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éTitiShﬁfS Are Sentenced By

Moscow Court

Two Are Senten-c-ed To Two And Three Year Sentences, One

Acquitted And Three Order-

ed Expelled -- British Privy Council Meets.

Government to prohibit Russian imports, it was officially announced early today.

The meeting will be in Windsor Castle, because the King i.s now re- siding there. It was implied that His Majesty himself would preside over the Council.

LONDON, April 19-(Wednes- day)—0fficials of the Metropolit- an-Vickers Company, six of whose employes were tried in Moscow on charges of espionage. bribery and sabotage against-the Soviet Union, today issued a statement saying the company "reaffirms its complete confidence" in them.

The statement read:

The company will consider Wed- nesday the position arising out of the Judgment in the Moscow trial.

"In the meantime the company reaffirms complete confidence in the members of its staff, who have been tho victims of this travesty of justice, and who are known to the company to be men of the highest integrity."

‘The statement was issued immed- iately after a. report reached here telling of file verdict, in which one of the Britons was acquitted, three were ordered expelled and two sentenced to imprisonment. r ‘

MOSCOW, U. S. S. It, April 10 --(Wcdnesday)—(Canadlan Press and A. P. Cables)—Two British engineers of Metropolitan-Viokers electrical company and 10 Russans some of them employed by the same firm, early today were given prlsrn sentences at the end of their six-day trial on charges of sabotage, espcnage and bribery in connection with the Soviet elec- trflcston programme. Threc -(C.P.)-One of Ilredcrictons moat Britons were ordered expelled from wlnlnent citizens, Charles W. the country. One Briton and one Berrwith, died this morning at Russian were acquitted. the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. L. C. Thornton, chief erecting Brown Maxwell, at the age of 87 engineer of the company, was sen- mn. Mr. Bcckwith was formerly tecced to three years imprison- City Clerk of Fredericton andirncnt, and W. l-l. MacDonald, 28- Becrelary of the Fredericton board, year-old crippled member of the of Health. l-Io was a graduate of‘ British staff, was gTven two years.

(Assocatcd Press)

Moscow, Apr-ll 18-Two of ‘the mush electrical engineers were ‘mp two and three year sentences ‘u conviction of charges of sabot-

1‘ and espionage, while one, A.

Gregory, was acquitted and tin-cc were ordered expelled.

1, c, Thornton, chief erecting mginecr for the Metropolitan-l Vlckers Company, received a sent- qlcq of three years imprisonment.

W. H. MacDonald, an engineer, m sentenced to two years.

charlcs Nordwall, John Cushny ml Allan Monkhouse, the director for the firm at Moscow, were or- med expelled.

Ten of the Ruslan defendants m judged guilty and the 11th m acquitted.

The sentences for the Russians included: ' Vssalll Cusev, 10 years; Zorin, eight years; Krasheninnllrov, five you-s; Kotlyarevsky, eight years; sans Kutuxova, one and a half years; Lebedev, two years; Loban- w, 10 years; 'Olyenlk, three years. Y. l. Ziebert was acquitted.

LONDON, April l9-—(Wednes- ‘llfyl-The Privy Council has been ~~-~ ned for a meeting Wednes- _ .. “SIP-Nitrite? "l" yyrpcsc- of

orlzlng a proclamation under a mint act empowering the British

Prominent Fredericton Citizen Passes

FREDERIOTUN, N. 3., April 1B

Harvard University and practised The prosecution maintained law here {or p, time, 'I‘hornton had confessed in a pre- Deceascd was born at Fl-cdcrlc- trial examination. MacDonald

hll. a son of the late Hon. John L Beckwith. His grandfather, Ne- hllllam Baclcwlth, was 'a. Loyalist settled here and built sloops rtnershlp with the celebrat- ed Benedict Arnold, of American Revolutionary fame. who also re- lllled in Fredericton. Nehemiah Beolrwlth was married in this city lolulia Iouisc Lcbrim, a daughter °l Jtlln Baptiste Liftriln, Barrister Md Proctor-at-Law of Quebec-l m8 Lebrun came to Fredericton With the family of Sir Guy Carle- b". in the capzulty of compﬂniﬂﬂ Ind french Govszncss to Mil hrlelon.

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TwoHundredMen Will Be Called Back To Work

SYDNEY, N. 5., April 1B-—(O.P.) ._Resum ion of operations in three departments of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation's steel ‘plant here vrlll 6011 335.8160 bill to work Wednesday night.

Corporation officials announced today the billet and booming mills would be placed in operation, to- gether with the barbed "wire fence

ANNOUNCEMENTS. comma EVENTS.

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Committee Will In- vestigate Feasibil- ity 0f Proposal. Value 0f Advertis- ing Stressed.

At a meeting of local manufac- turers iast evening a committee was appointed to investigate the feasibility of organizing a local Manufacturers’ Association. The meeting which was called by the Industrial Committee of the Board of ‘Irade and at which Mr. T. E. MacNutt presided, had as its object the considering of ways and means of promoting wider patronage of home industry.

Mr. T. E. MacNutt reported that the Industrial Committee had pre- sented its brief to the Government and had been given a favourable reception. An advertising commit- tee consisting of Messrs. C. L. Mac- Kay and S. T. Green had been ap- pointed at a previous meeting. Re- ‘ferenoo was made to the woollen ‘industry, for which a great future was in prospect. The matter of an exhibition booth for local manu- facturers had been taken up with the Exhibition Association. The Summersido Board of ‘Trade had expressed sympathy with and readi- ness to co-operata in the move, be- gun by the Industrlal Committee. Th4; Government was willing to co-operate in every way in distrib- uting literature to Women's Instit- utes, Dairy Associations and farm- ers‘ organizations. The suggestion had been made that a Manufactur- ers‘ Association be formed. l

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FURTHER WAGE JREDUCTICN IJIS CPPCSEI]

Railway Men Appear- ing Before Board 0f Concilliation 0p- pose 20 Per Cent Reduction.

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, April l8—Wrong in principle, unjustified and not cal- culated to restore the purchasing power of thc Dominion, on these grounds a proposed wage reduction of 20 per cent from the 1931 basic rate of pay of the running trades was opposed today by the men be- fore a board of conciliation. Senator James Murdock, spokes- man for the general chairman of the affected unions, the conductors, engineers, firemen, enginemen and railroad telcgraphers, declared the running tradesmen were utterly op- posed to any continuation of the

MEETINGS. ET C

Announcementu an Inner-fowl In

and gslvanlzer department by the

is), end of the week. The total work-

mumn I 3121s.?" "m in; force will be 800 men. 8500i "Ru Hi one-third the rnunber employed m . chum, ‘Zﬂgg, mogflgpm 2191f]: “Y when the plant is running at mu 8960-4-l9-ll. cfllvwlw-

"Annual rummage solo Y.M.C.A. ll’. 10 a.m. Parties having par- “ W be called for phone 95. ‘ 8951-4-l8-2l

Aged Pastor Is D e a d

(Canadian Press) VANCOUVER, April Ill-Rev. David long, 0i, Baptbt clergyman, glad today a few minutes after pcrfcrming-a wedding uwfélﬂOﬂy. The aged pastor was pronouncing the bznedictory pflWf Whﬂl M was stricken. He died before medl- cal aid could be summond. Edu- cated at St. Martin's Theological scmnary at St. Martin, N. 3., the deceased entered the ministry 44 yew; 5gb. He held Baptist pastor-

= I. 8. social evening openlns if; with the big game of auc- lollowed by modern and old ‘m dinning. ' The city's leading "ltment CQIILN. 8987-11 o: "“‘_ ' ‘m, ‘M! interested in forming a club Mhht promotion of bike riding and h‘ ‘gore asked to attend a. meet- "em be held this (Wednesday) "8 at 7.15 at the Bike Shop.

8962-4-19-11.

“will week is obse ed throush-

fflnacla as ‘L fs Insurance ' Th9 51in Life is Canada's Insurance Company. Ar-

signet ring was believed by police tonight to have been the weapon used in an stack on Alex Kryluk at his coke ovens home early today.

‘he had been awakened by John Sonlckl, a Ukranlan, who had used the heavy ring as a knuckle duster

present wage deduct‘on of 10 per cent, and still more opposed to the additional cut now demanded by the Canadian Pacific and Canad- ian National Railways. g

The 1932 cut had been unhappy in its results, it was declared in a za-pago submission in which the men replied to the companies’ sub- mission made at the last sitting of the board April 4. Mr. Justice Gib. sane, Quebec, chairman of the

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(Canadian Press) SYDNEY, N. 5., April lB.-A gold

Krylulr, a Russian, mid the police

m’ new Policy with .1. A- ll F] "gen ma, Charlottetown,

April 11-31.

atts in Norton, N. 3-, Lad Saint John.

to beat him over the head. Bonicki was charged with assault.

GHARLUTTETOWN,

save the government $60,000 during

Fraser said: "This reduction for the lower paid employees amount to $5.00 per month. For

up to $100.00 a reduction of $7.50 per month, and on all over 8100.00 per month, 10 per cent with an ad- ditional 5 per cent on the amount of salaries in excess of $3,000 per

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International

fer-day by Lord Allvllbr-

Mr. Edward Perry" 5t. Louis, victim of an alleged assault com- mitted, it is behaved, by two per- sons who called at his home on Saturday, died in the Prince Coun- ty Hospital shortly, after six o'clock last evening. Mr. Perry sustained a fractured skull and did not regain I sness from the time of his injury. l Edmund srsensult, a young man who was arrested on Monday in connection with the affair, appear- ed yesterday before Magistrate G. M. Mathews at OT-cary and was charged with causing grievous bodily harm. He was remanded un- til April 24 and was brought to Prince County Jail. The case is being further investigated by the police.

Spectacular Rise In Pound Sterling

NEW YORK, April l8.— (A.P.) — Proposed inflationary legislation for the United States was given as the chief reason for the pound starlings spectacular rise on the New York foreign exchange market today. The pound rose to $3.53 for cables during the session and closed at 53.51%, 5% cents higher than yesterday's close. ‘

The Canadian dollar, in sympathy, was ‘:9 ccnt stronger at 84% cents, representing a premium of 18's per- cent on United States funds as against the Dominion's money.

Sterling moved widely after the London Excnange was closed. its low for the day being $3.46 quoted in morning trading. Banakcrs here attributed the pounds wide gyra- tions partly to heavy speculation, together with the small margin of defeat which silver legislation met in the United states Senate today.

Both the pound and the Canadian dollar kept well above yesterday's closing quotations throughout the dail-

N.S. Government E mp loye es Face Cut

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, April ilk-Salary rc- ductions for all employees of tho Nova Scotia Clpvernmcnt, including employees of commissions indirect- ly controlled by tho Government. were announced tonight in the budget speech of - Hon. F. Fred Fraser, Proivncial Secretary-Treas- urer.

Th; reductions, graduated ac- cording to salaries, are expected to

the remainder of theflscal year. Explaining the reductions, Mr.

will

those in excess of $50.00 monthly

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cw Infernatinal Y. M. .c.ls. in Jerusalem which was o

'.Y.M.C.A.

pcned yes-

St. Louis IMarl Dies Of Injury

Death of Mr-Edw-a-rd-Perryfollow- ing Alleged Assault At His Hom" In Prince County On Saturday

Following Mr. Perry's death last

evening, it was decided to have a post mortem examination today at 'I‘ignish. Following this, on Thurs- day, a formal inquest will be held. The charge against Arsenault re- mains as it was yesterday. but may be altered today. | Inspector Fripps, provincial head of thc,R. C. M. P. leaves this morn- ing for Tignish and will take per- sonal charge of proceedings. It is alleged that on Saturday night two men called at Mr. Perry's home and called him outside, that his children heard sounds of e. quarrel, and that when they ran outside their father lay on the ground, unconscious.

Mlr. Perry. who was 42 years of age, was a widower with two chil- dren.

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orraws, April 1s-'(c.v.)- The Bill to legalize hospital swcepstukus was killed in the House of Commons tonight '11 to 15.

_ OTTAWA, April 18—(C.l’.)— Notice was given in the Roll-w of Commons loll-BY by 3mm" Minister Manlon he would in- sert a, clause in the Govern- ment's Railway Bill prohlbltirﬂ amalgamation between the Canadian National and Cana- dian Pacific Railway!-

NEW YORK, April 18—(A.1’.) —Naval headquarters here an- nounced late today that naval vessels grappling near the s90‘ where the Akron plunged Into the ocean two weeks ago had located what appeared to be the main wreckage oi‘ the dlrlglblc.

OITAWA, Aprll l8—(C.P.)— Hon. R. J. Manlon. llllnlster of Railways intimated ill "10 House of Commons today l“ would amend the Government Railway Bill stipulating no railway line could be abandoned without the consent of the Board of Railway commission- ers.

HALIFAX, April lB—(C.I‘.)— Death of Clarence A. DeYounI was not due to negligence on the part of Patrick Dixon, a Supreme Court jury decided to- day. DeYoung was drowned on August 10, 1932, when his canoe capsized in a collision with n motorboat piloted by Dillon-

DcYonnfs father, Frank W. DoYoung, bu! sued Dixon for damages amounting to $5.900-

OTTAWA. Apﬂl Ill-Tho Government has under consid- eration the desirability of con- tinuing relief camps for single men, after April 80. Hon. Wes- ley A. Gordon, Minister of La- bor, wld John Vallsnco. (Lib, South Bottleford) in the House of Commons today.

No decision bu yet bee;

snnum." .

reached.

reuse of his services to a party

Prospects of a mayoralty contest in Halifax this year had faded to- night, closed with Mayor Thompcn registered as the only anddsto for the office next year.

CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, $192.3

ovlncnur ouilnslnn Blllll or lEVEE

Armed Men Dyna- mite Chute Bridge Levee. Causing

Floods.

(Associated Press)

SUMNER, Miss, April ill-Be- tween 200 and 300 armed men overpowered levee guards at Chute Bridge, near Swan Lake, this af- ternoon and blew out the levee.

The break will flood thousands of acres and is almost certain to create dangerous situations in the already flooded towns of Swan Lake, Glendorn, and Black Bayou.

A tremendous amount of dyna- lrnilc was exploded. Seven blasts ‘xvere hoard here, five miles away from lhc scene.

Only meagre reports filtered back from Chute Bridge but it was understood the men overpowered thc guards despite the fact that; the guards were armed with machq inc guns. '

Chute Bridge, an old railroad ‘trestle that was dammed up to hold » back the’ Tallamatchc River, has?

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been a strategic point in the flood fight in the delta area of Mississ- ippi. The levee at that point pro- tects thousands of low-lying acres, and many little touns.

On April 8, a party of 54 armed men blew out the levee near Tivpo, Miss, after overpowering levee guards and at that time threatened to dynamite the Chute Bfidgl‘ levee. When the levee near Tlppo was destroyed the men told the guards: "We want relief."

In areas where the backwater had driven families from their" homes, the American Red Cross and other agencies have taken care of refugees.

APPIIINTMPNTS lllll mu or

Danger Of Serious,

Fresh

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Sixteen oil paintings on exhibition at the Montreal Art Gallery were cut, more or less neatly, from their frames today by a, person or per- sons unknown. Motive for the rob- bery was undetermined.

The thieves look paintings form. ing part of the 50th spring ex- hibliion of comparatively small "Wool-Ill? value, and completely ‘ignored the Van l-lornc collection, ‘worth about $1,250,000. and famous plﬂinlillgs which form part of the ‘permanent collection of the Art

Association of Montreal.

Robbery was effected during the quiet of last night. Detectives be- lieved a thief spent the night in the buildzng, hiding au-ay at, Q05.

I ing time yesterday, and passed the

paintings through a. cut pane of glass to an accomplice. In one of

STlllENlllFlES

‘STILL MISSING

(Canadian Press)

TRURO, N. 8., April lib-Police were baffled tonight in their search for five rifles and the persons who stole the weapons from the arm- ourics here over the week-end.

One angle of the investigation re- ceiving consideration was the theory that the rifles, with five other guns that were later recovered, were to have been used in a demonstration against low pages paid municipal employees. '

The fact that the ten stolen guns were without bolts had resulted in the demonstration being called off, police believed. Five rifles found in bushes near the Armouries were said to have been discarded for the

IPCIIIICAI

Proposed Board To Manage C. N.‘ R. Will Be Chosen In Non-Political Manner.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, April 18-“! do say that the appointments of these trustees will not be political," Prime Minister R. B. Bennett pro- mi=ed the House of Commons com- mittee cotrsldcring the railway leg- lslat'on this afternoon. Mr- Ben- nett then proceeded to define pol- ltical appointments as those in- volving the selection of a man be-

and who possessed no other qual- ifications for the position to be filled. /

The proposed Board of three trustees to manage the Canadian National Railways was tinder con- slderation at the time. Hon. W. D. Fuler, (Lib., North Waterloo), hiul asked the Prim" Minister how ap- pointment of this Board could be anything but polit’cal since the members would be chosen by the Government.

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Is Re-Elected By Acclamation

HALTPAX, April l8 — (GP) —

nomination day Audlcy A.

ls civil

same reason.

The number of stolen guns led police to the belief that two or more men took part in the break. They gained entry to the building by saw- ing through an iron-barred window.

N. S. Budget Is Brought Down

(Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, April lit-Forecasting a. deficit of $383,903.86 for the fiscal year 1932-33, Hon. J. Fred Fraser, Provincial Secretary ‘Treasurer. brought down the budget in the No- va Scotia Legislature tonight. He estimated for a revenue surplus of $12,645.30 before adding to sinking funds. Sinking fund additions were shown at $396,549.22 leaving the de- ficit oi $383,003.86.

Fascists Storm Business Centre

cznmrowrrz. ‘Romania, April 18-(A.P.)—Onc hundred persons. most of them Jews, were inillrﬁd today when 250 Fascists swrmed the business district here and smashed shop windows and attack- ed Jewish pedestrians-

sincc Police were not able t0 handle the situation and authorit- ies said they feared a riot, troops were calcd out. The rioters, how- ever, continued breaking windows and attacking the Jews in sidc- strrcts until nearly midnight.

Twenty persons were arrested, s- mong them several Ukrainian-i-

Former Mayor George C. Ritchie who announced Friday his inten- tion of contesting the Mayoralty, did not file nomination paperl. leaving the field clear for the oc-

THE WEATHER

winds; cooler with some on coast.

to strong northeasferly showers

Annual llhocrlptlon Delivered 80.00 Bile-ll Canada

Ill U. I. A. 34-59

Oil Paintings Are Stolen From The Mt’l Art Gallery

Paintings F ormi-dg- Part Of Spring Exhibition Were Neatly Cut And Removed — Van Horne Collection Left Untouched.

n MONTREAL, April 1B—-(C.P.)_.

thc windows it was found a hole had been out with a diamond from the outside, the glass being found onvthe floor. Through this hols which was barely large enough to admit a boy, the rolled-up canvas. es are believed to have been passed out. _ The monetary loss, based on pub-

llshcd catalogue prices, was no‘ great, though the amount involved in the loss of portraits-a matter oi agreement between sitter and painter —hasnot been revealed. No item oi the permanent collection or of llll Van Horne collection was touched It was possible the van Horne col- lection was aimed at by persons so ‘ignorant of art that they could not distinguish between lhc collec- tion and the exhibition.

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Po ta t o Prices‘ Are Steady

MONTREAL, April lli-Jfhe lol- lowing curs of fruit and vegetables arrived in Montreal for the week ending April 18th: Apples 25; other fruit 4; bananas 22; other tropical fruit 32; onions 7; potatoes 8'2 and other vegetables 65.

Although not as heavy as last week, supplies of potatoes hwc been quite liberal and prices h“; suffered a slight set back. Quebec stock is now offering at 60c per bag while Green Mountains from N. B., and P. E. 1., are selling q around 75c per B0 lb. ‘bag with RE. I. 90lb. bagsgoingataow 85c. Imported new potatoes from Fﬂorida. are offering in light qugn- titles but demand is not very good and prion are a. little easier M: 6.50 per no. I barrel.

ALMAW Otitlf 8M0, Co NEVER Bastien MY para-r __ ue MAIN!

clematlon of Mayor Thompson.

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Iligh tide this morning at 7.00 and tonight at 0.20.

Sun sets this orrnlng at 0.5“ and pines tomorrow morning nf 4.5T.

New moon llmulny April 2t_ 0.39 l!-

rn. ( ﬂnmmprpidn (idl- eighteen rulnlllcl infer than Charlottetown.

CAR FERRY SCHEDULE

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Week duh-Loaves Capo Tormow tlnc 2.715 p. In

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