Today's Weather Prince Rupert Cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer, 29.48; temperature, 49; sea smooth. Vol. XXIII-. No. 91. Mm a . v x BUDGET Income Taxes Arc inoi uecrcascu anu ueer imposis uc-u mains the Same Tribute Paid By Chancellor of Ex- . '1 chcaucr to Model Set By Lord Snowden Last Fall ! LONDON, April 19:-Great Britain has balanced the J budget with a surplus of 79G.000 pounds (nearly $4,000,000 at nar). Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the , Exchequer, jniormeci ramameni in nis uuugei speecu iu-day. There will bo no decrease in income taxes and the ticer tax will remain at its present level. Only a few taxation changes are proposed. lAUirtPfiPIAliT I ',Lord 8nowden- wh0 Pwentw I 1 1 N h h SS 1 1 1 M tne budget 1,1 sptember' v&ye th vVllI LjJJ1v1i country a model of severe, salutary Mld tn chancellor of rlnncc-" Mrvnn FI 1 1 1 na IVi A l rr 1 1 r tne Echiuf "and tody we have llV1 LrlJ Li tne satisfaction oi reporting that . . 0 1 1 ? Anticipated Development in "Honor Murder" Trial Does Not Materialise m-.vnt.in.il Anrti 10:-Lleut. 1 Tmnrow II. Maaste. at yesterdays ri..n of the "honor murder" trial. failed to make live anticipated con- f. s.,01, that he alone was respon- Mblr for the killing of the native yniitli who attacked Mrs. Massle ai d in connection with whose killing four defendant are charged :ih murder. Lieut. Massle. while admitting that he had threatened i the naUve with hft gun. declared i that he had no recollection of ac- i tually shooting. Employees of King County Get Wage Cut SEATTLE. April 10: An all- round ten percent cut for King j County emnlovMa effective May 1 1 .1 1 Vk T a T ! ; i. t 1 1 i T- i. I his anticipations have been fulfil " Mr. Chamberlain said that the estimates had been realtaed with a surplus of W0)00 better than Lord Snowden expected to get. Revival of trade and employment within the past few months gave "in rea5n lo "" the worst of her economic deprw on was over, the Chancellor added. WOULD HAVE BIG CHANGE Northern Province Endorsed By Burns Lake Newspaper to Get Justice 6 The Burns Lake Observer is out with an editorial article endorsing the idea of a new province for the northern part of British Columbia and Alberta In interests of primary producers. It says: "More and more we are becom- mg convinced of the necessity of a rllnment of the two western argument that we have too many provinces now. boost tne amalgamation of the south of the two western provinces (perhapa Saskatchewan should be included alsol intn one nrovtace and the north into another. The names would be uv to arrive at. Let the south be called British Alberta and the north Northern Columbla-but let us not snllt upon a name "In every matter mai h Uie north is Ignored or deliberately ,i,nnd down. Now the Royal Com I ..... i....r..t. Kji nrrlfieed mat norwiri iuki - -- and Vancouver and the railroads it.. "subsidised" at the expense oi me whole farming community and area of the Peace River. Thin new Canadian empire is w be out under tribute to the rall- , roads and to Vancouver harbor, so the report suggests. The report on lh Pupa Hlvpr rnllWttV OUlICl qe- veloped along 8lrnnar lines and) ievldence is not wanting inau u Lrpat financial Interests have their I way. the north will develop only jwnen an(n( jt may be exploited to ipay tne interest charges on south- was announced yesterday following 1 provinces, or else the creation of a a special economy conference of new province embracing the north-the board of county commissioners. ern half of British Columbia and Alberta. Let those who advance the Big Fleet Is Off to San Francisco Month's Visit to City of Golden Gate Will Be Paid By Naval and Aircraft L08 ANGELES. April 18:-One 'uuitlred and twenty-seven war- 1 hips and 300 airplanes of the Unl- '! 8tates Navy left here yesterday t"t San Francisco where they wlll;mtMjon on harbors has suggested iwv a month's visit. PHYSICIAN IS CHARGED Ur. Charles Stewart of Los Angeles vuiui-Kses iruiiuniiis Drug Addicts I-OS ANGELES. April 19: Dr. Charles M. Stewart, a well known ,, ,M .r;,u uiiiciw - nv . irnprrii niiiccia. ouwmv ald to havo admitted to police that V. L - i i MM,lnn nn n n ytX for tnn iaf uta nnm l ana we uuuuk I vv t !much wm come of it until this pre- i i i f.. 1 1 m nnm 1nf- " Ji uvuii vwwjii - seni system uitom ui imi.,..t.:i ,hia'.. . ... .-j. ij u th -"hwjui irnao hi imituww ""ua an inerua nggruvniru j drug addicts. (Continued on Page 3) How NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1932 GOVEMMENT MA Y AID BEA BRITISH IS PRESENTED TO HOUSE OF COMMONS i Finances Of Old Land Have At Last Been Balanced With Handy Margin To SpareChamberlain r '9 second victim of car smash is dead ,JmTSy1So- ' nwr JounttUst and sportsman, died at midnight . . i i i i i j. last night from Injuries sus- tained in a motor crash on Granville Street Bridge Satur- day night. His wife died yes- terday. ' Eight Carloads of Ketchikan Halibut Shipped From Here Eight carloads of fresh "'halibut from Ketchikan was handled through this port yesterday for shipment to the United States over the Canadian National Railways Northland Navigation Co.'s motor-ship Norco arrived at 10 ajn. from the Alaska port with four carloads and the Bellingham arrived at 11.-30 ajn. with a similar 'sized consignment. The eight cars, as well as six cars shipped from here, went out on the regular train foi the East which did not leave until p.ra being three hours late In getting away. PRINCESS ENA SOLD C. I. It. Disposes of Veteran Coast Fteithter to Cannery Interests For Use As Fish Station VICTORIA, April 19: Sale of the veteran coast freighter Princess Bna by the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver cannery Interests for use as a fish sta tion on the British Columbia coast fit announced on Monday. Well known In all ports of the coast, the Princess Ena had plied the British Columbia coast for upwards of 20 years before being tied up by the company last fall and of-rrsrf for sale. She Is 195 feet lone, of teel construction and was built in 1907 at Oarston. Great Britain. The Princess Bna and Princess Royal were withdrawn from service and offered for sale by the company about the same time. The Royal has not yet been sold. DRY VOTE CUT DOWN Appropriation of $10,250,000 For Prohibition Enforcement In United States During Coming Year WASHINGTON. D.C., April 9 prohibition k mnt. A total appropriation of $10 Mnnoo for dry activities In the country during ji me rnmln? coming vfar jrw " Ambitious Canadian Girl Mi Eleanor runt oi Winnipeg at Los Ai: i k . hi i iuui ti. where avi. tion -aujih: The C a Two Foreigners Dead as Result Of Affray Near Barkerville in Cariboo Country, Police Learn QUESNEL, April 19: Sought as the suspected slayer of Mike Kopok, prospector, whose blood-covered body was found near a cabin, on the road to the site of old Antler town ten miles out of Barkerville Saturday, Witold Nowo-kowskv is also dead. Provincial Constable Vickers and nartv, who travelled . from Barkerville at. to the scene of the tragedy on snowsnoes, iouna wowo--. kowsky dead with a bullet in his neck. There was evidence of a battle in the cabin between two men. Nowo-kowsky was. apparently, shot by Kopok who. also fatally wounded, staggered out of the cabin In an effort to reach help or took his own life rather than report the death of Nowokowsky. Estelle Denies Reconciliation She and Dempscy Have no Intention of Getting Together Again, She Says LOS ANGELES, April 19: Estelle Taylor, the screen actress, yesterday denied the troth of rumors that a: reconciliation between herself and her divorced husband. Jack Demp- sey, former world'a heavyweight; boxing champion, was Impending.) She had merely met Jack in a Los Angeles theatre and they had ex changed friendly "hellos," she explained. Columbia River Development In Washington Bill WASHINGTON, D.C.. April 19: The two Oregon senators introduced a bill yesterday which would provide for a $319,000,000 development of the Columbia River. tinkers with an aeroplane engin$j, only one in the United States u.ucian girl hopes to become pilot. PLAN IS j COMING I Thornton and Bitty to Get Together in Solving Motor Bus Problem OTTAWA, April 19: Within & week or two, Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, hopes that, in conjunction with President E. W. Bratty of the Canadian Pacific Railway, something will be evolved to meet the competition of motor trucks. Sir Henry said today In explaining Canadian National estimates to the House of Commons. D ncQVOl- IVUUoCVClL 111 n MinnnnnnllC lTlUlllCclJUlld Governor of New York Makes Plea For National Community of Interest MINNEAPOLIS, April 19: Gov enter franklin D. Roosevctl of New j York outstanding candidate for: the Democratic presidential elcc-l tlon, in an address here, made a . plea for a national community of' Interest In the present emergency. ' ALASKA WEATHER Juneau-Hlgh. 48; low, 38. Ketchikan High, 50; low, 38. Tomorrow's Tides Wednesday, April 20, 1932 High 0.29 a.m. 22:4 it. 13:04 pm. 21:1 ft. Low 6:55 a.m. 1:8 It 19:06 p.m. 3:9 It. UHARNOIS Dominion Is Ready To ' Advance Millions To i I Defaulting Company Future of Concern Depends Largely Upon Action Taken ; By Holders of Collateral Trust Bonds, Premier Bennett ; Tells House of Commons in Reviewing Situation OTTAWA, April 19: The Dominion stands prepared to consider advancing $15,000,000 or $16,000,000 to the Beauharnois project under certain conditions, the House of Commons was told yesterday by Premier R. B. Bennett. . At the same time it wa3 announced that the government never had undertaken to guarantee interest of $30,000,000 i Ax percent collateral trust bonds of PASSING OF I J0HNY00L Former Marnier of Burns Lake Branch of Hoyal Bank Dies of Injuries From Shooting J Johnv.Yoal.- aged - i38 f orevpral years manager of the Burns Lake branch of the Royal Bank of Canada and for the past three years manager of the branch at Mission City in the Fraser Valley, died re-recenUy in the Vancouver General i Hospital from injuries sustained a ' H.U.M 1 icw kccu ugu wiicu iic wtu incidentally shot in the head while engaged in examining a revolver in the bank. His recovery had been hoped for but Infection later set In and this proved fatal. The late Mr. Yool, who entered the service of the Royal Bank of Canada In 1913, was a native of Scotland and had resided In Canada for 19 years. He is survived. In addition to his widow, by a son and J daughter, mother and father, two sisters -' - nrA and nns one hrntrvar brother. The funeral took place on Tues- jday afternoon of last week from Nunn Si Thomson's chapel in Van couver to Mountain View Cemetery iwhere interment was made In the Returned Soldiers' Plot. Rev. C. C iOwen officiated. DECISION THURSDAY Governor James Itolph Jr. to Make His Announcement in Tom Mooney Appeal SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 19: Governor James Rolph Jr. lntlma-'od yesterday that he would deliver his decision on Thursday of this week in the appeal of Tom Mooney, (labor leader, who has been for many years a nrtsoner in San Quen- tln Penitentiary and on behalf of whom parole proceedings were In- stltuled some time ago. Drive For Funds For Eastern Trip Of Rowing Crew SEATTLE. April 19 A drive ha: been started to raise $8,000 to fl nanc the sending of University of Washington crews to the national iat Ponehkeeusle this year. It Is planned to send two crefs. PRICE: FIVE CENTS .'the Beauharnois Power Corporation vhlch defaulted on April 1. The future of the power company. tae Prime Minister said, depended largely on the action taken by holders of the collateral trust bonds. They must decide for themselves what to do but they had the right to avail themselves of provisions of trust deed whereby they may exercise their rights and call for pay ment of the full sum, sell bonds and become practically, to all intents and purposes, the owners of the project subject to first mortgage bonds. CONFERENCE PROCEEDING Little In Way of Definite Progress Made at Disarmament Parley Yesterday GENEVA, April 19: Little definite progress was made at yesterday's session of the disarmament conference here. Progressive disarmament. Involving heaviest reductions among the heaviest armed nations, was discussed, froposals along this line made by Russia were supported by German delegates. READY TO PAY OVER Nov Demand For $100,000 in Gold Said to Have Been Made By. Lindbergh Kidnappers HOPEWELL, New Jersey. April 19 A report yesterday that the kidnappers of twenty-month old Chas. Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.. had made a new demand for ransom of $100.- 000 in gold led to belief that restor ation of the child to his parents was imminent. Col. Breckenrtdge, personal adviser of Col Lindbergh, was reported to have urged the fa mous flyer to have this amount of gold on hand and available for Im mediate delivery. Col. Lindbergh made another mystery trip" from Hopewell yes terday. NEW TAX JILL IN Measure Providing For Raising of Billion Dollars Presented to U. S. House WASHINGTON. D.C.. April 10: A new tax bill, under which over $1,000,000,000 would be raised In public revenue, was presented to the House yesterday. Automobile Interests have expressed strong opposition to some of the luvuioiis.