In speech and writing wisdom is not heard. but overheard.

Morning Guardian, Founded 1007. Charlottetown Guardian Two Ceiltl.

.Machinery; ()f Pensions (lAct

‘Is Speeiied Up

Important Announcement Of Sub- stantial Progress In Readjust- ment Of Soldiers’ Pensions Is Made By The Federal Minister.

iilll REFUSE ““

orrrswa, Ont., Dec. s.‘ (By the Canadian keen-Canada's annual pension liability at the end o: Nov- ember, apart from provision for re- troactive _ awards was 041.484.953- The annual liability on March Si,

The Pe

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931

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If Adopted, The New Program Will Raise a Billion Dollars a Year Extra.

(Special to the Guardian) WASHINGTON, Dec. iJ-The ad- ministration laid before Congress will? the most rigorous peace time tax increase program in history, a program to raise by new taxes nearly a billion a year. Practically no one rich or poor would escape. President Hoover and Secretary

PAYMENT 0F RENTililNiiiA

Hundred Thousand Peasants In 800 Vil-

~ lages Take Part In Demonstrations.

‘ ALAHABAD, India, Dec. s. (AP) —A hundred thousand peasants in B00 villages throughout this dis- trict took part yesterday in "no rent" demonstrations and swore a common oath to refuse payment of rent. The proceedings were superin- == tended by members of thc Notion- ‘ alist Congress.

The demonstrations appeared to oe a sequel to a meeting at Lucknow m Sunday at which Juwaharlnl Nehru obtained from the United Provinces Congress committee auth- irizltlon to launch n "no rent" cam- paign in the United Provinces.

Floods Destroy Wheat Cropf

liiqioeiatcri Press) 5 NEY. ~.‘.- s. w., Dec. 0--lt is; r- that half the wheat crop of.

iilheis. has been dustraycd bv sev- eral floods in the milthern part of the state.

Alleged Owner Of “Telephone Freed Monday

SAINT JOHN, N. 13., DOC. D—(By the Canadian - Pressi-William Ricks, of Eastport; Me., alleged iiwner of the $25,000 liquor cargo iii the seized schooner Telephone, Vi“ be freed Friday morning on iliil 0i $10,000. it was said this "thins by his counsel, w. M. Kiln

‘ Prelilnina y hearing of Hicks and Within Stephen Burt, of Queen's Ul-rbcr, Nfld, who are charged u‘ “Wimlﬁihl to evade customs ties, was adjourned today until ~‘ day.

OUNCEMENTS.

COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC

"lien Church Tea and Bazaar

“ "lay. December 10th. iom-iz-r-ll.

Auction Forty-Fives, Caledonia

Booms, Friday evening. Dec- llih. 8 o'clock. ‘rickets 25c.

lUlN-li-IO-Qi.

1M to the Christmas ‘Tree i. nteifiliriment in Breadalbarle H .. December 21st. If

‘ . Tlidldl. IOVW-H-IO-Si.

Vlielanners Institute m. "W Meetini to be held m '" minim. December 10th. g PPM. Secretary,

’ u Mo“ ngitlBg-ii-ﬂit. ‘l. ' » l7. em ﬂls 5-‘ school Concert in El- . h; 311: of lunches and cnnriy. i “'°°- If Jlrst ﬁne ' imso-lr-io-al.

mcnt is made in an interesting statement issued tonight by Hon Murray MacLaren, Minister of Pen-

which Col. MiicLlren sets out that the policy of the three bodies ad- judlcating pension is to deal ﬁrst with the most urgent cases.

The statement of the Minister reads in part:

in 1930, providing for a pension

dical change in the administrat- ion of tile Pension Act. Further a-

“ Continued on page 10

Spain ’s New Constitution Is Approved

(Associated Press)

Queerlslar-d, amounting to 11.000000,

vin Pays Hi:

MADRID. Dec. lJ-Spainb new Republican constitution was for- mally approved by the National As- sembly tonight. ‘This is the docu- ment which upsets the traditions of centuries, altering the legal stat- us of the church, and the schools. revising the divorce cod: and ex- lcnding the franchise to women.

i ft was approved in substance last

week and adopted in its final form 'l0lll[lht. it is expected that the Assembly will proceed immediately éwith thc election of thc Republic's ifirst permanent President. Nlceio ‘Alcala Zamora, the first provision- -'al President, is the favored can- ‘dldiite

g Attaches Rider To Judgment

, UITAWA, Ont., Dec. 9-

‘Canndian Press gWfﬂlk commissioner, Captain L. A

‘Demers. in a iudlmﬂlli iIOi-‘IBY 0n ii collision Nov. 21', 103i, between the White Star lineryLaurentlc and the

I Ismail auxiliary schooner Cali 5'1"‘

men, near Quebec, attached a rid-

craft in the Bt. Lawrence River-

The collision under examination caused no loss of life but consider- able dgmggg to the aller craft. The officers of both craft were found in default but n9 diwililill" ary action taken.-

Tile Nobel Prize WinnersFor1931

(Canadian Prue)

new roux. N. Y. IM- lie-Ti" Nobel Peace Prize for 1031 was l- wuded gqhy to Jane Addamﬂ. Chi‘ gago social worker, and Dr. Nich- . 01M, Murray Butler, nesident o. cqlumbia University, the Consul- Generai of Norway

night.

i930, was $87,802,510. This announce-

sions and National Health, on a- mendments to the Pension Act, in

“Amendments to the Pension Act‘

tribunal, pension appeal court and veterans‘ bureaus. constituted a ra-u

e;- gggln stating his belief that drastic action should be taken to regulate the Ollﬂliim °i "Mu

ounced to- l

of Treasury Mellon joined fervent- ly in an appeal t0 the country to face this additional burden cour- ageously as a necessary sacrifice imposed by the depression.

The administration plan calls for doubling the number of income tax payers. It would levy special taxes 0n cheques, telephone calls, tele- graph messages, and amusements down to the llumblest motion picture show with

and corporations.

The admlnLstratlon hopes to raise $920,000,000 a year by new taxes. It proposed to begin them January l if possible and end them July l, 1934. ‘

WASHINGTON, D. 0., Dec. 9. (A. P.)-—'1‘he amount of income tax a married person with one depend- ent will pay on 1931 income under the increases proposed by the Un- ited States federal administration is shown in the following table n which it is assumed that all income under $10,000 is earned.

Net Income Present Proposed $0.000 None 81-50 4,000 $1.13 “i050 5,000 12.88 31.50 10,000 92.25 53.00

A single person without depend- cnts would pay at these rates.

2,000 5.83 16.00 3,000 16.88 30.00 4.000 28.13 45.00

Continued on page l0

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(By Louis P. I , Press Staff Correspondent) BERLIN, Dec. 9-Gern0s.n busi-

(By the ness was convinced today that its )—The Dominion. independence was gone.

Twenty-four hours 01' meditation on the drastic emergency decree is- sued last night by President-Von Hlndenburg brought the belief that two men now rule Germany. econ- omically as well as politically.

These men are Chancel‘ Hein- rich Bruening and Dr. Carl 00er- deler, the "price dictator," who has absolute control over" all business, from the most mighty to moat minute.

Dr. Goerdeler indicated his course of action by declaring in an interview he would take immediate drastic steps t0 meet and conqim‘ the nation's ills.

One of his first moves, he dis- closed, will be to cut the prices 0i industrial products. Next will coma freight rats and the prices cf standard articles.

"Government circles interpreted Chancellor Brueningh dramatic speech last night and the new em- ergency decree as marking the end of the first public encounter be- Itween the nation's two leading pol- itical personalities-Abe WWW“ ‘and ascetic appearing chancellor ‘and Adolf inner. energetic luau 0f the country‘: Insists.

‘omobiles, radios ,_

higher rates on postage- cigarettes‘

(lovers Price»; Edward Island Like the Dew

MAXIMS or a w, MAXIMS MERE MAN °" ‘ ' ——— MERE MAN

Everybody

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_ uRemember‘ Can You Forget?

When You Used To Count The Days Till Christmas And Wonder What Santa Claus Would Bring You, Fancy What Your Feelings Would Have Been Had You Found An

Empty Stocking. JUST a fortnight till Christmas Eve, and such a lot still to d‘? for the little ones SantaClaus may forget. Do you Eelmitesm er ‘when you were a child counting the days till l‘ "n" - will’ (iii! you do so 7 Was it not because you had keen anticipation based on fond recollections of a zeiclome ylslt from Santa Claus ? _There are hundreds of c lk_ren in our midst today as anxiously and wonderingiy oo lng forward to Christmas Eve and all that it stands

for, but some of them will have their hopes and faith. .

blighted unless Santa Pals come to old Santa's help. The list below contains the Christian names and ages of children who, so far as is known, are not included in the oﬁicial list of Santa Claus. Pals are needed lest these little ones; rise on Christmas morn to find an empty stocking. Advise the Guardian of the names and numbers you adopt and send your gifts forthwith. -

N0. Name Age 1'1. Florence .. ..... .. s, Iillarl 4 yrs. is. Joseph '7: Luck -- 1% YYS- l9. Bernard 2i . 3- Mm" ‘i 21. Arthur .. . a‘ i "- m!" -- . wl 2a. n»... ...... .. s‘ ' 10. Elliot . 0i l ' | 16. Amelia ................ 2i continued on page 10 i I . . ' , ‘ i

' Will Be Made

IR E s 0 n N From Maritimes RE Mliii iiiiiiiiih

Council Asks Chinese To Adopt All Meas- ures Necessary To Avoid Further Loss of Life In Manchur- l-a.

._, . i, r (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Ont., Doc. 0.-—'I'he death today of Mr. Justice E. L. . Newcombe creates the only vacancy

i on the Supreme Court Bench.‘ The

Justice, Rt. Hon. F. A. Anglin, Rt. Hon. Lyman P. Duff, Hon. Thibid- euu Rinfret, Hon. John H. Lamont, Hon. Robert Smith and Hon. L. A. i Cannon. The appointment of a suc- ____ cessor will, according to custom, go (Amman! Pa”) to a Maritime Province man, as

PARIS‘ Dem 9J1,“ ‘ext of ‘h: the death of Mr. Justice Newcombc League council,‘ ‘Solution w M“ leaves the bench without a represen-

tative from that part of Canada.

just the Manchurian controversy} as made public today reads as 101-‘ lows: ' "The Council first reaffirms the OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 9.—Rt. Hon. ruoiuuon __ ed unanimously by Sir George Perley, acting Prime y; sang 3g whereby the two pal-ﬂea Minister, today paid a’ tribute t0 Ml‘.

deck" m” a" ‘Mammy bmmcL [Justice Newccmbe, of the Supreme an theta“, ems upon the Court of Canada, who died this

ohms“ and Japanese Governments mgﬁzgdeath of Hon. Mr. Justice Newccmbe has come as a shock to all of us this morning," Sir Georg" stated. "On behalf of the Prime Minister and all the members of the Government, I wish to express our feeling that we have lost a great Judge who has had a fine record as a public servant for many years. I have known Judge Newcombe for a long time, and I certainly have lost a. valued personal friend who will be greatly missed, particularly here ill Ottawa, where he has lived so long. For many years he was Deputy Min-

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Boy Meets Sudden Death

Alvll-IERST, N. 3., Dec. 9-(By the Canadian Presto-A boy's expedi- tion ended in tragedy today when Roy Tucker, ten year old son of w. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker, died in hospital here. Coasting yester- day on the golf club road hill, the boy's sled crashed into an automo- biled riven‘ by George Brinsgem. His skull was fractured and leg

for that work by both ability and temperament and he certainly gave most careful and useful service. As a member of the Supreme Court bench during the last seven years,

“We shall all miss him very much indeed, and I wish to extend our most sincere sympathy to his fam- ily in their great loss."

(Chadian Presli . BACKVILLI, N. 3., Dec. 0.--At the closing ' L‘ of the “Model Aselmbly" of the League of Nations at It. Allison University, several speakers discussed a resolu- tion for "mislon of the treaty of Versailles." Ilils Halon Wismore. of Imeraid Junction. P- li- 1-. Nim- Iented Hungary; Donald McLeod. Cteiisrton, N. 5., supported Casebo-

Blovakil. and ‘Roy Brass. Sydney, N- 5-. Ipoke on behalf or Spain. 011101‘ speakers at the closing ses- sion were Mlle Effie West, Sydney Minn. N. 5.. ‘Miss Ethel MCLCliari, mmlmim. NJ, David McA\llay, 7°" “will. 8.8., and George For- m. Channel, Nfld.

Engaged

Premier Bennett Makes Appeal Re Red Cross

‘lulu urns cnuusu m S'SIIJ_IE_BASE

. S. DUCHESS OF‘ RICHMOND AT SEA—-(By Wireless to the Can- adian Press)——'I‘he Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, issues the following appeal to thc Canadian people in support of the campaign of the Canadian Red Cross Society, inaugurated tomorrow:

“Before leaving Canada, I decid- ed to make an appeal to the people of the Dominion for a national em- ergency fund to be raised by volun-

zzliisrzirzlsizzr.zii Evidenceihncliidedl" - 1

ing the coming winter. Manslaughter Case

“With this in view 1 asked the —- Judge S Charge

surviving members are: The Chief i

ister o! Justice. He was well fitted '

broken. it is generally recognized that his, ripe experience and good judgment have made hiln a most useful Judge , I8ldn¢l and his opinions were always valued most highly by both the Bench and Alnﬂng Debﬂtefs the Bar throughout the Dominion.

Will Be Given This Morning.

Canadian Red Cross Society to un- dertake, in co-operatlon with other organizations and societies, the ne- ccssary collection and distribution of this fund. His Excellency, the Gov- iemor-Gcnerol in his capacity as President of the Red Cross, assur- ed me of the wlllirlgnessof the so- clcty to can-y on this effort witll thc fullest understanding, sympathy

(Special tn the Guardian)

At the resumption of the Supreme Court at Summerslde yesterday _ morning in the case of the King vs. Iwllliam D. Clark, charged before lvlir. Justice A. C. Saunders, with

Continued on page 1o manslaughter, Captain John L. _ Read, who at the preliminary hearing gave evidence for the

Crown, went on the stand for the defense.

His evidence related to the posi- tion of the wagon and horse as he saw them when he arrived upon the scene of the accident which was after Mr. Waugh had beer.

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Woodstock Church Calls P. E. ‘I. Pastor

ENGLNH SOCIETY GIRL

The cilgaigcmcilt oi tile lion. Yosliyl Pearson, eldest daughter of Viscount Coilray, tu the lion. Robert Gunlon, has been announced in London. 1hr Vlscoullfs (laughter is shown ABOVE.

WOODSTOCK, Dec. 9-’I‘he oi- Continued on page l0 ficial board of the United Church here decided at a meeting last evening to extend an invitation to

i their pulpit to Rev. Chester lBrown. of Charlottetown, P. E.

T100 Per Cent lThe church will become vacant ati ithe end of the Conference year lni , Tufn-Ove)’ Tax June, when the present pastolxi " ' ilzev. W. F. Munro will go toWes-fPREM N I HALIFAX, N. 3., DEC. iF-(Bl the Carladian Pram-The Duchess

s e f . Being Dlscussed iley Church, Hamilton, Bermuda. i iof Richmond, bringing Right Hon.

Rev. Mr. Brown is a native of

iSaint John and is a graduate of R. B. Bennett back to Canada af- ter an absence of one month, will

iSalnt John High School and Mount OTTAWA‘ Om" m“ 9- ‘By ‘heislllscn University‘, Sackvllle. jidock here early on Saturday morn- ing. The Prime Minister will be the

Canadian Prcss)-~-“Pal-lismont 1s.

tile only forum where a matter of‘ central figure at a public reception on the pier, when Hon. Percy C.

that character would be considered} ‘and an announcenlolii made.“ This: ‘was the statement of Hon. E. NJ Black, acting provincial premier. will convey Nova Scotlaﬁs formal welcome. Except for Mr. Bennett's response there will be no other

i . ‘Rhodes. acting Minister of Finance] speeches. It was not known tonight whether

when questioned thfs morning on‘

the published report from Mon-i the Prime Minister would leave Halifax on the regular morning ox-

treal stating there were rumors of; press for Montreal or on the special boat train.

_the introduction of a two per cent Gl'°"5i= "ilmbmcmi Cnailm" ﬂurnover tax in the Dominion. The "i155 5m" WNW‘) report silggestcd that the two per: LONDON. Dec. ii-The Laborites cont turn over tnx would replace “opened a two-day attack on the Plans for the reception were mad: at province house today nt a meet- ing of citizens presided over by Hon. Mr. Black. '

Motion Defeated In British House

(By

the four per cent sales tax. yNational Government when they I llnoved a motion of censure in the k Last yen" when the Government ‘House o; gommom my; afternoon, was making plans f” its budgetiwith the overwhelming defeat of glzngaieesprigtj zgxdctrreglrt he‘?! thaslthe motion a foregone, conclusion, .n mm 0v; m‘ “niqtllfgg” ‘interest switched n» the ministerial

' ' onunciations of policy, particularly

c th Go’ e - ver e iernm nt decided to re 1mm regard w me wide;- nppliCh-

tain the sales tax and increase iti _ from one per cent to foilr per cent. 1mm or protcnve mrms‘

At that time tho gossip w‘s that it

would have been necessary to sci. up cnti"e new lll"(‘hill€l‘y in collect RecOfd & FOTQCQSt Of the Weathef the turnover tax, whereas the ma- chinery t9 CCI-ieci "l9 SHIPS iﬂX W115i ,\||§|,\|(',\| ,\:\|l 1.l,\\|\ll',\l TEM- . already functioning. PERATCli-l-JS I | a_.- iY:.'::;.-i:::;... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- it‘; - SRoPPINQ v2.1 .. ".- u". ,1‘ t, DAYQ {Minn . - . nluiu-n X Fl New z Montreal . l0 Llxlyilrzlg-c-Tnlni. g F t | . . 1.. lﬂililrllilli-iunu R ‘J8

FREDERICTON, N. 13., Dec. 9. "immi3mTs

(By the Canadian Pressi-Decis- ‘ion is expected to be handed dowll tomorrow or Fridayybyl Mr. Jilstice Crocket in the ease of Arthur Poul, now serving a Jail sentence for con- viction of being lilioxicatcd in a public place. If the decision favors Paul, others convicted under the New Brunswick Liqum‘ Act or under‘

civic or ‘municipll legislation may|fi

(ilinwli nml Pruner Ht. Lawrence Val- h-yrw-illulvrlln- in fri-sil ivillils; oluuily lillii Iiiiiiil pn-imhly- anlill- light lil0W n!‘ Tiilll.

Loni-r Si. Lnivrruer- Valley-Fresh shilling uimla; liillll with iinivirfnlln.

tliilf uiul North liilore—-i*‘reali shift- ing u-inlis; mil-i wiili anon-frills.

Nlnrliilru‘ Proilliren-bﬁvall souther- i_\' in \\‘('Si('l'l_\' lilillliil iliiili with rain or snow, turning to rniii.

illuli iiiil‘ rill.- ulurnilu: nt ll.5(i and tonight ul. 10.40. sun will this llflr-rnnun lit 4.22 and sir-s tumor-row morning at 7.23. First qmlrh-r llilrilll \\‘ollnr~allli_r. lice.

similarly apply ‘for release froln any- m. urn: 1...... _ ﬁne m, sentence dmprlng from thel Sumnu-rsulu mic l-iglllvon minutes m“ nnruhnorlhpaghvnrl‘ w“), inner. iiiii" ing intensify will muse strong south-

iilau Flluriuiil-lrnrn. ‘ onst shifting in southwest win-la Sandy llook in lioaion early tonight and north of Boston to Enalport lnic

provisions of a Dominion statute or-

iginating in pl-e-Ccnfcdvration days, 511ml‘ “Mmma

Jmmgl g, (inc 9f from five to W.»\i§iil.\‘(i'i‘O.\‘. I‘. (3. n"- 9" tonight." . . , (A.i‘.i--Tlic wrniilnr hurl-nu irulliy ll- . ‘twenty shillings or n lall term ofluusunliru fuil-‘nrnv: sou-u‘ \v..{ul‘..‘u‘:_m V‘ kcarlt rang! scntgnéinn d u t v‘_ i\‘ SOP)’ ~ [\.ili., ﬁOii iﬂlll t) ‘gg (“s51 n19‘ gr ‘n n y welve’houm to mm‘ day‘ warning nnlorul l [I.lli., unriii nf 9,1,’, hm, um] 11,49 ;_m_ Pauis sentence rxpires on Christ- Handy ilnnk 1.. lzn-uu-n m lu- vhnng- Lures Tcrmenilne zinily: l0 so u... m“ Du ed to sniiiinvc-ni ni alum-i. lliauirh- and 2.5.‘: p.111. Y- mim- m-ntrnl nrrr Yirriviin Prince mor-

llilst 1'1'i¢¢!‘> for 3ilver Foxes at B. Holmaifs Oﬂice