Today's
We,"
prince
Rupert:
Dense
fofc7v
barometer,
3050;
temperature,
!ea
smooth.
,
VoL
XXII
No.
241.
CARIBOO
KILLING
Mia
fctlng
Held
For
Shooting
II.
M.
t)tll
of
Alexandra
to
Death
VKToria.
Oct.
16:-H.
M.
Dell
Ax:ivfna
farmer,
wm
shot
to
du-h
ur.tr
that
Cariboo
settlement
tar
nn"
week.
It
is
announced
at
rr
..I
ui
police
headquarter
here.
On'
n.
in
i.i
being
held
In
connection
killing.
PROTEST
ENTERED
Railway
Workers
Object
to
Using
f
Armed
Force
by
Tollce
in'
Preventing
Ticketing
PfiHT
MANN.
Oct.
16.
Following
uh
between
plcketers
and
Poll
at
Hastings
Mill
yesterday,
the
Tituherhood
of
Railway
Worker,
lire
wnt
message
to
Premier
8.
Tolmle
and
William
Oreen.
pr
i,
t
of
the
American
Fedtra-
nf
LAbor.
nrataatlnff
at
the
u?"
nf
armed
force
by
the
poMM
m
pi
eventing
picketing
at
Fram
Wills
Canadian
Dollar
and
Pound
About
fl
ml
l
Afitrift
rn
I
kiifcelotr
uuilll
Ull
1
II
U
I
OUttJ
She
NTW
YonK.
Oct.
16:
The
Cant-
vJution
of
the
League
of
Nation
to
il"n
dollar
was
selling
at
86Ke
in;.
the
League
In
efforts
to
lun
Itvrhanoa
Hmlra
hr
VM
..
'
-
-.w.ifcv
unit
.a.v
-
'"rriny
the
price
of
the
pound
sterling
was
$3.87.
PREMIER
LAVAL
OFF
TO
UNITED
STATES;
UEO.UESTS
PATIENCE
PAWS,
Oct.
16:
Premier
rirrt
Laval
sailed
today
for
i
mted
States
where
he
will
"mfer
with
President
Herbert
Hoover
on
International
quee-
'mns.
Defore
leaving,
Prejnler
L'val
asked
the
people
of
France
not
to
expect
any
lm-
mediate
program
for
economic
fhabllltatlon
as
a
result
of
'c
visit.
"X
4j.
FIND
BODY
IN
RAVINE
Father
Ocorge
Woodley
of
New
York
Is
Victim
of
Alaskan
Hunting
Accident
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska,
Oct.
6.
The
body
of
Father
Woodley
of
New
York
has
been
found
at
the
bottom
of
a
deep
ravine
In
the
Chlfkaloon
district
In
central
Alaska.
He
had
been
missing
since
Wedncsdav
last
In
the
course
of
a
hunting
trip.
It
was
only
a
few
weeki
ago
that
Father
Woodley
and
hi
brother
flew
to
Alaska
from
New
York
via
Spokane,
Hatelton,
At-Hn.
Dawson
and
Fairbanks.
The
body
of
Father
Woodley
has
been
brought
here.
He
fell
down
a
20-foot
embankment.
INVITE
STATES
U.
S.
Asked
By
League
of
Nations
to
Assist
In
Considering
Chlno-Japanese
Situation
GENEVA,
Oct
16:
The
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
formally
ratl-riMi
over
the
objections
of
the
Ja
panese
delegate,
today
IU
invitation
to
the
United
States
to
engage
with
i
in
rnnnideratlon
of
the
Chlno-
limnm
conflict.
VAgHINQTON.
Oct.
16:-The
tinitoi
states
has
accepted
the
in-
'
.
i-
!
rtrUnt
between
i
i,
v
mm
w.
wm
r
UI
MIV
v
...-
Japan
and
enma
inoi
log-Drland
pact
u
concern.
Taschereau
Is
Worried
Nationalisation
of
Banks
Mlghl
Weaken
Bonds
Binding
Canada
and
Great
Britain
MONTREAL.
Oct.
16:-In
an
ad-drew
Premier
L.
here
yesterday.
A.
Taschereau
of
Quebec
fxpres-r-ar
h,.t
the
bonds
which
bina
nriioin
nnd
Canada
migni
weakened
if
any
policy
of
nation
allslng
the
bunks
wen-
put
tect
in
the
Old
Country.
JMm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER
16,
1931
TEN
THOUSAND
COMMISSION
TO
large
Shortage
Found
In
Accounts
of
Police
Department
Vancouver
Select
Committee
of
City
Council
is
Making:
Investigation;
Suspended
Clerk
Admits
That
Unaccounted
For
Money
Was
Taken
VANCOUVER,
Oct
16:
Approximately
$10,000
is
not
accounted
for
by
the
cash
books
of
the
police
court
clerk's
department
since
1920,
George
E.
McCrossan,
corporation
counsel
for
the
city
of
Vancouver,
alleged
at
the
inquiry
yesterday
into
the
administration
of
the
department
by
a
select
committee
of
the
city
council.
Earl
E.
Robinson,
suspended
clerk
of
the
department,
admitted
that
the
money
must
have
been
taken.
Two
other
employees
of
the
department
have
also
been
suspended.
BE
NAMED
TO
DACIIIMO
RESCUE
HAS
NOW
STARTED
NOME,
Alaska,
Oct.
16:
Airplanes
have
reached
the
Hudson
3ay
Co.'s
steamer
Bay-
chimo,
which
la
frozen
In
the
Arctic
Ice
near
Wainwright
and
rescue
of
a
number
of
pas-
sengers,
who
faced
the
prospect
of
spending
the
winter
there,
has
begun.
'
WILL
BE
SPEAKER
Mackenzie
King
to
Be
Heard
at
Annual
Ontario
Liberal
Convention
LONDON.
Ont.
Oct
16:
Rt.
Hon.
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
former
Premier
of
Canada,
will
be
the
principal
speaker
next
Tuesday
at
the
annual
convention
here
of
the
Ontario
liberal
Asso
ciation.
It
Is
expected
that
Mi.
King
will
make
some
Important
statements
on
Liberal
party
policy
and,
possibly,
level
iomeemajl
tlonai
cnarges.
CROSSING
APPROVED
City
of
Prince
Rupert
Gets
Permission
in
Connection
With
Road
to
Fishermen's
floats
The
final
obstacle
in
the
way
of
providing
the
long-wanted
road
from
Sixth
Avenue
at
Hays
cove
to
the
new
fishermen's
floats
Just
east
of
the
dry
dock
was
removed
yesterday
afternoon
when
the
Board
of
Railway
Commissioners,
at
Its
session
here
approved
of
the
city's
application
for
a
level
cross
ing
over
the
Canadian
National
Railway
tracks.
The
Board
also
approved
of
a
project
for
the
building
of
a
sidewalk
alongside
the
railway
track
at
Haysport
and
crossings
of
the
track
In
three
points
for
the
convenience
of
residents
at
that
point.
For
years
the
track
there
has
been
used
as
a
thoroughfare
between
the
cannery
on
one
side
of
the
track
and
the
settlement
on
the
other.
The
new
sidewalk
will
Ik
built
by
the
Dominion
and
provincial
governments
and
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Jointly
on
right-of-way
to
be
leased
by
the
Canadian
Ra
tional
Railways.
B.
F.
Jones
appeared
before
the
Board
as
counsel
for
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert,
while
R.
W.
Han-nlngton
of
Vancouver
acted
as
counsel
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
commissioners
were
Mr.
Justice
C.
P.
Fullerton,
chair
man,
and
J.
a.
aionenam.
Japanese
Freighter
Is
Sinking
In
Pacific
Ocean
and
American
Liner
Is
Rushing
to
Help
Her
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Oct.
16:
The
Japanese
freighter
Yonan
Mam
is
reported
sinking
today
five
hundred
miles
west
of
Dutch
Harbor
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
not
far
from
the
Aleutian
Islands.
The
Dollar
Lin
steamer
President
Jefferson
is
attempting
to
reach
her
in
time
to
rescue
the
nvAw
nf
between
fortv
and
fifty
men.
The
Jefferson
is
be
lieved
to
be
sixty-five
miles
I
Come
quickly."
DOLLARS
GOV'T.
HAS
BIG
START
Forty-Two
Conservatives,
Nine
Nationalist
Liberals
and
Sis
Laborites
Get
Acclamations
LONDON,
Oc.
16:
Of
57
acclamations
reported
this
afternoon.
In
nominations
today
for
the
general
elections
later
in
the
month,
it
are
Conservatives,
nine
are
Nationalist
Liberals
and
six
Labor
candidates.
This
gives
the
National
Government
a
fine
lead
of
45
seats
to
start
the
fight
with.
Rt
Hon.
Stanley
Baldwin,
Conservative
leader,
received
an
acclamation
In
Bewdley,
Worcestershire.
BRIDGE
TO
OPEfl
SOON
I
Link
Between
Vancouver
and
North
Vanrouver
May
Be
Restored
Soon
VANCOUVER.
6CKM6:-The
pos
sibility
loomed
yesterday
that
th
Second
Narrows
bridge,
which
has
been
closed
to
traffic
following
an
accident
over
a
year
ago
when
a
log
barge
carried
out
one
of
the
spans,
might
he
oponed
agai-t
within
the
next
four
months.
The
Pacific
Steel
Co..
it
was
revealed,
has
offered
to
assist
In
financing
the
repairing
of
the
bridge,
accepting
bonds
of
the
bridge
company
as
payment.
SAMUEL
OPPOSED
Conservative
Is
in
Field
Against
Leader
of
Liberal
Nationalists
LONDON,
Oct.
16.
Sir
Herbert
Samuel,
leader
of
the
Liberal
Nationalists,
la
being
opposed
by
a
Conservative
In
his
own
riding
Is
the
British
general
election.
Thn
Conservatives
would
not
keep
our
vi
the
fight
despite
the
suggestion
which
was
offered
to
this
effect.
CENTENARIAN
PASSES
AWAY
Mrs.
Harriet
Came
Died
Yesterday
at
Home
in
Victoria
VICTORIA,
Oct.
16
Mrs.
Harriet
Came,
centenarian,
died
yes
terday.
She
came
to
Victoria
sixty-seven
years
ago
from
distant
from
the
Yonan
Maru;;the
hour
ot
tradins
yesterday
.
STUDY
i
EMPIRE
PREFERENCE
WILL
BE
NEGOTIATED
DERBY,
Eng.,
Oct.
16:
As-
surance
that,
If
the
National
Government
Is
returned
to
power,
the
Dominions
and
the
colonies
would
In
all
probability
be
invited
to
consider
working
out
an
lntra-Emplre
system
of
economic
preferences
was
given
v
in
an
Interview
here
by
Rt.
Hon.
J.
H.
Thomas.
t
KILLED
IN
CAR
CRASH
Two
Chilliwark
Indians
Killed
Last
Night
and
Two
Others
Seriously
Injured
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Oct.
16:
Two
Indians.
Robert
Allard
and
Wil
liam
Prest.
were
killed
list
night
and
two
other
natives.
Paul
Tonny
and
D.
Nalowa,
were
seriously
Injured
when
their
car
plunged
Into
a
gra
vel
tit
near
here.
All
four
were
from
MEETING
OF
RATEPAYERS
Tax
in
Connection
With
Relief
Work
Asked
One
Year
Aider-manic
Term
Public
Works
Requested
The
deferred
monthly
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Ratepayer'
Association
was
held
last
night
hi
the
City
Hall.
Fred
Weseh.
vice-president,
was
in
the
chair
and
there
were
over
thirty
members
present.
J.
W.
McKlnley
acted
as
secretary.
On
motion
of
James
Curtis
and
John
Ourvlch.
It
was
decided
to
ask
the
provincial
government
to
pass
legislation
enaoung
rrince
Rupert
to
tax
property
adjoining
improvements
made
by
relief
work
for
at
least
a
portion
of
th?
amount
expended.
The
city
council
will
be
asked
toi
request
the
provincial
government
to
change
the
municipal
election
act
permitting
elecUon
of
offlceis
for
one
Instead
of
two
years.
Thl-was
decided
on
motion
of
II.
B.
Rochester
and
F.
W.
Hart.
On
.motion
of
James
Curtis
and
N.
Mussalem.
It
was
decided
that
the
executive
should
again
approach
the
provincial
government
regarding
the
sale
of
the
old
Court
House
square.
Another
motion,
sponsored
by
R.
F.
Perry,
authorized
the
sending
of
a
letter
to
the
city
council
asking
for
more
work
on
Eleventh
and
Water
Streets.
The
city
council
will
also
be
asked
to
grade
Oreen
Street
between
Fourth
and
Fifth
Avenues.
The
motion
to
this
effect
was
moved
by
N.
Mussallem
and
R.
F.
Perry.
It
was
decided
to
reduce
the
membership
fee
from
$1
to
50c
per
year.
The
election
of
officers
will
tak
place
at
the
next
monthly
meeting.
Y.
MARKET
GAINS
F.STERDAY
IN
SPITE
OF
LATE
LOSSES
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
16.
Earlier
in
the
day
gains
on
the
New
YorV
Stock
exchange
were
wiped
out
In
!
remained
firm.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
Low
IS
MISSING
RAIL
SITUATION
Methods
of
Duplication
to
Be
Suggested
to
Gov't
Probe
Body
Will
Not
Necessarily
Consist
Entirely
of
Canadians,
Declares
Manion
Announcement
of
Personnel
Soon
WINDSOR,
Oct.
16:
Hon.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manion,
minister
of
railways
and
canals,
speaking
here
last
night,
declared
that
the
appointment
of
a
commission
of
qualified
men,
not
necessarily
all
Canadians,
to
study
the
railway
situation
in
Canada
would
shortly
be
announced.
This
commission
will
make
an
exhaustive
investigation
throughout
the
country
with
a
view
to
advising
the
government
as
remedies
for
the
present
condition
of
the
duplication
of
lines.
FIGHT
TO
WIN
SEAT
Strong
Opposition
Against
Premier
at
Seaham
But
Ladies
May
Save
Him
LONDON,
Oct.
16v
Prime
Minister
J.
Rainsay
MacDonald
Is
going
to
have
a
fight
of
it
to
retain
his
scat
at
Seaham
Harbor
in
the
general
election,
but
he
is
so
intent
on
winning
that
he
is
spending
a
god
deal
ot
time
campalging
In
his
own
riding.
Yesterday
he
was
hooted
down
and
r6uld
not
continue
when
endeavoring
to
address
a
meeting
ot
miners
at
one
of
the
collieries.
Half
of
the
voters
in
Seaham
are
women,
and
that
fact
may
help
the
Premier,
for
hi
geniality,
kindliness
and
good
looks
are
ver
ypopular
among
the
ladies.
James
Coxson,
the
official
La-borite
candidate.
Is
the
Premier's
opponent
and
it
is
conceded
that
he
will
make
a
strong
run
in
the
traditionally
socialistic
riding.
CAP0NE
TO
KNOW
FATE
Defence
Rests
Case
in
Chicago
and
Derision
Is
Expected
By
Tonight
CHICAOO,
Oct
18:
It
Is
expected
that
Al
Capone.
Chicago
gang-
ate
rand
racketeer
leader,
who
is
the
defendant
In
a
$1,000,000
Income
tax
suit
mav
know
his
fate
this
evening.
The
defence
rested
Its
case
yesterday
afternoon.
Defence
witnesses,
mosUy
bookmakers
asserted
that
Capone
had
lost
$327,000
during
the
last
six
years
In
betting
on
horse
races.
Halibut
Landings
American
Doric
43.500,
Booth,
9.5c
and
4c.
Spray,
20.000,
Pacific,
10c
and
4c.
Eatep,
10,000,
Storage,
0.6c
and
4c.
Canadian
R.
W.,
4,000,
Storage,
7.5c
and
3c.
Mayflower,
2,500,
Storage,
7.5c
and
3c
Ternen.
7.000.
Atlln,
10.2c
and
4c.
Atll.
3.500.
Storage.
7.5c
and
3c.
J.
B..
7,000,
Storage,
7.5c
and
3c.
Saturday,
October
17,
1931
5:55
am.
16.8
ft.
17:15
p.m.
18.3
ft.
1:23
am.
10.3
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS;
Cutting
THORNTON
PLEASED
Railway'
President
Lauds
Spirit
of
,
Western
Canada
on
Returning
to
Montreal
MONTREAL,
Oct.
16:
Returning
here
yesterday
from
a
tour
of
Western
Canada,
Sir
Henry
Thorn
ton,
president
of
the
Canadian
Na.-tlonal
Railways,
paid
tribute
to
the
fine
spirit
manifested
by
the
people
of
the
west
in.
spite
of
the
ec
onomic
depression.
Telephone
Head
Visiting
Here
G.
II.
Halse,
President
ot
Northwest
Telephone
Company
Here
Today
Oeorge
II.
Halse,
president
of
the
Northwest
Telephone
Co,
radiotelephone
concern,
and
chairman
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
B.
C.
Telephone
Company,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Princess
Mary
this
afternoon
from
Vancouver
and
will
be
here
for
a
few
days
before
proceeding
to
Prince
Oeorge.
While
here
he
will
have
a
conference
with
the
city
council
on
the
possibility
ot
providing
radiotelephone
service
for
Prince
Rupert.
FISH
SPECIAL
OUT
A
special
express
train,
with
tour
cars
ot
fresh
halibut
and
one
car
of
frozen,
was
dispatched
east
from
here
at
2
o'clock
this
afternoon.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Oct
16:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
56c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
PRESIDENT
ZAMORA
OF
SPAIN
RESIGNS
MADRID,
Spain,
Oct.
16:
President
Zamora,
head
ot
Spain's
republican
govern-
ment
during
Its
life
ot
islx
months,
rather
than
counten-
4
ance
the
expulsion
ot
the
Jes-
4
ults
Irom
the
country
and
confiscation
of
their
property,
has
resigned.
Manuel
Ozana
4
was
named
as
his
successor
In
the
provincial
presidency.
Antt-clerlcal
riots
continued
as
the
political
change
was
being
made.
eV
5.:
r
mi