MAXIMS OF A MERE MAN s gggstiaheos. T" daasdlal, Ieaadsd I001 gwmwa flusllan ‘Iwa Outs 59g pssduss like a mother- who “gobs olsrlco into everlasting Paper Covers Prince Edward, 1...... Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936 ma: 10 PAGES anus sunrises-unannounced (vlylallfillnhlllll-l-A-Il-U FETR (Tccl s?'A 'TE1tiEN1* 15E1v0 UNCED 11v ZEA CUE RENEWS. EFFORTS To END WARS tninollyllins A By - election finch: wire) , l-Jiaroid coiinoliy, Liberal candidate, won ‘a peeping victory ovor E. J. Budge, labor, in today's provincial by-el- mtion in l-loliiax North. Final m~ turns gave Connolly, a Haiiiax newspaper editor, a. majority oi 2,- m over his opponent. Liberals thus retained their ma- jcriiy oi ~14 in Nova South's House‘ oi Assembly. with a Conservative opposition o! eight unchanged. imlgnstlon oi Gordon B. Isnor who went to the House oi 60m. none. cieaicttho Halifax North vacancy. Conservatives did not en- tor a condidstgin the lay-election. Only 2b per cent oi tho‘ total eligible vote was polled in today's contest. Final iiguros gavo 0on- iioily 3,041 and Budge L001 commdrvtms __...._,. "Ice Alexandra let tho Arrows iiy, Forum tonight, 8" o'clock. L433’! "Cross Roads will cross sticks with Ammo, Forum tonight, o'clock. L483’! "Piayoii gains at Milton itink tonight, Mvers vs. loccnd Hornets. Skate sitar. ' ‘Ii-Ii "mam isucn rs ici- Christian Church pantry oele. mm "soc the cardigan llood Players in Cardlllll lisll. Marsh nth. , . Milli-Mali. 7 _i "Double iioador at Victoria, Tuss- dsy. March It'd. Pllfdfl games. Coils vs- rryon. Also Tryon vs crs aud. 10-519 ni-i-ii. "Dr. noddin is in his oiiico in Bouris ovory Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. n-saso-s-a-ii. "Oamlvsi at Pownal Tuoiiday. March lrd. lovoroi prises given. L-Iolc-fl-l-it. "Maple taais vs. Hawks. wilt- shire tonight. Ray ltuii roisroo. skating with music oltor Illgllia (c, r. s, Guardian's irsLwAX, March "Hockey, Alton Rink tonight, Bullion vs. North liver. Leap Ytsr skate liter. L-mi "Bordon Lino Oluio loading hogs, lambs. caivoo, Albany Wednesday. Mirth i. hours lo to o. L-mo "W"! at tho Forum March 3rd. Alexandra vs. Orcos ltoado. One hour's oksts alter. Admission 1i tents. ‘ - b-saac "Reserve Thursday, lurch so. ior ocmss-aoliier-Wood recital in Hearts Mellldill Hail. L481! "hat hockey in qrshamu Road "ilk ivnlsht. linperials oi Bethune Insist play Monarchs oi Molten- Iit-Wiamore 14am. L-sssi "H0030! It Hlrllfidld Wlllght. lllrslidoid Married lien vs. York v "Hired Mon: spit. Lifiiliirt so??? B Maritime Provinces. u December Nova Scotia Joins New Brunswick In Defense Of R igh ts Scheme To Scrap B.N.A. Act As Imperial Statute Now Reported To Be Meeting With Consid, erable Oppo-nifign, (0.1% By Guardian's special win) OTTAWA, March 2 - Attorneys generals ircm all the provinces, in. eluding two premiers, today ro- sumcd deliberations hero under chairmanship oi Hon. Ernest Ls- Pointc, Minister oi Justice, seeking to leach _roomon on-iho qilezticn oi constitutional reiorm. Lacking any oiiicisl confirmation as meetings were hold in private. reports were current tonight the proposal to bring within authority oi the Dominion Parliament wid-o powers to amend ho Bibish North» America. Act without recourse t0 the British Parliament was meeting considzrabie opposition from the requiring unanimous consent. P031511"? was advanced that no Pfilsrsss would be made at present on obtaining the amending power ior the Oonadisn Parliament or tho alternative o.’ complete ro-en. acting by tho loominion oi its con- stitution. M that event it was Ol- msted certain spodiiic amendments iiovod essential would bo discus- rod with s. view to immediate pas- sogo in ‘the normal way. iiiiiuiiiiis PLAN cuuiiiiii IIFFENSIVE From the aim or tho movement ior this rrioi-m. beginning at tho Dominion-l ovincisi Oorfmncc in . New Brunswick has staunchly opposed transfer oi the amending power irom the Parlia- rnont oi Westminster to that at Ottawa. . , it was reported that whuo all the other provinces remained agree- abio to this ohsnoe. Nova scotia and rear/promotes wore unwilling to go as iar as contemplated in the proposals boioro the committee. It had ibeen suggest-rd in a drsit arrangement drswn up by a sub- committee oi exports that clauses in tho British North America Act be grcuprd under (our categories, Duty In Desperate Effort To Stem Fascist Advance. (In Christian Ossnrie. (Jvlllfllht ms by The llamas hows Agency) Every Available War- “'4' --rlor Ordered On mi ARMYEBBIIRT [IETERMINES Other Japanese Lead- ers Meet To Select N e w Government Leader. , (B! Glenn Babb. Associated Press Stall Writer) (A. I'- ly Guardian's Special Wire) TOKYO, March l—-Thc iate cl a score oi insurgent ofllcers, under the grave charge-or disobedience to tire ierencc tonight oi llmy members oi the suprcms war council. 51x ranking generals attended the psrley, but gave no indication oi how drastically their subordin- ates who slew tour members oi the government lost week. and hold out akalnst loyal troops ioriour days, will be punished. Twenty-tour onicors, three o! them retired, participated in ties revolt. Two 0i them wont to "hors- crsbio deaths" through hard kiri. the wlie oi one oiliccr chose‘ death with him, s. third is in hospital Iron-i an attempt to kiii himself which tailed and the others are in s. military prison. ' While the general liberated. other leaders oi tho Ianpirc met at tho imperial Palace in soak s now leader for the government. Among ihcoo at the palace were three statesmen who had been marred ior death by the ssssuins in their coup last Wdfillflgl. ‘rhore were Premier _ who was oillcially "dead" ior three days-his brothor-in-iaw ~ moronic-assented was killed instead-q Prince siimmunchi dsioiiji. veteran older statesman who rarely fled ircrn an attack; and Oount Nobuslu Martino, iormor lord lrospor oi the privy seal. who emerged unscathed ircm on attack on his vil‘a. Prince Bsioriji. who is 8'1. was FATE 0F REBELS loks Probe Into iiigli Price 0f Farm Implements BULLETIN MTAWA. March 0-40. 2.) -'l‘lso Home oi Commons to- nlgisolnstruotedits Lfcultrsral Committee to open an investi- OITAWA, March 2~1nvesti- gation of "the causes underly- ‘lng the high price o! tar-in im- plements, with particular rei- erence to the advances in pric- es in i980" was proposed today in tho Home oi commons by lifted Johnston (Lib. Lake Oeu- re). The Saskatchewan member quoted figures to show the de- crease in iarm prices since 1900 and the comparative stability oi ‘ prices, ’ “ m- ductlon in the cost 0i raw ma- - tor-la‘. entering manuiccturo o! machinery. ids their gave details oi price lncrcozos announced. by imple- ment companies iorr 1030. He how the companies- oxpected to got more business . by increasing prices when the iarmeso’ purchasing power was icw. I1 they were seeking to take advantage of the great scarcity ofmachinery on tar-m.- an 111-, quiry woo wan-oozed. iiitilliiii "m" Ll Xi l.l.ll,N Hill ALBERTA Estimated out... or Province For Fiscal one being thou respecting racial and minority righis to which no amondmrnt cou'd be made without unsn'mous consent ot tho provin- (0. I. B1 uasroisrrs Special Wire) ADDII ABABA. March 2-40. P.- iiaVIo)-~ltlil0plc, with its back to the wall, tonight prepared loi- a ds- 13 I _ Q — fiimfifiallnli $55K’ s*."§°§.’§3 y iv 1 Premier-stash ho ins ifiriormod e M] '4 arrive at sci-cement on this tub- , oi thc Presbytery o? Quebec oi tho cos, tho others requii-in various 4mm o! mppon mm t . prom“ icrminod struggle to retain its in- dependence in the lacs oi tho istost cos. According to reports current to- day delegates wen. ondssvcring to m“ mvmn" Tonso and anxious as a result o! iniormatlcn reaebln hora imm the outside world whic recounted it- aiy's claims oi major victories, authorities admitted the war was entering its decisive phase. Capital Celebrates while this capital's residents were celebrating the odth anniversary oi Iimporor Menelirs victory at Aduwa. army leaders announced every av- ailable Ethiopian warrior would be huriod against tho enemy in two immediate ccunter-oiisnsivos, aimed at mom tho Empire's northern and oeut orn irontiers iicm the division oi tho clauses and dim- cuity was said in have arisen over the demand roi- fleeing moot oi the important provls no in tho catolory 1=:“"“J_--»----_“"“1--—~——" Funeral 0f Lats RovJnMaoLeod LAOHIYII, Qua. March z-Fun- ersi services will bc held hero Wed- nsday Jcr Rev. Dr. J. H. Mad- Leod veteran Nova Bcotia-bom Prosbybzrlan clergyman who died late last nizht ioiicwin an occi- dont three weeks ago w on ho ioli and iraciured his hip. Dr. MacLeod, aged 0'1, had lived in retirement horo ior about i0 years. l-lo was ior so years clerk enemy. Today's patriotic and reilgioiu celebrations were stirred to ievar pitch by the iirst-hsnd accounts oi Eritrean natives who deserts oral nodoiio Graham's southern Italian iorcos. ' llrltreano Revolt crushing blows dealt by tho Ital- “'4 4 gm. would times. lie was under hes police guard when ho arrived in t capital lai- sy. A government order dismissed second iii-out. Maia Yarnamcw, one oi the rebels. irom infantry sor- vico. \ Lieut. llemkiclr Acohima and his wiio committed hara-klri in their homo Bsturday. ioiiowing tho rit- ual oi the sornurais. eOhantIng prayers, the Lieuten- ant knelt beside his wiic-a short sword gripped in his hands.“ lie plun the point o tho swor in- to time“ side oi his abdomen and drew it across to tho right. Neat. despite his gain, he slashed his throat and io iorward on his iaco. l-lla wlio then ioli iorward on the sword, severing on artery. Both were round in the "hon- orsbte" position oi death-lying on their iacas. Japanese boiiovo it a disgrace m one who has commit- ted hsra-kiri to iie on the back. it be considered a weakness in tho lace oi death. (CI. By Glarlblfi Special WIN) IDMONTIDI‘. lllrch F-Cltilens or Alberta loomed today oi in- creased taxation when Hon. char- m Oockroit, Provincial Treasurer, bsicro tho um socisi Credit legis- iatuio in the world, delivered nu budpet ape-sch. 111cm will be a new sales tax on the basis oi two per cont o.‘ all commodities sold, higher income taste and a social service tax. to goplsco ‘tho present supplementary as. Automobile drivers’ licenses will be put on an annual ieo basis. in- stead o! the sent 'lio certificates, and it is sot ted this source will bring in increased revenue oi 0140,- 000 annually. changes in the iuei cli tax will added revenue. Mr. Gockmit estimated, oi 0200,- 000. “in increasing taxation to the §zi:.—-~* .__....___—:_——; (Oontinuod on Page 2) i Back Onto Engine. p43 Presbyterian Ohumh boiore anion °l sent into the south to bclotor Gen. and ior 3’! year! was clerk tho synod oi Montreal and Ottawa. Born on Oops Breton island. Dr. Macbocd settled ir. his youth 1t Livertcn, Que, and married liar- lix thousand Eritrean troops. Graaianfs arrniu rovolisd recently. it was reported, killing 0c white Italian odicvrs and many soldiers boion fleeing inward the lthiop- Emergency Declared As New York Strike Spreads 80 garet Ourrio who diodinimJbur i", miss. A mass rebellion oi all liritroan natives pronod into the Italian army is impending on both. (Oontimlod on Page s) Flashes loatossaewo 3 r chfdren survive, . and Mrs. Maclioill, Melodie: III. Purvls Blair, Ottawa, and Gordon ldaclcod. Montreal. E Late News ' muoos. llama o-(hosllil-(Lltl-A ankinswtflr today laid tlss IIUIIIU- i; i l . i cinnamon-nan. llarels b-(O-P-l-A some oi 081L011 was laiatoiewass gnarl-no ior tloo we i!!! i . Eli? ni it E ii i? ii i‘. l! (A. P. lly Guardian's lpeeial Wire) 200W YOI. . llasch Q-Now York's building strike. sudden and awiid-ln its spread to every sky- Manhattan workers would elevators and stoke iiroo to i. tho health and saiety or Yorkers. proclaisia a ocnioronee with the city's ocoanisofior, Dr. J. it. nice, Ildltll, i000 the illi- t: E ancial district iicrtly beiore the market's close. Union otilcials as- serted 00 buildings were aiiocied at tho iirso blow, including tho Hoi- iand Ploaa building, largest ioit structure in tho world. dlorncrrow tho big mid-town ho- tels. six department stores. and the Iimpin Btsta building, tallest in the world, as well as locksioller contra, ss-o on tho schedule unless arbitration is eiiocted. James J. Bambrick, president oi local 02-3 oi the Building lei-vice lmployeos International Union. said 10,0!) workers in more than 0,000 buildinso were out tonight, but added “we can settle this whole- thiriginanboirriitbemhorside isreeocusblo." iii P iii ii R is sAiii iiEAiii Til nistuss incl Selassie Willing To Negotiate Provided King Edward Acts As Intermediary, ClaimsiRepor-t. ..,.__._. LONDON. March l-(Trsesday) —The suggestion that Emperor llalle Selassie oi Ethiopia was ready to discuss peace terms, pro- vided King Edward oi Great Brit- ain would act as intermediary, wal contained in a dispatch to The Daily Mail today from its Geneva , ‘ Ward Price. ‘There ls good reason,” the dia- paocls said, "to believe that a. vs! important rnesageUimssa the Isla- pdrorwai recclvsid in London yes- terday and transmitted to Eden British Foreign Minister) at Geneva. . “Itiatotlaeeiiectthntillelrn- perm- wmsld be prepared to discuss terrnaoipeaooorrabaalsci status qrso-ltaly retaining portions oi Ethiopia which also has occupied- provided the King or England would act as intermediary. - "It is expected that Eden will reply to tlsls overture today." NOT HOPIFUL ROME, March 2—-(A. PJ-The action o! the League ot Nations in instructing a committee oi 13 to seek conciliation oi the Italo- Ethiopian war iaiicd to arouse pace hopes in . High Fascist sources indicated no propo~al could be expected from the Geneva committee which this nation could take seriously in the light oi recent victories in Africa. - They insisted Italy would not make peace under sanctionist pres- sure. (Dy Wade Werner Associated Press sun Writer) GENEVA, March 2-(A. P.)- Tho alternative oi conciliation or re- newed pressure oi sanctions ag- i ililRKERSIilliEil Crushed To D e a t h When Tender P".ls REVELSTOKE, B. 0., March 2- Flitcen men are known dead. one is missing and iive are injured as the result ct a tender roiling back onto a locomotive near Downio, 25 miles east oi here, early today. The crew had been working to place tho tender back on the 0on- adian Pacific Railway track. It had been derailed by a slide. The workers were crushed between the tender and an engine. The accident occurred at 3.20 a.m_ on the main line oi the Can- adian Paciiic Railway. Tho dead: . Hans l-isug, tralnmsn: J. R. Roland, telegraph operator; A. Durdo. laborer; B. i-lidamo, laborer; '1‘. Yamaguchi, iabo , B. Maga- mury, laborer, all oi Rsvoistoke; Charles Johnson, section iorernan Butte, B. 0., and 01811! not yet identified. Hidamo, Yamaguchl and Msgmury were Japanese and members oi an extra gang working Grave Diplomatic Blunder Charged» By Prrme Minister ' Italian ilonsulfa-eneraFs State- ment Condemned As “Ill-judged, Ill-advised And Quite Improper”. (C. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire) ‘ OTTAWA, March 2—Canada will make immediate rep- resentations to Rome to recall Luigi Petrucci if the Italian Consul-General makes another diplomatic blunder, Prem- ier King assured the House of Commons today. The Prime Minister agreed with J. S. Woodsworth, C.C.F. leader, that Petrucci made an iii-judged, ill-advised and quite improper speech in Montreal over the weekend by expressing his regret Canada applied sanctions against Italy. This was an attempt to take sides on a political} question, Mr. King said, and if made by a full-fledged minister, would result in his recall. TAKES LENIENT v_mw The Prism Minister said he would lake the more lenient view that Pets-acct made an error oi Judgment but ii he repeated "the government will have no optima brrt to snake immediate representations to the country concerned." Earlier in the day, Mr. Woodsworth said he load been hslormdd illll with Poor-nooks “connivance there was being built up a secret society [or the suppression oi anti-Fascism." Oiilcials, Mr. Wcodaworth laid he had been told, were paid by the ltalhn sevcmneno and practised intimidation over Canadian citizens. T r i - p o w e r ' Pactiiumoreii GENEVA, March 2~F0rslgn sec- retary Anthony Eden o! Great Bri- tain was represented tonight in un-v oiliciai British circles bl noperiu d! negotiating a tri-powor pact ansofll Britain, France Germany. Reports oi tho projector! ‘alliance, which were not omclaliy confirmed, saidthepsctwouidbobased on a desire by tho foreign minbtsr to pronnoto Franco-German under- standing. These sources said the alliance would include mutual guarantees Enlisted Recruits I According to evidence given to the 0.01‘. leader by a Montreal delegation some time ago, Peirucci held a nsceting at which he enlisted recruits into the Fascist organis- ation. According t0 the inform- ation, members were asked to take the ioiiowing oath: "In the namo oi God and Italy I swear to ox- eouto the orders oi I1 Duce and to serve with all my strength and, i! neoosary, with my blood, lira cause o! the Fascist revolution.” _ Appraise‘- -‘ alter the incident in the House. Petnrcci said he had no comment to make. I-le has been stationed in Ottawa several years. According to the 00F. leader, the Fascist organzi tion intimidat- ed Canadian citizens. Alter the House he said he had been in- iormed the society threatened to ostracise Italian-Canadians who did not join. He. had been told “threats were made, not merely o! bodily harm to Canadian citizens here but. also to relatives oi Can- adian citizens who were still in Italy." Tho 0.0.7. leader said ho had given to the Eirtzrnal Aiiairs De- partment 'aii the evidence relayed to him and he thought, it should be investigated carefully. Bnwh QIIW .- . The Prime Minister made no re- ieronce u, an investigation ai- thoisgh he expressed his opinion the speech in Montreal was "in the circumstances, quite improper." Mr. Woodsworih asked ii the in- terests oi naturalized Canadians would be protected. "Certainly the government will not permit intimidation oi any residents oi this country ii it la at all within its power to prevent it," replied the Prime Minister, sddipg, “and I imagine it has iuil power to that end." According to Mr. Wcodsworth, Potrucci spoke as iollows in Mont- real: "I cannot retrain from cir- presslng my sorrow because Can- ada is applying sanctions ~against Italy, sanctions which are dange - ous because they can bring another world war and which have dc- stroyed Ionic-Canadian tr a d e . which only a iew months ago the two countries were trying to'im- wove by means oi a new com- mercial convention. Attacks Sanctions far had been limited in develop- ments oi the Italo-Etlnopta-n war. German circles said Gcrmsny would welcome a iii-WWI’ II!!!‘ ment but not one which would in- ciude Russia. Eden was rtprosent- cd as iavoring the three-nation pact which might later be opened to Italy and Russia. hitch PRoincni. Dnucnfizizs Rtifuizti nowwmrs mar c BR\NQ FATTED CALHES ‘mm ‘EM O e , Moderate winds; partly cloudy and becoming a little milder; rol- lowcd by some snow or rain at night or on Wednesday "These sanctions," Pctrucci was i- qqgtQQ 5g ggylngy "gpnngf, gtop flgg (C. P. By Gllnrdllll’! Slltltlll Wire) .—_.___-_=. T Mgmh on snow slides. Opens In (0. P. By Guardian's lpooial Wire) SAINT JOHN, N. 3., March 3.- Thros oils-act plays were presented tonight at the opening oi the New Brunswick Regional Drama Iostival and three more will be presented tomorrow night. Two or the six were written by Saint John authors and are eligible ior an award icr the boot play written by a person domiciled in canada. The regional adjudicator is Allan Wade, lmidon, Bl I. Tonight's plays were "Over-tones," by Alice Gystemberg, presented by the Morrctou ‘Hidatrd Guild; "Pen- elope," by Mrs. George Koeio, John. presented by Guild oi Saint John, and - tho Bun ltiaos," by Dorothy 0. Regional Drama Festival The Saint 1dr. wads at the cursor-row mo Theatre night's porrcrsoaoconwiliboougibls "When icr ccmpotltlcn in the Dominion Allen, resuvalaeoorawa , 2—Minimum (Qonginmd on p", 3) an slglblllmllm tempcratureglza o W ll Akiavlk 30B 28B Edmonton d0 52 Regina 10 l Winnipeg 12 S! o ‘Toronto 10 ll _ Saint John mo» or 1i Mongol 0 16 - l0 Barn 1m 4 l! presented by the Mount Allison Hang-go m a git: Theatre society oi Sackvilio, chum‘ m m in m» w worm no» atfifiefifiwifi-‘Zlhm will be George H. Grirnaldra "Oir- Mam,“ "m" ' ‘m, sumstantlsl tvldenoo." presented by "m, m“ or “m; tho Oharicttotown Little Theatre ma‘ t,“ m“ mm,“ M’ u” 4'.‘.‘é'.‘:..t‘.‘3h'€..’2‘r.t‘~'..."‘& "is: - n- “m- - om Troupe‘... by chum in“; Sun sets thb alter-noon at 0.00 “noun duymlmwunum andrisoaimsorrowmornnsgatoso. ’ Pull moon Sunday, Idarch 0th, "it Couldn't Happen To loo," nu- u: tenbymnimaossoraaimecim ‘m and entered by the Saint scan w oomninity visas-s. , “ ‘“‘°“‘°‘°"“- whining ,5‘, a ‘l’!!! can Ina! I I’. l. have Tormensllo i rm r- so. may "use a Hausa B” do tide ll minutes later have Bordon IAI A, l. (Idea) ' ass-Ir