Today's
Weather
prince
Rupert
Raining,
strong
touthcast
wind;
barometer,
29.54;
temperature,
53;
sea
moderate.
Vd.
XXII.
No.
250.
mml
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
October
28,
1931
High
2:10
a.m.
19.1
ft.
vl4:24
pjn.
21.1
ft
Low
....
8:27
a.m.
8.1
fi
21:15
p.m.
3.9
It.
WORLD
AWAITING
ELECTION
RESULT
TRAGEDY
AT
TERRACE
TODAY;
WOMAN
AND
CHILD
BURN
Experts
Concede
Good
Majority
For
National
Government
in
Britain
Coalition
will
Require
Margin
of
One
Hundred
If
It
Is
to
Function
Independently
No
Degree
of
Certainty
Is
Expected
Before
Tomorrow
LONDON,
Oct.
27.
The
Brtish
nation
went
to
the
polls
today
in
the
general
election,
the
result
of
which
is
being
anxiously
awaited
by
the
whole
world.
It
will
not
be
known
with
any
degree
of
certainty
until
tomorrow
and,
if
the
result
is
very
close,
it
may
take
even
longer
to
formulate.
Little
more
than
one-third
of
the
results
will
be
known
tonight.
v
Eight
parties
had
candidates
on
the
ballot
pa
pen,
but
for
the
vast
mu'irl'v
f
the
electon.
the
only
ihjice
was
between
National
government
(supporters
and
the
Labor
prty
political
experts
conceded
that
the
national
government
would
have
t
tubratiUal
majority,
a
majority
ippnarhlng
the
joQ
mark
If
jLy-aal
to
va
the
elcctM;aii'WiT
The
Labor
nartv
scoffed
at
ore
poinng
estimates
of
a
government
mijortt.v
of
between
150
and
200,
tut
-7':n
Labor's
most
optimistic
lapportiTs
did
not
expect
the
down-fsuj
f
the
government
The
ff
MSon
why
the
national
gov-
i
rmranit
if
it
Is
to
win
at
all.
must
wis
by
a
large
margin
is
obvious
fn:m
in
omplexlon.
Deriving
sup
per
from
national
Laborltes
cut;
Wtxm
their
party
and
from
va-
rlous
discordant
factions
of
Lib-:
jmiiB.
the
government
would
bej
in
an
extremely
difficult
P-!
ment
If
it
faced
Parliament
w
1th
i
nuj
uuv
of
less
than
thirty
or
forty
I
espcnaiiy
if.
as
seems
like
ly.
tariff.
"
rae
rf
the
weapons
to
be
adopted
to
fight
the
adverse
trade
balanced
Telephone
Surplus
During
September
Rwnue
Exceeded
Expenditure
By
$732.42
Last
Month
The
municipal
telephone
depart-mriit
.showed
an
operating
surplui
$734.42
for
the
month
pf
September,
a
statement
from
Samuel
Ma
spy.
superintendent
of
the
de-pn'mint.
showed
at
last
night's
csuni
il
meetlnR.
Estimated
revenus
tor
tlm
month
was
$3,623.05
and
"P'ndlture,
$2,888.63.
Capital
cx-pcnaUuro
for
the
month
amounted
'a
$48
29.
Uttle
Change
In
Canadian
Dollar
or
Pound
Sterling
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
27.
The
Cana-llan
dollar
closed
at
89
3-4
on
the
locnl
foreign
exchange
yesterday.
Thr
Drttlsh
pound
sterling
closed
W
$3.03
1-4.
Here
on
Destroyer
CharlrsFordyce
Clark,
'ormer
high,
school
toar.hpr
here,
arrived
torday
on
H.M.C.8.
3kffna.
accompanying
Mi
the
ship
as
a
lieutenant,
Lieut.
Clark
4V
V
V
-
I
TO
ROTATE
ONRELIEF
City
Council
Adopts
Principle
In
,
Order
'
to
nivOVork,,to
"
jUl
-
Much
Discussion
Municipality
Unable
to
Extend
Scope
of
Employing
Men
On
recommendation
of
the
finance
committee,
the
city
councU
last
night
adopted
the
principle,
to
become
effective
on
NovemDer
i,
oi
on
cU
fclier
worlc
teke
care
of
aU
the
men
"L.
tne
work
brlnglng
up
the
proposal
of
crews.
Aid.
G.
W.
Rud-
Jjgjj
0,
Board
of
sUtfd
that
lhcre
were
now
,80
to
,M
men
ln
empl0yment
thJ
dt
'
work
Tnla
wa8
al,
tnat
-nunUv
handled
at
vvuiu
w
m
one
time
so
It
was
proposed,
after
November
2.
to
route
the
crews
ln
order
to
take
care
of
some
40
to
50
men
already
registered,
which
number.
In
the
course
of
next
week,
would
be
Increased
to
at
least
sixty,
and
eventually
possibly
00.
On
the
basis
of
00
additional
men.
the
ro
tation
could
be
16
days
of
work
ana
eight
of
lay-off.
Should
there
be
only
60
additional
men.
a
coupie
f
riava
more
work
and
two
less
of
lay-off
could
be
given
each
man.
The
rotation
win
appiy
io
a
relief
workers
with
the
exception
of
eeneral
foreman
and
timekeeper.
Aid.
Macdonaia
quwuunra
m
necessity
for
a
general
foreman
when
each
of
the
eleven
Jobs
in
progress
had
1U
Individual
foreman.
.
,
The
city
engineer
and
chairman
of
the
Board
of
Works,
ln
reply.
Insisted
that
a
general
foreman
was
necessary
to
assist
the
engineer
In
general
supervision,
me
the
work
made
such
a
foreman
all
the
more
necessary,
uewns
oi
Continued
on
Page
our
Halibut
Landings
American
.i
i
nnnn
Atlln:
12.4c
&
5c.
Venture.
18.000.
Storage;
lie
&
.
Happy.
6.000,
Storage;
12c
and
4c.
Lancing,
7.000.
Storage.
12c
and
4c.
Augusta,
8,500,
Royal
12c
and
5c.
Excel.
10.000,
Royal.
13c
and
5c.
Garland,
7.500.
Atlln;
12.3c
&
4c.
Canadian
Gony.
10.000,
Storage;
105oand4c.
Joe
Baker,
3.500,
Storage;
10c
and
4c
Livingston
II.,
13.000,
Storage;
10c
and
4c.
.
Tramp.
12.000,
Atlin;
iu.
uu
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Canadian
Destroyer
Paying
Visit
to
Port
'
.
v
Y
-;;
i:
'
IIJH.CS.
Skeena,
newest
acquisition
to
Canadian
Navy,
which
brought
Lieutenant-Governor
here.
COMMANDS
DESTROYER
SECOND
IN
COMMAND
ANOTHER
OFFICER
MM
Commander
Victor
G.
Brodeur
T0LMIE
SILENT
lias
Nothing
to
Say
Regarding
Rejection
By
Ottawa
of
B,
C.
Relief
Program
VICTORIA.
Oct.
27:
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmle
and
members
of
the
provincial
government
declined
to
comment
upon
the
reported
statement
of
Senator
Gideon
Robertson.
minister
of
labor
at
Ottawa,
that
the
proposed
British
Columbia
highway
program
was
not
likely
to
be
approved
because
the
cost
is
exorbitant.
No
olflclal
rejection
of
the
Bri
tish
Columbia
proposals
has
been
received
and.
In
fact,
final
negotiations
will
not
open
until
the
ar
rival
today
In
Ottawa
of
Hon.
J.
w
Jones.
British
Columbia
minister
of
finance.
Men
in
Uniform
To
Be
Admitted
Free
to
Theatre
AH
members
ln
uniform
of
the
ship's
company
of
H.M.C.S.
Skeena
of
the
local
unit
of
the
Royal
Cana
dian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
and
of
the
local
company
of
.Sea
Cadets
will
be
admitted
free
to
the
Capitol
Theatre
tonight
hVconnectlon
with
the
presentation
ceremonies,
It.
was
!
announced
today.
I
The
theatre
has
been
beautifully
'decorated
for
tho
occasion.
PREMIER
FIRM
AT
58c
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
27:
Premier
rinid
held
firm
at
58c
In
local
stock
trading
yesterday.
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
Lleut.-Commandcr
Frank
L.
Houjhton
'
LIBERAL
COALITIONIST
WINNER
IN
WELSH
SEAT
LONDON.
Oct.
27:
University
of
Wales,
voting
yesterday
ln
the
general
election,
chose
Ernest
Evans,
coalition
Liberal,
as
Its
representative
ln
next
Parliament.
Evans
received
3229
votes
to
1914
cast
for
his
Independent
opponent.
It
was
the
first
of
the
election
returns.
Well
Known
Couple
WedllNVASION
Miss
Rosalie
Durban
Becomes
Bride
of
II.
B.
M.
Valentm
at
Quiet
Ceremony
Today
j
The
marriage
took
place
quietly
at
,
12
o'clock
noon
today
at
the
home
of
the
bride's
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
M.
Duggan,
1228
Park
Avenue,
of
Miss
Rosalie
Doris
Duggan
and
Hoi-gar
BJorn
Madsen
Valentin,
pro
prietor
of
the
Valentin
Dairy.
Rev.
Canon
W.
F.
Rushbrook
of
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church
officiated.
The
sitting
room
In
which
the
cere
mony
was
performed
was
prettily
decorated
with
autumn
flowers
and
foliage.
The
bridesmaid
was
Miss
Winnie
Tucker
and
the
groomsman
was
Don
Brown.
Only
relatives
and
a
few
Immediate
friends
witnessed
the
ceremony.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Valentin
sailed
this
afternoon
on
the
steamer
Catala
for
a
week's
honeymoon
trip
to
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
On
their
return
to
the
city
they
will
take
up
residence
at
2168
Atlln
Avenue.
The
"bride,
whd
had
a
wedding
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
27,
1931
Lieut.
Horatio
N.
Lay
TORY
WINS
N.
B.
SEAT
Dr.
W.
II.
Coflin
Elected
to
Sue
reed
John
Lordon,
Liberal,
In
Gloucester
County
Riding
BATIIURST,
Nil.,
Oct.
27:
By
a
scant
majority
of
33
votes,
Dr.
W
.
II.
Coffin,
Conservative,
defeated
F.
T.
B.
Young,
Liberal,
ln
Gloucester
County
by-election
to
fill
the
vacancy
ln
the
New
Brunswick
Legislature
caused
by
the
death
of
John
Lordon,
Liberal.
SPREADING
Japan
Pays
No
Attention
to
League
Demand
to
Evacuate
Manchuria
MUKDEN,
China,
Oct.
27.
rn
spite
of
the
action
of
the
League
of
Nations
In
calling
upon
Japan
to
evacuate
Manchuria,
the
Japanese
invasion
is
spreading
further
into
Manchurian
territory.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
IS
TENDERED
LUNCHEON
Hon.
J.
W.
Fordham-Johnson.
Lieutenant
Governor
of
British
Co
lumbia,
was
the
principal
speaker
at
a
luncheon
In
his
honor
held
at
the
Commodore
Cafe
today
under
the
auspices
of
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mayor
Cyril
H.
Orme
presided
over
the
gathering,
at
which
there
was
a
large
attendance.
WHEAT
TAKES
ANOTHER
ADVANCE
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
27.
Wheat
was
quoted
at
63c
on
the
local
Ex-
change
today.
Mrs.
Charles
Cauthers
and
Child
Lost
Their
Lives
as
House
Burns
Remains
of
Mother
and
Babe
Were
Recovered
Later
in
the
Morning
Was
Young
Woman
and
Had
Resided
in
Terrace
for
Years
s
'
The
remains
of
Mrs.
Cauthers
and
her
baby
were
re-'
covered
from
the
ruins
of
the
burned
home
late
this
morning,
the
provincial
police
were
advised
this
afternoon.
7
Word
was
received
at
provincial
police
district
headquarters
this
morning
of
a
tragedy
at
Terrace
in
which
the
home
of
Charles
Cauthers
was
destroyed
by
fire
this,
morning,
Mrs.
Cauthers
and
her
baby
losing
their
lives
in
the
conflagration.
Up
to
the
time
of
sending
of
the
report
the
remains
had
not
been
recovered
from
the
ruins
orthe
mouse
owing
to
the
Intense
heat
fl"i
T
ffW
TTi
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cauthers
were
a
young
uIjAL
LLI
V
Ci
couple
and
had
llvcd
at
Tcrrace
-,-
Ttjlff
T
T-iTr
jn
i-
S.13?1-Sergeant
Alex
.
McNeUli
of
Villi
rlKr
Drying
Shed
and
Four
Tiles
of
Lum
bcr
Consumed
In
Blaze
Early
This
Morning
Plant
Undamaged
Was
Difficult
Blaze
to
Extinguish
as
Much
Lumber
Had
to
Be
Removed
The
Big
Bay
Lumber
Company's
sawmill
plant
at
Seal
Cove
was
visited
early
this
morning
with
another
tire
which,
fortunately,
proved
to
be
the
least
serious
of
four
major
conflagrations
which,
in
the
course
of
recent
years,
have
visited
the
local
lumber
manufacturing
plant
Today's
fire
was
confined
to
a
lum
ber
drying
shed
and
three
or
four
piles
of
lumber
ln
the
yards
and
wtw
a
considerable
distance
away
from
the
mill
proper.
It
was
3:30
am.
that
the
fire
department
was
called
to
the
scene
by
telephone.
By
that
time
the
drying
shed,
ln
which
the
fire
evidently
started,
was
In
full
blaze
and
nearby
piles
of
dried
lumber
were
catching
fire.
It
was
a
rather
difficult
blase
to
fight,
in
view
of
the
fact
that
much
piled
lumber
had
to
be
shifted
ln
order
to
get
at
it
With
five
streams
of
water,
two
from
the
mill
ancf
three
from
city
hydrants,
the
blase
was
soon
under
control
although
It
took
until
9
o'clock
this
morning
to
completely
extinguish
it
Four
plies
of
lumber
were
burned
ln
addition
to
Che
shed.
Lumber
burned
Included
two
carloads
which
were
about
to
be
loaded
for
ship
ment.
Police
officers
and
spectators
gave
members
of
the
fire
department
valuable
help
ln
fighting
the
flames,
It
was
stated
by
Fire
Chief
D,
II.
McDonald
this
morning.
Loss
$10,000
It
was
stated
this
morning
that
some
300,000
feet
of
high
grade
lumber
had
been
destroyed.
Loss.
!nclud
j!
hned'
14
not
txied
t0
cted
$10.000-
Today's
Weather
Langara
Island
Cloudy.
light
southerly
wind;
sea
calm.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
light
southwest
wind;
barometer,
29.62;
temperature.
55';
light
swell.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
,tne
Provincial
police
will
leave
to-.
morrow
morning
by
train
for
Ter
race
to
take
charge
of
the
investigation
Into
the
tragedy.
The
fire
occurred
shortly
after
nine
o'clock.
The
small
house
was
quite
close
ln.
Cauthers.
a
worker
ln
the
little
lumber
mill,
had
risen
as
usual
and
had
breakfast
with
his
wife,
theri
going
to
his
work.
Mrs.
Cauthers
went
back
to
bed
to
get
her
baby
to
sleep,
the
child
having
been
seriously
ill.
She
was
apparently'
aroused
about
nine
o'clock
by
the";
sound
of
crackling
wood
and
the
smell
of
smoke.
She
noticed
that-the
house
was
on
fire
and
leaped7
from
the
window
to
call
on
her
sis--ter,
Mrs.
O.
Fagan,
who
lives
near"
by.
Mrs.
Fagan
roused
the
neigh-4
bors
and
went
for
Cauthers,
Mrs.!
Cauthers
mpanirhl!
rtnmlncr
tnr
(tne
babv
What
happened
inside
the
house
will
never
be
known,
but
It
Is
thought
that
Mrs.
Cauthers
fainted
and
was
devoured
by
the
flames,
along
with
the
baby.
Mrs.
Fagan7
Mrs.
S.
Wilkinson,
mother
of
the
deceased
woman;
Mrs.
Turner,
and
other
women
got
busy
with
buckets
of
water
but
were
quite
unable
to
deal
with
the
fire,
and
by
the
time
a
general
alarm
was
given
it
was
Impossible
to
save
any
part
of
the
house.
Mrs.
Cauthers.
who
was
about
22
years
of
age,
had
been
married
some
two
years
and
had
only
the
one
child.
They
had
built
the
house
during
the
present
year
and
had
only
been
ln
residence
for
two
or
three
months.
WILL
NAME
COMMISSION
American
and
British
Experts
to
Figure
In
Canadian
Railway
Probe
"
f
OTTAWA,
Oct.
27.-Premler
n.
B.
Bennett
and
Hon.
R.
J.
Manlon,
minister
of
railways,
Intimated
yes
terday
that
the
appolntment'of
the
royal
commission
to
Investigate
the
railway
situation
of
Canada
might
be
expected
very
shortly.
The
commission
will
include
Sir
Henry
Thornton,
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways;
E.
W.
Beatty.
K.
C,
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway;
a
British
financial
expert
and
an
American
railway
expert.
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V.
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t
IB
KM
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m
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