._., .. w -~Iwv w» - -- i ununcmw-twsasicuomnwwva rkl o. 1% WI,“ . Malcnus - it v_ ' P" ' or A. I V__--. MERE MilAN MERE MAN 33-33"; m“ TheP a g Everybody ,3;,:;:;""- - a- L ’ Covers Prince Edward Island Like u... Dew' lmgwaolgoilta ~-x. i “was. GERMANY TO RENO Dives TREA Special Session Of Reichstag Is Called For Today Hitler To Renounce Clauses Oi‘ Versailles And Locarno Treaties Relating To The Demilitarized Rhineland Zine, Report (C. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire) Europe waited with tense interest today for an an- nouncement of the course of action Germany will follow with regard to the demilltarized Rhlnelsnd zone and the Locarno treaties. The Reichstag was convoked to meet in special session in Berlin at noon. The ambassadors of Britain, France, italy and Belgium-signatories of the Locarno pact guar- anteeing the frontiers of western Europe-and the Dutch minister to Berlin were invited to meet Chancellor Hitler prior to the Reichstag session for ah announcement con- CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 192.6 m. 16 PAGES g Annual Subscription B! [all Canada all D ll d J. 2"... “It: TLY CLA usss? BRITAIN PROTESTS ‘SIR ONGL Ye To 11141. r commons l0 TIGIITEN uuuuillws. Amendments To Customs A c t To Strengthen . Hands Of R.C.M.P. Before House. ’ (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, March 6~Amend- ments t0 the Customs Act to strengthen the hands of Royal Canadian Mounted Police in itB effort to curb liquor smuggling were introduced today in the House of Commons by Revenue lldlnlster llsley. Proposed changes were said to be based on experi- ences of the preventive force in seeking convictions for alleged cerning the Locarno treaties. The llavas News Agency ed" from reliable sources in said it had “definitely learn- Berlin that Hitler would re- nounce tha clauses of the Versailles and Locarno treaties relating to the demilitarlzed Rhineland zone. Well-inform- ed quarters, according to and Belgium. the Havas story, expected the v Rcichsfuehrer to offer new frontier guarantees to France MAY MAKE LAST APPEAL An Aloolatod Press Berlin dispatch, however, indicated llitler proh- ably would make a spirit and letter of aldorfug the Bra... local-no.) -8ovlot mutual Irauoewaaaaldtoboolarmod statue 4| LI‘ Ifllllll of the l! t0 between Italy llifl comma rvrms "Remember the Y's Mlnuettcs Cake Sale at Moore a Mcbeods io- day. 14-3395-3-7-11. --__. "Victoria Rink, ‘Bryon vs. Vic- toria, playoff game, Lea d: Wright league. Saturday, Ieb. 'i. L-Iitot "Cornwall Rink too sports to- night. 1J0. Classes for adults and children. Skating after. L-avoo "Reserve ‘hiasdsy. March i1, for chicken slipper in Marsbfleld Hall. _ L-floi "Final playoff some Milton rink tonight, Second flornets vs. Rovers. Skate after. 1.47M "Wiltshire Beavers vs, loyalists of Wilisbire tonight. Skating after with music. a-mo ..--_ "Cake sale. cabbage patch. Kins’: Daughters at s. A. Mao- Donsldk Saturday. March fins"! "Hockey at Plvderioton tonight. iisrlavlila vs. Fredericton. t-a-mo "Hockey at Brndslhane rink tn- hillht. Hummer-field Comets vvs. lirrdnibam» Rovers. Skating rlftrr match. 1.4749 "Passed hav for ssls. delivering Monday. Man-h I. Alan qusntltv of md oats. Nicholson Bros. fluntor River. L416‘! "mam. lummeraide own-u vl Charlottetown mmerlors lum- I mersleh ‘hlsselav, Mreh lo. 19M. Ipflrilll min WWI Charlottetown at 0.46 mo. Relurn is» $110M L-S "Coma to the Olmcart in New lllndon flail‘. Mmrlav eveninl. Marsh ltii. If not tins ‘Puosday. L-flfl-S-‘i-Ii. "HVQOIR llsrbtina I rd W! load bags at Aims Monsant- lfsba arranll- m “""' "'» u a... w. S. Isfahan. iut appeal to the Locarno the treaty. (Germany has been represented as con- slgnatories to observe the assistance pact as a violation of prospect that Germany may and to be working desperate- Secret l I In Paris, French Foreign Minis- ter Flandin held a secret meeting with Vittorio Cerruti, Italian am- bassador. Flandin reportedly ex- pressed fear the League might turn down Italy's answer to the League's move for conciliation of the Ethi- opian war if Italy made any reser- vations. In London it was reliably learned that Britain had instructed her ambassadors in Berlin and Rome to determine what steps Germany proposes to take regarding the Rhineland and whether Italy has any intention of denouncing the Locarno treaty. . League of Nations officials in Geneva were reluctant to express opinions beforehand on the sched- uled Cerman announcement. Certain of Benauciatlon BERLIN, March E-(O. n-Havsa) —'I'he Hsvaa News Afincy said to- night it had "deflnl ly learned" that Germany tomorrow would rc- nounca those clauses of the Ver- sallles and the Locarno treaties pro- viding that the nhineiand none re- main demilitariasd. Haves said it learned from scur- cas it believed to be reliable that chancellor Hitler would announce this step at the special Relchstal session called for noon tomorrow- It was learned that a oolifmlwo of German generals was called io- night w consider tho course the Reich will follow nssrdlos the Usually reliable sour- the generals advi against renunciation of the demil- lisrisstion clauses. These sources s that the renuncia- tbs!- to both cou tries. chancellor l-litlor ll (Continued on Plfl ll) also expected to "Q at tomorrow's lleichatal reached within about three years, gg- Yugoslav Premier Barely Escapes Assassin ’s Bullet liquor running. The Senate already has debated the liquor-smuggling qumtion launched by Senator J. J. Hughes of Prince Edward Island. Mlajor General Sir James MacBrien, R. C. M- P. commissioner, submitted a memorandum to the Senate re- ferring to the need for changes in the law. Under the proposed changes any Canadian ship could be searched within i3 miles of the Canadian shore and if any liquor was found not properly consigned to a Can- adian importer in pccordonce with the importation of intoxication liquors act, the vessel might be seized. The act will go further and ren- der tbe vessel liable if any of its“ cal-gone ‘ncircrr ins “maul-- fest, whether liquor or not. A similar provision is in the present act but it has been interpreted by the courts as applying only tn the three-mile limit. When the sm- endment is passed it will apply to l2 miles from the Canadian shore. The law regarding seizure of ill- icit liquor and any other goods un- lawfully imported also will be (Continued on Page i5) R.A.F,.TDBE EXPANDED Big Increase In Air Force Estimates. LONDON, March &—As expected tho Air Force estimates today showed greater increases over last year's figures than either the naval or army estimates. Dwvlolllly 16- sued. The total services: increase over last year is 134.900.0011. i-hfl M!‘ lbroe estimates of “M90900 beinl , iblc for more than half the increase, since they are hill!" "W" 7 Workman, Injured Vilien Amherst Plant Furnace Explode: (or. By Guardian's Special wire) ADIHERS , N. 6., Match g -. Seven workmen were iojpred today when a furnace used for beating scrap metal enpioded in mg 71ml; of the Dismal and Beating Pro- ducts Ilimitod hero. ' All the windows in that d art- ment of the plant were shat med by the blast and several other em- plsyees were endangered. Garnet Thomas and John Davi- scn, the most seriously injured. were reported off the danger list at the hospital tonight. Others tak- en to hospital for treatment were Harris Caldwell, Gerald C016. Al- fred Harper. Osborne flee. William Munro and George Shephiird. Plant officials said tonight ti. would be impossible to estimate the damage until the great furnace cooled tomorrow. MAYDR llcuzln WANTS BRIDGES FDRVANBDDVER Asks Ottawa For As- sistance no $25,- 000,000 Construc- tion Scheme. --_. C. P ,3! Glllrdllllfi‘ Special Wlrol ““UH'AWl“‘- tlr finance on its own resources ad- ditional work which would eradi- cate unemployment in that city, Mayor McGeer, Liberal member of Parliament for Vancouver-Burrard, today presented to Labor Minister Rogers a program of construction estimated to cost 826000.000. ' This program, Mr. McCieer said, was dc ‘ r ’ at a conference he called last year as Mayor of Van- couver. . It included the new provincial government bridge at New West- minster, now under construction; Vancouver City Hall; the first Nar- rows bridge, cost of which was placed at $6,000,000 and for which, Mr. McGeer said, British capital was available; completion of the Canadian Natbnai Railways hotel "now being unwlseiy delayed,” and extension and new construction in waterworks, sewage-works, schools. libraries, hospitals, streets, lanes, boulevards, and harbor improve- ments. 15 Years For Manslaughter (C. P. By Guardian‘; Special Wire) last year by ED360000. None of these rstimate. contain any provision for the swcepllls do" fence program promised in the’ white paper rarlier this week. Pro- vision for this ‘alga: extension ic-i sad mains in the future and some light lg aapocted to be thrown on it when, Neville Chamberlain brink» down‘ the budget next month. Tbs original program calling for an Al: Force equal to any other within striking distance has been increased from about 1M) planes. the new objective being approxi- mainly 1.1m first line planes- triple the strength of the home air force a year lac. This objective is expected to be including provision of full war re- serves for such a strength. floor. Osndarmsa who led out tho 40-year-old Anaatovieh, a lino- aobool teacher and deputy from a southern district. laid be was drunk. Aulhorltiea said Arn- aotovicb, guatly agitated. could make no cohort-at statement. VIINNA. March o-lupvrts reaching Vienna today said two deputies hid been arrested at Bel- grade and four other: named in a warrant as police attempted to determine whether an assault on CORNWALL. Ont, March 6-Ar- thur ‘hemblay, 29-year-old car- penter, today was sentenced l0 is years for manslaughter by Justice Nicol Jeffrey at the wring sssizes of the supreme court of Ontario here. ' Tremblay pleaded guilty Illeb. 2'1, to a crharge of manslaughter re- duced from one oi murder. in con- nection with the death last Aug. iii of Rene Toaster. 33-year-old sec- tion man_ ‘roaster waa killed with an axe and hammer in 'l'remblay's home. Evidence showed both had been drinking heavily. Median-legal teetimmy disclosed Tzemblay must have been intoxi- cated at the time the crime WM committed, and that his befuddled wits were unable tc grasp the nature of his act. Espionage Trial lsar Goaclusion iii v (s. r. s; Guardialfa Special woe) 1,0 , Q-Dr. Her- mann Gotta qualiod ' 9M8! "l! shadow of Naai "blank-lino" at hi! trial for violating the Ititiah cf- floiai secrets act may. and declar- ed be dared not aoswl’ quest-lone concerning than baoaMe be might- bew-ledforinghtzoaaon inflor- many.’ ‘~ The hitherto smooth-talking sol- dlerly German declared in shaken meagre-nah. not continua bis in -lt messed for details the hilll Naals. “ l. P. CHOU-low, deiencl declaration that Vancouver cannot WITNESSES IDENTIFY BIINNISTER Rigid Cr0ss-examina- tion of Witnesses by Defense Counsel As Trial Went Into Third Day. (C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) DORCHEBTER, N. B., March 6- Crown witnesses and attorneys at- tempted to weave the web of guilt around Arthur Bannister. l9, charged with the murder of Philip Lake today as the notorious West- morelsnd County triple torch mur- dyer trial went into its third day. After two witnesses, Leonard Caroll sud William Horseman, identified Bannister as the youth they had seen the night of the tragedy, trudging towards the Lake home with a. rifle over his should- er, mounted police officers took the stand to tell of the finding of the bodies of Lake, his common-law wife and their child Jackie at Pacific Junction Jan. 6 last. Earlier photographs of the crim- son-tainted snow where the semi- nude body of the dead woman and the child were found and pictures of the ruins of the ~iamshackle house where the charred body of Philip Lake was discovered, were added to the court record as ex- hibits for the first time. They were mot considered admissable at the preliminary hearing. Arthur Bannistefs brother Dan- ia 18o m. a with. c. rs.“ T“ Mo? ‘s?a“isieis is charged with kidnapping the Lake's only remaining child, little baby Betty Lake, six months old. The crow-n alleges that Mrs. Ban- nister sought the child to produce as he: own in an attempt to ex- tort money from two Moncion men. Time after time, as the crowded courthouse listened with rapt at- tention, defenee counsel H. Murray Lambert attempted to break down the crown‘s case through rigid cross-examination of witnesses. His strenuous objections to the admission of photographs was over- ruled by Chief Justicc J. H. Barry. After witness Horseman said he could identify the accused as the man he had seen walking through the snow in the vicinity of the Lake home on the night of the triple tragedy, the defense lawyer wrung from him the admission: "The man I saw might not have been Arthur Bannister." The tale cf the gruesome finding of father. mother and child on Jan. 6 was told by R.C.M.P. Con- stable R. J. Kent. With other of- ficers he visited the ruins of the squatters’ cabin at the little village near Moncton, N. B. . "We first came to the body of s. woman," he told the stllled court- room. "Shc was practically nude. There was only a cloth around her. hips. About t0 feet further on was the body of a boy." In the‘ ruins the police officers discovered the body of Philip Lake. "I found two gold teeth in the up- per jaw of the remains," witness continued. “I made inquiries about Lake and was, told he had two gold teeth in his upper jaw. The body was ex- ceptionally hadly burned and charred." He looked around for some sign of the baby but came across none, "I found the remains of a cat," the Mounted Police officer stated. "There was also a rifle butt found handy the bed. It was some- what burned." After objection raised by defense (Continued on Page 3) Five Killed In Spanlshllisordcrs (A. P .By Guardian's Special Win) MADRID. March tk-Five persona were killed and ll wounded today in new political ’ ‘ 0G in Spain as the cabinet was reliably to be considering political fopomussions from the prospective Iesignation of President Zamora. Arturo Hernandés, Fascist leader in Toledo provinces, was killed by agroupofextromistsixlPuebla de Almorodiel. Two were killed by deli guards in a. subsequent clash when rascals attempted to storm ill home of Teodoro Morales. left- ist mayor. (Two others suffered fatal in- ln the old llldrid buildlnk 1o wmmeuenn fired on ,by counsel, no: and. of today's session that ho expected titular would cidllondu I fioup of four men armed with a llhlnaaun. alluding Strike NEW YORK-Building service 000 miners will return to work, ALAMZEDA, Calif. - Parents out at the Goodyear Tire d: Bubbe CHAm-I-IROI, Pea-Loco miners were idle at the Jones and Laugh- lln Vesta Coal Mine in protest against asserted infringement of seniority rimts. Strikes of A. and P. store clerks continued in Conshocton, 0.. truck drivers for-ill packing houses re- mained out in Philadelphi ; strike of 4,000 ladies garment work- ers in Boston was nine days old without a solution in sight; 300 were still out at the Pennsylvania Rubber Cofs Jeannette (Pa) plant: pickets and police clashed in Balti- more and Atlanta, Ga. _ H, N. Y-‘Ileamsters letumed to work after a. comprom- ise on wages, and Bismarck, N. D., federal relief workers were at pro- jects after ironing out a misunder- standing over lost time. cum: aofooo nscnmrs (A.P. By Guardian's Special Wire) NEW YORK. March e-sullsln service strikensiaicf siege to on: midwwn hotal sector today and by nightfall claimed approximately 3,. 000 recruits. In nearly every case the man. agements disputed the Union's fig. “ie-‘l- ‘EFF-fink flint while some elevator operators, maids and house men had walked out there was nu serious disruption of service, Strike headquarters claimed o2 hotels were affected and 51x other; had Cflllitulated m union demands. Plckmllfl went forward with little disorder in front of the flpprqxj- mately 1,820 other buildings that have come under strike rule since the walkout began Sunday. Pair Sentncell in Manslaughter Base (C. P. By Guardian's Special win) CORNWALL. 0nt.. March k-The Jury trying Mrs. Viney Belle vol- vey and her lover, Clarence Cam. eron, for the triangle death of the woman's husband, Louis, today found the pair guilty of manslaughter. Cameron, wandering farm labom from Amherst. N. 5., drew from Justice Nicol Jeffrey a sentence or 29 V9015 in Kingston Penitentiary. His paramour was sentenced to twp years definite and two years inde- terminate in Ontario Reformatory. T116 pair took their sentences calmly. unmoved in ‘the silent, courtroom. It was their second u-lal for the death of the 55-year-old farmer from Bonville, about. 1o mes north of Cornwall. Both have n held in jail since V 1 l d last April 22. ' 0W’ dc Service Worke (c. r. By Guardialfs Special Wire) (Friday), with the union lvporttng a. HARRISBURG. IlL-Prosvmivo protest against. the Peabody Coal Co. ‘dined 1,100 striking high Jfllliitll stu- dents in protesting dismissal of school superintendent. AKRON, 0.-Strlke of milk wagon drivers raised u; 16.000 the num- ber of person off work in four labor controversies, including the walk- Service Spreads Hotel Employe-e-s-Eloin New York rs In Walkout. strike spread to hotels yesterday total of 10.200 buildings affected. miners called off their “hcliday" for employin, rival unionists; 8,- r Co. T E N S. I D N GRIPS TDKYD lArmy Blocks Efforts To Form Cabinet. (By Glenn Babb Associated Press Foreign Staff) TOKYO, March 0—-The threat- ened wrecking of Kcki Hirotaa at- tempts to form a. Cabinet because of the army's disapproval of some of his selections created an omin- ous tension in Tokyo tonight. Principal figures involved in the efforts to organize a government to succeed that shattered by army extremists last week went to bed shortly before midnight with their negotiations still deadlocked. They avers/to continue their work to- marrow. Despite the announced retire- ment of five senior generals under a cloud of indirect responsibility for last week's rebellion. the army served notice of its still tremendous power in the Empire's politics Count Juichi Terauchi, whom l-Iircta had selected as war min- ister, withdrew under pressure from high militarists who opposed some of his SBlQCDlOXua of Liberals. The army men indicated they would not allow any other general to en- ter the Cabinet unless I-ilrota ap- proved the military's demands. It was understood the army leaders disapproved the choice of Shigeru Yoshida for the foreign affairs ministry. which remained loyal during the recent uprising—-dld not join the army in opposing Hirotas choices was seen in the acceptance of the navy portfolio bvyAdmiral Osaml Nagano. Succumbs To Bullet Wounds TORONTO, March 6-A charge of murder against "parties lin- known“ was laid by provincial, township and city police following the death in hospital today of Ed- ward Stonehouse. 5B, shot by three sunmcn in an attempted theft of his car from his Markham garage Feb- 29. A bullet penetrated his head and two delicate operations failed to save his life. His 23-year-old son James. suf- fering from abdominal and hand WOIXYICIS. is reported as progressing favorably in hospital today. ‘LATE NEW sent Nova Scotia in the Dominion I O gvv maroialalrservicobeowcantlaa O atianwilibe, "Iylfi diced In the lloaaa at the Bctohstag Into tonight. “Wale... u... was out... é u s FLASHES \ (By Guardian's Special Wire) naurax. Maren F-NC-P-b-Kbnlvilie Theatre am Guild mygg‘, Presenting Philip Johnson‘ "Legend." tonight. won the right. n, [apn- Feaflval at Ottawa, Wflllmwlofl- "Nob l-(fl-P-i-‘rbe United States and French ‘ to!» mall w oaohaau faellltld fur possible eaporlment- ll m!!!" "Ill "or looking toward establishment of trans-Atlantic com- two countries. lea orraws. lhroh o-(oro-rlm protest Nglflcrnfl with u» ‘Infill B"!!! Ila-inst the Canada-United ltataa reciprocity past, an Qwllngflflg of the Iii-altars Manufacturers’ Annotation of Torontp m; g "yum .1 tho tariff. will be howl by the board Monday. rm ease for the associ- O I"I’.:n“ .- OTTAWA. Harsh b-WQJ-Baveaae Minister Ilaie-y Dodgy he“. Canmonsameudmeutatothe Onions-Acton»- for duty and immediate ow .- fixing plication of lower valuations on daeidoa sf tba Tariff Board. It duty valuations have been ssaal-‘bltrarlly ‘by m; men‘; w“. osusva, arms e-uam-um um Adolf ma- bad sac-mu Pa" moon Sunday. Min-ch s. n: - seadaltosnarrorwvaeltedlflghlllifliulleileloaw. i 0W1“! Wore reluctant. however. lo draw any oonelaataa from tbs German mars until he precise nature of Illtlofa pronouncement is kbettes-orwcrso-intbalascgqa An indication that the navy- 'pOk "'“"""“ "ti: ..........' l... i U‘ * B D NEED-I ND EXPlIlNAlIDN Unconfirmed Ethio - Ian Reports Sta British Army Offic- 161' Victim. LONDON. March o-Great Brit‘- ain, in a sharply-worded ppqigg wllldht asked Italy to give its era- blanation of the bombing of a British Red Cross hospital In Ethiopia. At the salno time reports from Addis Ababa. said Major uerald Achilles Burgoyne. netlrod British army officer. was killed in so lt- “IIIII 50ml"!!! 0|’ Iq- Ethiopian led Cross unit south of Mount Alajl. T110 "Dart was not officially con- firmed here. (Previously ft was believed that. Major- Burgoyne had been killed in the raid on the British unit but l reuort from Dr. A. M. J. Melley. head of that In". said only three patients were killed and seven wounded. lie did not mention any members of the hospital staff aa among those killed or wounded. lie that three Kenya. youths- B till! subjects-had also been killed remained unconfirmed.) Sir Eric Drummond, British Am. bassador to Rome. was instructed to present the protest against the 593151118 0f the Bflttsh unit to Premier Mussolini. It was under- stood to ask Italy to explain offic- ially how the raid use: place and to demand out oljopa betoltou to “" of such an incl. v r F dent. ETHIOPIA PROTESTS GENEVA. March 6-(A.P.)—'1'he Ethiopian Government protested strongly to the League of Nations ‘ today against the alleged Italian bflmblfls of a British ambulance station in northern Ethiopia. (Details of an Italian protest to the League, Feb. M, against what it charged was misuse of Bed Cross emblems by the Ethiopian army were made public in lwrne. (At Addis- Ababa the government claimed another ‘ mbing raid had occurred on an Ethiopian mule train in which Major G. A. Bur- soyne. a British subject was killed.) Premier Mussolini. an Italian- esman at Geneva indicated, misht snswer~the league's appeal for peace negotiations within the League's framework tomorrow after a meeting of the Fascist Ground Council. nn-peror Haile Selassie has accepted the plan. oua IDEA or tiOfl-uuc. is a Poutlclovfs Paomst! Moderate to fresh winds; partly cloudy with a. little lower temper. aim-c; lllvlllllly scattered showers. (C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) TORONTO. March Q-Miniynum and maximum temperatures: Sunsstathls andrissa ummaraide utes later thin Charlottetown. TI! CAI Pill! In" lion-flea 1.4a s, n. llJI I.‘ IS SDIIDIIT. Dawson 1g g4 Aklsvik 10a on Winnipeg o 3g Rfililll 12 II Edmonton 2a as __ a to 1 m‘ ' Ottawa o - u Montreal m u Quebec g g4 Saint John fl gg Bali!“ 1g Q‘ > Charlottetown I 3g aftemoon at 5.59 warming at tide eighteen min-