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BHWUNN NAN FiillNll BEAIIINHUNE

Coroner’s Jury Find Mr. Parsons’ Death “Due to Natural Causes.”

Mr. John Parsons. 73, retired Charlottetown blacksmith, who was found dead on the floor of his home on Hilleboro Street yesterday, came to his death by natural causes, n coroner's Jury decided last night.

‘The inquest was presided over by Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo and the Jury was composed of, " . Frank P. Bell, foreman, Thomas Howatt, Wil- liam Bradley, William S. Butt, Frank Riggs, Emeric A. 'Ho1lsnd ' and James M. Hennessey.

Evidence at last night's inquest disclosed that yesterday afternoon neighbors noticed that the milk bottle was still at the door and no nnoke came from the chimney cf the house where Mr. Parsons lived alo e. Investigators discovered that bot front and rear doors of the house were locked but through a rear window they could see a man lying face dovim on the floor of the kitchen. Police were notified and on investigating found that the man had apparently been dead for some hours.

Coroner I. J. Yeo was notified and decided that an inquest should be

Drastic

In Penalty Under Prohibition Act

Minimum F inev-E-ea-duced To $10 In Certain Cases. Improved East-

ern Train Service Requested. Road Act Asiented To.

A prohibition law amendment which may result in something like a. general Jail delivery, and sub- stitutes a minimum ten dollar fine for the present flue of $200 in cer- tain cases, was given second read- ing in the Legislature yesterday.

The Road Act was given third reading and received His Honours assent.

Considerable progress was made in putting the bulky Highway Traf- fic Act through committee. One new section empowers the Gover- nor-in-Councll to pass a. law com- pelling horse drawn vehicles to can-y a light or reflector at night.

At six o'clock, before adjourn-

ment, the Premier requeeted e. Sat- 9d

urduy morning session and ad. ioumment over ell next week until Tuesday, April 14. Lack cf suffici- ent preplred legislation to keep the

House Being, the need of time to

"collaborate" in getting the Esti-

mates ready, as well as the fact.

that “next week is g, religious week

mm" for the Province," were reasons ad-

Witnesses testified that the de- ceased man had been complaining of not feeling well for some time past. He had been complaining of indigestion and pains in his chest and shortness of breath when he walked. Dr. Yeo told the Jurors that he felt that a heart condition was present and probably caused" his death. '

$31.55 was found in a. purse in the deed man's pocket, A gold watch and chain and three keys on u. ring were also found on his per- son. He was fully dressed except for his shoes and cap. The shoes were by the bed in the room. A fire was laid in th°e kitchen stove ready to be lit. No cool had been placed on the kiudiings, but a pail full was beside the stove. ‘Pwc slight fresh wounds were on the body, one above the left eye and the other beside the same eye over the cheek bone.

The Jury was out only a few min- utes when it returned with the ver- dict that "death was due to natural causes."

Witnesses examined were, Messrs. Thomas Mills. Frank Mills, Lloyd Weeks, Lawrence Kelly, Ivan Laf- ferty, Cecil Suntry, John Matheson, and Sergeant Alan McInis of the City Police force.

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OITAWA, April Zi-Notioe of the following incorporations is ccn-

Csnsda Gazette:

The Hidcote-Boyce Clmipiiny. Ltd. H.500 ~ end Branegore Investments, bid» $6.000 both of Charlottetown.

coiiiiio {vrms "Dr. LflUvllibiunb, Dentist. will be

in Murray River April 8th and 7th. L-3540-4-4-1i.

"Dance in Grlhcnfs Road Hall Monday night. If not fine Tuesday’. i L-355

"Annual Meeting Afton Rink at Afton Hall, April 14th. New business Everyone please attend.

L-3545. t

"Dance Pownal, Easter Mon- y. Proceeds for rink. 14-3547-4-4-21.

"Horses clipped by electric clip- Wnltar S. Weeks, Kenning- 1.4558

"Taking orders for seed Grain, Also I quantity of Red Oat-e on hand. Ibnucro Warehouse, Huitc:

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amendments to the Act Peril? Tax Act. and the Insurance A“. the Premier announced. There will also be some legislation in con- nection with the Charlottetown statutes, and two minor amend- ments to the Summe ”

ation Act. and other bills.

rule regarding publicatflgn o; of m e l"! of lend be set aside to permit‘ of the introduction of a bill to vest the trustees of the United Church at Princetown Rand In g plot for cemetery purposes,

i-hfl ifresularity of the motion.

cumstsnces, giving mug-an“ ma; the interests of those were being fully protected.

ygkintroduced and rend a gm;

a. Credit Union Societies bill was tamed in the current issue of the introduced and read a first time.

onded by Mr. Hughes. the follow- ing resolution was presented: W

service to Souris, Georgetown, and all intermediate stations east of Charlottetown, has been for number of years of a most uncut- isfnctory character,

protests cf the "Jinn Dirt of this Province, for 1n improvement in this regard, have heretofore been either lected or ignored,

reason to believe that their repre- sentations were so dealt

without reference authority, AND

WHEREAS. ‘belielf, a petition signed by several

vicinity, together with telegrams from their representatives in the

soft ground outside the wed-fed home of l. A. Hurt-ling 10d 9°

. Ami w» “m” . m - w»- h-re..v§c*- v "*- nu. mi today 5m the boll-nude infernal ms- chino

flared gee-int?-

vanced by the Premier for sn all- week Easter recess. His request wag

acceded to. The House, which will meet at 10:80 this morning,

will therefore adiourn at 1 o'clock to meet at 3 p. m. April 14, legislation still pending includes Succession Duty . the income and Personal Pro-

Incorpor-

Introducing , The “Katadin”

ORANGEVILLE, 0M». AFB 8. -—(0-P-)—-A new nriety of pota- toes, known u ‘Kltadini’ is be- ing introduced u. um aim-m this Spring and n trial shipment 0f 600 bu: In: been taken by mmnben of the Orlngcvllie Po-

tato Pool. no developed in

Tbepotato the State of Maine loum you-s

ago and bu supplanted all other varieties there. Introduced to Nova. Scotia seven! your: ago it has been succeuful.’ Coot of the certified seed of the Kltadlu wls $2.10 a. bog.

IEBATE 0N B.N.A. ACT. PUSTPIINEI]

Legislation Will Not Come Before Com- mons Until After Easter Recess.

Change

Provincial legislature. was for- warded on March twentieth lest, to the chairman of the Board of Reil- way ccmmirJmers of Canada, set- ting forth their grievances and king for redress,

“AND WHEREAS, these repre- sentations have already resulted in a somewhat improved service, of a temporary character, being order- ed, co be made effective immed- lately,

"AND WHEREAS. this improve- ment, while much appreciated, be- inly only of a temporary nature, does not provide the perruanent improved service so urgently need-

"THBRMORE RESOLVED, that this Provincial Legislature of the Province of Prince Edward Island, hereby respectfully urge upon the Board of Railway Commissioners that they should immediately send to this Province, a competent in- vestigator, to examine into. and report upon. the railway situation, as it affects this eastern part of this Province. with a view to having a. pennanentiy improved to have said services innuzuratcd when the Sum- mer time table is made effective on or about. June 1st, next.

" FURTHER. . that copies of this resolution be sent to the Board of Railway Com- missioners of Canada at Ottawa. to our Federal representatives in Par- liament. an to the Patriot and

(C.P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

UITAWA. April 3-—Debe.te on proposed amendments to the Brit- ish North AmericeAct which have been on the order paper of the Iiouse of Commons for some weeks will be postponed until after the Eestemeccss, it was learned today.

The conference proposed by Fin- ance Minister Charles Dunning to reconsider the loan council scheme outlined in the constitutional pe- tition which stands in the name of Justice Minister Lspointe, will also be delayed for some time because of the fact that most provincial lcai-sleturea are still in session

In the meantime Premier _ Pettullo of British coliiiiibia is un- wit- - - ~> are: or Sl...’.‘.’f.;'“§..‘€..2“;

Provincial Legislature, April 3.

The House met at 11.10 “n,

H°“- Ml 111F388 moved that the’ notice

legislation concern vest-

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MY- Breaker called ettcntion to Mr. LePage explained the m. concerned

The mviion Passed. and the bill

On motion of Hon. Mr. McGuigen,

EASTERN TRAIN SERVICE

On motion o.‘ Mr. Acorn, sec. . the C. N. Railway a

AND WHEREAS, the prayers and residents of the

neg- AND WHEREAS, they now have with by

region to any higher acting upon this

be oillcisle of the Atlantic

residents of Bouris and

‘Thantom Bomber” Widely Sought By Halifax Police

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will be required to meet a $3,500,000 four per cent bond maturity on May 15 and it is expected he will ask for assistance from the Federal treasury.

~ The British Columbia govern- ment had approved of the loan council scheme but recently some points were raised and Mr. Pattul- lo will discuss these with the Fin- ance Minister. The whole question was thrown open, however, by the definite refusal of Alberta to sub- scribe to loan council provisions and the resultant refusal of the feder- al government to save the Social

SEES ETHIUPIA m‘

Italy To Demand Man- date Over East Af- rican Country.

CAPTURE AND BUNVIBTIUN 0F NAIIPTMANN

Events Leading To Solution of CILTZG That Shocked The Civilized World.

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

TRENTON, N. J.. April 3—Bru.no Richard Hauptmann was an ob- scure carpenter living quietly in New York's Brenna-unknown out- side s. small circle cf friends-un- til suddenly on Sept. 19, 1934, he was seized as the kidnapper and murderer of the l8-m0nths-0ld son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh. _

To e people whose hopes for a. solution of the 2 1-2 year old Lind- bergh mystery alternately had ris- en and fallen as clues appeared and faded, his arrest was received with some incredullty.

But a. growing accumulation of circumstantial evidence pointed the finger of guilt at him for n. crime that had shocked the civilized world and eventually came his trial at memington, N. J., and his conviction of first degree murder.

The Jury of eight men and four women deliberated more than 11 hours before reaching the conclu- sion that Hauptmann, and i-iaupt- mann alone as the state charged, was the man who made the kidnap ladder, carried ,it t0 Hopewell, climbed it on the night of March 1. 1932, stole the infant from his crib, killed him and collected the $50,000 ransom.

Did Not. Recommend Mercy

Since they did not recommend mercy, the death sentence was mandatory and Supreme Court Jus- tice Thomas Trenchard fixed the week of March i8 for execution.

Defence lawyers announced en appeal would be sought. 011 W11 16 Hauptmann was brought from his cell in the Hunterdon County jail and taken to the death house in State's prison, Trenton. Five months had passed since his arrest in New York.

The news of Heuptmanns arrest broke upon the world without ad- vance notioe. For a month Past bills identified as part of the ran- som money had been tuming 11D i" the Bronx. On Sept. 14 one was passed at a. gas-filling station in Manhattan. The attendant noted the license number of the automo- bile, and five days later Hauntmann found, himself s. prisoner. The pol- ice searched his garage and recov-

Oredit government from default of its $3,200,000 bond maturity last Wednesday.

Arising from conferences between the federal treasury and provincial treasurers, opening last December and continued in January, the Fin- once Minister prepared the loan council scheme with all Rover“- ments approving. Several weeks ego

(QR-Havoc By Guardian's Special Wire

ROME, April s-Convinced that Marshal Pietro Badoglids offemive has sealed the doom of Ethiopia's defending armies, semi-official cir- cles tonight reportedly were focus- sing their attention on what peace temm Italy could expect to gain.

According to ifformed sources, an Italian mandate over Ethiopia. is c-nsidered the most desirable set- tlement and direct itch-Ethiopian negotiations are favored rather than any conducted under the ma.-

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gue of Nations. ' No peace negotiations have opeu- L I n d b e r g h s ed as yet, Italian authorities

59908-165. Iii-Willie unconfirmed re- ports that emisseries of Empemr l-lsile Selassie had started talks with the Italian commanders fol- lowing the Italian victory at Lake Achangi on Tuesday and Wednes- day's occupation of Gondnr, north of Iioke Tani.

Qualified sources mphasized that Premier Mussolini would fully respect the rights of Greet Britain and fiance in Ethiopia were a mandate given. The Lake Tone re- gion is important to Greet Britain as the source of the Blue Nile which irrigate; a large pert of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan.

Retain Silence

By (l. H. Anderson

Associated Pram Staff Writer (By Guardian's Special Wire) , Kent, Eng, April 4. — (Saturday) — The first April snow fall in five years was falling today over the rambling two-storeyed house in which the family of Col. Ohnrlm A. Lindbergh live here when Bruno Rlcherd Hauptmann‘: life ended.

The Lindbcrghs —- Charles, Ann end their Young son, Jon - were half through their night's sleep tmunn peid the death

‘Ilo the very end the JLindbei-ghs were true to their resolution never to diloul the Hopewell tragedy af- ter the i115! it which the German

carpenter wu convicted.

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740 Members

(l. P. I! Gflfllllll’! SIIQOIII Wire) SHEEN, April

ififlbotl, Ii Chancellor Hitler bimlllf heading the list, an official communique dincloled tonight. ‘I110 Rcichetng eligible: were chcnen, in lut Sunday's election, i.- timn. This lint was cut down by Der hiehm, who re- the district of Upper Bav- Memben of the Oebinet and Nil officilll also were placed

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ered $14,600 of the ransom money-

The Trenton trial opened Jim. 2. a, day of bitter cold. The 001111 room was jammed. Outside in Main Street hundreds of persons vainly sought admission.

Headed Defence

Edward J. Reilly of Brooklyn headed the defence. With him were c. Lloyd Fisher. when C» ROSE- crans and Frederick A. POPE-

Attomey General David T. Wil- mtz was chief prosecutor. His aides included former county Judge George K. largo. prosecutor An- thony M. Hauck, Jr. of Hunterdon County. end several assistant at- torneys general.

The state required 15 court days

nmsent its case through the tes-

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4n KILLED m SilliTH_E_R_Nli.S.

Damage From Storms Runs Into Millions.

(A. P. by Guardian's 51M!" W1")

GBIIINBDGO. N. 0., All?" 3— Two storm-ravaged cities and a number of mailer communities mule burisl plum toullhi i" 4° deed loft eznid millions of dollars worth of damage by wind storms that flicked Florida end Alabama befwe descending full force on Georgie and the Oerollnoo lat

w persona‘ were killed at Co , 0a., yesterday morning. 12 hcurl before n roaring wind’ ri open g 8 1-2 mile business in cl and residential section hem leaving l! deed.

Between flu Oordeie and Greens- bore ltonu, four lower South Caroline counties were struck end

By Su-Inllel G. Blackmail. Associated Press Staff Writer

TRENTON, N. J., April 3.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann walked to the electric chair tonight and died in silence for the murder of Col. Charles A. Lindbergws baby.

His face was gray, but his limbs were firm and he needed no help as he went briskly to the chair.

Col. Mark 0. Kimberling, prison warden, said he made no confession to the crime which he had main- tained throughout that he did not commit.

Until the end he had hoped des- perately something might save him —-the strange “something? which had intervened before to keep him out of the little room with the dirty white walls, only a few paces from the cell where he had been since Feb. i6, 1035, thre days sill his conviction.

Pale and Weak

Hauptmann, pale and week after thrice seeing the date fixed- for his death come and go -- once on the hour-was led into the sombre little execution chamber at. 9:41 p. m. ASII’. 41 minutes past the hour set for his fourth date with death-the date he did not escape.

Six and a half minutes later—at 9:47:30 A.S.T., be was pronounced dead after o. double examination by six physicians.

Governor Harold .0. Hoffman.

who once before had saved him, did nothing at the last minute tonight. There was expectation he would.

He had announced earlier he was powerless to reprieve at this time.

Hauptmann, who ordered a 1168111’ dinner and apeared only slightly nervous during the day-in sharp contrast to his demeanor last THES- dsy-walked quickly and lightly in- to the death chamber.

‘mere was a trace of what seem- ed to be a. sneer on his paliid face.

Strapped To Chair

Quickly the guards closed in around him as he sat in the chair. They adjusted the straps and fast- ened i111 electrode to his right leg. Robert Elliott, veteran executioner for four states, slipped the death helmet over his face.

Hauptmann had looked only once toward the 55 witnesses who faced him from the other side of‘ the dingy little room. '

At 9:43 A.S.T., two minutes after he entered the chamber, the first shock was applied. Two others fol- iOWBd at minute intervals and at 9:45 A.S.T, Elliott turned off the current.

One hour after the Governor flIi- nouuccd there would be no further reprieic-he granted one reprieve in January -- Dr. Howard Wcisler straightened up from Hauptmannb limp body in the chair and said:

"This pign is dead."

Thus cncfld the career of the cer- pcnter and petty criminal from Kameuz, Germany, who was pro- jected suddenly into the world spot- light in Sept, i934, as the man charged with kidnapping and mur- dering the infant son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh.

Receives News

Mrs. Anna. Hsuptmann, the wife who stood by him throughout his 18-month fight against overwhelm- ing odds, received the news of her husband's death in an hotel room.

“Oh, God," she sobbed. “Why did you have to do this?"

(C. P. By Guudillfl Specie] Wire)

UITAWA. April 3-An appropri- ution bill exceeding $50,000,000 "for purposes of mlief and providing employmen " will be lubmitted b0 Parliament before the metered- JUlh ‘ next 1'.‘ " ‘ ,, Prem- ier King announced in the House of Commons tonight.

The Prime Minister's umounce- ment woe mode a few minutes be- fore the House gave ‘ reading to the government bill eltabiiahing a national employment commission. one of tho mlJor plank: in the ed- mlnistnticn’: relief policy. There wu no division.

Should the provinces and mun- icipalities be in a position to make provisions equal to the Dominion

aeinthe pI-lt. it would mom some QQMMIIIQGI

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