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. i cnARLorrrETovvN, CANADA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1931 .

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llow oft is it that music. and music alone. can cheer the heart and strengthen the soul?

Annual Bubn-riptlon Delivered 15.00 B] hlrsll—l'.li.l.,'$l.i.btl; (fnrlmiu uml 1X5. $5.00

Tragedy“ Occurs As Brothers Look

‘comma {vino Eight “m”

PEEMlER ‘lllllli Will "i'hey ‘Ifnnfiailfi-NERS

Be Forgotten‘?

guigan and Boyle. L-86f-12-14-6i

wcape Traverse School Concert Wednesday, 22nd. L-l48-12-20-1i.

"Dunstaffnaga School Concert .uc. 33 lit 8 0'Cl00l{. 14-106-12-20-21.

y '11 day “M ,' L-145-12-20-2i.

l: "Buy your Christmas Gifts and

bys from McGuigan and Boyle. L-860-12-14-l8-20-22.

"Emerald School Concert. nnerald l-la‘l. Wednesday, Dec. 22.

concert Wlnslce Hall Dec. 20. if |tormy Dec. 23rd. L-160.

"Hear East Willshire School children at North River Hall. M00-

isy, December 20th. L-804-12-13-20.

"Buying dressed poultry daily on [raded basis and Plyln! hlflhe-‘ll- .niarket prices. Clark Bros. ‘Mon- lague, 11-112-12-18-41.

wtinStCsih ' p: midis‘ non 10 centél Lu es-iffieflib-

“Borden Line Club loading hogs. iamm. calves at Albolly every lucsday. hours 12-3.

L-825-12-l3-2l.

"Como to the Christmas Concert h Long River Hal‘. Wednesday ev- ening, December 22nd. If not fire Thursday. L-IZO-lz-Zn-Zl-

School concert.ln Elliot Hall. Wednesday, Dec. 22nd. 10-151-12-20-11.

"School Concert. Winsioe South School Tuesday. December 21st. If not fine following night.

L-175.

"Reserve December 21st for Cou- "oert in st. Catherines Hall. Admis- sion l0 cents. Lunches 10 CBHtS- 1f

not llfli‘, following night. ' L-781-l2-11-20.

"Si. Eleanofs School Concert in Si. Elcnnoi-‘s Hall Wednesday, Dec- ember 22nd. Admission 25c and 15c.

L-152-12-20-1i.

"We will be buying dressed fowl

ma" M80 this week on Tues- lly Ind ‘Thursday instead of Tues- “? Ind may. Davis and Fraser- L-ldb-ia-QU-Sl.

LT "livestock

“dill! st Railway stock pens

bring '5 llflssibl

r "Buying dresed chicken and. fowl Tuesday. Dec. 21st. highest r

“Come to Fail-view Christmas '

Marketing Board ohlrlottewwn Monday afternoon

i-hem in as early in the day t .

((‘.P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

PORT STANLEY, OnL, Dee. 19— Eight workmen were believed killed llllllklit when a Cofierdam collap-

bridge across the harbor.

Work-men said l3 or 14 men were in the dam. working on the bottom. of the harbor, when the top gave way. A number were above.

Heavy timbers and steel crashed in upon the workmen In the Coffer Darn. carrying also the men from

found alive. Those believed dead: James McFarlane, Port Stanley;

tion; E. E. Bisby. White Station; George lleattv. Si. Thomas; Doug- las Bcably. Union Station.

RESIDENCE llESTRllYED BY

Estimated - Pita.

Fire completely destroyed the residence of Mr". Cecil M. Jenkins. Mt. Edward Road, two miles from Charlottetown. Saturday night. Loss was estimated rtt approxim- ‘ateiy $6.000. partially covered by ~‘ insurance.

City Firemen with a chemical engine responded to a call for as- isistance but were unable to save iihe house. They assisted neigh- bors in removing part of the fur- niture. Firc-iightcrs were hinder- ed in their efforts when a burned fuse cut oil electric current from ’ a booster pump in the water sup- ply system. The building received

ovin

originated in o. short circuited el- i ectric wire where it entered the outside wnll of thebuilding. The house had been re-condltioned all through this past summer and fit- ted with a new heating system.

Mr. Jenkins expressed his appre- ciation oi the assistance rendered , by City Firemen and neighbors during the flre. '

Sir James MacBrien Ill In Hospital

said Sir James um spent s mod) day. -

now BllliRiiES=

Christmas Spirit Not ,

(CI. By Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA, Dec. ill-Confidential correspondence between Prime Min- ister Mackenzie Kmg and Premier Hepburn of Ontario dealing with water o" -- "sion and power develop- merit willie tabled in the House

wire from the Ontario Premier dat- ed yesterday, asking permission to publish the confidential letters.

ernment and Premer Mitchell Hep- burn oi Ontario over power export. coupled with confused reports of remarks by Premier Dup essis of

A visitor m the Santa Pal De- partment, moved by the eflort be- ing made to make Christmas Day “Just a little diflerent" for hun~ dreds o! needy children, paid trib- ute to the fine response made thus

lhll city happy on Christmas morning.

"But-there are more than 800 children on the Santa Pal list.

this paper. And some oi them, as yet, have not been provided for and that is where you. as a Santa

a regular Santa Clausy looking

given to this department by Santa Pals, occupied the center of inter- act. It is not an easy job, but those working in the Santa. Pal

Quebec and reaction to Lhem across Canada. have overshadowed all oth- er political activities of the past week.

Christmas week ,a time of good- will and peace among men. finds Prime Minister Mackenzie King faring ohargm fmm Mr. Hepburn of

ffor license to export power

y .| _e addit-

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.» .-‘-' .= a" mp quickly denied‘ knowledge.

as frankly as has Premier Hepburn in his condemnation cf the ‘Federal Government's refusal to grant him a power carport license. ‘

Mr. Mackenzie King's stand has been that no further export: licen- ses will be granted until parliament has had an opportunity to express itself on the po'icy that should be adopted on th's question. last ‘Thursday he announced that parlia- ment would assemble Jan. 2'7.

Just how parliament wllibe pre- wnted with this subject for debt};

(Continued on page 3. Cpl, 3).

Police (‘ontinue

While police continued an ex- hausting inquiry tonliiht ""0 the murder of Aaron N. Cohen Fri- day night, Detective Inspector Patrick F. Biddiscombe said n0 arrests had been made and n0 suspccis held.

More than S0 persons have been questioned at: the police Stilt“??- since a burglar shot’. Cohen. aged 58. at his dry goods store 0Y1 Prince Edward Street. The mer- chant; was buried today and an inquest will open possibly Tiles"

from the store. Police found the

_ money still in Cohen's pocket.

“mug Km?‘ 1:5!!! Pffllllfl Miflpphs H B8‘ -

115g‘ n3‘; close political ed- viser, Ali Maher Pasha. and Nahas representative, Finance Mink!" Main-em lbeld. wn-lmfllnm ‘i’ fort to end the constitutional -

passe. Aifter the meetins» m" W‘

inet had nationwide suvlwfl "the King am not N

and control over 8000113111?!"- 01’ all genior officials.

The cabinet maintained Hawk's. l

demands wen unconstitutional.

‘lhe King was understood likely to dismiss Nahu and name Ahmed usher, president of the chamber.

premier without holdinc s generrl

IDMTUI »

Department are sure enjoying it. Those articles not tied up will be wit-bin the next two or three days and it is the supreme hope of ev- ery Santa Pal worker that. not one boy or girl will be mixed by Santa Claus on Christmas morning. ‘Mechanical toys of’ all descrip-

Just look at the list oi them in ,

headquarters the other dayn-"And i

‘and boxes of candy are all stored ‘ ' l" m9 htllifilqllarters. This season. l was mid. the list, even at this , 1ate,i.s much larger than lastyear. i ‘ls pointed out before. some of ‘hese children are not yet provid- l z

received by the Santa Pal Fund,- The Guardian. A list of needy children. appears on page g, Not much time left-act now!

YESTERDAIPS SANTA PALS ‘

Mrs. Angus F. Beaten, Alexandra. ‘

Jimmie Cameron. |' Mrs. George Buniain.

fgtfllfffllne Oatway.

Q Eleanor Varmuskirk.

‘y Edison Vanl-Iiuskirk. Col. K S. Rogers, Mrs. H. H. Klggizis. Mrs. K. M. Martin. Basilica Boy Scouts, K. Summer-side. MPS- Earle Thomson, Carleton. Moore 8r McLeod.

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_ ed) Guilty 0f Trea- W son.

(By The Associated Press)

MOSCOW. Dec. iii-Execution of eight important officials of long standing in the Soviet regime was announced tonight on ~the‘ 20th anniversary oi the Russian‘ secret political police.

The announcement said they were shot for high treason.

Leo M. Karakhan, formerly vice commissar of foreign affairs, who was recently recalled as ambassa- dor to Turkey. was among those

-party until i935, Avel Yenukidze. .2150 faced the tiring squad. He

was a close friend of Joseph Stal- in. Russian leader, until his dis- graloe removed from the inner Kremlin circle.

They and six others were the latest victims of the purge oisus- pected enemies within the state.

Boris C. Steiger. former Baltic l baron and friend of many unhea-

i

the foreign diplomatic corps at

' the Communist Party; l Vladimir Zukermann, director of

Destroyed By Fire

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

HALIFAX." Dec. lil-dln-mage ‘- estimated at. approximately 030.000 - was caused early today when fire destroyed tho Gaiety Theatre, s wooden structure on the fringe of the downtown district

smoke and water damage.

sndors. was among those executed. , ‘For 12 years he was attached to‘

(By The Csnadlan_ ' L» , eamruronn, N. 1o_ Struck byla taxi and flung into the path of a second automobile

Saturday evening. Charles Friars. 73. died in hospital early today.

The taxi, operated by Russell Bickerston, struck Friars a glan- cing blow as it rounded the end of a street car. Closely following the taxi. the second car sped over the injured man. crushing him un- der the wheels and {smashing his head against the curb after (irrig- glng the victim on the rear axle.

Bystanders vainly waved for the second. to stop as Friars lay on the tracks but the driver Elvin McAlllster, swung ahead of the street car o. few feet behind the taxi. The tram stopped several feet from the body. ' ,

Feverish Rearmament Preparations In Great Britain.

(‘By George llambleion) (Canadian Press Stuff Writer)

dating several thousand people. Au underground emergency hospital is

Lord Tweedsmuir’s , Mother Passes

FREE-LIB. Scotland. Dec. 19— ma. Helen Buchsn, mother oi Inrd Tweedsmuir, died today.

mu Omen, Peebleshire.

Alli _ll_E_FEli0Ei

AT TSINGTAU

J apanesdAnxiety Ov-

i.\ l’. By Guardian's Special Wire) TOKYO. Dec. lil-—lncreasing hos- tility between Japan and the soviet

_ Union. rather than tension over at-

tacks on British and United States

' shipping. today was the chief rea-

son for the Japanese public-‘s anx-

in the Panay affair. United States charges that Japanese surface craft machine-gunned the little gunboat.

of newspatprrs.

Thr public generally believed the Panay crisis had been dispelled. Deep concern over the affair, hon"- ever. persist/ed in high official quarters. as was shown by a de- tailed report made to Emperor Hir- ohi-lu last night by Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye.

TO MAKE DENIAL

- Informed sources said the Japan-

arty ‘st Japan henceforth will re-

“froiiffrom aerial b2: naval bombard- A

ment of any section in which lor- eign naval or merchant ships might

Russia. The Harbin, Manchoukuo. correspondent of the Tokyo paper NsChl Nlch: reported the Russian Far Eastern army was beingfgreaily strengthened. Avirh men, munitions and nirpiiines being rushed toward the borders of Far Eastern Siberia by the ‘Frans-Siberian railway day and night.

The fisheries dispute with Russia developed dangerous possibilities.

The Foreign Office announced it ~

had received a communication from an organizuiioir of 20,000 Japanese fishermen urging action in snic- gunrd Japan's fishing rights in northern waters.

The existing agreement covering Japmrs rights to fish in Russia's

ers have hinted‘ at forcible“ action

(Continued onlPage 3, Col. 5)

N0 Hope Held For Labor Settlement

WASHINGTON, Dec. lit-Ameri- can Fuleraiioil of Labor and Com- mitted for industrial Organization loaders have given up any hope of a spccciy‘ reunion.

Committees from each of the la-

mnke any major concession.

The Mucla section. one oi the most important defensive positions within the city, fell. the Barcelona defence ministry announced. The communique predicted the offen- sive woud result in collapse of the insurgent spearhead which for months has threatened the Mad-

l. than 2.000 government troops were ‘

m“ Mmmmsl Santa Pals‘. Will Decide’ JEN BANGERED tHe lplessl On

Bernard And Charles MacDonald“ Of Chepstow Perish When Motor Boat Capsizes In Heavy Seas.

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l, "concert Cross Roads sonoonlmie‘; :3; flglllelcyehizraizliunw d Apparent In Widen- HiZiirXQE-dyriierifiiiiiii the éisiotrnoifirifif Jiioyfiifififi, A“ k - i

799mm“ 22w’ L-Mg-lz-zg-n‘) Several were inluredFEhree takeilretd “if; Brcitcll Between gtangwpaglgzémiltlllifilg- Adll 133d»; he“, out headquarters and mam ‘ ‘Cl’ ac S Oil Blglt-l ‘ Bernard MacDonald 27 and (vhqrlug “acnonald 23

f‘ "chem ‘valley concert in u“, | hoérirligagiten. Svtgghoafiln u‘ King, And Hepburn. and ndmemujomer 8x221; ‘hit: zlillfertliailt grignchild is missed lSll "Alld LT. S. ShlDS brothers, were drowned within Sill-fill of‘ ‘their home at December Zird- 5d,", hrepflring foundfltm: of“. he; ______ will make about s00 children o! Contrmutwm ‘m be gratefully subside; rIChepsimv, ihrcc miles cast of Souris Saturday after-

lll00ll when their motor boat capsized as they were at. tempting to land on a surf-swept beach. The accident took place 50 yards oil shore. Two brothers Walter and Ronald MacDonald who had landed a few minutes previouslv and

were preparing to assist their

of the tragedy.

brothers were eye witnesses

The bodies had not been recovered last night. Mounted

The two victims 0i" the ac

I "22:: “:";;::.":.“" win r awesome *""..'.““l i M. i»... P .- . . . . ‘g an e o was . rn " . ' - . " - - - ' ‘ ' l - "North wlll-ill"? Chrlstm” l, eight unaccounted pier worild b: bvetgligarime Mlrilstegprezlylflfllfl 8 partmintostfltrl): fig sgiliglialtllraetir i Dunianecgrl and Faculty of st‘ in£2120fflmznlgfiefflargciielltglfmtfle: (‘gtisfi 3351551511 raggmg operatmnslesmrday and a pollen ‘ ‘ M 11's oiege. ' -

cidcnt had gone out in a 22-

foot boat about 9 o'clock Saturday morning to fish cod oil.’

wind increased in velocity and at noon Walter and Ronald MacDon- ald, two brothers. took a 28-foot’ boat and went to 10in their bro- i ihers. Both boats approached the shore together about 4.30 in heavy seas and snow. The larger boat went in first, landed on the beach and the two occupants pulled it out o! the surf with a capstan which fishermen in the section use for the purpose. The men in the

man was rim stinging u» m not. ‘tom but when the boatliftedagain he was gone. The brothers on shore were unable to launch a.

and‘ dragged it out of the surf but both brothers had disappeared. All night the shore was watched for the bodies and yesterday dragging operations were unsuc- cessful. They will begin again to- day if the spa is not too rough. The deceased were sons of Mr. Allan J. MacDonald and the late Mrs. MacDonald of Chepstow. Charles _\\'n.'~‘ well known in boxing clrcieglin the province. Last sum- merire took part in the Maritime amateur boxing championship tournament. His brother, Bernard. was under treatment in the Char- lottetown Hospital for a consider-

Hcrberi‘. MacDonald. all of Chop- stcw; Mrs. Arthur Dixon and Mrs. Harold Dixon of Fortune. and Dru-- netta MacDonald at Ilittlc Hrt-imr.

The sympathy of the cntirc pro- vince will on in the fnmilv intheir great. bereavement at this reason of the your.

Rome And Berlin Strengthen Axis

lace it was. A long table- with - c cc talR 1- A-hibld - _____.. l’ York. Y. P. s. . . ,- . _ . llirylcgéiilzitiltiaaeszxieyfirDeceelinlber 22:. Jzilcnesaunrl OTTAWA, Dec. 10—The widenina [tome fillings an “ed up and ‘My M“- w- H- Pwwse- ‘i: ii’$°°i‘..‘.’§..’.“’i€i$i5 Nolfl‘ Lake’ l" m 18 mnes from me“ home at Chepsmw‘ L-797-12-13-2i- 5h Thomas: A. Bisby, White sta- rupture between the Federal Gov- m‘ de "'3' t“ needy “hudlm ""1 Evelen Duffy. above Nanking have been kept, curl sofiiilfiasiqlgiusu b332,‘ I221“;

AMBASSAllilR BINGHAM DIES.

United States Envog,

urday night at the ago bf tim of a rare and obsdil; d agnozed by an operatic!!! Tuesday.

newspapers — the and the Louisville Times-and

of the first new deal diplomatic ape’ pcintees died in hospital of "tibia dominal Hodgkins."

Only after his rleath (lid riocto dsclcse the nature of the illn which defied diagnoris in likirope medical centres last summer.

In nnshinuion. informed source: cxpresscci hClllJi the President woul name Joraeph P.~Kcnned_ chairind of the Xiuritimc Commission, succeed Binuhain.

EXlTlTF§inli§ of rcgret came quick-f: ly from United States ofiic aldo from the King and Queen. fro British officials and tho (liplontzvi corps in lnnrlon.

Fcrnfield.

aboard the steamship who disappeared Nov. ‘

A DiPLoMAT is A ‘i _GUY Wile CAN SAY l NO‘ ‘so n‘ SDUNDS

change of goods.

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METTLTROIDF-ICAL SERViCk

the Gnvcrnmnet salt!‘ in cci in break the exicirling line: (‘S ed three days ago. .

The bombing and machihcl-‘gun- ning of insurgent troops by gov- ernment panes was roporicd a major factor in checking the counter-attacks

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llid chickens on a graded basis each ____ _ ,, , k V _ __ n8 De b ll . ~ - ‘ r . n M62110 C91 c r l in i. i .1 ha“ & scrim‘ er rs E B. g. Sheboldaeff. former chief gas bombs has been cmstnicted bc- i mgrizvsg}: “mm” “m; a 22 n-lbl-ll-IB-ifi-fl-lil-W-il- secretary of the Communist Party Biggest-Kigali‘; Zpadfdlzvjfllmg; Victoria 40 4o ' e :f N rth Caucasus; A > Erlmonmn 30 32 "Borden Line Club loadill! 0;. g. Oraktelrshvill, old Georg- defipfllached 1mm qullm?" “nde” t y Regina - 10 from lambs ma calves Tuesday iiau Bolshevik. and A. DA. Liieteierl. - - W g ¥lmiiipcg “i: all‘ rfternoon December 21st... at Al- __ ~whose name was unknown n or- CM. G“ Masks ' _i_.__ . .. .. . ot>€n0‘..0.... y’ , a‘ bany. 12-5 o'clock. W. J. Reid. OMB“ Dem 19 _(Ap)__sh°uf,5 11k, 5 mute;- dlgmiggeg 1.1-, cook," ielgn circles. n (A. Gunrgian siigspefcllai gvlre) . klijlledland tht: Govt-Human: "said “main g0 M Becnmw" ‘Mindanao-zl- d "Nam or momuonnsoundefl rziolmofhtalie 1111M? tehcirtotin BirmmtEnmnugctifliiciiiiqiiog“: l5-lFEG0VEglEiElltecilllli()l_ll\E% tgilgy l1llenlPlflllishlsjrlgoesl-lfls." s“ em ‘My Qllebec '38 32 A tllmillh 91° “Ne” of my?“ 90m ‘flu of “Nfihag wyigd . , $598k ‘qehe gaegmefl, 110'“, h.“ 23-‘ its troops pierccd the defences of Military dispatches indicated 3mm‘ 3°11“ 2B, urnmwk“ awn!” mum‘ cwpml ma" ‘ma; iilogtltafetfigrer ‘(flniatilonaligtls Party the fight to ‘Halifax Theatre _—.=» 'rr_—_—_—_~.r-_i ::::'f;:.';";.T- Terucl in an offensive against the the insurgents rushed heavy re- cnntlmi i 35 1| 1 gag ea e | - 2' ‘ ‘ ‘ . . _ ‘ arot c own - - Christmas Day we wil failed to br l “um “mm” M the swam v (Continued on Page 3' COL 5) lfrfgmciiy on the insurgent eastern aoigldslrgtslflrccxtligoogrsowt: 4‘ FORECASTS

i Mar time East: ivlodorate to freso innrthwcsterly Winds; cloudy wiir stationary or n liit c imvrr tcmpcr~ ' allure‘. scattered snow-iiiurirs. l High tide this ill moon at i258 ' nn-i tomorrow morning a‘, 12 26. Sun sets this afternoon at 4.21 and rises tnrnnrrnn" morning at 7.33. 1 inst quarter moon Friday. Dec.

llld ' _ , 10th fi§d‘,’],,'°"“:.'§, penltd to students outside his ci- dwumh -_ Owner! 01 the thflltrfl D8684. 361°"! he? mlffllilfl i0 R9‘. rid-Valencia communication linc. Insurgent advices ncknowiedccd . 24 n; 92o n, m, afternoon and " grid" fm-gnogn flee not. to make the situation ‘ma. h.“ “an “n” u ; their loss st about 125.000 while John ‘Buchan, the Governor '11.; six-day bniile through the offensive was cnntinuiilg. but 1 Summorside tide eighteen min- timber 3am q “u; 3mg worse by seditious cries. A Gcv- u lead. .50 f n, o‘ ti!!! WhOlEEBlQ Dmlllliil! find "l!" . Gemllll ffilllel- MYE- Euclid" K3108 and snow \\'."s reported to a communique from the snlam- utes later than Charlottetown. ‘W!’ hogs ' 3n ti l l and crnment spokesman said the cab- ""99 in.” - m t‘ e m firm of Nickerson and Crease. vos Miss Helen liiastcrson, daugh- lmvc tnkm n hcaiy toll or life. nncn headquarters srlil “enemy "M" °° pm‘ "y and Wldflfiflfi “mlmu” m" ' [next door. suffered about $5,000 ‘w: of John blaster-ton. of Brough- , The llls.ll'il"li'rs estimated more attacks continue io break against n‘. Tgfafff‘: __ m" I I“ __ our position in the Teruel sector." more; Tcrlllltlna u n a». us p. o.