Tomorrow's
Tides
'ri
sslng
the
council
of
1
lumber
of
Commerce
this
noon
at
a
luncheon
given
"
honor
IIon..Ri
W.pruhn
of
novernment
rcttiiied
the
local
road
"''ion
and
would
push
the
through
to
the
Skeena
11
'"id
from
Terrace
west-i
just
as
rapidly
as
finance
",i
permit.
B.
J.
Melllsh,
'
l(l'
t
of
the
Chamber
of
merce,
presided
at
the
"'hcon.
Van
met
by
YIMORIA,
Jan.
24:
Efforts
are
being
made
by
Pre-
P.
Tolmie
to
have
the
proposed
international
air
:ute
from
Unted
States
via
Winnipeg
and
Western
a
to
Alaska
and
eventually
to
Russia
and
the
Orient
rough
British
Columbia
instead
of,
as
suggested,
to
iuth
of
the
Mackenzie
River
and
along
the
northern
t
the
continent
to
Alaska.
i
Tolmie
has
opened
nego-with
Ottawa
and
Washlng-mmendlng
that
the
air
s.s
from
Edmonton
to
Brl-
wimbla
along
the
route
of
George-Hazelton
road
or
-i
from
Prince
George
to
,
)i
Creek
and
thenee
to
At-Ouwson
whence
the
route
t
Alaskan
centres.
I'rcmier
says
that
not
only
be
possible
for
pontoon-
:
machines
to
land
along
!
but
r-getr
-difficulty
W
xperienced
in
the
devel-
t
landing
fields.
TAKE
BOAT
TO
DETROIT
Ki;
Don
Plans
Extensive
Travelling
With
Miss
England
II.
PILOT
VAN
DER
BYL
IN
CITY
TODAY
Does
Not
Expect
to
Have
Much
Difficulty
In
Salvaging
Plane
of
i
when
he
attempted
to
skagway
and
flown
from
there
to
is
shouted
down
and
there
tier
disorders.
'
'!i
.
WISES
TO
PUSH
t'ORYVOItl)
KOAI)
WORK
the
Llard
River.
DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE
General
World
Meeting
to
Be
Called
Next
Year,
League
of
Nations
Decides'
neurit.
,.Tan
24:
A
general
public
works,
said
!
w
dlsarmament
conference
will
nent
of
the
pro-
.
..pH
ln
thj
taUw
part
of.
Jan
the
League
of
Nations
uary
next
year,
council
decided
last
night.
CAM)
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
J.
Child
wish
w
thank
their
many
friends
for
4ha
kind
express
of
sympaUw
shown
in
their
recent
bewavt
ment.
Would
Expel
.
Commissioners
United
Slates
Senate
Hurls
An-other
Challenge
at
President
Hoover
In
Connection
With
Water
Power
WABHINOTON.
D
C-
Jan.
24
-
j
The
Senate
hurled
another
chal-
Itoge
at
President
Hoover
yester-
J
day
on
the
power
question
when
It
decided
by
a
voteof
45
to
32
to
take
preliminary
steps
by-
court
action
to
bring
about
the
expulsion
of
three
new-v
water-power
commissioners
recently
appointed!
by
the
President.
The
matter
will
go
first
to
the
Judicial
committee
of
the
Senate.
The
President
has
the
prerogative.
If
he
so
wishes,
to
expel
th-
commissioners
himself.
BURNS
DAY
OBSERVED
Banquet
to
Honor
Birth
of
Scotland's
Great
Poet
Held
Last
Night
in
Presbyterian
Church
The
celebration
of
the
birthday
of
Robert
Burns,
famed
Scottish
poet,
which
was
formerly
ducted
by.
the
6U
Andrew's
Society
here,
was
reeved
W
'
the
Ladles'
Aid
of
First
Presbyte'rlan
Church
last
evening
when
a
banquet
to
mark
the
occasion
was
held
ln
the
church
hall.
Thero
were
fully
125
persons
in
attendance
and
the
pro
ceedings
proved
ootn
interesting
and
enjoyable.
..,
Full
Justice
was
done
to
a
fine
banauet
spread,
provided
by
the
ladles
and
served
by
the
young
la
dies
of
the
congregation.
In
the
course
of
the
banquet,
which
was
presided
over
by
J.
W.
McKlnley.
the
Haggis
was
piped
ln
by
Piper
Alex
MacDoliald
and
W.
M.
Brown
gave
the
recitation
of
Bums'
famous
wem.
Wni
McLcod
bore
the
ilibrIs
into
the
banquet
najl.
(continued
on
page
5)
SECRETARY
CONVICTED
i
LOS
ANGELES,
Jan.
24:
A
ver
dict
convicting
Daisy
Devoe
of
stealing
from
the
bank
account
of
Clara-
Bow
during
the
IS
months
Ishe'hW
with
3frelt-"iftloT
the-
screen
was
returned
at
3:42
yester
day
afternoon
by
a
Jury
of
seven
men
and
five
women.
The
verdict
was
written
on
only
one
of
35
counts
of
grand
theft
charged
to
the
former
secretary
of
the
screen
star.
This,
involved
a
check
for
$825
written
on
October
29
last
year,
two
days
before
Miss
Devoe
was
discharged.
It
was
used
j
for
the
purchase
of
a
fur
coat.
On
all
other
counts
of
the
indlct-;
ment,
Miss
Devoe
was
found
not
guilty.
Miss
Devoe
will
be
sentenced
on
Monday.
Seattle
arrived
here
Friday
noon
to
confer
with
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
regarding
continuation
of
the
search.
Pilot
Eck-mann
suggested
that
a
couple
of
days
more
might
be
spent,
more
particularly
investigating
the
neighborhood
of
oil
spots
which
have
been
seen
off
Point
Davison
on
the
southern
Up
of
Annette
Island
near
where
Renahan
Is
believed
to
have
met
with
disaster.
If
within
the
next
day
or
so,
no
further
trace
has
been
found,
the
aerial
search,
at
least,
will
be
called
off.
It
was
agreed.
Rough
weather
has
greatly
hampered
the
search
during
the
past
few
days,
Pilot
Eckmann
statea.
u
was
often
impossible
to
land
with
,
the
plane
at
points
where
clues
might
have
been
available.
Several
boats
have
also
been
co-operating
in
the
search
but
they,
too,
have
failed
to
find
anything.
.
.,
Pilot
Eckmann
was
to
leave
this
'
.
,1.,
wpn
weatner
iirr
Dermiuina,
iir-i
iiiilliiiic.
tut
ior
Of
Special
Interest
Sundar.
Jf"-ry
25,
1931
20
a.m.
18.6
it.
V
n
p.m.
16.4
ft.
.lave
you
read
the
classified
3
a.m.
8.2
It.
advertising
page
In
'this
paper
today?
i
?
p
5
pm.
7.7
It.
II
not,
now
is
the
time.
S3
3
n
NORTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1931
-
PRICE,
FIVE
CENTS
Mi
MAIL
ROUTE
THROUGH
INTERIOR
-
INCREASE
IN
TAXATION
PLANNED
BY
PREMIER
BENNETT
Premier
Tolmie
Urges
Service
Through
Northern
B.C.
Instead
Of
By
Way
of
Mackenzie
River
Has
Opened
Negotiations
With
Ottawa
and
Washington
to
This
End
Would
Be
Better
Way
Both
With
Land
and
Water
Machines
N.
.
roi
:
ires
also
participate
in
the
the
British
Trade
Expo-Buenos
Aires
in
March.
Jap
Parliament
Stormy
Session
Qu'Mi
in
of
Exclusion
From
United
States
Caused
Disorders
Yesterday
':
'"-!
'.
January
24
The
ques-'
Jananese
axelu&lon
from
'fitted
State
resulted
lnj
''ones
in
the
Japanose
par-1
yesterday.
The
foreign)
Late
Capt.
Burke
As
R.
I.
Van
Der
Byl,
who
is
going
north
to
salvage
the
plane
of
the
late
Oapt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke,
stepped
off
the
steamer
Princess
Norah
he-
at
rmn
today,
the
first
thing
he
did
was
call
for
a
taxi
of
the
local
firm
which
he
established
In
the,
days
before
the
Great
War.
It
was
the
first
time
Pilot
Van
Der
Byl
had
been
here
since
before
the
War
in
which
he
served
with
distinction,
having
led
one
of
the
early
contingents
away
from
Prince
Rupert.
'Naturally,
he
was
very
interested
to
VAST.
IRELAND.
January
34
,
note
changes
ant!
improvements
Ku
Don
succeeds
In
his
ef-j
which
had
been
made
In
the
city
drive
the
speedboat
Miss
.
since
then.
;
II
.
up
to
150
miles
anj
Speaking
of
the
proposed
salvage
Lough
Neagh
near
here,
j
from
the
upper
Llard
River
of
the
lap
the
speedboat
to
De-
Burke
plane,
Mr.
Van
Der
Byl
ex-niter
it
in.
the
Interna-1
pressed
the
opinion
that
it
should
there.
The
Miss
Eng-
not
be
a
very
amicuiv
w
Job.
The
machine
win
oe
cuv
mi
the
pontoons
and
skis
installed.
After
the
engine
has
been
given
such
mvrhini
as
mav
be
necessary,
the
ship
will
be
flown
out
to
AUin.
The
machine
is
a
Junkers
monoplane,
owned
and
operated
by
the
Air
Land
Manufacturing
Co.
AMomoanylng
Pilot
Van
Der
Byl
north
is
Pilot
W.
A.
Joerss
who
will
assist
In
the
salvage
of
the
stranded
plane.
Joerss.
it
will
be
re
memoerea.
j
was
the
pilot
or
anoww
ju
plane
which
had
to
be
flown
out
from
Thutede
Lake
last
fall
when
It
nearly
became
froaen
In
while
going
north
on
the
Burke
rescue.
rr
nv
was
one
of
the
two
van
v
-
men
who
was
left
behind.
Der
Byl
and
Joerss
win
oe
nn
svtmnntnn
Diane
at
nil
.
INDIANS
RAMPAGE
Two
Wounded
at
Kitwancool
and
One
Under
Arrest
Witchcraft
Cause
Two
Indians
are
wounded
and
a
third
is
bring
held
on
an
open
charge
following
a
shooting
affair
at
the
Kitwancool
Indian
Reserve
near
Ilazelton
about
January
10,
provincial
police
headquarters
are
advised.
Samuel
Douse,
is
being
held
on
a
charge
of
inflicting
bodily
harm
in
connection
with
the
wounding
of
George
Sam-pare
and
Silas
Brown.
Samp
re
had
to
have
an
arm
amputated
as
a
result
of
the
injuries
he
received
when
shot
allegedly
by
Douse
..and-h
still
In
a
critical
'
state.
The
primeval
of
witchcraft
practice
is
said
to
have
entered
Into
the
disorder.
TURN
DOWN
SECESSION
United,
Farmers
of
Alberta
Fa-vorJpPerfect'j
Pooling"
of
Vheat
CALGARY,
Jan.
24:
One
hundred:,
per
'cent
pooling
of
wheat
was
favored
yesterday
by
the
United
Farmers
of
Alberta
when
the
annual
convention
by
a
large
majority
favored
the
Saskatchewan
plan
of
"perfect
pooling."
The
proposal
for
economic
secession
of
the
prairie
provinces
from
the
rest
of
Canada
was
turned
down
by
an
overwhelming
vote.
The
convention
favored
pegging
of
wheat
at
"Oc
per
bushel
by
the
Dominion
government
REMOVAL
OF
TOTEM
POLES
FROM
HERE
ENQUIRY
SUBJECT
4
:
VICTORIA.
Jan.
24:
Acting
on
representations
from
Pre-
mler
Tolmie
of
British
Colum-
.
bla,
the
Dominion
government
yesteiday
ordered
an
lnvestl-
eation
into
the
removal
of
a
carload
of
totem
poles
shipped
from
Prince
Rupert
for
a
Unl-
!
States
museum.
The
car
will
,
:
!
!
not
be
allowed
out
of
Canada
pending
the
enquiry.
Houston
Liberals
INDIANAPOLIS.
Jan.
24
Mrs.
Stanley
Bruce,
who
14
making
a
flight
around
the
world,
arrived
here
yesterday.
She
has
already
flown
20,00(1
miles
in
the
course
o'.
her
trip.
Two
Weeks'
Search
Absolutely
Fails
in
Finding
Any
Further
Sign
of
Missing
Renahan
Plane
:
New
Turnover
Levy
Is
,
I
To
Be
Imposed;
Income
Assessment
Untouched
Removal
of
Exemptions
iUnder,
Sales
Tax
Also
Being
Con-
sidered,-
Says
Ottawa
Dispatch
to
Montreal
Paper
MONTREAL,
Jan.
24:
The
Gazette
publishes
the
fol
lowing
in
the
form
of
a
dispatch
from
Ottawa:
"A
two
per
:cent
turnover
tax
is
t6
be
imposed
on
manufacturers
and
wholesale
dealers
only,
no
increase
in
the
income
tax,
abol-I
ition
of
a,
number
of
exemptions
under
the
sales
tax
and
Flnrf
Off
JrArc
relatively
few
tariff
changes
are
believed
to
be
the
prin-
JLilCH
VillLClo
cipal
fiscal
proposals
to
be
submit-tt
ited
by
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett,
as.
minister
of
finance,
at
the
forth-
G.
Undstrom
is
Named
President
of
coming
session
of
Parliament.'
Association
I
or
Coming
lear
HOUSTON.
Jan.
.24:
At
an
enthusiastic
meeting
which
was
held
a
few
days
ago,
the
Houston
District
Liberal
Association
elected
officers
for
1931
as
follows;
President,
O.
Llndstrom.
Vice-president,
H.
Sllverthome.
Secretary-treasurer,
Mr.
Taylor.
-
Noted
Aviatrix
Mrs.
In
"It
has
been
known
for
somt
time
that,
unless
the
government
decided
to
engage
in
heavy
borrowing,
the
treasury,
with
declining
revenues
and
rapidly
mounting
expenditures,
would
have
no
,
escape',
from
onerous
'taxation
In-'
creases
but
the
policy,
of
the
gov
ernment
is
understood
to
be
that
,
'with
drastic.
economy,
and
with
a
carefullyUmposed
tax
on
business
turnover,
the
'need
for
borrowing,
will
not
be
great."
At
Indianapolis
CELEBRATION
Bruce
Reaches
Indiana
City
Course
of
Flight
Around
The
World
BY
PIONEERS
Fifth
Anniversary
of
I
Founding
and
Diamond'
j
Jubilee
of
Province
1
The
Prince
Rupert
Pioneers'
As
sociation,
at
a
meeting
last
evening
in
the
City
HaU.
decided
to
celebrate
the
twenty-first
anniversary
of
Prince
Rupert's
incorporation
as
a
city
with
a
banquet
and
dance
In
the
Moose
Mall
on
March
10.
It
is
hoped
that
the
pioneers'
celebration
this
year
will
be
an
outstanding
affair.
The
year
1931,
in
addition
to
the
occasion
of
Prince
Rupert
becoming
of
age
as
a
corporate
munli
clpallty,
also
marks
the
Diamond
.
'Jubilee
of
British
Columbia
enter-
Reporting
absolutely
no
success
in
his
search
of
the
last
tns
confederation
and
the
twenty-
the
plane
1
of
Pilot
Robin
Renahan,
which
is
presumed
to
rffi
i
ii
i
i.
ii
:
e
.
.
A
nave
su-uck
me
waier
anu
sun
un
me
eveim
.
.
g
uivcwwa
fnp
innMtln
th.
..Prlnctt,
follows:
i
in
uKHrBiuiK
Lire;
imuic
a
i
uns.
.
In
the
crash
of
the
plane,
she
has.
The
Pioneers
Association
ban-
consented
to
the
seareh
being
ab-iqu
commitiee
win
oe
neaaea
uy
andoned.
F-
w-
weacn
ana
J.
w.
MCKiniey
Coming
ln
with
Pilot
Ecknunn
with
Mrs.
J.
E.
Jack,
Mrs.
S.
V.
Cox.
yesterday
afternoon
were
Frank
Mrs.
Percy
Cameron,
Mrs.
P.
W.
An-Wadman,
his
mechanic,
and
Cspt.arson
and
Mrs.
J.
VV.
McKlnley
as-
.
.
.
...
.
.
'
.l.tlMn
t)
W
A
nrlarann
nraa
Qnnnln.
Steve
Seng,
wen
Known
nsnerman,
"
.
...Uv.uu..
(
who
has
been
asslsUng
in
the,
te
chairman
or
tne
program
corn-search.
Capt.
Sellg
Is
of
the
opinion
mlttee
last
night.
John
Murray
that
wreckage
of
the
lost
plane
Willi
chairman
of-
the
.decoration
com-
...
-
...
....
I
f
O.
V
E.
Johnstone
TnVi
n.tnna
In
In
nlioFM
charge
eventually
be
round,
prooaDiy
wun
In
the
next
few
months.
Relief
Fish
Was
Quickly
Disposed
Of
On
Thursday
Fifty-five
14-pound
cases
of
fro-
.
zen
pink
salmon
donated
by
Ins
Bacon
Fisheries
to
the
Salvatioii
Army
for
relief
purposes
were
ais-
mnrninif
i
I
mlttee,
"of
the
door
and
A.
O.
Franks,
Uc-
It
was
sUpktsWI
at
last
evening's
meeting
that
the
Pioneers'
Assocla-
I
tlon
might
extend
the
scope
of
its
usefulness
by
co-Qeratlng
with
the
1
museum
board
In
Its
azUvitles.
.
WliWKUS
KKFUSE
.
"'TO'NEGOTIATE
MANCHESTER.
Jan.
34:
Weavers
-
in
the
Lancashire
cot-
KeUhlkan
to
resume
the
search.
Ped
of
within
two
hours
of
the
ton
Industry
voted
heavily
Mrs
Renahan
after
spending
:
siarung
oi
uic
uitiuuu
u
t
against
guuioruing
meir
wuu-more
than
a
week
at
Ketchikan,
left!
Thursday
afternoon.
It
Is
reported
era
to
resume
negotiations
oKnnrH
tho
American
motor-
by
Commandant
William
Kerr.
,
with
the
mill
owners
looking
ship
Northland
for
her
home
1n
Several
needy
families
received
of
toward
installation
of
VAnrmivcr
where
she
should
arrive,
the
timely
food
as
well
as
unem-
led
more
looms
p?r
within
the
next
couple
of
days.
Ad-,
ployed
men
who
are
spending
the
system.
mlttlng
that
her
husband
perished
,
winter
ln
shacks
here.
Minister
of
Public
Works
Is
Speaker
Hon.
It.
W.
Bruhn
Addresses
Lun-t
cheon
of
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
Commodore
Hon.
R.
W.
Bruhn.
provincial
minister
of
public
works,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Princess
Norah
today
from
.Victoria
in
the
course
of
a
tour
of
the
north
and
addressed
a
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
this
afternoon.
Mr.
Bruhn
was
met
on
his
arrival
by
Mayor
C.
II.
Orme.
B.
J.
Melllsh,
president
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce.
D.
C
Stuart
president
of
Coming
of
Ave
of
City.
Twehty-i
AspcaUdnf
and
other
pfflclals.
Port's
Port's
i
The
minister
Is
accompanied
on
his
trip
north
by
P.
Philip,
deputy
minister.
Smithers
Grits
Enthusiastic
Keen
Interest
Taken
in
Recent
Annual
Meeting
George
Oulton
Named
President
SMITHERS.
Jan.
24:
Despite
the
fact
that
there
Is
little
political
Incentive
at
the
present
time
with
no
election
in
prospect,
much
enthusiasm
marked
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Smithers
Liberal
Assocla-
aiier-f
itne
the
Grand
arano
Trunk
Tronic
Pacific
racinc
Railway.
ttauway.
wu
m.wi.
as
28
last
While
COinC
north
to
join
the
search
for
the
party
RuDerr
for
the
new
clty
and
Dort
Honorary
presidents,
Rt.
Hon.
w.
nf
fVio
Info
fnnr
R
.1
A
Riirkp.
Pilot
Anscel
Lckmann
of
t
h
Pbhiih
at
the
trminu
of
L.
Mackenile
King
and
T.
D.
Pat-
I
Honorary
vice-presidents,
Olof
Hanson
"MP.
and
Dr.
II.
C.
Wrlnch
'
M.L.A.
President,
George
Oulton.
First
vice-president,
F.
V.
Foster.
Second
vice-president,
L.
II.
Secretary
treasurer,
8.
J.
Mayer.
FINDING
IS
REVERSED
B.C.
Court
of
Appeal
Remits
Judgment
in
Connection
With
Seizure
Action
VICTORIA,
Jan.
34:
The
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
has
al
lowed
an
appeal
of
Sheriff
E.
8.
Peters
61
Prince
George,
and
the
Hudson
Bay
Co.
from
an
Sll.OOOJudg-ment
In
favor
of
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Overn
of
Vancouver1.
The
case
concerns
the
seisure
of
furs
from
Mrs.
Overn's
trading
post
north
of
Prince
Qeorge
some
years
ago.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
"VANCOUVER,
Jan.
24
Wheat
was
quoted
at
547ec.
on
the
local
Exchange
today.
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