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neon of the Nady-goods.

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Republicans Winalfi-IETE WILL

Great \_7_ictories

Thirty-Five Out Of Fifty Pm.

' vincial Capitals Have Ggne Republican In Spain—Electi0ns Will Indicate Future Course Of The Nation.

lllEllNllP 0N llEll YIJRK, EQEIBE FBRBE

DPfllll Knell of The “Stool Pigeon” And Informer

System Sounded.

lliriiish United Press)

i forward this week to re

"T'\\' YORK. April 12~New York

in the effort to purge the

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MADRID, April lz-Republican candidates won treat victories in the m“ °1°°11wl 111 018M: years, early "m?" 1m Willy! municipal ballot- ins throughout the country lndicat. The elections were conducted without major incident. Count Re. mmWQ» P0111811 Minister in the Moclarchicsl Concentration Cabinet, admitted that 36 out ofthe 50 pro- Vmfllbfiifll-I-ll hid Bone Republic- n. . The Republican victories pro- foundly impressed members cf the Government headed by Premier Az- nar. Count Romanones conferred nith Marquis De Alhucemas, Min- ister of Justice, concerning the mu. stion. City Councilmen were elected in 8,934 citlm and towns. It was more than a more election oi coun-

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BE RESUMEIJ llllS WEEK

Solicitor General Dupre Will Be The First sDeaker - Estimates Today.

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(Silvia! to the Guardian) OITAWA- April 11—When the House of Commons l ' g5 on Monday it is expected that after the Prime Minister has tabled the estimates for the current fiscal year. the debate on the Address in Reply 1'° i119 5P0ech from the Throne will be resumed with Hon. Maurice Dilfirc, Solicitor General, the first speaker. Before the Easter ndjgurn. ment there seemed a prospect of the Address being rapidly disposed of, "'0 the holiday has given a lillip to the debate and quite a number of members who had otherwise not contemplated participating in 1g are now understood to have decided up- on doing so. While Government leg- islation is not heavy the most im- portant of it, the Budget, has still 50016 WM’ to go before it is in final

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Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

_ ETOWN, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931

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Remarkable Linguist

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cllmen, however.

the

iv. wm-iinl mvemment of alleged cor- ~ Tho city was heartened by

l‘ rt drastic action toward

if" squad upside dolvn, il‘.‘ll on patrol duty.

branches or’ the Departmcn ‘y on vice duty.

ntiiiissioncr sounded ‘i of the “stool

The f (‘lfilill it‘ mid '

l‘ syztstcln, whereby.

Poi in‘ Wifl informers and

2]‘) m. taken, when Police Com» w‘; Mulroonoy turned the po- and m" entire personnel of 300 plain Their w. v".i be filled by men from

the pigeon" . ev- idenrc n. rinsed, women were trap- "rail-

for it gave ‘ w give evidence of their political temper. The succession of dictator- ships instituted by the late General Prime De Rivera eight yours ago had prevented holding of elections of any kind.

The wave of Republican sentiment which has gone over the country in recent years, breaking out in etu- dent uprisings and labor riots. was given legal expression in the ballot- ing. Political leaders, Monarehist as

t.

voters their first chance since i023.

shape for presentation to the House. Whether it will contain the complete tariff revision promised by Mr, Ben.

net at the special session last year is a matter for speculation. A belief

rsists that only those tariff chang- es which the Prime Minister regards as urgent, will be dealt with and the remainder will be left to the propos- ed tariff board. The legislation creation this body is likely to pre- cede the Budget.

well as Republicsn- had admitted, that the municipal elections would,-

EstimateiOf

YOUTHFUL COUNTESS STRONG 0N "GREY MATTER”

Regarded as probably the most remarkable child linguist, the Count- ess Dorothy Paliiy, aged twelve, is seen here in the garb in which she was recently continued in Budapest. Hungary. Speaking, besides he: own language, Russian, Polish. Serbian. Bulgarian, English. French, German and Spanish, scientists describe llIr as possessing an abnormal amount of "grey mailer" in her brain.

rpfidml" M ‘Mam’ Mulrooney pron” indicate the future course

ice-i in fake care thntdooseness and‘;

.'iat.‘cn.

n r=t~rrii in the "ivicle open" system

would lUL lcsuit.

imitation MESSAGE or, titty | ii

Of Goodwill lllission Return Home From South America-

Members

Opportunities For De_ ing, but his death supervened upon:

C. N. R. Official Passes A way

(Special to the Guardian)

J. Moffatt, assistant general passen-1

system with headquarters at Toron-

°' ‘h’; Canada ’s

Trade iFor Fiscal Yr.

1 . (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Ont. April iii-An un-,

r-fflcial estimate of Canada's trade

gfor the fiscal year which ended

Tommu Apr“ ‘Hone of the) March a1 last indicates. that when out popular and widely knoam of _ Canadian railway 0mm!“ wmmnvuill show a dcclinejcr the 12-month

the final figures are published they

period of something in the migh-

Interesting Account Of Parley Held At Ottawa Last Week.

(Special to the Guardian)

SUNENIERSIDE. April

lS-Jn an

1mm. it follows non-i this that. a i ' "ominhl?" or Province can, um the - "*- hm h REWRNS F R 0M I Iii it saw fit, could abolish the right l c‘ nlmeai tic Privy Council from the

of the statute, abo‘ t e

right of appeal to the Privy Council ....'r.n, England, from courts

.i1in their respective jurisdictions. For instance, Prince Edward Island.

courts oi the province in civil cases. A second point was, ‘that thefDo- ‘znlnion Parliaments would be able to {mas extra territorial laws, for in- wstance, regulations governing ships 101' Canadian registry. while outside Canadian waters. The main diffi- culty that cune up was the desire on the par-t of the provinces, that the proposed statute should not con- ifer any new rights of unending the

. . . , , constitution. that is to say. the B. B" "out M the own,“ NaflonMibmllOOd of about $670,000,000 dzvld- interview with the Guardian repre-

ed fairly evenly bctiveei-i imports and scntative last night Mr. Thane A.‘ N‘ A ‘a some M the dengue‘ ex.

m paged “my he" hut “mm mFWWPOTi-i- F01‘ 1116 11568-1 year which Campbell. Attorney-General for the] lowing upon an attack of heart ended 1“ 311F911. i930, the total 1mm. province. Save an interesting account-y"), for unending the a N‘ A A“ .h_oub,e_ Mn Mona“ w" M’ h“ deskivi Canada had a. value oi $2.392,-‘of the conference held at Ottawa!

‘on Wednesday’ when he cmpluned-OOODOO in round figures; for the re- this week at- which all provinces

m, mdlspoemom He entered stocent fiscal year the value is not ex-hvere represented, and which he et-

MichaePs Hospital yesterday mom-

an especially acute attack of the

pected to exceed 9,723,000,000.

Vclopi ng Trade Are heart malady which had made itself Siezed Bee)?

Great.

(Canadian PMS.’ fmLIFAx, N. s. Apr.) lz-Tnc ‘nlssicn of trade and goodwill has 99°11 fulfilled. As one hundred and fifty of his compankins sped west- Wilrri to their honzes lust night. Elmer Dllvll, Presidrint of the Canadian ltianufucturing Association, outlined ~°-“ the business men of Halifax the lllliortilnities for mutually beneficial Xlmmcrcial enterprise that have “w-‘comvd fro-m the 15,000 mile Joum- -'.i' in the countries of latin America. ‘MWP Wmt down on a goodwill mis- imn". Mr. Davis told his listeners at ‘_ “millet proffered him by the Mari- time Branch of the C. M. A. and by lilo Halifax Board of Trade, “and “'9 “r1118 back a message of goodwill 1mm i116 F-Pzentine to you". 'I‘he op- amtunities, of developing trade with 1h“ south America/n countries were Emit. he said, “but if we are going ‘o r-xtcnd Canadian. exportatic-is to r1101» countries, we must also con- 1<19r further importatlone from Lil/t- l1 Amt-rice",

In this connection the speaker in- tmrcd one specific possibility, as a “his of picturing his point of view. "nil"? power has to be generated mm coal. They buy this from EM- lntl. France and Gmnany. rm- flve 101' I have been using Cape Breton

known two years ago. The rail- way officer will be rnoumed by an especially largo circle of friends.

sltion had made him known to countless travellers in the thirty- leight years cf his railway service. A lbachelor, Mr. Moifatt is survived by 'his father and mother. nu funeral will be held min the family res-1 idence, 02 Boxbo vulh Itreet, West.

and in the thirty years during which I have been using fuel in an industri- al way I have never had such satis- faction. We an facing the difficulty of transportation. Our importations of corn are annuauv lncruslnt- “Why should we not 0' a ome the difficulty of transportation by bringing corn from the Argentine on boats which will carry back Cape Breton coal to a land where the market for coal la ever growing."

Mr. Davis, sharing leadership of tihe trade mission with Sir George Harley, representing the Canadian Government, and J. S. Woods, Presi- dent of the Canadian Chambers of Olanunerce, landed from the steamer Prince mum with the Nililfilig dele- gation yesterday morning. Fresh from the thrills of s record rim-id hours and so minutes-Bermuda to Halifax, the 90 men and 00 women who had carried the spirit of Canada southward left Halifax m special

"l1 in my own plan-t at Kingston.

“Grocers Say Their, Customers Inlays B

trains early in the afternoon.

as his courtesy and amiable dispo-i

the operator-s escaped.

Popular Exhibit At Exposition

iMilllgan remained in the south.

Worth $1000, 000

(Special to the Guardian)

CHICAGO, Ill., April il-Fifteen Federal agents raided a large brew- ery todny, supposedly owned by Al Capone, seized beer estimated as worth £00,000 and arrested five men.' EVQTY door was wired so that when it was broken down electric beIlsI rang all over the building. None of

(Canadian Press) 'l-IAI..I!‘AX. N. 6., April ll-One of

the moat popular Canadian exhibits P- "l. "it "m1" Pfmdlfil- ‘$511M at the British Empire Exposition in “Emlfim "Nut ""- 1"" 1'1"" Buenos Airee is the collection of Sil- mlthfle: H”- ME- 9111"‘ “*4 3°“ ver fox pelts taken south by J, my,‘ C. H. Cohan, also Mr. John Read 0t’ Mllligan, of Charlottetown, P. E. I. representing the Canadian silver llbx @115”! 04 1-119 DQ111151"! C-"v- "W111 Bretders Association, inembe of the returning trade mission reported te- day. ft is said Mr. Milligan could have sold the exhibit many times the Colonial Laws Validity Act to over. and that Canada would un- doubtedly be able to build up a Smith A-mericwn market for the furs. Mr. not be in accordance with flint-mg laws and future lam in lqlasld.

tended along with Premier Lea. Mr. Campbrll returned to Sumrnerside on Sun-lay at 5 a. m., after waiting at Cape Tsrmentine from 8 p. m. F-aturday to 1 a. m. Sunday for the "r ferry.

Sjvtnkinr: of his visit to Ottawa ruirid» of the meetings of the con- iorrnce, the most interesting event was his pi-csmtation to the Govern- or-Gs-nerel wh’ch took place Tues- riny afternoon, when the provincial

|riclcgates were enter-tamed at after-

zwon mt at Ridmu Hall and were formally presented to His Excellen-

cv, Earl Bessborough. Referring to the conference. Mr. Campbell stat-

ed that there wen three meetings. thc first at i0 a. m. on ‘hloaday which was adjourned at 1i otlocktaflned. to enable Premier Bennett and the delegates to welcome the Governor- General on his arrival ll Ottawa. 111a delegates to the conference wen than entertained to luncheon at the Chateau Laurlcr by Premier Ben- nett.

Nova Beotla and Dr. Skelton, Boli-

st ottmwa. The main point of the proposed Statute of Westminster were discussed which was to repeal

The meeting opened again at 2

enable a Dominion Q province to pass legislation that might Kdbly

pressed) a fear that the proposed statute would provide a new machin-

|In order to meet this condition an iamendment was drafted which pro- vided that the Statute of Westmin- lster should not apply in any way to ‘amendments 0i the B. N. A. Act. It its also provided that the Imperial marliament cannot without the con- lsent of a Dominion pass any law to (‘take effect as pert of the laws of ‘that Dominion. This safeguard to lt-he PYWOlQd statute was acceptable to the representatives at the con- Qference. The delegates as a whole emphasised the urgent necessity of |some practical unendments to the in. N. A. Act. ; There arose in action with nlaestiona of taxation, security frauds, (radio and other branches of legisla- itlon in which it is desirable that the sccps of federal andvprovincial jurisdiction should be more clearly In reply to those repre- sentativa, Premier Bennett stated that the , , ‘ amendments could not be considered by the presmt conference which had in deal solely with the question of the Westminster Statute. He declared that it was the intention of the Government to sub- mit the whole qumtlun of constitu- tional ulwndmenu m the Provincial

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(Canadian Press) '

WASHINGTON. D. 6.. Awil 1i Ion. l. J. Mauicu. Canadian Minister of Railways and Canals told Mentor-y of ltsie Stimson today be believed Canada would shortly formally advlao flu Unit- ed Mateo of its willingness to floated with Ilse 8t. Lawrence

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Labor Govt. Will Face

say MacDonald and His Labor Gov- ernment have faced many great pol-

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BllNSERi/ATIVE MilllllN 0F CENSURE

- The Stiffest Obstacle Of Its Career On April 14 th. ’

(Canadian Press) LONDON, April Ill-Premier Ram-

lnve is the one true and real thing in life: it rhea above reason, interest or explanations.

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Annual Iuoaeriptious uallvsrsu moo. Bylallflauadauud ILELHM).

Youths Involved

In Strange Case

OfBootLeiq Liquor

Astonishing Evidence Given In Pro-

hibition Court At Summerside

On Saturday.

(Special to the Guardian) SUMMERSIDE. April 12.—-’l'hc

itical obstacles since they came into pastimes of some 0f power. Some they have surmounted; at others they have stumbled, but the stiffest obstacle of all will the Conservative motion of censure. division on which lvill place shortly after Parliament sumes on April i4, after the Easter recess. Ever since the general elec- tion of i929. which left Labor with 111G W166i pail-i‘ in tho House. and the Liberals with power, the Labor Govemlnent the support of the Liberals, and in the coining division. Liberal support. cannot he relied ‘up- on. Possibly tho Liberals will again support the government; it is equal- ly likely that enough Liberals will

the young men of Prince Edward island were well aired in the prohibition court at. Sunmerside at Saturday when the accused in the last case bu‘- one on

“k9 the docket stated that he sold ten

gallons of water to a young hny of 1B years in pretense for rum for $55 "for a joke," and then kept the money until the boy would take the case out of court.

The victim of the "joke" said he had first bought rum five or six years ago. He wanted the ten gal» ions to take home to drmk, was his answer to the question as to what he was going to do with the liquor. He was the chief witness in this ox- traordlnsry one.

follow Sir John Simon's independent lead to defeat the Government, and the Prime Minister had indicated

ed by the Government's resignation, or dissolution of Parliament and a general election.

The Conservative motion will charge the Government with failure to take effective measures for relief of unemployment. A glance ~at the Parliamentary lineup as it stands today shows how precarious is the Government's position, especially on a vote concerning unemployment. It is as folloxvm-Ofilcial Labor 258; Conservative 2S1; “Georginn" Liber- al 40; "Simon" Liberal 6; rain" Liberal l2: Maxton l; L. P.

The court opened at 10 s. rn- and

lasted until 2 p. m. The first case that defeat will probably be follow- °"“°d w“ °f a 9”” "m °““°°“ charged on two occasions with con- suming liquor unlawfully. Inspector Miller tostiiieci that he_ aaw the de- fendant hopelessly intoxicated at. two diflerent ihmes in Bummerside. On the first charge he was given a fine of s15 and costs or 2o days and on the second charle $25 and coeta or 30 days.

Another party from Bummerside

for consumption was given $10 and costs or 15 days.

A Summerside man charged with

"uncer- having liquor on hi: premises un- lawfully had his case adjourned to

i8; Mosleyites ‘l; Total 610 (five vacant).

French Pres. Warns People

(Special in the Guardian)

Charlottetown for judgment on Ap- ril 18th. In this case Inspector Mil- ler gave evidence that on December 13th, i930, he in company with Cus- toms Omcer Platte and Constable Mann entered the premises at l a. m. and remained in the cellar until noon when they came up into the shop and caught a man in the not of pouring liquor from a teddy into a jug. This man was arrested at the

NICE, France, April l0—Prc(par- edness through heavily fortified frontiers, was the call of President Gaston Doumergue to the people of France in a speech yesterday. The President veiled his language. but was referring to the new Austro- German customs accord which will eliminate tariff walls between those two countries. France has had too much experience in her own history, he said, to forget that no durable peace can be achieved without fully assuring the security of our front- zers.

RE C O VERINC

(British United Press) WINDSOR. Eng. April 12——Kll1K George V. recuperating from an at- tack oif sub-acute bronchitis. had a good day today and his steady im-

time and is now serving his sent- ence for the offence in the Prince county jail. Counsel for the defence asked that this prisoner should be brought up from the cells to give evidence. Testimony was given blllt]gnjphy has been ‘Laid before defendant had no interest rum which he had procured that day and for which he was now do- ing time, nor was defendant in the shop at the time the omcsra were there. Hie evidence differed slight- ly with Inspector Miller's as to the exact time that he had the liquor, also as to his having driven to the shop in a car- He said that he walk- ed to the shop.

in the

Mr. Gass, of the Island Telephone

Company, was called to give evid- ence as to the renting of the tele- phone in the premises of defendant. The case was adjourned as stated above.

Two other parties, members of the

keep close watch on the King's con- dition, however. The fine weather of

provemcnt was maintained. it was announced at Windsor Castle. The attending physicians continued to

the pest few days has aided 1-11!

King's recovery.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EV ENTS.

same family as defendant in last case, had their cases dismissed.

The next case was that of a party

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29 Passengers

MEETINGS ETCS.

"Loading Hogs York, Wednesday. April 15th. Jaa. Allen.

"Reserve Wednesday, July 8th for Tea Party at Kelly's Cross.

"Duo to arrive carload of weetom horses. J. Reagh Home, Winsloe.

Hurt lVlien Train Leaves The Rails

(Canadian Pnss) EDMONTON, Alta., Ami u... ‘Iwenty-nine passenger: and railway employees were injured when a Canadian National Railways pagan. Ber train was derailed early today i2

Club will be loading live hogs and veal calves April l5 from l2 to S. Nelson Mathleaon, Secretary.

"Emerald Livestock Shipping

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miles west of Eelson, Alta. ‘Hie only . serious injury was sustained by the High tide this morning at 8.19 and dining our chef. who received a frac- tonight at 7.35.

tured skull.

Polish Consul l

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BllY MARKSMEN BBMMENDEB BY tilt KING

(Canadian Press) UITAWA. Ont, April rule's boy-marksmen who have won the Kings trophy and the Imperial challenge shield for 1930 as the re- suit of their eimm Shooting» 113"“ bu“ congratulated by His Majesty t)“ King, The Department of Na- tional Defence today announced re- ceipt from the Secretary of the Na.- tional Rifle Association, Bisley amp" mglend. the following mess- age from His Majesty! "T1" 795"“ of the competition for His Majesty‘! the King and I am to ask you to con- V”. m, Mgjggty’; congratulations to the boys of Canada on their second vjgwry, They have set a very high standard for future comPe1¢11/°T5~" (signed) s. M. Ponstmby. Keeper 0'! the Priw Fulfil"