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Weather
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rometer,
30.44;
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36;
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smooth.
Vol.
XXII.,
No.
272.
leMue
is
MINISTER
TELLS
Comp
arative
Manchuria
yesterday
althoueh
Manchuria
As
Truce
Dealings
in
Paris
Proceeds
;
Both
Obstinate
BLOCKADE
DECLARED
Chinese
Dealers
in
Vancouver
Will
Not
Handle
Japanese
Goods
j
!
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
23:
-Out
of
i.pathy
for
the
Manchurlan
sl-M
.'ion.
local
Chinese
dealers
have
Ured
a
blockade
against
all
Ja-iMifse
Christmas
goods.
'
T
ocal
Japanese
declare
that
they
rip
not
worried
as
a
result.
Japan-i
oranges,
for
instance,
of
which
r
i
iiiiv(
dealers
usually
handle
a
::
quantity,
are
always
greatly
.:
demand
and.
if
they
are
not
sold
'iinuiRh
one
channel,
they
will
be
rough
another,
declare
the
Ja-pinr.sr.
LIBERAL
MEETING
National
Organization
Committee
Opens
Session
Today
Under
Mackenzie
King
OTTAWA.
Nov.
23:
Matters
of
:
n.ince
and
organisation
were
un-Hi
r
discussion
when
the
national
l.bcral
organization
committee
met
'to
today
with
some
sixty
promln-i
i.'
Liberals
present
from
all
pro-
i-
rs
nt.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenile
K
uk
presided.
British
Columbia
representative
:
f
inn
meeting
arc
Hon.
Ian
Mac-k
n.
ip
Senator
J.
II.
King.
Wendell
B
F.irris
and
Oeorge
Martin.
CONDITIONS
AREBETTER
Hudson
Hay
Co.
Head
Expresses
Pleasure
at
State
of
Kuslncss
Affairs
in
Canada
NEW
YORK,
Nov.
23:
Before
iiiing
from
here
on
the
steamer
Bnunnic
at
the
end
of
the
week
i
i
his
home
In
London,
England,
M
nor
o.
Ashley
Cooper,
president
f
the
Hudson
Bay
Co..
declared
'"it
he
had
found
condition!
In
r
i
mida
definitely
better
than
he
id
believed
they
were
before
leav-
England.
Major
Cooper
spent
two
and
a
1
'If
months
in
Canada
and
visited
ii
tho
more
Important
centres
of
1
company's
business
activity.
OFFICERS
ARE
FREE
Arquittal
Brought
in
in
Connection
Willi
Shooting
of
Mexican,
President's
Relative
OKLAHOMA,
Nov.
23:-Wllllam
Ci
urxt
and
Cecil
Crosby,
state
police
(fleers,
were
found
not
guilty
by
a
i
i
y
on
charges
arising
out
of
the
'looting
last
June
of
a
young
relative
of
the
President
of
Mexico
T!'
officers
were
able
to
prove
that
Hry
ha
dnot
shot
before
they
were
'
ivd
upon.
Peace
Prevails
in
Japan
Insists
on
Maintaining
Army
in
Zone
of
Hostilities;
China
Will
Not
Consent
Mediating
Body
Is
Criticized
PARIS,
Nov.
23:
Comparative
peace
prevailed
in
tea
to
be
alarmed
at
a
mobilisation
of
troops
on
the
Qhin-
tri
t
n-Ji
l
m
?A?i
i
l
ese
eastern
uauway
oeyona
isuinar
wnicn
is
now
Deiig
held
by
the
Japanese
forces.
Despite
his
defeat
in
the
Tsit-ihar
engagement
last
week,
General
Mah
Chan
Shan
has
OPTIMISM
JUSTIFIED
lion.
II.
II.
Stevens
Addresses
Canadian
Life
Assurance
Officers
Toronto
Convention
TORONTO,
Nov.
23:
Urging
his
listeners
to
carry
on
a'
campaign
of
optimism
which
is
fairly
based
on
facts
so
far
as
Canada
Is
concerned,
Hon.
II.
II.
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
addressed
the
Canadian
Life
Assurance
officers
convention
here
on
Saturday.
For
the
year
ending
September
30,
1931.
Mr.
Stevens
declared
that
there
had
been
a
marked
Improvement
in
many
Industries
Including
woollens,
textiles,
footwear,
printing,
etc.
The
minister
also
referred
to
the
notable
improvement
In
Canada's
trade
balance
this
year
and
the
Increase
In
construction
projects
including
homes.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Oonrteif
8.
D.
Jnstni4
Oo.l
Big
Missouri
16.
18.
Cork
Province,
nil.
2.
Oeorge
Copper,
nil,
50.
Oeorgla
River.
3Vi.
3.
Oolconda,
20.
nil.
Grand
view.
8.
7.
Independence.
1.
1ft.
Indian
Mines,
nil,
2.
Kootcnay
Florence,
1,
1V4.
Kootenay
King.
IVi,
2.
Lucky
Jim.
nil,
4.
Morton
Woolsey,
1,
nil.
National
Silver,
2Vi,
3.
Noble
Five.
1V,
8.
Oregon
Copper,
3.
3V.
Tend
Oreille,
80,
nil.
rremler.
64,
nil.
Porter-Idaho.
9.
10.
Reeves
Macdonald,
32,
40.
Ruth-Hope,
6Vi.
7.
Silver
Crest,
nil,
3.
Snowflake.
2.
2V4.
Dluebld,
3tt.
nil.
OILS
A.
P.
Con.,
12.
15.
Calmont.
7,
8.
Fabyan
Pete.
2.
2ti
Home.
45,
55.
Royallte.
nil.
9.00.
Mcrland.
6.
8.
United,
nil.
12.
Eastern
Slocks
'UhVrlU-bordon.
60.
65,
Noranda,
15.00.
15.50.
Int.
Nickel.
9.75.
10.25.
C.
P.
n..
"
oc
i5-Imperial
Oil.
1125.
nil.
Mercury,
nil.
14.
Oame
Warden
Ed.
Martin
sailed
the
Prince
Jo
n
Saturday
night
on
...
vnrt
Clements
and
...u
charlotte
Wn
uwiri
vc
uv-v
points
on
official
duties.
If
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Ej.C,
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
23,
1931
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
November
24,
1931
High
7:56
a.m.
17:2
It.
19:40
pjn.
16:2
ft.
Low
0:52
ajn.
6:7
fi.
13:36
p.m.
10:3
ft.
drawing
up
peace
terms
OF
IMPROVED
CONDITIONS
IN
DOMINION
the
Japanese
were
repor
gathered
up
the
remnants
of
Ms
army
and
has
established
a
provincial
government
seat
at
Hallun,
ter
minus
of
the
Hargin-Hallun
Rail
way.
Meanwhile
the
League
of
Nations
council
Is
making
further
perpara-tlons
to
have
a
commission
of
high
authorities
enquire
into
the
whole
Manchurlan
situation.
Truce
negotiations
were
pending
although
China
declined
to
treat
fjnmunJapneseoopare
withdrawn
from
Manthurid,
Hhc
Japanese
on
the
other
hand
refusing
to
withdraw
until
China
meets
Japan's
demands
in
full.
The
League
council
today
com
pleted
a
tentative
draft
of
a
reso
lution
It
was
hoped
would
be
acceptable
to
both
Chinese
and
Ja
panese
governments
as
a
basis
for
restoring
peace
In
Manchuria.
It
was
believed
that
the
resolution
proposed
an
enquiry
in
Manchuria
by
a
committee
of
three
neutral
persons,
one
Chinese
and
one
Ja
panese.
Dr.
Alfred
Sze.
Chinese
delegate
to
the
League
of
Nations,
continued
to
criticize
the
League,
going
so
far
as
to
declare
that
It
had
shown
it
self
to
be
Incapable
of
dealing
with
a
situation
such
as
that
In
Man
churia.
Shortly
before
the
close
of
today's
session
of
the
League
council,
the
Chinese
delegation
said
that
it
understood
the
plan
proposed
by
the
ijouncll
omitted
any
definite
pro
vision
for
the
evacuation
of
Japanese
troops
as
demanded
by
China,
"Japan
has
knocked
us
down
and
the
council
Is
now
kicking
us,"
it
was
said
in
authoratlve
Chinese
circles.
WEATHER
REPORT
Langara
Island
Overcast,
light
southwest
wind;
sea
calm.
Triple
Island
Light
southeast
wind;
raining;
light
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
calm:
barometer,
3050;
temperature,
35;
sea
smooth.
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE
HOLDS
MEETING
TODAY
Today
Acting
Mayor
Collart
received
the
following
reply
from
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmie
In
regard
to
the
situation
at
the
government
road
camp
where
work
has
been
shut
down
for
the
past
month,
and
asking
relief:
"Re.
your
wire
twen-
tieth,
matter
being
given
close
attention
by
the
unemploy-
ment
committee
this
after-
noon.
Not
In
position
to
reply
further
until
result
of
meeting
known.
'
The
Road
to
1932
Road
signs
in
California
will
pom
the
way
to
the
1932
Olympic
games.
If
you
happen
to
be
want
ing
to
no
in
that
direction.
Anyway,
the
two
girh.
are
showing
It
to
yon
TRAINLOAD
OF
WHEAT
Grain
Is
Continuing
to
Roll
in
Large
Quantities
to
Local
Elevator
A
full
train
of
38
carloads
of
wheat
arrived
last
night
from
the
prairies
for
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
local
elevator.
The
house
is
not
half
full
of
grain
as
yet
but.
according
to
railway
reports,
thers
Is
enough
wheat
on
the
way
to
till
It.
No
word
Is
available
as
to
when
ships
might
be
here
to
load
grain
for
export.
The
tralnload
of
grain
arriving
this
morning
together
with
51
car
loads
which
came
in
Saturday
night
make
a
total
of
129
cars
at
present
remaining
to
be
unloaded
in
the
yards.
This
morning
there
were
re
ported
to
be
a.
total
of
385
ears
on
the
territory
west
of
Jasper
Park
bound
here.
Soldiers
and
Bandits
Clash
In
Nicaragua
MANAGUA,
Nicaragua.
Nov.
23:
In
a
clash
between
1500
Nlcaraguan
government
soldiers
and
an
unknown
number,
of
bandits
on
Saturday,
two
men
were
killed
and
13
wounded.
All
the
casualties
were
among
the
rebel
ranks.
Los
Angeles
Nurse
Took
Her
Own
Life
LOS
ANGELES,
Nov.
23:
Determined
to
commit
suicide,
Miss
Frances
Miller
failed
in
an
attempt
to
jump
Into
the
ocean
Saturday
night
but
soon
after
threw
herself
in
front
of
a
street
car
by
which
she
was
killed.
Olympic
Games
WINTER
IN
VANCOUVER
Heavy
Snowfall
Followed
By
Sharp
Frost
at
End
of
week
Mountain
Highway
Blocked
NORTH
VANCOUVER,
Noy.
23:-Blockaded
with
snow
and
with
the
snow
plough
temporarily
disabled.
Grouse
Mountain
Highway
was
closed
to
traffic
over
the
week-end.
There
Is
three
feet
of
hard
snow
on
the
mountain
slopes
to
which
many
alkers
were
attracted.
on
Saturday
md
Sunday.
On
Friday
of
.
last
week,
Vancouver
had
Its
coldest
weather
so
far
;hls
winter,
the
thermometer
re-llstertng
24
above
zero.
TIGHTEN
UP
ON
RECRUITS
Qualification
Standard
Raised
By
United
States
Owing
to
Numerous
Volunteers
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Nov.
23:-Wlth
many
more
men,
owing
to
unemployment,
trying
to-
enter
the
United
States
army,
the-war
department
has
decided
to
rdlse
the
stan-
dard
of
intelligence
and
other
quail
-
ncauons
required
ui
recruits.
UNITED
STATES
Tq
,
FIGHT
NEVV
TARIFF
WASHINQTON.D.C,Nov.23:
The
United
States
U
prepar-
lng
to
meet
the
British
tariff
against
this
country
with
a
tariff
against
Britain.
A
sys-
tern
of
countervailing
duties
will
be
Imposed
which
will
lm-
pose
duties
on
English
goods
equal
to
those
Imposed
by
Bri-
tain
on
United
States
goods.
?::::::
CANADIAN
LOAN
GOES
OVER
BIG
OTTAWA,
Nov.
23:
On
Sa-
turday
evening
Hon.
Edgar
N.
Rhodes,
acting
minister
of
finance,
issued
a
message
of
optimism
with
respect
to
the
j
$150,000,000
loan
being
offered
to
the
country
today.
Mr.
Rhodes
declared
that
response
f
to
the
loan
had
been
splendid
and
there
was
every
prospect
of
It
being
largely
oversub-
scribed.
t
NURSE
IS
GIVEN
UP
Hope
For
Safety
of
Miss
Mary
War-burton.
60-year
Old
Hiker,
Is
Abandoned
NORTH
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
23:
third
search
party
having
return
ed
here
at
the
week-end
without
finding
trace
of
the
woman,
search
for
Miss
Mary
Warburton,
60-year
for
ua-
mlsh
to
North
Vancouver,
has
been
definitely
given
up.
The
last
search
party,
headed
by
F.
W.
Haddington,
a
prospector,
who
If
familiar
with
the
country
which
Miss
Warburton
was
travelling,
reported
on
returning
here
on
Saturday
that
heavy
snowfall,
had
completely
obliterated
all
trails
In
the
vicinity
where
Miss
Warburton
was
last
traced.
DOPE
RING
DISCOVERED
Federal
Officers
Arrest
Men
and
Seize
Narcotics
in
Tenessee
j
MEMPHIS,
Tenn.,
Nov.
23:
A
drug
ring
operating
throughout'
the
south
is
believed
to
have
been
uncovered
as
a
result
of
the
arrest
near
here
on
Sunday
by
federal
officers
of
seven
alleged
leaders
in
the
Illicit
trade
together
with
seizure
of
a
large
amount
of
narcotics.
A
system
of
conveying
drugs
by
airplane
was
revealed.
FOUR
YEARS
IS
IMPOSED
Young
Vernon
Englishman
Sent
to
Penitentiary
on
Account
of
Small
Boy's
Death
VERNON.
Nov.
23:
-Found
guilty
of
manslaughter
In
connection
with
the
riMth
nf
a
fnnr.vMr
nlrl
hnv.
,
Tnomas
01,m
l8.year
oW
youth,
was
sentenced
to
four
years
in
penitentiary
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
on
Saturday.
Winnipeg
Wheat
Market
Advance
All
Futures
Showed
Gain
of
From
lc
to
llc
on
Saturday
WINNIPEO,
Nov.
23:
After
a
j
two-day
slump,
all
wheat
futures
advanced
on
the
local
wheat
mar-
,
ket
on
Saturday
Oalns
at
the
close
were
from
lc
to
Hie
over
Friday's
close
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
outlet
is
ADVOCATED
H.
O.
Richer
Urges
Peace
Pass
Route
Tells
of
Progress
in
British
Columbia
Block
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
23:
The
Peace
River
Pass
offers
an
easy
grade
and
good
building
and
operating
conditions
for
a
railway
outlet
for
the
Peace
River
country,
It
is
declared
by
II.
O.
Rldher.
who
has
returned
here
after
a
six
months'
tour
of
the
Peace
River
country.
Dawson
Creek,
now
the
end
of
teel.
is
rapidly
taking
on
metropolitan
proportions,
said
Mr.
Richer.
The
Fort
St.
John
district
Is
the
finest
farming
area
he
ever
saw.
Hudson's
Hope
has
all
the
physical
requirements
and
resources
to
make
a
great
city
of
the
future.
All
three
towns
are
in
the
British
Columbia
block.
Mr.
Richer
Is
not
much
Impressed
with
politicians
and
governments
that
cannot
decide
upon
the
building
of
the
coast
outlet
which
would
ope
nup
an
empire
of
enormously
productive
country
and
give
work
for
all
the
unemployed
of
British
Columbia
for
some
time.
Woman
Committed
On
Theft
Charge
Mrs.
Edith
Fitzgerald
Sent
to
Higher
Court
For
Alleged
Stealing
of
Diamond
Rings
Mrs.
Edith
Fitzgerald
was
committed
for
trial
by
Magistrate
Mc-Clymont
in
city
police
court
this
morning
on
a
charge
of
theft
of
four
diamond
rings.
Mrs.
Fitzgerald
was
arrested
In
Vancouver
ten
days
ago
and
brought
here
for
trial.
She
had
left
the
city
for
the
south
about
a
month
previous.
It
Is
alleged
that
Mrs.
Fitzgerald
stole
the
rings
from
friends
and
then
gave
them
away.
POLICY
OF
DEMOCRATS
Those
Who
Contributed
to
Cam
paign
Fund
to
be
Asked
for
Views
on
Prohibition
NEW
YORK.
Nov.
23
Thousand!
of
people
who
contributed
to
Democratic
campaign
funds
In
Uia
last
presidential
election
will
be
asked
to
express
their
views
on
tho
matter
of
prohibition.
It
was
announced
yesterday
by
Chairman
Ratkob.
The
object
of
this
move
la
to
decide
whether
the
party
should
come
out
definitely
In
favor
of
prohibition
or
opposed.
Gibbons-Rogers
Off
For
China
Pair
of
Famous
Americans
Sailed
From
Vancouver
Saturday
For
Orient
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
23:
Floyd
Gibbons,
noted
American
war
correspondent,
and
Will
Rogers,
tho
famous
humorist,
sailed
from
hero
on
the
steamer
Empress
of
Russia
Saturday
for
China.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
23:
Wheat
was
auoted
at
62c
on
the
local
ex.
j
change
today.
23