Today's
Weath
Prince
Rupert
Snowing,
Ircsh
outhcr.st
wind;
barometer,
29:34;
temperature,
33;
sea
smooth
Vol,
XXHI..
No.
31.
I
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1932
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
February
9,
1932
High
"3:08
a.m.
20:5
It.
15:03
p.m.
20:3
ft.
Low
9:15
a.m.
5:9
ft
21:26
p.m.
3:0
ft
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
PROPOSAL
FOR
WORLD
DISARMAMENT
WASHINGTON
APPROVES
PACIFIC
HALIBUT
CONVENTION
Effective
Action
fiy
Conference
Demanded
By
France-Britain
One
Nation
Urges
Limitation
of
Armaments
and
Banning
OI
licriain
insiruiiicius
m
uaiiuiv
uuii-r
tvuuiu
Back
League
and
"Organize
Peace"
nr
mp.VA.
Fob.
8:
Great
Britain
and
France
todav
I
submitted
their
theses
to
the
world
disarmament
confer
ence
Their
methods
ol
approacn
uiiiereu.
ureat
Britain
l....,i,i
n
limitintr
line
on
armaments,
rulintr
out
SUb-
IWUUlU
J
-
c
-
,
marines,
poison
gas
anu
cnemicai
wariare
anu
reuuemg
Itho
size
OI
Capital
snips
aim
uiuiryuiia
C
A
:
r
in
roniran.
wouia
or--
-v..t
peace."
backing
the
coven-League
of
Nations
with
Ian
:
I't.iuonai
lurce.
E;
ui'
ions,
however,
demanded
fff
uction
Dy
ine
conierciicc.
CELEBRATION
OF
ARMISTICE
Qur.tlon
llcing
Discussed
Whether
lb:
A
It
Shall
Coincide
With
Thanksgiving
!
'
;
read
to
the
chamber
of
.
;
.
ut
iU
meeting
Friday
y.x
Hie
question
of
the
cele-
f
Armistice
and
Thanka-j
D.cv
ax
follows:
i;n
annual
convention
of
The
.2-01
Chamber
of
Commerce
:.
Edmonton
and
Calgary.
Al-
n
1929.
the
oollcy
that
X
Jiving
Day
should
be
ob-i
upart
from
Armistice
Day
approved,
although
there
was
...mitment
as
to
how
Remem-i
Day
should
be
observed,
far
Remembrance
Day
and
tUvlng
Day
were
observed
j
v:ely.
each
of
them
being
de-1
a
legal
holiday.
j.s
been
brought
to
our
at-by
a
number
of
our
active
V
boards
and
chambers
that
rvance
of
both
holidays
(Continued
on
Page
Two
)
SITUATION
UNCHANGED
Neither
Japanese
Nor
Chinese
Gain
as
Result
of
Fighting
at
Chapel
in
Shanghai
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
:
Terrific
bombardment
of
Chapel
by
the
Japanese
and
furious
reply
by
Chinese
gun
ceased
early
Tuesday
with
little
apparent
chance
in
the
position
of
cither
side.
Chinese
headquarters
announced
that
a
machine
gun
battery
had
mowed
down
500
Japanese
in
the
day's
engagement.
Bills
For
Farm
Relief
Approved
WASHINGTON.
DC.
Feb.
8
Three
bills
providing
$110,000,000
for
farm
relief
In
the
United
Statej
were
approved
by
the
Senate
com
mlttee
on
agriculture
on
Satur
day.
CAun
"of
thanks
Mrs.
C.
F.
Davis
and
family
desire
to
thank
all
their
friends
for
the
kind
expressions
of
sympathy
shown
in
their
recent
bereavement
'Well
Known
Local
Halibut
Boat
Dobhin
II
Total
Loss:
Burned
and
Sank
Late
Saturday
Night
nother
pre-halibut
season
casualty
for
the
Prince
Ru
u,M,f
m
nVWk
Sntnrdav
nieht
be
tvecn
Stephens
Island
and
Gull
Rocks,
outside
the
harbor,
when
the
well
known
Prince
Rupert
halibutter
Dolphin
II,
owned
and
skippered
by
Capt.
Peter
Byrne,
took
fire
following
an
engine
backfire
and
sank
in
deep
water
a
total
in
aaaiuon
to
ine
ooai,
iweu.
i
ur
gear
on
board
was
lost.
Capt.
Hymn
and
his
brother,
William
C'
i
nr.
the
only
men
on
board.
i-iucit-
a
safe
cctnwnv
and.
after
"uig
all
night
In
a
rough
sea
and
tt-Mugh
Rnow
and
other
unpleas-weather
conditions,
finally
murtn
prince
Rupert,
a
distance
of
115
miles,
by
7
o'clock
yesterday
ranmlng.
Throughout
the
winter
Capt.
Byrne
has
been
engaged
In
flat
nine
for
the
local
fresh
fish
mar-
k
'
and
he
bad
Just
startcd.bock
to
pon
from
his
dally
trip
when
the
backfire
occurred.
The
Dolphin
II
was
oon
a
mass
of
flames
and
In
a
comparatively
short
time
burned
to
o
luge
UllU
OUIIIl.
upi
Byrne
and
his
brother
stood
by
in
'h1
dory
until
the
destruction
was
1
ompiete.
Built
in
Seattle
In
1010,
the
Dol
hi
ti
was
acauirea
Dy
uapi
Dyrnc
about
12
years
ago
and
was
converted
to
Canadian
registry.
ch.
...
m
tMt
lone
and
was
equip
ped
with
a
24
h.p.
N.
and
8.
gasoline.
eusuiv.
d"
carried.
SUPPORT
ROOSEVELT
TrntA
Feb.
8:-Washlngton
State
delegates
will
take
10
votes
to
the
Democratic
national
conven-tion
in
support
of
Governor
rank-lln
D.
Roosevelt
of
New
York
as
presidential
candidate.
At
the
state
convention
of
the
party
here
at
the
end
of
the
week
deicgaics
Irtrt
and
instructed
to
support
Governor
Roosevelt.
?
Washington
is
tne
r"
U4
mX
tates
to
hold
its
primaries.
Just
Before
They
Crashed
A
moment
later
there
was
a
crash
and
the
drivers
were
injured.
The
cameraman
caught
the
beginning
of
this
three-car
smash
at
the
Ascot
speedway,
CallforoU
P.G.E.DEAL
IS
NOW
ON
Vancouver
Sun
Says
Tolmie
Government
Has
Accepted
Offer
of
Eastern
United
States
Interests
According
to
the
Vancouver
Sun
or
Friday
last,
the
Tolmb
cabinet
has
accepted
an
offer
from
Eastern
American
interest!
for
the
purchase
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway.
The
ba
sic
terms,
according
to
the
Sun,
I
are
a
purchase
price
of
$20,000,-
j
000,
the
undertaking
io
spenu
$.15,000,000
In
completing
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
from
North
Vancouver
to
Peace
River
country
and
the
transfer
of
natural
resources,
land,
mineral
and
oil
rights,
timber
limits,
coal
areas,
etc
to
the
purchasers.
The
deal
is
to
be
made
the
basis
of
an
election
appeal
in
Mayt
the
Sun
declares.
Th
sum
of
$300,000
has.
been
tendered
by
the
bidders
as
a
deposit
and
earnest
of
good
faith,
It
is
declared.
The
deal
will
be
submitted
to
a
Conservative
cau-caus
where
the
whole
plan
of
action
will
be
outlined,
before
being
presented
to
the
Legislature
for
ratification.
WAS
M.
LA.
FOR
YEARS:
LONDON,
Feb.
8
William
Henry
Hay
ward,
former
member
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature,
died1
here
on
Sunday.
He
had
been
residing
in
London
for
sevural
years.
From
1000
to
1904.
the
late
Mr.
i
Hay
ward
repietented
Esquimau
In'
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
i
and
from
1907
on
for
severaL-joars
'
he
was
'member
for
XJowlchtxl.
Hej
was
a
Conservative
and
for
a
wjftlle
was
deputy
speaker
of
the
Legislature.
I
Born
at
Dover.
Eng..
October
23.
1887.
Mr.
Hayward
went
as
a
young
I
man
to
British
Columbia.
He
engaged
In
the
lumber"
business
and
for
some
time
was
director
of
the
Island
Lumber
Co.
at
Duncan.
He
was
educated
In
England.
ESS
t
STATBrCASE
IS
CLOSED
First
Stage
of
Trial
of
Mrs.
Winnie
Ruth'
Judd-.Concludcd
at
Phoenix,
Ariz.
PHOENIX,
Arts.,
Pb.
8:
At
the
end
of
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
trial,
the
state
on
Saturday
rested
Its
case
against
Mrs.
Winnie
Ruth
Judd,
who
is
charged
with
the
murder
of
her
former
friend,
Mrs.
Agnes
Lerol.
In
closing
the
ease,
the
state
contended
that
Mrs.
Judd
had
been
j
proven
to
be
not
insane
but
that
'jealousy
over
a
man
with
whom
i
both
deceased
and
accused
were
In
I
love
had
prompted
Mrs.
Judd
to
murder
Mrs.
Lerol.
Therefore,
she
was
deserving
of
execution
for
murder
in
the
first
degree.
COURT
OF
REVISION
Appeals
Against
Otic
As'.essncnN
;
Bting
Heard
Today
Many
J
Revisions
Asked
With
one
of
tt
largest
list
of
appeals
in
years
awaiting
lt3
con-
slderatlon.
court
of
revision
on
the
civic
assessment
roll
opened
sea-1
U;
this
morning
in
the
clt'j
council
chamber.
Mayor
Cyril
H.j
Ormr
is
Dreading
over
the
court,
i
other
members
of
which
are
Aid
,
P
H
Iinzev
Aid.
J.
II.
Pi'tsbuiy
and
Aid
W.
J.
McCutcheon.
Clt
1
Ars"?'?o:
D.
J.
Mathr
n
and
Ci.
j
f
ilicitor
E
F.
Jones
are
In
at-
j
itMiriance
to
advise
Uv?
court
Prin:ipl
appellants
before
the
.court
are
M.
M.
Stephens
and
C.
II.
Arnold
who.
acting
undsr
the'
'auspices
of
the
Prinre
Rupeil
Ratepayers'
Association,
hive
ta-
ken
a
number
of
appeals
before
the
court
on
behalf
of
individual
property
owners.
Chief
ground
of
appeal
In
the
most
cases
is
over
assessment
o'
land.
At
the
opening
of
the
session
I
'-
mnrnin.
Thomas
Trotler
re-!
quested
to
be
given
separate
valuations
for
his
coal
wharf
and
the
premise
of
Edward
Lipsett
Ltd.
on-
fee-
water
front"
!eAs-2ha
assessor
pfcmfeetf
fo
flvfe
Mr.
Tro-tier
further
Information
on
this
matter
'at
the
next
session,
pointing
out.
however,
that
It
was
entirely
a
matter
of
adjustment
between
lessor
and
lessee.
At
the
suggestion
of
the
assessor,
the
court
reduced
the
valuation
of
a
house
on
Ambrose
Avenue
belonging
to
William
King
and
Jessie
King
$1,500
to
$1,000,
the
assessment
of
the
lot
standing
at
$150.
After
hearing
an
appeal
from
H.
Green
against
assessment
of
$570
on
Lot
HjDlock
9,
Section
5,
the
court
decided
to
go
over
the
entln?
list
of
appeals
before
deciding
upon
reductions
In
any
Individual
appeals.
This.
It
was
felt,
would
be
the
more
equitable
plan
of
consideration.
The
court
sat
Into
the
noon
hour
ind
then
adjourned
until
2
o'clock,
(t
will
sit
until
4
o'clock
this
A
Beautiful
Diana
A
benuutuJ
Diana
w
Lady
Irene
Cubit
photograpacd
with
hr-r
horse
when
she
attended
the
meeting
of
the
Quorn
Hounds
at
Leicestershire.
England,
recently
Lady
Cubit
rides
side-saddle,
which
is
said
to
be
Increasingly
popular.
International
Treaty
member,
says
the
Vancouver
Sun
Prince
Rupert
is
to
be
greatly
enlarged,
so
as
to
include
the
Port
land
Canal
communities
of
Stew
art,
Aryox
and
Alice
Arm,
which
now
constitute
the
chief
population
centres
of
Atlin.
The
coaUl
portion
of
Skeena
lying
to
the
south
of
Prince
Rupert
is
also
to
be
thrown
into
the
constituency
represented
by
T.
D.
Pattullo.
the
opposition
leader.
Merger
In
North
The
northern
part
of
AUin
and
the
western
part
of
Omlneoa
will
be
attached
to
the
present
Skeena
riding,
while
the
remainder
of
iOmlncca
will
be
divided
between
Prince
George
and
Peace
River.
The
prime
object
of
this
arrangement
is
to
decrease
the
re
presentation
from
the
north,
j
which
has
consistently
elected
Lib-jeral
members
I
The
liberals
will
probably
fljht
I
this
change
vigorously,
Mr.
Patullo
in
parii-uiar
being
the
victim
of
an
arutngement
that
gives
him
an
exceedingly
difficult
territory
for
campaigning
with
his
additional
responsibilities
as
leader.
His
coif
stituenty
already
Includes
the
in
1
acesslblc
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
There
will
be
no
objection
t
'Peace
River
getting
a
member
of
its
own.
This
will
merely
bo
the
fulfilment
of
a
pledge
made
by
the
late
Liberal
Government
that
this
step
would
be
taken
at
the
next
redistribution.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
8:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
61
He
on
the
local
exchange
today.
!.!-
J
Measure
Is
Approved
By
House
Committee
Officials
of
United
States
Fisheries
Approve
Bill
Delegate
Wickersham
Wants
Trials
of
Vessels
to
Be
Held
in
Alaska
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
8:
Hearings
opened
before
the
House
fisheries
committee
today
on
the
bill
to
put
into
effect
the
United
States-Canada
convention
of
May
9,
930,
making
November
1
to
February
15
a
close
season
ojv
halibut
fishing
in
the
North
Pacific
Ocean.
Following
tU6
hearings
the
bill
was
approved
by
the
committee.
Charles
AI.
Barnes,
chief
of
the
treaty
dlvl-i
sion
of
the
state
department,
ex
plained
that
a
United
States
patrol,
under
the
agreement,
could
-earch
and
seize
a
Canadian
vessel
violating
the
law
but
must
turn
the
crew
over
to
the
Canadian
government
for
trial.
Canadian
patrols
might
do
similarly
with
American
vessels.
Henry
O'Malley,
Commissioner
of
Fisheries,
said
that
the
Industry
was
"in
a
serious
situation."
Delegate
Wickershaw
of
Alaska
protested
that,
under
the
Act,
vessels
caught
iri
Alaska
might
be
ta--ken
to
San
Diego
for
trial.
He
asked
amendment
to
permit
trial
in
Alaskan
courts.
CUT
DOWN
RIDINGS
Redistribution
of
Provincial
Seats
Is
DiscuHed
by
Vancouver
Sun
The
Oovemment's
redistribution
program
with
regard
to
Northern
B.C.
Is
understood
to
have
been
fairly
well
decided
upon
and
is
not
likely
to
be
the
theme
of
much
dis
cussion
in
caucus,
since
only
on;
northern
seat
has
a
Conservative
TAX
BEING
PROTESTED
Graham
Island
Timber
Co.
Ltd
Loses
in
Appeal
Against
Levy
by
Provincial
Assessor
W.
M.-S.
Dlxorr.
Judge
of
the
court
of
revision
in
Vancquypr,
his
dismissed
an
appeal
made
by
the
Orand
Island
Timber
Co.
Ltd.
ag
ainst
an
assessment
made
by
C.
R.
Brown,
provincial
assessor
In
Vancouver,
as
a
result
of
which
the
appellant
company
was
obligated
to
pay
$18,000
in
income
tax
in
connection
with
the
sale
of
Ora-ham
Island
timber
to
the
Powell
River
Co.
When
the
Graham
Island
Timber
Co.
took
the
timber,
in
question
over
nine
years
ago,
it;
paid
$575,000
of
which
$275,000
waa
in
cash
and
the
balance
In
shares;
Three
years
later
sale
was
made
to
the
Powell
River
Co.
for
$540,001;
The
government
disregarded
tho
$300,000
fully
paid
shares
and
com-!
puted
the
Graham
Island
Timber"
Co.'s
profit,
after
allowing
the
flrui
carrying
charges,
at
$183,000.
thj!
tax
on
this
amounting
to
roughly
$18,000.
Appellant
claimed
that
tM
$300,000
was
part
of
the
cost
and
that,
on
this
basis,
there
was
no
profit.
This
contention
was
noe
agreed
with
by
the
Judge
of
thic
court
of
revision.
It
is
understood
that
the
case
will
be
carried
to
the
Court
of
Appeal.
WILL
VOTE
T
.
ON
STRIKE
Seattle
Street
Railway
Men
to
Decide
Tomorrow
Whether
Service
Shall
Re
Tied
Up
SEATTLE.
Feb.
8:
Street
railway
employees
of
Seattle
will
take
another
vote
tomorrow
to
decide
whether
or
not
they
sliaU
declare
a
general
strike
if
their
salaries
continue
to
remain
unpaid.
Mayor
Harlan
stated
on
Saturday
that
It
was
possible
that
business
men
of
the
city
might
band
together
and
advance
funds
necessary
to
meet
the
wages
In
onlVr
that
there
may
be
no
interruption
in
service.
"
FUNERAL
TODAY
;'
...
IN
VANCOUVER
The
funeral
of
the
late
Charles
F.
Davis,
chief
engineer
of
tfi'e
steamer
Prince
George,
whoso
death
occurred
here
last
Tuesday
morning,
took
place
this
afternoon
In
Vancouver.
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