‘f mmg; s MAXIMS 0F A F- 9F A MERE MAN MERE MAN {f} . >27” luekwiil Purple so not lack strength: they Iqmlng Guardian, lauded Ill‘! qg-umun our-um he Ont! Blaze T The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew is he. Whoso irusteth in the Lord, happy i’ CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933 hreaten 10 PAGES B: Annual S ubrerlpflon Delivered Ifl.00 lull Clllldl nI-Iil U. B. A. $4.50 SSARRA UT GOVERNMENT 1s 0 s Village 0f 0’Leary WVER THRO WN Three Warehouses Bllililili MARKS Burned, Railway Damping h Duty Third Cmiz-hinet TOBlISINESS On U. S. ‘Importslilli A3 "-3- Fall In BattleiMPiinvEMENi fDepot In Danger ‘For Sound Franc Surprise Vote O ment To i Budget Prov Resolution Of Regret S en t Balance Nation’s lsuconnro ' _Bank Statement Mlnor Amend Shows Decided Im- provement in Can- adian Key Indus-' tries. es Downfall. (By John Evans, Associated Press Foreign Staff) PARIS, Nov. zit-Suddenly over- thrown in r. surprise vote after (Canadian Prl-‘ss) MONTREAL, Nov. Zia-Notwith- standing disturbed political condi- Step Necessary To Protect Can- adieu Home Ma rket A s U.S. Dol- lar Remains At 2 1/2% Discount. Make Go od Showing (Canadian Press) (Cam dinn Press) OTTAWA, Nov 23-Act'on to im- pose an exchange dumping duty on imports from the Urrtcd States “of a class or kind made in Can- ada" was taken by the Dominion Government today. llililAR F AllS ‘Neville Ember-lain] Claims British,‘ Trade Not Seriously ~ Affected at Present. LONDON, Nov. 23-(6. P. Cable.) ille Chamléerlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer, made it plain t0- day the British Government has done nothing to date to combat the Residents or O’Leary Battle With $75,000 Blaze. Aid Sought From Alberton And Tignish. Residents oi‘ ()'l.eur_v are battling one of the fiercest and most destructive tires in the history of the Province. The fire was discovered at one o’cloek and at time of going to press was reported to he still raging furiously. Flames have already taken toll of three warehouses, namely those of A. I". Bell. Kennedy and Kennedy and the Farmers’ Wnrehotise. owned by Sanford Phillips, the lat ter building Iieinu the largest oi‘ the group. Three C. N. R, freight cars have also been destroyed while hoth new and moilnlint to icmiflflrv victory i" TORONTO. Ncv- Zit-Showinr old railroad stations and a string of ears are threatened a test o! confidence, the govern- tions in Europe which‘ reacted To Cove rn o r ‘A resolution expressing the rc- gret of the Charlottetown I tl h t th 1d, d th - m. »= Pm ~~~~ ..:: ...:.::. succumbed tonight, still battling for) currency devemfiincnts m the Unb i‘ “m” “w” “"1 “ '?“""'°°d Md‘ ted States the month just past has get. of Mary Monaghan and Elsie Lund, Prince Edward Island's e11- try in the dairy cattle judging competiti held as a prelimin- ary to the Royal Winter Fair. The Government declared (he ‘fall of the United States dollar but with destruction. on the injury sustained by His Honour Lieutenant Governor Dalton in his recent accident was passed last evening at the monthly meeting of the Legion Branch. The sincere hope for was expressed. RAILWAY EARNINGS it (Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Nov. 23.-—Gross rev- enues of the Canadian National His Honours speedy recovery i been favorable to business in Can- Mm m“ Wed“ “I we u“ 5"", ada. according to the monthly busi- i‘ m“ (“vemmem was ‘lemma! ‘ml ness summary released by the Bank ; a minor amendment to its financial i or Montreal Leda» Branch of the Canadian Legion llffllflmliw- Ti" 050mb" "i DEW‘ Definite improvement was record- "e! V°l°d 321 “$10” 247- A 1"”, ed in practically all Canadian key vimls Vita-i "fit i184 Bill"! M- sii" ‘ industries, the report shows, and the ruut a. majority 0i 59- decrease in business mortality was The centre majority group in thcl especially marked. - chamber, which earlier had rallied‘ A considerable decrease in the to save the life of the Cabinet, de-i number of assignments under the sorted when the Premier, after an bankruptcy andwinding-up acts isof - impassioned burst of oratory, con- general significance. the report seve- coded a. change .whlch previously The number of business failures he had refused. Railways for the week ending Nov- ember 1033, were $3,002,091 as compared with 63,020,489 for the "mrrespondlng period of 1932, a de- crease of $24,'J08. ANNOUNCEMENTS. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS. ETC '___ inserted per word‘ l "Chicken supper and dance in; St. Charles Hull Monday, Dec. 27th. . , 3023 o ".\lnllvlirivl-llllllll nro "Ill rolilllm ill ‘.5 vflille ltrlctly puyuble in ntlvnncc. "Belfast Club loading livestock! hicsdny afternoon, November 28th. Please list stock with- Secretary J.- R. McWilllulns. 3004. "Southern Queens Club loading hogs and lambs Belle River Station Tuesday. November 28th. Please list Defeat Imminent Although admitting defeat was lmmineiit, the usually mild-man- nered Premier fought. his own bat- tle on the floor of the Chamber in a passionate appeal to “save the franc from financial hemorrhage.” "This isthc 23rd of November and the budget. is no)», even start- ed," M. Snrrauf, pleaded. “The fin- ancial haemorrhagc continues. Bonds are going down. Treasury bonds are not renewed." His was the third cabinet in suc- cession to fall attempting to save the French franc. The San-out (Continued on Page 5) vtock. Stewart Ross, Secretary. 3007. I Decreaseln M! eat “Dancing, Abegweit Dance Hall. Borden, Friday, November 24th. Sid Elliotts Orchestra. Admission 35c. 3006 "w. a. Jenkins along with Swift Canadian buyer will be buying all Clearances (Cluldlln Press) OTTAWA, Nov. 23.-A decrease of more than 1,000,000 bushels was kinds of dressed poultry all day shown in export clearances of wheat T005003’. NOVBmbBF 28in i-l Mm"! during the week ending Nov. 1'7, us River Station. 8014. compared with the previous week, ,,A_ c‘ Greene’ Albany, buy,“ and s decrease of more than 3,000,- good quality live and dressed fowl 000 bushels in comparison with the and chicken, Saturday morning, corresponding week of last year, ac- 0-12, November 25th. Signed, S. R. Pendletoti and A. C. Greene. 2992 "Poultry-We will be buyins live and dressed poultry throughout the season, paying top market prices island Cold Storage 00., Ltd. 3013. "You really should Jmow the splendid saving effected by the rc- tirement income bond of the Bun Lite. Ask for particulars ‘ ' your age. J. A. Moore, Manager. Charlottetown. 2364 "Poultry-We arc buyiliB “W ind dressed poultry 8t 011i‘ WW9‘ house every dsy except Saturday afternoon. Highest prices and sat- isfaction assured. The Harris Ab- rttoir 00., Ltd, as Queen $082215 "Concert, Box Social and Dance, Pleasant Gove Monday, November, cording to a report issued today by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. N. S. Auditor Dies Suddenly (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Nov. Lib-Becoming wddenlv 111 Ins: night while going to see his doctor, Joseph M. Chali- four, branch, Public Works Department, died as the result of a bean “mi; shortly sfter being admitted to hospital. chief auditor. engineers’ A native of Rlmousu, ‘Qugu he (Continued on P689. 5) Found Dead In {Roaming House (Associated Press) NEW LONDDN, Conn., Nov. 23- Lawrence L. Brown, 45, of Kent Hills, Maine, formerly captain of a vessel owned by the Consolidated |Fishing Company of New York, l was found dead today with a bullet ‘in his head in‘ a rooming house here. Letters he had written caused the medical examiner to give a verdict of suicide. The letters told of fin- ancial worry and poor prospects. the medical examiner said- Van Der Lubbe Breaks Silence At Fire Probe (By Tom Wilhelm, Associated Press Foreign Staff) LEIPZIG, Germany, Nov. 23- Young Mnrlnus Van Dcr Lubbe indifferent, silence he has maln- tained throughout. the Reichstag arson (rial cud, for the first time in the 42 days of hearings, spurred with the prosecution. Van Dcr Lubbe, one of five de- fendants accused of firing the Ger- man Parliament Bidding Feb. 27, has steadfastly maintained he ‘started the blaze alone and unaid- ed. Signal for Workers‘ Rise Confronted with his previous tes- timony that the fire should be a , signal for workers to rise up, the "mm! ti" twmmsnt service; Dutch youth asserted. "1 an not more than 40 years ego. i say it should be; I said it could be." With, in std of Central Rink. If stormy following night. Admission 10c and 25c. Ladies with boxes free. 3002. m m Aovivce As rc many people disclaim responsibility for small sdvts. when bills are sent out, in future no such sdvte. will sp- peu- unless the order is sc- oompanled with payment. CIIABLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN GOVERNOR a RECEIVES VICE - REGAL WISHES FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY The following telegram from on! of Canada. wserecelvcd by Dalton yesterday: Ills Excellency the Governor Gen-n Hie Honour Lieutenant Governo “Ills Honour the Lieutenant Governor, Government House, Charlottetown. ‘lndy Scarborough and I are extremely sorry to beer of your unfortunate seeldcut and send recovery. our best wishes for your speedy "BEBSBOBOUGP dropped today the policy of stolld.‘ r was termed “very good" by fair officials today. The girls, represen g the Mount Herbert AYFShih: Club. scored a total cf 935 points out of a possible 1200, and finished fifth, only 9B points behind the Quebec entrants who wonthe l i I United St/tes ddlar to possess a vnlu- of 100 cents Chadian cur- rcnsy for duty p rpsss. The ef- -.ct of this is that the difference. xtwecn the currznt raeof ex- flmnge and par wl‘. be colcctable an exchange dump ng duty on 1m ortafions from the United es cf all gzods of a 4-1» or : rrcle in Canada. s Action Expected event. lllllilflillllli uilovli vmru FAIR Over 6,000 Exhibits Are Displayed — Is- land Entrants Place First in Jersey Class. (Canadian Press) TORDNTO, Nov. 23-Cattle oust- ‘ ed horses as the centre of attrac- ~ tion in the main ring of the Colis- eum at the Royal Winter Fair to- , day. Judging of the bovlnes (ire-iv (a small but keenly appreciative i audience, while some magnificent specimens of the different breeds were on display. mm, H. A. Bruce, LleuL-Govem- or oi Ontario and Mrs. Bruce at;- _tended the performance, the Royal ‘Canadian Dragoons providing an escort. Every available inch of accomo- dation has been taken up in the i poultry show which also started to- day. Some 6,000 exhibits are dis- played, many of the entries coming from United States and from all sections oi the Dominion. "sylvestre A-37" owned by Albnn Sylvcstre, of St. Simon, Que, won ‘ both the grand championship and senior championship for females m the afternoon judging of French- Canadian cattle at the Royal Win- ter Fair today. The junior cham- pion female award W88 Oflliiiifed by ' Ls Louise do 1e. Victoria, exhibited by Ernest Sylvestre, St. Hyaclnthe. Que. In addition to the Junior bull Guernsey championship won by Butterfars Royal 2nd, entered by the Beech Hill Farm, Prlnceport. N. 6., Maritime entries won the class for cows, two years and un- ' w, not n. milk. m the latter class. cattle from the Oakfleld Estate. Oakfield, N. 8., placed first, fourth and fifth. Eastern Canada were first and second in the section for Jer- sey cows, three years old, (not in milk) Princess Rocharm, owned by J. Waiter Jones, Charlottetown. P. E. 1., placed first and the entry from Mount Victoria Farms, l-lud- son Heights, Gum, was second. t t ._. WOULD CONTROL GASOLINE PBODUOIION WASHINUION, Nov. 23.—(A.P.) ~ Semi-Irv of the fnterior Harold Ickes today set gasoline inventories Bl 0i’ December. 81, 1983, t0 be 5i.- W-W bimie in an effort to con- lmitmfltlm there as he is now m“ Production of crude pet- Iolellllb .'-. -. on by the Government was‘ not unexpect d- ‘Since the Unitcd Staies dollar began to deprecirtie in value, the Government has been watching the situation clo ely. At the pre- sent t'me the United States dollar is at a discount of approximately- 2 1-2 to three perc nt in terms of Canadian currency. This margin, which off ets the protection af- forded to Canadian manufacturers by the tariff to the extent of the ‘difference between the relative currencies, was evkiently regarded {by the Government as sufficient to lwarrant action. An Order-In- lCouncil fixng the value of the U. ,5. dtllar for duty purpcses was consequently put through. Indications are that the Gov- ernment of the Unified Kingdom contemplates mecsures to meet the situation as its affects that coun- try. ‘At present there is o. s'x per- cent disount as betwem the United States dollar and st rling. That is, the American mnnu actur- or is, to that extent, in u favorable position to compete with the Brit- ‘ish manufacturer in the market of the Untied Kngdom. No Fish “Story (Canadian Press) DEER ISLAND, N.B., Nov. 23. —When a. fish swallows a bird- that's news. Two fishermen of Lambertls Cove caught a plump cod. Dres- sing it, they found a full-sizsd corntorant, known locally as n "shad", in the cod‘s stomach. Cormorants frequently pursue fish under llvtlifi‘, swallowing herring by the score. Mr. cod however, was more than a. mouthful. Sir Arthur Still Seriouslylll MCNTWEAL. Nov. zl-(CPJ- Sir Arthur Currie, suffering from bronchitis which is mnbplicatlnfl his general condition, was still ser- iously ill tonight, his doctors re- ported. Little change was noted during the day. An official bulletin at 9.15 stated: "The bronchitis still persists and there is still some elevation of tem- perature. l-le is resting comfortably but his condition is still regarded ,ns serious. He is taking a good deal ‘of “vmishment. There has been little change in his general condit- ion during the day." Bir Arthur, principal of McGill University and Commander-in- lcbief of utt- Canadian Oorpe m France, has been in hospital for more than tlwo weeks suffering from a blockage of a mall blood vessel in the brain. During the pllt, f” days an attack of bronchitis nu caused keen anxiety to his fliygjg. lam sud u: azultitude a can that it is watching the situation ‘closely and is prepared for action‘ if necessary. i The assurance came in face oi The residents of (YLeary have sent to Alherton for ad- ditional fire oquipiuent ahd assistance to combat the blaze, while a locomotive has been ordered from 'l‘ignish to re- move the freight cars out of danger. demands from. many quarters for. protection against tho increased benefits accruing to U. S. exporters . as their dollar slides on foreign Thrwiellilig 1° EWWD i-ile flit-in‘ exchanges Some of these dcrriand- "iiia-EB BI"! 111F030? cousins damage ling action assert the [an has a3- hurriedly estimated between $60,000 mcady, in some instances, wiped out M"! $75,990. “M1105 tflnfillmilig 3i ithe utriff protection. LATER ‘~ number of warehouses in the heart} of 0'Leary village continued uncon- trollablc. Over two hundred residents are l uThe depreciated Amencan duh concentrating their efforts on prc-, 3m. has not’ up m the present time’ venting the flames from destroying‘ Seq-mush, afgected Bfltish trade]. M’. two other warehouses, firc havingi Chamberlain told ‘the House of spread to another of the Kennedy BRITAIN NOT AFFECTED Commons. He declared there was 1 (Continued on‘ Page 5) t l llltl mu nun iv BIJNNECIIUN lvml rlu n n ER) (Canadian Press) I emote BAY, N. s. Nov. 23.—Two men were in custody tonight as Royal Canadian Mounted Police sought a motive for the early- mornlng killing of Mrs. William Wilkinson. Shot through the brain with a soft-nosed bullet. lthe woman was found dead in a neighbor's home af- ter her 13-year-old son, who nar- rowly mlssed a similar fate, had tel- ephoned police. In custody were two brothcrs-in-lavv, Walter and Harry Wilkinson. N0 charge had‘ been laid ntguinst them and police said they were being held for ques- tloning. Meanwhile an autopsy was per- former! anti sections of the victim's stomach and brain were forwarded to Hnlifnx for inspection by thci provluc-"l pathologist. ‘fake Charg. Royal Canadian Mounted Police under Sgt. Dim Nicholson were or-y tiered by Hon. Josiah MacQuarrie, Attorney-General, to take charge of the investigation which revealed the woman was killed by a shot that‘ crashed through the window of Dan- iel McLeod's home. Mrs. Wilkinson, l 37 years of age, had fled in night ! attire with her son Douglas to her neighbor's home early this morning. She was warming herself by the fire when the heavy bullet crushed.‘ through her eye socket, missed the youngster standing by his mother, and flattened itself out on n door ~ frame. i Unable to Find Rifle Police, unable to locate the rifle from which the shot was fired, said‘ I no one had seen the shot fired nor had anyone seen a person carrying - a gun. Evidence of a quarrel in the |home he and his wife shared with j his brother Walter, was revealed to police by William Wilkinson. Re- turning from his taxi stand, he said there was a "racket" in the house but he remained outside. Mean- while police called st the home and warned the occupants against dis- lhubtuztbepcsoo ' lHlBES CHARGE 0F FUREERY owned buildings and that of ll. A. Jelly. The warehouse owned by Sanford Phillips, a tlm-e storey structure, was partially covered by insurance, but the runners of the district will bear the distinct loss of 170.000 bus- hels oi‘ potatoes stored in the build- ing. It “as not known at time of writing if thr- Bcll and Kennedy owned properties, with farm con- Lents, carried insurance. The freight cars burned contain- ed flour and potatoes. At a late hour the wind had shifted, carrying the flames clear of the station house but the blaze still burned fiercely. N€\Vf0llll(il2lll(l€l‘ Ar- rested in (‘onneetioti lVith F0l‘,'.;‘0l‘_\' of Air Mail Stamps. (Canadian Press Fable) ST. JOHNS, NfltL. Nov. 23 ‘vhnibgfllfi form" of Nrwfoiuicl- land's (‘Qgtly nir mull stumps-- lu- eluding the world} most expensive aerfiil CKICIWT- \\H.\ uml» r investi- gation totluj. u.. (lolttn followed up cities thlif ' we l<tl i\ll't‘.'lf‘l\' tn one arrest. ‘The man urreslrrl is P. l". from, head of a Si. John's turuislihig [ll‘lll. He was frrc on bail totluy after being arraigned on six churn-l cs in connection with the iorgcrirs) The Charges include on accusu-l tion of “wilfully procuring forgery by some })(‘l';E‘llS unknown“ of the $4.50 stamp surcliarged by the Nrxv- foundland Government for the It- alian Air Arm-adds eastward flight across the Atlantic. It i5 the costliest. air mail stuml) ever issued and the last of a New- foundland series commcmoratiuz Atlantic flights. Warn is churned with soiling comet-felt of another stamp in the scrim-the issue ccm-. memorntlve of Drplnedtfs Atlantic crossing. Another chore..- MflS he trirtl to obtain $3.000 from H. R. Humor 0f London by "falsely pretending certain stamps were genuine." A fourth charge‘ states Feam “unlawfully obtained certain Balbo covers to the value of $413 by falsely pretending certain stamps sold to the owner were genuine." The other charges are: "Abcitlng forgery of stamps for carriage of mail"; forged or counterfeit names" torih that I "utilnw fully selling certain ~ .__‘ British Premier Answers Na v a l Program Critics . LONDON, Nov 23-Prime Mir; |ister Ramsay MacDonald told tbs Hcuse of Commons today thifi Great Britain's naval programmf “is not directed against any par- ticuar country." ' The Premier was replying to g question from the floor as bl whether he ‘could gve assuranct that the recently announced cruia er building programme did nd mean that in the future the Unih ed- States would be “regarded as i potential enemy ofGreat Britain‘ or that any naval building under. taken by the United states would be met by naval building by Greg/t Brtain- Premier MacDonald answered the second part of the qutustion by declaring. “Any future building undertaken will be decided upon h) the Government in relation to a! circumstances of the situations." The wea-thezEta F—"_I Korea‘ ' jéjflorrmc , DAYS 4h Maestro MAN as out WY Who ooes for. LEAST ietitlut. AND A Lot More fatal/nus! w’) Fm,“ winds; partly cloudy mill cold. tflrmullnn I'm-ssh _ ‘ \|lyyp,tunvlulivni. 0! l- l1 L. ‘Tov- .,,(.. t-Aiiulunnu and maximum l1 fill ~12 4'.) M L"! I") ‘:1 . ‘:1 mnmn i“ l‘ \|»-u mu 1i Qnilni‘ . i‘ 1i S I'm John . . .. J0 --'i lluiifnx .. .. ... ... .. 7m u! (‘lurlnitcf-vwn 5i" T! 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