I
CLASSIFIED
HABIT
Boston
Grill
Everyone
read)
the
Claasiried
Ads.
MHOK
CAIJ.MIET
If
you
lose,
advertise
for
tt.
Special
Dinners
Thursdays
and
Saturdays
If
you
find,
locate
the
owner.
Dancing
every
Katurday
nljut
Whatever
you
need,
advertise
for
It
from
0
to
IS.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Oanre
Hall
for
Hire.
(JET
THE
CLASSIFIED
IIAIIIT.
U
Accomodation
for-Prlvae
Parties
y
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
riione
457
1
XVIII.,
No.
222.
'
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
21,
1928
Price
Five
Cents
Vol.
NOR
TH&O
TT
OPPOSES
VANCOUVER
September
21.
Declaring
he
had
been
"framed"
and
will
fight
extradition
to
the
United
States,
Gordon
Stuart
Northcott,
charged
with
murdering
several
boys
on
a
chicken
ranch
at
Riverside,
California,
was
brought
to
Vancouver
last
night
and
locked
in
a
cell
in
Okalla
prison.
Northcott,
who
was
captured
at
Vernon
Wednesday,
was
taken
to
Kamloops
where
he
was
taken
aboard
the
train
Thursday
morning
for
the
coast.
At
Okalla
he
readily
admitted
his
identity
but
did
not
appear
the
least
concerned.
He
read
the
newspapers
avidly!
and
c
omments
on
them.
He
i
fnpni
inlly
interested
in
the
accounts
of
hi
flight
from
Van-'
(r.uvir.
one
police
escort
de-,
clnri'd.
;
The
L
Angela
.
.jltapatcheft
I
Northcott
characterized
as
a
"n-
rne
up."
He
had
little
to
xtv
following
his
arrest.
His
Mil-,
conversation
between
Kam-,
loops
and
Vancouver
amounted
to
"This
is
right,"
or
"That
is
wrong."
as
he
eagerly
reao
thiotijrh
the
newspapers.
Many
hundred
of
people
were
a
the
depot
when
the
train
pulled
in
to
the
station
shortly
after
,
rit'ht
last
night
in
an
attempt
to
pet
a
glimpse
f
the
youth
h
it
the
train
pulled
up
at
Ileatleyj
Avenue,
several
blocks
from
the
i
station,
and
Northcott
was
hurriedly
removed
to
a
waiting
auto
mobile
and
whiaked
away
to
Okalla.
Mother
Admits
Identity
f
AI..:AltY,
Sept.
21.
The
wo-nian
held
by
the
police
last
night
admitted
her
identity
as
Mrs.
Sarah
Louise
Northcott.
wanted
at
Riverside,
Cal.,
in
connection
wt.h
several
murders
there
on
a
chicken
ranch.
After
declaring
or
:to
hours
that
she
was
Mrs.
J.
Illa-
k.
a
widow
and
without
chil
i'r
'ii.
she
was
shown
a
picture
of
hrr
son
and
told
of
his
arrest
sml
thin
she
quietly
said:
'1
;im
Mrs.
Northcott."
She
ad-'
rutted
identity
to
Sergeant
Car-i
uttu
rs
and
Bsked
as
to
the
welfare
of
her
son.
The
police
declared
the
woman
to
be
held
here
for
the
U.
8.
authorities.
Knowledge
that
her
on
is
in
the
tolls
at
Vancouver
and
might
need
her
assistance
vn
responsible
for
the
breaking
own
of
the
woman's
reserve.
LEGATEE
OF
A
RICH
RELATIVE
dreik
Merchant
Lenveu
Her
Sum
of
$750,000
Pounds
in
nil
LONDON,
Sept.
21.
Lady
Byng
has
been
left
750,000
pounds
'eiling
in
the
will
of
Pandeli
Italll,
a
wealthy
Greek
merchant,
who
was
a
relative
of
hers,
says
the
Evening
Standard.
Ralll
was
&
romantic
figure
in
English
society
who
died
last
August,
aged
1)8.
HpsK'TH
Hy.
'ffJP
wBmm
lVt
'VaalaBiallS
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flHaHsBaB
President
or
the
Council
QUEEN
MARY
CHAPTER
HOLDS
TEA
AND
SALE
Successful
Event
Took
Place
Y
tertlay
Afternoon
at
Hmh
of
Retent,
Mr.
I).
C.
Stuart
A
successful
tea
and
aato
of
home
cooking
Was
held
yesterday
afternoon
by
Queen
Mary
Chapter,
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire,
at
the
home
of
the
regent,
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
Hays
Block.
Xn,
8.
P.
McMordie,
Mrs.
Shel-ford
Darton,
Mrs.
D.
McD.
Hunter
and
Mrs.
3.
G.
8
teen
penred,
and
assisting
in
serving
was
Mrs.
Thomas
Andrew,
Mrs.
David
Thompson,
Mrs.
James
Simpson,
Mrs.
W.
C
Aapinall
and
Mrs.
C.
J.
Norrington.
Mtn.
Robert
Blance
and
Mrs.
Alonso
Haines
were
in
charge
of
the
home
cooking
table.
During
the
afternoon,
delight
ful
vocul
solos
were
suns;
by.
Mrs.
Krnest
Anderson,
whose
accompanist
was
Mrs.
Morris
Blott.
RAILWAY
PROMOTION
'
IN
WESTERN
REGION
W1NNIPKG,
Sept.
21.
An-j
nouncement
is
made
today
of
the
promotion
of
Albert
Wilcox,
gen-
j
eral
superintendent
of
transpor-j
tat
ion,
Canadian
National
Rail-,
ways
Western
Region,
to
the
poai-,
tioii
of
assistant
to
the
general
V.
I.
Smart
suc
ceed
to
the
position
of
general
sup-rh'tcmlent
(
traimportation.
DIES
AT
WINNIPEG!
WINNIPEG,
Sept.
21.
A
romantic
figure
in
the
history
of
the
missionaries
of
Western
Canada
who
served
for
forty
year
as
a
missionary
lo
the
Indians
in
the
;un;tpelie
Valley.
Rev.
Hugh
.McKay,
M
years!
of
age,
died
at
his
home
here
lust
night.
He
was
a
r
.-tidenf
m'
the
west
since
1884.
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
i
Courtesy
of
tt
D.
jOi.osoo
Co,
uULt
The
following
quotations
were
bid
and
auked.
Argent
Rufus
86;
Sfffe
'
Bayview,
6"!4
;
.7
li.
C.
.Silver
1.35:
1JA.
Bij?
Missouri
49i;
61.
Cork
Province
ttS
47.
Cotton
Belt,
uii;
Dun
well
11;
14.
Duthie
Ho;
83.
ig
Copper
5.25;
SJO,
(ieorgia
River,
S6'4;
8T..
j
Gladstone,
nil;
4.
Colconda,
80;
86.
Grundview,
39
Vi;
4t.".
Independence
14
Vi;
144,
1
liitiian
5';;
7.
Kootenay
Florence
20;.
U,
L.
&.
L.
9'i;
10.
Lakeview
1J
nil.
Lcky
Jim
25;
25.
Marmot
Metals,
8;
.
Marmot
River
Gold
9;
10.-
Mohawk
6Vi;Vs.
National
Silver
-1;
li
Noranda,
ail;
61.75.
-Pend
Oreille
18.76;
13.90.
Porter
Idaho
66;
68.
Premier,
2.30;
SLS2.
Richmond
nil;
4.
Ruth
Hope
59;
59
Vs.
Silver
Croat
10;
10
ft.
Silversmith
U;
nil
Sloean
King
6;
all
,
.
Sunlock,
$.00;
SJ0.
Snowflako
47;
50.
Terminus,
14;
IS.
Tbpley
Richfield
60;
91.
Torir
2.80
8.00.
Whitewater
2.00;
2.02.
Woodbine
11;
lift.
'
OIU
Dalhousie
2.25;
2.30.
Fahyon
11
V2
:
12.
Home,
2.55;
2.59.
WILL
CARRY
RELIEF
SUPPLIES
TO
INDIES
FREE
OF
ALL
CHARGE
MONTREAL,
8ept.
21.
Cana-diariH
are
deeply
concerned
and
immediately
interested
in
the
tragic
eventa
throughout
the
storm-swept
West
Indies
because;
of
the
strong
personal
and
trade
relationship
which
exists
between
thesc
countries.
Canadian
aid
for;
the
British
Islands
affected
is
now
being
organited
and
to
assist
in
this
instructions
have
been
issued
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Steamships
that
all
goods
destined
for
relief
will
be
transported
free
of
charge
over
the
lines
of
the
railway
and
in
the'
eisels
if
the
National
system.
'
Postmaster
General
Resents
Statement
of
Minor
Employee
GOOD
ROADS
LEAGUE
ENDORSES
RUPERT
TER
Northcott
Declares
Evidence
At
Riverside
in
Regard
to
Murders
Frame
Up
and
Will
Not
Return
Mother
Denies
Identity
Until
Shown
Son's
Photograph
iiitjctcdm
wreeinmnv
When
She
Ac
m
s
She
s
the
Woman
Wonted
.
lUUOlunttlU
hy
Police
HON.
It.
W.
IIRI
HN
J
l.NSI'KCTFI)
TI!'
P'ISH
FUKK
STATE
GIRL
GUIDES:
Gen.
Sir
Robert
F.vlen-I'ruveU,
Chief
of
the
S
outs,
Lady
Rden-Powull,
and
their
son
'Ver.
at
Dublin,
where
the
Irish
Free
SUtejOirl
Guides
wore
assemble
t
y
,,
Matheson
Gels
Good
Roas
League
To
Back
Speeding
Up
Corstfudion
Of
Road
Prince
Rupert
To
Terrace
I).
J.
Matheson,
who
came
all
the
way
from
Prince
Rupert
to
promote
the
interests
of
his
city
and
its
500-mile
long
hinterland
was
successful
in
getting;
the
Good
Roads
League
to
ask
the
government
to
continue
and
speed
up
the
road
construction
between
Terrace
and
Prince
Rupert,
says
the
Nelson
News
reporting
the
league
convention
held
recently
at
Trail.
The
work
of
connecting
up
the
various
hinterland
centres
was
not
proceeding
tno
badly,
Mr.
Matheson
admitted,
but
the
coast
connection
was
proceeding
with
painful
slowness.
If
the
work
could
be
speeded
up,
he
figured
it
might
be
possible
to
get
the
connection
in
time
for
use
by
this
generation.
That
Government
Lied
to
Them
Tells
Postmen
at
Convention
he
Proposes
lo
Take
Action
in
Connection
With
Speech
of
a
Delegate
OTTAWA,
September
21.
"I
do
not
propose
to
en
ter
into
a
controversy
with
a
minor
employee
of
the
de-partnwnt
in
regard
to
salary
increases
sought
by
the
letter
carriers.
The
same
kind
of
statements
were
made
on
tlie
floor
of
the
House.
I
stand
by
the
replies
I
made
then."
This
was
the
statement
made
by
Hon.
J.
P.
Veniot
in
the
convention
when
charges
were
made
yesterday
by
It.
S.
BuM
of
Ottawa,
delegate
at
the
convention
of
the
federated
association
of
letter
carriers
of
Canada
at
Windsor,
Ontario.
"If,
however,
the
minutes
of
the
convention
bear
out
newspaper
reporK
I
will
''".
The
Government
lies
take
action."
V
r.
Veniot
s.iid
iw,"'n
ft
'
it
cannot
give
us
The
PostniuMi
r
General
did
not
indicate
to
what
would
be
the
nature
of
the
action.
Mr.
Bull's
was:
"The
i
tlu
money
without
the
approval
j
of
the
commission."
Making
another
new
record
for
reported
statement
early
arrival,
C.P.R.
steamer
st
muster
general
Princess
Royal,
Capt.
Albart
Rip-
knew
very
v
II
that
the
civil
pon.
reached
port
at
1.30
this
service
comnuion
would
not
afternoon
from
the
south
and
give
us
the
raise
when
lie
iv-
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
on
her
return
commended
lm
reuses
te
the
com-
'
to
Vancouver
and
way
points.
RACE
he
declared
and
added:
1
was
seekiug
a
sate
place
to
leave
hef
and
theo
return
alone
and
fight
mis
tfcinV
Referring
to
the
charges
he
de
clared
they
had
been
"trumped
w
ROAD
Young
Northcott
Tells
Story
Of
How
Eluded
Police
This
Province
VANCOUVER,
September
21.
It
was
to
shield
"poor
ittle
mother"
from
the
pain
of
knowing
that
her
son
was
charged
with
monstrous
crimes
that
Gordon
Stuart
Northcott!
gave
British
Columbia
one
of
the
most
thrilling
man
hunts
in
its
history,
according
to
a
copyright
story
in
the
Vancouver
Sun
today.
Thus
Northcott.
explained
to
the
newspapermen
the
reason
for
his
flight
and
bitterly
denied
being
guilty
of
the
Riverside
"murder
farm"
charges.
"Lota
of
stories
arc
circulated
about
me,"
he
declared.
"They
are
all
untrue.
Some
people
have
been
suffering
from
too
much
!
imagination
and
a
lot
of
people
will
be
sorry
when
this
case
is!
I
cleared
up."
In
order
to
protect!
his
mother
he
kept
all
the
infor-j
SHOT
HIMSELF
FOR
A
WOMAN
mation
of
the
charges
away
from.
.
i
.w
;
Vancouver
Man
Ask
Th.il
flfrl
t
,
own
uvnBiwuet
awutauMi
.
.
V"
Do
Liberated
Frn'
LWaai
As
CALGARY.
9trpt
tlht9tihm
ia
note
addressed
to
Magistrate
'Shaw
ststimr
8""nf
that
a
o-irl
nmH
up
'"ie
aiurpny
whom
the
judge
had
nt
Prlaon
for
six
Northcott
described
the
capture
and
excellent
treatment
given
him
mo"th
Vancouver
was
not
by
the
provincial
poUce.
After
?fui'
J
tne
off
charged,
T.
he
left
the
house
on
Pendrill
IIu".
ye
of
ye
of
Street,
Vancouver,
Sunday
night.
V'ni,.V!r'
him8e,f
thought
he
motored
to
DIaine.
eluded
the
?het
,eft
twple
wfth
a
S2
calibre
customs
and
guards
and
returned
P'oi
ai
js.jo
murs-
to
uanada
again,
and
again
re-crossed
the
line
only
to
return
to
the
Canadian
side
and
then
on
A
uuovietj
lie
auu
met
iiivs
vnt
n
civ
proceeded
to
Calgary
by
train
and
Northcott,
used
an
automobile
to
a
point
near
Princeton
where
he
took
the
train
to
West
Sum-
merland,
boarded
the
boat
there
and
was
later
captured.
"The
newspapers,
especially
those
in
the
south,"
the
prisoner
1
declared,
"convict
a
man
before
he
comes
to
trial.
I
don't
think
there
should
be
so
much
publicity
before
a
man
is
charged
with
:
crimes
and
comej
into
court."
PREMIER
AND
PARTY
VISIT
P.G.E.
LINE
'
Victoria.
Sept.
21.
Premier
.Tolraie,
the
entire
cabinet
and
'several
Hrltish
Columbia
federal
members
of
Parliament
left
to
day
on
a
four
day
tour
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
and
the
adjacent
country.
SISTER
OF
C
C
MILLS
PASSES
C.
(1
Mills
raoeived
word
today
of
the
death
of
his
sister
Miss
Mabel
Mills
at
the
family
home,
Pratt,
Kansas.
She
was
63
years
of
age
and
was
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert
where
she
had
visited
with
her
brother
on
at
least
two
occasions.
,
Sho
had
been
ill
for
some
time.
Miss
Mills
leaves
a
mother.
Mrs.
A.
D.
Mills,
and
a
sister
and
brother
in
Kansas
in
addition
to
the
brother
here.
imj
ui
w-rnTOn
na
(ilea
naif
an
hour
later
in
the
hospital.
Hudson
had
apparently
been
by
remorse
at
the
ore-
driven
north
and
along
the
Cari-!aicmen
his
8irl
Mquaint-
boo
trail
where
he
left
his!
r
.7.
weD
ine
namgurtrate
to
mother
at
Spence's
bridge.
She:"
l"e
siaiement
as
a
death
The
coroner
stated
that
an
an
inquest
was
not
necessary.
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
21.-T.
M.
"Prank"
Hudson
ia
xttH
have
left
the
rooming
house
here
recently
following
the
aentencing
of
Mrs.
R.
J.
"Billie"
Murphy
to
six
months
imprisonment
on
a
harge
of
theft
of
a
check
for
187-
The
police
state
that
Hudson
was
a
defence
witness
for
the
woman.
He
left
his
job
as
bar
tender
in
a
local
beer
parlor
about
a
month
ago.
SALVATION
ARMY
HEAD
IS
MOVED
Major
Walter
L.
rarruthera,
Hi-,
visional
Commander,
Transferred
lo
Manitolia
Successor
Named
Many
friends
in
the
city
as
well
as
throughout
the
district
will
regret
to
learn
that
Major
Walter
L.
Carruthers,
for
the
past
five
years
divisional
commander
of
the
Salvation
Army,
with
headquarters
at
Wrangell.
has
received
orders
to
proceed
to
Winnipeir
to
take
charge
of
the
Manitoba
division.
He
and
Mrs.
Carruthers
are
expected
to
jro
south
shortly.
Sftaf
f
Captain
Acton,
recently
in
charge
of
the
Winnipeg
Citadel,
will
succeed
Major
Carru
thers.
He
and
Mrs.
Acton
are
now
in
Vancouver
and
will
come
north
to
take
up
iheir
new
duties
after
the
Congress
next
month.
A
fisheries
patrol
plane,
bound
for
the
iias
River,
passed
over
the
harbor,
flying
high,
about
about
1.30
this
afternoon.