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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1931

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Annual Subscription». Join-nail 35,00 ﬂy iilull Canada and l‘ H. A. “.60. ‘

WCurtis Acquitted Of Charge Of Manslaughter

Chief Cfficials In Bankrapty

PRUHIBITIUN’

Qourt BUMMISSIUN Former Islander IJNIJEBIIIEIJ llNHeads Tribunal

Hon. Justice James D. Hyndman

Members Unable To _ Jury Brings In Verdict “Not Agree as to Enforce- Alberta Reslgns F r0111 BenCh ' $32?” 13th Ameml‘; To Become President Of Pen-

Guilty”—-Accused On Stand.

ﬁlii SERVICE EMPiilYEES our (m Bill

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Vlontreal Men Arrest- ed In Connection With Alleged Frauds Put Up $5,000 Each.

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trial. He testified that he was H ' ed mm Ems,‘ J t, . _ __, _ that there is yet no ad q at b- ‘ us Ce today and . OTTAWA, Ont., Jan 20 With twenty years of age, lived at Victoria, l 6 S S 0 r s Servance or emorcement_ :nu1n:1v?d_ the death sentence of pretty Olive: r ‘ Catherine Wise, condemned to hangj

‘the police investigation shifted to

Montreal, additional arrests are ex- pected shortly in connection with al- leged frauds in examinations held by the Civil sci-vice Commission. Two ottawa Government employees, Loo Buchard, and Lionel Ohartrand, are out under $5,000 bail ~each on charg- es oi’ conspirioyﬂl/bilnl’ 5110106 they were members of a "lob-ring" that“ aargalned for Civil Service positions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, comma EVENTS. MEETINGS arcs.

"Races at Vtrnon Saturday, Jan. Hill. 1545-1-31-21

“Dance in St. Charles Hall, Fri- day. January 23rd. l650-li.

"Annual meeting Brooklyn Egg Circle Friday, Jan. 23rd at 7.30

Otto Curtis, Victoria, was yester- day acquitted of the charge of man- slaughter for which he has been standing trial in the Supreme Court beforo Mr. Justice Saunders. ‘The Jury brought in its verdict late ycs- terday afternoon, after deliberating about fifteen minutes.

Before the case was opened for the defense, Mr, J. J. Johnston. Counsel for the accused, requested that the Court instruct the Jury to bring in a verdict of I-oquittal on the grounds that the Crown had not produced any evidence. The Court declined to do so.

Mr. R. R. Bell reviewed the case for the defence, and called as his first witness the prisoner, Otto Cur- tis, who had not given sworn evid- ence st the time of the preliminary

that he travelled all over tho Island by car or truck trading mats for congoleum squares. His father car- ried on the some business. He knew Herbert Clow and lived about eleven miles from him. 0n November 15th, he had his cai- at Hadley Woodsidds, Bradalbane. l-le got the car out that mousing. and went to Kensington, returning the same night. He put on his load of mats and congoleum.

He asked the time and was told it was ten minutes to nine or ten af- ter. J-le started for hoine, taking the road from Bradalbane to Rose Val- ley. About a mile from Bradalbane as he was going down grade, he saw some object ahead of him. He was

going about 25 or 30 miles an hour. Ho took his foot oi! the gas when about the length of witness box to end of building. When he saw it first, it looked like seaweed or bunch of sticks. When about ten feet away

about four or five hundred pounds.’

firms were arrested upon charg are: (l) Laurence E. Clark, v1“- the parent company, and (3) W.

J- Dow, ‘ rtreasurer.

F chm"! ""1" bﬂﬂllflllli-vy proceedings involvmg u. A. Stimson companies,

chief officials of the

°' cvnsnlmy by instruction c! lhv simmer-generals department. They president and general manager; (2) Feeder“; G,

Johnston, president of

THINKS nu BRITISH Gilli

Sir Michael D w y e r Deplores M a r k e d Willingness of Eng- land To Abandon

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_. ...(Canadian 1km)" WWW... - . LONDON, Jan. 20.—-The Round Table Conference was "summoned to divide the skin of the dying British lion," said Sir Michael Dwyer,,form- er Governor of the Punjab, speech at Ciielteriham ‘rlay.

(Special to the Guardian) TORONTO, Ont., Jan.

Si!‘ it was under particularly happy aus-

'the marked willingness of the pres- ent Government to abandon British rule and British responsibility in

new quarters of the Albany Club op-

India." Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill who, during a brilliant political car-

eer, had held nine distinct Cabniet i115 11ml speem ln Toronm

20.—-With (Washington from i881 ‘Premier Bennett and Hon. G. Howard which year he retired after what his- lll 8 Ferguson crossing swords in repartee, tory records, as an unfortunate in- ‘ 'terferance in American domestic pol- Mlchael delllilfﬁd Whﬂt he termed piccs that more than 3C0 of the itics. Were sabres rattling behind the city’s leading Conservatives saw the curtain of badinage?

‘ To many, it seemed so; to some, cncd last night on King Street east it sounded ominously like Mr. Ben- ancl heard the new Canadian High nett cautloning Mr. Ferguson, that Commissioner to Great Britain make recall was the common penalty of diplomatic error and as though Mr.

Prime Minister And Ferguson

In Good-Natured Repartee At

Big Conservative Banquet- British R91” I“ hi‘. High Commissioner And Pre- Wmier In J ocular Mood.

"West was British Ambassador at

to 1888 in

(By Ken Clark, Canadiln Press Staff Correspondent)

EDMONTON Alta, Jan. 20.-Hon. Justice J. D. Hyndman of the appellate division of the Alberta Supreme Court who has resigned to become

WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 20.- The National Commission on law observance and enforcement has re- ported to President Hoover its mem- bers are unable to agree as to wheth- ler prohibition can be enforced under tho Eighteenth Amendment to the constitution of the ‘friited States. Some commissioners think the am- endment should immediately be re- vised to give Congress power to "regulate or prohibit." Some favor s. further trial with increased pro- vision for enforcement. Comniission- er Newton D. Baker declares him- self for repeal as does Monte Lem- man, who did not sign the general report.

After eleven years of prohibition, “the Commission is of the opinion

His appointment to the new office

. (Canadian Press) LONDON, Jan. 20.-Mercy temper-

for the murder of her baby, was commuted to life imprisonment. Miss Wise, an unmarried mother with four children, chopped wood and hawk- cd it through the streets in a des- parate effort to feed her brood. When she discovered that she was to have another child she gave up her losing fight, placed her youngest

ual reports, Henry W. Anderson and

(Continued on page d)

U. S. Pres. May Visit Ottawa To Lay Corner Stone

gas. A storm of indignation against the old inflexible laws of England followed the Judge's pronouncement that shc must die.

OTTAWA, Jan. 20.—Prcsident Her- bort Hoover may come to the capital t1; lay the cornerstone of the new ic- gzition cliancerybulidliig which the United States Government proposes to erect here, the Ottawa Evening Citizen says today. The newspaper states there is a strong possibility of the President attending the special ceremony. ‘The building is tn be er-

No Application

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‘ccted on Wellington street, ‘facing Iihe Dominions Parliament buildings, The U. S. Government is now negot-

OTTAWA, ‘Ont., Jan. 20.—No ap- plication has yet been received by the Board of Railway Commissioners

president of the Pensions Appeal}- Cvurt. is a native of Charlottetown) - P. E. I., where he was born in i874.‘

was announced yesterday at Ottawa. ,

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Was Secretary l

Acton Burroivs cl‘ Gulipii, Ont., vcicran Journalist, who was Sfilfﬁi nry of convention in far-off dajs ol 1878. when. Sir Jchn- A. Macdcnald penned his motion creating nafonal

baby in an oven and turned on the WHY-

plruni um

RUSSIA MLY

With a View To Steth- ilizing The World

1630440“ 1t looked t0 him like I- bﬂdy 0f B Pt-‘r- Positions. Claimed in an interview tv- References by~Mr. Bennett to some (Ferguson were making a blunt re- 8011- 399111166091!‘ i0 19b and P119011 d“? m“ the "eloquent Hnd- Well- c.’ cx-Premier Ferguson's recent tort and iii the vernacular smilln ‘l cl r d a t, t th t ~ “Borden Line Club loading hogs . ' ' g . a n! m‘ 1a“ ‘i lace“ ° a in connection with the conference - -_ _ lamb, calves’ at Albany Thursday: the brakes. He felt a Jolt. The ob- n-eant speeches at the close of the zpecches started the fun. Mr. Ben- {as he said it. in any event Mr. Fer- ‘which it now owns on Wellington held here last week between a “um PPICC 0f Wheat -— Jan. 22. 30111-5 1g go 3, 1540.31 Ject was in the centre of the road Conference d0 Mt reivrcﬁvnlzll vt-‘ry uett jocularly reminded the new nuscn said that he was going to be JSQl-egt, P111115 under gongldgrgtlgn eall b“ or Cabmet Ministers and reprb Guarded Statement m. Th d J 29th across the road. There is Just about m8!’- bvdl’ 0f British opinion. High Commissioner of the recall suf- - fm- a structure wltli 132 190i; {rom- wnmtlws o, the railways on the B t P . .. csei-ve urs ay, an. , - , ; I ~ room for two cars ta pass. Wtness icrcd by Sacizvilie West. Sackville (Continued on page 6) ‘age and cost“); ln the neighbor- matter of 810w“ ram on 8mm p“? y er a rennet-

for Burns’ Anniversary Concert in the Oddfellows‘ Hail, Montague. 1632-1-20

Patriotism is the willingness to kill Ind be killed for trival reasons-Bert rand Russell.

"Hockey at nuance tonight, New Gllwuow vs. Rustieo Rangers. Regu- l" skill"! nights, Tuesdays, Thurs- ﬂilys and Saturdays. 502

"Hear Hope River play "Captain Racket" at Stanley Bridge Friday, Jon. 23rd, proceeds in aid of Rink.

and help the boys. 501-31

a “Carnival at Cornwall Rink, Wed- “day. Jan. 2am. n stormy Thurs- Y- only those in costume allowed

got frightened, as he thought some- thing was going to get into the car with him. He thought that perhaps the object was a dummy such as he had seen on the road on a previous occasion. The witness then went home, and next day, Sunday, lie went to Summerside, returning homo about dark, when he heard for the first time that Clow had been in- Jured.

Witness went as far as Murray Siirbor ch Monday, whore he saw something in the paper there of Clow being hurt. He returned home about 22nd a d heard about Coroner's in- quest ben he came home. Later on

N Unparalleled K 1 Generosity Of t

LONDON, Jan. ‘aid-Great Britain

(stilt rolls

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HALIFAX, N. s., Jaii. 2o.-'rcm' Mxsre, President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and C. N. R. director was taken to task today by R_ K. Smith, M. P, for Cumber- land County. As o. delegate to tlic :oal industry conference, he united in de-

by a voluntary act of unparalleied ilciierosity, give up the sum of $2,- 550,000,000 in war debts iii 1922, when shc advhcd her war debtors that slic would only collect what she had to pay to the United States, F‘. C. Good-

lcmu inf GreatBritainl STARVING IN! iiillslh

(Special to the Guardian) FORREST CITY, Ark., Jan. 20,- liibltion associations of the Marit-

The Red Cross campaign to provide limes will be sought at a conference stock feed to destitute farmers

of

ducts for cattle iced. This is a ques- tion with ivliicii the Board is al- ready dealing inasmuch as rcqucst for downward revision in the freight rate on these commodities was ar- gucd on behalf of the legislative committee of the Nora Scotian Leg- islature some months ago. The Board's Judgment iri this application is iiow due and will be published within the next. few days.

The Princes On Good Will Tour

Ziood 0f $400,000.

Conference Of Exhibition Men At St. John

(Canadian Press) ST. JOHN. N. B., Jan. Zil-Closori

mo-operation among the class A ex-l

St.

(between representatives of tlic i

(Canadian Press) VANCOUVER. B. C., Jan. 20d There is reason Lo believe Russia has made tentative proposals to Canada with a View to co-opcration in stab- ilizing the world price of wheat. Such was the guarded statement made by Pl'0llll'_‘l‘ John E. Brounlee of Alber- ta, iii the course of an interview here inst irgiit. "Is tiicrc any chance that Rllbhlil will coocpcrate with oth- er nations m stop the depression in 4 " Llic Pl‘(‘llll(‘l‘ was l\.5k< cd. "I have reason to bciicvc certain approaches have born made by Rus- sia io that cud," declared Alberta's Chief lvlmLstor. "To Canada or to Britain?" "To Csiizitiz," he replied.

DH ice un Mr Ja Provincial Police Officer, _ liven. m an” Judglfgylgg‘; can.“ on. He thought It was °h blaring the use on the Canadian Na_ I enouBh. ‘chairman, declared at the Arkansas was opened today Manywohnl Prince Edward Island’ Freder, _._i a "'“" Wednesday. He came to witness‘ “on”! °f cm“ mined l“ Ohm and by l annual general meeting o’ Barneys farmers had begun to butcher their _icton and Halifax Exhibitions and (Canadian Press) "The policy of tryiiii: to dump can

" 'H°°k°y_M°“uW' Rmk- 1mm‘ m" "mm "l9"- We m“ recmidy ' Bank’ Llmmd‘ here today’ Th“ M“ stock, believing that stock feed ‘Maritime Winter Fair at Amherst, HAVANA, Jaii. zo-Thc Prince of only lmvc disastrous effects on them ns well as on the rest. of the world,“

place, arriving about 3.30. Witness

had a N0" 3cm; (“remn- appolm. I tion, he said, hadcnabled the debt-

would not arrive in time to do them

lo be held here tomorrow afternoon. Wales and Prince George, two days

Y. Jan. 22nd. Markers Charlotte- town’ , ‘ - , ‘killings §§§'Ji"£$§"“°' one 230"}; gxohzrlllftlﬂ Jailnclstlreici ed t“ the 0' N R' 30am said Mnior countries and the" peoples “m” any 800d. At one farm near Earle, at sea v11 their “srwd will“ Journey Continued Prcmivr llrmvnlvv» “Per- u ___ went our the road h“ night. Wm Smith. J. T. Cumming is a businessn-hllle the" °¢°1l°ml° QXBV-‘ﬂce "id hwestlgatom ‘ound “new head o‘ to 5mm, Amer-l“, wﬂl see Havana sonailv l am not its Pessimistic over Hunter River Club loading hogs man and a patriot, and we shoudlthmﬂ‘? Gm" Britain and hldeed mules had dled out o; a herd of ' ' oiily from the decks of the liner 0m tho wiiczit <ituatlon as seems to bo rhumdll’. 33nd and ' meeting n" npnad m“ m had‘ m answer HD9951 t0 111m l0 1m" ‘his i-‘Denwvery exportmg m“! trading country-i - l l), d k l J Tl tho Fond of th choral discussion" Vcw Glasgow 1-1.1 ma" l; 3 m m to questions he told the officer that shc an” ed W also have on the)“ gaming the benem now to some thirty Reports say 7.000 head of msa, wicii oc s icre 1111.31. lf‘ . . e s . . IUIWI-QO-Il. he ran over an object, whlchhe “w P ll) . c iextent and 5h um a‘ t cows and mules p" start-m; _ F ll A British Lcgation announced today -i__ c- N- R- dlrcimrate- m” Pmldent Ml ° g n 5 gr“ e’ a 8 part that a change in their original plan

on the road. Witness was very nerv-

m, “we, and Labor COHEN“ o; l benefit now to soms-anCSl-IMFWYP

t.» visit Havana was necessitated by

The Weather, Etc.

“Com . . Icrt in lldazhtlflﬁldao 31m; lgpsziiigentaboefld: iii/arising: Canada’ and as a’ director o’ mo: beneﬁt m ‘he rutum The “me ————— tho shortness of the time available lfluiigho’ 1}" a 8' o! 03mm mm“ over been arrested before. Witness 0' N' R he is just as much respms- I Could hlppan m the use o’ the T I t . T7] ‘cmmhn Pram hem Extend“ n“ “m- ‘ll-Will! Iillhi- I m m - m“ he H‘ l ‘on ibis for the open shop as are the.‘ mud state! °i Ameflca- 11' Sh‘! 0 fl ervlelv 8 NEWCASTLE, N. B. Jan. 20.—’I‘he TORONTO, Jan. ﬂil-"resh winds, pmnml‘ “m” '1“ m“ ° ° c“ e operators of the Rail and River Con] , should cancel the war debts due to Arena Rink which was conceded one probably increasing iii force ot night, of the finest in the Maritimes upon fair with stationery or somewhat

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' The Annual Meeting of the nei- gsg Esa Circle will be held at Eldon ° ... January 21st, after "i-‘etins of llbdsral Dairying Co. w.

and that he 6d not stop because ho was frightened. The officer told him that he had better change his clothes and come into town with him. Wit-

hsr which amounts to nearly 82,400,- 000,000, Mr. Cioodenough said. The gain to her as a great exporting country through having solvent cus-

Co. It is my opinion he should be taken to task by the U. M. W. and other labor organizations. The Rail and River Coal Co., in Ohio was ac-

Prime Minister

(Canadian Press)

Sackville Elections

its completion here last year, collap- sed hers this morning under the the weight of the heavy snow which fell last night, and which turned to

lmver temperature, probably follow- cd by some local snow or part rain. Temperatures

‘I- Ma I .

c um’ ‘fill’- lm u‘ M‘ '°°“°""“ “Y "°" ‘° 1°‘ m“ quired by the Grand Trunk Railway timers-for her swds and through MONTREAL, Qua, Jan. tic-J. o. ‘fine Pm. Poultry Association °"""' "will" °° m" i“ mm‘ in 1m. the increase of their nun-chasm: pow- rial-rush, Saint John aha o. n. rain this morning. MONCTON, n. a, an. 20.—Senstor Maxlnlllln ___________ _, 31 V

I b“ 11°14’!!! "l!!! will!!! PW"?! 55°11‘ "19 miiur- onmmm‘ °t u” £1‘. would be immense. While Great Wright, Halifax, will be members of There was no sudden crash, but A. B. Copp, was elected Mayor of Mlnilmm, __ __ 311 tho Canada-wide delegation of the the roof could be observed to sag as Backviile, N_ 3., today by a maJor- H131, (we 1.1115 rim-moon m 1_lr,

' Britain would not benefit directly from such a cancellation on the part of the United States, as she would pass along the cancellation to has own debtors, it would certainly pay

affair, the mother fainted. She was not very strong‘. Witness‘ nelcs was with her. On inuulfl’ 01 WWW!’ father, Jay stated that papers ware not necessary in making the arrest.

~gg=w on Jan. nth, nth and ma, Y 1- Prise lists are now available 1 ﬂnniyins to s. A. Drisooli, scey.

isn-i-ii-ri

--_-_ “Notice-Annual Meeting of lim-

niid tomorrow morning: at 12.212. Sun rises this morning at 7.25

and sets tliis B-fterztcorl iit. 4.55. First Quarter Moon Monday. Javi-

ity of sixteen over Mayor Allister Cameron. The Aldermen elected were: John E. Fillmore and Profes- sor H. it‘. Bigelow, in north ward,

early as seven o'clock this morning. The cavein was completed by ten o'clock. Only the middle part of the roof was wrecked and the ends of

Canadian Chamber of Comme w, which will interview Premier R. B. Bennett at Ottawa on Thursday, it is announced. George C. MacDonald,

to give him the customary warning, and did so after they were ten miles on the road, which he thought cor- rcspmded to those about which the

raid Dali-yin; Ag";

ifate on Wednasday!“m mgr‘: I" "ml i’ WWI‘! they Went by B officer questioned him. as o purely business proposition. as Montreal, ohaimiaii of the National the rink are still intact. The work Col. l... c. Carey, and Chester Maxwell 26. 8.06 p. m.

"w °'¢l0ck p. m. in mil. 1'°""¢'b°"l "Y twill" Bmlﬂllwm- » all countries would immediately have Executive, and w. mo. clam, aec- o! reconstruction was begun this in with ward; Henry Hermon and Slimmtrslde tiac eighteen our)“ 4A7 hid him that iis bed forgotten (continued on Page o), afternoon, ' [Gordon Avard, in east ward. laier than Charlottetown. Li

Mining, isomer). uos-i-so-zi. a better poi-chum ma. he said. irmn. Iill and tin causation. A“

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