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JAPANESE
LABOR
GOVERNMENT
IN
Sixty
Chinese
Killed
In
Engagement
Today
Another
Town
Taken
Sinminfu,
Fifty
Miles
West
of
Mukden,
is
Captured
and
.Chinese
Police
Disarmed
On
Peping
Railway
Line
MUKDEN,
Manchuria,
Nov.
25:
Sixty
Chinese
and
four
Japanese
were
killed
and
nine
Japanese
wounded
when
two
Japanese
companies
routed
five
hundred
Chinese
troops,
according
to
an
official
report
received
here
today
from
the
scene
of
hostilities.
The
Japanese
troops
captured
the
town
of
Sinminfu,
fifty
miles
west
of
Mukden,
on
the
Peiping-Mukden
Railway
this
morning,
disarming
the
Chinese
police.
IS
BURIED
AT
KLEMTU
Funeral
of
Late
Ilev.
Georce
Edgar,
Veteran
United
Church
Missionary,
Held
.
Funeral
service
for
the
late
Rev.
o
orge
Edgar,
veteran
United
Church
missionary
of
this
district,
whusc
sudden
death
occurred
rc-:t'.y.
was
held
at
Klemtu
on
No-t
ruber
12.
Practically
all
the
people
-if
the
village
attended
the
ob-viuipr.
Relative
of
deceased
from
uji'ius
parts
of
the
district
were
th'i
present.
The
funeral
service
was
eonduc-M
by
Rev.
Mr.
Gibson
of
"Bella
Bella.
Interment
was
made
In
the
K)
mtu
Churchyard.
There
were
floral
offerings
from
n
followlne:
Mission
Circle
of
Klemtu.
United
rimn-h
Choir.
The
Daughters
of
nuth.
Hartley
Bay
United
Church
i
ir.
Bella
Bella
Epworth
League,
't
Cross
of
Klemtu.
William
Ro-ison
and
Wm.
Freeman,
Peter
n
r.
Philip
Brown.
Bella
Bella
I!
pital
Staff.
Miss
L.
Morrlce.
Rind
Collison
and
wife.
Mrs.
Es-
i
Bolton
of
Bella
Bella.
Mr.
H.
if
tun
and
Family
of
Hartley
Bay.
CUT
OFF
QUARTER
Proposed
Reduction
in
n.C.
Edu
cation
Estimates
Would
be
Rather
Drastic
VICTORIA,
Nov.
25
Tne
reduc
tion
of
$1,000,000
in
British
Colum
b!a
education
estimates
which
u
being
considered
would
cut
the
an
nual
budget
of
the
Department
from
$4,750,000
to
about
$3,750,
000.
Leaves
Here
For
Saskatoon
Where
His
Father
Dead
Having
been
advised
by
wire
yesterday
afternoon
of
the
sudden
death
at
Saskatoon
of
his
father,
James
Wcstman
of
the
staff
of
Munro
Bros.
Ltd.
left
by
this
afternoon's
train
for
that
city
.
Mr.
Westman,
who
Is
a
well
known
and
popular
local
young
man.
will
have
the
sympathy
of
many
friends
In
the
bereavement.
RUSSIA
IS
SUSPICIOUS
Questions
Motives
of
United
States
in
Manchurlan
Crisis-
MOSCOW.
Nov.
23:
Moscow
newspapers
eame
out
with
the
charge
yesterday
that
United
States
was
endeavoring
to
drive
Russia
into
a
war
with
Japan
in
the
hope
of
upsetting
the
Russian
"five-year
plan,"
and
removing
Russia
as
a
world
trade
competitor.
Some
of
the
papers
suggested
that
It
was
desired
to
set
up
a
Manchurlan
state
against
Bolshevism.
FISHERIES
MEN
HERE
Salmon
Conference
to
Be
Held
To
night
and
Hearing
on
Halibut
Tomorrow
Morning
W.
A.
Found,
deputy
minister
of
fichsriAs
for
Canada:
J.
a.
uao-
cock,
deputy
commissioner
of
fish
eries
for
Brltisn
uoiumoia
ana
.hairmnn
nf
the
International
Fisheries
Commission,
and
Dr.
Will
F.
Thompson,
director
or
me
lmer-nafinnai
Fisheries
Commission,
ar
rived
In
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
mis
morning.
Tonight
Mr.
Found
will
have
a
.nnr.riv
with
local
salmon
fish-
ing
Interests.
Numerous
suggestions
are
to
be
placed
oeiore
mm,
u,
..nj.niwi
mrticuiany
ay
we
UltUWww
Northern
B.
C.
Fishermen's
Asso
elation.
mnmlne
the
Interna
tlonal
Fisheries
Commission
will
meetlne
for
the
pur
-
-
iiaiv
pose
of
hearing
views
in
regard
to
proposed
measures
ior
lurwcr
conservation
of
the
halibut
fishery
of
the
North
Pacific.
LONG
TRIP
COMMENCES
Paul
Rlggs
Will
Try
to
Make
Dutch
Harbor-Seattle
Trip
In
His
Forty-Foot
Boat
DUTCH
HARBOR,
Alaska,
Nov.
ajwakaa
..!
in
.
ft
25:
.
A
a
2500-mile
nenn.m
a
trip
Trin
v
lu
otovw
eun..c
f
.
.
mf,rhn.it
Novl
waslnounccd
yesterday
as
.
being
4,840.-
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WIB
U-lUUk
n.w-
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of
Unalaska.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
TAXI
32
Prompt
24
Hour
Service
TROOPS
ADVANCE
AGAIN
FISHERMEN
HAVE
MEET
Candidates
For
Agents
Nominated;
International
Fisheries
Commission
Matters
Discussed
VnmlttAHtM
ffw
aitsnti
at
trfnA
Rupert,
Seattle
and
Ketchikan
and
discussion
of
matters
to
be
taken
up
with
the
International
Fisheries
Commission
at
the
conference
to
be
held
here
tomorrow
were
principal
Items
of
business
at
a
meeting
last
night
of
the
local
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union.
The
local
nominations
for
agents
were
as
follows:
Prince
Rupert
J.
M.
Morrison
(present
agent)
and
Elnar
Larsen.
Seattle
Harold
Grot
tie,
Louis
Larsen
and
Paddy
Sparrow.
Ketchikan
Oust
Olsen
(present
agent).
No
nomination
was
made
for
general
secretary,
the
expectation
being
that
P.
B.
Gill,
the
present
Incumbent,
would
again
be
re
turned
by
acclamation.
A
committee
consisting
of
Karl
Dybhavn.
Ed.
Prince.
W.
Brown
and
John
Synes
was
delegated
to
repre
sent
the
Union
at
the
local
session
of
the
International
Fisheries
commission,
ine
agem,
j.
ai.
war
rlson,
will
also
attend.
It
Is
understood
that
the
meeting
divided
on
the
Seattle
proposal
that
the
close
season
for
halibut
fishing
should
be
abolished.
Elnar
Larsen
presided
over
the
meeting
and
J.
M.
Morrison,
agent.
acted
as
secretary.
GRAIN
HAD
GOOD
DAY
Prices
Advance
in
Winnipeg
and
Chicago
Improved
Orders
and
Lighter
Offering
WINNIPEO.
Nov.
25:
After
hav
In
been
knocked
around
rather
badly
during
the
past
several
days,
the
wheat
market
took
a
little
Jump
Upwards
yesterday.
With
an
Im
proved
export
demand
and
lighter
offerings,
various
futures
gained
from
l'fcc
to
l'c
over
the
previous
day's
close.
November
closed
at
62c,
De
ccmber
at
62Tc-63c.
May
at
67Vic
and
July
at
68c.
CHICAOO.
Nov.
25:
Oraln
futures
gained
about
2c
all
around
on
the
local
market
yesterday.
Vancouver
Mart
Sluggish
Tuesday
Sixteen
Thousand
Oil
and
Mining
Shares
Changed
Hands
in
Yesterday's
Business
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
25:
Sixteen
changed
hands
in
a
sluggish
day's
thousand
oil
and
mining
shares
trading
on
the
Vancouver
8tock
Exchange
yesterday.
German
Workless
Number
Greater
Total
of
4,810,000
Without
Jobs-
Increase
of
Quarter
Million
In
Two
Weeks
BERLIN
Nov.
25
:-The
total
of
.
onamnlnvpfl
In
nrmnnw
XL-am
on-
t-"
-
"
-
"
7
ii.Vilxtl
l
on
lnrAHIO
nf
OftO
in
the
last
two
weeks.
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER
25,
1931
AUSTALIA
DEFEATED
IN
A
New
Use
A
different
kind
of
radio
fever
ihts
outfit,
by
crossing
short
wave
currents.
Induces
artificial
fev
(n
'.he
pauent
and
said
to
be
an
aid
in
curing
arthritis,
rheumatism
and
such
like
STATEMENT
IS1
ISSUED
Chief
Constable-Elect
Edgett
of
Vancouver
to
Take
Hold
With
Strong
Hand
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
25:
In
a
statement
Issued
yesterday
following
his
appointment
as
chief
constable
of
Vancouver,
Col.
C.
E.
Edgett
D5.0.
said
that.
If
the
Vancouver
police
department
had
not
been
respected
In
the
past,
and
he
feared
it
had
not
been,
the
first
thing
was
to
find
the
cause
of
the
lack
of
respect
and
eliminate
it.
"I
am
tied
to
no
friends
and
I
have
no
obligation
to
anyone,"
declared
Col.
Edgett.
"Naturally.
I
have
had
no
time
to
even
consider
plans
for
reorganization
of
the
department
but
I
can
say
that,
whatever
I
find
necessary
to
be
done,
I
vlll
do
it."
SEARCH
IS
INSTITUTED
Airplanes
Sent
From
McGrath,
Al
aska,
to
Search
For
Missing
Missionaries
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska,
Nov.
25:
Two
planes
were
dispatched
yes
terday
from
McOrath
In
Western
Alaska
to
search
for
Brothers
Geo.
Feltes
and
Marshal
Lapeyre,
"fly
ing
missionaries,"
who
are
long
overdue
on
a
flight
from
McOrath
to
Holy
Cross
Mission
on
lower
Yukon.
JAP
TROOPS
ARE
LANDED
H'arnhln
Arrives
on
Coast
With
Re
in
'U
Manchuria
TIENTSIN.
China.
Nov.
25:
A
Japanese
cruiser
was
reported
yes-
i
terday
to
have
arrived
on
the
Man
churlan
coast
laden
with
soldiers
to
be
sent
as
reinforcements
to
the
-
Japanese
troops
now
active
In
hos
Millie.
In
lh
X(anhi,rla
ralln.o..
....,;
...
..-
......v..u.....
region.
For
Radio
i
OUST
MOVE
IS
FAILURE
Vancouver
City
Council
Refuses
to
Agree
With
Resolution
Which
Would
Have
Unseated
Sick
Mayor
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
25
A
movement
to
oust
Mayor
Louis
D.
Taylor,
who
has
been
111
In
hospital
since
summer
and
who
shows
no
signs
of
an
early
recovery,
falle
l
yesterday
when
the
city
counc:l
quashed
a
resolution
by
Aid.
J.
J
McRae
which
would
have
Umlte.1
the
time
that
mayor
or
aldermen
are
permitted
to
be
continuously
absent
from
their
duties.
PAIR
TURN
UP
SAFELY
The
Warden
Brothers
of
Anchor
age,
Alaska,
Had
Long
Row
In
Cook's
Inlet
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska,
Nov.
25:
The
Wardell
brothers,
hunting
guides,
who
were
missing
since
last
week
in
Cook
Inlet
in
an
open
boat,
returned
here
on
Monday
with
the
craft's
motor
disabled
after
rowing
all
the
way
from
Fire
Island
through
the
Ice.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mrs.
Geo.
Edgar
and
family
wU:
to
express
to
their
many
friend
their
gratitude
'
for
the
kind
ex
pressions
of
sympathy
and
for
the
beautiful
floral
tributes
received
during
their
recent
bereavement.
i............-!
A
PUBLISH
EARLIER
IN
ORDER
TO
OET
PAPERS
ON
TRAIN
fn
otiif
lo'hafe
today's
W
1
per
go
out
today
on
the
east-
bound
train
it
has
been
found
necessary
to
go
to
press
a
little
earlier
than
usual
Advertisers
will
aid
by
getting
their
copy
in
as
early
as
possible
the
day
1
previous
to
the
date
of
publl-
cation.
'
Scullin
Administration
Will
Resign;
People
Will
Vote
New
Year
Motion
of
Former
Minister
Downfall
by
Margin
CANBERRA,
Aust.,
Nov.
25:
The
Labor
government
of
the
Commonwealth
of
Australia
was
defeated
in
Parliament
today
by
a
margin
of
five
votes
on
a
motion
by
J.
A.
Beasley,
former
Minister
of
Labor,
to
adjourn
the
House
of
Representatives.
Premier
Scullin
at
once
announced
that
the
government
would
resign
and
that
an
election
would
be
held
probably
in
January.
ATTORNEY
BIG
MILL
IS
JAILED!
TO
REOPEN
Henry
Roden,
Pioneer
Lawyer
of
;
Juneau,
Enters
Prison
For
Contempt
of
Court
JUNEAU,
Nov,
,25;
Refusing,
tin
pay
a
fine
of
$200
impos'e'cf
for
contempt
of
court
by
Federal
Judge
Justin
Harding,
Henry
Roden.
pioneer
Juneau
attorney,
entered
federal
jail
here
yesterday
on
an
order
from
Judge
Harding
committing
him
to
prison
until
he
pays
the
fine
or
serves
it
out
Roden
was
cited
for
contempt
some
weeks
ago
when
he
called
a
witness
a
liar.
He
refused
to
apologize
to
the
witness
although
he
did
to
the
court.
HAWKS
MAY
MAKE
HOPS
Reported
to
be
Seeking
Flying
Re-cords
on
This
Coast
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
25
It
is
reported
here
that
Capt.
Frank
Hawks,
noted
American
speed
pilot
will
make
a
series
of
short
distance
flights
on
the
Pacific
Coast
soon.
Among
others,
he
will
endeavor
u
break
the
record
for
the
flight
from
Vancouver
to
Agua
Calient;.
Mexico.
STEVENS
TO
LEAVE
SOON
Canadian
Minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce
Expected
to
Depart
On
December
9
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
25:
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens.
Canadian
minister
of
trad
and
commerce.
Is
expected
to
sail
from
here
on
December
9
for
Honolulu
where
he
win
confer
with
the
New
Zealand
minister
of
trade
'and
customs
with
respect
to
the
possibility
of
a
new
trade
agreement
between
the
two
Dominions.
HEREfOR
70
YEARS
VICTORIA,
Nov.
25:
Mrs.
Fanny
Haynes,
widow
of
the
late
William
Haynes,
last
surviving
member
of
,the
Royal
Engineers
party
which
came
here
In
1859,
died
yesterday
at
the
age
of
91.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
HOUSE
For
Adjournment
Cause
of
of
Five
Votes
Today
Fraser
Mills
riant
Near
New
West
minster
to
Resume
Operations
December
1
With
500
Men
NEW
WESTMINSTER.
Nov.
25
1
Tllayor
X"ei2riffray
Tnnounfced
yesterday
that
he
had
been
advised
that
the
Fraser
Mills
would
reopen
on
December
1
with
five
hundred
men
employed.
Fraser
Mills
was.
the
scene
of
recent
strike
trouble.
GAS
TAX
PROTEST
Automobile
Club
of
British
Columbia
is
Opposed
to
Any
Boost
VICTORIA,
Nov.
25
Representatives
of
the
British
Columbia.
Automobile
Club,
In
conference
yesterday
with
the
cabinet,
protested
at
any
move
which
might
be
made
to
Increase
the
gasoline
tax
but
asked
the
government
to
reduce
automobile
licenee
fees.
Premier
Tolmle
promised
consideration
to
the
requests
and
said
that
the
questions
of
motor
licence
fees
and
gasoline
taxes
were
close
ly
Interlocked
and
were
being
stud-
led
as
one
problem.
Pound
Sterling
Shows
Advance;
Dollar
Also
Up
NEW
YORK,
Nov.
25:
The
pound
sterling
closed
at
$3.69
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
yesterday,
this
being
an
Increase
of
4c
over
the
previous
day's
close.
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
87,
an
advance
of
c.
Vancouver
Takes
Back
Proposal
Decides
Not
to
Proceed
With
Application
for
Amendment
To
City
Charter
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
25
The
city
council
decided
yesterday
that
it
would
not
go
ahead
with
Its
application
to
have
the
city
charter
changed
to
provide
for
the
election
of
police
commissioners
rather
than
having
them
appointed
by
ths
government.
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