__ ‘;,T3;_=wrr_ __ _, ._ \ '- . / . I 1* MAXIMS or A ~ , \ It U b¢t¢s' lo be poor andfeel than to be rich and feel poor, y rich nina Guardian, -rounded iss? dim ,l Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew _ 1 , yr I _ ' VI: 'i ' "Wh MAXIMS ora _ MERCHANI I _ Olllyilwmhl “ill _ll l¢|.dIlI!6_ conreadlnfiature berbestlitea-attire i .. i., ., _I L Q ‘I Annual 'ubacrlptlaas Dalivoréd |500 I . lottstown Guar Two Ceuta CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929 I I '.0 PAGES _ ,, ,,_, ' ,,_,,,,,_ _M ,,_,_ ,_ ,gm -_ t 2 CID 3-52:2 ii *<"= HIIIII EHIIII is .'P. R. Order 22 Knot {1‘urbine Vessel To Ply Between Digby ‘And Saint John. ONTREAL. April 4.-Following the announceinent of the ilding of a new Canadian Pacino it to nb' the Bay of Fundy be- sen Saint John and Digby, Presl- nt E. W. Batty. today said that e contract would be awarded in ii near future. The plans and specifications cali athoroughly up-to-date and fast .rei`-with slush standard or ac- minodation well up to all peg. ble requirements of the Bay of iridy servic for many years. The ip will hate I. total length of 340 :. Her diy time capacity will be 500 paaiengera, and she will be w_th 44 state rooms for service. Accommodation will provided for 50 motor cars and total carrying capacity includ- cargo,- fuel and stores, will be tons. _ and luxuriously ntted and smoking _rooms will on the main deck. of accommodation of the fittings of will be of I. very high it is probable that her feature will be lier speed. is pinned to_run up to 22 knots, be able to considerably time of her trans-Fundy will be equipped with tur- eiihes developing 12,000 shaft pgver. and will carry three nigh .n While the new tube boil=rs and one _ arine boiler, all equipped ofilucl burning under forced 'lhe of delivery o_f this new ha noi. yet been set, but no viii be lost in awarding the at and completing her building .he tenders have finally come I I I ._.___.____.---- NEW TREATMENT (Special to The Guardian) LNDON, Apr., 6-A new diath- treatment has been decided for the rheumatism symptoms is kit9,:‘s left shoulder, disciasure| ihich was made' only in the last il' bulletin from Craigwcli The new treatment will con- an application of heci, and rays to the limb or muscles the trouble is located. ANNOUNCEMENT S. COMING EVENTS. MEE'l`lNGS. ETC. 'Warning--Mt. Stewart Wednes- fiy special show. 3021-4-5-3|. ','Jlub loading hogs at I-lazelbrook 'emesday April 10th till 10.30 am. 1 V. T. Coady. .3074-4-3-2\ ‘The big Motor Show opens to- orow evening at 8.15 (Tuesday) by Worship Mayor Yeo. ' 3079 “Reserve Tuesday April 18, for rlfse at Oddfellows (new) Hall in dof St. Vincent Orphanage. 3080 “Buying live hogs Hunter River, huhday, April 9th. James Andrews. 3030-4-5-Si "Ik Clift. M. D.-Start now home revs _ ion cure. Purdy Station, West- irestsi oe., N. Y., ii. s. A. ' _ 5079-6-12-8 mod. °‘x¥tiagt¢o 'r. s. s. clue iosaina Ola dfudadty of each week up till oon. him A. Douglas, Secretary. I 7043-8-id-sltmontf. “B ing live hogs It Kensington ltd forbnoon of each week. den - _ . 4051-8-satmoutf. "W »nirs oiub issuing asp wed- neiua ici-enoon. April ruth. Hose “lim - ~iistb¢l at once. li. N. Eustis, sore », 3082-I-0-BL I (Canadian Press) HALIFAX, N. B., April 0tl1.-Sail- iris from here at midnight tonight is the R. M. S. “Lady Drake," cemg. ian National Bteamships, Captain W, B. Armit, R. D. N. R., with the fol- 1°Wil1B passenger list: Archdeacon Armitage and Mrs. Armitage or Hei- ifax; Senator Curry, Mrs. Curry and Misses Barbara and Esther M. Cur- ry, of Amherst, N. B., to Bermuda. Others sailing on the steamer will be for Bermuda: Mrs. R.. T. Andrea; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Jones: Mr. and Mrs. Staub, Montreal; Mrs. G. H. Kendall and child. Windsor, N. S.; Frank Inwis; Miss Marion Wilcox; G. W. Wilson, Halifax: Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Robb, Quebec: Rev. W. E. Rid- er, Lunenburg: Miss Skyes, Ottawa; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Warren, Toronto. For St. Vincent: Captain H. Dare and infant, Ottawa. For Trinidad, Mrs. Wilkes, Miss Wilkes, R.egins..For Demerara, Mrs. W. 1-‘_ Allen: Mrs. R. R. Smith, Saint John; Mr. and Mrs. 0'. M. Robson, H, W. Ellis, Toronto. ___é______-i- ll Il K E I ll VISIT CIINAIJII (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, Apr., 6 - H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucsier, third son of the king, has decided to travel through Canada on his way back from Tokyo, and is expected to land in Vancouver on the first of June. It is not, yet known how extensive his tour of the dominion will be, but it is expected that he will visit the Prince of Wales' ranch in Alberta. The Duke’s visit, according to the London Moming Post, will be purely' private and apart from a few invitations, no public cngagcniehts will be made. Derailments Near Bowmanville - (Special to The Guardian) TORONTO, Apr., 6-An unprecedent- ed downpour of rain in the district north, west and east of Toronto was responsible for the deaths of two railway engineers, who were killed when c. P. R. and c. N. R. ensiries troppled over in washouts and land- siides near Bowmanville_ ‘Train No, 20, leaving Toronto for Montreal at ioxio p. m.. yesterday. was rei>°rf»¢d to have had the engine derailed at a‘point about a miie and a. half west or ncwmrmviile The maine left the track and tumed on its side. eriiineef Robert Milne, according to an of- ficial C. N. R.. statement, is missing, and it is feared that he was pinned beneath his locomotive. Two firemen escaped. ' Engineer J. Kennedy, Toronto. was killed when eastbound C. P. R, freight 906 encountering a rnudslide in a deep clay cutting 2 miles out of Bowmanviiie was derailed at one o'clock this morning. Kennedy was pinned under the overturned chairw- Bix cars of the freight were derail- ed. Another tmin had passed ihe lncatiorl only 30` iriinutes before. when there was no obstruction or in- dication of anything amiss. ____________. c. P. a. ro namiss GUELPFI HOTEL Toitoivro. April e-ii. w. Beatty. president si me c. P. n. to-asv vi- iieiaiiy confirmed the resort carried exclusively in The Telelfiiiil _""5 *"9 C. P. R.._would operate the new hotel which A. W. Cutten, the Chicago wheat king is givin! W hi-9 “luv” city of Guelph. "‘I discussed _the matter with Mr. Cutten." said Mr. Beatty- "H6 D°i!'iff ed out, and I at once realised that it first class hotel for the city of Guelph would be a great benefit to the community. Mr. cutten ia as- suming ali the cost oi iirrmuins this project, and I felt that I could hard- ly do -len than tall him that we would a . _*,, ‘ ' _ ' 'i1 t - A -ip . I., Hmgiwméaiak nth. ‘mm 80454-0-Ii. operate it for him.” BIITTLEFIELIJS (Special in The Guardian) VERDUN, France, Apr., 6 - Two youhs collvsi-Ins were killed and elxht were injured in the explosion of a 12-year-old shell, buried in a. shell hols here where a. camp fire had been lighted. The ten and two others who escaped injury, were from Little and Tourcoing. They were on an Easter pilgrimage to the battle. field and were gathering bones of soldiers around Verdun for the D0- uaumoni; 0ssuary_ Hankow Occupied (Special to The Guardian) I-IANKOW, China, Apr., 6-Pl'e- sident Chiang Kai-Shek, leading the nationalist Chinese army disembark- ed from a. Yangtse river boat today and with his troops formally occupi- ed Harikow. He began, negotiations at once with leaders of the Wuhan opposition, looking to bioodless' sur- render of Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang to the nationalist govern- ment. Four nationalist gunboats have anchored in mid-stream, while the nationalist transport Lamen was ex- pected to land additional troops late in the day. Vlfireless Service To Be Continued HALIFAX, N. S., April 6.-The broadcasting service inaugurated last year by the Department of Marine and Fisheries for -the benefit of the fishing fleet and others interested in the industry, will beresumed this year on April 2, ‘and continued throughout the season. The service, broadcast daily from the Halifax Lighiship at 8 a. m. and 1.30 p. m., and from the Marconi sta- tion at Louisburg at 4 a. ni. and 1 p.. m., is collected and compiled at the Halifax office of the Eastem' Fisher- ies Division, Department of Marine and Fisheries. Practically all the fish- ing vessels are now equipped with receiving sets, and the service this year fs expected to be even more pop- ular thi~m_before. The features broadcast are: Weather reports: Reports from the Magdalen Is- lands, Cariso, Port Hawkesbury, Queensport, Port Hood, North Syd- ney, Halifax, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Lockeport, Shelburne and Yarmouth. showinz the quantity of fresh and frozen bait available as well as ice conditions. Local prices for dried fish and slack salted fish, including, when possible, °."‘¢5 ind Gloucester quo- tations. News items covering catches' of vessels arriving from the Grand Banks. Outstanding fishery incidents. Urgent information regarding fishermcn‘s families. FARMERS PLAN DECREASE IN POTATO ACE!-IAGE BOSTON, April 6.-A decrease of 10.6 percent throughout the nation and a decrease of 5.4 in New England in merage to be devoted to potatoes is indicated in _report of farmers’ planting intentions, according to thc New England crop reporting service of the Department of Agriculture. Vermont,`with s 5 percent increase, is the only New England state in which the farmers have not indicat- ed an intention of decreasing their potato aoerage this year. The crop reporting service poinis out that weather and other condi- tions may as the planting season appsoaches cause tho farmers to plant more or lass scerags than in- dicated in planting intentions filed ~wit.l'i the department. _ The reduction. as indicated, would place New England! potato acerag: for the coming crop at 226.000 acres. as compared to 289,000 last , The nation's acerals wouln beyggiuooil oil compared with 3.025.000 last rear. LW-'IJ' Drake Sails I _ ' _ i 1 i I Hon. James Malcolm, Canadian min- ister of trade and commerce, _are I ii i Hon, Vincent Massey, minister to shown leaving the White House fol- Uniied States for Canada, LEFT, and lowing the latter's presentation W President Hoover. Bell Telephone Co. _ To Incrjease Capital Stock .___._.- _ (Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA, Apr., 6-Without a word of comment, criticism or sug- gestion, tiie famous Bell Telephone bill, authorizing that company to in- crease from $75,000,000 to $150,000,000 its capital stock issue, was put through committee and third read- ing in the House of Commons tonight. Last session this bill was the most contentious in the whole legislative package, and was fought tooth and nail, blcckaded and talked out in private bills hours for weeks. But the measure which has just passed the House of Commons carries sented bv Hon, Charles Dunning. railways minister, in the railways amendment. The rmendment, pre-I committee, provides that the form, manner and amount of new stock is- suance must be passed upon and ap- proved by the dominion railway board.. . _ '_ __ _ Provided, of course, that the meas- ure receives Senate approval the commons has thus seen the last of the famous Bell Telephone bill. In last year's fight'c_~'iirist the measure in in then objectionable form, two Toronto members, G. Reginald Geary and Thomas L. Church, were leaders. DESTROYER TOWED _ INTO NAVY YARDS (Canadian Press) NORFOLK, Va., April '7.-Ridinlf stern foremost the destroyer Childs was towed into the Norfolk navy yard 'bringing survivors of the crew of the salt laden schooner A. Ernst Mills which it rammed Thursday off Cai-rltuck, N. C. The schooner went to the bottom with her captain. A C. Chaney of New Hampshire and two negro members of the crew. LAST MINUTE NEWS FLASHES (Canadian Press) sr. sozirvs, Nils., April 1- Ilon. .fnliti Alexander Robinson, propuctar and fonncr editor of iiic St. .!olin‘s Daily l\'cu's, died today. llc was 67 years old. NEW YORK, April 7.--A bomb in a package addressed to Gov- ernor Frunklin D. Roosevelt was disco-:cred in the parcel room of the general post office, 33rd St. and Eighth Avenue today by a porter who accidentally struck the place with a broom. SYDNEY, N. S. W., April 'I- Another 24 hours has passed with- out a hint of the fate of Captain Charles Kingsfdrd-Smith and his three companions who on March 30 left here in the airplane Southern Cross for a flight, to England. Another monoplaua Join ed the search today. VATICAN CITY, April 'I- (AP)-l~`n1m a windowin his pri- vate apartment in the Vatican Pope Pls this morning bestowed a poniiiialdl blessing upon $5,000 veterans of ltAly’a famous Alpina luards who assembled in _ St. (_ _ _ Pct(-r’s Square with at least 50.- 000 other persons. DETROIT, Apr., 6-Hundreds of famiics early today were nur- ooned in their homc by flood waicr from Connor's Creek, on Detro|i's east side, caused by a torrential rain shortly after mid- night. water to it sepia of five feet swept over streets and many families were forced to the sec- ond floor oi’ their homes for safety. , PHILADELPHIA. April 1.- Bubmarine exploration of the north pole region is virtually impossible, says Capt. Donald B. MacMillan, veteran of polar ex- peditions. Referrlnl io the re- port that Sir Hubert Wilkins would attempt to reach the pole under seas, Capt. MacMillan t'sis.`1,ooo members of tire Urrirm League last night, "I would view his embarking on it with s great miiigiving and alann. He is too valuable s. man to lose". The ex- ploration of the polar seas by submarine has been contemplat- ed before, be held. ._ _ .__ r_`____ _ I. A ST YE.ii._Ii (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, Apr., 6-One of every 135 persons in London was a street, trucks. Official records published show that 3,000 persons were killed or injured every week on roads throughout England and Wales. In Scotland the rate was nearly 300 a week. The total figures for Great Britain were: killed-6,138; injured -166,838. The total killed was 809 higher than 1927. Privately owned automobiles and taxi cabs claimed the greater number of victims. Damage $300. 000 (Special to The Guardian) MONTREAL, Apr., 8-The, Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Limited, announces that the sleet siorm of Monday last, which dis- rupted long distance telephone ser- vice, chiefly in the eastern and oen- tral divisions of the Bell- Telephone Company's territory, caused damage now estimated at $300,000. Approxi- mately 1,000 poles were carried down in the central division and some 300 in the eastern section. Service is now practically restored on an emergency basis, and permanent repairs are proceeding with all speed. According to Commissioner of Works Harris, the rainfall from five o‘clocl< last evening until 1 a. m., today exceeded anything Toronto has experienced in 24 hours since 1923, with the exception of August 3. isza, when ine rair. fsu was aaa inches in that time. In the six hours last night 1.78 inches of rain fell in Toronto. __ , ___1____;_;_. PREPARING' FOR ELECTION , (Canadian Press) LONDON, April 'L--The charms oi spring held las attraction for lead- ers of the various political parties dll!- ing the past week than the prepara- tion of oratorical ammunition, for the greatest display of political pyro- technics that has disturbed the amen- ities of the season for many years to start next week and will continue until the polling booths open on May 30. With the inauguration of their great campaign on Monday with 4,- 000 speakers will carry Lloyd Georges unemployment removal so h e m e throughout, the length and breadth of the country the Liberals have rather stolen a march on their opponents. stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister and leaders of°tl'ie Conservatile party in conference at Chequers, the Prem- ier's country home, have put the fin- ishing touches to the party's election programme. MAHON‘S BIRTHDAY ' RECALLS MAFEKING LONDON, April 6--Memories of Mafeking were revived by the an- nouncement thai; General Sir Bryan Mahon, having reached the age limit of 67 years, retires from the reserve of officers. General Mahon, a naiive of county Galway and former com- mander-in-cliief of Ireland, is a senator of the frish Pfree State. General Mahon served in India and Egypt, before he became commander of a cavalry brigade in the South African war. He led the famous fly- ing_ column detached from one of _Field Min-shui asserts-’inrsnu-y siv- ,isions to the relief of Mai(-king in iMay, 1900. Col. (now Lt.-Gen. Sir) Robert Baden-Powell had gallantly held out with ii small force against attacking Boers for no less thiin 217 days. The relief of the town excited the llveliest jubiiation in England. During the war General Mahon was succesr.ively conihianrler of the 10th ilrisiii Division, 1914; in com- mand of the Balonika army. 1915-le. and commander'-in-chief in ireland, 1916-18. _ l~‘-‘.i€r _ .",-'~.,. 11,. .- ;. i;.-'__ r. .~, . ~ ., IZ- 1. if I “»,5> ' I .1 ‘_ v { , _~ ' i ,_ _ 'tl Iii -1 '_ __ ~ '-V __ _ ' _ ‘-lil, _ His Majesty _ Forlwest Indie’ BN IN WASHINGTON IApproves Alliance (.‘__r»»cizl to The Guardian) OTTAWA, Apr., 6-His Majesty ine King has approved the alliance of the Saskatchewan mounted rifles al hm ar Re om show “,mt;of the non-permanent active militia i _ . Iiiige :Iss 1,2I'Iu1iieuparrs 54 461 in- I °f c‘”"‘°“ "° W' 9"* °“°°“'° ’°Y“ ' British army. The _lured chiefly by automobiles and' Lancers M the I saskatchewan mounted rifles was _organized in 1908. The headquarters j of this unit is located st Lloydminster I Sasir., and is under the command of _ Lieut. Colonel H. J. Price. ' » I _ ‘LINER GRIIUNDS (Special to 'I’hs__Giu.rdian) NEW YORK, Apr.. 6-The liner Paris, carrying 415 first class pass- engers, went aground off Bay Ridge off Brooklyn tndly ls she was steam- ing down the bay to open sea for her rezular vvyaee to Plymouth end Havre, Pilot boats were on the way to aid the French liner. but early reports said it was imlikely the vessel could be pulled free before late lf- ten-ioon. TOP WHARFA GE ABOLISHED (Canadian Proll) SAINT JOHN, N. B., April 6. ‘-- On May first next. top wlisrfags at the port of Bt. John. insofar as the steamships are concerned' would be a thins of the wt. it was 'ssid this morning by W. E. Scully, chairman of the board of harbor eommillionerl. as after that date this would be ool- lected from the Railways and Express companies carrying the ggqqg gg md from tiie port. Mr. Scully said the procedure to be followed after thgt i date was the same as used in Mont. I real. I ' Hindenburg Ill (Canadian Prem) BERLIN, April 1-It was revealed only today that President Paul Von Hindenbmb was seriously ill last. week with influenza and gasti-le eom. plications. Apprehensiion was caused because of his advanced age (82) but today he was said to be out of dan- ger. It was considered advisable to withhold the news from the public £0 Prevent general anxiety. _ il-' You (Ali: I 4Hii~ir.e» Jusf As 'flier coma; You‘\.\. ‘fAKa t~iAt_ir~r A Joi.-r /_ oo --; '_ I ., 1% /2 v~' // 2,///V /.. 'f M/ I . _ _ , TORONTO, April 7.-Maritime. moderate winds, partly cloudy with local showers or thunderstorms. Toronto, fair ... ... ... .. 00-38 Montreal, rain ... ... 46-34 Quebec, cloudy ... ... ... ... 38-30 Ch‘t/own., fair ... ..... ... ... 80-29 Halifax, cloudy ... 50-32 "'_"'iLr1>-< 2:'-r-iii : :_=rl'2""... _-Z 115'-3 li |-1-1C..l-J' ri: 2-<2, rs i , _ Nail Penetrates Spine 1 And Lung of Little _ Lorne Ca.Sford--Suf- I fereif Reported Rest. ing Easily. Shortly after noon on Sunday, when two brothers, Lame and Maurice children of Mr. John Casford, Upper Prince Street, were playing in their years, fell on a three inch nail with which they had been playing and was seriously injiued. It is not known just how the acci- dent occurred but tl-ie nail _passed through the spins and penetrated the lung. The little led was at once rush- ed to the Charlottetown Hospital. where the nail was removed. At a. ss resting easily. and doing as well as could be expected. American And Mexican Soldiers Clash In Battle NACO, Arizona, April 3.-'-America!! and Mexican soldiers clashed in bat.- tle here today, ciimaxing a night ol violence along the international bor- der during which the Southern Pac- ific Railroad line in the west _wad strewn wii.h bombs. While the Ama. ericans and Mexicans were exchanging shots, the rebel army of General Fausto Topetp hurled itself in force son, defended by I,200 troops, under General Lucas G nzsles. Two aero- pianes, tanks ani cavalry bore down on the federal entrenchnients shortly heavy exchange of fire. Looks For Sex War In Schools LEICESTER, England, April d.-A sex war in the schools seems likely to result from the annual confer- ence of the National ‘Union of Schoolmaaters being held here. After three days of denouncing women teachers the conference culminated in tl ‘ unanimous passage of it res- olution that “it is not in the best lu- terests of education that women teachers should practice in boys’ schools or that women students should train in boys’ schools." The mover of the resolution, J. Brooks, of Liverpool, was willing to agree that certain masculine womcn, like Lady Macbeth, claimed they "'dare do all that may become man." He declared, however, that ously _protected from the influcncc of persons of that type. He also said / ' to-day that more than half a mil- '/'// _' “ - _ lion boys were being taught by wom en, that many boys never came un- der the influence of a male teacher .5 lf/ 4' ‘/ / worse. V g' ~ _ _ Z F. Frccboroiigh, of Banstead, - _ 'u.._. ` -- cused women teachers of managing boys by a. system of bribery and cor- ruption. He said it was more than a. coincidence that countries like the United States, where bribery was most rife, had the most women teachers. __._.___._..__.___. %4* §4 Saint John, cloudy ... ... ... 50-82 Boston, cloudy ... ... ... ... ill-88 ‘New vcricciouciy ._ so-so? High tide this morning at 10.08 and , tonight at 10.14. ‘ i sun sets `this evening at 6.38 and rises tomorrow moming at 5.27. New_mcon Monday, April 9th, 4.00 p. m. , ~` Su-mmerside tide eighteen minute! later thln Uhdrlottetown, Condensed Specials lA'l'l.-do per word nat. oooh _insertion in this autumn. »»»» t_vfAN'n:n- A uaubfi _crave jMoDonlld, Mermaid. 8078-4-_B-3i FOI! BALI-A QUANTITY OF feed tumlpa, cheap for guick sale. M. R. Hardy, York. 80014-0-ll. ._ _ ... , ._.. '_ M. , . Y i Y 1 \ 4 . I r ~ ' ‘ i _ _ . ' .». i _ robin Hood.the-EIQur§,ThatBut the Fact in Saitis action_ 1 r "io-3, _-'.`»-_,'i»2.f_;'l3.‘-`~"‘_, f _ "r i _ »( _ A , _ » _ . . _ _ home, one of them, Lorne, aged six. § late hour last night he was reported (Canadian Preul ' against the' Nano, Sonora, local garrié' “ ` after daybreak and there was I, 1. 5 1 and that the situation was becoming uc % _,.\_ vi; . S =; -_ ; i'.,‘, -»1a~au--r., ..~_ ...,... _,--.. T -._-._.J._.= .-Nl..-_.:... . 15...- -f _ -*<_=-'¢'