Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mmln
Thursday,
April
23,
1931
Prince
Rupert
t
south
High
3.50
am.
10.7
ft.
.
.
i
wind;
barom'
.
o
4
icin-
17.19
pjn.
15.9
h
prraturc,
54;
sea
sn
Low
11.04
a.m.
5.0
It
,
22.50
pjn.
10.00
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
j
XXII..
NO.
04.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
22,
1031
,
PRICE
FIVE
CENT8
mPECTS
FOR
CANADA
BRIGHTER
GOVERNMENT
WINS
SESSION'S
FIRST
DIVISION
AT
House
of
Commons
Gives
Majority
of
24
To
Throne
Speech
Liberal
Amendment
Was
Defeated
By
Mariniof
43
While
United
Farmers
Sub-Amendment
Went
Down
With
31
OTTAWA,
April
22:
The
p
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
was
passed
in'
the
House
ot
i
ommons
nisi
nigm
on
siraigm
pany
lines,
i
ne
gov-i
rnnu-nt
had
a
majority
of
34
vote!s
on
a
division
of
113
for
and
77
against.
Previous
to
the
main
motion
for
adoption
of
the
Throne
Speech,
a
Liberal
amendment
was
defeated
by
43
while
the
sub-amend
-
itnent
of
the
United
Farmers
of
Al-
I
V
I
H
I
X
berta
group,
calling
for
an
lnvesU-
lUlJUJLi
1U
gation
into
the
present
depression
T.-tnm
t
I
VI
Kl
Ik
I
A
IM
I
Nevada
Senator
Declares
Democrats
Cannot
Ignore
Prohibition
IIINGTON.
DC,
April
22:
party
convention
may
ibic
toaeen.thAQuioBjBtack
would
hMtMwwmtA
fcy..
hyi1H
had
n
i
Pitman'
of
'Nevada
s8Ucd.the
sergeant-at-arnw,
they
were
mnal,
PP.
th
pmhp
leraay
tnai
pronioiuon
such
an
important
teuejporartly
upon
reprenUtteu
to
32
presidential
election
that
;
be
neglected
In
Uie
party
j
I
n:
i
:.
Furd,
famous
automobile,
i
.turer.
declared
yesterday.
i
turn
of
legalized
sale
of
11-
Uie
United
States
was
In-,iblo.
One
of
Its
first
effects
i
tr
a
general
reduction
In
GALE
IN
SEATTLE
riftv
Mie
wind
Swept
Over
I'uget
Sound
Yesterday
'
-
'
:
ATTLE,
April
22:
A
flfty-mlJe
wrpt
over
Seattle
yesterday
"
1
iiiscd
numerous
fires
as
well
'
uding
light
craft
on
Puget
s
:
!
lulter-skelter
Into
shelter.
lac
department
responded
to
j
;
'
-
than
36
calls
to
extinguish1
1
'V
and
roof
fires.
No
serious:
l:
"u.iw
was
done.
LEADER
SOUGHT
Murder
Charge
to
Be
Uld
In
Connection
With
American
Deaths
In
Nicaragua
V'AKHINOTON.
April
22.
A
force
"'
1
00
native
guardsihas
been
as-1
'J
to
bring
the
leader
of
the
re-1
i!i
nury
movement
of
the
past
w
d
iys
in
Nicaragua
to
trial
on
;i
'
uurge
of
wilfully
murdering
A
ini
u
in
citizens.
It
was
announced
.V'
terday
by
President
Hoover.
Secures
Delay
In
Robbery
Charge
V-
C
Julian,
Oil
Promoter,
(liven
Continuation
Until
June
,
.
,
,-ir,
innADO,
April
22:-C.
C.
Julian.
110
oil
promoter,
was
successful
'
storday
in
obtaining
a
contlnu-
"':
until
June
1
of
the
case
In
h':h
he
U
charged
with
kldnap-P'nii
and
robbery.
governmental
motion
in
re
a
new
to
remedying
It.
was
defeated
by
a
margin
of
31
During
the
vote
on
live
Liberal
amendment
which
was
moved
by
IU.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackentie
King,
the
Olnger
Group
members,
including
Mlas
Agnes
MacPhatl.
refused
to
vote
one
way
or
the
other.
After
tense
excitement
when
foe
a
while
It
looked
as
though
Speaker
Oeorge
I
,permiwea
w
iwni
tnemseives
vcm-
this
effect
by
both
Premier
Bennett
and
Mr.
King.
BIG
BANK
j
IS
CLOSED
State
Savings
Bank
of
New
South
Wales
Said,
However,
to
Be
Solvent
SYDNEY.
Aust,
April
82:
The
State
Savings
Bank
of
New
South
Wales
with
deposhs
of
$115,000,-000
will
not
open
its
doors
tomorrow
but
official
assurances
state
that
the
bank
is
solvent
and
that
it
was
considered
best
to
close
down
pending
the
outcome
of
negotiations
to
merge
with
the
Commonwealth
Ban',
oi
Australia.
LAST
OF
MOHICANS
Only
One
Member
of
Once
Great,
Tribe
Can
Now
Talk
Native
I
Language
Freely
j
NOnWICH,
Conn..
April
2J:-Of;
Uie
once
powerful
Mohican
Indian
tribe,
there
Is
today
only
one
who
can
still
converse
freely
In
the
ab-1
original
language.
He
Is
believed
to
be
William
Dick,
who
claims
to
be
a
descendant
of
the
old
chlels.
There
are
today
only
70
members
of
the
Mohican
tribe
living
on
the
tribal
reservation
near
this
city.
KING
ALFONSO
IS
NOW
IN
LONDON
LONDON.
April
2:
-King
Alfonso
XIH.
oxlled
monarch
of
Spain,
was
comfortably
ensconced
in
a
London
hotel
last
night,
having
crossed
from
Paris
during
the
day.
The
Queen
and
the
Royal
Family
also
to
England,
it
is
T
will
Will
UIOTJ
WIIIV
come
w
oxpccted.
Soon
after
arrival
In
London.
Former
King
Manuel
0(
Portugal
greeted
him.
There
was
no
official
welcome.
,
KCPUBLIC
NOW
BEING
PLANNED
FOIt
ICELAND
REJKAVIK,
Iceland,
April
22:
The-
establishment
of
a
republic
In
this
ancient
depen-
dency
of
Norway
js
being
con-
templated
following
a
political
Impasse
caused
by
a
vote
oL
non-confidence
in
the
present
government.
LOADING
.
STARTED
Pontine
ot
Grain
Into
Steamer
I
Welsh
City
Started
at
Elevator
This
Morning
I
PrelimlUnarles
having
been
carried
out
following
her
arrival
from
Shanghai
yesterday
afternoon,
pouring
of
grain
Into
the
steamer
Webm
City
at
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
local
elevator
started
this
morning.
The
vessel
Is
to
load
a
full
cargo
for
the
.United
King
dom
or
Continent
and
is
expected
to
the
fnd
Qf
tnc
wtek
n'
-
0ir(m
ma,r
f
,ha
f
shiinjlhal
Prin(,
Ru.
on,y
unfavorable
weathe
WM
a
llt0c
whUe
nearlnK
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
when
there
was,
some
fog.
The
Welsh
City
left;
Shanghai
on
April
1.
The
vessel
went
to
Shanghai
with
a
cargo
of
cotton
and
phosphates.
She
left
England
on
Christmas
Eve
and
had
not
been
home
since.
NOTHING
TO
SAY
j
George
Nickerson
lias
No
Comment
to
Make
in
Connection
With
Halibut
Marketing
"The
plan
is
still
continuing.
I
Apart
from
this
I
have
nothing
to!
sty
today.
Maybe
there
will
be
some
thing
tomorrow."
So
said
Oeorge
W.
Nickerson
this
i
afternoon
following
his
return
from
a
trip
to
SeatUe
when
he
was
asked
if
there
was
anything
to
report
In
connecUon
with
the
present
cooperative
halibut
marketing
scheme
here.
It
was
principally
In
connecUon
with
the
affairs
of
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
that
Mr.
Nickerson
went
south.
TUG
BOATS
TYING
UP
Seventy-Five
Vessels
In
Vancouver
Well
as
Several
on
Island
Affected
VANCOUVER.
April
22
Approximately
75
tugboats
are
tied
up
today
In
Vancouver
as
a
result
of
the
strike
of
masters,
and
mates.
A
number
of
vessels
on
Vancouver
Island
are
also
affected.
LECTURE
IS
,
CANCELLED
Dr.
Thompson,
due
to
Illness
of
his
daughter
In
the
east,
will
not
lie
able
to
lecture
In
Prince
,
KETCHIKAN
GETS
FISH
Landings
Being
Diverted
From
Prince
Rupert
to
Alaska
Portjj
It
Seems
As
mielit
hare
been
expected
by
the
System
under
.which
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
is
operating
in
making
the
same
advance
in
Ketchikan
as
.in
Prince
Ilupcrt
for
American
halibut,
landing
of
practically
all
the
American
fish
now
seems
to
have
been
diverted
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Ketchikan.
No
less
than
230,000
pounds
of
halibut,
being
.the
landings
of
the
Seatile
fleet
after
their
first
trips
of
the
season
to
the
grounds,
were
landed
at.
Ketchikan
yesterday,
according
to
word
received
here.
Those
interested
in
the
fish-erics
will
watch
with
keen
interest
the
result
of
the
attempt
being
made
by
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
to
pack'
fresh
"halibut
at
Ketchikan
and
trans-ship
it
here
for
rail
shipment
to
the
eastern
market.
This
system
has
been
in
the
past
considered
inefficient
owing
to
the'
extra
time
and
handling
involved.
Of
course,
it
is
highly
unpopular
in
Prince
Rupert.
r,m
H
,
SALE
HERE
City
Comes
Third
in
Province
For
Aggregate
Volume
of
Trade
A
publication
Just
to
hand
gives
the
total
liquor
sales
in
Prince
Rupert
since
the
opening
of
the
vendor's
store
at
$3,540,807.25.
Total
sales
for
the
last
fiscal
year
amounted
to
$451,296.70.
In
the
former
classification.
Prince
Rupert
comes
third
In
the
province
and
for
the
year
the
city
comes
fourth.
New
Westminster
having
nosed
this
city
out
of
third
place.
GIRL
TO
TRY
HOP
Atlantic
Flight
to
Be
Essayed
Soon
by
Kuth
Nicholls
NEW
YORK,
April
22:
Ruth
Nicholls,
noted
woman
flyer,
wilhln
two
months,
will
essay
a
folo
flight
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
in
her
Lockheed
-ga
monoplane,
It
was
stated
yesterday
by
Clarence
Chamberlain,
former
Atlantic
flyer
'and
her
technical
advisor.
Miss
Nicholls
will
hop
off
from
St.
John's,
Nfld..
probably
in
June.
Plane
Wreckage
Found
But
is
Not
That
ofRenahans
SEATTLE,
April
21;
Airplane
'wreckage
found
In
Cook
InleW
Alaska,
cannot
be
from
Robin
Rena-
nan's
plane,
which
was
lost
near
Prince
Ruperts
October
28
last,
according
to
officials
of
Alaska-Wash
ington
Airways
Company.
Rena-han's
plane
was
blue
and
yellow
In
color,
and
was
covered
with
fabric-coated
plywood.
The
wreckage
found
was
a
section
of
on
aileron,
silver
in
color.
:
woVd;eerpeg
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
ASSERTS
BENNETT
!
OTTAWA,
April
22:-
No
gov-
ernment
of
which
he
Is
head
i
will
ever
peg
the
price
of
wheat,
i-
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
declared
j
lit
ilUW
U
WV4UU4
jm
'
terday
when
the
wheat
situa-
(.
tion
was
under
discussion.
j
.l
Admiral
Byrd
Is
Grief-Strjcken
AtDeatJiofDog
NEW
YORK,
April
22:
Rear
Ad-
imlral
Richard
E.
Byrd,
noted'
Ant
arctic
explorer,
was
so
grief-stric-!
ken
yesterday
at
the
death
of
a
pet
terrier
dog
that
he
cancelled
tern-j
porarlly
a
lecture
tour
on
which
he
its
engaged.
The
dog
accompanied
ihlm
on
the
Antarctic
expedition
two
years
ago.
ITRIAL
FOR
I
ALFONSO
Certain
Republican
Elements
Would
Charge
Former
Monarch
With
Political
Offences
MADRID.
April
22
Certain
factions
of
the
republican
party
are
demanding
that
King
Alfonso
XIII
be
brought
back
to
Spain
from
his
exile
to
stand
trial
on
political
and
other
charges.
Ramon
Franco,
aviator
firebrand
leads
the
critics
of
the
government
for
allowing
Alfonso
to
leave.
SHOWDOWN
EXPECTED
j
Something
Must
Be
Done
Today
In
Case
of
Adolph
Linden
In
Seattle
SEATTLK,
April
22:
A
show
down
was
expected
today
In
the!
orosecuUon
of
Adolph
Linden,
for
mer
president
of
the
Puget
Sound
Savings
it
Loan
Co.
on
emberale-
ment
charges.
While
the
prosecution
Is
endeavoring
to
have
Linden
indicted
today
at
the
latest,
the
defence
Is
seeking
his
dismissal
on
the
ground
that
more
than
the
statutory
time
for
indictment
has
passed
since
he
was
arrested
06
days
ago
In
New
York.
RUSSIA
IS
DICKERING
,
Soviet
Ararnglng
Extensive
Credits
With
Its
Neighbors
;
MOSCOW,
April
22
While
countries
further
afield
are
rejecting
her
a
proffers
of
trade,
Soviet
Russia
is
1
building
up
extensive
credits
with
countries
Immediately
neighboring.
Credits
aggregating
$12,000,000
have
Just
been
.established
with
Germany.
Three
Halibut
Hoats
Hriiiff
Catches
Today
Three
halibut
boats
were
here
with
catches
totalling
24,000
pounds
'
this
morning.
All
o!d
to
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
on
the
usual
terms,
::More
Hopeful
Aspect
is
Seen
in
Business
of
Canada;
Rail
Chief
Optimistic
For
Future
WINNIPEG,
April
22:
R.
,
.
.
am.
charge
ottramc,
L-anauan
national
Kanways,
wfto
ar-
irived
in
Winnipeg
last
jiight
declared
that
the
general
business
situation
wears
a
somewhat
more
hopeful
aspect
Vitin
if
Viae
in
cntno
t!mo
nnrl
tViat
nrttr5fv
in
fnirnir
inrlnn-
TbilUU
lb
I1UO
111
OUilll.
bliilV
Ul'VI
tries,
notably
the
textile,
has
Commenting
on
passenger
traffic,
Mr.
Burnap
said
that
this
Is
the
west's
year
for
conventions
and
that
there
are
more
and
larger
conventions
to
be
held
In
this
part
of
Can-
j
Ida,
particularly
on
the
Pacific
'
Joast
during
the
summer.
The
ad-
j
ance
bookings
for
these
gatherings
indicate,
at
the
present
time,
that,
Condition
of
0rifnU1
Monarch
Ke.
this
class
of
traffic
wi
1
be
In
excess
M
to
Be
Much
,
wd
Df
1930.
Passinger
traffic,
In
gener-!
al,
is
somewhat
more
promising,
he
.
ALBANY,
April
22:-The
King
of
Xi?td'.
.
,
...
.
w
traffic
.
,
Stam.
on
his
way
to
New
York
for
The
feature
of
the
freight
an
operatlon
on
hii
eye
who
had
luring
the
past
five
months,
ac-,boen
u,
for
a
few
wUn
bron.
rdlng
to
Mr.
Burnap.
was
the
chltls
reported
yesterday.
as
;raln
movement.
Since
August
1.
his
traln
gped
acrMa
e
continent,
930,
more
than
150.000,000
bushels
to
be
much
better
i
Brain
nmve
oen
marKBica
aiUlB
;anadlan
National
lines,
which
la
an
increase
of
almost
50.000.000
bu-
ihels
over
the
same
period
last
year.
Jne
of
the
most
noticeable
Increases
has
been
to
shipments
to
Varicou
-
:
ver.
where
morf
than
17wo
have
been
unloaded
during
the
1930-
Jl
crop
season,
approximately
i
doubling
the
figures
for
the
pre-
j
vious
crop
year.
"Shipments
of
grain
from
theiXoU(
Australian
Aviator
Going
to
prairies
started
In
earnest
last
Wed-1
Timor
For
'
Mail
nesday
with
the
opeilng
of,
navtga-'
Lion
on
the
QiAt
"Lakes."
Mr.iBur-
nap
declared.
'M6re:
than
a
million
'commander
Charles
Klngsford-bushels
of
grain
are
being
shipped
Smlth
tn
notfd
Au.traiten
fiver.
from
the
lakehead
each
day.
The
export
movement
from
Vancouver
continues
and
shipments
from
Prince
Rupert
will
start
before
the
fnd
of
the
week."
In
addition
to
the
grain
move-
j
ment,
Mr.
Burnap
referred
to
the
opening
of
new
Industries
in
the
west
and
particularly
Northern
,
'Manitoba.
In
this
connecUon.
he
mentioned
the
Hudson
Bay
Mining
Si
SmelUng
Co.
at
Klln-Flon.
who,
have
shipped
over
300
cars
of
ore;
out
of
the
provlrtc,s!nce
the
smelter
was
placed
In
operation
late
in
No-
j
vember.
!
'Farming
Has'
Wide
Rage
An
interesting
fact
revealed
by
Mr.
Burnapits
that
shipments
of
packing
hodtsj
ahd
dairy
products
have
shown
ah
'increase
over
pre-
M'ri
under
these
headings
being
butter.
eggs
and
various
kinds
of
meats
Continued
on
page
five)
CANADIAN
LOST
LIFE
Henry
P.
Jordan
Dies
in
San
Diego
After
Being
Burned
Aboard
Small
Boat
SAN
DIEGO,
AprU
:
Henry
P.
Jordan,
aged
28.
of
New
Westmtn-
ster,
B.C.,
was
brought
to
San
Diego
by
the
coastguard
cutter
Tahoe
after
he
had
been
severely
burned
In
gasoline
explosion
aboard
the
85-
foot
oil
screw
vessel
Ruth
B..
200
miles
south
ot
here,
died
in
hospital
"
yesterday.
4
..
'
,
The
nuth
B.
wint
bound
Trom
Vancouver
for-
is4rmtia.
Ltw1w'
California.
Jordan
was
radio
operator
and
second
engineer.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
22:
Wheat;
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
(
today
at
01c.
i
OTTAWA
L.
Bui-nap,
vice-president
in
it
.
,
,
-
.
VUUb
UbtlMbJ
111
bHlll
IliUUd-
increased.
SIAM
KING
IS
BETTER
x.iMtv
i,
,n
,.n
ftff
9t
fcr.
borough
where
he
and
the
Queen
wiU
be
gue$la
of
Mr8
whltclaw
Rel(j
.
lKnnnrcfnrH.rnif
h
"5
wmm
Planning
Flight
was
prepartng
yesterday
for
a
flight
to
Timor
to
pick
up
mall
from
a
plane
which
crashed
there
while
bound
for
Australia.
Klngsford-Smith
is
to
use
his
plane
Southern
Cross
Jr.
REVOLT
IN
HONDURAS
Rebels
sAffrr
Defeat
at
Hands
of
Federal
Troops
and
Arc
Reorganizing
TEGUCIGALPA,
AprU
22
After
suffering
five
successive
defeats
at
tVt
A
Vii
rrtsf
of
9
aAmw
I
rvin
1tn
is',
coast
had
retired
yesterday
to
reorganize
then;
forces.
There
is
reported
to
be,
a.
force
of
only
200
rebels
while
3.000
federal
troops
have
been
assigned
to
repel
them
Martial
law
has
been
declared
In
all
cities
of
the
republic.
ANTHURIUM
IS
WINNER
The
Pen
Second
and
Cabalerro
Third
In
City
and
Suburban
Handicap
EPSOM
DOWNS.
April
22:
An-thurlum
won
Uie
City
and
Suburban
Handicap
Handicap
tpdar
UDdajr.
Th
The
Pen
was
sec-
iHUan(fiHlijlior'tJ
nil
had
&mlffOf
t&Ifd,'
Seventeen
horses
An.
The
Weather
Triple
Island
Clear,
fresh
north
!werS!.
Langara
Clear.
light
easterly
'
wind,
smooth
sea.
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
calm,
barometer.
30.34;
temperature,
50;
sea
smooth.