f
ak
unele
of
accused,
al-
written
by
Nina
Spalding.
vrar
oW
Port
BMtngton
:
fe.i.
before
She
left
the
home
M.iter.
Mr.
Lucy
Bennett,
m
she
itayed.
for
the
in
Port
Eulngton
where
i,
Mted
last
fall
to
have
slain
-
month
od
Infant
son
with
y
r
knife,
then
turning
the
"
upon
herself
.
'ar
was
tendered
as
an
ex
.
&
which
the
jlrl
waiepnv
irl
by
SUpendlary
Magistrate
j
Thompson
to
stand
trial
:
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
V
n
a
charge
of
murder.
She
ak'n
here
from
Okalla
-:
will
be
kept
pending
the
Relatives
Testify
w
sses
told
ot
Nina
leavlnr
of
her
sister.
Mrs.
Lucy
'
where
she
had
been
stay-k
aig
the
baby
with
her.
Thl
-
tbrut
11
a.m.
Between
12
and
1
.
ud
up
In
an
excited
eonol-
i:
.
H;
'.
r.
U
b:
:-.
bu
r.
the
house
of
Mrs.
Dorcas
t
saylnz
that
she
had
vi
the
bab'
and
asking
Mrs.
ir
to
get
her
(accused's!
"
Mrs.
Sarah
Spalding.
On
ival
of
the
mother,
accused
i'
she
had
killed
the
baby
1
was
dying
herself.
RelaUves
went
to
the
graveyard
and
up
the
booy.
The
butcher
'
ullfged
to
have
been
used
by
'-
slaying
the
baby
and
stab-
hcrself
In
the
abdomen,
was
t
'.
up
by
Johnny
Spalding
and
to
Mrs.
Rebecca
Inne
who
it
over
to
the
police.
Mrs.
Bennett
and
her
son,
Am-5
testified
to
having
seen
and
accused
sharpening
the
hr-
knife.
Before
leaving
the
e
that
morning
for
the
grave-
TliC
nrriluH
nhiMar
In
bff
film
TELLS
OF
VISIT
TO
HONOLULU
Or.
W.
T.
Kergln
Describes
Attraction
of
Wslklkt
Reach
andj
Oilier
Features
of
Pacific
Wands-
4"
An
account
of
hla
recent
visit
to
Honolulu
was
given
by
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergln
at
the
luncheon
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
ys-lerday
afternoon.
It
proved
extremely
lntereatlnf.
being
quite
different
In
many
rspecU
from
the
address
of
former
visitors
to
the
Islands.
Approaching
the
harbor.
Diamond
Head,
the
strongly
fortified
point
which
commands
the
entrance
to
Honolulu,
"was
very
conspicuous,
the
Doctor
remarked.
It
was
said
to
be
rironelv
fortified
than
the
Rock
of
Gibraltar.
Honolulu
was
described
as
an
Oriental
city,
half
of
the
Inhabitants
being
Japanese
with
Koreans,
Fill
plnos
and
native
Hswallans
also
In
evidence
and
a
few
European
na
tionalities.
Pure
natives
would
be
not
more
than
thirteen
or
fourteen
thousand
with
about
twice
as
many
half-breeds.
The
Japanese
did
not
Inter-marry.
Of
course
the
narrator
could
not
miss
Walkikl
(accent
on
the
last
syllable)
Beach.
It
was
comparatively
small
but
varied
little
In
temperature
the
year
round
and
the
water
was
almost
as
warm
as
mc
d.
amused'
left
a
letter
addressed
!
air.
Bathing
was
very
enjoyable
:
in
'tr
uncle.
Edward
Fcak,
In
:U
she
Intimated
she
was
going
'
'
!e
graveyard."
Other
witnesses
were
Andrew
Elding,
faUier
of
accused:
David
f
,
ildlng.
uncle.
Dr.
C.
H.
Hankln-
!
Corp.
Robert
Gibson
and
Con-'-
-ible
Harold
Raybone.
Ctaf
Sergeant
Alex
McNeill
conducted
the
cxamlnaUon
of
wit
nesses.
R.
L,
McLennan
was
defence
--'uiiavi
ana
w.
B.
uoinson
appcareu
v
the
trial
fpr
thb
Indian
Dcpart-
"leni
also
acting
ns
Interpreter
the
winter,
u
was
piwiuu
u,
barrier
reef
which
prevented
sharks
coming
In
and
also
did
away
with
hi
dancer
of
the
undertow
which
made
bathing
on
the
other
beaches
dangerous.
Even
In
calm
weamcr
there
was
always
a
sun.
me
nuius
of
which
was
the
great
sport
of
the
Islands.
The
Doctor
told
of
fishing
for
octopus,
a
fish
which
was
considered
a
great
delicacy
on
the
Islands,
selling
at
as
high
as
40
cents
a
pound.
Fishermen
made
as
high
as
$10
a
day.
1'letcly
indifferent
to
the
serious-
Although
the
Hawaiian
Islands
of
her
position.
She
laughs
and!
contained
only
6.000
square
miles
wiks
In
her
cell
at
the
city
police:
they
produced
juhj.uuu.wu
'tlon
and
at
the
trial
displayed'
In
the
production
of
sugar,
pme-haractcrlstlc
stolidity.
She
is
par-
apples
and
other
fruits.
The
almost
l-lly
crippled.
I
total
absence
of
truck
gardens
was
'noticeable.
The
sugar
plantations
Mr
and
Mrs.
S.
E.
Parker
will
sail
were
large
and
whole
villages
of
tomorrow
evening
on
the
Trlncc
several
thousand
people
were
locn-
Oforce
for
Vanpnnvep
1ihm
Mipv
IpH
nn
some
Of
thCIll.
will
attend
the
forthcoming
wed-
At
the
conclusion.
President
J.
J.
school
teacher.
elated.
I"1""
International
uivi-
u,v'-
Card
of
Thanks
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
S.
Lewis
wish
sincerely
to
thank
all
friends
and
citizens
for
.the
kind
sympathy,
ucncroslty
and
hospitality
offered
thtm
In
their
recent
loss
by
fire
To
the
Camollc
ladles
who
gave
a
shower
of
a
large
number
of
use-
Mi
ihin.
t
t
.
.;
.
.....
i,ii,
un
much
aDDre-
In
their
school
nan,
we
maim
you
CANADA
PROTESTING
;
IN
STRONG
TERMS
AT
RUSSIAN
TIMBER
DEAL
!
OTTAWA,
Feb.
1:
CPt
Re-
j
presentaUons
have
been
made
lO
me
onusn
govemmviu
ui
t
the
strongest
possible
terms
j
against
negotiation
of
a
con-
tract
between
British
Umber
Importers
and
Russian
produc-
ers
which
would
be
prejudicial
to
the
terms
of
the
Canada-
United
Kingdom
agreement
of
1932,
Prime
Minister
R.
B.
Ben-
nett
stated
In
the
House
of
4-
Commons
yesterday.
GRAIN
SHIP
HERE
Here
to
load
a
full
cargo
of
grain
for
United
Kingdom
or
Continent,
the
British
steamer
Langleecrag
Capt.
Percy
Carling,
with
Captain
Ounns
and
Lewis
aboard
as
pilots,
arrived
at
7
o'clock
this
morninp
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
0:30
ajn.
19.0
It.
Rupert
Cloudy,
light
riince
12:10
p.m.
22.4
ft
wind;
barometer,
29.64;
heast
-
aiu.
Low
.-
6:11
7.7
ft.
50;
sea
rough.
.
xperature.
-ir.
.
18:58
pm.
1.5
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
XXV
No.
27
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
1,
1935
PRIM:
IViE
CEN1B
NINA
SPALDING
SENT
UP
FOR
TRIAL
VANCOUVER
ISLAND
PEOPLE
FORCED
TO
FLY
BEFORE
FLOOD
Tragic
Note
Written
Prior
to
Killing
in
Essington
Graveyard
Incident
Undine
Up
to
Slaying
of
Child
at
Skccna
River
Village
Last
Fall
Related
by
Relatives
of
Accused
i
At
Preliminary
Trial
;
Will,
Eddie
Fcak,
1
hope
you
and
Lucy
will
be
satis-1
fil
l
after
you
hear
my
story.
I
wish
you
good
luck
with
all;
fy
fc.rls
in
town
cause
I
will
be
out
of
your
sight.
I
am
sick
I
an
i
ired
of
this
world
as
you
me
see
me
down
in
the
grave-'
anl
(unlcht
beside
my
poor
mother,
Maggie,
So
good
bye'
freer.
"NINA."
j
f
Hi
a
ietlcr
addressed
to
Ed-H,
"
I
Canada's
Radium
Laboratory
Now
in
Full
Swing
First
photos
ever
taken
of
work
inside
Canadian
radatro
laboratory
at
Port
Hope.
Ontario,,
where
radium
is
derived
by
chemical
process
in
about
3
months
from
pitch-blende
brought
to
the
plant
from
Great
Bear
Lake,
on
the
ArcUc
Circle.
3.000
miles
from
the
laboratory.
The
laboratory,
machinery
and
ware
house
buildings
are
also
shown.
Recently
Canadian
-
produced
radium
made
Its
first
"sale"
to
an
American
hospital.
RACE
IS
CLOSER
Toronto
Maple
Lea?-j
Ueaten
and
Montreal
Maroons
Win
In
Hockey
Play
TORONTO,
Feb.
1.
(CP)
The
gap
between
the
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
and
Montreal
Maroons
for
leadership
of
the
International
Division
of
the
NaUonal
Hockey
narrowed
last
League
was
further
night
as
the
Leafs
lost
a
close
game
here
to
the
New
York
Rangers
while
the
Maroons
were
blanking
the
Americans
at
New
York.
Five
and
a
half
games
now
separate
the
two
clubs.
The
victory
of
the
Rangers
landed
them
Into
exclusive
possession
of
third
place
in
the
American
Division
ahead
of
the
Detroit
Rid
Wlnas
who
are
In
the
cellar
after
playing
a
draw
with
the
Canadlens
ut
Detroit.
I
tv.
ranaHins
hv
virtue
of
their
win.
are
now
In
Uurd
place
exclu
MODIFYING
OF
PACTS
Changes
to
be
Made
in
Imperial
Trade
Aifreements
if
Liberals
Get
Into
Power,
Says
Mackenzie
King
OTTAWA.
Feb.
1:
(CP)
Modifications
will
be
made
in
the
Ottawa
Imperial
Conference
trade
agreements
if
the
Liberals
are
returned
to
office
next
election,
Rt.
Hon.
William
Lyon
.Mackenzie
Kinp,
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
said
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
night.
He
denied
that
he
had
ever
promised
to
cancel
them
but
promised
to
remove
certain
features.
Efforts
would
be
made
to
delete
higher
tariff
features
and
remove
impediments
to
trade.
NEW
PASTOR
HERE
Rev.
Lawrence
C.
Jenson
of
Cllf-
Imm
Vinfnnvpr
nnrt
is
st.nrtlnir
tn
.
f
.
i
tv.
Ian.
Residents
of
Courtenay
District
Quit
Farms
As
Flood
Waters
Swell
Up
Melting
Snows
in
Mountains,
Augmented
by
Heavy
Rains,
Make
Conditions
Worse
Than
Have
Been
Known
There
For
Forty
Years
.COURTENAY,
Vancouver
Island,
Feb.
1:
(CP)
Residents
of
the
low-lying
lands
of
the
Comox
Valley
hastened
into
Courtenay
last
night
ahead
of
the
rising
waters
of
the
Courtenay,
Tsolum
and
Puntledge
Rivers.
Melting
snows
on
the
mountains
back
of
Comox,
augmented
by
a
day
of
steady
rain,
had
sent
the
river
levels
spreading
over
..
5their
banks
In
the
worst
flocd
con
COMMITTEES
ARE
NAMED
i
Standing
committees,
of
the
Prfnee'Rimert
Chamber
of
Cam-
merce
for
the
year
1935
have
beenj
!
named
as
follows
h?
President
C.
V.
j
Eritt:
j
Civic
W.
M.
Blackstock.
R.
E.
Moore.
W.
J.
Alder,
i
Entertainment
G.
P.
Tinker,
C.
C.
Mills.
J.
J.
Little.
P.
M.
Ray.
Finance
F.
A.
MacCallum,
F.
E.
I
Robertson.
W.
M.
Blackstock.
Flsheries-J.
W.
Nlcholls,
W.
E.
Drake.
J.
Dybhavn,
O.
W.
Nlcker-
son.
,
Freight
Rates
G.
W.
Nlckerson,
S.
E.
Parker,
G.
HllL
Grain
M.
P.
McCaffery,
C.
H.
1
Orme.
G.
W.
Nlckerson.
J
Highway
S.
E.
Parker,
V.
S.
Moore,
W.
O.
Fulton,
C.
H.
Orme.
J
Legislative
W.
O.
Fulton,
J.
T.
Harvey,
h.
t
.
ruuen.
Labor
J.
J.
Little,
H.
Breen,
John
Currie.
.
Lumber
W.
R.
McAfee.
P.
Lor-lenzen,
S.
Darton.
Membership
W.
P.
Armour.
W.
iO.
Fulton,
F.
A.
MacCallum.
G.
A.
;
McMillan.
I
Mining
M.
Heilbroner,
Alex
Mc-;Rae.
G.
P.
Tinker.
NavlgaUon
arid
Railways
W.
H.
.Tobey,
G.
Woodland,
W.
L.
Coates.
i
Port
G.
W.
Laldler,
P.
M.
Ray,
:
C.
H.
Orme,
W.
P.
Armour.
'
Public
Works
W.
E.
Drake.
P.
.Lorenzen,
R.
Gordon.
1
Peace
River
Pacific
Outlet
H.
F.
jPuIlen,
C.
H.
Orme.
W.
H.
Tobey.
G.
;
W.
Nlckerson,
F.
Dibb.
Theo
Collart.
1
Publicity
C.
H.
Orme,
G.
W.
Laldler.
J.
E.
Boddle.
M.
M.
McLach-
load
this
afternoon
with
the
pxpec-
morning
from
the
south
to
take!
Real
EsUte
anct
Insurance
S.
D.
tatlon
of
leaving
Monday.
The
chare
of
st.
Paui-S
Lutheran
Jonnn,
meo
coiian.
inos.
mc
slvcly
In
the
Langleecrag
came
up
the
Inside
church
ln
Ms
dty.
Accom
ln
ClymonU
Geo.
Arnold
.
'
slon,
the
Americans
being
relegated
...
j
Retali
stores
F.
Dl
Passage
as
far
as
Pine
Island
and
him
wnsRpv
a
n
Aasrn
whosnent
to
fourth.
Last
night's
scores:
Canadlens
4,
Detroit
4.
Montreal
2.
New
York
Americans
New
York
Rangers
3,
Toronto
2.
then
went
outside
the
Queen
Char-1
several
weeks
ln
tne
clty
iast
fall
.ant-
c-
-
Minns.
lotte
Islands.
GETS
TWO
AND.
HALF
YEARS
Robert
March
was
sentenced
to
i
and
who
will
Install
the
new
pastor
'
1
at
local
church
Sunday
morning.
CAME
FROM
PRINCE
GEORGE
i
two
and
a
half
years'
Imprisonment
i
Dlbb,
Geo.
Bry-
Trade
and
Commerce
T.
H.
.
Johnson.
G.
Hill,
T.
N.
LePage.
G.
W.
Laldler.
POLICE
COURT
FINES
I
on
each
of
four
counts
of
burglary
Johnny
Muralt.
one
of
the
victims,
Police
court
fines
here
for
thej
I
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
ln
County
0f
a
plane
crash
near
the
summit
month
of
January
this
year
total-
I
a
young
man
who
hailed
from
lng
the
same
month
last
year.
Having
been
delayed
in
getting
;
Prince
George.
He
was
in
Prince
.
here
on
account
of
the
storms
and
j
Rupert
on
January
19.
remaining
John
May.
who
sustained
injuries
Hoods
ln
the
Fraser
Valley,
Rev.
J.
i
unUl
January
28
when
he
proceeded
several
weeks
ago
In
an
accident
at
U.
Barnes
of
Chllllwack,
superin-!
to
Skagway
on
the
steamer
Princess
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
lendent
of
Pentecostal
Assemblies
1
Norah.
While
here,
he
was
visited
Co.
plant,
has
sufficiently
recov
"or
British
Columbia,
arrived
ln
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
to
conduct
a
mission
here
during
the
next
v.e1
or
so.
by
a
brother,
Frank
Anyox.
Muralt
from
ered
to
be
able
to
leave
hospital
and
will
sail
tomorrow
evening
on
the
Prince
George
for
Vancouver
ditions
In
the
locality
In
the
past
forty
years.
The
Courtenay
River
overflowed
Into
the
lower
section
of
the
city
Inundating
several
buildings
and
covering
the
roads.
Some
of
the
residents
of
the
Cumberland
district
also
moved
Into
that
town
'
,
.
.
r-u.u
fr
the
night.
"
No
serious
danger
Is
Members
of
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
Z
Of
Commerce
Assigned
.
.
tDEAD
IN
-
ARIZONA
.
CapL
J.
Arthur
Johnson,
Son
Of
Mrs.
George
Fritz,
Passes
Away
'
Mrs.
George
Fritz
received
the
ad
news
today
of
the
death
in
Tucson,
Arizona,
where
he
went
a
year
.go
last
fall
in
the
Interests
of
his
health,
of
her
son,
J.
Arthur
Johnson,
well
known
local
halibut
boat
kipper
whose
last
command
was
t
he
Tahoma.
Deceased
was
born
in
Iacoma
and
was
twenty-six
years
of
age.
He
had
been
raised
In
Prince
3upert.
His
mother
had
been
south
ast
fall
to
see
him
and
there
was
.UUe
expectation
then
that
the
end
as
so
near.
Miss
Margaret
Fritz
of
ihis
city
Is
a
half-sister.
The
bereaved
will
have
the
sincere
sympathy
of
numerous
friends.
Presbytery
Still
In
Session
Here
Deliberations
Enter
Into
Third
Day
At
First
United
Church
Here
Spring
sessions
of
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
which
opened
We'dnesday
at
First
United
Church
here
continued
yesterday
and
are
still
on
today.
Business
Is
largely
of
a
routine
nature.
Members
of
tne
clergy
I
from
various
parts
of
the
district
are
ln
attendance.
Rev.
Frank
iBushfield
of
Port
Essington
Is
!
chairman
of
the
Presbytery.
Uay.
CONSTABLE
RESIGNS
Constable
Alex
Livingstone,
for
the
'past
few
years
a
member
of
the
city
detachment
of
the
provincial
police,-
has
resigned
from
the
pro-
Court
today.
He
pleaded
guilty.
0f
White
Pass
on
Wednesday,
was
led
$135
as
compared
with
$95
dur-lvlnclal
police,
effective
as
from
to-
Progress
Is
being
made,
on
the
repairing
of
the
Kayex
River
bridge,
part
of
which
went
out
on
Wednesday
night
before
the
swollen
waters
of
the
Kayex
River
and
drifting
Ice,
and
there
are
still
hopes
that
traffic
on
the
local
line
of
the
Canadian
Fred
Reich
will
sail
tonight
on
the
whence
he,;
will
proceed
on
a
trip
to
NaUonal
Railways
may
be
resumed
Cardena
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.'
California'!
'
lover
the
comlns
week-end.