MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

judgment.

go “ill reigns; at. 30 wit; at 40

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The People's Paper

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cliaiolrrizrowu, CANADA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1920”

No SU-t‘

MAXIMG

OIL

MERE MAN

f00|§ are so troublesome as the tilled wit.

i4 Paces

AIIKIIIBI finlnwrlpllnn llnilvrrnll $51.00 I57 Mull-

56 00

I‘ HI ‘Hill. (“illllulu nlui l‘ ‘-

ERITON

l. l. Stllttll ll sllllli llhEllSlllN

ddrelqscs-A-rtd Re- ports Occupy Ses-

sion Of Teachers"

Convention Yester- day.

In», \\'.

sllrly morning session rs Federation opened

l".- n

tiullll- lladzug of the minutes of , pfellllliS meeting. The President r l‘. ll flllyli‘

upon the first speak- MacGuigan, f Education.

1; his lldcircss Mr Mac- glultulaied the Federa- atienrlance, and on it live body.

of his address consist- irw of the educational

Nlerk R.

very lcoords concerning edu- er fzoin then on, the . development . .. cn P. E. I. steadily in- ‘ll lll the earlv part of the and at intervals f0!-

lsr the development of ' qlwsiion. Acts providing

of schools and etc, in i852 the important ‘. . Education was pissed

a povl-rlim-snt. Mr. ~Mric- ‘using the course of his , the school act lfl‘. of the present day. School Act was again and up to the pre- nziins as such. How- ol Act li"aiu comes up . revision. Mr. Mac- lrcd the teachers that \\’IlS brim done for the t oi‘ the present act. in . the speaker said that “lions from School rid teachers in regard to ouid be warmly received.

lcantinued on page l3, Col 1)

‘anion Expects l Sweep Goulltry

OTTHVA, March 20 —(C-— It -illll§('l'VMl'JC leader blan- lilli cziilzc to Ottawa todnv for a .il mrcliilg and, spcuknlg

luvs of his liuirtrs in ' in" elcellon. raid: “if l snot-p the country on Tliesda-v then signs don't incun lliyllliil "

“.7 V 1 om mg iivents -U_ lilo for Notices in this column 1i cunts per word.

c iii aid aturdav at llolmans.

L-Zll-li-lll-fl.

“C lat Cornwall Rink Sat- at. Get a. costume and

R p..;.l'. 14-255.

l Izlfllltl hay at Hunter itiltg thus wvck, lil- Li. Dicl-ziescn or Bell Pin- L~22.i-3-20-‘.ll.

ii

14-222.

l‘ River Club loading 26. L-240-3-2l-3i.

~l-‘~.\‘. March

"w tiuila at Nbnliy i=1. Friday, March 22nd at uulll noon. Signed 0, C.

live

"Conn to Concert in Raistlco Hall‘

i“ hi! hi‘ Monday ni"lit_ L-l03-3-16-19-2t.

rpf-YY“! ill} 115i}. with a smile ‘m "ii-l" cull Saturday. L-220-3-21-23.

y;f,H“"° Your moriev rclldv for a ' uiav and send lhc i‘ rejoicing. L-229-3-2l-23. "Douro Orwgliml-lall Wed esdliy with 27th. Drawing of ‘ottrlery.

L-225-3-2l-ii.

IQ_‘1(?-il)l~-_ lilorell Hllll - Easter “b”! hhlhl. Good mll='c. stud ~‘~ L-22T-3-2l-l .

"Dancc- iior-li n ll - E ter Illilht Good lilusle. r L-zai-s-lu-i .

(“Plus in M n A n ll ‘Lmiii I". Easter MclV-‘arfnlzlit: ll.':.=ic, L-lfi -3-'.!i-1l.

,, _______ 5°" "flmosnrre Young People tl°“\' 3 one act plays in Klnizstnn y ' ‘illicit 13th. [4493-3-30-27.

l‘ albino-no lulu __ Easter Monday k i- yllrleiy Concert and Dance. w“ 0! Catholic Women's L-N-il-Z-N-ls.

him M

2 . 1 l 22nd, said of Sir Robert Billie":

Scores Liberal

Neglect Of Farm Cost Problems

Exorbitant Fefe-(l-l-“rices And Likelihood Of Higher F er- tilizer Costs Call For Govern- ment Action, Says Mr. McLurel

Strong denunciation of the King Government's failure to pretcct the interests oi’ Island farmers and fishermen was made in the course of a vigorous campaign speech, broadcast last evening by Mr. W. Chester S. McLure, one of the Na- tional Government Cllldldfllh for Queen's Coun :

Following is the text of Mr. Mc- Lurch remarks:

"Ladies and Gentlemen:

Island Man Released, Still Faces Charge

"As you sit around your radio, it is my privilege to talk with you on some of the isues of this cam- paign. The very kind and compli- mentary remarks made about my radio address remind me of the words of Oscar Wiicle-‘After a cord dinner one can forqive anyone. even one's own relations.’ So ! feel in a very generous and forgiv- ing mood to those kind frlerds who have said and written so many nice things. I regard all these com- piiments you have paid to me as tributes which i-‘jlil-li" belong not alone to me as an individual, but to the great National Conservative Party of which we all are justly proud. To me there is no greater

NORTH SYDNEY, N. 5.. March 20—lCP)-A coroners jury invest- igating the death of James Alien, lieltches Creek resirent in a high- way accfdcn-t last Saturday night, tonight recrmmendrd further in- vestigation by the Crown.

Six witnesses testified during the three-hour hearing, one of them Norman McLean, Allen's compan- ion when he was injurd fatally. McLean also was injured and the jury adjourned to Hamilton Mem- orial Htrpltai to hear his evidence.

tor'a, P. E. 1., who has bten work- ing in Sydney for the last few

Ploeeutor M. A. Patterson to ap- pear before Maizflstrate T. William- son whenever needed.

British Troops

P

King's Government record in peace and in war."

“The bitter political controversy in this campaign would have been much less had the K1118 Govern- ment not scuttled Parliament. but given to the electors seine records of their past stewardship. N0. Mac- kenzie King "zged and sclittlcd Parliament b lluse he did not have courage enough to face Parlia- ment. ‘Their lack oi’ preparedness for this war was too great an in- dictment of Mr. King's adminis- tration from ten/aft, and the conduct of the \ ar since by the King Government.

WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDI- TIOYARY FORCE IN FRANCE, March 20—(CP-HAVAS)—British troc-p: iok revefge today for the Nazi surprise raid on one of their Maginot Line outposts two tree's ago. In a savage sk rmish f ve Ger- mans were k lied and one was taken prlssncr.

Seandalously Urprepured

“The plain facts now being “e- vealed to the electors are that‘ Cartada was scandalollslv unpre-l pared when war broke _out, be- cause the MflCk-‘EHZIE Kng Gov- , ornrnent refused to help Grrat Britain procure desperately-need- ‘mlliontlnncd on mm“ . lol l)

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Marking Time With

in their ciperatxozi which occurrrd cllre to tie scene of the March 5 ‘cl-ash, the first la gc-‘cafc en- counter betvuen Bdtlsh and Ger- mrm frortps m the western frrnt_.

Three scenes for "March of Time" present Prime Minister.

l Mr. King, speaking at hi; nomination meeting at Berlin on August

"Are the people of this country going t0 NR9 all "'9 ha"!

of affairs a man who will be precipitated into such l! Wslul"!

l as this. who will take from the treasury of this country» ""1 "h"

' wwlq have my"; enough money to build two dreadnoughta and

Sflltl "till. money t» England to spend It n: they viewed? M"

lgalnst. what country? lie was villa; to send mono! W 5""! warships to fight Germany."

1 9 3 5 l Mn King, gpQlklng in August to the Central Ontario Liberal Asso-

lciatlon denounced "Dictator" Bennett’; defense expenditures in thv following words:

“There are drill halls, armories all over the country. blllll u heavy cost. wily l, um money helm: 511""?

l.“ l, to bum; up a ‘rut military force, because all dic- tatorship; demand power, and the last word in dlctfllllfihlll i! ghvffiifinnn and what comes out of the cannon.

"As you think of the election lo come. ask YWTR" "I" little question. ‘Wither are we tending?’ Thlnll of what has hap- Mm“; Ind ask yourselves if we are makinl Guild“ l "cm"! Italy, a second Germany, or a second Ruaslm‘

l 0 3 B Mr. King, lpea‘ ' Munich-laid: “w, m“; chm," 5 ' keep-in; our own house in order and tryln| to nave Europe and Asia. The idea that every twenty yuan this country nioulil automatically It"! "5 l‘ mill" °i “m”

in rlrllalnent on March Sit-six months after

I

Clarence Brown. native of Vie-l

honor than to be vour standard W99!“ find who h“ hi?" Chflrgfid bearer of the Manicn Natirrlal With mflhfilflllEhfel‘ 88 H T9811“ 01' Party; except one. and that is to the accident was Present. at the be your representative on and af- hearing. l ter the 26th of March Following the inquest ‘Brown was “The big issue of this political I leased onljlis own xcccgrrzance cam nigh is: "The Mackenzie upon instructions " nun Crzvvm} ~ ‘

Take Revenge l

I l l

l

The Britons suiterd no cnsulllties l

‘ l the tlir , The Russian Ambassador, Alcx-‘ ' aitzeff left by plane for ‘

v. iliz-p ring conjecture that‘

from the career of CitllflG3’B|Ol.GEll

take part in a war oversea for demoe .._., or self-determina- tion n! other small nations, that u country which has all It “II a» to Hlll nun should feel called upon u» save. lierlvdlclllr. I continent that cannot run ltlell’, and to these ends risk the ilvel of lt| people, rllk bankruptcy. and politic-l dlsunlvn. mm- w many g nightmare and sheer madnell."

Th," “nut, 1mm M; King. pflfl urc q revelation of the man

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‘ known thatrthe Nazi author-

Heavily In Sylt Raid

LONDON, March EI-(Thum. dfll’—lcl'_l—'l'lle Daily Ilcmld today’ said flint scores of Ger- mflflys most valuable aircraft, AP-‘Illlaues and bombers-were fiflllllyvd in the thundering Royal Air Force raid on Sylt.

The attack had been de- layed so that It should take Dlaco when the maximum nurn- bcr of German planes was» concentrated on the Island," the Herald said. "Fm- “m; time the Allied command had

ltles were feverishly building hanlrars on Svlt-ond storing *hun"rt'ds of planes there. “Today n number of those Hlflmmrs are in ruins . . pilots ’l'l.‘i,lll’fli‘d told of ivrz-oked bar- "Vhfi- blitzing oil tanks. crippled F > railways."

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Summcrsiile Train Service inconvenienced

The ivestern freight and pas- sengcr train to Summersiric, due at 1.50 p. m. was very late in reaching the Prince County capital ylsterllay. lt did not ar- rivc until 2.55.

lt was; Ilclii u]: forty-live min- ulcs at st. Lou a while the Lib- criil candidate, llon._J. L. Rul- ston. made a political speech

ere.

Official explanation for the delay in the train service was that "business was brisk and ‘Ul e was heavy freight." - ' ~

' asseng ll! . . ' in it was to enable Col. Italston to make his unscheduled speech in the St. Louis hall. 'l‘hcy claim the frcipht ivzls nnparcntly no heav- ier than usual.

Berlin Seeks To Bring Moscow, llcmc Together

my Louis P. Locl-ncr Associated Press Staff Writer

BERLIN, March 20—lAP)»~Ger- iniliiy turned ller (yes eastward to- day in expectation cf all important sup brhigLiig Moscow clcucr lo the Rame-Berllzi axis. lrrtlculcirly for co-orcllnatiiig the Balkan tiolicicsoi" powers.

l‘ Fl

tan diplomatic effrrts to frzl a t1"lllll1 ll lLuolnillatrr for Rilsslzln-Gcrman-Itallan foreign policy.

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25 so

usually largc—also several of 2 Aviation Fund

rile ABOVE STAMPS F R E E

In exchange for any I-lb. ibel from a packet of

fSAl-AM TEA

Send this ad with name and address and the label-end. showing teapot trade-mark, from any 1 lb. pkt. of SALADA

S CHEE

lllrlilfilrllc c vi lilllz llidlllllllllldll

a Daiadier (Tabinet Re-

Hy R

signs After “Moral Defeat” In Chamber Of Deputies.

PARIS. lfllnrc-h 2‘l~lCP)-Paul Reynaud, Falazlcc M ntstei- fer the lost. 1'7 m: nths and an olztvaiidirg figure in FDLDClI pciilgcal lie, to- night consultuzi coreagues wrh a‘ view to forming a, cabilet to re- place that of P" . ladier lvlizcll lug allot‘ 102/1‘ foal“ in the Cliambrr of D p lies.

Reynriud. {ermr ulvocate of cic- valuation. did net deflnlelv cept the ofler to form a new cab- inet made ll m bv Preslcl til I1‘-

ply tznrrrolv alter wltih varlou; perry leaders.

Daladicr TLSQlWLi after ieceivmg a negative vet»: of conlldmce in the chamber in which 239 depu- ties suppmed h‘ oppced him, and ll"; =~ m no.1 firlli vrt-; ing, The minority vctc was talzl-nl alter a niill-lcltg SICiCL sc szon in which the Poem er dei-clucrl li.s conduct cf the war.

Dlladier at first refused to take a-nv part in the new government. but tcmght WPS rrported to have _ changed his mind and to havel agreed to error a Rcynaud CTJIYV! citiltr as l\lfn...ter of Dciince or of War.

Other reports were that Georges; Mandel vmulcl remain as Min star, oi Colonirs and tlrt Reyiiaurl him- self would take t-he Frreign Aiizvrs i portfolio,

‘The cahhtet crisis was F1Zll1L‘t"S first srrious wartime p"l1t‘cai up- heaval. DaladIcl- s-tppcd (loan af-' tel; being in pcwrr‘ alrroct two years. since April l0, 193B. It was

he who a: Premier, Fllrflgll sec/ ieiary and “M? Minster QTIiTVYi France ihrrtlsh the first 6

1-2 months of vvar, l

0m of the mlvri criticisms made rots that he hcid too many portfol- °_.,_ .

Mailretaaa Sails Frcm ll. Y.

NEW YORK l\';.ilcli 20_—(CP)-‘ The 35,'l3U-L0ll alllurctlliiia, tlitnl largest liner in Great brita n3 iinr- ' cariLLe marine, sailed twin _ min York at, 9.01 ocock AST tonight. I

rew ilgnlssliouc-a on lll‘c_‘ htflfli5 of, the big liner as she pulled auiuy:

i l . white ma; line: t.

_, gray, the lvliiu- reiania, a no ssel hauled inter; .ll-9 iauieus old British lncr that‘ was scrapped alter years of servlce.

l LL15 expected to be ‘followed by the

great Queen i\ll.ry WllU c ol.2.-.l> lll\' Hlnidifl licl‘ sclond only to the‘ brand New Queen Elizabeth lll the. soloist; tic-J. ‘lilo Queen Elzesaslh now is docked along side the Queen

ln- lv- . t? 1w u: an important

message to J cph S alin and Pre- i “hug

I I u. .- l‘. ll ltllaloioif. ; Fur evcral rlays reports l *J been l vs pr istcd in Berlinthatt um‘. that the hiaurc . . and‘ all irur in Ru sian reintotislvith the Qllfifln Mary would a. c 111B t. tile . would be nlllrlttd not later l ‘“"~-* <1 3W0’ Yuri‘ 114F194‘ him“

' th \f‘i'l‘G\V or Fr.- ‘ as .-, result

l

ALI. DIFF. Including mUlY portrait stumgzinof Stamps of mo ernisllc design, i Allcgury f

Charity, l design oi Roumuninn Crown, etc. An interesling “lot" from a country much in to-diiifl news.

llvy had l)1‘('ll t..(l up slim: lllC out- break of war. Tall: along lllc v.‘ front was that the liners llc piesscli tnlo service as trocp all operating puss blv nlross the Pacino Ocean iroiii Ailstralla.

ROIIMANI

King Carol U, 3 bring un- Fgrdinlnd and King Carol I

g: l.

l

30- I

Brim, bill. llllllOll"('L‘d he would n"- oonsllltzllllziis l l

l course of a radio address lust night by Hon,

.A.l*‘.

{Fat Fees For

Lawyers Under McKenzie King

l

Farmers’ Meagre Wage (‘entrusted With $200. A Day Counsel Fees Hus Living; And Travelling Expenses, All ltlxempti From Excess Profit Tax, l

No “dollar-a-year” man is Hon. J. L. Ralston, present Minister of Finance, who as Government Counsel on the Royal Commission on Wheat Marketing was remunerated by the illackenzie King administration to the tune of $200,- 00 per day, plus living allowance at $20.00 a day. pills travelling expenses as well! The total amount Hr. RlllSiflll received from this one Commission was $29,022.69, made up as follows:

F998 — — — — — ~ — - - - - -- - s25.r.7l.rm Living allowance - - _ _ _ _ _. _ gggl-(llll 'l‘rzlvclling expenses - - _ _ _ _ __ __ 951359

$29,022.69

The ffireilfllng figures. taken from a return made in the l nous“ "f (‘ilmmoflsl March l8, 1938. were quoted in the 4 DeBlols. “mg” D'

A PAINFUL CONTRAST

hllZRtl‘ ‘ . . - H _ ‘atolls _$220.00 a day, plus travelling expenses, has contrasted with the treatment our farm ~ r ‘ at the hands of the Mackenzie King Govern Us tlecafwd “'°"° W“ "The" “"51 be 1w irrvfiteerine ” andnliel: isles“? bac ' - . ‘ ’ .0 3 Ctl srllgllulefll‘ fol the “"5"” “whet “as promptly fix- - "if"? d: ngillrlntifnélS to‘ prevent them making any profit. "i pay “F $22090 l d"? i0 0110 of their own “"5" “lmds- ""1 "w: do not oblect to their political fond r, "mid"! exorbitant profits in leasing building; to the D¢pm-|:i.n¢ of National Defense and on Government wartime Conn-acts» mm ‘flan. Mr. DcBiois. “But to you, hard-working farmers, whn work rom the time the dew is off the grass in the morning until {he Set of sum-they refuse to give a livln‘ wage].

FINE FOR. THE LAWYER-S

Mr. DeBluis also pointed out that “the nine or ten shrewd lgwyff: Tin the llliwkcnzle King cabinet». In ‘taming ‘he “Execs; P" Ilx Act hi Include In the Wexfi; $31’; illlllit] forcefllfst September, look care to activity" This he assumed pro i. "om my prulessional ‘ ' f m"!!! that ‘while the farmer and busi- ness "m" Wm ha" '0 Pa!’ the tax on profits over and above the “V6539 full!‘ yBarS 0f 1936, 1937, 193B Ind 1939, the exorbitant fees; fhilfgell by 50ml! o! our legal friends will not be liable to taxation, for they come under ‘professional activity."

‘Hill Plait‘ ihhlllliii“;

Biggest

Raid iii 21v Sees 1050 lioliilis Dropped. (lly l" Hlllllvr-llll, i :i|l;. lwll l’rc~s Mull \\llill') l.().\'i)l_)_\', .\l€il‘Cll so —l (Qif Cllliic)—i3rit:iili rang w it ii

cheers tonight for the glilzllit fliers oi the Rqvai Air l- are —~>Iliill' of \\ll-'Illl lvvixc l» luv- cll Ul he C:lll:l<il;llls-——\vllli car- rlcd out the mass blanking at- tack on the German fortified l~lililll oi Sylt last nigllt null illllflv.

'i’llc R..'\.F. (ll'0l)l)(’~'l all t_.~!l~ mated 1,000 iflCtflltllilf)’ Illlcl li-fgli explosive bombs on sea- plane bases, hangars and other military depots of the is‘ ‘

ii ivzls the biggest li- raid lll history with at it‘ planes taking part in wall .

They dropped more bombs in six noun than Gcnnan planes and

zeppelins dropped on London all through the last war.

his:

Si)

Take Pictures

Today they flew back to take photogtrapha of the damage they had done and to drop a few more

l bclrlhs.

Willie air circles believed some Canadians 000k part in the raid V6 was unposslble to identify than

t

YE .

The raid had the same eftft-trt upon the public as had the C Spec bottle and the Altmark re- cue-ever_vbody had a smile on his

face. It. was p. national tmiie lo purge lingering Ngrcts over the ___..- _ .3-

(conttrlued on page 13, Col

‘THE FELLOW wWl-l THE MlLtiON SCHEME-jg FOR Mr-iisirlc. MONEY GENERALLY BoRRcws A DOLLAR FROM

l-us FR\END$\

T9" 9' Add?” ed in Kiltgston last. week, ‘the trou- ble Wlth Mr. King is that lie can- lwl cvlllllrclielzd any it-lioci- jilllcilig l country first and poitllfs scciid ill

Follovling is the text of Hon. Mr. DeBiois‘ address:

"May I l_- of all make it his thoughts.‘ His latest action in‘ l-l¢1'~'>u€hl.i' 0198i‘ that my criticisms scuttling Parliament and in de- oi the MlickcnZLe King administra- privlng the cit s..is of this com]-

tioil_arc not personal? I have great luliiilralloii for Mr. King as a clll- Iit-lcai campaign inc. gs is t-yrpi- turcd flCllLlCllHlll. gracious in man- lcal of Hitler and ccrja ily does not nrr and couteoils on all occasions, llnspire conflticlice_

try the use of the radio at the p0-

1i- By Canadian Press Staff Writer [noullcenieiils of our more c0nLl3BClS_ " ll

until llic election is over, lie . . l OTTAWA. March 20 —(CP) - The Prllnc Muilszcl- hall s". ell nei C0ll.5Cl'V£\il\/I' lender Mouton wuiglitl was not responsible iul’ in; nay the , i7ll.ll'g(‘ll l \ King government lt'llll|-S0illlt‘l‘b' vutl- lilis bclui: l.l~.§l,"l. lll trying to cuss electors in thcflcon- the Prime MHLSIUI’ “as not lcsr. stitueticics oi three cabinet lnuilslers fitnlblblt‘, Dr. lllaiiioii ualll-ccl by lulnollliclug large war contracts now who WTL».