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Italy Wants ‘Pia-ice Providing

It Is Accompanied By Justige Claims Il Duce. Hold Little Faith In League Action.

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Premier Mussolini.

_ Guardian's Special Wire) Premier Laval of France has

an aimed occupation of Ethiopia, yesterday. He was said to fear a breakdown of his compli- cated scheme for European peace,

v In Rome Premier Mussolini made two significant state- ments. He told 30,000 Fascist youths “we will march straight on." Previously he had told 15,000 great wgr ygt.

lost hope of preventing said advisers in Paris

erans Italy wants peace “provided it is accompanied with justice.”

In Addls Ababa Emperor Haile Selassie was urged to remain firm in the face of any new plans emanating from Geneva which it was feared might endanger Eth- iopian independence. The Italian Minister there an- nounced he had protested against a series of arrests and annoyances allegedly suffered by employees of Italian consulates,

Sir Samuel Hoare, Brit- ish Foreign Secretary, ar- rived at Geneva yesterday along with many other dele- gates to the 16th Assembly of the League, opening to- day. The minds of the dele- gates were pre-occupied with the Ethiopian problem.

A Reuters dispatch from Cairo to London said it was learned therethe concession obtained for American inter- "518 by hrnncis M. Rickett in Ethiopia was offered first to

The belief prevailed in London the Government might Protest to Rome against anti-British propaganda in Egypt.

in Pretoria Prime Minister I-lertzog of South Africa irked that the League demand its members respect all their obligations and that it act energetically to prevent

» wai- in East Africa.

Killed 1.. o... Accident

t0- P. By Guardian's Special Wire) EASTMAN, Que. Sept. 8—Drlv- l"! irom his home in Montreal to liwid ii wedding at Magog, Stuart instantly killed “'1? Yfllerdoy when the car went a: the dtch near Easyray Sta-

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.ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS.

, MEETINGS. ETC

"Talkies-St. Peter's Monday.

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By George Ilsnibleton

Canadian Press Stsl! Writer

GENEVA, Sept. b-(CP. Cable) --The 15th assembly of the Liss- gue of Nations opens tomorrow in the shadow of wsr.

’I'he agenda is formal enough. The chairman of the Council will make a speech. A new President of the Assembly will be elected. Presi- dent Samon de Valera of the Irish Free State and Edouard Benea. Foreign Mlnistor of Czechoslovakia, are in the running, with the chan- ces at present favoring Bones. Committees will be chosen. in- cluding a disarmament committee-

But the preoccupation of all the delegates pouring into Geneva to- day is the issue between Italy and Ethiopia. There. it 1e frankly admit- tod, lies the supreme test of tho Le

like.

The Council tackled the dispute with unusual speed. The Commit- tee of Conciliation ls endeavoring to work out an lined settlement. Despite her refusal to sit st the Council table with Ethiopia. Italy yielded some Points. She IINod to arbitration of the Uslusl incident which originated the dispute. Af- tar first strongly combine IHLY

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BREASE IN

Best Fall Business Since 1930 Forecast B_y Labor Federa- tion.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 8 -- The best Fall business since i900 was forecast today by, the American Itcderltion of Labor.

At the seine time, the Federation, in its ‘ y business survey. told industry that labor must share in

BATON ROUGE, Sept.

and seriously wounded ‘ ' in

manent any gain. “After a five period. business was started strong-

rsncy action. the first which seem"

strength. Dividend payments in August exceeded lest year by $11.-

industry ts out of the red for the first time since 1980. "with these

now for higher income." _

Farm machinery orders were re- ported up ‘l5 per cent the first half of the year. Auto sales increased by 590.000 cars. Machine tool orders were up l7 per cent. Reports showed the auto industry was spending $100,000,000 on new production equipment. and the steel industry, 3130000000.

Nevertheless the Federation found that. 11,000,000 workers still were unemployed. adding "we can- not expect lncrearing production alone to put the unemployed back to work in industry,

"Work hours must be progres- sively shortened to put the unem- ployed to work; wages must be raised. every gain made by work- ers in the months just ahead will safeguard the future.”

Edmonton Man Slowly Turning To Stone

EDMONTON. Sept 8-—Edmcnton's “stone man," Tom McDonnell. smiled today as he lay in bed here. cheerful in spite-of the fact he knows no more now-except per- haps in terms of pain-than he knew 30 years ago about his af- fliction.

In that time he has been slow- ly turning to stone. McDonnell, 5e years old, recently came to Edmon- ton from Hamilton, Ont. He also lived for s time in Bi-antford. Ont.

Apparently. he said, doctors can do little for him. His physician and other doctors who have heard of McDonnell! case expressed rare interest in it. To sll appearances. they said. it is muscular ossific- ation, they offered little hope.

McDonnell was stricken first when l v was seven years old. Since then the disease has slowly run its course. until now he is forced to remain rigidly in one position. ATTEMPT 1'0 SLOW-UP HOUSE

WOODSIOOK. N. 3.. Hopi. 8- An attempt to blow up the house o! Horace Bull, tax collector and constable st Grafton, felled early today when the unknown persons

responsible were frightened sway by Bull. A premature explosion of dynsniits broke window panes in tbs house.

1.41101 ~ ~- w. L "at." gmnh" M ad Party in Holy h Prim.’ on .y'_ "CW0 to ice i o... a... dl.“r...'.“""' e , “m” ; , Ian’ s Isl win) ; September 10th. L-MO-O-I-ll. tcasugfiw Lam.“ 1,, w,“ us, New Yen flier who imded

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afternoon.

‘hm notice bietse Advise us.’ um. m»: minim: to-Islrbsnh. -

his pisne here tonight and im- ‘pares to hop eff for asibor Once. nna, in the inomlhl. w‘! he ‘though: he might attempt a solo round-the-world flight next yfll-

"rn already e l third "1 the routs!‘ he declared. "Inst yo" I was up to Alaska feeling the ws for the Pfwosed flilhk’

lie molested put of the route he flanked — from New Yorkie

New York Flier Plans Solo Round - the- World Flight

cross-country dash over Europe and probably a difficult east-to- mxtrsns-Attsiitic flight to mm.

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in slon of s trans-Atlantic tween North America

increased earnings to make per- months waiting

due chiefly to inherent economic

000.000. or four percent; the steel

ly upward again." the survey said. "The present upswing is the health!‘ | eel. thus for; it is the first not due, to government spending or cur-‘

signs of increased!

industrial earnings, much depends!

on the workers making a new drive ; _ t

A wltn to the Senator nesr

The shooting The wildest

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the stain Capitol by an unidentified

man who in turn was slain by s burst of fire from a submachlne gun '*———-- in the hands of the Senator's bodyguards.

Long was rushed to Our Lady of the Lake Sani- tarium and taken immediately to the operating room ‘where his condition wss said to be very gnve.

the shooting said two bullets struck the abdomen. Blood was streaming

from his mouth‘ when he was removed from the Capitol.

occurred in s. corridor between the

House and Senate Chambers. The man who did the ilrlng was left lying on the floor near Governor Al- len's office. Ilia body was riddled with bullets.

excitement prevailed in the Sta

House. It was Immediately cleared. -

SPECIAL SESSION

The legislature, called into special session by Long lastgnight, was preparing for another meeting when the attempted assassination occurred.

Dr. Arthur H. Vidrlne, Superintendent of Charity

Orleans. took Immediate charge of

Senator long and prepared to operate. Only LL-Governor James A. Noe. close personal friend of the Senator and one of his trusted political

advisers, was permitted to accompany him lo the op-

crating room.

Dr. Vidrlns could not be reached for comment on the Senator's condition. but other attendants inmde no secret of the fact that it was

serious.

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‘ Found Unconscious Saturday Evening- Tells Incoherent Story.

For eighteen hours twenty-two yen: old Thelma Gauthier of North Rustico lay unconscious in the Charlottetown hospital liter she

'had been picked up at the side of

Malpeque Road on the outskirts of the city Saturday night. Mount- ed Police are attempting to obtain h coherent story of how she was injured.

The North Rusiico girl was visit-

ing her uncle and aunt in the city. According to the story told police. her brother was going to call for her last night to drive her home. But before he arrived the girl was found unconscious near the Argyle lFilling Station by a motorist and taken to the hospital. Her back was injured and she was suffering from bruises and cuts. Although she lay unconscious until early sf- ternoon yesterday, her condition was not serious, hospital authorities said. In the meantime police worked to solve the mystery of how she came to harm. but could glean little from the girl herself.

Stevens Has I06 Candidates In Field‘ To Date

(c.r. s1 Guardian's Bimini Wire) IRIIDIIRIGION. N. 3-. Sept. l —F'rom the platform here lsst

w-night lfon. l-f. H. Stevens. Recon-

struction Party leader. said he had just received a telegram from War- ren K. Cook. of Tomntoysnnoun- oiru then are now 10c Reconstruc- tion Psrty candidates officially in the field.

“A few weeks ago those interests injgontieal who appear to think I em inimtcsl to them said: ‘Stevens can't get anywhere. He won't be sbls to let anybody to run." oom-

nled the Reconstruction, Party l sder. "Now they are changing their tune.’ -

' Not Critical

A short time later, however, Lieut. Governor Noe said Dr- Vidrine told him Long's condition, although serious, was not yet critical.

Noe telephoned Mrs. Long and the Senator's daughter Rose, in New Orleans and told them to come here immediately.

Long was shot just as he left the House of Representatives where he was directing a new batch 0f bills through his person- ally controlled legislative channels.

As he walked briskly in the cor- ridor by the Governor's office a man dressed in an immaculate white linen suit stepped up to him and fired.

Slunips to Floor

As the bodyguards leaped for- ward with machine gun roaring, the man slumped to the floor in a dying condition.

A spectator said Senator Long went down a flight of stairs from the first floor to the basement.

Bleeding at the mouth he then ivalked slowly out a back door.

Almost as the shooting occurred the House adjourned and persons raced poll-mall through the halls as the staccato reports of pistol and machine gun fire rang out.

A crowd swarmed around the dead man, who lay face downward with blood pouring from his num- ous wounds,

Guards quickly surrounded the body s-nd pushed the spectators book. Then they beam clearins the entire ail-storey stetehcuw- one of the monuments to Long's rule as Governor of Louisiana.

RIMARKS

WASHINGTON. Sept. 8—(A.P.) _Mcempted assassination of Sen- ator Huey P. Long in the Iouir-ians. Stste capitol tonight recalled as- sertions made by him less than a month ago that there was a plot afoot to kill him "riiiht in the Sensw"

He claimed in s. speech on the Sensto floct Aug. 9 that at s con- ference in the Hotel 0e Soto in New Orleans lsst July 21 his foes had discussed s plot to kill him. He presented excerpts from which he claimed was s record of s sound recording device revealing the plot.

Louisi: Congressmen denied they were involved in the clot. The! said they frequently held conferences while in New Orleans to discuss political moves against long, but laughed st the alleged ssmssinsti“: plot.

ln his sddrsu bong quoted one T the voices heard in the hotel room s! “I em out to mllflkl’. i111. bulldose, steel, or ‘llhflblfll else to win this elec- m“.

BECALLED

Louisiana Senatoriii. sciioiiiiii Interests In Hospital In Serious Condition

Two Bullets Onssailant ind Mark.WouldBeAssa'ssinRiddled By Bodyguard Of “Kingfish”.

(u. by GIlI-Idlllfl Special Wire) ’ ‘Sl-(A-PJ-Senstcr Huey r. Long wit‘. shot

Hill] BY ILS.

$200,000 Liquor Seiz- u_re Made Off Atlan- tic City~ Three “Contact Launches” Also ‘Captured.

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

CAPE MAY, N. J..' Sept. 8—Lay- ing a warning shot across the bow of the Nzva Scotia oil schooner Purncatapetl. United States ‘coast guardsmen early today seized the boat. three high speed American launches and confiscated a $200.- 030 liquor shipment.

Twenty men. ofllczers and crew members of the four ships were taken under guard to the brig at

held for questioning by Command- ing Officer R. L. Burke and gov- ernment agents.

Largc Seizure

Burke said the lzquor seizure is the largest since repeal of the lln- ited state spnhibition luw. I: con- sisted of 5.000 cases of whiskey, al- cohol and assorted brandies.

Shortly after midnight three coast guard cutters on patrol bore down upon the Canadian schooner. which was anchored about "l0 miles southeast of Atlantic City. Burke said the United States brats "Ther- esa" of Margate; “Nampahc" of Point Pleasant, and the "Dread- nought" were alongside her and cases ‘of whiskey had already been transferred.

The "contact launches," 00-foot boats equipped with high speed motors, started to make a run for shore but were soon overtaken and boarded. Burke said.

The Popocalapetl. he said, made no attempt to flee and no resist- ance was made by crew members of any boat.

Taken to Air Base

All the ships were brought to the air base and kept under guard. The "Dreadnought" was leaking badly and efforts were being made to

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In sp e c te d Illustration Stations Here

Mr. John Moynari. Chief Super- visor Division Illustration Stations, Ottawa, completed an inspection cf the fourteen island illustration stations on Saturday. On his tour of the province he was accom- pnnicd by Dr. J. A. Clark. Super- intendent of the Experimental Station, Charlottetown and Mr. R. C. Parent, Superintendent of the Island Illustration Stations. Mr. Moyrian was well pleased with the work being conducted on fine stations in this province. The stations here compared very {sv- orably with those in the other provinces, he stated. During his visit a number of additional and special experiments were outlined for several of the stations. The chief Supervisor was well pleased with the success of the thirteen field days Just completed.

Mr. Moynsn goes from here to Nova Scotls and then to New‘ Brunswick. Following that he will reiuAi to Ottawa.

Mid - air’ To

(AP. By Guardian's Specill wire)

STALINO. Urkraine, sept. a — A runaway airship. boarded in mid- eir by its captain, was brought safely back to port today after a six-hour struggle against the ele- menf-s.

Thirteen persons were in the ship, the semi-rigid U. S. B. ll. V Two, when it broke loose from its moorings hem llst night during a storm. Among them was the 20 year old Helmswomsn Vera Ashen- vald. who stuck to her post through- out the storm. steering the bucking craf: to safety under the direction

of the skipper.

CUAST GUARD

Urged In I Negotiations

Fish. Potatoesfli/Iwilk, Cream And _L_1ve Cattle Among COmmQd- ities For Which Lower U5, Duties Are Sought.

OTTAWA. Sept. 8-(C.P.)—Reducti0n in the present rate of duty 0n more than 700 items of natural and manufactured. products, in return for 50 per cent. reduc- tion in_ United States tariff rates on a specified number of Canadian natural ‘products, and some processed commodi- ties forms the mdin basis upon which Canada and United States are attempting to negotiate a reciprocal trade

treaty, in the United States include

Commodities for which wider market would be sought

lumber, fish, potatoes, milk,

cream, live cattle and a number 0f other agricultural pro-

ducts and several minerals, some partly or wholly manu

Cape May air base where they were J

Boards RunawayAirQi ipLInG

metallic and non-metallic, factured products, and “cer-

_tain products in which hydro-electric power comprises an important element in the cost of production.”

This was made known in the p changed between Hon. W. D. Herrldg

ubllcation today of the notes ex- e, Canadian Minister to Washing-

ton. and United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The correspond-

ence opened with an exhaustive argument for wider trading . latlon Jan. 4, 1835, with a note from Mr.

p. tion of the Canadian s dated Nov. 14, 1934, and closed Herridgc acknowledging Secretary

Hull's agreement to open negotiations.

Canada proposed a mutual undertaking to maintain during the lifetime of the agreement unrestricted free entry of those gomgnodifleg already on the free lists of either country; extension to United States of the intermediate tariff which would involve reduction in the present rates on more than 700 United States commodities natural and manu- factured. and lower than thetintenneillate rate on a number of com-

niodities.

In return Canada would require 50 per cent reduction in tariff rates as authorized in the United States tariff act of 1934 giving President Roosevelt power to make such n:- cluctions, on the items listed above. assuming also that the United States excise tax of $3.00 on Can- adian lumber would be removed.

NOT AN OBSTACLE Trade agreement negotiated by Canada with the United Kingdom and units oi the British Empire at the Imperial Economic Con- ference of 1932 in Ottawa would offer no obstacle to the successful conclusion of trade discussion with the United States. Mr. Herridge

declared in his initial note.

ILS. APPRECIATION

Secretary Hull replied expressing appieciation of the arguments presented and particularly men- tioning his "appreciation of the unflinching determination with which the Dominion and Provin- cial Governments had met their loan obligations." His government was ready to open negotiations and he further suggested that the dis- cussions take in the question of "methods of determining the value of merchandise for duty purposes in either country."

Mr. Hci-rldge agreed to include this question in the negotiations, and to the opinion expressed by Secretary Hull that negotiations would essentially have to be most exhaustive on the part of both countries. involving a close study of evcry item in the tariff schedule likely to be affected by the pro- posed agreement. Changes in long standing tariff schedues would have to be effected gradually.

Experts of the Canadian and United Sttaes governments have been busily engaged in this work for many months bot-h in Ottawa and Washington, and a party of Canadian trade and tariff officials recently visited Washington for round-table discussion. It is not anticipated that any definite con- clusions will be reached for some weeks.

Land Safely

were injured seriously when the ship broke loose at nine yesterday. With Captain Ivan Gudsventseff. they clung to ropes as the craft rose suddenly into the air. The two crewmen, yielding their holds on the ropes, dropped to earth from l. height of 25 feet.

Captain Gudaventseff. however. maintained his grip and pulled himself up a swaying rope to the ship's gondola.

After s stem battle against the storm. he succeeded in manoeuv- ring the shlp to a landin; st three s. rn. today. Rockets sent. up from the field aided in guiding the

Two members of the ground crew craft beck to port.

ANGLO-CIIINESE TRADE 111mm)

VANCOUVER. Sept, 8.—- (C.P.) — Spectacular efforts to develop Pac- ific trade especially between Great Britain and China have been launched in Hong Kong, according to Mrs. Beatrice Thompson, clever business woman here from the south China city. She has been as- signed the organization task by gotigei-nrnental and business inter- es .