Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
May
18,
1932
Dirby
Island
Part
cloudy,
light
High
.12:00
am.
19
;4
it.
southerly
wind;
barometer,
30:10,
23:59
p.m.
22:6
It.
temperature,
51,
smooth
sea.
Low
...
5:50
am.
2:4
ft.
17:54
p.m.
5:6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIII
No.
116.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
17,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENT8
FINE
TOKYO
Cabinet
Resignation
M,UA.
Future
Flowery
Kingdom
Appears
to
He
Wavering
Between
Constitutional
Government
and
Dictatorship
Emperor
Bewildered
TOKYO,
May
17
:
Following
the
hectic
developments
of
the
past
few
days,
the
political
atmosphere
of
the
Japanese
capital
continued
very
unsettled
today.
Whether
the
present
form
of
constitutional
government
would
pros
ail
or
a
dictatorship
be
set
up
appeared
quite
uncertain.
Finance
Minister
Takahashi,
who
was
appointed
1
temporary
premier
following
the
MURDERERS
SENTENCED
j
Eighteen
young
naval
officers,
Dr.
albert
McKeown
Oft
From
12
believed
to
have
been
implicated
in
UZi
Years
Leslie
Barrett
(the
assassination
of
Premier
Inu-From
Five
to
20
kat,
surrendered
to
the
authorities
I
yesterday.
Serious
mutinies
on
na-
f
MTLE.
May
17:
Dr.
Albert
vsl
ships
are
reported
to
have
fol-
jtf
or-
n
votictGdhww
pre-
'in
i
charge
M
second
aegree
c
:
i
in
connection
with
the'
tea
,n.
to
death
jpf
Ji
g
;
IV:
u.
he
basement
of
his
home
w
wii
sehtenaed
on
wturaaVi
u
u
'.crm
of
irnpiWnmerit
pf
Jnot
!-
"tun
12
years
and
not
more'
'
.a
25
years.
His
wife,
two
young
:
and
father
clung
to
McKeown
f
t
t;
w
is
led
away
from
the
court-'
m
by
police
officers
following
t!w
pacing
of
sentence.
I
A:
j
on
Saturday.
Leslie
Barrett,
i
1
19.
was
sentenced
to
from
five
I
years'
imprisonment
on
a
-1
i
of
manslaughter
In
connec-
i
with
the
killing
of
his
mother
a
drinking
bout.
Barrett
s
requested
the
court
to
r
t
Hip
youth's
term
of
Imprison-r:
until
such
time
aa
existing
.
i.iws
of
the
country
were
dud.
BIG
TOLL
I
IN
OUAKESi
Less
or
Life
and
Properly
Damage
Ilepoiteil
From
Dutch
East
Indies
LONDON.
May
17
Severe
earth-Q
'ukR
shocks
In
the
Dutch
East
I
.itrs
during
the
past
few
days
i
uf!
been
accompanied
By
great
!'
of
life
and
heavy
property
dumaur
according
to
advices
f"j
hing
here
yesterday.
threaten
to
cancel
TARIFF
PREFERENCES
TO
IRISH
FREE
STATE
.
LONDON.
May
17:
Rt.
"on-
Jnmr..
ir
Thnmiit
Secretary
for
the
Dominions,
has
reveal-
cd
the
Intention
of
the
oruisn
i
ablnct
to
cancel
Imperial
arlff
privileges
as
far
as
the
Iruh
Free
State
Is
concerned
If
the
Free
States
puts
into
ef-
fct
the
proposal
to
abolish
'lie
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
Rtflte
has
'"nu,
AIIU
vw
-
-
been
dependent
on
tariff
pre-
frrcnee
for
marketing
of
much
f'f
Its
dairy
products
in
Eng-
''ind
In
competition
'
against
Denmark.
mm
FRENCH
LINER
ATMOSPHERE
UNSETTLED
AFTER
Is
Uncertain
assassination
of
Premier
Inukal
on
Sunday,
handed
the
resignations
of
,
the
entire
cabinet
to
the
Emperor
yesterday.
The
Mikado
appeared
to
be
bewildered
as
to
what
next
tlon
to
take.
......
.
.
.
.
I
The
funeral
of
the
slain
Prerriier
ha
beeft
t6t
ThUwday.
Seiji
Yoshihara
i
;
i
I
Who
is
ubouf
r
r
..v
Mrpl.mc
flight
acrosa
Pacific
Ocean.
REFORM
OF
BOOZE
LAW
Prohibition.
Promises
to
Loom
Large
at
Republican
National
Convention
WASHINGTON,
D,C,May
14:-The
belief
Is
galnlnst
ground,
that
the
Republican
national
convention,
to
be
held
next
month
In
Chi
cago,
will
adopt
a
plank
of
reform
of
the
present
prohibition
laws.
Many
prominent
Republicans
express
favor
for
some
sort
of
liquor
control
although
'none
would
entertain
a
return
of
the
saloon.
Neither
Is
It
expected
the
party
would
be
In
favor
of
repeal
of
the
Eighteenth
Amendment.
ARRESTS
EXPECTED
Officers
Believed
to
Be
Hot
on
Trail
of
Lindbergh
Kidnappers
and
Murderers
One
Is
Woman
Col.
Schwarzkopf
Remains
at
Head
of
Investigation
Secret
Service
Helping
HOAX
IS
REVEALED
HOPEWELL,
May
17:
Col.
Norman
Schwarzkopf,
superintendent
of
New
Jersey
state
police,
announced
today
that
John
Curtis
Hughes,
shipbuilder
and
bne
of
the
Norfolk
negotiators
in
the
Lindbergh
kidnapping
case,
had
written
a
complete
confession
that
all
the
people
with
whom
he
had
told
of
negotiating
at
ca
and
all
the
boats
on
which
he
said
he
had
met
them
were
creations
of
his
own
imagination.
TRENTON.
NJ..
May
17
'.-Despite
some
criticism
which
has
been
voiced
at
his
handling
of
the
case.
3d.
H.
Norman
Schwarakopf,
head
ii
the
4
New
vn
w
Jersey
.
twi
state
police,
will
&vttygatjb
aha
murder
of
Charles
Augustus
Lindbergh
jr.,
it
was
announced
yesterday.
The
offer
of
the
United
States
secret
service
of
assistance
has
been
accepted
but
Us
operations
,
will,
bp
under
Col.
Schwa
rikopfS
direction.
It
was
said
last
night
that
officers
were
hot
on
the
trail
of
a
gang
of
five
men
and
one
woman,
who
are
supposed
to
have
received
the
$50,000
ransom
which
was
paid
over
on
behalf
of
Col.
Lindbergh
and
who
are
suspected
of
the
kidnapping
and
murder.
Arrests
are
expected
momentarily.
It
was
stated.
Dr.
John
F.
(Jafsle)
Condon,
who
paid
the
$50,000
over
at
a
rendezvous
in
the
Bronx,
Is
personally
assisting
the
police
In
efforts
to
(identify
the
abductors,
The
search
was
also
being
carried
on
by
coastguard
vessels
for
the
p.hip
which
Norfolk
intermediaries
claimed
to
have
met
to
negotiate
with
representatives
of
the
supposed
kidnapDers
and
which
since
the
finding
of
the
baby's
body
was
Ifuid
to
have
dropped
out
of
sight.
CHILDREN
ARE
LOST
fTlirrc
Little
Ones
Burnea
to
Death
When
Fire
Consumes
Home
at
Buckingham,
Que.
BUCKINGHAM.
Que.,
May
17:
Three
children
were
suffocated
to
death
and
four
others
and
their
mother
had
narrow
escapes
when
fire
destroyed
the
home
of
Joseph
Gaudet
here
this
morning.
The
dead
are:
Leo
Gaudet,
aged
11;
Marcel
Gaudet,
five,
and
Dcgulsc
Oaudet,
three.
DO-X
C.ETS
READY
TO
FLY
ATLANTIC
NEW
YORK,
May
17:-The
giant
German
flying
boat
DO-X,
which
has
been
winter
lnK
here
following
her
flight
last
season
across
the
Atlantic
i
Ocean
via
South
America,
Is
being
prepared
to,
take
off
on
Friday
on
her
return
to
Eur-
ope.
The
ship
has
Just
com-
pleted
successful
test
flights.
A
Springtime
Enthusiast
Believe
us.
when
Kathkvn
Slam
winning
tennis
mat.
hes.
she
s
a
DISORDERS
CONTINUE
I
Many
Moslems
and
Hindus
Murdered
in
Worst
Rioting
Bombay
Has
Known
in
Years
BOMBAY,
India,
May
17:
Widespread
rioting
between
Moslems
and
Hindus
continued
in
the
streets
of
this
city
yesterday
with
wholesale
cold-blooded
murders
and
wanton
destruction
and
looting
of
property.
It
was
estimated
last
night
that
72
persons
had
been
killed
and
800
wounded
within
the
last
three
days.
Numerous
business
places
had
been
wrecked
and
hundreds
of
homes
burned
by
blood-crazed
mobs
In
the
worst
disorders
Bombay
has
known
in
years.
Armored
can
were
being
brought
in
to
the
city
by
the
authorities
to
patrol
the
streets.
The
disorders
are
believed
to
have
been
started
by
Moslem
children
throwing
stones
at
Hindus
and
arc
believed
to
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
nationalist
movement.
The
Royal
Irish
Fusiliers
opened
fire
tonight
on
a
mob
of
Moslems
who
were
looting
and
burning
shops
in
Bhcndy
Bazaar,
the
centre
of
the
worst
of
the
riots
since
last
Saturday.
Is
Drowned
At
Seattle
Lawrence
Wilson
Loses
Life
From
Canoe
In
Lakei.Washlngton
SEATTLE,
May
17lvwrfnce
II.
Wilson
was
drowned
when
'he
fell
from
a
canoe
In
Lake
Washington
yesterday
less
than
twenty
yards
from
a
Madison
Park
boat
house.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER(May
17:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
81,14c
on
the
local
exchange
today;
onr.s
of
Si
Alban
.
Ens
is
not
t
h.'
trie
wjt,:
he
rake
and
barrow
TWO
LIVES
ARE
LOST
Allan
Carp
and
Theodore
Coggan
of
Mt.
McKlnley
Expedition
Lost
in
Crevice
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska,
May
17-The
expedition
to
scale
Mount
McKlnley,
which
Is
now
In
progress,
was
believed
to
have
taken
two
lives
when
It
was
reported
yesterday
that
Allan
Carp
and
Theodore
Coggan,
members
of
the
party,
had
been
Ut
when
they
fell
down
a
deep
device.
Captain
Dollar's
Funeral
Tomorrow
Remains
of
Veteran
Pacific
Coast
Steamship
Magnate
to
Be
Interred
in
Family
Vault
SAN
RAFAEL,
CaL
May
17:
The
funeral
of
Capt.
Robert
Dollar,
veteran
steamship
magnate
of
the
Pacific
Coast,
who
died
yesterday
morning
at
the
age
of
88,
the
victim
of
pneumonia,
will
take
place
tomorrow
afternoon.
Interment
will
be
made
In
the
family
vault.
PACIFIC
FLIGHT
BEING
PLANNED
BY
NEW
YORKER
.
SEATTLE
May
17:
Nat
C.
Brown,
famous
New
York
flyer,
Is
an
unexpected
visitor,
here,
having
arrived
yesterday'
from
the.
east
in
his,
big
red
fpkker
monoplane.
He
plans
to
hop
off
within
two
weeks
on
a
non-
stop
flight
to
Tokyo
with
a
view
to
collecting
the
$25,000
which
has
been
posted
for
the
accomplishment
of
such
a
1
flight.
i
IS
BURNED
ASSASSINATION
Between
Eighty
and
WW
"fc.
Une
Hundred
reople
Trapped
M
Motor
Vessel
Georges
Philippar
Destroyed
By
Fire
Yesterday
While
on
Maiden
Voyage
to
Orient
Survivors
Landed
at
Aden
By
British
Steamer
Today
ADEN,
Arabia,
May
17:
Eighty
to
one
hundred
persons,
most
of
them
first
class
passengers,
were
trapped
aboard
the
blazing
French
motorship
Georges
Philippar
yesterday
and
some
01
them
must
have
lost
their
lives,
survivors
declared
when
they
arrived
here
today
aboard
the
British
steamer
Contractor
which
rescued
them.
The
utlxie
new
vessel
was
on
her
maiden
RAILWAY
SERVICE
Prince
Rupert
to
Have
Six
Trains
a
Week
This
Summer
Each
Way
I
Under
the
summer
train
ser
vice
of
the
Canadian
National
Rajlwajg
f
or
J'rince
Rupert,
there
will
be
six
trains
a
week
each
way,
three
of
which
each
way
will
be
full
passenger
trains,
the
other
three
each
way
being
mixed
trains
such
as
have
been
operated
during
the
past
winter.
The
full
passenger
trains
will
leave
for
the
east
on
Mondays,
Wednesdays
.and
Saturdays
at
13:30
noon
and
will
arrive
from
the
east
on
Mondays,
Wednesdays
and
Saturdays
at
1:30
p.m.
The
mixed
trains
will
leave
here
for
the
east
Tuesdays,
Thursdays
and
Fridays
at
3
p.m.
and
will
arrive
from
the
east
on
Sundays,
Thursdays
and
Fridays
at
11
p.m.
There
wilL
therefore,
be
no
train
out
on
Sundays
and
no
train
in
on
Tuesdays.
The
new
train
service
becomes
effective
on
June
12.
TOWN
NEAR
WIPED
OUT
Chapel
and
Thirty
Buildings
Destroyed
When
Clearing
Fire
Gets
Out
of
Control
QUEBEC,
Que.,
May
17:
Fire,
which
had
been
kindled
In
a
brush
heap
by
a
farmer
who
was
clearing
off
his
land,
got
beyond
control
yesterday
and
almost
wiped
out
the
village
of
Valalaln
In
Lotblnlere
County.
Meagre
details
which
have
been
received
here
say
that
the
chapel
and
about
thirty
"dwellings
and
barns
were
destroyed.
STATEMENT
BY
GARNER
United
States
Will
Not
Have
Confidence
With
Hoover
In
White
House
Declares
Speaker
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
May
17
Taking
another
crack
at
the
ad
ministration
of
President
Herbert
Hoover,
Speaker
John
N.
Garner,
Democrat,
issued
a
statement
yesterday
which
said
In
part:
"The
people
of
this
country
will
not
regain
confidence
as
long
as
Hoover
remains
in
the
White
House."
Aboard
Ship
voyage
to
the
Orient
with
many
prominent
people
among
her
passengers.
The
captain
was
among
the
survivors
to
be
taken
off.
Indicating
that
aU
persons
still
alive
aboard
the
abandoned
vessel
had
been
taken
off.
4
CANADIAN
GASOLINE
TRICE
NOT
TOO
HIGH
COMMITTEE
DECLARES
OTTAWA?
May
17?
the
i
pripe
of
gasoline
in
Canada
is
not
unreasonably
nign
m
ine
Opinion
of
the
House
of
Cdmr
mons
committee
on
banking
and
commerce,
the
final
report
of
which
was
tabled
this
after-
noon
in
the
House
by
the
chairman,
R.
Matthews,
Con-
servatlve,
Toronto
Northeast
Centre.
?
TO
SPAN
PACIFIC
Two
Japanese
Aviators
About
to
Start
on
Oceanic
Flights,
Police
Are
Advised
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
have
been
officially
notified
that
two
Japanese
flyers
are
about
to
undertako
flights
aoorss
the
Pacific
Ocean
between
Tokyo
and
San
Francisco.
One
of
the
flyers
Is
KlyoshL
who
Is
to
use
a
Junkers
plane,
and
the
other
Seljl
Yoshihara,
In
a
Cutty-Sark
amphibian.
The
latter
should
be
along
any
time
now.
The
flyers
may
land
in
this
district
at
Prince
Rupert
or
Hazelton.
The
police
are
asking
any
persons
who
may
sight
either
plane
to
report
the
fact
at
once.
NO
MORE
ROOM
IN
PEN
FOR
DOUKHOBORS
NELSON.
May
17
One
nun-
dred
and
eighteen
Sons
of
Freedom
Doukhobors,
convlc-
ted
and
sentenced
to
three
years'
Imprisonment
In
penl-
tentlary
for
demonstrating
In
the
nude
at
Thrums
on
May
1.
were
placed
on
the
train
last
night
for
Okalla
Jail,
Vancou-.
ver,
where
they
will
b6
held
until
the
federal
authorities
'
make
disposition
of
them,
there
being
no
more
room
at
New
Westminster
Penitentiary
for
their
accommodation.
Tho
party
departed
peacably.
IT
it
"5J
1
h