mmln
I
odav
s
w
eather
v
w
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
tUupert
Cloudy,
light
High
2:16
a.m.
22.5
ftf
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.34;
14:40
pm.
21.1
ft
.
temperature,
46;
sea
smooth.
Low
8:40
am.
11
It.
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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pjn.
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Vol.
XXIV..
No.
64.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B..C,
FRIDAY,
MARCH
16,
1934
BYRD
FEDERAL
MINIMUM
WAGE
URGED
Polar
Expedition
Has
Setback
As
Result
of
Accident
to
Aircraft
.Machine
Almost
Completely
Wrecked
Four
Men
Board
Escape
Serious
Injuries
But
Suffered
Cuts
and
Abrasions
LITTLE
AMERICA.
March
Richard
E.
Byrd's
Antarctic
expedition
suffered
a
severe!
setback
yesterday
when
the
single-motored
Fokker
air-'
plane
"Blue
Blade"
was
wrecked,
possibly
beyond
hope
of;
repair,
on
crashing
while
endeavoring
to
take
off
on
an
exploratory
flight
The
pilot
and
three
members
of
the
expedition
who
erc
on
board
the
.
p.
i;ic
suffered
painful
cuts
and
ab-
j
ions
but
none
were
seriously
Inured
While
not
the
largest
of
the
expedition's
aircraft,
the
plane
was
important
unit
In
the
exploratory
equipment
I
Douglas
Is
Invited
To
Legislature
I
VICTORIA,
March
16
Premier
T.
I).
Pattullo
announced
yesterday
that
he
had
invited
Major
C.
H.
Douglas,
Scot-'i.'h-Australian
mechanical
engineer,
who
will
arrive
here
next
veek
from
Australia,
t'
address
the
Legislature
on
the
principles
of
the
Douglas
Social
Credit
economic
proposals.
Tho
Douglas
plan,
which
introduces
an
entirely
new
scheme
of
solution
of
the
world's
present
economic
ills,
are
already
.
forming
the
basis
for
popular
move-
ments
in
England,
Australia,
New
Zealand
and
other
countries
and
is
attracting
much
interest.
VIEWS
UPON
DISARMING
t'apt,
Anthony
Kden
Believes
llrl-Hh
Basis
Only
fractlt-able
One
France
To
Leave
Door
Open
LONDON.
March
16:-Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
Lord
Privy
Seal,
told
tlic
House
of
Commons
Wednesday
that
his
tour
of
European
capital!
had
convinced
him
that
no
disarmament
convention
can
be
reached
unless
the
nowen
nrlont
ihe
British
proposals.
Leave
Door
Open
r-AUIs,
March
16:
The
foreign
a'ttir
commltlec
of
the
Chamber
or
Deputies
has
told
Premier
Oas-n
Doumergue
that
the
forthcoming
French
arms
note
to
London
must
leave
the
door
open
for
disarmament.
PLANE
CRASHES
IN
on
1G:
(CP)-Rear
Admiral
FUGITIVE
IS
FOUND
Samuel
Insull
on
P-oard
Ship
Ordered
Returned
to
Greece
Wife
in
Jail
Former
Utilities
Magnate
Will
Be
Expelled
Direct
Home
ATHENS.
March
16:
(CP)
Samuel
Insult,
who
escaped
from
Athens
jrterday
boarded
a
(reek
steamer
bound
for
Port
Said,
Egypt,
it
was
learned
today.
The
Greek
government
has
ordered
the
captain
of
the
ship
to
return
to
a
Greek
port
and
has
announced
that
Insull
will
be
expelled
directly
to
the
United
States.
ATHENS.
March
16:
CP
.
.
i
.
.
ii
iH
r..
nearly
iwu
ouzen
cuumiics
m
cui-
ope,
Africa
and
Asia
Minor
were
exercising
special
vlglience
at
tneir
borders
today
ready
to
arrest
Samuel
Insull
on
sight
following
his
mysterious
disappearance
yesterday
from
his
hotel
here.
When
Oreek
police
sought
to
arrest
Insull
yesterday
for
deportation,
they
found
that
the
former
Chicago
utilities
magnate,
who
Is
wanted
In
the
United
States
to
face
trial
on
embezzlement,
larceny
and
con
spiracy
charges
upon
which
he
has
been
Indicted,
had
vanished.
Although
It
was
believed
that
he
might
be
heading
for
Paris,
noth
ing
had
since
been
seen
of
him
and
It
was
felt
possible
that
he
might
still
be
In
hiding
In
this
city.
There
were
reports
that
M
had
made
his
escape
unobserved
from
the
hotel
disguised
In
women's
clothing
but
this
was
not
confirmed.
In
making
his
getaway.
Insull
evaded
three
young
officers
who
had
been
assigned
to
keep
a
constant
watcli
of
his
movements.
While
falling
to
take
Insull.
the
police,
however,
placed
his
wife
under
arrest
and
she
spent
last
night
in
lull
she
has
been
declared
an
"undesirable
alien''
and
ordered
'deported
from
the
country.
OttawaCollege
,
iIeact.er,isDead
IjiIc
Donald
A.
MacKay
Had
Been
For
Eighteen
Years
at
Co.
Icglate
Institute
OTTAWA,
March
16:
D6nald
A.
MacKay.
aged
65,
for
more
than
eighteen
years
a,
teacher
at
the
Collegiate
Institute,
Is
dead
at
his
home
here.
He
was
a
native
or
Kingston,
Ont.
King
of
Belgium
Makes
First
Public
Appearance
Twenty-four
hour3
after
it
had
bid
Its
final
farewell
to
the
depart
.ng
King
Albert
I..
Belgium
echoed
with
cries
of
Vive
le
Ror
for
Its
new
monarch.
King
Leopold
III.
Above,
the
new
kins
1
shown
entering
the
city
of
Brus
ls
to
take
up
the
Keptre
laid
down
by
hU
fathei
Mounted
oh'
a
lively
steed,
he
is
pictured
enter
ns
the
zates
of
the
castle
to
be
crowned
ruler
of
the
Belgium;
STRIKE
IS
FORECAST
Biggest
Industrial
Tie-Up
in
History
of
States
Predicted
II)
A.
F.
L.
Head
WASHINGTON,
D.C
March
16:
(CP)
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
told
the
Senate
labor
committee
yesterday
that
the
automobile
industry
of
the
United
States
was
"on
the
verge
of
the
greatest
strike
in
the
history
of
the
nation'
He
declared
that
the
automobile
manufacturing
companies
were
openly
defying
the
unions
and
refusing
them
recognition,
A
representative
of
General
Motors,
the
committee
was
informed,
had
declared
that
the
company
would
not
recognize
the
American
Federation
of
Lahor
although
it
was
prepared
to
comply
with
the
National
Industrial
Ke-covery
Act
code.
General
Hugh
S.
Johnson,
director
of
the
N.
I,
K.
A.,
is
understood
to
be
taking
steps
to
bring
about
a
peaceful
settlement
of
differences
between
the
automobile
companies
and
the
American
Federation
of
Labor.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
MONTREAL.
March
16:
(CP
The
Canadian
price
of
gold
was
up
2c
today
to
$34.76
per
ounce.
.
-Jl
j.
'""VALUE
IS
TWO
MUX
AKE
BEATEN
BY
WINNIPEG
STKIKEKS
WINNIPEG.
March
16:
William
Jones,
working
as
an
employee
of
the
Western
Packing
Co..
was
battered
into
insensibility
and
another
man
was
Injured
by
Infuriated
strikers.
Glsll
Oislason
was
arrested
and
remanded
on
ball
of
$1000
until
March
19.
Padre
Takes
Food
And
Saves
Couple
From
Starvation
PORT
ARTHUR.
Ont
.
March
16
-Rev.
Fathrr
Jose
Couture.
Ilyim
padre
of
Ontario's
north
country
Is
reported
to
have
carried
one
hun
dred
pounds
of
food
to
a
trappei
and
his
wife
who
were
at
the
point
of
starvation
sixty
miles
from
Hud
son
Bay.
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg
May.
.6734.
July.
.69
'g.
Chicago
May.
.87.
July.
.87'
8.
September.
888.
New
Stampede
Into
Great
Bear
Lake
Region
Follows
Discovery
Of
Fresh
Body
of
Pitchblende
.
CAMERON
HAY,
Northwest
Territories,
Mawh
16:
(CP)
-Arrival
here
of
a
chunk
of
black
ore
which
is
among
the
richest
pitchblende
samples
seen
in
the
Great
Bear
Lake
mineral
field
has
turned
this
mining
settlement
into
a
scene
of
feverish
activity
and
a
real
stampede
into
the
new
strike
at
Beaver
Lodge
Lake,
100
miles
south
of
here,
is
in
progress
today.
ON
STEVENS
COMMUTE
m
SUSTAINED
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
Confirms
Assessment
of
Third
Avenue
Property
The
appeal
of
Emerson
&
Hyde
against
the
assessment
valuation
set
by
the
city
on
the
land
and
building
of
two
lots
on
Third
Avenue
aeros
from
Third1
Street
was
dismissed
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
this
morning,
the
assessment
being
sustained
as
it
stands.
On
the
judge
rendering
his
decision
in
this
appeal,
several
other
appeals
concerning
the
assessment
of
downtown
business
property
were
dropped
for
the
time
being.
It
is
likely
that
appeals
will
be
taken
to
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeals
against
the
decisions
of
Judge
Fisher
in
dismissing
the
appeals
in
the
two
cases
he
has
heard
This
was
intimated
by
T.
W.
Brown,
counsel
for
the
appel
lants.
Appeal
of
Emerson
ic
Hyde
igalnst
a
valuation
for
assessment
mrposes
of
$10,030.
$3,515
tor
two
lots
and
$3.C00
for
building,
on
pro
perty
on
Third
Avenue
opposite
Third
Street
occupied
the
time
of
County
Court
yesterday
In.
the
course
of
the
hearing
of
a
series
of
assessment
appeals.
On
adjournment
last
evening,
taking
of
evidence
had
been
completed,
the
witnesses
having
been
O.
H.
Arnold,
Theo
Collart.
City
Treasurer
D.
J.
Matheson,
John
Currle,
John
Dyb-havn
and
F.
N.
Good.
On
resumption
this
morjilng.
argument
of
counsel
was
heard
and
It
was
expected
the
hearing
would
be
concluded
by
noon.
James
Robson
Is
Again
Chairman
Of
Manufacturers
I
VANCOUVER.
March
16:
(CP1
J.
Q.
Robson.
well
known
New
West-!
minster
sawmill
operator,
was
reelected
chairman
of
the
British
Columbia
Division
of-
the'
Canadian
.
Manufacturers'
Association
last
night.
ANTARCTIC
Mass
Buying
Probe
7
Proceeding
At
Ottawa;
Retailers
Suffering
Representatives
of
Two
Extreme
Ends
of
Canada
British
Columbia
and
Nova
Scotia
Present
'Cases
Chairman
Tells
About
Jones
Income
Tax
'
OTTAWA,
March
1G:
(CP)
George
Matthews,
secretary
of
the
British
Columbia
Retail
Merchants'
Association,
told
the
Parliamentary
committee
investigating
mass
buying
and
merchandizing
conditions
of
Canada
yesterday
that,
in
fairness
to
all,
the
minimum
wage
laws
must
be
federalized
from
one
end
of
the
country
to
the
other.
Under
present
conditions,
Mr.
Matthews
said,
eastern
manu-i
facturers,
not
governed
by
as
ef-1
recuve
minimum
wage
laws
as
those
of
British
Columbia,
were!
able
to
undersell
the
manufactur
ers
of
the
coast
province
even
In
their
own
market.
,
..
A
Vancouver
official
told
of
girl
working
In
halrdresslng.
establish
-
ments
for
$3
and
$330
per
week.
-Sfariaardallbh
it
iStlofiall
ad
-
vertised
articles
and
unifnnnitv
of
prices
to
all
retailers
was
advocated
by
the
Nova
Scotia
Retail
Merchants'
Association
to
the
committee
as
a
means
of
protecting
the
smaller
merchant
against
the
advantage
that
the
large
department
and
chain
stores
now
were
able
to
enjoy
by
mass
buying.
Witnesses
from
the
two
extreme
ends
of
Canada
declared
that
the
department
and
mall
order
stores
of
Canada
were
driving
the
"re-;
tallers"
out
of
business
In
the
Marl-
'
times
and
British
Columba.
I
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce
and
chairman
of
the
committee,
stated
that
butchers
working
in
Vancouver
meat
markets
at
$6.75
per
week
had
had
to
pay
Income
tax
under
the
Jones
law
of
the
late
Tolmle
government.
Reduce
Commissions
TORONTO.
March
16:
The'asrl-
cultural
committee
of
the
Ontario
Legislature
has
decided
tq
recommend
to
the
Stevens
mass
buying
committee
that
Toronto
stockyards
commissions
be
reduced
twenty
percent.
It
is
charged
that
farmers
are
being
denied
the
benefits
of
lower
costs.
MERGER
OF
SHIP
LINES
Cunard
and
White
Star
to
be
Joined
Despite
Threat
of
Injunction
From
United
States
LONDON.
March
16:-The
British
government
will
proceed
with
the
merger
of
the
Cunard
and
White
Star
shlppln?
lines
despite
the
threat
of
an
Injunction
from
a
United
States
firm
claiming
that
the
Whte
Star
Line
owes
It
$11.-
000,000.
Spinal
Meningitis
IhiOntario
School
Case
Breaks
Out
in
Brantford
and
Is
Isolated
No
Epidemic
Expected
BRANTBORD,
Ont..
March
16:
A
twelve
year
old
pupil
of
Dufferln
School
here
has
been
Isolated
as
a
spinal
meningitis
case.
It
has
been
learned,
but
no
epidemic
Is
ChanCCllOr
DOllUSS
At
Rome
Conf
ab
(Arrangements
Made
For
Economic
I
Independence
of
Austria,
It
t
j
Is
Reported
-i
s
4
VIENNA;
-March
OSisChancclloT
"igsrioen
wouuss
leu
uns
wee
ror
Rome
to
attend
the
Oinublan
con
ference.
Some
anxiety
Is
felt
as
to
l.what
may
happen
In
the
country
during
Oolfuss'
absence.
Dispatches
from
Rome
last
night
stated
that
the
conference
between
Italy.
Hungary
and
Austria
had
resulted
in
agreement
on
a
plan
for
economic
independence
of
Austria.
This
may
be
the
forerunner,
it
Is
isaid
-
for
a
more
exteisie
economic
agreement,
also
taking
In
France
and
Germany.
STOCK
MART
!
STILL
WEAK;
Heaviness
In
Metals
Depresses!
General
List
In
New
York
Trading
NEW
YORK.
March
16:
Heaviness
In
metals,
particularly
silver
shares,
due
to
the
body
blow
dejjJJ
by
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
lnrde-
clarlng,
that
the
administration"
was
not
in
favor
of
any
change
In
sliver
policy
at
this
time,
depressed
the
general
list
on
the
New
Yorjt
Stock
Exchange
yesterday.
XT
'hough
a
slight
rally
took
placfUo
ihe
last
half
hour,
the
closing
tone
jvas
soft
The
day's
turnMf
imounted
to
1,340,000
shares
Jpd
losing
averages,
were:
Industrials,
102.21.
off
1.33:
rails,
48.86,
off
J)5;
utilities,
26.55,
off
49.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
Canadian
86.500
pounds,
5c
and
4c
to
6.3c
and
4.3c.
J
American
23,000
pounds,
7c
and
4.5c.
Canadian
-
Relief.
10,000,
Booth,
6.3c
nd
4.3c.
.
Bayview.
7.500.
Booth.
5.3c
and
4c.
P.
Dorreen,
9.000,
Booth,
65c
and
4,2c.
w
Morris
H.,
12,000,
Cold
8torage.
5.3c
and
4.1c
Oulvlk,
10,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.2c
and
4c.
Southend.
13.000,
Cold
Storage.
6.3c
and
4.3c.
'
"
Sea
Maid.
10.000,
and
Sealabartf,
U00.
Cold
Storage,
5c
and
4c.
in
Aiken,
12,000,
Atlln,
5.5c
and,
,4c.
American
Wireless.
11,000,
and
Viking.--000,
Cold
Storage,
7c
and
45c.
s
if
I
r
t
.
V
r