‘ "Don't bake today. come and buy MAXIMS 01A MERE MAN -_—-i u. guardian. Iounded "I'l- Qpluttetown Guardian ‘love Oeutl» 111101111 111 cuiin 1us1_1_|v1s In Fire Which Razed Building At Camp- beHton — Damage Estimated, at, $20,- 000. (liliiiPBlilil/ION, N. B. Feb. 26- (py The Canadian Press)——'l'he oddest lragedy in the history of my, tow-n took the lives of two mm and a small girl when fire gmyed the house in which they m sleeping early today. Funeral ‘m; will be held here Monday Wing in the Church of our Lady {the Snows for Mrs. Patrick mu- mmflsqimthelllo neces- .wumhgorldsltheloynialer. cautions Were C. N. R. To Protect ployees. Evidence CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1932 fioronefs Jury Probes Scene of B111..- Clash | Cause Of Dr1ver’s Death In Sunday’s Train Wreck [Jury F inds‘ TTlTzli-t Proper Pre- Not Taken By Lives Of Em- Of Conduc- tors, Despatchers And . Others Heard. Yesterday. The second coroner's jury em. pannelled in connection with fai- alitiee resulting from Sunday's train wreck heard evidence be- fore Coroner Dr. E. T. Tantou at Summer-side yesterday. The jury inquired into the clrcumstan . of the death o! Railway Engineer James Hessian and gave the lol- lowlng verdict: "W0. the Jury find that James Hessian came to his dug], a, a result of u rear end collision on the part oi’ train No. 53 colliding into rear of train 2i1_stuck in Handraharfs cutting on the main line of Canadian National ltallwayz-about one mile from‘ 2 o'clock, February 21, 1932. Also that we the jury further recommend that ‘ ' rhlc sta- tions be kept open and an op- Covers Prince Edward’ . Read by Everybody 1Island Like the Dew 16 PAGES hlAXihiS 01-‘ A MERE MAN Dre hardest enemy to get au-uy from is n upon‘: own self. Auuuul Subscriptions Ilvlivrrrul $71.00. "1 llaii 1x1111111|u umi l1. s. A. SLIM. NEW erator on duty until train ar- rives at destinations. On account of this evidence we find the C. N. R. did not use proper pre- . caution to protect the lives o! their employees.” The verdict was signed by the jurors as follows: Arthur Johnston, foreman, Fred C. Murphy, Fidele M. Arsenaulb, Wallace Gallant, James Sullivan, Albert Oakes, Criily Lea. The inquest was held in the Tiguieh Sunday morning about 111,66, n native of Nouvelle, Que-i illu Aims Allaln, 38, born at. (iulelon, Que; and Joyce Doucet, iged three years and eight months hughtcr of Mr. and Mrs. Fred uoucet. of Campbellton. , Rumors that a fourth person had been trapped in the house were (Continued on Page 10) Avalanches Take Heavy Toll (Canadian Press) SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 26—-Seven persons were believed killed by an iulanche which struck the mount- ui (mm of Edgewlck, southeast of lore today. Two were known dead 11111 five were missing. Six other ' itrsons were killed in two other tnlanchcs today and yesterday in lrsiem Washington. ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC “Don't forget the J-lorspitnl Aid take Sale st Holman! today. 1181-2-27-11. “Dance 111; East Suffolk Monday IIiBIIRAKlIHlSSiOII 35 cents. Ladies with cakes free. 1178-2-27-21. horn the Ladies of Baptist Church altcmoon. 1184-2-27-11. “Hockey at Wlltsliirc 1011111111, Noiafraids vs. Allsporta. Skate after r111 music. 1191-11 "$111111 111 Hlghfield tmrgm. Buckley old men vs Hlghfield old lltli. Skating after match. 1198-11, “Come to the Qmccrt 1n Gra- lms Road Hail, Tuesday night, h 1st. 1f not fine, Wednesday. 1117-24741. pawl/Ply large and small Cakes, mries, etc, awaiting you at “mans this aftemoon. Come and 1184-2-27-11. "Annual Mcetln, Southern w‘ "5 E88 Circle in Belle River mm Wednesday. March 2nd. at ’ 1183-2-27-21. "cllme to the concert end Box ‘i ll Clyde River, on March h -Il’ stormy to be held the follow- ‘ "lilll- 11511-2-211-31. "Don't migg hm the Concert in M, ‘l’ Hill. Monday evening. n“ "luv 29th, at 8 o'clock. If not °- Tlleldav. iiaa-a-zo-ai. u _____ V. Bée one-Armed Married Men nh-‘k- 0. O. Sisters in Cornwall m - Saturday. twenty-seventh, '11 P- M. Skating eight to ten. 1155-2-26-21. "Wfluy 11111 m: intelligence lsoaflflillldlllk and efficiency, _we m“ eso in our business, Let me m“ 3'51". Sun Life Insurance Cinn- ' - h- Moore, Manager. r1 1 u 1 1 11111151011 New Potato We. re- house 0f John (l. Pillman Totally De- stroyed B y F i r e Early Friday Morn- ing- Loss About $5,- 000 A1111 Partly Covered B y Insur- ance. (Special to The Guardian) Mr. John C. Pillmon of New An- iian for the second time suffered a serious loss by fire when his new potato warchousc situated ut New Annnn railway station was bllflwd to the ground about thrcc o'clock yesterday morning. Last May. Mr. Plllman lost his large 110ml» Wale" house by fire ot thc same place. l-lc rebuilt it 111 September. only to have the second one go up in smoke. Mr. Pillman was siecllllll; l" a small house attached to thc barn and awoke with the noise of crack- ling. He found the office in i110 warehouse to be ablaze. He 11nd no means of fighting the flrc and went for assistance to Mr. Harold Moose. Neighbors gathered. but they could . do nothing. | Farmers hurl been hauling thciri potatoes to Mr. Piilman to be grad- ed and shipped. but for the fact that Mr. Pillman had made some shipments that day the loss would have been more. Mr. Piliman lost his graders, gasoline eriglnc and other equipment. A small bam nearby was saved. The loss is cs- tlmated at about $5,000 with some insurance. Mr. Pillman had been working there that day but docs not know how the fire could have start- ed. "Double Murder In Verdun Home MONTREAL; Que, Fcb. 20. (By the Canadian Press) - Two were killed in a short but bloody struggle in a private homo in Ver- dun here this afternoon. I. Scie- nun, 42, was shot five times and 11304-2541. .. ‘hhltltliry ‘at Cornwall Monday chi-the’ "dye vs. Nine M‘le Creek. h, i’ B" Clio vs. Cornwall 0.0. m‘ "l-“f . .- ; 11924-21411 i l Mrs. Joseph 'l‘urcotte, 40, was bea- ten to death in the Turcotte home. Joseph Turcotte and his son. bcrard. aged 1'1, were placed und- er arrest. - NFEFVTTNTANTNEW BR iiiigiiibl 1111s .1111: (Canadian Press) FREDERICTON, N. 13., Feb. 26.- At a brief sitting of the Legislature this afternoon, Premier C. D. Rich- ards introduced a bill providing for a cut of ten percent in the sesslonal indemnitics of, members and a rc- duction of ten percent in the salar- im of members of the executive council for the remaining eight months of the fiscal year. Announ- cement that; this action would be taken was made sometime ago. Dcbnic on the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, open- ing the session yesterday was ad- journed from yesterday until Tucs- day afternoon, when the House next sits. Introduction of bills, tnbling of reports and other routine matters were attended to today. Premier Richard-s named the standing and general committees for the session. Indications arc that the session will be bricf, with prorogation ov- curing within 11 month. The budget is cxpcctcd to be brought down next: wcck. ‘Weigh, Neigh ” l TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 26. -(By the Canadian Press) -- The de- i11lsc of "Old Fred," famous equine owned by former Premier Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. was revealed on the floor of (.hc Ontario Legislat- ure today. Clifford Case, Cons... North York, rose this afternoon before the orders of the day. He rend a newspaper despatch from Kcmptvllie, wlicrc Mr. Ferguson's i11rn1 is situated, which recounted the death of the 43-year-old horse. "I would like to ask the Prem- icr." sold Mr. Case, "if the Gov- ernment is forwarding a suitable message of condolence." There was a roar of laughter, which rose still higher as Prcmicr George S. Henry said: "Nclgh, nclgh." Frd’ton Woman’ Gets Two Years (Canadian Press) MONCTON, N. 13., Feb. 211-4-111- da Tavu, of Fredericton, was sen- tenced today to serve two years in the penitentiary at Kingston, Ont, for theft from a rooming house some months ago. She Hvrvell B short term for a similar offense- The Maritime Penitentiary ll Dorclicstcr has no accommodation for women. SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. 1811111118!) (A.P.)—'I‘l1c Jnpancsc military and nnvnl and air flceis npflnnl n com- bined bombing attack 11111 morning on the Wooaiuig forts. ' 5 DRIVE Tactics. (Copyright, i932, by the Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Feb. 26-11 Japan- cse threat to change tactics and bottle up the strategic points on the Chapei-Woosung battle line, met with an early morning Chin- ese thrust today which drove the Japanese out of Miaochungchen northwest of Kiangwan, walled vil- lage which the Chinese have held for a week. Later Chinese batteries within Chapel started a heavy shelling of the Japanese positions in that district. The latter's guns responded, but weakly. The short Chinese offensive halted the westward kink the Jup- ‘M1058 were putting into the front T Prince Pays In the wake of’ thc Japanese Shanghai," the photograph, rushe the North Station in. Shanghai ab late Monday, Feb. 22. Two British " Field “Ma rshals On Sick List (Special To The Guardian) LONDON, Feb. 26. -— Two Brit- ish Field Marshals were on to- day's sick list. Viscount Plumer 0f Mcssincs,‘ former High Commis- sioner of Palestine and who com- manded the second army of tlic British expeditionary force in France, was seriously ill, 11nd a conference of specialists wcre cal- lcd. Sir William Robertson, Chicf of the Imperial General Staff during the greater part of the Great War, is ill at Yorkshire, but not. so scri- ousiy. France May (Bar N. S. Apples PARIS, Fcb. 26. —1AP) —'1‘l1c Ministry of Agriculture is study- ing a proposal to bar Canadian 11nd United States apples from France because of the nllcgcd pre- sence of S1111 Jose scnle on Vir- ginia apples. Authorities from both countries are trying to persuade the Ministry to accept certificates of their respective departments r agriculture guaranteeing; shipments to be free of scale. OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 26~1By The Canadian Prcssl—steps are b01113 taken by the Department of Agri- culture here to convince the gov- ernments of Belgium and Franco that Canada can guarantee hcr apple shipments to be free from San Jose scale. Both Belgium and importations of Canadian and U. S. apples because of the danger of (he infection. FurnaceExplodes; Escapes Unhurt YARMOUTH, N. 5., Fcb. 26 - Hurled up the cellar stairs when the furnace exploded in the Strand ball room. Manager Charles Down- ley, received e. severe shock. blll escaped serious injury. He was B11- prcnehlu, the furnace to investi- gate the cause of a rumbling noise when the scclden‘ occurred. HALIFAX, N. S. Feb. 26 -— Cliffordgl. lthcPhee, for 25 years assistant Inspmtor of Lighthouses for the Department o.’ Marine, died at his home here twlchl- He. Ill 5a ruin o! ne- SHANGHAI NORTH STATION ABLAZE clashed in slurp fighting about the ancient ciiy. The heaviest fight- ing since the start of hostilities in the East occurred in this district (V181 Fiance are considering preventing: High Tribute To Journalists "protection of their interests in d by telephoto apparatus. shows laze as Chinese and Japdncsc LONDON, Feb. 26. 1A.P.)-Th_e Prince of Wales paid warm tribute ‘ 1o the British press in a speech to- | night and revealed that he does not Imind in the least bcng made the subject of newspaper publicity. Speaking at the inaugural ban- lquet of the company of newspaper imakers. which was attended by Chinese Take Offensive Yesterday To Thwart Japanese Change Of 1 JAPANESE EXPECTED I 1111111111111 11 r1111 111111 line somewhat north and west of: Kiangwan, and relieved (he bottle‘ neck around that village. * T The Japanese advanced last‘ night against machine gun fire and almost completely surrounded l Kiangwan in an enveloping move- IB 6 l 6 V 6 S 'i‘é1X])‘¢iy~ merit. Th it ll ' - - ly seriousefzr uteheoxlbllmaiollliihntijy l ers Generally at midnight and it soon resorted to I Approve Efforts To Econoinize. a hinge in the darkness to keep open the supply lines for the sturdy defenders of Kiangwan. The Clfin- __» esc held Kiangwan and in addi- tion took Miaochungchen. General ’l‘sui Ting-Kai admitted 11c could not clulm any great gain, but snid O'l'1'.-\W.-‘1, 0111.. I“ b. :13. (By i111! Canadian Prrs~~ :1‘-.-:11211Li0n lfor 1111- 1 11 111i‘ \‘-I.‘ iv»1...1~11011 in ‘(lie nhiilfiiui 11'. tsn- l'<1.:n1- .\l11: til-r, lilli. l1iEN ERAl1 -i—_ - Q hliiiislcis o1 11:11 Cru liidoiiizitw- (continued on Pflge 101 _ies of 111111111111‘ 111111 $131.11.,» .1114 lc.\'11 sl-rvzurhs Hijkfliilg 1111111‘ 1111111 . cut in civil Stfl".'illl‘.r- in 1111- 111111111: grades was moved in i111: 11111151: 17! ‘Commons today by P10111111‘ n. B. ‘ Bennett. The tendency in tlicse days 11-21 §$1200 per _\‘1~n1' 111111 1. 1'1\1- .p~'~v 11-11! | tions in rvagcs by the C. P. R., the ‘C. N. 12., and mcntoncd that l A n n R E s S E s? to practice economy both in thd ‘government and in industrial con- ‘ ____ ‘coiicliziiion board 111 hlonircnl 11.11 >\L\!)E;I]L'\("*[ 11s 11121111111111.1011 b...11:s( I gccrns. hi1". Bt-nuctt inslzincesvrcduc- ‘ . Gllaraflbfibn.» fmplqvccs 11nd agreed in :1".- "Flcet Street and Show Lane ‘lA I‘ G 01] IHSPBCt-iOHIlof my debt by affording the news- 1 0 F F ' 0 I A l‘ slmore than 300 editors and others (prominent in the newspaper world, (London's journalism centres) have, always been very good friends in- .. . ipaper making craft with a bit o‘! T0111“ In I additional copy I 11m only loo glad | Eastern Canada. l! H E R E; the Prince said: l -_*._ ' . (iced to mc and if I can repay part to do so." | ,1 I HALIFAX, N. S, I-‘cb, 26—(By, v ,Tl1e Canadian Prom-On an in-‘f u I ‘spcciion 10111" of airports in Eastern; i Canada. liircc officials of i110 Civil , | ,A\’i3i.i0ll Branch, Dopartiiiciit offiflv I National Dsfcncc, zu-rivcd here n: I 1 __ P2 30 today, from Sydney and took ,off at 3.15 for Charlottetown, P.E.I. i Tlicy arc: A. D. hlncLcau, acihigl OTTAWA- 0m" Feb- 26~ — (BY supcrhtcndnnt of Ainmts; Mzuorliilc Canadian Prcss)-Closing of all ‘l R “mm” and spmcnm pnotProvincial “Government Houses," Femmmg_ They are using the BEL the residences of the Lieutenant- Governors, “for six months at least,” was suggested in the House of Commons todny by MacKcnrlc King, Liberal leader. He opposed the exemption of Lieutenant-Gov- ornors from the l0 per cent salary reductions proposed by the Gov- crnment. “Why social functions at this 111110?" asked Mr. King. The Gov- ,- Revival wrnor-Geneml, in making a volun- l Jory contribution of 10 per cont of Expo rt Interest lnnca. monoplanc "V17." 1 On their why (o Sydney they ‘stopped r11 Mouclon 111111 Ncw Glas- gow, Leaving Charlottetown, they will visit Rlcliibucio, Chntham and Saint John, in Ncw Brunswick. his salary had made o. "nobic cx- nmplc." The Government, the Lib- ,c1'a1 lcadcr believed, might go fur- ‘thor and close the Provincial Gov- crnmcnt l-louscs. OTTAWA, Ont... Feb. 26. »~ (By (he Canadian Prcss- -— Revival of export interest. marking the in- itial activities in shipments l0 thc I British Isles for 11132, featured the cattle market this wcck, stntcs the Wcckly Review of the Department '1»: Agriculture issued tonight. Two hundred and fifty licnzl of cattle were cu route fro111 Winni- ‘pcg to St. John, N. 13., for cxport overseas on March 4, ivhilc thcrc was rencwcd dcmnnd at Toronto for near future shipments. Grain Shipments From Halifax (Canadian Press- EHLLYAX, N. 5., Fob. cording to on official statement ls- sucd by tlm Halifax Harbour Cum- IIIlSSiOTIOTS, shipments of grain from ‘(he elevator amounted lo 174516 n’ H bushels for the corresponding week Jane Is Dead ‘of 1930. There wcrc small shipments ‘inf wheat and com, but the bulk of £11m shipments W113 mode up of 136,- 1571 bushels of rye. ,' Suice the beginning of this year. liilO total receipts at (he elevator monia shc developed at the New “mom”: m 386979 bushels mmpared Enghmd sportsmen‘ Show m Bu? ‘with 339,516 bushz-Lq for thc 00""- tozi a little over a ycar ago. S110 ipondmg perlod m w“ and was” w“ found dead m a 140%,", cm ‘bushels for the corresponding per- cluquro m,“ Salisbury. 11011 in 1930. Total shipments since Jane had the distinction of bring [me 1st °Y Jmulla" °l m‘ 7”‘ 1111; 111111 moose pliliflll housed 111 ‘amount 1o 009.482 buihcl-i compared the veterinary hospua] of the Um- lWith 345,071 bllShPLq ill 193i and X75, vcrsity of Pennsylvania. Spccinlisis ;750 bll-lhtls in 193°- gnve hcr their attention, 11nd fhc i Stools in storc on FPbYllBfy 25 (Canadian Prvss) PREDERICTON. N. B.. Feb. 26- Jane, New Brunswicks famous cow moose, is dead from lflfllrfl-llllfll- subsequent rccovcry received wide pared with 806,015 bushels in store publicity; _ on the- some date in IQGL 1, n». .,__.,-»'v'\- . - 1. "JG-Ac- ° (lcvclopmmts in l1cr condition and amounted m 636,411 bushels. com- o 0f Gofl-‘icvliii Zahlfilvliviifi‘. five yours, ‘Siicrc hm! lynx-on In‘ 111 H \fl'1‘/'l‘v1(l'_£‘"" ‘ 1- 1l.1ct;1>01: 0f 14.4 p111‘ c1111. Wag»; 111111 s ‘ fr": - 1 ' 1:111" lZKiI. I1‘; s 1.11 11cc '1~.1.<r’ e st F0u11dat1o11s”1§§,‘,,',1..i... " ” ’ ‘ ‘ Conimiu-d on pace 3 Says His Excellen- ( 0y. _ Y ~—~~——~~ Woman Found Shot In Side HALIFAX, N. 3.. Feb. ‘JG-fliy The Canadian Prrssl-Thc convic- tion Q‘? Canada's Governor General that this coiuiiry rests on the,» seundcst foundation any nation can; have; 111111, "111 this 1111111 of incal-l milably valuable materfnl assets. the n-iost valuable asset of all is an immoicrial one-tho nationalchvl- m (he 3159101; 11.11111; 11.1; character of n11 tipriglil. God-lear-I been brought out m 1193p 1,31 no 1m; People." was voiced (Qdey at fl Hazclton suffering from bum: lunchw" Kile" l“ the Earl 3°55‘ _ wounds i11 (he loft 5.111. sold to have borough's honor by the Cmlfldimfben self inflicted. 5111. 11-111 rccovcr. Club 0f Hana-V "In a ‘Wild °l Mrs. Brown 1111310111111 111 iii‘l‘ cnbzn ncur lhc school 11111211» she icaclics. Reports rcccavcd 11cm ycsicrcln}! had stalcd that the woman was lfounrl stnbbcd in (he broom. bu? ° 1 w 1 - w ~ 1 v1.1 1111* 11111 burn l" a 1 .l'l\PS't1g3t1Ol‘i 10104.1 . Reta Se t ‘.5110,’ 1 _ (Canadian PrQssJ PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., F01), 26. kMrs. Dorothy Brown, 1.1110111 '1 n11“ (Continued on Plge l0) —- 1 HENLEY, Emgland, Feb. 26 —-I 1 . (Canadian and Associated Press Crlef Dead Cfl.biE)—-TilC Conscivatives retained the scat in the House of Commons _ for Henley in yesterday's by-clect- 1(;1Il:ifilill‘l Prose) ion. AMHERST‘. N. -'= Fob. 3'1 W11- The icsult announced today l\'.'l$Zi“'5f(l J. Anclci ‘inc lP-ll‘! Sir Gifford Fox. Cons, 16.553. Supr-wnc Cour: r1111 R. B. hlnfthcilvs. Lib. 7.129. fstablv for 1111' 11111111111111... The Irv-election “'11s cmlsvd by 117s homo hcr" 111i? 11111111111? (ll the death of R. R. Henderson, Corblflgp 1.1‘ '12. sci-votive. I11 tht‘ i118! Kflleml “lmbl —~~—*“‘"'“"" "—' """" 1011 the vole has been: H. B. Matthew's, Lib. 5.1111. R. R. Hcndcrson, Cons. 24,025. F. .T_ lls-mbnrg. 1.11bcr_ 3.91111. _.___ —::~. . -u Record & Forecast of the Weather 115111 :11 ‘he .\ibl'i‘l3l)il1)l.1)1il1'.\l. 1)l<'l1‘l1'iI, Tor- tvm Arm (111111 PAYS His \*I\FE'6 MILUNERY 811.1 11E MA‘! 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