Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
.
Saturday,
June
18,
1932
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
calm;
mmm
High
0:25
a.m.
22.6
ft.
barometer,
30.14;
temperature,
53;
13:35
pjn.
19.2
ft.
sea
smooth.
Low
7:19
a.m
0.4
ft.
19:19
pjn.
7.1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISI1
COLUMBIA'S
'NEWSPAPER
'
.J.
Vol
XXIIL.
No.
142.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JUNE
17,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
CA
mTROPHE
IN
MONTREAL
HARBOR
BRACKEN
GOVERNMENT
VICTOR
IN
MANITOBA
ELECTION
Liberal-Progressive
Administration
Wins
Three
to
One
Margin
Return
of
Former
Rcgimd
Was
Conceded
Soon
After
Polls
Closed
as
Succeeding
Polls
Reported
Heavily
in
Its
Favor
Over
Conservatives
WINNIPEG,
June
17:
It
was
not
long
after
the
polls'
closed
last
flight
in
the
Manitoba
provincial
general
elec-,
tion
that
the
re-election
of
the
Liberal-Progressive
administration
of
Premier
John
Bracken
was
conceded.
The
lead
of
the
government
was
being
steadily
increased
as
succeeding
polls
reported
and
at
10:30
last
night
the
govern"-
Xment
was
sure
of
22
seats
and
was
Victorious
9z
4dk
Premier
Jului
Bracken
returned
to
power
in
Manitoba
with
large
majority
of
seats.
WIDE
SCOPE
CONFERENCE
AT
LAUSANNE
TAUSANME.
June
17
It
Is
announced
that
the
scope
of
the
conference
here
will
be
so
widened
as
in
include
nractlcally
all
economic
questions.
The
United
Steles
is
taking
no
part
officially
but
is
a
very
Interested
spectator
and
It
is
understood
may
even
parucipaie
it
nopuinn
xhould
reoulre.
It
k
expected
that
arrangements
will
be
made
for
a
brief
moratorium
for
Oermany
and
that
this
will
Y
followed
by
a
general
rearrangement
or
cancellation
of
war
debts.
Rn
manv
of
the
leading
delegates
to
the
Geneva
conference
have
moved
to
Lusanne
that
trie
united
States
delegates
remain
almost
alone.
Halibut
Schooner
Spray
Strands
on
Bar;
Undamaged
The
Seattle
halibut
schoonw
Spray,
owned
and
skippered
by
.
.
-
.-.
or.rr.nnH
Ml
a
CaDt
W.
ocisei.
in
sand
bar
at
this
end
of
Metlakattai
Passage
early
this
morning
while
inbound
from
the
fishing
bank
with
a
catch
of
32.000
pounds
of
halibut.
The
vessel
was
undamaged
with
t
he
rising
and
came
off
the
bar
tide
about
9
o'clock
this
morning,
being
in
"mo
to
sell
her
ea
ch
session
of
the
fish
on
todays
i
leading
In
11
more.
Conservatives
had
been
elected
in
three
scats
and
acre
leading
in
seven.
One
Laborlte
had
been
elected
and
one
Indepen
dent
was
In
the
lead.
Hard
times,
the
bugbear
of
government,
failed
to
defeat
the
Liberal-Progressive
administration
of
Manitoba.
Lieut.
Col.
Fawcett-Taylor.
Conservative
leader,
and
Col.
Ralph
Webb-
mayor.
o
.Winnipeg,
were
amonfc
the
successful
Conservatives.
Premier
Bracken
will
run
in
a
deferred
election
In
The
Pas
seat,
his
election
being
assured.
Hon.
Ewan
McPherson.
provincial
treasurer,
one
of
the
Liberals
in
the
coalition,
was
defeated
by
Col.
Taylor.
WORKING
ON
MINE
Whole
Town
of
Smlthers
Backs
Jessie
Trojcct
on
Hudson
Bay
Mountain
,
SMITHERS,
June
17:-Devlop-ment
was
started
this
week
by
Jaa-sle
Oold
Mines
Limited
(N.
P.
L.)
on
It
property
on
Hudson
Bay
Mountain.
Supplies
ana
equipment
arc
being
moved
up
with
a
view
to
continuing
the
work
steadily.
This
Is
the
mining
project
m
,hih
the
whole
town
of
Smlthers
has
Joined,
nearly
every
adult
hav
ing
taken
part
in
financing
it.
nM
u
a
sold-bearlna
arsenopyrita
with
three
veins
alreadyopened
lip
on
the
surface
for
lengths
or
ww
r-
ifxi
feet
and
360
feet
respec
tively,
with
good
ore
In
all
working.
The
present
worK
is
in
conunustwuu
.
nni
iLartpri
in
the
ore
of
No.
m
a
mii'"
i
2
vein,
with
a
view
to
exploration
of
the
ore
In
all
three
of
these
veins
to
a
depth
of
400
feet.
The
Canadian
National
Railway
line
Is
at
the
foot
of
the
mountain,
lust
over
two
miles
down
the
slope
irom
the
mine.
The
town
of
Smlthers
Is
only
four
and
a
half
mils
awny.
Development
and
operation
will
be
greatly
facilitated
by
this
convenient
location
and
by
the
fact
that
it
can
be
carried
on
by
drift
tunnels
on
ore.
The
company's
consulting
engineer.
W.
O.
Norrle
-
Lowenthal
of
Vancouver.
Is
expected
at.
the
pro-
hofwprn
.Tulv
io
nna
is
io
make
a
complete
examination,
and
report
and
to
direct
further
development
plans.
Union
steamer
Cardena,
Capt
Ernest
Ocorgeson,
Is
due
In
port
at
11
o'clock
tonight
from
the
south
and
will
sail
at
12
midnight
on
her
return
to
Vancouver
and
way-polnU.
The
Cardena
has
been
relieved
of
her
calls
at
Rivers
Inlet
and
is
now
making
better
time
Presiding
Over
Parley
Premier
J
R.:m.vc
Miu:Do:uid
wfco
i.-
actir...
Liuiimi-
war
debt
and
reparation
Hoover
Administration
Has
Dominated
G.O.P.
Convention
On
All
Issues
Dealt
With
CHICAGO,
June
17:
Only
upon
the
issue
of
the
Eighteenth
Amendment
has
there
so
far
been
any
threat
of
revolt
against
the
Hoover
administration
at
the
Republican
national
convention
here.
This
question
was
finally
thrown
back
into
Congress
by
adoption
of
the
president's
plank
asking
that
body
to
submit
an
amendment
to
the
states
to
be
acted
upon
by
stole
conventions."
This
was
the
plank
that
was
sup-
ported
by
the
convention
by
a
vote
of
681
to
472
as
agiinst
a
straight
repeal
proportion
The
Hooverian
placform.
whtc
l
has
been
adopted
by
the
convention
proposes
safe
and
conservative
matters
In
such
general
terms
as
to
give
i
wide
discretion
to
the
executive
'
arm.
It
endorsed
operations
of
the
tariff
commission,
proposed
an
in-J
ternational
economic
conference
on
monetary
problems
Including
silver
and
that
Congress
should
auth-
i
oriae
the
government
to
take
part
In
an
International
conference
to
(
be
called
whenever
the
Briand-j
Keflogg
Pact
may
be
threatened,
which.
It
appears,
may
be
soon.
j
DEATH
OF
MINISTER
Sir
Donald
MarLcan,
President
of
Board
ot
Kduration
in
British
Government
Tasscs
LONDON,
June
17
Sir
Donald
MacLtan,
president
of
the
Boarl
of
Education
in
ths
National
go'i
ernment,
died
here
Wednesday.
He
was
one
ot
the
outstanding
men
In
BrlUsh
public
life
today.
SOLDIKIt
BONUS
BILL
WASHINGTON.
June
17:
It
Is
avnnriMf
that,
thfl
Senate
will
vote
two
to
one
against
the
$2,400,000,000
soldiers"
bonus
bill
which
is
before
it
today
u
ha.rnian
of
the
conference.
Retires
I
p.
J
Muiikiw.u
wni.
succeeded
by
H
D
Twi'-i
conservative
organuci
for
Bnn-h
Columbia.
ROUT
NOW
COMPLETE
Opposition
Wins
33
Seats
in
Newfoundland
KlrctJon
While
Government
Has
Only
Two
ST.
JOHN'S
Newfoundland,
Juna
17
With
one
more
seat
to
report.
Uie
standing
parties
In
the
New
foundland
general
election
of
last
Saturday
s
as
follows:
Opposition,
23.
Government,
two.
Independent,
1.
Twenty-Three
Men,
Including
Fire
Chief,
Are
Killed
When
Tanker
Blows
Up
in
Dry
Dock
CANNERY
!
MEN
HERE
,
E.
Buschmann,
General
Superintendent
For
Nakat
Corp,
Meets
!
II.
B.
Friele,
Gen.
Manager
,
To
meet
II.
B.
Friele,
general
ma
1
nager
of
the
company
on
this
coas
who
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prln
ce.-s
Louise
this
morning
from
S-attlc.
E.,
Buschmann,
general
superintendent
of
the
Nakat
Packing
Co..
who
resides
:n
Seattle
but
who
makes
his
summer
headquarters
at
Ketchikan,
arrlvedjherg,
last
eve
witn
me
venue
r
ning
company's
-
-
-
Eskimo,
returning
to
Alaska
this:
carrying
gaMmuv
lrum
run
iruiur,
c.us.
me
iure-
morning
with
Mr.
Friele
on
board.
I
part
of
the
vessel
was
blown
open
and
the
crew
of
thirty-m
rrterenrvtsitHhV
company's-
four
who
wcrtrsleeping-
there;
were
thrown
into
thewa-cannenes
at
Hidden
inlet
Ketchi-1
'
t
h
,j
believed
to
have
been
rescued.
b.n
Wntarfoll
and
an
A
Itnlnn
Union
Half
n.ai,
w.
j.
The
company
operates
a
fifth
can
nery
at
Nakeen
In
the
BVhrlng
Sea.
Speaking
this
morning
of
prospects
for
the
coming
,
'season,
Mr.
Buschmann
stat-id
thaj
the
canning
Industry
of
Alaska
was
suffering
from
the
general
depression
Just
as
the
Industry
In
Canada
was
suffering.
However,
his
company
plans
operating
this
year
on
the
same
scale
as
last
although
It
Is
probable
that
the
production
may
not
be
as
large.
TELEPHONE
LINE
BURNS
Serious
Forest
Fire
Raglnr
In
Francois
Lake
Country
Crews
Engaged
in
Fighting
it
Several
miles
of
the
Government
Telegraphs
telephone
line
on
the
Ootsa
Lake-Nadina
River
branch
which
runs
for
a
distance
of
105
miles
from
Burns
Lake
via
Francois
Lake.
Ootsa
Lake
and
Nadlna
River
to
Houstoir
has
been
damaged
by
a
I
serious
forest
fire
which
Is
raging
in
that
district,
according
to
word
received
In
the
city
today.
The
Forest
Branch
has
crews
en
gaged
In
fighting
the
fire
and
it
was
announced
this
morning
that
com
munication
over
the
affected
area
was
being
maintained
by
Govern
ment
Telegraphs.
Means
Sentenced
On
Each
of
Two
Larceny
Counts
WASHINGTON.
D.C
June
17-
The
term
of
fifteen
years'
Impris
onment
Imposed
upon
Oaston
B
Means
Wednesday1
for
grand,
lari
ieny
was
made
up
of
ten
years
for
taking
$100,000
ransom
money
fraudulenUy
from
Mrs.
Evelyn
Walsh
McLean
and
an
additional
five
years
In
connection
with
the
$4,000
commission.
Means
collected
the,
money
from
Mrs,
McLean
on
the
pretext
that
i
'
he
was
In
a
position
to
return
the
kidnapped
baby
.of
Col.
and
Mrs.1
Charles
A.
Lindbergh.
I
Shipbuilding
Plant
of
Canadian
Vickcrs
Limited
is
Destroyed
by
Disaster
at
St.
Lawrence
River
Port
Three
Successive
Explosions
Demolished
Ship
Early
This
Morning
MONTREAL,
June
17
:
A
succession
of
terrific
blasts
tore
the
oil
tanker
Cymbeline
wide
open
in
Montreal
harbor
early
today,
killing
some
twenty-three
men
including
Fire
Chief
Raoul
Gauthier
and
three
firemen,
and
injuring
sixty-three
men,
many
seriously,
including
fifteen
firemen.
Ten
bodies
have
so
far
been
recovered.
The
dry
dock
of
Canadian
Vickcrs
Limited,
in
which
the
ship
was
being
repaired,
was
wrecked.
The
first
blast
occurred
shortly
after
three
o'clock
as
nearly
one
hundred
workmen
were
rushing
repairs
to
the
ship
which
had
stranded
in
the
St.
Lawrence
River
while
?
.
t
-
.
t
nuinucr
oi
minur
expiusiuns
iuiiuwi-a
unu
uuvui-'i..u
a.m.
another
violent
blast
occurred,
completing
the
disaster
and
killing
the
fire
chief
and
three
of
his
men
while
they
were
attempting
to
rescue
previous
victims.
The
cause
of
the
explosion
is
uncertain.
The
gasoline
tanks
were
empty
but
probably
contained
fumes.
The
fuel
tanks
contained
considerable
fuel
oil.
HAIRS
LED
TO
ARREST
Contents
of
Safety
Razor
in
Rifled
Interior
Shack
Aid
Police
in
Solving
Burglary
Oscar
Martinson
Solhelm
has
been
sentenced
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
R.
W.
MacOowan
of
Burns
Lake
to
one
month's
im
prisonment
with
hard
labor
alter
having
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
,
ot
breaking
and
entering
the
cabin
of
Alexander
McOouaall
at
Uncha
Lake
during
the
owners
absence
and
taking
a
watch
and
chain,
gloves,
shirt,
sox
and
breeches.
McDougall.
who
had
been
absent
from
the
cabin
for
two
weeks,
found
,
on
his
return
that
the
place
had
been
rifled.
The
person
entering
had
eaten
a
meal
and
had
shaved
with
a
safety
razor.
Hairs
which
were
left
In
the
safe
ty
rasor
led
the
police
to
suspect
Solhelm
who,
on
being
searched,
was
found
to
have
In
his
possession
part
of
the
watch
chain.
Solhelm
then
confessed
and
led
the
police
to
a
point
In
the
bush
where
ho
had
secreted
the
other
property.
The
trial
followed.
WEATHERREPORT
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,,
30.02;
temperature,
54;
heavyswrfll.
'
'':
'
Triple.
Islands-Part
cloudy,
light
easterly,
,--.(
wind:
.
sea
smooth;
"
:
'.
James
Parmlter.
until
recently
a
member
of
the
staff
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal,
after
having
paid
a
visit
to
his
home
In
Victoria,
was
a
passenger
aboard
the
Princess
Louise
this
morning
bound
for
Mayo,
Yukon
Territory
where
he
will
Join
the
staff
of
the
branch
of
the
bank
for
the
next
two
years.
.
i
.1
m
mi
e
...
1
1
1
A.
I.
on
PIONEER
OF
VANCOUVER
George
McCuaig,
Veteran
Auctioneer
and
Commislon
Merchant
of
South,
Dies
at
Age
of
80
VANCOUVER,
June
17:-Oeorge
McCuaig,
aged
80,
pioneer
auctioneer
and
commission
merchant
of
I
Vancouver,
died
yesterday.
He
was
1
lorn
on
the
Island
of
Islav.
Arinrle-
hi
hi
m
shire.
Scotland,
and
came
to
Can-
f
,
ada
as
a
boy.
Educated
at
Barrle.
1'
,
Ont
he
became
a
clerk
In
a
drv
Tit
goods
store
In
that
city
In
1870
and
J
in
1885
served
In
connection
with
V
the
Northwest
Rebellion.
The
late
Mr.
McQuaig
came
to
Vancouver
in
1891
and
had
been
in
business
here
since.
He
married
Miss
Sarah
Campbell
here
In
1000
In
1804
he
was
president
of
the
Van.
couver
Liberal
Association.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Masonic
and
Odd
fellows'
Lodges.
Halibut
Landings
Summary
American
61,000
pounds.
and
2c.
to
5.6c.
and
2c.
'
uanaaian
v,uuu
pounas,
&-Ci
and
2c.
American
Spray.
32.000,
Royal.
4.5c
and
2c.
,.
Sentinel,
15.000.
Pacific.
5c
and
$7
,
2c.
pastor,
5,000,
Pacific,
5.2c
and
4
2.
...
.
Arne,
6,000,
Cold
Storage,
5.5c
and
2c.
'
,
Restitution,
3,000,
Cold
Storage,
5.6c
and
2a
Canadian
Gibson,
7.000,
Atlln,.
5.2c
and
2c.
Tonight's
mixed
train
from
tho
East,
due
at
II
pjn.,
was
reported
this
afternoon
to
be
on
timet.
tit
1
1
"5
At.
4
7ft