TO
1
Day
and
Night
Tomorrow's
Tides
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service
in
town
(
Monday,
March
2
1931
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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J
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
28,
193
PRICE
FIVE?
CENTS
w
VERYONE
NOW
TO
PAY
INCOME
TAX
1
C-
-
CANADA
Local
Fishermen
and
Owners
Boats
Agree
To
Sell
Their
United
Pacific
Fisheries
to
Purchase
Halibut
Here
and
at
Seattle
for
Atlantic
Pacific
Co.
at
12c
and
9c
Fifty
of
Seventy
Boat
Owners
Here
Sign
Up
with
New
Concern
If
Experiment
Proves
Successful
Local
Fish
Buyers
Will
do
Out
of
Business
and
Fish
Exchange
Disappear
Three
hundred
boat
owners
and
fishermen
o'f
Prince
Rupert,
dissatisfed
with
prices
that
have
been
paid
them
during
the
past
few
years
and
seeking
some
sort
of
co-opera
tve
marketing
of
fish,
at
a
meeting
here
last
night
agreed
to
market
their
fish
exclusively
with
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
of
Seattle,
which
concern,
on
behalf
of
the
Atlantic
Pacific
Fisheries,
a
large
American
company,
doing
business
throughout
the
United
States,
will
pay
a
flat
rate
of
twelve
cents
for
first
class
fish
and
nine
cents
for
second.
This
price,
the
boat
owners
and
fishermen
declare,
is
much
better
than
the
average
hey
were
paid
last
year.
The
United
Pacflc
Fisheries
A
ill
have
officials
on
the
ground
here,
.within,
a.
wcek,Jt
is
Mated,
and
will
do
business
in
the
.premises
on
thtf
(Jov-eminent
wharf,
formerly
occupied
by
the
Shrubsall
Fisheries.
Some
fifty
boat
owners
signed
up
last
night
with
the
company.
There
are
about
seventy
boat
owners
altogether
here.
The
same
price
will
be
paid
for
American
and
Canadian
fish
alike
and
the
grading
basis
will
be
that
of
1930
namely,
first
class
fish
to
be
that
weighing
from
10
to
SO
pounds.
Should
all
the
boat
owners
agree
to
do
business
exclusively
with
this
firm,
it
would
have
the
effect
of
putting
local
company
buyers
out
of
business
and
closing
up
the
husiness
of
the
Fish
Exchange.
The
boat
owners
and
fishermen
seem
to
be
confident
that
the
new
system
will
he
successful.
.
,
C.
W.
Nickcrson
presided
over
the
meeting
which
was
held
in
the
Elks
Hall
and
which
proved
very
enthusiastic.
The
following
telegram
was
received
by
the
local
(
"ranch
of
the
Deep,
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
from
P.
B.
Mil.
general
secretary-treasurer
in
Seattle
:
"The
United
Pacific
Fisheries
have
made
a
deal
with
the
tlarttic
Pacific
Fisheries
to
take
all
fish
shipped
from
Seattle
and
Prince
Rupert
at
12c
and
Dc
for
the
Present,
later
price
to
be
determined
when
our
internal
troubles
are
settled.
Last
year's
weight
will
prevail."
Another
f
PiWrnm
stated
that
the
United
Pacific
Fish-
tries
was
starting
to
do
business
m
Seattle
today
and
was
making
immediate
arrangements
to
handle
Canadian
fish
at
Prince
Rupert,
officials
of
the
company
being
due
"ere
wihtin
a
week.
.
,
.
Eventually,
it
is
expected
the
United
Pacific
fisheries
will
be
buying
at
all
halibut
ports
on
the
coast.
On
Account
of
Premier
Tolmie
,
And
Attorney
-
General's
Illntss
Legislature
.Forded
to
Adjourn
K'!PORIA
Fehnfarv
2S
,,0n
.
miniyjtni'
nf
firmnrn.
In
T'.ie
and
Attorney-General
wem
,.rj...
j
t
n.!!..
i?
'uwtiui-u
w
wicn
jiuiiitr
w'nment
until
next
Tuesday
.
.
1
I
j
11
L.11I.
I..J
br
ut
Buvcriiiiiviit
uuii
uauy
ara
in
committee
stages.
p
l
pattullo.
Liberal
leader,
'"'
''''
the
delay
but
cave
way
'"
'I'.inting
the
government
MUST
NOT
SUPPORT
SOVIET
CREED-RYCKMAN
Exclusively
to
The
first
delay
in
the
t
in
absence
of
Premier
o.
f
.
R.
H.
Pooloy,
both
of
whom
...:tu
wwnmat
jin
art-
m
vw.w,
-
afternoon
after
the
routine
with
Its
prior
announcements
of
readme
to
press
forward
tlv
business
of
the
session
(
Big
U.
Only
Woman
Preacher
in
France
Said
to
be
unly
woman
who
prow
dies
Sunday
she
draws
crowds
to
the
Dlocher.
ol
Baptist
denomination
Drastic
New
Approved
Will
Be
All
Citizens
in
British
Columbia
From
Richest
to
Poorest
to
lie
Hit
by
New
Revenue
Plan
Will
Produce
About
$1,500,000
VANCOUVER,
February
28.
The
Vancouver
Daily
:
Provnce
yesterday
published
the
following
dispatch
from
Victoria:
"The
taxation
system
of
British
Columbia
jvas
n
the
melting
pot
here
Friday,
after
a
Conservative
caucus
had
discarded
all
its
.earlier
proposals
for
increasing
revenue
and
voted,
instead,
for
a
universal
income
tax
of
one
half
of
one
percent
to
apply
to
every
citiien
from
the
richest
to
the
poorest
in
addition
to
the
pre
tax".
Wlitle
there
was
minority
opposition
agatiiK
I
the'
new
universal
Income
tatf
leading
amservatir
r"
K
jrh
i"
ted
by
the
caucus
to
produce
$1.
3JO.0O0
new
revenue
were
scrapped
Wednchday
nlght
wlth
tne
ecep.
Hon
of
the
Increase
In
the
bank
tnx
The
new
tax
would
produce
about
)1,BOO,OQQ."
of
fish
S.
Firm
1
Oospel
in
France
Every
Tabernacle
Temple.
Parts.
Mme.
as
she
appears
In
the
pulpit.
Taxation
Scheme
Is
By
Tory
Caucus
and
Included
In
r
I
R0YALITE
DIVIDEND
Shareholders
Will
Receive
Fifty
Cents
1'er
Share,
It
is
Annouuccd
CALOAnV.
Ffcb.
28
A
dividend
of
55c.
per
share,
to
all
shareholders
of
the
Royalfle
OU
Co.
on
re
cord
March
5
was
announced
on
j
Thursday.
I
FISH
BIDS
ARE
WRONG
Erroneous
Impression
Caused
by
Dispatch
Yesterday
From
Ketchikan
L
Figures
obtained
here
vrs-'rHar
for
frozen
fish
prices
In
Chlca;-)
on
February
IS
contradict
v-ry
emphatically
the
statement
in
a
dispatch
yesterday
purported
to
have
ben
mat
by
Capt.
Injvald
Jlamen.
president
of
the
American
Halibut
Vessel
Owners'
Association,
that
word
had
neen
received
from
a
Chicago
distributor
to
the
effeet
that
haUVuf
notild
not
sell
for
more
than
5c.
per
pound
on
the
Chicago
market
today.
Following
were
frozen
fish
prices
for
February
19
in
Chicago
according
to
the
word
received
here-
Chickens,
He.
to
13c.
10
to
40
pounds,
12c.
to
15c.
40
to
80
pounds,
10c.
to
ISc.
Whales,
12c.
to
13c
Fresh
fish
prices
would
be
higher
than
even
these.
AL.GAP0NE
IS
JAILED
Famous
Chicago
Gangster
Is
Sentenced
to
Six
Months
For
Contempt
of
Court
CHICAGO,
Feb.
28
Al
Ca-pone
was
convicted
of
contempt
of
court
here
yesterday
and
was
sentenced
to
six
months'
imprisonment
in
the
County
jail.
Judge
Wilkerson,
in
announcing
his
decision,
declared
that
it
was
evident
that
an
affidavit
which
attempted
to
show
that
Capone
was
ill
and
in
bed
when
he
was
wanted
by
the
government
two
years
ago
was
glaringly
false.
The
BudgetouiS0y
1
of
Manslaughter
NEW
PARTY
IS
FORMED
Farmers
Decide
by
Unanimous
Vote
to
Take
Hand
In
Saskatchewan
I'olitics
SASKATOON,
Feb.
28
Saskatchewan
is
assured
of
a
new
farm
party.
ny
virtually
a
unanimous
decision,
the
United
Farmers
of
Canada,
Saskatchewan
section,
resolved
to
enter
politics.
They
will
seek
the
backing
of
.
all
citizens
in
electing
canili-,
dates
on
a
policy
aimed
at
ultimate
social
ownership
and
non-profit
production.
NO
HALIBUT
YET
Up
to
this-
morning.
th&
first
halibut
of
the
season
for
sale
over
the
local
Exchange
had
not.
as
yf'
arrived.
Communism
is
Roundly
Denounced
in
Decision
.
i
Rejecting
Its
Produce
Minister
of
-National
Revenue
for
Canada
DoesNTot
Mince
MattcrsrinAnnouncing
Stand
Taken
by
Government
OTTAWA,
February
28
Importation
into
Canada
from
Soviet
Russia
of
coal,
wood,
pulp,
pulpwood,
lumber
and
timber
of
all
kinds,
asbestos
and
furs
has
been
prohibited
by
order-in-council,
Hon.
E.
B.
Ryckman,
minister
of
nat-onal
revenue,
announced
yesterday
afternoon
after
a
meeting
of
the
cabinet.
The
government,
Mr.
Ryckman
jeclareti
In
a
statement,
is
con-
vlnced
that
In
Russia
there
Is
forced
labor
in
the
cutting
and
trans
j
port
of
timber
and
in
the
mining:
of
coal,
that
political
prisoners
arc
I
exploited,
that
the
standard
of
llv-;
lng
Is
below
any
level
conceived
of
i
in
Canada
and
that,
broadly
speaking,
all
employment
is
in
control
of
the
Communist
government
which
regulates
all
condition
of
it
and
seeks
to
Impose
It
;
wUl
upon
the
whole
world.
The
statement
proceeds:
"Thii
Is
communism,
ls
creed
and
iU
fruits
which
we,
as
a
country,
must
refusevto
support-
by
Interchange
1
of
trade.
WILL
JOIN
NAVY
PACT
Italy
and
Rome
Expected
to
Sign
London
Naval
Treaty
Soon
ROME,
Feb.
28
Although
there
are
certain
formalities
yet
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Italian
government,
ther;
seems
to
be
little
doubt
that
Italy
will
accept
the
proposed
accord
with
Funce
and
become
signatory
with
that
country
to
the
London
Naval
Treaty.
Before
'finally
agreeing,
the
Italian1
government
desires
to
be.iSatlifled
in
regard
to
certain
political
aspects
of
the
treaty
and,
in
the
final
analysis,
the
whole
thing
will
pro-babl
be
up
to
.Mussolini.
!
SEATTLE.
Feb.
2-"Not
Guilty
,"j
iwas
the
verdict
returned
by
a
Jury
here
In
the
trial
of
Mrs.
Frances
Judklns.
of
Portland,
who
was'
charged
with
manslaughter
In
connection
with
death
of
Percy
I
Moore,
Jr.
After
the
verdict.
Mr?
Judkhu
went
over
to
the
jury
bor
and
kissed
the
five
women
of
th
panel,
shaking
hands
with
th
'
seven
men.
-
Struck
By
Car;
BrokeHisLeg
.Dan
Ma
net
Su$ta)ued
,lnjurr
While.
Playing
In
Street
on
i
Tuesday
Evening
Dan
Magnet,
ten-year
old
boy.
while
playing
In
the
street
at
the
IntersecUon
of
Second
and
Third
Avenues
Tuesday
evening.
wa
struck
by
a
car
driven
by
Joe
Oai
on
and
sustained
a
fractured
lee
,The
lad
Is
reported
to
be
progress
,
lng
favorably.
Seeks
Divorct
V.
VjSSSSHT
Paul
White
man.
King
of
Jazz,
files
petition
In
Chicago
FUNERAL
OF
GREAT
DIVA
Dame
Nellie
Melba
Laid
to
Rest
Yesterday
With
Requested
Rustic
Simplicity
MELBOURNE.
Australia.
Feb.
23
With
simple
rites
Just
as
sheliad
requested,
Dame
NeUle
Melba.
th
great
English
diva,
was
burled
In
the
outskirts
of
this
city.
Her
mortal
remains
were
born
in
a
rude
farm
cart
to
their
final
resting
place
In
sight
of
the
country
home
she
loved
so
well
Rustle
simplicity
was
observed
throughout
the
funeral
rites
Twenty-Eight
Degrees
Below
Zero
In
Dawson
Today
There
Is
aiheast
one
place
In
the
country
tha(
is
having
real
wintry
weather
arid
that
Is
Dawson
where
today,
according
to
Government
Telei
raphaivppft,
the
thermometer
registered"
jff
btMw'i
'sero.
Catholic
Church
A
p
re-Easter
mission
of
great
truths
of
religion
by
a
Jesuit
priest
will
commence
In
the
Catholic
Church
on
Sunday,
March
1,
and
continue
for
one
week.
Sermons:
Sunday.
10:30
a.m.
and
7:30
p.m.
Weekdays.
8
a.m.
and
7:30
p.m.
For
(children,
3:45
put
11
welcome.
1