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(A, P, by Guardian's Special Wire) WASHINGTON. Feb. 'i—Whlle pppdsltlOil to his candidacy for the ilepllbiltln presidential nomin- ilon was becoming more manifest “mug party conservatives, Sen- itoi- Borah of Idaho late today projected a widening of his cam- piigii into the Pacific northwest. The confused political situation had been freshly accentuated by a luncheon conference between Pre- tdcnt Roosevelt and the Idahoan.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

i COMING EVENTS MEETINGS, ETC "Moonlight skate, Afton Arena tonight. L-818-2-8-li. "Maple leafs vs. Rovers at Mil- ifll riiix tonight. L-sao

"Carnival at Pownal Saturday, lebruary 8th. Good ice with electric units . L-Bld-l-‘l-Zi.

"Wsnted—Dresscd Poultry. Buy- ing daily. 'I'he Royal Packing Co., Charlottetown. L-865-2-7-0l. "Hockey at Hunter River to- night, Royals vs. Imperials.

L-80l-2-8-1i.

"League game tonight, Cornwall llink. Cornwall vs. Lindies 7.15. skating after games. L-820-I-8-li.

"Hockey at Fredericton tonight, lyiieatley River vs. Fredericton. L-838

"iiighfield rink, leap Year skate tonight. Coma and have a good iliit. . L-842

"Hockey and skate at Marsh- fieid tonight, Marshficld vs. Dun- liaifnage. Junior teams. L-SSD

"Buy your cakes. fancy bread. etc. at Moore d: Mcleods on Sat- urday and help the Hospital.

L-782-2-8-ll.

"Genuine Buffaio Robes on dis- lllly. inspect them before buying. Fur Traders, Queen street.

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"B. I. S. regular Saturday night filllce, 0 to 12, modern and d lime music. Admission 25 cents.

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"Buying live hogs, Hunter River lnii Kenslngton. Monday, February i0, If not fine, Tuesday. A. E. Wcdlock. Li-BBZ

"Let us install and service for you a Mtri-unoc Oil Burner for cook "Wes at special price 838.00 H. Bernard. Stanley Bridge.

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“Hockey. Montague Prlmroses u. Charlottetown Piratm at Mon- llsue Monday at 8.30. Admission l5 and 15 cents. L-845

"Playoff game at wiltshire to- "lilll. Beavers vs. Hawks. Skating liter match. Game starting 8.15.

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"Hlildling poultry daily at top liarket prices throughout the win- ltr months. Prince Edward Isliind “Mllcrative Egg and Poultry As- lociation. p.395

uumwl! Line League. Teams in- fested send representatives to “mills at Freetown Rink, Satur- “Y niiiht. February ath.

L-BDii-Q-B-ll. “Summerfiold. ,Granville and daibanc League, first game

lmdiiiiiiirie tonight. Burnmerfieid lllfils vs. Bradalbane Rovers. 11-83’!

J01» AIlUllGl Meeting of the mumelll Queens Egg Circle will be w“ In Belle River School house on “WWW, February 12th at 1 1m. will" into. olaruice ‘Murdock.

"my. L-eav-s-u-si.

I m ‘A wnsrmtieiiai meeting oi the “tin PGIIIII Pastoral charge. will w h!“ in the Pownsl Church on "moan. hbruary ma. no 1m. “t 0M. um day. an edl; ~ attend. n-aie-r-e-ai.

"Dllolisd m "Wt Illl be hiding live him all m use», ma: “W101i Bros. loading at Hunter

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Province a monthly sum of $1,250.00

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Reviews City’s

The following speaks L01" itself:

communication

February 'l, 1936 The Hon. Thane A. Campbell, Premier of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown. p

Sir:

I have had your letter of Febru- ary oth and have since seen it given prominence in the press. It is very clear that you refuse to have any llleellllk or uiscussioii over the mat- ters in issue with me or the Council responsible to the Citizens of Char- iomctowii. it is also very clear that youi refusal is based on your accus- utloli that the issue has been made to serve as a political football, either by the Council or the Guardian newspaper". Your effort at repiisai, directed solely at myself or the Council, must indicate that you pre- fer to believe that the Guardian re- port is correct, despite the fact that the Patriot newspaper carried an apparently inoffensive report of Council proceedings and might reasonably be expected to have your confidence.

Allow inc here to state that i have no ‘influence or control, and believe the Council to have none, over the Guardian's news reports or editorial comments; neither will I canstiiute myself un ‘mcgist for it or them. i do, however, iccl ob- liged to make 0160.1 the City's at- tioude and llCLlilil, in L123‘. lt was actuated by myself as lvluyor, nna in that the only\remarks capable of being construed as condemnatory were made‘ by myself. If they were not fully justified by fact, or by mlsunderstitiitiing induced by your- self or your Government and not yet made clear, I am wholly willing to correct them.

'.i‘he facts are briefly as follows:

Prior to last winter relief within the City was issued by the C.ty. and the monthly cos; was snared eualiy by the Provincial Govern- ment, the Federal Government and the City. For inst winter the Rd- eral Government assigned to the

for eight months, in all $10,000.00. of which the Province appropriated one-half to the City's use, augment- ing it with a like amount of Provin- cial funds. whereby the City would get $10,000.00 frcnfthe Province, as Provincial and Federal assistance. Thh was represented by the Coun- cil to the Provincial Government as wholly insufficient: and the Gov- ernment advlscd the City to be guided wholly by necessity promis- ing to assist further as found ne- cessary. In the late winter. the City procured a furtiier appropriation of $7,000.00 from Ottawa, and a like amount was made available from Provincial funds. While the grants were made in terms of 818m months. it was recognized that re- lief in Charlottetown required very

heavy-expenditure in the severer hod

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1936

A Unemployment

Relief Problem And The C0- operation Received Prior Tc

Premier Campbell’s Assump- tion Of Office.

BBBSOH. 88 against insignificant amounts in the warmer months, and payments were received accordingly. Early lest fail the relief commit- tee of the Council, with myself and the City Clerk, waited upon the late Premier Lea and his Government on two occasions. The interview was very satisfactory: full informa- tion was supplied as to the probable requirements of the City. which 1 am entitled to believe is still on record in the Governmen; offices. and we were assured that the City would receive at least as favourable treatment as was previously obtain- ed, and that we should proceed as necessi y required. ' We were later advised that a tem- porary grant of $2,000.00 Provincial assistance to civic relief was made to cover the period from November first to January first. This amount was wholly inadequate, but we as- sumed" that it was merely tempor- ary while awaiting the action of the new Pederal Government. and made no objection. Our belief was especially encouraged by the action of the Federal Government in pfo- mising increased grants to Provln. ces expressly to relieve the burden on municipalities. _Il1_th_e CIYCIIITISECEL the City

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Japanese Rush Troops To Scene Border Slashes

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

DARIEN, P130. 7-—(C. P.-Havas) —Thousands of Japanese troops were ordered to Msnchoukuds out- ér Mongolian frontier tonight, Jap- anese army headquarters said the mcvcs were necessitated by "So- viet war preparations in cuter Mon- golia."

Observers predicted any Japanese attempt to "punish" outer Mongolia for alleged frontier violations -would stir opposition from the powerful Red army concentrated in Siberia.

South Manchurian railway troop trains loaded with thousands of Japanese and Manchoukuoan sol- dlcrs sped toward the scene of 1e- cent border clashes near Lake Buir and Manchuli.

(In Tokyo Domei. the official Ja- panese news agency, last night charged outer Mongolian troops had invaded Manchcukuo. A D0- mei dispatch from Hsinkirig. cap- ital of Manchoukuo, said a band of 20 Mongol frontier guards had crossed the border and attacked a Manchoukuoen patrol P050 ll 01B- ire).

our Buildings Razed In

$70,000 Fire

amrmsr. n. s..1=bb- l-A then- tre valued at 850.700 and ffllll‘ wooden structures housingdimpcrta

in cerns were es roye

iyfii‘; n3: utility with a total loss o 070.000. - Firemen battled in sub-euro wee- ther for hours before they finally got the fire, the worst in Amherst in recent years. und¢r control. ,_

For a time the bless ran un- checked to threaten ti» Win43" block on. 0g m; largest. lplrtmlfli and blaliilell blocks lll the eity. Heaviest loser wls 1511- J- a! V- Moohe. owner of buidliflll- . .

The theatre. badly ttfll- III leased by ll" F- 5- °" °°

mo. of saint John which counted

In Amherst

ture sound and projection equip- ment.

Other losers were the leasees of the wooden buildings: John J- Twaddle, pool room proprietor; Ar- thur Holland. antique dealer; the Halifax Herald circulation branch; C. O. MacDonald, bowling alley pfopglewl‘; K. O. Goodwin. owner of l grocery store. This 'I‘ivoli daueshallontheseeondiioorwas wiped out and extensive water and surokedsrnagewasdoneinthelew chine of n. A. Purdy. K. 0.. and the Canadian Peoiiie Railway uiesrlnh

o: the ms was unknown and an invastisltiflll il Wlldllll- ‘rnc loss was ally ovmed by

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Preliminary Hearing Against Mrs. .May Bannister On Kid- napping C h a r g e Opens.

(C- P- B! Guardian's Special Wire)

MONCTON, N. 3., Pleb. 'f—'I‘wo witnesses from Truro. N. 5., were among four who testified this af- ternoon after -the preliminary hearing of Mrs. May Bannister, charged with kidnapping little

'Betty Lake. opened before Magis-

trate W. F. Lane.

Mrs. Lillian Chisholm and Alon- zo Ellis. ‘Pruro. told of having seen the accused in the Nova Scotia. town last December and some years previously. Otto Blakney, Pacific Jlllicllml. 888th identified the or- phaned child and Inspector H. V. Harts. of the Moncton city police, described finding her in the Ban- nister home Jan. 10.

Hearlhg Adjourned

The hearing. adjourned until Monday morning. was the third to develop from triple death at Pa- cific Junction Jan. 5. when Philip Lake died with his common law wife and'baby son. Mrs. Bannistefls sons, Arthur and Daniel. yesterday were committed for trial on a charge of murdering Lake. Infor- mation iaid against R. C. M. P. Corporal J. H. Pettigrew by Mrs. Bannister, who charged him with threatening her. was dismissed to- day and the Corporal was exoner- ated. Ball of $10,700 was set in the case of Mrs. Bannisters daugh- ter. Ffllllces. 15..held as a material witness.

Motion Refused

As the hearing opened Magistrate Lane refused a. motion by defence counsel H. Murray Lambert who contended the information ivas im- properly wordcd in stating that the accused did "by procuring“ receive o. child by “forcibly seizing." Hc declared that the procuring appar- ently meant she had some other persons procure the child and that the persons should be named in the information. Crown counsel G. P‘. G. Bridges said the charge was laid with the phrase “by pro- curing" and he saw no reason why it should be changed.

Mrs. Chisholm identified Mrs.

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Naval Parley Strikes Snag

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Feb. 'I—-Deiegates to the naval conference tonight were faced with the problem of reconcil- ing differing view-points on the sine of capital ships. The United. States stood firm in demanding 35,000-ton battleships, while France and Italy held out for a maximum

of 27,500 tons. Great Britain went on record as favoring a limit of 25,000 tons.

However. the British delegates last week indicated they would accept- the American proposal for a 85- 000-t9g1imlt as s. basis for dis- cussion. -

The divergent views were ex- pressed before s technical sub- committee on qualitative limit- ations. If they cannot be l '1- ed, the committee probably will re- fer the miitm to the full rein-- power conference for discussion.

Anti So lie Dlii!

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) , nousmu. mus. no. r-a. o. Martin. I6. and Martin. 22. brothers. left s. dance for home- each in his mm automobile.

"I'll see you in u few minutes" J. O. shouted to Roy as they parted.

Minutes inter. two cars collided. No one was hurt but both ntlchines. were damaged badly. The drivers

Wage Dispute r Still linsettleii Last Night

Charlottetown carpenters and laborers, on strike because of wage differences with the Parson Con- struction Co.. which has a re-model- ling job at the Metropolitan Store, held a protest meeting last night to decide what action they should take against the importation of workmen to flli their shoes. They met last night when they learned eight or ten outsiders had come to take over the Job, and '0. committee was ap- pointed to interview the strikebreak- ers and place the Charlottetown carpenters’ case before them. Daniel Coughlln presided at the meeting which was very largely at- tended. > Mr. Evans. superintendent of the work here, met Mr. Edward Landry. president of the Carpenters’ Union. and Mr. Patrick Cullen. President of the Laborers’ Protective Union last night in an attempt to come to terms. He proposed that the men start at his rates. 30- and 40 cents an hour, five cents below what the men asked. and if they proved sat- isfactory city rates would be paid. He would not set any length of time for the "trial," the laborers‘ representatives reported to their fellows later. They had offered as a counter proposal that city rams be paid at the start and if the men were not satisfactory then to lay them off. The. contractors’ repres- entative would not agree to that however. The superintendent and representatives of the Labor Unions are to meet again this morning. Meanwhile the workmen decided to continue the strike declaring no work would be done until they were offered minimum city wages. - A resolution was unanimously adopt- ed to have pickets patrol the atom front again today.

The committee appointed to in- terview the outside men reported later that they had talked to two men from Moncton and put the case of the local workmen before them. The outside men are under- stood to have stated that they did not understand the situation here before coming and to have also told the committee that they would not g0 to work until the minimum city rate was paid the local men. Although the committee did not interview the other imported men they understood that they are from other parts of this Province

Four Children Die In Fire

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(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Ont., Feb. 'i—Four children were burned to dcath to- night and their father seriously burned when a jar of gasoline. chilled by exposure to the wintry weather, cracked open when sub- ject to the heat, exploded and turned their home into a. raging in- ferno.

The dead, children of William Carpenter, London Township. were Marlon, 2 1-2 years, Jack, seven. Edna. 12, and Walter, 14. The father was brought to hospital here by neighbors. The Carpenter home is about five“ miles from London. Onlyitoday, Mrs. Carpenter. who had been in London for the past two days, gave birth m another child. ~

Dressmakers Gall Strike

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW YORK. Feb. 'I—Armed with a $1,000,000 "war chest." thousands of dreasmskera massed in Madison Square Garden roared out today to declare a strike that would cripple the continent's fashion centre in the midst of Easter production.

Jammed to capacity with 35.000 needleworkers. the Garden echoed to the cry "strike, strike, we want strike!" as a delegation of union leaders arrived from a conference with Mayor l". H. Laguudia. No definite date-for the walkout was set. but Julius Hochman. manager of the unions’ icint board. said a strike was "imminent and inevit- able."

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ETHIOPIA? sQFPHERT .410}? RETvFOiPKED Mayor Kennedy Answers Premier

On Relief Issue

SIDAMIIIJIIRPS REViiiT is SHiiRi-LIVED

Emperor Averts Poss- ible Disaster-Prac- ticability Of Oil Em- bargo Still Studied.

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

DJIBOUTI, Hench Somalllanli, Feb. 7—-A short-lived revolt ag- ainst Ras Desto. Demtu. Ethiopian Southern Commander and son-in- law of Emperor llaiie Selassie. was disclosed today in reliable reports from Addls Ababa.

The crack Sidamo Province army corps, it wits stated. scattered to the hills and refused to follow the unpopular Dean's orders after an Italian advance in the southwest.

The revolters were appeased and possible disaster to the Ethiopian cause averted by the Emperor. Al- though refusing to replace Desia. as Comuiander-ln-Chief, he re- stored Dedjaz-Match Baltcha, vet- eran Sidamo warrior to the com- maufl of the corps which he creat- ed 20 years H30.

Forces in the south are being re- inforced and organized for action following the revolt. The Turkish campaigner, Wehlb Pasha. who shared honors in repelling the It- alians in Ogsden Province, is hastening-to Sidamo as an emer-

gency adviser to tr; Ethiopian commanders.

The Ethiopians now dangerous threat to the these sources stated.

A rear attack by Wolarno troops under Dedjnzmatch Makonnen Wcssenie from the. southwest is possible and at the same time Ded- jazmatch Bercibe Wered, another son-ln-law of the Emperor, is ad- vancing towards Sidamo from Bale.

present a Italians,

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War Veterans Elect Dfficers

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) HALIFAX, Feb. 'l-Captain J. D. MlcNeil, Sydney veteran of the Great and South African Wars and known to his army associates as "South Africa Jack" was elect- ed president of the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Iskmd branch of the Amputation Association of the Great War at its annual meet- lng. Others officers elected were: 1st Vice President-Captain W. R. Lugar. l-ialfnx. 2nd Vice Presldent-—Captain Robert Rudiand, Dartmouth.

Treasurer-J. E. Halifax. re- elected. _ Secretary-G. I-I. Hutchinson.

Halifax. re-elected.

A committee of ways and means was appointed to raise funds for carrying on the work of the soc- iety and plans for the Association's activities for I936 were drawn up.

Guild Selects Play For Competition

The next big step in the progress of the Little Theatre Guild of Charlottetown was taken when it was decided at an Executive mael- ing held last night that one of the "three plays to be presented at the Studio night as the first perform- ance in the new Little Theatre Playhouse, will be sent to St. John. N. 3.. to participate in the Reg- ional Drama Festival there to be held March 2, S and 4.

The play selected is “Circum- stantial Evidence" a one-act play which carried off the hcnprs in the Great Britain Drama league in 1905. The play was written by George H. Grimaldi and will be directed by Mrs. Ruby Houle.

If the Charlottetown entry is successful in St. John. it will open the way to the Dominion

Drama Festival to be held in Ott- awa in April. Further progress was reported in the campaign being carried on for new members.

Hiring la the labour for youth. lordly the reward.

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Delivered Iii-Oi Mull Canada and U. l. A. “J0

0 VIET DEFENCE PA cT DISCUSSED

Plan Dzience In i Face Oimlllenace” Of Nazi Germany

General Military-Staffs or Nations

PARIS, Feb. 7—Mikhail

Nazi Germany.

ditlon to fight effectively.

tacks either,

Loan Considered

A loan of 600,000,000 francs (about $54,000,000) in credits to en- able the Soviet to repair her west- ern frontier railroads and highways has been under consideration by the cabinet, but has been delayed.

Exchange of officers between the twp armies is planned and Russia's student officers may be admitted to Saint Cyr, the French military college.

Leon Archirnbaud. reporter of the Chamber of Deputies army committee. said the Soviets have 3.000.000 men constantly under arms, but he failed to show great enthusiasm over their real value in war. t

insufficiently Educated

The greatest handicaps of the Red Army he described us "insuf- ficiently educated" officers and a "woeful lack" of competent reserve officers. Archimbaud criticized the Russian method of choosing of- flcers, asserting they are picked "rather for political opinions than for their education."

“As a. result military school pu- pils must be given primary educa- tions before they can be instructed in military subjects. There are a, great many who are so badly edu- cated they cannot very well foi- low the courses."

Seven Killed ‘ In Disorders

(A. P. Bv Guardian's Special Wire)

BEIRUT, SYTIEI, Feb. 7—'I‘r0ops fired into rioting Nationalists at; Home tociav and killed seven of them. bringing the number of dead to 15 in anti-French disorders which began in Aleppo and Damas- cus two weeks ago.

There was another demonstra- tion at Horns but soldiers held the rioters in check without bloodshed.

Confer. Russia To Repair West- ern Frontier With French Aid.

(By Robert Parker, Associated Press Staff Writer) (A. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire)

Toukatchevsky, the youngeel

lllarshzll of the Soviet army, met France’s general staff today to draft the first measures of military cooperation between the two nations in the face of the “menace” of