Today's
Weather
Dlgbjr
Island
Rain,
strong
south
cast
wind;
barometer,
29.98;
temperature,
40;
rough
sea.
Vol.
XXIII
1
ML
"Back-to-Land"
Move
Urged
By
Grit
Chief
in
Sneaking
mm
Hiving
of
Men
In
Centres
With
Nothing
to
Do
Must
Be
Overcome,
Declares
Liberal
Leader
Dominion
Should
Sponsor
Plan
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
6:
"I
can
think
of
no
single
line
of
practical
endeavor
which
would
be
more
beneficial
to
Canada
than
a
vigorous
settlement
policy,"
declared
T.
D.
Pattullo,
British
Columbia
Liberal
leader,
in
addressing
the
Lady
Laurier
Club
here
yesterday.
"Hiving
of
men
in
-
Hcentres
with
nothing
to
do
must
DEMOCRAT
WINS
OUT
Grand
Old
Parly
Suffered
Severe
Defeat
In
New
Hampshire
By-Election
MANCHESTER,
Nil.,
Jan.
6:
Thr
Republican
party
suffered
a
severe
reverse
In
this
state
yeeter-
day
when
WiUfem
Rodger-
weiW
Uie
speech
dellven-uby
T.
D,
Democrat,
was
elected
senator
In
succession
to
the
late
Fletcher
Hale.
The
vdte
was
27.000
to
24.000
In
favor
uf
Rodgers.
PILLSBURY
IS
ELECTED
I
To
Be
President
of
Chamber
of
Commerce
This
Year
Other
Nominations
Nomination
for
1MI
officers
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
hare
been
made
as
follows:
Hon
President.
Olof
Hanson.
M
P.
President.
Aid.
J.
II.
Plllsbury.
elected
by
acclamation).
Vice-President.
T.
H.
Johnson.
elected
by
acclamation).
Secretary,
A.
Ilrooktbank,
(elected
by
acclamation).
Executive
Oeuncll
(15
required)
Paul
Armour.
Theo.
Collart,
John
Dybhavn.
II.
E.
DeWoir.
Chat.
V.
Evltt,
W.
O.
Fulton.
M.
Heilbroner.
Oeo.
1UU,
P.
II.
Linaey.
T.
McCly-mont.
P.
A.
MacCallum.
M.
P.
Mc-Caffery,
W.
II.
McAfee,
T.
McMee-kin,
Oeo.
Munro.
Oeo.
W.
Nlcker-son.
J.
W.
Nteholls,
C.
H.
Orme,
S.
E
Parker.
II
F.
Pullen.
A.
E.
Parlow.
P
M.
Ry,
8.
C.
Thomson,
W.
H.
Tobey.
O.
P.
Tinker,
Geo.
A.
Woodland.
SOUTH
HAS
SNOWSTORM
Douglas
Parent
Wrlles
to
Home
at
New
llaicllon
Telling
of
Bin-sard
In
New
Mexico
NEW
IIAZELTON,
Jan.
6:-Doug-las
Parent,
who
is
attending
the
New
Mexico
School
of
Mines
at
Socorro,
New
Mexico,
writes
to
his
homo
here
stating
that
there
was
nultc
a
snowstorm
In
tho
southern
state
before
Christmas.
Tho
local
boy
was
reminded
uf
Ws
good
old
home
at
New
Hazelton
and
enjoyed
the
storm
very
mush.
ALASKA
WEATHER
Juiifltt-Hlgh.
38;
low.
34.
Ketehikuu
High,
44;
low,
30.
IS
SEETHING
PAiTULLO
ADVOCATES
at
Vancouver
be
overcome.
overcome.
W6
we
should
should
begin
begin
a
back
to
the
land
movement
on
a
large
scale.
Such
movements
should
be
sponsored
by
the
Dominion
government
in
conjunction
with
the
various
provinces
and
the
two
national
rail
ways."
Mr.
Pattullo
said.
Movement
Already
On
OTTAWA.
Jan.
6.-A
"Back-to-the-Land"
movement
has
been
In
progress
tor
some
turn,
a
fcljh
official
of
the
ImmignUon
depart
ment
declared
here
in
commenting
Pattullo,
British
Columbia
Liberal
leader,
before
Uie
Lady
Laurier
Club
in
Vancouver.
More
than
42,000
persons
have
been
settled
on
the
land
in
Canada
from
crowded
urban
areas
within
the
past
nine
months,
it
was
stated.
:
:
ALASKA
WOULD
CONTROL
FISHERIES
AND
TRAPS
WASHINGTON.
WASH1NOTON.
D.C
D.C,
Jan.
Jan.
6
6:
A
bill
to
place
the
control
of
Alaskan
salmon
fisheries
and
trapping
of
furs
under
juris-
diction
of
the
territorial
lftfis-
lature'was
introduced
In
Con-
greas
yesterday
by
Delegate
James
Wlckersham
of
Alaska.
'
OFFICERS
OF
LADIES'
AID
Mrs.
D.
McD.
Hunter
Elected
President
of
First
Presbyterian
Church
Lody
The
Ladles'
Aid
of
First
Presby-
i
terian
Church,
at
Its
annual
meeting
yesterday.
clccttd
officers
for
the
ensuing
year
as
follows:
Honorary
President,
Mrs.
William
Anderson.
President,
Mrs.
D.
McD.
Hunter.
First
vice-president,
Mrs.
C.
0.
iHam.
Second
vice-president.
Mrs.
m.
McRobblc.
Treasurer.
Mrs.
J.
O.
Stecn.
Secretary,
Mrs.
W.
L.
Oandlson.
nrrutlve
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
Mrs.
II.
M.
Foote,
Mrs.
V
D.
Chris
tian.
Mrs.
William
MJ!
-r.
Mrs.
Robert
Cameron
and
Mrs.
J.
Watson.
Representative
to
Board
of
Man
agers,
Mrs.
W.
L.
sanaisorr.
T
WEATHER
ilEPORT
Langara
Rain,
light
easterly
wind,
heavy
swell.
Triple
Island-Rain,
fresh
west-crly
wind,
westerly
swell.
Dead
Tree
Polnt--Raln,
light
hvifrlv
wlna.
barometer,
29.04:
temperature,
40;
swell.
hcavytKfssTdn
on
February
4,
It
Is
an
nounced.
Stow
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
G.
1932
ASK
VOTE
ON
BOOZE
Democratic
Poll
in
Favor
of
Referendum
on
Ilepeal
of
18th
Amendment
NEW
YOIIK,
Jan.
6:
John
J.
IUskoV
chairman
of
the
Democratic
national
committee,
announced
yesterday
that
members
of
the
Democratic
party
who
had
contributed
to
the
party'
campaign
funds
in
the
last
presidential
election
were
overwhelmingly
in
favor
of
a
popular
vote
of
the
people
being
taken
on
the
subject
of
repeal
of
the
Eighteenth
Amendment.
Raskob's
announcement
following
the
taking
of
a
poll
on
the
subject
of
7500
persons
who
contributed
to
campaign
funds
in
1928.
BOYS
MAKE
!
GOOD
HERE
After
Three
Years'
Farming,
49
-
Youths
Return
to
England
for
Christmas
MONTREAL,
January
&
Ruddv
browned,
cheerful
at
the
thought
of
seeing
their
parents
once
more,
some
40
British
youths,
brought
to
Canadian
farms
by
the
Salvation
Army
within
the
past
three
year,
passed
through
Montreal
recently
on
their
way
home
for
their
Christmas
holidays.
Farm
pay
Is
small
especially
fo;
untrained
boys
coming
from
factory
cities
of
the
Old
Country,
yet
these
boys
managed
to
save
en
ough
money
for
their
return
pas
sages
and
something
besides
to
give
to
parents
who
are
feeling
the
stress
of
hard
times
in
England
"You've
got
to
work
hard
In
this
country.
No
use
staying
in
Canada
If
you
don't
want
to
work.
But
then
I
can't
complain
at
that
and
I've
always
had
good
treatment
wherever
I
was."
So
said
Charlei
Landsell,
London
youth,
unemployed
and
with
no
prospects
of
work
before
he
came
to
Canada.
In
England
these
boys
would
be
on
the
dole,
or.
perhaps
In
factories.
Now
they
are
converts
to
farm
life.
They
like
It.
They
will
return
to
It.
The
party
was
accompanied
to
Montreal
by
Major
E.
Brace
ot
Woodstock.
Ont..
and
Commander
L.
H.
Smith
of
Smith's
Falls,
Ont
Court
Battle
Over
Taxation
Suit
Started
By
1,000
Property
Own-crs
of
Seattle
Against
Bridge
Assessment
v
SEATTLE,
Jan.
6:
The
court
battle
of
4,000
property
owners
of
the
north
end
of
Seattle
against
assessments
on
the
George
Wash
ington
bridge
opened
yesterday.
The
hearing
of
the
case
is
expec
ted
to
continue
for
at
least
a
week,
House
to
Open
On
February
4
Dale
of
Convening
Next
Session
ot
i
parliament
at
Ottawa
Is
Announced
OTTAWA,
Jan.
6
The
Domln
ion
Parliament
will
open
IU
next
VIGOROUS
SETTLEMENT
A
Woman
Is
Railway
Control
Expert
It
waa
Uiouttikihai
Ui
isr
o;
Eve.
untu
along
came
Mrs
Guc
CUT
BOXES
FEBRUARY!
Market
For
Spruce
Clears
Not
Very
Favorable
Local
Plant
to
Cut
Common
Stock
The
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.'s
saw
mill
at
Seal
Cove
will
probably
be
manufacturing
boxea
by
the
middle
of
February
but
It
will
probably
be
the
first
of
March
before
cutting
of
lumber
starts,
it
was
stated
at
mill
offices
this
mornlnff
.
Little
immediate
Improvement
In
j
f
regn
snow
gave
the
appearance
of
the
market
for
spruce
clears
either
;
a
clean
background
for
the
occa-for
rati
or
water
shipments
Is
ex-:
ikn
peeled
and.
therefore,
the
plant
will
i
probably
be
largely
engaged
this
year
in
the
cuttlng-of
common
log.
j
In
view
of
this,
the
extent
of
the
i
operations
will
depend
largely
on
,
local
support
which
Is
accorded
the
j
product,
it
was
stated.
j
Salmon
boxes
to
be
manufactured
tor
the
early
part
of
the
season,
at
;
least,
will
be
taken
care
of
out
of
lumber
stock
already
In
the
mill
yiua.
;
VANCOUVF.lt
WHEAT
PRICE
IMPROVED
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
6:
-
Wheat
was
quoted
at
8t'c
on
the
local
exchange
today
showing
a
gain
of
lVic
over
yesterday.
.
Rouert
SWwirt,
uirt
u'maSon
oneer
resident
of
Stewart
senger
aboard
the
Prtnr.
Prince
n,mri
Rupert
today
bound
from
Victoria
to
the
Portland
Canal
mining
town.
j.
c'tMTTi
v
rrrt
'
'
.
SECOND
(JUAKr.
I
M.
n..
SSATTLB.
jan.
o:
ror
""ny
second
time
within
a
week;
'
SeotUe
and
vletnlty
felt
an
earthquake
shock
yesterday.
The
temblor
commenced
at
n
.
.
M
MnHtlniii(
fr1
A
A
half
a
mlnutp
V.vr!t
nnrt
rils-
trio!
also
frit
Uie
shock.
No
x
jftMAft
i.
rpnnHivi
I.
WITH
j:
a
(lad
bee..
tilled
by
il
'
.j
k
:
Syokunr
Wash..
.''iiilral
expert
GREENVILLE
CHRISTMAS
Celebration
of
Yuletide
Extended
Over
Ten
Days
GREENVILLE.
Jan.
.6:
The
council
and
members
of
the
Green
ville
Band
united
In
their
efforts
to
make
Christmas
a
time
of
joy
for
everyone.
The
village
was
decor-
ated
with
fir
trees
and
many
of
the!
i
houses
showed
signs
of
much
labor
I
m
decoration.
A
white
mantle
of
The
festivities
commenced
on
Morfflay.
December
21
when
the
Greenville
Concert
Band
gave
an
excellent
program
of
music
In
the
community
Hall
The
hall
had
been
prettily
decorated
with
evergreens
and
colored
streamers
and
It
spoke
mucn
for
the
artistic
taste
of
those
responsible.
The
hall
was
packed
and
lt
seemed
as
If
everyone
In
Qreenville
was
present.
The
follow-
ing
was
tne
program,
an
me
nems
Continued
on
page
3.
ONE
DEAD
I
M
r'D
A
CIJ
ii
AA
slrLdll
U
of
Local
Woman
Was
In
Death
I
Car
on
Pacific
Highway
Near
Seattle
Last
Week
;
Bert
Andersqn.
son
of
Mrs.
A.
K.
Nelson
of
this
city,
was
probably
j
'fatally
Injured
last
Friday
in
terrific
automobile
crash
on
the
TV.J.IM.
IllKhmn
nnrlh
nf
Rofltti
viwiTJi.?
7
.
City
imi.
v-
u.-umoru,
unci
ui
,x'th
'
1
1.
.
Mr
l
In
...V,
whlrh
A
An4ii.Mn
u-ac
riri.
WJU
A5i,,
l
VV
.
iwi
Rilled
il
the
vehicle
.
.
i
i
a
,
upset
ana
turnea
over
mi
,
a.
-
Person
Is
now
In
hospital
In
Seat-
,
tie.
his
mother
havtnt
Itft
hei
j
at
'
the
end
of
last
week
to
be
with
him.
I
The
Gilford
car
struck
one
driven
!
.by
Marshall
Wells.
The
latter
told
the
Dollce
that
his
brakes
failed
to
work
when
he
attempted
to
stop
44444,4)
t44atan
arterial
highway.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
January
7,
1932
High
1:05
a.m.
19:0
ft.
-
12:36
pin.
22:5
ft.
Low
6:44
a.m.
8:6
ft.
19:30
p.m.
1:7
ft.
TROUBLE
RIOTING
IS
I
CONTINUING
1
Indian
Nationalists
Are
Restless;
Bombay
Police
Fire
on
Them
BOMBAY,
India,
Jan.
6:
Rioting
in
India
continued
yesterday.
In
Bombay
British
police
fired
14
t
rounds
into
the
ranks
of
a
defiant
mob
and
at
least
one
Nationalist
was
killed
while
many
were
injured.
i
Firing
was
not
opened
until
after
the
rioters
had
stoned
the
police.
I
Nationalist
leaders
were
being
'
arrested
by
the
score
in
India
to-lay
as
the
campaign
of
civil
disobedience
gained
headway
and
a
.
boycott
of
British
goods
began.
PT.
SIMPSON
WOMAN
DIES
!
Funeral
of
Mrs.
Paul
Price
Held
Yesterday
PORT
SIMPSON.
Jan.
6:
The
funeral
of
Mrs.
Paul
Price,
daughter
of
Capt.
and
Mrs.
Andrew
McKay,
was
held
here
yesterday.
The
cor-;
1jfLlk.bj.tfie.PjBr
went
to
the
Salvation
Army
uita-
-i-iiMJuiaseiuem
wj
me
grcw.-del
where
services
were
conducted
,
e
this
year,
a-d
with
few
ex-by
Rev.
V.
H.
Sansum
of
Orace
ceptlons
the
product
was
readily
United
Church,
assisted
by
Envoy
disposed
of
on
the
available
de-Offat,
of
the
local
Army
Corps.
jmands.
The
young
woman
died
on
New
Fal1
shipments
of
seed
potatoes
Year's
Day
and
the
many
floral
tri-
to
the
0rlent.
the
8UbJ
ot
trad
'
Inquiries
at
this
time,
be
butes
paid
her
showed
the
esteem
may
in
which
she
was
held.
She
leaves
added
to
.available
openings
next
to
mourn
her
loss,
her
parents
and
ye?f-
South
China.
In
particular.
U
stand
In
need
of
fresh
po
husband
t
The
following
were
among
those
who
sent
flowers:
Port
Simpson
Athletic
Club,
Port
Simpson
Coa
cert
Band:
Orace
United
Church
Choir:
Salvation
Army
Corps;
La-
i
urea
niu
vt
"b-
,
and
the
Ladles'
Aid
of
the
Y.
P.
Y
A..
Ivy
Guild.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
p'
Dudoward,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
H.
Mo-
raea,
Mrs.
Oeo.
Woods.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Henry
Hellln,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
i
Sankey.
Mrs.
Mary
Reld.
Mrs.
Agnes
Brentsen
and
others.
The
pall-'
hearers
were
from
the
Y.
P.
E.
A.
and
the
Port
Simpson
Athletic
Club.
'EMPRESS
IS
!
VICTORIOUS
j
j
Capturca
First
Half
Honors
In
Ju
nior
Billiard
League
Tlay
In
the
fifth
game
of
the
Junior
Btlhard
League
fixture
from
last
Thursday
evening,
Paul
Johnson
iBmpreasi
beat
W.
Hudson
(Hawks)
!
Dy
a
,u
7
"
re
preM'
.
.
y
n
lite
score
of
3
to
ST2
Thta
concludes
tne
ursi
nan
oti
.
schedule.
The
second
the
seasons
4,,4.
f
,
half
will
open
on
Thursday
of
this
week.
Empress
won
the
first
half
of
the
schedule.
,
WEATHER
IN
EUROPE
BAD
Boisterous
Storms
Continue
and
Widespread
Floods
Reported
Throughout
Country
LONDON,
Jin.
6:
Weather
con-
dltlons
continue
boisterous
over
tho
greater
portion
of
the
British
Isles
and
Europe
with
widespread
floods
reported.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
POLICY
ISEED
HAD
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YEAR
Plans
for
1932
Being
Formulated
With
Encouraging
Prospects
In
Sight
VICTORIA,
Jan.
6
A.
McMean;;,
seed
production
specialist
oi
trie
Dominion
Department
of
Agrlcui-'
ture.
stationed
at
Vancouver,
called
on
provincial
horticultural
officials
to
discuss
plans
for
the
1932
program
In
British
Columbia.
Growers
are
to
be
advised
as
to
visible
market
requirements,
when
an
J
'what
types
of
seed
to
plant,
well
as
being
kept
in
touch
with
market
opportunities
through
trade
contacts
afield.
Seed
production
In
the
provinte
reached
a
large
total
this
year.
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an
output
valued
at
$115,009.
This
l-cluded
250,000
lbs.
of
timothy,
150,000
lbs.
of
red
clover.
150,000
lbs.
of
garden
peas,
5,000
lbs.
of
dwarf
and
runner
bean
seeds,
4,000
lbs.
of
swede
turnips.
7.000
lbs.
of
mangolds,
and
flower
seeds
worth
$20,000.
Clover
to
England
Eighteen
long
tons
of
red
clovtr
seed
are
now
in
shipment
from
tho
province
to
the
United
Kingdom
in
a
straight
commercial
deal
3i
a'll
tato
siocks,
ana
trial
snipmcnn
made
along
this
line
have
encouraged
lively
Inquiry
from
Honkong.
Canadlan
trade
commissioners
have
pointed
out.
Floods
in
China
and
the
Japan-
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CEREMONIES
ON
BISHOPS
Rt.
Rev.
R.
J.
Renison
and
Rt.
Rev.
I
A.
II.
Sovereign
Consecrated
In
Vancouver
Today
VANCOUVER.
Jan
6-In
the
presence
of
a
large
assembly
in
Christ
Church
Cathedral,
Dean
R.
J.
Rent-son
and
Canon
A.
II.
Sovereign
were
consecrated
bishops
of
Athabasca
and
Yukon
respectively
today.
The
consecration
services
were
conducted
by
Archbishop
Isaac
O.
Stringer
of
Rupert's
"
Land,
former
Bishop
of
.
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A-
Rlx
of
Caledonia
was
imong
other
bishops
who
took
part
iheonaecTaUoK:
MINISTER'S
REPLY
ON
UNEMPLOYMENT
Mayor
Cyril
II.
Orme
was
this
morning
In
receipt
of
a
t
telegram
from
Hon.
W.
A.
Mc-
Kenslc,
provincial
minister
of
mines
and
labor,
reading
as
follows:
"With
reference
to
your
wire,
your
city's
situation
has
been
wired
in
detail
to
Ot-
tawa.
Will
advise
you
on
re-
ceipt
of
reply
from
them."
Mayor
Orme
had
wired
to
Mr.
McKenzie
In
connection
with
the
local
unemployment
and
relief
situation.
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