UBERAL
VICTOR
IN
COLUMBIA
RIDING
U
you
were
auddenly
taken
ill
In
Vienna.
Austria,
and
phoned
for
In
Maria
Ehrenateln
this
is
whit
would
appear.
Would
you
kick
about
the
bill?
Urges
Scrapping
of
C.
P.
R.
Route
Through
Mountains
And
Using
C.
N.
R.
to
Coast
tating
that
the
Canadian
.
i
.
sivy
cars
oi
jfram
inrougn
the
mountains
just
as
cheaply
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
can
haul
twenty,
a
far-n
r
from
the
Skeena
Valley
writes
to
'
unre
unre
that
that
the
the
Korri
Roirers
Pa-
line
be
scrapped
altogether
and
that
the
C.
P.
R.
route
all
their
western
grain
through
the
Yellowhead
over
the
f
i:..nlun
National...
He
bcltera
would
hlu
buna
back
nrn-'
;ri:t
.
to
the
whole
of
Western
f
nutria,
lie
says
in
part:
J
i
hard
for
a
farmer
to
ahoot
f
iittiful
hone
but
It
has
to
be
;md
I
say
wrap
the
C.
P.
R.
ts
Pan
Railway
It
should
boon
done
fourteen
years
ago.
A
:
a
as
handling
freight
is
cont'd
with
world
competition.
It
1sjs.
The
company
knows
It.
7
1
why
the
Pacific
grain
route
v
held
up
until
other
railways
:
They
tried
to
reduce
their
'
'i'
spent
millions
on
the
Con-.
..i:ht
Tunnel
which
is
a
flop
in-i
r
as
fulfilling
the
purpose
for
tw.u
h
it
was
Intended
f
ir
they
have
been
unable
to
1
!'
a
workable
grade
from
the
'
portal
and
are
still
using
a
hihited
grade
Cast
of
power
Is
'innn
compared
to
flat
wheels
'
'-li
break
rails
and
cause
expen-'
.irridents
which
are
all
added
in-
cost
of
transportation.
Vi-
have
to
admit
the
C.
P.
It.
'.
-'As
how
to
run
a
railroad,
even
i
her
people's
expense
and
If
Its
t
i
nroiing
department
fell
down
'
:r
intelligence
department
has
'
They
still
get
their
share
of
'
business."
Unidentified
Chinaman
Murders
White
Girl
in
Vancouver;
Then
Turns
Gun
on
Self
and
Suicides
VANCOUVER,
Doc.
21:
With
bullets
blazing
from
shot
and
killed
nine--
two
guns,
an
unidentified
Chinaman
en-year
old
Mary
Shaw,
a
waitress
in
the
Pender
Cot-House
on
East
Pender
Street
in
the
Chinese
quarter,
last
night.
He
then
fired
two
bullets
into
his
own
head,
'Ving
immediately.
g
powderlng
hcr
face
FRENCH
DIE
FROM
COLD
Heavy
Fall
of
Snow
Accompanies'
Frigid
Weather
In
All
Parts
of
F.urope
PAHI8,
Dec.
31:
Eight
persons
'i
''
dead
in
France
as"
a
result
of
a
''"Id
wave
which
ha
hit-
iU
P"''ts
ot
Europe,
accompanied
by
heavy
1
'-1J-N
of
snow.
1
1
actions
at
Vienna
6
H
TAXI
32
Prompt
24
Hour
Service
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXII.,
No.
296.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
21,
1931
PRICE.
FIVE
CEN'13
3
National
...
Railway
can
haul
BROTHER
OF
IL
DUCE
IS
DEAD
Arnatdo
Mussolini
Stricken
With
MneM
in
Car
and
Passes
Away
Soon
Afterwards
MILAN.
Italy,
Dec.
21:
Arnaldo
Mussolini,
brother
of
Premier
Ben-tto
Mussolini,
died
today
at
the
age
of
.
He
became
111
In
his
car
and
passed
away
soon
afterwards
In
hospital.
CHIANG
KAI
SHEK
TO
nE
RE-iJLECTED
SHANGHAI,
Dec.
21:
Poll-
tlcal
observers
predict
that
within
a
few
days
Oeneral
Chiang
Kal
Shek,
who
resigned
last
week
as
president
of
the
Chinese
nationalist
govern-
ment,
will
be
re-elected
to
that
office.
in
front
of
a
mirror
prior
to
going
on
duty
when
the
Chinaman
stepped
from
a
booth
and
shot
her,
reeular
CUStk'l-
mc
Bin;
"
-
but
the
police
are
er
of
the
place
unable
to
Identity
mm.
No
motive
is
known
but
It
s
t-fprf
that
the
Chinaman
nao
asked
the
girl
to
go
out
with
him
but
she
refused.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
21:
-
Wheat
ws
quoted
at
59?ic
on
the
local
exchange
today.
PULPWOOD
EXPORT
WOULD
MEAN
MUCH
Opposition
Party
Has
Decisive
Majority
In
Southern
B.C.
Contest
Thomas
King
Is
New
Member
of
Legislature
Had
Five
to
Three
Margin
Over
Conservative
ppponent
GOLDEN,
Dec.
21:-Thc
majority
of
Thomas
King,
Liberal
candidate,
in
Saturday's
by-election
in
Columbia
constituency
stood
today
at
268
with
twenty
out
of
twenty-five
polls
reported.
GOLDEN,
Dec.
21:
The
test
of
political
strength
in
the
provincial
by-election
campaign
in
Columbia
riding
to
elect
a
successor
to
John
Buekham,
recently
deceased
Liberal
member
of
the
legislative
assembly,
resulted
in
a
stirring
victory
for
the
Opposition
party.
Thomas
King
the
Liberal
candidate,
was
successful
over
Fred
W.
Jones.
the
Conservative,
by
a
majority
of
,'
284
and
a
vote
approximating
five
to
three.
It
wai
a
contest
in
which
the
leaders
of
both
parties
took
an
active
part
and
was
considered
as
a
key
to
political
feeling
In
British
Columbia
today.
Soon
after
the
polls
closed
Saturday
nlirht.
.
It
hmmf
evMent
that
j
-
-
-
i
the
Liberal
had
won
bya
decisive
margin
and;
within
anviiJ'urafteT!
Oolden
and
Field,
the
principal
polls
In
the
riding
had
reported
large
majorities,
Mr.
King's
election
was
conceded.
With
eleven
polls
reported
at
9
p.m..
Mr.
Jones
had
319
votes
and
Mr.
King,
503.
Tolmle
Not
Surprised
"It
Is
our
first
defeat
In
five
by-
elections,"
declared
Premier
Tolmle
In
commenting
on
the
result
of
the
by-election
in
Columbia
riding.
We
were
never
very
sanguine
over
our
prospects,
for
the
riding
has
been
Liberal
for
twelve
years
and
the
late
J.
A.
Buekham
was
very
popular.
There
Is
no
disguising
the
fact.
too.
that
there
were
factional
differences.
We
do
not
regard
the
result
as
a
reflection
upon
the
gov
ernment
but
an
expression
of
parochial
views."
Pattullo's
Views
VICTORIA,
Dec.
21:
"The
voice
of
Columbia
is
the
voice
of
British
Columbia,"
declared
T.
D.
Pattullo
M.
L.
A..
Liberal
leader
for
British
Columbia,
today
In
commenting
upon
the
result
of
the
provincial
by-election
In
Columbia.
"I
presume
that
the
government
will
prepare
for
an
election
at
a
reasonably
early
date.
There
Is
a
big
Job
ahead
and,
the
sooner
it
Is
adequately
tackled,
the
better
It
will
be
for
British
Columbia."
Two
Hundred
Are
Poisoned
NEWARK.
N.J..
Dec.
21
Two
hundred
persons,
mostly
children,
were
poisoned
at
a
week-end
Christmas
party
here.
Seven
may
die.
Defective
canned
salmon
Is
held
responsible.
'
BITTEN
BY
TARANTULA,
LOS
ANGELES
WOMAN
IS
DEAD
SOON
AFTER'VARDS
LOS
ANOELES,
Dec.
21'.
Rose
Marie
Barrle,
aged
29,
bitten
while
In
garden
by
what
she
thought
was
a
large
black
spider
but
which
Is
now
believed
to
have
been
a
taran-
tula,
died
on
Saturday
despite
Immediate
efforts
of
medical
experts
o
save
her
life.
PASSING
OF
MRS.
DALBY
Wei
Well
Known
Local
Woman
Passes
.
'
AwJy.
,
Suddenly)!
In'Vititpuver
This
Mdrning
Mrs.
Annie
Dalby,
wife
of
Fred
W.
Dalby,
711
Fifth
Avenue
East,
passed
away
suddenly
In
Vancouver
this
morning,
a
telegram
received
by
the
family
today
announced.
While
Mrs.
Dalby
had
oeen
ailing
for
the
past
few
years,
there
was
no
Idea
that
the
end
was
jo
near
and
the
sad
news
was,
therefore,
received
with
great
shock
by
members
of
the
family
here
as
well
as
by
many
friends.
Mrs.
Dalby
had
been
In
Vancouver
with
har
husband
who
had
gone
there
to
receive
treatment
for
ills
knee
which
had
been
injured
some
time
ago
in
an
accident.
It
was
only
yesterday
that
Mr.
Dalby
left
the
hospital
In
Vancouver.
He
Is
leaving
Vancouver
for
Prince
Rupert
tomorrow
night
on
the
steamer
Cardena
with
the
remains
of
his
wife.
The
funeral
will
take
place
here.
Born
In
Wakefield,
Yorkshire,
Englahd,
on
September
18.
1872,
the
late
Mrs.
Dalby
had
resided
In
Prince
Rupert
for
thirteen
years,
having
come
here
from
Edmonton.
Mr.
Dalby
Is
In
the
service
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
mechanical
department
here.
Deceased
was
very
well
known
In
the
city
and
was
highly
esteemed
i
amid
a
wide
circle
of
friends
all
of
whom
will
deeply
regret
her
passing
and
extend
their
sympathy
to
sorrowing
members
of
the
family.
She
was
an
active
worker
for
the
j
Anglican
Church.
ucaiuva
me
niuunci,
viic
ia
ituo.
Dalby
Is
survived
by
four
sons
and
two
daughters,
Norman
Dalby,
Edmonton:
Arthur
Dalby,
Des
Moines,
Iowa;
Herbert
Dalby,
Watlno,
Alta.;
Mrs.
Arthur
Wootton
(Annie),
Victoria;
Miss
Evelyn
Dalby.
Prince
Rupert,
and
Stanley
Dalby,
Prince
Rupert.
Funeral
arrangements
will
be
announced
later.
FUNERAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
The
funeral
will
take
place
to
morrow,
Tuesday,
December
22.
from
the
Catholic
Qhurch
at
9
a.
m.
of
Patrick
James
Gibbons.
,
BIRTH
NOTICE
,
I
A
daughter
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs,
W.
R.
McAfee,
Ambrose
Avenue,
Sunday.
December
20
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Was
Successful
i
R:
Hon.
Stanly
Bruce
re-elected
for
Auitralian
House
on
Saturday
In
general
election.
DRUG
STORE
IS
HELD
UP
Bandits
Take
$33
From
Till
and
$18
From
Man
in
Dunbar
Height
Shop,
Vancouver
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
21:
,Two
armed
bandits
visited
a
drug
store
at
the
corner
of
Tenth
Avenue
and
Sasamat
Street
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Not
satisfied
with
taking
$33
from
the
till,
the
gunmen
forced)
Dean
Kennedy,
the
druggist
In
charge,
to
give
up
$18
from
his
per
son.
FRANK
ALLEN
IS
SERIOUSLY
HURT
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
21:
Frank
W.
Allen,
former
official
of
Edward
Lipsett
Ltd.
at
Prince
Rupert,
suffered
a
frac-
tured
skull
and
internat
in-
Juries
when
a
car
he
was
driv-
lng
collided
with
another
here
Saturday
night.
The
Injured
man's
wife
and
two
sons
reside
at
Prince
Rupert.
He
was
to
have
left
here
this
week
to
spend
Christmas
In
Prince
Rupert.
His
condition
at
noon
today
was
reported
to
be
only
fair.
He
was
semi-conscious.
Governor
Davis
Meets
President
Dwight
Davis
Does
Not
Submit
His
Resignation
Despite
Expectation
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Dec.
21
Dwlght
F.
Davis,'
OoyerrwTi
of
jthe
Phllllplne
Islands,
discussed
Phll-llplno
problems
Saturday
with
President
Herbert
Hoover
and
Secretary
of
War
Hurley.
.
Governor
Davis
did
not
submit
his
long
expected
resignation.
Verge
Moore
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Cntala
last
evening
from
a
brief
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
Efforts
Being
Made
to
Have
Law
Modification
To
Benefit
this
Region
Change
Would
Give
Employment
to
as
Many
as
1000
Men
and
Distribute
Payroll
of
$100,000
Monthly-Ships
Could
Load
at
Prince
Rupert
Business
and
commercial
interests
of
Prince
Rupert
and
district
are
continuing
their
fight
for
repeal
of
thd
prohibition
against
export
of
pulp
cordwood
and
the
mat-,
er
will
be
taken
up
at
the
coming
session
of
the
British
olumbia
Legislature.
Representations
along
strong
lines
have
already
been
made
to
the
Department
of
Lands
with
a
view
to
bringing
about
modlf
lca-
;
n
of
the
timber
laws
In
this
re-
BC
oovernment
would
charge
an
.pen.
If
success
could
be
achieved.
export
duty
or
tax
We
took
the-'estimated
that
employment
matter
up
with
the
Government
in
tfouid
be
created
for
between
500,
un
endeavor
to
have
the
Govern-
ud
1000
men
with
distribution
of
.ment
ciasslfy
cordwood
as
manu-ibout
$100,000
per
month
in
wages.
factured
timber
under
the
"Forest
The
request
Is.
briefly,
that
pulpAct.
Some
5Ucn
solution
Is
neces-ordwood
be
classed
as
a
manu-
,
sary
under
tne
preeent
Act,
as
pro-factured
product
and
thus
permit
i
posej
purchasers
of
this
cordwocd
its
export.
This
would
necessitate
win
not
enter
into
any
arrange-tfie
log
being
cut
into
cordwood
j
ment
which
would
disrupt
their
length,
spilt
and
peeled.
It
is
con-;
present
sources
of
supply,
which
tended
that
there
is
far
more
labor
;
apart
from.Russia
are
chie.fly.Jfew-per
unit
m
this
product
than
In
foundland
and
Eastern
Canada,
un-lumber.
It
is
stated
the,
product
less
they
know
that
the
new
ar-
would
be
practically
all
labon
This
material
Is
required
by
pulp
mills
In
the
eastern
states
which
now
get
their
supply
from
Russia.
The
proposal
Is
that
three
ships
j
spring
of
1931.
We
are'of
the
opln-:ould
be
loaded
at
Prince
Rupert,
i
ion.
however,
that
It
Is
a
very
lm-Each
ship
would
take
two
.hundred
I
portant
matter
to
the
Province,
carloads
which
would
mean
600
cars
j
and
would
like
to
see
the
Leglsla-
a
month
moving
over
this
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
employment
would
fulfil
a
vi
tal
need
of
ranchers
and
settlers
as
well
a
others.
The
following
memorandum
om
the
subject
has
been
prepared:
Substantial
Demand
"There
Is
a
substantial
demand
for
spruce
pulp
cordwood.
split
and
peeled,
to
be
delivered
to
the
pulp
,
mills
in
the
New
England
States.
!
These
mills
have
heretofore
been
getting
a
large
portion
of
their
j
NEW
y0RK
Dec
21:-Ely
Cul-supplies
from
Newfoundland
and;
and
hte
Tneo
A
Eastern
Canada
During
the
year
,
Ughtner
enUr
Christmas
week
lit
1930
they
brought
In
some
76
car-:
,h,fp
hrlri
man,,hon
7
fl,5
nolnt:
goes
from
Russia.
This
was
shipped
from
the
Port
of
Archangel
"In
January
and
February
of
,
have
now
been
completed
and
play
this
year,
1931,
we
went
Into
thteiwtii
be
resumed
tonight.
matter
with
representatives
of
some
j
j.n
Friday
nlghl'a
session,
Cul-of
these
Eastern
American
pulp
h-rtson
and
Llahtner
Increased
mills
'who
because
of
the
element
of
uncertainty
as
to
whether
or
not
;
the
United
States
Government
,
would
in
the
future
pemlt
the
lm
nortation
of
this
pulpwood
from)
Rusia,
were
desirous
of
securing
a
permanent
supply
from
British
Co
lumbia,
and
these
people
were
desirous
bf
arranging
for
shipments
of
three
cargoes
per
month
during
he
first
year,
and
as
soon
as
the
business
was
properly
launched
and
proved
to
be
satisfactory,
which
would
probably
be
after
It
had
been
in
operation
for
six
months,
they
were
prepared
to
Increase
the
quantity
to
sfcc
cargoes
per
month.
The
sort
of
cargoes
which
they
had
in
mind
was
ships
which
would
carry
f
about
3,000
to
3.600
cords.
"The
price
which
they
then
offered
alongside
ship
in
British
Columbia
waters
appeared
to
be
satisfactory"
and
was
riear
enough
t$
the
price
which
we
told
them
we
would
require
to
make
it
apparent
that
we
could
get
together,
on
the
price.
'The
important
factor,
however,
was
the
B.C.
legislation.
The
B.C.
legislation
prohibited
the
export
of
pulpwood
from
off
crown
lands
unless
under
permit,
and
there
Is
also
a
question
of
whether
or
'not
the
rangement
had
every
likelihood
of
being
permanent.
We
were
unable
to
get
the
Legislature
to
pass
such
legislation
at
the
session
In
the
(Continued
on
page
two)
LEAD
IS
GREATER
'
Culbertson
Has
Martin
of
7,915
roints
jow
Over
Lenx
In
Bridee
Marathon
;
ahead
0(
Sldney
a
Unz
and
0
wald
Jacoby.
Sixty-three
rubber
their
lead
from
4.968
points
to
7,915,
They
had
gained
12
055
over
rent
and
Jacobv
durlna
the
week.
The
contest
is
to
150
rubbers.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
.11:36
am.
20:1
ft.
Low
5:10
ajn.
10:1
ft.
18:19
p.m.
4:8
ft.
A
FEW
MORE
ARE
t
EXPECTED
TO
AID
CHRISTMAS
FUND
Thefe
are
still
a
few
contrl-
buttons
expected
toward
the
Christmas
relief
'
and
ftlnner
fund
handled
through
the
Sal-
vation
Army.
There
has
been
a
good
response
to
the
appeal
but
a
little
more
money
Is
nee-
ded.
Here
Is
the
result
so
far:
Previously
ackWd'g'd
$183.22
G.
Campbell
5.00
Joan,
Norma
and
Lydia
5.00
r