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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXII..
No.
14.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
16,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ECTORAL
UNNED
POLICE
CHIEF
JOHN
FRY
Important
Changes
Are
Advocated
in
Text
of
Bill
Published
Today
Basis
of
New
Measure
Is
Proportional
Representation
Which
Liberals
of
Britain
Have
Long
Fought
For
Long
Debate
Expected
LONDON,
Jan.
16:
The
government
today
published
t'
text
of
an
electoral
reform
which,
if
passed
by
Parliament,
will
effect
the
greatest
changes
in
the
British
electoral
system
since
the
Reform
Act
of
1832.
The
basis
of
new
measure
s
proportional
representation
which
the
fj'iti.
li
Liberal
party
has
long
fought
for.
It
is
expected
win
oea
lengtny
discussion
in
H
.ium!
of
Commons
on
the
ques
there
will
be
many
impor-umcnta
advanced
for
and
;nst.
FLYER
HAS
NEAR
CALL
!
Seattle
Customs
Officer
Lost
Con
trol
of
riane
Which
Hit
Boat
Mast
i
ATTLE,
Jan.
16:
Seattle
had
i
nitr
tragedy
yesterday.
Roy
ru.stoma
officer
and
pilot,
iitrol
of
his
machine
tempor-v
when
a
gtwt
of
wind
blew
a
ki
t
in
his
face.
The
plane
hd
into
the
mast
of
a
vessel
In
Union
and
a
wing
was
broken,
machine
plunged
on
to
the
.;
f
the
lake
but,
fortunately,
t.i'pt
afloat
by
its
heavy
pon-Joryjs
suffered
no
Injury.
PRINCES
ON
TRIP
Walrs
and
George
Arrived
In
Paris
Toda
En
Route
to
South
America
J
v.
BOURGET,
France,
Jan.
16:
i
Prince
of
Wales
and
his
bro-
i
Prince
George,
landed
here
afternoon
after
a
flight
from
i
ndon
airport,
England,
In
the
imsc
of
18,000
mile
Journey
to
nil
America.
BIRTH
Tin
'it
was
born
December
11
at
!'
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospl-
i
i
son,
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
t.
Furinan,
536
Blxth
Ave.
West.
BOXING!
TONIGHT
AT
TIIK
Empress
Social
Club
Arena
'ii-.
JikI
anil
litli
Nt.
(iip-tulm
MAIN
EVENT
1Q
Rounds
wi.lv
BAGSHAW
vs.
I1KNNY
WENDLE
0000
PRELIMINARIES
'I-
uiMii
':'M
iv.ni.
Curtiiln-riiNrr
s
i"
ii.ni.
Ailmlwloii
Inc.
tax
SI.M
'1'ii
''.'
ii
i
In
H
p.m.
for
rrt-mn-turns.
IjhIIp
uprvliilly
Invltnl
PRESIDENT
HOOVER
SIGNS
RELIEF
BILL
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Jan.
1
6
:
President
Herbert
Hoover
last
night
signed
a
bill
mak-
lng
available
the
sum
of
$35,-
000.000
to
be
used
in
the
relief
of
drought-stricken
farmers
in
21
southern
and
western
states..
AMY
GOING
BACK
HOME
Bad
Weather
Prevented
Her
Hop
ping
Off
Today
From
Warsaw
For
England
WARSAW.
Jan.
10:
Snow,
rain
and
fog
today
prevented
Amy
John
son,
British
aviatrix,
from
starting
her
flight
back
to
London
in
the
nlane
she
cracked
up
near
here
re
cently
while
en
route
to
Pelplng,
China,
the
flight
to
which
place
she
has
now
abandoned
until
spring
when
weather
is
more
auspicious.
MERGER
OF
TELEGRAPHS
Many
Processes
Will
Have
to
Be
Gone
Through
Before
Cana-dian
National
Consents
mitw
vork.
Jan.
16:
Careful
M.iminatlon
bv
technical
officers
of
the
Canadian
NaUonal
Railways,
consideration
by
the
board
ol
directors
and
consultation
with
the
government
of
Canada
will
precede
any
announcement
by
Sir
Henry
Thorn
ton,
president
of
the
Canadian
national
Railways,
on
the
attitude
of
that
company
toward
amalgamation
of
the
commercial
telegraph
systems
om
the
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways.
Sir
Henry
admitted
nere.
yeswr-day
that
the
amalgamation
was
under
consideration
in
coniittuuu
with
a
proposed
merging
of
Canadian
wireless
and
cable
system
into
a
single
system.
Seattle
Red
Cross
President
Elected
I)r.
It.
T.
Matthews
Named
President
of
Branch
In
Puget
Sound
City
SEATTLE,
Jan.
10:
Dr.
R.
T.
Matthews
was
yesterday
elected
president
of
the
local
branch
of
the
nt.tinni
n4
Pi-rua
SncletV.
avvw
-
jiiiliiimai
Unusual
view
of
New
York
as
so:;n
tr-im
too
of
m"v
E.apiiv
State
At
right,
with
modernistic
spire,
is
the
Chrysler
building,
second
u
Municipal
Election
Results
In
Rejurn
of
Three
1930
Aldermen
With
One
New
Face
Off
Council
Aid.
S.
D.
Macdonald,
prominent
labor
man
and
member
of
the
city
council
for
several
years,
headed
the
polls
in
the
contest
for
four
seats
on
the
aldermanic
board
here
Thursday.
W.
J.
McCutcheon,
pioneer
druggist,
came
sec-
An
fl
Vioin
ct
rho
rmlv
nmv
mnmher
to
he
elected
to
the
board.
Aid!
P.
H.
Linzey
and
Aid.
Theo
Collart
were
the
other
two
to
be
elected.
Aid.
W.
M.
Brown.1".
1
chairman
of
the
board
of
works
last
year,
went
down
to
defeat
In
fifth
place
and
Ex-Aid.
R.
F.
Perry
and
Najeeb
Mussallem
followed.
By
a
vote
of
more
than
three
to
j
on
the
voters
expressed
themselves
i
against
a
iwo-year
term
lor
mayor.
,
Mayor
C.
H.
Orme
was
re-elected
;
by
acclamation
at
the
nominations
Monday
as
were
W.
J.
E.
Barrte,
W.
J.
Greer
and
J.
J.
GUlis
to
three
vacant
seats
on
the
school
board.
The
figures
for
the
aldermanic
contest
were
as
follows:
Elected
Aid.
S.
D.
Macdonald
...182
W.
3.
McCutcheon
.....
117
Aid.
P.
H.
Linzey
.Ill
Aid.
Theo.
Collart
.AM
t
Defeated
Aid.
W.
M.
Brown
..:
i...383
R.
P.
Perry
360
N.
Mussallem
322
Fifteen
ballets
were
spoiled.
Mayoralty
Term
In
the
vote
on
the
mayoralty
term,
.figures
ware
as
follows:
For
Two
Year
Term
206
For
One
Year
Term
644
Spoiled
Ballots
27
Other
memberi
of
the
1M1
council
completing
two-year
terms
are
G.
W.
Rudderham.
J.
H.
Plllsbury,
James
Black
and
II.
F.
Pullen.
School
trustees
havlnfe
terms
to
complete
this
year
are
Mrs.
T.
M.
Spencer
and
L.
VV.
Waugh.
i
MANY
DIE
IN
QUAKE
Mexico
Temblor
Was
More
Serious
Than
at
First
Believed
1
MEXICO
CITY,
Jan.
16:
What
!
was
believed
when
It
occurred
on
Wednesday
to
be
but
a
slight
tern
blor
had
caused
the
death
of
25
persons
near
thls-clty
while
scores
of
others
were
injured
it
was
learned
yesterday.
OF
VICTORIA
IS
SUPERANNUATED
MAYORS
IN
PROVINCE
clIs
firay
nc-elected
in
New
West-
minster
Some
New
Chief
Magistrates
Mayors
elected
In
.British
Columbia
Thursday
Included:
New
Westminster
A.;
Wells
Gray
(re-elected).
North
Vancouver
Aid.
E.
II.
Brldgeman.
Fernle
II.
E.
Douglas,
Vernon
L.
L.
Stewart.
Nelson
J.
P.
Morgan.
Albernl
J.
R.
Motion.
Port
Albernl
John
Kendall.
Ladysmlth
J.
Mason.
Duncan
R.
F.
Prevost
(re-elected).
RICHFIELD
RECEIVER
Has
Adequate
Assets
and
Will
Continue
Under
the
Action
As
a
Going
Concern
LOS
ANGELES,
Jan.
18:
The
Richfield
Oil
Co.
of
California
was
placed
in
the
hands
of
a.
receiver
yesterday
on
petition
of
the
Public
Supply
Co.
of
California
which
listed
the
assets
of
Richfield
at
$120,000,000
and
liabilities
at
$35.-000,000.
The
Supply
Co.
listed
claims
of
$275,000.
Under
the
action,
Richfield
may
continue
as
a
going
concern
instead
jjf
being
forced
into
liquidation.
CAK'l)
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ross
8.
Ingram
wish
to
thank
all
those
who
so
kindly
extended
sympathy
and
help
and
sent
flowers
at
the
time,
of
their
recent
bereavement.
building,
worlds
tallest
building.
-
.uy
to
the
Empire
Stat'
building.
TNAKCIERS
ARRESTED
Prosecutions
Launched
Against
Officers
of
Toronto
Company
TORONTO,
Jan.
16:
Prosecutions
under
the
direction
of
the
attorney-general
of
Ontario
have
been
launched
against
three
officers
of
G.
A.
Stlmsoir&
Co.
Ltd.
and
subsidiary
companies
on
charges
of
conspiracy
to
defraud
the
public.
The
provincial
police
arersted
F.
O.
Johnston,
president;
L.
E.
Clark,
vice-president
and
W.
J.
Dow,
secretary.
A
warrant
is
also
out
for
the
arrest
of
II.
II.
Thomas,
former
sales
executive
of
the
concern,
who
is
said
to
be
tn
Boston,
Mass.
Johnston,
Clark
and
Dow
were
arraigned
in
police
court
today
and
remanded
until
January
23.
Later
it
was
decided
not
to
lay
a
charge
against
Dow
and
he
Is
being
held
as
a
material
witness,
being
released
on
ball
of
33.000.
Johnston
and
Clark
were
granted
ball
In
the
sum
of
$50,000
each.
TO
ATTEND
FARM
MEET
C.
N.
It.
Officials
Travelling
From
Winnipeg
to
Edmonton
WINNIPEG,
Jan.
16:
T.
P.
Devlin,
superintendent
of
farm
employment,
and
Robert
England,
manager
of
the
colonisation
department
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
at
Winnipeg
have
left
for
Edmonton
to
attend
a
meeting
of
the
secretaries
In
charge
of
districts
entered
in
the
1930
community
progress
competition
which
was
conducted
under
the
auspices
of
the
Canadian
National.
The
meeting
will
be
held
In
the
university
buildings
at
Edmonton
today.
AUSTRALIAN
YOUTH
DISCOVERS
EIGHTY
POUND
OOLI)
NUGGET
KALGOORLIB,
Western
Aus-
tralla,
Jan.
16:
A
17-year
old
boy
was
reported
yesterday
to
have
found
at
Larklnville
a
gold
nugget
walghlnn
seventy-
eight
pounds
and
worth
$28,-
785.
The
nuggftt
measures
26
Inches
by
three
by
12
Mrs.
Joe
North
Makes
Good
on
Resolve
For
Shake-UprJn
Capital
!
Her
Move
For
Dismissal
Amended
to
One
of
Pensioning
and
Carried
Sergeant
Thomas
Ileatley
Is
Named
Successor
VICTORIA,
Jan.
16:
Supplementing
by
action
the
statement
made
shortly
after
her
election
as
police
commissioner
last
mqnth
that
Chief
of
Police
John
Fry
would
be
replaced,
Mrs.
Margaret
(Joe)
North
yesterday
moved
for
the
dismissal
of
the
chief
at
the
first
meeting
of
the
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j;
-itri
':e
uaiu
wlii
uiuyvi
neruui
i
viiscuniu
jjresiuing.
wnen
Commissioner
McGavln
Intimated
WITNESS
INJURED
j
The
resolution
calls
for
the
Immediate
relinquishment
by
Chief
PORTLAND,
Jan.
16:-Mrs.
H.
W.
Fry
of
hU
duties.
Howard,
elderly
wife
of
a
local
col-
'
A
third
resolution
by
Mrs.
North
lege
professor,
one
of
the
principal
naming
Sergeant
Thomas
Heatley
witnesses
forvthe
state
In
the
,
c111
police
also
carried.
Bwsjtes-iLoucks
murder
trial,
.
seriously
injured
yesterday
when
an
unidentified
assailant
attacked
her
with
a
club
as
she
stepped
on
to
the
porch
of
her
cottage.
Nelson
Bowles,
wealthy
VcrSntf
Portland
broker,
and
his,
pdrrurlj
crroa
u.
laucks,
wno
are
cnargea
with
the
murder
Of
thelforSier's
wife,
emphatically
den"Vuj$H'tng
of
or
having
anything
to
do
with
the
attack
upon
Mrs.
Howard.
It
was
thesecond
time
recently
that
Mrs.
Howard
had
been
Prince
George
Rolls
Up
Largest
Majority
In
History
For
Mayor
Patterson
At
Election
Yesterday
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Jan.
16:
Mayor
Patterson
was
given
a.
very,
flattfcr'fhgi
Indorsation
by
the
electors
yesterday
when
he
offered
for
re-election
for
his
fifth
consecutive
term,
with
former
Mayor
J.
H.
Johnson
as
his
opponent.
Mr.
Jonttsoii
had
the
backing
of
all
members
of
the
city
council
with
the
exception
of
Alderman
Griffith,
but
Mayor
Patterson
was
given
ail
three
to
one
vote
and
the
largest
majority
ever
accorded
a
mayoralty
candidate
in
the
city.
The
vote
was,
!
Patterson,
S67;
Johnson,
121.
Alderman
Griffith,
who
supported
Mavor
Patterson
headed
the
nnll
in
'
the
aldermanic
contest.
J.
N.
Keller!
was
well
up
in
second
place,
and
William
Bexon
was
third
with
a
total
vote
of
212.
William
Hughes
was
but
two
votes
behind
Bexon
and,
on
the
official
count,
the
returning
officer
may
have
the
privilege
of
casting
the
deciding
ballot.
In
the
election
for
school
trustees,
F.
C.
Saunders,
retiring
chairman,
headed
the
poll
with
R.
A.
Harlow
j
second
and
Mrs.
Julia
Abbott,
third.
Stanley
P.
Jones
who
failed
to
se-
cure
election
was
but
seven
'votes
behlnd
Mrs.
Abbott
The
ratepayers
endorsed
three
money
bylaws
and
rejected
two
The
which
Included
for
committee,
one
bylaws
approved
Included
taut
f
or
Dominion
dlstlnc
from
fwr
the
chlnery
for
$7,000.
The
bylaws
to
as
and
oi'
ot
provide
$16,000
for
enU-permanent,delln
fcVwlHff
left
to
the
discretion
trMt
surfacing
and
SSO.000
for
a.
company,
were
skating
rink
and
sports
centre,
were
decisively
beaten.
The
bylaw
approving
of
the
contract
with
the
Canadian
National
for
the
supplying
of
power
was
en
a
big
majority.
that
he
would
support
a
motion
for
superannuation
but
not
one
for
im
mediate
dismissal
of
the
chief,
Mrs.
North
introduced
a
second
motion
conform
with
McGayin's
view.
The
resolution
then
carried.
IS
DEAD
IN
FALL
CHICAGO.
Jan.
16:
F.
Edward
Whl&
president
of
Armour
Co.,
was
killed,
yesterday
In
a
fall
from
the
second
storey
of
his
home
north
of
this
city.
Mr.
White
had
suffer
ed
a
good
deal
lately
with
dizziness.
He
was
one
of
the
United
States
leading
business
men.
SALE
HAS
RESIGNED
Quits
Presidency
of
Hudson
Bay
Co.
Which
Is
to
Be
Reorganized
LONDON,
Jan.
16:
The
resignation
of
Charles
Vincent
Sale
from
the
governorship
of
the
Hudson's
Bay
Co.
was
accepted
at
a
crowded
meeting
of
stockholders
today
when
the
report
of
a
special
committee
which
investigated
the
company's
affairs
was
under
consideration,
The
meeting
adopted
a
resolution
to
replace
Sale
and
two
other
spe-
clfied
directors
by
three
new
dlrec-
tors
to
be
elected
later.
The
meeting
was
noisy
at
times.
Recoinmendatlons
of
the
special
of
the
newly
constituted
board.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
16
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
Exchange
today
at
54',
C