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&
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Prompt
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Block
24
Hour
Service
O
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03
&
INDiAN
CONFERENCE
HERE
TO
HOOKUP
PRINCE
RUPERT
WITH
RADIOPHONE
British
Government
to
Grant
Autonomy
Under
Safeguards-MacDonald
British
Premier
Sees
at
Least
Ray
of
Hope
in
Failure
Mahatma
Gandhi
Declares
That
It
Is
the
!
Parting
of
Ways
I.oN'DON,
Dec.
1:
Premier
j.
Ramsay
MacDonald,
in
cliNiip
the
Indian
round
table
conference
today,
declared
that
t
ho
British
government
would
stand
by
its
promise
p
unt
self-government
to
India
with
safeguards
as
to
'i-
ft
i
ce,
foreign
affairs
and
finance.
While
he
regretted
u
t
he
conference
had
failed,
the
Premier
added
that
the
provision
for
continuing
the
effort
CURTIS
TO
RUN
AGAIN
Tiff
President
of
United
States
Will
Accept
Nomination
If
Offered
Him
KMsHINOTON,
D.
C.
Dec.
1:
rk
Pmsttent-
Ohsftes
OortU
ln-t
yesterday
that,
if
the
con-
:
offers
him
the
nemtoaUon.1
v
:
main
run
fer
vice-president
United
Statos
under
Presi-U
i
bert
Hoover
There
is
tittle
'
in
that
"Charlie"
will
be
of-
:
nomination
't
been
considered
possible
'
.:iifi
might,
retire
from
the
I'M
idency
and
seek
re-elec-
i
senator
from
his
native
:
Kansas.
BOY
STILL
CONFINED
Wa
hington
Parole
Hoard
Refuses
to
Turn
Herbert
Nicholls
Over
to
Priest
in
Meantime
w
m
i
jv
WALLA.
Wash..
Doc.
1:
indicated
yesterday
that
the
"f
Father
E,
J.
Flanagan.
('aiholic
priest
to
take
in
Herbert
Ntcholls.
It-year
old
i
'I
need
to
life
Imprisonment
!
utter,
with
a
view
to
reform-'
'
'
"1,
would
not
be
granted
for
.'!,.
being
at
least
Oovenwr
'
i
H
Hartley
and
the
parole
"!
"
intimated
that
the
petition
1
not
be
dealt
with
until
next
Daughter
of
Lord
Jellicoe
Will
Be
Married
Soon
'
"WON,
Dec.
1:-Lady
Myrtle
J!li0(
swnnri
rlnunhter
of
Lord
'I
former
commander-m-
hl"
r
the
British
Navy,
is
to
be
""I'ed
shortly
to
Lionel
Balfour
Tl.
'"Kagement
was
announced
'
iday.
LOAN
OVERSUBSCRIBED
TEN
MILLION
DOLLARS
OTTAWA.
Dec.
1:
Over-"b
ribed
by
$10,000,000,
the
National
Service
Loan
closed
i'iM
nlffht
urflh
nvpr
tlfiOoOO.-
000
raised.
to
construct
an
Indian
constitution
was
made
by
an
arrangement
to
appoint
a
working
committee.
Mahatma
Oandhl
said
that,
as
far
as
he
could
determine,
he
and
the
British
government
had
reached
the
parting
of
the
ways.
He
would
return
to
India
and
renew
his
civil
disobedience
campaign,
he
said.
SHIPMENTS-EXPECTED
Interior
News
Sari
Iocal
Elevator
Is
to
He
Filled
Several
Times
S
o
tar
there
is
no
official
word
of
any
grain
boat
chartered
for
Prince
Rupert
loading,
but
romori
Dcrsiat
that
several
shipment
are
to
be
made
and
that
the
elevator
will
be
filled
two
or
three
times
d
urine
the
season.
The
argument
advanced
against
thU
activity
contained
In
the
assertion
that
it
was
for
this
purpose
that
the
elevator
was
built,
and
railway
offl
clals
have
never
been
known
to
exert
much
effort
in
Helping
to
realise
the
destiny
set
for
Prince
Ru-
oert
and
this
district
Interior
News.
STAFF
IS
CUT
DOWN
Twenty-Three,
Including
Grating
Commissioner.
Lose
jods
in
B.
C.
Civil
Service
innmnTi
nr
l:
Twenty
three
members
of
the
civil
service.
mostly
members
01
we
wwut
and
those
in
minor
ana
cm
wi
siUons
in
departmenU
that
have
been
much
curtailed,
will
be
retired
at
the
end
of
the
month.
T
P
McKeiwie,
g
rasing
commissioner,
is
one
of
those
affected
con-
th.
Mmiine
of
that
01-
r
.
imrlitr
flee
which
is
now
opi
the
Forest
Branch.
SPEAKER
IS
NOMINATED
Republicans
Offer
Representative
Snell
of
New
York
as
Long-worth's
Successor
....n.TunTnu
n
f!..
Dec.
1'
Representative
Bertram
H.
8"
Vmxi
Vni-lf
lira
new
Vt
IW
-
I
I
publican
candidate
for
the
Spr-a-
ikershlp
of
the
House
of
Repri'-n-
tatlves
to
succeed
the
late
Speakei
Nicholas
Longworth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
1,
1931
PEACE
IS
IN
SIGHT
Toklo
Hopeful
of
Settlement
Be
Inr
IFrnphi.4l
In
1
anrhlirian
'
Situation
T0KI0,
Dec.
1:
Official
Tokio
expressed
hope
yesterday
that
direct
negotiations
might
be
opened
soon
with
China
for
a
settlement
rf
Manchurian
differences.
The
Japanese
charge
d'affaires
in
Nanking
was
to
visit
Dr.
Wellington
Koo,
Chinese
.foreign
minister,
to
discuss
the
possibility
of
a
neutral
tone
in
Manchuria
Including
Chinchow
and
it
was
hoped
that
common
ground
would
be
reached
to
base
a
permanent
truce.
Meantime.
Japanese
troops
wire
reported
to
be
moving
from
Mukden
to
Tsitlhar
to
act
as
reinforcements
in
case
of
further
engagement
with
General
Chang,
the
Chinese
commander-in-chief.
BUILDING
STILL
UP
Value
So
Far
ThU
Year
is
$156
5S
as
Against
SH
5.99
1.50
in
Same
Period
of
1930
Building
value
In
Prince
Rupert
this
year
is
still
maintaining
1U
lead
over
last
year.
So
far
this
year
the
aggregate
of
local
building
value
has
been
$156,258
at
compared
with
$145,594.50
in
the
first
eleven
months
of
1030.
The
building
list
for
the
month
of
November
"Just
ended
totalled
$7.-
695
as
against
$3,400
In
November
last
year.
The
list
for
this
November
was
as
follows:
C.
H.
Orme.
Third
Avenue,
repair
store,
$600.
Ale
Duthie,
AUln
Avenue,
erect
garage,
$30.
D.
ZarelM.
Third
Avenue,
altera
tions,
$1000.
Q,
Vaecher.
Fulton
street
addition
to
house.
$150.
Oivernment
of
B.
C,
Third
and
Second,
erect
sign,
$75.
T.
McClymont.
addition
to
residence.
$150.
Percy
Cameron,
Second
Avenue,
erect
garage,
$150.
Home
Oil
Distributors.
Third
Avenue,
erect
sign.
$15.
H.
M.
Hlbbard.
Atlln
Avenue,
addition
to
residence,
$400.
J.
L.
Jollymore.
Borden
Street,
erect
residence.
$2800.
W.
Q.
Smith.
Sixth
Avenue
East,
repair
residence.
$200.
J.
Haabala.
Eleventh
Avenue,
erect
shack.
$300.
R.
McKay,
Cow
Bay,
erect
work
shop,
$825.
D.
Zarelll.
Fulton
Street
alterations
to
residence.
$1000.
WOMAN
IS
ARRESTED
Liquor
Charges
Pending
Against
Mrs.
Shlvley.
Wife
of
Former
Seattle
Police
Officer
SEATTLE.
Dec,
1:
Mrs.
Edna
Shlvley.
wife
of
former
Patrolman
Clarence
Shlvley
of
the
Seattle
potto,
was
eiven
her
freedom
on
'$1000
ball
yesterday
pending
trial
on
liquor
cnarges.
Mrs.
Shlvley
as
well
as
a
man
were
placed
under
arrest
when
police
raided
Uie
Blue
Ox
Inn
in
Ta-,cuaw.
conducted
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
I
Shlvley.
Royal
Army
This
view
uf
a
Roya
Army
tan
k
was
taken
ourtng
reernt
ma-nouvres
on
Salisbury
Plain
du
(ng
greaie
-
concen1
ration
of
tanks
j
the
world
unde
command
of
one
man.
British
Columbia
Population
Is
Announced
as
689,210;
Big
Gain
Since
Census
Decade
Ago
lumbia
is
announced
as
689,210
following
the
holding
of
the
decennial
census
this
year.
This
is
a
gain
of
164,628
over
the
British
Columbia
count
of
524,582
in
the
1921
census.
Incidentally,
British
Columbia
had
the
largest
percentage
gain
of
any
province
in
Canada.
Quebec
had
the
largest
actual
gain,
showing
an
increase
of
some
500,000.
Skeena
electoral
district
has
a
population
of
30,618
as
compared
with
28,934
ten
years
ago.
The
population
of
Canada
is
officially
announced
as
10,353,778,
this
being
a
gain
of
1,565,829
from
1921.
RELIEF
CRISIS
City
Council
of
Seattle,
on
Close
Vote,
Refuses
Funds
SEATTLE,
Dec.
I:
The
city
of
Seattle's
emergency
unemployment
relief
work
reached
a
crisis
yesterday
when
the
city
council
by
a
margin
of
one
vote
failed
to
pass
an
ordinance
which
would
have
made
available
$130,000
of
Idle
money
In
sewer
funds
for
the
emergency
work.
As
a
result,
most
of
the
city's
relief
work,
giving
employment
to
four
hundred
men,
was
closed
down.
Little
Boy
Falls
Through
Ice
Hole
and
Loses
Lite
KENORA.
Dec.
1:
Desmond
Baker,
aged
6.
whs
drowned
at
the
week-end
when
he
fell
through
a
hole
In
the
ice
on
Lake
of
the
Woods
at
Keewatln
while
sleighing.
Preacher
of
Los
Angeles
Fights
For
Air
Station
LOS
ANOELES,
Dec.
1:
Rev.
Ro
-
ENDED
TODAY
Navy
Tank
i
!
I
i
FIRE
LOSS
IS
LOWER
Nine,
Alarms
Turned
in
During
Month
of
November
With
Loss
of
$110
So
far
this
year
fire
loss
in
Prince
Rupert
Is
estimated
to
have
amoun
ted
to
$8,131
as
compared
with
$31.-539.70
In
the
first
11
months
of
1930.
There
have
been
58
fire
alarms
this
year
to
date
as
compared
with
71
alarms
during
the
corresponding
period
of
1930.
During
the
month
of
November
this
year
there
were
nine
alarms
and
estimated
damage
of
$110
as
compared
with
five
alarms
and
damage
of
$25
In
November
of
last
year.
Aviatrix
Gets
Great
Welcome
'
Southampton
Accords
Civic
Reception
to
Miss
Peggy
Salllvan
Who
Flew
to
Capetown
SOUTHAMPTON,
Eng..
Dec.
It-
Southampton
gave
a
civic
welcome
j
yesterday
to
Miss
Peggy
Sullivan
on
her
arrival
from
South
Africa
following
her
recent
record-breaking
flight
from
England
to
Cape
town
i
C.
N.
R.
steamer
Prince
John,
Capt.
Nell
MtLean.
la
due
in
port
,
Wednesday
night
or
Thursday
bert
P.
Schuyler
has
taken
to
Wash-1
morning
from
Vancouver
via
the
ington
his
appeal
against
an
order,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
Yes-requiring
him
to
take
his
radio
f
el
sailed
from
Vancouver
on
time
station
KOEF
off
the
air.
'at
4
o'clock
Saturday
afternoon.
Sites
Being
Selected
For
Sending-Receiving
on
Air
Voice
Network
Plant
on
Way
From
Vancouver
and
Should
Arrive
Soon
Locations
Not
Definitely
Settled
Upon
Up
to
This
Afternoon
C.
H.
McLean,
transmission
the
Northwest
Telephone
Co.,
has
arrived
in
.the
city
to
mstal
radiophone
sending
ana
receiving
stations
which
will
connect
Prince
Rupert
with
the
gradually
growing
commercial
radiophone
system
along
the
coast.
Since
their
arrival
from
Vancouver
on
th
mmnanv'f
service
boat
Bel-
uei-
mont.
Mr.
McLean
and
the
men
with
htm
have
been
busy
testing
possible
sites
It
is
understood
there
will
be
separate
sending
and
receiving
points.
No
decision
as
to
sites
had
been
made
up
to
early
afternoon.
The
local
radiophone
plant
is
now
on
Its
way
from
Vancouver
and
Is
expected
to
arrive
shortly.
BAYGHIMO-v
HASG0NE
Hudson
Bay
Trading
Vessel
Disappears
Following
Heavy
Storm
in
Arctic
POINT
BARROW.
Dec
1:
Following
the
subsiding
of
a
three-day
Arctic
storm,
one
of
the
worst
in
years,
word
was
received
from
the
marooned
crew
of
the
steamer
Baychimo
that
the
Icebound
vessel
was
lost.
A
high
ridge
in
the
icepack
has
risen
where
the
Baychimo
was
but
the
vessel
has
disappeared.
A
valuable
cargo
of
furs
was
on
board.
The
crew
has
been
living
ashore
since
the
vessel
was
caught
in
the
ice.
STOCKS
HAD
STRONG
DAY
Rears
Tut
to
Rout
In
New
York
After
Reigning
For
Month-All
Issues
Go
Up
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
I:
Wall
Street
took
heart
yesterday
as
a
big
buying
movement
put
to
rout
the
bean,
who
had
ruled
for
a
month,
practically
all
issues
turning
up
sharply.
Stocks,
wheat,
corn
and
cotton
all
went
up.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
1
:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
67&c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
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ra
i
r.
i
eb
b
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a
i
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im
i
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1
1
.
t
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
and
protection
engineer
of
with
party
of
three
men,
H.
W.W00D
PRESIDENT
Chairman
of
Alberta
Wheat
Pool
Re-elected
at
Annual
Meeting
In
Calgary
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
co-operative
grain
marketing
body
here
jester-day.
Mr.
Wood,
a
native
of
Missouri,
has
had
the
post
since
the
formation
of
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool
in
1923.
TARIFF
IS
APPROVED
British
House
Endorses
Preference
For
Canada
and
Dominions
on
Fruits,
Vegetables,
Etc.
LONDON,
Dec.
1:
By
a
majority
of
317,
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
passed
the
government's
resolution
authorizing
a
duty
on
fresh
fruits,
early
vegetables,
flowers
and
bulbs.
Canada
and
other
Dominions
are
exempted.
WHEAT
HAD
GOOD
DAY
Strong
Upward
Movement
In
Both
Winnipeg
and
Chicago
Markets
WINNIPEO.
Dec.
1:
There
was
a
sharp
upward
movement
on
the
local
wheat
market
yesterday,
var-
;
lous
futures
gaining
from
3M
to
2c.
A
boom
was
also
reported
in
the
Chicago
market.
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a
ib
i
a
i
a
i
a
i
a
i
a
taiara
i
an
Santa
Claus
Is
Already
Busy
Word
has
been
received
that
Santa
CUus
Is
already
buiy
in
connection
with
his
annual
distribution
of
Christmas
presents.
In
the
picture
he
is
seen
making
ut
a
list
of
boys
and
girls
In
the
Prince
Rupert
district
that
he
Is
to
vblt
on
Christmas
eve.
The
list
will
be
completed
as
soon
as
lie
finds
out
all
about
the
people
and
what
ihey
need,
;
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