Tomorrow's
Tides
Mr
Dorothy
Helen
Lewis,
a
sls-
u(
accused.
Identified
some
of
:!
irtlclea
found
In
a
trunk
in
the
i)
minings
at
the
back
of
the
pro-!
ttv
as
toys
that
she
aaw
on
a
PENSIONS
was
Statement
by
Accused
(Continued
on
rage
Four)
Ik
s.-ntwl.
Contrary
to
expectations
no
evidence
was
presents!
for
the
defence.
For
the
prosecution
it
was
shown
from
the
evidence
of
lwlice
constables
and
others
that
a
quan-tit
of
personal
effect
of
the
accused
and
his
wife
and
i.imily
had
been
stored
Just
pre'
-t-
u
to
trie
lire
in
mi
ancu
v
h
i'
k
of
the
property
Kven
bed
m'Iih
and
children's
toy
and
let-Ms
with
the
postmark
of
three
previews
to
Ute
fire
were
there.
.,.
policeman
said
he
aaw
Mrs
D.v
.on
to
the
lane
back
of
the
turns
a
few
minutes
before
the
flrr
it
,i...iwn4
in
iflUM
ivf
Mtdcnee
acruscd.
8h.
was
in
c;
lurch
at
the
:
tune
of
the
fire.
She
admitted
hav-,
iir
received
$1515
in
satisfaction
ot
j
mortgage,
the
money
coming
from
the
insurance
company.
I.
H.
Kenney
gave
evidence
in
regard
to
the
insurance
and
mort-gg-
8tt.
Fairbalm
told
of
noticing
,,ud
over
a
part
of
it
had
already
!
"lJT:
Ue
to
satM?
a
mortgage
heM
by
j
nlnr
JT
J
Helen
Lewis,
e
to
the
fire.
Previous
to
the
ire
a
.ter.
Mr.
Dorothy
j
This
afternoon
counsel
wUl
be!
he
had
driven
part
the
end
ot
the
lane
that
ran
put
the
back
of
the
the
Judge
'.'
,rd
on
both
sides
and
v.
.11
-
haree
the
lury
and
it
is
expec-1
Daw"on
1
.....
.
-in
s.
todav
i
Dawson
in
the
lane
with
the
baby
Shier
of
l.eud
carriage.
Constable
Oiand.
also
of
the
Sml-ihers
detachment
of
the
provincial
police,
told
of
finding
quantities
of
personal
effects
of
accused
and
bit
f
amUy
stored
in
the
building
pack
from
the
Dawson
house.
Ht
ex
niwtmas
tree
on
me
anemwi
i
plained
to
me
jury
now
man-
ui
i
M.
rmber
23
and
a
box
containing,
tiuae
things
seemed
to
have
been
I
iMinal
belongings
was
similar
tc
hurriedly
Jammed
Into
the
trunks
"ii.
he
had
seen
In
the
bedroom
of
tn1
other
receptacles
containing
-
them.
Tne
noraey
sum
wrrc
i
-ling
on
the
wall
and
there
was
a
'bundle
of
bedding
apparently
thrown
In
as
If
taken
from
the
m
I
IT
i
T)I
7
(burning
building.
I
11
A
Ah
.IV
Among
the
effect
were
letters
1
land
circular
bearing
such
dates
as
.
..:.......
i.r.Mi.,rl
December
.
December
10.
and
one
Aiiirnuill'lll
in
itui
-
in
House
of
Commons
icaternay
,
Undr
croM.examtnaUon.
Oland
.rr".
.r.-i.n
said
that
It
was
quite
possible
that
JT:.
"
...n
kTl...
the
things
might
have
been
picked
ih.
u
other
Incomes
up
in
'aIh-h
the
incoi
ii'
xi
year,
It
is
provided
in
an
am-
ii'iment
to
the
budget
which
was
Modured
In
the
Mums
yesterday.
House
of
Com-
Today's
Weather
Trtrace
Cloudy,
oakn,
4t.
Aiyansh
-Jlaln,
oalm,
41.
Anyox
Ilaln,
calm.
48.
stewart
Ckwdy.
mten.
41.
11
ael
ton
Cloudy,
oalm,
W.
smlthcrs
Cloudy,
flalm,
48.
Burn.
Lake-tllalntng,
calm;
tern
PfTuture,
44.
v
APPOINTAIKNT
IS
CONFIRMKI)
(Canadian
Tress)
VICTORIA,
May
G:
Annointmcnt
of
W.
J.
Aklor
of
Victoria
as
eommiasionor
for
the
city
of:
Prince
Rupert
was
ratified
by
the
provincial
government
seemed
to
have
a
I
mark
December
M
Smlthers
post-
a
tl
(laA
a
nuiry
ana
wirown
mw
wiv
ated
nk.
and
other
containers.
They
ux
U
co
naa
Been
un
"'
"
good
deal
since
the
police
had
at
first
taken
cliarge
of
them.
Constable
William
Smith
toM
ot
statements
which
had
been
mane
by
the
accused
after
the
fire
on
Ute
same
night.
According
to
uv
statement,
after
having
had
sup
per
about
6:30
pjn..
accused
and
tils
wife
left
the
house
t
which
was
hurnedi
about
7:30
p.m.
and
went
to
the
Champion
house
where
they
delivered
a
hymn
book
to
the
elder
Mrs.
Dawson
before
she
went
to
church.
Accused
had
left
a
fire
burning
In
the
kitchen
range
and
had
also
put
two
and
a
half
blocks
uf
wood
In
the
airtight
heater.
He
had
bolted
the
back
door
ana
iockcq
i
ho
front
door
everything
In
the
house
appeared
to
be
In
good
shape.
After
calling
at
the
Champion
home,
accused
and
his
wife
went
to
Pope
s
where
the
laUer
picked
up
her
little
girl.
Accused
was
pushing
the
smaller
baby
In
Its
sleigh.
They
were
taking
the
children
for
a
walk
hefore
putting
them
to
bed
and
hart
intended
aolng
to
Mrs.
Lewis'
house.
Just
before
getting
there,
however,
ther
heard
shouts
of
fire
and
ac-
rused
turned
back
and
found
that
It
was
his
own
home
on
fire.
This
about
8:is
p.m.
Accusea
was
SPEAKS
ON
SILVER
AT
GATHERING:
Chamber
of
Commerce
Hears
Ad
dress
From
rrrsia'ent
of
Sml-thrrs
Board
of
Trade
At
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
nltht
In
the
City
Hall,
an
Interest
ing
address
was
given
by
L.
8.
Mc-
OU1.
president
of
the
Smlthers
and
District
Board
of
Trade,
on
the
re-
;
monetising
of
silver.
He
urged
that
;
the
greatest
degree
of
co-operation
;
possible
should
be
the
rule
between
j
the
various
communities
of'
the,
north.
The
chief
difficulty
was
the
matter
of
distance
He
suggested
that
a
good
time
to
get
together
would
be
at
the
meeting
of
the
Associated
Chambers
of
Commerce
of
Central
British
Columbia
which
j
to
be
held
at
Smlthers
this
sum-;
mtr.
He
gave
a
general
invitation
to
,
the
Prince
Ituuert
members
tt
ktiend.
With
the
people
of
his
district.
Mt!McOlll
said,
the
price
of
silver
W
Ute
Important
subject
today.
If
U
price
advanced
there
would
be
great
activity,
llli
board
had
taken
Ute
stand
that
sliver
must
be
re-tnonetlsed.
Tliey
did
not
expect
to
be
a
great
factor
in
this
International
question
which
was
being
urged,
among
others,
by
Hon.
II.
H.
Stevens,
federal
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
but
It
was
the
united
Influence
ot
all
sections
which
would
bring
the
desired
end
about.
It
would
not
only
give
a
reasonable
deflation
but
would
at
once
sUr
up
the
silver
Industry
in
which
UUa
part
ot
the
province
waa
so
greatly
Interested.
With
the
re-estaWlsh-
mrnt
ot
silver
currency
the
buying
power
of
the
Orient
would
be
In
creased
and
Oriental
trade
would
at
once
receive
a
tremendous
lm
pctus.
This
was
plank
number
one
In
the
Smlthers
Board
ot
Trade
pro
gram.
John
Dybltavn.
president
of
the
local
chamber,
thanked
Mr.
MoGIll
for
his
Illuminating
address.
nninsii
CABINET
IS
MOT
FAVOIIABLE
TO
WOULD
TARIFF
TRUCE
LONDON.
May
6:
CP
Prime
Minuter
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald.
in
two
kxut
cabin-
4
et
sessions
yesterday,
failed
to
4
swing
his
ministers
of
the
na-
4-
Uonal
government
to
support
the
United
States
proposal
for
a
world
tinff
truce
effective
immediately.
CRATERS
BURNING
3losutt
lliamna
Has
Been
Erupting
Frum
Three
Vents
Fur
I
.ait
Ten
l)as
ANCIIOHAtiE.
Alavka.
May
6:
(Canadian
Press)
llintc
volumes
of
smoke
arc
being
emitted
from
tlirw
vents
on
.Mount
lliamna
iitc
the
ktmc
earthquake
shocks
ot
ten
days
atro,
ammlinc
to
word
which
Ims
been
received
here.
Earthquake
shocks
have
been
Kfurrlin
more
or
leas
eontlmi
imhIv
sinre
the
first
disturbance
and
old
timer
of
the
district
fear
that
iherr
may
be
additional
volcanic
action.
ALABAMA
HAS
BIG
TORNADO
Nineteen
Person
Killed
Ycslerday
When
Storm
Vhits
West
Central
Omtiiunillcs
of
State
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala.,
May
0:
(Canadian
Press
i
Nineteen
persons
werr
killed
and
more
than
two
hun
dred
lnlured
by
a
tornado
that
swept
three
west
central
Alabama
communities
yesterday.
Decrees
absolute
have
been
by
Mr.
Justice
Murphy
at
the
ItAK
SILVER
Supreme
Court
Assises
here
In
the
NEW
YORK.
May
6:
liar
silver
divorce
cases
of
Hugh
Douglas
vs.
closed
at
35sc
on
the
local
metal
Anne
Douglas
and
Janet
Sharpe
markets
today.
i
McKay
vs
Robert
McKay.
TIIIS
WEEK
THE
Pontiac
Straight
8
High
11:31
a.m.
1
is
on
Display
at
23:38
pjn.
vJo.
Low
5:23
a.m.
J
Kaicn
Mfctors
Show
Room
17:28
p.m.
t.
All
Cordially
Invited
Phone
52
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
m
i
i
-i
j-'j
J
j
Vol
XXIV..
No.
100.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
6,
1933
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ARSON
TRIAL
IS
HEARING
CONCLUSION
VOLCANOES
ARE
BECOMING
ACTIVE
IN
WESTERN
ALASKA
r-
Crown
Completes
Its
Evidence;
Defence
Is
Not
Entered
in
Case
Police
Officers
Principal
Witnesses
Against
E.
C.
Dawson
at
Hearing
ihis
luorning
btaiemcnts
aiaue
by
Accused
to
Ult
leers
arc
Presented
When
the
Assize
Court
rose
for
luncheon
today
all
the
idence
in
the
case
of
Rex
versus
Dawson
had
been
pre-
Killed
In
Georgia
Train
Wreck
Two
members
ot
Uio
tram
cnw
and
a
tiiiid
man
caching
a
ride."
lost
U.?ir
live,
when
the
engine
of
a
northbound
express
of
the
Louisville
and
N.iihvilli
Iiailroad
was
derailed
i
thr
A'.oona
mountains
The
engine
of
the
Flamingo
Express
train
was
turned
over,
and
thr
mar.
cat
jammed
against
the
tender
and
a
aide
of
Un
mountain
pass.
Thevdrao
were
O.
W
Evans
of
Atlanta
engineer.
D.
A.
Giles
of
Etowah,
Tenn
.
fireman
and
A.
II.
Perry
of
Allan
U
LOG
SCALE
FOR
MONTH
Total
For
April
323.6M
Board
Feci.
Making
Year
So
Par
737.645
Board
Fret
Log
sealing
in
Prince
Rupert
for
jstry
district
for
the
month
of
Ap
ril
this
year
totalled
333.682
boar''
feet,
bringing
the
total
for
the
yea
to
date
up
to
7OT.645
board
feet
Log
scaling
for
the
mo;
th
per
varieties
In
board
feet
was
as
follows:
Fir
34.664
Cedar
179.488
Hemfeck
9.636
Lineal
feet
or
poles,
piling,
etc..
totalled
agjao
ol
which
all
was
hi
cedar.
Production
of
cord
wood
amounted
to
312
cords
and
hewn
tie
numbered
2150.
all
being
Jackpine.
News
Photo
Man
H.
On
Visit
Here
Pollard
ot
Associated
News
Scr-ite
doing
Norih
Travelling
Extensively
II.
Pollard
ot
Montreal,
official
photographer
of
the
Associated
News
8crvlce,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
yesterday
at-
ternoon
from
Vancouver
in
the
course
of
a
coastal
tour
for
the
pur-pose
of
taking
pictures
and
sailed
Uils
morning
on
the
Princess
Norali
for
Dawson.
Mr.
Pollard
has
been
covering
a
good
deal
ot
the
world
Just
recently,
iolng
much
of
his
travel
by
airplane.
Four
weeks
ago
he
was
In
Cairo,
Bgypt,
and
ten
weeks
ago
was
in
India.
More
Jurors
Added
(o
Supreme
Court
Panel
WARM
RAIN
PRISONERS
IS
NEEDED
Would
Speed
Up
Crop
Germina
tionAlberta
Land
Cold
and
Backward
WINNIPEG.
May
ft-In
Southern
Manitoba,
wheat
seed
In?
is
gen-oral,
some
sections
reporting
a
ilgh
as
90
pcrec-t
being
alread)
own
and
a
few
formers
have
fin
ishrd
(heir
wheat
land
accord
Into
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways'
weekly
report.
The
ground
i
in
excellent
cordltlon
with
plenty
of
moisture
but
a
warm
rain
would
materially
speed
up
RermlnUlon
Considerable
report
U
of
grasshop
per
rirrs
are
reported
from
many!
wuthern
points
but
farmers
are.
wMmistic
that
weather
conditions
d
some
small
Insert
have
de-troyed
ege;
groups
to
some
extent
In
Central
Manitoba
heavy
frost
-
at
ntzht
have
held
ud
seed
Ins
About
25
percent,
ot
the
wheat
ha.-
been
sown.
The
cool
weather
hsu
in?
conditions
ideal
and
seeding
made
rapid
progress
but
activities
tre
still
ten
days
later
than
tuuai.
In
Saskatchewan
Throughout
the
whole
of
Saskatchewan
moisture
conditions
are
at1
present
better
than
at
this
time
last
year.
Along
the
Avonlea-Ora
velbourg-Rlverhurst-OIenavon
sub
divisions
weather
.has
been
fair
and
cool
with
growth
slow
anc
winds
have
been
high
but
no
damage
from
soli
drifting
Is
reported
Wheat
seeding
varies
from
10
percent
to
50
percent
completed.
Soil
is
In
good
shape
for
germination,
but
early
rains
are
necessary
to
issure
strong
growth.
In
We-Central
Saskatchewan
conditions
are
somewhat
patch
Most
districts
report
sufficien1
surface
moisture
for
germination.
but
sub-soil
conditions
could
be
Improved.
In
thr
northerly
rilalrlrta
wnri-
on
the
land
has
commenced
on
a
I
small
scale
but
will
not
be
general
until
next
week.
In
the
northwestern
section
farm
work
delayed
bjr
a
slight
snow
fall
and
rains
so
that
surface
moisture
conditions
are
satisfactory.
In
Alberta
The
territories
which
centre
on
the
Goose
Lake
line
In
Alberta
retort
weather
cloudy
and
cool
with
mattered
showers,
which.
In
some
'ocalrttes.
delayed
seeding.
Condi
tions
at
present
appear
bright
as
the
soil
has
ample
moisture
for
termination.
In
CetMrat
Alberta
precipitation
has
varied
from
light
snow
storms
to
m
xlerately
heavy
shower.
while
in
some
districts
winds
have
been
rich
but
no
soil
drifting
is
reported.
Warm
weather
is
needed
as
Uie
land
Is
still
cold
and
back
ward.
The
late
snows
of
Teare
River
district
have
"v
melted
and
tine
weather
prevails.
In
a
few
seattreil
districts
work,
has
started
and
should
be
fairly
gemral
next
week.
Stork
Market
Liberal
supplies
of
cattle
featur
ed
offerings
on
all
central
stock
yards
at
the
beginning
of
the
week
but
trade
remained
active
and
prices
m,
held
held
In
in
line
line
with
with
those
those
of
of
the
the
The
toiiowing
nave
oewi
mmki
to
the
panel
of
Jurors
called
for
eer-1
previous
week.
As
the
week
wore
vice
at
the
present
session
of
theon
the
supply
moderated
and
good
Supreme
Court
Assises
here:
Wll-,
butcher
cattle
strengthened
In
11am
Ranee,
A.
T.
Parkin,
William
price
3Sc
to
76c.
per
cwt
Hog
prt
Robb.
Arthur
Brooksbank.
Thomas
cea
have
fluctuated
a
utile
but
Balllnger.
Lee
Gordon,
E.
R.
Lan-(the
undertone
still
indicates
caster.
Oeorge
Dawes,
Hubert
Ward,
strength.
This
tendency
should
be
Fred
McLeod
and
W.
D.
Vance.
maintained.
ON
STRIKE
Inmates
of
Kingston
Pen
Refuse
to
Take
Food
For
While
But
lp
Later
Weaken
KINGSTON,
Ont..
May
6.
(Canadian
Press)
At
least
one
hundred
convicts
In
Kingston
Penitentiary
have
been
on
hunger
strike.
Warden
W.
B.
Megkuighlln
said
yesterday
out,
at
noon,
more
than
seventy-five
percent
of
the
strikers
were
eating
again
and.
by
today,
it
was
expected
all
convicts
would
again
be
taking
their
meals.
TAXATION
DOUBLING
Dominion
and
Provincial
Officials
Working
Together
on
Problem
ni
i
iiiniipa
i
inn
made
pasUrre
growth
slow
andl
t,
tPCtUrare,lnUr5-
OTTAWA,
May
6:
(Canada
JMJm
.provincial
financial
officials
are
working
to
gether
with
a
view
to
reaching
an
understanding
on
duplication
of
taxation,
Hon.
EMgar
N.
Rhodes,
minister
of
finance,
stated
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
Son
ofMahatma
Fears
His
Death
Indian
Nationalist,
Leader
Will
Not
Be
Able
to
Survive
Another
Three
Weeks'
Fast
LONDON,
Br.,
May
6:-Devlda
Gandhi,
son
ot
Mahatma
Oandhi,
sobbed
audibly
over
a
telephone
when
the
London
Daily
Express
called
him
at
Poona,
India,
and
de-
clared
that,
if
his
father
persisted
in
his
Intention
to
fast
for
three
weeks,
Ik
would
sorely
die.
Japanese
After
Chinese
Bandits
Attack
is
Starlrd
Upon
Brigands
Who
Are
Holding
American
?
Missionary
for
$500,000
TOKIO,
May
8:
Japanese
mili
tary
authorities
have
begun
an
attack
on
Chinese
brigands
who
are
hold
in
Dr.
Niels
Nellaon.
American
missionary,
for
$906,000
ransom.
Nazi
Propaganda
Minister
Going
To
Chicago
Fair
BERLIN,
May
6:
Dr.
Paul
Joseph
Ooebbels.
Nasi
minister
of
prop,
ganda.
will
represent
Oermany
at
the
opening
ot
the
Chicago
World's
Pair,
it
Is
learned.
FREIOIIT
RATES
FROM
FORT
WILLIAM
ARE
ARE
CUT
BY
ItoAltl)
WINNIFBO,
May
8:
CP
Freight
rates
on
wheat
from
Fort
William
to
Montreal
were
ordered
reduced
from
8tfcc
to
6e
per
bushel
by
the
board
of
railway
commissioners
yesterday.
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