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Cl-IARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, MAR-CH 9, 1939

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Messrs.iBethune And Bell INIITEI IIIERKI Nominated Yesterday At TUTIFIIIS NT

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Defence is Advocatedi In British House

(By {he Canadian Press) I LONDON, March 8—R. H. Ray-

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TAL ARMY IField I Illgrce

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War Minister Has Reformed

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ESIEEEI] CITY

loyal Spanish Repub-

nor, Conservative. tonight suggest- ed the House of Commons "should coilsider whether we ought not toy have another Imperial Conference. b0 decide how the defensive policy of the dovrnin-lons can be ﬁtted in-

Army Along Modern Lines Announces Further Changes.

2nd Qa_een’s Convention FIIIEJLIIIIBE

Claims “Gas And

lican Troops Re- pulse Foe In Fur- ious Battle.

Illlmm Mal-oh t-(Alﬂ-saal- drove back fr

odav

[litillg in fhchenrt of triﬂe, bc- ~- ed llludrld.

c Milublicln Dofuicc Council

. the back or the revolt had been

. en but some fighting continued

~ rently in sporadic ‘Nrtbul-sts in

. city's outskirts.

lien who had been mndes-in-

... against Nutiunalht Gene

Communists ~ to storm their way to control he principal buildin .

General Jose Mlaja, ident of l I Council that overthrew Juan err-inks cabinet in Sunday's coup,

~ ht tanks, field guns and mach- l» {tins into use to defend his Peace" Regime.

LEADERS IN FLIGHT .

General Miaisls associates said I "flight of every Communist I c; who could get nwa ". before .. comrades launched t e upris- .. m, dawn yesterday did much - quench the communist enthus- ‘ --l for fight. ‘

' two or

for three Oom- ge with th Ili8ii ' they do

"l-lxcept ullist officers still

Conservatives of the Second District of Queens in convention yesterday tendered unanimous nominations to s. D. F. Bethune and R. H. Bell. Charlotte- candidabes for the con. in the next provincial

he was nolninated ‘ition ilcr Assembly-

coim McNeil. long Creek. . For Councillor Mr. Bell con- tested the nomination with Mr. Edward Currie. Full-view. He was brcooced by IFrank Cass, N-crth River. seconded bv Peter Martin. Hunter River. Moving and sec- onding Mr. Clinic's nomination were Juries MacKenzie and Hugh . Lona Creek. The bal- lotiIlR resulted in majority for Mr. Bell. Mir. Currie thereupon moved that the nomination be made un- animous. 1n a short speech which brought enthusiastic applause. he pledged his vmolehearfed support to Mr. Bell. reaffirming his de- votlon oo the party s/nci his con- fidence that it would achieve a sweeping victory at the polls. A warm tribute was paid to Mr Dr. MacMllla-n

tohes l??? . m,

col-limiting? zevo

- and the city quiet at noon

tar surrender of Communist of-

Jr . and after an ultimatum from

l’ had an air bombardment. of strongholds.

(later dispatches, however. from Paris ictui-ed the ‘ggiting as going 911111114 P. lVL. an Commun- ilis ___t9;gortie.

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llii Pipe - line Between Canada llnll Britain Envisionoli

BY I. F. SANDERSON Canadian Pres: Staff Writer IDNDON, March B -(OP-Cable)

Brine-line between a and llmt Britain across the floor of tllelvcilh Atlantic to guarantee i constant flow of oil ‘in, wartime IIJ pictured in the House of Com- Ilons today by colonel John Mac- miara, Conservative. During discumion of the army wplopriations, Colonel MacNanvra, vllo rgcently toured Canada, milling at many military centres, old a supply oi oil is necessary bliriinln in wartime.

Oinllclli, he said, is one of the

wlllltrlcs which is going to

Elcducc oil in large quenl ties and e wondered whether itwould be

Wlliblc to lay c pipeline to Brit-

lill. It would be double the length

"any pipeline in existence but

be understood there were no en-

"Merlin: difficulties.

Ht received no reply from War

“Pitt”? Leslie l-Iore-Belisha.

-.Q°1onel Macrlsmsra. a'so

Eiitd an "empire

m"! ille lines cfthe RoyalCan-

with Mcuntsd Police to release d1 for ur as »-

comma {vow

“all! for Noilcou this __ column 8 cenll-_por___w_ord_;>.

of Basilica afternoon, , -a-'l-v-io-ii.

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genilam "e" ‘

late Mr. Dollar one of the party in years zone by.

Mr. Samuel Kennedy was chos- en to preside of. yesterday's con- verlmion. with Ml‘. P. J. Rossiter as secretary.

Despite unfavorable weather which prevented several poll dele- trom reaching Charlotte- towln. there was a good atten- dance. ‘Iihe greatest harmony and enthusiasm prevailed.

Candidates Speak Mr. Bethune. called upon. volc-

BURGOS, March 8-H?)- 'lll|3 Nationalist Government of H-pain announced ‘ ‘ ht that a blockade had been thrown around the spanlsh Mediterranean coast.

The entire coast has been closed to all typo: of vessels regardless of Ilhllllllililty. w.th- in three miles of the shore be- tween Sagunto and Adra. the announcernmt sai

Ssgunto ii north of Valencia. approximately at the point where lzgxhohlllist lines reach the M: tzrrnnean on ‘llie cast coast‘. and Adra is on the south coas .

Adi-s. west of Almeria

Has Echo In

. IANDON, March 8-(0? Cab -Oanada‘s uiry

'°““°* °°Y° l~ m“ mi in Cleoh 411m- vi. Ooﬂlwll J \. ﬂillb mngrrengy g1 mo“ ‘ﬁnding; '- . ' ~ 1'9")“ AGi-E these roysgges now . ‘ - i mien : m“ m“! m“ “W; "I'd these guns are belnc mollu-

. mmuy‘ "m ‘moi’: ‘ faotllrcd in 0mm. both for

_ . ‘ Government and Britis “Nq'qh|-~ Government-dowel! as in thll ~ V, 1 - comm it would be interesting m not’. page ' the diﬁereneu prim ' ~ no profits in these time sell-mi» .. my“; Y, of coders. i. tvor‘. 1, lilo company ‘which fees"- . . gmﬂgctonliiw Ill! for

Conservative Standard Bearers Unanimously Indorsed At En- thusiastic Party Gathering.

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Nationalist Blockade Of -Mediterranean Coastal Area Worries Britain

A warning was issued that It Wu not known vl

submarines would bc stationed m Franco has informed Britain of off Cartegena, Republican nnvul his intentions to inslituto the haze, lino along t e cost from blockade.‘ but even if he did Bri- Torco Lo Mesa lighthouse to (any; refusal to grant belligerent Calm Pains. with orders to sink rights technically would preventgre-

.. all ships trying t0 approach the co ition of the right to coast. spite reccgnit on of the Nat- ionalistfiovemmellt by Britain. All vessels were Warned not to the comprehensive s00 0! the ﬂlllfOfC-li wllhin three mile; of till‘ blockade to include sh cs of all coast betwzen Saglmto. north oi nationalities was l Y t0 W0"? Valencia near where Nationalist London because many shl of Bri- lines reach the eastern coast. lnd fish lstry have con irlu to

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Canada's Bren TGun inquiry

le) was

Nominated

having been nominated for the third consecutive time. and stated he would reserve his comments on the political situation for other occasions. He expressed confidence in the support which he and Mr. Bell would receive at the polls. and predicted a crushing defeat of the present administration and a re- ium to sound. democratic gov- ern-merl/t under Hbn. . Mac-

Mr. ‘Bell. slim thanking the convention. and especially Mr. ' support.

ann kets. the blldﬁet balanced. unemployment continued rife. and the interests of the fish- ermen and farmers are being nea- lected. l

Referrinlr rldlhlt of appeal the mentor of Nil‘. when ho asked: s. ‘row not. aoiiuz befcredidr. LeBaae to wet. an assessment?‘

'1‘ the sneaker de-

. Mademocroov. and ‘ . wailing the chance to their judgment. He

i- annealed for the f of support. confident th Dr. Mnclviillcrrs able

I

at leadership there was no question as to the

outcome. Exposes Park scandal

Mr. Jeremiah Simpson. Caven- dish. was warmly applauded when he declared that he was one of the landowners in the National Park area. wiho refused accept the Government's dictatorial expro- priation terms.

"I certainly am disgusted." Mr. _,-

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southern cons-t.

Ships en route to Spain were ad- visetg to make only foi- Nationalist D01‘ .

LONDON, March 8—-(AP)—Tho Natlonalists’ blockade of the Re- publican Spanish coast may lead to a, preach or the good feeling preval- ent between Bui-gos and London sirlce Great Britain recognized General Franco's Regime, it was iii well-informed quarters ritalxi, ii. was said, may not recognize the blockade. since she has not granted belligerent rights to the Spanish combatants

nether Gener-

hlt- iiilh Republican spam.

British House

Arc any of them (recipients) Erit- lsh slmiects? There have been

rm.’ n. r. campus:

Fire Damages lioyalNoiel I Last Night

City Firemen battled a stubborn blaze at the three-storey Royal Hotel on Richmond Street, for al- most an hour and s. hall‘ last night before the “all out" was sounded. Considerable damage was caused by fire. smoke and water. Fire loss was conﬁned to ii two storey kitchen at the rear of the hotel proper where the blaze was

wind fanned the fire and tongues of flames continued to break out time after time.

A double roof on the kitchen gave the fire ﬁghters an added iproblem. At one time the build- ng had had a gravel roof. Later another roof. covered with rooﬁng paper was builtaboui- n fool. above the gravel surface. It was between the two the fire made its most stutlborn siard. One feature of the construction probably saved the situation, however. The raft elrs supporting i-he second roof ran parallel wlili thg main building and lhlls prevented the ﬁre from having access to the walls of that portion of the structure. Rafters crossed the path of the flames and progress was checked until each was burned throueﬁl.

Two lines of hose were used. Damage lo the main hotel was caused from water, as a line of hose m; laid through the bulld- ing. and from smoke which the wind carried in quantities into the second and third floors.

‘The nlnrln was turned in at; i0 o'clock and fire-mail reached the ﬁre hllll with equipment after the blaze was extinguished at 11.30. About an hour lai-er a still alarm was rung in from the legion Roonls on Grafton street

the ground, floor. One engine re-

dclmage to a spot in the floor.

Body Of Aged Recluse Found

NEW G —(C'P)—-Bodv of Simon Ross, 80 ear-old recluse. was fmlnd

River, near here. Death nounced due to natural causes.

was seen alive las week, John Green. mail dr

conﬁned to i-he flat roof. High l

for a slight blaze around a ﬁreplace on

slpcndled. 'I‘llere was only slight

LASGOW. N. 5.. March B today in

cellar of his home at Barney's was an-

iver, be-

Fumes” Had Been Noted “All Winter” In Hostelry.

(B JACK TRAC (lanndlayn Press staff llriter)

AX. M83011 8—(CP) —-Fire

bee

in the Queen Hotel, fire last Thursday. Testifying at one Tlrobe into the fire which 00k an

of 28 lives. the clerk. Clyde Macintosh said: “We were troubled with see and fumes all winter.’

Mnomtosli said the fumes "ap- Ecared to come from the coal mag

ad already been burned," and ho believed they were heavy when tlie hotel firemen were drawing and staking the fires in the basement furnaces. _

A boiler salesman. Charles Fisher mid: "They had a habit of clean- ing the boilers with the imechan. ..ical) stokers running." The draft was not stronll enough and smoke and sparks came out. he added. Fisher said he had made an in- Slleetion of iihe hotel's heating e- quipment for a plumbing and heat- ing firm last summer.

“Safety ocommendntion‘

The salesman testiflcf‘ Ill‘. had made verbal recommendations to the firm but he could not say whether they were ever carried out. His rgoommendation was that eitli er th mechanical pickers be shut of! while the furnaces were being cleaned or that a fan be installe in Che boiler room to carry off the fumes. _

Fisher considered his advice "a safety recommendation," adding "if there was no fan there the sparks would fly around the ceiling;

Charlie of e fire- men, testified

rac- ticc to be "careful of sbllrks." en a poker was placed in the fire the sfokers were always switche

destroyed by

d off. Camps. employed at. the hotel for three weeks before fihe fire. was in the boiler room the night of the disaster.

11 Witnesses Heard

Eleven witnesses gaverevldencc ‘under oath during the sefxmd ses- sion of the probe which opened yes- terday. Fire Marshal Rudland ex- pected to call the Chief of the Hal- fax Fire Department tomorrow a- mong others. The hearing will pro- bably end tomorrow.

Boflh Mllclntosh and Mrs. Sophie Mai-tell. veteran hBilvd-W8.llll‘€5§.__S_8ll:l

(Continued on page 9. Col 5)

“Pleasure Flight Ends In Death For Quebec Trio

to s. cooperative whole."

have sovereignty territory. he asked of 46,000,000 g0 on bearing great expense of the defence commonwealth of nations c! 490,- 000.00)?"

dominicns I, own I

Recalling that the

over their

Ml". Rayner said the domlnlons

might be expected "quite fairly to concentrate on individual needs for they all have danger zones well outside their own borders."

their inlmediate.

"We feel that having now ob- tained their sovereignty, they should assume responsibility for that sovereignty," lie said.

"The general feeling of loyalty in the commonwealth when once stirred up would be given practical expression in the division of re- sponsibility as regards defence."

GRENTTNIITIIIN IIIIIS , BIIINII IN BIIRRENIIY NAN

Stabilization F u n d Provided To .Meet Japanese Financial Drive In North China.

IJONDOIN, 8—(CP)— Sir John Simon. Chancellor of the Ebochequer. announced today that two British banks had (cgontributed

half 0f a £10.000.000 40,900,000) currency stabilization fund newly

established by the Chinese Gov- eriumeirt. The move was called a thrust

alt Japan's expansionist boliov and an effort to protect 2180000000 in British investments in China alminst a Chiiiese-Jsmncsc fin- ancial conflict. ld iihe House of Com- Brltisii Government

Sir John to morls the shomtiy would ask parliamentary or a guarantee bv ilhe . the ‘private British subscription.

To a question by Frederick J. Bollenger. labor. whether "con- sultations took place with United Shades prior to the loan." Sir John replied that he thcuelht his statement “wllil generally be welcomedIlr/y ofiher countries than

our own.

(A financial battle was frresceii between the Chinese Government ourrencwand the Japanese-soon. sored fedeml reserve bank notes belrinnlna Friday. when Japan has forbidden the circulation of Vhe Chimes: dollar in North China.

(Witlh the Yuan notes of the Federal Reserve Bank, established in Peibiniz March 10. 1938. the Japanese hope to drive Chinese

LAC-A-LA-CROIX, Que, March a _-(C1P)-'I‘hc crumbled wreckage , of an ainplam yielded today the bodies of three men who disap- peared last weekend on a pleasure flight over this rich gold-mining area in northeastern Quebec. ;

Two commercial pilots flying . over the frozen country border“ on Lake St. John discovered tile crashed lane holding the bodies of a you hful Canadian Broadcast- ing Corpomtlon executive, s. pion- eer flyer who served in the Royal Air Force overseas and a French- Canadian mechanic St.

e. Th s, who apparently had all died instantly, were:

John C. Stadley, Jr., M, of Westmount, Que, executive as- sistant to the t general

from

manager of the C. l3. c. in Mont- real and son cf one of Canada's but-known engineers.

0a Herve 8t. Martin Folio , 53, believed to be the Waco plane, operator of

of 8t. ﬂylns

t lh

‘Japanese-sponsored Yuiln thus for

currency out of North China and rherobv be able to meet lnree military expenditures in Ncrlh China vrifhout dmiviils cli the ‘imlied Japanese ibrcvm exchanec‘

reserves. mid to Ill‘I'l.'7-‘(‘ a fol"- micin-ble trade lmrricr in foreign ccmnetttors in North China. Tile

has no st/andinz in foreign ex- change markets outside Japan's

own yen bloc.» General Chloris Kai-Shel: ofI was understood liere fol

China have created the currency fund as I

an answer to Ja/nanese attempts to undermine the Chinese dollar. made

‘Sir John it clear he ap-

(By J. S. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

u LONDON, March 8-A field force of 19 divisions ha: I m“ " ‘mug: been formed within the British Army which could be seni o; g, to the continent at the outbreak of war, Leslie Here-Bo Tish, Secretary of War, announced in the House of Com‘

rnons today. It will give Great Britain

she had available in 1914 at mobilization. Nineteen divis- ions represent 185,000 to 195,000 men on modern at In 1014 four divisions, representing 75,000 men, France immediately. A fifth followed soon after. Tonight the House by a vote of 14-66 rejected a Labor motion for a symbolic reduction of credits to the army. The Minister, who has reformed army life from top

to bottom in a long series of

i16l.133,0i) ($755,714,000). A new principle under

1. For anti-aircraft and coastal defence Great Britain will ‘be left with seven divis- ions of the Territorial Army.

2. Nineteen divisions from the Territorial and Regular Armies will be maintained as a

field form.

3. ns in outlying puts of the Empire will be strengthened wherever possible by the enlistment of native soldiers and, instud of having a single strategic reserve in the ,Uuit€e.l&lngdom for the whole Emp ", an additional reserve will be established in the mid- dle east. with the two divisions now in Palestine forming part-

Another reform announced by Mr. I-Iore-Belisha was amplified by Prime Minister Chamberlain. For the first time in years Great Bri- tain will call up for training 1,000 officers and 16,0000 men from the Regular Army Reserve.

The Prime Minister said the plnns included military excr- clsls pn n large scale “to test the employment and coopera- tion of the various forces con- cerned in defeiice against air attack, including the civil de- fence forces. while the prac- tice of deployment of antl- aircraft and coastal defences will be held as part of normal training.”

"changes when presenting departmental estimates totalling

lying the army's part in the do- fence program was announced. In effect it means:-

ISir Nenry Pellaitt,

a bigger military force than

my lilies. left for

decrees, announced further

Noted Financier, Passes In Toronto

WA TORONTO. March 8 —(OP)_ Sir Henry Pellatt, one-time mil- lionaire financier who built Tch- ontds sirlcoooooam boma as a private residence, died tonight It his modest heme iii suburban Mimico. He was ‘l0 years old.

Sir Henry was made a knight bachelor in 1905 for his» mi til. servlces but to the average 'I‘or- onto citlzen he was famous as the man ,who built Oasa Imus. a French mediaeval chateau. atop a hill in the north/west corner of the city. It was taken over by the for i/axes several years ago.

The two-year job of building the fantastic chateau started in 1911. Its luxurious and rare fur- nishings. many of them collected by Sir Henry in Europe, were sold at auction years ago but Case Lama. became distinctly s. show- place two years ago when it was rented by n service club whose guides showed thousands of visitors over the house.

Born in Toronto in 1860, com of a broker, sir Henry's careers in

Other announcements by Mr. r Here -Be1isha:

Anti-aircraft units of the Terri- iorlnl Army will be increased from five f0 seven and the number of batteries between 50 and 100 per cent.

Every medium and heavy anti- aircraft battelrjv will have a war complement of guns and search- lighis by the end of 1939.

With the object of maintain- ing garrison: at Empire out- posts at war strength without calling on the Regular Army, native soldiers are being en- listed in Malta. Cynrus. Singa- pore, Bong Kong and Ceylon.

I

To reduce calls on the fleet forI escort. a strategic reserve will be‘ formed in the middle east to art, h; a semratc force freed of the: necessity of drawing on home rc- sources. It. is horred nnoiher mav_ be formed in India as n result of the receliiLv completed defence survey.

The ﬂrld force, will consist of four Regular Army and nine Territorial Infantry divisions. three motorized territorial dir- isions, and two regular and one territorial armored divisions. Iii addition there will bo two env- iilry brigades from the Torri-

Tiorltenitiiousi L..gl.|......; In Ontario Throne Speech

No

Quality Gives Flavour

came anxious about the aged man “if mills "f °° Pa"? i“ m9

and investigated when he noticed 110ml Q“ 0001M‘!!-

ilo tracks had been made in fresh- Oscar, ‘IQBYIIQII. mwhlnl with (By Th, Canadian Press)

ly-fI-llen SHOW about the b01180. 5i. “ﬁlm! Wmpﬂ-IIY- QQRDNTQ. March 3 4911mm); nth legislature met today for its third ‘ and in the Speech from the Throne. delivered by

Lieutenant-Governor Albert Mat- thews, heard an outline of the legislative proposals to be placed before it by the Government. The speech. longer than usual because of the variety of subjects mentioned, forecast no legislation that is expected to be very eon- t-enltious. On one subject of great pre-cessionni interest-whether the gasoline tax or motor vehicles lic- ensg fees be incmnsed-it was silent. 1i. was understood the Gov- ernment has not yet decided the issue and announcement will be reserved for the budget address. One piece of legislation was in- troduoed. It was the bill of Mines Minister Paul Izxiuc to amend the Mining Act for greater protection of miners against silicosis, foi- aid- ing prospectors, and for licensing

(Continued on PURE 9. Col 4)

all refiners of precious metals in Ontario.

Regarded as the important para- graphs of the Throne Speech were those fouemsting legislation to enable i-he Ontario Government to enter info any necessary arrange- ment with the Federal Govern- ment to provide unem loyment. in- surance “at the earlest possible moment."

Jellies Howard Clark (Lib.Wind- sor-Saiidlvlich) was on the ilomin- aizlon of Premier Hepburn, sec- onded by ‘Conservat ve Leader George Drew. acclaimed as Speak-

fiziance and the militia started c- lllout the some time-ozvhen he was 5

He was commissioned as a sec- ond lieutenant in the Queenh Own Rifles in 1879 and 1n 1901 had risen to command the regi- ment. In 1902 he commanded the Canadian Contingent that visited London for the Coronation of King Edward VII

Sir Henry llvedlquletly in recent

years, seldom appearing at public functions. One of these rare pearances was last summer when he attended a luncheon given in his honor I)V the lessees of 1.01118.

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TORONTO. Maren B-oziininvun and maximum tempcrsturesz~ 18B

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ei- of the House. He silcceeds l-Ion. Norman Hlpel, now minister of labor. < Three members. elected since the last session, were formally sealed in the chamber today. They were Lbllls Hagey. Brantford Lib-

. youngest member of the assembly, William J. Stewart, ‘Tor- onto-Psrkdilie Conservative. and Col. Drew, Simooo East.

Dawson 2] Vancouver 80 46 Edmonton 2B 24 Regina 4 14. Wlnninel Zero 20 Toronto fl 2A Ottawa 10E 14 Montreal h‘ ‘ l4 Quebec 14B 8 Saint John 2d 12 Hal ox 4 l2 Charlottetown 8 FORECAST

Maritime Fleet: Strong north- west winds: most-iv fair and cold.

I-lilzh tide this afternoon ct 1.11

and tomorrow morning at 1:56. Sun sets this afiemcon at 5.5.:

mid rises tomorrow morning 6'23

INcw moon March 20. 9:48 D. m. Summcrslde tide eighteen min.-

utes later than Chariot Wn. Tllh (JAIL FERRY SAILINGB

Leave Borden 9-45 l. m. _l p, ll Tormentlno 11 o. m. 3.08 p. m.