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aommunication 'are exemplified by the fact that when you first put your finger on the key it took an individual wire to send an individ- ual e. Today in this vast ho_k-up from the Atlantic to the Pacific the main wires which you are using are simultaneously carry- ing twenty-three other messages, in some cases news despaiches fresh from the cable heads linking Eur- ope ancl Asia to Canada, and in others acting as the main arteries of commerce. indeed. so tremend- ous has been telegraphic expulsion that on adjoining wires stretching from east to coast, there are at this minute being carried on pro- grammes of entertainment that will be brought into your homes bythat

« latest marvel of electrical transmis-

sion, radio.

1 find it particularly ntting on this day, when the nrst railway in Canada made its pioneer run just 100 years ago, that a century later we should celebrate the oentenniill of telegraphic communicaticn which throughout the years has been 30 intimately identified with railway operation.

Signed, S. J. HIINGEIRFORD.

Exeter: Dr. J. W. Browning. 58° 93. entering service 1856.

Charlottetown. Prince Edward Is- land: Daniel williams.88€d 77-°°"" menced service 1873.

Halifax: M. M. McLean. we 72- entered service May 1330- 1‘ mlfil“ interest you to hear that at least one teleg‘-rapher in Canada built and owned and operated a private telegraph line for is distance of 4 miles between Mount Uniacke sta- tion and Mount Unlncke 8015 mm”

during the mining boom of 1880..

That operator and owner was y0ii1'l humble servant M. M. MCI-v€ili’“-- Halifax.

Moncton: G.B- BUWCW Started service Oct. 1882.

3t_ John, N.B.: C.W. McKee. 76 years old. Entered service June 1-5!- 1877. Retired on pensi:n July 18$- 1931.

Fredericton. N.B.: EB. Smith. 3“ 74. Entered service 1883. N- tired 1933.

Quebec: W. J. Buchanan. 70yeIi‘6 , of age. Commenced service 1876, pensioned 1930.

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BIRTHS

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BIRTH .. .. .. .. .. .. WHEATLEY —— At. the Prince Ede- wnrcl island Hospital, July 21, 193 . to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wheat-iey..

City. a son. L

KENNEDY—At the Prince Edward; Island Hospital. July 21. 1936, to Mi‘ and Mrs. Austin Kennedy. Cross Roads, a son.

BECI(—At the P. E. X. Hospital on July 21, 1936. to Mr. and Mrs. Pres- ton Beck. City, a daughter.

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__.__.———-——- ?__ DEATHS , =;— _ NIC}l0L—At You: at, July 11. 1936, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nichol (nee Minnie Thorne) a daughter.

BlNNS—At New Glasgow, July 22. Richard Binns. aged 62 years. Pun- eral notice later.

CI.ARK—At Emerald. July 21. 1836. Michael Clark, aged 80 years. Fu- neral from his late residence Thursday morning at 8.30 to St. Malachi's Church. Klnkcra.

' ALClf0ltN—At the P. E. 1. Hos- pital on Tuesday, July 21. 1936, Mrs. Urban Alchorn in her 37th year. Funeral from her late resi- dence at Fairview. Notice later.

MCKAY—At Wigmore Road. July 21, 1930, Mrs. George M. McKay. age 56. Funeral Thursday from her late residence, service starting at 2 o'clock.

I-IUME-—At Murray River on Tuesday. July 21. 1930. Francis W- McLeod, beloved wife of Samuel Hume aged 76 years. Funeral Thursday 23rd. at 2 p. m.

CUI.l.l2N—\1n the chamittetown Hospital, July 20, 1936. Mary Adele cungn, ago 35 years. Funeral ‘from her late residence. 75 Richmond street. Thursday morning at 9.15 -0 st. Dunst.an's Basilica thence tot-he Roman Catholic cemetery-

Tuuday, July 31, 1936, me. aueru-um, in her 74th yen Flin- Jcun the Presbyterian Church - on Thursday, July 33. . n; at 2 9. m. Inta-merit

Canada

Wide Celebration

fatt. age 77. Started service with W.U. Cable Co. 1379.

Montreal: Joe Beauchamp, age 63 years. Entered service August i4th, 1887.

Ottawa, Ont: R. R. St. Jacques. 78 years of age. Entered service at Ottawa March 3rd. 1873.

Kingston, Ont: Miss Bertha Nu- gent. 88° 64. Commenced service 1888. .

Port Hope. Ont.: Walter J. Helm age 59. Commenced 1392.

Oshawa: R. P. Ferguson, age 74 years. Entered service March 1879, Moncton. N.B.; left service on pen- sion May 14. 1932.

Toronto: M. J. Duckworth. Com- menced service as messenger at Belleville. Ont, in 1871 with the Dominion Tel. Co.. came to Town. to in 1373 and was appointed oper- ator by Supt. Hugh Neiison who is still alive and hearty at 92, living in Toronto. Worked as operator as- sistant chief, night chief. inspector and finally district plant superin- tendent, having a service of 54 years and was retired in 1925. 79 years of age.

Hamilton: John C Bale, age 86. Began service 1866. -

Niagara Falls. Ornt.:, Frank W. Prentice, age 68. Entered service 1383. quit Job 1909 to complete wire- less training,

Stratford, Ont: A. H, Alexander, age 78. Entered service at Hamilton Oct. 1871.

Woodstock. ont.: John Hall. Be- gan as messenger January 1866. re- signed 1920. Age 82.

London. 0nt.: A. W. Frazer. age 86. Commenced service 1865 on Great Western Railway.

Winnipeg: Mr. W. L. Glrouard,

age 73 years. Commenced service with G N.W. 1892.

saskat:on: J. F. Middlerniss. En- tered service Tomnto March 1886. Pensioned June 30. 1985. Age 66.

Denholm, sask.: W. J. Learmont, use 72 years. Began Dec. 1390 on Q.C. Rly.

Edmonton: W. A. Fallow. aged 53. Entered service 1901.

Calgary: J.C. Miller. age 73. Com- menced service at Stratford. Ont, with Grand Trunk 1376,

Vancouver: Geo. W. Dean, age 82. Two years in the Montreal Tele- graph Co. office in Georgetown. 0nt.. and the opening of the first telegraph office in Cheltenham Vil- lace. The season of \8’13 in Port Huron, Mich.. the marine office of the Western Union. The St. Clair River. an artery of commerce ter- ribly slowed down at the close of the seaszn by the Jay Gould fail- ure and its "Black Friday“ of US. history. But. the legends of the youthful Edison were still extant in this home town of the wizard. The new year of 1874 at stratford on the G.T R. The change of guage from broad to the present standard. Moving eastward was held up at that junction lzng enough to flood acres of siding room with freight cars from all over North America. A year later they were still trying to clear the yard. The health of the agent. wm. Vlfhyte (afterwards Sir Wm. Whyte of the C.P R.)

Victoria: F. H. Blashfleld. age 89. Entered service June 1886. retired on pension January 1, 1935.

Copied Crimean war News

Dr. J. W. Browning-—In 11155 as operator at Markham. ont., f:r the Whitby Georgian Bay Telegraph Co. The greatest news I copied in these days was reports of the Crim- ean War which came by British mast ships to Quebec and then lol- egraphed to our provinces. Many items in these despatchcs contained the name of Florence Nightingale.

An 1890 Murder Trial

The outstanding feature at Wood- st:ck_ was the trial of Reginald Birchall in the year 1890 for the murder of EC. Benwell in a swamp some six miles east of this place. Benwell was sent here from Eng- land in care of Birchall to learn farrnlng. who received a substantial fee but had failed to secure aplace for his client. and to cover himself be induced Benwell to go with him to Woodstzck. Getting off at East- wood staticn five miles east of Woodstock he then took his victim to a swamp about a mile east of the station and shot him ta death. And but for a cigarette holder with the initials "1".C.B." on it his iden-

tity might never have been known. To this day the swamp is known as "Benwell swamp."

Although the crown had nothing but circumstantial evidence B. B. Oskeran. outstanding criminal law- yer. assisted by Detective Murray traced Birchall to the swamp and he was hung for the crime, the same year. The London, Eng. Times. to;k a column I day by cable. one day we sent 30 columns of prels to Canadian and American papers us- some of the Western Union wires which ran into our omce for testing purpose. We had a wire in tile court room which ran into the New York sun -gmoe. who 11:)‘. a

-- oorrupondent. writing I ,Il't1ie trial went on wlthDa.n _ ‘atria aide. our was a

The central Guardian

This column la aeaarvad for lawn af local interest but advertising at

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Miss Catherine O'Donnell of Avondale is a patient in the City Hospital.

EXPEIIIENCED HAIRDRESSER wanted at once. Apply to Helen Curtis Beauty Parlour, Summer- side. L-6320

C. C. HEESCIIEN. druggist. phone 772. will be the only drug- store open Wednesday afternoon and evening. L-6316

CELEBRATE RAILWAY CEN- TENARY — All locomotives and shops in Prince Edward Island div- ision of the Canadian National Railways sounded whistles at noon yesterday as railroadmcn of the province joined with rallmaders in the rest of the Dominion in cele- brating the centenary of the initial operation of Canada's first train on July 21, 1836.

SHORT MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDA\’—It was the intention of the Charlottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion to hold a memor- ial service at the Monument on Sunday morning at the some time as the memorial service at Vimy. but as the service from Vimy is to be broadcast. it has been decided to hold only a very brief service here. which will consist of placing a wreath, sounding of the Last Post. the reading of the lines, “They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old," etc. by the branch Chap- lain, Rev. Dr. Legate, and the sounding of Reveille. This bi-iuf service will commence at 10:45 on Sunday morning. It is requested that the fire bell and church bells be tolled for five minutes com- mencing at 10:40.

OFFICERS INSTALLED-At. the regular meeting of St. Lawrence Lodge. No. 8. I.0.0.P‘., Monday ev- enlng, District Deputy Grand Mas- ter, Hazen Phillips of Summerslde, assisted by Fast Grands, J. T. Mar- tin, A. J. l-loule, Charles H, Black and D. F. Bethune, held a joint in- stnllation of officers of Wildey Lodge No. 27 and St. Lawrence Lodge No. 8. Wildey Lodge—Har- old Macliie, Noble Grand: Hugh MacKay, Vice Grand; J. H. Mac- Kenzie, Warden; J. H. Johnston. Conductor; P. L. smallwood, Out- side Guardian: Ivan Watiers. Inside

Guardian: D. D. Morrison, R.S.N.G.;

Theo. Sentner. L.S.N.G.: Fulton Adams. R-3.V.Cv.: P. J. sentner. L.S.V.Cv.: Well. Dixon, R.S.S.; E, R, Morrison, 1.55.: H. w. Platts. Chaplain; R. F. Acorn, J.P.G. St. Lawrence Lodge —- B. C. Vanlder. stlnc, Noble Grand; A. M, whit1ocg_ Vice Grand; Ralph Gay, Warden; D. F. Bethune. Conductor; L. H. D. Ilowatt. Outside Guardian: P. D. Worth, Inside Guardian; J. T. Mar- tin. R.s.N.G.; A. Maczachem, 1., s. N. G.; R. L. Huestis, R.S.V.G.: Sid. Burhoe, L,S.V.Cv.;

1". Tarbush, Chaplain; W. H. Tid- mflish. J.P.G. After the installation

Grfliid H0811. of Summerslde and others. Personals Mr. Ernest Rossiter. Morell,

motored to the city yesterday.

Mr. Percy Dunsford has returned to Boston after spending a short hfillday at his home in South Mei- V 0.

Friends of Mrs. S. E. Wyand re- gret that she is still confined to her home through illness.

Mrs. George E. Full and Miss Margaret Full of Boston are vis- iting, Lleut.C3l. and Mrs, G, Elliott Pull.

Friends and relatives of Mr. George Ynunker. Loyalist Road. will regret to lonrn that he was taken to the Prince Edward Island Hospital on Saturday for treatment.

Mi-s. Ed. Johnston and son Wil- fred of New Glasgow. N. S.. are visiting in the city the guests of Mrs. Lorna Hooper, Felling St.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank 0. West. with their two winsome little daughters. Donna and Ora. are vis- itors lo the City. having motored here from their home in Innisfail. Alberta. They are the guests of Mr. West's cousin. Mr. L. W. Saunders and Mrs. sriundl-rs. Fitzroy St.

was published here six minutes af- ter its occurrence.

Jas. T. Rhind entered service Stewiackc. Nova Scotla. 1880. 46 years connection with telegraph service; seems very short looking back over the years. Had pleasure of two pleasant visits with Dr. Gra- ham Bell of teleph:ne fame.

M. K. Keough. Windsor Jct.. age 70 years. Began railway March 1876. retired 1932. I have seen many cliangm in my long service and wonderful changes have taken place since the first message "What won- ders God had wrought."

Frank A. Bteck, age 63. Entered service of old I.C.R. Rec. 1800. re- tired on pension Oct. 1933. Nothinc outshnding to relate. Worked first in years as operatzr assistant agent

service as train despatcher Truro. umgton, New olaagow and Hall-

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IS CLAIM

Gov’t Claims Success- es in Important Pro- vincial Cities.

(By Alexander B. Uhl) (Copyright 1936 by The Auociaiea

Pleas) (A.P. By Guardian’: Special Wlre)

MADRID. July 21-The Spanish govern-men t. massing armed wlumns of workers and peasants in defence of the capital, claimed success in important provincial cities tonight against rebel forces.

Government accounts said an. oelona, important northesstem port. was in the hands of loyal forces Unofficial estimates placed the nurnlber of dead in fighting there at 500, with 3.000 wounded. General Reiquelme, heading a column which marched on Toledo. reported the rebellion there was crushed. The government said the position of rebels in Sevi‘1e and all Andalusia was weakening steadily. Unconfirmed reports stated se. ville itself had surrendered to the loyal troops, but government advices said it had not yet capltulnted, (Dispatches from Vets. in north- ern Spain, asserted t-he rebel troops were reported to have occupied most of the northern part of the country. (Two Leftist deputies reaching 1-lendayc. France. said at least five northern provinces were in hands of the rebels.

(A Reuters news agency dispatch from Rabat, Morocco, said it was reported there was a mechanized column of rebels under General Mola was advancing on Madrid and that General Queipo do Llano's in- eurgents still held Seville.)

As five civilian battalions were dispatched into the provincse to asist loyal garrlsons, the govern- ment ordered all stores and busi- nesses in Madrid to open tomorrow. The city was comparatively quiet. although there were outbreaks of firing.

At Segovia, just north 0‘ Madrid. insurgents were said to have been beaten Rebels at zaragoza. in the northeast. were reported on the point of surrendering.

There were reports of increasing (.:rertione among the rebels, de-

spite special meauires taken by

their officers to prevent Armed mliitia forces dominating positions in passes to head off any advance.

BIAROELONA. Spain. July 21 — of the

them. took up mountain

alonla, him:elf a rebel leader in 1934. announced tonight the govern-

refrcshments were served and ad. ment is in full control of the situ- dresses Riven by the D.D.G.M., P. ation in Barcelona.

Personals

Miss Myrtle B. Mennle of Brook- lyn, N. Y., is visiting her sister. Mrs. L. S. Stevenson, and brother, John W. Mennle, Charlottetown.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Drake and family have arrived by motor from Saskatchewan on a. visit to the formers mother, Mrs. Henry Drake, Cornwall. It is seventeen years since Mr. Drake visited his former home.

Rev. A. Francis left yesterday morning on return to Truro, N. 5.. after spending some time in the city.

Mr. Thomas Dougari left yester- day mmnlng on return to Los Angeles. Calif, after spending two weeks with his mother, Mrs. Rich- ard Dougan, Prince street.

Rev. D. L. Griffith. of Belfast, left yesterday afternoon for Pictou by the I-Iochclaga to attend the meeting of the Maritime Presby- terian Synod,

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gordon have as their guests at Holland Cove, Mrs. P. W. Gordon of Hamilton, Ont., her son. Mr. Peter Gordon, and her daughter. Miss Margaret Gordon.‘

Mrs. W. A. Thompson leaves next week for Berwiok, N. 8., to attend the United Church Camp meeting. Mrs. Thompum is to be hoiess at the cottage owned by the Women's Missionary Society of Maritime Branch of which she is a vice president. The camp meeting is from July am to Augmt 10th.

Mrs. Henrietta Rackham de clen- arcs who has been residing in Califomla for thirteen years. ar- rived in Charlottetown last satur- day night. she was accompanied by her little niece, Rae Bascom who is 3 gr nddaughter of Mr. and

in Vancouver.

MoNevin. lb Villa street. GIANT T0 UNIVIRIITY

REBELS ARE. WEAKENING

the I

Mrs. Frank J. Stanley. formerly of Charlottetown, and who now live Mrs. do oeueru visited relatives and friends in Vancouver, Calgary. Pouoka and Winnipeg on her way east. she is visiting with her sister. Mrs. John

Split In Labor Federation soon

..____ (A. P. by Guardian’: special Wire) WASHINGTON, July 21-John !... l.-owls defiantly told the Ameri- oan redoratiou of labor‘: cucu- tive council tonight. that members of his committee for industrial organization would refuse to stand trial for "insurrectioh' and that the committee would "carry on-"

Labor men generally interlmied this announcement. made On 5°‘ half of the 13 unions in the com- mittee. as making all but certain is wide split in the Federation.

The executive council had ‘in- vited and requested" the 12 unions seeking to organize all the workers in each big lndusuy into one MK union, to appear before it and an- swer charges they were violatinl A. 1". of L. law by disreglrdinfl rights claimed by craft unions in gttempting to organize workers along craft lines, such as cnroeni-~ ers and machinists.

The council took this action after peace-makers had blocked I move. favored by a maiority 01' ‘he council members. to suspend the union immediately. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine W0i’k¢!'5. contends the council has the right neither to try nor to suspend the unions asscciatcd with him.

In a letter addressed to William Green Federation president. Lewis said in part:

"The council which. incidentally. has notoriously preludszed the 18- sue. is without authority to dis- member the Federation. The C I. o_ (Committee for Industrial Or- ganization) declines to submit to its jurisdiction."

Warmer Weather Over corn Belt

(A. 1’. By Guardian's Special Wire) CHICAGO, July 21. -— Warmer weather began a general advance over the United States corn belt to- day and simultaneously the "critical period" set by crop observers as de- termining whether 1938's drought would equal 1934's closed. A continuation of June arldity into the firs tlhree weeks of July. said Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace early this month, would rank the 1936 dry spell with that of two years ago. Today in Washington, the federal cmp reporting board gave its latest summarlzation of the drought, terming it by mid-July “about as severe as that of 1934 at the same date and much more serious than any previous droughts since the country has settled." Higher prices in the sensitive corn market here followed quickly on re- ports of a general renewal of warm-

cents, July closing at 91% cents. Iowa despatches said corn pros-

duction during the past two weeks of excessively high tcmpcraturcs. Heat deaths advanced to nearly 4,fl)0 during the day with Oklahoma, still in the "swelter belt," contribut- ing 12 to bring its total to 71. Neb- ras.ka's clltbed to 62.

Restoration of

Famed Fortress Nearly Finished

(By The Canadian Press) SYDNEY. N. 8. July 2l—The pages of North American history will be turned back for more than 200 years, when the new historical museum building on the site of I..ouls‘.)urg Fortress, Cape Psreton Island, Nova Scotia. is ofzictally opened on July 22 next by His Ex- cellency. the Governor General of Canada. (Lord Twoedsmuir). Re- presentative: of the Governments of Great Britain. Frances and the United States are expected to join with lieutenant-governors, senators members of the Dominion parlia- ment and provincial legislatures at the formal dedication ceremoni . which will be presided over by the Hon. '1‘. A. Crerar, Minister of the Interior.

Once the proudest fortress in North America, lmiistyurg in the brief span of less than 50 years ex- perienced all the drama and trag- edy nssociated with centuries. Con- structed by the French between 1717 and 1740 at. the capital of the Acadian sett‘ nt on no Royale, as cape Breton was then called. the fortress served as a naval base fa’ l"rance. Its military import- anec was unquestioned, for it guarded the mouth of the at. Lawrence and constituted an ever present equivaient of $10,000,000 and were considered by their de- shners to be impregnable to attack either from land or sea.