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CASE
TAKES
NEW
TURN
Today's
Weather
dyTomorrow's
Hides
Sunday,
June
12,
1932
"
High
7:20
am
185
ft.
prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
20:05
p.m.
18.5
ft.
3022;
temperature,
59;
sea
Low
1:10
ajn.
7.8
Xt.
smooth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
XXIII
No.
137.
Violet
Sharpe,
Servant
in
NEW
YORK,
June
II
:
Scarcli
for
the
kidnappers
and
murderers
of
Charles
Augustus
Lindbcrph
jr.,
baby
boy
of
Col.
nnd
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
took
a
new
and
scnsntional
turn
with
the
suicide
yesterday
of
Violet
Sharpe,
aged
28,
servant
in
the
home
of
Mrs.
Dwignt
Morrow,
grandmother
of
the
murdered
child,
at
Engle-wood,
N.J.
She
was
the
only
one
of
the
servants
m
the
Morrow
and
Lindbergh
households
who
had
been
unable
to
give
a
satisfactory
account
of
her
activities
on
the
night
of
the
kidnapping
and
had
lecn
under
suspicion
since
early
in
the
investigation.
She
took
poison
yesterday
just
before
she
was
to
have
been
questioned
again
by
the
police.
The
woman
had
told
the
police
that
she
had
been
out
and,
a
result,
Ernest
Brm-kert,
with
a
man
named
"Ernie"
as
she
had
iden
ified
as
an
cx-convict,
whose
picture
j
the
man
she
had
been
with,
was
arresieu
ia
h.k
u
"
Kochcllc,
N.Y.
Both
Brinkcrt
and
his
wife,
MiMar
Hrinkcrt,
gave
alibis
to
the
police
but
it
is
stated
that
j
their
stories
do
not
agree.
Violet
Sharpe
was
British
born
and
formerly
resided
.
in
Toronto.
.
...
i.i:.,
I
Dr.
John
F.
Condon
(Jafsic),
wno
i
as
iu,:
-part
in
efforts,
first
to
recover
the
child
am
1
la
tcr
to
ap-prebend
the
murdering
abductors,
was
unable
to
dcntifj
Brinkcrt
as
the
man
named
"John"
to
whom
he
paid
$.0,-000
ransom
in
a
Kronx
cemetery.
Edna
Sharpe,
sister
of
the
dead
woman,
was
wit
1
1
Mo-let
the
day
before
the
abduction.
She
sailed
for
England
tT&wM&Mf
Paid
the
$50,000
to
the
myster-ious
"John."
BRINKERT
TELLS
STORY
ll:-Ernest
Brinkcrt
told
told
ALPINE,
N..L,
June
"
,.'..
4fwnv
Jimi
immediately
tl
10
me
suuu
iui.v
,
.
siory
breakneck
speed
for
a
(lis
at
after,
officers
drove
away
tnation
which
was
not
nnnounccd.
Plane
Driven
Away
By
Eire
of
Rifles
Aerial
Visitors
Mint
Not
Fly
Over
Leavenworth
Penitentiary
LEAVENWOUTH,
Kansas,
June
11:
An
airplane,
making
myte-lous
flights
over
the
Leavenworth
federal
penitentiary,
was
fired
upon
by
n
tower
guard.
It
was
disclosed
with
the
issuance
of
orders
by
Warden
Fred
Zcrbst
to
all
guards
to
shoot
at
any
plane
flying
low
over
the
prison.
Rifle
fire
drove
awny
the
aerial
visitor,
apparently
without
Injuring
either
pilot
or
piano
and
he
has
not
returned
since.
his
crc-
National
Guards
In
Coal
Fields
Watch
Being
Kept
Following
Slay-.,,
ing
of
Deputy,
Sheriff
V
.
y.
Mi,
'
HOPKINSVILLE,
Ky..
June
11:-
Kentucky
National
Ouardsm.
came
Into
Christian
County
coal
fields
and
mounted
machine
gun
at
the
Williams
Coal
Co.
mine
nfar
Mannlngton,
and
at
the
Empire
No.
a
,hpro
DeDuty
Sheriff
Wallace
Myers
was
shot
to
death
Tuesday.
Myers
was
siain
as
me
cimm
w
weeks
of
labor
trouble.
Miners
gathered
in
and
near
Mannlngton
as
.the
troops
took
up
their
duties.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
11,
1932
Morrow's
Home,
Suicided
Friday;
Had
Long
Been
Under
Suspicions
TOOK
POISON
YESTERDAY
JUST
BEFORE
SHE
WAS
AGAIN
TO
HAVE
BEEN
QUESTIONED
BY
POLICE
WAS
UNABLE
TO
ACCOUNT
FOR
HER
MOVEMENTS
Ex-Convict,
Believed
to
Have
Been
Her
Companion,
Arrested
STORIES
OF
ERNEST
BRINKERT
AND
HIS
WIFE
DO
NOT
AGREESISTER
OF
DEAD
GIRL
WENT
TO
ENGLAND
SOON
AFTER
RANSOM
WAS
PAID
Not
Easily
Shocked
This
London
bobby
does
not
seem
in
the
least
shocked,
as
two
fair
bathers,
garbed
in
bathing
suits
and
beach
coats,
walk
past,
after
a
cooling
dip
in
the
Hyde
Park
Lido,
which
opened
to
the
public,
recenUy.
United
Australians
Win
New
South
Wales;
Labor
In
Queensland
Former
Premier
Lang's
Administration
Buried
Under
Landslide
in
Favor
of
Premier
Stevens
Country
Party
Fares
Badly
in
Other
State
""""SYDNEY,
Aust.,
June
11
:
The
Labor
Party
won
in
onr
state
and
lost
in
another
ns
a
result
of
elections
in
Queensland
and
New
South
Wales
today.
In
the
latter
state,
the
United
Australia
Party,
which
formed
a
government
last
month
headed
by
Premior
Stevens,
defeated
the
former
Labor
administration
headed
by
J.
T.
Lang
which
was
dismissed
'by
the
governor
when
it"
nttemnted
to
repudiate
Its
debts.
Stevens'
supporters
elected
66
members
as
against
M
for
the
Laborites
Lang
is
likely
re-elected
In
Auburn
In
Queensland.
Uie
Laborltea
oap-Mired
37
seats
as
against
12
for
tho
Nationalist
Country
Party
with
on
Tnrfiendent
returned
and
two-
seats
unreported.
Funeral
Notice
A
funeral
service
will
be
held
on
Monday
at
'
2J30
p-m.
at
8t.
Andrew's
Cathedral
for
the
late
Oeorge
Rorle.
No
flowers,
by
GUERILLAS
REPULSED
Attack
on
Train
In
Manchuria
Turned
Hack
Dy
Japanese
Is
HARDIN.
Manchuria,
June
11:
Guerillas
attacked
a
Japanese
train
140
kilometres
east
of
Harbin,
but
were
repulsed
after
severe
fighting.
Armored
cars
rushed
relnforct-
ments
to
the
scene
of
the
attack
EDMONTON,
June
11:
With
a
flow
of
11,-000.000
cubic,
feet
of
eras
per
day,
Well
No.
24
was
in
the
Viking
gas
field
on
Thursday.
Officials
declare
that
it
is
the
big-
gest
producer
in
the
his-
tory
of
the
field.
PASSING
OF
GEO.
RORIE
jWas
Prominent
and
Esteemed
Rest
dent
of
City
Since
1920
When
He
Came
From
Vancouver
I
Born
in
Scotland
other
day.
A
few
minutes
after
he
had
gone
to
the
bathroom,
he
wa
found
by
Mrs.
Rorle
slumped
ontc
a
window
seat
and,
apparently,
dead.
A
doctor
was
called
Immediately
and
pronounced
life
extinct.
Born
In
Edinburgh,
Scotland,
on
September
30.
1868,
the
late
Mr.
ted
in
Victoria
for
a
few
months
but
moved
to
Vancouver
where
he
at
first
followed
accountancy
with
the
real
estate
and
Insurance
firm
of
Ceperly.
Rounsefel
&
Coi
Later
ie
established
his
own
accountancy
jractlce
in
which
he
was
joined
af-(Contlnued
on
Page
Two
)
Deal
For
Purchase
Of
Richfield
Oil
i
Is
Reported
On
NEW
YORK,
June
It:
The
time
for
acquisition
of
the
Richfield
Oil
Company
of
California,
now
in
receivership,
has
been
made
known
to
the
three
committees
representing
the
Richfield
bondholders,
the
Pan-American
Petroleum
Co.
of
California
bondholders
and
the
General
Creditors
.
Negotiations
have
been
carried
on
mainly
by
H.
F.
Sinclair
of
the
Consolidated
Gas
Corp.
Should
the
Richfield
deal
fmm
Nlmno.
The
attacking
band!
Drove
successful
the
paper
says,
lost
145
men
while
Jaoanese
repor-
negotiations
probably
would
be
re
ed
their
lossea
as
five
killed
and
sumed
for
the
purchase
of
the
Rio
10
wounded.
'Grande
Oil
Company.
ion.
sided
last
nigra
to
make
inquiries
of
the
attorney-general
as
to
thf
possibility
of
such
a
licence
being
granted,
following
the
matter
un
further
If
necessary,
j
President
Pillsbury
could
not
sre
j
v:hy
a
brewery
should
not
be
estal-
Ulshed
in
Prince
Rupert.
It
would
)ropped
Dead
in
His
Home
This
nean
buJlne-
and
employment
Morning
icumoi
iiearj
ra-
jBrewcry
ucenes
were
granted
by
ure
at
Age
ot
63
Years
the
federal
eovernment
on
the
re-
-tmut-Mt
.
j;.
commendation-.of
the
one
oi
rnn
nurctr
u"k
i
government.
It
seemed
incompre-'nown
and
most
highly
esteemed
j
hens,b,e
that
brewery
licences
-ofessional
men
passed
away
sud-
jnoud
be
granted
only
to
yancou-cnly
at
8:45
this
morning
whenlyer
and
Victorla
ieath
came
as
a
result
oi
neart,
ailurc
in
his
home
on
Fourth
Av-.
nue
west
to
ueorge
none,
cnar-ered
accountant
and
resident
of
his
city
for
12
years.
News
of
his
passing
came
as
a
great
shock
to
Ihe
many
friends
of
deceased
and
10
the
community
generally.
Mr.
Rorle
had
been
confined
to
hu
jed
yesterday
with
what
was
believed
to
be
a
cold.
He
had
risen
this
morning,
saying
that
he
was
W.
Oi
Fulton
felt
that
the
Cham
ber
should
find
out
why
interests
I
that
were
all
prepared
to
establish
a
brewery
here
should
be
denied
a
licence.
If
It
was
impossible
to
obtain
a
licence
for
a
plant
here,
the
Chamber
had
the
right
to
know
why.
It
seemed
.unreasonable
that
eer
should
have
to
be
hauled
500
miles
when
it
could
just
as
well
be
manufactured
here.
feeling
considerably
better
but
de-
j
dlcatc
snouid
not
be
fonned
and
I
)
f
.
4a
hah4a!w
mw
bed
nAn
Vrtl
for
ft
siding
to
remain
in
an
It
apply
for
a
licence,
P.
M.
Ray
told
of
having
been
in
touch
for
two
years
with
Interests
which
desired
to
establish
a
brewery
here
but
who
could
not
obtain
a
licence.
They
had
now
bought
Into
a
Vancouver
brewery
but
were
still
being
bucked.
The
motion
calling
for
Inquiry
to
educated
In
Edinburgh
,
Rorle
was
made
m
he
matter
from
the
at'
Academy
arid
In
January
1892
was;
admitted
to
the
Society
of
Accountants
in
Edinburgh.
For
several
years
he
practised
his
profession
as
an
accountant
In
Edinburgh,
Perth
and
other
Scottish
cities
and
in
1908.
with
his
wife
and
young
fam
ily,
came
to
Canada.
He
was
loca
torney
general
was
carried
BIG
WRECK
REVEALED
Soviet
Hallway
Employees
Charged
With
Neglect
PETROVSK,
Russia,
June
11:
Another
catastrophic
wreck
on
a
Stviet
railroad,
in
which
an
unde
termlned
number
of
person
were
reported
killed
on
May
15
was
re
vealed
publicly
for
the
first'
time
today
when
16
Railroad
employees,
went
on
trial
charged
with
respon
sibllity
for
the
wreck.
!
Argentinean
Claims
World's
Loop
Mark
PARANA.
Argentina.
Junfr'
11:
Lieut.
Pedro
Passlo,
of
the
Argentine
Air
Corps,
claimed
the
world's
i
record
here
after
he
had
completed
682
consecutive
loops.
NO
HALIBUT
IN
No
boats
being
In
with
eatchen.
there
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
the
local
Fish
Exchange
this
morning.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
BREWERY
COMING
HERE
PREVENTED
BY
LICENCE
REFUSAL
ff!-
Mrs.
tmnwFu
itnamber
or
Commerce
COMES
IN
To
Inquire
Why
Beer
Cannot
Be
Made
Here
Government
Attitude
Has
Stopped
New
Industry
From
Entering,
It
Is
Declared
Ask
Attorney-General
to
Explain
Having
been
informed
that
certain
interests
had
the
money
all
ready
and
were
prepared
to
proceed
with
the
establishment
of
a
brewery
here,
being
prevented
from
doing
so
only
by
the
fact
that
they
were
unable
to
get
a
licence
for
the
plant,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
the
suggestion
of
Aid.
J.
H.
Pillsbury,
the
presi-
ent.
and
on
motion
oi
W.
O.
Ful-J
seconded
by
S.
E.
Parker,
de-
HANSON
IS
BACK
HOME
lember
For
Skeena
Returns
to
City
After
Attending
Session
of
Parliament
in
Ottawa
"I
have
never
seen
the
prairie
provincial
Urop
lookina,bi;ttef;-Uiaaihcy
do
ioday,
said
uiol
Hanson.
M.
P.
lor
Skeena,
on
his
return
home
on
this
morning's
train
after
having
attended
the
session
of
the
House
of
Commons
in
Ottawa.
Southern
Sas
katchewan,
which
.
has
suffered
from
drought
in
recent
years,
has
had
abundant
and
welcome
rains
ind
crop
prospects
there
are
very
aright.
Mr.
Hanson
crossed
the
prairies
ibout
a
week
ago,
having
left
Ottawa
about
ten
days
ago.
He
has
been
spending
the
past
few
days
at
Smlthers
in
connection
with
his
timber
interests.
Mr.
Hanson
is
looking
very
fit
and
says
that
he
gained
weight
while
in
Ottawa
this
time
in
spite
of
his
du
ties
which
were
at
time
arduous.
REFINERY
PROPOSED
Special
Committee
of
Commerce
Chamber
to
Invei
tigate
Copper
Plant
A
special
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
Is
to
be
appointed
by
President
J.
II.
Pillsbury
to
go
into
the
possibilities
of
a
copper
refinery
being
established
in
this
district
with
a
view
to
Interesting
the
Consolidated
Mining
and
Smelting
Co.
oi
'ome
such
company.
The
matter
of
a
copper
refinery
was
brought
up
by
J.
J.
Little
who
referred
to
the
new
United
States
a
riff
which
was
shutting
Canadian
copper
out
ot
that
country
tor
refining.
Now
would
appear
to
be
an
opportune
time
to
point
out
the
advantages
of
this
district
as
a
site
lor
a
copper
rennery-
ue
moved
that
a
special
committee
be
named
to
bo
Into
the
matter.
W.
P.
Armour
seconded
the
motion.
Q,
W.
Nlckeraon
thought
that
some
way
would
be
found
of
letting
Canadian
copper
Into
tne
United
States
lor
refining,
even
if
lr
were
'handled
In
;bona
live
wheat.
The
motion
was
passed
and
the
president
Intimated
that
he
would
appoint
a
sDeclal
committee
soon.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
June
11:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
339sc
on
the
local
exchange
today.