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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937

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BRITISH-IVE VAL PR OGRAM 11v FULL s Wizvc

TRA-AEPOIFF BILTPAsEEs 0111?? sTAFE Ho a re7enenzs

MARYEME F tn a E ‘d REBELS occuu New Details 0f ¥ 1;e1§;.3,g.€'~;%,‘“g 0l;‘,;4bel:sesvlU,e;r¢l{:‘:. Ifll] M|[[$ lfllRtearmaflentPlang ‘ Guardian System DRIVEEWHI Have 148 New Warships

‘lsinilvfifiif scram Under Construction By The Eight Witnesses Examined Yester- End 0f The Year-

rm ForjQoronation

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_ New Army Unifo

m Federal control of Canadian uansportatlon agencies was ad- vanced another step today when the Senate Railway! Committee

Government Offi-cials Charge Italy Wag-

333:: ‘zifmrvflnxnzztldhankul: day By Commission Inquiring in g “Undeclared hioxuoh‘. ‘March 1l-'-((“l’ (‘ablc_)—_'l‘he s0 new ivar- ‘ h" “d “ha,” u: ma,“ “zarnln Spain‘ s rps to be laid down b) (neat Britain under the 1937

|lnce Feb. 8. An ilth-honr effort by Senator-l

naval program announced in the House of Commons to- day, together with the 68 ships being built under the 1936 I

[mm the Maritime Pmvincei to further amend the bill wast-ejec- ted by the committee at the final gmicn and the bill will be repor-

The Senate was scheduled to get

of amendments had not been com- pkkd and-it was act over.

The ‘Pranrport Conunission of the Maritime Boards of Trade wir- pdthe committee yesterday the eastern provinces would be depriv» ad of central Canadian markets ‘if through shipments from Canadian Atlantic ports to the lakeheacl cr st. Lawrence ports were not ex- empted from Federal control the bill proposed to vest 1n a Board of ‘transport Commissioners.

1t submitted the result otherwise would lead inevitably to higher height rate: and would retard the economic life of the Maritlmes. 'lhe Saint John. N. B., Board of mde. W. H. Silver. Halifax, and the Maritime Premiers forwarded supporting twgrams. claiming this class of Maritime bu:1nes.s would be destroyed unless exclusion was muted-

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"Corrie to the Old Time Concert. Mount Stewart Legion Hall, March 17th. . L-439-3-l2-2i.

"Pantry Sale aid of Bascilicn Alta: Society. Saturday afternoon u Holmnrm, L-287-3-B-6t.

“Hockey at Canoe Cove tonight, Ohurchill vs Canoe Cove. Sfsrting “for, L457.

"Oovehead vs. Maple Leafs. Milton Rink tonight. Game fturts

t30. Skate alter. L455-

"Hockey at Hunter River to- llight, Milton Hornets vs. Hunter River Royals. 14-451

“Three-act Comedy, Emerald Nail. st. Patrick! night. Admislon i0 cents. Curtain at 8.15.

L-401-3-12-4i.

"Cake Sale. Second Charlotte- town Co- of Girl Guides. Mrore dz liubcods, Satu.day, March 13th.

14-387-3-12-21.

"Borden rink tonight. the old rival‘, Bloodnounds vs. Nationals for itgcrs ‘Trophy, skate ater.

L450.

"COme to the Hospital Cake

Bole at Prowse Bros., Saturday. March 13th. by the Lcdcs of “filly United Church. 1.452.

"Roomy, Pownal, filmy, 12th- t- Albion vs. Miliview, Mt. Her- tand Pownal Junior‘ vs. Mt. Herbert and Pownal Seniors. L458.

"Si. Patrick's Concert, Bonshflw March 17th. Hear W.R. Shaw speak. ram and lunches. Admission

and 10c at 8 o'clock. 11-431-3-12-16.

"Division variety Concert 1n w l-lall, March 11th. Good nt- Curtain rises at a P. M.

than». Sale of lunches. Admission 5v and 10c. L-433-3-12-1i.

"The Annual " ‘lng micm Kings Exhibition Associa- Wlli be hekl 1n Mcqunidb Roll.

. m ‘hicsday, Mnrch 18th at

P- M. PIG. Edwin Reid. 506')’. D. - MacAulay. L-MO-S-lfl-fli.

"Bee "The Colonel's Maid" pre- Ilted by 5t. James Dramatic Club. clown, March 17th. A splendid ‘Three Act ‘he Ohlnm Oook a a scream. L-OSQ-S-ll-Zii.

"I-lvaatock Marketing Board "ll deliver a carload of cornmeal "I! cmkec corn at Wiltahiro Ration to formers who place their "or with the Stripping Club soc- Mlfy. Act quickly. place you: order

Once. Feed corn products and , Y. YOU‘: valuable .

ted to the Senate Tuesday night.

the bill this afternoon but printing

of the

Comedy-Chlng-a Lin;

"It is my opinion that the de- struction of lobster traps is not the BT01)?!’ method of enfor~"“- the neg- motions. 1n fact it is w“; m that the fishermen suffer, and the man who buys his product, the One who encourages him, gives him cans and then buys the canned lobsters back at a low price and sels l-hem at a 111811 price, gets off Scot free, and 1t is my opinion that 1f illegal fish- inl; is to be stopped. that first party handling the lobsters after the fish- ermen is the man to prosecute." de- clared Mr. W. F. Tldmarsh. of this city. former manager for the Port. land Pecklns Company who retired a few years ago. before a royal com- mission probing the illegal fishing 0! lobsters here yesterday. -

Mr. 'I‘idmarsh, who has made an exhaustive survey of the lobster 1n- dustry, said that the average fisha erman in good seasons makes but little money. and u he knows he can sell his lobsters, there is a temptation for him to mire a, chance and fish illegaiy.

"1 3150 agree with the statement

of Hon. Fred Magoo made at Port Elgin." continued Tidmarsh, T "Nfiurdlllg the protection industry. r feel that the Jlwtiee Department through the R. C. M. P,

could do a much more efficient job ,

than the present guardian system, ‘There has always been political in- terference to a certain extent, re- gardless of what party 1s in power, and the Huardians have their friends in various districts and in some cas- es rehfives who are "PCBChlHE" and

aslso feel that the tem is not worth much."

The witness also expressed the nnininn that the late season 1n District 8 should be abolished, and that there should be but one sea- son 1n the two districts. 7 and B and that from May 1 to June 3o,

patrol boat sys-

E'8ht Witnesses Examined

Fl~ht witnesses testified yesterday hetero the Commissioner. Mr. Jus- lk" A- "l". lmBleno or the King's Bench division of the New Bruns- udck Swvrmc Court. The enquiry wll‘ continue local fittings today and probably Saturday.

Yesterdrvr morning. three witness- es ivere cclwi bv Commission Coun- srl. Hon. l-l’. F‘. G. Bridges. in the efirrzvvn Mr. Tidmnrsh u-a-s recall- ed. and five additional witnesses wr-ro heard.

Wlirn the tnnuiry resumed yester- rlnv morning 11".". Gcnrfie W. Mc- Y-wvl. loutl mcnrtgcr for the Port- lonri Pecklnrz Company returned to the ulltncns stand and from pre- nnreci records stated that last year frc-n September to November 2 he bad nvewieri some 1'76 cases of lob- stefls wlvch he was svsnlcious had been illepnlly packed, ‘These lob-

Former Native 0f Malpeque, Dies

svnuzv, n. s. March 11-0111’) —News of the death in Toronto 0! Captain Gcorfll? Dale. the" “Wile”- was received by Mr. and Mrs. (R0119 ‘Sudbury of sydnev today- | 30m m, Malpeque, P. E. 1., 65 : years ago Capt. Days SUPP"! from ‘ that port when a youth and follow- = ed the sea for years. Retiring 618m years ago, he took up mstfilw 1H Toronto.

end of the.

they do not want to report them. I '

Into Illegal Iiggster Fishing.

sters came from C. F. Morr’

‘ Tlsr-ish, who was acting nssfifiyfi I" ‘he Wmlla-TIY. and with one ex- ception were delivered to the Char. iottetown warehouse by truck. with “he ‘"19 bl comma by mm. There were four shipments making up the total and were delivered without permits for transportation.

The witness said he had been in- Wrmvd by Mr. Morrlssey that pre- Wmtlllm it “Knish were being made to blur illegally canned lob- sters last fall, and in view of the fact that other buyers would be will"! some. he felt the company ‘PWUBM P80111118 Company) should Bot their share. He admitted send. "18 the money to Mr. Morrlscy to buy the lobsters and also admitted "ml his company had supplied cans

had received. Mr. McLeod said that "he" We" "W0 5hll>ments received by his company here on August 1a and 25 with permits.

“Did you make any attempt to bring those cass of canned lob. stars into Charlottetown at night?"

"Nth the melorlty or them were delivered in the day time."

"Did you know there would not be a permit with a conslderabfc hum-- bor of the cases?"

I nY%'II ; "I suppose you sampled the lob- sters?"

“Yes."

"were they a good peck?"

"Yes, they opened up as good mar- ketable lobsters."

"Wfllgal/Oil worried about the

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u. s. PRUTESTSf PRESS llTACKSl

Violence Of Nazis Blasts.

(A. P. by Guardian‘: Special Wire)

WASHINGTON, March 11-Thc United States Government gave notice today that 1t did not like recent attacks in the Germrn press

stltutlons.

Secretary Hull instructed William E. Dodd. American Ambassador to Berlin, to express to the German Foreign Office this Governments amazement and concern cvcr the violence of the denunciations.

It was the second diplomatic in- cldent between the two countrle" within a week. Germany previously had protested against a speech 1n

, which Mayor Fiorelio H. Laguardin

cl New York called Adolf litler a "brown- hit-ted fanatic," and l-lull had apologized formally for La- guardllrs remarks.

Officials said German press at- tacks to which Secretary Hull took exception had continued after he apologized for Mayor Laguardilfs reference to Hitler.

Some Berlin journals printed such bitter articles about La.- guardia, Jewish women who com- posed his audience, and American municipal govcmments in general, that portions of them were des- cribed here as unprintable in this country-

,Defence Vital Topic On Imperial Parley Agenda

1 (C. P. by Guardian's Special WIN)

(YITAWA. March 11—Defence. constitutional questions and trade form the pattern for the work of the Imperial Conference which meets in London May 14- _

1n m, * of the m" made public tcdny 1n all the Im- ptre capitals, rorelcn roller I114 defence comprise the first mail! heading, In the 1030 conference it was second, preceded by tntcr~ imperial relations and followed l1! economic questions-

"a; regard‘ foreign aff-airhmand.

defenze," ma the text. "the nsendl will include an examination cf the general situation. 908ml" Wm‘ All ifl Bil I 1Q i‘

larsl character which may require consideration”

international status of members of the British Commonwealth and treaty procedure are the chief divisions of the general topic of

" ‘ l quutlorn.

A general review of the progress of Empire trade will be involved in the discussion on trade. ship- ping and air cornmimtcationa. Questions arising out of the Ott- awa ‘Prado Agreements are to be dealt with by separate discussions ‘ ‘ independent governments apart from the conference itself- The agenda say: 1t is hoped an cp- portunity will appear for discus- fla d 8min nlnlm. s

to about the same extent as they .

I

Express Concern Over

This British idea of a. smart new uniform has been approved by the King for army_ use‘ at theforonation. “It 1s darkwblne.

0.N.R. Depot At Tormentine Razed

(GP. Cy Guar Special Wire)

CAPE TORME. _lN1~., f7. B., March 11—Fire of unknown origin tonight razed the Canadian Nation- al Railways depot here and the combined slcrc. residence and res- taurant owned by Ambs Alien. A bucket brigade finally extinguished the flames. Loss was roughly esti- mated at $7,000.

‘C’. N. R. stallion agent George A. Peterson. and telegraph operator Charles Boyce 111.;r.ag_d to save all important papers and some equip- ment from the stnticn but the large office safe, coud not be moved.

Telephone, telegraph and hydro lint-s serving the small community ivere destroyed. An emergency repair crew was working tonight to re-cs- mblish light and power service.

loss to the railway was estimated at $3.000. The Allen structure was

ag inst American citizen and in imlucd M about’ $4000‘ i! 3 ' i

Franco Sets - up Naval Control

PARIS, March 11—1CP-1-lavas)-— Prance tonight set up n temporary naval control plan of its own to protect its tcrritrial waters-from

Spanish fighting craft pending completion of the inttrnational control plan.

The action was impelled by f0- cent attacks on Spanish govem- merit. ships by Insurgent Will‘ V95" sels 1n shipping lanes hcar the French coast.

Navy lifinister Gcsnler-Dulllam ordered the navy lo keep under ob- gervation all trade ships enterinfl and leavfng Spanish ports from March 14 until international con- trol becomes effective.

PROPOSE COSMETICS TAX

LONDON’. March 11—A proposed tax 0n English beauty “will bro- vlde $16,500.000, according to o select committee of the House of Commons.

The committee silage-sled e penny tax on every sixpelloe ‘"0111! of “M sold 1n England.

Fresh from the Gardens

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and leaves today on return to the

Plan ‘

~forth the possibilities lcr a large

ma. r. [Lilli nuuus m UTTAWA TllllAY

Was In Province In Connection W i t h Economic S u r v e y Now In Progress.

Mr. F. E. Lathe. M50, Ottawa. completed his work here in con- nection with the economic survey

Federal capital. Mr. Lathe, direc- tor of the Division of. Rcserach Information, National Research COUMU. had been in the province for the past two days 1n Conneq- tion with the economic survey ol the province now 1n progress un- der the direction of Hon. B, W, LePage, president of the Executive Council.

Yesterday Mr. Lathe met in pri- vate oonference with Hon. Mr. LePage, Dr. J. A. Clark. superin- tendent of the Experimental Stat- ion; Mr. W. R. Shmv, deputy min- istcr of agriculture: and Mr, 3K, ‘S. Hamming, public accountant, who had presented a brief. soiling

scale canning industry hero, at a conference on Wednesday. Ycslcr- day's work was largely spent in clarifying and gathering additional information about matters which had been discussed the previous day. Hon. Mr. LoPage said last nizht.

On return to Ottawa Mr. Lathe will prepare a report, which will‘ be submitted to his superior ofll- l cer in the National Research Council, and will then be passed r on to the Federal Departments cl Agriculture and Fisheries and others interested. Copies of Mr. Lat-he's report will also be furn- ished provincial authorities.

The survey would not be oom- pleted for some time yet, HonMr. LePage said last night. When 1t was the findings would be pres- ented to the Provincial Legislat- urc.

1and St. Anthony, Nfld..

(By 3°71" URN Associated Pres; Fvrelrn Staff) “MADRID. hfarch lb-High Gqv- 363M511? authorities. charging 3Q- t u daian soldiers were‘ driving owar_ Madrid with the insurgent "my 1n Guadalajara. accused It- al)‘ Wllight of waging an "unde-

clared war" on spam l FO-“Plgll .\I‘.l1l tcr Alvarez del Vavo. on behalf of civil officials, gm’ “sorrel Jose lillflla. speaking ‘gem; animal? command. said the 0M1 a ,°°m° w @911 talk of a conflict in Spain and brand the uar an international one General Ivilaja, commander or an Government troops in central 59am. returned from a, {rot-mime tour and declared his troops were hoicling firm tdoay. the foul-m 0; flmse fighting in the Guadala- Jara sector northeast of Madrid.

Attack Repeatedly

Insurgent forces attacked 95bit! in an effort to their advances of the first days 0f battle. he Government pitted the best», unit" of its nil-force against the in. surégfint offensive. vernment artillery, meanwhile, lfifilldii. Effifi" °‘Z?.°°“"“' r o, v Madrid‘ nor west of A serious blorv to Genera] mm- cisco Franco's forces was struck in University Clly Where barricaded Positions in the agricultural school were blurted by a mine In the Jarama Valley. southeast of the capital, defence troops were reported to have improved their lines as the result of a successful days fzghting.

re- extend three

Italians Captured

Four Italian officers and 37 sold- iers from the ranks. said to have been captured 1n the Guadalajara fighting. were exlfibtted by the Government a: proof of Italian support 1n the insurgent onslaught aganut the Aragon highroad.

Officials said information dis- closed by the captives left no doubt of the DYFCDCC of a veri- table army of Italians on that front.

General Mihja. returning to the city. declared "the enemy advance

-in the province of Guadalajara 1s

fully chock

(continued on page 3)

New Bruiser For Eastern Service

(C- P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

QUEBEC, March 10—The Clarke Slbiilllrllip Company has acquired for its hlontreal. Quebec and Ncw- foundland service the Prince Henry. ILOOO-lon cruise vessel operated by the Canadian National Steamship Company between Vancouver and Alaskan ports, President Desmond A. Clarke announced today.

The Prince Henry now on south- ern cruises will be overhauled and renovated 1n preparation for four trips next summer from Montreal and Quebec to Gaspe. Charlotte- tsvou, Pictou. N, S., Comer Brook Fbrteail Bay in Labrador, Havre St. Pierre on the St, Lawrence River north shore. the Saguenay River. Mur- ray Bay and back to Montreal.

program, will zlgain place the

rules the waives.” The “remarkable number“

t0 meet it.

navies."

tonnage of 1,525,368 tons. of over age vessels.

LONDON, March i1—New details of British naval construction and strategy, a. new picture of the thoroughness with which the gov- ernment is carrying out. its marm- amcnt program, were unfolded 1n the House of Commons today by Sir Samuel llcare.

Intnoducing the 1937 naval esti- mates, the First Lord of the Admir- alty revealed that by the end o! the year Britain would have under con- struction the “remarkable number" of 148 ships, that anti-aircraft weapons were being produced "on a scale of precision undreamt of‘ in , 1918." that plans would bcrready to g repel any attack on British shipping l in "narrow sans," and that the ‘ Singapore naval base was nearing completion.

After the speech, Rt. l-ion. A. V. Alexander, former Labor First Lord of the Admiralty, asked if the Do-

. (Continued on page 8)

UNE DEAD IN MINE BLAST

Fears Held For Safety Of 18 Believed En- tombed.

(AP. By Guardian's Special Wire) CHARLESTON, W. Va- March 11 —N. P. Rhmnhart. chicf of the. state mines department. said tonight one man had been found dead and 18 were missing in the explosion of the AIcBeth mine of the Hutchin- son Coal Company ncnr Logan. ' Rhinehnrt. added he 11nd been in- fformcd thcrc were 2L! mcn in thc } mlnc and that the other three ovi- dcntlv had escaped. The bod)‘ lfilllld was that of the mine motnrmun. He said the explosion nvurwllllv was “1oca1ized" in the mine "head- ; ings" and that the cause probably was axiciclcntal ignition of gas.

NEW YORK. March 11—'l‘hc Chief of Police of Logan, W. Va, told The Associated Press over tlic telephone tonight that one man. was known to have been killed in a mine explosion near there and that 22 were unaccounted for.

The officer. Everett Aurpicc. said 1t would take “36 to 48 hours" to reach the trapped men and added:

"it looks like there's very little chance for them."

(CP)—A letter from counsel for a son in North Dakota today started aseamh for $300,000 allegedly secret- cdsomewhere 1n adilspldawd. ill’- paper shack in this settlement 350 miles northwest of Edmonton.

The fortune 1s supposed to have been left by George Lerch, 83-year old second hand dealer who died July 20, 1936.

The shack hm been condemned by the Town ccuhcu as a public health menace and a fire hazard. Since word of the fortune “got l- round. 1t ls being kept under care- ful pcfioe scrutiny.

When Lerch died his Elfffil-‘l "T" taken over by the public admin- btIl-lfll’. Ht! Mill It lit l"

$300,000SaidHidden Away By Recluse In Old Shack

PEACE RIVER, Alta» Mlfch 11- conslsted oi the shook and contents

and a quarter section of land.

A11 Edmonton barrister has rc- celvcd a communication from a law- yer 1n Larlmorc. N. D». i0 the "mi- that George frerch. son of the dead man. and resident of that town for the past 29 _veors. has Nlllvwlil-‘d his father as a rich mlser. having. to the son's knowledsfl fivc rear-s ago, more than $300,000 in H1511 hidden away in various places about his property 1n Ponce River.

information rogardnlr a will lcll

_ by deceased and the tllrlliblllll" Pl l the property is asked for in lhl‘ letter and also u request that des- I trustlon of the building 1w (lclnycri ‘mm n SCHTCh has been made for

ihfl IWUW.»

Empirc at the peak of world

sea power-in ‘cilcct returning to the days when “Britain

of 11S new ships. described

by Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, will give the Empire by far the largest fleet in the world. naval authorities agreed. unless the Ihiicd States should decide