Tomorrow's
Tides
Municipality
In
Good
Shape
Financially
It
Is
Said
by
Aldermen
Plenty
of
Amounts
to
Take
Care
of
Bank
Debt,
Collart
Says
Committee
Chairmen
Heard
W.
J.
McCutcheon
Is
Critical
One
of
the
most
interesting
statements
made
at
the
pub-lit-
meeting
called
by
Mayor
Orme
last
night
in
Moose
Hall
w
as
that
by
Alderman
Collart
in
which
he
showed
that
the
bank
overdraft
of
the
city
was
more
than
covered
by
out-:i
ending
amounts
which
would
amply
take
care
of
it.
This
Ttulicated
a
sound
financial
condition
at
the
City
Hall.
The
otatement
that
the
city
was
"broke"
i
Catholic
Hall.
The
executive
of
'i.
I.i'
iue
was
In
charge.
Tlx
re
were
IS
tables
of
cards
and
l-.V"
tflhrKrf
Were"
as
follows:
Lndge
Ladles'
first,
Mrs.
A.
M.
P
-
consolation,
Mrs.
Curtln;
vns
first.
M.
P.
McCaffery;
conso-
.11.
George
Arseneau.
Whist
Ladles'
first,
Mrs.
A.
S.
'
u.s
consolation,
Mrs.
Louis
Am-'
men's
first.
T.
J.
Fortune;
con-.uon.
Angus
Gillie.
Alter
cards
refreshments
were
wd
and
dancing
followed
with
VICTORIA
OITOSEI)
.
.
TO
I1KEU
BY
GLASS
VICTORIA,
Jan.
15:
Resl-
dents
of
this
city
voted
against
the
sale
of
beer
by
Jhe
glass
in
yesterday's
plebiscite
on
the
question.
The
vote
was:
In
fa-
vor
of
sale
of
beer
by
the
glass,
3335;
against,
5048.
not
a
correct
one.
!was
Alderman
Collart
explained
that,
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
there
balance
to
the
good.
When
the
debentures
were
sold
and
the
provin
cial
government
paid
up,
thereJ
would
be
a
balance
of
over
forty
thousand
dollars.
The
meeting,
which
was
fairly
well
attended,
was
presided
over
by
the
mayor,
who
was
the
first
speaker.
Other
speakers
were
Aid.
Llnsey,
Aid.
Macdonald,
Aid.
Collart,
Aid.
Brown,
W.
J.
McCutcheon
and
N.
Mussallem.
The
mayor,
after
expressing
'
thanks
for
his
election,
pointed
out
i
ie
oy
uaiagnos
orcnestra.
narry
wittfc
ws
muni
a
,,u
v.-ae
mailer
nf
rorpmnniM.
ment
tax
had
never
been
discussed
Mrs
Wilfrid
Oratton
was
cashier!
by
the
city
council
either
formally:
(
i
the
affair.
I
t
Continued
on
Page
2)
Pilot
Eckmann
Believes
He
Has
Located
Another
Large
Piece
of
Wreckage
From
Renahans
Plane
with
Mrs.
Renahan
on
board
his.
I
plane.
SIMPSON
-v
v
ELECTION!
Ernest
Dudoward
Chief
Councillor
For
1931
Voted
By
Wards
'
This
Week
Voting
by
three
wards
with
four
Ward
2
Joseph
Offutt,
James
'"""
,J"
,
"
T
,
V
Henry,
Sam
Hughes
and
David
A.
Johnson.
Ward
3
Joseph
Bradley,
John
Sankey,
Ell
Pollard
and
Joshua
Bryant.
Ernest
Dudoward
'was
chosen
Canada,
Ltd,
TORONTO.
Jan.
15:
Durant
Motors
of
Canada
Ltd.
Is
now
owned,
controlled
and
operated
by
Canadians,
It
was
announced
yesterday
by
Roy
D.
Klrby,
president
and
general
manager
of
the
company.
The
announcement
said
that
the
com-
pany
Is
now
probably
the
only
auto
mobile
company
In
Canada
so
con
the
provincial
police
on
board,
the
trolled
and
managed.
latter
having
been
orderea
to
pro-1
kppH
tn
Prince
George.
Yesterday
,
afternoon,
the
plane
left
here
with
;
n
view
to
taking
Mrs.
Renanan
to
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
.
4
tJJI
Ul
W9S
UlBnV
VtiUM
the
Imperial
and
International
Communications
Ltd.
"that
the
Canadian
National
shall
become
partners
with
the
Imperial
and
In
ternational
Communications
in
Flvinir
nvnr
tho
Wfifit
coast
of
DUKG
lSlUIlu
yCStCrdtiyi
Mtk9
....naitinr
tnr
h
voar
nHth
Lfornihiff
a
Canadian
overseas
com
!
(
..
.
.
V
KAhAtfArl
fA
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.
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l
l
11
arch-rllOt
AllSCel
liiCKmann
Slgnieu
wiuu
is
uunu.-u
.u
Nathan
Lawson
secretary
or
trie
munroauon
company
which
shh
lnr1iifti
the
flnnarilan
Marconi
Co."
iuiic
1
i
laruc
1
niece
oi
jvrwvriuiiv
iiuiu
ituum
viiii
wuu.u
...
vu...jw..v.-m.i
-
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...
.
t
ii
i
-L
.
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,,.,fn
nr.
rf
Hff
Wptlpv
nnrl
Jnrnh
Hnnnpr
1'iane
which
is
now
conceucu
10
nave
sirut-n
mc
-unmc
i
-
-
---
1
Jixon
Bntranw
oi
the
evening
of
October
28
and
smash-
are
constables
for
the
year.
(u
ui).
it
was
much
too
rougn
ior
K,cKnmnu
tu
ihu
uic
uh
his
seaplane
so
the
provincial"
i"li-o
boat
P.
M.
L.
8
and
Unlted
:'
tcs
coastguard
cutter
Cygan
wi
rr
today
to
put
parties
ashore
;Ihti
to
Inveatlgate.
The
fate
of
iii
iiahan
and
his
two
companions
i'
is
already
been
established
Uu-ough
the
finding
of
other
wrec-k'
All
that
can
be
hoped
for
now
i
luither
confirmation
or
the
pos-Mil
finding
of
bodies.
Around
the
west
coast
of
Duke
Mmd.
which
is
Just
south
of
An-'h
tie
Island
where
the
first
wrec-K.iue
was
found
on
the
shore,
large
i
locks
of
eagle
were
feeding
over
in-
bench
on
Tueday
and
rose
v.lu-n
Eckmann
flew
over
them
with
in
plane.
It
is
thought
they
might
have
been
devouring
the
flesh
of
a
body
which
might
have
Just
drifted
ashore.
Eckmann
lert
this
morning
for
his
base
in
Ryas
Bay
on
the
north
of
Duke
Island
after
spending
the
night
here.
Mrs.
Renahan
went
over
with
him.
She
desires
to
see
the
wreckage
and
will
probably
return
here
this
evening
en
route
back
to
Vancouver.
She,
the
last
to
give
up
hope,
conceded
this
week
that
her
husband
must
be
dead.
Pilot
Eckmann
would
not
be
surprised
at
any
time
to
receive
orders
to
abandon
the
search
and
return
to
Seattle.
Yesterday
morning
he
came
in
from
Annette
Island
iwlth
Prank
Wadman.
his
mechanic,
and
Hugh
Patrick,
wireless
operator
for
OWNED
BY
CANADIANS
INFANT
BURIED
The
funeral
of
the
six
weeks'
old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ross
Ingraham
took
place
at
2:30
this
afternoon
from
the
chapel
of
Hayner
Bros.,
undertakers,
to
Falrview
Cemetery.
Rev.
Alfred
Wilson
of
First
United
Important
Announcement
Is
Made
,
Church
officiated.
Regarding
Durant
Motors
of
the
'liner
to
Southampton,
by
passenger
.
'
l
-1
,
I
a
I
-t
n
tinl
iarc
a
ru
rt
Mm
an.
-bittmln
n
T
m
4
rM
hv
mntnr
triirtc
tfl
Suite
able
to
receive
but
could
not
try
Into
Confederation
at
Vic-
;croyden
and
by
plane
to
Karachi
?!?
if
ftwJv
'
trl
on
July
20-p,ans
for
suit"
1
Ind'a.
r
W
intermediate
point
wint
Eckmann
shoved
off
about
able
observance
of
the
occa-
j
was
forecast
by
Dewshea.
The
Cun-.
..r..
,1.
a
nnaitA
tnd
Hon
will
soon
be
launched.
.ard
and
White
Star
Lines,
the
Am-
1JIJD
noon
luua,
iui
nr.
onrl
TTnltprf
jstatei
Air
Lines
would
bo
assocla-
Of
Special
Interest
Friday
January
16,
1931
mm
mmm
High
im.
175
ft.
-iave
you
read
the
classified
w
i.m.
20.8
ft.
advertising
page
In
this
paper
today?
Low
a
n
.m.
10.0
ft.
If
not,
now
Is
the
time.
R
.m.
3.5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
9
-
.,1
XXII.,
No.
13.
g.
M
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY
JANUARY
15,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
M
2
mc
AFFAIRS
ARE
GIVEN
AN
AIRING
UGE
TELEGRAPH
MERGER
IN
CANADA
BEING
PROPOSED
Catholic
Women's
I
C
1
I
was
a
bank
overdraft
of
$50,000.
At
LeagUc
nomm
V
OCIal
IS
the
end
of
the
year
this
had
moun-n
f
1
C
.
ted
,
to
$100,000.
The
loan
was
cov-
OUCCeSSlUl
tVent'ered-
however,
by
work
done
for
I
which
debentures
had
not
yet
been
'issued,
amounting
to
$129,504.27
and
A
v
ry
enjoyable
bridge
and
whist
;
by
accounts
owing
to
the
city
by
the
I
,
jtid
dance
was
held
last
night
!
provincial
government
amounting
.
Mi'
Catholic
Women's
League
in
to
$15,440.37.
This
showed
a
nice
ELECTION
PROCEEDS
Small
Interest
Being
Taken
In
Today's
Poll
For
Aldermen
and
Mayoralty
Term
Question
Voting
started
very
slowly
today
tin
the
municipal
election,
only
3S
ballots
having
been
cast
in
the
first
hour
and
three-quarters
up
to
9:45
ajn.
While
there
is
not
a
very
keer
Interest
being
taken
In
the
votlnp
this
year.
It
Is
expected
thai
wel
over
five
hundred
votes
will
be
cast
The
poll
will
close
at
8
o'clock
this
evening
and,
within
half
an
hour,
the
result
of
the
aldermanlc
vote
should
be
known.
By
9
o'clock
the
result
of
the
mayoralty
term
referendum
should
have
been
ascertained.
It
is
expected
that
the
one-year
term
will
be
overwhelmingly
approved.
E.
P.
Jones,
city
solicitor,
Is
returning
officer
for
the
election.
W.
D.
Vance,
deputy
returning
officer,
Is
actively
In
charge
of
the
poll.
Poll
clerks
are
Herbert
Hampton,
Malcolm
McLeod
and
William
Robb.
The
only
scrutineers
are
those
of
the
Trades
&
Labor
Council
Robert
Wiggins,
Arthur
Caravan
and
John
McLean.
Railroad
Auctioned
Off
Unique
si:ene
at
Wilmington.
Hi.
station
of
Chicago
and
Alton
railway,
as
raityoad
wa
auction
i
.ally
ior
$73,000,000
to
j
highest
bidder
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Wire
Systems
May
Join
Such
Is
Big
Idea
Behind
Statement
In
Ottawa
a
Few
Days
Ago
of
Sir
Basil
Blackett,
Head
of
British
1
Communication
Concern
SXSSSi":
!
MONTREAL,
Jan.
15:-Amalgamatipn
in
a
$50,000,000
ection
of
village
councillors.
Indian
corporation
of
the
respective
commercial
telegraph
sys-Agent
w.
e.
coiiison
being
in
charge
terns
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
Rail-of
the
poll.
The
successful
candi-
!Ways
is
being
considered
by
the
two
parties.
The
Canadian
dy
,wa,d8
wer-
I
Press
understands
that
the
proposal
has
also
been
put
be-
tZ)t
'
ore
the
Dominion
Government
at
Ottawa.
This
is
the
Mnh
nvon
'much
larger
idea
behind
a
state-
West
Indies
Victory
Over
Queensland
Tourin
j
Cricket
Team
Win
For
First
Time
Since
tourinr
Australia
BRISBANE,
Australia,
Jan.
15:
The
West
Indie
won
thtr
cricket
match
with
Queensland
yesterday
by
219
runs.
This
wm
their
first
victory
of
the
present
tour.
Immense
New
World
Freight
Service
Planned
By
Britain
'
Two
Principals
In
Burke
Air
Tragedy
Martin
and
Wasson
Here
On
Way
South
Yesterday
Two
of
the
principals
in
the
ill-fated
episode
which
followed
a
flight
made
last
fall
into
the
Liard
River
district
by
the
late
Capt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke
and
party
were
in
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
bound
for
the
south.
They
were
Robert
Martin
("Three
Finger
Bob"),
grizzled
old
prospector-iromottr
of
the
north,
who
survived
the
exnerience3
vhieh
cau.-ed
Burke's
death
from
1
starvation
and
exposure,
and
Ever-r.
L.
Wasson.
heroic
young
aviator
f
the
Treadwell
Yukon
Exploration
Co..
Whose
persistence
and
courage
ere
ti'i.muely
rewarded
after
al-iost
two
months'
rf
forts
In
rescuing
wo
members
of
the
lost
party
alive
idreverinthefrozen
andema-iR,,,,
p,ant
on
Wes,
Coat
idiru
uouy
hi
me
umu.
it
whs
iu-
'restlrm
to
see
and
talk
to
these
.uo
men.
one
advanced
in
years,
he
of
her
little
more
than
a
mere
youth,
who
have
been
so
much
In
the
public
eye
during
the
past
three
months
owing
to
their
sensational
adventures.
It
Is
difficult
to
say
which
is
the
more
Interesting.
Cer
tainly
both
have
an
epic
story
to
Despite
his
sixty
years
or
more.
Bob
Martin,
before
the
flight,
was
a
strong
robust
man.
Few
had
a
Stronger
physique
than
he.
That
physique
was
to
prove
his
greatest
smt.
iflont
not'rjggrrrarit,
none:
athcr
would
have
been
of
further
worldly
use
to
him..
j
MILL
TO
BE
SOLD
of
Vancouver
Island
to
Be
Dis
posed
of
By
Court
Order
VICTORIA.
Jan.
15-The
whole
plant
of
the
Balnbrldge
Lumber
Co.,
comprising
mills,
railway
and
machinery
at
Balnbrldge
on
the
anadlan
Pacific
Railway
line
near
Albernl.
was
ordered
sold
for
th.3
bondholders
by
Mr.
Justice
Gre-;ory
yesterday.
"Needless
to
say.
I
don't
want
Passfnters
Amoved
From
Ketchl-anythlng
more
like
that,"
was
Mar-
j
kan
Motorship
lo
Alert
1111
a
crypuv
leiUMin
leg
luiiig
uta
experiences.
To
become
stranded
in
that
vast
northland
for
62
days
with
but
a
haridful
of
bullets,
no
food,
game
scarce
and
no
shelter"
but
sleeping
away
until
he
died
in
!eT:t
i
miles
above
Seymour
Narrows,
were
memorable
experience.
To
have
a
silences
was
as
horrible
as
It
was
unforgettable.
LltUe
wonder
that
today
f
tnds
Bob
Martin
bent
and
decrepit
physically.
Mrs.
Martin
de
clared
that
her
husband
looked
ex
ceedingly
well
considering
what
he
went
through.
Persons
who
might
not
have
seen
Martin
since
he
was
a
familiar
and
affluent
figure
in
the
mining
campt
of
Stewart
and
Alice
Arm
ten
years
ago
or
so
would
note
a
great
difference,
however.
Indeed,
Bob
Martin
might
well
go
unrecognised
by
those
who
knew
him
well
in
those
days.
It
seems
quite
possible
that,
while
his
great
physique
brought
rum
through
alive,
he
may
never
fully
recover
from
those
frightful
experiences
of
having
lived
with
starvation
and
death.
Martin
cannot
express
too
much
gratification
to
Everett
Wasson
to
whom
he
is
fully
appreciative
that
he
owes
his
life
today.
Everett
L.
Wasson
A
fine
boy,
with
open
eyes,
clean
face,
a
good
six
feet
In
height
and
muscularly
slender,
one
could
not
look
and
talk
with
Everett
Wasson,
the
24-year
old
rescue
pilot,
yester
...
.
y-t
day
aay
a
afternoon
iter
noon
without
wimmjuw
some
miw
i-ci-
feel-
With
American
Co-operation
great
lob
i
,
To
fly
for
many
hours
and
for
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
15:
Negotiations
for
freight
service
thousands
of
miies
day
after
day
in
using
planes,
o
can
Hnm-s,
tfains
and
motor
rucks
p.nd,-
spanning
half
the
world
were
revealed
yesterday
by
P.
b.iup
hope
but
to
keep
reSoiuteiy
on.
Dewshea,
manager
in
the
United
States
for
the
Imperial
j
then'
to
glimpse
a
pair
of
shining
Airways
Ltd.
He1
described
the
plan
as
the
foundation
for
wings
m
the
guttering
snow,
to
fly
fnr
tVin
wnvlil.
Tnniimirntinn
bv
hundreds
of
hopelew
miles
again.
ri-
.nrino
nf
the
service
which
trudge
wruy
ior
mB
5St-ffi!f
and
had
to
return
COMES
THIS
YEAR
tbntemplates
transfer
of
freight
by
Ued
i
with
a
the
Imperial
Airways
In
the
here
'
.u
nt
f
if
uhlch
was
In-
VICTORIA,
Jan
'15:
.
wn
not
Columbia
will
celebrate
'bl'ane
from
anv
oolnt
hv
the
United
-British
1
Skates
to
New
York,
thence
by
fast
distances
through
-soft
anowa
and.
ijnall.
to
nrai
inn
msn
n
hi
iHiiiuur
unu.
trnH.o
h
air.rvn
nian
friBht
two
half
dead
then
helping
tne
will
be
carried
from
New
York
to
two
survivors
out
to
the
plane
and
Karachi
in
sixteen
days,
cutting
'carrying
the
body
for
15
miles.
Such
fourteen
days
off
the.
fastest
time
by
steamer.
The
saving
between
New
York
and
a
point
like
Bagdad
would
be
much
greater
thirteen
was
Wasson's
accomplishment,
a
real
task
for
a
mere
youth.
There
was
something
grand
about
it
all
which
Is
hard
to
describe
adequate-
days
by
air-ocean
service
and
sixty
ly.
Yet
Wasson
is
very
modest
about
days
by
steamer.
I
(Continued
on
Page
2.)
WENT
TO
CARDENA
SEATTLE,
January
15
Thirty-one
passengers
aboard
the
motor-ship
Northland,
which
Is
ashore
in
-TfthnKtnrvci
fitrfitta
aKnf
thirty
wTJ
,r
Itel!fn
o"
yesterday
'
by
the
Union
.w
.t.
cherished
companion
slowly
waste,
e,
'A
A
thOSe
Vast
I
"v4
uaiucua
aitu
taken
to
Alert
Bay
where
the
Admiral
Farragut,
sailing
from
here
today,
wU
pick
them
up
and
con
tinue
north
with
them.
DROWNED
ipiVER
Seven
Young
People
of
St.
John's
Newfoundland,
Lost
Their
Lives
Last
Night
ST.
JOHN'S,
Nfld..
Jan.
I5:-Sev-un
Dersona.
one
youth
and
six
girls,
ranging
in
age
from
11
to
25,
wert
drowned
last
night
In
the
rapid
waters
of
Exploits
River
when
their
sled
broke
through
the
Ice.
The
bodies
have
not
yet
been
recovered.
CANDIDATE
IN
ISLANDS
Conservative
Choice
Falls
Upon
Capt.
F.
W.
Macintosh
at
Ganges
Harbor
VICTORIA,
Jan.
15:
Capt.
F.
W.
Macintosh
was
nominated
by.
a
Conservative
convention
at
Oangcs
Harbor
yesterday
to
run
In
the
Islands
in
the
forthcoming
by-election
to
fill
the
seat
vacated
by
Col.
C.
W.
Peck
V.C.,
who
has
Joined
the
federal
pensions
appeal
board.
WELSH
COAL
STRIKE
";
''
SETTLED
TONIGHT
LONDON.
Jan.
15:
The
dls-
pute
In
the
South
Wales
coal
fields,
which
has
kept
150,000
men
Idle
since
January
1,
was
settled
tonight.