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i" parachute.

QCPQaER 28. 1931 y

i:vvuni EXCHANGE

.-__._ (Ipoolnl to Johnston l Word)

OpenIIIiLJLoWILast NtCh Air 1191100 05. 55 (i4 tl-l —19's Aueg Corp — ‘.4: Al Chem .. 81% —‘1-:9h 5i: 3359-1111 10% — ‘if . 25 _ 5s 131% —‘l~'i§ 1J2 —1. 111% — 0Q ' 101m 4% 12111; --4 as :22 251i’. — 10% — 1A 111% — ‘K w, - 1111/4 — 1/; ‘A — 7s .411, — ‘Xi _—1% ' 34“ — I _ '1' lmv (Yhcm — 13,’; Del 11nd .. — Drug inc . — 1.4 E Dnpont . 571/,- 7,. 111cc I’ Lt 23 §;- Eric ... 12 — 1A For Film . 714,- 5i, Free Tex . 2073-7; Gen -1 Gen — Q’, Gcn — 1/, Gen - 1/, _ l _ =2 1 20% — 1A 115-2 —- ‘.3 171%. — . 33% -'- 54 Kreug Toll l 1,4 . — 11-’. — 5i: 38% — M: -114 — Tit I + 1/ 1/1 41 I u. 171,5 — M 2.1%. - ‘A 17v _ n2" 41.4 218% —-1|j 1:11.». I y, 37% — ‘,5 31V; — 1s n2. ~11; 151"": —- 1k 7% — 1/: v : s: —1'.'/F1 S Roebuck | 1il-‘i.’,f— 1.’; Qinc - 1x. . —- ‘.5 51% -— ‘if; 1111f — ‘H’. ‘l5 --:/’, _ .,_, .114‘ ‘<1 i2 1/: "1 unogl-vl, 1101i 1-5 . - "f. llnit (‘nrp u, 1:, ll fl lmo . . 1/. u s 1 Alon , 1,4. l1 R lluh . n s fitcci um.» nastier 1r. Vnu Rfccl . 2014i ‘.1055. l9 i ‘V, ivnrn n on c1141 o". 11-141 /, tVcs lluion R1 I _ i _\\'ost l-‘dcc 471M 471i M1 I l Wrml (‘n .. filial-Inflow 5.11110 . . Worth l’ 211V, 27114120114! -

“Duke” White

hours and 133

mile flight. l-le had no mark at which to shoot, as he was the first to fly between the two cities in an attempt w establish a speed record.

his home airport, speedy ship which carried him last week from Ottawa, 0nt., to Mexico . City, by way of Washington, in 12

hours and 36 minutes. 0X1 flight he was the first to link the three capital cities of North Amer-

Tke Montreal‘ Stock Exchange

(Eipcoll-l to Johnston b Ward)

Stocks Upcmllighlllotnllalt Abitlbl .. ...| z

Bell Telepho 121. |

Brazilian ... 12%| L! 12%| 13 B U Power A $0,

Can Cor Edy 0

can t.‘ Edy s’! 15 |10%|15 107a

Can Cement . .- Uun Cent 111d ..i 01 |

t: Pacific 10%| 10% 1c 1o Cockuhnt Plow Do lirldge .. .. Do Steel Coal .. 2 l-Just Dairies . ..

bluusey lzlttrrls . hie-Front ...’ ... ll Mont Power . .. Quebec Power .. 20 S of Canada Pfd J0’

MONTREAL, Quc., Oct. 2'(—(13y the Canadian Prcssi~liruzlliau Traction and Canadian Car Preferred today led a strong session of‘ the Montreal Stock Exchange. The improvement, which wus__dcspitc un unsteady tendency in New York brought about five gains against three losses.

Trailing expanded 5,000 shares over Monday's tutui. total snlcs being 11,500 compared with 10,500 on the corros- ponding day of last your.

The udvuncu in Canadian Car Pre- ferred, bcgun yesterday, continued vigorously today. Over twclvc hundred shurcs chnngod hands and tho closing prlcu was 1011; for a net advance of 114a points, The "poggcd" mlulnnttm of this stock is 14%. Tho conunon also shared 'in the demand, with trading in 1,1130 shares and advanced 1/, lo compared with its pegged prlcc O (1

Brazilian, after a temporary setback yesterday, advanced n full point to close at 13, its best figure of the day. international Nickel and Canadian Pacific were steady but featureless. Final prices lculuded: Abltlbl Pre- ferred, up 1/, at 81/1; Canadian Pacif- ic, off 1A at: l0; Canada Content, off 1A nt 5; Dominion Steel “B", off 1A 11,5‘ 1%; Lake of the Woods, up 11/, at 7 . llomlnlnn Stool and Coal Company today followed the path lnid down by n11 other major stool coiupnnlcs on tho colttinent in announcing n cut to all snlnrios nud wngo rates through- out the corporation except in cnsos where wage rates are covered by un- expired agreements. Cuts range from ten to twenty per cent with the larg- or salaries suffering tho hcnvuu- re- ductions. The order affects about a dozen subsidiary companies in addi- tion to the pim-nt organization.

NET PROFIT

(Canadian Press) CHICAGO. 111.,‘ 00f. 27—S0nt's R00- buck and (‘ompnny reported a not

.700 for the Dcriod from L‘, to O . compared with $0,- J in the snmo

period of 19110. Makes Another Record Flight

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct., lib-Major

James Doolittle flew from Mexico

Oity to St. Louis yesterday in 6

230 miles an hour for the 1500-

Dooiittle returned to St. Louis. in the same

that

ica. in a one day journey.

Makes Record

_ (Canadian Irena) i EDMONTON, Alta, Oct., 27—Sat, ting what is believed here to be a record "free" jump for Canada. Lleut. H. L. “Dukc" White, member of the Edmonton Aero Club, Jump- ed from a club plane Sunday and petl 8,000 feet before opening

< It was Lieut. White's third pars- chute Jump and it gave hundreds of citizens at the airport their big thrill 4n a week end programme put on by the aero club.

Mile on

Thursds 37th

A

Possibility of confinement touched another member of the Judd family late today when a. war rant was issued for the arrest ofl Dr. W‘ C. Judd, husband of thei Laccused trunk slayer, Winnie Ruthi Judd. medicine without a. license.

Warrant Issued

For Dr. Judd

(Canadian Press) _ LOS ANGELES, Calif, Oct., 27- in Jail

iuiutes . averaging 0

»

The Montreal Curb“ Market

(Qpoolnl (o Johnston l Word

Stock .) Beaul:nrnoil A .. o§tetnlmxbiLovilnut

British Am o|1 . on Dlo Corp-Sea ... 7 Do Stores .. 181,1, 1s1v. 1111/, 1111/,

Imperial Oil . .. 11

{llltlllfraiilliitffil ... 8%,, u“ n in“ n e ro eum .. 1t

int Utilities A . 21% n“ n“ 1m‘ int Utilities B . 4

"ltoln-ll. It Co _ g

Moss Mines .. ,. 421/.

Nornlttla .. .. .. 1 o<i|15,-;o|15_1 1550 Rlscne .. ... ... 05 ' Tea-k Hughes 5J0

Walker, Hiram .| 15%|

‘ Grain Market

_ _ _ (Canadian Prcln) hluW \Ol&l\, Uct. 27-—1.iondcd wheat

closed firm. High Low Last Oct. . .. a. ... 59% Dec. .. .. -. ... up“ CHICAGO

CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 27—Stirrod by reports that: France had about coin- pleted negotiations for the purchase of 20,000,000 bushois of United some; government sponsored wheat, the mar- ket late today ouidid the sonsoit’! high price record. it was furtln-r rc~ portcd that France would nord to ini- port 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 bushels of whent before August next. Tho news caught tho wheat pit nlmnst bnra of ogerlngs, and the market Jumped rap-

Whcnt closed strong ‘Jig-cog Qellffl higher. corn 141,5 up, outs lip-ii; ad- vnncod, and provisions unchanged to 7 coats down.

‘VINNIPEG

WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. 27-—(1ly the Cnnndixtrt l'rcss)—-Aftcr enriy uneasi- noss, prices hounded forward nu the Winnipeg Grain Exchange today in response to encouraging hows. The close saw ndvnnces ranging from 11,5 to two coats. October closed 11/, high- er nt 02: November 1% to 1% at 021/4; December lI/g to 1% at (l2 and May two at (i5 .

The shnrp advances followed circu-

lation of reports nf.,.n deal between l-‘rnnvc und the United Sintcs farm board in which twonty nllillnrt bush- els of whcnt wore said to lmvo boon sold and negotiations for the further sale nt thirty million more were un- dcr way. Prices previously hnd been stilvicct- od to unstondixicss as the result of poor export buying nnd indifferent spcouiutlvo support. But onrc the ru- mot‘ hit thr- pit prices stiffened un- ah-r n sh-ndy stream of buying and finally in ihc last hour snlcn prices shot up to put cash wheat at its high- cst value since the imginning of July. Substantial orders ‘from commission hnttscs forutcll the foundation for the rlso. lixpnrt trnde was insignificant.

(‘AMI PRICES

Whrut—.\'o. 1 hard 1113M; no. 1 nor. 041/. no. L’ nor. 5b; no. .'1 nor. M15; no. no. 5 49; no, ti 43; feed 4'2: no. 1 durum R3.

t 2 r‘. w. 11:114.; no. a c. W. ' ex. 1 food 301.’; no. 1 feed 28%,: no. fr "' if; P0101101] 211A; track 311.‘

v fl row ox. t.’ row ex. 3 C. 117.11%.

‘. g 1s: No. 2 C..W. 30%; no. 4 t. \\_. 41114,; no. 5 C. \V. 33%; no. i1 C. \\. Jill/g; truck 3U.

JIISCIGLILAITEOUS

liiONTlllliill, Qua, Oct. ‘I'M-Barley, Cuuudiaxt western. no. 3 .115; oats, Cuu. ndian western no. 3 .7; oats, feed, no. 1 Jill; flour, spring wheat patents. firsts 4.70: flour, seconds 3.00; flour, bakers 3.80; flour, winter wheat ptn- cuts choice 2.80-2.00; flour, white corn 45 4%): brnn, ton 15%; shorts, ton

..5; rollod oats. 5; hay no. 2, per tno, oar lots 12.00; cheese, Ontario .1254-

.l'.",{.- choose, Quebec .12; butter no. 1, .2 201i; eggs, fresh specials in cartons .55; eggs, fresh extras in car- tons .50 eggs, fresh firsts in onr- tons eggs, storage extras in rur- tous eggs, storage firsts in rar- tons eggs, storage seconds in car-

tons .26.; potatoes, Quebec, 80 1h. hag JO-AO: potatoes, New Brunswick 80 lb. bag .45-.55.

Practical Help i For Sydney Steel Workers

SYDNEY, N. S., Oct‘. 27. (By the i Canadian Press)——The Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation has de-

on a charge of practicing

mile of smiling benches: glorious

cided to contribute $100 a week t0 the work of assisting the unem- ployed, snd to waive the rents of steel workers living in company houses this winter, until such time

“as the occupants are in a. position

to pay. The company will also sup- ply each unemployed worker with twelve tons of coal on credit. the price- to he collected when condit- ions improve.

The ofler was announced lint

night by Hugh McAdam, acting pres ident of the Sydney Relief Assoc-- iation, who said the company had also profferred the services of a stenogrspher to be used in the work of the organization. The City of Sydney has given the services of ’Reid McPherson. city hall staff man, rs secretary of th’: relief association, thus rc- iievlng thafbody of securing a paid sécretary-

Wants Appeal For Capone

Montreal: Wednesday and ‘Sund - 24th inclusive: for

and Saturday, Dec. 17th to F: usive.

Poll fllfllll Tfiml W. K. Bolero, Clty Ticket AIL, station 1 raw. flnrlrln, ntnt. run. Anni

"MAIIDHAH

1°11’; ‘ffetae $11331?“ yum 111A}: cnwaoo. 11s., Oct. 21.-s1- {awaits you in aunn Florida, ideal wines: phm” 05pm‘ “mam”! in the holiday haven. Tltroug aleepiagcarleavlng C00! 001ml! Jill 101118119» "V"!

for St. Petersburg, each Tuesda , Dec. 15th to Fe nmi, each Monti: ,

another, day front Leavenworth pri- son by a brief order of the United States circuit court of appeals. I Three circuit Judges heard the gangsters lawyers plead for his freedom while he appeals his con- viction es an income tax dodger, heard s federal prosecutor say he should be put sway immediately

14.1‘. Ritchie, Tlrifl

Livestock

(Canadian Pres

MONTREAL, Qua, 282 sheep and la including about 200 cattlo and kcts. , _

Calves were steady, medium to good vcals sold for 88 to veals brought around $1, grassers were mostly $2.50

plckod out at $11.25 to $4.50. and butchers were sold for $5 to $5.2.

Sows were from $1 to $1.25.

DI VIDENDS

(Cnnudinn Press) NE“! YORK, Oct,

today declared n dividend of 15 cents a share for the six months eudcd March 1, next, compared vluus tit-c quarterly

ILLINOIS CENTRAL

NEW YORK, Oct. Central littilroztil today quarterly the common stuck.

U. S. STEEL

NlflV YORK, Oct. 2T—'l‘l|c United Slates Slut-l clarcd the counuun stock, thus

from $7.

To moot the dividend p: corporation is drawing $11.1: its largo undivided sitrplu previous qllilflt?!‘ the up of this account was ' l7

Unfillcd orders on band amounted to 3,111,813 Ions with 3,170,212}! inns throc months ugo and 3.1215135 tons a your ago.

Todufs dividcuds arc puyublc

record Dcconlbor 1, profcrrcil Novoiu- her 28 t stuck f rot-rd November L’. Including lin- iutorost on bonds,

quarter was $3,lil;i,$.'l.'|.

The regular quarterly $1.75 a share on tho proferrod was voted.

worn $0,181,001 coiupflvotl with 02H in the June qunru-r and $31, u your ago.

The corporation ourncd 88 routs a share on its prclcrrod stock during the third quarter, compared with 1'.‘ cents a share on 11101001111110“ in the preceding quarter and $2.06 in tin- September quarter of 111110. 1n built those periods special income was rc- pnrted, a your itgo ‘from income tax rofunds and tbrco uiouths ago from the sale of fixed property.

Net profit for ii months 1111111111 Mp1‘. 30 was $l7,.‘ii.'l,5t3, cqunl to $-l..\‘l n share on Jhtilllbll shurcs of prl-l‘ ~ _11tock votnpnring with not pr: it 0 ‘fliiiliiihiitili n!‘ $3.411 ll siiuro un N "7 cunnuort slum-s ufluv prt-fvvri- d id- icnds in tile first i) months of 105m.

1.0.0.11. District

Convention

15/!

'I'he first District Convention of the different Oddfellows lodges on Prince Edward Island. was held Monday night in the Oddfcllows Hall at the conclusion of the regu- lar meeting of St. Lawrence Lodge. It was presided over most ably by the District Deputy Grand Master, Bro. BenJ. Sharpe of Prince Ed- ward ‘Lodge No. 22, Summer-side, who was accompanied on this occa- sion by the Grand Master E. H. dillbxiroe, Kentville, N. Si, the Grand Secretary J. J. Macxinnon and Past Grand Master John A. Mac- Nair of Charlottetown. Owing to the lncleme y of the weather a number of Bros. fmm the outlying Lodges were unable to be present, but notwithstanding this, the Lodge Room was crowded, and the various questions and problems that effect the Order were thorough 1y discussed satisfactorily by the different delegates. At l1 p. m. the D. D. G. M. declared a recess when a committee from St. Lawrence and Wiidey Ledges took charge and passed around tasty refreshments which came at an opportune time and were much enjoyed. Then the

Grand Master, who was the Speak-

er of the averting, was introduced and gave a most interesting, in- telligent and practical talk on Odd- fellowship, which was much enjoy- ed. He was followed by the Grand Secretary who also gave some in- terestlng remarks and who in tum was followed by a number of Sum- merslde Brothers who spoke briefly on the Order, after which the firs: District Convention adjourned to meet next year ‘early in May.

for the good of the public and then told the United States mar- shal to wait at least another day before starting for the federal p911- itentlaryiwith Capone.

The Judges szld they would an- nounce thelr decision on a will 05 supersedess and an appeal 110ml Hi 2 o'clock tomorrow.

5o for the second ilmc C1190"?! train reservations were , cmuefled. The first delay was Saturday after- noon. Federal Judge James u- W11- kerson, who sentenced the sang chief to eleven years imprisonment. told the marshd to wait until ia- day to permit his lawyers i0 11111111411 to the higher court for bond.

Market Report

l) Oct. ‘XI-There

hogs held over from yesterday's mar-

30 and common tillel .~ trllnvs in iln- carriers rhuged from two curvcnr

Good ewes’ nd whethers were steady at $0.25 w $4.50 with culls and bucks

1102s were slow and lower. Bacons i

with the bulk of the sales around $5.10.

Lil-Common- wealth sud Southern Corp. directors

with lire- ratlons of l0 cents u share Tho dividend is pilynble March 1. to stuck of record February

ZT-Tuo lillnols omitted the fllvldt-nd of $1 a shure on

(Jorpor:|iiuu today du- n dividend of $1 a slmre on lnnintulriing the rato eslnbilslit-d three mouths ago when the nnnuul basis was cut to $1

Sept. 3U com purcd

as follows: Counnon Dec. (l0 to stock. of

amounting to the lutul deficit for the (livldoud of

Total earnings for the third cuurtor

__nA1u.01_'_r|-:'row1v ouaaonn

N» <>~

MARKET GOSSIP

(If! John L. Cooley, Associated Pros: Fl lll nl Writer)

l2, Oct. 27—A rnll!

in uln-nt fodn: fuilcd to arouse much

‘l

Lusscs in most instances were mod- "Till", but \\'t‘ii distributed among all major llrmlps. llnibt looked somewhat ""1"" |'<'1ll‘=1s:;io1l than sltber the in-

‘ i1 or" ntilitles- extreme dc-

to |~'l.\' points Tim market \vns dull ' totalling l,ti5ti,ll.‘10 shares. s puvcrunxcnt securities IS because (be to look for u rodls- so this \\‘0t~i.', but oth-

te bond list inclined

'| ltrprx-soiiiiitlve issues off a point or

American Con, Gout-val Electric, W951. iughuusc. American Tciepllunc, lien-

[more included United Status Steel, necolt, North

A ‘W116i! ll. Consolidated

~11 1-~ - . _ , ._ . were 37a cune- lsa "In" 1,221 ha“. "l-liid'"‘z1li"l)lllllkill:dnwfitgc: Inglsllglototwlhgfii; has and ltlonltulntr) \\ ard. humorous Inbl for Ills 011 the lvilrlliiigti sluhuncnts and some unfav- two Montreal livestock markets today 10mph. dmdvlil, "tun"!

specialties fcli in tho range, some were heavier. llails raduccd their loss-

es.

Stcrllngrcnru-d nriurly three mp1,; in active flotilla-gs, b sod ln|chnng_ cd at 3.00" its . 1c riuvfututlons were nttri u they lmd cum

l1-

goin- |

gold b . luirlllllrit titlll,000. . .1 r-s 11-111111-11

lll l,..~.'

lllilfkiit \vll.\T Tllli STOCK EIJKKET lllD

_ m». Mun. Admin-r of u|l\- g7 1m Number of d. 3st :1. ' Slot-int unvim ,. 1i . 1:3,’, 111i Total issui-s tnub-d (ind 577

International Issues Report

illlf, tit-t. 2T—(lIy tho (fun- l' Wlnti-rnxtliounl Business " iou today reported . luunths of 1031 not

hiuus . i114! fir»

.\l. 1 fur ouruiitcs of fvi -

n , dvprccintlon, und cs- tuv equivalent to q

Albany And Vicinity

Mr. Austin Noonan, Charlotte- town, spent the wcek end at his home in Albany.

‘Ihe many friends of Miss Mar- guerite Carmichael, who was oper- ated on for appendicitis in the Charlottetown Hospital, is doing as well as can be expected.

Mr. Murdock Dawson was a rccc-nt visitor to Summerside.

The regular monthly meeting of the Carleton Women's Institute for the month of October was held at the home of Ivirs. Stanley Linklct- tcr on Thursday evening, with thc president, Mrs. Hairy Mutart, pre- Esiding. The meeting opened by i singing Institute Ode. The minutes ‘were then read and adopted and iclcvcn members responded to roll

call by giving their favorite name

for a boy, also four visitors were prcsont. Different committees gave their report. Mrs. Thus. Bell, one of tho programme committee, gave

a very delightful selection on the ' piano and on being encored, played flower waltz. The new committees appointed were as follows: School,

Mrs. Nathan Boll and Mrs. Thus. Bell; Sick, Mrs. Fred Bell and Mrs. Harry Muttart; Program, Mrs. Louis Muttart and. Mrs. ltfcCurdy Bell; Refreshments, Mrs. lvlontague Campbell, Mrs. Leigh Lowthcr and Mrs. Douglas Bcll. It was moved , and seconded that Mrs. Frca Bell,

Mrs. Nathan Bell and lvlrs. Harry : Muttart. see about having the i schoolroom scrubbed and thoroughly i cleaned. An invitation was read to I the Institute to cater to the Masonic 1 Lodge at the meeting of the Grand I Offlcers on November 2nd. A spec- ial meeting to make further plans to be held at the home of Mrs. Louis Muttsrt on Oct. 26th. Next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Leigh Inwther, roll call to be answered by “A favorite Name for a Girl." A very delicious lunch was served. The meeting closed by sing- ing the National Anthem. Total re- . ceipts for evening were '71 cents.