<1- » _ . . - as §\`§\`i\\_ ///7% 4- ._ _ t""""""" """""" ""'“;";;T*:°°° _ ` ' _ ,-2 ` “ '“ I . ~- . - , . _ _ . ' _?___‘§"/` _ _YA ‘ _ ' ` 1 _ A I! i --3; Hifi I - " ~ _ ‘///Q' nyou have .thins mutt tonne _ ;j_;Z _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ , _ “S . \“\\\ _ . __ 5 _ Zubxchknow It dAdIvl;."“-buyer. 'el/70 q A §`§r"\`v i thi! den not bring you the repo!!- M I -W “mn In , _, __ _ , _,_\`i - _ " _ | tion for It, mini-ee you. ` ‘ i s ‘ ‘o “' “Q Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew ' ' “Qi MERCHANT ' Llbernllty exereieed in a WI! *'*?T _ °»`f'-'i'-1’-35"-T-‘--‘-ii'-f».*'"'-'i~-‘-'»‘¥-‘S-°°'l!='»~ . CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA MDNDAY, MARCH 31, 1924 t.:“.';1.‘..’3“3I:2'.r.i".'.*l. JENIES H .Ill lHllH ntsnlllt Lo_ndon Report Is That He Will Manage Line fi3f|l|.ll[lll Hllll - ' IN Pll5l llllllil. Hllllllllll Safe Was Forced Open And Night .Watch- . _ _ iiiaii Missing Ili l In Old Country. Genoa' (Canadian Press.) -l.ON\D()N. Itiarch 30.-A report is , in circulation in London that Sir Henry Thornton, president oi' the Canadian National Itailwnys, is re- , tur-ning to England to take' over the management oi' the London, .\lid- land and :Scottish Railway, No con ilrmation of the report is avaliable LORD RODNEV iiiire as yep The .famous Admiral Rodney, of MON_TRigi\i,_ jiiiircii 30_W,Whii,3 ‘Bi‘ii~iSii i\|ti‘i0i`Y~ Wiiii l§i`i'i“i€¢i ii 'Pen' Sir llenry Thornton. president. ot' Simi ' '_°‘ way. (Canadian Preee) ROME, March 30. -An extraor- dinary robbery was committed a few days ago in the Genoa post. of- fice, wh-ere -two safes were broken open, and about 500,000-llre (325,000) in cash and another 500,000 llro in treasury bonds and 6,000,000 llre ($300,000) worth of excise stamps were stolen. The side door to the office was t’ound open early on Sunday morning quite casually by a telephone ln- spector pnsslng in the street. He was surprised and entered 'the building and was further surprised at finding the night watchman ab- sent. The safe room was in dis- order, and the safes. only recently placed there, had been forced open. He immediately informed th police, and an inquiry was be- gun. During the last week of tho month funds are collected lor pay- ment of the employes, und 400,000 lire worth had already been pre- pared and sealed and placed in the safes with some other sums. Re- pairs wer-e to be made on Sunday morning by the, safe room. and the key had been temporarily confid- ed to the night guardian. lie is rt young man of 25. and had enloyod the limited confidence of his super- iors. The police ltnvo so far been unable to trace hint. On Satur- day night ho left the small lodging he occupied, saying he Intended to remain away all duy on Sunday. I Galloway Denies Rumor. lntervlewell by the 'Canadian l’re¢»4s IJ E Galloway assistant . . ' ' 3 .' to the president, said that “there was fth- solutely nothing to it and that the tumor was definitely without t`oun datlon, lie thought that the rum. _____ or might have orilrlnated in the* inet ibut liady Thornton is _uointz (canadian `Pr°“') on 't visit fo l‘n ' , , _ . . ‘_ gland and that Sn PROVO' I wh’ Mumh 30‘ri3i\;fi lit-url' will join her later on a visit men are believed to have pe .-1 ' _ _ Bw. E i__ in _“iii _ today when iltfty were eatrerllt in at ;,?,__t__'_T_i__:_] wh mv le ‘xx J on dl sno\v~.~;lidv nettr Bridal Veil in l‘ro~ P _ __ . . vo ,Canyon near here. All hut two____‘gi__:;;_il§_l_1z"EEI'f_k_;g:_°Egssfgféigj wvm r”°`“"“°d` ' nllflnl about nn such ro) et but They wore ut work clcnrinz away " _‘ if i _y ' D _V ’ i_ _“___ _i__b__i__ _,__m__ a siim yesi0i.ii_iy ii_i;;tmtt.__v{ou d say there was nutt when the second avalanche euute _~S_ ___ _'i__ngc__iord_ vice_pmSi__eni d°W'“- _ ir. charge oi' operations, was equnl __ '__4.¢.¢,.....___».. ly tleiinl-te. He had never hezrrd of . the rumor, he said, but as tar as _ the resignation of the prcsideutwas concerned he would say “absolut P A _cly not." -__ ‘ -First Steamer ` , (Canadian Press) _ I , i.oNnoN, limi-olt :lo ---sir tfltiti-low, Sea,S()11 T0 Villiers St_ani`ord, the nototl lrlshi uontposer died todny nt his homo . here. (Canadian Press) 'l‘(tlt0NTO, March 30---With the arrival of the steamer Dalhousloi ' III I' ‘cu r sto th in st 'roronto ~ 2303'3'28`6|' 0 y `ltur,boi:ot`liis nie?-nth; rinvirtlgatlon on -*--1**-**"’ thi l kts to Toronto was opened 'EIGHT on NINE noomso Of Mr- G0rb9H inf. ,i‘,‘e”,,,,,,,,,,,,_ H0059 “'iiiii°i‘i» °°ii'~i"i“Y l°°“W‘l» -'* Captain Mnrlgold commanding AWB’ P. 0.. BPK 394- " the steamer was met by civic of- 2320329 tf , The death at Moncton last week iiuinis ami pmsenieii wiiii H nsiove ._._.._--------_ of Mr. G. H. Gorbell. general Swv- 'i,Ii,0g' lm, ,onion is iiwtmloii mmuai. *NOTICE-Ai-L HARNESS LEFT tary of the Moncton Y. M. C, A. and _iy io the fiitsi iiaviiiiiiimi bi-iiigiiig f01'i'€1Niii`9ii0t ‘iiiii@i|f°i"iii iiii\‘lY formerly secretary oi’ thu Y. l\'i. L. ii iiieiimei- ii, iiiis poi-L dBYB Wiii D0 80141- A150 SBVGTHI A. in this clly wus ruferrn'i|iii $325.000,000 was pass- ed Saturday by the House nad nent to the Senate. The total is $16.000.000 less than last year, and $3,600,000 ,ed Saturday by the House and DENVER. Col.. March 30.- Police riot squads were called out early this' morning to quell a riot in Capitol Hill Dis- 7-"l°*- Aliliroximately 200 men ii|1d.l10ys were engaged in fighting during which several shot,-; were fired. " It was reported to the police that men distributing hand- sine favorable to tho' Ku Klux Klan were attacked by citizens who are opposed to the organi- zation. (Canadian Press) CUMBERLAND, Md., March 30.-Six pe_rsor‘:, comprising an entire family, were report. ed today to have lost their lives at Mccooie, Md., twenty miles west of here, when their home was swept from its foundation and carried down the Potac River. All wires in the town were broken by the .storm and the report-could not be confirmed. _ __ NEW YORK, March 30. - Rammed by the British freight- er Cnstllean, in a fog, this aft- ernoon thc Fife Island light- shlp, with a gaping hole in her port quarter was proceeding to Tompkinsville, Staten Island accompanied by the steamer Dorothy Luckenhach the coast guard cutter Gresham, and the lighthouse tender Bpriuce all summoned by S.0.S. call. The damage to the Castilenn was not known. PITTSBURGH, March 30.- A score of city blocks in the lower sections for ,several mile, upstream were laid waste when the Allcgheney and Monogahela rivers, meet- ing here fo form the Ohio, left their banks In Plttsburgh‘s greatest flood In years. No loes of life wa; reported. Canadian Chairman Submits Report To L. of N. (British United Press) l.()Ni)0N, hlurch itil. -'i‘ht~ rv- < tort of Col. (Znrne it-, Canadian l ti for soute two or lhfelf Y0iii`i‘l'P`; 'I' HW in, water “wel ol 0,Vmi: fshnlrman ofthe l.e§ut1t‘rif Nations 0 cotnniittoo, appointed to cottsitlm' ftho problem of private mnnul'nc- turn ot' weapons and munitions oi wur is ready and has been far- wnrdedvto the I.eague's committee ot’ specialists which is scliotlllietl n meet. near the end of April. This committee, in addition to (`ol-Carnegie, includes representa- tives of Frttnue and italy. ilotuils oi' tho report are being kt-pt officially secret untlllho lneetlnl-1. Y-_ I 'l"I"l"I-‘|°'P'l°'l~'|'+'\"l' '|°'l'+\l"l~l»+'|'~l°'I‘~l'+~l"l"l-l~'|-l°~l'~|"l;°l°+~!»'l~'l"l°'I' HALIFAX NATIVE CLAIMS HE IS BARON EGERTON (Canadian Press) ' WINNIPEG, Man., March 30-Claiming to be the son of Baron Eqerion, of Tatton, Cheshire, Stanley Robert Prest, of Winnipeg, will press his claim as heir to an estate valued at $250,000,000 _and has retained a local firm ' of solicitors to represent his interests. _ 'ihe claimant was horn In Halifax, N. S., in 1893. and he maintains that his faiher at the time, was attached to one of the British regiments stationed in that city. Mr. Prest has made sever- ai ineffectual attempts to en- f rec his claim without legal assistance, however. 'l°‘l"l"|»°l"l"l"l"l»'|°'l~'l- _---<-Qél-_ llllllllll. Wim; B|i|[i3*P|l|N0E ElllllllR_ll ISLAND lll_§lH||([ SUM- NIIIN .......,. Gil BETTER t_xI>|t£ts_ nltslllll. liiiilili -~ tuvtillllvnll ii sents Island Case gi Before Railway Ii Commission at Ii Ottawa. _ Has Added Great-ly To Its Popularity ___ it Among People In Ti (Canadian Press.) Generialv Ti OTTAWA, March 30--in refer- --1 T once to the application of the ex- (British United Press) "',press companies for an increase in LONDON, March 30. -If Boi '|'it-Xpress rates, A. E. 1)e\var, repres- shevik money is backing Brltls h *ientatlve from the Yloztrrl of Tradmlstrikes for the purpose of embar- '.'|(`l\=1l'l0lle¢0WIi» P- Fl 1-. i\DD04l!‘0llirasslng the Macdonald Government v ' - s 'P!U‘.l`ilHY 8CC0ii'i1iil\iii0li ity L- L- C00k,`ment such money is being wasted. +tll0D1iI`llIl0li\ filiiiciiilifil Of the DD- So fur the effect of ench successive T minion live stock brunch, and pres-'Strike has been to strengthen the '|’ ented the case for P. E. Island. |g0vornm9nt not only among its ‘|' Mr. Dewar argued primarily fromifollowgrg but among the people ‘|' the stand olnt of the lsl'tud‘a ngrlc oiiemii *irlesplte the improvement in service the transport strike which cam ,as the result of the cur ferry. the just in time to iii-even; ii waikou land again in 1921 were prohibitive' ii, ees “iiicii “Guia have iii Lon. -Three men were entombed to l' _ . . ` when un explosion oi gas wreclttiil 2;-ixifaifieiitllfoicihiiiif Lfjmmissiimgr' Mri meii is “li immediate increase °f tt suction of iienshaw Mine No. 01 » ‘ ' ( C mpmsen H ve” 0 Six Shmiiigfi Wmi 9- fioiiiiiig liiiiigi on Ilirzamore Creel' near Shinttstdh the express companies-that he clear °f"~“'° `~`*mm“g5 mme t0 he adjimi' wpsi vimiiiia_ ` ` H___tu;‘_;‘_;3t‘;;tg°_§lf _I__lz‘;_;":““t:'i’_“' “tml ed on the cost of living basis. " S ng 9 "al ‘fs This applies to conductors in- Othnr miners m_'ty be trapped in . ~ 1 iiie “.0iki,ig__i_ ‘ §‘;_]0;°'°_‘_}01;;°':g°?0_§L_‘;:i1;__P'nE spectors. motormen and drivers o ‘ ' trams ami busses. 'The rlev matter and bring about un adjust g \\ith six cents tt dozen on eggs and ednttltv Ilopartnwitt ol’ Nat.lonalD-.*- ihme ami one i The probability is that a general fr-uso. An_()r I i I beautiful Crown Princess Helene of, Roumanla, in her regimental uni- --7 _,t Canon E. A. Harris outa Portshos _1_“_;A- ». o.\-non-RY, Maron :io -nonowin _.___ Mrs. Read had succeeded in get- A. Mr. Harris is well known as itouse and was returning for her of the late lliessrs. Thomas husband Wim had been overcome by Harris, of the firm of Ilarrin ifllfi the fliilnllnir ltousn I0 heronie the eminent ('.anadlau artist, Ili . If _ //antonio - E / » _-_ 3 Di; ll nan 1 `i vr he was once a member should sing, The address was read by Mr. G. *V - 'I , _ _,_»' " ' _...____-_------------ I.. Simmons and presentation mario j ' d"“’*-Mt ».{...f __-.I»\ 3 ` ‘ “Ut _ » / ._ .» ‘T “L4 . of his spirit and-character are so -- -- - M-_it-5 - -- - -_;_*__,__,;;__W-“___ and cnerously gave his services A Ernest Harris, who leaves this _ __ t g badly needed. I am auro we all At the session of the Charlotte- ii .it si.. no ; ai/». ._ _;__.,_,,; \ pray that the comfort and consnl- town ilaptist Sunday School yester- _i,i_,7_,: L _ _ __i,v'ti ' ,_ \ ation of the spirit of God may be tiny atternoon, March 30th the lol ,.., ;-_ -.....~- /tw/vm r ,.,;,,.,._, \ with those \vho stiffer. lander- lowing address together with it \. o _ / \ I1 ° g' ly K ' ' . r ~ fmt... it 5 v ' to tho congregation. His voice has morning to open up a Gents Fur- 95° J I s sta In , /_ »1 Mm ,m 0 _C S ‘ Q 5 _ \?> - _ 4 W/ Yi? 424 m/7: rand /.r ance/rt /e/‘ad gliiiel. llmoet new. 'l>\“i°°d ‘° °°n' ` ile we regret that it is neces- a oi-'alrite B. Compton 1 Co.. _ Delft ivan 2805~'l~29~2i (Continued On Page Thru) tif. ll". Hennely of on the poem- uu-.s. It, 1'. Holman, IM. ‘ fi0‘M3`r_'_', I (ieurgo E ltoltlllson how living it `f6UG,.i,\ u)@i<_- G-Q-'_`(" _ ' Vancouver, Ii. C. lt will there _Stxig-_Ei_\( -i-i_iiqU -i1i,i;__ _Lore iw itttet~ost.iti5z to his frlendr ,. . l..' _ i ' '_ w\<~\\‘E& AND “H '=-rl ?§”..fi’..~§3.‘.“,.f'i‘.i‘.. .i.'I.‘...f’.l`l?.`.if.'.i~ - BOSTTYOUQSELF AL.; _ of which he is rector was over UP ___ »(|__ crowded by his iiarlshloners and I Nwn-HA W L” tn itat inf I in _ _, _ Lu O E i_ Si- i , o r-rs.an< n a f-_cose o it A '~ oi- to".-..` o.=‘i`e.i`E° » ;;;;‘;1:’r, “rs . ‘~ 0" .ll QS 0 I A ver 5.2¢-£StLpli:;;;aEph of the SEASON' -" 'I 'l`o\vn Council, the Masonic Lode: Wiii`“ I ‘W5 5 mere md' y ` and the Presbyterian Church of tht me" "fm" ""cl""“9‘l abmn - im,-,,_ iii, weii iii, i,y im, Wiiinieni tntic sums that were spent form _ -oi-using and declared ° _ (contlnusd qn pgs, 3) couldn't possibly pay. A UV a Etc°'to nil of us, We I\A'l"Hi!.-2 cents par word each ‘|' before the railwa commission yes and formln u. revolutionary sentl» ' ' the year ending May 31. .___-_-£0-)'_*~*" Out in State of Il- (Canadlnn F e -Three persons were teen injured and many telephone wires and other ,damaged in B Wind Bl-Ufiii swept through south and Missouri at two o'clock this ing. CAIRO, ills., March 30. little towns in McCracken Kentucky, have been wiped a wind storm which is down from the northwe ing to meagre ‘hem over the only i into that country still ` The towns nnmerl as Sl., T whose total population is less 1,000. Favors Another (Canadian Prem.)- PROBING C. N. R. DEPOSITS \Slr Henry Drayt.on, who has MB!! seeking information in the F6d_9l‘¢,i I1-louse on the deposit of the Cani- dian National Railway of _one :nil- llon dollars in the Home Baiiii f May 28 last. The -money WAS W_'i'5K' ‘ drawn on June 2. -but the l'f9.ifi° t Banlcg annual report was :made lor increase ln express tutes in 1919 of me uiiiierg-round miiwiiys em. EXPI-USIMNUMI largel oilfset the advantagep y Y V p i Y don, from a transportation. stanl- isecured fmm the cm". f€fi"Y- H9 point, back a hundred y-ears, is _quoted illustrations botlt on incom-,ci-ediieii iii iiio piiiiiic mimi to pre. R E i_ii_i(‘_i__(_'_i_i;Ulr‘;i_iii§_ Iii`;i_fi“Clii W_ii;i`0 mier Macdonald personally and . . P. \v e ztilyw re L iii i ._ from 25 per cent. to 50 per cent of fimldon 0 ay is admmng y gran' ____ mf;,hif_‘;°55 "”Cl“_9 noffiie i"`_°d“°t~ hl The men struck for a flat in (canadian p,.,,_is) ,' - le 0" “*"’"”} “H5 "mc crease of eight shillings per week ' id with the evidence given (‘LAiiKSi";Ui1(~_ W,.a__ Mai..ii 31_ "_1_1Dm_5B'“ _ _ _ The proposition agre-ed to official ’ " nas apparent 111 the discussion iy ami iii-obnbly acceptable by the " \ll\Nll-Slllllll il lllflllll, li ilN.l\lllEll Bl iThree Towns Were ‘ Completely Wllwfl Vote on Union [ 'roaoN'ro itiornrao.-After su- ii cusslng the church union -bill for .l &- i-ioiii-iy ,four hours today the prlvaw ‘bills conlmitteo ol' the 0t't'tnl‘10 -IAS' lsiature adjourned to take up th# matter further on Tuoedayiexl- i' Previous to adjournment today all I ADVERTISING By Summon Lockwood ___._' ~ utcr would see him ‘our blocks out of his w -.ome advertised product, ,_ u his own mind that it \v s .gicrior to something not _ The reason that he mistake was a reason advert Ising--or all for that matter merely .imendmcnt proposed by H- A- Clif* ia., or nrookvttio, that tho Preow- ttrlans no asked to tnko another :om-‘ral Yolo 011 U10 Qii95ii0'“~ 'ha tlt~t`t\att~d li_\' u vote of 54 to 24. A DAILY TALK ON sla- ii. two ef i Toronto. cloudy -it 4 fresh north east ntures. - Montreal, Clear I Quebec, clear Charlottetown. clear . . . . Halifax, fair St. John, clear Beaton, cloudy - New York, cloudy 50 42 Sl 84 40 4! 58 GO ilmwrtion. **Wl1at.! Where] When! Prince Street School -Concert in the Strand becoming Theatre Monday the 31st inst_ colder with snow. . 2296~'%~28~3i. lligh tide this morning at 3-IR --- and tonight at 7.50. _ "In North Wiltshire Sun sets this evening at 6.28 andlnesday, April 2nd the \:~ .»»»~,#~.1» -l-'~'/ _ _> rises tomorrow morning at 5.30. gow 'Dramatic Cluh ` . 2 New moon Friday, April ith, 3.17 their five-act comedy a. ni. con". Specialties and sale of Summerslde tide eighteen mln-lily. utes later than Charlottetown. I ----- Maximum and Minimum temper- "Thn popular drama " will be its effect about it but lt upon D68