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The People's Paper g Read by Covers Prince ‘Edward Island Like. the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1932

W; must ever have a particular lllltrlllt of u,» rich mil a mull-l ooulldmoo in ﬂu DWI-

He who succumbs in bribery is o moral. and soon will be, a physical wreck-mind reacting on mailer.

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Iorulu Guardian, Founded 181,

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Indian Leader Is Taken Into Custody

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DESTR UCTIVE FIRE Ar ,0 ’LEARY

SlEEl STIJRM B R I P P l E S WESTERN UNT.

Brantford and Strat- ford Isolated Be- cause of Disrupted Telegraph and Tele- phone Communica- tion.

TORONTO, Ont. , Jan. 3—-(By ‘rhe Canadian Pram-Crippled by one oi the worst sleet storms ever to strike ‘he district, western On-‘ tarlo was slowly returning to norm- ul tonighi; while linemen worked frantically to restore interrupted communications. Extent of the dam- age wrought by the storm last Illusions-plant will not be imowo for several days as hundreds of telegraph, telephone wires are still down.

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GENERAL STORE OF KENNED Y & COMPANY COMPLETEL Y RA ZED

misuse

Store And Merchandise Valued

At $50,000 Wiped Out Satur- day Night In Fire Which Start-

ed Shortly After Store Was Closed For The Night.

The Province wasvisited Saturday night by 800th" destructive fire, this time at (YLeilfy. Whlch ﬂlmlileiely destroyed the large general store of Kennedy and Ken- nedy. Limited. Both buildings and stock, including a large supply of general merchandise, were lost. h d_ _

The value of the store property and merc f8!!!) {so e1: between $50,000 and $55,000, with insurance ° e we

$30,000 and $35,000.

The iii-e broke out about 11'-—'~_-‘_"_'__—'_' o'clock, Saturday 1118M, 8°11“? m" The repair shop of W. H. Dennis,

teen minutes alter the store had been locked up for the nlshh 1'5 l5 believed to have caushﬁ "Om “W Children passing the store

citizens of oueary‘ it was lmuwlbl! ‘? ‘PM .to save either the bulldins or the and hydro stock. '

The flames spread through the the firm did a. very extensive busi-

'; The fire burned furiously all Bat- noticed signs of fire and gave the ‘urcov nlsht and Sunday morning. alarm The flames made such head- and was still smoulderin! 011 5'11!“ way that despite every eliort of the day evmlns-

iiniv BEATEN BYIAPANESE

Assaulted On One of Mukden M a in Streets After He Stepped From Of- ficial Car.

(By Glenn Babb, Associated Press Staff Correspondent) (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated

Press) v

MUKDEN, Manchuria, Jan. 3- Calvéi-t B. Chamberlain, United States Consul, stepping from an automobile displaying the United States flag and coat of arms, was assaulted and painfully beaten by three Japanese soldiers today on one o‘! the main streets of Mukden.

U. S. Consul General Myi-i B. Myers accompanied Mr. Chamber- lain to the Japanese Consulate where he lodged a vigorous verbal protest with Consul S. Morishima against what he described as an "entirely unprovoked assault."

Consul Morlshima. promised a thorough investigation of the in- cident and it was launched immed- lawy-

Mr. Chamberlain let. the United States Consulate General about six o'clock this morning to catch a

adjoining the Kennedy store on the other side, also caught, but was saved without much damage.

store ol Kennedy 85H K511" nedy, Limited, was one of thﬂ largest in West Prince County, and

Both Brantiord and strut/ford re- doomed building to the miommg new “$1053 M», this time i; m1;- ltraln for Harbin, he said, and his

mained isolated tonight because

disrupted telegraph and telephone ' and this building also was destroy- which they will have the sympathy with the rest of the ed_

communl Province. Many other centres lackl one or other of the services. Emer- gency squads are working night and day to restore conditions and hopes are expressed tonight. that by to- morrow all the main centres in On- tario would again be in touch with the outside world.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS, ETC

‘Ulrdigan Club may am.

loading hogs, J 11247-12-31-31. "A meeting of Uigg and Grand- view Shipping Club, Jan. 7th. Mem- iéegrs will please attend. W. D. Ross. c‘y. .

"Hockey match, Hlghlield Rink, lilmléht, North River Lindys versus Charlottetown Wildcats. One hour's skate after match. 113031

"Mt. Stewart Club loading ‘hogs, Tuesdily, January 5th. Afternoon only. Hoes must b9 previously listed with Secretory. n. .1. McDonald.

liTld-l-ﬂ-ii.

"Warning Talkies Montague, Monday. See Double Cross Roads

__with Robert. Aml. ind. Llln. Lee.

Wonderful show. 1139-14.11,

"Montague Club loading hogs Wednesday, January 6th until noon. A" lwks must be listed with Sec- "m-fy- Signed Mont Annear.

11294-1-4-11.

"Mlire" shlillllng Club loading hm Wednesday. January cm. List with Harold Webster for Secretary. Bllned J. R. Compton. 1l295-1f4-ll.

"The Annual Meeting oi the Wiltsliire Dull’! 00., will be held in the hall at North Wiltshire on Monday. January 11th at a P. M. Roland Easter, Secretary.

11267-1-2-11.

"Come to the Mission Band Con-

in Central United Church, 11'1"“! “some. January ctii at s Bcloclr. also lantern slides. Silver collection. If not fins, first lino "tlhl- 11304-11

"South Mollvillo Dramatic Club Present their play Cranberry Cor- n" ll Klllyb Ci-ou Monday, Jan- “? "-11- I! Ital-my on lollowinl

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SUICIDE ININ GRIP 0F.

NEW BRIINSWIBK

Bodies of Belgian Cou-

ple Found In Farm_

Home Badly Mutil- ated.

MINTO, N. 8.. Jan. a-(By the Canadian Press)—Bearing fatal throat and other wounds. the bod- ies of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paprls, elderly Belgian residents of Harri- wood Ridge, Simbury, were found at their little homestead foul‘

miles from here today. The couple.

had been separated by domestic diflicultiu that took them to court last August, and according to in- formation given police by Alyre Gogan, 28, hired man on the farm, the tragedy was in the form of a. murder and suicide.

Gogan said that after he arose this morning he heard a call for aa- sistance and saw Papris 1Y1"! °" the dining room lloor with his hands over a slash in his abdomen. The light was dim, said the hired

Continued on Daze '1

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, N. 8-, Jan. 3-—' Watches vllilod It, $599 ""9 stolen when o show window of Gabriel's jewelry m» on au- ringtou Street was opened. lil- pireutl! with I glllslollllf, cu-Zy this morning. No one!‘

lied been made tonight.

"mm Mills, Vernon River, will run ﬁrst live days of each 11293 l-

ATTA

u.s. cniisuiiiiusiiimusiiiw ciisiuwi STATESMAN llilll in RESTFIRE

UITAWA, Ont., Jan. 3—(By the Canadian Pram-Canada buried one of its most illustrious sons yes- terday. A semi-state funeral was held for the late Sir George Foster. last of Sir John A. MacDonald's “old guard" and grand old man of Canadian politics. Cabinet Minister under seven prime ministers, par-

pion of moral causes, ambassador of peace and empire crusader, Sir George Foster's long public career ended in his death last Wednesday.

Gathered at the funeral were leaders of the state, representatives of foreign countries and hundreds of men and women prominent in every sphere of Canadian activity. Services were held in Chalmers United Church where Rev. Dr. John

ory, the ideals and accomplishments of the dead statesman. The whole public career ol Sir George Foster was epitomized in his creed: “The

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ol warehouse, formerly used as o, cafe, uraily a severe blow, and one in iautomobile was halted at the bor-

der of the Japanese railway town by three Japanese soldiers appar- Ventlyformlng a. patrol. He alighted and displayed his diplomatic pass- port, attempting to explain his status in Chinese because one of the soldiers showed a knowledge cl that language. One of the Japanese then became abusive and all “rec began beating him about the head and face with their lists. Mr. Chamberlain retreated with- ‘ ‘in his car and the soldiers follow- , ed, still striking him. He managed (SPWM l" u" Gwml“) I to get back to the Consulate where MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 2- h, ,1,” “mud u, m, Myer,“ mm Australia today was 1n the 8"!‘ °! abrasions ol the forehead and a one of the worst heat waves in its badly bruised nose and mm He history. At Adelaide the hot spell; mm. conﬂnued hi, Journey w H“-

of all sections of the Province.

was the worst in fifty years andibm

the temperature remained at B0 de- i grees at midnight, sending thous- ands of people out of doors to sleep. Devastating grass fires swept west- ern New South Wales and it is es- timated at least 20,000 sheep per-

lshed. the Canadian Press)-'l‘tie glaring lheadiights of an approaching mo- ’ ‘tor car were held responsible at In Coroner's inquest last night loi- Mmmiwmwni N- Y" D°°- 3" the accident that claimed the life m" swept m‘ “m” °1 the ontwo of George lnunsbury. i2 and sor- and Western Railroad here yester- § ‘only mwnd h“ ‘lithe; Herbert

d“ ‘mums a 1°55 estimated at: Iounsbury, when they were struck $300,000. Three shops were oom-

by an u tomoblle while walking

. f l, gllgfly gesxssyﬁ: “XE; zzrpgrg: along a road here, Thursday night. ‘gm’ nejzhbogﬂn; towns mum, The verdict added a belief that the

‘brakes ol this ear driven by Wil- t , the local department in nah m‘ liam Crowley. were in poor condi-

- Claring Lights Cause Of Death

SAINT JOHN, N. B" Jan. 3-—(B'y

the ﬂames. Hon‘ th s . ' Sudden De“ The Kmgis New (Canadian Pres!)

OAMPBELLTON, N. p8,, Jan. 3,- When Alex B. Luinsden, local high school teacher, went to the railway station today to greet his slstlelr, Gertrude, 43, returning from a ho - day to Btrltlbtd, Ont., he learned WWW» """ 31"‘ 1mm" l" she had died in her berth noui l“ "M" °' WW”? “Fm”

hurt failure an hour before theﬂlm‘ u“ m“ M m” “d the tn,“ ‘ u - Oampbeumt strength of united purpose, was

Min Lumsdeu was a teacher at contained in a New Year's muslin Monctou, N. n. The body was tnk- ' from the Bin: today in reply to the

Year's Message

(special to the Guardian),

3| held.

on time, where the funeral will be greetings of the eitllenl ol London

CHICAGO, 1115., Jan. 3.—-'The bod- ies of Mary Roth, 23, a maid in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Helndel of suburban river forest and two young children of her em- ployers were found hanging in the Heindel home early today. '

Police theorized the maid in a fit of insanity killed the children arid ended her own life.

SINSPIRING

NEW YEARl

‘ ' stroyed.

MESSABE

The following inspiring mes- sagi- was received on New Year's Day from the Canadian Primr Minister by Premier Stewart: "lion. J. D. Stewart,

“Premier, Prince Edward Is-

land.

"Personal cordial New Year greetings to Mrs. Stewart and yourself. I am sure you will agree with me that Canadians may well look back upon 193i with pride and forward to i932 with confidence and join in the hope that the continued display of the indomitable spirit wiiih which they faced the difficulties of the past year will enable the people of Canada to establish the foundations of a greater and more enduring prosperity.

“R. B. BENNETT’

"We live in times fraught with difficulties, the King said, in his message of thanks, but during the anxious days through which we have been passing the courage. de- termination and sacrifice oi all classes to restore the fortunes of our beloved country filled me with admiration. 1t is in a spirit of con- fidence that I send my greetings

llarnentarian for lilty years, chgm-_ j(By the llGiasgoiws second lire of major pro- fportions udtlﬁn a ivcek, completely Ldestroyed thc- plmit and offices of

imoming. It \\'n'. considered doubt- Pfiii that smouldering itwistcd inciai would give up ilic

Woodside paid tribute to the mcm-. ', lure seething with flames. i

gblaze was apparently lthe east end and worked its way iback to envelop the entire build- ‘ing. Efforts were made to save the Iadjoining office buifciing, and voi-

. second of three fires over the week-

SEBUNIJ MAlilR I_N_ WEEK

Plant And Offices of Eastern Bakeries Ltd., Completely Destroyed — Loss Set at $60,000.

Drastic Move Hour Attem

(By James A. Mills, Assoclnlcd yo", Stiff Cui-espondexit) (Cﬂllyrlght, 1932, by lhg Asggclaled Press)

BOMBAY, Jan. 4.—(Monday)-i Mahatma Gandhi was arrested ear- ' ly today for the second time within a year and a half and Nationalist iliidlfi once more prepared a com-U pnign of civil disobedience. i

President Valiabiiai Patel, of the Indian Nationalist Congress also was taken into custody. Both were , nrrcstzd iincicr a Bombay regulaﬂgn 1 “if i827 mirl the “i.l'l'.llll. stated that - _ ‘ihcy " ‘c bring i-cmovcd to Yer-l secret of the fires origin. Loss was i“, M mom m’. “my”, andI set at about $60,000. v __ i» l

_. LJlKl Will hgdazfs drastic-

NEW GLASGOW, N. s, Jim, 3.. Canadian PressM-Ncw

Eastern Bakeries Limited earlyihis

ruins and

V; ~

Mahat1h—a_Gandf And Nationalist

Pres. Arrested Viceroy Lord w-il-lingdon Takes

After Eleventh- pts To Bring

About A Compromise Fail.

‘move was made alter eleventh-hour

attempts of moderate Nationalist leaders to bring about a compromise had failed. Gandhi postpqned a sliheduled i-Yill l0 his shrine at Ali- medabad in the hopes that he could come to an agreement iviiii mo VWEYOY over the new ordinances against agitation. '

Sock Compromise

Sir To; Bu?! - Sapru .1351 11 Jayakain (iii .. m i Round ‘labs. L ml: . dcrstood to liaxc telegraphed the ‘Viceroy lzng a compromise, ﬁri- tlsh auiipritics served an uitiniaium °n C313!!!“ fit three o'clock this

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The started at

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v uritcer salvage crews assisted in rc- moving its furniture, but the at- tempt to confine the flames to the main plant failed.

Crazed horses were rescued from

barns behind the plant, having to}

‘be led out. backward from thel (Assochhd he“)

‘smoke-filled buildings. KONG KONG. China‘ Jan 8__

Subsequently the barns and gar-‘The Canton government was (u?

age were 5“ved' lsolvcd wdsy in accordance with its

N° fir“ was l" the bakelvs ‘wens peace agreement with the Nanking

on Friday night, before the plant ‘ authormeg closed for the New Year holiday; Committees were formed to ad_ iocal manager Dan McKiliip said. minister the provinces of Kw”?

m‘? mssibiuty °f mcendiansm ; Tung and Kwangsi under the Nan-

wlil be riivestigated, king Government"

The Easter“ Bakery maze “'35 the Hu Han-Min, former chief ol the! Chinese Nationalists, practically controls the executive committee and Cantonese participation in the Nanking Government still was doubtful.

end. The fire occurred when Good- man's restaurant was damagd by a top-storey blaze on Saturday af- ternoon, the third today when a double garage on Forbes street caught, one automobile being de- TWELVE wnna RUSSIA!“

KILLED IN STREET RIOTING‘

News Briefs

(Special to the Guardian)

QUEBEC, Jan. 2—'l'he 1931 season of navigation was the most active experienced by the

TOKYO, Jan. 8—(A.P.)—-A Ren- go dispatch from Harbin today said‘ at least twelve "white” Russians were killed in street fighting there’ that followed the beating‘ l0 death of a Russian boy by a. Chinese shopkeeper.

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Kllnlunflliteiﬁii

SIX [IFFIBERS THEN ESEAPE

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Jan. a. (A.P.)~—$ll€l'l1l1' Marvell Hendrix and ﬁve other officers were 51,111 late yesterday when they atiomptog to c‘pture Harry Young, 25,'a_nzi sevcril compnnzons in a farm house five miles wtst of here. and lat, today the killers were still at large but had been sighted. Posscs aided by aeroplanes and bloodlioiiiids were in pursuit.

Will Not Be Represented

BERLIN, Jan. 3. (APJ-Ger- many will not send ‘in icc hockey team for the winlci- Olympics at Lake Placid, N. Y., next month. ii was announced definitely today. Tlii German decision ivas reached, it was explained. partly on ncvoiuit oi financial reasons but also bccnusi of the scanty prospect‘: of G-grmfill success in that sport.

port of Quebec for the past five , yrnrs In the shipment of cattle. ' The numbcr oi live cattle loaded

Record & Forecast of the Weather

during the summer 'l0tillll".l ‘L397- .‘ll~)'l'l‘.(ill0l,ili‘,l<‘Al. OFFICE, T0,. _i .ii:ilo, OnL, Jan. .'l.-—-

VANCOUVER, Jan. Z—~Tll0 RIINHII‘)! .\.\‘n .\f.\.\'l.\ll‘.\l rmi. your 1931 was tho ivcitest since TEmVELME“ weather statistics were first. 1'1"“ so" - - - . - . . - - . - . . - . -. 101! 1m

\ iincoiivf" tic 5;; compiled in Vancouver more lliiiilf .. an 2o than .10 years ago. By ciirist- §?,,',‘},';,'j}f*' n}; l; i mas Day more than 05 Inches of rain had fallen in the your. gloom-o g4 ni For the whole of 1930 the pi-e- ‘,,",,',",§.,'1°““ if‘; “[1 clpitation was only 43.78 inches. “you”

BERLIN» 15m a’ (A'P')—Th° radii? lnlt"nll‘i1.lglfflgihiilgllgllilllg Attduvii: Tome-o "no in -_d'-- F."“".,";...E','.'"‘.‘i‘.l“ .1‘..“Tlf"éi.llil’sli.‘ii'l patch flﬂlll DOOTII- H0lll3hd, mitmlnow in Alhcrlii nnd lirilllh Col- today reported that former hum‘, mama". M" nmmod .1" Rah“. “yﬂhdm had Cnngmcged Nm-ri ﬂentiii and nnmvfiiirrlou in

5J|!klll!‘llf‘\\‘fl|l, iviiilc in other parts of

l, cold and had bNBII ordered t0 llic Dﬁlillilflﬂifl llll‘ ivonlhor hula born

bed by h" doctors. d gsnaii-g 6rd; rimiiiérlih rnlhv-r mid cost FORECAST!

MARTNETTE, Wis, Jan. 3-

. —.\ ~ one person w“ km"! and ‘our ntdlovtriyidsﬁ‘ ttllttﬂndwffllliezliillliﬂtadhlrh

temiicriiiiirr.

. he other! [ﬁlmed yesterday ' n Ottmvn mid Tpprr lit. ‘Lawrence Vul-

to the eitiiions of London, praying

coming year may bring the light of hope imd_the strength of united purpose to our lives and renewed

presented by the bordvbhyor.

- Ask Yourocer for a Pacgaof ll

ilfﬂlvcrity to our land."

that under divine guidance the‘

lay-Light to iiimli-rnic winds; fair and riiihor Iilllll.

Gulf umi North Rheum-Fresh north- erly winds; lciitiercil snowflurrics but mostly ir.

illurltimo Provinces-Fresh to ntronu

a passenger train of the Chica- go and Northwestern Railroad jumped the ﬁlls and plunged

Oiiroiifuiiitics Lu: on cvewi time‘. ‘so bo A Lof or PEoPLt

Sun acts this afternoon iii_ i time! iiiiiiorrmi" morning iii

New moon Thursday, Jnn. ‘i’, '52:! 1""-

Quylnfﬂpflldﬂ iivlo r-iuhiccii iiiiiiiiicl later tliiiii Chrirloiioioivii.

CAR FERRY ICIIEDITLI

through the station at Carbon- , -i ; h W k d —lmm-u Borden dnlly we. Mich. iwiive miles iwﬂh .','.2f.',§'.?",’,', i‘,,i!'$'l,.i'..‘§§."“" '“" ‘““' ,.i.»'§.,.. Si}? 11.40 to». I lligii thin viii-u morning at ‘H4 ind Leaves Tormcntlno daily: 10.30 um. ° 5"" InnLZM at um. wi 1m um

llood Rapid ﬂats,

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