TAXI
Day
and
Tomorrow's
Tides
Night
Sunday
March
IS,
1931
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only
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No,
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5
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY
MARCH
14,
1931.
iPMCE
FIVE
CENTS
.
,
S;
3
1
1
i
ss
PRWCE
OF
WALES
OPENS
BIG
FAIR
-r.
Vi
e
S.S.
PRINCE
RUPERT
REFLOATED
FAKE
RING
IS
ALLEGED
Three
Million
Dollar
Bogus
Naturalisation
Combine
is
Said
to
Exist
j
WA.
March
14.
Following
i
-titration
carried
on
through
i
,
n.ida
for
the
past
fifteen
1
!,s
oy
uie
uoyai
winaoian
(i
Police,
Judge
Wallace
pf
K'k.
Ontario,
has
been
ap-'i
a
commissioner
by
the
.1
Government
to
Investigate
!
naturalisation
papers
being1
d
fraudulently,
it
was
an-
-i
liere
yesterday
by
Thomas
M
.
under
secretary
of
state.
W.
in
shown
press
reports
from
n
il
to
the
effect
that
a
$3,-1
(H
iiiio
fake
ru,turaltiation
paper
r
.
..
wted
In
that
city.
Mr.
Mul-
j
v
,
.i'
Inclined
to
disbelieve
them.
li
not
believe
more
than
fifty!
l.upers
had
been
issued
In
Chancellor
of
Germany
Is
111
Condition
of
D.
Muller
Reported
i
To
Be
Very
Serious
ittKHN.
Martfh
14
Dr
Mueller'
m
chancellor,
is
reported
to
t.
.vrly
ill.
ABANDON
CANBERRA
New
Capital
of
Australia
Is
Mooted
On
Claim
of
Present
Ones
Inconvenience
A.NBERRA,
March
14
A
move;
tot
to
abandon
Canberra
as,
.piial
of
Australia.
It
is
as-
i
that
the
present
capital.
-
in
the
Ulterior
between
Mel-.
::.
and
8ydnev.
Is
too
far
oflj
xaten
track
and
the
coun-j
ui
s)ness
eouifl
oe
cameo
on
'
Uiclently
elsewhere.
A
!Mnge
In
the
capital
would,
'
ibt,
revive
the
old
time
Jea-etween
Sydney
and
Mel-
The
latter
city
was
the
'
1
!
capital
for
thlrty-slx
years
a
nig
confederation.
Twenty
Years
On
Same
Job
Louis
Lcroux
of
Seal
Cove
Celebrates
Unique
Anniversary
i
is
Leroux.
1806
Seventh
Ave.
is
celebratlpg
today
the
occa-
"f
it
being
lust
twenty
years
on
March
14,
he
began
work
Cold
Storage
Plant,
at
Seal
Hp
made
the
first
concrete
hi
the
first
construction
of
the
'n
UK
During
subsequent
years
million
pounds
of
fish
have
'i
through
his
hands.
He
has
;
KiMKi
here
and
says
Prince
i
looks
good
to
him
still.
Used
President's
Name
Fraudulently
W
YORK.
March
14-A
new
'
t
was
uncovered
In
New
Y
;
yesterday
when
authorities
that
a
group
of
local
lndl-
Mi
'is
had
netted
themselves
"K
$500,000
bv
nilnir
fraudulent-
lv
lie
names
of
President
Hoover
"ul
"ther
leading
elttwns
in
con-
hllMitlnn
nf
H
is
booi
"
'
DItVS
WILL
FIGHT
AT
POLLS
IN
1932
ATLANTIC
CITY,
March
14
4-
The
head
of
the
National
Mr.
Methodist
Prohibition
AmocI-
atlon
conference
being
held
here
declared
that
Republl-
4
can
and
Democratic
parties
would
both
have
dry
candi-
neat
dates
In
the
1932
presidential
election
and
that
the
plat-
race.
forma
of
both
Dartie
on
thta
occasion
would
be
dry.
Presi-
dent
Herbert
Hoover
and
Sen-
chen
a
tor
Joseph
T.
Robinson
were
predicted
as
the
respective
upset
candidates.
of
and
spark
was
NEAR
CALL
four
FOR
GOV'T
the
any
The
MacDonald
AminUtration
Warded
and
Off
Defeat
by
Margin
of
on
Five
Votes
Yesterday
It
any
LONDON
March
14
The
government
of
lit.
Hon.
J.
Ramsay
upon
McDonald
escaped
defeat
by
only
was
fire
votes
in
the
House
of
Con-
ly
mons
jesterday
on
a
Conserva
tire
motion
to
reduce
a
supgle
a
me'nllfy
'estimate'
for
salaries
and
expenses
of
the
mines
department
of
totalling
$79,000
by
JJM.
by
Many
Laborites
voted
with
the
Opposition
op
the
motion
which
was
defeated
173
to
168.
During
the
debate
preceding
the
vole,
the
Conservative
charged
that
the
appointment
of
Sir
Ernest
dowers
as
chairman
of
the
Coal
Mines
He-organization
Commission
at
a
salary
of
$33,-000
yearly
was
extravagant.
NEW
LAMP
POWERFUL
Will
Throw
Kays
Through
Thick
Cloud
and.
Smoke
Not
so
will
Good
in
Fog
1
i
It
NEW
YORK.
Mrch
14
A
new
the
Intrepid
explorer.
The
vessel
elMtrle
bulb,
about
five
times
the
ST
Jul
oommon
tungsten
lamp
,
ha.
been
named
after
the
"Nauti-?
At
tthirh
win
throw
ilus"
of
"One
Thousand
League
ItM
umi
ufc.v"
"
a
light
Into
the
sky
for
a
distance
of
five
miles
penetrating
the
heaviest
clouds
and
smoke.
It
eanno.
however,
penetrate
very
thick
fogs
so
well
although
it
will
pierce
mists
that
are
not
too
thick.
The
new
lamp,
devised
by
the
Westing
house
libraries.
U
attracting
much
attention
In
the
world
of
aviation
to
which
it
may
prove
0
great
value,
CONFERENCE
!
IN
AUGUST
I
I
Date
Is
Tentatively
Set
for
Big
Em-
j
plre
Economic
Gathering
in
Ottawa
OTTAWA,
March
14
-Openlng
of
the
Imperial
economic
conference
at
Ottawa
Is
tentatively
set
for
August
11.
It
is
announced.
Atlin
Coldest;
Nanaimo
Warmest
VANCOUVER.
March
14
Nanal
-
mo
was
the
warmest
place
m
un-
tuh
Mumhk
Thursday,
a""1
with
6
above,
was
the
coolest
HOME
WAS
DESTROYED
and
Mrs.
De
Kergommeaux
'
Suffers
in
Early
Morning
Blaze
TERRACE,
March
14.
Fire
yes
terday
morning
swept
away
the
little
house
recently
erected
by
Robert
De
Kergommeaux
at
Ter
Mr.
De
Kergommeaux
had
trimmed
his
gasoline
lamp
on
the
container
standing
near
the
kit
table.
After
lighting
the
fire
yesterday
morning
he
accidently
the
container
and
a
quantity
gasoline
was
scattered
around
was
set
on
fire
by
a
falling
fro
mthe
stove.
The
kitchen
at
once
a
mass
of
flames
which
spread
like
wildfire.
Mrs.
De
Kergommeaux
and
the
children
were
quickly
got
out
little-
boy
only
with
much
difficulty
but
it
was
impossible
to
save
of
the
contents
of
the
house.
fire
siren
was
at
once
sounded
'
plenty
of
willing
hands
were
the
scene
in
a
very
few
minutes.
too
late,
however,
to
take
;
steps
to
save
the
house
and
the
efforts
of
the
workers
were
bent;
saving
the
bam
near
by.
This
effective.
The
barn
was
rapid-
j
cleared
of
Its
contents
which
included
a
truck
and
a
mare
besides
quantify
4
bajt.
The
family
werV
removed
to
shelter
In
the
home'
Mr.
De
Kergommeaux's
father;
This
is
the
second
fire
sustained
the
family
In
a
few
months
and
much
sympathy
is
shown
by
the
residents.
NAUTILUS
DUE
SOON
Submarine
in
Which
Wilkins
Will
.Make
Arctic
Trip
Due
In
New
York
Monday
NEW
YORK.
March
14
Tho
submarine
Nautilus,
in
which
Sir
;
Hubert
Wilkins
will
attempt
to
make
a
trip
across
the
North
Pole
under
the
Ice
of
the
Arctic
Ocean,
arrive
here
on
Monday
from
France.
It
will
be
conditioned
and
outfitted
for
Its
perilous
voyage
under
the
personal
supervision
ot
Under
the
Sea.'
RUPERT
IS
REFLOATED
VICTORIA,
March
14
Salvage
operations
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
which
sank
at
Yarrows
dry
dock
on
Friday
night
last,
have
been
continued
all
week
and
the
vessel
was
refloated
this
afternoon.
It
is
hoped
to
float
the
damaged
,shlp
into
the
government
dry
dock
tomorrow.
No
hitch
occurred
in
the
pumping
operations
although
the
ship
still
has
a
bad
list
LORD
PRIVY
SEAL
DEAD
i
of
two
cents
per
gallon
In
all
grades
Ht.
Hon.
Vernon
Hartshorn
Passes
of
gasoline
went
into
effect
to-Suddeply
;day.
The
price
will
now
be
28c
per
gallon
Including
the
five-ctnt
gov-
j
MABSTOO.
Wales,
March
14.
iRt.
Hon.
Vernon
Hartshorn,
Lord
Prtw
Seal
and
formerly
president!
'of
the
.South
Wales
Mines'
Feder
auon.
uiu
dead
at
his
homo
?'"'
He
was
59
years
of
age.
E.
W.
Beatty
If
you
thin
you
re
busy
eet
j
this.
E
W
Bnuy
runs
21.-C00
miles
of
rn
lway
line
of
i
steamrhips
100
000
miles
of
telegraph
and
chain
of
hotels.
CENSUS
IN
THIS!
PART
Skcena
is
to
be
Divided
Into
5fc
Different
Enumerating
DivUjonsr
There
will
be
flfty-slx
enumeration
divisions,
each
with
its
own
seperate
enumerator,
hi
Skeen
riding.
D.
O.
Stuart,
census
commissioner
for
the
riding,
announces.
Prince
Rupert
will
have
eight
enumeration
divisions.
The
official
time
for
the
censut
is
at
midnight
between
May
31
ana
June
1
and.
the
census,
must
be
completed
within
thirty
days.
,
The
count
will
Include
population,
farmers,
head
of
stock,
businesses
and
a
moss
of
other
detail.
Mr.
Stuart
Is
already
starting
his
organization
for
the
taking
ol
the
count.
MERGING
,
POLICE
Nationalization
of
AU
Forces
in
Dominion
is
Urged
On
Ottawa
OTTAWA,
March
.14
National!
zatlon
of
all
police
forees
in
the
Dominion
was
urgfd
at
a
confer
ence
of
representatives
of
the
Ca
nadlan
Police
Association
Thuri
day
with
the
Minister
of
Justice.
Under
the
proposed
plan,
muni
cipal
and
federal
force
would
be
consolidated
under
one
head,
possibly
a
deputy
minister
with
headquarters
at
Ottawa.
A
police
college
for
the
training
of
all
prospective
officers
would
b
provided
for
under
the
scheme.
VANCOUVER
,
GAS
DOWN
Price
is
Cut
to
28c
per
Gallon
Including
Tax
i
VANCOUVER.
March
14.
A
drop
ernment
tax.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
March
14
Wheat
was
quoted
at
57
l-8c.
on
the
local
Exchange
today.
AT
ESQUMALT
BANDIT
IS
KILLED
EHice
Wilcox,
who
Escaped
from
Okalla,
Is
Shot
Companion
Surrenders
VANCOUVER,
March
14.
Elllce
Wilcox,
aged
21,
escaped
bandit,
was
killed
and
his
companion.
Fraser
McDougall,
was
re-arrested
by
the
Burnaby
police,
yesterday
afternoon.
I
tie
pair
made
their
escape
from
Okalla
last
Thursday
evening
after
threatening
the
guards
with
revolvers
which
they
had
smuggled
Into
h-
prison.
Bui
ruby
police
officials,
headed
I
oy
Chief
Devitt,
searching
for
the
I
wo
men.
discovered
an
automobile
in
the
bush
at
Smith
Street
and
Nineteenth
Avenue.
Burnaby.
Closing
In
the
officers
were
greeted
with
shots
from
a
revolver
fired
by
Wll-!
,ox.
Chief
Devitt
tiien
openect
fir
on
the
bandits
with
a
rifle.
Wilcox
being
killed.
McDougall.
a
Vancouver
youth,
sunendered
after
brief
resistance.
The
car
which
led
to
the
location
it
Wilcox
and
McDougall
was
that
a
OoL
O.
O.
Fallls,
of
Canadian
Memprlal
Church,
which
they
had
stolen.
Wilcox's
mother,
grief-stricken
at
the
fate
of
her
wayward
son,
stated
that
Chief
Devitt
could
have
woun-
yied-
heiwe-l4idf-kllHnrlm
outright.
Devitt
Is
a
veteran
of
the
old
Northwest
Mounted
Police.
He
was
accompanied
by
two
oincers
on
the
fatal
patrol.
McDougall,
Interviewed
shortly
after
his
arrest,
remarked
grimly
that
it
wus
"Friday,
the
Thirteenth."
He
admitted
that,
since
their
escape,
he
and
Wilcox
had
stolen
two
cars.
On
one
occasion,
a
policeman
located
them
In
the
bush,
but
they
held
him
up
and
took
his
gun
away.
Explaining
how
the
gun
which
on
escaping
they
threatened
the
Okal
la
guard
had
been
obtained.
McDougall
stated
it
had
been
placed
in
the
patrol
wagon
at
Vancouver,
before
they
were
taken
back
to
Ok-
Wla.
after
appearing
In
court
on
jandltry
charges.
They
obtained
mother
gun
from
an
Okalla
guard.
vhom
they
overpowered.
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
March
14.
Commendation
was
expressed
by
a
coroner's
jury
this
afternoon
of
the
courage
of
Chief
Devitt
and
his
ifflcers
for
their
part.
In
the
gun
fight.
The
Jury
returned
a
verdict
which
round
that
Devitt,
In
firing
the
shot,
acter
In
self-defence
and
In
discharge
of
his
duty
as
the
bandit
was
resisting
arrest
and
had
fired
point
blank
at
the
police.
BIG
FAIR
NOW
OPEN
Prince
of
Wales
Officiates
Today
At
Inaugural
of
Great
British
Show
in
Beunos
Aires
BEUNOS
AIRES,
March
14
The
great
British
Empire
Trade
Exposition
was
formally
opened
at
Buenos
Aires
today
by
the
Prince
of
Wales,
who
flew
here
In
a
private
plane.
The
Canadian
delegation,
two
hundred
strong,
arrived
shortly
before
apoard
the
steamer
Prince
"obert
on
which
they
are
maklnf
the-
South
American'
tour.
Exhibit
at
the
Exposition
are
estimated
to
be
"worth
$30,000,000.
Failure
to
recognise
trade
as
an
interchange
and
obstacles
placed
in
the
way
of
reclpocal
trade
are
perhaps
the
main
causes
ot
tllo
world's
present
troubles,
declared
the
Prince
In
inaugurating
the
Ex-
hlbltlon.
The
Prince
made
special
mention
of
the
part
taken
by
Ca
nada
in
the
present
effort.
INVESTIGATION
INTO
NEW
YORK
MUNICIPAL
,
AFFAIRS
DEMANDED
.
l
NEW
lUniv,
warcn
i
ine
civic
government
headed
by
Mayor
Jimmy
Walker
has
4
been
coming
Into
consider-
able
disrepute
of
late
In
cer-
tain
quarters.
The
latest
de-
.
velopment
Is
a
demand
-Jrem
..
the
Board
of
Trade
and
pro-
i
mlnent
business
man
that
a
4
complete
Investigation
Into
4
city
affairs
be
Instituted,
4
4
EXEMPTION
IS
ASKED
rrades
and
Labor
Council
Discusses
New
Income
Tax
Control
of
j
Bus
Operation
;
The
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
i
Labor
Council,
meeting
Thursday
night,
passed
a
rcsolutljn
Jat
the
provincial
government.ex-y
;mpt
all
single
men
earning.
$1200
md
less
and
married
men
earning
$1800
from
the
new
one
per
cent
Income
tax.
A
request
from
theCar
Men's
Un-on
for
a
commission
to
control
the
iboursvof.
.worketc.
of.
raster
lorries.
busses
etc..
which
operate
In
corri-petrtion
r-ith
the
railways,
was
endorsed
by
the
council.
W.
M.
Brown
reported
on
his
recent
attendance
at
thf'meetings'
of
the
British
Columbia'
lexecutrve
df
the
Trades
&
Labor
Cdngress
vf
Canatja
In
Victoria.
"
"
J.
M.
Morrison
reviewed
.the'
new
agreement
which
had
been
made
for
marketing
of
halibut
and
J.
J.
OUlis
rave
a
report
on
school
affairs.
Credentials
as
Machinists'
Union
delegates
for
J.
Campbell,
A.
McLean
and
R.
Yates,
with
F.
A.
Rogers
and
James
Simpson,
as
alternates,
were
received.
TWHUNDRED
CHINESE
DIE
Coasting
Steamer
Flooded
anil
and
Sank
North
of
'Yangste
River
Yesterday
PEKINO,
March
14
Two
hundred
Chinese
perished
yesterday
when
a
costal
steamer
flooded
and
sank
north
of
the
Yangste
River.
GARY
COOPER
IN
HOSPITAL
Western
Movie
Star
Suffers
Breakdown
and
Has
Lost
Great
Deal
of
Weight
HOLLYWOOD.
March
MOary
Cooper,
popular
lanky
star
ot
western
movie
subjects.
Is
in
a
hospital
here
suffering
from
a
breakdown.'
During
He
test
three
weeks,
he
has
lost'
thirteen
pounds
in
weight.
Cooper
has
been
working
In
more
pictures
In
recent
months
than
almost
any
other
star.
,NO
HALIBUT
TODAY
There
were
no
further,
arrivals
ot
halibut
here
tip"to
this
mom
lng
since
the1
three1
"boats
whose
catches
were-
taken
yesterday
morning
bv
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries.
WALES
WINNER
OF
IRELAND
TODAY
IN
RUGBY
COMPETITION
BELFAST.
March
14
Wales
de-
featcd
Ireland
15
to
3
in
interna
-
tional
rugby
today.
TODAY
statement
IS
HAILED
United
States
Needs
Another
"Roosevelt,"
Says
Senator
G.W-.
Norris
tCHICAGO,
Marph
14
Senator
George
W.
Norris,
speaking
at
a
National
Progressive
Congrtss
on
Thursday
declared
that
the
United
states,
needed
another
"Roosevelt''
o
bring
back
happiness
and
pros-
.rlty
to
the
country.
Senator
Norris'
statement
was
ailed
as
a
tribute
to
the
possible
presidential
candidature
lr.
the
Democratic
Interest
of
Oovernor
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
New
York:
While
the
Progressives
could
still
remain
a
force
In
United
States
politics.
Senator
Norris
held
that
the
time
was
neither
praeticabl:
or
opportune
now
for
the
entry
of
an
active
third
party
into
national
politics.
assgROBEJS
INVITED
Mayor
Taylor
Asks
Government
to
Take
Hand
in
Vancouver
Milk
Situation
VICTORA,
March
14.
Mayor
L.
D.
Taylor,
of
Vancouver.
ha4
wired
Premier
Bennett
requesting
a
full
investigation
of
the
distribution
of
milk
and
milk
products
under-the
Combines'
Act.
Mayor
Taylor
.claimed
that
a
milk
mononaiyvexistea;
that
quality
was
d-
and
prices
unduly
boosted.
GOVT
WINS
HOUSE
VOTE
Motion
Calling
for
Return
of
P.G.E.
Survey
Defeated
32
to
11
VICTORIA.
March
14
A
division
in
the
legislature
yesterday
gave
the
government
victory
on
a
vote
of
32
to
11
against
the
passage
of
a
motion
by
the
Opposition
demanding
the
return
ot
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
subsidy
lands
survey
which
Premier
Tolmte
previously
told
the
House
he
could
not
make
public
at
this
time.
L0UGHRAN
IS
WINNER
Former
Light
Heavyweight
Decls-ioned
Ernie
Schaff
In
New
York
Last
Night
NEW
YORK.
March
14
Tommy
Loughran
was
awarded
the
decision
over
Ernie
Schaff
of
Boston,
on
an
easy
margin
of
points
in
a
ten
round
heavyweight
boxing
bout
at
Madison
Square
Garten
here
Friday
night.
Schaff,
badly
outpointed,
weighed
In
at
200
pounds;
Loughran
at
182
V,
ESKIMOS
WIN
GAME
StVrWUlheriroi
VltidrV
Otrt
Torland
Last
Night
8
RATTLE.
March
14,-Scattle
Eskimos
stretched
their
Pacific
Coast
!
Hockey
League
lead
over
Vancouver
Lions
to
three
points
last
night
when
they
scored
another
3
to
1
i
victory
over
the
Portland
Buckar-
!
ooh
The
score
was
tied
as
the
third
period
opened,
the
Eskimos
.tallying
twice
in
that
stanza.
There
I
were
ten
penalties,
j