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Order To Cease Fire Given 0n Fronts

(Eordon Charges iliEBATE 0N1!“ Leer Y“? Birthday JAPS AND CHINESE . i latly __Deniedi\ ii ii R E S8 ’ DECIDE ON PEACE ~ Parliamentary Commission Hears AFT

Evidence Of Major Herriage . o __

, And Premier Bennett. _ " Unavoidable Absence: Chinese Losses Estimated At

Oi Opposition Lead’ 10,000, While Japanese Lost

er Caused Delay In 700 Men In Last Offensive- a

Legislature Yﬁﬁier- Navigation Resumed On The "I day- ____ Whangpoo.

Provincial Legislature, (By Morris J- Harris. Aslociated

3rd. - Press Staff Correspondent) Copyright, 1932 By The Canadian

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y-E-w-w h- e-e CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1932 '

Passed Away

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, 0nt., March 3.--Major W. D. I-lerridgc, Canadian Minister to Washington, paid his own ex- . penses while on his honeymoon laet year and was not receiving a salary from the Canadian Government while absent. He testified to this effect before a parliamentary com-

New President

that the Chinese withdraw.

March Only an occasional rifle barked

suns CANADIAN ARCHITECTS

Gordon M. West, of Toronto, who ‘ 1n elected president of’ the Royal Jlrliiieciural Institute of Cgngdg j i932 at the annual meeting held Ihoerne, Qua, ~

IDNDON, March a-(s. .)___ 1 “l! ilali Caine, widow of the i‘ famous novelist, Sir Hall Cains,

"Hi here tonight from pug“. I awliia. lier hlllband died last . “lust 31 at their home on the “ isle oi Man.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, , COMING EVENTS.

than mus: be listed. l275-3-4-li. M"Chl_li loadins 11088 at Albany - ‘mdiil afternoon. March 'lth, post- ixg from Thursday on account of - ~ 1282-34-11.

.u:;c°m“’Bi1E880ircle will hold ~ scar annual meeting in Cornwall . wlffll murder. March 5H1, in; a ‘ - - _12B8-8-4-2i.

waiﬁome to the good time social chﬂsht at a o'clock in the Central a “Malian Church Schoolroom. Ad- ~ °n- 16¢. 1285-11

i100 .1. mgiaﬁzftlirreviously with Secretary.

"Come to the Concert in Cherry Lilo: Hall by the Young People's = hf Y- Monday. Match viii. If not

. first fine night. 1275-3-4-2i.

‘nine Ladies of St. Paul's Church

. t ave some lovely Cakes and

1 m silt for sale at Moore d: McLeod: i ‘Paw. l2B0-3-4-li.

"m"! on account or aim-m.

1m1_3_4_"_ Mlfﬁh 1 0i IiQXC YOU‘. ‘ d u“! l h _____ ﬂed M ‘he h.“ r . .. Bﬂmh m. a.“ u.’ c coud be disclosed at te m“ mm w” , "will", ‘i? " mew“? u‘ r _ r - “mm would mean increased shipping In e enafe - g ,___,_, 12D)’ andepgcp ftdﬂircigﬂ: ztiuii” Mo‘? win’ (Con; mint?“ on???‘ w‘ E’ h‘ sm- business tor the Canadian Pacific Bllildlrfliilirieiné 20-214 I . ,_ otcria- e n e House beral er, was speaking

atiizuiigga ﬁr?" "QJLBQ: Commons triday farm conditions in at the time Sir Malcolm was call- mlgybf; $013!“! ‘ member or '—"— '°“°“"" I’ i

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i ' 5 Vim“! ‘m’ l mmwrmm i‘ hem‘ b37170" m l bod‘ D5“ w”. ' —-i—-—-————- QrrAwA’ Qnt,‘ Ma; 3_._.Appmv. YIIiJgJEQIPEt iif‘“:f5"“_“ He): “';";'f“‘:_';_"h|, . “h” mill ‘The Old m“ “w.” wmht m nun,“ mum“ m.‘ MM‘ °uppe¢ TO MOIICtOff F5555 al of a cut in civil service salaries windﬂmé, liiiltlonary 0P siiglitiy high- ~ “Ply Mai-e" when York Y. P. S. o‘ D‘ 345*“ ‘i’ mmﬂmwn‘ ‘nmi B“ uuwm‘ “m” “m! “n” ' was voiced in the senate today by °"t;’§""""r‘,""\-oﬂh “m. mo“ '- mmhggllzil‘ wmplete concert at actientcken ls in line with ameas- reason Great lildtain holds sill!" _....._._ (Special To The Guardian) Senator J. J. Hughes. He thought, nariliiuniﬂnwilnl} and us". pill-us ' 0h M08617, (in lid 0f u" m‘ dawn m the Ontario "any, in m9 d!‘ on Tum ma Lonno". M“. a‘ — Th’ hows" ' thu the Tedilﬁi-iml ﬂhgmd (‘flnogigy iiilii rather cold wtb some light binriilino East: Northeast gait-a; , _

Fu wednem:g)nla'n‘d;at Harrington on

_ 1m_3_4_“_'neaisiature. The text of the petition whic

mittee sitting today to investigate the charges alleged to ‘nave been made in Hamilton last nanuary by C. N. Gordon, K. (7., former Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. Premier R. B. Bennett also denied charges, allegedly made at the same time by Mr. Gordon, that when he assumed office as Prime Minister he secured a new private railway car at a cost to the public of $125,000.

The committee of seven, under the cihairmanship ofG. H; Geary, K.C., (Cons. Toronto South), opened the

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siowsioim TIES ui RY. T_Il_iiFFl0

It Is Hoped To Re- open All Lines T0-

day.

Owing to yesterday's severe snow-

bers of the Levin 11hr Company team, which was to have played in Moncton last night, did not reach Emerald until 3.20 yesterday after:- noon. It left there at 4.55 and ar- rived at Borden at 1.40.

The car ferry left Borden at 7.45 and docked in Tormentine at 8.43. Although weather conditions on the mainland were nctknown, it was expected that the train would not

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elglioveliv concert. including play- , ' i - HER"! Hail. Tues., March Bth hisiplen. with a dramatic announce- , ‘i 3 P- m. Admission, 35 cents. I ‘ .

The House met at 4.45 p. m. On motion of Hon. Mr. Stewart Mr. Heath Strong, K. 0., was ap- pointed Deputy Speaker.

On motion c! Mr. Wiginore, Thomas Carragher, Wlltshire, a returned soldier, was appointed doorkeeper. _

The following bills were intro- duced and read a first time:

An Act to amend the Election Act, i922.

An Act to amend the Road Act, 1928, and amendments thereto. An Act to incorporate the Bor- den Rink Company Limited.

An Act to amend the Incorpor- ation Act of the town oi Kensing- ton. (The amendment is for the purpose of enabling the town to

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iiRMISTIBE NEGOTIATIUNS NAVEiHiEIi

(By P. I. Lipsey, Jr., Associated Press Stafl Correspondent)

' GENEVA, Switzerland, March 3.- (APJ-Declaring that negotiations for a truce at Shanghai had broken down, Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese spokesman, today appealed to the specially summoned assembly of the League of Nations to ‘ t all means provided in the League cov- enant in a determined effort to es- tablish peace with justice in the far east.

The Chinese spokesman

opened

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UITAWA, Ont" Mhroh 3 — (B! The Canadian Prw)—Ne'w Bruns- wick Conservative members in the Dominion Parliament are strongly the Canadian Prom-With almost

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S. Henry announced S‘: Malcolm

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Mrs. Elisa Kilbank c! lilllsdale. although she is 90 years of age. and so, only has a birthday once in

gMRSiINIIBERGHI iiioiivis ziii THREAT iEiTEii

Kidnappers Of * Her Young Son Tell Her To Keep Quiet Or Suffer The Conse- quences.

TRENTON, N. J., Mar. 3.—A sec- ond letter demanding $50,000 run- som for the return of the Lindbergh

The note read:

“You read this and keep your mouth closed. Don't open your “trap" to s. living soul. If you do it will be your last tale. Your fa- ther has plenty of money, so do as you are instructed. Ii you do, no harm will come to you. You know

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Reduction Of Duty On Fish

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UITAWA, Ont, Mar. S. -— (BY the Canadian Press) — Negotia- tions are being proceeded with be- tween the United States Govern- ment and the Canadian Govern- ment concerning the reduction of duty on Canadian caught fish go- ingintothe United States, Prem- ier R. B. Bennett told the House

water," be declared, "is due entire-

h isily to the auprunaoy oi British en-

Canadian Press) IJTHBRIDGE, Alta, Mar. 3.-

nsars 231m ominous: AT AGE or oe I-‘eb. 29 celebrated her 23rd birthday,

Reason? She was born on Feb. 28, (our years.

BRITISH HINT. A N N l] ll N B E

went up and down the whole

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"ForThe Three

Branches Of The Service — $25,000,- 000 Gut In The Es- timates. l

LONDON, March 8.—(A.P.) - Great Britain today tentatively slic- ed $18,342,036 off the cost of her army, navy and air force for 1932,

showing that the armed forces, and the two civil departments must lop

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Buying Orders For C. P. R. Stock

(Special To The Guardian)

OTTAWA. 0nt., Mar. 3. —-Buy- ing orders for Canadian Pacific Railway stock are coming from

stock brokers, but members of the Cabinet have no idea what is prompting purchases. .

The suggestion that the demand for O. P. R. stock is based upon expectations of better shipping business as a result of thelm- perial Economic Conference is con- sidered not unreasonable.

"If we made trade arrange-

dom and Canada, undoubtedly it

Canadian Trade Commissioner here has drawn attention to

Press SHANGHAI, Friday, March 4.- (A.P.)—The order ‘to cease firing

Shanghai battlefront today from both the Japanese and Chinese commande n. After thirty-five days of warfare there was quiet. Japairs military operation ap- peared finally to have been com- pleted, with the victorious troops oo- cupying s. zone about the city much deeper than the 121,5 mile area from which Tokyo originally demanded

HALF MliililN

this morning on the 20-mile front i running from the southern bank of the Yangtze River down to Nan- , ziang, on the Shanghai-Nanking | railway.

There was no formal armistice, but both the Japanese and Chinese commanders instructed their troops to cease hostilities unless the enemy attacked. The Chinese charged that early this morning, after the Jap- i anese order had gone out, there was I lighting-Animated by the Japanese

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iu.iiciiisi IN N.l_i_._BRiiP

Potato Yield For 1931 Was 6,341,- 000 Bushels G 0 m - pared with 5,853,- 000 For Previous Year.

lature today. The yield for 1931 was 6,341,000 bushels as compared with sssaooo for the previous year.

The largest, production of ice cream in the history of the Prov- ince was reported, ea well as an increase in the manufacture cf creamery butter.

During the four years in which the British family settlement agreement has been in effect, New Brunswick received 360 families, it was revealed in the Agricultural report. A total of 1,263 immigrants came to settle in the Province last year. Progress in elementary Agri-

gardens, poultry projects, school fairs, under direct control of this division in 193i was 15,501, an increase of 1,424 compared with the percentage year," it was stat- ed.

Approval Of

be extended to Lieutenant-Cover- nors and Judges, and also that it should be on a sliding scale instead

GREAT BENEFilliiiiEZY AS H) ciiiiiiiiiiiiss \N ~ siiiigioii

Repeats Evidence Of Campaign G 0 n t r i- butions T 0 Senat- ors Haydon and

Producers Should Benefit From The Increased Demand Likely To Be Made F o r G a n a d i a n

ert A. sweczey, former Presdento the Beauharnois Power Compan.‘ told the Senate investigating com- mittee here today. senator Hui‘- don, then federal orilanilel’ f" m“ party, had ncelvcd the money sl- though some had been given to Senator Rgymgnd, 1Earlier in th" proceedings today Senator Raymm"? stated that as a trustee of the part; funds he had ieceived some of Mr Sweeney's contributions and hurl turned them over to the trrasllrﬂil To the Conservative party Ml" Sweeney sad, he had given $10.00" the alleged recipient being General Ei-ic McQuaid of Montreal. A fur-

of Canada issued today. Producers should beneﬁt, the letter states, from the increased demand likely to be made for Canadian wheat flour. dairy products, apples, tobacco. canned salmon, lumber, leather and base metals. Canned lobster, iresh and frozen fish, base metals such as lead, zinc and aluminum, rub- ber manufactures, canvas boots and mo“ and nmanufactured leath- ,,-_ m products which although e1- mdy well established in British markets might be shipped in hi!“ quantities. The letter states that although w calm imports “l”

Record & Forecast of the Weather

METEOIKULOM‘ IVA]; OFFICE, Tor-

onto, Ont. .\i:irch ii. Minimum iind maximum temperat-

urea:

Dawson 388-0011 Vancouver 28-44 Edmonton Gil-ii linnff lIP-lti

A Siiiiiiiiiizeg it Attila? who \$ Foe You (is Load

cloudy with iiccnsinmli snow or rain. him-mini- West; Strong northeast and nuriii u-iniis iinii giileii: mostly’

1286-34-21 , n-Emtem Fuss club 10M“ (Corltnued on Page 7) G . I t U S Paris and London, according to cultural Education was reported. m, 11mm Kingdom amount to ‘ Vi"! Wednesday. Mitch 9th trail Olng n 0 a a information reaching the Dom,” wrhe total number of projects $110 only $4 of this came from -____ _ __ ' S: ion Government from Montreal of all kinds—home plots, school Canaan (Coiltrlucd on Page 5) 1r

"Hunter Rf in favor of a moratorium on all unprecedented enthusiasm th 0n-

°n Mondigr 1213:3001?“ Miss-sag mortgages on ism lauds in their tario Legislature brieﬂy ‘adiotilrned °* °°""“°°' “i” “"°"‘°°"~ i" ma“ l‘ m’ mm-w‘ °°“'"°“°° Winnipeg 2-40 . 1

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“A lbeciai m eti f M Smith. glneerin an 110001’ ahcuid be paid

m Dawn‘ e no of the Him- being orwarded by r. l. Transfer to Mansion, n. 3., of su- the fact a considerable qnan- “on” W“ W “mph Chan" m mm

Fscic ' g 0°" “u b‘ m“ m l!!!“ by I11 New Brunswick Con- to our country f0!’ ti“ "mm"! perlntuldent H. Junker. oi "K" Div- tit! at Canadian goods are iie- of on a horizontal basis. As fl!‘ as pgrnliiro: infill vliiﬂwfilirfiiel" .. ing shipped to England wiih- the lower salaries were concerned, "Til "“" """ “‘"""'“‘ "i 9"“ ‘"“' i

Wcfykmi Rhodes. Mal-ca 5th at ,ma‘t'f - Evmbod! interuted in m a on olfactory icr coming sea- m l; "rsmtiv ‘fﬂlueated u» at- o;

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servative members reads: “We, the undersigned m

the Conservative

of our workmanship." He thanked V I

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party. rem-ind him. uld left uic noun Imiﬁ was momma the n pointmcnt

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out a certificate or origin, which la required before ex- emption from tho British im-

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the cut might be smaller than that proposed by the government, and it might well rim to twelve or fifteen

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PJEETINGS, ETC storm the Borden train made no S k mud» W“ mule Pllbm‘ bi’ Wu“ "um h“, to Charlottetown and the my I1 8 S B anthem/res stauoned at the Hope. but left her naval construction pro- d I es Montwuebgi-gégdgyé a! sensors including the Trurc hockey Made Dramatic An_ wail home today. The letter, reeeiv- Fmmm M‘ m“ 5'9"“ level" t ._..__ RELYIIIOII . '* _ - - . ' team WETB iiTICGG t0 remain in BOT- 0d by COL 01181198 A- Lindberﬂhi Total expenditures ‘or the hme FREDERICTON, N. n, Much 3_ "Piitronizg m, Ho, m,‘ Md o k den gvgfnjghh n9 n m or was postmarked New York and un- “ﬁnches °f the “W” We“ mm" .43 ,1, c d, p, ) _ A MONTREAL, Que, March a. (By OTTAWA, one, March a. (By alioefon Saturday at iidoore a lacs The regular train which left u Ge ent e signed. ated in a government statement at magi“ i” Zggrgnhutes: mime: m, Qmwmn Pre5S)___GreaL 3m. the Canadian Pre5s)__Between it s. 1280-3-4-1i. Qhmqoggetown gm- Bordm yesterday Handwriting experts began acom- 533432211300, a reduction‘; of SZ?,270,- bushels m New Brunswick’! poh 8W5 recent new “m; enactment $600,000 and $700300 had been Con, _ a unﬁt“, Club load,“ m“ u morning at 6.40 carrying 3'1 Jssen- ‘Yesterda pariscn of the note with that found ed 15h““'€;’;‘;€°:'§;‘crffs“$p; aw crop a noted m the report of affords excellent opportunities to tributed by himself to the camllaiilh ‘. Piidhio Tuesday, Mam}; w, M; gel-s among whom were up mem- y- Pinnedioihe Wind“ o! the nursery a d. w s‘ d ° “me "t ° f5 m,» Lew 5mm,‘ Mum," o, Canadian expel-ms, declares the funds of the Liberal party prior w '——"' ‘m’ ‘h’ “by w“ “im” n "van e e” n m ' Agriculture, tabled in the Legis- monthly letter c1’ the Royal Bank the general election of ioao. mm- _ ,