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MERCHANT

courtesy is the outward express- ion of that Attitude 0f Bout which , |mp¢l| sympathetic consideration m- ;nd klndnell towards others, in m, plaeharpe of one‘e ‘Personal

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The People's

01's

MERCHANT!

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Courtesy is giving (acceding) to others their entire due no to their individual rights and privileges, at the same time cheerfully discharg- ing one’: own duties and responsi-

R°'P°mlbmw' ’ blllties. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew lotietown flllfllllll ‘Iiu n ' ii-‘Ju- "c-r-r '"""-" 0""? CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,’ SATURDAY, MAY s, 192s ...... .......,..... .......... u.

By hlsll. (insides and U.

B. A. “M

alTHEiH , MiHElliiilll illll lilill

Name of Hon. P. J. ‘ (‘ardirt is Mentionedl Underpayments ‘ of Duty for 5 Years Totalled $26,534.

0'l"l‘AVir'A. May 7——The customs inquiry committee wa-s told ‘this M- mmh,“ that Hon. P. J. ‘Cardin, then “fling minister of customs, wanted to lnukc a settlement of uuipnld -- duty with n member of the J-ohn

w_ Gaunt flml. J. H. THOMAS rt. l’. Sour“- "Wl 0f the ‘Com- LON-DON, May 7.—Premler nterci-Il Plmecflv” Asflmiamm" Baldwin and J. H. Thomas, one

who ruude ‘tit-ls statement, said that m. “h, QppOBBII to a settlelnent and tirnt ht- wanted the company prose- rtrtcil. The fact that ‘a. Col. Part- eous had joined‘ the finm and was

of the labor leaders, were und- erstood to have conferred at a late hour ‘last night. It is as- sumed they were seeking a so-

mnocenll “M not seem ‘sutnclent oi the general strike reason for withholding ,DOB00lli.l011, -

Mr. Spur-ks said. Tire comm-lttes ?—<-Q->_ ——---—~-

was also told that merchandise

when from the company by cust- our! Oliltvffl was released to the company on payment of $3,200. This nn-rchaudlse was given a val- uation of approximately $20,000 by the officer w-hlo made the seizure. 'l‘iu.- roport of the auditors which investigated books of the Joh‘n W. Gaunt ‘Company, Limited‘. ‘W86 DN- senteti to tit-e committee. it stat- ed that during the five years the company was in operation there llllii apparently been underpay- ments of duty amounting to $23.- 155 and stiles tax roif $3,378, or t1 total or 826.534. The underpay- meni or duty resulted. according to lllc report, fllorm the fact that ' goods treri- ltndervalued when de- clared tu the customs.

For C. N. R.

MONTREAL. . May T-Annotmce- luent has been made by German Ruel, Vice ‘President of the Legal Affairs of the Canadian National ‘Railways, of the appointment of Reginald H. M. Flieniple as Assisi- ant General Counsel of the cont- pany vice W. C. Chlt-thclnt. recom- ly promoted to be general counsel. Thohttppolnttnen-t is effective as from May 1st.

‘Gilbert M. Hair, fornrerly solici- tor of the Western Region 'placcl*. tMr. Temple as ‘Regional

nlpeg

Short On Duty.

Northern ‘Railway

vestigailon, produced the reporthneni, ‘Later he became 192i u» 1025, inclusive, the actual| énlllo or goods ‘imported by bllfilgeiquenfly

aunt "Pom-party, ltltltétl, was $306,294. Th8 amount polnled, oi iiuty which would ‘have been headquarters ut \Vllllllpt*g. collrcfcd on this valuation, Major, Mr. Temple who Nash gave as $91,888, of these goods (U! entered‘ for‘ cit-status purposes was given as approximately $228,000 and the auwnnt of duty actually paid aaf ‘ilxdmil- [Hair who succcrtlratl Mr. ’l‘cm‘pltt

liinjtir Nash told the committee,“ Regional (‘ounrfl jorurti the ihnt certain invoices were n-ilssin-l; Grand Trunk Pacific ng-chicl clerk

becoming uolic-‘tor

‘merit. tPrior to coming in (‘utlurln Mr.

from the papers which he ihad vii-tin the legal departures-t, in Novem-

"lln-‘d When the invo-ttlsetivn iuwlbui- 1:112. iI-lo was uuhntteu to the tho affairs of the Gaunt ‘CompanylAlbgrin liar ‘n 1913 and he became was started. ‘Ho made it cleuriassutant sollctor oi‘ the Grand W“ the "sures which be savtf-rruun-‘rucirlt- in 11m. in 1919 he WEI»: hur-lcil upon information guiu-Hu-as appointed solicitor of the eti from the hooks and that ilwlhwcsiorrt Region of the Canadian corrcctrloss depended ‘upon thewntional Railways. statements tin these books. .__._ , - ——-—————7—8- ‘Tho nntlcrvulrluiinrl on the 1

Double Duty Charged -cascs was cc-ntlncd to duty on the kl , f‘. H. Blair. cxecutvc

390ml’ beflore adjournment WF. gtlilfistltiii nl' the tiepurtmt-nt. told Wilson. chief of the preventive ser- the committee, ‘In vlcw of ihifl. V100. Customs Department, told (ht- rlcpnrtntont mirtioicr had de- "N wuuuittee ‘of a war-whee in ci-dved that ho ‘Slltllliii not hlold the Olltlwtt at which it. was 450111911 1° merchandise. 'l‘hc lllllOlllll coll-

relearsc the goods solved from the eclcil was cuttivulortt to double

Gaunt ‘Company ton payment, 0f duty ton tlrc goods and packages flu amount of approximately $3.200. Trlvllfifiil.

Mr. Blair‘ said ho thought tlltll

v . final (lcclslon ill this t-xvsc was bo-

fi. | ' ' I I I I I I I I | I . lag wltlrhclltl until lllJ llruflfllli 11m‘

ccsdlngs w. re over.

tmidensed Specials

RATEF-to. per. word. net each insertion in this column. tron sate-hint? Ezblw uses two seasons. Apply 212 Kent St- or phone 700. 9103-5-64!

MANY A BnTHlNQ Grm. NEVER (LETS ,AN'Y NEAREH WATER THAN ‘ft-u: FAMtLY AT H T uB -

..________€Z_____ij. B "cease AND LAMB ron sate \ at i’. J. rlilcDonalcfs today.

9102-S-1l

_________________ ‘WANTED -- TWO KITCHEN

Gris. Apply Victoria Hotel. 9143-7-3ll.

‘FARM FOR GALE-FOUR MILES

Confers With Baldwin

- lu Montreal.

re- Couns-el with headquarters at Win-

IMr: Temple joined the Canadian twen-ty years

‘ii/till A- E. N881!- YODPBBBBI-llli ago as lr. member oi‘ the accounts the firm which conducted the in-‘brnnch of the construction depart- clai‘m it Bhuwed that durluc the vsorehigent and fro-m there he wastrans- ferrod to th legal department su‘b- ill. with commlos-louToronto in April. 1019, h-e Wns at» dieglonttl (Ynuusel with

was ‘horn in‘ The valueJg 1- d , m-n itrsloncr of ‘tho . ,

.l.gfil,‘,'lif,e,gfffisffm, l); South Arrlca is to advise the .\l.:1ls sr -l thc in- under the lSouth‘ African govern-

BHlNTS lEllE [ll llPPHll

Against the Judgment of ‘ the Supreme Court of Canada Re- garding the Educa- tion of Jewish Child- ren in Montreal.

(Canadian Press) LONDON, ihlay 7~~The Judicial Committee of the lPrlvy Council tu- day granted leave of appeal against tbs judgment of the Su- preme ICourt of Canada regarding the education of Jewish Children

The Supreme Court upheld thc judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeals that persons of Jewish iullh could not be appointed to the Prfililéillllli. Board of school Com- missioners. that the Board was not obliged to appoint Jewish teat-hers ill its schools and that the provincial legislature could not pass legislation providing that persona professing the Jewish faith he appointed to the ‘Board.

Fourteen thousand Jewish chil- dren now attending the Protestant schools in Montreal and Jewish lpsrents have asked in the legisla- ture and through the courts for a voice in the administration of edu- cational institutions coming under the Protestant Board of School ‘Commissioners.

‘Govt Appoints New Civil Air Board

(Canadian Press) OT'l‘A\V.\. May 'r'.—~’lhe {lot/HH- mont has appointed a new (‘ivii Air Bound ns distinct from the pre- sent Military Air Board. The (hair- mztn of the uew- organization is Colonel O. ‘M_ Digger, and the mill- iury arm of the air board l.-r rrprc- |rlflllii3il by Wing Cilmmuntlcr J. S. Scott. The function of the 116v’

Board

terlor and the Ml-trlhtcr of Piaiionttl Defence on all donations if (‘iVll uviutlon, Those fisheries, foreslryqtatrrl, uni other like matters.

;Leper Colony t Be Transferred

(Canadian Press) QUEBEC, May 7.—-'I‘ho ‘Leper colony at present (located in Trac- ndie, iNew Brunswick. is to be transferred to iGrosse isle, 30 mil- es from Quebec. and the dozen in- mates of the colony will be looked“ after in the quarantine station

pouring in Ls Solell from Ottawa.

Hall Service Improving 1A general improvement in r_all service wild 0! fill

escntinl services was reported co- day throughout most of Great Bri- tain, few serious disturbances oc- curred

The situation in Gouth Wales is unchanged; food ships were un- loaded at Bristol under police pro- faction, and three boat loads of po- tatoes were unloaded at ‘Cardiff.

lEllllllli Ill THE |lH TIEH

"um ‘Cltaniottetovm, good house and outbuildings. Write Peter ‘Bvrns Noiuh River. 8148-58-sw-6i . __________________ ____ __ ‘WANTED-IMMIDIATILY CAP- “hle house maid. Apply w ‘Mr! -

Con. ‘DeBldla, 1o West st. 9159-8-31

_A._________i.__ ‘WANTED-IV TWO euemasa §ll'lI. room and bolrd. Address N" care of Guardian. 5-i-ili

‘l PAsesNos-n ovknLANo erx iflr rule cheapfedtiidk purchas-

TOiItON-‘PO. May 8.—lMarltime, strong north-east winds, cold with ruin in Eastern Nova. Swtia.

(Maximum and minimum tempor-

{ysoi-ge .Pear'e'on, who retired two , weeks ago after having dri-ven his. ' locomotive

his old bosses and volunteered for service. gins again," he said. Today he is back on_ the old route.

fillll

nqdlen Press)

. é!!! lrONiD N, ,._May '1. ~The strike

include patrol oi‘

there accordln! to a despatch stpimefli 9P0"! Ahmad and ‘Manchu as"

chiefs denied that union men had anything to do with it.

PHIlIYR [illaljNfilbMBllR lllEAllilllillll-IRS HINT "

""""""" 0' MENl ill STRIKE CRISIS

Rumors Emanating From a High Source Indicate That a Settlement May be Reached Early Next Week — J. H. Thomas, Most Influential of the Labor Leaders, Held a Conference With Pre- mier Baldwin Last Night During Which he Discussed With the Premier Ways and Means of Ending the Dead- lock - Volunteer Workers Attacked in Most 0f the Large Centres- General Conditions Improving. ‘

(Canadian Press)

LONDON. May 7—W‘hile influential labor quar- ters ‘are iruard-edly hinting at a possible settlement of the ‘strike ‘crisis earlyjttext week, tile deadlock on the surface continues.

J. H. Thomas is looked to as the man ‘wiho in tihe main "holds the ‘balance between pe'ace or a continu- ance of ‘the strugvle. Thomas, wlho heads the Rail- wavmen’s Union, is the man of power in the labor ranks, ‘as ‘he ‘had always been in ‘an emergency of tlhts sort.

He was in conference with Premier Baldwin late last night. The nature of their talk was not divulged, but it is knotwn in well informed quarters that the situation is bein-g reviewed wtth the purpose of seizin-g any legitimate chance 0o end the deadlock.

Labor (Insiders Optimistic

made tihis morning by influential labor quarters that the strike ‘crisis might be settled early next ‘week. This is t-he mlost optimistic suggestion thus far emanating from "a high source, Upon what 1t 1s based was not divulged. _ _ Unofficial peace makers are steadily ‘virorktng for a solution, ‘and the pressure of the churches and other bodies as well as prominent individuals is be- ing brotrglht to bear to end ‘the troubles.

Working lint-d For Peace

LONDON, M‘ay 7—Fonmer Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald, ‘head of iihe Labor Party, told_t‘lte nelwspaper men tfhis afternoon, “We are not lettmg a moment pass unused for some attempt to devise ways of peace and accomocl-ation.” ‘

E agement’ From Abroad

“Anxiety Regarding Vltel Services tMeanwhile the British labor

ch19“ are receiving encourage. Fresh anxiety was caused amont!

the public by reports of increasing nuentlmeut among trade unionists

shmmce '5 pmmimut action has ln favor of calling out the electric- I

‘A most significant been taken by ‘the Danish tradesi‘gmnadngfaonfipggedrfiqgizzgTsaj unions which have given. notice

all services. The Trades Union Congress considered the matter at length today but no decision has been announced up to five o'clock this afternoon. _

The electrical and gas supplies are among the vital services which ‘the government is empowered to maintain under-the emergency proc lamation, ‘There is no question that should the necessity arise the government would sumlant the strikers with volunteers and pro- tect the latter with irtxaps.

that they will strike in. sympathy, with the British workers.

A. J. Cooke, the British miners‘ chief, and Frank Hodges who beads the Miners International Federation a‘re flying to Ostend. Belgium, tomorrow to seek the sup port of the international lMlners Conference there.

Disorders Continue

Disorders aimed at stopping tho emergency transportation services continucdr at widespread points in England, Scotland and Wales to- day. They were mralnly staged b)’ disorderly elemon. - not connected with ‘the strikes-e, rA growing tendency-to interfere with the distribution offend slur plies was also reported but labor

To Increase Police Ferns

LDONTDON’, May 7.—'i‘he Govern- mentr has decided to increase the Isondon Police tome to 80.000 men recruiting 50,000 Spacllll as quick- ly as possible. ‘Pile regular police number ‘approximately 80,000.

Coal for foreign Vessels

I - Troops to Mlifltlin Order WASHINGTON. Ml! 7P0"!!!

has called back to the throttle‘

s million miles be- tween Cellterbury Und Whitestable during the phat 49 years.

the eeptnagenerian driver went to

"l want to drive my en-

er. Palmer-Watson ‘Electric Coul iClty, attire:

vi BIABiI-BIITOrOHtO’ chi“ ORN gggp ‘Np n M; Montreal, cear — steak ‘Ii-oh; "gull [x :39,“ Charlottetown. IIWW --

Blu ¢|' - Halifax, cloud! Builhnaa l aevreom Co. Market m. John. clear 50mm, clear - New York. clear . . . . . . . ..

00-60

,~—---____.._._____.. 4°! rnmvtnu‘ or svenv

amtfiiiiivll. cheaply and eapedi-

rsl Job Prlntery. ‘ 375T?

. NT OD

"W. Moreen.»

fggam! m

ht at 8.09.

H“. gonwrrow morning It 4.85. n ‘p.112.

. 1 ‘ " id, v ma...

does of about 38.68050 per minute to Greet Britain's trade, according ,to gentlemen who do the figuring for the British Chamber of ‘Com- merce.

66-‘53 ure not lfligh tide this morning It 3-93 neverlthelees know] itrovr iroub e for motor e ti. w“, "Qnum Gum“ on.‘ ‘ngufizialts this evening at 7.17 end road between Glasgow and liiiin- burgh is covered with broken [is

t torn New moon, Tuesday. May 110115»? rqevepm

The general strike is causing a

strikers in the British/isles who owners of

automobile

‘ sollue

meat assuring es thwt it would give them full eup- pcu-t in any actlm they deemed ne- cessary to support the civil low. ‘When "i9 IBIIBPII "m"? i198"- Almoet simultaneously with this

ful equipment, ‘with eteei helmets, were moved to the dock districts of the capital ‘to cope with the rough crowds which are getting be- yond ‘the control of the unarmed police.

motor u" good authority that the levera- m m“. meat ls also considering lllbflt time Th, hm, lesieletion which would gunmen trade unionists rennining at work lltlnlt the forfeit re ‘ In ‘tragic. mill! ‘towhoiamfrom is 11:01:’: n iflllllllll "in 9 Illbreteetaof who atrium

1 Britain today informed the United The government issued a etate- States government that due to the (he gm“ fgfg- strike it would be impossible to provide bunker coal in British ports for vessels other then these "performing services essential to the natlonei interests." '

Anl’. A. L. Pledges lupport

WASHINGTON. May 7.—Presi- dent Green of the American Fed- eration of Lhbor replying to a sui- gestion of help for‘ the British strikers received from the ‘later- nstionel ‘Federation ‘of Trsdes Un-

nouncemeni: khaki clad troops in

To ‘PMeot Working Unionists '-

‘ltlrnsslslt sunt-

LONDON, May 7-‘The guarded prediction was

l

to Sir Gerald‘ Stricklatid singling out one speech for special atten- tion,

declared that the present fight was against the community. llJvery day meat lorries were being overturned by pidtets, by young men who re- ceived their instructions from the Labor Party, be asserted.

loud and angry cries from the lob- or benches. eprlll ‘lp and insisted‘ that the Deputy Speaker order Sir A. l-Iolbmok to withdrew his state- ment "Evert if you have power to Iuepend me" “I don't give e damn. Nobody in the strike is instructed by the Le-

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Airship Made the 700- Mile Trip from Nor- thern Norway in About 14 Hours — Will Fly Across Pole to Pt. Barrow Dur- ing Summer. .

(‘Canadian Pres!) OSLO, May 7.——Tbe Amundsen- Ellswortb polar expedition airship Norge arrived at Kings ‘Bay, Spitz- ‘bergen, early this morning.

The Norgu left Vadso. Northern Norway, Thursday afternoon and made tits 700 miles over the Arctic ocean to the base from which it will start its Journey across the North Pole to Point Barrow, -Alas~ ka, in about l-i hours.

Crew liiad Cold Trip

NEW YORK, May 'l.—The big dlriglble Norge has arrived at its base in Kings flay, Spitzbergen. ‘whence it ‘will start during the summer in an attempt to fly across the North Pole to Point Barrow, the northernmost point in Alaska. The airship sailed out of Vadso, Norway, yesterday afternoon and covered thajibil miles across the ‘Arctic Ocean to ‘Spitsbergen in about l-i-hours, according to a de- spatch to the New York Times and the St_ Louis Globe-Democrat.

it. was a cold trip fior the crew of che hydrogen-buoyed aircraft, and all 0t whom. and‘ even oom- lnan-der Noble's terrier felt it the

during the flight.

Preparations For Pole Flight rl-laving arrived at Kings (Bey rs- parations doubtless will be begun

perfect condition for the most atreu ucus test it has undergone since it left its builders’ bands irn Italy, April 4th and flew to Putnam, Eng- land, and then to Oslo, Norway, to Trotslr, in Russia and to Vadso and lspltzbergen. This test will he s flight to two thousand.‘ miles, with Raould Am- undsen end Lincoln Ellsworth, co- directors of the expedition on board. The aircraft will sha-pe her course across the Pole and thence to Point iBarrow the northernmost (point in Asoka, over uncharted areas. JP-rom Kings bay the distance is 750 miles to the pole. and thence over that unknown portion n1‘ the top of the world to Point Barrow is 1,250 miles.

Trades Union Congress’ second line of defence will be called on to strike in support of the present strikers unless there are indica- tions soon 0f n speedy settlement. This announcement was made to- day by ‘E. i... Poulton, spokesman for the ‘Trades ‘Union ‘Congress.

Stormy Debate In House oi Commons

lLiONiDON May 7.—'I‘here was some dfeorder in the House of ‘Com mans today when -Sir Gerald Strick land, Conservative, suggested that the speech mods in the House last night by Sir John Simon, K. C., Liberal, a former Solicitor General should be published and distribut- ed on account of its great import- ant and technical character as com- ing from en ex-law officer of the crowln. Sir John Simon had said that the so-citliod‘ general strike was not e strike legally, but was an abuse of the power given by the Trades Disputes iAct and unless the trades unlonieaders were care ful there would be terrible reaction ‘Rev. J. iD. Arr. Ibbor, objected

Sir ‘A. Hbihrook, Conservative,

David Kirkvrood. labor, amid

l-ilrinwood declared.

ions. Amsterdam, today cabled in response thertlie Federation "will

Th“ “"1"” Pm‘ "m" °" fill“, give all the support posliblel

scale."

Willi Cell in Ieoend

‘bend!!!

bor Potty."

imthe miners ‘of area: saute in‘ M i0 v1 "with" ll 3mm"

. where the occupants of a motor m." "n" ‘or . an,“ w". car were dragged out v1 the vehic- le. He wlrneifthe lehzrr lender! , lleinat Line of- Deienemloeeehes which milk!

lslr -A. llolbrook resuming refer-

inlamrnato ‘i result In

rnsklal

dog nestling close to the fur clad steel-smart. Even the drinking wat- er in the aluminum container froze

I as the famous

another week the ‘Braden and Leh- or Congress ofJCansds, will send out an appeal fr0m‘0ttawe to all trades and Labor councils in the

N urseis Slayer Gets Death Penalty

(Canadian Press) NEIIJSON, B. -C., ‘May ‘L-Puitrick lilsuley, found guilty of the munii er at Trail, B. C., lust year of the nurse, Mildred Ncilsorl, was scent- cnced yesterday to ho hanged Aug- ust 2nd next.

disturbance at Baiterscu r-afi-rred to by |Sir A. llolfhruc]; was tho wurh of street bookmakers.

380F842 lefllltiiillfy, l.ii-i.:'l.', accura- ed the Government f cttslnr: in- convenience in connection with the industrial trouble because in a most contemptuous fashion it had spurn- ed the offer of the lfiiiiilti unions not to apply the strike so csauliiul services.

Crowds Wreck Station

itvltnnnnaouottctr, Eng, u...‘ 7.—Offlclal details of last night's rioting here show that heavy lor-

‘ilsl lltilri

Ellliiiiifiliii stints

Large Congregation Hear Inspiring Ad- dress by Evangelist Hamilton.

“All liull the power of Jesus Nanle"-—wltl1 this hymn Lbe evange- llstlc service opened in lltc Central. Christian Crurch last eveuing- and the hymn was sung with that spirit that makes for worship and inspiration. Folllowing this hymn ‘ the junior choir sung “Everybody ought to luv.- Jesus". This choir that. is nrndc up of‘ junior girls ls quite n feuturc, and Mr. Woodruif’: