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wunou. Ms_y._ji1i..—-'.l‘ii'e London lliornins newspa express gen- erai surprise over =ilie Trench el- ection results. f ' ' t" " i '

Most of tlio- commentators re- frain from attempting to forecast whether the Ruhr policy willbe slilindonedfibutt the‘ general tenden- loy of belief is_ths.t it will be con- tinued ior the present atleast. The main hope based on the overturn is that the Allies now will get ‘busy on the basis ofitho lJKwes report

and settle Europe's troubles. The Times says on this point: "Whatever government may

come into power in .'Fi'll'l(!6'l10W has an exceptional opportunity of co- operation in a policy oi’ re-estirblish in; something like nornialv condi- tions in Europe. The experts‘ re- -port has laid down a programme of notion, and the result of both the German and Francli elections shows the necessity of getting tn work on the execution of it with all possible speed." v The ‘Daily Telegraph, making the ssiiis pointftliinks that if tbs new German Raichstag at the same ti- me confirms acceptance of the re- port (‘The sky will be clearer than it has been for many a dismal day." T-he Morning Post, would deplore the retirement oi’ M. Poincare. and cannot as bow in anycase

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ills French elections, will dotheir utmost to wreck the Dawes sche- me.

The Liberal and Labor papers rejoice over Poincareki defeat and hope for his disappearance, believ- ing it would improve Internation- al relations and facilitate a settle- ment oii 'l.l'l_e_DBWB! basis.

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(Canadian Press)

PARIS, Mny l4.—M. Poincare will remuin Premier of France un til the liew Chamber meets oil Julie 2, when he will resign, probably to ha succeeded by u lander of lllL’ moderate Left. victorious in ycstcr day's elections,

The question to he solved liy a Cabinet meeting under President Miilerand tomorrow is ulider what conditions M. Poincare will remiiin in powcr the llitXl llliTil ivceltti~ whether ‘in~. \vili remain with the usual powers m’ the Premier, en sibling him to carry on tho rQpar- ation negotiations or ivhethcr hr will simply remain titular liend oi the Government iiiitil the new Chamber meets. _

The Premier tonight held con-

(Continucd on Page 3) Another Liberal Declares Against King Budget

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. May li.-— William Elliott; Progressive, South Wntcr» loo enrolled himself shortly after midnight in the ranks oi’ those who are unable to support the present budget. Mr. Elliott said that he was opposed to either reduction or increase in the tariff without in~ veetigation by fl permanent tariff commission, and therefore he could not support the budget. Three Liberals‘ have already an» pounced that-t

the‘ vluidget.

MR. JUSTICE IDINGTON

Senior member of the Supreme Court, who, It la reported, will be made Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the event of Eugene I-lfieuiyvK. 0.‘, declining thit office.

haywill vote against.

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Covers Prince Edward Isiiind Like The Dew

A vbuiiyarifit iiibves mountains of obstacles.

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Potomac ,\Rivcr v On Rampage —-'Wivdes- pread Floods Cause Grout Damage.

(Canadian Press.)

iCUMlHFJIULAND, Md.. May 14.- Whilu n. i|00llv which rushed through the print-i al business 1096b! hero. today, (is second iii sit weeks, has receded, doing less damage tlinii ‘before tiie-lgotomui: ilivoi- is mi our of the greatest rampage: in iisl history, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rallwlz-y 1.; completely tied up by water over the tracks lii. many points, and trains are being detourcd. over the Pennsylvania and Western ‘Mary- hind east oi’ hero.‘

TliP river is rising from six to wicii nclios iin hour, iiiie to til-o swollen south brunch and Patter- son (‘reek tributaries west oi here, at Piedmont and Keyser. which towns were partially iniin- iiitnd iiilii morning.

The south branch tributary oi‘ hc Potomac has boon lit the liigli- ‘ill point iii manly yetzirs, washing Jill tiirco bridges on the Romney brunch of tiio iliiiitmore and Ohio ind miicli trackngo, and inundat- ‘ng the town of Mcoijfieid. It will be several days before the line will resume. 1

The towns of Kitzmiiier and ‘illiiiie on the Eikins division of he Western Maryiande are re- ported ngalri hard hit ‘by the flood, but as the telegraph "and tele- phone wires ure down. the extent Q1. £11 ..tlv s we out cert- aiaedgeiltesriihetiitsvigfiifij owns began ieaviiig’ tildiifholiies last mid night, and all traflic has been gus- pended on the railway division. It may ‘become days before it can be resumed. '

IBoLli the Baltimore and Ohio and the Western Maryland report tracks lost in the last flood as washed out again. _ -

‘The naiii was_ lncesliant for 48 hours Jollowed by cold tonight. Fourteen inches of snow fell at Mingo, '40 miles from here last night. . r

Move to Ch

eck Depression" of The Franc (Canadian Freon) PAJRIUS. May 14.-~'f‘lie French Cabinet has instructed M. Fran» cois Marsai, Minister of Finance to take all necessary measures to offset any possible manoeuvre tan- ding to depress the value or the

franc in the present political situ- ation. ‘

AsksRemoval oflvEm- barge on Apples

OTTAWA, May 14. -—-Canada ha; asked Australia to. remove its embargo on Canadian apples, Hon. J. A. Robb, acting minister ‘of [iii- Iance. told J. A. MacKelvie, Coli- {serviitive member forYale, in tho House of Commons this afternoon. ,The request was made in connec- ltion with the negotiations with Australia regarding tradcrarrange- merits. '

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The discovery iii about six feet ofwater of the body 01' Peter Grant yesterday evening was the reward 0f the search that lasted since the occurrcn-co on 'l‘iiesilay iii’ the regrettable accident that re- sulted in tho young man's death by drowning.

The incident which has cast l1 deep gloom over the whole couiié tryside, \vili remain somewhat of a mystery.’ llii it is not known exact- ly whiit induced young Grant, who was not skilled iii the handling of bouts to iru-st himself iii one so far from shore. iAs he planned to move the boat from one pal-l or the beach to another, the proba- bilities are that the slow process of towing it along the shore be- came__tetiiou.s and he decided to pole the criiit through shallow wat- or.

The result irns, as reported in ycstordayq, (incl-lilac that lie sooii got iiito serious difficulties on ac- vount of the high oil-shore wind and the leaky condition of the built. Whlbli. along with the loss! oi’ an our made ills position hazar- dous iii'tiie extreme,

Uuilbtless tlie~ young man con- iiiiicrcil lii., only Ullilflfiu was to en. dcavoi- to reach the receding shore by swimming the icy and trench- erous waters separating him from safety. His attempt as already w. ported ended fatally.

Three Seaman Were Arrested

(Canadian Press.) '"'~B‘P.",JOIIN.- N. 13.’. ‘Mayo l-ié-As 'the»result' of" a telegram from Chief of iPoii-ce McCormack of

were at the depot on the arrival of the Express at 5.30 o’clock=lMon- day iifteriion and detained passengers, K. Knudsen,

nzn. i1 is understood. that the sea

nails oi Elie country.’

oil that they were being payer-l on.

the arrival o1‘ a‘ Sydney officer. -i——<-0->---—-

Will. Consider

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, May 14.~—- Wage schedule negotiations between the Canadian National Railways and Engineers and Firemen. members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers niid tho Brotherhood. of Locomotive -Fll‘6illB|'i and Engine- men, will open in Montreal on May 19. Sonic 7.000 men arc affected. The men desire a return_ to the 1921 rates of pay. willie the coni- pany wishes a dow-nward revision it is understood.

Denies HeCaJledv

.v (Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, May 1a. and moans of bringing-about clos or cooperation between the Can iidian and the American branches oftiie American Federation of ‘La bur were discussed at a joint con- ference between "Saiiiuerflbmpers. president. mid members of the ex- ecutive of tlio Av. F. of ll. and oific als of the Trades and Labor Con grass of Canada here this iiltei- nobfi. Y iPrasident Campers deliied a stii temelit attributed‘

prnition as- one help was necessary.

‘Nie ioint conference will be re named tomorroyi afternoon.

i-Lsst News

Sydney, C. iB., local tpolice officers -

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA iiiunsiblir, MAY 1a, 1924,

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Flasliediii Over the Wihés

(Canadian Prensa)

Q-Qffl

QROME, May ‘i4. —The vaul-

n today issued a denial oi t a reports in circulation here that Pops Pius wan indlsposcd Reports had been given public- ation by the Tribunal.

fTORON-TO, May i4. d-Petar Smith, former Provincial ‘treasurer in the Ontario Gov- ornment was remanded for eight day. when he appeared Iii the police court this alter- iinnn on tan charges of con‘- spiracy-to defraud the Provin- cial Government of Ontario.

tl-ONDON, May i-t-Premler Macdanaid told questions" in the Commons today that ho would not consider calling a obniomnce on the Inter-Allied war debt until conclusions had been reached regarding the lanes raised by tvis‘ reports of t_ experts’ committees. WASHINGTON, D. 0., May i4.-- Further stspiu were tak- on by the United Btltes gov- qriiment today to obtain pott- ponement of the Japanese Ex- tciusion- Eilhl. The President la understood to have present- ed again the administration's view that the Japanese Ex- clusion Bill should be post- poned until diplomatic negotia- tions can be conducted with Japan. '

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(Canadian Prose) LONDON, May 14. -~ Sir Robert

li t. ttt iii

three Josef Westllert and Arthur Manson. The trio are wanted in Sydney on the charge of iiesertiiig from the Nor- wegian steamer Vani a few days

men deserted and left for different

Tile three men admit that they left the ship, and give an a. reas-

ly $15 fl. month. They are held [or

C. N. R. Wage Scale

Canada a Burden“

‘III-l vs

to iiirli iii the press that he 01nd designed the rinmioiiii situation in Canada as f‘n burden." He said ho- did‘ not use this tbfffly-blll regarded the iii which mutual

Borden would bring the whole of the British Empire into closer co- operation by a system of resident ministers ill the British isles to voice the opinion of the Dominione on the external affairs of the Em- pire. Such was the suggestion brought forward by him when he addressed the Women's Canadian Club in: the Central Collegiate in- stitute this afternoon.

i} Large Decrease in Nova. Scotia . . Fisheries (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, May 14. —Stntisi.ics of the fisheries of Nova Scotiaffor 1023 show a decrease iii total pro- duction for that year n; compared- witli the previous year. Bill's "l9 Bureau of Statistics. The value of fish marketed fresh and canned cured or otherwise. prepared, amounted 10484414385 in 1923 compared with $10,200,258 in. 1922 a decrease of~17 DB1‘ Cell‘!- The cod fishery shows the larg- 0st decrease, the value of the pro- duct having dropped from $3,555.- 537 in 1932 to $2,434,492 in 1923. Tile lobster fishery in 1923 displac- ed and took first piece in order 0i value with a product valued at $3,081,647, a slight increase over in previous year. The increase in total value of lobster production is due to higher prices, the quant- ity of the catch being less than iii the previous year. Decreases in ciitcli are shown for nearly all of llie chief commercial fishes. ---—<-0¢-—i-

Whaler Vl/‘vreckeiviv; v _, ~86 Rescued

(Chvisdiln Press)

R10 JANEIRQ. May l3. —Tiie Norwegian whale oil carrier Neko. bound from South, Georgia lslsiid roi- Scotland. struck a reel on Fri day 200 mileitoi! Rio Jiineiro and is reported to be atotai loss.

Advices received hare are that the crew of 86 were rescued by the whale oiler Seville. which also. transferred the card? 01 l!"

wreokld vessel; ‘

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‘Former Toronto City

Controller Says He

Swung, the City I)e- posits.

(Canadian Press)

F‘)

(Csnvadiah Press) MONTREAL, May 14.—H. R- Charlton, manager of the Advert- ising Bureau of the Canadian Na- tional Raliways, returned to Mont-

real yesterday on Antonia frolii London, where he

TORONTO, May l4.—More light was thrown today on the manner imwhich payments totalling $18,500

Mr. Richardson

teree, for examination at the in- stlgatioii of the liqiiitlator. Examined by A. W. Anglin. K. C., for the liquidiitor, G. T. Clark- son, Mr. Richardson admitted that o. series of eight payments rung- ing between $3,000 and $1.000 and

cent commission on deposits he had

li'm the fairness 0t increasing the Home Bank deposits to an equai~ ity with city deposits

latter promised that he would ad- vise the coursesuggeated. As the deposits were increased consider- ably, Mr. Richardson said liq u Misti?!" Phat. $8.. advise llsilxbeif . iven. .v,.... .. n»..- - Ha denied that he had split his commission of‘$18,500 with any per son.,Asired whether lie had done anything for the $13,500 besides in- terview Controller aguire. Mr. Richardson said: "The Home Bank got deposits averaging over half a million. if that is not good ser- vice, I don't know". it is intimated that the liquidat- or is considering the question of taking legal action to recover the 813.500 from Mr. Richardson for the biink- ‘ ————\—-i-I@#—-

Amendment to Limit . Branch Line Expenditure

(Canadian Press) '

'OTTAWA,' May i-t-vrne remain-l ing Canadian National Branch Line Bills passed the Railway Coni- niitiee of the House this morning hilt a special meeting of tho coni- mittee is to be held tomorrow to discuss the amendment which iioii. J. B. Baxter proposes to insert in all the liiils- When the bills were previously before the commlttec point was taken that while the total expenditure on a iiue was limited 1o fifteen percent more than the estimate given in the bill there was nothing to prevent the whole of the money being spent on ii part of the line, and the Can- adian National than coming back to parliament later for a further vote. The amendment proposes that the expenditure may not exceed fif- teen percent over estimates on lhc average mileage.

'. ‘N. B. University covering a period from March 20,; 1921 to July 4, 1923, had been madei

to him by the bank, and said that! the payments represented a one per‘

“Bachelor of Gil/ii law. _

of the Canadian Natiniial Railways in their pavilion at the British lim- pire Exhibition. Of the Exhibition,

came h, i... Duh] by the Hqme Bunk Mr. Charlton, in an interview ssiu: Canadian trade l; v" to Fred H. Richardson, a former “The Exhibition as u whole con» ‘he Wm city controller, for his efforts to sures favorably-with any o! the °‘“"P“'5“ obtain city deposits ini- the hunk/world's greatest undertakings of "aged "5°"°“§, appegfed berm-e this kind which have taken place m" ‘mums ‘m “"3110- Cherles Garrow, K. C., oilicllil re-i

during the past forty or fifty yeara.'

(Continued on Page‘ 3) Convocation Thursday

(Canadian Press)

day.

The graduating class. which ls|be v in Olvherlcomposed of forty four members, grown. iiniriveaafievl “n i!“ banks. He had several interviewsflraws m“ °t "'5 mugb?“ 30g‘ “Pa” ‘and m ‘a has‘, with Controller Mugulrev and thQSt. John Law School an frst . .|ly expecte a v0

L. degrees will be conferred. Tell out.

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moderate to fresh south and south- east. winds, showery and cooler.

High tide thsi morning zit 7.35 and tonight ut 7.52. _ ’ Sun sets this evening at 1-25

and rises tomorrow iiinriiiiig ut 4.26. ".52

Fiiil moon Sunday, May 18th. o

p. lll. Summersidsv tide eighteen inin~ lites later than Charlottetown. Maximum and minimum temper- atures: Toronto 62, 48 . . . . . . . . . . .. cloud)’

Montreal 54, 4G . . . . . . . . . .. clear Charlottetown til, 51 . . . . .. cicai Halifax 48, {l8 . . . . . . .. cloudy Si. Jolin 58, 40 cloudy Boa-ton 66, 52 clear -New York 66, 56 . . . . . . . . . .. lair

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- coupon, May 14.—Lltest devoi- opm thin the giitsrio Government

hbafoft s‘ owfaunriiand expos- ures and ~Cliq1hmlt revelations in coniieciioii with the American arous- iln Great Brit- !“ a reel political hcJ y one - ‘ the Westward this or ills Atlantis otssii. '

hi; oped ‘suspicion

lTlie recent. arrest of Aemilius pp ifvhvv and‘ arson-morons s

'ggl.yvnwmmq:gill%mlfll coma no.4 keen avliockvto Mr do. ‘dim ‘ p‘ g9 flqpughqlfli Vii’ lflfi dl K “ivflpgy iii London roar that the avoid-

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.I.nt@,€ritv ian Concerns.‘

lions will endanger the reputation of the Dominion and seriously af- ‘fect the investing of Brituih capit- al. i - i

To quote one prominent business man discussing the matter todayf

"lt is sufficiently difficult to iii-i ‘threat British capital lg legitimate jlansdinn development: without ‘such edliiilnls as those recently ‘disclosed in _ Canada. Newfound- lhnd and hi" Ontario. lirfchntilvut-

ei-s and ollcisls orttfi tifirsess governments prove Invvile to pile! flflli or tlie opehfioiis oerns.

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the Cunurder ,

has been supervising the exhibit‘

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The Conservative’ ' date Mi".

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jference as the main plank of his. platform not so much from an im~ perial political-s

viha local belie i. . cncy.

lion oi Canada's-pkg . twins-- lee would, he points seriously affect the export of = , [P0051 to the Dominic . , . awn 9i. Liverpool. on he Williljii-Y-PI