MAXiMS . 1 ~ -f “_'*"..""f".'-‘»f{‘." gy A /7 v` R” . .///9' _.fi , , v_ lllllllllnf il liUAlllll 'I "=\» ‘_ llc hath not lived that lives not 'I ll/ ///, “Q \\\`\\\ um own in the hearts in other.. ’ ff/ ffff 'fr' we” C ____ _ __ _ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew /N The Peoples Paper Read byEverybody \ ...im MAXIMS or A .\liiRl‘I .\I.»\l\ the vrorid delights in slander. e other half in believing it. _ _ ! 7* _-_(ki ' if -- ii- --7 - -f--ml--_ , chsrioezqeawa guurmr 13:3 mai; _ 'r ' ~ - .t .... ... . criARi.o'r'raTowN, CANADA, FRIDAY, ocroaaa 8,1937 12 PAGES ,,;=-;y;.'_~.1»,;f,f'»;_-,-'~ .---§ f ~ . _ *___ ____ _ _ _ _ --;_~°j‘ ‘i ~_f;<_~'_ . k ' if _ _ ._ _ -1-A- -_-rv -~Y_._`. -l.-R-_»_-._i_Z__ _ __ __ N0 Electrical Storm CausesDiSPO.ssESSEtU Maine Crowns UF Damage Thrgout Province Wor|d‘t Champion I S DECLARED Conservfative Confer- ence Urges Germ- any Be Given a For- mal Final “No”- SCARBOROUGH. Yorkshire, Oct. 'I-(CP Cable)_Uiianlmously and applauding loudly, the Con- servative Conference today de- clared against any surrender of British colonies. Sir Henry Page Croft, who sub- mitted the motion. declared he would like to sec the Government give Germany a formal, final “No." The resolution adopted reads: "This Conference has noted with grave concern proposals emanating from certain Liberal and from Socialist circles for the dismeni- berment of the Empire by the sur- render of sovereignty in the Brit- Lsh colonies to some international body. and records its emphatic cp- inion that any proposal of tlits character would be a callous dis- regard of the rights of property, both national and individual; a treacherous betrayal of all inhabi- (Conlinued on page 11, :ci 5) 1;-;-...___ -112;: [GM iNG ‘fVfNll I Whist and Dance Fortune Hall _I Fl-fifty. October 8th. Clifforcl's ` Mum- L-san-io-7-21. . *i l °’.l~lii_\ iiiiikcrs dance _ Websters Comer Friday. Transfer leave; Sunnyside 8 o`clock. L-351-10-tl-iii. _ o - °°Fai'i-Louis Fight P etures Mon- tague Saturday. Elmira Monday. L-342-10-G-3i. "Bulge and Dance tii Kclly's Ciifjm Hall Monday n ght. October . nth. i.~;ioi-1o~9-ei. "Cake Sale October 9th at S. A. l\fcl.loiiald by the Order oi' the ` Eastern star. L-eos-io-5-ii. "Reserve Wednesday, October a 20th for Ch eken Supper, Brackley | H211- 1.-40a-io-is-ii. . '_‘Reser\'e November 15th for i Tr_\ Oli Baptist Cl_ilii‘cii, Bazaar and Supper. L-400-10-8-ll. l . - _ i ‘° Dvllt ffirizct Wiltshire ploy all Slullifl' Blltlge tonight. _ i.~2oo-io-a-ii. '°5\1lli>er and dance in Vcmoii A series of severe electrical storms caused considenble damage throughout tho prov- ince yesterday. At Mt. Stewart s bolt of lightning entered the back door and went out the front door of a. house owned and ov-upled by an aged woman. Miss Taylor. Oilcluth on the kitchen floor was tom up and plaster fell from the ceiling. The casing on the front door was torn off and the steps 5Plit. Miss Taylor was lying on a couch in the kitchen uid was unharmed. Lilhtning struck n barn own- Pd by J-limes Murray, Mill River. about seven miles from 0‘Lesry, and all of the sea. son’s crop. machinery, s hung and y0\lIl§ cow were destroyed in a fir; which followed. Neigh- _‘ b°fu_Y[li1uiilriy_g&thered were able to remove other horses ond cows from the building before it was completely des- troyed whiig a heavy rainfall aided in saving the nearby dwelling house. A door was smashed and con- siderable plaskr broken in the home of A. H. Mutch at Ems- cliffe and Mrs. Mutch suffered severe shook. No fire followed. In the same district a. barn owned by Mathias Praught was stnick but there was little damage. Two cows owned by Louis Hayden of Cherry Val- ley were killed by a bolt of lightning. In the city a. house on King Square, owned by the t Rdhlnson estate, was struck and shingles were torn off the roof. Several power transform- ers were blown _out. (A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) SHANGHAI, OCt~ 8 (Friday)- The thunder of conflict burst on the doorstep of Shangliafs foreign settlements early today when Jap- anese warship; engaged in a. duel with Chinese artillery batteries across the Whangpoo River in Footung. The dawn bombardment, the scverest the conflict has produced, shook the whole city. Concussions sliattzred windows in score; of buildings along the international section. Mas bombing raids of Japanese iinrplnnes enrlcr,\vere reported to have killed more than 500 Chin- ese civilians in the rich southern Province of Kwantung. Under black. rain-lndeii skies gum ofthe Japaiiexe warships, nchored in the Whangpoo down- stream from the mouth of S00- chow Creek. began to hurl shells into Pootung, once a rich indus- trial centre. As the shells ploughed Chinese positions there, the Chinese guns look up the chorus. They blasted the wziterfront aiicl sent projec- tlcle. wliletliiig into Japanescoc- ciipied Hongkew, an international settlement district. The Chinese Central News Hall Monday. October lilli. L-343-10-6-Ill. I *-m t A >"R.~_vrvc Thiirsday. October .8.li.. for Halloween tes St. James Church. L_439_ "Come to concert, box serial Agency i'1'p;i.":i a inafsed flight of 36 Japanese fighting planes incudiiig li1'g_- lio.nscrs, followed the line of the _Canton-Kankow railroad across Kwantung Prov- ince. They attacked a dozen rall- way centres, Chinese dispatches aid, killing and wounding more and dance in York Hall, Moiidny. i than 300 non-combatant; in those Ori tier llth. Proceeds in aid of towns alone. "W L-iso. i "Buying live poult evei Tues 'm - YY 'Y ~' tiny and Wednesday. Store openi tuiig. But a spirited attack by 70_ "\~_\‘-luss iii 7.30. satiii~riay's o.:io.i Zdnlliew &McLean Lid.. Brlilgc- ~ i‘f`~"n- L-361-10-7-Zi. The raiding planes were said to have caused several hundred ore casualties in northem Kwan- “Masquerme Dance, cardigan Alrcraft lndustry H"-it Tucsday. October 12th. Prizes. W1-bster's Music. By order of Car- digan Head School Committee. L~370-10-8-Ii. "Come to the Chicken Supper in Afton Hall Thursday, October 14th. sullbel' 35 cents. Proceeds in aid of Cemetery Fund. If not fine, Friday. Burner served at e P. M. L-405-10-8-li. "‘satui-day. October 9th., is Na- tional Gulde Day and will be ob- served in Charlottetown by Guide's Own Twilight Bervices, picnic sup- P<‘r.=. and a sing song. Please tum lo the Guide column for further details. L-432. “All members of Tnie Brother lodge No. a A. 11'. si A. M. are re- quested to meet with the W. M. and Wardens Saturday st 1.30 st Dessblo to attend the funeral of our lots Bro. Rev. Ewen MacDougall. By order of the W. M. Mansford Beer. secretary. L-4oa-io-a-ii. "Livestock Marketing Board load- ing through local shipping clubs durlna week or october nth as roi- iows: Tuesday forenoon, Kensing- ton. Charlottetown, dilemma. Uifrg. M°Y1i»BBue, Cardigan, Elmira, Bourls_ Bt. Peters Wednesday forenoon till train time. New Wiltshire, Hunter River. Brsdolbnne. sftemoon 12 to l Albany- Please list stock wlth local *.G’\f¢lrl',Yl\ L-414-10-8~li. “ Reflects War Boom NEW YORK, Oct. '7-A W0l‘ld 1'6- armirig, plus conflicts on two con- tinents, have helped deposit on the books of United States aircraft manufacturers unfilled orders to- talling $135,000,000. _ The backlog was announced today by a group of manufacturers who have cstnblshed a school on the west const to train men for their wn o needs. Seaplane Attacks Italian Vessel? (By The Associated Press) LONDON. Oct. 'i-All Itllilll rteomhip reported tonlsht lh° was attacked today in the western Mediterranean by sn unid¢¥\tl5¢d seaplane. The steamship, the Ei-t0l'¢.Wlf¢' iessed that the plane disappeared .mr firing sevmi rhou, Lloyd-1 reported. She was bound fl‘°I|1 a . o resolulon was pro posed at last niglit’:. session which CIPCITIBSC Cl T188 was ws.-it ii - 1---1 O R in sympathy with their aims. S Propert owners asked public ' » _ -support. iid a demand that their' case be heard by an independent: 1,-7 _ _ i tribunal ' fHundreds Of Civilians Killed In it Srekéfs ‘“°1“f*°°= More Sid AT KENSINGTUN Park Area Property Owners Ask Public Assistance In Ob- taining Justice. possessed property owners from the National Park ares was held at Kensington last night. It was the fourth called by the disposs- essed owners. At the previous three, Corran Ban. York. and New Glasgow, s. resolution was passed “demanding and insisting that Che right of appeal to the courts of justice be restored" to property owners whose lands had been con- flsc ted N t - tation of their case by dispossessed owners assisted by other speakers sington, and Andrew Stevenson A lively meeting called by dis-` PRESQUE ISLE. Me., Oct. 7 -(API-A 24-year-old Mars I-lili farmer who said he was “born with o potato basket in my he-nd" became the first world's champion potato picker here today. Robert Hallett picked up 86 peeks of Aroostook spuds in 15 minutes to best a field nf 27 in . an international rontr--¢ spun- sured by Maine‘s Development Commission. The previous record for a similar time _period was 60 peeks. Uharlai Hitchcock. Presque Isle. one of two one-:armed enfrrnts, finished sixth pick- ing 72 peeks. 'Best of the three women in the contest which drew Can- adian farrmrg from th: Mari- time Provinces. was Roberta Bllliey, Crou"-evllle. with a 57 peck total. Potato Picker S P E C Uliliiiii » » ~ ~. . - . ` ' s ` ` '~ Toombs, Cavendish, Mrs. Alan birthplace and depository for the Whether Gernmn-V had been co" Wyan, Cavcndih Jeremiah Simp Nine Pnuir Pact “med by the Ilalmfl Govcfflmem . _. _ ~ _ ._ . _ '.1 K t P » son. Cavendish, M. J. Doyle, R I F E ' i Us tirticleh trigced iltalian insist- M E E T § vvan i nusiico, D. L. Mathiescn, char- iin1‘.\iNs sii.EN(‘E 0"” at l E °fl““°“ 05 *Pm* iottegowh’ _yamgs pehde,-ga_gt_ Ken. vention in Spain should include The Nanking General Chiang, or Kay-Shck said President Roosc-, W velt's exposition of the sanctity oft ow treaties had given the nation new= in ~ - » _ ._ . . ti _~ .t i _ _ l courage in its fight against Japan. i meh. property value cub below lgécsltionxs personnel oi' Premier Sizixféifllgljii 'I c)"a‘t'th*‘-5 not 0°" URGENT m;pRE5ENTATmN_q The .speech gratified not only "the, that Offered by the Higgs Gom_ ‘_ D ur s iiew cnliiiict and politieaii . C. V y su i ex renin move. U15. ‘$30 Y? Joi"iii"iiiii1N ii%iWER‘%5NF§ii§i}vcE Said C71? willing TO JOil`l Pdfléy ,.___:___i 'HW RT T0; it/ithout Germany lMussol1n1s Newspaper Reflects View.-"Claims Issue-One For vashingtim May Bef Non-Intervention Committee. Scene Of Parley _ (By The /i.~».snilc1l¢'rl I’i'1 ss) Economic Boycott Ro.\ii:_ oft. ii -(i~‘i-iiiiiyi iiiiiiiin i-<»'i‘i.».~.i ii. iiiid- pm-i Japan Talked. in a_ihrec-power' c0ni`ei'<'nce on the i-.~.iii- of iiif_"i'\ ciiiitiii in ` Spain's civil wal' wzis repoi‘icil viriu;ill_v ii.-Eiife`i'ci\icel iieiie tomrd ‘me °" me oih” °! the “'a"`i“f~' . fn. C _ _ Mah _ ,_ r ‘ _ _ ' _ ti __ The chinese airmen ‘Vere *aid Kai/.aijiifii N inet Pggts .__ R{)‘.\'C‘ 'i;:F;[i`iiii`t. .iiipwiiinbiiilciceiioinic poicott pail.. eiieclared neither Franca nor xt§ai1i;;/'eisiigoltdgogviiwegglggndggiiicoe H15 wownp C_ _,_ cooker May_ Plans Statfqnent omcml séeélilation ov; Great Britain accepted the Italian of Kensinf-ton presided. 1 ._ . Governments suggestion that. siicri First speaker was Mr. Ranicar m* cs plcgcmed by the Darley Thr. epeculatio '51 fi "interference" be added to the pro- ho after referring briefly to his TORONTO. Qci. 7-Ontario to- _ » _ ` .` n .peril 'C in ,hibitions in the original set~up of n msc mentioned sc,-,eral men d'iy enllvened its post-election af spiic (,€,Hmi(‘mDn§ m h1gh_"iu“r' the h0h.thi@,~v¢h¢,iOh H h H W gree iei _ his neighborhood who had had temmth by Smculatmr Ou (wo, ters tl..i. tli United States, fort suffering people" of China_ but: mimon one man, deprived of his uture of Conservative Leader- Earlf °ml"i°9-ii°"-‘l P1`@~°"Ill<“fl by the LONDON OC, .- ,A . all weak nations. General Cliiangi whole farm except ten any wa_ i Rowe, defeated in the land.==iidn‘ American Neiitinlity Act admit- _ _ ' ','_ P' "(_i""`"f said. cu Unccnsing rain, disease. hunger H and fright have reduced 1,000.000 m Chinese refugees in Siioiigliai to F, r , _ . . B L Ci L i i‘ !_ .t t $960 from me val” of thi. tlint sent the gmcmmeiit liai~l\ to; 195115 “Wifi 1'0flll1Tl‘ C1050 Study- rl am an- Fran e m-“L H vin e iggs recsnimeiidalion. Another a condition of mass misery which his valm, cut $75n_ Another foreign observers said has un- had H $330 cup The lawn. iiiov er in yesterdays general c-it-c.: and possibly coiigressional action ggprieientaéions itodnnhgn F§tr(',i'!.n _ ion. -before the United States 'd ' ms pr mn" 0 ny mi H'-"W aii, with all hr- good land gonei T; - - . . . . . ~ » - "_, cm” :iii.\'er t tl i 'nrit tio t a nd with but ld acres left ` le Plmmm “H” “MUNI of 63 in in i` " M n ir r I a H 0 JO . c ‘t I , . had l siiiaiglit Lilicral suliliorter.<; iii the 90 1 i 5 oi U mn “pan Sp' Ulf0¢`~l*0\’~`f`f l'°llf¢`1‘l‘l1f’f‘ 011 Sli-"lil" maii]5,,m_ 1,,gis-alum and ,hp mmm l,0u(,x. UNCHANGED ish voiuntr-cis be .spceded up, had l strength of two Liberal-Prcgres-, The Earl of Perth. l3ritisli Arn- singl¢ city in modem history. equalled within the confines of a. pulled down his bam and was told last week that the criiiiient might not take his perty. Small Advances On Aragon Front; HE N D .cv E. Frame-spahisii . Frontier, Oct. 7-IAP)-Spaiiishl Government forces, driving! through rain and high windf. claimed small advances toward Jaca on the Aragon front south of T the French border today. n muc e mme c r tr surgciiis to the east. said they L capture; several positions in their C advance toward Gijon la°t Gov- V1 ernment Blscavan strniiirllfilfli _ . - . . . . - . ' ` F *- The Govemment said 200 In- Muon) ,S mme to dmurb the torlous Conservative candidate iii* curb Japmwvi mm mn or C pmce in `,h ‘Ori nt m` Dufferin-Sineoc would relinquish' ' surgcnts were killed. MADRID SIIELIABD 2 then sivcs, an Iiiciependent, Liberal anrli To - » I bassador to floiiim and the French gov- one member of the United Farmers' J Ino' Oct' 7"(AP) '“ The' Charge D'/iffciircs eal‘<-rl upon ro. of ontario, iis ti ii t - ~`i “p“"°"° F‘”`°ig“ gm” W” °“°" _ A i A -. P hzs administf:_atk§';11Pi1T(;;.*aIc grgizrsigsx ed today as declaring mat non_m_ \ Count Clfinn and were repoiiadlto _ _ The speaker stressed that so meut Strength. therefore is five lessf ter “FM decision 3' Nme`P°W°r §‘IT`$mi 'mt a mu I O I Liiyaiisis ohm it __ . .A . . ¥-» - -Y f - . but a. new angle was iiijectccliiiitol ic-Y' Wm fC‘muiI1 unchanged_ | liable SOUYCPS Smilld. possi-s_= invfrzr . ,caminued on page 11' C0. 3) the situation today wlmn H* _,_ MC_| The Domei (Japanese) News _ mation that n 'my Italinii ': r. okyo press warned the United eral opponent. of _'he siglimofie-‘ Of this UCBYY I h th Q W “he .m_ States today to continue her neu- Mr. Rowe promised a stnlement _“'h’°h~ "m°“¥ Oth" thin!!-<~ binds t aiity in editorial comment on S0011 It Was thought he would meet "' ' ' V ' ""’ ' g he 'state Department; Stagemem elected Conservative candidates be- ’Cf‘lllill‘lf‘fi On page 10. Col. 5i d ondemning .riipim as ir treaty fore definitely detei'muiliu< his fu- ~ d ohnor 1,, Chhm_ ture course. In some quarters it was l MIYAKO__..IL (theunitcd States sugtrested Rev A W Downer vic E ` C C ' g ng rise t° his seat to Mr Rowe The Comer If{v3Ii&I§;)I';;liCE' _,Interference of vaitive lender rlepreserileél that ‘dis-T - .surgents batteries subjected Madrid to a bombardment. at dusk today. adding to the destruction eau ed _ in 11 months of artillery and air attacks on this besieged city. since the beginning of artillery and aerial bombardments of Mod- rld last Nov. 7. approximately 2.- 500 persons have been killed, 4.- 800 lnjured and about one-fourth of ths city rendered uninhsbitable. Gray Elected To Alberta ` House EDMONTON. Oct. 'I--E. L. Gray, Alberts Liberal party leader. _was elected tonight to_flll the Edmonton seat in the Legislature vacated* by the death of George H. Van Allen. Liberal. im-_ Gray entered the by- e‘eot!on with the endorsatlon of the Conservative party. Returns from 104 of 124 polls gave Mr. Gray 15,525 votes, a mar- gin of more than 7.000 over his closest opponent, MBYOY JGWPI1 Clarke. People's Front, candidatic with 8,022. 1.380, Alderman Margaret Crang, Amsterdam to Genoa and pissed Giitsitsr yestcrdol labor-Progressive, 1.050; and Rice. Jan Lokemsn. Communist. had ' liiioppsrd, Pooplo’s candidate 185. » connaii. Liberal. reinsaii to Canaan.-‘ Asieiifi' r<~i><>rw<1 the I-“oreig oi- i ‘““"°" 'im ""“""°d 1"" ”“"“'. lhls defeat in York EHS, by Gcomet nee _ab1'.' be the .sc-eric of ilih hex: Ziriiitii: and (inlet. wil' ii" ;iiiii'i'_i:‘.c-lil Inter. The Albi‘r'..'i Gi\'ei'i;:i:f‘iit has diiclazfd its _<\ili:i:._.-ifiii \\.. not he made before th.. ('i»n:iiii :len hui: will be piil>l;‘~l;"'I_ (l‘I':“:‘ iii:’.»Iu" lnrifiws will lit' lt' iii ':'.o"'i\‘.*”l'. Iii .l.'. ia: - :lie Uriiiiziiir.-:oii \\';ll _-ii iii (_)lt_i'.ii ti Iivrir :rpre eli- ° fa, , "Y- es `\` ‘swan I / _ if fig, .ffl _. _ .f"({'°4;/ _ iiisffoafr . ,.,_. . ii,-'.~t" . .,_,,. _.1 ` 9.0;; ~ - ., _ _ 'HQ/,' . .- _ 5 1-_'_.; i 3i'.,‘e'¢a:'.~_i-< I ,f'v -.-.f-»'. _. ,_ I' ITAL Y To REJECT ANGL 0. FR NCH PR 0 L :~"._ ~ 4 : -.~_» -1. " . iw. _"il ' -N _~.v . Fv' » . i » . __ s_ I* » 1 . tl 1 e w 4 M* i ` W* i _ _ _i D. .1 1 *’» 4 .,v , ». i _ .tv 1'-xi. '.- gc. ss _» til _ _ 1 _v‘ 0 _ .V » \ to r K. ri: ‘ ln' ilu F F mr l. 4° ~ 6 li .”`_ I . 1 . ._ - .r` 2] _ _wsu ‘_,. 't.f:'AT`?_;`*\ i i ..,_-....=-h.,..._.- - 3 v r i »t iaiioii.~~ i`:'t>iii ii:z l'\r‘.iiI i_.~;";:‘;;£”1'.r;`s - niirl it tyres sizreri lirzcfs lrnfli such ol';:iiii/_ziiifiiis _'i:o~:`.f`; :<‘.'it‘ii the r'\iii1iii.~.~ioii ii0` litri' than Jan 1. Ai; cific-Irll t: ‘riniiiif i.<~':1t‘fl io!- iowiiis; f. il.~._v`. :<~ .~frii ind; ated .((`nii1.iiiieiE on pa ie 1). (Toi. 21 A C.EN'fi.eMt\rt is our-: who is resscd optimism over the United “ lates Stale Di‘parlment'.~< err: \,-it _ ' , emnation of Japan niirl \\-lint was _ _ ,W escribed as fr niovp in "see \\I‘..e_‘. tv ’¢`._ "1 f further steps" slioiild be takcii t