Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
April
12,
1932
mmm
High
4:18
a.m.
18:1
It.
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
light
18:01
p.m.
14:9
ft.
tbuthcast
wind;
barometer,
30.08;
Low
11:37
a.m.
0:2
tt.
temperature,
49;
sea
smooth.
23:18
p.m.
10:0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXIII.,
No.
84.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
11,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENT3
V(N
HINDENBURG
IS
AGAIN
PRESIDENT
LSHlmGH
PA
YS
$50,000-00
BUT
BABY
IS
NOT
RETURNED
Kidnappers
Fail
to
Live
Up
To
Promise
To
Give
State
Police
Planning
to
Trace
Bank-Notes
with
View
to
Solving
Mystery
Believed
Abductors
Arc
Afraid
to
Keep
Pledge
HOPEWELL,
N.J.,
April
11:
Fearing
that
the
numbered
bank-notes
which
have
been
tendered
them
as
ransom
for
the
infant
son
of
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
might
lead
them
into
trouble,
the
kidnappers
of
the
child
were
reported
yesterday
to
have
demanded
that
payment
be
made
them
in
gold.
Immediately
this
is
done,
the
child
will
be
returned,
the
abductors
arc
reported
to
have
promised.
tim.'MTHM.
N
.T
Anril
11:
It
was
officially
announ
ced
here
on
Saturday
night
by
the
New
Jersoy
state
po-j
luro
that
ransom
money
of
$50,000
had
been
paid
over
last
week
by
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
to
representatives
of
,
the
kidnapper
of
his
20-month
old
son,
who
disappeared
j
on
March
1
from
the
Lindbergh
.
.
home
.
at
Hopewell,
but
.
thati
1
-
-
.A
lJ
l.ll.J
n
fulfil
PROBE
OF
TRADING
InvcMlnatlon
of
New
York
Stock
Exchange
Afaflrs
Starts
Today
WASHINGTON.
April
11:
The
Senate
banking
committee
is
starting
today
a
widespread
investigation
into
all
phases
of
trading
activity
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange.
Itichard
Whitney,
president
of
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange,
has
been
subpoenaed
to
appear
as
the
first
witness.
He
has
been
ordered
to
bring
all
Information
with
him
and
be
prepared
to
answer
all
questions.
The
committee
plans
that
the
investigation
shall
be
a
most
thorough
one.
It
was
revealed
on
Saturday
that
rrenldent
Hoover
had
been
behind
the
sudden
derision
of
the
committee
to
start
the
Investigation
immediately
and
that
the
Intention
was
to
forestall
a
bold
short-selling
scheme
which
was
lo
have
been
sprung
in
Wall
Street
this
week.
INFLUENZA'
INYUKON
thief
Isaac.
Head
of
Mooschldc
Indian
Tribe,
Falls
Victim
to
Malady
DAWSON,
Y.T..
April
llliS;
W.
agefi
75.
head
of
the
Moon-
"
nTuld
be
easier
on
hide
Indian
tribe,
died
on
Saturday
from
lnflueniA.
Influenia
of-
a"mtld
form
Is
prevalent
here,
necessitating
the
clos-ln
of
schools.
Big
Savings
Proposed
By
Pres.
Hoover
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
April
11:
President
Herbert
Hoover
on
Satur
day
proposed
economies
to
the
Ben
ate
finance
committee
which
arc
N
m.
.J
I
II
I.
n.ln
nf
fmn,
iia-u
vu
lusuit,
it)
onviii
t4
Aiwtii
JlCO.OOO.ooo
in
$210,000,000
In
Eov
-
crnmcntnl
expenses
for
1033.
Child
Back
their
bargain
that
the
ehUd
would
I
be
left
safe
at
a
specified
place
on
the
money
being
paid
over,
up
to;
Saturday
night
the
Ihlld
had
not-been
returned
and
the
state
police!
intimated
that,
in
view
of
the
jact
that
the
kidnappers
had
failed'
loj
live
up
to
their
agreement.
It
would
be
necessary
for
them
to
enlist
tnei
aid
of
the
federal
authorities
In
tracing
the
bank-notes
which
were
paid
over.
While
the
numbers
of
the
i
nntM
had
been
I
keot
V..
by
Col.
Lind
Tlnrl.l
bergh,
It
had
not
been
the
Intention
to
trace
them
had
the
child
seen
safely
returned
to
Its
parents.
While
some
people
were
Inclined
to
believe
that
Col.
Lindbergh
had
hn
swindled
by
false
representa
tions,
officials
were
Inclined
rather
to
believe
that
the
kidnappers
were
afraid
to
return
the
child
immediately
to
the
designated
rendezvous.
There
Is
still
optimism
that
the
baby
Is
alive
and
well
and
will
be
returned
soon.
TARIFF
IN
NEW
BILL
Move
Made
In
Washington
Against
Including
Revisions
Sales
Tax
or
Greater
Income
Tax
WASHINGTON,
April
11
-Move
is
under
way
to
prevent
the
Senate
nmmttt
from
Including
tariff
alterations
In
the
national
revenue
bill.
Democrat
members
of
the
committee
would
Include
certain
revisions
as
revenue
proposals.
Senator
Reed
of
Pennsylvania
made
a
vigorous
appeal
that
a
gen
.
-
the
ordinary
people
than
than
the
the
pro
pro.
posal
to
lower
income
tax
exemptions
from
$1800
and
$3500
for
single
and
married
men
respectively
to
$1000
and
$2500.
Unidentified
Man
Jumps
in
Niagara
To
Commit
Suicide
NIAGARA
FALLS,
April
ll:-An
1
unidentified
man
committed
sul-
clde
Friday
by
leaping
Into
Niagara
CI.
II.
T)rienntt
Pnint.
IIC
CiUU'
runs
uw
twjvv
-
'.nuards
who
noticed
him
climbing
over
a
rail.
At
The
"You
go
your
way.
I'll
go
OLXV
they
do
a
UNEMPLOYED
IN
SESSION
Wage
Rate
of
$7.50
a
Month
TH
f
!-!
4
T
T"
is
uejecteu
rer
uay
Basis
Asked
LONG.
MEETING
Move
.to
Join
With
National
Unemployed
Workers
Ass'n
Held
Up
At
a
mass
meeting
under
the
aus-
nices
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Unem
ployed
Association
which
taxed
thei
capacity
of
the
Metropole
Hall
last;
night
and
lasted
for
no
less
than;
three
hours
and
a
half,
resolutions
were
pawed
pledging
single
unem-,
ployed
men
here
to
refuse
to
accept;
th
provincial
government's
offer
of
$7
JO
per
month
and
board
for
a
30-day
month
and
proposing,
as
an
al-'
ternatlve,
that
the
men
be
permitted
to
work
for
the
money
required
for
board
and
clothes
at
a
scale
of
$4
per
day
on
the
basis
of
a
six-hour
daV
and
five-day
week,
the
clothes,
t
be
provided
In
advance.
It
was
decided,
at
the
suggestion
or
Aid.
O.
B.
Casey,
who
was
present,
to
en
list
the
support
of
the
city
council
for
the
latter
resolution.
Tnese
re
solutions
were
not
passed
until
after
there
had
been
lengthy
discus-1
slon
in
which
many
of
the
men
present
participated.
j
Charles
Chapman
presided
and
other
members
of
the
central
com
mittee
of
the
association
were
on
the
platform.
In
opening
tne
meeting,
wt.
Chapman
briefly
explained
the
purposes
for
which
It
had
been
called.
He
told
how
me
government.
uu
failed
to
comply
with
the
request
that
boots
and
clothing
be
provide
the
men
before
they
went
to
work.
rrtrresnondence
arising
since
tne
last
meeting
was
road
by
the
secre
tary.
T.
Murphy.
W.
Mohoney
and
Mr.
Chapman
renorteti
on
a
recent
meeting
with
the
city
council
when
more
ade
quate
allowances
for
marnea
men
with
families
were
requested.
Mr.
Mnhonev
charged
the
members
of
the
city
.
council
wlth.an,
attitude
of
evasion.
Continued
on
Page
3.
Annual
Society
Horse
Show
rail
at
Fcrt
Myer
Va..
as
circus.
.v?
member.
-:
:a
eracii
..v.vuhy
criss-cross
jump
Vj.
the
annual
soi'ie'y
Agea
rormer
7i
n
m
si
w
w
r
m
Leader
is
Re-elected
As
German
Republic
Head
Polled
Nineteen
Million
Votes
at
Run-off
Election
and
Had
Majority
of
Six
Million
Over
Adolf
Hitler,
His
Fascist
Opponent
BERLIN,
April
11:
President
Paul
von
Hindenburg
was
elected
chief
executive
of
Germany
for
another
term
of
seven
years
by
virtue
of
polling
more
than
nineteen
million
votes
on
Sunday
in
the
presidential
run-off
election
following
the
poll
last
month
which
was
not
conclusive.
The
80-year
old
former
military
leader
had
a
majority
of
some
six
million
votes
over
Adolf
Hitler.
Fascist
candidate,
and
a
-
TiriTTi-if
majority
over
the
total
votes
polled
I
I
I
I
M
H
J
vp
J
S
by
all
opponents
combined.
LiUIiilJlV
JIU
Faced
with
acknowledged
defeat!
nTItT1
TTnJ'WT
In
the
presidential
election.
Adolf
SHI
I
I
1
III
111
vl
Jll
Hitler.
Fascist
candidate,
and
his:
UllV
a
supporters
toward
the
end
werr
working
merely
to
reduce
the
majority
of
President
Paul
von
Hindenburg
as
much
as
possible.
During
the
last
few
days
preceding
the
election
there
were
many
disorders
and
numerous
arrests.
No
Mosquitoes
military
President
of
German
Iteiclibank
liar
Narrow
Escape
From
Assassination
on
Saturday
BERLIN,
April
11:
Dr.
Hans
Luther,
president
of
the
German
Relchbank.
had
a
narrow
escape
from
assassination
on
Saturday
when
four
shots
were
tired
at
him
from
a
crowd
as
he
was
going
on
I
injuries
were
not
serious
ana
ne
proceeded
on
his
trip
as
Intended,
the
wounds
being
dressed
on
the
train.
Army
Uniforms
Are
Permitted
In
School
Now
SEATTLE.
April
11:
The
Seattle
school
board
has
decided
to
reconsider
a
ruling
made
on
March
18
under
which
United
Stales
Army
uniforms
would
be
barred
from
the
public
schools
of
the
city.
By
the
i
former
decision
only
those
wearing
civilian
clothes
would
be
admitted
'
to
the
schools.
ti
x
board
a
tram
ior
rranKiori.
miner
ror
r
onlandiw"
nit
m
tne
rint
wrtet
but
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
lias
Six
Men
at
Work
Already
Fighting
I'cst
PORTLAND.
Ore..
April
11:
The
Portland
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
decreed
that
there
shall
be
no
mosquitoes
ln
the
Rose
City
this
year.
Six
men
are
already
busy
fighting
the
pest.
WEATHER
REPORT
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.04;
temperature.
52;
light
chop.
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
light
east
southeasterly
wind;
sa
smooth.
Lanaarn
Island
Cloudy,
light
south
wind:
sea
calm.
City
Auditor
Gives
Official
Statement
Of
City's
Affairs
Answers
Three
Important
ances
Condemns
Bankruptcy
Suggestions
But
Urges
Economy
Co-operation
j
(George
Rorle,
City
Auditor
i
i
It
has
been
stated
that
there
is
public
uneasiness
in
re-igard
to
the
city's
finacnial
situation
at
the
present
time,
!
and
that
it
is
desirable
that
a
statement
be
issued
show-!
ing
exactly
why
any
increase
in'
taxes
is
necessary.
It
is
i
impossible
in
a
short
statement,
such
as
this
must
neces-;
sarily
be,
to
cover
all
the
ground,
but
I
propose
to
reply
t
i
three
questions
which
appear
to
I
loom
largest
at
the
present
moment,
fT
rri
in
namely:
1.
What
Is
the
present
position
of
the
city
financially?
2.
Haw
did
it
arise,
and.
3.
What
has
become
of
the
$375,000
obtained
from
the
sale
of
the
electric
light
franchise
In
1929?
In
answering
these,
It
will
be
seen
why
an
Increase
In
taxes
Is
neces-
saryt
and
for
purposes
of
comparl-
a
meeting
of
the
council
of
the
son,
I
shall
confine
myself
to
the
chamber
of
commerce
to
consider
laseej;ears,
192?..1$3Q
1931,
-tSary"
of
thCrcport
of
rresenr
"rbsHlotf
of
tjity
w.
exande?plbTirltIsh
port
ex-In
the
first
place,
there
Is
no
nec-
Jrt-
ln
which.
was
mentioned
essity
for
alantCbut
there
Is
great
't
.Vancouver
Should
be
prbtet-need
for
careful
handling
of
the.11
alnst
competition
from
any
situation,
and
this
requires
co-op-
northern
port
Insofar
as
handling
of
the
peace
River
sraln
was
con"
eratlon
on
the
part
of
all
citizens.
.
"
vrri.
1
1
f
a
i
There
Is
no
room
for
selfish
Inter-
ests
being
allowed
to
prevail.
Every
anuy
caused
considerable
conster-.ne
0311011
amon
tne
members,
it
was
must
work
for
the
common
iood
of
all.
and
there
Is
absolutely
general
optalon
that
no
official
actlon
should
token
untu
ful"
nothing
to
be
gained
by
hysterical
a
outbursts
about
bankruptcy
and
re-1
celvershlps.
for
our
city
Is
merely
suffering
from
what
every
other
municipality
in
the
Dominion
is
more
or
less
enduring,
as
well
as
most
business
houses
and
Indlvi-
duals.
Speaking
generally,
the
state-!
ment
of
affairs
of
a
municipality
shows
as
liabilities
its
bonded
indebtedness
and
Its
sinking
fund
requirements;
while
its
assets
include
its
capital
expenditure
on
public
works
from
proceeds
of
bonds
sold.
Its
sinking
fund
Investments
and
rrears
of
taxes.
At
December
31,
1931,
our
assets
ln
addition
to
the
above
Included
expenditure
on
capi
tal
account
made
In
anticipation
of
bonds
to
be
sold,
and
expenditure
on
unemployment
relief,
being
the
proportion
to
be
recovered
from
the
Dominion
and
provincial
govern
ments.
The
funds
wherewith
these
payments
were
made,
were
obtained
from
the
bank,
which
accounts
to
a
large
extent
for
the
necessity
of
their
loan
of
$165,000
which
figures
as
a
liability
at
the
end
of
1931.
As
regards
our
liabilities
ln
respect
of
debentures,
at
January
1,
1927,
our
bonded
Indebtedness
amounted
to
$2,153,373.
During
the
next
five
years,
further
debentures
of
$266,291
were
Issued,
but
during
that
period
we
paid
$617,431,
thus
leaving
the
net
debt
at
December
31.
1931
at
$1,802,213.
With
the
exception
of
the
bank
loan,
the
city's
position
was
ln
no
way
exceptional
In
comparison
with
previous
years.)
I
may
add
that
the
amount
advanced
by
general
account
in
antl-rlivitlon
nf
debentures
to
be
sold
stood
at
December,
31
last
at
$112,1
rtrtn
Whti
Ihn
tfmi'ls
nronltlous
fnr
these
to
be
sold,
ihe
bank
be
thereby
reduced.
In
this
connection
also
it
may
be
mentioned
that
the
city
Is
still
distant
from
the
limit
of
Its
borrowing
powers
to
the
extent
of
$1,330,000.
The
Cause
of
Its
Present
Position
There
are
two
principal
causes
for
(Continued
on
page
6.)
Questions
in
Regard
to
Fin
KtrUKl
lb
CONSIDERED
Chamber
of
Commerce
Will
Await
Detailed
Information
,
On
Saturday
afternoon
there
was
pw"
naa
evi-
ie
i"
nxwveu.
1Thefe5"tary
was
""powered
to
""V""1
"
"Wet,
asking
hta
to
scrutinize
tne
rePrt
and
send
CP
?s
of
uclJ
lParts
01
lt
as
concerned
the
port
of
"Prlnce
RuPert
DEATH
OF
AUTO
MAN
Carleton
Howell
Willis
Passes
Away
in
Vancouver
at
Age
of
42
VANCOUVER,
AprU
11:
Carle-ton
Howell
Willis,
president
of
the
Wlllls-Klngsley
Motors
Ltd.
of
Van-
couver,
died
suddenly
at
his
home
here
yesterday
at
the
age
of
42.
WRANGELL
-MAN
DIES
Thomas
J.
Case,
Business
Alan,
Had
Been
Resident
of
Alaska
For
Fifty
Years
WRANGELL,
Alaska.
April
11:
Thomas
J.
Case,
pioneer
Wrangcll
businessman
and
a
resident
of
Alaska
for
50
years,
died
here
Friday
night.
He
conducted
an
Ice
cream
parlor.
Resignation
of
j
Governor
Denied
enee
M.
Judd
of
Hawaii
Not
Quitting,
It
Is
Officially
Stated
HONOLULU.
AprU
11
Reports
that
Governor
Lawrence
M.
Judd
was
about
to
resign
were
officially
denied
on
Saturday
by
rt
pi
mutative
of
the
Governor.