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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, _CANADA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1931

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Spiritual achievements are the consummation of _holy aspiration.

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"One Act Play and variety Con- cert, Flat River Hall, Tuesday, Nov-

ember 2nd. 14-1197-10-30-11-1.

"supper, Dance. Wednesday, November 3rd, Murray River Publcl Hall. 25 cents. L-1177-l0-29-3i.

"Murray Harbor Starch Factory is receiving potatoes daily. F. W. ‘oc-locheur, Manager. L-1085-10-27-4i

"Come to the Armistice Dance. where? Orwell Hall. When? ‘Thurs- iay, November 11th. L-1283-11-1-1l.

"Seo on.“ Husbands" in Nanci Hall tonight. Sale of boxes. 14-1299.

"Masquerade Dance Lorne Valley 3rd.

Hall .Wednesday, November Webster's orchestra. Prizes. , ‘ 11-982-10-27-30-11-1.

"Halloween Dance Emerald llali Friday Nov. 5 auspices of Women's Institute. Summerslde mhcstra- Lunch. L-1278-i0-30-2l.

"Borden Line Club loading hogs, lunbs, calves every Wednesday at liibony- Hours 12-4.

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“KINKORA HALL. Bingo and dance on Friday evenings, Novem- ber 5th, 19th and 26th.

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"Charlottetown Mob, Choru‘; in a. variety program Eldon Hall Tuesday next at 8 p. m. Ailspiccs Pinette W. M. S. L-1277-l0-30-2i.

"Reserve Tuesday, November 0 10:" lecture by Dr. H. L. Stcunrt, the veil-known authority on inter- national events. L-l288-11-1-1i.

"North Wlltshire wfl present their play "The Gate to Happiness." in Wiltshire Hall Tuesday, Novem- her 2nd. Is-IZDS-ll-l-‘li.

"Official Receiver -for Farmers Creditors’ Arrangement. Act \v ll be at Lcnnox Hotel, Souris, on Novem- ber 3rd and 4th. Wm. D. Wight.

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"Reserve Wednesday. November 3rd, United Church Chicken Sup- per 011d Bazaar, Hunter River Masonic Hail. 11-1043-10-20-11-1-2-3.

"Come to the chigkcn and ham Slipper in Marshfield Hall Wed- ncsdsy evening Nov. 3. Proceed". in aid of hall. 11-1298.

"Annual Meeting of the Milk Producers and Vendors Association Friday, November 2nd at _8 o'clock in Agricu tural Hall. All members urged to attend. 11-1255-10-30-3 .

“Mill feeds advanced iu price while our car was cnroute. but we Brc po sing the advantage or a lucky buy on to you. Call at our car Monday or Tuesday. Livestock Marketing Board. L-131l-

"Come to Pownal Hall hfondry Nov. 1st at 8 p. m. and sec lvlnrsh- llcd-Dunstaffnage Y. P. B. FW- ieut their play "Hircd Husbands". Admission 25 and l5.

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"The Borden Players will present their three Act Comedy Dflmfl “Eves of Love" in Maipeouo Hell hlesday, November 2nd. Auapices of Mhluequc Women's Institute. Pro- ceeds in aid of Sanatorium. 1i "filmy. Wednesday, Nov. 3. L-125B-l0-30-l1-1-2i.

"Seven Mile Bay card parties. Friday evening. November 0th, at E lwme of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, Cape Traverse. Satur-

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‘Parochial House At Sturgeon Is Razed By Flames

Loss Is Believed-IT) Exceed $5,000 — Residence Built Forty- seven Years Ago.

The residence of the Roman Catholic parish priest at Sturgeon was destroyed by fire early yester- day morning. Loss was tentatively r-stmated lobe at least $5,000.00, sonul beongings before me gm portly covered by insurance. Al.,forccd him to leave the blazing filmilure and equipment was in- structure. The glare of the fire was cludcd in the loss. Details available visible for many miles last night. were few but if. was The burned building was of wood kniiw" that ‘he fife. discovered construction and was built about 47 about 3 a. m. yesterday, spread with years agQ when the m,“ William great rapidity through the wooden Phelarrwas parsh priest at Stun. building. A high wind was blowlns- geon. Diocesan authorities in Char-

to be around the furnace in the basement. The Rev. Finlay Mullally, parish priest. awakened by one flames, had not time to gather per-

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Aground Off Grand Manan.

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

SAINT JOHN, N. 8,, Oct. 31,-.- With the’ ‘Norwegian Motor-ship Aaakrc remaining aground tonight southeast of Grand Manan Island. her cargo of Ne Brunswick seed potatoes, worth $250,000, was ex- pected to be a total loss. , This belief was expressed by the shipper‘, A. D. McCain, of Florence- villc, N. B. He is coming to Saint John tomorrow, and insurance acijusioiz; will inspect the situation this week. _ Officials believed the cargo would have to be lightened before the 2,336-ton freighter could be floated. ’I‘he vessel itself was not believed in any danger of break- ing up, owing to her sheltered position between two smallis- Iands. Since the stranding early Fri- day the Aakrc has icaked badly. Steady use of pumps was keeping the water from gaining danger- ous headway through the punctur- ed bottom. The captain and his crew of 32, in no danger, stayed aboard. A tug from New York arrived at thc scene this afternoon, two Saint John tugs having returned to this port without attempting to free the motorshlp under the weight of her heavy cargo. The Aakre. owned in Norway, is under charter to the Lambert and Holt Linc. She strayed from her course in fog after leaving Saint John Friday night, for Buenos Alres.

English Minister Passes Suddenly

LONDON, Oct. iii-Rev. Canon Hugh Richard (Dick) Sheppard. long known as one of EHKIHHWE outstanding pacifisls died- today l" his home near St. Paul's Cathed- yral, where he had been CIIII and Precentor since 1034.

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Heroic Stand 0f “Lost Battalion” is War Epic

(C.P. By Guardian's Special wire;

SHANGHAI, Nov. 1—(Monday)_ General Chiang Kai-Shelf, supreme head of the Chinese Government and army, today rewarded members of the "Lost Battalion" as their Bailout defence of a warehouse- mrtress 1n war-ravaged Chapel , passed into history.

After-a. stand of four days and nights against overwhelming Odds that brought this tr butc from Mn. Jar-General Telfer-Smollett: "I have never sceu anything greater," the battalion esca ed early Sunday through the Brl sh lines where they were disarmed and interned for the duration of the conflict.

General Teiier-Smollett, com- mander of British forces in Shang- hai, personally commanded the unit of Royal Wcch Fusiliers which rc- ceiled the Chinese and dsarlned them. -

The Japanese issued a statement expressing astonishment over act- ions of the British defence unit in regard to the “Lost. Battalion," stressing that the British had rc_ ceived word of the Chinese inten- ticns, cnd that food had reached the unit through Brit sh defence lines.

Major l-isieh Cliing-Yuuu, com-

vauced by General Oblong to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and a1 other officers were advanced one grade. Privotcs were decorated and pensions announced for families of members killed in their warehouse- fortress. The “Lost Battalion" escaped Sunday, running a blazing mn- chhe-gun gauntlet to sanctuary in Shanghai's international settlement. At the height of a furious battle that sprayed shels over foreign- owued areas of Central Shanghai, 388 Chinese dashed down a 20 yard opening to safety.

Twenty-six were gravely wounded and survivors said they left behind 200 dead who fulfilled their pledge to defend the warehouse until death in the iboe of a Japanese "surrender or die." ultimatum.

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mander of the Battalion, was rid-Jain of the 43rd Battalion

Despairing Mother Turns From

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Five Children

(or. By Guardian's Special WI")

NORWALK. Iowa. Oct» 31 dggpglring mother, who turned from the Bblc m a shotfllm- kil- ed five of her seven children as they slept last night and then shot herself before two surviving B0115 °°R1h§§§e§§et§ebesla¢ the 0W" Bible ‘ tom Kraphjcally the mother's story

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A Aninch. 36. The children she slew.

each with a charge from a small shotgun in the forehead, were Cora Bela, 13; Geraldine, 10; Morris, six; Max. four; and Dick e, two.

McAninch was in Jail at Des Moines. 10 miles away, at the time. He had been arrested earlier in the day for investigation in a case of breaking and entering. He is 42.

Two surviving children, Ray, 15. and Gall, 11, returned home from o. Hallowewn cclebraton, they told Coroner C. H. Mitchell and Deputy Sheriff E. B. Cummings. and saw their mother standing with a shot- gun in her hands.

Before they could slop her. she fired c. charge into her head.

The five slain children were in lhrae rooms. The Bible, opened at the 33rd chapter of Exodus, and the note, were on a table in the living room. Exodus deals with the birth of Moses and the slaying of mac chldrm ordered by Pharaoh, which Moses esca, ‘ by being hid- den in the bull rushes.

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Demise Of Rev. C. W. Gordon Follows Shortly After That Of a Brother Dr. H. F. Gordon.

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

WINNIPEG, Oct. 31——R.ev. Char- les W.‘ Gordon, widely knownfor his church work and for his auth- orship under the pseudonym Ralph Connor, died in hospital here today. He was 7'1.

A former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1921-21119 began his writings to acquaint the people of his church with problems and importance of religious work in western mission fields.

Retired from the active minis- try iof St. Stephen's United Church, Winnipeg, in 1024, he had 'since maintained keen interest in the progress of church union. He" _was stricken while at, his summer home on Lake of the Woods and entered hospital here Oct. 1 for an abdominal operation from which he failed to rally.

His death at 6:10 a. m. today followed by less than 24 hours that of a brother, Dr. H. F. Gordon, M. D., of Winnipeg, who died suddenly Saturday aged 71. They were the only surviving members of the family of the late Rev. Daniel and Mary Agape tson) Gordon, the father a. mls onary sent to Ontario by the Free Church of Scott-ind.

Born in Glcngarry County, Ont, Sept. 13, 1860, Dr. C. W. Gordon was educated in the county's pub- iic schools and later in Oxford County, Ont. After matriculating from St. Mary's High School he taught school for 18 months be- fore furiherfng his education at University of Toronto and Knox College, Toronto.

After a post-graduate course at New College, Edinburgh, he was appointed in 1890 as missionary to Banff and the Rocky Mountains, 1890-94, coming to Winnipeg a: pastor of St. Stephen's in August of the latter year.

His eager church work led him to aempt convenorshlp of the Presbyterian Church assemblys committee on social service and presidency of the social service council for Manitoba.

In May, 1915. he became Chap-

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(W111,- nipcg), Cameron Higlfanders Canrda. ‘The next year he was made senior Chaplain of Canad- ian forccs in England, with rank of - major- He proceeded to France in 1916 as senior chaplain, 0th Brigade, British Expeditionary force,

L ? Loan Issue Will Open Wednesday

i (By The Canadian Press)

f OTTAWA, Oct. iii-Subscrip- tions will be opened Wednesday on a new $100,000,000 loan to meet the maturity Dec. 1 of the last of the war-time Victory Bonds which , paid 5 1-2 per cent and were tax | fr

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Those holding the VictoryBonds maturing Dec. 1 may exchange them with final coupon detached at par up to the amount required for payment for allotments of new bonds.

The Canadian Press erroneously reported Friday that the bonds could be exchanged with final coupon attached.

Scientists Conclude Visit With Quinta

CALLANDR. Ont... Oct. l! — (CFO-Science's two-day meeting to study the Dionne quintuplets moved into Callandcr today for a I visit with the famous babies whose development 300 child specialists. psychologists and students studied and dismissed at. a day-long meet- ing in Toronto Saturday.

They come to Callonder in l. special train, spending 10 1-2 hours travellag to have two hours at the Defoe nursery. 2 1-2 miles from here. They left Toronto curly Sunday morning and returned there tonight.

Dr. A. R. Dulce. the children's physician, closed the busy tiny nt Toronto with a dinner address in which he said "the scientific side ls all very well but the human side lg infinitely more important s0

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far as I am concerned."

Floods Take Heavy Death Toll In Syria

DAMASCUS, syrfa. Oci. 31- Syria mobilized its relief forces tonight to cope with a rapidly mounting toll token by flood- waicrs which have covered more than 3,500 lqusro miles of ter- ritory and cost at least 1,200 lives h the past three days.

More than 50,000 were esti- mated as left. destitute by the roaring floods which swept over Central Syria, wliping out hun- dreds of villages in their path and destroying crops and cattle . herds.

French army engineers and irrrps helped the refugees. The Syrian Lower House voted 1,- 000,000 Francs (about $33,000) for relief.

An end to the floods ap- peared in be in sight today with . waters reported receding.

No definite estimate of the death toll was possible, but it was believed to be well over l.- 200, perhaps as high as 2.000-

IAPS BATTLE WAY Aiiiiilii T ii E SiliiiIHiiW

Anglo-Japanese Bit- terness Mounts As Three More Britons Are Wounded.

SHANGHAI. Nov. 1—(Monday) —(AP)—.la,pancsc troops attemp- ting to encircle Shanghai today succeeded in crossing Soochnw Creek at two points after a night- long ariillzry barrage. maintain- ing a. precarious foothold in the face of determined Chinese re- slstance.

The advances were made wast of the n-temational Settlement where foreign (mops guarded the frequently endangered. settlement borders.

Japanese planes bombed and strafed Chinese positions last night and several times peppered British outpost-n It was disclosed this morning that British ma- chlne-gunners returned the fire at least three or four times.

Bitterness between Japanese and

British forces at Shanghai was- °f' intensified further by the serious

wounding Sunday of three British soldiers by Japanese shells falling

short.

This brought the total of Britilh Army losses here to 10, including five deaths. Private Robert De- laney, one of three members of the Royal Ulster Rifles wounded Friday-when three of the samc unit were killed-died Sunday. The British have blamed oil these losses on Japanese fire.

The latest casualties were caused by two shells striking a hut Heal" Jessfield Park occupied by Briti<h troops.

Major General A. P. D. Telfor- Bmollett, commanding British troops here, made vigorous repre- sentations to the Japanese Army commanders. urging that the direction of the Japanese artillery fire, apparently aimed st flu; new Chinese lincs 1n thc I-Iungjao area west of Shanghai, be altered.

Chinese held these lines in 50W of an intensive 15-hour bombard- ment.

Many shells fell dnngerou 1y near the British lines at the Inter- national settlement boundary.

Addg To Friction

‘Ihe assistance given by British troops in the escape of the Chinese "lost battalion" from Chapel into the International Settlement early

Sunday and continued disputes‘ over the " attempt of Japanese} naval launches to navigate soo-g chow Creek along the British de-'. fence lines contributed to Anglo- '

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Seek Quick End To Far Eastern Conflict

(By The Associated Prose)

BRUSSELS. Oct. Ill-Members of

the United Slates delegation to the Brussels conference on the Chinese-Japanese conflict suid to- day Great Britain and the Unite-l States had been in close touch for some time in search for n. method to achieve a quick armistice in the Far Eastern conflict.

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“PLANEOSO ANil SHIPS scour SEA run curl

Foundation Scarboro Breaks Away In Heavy Seas —— Crew Hails From Saint John.

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

GUYSBORO. N. S., Oct. 31- Two Royal Canadian Air Force planes returned to a temporary base at this eastern Nova Scotia town tonight after a futile search for the dredge Foundation Scar- born. adrift oft the coast since she broke away from her tug Satur- day night with four men aboard,

Thc fnur aboard were Captain _ George Morgan, C. Grover, Dan- lcl Morris and T. Morris, the lat- ter two father and son, all of Saint John, N. B. l The five men aboard the alr- craft reported a fill-mile gale "very rcugh" seas, snowstorm and no sign of the dredge in an an: stretching from 30 miles south- east of Cape Canso to 30 miles cast of Scatari Island, more than 100 mlcs long.

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stretch between here and Sable Island will 11¢ combed systemati- cnliy.

The planes left Halifax at one o'clock today. 0n the 140-mile trip lo Guysboro they ran into intermittent snow squalls. Aboard were Flying Office R. F. Daven- port and Sergeant J. C. Mirabeiif in one piano. and Leading Air- crafismcn J. G. Pytlik and C. E. Elliott and Aircrafisman A. E. McKenn in the second.

Thc Royal Canadian Mounted Police cutters Macdonald and Alachasse combed the heavy seas in search of the missing dredge but likewise without success. The Canadian Government Steamship Lady Laurier was steaming east from Halifax under forced draft to assist.

The Foundation Scarboro left Halifax Friday in tow of the Hali- fax tug Bnnscot and bound for Montreal. The tug had two lines- a. steel hawser and a rope-aboard the dredge but the lines parted late Saturday night in heavy seas and a stiff gale.

Seven Are Killed In Auto Plunge

HUNTSVILLE, AliL, Oct. 31- (AlU-Scvcn persons were killed early today when an automobile hurled from o. mountain road three miles cast of here.

The dead were Miss Vivian El- ledge, 18, Mack Gray, 28; his wife. Ircnc Gray: Miss Frances Gray, 20, sister of Mack Gray; Leland Preston, 22. C. L. “Osborne, 28. and Billie Slayion, 20.

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Island Nurse Is Among Graduates

AMHERST, N. S.. Oct. 31—(CP) —-Six student nurses of Highland View Hospital will receive gradua- tion diplomas Wednesday from Judge George Patterson of New Glasgow. N. S. Miss Jean Chand- ler of Springhill and Miss Norma Nickerson of Clark's Harbor, kill- ed in a motor accident last sum- mer, would have received diplom- as. Graduates include Miss Fmeda Stultz, Petitcodiac. N. 13., and Miss

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Crew Escape As Craft Is Bombecl By Pirate Plane

Attack Occurs Off Coast Of Cat- alonia Province-British War- ship To Investigate.

VALENCIA, Oct. 3l-~(CP)--.-\ sezunun who survived the sinking of the British Freighter‘ Jenn Wcvms declared tonight a pirate seaplane "bearing siruii and (‘IWSISBOIIPS markings" machine-gunned the vesscl and then sank it with bombs. -

The 2,430-ton freighter, bound from lllursciiic, France, for Barcelona, Spain, with a cargo ofwhcut and condensed milk for Spanish Government purchasers, was sunk in the Mediterranean Saturday. l6 nriics nil the count of (‘zxla- ionia Province. The crcw of 26 rt-uchcd shore in bouts.

William Bamborough; a Scottish sailor, telephoned an account of the disaster from u couslnl village where the crew was cared for. ‘

He said a plane appeared from the direction 0f Mui- lorca, Insurgent-held Balearic Island and centre of the Insurgent blockade of the Government-held Mediterran- ean coast of Spain.