KNOX HOTEL I'MlKK NEW M tNAOKMKNT 01 rtHHii all Hut ami fold Walrr, Kliimrr IUIIk EXCELLENT IIIMNO KOOM Vau Hill like theKnm. lutf.; :.V. i American or European Flan I'M I. AKMOl'lt I'roprlflor Vol XXIV No. 127 O0 Ok ' Tomorrow's Tides mEIJNE(EMWAR DEBTS OTTAWA United States Head Feels Legislation At Present Unnecessary Sends Message to Congress Dealing With Question of. International Obligations Revision Possible j , For Nations Seeking It I WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1: (CP) That, in view of j all existing circumstances, no legislation at this session of j Congress seems either necessary or advisable President! r rankhn D. Roosevelt declared today in a message to Congress dealing with war debts. He held out a promise for liscussion of revision of the present funding agreements to any European nations which might ask for such STOCK MART STILL WEAK Security Trading Listless in New York Yrte twnlle Kislnc Wheat Trices NEW rikr ftfi? rrsSokt ptv '- drifted lower In llsU trad-1 in on the New York Exchange yea-' 'V ignoring the aoartng wheat; c: krt where prices crossed the 0 :,tr-.i -bushel mark for the first1 ni' -Ince last July.-Chicago fu-' f jrn- ended the day at upward of 1102 Today's Stocks IC un.f S O Johnon Oo. New York IT 8 Steel. 39. General Motors, 31. American Can. 93 l. Allied Chemicals. 133. Bethlehem 8teel, Zl. New York Central. 28. Toronto Inter Nickel, 23.75. Dome. 38.03. Tcck Hughes. 835. Bollinger. 17.10. Eldorado. 2.45. Wright Hargrcaves, 0.00. Orazlllan. OH- Wheat Prices Winnipeg May. .81 i. July. .82ii. October. .84i. Chicago May. 1.031. July. 1.028. September. 1.03s8. MONTKKAIi-NKW YORK EXCHANGE MONTREAL, June l: The British pound sterling, was quoted at 13.05,, on the local foreign exchange market yesterday and the United States dollar at 09 11-lCc. NEW YORK, June 1: The British pound sterling closed at $5.00 on the local foreign exchange yes- wrtiay and the Canadian dollar at M OO 5-10. I - Ardi1iiL.-lw.it .r li'iK.rclitn - - 1 1 ricvi iif j tg ll llluli'ii Has Ilcttcr NiKhtj OTTAWA, June 1: Archbishop O'Brien of Kingston hnd a good Kht and continued Improvement noted in his condition. mm PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE TO DISCONTINUE SHARE ORE VEIN REACHED Important Point Reached in pe-vevolpment of Prince Rupert Group on Q. C. Islands TKll)K(T.TE, Junc'lt-A., ,- portant development which it Is expected may lead to the Prince Kupert group of the Itaida Gold Mines Ltd. at Kootrnar Harbor becoming an important free-milling gold producer was leached yesterday when the exploration tunnel passcj through C vein, at about 370 feet, showing it to have a width of fifty-five inches. Exploration of C veiu has been In progress for sonic time now, work being colic ntintrd at this point. The results, so f.ir, have been up to expectations and there Is every reason to anticipate that the group may become a .producer. STATEMENT IS 1U STRONG Uliwnu, Witness Tells Mass Buying Committee That Packing Industry Is In Hands of Madmen OTTAWA. June 1: Ellis Moyer. secretary-treasurer of Moyer Bros. Ltd., St. Catherines, told the mass buying committee presided over by Hon. II. H. Stevens, minister of!Fve trade and commerce, yesterday mat the packing Industry was in the hands of 'madmen." OUTPUT OF GOLD HIGH World Production For April Higher Than March Although Canada Had I-ess new YORK. Jhne 1 (CP) wnHH onld nroductlon for April to- tailed 2,047,000 ounces, an Increase f ffvp thousand ounces over March, Soutn Africa continued to lean me world In output. Canada produced 240 000 ounces, a decrease of 9,000 l.,o fmm March. ivutivvu BAR SILVER NEW YORK, June 1: tCP)r-Dar Mlver c'ni'M at 4nc on the local metal market today. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER DROPPING OF LINES C. N. II. Trustees Plan to Abandon Services cf Unproductive Nature, Chairman Fullerton Announces OTTAWA. June 1-.C. P. Fullerton K. C chairman of the b6ard of the Canadian National Railways, told the House of Commons railway committee yesterday that the trustees of the Canadian National contemplated abandoning many lines of an unproductive nature. Chairman Fullerton did not specify which lines it was planned to abandon but said that the trustees would soon apply to the Board of Railway Commissioners for authority to proceed with its policy alone this line. New Milk Price In Toronto Set; Distributors Agree. Upon Eleven! Cents Per Quart and Seven Cents Per Pint TORONTO, June I: An agreement- between distributors- which was reached yesterday ts milk retail prices in Toronto at 11c per quart and 7c per pint to stop under selling. The new prices become effective today. ! House Passes Silver Bill I WASHINGTON, t).C. Junp 1: (CP) The House of Representa- tives having completed debate on the admini- stration's silver purchase bill on Wednesday, passed the measure yesterday by a vote of ?a; and sent it on t0 the Sens! Senate. TO EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO llaby Clrls Of .Mrs. Oliva Dlonne Of Ontario Pass Fourth Day Of Their Lives CORntlL, Ont.. June 1: The Five baby daughters of Mrs. Ollva Dlonne, born on Monday, passed the fourth day of their lives safely yesterday but chances of all reach :lng their first birthday are still 500 to 1 against, It Is declared. Rev. D. Routhier. parish priest here, announced today that the father of the five baby girls had sinned a contract with Chicago World's Fair officials to exhibit the nuln tuplcU at the Century of Progress Exposition this year. The contract is for 25d weekly and all expenses in aaasuon to 30 or tne receipts. The mother and babies will be mof- ed to Chicago when It U considered isaie to ao so. CANADIAN COLD PRICE" MONTREAL,rJune 1: 'CP-The .Canadian fold . nrlco .wn-iw one cent today to $31.07 per ounce. Drought Ideal For Grasshoppers To aud to the '.roubles of the pr ie farmer already suffering from drought and du sarm: e mi igis's report that grasshoppers, severe last year, will thr e in area stricken by drought. The orthopterous insects, destroyers oi large tracts of corn and .grain Jast yearrwllKte positively tampa'nt this year; 'according to the agricultural experts. TREATY IS UNDER FIRE Reconstruction of Commission And Revision of Pact Urged OTTAWA. June 1: (CP) Ihe International Halibut Tieaty and the commission which is administering it were again under fire yesterday before Hi? fisheries committee of the Senate. Reconstruction of the commission and revision of the treaty wvre advocated Senator J. D. Taylor of New Westminster and Senator A. I). Mcltac of Vancouver. W. A. Found, deputy minister of fisheries, defended the treaty, declaring that "fincc 1930 the treaty had changed the halibut fishery from a declining business into a constantly expanding one." Halibut Arrivals American Gloria II. 8.000. and Lumen. 10.-1 000. Cold Storage, 7c and 5c. Canadian Viking I. 11.500. Atlln. 5c and 45c Mfnnle V.. 9,000. Booth, 5.4c and of Cruelty to Animals, urged at the 4.6c. (fourteenth annual session of the D. S. T., 8,000; Atll. lGJiOO, and society more rigid regulations to Cony, 9,000, Cold Storage. 5c govern the transportation of food straight. J animals. Relief 15.000. Pacific, 62c and', 4.6c. Tramo, 16.500. Atlln, for nutedalei delivery. 5.5c and 4.5c Cape Spear, 10,000, Cold Storage,' 5c and 4.5c. Merchant Marine Flag Change Has Been Voted Down OTTAWA, June 1: (CPi The Senate yesterday threw out a proposal of the Senate shipping committee that Cnda't wwhm ronr'f- frt'T be changed. The vote was 37 to '17. 1, 1934 OF DIRECT RELIEF COST TRAGEDY BY FIRE riiree Saskatchewan Childieti Lust Lives When Mother Used Kerosene in Stove NETHER HILL, Sask., June I: CP i When Mrs. Charles Deaklns ittempted to light her kitchen fire with kerosene yesterday morning she received grave and severe burns and three children Gordon, it: Lome. 8, and 6ladys. 7. losi helr lives by being bumed to death as the home was destroyed. Two children escaped. S. P. C. A. Is In Session m liast!ad bee" uscd and last winter n'y few men had been sent to the In woods to cut poles, the coming Rigid Regulations in Connrc- i er would snow a Bood deal of ac tion With Transportation xif Food Animals Urged ' . . tukuniu. June - nev james r . bweeney. presiaem oi -.ne. 'Ontario Society for the Prevention WAR DEBT ISSUE PUT UP TO ROOSEVELT BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT LONDON. June 1: Orcat Britain yesterday gave the United States the choice of ac- ceptlng a token debt payment 1 on June 15 on the understand-': Ing.that a conference would ! snortiy oe neia on me wnoie question of war debts or de- clarlng Great Britain In dc- fault but held delivery of the note to put the Issue straight t- President Roosevelt. s ; High Low Federal Government To Ask Provinces To Carry On Without A id Present Contributory Arrangement to be Continued Until June 15, Hon. Wesley A. Gordon, Dominion Minister of Labor, Announces j OTTAWA, June 1: (CP) Hon. W. A. Gordon, minister of labor, has advised all the provinces that agreements under direct relief shared by the Dominion, provinces and i municipalities shall remain effective until June 15. He , hoped that, after that date, for the summer months at least, the provinces would be able to handle their own direct relief requirements. 'District Forester is Pulp Mill Will Come Here Soon; Is Also Ideal For Shingle Mill That Prince Rupert is an ideal location for a pulp mill and that the building of a mill here within the next, few years he consider sa gSbdljeTwnsr a remark matle by Alarf E. Parlow, district forester, in an address before the Rotary Club yesterday. He also considered Pnnc'e Rupert ail excellent location for a shingle null to handle the cedar produced In logging operations for " 1 which there was at little 0"ne present j was the centre of of tne wofld,s . . ...... largest sources of supply for pulp v. Mr. Parlow Is also optimistic In , Tbgte was cheap water trans-regard to the future shipment of and termtaal rates were aspen logs, an experimental carto avallable on the raliway. Ever af which was loaded here lately. thmg tendcd make a 5U,t. On the whole Mr. Parlow s ad- ab,e locaUon for tadustrles bascd dress showed great optimism. He;on the , , Qf Umber siavcu nun uic uuuum ui iiic i slump in the timber Industry was ! lflM T n . . ,.AAM U I ; n ' 1 ill ijaab jedi uiuntru a uctiutu j UP Lyea,r Pf0m d t0;thls strict to any great extent. ,m better. The log cut , prom- Qwi to the nature o lhe coun bed to be twice as large as last the logged.over land was re. Co onwood log export showed year l lenUhed Natura, wgeneiation of possibilities but it would be prefer- the arpas soon tobk lace able to see a veneer plant estab- llshed at Prince Rupert to use the logs. He considered this one of the possibilities which the city could well go after. Further. Mr. Parlow suggested that, as all the old stocks of poles' tlvity In that line: Would Mean Great Deal The district forester Dlctured what It would mean to the ritv . .trv located hereept one hundred workers 1m- . rcct employment, tt would establish this as a market for Jogs which vyquld mean a creat deal to the city. It would Drobably tend to make1 this a centre for emnlovment In the loselns- Industry and men would cpme here with their money when they left the woods. Wholesalers and retailers would do more business and one lndutry would lead to another. It would provide a market for the produce of the Interior and everyone would benefit. Local sawmills would also benefit because they would be able to secure selected logs. Prince Rupert, the speaker said. Card of Thanks Mrs. C. C. Smith and family de- ,slre to thank the Canadian Lej'.on 3T "" "'o "xntfi n- i -vnn-'hv durlfj their ren E-ieavuncnt. .. 3:58 ajn. 20 2 ft. 17:21 p.m. 18.3 It, .10:49 ajn. 2.7 ft. :12 pjn. 7.7 ft. PRICE; FIVE CENTS Confident i,u w ,m. utauii n.bti fctic ucb.uit Ul lugging waste . the district forester sairl hp rtirl nnt thlnlr t nnnllprf in Strikers Defy Guardsmen one Hundred Workers Are Kept. Imprisoned For Two Days At Pekin, Illinois ; PEKIN, 111., June I: NaUonal ! ouara companies ana two hundred special duty sheriffs were defied by 1000 striking employees of the to;Am,can Distilling Co. who have 'prisoned for two days. POLICE COURT FIXES AHEAD OF LAST YEAR Cltv notice court fines fnr tho month of May thls year amounted tn P(1tniurn with vs in th. same month last year. So far this year fines have reached an aggregate of $904 as against $381 In the first five months of 1933. MANCHESTER GUARDIAN CRITICIZES CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ON TARIFF LONDON, June l: The Manchester Quardlan yester- day criticized Canadian delay In establishing a committee on Imperial tariffs as was pro- mlsed at the time of the Ot- tawa accord. i r