Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
She
High
0:11
a.m.
20.2
ft.
prince
Rup
0.
't
cloudy,
light
12:54
p.m.
18.4
ft.
northerly
wine
kneter,.
30.12;
Low
6:50
a.m.
4.0
ft.
fprnoeraturje,
43;
,
-ooth.
18:46
p.m.
7.0
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
105.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
4,
1936
PRICE:
5
CENTS
ADDIS
ABABA
GOVERNMENT
SHIP
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
OCEAN
FREIGHTER
IS
TOTAL
LOSS
AFTER
ATLANTIC
COLLISION
VINEYARD
HAVEN,
Mass.,
dian
National
freighter
Canadian
Planter
collided
with
ho.
freighter
City
of
Auckland
during
a
dense
foe
be-
i.
I1
1
1
XT
1
nvtcll
una
louum
ami
inwiiutAci.
isiaiiu
canv
ounuuv
anu
f
'
1
1
1
11.-
nii..
,vere
piCKeu
up
uy
uie
iuy
ui
niLcu
viw
w...,-
an
on
the
Canadian
boat,
which
mjf
as
enroute
from
New
York
to
allfax
after
a
voyage
to
Australia,
,
I
ves
were
luat.
!
The
Canadian
Planter
was
one!
f
Un
vessels
recently
sold
by
the
PAAnhaH
Kffrvitf
rnnl
.
A
net
rtilln
.Miw
New
ealand
line.
Is
Total
Loss
Humnuiu,
wa
ji.
,w
oHv.
,
E.
Tedford,
general
manager
of,$,
anian
flduoiwi
ountm
ips.
i
lid
todav
that,
from
Information
.
'
....
.
.
-
o.
earner
Canadian
pianier
wouia
a
total
loss.
ml
M
vm
1
n
ImK
Rogers
is
Set
and
iVidow
of
Famous
Chocolate
Manu
5c.
facturer
Charges
Nephew
With
Taking
Bonds
From
Safety
Deposit
Box
VICTORIA,
May
2:
Ball
of
i
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wnnoro
nr
n
nrnnvpr
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vin
r
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rtar
r
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nntrlnff
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Vile
mirtf
Kfra
T.oail
unre
ttri
ntir
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v
m
a
t
rv
nits
rn"t
I3IP
minnfn
ntnfAf
rf
7tTnri.1
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riisp
U
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nnmpii
until
FrlriaV
i
i
r
1
1
d
iiffiav
nine
usxrvAfo
nnirrrai
w
v
i
iui
.
i
:
a
i
in
iv
w
iririnn
it
nri
iflc.
Fiance
Honored
1
rescntil!,..,
.
I...
ltll.,
V...c
Co
.....
I
nr.
.
I
w
1
1
1
1
j
niij
iivnii
oay
Afternoon
to
Two
Popular
Members
of
Staff
The
rilrprfnrs
nf
iVio
Drlnpn
Pll.
rt
Dally
News
gathered
Saturday
'tift.
.
.
lny
in
the
company
offices
to
nnnn
i
i
iviiiu
iv.ibiiit:
ii
vine
aiiu
Fra&er.
hnth
noniilar
mem-
.
.
.
rv
a
i
i
1
1
i
i
iv)
emir
nrnncA
mnrrinup
jes
place
this
week.
A
presenta-
1n
....
....
I
runen,
president
of
the
com
uny,
MISS
Irvlnn
finUVioH
hor
HiiHps
With
the
D.lHv
Nnuro.KafiirHnv
nf.
tonoon,
f
"""VtulCUl
13
RlilUC
Willi!
,Staff
Sergeant
G,
H.
Greenwood
hi-tn
remain
In
charge
of
the
city
Police
horn
rn,.
iiunt
In
uic
upjuiiii!ii;iii
in
I
B-.v.v.
Recession
to
Staff
Sergeant
Alex!
4
MPWrtllt
.
--.w,
m
charge
of
the
district,
nas
not
yet
been
settled.
of
Construction
Of
soviet
Palace
Is
About
to
Start
Moscow,
May
4
Purveys
have
c
competed
prior
to
commence-mt
of
construction
of
the
Pal-J
of
the
Soviets
which-
will
be
"?
of
the
greatest
buildings
In
May
4:
(CP)
The
Cana
Tl
1
1.
n
1
1
A
1.1
1
...I.'
1
...
ziucKianu
wnicn
was
re-
,
,
-
tv
t
nnp"v
-if
r
VH
W
I
B
II
ft
11U
M
VVIX
IS
ISSUED
$5
Par
Value
Shares
Are
Put
Out
By
Smelters
vtnMTPPAT.
Mav4
IPPlMpur
value
common
stock
of
the
Consolldated
Mlnlng
&
Smelting
n.
.
-
oi
isauaua
was
ustea
on
x.
Montreal
Stock
Exchange
today.
alibui
Arrivals
Summary
American
172,000
pounds,
6.5c
5c
to
7.4c
and
5.5c.
Canadian
6c
and
5c
to
6.3c
and
American
Visitor,
8,000,
7.1c
and
5.5c,
Atlln
Eclipse,
8.000,
7c
and
5.5c
Royal.
Arctic,
33,000,
6.5c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Nordby,
32,000,
65c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Excel,
24,000,
6.8c
and
5.5c,
Pacific.
Zarembo,
17,00,
7.4c
and
5.5c,
Atlln.
Vlkln,
16,500,
7.2c
and
5.5c,
Royal.
Oceanic,
14,500,
6
7
and
5.5c,
Atlln.
Rap
III,
12,000,
7.3c
and
5.5c,
Atlln.
Pierce,
7,000,
7.2c
and
5.5c,
Pac
Canadian
Covenant,
18,00,
6.3c
and
5c,
Booth.
Balsac,
17,000,
6.2c
and
5c,
Booth.
Thrasher,
5,500,
6.1c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Ingred
H,
9,000,
6c
and
5.5c,
Cold
Storage.
Fanny
F.,
5,500,
6.1c
and
5.5c,
Atlln.
Domino,
9,000,
6.2c
and
5.5c.
Cold
Storage.
Bum,
8,500,
6c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
50.
Anyox
Clear,
calm.
50.
StewarU-Cloudy,
calm.
46.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
60.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
warm.
Burns
Lake
Raining,
calm,
42.
COMMUNIST
DIATRIBE
Arthur
Evans
delivered
himself
a
typically
Communist
diatribe
last
nldht
In
the
Moose
Hall
before
.rmuft
nt
nhout
215
nersons.
His
subject
was
"The
Press
in
Relation
to
the
Issues
of
the
Day."
rne
usual
,iw
rharces
were
made
together
with
the
customary
vllliflcatlon
of
all
those
In
constituted
authority.
Mrs.
Arthur
Sutton
and
family
are
sailing
this
a-fternoon
on
the
Princess
Norah
for
Vancouver.
GOES
DOWN
AFTER
CRASH
Future
Peace
In
Far
East
Rests
With
Japanese
MOSCOW.
May
4:
A
Soviet
spokesman
yesterday
declared
that
ruture
peace
in
the
Far
East
woud
lie
with
Japanese
military
activities
in
Manchuckuo.
Pastor
Claims
False
Arrest
Rev.
S.
B.
East
Enters
Suit
Against
Superintendent
S.
T.
Wood
of
R,
C.
M.
P.
REGINA,
May
4:
Rev.S.B.
East
who
was
one
of
the
leaders
of
the
"On
to
Ottawa"
trek
of
last
year,
has
entered
suit
against
Superintendent
S.
T.
Wood,
Roya!
Canadian
Mounted
Police,
for
false
arrest
In
connection
with
the
Dominion
Day
disorders.
Driver
of
Crash
Car
Surrenders
Clarence
Bicknell
Outon
Ball
At
ueiiingnam
uroydon
Hiackiey
Still
in
Jail
BELLINGHAM,
May
4:
Clarence
E.
Blcknell
of
Seattle
surrendered
to
the
authorities
yesterday
on
a
charge
of
manslaughter
arising
out
of
an
automobile
collision
on
the-
Pacific
Highway
near
Custer
a
week
ago
when
thrct
persons
were
killed.
Blcknell,
driver
of
one
of
the
cars,
has
been
released
on
$400
ball.
Croydon
Blackley
of
Vancouver,
driver
of
the
other
car
whose
wife
was
killed,
has
not
been
able
to
raise
his
ball
and
Is
still
In
jail.
Illinois
Backs
Roosevelt
For
President
Again
SPRINGFIELD,;
111.,
May
4:
Il
linois
delegates
to
the
forthcoming
Democratic
national
convention
In
Philadelphia
have
been
InstrucUdJ
to
support
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
as
the
party's
candidate
for
re-electlbn.
International
Labor
Day
Is
Observed
Here
A
mass
meeting
was
held
In
the
Canadian
Labor
Defence
League
Hall
In
Prince
Rupert
Friday
night
in
observance
of
International
Labor
Day.
Nell
Lang
was
chairman
and
speakers
were
Ex-Aid.
Oscar
Larsen,
president
of
the
unemployed;
J.
M.
Durin
of
the
Canadian
Labor
Defence
League;
R.
R.
Webster
of
the
Communist
Party
and
Rev.
C.
D.
Clarke,
pastor
of
First
United
Church.
The
slgnlfl
cance
of
May
Day
for
the
workers'
movement
was
stressed
by
all
speakers.
There
were
about
200
persons
In
attendance
at
the
meeting
which
lasted
about
an
hour
and
a
half,
A
resolution
was
passed
protest-j
lng
at
the
imprisonment
in
Reglna
I
of
"On
to
Ottawa"
trekkers.
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YORK
NEW
YORK,
May
4:
The
Canadian
dollar
was
quoted
at
a
discount
of
4c
on
the
New
York
foreign
exchange
market
at
the
S
SCENE
VICTORY
OF
LEFT
"Front
Populalre"
Will
Have
Good
Majority
in
Next
French
Chamber
of
Deputies
PARIS,
May
4:
Wi
th
but
five
precincts
yet
to
be
heard
from,
the
Leftists,
Front
Populaire,
were
last
night
assured
of
a
clear
working
majority
of
137
in
the
next
Chamber
of
Deputies
as
a
result
of
yesterday's
elections.
Leftist
strength
of
375
seats,
including
81
Communists,
was
the
French
voters'
answer
to
Fascist
elements
in
the.
republic.
The
standing
of
the
general
groups
last
night
was:
Rightists,
101.
Centre,
137.
Leftists,
375.
The
"Front
Populaire"
Includes
Socialists,
Communists
and
Radical
Socialists.
The
last
mentioned
constituted
the
last
ad-ministration
of
France.
The
United
Socialist
party,
with
at
least
145
of
the
618
seats
in
the
Chamber,
will
be
the
strongest
single
party,
displacing
the-
more
mo
derate
Radical
Socialists
who
i
captured
only
115
seats.
The
Right
and
Centre
groups
have
a
combined
strength
of
238
seats.
Among
those
re-elected
yesterday
were
Former
Premier
Ed-ouard
Herriott
in
Lyons
and
Paul
Reynard,
former
minister
of
finance.
Two
cabinet
ministers.
Marcel
Deat,
air
minister,
and
Jacques
Stern,
colonies
minister,
were
defeated.
But
one
disorder
was
reported
throughout
the
polling
yesterday.
DIES
IN
OTTAWA
D'Arcy
Plunkett,
Member
for
Victoria,
Succumbs
Following
Brief
Illness
with
Pneumonia
OTTAWA,
May
4:
(CP)
D'Arcy
Britten
Plunkett,
Conservative
member
of
Parliament
for
Vic
torla,
died
yesterday
in
hosplta'i
here
after
a
brief
Illness
with
pneumonia
and
complications
Born
In
Ontario,
he
was
sixty-four
years
of
age.
He
was
unmarried
and
Is
survived
by
two
brothers.
Mr.
Plunkett
was
a
member
.of
the
previous
Parliament
and
was
re-elected
at
the
general
election
last
fall.
PRICE
OF
GOLD
MONTREAL,
May
4:
(CP)
The
London
price
of
bar
gold
was
$34.-
86
on
Saturday,
wing
down
one
cent.
The
Washington
price
was
$35.06
in
Canadian
funds.
HARDLY
ONE
DIRTY
LOT
IN
TOWN
NOW
"There
is
hardly
a
dirty
lot
In
town,"
says
a
local
young
man,
whose
business
takes
him
regularly
to
all
parts
of
the
city,
in
commenting
on
the
progress
of
the
"Clean
Up
Week"
drive.
Apparently,
more
enthusiasm
Is
being
displayed
this
this
spring
spring
In
in
the
the
lmDrovine
Improving
1
1
t
or
the
appearance
of
the
city
than
has
ever
been
shown
before.
t
Mti:;t
House
Passes
Appropriation
Bill
For
Navy
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
May
4:
the
naval
appropriation
bill
of
$531,000,000
passed
the"
House
Of
I
Representatives
In
record
time
at
I
hi
end
of
the
week.
Dr.
Robertson
Is
Oilt
nf
Hnciiifnlienon
of
'restoring
order
to
.
VUL
UJ
llUOUilQ.il
I
Survivor
Of
Moose
River
Go'il
Mine
Episode
Goes
to
Hotel
i
Scadden
Also
Doing
Well
HALIFAX,
May
2:
Dr.
D.
E.
'nbertson,
one
of
the
survivors
or
the
recent
Moose
River
gold
mln
entombment,
had
sufficiently
recovered
from
the
effects
of
the
experience
to
leave
hospital
for
a
hptel
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Alfred
Scaddlng
Is
still
in
hosplta1
but
is
doing
nicely.
Air
Hostess
Is
Given
Awardl
Teroism
of"
Miss
Nellie
Granger
In
Recent
Recent
Crash
Crash
of
of
Plane
Is
Recognized
CHICAGO,
May
2:
Miss
Nellfc
Iranger,
air
hostess
for
the
Trans
continental
Western
Airways,
on
Saturday
left
here
to
start
a
lels-
lrely
cruise
to
the
West
Indies
as
her
reward
from
the
company
for
bravery
In
connection
with
the
rescue
of
passengers
following
a
ecent
crash
of
one
of
the
company's
air
liners
near
Unlontown
Pennsylvania.
Miss
Granger
is
now
ully
recovered
from
her
own
ln-uries
and,
on
her
return
from
the
rulse
she
will
resume
her
dutlei
is
a
plane
hostess.
Westminster
Man,
Struck
by
Street
Car,
Loses
Life
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
May
4:-John
L.
Smith,
New
Westmlnstt:
stock
broker,
was
killed
when
struck
by
an
lnterurban
car
near
Fraser
Mills
on
Saturday.
Special
Musical
Service
is
Held
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
Congre
gation
Heard
Anthems
Instead
Of
Sermon
Last
Night
In
place
of
a
sermon
at
evening
service
yesterday
at
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
Cathedral,
there
was
a
special
program
of
anthems
by
the
choir
under
the
direction
of
A.
J.
Lancaster
with
Peter
Lien
presid
ing
at
the
organ.
Each
number
i
was
rendered
in
excellent
style
and
'
much
favorable
comment
was
voiced
by
the
congregation.
The,
anthems
were
"Jesus.
Do
Roses
Orow
So
Red?"
"What
of
the
Night?"
"By
Babylon's
Wave,"
"Oh.
How
Amiable
Are
Thy
Dwellings,"
"Hymn
to
the
Trinity"
and
"Lead,
Kindly
Light."
Leonard
Crlpps
sang
as
a
vocal
solo
Tne
Loras
Prayer."
Card
of
Thanks
Mrs.
J.
Joy
sr.
and
family
wish
to
convey
their
sincere
apprecia-
tlon
for
the
numerous
expressions
0f
sympathy
and
floral
tributes
re-
celved
in
their
recent
bereave-
mcnt.
OF
HORROR
FIRE,
MURDER,
PILLAGE
AND
ANARCHY
RAMPANT
IN
ETHIOPIAN
CAPITAL
Foreigners
Slain
as
Wild
Disorder
Prevails
in
Addis
Ababa
Following
Flight
of
Emperor
Who
is
Now
At
Djibuti
Enroute
to
Exile
ADDIS
ABABA,
May
4:
Following
the
flight
of
Emperor
Haile
Selassie
and
the
Royal
Family,
fire,
murder,
pillaging
and
anarchy
ran
rampant
in
Addis
Ababa
over
the
week-end.
Italian
forces
were
reported
moving
as
rapidly
as
possible
towards
the
city
with
the
avowed
in-
INVERNESS
HAS
FIRE
Chinese
Bunkhouse
Destroyed
By
Spectacular
Blaze
Yesterday
Afternoon
Quite
a
spectacular
fire
occurred
about
1:30
yesterday
afternoon
at
Inverness
cannery
on
the
Skeena
Slough
when
the
Chinese
bunk-
house
was
destroyed.
This
building
.
.
.
..
i
i
4U
-n
n
was
lutuicu
uviuaa
me
lauwa;
track
to
the
rear
of
the
main
can-!
nery
building.
There
was
no
wind
land
the
conflagration
was
con-
ft"e'd'.t6
'the'
one
structure
-which
was
rapidly
consumed-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
John
ton
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.34.
Big
Missouri,
.53.
Bralorne.
7.25.
B.
R.
Con.,
.06
Vi.
B.
R.
X,
.15.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.38.
Dentonia,
.18.
Dunwell,
.044.
Golconada,
.12
Va.
Mlnto,
.81.
Meridian,
.08.
Morning
Star,
.03.
National
Silver,
.02.
Noble
Five.
.03'4.
Premier,
2.28.
Porter
Idaho,
.05.
Reon,
1.17.
Relief
Arlington,
.30.
.
Salmon
Gold,
.09.
Taylor
Bridge,
.12.
Wayside.
.12.
Reliance,
.09'i.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.38.
Central
Pat.,
3.34.
Chlbougamau,
1.35.
Gods
Lake.
.92.
Granada,
,18.
'
Inter'l
Nickel,
44.50.
Lake
Maron.
.04.
Lee
Gold.
.05.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.00.
Macassa,
3.75.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
143.
Noranda,
52.00.
Perron,
1.50.
Pickle
Crow,
6.45.
Red
Lake
Golyd
Shore,
1.12.
San
Antonio,
2.40.
Slsco,
3.35.
Stadacona,
.34
'2
Sturgeon
River,
.48.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.75.
Teck
Hughes,
4.75.
Ventures,
1.80.
Sherritt
Gordon,
1.15.
Smelters
Gold,
.06.
Argosy,
1
38.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.80.
DAYLIGHT
TRAIN
The
Canadian
National
Railways
are
planning
to
run
a
boat
train
out
of
Prince
Rupert
each
Friday
during
the
coming
summer,
leaving
at
11
a.m.
so
the
passengers
may
have
the
opportunity
of
seeing
Skeena
River
scenery.
The
1936
summer
train
schedule
has
not
yet
been
announced.
the
disordered
city.
Bodies
nf
Head
dead
and
and
rivlns?
dying
wprp
were
strewn
strewn
in
tn
?of
the
streets
and
almost
the
entire
business
section
had
been
destroyed
by
fire.
A
French
source
stated
that
24
foreigners
had
been
killed
Including
a
number
of
merchants,
mostly
Greeks,
who
attempted
to
defend
their
stores
against
the-
rioting
Ethiopians.
The
wife
of
an
Ameri
can
Seventh
Day
Adventlst
mis
sionary
was
reported
to
have
been
killed
in
the
mission
building.
She
was
Mrs.
N.
A.
Stadln.
Foreigners,
Including
the
British,
have
taken
refuge
in
the
various
legations.
Many
foreigners,
of
course,
had
left
previously.
Before
fleeing
his
capital,
Emperor.
Haile
Selassie
threw
his
pal-
ace
open
to
the
populace
who
were
also-given
access
taammunltion.
magazines.
Selassie,
with
his-
family,
had
reached
Djibuti,
French
Somali-
land,
yesterday
and
was
to
be
taken
on
board
the
British
cruiser
Enterprise
for
Aden,
Arabia,
from
where
he
has
intimated
he
will
proceed
to
Palestine
to
live
in
exile
at
Haifa.
Fighting
Off
Bandits
A
handful
of
men,
aided
by
natives,
held
the
United
States
legation
today
against
savage
attack
by
bandits
as
thousands
of
Ethiopian
deserters
from
the
demor
alized
army
converged
on
the
city
hot
for
vengeance
on
all
foreign
residents
of
the
capital.
United
States
and
other
nationals
have
sought
safety
In
the
British
legation
which
is
well
protected.
Dr.
Malley,
head
of
the
British
Red
Cross,
was
seriously
wounded
by
natives
who
also
attacked
Dr.
T.
A.
Lambie
of
Toronto,
mission
service
director.
Lambie
drove
off
the
"attackers
and
escaped.
The
capital
Is
awaiting
the
ar-
rival
of
two
French
Senegalese
companies
reported
enroute
to
quell
the
uprising
of
fanatic
tribesmen.
Italian
soldiers
,
.
.encamped
twenty
miles
away,
are
also
on
the
way.
To
Help
U.
S.
Legation
LONDON,
May
4:
(CP)
The
British
government
today
asked
Sir
Sidney
Barton,
minister
to
Ethiopia,
to
do
everything
possible
to
help
the
United
States
legation
In
Addis
Ababa.
Aid
from'the
British
was
requested
after
a
second
attack
on
the
consulate
was
threatened.
The
first
attack
by
a
frenzied
mob
was
beaten
off
by
officials
and
native
servants.
French
Legation
Fired
On
PARIS,
May
4:
(CP)-Paul
Bod-ard,
French
minister
to
Ethiopia,
reported
today
that
Ethiopian
sol
diers
assigned
to
guard
his
legation
had
mutinied
and
turned
their
guns
on
the
building.
Oil
Vessel
Is
Refloated
From
Dead
man's
Isle
VANCOUVER,
May
4:
The
oil
ship
Texada
was
refloated
yesterday
from
Deadman'g
Island
In
Vancouver
Harbor
where
it
went
ashore
on
Saturday.
T