Today's
Weather
Prince
Itupert
Part
cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.94;
temperature,
48;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXIII..
No,
81.
P.G.E.
WORK
QUESTIONED
Minister
of
Railways
Asked
For
He-turn
as
to
Negotiations,
Announcements
and
Progress
Query
has
been
made
In
the
Legislature
as
to
whether
negotiations
were
carried
on
with
the
Dominion
government
during
1931
regarding
the
building
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
from
Queanel
to
prince
George.
It
Is
also
asked
If
an
interview
was
granted
by
the
dim.',
tor
of
railways
to
the
press
stat
inc.
that
such
work
would
be
conmenced
right
away
and
what
w
rk
has
been
carried
out,
at
what
rnji
and
how
many
men
have
been
employed
on
the
project.
KLONDYKE
j
PREDICTED
Mickey
Brown
Very
Confident
Ah
To
Future
Of
McConnell
Creek
Country
VANCOUVBR.
April
0:
M.
J.
Drown
of
Tulsa.
Oklahoma,
pass
ing
through
rrt
a
-few
,dys
aap1.
cnmiitr
to
San
Franc
toco,
precHe-i
ted
tliat
the
virgin
territory!
stfeu-hing
between
McConnell
j
Creek.
Where
he
to
engaged
in
dr-
lopmrnt
of
rich
gold
deposit
,
and
the
AUtn
district
would
prove!
a
second
Klondyke.
Drown
is
quite'
confident
that
the
country
to
the
north
of
McConnell
Creek
holds
(treat
quantities
of
gold.
The
structure
cr
the
country.
Mr.
Brown
said,
is
very
much
like
the
Klondyke.
Brown
and
his
associates
hare
Maked
all
of
McConnell
Creek
and
have
already
taken
out
some
rich
gold
ore.
Inquiry
is
Made
About
Employee
At
Fort
George
Dr
W.
II.
Sutherland.
Liberal
member
for
Rcvelstoke,
has
ln-;
oulred
In
the
Legislature
if
one
T.
W
ill
occupied
a
position
under
the
department
of
public
works
during
1931
in
Fort
George
district.
If
so.
what
position
did
he
occupy,
when
wa
he
engaged
and
at
what
sal-iry1
Have
his
services
been
dtspen-'fi
with,
when
and
for
what
rea-Sfin'
If
so.
has
any
other
person
been
appointed
to
the
position
for-,
merly
held
by
T.
Wall,
when
and
at
what
salary?
WEATHERREPORT
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy,
strong
easterly
wind;
sea
choppy.
Triple
Islands-Part
cloudy,
light
westerly
wind;
sea
smooth.
Dend
Tree
Polpt
Raining,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.85:
temperature,
44;
sea
rough.
A
UNIVERSITY
GRANT
NEAR
CUT
IN
HALF
VICTORIA,
April
7:-Com-
pletlng
votes
In
the
Education
Department,
the
Legislature
last
night
approved
n
grant
of
$250,000
to
the
University
of
British
Columbia.
The
grant
last
year
was
$402,700.
DISASTROUS
FLOODS
B.C.
REDISTRIBUTION
BILL
TO
BE
.a
1
'DIVIDING
OF
SEATS
Redistribution
Rill
to
he
Presented
to
Legislature
This
Week
ONE
SEAT
LESS
Liberals
Will
he
Adversely
Affected
by
Changes
VICTORIA,
April
7:
The
Legislature
may
be
reduced
by
one
seat
It
present
plans
are
embodied
in
amendments
to
the
Constitution
Act
which
will
be
presented
to
the
House
shortly.
One
new
seat
in
the
Peace
Hirer
will
be
added
and
one
on
the
lower
mainland
by
re-arrangement
of
boundaries
west
of
Dewdney
while
three
will
be
eliminated
by
elision
of
two
riding
in
each
case.
This
will
give
a
membership
of
47
in
the
House
instead
of
18
as
at
present.
VICTORIA.
April
7:
The
government's
redistribution
bill
will
be
presented
to
the
Legislature
this
week.
It
is
expected.
It
will
probably
provide
for
a
Legislature
of
47
members
and
will
likely
make
the
following
Important
changes:
Vancouver
will
be
divided
litto
four
constituencies
of
two
members
each.
This
is
no
change
of
total
representation,
but
it
is
hoped
that
the
boundaries
will
correspond
with
the
four
seats
to
be
provided
under
the
federal
redistribution.
Nanaimo
and
Alberni
will
be
combined,
thereby
eliminating
one
Liberal
seat.
Skeena
constituency
will
be
divided
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Omlneca.
thereby
eliminating
another
Liberal
seat.
Columbia
will
be
divided
between
Rcvelstoke
and
Cranbrook.
thereby
eliminating
another
Liberal
seat.
Creston
and
Nelson
will
be
combined,
thereby
eliminating
a
seat
that
has
been
traditional
fighting
ground
and
where
a
certain
loss
Is
anticipated
in
the
next
election.
A
new
constituency
will
be
established
In
Peace
River
In
fulfilment
of
pledges
of
both
political
parties.
Prince
George,
on
account
or
we
reduction
In
its
nortnern
territory,
(
will
be
extended
southward
oiKen,u
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs
Cariboo.
Cariboo
will
be
extended
y
McKenzie
of
Vancouver,
to
Ro-Into
Llllooet.
Llllooet
will
be
abol-
CUlI
ot
nivers
Inlet,
son
of
Uhcd
and
fag-ends
of
its
territory
Mr
an
Mra.
Clark
of
Vancouver,
will
be
divided
among
Cariboo,
xhe
bride
was
given
in
marriage
by
Mackensie
and
Yale,
with
possibly
jier
father
and
was
attended
by
her
a
poll
or
two
thrown
Into
North
gigter.
Miss
Catherine
McKenale.
Vancouver.
j
Flower
girls
were
Anna
May
Walker
The
new
bill
has
been
drafted
,
arKj
peggy
Walker.
The
groomsman
very
largely
by
Hon.
Joshua
Hlnch-
i
was
John
M.
Logan
and
the
cere-
Hffe.
although
the
Conservative
;
caucus
has
spent
hours
upon
hours
discussing
the
unlimited
possibilities
since
the
session
began.
No
Outside
Evidence
No
effort
to
obtain
outside
point
f
view
has.
been
made
ft
tit
the
,
lime
of
the
last
redistribution
whenj
Mr.
Justice
Morrison
was
appointee,
a
royal
commissioner
to
hear
evidence
and
make
a
report
on
the
subject.
The
pnrlv
siiocegtlon
of
reducing
the
size
of
the
house
to
24
or
30
!
members
was
abandoned
early
in)
JUNEAU.
April
7:-Pllot
Anficel
the
game,
when
it
was
found
that
C.
Eckmann
arrived
here
on
Tues-few
members
wero
willing
to
have
day
from
Seattle
via
Prince
Rupert
,,.
mn
ohniuhert
'in
rfls
Lokhe(4rVega
seaplane
with
ETC.
Carson
of
Llllooet.
having
no
doslre
to
run
ngaln,
is
one
Conservative
member
who
consented
to
have
his
seat
carved
up.
The
combinations
of
constituen
cies
affected
are
calculated
to
ere
ate
the
maximum
embarrassment
for
the
Liberal
party.
Dividing
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
mmm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
7,
1932
Scientists
Ijjjjjjjjta
This
is
a
breath-talung
pice
irt
in
the
bags
tor
st
udy
FLOOD
IN
ROUMANIA
Fifty
Persons
Ale
Dead
and
Many
Missing
One
City
Reported
Destroyed
BUCHAREST.
Roumania,
April
7
Fifty
persons
are
dead
and
many
are
missing
as
a
result
of
disastrous
floods
which
have
swept
down
the
river
valleys
of
Roumania
since
jestriday.
Soroca
on
the
Dnelster
River
near
the
border
is
reported
to
be
practically
destroyed.
Vancouver
Girl
is
Wedded
Lately
to
Rivers
Inlet
Man
The
marriage
took
place
recently
m
Vancouver
of
Miss
Dorothy
Mc
mony
waj
performed
by
Rev.
W.
M.
Robertson.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Clark
have
taken
up
residence
at
Rivers
Inlet
Pilot
Eckmann
Reaches
Juneai
Well
Known
Flyer
Arrives
at
Alaska
Capital
After
Flight
From
Seattle
air
engineer
artd
two
'pas
hgers.
IS
FOUND
GUILTY
Peter
Galy
was
found
guilty
b:
Magistrate
McClymont
In
city
po
lice
court
this
morning
on
a
charge
'
of
contributing
to
the
delinquency
oi
a
juveuue.
khwuw
u.
,red
until
tomorrow
morning.
Making
New
Experiments
Thai's
tight
Uu-
German
run
by
sci-
)..:
:
.
c'eLijnn.i-
Famous-
Airman
Wing-commander
Orlcbar,
the
famous
Schneider
Cup
airman,
leaves
St
James'
Palace,
alter
attendintt
the
King's
levee.
FISHERMAN
DROWNED
Nels
Johansen
Loses
I.lfo
at
Peters
burg
While'
Going
Aboard
Schooner
Mitkof
PETERSBURG,
Alaska,
April
7:
Nels
Johansen,
aged
50,
was
drown-!
ed
here
yesterday
when
he
fell
Into
the
sea
while
going
aboard
the
hail-
but
vessel
Mitkof.
His
body
was
re
covered.
IN
ROUMANIA
PRESENTED
THIS
WEEK
exalations
are
gathered
ene.-gy
expended.
PASSED
IN
FIRST
AID
Numerous
Awards
Presented
Recently
at
Smithers
by
Superintendent
W.
II.
Tobey
SMITHERS,
April
7:
Awards
to
first
aid
students,
who
studied
under
J.
Smith,
first
aid
instructor
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
were
made
by
W.
H.
Tobey,
divisional
superintendent,
at
a
recent
ceremony
here.
J.
G.
Stephens,
local
agent,
presided
and
speakers
were
Mr.
Tobey,
Dr.
F.
Vere
Agnew.
H.
E.
Blanchard,
school
principal,
and
II
E.
Darling,
locomotive
foreman.
The
following
received
awards:
Junior
Certificates
James
Smith.
Harold
Tanner.
Paul
Davis
Raymond,
Thomas
Collinson,
La
Rue
Martin
Messner.
Lorena
Kathleen
Carr.
Arthur
Henry
Berg,
Pinder
Graham
Collinson,
Margaret
Eleanor
Macdonald,
Minnie
Syrnyk.
Mar-iorie
Carruthers.
Mabel
Bernlce
Berg,
Edward
Harding
and
June
Edith
Carr.
Senior
Certificates
Bessie
Johnson,
Mary
Ludgate,
Annie
Ethel
Champion.
Alice
Walkland.
Alice
Stephens.
Muriel
Dorreen
Stephens.
Ellen
Ada
Champlan,
Mabel
Pike,
Mary
J.
Calderwood,
Catherine
Macdonald,
Vivian
J.
Graham.
Bertha
L.
Chapman.
Doris
Wash-bum,
Annie
Foster,
Jean
Hlckln-botham,
Evelyn
Margaret
Hudson,
William
James
Wilkinson,
Maud
Dlmock,
Irene
Wilkinson.
Duncan
McLean.
Marquerita
Houghton,
Arthur
B.
Corking,
Melvln
Raymond.
ercy
Berg.
Richard
W.
Champf6h,
.Stanley
A.
Noble.
John
Patrick
Carr.
Daniel
Foster
and
Alfred
Bamford.
Milton
Rife,
Matthew
L.
Norton,
Virginia
Christian,
Alice
Dlmock.
George
Christian,
Myrtle
A.
Mcln-tyre
and
Nettie
Small.
Labels
Arthur
B.
Washbern
and
Clarence
W.
HIcklnbotham.
Judson
Elected
Mayor
of
Juneau
JUNEAU,
April
7;
Thomas
B.
Judson
was
elected
mayor
of
Juneau
on
Tuesday,
defeating
Alfred
Dlshaw
by
a
two
to
one
vote.
M0T0RSHIP
IS
MISSING
Search
For
Boat
Eunice
is
Started
From
Dutch
Harbor
on
Wednesday
DUTCH
HARBOR.
Alaska
Anril
:--aearcn
ror
me
motorsnip
Eunice,
20
days
overdue
here,
was
started
yesterday
by
the
motorsnip
Alasco
IV.
There
were
seven
men
aboard
the
Eunice
Including
Capt.
Andrew
Nelson,
A.
H.
Proctor,
Bishop
Antonln
and
crew
of
four.
Plaintiff
Wins
"Infancy
Case"
County
Court
Case
of
Bryant
Co.
Ltd.
vs.
Tasker
Decided
By
Judge
Young
Yesterday
Judgment
in
full
for
the
plaintiff
was
given
in
County
Court
yester
day
afternoon
by
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
In
the
case
of
Bryant
Co.
Ltd.
vs.
Thomas
Tasker
in
which
the
plaintiff
claimed
the
sum
of
$60.10
for
goods
sold
and
delivered.
The
defence
was
that
ot
infancy,
the
contention
being
that
defendant,
being
under
21
years
of
age,
was
not
responsible
tor
payment
for
the
goods.
The'
plaintiff
contended
successfully
that
the
goods
were
necessities
and,
therefore,
the
defendant,
even
though
ah
Infant,
was
responsible.
T.
W.
Brown
acted
as
counsel
for
the
plaintiff
while
W.
E.
Fisher
appeared
for
the
defendant
The
plaintiff
did
not
ask
for
costs.
Bryant
Co.
Ltd.
was
the
nominal
plaintiff
in
the
action,
two
small
claims,
that
of
Bryant's
and
another
of
the
Kalen
Motors,
having
been
consolidated.
Defendant
subsequently
paid
the
Bryant
claim
but
not
that
of
the
Kaien
Motors
which
was
actually
the
claim
involved
in
the
suit.
Ferry
at
Copper
City
Subject
of
Further
Inquiry
Operation
of
the
government
ferry
at
Copper
City
has
come
In
tor
further
questioning
In
the
Legislature.
A
few
days
ago.
Dr.
H.
C
Wrlnch.
Liberal
member
for
Skeena,
Inquired
if
a
government
ferry
was
established
at
Copper
City
prior
to
April
22.
1931.
and,
if
so,
when
was
the
ferry
established?
Was
such
ferry
operated
prior
to
April
22,
1931.
and
what
remuneration
was
paid
to
the
ferryman
in
each
year
during
which
ferry
was
operated
trior
to
April
22.
1931.
ALASKA
MAYORS
Edward
Lookcn
Chosen
at
Petersburg
Bryant
Re-elected
at
Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS,
Alaska,
April
7:
Mayor
J.
F:
Bryant
was
re-elected
mayor
here
on
Tuesday.
At
Seward
Mayor
Brownell
was
re-elected
while
Mayor
Chase
was
returned
to
office
at
Anchorage.
Petersburg
elected
Edward
Lok-ken
mayor.
If
some
people
were
any
steadier
they
would
be
motionless.
Tomorrow's
Tides
'-'"
Friday,
April
8,
1932
High'
2:13
a-m.
21:0
ft.
14:46
p.m.
18:7
It.
Low
8:49
a.m.
3:8
It.
20:41
p.m.
6:7
It.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
OUTLET
IS
EXPECTED
Hanson
Informs
Stewart
Board
of
Trade
of
Belief
That
Peace
Railway
Coming
Soon
STEWART,
April
7:
"You
will
note
that
the
Minister
realizes
that
the
Peace
River
Pacific
Railway
Outlet
is
essential
and
I
fully
believe
that
the
government
has
this
project
under
serious
consideration,
and
an
early
start
will
be
made
on
hl3
worthy
undertaking."
:
The
above
is
the
statement
contained
in
the
last
paragraph
of
a
letter
from
Olof
Hanson,
member
if
the
House
of
Commons
from
this
riding,
addressed
to
the
local
board
of
trade,
and
read
at
a
special
meeting
of
the
board
held
recently.
In
his
letter
Mr.
Hanson
referred
to
the
report
on
the
debate
in
the
.House
on
this
question
and
stated
that
in
addition
to
this
he
had
ta-i
ken
the
matter
up
in
committee
and
had
as
well
an
interview
with
the
Hon.
R.
J.
Manion,
Minister
of
Rail-1
ways.
This
letter
was
written
in
reply
jto
a
letter
from
the
board
to
Mr.
i
Hanson
enclosing
a
motion
dealing
witn
the
question.
Completion
of,
Pacific
Great!
l'
'
Eastern
Urged
In
a
letter
published
In
the
Vancouver
papers
Charles
Woodward,
former
M.
L.
A.
for
Vancouver,
urges
completion
of
the
two
ends
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
into
Vancouver
and
Prince
George,
asserting
that
the
railway
could
be
operated
profitably
If
this
were
done.
Mr.
Woodward
also
suggests
a
plan
for
the
settling
of
the
lands
along
the
line
ot
the
provincial
railway.
Road
Bosses
Criticized
Unemployment
Relief
Work
Reing
Carried
Out
in
"Scandalous
Fashion,''
Says
Manson
VICTORIA.
April
7:
With
a
view
to
offsetting
the
'scandalous
fashion"
in
which
road
basses
are
con
luctlng
unemployment
relief
work
in
the
province.
A.
M.
Manson
K.C
Liberal
member
for
Omlneca,
urged
in
the
Legislature
recently"
that
the
nubile
works
department
send
out
its
field
staff
and
put
them
under
competent
engineers.
Halibut
Boats
Refuse
Prices
Three
Boats
Holding
Over
With
Catches
Totalling
23,100
Pounds
Three
halibut
boats
in
with
catches
today
refused
bids
of
6c
and
4c
and
are
holding
over
until
tomorrow
morning
in
the
hope
of
receiving
better
prices.
The
boats
Jn
are
IHe
American
Pioneer,
with
8,000
nounds,
and
the
Canadians
Vera
Beatrice
and
Alice
May
with
faros
if
3,500
and
1,600
pounds
respectively.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
April
7:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
60c
on
the
local
exchange
today.