MAXIMS OVA MERCHANT l A; a generation we appear to he “ssh \\ \\\\ Why MVAXIMS or a MERCHANT -_--- mag; yourself like the many l _ m? py Mull. (tannin null U. ill. A. 84.50 thahlite-‘lfidlreltilfgl-uflon by a ‘ I """‘"'"~'\s 0 m?" ti: note of distinction ls to be . Covers Prince Edward Island Like the‘ Dew _ :4» “M” “m” ""'""“ m V) CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA MONDAY MAY 2s, 192s sash‘;~*":i:...:::.::“-.r...?.:: ‘rs.- iliiiiili iiiii iii) THE PPilfiipiliii H 0 n. M r.' Bennett . Le aves to Fulfill Business Engage- 'i merits and Will Not B e I n Parliament Until Tuesday, June 5O (Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA. Ont.. May 20.—-lioii. R. B. Bennett will leave here Monday to fulfill business engagements liiade prior to his elevation to the leader- ship, and will not be in parliament until Tuesday, June 5. During his absence, Hon. Hugh Guthrie will lead tile Opposition. hat Mr. Bennett will be absent from May 28th to June 5 precludes any possibility of prorogatlon in the intervening period. Parliament. to adjourn even on June 9 iirust speed up consideration of the estimates. "Film-c is also the possibility oi n prolonged and ltcriilronious debate on the reports of immigration in- quiry. as there is almost certainty oi disagreement and two reports. Any attempt. to take responsibility from the government, and place it on a commission will not be ac- ceptable (o the majority of Con- servative nrembers of the comlnit- ice. Tlicir there are the problems of judges salaries and indemnities. The government caucus tomorrow will decide both. Another proposal to as- fiist the members is that _tl1e indem- ullvjrcmalu M $4.000 but there is a living allowance of $15 for every day spent. in Ottawa from the op- eiilni; to the close of the session. Cables Birthday a e-Greetings (Special to Tire Guardian) behalf of the people of Ontario. despots hcd the following your cliliobliirg influence for the wclillrc of the empire and of llu. mainly." Big-gel“ fl5o°g_“ , With Canada (Special to The Guardian) ToR-QNTQ. Ont., May 26.--Finc results in trade with Canada are rc- lloflcd by .7. W. Collins of New Zea- wlio was the Commissioner in miigil-lv of exhibits from that do- m ‘all at the Canadian National ubltlon in 1920. A cable received Rt tlic local offices of the C. N. E. {mm Ml‘. Collins today is as fol- 0W5! milfigiilmcrcial interests in this D_o- lmw" "e ereatly pleased with the i of trade with (Jdfllldfl for TORONTQ Ont" M“? 26<‘0n‘tion to adjourn then being defeated Annual ‘ I. 0. D. E. I (Special to The Guardian) i OTTAWA, Ont. lylliy 26.—Dcle-( Eates w.ll be arriving today from all‘, Darts of Canada for the 28th annu-j gnmzelllllg 0f the Imperial Order, b ‘if W“ “f l“? Elunlrc. which will, e e19 l" Tluutv Course. lloslon, Avenue, Torflnto. with Miss R“ My Threat loituwh’ “mm” ‘°‘°°“.i°““ °‘“‘°‘““;' Nationalist Against P e k i n g The address of welcome will bei Vellby Mrs. C. E. Burden, Regent _ Ended With Defeat o f t h e Southern illilil ttlkfletlgg Toronto municipal chapijgpl Mk will] Ollflllllg ceremonies to) . P nlace on Monday evening. Mrs.) D. M. Balfour of R ' - < - ' zftthc Provincial Pifffififlfl Army. a c rowan. will reply to (he meek! ._.__ illgs from the Toronto chapters. (Special to The Guardian) PEKING. China. May 26.- _""“‘_*>"——— Marshal Chang Tao-Lin today an- nounced the nationalist threat against Peking had ended after the ‘southern army had been decisively defeated by his northern troops be- low Paoting-Iu. j Chang claimed swecpingvictories: on the Paotilrg-fu sector of the semi- 1 circular battlefront surrounding the‘ northern capital and said these vic- tories had definitely checked the Supplementary Esp- mates Provide for NCW C rry A130 $10,000 For Oyster Siilii H iii Niiii was Chan; thor- - fr them. As you solve each solve, and so on for eight First Prize $25.00 ' 10 PRIZES OF $1.00 EACH FOURTH WEEK _ BUT YOU CAN, START NOW in the first week's Clrarlo the solutions are to be found. First Set appeared May 7th. Third Set May 21st and Fourth Set below. Get the first Three Sets and start now. space underneath. Keep you; I3rize Picture Puzzle.) , The Competition is an easy one placed within everybodyk reach by the ttetown Guardian of the list of towns and villages, Each picture represents the name of a town or village. You can check yourself by referring to the- llst of names. picture in this Fourth Set write Second Prize $10.00 Sets until next. week, when we will give you the Fifth Bet to Weeksln all. Wilfn the final set we will give full instructions i'or the sending’ in of entries. ‘J I ,ni;.;..;~;....i..i A . . Left Estate Oi _ 1 Only $45,000 i (Special to The Guardian) l LONDON, May Zfi-England re- ceived something of a shock learn- ing today that the late Lord Oxford arid Asquith, former Premier, left‘ an estate of only about £9,000 ($453 000), and that he was relieved of‘ I financial worry during his last clays riby the beneficence of friends. It was 1stated that a year ago a group of, wealthy persons. irrespective of - party combined to give him £10,000‘ J and an annuity of £2,500. k . I publication in which all Second Set May 14th. Try your hand at solving your answer in ink in the THERE is N0 ENTRANCE ma: RULES WIIICII MUST BE S'l‘IlIC'l‘l.Y ADIIERIED TO Iiil solutions must be written In Ink. Camper- ""5 m!!!’ submit any num- nationalist advance. Chang's announcement ended un- luiture on P. E. Island. confirmed rumors in the capital that (From Our Own Cm- spondent) the northern forces were retreating along the entire front. Except for the Nankou puss area there lrlid OTTAWA, Olit.. May 27.—On re- suming last evening, private bills were considered for an hour. The been unconfirmed reports that the’ southerliers had nrude smashing vic- Cumberland Railway and Coal Co. bill got its second reading and was troics and that in onlyone or two remote regions oughly entrenched. All advices here however indicat- referred to theraillvny committee. semhcncle “PM i‘, PTQl-Eflt. 8J1 lllJ-i The Sun Life Assurance bill, “miles Y“ the capital. The ulti-I which has had a stormy career, for “mm 5°31 °f Pi"? "llliflllall-‘ll-S. It was the most of the session was againithe m“ ma!“ clash bEW/Qn the Chang sent his men to a similar" ed there hacl been engagements of. major proportions although detailsi were lacking. The southern army advanced in two sections-one head-Z ed by Chaing Kai-Shek and the‘ other bv Fens Yu Hysiong. and ctr-i cled the capital at a distance of be-‘ tabled. The previous question was W‘) fore-cs- moved by Mr. Ladner, Vancouver-i '“""'“">'"~'_ South, who remarked on the iactfF _ ‘ that it had been carried almost lln- , ( animolisly in the ‘committee ._of l bankin and commerce. That xvi-is ' ' ‘ supersegtied by a motion to adjourn,’ which was not debatable. The mo_-‘ (Special i0 The Guardian) ' tween 15o and 11s miles. i OTTAWA- May 26.~The progress Mr. Garland, Bow River, and others lion. G. S. H _ . . . _ emy “ctmg izgzlqéletrl; talked until the hour lrnnt iracl ex- of thc crop of Canada is to be cal-e. London today: “To Her Majesty the Quccil. London. England. “The Gov- Eminent d th ' . ., , “Me m argspecafgiglp]‘iegéeggiéarzg,mittefi Qzllllgtggothe items passed was -elves. About the middle of Julie _ _ _ .one o , ‘ _ gigilinyajifiy lhemtfelt bilthduliTclephone lilies for the for hckithi‘ hnpisgile $530? wwfiifisdmwreiice and Maritime Provinces 51"!“ SOWII t0 ficld as w“ M’ grateful ‘u .8 Rag efincluding appropriations for WOYk-jlllllllbltl‘ of farm animals alive on‘ ‘ m“ Q"- °" ° (mg expenses of vessels rcqulrcd folflhe farm in mid-June. i lied- flllly traced by ilie Dominion Bur- Consideration of public works es- Eilu 0f Statistics by means of rc- timatcs was again taken up in com- luYll-s Rent in by the farmers tlieni- telegraph and cardboard schedules are to be mail- lgwm- sped to the farmers asking for the crops and the for Upon the restllting esilmaigs Qf Discussion cf estimates of the 19ml RYEHS sown are based tlrc prc- postmaster-general proved to be llllllllllly. provisional and filial esti- most interesting. The salaries and‘ Pmies 0f Yield ‘Vmch ‘"9 0i’ Slllllilmc ‘allowances for rural mail. carrlersdlllllollflntie in connection with the ‘and postmnsters occupied the majormwvelllellil- fillmwing. distribution portion of consideration, In explain-Film?! 59-19 "T1116 Principal cereals, es- ing his estimates Mr. Vcniot pointed! Peclaliy Wheat. out that the agitation for higher‘ Farmers not receiving the schoo- salaries had been started by a per-ink! by mid-June are asked to com- son purporting to be secretary ofmlmlfllie with the local school what he called the postal iiiail car- ("Miler 0r the provincial or federal riers’ Association and all mail coii-ldepaYtnlenis 9i llllflclllture or the tractors had been asked to contri- Donlmwn Stallsi-ifllflll at Ottawa. butc from $2 to $5 each to the As- ‘”' Record N ulnber 0f Liquor Violaters Jailed Ill Denver While District Attorney Foster cable scrvicc. (('.iliiiillll(‘(| illl page It) {Ohm --»- - _ The Panama Canal (Special to The Guardian) TORONTO. May 20.-Tlie United glue Y9!!!‘ ending 31st March 1921 States docs ilot own the lPlllIllfllil at Pfilcgsports to Canadawvcre valued Cairn]. Under treaty of i903 the Mqrch 0,000 and forthe year cndlnmUnitcd States liiny use, occupy, and “gum dill. 1928. exports prgcflcgfly acllniliistcr the affairs of the cairal acme" valued at £2,065,000. Thlsizone and tlic canal forever". But the pubnvletmcnt is largely due (0 myRepublic of Panama is the actual "m C“ 1y: Rained by our exhibit ai/DWIICI‘ and is paid one quarter mil- » . E. in the autumn of lsaalllon dollars a year rent. N ~ gfgflldac is lazaln exhibiting Hughes. the “"108 to Elwood only difficulty being to Dfovid for’ iligmihe space that is required ~_.. oo 5-‘#6§0¢00o-ooooo4oo . Condensed Special: RATE-qt» Der. word not ‘"1011 inlertion In this column. ' Q viiorca ooanrln near raoiu Stall-fed cattle. s _ am t. o... ““““°"'.€ii‘(.. T‘-€—__.__._ "l" Plunrrno or iivrinv flfjffgflmwl- shvnnlv and etpldi- m“ JY oxecuted. Guardian 0on- °b Pllutery. Phone m. M IF vi-——~—~i__ £32112‘ — rumoii or KEYS. name £9 B80.‘ Owner may have my,“ for lav nil property and >-~_-_...._____ (You WANT oooo INVEI or . as. ma» l0 loi- 20o: I00 for 80c: m "If Me: m im- 41.00: 1,000 om 01.05. Postpaid. Guardian . °°- Guardian Job Printer-y. Andrew Payne Won First Place (Canadian Press) NEW YORK. May 27. —- C. C. Pylo‘s transcontinental foot racers have reached the end of the rain- bow blit whether the expected pot of gold will be their reward remflns to be seen. Andrew Payne, of Okla- homa won first place; John Solo cf New Jersey, second and Phil Gran- ville, of Hamilton. Ont, third. One hundred and ninety nine runners and walkers from nearly every state of the union as well as from various foreign nations took up the chase for Pyles $48,500 prize money at Loii Angeles on March 4. Eighty four days and 3,422.3 miles later, the end came in Madison Square Garden here last night. The original field of 199 had shrunk to 55 through the operation of well known theory of the sur- vivnl of the fittest. The hardships of the cross country jaunt-mile after mile of monotonous jogging-- had taken care of the rest and put ,Cllne was _ grumbling about, vice ‘conditions in Denver and lack of iiolioe activity in suppressing them, Denver police, during the month of March. were shattering all existing records for numbers of arrests for liquor violations. the report of the vice squad to Chief of Police Reed revealed Thursday, says the Denver News. ‘ All monthly records for arrests of liquor l-iw violations since prohibi- tion werc smashed during March, the report showed, when 144 alleged prohibition law violators were ar- rcsted in raids conducted by tlic police vice squad. In addition lo tlresc arrests, two violators of the state antistill law were jailed, eighteen alleged drunks, thirty-one yogi-ants, three alleged prostitutes, eighty-three gamblers. seventeen proprietors of alleged disorderly houses and sixteen other persons, booked for investigation, fell into the hands of the raiding officers. The report. showed that 356 places were raided by the. vice squad mcm- bers. who number twelve _patrol- men and two sergeants. ErLYouilg and George Carter. The banner month shows. police say, the extent of their efforts at keeping Denver clean. discreditinlz the grumbllngs of the district at- lorney. bcr of attempts pl-Qflflefl .,‘_\_ ./'““;. _. l I ‘ an. ’ ~ ~ “ab. "I2: , _ Former Premier of It- f. aiy Tells of State Under Fascism -—§ ‘ Liberty Vanishes and Children of) Tender Age Raised that each answer ls written upon a separate in Cult of Violence. l ollly complete series q] pictures-l, ¢,, sets N” 1-8 inclusive-for each at. tempt will b8 accgptgd. Inwmrlete sets will he dis. qualified. Mutilated, altered or n]- ternatlve solutions will be disqualified. No responsl- billty, can be taken for do. ‘fly or loss in the post or otherwise. Proof of posting cannot be accepted us PARIS. May 26. — A dark pic- ture of Italy under Fascism is painted by former Premier Fran- cesco Nitti in a statement made public in Paris yesterday. Signor Nitti, who held the prem- iership in Italy in i920 and left his own country in 1924, deplorcs “final abolition of the Italian corr- jstitution." “In the presence of this fact,“ continues ihc statement," it (shall be declared from the pres- ‘ent moment onward that no gov- ernment which succeeds the pres- ent regime will recognize any in- ternational engagement debt or con- cession emanation from the Fascist government. "All that has been done by the proof of delivery. N0 uu l cspondencc he allowed. 0311 Entries can only he ac- cepted on condition that the Editor's decision i5 final and legally binding. In the case of a tie the Editor reserves the right to government that abolished coirsti- tution shall be considered as aris- ing from acts of an cileged party. (No party succeeding it in power. (even the most conservative. will gal acts. "The Italian people have been deprived of all their rights and con- stitulional guarantees by an armed minority. Suppressed are the liber- ties of association. reunion and thc press. Suppressed are the independ- ent newspapers. “Boys and girls of tender ages divide the prizes as he l thinks fit Z3 24 must be raised in the cult of viol- cnce. One sees in the streets oi Italy children of both sexes going NOW. NEWJREADERS By ordering the first, second and third week’s Charlottetown Guardian which contains the First, Sec- ond and Third Sets and theligt of Towns you can start through military exercises with the weapons of war. These are taught principally violence daily. They arc given an appetite for war and hate is infused in their young hearts. They are told that Italy must be an empire. consequently she must [wage war." WHERE IN THE iiiliill] A p p e a l Broadcast from Dirigible Italia is Picked Up by Pa- cific Coast Radio Operators. (Canadlan Press) SAN FRANCISCO, CaliL, May 27. —Calls for help for General Um- berto Nobile‘s Dirigible Italia, in peril somewhere in the Arctic, was picked out of the air by Pacific radio operators early today. Position oi the Italia was not. given. The message came time after time first in Italian. then in French and again in English, garbled and al- most. indecipherable because of dis- tance or low powered sending apar- atus. Sui-misc that the Italla, more than five da s out its voyage from the north o was broadcasting its $48,500 in prizes will be forthcom- ing next Friday night at the con- them out of the running. , Pyle declares enmeslly that the .0URGRO clusion of a 24-hour race at the garden. appeal from some point north of Siberia was advanced because “KL--- , ._ ...f_"_'f.‘ . .. N Piiiii Sliiiifl FFééfStolié-Piiiéidoiit Optimistic (Special to The Guardian) DUBLIN, Irish Free State. May 26.-—President Cosglztve told the Dublin Chamber of Commerce to- day that there was good ground for optimism on the question of Na- tional Revenue. The adverse trade balance has been reduced from £17.- 000,000 to 514,000,000. Freight re- ceipts on the railways showed an increase, ‘and there is a consider- able increase ln bank clearings.‘ The state expenditure of £24,000.- 000 was likely to remain at that figure and demands on the govern- ment for additional monies to am- eliorate soclal conditions have been ‘stabilized, he said. and practically all parties are anxious for the State's welfare. by the international amateur radio union for use of Siberian stations. The message, repeate‘ with infin- ite patience from 5.10 a. m. to 7.40 a. m. Pacific time wasz-"SOS as Rae-Ii Dlrigible Italia with General Nobile in disaster. It is equipped w radio on wave length of 40.40 met- res. Please help immediately." KINGS BAY, Bpitzbergen/ May 27. - The Oitta Di Mllano base shipfor General Umberto Nubile‘: ‘Dirlgible polar expedition left hera at 9.30 a. m. to search for the misa- of ing Italian. She headed for Amer- the repitition with the radio call ti stedam Island. Just off the north rao-3 oi the prefix "tas“ assigned coast of the Island. ERS “ROBIN HOOD F ‘J ' we ALRWAM’ To Ba Dome —-: Niiifilioilidfiijiiidg-Rié“ T0 Be Increased recognize the validity of these ilie- la ull nf lllul nlnluml —-—_ \ Earl Haig’s Sword for the Best Junior Unit Was Won by King George School Cadets, St. John, New Brunswick. (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, May 20.-—King George School cadets, St. John. N. 13.. won Earl I-Iaigs sword in connection with the 1927 riile shooting compo- tition for the King's special chal- lenge trophy and other prizes open to school boys throughout the Bri- tish Empire. Canada won ‘the King's special tropliy in miniature rifle competition for boys. South Africa. with an average of 78 came second to Canada in the Kings special challenge trophy competition in i927; (‘treat Britain third, with an average of 7l and New Zealand iourtli 63.9. Australia was thevwinner of the senior imperial challenge shield for the best senior llnit in the empire. the successful team being the Aus- tralian naval reserve, Newcastle. New South Wales. Earl Jcl1icoe's sword for the best small senior school of the empire Volunteer cadet corps of Deal. Eng- land. The junior imperial challenge shield for the best junior school in the empire was won by Chatham, England. ' Earl Haigfis sword for (he best junior unit was won by King Geor- ge School cadets. St. John. New Brunswick. There were 33,966 competitor's througout the Empire as follows:- South Africa 13,000 boys: Great Britain 7,919; New Zealand 5,028: Canada 4.564; Australia 3,208; In- dia and Rhodesia 247. The National Rifle Association's report on the shooting says there was considerable improvement last year over the previous year's rec- ord. both iii the numbers compet- ing and the standard of " markman- ship. In both respects the Mother Country was a long way behind Canada. South Africa and Austral- “Coniparctl with the llollllifli-iflll Great Britnlirs quota of competit- ors was extremely small" the report states. Howcvcr the British boys who competed were much younger than those of the Domiulolls. Announcements, V Coming Events, - Meetings, Etc "Buying Live Hogs at Emerald May 29th. Tuesday Iorenoon. Ever,- ett Haslam. 4669-5-24-J "On May 28th at 2 p. m. Rum- mage Sale Y. M. C. A. _ 4695-5-26-2 "Meeting ol-S-chtzhfort Memorial Society Committee will lake place on Monday May 28th, in K. C. Home at 8 p. m. 470l-5-20-2i was awarded to the Royal Marine '~ (Special to The Guardian) GENEVA, May 36.—An increase in the number of Judges in the In- ternational Court of Justice from ll to l5 seems a probability. The ir- You nevi: A Riel-i FATHER’ recent resignation of John Bassctt Moore, American Judge on the court. is understood to have led officials to the conviction that the work of the tribunal has been so augmented that the time has arrived to in- crease the panel. It is likely that the September sessions of the Assembl, of the League of Nations will be asked to approve a recommendation to the council to make the increase. Und- er the plan, the number of Deputy Judges also would be increased from four to six. ‘ -l(\iii\\ljjiiljjl\">’ TORONTO, May 27.~Maritime. moderate to fresh southerly winds unsettled with showers or thunder- storms and considerable fog. Toronto, rain u... . . , _ . , , ,_ 54-45 -<-o->~—-—--— and tomorrow morning at 7.20. Sun sets this evening at 7.40 and rises tomorrow morning at 4.13. Full moon Sunday. June 3rd., 7.- of their late Brother, "Benjamin I-l. ll ttenlm ,." B. C. VANIDEBSTINE. Montreal, m1.- _ "Concert to be held in Belfast Quebec, cloudy .. Public Hall on Tuesday next i8 -__ Halfax. cloudy . cancelled owing to the illness of The Officers and Member-n of St. St. John, fair several of the performers. 46W. Lawrence and Wildey Lodges I. 0. Boston. fog 0. 1-‘. are requested to meet In their New York, rain .. "Noticez-Jleofis Movies, a wond- ge Doom on Monday the 28th Charlottetown . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ei-ful show this time. Hunter Rlvfil‘ May, at $.20 to attend the Funeral Hiilh tide thlS evening at 8. 6. tonight. French River "The Freetown Dramatic players will present the 3-act comedy drama. “The ColoncFs Maid," in the Hail at Stanley Bridge. Wednesday. May 30th. If not line Thursday ev- ening, 31st. 4698-5-20-31 "The Young Peoples Group of Cornwall will present their 3 act comedy drama "Safety First" in York Hall on Tuesday, May 29th at 8:30 p fin-Come and enloy a good laugh. 5'25” "DR. CLIFF. M. D. Start no! iome prevention-cure. 112 "Print! at, cirtown. 8-1341!"- e ._..._.. "Unloading this week car ROBIN HOOD FLOUR. Bran and Shorts. P. J. Noy 5t 00.. Hunter River. ~ 4889-54041. Crapaud Wednesday. "The Young Peoples Group 0i Cornwall will present their ti-act. Seoty. 8t. Lawrence Lodge. FRANK NICHOLSON, Booty. Wlldey Lodge. 40 a. m. Summeraidc tide eighteen min- lites later than Charlottetown. 41 tour” comedy drama. "Safety First“ in the Georgetown Hall on nicer. June lat, at Mo. mi-Mwthu. ‘Goa-o..- 1% ' 11,4... L2“;