MARCH 1.1. 1932 %'f “W” LINDBERGH

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‘ mimic source it had Cd flmt two notes, iden- u ‘uthentlc by tlgandggliting wne to e onel d rwwimmppers last Sunday, . l’ w” understood last night n. m, criminals had represent- “ mmselves as unwilling to My," with the mndbershs resent. #1,": first time it was dis- wd that neither fingerprints w ‘ootpflfiu had been taken r chin], and that exactly a week n the kidnapping the curly of the boy had been trimmed. on, mgie of the police work re- nmd about the make-shift lad- uwmd aside by the abductors ‘m, may used it to Kain entrance “m, nursery of the Lindbergh “M1110 wood from which the i- was made hid been partl- dl, identified as having .come mm excess material left over af- gi- s construction job st the wiman State Home for Epilep- m and police said their inves- miion at Skillman, near here, n, being continued. 1i statement was made, however, w i; B, Hullfish, who superin- Wded the construction of the unflbergh home, that the wood fight have been secured from any his of a number of building jobs iii the region-even the construc- tion of the Lindbergh home itself. gym in Europe a search of the n, De France for the missing mid was made when the liner touched at Plymouth, England, foi- 197mg reports the Lindbergh heir m being held on board a ship. inns children were found among he passengers, but all were iden-

.4 chisel found near the ladder

point for another phase of the‘ police inquiry. It was smeared with iiitt, but all were so blurred police I aid they proved of no value.

'A third line being followed was |"rechccking" of the abandoned,‘ houses. the small farms and the‘ little homes in the hilly Sourlanrl‘ yiointryside surrounding the Lind-l bagh estate. Meanwhile, at New-i hi, Harry (Red) Johnson. friend‘ lithe Lindbergh baby's nursemald. tu still being held and police toe continuing to check his move- minis up to the time of the kid- ironing. ' .

VTrnopcrs who have guarded tho iindbergh estate and the road litiling to it for more than a week me replaced by others during.‘ the morning. It was officially stat- ‘ll the change was merely a matter I police routine.

_'Colonel H. Norman Schwartz- lapf, superintendent of State ffallce, said there are now 50 or “men detailed to the estate. Jer- ky city and Newark detectives hiking on the case, it was dis- tilled, are wearing etate troopers‘ uniforms, so the troopers will not liiltake them for prowlers

"fhe use of the outfits by plain- doihcsmen even led to rumors iiui Colonel Lindbergh had been traveling around the countryside lathe blue garb of s. State officer.

Thiswas denied, and it was point- ed out that if the famous flyer Ililght to appear inconspicuous

Ihlle on a secret investigation of _

N! own he would not be likely to ilii on the colorful outfit of an officer. "The ninth ,day since the kid- {flloping brought more than the pal crop of wild rumors. The glint was that the child was being lfvillht back on a fast express H Chicago. Police met the train ilhcn it reached New York and iloiind no private car attached, as {llliifliecn reported, and that there lg no child aboard. i Other reports which were denied ere that the child had been found 01in five miles of his hilltop '" and that he had been locat- ) 111 Westport, Conn.. by Sheriff Thomas Reilly for Bridgeport and n to a hospital. " The latter rumor apparently grew '0 of an offer the Sheriff made 51¢ drive a woman and her child to 1i"! York to arrange bond for i“? husband. ‘Milne of the questions sent to the - "bush home read: "The old, often-denied rumors

11m the Lindbergh‘ baby is dea! ‘i

dumb have spnmg up again. ° ooolosizc for submitting the

llliltion, but may we have an-

Pilior definite answer?"

h e child is perfectly normal "'0' Wily." came back the re-

llso was denied officially that i ‘m1 141101181811 ‘was on the , 01 a nervous breakdown. ‘h. e the movements of Salva- i Bpitale and Irving Bits, the 4°‘ tweens" named by the avi- ‘Miher. remained unknown. ‘mo police said they had no i ‘silo the two underworld » , rs hart M0“ Bone to Chicago or

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l‘ ‘ Pllbllihcd rumor that Federal

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Bank Of England ' Reduces Rate A

(By P. ll. Myrlnc. Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, March 10-A jubilant shout of "four!" was raised by s 5'01“ 111170118 of financial men Jamming the streets in the neigh- bfllhwd of the Bank o! England when it was announced today that the bank rate nad been reduced‘ 1117111 live to four percent. I

‘Phis was the second reduction in’ three weeks. February 18 the rate‘ W” lowered to‘ five per cent from‘ s’x—the figure at which it and} stood shoe Great Britain suspend-i 9d the Bold standard last Septem-l bcr. Financial circles pointed out‘ that industry now will have to pay ‘"173’ 11W Der cent for its bank ad- vancas, instead of the almost pro- hibitive seven which pmvallgdqyn-

mercial undertakings will be fur-

11101191’ from bank ’ , accounts, wh'ch now will earn only two per cent, into industrial securities prom-

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-____. (Continued from Page 1) that in future civic elections s, vot.

era‘ I-‘ot shall be prepared by the Clerk 0f the S“ ndihry M5gi5gr,te_

the said Clerk to be styled “Eaton.

al Officer." The Voters’ List when signed and certified tn by the E1- cctoral Otllcer shall be accepted by "16 MWYMIIB Officer and h's dep- uties, etc. “as the only conclugivc evidence of those vahose names are on 'the luvs as having the right to vote at the ensuing clvc election." Clause 23 is amended to replace the three existing clauses, 23, 24 and 25 governing the qualification of elect- ors, provision befng made in addii- ion that a mortgagee shall not ha.‘- the property vote unless he is In

actual occupancy and use of the‘. lands and premiscsdn respect oi i" 1111" weeks aso. and that com- gwhich he claims rd vote, and that ‘no one shall have the right to the m" helped by the transferring 0f non-resident vote on stalls in the Market House unless his tenancy or occupancy is exclusive.

GENTBAL alumnus

the Forum tonight. Reduced prices.

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FLUE FIRE-The firemen were

called to a residence on Euston St.

about 11.15 last evening. There was no damage.

MONCTON HAWKS vs Abbles at’

Peri. Time Assessor

Section 42, dealing with the As- sessor's term of office, provides, in lthe existng statute, that the As- sessor shail devote “all his time t0 ‘lthe duties of the office and such ‘other civfc duties as may be assign- yed to him and shall nctengage in iany trade, occupation, or business on 11's own account," etc. The 3 amendment provides simply that the Assessor "shall devote his time

“Ems vs_ MONCTON HAWKS ;to the duties ct the office," etc _ at the Forum tomglflh .Reduced ileav ng cut the other words quoted

lifted. |

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LOCAL AVIATION ACTIVITIES l-Yesterday the mail plane flight , was resumed and she arrived here i on time, carrying three passengers. ‘Pilot Jones with his plane C. F.-

li "l0 Mme he" f°m1°d '1 meal FA. D. B. returned yesterday after-

noon from Liverpool, N.S., where he was doing special survey work. C. FI-P. E. I. piloted by Mr. Gethln

‘Edwards made a flight to Moncton

and return, carrying as passengers Mrs. J. S. Jenkins and Mr. Phillips. They left about 2.30 and returned

‘above.

Section 43 of the existing statute ‘provides that the City Clerk shall lfurnish the Assessor with the As- sessment Book "forthwith upon his appointment and yearly thereafter." 'I‘he words 1n quotation marks are omitted in the amendment. A cor- responding phrase in Section 44 is deleted in the same manner.

i Section 4B 3s amended to include ‘the value of real estate and person- ‘nai property in the Assewment Book

No Yearly Assessment

about 5 o'clock. The return trip was

made in thirty-five minutes;

TWENTY

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Two prisoners were released from

Maryboro prison and one from P11100898. t-D b8 llddi-‘d t0 611011 V0111‘. m‘? ma!“ T°ad leading 4mm the Mount Joy. It is expected others by the assessor making 0111 l1 51100112 west end °r K911‘; Strwt- and “"1" would be released within a few days mentary return of the locations and 1 111118‘ Wesiwafdlyw?) 171B 1113111 01055

Section 51 is amended by adding a sub-section (3) providing that it shall not be necessary for the Assessor to make up each year a new Assessment Book, but the book shall be kept by the Assessor as a permanent, record for assessment

and that the Public safety Act. valuations of the properties or poll which authorized the military tri- tax of all persons, firms or corpor- bunal by which many political of- gfions liable to be assesed who are fender-s were sentenced, would be ‘not on the permanent assessment repealed by an Order in Council ‘book, The (jity Council may, as

before the adjournment" of the Dali for Holy Week.

The release of the prisoners took place before Mr. De Valera had been in office 24 hours and evidently it was his first act. At midnight last night Frank Aiken, defence Minis- ter, visitcd Arbour Hill, where he obtained a list of names and gave orders that preferential treatment be accorded political offenders.

rbour Hill has been used for political prisoners for more than ten "FIl“‘>.

JAPANESE

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Chinese authorities, "and we con- sider it a matter of urgent neces- sity to reach a definite agreement for cessation of hostilities forthwith. Then we may discuss and determine arrangements for a withdrawal of Japanese troops. _

"Japanese authorities have pre- sumed all along that the Japanese attitude in this matter was under- ,stocd by the Chinese. Failing to hear anything from the Chinese, however, since the League's resolu- tion was passed, the Japanese auth- orities wish to make clcar, beyond all doubt, their readiness to negoti- ate along the lines laid down by the League resolution."

Japanese officials announced that »

their losses from the beginning of hostilities on the night of Januazt/ 28 to March 5 totalled 532 dead and 2,072 wounded. ‘Ihese figures in- ciuded army, navy and civilian cas- ualtlcs

The League Assembly resolution of March 4 called on Japan and hina to cease hostilities and re- commended that negotiations be started to regulate the withdrawal of the Japanese forced. ..TOKYO, March ll.--(Friday)— (APJ-The Japanese Government decided today to instruct its Geneva delegation to refrain from voting on the League of Nations As- ielllblks proposed now resolutions for a settlement of the conflict with China and to oppose to the utmost application of, article XV of the league covenant in Manchuria.

authorities are investigating infor- motion the kidnapping was plan- ned in Vancouver, B. C. even be- fore the child was born, brought a statement from police they knew nothing of the report.

often as required, order a new as- sessment book to be prepared.

Taxes Due July 1st.

Section 78 of the cxsting statute iprovides that taxes shall be due and mayable on the first day of 111181151 in each year. The amendment changes the date to the first day of July. »

Tax Discounts

Section 83 of the existfiig statute. governing tax discounts, is replaced in the amendment by thefcllowing section:

"83. It shall be lawful for the City Council to allow a discount rate not exceeding the scale here- after menticned, on all assessments on real estate, personal property or income paid within each year with- in the time or t"mes followini. that is to say:

5 per cent if paid in the month of July.

4 per cent ii’ paid in the month of August.

3 per cent if paid in the month of September.

2 per cent if paid in the month of October.

One per cent if pgid in the month cf November provided al- ways that all such assessments ex- ‘cept that of poll: shall bear inter- est on the several ad respective a- mounts thereof from and after the 30th day of November of each year until paid, at thr: rate of seven per cent per annum, '" 2h interest to b6 computed and r i to the amount of all such asr. rnis. The inter- est at the rate i sin above men- tioned shall title. . to all present overdue taxes on zai and personal

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property both for ordinary city purposes and for the making o: i‘ rrmancnt cldc-

walks and strcots and shall begin to run on the pz-r aing of this Act.”

Sec. 80 is amcniicd to provide for the publication of ihc list cf real estate tax defnulterg "twice a week for four successive weeks" instead of “for thirty days" as in the ex- isting section. An Amendment to Sec. 00 makes these defaulters fable for interest charSi-‘i-

THE CHARLOTTEIOWN (iUARDlAN

thirty days" as m the ellflfllll m"

interest due on these taxes 18 841d‘ ed to the Sections 00 and 01.‘

Purchasers of lands sold 1'01‘ W!" shall receive, under an amendment to Bee. 92, "a deed o1’ all the e818“! and interest in such lands I! the person against whom the same hi8 been assessed" etc. The 085811113 clause reads “a deed in fee smrlo of such lands" etc.

Under Section 94 as amended the owner’s right to redeem lands $11115 disposed of is dependent on hi8 PIS’- ing seven per cent interest with thb‘ purchase money. The exsting sec- tion reads “six per cent."

Hay increase Taxes

Sec. 100 as amended will empower the Board of Appeal to increase as well as to confirm or reduce tax B's- sessments. ' .

Under Sec. 103 as amends“, in- terest as well as principal and costs shall be recoverable as a debt due to the city in an action brought for overdue taxes in any Court.

Sec. 111 of the existing statute reads: "It shall be lawful for the said Council to appoint from out of the members composing such Coun- cil, such and so many committees, consisting of such number of per- sons as they may think fit, for the better transaction of the business before such Council, and for the discharge of such duties within the scope of their powers as may by the said Cowicll be prescribed; but sub- ject in all things to the approval, authority, and control of the said Council."

Clcrk As Purchasing Agent

To this section the Council re- quests the Legislature to add the following amendment:

“(a) All orders for necessary re- pairs of tools or property belong- ing to the City, which the pennan- eni; city employees are for any rea- ison unable to make, and the pur- ‘chase- of all supplies shall be sub- ject to the direction and approval of the City Clerk, but the Council of the City can at any time, by resolu-

authority and control herein given to the City Clerk." I Sec. 121, as amended, will empow- er the City Council to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles in. Vic- toria Park or upon any road or lane wherein except upon that part of

road near the Fort, thence north- wardly to Brighton Road, and to impose fines not exceeding $20 on persons infringing such regulations.

Mayor's Power To Suspend

Section 129 of the existing statute, governing [Police administration is amended to authorize the Mayor, on the recommendation of the Chief of Police. to suspend for any such time as he sees fit, any pc- iice officer; but such suspended po- lice officer shall be entitled to a public hearing before the Mayor and Council respecting the cause of his suspension.

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CIVIL SERVICE

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former private secretaries had been appointed to "high grade posi- tions" inihe permanent service without competition and without reference to the claim to promo- tion oi’ the trained personnel of the department concerned, the re- port added.

During the year there were 445 retirements due to the abolition of positions and 86 were super- annuatcd due to ill-health. In the Department of Interior alonethere were 407 positions abolished.

Extended reference was made in the report of the recent Bcuchard- Chartrand cases in court arising from alleged tampering with ex- amination papers involving offici- als chargcd with the responsibility of conducting competitive examin- ations. It was stated that the De- partment of Justice had tinder con- sideration furthcr charges that might be prosecuted along similar lines.

LONE WOMAN

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below. She fell upon the hay and found she could not move. when discovered, she was in great 115111. from the wrenched back, and weak from hunger and thirst, but was able__to answer questions.

The four cows and oihcr live- stock apparently had not suffered from their e'ght day fast, and were promptly fed by the neighbors.

Dcflcuitvs‘ List

Geo. 80 is amended to provide for]

Mrs. O'Dcnnell'g pa: rat, found near her. had stayed with her the

the publication "twice a week 1°!‘ four successive weeks" of the T"! estate defaulters’ 11st, instead of “l0!

tion. Provision for the perms“ M

wlisienn turnout‘ McDOUGALD

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—POLiCE cdmu'_1n the sum. __.__ -~--~ merside Police Court yesterday, one Th0 first “m8 11° 111111 hoard of

drunk w g1 Mr. King's Bermuda bill was during as ned $5 and costs-S. the Conlmons investigation‘ smwv ANOONANE BEAUTY PABLO“ tor Andrew Haydon had 111101100 Summer iuc. Price for a permanent mm lonwdlstance’ mung mm m"

mittee. Mr. Haydon had said 11v did not know "Beauharnois had ‘paid Mr. King's and his own 0x-

—IIOCKEY MATCH m‘ nsua- p°_f“°’ 1° B°'m“d“",: 1 QUE Rink tonight, Bedeque vs‘ I was surprised, cont nued the North Bedeque_ This is one 0" we Senator. It was the first time I

“"01 Play-Off games for the Clark and heard or it", Tmphih skating an" game. Am He had told Mr. Haydon he would

.. . be appearing before the committee mission 25 cents‘ 14°34‘ and would than give a denial. He '_— came to Ottawa; but was not im- gmlxllfig: itTlgsggfiLglgr 124:: mediately called, and possessed no a visit to u“; 15m“ d éhe ha‘; been further information with respect to , ihe guest this Wm; o: h“ 515w the matter. when he did appear to 1mm Harry slmpham M qummeh give evidence, he said, Mr. White inside. Mrs. Mark will visit in Eliers- had gimp 1y held "p a ‘mummt’ ine and Coleman beforé rntumgng "He said, ‘attached to this is Mr. homeks. ” ' King's-words to that effect-Mr. King's bill in the Hotel Bermudi- una.’ Now, when the original

_Fnm INVESHGATION_ The voucher came back to the Beau- invcstigation into the recent firc on ammo“ omcy the simmer Enid’ Feb‘ 23rd m the building owned by and whcn I had the opportuinty

Peter McMahon of Kensington, and to investigate and found 0M1 I in which Justin Hines’ we“ known found that the Bermuda hotel Dill. 1

lawyer was burned to death’ was which was attached to the voucher, concluded on Wednesday. The in- W35 a hm of my own pcrsonal c,“ i vestlgation was held in the Court Domes m the Hum Bcnnudkmm ‘ House at Kensington by Mr. Hug/h which I have he": m my ha!“ F’. Morrison, Stipendlary Magistrate, There is not a’ dollar M Mr‘ King.“ and was called under the laws of Expenses on it at an",

1. the incorporated town or Kensing_ The Senator went on to explain ' ‘on. A“ the evidence was taken by that the accounts onihe bill cover-

the Magistrate’ who Wm make a rm cd his own rooms in the hotel. lie p

111011511! mentioned in lust nesday’s Guardian.

Wed-

wave is $535 and not $995. as m” bill was in the hands of the C0lT1\-v,‘..'3§' the Canadian Press) - The

__re<.=££uo;r N. B. Fish And f

A Game Ass ’n. -- The senate adjourned until eight Aflnlldl M eeting’ l ii. m, Tuesday next.

i Till} WATERWAY TREATY | OTTAWA. Ont. March l0.

i SENATE NEWS

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PREDERICTON, N. Bx, March 10. 15y the Canadian Prensa-The New ‘Brunswick Fish and Game Protec- ilve Association, at its annual meet-

gzobdbility is that no treaty will hi concluded between Canada and ‘i110 United States for the con- uciion of the St. Lawrence Wat- ay beforp the Easter recess.