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EDGETT ESTATE Sale continues 10.00 o'clock,

TUNE 1N 0n the Kinsman "ma"! Wnixht 8:30 over C. F. C Y If

today. startin

not be in his office nut two weeks. amnik:

ATTENDING WEDDING-ll‘. llimilyiilyxififfi’. ‘iii $127.’. "° . e - -

bwl’ nuptials this morning. w“

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prohi- bition case before M H his." n n All. (Am) cal-straw _§»,;'€"'-ii'-'*~-l “lit-J. i:,f"':i'...'::; .T.Yi?f“ll.d§§?‘°’°‘” w“ °“’°‘""°“ lrfll"

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‘ Christ. New Dominion: Sunday

N 0 I I C E M11001. 2 p. m.. service 8 p. m;

DR. J. '5. LEDWELUS Office Will Be Open

For Co] lcctions as

Usual

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HUNGARIAN

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,., Mid sziioralja Ujllely, was ro- .. fled by llll‘ IIlllIQdfllIIIS as mere- l a "S}'l'lll)Ulll‘ rivcrtllre" toward re- till‘ of lliouniilis of square milcs

... Czechoslovakia Felr was expressed liners that if t Wary}; fnil_ denlzinds should 1mm Iliilltillllflll. troops massed on; ilic lltilflfli‘ and pictured as Ei‘ for iirqulslfioll of territory ‘lino: bu liPlCl back for long. imports from Budapestrliave in- ‘ierl llilil Hungary demanded - fer of more than 6.000 square . .. of SlO\';ll{il1-—ft demand which '.; 9 lifts considered excessive. II conlrrencc at Komarom was led R5 the Ilnnglirlan cabinet iu-icil was re ortcd drafting an tiliutunl l0 ‘i-ague.) Tile Czechoslovak government .. at new troops into areas near - border to meet any possible mil- iction bv Hungary.

rlnity_ United Church

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 12th

> ownlcs. ‘ tildes. BIRTHS III-At Augustine Cove pt. l0. i938, to Mr. and Mrs_

oseph E. Murphy. (nee) Kath- n Sherry) I daughter, Eliza- _th_lornl_i.

ltIMtRlAGIlS

ll - GORVEATT-At Z1011 urch .\liilz.~e, Saturday, Oct. 8, I by tllc Rev. G. Carlyle Web- tr. hiss Doris Robina. Gorveatt Cimbellrinzl to Mr. John Ed- I\‘I__Pooll:. of Milton.

_ DEATHS _

‘RPIIY-At Georgetown, Oct. 11, 38. J..lin Murphy, a cd 93. lleral \\lll take place, iursday, L13 frelii Sr. Jnlnes’ Church, orgt-Loilli. at 9 dciock. ACKINXUS-At Churchill, Oct. t. i938 Charles MacKinlion, aged

‘ l~‘liil.r.:l fzom liis late

Wecine ny at 2.30 p. lnlnt Argyle Shore Cem- X-Jli Vancouvcr. B. C.

. i038 Tiiumns D. Cal'- .. till _\'.ill'S, formerly of -~1d.P.E.I.

ilClsAill- At Word Islands on K7001‘ ll 11138. Ml". Elnllni J. "l" cl 8i years. I~‘ullci-.. J o mi; ,._

~. IVcliaIalli-ct, N. H, on

midi)‘. 0.: 10, Mrs. Anna J. l‘. Fullclal from the residence P“ bro" r. W. L. McEacllerii. _

Saturday the 15th. of Funeral services at two flilcllnellt Mcrnlnid Ccmc-

Card Of Thanks

‘Int; Clitliei-inc ividtiieson, Milton, ~11 i0 lii.il.< tiic Doctors and

11°?“ vi tilt‘ i’_ E. lslnliu Hospital tilde _H

cliitnsloi‘ tllcll‘ klliunrss

ghe Committee of the Charlotte- ollflDcnull Clinic Wis-hes to sc- , “Mflr with thanks the gift of | ‘Tllllmjftld and Twenty-five Dol- qfib $122410) from the Kinsmen

0t Charlottetown, being the 9°65 0f a dance and s. sale of with in Sld of the Dental Clinic.

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In Memoriam

LIILIYI‘. F. J. DONGWOHTI

The beautiful flower n t-h 00m» {fiat tuble in st. 2231's Anglican the,“ 18st Sunday“ were placed . . M Y his sisters loving mem- J Jthe birthday of Lieu , Fred-

a eel ‘fi.t“~‘l§i".°‘li’i‘£l§t3’.i“° "h glove his life m": his KIIII mull Err: mi his no a Axmiatico ‘(lb

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V W0 {Orgetf gm Rodd. Ohulel Palmer, Mis- “m- Ban or m. and ma. n. .1. mwoisnowtnmiglandvls- Glfmggveiéaf Lieut. Imgworth Mm r IIQIIIBPDH

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Kingston: Sunday School 2:30 p.

m.. service 7:30 p, m_ Harv“; thanksgiving t 11 m. n. Woodsiclae. a’ wvwalbflflj

REV. A. D. McLeod of St. John will address a service for Bible Society in North Granville Uni- ted Church on Thursday, Oct. 13m at 3 l). m. All are cordially invited. Rev. J. M. Murchison will agdress a Bible Society sci-vi“ 1n

casant Valley United Church on Thursday at 7:30. He will also 899111! ln Granville Presbyterian Church at 8:30 the same date As the Bible SWIM-Y serves all oom- munions all are cordially wei- Wme- L-295.

OFFER. APPRECIATEIL-Major D. A. ltfuciloliald of P. E. I., now at Monctnn. has recelvigd a kite; of appreciation and thanks from Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister m‘ Defence, for offering his service; for overseas in the event of war. The Miller was also the lucky win- ner of third prize in the recent draw of the Canadian Legions Fall Fair, St. Andrew's, N. B,

rouse COURT-At Police Court yesterday four drunks had thir bull eschcated. One drunk and incapable was fined ten dol- lars and costs and one drunk and disorderly was fined twenty dol- lars and costs or thirty dayg, A "m" charged with the unlawful Possession of stolen goods of vo lie under twenty-five dollars was re- manded 1mm Friday. A man re- ceived a sentence of sixty days for assaulting a peace officer en- gaged in the execution of his duty. An adjourned caseof an of- fence against the person was fur. ther adjourned till ‘Thursday.

ONTARIO M. P. VISITS HERE —..‘vfr. R. J. Deachman, M. P“ Ottawa. accompanied by Mrs. Deuhman. arrived in Charlotte- town via the S. S. I-Iochelam yes- terday. Mr. Deachman. who is making his second trip to this Province is gathering material for articles in the Toronto Star, he said. A graduate of Guelph Agri- culture College he ls particularly interested in agricultural condi- tions here he said. He plans to re- main here for several days before crossing over to New Brunswick enroute to Upper Canada.

LARGE ATTENDANCE AT LECTURE-A large and apprecia- tive audience listened with rapt attention and viewed with keen observation a most attractive travelogue. “Cdoi-ful China" pre- sented by Rev. Fred Goforth, M. A., in Zion Ciiurcli last evening. Mr. Goriorill who was‘ born in China and spent muoli of his life there is the son of the late Rev. Dr. Goiortii, Presbyterian Miss- ionary in China. Ills thorough un- derstaiuliiig of tile people, his charming p.v.'cr of description and his exccptionnl ability in the field ofpiiotography all blended together to give the audience an interesting and enlightening un- derstandiii; of the culture and civilization of a truly great. much misunderstood race.

RALLY SEIiV-CI-I AT BELFAST -Oli Oct. 2nd a Sunday School Rally was liziid in Si; John's Pi-ebylcriali Church. Belfast at 7.30 RM. The Sunday schools taking part were. Belfast and Newtown each school being well lvprc-rnted. The regular order of SEIVlFO was followed, Rev. W. Wadlaiid illivilig charge of the service. The scripture readings were taken by two of the pupils namely, Helen West and Gordon MflCEiHlICfll. A message on "Liv- ing With God" was given by Rev. Mr. Wazllnndfrhc prcgrammecon- slstrd of the following: Hymn, "Savior While My Heart is Ten- der", by Eleanor R0 s. Catherine Nicholson and Alice Ross. Recit- ation, by Rodney Dobsorl. memory work, “Tlic Shepherd's Psalm" b)’ Margaret MacDougail. Alice Mac- Dongnil and Donalda MacTavish. Recitation, by Harold Dobson, solo, “God Sees The Little Spar- row Fall". y Annie Jenkins. Recitation. by Margaret MacLelin. Duet and Chorus. "Come to the Savior", by Peggy Gillis and Mild- red Ross. Chorus. by P119118- Scriptnre Memory Work. b Mary Ross, Jessie Ross. Mar are Ros! and Joyce MacDonal. Memory Work, Ten Commandments. by June‘ MacDougall. Alberta Nichol- soli and 1:33 Oook, “itself-Bhutto; s. I

Iitgfifnye my béfgll". w Elliot R055, mum ss. Alexander Ross. nederic west. John Gillis. Recitiition, by Margaret MacTsv- ish and Joyce Gills. Memory wqi-h, by Junior Girls. Memory war-g, by Doris Ross and Horenco Mackenzie. Certificates and diplomas were awarded to the puplk for Bcrlptlm I W071 and Catechism.

N. D. MacLean

UNDERTAKER

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Charlottetown and North Wlltshlro

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The Central Guardian‘

Furniture at L-261l-l0- 2-li.

Bitter v..ii Lech is in command of German troops occupying gthe Sudeten district under the Munich agreement.

Personals

‘Miss Mary Lund of ‘Tracadle spent part. of her fall holidays in this city.

Mr. Peter Holland of Fort Aug-

ster‘s Corner were recent visitors to the city.

Mr. Milton Fitzpatrick. City is spending a few day's with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitz- patrick, 'I‘racadie.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duffy, Web- . ster’s Corner, visited the city re- cently.

Messrs. James Murnaghan of Taramtum. Louis Kelly and Ber- nard‘ Corrigiin, Fort Augustus were recent visitors to the city.

Mr. J. O. C. Campbell. Char- lottetown. was a passenger on the Canadian Airways Diane f0? Monctcn Monday. He was enroute to New York it was said

Rev. J. M. Murchison of St. John. District Secretary of the. British and Foreign Bible Society is visiting the Province in con- nectton Wli-‘h Bible Srciety acti- vities.

Mrs. T. J. Nolan and little dailghter Barbara. have returned

to their home in Lawrence. Mass.

after spending a very pleasant holiday with her si" r. Mrs. A. Fontana and renewing old

acquaintances in the City.

Mr. J. M. Murlcy. Manager of the local office C. N. Telegraph-s. nvas rushed to the Prince- Edward Island Hospital late Saturday night and flD°FEItEO on immediately ' is. It is pleasin‘: t0 ‘ condition is report- ed satisfactory.

A motor party consisting of Mrs. Edward Blilpltt and son. Mr. Har- old Buloltt. Roscneath. he’! daughter. Mrs, H. Larsen. George- tnwn and Mr. Fred Norton, Car- digan left Monday morning on a motor trip to Boston and vicinity. ‘They exipect be away two weeks. ‘

ASSASSINATION

(Continued from page l) confiscating rifles and ammuni- n.

Almost immediately after their arrival from India yesterday. the Royal Scots’ Greys. one of the last remaining horse regiments in the British army, was called to help in tile fight ncar Mount Carmel.

The Greys fonned part oi’ 2.400 troops arriving on three troop- ships as tllc ildlvalice guard of re- inforcements sent to try restoring peace to the troubled Holy Land. At Lydda. Paicstiiifs main rail- way junction, 21 Arab homes were destroyed by British troops be- cause of recent attacks on mill- tary police -

Five Deaths Reported

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A death toll of flue was report- ed after 20 separate incidents of killing. sabotage. arson. robbery and sniping in the last 24 hours.

The Jewish Dress featured In “llltimatum" issued by tho Arab committee for the defence of Palestine threatening “dire cal- amities" to Jews in the Holy Land so long as the fight against the Arabs continued.

The Palestine Post attributed the "lmpudent blackmail" of this ultimatum to the influence of doctrines professed by the "Eur- opean pei-seciltors of Jews."

ATTENTION GIVEN TO CONGRESS

BFIRLIN. Oct. ll-Tlie German press turned attention tonight to Palestine. reporting the disorders there under sucil headlines as “England completely overwhelm- ed!" and "Arab Revolution!"

D. N. 13.. official Reich News Agency. reported in a dispatch from Cairo that a national Arab Government had been established in the Holy Land. with a "free corps" of l5.000 at its disposal. ‘I'll-la underground government was credited in the dispatch having brought. three-foilrihs of the country under its sway.

Special attention was given by newspapers to the pan-Arabcon-

ess underway at Cairo. The goellklachcr Beobachter a/nd Koel- nlsche Zeltnng interpreted anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic nt- mosphere there as s concrete crystallization of pan-Arabian.

Too Late To (Ilasify

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THE CHARLOTFETOWN GUARDIAN

BINGO And Dance

nor-a luvén nsu. TONIGHT coop MUSIC

L401.

Appreciative .

Audience At Variety Concert

COL-(Il. Wilhelm Joseph Franz .

An appreciative audience in Prince of Wales College hall last night heard MacDuff Copeland and Kenneth Duff in an excellent concert. The program was under the auspices of the Clu Tin

am, by these two old country

P”? artists included:

Plrtl

Ode to Canada. “Hail Glorious

Canada". Copeland and Duff.

a "Blaze Away". Copeland n

Gentlemen, MacDuff Copeland,

Violin Solos, 1. "Screnade”, 2 “Si. Andrews selection", 3 "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life".

Comedy at Piano, 1 "Sklpperb Song", 2 Shakespeare's Plays in Tabloid Form, 3 McGlrity, MacDnff Copeland, '

‘ Violin Solos, 1 “Minllctte”. 2 ‘Hungarian Dance". 3 "Stiil as the Night". Kenneth Duff.

Comedy at Piano. "Singing Jokes" MacDuff Copeland.

Street Music. wi‘h ori inal mu- sical novelty: "Bells of S. Mary's" with chimes and clash.

Violin Duets. “Stkye Boat Song". “Flora MwDorialdke Lament" etc.. etc. Copeland and Duff.

PART II

Twenty minutes in Scotland with Song Story and Bagpipe Selections. Items: "79tli Fare- lvelP-“Cock of the’ North“— "Rosie"—"Gracie McKay" (Cope- land), MacDuff Copeland.

Violin Solos: l. Ave Maria; 2. Blue Danube; 3. Lost Chord, Ken- neth Duff.

Community Finale: "A Toast to Bonnie Scotland", Copeland and Duff.

FLAMES

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li)—:the‘bpO n homes once stood and succeeded in

_lvlain district of the conflag-i-a- tion was in Dance township, 50 miles northwest of Fort Frances where the Labelles were home- steacilllg and where weary officers and fire crews reached ;oni hit for another family reported isofated.

Residents Ordered Out 0|’ A208

Police and forestry department officials ordered all residents out of the fire area and sent additional crews into the fighting lines which excnded wesmard from Fort Fran- ces to a point near Rainy River. A ..<'l_i'f‘,lIg south wind continued tn lililder the struggle but last night's heavy rams retarded the fllunes to some extent.

The rains checked the advance of the fire on Raul River where res- idents today sal they were unabie to see the ilalnes which at one time advanced i0 witlmi half a mile of the town. Tile fire also roared through the iorcsi land to wlliili a mile of Fort Frances yesleijday.

Police officers and firefighters were sent from Port Arthur. Dry- den Keiicra and Sioux Lookout, Of- ficers sped through blackened charred districts seeking rsons uiucportcd. One fBpgft sill abou- 30 were yet L0 be located near Rainy River.

Biggest In It} ‘Years

Forestry department records to- night showed that not sulcc 1922 has the timber counJ-y sufftred such fliI aback. Sixteen years ago in Northern Ontario flames roared uvei- Haileybury. North Cobalt, New Llskeui-d, Thornloe, Erlgelhart and Carleton. claiming 75 miles and leaving 8.000 homeless. with p686)- ei-iy aniage estimated at $5. .- 0o(()jvei~ ‘he same area ln_ 1916 fire raged for 1.200 miles, klllinl; 250 persons and five years before that ‘l0 persons died in the Cochrane area and $3,000,000 damage was in-

lczed.

Eistilnate of the damage wrought yesterday and tvdfly wuld “Pt be reached. Hollies and outbuilding“ arc dlarred ruins. Livestock. Dues of pulpwood and cordwood were burned to ashes, school bulldmgs were destroyed. ,

Warm weather and lack 0f rum since early sepenlbel" prcsellicd the flames with tinder dry FY1919“ iai two weeks ago. Since (hm the fire was through bush. and K7555- uiitil yesterday when a South “lull whipgid the menace throughout the lny River SCCvlOII.

mum: MINISTER EXTENDS

SYMPATI-IY

Minister Mackenzie Kine tonight expressed "deepest Sym» Pill with the relatives and frien thOM

gwggplng t), timbrlalids of north- western Ontario

Weed‘, Indies CIUISI Elle? grill-Illa; by The Canadian Press mm. at least 14 perm“ h" met death in the firm northwest 0f Franc thgelyi? mPB

t By

time who have sustained lamentable imc irrHDflll-ble 1M-

thismoe

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In Rescue Work

fires in northern Minnesota A Park RApIdl.

ry service fire trucks and s fire fighter suffocated near Internat- ional PIIII.

Duff. o‘ Songs. "Onalway Awake”, Chorus

NEW roux. Oct. 11 — Prime

who lost their lives" in the fires

Tile Prime Minister was Prepar-

es ' ticked d sked ‘mplliffbe extacrrlde?!‘ “to

llies While Assisting

IJIHIIIMENTS IABLH] IN BREN PRllBE

Correspondence Shows Major Hahn Treated As Cana- dian Government Representative. l

(UP. By Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, Oct. ll —- Inquiries from the National Defence Depart- ment to the External Affairs De- wtment for information on the] tish Governments intentions re-l garding purchase of Bren guns in Canada were not forwarded to England. Mr. Justice H. H. DJVLS, Royal Commissioner invcsti flilll‘. the Bren gun contract was to cl to-

8¥I1$€ inquiries took the form of suggested cables to__ Canada House, the High Commissioner's office in 10116011. and passed between the W0 departments llllllflfl the winter i937. In April of that year. Ma- JOr General L. A. IaFleche, Deputy Minister of National Defence, was informed bv Dr. O. D. Skclton. Un- dcr Secretary of State for External Affairs, that Prime Minis er Mac- kenzle K1114: stated “it was ilot thought advisable at; present to re- QUQSYAIIIG government of the Unit. 6d Kingdom l0 place in Canad munitlon orders of this type."

0n Stand All Day

General LaFieche was on the witness stand all day as scores of letters and messages passing be. tween the two epartiilcnts. be- tivceli Ot nwa and London and be-t twceil illc Dcparlliieni and Major James Eflllahli, President oi‘ thi- John Ilisills Company were filed. Some oi lhcm were released in mnsequcnce of coilseni received 0V6!‘ the Wflekcnd from the British Government which had ili-evlously| Oblvctcd to evidence rclaing to its affairs being made public.

All formed part of the he oti- atwns lvndmz up io the John fig- lls Company of Toronto obtaining wmrws to supply the Canadlanl Government with 7.000 Bren llghzl mwlllm‘ guns and the British Gov- ernmclit with 5.000, |

Major Hahn is president of the JOhn iligils Company and criticism 0f the Canadian contract by Lieut- 001- George Drew of Toronto in a‘ magazine article led to be inquiry Which today entered its third week.

Tile correspondence covered the {ERGO following Major Hahn's re.

urn from England in December, 1030. alter obtaining llllOfllifllOlll 9n the methods and costs of mak- ing Bren ilns. Arculid tile end of. the vear. eneral LaFleclle said, he had become convinced i; would be 1m ible to obtain Canadian re- q‘ emenls oi the gun from England within a reasonable period and he W95‘ flllxw“ "‘ E L a Canadian source of supply started.

It was ..i.-.... lulu British Gov- ernment was lOO.llIi,_', for all addlt. tonal source of supply and if an or- der from the British Government could be obtained for the Canadian plantthc cost to the Canadian Government would be less.

libr this reason. he said he asked Ebrteijnal Affairs Department to as- certain .he intentions of the Brit. lsh Government. On Dec. 28. 1938, he wrote to Di‘. Skeiton. asking that B. cabled inquiry be sent.

On March 8, 1931. he asked Dr. Skeiton to try to get a reply from the War Office to the previous message. A. tiic same time he said Major Hahn was prepared to g0 to England if he could help matters along.

On March 23 General lsaFleche again wrote to Dr. Skelton saying Major Hahn proposed to g0 to Lon- don oli private business and would like to make further inquiries about, the Bren gun He asked that Hon. Villccn ivizisscy. Canadian High Commissioner, be advised of

us.

Trip Approved 0 i

minister approved of Hahn's trip, referred to thc desirability of ob- taining a Bflitsh order for guns to reduce Canadian nlanllfacturing costs and wished the manufacturer success. '

On April i9 General LaFieche received a cable from Hahn saying the High Commissioner had not received the cables from the Ex- ternal Affairs uCpflflilll-BIII. to which reference had been made. At the same timi- a clcgraln frcin Hugh Plaxtoli. Liberal M. P. for Toronto- Trinlty, arrived to the same effect.

The General said lie wrote lo Dr. Skeiton about the inquiries again and received no reply prior to his departure for the Ilnpcrinl Confer- ence in London, for which he was then preparing. The reply came April 23. lifier he had left. and in- dlcniccl the Prlllic Minister thought the British Government should not bc flwiiUd to piacc orders in Canada.

The Prime Muilsters liarric en- tered the evldilice earlier" ln the day when a lcttcl‘ addressed to M1‘. Massey. rlaicd Oct. 2i. 1936. was