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_,, e regular monthly meeting of ' city Council was held last night the Council Chambers, His Wor- . Mayor Yeo in the chair. After qrilnutes of the previous meet- hlld been read and approved a atlon from the Charlottetown . of Trade, consis ing of Mes- Jas. Paton and Keith Rogers.

m. Prowse, was heard. w ilt up the question of the pro- n of a Public Comfort Station. might be combined with a line and oll service station, and ted out to a proprietor who ‘. d look after the lavatory. They Y. brought up the matter of cor- . dangers in motor traffic, espe- . y that at the corner of Elm Av- .l and Euston Street. In this ‘ ectlon. Mr. Keith Rogers sug- led the use of an electric auto- tlc stop and go signal at that v t. ills-Worship in reply to the dele- uqn stated that the matter had i dy been dnscussed at o special tixlll. He thought he could tell . .l that there would be one there the Summer. The whole question l car parking and traffic control ‘l be taken llp by Councillor Hol-

vnod 85.00 cumin all U. 8. A. 04.50

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lly Resolutions Passed.-- Some Light Is j, Thrown 0n Electrical Rates Question.

.W. J. P. MiwMlllNl and CWFI-ICroken gave it as his opinion that The the City

‘test. calling the Magistrate's atten-

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1928

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Charlottetown Guardian 1881

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Introduces Equa Franchise Billl

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LONDON, March l2.——An eventl

which the younger women of Great Britain have been awaiting with the greatest interest occurred this af- ternoon. Sir William Joynson-i Hicks, the home secretary, intro-I duced in the House of Commons the‘ equal franchise measure which giv- es the vote to women at the age of 21 years. instead of thirty as at pre- sent. The Bill which is expected will enfranchise more than five million women was formally read for the first time, and will probably bede- bated before Easter on motion for second readings.

Largest Crop Be Sown This Year

(Special to the Guardian) FORT ‘WILLIAM, March 12. -— The largest crop in the history 0i‘ Canada will hc sown in the west this war, in the opinion 0L" .\'.Z\‘l. Puller-son. President of (he Pflifll" son (‘ow Ltd.

Mi. Patterson has just returned from a visit to thc west whorl‘. ll" declares, tho universal ilttltudt- iii hold that this your will mark the! largest acreage under l-rop in grain l annuals.

Prices 01' fill this yl-al- and tllc extremely fl. able roll ploughing conditions o1

lately purchased cattle from abroad. Five of these had been found to be Tubercular reactors. and had been removed from the herd. In reply to questions Dr. Croken explained that the Dominion Government did not permit any Dominion inspect. ors to make tests on cattle. Questioned by His Worship, Dr,

inspectors should have power to test cattle from which the milk used in the city came.

His Worship also requested Dr. Croken to take a on at once .agains those whose k was below.

tion to the fact that for one cf them ltCarvcrl it was a second of- fence.

He suggested that legislation be applied for to givc $100,000.00 de- bentures to carry on the work for the next two years.

He stated that ward five had been neglected in the past, so the prominent place they occupied in ‘the street programme this year was only their just due.

Councillor PIOWSC agreed‘with Councillor Foster, and expressed his appreciation of work to be done in Ward five. The Finance Committee

grains prevllilint‘; ivor-

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(Special to the Guardian)

QUEBEC, Llulrch 12. —- On a charge of having confined their seven year old daughter Alfredo. to l1 Blllsle room for lwo years prior t0 her death. .\‘ll'. anll Mrs. Alfred Acolt ti.’ ROXIOII Falls. near Granti- by, ale under arrest and will stand

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- ' trial on u, charge of manslaughter. Dlsturbances M 0 r e it is charged that the dead girl ' ' _ lived under deplorable sanitary Serlous Than 0rd!“ icondltlons- Details of the cane

which have reached here lead Ill“ authorities lo believe that it will .prove one of the worst lll the his-l.

ary T r ib esmeifs" lory or the province. |

‘ Forays. BASRA, 1mm Mal-ch 11...]; ap- Tile srlitnry confinement cl.’ tilt-I ‘rl wllo was suffering froml

pears that the disturbances in Irakb You“: in _

Suuthwest grunge;- ar-e more sey-lougyyllllielflillOillfi. extended for two than ordinary wahabl trIbQBmQIIGYPHTS ‘and then she died. An in- forays but thanks to the Royal Aliqquest has been held and from an Force operations now being carried‘hl1‘l9l>$:~'_ Ihfllle l)!‘ DI" FOHY-hllll-l- fa,- mm “y; d959,»; and ‘mm gheprovlilclal autopslst cl? Montreal, it Segugd part5 of ‘he (mung-y the was shcvrn that while death was popuiagion 15 no; retreating and due to tuberculosis the conditions there is no Sign of appyejrengign in and environment of the girl's lite the town; . _ were such that they hastened her

A few Indian troops were recent- tie-rill. ~ ly moved to Shaibah, but theirak army remains in barracks. ,

The British light cruiser Emerald. which has a speed of 33 knots, with armament including seven six inch guns and three 4 inch guns and the sloop Croceus, also the steamer Triad, have landed parties here.

The casualties in the air force operations include an air pilot whose machine was shot down and who himself was shot but who man- aged to set his aeroplane on fire.

Another pllot- whose machine was

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SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, March l2.-—Nevvton Byrnes. ohauffer, confessed today that

he' killed three persons at San Angelo, after a quarrd over a

‘or at the first annual dinner of the

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Conservative Leader Makes Appeal to Nova Scotia Bar- rister’s Association for Establishment of Dean’s Chair at Dalh 0 usi e Law ‘School.

HALIFAX, March IZ-I-Ion. n. B.‘ Bennett, K. C., leader of the Con- servative Opposition lh the House of Commons. was the guest of hun-

Nova Scotla. Barristers Association held here Saturday night and at- tended by representatives of the Bar and Bench from all parts of the province. In his address Mr. Ben- nett made an appeal for the sum of $100,000 in order to establish a dean's chair at Dalhousie Law School in memory of his former teacher the late Dean Richard Wel- don. He announced his willingness to contribute $25,000 towards the prolect. Touching on the salaries Mr. Bennett declared they were

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Awarded Royal W Air Force Gross

(Spedal to the Guardian)

LONDON, Niarcll 12.’. --~ King George has nlvnrllod the iloylll Air ll0orco cross lo Ilerr llincklur, ilotlxll ‘ Australian pilot. 'l‘ln- cross Vwlls awztldtld in recognition in‘ ilillclz- lens services tn llvinlion by his recent brilliant flight to Austluliu.

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OTTAWA, March 12.—The bud- get debate ends tomorrow evening. ‘There is almost feverish anticipa- tion in respect of the Hon. R. B» Bennett who speaks in the after- noon. On Wednesday evening Gen- eral McRae is tendering him a din- ner in the Chateau Laurier. looked forward to as an event of social and political importance.

The contract for. the new confed- eration building, plans for which have been completed, may be let any day now. The cost may run in- to anything between three ‘and five million dollars. It will house a num- ber of branches of departments,

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Tremendous Struggle Between Opposing Financial] F0 r (‘res Breaks Record.

NEW YORK, ltiilrttll l2.-'I‘hl‘. “battle of billions." w; Wall Street

has characterized thl- titanic. strug- gle between

opposing speculative forces on the floor of tllr- New York

Stock Exchange lust week, was coll- lductcd with such fury that all Bat-

urday trading l'(‘(‘i)l'll.\ were broken.

Total sales for the two-hour session

were 2,198,100 shorts. contrast-Lug with tilt‘ previous l‘((Iil'(l of 1,831,900

shares on Feb. l8, last.

"Bear" traders, llldt-d by an oxfor- mons volllmc of profit-taking, suc- cecdczi in l-hl-ckiilg lllt.‘ rise in Gen- eirol luozors, Ilnitul States Steel. Iiudson Motors and some or the other pool i'ut‘orite.-;, but they took another il-rrlllt- beating in the com- mou stock of Hit‘ Radio Corpora- tion. which >10l\l'|‘tl $14 a share to a. new high l'l'(‘(ll'(l rll $121.75, and closed $1.1’, a share below the top price. Radio. with o. turnover of 425.000 shares, took the speculative

. 11ml Telllllfllllllls Wlll b" all‘ were quite in accord with the pro- gramme, and will have a bill drawn up to secure authority for an issue of $100,000.00 to cover the work for

the next two years.

scattered throughout the city, andLSDOIIlElIL 0W0)’ "0111 99119111 M00- is the first of a. series of buildingsyors. whit-ll touched u new hit-Ill i"!!- to occupy the land taken over cord for lhl- seventh consecutive years ago by the Laurier Govern- session at $161 a share and then ment but so far utilized only to a slipped back to $157.75 or $2 a share

check. The slain were: Mrs. W. J. Jurgens, her daughter Myra, l3, and her mothers. Mrs. Rosa Schirra. Byrna was the Jurgens family chaufler.

1927 will combine -to boost I110 lit-rouge lo n new rel-nrd. ho said.

shot down managed to escape in an aeroplane that went to his rescue. lHe jumped into it and was carried to safety.

"wholly inadequate."

“We will soon have before par- liament," he said. "a measure to in- crease the remuneration of the

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lfr. Paton thanked His Worship .. the Council in the name of the elation.

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A delegation from the Abegwelt

lvai on the Council. The Dele-Ipor; was rem tion wusflmmposed of Dr.

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leducation of the youth of the mam might we“ be fuiged’ 1r m

llp citizens possessing “Mens Sana in Corpore Sane." willing considerable money on the carry on for the present upkeep of the grounds which theyl

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’-~ extent of using it perhaps 35; " es a year.

hing worth, whlle.__" clpts to the Abegwelt Club were and yery small indeed. Blgl: Wilfilllll 505d "Thelkgmmcll the Comfort Station, they coulttiln:

$10000 l0 i100!‘ T011101‘ 00'9" o into it very strong until they a llllY- Th? mam" l5 l" ‘he 00005 iflurthei" information. A resolution d the Finance Committee. and. if would be brought down later on hey are kindlyl disposed towards dealing with it. , M. your request made here tehlshl Councillor MacDougall for the rill not be in vain." Market Committee said that some Various Bills were then read. and of the liltlls in the market building pssed as read. were rickety. .I-le suggested demol- "The 500ml 010091‘. Dr- Miwlmlrlishing the worst of them, and rc- hn, reported three cases of small- placing it by" another, but using the m? W0 0l Dllilllllerll- 0nd 0W0 0f parts of the one broken up to put

rlet Fever in the city. ‘the others in repair.

1 Dr. Croken next read the Milk He dealt with necessary repairs ill Milk report. some dl$005$l°";to the Weights house, mentioned the U000 0V" 0 hem "'01" Wlllcll mllk necessity of . restriping the boiler, he 501d w the citv. and which had and the fact that the interior of the lbulldlng might possibly go without lredecorating for another year.

The Yeicoverthe pannelling of the ceilin wainscoting ' of the Counc

l‘ H t d ti t Mr. Warray be ‘madee spltfrgnisligent ‘tilianltor as well as

' ‘fireman, and receive an increase in , Coming Events, at... Mr. ...... mlzhl- m. i

o raise also, as well as Mr. Teed. if ‘tlglee finance Committee were agree- l "_' .. Alluded to the bfld condition of

"R°*’°"'° 00'“ 19"“ 0"" I'm“ the roof in the rear of the building, Aha“ “memllnmanl- las regards leaklness. when snow was ' 30594403‘ on it, and said he would look into

th tter personally. _

{mlll- Swwllll- Tlllllullly- be“ TllEflPolice report was nealt read 0"" W» 3001-3-10-31- by the City Clerk.

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The reports of Committees were ...- Athletic Association also next deal; wrm The usse§ors W-

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LON-DON, .\lal'(~ll 12. — The Lon- don lllxpress prints a despaich from

lbench. It is necessary that we bellimited extent. able to recruit the best, men from! Routine work this afternoon wasl

and Councillor L- Prowse, commenting on it. said l" llll 000 M055" 5- F- 9°30‘? 0nd that there was an increase of expen- They 35000 l0!‘ l‘ Ye‘ dltulm and costs. The present as- ll - Hill?" l0 087W 000 ‘he Phi“ signment was too low. The assess-

ity, so ncccssal y if we are to buildlmmes were not They were not pm. pared to appoint new assessors, so The club W05 those performing that. duty would

Councillor Foster, Chairman of W! 001i! 10100 0i‘ i001‘ “H1050 1'01"‘- Strcet Committee read and explain- lllle 0000i" 001085 We"! freely ed the programme for work on the Milled m“ h” “s” ‘l’ “l lmd “Vfistreets during the forthcoming sea-

Counclllor MacLeod, for the Ten-

They were trying w der and Public Property Committee m a fund to make these grounds said that it was their intention to

Chamber with beaverboard. As to

Production or A Minerals Sets High Record

lJcrusalenl slaying that Emir Abdul- llllel ct‘ Tl‘flllbljfllt'tlllilil sent. an enl- lil‘ll‘_\’ to Lord Pillmcl‘, High Conl- mlssioncl- of Paltlsllne, ilnploring lthc British to lake defensive meas- lures against :1 contemplated al.-

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OTTAWA. March _ I 111811 T600"! 101' mineral ploductlon who are concentrated at Tebnk- in Canada was set in 1927, when LONDON_ March 12_'_N° British the value 0f lllE 00mm’ Ye-“ched troops have been sent from India $244,520,098 marking a sum of 40 to Koweit in connection with the million dollars 0i‘ l-"l DB1‘ 001"- °l"""Irak difllcultics, right Hon. L. C. M. the DYBVlOUS I100“ 700°"! l0!“ 0f Amery.‘ Secretary for the Colonies. $240,437,123. ' announced in the House of Com-

Continlilng the notable pwglvféiynlom today. This is one of the that; was h. feature of the mininglBritish Mandates in Arabia threat- industry in Canada throughout lll-lcned by the Wahabi tribesnlen.

26, further advances were made in The Colonial Secretary declared 1927 in various fields. New outpuqalso that the Government had no records from all-time were estab-iccnfirlnation of the report that Ibn

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lished in gold, copper, lend and zinc among the metals, and in coal. ce- ment, limo and gypsum in the non- metal and structural materials field.

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Sand. King of Hedjax and Sultan of Nejd had declared a Holy War or had identified himself in any way with ‘such a increment.

VISITOR lllE MARlllMES

John Walter, (lo-Prop Times, Arrives At Tour Canada Und The National Oou

SAINT JOHN. March 12.—-John Walter, M.A., co-proprietor with Major, the Hon. J. J. Astor, M. P" of the Times, of London. England. arrived here yesterday afternoon on the liner Montcalm,

speaking tour of Canada under the

auspices of the National Council of Education. Mr. Walter is accom-

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Saint J o h n---Will er The Auspioes Of noil Of Education.

St. Lawrence to Vancouver they miss those charming provinces which, by history, tradition and race, yield to none in their British characteristics. l - _ “I have a message to bring you from England. of sympathy with your struggles of the past and the

necessity of shouldcring the legacics._

LONDON. March l2. — Sir Samuel lloare, Secretary l of Slate for air, has announced that the British Government is planning to start the biggest Civil All route in the world this year with weekly mail service to India.

the bar for the bench and this can

'munerate them. unless they have ‘been able to lay aside something ;cluring their active life at the bar. -In this country the salary of the xlower judges is wholly inadequate land I am sure that if this measure receives the consideration which it deserves some action will be taken."

In making his appeal for the en- rdowment of a dean's chair. Mr. lflennctt said “Dalhousie Law ‘School lives and endures. It _ro.nks .with Harvard..It stands as one of athe greatest law schools in Ameri- ica. Audit is because of the servic- yes that Dean Weldon gave."

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LOS ANGELES, March 12i- Willlam Edward Hickman, al- ready under sentence oi death for killing Marian Parker, school girl, was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of C. Ivy Toms, during o. Drug Store hold up.

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""'PHIIIADELPHIA, March. 12- Slx hundred persons, residents of the village oi’ Detour, sixty miles from here have been iso- lated for l2 days because of snowstorms and a request was telephoned today asking that an airplane be sent with food.

lcontributions the bar of Nova Sco- ‘tia had made to the bars of the lwestom provinces of Canada. All lthe western provinces, he stated

Bar amongst their most distinguish- ‘,cd counsel. “And,“ he added. "al- lthongh no doubt you regret to have llost these men it must be some sat- ‘lsfaction for you to know that they ,have remained in Canada and that their influence is being much felt."

LONDON, March lZ-A num- ber oi‘ villages of the Southern section of England have been isolated for the second time this winter by snow. Parts of Essex are under fifteen feet of snow.

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(Special to the Guardian) _ ‘CHICAGO. March 12. _. presem. lhk the argument for lower frcighr

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lates on agricultural products bu- " I N N E H 5mm tho commerce commission

00113. .l.'I‘. Sanders, economist of the Oklahoma agriculture and ine- chanlcal college at Sflllwatcr, r15.

First Results of Schoo n "Yflllit find Canada, and against the (‘)0 teqts Theflarmers cf the Lnrted Slates. lIc G-uardran -. H e r epolnlell out illt‘ possibilities of lll-

‘serted that the balance ill trans-

Jlortatlon costs is in Favor oi the ‘"1001 EYOWers 0t‘ Argentina. Aus-

crenscd production in Argenltirri

Mr. Bennett paid tribute to the,

have members of the Nova Scotla-

l "Iliussrs. Earle and Ritchie will Flilli ill llownhl Hull, Wednesday K i.

. “Dr. Clllt, M.D. in chronic cases. ill Prince St. Phone 807d. Char- ltlletolvn. Self-help. Don't delay. 2-13-1 mo.

Flld Cheese Factory to be in hands sttcmlrlrv. Mal-oh 14th. P. l". "shes. 310B

‘ “All women interested please ‘fl e and sow for the IKE. lslanil ; "Ffllllli Wednesday, 14th, at. 2.30 :' 3i. Paul's Parish llall- A blu- "l M00003 during the dfternooh- l ilI2li-3-13-2l. 3 ..__.... ‘l "Come and patronim the Home _"' lhe Table at the st. Patrick's . in Canadian Legion Building ' Werew- ‘Ibis w. will be the ‘ n! 0f the Blot-in. 31134-18408 .‘ ...-.... ‘The Traoadla Cross Dramatic ‘l’ Present: thq four act. comedy "ill "A Prairio Rosa". lo C108! Hall, sill. Min-ob ma. SIOB-B-IB-di

"Auction Sale of 20 horses. h" lell on MGR!!! 14m, in 12 o'- ll- If stormy, first final day. 70- Mat-Donald. Auctioneer. Pr.

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l, "Tho Cavendish mar-inn Club , llrcsont. their play, Mrs. " like Poultry were", iii the ‘"00 lieilnllflllier River. ‘Paell- q aloht. safar- lillli. dmielhn "Ill 25c. Jlt-not line, wit» fine