TA
V
w
Day
Night
and
Tomorrow's
Tides
The
only
3
3
ervlec
in
town
Friday,
March
6,
1931
o
El
High
2.33
a.m.
22.6
ft.
For
Quick
-
B
14.50
p.m.
22.1
ft
ill
66
Service
Low
8.49
a.m.
2.6
ft.
21.05
p.rrt.
2.3
ft.
&
2
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXII..
No.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
5,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
TERRIFIC
STORM
LASHES
MARTIMES
ALARM
DEVELOPING
AS
BURKE
PLANE
CONTINUES
Terrific
Storm
and
Fifty
Lives
Are
Endangered
On
Land
and
Sea,
in
East
Coast
Hurricane
Scvcnty-Fivc;
Persons
at
Mercy
of
Elements
on
Disabled
Steamer
People
on
Island
at
Mouth
of
Halifax
Harbor
in
Peril
HALIFAX,
Nova
Scotia,
150
persons
were
endangered
on
land
and
sea
today
by
an
'
easterly
hurricane
which
drove
the
highest
tide
'in
fif
tv
years
up
on
tne
settlements
oi
tne
outer
part
of
Halifax
harbor.
Including
upwards
of
thirty
passengers,
some
scvonty-f
ive
persons
were
on
board
the
helpless
Furness-
j
wuny
liner
uosauna
as
sne
wai-p
luwed
at
the
mercy
of
the
storm
without
JS-TSLS.
niilis
northeast
winle
en
route
from
St.
John's
Nfld.
t
Halifax.
Assistance
was
being
made
erady
f
mm
the
shore
for
another
seventy-live
persons
who
are
beleaguered
mi
DpvH'h
Talanrf
at
th
ntrnnr
of
'
thr
harbor.
These
people
were
endangered
when
sea
walls
were
broken
down
by
the
fierce
storm.
At
the
Eastern
Passage.
St.
Andrews
Parish
Hall
jind.
elgh
flb-n
men's
wharves
werr
destroyed.
At
eMaghert
Beach,
the
side
was
practically
blown
ouf
of
the
light-house.
At
Chebucto
Head,
families
were
being
moved
to
higher
ground.
01)1)
CARLOAD
OF
WHEAT
STILL
ON
WAY
TO
ELEVATOR
Three
or
four
carloads
of
grain
m
on
Uie
way
to
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
Prince
Rupert
Elevator
Last
week
a
few
cars
ar-Mvd
As
the
elevator
is
nigh
full,
ii
only
the
odd
car
or
so
U
Uniting
in
at
Intervals.
Search
For
Three
Men
In
Flying
Machine
to
Be
Instituted
Likely
Continued
Silence
After
Hcing
Reported
Near
Hazelton
Is
Now
Giving
Rise
to
Some
Misgivings
It
is
tiknltr
rW
n
sonrch
will
hf
instituted
Vd'V
S00I1
fof
Mots
W.
A.
Joerss
and
R.
I.
Van
Der
Hyl
and
Air
Engineer
Emil
Railing,
who
have
been
missing
since
last
Saturday
noon
on
a
flight
from
Atlin
to
Vancouver
in
the
plane
of
the
late
Capt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke.
The
plane
hopped
off
from
Telegraph
Creek
at
1
o'clock
Saturday
afternoon
with
the
mention
or
making
euner
iiazei-i
'"n
or
Burns
Lake,
The
report
of
a
ni'in
named
Paul
Perm.
-who
states
that
he
saw
a
plane
pass
over
Nine
Mile
Mountain,
near
Hazelton,
late
K'
urday
afternoon,
is
taken
as
DIPHTHERIA
BREAKS
OUT
POINT
BARROW,
March
5:
A
nous
outbreak
of
diphtheria
was
''"red
in
this
little
northernmost
White
SPttlimrtit
vfuttorrlnv
with
Dr.
---V
-
-
March
5:
The
lives
of
some
Aged
Medical
Professor
to
Retire
Soon
BALTIMORE,
March
5:
Dr.
William
II.
Welsh,
for
many
years
a
mmber
of
the
faculty
of
John
Hop
kins
University
medical
school
here,
will
retire
in
June.
He
is
now
81
years
of
age
but.'
despite
his
great
ace.
does
not
recommend
his
own
practice
of
reading
late
at
night
and
using
tobacco
heavHy.
Alternative
Vote
In
England
Now
Allowed
By
Bill
LONDON,
March
6
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
passed
an
alternative
vote
clause
In
the
government's
electoral
reform
bill
by
a
majority
of
twenty-six.
&munds
for
the
supposition
that
,
c
-
-
the
plane
may
have
been
lorcea
,
near
Hazelton.
If
It
actually
did
,
come
down
anywhere
In
that
ter-1
rltory,
it
is
high
time
now
that
those
on
board
should
have
reported
un-
j
less
disaster
had
overtaken
them
in
;
landing
somewhere.
Snow
conditions
around
HaBelton
during
the
past
few
idays
have
been
none
too
onod
for
a
Diane
attempting
either
l
to
land,
or
take
olt
with
-skis'
ft
!
stated.
The
headquarters
of
the
provincial
pollr?
here
lure
received
Inquiries
from
Vancouver
as
to
the
whereabouts
of
the
plane
oui
num-
-
.
.
L
.
I
if
!nry
Orelt
reporting
two
virulent
mg
yet
nas
ocen
fitMss
and
others
of
a
milder
nature.
It
was
snowing
throughout
ne
An
appeal
has
been
made
Co
the
north
and
central
interior
today,
Public
health
service
at
Juneau
for
making
any
attempt
at
'yni
W
immediate
supply
of
antitoxin
powlble,
the
Government
Tew-and
help.
'graphs
reported
this
morning.
TO
RELEASE
PRISONERS
F,,n
p"pty
Kcoration
win
be
.Made
to
Them
Under
New
Agreement
in
India
Formally
Signed
Concessions
Are
.,
Made
by
Both
Sides
i
i
I-one
Standing
Dispute
NBW
DBLHT
INDIA.
March
!
Conditions
agreed
upon
by
Lord
Irwin,
the
Viceroy,
and
Mahatma
Gandhi.
AU
India
Nationalist
leader,
whereby
the
civil
disobedience
campaign
in
the
country
tabrough
to
a
ewekwton
include
the
releas
of
all
Indian
political
prisoners
with
full
reatora'on
subject
ic
Certain
reservation,
to
ithem
of
tneir
property
and
modification
of
the
salt
laws.
.-,
The
agreement
was
;
formally
signed
yesterday
by
Lord
Irwin
and
Gandhi
after
nlnen
hours
o!
almost
continuous
discussion
during
which
an
accord
was
reached
upon
formulas
for
the
settlement
of
all
points
in
dispute
which
had
hitherto
menaced
the
faults
of
the
London
Round
Table
Conference.
The
agreement
further
provides
that
peaceful
picketing
for
economic
objects
shall
be
legal.
Indians
living
near
the
coast
will
be
given
the
right
to
manufacture
their
own
salt.
Concessions
by,
the
Nationalist
Congress
leader
wave
demands
for
an
enquiry
Into
alleged
police
excesses,
in
coping
with
the
Nationalist
movement.
Qandh,!
and
other
..leaders
will
participate
in
a
flew
round
table
l0"1"6""
J!"11-
I"''
incut
win
uc
tuiuiuviiit'u
uiunc
dtately.
Racked
for
a
year
by
the
civil
j
disobedience
movement
which
de-,
a0Tli
0t
the
BrlUsN
Hied
the
jails
and
was
responsible!
for
millions
of
dollars
of
economic
!
loss,
peace
has
at
last
come
to
India.-
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
March
5:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
57'
4C.
Qreat
Atnuii.ii)
bami-ruster.
now
76
years
"id
but
:.till
active
I
i
conducor.
I
HANBURY
IN
VANCOUVER
Was
Uiiabl4?
b
in
Court
Tun-day,
lie.
Explains
Resents
Publicity
Given
Matter
Settlement
Made
VANCOUVER.
March
5
In
a
statement
last
night
following
his
return
from
Kamloops
where
he
was
visiting
his
lumber
mill
prior
to
leaving
for
Ottawa
to
assume
his
Parliamentary
duties,
Wilfrid
Hanbury,
MP.
for
Burrard.
said
that
he
was
unable
to
be
In
court
on
Tuesday
in
response
to
a
sum
mons
to
undergo
examination
as
to
why
he
had
not
complied
with
I
a
court
Judgment
over
a
promissory
note
for
$217.
As
numerous
committal
order-of
such
a
nature
were
regularly
made
but
not
put
into
effect,
Mr.
Hanbury
felt
that
undue
publicity
to
one
against
him
was
nei
ther
considerate
or
fair
under
the
circumstances.
Later
In
the
day
It
was
announ
ced
that
settlement
had
been
made
by
Mr.
Hanbury
of
the
$217
Judg
ment
obtained
against
him
in
County
Court
by
John
Greed,
a
Vinuu
rinratar
Nn
ntftvt
will.
therefore,
be
taken
under
an
order
made
by
Judge
Rugtoi
committing
the
defendant
to
Jail
for
10
days.
WEATHER
REPORT
Triple
Island
F-esh
northwesterly
wind,
moderat
swell,
clear;
Dlgby
Part
cloudy,
calm;
bar
30.50;
temp.
48;
sea
smooth.
A
fleet
of
seven
Western
i
.
nil
n
TOoitvilu'Ll
miliin.
inn.
,
Eight
Planes
Destroyed
Last
Night
as
$150,000
Blaze
Visited
Western
Canada
Hangar
in
Teg
WINNIPEG.
Ma
ich
5:
Canada
Airways
p
I
'lima
John
Philip
Sousa
chine,
privately
owhed;verc
destroyed
in
a
fire
late
last
night
that
totally
destroyed
the
air
company's
huce
hangar,
causing
damage
estimated
at
$150,000.
The
flames
broke
out
following
an
explosion
in
.
the
hangar,
the
cause
of
which
is
unknown.
Temporary
interruption
of
the-
prairie
air
mail
service
resulted
as
there
was
no
available
plane
to
send
west
last
night.
Universal
JQX
0f
Qne
Percent
On
All
Incomes
Proposed
Today
GovcvninentIake8tI)rasticiIncrease
in
Taxation,
Affect
.
ingiRiclOandiijoor
Alike
With
No
Distinction
in
RateKojr
Either
Finances
Described
VICTORIA,
March
5
:Bringing
down
his
budget
today,
Hon.
J.
W.
Jones,
minister
of
finance,
announced
an
iimendment
to
theTaxation
Act
providing
for
universal:
tax
of
one
per
cent
on
all
classes
of
income.
The
impost,'
hich
is
in
addition
to
the
regular
provincial
income
tax,
t
is
expected
to
yield
$2,500,000
of
which
$500,000
will
be
i
:
-a
j
reduce
land
taxation
ior
school
purposes.
The
only
exemp-
uon
will
be
in
incomes
of
less
than
$12
in
any
week
and
those
receiving
mother's
pension,
old
age
pensions,
wr
disability
pensions
and
allow-I
nc
and
incomes
from
the
opera-j
Uon
of
a
farm.
The
only
other
im-Mt
in
the
budget
is
.the
increasing
I
if
pjfts
nv
licences
of
banks
by
20
.
.
For
the
fiscal
year
1931-32,
the
j
ntnisver
of
finance
estimated
re-I
c-ipts
at
$28,088,696
and
expendi
tures
at
$23,080,030,
leaving
estimated
snrplns
of
$8,695.
'
Inthe-'Hstt-
fiscal-year,
-revenue
totalled
$28,115,546
and
expenditures
$28,072,715.
The
net
debt
of
the
province
as
at.
November
1
last
stood
at
$102.-540.180.
Compared
with
the
actual
expenditures
for
1930-31..
there
is
an
anticipated
saving
of.
$200,000.
The
ralninter,
warned
the
House1
against
continuous
capital
borrowings
when
introducing
a
loan
bill
for
$5,000,000,
the
lowest
in
recent
years.
Of
this
amount,
$2,500,000
will
go
toward
the
completion
of
roads,
bridges,
etc..
and
$2,000,000
a
earmarked
for
covering
unem
ployment.
Dealing
with
the
major
revenue,
decrease
of
$250,000
was
expected
in
i
he
profits
of
Uie
Liquor
Control
Board
while
he
tends
Department
expected
to
show
a
loss
of
$525,000
n
revenue
due
mainly
to
depressed
conditions
noiuo
o
of
the
me
.uuiuti
lumber
u.uu.u
industry
probed
by
a
Royal
Commission
ap-The
budget.
Mr.
Jones
continued,
,;n)n,BH
iv
fhnin.nn
Dominion
.-.
3TS.
Z
T-'.w
""VT
Arv
expenditure
j.V
and
In
the
words
vf
the
minister:
"with
no
estimates
padded:"
Further
grants
to
municipalities
and
school
districts
of
$500,000
were
announced
CONTROL
OF
IMMIGRANTS
Peace
River
Wants
Government
to
He
More
Careful
With
Homesteaders
POUCE
COUPE,
March
3:
Efforts
are
to
be
made
this
year
to
have
the
provincial
government
look
into
the
manner
in
which
the
fertile
landi
of
the
Peace
River
district
are
being
settled.
Foreigners
with
little
or
no
money
are
pouring
into
the
Peace
River
country
and
no
efforts
are
being
made
to
encourage
the
better
class
of
English
speaking
Immigration.
British
Columbia
is
the
only
one
pt
the
western
provjnees
which
hai
taken
rjo
steps
to
control
home-steading
oh
Her'
recently
returned
lands.
Approximately
3.000
settlert
went
into
the
D.
C.
section
oi
the
Peace
River
during
the
past
year
and
homestead
filings
so
far
this
year
have
totalled
275.
i
A
steady
gain
in
motor
car
sales
is
reported
throughout
the
Dominion
of
Canada.
First
Budget
of
PIONEER
MISSIONARY
WOMAN
PASSES
AWAY
Miss
Margaret
West
nloneer
Anglican
Church
missionary,
woman
of
the
north
and
for
'
years
in
charge
of
the
old
Rid-
ley
pome
at
Metlakatla,
passed
away
at
7
o'clock
this
morning
at
her
home
here
after
a
leng-
thy
illness.
Her
death
will
be
mourned
by
a
legion
of
friends.
throughout
the
ribrth
fffr
"she'
was
widely
known
and
greatly
esteemed.
Her
brother,
Dr.
John
A.
West,
the
only
surviv-
4ng
relative
In
this
country,
was
present
at
the
end,
having
come
north
from
Vancouver
a
few
weeks
ago.
Funeral
ar-
rangements
are
in
the
hands
6t
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
i
Grain
Marketing
Commission
to
Be
Named,
Announced
REOINA,
March
5:
Drain
marketing
conditions
in
Canada
will
be
govern
mmt.
Premier
J.
T.
M.
Anderson
announced
here.
.
Unseasonable
Forest
Fires
Do
$200,000
Damage
in
Alberta;
Town
Near
Wiped
Out
in
Blaze
CALGARY,
March
5:
Leaving
in
its
wake
property
damage
in
joint
Canadian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
railway
yards
estimated
at
'$200,000,
a
forest
fire
that
threatened
the
town
of
Rocky
Mountain
House
late
Tuesday
was
yesterday
smouldering
under
a
heavy
snowfall
that
came
in
the
nick
of
time
:
Hopes
are
held
for
the
recovery
of
Scotty
Neilson,
farmer
of
the
dls
-
,
trlct,
wh
.was
severely
burned
when
caught
by
fire
while
driving
along
!the
road.
Ilia
team
and
wgon
were
.burned
but
he
escaped
.with
diffi
-
:culty
through
biasing
timber.
'
NOTICE!
Owing
tti'several
lnqu
wish
to
state
that
I
am
still
In
business
and
going
strong
at
the
same
old
stand,
Federal
Building.
Third
Avenue.
.This
notice
will
contradict
rumors
circulating
that
I
am
being
closed
out
Dawes
Furniture
Co.
Per:
duo.
Dawes.
MISSING
J.
W.
Jones
QUIET
IN
VICTORIA
Work
of
Legislature
so
Far
This
Week
Has
Been
of
Itoutine
.
Nature
VICTORIA.
March
5
The
pro-
tceedlng
of
the
Legislature
so
far
this
week
have
been
of
a
routlnt
nature.
On
"Tuesday
a
number,
of
government
bills
were
considered
in
committee
.and
private
bills
were
reported
for
their
first
reading.
Amendments
to
a
number
of
meas-
jures
received
second
readings
and
progress
in
committee
was
repor-
j
ted
on
several
bills.
!
Premier
S.
P.
Tolrale
and
Attor-
ney-Oeneral
R.
H.
Popley,
who
are
,
down,
with
severe
colds,
were
boUx
absent.
"
:..
OIL
TAX
.
IS
ASKED
Georre
Pearson
Urres
Action
la
nnfi
rvi
Mini.,.
.i....
-
of
British
Columbia
VICTORIA,
March
5:
Increased
tariff
on
imported
fuel
oil
and
a
new
tax
on
residue
of
crude
oil
used
for
refining
in
the
province
Is
ths
purport
of
legislation
which
Oeorgt
S.
Pearson.
Liberal
member
for
Na-naimo,
asked
the
Legislature
yesterday
to
use
its
influence
with
the
federal
government
to
bring
to
pass.
Mr.
Pearson
painted
a
picture
of
severe
distress
in
the
coal
working
arras
this
winter-instancing
Nana
lmo
where
he
said
800
miners
were
now.employed
part
time
as
against
25Q0not
many
years
ago.
The
delate
was
adjourned.
to
check
the
flames.
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Italy.
Passes
Documrnt
Although
It
Does
Not
Get
Parity
With
ranee
ROME,
March
5:
Italy's
claim
for
parity
with
France
in
the
matter
of
naval
tonnage
la
not
provided
fore
In
the
recenUy
accepted
agreement
for
a
cessation
of
naval
building
competition
although
France's
mtMKiti
of
tonnage
is
cut
to
150,000
tons.
At
that,
much
of
the
French
mivy
will
be
obsolete
or
nearly
so.
The
agreement
has
been
accepted
by
the
Qrand
Council
of
Italy.