Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Bull
Thursday,
February
4,
1932
mm
High
0:18
a.m.
18:1
It.
Dipby
Island
Light
northerly.
11:40
p.m.
21:1
ft.
Wlncl;
barometer7,
0.02;
temperature.
Low
5:46
a.m.
9:5
It.
30;
smoo
Jj,
18:35
pjn.
3:0
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXIII
.
No.
26.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
3,
1932
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
M
ore
MANITOBA
FARM
JAPANESE
DESTROYER
SUNK
IN
WHANGPOO
RIVER
TODAY
BY
Japanese
Retaliate
By
Launching
Terrific
Aerial
Attack
to
Destroy
Woosung
Fortress
Chapci
Is
Virtual
Inferno
Again
.SHANGHAI,
Feb.
3:
Chinese
guns
from
the
fort
at
Woosung
sent
a
Japanese
destroyer
to
the
bottom
of
the
Whangpoo
River,
Chinese
headquarters
here
announced
tonight.
Casualties
in
the
sinking
of
the
ship
have
not
been
determined
but
it
is
believed
that
a
considerable
number
of
Japanese
sailors
lost
their
lives.
PROSPECTS
FOR
PEACE
ese
China
Accepts
Proposals
Made
By
Great
Britain
and
United
States
pel
NANKING.
China.
Feb.
3:
Proipects
for
peace
In
the
Oriental
crisis
between
China
and
Japan
loomed
brighter
today
when
China
accepted
the
peace
proposals
which
have
been
made
by
Orrat
Britain
and
United
States
and
approved
by
France,
Germany
and
Italy.
rtoth
Japan
and
China
have
now
screed
to
the
terms
which
are
intended
to
brine
about
a
cmation
of
hostilities
between
the
two
countries.
LOSER
OF
BIG
CASE;
Bi
Imp
James
Cannon
of
United
States
in
$500,000
Libel
Suit
C!
CK8TONE.
VA..
Feb.
3--BU-
mes
Cannon.
Jr..
promtne-.it,
"list
Episcopal
cleric
of
the:
!
States,
lost
a
$500,000
llb-
lit
yesterday
to
Representa-j
Ororge
Tlnkln.
The
court
that
statements
Bishop
Ca-j
uid
made
In
nubile
regarding'
matures
In
Tlnkln's
108
e-'ii
campaign
were
not
Justified
;
ft.
Bishop
Cannon
came
into
uinence
in
the
1928.
campaign
ti
opponent
of
Al
Smith
for
the
idcncy.
Vice-President
Curtis
Has
Cold
WASHINOTON.
D.C,.
Feb.
3-nuff'Ttng
from
a
severe
cold.
Vlcc-p'-idrnt
Charles
Curtis
Is
con-iinrd
to
his
bed
at
his
home
here.
NANKIN'o
iimiitAitm-ii!
RESIDENTS
LEAVING
NANKING.
Feb.
3:
Follow-
ing
heavy
artillery
bombard-
ment
of
the
city
by
the
Jopan-
t'-sc.
a
npnernl
exodus
of
real-
dents
from
Nanking
started
yesterday.
Thlrty-slx
Amerl-
'
an
cltiiens
were
among
those
Preparing
to
leave.'
Heavy
Fighting
At
CHINESE
LAND
GUNS
Following
the
sinking
of
the
fle-
stroyer.
Japanese
airplanes
from
aircraft
carrier
Kaga
bombed
and
completely
destroyed
the
Woosung
fort
which
Is
situated
fourteen
miles
below
this
city
on
the
Whangpoo
River.
By
3:30
this
afternoon
the
Japan
ajrplane
had
Increased
their
activities
and
were
raining
down
bombs
which
resulted
in
serious
fires.
Observers
said
that
the
Ctra
district
was
again
a
virtual
In
ferno.
LEAGUE
OF
NATIONS
READY
TO
FIGHT
FOR
PEACE
IF
NECESSARY
GENEVA.
Feb.
3:
The
coun-
ell
of
the
League
of
Nations
Intends
to
have
world
peace
even
if
it
has
to
fight
for
it.
according
to
a
statement
made
yesterday
following
council
de
liberations
on
the
Chlno-Jap
anese
situation.
The
council
Is
demanding
an
Immediate
ces-
satlon
of
hostilities
in
Sluing-
hal
and
withdrawal
of
troons
-
both
belligerents.
FREIGHTER
IS
ASHORE
Alaska
Steamship
Co.'s
Oduna
Able
to
Release
Herself
From
May
Island
Near
Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN.
Feb.
3:-
Tne
Alaska
Steamship
Co.'s
freighter
Oduna
was
refloated
today
after
having
gone
aground
In
a
blinding
snowstorm
at
the
south
end
of
May
Island.
30
miles
south
of
here.
The
Oduna
was
able
to
proceed
Into
Ketchikan
without
assistance.
TEMBLOR
IN
CUBA
Six
Persons
Killed
and
Heavy
Pro
perty
Damage
Done
uy
harm-quake
at
Santiago
o
a
ntt
AO
o.
Cuba,
Feb.
3:
The
mayor
of
Santiago
reported
today
that
six
persons
nan
and
30
injured
in
an
rthquke
which
struck
the
city
last
night.
There
was
great
property
damage.
UNHEARD
AMID
THE
JAZZ
..r,K
Thmwn
Into
New
York
trll
F.xnioacs
wiwuu
Dance
Harm,
Headline
In
Chicago
Trl-
bune.
MnD
ADMItS
JAPAN
IN
NO
SHAPE
FINANCIALLY
FOK
WAR
OF
PROTRACTED
NATURE
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
3:
Japan
Is
too
much
In
debt
to
enter
upon
any
protracted
war
especially
with
United
States,
according
to
opinion
expressed
by
experts
in
inter-
national
finances
here.
For
years
Japan
has
been
vainly
trying
to
balance
her
budeet
It
Is
pointed
out.
PAROLE
IS
NOT
GIVEN
Albert
B,
Fall,
Former
United
States
Cabinet
Minister,
Must
Serve
His
Time
WASHINOTON.
D.C..
Feb.
3:--1
Proceedings
with
a
view
to
obtain-,
Ing
a
parole
for
Albe.it
B.
Fall,
for-;
mer
Secretary
of
the
Interior
In
the
;
Harding
administration,
failed
yes-
j
terday
when
the
parole
board
ruled
that
parole
for
Fall
would
not
be
nihio
with
th
welfare
or
so-'
kVMIJ7WwtV
n
clety.
Fall
Is
serving
a
term
In
New
Mexico
State
Prison
for
fraud.
Southern
Pacific
Wreck
Wreckage
of
engine
ol
the
crack
Southern
P
uifle
West
Coas
Limited
whuih
was
torn
by
a
mysterious
rxpioslon
near
Sacramento,
Calif
,
wrecking
train,
but
injuring
no
passengers.
RETURNING
TO
CANADA
Gordon
Buljer
On
Way
From
Shanghai
to
Vancouver
Aboard
Liner
President
Taft
Oordon
Bulger,
son
of
John
Bulger
of
this
city.
Is
now
on
his
way
home
to
Vancouver
aboard
the
liner
Taft
from1
Shanghai
where
he
went
with
a
view
40
dolngllltavy
flying
for
the
Chinese
government
In
the
war
with
Japan,
finding
however,
on
arriving
In
China,
that
there
was
no
such
Job
awaiting
him.
Four
other
flyers,
who
went
to
China
at
the
same
time
as
Bulger,
are
still
at
Shanghai,
awaltlnj
transportation
home.
Thoughtful
Evelyn
Brent
We'll
retrain
from
breaking
tn
early
nineUev
su:h
a
"a
penny
go
at
that.
But
Evelyn
Breni
is
CONFERENCE
ON
JULY
18
Ottawa
Hears
Opening
Date
of
Forthcoming
Imperial
Economic
Parley
nTTAWA
Pph
3-
Monday.
Julv
18.
will
be
the
date
for
the
Imperial
wonomic
eonierenee
nere.
u
is
in
-
-
-
-
-
'
tlmated
on
the
highest
of
author
lty.
OLD
NATIVE
S0NTASSES
Donald
McKrnzle,
Aged
84,
Dies
at
Vancouver
Island
Home
VICTORIA.
Feo.
3:
Donald
Mc-
Kenile.
oldest
native
son
of
Van
couver
Island.
Is
dead
at
his
home
1
on
Atkins
Road,
Parsons
Bridge,
at
the
age
of
83.
WEATHER
REPORT
Triple
Island
Snow,
strong
nortli
westerly
wind,
moderate
sea.
Langora
Sleet,
squall,
strong
north
easterly
wind,
rough
sea.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
south
I
easterly
wind,
barometer,
29.81:
I
temperature,
38;
heavy
swell.
ill
I
I
with
a
hot
wise-crack
from
the
for
your
thoughts,"
and
Just
let
thoughtful
don't
you
thlr.lc?
HIS
SON
IS
ARRESTED
Government
Deals
Another
Blow
at
Indian
Civil
Disobedience
Campaign
BOMBAY.
Feb.
3:
The
govern-
ment
struck
again
at
Mahatma
umvwhw
cam
palgn
yesterday
when
the
Indian
Nationalist's
youngest
son,
Davie
Gandhi,
was
arrested.
OPPOSITION
TO
HOOVER
Senator
Hiram
Johnson
Asked
to
Run
Atainst
President
in
Ohio
Primary
CLEVELAND,
Feb..
3:
A
group
of
Ohio
Republicans
yettrday
urged
Senator
Hiram
Johnson
of
California
to
enter
the
Republican
presi
dential
primaries
In
the
Buckeye
State
In
opposition
to
President
Herbert
Hoover.
Aivazoff
Home
In
Vancouver
Has
Been
Sold
Mlsak
Alvasoff.
formerly
of
this
city,
has
sold
his
palatial
home,
VVillai
Russe."
on
fihaughnessy
Het&lus
in
Vancouver,
to
Hubert
A.r
Wallace,
superintendent
of
the
Bur-rard
Dry
Dock
and
also
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
at
one
time.
The
home
of
Mr.
Wallace
on
Twenty-Ninth
Avenue
West
in
Vancouver
will
be
taken
over
by
Mr.
Alvasoff.
"Villa
Russe"
is
one
of
the
largest
homes
In
the
Shaughnessy
Heights
area
of
Vancouver.
Alice
Arm
Has
More
Snow
Than
Is
Usual
ALICE
ARM,
Feb.
3-With
four
feet
one
inch
of
solid
snow
on
tho
around.
Alice
Arm
now
presents
a
real
wintry
appearance.
The
snow
is
a
good
deal
deeper
than
usuul
tor
this
time
of
year.
Shanghai
Tom
Hrechkozie
Says
Ghosts
Told
Him
To
Kill
Sitar's
Family
i
Confession
Said
to
Have
Been
Made
to
Manitoba
Provincial
Police
Last
Night
After
Capture
Mentality
Affected?
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
3
:
Acting
on
command
of
"ghosts,"
Tom
Hrechkozie
killed
Martin
Sitar,
his
employer,
Sitar's
wife
and
five
children
on
the
Sitar
farm
at
Elma
last
Fri-.
day
morning
by
stabbing
them
to
death
as
they
slept,
ac-'
cording
to
a
confession
made
to
the
provincial
police
by
:
the
farm
hand
who
was
captured
after
a
search
of
several
j
fdays.
Hrechkozie
Is
said
to
have
IS
OPPOSED
TO
LEAGUE
Governor
of
New
York
Is
Also
Against
Repudiation
of
War
Debts
ALBANY.
N.Y.,
Feb.
3
Governor
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
out'
standing
Democratic
presidential
possibility,
in
an
official
statement
yesterday,
expressed
himself
as
be
ing
opposed
to
United
States
parti
cipation
In
the
League
of
Nations.
Governor
Roosevelt
also
took
a
strong
stand
against
repudiation
of
war
debts.
MENTALITY
QUESTIONED
Defence
Continues
Its
Efforts
to
Show
That
Mrs.
Judd
Was
Not
Responsible
PHOBNIX.
Arizona,
Feb.
3
Th?
defence
by
cross-examination
con-;
tlnued
Its
effort
yesterday
In
the!
trial
of
Mrs.
Winnie
Ruth
Judd.
charged
with
the
murder
of
her
former
friends,
Agnes
Leroi
and
Hedvlg
Samuelson,
to
show
Uvtt
the
woman
could
not
tell
right
from
wrong
and
was
entirely
un-i
responsible
for
any
of
her
actions
The
day's
hearing
was
again
featured
by
a
vitriolic
outburst
fro:.'.
Mrs.
Judd,
this
time
against
Dr
Paul
Bowers,
Los
Angeles
alienist
who
gave
evidence
as
to
the
woman's
mental
condition
and
declared
that
she
had
been
In
love
with
a
wealthy
Phoenix
society
"playboy."
Seattle
Gets
Cold
Weather
Ice
Skating
Enjoyed
By
Residents
of
Pnjet
Sound
City
Yesterday
SEATTLE,
Feb.
3:
Seattle
peo
ple
en
toyed
outdoor
ice
skatlnc
yesterday
following
a
cold
snap
(n
the
course
of
which
the
thermome
ter
descended
to
21
degrees
above
sero
on
Monday.
Former
Vanderhoof
School
Teacher
Is
Trustee
In
South
VANDERHOOF,
Feb.
3
Garvin
Deeell,
formerly
of
the
Vanderhoof
Superior
Sehool,
has
been
elected
a
trustee
on
the
North
Vancouver
school
board.
made
the
confession
to
the
police
here
last
night.
Hrechkozle's
mentality
Is
believ
ed
to
be
affected.
SHANGHAI
CASUALTIES
Twenty
Japanese
Marines.
Killed
No
Further
Advance
Planned
TOKYO.
Feb.
3:
In
an
official
communique
last
night.
It
was
announced
that
twenty
Japanesa
marines
were
killed
in
heavy
fighting
In
Shanghai
yesterday,
82
being
seriously
wounded
and
91
Injured
less
seriously.
It
was
stated
that
the
Japanese
forces
at
Shanghai
were
holding
positions
already
taken
In
Shanghai
but
did
not
contemplate
making
further
advances.
The
Japanese
cabinet
yesterday
refused
to
send
10.000
troops
to
Shanghai.
Chinese
casualties
In
yesterday's
fighting
are
believed
to
have
been
much
greater
than
the
Japanese.
NO
TRACE
OF
PLANE
Intensive
Search
By
Aircraft
Tails
to
Reveal
Trace
of
Missing
Passenger
Ship
LOS
ANGELES,
Feb.
3:
Despite
Intensive
search
by
.Army
planes
and
other
aircraft,
no
trace
has
yet
been
found
of
the
trl-motorcd
passenger
plane,
with
five
men
and
three
women
on
board,
which
has
been
missing
since
last
Friday
mi
a
flight
from
Bakerstleld,
Ore.,
to
Los
Angeles.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
3:
Wheat
was'quotrd
orf
the
local
exchange
today
at
61tc
POLICE
PLEBISCITE
DATE
FEBRUARY
18
February
18
has
been
set
as
the
date
tor
the
holding
of
the
plebiscite
on
whether
policing
of
the
city
shall
be
continued
by
the
provincial
police
or
re-
vert
to
a
straight
city
policing
system.
On
the
same
date
elec-
tlon
for
two
police
commission-
ers,
if
polling
Is
necessary,
will
take
place,
nominations
to
be
received
on
or
before
February
15.
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