3frit0
Todays
Wether
Tomorrow's
Tides
me
High
3:50
ajn.
202
ft.
Rupert
Part
Prince
16:30
pjii.
17.2
ft.
wind;
barom.
C
northerly
Low...
10:33
ajn.
4.9
ft.
42;
ea
smoo.
temperature.
22:28
pjn.
7.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
a
:
h,
Vol
XXIV
No.
54
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C4
MONDAY,
MARCH
5,
1934
PK1CE:
FIVE
CENTS
RUSSIAN
PRINCESS
WINS
LIBEL
SUIT
BAM
ACT
HA
VING
STORMY
PASSAGE
THROUGH
COMMONS
jVeitf
Fiscal
Institution
For
Canada
Subjected
to
Progressive
Attack
Plan
of
Minister
of
Finance
For
Speedy
Second
Reading
Is
Upset
Ultimate
Approval
of
Legislation
is
Assured
With
Some
Liberals
in
Accord
OTTAWA,
March
5:
Progressive
and
Co-operative
(
tnonwealth
Federation
members
of
Parliament
are
1
r,muing
a
concerted
attack
upon
the
government's
Bur
n
Act
amendments
designed
to
provide
for
the
estab-ment
of
a
central
bank
for
Canada
along
the
lines
set
,
ir,
the
recommendations
of
the
Macmillan
Royal
Com-
.
'
'4mtsalon.
JURY
HAS
by
CASE
NOW
ing
RJInrM
In
Flh
Trap
Larceny
Progressive,
wtmn
was
iea
um
1
r
Trll
Says
Mr
Was
Threatened
One
of
Defendant
Ex-plain
of
How
He
Got
1
VI
Salmon
KWHIKAN.
March
5
Cana-
.
Press
The
government'.
nga.nit
four
men
who
are
ai-
U.u..
kMa
thAU.
J
mWtTll
MIICX-
WW-
I
The
from
a
salmon
trap
of
I
M
Nelll
&
Ubby
tn
Alaskan
"r:
had
been
threatened
by
Riarklotf.
one
of
the
deaf
ter
the
alleged
theft
;iare
defendants
art
B&die
Ke-r
W
F
Cummlngt
and
James
:
Time
the
last-mentioned
a
an
from
Nanalmo.
ue
stand
Starloit
testified
vessel
had
been
found
if
the
trap
because
of
en-'
rouble
and
that
the
fh
he
"
board
had
been
caught
'r
sng.
uac
is
now
before
the
Jury.
BODY
AT
STEWART
'George
Ferguson
fan
McDonald
Found
to
Have
Sue
rumbed
to
Heart
Failure
on
Itlg
Missouri
Trail
I
P
ntniiai
Constable
Lance
Pot-tr
and
Dr.
J.
W.
Vosburgh.
co-
r
:
have
returned
to
Stewart
w
1
the
body
of
Dan
McDonald,
r
vind
drill
man.
who
died
Feb-
U.
"v
27
on
the
Big
Missouri
trail,
I.
wee
district
headquarters
of
provincial
police
here
were
ad-,
v
u!
the
finding
of
McDonalds
The
coroner
conducted
an
inquiry
-1
found
that
death
was
due
to
nt.i!-
failure,
no
inquest
being
ne-
cei'
;ry
McDonald's
only
known
relative
a
sister.
Mrs.
May
Carmlchael
of
Munroc
Point.
NB.
!
4
'
MX)N
SILVF.U
PACT
4-'
AITKOVi:i
BY
CHINA
4
NANKINQ.
March
5
(CP
Chine
Nlllnn.llit
A
.ninuiianjt
jui-
'
T
'rnment
Via.
.hh.j
.
don
.1.
Miver
agreement
nmvM.
in
for
a
stabilization
of
price
m
'he
white
metal.
China
uses
f
"ver
as
IU
principal
currency.
4-!
4-
1
While
there
to
no
question
of
the
legislation
being
ultmateiy
passed
the
House,
several
Lbcrals
hav
already
exprewed
themselves
as
accord
with
1U
general
ss
bi
addition
to
the
govern
terms
ment
majority,
the
attack
of
the
week
by
O.
O.
OoeUv
United
Farmer
Alberta
member
for
Maeleod.
w,
ut
upcv
uic
ytau
ui
ance.
who
had
asked
the
House
to
.H
hru.
ri.i.v
n
that
thev
commlt
m
bank.
for
consideration
Liberals
had
been
ready
to
concede
Mr.
Rhodes"
request.
CALGARY
MAN
WAS
DROWNED
Victor
Bennett
Lost
Ills
Life
Near
Invermere
While
Crossing
riarcr
Mining
Hume
VICTORIA.
March
5:
'CP'
Victor
Bennett.
Calgary
businessman,
being
head
of
the
Bennett
&
White
Construction
Co..
was
drowned
at
the
end
of
the
week
In
Flndlay
Creek,
outside
of
Windermere.
B.C..
when
a
plank
on
which
he
was
crossing
a
placer
mining
flume
gave
away,
according
to
advices
to
the
provincial
police.
Of
Nelson
Dead
Weil
Known
Business
Man
and
Hockey
Supporter
of
Southern
Interior
Town
Passes
NELSON.
March
5:
Oeorge
Ferguson,
aged
74.
well
known
business
man
and
hockey
supporter.
Is
dead
here.
T
p
11
1
Af
WaS
LOlleClOr
M
Ul
.
Customs
For
Years
Henry
L.
Good
of
Nanalmo
Passes
Away
at
Ate
of
"0
Years
NANAIMO.
March
5:
(CP)
Henry
L.
Good,
former
customs
col-
lector
here
for
many
years.,
is
dead
at
the
age
of
70
years.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Clear,
east
wind.
20.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm.
16.
Anyox
Clear,
calm.
24.
Stewart
Clear,
calm.
23.
Haielton
Clear,
calm.
10.
Smlthera
Part
cloudy,
calm.
cold.
Burns
Lake-
-Bright,
calm,
-3.
1
Arabs
Causing
British
Trouble
Arab
demon,
'rat
t
:arrcu
:n
:reeu
f
Jera&Jcsa
-a
p:
-
regards
the
nttgralj.i:.
of
Jews
into
the
H.!y
Laud
1
u
p
ed
from
O.e
Mosque
of
Omar
to
the
Zion
Oaie
01
the
Ok.
C.iy
f
FISH
PRICE
is
refused;:
Margaret
I
Refuses
6c
and
lor
O00
rounds
and
is
Holding
Over
Until
Wednesday
Having
broken
a
propeller
blade,
the
local
halibut
boat
Margaret
I,
Capt
Oeorge
Fritz,
came
in
this;
morning
with
a
short
catch
of
4.500
pounds
whch
was
offered
for
sale
on
the
Fish
Exchange.
A
bid
of
6c
and
4c
was
declined
and
the
Margaret
I
is
holding
over
the
catch
until
the
next
sale
which
will
probably
be
on
Wednesday.
Oreen
Bros,
of
Port
Simpson
were
in
Saturday
with
1000
pounds
of
halibut
which
they
disposed
of
to
local
retail
stores.
Johnny
Auckland
of
MeUakatla
sold
500
pounds
of
halibut
at
the
week-end
to
Uacon
Fisheries
at
Cc
per
pound.
MEN
BACK
I
I
I
IN
CAMPS
Strike
Among
Relief
Workers
In
Nelson
District
Was
FnUed
Last
Week
NELSON.
March
5
(Canadian
Press
1
The
strike
of
some
one
three
hundred
men
in
relief
camps
of
this
vicinity
has
been
pracUcal-
Los
Angeles
Gas
Price
is
Reduced
i
Union
Oil
Co.
Mikes
Reduction
of
Ic
Per
Gallon
in
All
Grades
,
LOS
ANGELES.
March
5:
The
Union
Oil
Co.
nnnounce
a
cut
of
2c
per
gallon
In
gasoline
prices
to
13c,
14J4c
and
17Vic
per
wor
ac-
corriinir
to
arade.
Other
oommnlee,
It
Is
expected,
will
follow
suit.
1
IMPROVEMENT
1
CONTINUING
IN
BRITAIN
LONDON,
March
5:
(CP)
Great
Britain's
industrial
recovery
still
swings
ahead.
Figures
issued
by
the
Ministry
of
Labor
tonight
show
that
unemployment
is
down
in
all
divisions
of
the
country,
all
classes
of
industry
reporting
an
improvement.
MUST
HAVE
GUARANTEE
(France
Cannot
Approve
German
Rearmament
Unless
Hitler
Promises
Limit
Observance
I
PARIS.
March
5:
irPi
The
French
cabinet
has
decided
that
the
request
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler;
of
Germany
for
re-armament
cannot
be
accepted
unless
adequate
as-
'
surances
are
given
that
new
armament
limits
shall
be
observed.
Great
Britain
will
be
asked
to
oome
to
the
defenee
of
France
if
Germany
should
break
such
an
M
ANCIIUKIJO
TO
TAK13
t
noons
from
fkanci:
TOKYO.
March
5:
iCP
4t
Contract
for
organizing
a
14-
Franco
-
Japanese
syndicate
for
marketing
Frehch
products
lit
Manchukuo
oa
lone-terra
4-
French
credit
bi$
was
signed
yesterday,
in
Palestine
tr...r.
govn:
jnc:
;
policy
as
:
f
:
St
demurisrt-.itor
march-u.J
ulu.sun
i:.
:ae:;
cause.
iiBEING
SENT
TO
ALASKA
Famous
Soviet
Airmen
May
Institute
Kescue
Operations
From
This
F.nd
For
People
On
Bering
Ice
Floes
MOSCOW,
March
5
(Canadian
Press
Three
of
Soviet
Russia's
foremost
Arctic
flyers
are
enroute
to
the
United
States
on
the
liner
Olympic
to
participate.
If
necessary.
In
the
rescue
of
110
persons
stranded
on
ice
floes
in
Being
Sea.
The
pilots,
who
may
work
from
Al
aska,
are
S.
A.
Levenevsky,
who
Hew
to
the
aid
of
the
American
round-the-world
flyer.
Janies
J
Mattern,
last
summer.
O.
A.
Ysha-kov
and
M.
Slepnev.
Sovet
airplanes,
steamers
and
dog
teams
have
been
attempting
to
rescue
the
stranded
party
from
Bering
Sea
ever
since
their
ship,
the
Chelluskln.
sank.
As
they
were
on
ther
way
back
from
Wraneel
Island,
the
fliers
were
ordered
to
proceed
to
Wash-lneton
and
await
instructlm
then-
It
Is
announced.
Tr.ey
ata
not
take
'their
machines
with
Uiem
but
will
Probably
Hy
American
planes.
Mining
Lectures
In
-.1
viT
1
I
raCtlCal
Y
OrR.
Montreal
business
circles
for
many
I
years,
passed
away
on
Saturday.
,
,
.
,
I
He
was
a
comparatively
new
Being
Well
Sustained
n
ber
0f
the
Red
Chamber.
Weekly
Classes
By
Dr.
Manay,
Resident
Enjlneer
Interest
Is
being
well
sustained
tn
the
weekly
lectures
being
conducted,
by
Dr.
Joseph
T.
Mandy.
resident
mining
'engineer,
tor
persons
interested
in"
mining
and
prospecting.
Practical
aspects
of
mineralogy
and
geology
are
now
being
taken
up
Including
the
determination
or
rocks
and
minerals.
The
next
lecture
will
be
held
this
Wed-
neaday
evening
There
was
a
good
section
of
St.
Paul,
123
miles
north-attendance
at
las!
week's
lecture,
east
of
Edmonton,
on
Sunday
rle-
The
elaase
wit!
ronMnue
for
about
another
alx
weeks.
Moving
Picture
Firm
-Loses
Out
In
Damage
Case
Heard
in
London
Judgment
of
Twenty
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
and
Costs
Awarded
Against
Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ltd.
As
Outcome
of
Filming
of
"Rasputin
and
Empress"
LONDON,
March
5:
(CP)
The
jury
in
the
libel
suit
of
Princess
Irena
Youssoupoff,
niece
of
the
late
Russian
Czar
Nicholas,
today
awarded
damages
of
twenty
thousand
pounds
sterling
and
costs
against
Metro-Goldwyq-Mayer
Limited,
makers
of
the
talking
film
"Rasputin
and
the
Empress."
Princess
Irena
testified
that
the
-character
APPEAL
BY
PRESIDENT
Asks
American
Industry
to
ln-
!1LJ!
ItWfeTh
tllo
an
""""
WASHINGTON,
IJ.C,
March
S:
CP)
President
Franklin
O.
Kooserelt
asked
American
industry
today
for
immediate
co-opera-
-tion
to
secure
Increased
wages
and
shorter
working
hours.
"It
is
the
immediate
task
of
industry."
declared
the
president.
"to
re-employ
more
people
at
purchasing
wages
and
do
it
now.
The
chief
executive
added
that
"the
government
cannot
continue
to
absorb
the
whole
burden
of
unemployment."
PASSING
OF
SCOT
PEER
Karon
Sempiil
Succunrbs
to
Injuries
Sustained
While
Commanding
Black
Watch
in
War
FINTRAY
HOUSE.
Aberdecn-ihlrc.
Scotland.
March
5:
tCPi
Baron
Sempiil.
aged
71.
died
here.
He
never
recovered
from
wounds
received
at.
the
Battle
of
Loos
hi
September.
1915,
In
which
he
com
raanded
the
famous
Black
Watch
Regiment.
Montreal
Senator
Has
Passed
Away
Hon.
Lawrence
Alexander
WiNon
Removed
by
Death
on
Saturday
MONTREAL.
March
5:
CP
Senator
Lawrence
Alexander
Wll-
gea
seventy,
prominent
in
1
WASSWFPT
-BY
FLAMES
:
Parnate
ut
$83,000
Done
by
Fire
at
St.
Paul
In
Northern
Alberta
EDMONTON.
March
5:
-Fire
which
swept
through
the
business
stmvrt
flft"
of
businaas
and
caused
$85,000
damage.
'Natasha
in
the
picture
was
a
libel
upon
herself
while
the
defence
contended
that
the
character
was
purely
fictional.
The
suit
of
Princess
Youssoupoff,
which
was
for
$2,000,000.
alleged
that
the
picture
libelled
her
by
linking
her
objectionably
with
the
monk.
Rasputin.
The
.case
has
been
attracting
wldesnread
Interest.
Jrtac
-
Yousoupjaff.
testifying
in
his
wife's
behalf,
toid
the
story
that
he
had
battered
Gregory
Rasputn
to
death
with
a
loaded
stick
when
poisoned
cakes
and
wines
failed
to
kill
him.
He
declared
that
the
monk
was
in
the
pay
of
Oermany
and
had
intended
to
usurp
the
Russian
throne.
North
Pacific
Cannery
Crew
Brought
North
First
cannery
crew
to
arrive
on
the
Skeena
River
this
spring
to
lommence
preparatory
work
In
anticipation
of
the
1934
canning
season,
'
fifteen
workers
for
North
Pa-
ciflc
cannery
under
C.
Avis,
ac-
'
countant.
were
landed
In
the
Skeena
Slough
yesterday
afternoon
by.
the
steamer
Catala
which
made
a
special
call
there
on
Its
way
here.
The
party
consisted
of
eight
white"
men
and
seven
Orientals.
The
Catala
also
brought
north"
this
trip
the
cold
storage
plant
crew
for
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
at
Butedale.
NINETY
MEN-WOMEN
LOST
Heavy
Toll
of
Life
When
Chinese
Steamer
Founders
Between
Hong
Kong
and
Canton
SHANGHAI.
March
5:
CP-a
Ninety
men
and
women
were
drowned
on
Sunday
when
a
coastal
steamer
foundered
In
Pearl
River,
midway
between
Hong
Kong
and
Canton.
Four
hundred
persons
were
abcard
the
vessel,
many
being
trapped
in
their
bunks.
FLOODS
Tlllt
EATEN
NATIONAL
CAriTAL
OF
UNITED
STATES
4
WASHINGTON.
DC,
March
5:
Ice
Jams
In
the
Potomac
River
were
last
night
threa-
tenlng
the
National
Capital
of
t
the
United
States
with
floods.
High
water
on
account
of
4
thawing
weather
has
also
caused
flood
conditions
In
the
environs
of
New
York
City.
4