third of Transpacific Hying Boats Ready to Take up Service ALAMEDA, April 14: Third of ne Pan American Airways flying for transpacific service be- fn California and the PhllliDlne 'ands, the Hawaiian Clipper, has nved here from her builders at Mtimore with Cantaln Edwin ck In command. The ship nade the trip via the Canal Zone, wapulco and San Diego. Todays Weather : Triple Islanrininnrf Mherly wind: barometer, 30.00; moderate swell. Terrace -Part cloudy, calm. 38. Anyox- part Cloudy, calm, 38. Stewart -Cloudy, sbuth wind, 3b. Hazelton-Cloudy, calm. 40. Miiuiers- Part Cloudy, calm, una, Brns Lake- -Clear, calm, 31. Wpectors In Hospital After Crash of Plane last week when a plane piloted Py Roy Brown crashed at Lac du' L'i "ter lts propeller had IZ . ln m'd-alr. are how in hos- the conflict Investigation Into Lindbergh Case Voted Out TRENTON, NJ., April 14: By an overwhelming vote of 57 to 1, the New Jersey State Legislature yes terday voted down a proposal to have an Investigation into the whole case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the Lindbergh klndap-murder by the President of Columbia University. , CALLES IS IN EXILE LOS ANGELES, April 14:-Hav- "XT A" C A V lng fled from Mexico by airplane ( jj J Ol I after having been accused oi Deing at the bottom of recent unrest In Mexico including the recent bombing of a train between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Ex-President Plutarco Ellas Calles, former "Strong Man of Mexico," arrived here at the end of the week from accompanied by a couple' of his former political lieu-1 Co-operative Commonwealth Fed-miiPs. who completely eratlon in Toronto, J S. Woods- llliauia. ,jt. wt it u- 1J PRpVINCIAL LIBRARY I VICTORIA, B.C. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides Bull prince Rupert Part cloudy, High - 7:19 ajn. 17.1 ;t. light southerly wind; barofneter, 20:50 pjn. 16,5 It. 30.14; temperature, 44; sea smooth. Low 1;02 a.m. 9.8 ft. 13:56 pjn. 6.3 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXV No.,88. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1936 PRICE: S CENTS PEACE PROSPECTS I- , IN AFRICA DIM Officials of League Are Not Very Hopeful Of Stopping Conflict RECOVERING FROM BLOW Southern States Kehabilitattii; Themselves Roosevelt Promises Aid TUPELO. Miss.. April 14: Re- i.ablu.a',.on of the damage done In be tornado disaster last week t:i the southern states Is already get bg under way. It was the third rreatest tornado disaster in the history of the Un4ted States, tak- r.g a death toll now placed at bout five hundred and causing carnage estimated variously at rom $15,000,000 10 $25,000,000. pre than two thousand were Injured and some of these may yet I Following mass burials of the j irtims at Tupelo, Mississippi, and Ca!n.;viile Georgia, which cities lave borne the brunt of the mor- iu'y. the mena:e of Glsease aro pes'Jence has been alleviated, li cow announced. Central relief lammlttees are In charge at both :tie;, Shelters have been arranged mporarily for the homeless In p!.r. buildings, tents and railway Pars. I President Franklin D. Roosevelt h his way back to Washington liter a kip to the West Indies popped off at Oalnsville, Oeorglc md, in a public address, extolled !w people for their courage In the a of disaster, promising adt- Rte rehabilitation and relief measures. lawaiian Clipper Reaches Alameda Ethiopians Claim Poison Gas Was Used in Italian Attacks Upon Thirteen Cities; Mussolini Confirms Slave Freeing GENEVA, April 14: (CP) The Ethiopian gov ernment asserted to the League of Nations today that Italian forces used poison gas in attacks upon 13 hthiopian cities. Just as the protest was received, the Italian government inform ed the League that Premier Benito Mussolini had decid ed to free all slaves in Ethiopia. This followed the announcement of the day previous to a similar effect by Marshal BadogUo. in Ethiopia. The communications reached Oeneva while the committee of thirteen was discussing the possibility of peace in East Africa. Of ficials said they were pessimistic as to the possibilities of stopping FIVE ARE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH ALLEGED TRAITORS Manchukuoan Officials Charged With Betraying: Military In- formation to Russia TOKYO, April 11: (CP) Six high officials of Manchukuo-have been arrested, it was reported yesterday, and charged with plotting- subversive move- face court-martial. Meanwhile Russo-Japanese relations have become more strained with the report that a Japanese patrol of twenty men fought fifty Soviet soldiers Saturday. The clash occurred near Hulin, Manchukuo, and the Japanese are said to have been fired upon first. WIDESPREAD SEARCH ON Mystery Surrounds Disappearance "Of Mother of Young Picture. Star NEW YORK, April 14: Scotland Yard and the Los Angeles pollcp have been pressed Into service in the effort to solve the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Lillian Bartholomew who arrived In New York at the middle of last wee1: with a view to claiming her twelve-year old son, Freddie Bartholomew, who has become a Juvenile moving picture star with a salary of $1500 Weekly. Mrs Bartholomew has not been heard from sine? she was seen, shortly after disembarkation from the steamer in New York, with a strange mar. Her husband In London fears thai she has been kidnapped or misled. She had sent her effects to a New York hotel but failed to reach there herself. There Is the possibility that she might have left direct for Hollywood but she has failed to put In an appearance there yet. Freddie Bartholomew has been under the guardianship of his aunt, Miss MUllcent Bartholomew, since he was eighteen months old. The aunt has announced that she will fight any effort to take the child away from Tier, The parents have annpunced thefr intention of instituting habeas corpus proceed- Former "Strong Man" of Mexico lngs to establish their right to vmrcled to Take up Residence 'take the boy back into their cus- in Los Anteles tdy. C. C.FERS Will Not Hear of J. S. Woodsworth Relinquishing Leadership TORONTO, April 14: Addressing the Ontario convention of the Columbia River Trolling Fleet Is j Being Tied Up ASTORIA, Ore., April 14:- ' Called In by the union owing to a dispute over fish- prices, the Columbia River trolling fleet was tied up yesterday although no strike has as yet been officially called. Buyers have offered 15c for largt? ments and furnishing military nsn ana 8C Ior sma11 wm:n Prlce Information to Russia. All will ,5s now acceptable to the union mere is oenevea to be hope of an amicable settlement being reached. David Lamson Is Going Into Filmsi Will Depict on Screen How it Feels ; To Face Execution HOLLYWOOD, April 14: David A. Lamson of Palo' Alto, CaU re-1 cently acquitted after his fourth trial on a charge of murdering. his wife has been signed up by a moving picture company to screen the story of his book IWe Who Are About to Die-hleii&Tecords his Impressions and experiences .while awaiting execution. CAUSE IS UNCERTAIN May Never be Known Why Plane Which Crashed "Was so Far Off Its Course Twelfth Victim Dies NEW YORK, April 14: The un-! derlying cause of the crash of a Transcontinental and Western Air Lines air liner near Unlontown. Pa., last week with loss of twelve lives ten passengers and two pilots may never be definitely known. Investigation had failed to throw much light on the tragedy Charles J. Challinor. the twelfth victim, succumbed to his Injuries in Unlontown hospital yesterday. Pilot Otto Ferguson was thirty mile3 off his course when the big ship crashed into a hill while he was flying blind. Ten minutes before the crash, the ship had radio ed its position as ten miles east of Pittsburg. It was sixty miles from, there that the crash occurred. j The ship was bound from Newark, NJ, to California. Flying con ditions were bad with snow and an attempt was being made to reach Columbus. After the crash, the stewardess, Miss Nellie Granger, a registered Inurs-a. although lntureri hprsplf. dragged two other survivors a man and a woman from the blazing wreckage of the plane. She managed to reach a farmhouse, the survivors being later taken to the Unlontown hospital. One of the survivors was Mrs. Meyer Ellen-stein, wife of the mayor of New ark, DISORDERS !N SPAIN Celebration of Anniversary Republic is Rough One Policeman Killed MADRID, Spain, April 14: (CP) One police lieutenant was killed and another wounded and a number of civilians were trampled on and beaten here today during the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Spanish republic. The disorders began when bombs exploded behind the president's reviewing stand at a military parade. Blasts 'injured none but created a panic. They are attributed to Fascists. DIRIGIBLE . hospital. Plan For Ilindenburg to Visit United States is Unchanged : FREIDRICHSHAFEN, Germany April 14: Dr. Hugo Eckner, fan-1 mous dirigible designer, declared! that the giant new airship von Hindenburg, which returned safely 1 to her base here at the week-end I after having experienced engln? Jersey. The von Hindenburg was given an enthusiastic welcome on her afe return here; She had had difficulty with some of her six engines on the way back and her speed was cut down to sixty mlls Der hour against strong weather. Special permission was given to make the flight over Gibraltar, Spain and France In the fear of a possible forced landing which, fortunately, was not necessary. The engines are now being given a thorough overhauling, BLOW WAS ACCIDENT Jury Finds That Oil Salesman; Died of Brain Hemorrhage Haney, who was found dead ln the Commercial Hotel at Port Coqult- Young People Die When Vehicles Collided On Bad Curve in North Carolina Four Perished as Flames Enveloped Vehicles On Road After Impact; Fifth Succumbed in Hospital To Injuries. WISE, North Carolina, April 14: (CP) Five young people were fatally burned and a sixth critically injured when an automobile collided with a truck near here today. Four of the five died in the flames which enveloped the automobile and truck TO PAH I ITU"1 after the crash, on a curve. 10 VUlYlUXVl The fifth died of burns in 1 iBig Brazilian 'rouble on her return trip fron rn Flying Boat In Trinidad Crash PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Ap- 14: The Pan American Air- day, ran Into a fishing craft and two passengers and one member of the crew werg drowned on being trapped In the cabin of the sinking aircraft. The remainder of the eighteen passengers and seven members of the crew were rescued. The flight was taken up by another of the company's flying ; boats. PASSING OF MRS. ROMA Expired Suddenly This Morning While Being Taken to Prince Rupert General Hospital her condition became such was deemed advisable to remove lam, decided that he had died ol lcr " H hemorrhage of the brain. A bio? Hospital. She passed away w how-delivered in the ambulance before V by Louis Rosse, son of the hotel proprietor, ln the course reacnuig ute uwuiuwu... of a card playing and drinking shortlv after 9 ocloc,k- j J Forty-two years of age and a party was found to have been native of Italy. Mrs. Roma had a thorough Investigation of th llved here for nearly twent nears-whole She resided with her family at the affair but it Is expected a mhn VoHiv lnnro v.t ic mnrrfpr rhartrp mhlrh ha hpsn corner oi bevenm Avenue ana rienles the charges made againsi .r. nuuea umiuc . " , ',,.. ,m h ArnnnA Fulton Street. Her husband. Frank: FAVOR FOR ROOSEVELT democrats Starting to Rally? Behind President and Ills Renom-ination Certain Opens His Campaign BALTIMORE, Md., April 14: President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his 1936 presidential campaign here yesterday with a stlf- lng address In connection with the convention of, the Young Democrats of America.. The chief executive before Ions will make a speaking tour of the :ountry. It is his intention to visit.-practically all Important' titles sometime between how and, the election In November . VV. I .The renomlnatlon of Presldehtf I Roosevelt appears to be a, fore-. conclusion. Opposition to him' (;one In certain quarters of the Demo cratic party is obviously diminishing and no serious contender against him for the nomination i now expected. State after stats appears to be rallying to him. The situation In the ranks of ner maiaen mgni io Kio ae J an ,, fivinir host Rrazilian dinner, i.. . . elro. would be In shape to make L. it wjTs taklne off for Brazil on a . " ' ? T. Its scheduled night on May 6 to " ularlv scheduled scneauiea flight ingnt Satur- ij" I stand-pat ee" l ie, m7e( is not w,s iPW Jew vnrk York and nrt Lakehurst. T.irphr.t New mpui element, so happy. Who will be the standard bearer for the presidency Is very much in doubt with the possibility that none of those now being prominently mentioned may be chosen. Two Are Dead Of Mail Bombs Elderly Man and Young Boy Arc Victims of Infernal Machine WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 14: Two persons are now dead as a result of a series of bombs which were delivered in the malls here Good Friday by a supposed maniac The first victim was Thomas Mi- ! haoV flalla trhpr an plHprlv fnrmpr Death came suddenly this morn- taker whQ lnz to Mrs. Maria Roma, a well ' . i " . . io oils on r nuay wntrn uc uucueu known and highly ... esteemed mem-. ;nt.inin,r- tht mr! NEW WESTMINSTER. April 14: !r of l' Last night a four-year -The coroner's jury Investigating nT alold ho succumbed ln hosPltal to .u- -u . r,LS n- soma time and jesterday mtwriiv took took a ... ,,, rpplvpH ,mrfpr n.c uww, Vi ivuucu nwruaui, r, 4Vo rc. This mumlm?,"" " 49-year old oil salesman of Port .lU4" , 7 ""V """7 that Hi ! (similar circumstances. Arrest has been made of a suspect who has been under observation for some time. Five others had been taken into custody but were able to clear themselves of suspicion. Easter Finery For Quintuplets him. is expected to take up his f u- " to. withdraw as lea er of 7- " -L Roma fa Rt present ln Vancouver, pione Girlies Dol,ed uP For Dr. t.nrp residence here ln exile, tie nas u uugm. J . ".,:im JD1AN vmrrii YOUTH AT at ii HAZELTON atflthv havlne having left left here here about about a a week week aiio.; ago.; ana visitors sunaay the United "ing. lie suggested, U tne u.c.r-,' permitted to v enter V., I '"T, ibcenpermiiiea hoen m L&bQr had!,nJuries to which w he succumbed l mlt. . . Vancouver Wheat BAIt SILVER mtiver. Acrll 14: (CP)-- NEW YORK. April 14: (CP)-Bar !"W here wh'Z l was ouotedt 79 Vic on the sliver was unchanged at 44fcc on fl'd to be dnin ,,pf Exchange today. the New York metal market today. KING ATTENDS CHURCH FACING STATUTARY CHANG'S Children are: Nellie (Mrs. Ford, . 1-T-1 v u vtr.tl... n t t ATrf?T i ah-I1 14 ian occasional change ln leader- yesteraay. miss u ranger was aoie : . ; .. . . " . 1 ". 77 IL' '.ui. j.,....-. 1 ! ip, v,r.m i nui.i A sixteen vear o d Ind an boy Vancouver; noran, rnnce nuperi 'Ai .auanaer, uniM me lamous 1 j 1 .mimij 1 nn np phipi niiwrvri. 1 .J iuav au iili iiuiitc 1 1 1 r illmiuik - WINNiPrn : .... m CaUes CaUes declares declares that mai, """ rresiaeni - ""- - ns !,'- t lhe h. nx,. ..,..,, . ,has has been been taken taken Into Into custody custody b: John John. Prince Rupert, and William. 'Dlonne quintuplets celebrated Eas- Inspectors. hnw. v,o" inrpH Cardenas Intends to set up acorn- Hph ni-rf vnir "No."! I Constable Andrew Grant at Haz- Prince Rupert. The family wllllter Sunday much the same as or ,. , . wv. ...j -. -v- . jipK,ir. m MPYirn . - " munisiiu uinw"r elton on a serious charge Involving have the sympathy of many a five year old nair oreea gin rnenas. ' LONDON, April 14: King Ed-according to report received at Funeral arrangements are ln the wai-d VIII and his mother, Queen divisional headquarters of the hands of the B, C: Undertakers. Mary, attended Easter Sunday provincial police here. Arrange Deceased was a. member' of the church services together; for trial are .being made. , ' Roman Catholic.- Church. ' -s dinary young ladies. Each had entire new Easter outfits which they proudly displayed for Dr.. K. R. Dafoe and other visitors. There were Easter gifts from all parts of Canada, and the .United States,