o!!! ﬁfe mimi-

Mmg steadily forward in m”; of our wrrlﬂlnr lum- m answered and our doubfl

per

\

Read by Everbody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

A I

MERE MAN

lute man ls like a mighty river which. though divertedpou" and then, keeps its main dlreciloti and moves steadily to its 503l-

WIAXIMS

OPA

glti"‘f»"-li-ii“"li--i-ii~= “iii CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1931 16 PAGES ::":.".'..'_"l=';.fit";’l£t"5:;t.%.‘°.i% ., ... saoo

BR_1_1_'_A1 Russ-‘Ziizv

TRANSPQLAR PEA-Tye 1s Warren TED

uni 1011 11111 ANNUAL umvaamu

Grand Lodge Knights 0f Pythias, Mari- time Domain, Meet Here Next Week.

Officials inst night were com- dating preparations for the 51st. uaiual convention of the Grand [page Kmglm of Iii/thins, Mari- iilne 0011111111, which Opens at Beach Grove Inn, Tlleﬁdﬂy. AUB- lii l7.

The igeneral committee in charge hdudcs lite following members of mpire lodge No. l9. Charlotte- bun: G. 0. G., J. T. McKee, chairman. R. R. and S., I. G. Mc- iaren, sect-clan‘: Deputy Grand diancellor, H. E. MacLean, chair- man of entertainment committee and ueasfircr; Chancellor Com- mander, B. F. 'I‘inney, ex-offlcio on illcommlttees; c. T. Ahoran, dalrman housing committee; Past Chancellor William Warren. choir- oan registration committee; Knight n. 1..

hnsporialion committee. (Jo-operating with the general ouunitlee are: Mrs. S. A. Mc- Dtuald, most excellent chief of hcal Pri-hirui Temple and Mrs. J. iMc-Keuzm. Past Supreme Rep- luentauve and other Pyithian Iislers.

Pyihian Sisters will hold M5 in 1111c Oddfellows ﬁlarlottetown.

i

58S- l-lall

rxactrivr: 1mm DIES

HAMILTON. Ont. Aug. l3— Utorge Robert Kerr. i5, VICP-presi- ieflt and tron-titer of the Canad- ill W'@1li11':l1<111<e Company, Lim- Mi, died at his home here to. "Kill. lie had ri=e11 from a junior ration to occupy his high cxecu. re POai.

COMING fVfNll

m"'Dance 111 Cltrlili. Hall Vernon W1. Monday, August 16th, Aug- t Q W. l». h-isaa-s-ia-zl.

‘Jimlllllf; lire fowl every day. umans Store. Hunter River.

_ L-l499-8-l4-2i. Midland i11 ciraha view nail “KIM, Nudist 16th. Good musc,

Nircshmeul-s. Proceeds for school. L-l575-8—l4-1l

ﬁHml- Al. MacLcon, lectures in “ant Ba1>t=s1._na1~. August 16th at : P, M. on his Trip l0 the Caron. "~°"~ L-l494-B-14-1i.

"'§l.Til’letrrs Club loading livestock

McClure, chairman .

‘—I-'loycl Hutchinson

Grim, deadly Japn

machine gunn

and dig into the shell hole shown below. on Chinese lines only yards away, whore similarly helmet-ed and armed troops crouch in trenches.

race across‘ a. “peaceful appearing meadow In North China during a lull in ﬁghting, top photo,

The machine gun is trained

7

‘i2. WW ~_.___i_-_-

Persists Story 0f Kidnap-Murder True

LEMMON. S. D, Aug. 13—(CP1 self-accused participant i11 the Charles Matt- son kidnap-murder in Tacoma, Wash, lost December. clung tohls “conic-salon“ lu jnli today in the face of outright doubts expressed by United Slates federal and town officials.

The 30-_vcur-old former Alliance, Neb., ranch hand, arrested Wed- nesday 011 a vagrancy charge, iri- sisfed, Chief Constable Pat Jones said, that identiﬁcation of his

m’ .\' afternoon until fur- Plcnse lst with locul‘ 11-1520-8-14-21»

‘ffzllgtflna flxhihitors. We now" - - 111111‘ o Beet Pulp. We wil "like deliveries at, Grounds.

L-ISIB-B-H-Zi.

ll

“M23181 Home and dance, Lake

m1 c1100., Monday night, Aug- 6~ Hllshes’ Orchestra.

L-1555-8-12-3i.

ll ‘V? Crcnm Festival and Dance Glennie School Tuesday. Aug- m’ “l- I-l unfavorable following "li- L-iaoi-a-il-il. "31! Au hm“ m 811st Clearance Sale now “mm Ylil- Get your share of the m cl 110w! Sale ends on August - ark Bros, Montague. L-li5l0-8-14-1i.

ll l

{xiii-lites in arrears of St. h; s Brhooi must be handed hndedsePl 1st or same will be m Over for collection. By ‘I ‘>1 “voices. 11-1486-8-13-21.

"wuiem Canadian lambs are wpgfgullhl into tho Maritime: at ‘may 9?. Eastern values been ad- mnq m! ilected. We do not recom-

nm a "ink under the circum-

- vestock Marketing Board. L-lblll-B-li-Ii. IO

lambs

5 - We do not believe it

mtﬁgwlsablf to sell lambs of. pr".

p! emf” “A Buyers report man

h", mm"? ﬂnlﬂhtd and small.

hm ‘M18006 pasture or Bllpplg. Bmd green feed for next

companion in the crime would prove a signed "confession" he made 121st Wccinesclay.

Stresses Quality In Potato Production

FREDERICTON, N. B. Aug 13 -rCP)-—New Brunswick potato pro- ducers Should depend upon quality rather than greater acreage meet, increased competition from othr sections of Canada. Dr. H. Barton deputy minister of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture. told farmers assembled at the D0- mlnion Experimental Station here today. Room existed for greater ex- pansion into new markets, partic- ularly for seed potatoes.

The third and last day of the station's first. annual "at home" ended after 2.000 aizrlculturisfa from all parts of the province had heard addresses. seen demonstration: and entered contests.

Demented Mother Browns Children

MUNICH Aug 18——(CP Haves)- Adementgd Qermanmomher threw four of her small children into the Isar River today and WM about. to throw in the fifth when police reached the scene. The foul‘ children. all under seven years 0f

W k5‘ uihtfehiv lggirlitiurkgilliin; dam‘ L-isnl-a-u-ir

ago, were drowned. '

Dandurand T0 Head Canadian Delegation T0 League Meeting

OTTAWA, Aug. l3 -Senator Raoul Dandurand, Canadas vet- eran international sfalcsman will head t-ho Canadian delegation at. the coming meeting of the As- sembiy of the Lca-zue of Nations. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced tmiight.

Other delegates will be Hon. J. L. Ilsley, Mitiister of Notional Rev- enue, and Hon. Vincent Mamey, Canadian High Couunimionei" in London. D1‘. W. A. Riddell, Can- ada's permanent officer at the League of Nations will be an alternate delegate.

Mr. King also said he hoped to be able to announce per onnei of the Royal Commsisisn on finan- cial relations between the Domin- ion and the Provinces over the weekend.

Senator Danﬂurand is minlier without pmtfolio in the. King Got- ernmcni and Govnrntncnt. leader in the Senate. A forincr president of the Assembly of the League he hacl represented Canada at many international gatherings and is thoroughly familiar with the work of the League.

One of the youngest members of the Cabinet Mr. llsley will be making his first trip to Gcneva as on officia Canadian delegate. Mr. Massey attended lat Neill“ A5- sembly as a member of the Can- adian delegation and has particl- poted in several international con- fcrences.

The league Assembly will meet

Sept. 13.

Fined For Failure To Aid Fire-fighters

(By The Canadian Press)

NEW curse-ow. N. s.. Aug. 1s —’I‘hreo New Glasgow men today were fined $5 and coats each on l charge of refusing to assist in ex- tinguishing a forest ﬁre when or- dered w don” by RoyoPCsnadisn

n ed Po oe.

“$111: mo, Hector Borden, Wil- liam Paris and Edward Mintil. wm, gonna guilty of refusing to assist ﬁre ﬁghters at Sunny Brae, N.5., several weeks ago when l fire threatened the village and caused occupants of forms and dwellings in the town m evacuate

their homes.

SEA 11111111111 IINIBEJIFIED

Sea Beast Killed After 48-hour Battle - Second Monster At- tacks Boat.

FORTUNE HARBOR, Nfld, Aug 13-(0? Cablcl-Fortune Harbor‘: sea monster, still unidentified a day after it was killed in a. 48-11011! battle against fishermen‘; guns and harpoons, tonight was lying lashed to Capt. Earl Noble's motor vessel Golda awaiting an offer of pur- chase.

If no museum or institution buys the huge carcass, its nine-inch dee coat of fat will be tried into oil.

The exact length of the creature is 34 feet. It is finleas. but has several pairs of four-foot long ﬂippers. It; tail ls nine feet in ex- treme width, while the mouth, three feet eight, inches across, ex- tends six feet from the tip of the snout.

The immense fish differs greatly from any whales frequenting New- foundland waters. and does not, fit description of any known fish.

GIVEN BAD SCARE

TACICS BEACH. Nfld. Aug 13- (CP Cahle1_while Fortune Bay fishermen wondered tonight about the identity of the sea monster cap- tured there yesferday, two Tuck's beach fishermen tonight showed three huge teeth. taken from the keel of their boat. as concrete ev- idence of an attack made by an illlmPnse fish on the craft Satur- day. . The nloh said a 111129, brown-back rd fish rose near their boat, and attacked it feroclouslr. If: seized the boat's stem. moved to the keel.

f and fnally lifted the stern so high

in the water the bow was submerged.

Badly frightened. the fishermen hurried the leakint: craft to shore, where an examination revealed the keel almmt torn off. and the teeth lmberltlerl deeplv in the wood. One of them. sent. to St. John's for identification. revealed the attacker Wfls ﬂf a species of shark.

Tackle Beach is near Placentia, ln-‘wvecn 5 and 75 miles from St. John's. .

Ratify Income

Tax Pf0|IOS3|S_

WASHINGTON, Aug. i3—(AP)— Secretary of State Hull and Can- adian Minister Sir Herbert Marler exchanged today rotfﬁcatlons of o Canadian-American income tax convention which was signed here last December. p

The State Department announ- ced the purpose of the convention is to give effect to certain provi- sions of the 1936 Revenue Act.

The Act provides that the Am- erican "withholding tax" on divi- dends paid to residents of Canada shall be reduced from 10 to five per cent.

Canada. has agreed to make similar concessions, officials said.

Locate Nude Body 0f “Strangler! Girl

NEW YORK, Aug. 13—Btrangled and apparently rovlshed, the nude body of four year old Joan Kulebo was found in a lonely morvafilsnd- bungalow on Stolen Island today.

The discovery added invotus to s campaign against sex crimes, ol- reody running full tilt. in New York courts and police department u o. result of two similar slayings within o few mmcha.

Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine rushed special squads of_ detectives to Staten Island u modi- cal examiners preps-red to ascertain whether Joan was another victim of s degenerate. In the rush reach the scene. the car of Detec- tive William Rudolph crashed into another automobile and he woo in- lured-seriously? . .

Joan's body was found in the cellar of the abandoned oimzolw after I 24 hour search.

i Japan's TroopvMoving Up’ UUNDMND-Ileath of British Along North China Front

Shipping Magnate

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Aug. l3 —British shipping circles tonight mourned the death of Baron Run- clman who ran away to sea as a poor Scottish lad of 12 and be- came a millionaire shipcwner and a member of parliament.

Lord Runclman died at his home on the Northumberland cnast, Shoreston Hall, o. few months of- ter celebrating his 90th birthday. He arrived yesterday from his

of o. cherished wish-—to die afloat.

He founded the ﬁrm of Waller Rllnclmon and Company, Limited. of Newcastle and Landon, urns chaiman of the Moor Lille and the Anchor Line and o. director ui many other shipping companies. He represented I-farlepool as a Liberal ln the House of Commons from 1914 to 1918, was made a baronet in 1906 and became the ﬁrst Baron Runciman in 1933.

His only son, Walter Runelman, was crested o. viscount recently on i his retirement as president of the Board of Trade after serving in the Baldwin Cabinet for many years.

Little Increase ls Shown In Potato Blight

“Blight Weather” Pre- vails, However, And Farmers Are War11- ed To Use Bordeaux Spray.

Late potato blight, reported at- tacking Prince Edward bland tuber fields last week. had not spread to any great extent. during l the past eight days. Mr. S. G. Pep- pln. chief of the potato inspection service, Charlottetown. raid last; night. The past hm days were characterized by the chief inspec- for as "blight weather."

Fields found to be most serious- ly infected when a survey was undertaken this week to deter- mine t-he extent of the blight. at- tack were near Souris, just. west of Samimerside and in Bedcqile. Inspectors reported scattered fields in different section: of the Prov- ince showing signs of blight at- 1 tack.

Farmers were being urged to continue spraying theu- fields with Bordeaux mixture to control spread of “lg disease. Unfavorable weather might cauzc rapid growth of the blight fungus with a c011- sequent greatly reduced yield of potatoes.

Victory For Roosevelt In Senate Battle

WASHINGTON. Aug. l3—-(AP)— The Roosevelt administration won the ﬁrst round today in n11 al-l most unprecedented senate battle over the nomination of senator Hugo L. Block, left-wing Alabama Democrat, to the United States Supreme Court.

For the rounds to come oppon- ents mustered fresh strength from ranks of Republicans and Demo- cratic foes of the President's dc- feated proposal to reorganize the High Tribunal. But the)‘ still numbered only a handful of all the Senators, and administration leaders predicted a fairly quick victory.

The initial test today came 1n a judiciary sub-committee appointed by Chairman Ashurai (D-Ariz), an administration supporter. Blacks nomination had been referred to that. committee yesterday when J-wo objections prevented the Seu- stc from considering the appoint- ment immediately, u it, has done in similar instances ever since 1888.

Despite s challenge by senator 1 Austin (R-Vt.) against. the legal- ity of the nonﬂnatlon. the sub- committee voted 5-1 to report 1t favorably to Aahuni/s full com- mittee.

yacht Sunbeam, II at Blyth, thus k missing by one day the fulﬁllment '

rurlTs ARE OVERDUE 11 FAIR__B_ANKS

l’ Anxiety Expressed As 1 Fliers Fail To Com- i

municate Location} On Flight From Moscow.

, _____ l FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13 _ United Slates officials privately ex-i pressed anxiety tonight over fhqi silence surrounding six

N, us. R USH g WARSHIPS TO SHANGHAI

Native -

quarter

Ablaze Following Artillery Battle

Sino - Japanese New And More

Conflict Enter Ominous Phase

—Flames Menace Whole District.

(By The Associnlerl Press)

SHANGHAI, Airg. 1<i-_

(Sulurdu_\)- 'i‘hree Chinese

warplanes bombed the Japanese cruiser idzifmo today at

the northern end of Shangh enily missed their mark by t The attackers, appearing

:1i‘s famous bund but appar- he nurrmvest margin. over ihc cruiser with light-

Kumanl ning suddenness, dived and lisosed one bumh each. the ex-

lrﬂlnnolar fliers. overdue here oni plosions reverberation through the city and engulfing the vessel, flagship of the Japanese Fleet here, in it wall of

l their flight from Moscow along the‘ course of a possible commercial air-i line to America. i

At five a. m. (noon ADT) thel huge four-motored plane was heard} radioing its call letters to the wire-l less station at Poht Schmidt, Nor-| them Siberia. '

Radio stations in Alaska, Canada and the United States listened In vain for further word from tliqi plane ,piloted by Sigismund Levan-l cffsky. one of the Soviet Unions’ most famous oinnen.

REFUSES COBIRVIENT

In Seattle, Soviet representative, A. Varianlan. who said earlier hei expected to fliers here by 11:12 a.‘ 1. (6:12 p. m. ADT) refused to: comment n11 their long silence.

United States officials, who de-A

5

twcsscd fear for the a:r1nen, who,‘ they estimated. were five hours‘ overdue at 11:12 p. m. AD/I‘.

But other observers pointed out that headwiiids which buffeted the: 1111s.": $11111 might have delayed it ,n1:1n,v hours on the 4,000-mile fight. to a refilelllng here before, continuum on to an eventual dos-t finnfinn at Oakland, Calif. more‘ than 6,600 miles from Moscow via Fairbanks. ,

The plane had not been dlrectlyi heard from here since passing overl the North Pole region at 12.45‘

lcontinucd on Page 15 Col. B)

Urge Educational, Radio Broadcasts

‘ronowro, Aug. ia-The Can- adian Broadcasting Corpomtion will be asked to provide ed- ucational radio broadcast; for the schools similar to those of the British Broadcasting Corporation under a resolution passed by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation at. their closing session today.

Agreeing to meet in Winnipeg next year. the Federation decided ‘a1 o to set up a committee to 1 study the position a11d financing of PdllCllillJfl in the Dominion with ‘spot-ml c-(nisidr-ratiota given the “deplorable salaries u-hich pertain in some imrts" of the country.

Officers elected are: A. C. Lewis,

Toronto, President; Dr. M. E. Lazcrlc, Edmonton, first vice- president; Miss Jessie I. Lawson,

Saint John, second ﬂee-president; C N. Crutchfieid, Shawinigan Falls. Que, recretargy-treasurer. J. R. Mitchell. West. Vancouver, is iillfil(‘(iilli(‘ pant, preddent,

Executive: J. N. Brimetf. Van- eouvrr; C. Ansley, Medicine l-Iat, Alta ; L. If‘. Titus. Saskatoon, Basin, If. V. Bell, Brandrm, Soak; Joseph . Conhcl‘, Sault Ste. Marie. Ont.;i F’. N. Stephen, Mrﬁrenl; the pre- ! sident no be eleclcdl of the New . Bnuiswick Teachers’ Federation; i A. N. MacDonald, Nova Scotia: and John C. Matthews, Elmsdale, P E. I.

Canadian Lives Feared Endangered

TORONTO, Aug. lib-Two Can- adian missionaries ‘were believed to be in the International Settle- ment at Shanghai. China, today where clashes between Japanese and Chinese troops set buildings afire.

M151 Margaret Brovm of River- icn, Ont, and Miss Maude French, Winnipeg, both representing the Women's Missionary Society, Unit.- cd Church of Canada. were soirl to be in the Shanghai sector. ’I'hey were not believed to be in danger.

i-ZQ

i151’

ovincial ExhibitionmAugust.

smoke. As the smoke lifted, the

Idzumo appeared i0 be un-

damaged but the stocks nearby" were splintered.

The Japanese unleashed a hail of anti-aircraft ﬁre as the planes appeared but caused no damage. Machine gunl and one-pound guns were pressed into action.

As the Chinese bombs burst, witnesses half a mile

away saw ﬂames shoot iouur

d the sky. ‘

Spectators who were closer said shrapnel rained around the Idzumo and nearby buildings.

As the curtain of smoke lifted from the cruiser, Japanese seamen aboard could be seen feversihly preparing against, possible raids»; Lhrovuing out. anti-mine nets and‘

. training all guns toward the sky. | The attack occurred within at clined to he quoted, privately ex-l stone's throw of Shanghai's lead-l

ing hotels. apartments and com- merclal institutions, the Idzumo being tied up at the northern end of the famous bund.

An eyewitness said that three airplanes came from the north- east, rained their explosives and immediately shot up into the air f0 disappear from view.

SCENE ‘OF COMBAT

SHANGHAI, A11g.l4-~(Sat11:<ia_\') ‘ _(Ap)_1=‘lames against. the night sky over Chapel and far down ihoj VVhangpoo River reminded this frightened city of 3,500,000 loom. it. had entered upon a repetition of its t-rauto Chinese-Japanese ﬁghting of 1932.

For the second time in less than six years the Japanese Navy and the Chinese Army turned Shanghai's northern and western environs into a scene of combat.

They spent: Friday in artillery duelllng along the Whangpoo, the city's outlet to the sea. and along the northern fringes of Hongkewi, that part. of the international set- tlement which Japan dominates.

Speed lo Shanghai

British and United States war- ships sped toward Shanghai to take part in protection of Shani!- hai's foreign communities, includ- ing 8,000 Britons. British infan- try patrolled the borders of the International Settlement w it n French, American and other for- eign detachments.

Admiral Sir Charles Little. com- manding Britain's China Squad- ron, on his ﬂagship, the Cruiser Cumberlandmvns euroute to Shang- hai from Tsingtao.

With ﬁghting at Shanghai me undeclared war between Japan and Chino. begun July '7 with a minor skirmish west of Peiping, entered

Continued on page 11. Ool I!

Rescues Six From

lluce Holds Mock Warfare Off Sicily

CASFELVERANO, SiPllY. Aug. lib-King Vittorio Fhnanuele, Crown i Pﬂncc Umberto and Premier Mus- yaolinl braved o. broiiing sun today to uiithcss an "cncmrv" landing 0B l the shores of this Ifaliavi Island, ‘opening phase- of Italy's annua) \\'-'l!' Cfﬂlllt‘ . Some of Itruly-‘s

1 i

best military

bmlns. including General Alberto

Piarirmo. undc-rrcsrctari' of was, observed the manoeuvres.

After the ivnr games have bee! completed, troops will be concen- trntml A112. l." n1. Gihellino, where Mussolini is expected k1 make an important. stvrcch.

. . r M-‘Wréimri

Wrl-i- 40-00 PEOPLE on: ueuokw Mono

Possible Drowning

HALIFAX, N. 5., Aug l3 iCl‘--— Lavrreitce Brown, 31!, 0f Africvllll‘, a. suburb of Halifax, sired six 1111111 fmm possible drowning in the Dcdforrl Basin of Halifax Harbor today. One of the men, John Dob- bin. had two froctuicd ribs when he W115 picked out of the WMCI‘ by Brown, A negro.

The men were cruising about i-lle basin in a 20-foot motorboat when it capsized, throwing lhom info the water. Brown who noticed their plight a. mile off shore, put out in a rowboat to rescue them.

On his way to l‘(‘$(‘llP them. Brown picked up Dobbin Wild was swimming to shore. He was in an exhausted condition.

Dobbink compmilons

all vrulirl

swim and had no tronhlr- trending‘

water until Brown arrived.

“i 6 to20

(Cimndlzm Press]

'I‘ORON' 0. All! l3~-.\fini111um and itmxnnuuu tcniperaiures:- l).1‘.\'~.~111 4.3 6S Victoria lit) T6 11311110112011 51) til Regina 5'7 1H WLllllHVﬂ h.’ _ 58 ’I‘oro11 to 5T 80 Oi lnuu (if) 72 hfunmull 6L! ‘l2 Qiwb-‘v 62 _ 74 Saint John 58 '74 iiulifnx 66 T2 (‘linrlolieiuxui '70 BO

F()lll-1(‘.\.\"l'.\'

Mn: iunw Inririliors- Mcxlemio srulllnvesl. to we‘. uuntls; pwtly clraiclv; phlbflbi)‘ sci icrcd show"-

4T5; 11.01 11111011 chance 111 tnmper~ zltllrv. Ilzuh tide this afternoon at 4.2! and tou1<\rr<1w' morning at 3'19. Sun sets thzs evening at 709 and ri rs tomnrrou" 1110111111‘: at 5.01, 1 F11“. 1110011 Snftlrrlay, A11g.2L ; 7.47 p. m. Summcrsirlo title elzhiccil tilin- ules lnfcr than Charlottetown. r11|-. cue llunlen i» i»,

..'...l 0.50 p. m. daily

i l‘! I11 Pivllf. 6—.\l11ndly, Fulnrlluy only leaves

‘ 'l‘||¢~~:l1|_v 11ml ‘ llnnh-n n! l n m. and [cruel Tormen- — llno at 0.16 n. m.

i

~ l