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1 7 DEAD, 2s fUNREPOR TED” 11v QUEBEC FIRE

BITTER BATTLE RAGES AliiNli

Social Evening Held At Prince llflllalesllollege

‘A eudlal evening was held in prince of Wales College Hall last night for students attending the agriculture. carpentry. fisheries

Reinforced Chinese

d domestic science short u cs. Forces P .. ill. W. R. Show. deputy rfilnixljter ress Japan of agriculture and director of the ese Hard For POS-

tth training work in till Pr — ‘ f5‘, pmdet, 5 °" session Of Wuhu. Included in the program were (‘my Th: bu‘ )

short. addresses by Mr. Shaw, Hon. W. H. Dennis, minister of agri- culture, His Worship Mayor P. W. Turner, Mr. B. F. Thompson, 0t- telws, youth training supervisor, Labor Department.

Group singing led by sergeant Major Irlann together vrith student numbers provided an interesting and entertaining program con- sisting of instrumental selections. violin, guitar, piano, vocal solos. readings. step dancing and other forms of entertainment.

A very interesting motion picture was run off depicting progress in agriculture from a. mechanical and electrical standpoint. ' ,

SHANGHAI, Jan. 19—(Wednes- day)-—Chinese and Japanese for ces were reported engaged in a bitter fight today along the Yang- tse River near where the United States gunboat Pansy was sunk by the Japanese a month ago.

Chinese sold two reinforced col- umns arrived in the vicinity of Wuhu and were pissing the Jap- anese hard for possession of the important river port.

They said Japanese rushed four boat-loads of troops to Wuhu m bolster their forces, while two Japanese war-craft shelled Chinese positions above the city.

Oecupy Iloshien

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Japanese reported a Japanese tank unit occupied Hohsien after killing 2-30 Chinese and driving out 500 others. The unit then advanced toward Hanshan.

Since Japanese troops held Hoh- sien last month the tank man- oeuvre was interpreted as meaning possibly that Chinese re-ceplured the town for a time.

A Hong Kong dispatch indicated the Japanese were increasing their activities in South China. The dispatch said Japanese had warn- ed British authorities that they planned to keep the Hong Kong- Canlon road under bombardment and that any British subjects us- in: the road would do so “at their own risk."

Ethnic {ViZNli

"Carnival at Victoria Rink Thursday u ght. L-924-1-l9-2l.

"Warning — Talkies MOJll/Bgue Saturday, 11-960-1-19-31.

"Huskies vs Hornets, Milton rink tonight. Game starts 8 o'clock. L985

"Gard Party and Dance. Kelly's Cross Hall, Wednesday, January _ L-925-1-18-2l. "Card Party and Dance Masonic Reports Conflict Hall. Hunter River. bolllgllt- FY1165 given. L-96i-1-l9-1l. The Japanese announced they occupied Tenghsien, about 150

miles south of Tsinan, Shantung capital. and insisted, despite Chi- nese claims, thnt 'I‘sining, 120 miles »south of Tsinan, remained in Jap-

anese hands.

lvlusn u: Blunt luck

Ins urgent Forces Drive To Encircle Teruel.

HENDAYE, France, Jun. l8- (APJ-Spanish Insurgent author- ities anuounccd today their artil- lery had isolated Government troops at Tcruel, except for a small corridor leading from the strategically important provincial capital to Valencia.

For the first time in three months the Insurgents said, the Govern- ment soldiers flcd before Insurgent attacks at. Santa. Barbara. and Mansueto, Government defence positions north of Teruel.

The government forces were re- ported by Insurgents as driven acres lhe Alfambrn River in a push by Insurgent columns from Ccncud which netted remaining heights north of the provincial capitol, 160 miles east of Madrrid.

Tear Gas Quell; Prison Disturbance

WINNIPEG, Jan. 18 - ‘rear gas

"Crown Bakery vs. Cornwall C-Cl. Cornwall Rink tonight, 7.30. Skating after. L-965-1-19-li.

"League game at Wiltshire rink tonight, Hampshire Red Win85 V5 Hunter River Maple Leafs. L983

"Hockey at East Royalty tonight Central Royalty vs East Royalty Royals, skate after. L988

"Hockey at Marshfield rink bo- night Dunstaffnage vs I-‘renchfort, skate after. L987

"Buying dressed chicken and fowl dolly untl March. Correct grading. Geo. Lelghtizcr Co.

L-l9ll-l2-2l-fl.

"Bean SupperfBingo and Dance, Mount Stewart Legion l-Iail, Janu- ary 18th. Admission 25c and 15c.

L-923-1-l8-2l.

"Cake Sale—Moore dz McLeods Saturday, January 22nd. Auspiccs Girls’ and Boys‘ Hobbes Exhibi- tion. L-787-1-13-19.

"Reserve Saturday, January 29th for Benn Supper, Christian Church School Room. Admission 25 cents.

L-95ll-1-l9-1i.

"Buying drcssul chicken and fowl dolly, correct grading. top prices. Island Cold Storage Com- Ilany. L-475-l2-30-tf.

"Market your Poultry before February 1st to get rebate. Wc will be hnndl ng poultry all winter at we price. P. a‘. I. Egg 8r Pcutrv A5500. L~897—1-l7-4i.

"York Rink Saturday. January 22nd. Skate and ,Moccnsin Dance. Good ice and extra violin. music re- layed by W. R. Godfrey. If not fine.

YANlil_Z_E_ RlllEll

Tuesday. 11-959-1-19-15. bombs were used to drive unruly "Got our new prices on lVfllk-fed prisoners from Headingley jail dining room last nlsht. it W88

A and B Chickens for the balance of the Season. Easy grading, prompt returns. The ltoyal Packing Com- pany. L-BQG-i-H-tii.

" Hockey program at Graham's Road rink: tonight, Dar-y Kings vs Monarchs; Friday, Nationals vs Monarchs; Monday, Maple Leafs vs Monarchs. L977

"Attention Poultry Pr- ‘ and Shippers. We will be buying llve and dressed ' ‘ and fowl M"! until further notice. Write us to-da! for prices. Swift Canadian 00.. Ltd. L-039-1-l8-8l.

“The Kingston Baptist Church serves Ohlclren Supper in. Kingston Hall. Thursday evening, flung with special programme of Mixed Num- bers and Sing Bong. Free edmsrlon. Whiter. adults lilo. Children mder l2 years 15o. Il-Dbl-I-lil-ll.

"Seven Mile Bay card parties this week: Tonwht. Bedeque at John Connolly's: frhursday, Albany, at James Keenan's: Iridey, Cape ‘Traverse at Willem Murphy's: Borden Saturday at Frank Dorsey's.

learned late today. Hcadingley is the provincial jail situated 13 miles west of Winni-

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Cairo Coily

CAIRO. 188W. Jan. ill-MP)- Blender, dark-eyed Fsride Zulflcar, who will become Egypt's second queen since Cleopatra, on Thurs- day. completed her pro-nuptial ar- rangements today.

The 16-year-old bride-to-be had her lit-gown troussesu packed and sent to Koubbeh Palace where she and young King Farouk will live after their marriage.

From the time of Cleopatra, who was the country's ruler when E- gypt passed under the domination of Rome in 3 3.0., there was no Queen of Egypt until Faroukk mo- ther gained the title when her late

Decorated For

Royal Wedding On Thursday

husband, Fund was proclaimed King in 1922.

Cairo gaily awaited the impend- ing ceremony, which will be E- EYDFs first royal wedding since the days oi’ the Pharaohs, for Fuad was married. to Queen Nazi when he became king. '

Farid-a planned to go to Koub- beh Palace tomorrow to look at gifts from all parts of the King- dom ancl abroad.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Farouk received foreign diplomats bearing presents. Sir lvilles Lampson, Bri- tish ambassador, brought a. letter of congratulation from King _(_I1eorge._

Radical-Socialists Predominate In C a bin e t

(Copyright 1938 By The Ilavae News Agency)

PARIS, Jan. 18-Camille Chau- temps tonight formed a new French government composed, with two ex- ceptions. of members of his own Radical-Socialist party-the most moderate group of the 19 months old coalition of left parties known as the Popular Front.

Whether h's success in ending the five day political crisis precipitated by resgnation of his previous gov- eminent meant the doom of the Popular Front itself was not imme- diately clear. It was certain, how- ever, that support of the Commun- ists—one of the three main groups in the coaiition—had been discard- ed.

The third big Leftist party-the

Socialists who have the largest single representation in the Cham- ber of Deputies-pledged parlia- mentary support to Chautemps but declined to enter hs new cabinet. There were nine Socialists in the first Chautemps cabinet and their resignation during a financial cris- is was the immediate cause of the government's fall. The Socialist leader, Leon Blum, was vice-prem- ier In Chauternpts first cabinet and himself headed the first Popular Front Cabinet. A striking departure in the new government was creation of the post of lninister of state to coordinate financlaland economic affairs. This was given to Georges Bonnet, fin- ance minister 1n the last govern- ment and champon oi a. free- money policy, the issue partly re- sponslb e for the dramatic end of the government last Friday mom- ing. All Radical-Socialists in the last cabinet were retained, although some were shifted to new posts.

Ironic Sequel To College Disaster

ST. IIYACINTIIE. Qllenlan. 18—-Death struck again tonight as an ironic sequel to the Sac- red Heart College tire that. took an undetermined number of lives here today.

A stone's throw from the flre-rv racked institution, a. young woman returning from a visit to the still-smouldering ruins of the college was killed when the car she was riding was struck at. a grade crossing by a Canadian National Rail- ways train bound for Montreal.

The impact killed Miss ll. Grnndln and injured MrsJos- eph Gendron, wife of the sed- an’: driver, as car and locomo- tive met near St. Hyaclnfhe

station. The driver was not hurt, but. his flve-yesr-old child suffered from shook.

lave NEWS FLASHESI

curtrzn, Me.. Jan. lk(A-P-)-Cfllli mo! Ihm Ihtlon "M"!

l hil [l rs tonight off Machine Seal Igrtlanrfd fishing schooner Richard J. Nelsen,

Island, where the missing was last- Illllled yesterday-

The craft was believed carrying a crew c! l!» BUCIIAREST, Jen. le-(APJ-Klng Carol dholved parliament to-

night and ordered new election! or disapproval of the

vlan Goga.

WASHINGTON. American Federation

ion Congress for endnrscme against. Japan. The A. F. of Jan. 2|.

CHICAGO. Jan. IG-(A-P- ward to Chleslo today ill u" "l Lea Anlelee for the kidnap-HAWK

to enable Romania to express approval anti-Semitic, semi-Fascist policies of Premier Octa-

, A.P. —Willlam Green, President of the t: (um lpnlght he would submit to the Feder- nt of drastic international economic action

L. executive council is to meet at Miami, Fla»

y-Seowllng Peter Anders was rushed east- lody of federal agents who letled hlu ill Q Cindi l. IQ, . , .

Chautemps Forms New Government

Probe Fire Which Claimed Two Lives

(By The Canadian Press)

WINDSOR, Ont., Jan. ill-Inves- tigators probed tonight for the cause of a flre which swept through the frame home of Mr. and Mrs. James Woodiwiss, crem- nting their two children.

Jimmy Woodiwiss, three. and his tlvo-year-old brother Martin were trapped when flames of unknown origin ate through their suburban Riverside home today while their mother was at a neighbor's for a few minutes.

RUBIBHEAU cnnvlclln or nunnln

Sentenced To Hang April 20 For Slay- iug (if Saint John Merchant.

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

SAINT JOl-IN, N. B., Jan. Iii-A verdict of guilty, with a, recommen- dation for mercy, was reached this evening by n Jury trying William Robichcnu, 24. for the murder of Aaron N. Cohen, merchant who died from a bullet wound nfter an attempted he'd up at his store Dec. 17 '

Immediately after the verdict was reported Mr. Justice J. H. A. L. Falrwcathcr sentenced Robicheau to be hanged April 20.

The jury deliberated two hours and a half.

The judge instructed the jury it must bring in a verdict of guilty or not guilty of murder. It could not return a manslaughter verdict, he ruled. ‘

In his address to the Jury Pe‘ec J. Hughes. Fredericton, senior crown counsel. declared the crown hnd presented "as complete and perfect a vase as was ever present- ed before a jury", _.

Senior defence counsel G. Earle Logan contended that while Robi- cheau went into the store to rob‘ the merchant the crlvvo had noth_ ll"! to do with lin- slayinv. Robi- chmu ind no intention of klling Cohen. he declared.

Lunenhurg Fishing Fleet Tie-up Ended

(By The Canadian Press)

LUNENBURG. N. 8.. Jan. 1U -Fl|st vessel to leave for the Banks with the blessing of the Fisher-men's Federation since that. body tied up the Lunen- bnrg flshlng fleet Dee. 30. the

‘ Harry W. Adams. Cap-

tain Arnold Perks. sailed late today.

Fishermen lined the water- front and cheered as the schooner cast off her lines. To- morrow the rest. of the fleet, with belt and ice aboard and eager to make up for lost. time, will" sell one by one out. into the Atlantic.

Final obstacle w departure of the fleet was removed thh afternoon. Telegrams from ' Maritime-National Fish, Limit- erl of Halifax said that with labor troubles there settled, the

-lrmwuinapoeltlontoban- die the fares of those Lunen- burg vessels which previously had lubed for than.

lllll DISCUSS DEFENCE AND TRABEJSSIIES

Anglo-Irish Parley -—Partiti0n Q u e s - tion Raised.

IONDON, Jan. lit-The present Anglo-Irish conference, described by one Irishman as a “prelimin- ary canter over the course," will adjourn tomorrow without an a- greement being reached but with the important questions of trade and defence in be followed up im- mcdiately.

The next stage will be consider- ation by experts of the points in- volved, preparatory io another for- mal meeting of the statesmen of Eire and the United Kingdom in London, probably within two months.

The question of partition, thr rock on which the conference might have founder-ed, was laid aside today and will not be raised tomorrow. Instead defence and trade will be further aired before adjournment is taken.

‘Matters to be settled in regard to mutual defence of the neigh- boring islands presumably figured in a brief meeting between the noon and afternoon sessions today when Foreign Minister Eden tnlk- ed with Prime Minister do Valera of Eire and Malcolm MacDonald, Dominions Secretary. Mr. Eden would be qualified to deal with defence in its international aspect

while Mr. dc Valera is minister for external affairs in the Eire Government. '

Irish circles in London welcom- ed What they termed n significant editorial in the Irish TimeslDub- fin-Conservative) which suggested Viscount Cralgavon, Prime Minis- ler of Northern Ireland. make concessions to the Nationalist nun- ol'ity oi.’ that country. Northern Ireland's rigid opposition to any move towards reunion of Ireland has just been reemphnslzed by Lord Cralgavons action in calling a February vcncrnl election to ob-

tain a popuTar mandate on the question. Irish political circles hero were

more hopeful tonight of a final settlement of Anglo-Irish problems than they had been for some time, without, however, expressing un- clue optimism.

American Woman Arrested In Moscow

WASHINGTON, Jan. l8—(AP)- State Secretary Hull, receiving word from the Soviet Government that Mrs. Marie Rubens of New lYork City had been arrested in

Moscow on suspicion of espionage. asked Soviet authorities tonight to permit a United States official to see her.

State Department spokesmen said the request was made so that a secretary of the American Elnbns- sy in Moscow could determine how she was being treated and whether her story of her detention corre- sponded with the Soviet version.

Counsel for Miss Constance Boer- ger of New York, sister of Mrs. Rubens, announced he would ask the secretary of stntc to arrange if posible that the prisoner bc represented by counsel of her choice.

Committed To Trial On Murder Charge

(By The Canadian Hess)

SHELBURNE, N. 3., Jnn. Ill-A 24-year-old fisherman from Stoney Island was committed today to stand trial in Supreme Court next June on a charge of murdering Warren Brown, 41-year-old mer- chant of the isolated island.

Ennis Ross appeared before Ma- gistrate W. li‘. Lewis, and l6 wit- nesses testlfled before he was com- mitted to the higher court. Dr. C. A. Webster of Yarmouth said Brown was admitted to hospital Jan. b, suffering from gnnsho‘. wounds. Fifty-seven pellets punc- tured hls right side from the hip to the chest. He died early Jan. 7.

Cardenas Seeks End To Labor Trouble

ORIZABA, Btstc of Veracruz. Mexico, Jun. l8 —-(AP)—l'rcsldcnt Lazaro Cardenas conferred today with leaders of conflicting labor factions in an effort to prevent recurrence ofa riotous gtrikc which caused at least eight deaths.

The President sought perman- ent settlement of the eonfict which, in a 24-hour strike, tied up virtually every key industry in the state of Veracruz and led to serious disorders. The strike ended st midnight last night. but ., new troubles threatened.

Progress MadeIn~

Students And Teachers Of Sacred Heart College

Are Victims In Holocaust

Trapped By Flames Which Levelled St. Hyacinthe Institu- tion — Unknown Death Toll.

By D. E.

IIURRITT

Canadian Press Sta/f Writer

ST. HYACINTHE, Que,

Jan. 1S --((Il') WThu giant

skeleton of Sacred Heart College yielded more bodies t0- nuzhi, lifting the toll of its early morning fire to 17 known deaths as college authorities posted the signiiiczult word, “llnrcportcd,” against the names of 28 more men and boys.

There was nothing definite to indicate exactly how

many students and teachers

perished as sweeping flames

engulfed the four-storey structure while its more than 100

occupants slept early today, morgue behind the town and Hyacinthe feared.

but 16 bodies lay in the little another in hospital. And Si.

The smoking pyre that was a $500,000 college, its gaunt

framework draped now in bu res one by one as the embers

lbous icicles, gave up the hod- cooled from the fire. Seared

and dismembered, virtually all the victims were unrecog-

nimble. IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULT

Up to tonight, only two of the (lead were iticutiiled. Brother Jean Baptiste, 64, had died after break- ing ll. lcg in a fourth-storey leap for his. lifc. Fificen-year-old Jos- eph Vincent oi St. I-lyacinthe had been found (lead in the wreckage of his school. The others wcnt uzunelcss.

All 17 were included in a list 0i 45 “unrepol-tecl" teachers and pup- ils; which the college officials made 1iublic tonight. That left 2B either shcltcrring: in St. Hyncinthe homes. or gone to their own homes, or bizriccl in the ions of steel and wood and masonry within the coi- lcgels four bare walls.

2'3 IN HOSPITAL

In hospital there were 22 boys and Brothers, most of them bound in oil-soaked gauze. Some had broken arms or logs; many had leaped three or four floors to the ice-hard ground, goaded by the menacing flames. Ami some were in serious condition.

In the momue, what remained of the other l6 was laid out on paper spread upon the floor. Pieces of bone, of burned flesh, scorched clothing, was all that could be found by firemen in frost-caked coats who plied most of the day through the debris.

ORIGIN UNKNOWN

Where the flames started no one knew. iilustave Goisy, one of the first firemen on the scene, said they originated in the "pool room". Others said there was what sound- ed like an explosion.

Several pupils said the building shook momentarily. Brother Ros- nivc, director of the college, felt what he thought was an “earth- qunke" as he was shaken from sleep.

Had it been an enrthqunkethere could have been little more of dis- aster. The red brick walls of the four-storey building were heaved out in five different places. Not u bcnm or support was left standing

Steel Wllld0\V-fl‘i‘1lllCS dropped from their places into the snow. and the snow for a half mile o- round was blackened and dolled with debris. ‘Frees within the school's hedged grounds caught great sheets of metal roofing as they drifted from the inferno.

DEBRIS PILEI) Ill GII

Inside the walls was debris piled many ‘fort high. Tons h ofm brick.

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Allyrshirejllen dliscuss Bangs’ lllisease Control

Appoint Committee Tolnvestigate Breeders Attitude Re Private Test.

A committceconsisting of Messrs. Major Mac-Roe, Charlottetown Roy- alty and Milton Fixrncss, Vernon, was appointed to compile, data concerning cost of a private test for Bangs’ DipFilSL‘, nt a meeting 0f the Prince Edward Island Ayr- shire Breeders Club yesterday The information would be com- municated to individual breeders in an endeavour to learn how many would be interested in mak- ing the test, the breeders in ses- sion decided. Part of the cost would probably bu contributed by the Club while thp Department of Agriculture would be requested i0 provide transportation for a veter- inary in ihc event of the work being undertaken, the meeting decided.

The possibility of establishing here a disease-free area for all Canada was visualized by f“. W. R. Shau", deputy minister of agri- culture in u short uddrswss. Some progress had already been made in that (liroctlon when tuberculo- sis had been eliminated from Is- land ‘cattle. If Bangs‘ Disease could be entirely eliminated through o. province-wide lest this area could become n propagating area for Canada. What it would mean to hrccclers in the rest of Canada and even in other coun- tries of the world to know that here cattle could be purchased in an arcs completely lflrv of (lis- eascs, which in some places are of great economic importance, was mentioned by the Ilcpuly Minis- ter. No other plnec in (Jsnurin was so adapted to tho establishment of such an area and he would like to soc the idea followed up, Mr. Shaw said. In the case of a general test for Bangs’ Disease some such sve- iem of comprnsnliorl to breeders who had re-actors as that employ- ccl in the test for TB was sug- gestcd.