p-,
Rupert
Clear,
light
nor-t
H;
barometer,
29.80;
tem
per,
tu
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
b
4
,
Kf
t-
PHOV.IMCIAL
LIBRARY
11
VICTORIA,
B.
Today's
Weather
Tom
orrdw
s
Tid
es
8he
MURDER
IN
PORT
COOUITLAM
HOTEL
AMY
MOLLISON
TRYING
FOR
NEW
RECORD
Keeper
ot
Hostelry
-
Famous
Aviatrix
On
Flight
to
Capetown,
Having
Hopped
Today
Will
Endeavor
to
Beat
Mark
of
Three
Days.
Seventeen)
Hours
ours
and
Thirty-Eight
Minutes
Set
in
February
By
Lieutenant
Rose
GRAVESEND,
Eng.,
April
3:
(CP)-Mrs.
Amy
Johnson
Mollison
was
winging
her
way
southward
today
in
an
endeavor
to
set
a
new
record
for
the
flight
from
England
to
Capetown.
She
took
off
in
a
monoplane
this
morning
with
enough
gasoline
for
a
2,200
mile
non-stop
flight.
It
is
generally
believed
that
she
is
out
to
break
the
record
of
three
days,
seventeen
hours
and
thirty-seven
minutes
set
by
Lieutenant
Rose
of
the
Royal
FISHING
RULE
AMENDMENTS
Herring
Fishing
for
Bait
and
Food
Purposes
Only
at
Jap
Inlet
And
Butler
Cove
VANCOUVER,
April
3:
(CP)
Amendmentsto
the-
special-BriUsh
Columbli
fisheries
regulations
announced
by
Major
J.
A.
Mother
well,
chief
supervisor
of
fisheries..;
Include
the
rescinding
of
the
reg-'
ulatlon
prohibiting
salmon
purse
j
seining
In
Quatslno
Sound
before
j
August
25.
i
Herring
fishing
will
be
permit-1
ted
at
Jap
Inlet
and
Butler
Co7;
In
Prince
Rupert
district
for
ba't;
and
food
purposes
only.
'
The
opening
of
the
blueback
season
Is
changed
from
May
15
toi
iune
i.
Radio
Committee
Opens
Sessions
Po'ltlcal
Broadcasts
Last
Fall
1
Which
Objection
was
Will
be
Investigated
I
OTTAWA.
April
3:
(CP)
All
political
broadcasts
to
which
ob-
jectlon
was
taken
in
the
general
election
campaign
last
fall
will
be
I
thoroughly
Investigated
it
was
an-
nounced
yesterday
when
the
spc-.
clal
committee
of
Parliament
to
Investigate
radio
broadcasting
ha''.
,
Its
opening
session
and
adjourned
until
next
Tuesday.
Olof
Hanson.
M.P.
for
Skeena.
is
one
of
the,
members
of
the
committee.
DAVID
LAMSON
IS
ACQUITTED
SAN
JOSE,
Calif.,
April
3:
(CP)
Wife
murder
charges
against
David
Lamson,
for
mer
Stanford
University
exe
cutlve,
were
dismissed
today
and
the
former
Red
Deer,
Alta.,
man
was
at
once
liber-
ated,
He
was
once
convicted
but
was
granted
a
new
trial
In
which
the
Jury
disagreed.
At
.
...
.
X
i
1
a.
r
me
intra
trial
the
jury
wasT!the
House
or
uommons
w
an-
unable
to
reach
a
verdict.
The
!nnce
that
Great
Britain,
France
Jury
had
been
out.
in
the
fourth
trial
for
two
weeks
be-
fore
reaching
Its
verdict
of
acquittal.
Lamson
was
alleged
to
have
beaten
his
wife
to
death
with
a
piece
of
pipe
as
she
bathed.
...
Air
Force
last
February.
Lands
In
Morocco
COLOMB
BAGHAR,
Morocco,
April
3:
(CP)
Mrs.
Amy
Mollison,
in
the
course
of
her
England
to
Capetown
flight,
landed
here
at
7:45
tonight.
Her
flying
time
over
the
1500-mile
route
from
Graves-end
had
been
approximately
150
miles
per
hour.
TALKING
PARLEYS
Britain
Not
1'reparcd
to
Dismiss
Hitler's
Latest
Proposals
Wants
Military
Staff
DF.lt
FUEHRER
FIRM
AbsoIuteljr
Uefuses
to
Undertake
.
iihinriand
LONDON,
April
3:
(CP)
It
wa3
Intimated
In
official
quarters
lasl
'night
that
the
British
government
iwas
not
disposed
to
favor
the
pro-poosal
of
the
French
government
to
call
a
conference
at
which
other
Locarno
signatories
would
reject
Rehhfuehrer
Adolph
Hit-Taken
lcr's
proposals
for
revision
of
the
treaty.
France
feels
that
the
adoption
of
the
Hitler
scheme
would
mean
the
end
of
the
League
of
Nation
Hitler,
It
Is
felt
by
France,
Is
now
attempting
to
dictate
to
Europe
as
he
does
In
his
own
country,
Meantime,
Prime
Minister
Stau
jey
Baldwin
declared
that
it
waj
important
that
there
should
ba
n0
m0rc
delay
than
Is
necessary
jn
calling
proposed
military
staff
consultations
between
Great
Brl-
tain,
France
and
Belgium
to
consider
action
to
be
taken
should
one
oi
wie
uuee
inuuiu
uc
attacked
by
any
outsiders.
Former
Prime
Minister
David
Lloyd
.
.
i
i
t
i
nonnip
reiterai.es
jus
uppujuhuh
which
he
de
tQ
sucn
a
conference
clares
would
embarrass
peace
con
versations
and
invite
war
as
in
1914.
fiermany
Refuses
Point
blank
German
refusal
to
promise
not
to
fortify
the
RMne-
land(
even
temporarily,
was
dellv-
!ered'to
the
British
government
to-
day
it
arrived
at
the
Foreign
Of-
as
capt.
Anthony
Eden,
For-
iign
secretary,
prepared
to
go
to
'
.
mi
i.
jand
Belgium
would
act
together
If
'
attacked
by
Germany.
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YORK
NEW
YORK,
April
3:
(CP)
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
a
discount
of
13-32c
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
today.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
DROWNING
IS
FEARED
Boat
Found
Adrift
Off
Mouth
of
Naas
Klver
But
Japanese
Fisherman
is
Missing
The
provincial
police
cruiser
F.
Mi.
8
will
leave
tonight
or
tomorrow
morning
for
the
Naas
River
to
Investigate
a
report
whWi
has
been
received
at
headquarter.'
of
a
Japanese
fisherman
named
G.
Klshlyama
being
missing
from
Ar-randale
cannery.
Klshlyama
left
Arrandale
on
March
26
and
his
boat
was
found
adrift
at
Dogfish
Bay
on
April
1.
Drowning
Is
feared.
Damage
is
Heavy
Result
of
Storm
One
Thousand
Hornless
as
Renl
Of
Wind
and
Rain
Floods
Add
to
.
Suffering:
CORDELE,
Ga.,
April
3:
(CP)
-Damage
as
a
result
ot
wind
and
rainstorm,
which
'centred
here
-on
Wednesday
vand
took
a.
toll
ot
j:
least
forty
fives,
did
damage
estimated
at
$1,500,000
and.
together
with
the
floods
of
the
Tennessee
and
other
rivers,
left
at
least
a
thousand
people
homeless
it
was
estimated
last
night.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.46.
Big
Missouri,
.61t
Bralorne,
.7j35.
B.
R.
Con..!
.07
2.
B.
R.
X.,
.15V2-Cariboo
Quartz,
1.45.
Dentonla,
.22.
Dunwell,
.06:
Golconda,
.17.
Mlnto,
.67.
Meridian,
.13.
Morning
Star,
.04
'2.
National
Silver.
.03.
Noble
Five
.042.
Fend
Oreille,
.92.
Porter
Idaho,
.04Vz.
Premier,
2)28.
Reeves
Macdonald,
.08.
Reno,
1.17.
Relief
Arlington.
31.
Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridget
.13
Wayside,
.162.
Oils
c.
&
e.,
no.
Freehold,
.08
1.
Mercury,
Toronto
Bldgood
Kirkland,
.90.
Beattle,
1.40.
Central
Patricia,
3.24.
God's
Lake,
.78.
Granada,
1.20V2.
Inter.
Nickel.
49.45.
Lake
Maron,
.05j.
Lee
Oold,".03V4.
Little
Long
Lac,
6.90.
Macassa,
3.75.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.62.
Noranda,
54.00.
Perron,
1,36.
Pickle
Crow,
6.00.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.08.
San
Antonio,
2.32i
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.15.
SIsco,
3.25.
Smelter
Gold,
.06.
Stadacona,
.33
Sturgeon
River,
.44.
,
Sudbury
Basin,
4.00.
Teck
Hughes,
4.50.
Ventures,
2.15.
Ml
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
BRUNO
HAS
L0STAGAIN
Wcndel
Investigation
Discontinued
Hauptmann
To
"Burn"
Tonight
TRENTON,
N.J.,
April
3:
(CP)
Removing
what
should
be
the
last
obstacle
to
the
carrying
out
of
the
execution
tonight
of
Bruno
Richard
Haiintmann
for
the
kld-nap-murder
of
Charles
Augustus
Lindbergh
jr.,
the
Mrrcer
County
grand
jury
last
night
discontinued
its
investigation
into
the
circumstances
of
the
repudiated
"confession"
of
Paul
H.
Wenlel,
Trenton
lawyer.
It
was
pen-dinr
the
conclusion
of
the
lnvstl?atl
on
that
Warden
Kimberliiig
at
the
last
moment
postponed
Ilaupt-mann's
exe-
Tuesday
night
...,,11
.
.
1
.
11
.
.
.
1
1
until
miugm.
nau
me
investigation
not
been
concluded
in
time,
the
execution
might
have
been
further
deferred
from
tonight.
Attorney
General
David
T,
Wilentz
had
stated
yesterday
that
there
was
no
basis
for
an
Indictment
against
Wendel
In
Mercer.
'County,
the
offence
having
not
even
occurred
in
this
but
in
Hunterdon
County.
As
the
zero
hour
for
Hauptmann
again
approaches,
the
defence
is
leaving
no
stone
unturned
to
circumvent
the
carrying
out
of
the
extreme
penalty.
LOOKS
LIKE
END
Col.
Kimberling
said
today
that
"as
it
stands
now
it
looks
as
if
the
execution
will
go
through."
iPASSESAT
'
TRANQUILLE
Mr.
and
Mrs.
t).
C.
Stuart
Sadly
Bereaved
by
Loss
of
Their
Elder
Son.
Charles
1
Sad
news
was
received
this
moi
1
ning
of
the
death
last
night
at
iTrarmille
Sanitarium,
where
he
I
had
been
a
patient
for
the
pasi
foui
and
a
half
months,
of
Charles
Stuart,
elder
son
of
Mr.
and
Mr?
'
I
p.
C.
Stuart
of
this
city.
The
bereaved
family
will
have
the
deep
!
sympathy
of
many
frjends.
j
"Charlie"
Stuart,
as
he
was
popularly
known,
was
twenty
years
j
of
age
and
wjas
born
In
Prln:o
'Rupert.
IJe
was
educated
at
Bor
j
den
Street
and
King
Edward
Hljrh
i
Schools
and
in
his
studies
always
showed
marked
proficiency.
He
entered
the
civil
service
and,
before
becoming
ill,
was
Identified
with
the
Post
Office
staff
here.
In
addition
to
the
parents,
deceased
leaves
to
mourn
his
losj
one
sister,
Miss
Sheila
Stuart,
and
a
younger
brother,
James.
The
remains
are
to
be
brought
home
for
burial
and
the
funeral
will
be
In
charge
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers.
CHICAGO
WHEAT
SLUMPS
CHICAGO,
April
3:
(CP)
Prices
of
wheat
futures,
under
an
avalanche
of
selling,
slumped
from
l?ec
to
l'ic
per
bushel
on
the
Chicago
grain
market
yesterday.
3,
1936
MAY
PAY
DEFAULT
Premier
Aberhart
Still
Hopeful
Of
Paying
Maturity
Which
Fell
Due
This
Week
!
EDMONTON,
April
3:
(CP)
Premier
William
Aberhart
of
Alberta
still
hopes
to
be
able
to
Tdesnv
the
$3.200
000
maturity
on
bonded
lndebtadness
on
which
th
province
defaulted
on
Wednesday.
The
Premier
announced
yesterday
that
the
Imperial
Bank
cf
uanaaa
naa
agreed
to
advance
a
loan
to
the
province
to
b
added
to
the
amount
put
up
from
sinking
funds,
requiring,
however,
that
the
loan
be
secured
by
a
federa!
guarantee.
Mr.
Aberhart
stated
that
negola-tions
were
now
on
with
Ottawa
In
the
hope
of
securing
the
guar-are;.
The
Legislature
yesterday
gave
second
reading
to
the
conversion
bill
provldldng
for
compulsory
"onve-s'on
of
the
province's
entire
debt
of
$161,000,000
into
perpetual
securities
paying
a
minl-
,mum
of
25
percent.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
21,500
pounds,
6.6c
and
5c
and
7c
and
5c.
Canadian
99,000
pounds,
5.5c
1
and
5c
to
5.9c
and
5c.
American
Frisco,
10,500,
7c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Lumen,
11,000,
6.6c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Canadian
Embla,
20,000,
refused
5.5c
and
5c.
Sea
Maid,
18,000,
5.7c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Relief,
13,500,
5.9c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Toodle,
11,000,
5.7c
and
5c,
Booth.
Nornen,
5,500,
5.5c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Helen
II,
10,000,
5.9c
and
5c,
Booth.
'
j
Joan
W.
I.,
20,000,.
refused
5.6c
and
5c.
Cape
Spear,
11,500,
5.9c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Signal,
14,000,
5.7c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Joe
Baker
,8,500,
5.6c
and
5c,
Booth.
Bobbie,
7,000,
5.9c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Vote
of
ConJidence
Asked
by
Baldwin
Issue
of
Equalization
ot
salaries
ot
Men
and
Women
to
Be
urouglit
up
Again
Monday
LONDON,
April
3:
(CP)
Prlmn
Minister
Stanley
Baldwin
announced
last
night
that
he
would
call
for
a
vote
of
confidence
In
the
House
of
Commons
on
Monday
on
the
issue
of
equalization
of
salaries
for
men
and
women
on
which
the
government
was
reversed
by
a
snap
vote
In
the
House
of
Lords
on
Wednesday
night.
Today's
Weather
Triple
Island
Clear,
moderate
northwest
wind;
bardmeter,
29.85;
small
rhon.
Langara
Island-Part
cloudy,
moderate
northwest
wind:
sea
choppy.
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
20.
Anyox
Clear,
calm,
24.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
19.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
4.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
2
be-
low.
High
Low
Charged
With
Killing
Salesman
After
Party
Allan
It.
Hanna
is
Dead
Man'With
Louis
Roosc
Accused-Scars
on
Body
Indicated
Scuffle
After
Cards
and
Drinking
PORT
COQUITLAM,
April
3:
(CP)
Louis
Roose,
hotel
proprietor
here,
was
today
charged
with
the
murder
of
Allan
R.
Hanna,
an
oil
salesman,
who
was
found
dead
in
bed
in
Roose's
father's
hotel
last
night.
Police
say
that
the
death
occurred
after
a
drinking
card
party
with
a
number
of
other
men,
the
body
showing
scars
which
in-
(Heated
a
struggle.
Hanna
had
a
hallway
of
the
hotel.
A
doctor
had
been
called.
ROME
HEARS
SELASSIE
IS
ANXIOUS
FOR
PEACE;
ITALIANS
AT
LAKE
TANA
ROME,
April
3;
(CP)
Ru-
mors
were
current
In
official
quarters
here
last
night
that
Emperor
Halle
Selassie
was
about
to
sue
for
peace
in
the
Italo-Ethlopian
war
outside
the
League
of
Nations.
He
was
reported
to
have
already
made
overtures,
with
this
end
In
-view
to
Marshal
Bagdolio;
Ita
lian
-
xoramahder-ln-chJef
In
the
East
African
campaign.
Meantime
continued
Italian
successes
in
the
war
are
re-
ported.
First
Italian
troops
have
reached
Lake
Tana,
headwaters
of
the
Blue
Nile
and
centre
of
British
interests
in
Ethiopia,
an
Informed
source
said
today.
Officials
emphasized
that
Premier
Mus-
solini's
guarantee
not
to
harm
British
interests
still
held
good.
Wheat
dropped
again
today
to
778C
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange.
Address
on
German
Situation
Given'
Rotary
Club
Yesterday
By
Dr.
Muller-Clemm
of
Berlin
Visiting
Rotarian
Explains
How
Hitler
Welded
Nation
Into
Unit
When
Condition
of
Country
Was
Had
SH
For
people
who
depend
upon
the
newspapers
for
their;
information
it
is
not
easy
to
understand
the
situation
in
Germany
as
it
is
today,
declared
Dr.
H.
Muller-Clemm,
a
member
of
the
Berlin
Rotary
Club,
who
addressed
the
Rotary
Club
of
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
and
brought
greetings
from
his
club
to
(thanking
the
visitor
at
the
close
of
the
address,
President
W.
M-
Blackstock
asked
Dr.
Muller-
PlAivtm
in
rrtf
t
no
oropt
1
n
TC
nf
the
Prince
Rupert
club
to
his
own
j
club
In
Germany.
Among
the
club
visitors
at
the
luncheon
were
Dr.!
C.
A.
Schenck
of
Darmstadt.
Germany.
Frank
Buckley,
of
Vancouver,
E.
A.
Thompson
of
San
Francisco,
F.
E.
Robertson,
W.
Gilchrist.
George
Wilson,
James
Campbell,
A.
Brooksbank,
Frank
Dlbb,
Robert
Gordon,
H.
F.
McLeod,
Gunnar
Anderson,
Harry
Birch.
C.
H.
Orme,
Harold
Alder
and
several
others.
Dr.Clemm
is
one
of
the
men
in-
I
II
1!
11
IlMIA-
A
j
vesugawng
ine
possiouuy
01
esiao-
ub
vv
mu,
m
mnce
u-
inprt
nut
ne,,nm
nnt
mpniinn
rmo
1
"
-
errand
In
his
address.
The
speaker
said
that,
after
the
war,
the
German
troops
returned
to
their
homes
in
good
spirits
and,
12:04
p.m.
19.0
ft.
.
..
6:09
a.m.
6.0
ft.
18:20
p.m.
5.4
ft,
fRICE:
5
CENTS
been
found
unconscious
in
BOAT
CREW
IS
RESCUED
Four
Men
From
Blazing
Fish
"
Packer
Saved
in
Gulf
Of
Georgia
VICTORIA,
ApU
3:
(CP)
Capt.
Andrew
McPherson
of
the
tugboat
Spray
reported
last
night
the
res
cue
of
four
men
from
the
burning
fish
packer
Koprlno
In
the
Gulf
of
1
'
Georgia".-:
The
tugboat,
which
had
been
standing
alongside,
had
just
taken
off
the
crew
of
the
fish
packer
when
the
Iatter's
tanks
exploded.
The
Spray
finally
extinguished
the
blaze
in
the
Koprlno's
hold
and
towed
the
hulk
to
Chemainus.
The
Koprino
was
bound
from
Chemalnus
to
Hackett.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
3:
(CP)
the
local
organization.
In
-
COuntry
were
closed
and,
as
the
AUles
demanded
cash
and
refused
goods
In
payment
for
War
Indemnities,
nothing
could
be
done
to
improve
the
condition
of
the
counV
try.
Politically
the
people
were
d(
vlded
Into
about
twenty-eight
parties
so
that
It
became
impossible
Continued
on
page
three)
-
ALBERTA
LEGISLATURE
ADOPTS
RECALL
BILL
EDMONTON,
April
3:
(CP)
,'
The
Legislature
of
Alberta
last
night
passed
through
Its
third
reading
a
bill
which
pro-
vldes
for
the
recall
of
mem-'
bers
of
the
Legislature
by
the
voters.
It
Is
the
first
leels-
latlon
of
Its
kind
ever
passed,
pleased
that
the
war
was
over.
Buti
In
Canada,
soon
they
became
disillusioned.
I
Mills
and
factories
throughout
the
,
,
T
fj