Today's
Weather
(8
AM.)
0
prince
Rupert
Cloudy,,
southerly
wind;
barometer,
a
She
PROVlN
iv
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
6:46
a.m.
17.0
ft.
20:05
p.m.
17.6
ft.
Low
0:44
a.m.
8.6
ft.
13:11
pjn.
5.7
ft.
temperature,
45;
sea
smooth.
NOItTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXV.,
No.
113.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
13,
1936
PRICE:
5
CENTS
F0
UR
Flames
Borne
by
Dancer
Set
'Frisco
Two
Men
and
Two
Women
Lose
Lives
and
Nine
Are
Injured
as
Patrons
Stampede
For
Single
Exit
After
Place
Becomes
Seething
Inferno.
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
13:
(CP)
Two
men
and
1
Ml
1
1
two
women
were
Kineu
cany
today
when
flames
carried
I
by
a
torch
(lancer
ignited!,.
flimsy
drapes
in
a
night
dub.
Nine
persons
were
injured.
Those
killed
were
crushed
when
the
patrons
amneded
for
a
single
exit.
he
resort
soon
became
an
two
nferno
of
flames.
CRIMINAL
CASE
IS
ON
1VI1.C
1
IIIIIL
WIftTII
Ill'lC
1UIITH
Interior
Trial
is
Being
j
Heard
in
Camera
I
The
spring
session
oi
the
Su-
irpmn
(.ntivf
AvstoPtt
niv,?tien
tnlS
iinorniiiK
wmi
Mr.
Justice
u.
a.,
r
-
v
wiV
Oiii&iG
l
til
111
till
VII
uv
it'll
is
ri
!
itli
ri
iiru
n
i
t
1
1
1
1
1
i
1
1
v
i
involving
young
girls
at
I
flooH
in
V.
-..
.
An,,
ia4
litt
Con
i
ttembpr
After
a
jury
consisting
of
W.
R.
jMive.
loreman,
bamuei
Massey,
:
mmm
a.
Anaerson,
oamuei
Painter.
James
Morgan,
Thomas
Hatton,
Milton
Allison,
Dougal
faik,
M.
J.
Keays
and
G.
A.
Kel-"i
py
had
been
formed,
the
public
".but
not
the
press
was
excluded
Puduc
morals
and
the
trial
Is
now
proceeding
in
camera.
L
W
Patmore
Is
acting
as
crown
nrnsppiitnr
uilth
P.
I.
Malt-
(land
K.C.
of
Vancouver
and
H.
H.
defence.
The
trial
Is
cxnected
to
lake
the
hot.t.pr
nart.
nf
t.wrv
riavs.
One
woman
Mrs
Anna
Mon-
teith.
Vlrl
Voi.
nollo
tnr
thf
uau
lldlllC
LU1ICU
.Ul
V..V
lury
in
this
case
but
she
was
stood
aside
as
were
John
McLeod.
John
A.
Rhlncbarirpr.
.1
TV
Rnldruk.
Wll-
"am
Bowdcrlnc
and
John
Booth
Defence
counsel
challenged
P.
H
Lnzey
j.
a,
Johns
and
Joseph
Naylor
TRIALS
ARE
N0WENDED
HUeou.jcar
old
Youth
is
Given
Suspended
Sentence
At
Ucglna
Yesterday
REQINA,
May
13:
(CP)
Last
llrals
In
Court
of
King's
Bench
he
In
connection
with
the
relief
camp
strikers
'riots
here
last
'Dominion
Day
concluded
yesterday
Wnen
a
flfteen.vear
old
Juvenile
given
suspended
sentence
by
r
Justice
Macdonald
sitting
as
a
'"vnie
court
Judge
on
charges
of
"0ng
and
assault
to
which
the
Pleaded
guilty.
ARE
Torch
Curtains
In
Resort
on
Fire
Theft
of
Halibut
Gear
is
Charged
Cyril
Bagshaw
is
Coming:
up
This
Afternoon
Youth
of
Juvenile
Age
Pleads
Guilty
Cyril
Bagshaw,
charged
with
the
theft
of
halibut
gear
from
boats
at
Seal
Cove,
pleaded
not
guilty
In
..
nnl
Ihi.
-t
,1
I
I
1
Mm!nir
...
hpfnrp
..,,,..
McClymont
this
afternoon.
Staff
Sergeant
O.
H.
Greenwood
Is
pro
secuting
with
Milton
Gonzales
defending.
(
j
I
In
the
same
connection
a
boy
of
luvnlle
age
has
pleaded
guilty
on
counts
and
has
been
remanded
for
sentence.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
E
D.
Johnston
Uu.i
t
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.32.
Big
Missouri,
.60.
Bralorne,
1.30.
"'."!
1
B.
It.
Cons..
.05.
B.
R.
X.,
.15.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.38.
Dentonla,
.19.
Dunwell,
.04
'2.
Golconda,
.12.
Mlnto,
.74.
.;
Meridian,
.09.
Morning
Star,
.02W
National
Silver,
.03.
Noble
Five,
.02;.
Porter
Idaho,
.04
Vi.
Premier,
2.36.
Reeves
McDonald,
.05.
j
Reno,
1.21.
Relief
Arlington,
.32.
Salmon
Gold,
.0914."
Taylor
"Bridge.
.10
'2.
Wayside.
.14V2.
j
Toronto
I
Beattle,
1.38.
Central
Patricia,
3.35.
Chlbougamau,
1.30.
God's
Lake,
.93.
l
Inter.
Nickel,
45.75.
l
Lake
Marcn,
.06
'2.
Lee
Gold,
.042.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.00.
Macassa,
3.85.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.53.
Noranda,
53.00.
Perron,
1.56.
Pickle
Crow,
5.00,
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.16.
San
Antonio,
2'26.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
Slscoe,
3.27.
Smelter
Gold,
.092.
Stadacona,
.36.
Sturgeon
River,
.50.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.65.
Teck
Hughes,
4.65.
.Ventures,'
1.80.
Granada,
.20.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
4.20.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
May
13:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
7638c
on
the
Vancouver
exchange
today.
PRICE
OF
GOLD
NEW
YORK.
May
13:
(CP)-Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443c
per
York
metal
market
ounce
on
the
New
today.
BIRTH
There
was
born
May
9
In
St.
Paul's
Hospital,
Vancouver
a
son
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
David
Geddes
(Nec
Marguerite
Fossum).
KILLED
IN
NIGHT
PROHIBITION
LIQUOR
IS
NEW
BILL
IN
FORCE
Health
Insurance
Legislation
To
Become
Operative
in
Province
This
Month
VICTORIA,
May
13:
(CP)
The
Health
Insurance
Act,
passed
at
the
last
session
of
the
Legislature,
will
be
brought
into
effect
on
May
18,
it
was
announced
yesterday
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo.
Hon.
G.
M.
Weir,
provincial
secretary
and
sponsor
of
the
bill,
said
it
would
take
from
four
to
six
months
to
set
up
machinrry
of
the
scheme
which
meant
that
collection
of
levies
and
payment
of
benefits
would
not
start
until
October
or
November.
ROOSEVELT
IS
FAVORED
Overwhelms
Only
Opposition
For
Democratic
Nomination
In
Ohio
State
Primaries
CLEVELAND,
Ohio,
May
13:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
was
given
an
overwhelming
lead
over
Col.
Henry
Breckenridge
of
New
York
In
the
Democratic
pre-
sldentlal
primaries
for
this
state
yesterday.
"The
vote
was
about
aevcu
vu
one.
In
the
Republican
primary,
Senator
W.
E.
Borah
of
Idaho
was
giving
the'
native
son,
Robert
H.
iTaft,
a
close
run.
The
Democratlcs
heavily
out-
voted
the
Republicans.
In
the
state
of
West
Virginia
prlmarles
President
Roosevelt
was
leading
Senator
W.
E.
Borah.
I)
REAM
COMES
TRUE
'
WINCHESTER.
England.
(CP)
'Twenty-four
hours
after
Mrs.
San-I
key
of
Alresford
Road,
near
here,
dreamed
her
six-year
old
daugh-
ter,
Grace,
had
been
injured,
the
child
was
knocked
down
and
killed
by
a
motor
car..
SHAFT-SINKING
ItECOKI)
JOHANNESBURG,
(CP)
The
shaft
of
Vlakfonteln
Gold
Mine,
iiiiiuciea
ior
me
wnoie
cusiance,
was
sunk
422
feet
In
March,
break-
lng
the
four-year
old
record
of
420
feet
set
at
the
West
Rand
Consoll-
dated
Mine.
?
TWO
AND
HALF
BILLION
RELIEF
BILL
IS
PASSED
i
WASHINGTON,
,
D.C.,
May
13:
The
House
of
Represen-
h
tatives
has
passed
the
$2,-
364,000,000
work
relief
and
deficiency
bill
and
sent
It
on
to
the
Senate.
Payment
of
prevailing
rates
of
wages
on
Public
Works
Administration
projects
Is
provided
for
In
the
bill.
WARNING
OF
MUSSOLINI
Italy
to
Detach
Herself
From
European
Affairs
Unless
Ethiopian
Affair
Considered
Closed
Diplomats
Worried
II
Duce
May
Establish
Alliance
With
Germanv
U'lnrary
and
-
Austria
ROME.
Mav
13:
Following
with,
1
-.
--
drawal
of
Baron
AloLsl
and
the
Ita.
llan
delegation
from
"Geneva
yes-
terday,
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
warned
the
League
of
Nations
last
night
that
the
Italo-Ethloilart
nf.
fair
must
be
considered
closed
with
the
annexation
of
Abyssinia
by
Italy
If
the
further
participation
of
iwiy
m
European
anairs
as
rar
as
the
League
Is
concerned
Is
desired.
Baron
Alolsl
and
his
staff
were
speeding
homewards
to
Rome
from
Geneva
last
night
following
their
withdrawal,
Selassie
Feeling;
Better
JERUSALEM,
May
13:
Ovcr-
joyed
at
the
antl-Itallan
stand
which
has
been
taken
by
the
League
of
Nations,
Emperor
Halle
Selassie,
who
has
been
111
since
he.
arrived
here
a
few
days
ago.
was!
able
to
leave
his
sick
bed
yester
-
day
and
took
a
motor
trip.
I
Geneva
Worried
'
GENEVA.
May
13
(Canadian!
Press)
Whether
Premier
Musso-
Unl
and
Italy
will
resign
from
the
i
League
of
Nations
and
join
forces
j
with
Oermany
worried
diplomats!
today.
Well
informed
Italians
said
that
possibly
such
a
course
should
Jr
taken
into
consideration.
Hungarian
spokesmen
said
It
was
anticipated
mat,
if
Mussolini
breaks
with
the
League,
he
will
seek
to
influence
Austria
and
Hun-
gary
to
do
likewise,
re-establish-
lng
the
pre-war
"Triple
Alliance
Important
Trade
Treaty
Between
France
and
U.S.;
Important
Items
Affected
WASHINGTON;
D.C.,
May
13:
An
important
trade
treaty,
under
which
the
two
nations
accord
each
other
lowest
tariff
rates
on
most
important
commodities
of
interchange,
was
concluded
between
United
States
and
France
last
night,
it
was
announced.
It
is
the
first
commercial
treaty
between
the
two
nations
since
1878
and
it
will
remain
effective
indefinitely.
The
French
duty
is
reduced
to
a
minimum
on
nineteen
items
imported
from
United
States
including
automobiles.
United
States
reduces
the
duties
on
such
French
products
as
lace,
wines
(including
champagne)
and
perfumes.
budget
is
APPROVED
Conservatives
Line
Up
With
King
Government
Against
C.
C.
F.
And
Social
Credit
OTTAWA,
May
13:
(CP)
With
the
Conservatives
jolnin?
the
administration,
the
King
government
last
night
beat
back
challenges
from
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
and
So-ial
Creditors
in
the
House
of
Commons
and
passed
the
first
budget
since
the
Liberals
were
swept
Into
power
last
October.
A
Social
Credit
sub-amendment
was
defeated
196
to
16
and
a
C.
C.
F.
amendment
was
lost
210
to
8.
The
budget
motion
then
passed
without
the
formality
of
recorded
vote.
PANIC
IN
SHOW
TENT
CADISHEAD,
Ens.,
-CP
A
packed
circus
tent
was
emptied
In
a
few
seconds
uhpn
.......
a
nprfnrminr
lioness
walked
from
,
her
cage
through
an
unlocked
door.
Daradi
ofr
.
the
mmtniiinn
tv,
onimi
"
.w.....w.v.
v.
.1-
numiai
nail
nntoklv
roti.moH
tn
thp
M
u
attendants.
i.nvnnvs
cutnn
ntuctm
londom
Mav
iv
rp.
vrr
ty
first
elm
in
tho
inn.vpar
histnr
of
the
office,
a
naval
man
has
been
chosen
Marshal
of
the
City
of
London,
one
of
whose
duties
Is
to
t'corit
,u.
.(
uj
civic
processions.
He
Is
Lieutenant-Commander
John
Roberts
Poland.
,
STRIKE
IS
i
NOW
ENDED
!
iTo'tacco
Workers
in
Salonika,
Greece,
Get
Substantial
'
Increase
in
Wages
I
j
SALONICA,
Greece,
May
13
,
With
the
granting
of
wage
In
-
creases
ranging
from
twenty
ta
thirty
percent,
the
tobacco
woik-
ers
strike,
which
had
developaJ
Into
a
general
strike,
was
ended
.
through
government
Intervention
At
the
end
of
the
week
during
the,
neigni
oi
siriKe
aisoroers
iwency.betn
In
a
mental
Institution.
persons
were
killed
and
250
were
j
wounded.
I
Yice-Presideilt
Of
Lay
Association
Dr.
R,
G.
Large
Elected
to
Office
At
Meeting:
of
United
Church
Presbytery
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER.
May
13:
(CP)
Mrs.
C.
C.
Reld
of
Prince
George-Cariboo
Presbytery
and
Dr.
R.
G,
Large
of
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery
were
elected
vice-presidents
ot
the
.Lay
Association
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
at
the
British
Columbia
Conference
here
last
night.
niSIIOP
THURBER
GRADUATES
1
J.
Bishop
Thurber,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
graduated
from
the
University
of-
British
Columbia
thlr
year,
receiving
the
degree
of
Bachelor
of
Arts
with
honors.
Durlnn
his
four
years
at
University,
Bishop
has
been
prominent
In
athletic
circles
and
this
year
held
the
post
of
captain
of
the
senior
soccer
team.
SAID
DUTIABLE
Agreement
Reached
To
Make
Booze
Smuggled
To
States
Pay
Tariff
Lawyer
and
Cafe
Proprietor
Have
Been
Committed
VANCOUVER,
May
13
.
John
Sutherland,
Vancouver
barrister,
land
Gus
L.
Thodos,
cafe
proprle-I
lor,
were
committed
for
trial
he.e
in
city
police
court
by
Magistrate
H.
S.
Wood
on
charges
of
conspiracy
In
connection
with
the
operation
of
a
bunco
game.
W.
J.
Mur-dock,
another
lawyer,
similarly
charged,
was
remanded
until
May
10.
NO
DELAY
4
are
not
known
but
the
on-I
mrpx
KlAI.
ginal
claim
was
for
more
".than
$100,000,000.
.
Quick
Work
Expected
In
Case
Oi
Thomas
Robinson
Admits
Violence
LOUISVILLE,
Ky
May
13:-Thomas
H.
Robinson
Jr.,
who
wa.-
captured
In
Glendale,
CaU
on
Mon-1
day
by
federal
Department
of
Jus-
iJCIU1'UI!.
wa
lul5-
vilIe
la$t
night
to
face
tr,al
for
tnel
kidnapping
with
violence
of
Mrs.
Alice
Stoll.
The
trial
Is
to
be
start-
j
ea
as
soon
as
possiDie
ana
wm
pos-,
slbly
get
under
way
within
a
week.
It
Is
announced
by
the
authorities
I
Uhat
the
death
sentence
will
be!
'sought
under
the
Lindbergh
anti-
kidnapping
law.
It
was
stated
by
the
police
last'
night
that
Robinson
had
confes-
ised
to
beating
Mrs.
Stoll
Into
sub-
'mission
with
a
lead
pipe.
He
told
officers
of
his
movements
during
the
past
nineteen
months
since
the
kidnapping.
He
had
made
sev-
eral
trips
between
New
York
and
'California,
a
number
by
motor
and
one
by
specially
chartered
plane.
Much
of
the
time
he
had
been
dls
gulsed
as
a
woman.
Recently,
he
threw
off
this
disguise.
It
is
exnerted
Rohlnsnn
will
plead
insanity.
He
had
previously
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
98,000
pounds,
6c
and
3c
to
7c
and
5c.
,
Canadian
75,000
pounds,
6c
and
5c
to
6.5c
and
5c.
American
Explorer,
28,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Atlas,
27,000,
6.4c
and
5c,
Booth,
i
Estep,
28.000,
6.9c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
i
Tahoma,
15,000,
7c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Canadian
Oslo,
12,000,
6.6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage
Kaien,
12,000,
6.5c
.and
5c,
Atlln.
Relief,
14,500,
8.6c
and
5c,
Pacific.
Dover
B.,
20,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Margallce,
6,500,
6.3c
and
5c,
Pacific.
Kyrlelle,
10,000,-
6.4c
and
5c,
Booth.
.
Miss
N.
Q.
Bird,
who
Is
engaged
In
missionary
work
In
this
district,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
after
a
brief
trip
to
Vancouver,
'
CL
UB
Revenue
Totalling;
$100,000,-000
Declared
to
be
Involved
Under
Important
Decision
Announced
Today
At
Washington.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
May
13:
(CP)
Treasury
officials
said
today
that
agreement
had
been
reached
with
distillers
of
liquor
on
United
States
claims
for
!
tariff
duties
on
liquor
j
smuggled
into
the
United
States
during
prohibition.
(Details
of
the
agreement
.
,
Frices
rHCeS
01
bf
liquor
stocks
shot
up
sharply
on
the
Montreal
exchange
on
receipt
of
the
news
that
a
settlement
had
been
reached.
HINDENBURG
GOING
HOME
Great
German
Airship
Lakehursl,
New
Jersey,
on
Way
Back
To
Frankfort
LAKEHURST,
New
Jersey,
May
13
The
giant
hew
German
dlrlgi-
ble
Hlndenburg
left
at
7:27
Monday
evening
on
ner
return
irans-At-iantlc
flight
to
her
base
at
Frank-for-am-Maln,
having
on
board
forty
seven
passengers,
1700
lbs.
of
seven
passengers,
1700
pounds
of
mall
and
2000
pounds
of
freight
The
great
airship
had
a
favorable
tall
wind
and
passed
over
New
York
before
heading
out
over
the
ocean.
Last
night
she
was
well
over
2000
miles
and
more
than
half
way
across-
Coming
over
she
made
the
flight
In
61
hours,
50
minutes.
It
is
thought
she
may
make
the
return
trip
In
less
than
fifty
hours.
The
Hlndenburg
Is
scheduled
to
make
twenty
flights
between
Oermany
and
United
States
this
sca-
son
IN
PRISON
FOR
LIFE
Associate
of
Karpus
Confesses
To
Participating-
In
Bremer
Kidnapping:
ST.
PAUL,
Minn,,
May
13:
Harold
G.
Campbell,
lame
partner
of
Alvln
Karpus,
a
"Public
Enemy
No.
1
"
who
was
captured
last
week,
yesterday
pleaded
guilty
to
participation
In
the
kidnapping
of
Edward
G.
Bremer
and
was
Immediately
sentenced
to
life
Imprisonment.
The
trial
of
Karpus
will
take
place,
next
fall.
Already
a
number
of
gangsters
have
been
convicted
and
sentenced
to
long
terms
of
Imprisonment
for
participation
in
the
Bremer
abduc
tlon.