, ! XXII., No. 156. 5 6 K German Killer Tays Penalty With His Life on Guillotine DUES8BDORF. Germany. July 6 -Peter Kuerten of Duesscldorf, convicted of committing a number of wwiWtWirTOWW 'fflnifrknd 1929. died on the guillotine at the we k-end. The execution was carried out In the pretence of the pre-Mrtins Judge, the prosecuting attorney, officials of the ministry and 12 citizens. DINE WITH PRESIDENT rent and Gaily Accept Invitation of Chief Executive Justified under conditions at that time. The Tolmie Government has been compelled to Impose the uni versal one per cent Income tax not because of a legacy of debt left It by the former Liberal administration but on account of its own ex travagance and wastefulness. Fiery Speech Here were but a few of the made against the present gov- lirnmcnUojt. British Columbia, by T. ID. PaUullo. leader of the Liberal op position, speaking Saturday night In the Moose Hail to a targe ana enthusiastic "home town" audience. Mr. Pattullo denounced the Tolmie Government on many counts In a flenr soeech on the subject of pub lic affairs as they exist today In this province. L. W. Patmore presided over the meeting. Major S. F. Moodle. Liberal organizer for the province, was also on the platform. In opening his address. Mr. Pattullo referred to the necessity, for merly as a minister and now as opposition leader, of his travelling about the province to observe con- ditlons and study needs. It was as- MORATORIUM ACCORD IS ALMOST IN SIGHT i i 4 , PARIS, July 6: A cabinet minister, who Is not one of the ! negotiators In the debt mora- torlum conversations, told the Associated Press today that definite accord was In sight within 48 hours and possibly tonight. CARD OF THANKS friends of the late Harold Corbett Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell take the privilege of expressing appreciation of the many beautiful floral offerings and kind expressions of sympathy shown at, the funeral yesterday. CARD OF THANKS On behalf of the employees of the Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co., I take this opportunity of expressing thanks for the many kind expressions of sympathy In connection with the death of our late fellow worker Harold Corbett. L RICHARDSON. Toda,Wg'Bar Tomorrow's Tides Tuesday, July 7, 1931 High . 6:02 a.m. 15:6 ft Prince-' JtupertJfB a ihlne; 18:55 pjn. 17:1 It. light breeze. Low 0:15 a.m. 8:2 It. 12:11 p.m. 6:0 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JULY 6, 1931 Christening a Glider Before Crossing Channel FIVE-DAY WEEK IN CHICAGO ORDERED CHICAGO, July 6: Mayor Cermak has ordered that seven I thousand two hundred and forty-five city employees who are paid by the day be placed on a five-day week basis. He also Instructed department heads they must cut at least ten per cent from their annual pirwntM which does not In- rlnri xalarlM and waacs. t FRANCE TO SIGN PACT Agreement on Hoover's Moratorium Plan Still Expected WASHINGTON. July 6: Confidence that the negotiations between Secretary Mellon and officials of the French government I In Paris will result In an agree-i ment for a moratorium on inter- government debts was still held In Washington over the week-end, despite some discouraging Indications in the last day or so. Officials here were without late Hcir nn tlii nrnrrpsa of the ne- On behalf of the relatives ar li gotiations and were unable to say what progress had been made. In dlnlomatic Quarters the belief still prevailed that there would be an agreement. FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral of Napoleon Fru-neau will take place tomorrow (Tuesday). Service will be held at the Roman Catholic Church at 9 ajn. The pall-bearers, old frlendi of the late Mr. Pruneau win di Julius Couture, Glllls Royer. Oliver Peloquln, Joseph Boulet Peter La-Clalre and Jules Sequin. AH friends and acquaintance are asked to be present at the service. EIGHT ARE DROWNED Ottawa Took Toll of Lives Yesterday When Rowboat , Upset OTTAWA, July 6: Eight persons were drowned in the Ottawa River on Sunday when a rowboat upset in rough water. The dead are: George Kacicot, aged 28; his two daughters, Edith, 5, and Li-laine, 24, Maurice and Charles Labicrte, brothers, 8 and 10; Alice Talbot, 17; Calvin Frith, 17, and Bernard Gosselin, 17. TRIAL IS GOING ON Preliminary Move on Behalf David Clark in Los Angeles of LOS ANGELES, July 6 A pre liminary move by defense counsel in the trial of David H. Clark, former deputy district attorney on Joint charges of murder for the slavins of Herbert Science. Dolltkal wriltf Qharl'aVrJ, oTj iian,-nas oeen maae. iegnara Wilson, counsel for Clark, waived the statuary limit on filing an in formation charging murder of Crawford. The state had filed an Information pertaining only to the Spencer killing. The attorney also announced that today he would argue a motion to force the state to file an amended information containing specific charges on both killings. IS LAID TO REST Funeral Held Yesterday For Harold Corbett Lali The funeral of the late Harold Corbett. who was drowned last February In the Skeena River and whose body was found last week took place yesterday afternoon There was a large attendance at the service in the chapel of the B. C. Undertaker. The service was conducted by Dean J. B. Gibson of St. Andrew's Anglican Cathedra! and the address was given by Rer. Canon W F. Ruahbrook. Miss M. A Way presided at the organ and thr hymns were "Nearer. My God, To Thee" and "Lead, Kindly Light." After the senrlce., Interment was made in Falrview Cemetery Mourners in twenty can fallowed the corteire to the final reeling place. Pallbearers were Lout" Richardson. Oliver Anderson, Jack Skinner and Stanley Mercer. There were thirty-one flora I wreathes sent by the following: Those sending flowers: Six Musketeers. Bert and Bud. Seal Cove Orocery. Mr and Mrs. T. Wilson. Miss M. Durant. Mr. Isaacson and daughter. Miss Yvonne Riffou. Fish I Packers Union. The GlrlvAlU. Bess and Jean. First North B. C. Regiment and Football Club. Mr. and Mrs. Warsfold. Louis and Stan. Mr. and Mrs. W. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Slaggard, MUs Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Barbs and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ntehlo, Miss Hart and friend, Mr. and Mrs. Dickens and family, Wadeat Mussallem. Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell and family. Mike Luba-tlno, Mr. and Mrs. Annosley and family. M. and G. Wallace. W:t Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, July fl: Wheat quoted at 9f ftc on uic toent i exchange today. PASSED ON SATURDAY Death Came Suddenly to Mir. Mildred Mary Mcllmoyle, . Resident of City For Many Years The death occurred very suddenly In the Prince Rupert General Hospital at-4 o'clock Saturday afternoon of Mrs. Mildred Mary Mcllmoyle. aged 37, wife of George Mcllmoyle, Sixth Street.' It ' wai only Thursday that Mrs. Mcllmoyle entered the hospital. She failed to rally after an operation had been performed on the afternoon of her death. Born In the United States, the late Mrs. Mcllmoyle had lived in Prince Rupert for a number of years and was quite well known. She had also, lived at Stewart and -tt Hazelton. Besides her husband, deceased leaves to mourn her loss, her mother, Mrs. A. J. Boyce and four irothers three In Seattle and one In Nome. Funeral arrangements are In the hands of the B. C. Undertakers. The funeral will take place tomor- CHURCH MEETING Big Gathering in Seattle Closes After Nine-Day Session SEATTLE, July 6: After passing many resolutions among the more important of which was one opposing birth control, another advocating the entry of United States Into the League of Nations, another urging the abolition of compulsory military service and still another urging the continuation of the dry laws of the United States, the general council of the Congregation of Christian Churches came to a close here after a nine-day session. California House Speaker Making Trip to Alaska Edgar C. Levey, Speaker of the California State Legislature, and Mrs. Levey and family were passengers aboard the Princess Charlotte this morning going north to make the round trip to Skagway. Their horn is In San Francisco. FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral 'of the late Mrs. Oeorge Mclmoyle will take place tomorrow. Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the parlors of the B.C. POPULATION OF WALES AND ENGLAND GREATER LONDON, July 6: Prelim- ary summaries of the census taken last April show that the population of England and Wales totals 39,047.931 persons, exceeding the 1921 figure by 2.- 610.232. The new total shows 19.138.844 males and 20,809,087 females. London Is still world's largest city by a margin of more than 1.000,000 lnhabl- tants over New York. Metro- polltan London has a popula- tlon of 8502,818. PRICE FIVE CENTS EFUELLING PLANE LOSES ITS WA Y PATWLLO HEARD IN FIGHTING SPEECH SATURDAY NIGHT Opposition Leader Is Critical of Victoria Gov't on Many Scores Return of Liberal Party Is Only Hope For Common-Sense Administration Clique Rule, Patronage and Extravagance Arc Charged The Tolmie government is not administering affairs for the lienefit of the province and not even for the benefit of the Conservatives but for the benefit of a clique which is now in control of British Columbia. The Tolmie Govern- ni.'nt had engaged in such an orgy of gross partizanship that it had been forced to attempt to cover it up by em- fcbarktne1 upon an enormous pro- MUKDMfcK EXECUTED Tgram of public works which was not the Interest he had found Kir of a diavytng dash around the tonlshlng world opened White House doors to "lc ""c" """"""w . ... ...i i- at nrcscnt taking In public affairs. passed nearly unnoticed In Wash- This, he thought, was largely due U ii.Kt.m. President Hoover. In dls- great unrest which now existed In patching congratulations to Wiley me puouc mina ana u.c m. PM und Harold Oatty, Included an iiivitaUon to luncheon. True livers' n urewntatives accepted for today. Tho chief executive, a globe trotter himself, followed the flight with FLYERS ON FISH TRIP DISORDER INJTALY nioodlm Wur lictwecn Church and State ts Continuing onomlc Impasse throughout the world. Flames of Folly Coming down to provincial affairs. Mr. Pattullo recalled how. prior to 1928, the Conservatives had gone about the country condemning the Liberal administration because development and progress were too glow, taxes were too high and what 1 not. All that was necessary, they had said, was to turn out the Liberals and try a new government, ipk.n ra hniinri tn ensue an era of Tost and flatty Steal Away From affluence such as had never been Tremendous Reception In i known before In the country. All Their Honor problems would bo solved and all difficulties erased. If the Conserva- NEW YOnK, July 6: Stealing tlvcs were given the reins of office. nw;iy from the tremendous rccep-: Canadian boys and girls who had tlon which has been accorded them left for the United States would see sinco their arrival Wednesday night the llghU burning again In the ufU-r their record-breaking flight i windows at home and all would be nrnund the world. Wiley Post and! flocking back to avail themselves of Harold Oatty. spent the Fourth of; the new opportunities here. "The Juiv .m nn nnaiino nvnpditinn with iiohtA t ran see burning today -'.. . i .. .. n ollttprini? inenas nrur owmiuru, uuim. are ine names u ". .-.- from the windows of me rama-ment Dulldlngs In Victoria." declared Mr. Pattullo amid laughter. Mr. Pattullo charged Premier Tolmie and his ministers with making statements which were untrue and which they knew to be untrue. The fact of the matter was the Tolmie Government had come Into power under the most fortunate clrcum- TV. .fences. Credits of the province HOME. Italy. Julye:-jAc.t o -rehftbllltated and the f-disorder, presumably the outcome of DC5 ff0Vernment were In or- -- uiuuu Ivan -w- vw churdi and state, are Increasing at an alarming rate. Further offences against the church are anticipated nnd the authorities arc taking steps to Kuard against them. der. All the new ministers had to do was to come In. hang up their hats and follow the advice of trained and experienced officials who had the (Continued on Page 2) Barbara Canland. novelist, smashes tht bottle of champagne over prow of glider at DeUlng aerodrome, near Maidstone. Kent, England, chrlstener! prior to an .attempted flight of English channel Flyers Ow Way From Edmonton To Fairbanks Landed On Lava Bed Near Naas River Village Pilots Slattern and Greener Were Hundreds of Miles Off Their Course Trans-Pacific Flight Delayed Until Refueller Gets North Pilots Mattern and Greener, flying from Edmonton to Fairbanks with a refuelling plane for the proposed flight of Reginald L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, who are planning to fly from Seattle to Tokyo via Alaska, lost their way on Saturday and landed that evening on a lava bed close to Canyon City, an Indian vinage on me mta uim. muiu- ins to word received here by the provincial police, plane and flyers . rxOI I ITPC' were unhurt In the landing and the Intention of the two ptlots was to pick up their bearings and resume their Interrupted flight today. Mattern and Qreener. who nop- ped off from Edmonton at 3:30 Sa turday morning, would De several hundred miles, at least, off their course In landing at Canyon City. The trans-Pacific flight oi koo- blna and Jones will be delayed until the refuelling plane gets north. Oft From llairlton HAZELTON, July 6:-Jamea Mattern and Nick Greener hopped off from here this morning for Fairbanks. They had arrived here earlier in the morning from Alyanah near which place they had been forced down Saturday evening wiui their trons-Paclflc flight refuell ing plane. J. D. Agar, member of the board of village commissioners at Ter-tace, was an arrival In the eltv from the Interior on thl afternoon's train. LUOI L1VLO ON FOURTH Large Toll of Humanity is Taken In United States' nig Celebration NEW YOKK. July 6: The largest number of Fourth of July deaths In recent years occurred in the United States as the nation celebrated its one hundred and fifty-fifth birthday In a two-day celebration Saturday and Sunday. Only six fireworks deaths oc-cured. Killed in automobile mishaps were 160 persons and 181 were drowned. Thousands were Injured by fireworks. Jit'