timbering
imeresis.
TodayWeather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Jmim
Wednesday,
January
1?,
1932
High
5:00
ajrn.
19:1
It.
Trince
Ttupert
Clear,
calm;
ba-
.
16:50
pjn.
1.7:7
It.
rometcr,
30.10;
temperature,
31;"
Low
11:08
a.m.
8:0
It.
sea,
smooth.
23:lfl.m.
6:1
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
,i,
XXIII.,
No.
9.
CANMAN
Tony
Laz"
N
A
Y
kliiuk
i
Dav.d
An1".,
(if.-"
with
bascb.
too.
,)
Bu;
the
SM1THERS
URGES
REDISTRIBUTION
OF
PROVINCIAL
SEATS
Enormous
Petition
For
World
Disarmament
Is
Presented
to
Premier
Document
Weighing
Nearly
Quarter
of
Ton
and
Signed
By
Half
Million
Canadians
Given
to
Bennett
In
Senate
Chamber
Today
OTTAWA,
Jan.
12:
Sir
George
Perley,
Hon.
Maurice
Dupre
and
Miss
M.
W.
Kidd
of
Montreal,
the
last
mentioned
president
of
the
National
Council
of
Women,
will
represent
Canada
at
the
disarmament
conference
to
be
held
soon
in
Geneva.
Premier
Bennett
announced
the
appointments
on
the
occasion
of
the
presentation
to
him
in
thf
Senate
Chamber
ol
a
petition
SUICIDE
IS
ATTEMPTED
Prl-unrr
in
City
Jail
Cell
Slashes
His
Throat
With
Razor
Is
Expected
to
Recover
11
Suchei,
a
local
unemployed
mm.
whowwk)
complete
a
14-dav
trrm
oTpubcA-Mtfil'temtr-r
Nr
theft
recently
from
the
homr
u!
a.
E.
Parlow,
nearly
suc-niriiri
in
taking
his
own
life
by
!.
hiut
tils
throat
with
a
rator
In
i
.
.,'
the
city
lock-up
but
night.
Pi
jmpt
attention
was
instrumental
v:iik
his
Hie
and
Suchet
is
now
riMvini;
treatment
at
the
Prince
Ru:).it
General
Hospital
where
it
v..i-
stated
this
morning
that
he
tt
i
id
probably
recover.
It
was
at
10:30
last
night
that
Kiii
lift
made
the
suicide
attempt.
II
w.ts
locked
up
in
his
cell
and
i-,i
.in
open
rasor
in
cutting
his
flu
ut
a
trustle
called
Constable
Andrew
Grant,
officer
In
charge
at
tlx
station
at
the
time,
and
first
'id
wus
immediately
administered
'
lirrk
the
flow
of
blood.
Dr.
J.
II.
C
i
i
.
son
was
called
and
Sachet
was
r
moved
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Oen-n
U
Hospital.
Election
For
President
In
Germany
Soon
BERLIN.
Jan.
12:-An
extension;
r
the
term
of
office
of
President
von
I
Under
berg
is
not
now
expected
t
be
granted
by
the
Rlechstag.
A
pn-sidcntlal
election
In
the
near
future
must
be
expected,
it
was
authorltlvely
stated
here
yesterday.
Hovers
Invested
at
Ceremony
Last
Night
At
a
meeting
of
Prince
Rupert
Rovers
last
night
four
members
of
Bcviborough
Patrol
Oordon
WU-liwrolt.
Charles
Hlckey,
Allan
Da-vies
and
Duncan
Miller
were
in
vested
as
full-fledged
rovers.
The
Investiture
ceremony
was
conduc'
tod
by
S.
P.
Woodslde,
who
was
as
Misted
by
P.
C.
Miller.
.
VASIIIr.TON
I'ASSKS
-
RECONSTRUCTION
BILL
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
12:
The
UnltFri
RtitM
Senate
last
night
passed
the
$2,000,000,000
reconstruction
corporation
bill.
The
measure
is
President
Hon-
ver's
panacea
to
remedy
the
present
depression.
(urging
world
disarmament
signed
by
nearly
halt
a
million
Canadians.
The
petition
weighed
nearly
a
quarter
ol
a
ton.
TO
RECONSTRUCT
FRENCH
CABINET
PARIS,
Jan.
12:
The
entire
French
cabinet
today
followed
the
examphj
oIldeBrland
and
placed
their
portfolios
in
the
hands
of
Premier
Pierre
Laval
who
will
reconstruct
the
ministry.
The
action
follows
the
ill-health
of
Brtand
and
the
death
a
feu-
days
ago
of
Andrew
Oagtnot,
minister
of
1
war.
Appreciation
Is
Expressed
King
of
Slam
Honors
Friends
and
Acquaintances
He
Made
While
Visiting
This
Country
BANGKOK.
Slam,
Jan.
12:
The
King
of
Slam
has
commemorated
hit
visit
to
the
United
States
and
Canada
last
year
by
conferring
the
Grand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
the
White
Elephant
upon
many
friends
and
acquaintances
he
made
during
his
stay
In
America.
Mayors
Elected
The
followlnir
British
Columbu
mayors
were
elected
by
acclama
tion
Monday:
Port
Coqultlam
R.
C.
Galer.
Duncan
Mayor
Prevost.
Cumberland
A.
Maxwell.
Nelson
John
P.
Morgan.
Nanalmo
John
Barsby.
Orand
Forks
Thomas
A.
Love.
Revels
tokeS.
Need
ham.
Stocan
City
Peter
Swan.
Fernle
Harry
E.
Douglas.
Greenwood
A.
J.
Morrison.
Armstrong-J.
M.
Wright.
Enderby
Charles
Hawkins.
Ladysmlth
Joseph
Mason.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
12
Wheat
was
quoted
at
618c.
on
the
local
Exchange
today.
BIRTH
A
son
was
born
this
morning
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
Dr.
and
Mrs.
R.
G.
Urge,
Atlln
Ave..
Westvlew.
Olof
Hanson.
M.P.
for
Skeena.
returned
to
the
city
on
this
mom-
.
.v
n
hrlef
trlD
tO
mgs
irum
.
Smlthers
In
connection
with
hU
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Cf.TUESDAY,
JANUARY
12,
1932
delegation!
MAY
HAVE
AUTONOMY
Self-Government
Is
Offered
to
Burma
With
Certain
Safeguards
LONDON,
Jan.
12:
rrctnier
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald,
at
the
close
ol
the
Burma
round
table
conference
today,
offered
Burma
self-government
tempered
with
safeguards.
For
some
time
Burma
has
been
seeking
self-government
separate
from
India
and
the
conference
just
ended
was
held
to
discuss
claims
along
this
line.
SKIPPER
IS
DEAD
Capt.
Irwin
Sanburn,
Veteran
Navi
gator
of
Various
Rivers,
Passes
In
Portland
PORTLAND.
Ore.,
Jan.
12:
Capt.
Irwin
Sanburn.
aged
82,
was
buried
here
yesterday.
For
55
years
he
had
navigated
the
Columbia,
Willamette.
East
Kootenay
and
Yukon
Rivers.
Presbyt
erians
Elect
Officers
At
Annual
Meeting
Last
Night
Interesting
Reports
Were
Received
Officers
were
elected
and
encouraging
reports
received
at
the
meeting
of
the
congregation
of
the
First
Presbyterian
Church
held
last
night.
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holllng-worth
presided
and
spoke
optimistically
of
the
work.
The
officers
follow:
Session
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Hol-Ungworth.
moderator.
J.
W.
McKln-ly.
D.
B.
McDougall,
S.
Massey,
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill.
Congregational
secretary
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill.
Conereeational
Treasurer
H.
Mf
Foote.
Board
of
Managers
T:
McCly-mont.
D.
McKemle,
A.
McKeniie,
J.
Hadden,
If.
M.
Foote.
Mrs.
J.
Simpson.
Mrs.
W.
L.
Sandlson
and
five
additional
members
to
be
elected.
Trustees
A.
M.
Manson
K.C..
Geo.
Naden.
The
appointment
of
assistant
treasurer
was
left
to
the
board
of
directors.
PATTERSON
IS
OPPOSED
Mayor
of
Prince
George
Not
to
Re-reive
Acclamation
Which
Was
Expected
PRINCE
GEORGE.
Jan.
12
Contrary
to
the
general
expectaUon
that
Mayor
A.
M.
Patterson
would
be
re-elected
chief
magistrate
by
acclamation
this
year,
there
Is
to
be
a
contest
lor
the
mayor's
chair.
Aid.
C.
C.
Reld
was
yesterday
nominated
to
oppose
the
return
or
Mayor
Patterson.
WEATHER
REPORT
Langara
Island
Clear,
moderate
northerly
wind;
heavy
swell.
Triple
Island
Clear,
northwest
wind;
heavy
westerly
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
light
northwest
wind;
barometer,
30.06;
temperature,
38;
light
chop.
Another
Baseball
Prospect
Book
Circulation
at
Library
Last
Year
Greatly
Increased;
Borrowers'
List
is
Greater
That
the
circulation
of
books
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Library
had
increased
in
1931
to
74,109
volumes
from
the
58.&3S
volumes
loaned
in
1930
and
that
the
number
of
borrowers
had
increased
from
3,209
in
1930
to
3,493
in
1931
was
the
important
information
contained
in
the
annual
report
of
the
librarian
at
the
final
meeting
of
the
I
Dresent
library
board
held
last
TR0LLERS
MEETING
Various
Matters
Discussed
by
Hippo
Islard
Branch
of
X,
B.C.F.I).
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE,
Jan.
12-The
t
rollers
of
the
Hippo
unit
ol
the
Northern
B.
C.
Fishermen'!
Association
held
their
annual
meeting
recently.
Marketing
and
pricec
for
next
year's
salmon
were
dealt
with.
It
was
agreed
also,
that
the
last
year's
strike
was
not
a
financial
success.
The
policy
was
at
leant
the
means
of
bringing
Into
being
a
halibut
branch.
It
strengthened
the
gill
netters
and
other
unions
are
preparing
to
Join
forces.
Fishermen
see
that
a
closer
association
In
the'
fishing
industry
U
necessary
if
they
hope
to
get
fair
returns
for
their
products.
RUSSIA
MAY
BUY
ALUMINUM
III:RE
MONTREAL,
Jan.
12.
When
asked
for
a
statement
In
:re-
gard
to
reports
that
Soviet
Russia
was
negotiating
for
the
purchase
of
$5,000,000
worth
of
aluminum
In
Canada,
Ray
Powell,
vice-president
of
the
Aluminum
Co.
of
Canada,
said
that
negotiations
were
In
pro-
gress.
intieiaer.
hopes
his
young
son.
Mis
Lazran.
will
follow
In
dad's
b;by
su
far
is
indifferent.
nlaht.
Miss
Crulkshank
was
com-
pitmen
ted
on
the
excellent
work
done
during
the
year,
especially
at
a
time
when
library
facflHIes
were
so
needful
owing
to
many
people
being
unable
to
find
recreation
In
any
other
manner
than
from
reading.
That
part
oi
ine
erport
dealing
w.th
circulation
contained
the
following
classification
of
the
books
loaned:
'Fiction
49,006
66.13
"Philosophy
276
.40
"Religion
218
.30
"Sociology
374
.50
"Language
81
.07
"Science
344
.46
"Useful
Arts
040
1.27
"Fine
Arts
4J3
.60
"Literature
1.017
1.37
"Travel
2.578
3.49
"Biography
...
461
.68
"History
1.261
1.71
"Juvenile
.17.151
23.07
"Total
74.109
100.00
The
report
lollows:
Arts
and
Science
"The
addition
of
the
new
stack
for
fine
arts
and
science
has
af
forded
great
relief
In
shelving,
but
It
has
encroached
considerably
(eonUnled
on
pis
tlx)
Card
of
Thanks
The
family
or
the
late
Mrs.
i.
Ross
wish
to
thank
their
many
friends
for
the
kind
expressions
of
sympathy
and
floral
tributes
received
during
.their
recent
chosen
Interior
Trade
Board
Objects
At
Division
Of
Valley
at
Present
Would
Comhinc
Thanksgiving
and
Remembrance
Day
on
November
11
Charles
E.
Morris
Elected
President
Last
Night
at
Annual
Meeting
SMITHERS,
Jan.
12:
The
:
Trade,
at
its
annual
meeting
here
last
night,
passed
a
rc-I
solution
urging
that
the
provincial
government,
in
effect
ing
redistribution
of
electoral
seats,
include
the
entire
Bulkley
Valley
in
one
seat
instead
of
cutting
the
district
down
the
centre
with
easterly
and
westerly
divisions
as
is
now
the
case.
The
resolution
to
thU.
effect
was
moved
by
L.
S.
McGlll,
meeting
urged
that
Thanksgiving
jeeonded
by
L.
B.
Warner
and
pas-
and
Remembrance
Days
should
b
sed
with
but
one
dissenting
voice,
observed
on
one
day
and
that
that
The
resolution
was
as
lollows:
j
day
be
November
11,
the
anhivcr-That
this
Smlthers
District
sary
of
the
Armistice
which
brought
Chamber
of
Commerce,
represent-
:
the
Great
War
to
a
close.
j
Ing
the
whole
Bulkley
Valley
Dls-1
trict
from
Seaton
to
Rose
Lake,
now
assembled
In
annual
general
meet-
President,
Chares
a.
Morris,
tng.
do
urge
upon
the
provincial
Vice-president,
Jtiitik
M.
Dock-governmem
the
necessity
lor
alter-
rill.
ing
the
present
division
ol
electoral
'.
Secretary-treasurer.
H.
M.
Mat-
distriettJn.
lhlsoart
of
the
dkm
i
-
vlnce.
"Bulkley
Valley
District
Is
the
most
populous
single
community
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Prince
George
and
is
one
In
its
interests
and
in
commercial
and
industrial
activities.
For
all
purposes
save
elections
and
public
works
it
Is
administered
as
a
unit
from
the
government
offices
established
in
Smithers.
The
county
boundary
line,
the
division
for
taxation,
court
and
many
other
purposes,
and
the
fe
deral
electoral
district
boundary.
Is
at
the
125th
Meridian
at
Endako,
which
is
the
natural
point
of
division
between
the
area
tributary
to
Smlthers
and
that
tributary
to
Prince
George.
The
boundary
between
land
recording
divisions
Is
the
watershed
between
the
Skeena'
....
and
Fraser
H
River
Va.I
basins
at
S
Rose
Dm....
Lake.
'
"But
for
electoral
purposes
Bulk-ley
Valley
Is
now
divided
between
Skeena
and
Omtneca
Electoral
Districts.
This
creates
an
Impossible
situation
for
public
works
administration,
under
which
that
part
of
our
district
from
Hubert
to
Rose
Lake
Is
under
the
direction
of
the
Prince
George
of
lice,
two
hundred
miles
away,
instead
of
the
of-flee
at
Smlthers.
to
which
It
Is
Immediately
tributary.
At
the
same
time
the
coast
sections
of
Skeena
Electoral
District,
from
Port
Esslng-ton
to
Swanson
Bay,
are
under
the
Smlthers
office,
some
three
hundred
mtles
distant
and
completely
out
of
touch
with
them.
"To
remedy
this
anomalous
situation,
which
is
agtinst
businesslike
administration
and
sound
common
sense,
we
urge
that
in
the
coming
redistribution
the
eastern
boundary
of
this
electoral
district
be
established
at'the
128th
Meridian
at
Endako
or
the
126th
Meridian
at
Rose
Lake,
wlih
compensating
adjustment
to
maintain
equality
of
population
by
cutting
off
the
coast
districts
having
nothing
In
common
with
the
Interior."
Another
resolution
passed
by
the
ANNUAL
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Smithers
District
Board
of
The
Board
elected
officers
for
trie
coming
ye.tr
as
io:'ows:
hews.,
Council
H.
F.
Noel,
t,;
b.
Warner,
S.
S.
Phillips,
T.
J.
Thorpe,
B.
M.
Hopps,
Charles
Reid,
L.
S.
McGli,
Dr.
R.
C.
Bamford,
H.
O.
Olsen,
John
McKenzle
and
J.
P.
Downle.
LOST
MONEY
RECOVERED
Sum
of
$5,000
Slol'.n
From
Frisco
Offices
Foui.d
Four
Men
Under
Arrest
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Jan.
12:
A
sum
ol
$5,000
of
whltli
ilic
offices
here
of
the
Blue
Ribbon
Co.
were
robbed
about
a
month
aeo
was
re
-
covered
yesterday
and
four
men
'
are
under
arrest
charged
with
receiving
stolen
goods.
Small
Fire
Visits
Eighth
Ave.
House
The
fire
department
had
a
call
at
2:50
yesterday
afternoon
to
the
house
at
629
Eighth
Avenue
West,
owned
by
Silas
Rea
and
occupied
by
Dennis
Lucas,
where
tnere
was
a
fire
in
the
wall
caused
by
a
blank
chtmney
hole
being
plugged
with
wood
Minor
damage
was
done
to
the
wall
by
the
fire
wh.h
was
extinguished
by
i'.se
of
chcalcals.
FAMOUS
LOST
MINS
IS
BELIEVED
FOUND
8KIDEGATB,
Jan.
12
-
It
4
has
been
reported
that
a
rich
stiver
strike
has
been
made
near
Lagoon
Msy
on
Moresby
Island.
For
ymi..
many
pro-
spoctors
have
persistently
hunted
for
tht
famous
lost
silver
mine
there.
The
show-
Ing
was
first
discovered
over
fifty
years
ago.
MEETING
.
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
Association
Eagles'
Hall
Above
DeJong's
Cash
&
Carry
Wednesday
at
8:15
p.m.
T.
D.
Pattullo
will
give
an
adtlresa