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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
16,
1932
IMPORTANT
INDUSTRIAL
Sensational
Charge
In
Regard
to
Beauharnois
By
Senator
Haydon
Robert
Swcezcy
Dubs
Allegation
as
"Political
Drcam"-"Uttcr
Rubbish,"
Declares
Canadian
High
Commissioner
in
Commenting
OTTAWA.
March
10:
Senator
Andrew
Haydon
yes
terday
declared
that
about
Swcezcy,
former
president
T.itrht
&
Heat
Co..
informed
contract
with
the
Ontario
Hydro-Electric
Commission
because
G.
Howard
Ferguson,
then
Premier
of
Ontario,
b
.uldn't
let
it
be
signed
until
he
r
af
$200,000."
ThU
final
word
in!
i
,
;dmc-
of
the
ill
senator
at
nisi
(..in.'
before
the
special
committee
i
;,f
he
Senate
Investigating
Beau-1
I:
iiiois
affairs
adjourned
his
ex-
lui.L.it
ion.
Tint's
a
pure
political
dream
I
denv
it
categorically,
de
i
;
,itiI
Robert
Sweeiey
last
night
u
i
n
asked
to
comment
upon
the
;
.'
ment
of
Senator
Haydon.
Utter
Ilubbish
1
NDON.
March
16
"Utter
nib-i
n
'
was
the
only
eroHie
of
O.
Hm.irt
Ferguson,
former
Premier
if
Ontario
and
now
Canadian
High
C
"mmuwioner
In
London,
today
v
n
asked
concerning
statement
(
f
Senator
Andrew
Haydon
in
re-tiirc
to
Beauharnois
affairs.
Winnipeg
Grain
Prices
Improve
;
Strom
Liverpool
Market
Caused
Revival
Yesterday
Afternoon
Following
Slump
WINNIPEO.
March
16.-A
strong
!
roool
market
which
caused
ln-
i-;cd
buying
orders
resulted
in
"
H
ilns
in
the
local
wheat
mar-vesterday
after
a
slump
earlier
lie
day.
May
dosed
at
66c.
July
(
o
'4c
and
October
at
68"nc.
Halibut
Landings
Summary
American
45,000
pounds,
4c
and
.
to
5.1c
and
2c.
,
C
anadian
66.500
pound.
4c
and
'-
und
4.1c
and
2c.
American
Grant.
20,000,
Cold
Store,
4.8c
end
2c.
Leviathan,
17,000,
Atlln,
5.1c
and
Rnp
III,
8.000,
Cold
Storage)
4c1
nnd
2c.
Canadian
Melville.
11,000;
Ternen.
8.5Q0;
Irwld
II.,
4,000;
Teeny
Mtlly.
7,000;
Rvllef,
10.500,
and
Joe
Baker.
1,500.
Cold
storage,
4c
ami
2c.
Signal.
13,000.
Atlln,
4.1c
and
2c.
MAY
ABANDON
WORK
ON
VANCOUVER
HOTEL
VANCOUVER.
March
10:
According
to
reports
received
here,
federal
authorities
may
order
a
temporary
abandon-
mcnt
of
further
construction
of
t.ha
nt
nonniUnn
NnLlnnal
1
,
....
j.
taking
steps
to
combat
any
Mich
move
Mayor
Taylor
sta-
trrt
the
beginning
of
1929
Robert
Sees
Benefit
In
Depression
l'rcsidcnt
of
Newspaper
Association
Much
Pleased
With
West
and
Sees
Great
Future
For
Kupert
"This
depression
Is
having
a
won-;
derful
effect
In
unifying
Canada,'
declared
D.
B.
Mulr,
president
ol
the
Canadian
Dally
Newspaper
Association,
who
Is
in
Prince
Rupert
today
with
Mrs.
Mulr
In
connection
with
a
tour
of
Western
Canada.
"It
Is
making
us
in
the
east
more
cens
of
thp
WMt
It
hM
tancht
us
farmers.
If
it
were
not
for
the
hardship
it
brings
to
some
people
the
depression
would
be
a
good
thing
for
the
country."
Mr.
Mulr
has
visited
Southern
B.
C.
and
is
impressed
with
the
progress!
veness
and
permanency
of
the
country.
He
said
he
had
no
con
ception
that
Prince
Rupert
was
like
It
Is.
He
could
not
have
pictured
the
local
cold
storage
plant
or
the
other
things
he
saw
here.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mulr
left
this
af
ternoon
on
the
train
on
their
re
turn
Journey
to
Kingston,
Ont
where
Mr.
Muir
resumes
his
work
of
the
Beauharnois
Power,!
that
the
price
of
wheat
means
as
him
that
he
could
not
get
a
'much
to
us
almost
as
it
does
to
the
TAXATION
INCREASED
M
N
Fornis
of
imp0sts
De-
vbed
In
liudget
Presented
at
Victoria
Today
New
Income
Tax
Business
Firms
Only
to
ray
fronts
Gasoline
and
Fuel
Oil
Taxes
VICTORIA.
March
16:
Sweeping
emergency
taxation
changes
were
announced
in
the
Jones
budget
which
was
presented
to
the
Legislature
this
afternoon.
These
include
an
entirely
new
system
of
In
come
taxes.
Business
firms
will
pay
one
percent
rer
thousand
dollars
of
net
profits
only.
The
ordinary
income
tax
ana
me
special
one
percent
levy
is
merged
into
one
rate
of
one
percent
per
thousand
dollars
of
Income
apply
lng
to
all.
Other
changes
are:
Gasoline
tax,
Increased
from
five
to
seven
cents
per
gallon.
Tax
of
five
percent
on
all
liquors
except
wines
produced
in
the
province.
Fuel
oil
tax
of
one-half
cent
per
gallon.
Upward
revision
of
the
amusement
tax.
Tax
on
parl-mutuel
bets
raised
to
even
percent.
Supertax
of
five
mills
on
all
lands
outside
school
districts
for
school
purposes.
Automobile
driver's
licence
an
nually
of
$1.
Social
services
to
the
extent
of
$668,000
annually
are
transferred
to
municipalities.
Former
Inspector
Of
Schools
Dead
OTTAWA,
March
16-ur.
j.
a.
OUshan.
for
many
years
public
school
Inspector
here.
Is
dead
at
He
was
a
the
age
of
eighty-eight.
noted
mathematician.
Prince
Henry
to
Take
Over
Prince
David
Run
C
N.
It.
steamer
Prince
Henry,
which,
has
been
operating
durliig
the
past
winter
on
a
weekly
service-between
Boston
and
Bermuda,
will
abandon
that
service
and
take
over
1
hi
narlbbean
cruises
wnicn
wcic
,
being
carried
ou
the
er
:Prlnce
David,
wreck
I
wr
J
.
week
on
a
corai
reci
'according
to
announcement
made
'V
i
II
r
-las-managing
director
of
the
Whlg-mjStarilard.
BeTe-re
leaving
he"
re
marked
that,
while
things
may
be
tough
In
Prince
Rupert
today,
as
they
were
everywhere,
he
saw
a
great
future
for
the
place.
He
felt
that
nothing
could
hold
it
back.
REFUSES
TO
QUIT
Harlan,
Though
Defeated
Seattle
Mayor,
Declines
to
Relinquish
Office
SEATTLE,
.March
16:
Mayor
Robert
II.
Harlan,
defeated
at
the
municipal
election
last
week,
refused
to
vacate
the
mayoralty
chair
Monday
afternoon
when
Mayor-elect
John
F.
Dore
called
at
the
executive
office
with
a
formal
demand
that
Harlan
turn
the
office
over
to
him.
Proceedings
have
been
instituted
in
Superior
Court
to
oust
Harlan.
(DISMISS
APPEALS
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
Renders
Decision
in
Cases
Brought
By
Consolidated
Distilleries
OTTAWA,
March
10:
Three
appeals
of
the
Consolidated
Distilleries
Co.
from
a
Judgment
of
the
Ex
chequer
Court
of
Canada
forfeiting
to
the
crown
bonds
of
Indemnity
totalling
nearly
$600,000
were
dismissed
with
costs
In
Supreme
Court
df
Canada
yesterday.
Hijr
Missouri
Shows
Weakness
on
Market
VANCOUVER.
March
10:
Opening
at
11c
on
the
Vancouver
Stock
Exchange
yesterday,
Big
Missouri
sheered
off
to
a
close
of
10
c.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
March
16:
Whea'.
was
quoted
at
C3c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
DEVELOPMENT
Wooden
Money
Acceptable
The
old
gag
about
taking
woodin
money
doesn't
mean
a
thing
in
Tenlno.
Washington.
When
the
local
bank
went
bust
the
chamber
of
commerce
Issued
se.-urlty
scrip
on
thin
piece
ot
spruce
and
people
are
glad
to
get
it.
LINDBERGHS
LOSE
HOPE
Parents
Are
Not
Sure
Missing
Child
Will
Be
Returned
No
Definite
Results
Yet
HOPEWELL,
NJ,
.March
16:
Both
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
are
losing
hope
for
the
safe
return
of
their
19-month
old
son,
Charles
Augustus
jr.,
who
was
kidnapped
two
weeks
ago,
and
seem
nearer
collapse
now
than
they
have
been
at
any
time
since
the
kidnapping.
Clue
after
clue
has
led
to
nauht
and
negotiations
show
faint
hope
of
success
as
they
enter
their
third
week.
Meantime,
there
was
nothing
definite
to
announce
as
a
result
of
the
continued
search
by
police
authorities
or
Col.
Lindbergh's
underground
investigations.
Two
men
and
one
woman
from
the
Tombs
in
New
York
were
subjected
to
questioning
yesterday
In
connection
with
the
JAPANESE
WITHDRAW
!
TOKYO,
March
16:
The
Japanese
government
has
given
definite
instructions
for
the
withdrawal
of
its
troops
from
the
Shanghai
area"
and
their
return
hqme,
it
is
announced.
This
action
is
in
line
with
peace
negotiations
which
are
continuing.
Four
Below
Zero
At
Winnipeg
is
Reported
Tuesday
WINNIPEO.
March
18:
Winnipeg
reported
the
lowest
tempera-jture
in
Western
Canada
yesterday
j
when
the
thermometer
descended
to
four
degrees
below
ro.
Jones
Budget
Introduced
in
Legislature
Today;
Balance
is
Struck
in
Province
Finances
VICTORIA,
March
16:
Hon.
J.
W.
Jones,
minister
of
finance,
in
his
budget
speech
today,
announced
a
balanced
budget
with
an
estimated
surplus
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
Other
features
of
the
budget
speech
are:
In
the
next
year
the
government
plans
to
spend
$21,688,000,
This
is
$9,450,000
less
than
in
1928
and
$3,393,359
le'ss
than
lust
year.
Treasury!
control
is
to
be
instituted
to
effect
continuance
of
economies
now
launched.
The
customary
road
loan
is
eliminated.
All
governmental
salaries,
including
those
of
cabinet
ministers,
are
cut
two
percent.
In
addition
to
cuts
inaugurated
last
fall,
members'
indemnities
ure
cut
ten
percent.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
March
17,
1932
High
9:10
a.m.
17:1
ft.
22:35
p.m.
16:1
ft.
Low
:
2:25
a.m.
11:2
ft.
15:58
p.m.
6:2
ft
FORMER
PREMIER
FERGUSON
ACCUSED
FOR
THIS
CITY
Frank
Buckley
Visitor
To
City
in
Connection
With
Project
in
Hand
Declines
to
Discuss
Details
at
This
Time
But
May
Reveal
More
Particulars
at
Gathering
Tonight
Studying
Local
Situation
Today
Admitting
that
he
had
in
hand
an
important,
permanent
industrial
development
for
this
vicinity
but
declining
at
this
particular
time
to
discuss
details
of
same
for
publication,
Frank
L.
Buckley
of
Vancouver,
who
has
been
prominently
associated
for
many
years
with
timber
development
in
this
district,.
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
thet
south.
Mr.
Buckley
Is
to
be
tendered
a
dinner
tonight
by
the
council
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
it
is
possible
that
he
,
may
reveal
further
details
of
th
j
'project
he
has
In
mind
at
that
'
time.
Meantime,
he
is
engaged
in
a
;
personal
study
of
the
focal
situa
tion
and
Is
consulting
with
local
interests.
Mr.
Buckley
will
return
to
Vancouver
tomorrow
night'
but
intl-
I
mated
that
he
wllr
probably
be
a
frequent
visitor
to
the
city
In,
the
immediate
ruiure.
Canadian
Pacific
Strong
Yesterday
Closed
at
$18.50
in
Montreal,
Being
Up
One
Point
Nickel
Is
Also
Up
MONTREAL,
March
16:
C.
P.
R.
closed
at
$18.50
here
yesterday
afternoon,
being
up
one
point
for
the
day.
International
Nickel
closed
at
9
Vic
up
one-eighth
of
a
cent.
Hon.
J.
W.
Jones
Minister
ot
Finance
who
presented
budnet
to
Legislature
today.
CONFESSES
HE
TOOK
MONEY
Embeiilcmcnt
of
Nearly
$10,000
In
Liquor
Fines
Admitted
By
Seattle
Official
SEATTLE,
March
16:
Justice
Walter
S.
Woods
has
confessed
to
the
embeaslement
of
nearly
$10,000
in
liquor
tines
collected
through
his
office.
Records
of
the
office
are
now
said
.to
be
missing.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ONTARIO
MEN
WORK
Six
Thousand
Employed
on
Iligu-'ways
In
Thunder
Bay
Region
at
30c
an
Hour
In
the
Thunder
Bay
district
of
Ontario
there
have
been
six
thousand
men
employed
on
the
highways
at
different
points,
all
receiving
30c
an
hour
for
an
eight-hour
day.
Just
recently
the
hours
were
but
to
six
a
day
and
a
good
many
pt
the
men
quit,
according
to
E.
K.
Hendrlcksbn
of
the
B.
it
B.
department
of
the
C.
N.
R
who
arrived
back
in
the
city
yesterday
after
spending
the
winter
at
Port
Arthur.
Mr.
Hendrickson
says
there
has
been
an
open
winter
In
Ontario,
much
like
the
average
Prince
Ru-'
pert
winter.
Seattle
Taxi
Rates
to
Get
Consideration
SEATTLE,
March
16:
Mayor-
elect
John
F.
Dore
declared
yesterday
that
existing
"excessive"
taxr
rates
will
have
his
attention
soon1
after
he
assumes
civic
office.
He
will
move,
he
said,
for
a
return
to
former
rates
or
a
slowing
down
61
metres.
WEATHER
REPORT
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.68.
temperature,
48;
scu
choppy.
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
light
southerly
wind;
se
calm.
Triple
Island
Overcast,
light
northeast
wind;
sea
smooth.
Card
of
Thanks
Mr.
Fred
Scadden
desires
to
thank
his
many
friends
for.
the
kind
expressions
of
sympathy
and
floral
tributes
received
during
his
recent
bereavement.
He
also
wishes
to
thank
all
those
who
so
kindly
furnished
their
cars.
T.hose,
sending.
flowers
were:
Wm.
Hayner,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
Glcnnlc.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
Mussallem.
Women
of
Mooseheart,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
J.
Bacon,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
O.
Morse,
Loyal
Order
of
Moose,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Fred
Hardy
and
Andrew,
Mrs.
Nations,
Mr.
and
Mrs!
Judge,
Shct
Thompson.
Olllls
Royer
and
Fred
and
Chic.
Hi?'