BIRMINGHAM
WOMAN
IS
HANGED
TODAY'
4
BIRMINGHAM
Eng.,
April
16;
(CPi
Mrs
Dorothy
Wad-
lngton,
aged
34,
mother
of
five
children:
was
hanged
here
today
for
the
poison
slaying
of
a
fifty-five
year
old
pat-
lent
in
her
Nottingham
nurs-
lng
home.
The
convicting
Jury
had
strongly
recommended
mercy
but
the
recommenaa-
Hon
was
disregarded
by
the
authorities.
of
the
Bodkins"
Card
of
Thanks
PETITION
Extension
of
Early
Closing
Bylaw
i-
"IntPrinccItupert
IsAsked?-:.
A
large
number
of
city
merchants
have
signed
petitions
which
have
been
presented
to
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
calling
for
amendment
of
the
Early
Closing
Bylaw
whereby
all
hardware
and
sporting
goods,
electrical,
statlon-
iery,
dry
goods,
clothing,
butcher,
,
n
j
grocery,
paint,
furniture,
millinery,
Library
Doard
boot
and
shoe'
bakerv-
musical,
J
flower
and
Jewelry
stores
In
Prince
hln
Accinn'RuPert
would
be
closcd
down
u8ht
111
UCOOlUll
e
oVWlf
ovprv
nlffht
of
the
y
W
wwa
-
-
-
o
-
-
-
Imv
week.
Heading
the
petitions
are
Regular
Monthly
"
Meeting;
Lastjjohn
J.
Payne,
vice-president
of
Night
Reports
For
March
the
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Mer-Presented
'chants'
Association,
and
Charles
la.
Minns,
secretary.
If
it
is
found
The
monthly
meeting
of
the.
that
three-quarters
of
the
persons
Public
Library
Board
was
held
last
'carrying
on
the
respective
busi-nlght.
nesses
have
signed,
the
commls-
Clrculatlon
for
the
month
of.sioner
Is
compelled
to
amend
the
March
was
4379,
the
average
clr-j
bylaw
which
at
present
does
not
culation
being
199
a
day.
Fifty-two
require
certain
lines
of
business
to
books
were
added
and
19
new
bor
rowers
Joined
the
library.
close
at
6
p.m.
Saturdays.
It
Is
understood
that
the
authorities,
An
expression
of
sympathy
was
should
the
amendment
go
through,
extended
by
the
board
to
Mrs.
1
would
be
required
to
enforce
It
on
Oeorge
Woodland
In
her
recent
be-1
all
stores
Including
those
on
the
reavement.
A
few
of
the
new
books
recently
added
to
the
pay
section
of
the
library
are
as
follows:
"House
of
the
Spaniard"
(Behrend),
"The
Exile"
(Buck),
"Faster,
Faster"
(De
la
pasture),
"Abyssinia
on
the
Eve"
(Farago),
"Island
Magic"
(Ooudge),
"Trail
Driver"
(Zane
prey).
"Seven
League
Boots"
(Hal-
waterfront.
The
signatures
on
the
petitions
are
as
follows:
Hardware
and
sporting
goods
Kalen
Hardware,
Smith
&
Mallett,
Thompson
Hardware.
Gordon's
Hardware,
Thomas
Balllnger,
Howe
tt
McNulty.
Electrical
W.
R.
Love,
H.
Ward,
Parkin
Electric
Co..
Thompson
"burton,
"Mr.
Theobald's
Devil"
Hardware,
Gordon's
Hardware,
Keown).
"My
Country
and
My
Thomas
Balllnger,
Kalen
Hard-People"
(Lin
Yutang),
"I
Was
Hit-
ware.
ers
Prisoner"
(Lorant).
"The
Hur-1
stationery
McRae
Bros.,
Rose,
rcane"
(Nordhoff),
"Secret
Mar-lcowan
&
Latta.
na8e"
(Norrls),
"Windy
Hlll"
Dry
goods
The
Dollar
Store,
Partridge),
"The
Last
Puritan"
Fraser
&
Payne,
H.
S.
Wallace
Co.,
,Santayana).
"Gaud
v
Nleht"
(Sav-',Marcarefs.
Regal
Shop,
Miss
B
fs).
"The
Lorenzo
Bunch"
(Tar-1
Bates,
Dry
Goods
&
Novelty
Store,
""smnj,
-The
Rolling
Years"
(Vance's
Home
Arus,
Mrs.
u.
o.
rar-Turnbull),
"Seed
of
the
Land".ker.
Miss
A.
M.
Barbeau,
Demers,
,,yay),
-Luck
Wodehousc).
Annette's
Ladies'
Wear
Co.,
May-fair,
Rupert
People's
Store.
Clothiers
B.
C.
Clothiers,
Fraser
&
Payne.
Variety
Store,
Ling
the
Tailor,
P-
Cravetto,
Lamble
St
Stone,
Rupert
People's
Store,
J.
O.
Toklo
.Tailors
M.
T.
The
Directors
of
the
Prince
Rup-
Sutherland.
General
Hospital
desire
to
Lee,
F.
E.
Hunt
Ltd.,
Wing
Long.
"Press
their
thanks
to
the
Pre-
Butchers
Orchestra,
the
public,
and
Sterling
Market.
Bulkley
Market,
10
a
those
who
ni9f
f
th
'Family
Meat
Market,
Selvlg's
Mar-
"a"ce
held
last
night
at
the
ket,
Q.
&
S.
Meat
Maricet,
oevemn
"'uose
se
Han
Hall
In
i
aid
the
u
,.hi
i
front
nued
on
page
nvej
of
hospital.
RES
4
LIBRAE
V
Today's
WeatH4
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
(Rupert
Part
clouc.
High
..
9:50
a.m.
18.4
ft.
northerly
wind,
four
miles
per
;
J
22:32
pjn.
19.3
ft.
hour;
barometer,
29.88;
tempera-
Low
..
3:36
ajn.
7.5jftT
50;
sea
smooth.
ture,
16:05
pjn.
5.4ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXV.,
No.
90.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
16,
1936
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CASE
Outlet
For
Peace
River
Not
Looked
For
In
Near
Future
By
Dawson
Creek
Publisher
VICTORIA,
April
16:
(CP)
An
outlet
from
the
Peace
River
district
to
the
coast
will
hot
be
realized
for
some
time
in
the
opinion
of
C.
S.
Kitchen,
publisher
of
the
Peace
River
Block
Nev
s
at
Dawson
Creek.
Mr.
Kitchen
said
he
was
convinced
that
th'e
most
the
Peace
River
settlers
hoped
for
would
be
for
branch
line
extension
from
the
Northern
Alberta
Railway
north
to
the
Peace
River
from
Hiries
Creek,
Alta.,
to
Fort
St.
John,
B.C.
1
Alternative
to
rail
extension
would
be
a
triangular
highway
route
which
would
include
continuation
of
the
present
highway
from
Vanderhoof
through
Fort
St.
James,
Manson
jCreek,
Finlay
Forks
and
Hudson
Hope
with
forced
highways
leading
through
Fort
St.
John
and
Dawson
Creek
Edmonton.
Today's
Weather
'
i
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
light
I
northerly
wind;
barometer,
"29.82;
light
swell.
zLangara
Island
Part
cloudy,
calm;
light
swell.
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
46.
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
40.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
43.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm
mild.
.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
31.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
Calm,
42.
BAR
SILVER
PRESIDENT
William
Morgan
Named
Head
Of
B.
C.
Federation
J.
S.
Wilson
Is
Also
Given
Office
VANCOUVER,
April
16....:
(CP)
William
Morgan,
principal
of
Vancouver
Technical
School,
was
'elected
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Teachers'
Federation
at
the
annual
convention
yesterday
and
J.
N.
Burnett,
principal
of
Aberdeen
School,
Vancouver,
was
(named
vice-president.
John
S.
Wilson
of
Prince
Rup
ert
was
named
vice-president
of
the
elementary
department
sec
tion.
Lindberghs
Take
British
Licences
Usual
Flying:
Tests
Not
Required
Of
Famous
Air
Couple
LONDON,
April
16:
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
both
took
out
British
airplane
pilots'
licences
yesterday
without
the
usual
tests
being
required
of
them.
Shortly
after
they
took
up
a
big
trl-motored
plane
from
Hendon
airdrome.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
16:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
79c
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
today.
TLIN
POLICE
OFFICER
AND
CORONER
WILL
FLY
TO
TESLIN
FOR
PUOBE
Snow
c
o
n
d
I
tl
o
n
s
In
the
north
are
such
that
Provln-
clal
Constable
Ronald
M
Stewart
and
Coroner
H.
F.
Glassey
of
Atlln,
who
are
going
into
Teslln
Lake
where
an
Indian
woman,
Mrs.
George
Johnson,
has
been
slain
by
a
rifle
bullet,
suppos-
edly
through
foul
olay.
are
OF
CONSPIRA
CY
ROYAL
ABDUCTION
PLOT
BAREDj
!,
&
or
m
Motherless
Offspring
01
Belgian
King
Were
Marked
For
Kidnapping
Former
Convict,
Nicholas
Elsen,
is
Under
Arrest
Confesses
to
Writing
Letter
to
Monarch
Demanding
Money
Under
Threat
BRUSSELS,
April
16:
(CP)
Threat
to
kidnap
the
motherless
children
of
King
Leopold
of
Belgium
was
disclosed
today
with
the
arrest
in
Brussels
of
Nicholas
Elsen,
aged
31,
former
convict.
Police
state
that
the
man
confessed
to
writing
letters
to
the
King
threatening
to
abduct
the
royal
children
whose
mother,
Queen
Astrid,
was
killed
in
an
auto
crash
last
year
unless
money
was
left
in
the
woods
near
the
city.
MERCHANTS
i
Alleged
Confidence
Men
Are
In
North
Facing
Charges
in
Vancouver
VICTORY
OF
ETHIOPIANS
Talk
of
Peace
.May
Br
Difficulty
Gett'n;
To-gether
Br',tih
Concen'ratinj:
In
Mediterranean
ADDIS
ABABA.
April
16:
Em-
nprn-
Willp
RfTiJp
vpctprrtnv
AH
Italy
Rejoices
ROME,
April
16:
AU
Italy
re
jjolced
with
special
demonstrations
speeding
towards
Addis
Ababa,
the
main
object
of
the
Fascut
campaign.
Britain
Is
Anxious
I
ONI
ON,
April
16:
(CP)
With
tension
and
uncertainty
mounting
in
Geneva,
the
Admiralty
moved
a
new,
secret
type
of
anti-submarine
craft
to
bulwark
warships
scat
tered
through
the
Mediterranean.
Flteen
specially
designed
mine-
sweeping
trawlers
have
arrived
at
the
eastern
Mediterranean.
PROMOTING
PULP
MILL
Dissuading
of
Witnesses
is
ClaimetH-Johrt
Sutherland
And
William
Murdock
Are
Barristers
Involved
in
Proceedings
-
VANCOUVER,
April
16:
(CP)-John
Sutherland
and
ijaiie
Selassie
claims
to
Have
William
Murdock,
prominent
lawyers;
Gus
Thodos,
cafe
Slain
1.000
Italian
Soldiers
nwnpr
nnrl
Arthur
RrJchnno
nnrl
JnVm
TI..av,1
UarraA
confidence
men,
appeared
in
police
court
today
on
conspiracy
charges
and
were
remanded
for
one
week.
Sutherland
and
Thodos
are
charged
with
conspiring
to
dis
suade
a
witness
from
giving
evi-i
dence
while
Murdock
Is
charged
with
dissuading
George
Andrus
from
identifying
a
man
in
a
police
line-up.
The
alleged
confidence
men
are
charged
with
conspiracy
in
the
same
case
while
awaiting
claimed
a
great
victory
for
the
trial
on
slmllar
charges
previously
'hlo-ians
ovr
Italian
forces
on
la'd
the
northern
front
In
the
vicinity
f
Lake
Ashangi.
Four
thousand
ttalian
native
troops
are
said
to
.have
been
slain.
MORAL
LAW
IS
UPHELD
yesterday
at
ina
jail
01
uessye..'
rreiate
bays
violation
oi
natural
former
Ethiopian'
military
head-j
Laws
is
Indicated
in
Birth
quarters.
j
Control
Would
Deal
Direct
I
GENEVA,
April
16:
(CP)
Italy;
REGINA.
April
16:
(CP)
Ex-
was
described
by
an
authorltive
ponents
of
"mercy
killings,'
today
today
as
as
demanding
ine
source
right
to
direct
negotiations
for
peace
without
League
interference
Ethiopia
would
reject
the
Italian
peace
terms,
it
Is
said.
From
Rome
came
reports
that
Italian
motorized
troops
werej
The
Financial
Post,
published
In
,
t
stprm,at,nn
Toronto,
has
the
following:
I
Touchjllg
on
-mercy
"Frank
L.
Buckley,
managing
BUhop
Murray
sad.
and
possibly
an.
English
banker
or
manufacturer."
STUDENTS
TRAFFIC
COURT
17:
II..
t-l
K
II
It
.Ml
steri
lization
of
unfit
and
birth
control
were
criticized
by
Most
Rev.
Ger
aid
Murray,
Bishop
of
Saskatoon,
In
an
address
before
the
Social
Service
Council
here.
It
should
be
realized,
he
said,
human
beings
were
being
dealt
with
and
that
there
are
natural
moral
laws
binding
on
each
person.
Science
was
not
thoroughly
known
when
only
Its
first
principles
were
grasped,
and
wrong
first
principles
were
disastrous,
especially
In
the
moral
order.
"The
supreme
rule
of
right
is
like
a
straight
line,"
he
said.
"A
principle
must
run
parallel
to
that
Gibraltar
from
home
ports
while
!lmi;
If
tnere
a
slight
divergence
five
destroyers
have
arrived
from't
the
beginningi
the
divergence
at
the
end
will
be
Incalculable.
What
holds
in
mathematics
of
lines
holds
in
morals
of
principles
that
are
not
true."
A
human
being
Is
a
responsible
being,
Bishop
Murray
declared,
and
Is
subject
to
moral
laws.
"A
man's
members
belong
to
him
to
.
.
dispose
of
not
as
he
wishes,
but
to
Toronto
Tost
Helen
to
Interest
Of
admlnlstcr
t0T
the
use
of
nls
per.
Germans
In
Project-Also
sonaUty.
He
has
the
use,
not
the
Eastern
Canada
and
disposal
of
them."
r.ngianu
i
whpther
Whether
rotnnulsorv
compulsory
nr
or
volnn.
tary,
he
claimed
the
moral
law
killings,"
Director
oi
ine
w.mu
.mllclM
"Consider
human
lite.
It
Is
a
Pnln
Xr
Paner
Pn..
whtrh
nlans
....
.....
DANCE
FOR
JUNE
15
CONSIDERED
LIKELY
DATE
OF
BY-
ELECTION'S
IN
B.
C."
VICTORIA.
April
16:
(CP)
Premier
T.
D.
Pattul'.o
said
yesterday
that,
on
his
return
from
Ottawa
next
week,
the
government
will
make
ar-
rangements
for
the
provincial
by-elections
in
Vancouver-
Burrard
and
Omlneca
ridings.
June
15
is
mentioned
as
the'
likely
date.
..
...
.
HOSPITAL
Four
Hundred
Persons
at
Success
ful
Affair
Mrs.
Sid
Elkins
Wins
Trip
About
400
persons
attended
the
.
dance
last
night
held
in
the
Moose
Hall
under
the
auspices
of
the
Premier
Orchestra
and
the
Hospital
Board.
Dancing
was
in
pro-
:
gress
from
9
to
2
and
at
2
o'clock
;
the
crowd
was
very
reluctant
to
go
home.
The
Premier
Orchestra
',
played
all
the
latest
hits
with
splendid
rhythm
It
was
one
of
the
most
enjoyable
dances
In
this
city
In
a
long
time.
Fred
Wesch
made
a
very
genial
.
and
capable
master
of
ceremonies.
George
Wilkinson,
Harry
Birch
and
W.
H.
Wilson-Murray
were
at'
the
door.
The
hot
dog
stand
was
under
the
supervision
of
Mrs.
W.
Howarth.
Assisting
were
Misses
K.
Carmlchael,
E.
Carmlchael,
G.
Bus-
sanlch,
C.
Llndqulst,
I.
N.
Sigmund,
K.
Johnson
and
Mrs.
Williams
with
Percy
Tinker
as
cashier.
The
drawing
for
the
prizes
was
managed
by
William
Brown
and
Frank
Dibb,
Miss
Jean
Harrison
R.N.
drawing
the
lucky
numbers.
Following
were
the
winners:
first,
310;
second,
794;
third,
638;
fourth,
49;
fifth,
332;
sixth,
132;
seventh,
473;
eighth,
246;
ninth,
760:
tenth,
110;
eleventh,
73;
twelfth,
103;.
r7Mi
f
V
nin
nnnpr
sacrea
inmg'
a
sacrea
wusl-
N0
thirteenth.
656;
fourteenth,
440.
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7
ph
11
rZSr
tVneJZt
human
aUthorUy'
no
lndlv,dual
or'
trip
to
Vancouver
was
won
?
Xfn
taSritJSd
Rf0UP
0t
lndlvlduals'
has
a
riht
by
Mrs.
Sid
Elkins
with
a
total
of
SfwSS
f
SnSSEl
r
snonsori
t0
d5al
wlth
lnnocent
human
life,273
tickets'
Mid.
Grand
total
of
?1
!!SP!l
tfk
ven
th0Ugh
H
be
defectlve"
!
tickets
sold
was
622.
?
hTJ,nv
hPn
He
condemned
the
PcUde
of
1
me
who
donated
cof
fee,
sugar,
i
ng
f"
th
come
mLan
,.h!L?.T!
blrth
contro1'
clalml"S
adop-Jweiners,
milk.
etc.
were
Stewart
&
irom
oau
riwicwwi.
it
CAplCu
Uon
would
,
,ate
one
f
tn
first
Mobley
Malklns
Ltd
Swift's
Ltd
that
one
or
twoEas
em
Canadians
prlnclples
of
soclalllfe.
fam.
MS
Sk?Bn5&
will
be
added
to
the
directorate
unable
to
make
the
sixty-
1
COLUMBUS,
April
three
mile
trip
by
dog
team.
j
Ohio
State
students
Accordingly,
arranuement
sare
i
traffic
rules
on
the
ny,
n
saia,
is
me
cea
oi
ine
social;
Market,
Overwaltea,
Watts
Gro-
organism.
cery)
Mussallem's
and
Valentin
He
warned
agalrtst
too
much
1
Dairy,
power
being
vested
.In,
"civil
auth-
Proceeds
are
to
be
donated
to.
oruy.-
-fine
supreme
purpose
of
(the
hospital
bulldlngfund.
society,"
ne
saia,
"is
to
make
life
(CP)
I
happy
for
all
and
remove
effec-
who
violate
;
tlvely
obstacles
to
good,
wholesome
campus
.are
'living.
The
totalitarian
state
Is
an
NEW
YORK,
April
16:
(CP)
Bar
being
made
for
the
officers
liable
to
be
called
before
the
stu-!old
heresv
revived.
It
is
n
rpvprsinn
KNOWS
HIS
MUFFINS
HOUSTON,
April
16:
(CP)
Fourteen-year
old
Fred
Drews,
only"
sliver
was
unchanged
at
440
per(
to
make
the
trip
by
airplane
jdent
court,
'
and
anyone,
"
getting
"
a
to
paganism.
"
...
Man
.......
was
not
made
...vw
boy
uoj
uiiiuu
among
more
than.500
VIAUtltW
OUUCIlbO
students
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
mar-
ket
today.
It
i
second
summons
Is
almost
certain
for
the
state,
the
state
was
made
of
home
economics,
won
first
place
to
be
fined.
1"
If
or
man."
in
a
muffin
contest.
w
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