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T111; morning's program will wen at the Prince Edward at p.30 with the official calling to “do; of the conference by Chair- mm Percy W. Turner. Five min- utes later. at p.35, the invocation will be delivered ,by the 11w. James

v T, Ihbott, rector of St. Paul's Ang- ucsn Church, Charlottetown. That will be followed by the singing "of “Q Canada," “ode to Ila-Found- 3nd," and "An-lotion.” -

Prom 0.50 a.m. to 10.20 there will he addresses of welcome to the delegates by His Honour the Lieut- snant-Governor, Premier J. Wal- u; Jones, Mayor B. Earle Mac- ‘Dohald, and Edwin C. Johnstone, president of the Charlottetown Ro- my Club. They will be responded o. by Bari-v n. bloc-brew. Wuh-

. burn, Maine.

The main address of the morn- mg session will be delivered by Mr. Leo ll. Goldel. Hartford, comm. Rotary International repre- sentatlve who will take as hie \ub-

got, “New Frontiers of Interna- onai Service." Before the morn- jng adjournment, Mr. C. Stanley Chapman, Campbeliton, NB, will

speak on “Club Service-Making it v

Work", and Ml‘. RF. Halley, 8t. John's, Newfoundland, on "Let's Make Him One of Us."

The luncheon at The Charlotte- tomn at 1 PM. will be divided in two sections with Mr. Percy W. Turner presiding over one and Mayo!’ J. Frank Arnett, Biunsner- side, over the other.

‘v mm to Caveullida

In the afternoon, the delegates e111 be taken for a drive through tihs “Anne of Green Gables" coun- try. is will be followed at ‘i PM. hy a obster dinner at the Char- lottetown Hotel at which the main address will be delivered by Mr. Charles Hunt, Ipast international director, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Later in the eVening the deleg- ates will hive the opportunity of seeing nigih harness racing under

e glare of electric lights at the

" ibition Grounds.

The following is the list of del- egaiss who were registered at a late hour last nisht: i

" Harold MacI-‘berson, It. John’. Charles Hunt; ‘St. John's, Fred

_Creighton, Woomtock. Patrick

._liailey, t. John’ , Albert wa, Jr. C ‘Ibomss King, onc- ton, David Burchell. Sydney Mines, Dan Morrison, Morlcinn, Frank Gernier, North Sydney, James A. ‘ma. Monctcn, ‘Thompson Mac- Donald, Sydney Mines, Edwin Ford, Halifax, Ray Proctor, Caribou.

, Herbert K. Wyatt. 3t. John's, laurie Ella, Kentvllle, Roy P. Cai- kin, Kentvlile. Gerald Bsuld. New

- Glasgow, Ralph MacDonald, Kent- ville, Reginald Muttart, Kentviilo, Owen Fraser, New Glasgow, Wal- ter Fearn, New Waterford. Ian MacLoan, New Waterford, Ralph DeYoum. Sydney. Roland Mac- Ihtyre, Sydney, Frank McCarthy Sydney. Weisford MacKey. Sydney, Russell R. MscLean, New Glasgow,

, fired Barton, New Waterford, Rob- ert Benvie.’ New Glasgow, Les Payzant, New Glasgow, Don Czoe- by. Kentvilie.

James Rsthbun. Prcsque Isle. Raroid Bryant, Presque Isle, Clyde Hopgood, Halifax, Gordon P. Haley,

_ I-iouiton, Harry Grinnell, Koulwn.

Verne Beverley, Presque Isle, Otis

_ C. Wright, Ft. Fairfield, Wendail

'_ Bubar, Ft. Falrfieid, David Gat-

ceau. Ft. Kent, Earl W. Craig, Presque Isle, Boone Packard. Pros- que Isle, Lloyd Grecnlaw, Presque Isle, Frank W, Hussey. Prcsquo

" Isle, Frank Cooper, Fredericton,

Stirling MacFarisne, Fredericton,

“ George Haskell, I-Iouiton, My San-

dali. St. John.

H. Ward Murdock. Truro, Fro!

" A. Sheen, Houlton, Welter l". _ Wheeler, Mcncton, Richard Crock-

_ ar, Fort Kent, Gilbert Condit, » l-iouiton, James MacKenzie, Bad-

] deck, Guy E. Porter, I-loulton, iii/il- - 11am D. l-Ialloran, Presque Isle, Ed-

_. aims,‘ nuances.

DEATHS -. 50c Per insertion l i nmnllsm

. CAIRNS-At the Prince County

' Hospital on J1me 18, to Mir. and

- li-vs- Howard Cairns, Freetown nee

p. Doris caanpceu. s savfltc, th- ion June, l ibs., 1 oz.

DENNIS

_GltllsN-At the P. m. Island I-fos- bitai. June 21, M . George Green or Kinseton in hefi diet year. Fun- eral from the residence of her son, Harrison Green, Wednesday after- noon. service starting at 2 o'clock.

~ lntcrment Kingston Cemetery.

MQDOUGLLIn-At the Charlotte- iWn Hospital on Sunday, June, 20; s Fflncie Michael McDougsll, aged 10 years, son of m. and Mrs. Id- ""'"ii~li'cflotisaii. Pleasant Grove. His remains were transferred yes- Rflilv from the A. A. Henneese! "floral Home to the residence of ‘fill Barents in Pleasant Grove. The jlinersl will t e place on Wednes- day morning t 0:40 us. to It. Iugcneu Church. Covahssd. 1n- termsnt in. the Ob Cemetery.

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Brigadier’ Murdoch

Brigadier Murdoch

MMM the delelltcs attending the 11th District Conference o1 Rotary International is Brigadier H. Ward Murdoch of ‘Iruro, N. s. firissdier Murdoch, who is a veter- an of two World Wars, is well known throughout the Proving; having. as Colonel, recruited and commanded the North Nova Sootla Highlanders of the 0th HighIanrLBrlgado of the Third Division. The Battalion was s com- posite one representative of the Highland Infantry battalions of the Maritimes, the North Novas (MG). the Prince Edward Island Highlanders, the Piciou Highland- are and the Cape Breton Highland- ers. Formed in Amherst in 1040 the Battalion went overseas in June 104i. One of his first queries or. arrival here for the Rotary Con- .ference was regarding the men of this Province who had served under him in "D" Company. 1t will be recalled by many that the Battalion took part in the first Victory Loan drive in this Prov- ince in the summer of i041.

Win A- Olnli-h. Basque Isis. Irsd- erick L. Blair, st. John's, Max Hayden. Presque Isle, Stewart Donahue, Prcsque Isle. Stuart G. Reid, Campbelltnn, Lorne Coipitti. Moncton, Clarence Nickerson, Houston, A. Kent Griffin, Halifax, Will A. Hart, Halifax.

Cullen, Halifax, Ice Goiden,.l-Iartfo d, Robert A. Tate, Presque Isle. . Victor Burton, Yarmouth, Harris Crowell, Yar- lnouth, T. Cheevor Height, Ya:- mouth, Chester Kearney, Prcsque Isle, Randall Emmerson, Amherst, Gerald Brennan, North Sydney, Parker P. Burloigh, Presque Isle, Robert Buzseli, Moncton, Jack Coffey, Sydney bfines, Jack 111g- gins, Ashland, George Hamilton, Iiimestnne. Joseph Ellis, Limestone, ‘Clarence Wright, Bathurst, Ken-

neth White, Bathurat, Henry Gaudet, Summersidc. G. D. Thibeau, Ft. Fairfield.

Ronald Barnes, Ft. Fair-field, Rob- ley Morrison, Houlton, George Sheen. Houlion. Henry Berman. Ssckvlile, Frank W. Cole, Sack- ville, Laurence O'Brien, St. Steph- en, C. A. O'Brien, st. Stephen, Andy McMurray, Bathurst, I-l. L Outhouse, Halifax, Harry E, Shaw, Caribou. ,

Charles Burchell, Halifax, Thom- as J. Findlen, Ft. Fairfleld. Frcd Norton, Caribou, C. W. Frost, Carl- bou, Laurence Sweeney, Yarmcuth, Robert Scott, West St. John. Fred Stevens, Presque Isle, Will Abrams, A. B. Kailinick, Monctcn, Roy Blskeney, Moncton, Edward Foster, Limestone, Delmar Browne, Lime- stone, Alex Morrison. Windsor, Archie McCready, St. Stephen.

Jack Maclntyre, Moncton, Colin Munro, Truro, Will Brown, Am- herst, Frank Doherty, Amherst, Oscar E. Horton, Eclmundston, Oo- car Breau, saimundatcn.

Wilfred Burc.‘ ell, Truro, Reg.

Allen, North S; lney, John Mac Miiian, North Sydney, Abijah Mac- Lean, Amherst, Aubrey Lamy, Amherst, J. H. Cleveland, Halifax, Eric Cleveland, Halifax, A. A. Lea- ‘ man, Halifax. ll‘r'ed Doyle, Caribou, Nathan Currier, Caribou, Cecil Weather-head, Limestone, McKin- ley B ar, Limestone. _ Th as ’1‘rcy, Campbeliton, Ray~ rnond Peacock. Bt..Btephen. Jack I-Iaylock, Halifax, Gordon Robert- son, Caribou, P. A. White, S3. John, Wilfred Raymond, Caribou, Russell Dsvison, ‘Irurc, Wade Tay- lor, Grand Falls, J. Maci O'Brien, South Nelson, Allan MacTsvisk. Newcastle. I. L Cyr, Pcrill, I. William Cyr, Van Buren.

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attempt to introduce the new cur- rency here. He claimed Berlin is part of the Russian zone.

The news agency's announcement of Russia's acceptance of a cur- rency conference came a. few hours after the German economic con- fcrence for the soviet acne placed s currency reform proposal before eoirolovsky. Terms of the proposal were designed to so into enact soon in Berlin and the Russian acne. '

The commission said it was in- tended ss an answer to Western cunency Morin and “to protect the population and economy of the soviet occupation acne."

The American military governor. Gen. Lucius Clay, yesterday sue- pended the movement of United States military freight trains to Berlin rather than allow innoc- tion of their derives by the fila- oilill-

DONCAITII‘. Iinglend -- (C!)- A Q-mile trip in s one-herse- bolot invalid chair was convicted by pple Arthur sletcaife, who

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lib-fills elects of the motile?’

tiouoftherrobibitioalawbytbs en Asuendsnent which came to effect eoptsnieor 20th, 10G.

[Millie Salon. 1044 (last full year be-

fore mutilation) I 6401.00 1040 .. ..,..... 1,180,000.00 1040 1,711,000.00

brine: The Chief of Police for Char- lottetown in his annual report for the calendar yea-r 1.945 reported to- tal arrests: For 1045 .. '10’! Ibr I040 .. An. increase of over 50% in one year. 1004 of this number were drunks. Police Court oases in Charlotte- town: ~

1M 1000

Throughout the Province convic- tions for drunkenness in

‘I01

1040 10M Convictions for drunk driving in 194s .............. .. I '

1046 I

Booilegglngr

There is no specific oflence eail- ed bootiegging. The term used is Violations of Prohibition. The Mounted Police have jurisdiction over the whole Island except Char- lottetown and Summer-side. ‘Ilhey rqport convictions for violating the Prohibition Act

in 1045 ..._ in 1.046 . .548

Report of Police from Charlotte-

town fcr violation of Prohibition

Acti i045 201 164d 014

In 1046 the R..C.M.P. seized 24 complete stills and five motor cars engaged in the transport of liquor. The head of the Mounted Police said in I945: “While there is no illegal traffic of liquor in large quantities, there appears to bellm- ited supplies more or less contin- ually available to the bootlegging element. Notwithstanding this, it is fol-t that the liquor situation in the province is at present better than it has been‘ in our time. The increase in convictions is attributed to more vigorous investigation and prosecution." Observe that this re- port refers to the period immedi- ately preceding the conning into force of the Cullen Amendment.

Motor Accidents

13c i045 there were 162 motor accidents. " In 104d there were fit motor accidents.

In that year the registered motor cars in the province increased from 6718 to 7143. That is while motor

cars increased less than 1%. motor accidents increased over 130%.

Liquor Bill

While there was a very large in- crease in liquor sales in P.E.I.. as a. result of the Cullen Amendment, it should be remembered that the per capita liquor bill of P. 15.1. has been so low that even after this

rge increase it amounted to less than $20.00 per head. For i940 the bill for all‘ Canada was over $40.00 per head.

The Biuresu of Statistics reports that the convictions for all offen- ces in 1112.1. in 1045 totalled 1035. 1948 9035. ' ‘

Convictions for drunkenness in P.E.I. per 10,000 of population, l0 years and over: i044 (lust full year lhfore mu-

tilation of Prohibition Act 131 i045 (0 months under old law,

s mos. under Cullen Amend-

1946 (first full year under Cul- len Amendment) ................... .. 444

Prince Edward Island has been under some form of Prohibition

since about the beginning of the

century. It has made a success of its Prohibition law-snore so than any other province. some causes;

1. Its population ie largely ho- mogenous.

I. It is chiefly rural.

3. Being an island it has been able to determine its own way of life. ~

. The greatest factor, however. lies in the fact that P. E. I

tilleries. It is the only pro- vince in Canada that has hac real prohibition. In the other provinces breweries and distil- leries carried on their busin- ess, poured their floods of liq- uor out, organized and eup- ported bootlegging rings and corrupted officers charged with the duty of law enforcement

In comparing statistics of crime,

Plllls population is approximate ly l/ifle or .075 of that of Canada

Here are some facts:

From 1000 to 1030 Canada's con- victions for indictabie% offence: averaged 13,484 per year; P. E. If.‘ share would have been 10f! pe: year; P. E. I.'s average was act- ually 21 per year; less than 1/5 the average for all Canada.

Bo that s boy raised in P. I. l in that period had only one chance of becoming a criminal as sgsins" five in the whole Dominion.

From 1087 to i045 average con» victlons for all oflences (Can.- 511468; P. E. I.'s share was 4.700 P. E. I. had 1.047.

Convictions for non-silpport n1 family and contributing to delinq- uency of children, 1034-1046 inclu- sive:

Average for Canada. per year,3,209 P. ll. I.‘s share 2t P. E. I.'s had ll

A number of oflenoes grouper‘ together by Dominion Bureau o‘ Statistics: Indecent re. in suiting, profane and obscene lang- uage, frequenting bawdy house: disorderly conduct, being a. loosr idle. disorderly person. These a!» associated with drinking:

Convictions for all these frcn 1084-1948:

Yearly average in Canada..- 17,203 P. E. I.'s share . 13'? P, E. I. had .... .. 103

In the year 1042 there were no convictions in P111. for the follow- ing: assault on wi-fe, fem-ale. ‘oigamy, murder, mah- slaughter, desertion of children cruelty to children, non-support of family, rape, seduction, wife de- section.

In 1048 there were no convic- tions in P.E.I. for desertdon o: cruelty to children, murder, man

“slaughter, rape, seduction. contrib-

uting to the delinquency of a child wife desertion, assault on female, higamy.

In 1045 no “ctfons in PILL: assault on female, assault on wife, desertion of or cruelty to children rape, attempted rape, seduction, wife desertion, attempt to commit suicide, offence against public m-or- als, keeping and frequenting baw- ‘dly house, carnal knowledge, raipe. One case of indecent assault in P. E. I.-—274 in Canada.

Divorce

The Bureau of Statistics has prepared a. table in 5-year periods giving annual average in each pro- vlnce since 1021:

Divorces granted: (Inclusive) All P.E.I.‘s P.E.l.

Canada Share l-lad 1981-30 539 4.2 ' 0 1920-80 768 0.1 0 1031-35 1008 8 ' 1 1086-40 201B 18 1 1941-46 3585 28 2 In 1045 5078 2

40

These are the latest figures we have.

Convictions for all oflences in P. E. I.: . i540 1625

We are, Sir, etc., PUBLICITY CO Temperance Federation June 22

THE ISSUE AT STAKE

Bur-Much of the discussion cen- tering on the coming plebiscite is directed to the marked increase in recent years in thmsalcs and cor.- sumpiion of liquor. Such an in- crease is greatly to be deplored and calls for serious consideration. In deciding-therefore which is the better way in the choices open t:

us on June 28 to deal with tum-enforcement officers. Offences

liquor question let us compare the merits of the two Acts submitted. based on conditions which I think most people will admit assisted un- der The Prohibition Act.

Those supporting prohibition stress the evils of the use or abuse of liquor s1 a beverage. There is no argument as to the evils of ex- cessive liquor drinking. All indu.- gencies carried to excess are evil. Is the moderate use of alcohol evil? This is debatable and no final au- thoritative answer can be. liven but it may be pointed out that: (a) it is not in breach of any com- mandment and. (b) the known drinking habits of all Christian countries are evidence either that the great majority see no evil in moderate drinking or that they are unoonc “ed with the moral side of the question and will drink any-

Wov- .

The Prohibitionist from the best of motives would legislate the hind- cnta users at well as the abusers into total abstinence. 111s most t1- fective argument, which is irref t- able. is that there can be no abuse without the use. Iqualb true how- ever is it that there can be use without the lbuse. s fact upon which most beverage users individ- ually justify their drinking hab-

ts.

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This I think explains the alleged hypocrisy of drinkers supporting Prohibition. They vote to keep toe

that they themselves will out-wit the law to obtain what is desired for their own use. This in tum explains why Prohi- bltion has failed and will always fail to achieve it's object. It's one hundred per cent enforcement is neither sought nor desired by the majority. Little assistance is givcn

a. g-ainst the Act. except by those cl.- reotly trafficking in liquor, are rc- garded with amused tolerance and even trafficking is rarely if ever condemned by Juries.

Admittedly there must be some control over the use of liquor and it may be contended that if com- plete control is impossible Prob‘.- bition as legislation in it's tight- est form should be retained. On the contrary any law such as The Prohibition Act which. notoriously, a great number of people evade for their own convenience has to» little backing for effective enforce- ment. develops hypocrisy. and is thus brought into contempt and ridicule. Such an attitude ‘has s tendency to create a contempt for all law. -

Why should there be more re- apect for a Prohibition Act in the future than in the past? Probably it would lessen the consumption of liquor through legal channels. It will drive the moderats users as well ss abusers underground. The script business will flourish again. lome doctors will enjoy s 601181.1- ersbie revenue prescribing freely for "medicine." The others. .whi.e

bsbly deieeting the system, can srdly refuse scripts to their ps- tiente without constituting then.- selves custodians of the letters‘ morals which no doctor will tore to . iliotai abstinence is a splendid

evil of abuse from their neighbour

trs sd 9cm his home hm to littingbouraatsat. _

butineboeurealdcertelhope

ideal but impossible of accomplish- ment by legislation. The new Teln-

has bad no breweries or dis- ‘

etc.--it should be remembered thai '

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Your children fare more‘ than all the

world to you. Their future is ever upon

your heart.

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If you do not want a, liquor store in

your village come out and vote for

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per-once Act will do away with doctors’ unlimited scripts and di- recting heavy penalties against the abuse of liquor it attacks what is universally admitted es an evil and therefore will have the private as

well as public

whole community. At least it

should be given a trial. ‘ I am, Sir, etc.,

BYSTANDBR.

“THE LESSER OF

return to the old hypocritical pro- hibition act, hold up their hands in "holy horror" at the suggestion of "iegsllizlng" the sale of liquor through a Government Control Act, yet these same people apparcnhy believe that it is quite alright to carry on the iniquitous system of having doctors prescribe large quantities of liquor for supposedly medicinal purposes.

We are told by hospital authori- ties that the quantity of liquor used in the treatment of patients is practically nil, except for rubbing alcohol and pure alcohol used for laboratory work. It is obvious thcn ‘that a very large percentage of liquor prescribed for “medicinal purposes" was actually for use as a beverage. and each time a doctor so prescribed he perjurcd himself. But let us not be ico hard on the doctors, for they like mos/t of us, felt that the system was a “Jcke". and played along selling scripts at two to five dollars each. (A very profitable joke by the way). It l-= common knowledge that some un~ scrupulous doctors even sold them to bootleggers who sold the "med!

cine" by the glass at exorbitant

TWO EVILS"

i Sin-Most of those advocating a-not admit it, that under the old

prohibition act, an individuals con- sumptlon of liquor was only limited to the number of doctors he knew and his financial ability to pay for the script. Thus, if a man could get a script every day (and many could) he could have a quart of liquor or a case of beer each day. Under the proposed new act, we understand that one may only pur- chase- a quart of liquor or s case of beer each week, whereas under the old prohibition act he coulu purchase an unlimited quantity. Despite all this, there are those who would have us return to this antiquated hypocritical system in their fanatical determination that liquor must not be “recognized as a beverage." The writer although a teetotalier and a believer in rem- perance has no quarrel with the man who drinks in moderation. I". a Christian democracythat is a personal matter. The writer we, is a parent of teenagers and has scr- iously considered the matter in ro- iation to their protection, and has come to the conclusion that voting for the New got is to say the less. "choosing the lesser of two evils." I am, Sir, etc.