‘of. the true situation.

‘ ..

MERCHANT

Social reform lo not religion and religion is not uoclll rofflrm. though a little of both may be Ingredients oi either.

my}

Read by

Covers Prince lildward Island Like the Dew

portant than though l: in hard to got the avenge church to realize it.

MAXIM? or MERCHANT

p-l-Qq

Religious oducalllon lo more Im- ucular education

__._..J

Subscriptions Dellworod $5.00

‘I A"“"' cannula and u. s. a. use

B!

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER s1, 192s

Moi-mini Guardian. Pourulod 1D! Charlottetown Claudia Two Cont;

0r lssncllltn nouns llswtls BllilltS

In an Old Year’s Message to the Boards of Trade and Kindred Organizations Mr. J. O. Hyndman Reviews Maritime Sit- uation and Effectively Answers Crit- ics of the Duncan Report.

As President of the Associated m8 car__perry Servlce in 191m ‘?(1.ar(l‘glol“’l‘§‘ntle!0i‘ Iylfkiehggllyxaré] that. our Field Products alone. 8'1"‘ le-‘i m i’ i‘ “ l i ‘° ' only realized about 5O pcrtzcllt of all“? l" lcfllllieli‘ tildllnalellilefiii 1°‘ their value compared with other - 1e qarts o’ ’ P8 9. 0'1". "B "‘ Pro ince., a. we were c 111>ellc0 ullltutos, Agricultural alld Livom, g,l,lll,q(,\.eQ,-ythy,,g (m, gm‘! m“; slim‘ 3°l‘ll‘_\l“~‘l» Flliilelllwlvs U“ the local markets lloltn-e close of ions and tnilzelrs generally, my Navigation Today’ when we cm, 111cc; cordial greetings and best ‘rude m“, Sh“, gm, n, n" 50350“... W“? “lg, a “MTV “"0 pro-Slim“ 1ur Products, in many cases. com-- Oils 9W Qlii- mand the highest price 111 the Cun-

At the-same time l would like diam 111,110,} Sumo; and “Zarlfl f0 llllil‘ ill" "W"? l" (‘XDTQ-‘SS ‘my net-item. Our loos in this regard gl‘.'llll'.clllllill, as l am sure it must 11am (\,,..~,..g,,.~,.' h...“ ;“,.._,1,.,,p,p1,c '39 ilihlliimiy 1301i: 01' TFIIflI/ZFIIIQUT)" The pro-tout. (far-Ferry Steamer > Pl‘. ‘=1 <11!‘ nil 9 Yell? l l‘ ' was un experiment and lids served ‘Manual nrosrves ha» been malle- -o prove the feasibility of in.» so.» as a rtsult of persistent illltl C0"- vice. ‘tut the tlcvelopmellt of traf-

lall

Phillip Schcidmann German soc-

st, whose HOJZONfidCHCC motiot

In the Rcichstzlg brought the down- fall of the Marx ministry. '

Britain Has An

Air “Drummer”

LONDON, Dcc. 30-‘- Great

Britain's first flying travelling

sistent agitation by lho Boards oi’ .51“ bu), freight an,‘ passenger‘ salesman has started his Trade for “Maritime Rights" —- ha‘; fa, Onpgruw“ the "resent “C... rounds from Elrooklandsirl an lmmodalion. The Duncan (lonlmls- aempimlm H° will Visit ‘"15’

leading 11p from the Conference in I926 at Charlottetown and Winni- peg to the appointment of tlto Dun-l can Royal Commission in 19201))‘ the Dominion Parliament.

‘The Report of this Commission has nowlbeen- made public and while in some respects it may not be as concise and tlcflttlte lbs we should have (lcaired. it ls very gratifying. after an opportunity was given to state our case. to know that prac- tically everything Prince Edward island asked for boa-l been admit- ted and recommended by tho Com- mirrslcnl.

it is different for a11y one, who has, made a close study of the questions involved, tn underolailtl some of the statements and opin- ions broad-casted recently by cer-

{on Rupert states in this regard hat “Altogether the Ferry Ilout Service l5 unsatisfactory."

The Canadian Pacific ‘Railway i11 Iheir statement-s in tho Press, ad» drrssetl to the public last year. claimed lto be the greatest Nation Building factor in (lanolin. Tile-y admitted that the Dotninio11 had contributed tlpwards of jscvcncv- five dollars in the. early yearn of their l1ls1tory to lltspre the (joul- pletion ol’ this wonderful organiza- tldn in welding Provinces together. Nova ‘Scotla and Prince Edward island. as partners of Canada, con- tributsd their quota, but have been deprived of the "Canadian Pacific." service. and rather than having benefited as a partner of Confed-

i is piloting the plane himself, having obtained a license sev- eral months ago. '

Air Minister Arrives at Malta

\'.-\l.l-I'l"l‘~l-1, lslund of Malta, Doc. If". through wind liner carrying the British All" Mln- ‘ lstor, Sir Samuel Iiourc, 11nd lxndy llonro on 1t voyage to llldin, arriv- ed 011 llll‘ island of Malia. this all-

tomera in the principal towns of England and Ireland.

The pioneer air "drummer" s J. P. Phillips of London, He

ltollr fliqh

ruin,

six and

—-.\ftcr a

the uir

ll Plnsnltsl lmltl Fllllll lltm ulna,

River ‘Sweeping

Through City of Nashville -—250 City Blocks are Flooded.

(Canadian Press) NASHVILLE, Tcnrn, Dec. 3O -

Two hundred and fifty city blocks where housed, were deserted today as a result of the swirling torrents of the Cumberland river which swept through the streets of Nashville's lowlands. I ' .

aagtzfieihehacrirfza hisex>mtiziffigwn m of the vacant Ontario scnatorships Churches and private homes have been thrown open to the sufferers, ____ while

carry salvaged furniture to make- Instructiong For

shift places of storage.

5,000 persons have been

The stricken popula-

find.

horse and motor drays‘

The Cumberland continues to‘

rise after breaking the 1882 highi water mark record of 55.3 feet and early today were hurriedly preparing to aband-_ on their homes.

additional families

Soviets To Sell

Crown Jewels ‘ (CanadTan_Prcsa) A MOSCOW, Dec. 30.-—Havlng fail-

'cd to obtain loans alnond the Sov-

t

18111 TWWBPQPBTB l" Cellllllll mid oration. we have suffered through ornnoil. 'l‘oday's flight was from WNW?“ 90mm“ m u"! ilreiudlco the luring away of our population Naples. u tlistutltce of about 35'.) oi.‘ "Maritime" interests, but this -o other Seamus and 108.5 of pop, mung

@811 0111i’ b8 Cffllllled l0 1511011599 ulation means reduced represents--

on at Ottawa. 1

In tho matter of‘ immigration and Publicity it is genomllynd- mltted today that the “Nlarltlmesfl have been tllscrlnllnated against i11 this regard, and lt is n well known fact that Canadian Government. Of- ficials in the United Slates were not authorized or allowed to use

_..._ ,

I woods- lf those parties, who M thus prtsume to lead public op- inion, are aware that Prince Ed- ‘warll island the "Garden Province of Canada" held a Bo11d of the Dominion dishonored for pwards of fifty years.

The terms and conditions upon which Prince Edlward Island ent- cred Confederation contained the following provision-.-

“Efficient steam urvlcc for the conveyance of mull: and passenger; to be established and maintained between the In- land and the Mainland of the Dominion, Winter and Sum- mer, thus placing the island ill continuous communication with the lntcrcolonlnl Railway and the Railway system of the

monopolizcd entirely for (fcutral

itlnd Western Canada.

we should have lllarltltnc

er to tile "Monetary Times" of Dcc- H .enthe1- 24th, on tlhge 23. where ' will ihn found a statement lsisuotl by

the Citizens‘ Research institute of

DWVllYllNL" .Cannda. the greatest authority on

We. in Prince Edlvard island. fls Taxation in the Dominion. Till- well as tens of thousands of Ollrl-glgtemgnt gdvgfl the pgfcafllago of sons and tlaulzhlrrs ficllllelell all taxes (Dominion, Provincial lhrouszllout the broad Donllnlon. 08 and Municipal) to the value of ni-l well as in every State of the lUn- pmxlucrlm, in each ion, know too well the failure to we yam- 1924, as f0n“'fl:._.. implement this. tho chief term of, mince Edward 151mm M33,"

» the Confederation Pact, and which Nova 3Com ___ was the inducement held on, to Newpru,,_..w1¢k _5_1 draw us into the Union. Qnghqc __7,4 This failure not only tll-scouracoil (hum-p, >_I9'1 l Jim Agricultural and Flashing l11-i _\1,,|,;,.,),_., ._.1()_7 W, du-strles, a5 well as lllllnufa-cturlnli. Sflpkgtrghgwan - ~11, . ‘ lbut must be credited also with the Amer,“ __ 3;; devllrulstlon of our Provfnce- Willi British (‘olunllbilt --10.0

inefficient and inadequate traffltnl natural development of rosourcesl is nfficted and restricted. will opportunities for clnployttlotlt are similarly effected.

You may produce t'l1e finest I-‘ro- duct in the ‘world, but lf you can- not market lt in the beat condit- ion and when required. it depreci- utes immediately in value. it is proven. from the Dominion Statist- ics. as rcgalvis our Island Pro- ducts, prlqr to the etnbllahment of

Q Condensed Specials

RATE-lo. per word. net _ each insertion in this column.

land dlrivc from hlarititntl Union‘! -i€speclull_v' if llu- ll‘l'lll,< of Ulilllll were .1 kshonnrovi, as i11 fhc case ol Ccnfetlerzltlotl. .

"gnarl-day Night" zllslo tis-uggesl? more activity i11 .\Kl‘(illllll‘t‘. would again like to call mu-ntlon to the same issue of lilo “Mom-- {jaryf Tllues" (‘>111 [ltllllltri \|llCl't‘. lwill

e outl sin slips o crop \'llll"-\ for 1926 and lako 11111cl1 pride in pointing out that Prluct- l-ldwtn-tl island ‘production is OVPI‘ 50 p1‘?- cent greater than the nvelxugc. for the whole of Canada.

In view of the unfortunate ‘stall-- manta that have been broadvasto-d. ‘t la wlimlztzftant thaxt ntot filly our own . or me lpeop e s out tuner- staml the situation, but also poll lllllflllg and citizens generally in all Provinces, and l would "suggest ,__ ______,_____ V ' lo all Board of‘ Trade members s _ ‘ that they read the "True Story oi‘

Fgmztqatyro,‘ “AL: AT Confederation" by Mr. A. T. Paton, ___4___ _ _ _ son sf Slk Johmlastlmzandorsedtby; , _ tlc . ew runsw e vertrmon . vggceyggkrmgnié rgsocvzfi dill be glad to slapply copies on

, ' IHWHICSI. A ler rea n); saane, for- ‘arussgoggalgor“Qksgl-gogflgg word to some influential friend In

Gianna“ Job lgmm" ' (‘cntral or Western Canada, no in

' :10 cases out of 100 the people of Camilla want to understand the terms of Con-federation, and to goo that they are iwnoralaly lived up to. from the National and Eco-l nmnlc otandpolnts. . l

l would also call your attention. lo the "Journal of Commerce". November issue. pages ll and i2.‘ published at Gsrdenvalc. r, Q..l-

eeoAausi-ne- MFFEETQEcQn. jhOdflvtbd. at 188 Great George lSLroet- 31

y‘

.....__..___..._.....__..._._...__ "IN MEMORY" VIRIII IUIT- lble for mother. father, wife, hus- bcndl counter, lftiihblllbf‘. bro- ther, loldlcr or friend -I50 verloo— may in ldlilllliqd at Guardian Office. ti

-___._._.._. ....._._..._. . ‘HOME MAD! Pofllll MIAT. Fresh uungol lkllldlrl, New-

Pruvincc, for and lluul. legislature of Manitoba will op on t-‘c-brunl-y 3. it was amlounc by Prexulcr John Bracken today. An imposing legislature programm zlwuits the (turmhtlrs. :1111cndn1cnts to lilo pro- "l"

11nd innnigra-

lloiul: amuln; the moan.

mtrurfiea fitter

‘lion policy, mwnltroversinl.

as follol

cum 0100-. But Ind Market Bldl. l

g wvlewcd

where the "Maritime" situation ls‘ by Mr. J. J. l-larpellfl l‘. ‘ of the ‘- ‘or of 0mm

l-l

‘Jon rnmrlno 0P Ivuv

lost-co of Ste. Anne do Bellevue.‘

do: g 1 ‘g l. .1 d who travelled through the aouiiiryoilxvd Morgodn- biarlthnec representing the 0111-’ iul IOU 1hr]. ' ll]. udhn Boonl of Trade directly.

Croydon, England. Mend-art".

Wm. Duff is Choice Oi Convention

(Canadian Press)

t. -:. Ill. a their offices“ to pro111o4te tho inter- “fgli\gfililiti‘p‘?;rlg‘urq Du ' est ~01‘ the Mnrll-lmto. but wtn (lupypnwhunel!“mg sneaker in lilo ,_ . ,, _ 0110.011 by lilo laibcrnl Toronto Saummy hmhtnsiiiy” convention ltero today, to contest . . n o“ the dual constituency of Antigolflsll- with a vltlw ot economy 1n Govern- Gnyyshmo i“ ‘he bymecuon m m, mam‘ I ‘vo-“ld like l" “mw ‘he at’ l1eld Ja11‘y 1R to fill tho ‘federal lenticn of the Editor of that pap- vacancy Created 1,), ‘m, (mum o;

member and lust, house,

pa rt y

011. .l. l). Douglas.

Manitoba Legislature

Meets On Feb. 3

(Canadian Press) WINNIPEH. Dec. ii0.—'l‘hc lift session oI the pres

consldlernt ion of tl1

ucial liquor law's

for do put y ‘N115

l11

Thc ‘l2,\')Ol) ntlln air jaunt lwgsn

it c011 ert its $250,000,000 of cts. necklaces, emblematic globes

rt government has tlteterminetl to

collection Czarist crowns, scepters, coron- artlcles into

“d other begemetl

liquid assets with which to rehab-

ate the counttyis flagging indus-

tries.

Fascists Forbid

Women To Lead

. lCatnidlan_.El;s:aa,) , , y ILOMd-I, Dec. 30.-~Womon are

11ow forbidden by the Fascist nov- ernntent to teach literature, history

and philosophy college preparatory schools 011 the

in secondary and

round that they have not virile

sentiment.

l1

on, like B“ Aztecs. c,‘ come when my friends Street will clothes, carry stone age weapons stenographers by hair through the narrow thor- ouuhfurcs.

B

0 and

iln view of those statistics, whul llh-‘ir annual meetlng m, ltellfifd lwould Prince EllWYilTli ls- 0,101,“. 13%

l

l quot - wtrxlct-z from his Report.

‘This and every other Can- "adian community should be in- terested In the problems of the Maritime Provinces. Thcy are acute. They cannot. be solved satisfactorily by. the' Maritime people themselves. They must be solved by the people of Can- ada, if Confederation is to re- main intact. Moreover, Quebec and Ontario are parties to the agrecmeng of 1867 and we are in honour bound to observe its term and obligations. There is another, and possibly, a more convincing reason, namely, ma; 1t l; goOd btlllnesg to see to it (hat this part of the Dom-

ini0rl's buslnens la put ch fl pvclitablc basic and in a pos- lticn to create national wealth."

“l; l were asked to mention the item of greatest hinder- nnce to prosperity In the Marl- tlme Provinces. lwould say that it la railroad transporta- tlon."

“Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Inland and New Brunswick have practically llllmlilblc quantltlog of the Haul fllh l" tho world. lie natural market ls’ Canada and the United stat". and overv effort should be made to get it n quickly an possible from the producer to the consumer.‘ _

" "it l; true. tfllLlt will coma much quicker If chipped by ex- prmc. Bu: the nxprnc rate is from two to thrcl time: till"- _er than the freight rate. The Ixprlls rah from Hlllflx to

--———-—-—--—.~—-—--—-- ad bv fire. (Contiulloll on Fine 3)

Fears N. Y. May

Become City of Cave Dwellers

that

LONDON, Dec. 30.~Fears

the city of New York may bccotno oyclty of cave dlwollers were voiccd lfred Monti. British indus-

by Sir A American

triallst, i11 Chamber of Commerce the impres- sloils ho gathered on his recent visit to the Ilnited States. skyscrapers in New York with their terraced roofs." he declared, “seem of tho uucitnll.

giving the

tho dwellings lI hope the day will nevci

wear bea-rskins for

drag their

To Get a Thrill

Out of Living

CHICAGO, Dec. 30. —~l<‘our youtl1-' lful robbers who employed a. toy wvnter pistol no their only wenlloll l11 twenty-five holllups during tho An obje last month yesterday accused Mm. Almo Rcnuzzlo. a pretty 21 year old JUTI-IHOUIGI‘ of being their leader. She confessed lo have taken part lin sixteen of the robberies "just

ito get a thrill out of living.

The fifth troy menf-ber of the

-,gang lay dead a; a result of the

"holdup of Rolberl: Ray, clerk, last night. ‘Ilwo of the gang accompanied by the girl, robbed FRY "f 817. when they turned to flco ‘Ray shot and killed John Ren- uzzlo.

Fewer Murders In Chicago

v

(Canadian Frau)

“No \v

in Wall

a postal

‘NM

l

Hon. Geo. P. of the

Right chairman

l

I l l

Graham, tariff advisory

board, who was appointed to one

this week.

Trans-Atlantic

Conversation

(Canadian Press)

LONDON, Dec. 30. -—When you .talk across .the Atlantic don't shout but use quiet even tones. Publication of this ad- ‘ vice by British pout office of- ] ficlals together with the drill- ' ing of telephone girls hcrc in the names of the New York exchanges. indicates the prox- imity of the opening of the new trans-Atlantic radio phone service. which is to be made available to the public early next month.

Expected t0 Suc- ‘ ceed Beatty As

(Canadian Reg c). .

BIIIIAPSI ll ust lslllsl Elllfilllll

‘McPherson Case Now

Evangelist, ineor, Kenneth

Illrs. Lorraine ‘imminent, IKeycs announced ‘eve of a. new firand Jury investiga- ‘lion into the Evungclistfis n1ystcr~ ‘lous disappearance. i _ Reyes declared

conspiring to obstruct. justice and

lLOS ANGELES. Calif, Doc. ‘$0:- Dismissal illflllnst Aimee Senrplo .\lcI‘hor.-1o11,‘ hor former radio orig week at Camden, Olmlston, hot‘ removes from Canadian financial mother Mrs. Eillnnic Kennedy, and circles an Islander recognized for

is a quarter of a century as an tx- Asa pert in Canadian u, u... and a leading authority of Amer- lica in the economics of banking ‘and currency.

in Such .a Muddled State That Convic-i tion is Almost Im- DOSsible, District At- torney Announces

ol‘ conspiracy (rhargcs

(i.

Wiseman-Slclef, District Attorntgv tonight

suborn perjury probably would bl‘ dropped duo “to the collapse of lee ‘ timony of the principal witness Mrs

Wlsenlan.

This witness who had

confessed penpetratlng a. “Miss X". hoax ln the cane, the lilHlTiCl. attor-

ney tonight

characterized as a

“turn coat" and “perju-rcr," saying

she had told every day.” _ The McPherson case ts now 111

a "different story l

such a muddled state that a convic-

tion is almost impossible and the charges drawn." Keyes said. He was tumble

probably will be willi-

to say when such a n1ovo would be taken- l

Roland Rich

Wooley. formerly

the personal attorney of Hrs. hic- lherson. and Mrs. Wlsetnan will be

taken before Jury tomorrow, the prosecutor

First S63. LOPdNSt. Pats Defeat

li - . , . .. . ’ nfllllnox, not. a0. -- dmiral sn- dlenry Francis Oliver, commander

oi the Atlantic fleet. is expected succeed illarl Beatty as flr s lord.

to en

TORONTO, Ont, Dec. 30.—-A re- Earl Benny's retirement ls juvenmed 3L patrlcks hockey team overdue but it ls understood that mmylng brmmmb.

tho

County Grand "P"ci\‘@ll gflhL sinking of the vessel Astoria in the Black Sea ‘coast with the loss of 21 lives. bill

A a

The death of H. C. McLeod last; South Carolina“

banking practice,’

-----z— l

the charges of Tragic Drfiwning

of Pi-ctou Youth

(Canadian Press) 1 PICTOU, N. 5.. Dec. 30. -— A ~ tragic drowning occurred hero this morning when Robert Anderson. 18, of Picfou lost his life after an ice-yacht upon which he had a friend John Mc- Lean. had been sailing, crash- ed QIIPOUQH a weak spot ln the icc. ,

Lossnof Vessel

- Is Confirmed

(Canadian Press) OTTESSA, Dec. 30.—— Despatchen bore today confirm the

near the Rumanlml

‘fail to ldeiltify her as a merchant- man.

The sinking of... tile Rllmflllla“

v ‘M ‘Bmins-trellz-htrl‘ Proteus with her crew oi’

eight is also reported.

(Canadian Press)

in all depart-

ho has remained in his position as menu, o! the game, deleated the

first, sea lord pending the availall- 505,0“ 3mm“ m decisive 1381mm liity of Sir lienry Francis Oliver. by a score of {our goals m one in who has ‘been described aL-l the cm- a N H L flxiure m

the Arena.

hodimetlt uf the silent navy and , even to his friends says nothlngfmfidem wmgm‘ l

ahoutnavnl affairs.

Ship's Crew Will Be Tried For

. Staging Mutiny‘

(Canadian Press)

fir: mail liner Colombia

yesterday with 2H members of her crew ln tho ship's prison, charged

with staging .1 mutiny on the hi

The u@u-ily of the sailors are Latins. tried in the, llnilctl Stat

States penal code.

$3,000 Will

(Canadian Press)

gll

sea last Monday when the Captain refused to release three of their ahlpvnattws whom he had locked up.‘ mutlnous They will be

1 Be Raised

<0

iVictory For The

Pirate ' .

l

SAiOKVlLilld. N. 13.. Deli. 30. — QHVI‘ of $3.000 for 1927 ha"

been set by mclnhcrs of the boy- parllament of the Maritime Prov inces who nro nit-cling: here lhl:

week. during the ycnr Maritime Religious Council.

for use

body was Tenchcfl at an lnformt

session of the House held educational boys

discussed as W911 -¢b>-—-———

' POLICE COURT

parliament

nmrning nl which the question - \\'<"l‘.;