Today's
Weather
Digby
Island
Rain,
light
southeasterly
wind;
barometer,
29.84;
temperature,
48;
smooth
sea.
Vol.
XXIII.,
No.
74.
B.C.
MAN
INVOLVED
Fort
St.
John
Man
Says
He
Knows
About
Montana
Murder
and
Drue
Ring
EL
PASO,
Texas,
March
30:
O.
C.
Parsons,
aged
26.
from
Fort
St.
John
In
the
Peace
River
district
of
British
Columbia,
has
teld
detectives
of
this
city
that
he
was
Impli
cated
In
the
slaying
of
a
member
of
a
Montana
narcotic
ring.
Parsons,
who
was
picked
up
on
suspicion,
said
that
he
knew
the
whereabouts
of
the
body
of
the
slain
man
and
also
the
location
of
a
huge
amount
of
narcotics
which
was
burled
after
the
slaying.
The
murder.
Parsons
said,
was
committed
near
Plrntywood,
Montana,
In
December,
1029.
Metlakatla
Girl
Is
Laid
to
Rest
Funeral
of
Miss
Marjorlc
midland
Took
Place
Saturday
Afternoon
at
Neighboring
Town
METLAKATLA.
March
30:
The
funeral
of
Marjorlc
Ethel
Ruby
Rudland.
16-venr
old
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Rudland.
whose
doath
ocdurrcd
on
Thursday
afternoon
of
last
week
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
took
nlaee
here
on
Saturday
after
noon
last.
Many
friends
of
the
girl
and
her
family
were
In
attendance
at
the
obsequies.
Members
of
the
Young
Men's
Dencvolent
Associa
tlon
acted
as
pallbearers.
TO
HELP
W
DEALINGS
STILL
ON
Norfolk
Minister
Expresses
Optimism
In
Kidnapping
Case
Negotiations
Continue
NORFOLK,
Va
March
30:-
Very
Kev.
Dean
II.
Dobson
Peacock
admitted
to
a
crowd
of
Interviewers
yesterday
that
he
had
been
requested
by
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindberth
to
continue
negotia-tions
with
a
view
to
bringing
about
the
safe
return
of
the
famous
flyer's
20-month
old
son
who
was
kidnapped
four
weeks
aro
last
night.
In
answer
to
questions,
Dean
Peacock
asserted
that
the
search
for
the
child
was
near
a
conclusion
and
added
that
he
was
"very
optimistic"
as
to
the
outcome.
Dean
Peacock
revealed,
however,
that
he
had
had
no
contact
himself
with
the
kidnappers
but
that
actual
negotiations
were
be
ing
carried
out
by
John
Hughes
Curtis
of
this
city,
who
made
a
flight
at
the
week-end
In
the
course
of
which
he
was
said
to
have
made
contact
with
the
kidnappers
who
are
supposed
to
have
the
child
on
a
boat
off
the
Virginia
coast.
HOPEWELL.
NJh
March
30:
The
arrival
at
Hopewell
yesterday
of
some
half
a
dozen
detectives
led
to
the
belief
that
Important
developments
were
Impending
In
the
Lindbergh
kidnapping
case
although
no
official
statement
was
made.
COLLEGE
Manson
Urges
Government
Transfer
Funds
From
Game
Board
to
University
to
VICTORIA,
March
30:
A.
M.
...
fAD
Hm
Manson.
Liberal
menm
iv
--
ineca.
speaking
in
me
ouagei
u-bate.
urged
that
part
at
least
of
the
ut
aside
for
the
Game
Board
be
transferred
to
the
University
of
British
Columbia.
If
something
like
this
Is
not
done,
the
University
will
receive
a
"black
eye"
tnrouguyuM
the
Dominion
and
many
of
the
young
people
of
the
province
will
be
driven
away.
"Game
Board
expenditures
have
increased
$150,000
since
the
present
administration
took
office.
"while
the
declared
Mr.
Manson
university
grants
have
been
cut
down
$400,000.
Let
us
have
first
things
first.
Surely
the
university
Is
more
Important
to
us
than
game."
GOLD
STRIKE
MADE
Wmln
Central
Committee
of
Prince
Ru
pert
Unemployed
Association
Asks
Consideration
Privation
Now
Felt
That
Man
and
Wife
Should
Each
Get
40c
a
Day
With
More
For
Children
After
hearing
a
resolution
from
the
central
executive
of
the
Unemployed
Association
of
Prince
Rupert,
which
was
supported
by
remarks
from
a
delegation
consisting
of
W
Mahoney,
T.
Murphy
and
Charles
Chapman,
the
city
council
prom
ised
last
night
to
give
Its
serious
consideration
to
a
proposal
that
more
adequate
unemployment
relief
allowances
be
made
to
married
unemployed
men
with
families.
The
delegation
told
the
council
of
instances
of
real
privation
among
families
of
the
city
owing
to
the
inadequacy
of
the
present
relief
allowances.
Members
of
the
council
expressed
themselves
as
being
sympathetic
to
the
proposal
and
declared
that
their
consideration
for
the
needy
unemployed
would
be
TGnTfed
only
byllnancial
exigencies
of
the
city.
The
resolution
from
the
central
executive
of
the
Unemployed
Association
referred
to
the
present
"unsatisfactory
administration
of
relief,"
which
was
held
to
be
entirely
Inadequate
for
married
men
with
families,
and
protested
It.
Discrimination
was
also
charged
on
the
part
of
storekeepers
as
between
persons
buying
with
cash
and
those
with
relief
tickets.
Single
men
were
(Continued
on
page
five.)
PROBE
IS
GOING
ON
ratlullo
Charges
That
InvcMiga
tlon
Committee
Is
Merely
Trying
To
Whitewash
Government
VICTORIA.
March
30
At
a
ses
slon
of
the
special
committee
of
th
TMislature
Investigating
un-
emnloyment
matters.
T.
D.
Patullo
leader
of
the
opposlUon.
charged
that
the
committee
was
not
making
an
Investigation
but
simply
trying
to
Justify
the
provincial
government's
unemployment
poli
cies,
adding
that
Ottawa,
"Decerning
suspicious."
was
checking
up
the
province
on
Its
vouchers.
The
suggestion
was
vigorously
denied
by
II.
D.
Twlgg.
cnairmai
of
the
committee.
A.
M
Manson,
Omlneca,
supported
Mr.
Pattullo's
charge.
The
committee
Investigated
reports
of
existence
of
a
piano
and
radio
In
one
of
the
unemployment
camps.
IN
LIARD
COUNTRY
VANrnnvEn.
March
30:
Gold
has
been
struck
In
the
i.inrH
niver
watershed,
about
Columbia
boundary,
near
won
Creek,
according
to
a
report
received
by
the
British
Colum-
bla
Chamber
of
Mines.
Tills
is
the
region
in
which
Capt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke,
well
known
commer-
ai
fivr
was
lost
a
vear
ago
last
fall.
fifty
miles
north
of
the
British
f
go
before
superannuation,
and.wlio
had
established
a
home
In
Mr.
Hoskin
has
since
been
notified
of
his
transfer
from
Anyox
to
Duncan,
Vancouver
Island.
WEATHER
REPORT
Langara
Overcast,
moderate
southwesterly
wind,
choppy
sea.
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
strong
southeasterly
wind,
moderate
sea.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
light
southeasterly
wind;
barometer,
29.82;
temperature,
50;
light
swell.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
30,
1932
Ambassador's
Son
Marries
KSSp
bSbbl&i
1
Cour.i
Michael
Lichnowsky.
son
of
Germany's
London
at
the
outoieak
of
the
oiid
war.
is
Scots
Amerisan
bride
as
they
le
.
the
registry
have
a
religious
service
in
Perls
PROTEST
.
IS
MADE
Veteran
Smithers
Official
Declared
to
Have
Been
Victim
of
Patronage
VICTORIA.
March
30:
Anothei
Norman
Watt
case
was
drawn
tc
the
attention
of
the
Legislature
when
Dr.
H.
C.
Wrlnch,
Skeena.
complained
of
the
Injustice
meted
out
to
Stephen
Hosklns,
veteran
government
agent
at
Smithers,
who
after
30
years'
efficient
service
In
the
public
employ,
had
been
demoted
to
the
amall
agency
at
Anyox
for
which
only
$300
salary
was
being
voted
thl
year.
Practically
every
resident
of
the
district,
regardless
of
political
affiliation
or
religious
belief,
had
signed
a
petition
protesting
against
this
action,
he
stated.
No
suggestion
of
inefficiency
or
failure
to
perfqrm
his
duty
had
been
heard,
said
the
member,
and
certainly
no
economy
had
been
effected,
since
the
successor,
a
single
man,
drew
the
aame
salary,
but
did
not
perform
all
the
duties.
Two
functions
discharged
by
Mr.
Hosklns.
he
said,
had
been
allotted
to
party
friends
who
would
derive
fees
for
which
Mr.
Hosklns,
as
gov
ambassador
to
shown
with
his
office.
They
wlU
arc-;
NO
TRACE
OF
BAGLEY
Detective
Maxwell,
Whom
Desper
ado
Shot,
is
Still
In
Critical
Condition
VANCOUVER,
March
30:
No
trace
has
been
found
of
William
Bagley,
notorious
desperado,
who
shot
Detective
David
Maxwell
of
Burnaby
on
Saturday
night
when
.he
latter
was
trying
to
effect
his
capture.
Maxwell
Is
still
in
a
critical
condition
from
his
Injuries.
Canadian
Spinner
Leaving
Here
For
Vancouver
Monday
Capt.
Duncan
McKeniie,
pilot
for
Canadian
National
Steamships,
arrived
In
the
city
from
Vancouver
on
the
Prince
Oeorge
this
morning
and
will
accomoany
the
company's
freighter
Canadian
Spinner
south
next
Monday
when
she
sails
for
Vancouver
to
be
recommlssloned
In
the
Intercoastal
service
between
Vancouver
and
Montreal
after
hav-
ernment
agent,
had
not
been
e!lg-:
ing
undergone
overhaul
at
the
local
Ible.
dry
dock.
This
was
a
remarkable
and
un-1
several
members
of
the
crew
of
Just
method
of
rewarding
party
the
Canadian
Spinner
also
arrived
friends,
he
declared,
asking
that
the
government
take
steps
to
see
that
recompense
was
made
to
Mr.
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
the
south
to
rejoin
the
ship.
The
Spinner
was
taken
off
the
Hosklns,
who
had
only
two
years
to
pontoons
this
afternoon
after
hav
ing
been
put
of
the
water
for
the
past
two
or
three
weeks.
Halibut
Landings
1
The
Cold
Storage
Company
was
the
only
purchaser
of
halibut
on
the
exchange
this
.morning
and
the
price
paid
was
a
good
one
considering
conditions.
No
American
boats
were
in.
Sales
weVe
as
follows:
Rose
Spit,
11,000
pounds,
9c
and
3c.
Viking
I,
9,000;
Capella
I,
3,000;
Pair
of
Jacks,
4,200,
all.
at
0.2c
and
"
50.
HIS
ACT
HONORED
V.
C.
Grant
Receives
Certificate
and
Medal
For
Life
Saving
A
very
Interesting
ceremony
wasl
carried
out
in
the
offices
of
the
Northern.-B.
Power-
Co.
Ltd.
thlsi
morning
in
the
presence
of
alii
members
of
the
staff,
when
presen
tation
of
the
President's
Certificate
and
Medal
of
the
National
Electric
Light
Association
was
made
by
J.
J.
Little,
general
manager
of
the
company,
to
V.
C.
Grant,
patrolman
on
the
Falls
River
line,
who
is
sta
tioned
at
Balmoral
on
the
Skeena
River.
On
May
3.
1931,
Shirley
Helin.
a
child
of
three
years
of
age,
was!
rescued
from
drowning
and
was:
brought
back
to
life
by
Mr.
Grant
by
the
prone
pressure
method
of
DOCUMENTS
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
March
31,
1932
High
9:25
a.m.
17:8
ft.
22:43
pjn.
17:5
It.
Low
3:18
a.m.
10:8
It.
16:07
p.m.
6:0
lr.
I
AVAILABLE
Government
Ready
to
Produce
File
For
Committee
Investigating
Unemployment
Relief
VICTORIA.
March
30:
As
far
as
the
eovernment
Is
con'end.
wt
are
quite
prepared
to
produce
any
documents
to
the
unemployment
Inquiry,"
Hon.
R.
H.
Poolcy,
attorney
general,
declared
In
the
Legislature.
Mr.
Pooley's
statement
came
following
the
charge
of
T.
D.
Pattullo,
A.
M.
Manson
and
other
Liberal
members
that
the
government
has
been
withholding
Information,
from
the
committee
investigating
unemployment
relief
matters.
At
the
conclusion
of
taking
of
plaintiff's
evidence
yesterday
at
tcrnoon,
the
County
Court
case
of
Bryant
Co.
Ltd.
vs.
Thomas
Tasker
was
adjourned
until
next
Monday
when
witnesses
for
defendant
are
expected
to
be
on
hand
to
give
their
evidence.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
CLOSURE
RULES
APPLIED
AT
OTTAWA
PATTULLO
INQUIRES
ABOUT
DISCHARGE
OF
OFFICIALS
Bennett
Forces
House
To
Close
Debate
and
Vote
on
Relief
Bill
"Blank
Check"
Approved
By
Commons
on
Division
of
100
to
61
Day's
Sitting
Was
Finally
Concluded
at
1:30
This
Morning
OTTAWA,
March
30:
Climaxing
a
hectic
day
of
debate,
the
House
of
Commons
early
this
morning
gave
first
reading
under
closure
rules
to
the
government's
bill
to
extend
until
May
1
terms
of
the
unemployment
relief
act
of
last
session
under
which
the
much
debated
"blank
check"
is
given
the
government.
The
House
rose
at
4:30
this
morning.
The
vote
was
100
to
64,
Liberals
to
a
man
opposing
the
measure.
ASKING
FOR
R0ADW0RK
City
Council
Decides
to
Make
Another
Appeal
to
Provincial
Government
on
Matter
On
suggestion
df
Aid.
Theo
Col-lart.
the
city
council
decided
last
night
to
again
appeal
to
the
provincial
government
for
an
Immediate
starting
of
men
domiciled
In
the
Cloyah
Day
relief
camp
to
work
on
continuation
of
the
construction
of
the
Skeena
River
highway.
Aid.
Collart
understood
that
such
work
had
been
instituted
elsewhere
In
the
province
and
he
did
not
see
any
reason
why
the
same
should
not
be
done
at
once.
Aid.
Black
seconded
Aid.
Collart's
motion
asking
the
government
to
Institute
the
work
at
once,
the
motion
being
unanimously
passed.
RELIEF
IS
INADEQUATE
Government's
Record
Of
Dismissals
Would
Not
Bear
Probe,
Said
I
Removal
of
Men
From
Lands
Department
Under
Fire
in
i
Legislature
Liberal
Leader
Dares
Administration
to
Go
to
Country
This
Year
,
I
VICTORIA,
March
30:
In
the
Legislature
yesterday,
j
T.
D.
Pattullo,
Liberal
leader,
asked
for
an
explanation
for
I
the
release
of
certain
officials
in
the
colonization
and
other
i
branches
of
the
Lands
Department.
Mr.
Pattullo
charged
!
that
the
record
of
the
administration
on
its
dismissals
J
would
not
stand
investigation
and
he
challenged
the
gov-j
ernment
to
go
to
the
country
this
year.
FOUR
DEAD
FROM
BLAST
Mrs.
A.
Lebrie
and
Three
Daughters
Lose
Lives
When
Gasoline
Explodes
at
Gogama,
Ont.
resuscitation
from
electric
shock.
(
final
census
figures,
which
have
Mr.
Little.
In
a
few
well
chosen
j
Just,
been
Issued
by
the
federal
gov-words,
outlined
the
circumstances
i
ernment,
show
Prince
Rupert's
po
of
the
case
and
impressed
upon
all
pulation
for
1931
to
have
been
6,350
of
of
the
the
staff
staff
present
present,
tne
members
necessity
of
being
able
at
all
tunes
to
use
and
adopt
this
method
In
the
case
of
suspended
respiration
from
all
causes,
such
as
drowning,
electric
shock,
carbon
monoxide,
etc.
After
receiving
the
congratulations
of
the
staff.
Mr.
Orant
replied
feellncly
and
expressed
his
appreciation
In
beln
In
a
position
and
having
the
ability
to
bring
this
child
back
to
life
and
return
her
to
her
parents
and
friends.
GOOAMA.
Ont.,
March
30:
Mrs.
A.
Labile
and
her
three
daughters.
Bertha.
Dorothy
and
Clarlne
are
dead
following
an
explosion1
of
gasoline
in
their
house
here
yesterday.
CENSUS
IS
ANNOUNCED
Final
Figures
Show
Population
For
Prince
Rupert
In
1931
of
6,350
as
compared
with
6,393
in
1921,
a
very
slight
decrease
being
recorded.
The
only
other
city
municipality
In
the
north.
Prince
George,
is
credited
with
population
of
2.479
for
1931
as
compared
with
2,053
in
1921,
a
healthy
increase
being
thus
shown.
Other
municipalities
in
the
north
have
populations
as
follows:
Vanderhoof,
305.
Burns
Lake,
202.
Smithers.
999.
Stewart.
610.
Terrace,
352.
HOLIDAY
IN
NORTH
Interesting
Revelations
In
Regard
to
Expenses
of
Alaska-Yukon
Road
Route
VICTORIA.
March
30:
The
aerial
reconnaissance
of
the
Alaska-Yukon
highway
route
cost
the
provincial
government
$35,000
during
the
fiscal
year
of
1930-31.
the
public
accounts
committee
of
the
Legislature
was
told.
Of
this
sum.
$15,000
was
for
airplane
charter,
other
Items
specified
including
fishing
rods,
cameras,
guns
and
knives.
"It
looks
like
someone
had
a
great
vacation,"
remarked
II.
P.
(Kergln,
Liberal
member
for
Atlln.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
t
VANCOUVER.
March
30:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
60c
on
the
local
ex
change
today.
J