 which he was treasurer.

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Govt. Grants To Flying Clubs

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 10. (By the Canldian Press)~Tlie total amount paid by the Dominion Government to flying clubs in the iorm oi grants

yin the past thrcc and one half I years was $52,372, stared Lt. Col. the Hon. D. M. Suiiierland, Minister oi National Defence io the House

.\lifi'i‘i'l(liifll.liiiIVAL OFFICE. T01‘- oiiio, OnL, Fob. 10-

M.\Xl.\ll".il A.\‘l'l MINIMUM TH“ PERATPIIES

Dnwsnn~ ill! »» iflli. \'nircuiirnr-iii~li.

llriiifiix-ill-Jli. (‘imrinitctorvnfl-ill-W.

ifiirvr-naisi

Oiinwn nlui Ynprr Si. Lawrence Yrilloyllt l-‘rr-oi. southeast. and south whirls; Illilflvl" “ill. sonic light local snow or purl rain.

lmvrr-nvo Valley: Fresh

oiCommons this afternoon in a re- turn in questions tabled by J. S. Woodsworth, Labor, Winnipeg North i Centre. The sum of $8.630 was used dur- ing 1928-29, $17,946 in 1029-30, Q15,- ‘973 in 1930-31 and $9,805 in 1931- :32. During thst samc period thc Ifivfirnment had issues. on loan. equipment, valued at $304,134.

Lower M. Rviiiiirnsioriv n-inils; becoming mild- cr with sonic snow.

Gull i.-...l Nnriii shore: Mostly fair

My some light snow. l Mnrilinio . Fresh southeast winds; cloudy and becoming milder vriiir some light infill snow. hlrrriilnw \\<.~i: Fresh southeast winds; r-wmly and milder with some ‘iigm iuciii eimiv or rain. . .. liiglr ml» nil.- niiornoon at 1.54 and ioliinrruw inuruiiii! It 10$ Sun Hills ii.~~. nrloriioon at 5.20 and riws iuviinrrou’ morning at 1.08.

iiiiil will: I-Fvi

l-‘irst quartz-r moon Feb. 1i, 2.10 p. m.

Sllmmsrsifle tide eighteen minutes ma: inn Chariot

WOLF NIPPED OFF FINGER . Above is Clyde “lhlic, ll, of Sault Ste, Marie, anc of whm-i- fingers was torn oil‘ at the first joint by "Barney," the tame vruii at Beilvue Park, when the boy piar. ed his mlitencd hand on (he (loo:- of the animal's cage.

THE ilNiiilid iiflllliétliliit‘

TORONTO, 0nt., Fob. lO-IBy thc Canadian Pressi-With a slim-i impressive ceremony, the Ontario legislature opened today and nd. Journed until tomorrow. A crow: which occupied every available scat heard Sir William Mulock, Chit-f Justice oi the province, road llu v Speech from the Throne; saw int

new members take their senis. nlv.

later adjourned to the Spcnkri‘: chambers for the manual rvcr-p- tlon. Tonight members and llni". families attended a supper (iIlilU;

Passed Away

(Canadian Press)

PUGWASH, N_ 5., Feb. ltl-Dr- Donald MacKintosh, for ilii._v yours 9, physcimi at Piigwnsli, (Led n.- day at the age of 8i. Ill? \r\= a prominent Mason, Past Disir ;i ‘Deputy Grand Master, and onc ii! the oldest mciribers oi the Orzlri in this district. Dr_ A. E. hint-Kiri- tosh of Amherst, N_ S, ‘

Record & Forecast of the Weather l,

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CAB FERRY RFIIEUFLE Week rliiyw-lmnvca iionicn daily I15 run. nmi ll.<i(l n.ni. IAaves Tormcnlluo daily: 10.30 em: and 2.55 ll-Ii.