TOf
High
i
,.;.
23:36
b.
Low
4:02
ajn.
17:15
p.m.
4.6
Vol,
XXI.,
No.
8.
SEVERELY
COLD
Thousands
Arefrozen
to
Death
And
Privation
Is
Acute
Result
Of
Frigid
Spell
Across
Pacific
FEIPING,
China,
Jan.
10.
Many
parts
of
China
are
being
swept
by
the
severest
cold
weather
in
sixty
years
with
untold
suffering
and
considerable
loss
of
life.
The
famine
areas
are
particularly
hard
hit.
'
'
j
Despatches
from
theSuiyun
district
in
Northern
Shansi
estimate
fifteen
thousand
dead
from
exposure.
m
Twenty-five
hundred
were
frozen
to
death
injthe
town
of
Feng
Chen
In
Sahsein.
ffl
Two
thousand
died
in
I'aotowo.
'--
Eljht
hundred
are
dead
and
hundreds
were
drowned
in
Ho-nan
Province.
In
the
ice-filled
Han
River
seven
hundred
'soldiers
were
frozen
to
death
during
movements.
'
More
than
two
hundred
have
been
found
dead
here
sines
Monday.
Dr.
Mandy
Expects
Producing
Mines
To
Be
Brought
In
More
Rapidly
In
Future
Than
in
Past
Years
"I
look
forward
to
seeing
much
mora
Oipitjiy
in
tne
luture
tnan
in
tnepast.
in
tins'
Mfotri&jewared'Dri
J;
Mandy,
resident-mining1
engi-i
nuer,
in
an
auuress
uenvereu
iu
me
iuiar'
jiuv
ai
us
meeting
yesterday.
"There
has
been
much
wasted
effort
!
due
to
excess
of
optimism
in
the
past,"
the
speaker
de-
j
clared,
and
the
result
of
the
recent
financial
changes
will
have
been
to
eliminate
this
to
a
large
extent.
In
opening
his
address
Dr.
Mandy
spoke
of
the
necessity
of
optimism.
The
mining
in-.
.
duttry
lived
on
it,
yet
it
was
often
1
poison.
As
a
tonic
it
was
necessary
but
ow-mdulgence
waa
fatal,
H
'
cramped
Judgment
and
Interfered
with
wun
perspective.
nersDective
i
The
speaker
mentioned
that
!
Ptlnec
Rupert
was
surrounded
by!
mineral
resources,
yet
the
city
did
not
beeome
excited
about
it.
pre-J
ferrtng
to
play
the
waiting
game,
AUSTRALIA
ON
NAVIES
j
'
Delegates
of
Southern
Commonwealth
Will
Seek
Lowj
est
Armaments
Possible
MELBOURNE.
Aust,
Jan.
10.
Premier
Scultln,
addressing
a
meeting
of
foreign
journalists
on
the
question
of
disarmament
today,
said
that
Australia's
representatives
at
the
London
naval
conference
intended
to
press
for
limitation
of
cruiser
and
destroyer
tonnage
to
the
lowest
point
possible.
Premier
Scullln
nlso
said
that
Australia
would
seek
for
a
reduction
of
battleship
ex-
pcndltiire
cither
by
reducing
the
slic
of
ships
or
increasing
tlic
age
before
displacement.
Tommy
savon
win
sau
on
me
Prlnoew
Mary
tonight
for
a
two
weeks
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
PUBLIC
IN
THE
INTEREST
OF
C.
H.
ORME,
Moose
Hall,
Monday,
All
candidates
for
civic
I
WEATHER
IN
CHINA
Municipal
Election
Campaign
Here
Is
Warming
Up
Now
Newton
Attacks
His
Mayoralty
Opponents
In
Fighting
Speech
Declares
Thciv
Would
Have
Been
Less
Hungling
If
Prud-homnic
and
Ormc
Had
Not
Recn
Aldermen;
Other
Candidates
Heard
Declaring
that
bungling
of
municipal
affairs
would
have
proven
much
less
if
Aid.
Prudhomme
had
been
"fired"
from
the
Board
of
Works
in
1928
and
Aid.
Brown
and
Aid.
Orme
in
1929,
Ex-Mayor
S.
M.
Newton,
at
public
meeting
held
in
his
interest
as
mayoralty
candidate
last
night
in
!
Moose
Hall,
prescribed
as
a
panacea
for
municipal
ills
re-
Mmcalf
anA
TT.v
A
Ifl
R
V
PofrV
n..n
f
n
nt
f
Inn
nf
oo
mami-
I
f
i-t-L
1
1
i.1
as
nis
ngni
nanu
man
on
me
aiueriiiuiui:
uuuru,
mj
umi
uivy
might
be
able
to
reconstruct
the
damage
done
In
the
last
two
years
of
civic
administration.
Mr.
Newton
was
in
fighting
spirit
and
delivered
a
warm
address
which
lasted
well
over
two
hours
nd
In
the
course
of
which
he
Indulged
freely
in
personalities
In
condemning
the
admlhtstra'tian-of
the
past
year.
He'
only
regretted
that
Ex-Aid.
W.
J.j
greater
port
development,
better
Greet
would
'beWinabie
to
run
for'ys,,
0j
elevator.
co-opeiatton
aldermahic
honors'
to
assist
himself
J
wttti
the
Power
Corporation
to
se-and
Aid.
Perry
in
giving
sane
mun-'
cure
new
industries
and
greater
use
iclpal
administration.
Mrj
Newtorh
0f.th
oemnidAclfe"
m-
-.,
took
the
chair
to
conduct
his
own
meetlng,
and,
besides
himself,
Aid.
A.
J.
Prudhomme,
mayoralty
candidate,
and
IL'F.'Pullsn,
fcx-Ald.
o.
B.
Casey
and,
ExAld.
R.
F.
Perry.
aldermanlc.
candidates,
were
also
'
heard.
Aa
audience
of
over
oneigjre(i.
He
wouM
stand
for.a
rrre
hundred
persons
was
In
attendance
I
equitable
distribution
of
public
and
manifested
a
hearty,
though
WOrks,
particularly
In
the
east
end
at
some
times
amused,
Interest
In
j
or
tne
cty
which
had
been
neglect
the
proceedings.
.
ed
for
many
years.
"This
district
In
opening
his
address,
Mr.
New-
has
received
no
consideration
be-
ton
explained
that
he
was
again
a
mayoralty
candidate
because
he
felt
that,
as
an
owner
of
considerable
property
and
a
taxpayer,
he
was
warranted
In
giving
time
and
thought
to
the
preservation
or
"Is
Interests.
In
thus
looking
after
his
own
interests,
he
would
be
able
to
.
similarly
serve
the
other
taxpayers.
He
had
no
desire
to
"hog"
things.,
Today
he
was
living
peacefully
and
Independent
of
the'
mayor's
salary
and
he
could
continue
to
do
so.
He
was
not
offering
himself
as
a
candidate
In
order
to
secure
a
meal
ticket.
On
the
other
hand,
he
desired
to
see
the
city
progress
and
was
willing
to
strive
again,
as
he
had
done
in
the
past,
with
that
end
In
view.
If
the
electors
thought
one
of
the
other
candidate?,
could
serve
them
better,
he
would
ty
all
means
urge
Uiem
to
support
that
candidate.
If
they
felt,
however,
that
he
could
give
them
better
service,
he
requested
that
they
vote
for
him.
He
was
in
a
position
to
give
BUCKS
ARE
CLOSE
TOP
PORTLAND,
:&n.
10:
Portland
Buckaroos
climbed
to
within
two
points
of
the
Northwest
Hockey
League
leading
Vancouver
Lions
last
night
by
defeating
Seattle
Es
kimos
in
a
wild
contest
here.
It
was
the
Bucks'
sixth
consecutive
victory.
There
were
no
less
than
,
rcllred
Ir0m
office
two
years
ago.
eighteen
penalties,
five
of
ttiernjThe
undertaking
had
been
made
being
or
major
classlflcatlirt,
Lvire.
costly
through
starting
on
The
score
was
three
to
nil.
'
FUNERAL
NOTICE
mr.v.
.,,
e
Pi.i,.
ermen's
Mm
are
requested
to
attend
the
funeral
service
of
the
late
Comrade
Matt
Brobery
rrom
the
parlor,
or
the
B.
C.
Under-
takers,
Saturday,
January
11
at
2.30
p.m.
5,
j
"
ft.
"'
1.1
1
I
1L..1
iU..
I
all
His
time
to
civic
affairs,
which
i
neither
of
the
other
candidates,
on
,
account
of
business
interests,
could
do.
Mr.
Newton
cited
at
industrial
de
velopments
which
he
would
seek
to
encourage
the
outlet
for
the
Peace
Rlver
district,
the
road
to
Terrace.
I
.
In
th.
matter
oi
crvte
admtnlstra-
tlon,
Mr.
Newton
promised,
if
elected,
to
follow
his
former
lines
of
policy
which
were
well
known
to
all
and
which
he
was
prepared
to
ex
plain
more
expllclty
if
it
were
so
de-
cau
Ex-Aid.
Perry
and
I
went
out
of
office,"
Mr.
Newtordeclared.
Mr.
Newton
promised
Uiat
he
would
devote
part
of
his
time,
if
elected
mayor,
to
the
careful
super
vision,
of
public
works.
Despite
u.nat
Id.
Prudhomme
might
say,
ne
believed
he
had
some
ability
and
discernment
along
that
line.
"Sometimes
more
can
bo
accomplished
by
the
use
of
the
head
than
the
mouth."
he
suggested.
If
returrkd
to
cUict.
Mr.
Newton
stated
definitely
that
he
would
be
obliged
to
remove
AM.
Brown
from
the
Board
of
Works.
Had
Aid.
Oone
still
been
on
the
council,
he
would
have
been
obliged
to
remove
him
also
from
that
committee,
for
"they,"
he
-aid.
"were
largely
responsible
for
the
disaster
of
the
last
year
In
the
administration
or
tne
Board
of
Works."
He,
for
one.
would
not
stand
for
such
administration.
Never
In
the
history
of
the
city
had
the
Board
of
Works
func
tioned
so
poorly.
During
ine
rour
years
that
he
and
Aid.
Perry
had
been
on
the
Board
of
Works
there
had
rarely
been
serious
complaint
against
that
committee
to
say
"nothlnK
of
wholesale
criticism."
'Could
it
be
possible."
ne
asKea.
"that
even
x
such
a
,numskull
as.
some
consider
me
wwna
ra&Kc
sucn
a
mess
'as
ws
doneon
-McBrldc
Street
betAveen
Nirtth
and
Eleventh
Avenues?
Sewer
Construction
Mi.
Nowton
charged
that
trunk
sewer
construction
had
not
been
carried
out
according
to
the
"perfect
plans"
which
had
been
left
when
he
'
pourth
Avenue,
where
there
already
i
was
a
sewer
which
would
have
last
ed
for
some
years,
Instead
of
lower
down
where
the
sewer
was
morei
I
j
.
j
if
a
t
not
nf
Avert
unrentlv
needed.
No
one,
even
'
Aldrudhomme,
had
lPPOsed
any
Pn
lor
Uie
Uklng
Wa
f
rflcl
or
$48,000
on
the
ruction
ot
that
sewer.
Mr
New
on
nbw
oon
ned
the
action
or
the
last
cqurv.
1
(Continued
on
page
two.)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
10,
1930
t4-
,
!
mines
come
into
production
knowing
that
the
city
was"
In
a
po-
.
,
...
.
.
!
"mc"
s
w"
frultIfn
,ter
than
g0,ne
t0
Work
and
buUdln
ore
bunker8
and
crcctlnB
a
smelter.
only
to
have
them
Idle.
Thousands
of
ruins
throughout
the
country
were
due
to
an
excess
or
optimism,
Yet
without
optimism
they
would
get
nowhere.
The
prospector.
went
Into
the
hills
buoyed
up
by
optimism.
The
examining
engineer
followed
also,
filled
with
the
same
optimism,
and
it
was
optimism
that
caused
the
operators
to
spend
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars.
It
optimism
jwas
based
on
sane
Judgment
it
would
eradicate
useless
effort.
The
association
of
professional
engineers
was
formed
to
help
curb
over-optlmlsm.
Dr.
Mandy
went
on
to
mention
that
while
there
were
at
present
only
two
stable
producing
mines
In
the
district
this
was
not
a
bad
record
when
It
was
considered
that
It
took
something
like
fifteen
years
to
devclon
a
mine
from
a
prospect.
It
was
not
until
1914
that
there
was
any
permanent
production
In
this
part
of
the
province
at
Anyox
ana
six
years
later
the
Premier
was
brought
In.
There
were
only
three
more
big
producers
In
the
province.
Now
that
wasted
effort
was
being
eliminated,
he
looked
to
see
mines
coming
Into
production
much
faster.
People
were
coming
to
realise
that
mines
could
not
be
manufac-
tured
on
paper,
but
that
skill,
grit
.
ana
opumism
were
necessary,
now
the
district
was
getting
down
to
1
SQiia,
souna
Dusmess.
MEETIMG1
i
1
FOR
MAYOR
January
13,
at
8:30
p,m.
office
are
Invited
to
speak,
Great
Britain
Enters
Conference
Prepared
to
Reduce
Her
Cruiser
Strength
From
Seventy
to
Fifty
New
Situation
Wherein
War
Is
Outlawed
Permits
of
Further
Naval
Cut,
First
Lord
of
Admiralty
Declares
SHEFFIELD,
England,
Jan.
10.
Rt.
Hon.
A.
V.
Alexander,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
announced
in
an
address
here
this
evening
that
Great
Britain
will
enter
the
fbrthcomng
naval
conference
prepared
to
agree
to
reduce
her
cruisers
from
seventy
to
fifty.
The
latter
figure,
he
declared,
represented
the
minimum
needs
of
the
Empire
under
present
conditions.
Mr.
Alexander
said
that,
while,
after
the
Washington
conference.
:
the
Admiralty
had
'agreed
that
sev-
cnty
cruisers
were
necessary
lor
ae-
fence
of
Britain's
world-wide
and
vital
sea
connections,
we
now
have
taken
Into
account
the
new
sltua-
Ition
which
has
arisen
through
the
signature
of
the
Pact
of
Paris
out-!
lawing
war
by
most
of
the
nations
of
the
world.
SELL
TAX
'.
To
Be
Made
More
Readily
Available
for
Settlement,
Tolmie
days
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
10.
i
MaXin;
tax
sale
land
readily
available
for
settlement
is
one
!
problem
which
has
taken
up
much
time
of
the
cabinet
during
the
past
few
weeks
and
definite
action
in
this
matter
I
may
be
expected
in
the
near
future,
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmie
said
;
here
yesterday.
"We
must
find
a
way
of
making
these
lands
more
readily
available
for
settlement,"
the
j
Premier
said.
"In
some
places,
such
as
Creston
and
Vander-hoof,
we
find
that
water
supply
is
a
deciding
factor
in
keeping
people
on
the
land.
At
Vander-hoof
there
is
much
good
land
but
water
is
hard
to
find.
It'
may
be
necessary
for
the
government
to
put
on
its
own
well
drilling
crew
in
order
to
supply
j
I
water
on
lands
where
we
want
settlers.
They,
could
pay
the
!
cost
of
dril'lng
the
wells
over
a
period
of
time.
"Our
chief
aim
is
to
get
settlement
j
near
the
present
markets
and
transportation
facilities."
j
i
All
l
fj
all
Ol
AlDCrta
Town
Fire
Swept
i
Damage
at
Three
Hills
Estimated,
zi,
$100,000;
Forty
People
.
Homeless
THREE
HILLS,
Alt
a.,
Jan.
10:
i
Half
of
the
business
section
or
.
,hlfi
town
was
destroyed
by
fire
.
t
hipnt
-Tr,,,
damage
Is
esti-
,natcd
at
jrom
$75,000
to
$100,000.
Forty
people
were
made
homeless,
CARD
THANKS
V.tjharles
,Vessi
wishes
to
extend
his
sincere
thanks'
to
nls
many
friends
for
their
kind
expressions
ot
sympathy
and
floral
tributes
In
his
recent
bereavement.
Among
those
sending
flowers
were:
The
employees
of
the
Pacific
Fisheries,
Ladles'
Aid
ot
tin
Y.P.E.A.
or
Port
Simpson,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Ness,
Mr.
ahd.,Mrs,
Ernest
Lewis,
Mrs:
O.
A.
Ryan
and
Mr.
Charles
Ves.
I
tommittee
upon
4
ALASKA
HIGHWAY
?
WASHINGTON.
Jan.
10.
To
confer
with
Canadian
gov-
ernment
representatives
for
the
study
of
the
construction
oi
a
highway
between
the
i
Pacific
Northwest
and
Alaska,
a
special
commission
repre-
scntlng
the
Departments
of
the
Interior
and
Agriculture
was
introduced
in
Congress
yesterday
by
Delegate
Dan
Sutherland
of
Alaska.
4
MAROONS
WON
OVER
RANGERS
Have
Three
Point
Lead
in
Hockey
League;
Toronto
and
Boston
Also
Win
'
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
10:-In
one
oC
the
hardest
and
roughest
games
of
the
local
National
League
season,
Montreal
Maroons
beat
out
the
New
York
Rangers
last
night.
This
gives
the
Maroons
a
three-
point
margin
or
leadership
In
the
league's
tntrnatlonal
group.
At
Toronto,
a
tremendous
last-minute
spurt
by
the
Maple
Leals
completely
subdued
the
Ottawa
'Senators.
The
Leats
scored
three
goals
in
the
final
period.
At
Boston,
the
Bruins
gained
their
fourteenth
consecutive
vlc-i
tory
by
nosing
out
the
Pittsburgh
Pirates
in
a
sloppy
exhibition
of
hockey.
The
fighting
Chicago
team
gam
ed
a
well-earned
tie
at
Detroit;
with
the
couears
in
a
wild
came,
Yesterday's
scores:
Ottawa,
nil:
Toronto,
4.
Montreal.
5:
New
York
Rangers.
4.
Pittsburgh.
3;
Boston.
4.
Chicago,
1;
Detroit,
1
(overtime).
TOWNSEND-KING
DRAW
Vancouver
FanrSaw
Savace
Fight
Last
Nlsht
Between
Champ
and
Los
Angeles
Boy
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
10:
Billy
Townsend,
Canadian
lightweight
champion,
and
Ritchie
King
ot
Los
Angeles
fought
10
savage,
rounds
here
last
night
to
a
draw.
The
rcieree
called
King
the
wln-
ner
while
the
two
Judges
forced
the
draw
decision
by
dividing
their
votes
between
the
righters,
The,
title
was
not
at
stake.
King
sent
Tovnsend
to
the
floor
twice
while
the,
latter
scored
a
knockdown
in
the!
first
round.
Townsend
weighed
in
at
141
pounds
and
King
at
134.
Boston
Grill
LA
HUE
CAH
AKE1
Bpeeiii
Dinners
Thursdays
und
Saturday
'
nncJng
Every
Saturday
NlRhl,
S
to
It
nance
Hatl
(or
HIrt
Aoconusodattona
r
Private
Paxtl
PHONE
487
PMCE
FIVE
CENTS
LOST
LIFE
IN
HOCKEY
Niagara
alls
Player
Died
as
Result
of
Fractured
Skull
Sustained
Last
Night
NIAGARA
FALLS.
Jan.
10:
Edward
Baker,
aged
25,
star
defence
man
of
the
Niagara
Falls
Catar-
acts,
died
this
morning
as
a
result
of
Injuries
sustained
In
an
International
Hockey
League
game
with
Buffalo
last
night
His
skull
was
iraetured
in
a
colllston
with
Lloyd
Gross,
a
team-mate.
His
home
was
ji
North
Bay.
ACTION
IS
DISMISSED
Supreme
Court
Judge
Throws
Out
Case
of
BIf
Mining
gainst
,
0T$
WfP.H
bos
vf.
VANCOUVER
JanAiO'dllow'fhg
'
?
trial
In
Supreme
CoUr'tj'Mf.
Justice'
hi
Denis
Murphy
dismissed
"VtUVosts"1
'
an
action
of
trie
Dominion
Ore
run"-
'
centratlng
Co.
Ltd.
of
Vancouver
for
res
els
s!
of
an
agreement
whereby
It
trnsf
erred
half
of
its
share
capital,
valued
at
$125,000,
to
five
brothers
who
were
cited
as
defendants.
They
were
Thomas
L.
Carr.
Vancouver;
Peter
D.
Carr,
l'rlnce
Oeorge;
Patrick
B.
and
WU-
Ilam
j.
Ca(
Emy
creek;
and
John
N.
Carr,
Smlthers,
all
of
whom.
with
the
exception
of
Peter,
are
free
miners.
Rescission
of
the
agreement,
which
was
entered
Into
in
September.
1927.
was
sought
on
the
ground
of
misrepresentation
by
the
defendants.
Commercial
Delegation
Increased
iu.
.s
commercial
represeiuauon
oi
me
Mother
Country
in
Canada
will
be
strengthened,
Rt
Hon.
J.
H.
Thomas,
Lord
Privy
Seal,
an
nounced
today
In
addressing
a
luncheon
of
the
Manchester
Chami
bcr
of
Commerce.
'
:
:
5
-
PRUDHOMME
HAS
NOMINATION
IN
Aid.
A.
J.
Prudhomme
riled
his
nomination
papers
tot
the
mayoralty
at
tne
civic
election
next
week
with
City
Solicitor
E.
F.
Jones,
returning
officer,
this
morning,
b'ehjg
thus
the
rirst
candidate
fenyy
n,
the
rieMJor.'anf,
ot
the
ol-"
flees
wnldli
are
to
be
filled.
Aid.
Prudhomme's
proposer
Is
Ex.-Mayor
H
B.
Rochester
and
his
seconder,
Max
Hell-
broner.
Early
this
afternoon
Ex.-
Mayor
Newton's
papero
were
filed.
HU
propoter
Is
Ex.-Ald.
R.
F.
Perry
and
seconder,
A.
Phillips,
m