been Today's Weather Prince Rupert Part cloudy, light northerly wind; barometer. 29.64; temperature, 36; sea smooth. Vol. XXV., No. 73. PriTSBURO, March 26: A new m.ilnr flnnrt minfii 1 thrpjltpn- Is Committed On From Post Office She Heads of Dominion Command Are Unchanged From Last Year With rrairie Man as President VANCOUVER, March 26: (CP) Lieutenant General Sir Percy Lake of Victoria. Grand President, and Brigadier General Alex Ross of Yorkton. Sask, president, were re-elected to office ty the Canadian Legion at the annual convention of the Dominion command here yesterday. Col. W. W. Foster of Vancouver was re-elected first Ing the Ohio Valley as a result of . vice-president. further torrential rains In the upper tributaries of the river. Further extensive floods are predicted and people who had returned or were preparing to return to their homes following last week's high water disaster are evacuating again, Last night the Ohio was steadily i rislnff hnfnrnnn TJIHsVinrir anrt f!ir- I Bullets in Back Death Penalties riilna Adonts Wholesale Public Executions as Deterrent 10,";,;::';;;. piping, March 26: (Cp- Authorities are trying to Impress Ing. West Virginia, among the points where particular alarm la the lesson "crime aoesnt pay oy felt, 'holding public executions of cri minals. As 5.000 people" watched, 30 con demned bandits, drug dealers and t hip vps were shot In the vacant pi npi f, h0t just outside the temple oi ag- VIiarffe OI lnett riculture in three separate execu- lion cciemu""-0- rvnth came swiftly to the doomed men, who were alleged to ihave been allowed to drink all the Provincial Constable L. Olsen of ; flery native wine they wanted bc-Qucen Charlotte City arrived in forc tnc exeCutlon took place. They the city fom the Islands on the i all canw on the field shouting de-Prlnce John yesterday afternoon, flance 0f death, "avlng a prisoner, George Pottln- Arriving at the field In army er in his custody. Pottinger h"truckS they were made to kneel In committed for trial on b the manner traditional for Chi- uiarge of breaking and entering 0.p rrimmals when executions c rusi uince at port uiemems ; ..... .-.orfrirmprt with ble decani and taking $13 In cash therefrom. tat, swords, and were shot from He Is aDDearlnir In Cntintv Court . . ... .. ,nMi.rc ncinor nnfn. i . . o np eft 111 11(1 uy ouiuii.o Mw...0 ojay before Judge Ws E. Fisher As they kneit In IOr eccllon- I front of their own rough coffins. la nollce officer read out their The County Court case of Charles Maland ef, al vs. the Saddle Mining! . r0STIE WAS RICH Syndicate was settled today on the ; ROCHESTER, Eng., March 26: wsis of the plaintiff receiving $100 (Cp)A rural postman, Charles ,n 11 settlement of claim. Thc'w Flncri after 43 years service, action was, under the Mechanic's dled leaving $125,000. Most of It Uen Act In connection with a was made In stock speculation and contract, w. O. Fulton Was c6unsel reai estate. jor the plaintiff and J. T. Harvey . 'or the defendant. WEATHER TO ORDER I LONDON. March 20: (CP)-A ' which can be revolved Tonights TRAIN LATE bungalow Owlm? t.n o iof .-.. , , 4 ocmnfi cold winds or to catch th East. t.nnihf. h t ..msnlne. was one of the exhlMs 10:20 P m., was reported this mor- - --! mi bUl bVU WHO tVf . nm8 to be at least one hour late. at the Soutn loiiqou .i""' In Crystal Palace. actual cash Is limited to a percen tage of the deposits and they do EV1TT HEADS ROTARY CLUB ACTION IS SETTLED crimes from the placard each bore Ks'ccuUvc ConsWs of c, rn his hfir.k eorge Bryant, Neal Carter And Dean Gibson At the regular meeting of the Rotary Club today officers were nominated, one for each position, which really amounted to election because there Is no provision made for further nominations. The officers for next Rotary year will therefore be: President, C. V. Evltt. Secretary, Alex McRae. Treasurer, W. L. Coates. ' Executive George Bryant, Dr. Neal Carter and Dean J. B. Gibson. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C. wmln PENNIES March 26' Taking a milk can and can opener V,, , "7 ""ifrom his pocket he emptied out not find It necessary to hold large , , , T amounts of cash, the balance deposited with them being Invested in bonds, stocks and loans J to the public. The banks mobilize credit by taking a lien on wealth which Is not liquid logs, lumber, fish, cattle, -sheep, paper, etc." Three Economic Stages By some authorities, said Mri Blackstock, economic history has been divided into three stages-barter, money and credit. In order to facilitate barter, the need had arisen for a commodity which could be exchanged easily, was not bulky and the value of which could easily be determined. Thus arose the use of tokens or coins-money of bronze, brass, sliver and gold. It must be understood that money Itself was a commodity and of no use except to be spent. It represented a postponed satisfaction in obtaining some other desired ar ' Continued nn Daee three) NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE rmiMUtt KUr RUPERT, ililvT, B.C., JJ.U., THURSDAY, TilUKbUAY, MARCH MAKCH 26, 26, 1936 1936 CREDIT IS Former Premier Of FELL INTO DISCUSSED ref f "terre(1 POLICE NET W. M. Blackstock Sneaker Before Local Gyro Club at Luncheon Yesterday According to; many theorists, banks have the nower to create un lsiana oi trete CANDIA. Crete March 26: Thi funeral of Former Premier E'.euth-erious Venizelos of Greece, who died last week in exile In Pari:. credit by the stroke of a pen but I ,ook Pla:e ,n native Island of take excerjtlon to that statement." we yesterday.. King George II. said W. M. Blackstock, manager of wnose return to the thron2 of the local branch of the Canadian ureece yenaeio? mueny oppose?. Bank of Commerre. In nn address was Personally represented at the obseQuies- before the Prince Rupert Gyro Club at its regular weekly lunchton yesterday on the subject of "Credit." The only ones who can create credit are producers and, only when they transfer their credit to bank, does the bank begin to function. First there must be capi tal, then production and then credit. Let me explain. A fisherman's apltal is his boat, his nets, his No Further Delay In Death Sentence Governor Hoffman Repeats He Will Not Intervene A?ain In Ilauptmann Case ?ear maybe all borrowed because 1 an outfitter has confidence In him. EW YORK "h 26:-Vlsltlng He goes to sea and comes back here yesterday, J Governor Harold with a catch of fish which he tells Hoffman of New Jersey reiterated to the buyer who. In tun; may not. hat he had no 'intention of fur- have sufficient money to pay ior , , ... , J J .... . . . . , .. ther postponing the Imposition of all the fish but who goo-; to the T . bank, pledges the fish and receives lt the death P11" uPn Bruno credit to pay the fisherman. The "lenard Hauptminn who Is under credit, you see, Is based orj'the fish ccntence to be i electrocuted at consumption goods. It Is said Trenton nextt Tuesday for the that banks can go on doing this kidnap-murder of Charles Augus- Indefinitely because, in effect, no tus Lindbergh Jr. money Is involved for very likely An Interview Is being arranged the whole transaction was com- between Governor Hoffman and pleted by check. Dr. J. F. Condon but It Is hardly The power of the bank to grant expected this will affect the carry- hot create credit is limited by ing out of the death sentence. the amount of credit entrusted to it by the public. We cannot lend, pAY WITH more than Is given to us although,' nvor tnonv venre nf Kvnorlonxp Hip PLACERVILLE, Cal., banks know that the demand for'! JCPJ-Edward Roy Boddy filed In- leniion io wea, incurring a $z ice. John Major, Aged 23, Arrested In Vancouver While Accepting Dummy Blackmail Parcel VANCOUVER, March 26: (CP) John Major, aged 23, was in city jail here yesterday charged with attempted extortion after being arrested in an interurban street car at New Westminster Tuesday evening as he allegedly accepted a parcel supposed to contain $5000. He appeared in police court yesterday and was remanded for one week. The police revealed last night that a Vancouver Chinese business man had received threatening letters demanding $3000 and instructing him to vra' un Ihe money in a parcel and fcnrrt a car for New Westminster. The police were informed and an offirer secreted himself in the car with the motor-man, Whn the car reached New Westminster, the man approached pave the password mentioned in the letters and accepted a dummy parcel. The officer came put fro mhls hiding place and made the arresj, OPENING .WHALING STATION Memoers pi me Japanese crew of the Consolidated Whaling Corporation's whaling station at Rose Harbor came north from Victoria to the Queen Charlotte Islands on the present trip or the Prince John to start getting the plant In readiness for the coming season's NEW YORK. March 26: (CP)-Bar silver was unchanged at 4434C per ounce on the New York metal market today. UNCLE SAM MORE ALOOF THAN BEFORE LAST WAR Washington Observer Tells of American Reaction Clash in Europe Might Have Political Repercussions To' WASHINGTON, March 26: (AP)of more innocent trade to be Whatever destiny may hold In glimpsed In a new battle of Euro-! store for the world In the wake of pean giants. i German military reoccupatlon of For peace-minded folk, however,! the Rhlneland In defiance of the differences of the American treaty, American aloofness from situation now and In 1914 have the new European crisis Is dls- their distinctly hopeful aspect, tlnctly greater than it was In those There Is a double-barrelled neu-fatcful mid-summer days of 1914. trallty act, since the bill fathered It has been bolstered by experience by Hiram Johnson and closing Am-and buttressed by law. erlcan financial markets to war- Yet It cannot be said that the debt defaulters must of necessity march of re-armed Germany to restrict war trade of any charac-rcsume "The Watch on the Rhine" ter In this country, may not have political repercus- Between pro and anti-League of sions In' this country. If war Is. to, Nations, factions, "If." ls,golng to be come of it, the factors now shap- a mighty word. Could this new Ing to frame the Impending presl- snarl have happened "If" the Unl-dentlal election here could all be ted States had Joined, will be ask-completely changed. For America ed by one side. On the other will no less than the nations lmme- bj voiced the conviction that had Tomorrow's Tides High' 3:45 a.m. 21.6 ft. 16:43 p.m. 18.1 ft. Low 10:20 a.m. 2.9 ft. 22:30 p.m. 7.6 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS CmMllNTHONT EDEN'S FRANK STATEMENT SENSA TIOHAL CASE 01 -ABUSE WEARTHEDf sMy Sar 1 Mentally Deficient Girl, Almost Naked, Is Kept in Basement Police and Health Officials in Vancouver Investigating Affair Involving Kitsilano Nursing Home Detectives Found Unfortunate Child VANCOUVER, March 26: (CP) Police and city health officials are today investigating the case of a mentally deficient child which has been found in the basement of a Kitsilano nursing home. As a result of an anonymous telephone call detectives went to the home and reported that they had found a girl about seven years old, clad only In napkin and shirt, In the 1 basement The child was unkempt and the surroundings uncongenial they said, Investigation revealed that the child had been turned over to the home by a health clinic about a year ago and $20 a month was being paid for Its board. NEW FLOOD THREATENS Ohio iUver Is Rapidly Rising Again A? Kcsult of Torrential Rains Around its Headwaters Canadian Legion Officers Elected Locarno Treaty Will Be Backed up by Britain i Warns Both France and Germany That Obstinacy Will Only Menace Peace of World Cannot be Aggression Bewcen Three European Powers LONDON, March 26: (CP) Capt. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today that the British government would back up the Locarno Pact, pointing out to questioners that Britain was obligated under the Locarno treaty that there would be no aggression between Germany, France and Belgium. Capt. Eden had frank and un- mlstabeable words for Germany, France and his own countrymen. To France the British foreign secretary declared peace could not be Insured unless the French gov ernment was ready to approach with an open mind problems over I which she differed with Germany, i To Germany Capt. Eden said: : "How can we hope to enter Into negotiations with any possibility !of success unless you are prepared to do something to allay the an-ixietles In Europe which you have created." TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co.) Vancouver - B. C. Nickel, .50. Big Missouri, .61. Bralorne, 7.40. B. R. Con., .09. B. R. X., .18. Cariboo Quartz, 1.25. Dentonla, .20. Dunwell, .05. Golconda, .18. Mlnto, .81. Morning Star, M. Ncble Five, .01. Pend Oreille, .92. Porter Idaho, .01" '2. Premier, 2.35. Reno, 1.08. Relief Arlington, .32. Salmon Gold, .10. Taylor Bridge, .172. Wayside, .18. Oils C. & E., 1.30. ' ' Freehold, ,09'2. Mercury, 16'2. Toronto Btdgood Klrkland, .10. Seattle, 1.37. Central Patricia, 2.87. God's Lake,.. 85. Granada, .18'2. Inter. Nickel. 49.00. Lake Maron, .04!i. Lee Gold, .03 z-Little Long Lac, 6.75. Macassa, 3.80. McKenzle Red Lake, 1.47. Noranda, 50.00. Perron. 1.27. Pickle Crow, 5.30. Red Lake Gold Shore, San Antonio, 2.25. Sherritt Gordon, 1.09. Slsco, 3.05. Smelter Gold. .06. Stadacona, .32 1 2. Sturgeon River, .51. Sudbury Basin, 3.90. Teck Hughes, 4.55. Ventures, 2.08. 93. dlately involved abroad, external it been a member of the League, MIRACLES IN PLASTIC policy rather than Internal could the nation would now have been on BIRMINGHAM En". March 26 ucw.uc mujui uomesuc iuc. me orins oi a new war euorv. (CP) A London plastic surgeon Is It requires no recapitulation of There is this other difference performing a series of 20 grafting the controversy In congress over from 1914: The United States Is oDeratlons at Sellv Oak Hnsnltil the shaping of neutrality leglsla- not in any way a party tp the Lo- here. The patient's nose and eye-tlon to foretell a :bltter clash of carno Pact as It was to the Bel- Hds were burned off. opinion over whatever executive glan neutrality pledge No voice Is steps might be necessary at any raised to demand official excorlA-l iooo ARRESTS IN RAID stage to implement that national tlon of Germany's action as there JOHANNESBURG,, March 26: policy. Even excluding weapons were so many In 1914. Whatever (CP) A liquor drive on the Rand ana direct war munitions from mav be American thought of the over a recent week-enrf EMPEROR SELASSIE MAKES LAST STAND AGAINST ITALIANS LONDON, March 26: Em- peror Halle Selassie Is repor- t ted to be assembling eighty thousand of his men, remnant of his northern armies, for one final stand against the Italian invaders In a last effort to keep Ethiopia unconquered. The Emperor Is personally or- ganlzlng for. this final major engagement which must come within the next week If the Iralny season li to be avoided. Logging Camps Running Again In Full Blast The J. R. Morgan Logging Co.'s camp at Sedgewlck Bay, the T. A. Kclley Logging Co.'s camp at Atll Inlet and the A. P. Allison Co.'s camp at Cumshewa Inlet are now all running again full blast, according to word brought to the city from the Islands on the Prince John yesterday afternoon. The Prince John brought north from Vancouver J. R. Morgan, who has been In Vancouver since last fall, and his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Palmer, and A. P. Allison. It Is still reported that Mr. Allison Is going ahead with a logging railroad project which will mike his operation one of the largest In the north. On Sunday a large log carrying barge called at the Allison camp to take out a load of logs. It brought in a large steam shovel. Mr. Allison has made several log shipment on barges from the Islands during the winter. New York Mart Remains Steady Prices Not Greatly Chanced Stock Transactions Total 1,907,000 shares As NEW YORK, March 26: Stock 'ransactlons on the New York market yesterday totalled 1,907,000 shares. Closing averages were: Industrials,' 157.38, up 1.32; rails, 47.63, up .03; utilities. 42.38, up .30; bonds, 102.08, off .16. Pound Sterling And Canadian Dollar On New York Exchange NEW YORK, March 26: The British pound sterling closed at netterl 4.963i nn lhi New Vnrlr fnrplirn consideration, as they are excluded new "scrap of paper" Incident, it 1000 arrests and nearly 1000 gal-i exchange market yesterday with by law, there are rich possibilities Is exclusively Europe's business. Ions of seized spirits. 1 the Canadian dollar at 99 15-16c.