- I 1 . President -’Is Optimistic t I (Believes Lowest Level In Depression Has Been Redched And Tllot Can- ‘ ado Is Meeting Present Problems l Courageously And Sanely. slifils sinus ill PRDSPERITY llN liliNll 3' Greet pleasure at the evident lwgperlty of the Province at the present time was expressed by HW- w. A. Black, M. P., ‘Halifax, Pres- ‘fdent oi the Eastern Canada, Sev- .'|ngsendlbmC0mDlDY,Wh0 erriv ‘ed on the Island Saturday to look into the local situation end in tem- lllarlzehimseli with business con- ditions. . Interviewed, Mr. Black stated that ha was Jeesed to notice greet ‘improvements in Charlottetown in the last two years. ' There are indications, he stated, that the existing world wide con- ditions oi depression will not ohmic to any great extent for dime considerable time. He meter-iced particularly conditions in Greet iliritain which is experiencing e very trying period or financial strain. 'Ihe recent session or Parliament at Ottawa was One ‘or unusual in- terest, Mr. Black said. As the see- lwu w prolonged, the lstter pm W very trying on account oi the extreme hea/t. Although in the pres cut circumstances Mr. Bennett had not fulfilled all the ,romises which the public had expected, he had , Ml many oi the difficulties. White merry diidicultiee in ti» way. the n-inie aoinistsl- M gone rei- in implementing bis election plmnigeg during m, Wt year and Mir. Black wggeqn- "M95 "lit the» i" mlses would "1 he unclelnenm in nlll and st l“ earliest opportunity. - Mr. Black who is accompanied by A. E. Silver, K. 0., oi Halli“, “u be he'll uni/ll Tuesday morning. ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS arm. "North Wiltshire Olub loading "mmk Thuwley. the 20th. 8140-1i "Dlnce et Bo eh "shine u melt-TED? '-"°'llllenm flower Sale Tues- llli. our. 10th. slar-s-i-l-si "°°m* Ind cnioy the Dance at klmmi’ Whirl. ‘Iuesdey afternoon, “"55 lith- If not fine Wednesday, ‘"h- sios-s-ia-ar oatfmlieeue and ‘Cardigan clubs 9th "Wile to th Clem Wm field nil: B“ lllsu th. me: W" m at ll ‘Silt-ll.’ "Tom to til-i Dance l Emily,“ s I in Emeflld m Oeke “ilifi-IK’ sm-s-ir-si. o; aim Rink 1 . Every- eias-s-is-si ,_ _ __- f’ ’ d-Oerne to tliebsnee in School Manse . August l1. ails Oen elm t "Festival in; Ilene“ t W! can?“ ' AM‘ Irn mereld in! livestock Wednesday. the ‘Ikinlt! ' ' - 8139-11 n_- HALIFAX, N. 5., Aug. lop-Plans being made to provide work end re- lieve unemployment during the coming winter ere of such magnit- ude end are being so cereiulby worked out that I fullyexpect we will come through the winter months with less hardship than has been formerly expected, though, in my judgment there are not any tangible evidences oi e return to normal ndltions, declared E. W. ‘Beatty, K. 0., chairmen and pres- ident, Oenadien Pacific Railway, in answer to questions submitted by newapapermen during his visit to Halifax lest week. Loses Entire Chicken Flock e-i-n. c (Cenedle-n Press) " Ont, Aug. 1h- When Themes Louacks, e farmer living four miles to the south of Chestcrvllle went to his hen house today, he discovered everyoneof his 135 hens lying deed. It. is believed that thieves sprayed the interior of the building with some form of en- be removed without meklnl a noise. They ere thought to have been disturbed In their activities, with the result that the entire flock of chickens died. Faces Future With Cheerful Confidence (Canadian Press) LOSSIELAOUTH, Scotland, Auk. ld-Prime Minister Ramsey Mec- Doneld, grappling with the nation's " ‘ crisis, faces the future .- Mr. Beetty said that he ‘ I‘ the lowest level in the present de- pression hed been reached, and speaking further of the approach- ing winter stated his conviction that "while Canada, which is only one nation or meny who are suf- fering cannot by its own policiei relieve the effect of conditions which are world wide, it een do much by entieipetlng this winter's Continued on POI! 7 uni-inst- HEAD TAX IS REDIIDED (Canadian Press) SAINT JOI_!N, N. 3., Aug., 16- The heed ts: m outside labor oom- ing to the city to work on,the recon structlen oi port facilities et Well 8t. John. wiped out by lire m" weeks ego, wee reduced from the newly decided $10, in the former 06 at e special meeting oi the Cit]! Council yesterday afternoon. This ection was decided on only ll"? it hed been definitely stflfid b! Hon. Dr. Murray Meoleren ofBt. John, Minister or Pensions and National Health who represented the Dominion Government that the work would not go on unless such e step was agreed to by the Council. \ "Hirnter River Olub loading live stock Thursday bromine. Aueust the Nth till 11. 8110-0-15-81. "Oome to the deride in Int es Ball Tuesday nleht. Aug ieth. lu- reehnisnts. _ , as end 3e cents. Aid telephone. mr-s-ir-u "Peruse d f renu- bition lunehwlgeule gem at or 3-10-21. Wednesday. August 06. vel in Milton . / 1r not and, dret fine mn- l liie-e-is-si. l? and Stret- ers urohee please eeve their de- netiona for hhibitica lmcheun in Hell 8M8 Maude? l! 46-0-1’! with cheerful confidence, but does not seek to conceal the seriousness o! the emergency. Seated before e coel fire in his study, he touched on the measures the Cabinet will propose next week. “My message to the rietion is to be steady end don't listen to penicky talk." he told the press. "Our difficulties ere the re- suit of the bad state oi the world's trade and ere hot ceusedlii’ IDS’- thing won‘; with this country.‘ With e reduced national income there must be e reduced expendit- ure ii the country is to pull through, end everybody will be ask- ed to help. There must be cuts in the national expenditure, supple- mented by extra. burdens for those best able to beer them. But both the cuts and the burdens will be reduced to the bereat possible minimum‘, nsistent with balanc- ing the budget and will be purely temporary!‘ Unknown Trio _ Murdered In New York Clubl NEW YORK. Aug ie-Three uri- identified men were found stabbed end clubbed to death eerly today in a room end the cellar oi the “Wonder Boys" House, e little club room on 14th street, Brooklyn- Air Service To Darkest Africa ELF-ID, Aug. lib-A regular week- ly eir service from Iiurope to the heart of Africa to cerry meil and provide thrills for tourists was sn- nounced todey. ' The service, expected to begin in October, will stert et Brussels or Parts, according to provisions of e convention lllned b7 the "ma! and Balgiangovernments. some of the lending. fields end emeflfllw stations elm: the route to Illne- e‘ hethvllle. in the Belllen conso- will be situated in llmelo cleerlnl! end the planes will carry arms for protection in of forced lend- ings in the interior racism. ureter the Prench hope to ex- aesthetic so htat the blrdsmight I MAKES APPEAL 0N BEHALF or AlISlRAllA Commonwealth In Im- m i n e n t Danger, S a y s Prominent Australian. (Cenedien Press Cable Vie Reuters) MELBOURNE. Australia, Aug. 1e --"Austrelie is in imminent danger and must fight her way beck to sound finance and stability,” de- clared Sir Robert Gibson, cheirrrlen o! the Commonwealth Bank to- night in urging Australians to aub- scribe to the conversion loan. Refer- ring to overseas bondholders. Sir Hebert said: “We, es honest people, must not hesitate to insist that Aus- tralia. should meet her obligations honorably. 1i we misused the money, that is no feult oi the overseas bondholders." Australia's great con- version sceheme to put the entire internal loan of 32.700.000.000 on e lower interest basis, is almost hall completed- 1t is now estimated that iteeehclders have converted e270,- 000,000 and promises for conversion of another $000,000,000 bring the total to more then e billion dollars. zlli- _ v _ Less ._Foreign, , Coal Brought Into Canada! MONTREAL. Aug. lit-Supplies of Welsh and Scotch anthracite coal landed at Montreal amounted to 110,028 tons, nearly 12,000 tons less than during the same month oi last year. Tees! is Lower Total shipments of British an- thracite to Montreal this season a- mounted to 400,00e,'compered with 359,003 tons to the end oi July. 1930, an increase of 41,803 tons. British bituminous imports were “ this year, amounting to 1,- 694 tons compared with 21,151 tons in 1930. No Russian coal has arrived. es an embargo exists against it. Lest year the Soviet sent 87,857 tons up to the end of July. Germany has sent 16,788 tons oi herd coel this year. ‘ Lindberghs I In Siberia (Canadian Press) ‘IUIYO. Aug. 1'!—~(Monde7)- Guests of the humble people oi Pet- Glider Crashes Eleven Injured (fknadlen Press) WYALUSING, Pet, Aug. Ill-El- even persona were injured, six aer- iously, this afternoon when a. glid- er tell into e crowd at Wyaluaing Rocks near here. The pilot, Cape Fredl A. Pipping, New York also in- jured but not seriously, was held in the Bradford County Jeil pending the outcome of the injuries oi those struck when the glider tell. Nova Scotia Tennis Tourney (Canadian Press) ZBRIDGEWATER, N. 5., Aug. 16. --Hugh McLennan and Miss Win- nie McFatrldge won the mixed doubles championship of Nova Sco- tie here Saturday, when they de- feated Bevll Piers, last yesr’s cham- pion, end Mrs. T. W. Thompson in the finals. The scores were: 0-4; l-d; 6-2. This was the only final com— pleted on Saturday. The remaind- er of the events will be completed tomorrow. The final of the men's doubles will ilnd two Halifax teams battling ior the title. Harry Roper and Bev. Piers, present Maritime champions will meet Hugh Mc- Lennan and Eric Woodworth. The former teem eliminated Leroy Hen- nie and Jeckldttle o! Toronto Sat- urday morning in straight sets by 50011550! l-l; 6-4; 0-2. while Wocdwort), end McLennen defeat- ed Ilddie Condon and George lie- clerc of Ottawa, N B. end P- E .1. champions. In one of the finest doubles matches ever seen here the Halifax pair won out after five torrid sets by counts of 7-5; 1-6; 4-4: 0-7. To Miss Winnie McFetl-idge go the laurela in the mixed doubles dnal, playing in her third match oi the day. Miss McFatridgeb play was perfect. She made hardly an? errors end scored many placements down the lines. Mrs. Thompson el- so stood out for her brilliant play, while both men did noble work at the net. Piers and Mrs. Thompson captured the second set easily at 6-1, but the tables were turned in the third with MacLennan and Miss McFatrldle rlashins sparkling ten- nis tc take the match. H. Roper end B. Piers made short work of Leroy Rennie and Jack Littleln the mans doubles, beating the Toronto pair with the losa of only llX some! in the three sets. Starting their match at quarter past ten McLen- nen end Woodworth ceme of! the court at one twenty, victors by three sets to two over Condon and Le- elerc. ._.-._'___._. ycsterdey (1 e.m- Sunday. E. S. '13.). after a. flight of 554 miles from Keregin Island, Siberian coast. The Lindberghs ropevlevak, Siberia, Gel. end Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh rested today in preparation for their s91 miles flight tomorrow to Nemuro. Japan. The famous couple on en serial ve-_ i l escorted the plene to en anchorage Read by Everybody Covers “Prime lildward Island Like the new WN, CANADA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1931 _ of! the eastern were met by two launches, which while sixty school children stood under e crude arch erected on the lending stege in welcome to the cation trip landed there st a pm. Americans, end sang Russian songs- 4'. It's Itl/XXI M S OF A MERE ALXN their crooked ways lllzll ell- able some men to mill“! cllrls ll\(‘l‘l.. U l emng~ 12 PAGES Annurtl Supurrlpllinllr lh-lrrl-rl-lr $5.1m H)‘ Mall Clslliullb luad U~ S. -L Gljvll. REPDRTS Elilsls m SUPPLY or wllnluciis Dr. H. F. Lewis,- Ottawa, Here To Consult Local G’ o v e r n m e n t Officials Dr. Harrison F. tcwis, o1 the Department or the Intel-ior, is in Charlottetown today for the Dur- pose of consulting officials o! the Department oi Agriculture con- cerning the present grave crisis in the wild duck supply of North Am- erica. Most of the supply oi game ducks ior the greater part oi North Am- erica, Mr. Lewis explains, comes from the soul-he u area of the Pralr ie Provinces where these birds have their principal nesting grounds. Recent reports from more than 200 observers in waterfowl breeding areas on the Prairies mdicaw that, owing to the prevailing severe drought, the sloughs and marshy tracts over much oi the prairie country have dried up, with there- sult that the wild duck crop this Year is almost e complete failure in the prairie region. ‘Government 0b- servers who have been sent into the north ior the express purpose 0d discovering if the ducks had moved northward as a result of lack of water on the metrics, report that this is not the case, and that the apparent scarcity of wild, ducks in the west is a. reality. In consequence, it hunting pro- ceeds as has been customary lrl re- cent years, this western duck pop- ulation may be struck e. blow from which it can never recover while our own stock oi eastern ducks, such ea Black Ducks, will be so re- duced as g result oi the concentra- tion of hunting on them that there will be comparatively few oi them left for the next breeding season. The crisis, Dn-Lewls states, is the most severe that has ever been known in duck hunting in North Ameriq; since the white man came here and it is receiving very care- ful attention from the authorities concerned. Princesses In Trousers Startle TIre Population PORTAFERR-Y, Northern Ire- land. Alli. 12-1110 staid residents of this tmm lied the shock oi their lives today when the two Spanish princesses. Beatrice muse. lllfllfilllhly upset the his Scottish Highlands; maroon. Aug. is-Arm e week Alas: the ma» Minister's o! hurried conferences on the bud- lieutenants lied resumed their in- eotdefieihalsrevedslibereticnabr terruptsd helideys. Next week will pertyleedere, or uneasiness on the see excrete developments. The pert s: the public, ell wee quiet Oebinet meets on Wednesday. we- toniehteetbelongmglishsilmrnersmeblytceonlplstethsproeremme week-Md meted. Prune Minister ofemIIIfllqlell-sletlon- ‘nieheede ltemseylleoDaneJdhedretur-nedlo ofthetbreepertieseretoineet on Rt. Hon. ‘Thursday to reach egrzen-lent on Stanley Rldwin, Oonaervetivethetreetmeiitofthialegisletllin hecktoaheherioh tlienolue o! ~---- --. Concrete ‘Developments This Week In Regard To British Economic Situation chief e ereu. were wearing trousers Alvero Antonio D'Orlee.ns. . (Specie-l to the Gnsrdienf WASHINGTON. D. 0-, Aug. Iii-Increase of postage on let- ter-s to Oenede end Newfound- lendfromiloeritssnounceto I cents. end on postcards from leeattotcelatmweeennonna- ed yseterdlr b! Second Assist- ant Postmaster General M. Irv- ing Glover to become effective September i. At the some time elr lnell postage to Ceneds will and Marie Christine. landed from e yachting Bbenish princesses are e. novelty in Portaferry anyway hut what inhabitants was the fact that the royal ladies flannel yachting The ateres end whiaperinga oi the tflwhlfolk seemed greatly to em- barrass the visitors end Princess Beatrice Med to evsde notice by dodlllll behind her fiance, Don ecausc I Writer) HAVANA, Aug. 16.-Elcvcn weal‘- ied men, among them 10111181‘ Z-‘Itnl- l Havana lline days zlgu Lu and u rc- vulutioin they hoped WOLilLl ‘lililai. President Gerardo Mucllililo lrolll power, came back today, pflhiulltfb‘ ul war aboard a gunboat, and wllll their coming the U1ll‘lSll'l§——S|)Ol'il(llC skirmlshlng that has inkvll, accord- ing to an official count, '72. lives-- apparently died, although govern- ment trops in Santa Clara Province were reinforced. Cabana fol-truss, towering over the harbor into which the gunboat Fernandez Qucvcrlo cs- corted by the cruisers Cuba and 1.3.1- lre, slowly steamed this morning. opened up its walls to receive Gell- eral Menocal, President from 1913 to 1921.. C01. Carlos Mclidicio. mid the other members of tllcll general staff, who surrendered late FflClily ill the wild extremes oi" Pillar Del Rio Province. ‘They were irnlnclated, the eleven, by hours of instlllg before their sur- render. Thcy were worn by the rig- ors of march and flight about hilly, wild Pinar Del Rio, willie troops for, days, pressed even closer upon them. Their clothing was torn and dirty, their faces were heavily bearded. None spoke save, Mcndietzl. 1n a violent expletlve he expressed disgust and disappointment witlrthe tel-- rnination of their campaign. SPDRTSMAil IRDPS DEAD (Canadian Press) HALIFAX, N.S., Aug. l6.—Frank J. Power, widely known sportsllliln and starter of race horses ill the Maritime Provinces rlncl other parts l of Canada for nearly half a cclltul-y,' dropped dead of heart failure ill front of the Lord Nelson Hotul, llcrc, l at 8 o'clock this morning zls lie was‘ walking to the office oi ilic Yellow Cab Company oi‘ which lie was treasurer. He had made all prep-ur- Charlottetown to act as sizlricl- iol- the races in connection with Lllc Provincial Exhibition, as he hurl done for thirty years. Ho was born in Halifax seventy years ago, tho son ui Hon. M. J. Power, Speaker of the Nova Scotla House of Assembly and Mrs. Power For forty years he was .'lll clllploycc of the Postal Dcpartlncllt oi Iinllldx and was clllcf clerk when ilu ruul-cd from the service. From ills yolltll, he had taken a kecll iliiurcst ill ncc horses, and for more than n qllflfLJl‘ of a century had been widely recog- nized as all authority oil racing rules, records and pedigrees. lie llild officiated as starter at every trllck in the Maritimes, as well its at l-loul- ton, Maine, Montreal and Begins,‘ The late Mr. Power is survived by his wife, one son W. Kent Power, Editor of the western weekly law re‘- ports, Calgary, two daughters, ltilss _ Nora, Dean of Women at Bradford Academy, in Massachusetts “llil is visiting in Halifax and itilx. <.. ll. Hooper, Charlottetown, iilltl Lwo brothers, Charles E., Ncwbrlghtoll, 3.0., and James W., Sports column- ist for the Halifax Herald. be increased from five cents to six for the first ounce and ton cents for each additional ounce. (By J. r. McKnight, A. P. still?“ atloha to leave Monday morning for i Cuban Presidieiiliri And Followers In The Tolls General Menocal And Memilers D Of His Staff Surrender Lifter Much Privation And Suffering stillll. llil Action of I\';:i§o.~r.lli>;£ Leader (lpzrlls V1111.‘ For Trolwlflq-T T "fin -Di0l"e kli‘.'}T~'.‘fl€-’Jl.— ecl -— Sclsioll". Sllilll- tion (‘rented bfy Ac- tion - Rcfzuwi Eitop. A BOMBAY. Illdlil, AP Willlin illrce lllOlllllfi ti: ed with Lorri lruxlli, ttlull Viiroruv, "illltll ivyll ' 1.1L- erl the civil cl Tiilfd 1 hizlllriillla Gil lli I 0d up the ]70.\>l1llll_\' in India. Charging the prcrillcizll _ Vovvlll nlellt has repeal lll-olzl-ll lllf: terms of tllc truce il L-rlrcl Ilwill the little. bl‘l’7\\'ll Ndllolt 1r" lvi‘ squatting plzlviillj," (lll l" and surrounrlrlcl by ill..- (ll. loosed lllmscli’ frclll 111i‘ : m - . he made lo go i0 Loll J11 LllNl 1.0L Ellglzlllll frznlll: lxlcllli. l ‘ ICl‘ of Llbffll)’. 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