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0f Wonderful Music,” Was the Verdict of the Large Audience at inst Night’s Entertainment. "

Ritchie and R. lMcKee. Violin Solo, “The Old Refrain" (Kreisler) Miss Bernice Bulltz. Overture “The Calif of Bagdad" (Boieldlieu) The Orchestra. Vocal Solo “The Gorrowe of Dealth" (Mnnhelssohn) ‘Mr. G. E. Ritchie. - Anthem "Prepare Ye the Way" (Garrett) ‘Principals, Miss B. Car- ter and Dr. E. C. Harris.) Trombone Solo "The iLost. Ollord’ (Sulll-ivlun) ‘Mr. W. A. Gtmilet- W-itll Orchestral Accompaniment .Pnrt Song, “A Slumber S0118." (Lohr)) The Choir, Acc. by Orches-

By Mull, Genade and U. 8;. A. $4.60 Annual Subscriptions Delivered $5-

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One Life Lost, Dam of Electric Light '00m- Nos. 2 and 8 Batteries P. E. I. “Heavy Bri- » liahyyarrled AWW- M1198 0f C-P-R- T0111 gade, Will Train the Same as Last Year. up and Bridges ‘Destroyed. lgrgm ~ - ‘- -- - ‘ ‘ ’ '

(Canadian Press.) I “Musquash and fbadly lST. JOHN, N. B., May 1.—'l‘he more than a

CHARLOTTETOWN CANADANVEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1923.

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Preoeded by Red Flag and Banners Bear- inglnsignia. of Various Russian Socie- ties. Women Took Part in Parade.

(‘Canadian lPress.) l ‘

LtACoionei -D. A. MacKinnon. dhmhlhd -DlS.0., has ‘received instructions , ‘mm’ °f GNP-B" ‘tmck for. ‘Nos. 2 and 8 ‘Batteries, ‘Prince duet loss life as a reslllt of floods on Musquash Marsh. Edward lsland Hmwy Brigade‘ m of the last few days was reported FREDERllCTON, N. TB., May 1.-— "all, the “ma as last yam; vplml this morning from Musquash when With the river still rising, the con- ls’ a pel-lod ol- ll-alnlng wlll be m]. "Charles Spinney, one of three ‘far- dltiorl at Fredericton is being dergoue a‘ lclmfloltetowm and mere, forced to abandon their watched with apprehension. At oumplellon of the ll-alnlng wlll homes, returned to try to release nine this morning the water was lake place M ‘pelawawa Camp

hie live stock and was carried a little less than a. foot below the The Eueuglll ol me ‘Bl-lgada h“ in tile flood. Tile body was high level of 1887 and the city en- lmen reduced somewhat NOE 2 and 5mm” “Id “MI-her m“ WWI‘! 8 Batteries commanded respective-

' V" W! Clfllill, Signaller, P. Campbell. Gun. , nerE. Crockett, Sergt. G. W. Craig, Gunner. W. Cooke, Gunner J. Call- aghan. Gunner, H. ‘Carr, Gunner R- Carr, Gunner W. T. Collins, Conpl. D. Crosby, Gunner, M. "Carver, Gun- ner, P. Gay, Slgnuller, R. Harris, Signalier, W. H. iHutchlson, Signal!" ler, H. Herring. Gunner, R. Hues- tls. Gunner, O. ‘Harper, Sergt. J . E. Kinsman, Gunner F‘. Lawler, Sci-gt.» J. iH. McKennayCorpl. ‘B. Afcl-Iltch- ern. Gunner. J. ‘H. MCMIIIllIi, (l-nn- uer, J, lC. lMclnnis, ‘Bombr. llf L. McKie, Slgnaller, R "B. Licldlven, Bolnbr. IS. Ryan, Gunner, ll. died)- erts. Gunner. C. H. Reid, Bolnbl". J. ‘C. Smith, Gunner .l. Steele, Sergt. W. Stewart, Coljpl. 1.. A. Stewart, Gunner, M. S. Stewart, ‘ Gunner; lH. Trainor, Gun- ner C. Trainor, Bombr. W, J. Ves- sey, Gunner. W P. Thickersoll, Gun- ner, G. Wheatley. Corpl. 'l‘. Wllye, Bom-br. W. ZHII).

o'clock i.his afternoon. Elaborate SYDNEY. ‘N- S-nMHy 1r~TW9lltY< preparations were made by local five hundred persons headed by and DTOVIDCIB. l police to guard standardJbeal-ers. carrying a thirty against any disorder ‘but no unto- foot red flag, hearing the insignia ward‘ actions had been reported at and motto of Communism walked a late hour this afternoon.

today in Cape Brown's first organ-l The parade was notable in that lized May Day parade of workers a large number of women partici- st Glace iBay. "lated. ‘Many banners were carried, Although enough miners remaln- nearing the slogans of societies away ed on duty to produce about thirty active in Russia and with thier le- later recovered. per cent. of the normal output of gends printed ill ‘Russian. The The earthen dum forming the mean the cutting off of the town ly by Major _l_ ,p_ llqoopen M_ C" coal the majority of steel work gathering plnce was Alexander eastern willg of the Westbrsncb While? BIIPDIY DQ019103 Hyfliem- and Majol- -l_l_ .l,_ llgelhllua. wllleach ers milled to the call for a. ‘May Rink wllel-o the assembly was nd- Head of the ‘N. B. Electric Powel- Chum-Id 00110010115 in mhhy 50M- il-aln 55 all l-grykla, and those must Day demonstration and defied the dressed by Malcolm ‘Bruce of ‘Tof- Commission went out. resulting in I-ered (llhlrlvld mflkfl it hflfll l0 Bet- g1] finish tralllhlg hi polhwhwa, lrizzling rain that stopped just as onto, Dan Livingstone, .l. B. Mo. one turbine being ‘put out of com- Ihfllfmh-lhl" 0T ll deflhlifi WRITE .1“ fol-mel- yegl-g, Qnly ha]; 0g the the parade Commenced llt ohd Lachlilll, w. u. Cotton‘ and others. mission, but leaving enough power “"11 “he “hm extent h! the dhm- ‘Battery attended training at the

"“"—"*"——-""~—-~"—~—~—"""-"-" ~——~——'-~ h’ shhhly hhihedihlfl needs Three “B” h‘ hi!“ "hhmmh- ‘ti . ,‘b t. tlli H L A buildings were ‘curried away or All C. N. ‘R. bridges are said to 23mins: $$,?l,e,“,,,,,sf gfillieigéxlyl I I I I

“Si? 3335.323“ §i’..“.‘?‘.‘.‘;"‘ii'.f.".,.., i? 2°_‘,.“.‘.§‘f..i‘.§i‘.' diitf°iéii..i’..“.‘..i.ifi 3;“.;:2:1i.'.§‘.‘.,"“.fl.'22$.“ $313325. Departments 0f Agriculture and Public Works Reviewed and Many irregulari-

wns unable today to give any u. still is isolated from outside points mus; have lnlensllled "alums, ties Strongly Scored.

m“ audience ‘which 8-8- , at the Methodist Church “lug was treated ‘to a most l, concert, which was giv- gr‘ the auspices of the Sab- ool “ml Musical Commit- 9 pl-ognlnlnle was a 1811831)‘ comprised mlflly difficult M hd-nlirably rendered. Prof ' . lilo members of the choir. ‘who wok part under ‘his u all-wigs, are to be con- M “p011 the success oi‘ their

. Following W“ ‘he Pm‘

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"Cornelius," (Mendels tr: nnd OVER"-

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.i)escri-pt"l‘ve March “British Pelt- rol" (by request) (Linden). The Orchestra.

Tile National Anthem.

Prof. Fletcher wills ‘both orghhm and director, and deserves great oloilit for preparing what was un- (loiihtedly ‘one of the outstnindirll! music events of the season. l'he work oi‘ tile Orchestra was ll 00B- sible even bebter than nt their lust concert, and tile d-lilloslsls. boi-h ‘vocal and instrumental dellshled -i,lle audience.

ll .l., Miss slum‘. The m) g‘ Voices. Dlilllerne" ~ u‘ II . -- , of Annals- ll n. Fletcher- °° o ' Miss 1361mm’ ioiill Obi-igaio ‘by

0N1 ‘surance wll ~ exce t b teie rs h and e e .

" by "Mule ‘be resumed.(Eogiisicillefbtliflgwulildg SBTVNNKh {The hi‘; hlghwit? £332‘! ZEJIfrglJaINHZZguD layer, signifier or on the st. Jolln division Oil which at Merysville shifted out of dime Prince "Edward island ‘Artillery the worst washout was at. Ennisk-mhhh 105i 1118M 8-f- MBPYEVIIIQ 9"‘! will probably ‘be the only heavy ar- illen, where there was u. gully sixty by eight feet mid fOOt P2598059"! [illgry that will (lo a pol-llol; o; lll; feet 1011B dull twenty feet deep. The ‘m’ “P0551115 at the" "w" “Bk- ‘II- training at home ilut- owing to the flood took out tile ‘CJHR. bridge“ expected Ilwmentaflll’ m 8W9 long distance to ‘Petuwawa and

and the highway bridge zlcrossway elmwl?‘ the great amount. of time con-

——~~——~_—W sumed going and coming, colleen. , sions have been made to thorn in Ger an N = .

m Ote to Fast 1n Ice

this regard. ‘France Was Detained (Canadian lPressJ

The Battery will put in a total of twelve nights‘ drill each at the Ar- mmlry. The ‘Drill will consist of

_.-_._ infantry drill‘ and rifle exercises, (Special to The Guardian.) ‘NORTH SYDNEY, N. S, May 1. gun drill, gun laying, signalling and znERlilN, iMay L-Dhllvel-y or —The steamship Kyle is still fast the various technical instructions the Geltmon hole lo .lel-ance us a in ice off St. Paul's Island with necessary to artillery work. ‘hssic payment, lhll-ly ‘llllllon marks propeller damaged and, no fresh A competent (instructor has been in gold hml gullfanlllelllg- lz-l-ancfilinfornllltion from her. She is be- agairlstj (lernlzln aggression hasmhved I0 b9 Ill the some position been dilained until tomorrow or "5 Yesmrd“? The steamship Cymric Queen.

(Her-

Supreme Court

The Easter Term of‘ the prsme. Court opened morning with ‘Chief Justice MBLDIOSOII, lMr. Justice ILlszard and ‘Mr. Justice Arscnnult on the Bench;

The docket. which was unusually small was as follows:

Appeals

The Provincial Treasurer Gilert Gaudet.

Alfred A. ‘Stewart and Ann. Lemuel Wood—*Spe-cial Puller. lIn re implication of .l. (‘nlvin Lewis for lCertiornl-i fNo. 1.)

In re application

Su-

"Tile Wilderness" is" yesterday

Principals. ‘MW- F‘ I‘

e l3 (Illesllir Messrs

tz. them n G058)

00 ‘Plhhi-"hhlanticdlo. M. w. Claim

Passengeys To be a Law '1“ Kama" N‘ S‘ Abiding Society

‘ IflITiAPIGiU-N _--- . Ulléglzmbljfi “Y L-‘Nmmfl- (Canadian Press.) . ‘ ifs-Atlantic. llllb- ‘SBRHNGHIHJL. N, S"

l‘? lggrtslltmlltidltuoi bgswhdcd here to- The Uulllnl .Mille Workers g ‘ '

Speaking on the budget debate vincc hnd done. This, of course, last Wednesday ill the Provincial did not suit their purpose. This Legislature, Mr. Thomas McNutt kind of trenlnlcnt ‘by it's public said: - ‘men the PYOVIIIIJP will not stand

in rising to speak at this time, II for, and lins no right to stand for. nm fully conscious of the import- We are llcre to give ‘the people an once of the subject ll ‘fore us, holler-if, straightforward, manly ne- ‘fl nlllnely, the "Budget." ‘it is llere count of the financial llositiornand M Am‘ emphatically l‘llilt we are the peo- if we. cannot do that we have no

VS.

secured, who will take charge of vs‘

the recruits next week. ilnspectlon will ‘be at ‘Charlotte-

Thursdliy. town on Wednesday and Thursday,

rrow IN!“ n"

ec ocean lljldrg MVN h because ice con- n dues not hello“,

low abiding institution- in destruction

pic's stewards; llereilllit we uc- count for tllc monies that they

right. to ‘be hero l ‘Ill listening to the speeches of

ashore on Black ‘Blcakers near Point Si. Esprit, reports no change

June iilll and 7th., and the batter- ies will entrain for Peiawawa. on

of J. Calvin‘ Lewis for ‘Certiorari (No. 2.) " "in rs application of "Walter lien-

. ~ l_ Iadnigillfl-‘Nillliufheln reaching their- 0 .

wnuthi-I; 3N9 Auction-Donaldson. Theynuiilerlfn The Cunllrdel- Aus- llirlind tile ‘INVIIIIB Sh“ Dominion]

‘NN..%::§.N' n ‘Forester froln Bel-l ' o

lKrullps President .. _ Was Arrested

(Canadian Pren.)f ESSEN, May 1.---i)r. (lustllv Krupp Von- Bohlell, President of the Krupp Works was arrested ._to- day, charged with three other (fir; ectors. with endangering thQ safety of of the troops of occupation in

in position. Tile ice ilas in no way affected the vessel which is still writer tigllt.

The French trawler Lo Provence with her propeller gone and out of coal is still adrift fast in the ice i'ield, forty miles off Louisburg and the "Frellch Consul here has asked the government for the steamer lStanley to cut a wlay to her so that the trawler Uranus waiting on the fringe of ice fields may tow her

Monday afternoon, June 11th, ar- riving there Wednesday, June 13th. training on Wednesday, Thursday and lFriday -and shooting the} com. petitlve series on Saturday. Lo . lng ‘Petuwawa ‘Camp shim-d

night, arriving in Montreal Sunday morning, June 17th, leaving sun. dayevening and returning home ‘Monday might. June 18th. ' ‘

The trip to lPetawavva is a most

liessey for ‘Certiorari.

The Provincial Treasurer vs, éss. C. Tupilu. Silver diinck For; ‘ o. iIn re application of IEIIIVUHI flatu- dei. forJCertloral-i. lMr. Justice Giaszard delivered judgment in the case of -Cook vs. Poole &-Th_qmps0n, in the applies- ‘ lion f0)’. .5 new trial, which was dismissed with costs. ilielllley, K.

of prdllfifllh" Tm“ w“ me meuu-ge have entrusted us with and hers tile Il0ll. gi-nilonmn opposite, and which Van. A. Bitlller. DEV-hill“, tllllt we appropriate tllc peoplwrflespctiully tn my hon. friend t.lie repfehhhlhuve “I m” “memmxollg monies to the various purposes Lender-of the Govcrnnlent. one can- Presldent Jolul L- I-“WIB- br-‘iug ‘ which the different interests of the not bill: be impressed with‘ the great- io Sprlngllill local with?“ h‘ J-m- country tieniami. ‘ euro they professed to take ill spouse to tllflll‘ request m!“ f‘ ma’ ‘I did not intolld, nor do i intend guarding and protecting the rights resentatlve‘ _ ‘" .9. ihiéhhhm“? ‘ now to ‘say milcli during ‘this "bud- of llle poor mall and the farmer. = “a “m” Smmwr" Dorm ugmlqunrtertfht lmatnh'.‘lp°,u§‘v\s‘iy' get delbnte, but there ‘are certain if tile taxes were increased, the .‘ "hm- h“ “is” bee" diverted them‘ on ‘May ' W} , ' i» p. .. lrlilnge that must be salil, if we are burden fell on the wealth _ of ‘__tll'e

ms 9°“ m“! ma“ wmormw' ‘Van ‘Blttuel-"lldlldeil a 'llfll'.hde"°t'irllc to the obligations that we as- country they tell us. “ "

BMW-e workerdthls ef_i9""99".Y"h‘! ‘mama whan we undertook to mpro- ‘Nov-z what are the facts? ' “'

french Steamship

Volstead Law

(Special to The Guardian.) AllliS, May lxfho decision - United States Supreme Court upholding the Volstead Law pru- ltillg ships carrying liquor even personal use from entering U. lXlrts is lleclllrellanoutruge of lice by the offlcirlsl of French sulship lilies. Vigorous protests

‘ be made.

Condensed Specials

lTilfic-ltli- lylir "I". pa‘, dam M:

ys or over. “he P” dhy fill" ti days or over.

"he llhi" ddv tin a .l..

Itiiey were addlfebséd “Y; nKeniiti," MlP.l‘-. for I '

convention last ye" sent leaders o!

of , termination to

terpretstion of the aims oi‘ United Mine international iExecutive.

“The ‘Executive of been ‘advised

of the United Mine

and ‘Canada

the ‘International Board. WI"

nt 5 words lo u line. Groups of’ tolerated."

Bill's». illltiill Ittlligrfl

s for one week, :90. for "ll.- “-u,.k_ k“!- 7"? New-n will-till.

ANTED _ GANDERI- hmltbell, Elllernlil, R, R,

hi3 HOW cooo A FIG OF ' °° ‘Wily cull he made. You _"' "Y a "l; of U-No. Flynn 11388-4-18Jmth.

~ I hers,

ANTED-A GIRL FOR HOUSE- 'Ih Army to Mrs. Henbert "W. R. Ii. 5, Charlottetown. ’

IIBBEG-J-ZIFBI.

ANTED-A SALESMAN on Ildy who is qualified to "h" charge of~dry goods de- lhdnt in a general store, this

wince. Give particulars as to

Apply Guard-

11860l-4-M-6l.

“ Ere engaged, etc.

‘I ‘isle-maul GASOLINE “ he: "under" built of Virginia "d equipped with R988‘ Apply ,to Dr.

“Icicle engine. ‘Y, 62 Prince Qtreot,

ilssis-l-N-Bl-

' l- curr, commleelcTi "Ihllll, Si. John's N-fid., deaf»

Inmehu solicited.

m lllfid~cross

Robmnon-I ruse.

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FRED 4-27-5l.

e03‘: sll kinda of l’. E. l. produce.‘ bCllfton: P. 0. ‘Box 135i;

count an wring‘! iicr ccni. discount for ',,,,,,,,‘, _"“‘" Throw part or ed. ml- u plllll for, Special Rates ed "hum all. 75c for seven Situation Situation 50o per

Russia Seeks

(r8pecla' to Tile Guardian.)

rrolclo. may 1 agreement. Joffe

sume responsibility eecre of Japs at

tlona were broken.

ilardinal 0’00nne1

(‘Bpeeisi to The Guardian.) LONDN.

Ireland.

Federal Budget __ Still Hanging

(Canadian iPreee.) OMWWA. May 'will not be ‘mons this week» 1300- w- S‘ in; told ‘sh- Henry ‘Dmvtoh He said laterthle set the day when the be brought down.

ewble

(fifth 0i

‘nus.

p, ‘u. Q‘ v Cullllléiiilfithfh. " Lender of" the -0l>l195III°“= h" hm‘ Ibers of i-M EIQPKY- V“ Hume“ sumlled and deceived the people. ‘the PBSOIUIIU" WNW“! “I the Trum fortunately. tllcre have ‘been ‘vhlw aha p?‘ many proofs that this charge has ‘Distr ct wen y" six, are quoted as stating "he" d9‘ “liberate labor ‘by

(owe ll new die," was not the lihné

Workers held by the

District Twenty lslx." ‘he said. "has slrehlly by t.he ‘international Executive ‘Board that no dhembhl‘ Workers of America, can affiliate with the flied ‘International. This action is final and binding upon every member M the organization in Uhltbd ‘$111195 ‘and no action taken by any district under our illflfldic- tlon contrary to this decision ‘o:

Recognition

.--Russia formal- ly requested l-esumvlldh 0f hf-FQIIAI‘ tlons for recognition and a tin t‘- represeilting the ‘Soviet submitted the roqfleih 11ml said that Russia waswilllnlf ‘w 8B- for the mas-

Nicholllvesk. the point on which the former negotia-

Visiting Ireland

May 1.-<Cardinal O'Con- nell, iBoston arrived here to vlsl!

In the Air

1.-!l‘he budsei brought down In com- Field- ‘today. week he might budget will

‘WIINIIBSNBN

sent the people of this province.

it has been cilnrgcd against tile present Government that. they lllis- Ull- too

been well founded. Before the elec- tion in 1919 the cry that went hi) and down this province from one and)» the other was the extrava- gance of the Conservative Govern- ment nnd their own intention of ad- ministering the nffairs of the Pro- vince so cllrefuliy and economically, as to be slrle to make revenue and: expenditure. By this. they clearly meant the "revenues exlstlllg- at that time. lit is useless for then: to deny this now, or to cover I over by lame excuses. such as that. they did not know the actual finan- om condllloll or the aProvitice.

They gave the people to under- stand that their purpose was to

‘During the years 1013114‘ that.» Conservative rule there was col‘- lecled ill laud tilxihe sum bf $113.- 48S.79, or an average yearly collec- lion oi’ $37,829.59. in the years 1920-2h22 there was ‘collected in Itllld tax_ and poll tax ,fl‘onl the farmers, $369,470.00, or 'nn average yearly collection of $123,156.00. ‘In addition" to that there was col- lected ill poll tax in the school dis- tricts $40,000.00. making a totlll of $163,156.00, or $125,327.00 mol-epald yearly by the farmers of this coun- try than they paid undel- Conserv- ative rule, or, ill other words, the farmers pay over 200 per cent. more today than they paid when the ‘Conservatives were ill power; or over three tirn as, uch. Now, lei. us m wit) lirparisou regarding income tax:-— , - vin- the years‘ 1913-14-15 the Con-

"- niiion~Evidence of this rnigyfiie tfioxund in the debate on the Estimates durlnz the m“ heshm“ M the Arsennult administration, when Premier ‘Bell, then the lender of, l-ho opposition. moved that thel Wsrianll llealth Tux be not revot-l all. lllhr your, as the revenue was sufficient without this tax to run tho llffllllls oi‘ the Province. Similar eviillence of promises. direct dud indirect, made by Liberal candl- dntos may be found botll in the Liberal press and ill their spescllel. It is not. necessary _to repeat them. Then on their accession to power what do we find? lEvory promisel broken-one of their ‘first acts was; to increase the taxes, and ever since that time they have ben pllt- [lug up nil manrlei- of excuses for llavllng increased them. They com- plnin that when they came into pgwel‘ they found the treasury emp- ly-“Yet, into that empty treasury [hey dipped their hands nnd in- creased their own sessional indem- nit by 150 per cent. and largely in- dragged file salaries of DQPU°II° members. This was the beginning of the increase in salaries in every dgpflftmflnl of the public service, and that extravagance has charact- erized thls Government over since lhoy came Juto power.

They tliell engineered tllllt now notorious deficit of $253,000.00. ‘it is not necessary to goJnto partic- ulars, as this alleged deficit. has ul- roady- been explained.

‘it ls enough to say that if they wanted to give the people a straightforward and fllonest idea as to the financial standing of the Province on the day they assumed office they would have had an out- side ‘ndependent audit

made, as source previous Governments in the FY0091!" 0' 317-490-90-

---WlllliesaIe Price

seirvntives collected from income tax and fox tax the sum of $115,- 603.00, or a yearly collection of $38,- 534.00. ‘ ;-' ‘l5’

‘During t2: ycars 1920-21-22 there was coiiee .d in personal tux and ill-come tax the sum of $165,649.00. or a yenrly collection of $55,210.00; or. ill other words, the Liberals collected $16,682.00 more than tllc Conservatives collected, or a year- ly increase of over 50 per cent. That is the wily they have protect- ed the interest of the farmers.

Tile intention of the Liberals was to go still further, as is plainly shown by the speeches of the hon. Lender of this House and other members of this Government nu contained in the debate on theTax A-ct during the session of 1020.

"Tlfey intended then tojovnlue the land nnd this they no doubt would have done, had it not been for the volume of indignation. which sprang up all over the coun- try nnd the threat if ~sucll a thing was attempi.ed——the consequences would have been anything but plea- sant to the Government. Our farm- ers do not forget those things.