c sanined. gave confidence to others , Whit that we were in a palm"! '4’ Honour la maintained by simple living and lost ii: luxury. , '|lurnlul Guardian. rounded new charlotteiown fllllldllll Two Cents \\ Th.) Wiles Paper v.2. nmr //// - x, l. I ...y ‘ R000 .31 i Covers Prince Edward Inland Like the Dew ‘ “ cnautorirar OWN. CANADAYTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929 ’ Annual Meeting OfHOlQI Company iii Decision Reached To Sell‘ Queen Hotel And Wind Up Business Of Charlottetown Hotel Company, Annual Report The l-Imilll meeting of the Char- lot town Hotel Company, Limited. was heldin theBoard of ‘Trade Rooms last evening. There was a very large attendance of shareholders, all anx- ious to hear the report oi the oom- pany ior i920 and the contemplated changes in its affairs. i Mr. W. K. Rogers, the president, presided, and with him at the dir- ectors’ table were 1st vice president, Mr. S. A. Maoheod, 2nd vice presi- dent, Mr. G. D. Wright, director, Mr. T. W. L. Rrowse, and the secretary- treasurer, Lieut. Colonel D. A. Mac- Kinnon, D. S. O. The president called the meeting to order, and the usual formalities of annual meetings were carried out. Ho then read the following address: l PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the Shareholders of the Charlot- tetown Hotel Company, Ltd., Ladies and Gentlemen:- We herewith present you with a report of the affairs oi your Company for the year 192B and for the months oi January and February, 1020. we have included the months of Janu- ary audFebruary so as to clean up various accounts owed by the Hotel Victoria and thus give you a more satisfactory idea. of the position oi the Company than you otherwise would receive. We Directors meet uiith you, our fellow shareholders, in tho same room where we met you nearly ten years ago, and were elected by you as Directors of the Charlottetown l-loiel Company, Ltd. During the in- terim we have lost one oi our most faithful Directors, and one oi our greatest friends. We refer to the late Lemuel E Prowse, whose action on behalf oi himself and Senator B. C. Prowse, in subscribing for a vcry large block of stock at the time when the Company was being reor- nnd thus made possible the purchase oi the Victoria Hotel. That is the Only break in our Directorate, and it has been very capably filled by the appointment oi his son, Councillor T. In Good Financial Position. -, and also have a margin to the good. ‘transient trade and we are glad to Shows Company make s. lot of money out of the Vic- toria Hotel. For ten years we had put tremendous sums into impggvg- ments and furnishings and only ,a year and a half previously had spent $20,000.00 in building a new helps’ quarters, new dining rooms] new lav- atory, etc., etc. For years we had also foregone dividends in order that the money might be spent in 1m. provements which would make the Victoria more efficient and more comfortable. The‘ only satisfaction we can take out of the event is that there has been no loss of life, nor any injuries sustained by anyone through the fire. Our statement will show that there is sufllcient cash on hand to pay the shareholders in full for their stock While this may not be considered as recouping them for the non-dividend years, yet it will afford some satis- faction. A new, large, modern hotel to be built by the Canadian National Rall- ways seems to be a surety, and if so the loss of the Victoria will not be in vain, because a. greater institution will arise that will attract t‘ uaand-t more guests and give them greater comfort than we could expect to give in the Victoria Hotel. The Directors wish to commend to the shareholders the excellent part played by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown in their conduct oi the Hotel Victor- ia since 1919, when the Company took over, until its destruction on January 12th., 1929. We are sure that the sympathy of_all will go out to them for the severe ordeal they have gone through and hope their future may be so pleasant as to obliterate un- pleasant remembrance of the des- trnction of the Victoria Hotel. We are pleased to‘ congratulate. Miss Lena. McQuaid and her staff on the management oi the Queen Hotel which as usual has been quite satis- factory. Owing io the destruction of the Victoria Hotel the Queen is now meeting with a large share oi the say that patrons are pleased with the accommodations and food prov- W. L. Browse. To-night we have o very dificrent‘ "can to make than that made all previous annual meetings, a IYDOTil which shows the total loss by "W °1 Your Victoria Hotel.‘ an institution which served the public well and was highly thought of by the travelling public all over the American contin- ent. It has been in one sense a very severe blow to the shareholders in that we had arrived at a stage when: ANNQ NCEEviENTSH. ooh a EVENTS. Macrmcs. arc ‘irumve ul r1 for at. Peters Horse Mensa‘ y 30904-947 "Oi l h it Hazelbrook Wedn “h 18E till 10.30 am. w. -r. , aou-i-a-zi "Dr. plift, M. D.—Start now home prevention‘ euro. iaurdv Station. west- fliqlter Co., N. ‘IL, ‘U. S. A‘. ' " MWl-d-lQ-S moa- .,___ "Annual Meeting of Afton Hall will be heiq on April 10th at 1.30. _ . 3084-4-0-li. “The regula. n11 meetin! 01 the ladies Aidroinoithe yP. E. Island Hospital, e. 1 in at. Paula Parish w,“ W Beam‘ afternoon. Avril 10th, at s. arp.- S088-4-0-2i w"fllub max-i am at m. Stewart . idzd. ' was also dill i" mflimm" m‘ We thank the Royal Bank of Can- ada for their part in looking after our accounts during n"! Dist V011‘- They have alvrays given us splendid service and We are Bfefllly 1949M“ to them-for many courtesi-zs. W thank you for your confidence in electing us as your Directors for s0 many years. and hope that this year as in the past you will be satisfied; with the statements we hi"! W?" pared for you. We have all given. regular attention to the affairs oi thfii Company and no Director has r6- cmed any salary whatever for ser- vices rendered. sighed on behalf of the Directors: W. K. ROGERS, President. on. Maelnuuorl. lit-Colonel. secretary-Treasurer. In moving the adoption of the 1'6- port Mr. Rogers lpoke oi the Milt that, the directors had been working harmoniously M80319! 1°’ " 1°“ mm of years, mch Iivifll 99mm‘? able time and effort to the all"! 0i the company. He W08 llfQlld '40 "Q i‘ such a financial success throlllll t!" long mm of years. H! Flu Q “"1.” “mule m Mr. and Mrs. H. C. BMW“: who had been the manller and man- ageress during the entire pill“! W“ m; present shareholders hid W"! u‘ Cont?“ “my hm given faithful "mo, and had made the name of w, i-rqtsl Victoria one to be envied in the hotel wqnq. Min MW!“ he; splendid malts @ . mwmfliim Quayii Hotel ans agement oi the would mean that an Act would have IMWIII particularly for the mum W ti" NEW POSITION I i" , / . . Col. ‘James’ flow in the Bremen one year ago, has entered private life as an expert in connection with the new Long Island flying field. The "Eula-r monthly meeting of the City Council was held last night in the Council Chambers, His Worship Mayor Yeo presided. and there were present, in addition to the Councillors, the Acting City Recorder, K. M. Martin, and the Milk and Meat Inspector, Dr. Croken. Before the meeting was Opened, His Worship the Mayor- introduced Dr- MacDonald of the Halifax School for-the blind, who asked . for as- sistance for the work among the blind, naming the sum _oi 8400.00. m! Wwhlp promised t9 ‘take into ‘ aflon at an early date the niiiini PASSES iwii Sudden. Death In Alber- ton Yesterday of Well Known Physician. The Guardian regrets . to chronicle the sudden death of Dr. E. J. Keir. of Alberton, which took place yester- day evening ‘at 6 o'clock. The doctor was about his duties yesterday as usual and apparently in perfect health. At four o'clock he took sud- denly ill and passed away two hours later. The deceased was one of Albertans finest citizens and as a physician en- joyed a very large practice. having spent almost his entire professional career in that town. He was born in Maipeque, a son of the late Dr. Keir. Besides a. sorrowlng widow 118 leaves to mourn one daughter, Mar- garet (Mrs. Matheson) in New York; two sisters and three brothers, namely: Mrs. D. P. McNutt and Miss Annie in Malpeque and Dr. Edgar in California, to whom The Guardian tenders sincere sympathy. there aincelthe destruction of the Victoria by fire on Jan. 12th. Mr. Rogers complimented the secretary, Col. MacKinnon, for his faithful ser- vices and his excellent», handling of the finances of the company, stating that remuneration had been offered him and repeatedly refused. _ President Rogers also strongly 011l- phasized the part played by the direc- tors Messrs S. A. MacLeod, G. D. Wright and T. W. L. Prowse. After the recent destruction of the Victoria they had to use a. great deal oi inas- ment to cope with a. difficult situa- tion requiring a. lot. of time and ef- fort on their part. They deserved the hearty thanks of the shareholders. The president then called on Col. MacKinnon to read the financial statement. This the Colonel did. BX- plalning the various items and in- titing enquiries from the sharehold- ors as to anything that required fur- ther explanation. The statement clearly showed the present position oi the company and was very favorably commented upon by all. _ President Rogers then moved the adoption oi the report, seconded by Col. MacKinnon, which was carried iuienimously. This business disposed of. the PW- sldent stated that the very import- ant business before the meeting was to decide whether the company W05 to continue or whether it should be wound up. 1i it was to continue. it to be passed reduclns the caaltal- The shareholders would then receive a dividend in cash from the fire infill‘- ance money now on hand. Their pre- qent were; would probably be reduc- ed in vain. to gbptlt one half, and the Queen Hotel would be carried on. The alternative pourse was t9 wind up the company and sell the Queen Hotel. lie stated emphatically that the directors, although holding a lam wqlvertlm at the ill-tea. were not coins to influence in; roasting we w! 9r "v 9"!"- Iv m" weave! ta yo with the a arebeidm request that Dr. MacDonald had made. After the minutes of previous meet- ing had been read and adopted, the payments of bills certified to by the finance committee were continued, and others authorized to be paid as read. ' . The health ofilcers report was to the effect that three cases of Diph- theria had developed sinoelast aqua. cil meeting. Dr. Croken, Meat and Milk Inspec- tor, then read his report, which, on motion was adopted. It showed that there had been condemned as unfit for food and destroyed two carcasses of pork, and twelve portions of car- cusses. In reply to a question by Councillor Holman, Dr. Groken stated that the meat was alwaygatnmped when in- spected. . Councillor MaoLeod of the Tender and _Public Property Committee, a1. luded to the difficulty of cleaning up the market square, and reported pro- gress ln the matter oi the guns at Victoria Park. An expert had examin- ed the condition oi the guns there, and reported on the urgent necessity for repairs of the entrance to the market building. Councillor MaoDougall, for the Market Committee. said that their committee had made plans for im- ya ‘ of the Market House. Che Police report was read by Councillor Holman. He alluded to the problem raised by dogs at large. Citizens had been bitten of late-two of them only that day. The problem is serious and must be met. Many dogs in the other provinces are rab- id, and there is danger. Councillor MacLeod also emphas- ized the danger of dogs running at large. He felt that something should be done about it. His Worship also was of the opin- ion that some steps should be taken in this matter. I During the month there had been a total of 25 arrests, of which 10 were for drunkenness. 24 were con- victed and one dismissed. Councillor Rcardon oi the health committee read the sanitary officer's report. ' Councillor Maul-cod paid a tribute of praise to the sanitary officer, and felt that his report should appear each month because it is well worthy oi it. Councillor Foster then read the ea- tlmates of Street Committee. The programme fo permanent work was as follows: Hillsboro Bt.-Grafton to Euston. Lower Queen St-Water toDrink- ing Fountain. Richmond St-Queen to Pownal. West Street-Richmond to Kent. Church Street-Grafton to Rich- mond. Y King Street-From RailwayCroes- lng to City boundary. (Concrete base only.) There was some discussion over the above programme. and also on the rrflsramma for graveliing several streets; the oost of which was esti- mated at 06000.00. . Ills Worship emphasised the fact that the attitude of the citizens was strongly in favour e1 pqrrpqngpt streets. The programula planned eleven years ago had been carried out with one stow-tut oi eon- "WW all“! Fumble 8' - w strongly of the opinion that a perman- w n ent roadway should be bout out from MonthilyMeeting ‘ 0f City Council Programme For Permanent Works Brought Down And Approved. 0n Kenslngton Road. All the coun- cillors expressed themselves in its fa- vour also. Cflllnvlllor Foster agreed with Cflllneillor Prowsa that it would be a good thing to go to the legislature ior the necessary borrowing of $15,000.- 00. Cfllllwlllor Prowse brought in a. re- solution that the legislature be peti- tioned to insure 5 percent debent- ures oi $25,000.00 for permanent work. Councillor Foster said that the cost _oi the work on Kensington Road would be some $7,000.00. Councillor Dougan said he would be perfectly satisfied if a concrete base was laid down on King Street. Resolutions were accordingly brought in covering the permanane works names above and authorizing the city surveyor to proceed with the same, gl-SO resolutions calling for tenders for nine uniforms for tr- po- lice, and the usual resolution cover- ing expenditures for materials. It as also resolved that an electric- al and building inspector be appoint- ed for the city oi Charlottetown. In this connection, Councillor Kennedy. Councillor MacDougall were named by Ilia Worship to bring in a report on the matter of a code of building laws. ' A resolution was passed calling for tenders for the re-dccoration of the Market House both inside and gent- rance. In éompliance with the wishes of the City Surveyor, who desired to bc relieved oi some of his duties, a res- olution was brought in by Councillor Foster appointing Mr. J. P. Nichol- son as Consulting City Surveyor, the appointment to take effect on May lst at his present salary. In this connection Councillor Foster paid a tribute of praiseto the excellent work which has been clone in the past and is still being done by Mr. Nicholson. Councillor Prflwsa also praised highly the splendid work of Mr. Nicholson. as did Bis Worship, who felt that Mr. Nicholson, who is a wonderful man both physically and mentally, despite his eighty four years had done splendid work forihc city in his 29 years of service. Councillor MacLeod also added hLs tribute of praise oi those of the other Councillors, commented particularly on the manner in which Mr. Nich- olsou had always faithfully co-oper- ated with the Councillors in working for the improvement of the city. A resolution was then passed appoint- ing Mr. Harold Messervy as city Surveyor, the appointment tc date from May let. Councillor ltlacllougall thought it would be well to have a resolution passed and carried to the govern- ment to cause outside contractors coming to the city to employ local help exclusively, unless local men wok not available. Councillors Foster and llolman al- unialr competition, and they strong- ly supported Councillor MacDougall in his remarks. There was then some discussi a over the question of the School Board Estimates, and the school situation in general. The question of building a. high school was con- sidered, in view of the present over- crowding. (Canadian Press) orrawa. April a-'-a mm amount of 884540.00 has been NU for lnJuries received in the service by the compensa- tion board of New Brunswick to Canadian National Railway em- ployees during the Iiscgl year- ending March ll, 1020. llon. C. A. Dunning. Minister of Rail- ways and canals, stated In the home this afternoon. Nlljfl YORK. April l-A bomb hull In apareel post llfilltleil to Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. wntuln- _ ta mct-s. up suns; err“ a as aerial u w! W“ rm WW '1 IDIED RECENTY. ABOVE r4 me last picture taken of Myron T. Herrick, United States ambassador io France, who died re- cently in Paris, following a severe heart attack. 5TiliMENl HE Iii ALUNE BASE Number 0f Communi- cations Sent From Ottawa To "Mr. Mas- sey, Canadian Minis- ter At Washington. (Cnnadian Press) OTTAWA, Apr., Sl-Fbrmal re- presentations to the United States government with respect to the I'm Alone incident. will probably be madtrliiflapni. Vincent, M05891. Can- adian‘ minister at Washington to- norrow. This was stated in the house today by Premier MzicKenzie King. He slated that n number of com- munications ‘ltacl been sent from Otlmv-a to Mr. Massey with regard to the Tin Alone, the last of which wont today. The‘ prime minister made his brief sinlcmeill; in answer to a ques- tion by Hon. R. B. Bennett, leader oi‘ ihc opposition. Mr. Bennett ask- ed ii o. formal note had been des- patchcd to the Washington govern- ment dealing with the I'm Alone and l if so, ii’ a reply had been received He asked the question, said Mr. Bennett, because oi the uncertainty created bv news dispatches some of WiliCh stated that o formal note had been scnt ivhile others said this was not the case. niinuns llillllii. (Special to The Guardian) so expressed themselves againstsnch‘ TORONTO, April ik-Ontnrio school marchers “"110 have been on a trip to the Unitril Status, returned yester- day plcusr-d with what ihcy have S0211 and licnrci, to quote Pennsylvania Itoilroiul iiéllfilli. llnrold E. Heal, wl.0 hcird as mssici- of ccroinoilios. Some oi’ tlicin saw Proslilrrzit lloovci" at the IFriciuls Church iii Washington Eas- ier Sunday. “Both are charming.“ was ilie way others spoke oi tho Hon. and Mrs Vincent liiziascyi, who‘ received the party in ilin Canadian Lcgatlon. Miss iBarbara Smith, one of the ‘Toronto teachers, did not. think that the New York slorcs are superior to those of Toronto and was not particularly impn-sscil with the spring fashions. She docs not like the amount oi rouge that American girls use and attacked particularly a powder em- ployed to give that Just-back-from- lilo-seaside tan. ‘While in New York the ilarty‘ went over the gigantic _F‘renrh liner PParls". ln allnbout 1B5 made the trip. incluiliiig 100 from Toronto. The othm: \l‘(‘l'(‘. from Hamilton. Sudbury, Wcllanrl. Ottawa and Wind- sor. They loft Mznjcl: 28. From'Wasb- irigton thry ivcnt to Atlantic City and after a day were spent four days in New York. dynamite and was merely of the variety known an a "scare bomb", bomb squad detectives sane-Wood today. vFiidaymMay 3rd at 8 p. m. May 3rd. The Guardian has pleasure in an- nouncing that the Oraiorlcai Con- tests, sponsored by it in this prov- ince with the oo-operation of the Department of Education and the Teachers’ Federation, are now ap- proaching a successful conclusion. The school contests have been held and, as a result, fifty representatives have been chosen from twenty sis schools, who will compete in the Dis- trict Contests, which all take P1305 on Friday, 19th inst. at the follow- ing places and hours: Kings" County, at _Montague, in the Oddicllows Hall at 8 p. m. Prince County at Surnmerslde,‘ in St. Mary's Hall at 3 p. m. Queens County. at Charlottetown, in the Zion Church Hall at 4 p. m. Charlottetown in the Zion Church Hall at 8 p. m. At these contests, three represen- tatives from each district will be chosen to compete at the Provincial Final, which will be held at Zion Church Hall in Charlottetown on The names of the schools andi representatives taking part are as follows: ' ‘ fi-i iDistrict Qratory Contests To Be Fifty Pupils Representing Twenty- Six Schools will Compete at Sum- dmerside, Montague And Char- g lottetown — Provincial Finals KING'S COUNT! Murray liver School I Claire Brehaut. Helen Rtyliflllii. Janet MacLeod. Souris High school John Macmtyre, Doris MacDon- ald, Ray Leerd. ‘ I New Perth School Lloyd George Dewar, Helen Merg tin. ' Rollo Bay West School Willard Reid. Little Pond School Jack MacDonald. South Lake School Roland Earle MacDonald. Cardlnn School I c. .. . . Lucy Revillc, Isobel Adams, Her- i-r-i- -Continued on page 3- LAPUINTE I5 SPEAKEH Hon. R. B. Bennett Not To Participate In Budget Debate. (From our own Correspondent) OTTAWA Ont, April 8.-—The budget debate this afternoon dcvel- oped no new features oi interest ex- cept the speech of the Hon. Ernest Lspointe. Minister of Justice, who made his first public utterance since his return after a period of illness. From (-19 point of vicw it was a disappointment, although couched in his usual clear, expository lan- guage. Ho disregarded what may be regarded a5 ihe local aspect of the tariff and discussed it from an in- ternational point of view. The econ- omic conference oi Geneva in i927 had considcrod the whole question oi rirlifs so far us they related to inter- i if Dorstvr ' , 4o at: BA? You CAN ., (‘.000 Furs q NQil-llN’ i.» fresh winds, unsettled with local showers. High tide this morning at 10.37 and tonight at 11.03. Sun sets this evening at 0.30 and rises tomorrow morning at 5.25. New moon ‘Tuesday. April 0th, 4.09 l1, m. Silnimersldo tide eighteen minutes national trade, and the conclusion was arrived at that the general effect was economically bad. Al- though the United States was repre- sented at the conference and its rep- resentatives concurred he did not attempt to explain the present attitude oi the nation. In effect, he stated that what the United States did was its own business. Canada must define its own economic polic- ies. It is now more or less definitely sure that the - vote on the budget will be taken tomorrow. The Hon. Mr. King will speak, and the Hon. Mr. Robb will wind up. The Hon. R. B. Bennett it is understood will not: participate as expected. It is under- stood that this is out of compliment to the Hon. Hugh Guthrie, who cov- ered himself with laurel: in his speech at the outset. So much has his effort been appreciated that 150.000 have been printed and dis. tributed. Canada 1s planning to send one thousand birds to the World's Poultry Congress taking place in London, England, in 1930, observes the Agri- cultural Department oi the Canadian National Railways. O-O-OO- -IOOO-O-O~O§QQfi-' tionderr». u Specials BATE-lo be! word nei each insertion in this column - Q9§0§§4+¢Q+O§O§§O§§O+OOO$ wZNrcn- a (lanolin. cilws McDonald, Mermaid. 3078-0-8-31 UMBRELLAS It E P A 1 R E D 110 Prince St. 31034-941 ALL ORDERS FOB FERTILIZER should be booked not later than April 13th. As usual terms cash before delivery. Peter MacNutt 6b Son, Malpeque. P. E. I. 3097-4-9-31-3 WANTED-A GIRL, ONE WHO has had some experience at feed- ing Job presses preferred. Apply Irwin Printing Co., Ltd. 3i LOST-LADIES WATIBMAN FOUN- teln pen. Please return here. . 3000-44-01, fir: lwagrgeo Pa! KQFGaR l on v e1 rt non. . aid-Tau I-‘OI. SALI A1‘ TOMMY NOONAII‘! Albany, Thursday. April l} choice horses picked from later than Charlottetown. 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