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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
20,
1931
:
TRICE
FIVE1
'CENTS
ACIFIC
COAST
OUTLET
MOST
VITAL
YSTERIOUS
DISAPPEARANCES
IN
ALASKA
BEING
Transportation
Needs
Of
Peace
River
Hinge
On
Line
West-Trelle
Lieutenant
Governor
and
Premier
Speak
at
Vancouver!
Gathering
Finances
Only
Handicap,
Says
Tolmie
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
20:
Transportation
problems
of'
ttu
Peace
River
district
will
never
be
solved
until
there
is
i
direct
rail
outlet
to
the
Pacific
Coast,
Herman
Trelle,'the
.
heat
king,
said
in
addressing
the
"On
to
the
Peace"
Asso-1
nation
here
yesterday.
Lieutenant
Governor
R.
R.
Bruce
aid
:
"The
wealth
of
that
great
country
is
destined
to
roll
dnwn
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
That
wtim
i
un-
us
soon
as
the
Premier
and
his
..vi
.nment
have
decided
that
such
luie
can
be
built."
Premier
Tolmie
aald:
"I
can
tell
'iu
we
have
In
Ottawa
now
a
mem-i
r
of
the
cabinet
who
is
pushing
h
tlitng
as
fast
as
this
can
be
ii
The
Premier
said
that
noth-but
financial
difficulties
stood
,
:
lie
way
of
a
coast
outlet.
AMENDMENT
IS
FAILURE
National
Commission
on
Prohibition
Tells
President
Hoover
It
Cannot
Agree
No
Enforcement
Yet
Urpcal
Is
Opposed
and
Suggestion
Is
Made
That
Act
ne
Bolstered
Up
WASHINOTON.
Jan.
20:
The
ii
.1
mul
commission
on
law
obser-.inix
and
efroccment
has
reported
t
President
Hoover
that
it
members
are
unable
to
agree
as
to
whe-'
ne:-
or
not
prohibition
can
be
en-tor
-cd
under
the
Eighteenth
Am-i
nrtment.
Some
commissioners
hml;
the
amendment
should
be
immediately
revised.
Some
favor
tun
her
trial
with
Increased
provision
for
enforcement.
After
11
years
of
prohibition,
"the
rotuinission
Is
of
the'
opinion
that
tin
Is
yet
no
adequate
observance
in
enforcement."
The
commission,
as
a
whole.
Is
imposed
to
repeal
of
the
Amendment,
to
the
federal
or
state
gov-
i
minents,
as
such,
going
Into
the
tmunr
business
and
to
modification
i
f
the
national
prohibition
act
to
permit
the
sale
of
light
wines
ana
beer.
Hangman
Beseiged
By
Female
Crowd
Was
Obliged
to
Autograph
Three1
Hundred
Picture
Postcards
VIENNA.
Jan.
10:
Beseiged
by
a
crowd
of
women
and
girls
at
a
small
hotel
where
he
was
staying
one
day
riswuMyrtJPrxurnttrsky,
the
hangman
i
Prague,
was
obliged
to
sign
300
picture
postcards.
These
were
afterwards
sold
at
the
cafes
and
ree-tuurunts
at
.he
Moravian
Town
of
Znulm.
The
"Special
occasion
of
the
demand
on
Broumarsky
followed
i
lie
execution
by
him
of
a
murderer
named
Elllnger
at
Znalm.
Not
only
bus
he
been
in
demand
for
his
signature,
but
offers
of
marriage
have
been
numerous
of
late.
He
told
a
reporter
recently
that
he
had
had
about
0,000
marriage
proposals
since
hi-
adopted
his
present
profession.
SHOULD
BE
WOODSMEN
Suggestions
Regarding
Northern
Flying
Made
ity
Pilot
Everett
Wasson
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
20:
Only
pilots
who
are
experienred
woodsmen
should
be
chosen
for
flying
In
the
north
and
aviation
companies
operating
there
should
be
'required
to
take
out
bonds
for
at
least
$30,000
to
rover
expenses
in
sending
out
srarch
parties
for
pilots
who
might
be
forced
down,
Pilot
Everett
L.
Wasson,
youthful
hero
of
the
Rurke
rescue
in
the
Yukon,
said
in
addressing
the
Canadian
Club
here
Monday.
Pilot
Wasson's
subject
was
"Some
Pluses
of
Aviation
in
the
Yukon."
In
addition
to
Wasson,
aviation
leaders
of
this
city
were
guests
at
the
luncheon.
Wasson's
address
was
broadcast
on
the
radio.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Court;
8.
D.
JobMton
Oo.)
Bay
view,
nil.
1.
Big
Missouri,
40,
41.
Coast
Copper,
4.50,
nil.
Cork
Province,
nil.
L
Cotton
Belt,
16,
18.
George
Copper,
50,
76.
Georgia
River,
2,
2Vi.
Orandvlew,
3.
4
Vs.
Independence,
nil,
lVi.
Indian
Mines.
lVs.
nil.
Inter.
Coal
it
Coke,
IS,
tt.
Kootenay
Florence,
1,
1V
Kootenay
King,
1,
2.
L.&L.,
nil.
1.
Lusky
Jim.
1.
nil.
Morton
Wooleey,
4.
.
Marmot
River
Oold.
nil,
i.
Marmot
Metals,
nil,
1.
National
Silver.
2Vi,
4.
Noble
Five.
5,
5V.
Oregon
Copper,
nil.
Pend
Oreille.
70,
1.00.
Premier,
66.
71.
Porter-Idaho.
7V.
8.
Reeves
Macdonald.
20.
21.
Rufua-Argenta,-S.
nil.
Ruth-Hope,
nil,
6.
Silver
Crest,
lVj.
2.
Snowf
lake,
3,
4.
Topley
Richfield.
1.
IV.
V
Whitewater,
2,
nil.
Woodbine,
lty,
1.
Oeorge
Enterprise,
3,
0.
.
.
?
OILS
A.
P.
Con..
31,
33.
Calmont.
31,
nil.
DalhoiMte,
52,
54.
Devenlsh,
nil.
,7.
Fabyan
Pete.
2V4.
3.
Home,
1
37.
1.00.
Freehold.
IB,
nil.
Hargal,
11.
12.
Merland.
15.
16
a.
Mercury,
33,
34.
United,
26,
27.
Richard
BB
AJSPJBI
.
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mm
i
MuluiKUJi;
diretaur
of
the
t
British.
Gity
Council
Now
JTakes
Hand
,r:::.-In
Victoria
Police
Trouble;
Province
Is
Asked
to
Sten
In
VICTORIA,
Jan.
20:
Appointment
of
a
special
select
committee
to
negotiate
with
the
provincial
government
for
the
temporary
administration
of
the
Victoria
city
police
department
was
approved
at
the
regular
meeting
of
the
city
council
last
night
and
any
recommendation
which
may
be
made
will
be
considered
by
the
council
next
week.
The
resolution
was
introduced
bv
Mayor
Herbert
Anscomb
and
his
action
follows
a
recent
meeting
of
the
splice
commission
when
Chief
of
Police
John,
Fry
was
removed
from
office
and
Sergeant
Thdmas
Heatley
appointed
in
his
stead.
Mayor
Anscomb
strenuously
objected
at
the
chief
being
superannuated
without
any
explanation
of
charges
of
inefficiency
laid
against
him
by
Mrs.
Joe
North.
The
mayor'was,
however,
outvoted
by
the
two
other
members
of
the
police
commission.
ritCFLRS
NEWS
TO
ANY
OT1ILU
EVEN
VANCOUVEK
Oae
of
the
Daily
Newt
sub-seribers
writes:
"I
am
taking
your
paper
as
It
gives
me
the
news
of
the
north,
and
In
preference
now
to
a
Vancouver
dally.
You
do
not
give
so
much
but
you
cover
the
field
of
world
news,
and
It
is
in
condensed
form."
4
Princes
Off
To
America
Spent
Yesterday
sightseeing
Near
Yljo,
Sualn,
Trior
to
Final
Embarkation
VIOO,
8ptn,
Jan.
20
The
Prince
of
Wales
and
Prince
Oeorge
sailed
from
Bpals
today
for
South
America
after
a
dy
spent
in
sightseeing
along
the
northern
Spanish
coast
VANCOUVER
'WHEAT
VANCOUVSR.
Jan.
80-
Wheat
;is
(uoted
at
54c.
on
the
local
Exchange
Wxiny.
Gosse
mil
lover
Leaf
Salmon
Packers.
Columbia.
NEW
BLUE
SKY
LAWS.
Mining
Promotions
In
State
of
Washington
to
lie
Governed
OLYMPIA,
Wash..
Jan.
20:---Legislation
is
under
consideration
here
which
may
bring
the
mining
Indus
in.
n
fhla
utata
nnriar
the
federal
!lue
sky
laws.
Although
company
organisations
In
all
other
Industries
have
for
years
been
required
to
'nave
federal
permtte,
an
exception
has
been
made
In
the
case
of
mining.
MlnlnK
companies
of
the
state
have
no
objection
to
such
legislation
i
providing
it
does
not
place
unneces
sary
obstacles
In
their
way.
The
Weather
Prince
Rupert
Raining,
south
east
wind.
30
miles;
barometer,
29.-
60;
temperature.
44;
sea
rough.
Triple
Wand
Strong
southerly
wind;
sea
rough,
stormy.
Langara
Island-
Raining,
strong
southerly
wind:
sea
moderate.
Dead
Tree
Point-
Cloudy,
light
southeast
wind:
barometer,
29.58.
temperature
47,
light
swell.
WARREN
IN
Men
Who-
Went
Amy
Vancouver;
h
Boats
h
Ket,Ln
Vice
President
Inspected
Railway!
Development
in
South
,
VANCOUVER
Jan.
20
On
on-?
of
his
periodical
inspection
trips,:
A.
E.
Warren
Vne-President,
Ca-
nadian
National
Railways,
rVivedf
m
in
van-oi.ver
Van'onver
Mondav.
Monday.
Mr.
Mr.
Warren
Warren
,
expects
to
bf
on
the
coast
until
the
latted
part
of
the
wet;k
when
h
win
m'um
to
his
headquarters
ia
KETCHIKAN,
Jan.
20:
A
series
of
mysterious
disan-WDeg
Pearance8
of
boatmen
in
Southeastern
Alaska
is
being
iri-Mr.
his
visit
tu
vanco
ivf-r
wurW
accompanied
by
s
t
1
vestigated
by
the
United
States
marshal's
office
and
De-chappei.:
General
supt
.
wiii
make
:
partment
of
Justice
agents.
While
the
circumstances
in
an
insertion
of
the
company's
,
several
cases
were
similar,
off
icers
said
they
had
not
found
terminals
m
re.
a
visit
win
b-,
sufficient
evidence
to
prove
that
the
disappearances
had
paid
to
trr
railway
shops
at
Port,
been
plotted
by
a
single
person.
Minn
;
nri
a'so
to
Lulu
Island
Those
missing
Include
Albert
Far-when-
a
new
industrial
se-tlon
L?
j
row
and
L.
C
Davis,
who
lelt
Peters-brlnjr
opined
up
by
the
company
burg
for
the
west
coast
of
Prince
of
Fine
progress
ilreartv
has
been
Wales
Island
about
Uoyeraber
B;
Al-made
under
difficult
conditions
onibert
C.
Anderson,
wno
went
ashore
th
bridge
a"ross
th?
north
arm
of
titan
his
boat
and,
failed
to
return,
the
Fraser
River.
When
this
de-1
nd
John
Wyekstrom,
a
trailer,
who
velopment
is
completed
and
the
disappeared
with
his
boat
near
steel
laid
around
the
island
m&nv
here.
miles
of
raM
harbor
frontage
will
Another
violent
death
which
is
have
been
added
to
the
port
fact-:
being
investigated
is
that
of
John
ltiee.
I
During
his
stay
In
the
city
Mr
Warren
wlB
look
V
the.-wrkI
fettilTcrlng
thS
riew
'
pier
at
the,:
foot
of
Man"
Street
and
will
also
go
ove.
the
new
Canadian
Natio-
.
nal
hotel
now
under
construction,
on
Georgia
Street.
j
Dann
Hyck
of
Louisville.
Ken-tucky.
says
there
are
grlxsly
'
bears
to
be
had
in
Jasper
National
Park
confines.
Here
Is
an
eight-footer
he
got.
RUPERT
MENTIONED
"Natural
Resources
of
Canada,"
published
by
the
Department
of
the
Interior,
refers
this
month
to
the
opening
of
the
power
plant,
at
Falls
River
and
the
transmission
line
to
Prince
Rupert.
This
Is
part
of
a
front
page
urtlcle
entitled.
"Canada's
Water
Power
Advance."
.District
Unsolved
Wurdcr
of
Fish
Buyer
Is
Also
to
be
Investigated;
Single
"Person
May
Have
Plotted
Killings,
Tis
Suggested
Marshall,
fish
buyer,
who
was
found
slain
aboard
a
iboat
which
left
1
-feggtftt..
,
:
,1
"
..np
IVjKS
NM
vr1!
SllIM
orxl
SUA
ms
9
alMUM
VA1
HAS
PASSED
(Pioneer
Woman
of,
This
City
Died
In
Victoria
,Yesterday
Word
has
been
received
In
the
city
of
the
death
yesterday
of
Mrs.
O.
II.
Nelson,
wife
of
the
former
editor
and
proprietor
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Journal
here.
The
fune.-al
Is
expected
to
take
place
tomorrow.
Mrs.
Nelson
lived
In
Prince
Rupert
for
a
number
of
years,
coming
to
the
city
with
her
husband
and
two
daughters.
Madeline
and
Gertrude,,
,
during
the
boom
days.
About
nine!
Alberta
Judge
Is
Named
Head
or
or
ten
vears
ago
she
left
for
Vie-1
New
Pensions
Appeal
Board
toria,
where
Mr.
Nelson
had
secured
j
r
position
with
the
Daily
Colonist,
i
OTTAWA,
Jan.
20:
The
appolnt-Her
daughters
west
with
her.
Made-:
ment
of
Mr.
Justice
Hyndman
of
line
transferring
from
the
Bank
of
i
the
Supreme
Court
of
Alberta
as
Montreal
staff
here
to
the
same
chairman
of
the
Pensions
Appeal
bank
In
Victoria.
Board
has
been
sanctioned.
Searchers
Find
Tragic
Message
Written
By
British
Youth
But
No
Trace
of
John
Noel
Bennett
VICTORIA,
Jan.
20
"I
have
failed
to
get
through
to
Fort
McLeod
and
have
run
entirely
out
of
food.
I
am
going
back.
The
list
of
supplies
taken
by
me
is
here.
My
feet
and
finger-tips
are
frost-bitten.
I
have
abandoned
my
horse."
So
ran
a
brief
message,
dated
November
15,
written
by
John
Noel
Bennett,
18-vear
old
British
schoolboy,
who
hit
out
nr'!rt
all
advlJeWor
make
his
way
from
Pouce
Couor
In
the
Peace
River
country
through
Pine
Pass
to
Fort
McLeod
on
October
14
last.
The
plight
of
the
youth
is
believed
to
b
rorln.n
u.;
he
had
only
a
week's
stores,
which
he
had
obtained
from
a
trapper's
cabin,
before
setting
back
on
his
trail.'
The
note
Is
one
of
mans
-found
by
a
party
of
three
men
which
.
was
sent
out
from
Pouce
Coupe
on
December
10
to
locate
Bennett.
They
were
a
trapper
named
Kelly,
Ted
Strand
and
another
man
named
Sutherland.
All
are
experienced
woodsmen.
The
searchers
arrived
at
Prince
Oeorge
yesterday,
the
provincial
police
reported
last
night.
The
party
followed
the
course
which
had
been
taken
by
Bennett.
PROBED
Now
Missing
COMMONS
RE-OPENS
London
Session
Resumes
and
Sharp
Battle
in
Parliament
Is
Expected
.
LONDON,
Jan.
20
Parliament
reasMrhTH&l
todav
without
cere-
TSryil!rftrtrr
for
battle.
.
WarK-for
the
triumph
of
ou'r
cause,"
Rt.
Hon.
Stanley
Baldwin.
Conservative
leader,
urges
upon
his
followers
as
he
holds
out
the
possibility
of
an
early
general
election.
A
critical
division
is
expected
next
week
over
the
Trades
Disputes
Bill
and
signs
multiply
tKat;
whether
the
coming
Parliamentary
struggle
ends
in
dissolution
or
not
Its
story
will
be
sharp.
HYNDMAN
APPOINTEE
FLOATING
BIG
ISSUE
Canadian
National
Is
Calling
For
Tenders
bn
$70,000,000
25-Year
Loan
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
20:
The
Canadian
National
Railways
will
call
f
or
bids
tomorrow
on
a
$70,000,000
loan,
It
was
announced
in
Wall
Street
yesterday.
The
loan
will
be
In
the
form
of
V-zr,i
non
-callable
debentures
of
25-ypars
maturity.