‘Chief was calle - § A CMAXIMS OFL MERE MAN cowardioeaudrasbness. True velour lies ball way between Charlottetown Guardian Two Oenta Homing Guardian. Pounded’ 15s’: ETQITAIIFV INTER l if?‘ // ,.._.._.__ "-1.2 Read by Covers Prince Edward Island Like ‘theliew CPARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 193s i l” 12 PAGES MAXIM! 0T‘). MERE MAN i? Ivn-soncballoliisld sometineeaneat dealworso, f-i Annual Subscription Delivered D7 llnil—l’. ‘l. 1., I00 $4.001 Canada and I. l- Ilfl LIV_L_‘.'L MBKEE HINTS BHMRMANSHIP nr cnmmmu Purchase Of Fire Hose And Unpaid Bills For Last Year's Pav- ing Work Bring Ob- jections. Conn. James T. McKee tendered verbally his resignation as chair- man of the fire l?“ light com- mittee at the moat iy meeting of tir- City Council last night. His aotion followed adoption of a resolution brought in by the tender committee aceeptinr; the tender of the Dominion Rubber Comipany, of which Mr. 1P. W. Turner s coal representative. for 500 feet of 2 1-2 inch fire hose. Previously Conn. McKee ’. seconded by Conn. J. E. Blanchard. an amend- to the effect that F. B. McLalneh tender for supplying Duniop hose at the same price, HAO per foot, be accepted. The amendment was defeated, Couns. McKee. Blanchard and Holman voting for and Coune. Dcu an, Mc- Intyre, Hennessey and andler ago us‘. Coun. f-lclnry Lapthorn was absent because of illness. Coun. McKee declared he be- lieved the Dunlop hose to be the best made and hat it had been recommended by Chief McEaoh- em and his de artment. The in before the vote on the» main resolution was taken and told the meeting that Dunlofi _se purchased in 1915 was sti use. Two lengths of Dominion hose purchased in 1029 had broken down. All the hose had had the some usage, he said. That ls hose in rotation. ‘ from lttee w was used surrey usssyft~ v an" ~ otoohueaamn of defeat oi his 178150.59 he believed the peoglgs money was not being used to t advantage Coun. ennessey had moved an amendment the amendment that the hose be purchased from ers Hardware but got no sec- s er. Discuss Unpaid Bills Earlier in the meeting lengthy place fol‘owing Coun. Holmarrs refusal, as e. mem- ber of the finance committee, to authorize payment of two bills. one from Henry J. Phillips for $2700 for extra material supplied while playing the “park roadway and the oi. er from ' e Standard Pav- ing Company for $047 for alleged less sustained when p, csr of ss- Ellzxslt was tumed down by City gineer Measervey. Argument pro and con continued between the Councillors for more than an hour and a half before it was decided to let the matter stand over until a later- meeting when City Clerk George P. Nichol- son would loo: up contracts. min- utes oi prev-ous meetings and other infcrmsdcn. Both bills in question were for work done under the previous council and payment was author- ised by Coun. R. C. Chandler. chairman o! the finance committee 155K563 on page li,_'C6l'._5_)_ CQWNG ‘EVENli "Borden Line Club loading hogs lambs. calves every Tuesday. Hours 12 to 8. L-SQB-lil-M-I-li-tf. ...".*‘°’°‘.....lt Mme...’ 0'33 ti‘. ‘°‘ , L-ao-i-aé-u "Cake Sale in aid of 8t. Vincent's rd? at L-lii-i-l 44-16. "Bu 1n live hogs at Albany mmfm=resrwt W » ' ' t-iav-aiiwi-u. '° or mm! mes ladies w: r. . 1. y. , rum . are RM. “m “m rl-xt-a-ra-n H0 “INTI. . Club. Ibrtiils- Cash Ilfllolifleimilh I disc ' 3f. m. wm W rebate. conch A. Murohhtkl m; - i Horse ..:... reg s... . c also have stock o er meats such as Beef Lamb f and earts . 1d e " iii“ “° .““““ ?-lil-ilm ..,~,~sprin¢oeu Dramatic club will t their t-sct oil! “The Vil- uwyern m! ' “fist”... u ifi-tt-ll-Il. [I 1 . amendment " but CE 05s FOR ITALY A T GENE vii SESSION 01-" CITY COUNCIL LAST zvzcgyr nrcnlil mu er Hessian To A spectacle unique in the history of the Province occurred 1n the Legislature yesterday afternoon when the Speaker. Hon. 8. B. Hes- sian, K.C., efused mint-blank to put the motion to adopt the report o1 the committee of the whole House on a bill unending the Mon- tague Incorporation Act. promoted bgmhls colleague Mr. John Mus- Speaker Hessian had previously denounced the amendments as in- valid because he claimed Montague had- at present no Incorporation Act and it was first necessary for the Ms r and Councillors to be "reborn and the Town to be re- lncorporated before Mr. Mustarifs bill could be considered ing every section. But Spa had to nut the motion of the com- mittee chairman. Mr; 5.1-1. Cox, to the vote. and this he flatly refused to do. A motion to wstdhhn from the chair while the vsl ity oi his action could be discussed, moved - Mr. Jones and se Mr. u to R)!‘ the purpose of reporting “pro- 811$." 0n resuming connmittee on the bill yesterday. Mr. Mustard sold the objection taken last week (by his colleague Mr. Hessian) had been considered and found lacking substance. He had been ad- vised by comlpetent ltsnl authority that there was no need oi s. “m. birth" and that no question exist- ed as i0 the legality o1 the town's Act 0i incorporation, ‘Not Going Through" After the vsnlous amendments in the bill had been discussed clause by clause and agreed to, the pro- moter moved that the Speaker take the chair and the committee report that the bill had been o- lreed to. . Mr. Hessian objected. He would refuse to sign the bill and it was, not going through Parliament, he declared. Ton or fifteen words in the bill would cover his objection and the town of Montague a legal body. As it is, they are cov- ered by the Criminal Code. He cited changes which were neces- sary in the Georgetown Act under This was t0 d0. "If I 8-m- Attorney General has "limb! i119 bill. why are you ob- 190N118?" he demanded. Ml‘. Mustard Mayor and Town Councillors oi r. essian: ‘ nym- M11020! e. um M lddm for it." e u not Mr. Mustard mid that Mr. Hes- sian had himself offered to re- model the bili fiv six do , and give the tOiW§l‘:1r"l‘d7iI1 "‘b8i.lt bdagfltiuflbt dons so. ' xttor- m screed to without unend- rné motion carried. Hon Mr. Heaien: "It will never is Home." Hon. Mr. Allen: "I 1nd - geet that you ledve m bill-uln Speaker Rides Roughshocl Over Colleague ’s Bill Point-blank Reid-ml or Mr. Speak- Put Motion To Adopt Committee Report Throws Liberal Legislature Into Confusion. lioaxer’: Shout 0f “Fire” Blamed For Theatre Tragedy (C-P. By Guardian's S lal Wire) 8A0 PAULO, Braz , April ll —-A hoaxefls shout of’ “fire” was blauncd today for a. theatre stampede last night in which 3i children were traunpled to death. State authorities said a careful searzh of the theatre disclosed no sign of a fire. The victims, between eight and l4 years of age, were crush- ed in a of 2.500 patrons for the only unlocked exit. The management said careless em- ployees were res cnslble for ruling to unlock e usual em- ergency fire doors. r C‘ all u police anzhgcvern-h SUM SUIIGHT Congress To Be Asked For Five Billions. (AP. By Guardian's Special Wire) WASHINGTON, April 11—A p0- tentiol $5,000,000,000 p am of spending-for-recoveiy too more definite form today when President Roosevelt and his advisers agreed to ask the United States Congress for increased relief appro rlatlons. They also canvassed ts - billties of broadening the federal government's present housing sc- tivities, such as the United States housing authority's TOZIBATI of clearing slums and b ding homes for low-income groups. Senate leader Barkley (Dem- Kentucky), spokesman for a. up o; Congressional and adml tra- tive leaders who met with the Pres- ident, said they decided works pro- gress administration would need 1,250,000,000 in the first seven gfiniiis of the fiscal year beginning y . Reflecting the serious inroads oi the recession upon employment, this estimate indicated a relief bud- et of a proximately $2,000,000,000 or the u;l fiscal year, com ar with the tentative $1,000, ,000 ted by President Roosevelt in his budget message Congrms last January. The current year's fig‘) appropriations total 8 .160,- Whitney Sentenced To Prison Term NEW YORK. April 11—-(AP)-—- walted in e cell ht to be tak- 54-118 llillmlflfflnr PENDING m Warrant Issued For Charles Lanctot - Two Others Will Follow. BY WILLIAM STEWART Canadian Press Staff Writer DEB-EC. April 11 —(CP)—'Ill'lo litt e old man who resigned as Quebec's assistant attorney-gen- eral. when investigators opened fire on the province's late Ilbersl regime faced an arrest warrant tonight s. sthe outgrowth oi Public Accounts Committee revelations. The name oi’ (lh-arles Iianctot. K. C., was on the warrant sworn out on instructions from the de- partment whore he wo-zxked 46 years. But the against uhe frail and .-.bedridden septuo- ment officials. Mtaln Silence Maurice Dulplessds. investigating P re mic r wlhose legislative committee lg digging deeply into the financial history of the old government, would not say wlhait tlhe accusation was when he an- nounced i-"suanoe oi’ the warrant to the committee tzday. And police prlgmptly clamped down a tight nce. All Duiplessis would say was that the warrant was based on evidence pried out by the commiirteeand that it would one of three arrests s/pringln from disclosures made before e probing legislators. The Union Nstionale Premier would not name the other two persons. but said they would be arrested before the end of the week. ‘(There will be on arrest today and two others during the week." he asserfed. uuusgnna: m Restitution Necessary 0n top of this announcement. the Premier declared Edouard Lacrolx, Liberal member the House oi’ Commons for Bea-nos. would be "required to make restitution to flhe province's tress- ury” of money he is alleged to owe the government. Duplessis spoke fit after Philippe Glmaiel. director oil gasoline servccs, had testified the Eastern Oil Com- Dllll’. in which Glmaiel said La owned 55 per cent of the stock. had “deirauded" the pmv- ince by not paying tones on gaso- lirgrt sold and on__gasollne used Canadian Navy In Vancouver Harbor Guardian's Special Wire) (or. B VAN UVER, £211 11—Four de- stroyere m: the yal Canadian Na. dropped anchor in Vancou- ver bor today. in by the Skeen by Captain Victor G. Brodeur. ‘ four triurshi the Bicen- $— no r, eney and St. Laur- ill rem: here until Thurs- day when they (Otllitinlled on H! 11, O01 5) m-(AP) soil to i». B. Q, Canada's Pacific naval base. French Premiér Drafts Plan For Drastic Decree Powers xmbthmutnhmen sflialdisminltliigvehflsregim uleeerve r. . said the strikersm designed to s women dieem ate the resigna- BhmrsPopu‘ Front t. Qh-ik however ed roads and almost impsssabl (Continued on 11389 B. Col. 7) Inverness Doctor Makes Mercy Trip OHEITOAMP, N. 5.. April l1- Dr. J. L. IreBlano -of this northern Invmiess County village was buck in his oilfice tonight after s 00- mile round trip over snow-blocked s moun- tain trails-second within a week -to save the life oi a. seven-year- old lll with pneumonia. Dr. anc gm the emergency lcall Saturday. District residents offered their services as ides. By horse and team. sleigh motor truck and on horseback and snow- g east wind and ret a near-blizzard made the urn even more hazardous. ‘The trig Cheticamp end beck took Isetweekhewascolledtothe _ dish-lot on a meterni case. @1110 Canadcfs Favourite Tea a . JAPANESE ARE PREPARINGFIJR BIB UFFENSIVE Move Troops And Equipment In- to Shantung To Avenge Setback. SHANGHAI, April l2- (Tuesday) —'I‘rairioods Ja in a moo agnlns ed Japanese at Yihslen continued to hold out against repeated (hin- eee a. . admitted their threat to Tainan, provincial capital, was ed aside as the Japanese re- iniorceunents ssse through that T0 INTENSITY DRIVE In the opinion of the foreign military observers there was no question but that?) as m were wooed-If tensity e Shantung of enslve tremendously by using seasoned and the 183653 NlllDm-ent to avenge Chinese attacks at Taierhchwang. ese reports stated trainloads oi Japanese infantry cavalry and 81111161’? units from Jenni Province in Manchoukuo, were be brought intothePelp andTlen inarea and hurriedly t iited toward south- ern Slumt cum “Ema u. ir t ese case e roo oc- Bllbisd: sev r ilfiisien oral villages and were shellini; e 1%, but still ., _ o Japanese - , with nerd REFUGEES SEEK HAVEN Chinese reported thousands oi refugees were str into Shanghai. fearful of new hostilities in the vicinity of Slmgkiang, where heavy Japanese reinforcements were said io be spreading for 10 miles east and west of the Shang- hai-Hangchow railway, southwest of Shanghai, in an effort to stop the guerrilla mi . Indicative of how close the flight- ting is coming to Shanghai, s. rit- lsh woman residing just outside the International Settlement in the Hungiso area reported she was awakened to find guerrillas operat- ing a l1 ht machine-gun from her frontyarg against a. group of Jap- anese soldiers on a. highway. Relates Story Of Terror And Grief GOODSOIIJ, Susie. April 1l— Terror and grief of four little children, shut 1n a shack for seven hours with their father and the body of their mother, whom he is charged with killing, were describ- ed saturday in court when Mat- thias Vflgel, 34, received prelimin- ary hearing. Magistrs e Georges Hebert com- mitted Vogel, a homesteader, for trial at the next Battleford sssizcs on s. charge of murdering his wife. Rose Vogel. 30, mother of four children, all under six years of ge. The woman was found shot to death March 31 in her home near Goodsoil. 100 miles northwest of North Battleford. _ The eldest of the children. A. girl not yet six weeks of ago, lisp- ed m a Coroner's jury at the in- quest before thc preliminary story of the trsgecb’ enacted in the backwoods home. She sold her father had ordered her to feed soup, which her mother had made the day before, to a baby less than a year old, while the body of the mother lay lees than two feet sway. Was Native Of This Province BIUMONTON’. April 11-40?)- bodyof aux-an found in the tchswan River here Sunday was lderltilled today as that of McKenzie. 76.141‘. Mc- lgrensloner. dis- m TIA, "' -»—»..-_..-_.t...._ . t _ . W. R. DENNIS Minister of Agriculture HON umrrs -NEXI STEP ggnnnsn Danzig A n d Meme] Loom As Next Ob- jective. (“mpg-N G Special Wire) B , April l1 — Chancellor Hitler's next step 8k we}; gfltebated u, - e g-rea s 3§§.§‘“<>§“¢on?1sln¢§ oever accorded him. His creation of a Greater Genn- any by annexation of Austria 13 drew (he approval oi more than 99 per cent oi the nearly 50.000,- 000 persons who voted in Sunday! plebiscite. Gennsm speculated whether he would be inspired w "take mull} action on other Nazi unfinishfli. business. Issues seen as particularly l1“!!!- lng in this connwhlfln W911i 1. The minority problem of the 3.500.000 Germans in Czechoslo- vnkia. 2. Reunion with Gennauy oi for- mer Gennan te tory, such as Mlcmel. now a part of Lithuania. and the Polish corridor with the Free City of Dsnzig. TO PROTECT MINORITIES There have been frequent rei- erencos in the last two months not only by Hitler but by his right- lmnd men, such as Field Marshal Hcrnmnn Cor-ring and Hopoiganda llil-iistcr Paul Goebbels, to Genn- anys determination i0 protect Ger- mnn minorities outside her bound- aries. ' Germans in Danzig and even in Memel have left no doubt that they long to become a part of the Greater . Some observers feel Hitler may allow some time to pass while he and his aides direct consolidation of Austro-German union. __The__Deut§c__h_e__Dl omatigch Po- (Czmtinued on page B, Col. '!) object they had in mind Activities of the Department of Agriculture were under review in the Legislature last night, when the Budget debate adjourned with Hon. W. H. Dennis still holding the floor. Mr. Dennis was preceded by Messrs. Baker and Cox in the de- bate. He was at one point while dlscusing the return of two Percheron pure bred stal- lions. owned by a Montreal brew- ety. These horses might have been retained and used this year, he said, for the fact that (the brewery became aware that there was considerable dissatisfaction in the Province. as it was claimed the only object the company had in ere was to adver- a certain orand. to the company they immediately wrote the Provincial Department, re- gretting that under the circum- stances they could not see their clear to supply any more horses, as sppsmvntly the peopleof the Province misunderstood the Mr. Angus MadE-‘hee: “I under- stooditwssnotthewish ofthe brewery that you should sendback their horses; I understood it was the wish of the members o! this House. Ilrnow I have got a 1mm- asking my opinion with regard to the/t matter and I understood that every member got a letter." Hon. Mr. Dennis replied that Mr. MscPhee was "exactly right." Be- ing anxious to ascertain the WiSrh$ of all the members, he had con- suited them. but there was only "s. very. very small proportion“ of the members who wished to see the arrangement with the brewery discontinued this year. He had no hesitation in saying that he him- self was not one oi’ those wlhc thought these horsm were doing any injury. However, he respect- ed the wishes of the members who thought differently. When the brewery was informed that there was objection to the scheme, they notified the Department that they would discontinue it this your. . Jones sold a vote hscl been taken by the members on the question. Why then was it nec- essary to send out a questionnaire? He appealed to the Deputy speak- er (Mr. Wright) as to his recol- lection of the matter. Deputy Speaker said he un- d-exstood the promise was given inst year by the Minister that no action would be taken this year without consulting the members. Opening Remarks Hon. Mr. Dennis first paid trib- ute to the memory oi’ former members who had passed away during the recess. It was the ambition of his de- partment during the year, he continued, in make it possible to show a marked improvement in the hog and poultry industry oi the Province. “My reason for this," he said, “is on account of the; fart that it is the poorer fnmiors we wish to assist. and they mn ho- wme established in poultry and hogs more cheaply than they can in an. other class of live-stock of the arm. and mums come i0 ll”! on these two lines principally, but not for ting the necessity keepi touch with the other activi u in connection with live- (Conilnued on page B. Col. 3) LATE C NEWS FLASHES to ht the 400,000,000 foreign oil industry. MONTGOMERY Ala- southern United States m» crops and pro w Mississippi two from ramps killed and l6 here. Troops were A,- Gensrai ner, Kurt VIII Bohuchnigg cabinet, had was a member of the court martial Nasis implicated in the 1984 pntech geibert Dollfusa. open c: direct way to important croseroor-s in Leticia nliies northeast .l._._. __--n_-nn-n~ru_ MEXICO crrv, April ll-Great Britain that Mulco was motivated by "polltl April 11—(AP)—l-‘lood waters receded in the baring th bile Gen-gin. counted tl dead. Alabama two, and r“ streams. In Agirli ll-JCP-Be t )—-T igiud communal riot begntesn n3“... and Hindus called out and curfew in: HAIF ' " AIYPII ll-(APV-llmnbs explodin in police investigators aboard a petroleum officers and injured seven other persons. VIENNmuApril lh-(CP-Havan-A rumor here tonight said Major W In Zoh tary of Stale‘ for HENDAYE, France April ll-(AH-Spaulsh Insurgents strivinfi to Barcelona today ewe t into l4 Regalia, contro ing Province, .s Iiaplta is a short distance ment resistance stulch disputed the lnsur ent (TIlFSiIII of the Segre Riv- er at liaiaguer yes-erday dhninished as L ’ in a note made £11110 desire" in exprop ting oueauds of dollars damage to persons were the hlmil of workers’ train y killed three National Defence in the ted suicide. General Zehner which imposed death sentences on and nail of Chancellor Eu- of the city of Lerida. Fierce govern- cneral Renee's forces pushed Reason Discussed 0F cmuum For Discontinuing ls 30mm Brewery Stallions Hon. Mr. Denn-ig-Makes Explan-l ation In Course Of Speech On Budget. Messrs. Baker And Cox Precede Him In The Debate. ;Seek Settlement Of Outstanding Dispute OBSTACLES L O O M Russia And Chinese Refusal Seen At League (By The Canadian Pma) LONDON, April 12-. (Tuesday) — Soviet Russia, and Chinese refusal to rec ognize at Geneva Italy's. Ethiopian conquest may kilfi the projected Anglo-Italian agreement before it take effect, the Daily Herai (Labor) predicted today. “The Anglo-Italian agree- ment may be killed next month in Geneva before it comes into force,” the Hero ald’s diplomatic correspond- ent stated. “It is essential, for agree- ment, that the League Coun- cll shall pass a resolution‘- releasing the member states from their obligations not to recognize the annexation oi’. Abyssinia (Ethiopia) “Such a resolution, to be valid, must be unanimous.” “Most of them will eer- tainly vote for any such" resolution,” the article said.‘ of the council members. “The South Americans may abstain, but what of the Soviet Union_ China and New Zealand? New Zealandl may hesitate to make things so difficult for Great Brit- ain, but surely the Soviet Union is bound to vote against any permission t0 recognize. “And there is China. How can China possibly do any- thing but vote ‘N0!’ Open- ing the door to recognition of the annexation of Abys- sinia is opening the door to recognition of M n n c h o n- kou.” LONDON, April ll.—(A.P)--Greaii Britain laid the groundwork today for a new friendship with Italy. She- showed her willingness to recognize the conquest of Eihlopm against which in 1935 she played a leading llelilnlbeiessvs Jlffiillell-i‘ 5'1’: (Continued on page 8, Col. 7) \ Abuse (NY NEVER Qcfs VooLEu (W103 cu 1Hs SAME 411mm. Y METEOROIDGICAL SERVICI Toronto. April ll - Mlnhnu m an: maximum temperatures: Dawson 22 Ail Vctorls. 44 l6 Edmlgnton 22g i: Reg a Winnipeg M i? Toronto 32 00 Ottalwa. i4 lid Montreal i) d2 Quebec 8 4B Saint John 1R I8 Halli x a 34 (lharottetown l6 IOBBCAIVIS Maritime Provinces: southwest to no hwest mostly cloudy and somewhat mild- er with light scattered showua. ‘u: s: nerve" v "1 on n g a . Sun sets this evening at 6.40 and rises tomorrow morn at 5.21. Full moon April l4, .21 m. Summer-side ide l8 minuee ilk.- er than Charlottetown. THE CAR FERRY "Leaves Borden 0.45 a. us. Leaves Tormentine 194ml. prn I‘? I.