25
TAXI
a
nd
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
tit
Anytime
Stand:
Kxchnnge
Building
JIATT
VI11I2CK.
Prop.
I
VOL
XVII.,
No.
22.
OUR
ut
1931
-iiert
being
increaaea
In
.t
-jri
and
urban
popula-
na.
in
last
census
tne
rural
pull
;.
is
pieced
at
578.476
and
the
an
at
3mM
!N.
MACBRIEN
HAS
RESIGNED
III
l
CANADIAN
I.EM.UAI,
ST
A
1
1"
Ml
ITS
Jit
T
HOE
MIT
care
TO
I
i
:
inn
ri:aon
jist
now
5TTAWA,
Jan
37.
Major
Oeneral
IcDi
le.i
nlt'f
nt
the
general
ata((
o(
Canadian
Army!
haa
refsgned.
the
Hjr.ation
to
Uke
place
immediately.
It
learned
here
yesterday
afternoon.
In
Mewed.
Oenera)
MacBrien
aald
be
had
definite
plana.
"Do
yju
rare
to
gtve
any
reaaon
(or
k.i
re.ignatt:n
""
he
waa
asked.
""There
are
reason.
"
he
replied,
"but
cn't
-are
to
girt
them
Just
now."
ORE
PEOPLE
ASPHXIATED
g'Kht
with
all
windows
and
all
doors
AS
TANK
EXPLODES
AND
THREE
KILLED
l
AUll
IllllirtSfl
Is.
..,,,1.1-..
Iil..a,s.l
en
itir
hi.
ii
1"i"ler
Hi
New
Orleans
Ut
Night
NEW
ORLEANS.
J
r,ed
nd
'
injured
last
evening
whew
:-"
m
exploded
in
the
pump
"
Kuxer
o.
T.
W-gflng.
"Ml.
rl
i
"a
'eine
Maru
About
to
Sail,
Innerton
Will
Start
Loading
Wheat
hitish
motorship
King
James
due
this
after
SASKATCHEWAN
it
S
TAKEN
IV
JIM;
LAsTSIIOHs
,
it
rortiwiux
at
iit,
nut:
it
mwoiiity
or
people
iiriMi
on
farm
'
.
i
TAWA,
Jan
37
-The
pooulauon
g
the
piovlnce
of
Basks
Untwan
ia
1,042
according
to
the
cenawe
taken
lone
last
u
was
announced
yee-
crday
afternoon
by
the
Dominion
Bureau
f
St'.s-.ic
in
a
preliminary
sUmen
The
retult
show
an
in-
reaae
-f
m.tn
than
83.000
over
the
tlCIMNT
UIU.IMJHON
AMI
LADY
(-O.MIMI
TO
tICTOIIIA
I.I(Y
MIO.N
VICTORIA.
Jan.
37.
Uarlng
Ottawa
on
Marcha19,
VlKOunt
Wllllngdon.
Oovernor
Oenrral
of
Canada,
and
Lady
Willing
don.
will
arrive
here
on
March
34
to
spend
a
(rw
daya
as
the
guests
of
Lieut
Oovernor
Ran
dolph
Bruce
and
his
niece.
Mlaa
Mackenzie,
chatelaine
ot
gov
crnment
House.
Word
to
this
effect
waa
received
here
tester-day
afternoon.
It
will
be
the
(Irat
visit
(
the
vice-regent
and
his
consort
to
this
coast
since
Viscount
Wllllngdon
haa
been
Oovernor-Oeneral.
4
uiun.E.Hs
iu:ioiiT.
K
a.m.
DIODY
ISLAND.
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer
38.03;
temperature,
40;
aea,
smooth;
8
pjn.
spoke
steamer
Orlffco,
towing
Lord
Templeton
from
Anjrox
to
Tacoma,
6J0
miles
from
Tacoma.
BULL
HARBOR.
naln,
fresh
BE.
wind;
barometer,
39.01;
temperature.
40:
heavy
swell
10.11
pm.
spoke
steamer
Catala,
abeam
Egg
Island,
!
northbound;
8
JO
am.
spoke
tug
Pacific
bound
(or
Massctt
Inlet.
Monarch,
j
lit
I;
i.r.ATIIs
jicroKTEIt
YKSTEU-
I'AV
THII7.
OASSlMl
AM
ARE
MEN
VANCOUVEH.
Jan.
37-
Three
desths
luce
7Mterday
are
reported
through
fimviist:on
Tne
body
o(
Jnhn
Ashurtt.
a
long-
Ho
reman,
who
had
apparently
been
d
three
days,
was
found
last
evening
his
rjom.
the
gas
Jets
atlll
(burn
r
J
McMerkm
and
an
unldentlded
com-
lnion.
were
(ound
dead
this
morning
In
rooming
house,
two
eaa
lets
being
abeam
Mastermsn
Island.
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
UaromHer
39.-
40;
temperature.
13.
NOON
DIODY
ISLAND.
Overcast,
calm:
barometer,
38.8S;
temperature,
40;
aea
smooth.
BULL
IIARDOR.
Rain,
fresh
8.E.
wind;
.barca.vW'r.
39.03;
temperature
41;
sea
moderate.
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
Barometer
39.-
40;
temperature,
33,
VANCOUVEH
EXCHANGE
Wheat
B.C.
8Ilver
..
Dnnwell
....
Otacler
Oladstone
.
.
.
Harelton
.
.
.
.
Independence
Marmot
Premier
Porter
Idaho
Silver.
Crest
.
Richmond
Coait
Copper
Bid.
1.42
U
1.61
1.SS
.oo
H
.37
H
.11),
1.04
.18
.07
U
,13
4
Aaked.
1.8S
1.80
.10",
.39
Vt
.01
.13
1.97
.14
li
.08
.IS
8.50
i
noon
and
Japanese
steamer
Yogen
Maru
j
tomorrow
will
be
speeding
up
in
handling
!
,
i
T
mnrrow
may
we
four
grain
ship
in
Prince
Rucrt
harbor,
i
w
i
be
a
new
record
and.
consequently
there
will
be
some
speed-
uji
in
their
handling
locally.
The
Suzuki
Line
vessel,
Seine
Maru,
now
loading
at
the
elcva-;.
ncaring
completion
and
will
probably
Ket
away
some
e
-mrr.w
In
the
meantime,
the
liritish
stwamcr
Innerton
is
h-Tcd
o
the
harbor,
already
lined,
awaiting
to
take
her
berth
at
grJn
plant.
The
next
vessel.
King
James,
a
big
liritish
motorship,
belong-
:eady
growth
--itc
to
the
King
Line
of
London.
U
due
in
frcm
ttte
Orient
about
6
o'clock
this
evening.
ThU
ship
tu
off
Orsham
luand
yesterday
afternoon
end
Cept.
Larry
Them
son,
local
pilot,
went
out
today
to
Triple
Island
to
pick
her
up
and
bring
her
In.
SIM
la
alrtadjr
lined
having
sailed
(rem
Nagasaki.
Japan,
on
January
7.
The
Ocean
Tranapart
Oo.'a
Japaneae
steamer.
Yvgea,
Maru,
,1a
also
nesting
port
and
la
expected
tu
tomorrow.
ThU
vtMel
u
from
the
OrletU
and
will
have
m
be
liad
here.
TIwm
(our
vessel
vltl
take
epproxl
avaUly
a
mtllloa
btuhels
of
wheat
from
the
local
elevator.
The
Seine
Maru
and
Vofftt
Maru
are
booked
(or
the
Orient
and
the
lnnrrtan
and
King
Jane
(or
the
United
Kingdom
or
continent.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
I'KINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
27,
1027
CIIINESL
WORKERS
demolishing
a
part
of
he
ancient
i:i
y
wall
at
Wuchang,
which
is
over
2,000
years
old,
t
-
make
w..y.
for
modern
(mpi
ovements.
ST.
GODDARD
HAS
BIG
LEAD
UITII
TUENTV
MINI
TEH
TO
(IOOII
I
OK
MIIOT
TWO
LAPS,
v
MIOU.1I
ttIN
THE
PAS
DEIlllY
,
THE
PAs.
.ManltolNi,
Jan.
31.
EiiiII'M.
OoliUr(I
repeated
lil
xr-lormaurr
of
Tuesday
by
llnWhlng
the
eeMi(l
flrtj-.nllr
lap
of
The
Pa
ling
derby
)elrrila.v
at
the
lintil
of
the
(leld.
Ill
time
n
three
hnurs
and
(Ifty-elghl
mlniilrs
Earl
l!r)ile
Ix-lng
rrind,
nine
iiilnute
lielilnd
with
Leo
St.
(iodiUrct,
II.
Olrii'k)
aii'l
sluirly
Kuwlrk
trailing,
St.
(iodilard
nuw
Ivxt
a
trad
o(
Ixenlj
inlnntr
trr
llr.tdgr
for
the
eighty
mllen
rtoerrd,
hi
rlunre
being
rxrrllrnt
In
Im
derl,krril
the
win-nrr
at
the
riirlulnn
of
the
third
and
dual
Iliti-inllr
lap
Iwluy.
FARMING
AREA
IS
OPENED
UP
NEAR
LADNER
ON
FRASER
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
37.
Between
150
and
300
(amine
will
participate
in
a
"back
to
the
land"
movement
near
Ladner.
B.C..
at
the
mouth
of
the
Fra-ser
River,
as
a
result
of
the
opening
up
of
a
large
area
of
land
there.
The
land
la
betng
split
up
Into
five-acre
tracts
and
poultry
raising
will
be
the
principal
means
of
livelihood
(or
those
taking
advantage
of
the
scheme.
Provision
is
being
made
(or
telephone,
electric
light,
water
and
other
services
and
paved
roads
will
be
built
to
serve
the
new
community.
An
expert
poultryman
will
be
engaged
to
gtve
(ret
advice
to
the
settlers.
PROSECUTIONS
MOTOR
VEHICLE
ACT
ARE
TREBLED
IN
SOUTH
VANCOUVERt
Jan.
37.
Procecutlom
under
(he
Mat6r
Act
and
city
traffic
by-laws
Virtually
trebled
during
1936
In
Vancouver,
when
0073
cases
were
heard
tu
'the
special
hutomrtbtle
court
presided
over'
by
'Magistrate1
J.'A.
Tindlay.
In
1935
the
number
of
cases
was
3979.
Last
year
flnro
aggregating
33,131
were
paid
by
motorists
who
were
convicted
of
minor
violations
of
the
Motor
Act.
while
199
drivers
were
convicted
ol
driving
to
the
common
danger
and
contributed
an
additional
amount
ot
S,6S0,
"Whet'e
U.
use
o(
a
royal
(lush,"
ponders,
the
king
of
Italy,
;
"when
Mus-soin
Roid
aeven
portfolio?"
Attorney
General
Would
Have
Committee
Take
Up
Matter;
Pooley
Opposes
VICTORIA,
January
27.
The
question
of
campaign
funds
from
the
liquor
interests
occupied
the
attention
of
the
legislature
for
the
greater
part
of
yesterday's
session,
both
Tremier
Oliver
and
Attorney
General
Manson,
in
turn,
reviewing
the
whole
matter.
At
the
conclusion
of
his
address,
Mr.
Manson
moved
that
a
transcript
of
the
evidence
taken
before
the
Royal
Commission
investigating
the
customs
and
excise
department
be
obtained
and
tabled
in
the
House
and
that
a
select
committee
composed
of
Geh.
V.
W.
Odium
(Vancouver),
D.
McPhcrson
(Grand
Forks-Greenwood),
Dr.
H.
C.
Wrinch
(Skeenai.
Liberals,
W.
A.
McKtnxle
iSlmllkamerl.
Conservative!,
and
R.
H.
--.
Neehinds
(South
Vancouver).
Labor,
be
appointed
to
examine
the
evidence
with
pewer
to
awcar
witnesses
and
make
such
recommendations
as
they
might
see
(it.
If.
in
the
opinion
of
the
committee
legislation
thould
be
passed
ta
deal
with
the
matter,
the
government
would
be
ready
to
provide
such,
said
Mr,
Manson
Mr.
Manson's
motion
was
In
the
form
ot
an
amendment
to
the
motion
of
F.
A.
Browne,
Labor
member
(or
Burnaby.
which
calls
lor
an
Investigation
Into
campaign
funds.
R.
H.
Pooley
.
Conservative
House
leader,
opposed
the
amendment
saying
that
the
members
on
his
side
ot
the
House
wanted
the
matter
cleared
up
a
cense
the
accused,
he
said.
They
were
also
the
witnesses
and
the
counsel.
Surely
they
were
not
going
to
make
them
the
Judges
as
well
which
waa
what
the
amendment
proposed.
The
debate
was
adjourned
by
tJeorge
A.
Waikem.
Provlnalal
member
for
Richmond-Point
Orry.
MrLUSluN
IN
MORMON
HALL
SIX
llEAH
,T
TntNEIt.
IHAIIO,
ANI
A
SCORE
INJl
KEO
AS
UKSl
LT
Of
ACETYLENE
ULOH-tP
TURNER.
Idaho.
Jan.
37.S1X.
are
dead
and
nearly
a
score
are
Injured,
twelve
seriously,
as
a
result
of
the
explosion-when
acetylene
gas
wrecked'
the
Mormon,
chspel
recreation
hall
here
last
night
while
a
basketball
game
was
without
delay
and
the
shortest
cut
to
m
progress,
that
end
taken.
The
members
were
In!
Startled
at
the
passing
ot
a
flivver
squad,
a
Chicago
gunman
dropped
the
bomb
he
was
carrying
and
so
was
completely
obliterated.
The
police
should
remember
that
gunmen
have
nerves
Just
like
anyone
else,
and
be
careful
not
to
Intrude
without
due
warning.
Thousand
Mile
Mush
Through
Alaskan
Wastes
Will
Finish
His
Death
Trip
to
Michigan
NKNANA,
Alaska,
January
27.
Accompanied
only
by
his
threo-year
old
daughter
and
a
dog
team,
D.
L
McDonald
yesterday
began'
a
thousand
mile
mush
to
his
lonely
home
at
Candle,
150
miles
northwest
of
Nome,
on
his
return
from
Michigan
where
he
went
to
bury
his
wife
in
accordance
with
her
dying
wish.
The
first
leg
of
the
journey,
N'ennna
to
Ungakleet,
will
be
.along
the
mail
trail
made
famous
by
the
race
to
Nome
with
diphtheria
serum
two
years
ago.
McDonald
will
then
be
obliged
to
break
his
own
trail
northward
along
the
bleak
shores
of
Bering
Strait
whence
Gunnar
Kasson
fought
his
way
through
to
Nome.
Them
'
,
.
.,,
little
girl,
dressed
as
an
Eskimo,
la
bundled
In
furs
on
the,
dog
aled.
The
Journey,
It
is
expected;"
will
take
two
months.
According
to
an
estimate
there
are
1.500
nuts
In
an
automobile.
And
when
there
ls
an
additional
one
at
,
the
steering
wheel
trouble
la
aure
to
follow.
Circulation
1600
Sale
555
I
twenty-one
mile
front
In
order
to
com-
i
pletely
cut
off
Shanghai
from
the
In-j
terlor.
,
While
the
government
takes
the
view
'
that
there
Is
no
war
In
China
and
wUl
play.
WAKE
1IPI'TE
OX
RAILWAYS
SETTLED
Boston
Grill
Iirge
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor,
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457.
..r
Price
Five
Cents
M
SHIPS
HERE
TOMORROW
OVERNMENT
MOVES
TO
INVESTIGATE
CAMPAIGN
FUNDS
United
States
Government
Gives
Long
Deferred
Statement
of
Its
!
Attitude
on
Chinese
Situation
i
i
WASHINGTON,
January
27.
The
United
States
government
is
ready
to
negotiate
new
treaties
with
China
acting
Independently
of
other
countries
if
need
be
but
it
cannqt
abrogate
the
existing
treaties
until
new
ones
have
been
signed
and
ratified,
by
the
Senate.
'Meantime,
it
is
holding
naval
forces
available
in
Chinese
waters
to
protect
American
life
and
property
should
the
Chinese
fail
to
accord
such
protection.
Such
was
the
substance
of
the
long
deferred
expression
of
policy
In
connection
with
China
which
was
made
public
last
night
by
Frank
Kellog.
secretary
of
state.
SHANGHAI.
Jan.
37.
The
(Irat
ot
.
thousands
of
soldiers
which
Britain
la
:
sending
to
China
as
a
precautionary
measure,
arrived
here
this
morning.
Junjab
troops,
numbering
433
men.
came
up
from
Hong
Kong
on
the
steamer
Olecegle.
Their
embarkation
waa
effected
without
Incident.
FtJClSSED
ON
SIIANK11AI
1
For
the
next
alx
weeks.
British
offl.
(leoitcr:
KEOKKE
.makkm:
MARKLE
Of
or
Till
tiih
CITY
itv
1.1
claldon
wUl
focus
Its
attention
on
'
1
'
8hanghal
(or.
on
developments
of
the
present
will
depend
whether
the
British
j
defence
force
of
twenty
thousand
men'
cow
being
mobilized
will
be
brought
Into
active
service.
The
race
la
WAS
INSPECTOR
INDIAN
DEPT.
stroM)
roi'MX
or
joiix
mahku:.
truo
ItlCIl
I.N
VAXCOIVEK
YEKTCKIMY
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
37.
John
Markle,
on
.
who
was
Inspector
(or
the
Department
(or
the
Dlvotal
cltr
o(
Shanehal
be-iot
Indian
Affaire
In
Alberta
(or
ten
tween
the
British
land
and
sea
forces
jy"
ofor
retired
In
1920
and
and
the
Southern
Chinese
or
Cantonese
eAmt
10
Vancouver
to
reside,
died
here
army.
Should
the
Cantonese
succeed
:
yesterday
at
the
age
ol
75.
In
getting
near
enough
the
Interna-
'
tlonal
settlement
to
cause
the
slttla-'
Deceased
waa
a
second
cousin
of
Itlon
in
any
way
to
threaten
the
ll(e!aor-e
Markle.
1428
Second
Avenue.
o(
or
property
of
foreigners,
then
andilc"
DX"
ouweers
orocera.
ain.
woo
jljr
then
the-
BrtUals-.ForHgBOf!VilJoro
aprn
..
fstates
"will
His
Majesty's
forces
in
DaUy
News
of
the
death
of
his
father's
comp-ny
with
the
avaUable
Japanese,
cousin.
French
and
American
troops
take
a
island."
These
troops.
It
is
explained.
'would
probably
be
spread
along
JUDGMENT
FOR
OWEN
M'FADDEN
not
be
It
It
is
at
all
possible
to
avoid
judgment
for
the
plaintiff
In
the
it
newspapers
are
unceasing
In
their
ilKn
or
s86Sw
giT.nby
Judge
Robert-criticism
of
the
government
for
at-
na
j-
Court
-.day
tempting
an
unwarranted
military
dls-
-ttertl00n
ta
the
cu-
of
Owen
Mc-
MONTREAL.
Jan.
37.
The
wage
dispute
between
thirty
thousand
shopmen
and
the
Canadian
railway
companies
was
settled
lave
night
on
the
basis
of
a
(our
cent
per
hour
Increase.
The
men
demanded
a
ten
cent
Increase.
COBB
AND
SPEAKER
CLEAROF
CHARGES
Juil;r
Landl
Exunrrutr
Them
and
KUe
PrrmWOim
to
Krturn
to
Ue-wnr
Ltt
of
Their
Teum
CHICAOO.
Jan.
37.
Judje
K.
M.
Landla,
commissioner
ot
organlred
base
ball,
has
cleared
Ty
Cobb
and
Trls
Speaker
of
all
charges
made
against
them
recently
and
has
given
them
permission
to
return
to
the
reserve
lists
of
the
Detroit
Tigers
and
the
Cleve
land
Indians
respectively.
Fadden
va.
the
Porter-Idaho
Mining
Co.
Ltd.
The
claim
was
for
8915
under
an
J
at
first
claimed
was
paid
In
full
but
later
admitted
with
a
slight
reduction.
.
L.
W.
Patmore
appeared
for
the
plain-
tiff
and
S.
W.
Taylor
for
the
defendant.
i
The
civil
case
of
Harrison
vs.
Ktm-
ball
was
to
be
called
this
afternoon.
This
case,
also
from
Stewart,
Involves
a
claim
for
money
loaned
In
con'nec-
tlon
with
a
partnership.
Before
the
present
session
of
the
4,
court
closes
sUll
another
Stewart
case.
4,
,
that
of
Jotnvllle
vs.
Fraser.
over
moneys
.,
t
loaned
and
supplies.
Is
to
be
heard.
HEATHER
REPORT.
Prince
Rupert.
Cloudy,
calm,
tern
perature,
40.
Hsielton.
Cloudy,
windy,
temp."
33.
Telegraph
Creek.
Cloudy,
windy,
temp.
IS.
Smlthers.
Light
snow.
temp.
33.
Burns
Lake.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
30.
Terrace.
Cloudy,
windy,
temp.
35.
Rosswood.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
33.
Alyaush,
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
31.
Alice
Arm.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
33.
Anyox.
Rsln.
calm,
temp.
34.
Stewart."
Cloudy,
calm,
'
temp.
31.
Whltehorse.
Snowing,
NAY.
wind,
U
below.
Dawson.
Clear,
calm.
temp.
33
Calvin
Cooltdge
Is
noted
tor
his
love
of
brevity.
Returning
from
church
his
wife
asked
him.
If
he
enjoyed
the
sermon.
"Yes."
was
the
reply.
"What
was
the
subject!"
was
the
next
question.
"Sin."
teplled
silent
Cat.
"What
attitude
did
the
preacher
take?"
continued
his
spouse.
"He
was
against
It,"
responded
the
president.
ONTARIO
HAS
EXTREME
COLD
ITl'TY
HKLOtV
7XKO
.
THERMOMETER
READIXKS
REPORTED
FROM
VAIt-IOCS
NORTHERN
POINTS
TORONTO.
Jan.
37
Extreme
cold
was.
reported
yesterday
fr.m
Northern
Ontario.
Hornepayne
recording
the
lowest
reading
of
58
below
tero.
At
Armstrong,
it
wis
53
below
and
at
White
River,
54
below.
NAN2MM0
MINER
IS
INSTANTLY
KILLED
ln
CurrK
Aged
40,
Lot
Life
Yrnter-day
In
Nit.
I
Mine
Cmler
Full
uf
Coal
NANA1MO.
Jan.
37.
Leon
Cards,
aged
40.
a
coal
digger,
was
Instantly
killed
under
a
coal
fall
In
No.
1
Mine
of
the
Canadian
Western
Fuel
Corporation
yesterday
afternoon.
BIG
NARCOTIC
HAUL
MADE
IN
TACOMA
AND
BROTHERS
ARRESTED
TACOMA,
Jaa
37.
Narcotics,
valued
at
1100,000
was
seized
and
Prtmo
and
John
Roselllnl,
brothers
and
well
known
local
restaurant
men,
were
arrested
here
yesterday
on
charge
of
violation
ot
the
Federal
Narcotic
Act,
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