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[illVE-li-NSMENT Lobster Inquiry Ilium REGAN Adjourns Until lllSlliRllllNlhEarly In April

Further Eviden-Ee-h-Of Illegal Fish- ing And Packing Given Before Commission Yesterday.

Retake Brihuega And Continue Smashing Advance Into Fas- cist Territory.

fCJ‘. by Glmrdiarfs Special Wire)

MADRID, March Iii-Victorious Government troops tonight smash- . u! forward l8 miles northeast of i Brihucga in Guadalajara Province to Nuvalporto, only II miles from the important Insurgent stronghold l of sigucnza. ,

Smashing back the Italian “vol-', unlecrs"—t0 whom Premier Mus-j sotini allegedly had wired congrat- , ulations on their “assured victory"; fi,‘ u savage assault, the crack’ battalions of General Jose hliajuj ploughed through darkness and cvcr muddy terrain, along n. 30-; mile battlefront. l,

The Italian contingents were re-, ported fleeing all along the line. as l, the militia engulfed town after‘ town which they had yielded It the opening of the Guadalajara campaign. , '

Thc advance, hailed by the Soc- ialist High Command as the most brilliant victory of the civil war. usurped still more impressive pro- POIUOIISJYJ was claimed as the first troops sioggcd into Nnvnlpotro 1n the early hours of the night.

This town is beyond both Alma- drones and Abanndcs, the two points where the Insurgents broke through the Government lines at. the beginning of their offensive.

Its capture meant that. the Gov- eminent had not only ‘recovered lost ground, but advanced into fbsctvt territory.

Almost for the first time since the war began, they were tonight in a position to menace a crucial insurgent stronghold.

Insurgents were reported fleeing in disorder from the Guadalajara front tonight as Government com- manders consolidated the guins of what they called one of their most important victories.

Government artillery. from rc- gaiucd heights north of Brihuegu. about 44 miles northeast of Mud- rid, harassed the retreating col- umns with heavy cannon flrc. dis- ilatrlrrs said.

Most of the Insurgents, however.

vcrc rcportetl to have escaped vaptu e last astil evacu- c _ _ _ ___,_,_ _._.__~_

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laricd llccision In Island Appeal Case

tfil’. by Guardian's Spccial Wircl

OTTAWA, March Ill-The Sup- rcmc Court. of Canada today var- ied a decision of the Prince Ed- ward Island Court of Appeal in Pillllly by directing that Stanley Cameron. A.H. Cameron and Ewen Emil‘ Cameron shall participate m tho estate of Edward Roberson.

Robcrsonks daughter Georgianna married Alexander Hilton Camer- Dh who already had three sons by ll Drvvious marriage. A child was born oi the second marriage but died in infancy. The Supreme 301114. decided on the appeal that Gilllfillonnrrs share of the Rober- wn estate became vested in the ‘lllaill- Domed to the (other. then through the father to no three ions,

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"Reserve Thursday, April 8th hr st. James Church Tea. end Sole. b73i-3-20-Ii.

"Dr. LaCoursiere, Dentist, will 1n Murray River March 32nd. 33rd. 24m and earn. n-ru-a-zo-u.

"3" "Noble Outcast" in Sum- merfield Hall by Granville play- "1 Tuesday. March 23, at 8 p. m-

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IPUlIi-le Theatre Guild Hall l "Why. April 11th, 8.15 p. m. VB!- ‘(iv concert and Dramatic: in aid 7 Y. M. C. A. Canoe CoveCcmp

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‘filwflmen’: Imtituto-Brookileld n‘; - Monday. March 22nd, ami- ‘ one Player present two-act s“. ‘Pfldds Orchestra. Family Al- "l" Pictures ‘and Bong-s. Lunches.

Testifying before a Royal Oom- mission investigating ldmter and smell: fishing in districts ‘l and 8 during 1936. Maurice Maynard. Port Hill fisherman, yesterday ad- mitted he had fished and packed lobsters illegally for twenty years until a few years ago, when he was forced out of business by the of- ficers. Maynard also told coun- sel. Hon. H. F. G. Bridges, that he might be called "the daddie" of the?“ packers in the Port H111 district.

After sitting at Surnmerside since Tuesday eftcmoon the Commis-

"sion, with Mr. Justice IcBlano of

the New Brunswick Supreme Court as Commissioner. adjourned yester- day afternoon for an indefinite period. and the Commission sit- tings will probably resume in A1- bertcn early next month, follow- ing which hearings will be held at’. Tignish. omen-y, Borden and an- other brief semen at Sununersidc.

Ewen Nicholson, district man- ager for Irving Oil Company Lim- ited in this Province. yesterday denied that he had taken poached lobsters in return for gasoline as was revealed in the testimony of R. W. Squarebflggs on Wednes-

day. He said that after the spring season last year We had taken - swirls-m" oriented‘ from‘

James Cousins. Sea View, as cousins owed the firm a consid- erable amount of money for gaso- line supplied him in the spring season. The lobsters were stfll in his possession and held not been credtcd to the account of Cousins as yet.

During his evidence Mr. Nichol- son stated be did not think the lobsters he tock from Cousins were illegally packed. and later today Mr. Squarebriggs (recalled) stated he felt Mr. Nicholson was in no way im»pl’catcd in thvtransfer of gasoline for illegally packed lob- sicrs. but just happcred in gct two cases from Mr. Cousins wh‘ch might or might not have been illrgally packed.

Eight witnesres were beard yes- terday. with Ewen Nicholson the first to be called yesterday mom- ing. He felt that the atat/ment madepby Mr. squarebrigvs was m-t true. He sold that last fall he ac- cepted from James Cousins two

4o Natives Killed In Gas Explosion

nounuorrssiauno. South Africa. March l9-—(AP) —Forty native miners were killed and 83 were missing in a gas explosion today _in the Simmer Jack gold mine in the Germiston region, near Johan- nesburg.

Twenty others were in e. critical condition when ‘ brought to the surface.

POPE CELEBRATES MASS

VATICAN CITY. March 19 -—- (APl-Pope Plus XI, remaining on his feet about 30 minutes. today celebrated his first. mass since Dec. 5, when he was stricken with u pnrtinl leg paralysis.

The Pontift moved about‘. the altar of his private cha-

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TORONTO, March iii-Preserva- tlon of world new w» emit"! today t0 the Bitleh filllll! by Corner-votive leader B. B. Bennett who addressed a luncheon 81th"- ing of the mberal-Oaieerntive Aa- sociation of Toronto on his recent cruise which took him to New Zeeland. Anti-urn. south MP1“

and Erlsll-nd. “lg 1,; my profound conviction that but. for the nmrlrl W"

id be ace in the world to- 33;,» Mr. ‘gegiett said. "I em eon- winced that, instead, there would be chnos—but for the Empire.

As he fumed u journey. impressed by the great

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oases of canned lobsters. Mr. Cous- ins owed his firm a considerable bill for gasoline supplied during the legal fishing season in the spring. and he went to see him and suggested that he might oc- vellt some lobsters. He told Mr.

Cousins he would attempt to sell them and when he did he would credit his account of gasoline. I-ic made an attempt to sell the lob- sters to DeBIois Bros. Charlotte- town. but was advised that they did not want any at that time. and

also that the price was not very- good. and he had been advised to hold the lobsters. This he had done, and the lobsters still remflin- ed in his possession and had not been credited to Cousins. _

“If you sold the lobsters ii was your intention to credit Mr. Cous- ins’ account, was it not?" asked Commission counsel.

“Yes?

"Why did you get only two cases of lobsters from Cousins?"

"That was all he offered me.”

"When were they delivered?“

"At night. m my office here It was in haying or harvest time. and M1‘. Cousins told me he would be busy in the day time and would bring thorn at night."

The witness said this vrns the only time he had ever taken lob- sters from any pgrscn owing the firm money. an‘! that thcre was not any price fixed between him and Cousins for the C8505.

“were you suspicious tho sters were illegally packed?"

“Ne, Sir, I was not; fmfl I 5° not believe they were illctully packed."

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“Pol tical Pull"

Maurice Maynard. Port Hi1‘. fol- lowed Mr. Nicholscn and stud he had poached lobstcrs up to thrcc or four years ago for u s-irzich of twenty yours in thc Malptqrlc Bay area. but hc was forccd out. of businers by thc officers, who arc “pretty bright clmps."

Maynard said he had been caught packing lobsters illegally ssvu-sl times, and sixteen or seventeen years ago was fined $200. 811d later was again fined $300 with 1m opton of six months in jail. he took the jail term but served only six weeks.

"How dd you get out?"

"Probably by Dill-l" _

"What. do you mean by ‘hull?’

"Political." _

He told Counsel he had his canning equipment in the “DOG-S destroyed many timcs by thc of- ficers but. was only caught on two occasions.

‘What w-as tho largest mmrbzr of cases of lobsters W“ ever Didi- ed illegally in one year?’

"About; 40 or 5o cases. sIventcen or eighteen years 880-"

“Dig you ever mung berrfed lob- sters ashore?"

"No sir. not even in my wrrst poaching days."

He said he usually 901d "W59 whom he sold illegally canned lobsterb w that they were illegally packed. "They knew I did not operate n. cannery and I would not sell a man a case of lobsters without telling him."

He told the Commissioner that

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Empire Is Credited With Preserving World Peace

was making lo avoid war. the for- mer Prime Nilnistcr said the last trace of his youthful dream of a ccntraiiaed Empire hnd 6115RPM"- ed. Years ego he hid realized the weakness in that theory.

"The greatness of the Empire lies 1n the fact. it is a decentralized Empire-there is unity in diver- sity." he said. "The day of cen- tralised emphcs is gone. Greet em- pires of the push-Rome. Greece. Olrihngc-hnvc fallen. ‘They were centralimd empires."

"Now we are each working out our own destiny. But, in the lung-

uoge of lord Balfour, we are‘

‘freely lesocirnefl together‘ within “N? Wt‘

subordinate to eeeh other."

lnnnlofil ESTIMATES BEFURE‘ nous:

Steamship Subven- tions Include $10,- 000 For Run Be- tween Island And Boston.

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

OTTAWA, March 19 -- Suppfe- mcntal estimates tabled in the House of Commons by Finance Minister Dunning today provided $15,000 to cover payment made by Governor-Generals warrant for the experimental station at: Frederic- ton, N. B.

Steamship subventions included $10,000 for the run between Prince Edward Island and Boston, while further cost of coal subventions was tabled at $300,000. Additional amount. of $8,500 was set aside for the anthracite coal commission.

The naval service received a fur- ther sum of $2,201,000 for mainten- ance of ships and establishments of naval services. while the marine services got a further $9,000 for service relating to navigation and shipping. lifesaving and marine sig- nal service.

Additional vote of $76,014 was provided to meet additional expen- ses under the Maritime Freight Rates Act. '

OTTAWA. March ill-Cancels- tion of $18,764,503 of treasury bill! of ‘the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba as the Dominion‘: contribution to a program o1 w. lusting indebtedness of farmers in

the. drought areas was the largest‘

item of the further supplementary estimates for the fiscal year ended March 31. '

The supplementaries. tabled In the House of Commons today by Finance Minister Dunning, total $40;908.880. This was divided as r01- lovfs: ordinary expenditures $3.148.- 3-16. capital expenditure $117,583, "lfllll-llly grants in uid- to the p11)- VINE-S $2,929,773. Canadian Na. "M1111 Railways deficit. additional amount $3,403,393, write-down of assets due to cancellation of pm. vinctal treasury bfls $13,764,503 and Governor Generals viral-rams $13- 54f) 300. '

The estimates are supplementary l" lhflsf‘ brought down in the House inst year, They include amounts it was found necessary to ndrl to estimated expenditures for m" Dresent fiscal yeary

The Dominion cancelled $17,069,. 600 of Saskatchewan treasury bills and $804,897 of Manitoba bills in the write-down.

The estimates provided $12,540,- 300 to cover payments made by Governor-Generals warrant for pgojects in various parts of Can- a a.

These included: National Perks § Crumrla__$fl.000: Experimental

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ii. B. Premier Boncluries Debate

FREDERIGION, N. 3.. March 10-10 Pl-Avrisvwering critxaism with criticism amid interruptions from opposition members. Premier Dysart today ended a budget de- bate which had been in progress in the New Briulswick Legislature for the last fortnight.

His address was mostly a re- buttnl of attacks by opposition leader P". C. Squirts. and the other four Conservative members.

Solution S o ught In “liontrol" Snag

LONDON, March l0 - (AP)- Fbreign Secretory Eden called ambassadors of five nations to a conference today in an effort to smooth out a new bet/ween Russia and Portugal over operat- ion of the Spanish non-interven- tion schmie.

The two countries were deed- lockcd over selection of an agent to supervise one of the principal control ports where vessel: bound for Spain are required to cell for inspection. Russia declined lo ep- provc Portugal's candidate.

Edch slunmoneri envoys of Rus- sia, Portugal. France. Germany and Italy after a cancellation of a meeting of the non-intervention committee to approve selections for posts in the plan to hall. flow oi men and arms to Sillin-

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Tells 0f Grim Rescue Work

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wirel

NEW DONDON, Texas, March l9—Cho.rles Saulsbery, spcrts cri- iwr of the Oklahoma City ‘fznvs, who arrived at the London Con- solidated School shortly alter the explosion yesterday which took a toll of more than 400 lives. told tonight o! the spectacle of rescue work-

"I watched sweating men work at fierce speed under glaring wlnre lights to 11ft. twisted steel and de- bris off mangled bodies,“ he said.

"It. was shortly before four n. m. that workmen, spread over the ruins of this community's school building, got into that last room where the lives of 2'1 students were snuffed out.

"Those bodies were being lifted piece by piece out of the wreckage and hopes of identifying them are meagre- Downs of peach baskets were carted into and cut of the corner of the wreckage that yester- day afternoon was a schoolroorn.

"'I‘he bas-kets went in empty. They came out filled with the rc- mains of humans torn asunder.

"The New London school wa" lucky enough to have its own foot- ball stadium for night football

games.

"To ring the ruins with a death- like halo so workers and frantic parents might pick among the bricks and stones for signs of their children, the floodlights customar- ily frzming entertainment, were pressed into we for the gruesome service of lighting a stage of death-

"All through last night. these floodlights flickered on sights that left. one shaken."

Reverend J. N. Phillips, pastor of the First Baptist Church, at Harder-son. Texas, said he had men only two "persons break clown "in all this tragedy."

“They're still paralyzed. They won't grasp the full significance of their loss until Monday when it would have been time for little Bill or Margaret to go to school again. I would like to sce a mass funeral held so it would be ovcr hsfcrc then."

A mas: service for an mid-stor- mined number was planned at New Iondon Baptist Church tomorrow but in the main parents chose in- dividual rites.

unvma or unsurunr an MUNIJAY

Opening of the 3rd session of the 43rd general assembly of the Prince Edward Island Legislature takes place lviozrricy afternoon at 3 dcfock. Traditional military and ceremonial display will feature the formal opening of ihc Icgi lnturc by His Honour Lcutrrxunt Gover- nor George D. DeBlols.

The guordof honor will bc com- posed of 100 men from the Prince Edward Island Hirzhlnnders and will be under command of Cnpt- J. B. DcsRoche. A mounted escort from the Prince Edward Island Light Horse commanded by Capt. J- F. Morris will precede the Lieu- tenant Governors party. Prom thc roadway at Victoria. Park a fifteen gun salute will be fired by a de- tachment from No. B Medium Bat- tery, R. C. A. in command of Capt. A. W. Matheson-

Lieut. Govemor DeBlois will be accompanied by Brigadier H. F. H. Hertzberg, G. M D.. D. S. O . M. 0.. commander of Military Dis- trier. No 6, Halifax.

Unofficially it is reported. that the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne will be moved by Mr. E. P. Foley. Summerside, sec- onded by Mr. Dougald MacKin- non, Mount Buchanan.

Japan To Develop

(iivil. Aviation

TOKYO. 1hr. IO-fAM-count Hideo Kodeml. min‘ of oom- munlcatiouo. told the Diet today the Japanese Government had el- lottcd 00.000000 yen (approximate- ly $20,110,000) of the current bud- get for development of civil aviat- ion.

Replying to queetionl. he also disclosed negotiation: with France for esteblishmen‘ of regular air

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N o a n n o u n c e - ment Follows Delib- erations In threat- ened Strike In Wage Dispute.

1B! John LcBlancl (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

air thick with secrecy, Canadian railway labor leaders deliberated today on their general strike pro- posal and, according to one high officer, made an "important" move.

Apart from this cryptic declar- ation, not a word seeped through closed committee room doors be- hind which the vice presidents of 18 Railway Running Trade Un- ions had met twice during the day. Officials shrouded themselves in impenetrable silence.

Retains Silence

'Ihe vice president. who asserted something important had been done rcfuscd also to soy any more. His laconic statement came late 1n the day utter he and the other of- ficers had been in sesszon for hours on the question of the course of action to be taken in their wage dispute with the railroads.

1t was their second day of de- liberation. The vice president, along with other delegates representing in all an estimated 117,000 railway- men. were called together here yes- terday to receive the result of a coast-io-coast strike vote and de- ride whether or not to call out the rank and file in a. general walk- out if the railways rcfuscd to meet wage demands.

Seek “Cut" Return

The men want return of 10 per cent cuts, in line with the minor. ity recommendation of a wage con- ciliation board. The railways arc sticking with the board's majority report, advocating return of three percent. of the decreases, by Nov. 1.

All the ballots were not. in today, and this was given as the reu- son why only the vice rmrcsldenls met during the day. They hcfd ses- sions in morning nnrl afternoon, amid indications of greater activ- ity than nl. yvosis-rdnys initial meet- ing: of the full conference.

What the activity meant remain- ed a mystery tonight. So mum were the labor representatives that they refusrd. even, to say if they were 201m: to meet again tomor- row. Unofficial sources. however. indicated there would be n. plen- ary session Saturday.

Peaceful Evacuation 0f Plant Sought

DLITRUIT, lvinrch 10 »-Intensrvc efforts ttnvurd peaceful evacuation of 6.000 Chrysler‘ sit-cloxvu strikers whose ill'i't'al. nus urdqrvfi toduj were in progress today‘, lcntrlng about tlu- red-headed nudhtor‘ oi hlichigurrs automotive hrbor ills- pulfs, CIO\'Cl'llUi' lffilllk Alurpily.

Olle report. without funllrluut- ion in official circles, was lhur. tin: basis for negotiations was this:

Evacuation of eight Chrysler automobile plants here tomorrow in return for a writtcn pledge from _Wa.lrer P. Chrysler. cimirman of lhc Corporations Board, that. no attempt would be made to oper- atc them pending negotiations; that no dies or machinery would bc rcnrovcd, und that Chrysler executives conferring with Union leaders would get down to "bed- rock" rights for 67.000 employees.

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Grief - stricken Parents Gather To Claki_m Dead

* Inquiries Underway To Determine Cause Of Explosion In Worst School-house Tragedy In United States History.

NEW LONDON. 'i‘c\'us, “arch lil- (_\l’) ~~The tragic task of wresting the twisted bodies of 423 children and Jteachers from explosion shuttered wreckage of the London l Consolidated School was finished today and a Military l Board rapidly hogan to trucc thc cuusc of the Fnited ‘ Slates‘ worst school fliszrsicv. a