Todays
Weather
Dlgby
Island
Part
cloudy,
calm,
barometer.
29.72;
temperature,
37.
smooth
sea.
Vol.XXtir..Nb-.'4l.'
CHINA
PRINCE
1
I
ft
's
7
RUPERT
Heavy
Shelling
of
Invading
Fleet
Is
Defenders'
Answer
To
Japs'
Demand
That
They
Retire
OUTLET
IS
ADVOCATED
TtUt
Kler
Hallway
Would
Open
t'p
Development
of
Untold
Natural
Wealth,
Lecture
Hears
Pattullo'sMove
i.itrr
of
Opposition
Does
Net
WWi
Lengthy
Debate
Gov-ernment
Is
Caught
Unawares
VTaniA,
Feb.
19
A
railway
rr-tr'
ion
to
the
Peace
Hirer
dls-tf,
iirough
Northern
British
Co-
.
'.j
the
Pacific
Coit
would
if
i
n
"
ion
oeYctoiMjicufc
i
mite
J
walth
In
natural
rcsourm.
fc
ll
W
Atward.
cWeryattre
m
i
bt
r
for
Fort
Oeorge.
told
"tie
Lc;;
ia
are
yesterday
In
moving
1."
Rddrf
tn
reply
to
the
Speef
h
fn
ni
tue
Throne.
M
F
Mcintosh,
Conservatlvfl
xz'r.b
i
for
the
Islands,
was
the
sec
iiuJpr
T
&
Pat'ullo.
member
for
Princt
B
x"
and
leader
of
the
Opposl-',
3
(iffcred
the
support
of
Uif
Oppos.
ion
In
foregoing
any
pro-nr'A
debate
on
the
address.
Tuts
r
;e
caught
the
government
un-LviTn
and
Premier
S.
F.
Total
r
rrsed
the
debate
without
ex-f:
wi
of
opinion
as
to
aceep-w
or
rejection
of
the
offer.
LOCAL
MAN
IS
CHOSEN
A.
M
Davles
Named
Junior
Deputy
(rand
Master
of
Loyal
Orange
Lodge
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19:
Frank
Wll
:
i
nf
Vancouver,
was
yesterday
:
:d
grand
master
of
the
grand
i
of
British
Columbia
of
the
I
Orange
Society.
A
M
Davles
of
Prince
Rupert
was
'od
Junior
deputy
grand
master
Nmalmo
was
chosen
as
the
next
1
nvnntlon
city.
POUND
AT
$3.1
ttt
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
19:
The
Brl-i
i
pound
sterling
was
quoted
on
f
local
foreign
exchange
yestcr-
d'
at
$3.44',,.
an
Increase
of
c
Iom
the
day
previous.
OUTLET
DKSIUABLi:
MF.MBF.IV
INSISTENT
OTTAWA.
Feb.
19-Spcaklng
'0
the
House
of
Commons
yes-
trrday
on
the
report
of
the
mmltteo
of
engineers
In
re-
nard
to
the
Peace
River
rall-
way
outlet.
D.
M.
Kennedy.
U.
FA.
member
for
Peace
River.
insisted
that
It
waa
hlffhly
de-
slrable
not
onlv
for
the
Peace
niver
district
itself
but
for
the
whole
of
Western
Western
Canada
Canada
to
tart
construction
at
once
of
a
new
outlet,
Bombardment
of
International
Settlement
Also
Startcd-All
Foreigners
Urged
to
Leave
General
Tsai
Terms
Military
Campaign
as
Brutal
and
Barbarous
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
19:
Ignoring
the
Japanese
ultimatum
that
it
retire
from
Shanghai
today,
the
Chinese
army,
instead,
began
a
heavy
bombardment
of
the
Japanese
fleet
lying
in
the
Whangpoo
River.
Chinese
guns
also
opened
up
heavy
fire
upon
Japanese
positions
in
the
international
settlement,
reckless
of
hitting
the
property
of
DAUGHTER
OF
BRITISH
ADMIRAL
IS
IN
JAIL
AS
GANDHI
DISCII'I.E
BOMBAY.
India
Feb.
19
Madeline
3
lade,
daughter
of
a
r
British
admiral
and
disciple
of
Marutma
Oandht.
Indian
Na-
tiooaltat
leader,
was
yesterday
arretted
for
nationalist
actt-
vHles
and
was
sentenced
to
three
months'
simple
impris-
!
"
onment.
'
1
;
I
DEFENDERS
;
REINFORCED
Chinese
Showing
Activity
In
Bring
ing
Artillery
Against
Japanese
SHANGHAI.
Feb.
18:
-Fresh
Chi-
rtese
forces
have
come
to
reinforce
the
defenders'
lines
and
greater
activity
Is
being
shown
particularly
in
bringing
heavy
artillery
to
bear
igalnst
the
Japanese
at
Chapel.
WASHINGTON.
Feb
19
Claims
are
being
prepared
by
the
state
de-
nartment
aaainst
Japan
aemana
.
,moni
fnr
nv
urooertv
that.
T.
.a
h
i
nf
HvmCK
otherwise
means
war.
then
IIIBJ
MV
J
-
of
American
citizens
In
the
fighting!
at
Shanghai.
REMANDED
FOR
YEEKi
Preliminary
Trial
of
Vaneourer
Couple
on
Charge
of
Murdering
,
Little
Girl
Starts
viwrntiVKR.
Feb.
19
John
Mc
-
Arfow
seed
56.
and
his
wife.
Elsie
Foster
aged
42.
both
colored,
were
j
formally
remanded
for
one
week
on
annealing
In
city
ponce
coun.
mirror
recent
sneuing
nraiiminarv
trial
on
a
charge
of:
murdering
their
six-year
old
foe-1
terdaughter.
Bernlce
McAdow.
who
died
recently
from
tne
eiiecw
potassium
cyanide
poisoning,
""""i
atrium
'
RIOTS
IN
GERMANY
One
Man
Killed
and
Several
Injured
in
Clashes
Between
Communists
and
Socialists
i.nn
man
was
nES
killed
TnnH
nnd
.nother
another
is
is
dvlng
while
a
.,tn.miv
In
I
urea
in
score
were
fill
J
'
at
various
places
in
u
'many
yesterday
between
Commun
'ista
and
Nutlonal
Socialists
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Tomorrow's
Tides
Saturday,
February
20,
1932
High
...
0:30
ajn.
18:2
ft.
12:13
p.m.
21:1
ft.
Low
6:15
a.m.
2:3
It.
18:54
p.m.
2:3
ft.
IES
JAPANESE
ULTIMATUM
STRONGLY
FAVORS
PROVINCIAL
bother
nationals
there.
The
result
was
general
uproar
and
disorder
there.
The
heavy
tatoo
of
Chinese
guns
booming
over
nerve
-
wracked
Shanghai
today
was
looked
upon
as
the
awesome
prelude
to
the
most
world-shaking
battle
since
the
bugles
sang
truce
at
the
close
of
the
Oreat
War.
Warning
the
nationals
of
all
foreign
nations
to
evacuate
the
international
settlement
at
once,
the
Chinese
authorities
in
an
official
statement
isroea.,
by
oenerai
Tsai
Kffitf-KaV
anmnineed-'
That
'
"they
could
no
longer
be
held
responsible
jfor
foreign
property
and
lives
therein.
"A
neutral
setUement
no
longer
exists,"
the
statement
de
clared.
"All
we
know
is
that
It
con
tains
our
enemy.'"
The
Chinese
further
pointed
out
that
it
was
their
Intention
to
remove
their
women
and
children
from
the
neighborhood
of
hostilities
to
the
interior.
Nations
of
other
countries
were,
therefore,
urged
to
do
likewise.
It
was
definitely
announced
by
Oenerai
Tsai
for
the
Chinese
that
they
could
not
and
would
not
ac
cept
the
ultimatum
of
the
Japanese
to
evacuate
Shanghai
and
cease
hostilities
there
as
long
as
Japanese
troops
continued
to
occupy
Chinese
territory.
The
only
hope
for
peace
now
lay
In
the
Immediate
withdrawal
of
Japanese
brigands
from
all
Chinese
territory,
he
said.
there
must
be
war."
dectared
Oen-
era
I
mi
iceiuigiy.
urnerai
ihi
uc-nounoed
in
strong
terms
the
Japanese
militarists
whom
he
dubbed
as
barbarous,
terming
their
campaign
as
"a
brutal
and
savage
war
of
con
quest."
Meanwhile,
statements
Issued
from
Lotvang.
temporary
seat
of
the
Chinese
Nationalist
govern
ment
following
the
withdrawal
some
time
ago
from
Nanking,
said
that
the
government
had
consid
ered
the
Japanese
demands
but
that
China
had
no
Intention
of
knuckling
down.
The
British
naval
command
at
.Shanghai
holds
Japan
responsible
In
which
two
British
sailors
were
killed.
It
was
announced
-
1,601116
Demara
Shaw
is
Injured
Holiday
Tour
of
Africa
Marred
Yesterday
When
Automobile
Crashed
Into
Ditch
CAPETOWN.
Feb.
19:
The
lioll-day
tour
In
Africa
of
Ocorge
Bernard
Shaw,
famous
English
author.
wts
marred
by
an
automobile
ac-
eWent
yesterday.
The
car
In
which
...
.
Shaw
was
riding
ran
Into
a
dteh
and
was
badly
damaged.
Medical
attention
for
Shaw
was
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
Well-Equipped
Appar'hUy
ji
u
U.J
v:v
iay
are
a
lire.t:ais
a.n
l'.,
.
a,4J
gaiutt'i.
no
u:
-he
Chinese
wr.
accord-,e
.vea
eq.i.py-d
w:tto
i.ic
latt-st
in
.
M
x.a.;d-grenaue
looks
deadly.
BURNED
IN.
;
HOTEL
FIRE
C.
Moorwood
and
tele
Defoe
Are
Believed
to
Have
Lost
Lives
at
Ilevelstoke
REVELSTOKE,
Feb.
19
C.
Moor
wood,
farmer
of
Arrowhead,
and
Pete
Defoe,
old
timer
of
this
district,
are
believed
to
have
lost
their
lives
In
the
destruction
by
fire
this
morning
of
the
Union
Hotel.
The
loss
Is
placed
at
$30,000.
REPUBLIC
IN
REVOLT
All
Non-Combatants
Ordered
to
Evacuate
Costa
Kica
Yesterday
as
Fighting
Broke
Out
SAN
JOSE.
Costa
Rica,
Feb.
19:
Evacuation
of
all
foreigners
and
non-combatants
was
ordered
yesterday
by
the
government
of
this
Central
American
republic
as
artillery
bombardment
and
machine
gun
fire
broke
out
between
rebels
and
loyalists.
Goods
of
Gandhi
Sold
For
Taxes
Effects
of
Indian
Nationalist
Leader
Brought
Only
$132.22
at
Auction
Sale
AHMEDABAD,
India,
Feb.
19:
Furniture
and
other
'
articles
belonging
to
Mahatma
Oandhl
and
seized
for
taxes
against
his
property
brought
$132.22
at
auction.
Attacks
Made
on
Garment
Strikers
Eleven
Women
and
Eight
Men
Arc
Placed
Under
Arrest
in
New
,
York
Yesterday
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
19:
Eleven
women
and
eight
men
were
arrested
yesterday
as
a
result
of
a
series
of
attacks
on
models
and
other
young
I
women
among
striking
garment
I
workers.
19,
1932
Chinese
Soldiers
CANADIANS
VOLUNTEER
Eighty
.Members
of
Roral
Canadian
Air
Force
Would
Go
to
China
OTTAWA.
Feb.
19:
Eighty
officers
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
have
tendered
their
services
to
the
consul-general
for
China
In
Canada,
volunteering
for
military
air
service
against
Japan
The
con
sul-general
has
conveyed
the
offer
to
his
government
but
has,
so
far.
received
no
Instructions.
The
officers
had
been
let
out
by
tne
department
as
an
economy
move
and
are
free
to
take
up
the
new
service.
LONDON.
Feb.
19:
The
British
Royal
Air
Force
can
offer
no-pros
peet
of
employment
to
men
scrapped
by
the
recent
economy
move
In
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
Britain
is
expecting,
it
was
stated,
that
China,
would
take
some
off
I-
cers
for
short
service
between
the
ages
of
18
and
22.
McAdoo
Favors
Speaker
Garner
Former
Democratic
Secretary
of
Treasury
Expresses
Preference
For
Presidential
Nominee
WA81IINOTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
19:
William
Oibbs
McAdoo,
who
was
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
in
the
administration
of
the
late
President
Wood
row
Wilson,
came
out
yesterday
In
favor
of
Speaker
John
M.
Oarner
as
the
Democratic
presidential
nominee.
CUT
IN
WAGES
IS
PROTESTED
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
19-At
a
mass
meeting
of
five
hundred
federal
civil
servants
here,
a
vote
of
protest
was
passed
at
the
announcement
of
the
gov-
eminent
that
salaries
of
all
federal
services
are
to
be
re-
duceci
by
ten
percent.
City
Force
Proposal
Is
Rejected
By
Big
Majority
In
Plebiscite
Citizens
Turned
Out
in
Large
Numbers
to
Express
Preference
With
Margin
of
609
to
296
Prince
Rupert
citizens
rallied
to
the
polls
in
large
numbers
yesterday
and
crushed
the
idea
of
reverting
to
the
system
of
city
policing
by
giving
an
overwhelming
vote
of
609
to
296
in
favor
of
retaining
the
provincial
force
in
the
policing
of
the
municipality.
Immediately
the
counting
of
ballots
started
following
close
of
the
poll,
it
became
6b-
Eyloua
that
the
provincial
police
were
1
1
be
retained
by
a
vote
of
at
least
mp
r
A
T"i"n
HI
Itt
j
two
to
one.
Details
of
the
voting
Boxes
Prov.
City
NEW
TOIAL.arrS
a
Prejudice
of
Juror
is
Claimed
in1
Case
of
Mrs.
Winnie
Ruth
Judd
1
at
Phoenix
PHOENIX,
Ariz,
Feb.
19:
Affi
davits
were
filed
by
defence
attorneys
yesterday
as
grounds
for
appeal
declaring
Uia.t.on$
of,
the.
Jurors
in
the
trial
of
Mrs.
Winnie
Ruth
Judd.
convicted
of
murdering
her
former
friend,
Mrs.
Agnes
Leroy,
'
had
been
heard
to
say
before
the
trial
that
he
"would
bang
the
wo-1
man
if
he
got
a
chance."
The
af-j
fidavlts
have
been
placed
before
Judge
peakman
for
consideratloii,
appeal
having
been
made
for
a
new
trial
on
their
basis.
Mrs.
Judd
is
to
come
before
Judf.
Speakman
on
Tuesday
next
for
imposition
of
death
sentence,
following
her
convicUon
of
first
degree
murder.
LOAN
GOES
OVER
TOP
Five
Million
Dollar
Provincial
Issue
Declared
to
Be
Already
Over-Subscribed
MONTREAL.
Feb.
19
Announcement
was
made
yesterday
by
the
syndicate
offering
the
new
Issue
of
$5,000,000
of
Province
of
British
Columbia
six
percent
fifteen-year
debentures
that
dealer
subscriptions
had
been
received
substantially
in
excess
of
the
total
amount
of
the
Issue.
PAINLEVE
CALLED
ON
Former
Premier
is
Again
Asked
to
Form
Government
in
Paris
Following
Laval
Resignation
PARIS.
Feb.
19:
Former
Premier
Paul
Palnleve
has
been
called
upon
by
President
Paul
Doumer
to
form
a
new
government
In
France
to
succeed
that
of
Premier
Pierre
Laval,
which
resigned
this
week
following
a
defeat
In
the
Senate.
Palnleve
was
expected
to
announce
his
decision
today.
Mctlakatla
Iiaby
n
j
The
infant
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
j
McKay
of
Metlakatla
passed
away
yestcraay
in
tne
rnnce
uupert
General
Hospital.
The
remains
are
being
sent
to
Metlakatla
where
the
funeral
will
take
place.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
POLICE
were
as
follows:
Spoil
i
609
296
This
poll
was
a
good
deal
heavier
than
that
In
the
annual
civic
election
last
month
when
812
ballots
were
cast.
OFFICER
IS
NOW
BETTER
Staff
Sergeant
Ilersey
Considerably
Improved
at
Aklavik
After
Being
Shot
By
Maniac
AKLAVIK.
Feb.
19:
The
condition
of
Staff
Sergeant
E.F.Hersey.
R.
C.
M.
P.,
who
was
shot
Wednesday
afternoon
during
the
capture
of
Albert
Johnson,
demented
trapper,
who
was
himself
shot
dead,
was
reported
yesterday
to
be
considerably
improved.
Horsey
was
resting
comfortably
In
the
hospital
here
after
having
been
brought
In
from
the
scene
of
the
conflict
by
Capt.
W.
R.
Wop)
May
In
his'
plane.
Meanwhile
the
trail-weary
posse,
which
finally
succeeded
In
taking
Johnson
in
the
Yukon
Territory.
170
miles
west
of
here,
is
on
its
way
in
with
the
body
of
Johnson.
Charles
Levine
Under
Arrest
First
Man
to
Cross
Atlantic
as
Plans
Passenger
Charged
in
Connection
With
Stolen
-Securities
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
19:
Missing
for
over
a
year.
Charles
A.
Levine,
first
trans-Atlantic
air
passenger,
who
made
the
crossing
of
the
ocean
several
years
ago
In
a
plane
piloted
by
Clarence
A.
Chamberlain,
was
arrested
in
a
Manhattan
hospital
yesterday
on
charges
In
connection
with
possession
of
stolen
securities.
Police
had
been
searching
for
months
for
Levine.
He
has
a
broken
leg.
ONE
MAN
LiqUOIt
BOARD
IS
TO
BE
RESTORED
VICTORIA.
Feb.
19
Restor-
aUon
of
a
one-man
Liqucrr
'Control
Board
for
British
Off-
lumbla
Wia
fbrecast'
in
"-the
Legislature
yesterday
by
Pre-
mler
S.
F.
Tolmle
who
sold
that
legislation
to
that
effect
would
be
brought
down.
Two
years
ago
the
government
hi-
creased
the
boacd
from
a
one
to
three-man
body.