CASEY
MOTION
ON
CITY
Britain
and
States
Agree
That
Fighting
In
China
Must
Cease
At
Once
With
Armies
Retiring
Must
Take
Rest
T
unnr.
who
is
ordered
bv
his
physicians
CONVENTION
TO
BE
HELD
Catherine
Called
at
Victoria
to
Protest
at
Reduction
of
Government
Grants
to
Municipalities
uy
council
iast
night
rtfer-:he
finance
committee
for
'
resolution
which
had
been
rard
by
the
Saanich
mu-ouncll
and
approved
by
a
'
of
municipal
councils
in
'
it
urging
that
a
special
ui
be
held
In
Victoria
lie
this
month
for
the
pur-
:
protesting
against
any
pro-
n
the
part
of
the
provln-.
i.
eminent,
to
Mtiuee
iranis
munlcipalltiea
The
resolu-
I'i
(orwarriMl
here
bv
Mavor
Orey
of
New
Westminster
!
'v
of
the
Unkwi
of
B.C.
Musics,
who
suggested
that.
1
same
convention,
other
s
such
as
unemployment
iUso
be
probably
be
taken
olutkms
from
the
local
were
'
'.(I
Wi
ll"
no
doubt
the
local
coun-i
a
as
trf
accord
with
the
spirit
of
lMolutton.
Aid.
PtUsbtiry
"-'i
the
matter
should
be
re-to
the
finance
oommlttce
"
'
xpendlture
would
be
Invul-1
'ii
sending
of
a
delegate
to
the
"
vrniion.
This
suggestion
wm
1
'
J
to
by
the
council.
ALASKA
WEATHER
'iimiiu-Hlgh,
30;
low.
15.
Kru
hlkan-lllah,
30;
low.
15.
I'ltKMIKII
TOL.MIK
IS
CONFINED
TO
HOME
VICTORIA.
Feb.
2:-Premle?
s
F
Tolmle
has
been
ordered
bN
hi
physician
to
be
con-
'""'d
to
his
home.
It
Is
stated
!l"t
absolute
quiet
and
free-
''"ni
from
worry
nro
necessary
'"r
the
ti-ontmiMit.
nf
nrvu
bircdn
from
whlcli
he
has
been
"fferlng.
Hp
u
expected
to
be
""t
in
time
for
the
station.
Council
of
Lcajjue
of
Nations
lias
Special
Session
Edict
Is
Agreeable
to
Japan,
Italy,
France
and
Germany,
It
Is
Announced
GENEVA,
Feb.
2:
Great
Britain
and
the
United!
States
have
agreed
that
the
fighting
in
China
must
be
1
.brought
to
a
halt
without
further
delay,
Rt.
Hon.
James
j
H.
Thomas,
British
Secretary
of
the
Dominions,
declared
this
afternoon
as
the
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
met
I
for
special
consideration
of
the
trouble
in
the
Far
East
BIG
FIGHT
IS
COMING
Most
Serious
Conflict
Since
Japanese
Occupation
Threatened
In
Shanchai
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
2;
A
fierce
battle,
promising
the
most
severe
fighting
since
the
Japanese
invasion
of
Shanchai,
began
this
mornlnc
with
terrific
shelling
of
the
already
battered
Chapel
sector
by
Japanese
artillery.
Fifteen
thousand
Chinese
troops
in
the
Shanghai
area
stoutly
resisted
the
attack
and
retaliated
by
setting
fire
to
Hongkew,
the
Japanese
International
settlement,
forcing
the
withdrawal
of
the
Japanese
therefrom.
Menace
of
fighting
hung
over
Nanking
where
a
strong
detachment
of
Japanese
bluejackets
landed
on
the
waterfront.
4
MOUNTED
POLICEMAN
IS
nUItNEI)
TO
DEATH
EDMONTON.
Feb.
2:
Corp.
E.
D.
Duratall
of
the
Royal
Mounted
Police
was
burned
to
leath
on
January
23
when
his
living
quarters
at
Stony
Rap-
Ids.
Sask..
were
destroyed
oy
t
fire.
R.
C.
M.
P.
headquarters
t
here
have
been
aavisca.
JAPANESE
ATTACKED
Veteran
British
Labor
Leader
Calls
Their
Activities
In
China
In-
ternatlonal
rlracy
LONDON.
Feb.
2:-Rt.
Hon.
Oeorge
Lansoury.
reu-mu
leader,
created
an
uproar
In
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
shouting
that
the
Japanese
government
has
been
engaged
In
a
piece
of
international
piracy
In
China.
McBride
Seeks
Incorporation
Petition
For
Village
Status
is
Now
Being
Circulated
In
Interior
Town
M,nniDE.
Feb.
2:-A
petition
U
u.i
-i..iafi
here
for
Incorpora
situated
145
miles
tion
of
McBride.
from
Prince
George,
as
a
vllage
municipality.
Advantage
of
ncor-
r
.xnlalncd
during
a
rn,W.?.ll.dWrlct
boar
of
trade
presiac...
4
$
If
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
February
3,
1932
High
10:45
a.m.
20:5
ft.
Trlnce
Rupert
Light
w,
light
thcast
wind-
bar
v
QOO:
Low
4:36
a.m.
10:4
ft
35;
sea
k
V
temperature,
17:46
p.m.
3:9
ft.
k
VJ
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXIII..
No.
25.
$
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
2,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
TAND
IS
TAKEN
IN
The
armies
of
both
belligerents
j
must
retire,
Mr.
Thomas
said,
and
la
neutral
zone
must
be
organized
under
British
and
United
States
supervision.
Naotake
Sato,
Japanese
delegate,
expressed
satisfaction
at
the
important
declaration
of
the
31
"at
powers
and
said
the
plan
they
propose
amounted
to
execution
of
procedure
already
proposed
by
Japan.
Dino
OrandL
for
Italy,
and
the
French
representative
announced
that
their
governments
approved
the
stand
of
Washington
and
Lon
don.
The
German
delegate
made
a
similar
statement.
SEARCHING
FOR
MANIAC
Reinforcements
Sent
By
Plane
From
Edmonton
to
Help
Capture
Demented
Trapper
OTTAWA,
Feb.
2:
Immediate
dispatch
of
an
airplane
carrying
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officers
was
ordered
today
to
the
Rat
River
area
where
Albert
Johnson,
crarcd
trapper
and
slayer,
has
evaded
attempts
to
rapture
him
following
his
shooting
of
two
officers,
one
fatally.
Reinforcements
left
Aklavlk
yesterday
to
aid
the
party
of
officers
which
Is
attempting
to
take
Johnson,
INDEMNITY
CUTD0WN
Mayor
to
Receive
$1,200
Instead
of
$l,50d
This
Year
and
Aldermen
$210
Instead
of
$300
The
city
council
last
night
gave
final
readings
to
the
Indemnity
bylaw
providing
remuneration
to
the
mayor
and
aldermen
for
their
years
services,
unaer
me
uymw
the
annual
salary
for
the
mayor
Is
reduced
from
$1,500
to
$1,200
while
the
aldermen
will
receive
$240
Instead
of
$300.
The
bylaw
was
put
through
without
comment
from
members
of
the
board.
DEBT
CANCELLATION
BRITAIN'S
POLICY
LONDON.
Feb.
2:
Rt.
Hon.
Neville
Chamberlain,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
formally
proclaimed
In
the
House
of
Commons
today
Great
Britain's
policy
of
general
cancellation
of
reparations
and
war
debts
as
soon
as
possible
In
order
to
settle
International
debt
problems.
POLICE
IS
REJECTED
BY
COUNCIL
Dances
In
RglSSKHr
IBbIbvBSSSSSS1
Sweden
doesn
l
say
much
but
now
and
again
things
like
this
erop
up.
Shirley
fajsbaU
was
born
tBweden,bxuB(y4Butlsl.
has
forsaken
her
native
land,
te
mporarily,
at
least,
to
dance
In
New
York
Civic
Retrenchment
Program
Is
Finally
Approved
By
Council;
Annual
Saving
Put
at
$20,000
The
citv
council
last
nicht
proval
to
a
program
of
reduction
in
salaries
in
the
city
services
which
are
designed
to
save
the
city
about
$20,000
on
the
present
year's
operations.
No
details
01
the
program,
which
was
settled
upon
by
the
council
in
private
session
last
week,
were
given
but
it
is
known
that
cuts
in
the
salaries
of
officials
or
irom
$37.50
to
$100
per
month
are
invol
ved
while
wages
for
city
hall
and
fire
hall
employee
are
cut
on
an
iverage
of
seven
to
ten
percent
with
three
regular
clerks
and
one
'peclal
clerk
in
the
city
hall
losing
their
Jobs
altogether.
In
speakinx
on
the
matter.
A!U
Casey
urged
that
further
money
could
be
saved
by
making
the
cuts
effective
from
the
present
date
In
stead
of
giving
notice
until
February
29.
Aid.
Casey
further
urged
that
the
services
of
the
city
engineer
could
well
be
dlapensed
with
al
-
together
instead
of
retaining
him
at
a
salary
of
$200
per
month.
Ther.'
was
little
more
than
the
work
of
building
Inspector
to
do
and
there
were
numerous
competent
men
In
the
city
who
would
undertake
thl.?
for
a
monthly
retainer
of
$50.
Aid.
Casey
moved
tnat
the
services
oi
the
city
engineer
be
dispensed
with
altogether,
Aid.
McCutcheon
seconding
the
motion.
Aid.
Plllsbury
and
Aid:
Rudder-ham
were
strongly
of
the
opinion
that
the
plant
and
work
Involved
required
the
services
of
a
competent
engineer
On
the
vote
on
the
motion
beinR
called
only
Aid.
Casey
and
Aid.
McCutcheon
favored
It.
WILL
HAVE
OPERATION
LONDON,
Feb.
2:
Premier
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
will
undergo
an
operation
tomorrow
for
a
slight
but
progressive
dlmunltlon
of
vision
of
the
left
eye
caused
by
overwork.
EASTERN
CRISIS
New
York
cave
its
final
stamp
of
ap
"
i
Hospital
President
I
.
William
M.
Brown
BROWN
IS
PRESIDENT
F.
Dibb
Vlce-rresident
or
Hospital
Board
For
1932
Birch
Again
Managing-Secretary
.The.
1932
horfpitnl
board
at
a
meeting
last
night
in
the
offices
of
JRusc,
Cowan
&Lattar
elet&
W.
M.
Brown
president
for
the
year,
Frank
Dlbb
being
named
vice-president.
H.
W.
Birch
was
re-ap'polnted
as
managing
secretary.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
2:
-Wheat
was
quoted
at
61ic
on
the
local
exchange
today.
Plebiscite
To
Be
Put
Before
People
As
Soon
As
Regulations
Permit
Lengthy
Discussion
on
Issue
at
Last
Night's
Meeting-Vote
is
6
to
2
Against
Proposal
Principles
and1
Costs
Under
Review
By
Aldermen
By
a
vote
of
6
to
2,
the
city
council
last
night
rejected
the
proposal
of
Aid.
George
B.
Casey
to
terminate
the
agreement
with
the
provincial
police
for
policing
of
the
city
on
June
1
and
revert
at
that
time
to
the
system
of
city
policing.
It
was
agreed,
however,
to
take
a
referendum
on
the
question
of
provincial
or
city
policing
as
soon
as
the
neces-i.y
iLgal
proceedings
for
the
hold-
nig
of
the
poll
can
be
complied
prisoners.
This,
he
claimed,
was
with.
At
the
same
time,
nomination
"absolutely
ridiculous
and
out
of
and
election
of
police
commission-
all
proportion
with
the
require-ers
will
be
held.
'
ments."
It
was
"extravagance
of
In
opening
his
argument
in
favor
of
city
rather
than
provincial
pollc-
ing,
Aid.
Casey
raised
a
constltu-1
tional
point
as
to
the
legality
of
1
tailing
to
have
police
commissioners
eke
ted
eath
year
even
If
the
polk
board
would
be
Inactive
(through
the
city
having
provincial
.
ffioHdrfg""
'
'
'
"x
'
the
worst
form."
His
(
Aid.
Casey's)
Aid.
Casey's
first
objection
to
the.of
more
nai
$10,000
m
compart-
system
of
provincial
policing
was,8011
wltn
the
present
system.
Then
that
it
was
in
"direct
contradiction
of
responsible
government."
The
;
ideal
democracy
was
that
where
thei00""
OI
appeal
rainer
uian
a-
aic-
people
had
the
privilege
to
govern
themselves.
Aid.
Casey
charged
that
the
pol
ice
force
had
been
changed
in
1926
without
his
knowledge
as
a
mem-"wr
of
the
council
of
that
year
or
without
the
knowledge
of
Mayor
Xewton
or
Aid.
Larsen.
The
first
ntimaUon
they
had
had
of
it
was
vhen
the
subject
was
Introduced
i
the
meeting
of
the
city
council
at
vhlch
the
change
was
put
through
by
a
majority
vote.
The
real
reason
'or
bringing
about
the
change
at
that
time.
Aid.
Casey
alleged,
was
o
bring
about
the
removal
from
he
mayoralty
of
Mayor
Newton
who,
it
was
believed,
held
the
chief
magistracy
by
reason
of
being
halrman
of
the
police
commls-lon.
Mr.
Newton
had
been
able,
wever,
to
retain
office
until
he
hose
to
retire
because
he
had
the
confidence
of
the
people.
The
excuse
given
for
the
change
was
that
bootlegging
was
rampant
the
city.
However,
he
(Aid.
Ca-eyi
believed
there
was
Just
as
nuch
bootlegging
in
proportion
to-lay
as
there
had
been
then.
Dictatorship
Opposed
To
his
knowledge.
Aid.
Casey
declared
that
this
"dictatorship
of
the
police"
had
been
instrumental
in
driving
at
least
one
firm
In
the
'tty
out
of
business.
Patsy
Mattel
bad
been
virtually
driven
out
of
town
after
his
automobile
licence
had
been
revoked
for
three
minor
Infractions
of
the
Motor
Vehicle
Act.
Aid.
Casey
also
alleged
that
he
"rptntlng
away"
to
OknlU
while
luspennon
of
sentence
was
being
t-ought
of
two
boys
who
hJ
been
convicted
of
pltlamplng
last
rail
was
"part
of
the
provincial
police
effort."
Before
he
would
stand
being
put
out
of
business
because
ho
might
incur
the
displeasure
at,
some
policemen,
Aid.
Casey
de-
cJjred
that
he
would
want
route
tribunal
where
redrew
might
bo
possible
As
It
was
at
present
th
chief
ot
police
was
a
dictator
wUi
inore
power
than
even
the
mayor
or
aldermen.
He
did
not
think
the
city
council
should
stand
for
It.
Aid.
Casey
declared
that
the
actual
cost
of
policing
the
city
In
1930
had
been
$13,118.13
In
addl-
tlon
to
transportation
and
feeding
proposal
was
to
have
a
force
of
chief
and
three
patrolmen.
,
the
chief
to
be
paid
$150
per
month
and
the
patrolmen
about
$116
or
$117.
This,
would
amount
to
$6,000
a
year
and,
after
fines
had
been
deducted
from
this,
the
actual
cost
would"
be
about
$2,81
800,
or
a
saving
tne
woua
nav
responsible
government
ana
tnere
woua
oe
"a
,tatorship
power
in
the
hands
of
(persons
wno
ao
not
Know
now
to
use
power.
Further
elaborating
upon
hts
city
policing
scheme,
Aid.
Casey
proposed
that
the
fire
chief
should
be
used
as
a
deputy
police
chief
and
members
of
the
fire
department
as
special
constables
to
assist
the
city
police
whenever
necessary.
Opposition
Voiced
Aid.
P.
H.
Llnzey
led
the
opposition
to
AJd.
Casey
s
motion.
He
was
Continued
on
Page
Two
)
OPENING
OF
CONFERENCE
Ceremonies
at
Oeneva
Heard
on
Local
Receivers
Today
The
formal
opening
of
the
Oen
eva
disarmancnt
conference
was
clearly
heard
by
local
radio
listen
ers
this
morning.
The
broadcast
started
coming
In
at
7:20
and
could
be
heard
here
for
the
first
halt
hour
or
so.
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Henderson
presided
over
the
ceremonies
and
there
were
a
number
of
distinguished
speakers.
Station
CFCN
of
Calgary
was
the
best
one
handling
the
broadcast
as
far
as
local
receivers
were
concerned.
Mrs.
II.
C.
Wrlncli
of
Htzelton
is
paying
a
brief
visit
to
the
city,
having
arrive
from
the
Interior
on
this
morning's
train.
SM1THEUS
HAS
FORTY
BELOW
ZERO
WEATHER
!
Word
was
brought
to
tha
city
by
train
this
morning
of-
40
below
zero
weather
at
8ml-
thers
over
the
week-end,
the
cold
snap
being
one
of
the
most
severe
that
had
been
cxperlcn-
ced
at
the
Interior
railway
centre
In
years.
Other
Interior
points
reported
similarly
low
temperatures.
Since
yesterday
there
has
been
an
amelioration
of
the
weather.
...
V.
1
1
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.
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r.
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