Today's
Weather
Prince
nupcrt-Overcast,
light
southwest
wind;
barometer,
3030;
temperature,
54;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXIII.,
No.
141
REPFM
g
a
S-.
The
sixteenth
Anglican
Synod
of
the
diocese
of
Caledonia
was
dul)
called
at
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
yesterday
at
2
pjn.
His
Lordship,
the
Bishop.
Rt.
Rev.
O.
A.
Rlx.
op-?ned
the
gathering
with
prayer
followed
by
the
singing
of
a
hymn.
On
motion
of
Rev.
Canon
T.
D.
Proctor.
Rev.
L.
J.
Hales
of
Smlthers
was
appointed
clerical
secretary
and
L.
C.
Brockway
of
Pouce
Coupe
was
appointed
lay
delegate.
The
Bishop
then
welcomed
all
delegates.
The
minutes
of
the
last
synod
were
read
and,
on
motion
of
Rev.
Canon
Proctor
seconded
Dy
Rev.
J.
S.
Brayfleld,
were
adopted.
The
synod
then
proceeded
to
appoint
credential
and
ballottlng
(Continued
on
Page
Two
)
WEATHERREPORT
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
ature.
60;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
light
westerly
wind:
westerly
swell.
President
Hoover
Virtually
Has
Clean
Sweep
in
Winning
Renomination
at
Convention
CHICAGO,
June
16:
Makjng
almost
a
clean
sweep
of
the
first
and
only
roll
call,
President
Her-bort
Clark
Hoover
was
renominated
by
the
Republican
national
convention
today,
securing
1126
out
of
1154
votes
in
the
convention.
Senator
John
J.
Blaine
was
the
closest
competitor
of
President
Hoover,
obtaining
13
votes.
Former
President
Calvin
Coolidge
secured
four
and
one-half
votes,
Dr.
Joseph
I.
France,
four
votes,
former
Senator
James
Wndsworth
one
vote
and
for-mor
Vice-President
Charles
G.
Dawes
one
vote.
administration
forces
have
so
far
On
every
point
ruled
the
convention
and
it
was
no
surprise
when
Vice-President
Charles
Curtis
was
;
also
-renomina-ted,
without
such
a
fight
as
might
have
been
expected
up
to
today.
the
resulj
as
given.
There
were
scenes
of
wtl
denthusiaam,
particularly
among
the
wets,
as
state
after'
Ordinations
Todayif,n,S:Sur!
tappaared
to
favor
repeal
while
those
j
wurr
smaller
awegawons
were
against.
New
York,
New
Jersey.
Pennsylvania
and
Illinois
delegations
were
among
those
who
recorded
themselves
as
being
in
favor
of
repeal.
The
taking
of
the
poll
followed
a
j
debate
which
had
lasted
for
several
hours.
James
R.
Oarf
ield,
son
of
the
assassinated
president,
and
Ogden
Mills,
secretary
of
the
treasury,
were
among
those
taking
up
the
cudgels
against
repeal.
The
former
was
virtually
howled
down
as
he
declared
that
the
present
generation
spoke
against
prohibition
when
many
of
them
had
never
known
the
evils
which
attended
the
days
of
the
old
saloon.
Dr.
Nicholas
Murray
BuUer,
president
of
Columbia
Unl-'
ersity,
led
the
debate
In
favor
of
peal.
Other
rianks
While
prohibition
was
the
debate
.
f
principal
interest,
a
number
of
other
important
planks
were
incorporated
in
the
party
platform
including
the
following:
Approval
of
the
world
court.
Defence
of
the
operations
of
the
Farm
Board
In
agriculture.
Favor
of
an
International
economic
conference
on
monetary
problems
which
would
include
the
sll-
ver
question.
Nominating
Today
Nomination
of
presidential
and
vice-presidential
candidates
will
be
the
principal
business
of
the
convention
today.
Renomination
of
President
Herbert
Clark
Hoover
being
assured
the
proceedings
in
-onnectlon
with
that
will
be
merely
formal.
The
nomination
will
be
transmitted
to
the
president
at
Washington
and
a
telegram
will
be
received
from
him
giving
his
formal
acceptance.
The
matter
of
the
vlce-prealdericy
Will
be
a
different
thing
and
there
will
possibly
be
a
big
fight
before
i
choice
is
finally
reached.
With
"ormcr
Vice-President
Charles
O
(Continued
on
page
four.)
Funeral
Notice
The
funeral
of
the
late
John
Laurensen
will
take
place
Saturday
at
2
pjn.
from
the
parlors
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers.
All
returned
soldiers
ar
requested
to.
attend.
CANADIAN
LEGION.
J.
S.
Wilson,
Secretary
If
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRJTISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
16,
1932
President
Herbert
Clark
Hoover
who
is
to
be
candidate
for
second
term.
MOMENTOUS
LAUSANNE
DEBT
CONFERENCE
IS
OPENED
BY
M'DONALD
Calls
Upon
Nations
to
Honor
Agreements
Although
Sug
gesting
That
Revisions
May
He
31
ado
forecasts
Happy
Ending
Only
Weakness
is
to
Be
Feared
LAUSANNE.
Switzerland.
June
16:
"Both
sides
of
all
agreements
must
ever
be
ready
to
face
the
facts,"
declared
rnme
Minister
o.
uumsuy
iuui.ivuiicuu
vuuav
m
icuihe
the
Lausanne
conference
on
reparations
and
war
debts.
No
one
challenged
the
principle
that
engagements
solemnly
entered
into
could
not
be
broken
by
one-sided
re
pudiation
but,
he
added,
tne
pnn-
clple
carried
the
consequence
that
"engagements
which
have
been
proven
incapable
of
fulfilment
should
be
revised
by
agreement."
"We
must
all
welcome
the
assurance,"
Premier
MacDonald
continued,
"that,
after
the
present
phase
ls
over,
the
United
States
has
encouraged
us
to
believe
that
it
will
co-operate
in
the
examination
at
any
rate
of
some
of
the
wider
prob
lems
and
join
with
us
In
devising
a
policy
for
tne
maintenance
oi
a
civilization
based,,
upon
the
prosperity
of
all
nations
obtained
by
a
busy
Industry
and
International
ex
change
and
a
happy
life
enjoyed
by
the
masses
of
the
people."
Premier
MacDonald
was
elected
chairman
of
the
conference
and
opened
rt
with
a
call
to
swift
and
resolute
action.
"The
world
looks
on,"
he
exclaimed,
"not
only
In
need
but
In
impatience.
My
appeal
to
this
conference
ls
to
fear
noth
ing
but
weakness.'
HOUSE
VOTES
FOR
PAYMENT
OF
BONUSES
"WASHINGTON,
June
16:
Immediate
cash
payment
of
$2,400,000,-000
of
soldiers'
bonus
certificates,
as
demanded
by
twenty
thousand
former
United
States
service
men
who
are
bivouacked
in
the
Capital,
was
approved
today
by
the
United
States
House
of
Representatives'
and
will
be
referred
tc
the
4
With
the
annual
I
River
beyond
in
the
Peace
River
Block,
there
Is
reported
to
be
considerable
complaint
in
the
British
Columbia
section
of
the
northern
agricultural
valley
that
the
government
of
this
province
did
not
give
sufficient
publicity
to
changes
in
the
land
regulations
which
bat
prospective
settlers
from
taking
up
homesteads
on
payment
of
the
$2
filing
fee
as
has
been
the
custom
in
the
past.
Many
intending
settlers
have
brought
their
families
with
them
and
a
large
number
are
unable
to
meet
the
new
requirement
whereby
they
must
purchase
land
at
from
$2
to
$2.50
per
acre
and
make
a
iown
payment
of
ten
percent
of
the
purchase
price.
Cases
are
reported
In
which
Intending
settlers
have
spent
all
their
available
cash
in
transporting
their
effects
and
are
now
stranded.
There
is
a
strong
feeling
throughout
the
area
that
prospective
settlers
wlthouttadequate
funds
should
be
warned
long
before
they
reach
the
Peace
River
country
at
all.
TAXATION
INCREASED
German
People
Will
Have
to
Pay
Even
More
Under
New
Decree
of
President
Tomorrow
s
Tides
Friday,
June
17,
1932
High
h
12:45
p.m.
18.9
ft.
Low
6:2a
a.m.
1.3
It.
18:25
pjn.
7.2
It.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
REJECTED
BY
REPUBLICANS
RACEFOOLD
INUARD
DISTRICT
STARTS
FROM
JUNEAU
Big
Fight
On
Liquor
Issue
At
National
Convention
Ended
In
Poll
j
Favoring
State
Reconsideration
?
'
!
H.
D.
Twigg
M.LA.
filing
Scenes
During
Debate
and
Vote-Wild
Enthus-00
iasm
Prevailed
Presidential
and
Vice-Presidential
I
Named
C'nn.m.itivr
organizer
fur
Briti.Nli
Columbia.
TWIGG
IS
ORGANIZER
Deputy
Speaker
of
Legislature
I
Choten
By
Conserralive
Tarty
of
British
Columbia
VICTORIA.
June
16:-H.
L.
Twigg,
deputy
speaker
of
the
Le
gislature,
has
been
appointed
Conservative
organiier
for
BriUah
Columbia
In
succession
to
F.
J.
Mac-Krnzle,
who
has
been
forced
to
relinquish
the
duties
on
account
of
ill
-health,
it
is
announced.
Halibut
Landings
Summary
American
None.
Canadian
26,500
pound.
5c
and
2c.
Canadian
It
W..
15.000.
and
Pair
of
Jaclu,
11,500,
Cold
Storage.
5c
and
2c.
Candidates
Being
Named
Today
I
CHICAGO,
June
16:
By
a.
vote
of
681
to
472,
the
Republican
National
convention
late
last
night
adopted
the
majority
report
of
the
committee
on
prohibition,
the
effect
of
which
is
to
place
the
party
on
record
as
favoring
a
vote
of
the
people
on
the
principal
'of
reconsideration
of
the
Eighteenth
Amendment
The
minority
report
favoring
a
Hvote
on
outright
repeal
was
rejec-j
SYNOD
IS
GOING
ON
iusbirss
Session
Yesterday
Aftei
noon
and
Service
Last
Night
Items
of
Interest
Arranged
For
Public
Gathering
Tonight
I
ted
with
the
adoption
of
the
ma-
Jority
report
in
favor
of
the
recon-.
'
sideration
plank.
Culminating
one
of
the
greatest
and
one
of
the
most
exciting
battles
that
has
ever
been
fought
on
the
floor
of
a
national
convention
in
the
country,
the
state
delegates
were
!
polled
shortly
after
midnight
with
Is
Again
Nominated
Detroit
Party
Leaders
Fall
Out
With
Juneau
Men
About
Expedition
J.
II.
Eastman
Leading
One
Party
Into
Northern
Interior
While
"Stampede
John"
Stenbratcn
is
at
Head
of
Other
Group
JUNEAU,
Alaska,
June
16:
Arising
out
of
a
disagreement
between
two
gold
mining
expeditions,
a
race
between
seaplanes
was
begun
here
yesterday
to
reach
the
Liard
River
district
to
stake
claims.
One
expedition
is
manned
by
members
of
a
Detroit
party,
headed
by
J.
H.
Eastman,
which
arrived
here
last
week.
"Stampede
John"
Sten-
tfbraten,
widely
known
In
mining
nmrx
4
TT"VT"T"v
j
circles
throughout
the
north,
and
SI
BlANIlrfl
.Loes
Bernard,
who
are
backed
by
1
JLVtjLl
xJluU
!
M
Juneau
business
men,
are
In
an-
ni
a
i
nher
plane.
I
IM
r
h
A
I
P
'
Leaders
of
the
Detroit
party
and
Indignation
Expressed
at
Failure
of
B.
C.
Government
to
Warn
Settlers
of
New
Regulations
trek
of
land-
iltenbraten
disagreed
about
a
posed
Joint
attempt
to
locate
the
mining
property
and
the
race
then
Legan.
J.
II.
Eastman
and
his
flotilla
of
five
Detroit
seaplanes
passed
through:
Prince
Ruperjy
ast
week
'enroutcsSrahix
.arming
-Jieits
on
district
now
under
way
anaiThtirviai
Thursday
s
afternoon
from
Hazel-
many
heading
for
Fort
St.
John
and
(
ton
and
hopping
off
the
next
morn
ing
for
Juneau.
Succeeded
In
,
.
Examinations
tl)r.
F.
G.
Krrgln
of
This
City
Makes
Progress
In
Studies
at
London
Word
has
been
received
that
Dr.
F.
O.
Kergln,
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
W.
T.
Kergln
of
this
city,
who
Ls.
studying
at
Oxford
and
London,
has
successfully
passed
the
primary
examinations
tor
admission
as
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
College
of
Surgeons,
England.
WILL
MAROON
D0UKH0B0RS
Will
Re
Placed
on
Piers
Island
With
D'Arcy
Island
For
Overflow
If
Necessary
VICTORIA,
June
16:-Picrs
Isl-
iand,
forty
miles
from
Victoria
in
jllaro
Straits,
will
house
Doukhobor
men
and
women
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom
sect,
who
have
been
convicted
of
nude
parading
in
their
settlement
at
Thrums
near
Nelson,
It
was
announced
by
the
authorities
yesterday
In
giving
further
details
of
plans
to
incarcerate
the
BERLIN,
June
16:
A
decree
waslnponle
who
have
hpen
spntpncpd
to
Issued
by
President
Paul
von
Hln-
terms
of
three
years'
Imprisonment
denburg
at
the
instance
of
Chancellor
von
Papen
Tuesday
Impos
ing
heavier
taxes
than
ever
upon
each
D'Arcy
Island,
which
was
pre
viously
mentioned,
will
be
used
only
tne
German
people,
tvery
person
if
more
accommodation
ls
needed,
In
rlArminv
with
a
tnh
will
nnw
t
have
to
pay
a
tax
upon
it
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
June
16:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
527,sc
on
the
local
exchange
this
morning.
Funeral
Notice
Funeral
of
the
late
Edmund
Bernard
Oreen
will
take
place
from
Haynor's
Parlors,
Frlaay-at
2
p.m.
Returned
soldiers
please
attend.
CANADIAN
LEGION,
John
S.
Wilson,
Secy.-Treasurer.
SITUATION
ON
RELIEF
WORK
IS
UNCHANGED
SuggesUons
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding,
there
is
no
change
as
affects
highway
construction
and
unemploy-
ment
relief
work
locally,
it
was
officially
stated
at
the
Court
House
last
evening.
There
has
been
an
exchange
of
telegrams
between
here
and
Victoria
but
nothing
new
has
developed
as
a
result.