I--
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P-V"
Today's
Weather
iomorrows
1
ides
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm:
barometer,
30.24;
temperature,
39;
LtfvV
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
78.
CABINET
DIVISION
Deadlock
at
I
onion
Over
Proposal
To
Call
Military
Assistance
Conference
Lord
Percy
Resigns
LONDON,
April
1:
The
British
cabinet
was
reported
last
night
to
be
deadlocked
on
the
Issue
of
calling
a
conference
with
France
and
Belgium
to
consider
the
taking
of
military
action
in
the
event
of
an
attach
upon
any
of
the
ree
by
a
fourth
nation.
Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
Foreign
Secretary,
favors
such
a
conference
while
Sir
government
with
which
ne
tated
he
was
In
complete
accord.
e
said
he
felt
his
post
as
"planner
of
governmental
projects
was
not
worth
continuing,
Rt:
Hon,
David
Lloyd
George
ex-Pressed
the
opinion
that
the
pro-Posed
military
cpnference
would
8urely
lead
to
war.
Hibbcntrop
In
London
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop,
Adolf
"'tier's
representative,
was
back
ln
London
last
night
to
confer
Mm
foreign
Secretary
Anthony
wen.
The
hour
of
his
arrival
was
50
late
that
the
meeting
was
post
Poned
until
tnd.iv
U
was
learned
here
last,
night
""V
Hitler's
nrmlIU
nln
tne
ne
Rhlncland
Included
the
setting
oi
a
commission
to
control
jne
Rhlncland
consisting
of
one
Britain,
one
Italian
and
one
neurit
to
be
named
by
the
two
others.
Administrntinn
Of
Townscnd
Plan
Is
Beine
ChanttpA
Nntn
D.Wf
HINOTOM.
D.C.,
April
1:-nlctV
E-
Townsend
announced
last
$2on
lhat
admlnlstratlon
of
his
u
a
month
pension
plan
was
to
&1?
nCd
in
the
hands
of
a
repre-W
board
and
that
national
Iro
SJq"arter
were
to
be
moved
Washington
to
Chicago.
i:
..
-
.at
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
Prl
ot
"mce
"uPe"
Ior
ine
retary.
is
opposed
to
it..
Premier
Stanley
Baldwin
is
endeavoring
to
flscal
vear
en.ding
March
31
total
reconcile
a
division
which
is
rc-iiea
$2is,-.,
an
increase
oi
Ported
to
stand
5
to
4
In
favor
of
the
proposed
conference.
Announcement
was
made
last
light
of
the
resignation
from
the
cabinet
of
Lord
Eustace
Percy,
minister
without
portfolio.
Lord
Percy
explained,
however,
that
his
resignation
was
purely
a
personal
natter
and
had
.nothing
whatever
to
do
with
foreign
policy
of
She
of
the
Dominion
command.
It
will
j
be
an
outstanding
gathering
of
ex-,
service
men.
,
Mr.
Preece
said
that
the
Domln-
Ion
convention
in
Vancouver
was
a
,
great
success
and
highly
interest-)
lng.
There
were
no
less
than,
seven
,
hundred
delegates
from'
all.
parts'
But
Not
Ow!mr
to
Foreign
Policy
of
Canada
In
attendance.
Ribbentrop
la
London
Again
.
,
John
Simon,
former
Foreign
Sec
REVENUE
INCREASE
Customs
and
Excise
Collection
For
Fiscal
Year
Are
Well
Ahead,
j
It
Is
Announced
923.38
over
the
preceding
fiscal
year,
It
was
announced
today
by
Jarvls
H.
McLeod,
collector
of
customs.
Revenue
for
this
March
amounted
to
$26,205.60
as
compared
with
$7,195.57
In
the
same
month
last
year,
bringing
revenue
for
th?
present
calendar
year
to
date
up:
to
$40,289.36
ln
comparison
wim
$39,578.45
in
the
first
three
months
of
1935.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Clear,
calm.
22.
Anyox
Clear,
calm,
24.
Stewart
Clear,
calm.
16.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
20.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
cold.
Burns
Lake-Clear,
calm,
10
below.
POLICECOUHT
FINES
DOWN
City
police
court
fines
for
the
1
the
Legislature.
One
Social.
It
YMLASPri
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C:,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
1,
1936
It
is
for
instruments
of
war
like
these
that
the
British
government
has
announced
plans
for
the
conversion
of
the
Industrial
life
of
Britain
into
arms
factories
on
short
notice.
At
top.
this
unusual
picture
shows
an
aeroplane
from
H.M.S.
Furious
passing
over
the
aircraft
carrier
while
manosuvrlng
to
alight
on
the
landing
deck,
The
Furious,
accompanied
by
H.M.S.
Rodney
and
the
destroyer
Sturdy,
Is
on
a
sp.mg
cruise
to
the
Canary
Islands.
Below,
young
soldiers,
recently
arrived
in
Egypt,
are
taken
on
a
silghtseelng
tour
ln
an
armored
car
by
their
officers.
Here
they
are
In
the
shadow
of
the
Pyramids
where,
true
to
their
English
upbringing,
they
enjoyed
a
cup
of
tea.
The
Sphinx,
not
far
away,
also
came
under
their
inquisitive
gaze.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
BILL
ADOPTED
BY
LEGISLATURE
AND
HOUSE
PROROGUED
First
Measure
of
Its
Kind
in
North
Ameri
America
Went
Through
Last
Night
With
Only
Minor
Changes
Move
For
Alaska
Highway
Endorsed
It
4
.
CTUa
-i.
I
......
.
it
l
l
EDMONTON,
Apru
i;
urc
immediately
after
tne
mira
Alberta
Legislature
yesterday
(
reading
of
the
health
insurance
passed
a
bill
whereby
Social
bill,
Premier
Pattullo
announced
Credit
measures
may
be
put
j
formal
prorogation
today
with
a
Into
effect
in
this
province
by
1
fall
session
in
view.
government
ordcrs-li-councll
1
Before
adjournment,
.the.
House
urifhmit
further
reierencc
w.-r
went
into
other
business.
It
unanl-
mm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
IJRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Warden
Postpones
Electrocution
;
Fifteen
Minutes
Before
It
Was
Scheduled
.
j
TRENTON,
NJ.,
April
1:
(CP,)
The
unexpected
happened
dramatically
when
execution
of
Bruno
Richard
Hauptmanri,
scheduled
for
barling'
at
the
request
of
Mercer
County
grand
Jury
which
had
spent
several
hours
listening
to
evidence
involved
in
the
purported
confession
of
the
Lindbergh
kldnap-mUrder
by
Paul
II,
Wendel.
Tren
ton
lawyer,
who
-later
repudiated
j
the
confession,
declaring
that
It
had
beervVmffMrotnhlm-.
under-1
duress.
The
time
of
execution
had
been
set
for
8
o'clock
last
night.
AH
was
In
readiness
and
Hauptmann
was
waiting
in
his
cell
to
be
taken
by
guards
to
the
death
chamber
where
official
witnesses
were
already
gathered.
At
7:45
Harold
Freeman,
foreman
of
the
Mercer
County
Grand
Jury,
arrived
at
tht
office
of
Warden
Kimberllng.
bringing
the
entire
jury
with
him.
Freeman
told
Kimberlifig
that,
during
the
hearing
of
testimony
In
connection
j
with
the
Wendel
"confession,"
Important
and
sensational
new
developments
had
v
come
to
light
;
which
made
the
jury
feel
unani-'
mously
that
the
execution
.should
be
postponed.
"Wendel
may
be
the
guilty
man,"
suggested
Freeman.
Kimberllng
then
agreed
to
stay
execution
for
seventy-twd
hours
!
until
8
o'clock
Friday
night
but
j
Intimated
that
he
would
not
be
disposed
to
postpone
It
further
un-j
less
there
was
definite
and
Important
new
evidence,
it
is
within
'
Klmberllng's
power
to'hold
up
the
i
execution
until
Sunday
night.
The
'
date
as
set
by
Justice
Trenchard
1
called
for
the
week
of
March
30.
1Tne
grand
Jury
is
continuing
its
IWELLISH
IS
PROMOTED.
I
investigation.
VICTORIA,
April
1:
(CP)
The
Legislature
prorogued
.
May
Get
Further
Stay
j
The
possibility
of
Hauptmahn'
(
j
escaping
the
death
chair1
beyond;
j
(Continued
on
Page
Fourl
j
at
11:30
this
morning
after
enacting
the
first
health
in-lpiTCCrT
I
15
year
1936
to
date
have
reached
a
surahce
bm
on
the
continent
of
North
America.
The
bill
up
to
DhTcorresS
third
reading
by
a
division
of
29
to
Mj
vear
March
fines
this
year
amoun-
j
wnicn
spilt
pariy
lines,
seven
uiuerais,
two
vo-operaiive
i
ted
to
$135
as
against
$Bo
m
warcn
ommonweaitn
r
enerauon,
iour
independent
ana
one
.Royal.
Only
minor
changes
from
the
orl-
ni
,
Liberal
member.
lc'ucl-
,
LWJUVjiLiUlu
JU
IDENTIFIED
Wllllam
Hobbs
was
shot
to
death
yesterday
positively
Identified
Word
has
been
recelvpd
by
W.
M,
Charles
Russell
as
one
of
the
four.
Storage.
Blackstock
that
B.
J.
Melllsh.
for-
bandits.
The
identification
took
1
-
jmerly
I
manager
0
of
-
the
-w
ul
Bank
of
place
UIHVV
at
the
VitV-
UUUIWllib
Supreme
Court
VVUt
Asslres
AftQUiWO,
,
.
,
1
11
....
I
High
....10:39
a.m.
17.9
ft.
'
23:15
pjn.
18.5
ft.
Low
.;
4:41
a
jn.
8.4
ft.
17:00
p.m.
6.0
ft.
fKlCE:
5
CENTS
DANGER
OF
RUSSIAN-JAPANESE
WAR
VETERANS
TO
HOLD
COlWENTIONllEREManc.oJiuoans
and
Allied
Forces
1
Annual
Meeting
of
B.
C.
Command
of
Legion
In
1938
Coming
to
Rupert
I
Interesting
Announcement
Made
by
Local
Pre-i
sident
Following
Trip
to
Attend
Dominion
Gathering
Will
Bring
Many
Visitors
The
annual
convention
of
the
provincial
command
of'
the
Canadian
Legion,
British
Empire
Service
League,
will
'
be
held
in
Prince
Rupert
in
1938,
it
was
announced
today
j
by
Jack
Preece,
president
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Le-:
gion,
who
returned
to
the-
city
this
morning
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
Vancouver
where
he
attended
the
recent;
'
...
.,
reconvention
of
the
Dominion
com
mand
&&
well
as
session
of
the:
British
Columbia
executive.
The
convention
will
bring
delegates
to
Prince
Rupert
from
all
parts
of
the
province
as
well
as
leading
officers
MOBILIZE
INDUSTRY
FOR
DEFENCE
Driven
Out
ot
Mongolia
at
End
0
More
Than
24-Hour
Conflict
EXECUTION
DEFERRED
Seventy-Two
Hour..
Respite
Bruno
Hauntmann
on
Account
of
"Confession"
In
Nick
of
Time
For
Informed
Sources
Claim
That,
Renewal
of
Old
Trouble
Between
Soviet
and
Flowery
Kingdom
More
Imminent
Than
Ever
MOSCOW,
April
1:
(CP)
A
battle
of
more
than
twenty-four
hours
between
Mongolians
and
Manchu-kuoans
ended
today
after
the
Manchukuoans
and
allied
Japanese
forces
were
forced
to
retreat
from
Mongolian
territory.
Informed
sources
claim
that
danger
of
another
Russo-Japanese
war
has
grown
to
menacing
proportions.
'DEFAULT
IpUIJPMILL"
IMMINENT!
MEN
HERE
last
night,
was
delayed
tor
at
least
Veithcr
Dunning
or
Aberhart
Show
I
German
seventyrtwo
hours
by
warden
Kim-
signs
of
Relaxing
With
Bi(
Maturity
Due
Today
EDMONTON,
April
1:
(CD-Alberta
today
failed
to
redeem
two
bond
issues
totalling
$3,200,-000,
thus
becoming
the
first
Canadian
province
to
default,
on
a
bond
maturity.
EDMOrrrON,HVpril'4?--Theigov-
Experts
and
American
Capitalist
Here
With
Buckley
On
Inspection
j
To
make
an
inspection
of
the
site
and
.
to
take
up
other
matters
in
connection
with
the
local
pulp
mill
project,
Dr.
Carl
Alvln
Schencfc
of
Darmstadt,
Germany;
Dr.
Hel-
muth
'
Muller-Ciemm
of
Berlin;
E.
A.
Thompson-of
SanT
Franclsco.'
fe-
srnment
of
this
province
havingpresenting
American
capital
which
failed
to
accept
the
terms
of
the
i
has
become
interested
in
the
un-federal
government
whereby
itidertaking,
and
F.
L.
Buckley
ar-
would
have
been,
given
the
neces-
j
rived
ln
the
city
from
Vancouver
sary
assistance
in
meeting
the
ob-
;on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning,
ligation,
it
appeared
today
that
'They
were
met
by
City
Commis-Alberta
would
at
least
partially
de-j
sioner
W.
J.
Alder,
W.
M.
Black-fault
on
a
maturity
of
bonded
in-
i
stock,
president
of
the
Prince
Ru-
debtedness
amounting
to
$3,200,-)00.
Before
making
any
advance,
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister
of
finance,
had
been
insisting
that
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
25,000
pounds,
7c
and
1935,
'Unionist
member
opposing
It.
It"-
.
.
Four
.Members
of
Vancouver
Hank.
Canadian
.
.
wiii
not
Come
into
effect
until
ans
Allowance
Act
of
fifty
years
Staff
Pick
Him
as
One
Of
Balsac,
16.000,
.6c
and
5c,
Atlln.
proclaimed
by
the
government.
'
nd
umvnrrls
nd
a
mnH"
Shooting
Bandits
Melville.
10,000.
6c
and
5c,
Cold
GOLD
IS
MONTREAL
pert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
and
other
local
citizens
and
immediately
proceeded
to
the
dry
dock
to
in
spect
the
site
there.
They
were
not
Alberta
adopt
the
loan
council
j
certain
this
morning
as
to
whe-
scheme
and
other
requirements
j
ther
they
would
be
returning
whereby
the
federal
government
,
south
tomorrow
night.
would
obtain
a
measure
of
control!
While
making
no
definite
state-
over
provincial
financing.
There
ment,
Mr.
BucKiey
intimated
roi-
was
no
sign
up
to
last
night
of
Mr.
Rowing
his
arrival
that
arrange-
Dunning
relaxing
ln
this
stand
nor
did
the
Aberhart
government
show
my
signs
of
willingness
to
relln-lulsh
any
of
its
financial
autonomy.
In
answer
to
questions
by
D.
M.
Duggan,
Liberal
Leader
of
the
Op-oosltlon,
the
minister
of
finance
stated
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
that,
if
necessary,
the
government
ments
were
going
ahead
satisfactorily
toward
eventual
consummation
of
the
local
undertaking.
Dr.
Schenck
and
Dr.
Muller-Clemm
are
well
known
experts
in
regard
to
forestry,
especially
the
pulp
and
paper
Industry.
The-former
is
no
stranger
on
this
continent,
having
at
one
time
been
head
of
Blltmore
Forestry
School
ln
was
ready
to
put
up
$500,000
of
South
Carolina,
sinking
funds
as
a
"token"
pay-
If
Alberta
defaults,
it
will
be
the
first
province
ln
the
Dominion
ever
t
to
do
so.
;
DIRIGIBLE
IS
ON
WAY
Giant
"Hindenburg"
Crossing
Atlantic
on
Maiden
Flight
To
,6c.
Ilio
de
Janeiro
Canadian
60,000
pounds,
6c
and:
5c
to
6.2c
and
5c.
NEW
YORK,
April
1:
Radio
re-'
American
i
ports
received
here
last'
night
re-
Emma,
10,500,
7c
and
6c,
Booth.
'
ported
that
all
was
well
with
the
Hazel
H.,
14,500,
7c
and
fie,,
giant
new
German'
dirigible
'Hln-
r..
ir?
iLt
.
"
OIOIUKC.
SOCIAL
CUED1T
OUT
OF
gtnal
draft
as
submitted
to
the!,.,,
B
,
"4U"a"
VANCOUVER,
April
l:The;
May
West,
5,000,
6c
and
5c,
At-
IIANBS
OF
LEGISLATURE
House
were
made
In
the
bill
before
t;"-
J'i
"orw
m
manager
and
three
other
members
lln.
"T
"
"
'"'
of
the
staff
of
the
Powell
street
Tramp,
8,000,
6.1c
ana
5c,
Atlln.
the
construction
of
the
Alaska-
u,.v,
iu.
rnnnrun
nonu
t
n
a
9V'
and
Rmn,i
Yukon-British
Columbia
highway.
Commerce
whlch
was
entered
byj
Viking
I,
9,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
7
bandits
on
January
15
when
Telftr
Storage.
uuui,
,uuu,
aitu
sc,
uuuui.
Domino
If,
4,500,
..c
and
5c,
Cold
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