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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY.

MAY 2. 9

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WRECKED OFF CAPE

a 1w. RELIEF GRA

N TS ARE’ , EXTENDED

76 (Per Cent FurOfferings A r e AS old

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Minister of L a b o r Wesley Gordon An- nounces G ov er n- ment’s Decision.

ileelal Wire) Nay l-Pelts oirer- ed today at the iur auction oi the Canadian Pur Auction Sales 00m. bully were sold to the extent c115 per cent.

M the 1.11s red to: pelts olfercd, mpercentweresoldwithawp Price o! 017-25. unchanged irom the lmvious sale. A 10 per cent increase WI! reported in the selling o! 'i'i per cent oi the 7,420 beavers. m. tra large dark Ontarics brought

(CI. By Guardian's SNlllal Wire) " OTTAWA. May 1—-'l‘he Dominion Woli pelts were in demand “u; Government today extended in one extra large and pggt 1H3, “mm month pyment to the provinces or at a top o! $12.25 with M-per cent ' gnnts-in-ald lor relief illrilcles. od the oiierings cleared. or the Announcement that the gweru- M timber woli skins a‘! per ceut malt had leached the decilun, were sold. The top price-oi ilneArc- pendiuganynewagreemenic that twdWlrdfliiqlnldvliltlflfiiibper maybemadacameirom ccnhCoar-seandiowgradcswere or Labor Wcley A. Gordon. looted. Old agreements by Dominion out helped the, provinces root their reliel bill e:- iast Mani Ii, but the Do- llilltnt to cover t adjourned

W!“ Si.

At tomorrow's closing auction, 1,- 040 lynx. ‘I50 lynx cats, 355 beav- er. 64.650. ermine, ‘I10 otter and 15,- 300 mink will he ciiered.

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McSwain Accepts Bes-

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at

Ne‘ while arr. Gordon prepared to tackle another roller problem. maintenance oi ‘trans-Canada high- way camps in Horthern ~Ontario. lb its action in closing the camps Ontario administration telegrailllfld m. Gordon asking (or a oonieience to deal with the sit- uation arising irom cessation work on the ‘

Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn oi Ontario and his Minister oi North- ern Development. Hon. Peter Been- an, will arrive here tomorrow ior a conference that will deal not only

with the highway-camp situ-2t'on a ' ' _ ‘ ‘ _ _ ’ _ _ bids?’ "* "‘i.-“"="'i~"-'~"v”’~°d-~°'~ ruosordr-orsonouardoaokod-sy Cabinet locrfldc- Plang,’ " Assailing Germanyk Swift Re-armament. FiYC RG00 88 (n Do las n. Cc ‘ g ’ “If,” su""§?;:'kf)"°”"“' (u; sum w. Winona“ ha) .Quebec Town (Awmianalllélhglluipcili-a-IASWM) , (Corgis: £256 c1 ‘u... Aslaoom m") 1n¢‘"ru1l responslbilityyior thisflim- Lennon. Mar 143m"- Bflm", "'““|‘:_“"'$:m1:':’" “m” W iortunate incident," Chairman night. will iroea lbw" "f 6mm“ i" " mm“; Elm“, M“.

John lldcSwain today told Presid- ‘that dleolela eng Roosevelt oi his great "regret" at the l-louse military committee's disclos e oi secret army testi- mony which stlrred international concern.

R-erlvlns to the "r "s own stern rebuke and disavowal oi al- leged war plans touching irlcndhr nations-Canada. among them... the white haired South Carolihian wrote the White House:

“I iTQotly regret the unfortun- ate inclusion oi the executive tes- timony along with other testimony when it was sent to the public printer. I can assure you that no such incident will again occur be- cause so long as I shall preside as chairman, any testimony that may be given in executive session and

(GP. By Guardian's Special Win)

191131-31‘. Qllh, May l-Flre to- day ramed the town oi L-rslor as "WWI in thnee hours destroyed ‘W’ blludinfl-B. heavily damaged iour others and indirectly caused the death or Arthur Koenig, 82, from heart railm-e.

Only saved irom complete de- struction by the chmamiting oiaa barn. the town oi Lrlslet. 5o miles below Quebec on the south shore 0i the St. Lawrence River. tonight estimated dams!“ at more than

As ilames licked around ‘the walls oi his home irom which he h" 9°“: $061112. Iormsr marine captain. collapsed and died instant- W irom heart iailure.

A chimney fire in the branch oi

armament as perilwl

-I e a

definite

Market

BRITAI ADDITIONAL ARMAM'

keep her defences on a

to the continent’ , A new declaration on iorellfl presented to Parliament

uW,

QuebecJoins

ing

Scheme

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

La Ban uecanad

was Llnggrgwgd heffffi bgiggnrrlr; that may aiiect our iorelgn or OTTAWA, May L-Tne Pro.

mm“ “us, o; the n” wwch wiped diplomatic relations will not be vinco oi Quebec has joined in

out a large portion oi the billing“ liken down stenographlcally. the Eastern Canada Potato Mar-

ggctlon 0g the gown "I assume lull responsibility (or Retina Iehcmbli W“ lmfllilmm- ' this uniortunute incident and re- Entry 0i Qiltbw will brill

new my pledge to cooperate to the iullsst in the preservation oi iriendly relations with all nations and at the same time in maintain- inl a sare and sane national de- fence. as all nations must do."

_ MoSwaln told Mr. Roosevelt "l" lliwflllll‘ do I regret any

ANNOUNCEMENTS‘ COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC

lretiug Board and J. ll. W. J. Tawse. ing pies: presint dealers.

z

The other

Ii ‘ Dance in Orwell Hall May 2nd. “may ma"

about an increase in the person- nel oi the Eastern Canada Mar- irom nine to l1; Lavole, Quebec, and Montreal, are be- ‘ ed on the board in re- Quebec producers and

provinces

the plan. Ontario.

000d music. Lunch served. ""i“"“'mm¢ "W m!!! 00MB l0 L-lwfi-i-l-m- t§‘;;,§,'.‘,i°°'.*2,,g',,°“='“' ‘mmm w‘ ’S§.‘.'.ZZ'El1-‘Zi°i"rl¥.'.3 iiihtti . urne . . . eiiinlent, ’ ~~ . tw nominees on the board, oi harms... sails“; “M. “""""~ do u u mo» ~- _ r ay, May 4, at '1 _ ncerey trust that their chum!“ e oclock. L.10ao_4_30_31 statements may never operate to . ‘ "m" prg-iudi“ The plan was eniargd to brlug

u .._._ Coming. The Play oi the season!

in Quebec by Order-ln-Couneil

.___________ Cape Traverse Hall. Watch ior date, 5P5"? MILLION! IN FDOWIBS ‘ma, w“ pflgggfl 111' response to 57157-5-7-11- u a, request irom l-lon. J. A. God-

"su 1m,———-be t H t vi mlmmlith fl°we;§°-M1"_;>—n8:y1%rm£ bout, Quebec Mlnlsier oi spr-

s a pcure a ur- r _ " Kingdom about traooaooo a year "mm n" "we" m “P.

"Y Harbour Friday night.

in cut flowers. it is estimated. and

ported by 1.050 potato producea

their

Coblenl (ABQVE) d qepupled by American and allied punk,‘ n“ troops are being, modernised. e allies with charged.

N PLANS n

came shortly alter Prime

in the House oi Commons, said the Iwflmmim‘ "W5 wrote l-ast week aura-flint a peace. B! lllfl

Reich Accuse d oi Rearming Rhine Neutral Zone

s

ionner encmy- Fm‘ i‘ which were

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AIR T S

Germany's swiit re-

national deieuce to he

the authoritative sources sa

Britain u takinl the par with Germany's.

Other devolopme ‘

1.

2

3.

War, told Club that between Britain and States" would be surance

miralty, questioned closely in the Commons. d submarine sin would be rec Y 10f six months.

tlo reports said, was iormally protesitnfl V1 newest violation

necessary measures to r

oi the day: Hallshe-m. Secretary far the Canadian Women's

“closer underatandins the United “the surest as-

lard

Eyres Monsell. House oi

Germany's iirst a the Great War action within

Sir Bolton

Considering Protests

The British cabinet, authen- considering Berlln the o! the Versailles

occurrrmo ItlIlNELAND .___. (AP. By Guardian's Swill Wire

LONDON. May ...'l'hg Daily Herald in a iirat page ieature, that de- tlchmenta or now in the Rhineland.

The newspaper have reached tivlty in the hut the reports coniirmed here oiilcially.

There ports here nature.

) z- (Thursday) gald today.

German troops are

aaid reports lnndon oi this ac- demilltarlaed none, remained un-

have been other re- recently oi a similar

090-5-2-21. about 100.000 ,. in the induct V.

are employed

"I will be buying live hogs all "v ‘I'm-mu. May 2nd. at Albany. and Friday until noon, May 3rd. mm. o. cl Green. gvoea-r-aa-u “Ravine u» hogs. Hunter River Ind Emerald Tuesday, my m1, K4 Holiday. Signed A. ill.

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"bu and Dance Beirut gm, Ila! Special m e. Lweli reed. admission mo. A _ .

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stringent economies lilies the advent oi ro

01:“ heOanadi lia-

Canadian Pacliic ddl’!

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andthe

"so . would not

leoncmies p ions oi amalgamation he enumer- as abandonment o! railway-two wOlddbeO-N. ltllnee; clot- terminals tting

and abandanumglfi o!

mom." he reduce towns “abili-

and throw thousands oi workers out oi employment and entitled

on." er amalgamation would set

or that pa w. diiierent oo-operatlve societies.

mrionAbsoluteilyOpposed To Railway Amalgamation

0,000 down towns

the in- Th0

toccrn-

ly. Canada

l.

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with dcminions leaders ed their assurance the limbifli’! domains would 51199011; the Moth- er Cormilry

‘Treaty-the Reich's decision W bliild U-boats. '

cabinet members conierred anrlrecelv-

in any reasonable ei- to preserve peace. Lord Londonderfl- Secretary

(Continued on PM! U)

fl EL ) sun 1:2 snows-a ._._____________.

FIVE WITNESSES EXAMINER AT nlguisr

Coroner J. B. Johnston T h e n Adjourned Hearing For One Week.

Five witnesses were heard last nlsht by a coroner's jury flnpgn- called i" inquire into the death oi Allison Iieavitt. The inquest was then adjourned until next Wednes-

day.

The first witness. Dr. J. S. Jen- kins who with Dr. Ledwell con- dllmd the autopsy. instilled to hav- ing the examined the body o1 a male about 35 years o1 flgg in 390d muscular development. There were no marks oi violence on the body or any fractures oi the limbs m- torso. The lungs were removed and when placed in water floated. This mdicl-Wd. the doctor iestifled, that the 1mm had been living when he entered the water,

The skull was not fractured, The stomach was examined and round u’ be emmv- It had apparently been in a healthy condition. There

muuinill LUNESHIIREMEN H l K .fl. " T

JIONIREAL. May i—'I'wc thou- sand longshoremen laid down their tools here today and held up op- erations oi loading and ‘ ‘ing cargoes at the docks along the Mon- treal wateriront. The strike arose irom a dispute between shlpowners and the Montreal Association oi syndicated longshorcmen which numbers several thousand men in its ranks.

Work was proceeding smoothly lntc today when an order went out to all gangs working along the wat- eriront at some 25 ghips to stop op- erations. They obeyed immediately. Police stated no violence whatever occurred. the men simply quitting their jobs. ‘

A conference oi representatives oi various steamship companies came to the decision to send no- tire oi what hagi occurred to the Minister oi Labor, Hon. W. A. Gor- don, at Ottawa, leaving in his hands the decision as to the next move.

The strike arose, it was learned. irom discontent over terms oi em- ployment this season.

HA l I F A X SENATURIJIES

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

HALIFAX. May 2. - Senator Peter Francis Martin o! Halifax died here early today in his 81st year. l-le had been critically ill for two weeks.

The lnlirmlties oi old age claimed the veteran Parliamentar- ian as membe u oi his family, in- cluding two sons in the Roman Catholic priesthood gathered about his bed. He died at 1.10 a. m.

Senator Miartln had served in Canada's upper House since 192i- From 1806 until that time he rep- redentod Halliax in the Conserva- tive ranks oi the House oi Com- mons, having been elected by ac- clalmation in the 1896 general elec-

tion. t

Much oi his long liie was spent in the service o! the City cl Hali- iax. Ior 18 years he was an alder- man, and ior three years he was the City's Mayor. Six years we"; spent as a Bailiax School Com-

He was a native oi Halifax County.

A ' Sciatic orange Pekoe

Blend will prove e sheer delight to lovers of Fine tee.

‘SAI-AIIKTEA

was no trace 0t alcohol ‘present, The witness explained that traces or it could easily have disappeared. "B could not give an estimate oi the time the body had been in the ‘mfl- I" m! Winion. the witness tcstified, the man had come to m; death by drowning,

Dr. ll. J. Ledwell who assisted at n!" Wot mortem examination cor- fited the evidence o! Dr. Jen-

s.

Russell ‘Forearm-so r; Bunbumq 111g - next witness testified that he had first meg Leavitt on November 12 when he called at the shad; u; buy ciphers. The next night he saw

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frobe But

ing His Seat To

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

FREDERJOTON, N. B., May 1- A Royal Commission investigation into accusations against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be launched here tomorrow, but with- out the accuser who has oiiered to stake a House oi Commons seat on his ability to prove his charges.

Hon. Dr. P. J. Venlot, iormer postmaster-general whose charges led to the commission's appoint- ment, mado it clear today he would not be on hand when Chief Justice J. B. M. Baxter oi New Brunswick opened the inquiry into the con- duct oi the Red Coats. l-lc was dis- satisiled, he said, both with the time oi the enquiry and with the commission's terms oi reicrence.

Certain specliic and general charges. he said from his home at Bathurst, had been leit out oi the reference given the commission by the federal government, and he in-

Norwegi-n-n Ship Goes Agroun, In Blinding

V e n i 0 t W0n’t Be There!

Liberal M.P. Fuses Before Commission

Against R. _g_._ M. P.

Enroute To sydfié? From Halifax L= Freighter Jan Strikes Heavy ‘I c e Barrier. '

' (C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) , v

SYDNEY, N. S., May l-Torn by jagged rocks, the‘ ' Norwegian freighter Jan was a total loss tonight after f grounding on the Cape Breton coast in a grim game 6i A hide-and-seek with ice floes in a blinding fog. _

A great barrier oi ice, swept in from the open sea, forced the 727-ton steamship close to land as she crept along the island's south side early todw, and she ran‘ against Gracie’s Point as she manoeumd to dodge the’ . pack, _ ‘ 1‘ . \ ,

»

Employment Im p roves _-._ ‘In CqnaddV

(C. lfi-llavn!) (By Guardian's fieclai Wire) GENEVA. Mly_ l-Jimploy- ment conditions in Canadl showed an improvement dur- ing 193d, Harold Butler. di- rector oi the International La- bor Oillce, says in his report ior the organisation's annual ‘

meeting. “In Canada an improvement

Crew Escape

Twenty-two oi her crew escaped to laud immediately. Captain Heithammer stayed aboard alone as his ship pounded on the rocks. but he joined his men ashore alter hope oi salvaging the Jan was de- iinltely abandoned.

The stranded ship lay within 50 miles oi Louisburg. her single port oi call on a. voyage irom Haliiax to Garaton, England, with deals. She sailed irom Halifax Monday night, and she was to have called at Loulsburg today.

Cape Breton island's southern coast was iree oi ice when she sailed. But yesterday a glae drove a great ileld o! slob ice close to land, and leit the Jan with only a

narrow passage along the coast- fill! tlifll 1111M dllfinl 193i line to Ioulsbu 5. that spawn in the madame: and unemployment indlces,

The iog did the rest, and to- iiilght the Jan lay on‘ the rock- ' studded shore with her bottom al- most ripped away and her iull illi- ing with water. She had settled rapidly after the crash, and it was believed it would be impossible to drag her oi! the ledge.

Starts

flrvvrifi-‘fi-"Pialib the =indurtrlai rruduoflon index. whose avrnw age for 1933 represented only 85.2 per cont oi that ior 1928 reached 79.5 per cent last yearn -

“The unemployment percenh - age iollowed a corresponding curve. it iell in 1984 to ll whereas the average ior thl two preceding years had been about 2! per eent.”

He added. however, "tho number c1 requests ior employs ment oiiioes showed a siigh increase over 1933.”

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CALGARY. May i-A broth» er and sister. tlves oi Ken'- n, P. E. l., died hum within 24 hours oi each other. Robert Laird Glover, 57, dbl yesterday iollowing a hriei ill- nus and the death oi Mr!- Evangellne Croaier, s2, wan announced today.

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T 0 Appear After Stak- Prove Charges

Weather Etc)

A Musicals: IS Nofuruo- BuT AN EYEBROW Tum’

Hrs Losr K's mm.’

sorted when Parliament met again.

His indictments. levelled irom time to time in the Corrunons, are mainly that the Mounties have used third degree tactics against witnesses; that their boats lay idle at Bathurst while smugglers oper- ated nearby, and that they burned iood taken irom the liquor vessel Paul T. before persons on reiiei.

When Minister oi Justice Hugh Guthrie announced the charges would be probed to protect the reputation oi the R.C.M.P., the iormer cablnct minister askrd to be allowed to conduct the investi- gation with power to call witnesses and examine them.

‘lloday, in a. telephone interview irom here, he said the condition oi Gloucester County's roads made it diiiicult ior him to secure the at-

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tendance oi his witnesses. "I will not be there," he declared; nor ‘i would he be represented. His reas- Li). ____ _____ ._ .___. __._____——*___:r_:_~—_>—- .-' Qt

tended to "demand" they be in-

(By Wade Werner, Alociatod PHI I’

Stall)

Guardian's Special Wire) VIENNA, May 1-—-A iull and iree Hay Day entertainment ior the unemployed came to an unexpect- olimax today

(A. P. By

steeple-

Ch ‘Many “W058i!!! 9f .- ‘ III-w» including about 1.0M) unemployed. swward ior three hours as iireinen and steepleiacks, hamper- ed by railing snow, wrestled with the task oi removing the banner. The Nazi ilal demonstration was annoying to the government because the Votive Church ‘is in the centre oi Vienna in iull view oi the Budy Ringstrasse. and

Flag Incident Climaxes Austrian May 1 Observance

be-

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(Canadian Pres!) Fresh to strong southwest welt winds: partly cloudy

iii

QFFlFl-J, '1' . in and ma

SIETI-IOROI-(NBHTAI; onto, liuy 1--.\llnlmvi mum lrntper-niurns 1-

cause it is a Catholic Church. 0n the other hand, a Socialist

attempt to sabotage the govern- “mm, aunt's iree goulash gesture ialled Saint John . in the lace oi widespread hunger. ll u on“ menu.“ u“ ~ - a 51o, Charlottetown gan, “Rather die than ‘eat (Chan- ynnnfAgf = uschiiigfs gcu- i

cellor Kurt) '1 Mnrlllnm Prnvkiccaw-Frcsb strong southwest and west ulu par-tly cloudy and cool.

High thin (his morning at 0.40 al

tonight at 10.50. _. Bun evil this rronlnlt Ill 7 95 Ii‘. risen tomorrow morning at .40. ; Neew moon Thursday, hiay i, M.

mlnutli ' l

Hundreds oi destitute widows and orplans, who waited many hours in the snow and rain ior a portion oi goulaah, however, re- turned to their shelters with empty stomachs aitcr the supply was ex- hausted by an endless breadllne.

The government observed the day by granting amnesties to coo prisoners, held ior minor political oiiencea. but police arrested more persons in connection with a bombing. .