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TORONTO. Feb. lir-Sobercd by mourning for the" late King George. u" £0001“! session of Ontario's 19th legislature will be opened tomor- m by Lieutenant-Governor Her- w-t A. Bruce and much of the tru- ditional formality of the event will

be absent.

The brilliant. formal opening of other years was cancelled-when the opening schedule for Jan. 2i. was postponed owing to the King's death. Mrs. Bruce, who willac- Qomplfiy the Lieutenant-Governor to the legislative buildings, will be the only lady on the floor of the chamber. In other years, the entire floor was taken over by the ladies and other distinguished guests.

IANNBUNCEMEMTIS“ COMING EVENTS MEETINGS, ETC

"Gieenhorn- vs. Rovers at Mil- toll rink tonight. Skate after." IPN7

"Dance at Pownail, Thursday, iith L-doo-a-ll-Zl.

"l-lockey -—- Victoria vs Cove. Orapaud vs. Tryon tonight 7 P. M. L-MI-Z-lO-ll.

"Wanted-Dressed Poultry. Buy- ing daily. The Royal Packing Co., Charlottetown. Le-Bdb-R-“l-ili.

"Buy-ing live hogs at Albany ‘rhursday. Iibb. 18th. Emerald 14th. G. C. Green. p.355

"Hockey. East Royalty tonight, Bi. Avards Beavers vs. Royals. Skate after. ' L-904

"Hockey "at Higlhfieid tonight, Wlnsloe Married Men vs. Winsloe Bingle Men. Skate after, L-900

"Piavoii same wiiteiiire tonight, Beavers vs. Havrks. Jimmy Power. referee. 1,901

"Hockey tonight, Hunter River Pink. l-lartsville Maple Leafs vs. Royals. 11-399

"Hockey at York Tuesday. Feb.

11th. Sherwood Tigers vs. York il-"iiiirs- _ L-896 "" monthly meeting

Wiles‘ Aid Prince Edward Island Hospital, Wednesday. 3.30 P. M.

"The fadies of St. Paul's Church Will hold their Hospital Cake Sale iiEXi Siltllrdfly- L-BWI-Z-li-li.

l "ml" iiifset box social, Pleas- niii Grove Hail. good music, Wed- "dly. February l2. L-sm

. hé/iiiiiilol Meeting Millvlew Egg r .e V:rnon Hall. Saturday, Feb- Eltlml’ 15th, 7.30 Rebates will be paid mtsiiiis- L-sis-a-io-ai.

OI Newfiétlieriction vs. New Glasgow at Mk asgow tonight. One hour's ‘can, "it" same. Admission 1o 5- i.~ocii

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Party at Fredericton. on February 12th.

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"Hiiiiiiiiiii Wultry daily at top market prices throughout the win- cHmonths. Prinp Edward Island

"mire En and Poultry As- Mlltlflll. . L498

"Hockey in q -

kulvm l rahaml Road rink ‘ha-M. Plyoff between Nationals m“ ailivhl. Possibly your one Adm“; Bee these fast teams here.

°“ "i1! iii cents. L-BO!

"BMTWIY welcome at the con- W‘ "id dance in North Wlitshire

Him By Mrs. Bannister

Betty brother at Pacific Junction Jan, l.

Powell. a rail food and olcthilll for the Bannister

remember were not admitted as evl for trial with his brother Daniel on had handed him the letter, aald the

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Ten-year-old Bristol Lad Rushed To Hos- pital Here For Oper- ation.

Rushed 30 miles to Charlotte- town on a. motor-trolley late Sun- day night, Vernon‘ Masher, l0. of Bristol, underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis and late lust night. was recovering in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pita].

He had been seized with iilneio Friday morning and the family physician, Dr. T. L. Farmer of Mount Stewart was called Sun- day afternoon.

Diagnosing the illness as acute appendicitis, Dr. Farmer said the boy would have to be operated on immediately.

With the roads blocked by heavy snow, the only means of rapid transportation to the ho:- pitai ,in Charlottetown, was by railroad.

There was no train on Sunday from Mt. Stewart to Churlcttte- town so the sick boy's father. Mr. Stewart Musher, made arrange- ments to take the boy to Char- lot‘e:own by motor trolley- Acconipsnied by Dr. Farmer and his father, the boy, armly bund- led against the cold, was put aboard the trolley late Sunday i-le arrived in Charlottetown shortly after midnight and an ambulance waiting at Si. Peter's. Road crossing picked him up and whisked him to Prince Edward Is- land Hospital where a successful emergency operation WI-ii P9!" formed. .

Last night with no condition relieved, young Masher was rest- ing comfortably.

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Mrs. t Bannister Interrupts, Proceedings As Hearing? In Kidnapping Case Resumes

"Mystery Letter" And Allegation Made Against

Introduéed Into Prelimin-

ary Hearing At Moncton By Albert A. Powell.

i (C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

MONCTON, N. B., Feb. iii-Tectiiuony by Albert A. Powell, a member of the Salvation Army, regarding a "mystery letter" and an allegation lie aald Mrs. May Bannister had made against him, man's session of the preliminary hearing in New Brunswichla first kid- napping case. Mn. Bannister h charged with having kidnapped little Lake, orphanbd by Qloicnt deaths of her father, mother and baby‘

d this after-

, freight checker here, said he had spent 8229 on

family between the fall o! 193d and

the first of December, 1935. 0n Nov. 25 last he received what he termed a "mystery letter" signed with the name of Mrs. " Ten days later he destroyed the letter, and parts which he said he could

, he said.

deuce. Arthur Bannister, committed a charge of murdering Philip Lake, witness.

When he visited the Bannister home Oct. 30 last Mrs. Bannister had remarked. "there, is something I have to tell you. Mr. ycwell, sometime."

"I remarked to her, ‘why not tell me tonight?’ " said the witness. “and Mrs. Bannister pointed across to Marie (her daughter. aged l8) and said. ‘if that child is going to have a baby you are going to be responsible for it.',"

The witness said he had replied, "Mrs. Bannister, I arn surprised at you bringing up such a question when you know or should know it ia not so."

Powell said he owned property in Monctcn‘ worth M000 and added, g tbelieve Mrs. Bannister knew

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Identifies Knife

Shown a long knife found at the Pacific Junction death scene and received in evidence at the hearing of Arthur and Daniel, Powell de- ciared he had seen it previously in the Bannister home and believed it was owned by Arthur,

Mrs. Bannister interrupted the proceedings by exclaiming, "that's enough of your lies. I'll throw something at you."

"Quiet, keep quiet." defence counsel H. Murray Loaibert urged as he hastened toward the accused woman.

"I won't keep quiet," she replied. "He's going on lying too long." She made no more comment", however, but hid her face in her arms and sobbed.

Powell's testimony took up most of the afternoon session. H. Usher Miller, honorary secretary of the New Brunswick Protestant Orphan- age at Saint John, told of a woman who gave her name as Mrs. May Bannister and came to his office nearly ten years ago for the purpose of having her three boys admitted to the orphanage. He could not identify that women as the accused.

Repeats “alimony

Officer J. K. Randall repeated previous testimony about finding a baby, later identified as Betty Lake. in the Bannister home Jan. 10_ I-le quoted the accused woman as saying, Just before hcr arrest, “you can take the damn baby but

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Coast Guard

Bleven Youths Rescued By

Patrol Boat»

3'“ Friday no it in no of Women's brain... m: , ram. ay Guardian's Special waei Iieddersolrs crew did the rest. "iiioheons. If not no, ' MOM: BOSTON. m. 10—-A coastguard Ibrelng a big d em the Jagged "wit. Admfgplm 7o ma’ w and patrol boat pushed through tang- blocks of ice an snow as a pre- LM,‘ led fields of floating ice in Ollie caution mil-lat the possibility or a _____ one m. today and rescued seven sudden leadowning up. tbcyieach- "Prince "n" m,“ you", youth! civil conservation corps ed the seven. than reversed their glaciation em m, m“, "mm workers. half froaen um a night aiming a i" hbrugry 1,7.” hm," in wlndcwept floss. lcuia later. wills the Harries Ink. in '1', q, m,- mgmm m Hardly had the crew of u» Har- nae mu mama to free herself. isrlon m, mama.‘ w” u} m’ m, u“, "gen the maioonsd man g big amphibian landed in M! list m“ m“ u,” the“. aboard than a northwest wind open water the Lang and m"! and mph. u,“ .‘ m, locked the patrolboatin "l. fumb- tccg off three the youths. in iivviwn. , M“ led-ice mus, m from nearest land. peed of immediate hofpitalila . The rescue was fraught with uar- It new them to Winnie when they “Bred-iii iltorescued and rescuoraaliko. nntaimitetao - m“ Boatswain 0. M. nddersou. com- pital. ma» ~ o- enter:- "t: ..r' "c u: s ma: ' hQd nu squat ll e as 1e years ‘i il- e. insect were: roan Iituim-

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I s l a n d Composer's Work Included In Splendid i Program By Messrs. Malcolm and Godden.

The Community Concert Associa- tion ls‘ to be congratulated upon the unquadfied success of the perform- ance last night of Messrs. Scott Malcolm and Reginald Godden, two-piano recitallsts, whose inter-

" ‘ fame -, ’ them and created more than usual interest and expectancy on the part of the audience which practically filled the Prince of Wales Colege auditor- iurn.

it was the first piano recital giv- en under the Association auspices in Charlottetown. To piano stu- dents especially, of course, it, lppggl. cd by reason of the astonishing vir- tuosity cf the artists, whose team- work was so perfect that the illus- ion persisted, despite visual evid- ence to the contrary, that the mu- sic came from but one instrument of orchestral range and power. But the Programme was so varied that it appealed to every musical taste.

First in point of interest to a Chainottetown audience was one of the numbers in the third section of thrprbgramme, entitled "The Is- land of the Fay", after Edgar Allan Poe's poem of that name. Its $1M poser is Mr. Walter MacNutzt, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Edgar MacNutt M 13115 131W. to whose promising talent reference was specially made by the performers. Tnu work is a fantasia of haunting delicacy and beauty, and well merited its place and the masterly interpretation it received at last night's performance.

The opening section included two compositions of J. S. Bach, namely, “Prelude in E. Major." transcribed . by the performers with contra-

puntal treatment for two pianos

from the composer's sixth Sonata for unaccompanied violin; and |"Toccuta. in D Major”, originally , written for the organ, which is des- icrlbcd in the programme notes as “a marvel of musical architecture" It is that and morei The tremend- ous effect achieved, particularly in the staccato succession of notes in the latter composition, beggars des- "ilitlon of any ikind.

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Disorders in a Syria Spread

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

DIRECT, Syria. Feb. l0—l"rench authorities, seeking to crush the "Grey Shirt" Syrian Fascist move- ment. killed five more rioters today as the disorder; spread to Deir-ez- Zor on the Euphrates River.

The new casualties brought to 25 the number killed since the upris- ing, supervised the Syrian Na- tional Party, star 28 days ago.

(In Paris. officials and member of Parliament ,.iessed concern over the disturbances. The Cham- ber of Deputies sub-committee on Syrian affairs visited foreign min- later Pierre-Etienne Fiandin to ask him what the government intends to do to quiet the mandated tcni- tory and halt the bloodshed).

The continuing riots, whose most recent manifestations occurred at Deir-es-Zor and Damascus. follow the arrest of Antoun Saadeh. Na- tionalist leader. and '89 ,. ' ‘ members of the party.

Covers Prince Edward crown, CANADA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936

Read by Island Like the Dew

Fascists Again. Bomb llessye

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

ADDIB ABABA, Feb. lit-Em- peror Haile Selassie was reliably reported today to have returned to Addie Ababa after spending many weeks in his field headquarters at Dessye, bombed again Sunday by the Italians.

He made several flights last; week, including one to the Sidamo sector in the south to confer with his son-ln-law, Ra: Desta Demiu, in command of troops in that area.

An Ethiopian communque said one person was killed and five in- lured in the Dessye raid.

Two bombs, the Government said, were aimed at a Dutch Bled Cross ambulance.

(Italian newspapers carried dis- patches dated Dessye saying hun- dreds of Ethiopians were killed in the raid and that Halls Selassie plersonaliy directed defence of the c

('.l‘wo Ethiopian airplanes were destroyed. the Fascizt dispatches asserted, and bombs falling near the Emperor's palace destroyed part ~11 the military encampment and set woods surrounding Dessye on fire.)

UITY CilllNBli Iliiilii MUNTHLY ME E T I Ni}

Routine B usi nie I s Transacted At Last Meeting of Retiring Council.

The last meeting of this term of the City Council was held last night with His Worship Mayor Kennedy in the chair, and a. full attendance of Councillars- ‘ At the conckision of the meeting. the Mayor, Coun- cillors, and officials present joined heartily in the singing of "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows." Except for receiving the regular routine rc- ports. the Council transacted little business.

Some discussion took place rc- gardlng the placing of street lights in different parts of the City. It was decided, however, to leave the matter rest until it could be invest- igated, except in the case of the re- quast for a light on Bishop Street oiI Elm Avenue where Councillor Rattray. Chairman of the Light Committee. had investigated and reported a light to be vieefed. Councillor Blanchard moved that the light be placed on Bishop Street and Councillor McDougall seconded the motion.

Reports were submitted by Dr. B. C. Keeping, Health Officer; Dr. I. E. Crokcn, Food Inspector; Ccun- cillcr Blanchard. who read the re- port of Chief Birtwistle: Councillor Holman, Chairman of the Finance Committee, reported that taxes are coming in very good in the last few days, better than is usual at this time of year.

Councillor Rcnrdon, chairman of the Street Committee, refuted the streets to be in good shape since the snow had been cleared of! following the recent storm.

The. remainder oi’ the committee chairmen said they. had nothing to report.

Regret was expressed by the dif- ferent councillors at the retirement from civic politics of Bis Worship Mayor Kennedy and Councillor Rieardon and the hope expressed

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Huge Army Of Shov- ellers Seek To Clear M:.Z:i Arteries 0f Travel.

(A, P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

CHICAGO, Fob. iii-A huge army of shovellers swung into a mass- scale attack on the drifts clogging the mldwcsi-‘a arteries of travel to- d5)’.

They labored in boreai cold to reach suowbound communities and isolated homes. They worked against time to restore railroad facilities and to clear highwaysl for the movement of badly needed supplies of coal, meat and milk.

At least 25 Minnesota hamlets. dozens of Wisconsin settlements and others in Michigan, Utah, Il- linois and the Dakotas were still cut of! by the drifts. Dakota ranchers were forced to burn fence posts and hay. Twelve feet of snow smothered commerce in Watcrtown. S. D. There has been no communi- cation from Marcus, “lament of 200 on the Black Hills, since last Monday. A searching party strove to reach them.

Roads Blocked

Nearly normal operations were resumed on most rail systems but many roads remained blocked by snow hammocks ranging up to 30 feet in height Snow ploughs and double locomotives drove into th‘e barrier raised by a blizzard that at some points was gauged as the worst since i888.

Transportation of food and fuel was the first concern. Chicago faced a serious milk shortage. Some dairies supplied only hospitals. There were no regular deliveries in Des Moines. Iowa city dairymen re- duced their allotments by 50 per cent, In other Iowa towns the fluid was given only to families with children.

Lack of adequate fuel was wide- spread. Although thc mercury rose during the day, no substantial re- lief from the abnormal cold was promised until Thursday. '

In Parliament

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

OTTAWA, Feb. i0—Followlng a long week-end the Senate will mcct again tomorrow night. The “elder statesmen" will apply themselves to the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. This will be moved by Hon. W. A. Buchannan of Lethbrldge, and seconded by Hon. Jules-Edouard Provost of St. Jerome.

FARM LOAN BOARD OTTAWA, Feb. lW-Operatlons of the Canadian Farm Loan Board for the fiscal year ended Miirch 31, 1935, resulted in a Drvfit of $59,392 as compared with $109,- 620 in the previous fiscal year. Loans at March 8i amounted to about $9,000,000 and lilicrest due to $692000 of-whlch $500,000 was in arrears. Reports of the audit- ors was tabled in the House of Commons today.

WHITE PAPER

OTTAWA,‘ Feb. iii-A white pa- per will be’ presented to the House o.’ Commons soon containing the essential documents "with respect to sanctions and with respect to the questions that have come before the government with regard to the It- aid-Ethiopian war," Premier Mac- kenzie King told the l-Ioiise today.

Hon. C. H. Oahan (Cons. St. Lawrence-St. George) had asked. the Prim; Minister to take orders- in-councii rfating to the sanctions against Italy as well as any depart- ment instructiona in to them. Mr. King mid if the white paper did not provide all the infor- mation Mr. Cahan asked for he would consider what further could be done to meet the . ‘a

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Terms Denounced

In Striking Speech By Mr. Bennett I

Repudiation Of Oil Sanction Pro- posal Scored. Japanese Trade Agreement Also Under Fire.

(C. P. By Guardiaifs Special Wire)

OTTAWA. Feb-"m-Qpposition _to the Canadian- American trade treaty which he believed would be dis-

astrous to the Dominion, was

voiced in the House of Com-

miiiis ioiiiiliil by Conservative leader Bennett.

In a four-hour speech in which he levelled a many. sided indictment against the Mackenzie King government and its policies, the former Prime Minister said Canada gave too much for concessions won from the United States. I As .1 matienof balances, weighing advantages against din- advaniages, it was a bad bargain for Canada,

“This bargain,” declared Mr. Bennett while his follow- ers pounded their desks in approval, “is against my coun- try. It is against Canada. It is against its development, its future and against everything for which we have toiled and

sacrificed to create?’

TERMED saciimcian PACT

Under no circumstances would

his government have approved the

treaty in its present form, Mr. Bennett said, because it was not prepared

to sacrifice Canada.

The Conservative leader, taking part in the address debate, wan

followed for a few minutes by Premier King who will resume ‘

The Prime Minister accused Mr. Bennett or tin-owing difficulties In tue

path of the treaty by holding back

the election and the dissolution o!

Parliament in the face of United States presidential elections. He said if the moment had not been seized there would have been no treaty it

all.

a full-dress debate on the treaty will i». held later in the lesion when it comes before the House for ratification.

As u. climax to his speech, the Conservative leader referred to major difficulties facing Canada. Their solution would involve sacri- fices and to this end there should B: community of action. Although his followers were few in number, he was prepared to offer their knowledge and experience to sthe Government in a CD-OPCIBUVE en- deavor to rid Canada of its prob- lems.

Speech Highlights

Following were some of the highlights of the Conservative iw-fifs speech: .

1. Mr. Bennett advocated com- pulsory voting aiid limiting elect- ion costs in constituencies.

2. H accused the Government of portraying Canada as a. nation of repudlators over the oil sanct- ion proposnl at Geneva and oi.‘ giving moral support and succor to Italy, an aggressor nation.

3. The charge was made that employees of the Robert Simpson Co., Ltd, store in Toronto were forced to lose six days’ work and wages ln January and February “in order tlmt profits may be sat- isfactory." He asked the commis- sion established to investigate the closing clown of a textile plant in Sherbrooke, Qua, hi: enlarged t0 cover the Simpson situation.

4. He expressed the vlcw the textile probe was illegal because it touched a single industry in it particular province.

5. He accused the government of "blasting the reputations" of John I. McFarland, D. L. Smith and Henry Grant, former members of the Wheat Board, if‘; saying Eur- Ppeiin millers would not buy from them when official figures showed the contrary.