cruise
in
this
number.
Today's
Stocks
8
I)
JutMKMUII
tt
I
Vanrwtner
Alexandria.
XW.
li;g
MwMmrl.
.35.
H
t
Nickel.
.80.
11
11
X
Oold.
.70Vfc.
n,
It
Cons..
.33.
Hralornc.
10.80.
.
t
ariboo
Oold.
2i0.
Uuuwcll,
29.
(Jcorgla
nivcr.'
.02H.
Indian,
.02.
Meridian.
.24.
Morning
Star.
J2Vi.
Native
Bon.
.10.
National
Silver,
.05.
Noble
Five.
.mi.
Pcnd
Oreille,
1.00.
Porter
Idaho.
.11.
Premier,
l.bs.
Reeves,
.18.
,
Reward.
.12Vi.
Heno.
1.10.
Silver
Crest,
.02ft.
Wayside.
.43.
Whitewater,
.07.
Wavcrly
Tangier,
.02ft.
Oils
Fabyan,
.00.
Home,
1.83.
V
&
E.,
1.05.
Freehold,
.12.
Sterling
raclflc.
.64.
New
York
la.
Steel.
57.
Oencral
Motors.
39.
American
Can..
lOtti.
.
American
Tel..
122!fi.
Allied
Chemicals.
149.
Toronto
Nickel,
22.70.
I
'
Jo
.50.
T'k
IIukIic.
3.1)0.
Tldoratlo.
3.44.
Thos.
Cadillac.
35Vi.
Wrlsht
Hargrcavcs,
7.30.
Uowcy,
.03.
I'Aitis
quurr
today
i'AUis.
Feb.
8:Thc
situation
ere
was
suddenly
quiet
today
fol
"Winn
last
nlgjifa
rioting.
Ubor
crs
wore
clearing
away
debris.
Che
One
Hundred
Million
Dollar
Reconstruction
Fund
Proposed
by
Conservative
Member
From
Manitoba
in
Hacking
up
Proposal
of
United
Farmer
Of
Alberta
Plan
OTTAWA,
Feb.
8
".--Drastic
changes
in
the
general
fin-
ArriVCS
uncial
policy
of
Canada
were
urged
upon
the
Bennett
gov-eminent
yesterday
by
one
of
its
supporters
in
the
House
T
b
e
concentrating
mill
plant
which
is
to
Iw
in
-tailed
on
the
Colu-mario
mine
at
Cold
(
reek
near
Usk
is
expected
to
arrive
at
Usk
this
week
from
Toronto
and
will
be
immediately
transported
from
the
railway
to
the
mine
for
netting
up.
A'crcw
of
2J
men
has
been
employed
for
some
time
on
the
property
and,
with
the
armal
of
the
mill
plant,
it
i.H
expected
there
will
be
a
considerable
in-
BREMER
IS
RELEASED
Abductors
of
Kdward
llremer
Give
Up
Young
Brewer
After
deceiving
Hanom
ST.
PA
HI-
leb.
Following
anitoiiMcement
jcstenlajr
from
the
home
of
Adnlph
Uremer,
father
of
lluard
llremer.
31-jear
old
wealthy
banking
and
brewing
magnate,
that
the
period
bad
been
extended
until
Thurs-
i
day
nitlit
in
which
the
kidnapper
of
the
younger
man,
who
was
,
abducted
three
weeks
ago
yesterday,
might
resume
negotiaUons
with
the
family
with
a
view
to
re-
!
reiving
the
ransom
money
of
j
$200,000
in
return
for
the
safe
delivery
of
ItrcAicr.
the
captive
was
released
alive
at
Rochester.
Minn.,
Iat
night.
Department
of
Justice
I
nlficialt
stated
today
that
"some
'
ransom"
had
been
paid.
'
1
If
Bremer
had
not
been
re-
.
turned
by
that
time,
the
family
aunoiinrcd
it
would
consent
to
federal,
state
and
city
officers
entering
fully
into
the
hunt
for
the
abductors.
.
king's
ransom
$200,000
In
$5
and
$10
bills,
had
been
asked
for
the
release
of
Fxiwarci
G.
llremer.
kidnapped
St
Paul,
Minn.,
banker
and
brewer.
This
photo,
snapped
In
a
St.
Paul
bank
where
the
money
was
being
held
In
a
vault
awaiting
payment
to
the
kidnappers,
gives
an
optical
estimate
of
that
much
money.
There
nrc
25
000
separate
bills
In
the
pile
10,000
$5
bills
and
10,000
$10
bills.
Drcmcr
was
given
up
alive
today.
of
Commons,
James
H.
Stitt,
Conservative
member
for
Selkirk,
Man.,
who
suggested
a
compulsory
reduction
in
interest
charges,
the
conversion
of
government
bonds
at
lower
Interest
rates
and
the
Issuing
of
$100,000,000
In
cash
to
establish
proposed
a
large
scale
national
a
reconstruction
purchasing
board,
building
program
financed
by
new-Mr.
Still
wm
urging
the
govern-
currency
to
escape
interest
charges
ment
to
accept
a
motion
proposed
No
decision
was
made
on
the
mo-
j
by
Oeorgc
Cool
United
Parmer
of
Hon.
the
debate
not
being
conclu-
Alberta
member
for
MacLeod,
which
ded.
H0LLINGER
MINE
FIRE
Took
Several
Hours
llefore
Illaie
i
In
Famous
Ontario
Property
I
Could
be
Controlled
TIMMINS,
Ont-
Feb.
8:-Flrc
broke
out
In
the
eleventh
shaft
of
the
Holllnger
Oold
Mines
yesterday
and
employees
fought
for
several
hours
before
they
were
able
to
get
it
under
control.
Stevens'
Move
Is
Approved
Canadian
Creamery
Association
Favors
Trade
Probe
Charges
Butter
Price
Cutting
TORONTO,
Feb.
8:
Directors
of
.the
Canadian
Creamery
Assocla
Hon,
meeting
at
the
Royal
York
Hotel
yesterday,
voted
approval
of
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens'
trade
probe
move
and
charged
cutting
of
but
I
ter
prices
by
chain
stores.
King's
Ransom
For
Bremer
I
N
I8f
'
jit
by
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
.:
-
8:39
a.m.
19
&
It.
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
light
22:24
p.m.
16.1
It.
wind;
barometer.
29.78;
southeast
Low
1:58
am.
10.1
ft.
temperature,
44;
sea
smooth.
2
0.
15:44
p.m.
5.7
It
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXIV,
NC
33.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1934
With
smiles
of
J
y
upor
heir
fa
o:
more
.he
stockbrokers
of
the
London
Curb
market
make
;
otat.ots
of
vhc
day
-
pi:
?
af
:
iv
los
of
the
e&'Jiange.
follawing
an
exclUng
session-during.
Trio
Whose
Safety
was
Despaired
of
Located
R.C.M.P.
Officers
Lome
Hrothcrson
of
Calgary
and
Frank
Dwcllc
and
Frank
Morrison
of
Fort
Resolution,
Missing
Since
Last
Fall,
Arc
Alive
and
Well
EDMONTON,
Feb.
S:
(CP)
Three
long
lost
miners
were
located
alive
today
on
Great
Bear
Lake,
a
thousand
iles
north
of
here,
by
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officers
after
having
been
given
up
for
lost.
The
men,
;
Lome
Brotherson
of
Calgary
and
rrank
Dwelle
and(
Frank
Morrison
of
Fort
Resolution,
were
marooned
onj
,
.
..
.
.
Manltou
Island
last
fall
when
their
(
rp
.
1
rv
9
barge
was
caught
in
the
ice.
They
I
axicab
Drivers
set
ui
1x1
an
x
reach
Fifty
Strikers
Hurl
Bricks
and
Stones
and
Hack
Driver
Sustains
Injuries
NEW
YORK,
February
8
A
crowd
of
about
fifty
striking
taxi-cab
drivers,
hurling
bricks
and
stones,
injured
a
i.ack
driver
a
caused
a
woman
passenger
to
lice
in
terror
yesterday.
House
Committee
Favors
Increase
WASHINGTON.
J3.C.
Feb.
8:-
Thc
House
ways
and
means
com
uameron
nay
rf
settlement
during
"
a
NAMED
FOR
MODERATOR
Hamilton
Clergyman
Nominated
to
Succeed
Dr.
II.
R.
Grand
as
Head
of
Church
REOINA,
Feb.
8:-The
Regtna
GERMANY
FORESEES
END
OF
PARLIAMENTS
FROM
SITUATION
IN
FRANCE
BERLIN,
Germany,
Feb.
8:
German
government
offl-
clals
and
Nazi
leaders
pointed
to
events
of
the
past
two
or
three
days
In
Paris,
the
capital
of
France,
as
confirming
the
weakness
and
eventual
death
of
the
parliamentary
system
in
Europe.
4
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
mJFuUMKmNGEs
urged
THREE
LONG
-LOST
MINERS
SAFE
ON
GREAT
BEAR
LAKE
Conservative
Member
At
Ottawa
!
Advocates
Interest
Reduction
and
Large
Program
of
Public
Works
Mill
For
Usk
Mine
London
Brokers
Happy
At
Reaping
Rich
Profit
.VIRTUALLY
!
IS
MARTIAL
American
Ambassador
to
France
Reports
to
U.
S.
Secretary
of
,
State
on
Situation
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Feb.
8:
Jess
I.
Strauss,
American
ambassador
to
France,
informed
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
by
telephony
yesterday
that
a
state
of
martial
law
virtually
existed
in
Paris
al-
though
he
did
not
say
whether
or
not
if
had
been
formally
iSTEAMER
STRANDS
Veteran
Passenger
Liner
Iroquois
Goes
Hard
Aground
Near
Vic-toria
on
Wednesday
VICTORIA,
Feb.
8:
The
vettran
American
passenger
ferry
steamer
Iroquois,
operating
between
Seattle
iand
Victoria
for
the
Pugct
Sound
wMch.gol(U2ui
bocmro.
This,
iwcm
wadue
t
thewactksvof
the
United
States-
to
4evahi--th-
nli'iSn;
n,(rh,.
-j.nl.
!t.j
.v..
.
.
t...
..,.j-,.
VrT
'yesterdar
morningf
while
workm?-
financial
centre
of
the
world,
and
gold-holders
are
attempting
to
unload
their
srplus
in
the
Unl-ted
States
to
obtain
the
high
prices
offereo.
by
the
government.
!
herself
away
from
her
dock
in
the
I
inner
harbor
enroute
to
Seattle.
She
refloated
on
the
high
tide
this
morning
after
being
held
for
22
hours
undamaged
and
proccctftjd
tb
Scattle
on
regular
Schedule.
Sent
to
Prison
For
Obstructing
Line
of
Railway
1
CAMROSE.
Alberta.
February
8
j
John
E.
Auburn
of
Daysland.
Al-
berta,
pleading
guilty
to
placing
an
t
obstruction
on
the
railway
right
of
way,
was
sentenced
to
two
.
years',
less
one
day.
Imprisonment
with
hard
labor
here
yesterday,
i
Doumergue
Takes
Over
Affairs
In
France
Today;
Situation
Is
Under
Control
of
Authorities!
P
tl
il
I
ZXlXLtJf
1
CU
U"i
UllUiVtU
UliUkltCl
WUUUIUUO
llllll
-
Strike
Continues
fSn
durinS
xvhich-
however,
police
and
troops
held
the
upper
.
vi!!
a1
m
nt
nr
i
hand
and
untoward
incidents
were
not
as
general
as
on
the
The
police
patrol
encountered
the
preceding
night,
the
71-year
old
Former
President
Gastoii
men
travelling
towards
Cameron
Doumergue
was
today
inducted
as
the
new
.Premier
of
Bay
with
a
caterpillar
tractor
draw-'
France,
having
agreed
yesterday
to
attempt
to
form
a
ing
a
load
of
lumber
from
the
mill.
new
government
to
succeed
that
ol1
?
Edouard
ira
Daladler
uaiaaier
and
ana
avoid
avoia
civil
civu
j
r
rp
war
President
Leorun
cnaracier-
rQiail
f
rOZCn
1
O
lzed
Doumergue
as
a
"strong
man
who
will
give
the
people
of
France
what
they
have
been
demanding."
Lebrun
has
prepared
a
decree
whereby
Premier-elect
Doumergue
could
dissolve
Parliament.
The
gates
of
Elysee
Palace
were
specially
guarded
as
Lebrun
struggled
to
form
a
new
government.
Two
persons
were
reported
dead
Death
in
Ontario
Body
Found
on
Ire
of
Manitowan
In;
Bay
on
Manitoulin
Island
"
SUDBURY.
Ont..
Feb.
8:
The
body
of
an
unidentified
Indian,
who
had
evidently
been
frozen
to
death,
ri,.h
rn,ri.
ha
nominated
suit
of
clashes
between
police
and
was
found
on
the
ice
of
Manltowan
mlttee
yesterday
voted
In
favor
of
Rev
William
Barclay
of
Central
troP5
and
r,oters
wh,cn
brokc
out
ng
Bay
on
Manitoulin
Island,
i.......
nf
I'm
ii
.u-.
.
.
...
.
.
1.
Into
vesterrtav
afternoon
and
con-
i
1
aii
urn
cum.-
t,v
Vvi
B,iuuii
m
mc.church
In.
Hamilton
tor
tne
pyst
oi
.
V
7
u
i
V
tax
on
Imported
fuel
oil.
Wheat
Prices
May.
July.
70.
May,
.90.
July.
89.
Sept.,
,908.
Winnipeg
Chicago
moderator
of
the
next
General
As
sembly
to
meet
in
Toronto
in
June.
The
tlnued
Into
the
evening.
Police
and
.
troops
had
been
Instructed
not
to
Ottawa
and
London
fire
Into
the
crowds
as
they
had
Cold
Prices
Hicher
present
moderator
of
the
thc
n,nt
previous.
The
bridge
Than
Oil
Wednesday
Canada
is
across
me
l"
'
Presbyterian
Church
in
Rev.
Dr.
Hugh
R.
Grant,
formerly
Chamber
of
Deputies
was
fired
Feb.
8:
(cpThe
Ca-
ot
Prince
Rupert
and
now
of
Fort
nfter
Brds
T
t
La
nadlan
Prl
ol
gold'
dropped
27
William.
Ont.
who
has
been
111
rm
rM
ngn
J1"
ln
the
d'7
cents
to
$34.46
per
ounce
yesterday
ever
since
he
became
moderator
hlustorc
pa
a,?
la
Cncr,de
and
at
London
weakened
to,$33.99s
last
year
and
who.
it
is
expected.'
was
abandoned
by
the
authorities
Advances,
however,
were
recorded!
will
seek
relief
from
the
post
at
the
tne
mum
"oowging
today
with
the
Canadian
prlca'
next
General
Assembly.
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
$34.S
and
London
$3115.