. ' ' 1 » -_:ev ~ ~~-if .: __~,;_ 1 _,_,,,.l. ‘E MAXIMS ` N, ,W ” ‘ I Maxims ‘I .@- ‘r A., ora l"` » - ora / 'lic nd » 1 realli!- if is it is Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew \\i Ulllilllmnil GUARD//w _. A ' Z? The Psailel' i"__':f;:'\°"=Ihiii»v'i'§i°I°.I.f.Ii"fi`-'Fl nh l IutEill1‘elErl¢l»"In:E|°;;:;,:_ ,;;|".:: 3:' ‘mlm the order ll nc. Plllied 'uh mymenk CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN g STRIKE CAIIEII IN TEXTIIE INDUSTRY .Xl Order Curtailing Pro- duction G i v e n As Reason For Walk- out. (A. P. By Glurdlufg Special Wil-G) WASHINGTON, May 80-A gen- eral strike in the United States cotton-textile industry was called tonight and at the some time came a threat of a waikout in the coun- try's other greatest industry, steel, if union demands were not met. Announcement that he had or- dered a strike effective Monday came from Thomag F. McMahon, President of the United Textile Workers of America, simultaneously with s statement from steel union leaders demanding that they be ac- corded the right to choose their spokesmen for collective bargaining. Threats of a cotton textile strike had come almost immediately fol- lowing Hugh S. Johnsons order last week allowing mills to curtail pro- duction 25 percent. The order, to be effective for 2 weeks. was assau- ed as bringing a. flat corresponding reduction in Wages. Johnson gave as his reason mounting unsold stocks in the in- dustry, with decreasing u.n.filled or- ders. He ordered the curtallment should be made without bringing shutdown of e. week or more, and that weekly reports should be sub- mitted to him in determining whether or when it should be re- scinded. ‘f'I'he issue at stake," McMahon said, “apparently ig whether the workers are willing to accept a 25 percent wage reduction. The ans- wer, based upon telegrams from our workers in the north and south, is an emphatic 'no’." McMahon made it clear the strike order would not be rescinded unless the production curtailment order, granted at the request of the cot- ton textile code authority, was can- celled. "In comparison to the steel strike,” a statement 'of the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers said, "the pres- ent strike in Toledo, Ohio, involv- ing only a few plants and a few thousand workers, will be insignifi- cant." The statement, signed by repre- sentatives of the “rank and file" of the amalgamated, did not refer directly to Mr. Roosevelt's promise, in signing the revised steel code, today, that elections for workers to choose their own representatives would be held under govemment supervision. This, though not made a. condi- tion to signing of the code, was in- serted fn a definite attempt to stave off the threatened strike in mid- June. The steel union officials in- stead spoke of the "Weirton be- trayul.” The promise of elections in the Weirton case. they said, had proved “just so much bimk." They gave as reasons Mr. Roosevelt's "inability" to enforce elections-though they said he could have done so “had he been more stringent"-and as- serted “there is no guarantee of tha right of collective bargaining or union recognition if the election is held." “There is only one wav." they added, “to avert this strike-for the President to invite the directors of the American Iron and Steel In- stitute (industry code authority) t0 the White House for B conference with the Amalgamated Association in ordar to obtain compliance with section 7-A of the Recovery Act and article four, section one of the steel code.” “Minimum” demands were listed as a 30-hour week with $1 an h01ll' mrmmum wage, improved working conditions, and "the establishment of democratic means, unlike the autocratic company union.' 0° H2- gcnaw with management- 'rney gold they would have no further statement to make pending a conference tomorrow with Chair- man Wagner of the Labor Board. Will Not Change Prices In N. B. rc. iv. ily ouaraimu swirl Wirsl r‘n.isDirR.1c'roN, N. B.. May 30- A poposed reduction in the excise tax on malt used in the manufac- ture of beer will effect no chanifo in the price of beer sold at store! of the New Brunswick I-i0U°1' Oorltml Board, R. G. Fulton, chit! commissioner. said today. MY- FUI' ton explained that recently UW board reduced beer prices in an- ticipation of a lower excise tax. he would undo the promise oi' I strike in mid-June until cometh! ix concrete resulted from the P1151' dentisl utterance. J Graduate Nurses N Receive _Diplomas II Commencement Exercises Of Charlottetown Hospital School Of Nurses Held Last Evening. British Cabinet Agree The graduation exercises oi' the of us this is merely an annual event Charlottetown Hospital school of as ans so many other of the con- Nvrslns were held last evening is sratuiatory incidents in our daily ea Rochford Square Assembly Hail. ll atives and friends of the graduates. f There was a large attendance of rel- 1 o Six nurses received their diplomal W ture We see another class go h as have the classes before it. may be interested to a. degree ves. ’I‘o us it is purely an objective rt _ e from Rev. Dr. G. J. MacLellan, V.G. but we may soon forget them. To They were Ulderie Anne MacNei1l. the young ladies present the occas- Mi5C0\10he§ J0Si2Pha Mary D&R0¢hcS. ion is of more moment. They have EII DEBT (ITE Illll BE IIISPATCHEIJ On Proposals Which May Lead to Final Settlement of Prob- lem. (By Fmnk H. King, Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, May 30-The British Montague: Helen Mary Mcqarvilie, most valuable years or their lives, Cabinet may f@"l‘f“’@d me Wa” MiHC011Ch€$ Com Frances Grunt. contributed at least three of the Ki“i¢0l`9-I Helen Mary 5010111011, three years of the splendour of their debts! Situation and is ““d‘3r5"°°d o ' n u have agreed upon proposals ch, if acceptable to the United hi Following was the programme are most active, into the work which States, Great Britain hopes will ey have just completed, We con- lead to a. final settlement of the Gsorsetown, and Lucy Beta Goody. y nth, when all their faculties are '10 LUN 05 most potent, and all their energies W I B Commencement Chorus-S D U t glee Club, Rev. Fr. N. Poirier, Dlrec- atulate them therefore, on the oblem 1'. 5 r , pr _ ccessful termination of their en- The immediate Objective i5 £0 Violin and Cello Duet-ia) Sylvia, Remarks by Chairman-Dr. W. J. Violin Solo - Reveile” Vieux Presentation of Bouquets - Mary MHCMiii11Ii. their close associates, realize the ' n . . _, _ ' _ t temps-Kathleen Hornby. could have foreseen all that is now Presentation of Diplomas. quite clear to them, might have hes- deavours and on the achievement of keep Great Britain out of default None but they, their teachers and m at even some of them ,if they te ltated before the task as it would be Speaks; lb) A Perfect Day, Bond. by that goal which three years ago they without havin to ay more than Kathleen and James Hornby. set out to win, a 8 P token on the $75,000,000 install- ent due Jung 15. Saliitatoiy-Joscpha DesRncl1e. arduousness of the task which they debts note to be dispatched to Political circles expected a new Solo-Arthur Mclnnis have just accomplished. And I think w ' ° asliiiigton tonight in time for the xt to be available at the White use before noon Ho . This would enable Neville Cham- be , x- rlain Chancellor of the E McPhee and Florence Blanchard. presented. Those of them who at graduates, given by Dr. L. B. Mc- Kenna Solo-Clarcnce 1;ineau. that time had a full realization 0 Address to Gra uates-Dr. L_ B. the task before them, we wish to McKenna. congratulate the more. However, to- M commons tomorrow afternoon' Valedictci-y-Lucy Coady, night is their gala night and let us Reeit-ation-“'riw and of a Nurse‘s wish them God-speed and the best Day"-Blanche Griffith. ‘ol ,have set themselves and the duties t ADDRESS T0 GRADUATES which they hong] prov; ‘picture them. n _ 'Let us forget e a ts and to- Following is the address to the night speak only of their virtues. my method of clamping down °n oi’ wishes for the task for which tiiey Nursing is perhaps the oldest of ll professions and at the same time I 8 we are assembled here this even- probably the rg-it imivewj- There ing for the purpose of congratulating 7i------- six young ladies. To the majority (Continued on Page B) New Brunswic Brunswick remained hazardous to be slightly less serious. as a. result seven new fires sprang up at var rain to relieve tinder-dry condit-1 ions. Relief in the form of provisions. tents and other equipment were being rushed to the s.ricken resi- dents of Oliver Settlement, Resti- gouche County, where all but three buildings were swept away by flames yesterday. Housed with friends and relatives at St. Quentin, Whlte's Brook, Athol and Campbellton, the women and children of 19 families, about 120 people in all were fed today under the direction of pro- vincial govemment authori.ies, while blankets, tents and equipment were being sent from Military Dis- trlct No. 7 headquarters in Saint t John, to alleviate the congested situation. Rc-es.ablisliment of the settlers on their lots is the aim of 1 the authorities. 5 The men of the stricken settle- t ment were still engaged tonight in h fire fighting. Forty women and children of the settlement remain- 1 ed quartered in the old settlement church, one of three buildings which escaped the flames. Reports of alleged incendiarism N and infractions cf forest regulations at various points throughout the province were~ being investigated h tonight, although officials directed 3 their efforts chiefly toward fighting the fires- The outbreaks in Resti- gouche County were spreading less rapidly tonight due to the wind abating. The Kedgwick-Oliver Settlement area fire, confined to the east side` of the Restigouche River, was most- ly in old burn in only a few places have the flames infringed on' green timber. covering an area of about 22 miles by 10 miles, the fire had spread tonight down Grog Brook. and along the railway to Mile 17, a. distance of 19 miles.l C k Forest Fire Situation ls Still Hazardous (C.P. By Guardians Special Wirci Crews of fire fighters were work- FR.l:`DEIR.lCTON, N. B., May 30 ing 8.l‘0uhd it in the lines of a -The forest fire siiuation in New horseshoe. Similar manoeuvres : Ca ‘ P0 re being followed at the Squaw ' ' we night, Although conditions in the p blaze, which was under con northern count es were reported to 1,; ol at its eastern €!\d The Mitchell Settlement fire at of strong winds subsiding, at least Restigoucns county, although un d er control, smoked up today- Fil' lou; pglnls in the central and ies in Gloucester County, at Alcida sou'-herii counties- Weather fore- lsettiement, Free Grant settlement casts held no promise of immediate ,and along the Tilley road were re- rted under control. A number of new fires SPY’-D8 UP. owever, during the day- 008 Of hese was on Pisiquit Brook. eisiii iles east of the Chatham-Ba.!hf rst highway. Men were rushed here to investigate but up toe ate hour tonight no further de- aiis had been received. cutting a four-mile swath hrough small spruce in the area etween upper Golden Grove road nd the shore of the second Loch mond Lake in St. John Coimty. nother fire destroyed one farm- ouse and several barns, at least o summer camps, and damaged o other farmhouses. A hundred men aided by 9- Stiff would have reached a clus.er of immer cottages at the bottom of e second lake. Flames were ading towards the Barnsviile ea, four miles away. tonight but e-fighters were hopeful of tum- g them in a less da.\1s¢f°\15 dire* n by dawn. A new fire occurred also in rthumberlsnd County, along the ngarvon and Renous rivers. mmenoing about one and one- lf miles up the Dungarvori. On road, the fire headed across vxind turned the blaze just before grunted md Crown lands toward the 'I‘ru.nk Highwly between B!a¢i¢° ville and Renous, and even across the highway, a. total distance oi five miles in a long, narrow about strip. This blue was being fought tonight by large crews, and the expectation was that it would be under control tomorrow. Another fire sprang up today at Marr‘s Corner, near the Kings- Queen county line. north of Sussex rews of fire fighters were sent (Continued on Page I) _____.__:>___ __ I V n_i.VV ..__... ;;.__;.____.___...____.___...________..._.. Cheers and lnvlgorates chequer, to make a full statement n the debt question in the House but whether this schedule will be followed could not be determined exactly tonight. Premier Ramsay MacDonald in he House of Commons this after- oon adopted the usual parliament- discumion of an important problem under delicate negotiations by ask- ing questioners to repeat their in- quiries in regard to debts in a. few Whatever iranspires during tile next; week, no informed observers in either parliamentary or financial circles expects Britain to make any more than another token payment. If the suggestions Britain makes offer no basis for negotiations, fin- ancial circles believe the govern- ment would be forced to a. clear cut default rather than face the storm of criticism which would be aroused by the full payment of the install- ment. WASHINGTON. May 30-Presid- ent Roosevelt told newspapermen today he expected to send his war debts message to Congress on Fri- day. He gave no hint of its nature, (Continued on Page 3) Saar Question' Discussed By ,Vice-chancellor l ____ (A. P. By Guardlalfs Special Wire) BERNLIN, May 30-In an address on the Saar question before the Foreign Press Association, Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen today taunted the League of‘Nations as showing its incapacity by the fact that “its only fields of energetic activity seem to be dealing with problems of traffic in women and opium." "Does the League,” hc asked, “de- sire to give another proof of its in- capacity by continuing to manage the Saar?" He charged that the present ad- ministration undcr Col. G, O. Knox ig pure dictatorship. "Dictatorshlps," lic declared, "last usually only a short while. Besides, the Saar will continue to exist long after the League is dead." Child Killed By Motor Car (C. P. hy Guardians Special Wire) SAINT JOHN, N. B., May 30- Struck by a motor car as it swervedi aficr colliding with a truck at thc intersection of St. James and Charlotte Streets this aftemooii, Charles Haynes, aged four was instantly killed when crushed between the car and ii power pole near his home. The child was playing on file sidewalk with hi. little sister. Betty, aged three, and a cousin, Lilly Deaih-I/. 18, also was present. The latter snatched Betty out of danger but was knocked uncon- scious in trying to save Charles. Bile was in hospital tonight suffer- ing a, possible fracture of the right thigh. Others person; on the side- walk narrowly escaped injury. Police held Robert S. Stevens, driver of the car, pending the ver- dict of a coroiicfs jury tomorrow night. He and three other occup- , ts were not in ured The truck II1 I I Inch from the gardens _:ya mm by W_iR_ Hmmm days. _ 40 P.C. In First Report. *___ GENEVA, May 30-Canada led all countries of the world in in- crease in industrial activity in the first quarter of 1934, as compared to 1933, the League of Nations Economic Section announcedi this week. Canada's incl use was 40 cent over the same period year The United States increase repa;ted as 30 pcr cent over first quarter of 1933. Other countries showed the lowing increases: Poland and Germany, 25 per last WB5 the fol- per cent, Sweden, 18 per cent; Japan, 11 per cent; Norway. six percent; France, three per cent. With the exception of France, unemployment was reported ds- creased in all industrial countries. ' The League report for thg per- iod-ooinciding roughly with the first year of NRA. experimentation in the United; states-revealed that world production of coal in the first months of 1934 increased 20 cent. Gasoline production ln- creased 12 per cenil; pig iron, 51 per cent; steel, 54 per cent, and zinc, 37 per cent. On the other hand, the gold value of world trade declined one per _cent in January, 2 1-2 per cent in February, and five percent in March, as compared to the corres- ponding months of 1933. Imports of all Latin-American countries decreased 10 per cent in January and 13 per cent in Feb- ruary, while exports increased six per cent in January and 14 per cent in February. N0 IIEIIEFFIIR MIDWEST C r o p s Scorched By One of Severe st Droughts In His- tory. (A. P. By Guan-dian’s Special Wire) CHICAGO, May 30-Farmers and stock raisers of the midwestern United States searched the skies in vain today for signs of showers as heat seared crops and starving cattle continued at the mercy of one of the worst spring droughts in history. State and federal officials, fore- going their Memorial Day holiday, worked overtfrne on plans to bring relief to feed famished areas many of which faced partial or complete destruction of crops. Forest fires and insect plagues added to the de- solation in many sections. A promise of local rains brought some consolation to Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa., Upper Michigan, the Dakotas and the extreme west- ern farm states, with abatement of temperature which in many places hovered above 100 degrees. Unless dairy farmers receive help immediately, many Iliinois cities faced milk famines, said Walter W. Mcnakghlin, director of the State Department of Agriculture. He termed the drought the worst in the state’s history. An award of $1,000,000 for seed and $600,000 for livestock feed was made to Wisconsin by the federal emergency relief administration, while the same agency awarded $100,000 to be used for drought re- lief purposes in six counties of New Mexico. Moscow To Place Large Orders In Britain (C. P. by Gnu-disu's special Win) LONDON, May 80-Thg Moscow Govemment proposes to place large orders in Great Britain, if the- price; and terms are right, dsvlered L. E. Mather, President of the Anglo-Russian Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the organization here today. The infomiation was from n reliable source l. Boviet Russia, Mather said. Soviet piirchases in Great Britain during the first four months in 1934 were 2 1-Z Increase Quarter Of 1934_Rep0rted Canada’s Magnificent Showing Under Bennett Trade Policies Featured In League Of Nations Film EMPIUYIIIENT IN MARITIMES INCREASEII .___ Over 140,000 More Em. lJi0yed_ In Canada, ada, Figures Reveal. OTTAWA. lMay 29.-An inc crease of more than 140.000 wal SUOWH in the mum-ber employed oq MBT! 1, when repoitis from 8591' firms showed 856,316 person; 011 their payziolls as compared witli 7999 l‘8D0i'tI!lB' 714,891 persgnj working on May I, 1933. according toe.:-eport issued todoy by tim &minIoli Bureau of Statistics. EMPLOYMENT in the Maritime! advanced, the increase being large; than the average recorded on Mary; 1 in the years Since 1920. 'me index of 98.3 on the date under review wa; 18 points higher than at the txeginn ning of May, 1933. and was highs; than in any month of 1933, or on 1932, with the exception 01 Janus;-5 and February of that year. 614 firi reported 69,429 employees, or 22:; more than in their last retiun. Manufacturing (especially in fish preserving flwtoiries), logging ang highway construction report gains. while coal-mining, transq portatlon and railway constrtictioq released some workers, the declines in transportation being diue to ig falling-off of traffic at the win The unaiddusted index stood at 3 oounpared with 91.3 on Ap 1 and 77.6 on May 1, 192. The Crude index cn May 1 the higiiesil: recorded in any mom since December, 1031. ; 'His Maritimes and Prairie p inces showed the greatest gains personnel. The situation in all fi economic areas was betaier than May 1, 1933. I The Weather, Ett! 7' \\`-» A i 1 ,,ii’,;vi.ii§"i,_ = \_°- ‘ l\~\liisE~= .fluff Costs MER ' Five D_ol.l.l\as , 3 /6,,-Di s Q (» O O I, 30 " O I ® xi ‘\\\‘ , _ ,-11-*\s\ gif Fresh west to northwest \vln€l3| fair and a little cooler. ` l I' un) il nnml nn rc )ll‘1'l‘l-I()R()I.0Gl(`.\L ()FI"l(`l-2, Tun onto, .\i|\_v ill)-.\linlin\lni and maxi- mum |<-ni|icrniiircs:- llnwarin .__ ... ... ... ... 1iI\ - 50 /\kl:\\'lk .. ... . ... ‘-'i Til \'if-mriu . ,. . is ml Vnncniivcr .. ... ... 1.... 4-‘Y i_li\ lddinoiitou ._ . . l ... s.. 535 -iii ii fr. .. .. gr- -1-‘_ i- ll" _. I ' , ' . . .. -'- tngnry .yi ... - . 4- W) Rcirinil . ... ... .._. 51 'Tnronfn ... ._ .ss s. Ni 'TT Kingston s.. .,, ».. -'ii 72! Ofinwa . . ..... N 'lil Montral . . ..... Ni 7'\ Qunlicc _ . . . -... fill Snlni John -.. ... Charlottetown ... FORE(‘!\.\'\' 'Tl ‘lil 'IR 42 'Il Mnrilimr- Y'rnv|i|1-<-_<;- Frmli wont to northwest winds; fair and a little cooler. High lille this morning at 11.S\ and tonight ai i2 28 Sim sons this 1-runlng nt 'Hill and rises foniorrriw nmriilng nt 417. Lust quarter moon Monday, Jimi 4, 'I 5.1 a. ni. Week days - Leaving Borden 9.40 l. m.. 1 li, m. (Extra), 515 p. m. Leave Tornieiilinu ll a. ru. (Extra) 2,55 p. ni.: T p. m. daily except Bum tim _ larger than in 1938. dey, beginning Monday, May ¥& ll _ ‘.,: f,.`;f’_g_» V fs _ i" 1:, rg. ,y _ ' 3k., _ _-., '_ ~ '§_‘s ,,,_ `: ,gi.;i`. -__ .___: ,1, . i ~ z; i f;-si-i-1 i~ tif-,~= 'f