o, A it - OI A R T ME 2AM MERCHANT Thsronrosornecthqrtblnuwhlch jut cpanot be “Rained besides o msnbwnywithsnlsid. Algwhll into dlsuo through slimbcccoulnblieeslnlocisnot hchlnllit. Read (lovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dow " - CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY, MAY 2a, 1929 ' ‘SENTENCED TOT FIFTEEN YEARS IN PENITENTIARYE Gnrllul. Pounded 1 B" m." dill Two Cents l0t"*°'"' a About eubcci-i flung Delivered 5,00 B! llnll, Con: and l), I, A, “Al incll PINARB ll illlliBlt WINS uiiluilcii colllisl Canadian Finals Held La st Night in Toronto Be- fore an Audience of T en Thousand People. 12 PAGES n- |¢-_ f PERMISSION "r0 REDUCE FREIGHT ~ RATES GRANTED (° ' ‘ to The Guardian) WASHINGTON, May 32.—Pcrmis- 010p W" granted by the Interstate l. Commerce Commission today for t eastern and western trunk line rail- ‘ rclds to reduce freight rates on eX- ‘, port wheat and wheat flour c; an ROYAL HONEYMOONERS ‘ (Special o. The nourish) ST. CATHERINEB, Ont,‘ May 33,. NMENTS ATTITUDE I EXPLAINEI] BY MR. ElliER ttitude of the Govorrime nt in Regard to Requesti sentcncedtoperlitentilfy for l5 years, of the U. S. Indicated by Statement Made in the‘ by Magistrate James n. Campbell, on 7 Hausa by Hon w_ D_ pleading guiltyto puiticipnti in the Bank of Commerce robbery st Beams- ville on April l6 last. The magistrate said he took into consideration, in‘ sentencing them, the fact that theyl had voluntarily come to Canada and: saved the country the expense of n trial by pleading guilty. "Otherwise". said His Worship, "l would have add- ed 20 lo 30 lashes to your sentence." From Our Own Correspondent) TIAWA. Ont" May 22—It is ad- ted on all sides that the speech (he Hon. W. D. Euler, minister of iiorull Revenue. yesterday after- n and evening. was one of the 9st and the clearut expositions 1,119 merits of the dispute so fer the government is concerned dc- red for some time in parliament. g Hon. H. H. Stevens, who ‘fol- ed last evening, highly complim- ted the Minister on the frankness his utterance in little of which he id find fault. , c minister's speech in the even- ; was even more illuminating than the afternoon. He recspliuleted e steps that hld been taken by liada to show its good feeling for "friendly neighbor," and the gov- ments desire to cooperate to the lest possible extent. It had agreed f0 the extension of three mile limit to s. twelve mile it for the plitflso of search; it . agreed to give information to S. customs officials u to vessels wiring with liquor for U. B. ports; had offered to permit United (cs oficisls to be at Canadian rls to check up all liquor exports. ich offer. by the way, had been jetted; it hsd abolished r‘ edinn ---- houses which hsd exported ~ percent of their imports to the red States; it hsd greatly limited l number Of docks in Ontario from hlch liquor could ‘be shipped on the llantic. By effective regulations, -runnlng and _ smuggling had rl almost completely clilninsted.’ in the face of all this which had en faithfully lived up in. it could t reasonabl, be sold that Canada ad been in any way lacking in con- deralion for the United totes in . efforts to prevent smuggling. In spent of the csncollationlof clear- nces of vessels loaded with liqour ci- the Unimd Btltes, the Canadian embers of the convention hold inst all. reported that it was better to "0 Open export in brood daylight an to drive the traffic info dark rid concealed channels, which would rwlnlv be the unlit. One sigrlificnnt statement was 0°10 by the minister and that was hat in notifying U. B. officials by » Ytphone of vessels daily leaving, or U. B. ports they had been re- HB-Sfed by the United Bllrfb-fl govern- - mt to discontinue and send weekly ppprts. and in concluding said “so far as I am concerned-and 1 think I can spcsk for the government in this mutter. we are honestly anxious to do sli that we reasonably can to I-ifilst our neighbors. But I will also "y very frankly that I am more whcerned with stopping smuggling 1M0 Canada than stopping smug- Illns into the United Btstes. The first is our own particular business and the other is primarily theirs." “The department of National Rev- enue, ll it is now with its many branches and ramifications. pro- "dfl plenty o1 work for these con- "ttlod with that diputment. It is a fairly big 10b and I will admit I htte no inclination at the present "Wheat to m more duties a» that dtplrlzrlent which has already so “YW- I In: not deliberately looking 1°? more trouble. I admit tho prob- lem ll l-Clflidlilf. one and ‘it givel "it sovernumlt some concern. Per- "pally-end l think I nlsy again hob! no; noun. OINTBAL Apply nttblsoffico. 4001-04341 wanna-s canon. ~ Eons:- ! maid. Apply u lawn-hum at. toss-s-cs-si WARtIli ... slvllnl. cunn- "Ys- Aoairhii lflll. vcuns 0! the swlosltll "1""- m‘ 4003-0-91 m"; Honorary Editor. John Patter- I-i-o-no-nopp-c- . 1‘ . son. Toronto. Auditors. Dr. P. - IOI » YOK; ‘ ll nos i IE5?“ . ‘ . ‘gw “ha. Sliuit and Dr. Duncan Campbell Euler. (speak for the government. in this- iI have received with considerable fiylllppilly and every consideration lthe (motcsts of those who are op- lposcd an the exportation of liquor, (but. I sincerely believe that under all iillc circumstances asH-eiatcd by my- ‘self this afternoon and evening and with all the measures already taken, the government has done fairly well. and has perhaps gone far enough. "But the door is not closed; the government is always prepared to give further consideration as devel- opments may justify it. I ice], how- ever, that before we take any fur- ther action there should be more convincing proof that our neighbors are doing all they can to help themselves. In the meantime the government desires and wel- comes a frank discusion by mem- bers of all parties of a difficult and vexing problem. in order to enable it to arrive at new conclusions or to be confirmed in the position of that which so far has been taken." The Hon. H. HuStevens, Burrard. spoke at some length. He took little exception m the remarks of the min- ister of national revenue. He con- tended. however, that the question of profit should be lost sight of and that tho export tax of $9 a gallon for liquor going tothc United States, should be taken off. and that coun- try pieced on the some basis as oth- er countries to which liquor was ex- ported. The higher cost of obtaining liquor in the United States was the cause of smuggling said Mr. Pouliot. in a humorous attack on the prohib- ition law of the United States and the vain efforts to have it enforced, and Messrs B. W. Fansher. West Lnmbton and J. L. Brown, in support of Mr. wocdsworth’: contention, strmsing the “unfriendly" act of this country towards a “friendly” nation. wound up the discussion for the evening. This afternoon the ‘ istbr of the interior informed the house that 05.- 200 square miles of Canada had been photographed in Canada in 1928 and sillcc 1023 the total area sm- ounted to 262.045 square miles. A resolution to exiend the time for rc- ceiving applications for insurance under the Returned Soldiers Act from one year from August 1929 will be considered in committee of the whole tomorrow. An act to amend the penny bank act received its first reading as well as seven divorce bills. The establishment of s. nation- ‘a1 bank in Manitoba is under con- lsideration by the government it was iannounced by the Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister of the Inferior. Upon going into committee of supply to consider an sct to amend the War Revenue Act. Mr. Mac- dougall. (lnverness) moved an am- endment. tho effect of which was to abolish the sales tax on clothes and boots and shoes. The sales tax was essentially a wnr measure, justified (Continued on page three) ‘Roy/ii. SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS (Canadian Press) OTTAWA. Ont.. my 124mm" (he Rnyll society Of Clflldl W" figuratively s guiding 118M t0 "l9 literary and scientific idols of the nation it was one of the most 90W- orful forces for good and fol‘ pfp- grall in the Dominion, declared Dr. A. H. Eve. director of the depart- iflgnfl of physics, McGlll University on his election to the office of prel- exchsngcs between Csnsds ind ident of till society today. _ mncc. wliilc in hll‘ dnllnll with n” u,’ ' " is ‘ " s other ‘ ' Cenadsiqlithcr buy- AMAZED AT WORK OF HARBOR COMMISSION (Special to the Gnadisn) TORONTO, May 21-"! am per- fectly amazed at what the harbor commission has accomplished. There is no doubt these fellows know their job," said His Excellency the gov- ernor-general during the tour of the harbor yesterday morning. "The price; they have been get- ting for tho reclaimed land are per- fectly colossal. ! was delighted to see that Cross and Blackwell have a. place here, and I hope many more Englishflrms will open plants here. The growth of Toronto is simply am- azing.” His Excellency seems to like speed. “rhnt reminds me of last week when I was out with ILW. Beat- ty." His Excellency said in General Lsngton when the speed of the R. C. Y. C. launch was referred to. “l-le was taking us down to Len- rloxville and we were behind time a little. Bestty. gsvc orders to speed up the train and we speeded. We went at 10 miles In hour for quite n. stretch and we were slightly buffeted about." he said, smiling. ' FORKE MAY BE APPOINTED TO SENATORSHIP (9 The Guardian) (Special WINNIPEG. Mly speculations are already figuring on the new Manitoba. sezmtc: t: till the vacancy caused by the deatlivcf Hon. Robert Watson and from Brandon the guess ls that the appointment 1-5 likely to go to Hon. Robert Fcrke, Minister of Immigration and Colon- ization. Mr. Forke, it is sold will not bc n candidate in Brandon in the next federal elections, so far as is known he has not openly expressed hllnSB-il 0n the point, but his friends have stated that he would be satisfied in accept a. berth in the upper house. It is more than likely the Manitoba situation will occasion considerable confidential discussion during the present visit of Hon. D. G. McKenzie. Minister of Mines and Natural Rs- sources. who left for Ottawa. " night. Mr. McKenzids immediate business is in uJIIICCIZIOH with the transfer of the mining townsiies in northern Manitoba and the arrange- ments, particularly in Fort Churchill. where lots will be made available for occupsnc during the present sum- mer. HAS FAVORABLE TRADE BALANCE WITH FRANCE (Canadian Press) mourns/in. Que. my 22-11mm the eve of his depirrturc for France for on official yisit Henri de Clerval. the commercial attache of the French icgotion at Ottawa. gave his views m the present Irenchilsnedlsn commercial activities to the Can- adian Press. In his opinion deallnll have never been more active. "The outstanding point." he said. "is the aetull equilibrium in trldo three day conference here and its main ‘ this morning Wll m! election of officers. The foilowifll were elected. Vice president. Dr. Charles Csmsell. Deputy W010i" °1 Mines. Ottawa; Hon. secr- HWY!!!" J. Burp». Secretory cf tbs Inter- ‘ Joint Commission; 3000f‘ dry Troll. and librarian. Dr. 0. A. (h; moi-c than she sells or is bell- ing more than ‘she is purchasing. her sales to the purchases from trance are almost evenly balanced. "Last your (1026) we sold to Can- non merchandise to the value of 021000.000 and Canada sold on goods in the value of 000,000,000. If we add to the lstlof 0f than fillies about 6.000.000 la respect of expert from u do to t French colonies. es- ill-Political ' Crown Prince Olaf ofkNorwsy ll“! Princess Martha of Sweden. W110 were married recently, photographed | I i I lat Appleton House, near Snridring- i ham. England. Prince Olaf was born l at Appleton House. Under an arrangement made by the Fisheries Branch, Federal De- partment of lvlsriric and Fisheries, with the International Fresh Fish Corpbration Limited. a company Ln- corporated under Dominion charter, with head oiilce at George - town, Prince Edward Island, a. combined fish collecting and buying service will be operated this year a1- ong the north coast of Prince Ed- ward Islnud. In the subsidy agree- ment the corporation gives bond- ed guarantee to pay the flshcrmen not less than one cent a. pound for fish as they come from the water. and not less than two and a. half cents a. pound for lightly salted fish. The corporation nlso agrees that on lacting vessel. shall have on board a special fish instructor and inspector possible quality. all her trips, the “Amlafl its col- FISH COLLECTING SERVICE SUBSIDIZED BY GOVERNMENT FOR PRIN CE EDWARD ISLAND _ Running between Alberton and Georgetown or Souris. the steamer “Amlofl, equipped with refrigerating compartments, will make at least three trips weekly collecting and (buying fish from the. fishermen at ‘the different fishing points. From Georgetown or Souris the fish will be forwarded to market by rail in spe- cial refrigerating cars. The contract. which has now been signed, is ef- fective until any date up to December 31st at the discretion of the Fisheries Branch. International Fresh Fish is requir- ed by the contract to transport fish and other products on the “Amie” for other producers as well as for it- self. The corporation specifically ag- rees to facilitate in the autumn the collection and transportation of po- tatoes from points along the "Amish" 4 to guide and instruct file fishermen route to the nearest railway stations. as to the handling of their catch. in ‘lThc contract lays it down. however, order that it may be of the highest l that the collection and movement of ifish must always be given the pref- CDEIICB in the steamers operations. LAS-T MINUTE NEWS FZASHES emergency farm relief measure. Authority was granted the railroads ‘ to put the reduced rates into effect on one day's notice and they will con- . tinue until September 30. Following the lead of the railroads. the Missis- lippi warrior service, which operates on the Mississippi River, today ap- plied for permission to reduce‘ the rail barge rates on wheat and flour for export t0 make them the same as the railroad rates. i IS CHAMPIHN (Cllllflllu Press) WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 22. - Thirteen year old Virginia Hogan, of Omaha, Neb., is the spelling cham- pion of the United States. She gain- g ed the honor by spelling “luxuriance" and all the other tongue-twisting‘ words that were put to her last night in. the finals of the fifth uh- nual national spelling bee. RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY (Special to the Gusrdis-n) TORONTO. May zz-Mayor Mc- Bride yesterday received a. message from Lord Stsmfordham, .Private Secretary to His Majesty the King, transmitted through Hon. P. C. Lsrkirl, Canadian High Commissi er in London, thanking His Worship and members of the city council. for their cable message to His Majesty. The cable congratulated the king on his recovery from illness and on his entry into the twentieth year of his reign. Lord Stamfordhem informed Mr. Larkin that he had been in- structed fo convey “His Majesty's sincere thanks to all who Joined in_ this kind communication." BELGIUM‘S AD- HERENCE BRINGS ACT INTO FORCE (Specinl to The Guardian) GENEVA. May 22.-Progress fo- ward permanent peace of the world passed another milestone today with the adhesion of Belgium to the gen- eral act of specific settlement of in- ternational disputes, adopted at the last assembly of the League of Na- tions. Sweden has already adhered. and linder its stipulations these two acessions bring it into force within i9 days. Belgium made the permitted reservation excluding , arising from facts that existed prior to its accession. The act therefore could not be used to force reconsideration of the Crest War treaties. MILITARY THREAT HAS BEEN ENDED VATICAN CITY, May 22. — A change in the date for the Pope's firstuofflclal exit from the Vail- cnmwas forecast today in n semi-official note, which will be published this evening in the 0s- servntore Romano. official organ of the Vatican. The note says 'thnt llis Holiness may choose June 6 lnsteadnf May 30. MONTREAT. N. 0.. Mly 22.- Unlon with the UnltcclPresby- fierlnn Church in North Amcrlcl was overwhelmingly approved by the 69th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the red to the Presbyterian of the denomination for approval. OTTAWA. May n-On the request of W. G. Ernst. (Conser- vative, Quecnn-Luncnburg) the motion to examine into the cc- connts of A. S. liIaeMlIlan. of llsllfsx. In connection with the construction of government works at Bedford Buln wail withdrawn Accounts Committee today. Pre- vious evidence in the case was ordered cxpungcd from the reo- ord. a-___ peclsily ip . Pierre AM 1810119199. we flhlthiit Canada's (rode bslanol masses- i“ M‘ “t ~=-~. ~ TORONTO, bfsy Ila-Tho ol- _ g week COIIINOI Ill ceived the following message mm the governor-general: fl United States and will be rcfer- I from consideration of the Publllo _ trust that Empire Shopping Week in Canada. will receive the gener- olfs and wholchenrtud ,_, rt of all Canadians so as to ensure for it the bencflclsl results that It undoubtedly deserves. As its put- ron I wish the Emplrn Shaping Week in Canada. every possible cees. (signed) Willingdon. HALIFAX. N. N" May Bio-Third h mil much ice with unusually lfl-fse bcfls between the 40th 1nd 48th parallels of tho latitude. Commander T. H. Mnlloy. of ‘ ihc U. B. cutter ‘lumps. snld 0o- dsy on arriving from loo petrol duty. He added that below lntltlfll 45 conditions point to s Iwrmll scuon. The derelict Qnsco Queen was sighted on May ll. in 81.51 north. 47 west, the hull being was abandoned on , l0. partially sublnc '. The "Ill! chronic from Weynmitli to lb- vans. ‘THREE CHILDREN (spacial u n» Carlton) m" ma!‘ . BURNED TO DEATH QUIBIO. lhy It-Throa children were burned ~00 death in the little Gnspe village of Ste. Anne Des limb Sunday night when a. fire destroyed four houlll and caused wholesale damage. according to word received CANTON. China, May 22—The Cantonese government today notified tho foreign consular corps that the military threat of the Kwengsh’ war lords against the city had been end- ed by surrender of 6,000 Kwsngshi troops st Lupec. 25 miles nothwcst o2 Carlton. The surrender was forced by shortage of ammunition. Canton. which had lived for days in fear of capture and pillage, was wildly ju- bilsnt tonight. l IRISH FISH TRADE HURT BY TARIFF (Special .10 the Gurdh-n) DUBLIN. May lfl-Irlsh. Free Otlto exporters. who lut yscr sold in tho United Stet-cs herring and mackerel to the value of $000,000, are alarmed by the proposal laid before the Un- ited Stsfes tariff’ committee to im- pose an import isx of l0 cents on every pound of cured fish. It is urg- ed that the Pres State representative in Washington discuss the matter with the tsrii! committee. though it is, of course, recognised that oblon- tlcn w the tariff clli only come from on Arnsricnn citizen. The Irish trade in cured nsh has declined in recent years. mainly owing to the increase by the Americans of their own her- Pinard of Quebec won the Canadian (Speclisl f0 The Guardian) TORONTO, Ont" Msy Z2.-Rnch I Oratorical Contest held here tonight. John Denny of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island's representative. had o. great reception and was cheered to the echo and personally congrat- ulaied by Sir William Mulock and Sir Robert Falconer who stated that he was proud of being a fellow citi- zen '01 Charlottetown. TORONTO, Ont, Mfly 22 —- Every seat in the vast arena. capable of accomodating ten thousand was oc- cupied long before the opening of the proceedings for tho dominion final in the international orstoricsl contest. Right Hon. Sir- William Mulock presided and the judges were as follows: Bir Robert Falconer, F. Clyde Auld, J. T. Thorson, M. P. Prof. Norman MacKenzie, Dean J. D. Falconbrldge and Mr. W. S. Mont- gomery. The time keeper was Mr. FUREST FIRES STILLEAGING (Canadian Press) WINNIFEG, MAIL, May 22.—Thc threatening torch of blazing forest land. corlsidered a week ago in hove been extinguished. is flaming forth again. From Northern Manitoba and Sasksthewsn come reports of timber lands and prairie stretches onoemoro being laid waste. by the iirc demon. Settlements at Christopher nnd Em- ma. Lakes, 30 miles north of Prince Albert were the centre of trouble in Northern Saskatchewan. Manitoba's most dangerous blane raged et Ruby Lake, where a. tract of timber in the vicinity of Hudson Bay Junction had been destroyed. FAVORS QUOTA FOR BORDER COUNTRIES (Canadian Press) WASHINGTON. D. 6-. May 22.- (By Kenneth S. Clarke, Canadian Press Staff CorrespondenlJ-Estob- lishment of an immigration 1100i!» 0! ten per cent for border countries was proposed by Secretary of Labor James J. Davies in an address at Houston. Texas. He pointed out the present immigration quota for Europe was two per cent. The United States could give border countries a quote, of ten per cent without violating favored ria- tion treaties, he said. Referring to the effect of the border crossing rule on the border the secre- tary said: “Had the Supreme CW" not ruled with the Labor department our entire immigration law would have been practically swept aside be- cause people would have gone to the Canadian side w live and have come 5111-055 daily to work and would have crowded out all Americans that have been at work in those border cities." ‘fl-iv. EASY- Como. l-‘eticw is orfcu HARD f0 i ‘ » w --~ T030111‘), my 22—Ml.ritime moderate winds. fair and cool. S. H. Henry secretary of the Secondary schoofteiichers Associaq tion. and he with Mr. Walter Keest, past president of the same associa- tion, were scrutineers. ~ A musical programme was sub- mitted and the candidates spoke in the following order: British Colum- bis, Herbert J. Marsen. Nova. Bcotiu. Leonard , Quebec, Roch Pin- ard. Ontario, Leo Melanin, Prince Edward Island. John Denny, Mani- tobia. Madeline Brunet, Alberta, Wal- ter B. MacDonald. Prompt to the minute tm pro- gramme started. the chairmen in- troducing the contestants and ex- plaining the nature and objects of the international contest which had spread to no fewer than twenty-two countries. The candidates all reciev- ed cordial receptions. John Denny being the youngest candidate. was most cordially received by an audi- ence whose sympathies were evident- ly with him. R. S. WHITE RE- . TURNS TO HOUSE (Special to the Gunrdiln) OTTAWA, May ZZ-Robert Smell- ton White returned to his sect in the House of Commons today after an all session absence through illness and was accorded a din of applause from all sides which, figuratively. shook the rafters. m. White was first elected cc the House of coin- mons in i888. He was editor of the Montreal Gazette for many years. and was also collector of customs st Montreal. He is one of the most popular menvin the Commons. ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC. "Como to the Dance in Csrdigsn HI", Friday. May 24th. 4040-5-23-21. "Follow the crowd to the play at Morel! Hall Firday. 24th may. Dance after show. 4041-5-23-21. "Victoria Hall. Thursday May 80th grand Minstrel Show. Come and bring your friends. 4042-5-23—3i. "Dr. Clift, M. n-Stert now bomb prevention cure. Purdy Station, West- chester Co., N. Y.. U. B. A. 5070-0-12-3 mos "Come to the "Hot Chocolate" and "Ice Cream" Social served at Brad- albarle May 24th from 3 t 9. 4036-5-23-21 "Annual recital by pupils of Prof. Fletcher, Fridsy. June 7th, in Hearts Memorial Hall. at 7.30 p. m. 4054-5-23-21 "Notice-Special show. Don‘t fail to bear the trap drum music, French River, wnight. Kensillglon Friday. Canoe Cove, Saturday. 406d "Notice to Farmers-Will be load- ing live hogs at Albany Tuesday. May 28th till 3 p. nl. Signed A. C. Green. 4035-5-23-5i. "Before ordering by mail see "Mail- Order Brides" at Clyde River Mn! 20th. Excellent specialties. If the 24f! is unfavorable come the 25th. 4034-5-28-1! "The Cornwall-York Women's In- stitute will present their play, "Th1 Old Dairy Homestead." in Cornwall Hall Monday. June 3rd. 4029-5-22-2i "The 1B. Y. T. U. of Tryon will present their play The Path Acrosl _. the Hill in Victoria Friday. May 24th. . » if stormy, Monday. 4025-54241. "Point Prim Dramatic Club will present their play Fisherman's Luel in Consolidated Bchooi. Mt. Herbert. on Pridny * . May 24th. st 0 p. in. 402!-0-2I-& "am Daniels (Athletic Bebe) ii “She's a Uhcik". Mnlpequs Thursday Capo Traverse Irldsy. 4011-0-24! "The Stanley Bridge brunet: Club will present the Play “the " Pogo" in heotown Hall. Sounds! w evening. lhy 1th. If not fins Mo? dby, my 27th. 0000-0-02 "The Wilmot Volley Beauties Club will present their four-Iota ring and mackerel fisheries and their orgsgintion of RI distribution by refrigerator cars through the middle WK Torontolcleor. .. Monti-col clear. ... 40-41 Quebec fair. ... on-vok“ . Charlottetown cloudy, .... mid-sh ‘Sh-John fair. ... on~ ... “All-F . Boston cloudy. ... ... n. ..40--t0(' mestic drums "Down in thine’ heal-town Bell on ~i - __ tlsib. at 0.30 o'clock. Good - ‘r-lr-ln arts llld ICU 0101/.‘ "l- a ' ‘on people. Odlln. (l, . u. ndmissicnssdile c; .. .li..