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Nine Persons In Hotel Escape I n j u r y - Little Salvaged As Flames Spread Rap- idly.

I‘ire, started by a defective kitchen flue, raged through the three-store! Vernon llotei at Vernon yesterday- The bullding was completely des- iroyed and loss was believed to be in the vicinity of $99.99".

Nine persons were in the hotel when the " were noticed shooting through the kitchen roof. All escaped unin ured.

Volunteer ' tried to halt the blaze but. fanned by a strong wine, the sire spreao quickly through the bulldlnpbeiore any- thing except a few pieces of the gneata‘ clothing could besaveil.

The building was owned by A. Sullivan. The lose was partly cov- ered by insurance. ‘

4 Barely Escape I n u g F i r e

mvmrooii. it g. reb. 2—Four sleeping seamen were neatly trap- ped early today by a fire of un- known origin that swept through thc tug Parrsboro at her dock here.

lain Alphonse Mason who was sleeping in the ‘pilot house. He went forward to awaken his crew oi three and when he returned for his clothes the pilot house was in flames.

ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC

"Hockey at Wheatley River to- night, witch's Stars, Ii-Teo

"Borden Line Club loading hogs. lambs, calves, Albany, Tuesday. February 4. hours l2 to 3. L-‘ldi

"Queen's County L. 0. L. meets » at Kingston, Tuesday, February 4th

at 2 P. M. Is-‘IWT-l-Sl-fl-Qi. "Hockey at Marahfield tonight. lcflizue game, Dunstaffnage vs.

York. Skate after, L-‘lbl

,"'I'he annual meeting‘ of the Kinkora Dairying Association will be held on February 4th at 3 p.m. in the hall at Kinkora. L-dilll

"Hockey Jllctoxia nk, North h-yon vs. Augustine Cove‘, also

Crapaud vs. Hampton, nday. Feb. 3. 7 p.m. L-TM ' ‘Lantcm slides and juniors

concert, St. Peter's Schcolroom. 7.30 Tuesday evening. Hear Miss Gwen Fry. _ L-‘idli

"League doubleheader Cornwall 7.15 tonight, Lindys vs, Bulldogs. Cornwall vs. Dunedin. Skating af- lcr. . _ L-lila

"Hockey at T-‘iighfieid tonlaht. Sherwood ‘Tigers vs. Granitos. lsssue game. _ Ii-leo

"Because of the inclement wea- ther the annual meeting oi Hunter

River Shiping Club is postponed until Friday afternoon, Feb. 7th. L-eD-i-SO-Si.

“Come to Progressive Club bean

‘ 511mm‘ Monday. Feb. 3rd. 6.30 to ll I'm- Knlrhts of Pythias mu. Ad- mission 2d cents. Everybody wel- wmr- - 1.40s

"What's brie on Bill." S-act mmedlnjleartl Hall, t Royalty, Thursday. m. sui, .10 eiii, riot "audio. m. s. oii as iiiia l‘ “his I-i-‘Itd-fl-l-d-d

"livestock Marketing Board ‘Willis at Winsloe Tuesday mom- lnl. Rbruary it, until train; time; llrldalbaae ‘Tuesday 11 to I. Please M with local secretary. a-eae.

"Handling poultry daily at m w" mesa throughout m. win- m” frown: Md toeiation. ' u bu;

"He" Dr. lorry lecture on c“ . Uflliftlhtfinlhd UITHIIQ.” 1h “hrvneall Ball, ursdaypvebruary

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Sask House Meets Thursday

(or. By Guardian's Special Wire)

WIN-NJPEG. Feb. 2 — Western Canada's legislators are getting ready for action".

Saskatchewan's 55 member legis- lature and Alberta's lid-member House will open Thursday of this week. Manitoba's legislature, with 55 members, will begin its work Feb. i8 andthe British Columbia legislature's 48 membe will start work Feb. 25. *

All four legislatures will be called

veloping from the sessions of the continuing committee on constitu- tional amendments now in session st Qttawa. Among these will be participation of the provinces in a Dominion Loan Council for refund- ing debts.

ciusunl or RELIEF BAMPS ISURGED

Committee Appointed To Investigate Con- ditions Makes Re- port. ‘

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA, Feb. 2-—Relief camps throughout Canada should be closed as soon as possible “in the best interest of the state and for the sound healthy development of the majority oi men now in the camps].

This is the onciusio of the

committee appointed by Hon. Nor- man McL. Rogers. Minister 0f Labor, which presented an interim report on the situation after vis- iting some 50 camps from Valcar- tler west to the Pacific Coast. The report was given out today. The committee found‘ contin- uance oi the camps for a tempo!‘- ary period is necessary in view of the employment situation which precludes absorption of any con- siderable number of men in priv- ate industry and agriculture at present.

Work and Wiles Policy

It recommended adoption oi a

work and wages policy in the camps, instead oi the present method of paying the men 20

cents a day and pwvldinz them with food, clothing and shelter. No specific i ommendation was made as to the amount of wages to be paid. The co "tee mentioned, however, that in transient camps in the United States monthly wages are paid as follows: u":- skilled, s15, semi-skilled. e20, skul- ed, $25. .

The name "emergency work camps" should be substituted for that of "relief camp.“ in the opin- ion oi the committee. The term relief had a bad "psychological ef- fect," and the committee thought g change might help destroy this.

In certain camps the committee found that young men aufferin! from thwarted ambitions "have become an 6M1‘ Pity W 911° film‘ versive influences of Communistic or snsrchistic Jiilosophy sedu- lously propagated b)’ HPWWIP“ agitators."

Would Limit Accommodations camps would be limited to flo-

der similar circumstances

Iilttle Prince Edward, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, who was horn Oct. 9. 1935, ranks sixth in the line of succession to the British throne following the death‘

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of .King George V and the accession of King Edward VIII. The order cf the line oi succession is the Duke,- oi York, Yrlnccss Elizabeth, first daughter oi the Duke oi York:

Princess Margaret lloae

Infant Prince Sixth In Line 0f Succession To Throne !

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Ilflllllllllll ilN MURDER c HA R a E

Mrs. Beatrice Chapde- laine, Twice Acquit- ted, Is Given Free- dom.

(CI. By Guardian's special Wire)

QUEBEC. iFeb. 2-—Mrs. Beatrice Chapdelaine was free today. Twice within the shadow of the gallows during almost four years’ imprison- ment, the middle-aged woman heard a court oi Kings Beta jury acquit her last night oi a charge that she murdered her husband, Tiudger Ghapdelaine.

Mr. Justice Adolphe stein innue- diately ordered refease oi the wom- an, giving her freedom for the first‘ time since July 4. 1932. when she was arrested at East Angus, Que.‘ and charged with murder. Her l husband died in a. Sherbrooke Hos- pital on March 6. 1932. The Crown claimed he was poisoned.

Antoine Rivard, defence counsel,

Princess Margaret Rose, second daughter oi the Duke oi York; Duke oi Glouces‘ , Duke of Kent, and Prince Edward.

Parents Perish In Vain Effort ToSavellaughie-r

(C- P- BY Guardian's Special Wire)

THREE RIVERS, Que, Feb. 2-—- Death o! youthful Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Thompson was attributed to- night to a vain effort to save their three-year-oid daughter Patricia from fiames that destroyed the home here early Saturday. But complete story of the tragedy probably never will be known. D. S. Baxter, father of Mrs. Thompson, was seriously bumed by the flames that broke out from the sitting room fireplace early in the morning, and he could» tell little more than of the unsuccessful efforts of Thompson to rescue the child, trapped on the second floor. Thompson apparently had discov- ered the flames and had telephoned the fire department. The noise awakened Baxter who raced down- stairs to find the bottom steps al- ready eaten away by the flames, Hc said he saw his son-ln-law disappear through the smoke and saw no more of him until f-iremen recovered the charged body of the father and his chi] .

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Premier King Will Face Parliament With Unpreceden- ted Majority.

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA. Feb. 2—-Every train reaching the capital over the week- efld brought members of the Sen- ato and the House of Commons, many of them coming to Parlia- ment fos- the first time, and the long silent rooms and corridors of Parliament Buildinn have become rfivs with the activity that marks c ‘nlng week. embers of the Government, barrassed with mam tra- tive tasks apart entirely from ll"- paratlons for the parliamentary ses- ninn. and their work intomspted by the sorrowful formalities attendant upon the death of a sovereign, will start tomorrow to place the flnlsh- ing touches on their sessional pro- gram.

The first session of Canada's 18th

Date for an inquest will be set later, police said.

Death Strikes At - Curling Rinks

(G P. By Guardian's Special Wire) SAINT JOHN, N34 Rb. 2. - Death of W. A. Shaw from a heart attack at the Thistle Curling Club here Saturday afternoon was the first of two week-end fatalities un- in the Maritime Provinces. William C.

ornmodate not more than 14° men. The committee cited the trouble experienced at the lure

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Cameron died at a Halifax rink Saturday night.

Parliament since Confederation will meet Thursday of this week in an atmosphere of mourning with a ceremony ‘sham of its customary glamor and accompanying social events. -

All the ceremonial procedure laid down by tradition will be observed as usual but the brilliance of oili- cial uniforms and military trap- pings wiii be subdued by the signs of mourning for His late Majesty. and the colorful display of femin- ine attire will be entirely lacking.

Lord Tweedsmuir. Canada's new Governor General, will 11nd him- self in a new role when he reads the Speech from the Throne. but the surroundings will be no unfa- miliar to one of his experience in “ of Parliaments.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I~A dirig- lble full of stores iandedon ice- locked Chesapeake Bay wdav to g-gllgyg the plilhl’. 0i 1.500 Tlllllfl‘ Island. vi, fisberiolk whose food was running low. . With the shadow of famine lift- ea; the fishermen immediately thought of relatives and sent word hack to the mainland by rescuers wiiouioxaedorosiiiooasolusm, y, gm only "course open to the

.41; . “gamma;- xii-i Luise. wh? Mt a loll-foot blimp down on the ice with the nu of eastl iiiriasm the islands. broulhi b!" "P "'33P to James meme of rlaitisaors.

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Dirigible Lands Supplies. At Ice-bound Tangier Island

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ran very ill." He said the note was handed to him by a woman. Occupants of a small plane which followed the blimp said nat- ives urged that a surgeon be sent to the island along with medical

Reports of distress from illness conflicted. One case of pneumonia was reported. but another note sent by the airship said the ia-

ers were “fortunate in haviul

good doctor."

_ Colin Harrell, directing the Red Cross activities said s minlslir would be flown to the island from Oristilield. lid. with authorisation

Prime Minlator Mackenzie K1118 will face Parliament with an unim- aedented madcrity of nipped-tors. Normally this will number 1'19. less the sneaker. against as opposi- tionists of all parties, a majority of 113. The government is opposed by three distinctly different political groups of which the Conservatives will be the largest. Former Prime innum- B. B. Bennett. leader of the conservative group. will hcnd the oiflcial opposition with a foi- lowing of 80. Mk. Bennett is ex- pected in Ottawa {run Calgary to-

morrow. i

m the Senate the government forces. led by the veteran lion. Raoul Dandurand. will be in the vim It supporters The Senate

ti“ 7W0 being 1P‘ pointees of the last government. As in the ifoass of Commons the feminine Nlllfilntatiors‘ has been

"to arrange for any additional sup- plies nccrrrnrgx."

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Greek General Was Poisoned

ATHENS, Feb. 2-—(C. P. Haves) --.Funeral services for General George Kondylls, former Greek dictator and leader of the move- ment which restored King George II to the throne, were held in the cathedral here today. Complete calm prevailed throughout Greece.

A big wreath from Premier Mussolini was laid near the casket together with wreaths from King George, Premier Constantine Dem- erdjis and aides in the War Min- istry.

After services by the Orthodox Primate Archbishop of Athens the coffin was borne from the church by soldiers and placed on a gun carriage for its last journey to TlicalafThessaly, where it was

mbed in the Kondylia family vault.

Rumors that. General Kondylis. who died suddenly Friday. had been poisoned by litical enemies. were dispelled last night when an autopsy established definitely that

, his death was due to an apopletic

stroke.

Editor 0f Pulieh - Dies Following Lingering Illness

IONDON, I-leb. 2-(0. P. Cable) —Sir Owen Seaman, who was Ed- itor of Punch for 28 years, died to- day after a prolonged illness. He was 74.

His name had been inseparably maociated with that magazine for many years Ls a. writer of light verse. he showed remarkable ver- satilltyi In valedictory lines he wrote to eminent pcracnagea he invariably struck an appropriate no .

British Parliament To lleeonvane Tuesday

coupon, Feb. z-(c. P. Cable) _.A heavy program of work faces Parliament. which is scheduled to reconvene on Tuesday. It adjourn- ed just before Christmas and. apart from e special meeting fol- lowing the death of King George. has not met since.

when estimates for the army, the navy audtha air force are brought down. it is anticipated thrre will be s full-dress debate covering the whole difence situation. ‘One of the plat crma on which the Gov- ernment went to the country last fall was strengthening of national

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concluded his plea. on Friday. He stresscd evidence of Dr. I. M. Rab- inowitch, Montreal expert on stom- ach disorders, that Chapdelaine did not die of arsenic poisoning as no trace d‘ the poison was found in. the veins of his head.

Mrs. Bienvenue admitted no ar- senic wag found but he claimed evidence of Dr. Rosario Fontaine, medioo-legal expert, had shown conditions of the man's organs in- dicatod arsenic poronirig.

_ Mr._.lus'tice Stein in his 10-min- ute charge reviewed technical points brought out in evidence and told the jury to judge the case on its merits. The 12 men, French and English-speaking, left the court- room at 5.45 p. m. and returned at 8.12 p. m. - v ,

The pale overwrought accused heard the foreman pronounce "not guilty." Applause broke out in the crowded court as ushers shouted for zilenoe. ,

As she walked from the court house Mrs. Chapdelsin posed for photographs after warmly thunk- ing the defence staff that had fought her battle before two court of King's bench juries at Sher-

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Supreme, Court To Gonelude Legislative llearing This Week

(C.P..By Guardian's SpcctalWire) UITAIWA, Fc-b. 2-The Supreme Court went into the final wcekcf argument today on the constitu- tional reference involving eight fed- eral statutes paseed in 1934 and 1935. The reference is expected to end late this week. Friday Or sat- urday after an adjournment Thurs- day for the opening of parliament. Argument on the act establishing unemployment insurance is expect- ed to finish early tomorrow, lcnv- ing only two other statutes in bo emmined, the Marketing Act and the Fnrmers’ Creditors Arrange- ment Act. ‘The court has been re- serving judgment on each statute and decisions are not expect/ad for a. month or six weeks after the close of the hearings. It has been taken -for granted either the Dominion or provinces will appeal to the Privy Council in mgland.

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drifts that blocked railways a

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to Halifax. She lost more time

Huge waves beating the Atlantic coast had set free shore ice and drifting floes were threatening to block the Yarmouth harbor chan- Tl

Strong winds in Prince Edward Island fanned the flames which de- stroyed a three storey hotel at Vernon. Limbs were torn from trees. doors were blown in and chimneys knocked over.

The wind velocity averaged 40 miles an hour and temperatures were between if“: and 10 above.

Yesterday, when according t0 popular folklore the ground hog, or bear if you will, comes out and‘ looks for his shadow saw Prince Edward Island whipped by a frigid gale that at times reached the vel- ocity of 40 miles an hour. The tem- perature hovered close to zero all day and a heavy ground drift filled cuttings on highways and railways. A plow extra was sent as far as Emerald Junction yesterday to clear the track of drifts that were packed hard by the high wind, giving promise of difficulties along the other lines today.

At nine o'clock last evening a twenty-sixe mile an hour breeze was blowing and the temperature was two above zero. At ton o'clock yesterday morning the wind reach- ed. a. velocity of forty miles an hour with. the thermometer at four above, The barometer reading was low early in the morning. 29.17. but continued to rise during the day in- cheating, it was felt by weather men. a lower temperature. Early this morning unofficial temperat- ure reports said five below.

A short lived wind storm struck Clinton on Friday according to re- ports from there, demolishing two barns and causing considerable other damage. The barns belonged to Mr, George Dennis and Mir. Stanford Glover. A barn belonging to Mr. Harlan McG-uirk and well filled with hay and grain, was moved from its foundation and a seven inch girt snapped off, almost letting the lofts down on the cattle. The wind blew the chimney off his dwelling house and tore the roof of: his machine shed. A machine house belonging to Mr. Ernest Pickering was also demol- ished.

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MONCTON. Feb. Z-A raging winter blizzard in the Riviera du Loup area threatens to tie up rail- way traffic on the Canadian Na- tional Railway Halifax-Montreal main line. A stalled snow plough at St. Eloi, near Riviere du Loup will block the progress of the west bound __0cean Limited which left

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MONCTON, N. 3-. Feb. Noarrcc-t had been made tonight and no warrant had been issued following information laid yesterday by Mrs. May B ‘ ‘ against Corporal Hugh Pettig-re of the Moncton detachment. it al Canadian Moun- ted Police.

Mrs. Bannister is under remand until Wednesday on a charge of having kidnapped the infant daugh- ter of Philip Iiake. Before the charge was laid. she acid in an af- fidavit, she was compelled to make a statement because Pettigrew told her that it she did not admit the child found in her home was the. Lake bli/by her two aims would be hanged and she would be irn- priaoned for life. The information accused Petvigrew of flampting

Charge Irregular Methods By Police In Bannister Case

Preliminary hearing of Arthur and Daniel Bannister, charged with the murder of Lake. will continue tomorrow morning. Lake, his com- mon lsw wife known as Bertha Lake and their little son were vic- tims of death at Pacific Junction, flan. 5. The surviving child. Betty, was later found in the Bannister home.

Defence counsel H. Murray Lam- bert charged in court that police had used irregular methods to ob. tain info. etion. They had trneat- ened Mrs. Bannister, grilled nan- iel and oiicrcd indwements to the iatter's sister, n-sncas, he said.

-R. C. M. P. and city police oili- clals denied the charges. tor John Bird said tonight that any inwct-iaation would be welcomed

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FRIGID GALE

Dri-fts-m-Delay Rail Traffic And Block Highways

Cold Wave AcTeTiiiiiiii-a By 4o Mile An Hour Gale. Sub-zero RegadingiEecorded.

(C. P. By Guardian’a Special Wire)

anada’s Maritime Provinces

during the week-end and piled last week's snowfall into

nd highways.

Roads were filled from Yarmouth to Sydney in Nova. Scotia and rural automobile traffic was at a standstill iody. The Dominion Atlantic railway train express arrived 1T1 Yarmouth from Halifax eight hours late Saturday after