Watch For Announcement of the KAIEN MOTORS LTD. -V'S Chevrolet Sale & Service C $ Phone 52 and Mack 379 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER " - - - - W , j'lWIWWMMMMWl WW 1 - .. 1M- L i LJ. I.lll. !! Up mmm vmm. - v xxiv no. io. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1933 f - J i i ina 'iiii.jMj-iiii'iiiimiiii in iwf iu ii .uiL-j.a ' " -'UJ-'-.j i u iu.iliijb bmmmbmbw . , Tfii STEPHENS ELECTED MA Y0R OF HAZARDOUS TRIP BRINGING OUT TAKLA Entire Slate Wins Out At Civic Poll; Labor Men Beaten Mayoralty Vote Was 586 to 216-Curric, Rochester, Wcsch And Basso-Bert Arc Chosen to Aldennanic Board For 1933 Leading his complete slate of aldennanic supporters to 4i swoepinu victor) over their Labor opponent, Ex-Aid. M M. Stephens was elected mayor of Prince Rupert for at the civic election yesterday by a vote of 586 to 21G .... r Kx-Ald. R. F. Perry. It was one of the most decisive v. ay -rally votes in the history of the city and marked the lose of a campaign which, white HAVE LEFT FOR EAST Tolmle and Jonr To Attend ! minion Premiers' Conference ANCOUVBR. B.C.. Jan. 13 -Ur 8 r Toimfc. premier of I i-h Columbia, aoeom panted by J W Jooes. Minister of FV- nce 11 ytd' evsrCUn-l .. National line for the east. Tii'y will be Joined la Edmonton PrswHr fttowflftee of Alberta i i later Wi Winnipeg will be )" try PrtxJer Anderson of k iu r.ewah aiw3 Premier Brae-i l Manitoba. party la proceeding to 04-. t participate in Uve Import- : mferenoe of Canadian pre-m '.o be held shortly to also f n mic quertlom GOVERNOR INSTALLED iKmncritt rr First Time Become Chief Executive of Washington 'l.YMPIA, Washington. Jan. IS: IV tore a tremendous crowd Of . ' triors and with the usual cot-' it reremontea, Clarence U Ma.- native aon and mayor of Che-Waahinfton. and auccoaaful kane banker, waa Iru unrated vcmor of the iUU of Waahinf -hero yeatervay The flrat Dem-,it to ever become chief execu- r thla elate, he waa awom f nee by Ohtef Juaitoe WaHt D Bcale. Victor Myera, well known Seattie ' l.eatra oooduoior. u Inaitffttra-as lieutenant-governor In v ich rapacity he will pree2 over ' ;"' nute aorMXte. OLYMI'IO (JAMDS IN (JI'.RMANV lii rmany has beon awarded tlie micr Olympic Oamos of 1M0. STi:rius TAKia over MAYORALTY OK CITY; IS SWORN IN TOIIAY M M. Stenhtna. who was el- rrtrd ' vsUrrlav at the civic noli, formally 'became mayor of Trince Rupert at noon today when he. together with the four new aldermen elected yes- t"rdiy, were duly aworn Into office bv Police Maslstratc Thomas MeClymont In the of- lire of the latter. No time has yd been set for the swearing in uf tit LhrA nmu members of the board of school trustees. - 4-. 1.1. I short, commanded eonatderable in- lertat. Ex-Aid. John Currie. Ex-Mayor H. B. Rochester. F. W. Wesch and Ex-AW Victor Basso-Bert, all members of the Siaphens tkket. were elected to the aldennanic board. A total of 818 ballot was eaat tn this election aa compared with 812 last year. The details of the mayoralty vow per table were m follows: Psrry Stephens Spotted A-0 9 177 Jt-Me 210 "9 Total 3i U8 .18 Aldrrmanlc Vole The aMcraanlc vote wm m fol Iowa: Cx-Ald. John Currie 518 r.i-Mayor II. R. Rochester .511 V. XV. Vech Alt Ki-Ald. Victor BaMO-Rert (It T. J. SbenUm Ex-Aid. R, A- MeLeod 381 SpoOed BalteU 7 Ntttnenma aMermantc baltota adhered to eather of the two elate Referendum In the referendum which atked "Are you tn favor of an amendment to the Municipal Act provldlnf that the term of aldermen shall be (or two or one year at the option of the eleetoraT" 8T voted in the affirmative and m in the negative. Many voters were, apparently, eon-fturd at the Question and there were no leas than 81 wiled valloto. 193S Office Holders The complete list of ehrfc officeholder for IMS la aa follows: Mayor M. M. Stephens. Alder met t-a. W. Rudderham. Jamoa Black, J. II. PUlsbury. O. B. Caaey. Jotin Currie. II. B. Itochca- ter, P. W. Weseh and Victor B4eo- Bert School Trustee- Arthur H rooks- hank. W O. rulton. D. C. Schubert, D. Johnston and It. A. Breen. OFFICERS ARE NAMED L. Starr New President of Tort Elniion Special Indian Reserve POUT E88INOTON, Jan. 13.-Thc Port Easinaton Special Indian Re a. lias elected officers for 1933 as follows: .President. L. L. Starr. VIce-Prealdent; Mark Bolton. Treasurer. Herbert Spalding. scrUrv. Jas. W. Bolton. Auutnnt Secretary. Matthew Wesley. . . . Committees Lot, Joseph Rob- erU; street and sea-wall; Stephen Campbell; fire. A. W. Stcwnrt and I.I h.n,vn' neaiin. raui u. Run- hall around. Matt Wesley J !-t' I U- 11 .!.. . I 1 H-LI J I JU'LJUP. CAREER OF NEW MAYOR Melrin McKay Stephens Can Boast Lone Lino of Pure Canadian Ancestry Rack to Hii Grandparent Was Farm Bred Went Ranching For Himself nut Was Dried Oni Long tn Railway Service and rioneer of Trince Rupert Another Ontario farm-bred boy to rcaeh the office of chlrf magit-trate of Prlnee Rupert. Melvln McKay Btephena, who was elected mayor of this city by a sweeping majority "t the civic election here yesterday, can boast a Ions line of pure Canadian ancestry. Ills maternal grandmother was bom t Fort Oarry, where now stand the great prairie metropolis of Winnipeg. 11U maternal grandfather. John McKay, before his death, was the last living member of the original Selkirk settlement on the Red River, Manitoba. His paternal grandparents were United Empire, Loyalist who movrd f ronvPennasI ranis to Canada After the Declara tion fif JndepcndeheV bf tH United State. Born at Beaton. Slmcoc County. Ont, December 38. 1872. Mayor- M. M. Stephen celebrated his six tieth birthday a few days ago. He w the sen of the late John S. Stephens and his wife. Annie McKay Stephe&s. With Ms family, he moved at the age of 13 years to Wawa- nesa. Man., where he grew up on a pioneer farm. At the age of 19. Mr. Stephens started out to farm for himself at Carndutf. Bask- but three years of drought put him out of the agricultural Industry and he went railroading to earn enough money to pay his bills. He was thereafter to spend many years In -.he railroading same a telegrapher 4itd station agent. Starling his railway career with the Canadian Pacific In Manitoba. Mr. Stephen remained wUh that company for two years before Join ing the service of the Manitoba Northwestern Railway as agent at Ohtdttone junction, north of Portage la Prairie. Man. lint C. N. R. Agent Becoming Joint agent at Gladstone for the lake Manitoba Railway k Canal Co, which .commenced construction in 1856, as well as the Manitoba Northwestern, Mr. Stephens ran claim the distinction of having been the first station agent Pn the wrsl of Ihe now great Canadian National Railways system, for the Lake Manitoba Railway k Canal Co, of which I). R. Ilanna was superintendent at Winnipeg, was the first wrstern link of the now huge government owned Canadian transportation system. From Gladstone Mr. Stephens moved to Strathciair. Man., where he spent a short' time before com-Iiir to British Columbia in 1&98 to once again join the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Field In the Rocky Mountains near the Alberta border. After a year at Field, he was moved to Rowland where he took up duty with the commercial telegraphs of the Ca nadian Pacific Railway. After the Western Union came Into Rowland. Mr. Stephens Joined Its service as manager at that! point and, when the Western Un ion whs taken over by the Great Northern Railway. Mr. Stephens and Howard atarr; social. E. Roberts went In 1904 to Phoenix, then boom-and Howard Starr. (Continued on page four.) U.T1U1U. Mayor M. Winner'? the clilcf magistracr in Prince RuptrlVfivIe election yesterday SN0WSLIDE ON RAILWAY i i Trince Rupert Cut Off From Telegraphic Communication Plow Is Dispatched Prince Rupert was cut off today from all land telegraphic service owing to a Wc snowsude on the railway near Mile 86. between Kwtnttoa and Salvua. Such business as was urgent was being handled by wireless. The rotary plow went out at 1 o'clock this afterrNMsn and ss expected to make quick work of the blockade. No delay to train service Is anticipated. Anniversary Is Observed Surprise Party of .Mr. and Mrs. I WillUm Ranrr Is Staged By Thirty Friends It being their eleventh wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. William Ranee were honored last night by some thirty Veil -wishing friends who descended on their home on Sixth Avenue West In a oellghtf ul , surprise party The early part of the evening i was spent ln playing of bridge and1 the p rise-winners were: ladles first, Mr. F. M. Crosby; consolation. Mrs. J. Joy. Jr.; men's first, J. Joy, Jr; consolation. F. M. Crosby. After cards, refreshments were served and the remainder of the evening spent In dancing. On behalf of the guests assembled. R. Douglas presented Mr. and Kirs. Rancc with a handsome carving set as a token of beat wishes and esteem. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Jan. IS: (Canadian Pic Wheat was quoted at 4SMc on the local exchange yesterday. M. Stephens IS BROUGHT FROM NORTH Canadian Airways Plane Brings De mented Trapper South Frem Takla Lake Perilous Trip rilot Hilly Wells Makes Landing in Eighteen Inches of Slush Over Ice BURNS LAKE. Jan. 18: (Special to Dally Newsi Having left here at 8:45 tn the morning, a Canadian Airways plane, piloted by E P. H. (Billy) WeHs, with Bill Faulkner on board as air engineer and having on board Provincial Constables Talt and Itoumieu. was back here at 13:30 noon yesterday with William Armstrong, allegedly demented trapper of Tom Creek, on board. Supposedly sultcttng from mental derangement i.J religious delu sions. Armstrong had been Iteld for several weeks at Takla Landing, Earlier this week an Indian runner brought out word of the man's con diUon and the police officers were then dispatched to Takla Lake, a distance of about 100 miles north 0f heir, to bring him out He was pj, ln a straight Jacket for the aerial journey. It Is expected he wtll be sent from here to mental howl- The plane had to make a perilous landing at the edge of Takla Lake on four Inches of Ice covered by 18 inches of slush but this was successfully accomplished by Pilot WeHs. Card of Thanks I wlsli to thank the Trades & Labor Council and all oilier friends who so kindly supported me in yesterday's election. - K. A. McLEOl) Tomorrow's Tides nigh .. 3:10 a.m. 19.6 ft 15:20 pm. 20.5 ft. Low . 9:31 ajn. 72 ft. 21:59 pm. 3.5 ft.- LAKE PATIENT SENATOR IS DEAD Lieatenant-Colonel J. W. Daniel of Saint John, New Brunswick, Tasses Away Long Public Serace Served as Alderman, Mayor and ' Member of House of Commons SAINT JOHN. NB, Jan. 13: (Canadian Press) Senator (Licutcn-ant-Cohmeli John Waterhouse Daniel MU, M.R.C.S, aged 88, died here suddenly Wednesday night. He had been a senator for twenty years, baring been appointed early in the regime of Sir Robert Borden as Premier of Canada. The son of parents who came from Cornwall. England, the late Senator Daniel was bom January 27. 1845, at St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He was educated at New Klngswood College. Bath, Somersetshire, England, and at New York ana London. England, becoming a 'physician and surgeon In Saint , John. He entered public life in 1902 i when he was elected as a Conser- I vatlve to the House of Commons-at ;a by-eiectlon. He was re-elected In the general elections of 1904. 1908 and 1911. resigning later to accept appointment to the Senate on March 20. 1912. Senator Daniel was a Surgeon Ueutchant-Colonel In the militia and held a long service decoration. He was an alderman of Saint John for three years and mayor of the city for two years in addition to serving for one year as warden of the county. He was a past president of the local St Georges Society and of the Council of Physicians snd aurgeons. Senator Daniel was a widower, his wife, who, before her marriage, was Jessie Porteous Ermk, daughter of the kite John Ennst, Saint John, merchant, having died in 1931. Alarm at Powder Plot Disappears Dynamite Found Near Los Angeles Stadium Was Old and Disintegrated and Impotent LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13: Alarm that the discovery of three dosen sticks of dynamite buried a short distance from the great Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. In which the Olympic Games were held last year, Indicated a plot to destroy the sta dium was set at rest when test were made and It was found that the explosive was ancient and disintegrated and could not have been exploded by any means. BUCKLEY STILL IS CONI IIH-VT OF 4 FINAL SUCCESS Word 1ms Just been receired in the city from Frank L. Buck- 4 ley that he I lust as confident as ever of being able t ar- 4 range the financing for the pulp mill at Prince Rupert He says that, now the federal elec- tlons arc over ln the United States and the new president Is to take office soon, It will be much easier to talk finance to the people who have money In the south. 4 - nvE CENTa . ,L. L CITY SENTENCE COMMUTED Governor of South Carolina Confers Mercy Upon Expectant Mother Facing Execution CHARLESTON. South Carolina, Jan. 13: Oovernor Blackwood of South Carolina has eorynuted to life Imprisonment the death sen-vence Imposed upon Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, 29-year old ex-iKctant mother, for murder of El-1 .t Harris, a poitce officer. Within wrek Mrs. Snipes expects to give birth to a child which will, at the order of the governor, be permitted ;to Vf born MUIde ih sUlc Pnl- ciif&try wiwte mis. snipes is incarcerated. Mrs. Snipes shot Harris to death when he stopped a car in which the woman and her husband were driving to search for Ituor. VANCOUVER BANK IS REPORTED HELD UP A report was received here this afternoon to the effect that one of the branches of the Bank of Montreal m Vancou- ver bad been held up and a I teller shot. Dwfcig w tele-' graphic Interruption, regular 4 Canadian Press messages have been held ud today,. y INFLUENZA AT JUNEAU Schools In Alaska Capital Closed, Forty Percent of Children Being 111 JUNEAU. Jan. 11: (Canadian Preast The public sehte of thta city have been closed, until Monday at least because of a number of cases of influenaa. Nearly forty percent of the pupils are at borne 111 and several of the teachers are ilso afflicted with the malady Small children have been barred from the theatres and basketball Tames hare been ordered postponed. Card of Thanks Dr and Mrs. C. IL Hsnkuuon and family desire to thank thesr many kind friends for the expressions of sympathy shown In their recant bcreavemsnii To the Electors: We tender our sincere thanks for the splendid support given us at the polls yesterday. We appreciate the great responsibility you have placed upon us and shall try to merit your confidence. M. M. STEFIIENS JOHN CURRIE II. B. ROCHESTER F. W. WESCIt VICTOR BASSO-BERT I'