u mgyumvs MERE MAN [Widesprea lFlER 1a us. P. E. Island Tern ' Schooner Springs a Leak 0n Way To Boston. . ‘ ---- g (Canadian Press) BOSTON, Mass., Jilly 'l-The Bflt ish lumber laden tern schooner Vic- wry Chimes was picked “P W Vi“! coast guard cutter u-ntietam of! Rock-port fndrl, with her decks a- wash and towedinto this port. CBP caln B. E. Merriam and his crew of .1... were. exhausted after 18 hwrs at the hand pumps. Merriam said. that had not thaiog lifted and the cutter: sighted his distress sianfll his men would have abandoned hops » The schooner carrying 301,000 ft. "of lumber for a Boston firm. l!" Parrsboro, N. _B. a weekjgo. A Small leak was observed as shc cleared the harbor, but the steam pumps were in working order and_ the Mas. tar decided to disregard it. Heavy fog and light winds wars encounter- edalmoat immediately and yester- day" the mechanical pumps failed. The schooner was built at Cardigan Prince Edward Island. in 1018 and i: 290 feet long. ' OUNCEMENTS. c MING EVENTS, MEETINGS ETCS. "Talking pictures Montague, sat. urday. ‘1138-‘7-1-41 "Ben Msyileid at Hope River on Friday night. 'll25-'1-'l-4i. "Farmer Haskins at Hope River-l Friday, July 10th. 7125-‘1-7-41. "Talking pictures MOntague Sat- urday. , _ 7138-7-7-4! "Farmer Haskins, a bright well- acted comedy drama. High class specialties. 7125-7-7-41. "Kelly's Cross Tea Party Wed- nesdav. July 8. A real big time. 7045-74-41. A "Ice cream festival and sup- per-Danclng, Little ' Sands Hall, ‘Tuesday, July ‘l. Starting at ‘(All set for Kelly's Cross. T? - f 7099-1-0-31. Party, Wednesday, July 8th. stormy, next fine day. "Ice Cream Festival and Dance will be hzid in St. Andrews School the Women's Institute‘, Wednesday, Jilly 8th. If not fine . - 1185-7-8 in aid o following night. "Persons taking flowers from the residence comer of Kent and Pown- al Streets are known and will be ' prosecuted if it happens again. 7128-10 » "The festival which was to be hcld at I-Iopf-Rivcr Parish Hall on Thin-may the 0th of July has been .1¥>Itponed till Monday, July 13th. - ‘ll llilth. Admission 25o and, 35¢, ‘lllfl-I-‘l-il. "Como to the Icc Cream Festival and Dance at l-Iopc Rive!- Parish on Thursday cvcninl thc 9th Assum n 7000-1-0-31. "The Ice Cream Festival which was to have been held at Marsh- field ymterday. and pmtponsd m; will be hcla today. 71804-8 "Come and dance to the O'Lea1v Orchestra in Richmond's Big New Ball on Thursday, July 0th. Also or; o 1120-74-31. o July, given by the Spcicty. account of rain. LT Wednesday, July 15th. Bast music. Good order. Refreshments. -n-_ ' "a limited number of copisa PMIMORIES OF LONG AGO" of Charlottetown past, can be obtain- Maritime Stationers, _C N. Hotel; Publicity Ag- ‘autllor, B. Brunnsr. 508-7-061- od from Garter s: C0,, or tbs i The dilapidated condition of the election highway constructed on the Malpeque Road by the Leo. Govern- ment this summer, referred to editorially in yester- day’s Guardian, has naturally caused widespread in- dignation throughout Queen’s County. This highway, which links the so-called McIntyre Highway with Elm Avenue, was built at enormous cost, the gravelled road being torn up to make way for the more expensive pav- ing system experimented with last fall on the stretch of roach-less than a mile in length-which the Public Works Minister modestly christened after himself. The connecting highway built-in the same fashion this sum- mer was completed a few weeks ago, and the fact that it is already falling to pieces is noted with astonish- ment and indignation by every one passing over it. ' A conservative estimate o! the coat of the bu. Government's ck- Jrlmentol work on the two and one-eighth miles of highway on the Malpequ Road would be wall over $50,000. The lo-called Mclutyro Highway alous cost over 828.000. Tllc taxpayers cf the Province paid half the cost, the other half com- ing out of the Dominion unemploy- portuno in which to make borrowings for this purpose. the St. Peters Rood, where a sim- ilar highway is being laid. Will have to be paid for solely by the people of this Province. The Lea Government has algal- flcd its intention, l! elected, of con- tinuing this ruinous road policy on borrowed money. The claim was made that while the initial cost would be much grcatu thau the building of clay or cvcn gravel ______ . Continued on page‘ 5 "Ice Cream, Bingo and other am. ements at China Point Church 0n Thursday eveninB. July am. . 7102-‘1-8-21 "The date of St. Margaret's Tea. Polity has been changed to Tuesday, Ju 21st. 7150.11, "Dance and Ice cream Social in i. Rilll The Peop e's Paper . g (lovers PrinoeEdwal-dl island Like xhemew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAY, ‘A’ LEGACY __ d indignation Calused By Extravagance Ont Shoddy Road Work fNewly Built Malpeque Rd.-Speed- way Falling To Pieces After ‘ Few Weeks Of Traffic. Lea Government Severely Criti- cised For Unauthorised Ex- penditure Of Thousands Of Dollars Of Taxpayers’ Money. roads, the work would be of an en- during naturo and the time was op- largo The fact that this cxpenslvcly paved road is already dL' tegratlug, that there are deep crack and oreviccs in its surface several inches wide and several feet long. has aroused widespread comment and r-‘tlclsm. mcnt grant. This grant. having sx- W117. it i! Illlfll. dill the Lei piled last. “‘ the f‘ "a " ‘ ‘ ‘ on this ex- ‘ road " on i- ‘ policy just before the el- sci-loll? Why did u. not consult u.» HlilSTElN FIELD DAY SUCCESSFUL Almost Four Hundred S p e n d Profitable and Enjoyable Af- 10.543133; 48 -'I~8-2i - I "Coma and sec the Excelsior {lovers present the three act play ' TlkBNU Advice" inNorth Wilt- shire Hall on Friday evening, July in Summerneld Hall on Thursday evening, July 9. If not fine, Friday. 7171-7-8-21. "All interested in the improve- ment of East Wiltshire Cemetery are requested to meet at the Cemetery, Friday evening, July 10th. By Order of Trustees. 7168-7-8-21. “Come and see the three act comedy “Highe of Harvard" in Surn- merficld Hail on Monday, July 13th presented b ~Victorfa Athletic Club Admission 8 cents. Music furnished by Danish Orchestra. 71602-1-8-21. "One of the biggest hits this year “Turning The Trick" presented by the Young People of Lot 16 in the hall at Cornwall on Friday evening, July 10th. Soc the belt from the West. 1115-74-21. "See Byrnds Road play ‘ll-Isad- strong Joan’ in Mt. Stewart Hall, ‘Thursday night, July 0th. Dance after play. Admission so cents and 20 cents. 1780-7-0-21. "Notica-Moviaa. Another thrill- ing westem show. Crapaud tonight, Murray Harbor South Thursday; Murray Harbor North Friday; Mur- ray River Saturday. 1100-7-11 "Buying live hogs and lambs, Hunter River Tuesday, July 14th, till‘ l1 A. M. Everett l-Iaslam, limer- ald, Alden Moose. Kcnsington, buy- in: cams date. Signed Everett Wed- loclr. 1121-74-31. "Hagkct L. O. L. Hunter River, will hold a open air service on Sunday; Jug 12th at 3 P. M. in field between churches. Orange parade will leave Hall at 2.30. All Bro‘: cor- diaiiy invited. Pipers and band in gttandnncg, 1128-7-7-31. innit! "Come to Stanley Bridge Hall. trfday, July 10th, and sea a lkn- lilttsn Honeymoon. presented by the Albany Dramatic Club. Admission enjoyable. selecting a‘ "dairy cow." ' Continued on page s Ch ’Town Boy _ Successful In (Canidian Press) no and soc. 1f not fine Friday. will ‘a. held Monday ma. at aso pm. . Im-a-s-li The Field Day. promoted by the Provincial Holstein-Evasion Associ- ation and held yesterday afternoon at Bunbury Farm, the premises of Mr. J. Walter Jones, was attended by almost 400 people, Holstein breed ers and their friends. who found the occasion both instructive and A demonstration with a herd of choice cattle was the opening feat- urc of the afternoon. Mr. W. R- Shaw, Provincial Livestock Supt!‘- intendent, described in detail W? various points to be looked for in ‘A class of mature cows, and a class of two year old heifers were ~ Examinations CITAWK. Ont. July ‘L-Tbe registrar of tho Medical Council of Canada reports that close to 800 candidates were successful in pu- sing the examinations of‘ the Med- ical Council, and are now entitled to have their names placed on the Canadian Medical Raaistrar. and u. practice their profession. unin- lnations were held in Juno at eight centres. Sucussful candidates at Montreal included Samuel Arthur MacDonald. Chorlcttcbwn. P. E. I- JULY 8, 1931 12 PAGES Yclmvbaduriscc as are- volutionary at thirty. and be son- demned u a reactionary at eighty. MAXIMS OFA A MERE MAN ' w- lillll. Annual lupscrfptlona Delivered 01.00. Canada and U. l. A. $4.60. ---- Fruit Being Cooked On The Trees (Canadian Press) ST. THOMAS, 0nt., July 7. —Although residents oi‘ this city shovel and I have got to nil it in Birthday. A signal honour was paid by the Charlottetown Board of Trade last night to a veteran member of the organization, Mr. Nelson Rattan- bury, on the occasion of his eight- ieth birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Rat- tenbury, jointly with Mr. and Mrs. w. McL. Clark. Montreal, were guests of honour at a dinner given Baldwin's Road School, Friday night by the Board at Stanhope Beach Jill)’ lothi 7161-7-8-21. 1181110011 Bunbury Inn. There were present also repre~ sentatlves of the Summerside "Come to the lce Cream Social Farm, Bond or “we and a m.“ number of ladies, wives and friends of tht members. Mr. George _J. Tweedy, president of the Charlottetown Board, presid- ed, and paid a high tribute to Mr. Rattenburyb untiring zeal in the service of the Board. The address to Mr. Rattenbury was read by Mr. Percy ‘Turner. To Mrs. Rattenbury was presented, by the little daughter of Mr. Warren. . \ B. C. Has Novel Scheme To Help The Unemployed (Special to the Guardian) VICTORIA. B. 0.. Jill! ‘I-Rclis- tratidh of every needy person in mitish Columbia will begin in a few days, as a preliminary to a completely new system of granting relief to those who require it. Un- der this system a person who reg- isters with‘ tho Government will be given a card which will entitle him or her to direct relief. when pre- smted to the probe!‘ officials. This registration will be carried on through Government scents in all parts of the Province or where there Ira no agents. b! the Pro- vincial Police. PREMIER B. B. BENNEIT —“You dug it out with your steam with the spade." Veteran Member Of TradegBQard, Is DulyIjonored Address And Congratulations To Mr. Nelson Rattenbury, On Occasion Of His Eightieth ___._... manager of the hotel, a magnifi- cent boquet composed of eighty roses. ADDRESS address: N l ..' -/|. PROPOSES HEALTH Following was the complimentary no Proposing the health of Mr. and admitted frying eggs on the sidewalk for fun last week, it is no joke when farmers and gardeners of the distrlrt report their fruit is being cooks-ll on the trees. This city and the on- tirc county of Elgln have wit- nessed a continuous and exces- sivc heat for more thm the past week and seldom has the h-rrcury slipped below ninety, soaring on some occasions as high as 105. As a result oi‘ (his excessive heat wave, apples and gcoseberries are reported lo be cooked on the trees and bush- cs- Several people report ihciv gooseberries have been cook- ed. while in some casrs as much as forty per cent of the urples on one tree have been 5111201121!- -_p-__---____-__~__--q- MADE FiililliNE FRHMHIS INVESlMENT h House of Commons In Committee Invest- Golf Dance ITonight Ho lman ’s--Summ’erside Mrs. Rattenbury, Mr. J. LeRoy Hol- man, of the firm of R. T. Holman. Ltd., Summerslde, a past president of the Summersida Board and of the Associated Board of Trade, said he considered it a privilege to join in the complimentary remarks of the chairman, extended to Mr. Rattenbury on the memorable oc- Continued on page 5 smothered ' To Death In‘ Wheat Bin (Special to tho Guardian) FORT WILLIAM, Ont, July ‘l.- Not realizing the dancer 0! bcins swept into the suction of an eleva- tor bin filled with rye when the valve at the bottom of the pit was open to draw out grain for Gov- ernment measurement, Wilfred E. McMullcn, a. new employee of the Paterson Elevator, stepped into the bin and was quickly engulfed before aid could reach him. More than 80.- 000 bushels of rye had to bc taken out before thfbody was recovered at the base of the bin, where it blocked the valvc. McMuilen leaves a widow and three children. He was ‘s1 years old. igating the Beau- harnois Power Pro- jeci. (Canadian Press) er plant. St. Louis. (Canadian Press) TOKYO, July 7-Thc War Office today announced the movement of Japanese troop! to thn scenes of clashes t...‘ Chinese and Koreans, which in two days have resulted in 82 deaths and hundreds of lnlur- ies. The soldiers were sent W co-operaie with Japanese Gou- OTTAWA, Ont., July “ls-On a cash investment of $19,000 Frank P. Jones. Montreal financier, mule a. pn fit of $780,000, out of his inter- est in the Bcauharnois Power pro- ject, he told the special committee of the House of Commons invest- igating the scheme today. He solri out his interest in the lkauharnoin syrdicate because he had a disa- greement with R. O. Sweeney, now President of the Bcauharnois Pow- er Corporation, as to the best meth- ods of raising money to finance the building of the canal and pow- Mr. Jones was the first witness to give the committee first hand in- formation of the financial arrange- ments leading up to the formation of the present company, which is building a joint power and navig- ation cnnal to divert a part of the flow of the St. Lawrence River be- tween Lake St. Francis and Lake Signs Of The Times Point T0 Prosperity Says W. McL. Clark Secretary Of Canadian Chamber Of Commerce, In Rousing Speech At Board Of Trade Dinner Last Night, Cities Instance After Instance Of Improving Business Conditions In Canada. Is Confident That Depression Tide, Evident Two And A Half Years Ago Has Turned For The Better. “The signs of the times point ‘conclusively that we are on the up- lgrade in Canada," was the cheer- llng message brought to the Char- ilottefown Board of Trade by Mr. W. I MclnClark, Montreal. secretary oi mu Canadian Chamber of Commerce, in addressing a largely attended -dinner audience last night at Stan- hope Beach Inn. Mr. Clark, who iwith Mrs. Clark was a. guest of hon- iVor at last night's function, is spend- ling a short vacation here. He stat- ied that he had recently visited the {West in company with Colonel (Woods, president of the Chamber ‘of Commerce, and that they found lacross Canada not the " ‘king note which might be anticipat- ‘ed, but one of growing optimism and expectancy. The southern part of Saskatchewan has suffered sev- erely from crop failures, and this section of the country deserves the ‘sympathy of every part of Canada. iillsewhero throughout me West ‘conditions were better. Alberta, with ‘its large oil deposits, is in a. sound lposiiion, while Manitoba expects a. I70 per cent crop and has indust- lries which are hopeful of further ly- _ and H . I "I think we all realized about two “and a hall) years ago," Mr. Clark said, “that a depression was com- ing on. The slump was in the air; "w Bil!!! of it were visible on ev- ery hand; but We did not pay heed to those signs. and n lot of us got "stuns? We didn't heed ‘the sig- nals; but now there are just as mill! showin; that condiidons are getting betttr as there were signs pointing in the other direction two un nificent response to the Federal Government's conversion loan; the fact that the cotton mills, a. basic industry of the country, have to- day 35 per cent more delivery ord- ers than during the first five months of 1930; also that commercial call loans are higher today; thug liabil- ities through commercial failurgg are down, and that vvhOIESBIG pric- es are tending to become stabilized. Retail prices, he explained, are still on the decline but wholesale prices, b! the grill‘ of economics and by iihc leading banks, allow that they are beco ' stabilized, and chi; 1g =- "fcofll-ilfllclymbol of returning " ‘ with ‘- ‘ l" r a ll’ bound to follow suit. CITES OTHER. EVIDENCES Another fact pointing to return- "18 DPMDK“? is that 100 new In‘ dustrles have come into Canada: dill“: the last twelve months. “That? said Mr. Clark, “is not a " ' l statement. You can credit it ‘to the tlrlfi or not, just as you "i511. but the fact. is that these new ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ have been Itnflgfl." Twenty five of these industries, hd --________‘ Continued on page 5 Conference I s Ca l l e d For LondoTr‘ and s half veers an. We would be Very silly if we did not acknow- ldllgfi these ‘things and Iggy-n 1,0 pp- preciate them." SIGNS 0F IMPROVEMENT As indications of improving w“- diflons. Mir. Clark cited the mag- l/Vill Cooperate With Lindbergh (Canadian Press) TOKYO, Jilly 7—-'1‘he aviation Bureau announced today it, had granted Col. Charles A. Lindbergh permission t4) establish fuel pumps at Muxotan Bay, Shimushiru Island, and Kakumabetsu and Papemushir, all in the Kurile Islands, to aid him in his forthcoming flight from Am- crice to the far East. The United States army round the world flyers used Pararnushir as a base in 1924 Frank Hawks Back In N. Y. (Canadian Press) NEW YORK, N. Y" July '1.- Frank Hawks, returning from a three months‘ trip during which he visited twelve countries, including Canada, flew into New York today from Montreal, covering the miles in one hour and 45 minutes, or at a speed of 201 miles per hour. f0 New York. Flying the little red low winged mon oplanc in which he established both the east and west transcontinental records, which still stand. and in which he set several speed records in Europe, Hawks landed at the '1. Teterboro airport. Later he motored I (Canadian Press) LONDON, July 'I—Premier Rams say MacDonald announced in the House of Commons today that thr‘ British Government has renewed its invitation to the powers chiefly concerned in carrying out the HOOl/n er moratorium plan for a comer. encc at London- The purpose of such a meeting would be discussio- of points requiring consideration following the Bsreernent between the United States and France. 411a our Wile (environs (is “Eliza NM) A Clicker ‘uoulo PROBABLY as AFRMD 1o (Aka TORONTO, July {L-Modcruti south easterly winds mostly cloudy. not much change in temperature. l Temperatures 350 Maximum ‘ll inimum 63 nigh tide this afternoon at 4.21 and tomorrow morning at 4.40. .-.-.-.-¢a.~-~»|-.- ...-........--..... rises tomorrow morning at 4.25. 7.511 p. m. later than Charlottetown. I’. prices stabilized retail prices an ' Sun sets this evening at 7.44 and i Lastquarter moon Tuesday. Jul] Summerside tide eighteen minute! u c run s y: l II I L n a’