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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
112.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
12,
1936
PRICE:
5
CENT8
IE
AG
FEDERAL
TWO
STATUTORY
HOLIDAYS
HAVE
BEEN
DECLARED
OTTAWA,
May
12:
Victoria
Day.
May
24,
falling
on
a
Sun-
day
this
year,
the
following
day.
May
25,
has
been
declared
a
statutory
holiday
for
Can-
ada
by
the
Secretary
of
State.
June
23,
the
King's
Birthday,
is
also
declared
a
statutory
holiday.
CONSUL
IS
COMMENDED
Initfcl
States
Minister
to
Ethiopia
Wins
High
Praise
From
Lips
of
President
Roosevelt
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
May
12
Inj
a
radio
message
Saturday
night
i
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
expressed
his
admiration
of
the
courage
and
devotion
to
duty
displayed
by
Cornelius
Van
H.
En-;ert,
American
minister
to
Ethiopia,
and
his
staff
during
the
disorders
at
Addis
Ababa
last
week
following
the
flight
of
Emperor
Halle
Selassie
and
before
the
arrival
of
the
Italian
troops.
Engert
and
his
vice-
consuls
would
be
recommended
for
promotion,
ths
chief
executive
announced.
Mrs,
Engert
was
also
praised
for
her
bravery
and
devotion
to
duty
dur
ing
the
four
day
selge
by
drunken
and
enraged
native
warriors
in
the.
Ethiopian
capital's
most
dangerous
quarter.
QUADS
ARE
DOING
WELL
Three
Boys
and
One
Girl
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Casper
of
New
Jersey
Getting
Along
Nicely
PASSAIC,
New
Jersey.
May
12-
Thc
qulntuplets-three
boys
and
a
girl-
-born
on
Saturday
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Emll
Casper
of
Little
Ferry,
continue
to
do
nicely.
Arrangements
have
been
made
to
brins
mothers'
milk
from
Bellevue
Hospital,
New
York,
with
which
to
feed
mem.
An
offer
of
$1000
a
week
from
a
show
company
to
exhibit
the
chll
dren
as
soon
as
they
are
old
enough
was
rejected
yesterday
Mayor
Jenncr
of
Passaic
has
appointed
guardians
for
them.
A
telegram
of
congratulation.--as
received
yesterday
from
Dr.
Allan
Roy
Dafoc
of
Callander,
On-torlo,
physician
to
the
famous
Di-nne
quintuplets.
Hoffman
Takes
Responsibility
Connection
With
Arrest
of
Paul
Wenrtel
In
Connection
With
Lindbergh
Kidnapping
NEWARK.
New
Jersey.
12
In
a
5Peech
here
at
the,
week-end,
Gov-eror
Harold
Hoffman
took
full
responsibility
for
the
series
of
"range
events
which
led
ud
to
the
arrest
of
Paul
Wendel
In
connec-"n
with
the
Lindbergh
kldnap-P'n8
lust
before
Richard
Haupt-mann
was
executed.
nuui,
uue
Hum
tug
at
10:20,
was
reported
this
,.
.
mom
n.
I-
"'6
wj
De
on
t
me.
J
5
'G'
MEN
CAPTURE
IS
TAKEN
AT
LAST
Thomas
II.
Robinson
jr.,
Wanted
For
Louisville
Kidnapping,
Is
Captured
in
California
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
12:
J.
Edgar
Hoover,
chief
of
the
bureau
of
investigation
of
the
Department
of
Justice,
last
night
announced
the
capture
in
Glen-dale,
Calif.,
by
federal
agents
of
Thomas
II.
Robinson
jr.,
who
has
been
hunted
for
the
last
two
years
for
the
$50,000
kidnapping
of
Mrs.
Alice
Stoll
in
Louisville,
Ky.
Although
Robinson
was
armed
with
a
38-calibre
revolver,
he
was
taken
without
a
shot
being
fired.
He
was
surprised
by
officers
and
not
given
a
chance
to
shoot.
Later
last
night
Robinson
was
placed
aboard
a
plane
to
be
taken
to
Kentucky.
He
was
the
last
big
quarry
of
"G"
men
who
have
made
several
sensational
captures
during
the
past
week.
The
$50,000
ransom
in
the
Stoll
case
was
paid
to
an
intermediary
by
the
husband.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
J22.
Big
Missouri,
.66.
Bralorne,
7.25.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.OS.
B.
R.
X.,
.15.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.37.
Dentonla,
.19.
Dunwell,
.04'4.
Oolconda,
.12.
Mlnto,
.76.
Meridian,
.09.
Morning
Star,
.02Vi.
National
Silver.
.03'.
Noble
Five.
.02.
Pend
Oreille,
.81.
Porter
Idaho,
.04
Vi.
Premier,
2.35.
Reeves
McDonald,
.06.
Reno,
1.24.
Relief
Arlington,
.32.
Salmon
Oold,
.09.
Taylor
Bridge',
.10.
Wayside,
.15.
Toronto
Bcattle,
1.37.
Central
Patricia,
3.45.
Chlbougamau,
1.32.
God's
Lake,
.96.
Inter.
Nickel,
45.15.
Lake
Maron,
.06.
Lee
Oold,
.04
V2.
Little
Long
Lac,
6.90.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.48.
Noranda,
53.00.
Perron,
1.44.
Pickle
Crow,
6.35.
Red
Lake
Oold
Shore,
1.1k
San
Antonio,
2.30.
Shcrrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
Slscoe,
3.28,
Smelter
Oold,
.08
Vi.
Stadacona,
.35.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.73.
Teck
Hughes,
4.73.
Ventures,
1.85.
Granada,
.20.
MacLeod
Cockshutt.
3.95.
Hardrock,
1.73.
Oklend,
.47.
Mosher,
.42.
Bousquct,
.14.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
May
11
(Canadian
Press)
The
Vancouver
Grain
Exchange
was
closed
along
with
winninetr
where
Arbor
Day
was
observed
yesterday.
Today's
wheat
q
price
here
was
75
lie
TO
PASSING
OF
PUBLISHER
:
Robert
Cromie,
Head
of
Vancouver
Sun,
Died
Suddenly
in
Victoria
Yesterday
48
YEARS
OLD
Was
Visiting
Capital
to
Address
Chamber
of
Commerce
When
He
Was
Stricken
III
VICTORIA.
May
12:
(CP)
Ro
bert
James
Cromie,
publisher
of
the
Vancouver
Sun.
died
here
Monday.
He
was
48
years
of
age.
PUBLISHER
DIES
I
I
R.
,
Cromie
of
the
Vancouver
Sun.
Mr.
Cromie
had
been
scheduled'
to
address
the
Victoria
Chamber
of
s,imuucitc
ai,
iuucucuu
uui,
'v,nnlm(..ri
a
rprinrtlnrv
tn
four
npr.
unwell
and
asked
to
be
excused.
Hejcent
,n
the
lnterest
rate
on
perso
-
went
10
Dea
in
nis
noiei
ana
p
-
peared
to
be
sleeping
when
seen;
later
by
attendants.
Still
later
they
found
him
seriously
111.
He
was
rushed
to
hospital
but
died
en-route.
Coroner
E.
C.
Hart
said
he
believed
death
due
to
cardiac
trouble.
The
late
Mr.
Cromie
was
born
In
Scotstown'.'Que.
He
came
west
In
1906.
Ten
'years
later
he
entered
the
publishing
field
and
reorganized
and
consolidated
the
Vancouver
Sun.
News
"Advertiser
and
Vancouver
World
Into
the
Vancouver
Sun.
,.
'
A
widow,
four
sons
and
one
daughter
survive.
IS
FLYING
NORTHWARD
Amy
Mollison
Now
Out
to
Break
.
,
it.
i-
r
i
i
to
Record
trom
Capetown
London
SALISBURY.
Southern
Rhodesia.
May
li
(Canadian
Press)
Amy
Johnson
Mollison
took
off
from
here
yesterday
for
Plka.
the
fourth
jpart
of
June
and
Vancouver-Bur-
station
on
her
flight
to
break
the;rard
probably
In
September.
He
Capetown-London
speed
recoid.
The
avlatrlx
spent
half
an
hour
here
following
a
150-mlle
hop
from
Umtall.
Earlier
yesterday,
Mrs.
Mollison
had
taken
off
from
Johannesburg,
her
first
stop
since
she
left
Capetown
Sunday
night.
Advice
from
Nairobi,
Kenya
Colony,
said
that
the
avlatrlx
had
ar-
J
rived
at'
Juba
tonight.
1
CONTINUE
LAST
BIG
.
REG1NA
RIOTER
TELLS
JUDGE
TO
GO
TO
HELL
REGINA.
May
12:
(CP)
Stanley
McKlnnon.
aged
26,
of
Regina,
was
today
sen-
tenced
to
fourteen
'
months'
Imprisonment
seven
months
for
rioting,
five
for
contempt
of
court
and
two
for
assault.
After
being
sentenced
for
rioting,
McKlnnon,
who
con-
ducted
his
own
defence,
told
Mr.
Justice
Embury
to
"go
to
hell."
TRAIN
RUNS
FOR
SUMMER
!
Will
be
Five
Trains
Per
Week
In
Each
Direction.
It
Is
Announced
The
summer
train
service
will
go
into
effect
for
Prlncn
RnnTt
on
June
15,
it
is
announced.
Full
passenger
trains
will
leave
for
the
east
Monday
at
6
p.m.
and
Friday
at
11
a.m.
and
mixed
trains
will
leave'
Tuesdayt
Wednesdays
and
Fridays
at
6
p.m.
Full
passenger
trains
will
arrive
Mondays
and
Saturdays
at
2:15
p.m.
and
mixed
trains
will
arrive
Tuesdays,
Thursdays
and
Saturdays
at
10:20
p.m.
Money
Cheap
In
States
Just
Now
Interest
Rate
on
Personal
Loans
Reduced
to
Four
Percent
by
National
City
Bank
NEW
VrmKV
Mnv
12Thp
Uonal
CUy
Bank
yesterday
an.
nai
ioans
Tnis
ls
the
lowest
rata
.
d
Royal
Commission
to
Hear
B.C.
Claims
For
Better
Treatment;
Omineca
VICTORIA,
May
12:
(CP)
j
iiuuuuuccu
upun
hid
leiuni
iium
uluuvu
ye&ieiuay
uiiujm
which
the
sum
of
$340.40
and
a
Royal
Commission
would
be
appointed
by
the
federal
general
damages
are
sought
in
government
to
hear
British
Columbia's
claims
for
more
,
conection
with
a
deal
on
the
equitable
treatment
under
Confederation.
"The
terms
of
;
prandview
group
of
mining
claims
...
.
....
...
'
In
fhn
Rmlfhore
rilcfrlnt
Hrlffln
A:
ii
:
:
i
l
i
me
comnussiim
nave
nut
yeu
(be
when
the
pressure
of
business
at
the
Ottawa
session
ls
through,"
the
Premier
said
PnmW
Pattnlln
snM
that.
Drl.
jtlsh
Columbia
would
not
consent'
tmtvsallnf
a1ir
fn
t
rtnl
net
nt
In
a
i
-
iiionai
anance
council.
,
ine
rremier
aeniea
me
sugges-
tlon
that
a
general
provincial
elec-,
'
tlon
would
be
called
this
year.
He;
j
said
that
the
Omineca
by-election'
i
would
probably
be
held
the
latter
said
the
two
constituencies
were
a
long
way
apart
and
members
of
the
government
could
not
be
In
both
at
the
same
time.
It
was
Intended
to
give
the
voters
a
full
explanation
of
government
policies.
The
cabinet
today
set
June
?2
for
the
Omineca
by-electlon.
The
seat
was
made
vacant
by
the
resignation
last
eyar
of
Mr."
Justice
A.
M.
Manson.
QUARRY
Is
Hanged
Today
DR.
BUCK
RUXTON
LONDON.
May
12;
Sir
John
Si-
J
mon,
Home
Secretary,
having
re-
;
fused
to
comply
with
the
appeal
contained
In
a
petition
for
a
re-j
prleve
signed
by
five
thousand!
persons,
Dr.
Buck
Ruxton
was
hanged
this
morning
for
the
murder
of
his
wife
and
her
nursemaid.
He
was
alleged
c
to.
haye.
killed
the
two
women,.
mutllatedlheir
bodies
and
then
thrown
them
Into
a
ra
vine
near
Manchester!
Mrs.
George
Black
Speaks
in
House
Urges
a
Little
More
Commonsense
and
a
Little
Less
Partizanship
in
Public
Administration
OTTAWA,
May
12
Speaklnj
briefly
in
the
budget
debate
yesterday,
Mrs.,
George
Black
of
the
Yukon
appealed
for
a
little
more
common
sense
and
a
little
less
partizanship
in
the
administration
.of
public
affairs
She
pleaded
for
I
more
consideration
for
her
sour
doueh
constituents.
By-election
June
22
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
f
rvn
4.,i
iu
j.
.
.
i.
i
l
l
i
:
1
1
ueen
ctiraugeu
uui
mey
win
"
...
1
ri.r.
rn
jT
lltV
nnH
Mill
1
aX
Rate
at
Fernie
,..
...
i.
.tn..i
""'"st
'
"'
y
Provincial
Government
on
Monday
VICTORIA.
Mav
12
The
provln-
clal
government
yesterday
ratified
lhe
tax
rate
0
the
city
of
Fertile,
j
whlch
is
under
a
commlsslonershlp,
at
fifty
mills
on
one
hundred
percent
of
the
land
and
fifty-five
percent
of
Improvements
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
May
12.
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443,4C
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
SANCTIONS
Break
Between
Great
Britain
and
Italy
Now
Being
Forecasted
Mussolini
Recalls
Delegation
From
Geneva
Rome
Says
Whip
of
Sanctions
and
Ethiopian
Representation
Must
Lead
to
Trouble
GENEVA,
May
12:
(CP)
The
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
decided
today
to
continue
enforcement
of
sanctions
against
Italy.
The
decision
was
reached
after
Premier
Benito'
Mussolini
had
ordered
the
Italian
delegation
to
return
immediately
to
Rome.
The
council
voted
to
keep
in
force
both
economic
and
financial
punitive
f
ensures
imposed
last
November.
A
diplomatic
break
between
Great
Britain
and
Italy
will
be
inevitable,
reliable
sources
said
in
Rome
today,
if
Great
Britain
continues
to
flourish
the
whip
of
sanctions
pnd
to
insist
on
Ethiopian
representation
at
the
League.
ASSIZES
ON
WEDNESDAY
t
One
Criminal
Case,
Three
Civil
Ac
tions,
One
Chamber
Application
and
Six
Divorce
Petitions
With
one
criminal
case,
thrte
civil
actions,
one
chamber
appllca
-
.
tlon
and
six
divorce
petitions
on
the
list,
the
spring
session
of
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
will
open
here
tomorrow
with
Mr.
Justice
D.
A.
McDonald,
due
to
arrive
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
In
the
morning
from
Vancouver,
presiding.
The
session
of
the
court
Is
expected
to
last
the
better
part
of
a
week.
The
criminal
case,
ls
that
of
R?x
Vs.
W.
H.
Bennett
In
which
the
accused,
a
61-year-old
man
from
En-dako,
ls
charged
with
a
statutory
offence
Involving
a
thirteen
year
old
girl,
L.
W.
Patmore
will
be
crown
prosecutor
and
R.
L.
Malt-iand
K.C.
of
Vancouver
and
E.
W.
Freer
of
Smlthers
will
act
as
de
fence
counsel.
The
civil
cases
are
as
follows:
Theodore
Alsen
and
Bruce
W.
Olsen
vs.
George
Oulton
In
which
plaintiff
seeks
rescission
or
cancellation
of
an
agreement
of
sale
and
damages
In
connection
with
hl.i
purchase
of
a
Smlthers
dairy
bus
lness.
Griffin
Si
Freer
of
Smlthers
have
the
case
for
plaintiff
while
Williams,
Manson,
Brown
&
Harvey
are
acting
for
defendant.
Robert
Cole
Mutch
and
Anthony
McDonald
vs.
Mrs.
Lenna
Power
.
-
w.
"jw
"
Freer'
of
Smlthers
have
the
case
for
the
plaintiff
and
Williams
Manson,
Brown
&
Harvey
for
defendant.
Robert
Flockhart
vs.
James
Flockhart,
William
Thompson
Mary
Flockhart,
Albert
Flockhart
the
trustees
of
the
Round
Lakt
Community
Club
and
the
offlchn
'administrator
In
which
the
plain-
i
tiff
seeks
conveyance
of
property
ln
the
Round
Lake
district
near
Terrace
which
he
claims
to
have
paid
for.
Griffin
&
Freer
have
th?.
case
for
the
plaintiff
and
Patmore
&
Fulton
for
the
defendant.
In
the
chamber
application
the
plaintiffs,
Ellis
Cunningham
et
al,
are
seeking
a
commltal
for
con
tempt
against
Fred
Wiggins
of!
Southbank
who,
it
is
claimed,
failed
to
comply
with
an
eviction
order.
Wllllarns,
Manson,
Brown
&
Harvey
are
acting
for
the
plaintiff
and
Griffin
it
Freer
for
the
Is
TENSENESS
IN
COURT
Hectic
Session
as
Decision
Reserved
on
Indian
Appeal
and
Counsel
is
Ordered
from
Court
VICTORIA,
May
11
(Canadian
Press)
There
were
a
few
turbu-
lent
and
tense
moments
in
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
yesterday
as
decision
was
reserved
in
the
appeal
of
Stuart
Henderson
against
the
conviction
of
the
three
Indian
George
brothers
for
tha
nurder
of
Dominion
Constable
F.
H.
Glsbourne.
The
reserving
of
decision
was
announced
Just
prior
to
Henderson
being
told
that
he
:ou!d
be
heard
no
further
by
the
Court
of
Appeal
until
he
had
apol-Dglzed
for
his
reference
as
"dis-jraceful"
to
the
conduct
of
th.?
trial
judge,
Chief
Justice
Aulay
Morrison.
Mr.
Justice
Archer
Martin
Intervened
as
Chief
Justice
J.
A.
Mac-donald
prepared
to
announce
the
penalty
on
Mr.
Henderson
and
termed
the
tribunal's
action
as
"unprecedented
in
the
annals
of
British
Calumbla
Justice."
INFLUENZA
IN
ALASKA
Malady
Claims
Six
Lives
of
White-Native
Population
at
Fort
Yukon
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska,
May
12:
(CP)
A
radio
dispatch
to
the
Fairbanks
News-Miner
from
Its
Fort
Yukon
correspondent
last
night
said
that
an
Influenza
epidemic
there
had
claimed
six
lives
of
the
white-native
population.
The
situation
at
Fort
Yukon
ls
aggravated
by
flood
waters
which
have
spread
over
the
town
after
an
ce
barrier
In
the
slough
broke.
None
were
drowned
and
the
water
Is
now
receding.
SOCIALIST
LEADER'
PREMIER
OF
FRANCE
PARIS,
May
12.
Leon
Blum.
Socialist
leader,
yesterday
ac-
cepted
the
Invitation
to
be-
come
Premier
of
France
fol-
lowing
the
recent
general
elec-
tlon.
He
plans,
among
other
things,
a
vast
public
works
program
but
does
not
favor
devaluation
of
the
franc,
.
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,
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