1 Edward Island. "1-he Guardian is read in , practically every worth- while home in Prince , Over 38,000 people in this Province - 3.000 in the .City - Read The Guardian every day. J .»..,.- , . ,,,_ _. ,. 'a '. /f ff'-.’.-.,: . / ' '. .1 ...:gg-,'.;;_-, I I '_ _,__ ' - r :. ,...-'. , 9, -, 1-/*"",‘7_",'».1"1'."-'f -'- 16:, _f ` . .tt ' ° ' Covers Prince Edward ‘Island Llke the Dew Ullllunwll ul/w The Pople' Paper ',';;';:~01‘t"ls to a certain extent but ii should help thc Elstern lumber- With. Canso Youth' Is Drowned (Canadian Press) CANSO, N.' S., April lil.-Wilfred H°“1°“. 25. was drowned today after Ismail boat capsized not far from liwrc. nonlon and ltoy xcclc had time out to dump lobster bodies not wanted at the factory here. As they 'Dried thc boat turned ovcr, throw- in thcm into the water. Keele 'Ulm to shore. Hanlon, a weak 91'. went down. His body W” ered half an hour later. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Colt/uNG EVENTS. _ MEETINGS. E'rc m:°Annnuncemente are lneerietl in gh: """|“"\|I nt 2 fcntl per 1'0"' ' 7 Dlrlble ln advance. "mimmsse Sale in St Petcr‘t B,§::°“l Room on Saturday. April G. Htl ocloclc. ~ sooo-4-zo-ll. ,Bane Ono of the many who are mhnl “GW insurance this WSCK sun C“““°'H Wsest Company. 01° mmrfnfc. J. A. Moore, Manager. °"°°i°WD. P. E.`felenu. _ April. 20-31. . i 1 I (Continued on Page 6) i C L A I M S DOGFISH AMENACE _#_ N. S. Legislature Member Would Rid Nova Scotia Waters of Menace. HALIFAX, N. S., April 19-(G.P.) -Federal assistance in ridding Nova Scotla's coastal waters of the doglish menace is sought in o. res- often been forced to haul in their The resolution adopted by the House suggests that it be made, instcad an asset to the fishermen through its commercial develop- ment. Esta.blishment of plants for the utilization of the fish is advocated. The resolution suggests payment be made directly to the i'l.sherrnen throughbonuses or by way of gub- sldy to those operating plants where dogflsh might be converted into fertilizer. Discover Gold. _ In Dump (special to the ooutuml SAINT JOHN, N. B., April 10- "Thcre’a gold in that that dump” and there is consequently, some- what of a flurry in the discovery, the old Oliver mine at Letete, Charlotte County. N. B., according to the Natural Resources Depart- ment of the Canadian National Railways. The mine was abandoned some fifty years ago after being worked for copper which In up to 20 and so percent. The samples were taken from the refuse dump at random and effort! are now being mode to cmllargo on Russian George as a. result in Moscow of six Brit- reafter, however, there ,were uuthorltotlvo indications that the action might be revoked if pris- bc 'oommut/ed to ban- Aznbaasador Maisky, the Russian trade delegation, and his chief assistants Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and officials of the Board of Trade in an effort. to avoid the- break bo- e r pa y elution adopted by the the Legis- ' Places Embargoi N F E 3 I Eli DHS °tG d iiiiiiiiiiti. oV1e oo s __ Reports Indicate That Thirteen Year 0111 Is Anxious To Avoig Girl Emulates His- toric Feat Of By- gone Swimmer. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 19-(C. P. Cable)-Braving shark- infested waters ln fulfilment of a. secret pact to emulate the historic feat of a bygone swimmer. 13 year old Dapiue Pawan today breasted the surface of the channel are there to guard the treasure of an old Spanish admral that lice bur- lcd on the little island. A legend also tells how a long-dead swimmer regularly swam the channel in de- fiance oi the sharks to reach the sland. Long age, Daphine promised her- , sclf she would one day conquer thc channel in a modem revival of the legendary feat. Today, she slipped away alone to take shore ognition for his discovery that vampire bats carry germs of par- !! Y completed. Miss Pawan was ac VETERANS A G R E E sident For An Indefinite Period. lature today. The resolution was -__ "ii lntroouccc by non. .loccph Mac Minister of Finance Hon. ‘BY '“‘° ‘”°°“‘°d Pl'°=»> exchanges dropped ln rcsponrc. Donald Minister without pom0u°| E N Rhodes ' ‘Nm -President Roosevelt prepared to Congressional inflation advocates For ', th d ,sh h b ' ' ' '__ . ask Congress for plenary power to hailed Presidential move for con- hears e og' as een 8' Make Statemeiit in gain broad objective of higher trolled credit and withheld their ““15'?'"°° "° fishermen’ Wh° “vel HOUSS T0d3.y. prices, currency exchange and ere- proposals. DTTAWA, April 19-Hon. E. N. OTTAWA, April 19-The power Railway Bill by committee of the whole today. Bama opposition was offered and an abortive amendment proposed by E. J. Young, (Lib., N. fleyburu) ruled out of order, but, iollowing brief discussion, the clause in question was carried. _ The bill instructs that "the trustees shall so direct, provide and procure that all freight de- stined for export by sea. which is consigned within Canada for car- riage to national railways either at point of origin or between that 'Cause °f tm’ crime and plunged mm the water' iand the sea. shall, unless it has f ' Her bobbing head was ha" way been by its shippers specifically ed by the threatened rupture, gum- across the perilous stretch of wat- refuted otherwise’ be exported moned leaders of trades unions to U’ When "5 Was n°“°°d by he’ through canadian seaports." 8' °°“fere“°° with th I-'“b° ri' father' Dr' Pawan' 5' gwemmcntl Hon. R. Manton, Minister of (Continued on P880 6) _ scientist who recently received rec-| ' ‘this case the Maritime Freight ,Rates Act am not apply inasmuch Jodric Boulter, `of,Acadi. .ty prices in which the Dominion as that act was applicbele only to University Has Bee* "T115 Shafe- r - . goods westbound from the Maritime "Provocative" was the term with North Bruce) characterised the clause. He apprehended that it ‘might irritate United States ship- pers whose goods were conveyed on Canadian railways and turn them to patronising routes leading to the United States Atlantic coast. The less said about this policy the bet- ter, he thought. Hon. W. D. Euler (Lib., North alitic rabies to cattle. ° Hastlly luring a motor-boat. Dr. S _Pawan set out after his daughter, wllo refused to leave the water un- _ til she had reached her objective. I h e The dan erous swim successfull 0 e S Expected '1`o B , alt. - “B” “mu me “sh 1°” me "'°’““Y" (cunuelon ri-cn) 1-lo withdrew gold support or unit- pared u sul giving the Prcsloont ed Btatw dollar in Foreign Ex- Rhodes, Minister of Finance, will make a. statement in the House of ' Commons tomorrow which, it is expected, will entirely clear the air as to the Govemment’a policy with, respect to war pensions. This announcement, accompany- ing another issued today by the As- sociated Veterans to the effect that "an amicable agreement" had been reached, followed a conference be- tween the ex-service men’a repre- sentatives and the Prime Minister and Minisier of Finance. , What the terms of this "amicable agreement" were wasleft to con- jecture as the veterans' epokesmen prepared tonight to leave for their homes. On high authority, however, it was understood that the Gov- ernment, naving definitely decided toilbandwl the plan to suspend paymént of pensions to war pon- oi gold assaying a value of |'l.b5|sloners in the civil service, will y°uf,l1_.1oe Doucette, of Bydney,arld to $9.08 per ton from three semPl¢I Bdopt the proposal to apply 111601110 Joe Vincent, of Heatherton, N. B. or weathered chelcoryrita or wr-lil# ¢° P°rwi°M md °°'=°b11Sh I 'rhey hoped to complete thc long per ore taken from _the dump ofldeadline for dependents. hike in 93 dam 'loom the vcln which lt le supposed orrawa, April 1o-(c.l».)- the gold came from. officials of* the Department of Lands and Mines of the Province of New Brunswick 'ere interested and have already started on a detailed map of the region but according to Dr. Wright, Provincial Geologist, the geological survey has not yet been completed. changes to combat depreciated cur- tion. rencies abroad and improve United States prices. Secretary Woodln of the Treasury interpreted this move as a temporary abandonment of the ‘i gold standard. Stocks and commodity prices soar- ed yesterday in reaction to the pro- gramme. Bonds and the dollar in foreign - `”\ claimed here today as the flnlt ' person to negotiate the channel O n crossing in many years. M G()V_ AND,r`avorab1e Reactions _hollow An- nouncement. Wide Bowers Are e Given The Pre- Senator Thomas, Oklahoma., pre wide authority to meet the situa- Federal Reserve Bank governors reported improvement in business. Secretary Wcodin and governors attacked the domestic problem of freeing closed bank deposits and em- ploying available billlons of idle cur- rency. (Continued on Page 8) Trans-Canada Hzkers Off (Canadian Press) SYDNEY, N. B., April 18.-Carry- ing letters of introduction from ‘ Mayor S. E. Muggah, two trans- Canada hikers set off from Sydney today for Vancouver. The pair consisted of an Indian Supplementary estimates oov- ering loene tothe Canadian National eteemohlpe and oper- ation oi the Maritime Freight Rate: ect for the ficeel year 1933-34, totaling' $9.836.0'i0, were tabled in the llonle of Commons today by lion. E. N. I Inquest Fixed , For Today Inspector Fripps, provincial head of the R. C. M. P., who left Char- lottetown yesterday morning for Tignlsh to take charge of the pro- ceedings in connection with the death of Edward Perry, of Bt. Louis, following an alleged assault on Bat- urday last, remained in Summerslde until the evening train yesterday as there was no connection for Tlgnlsh until then, when he proceeded to Tlgnish. He was accompanied by Dr. J. A. McPhee, of Bummersldc, who will perform an autopsy on the body of the victim. The inquest will be held in Tig- nlah today, before C. F. Morrissey, Coroner.-B. onszderatzon Of Sentencesicanadzan Dollar Trustees Empoweredtfls Eflhflflf-'ed AS .Ma rk ets React | tSecrctary of the United States rCan:xdi~.:l Press) Railways. Uxpklmfd to M5 YO'-\¥lE_ Treasury, that prohibition of gold CH ’ T O W N that this provision was designed to ` lcxports had sent United States oil . the Canadian National Trusteesroute traffic as far as possible B 0 I S :hc gold standard. _ to direct through Maritime sea- hrough Canadian ports rather | I One high official said "1n all the “hop” ghmgeé waves bexllejg forts all traffic which was not spe- han through those of the United '>-obablllty" currency of the United u n .ts a ee the Mauna B p g ' ~ifical1y routfd otherwise by its States. Answering a further quest-I states and Canada would now find A legend mates that the mmbishi ers was preserved in the: tion, the Minister declared that ln '.1 more cuufll level and there PUSS- orous sharks that swim beneath’ pp l. -____- .sly would follow A rlsc ln commod- ‘ Awarded a Scholar shi; Provinces' ' in Philosophy' will have no adverse effect in Can- whlch Hon. James Malcolm (Lib., (Canadian mess) l WLNNIPEG Arm, 19_Long_a_ woLrv1LLE. N. s.. April 19- Acadia University today announc- cd that Cedric BCUWCF °f Chai", cnt tonight. At the end of a. day l0tt€t0Wn had N00 awarded thc' of head-long rushes to higher lev- 1"`0YCiE¥\ S0h0lHTSh'l1 Of $400» which i c`s in stock, grain and currency will BS-Slst him in °°“ti““m3 thcglnarkeis, exports received further study Of Phii°S°Dhl/ 9-ii J°hn5.ol~clers from foreign importers and Hopkins University. Mr. Boulter, now studying at Acadia is D. S011 Of J. W. Boulter, Deputy M'hlSi€r of Agriculture for Prince Edward IS- i-he senior and junior classes. Mr. Angus, mcmbcr of the junior class. took as his subject “Adventures i.n Bookland," which was adjudged the best cl 12 entries. CONVICT SCASESARE H E A R D Additional Terms Are Im- ing in Riot Last Janu- (Canadlan Press) DORCHESTER, N. B., April 19- Tilree marc convicts at Dorchester Penitentiary were sentenced inthe Westmoreland county ja'l today to , additional terms for participating ilz a, pr`son riot last January, and trial of two other prisoners began. Herbert Hollingswortll, aentcnced at Windsor, N. S., in April 1932. to two years for breaking, entering and stealing, had his term length-‘ ened by two years. Stanley Sulllv-. an and Philip C:rmier, were given an add`t‘onal two years and five years, thc terms to run concurrent- land. University officials also announ-` \ ced that A. I. Angus of Amherst had hccn owul-doc thc william In-i glis Morse pl-izc of $100 for thc. best essay in a competition par- ` tlc'patf'd in by students of bath To Direct Traffic Routing i g ___ Greatest Smgle Day s Business Can’ Seaports In Months Is Report As Wheat Scared Three Cents Above on the statement by W, H. Woodln. At any rate,” he added, “Unitedl plates' going off the gold standard ada." waited imprsvcment of Canadas wheat export trade seemed immin- (Continued on Page 6) UWN liilRiiMEN HALIFAX, April 19-Legislation designed to protect Nova Scotia torkmeu against outside labor was report-:d up to the Nova Scotia Legislature today for third reading. It is embodied in a Bill that pm. vides employers of more than 25 men must employ persons resident in the Province for at least a year. Agreement in principle to the Bill came from both sides of the House as debate on the measure , posed For Participat-' ary. ly. Sullivan was sentenced at Pic-, tau, N. S.. in July, 1930. to four years for breaking, entering and steal'rg. and Cormier was scntcn- ced at Amherst, N. S., in June. 1932, to three years for a similar offence. The cases of Frederick Bcvis and James lzzflrd are next in the ser- ies of trials on charges of ` rioting and destroying prison property. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 20.- (Thursday) _ (C. P. Cable)-Prime Minister G. W. Forbes announced today his Government would consider im- mediately steps to prohibit im- portation of Russian goods to New Zealand. CHICAGO, April l9.-iA.P.)- -The wheat markets performed like a stuntlng aeroplane today. lhdelillinieterofiinanoe. . but loomed upward enough to procefdcd today. Definite oppos- ition was hcld only from C. w. Anderson, opposition (Guysboro), who contended the House did not possess power to enforce its pro- visions. D. R. Cameron (Government, Cape Breton Emt), who introduc- ed thc Bill, took the opposite view, declaring it was the right of the Prcv`nce to protect its unemploy- ed from outsiders, f`rcigl1crs and drlfters." Exception was provided, Mr. Cameron po'lltcd out, in the tech- nical experts who might be brought into the Prtvlnce to do work which could not be done by Nova Scstirns. In other cases. it would bc necessary for applicants, tu present a certificate from the municipal clerk showing that the ncrcssury qualification had been met. Agrctmfrlt with tho Bill was expressed also by G. C. Nowlan, (Government, Kings), Hon. Joseph McDonald, Minister without port- fcllo, Hon. Albert Parson, M‘nister v/'thout por'f`l!0. and Dr. J. A. Prcutlfoat lO,"pr>sitlo‘n, `fnverncss) and Atlcrnf-y-General John Doull. 0ppos‘linn leader, A. S McMil- lan dcclarrd it might work out un- fairly in some instances but ex- pressed no determined oppos’tlon. while Hon. William Chisholm. for- mer Opposit‘on Leader. believed some d‘iic‘_'ities ml'rht arise in its practical app`icat‘on. reach a price almost 60 percent above levels prevailing at the turn of the year. then it levelled Liberals Champion Competitive _U. S. Routes; Yesterdays C10Se_ In Opposition To Maritime Claims, But Their l TORON(’§(;;l2Xi1i:iIlIilIi;;Hicials of Comes In Committee Of Whole House S.ir.;“1‘;‘;.;;“‘;.*;§.;i.°i;°°:.::.t:; POUND SOARS " MONTREAL, April 19-(C. ‘.) - Following the United tandard, all currencies with i the exception of the United ` states and South American i countries, moved higher on ` foreign exchanges here today. | The pound sterling closed ai. $4.50 3-8 up nearly 13 cents from yesterdays clos- i ingquotation. lt opened at $4.18 and climbed to $4.38 . only to recede near thc close of trading. United States funds lost 2 3-4 'per cent at 16 per cent premium after touching a low oi’ 15 per rent. The French franc gained .20 of n cent at 4.90 cents. I i Reformation In German Ma-` sonic Lodges mssociated Press) BERLIN, April 19-Dissolution oi' all free Masonic lodges in Gcl-many and their reformation on a “purely christian basis" was announced to.. niBhi1 by thc national grand lodges. The word "Free Mason" will be held temporarily, as will the ritual based on the Old Testament, after which they are likely to disappear, it was decided. The 10