v ' P Y r i r -r t TodayWeather Prince Rupert-Overcast, light southeast wind; barometer, 29.90; temperature, 42; sea smooth. T - - . FISH h enthronement of enry:tn(j walker at Prince Rupert and iV of his dynastic elan. wm be arriving in Prince Jtupert n gorgeous ceremonial , ln tn near future to take over his lie left the Imperial Palace duties. ' tp beginning the ceremonies The operations of the company made him Emperor Kang T. f he Japancee-advlsed Man . empire. Todays Stocks i Vancouver Alexandria. MVt- Bav.inw. 02. B. r Nickel. .76. B!j MUsourt .39. Bu;nrne. 10.90. Bi. 'ge River Con MS B R X . .71. li' ".! I X. L.. .28. C i: iboo Gold Quartz, 233. Eunwell. SI, Georgia River, .03. Oiiiconda, M. j Hrrrulcs. .0(5. I Indian. .03. Mlntn, 31. Meridian. .23. Morning Star, .41 V. Nutive Son. .0V. Noble Five. .16. National Silver. .051. rnd Oreille, 1.00. Porter Idaho, .151,;. ' Tremler. 1.54. Reaves McDonald, .17. toward. .11. tono. 1.31. Fiivr Crest, .03. Balmon Oold, .29. Taylor Bridge. .07V'j. Wayside, .41. Whitewater. ,08Vj. Wavcrly Tangier. .03. United Empire. .25. ' Toronto Ontral Patricia. .C3Vi. Chlbougamau, ,11V'. Lee Oold, .15. Granada, .76. Jnter Nickel, 23.00. Maeassa, 2.39. Noranda, 37.00. 4 Sherrltt Gordon, Ml. Skco Oold. 2 in Thompson Cadillac, ,40& "mures, ,03, Lnko Maron, .083;, Hughes. 6.35. Sudbury Basin, 1.52. Columarlo, .70. Stadacona, ,171, ' QCERN sail Fisheries and this spring will 'establish therein headquarters for fairly extensive salmon and halibut 'operations which the company In tends to carry out In future from Prince Kupert And the Skeena Kl- ver Announcement to this effect was made today by R. E Walker. one ol the principals In the firm. following a visit of several days In .Prince Rupert include buying and shipping from the Skeena River and Prince Rupert of salmon and halibut. Mild curln got salmon Is expected to be one of the major activities. Business, and purchasing headquarters for operations ln the district will be ln Prince Rupert altnougn tne . . . .....1 ... In the handling of salmon particularly will probably be on the Skeena Rivr rtnx lumber for use ln con nection with handling and shlp!l ping of fish will be one of the principal commodities purchased here. . The firm of Edmunds and Walker made Its debut In the fish business of this district last year when It was ln the market quite extensively for (salmon, principally for mild curing purposes, and for fresh halibut 1 l . - jaii..aaI n . PUvInn rtn WHICH whs uniicini an via w... v.. the Skeena River and at New Westminster. All the company's business was. however, handled direct from Vancouver or New Westminster and there was no office or plant at Prince Rupert as there will be thlsj year. . 1 Mr. Walker's announcement today confirms reports published In the Dally News several weeks ago that the concern would be opening a branch at Prince Rupert this year for the buying and handling of salmon and halibut. Mr. Walker will sail by the Car- dena tonight on his return to Vancouver. Railway Bridge Worker Dies In Bed in Bunk Car Emll Peterson, brldgeman for the B. and B, Department 01 tne Canadian National Railways at Mc-Brlde. was found dead ln bed ln a hunk car there a few days ago. Dr. Lucas, coroner at McBrlde, found that death had been due to heart disease and that no Inquest was necessary. Tctcrson had a brother at Frog Lake, Alta.. who has been notified. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934 CAMERA SUCCESSFULLY Prince Rupert To Be Made Headquarters Salmon-Halibut Firm Will Make Prince Rupert Business and Purchasing Headquarters For District Plant on Local Waterfront is Taken Over Subject to anticipated confirmation at provincial government headquarters at Victoria within the coming ten days, Edmunds and Walker, well known New Westminster fish handling and exporting concern, has concluded arrangements for the taking over of fish handling premises and plant on the government wharf at Prince Ru- n pert formerly occupied by Shrub- ninnn An in hMPFRIIK IS Lllll LilVVlV llJ ! ENTHRONED! i 1 lltnry Tu YL Now Kane Teh, Takes His riaee as Monarch of Manchukuo 1 Charles Smith, formerly assistant HSTKKIKO. MAnchukuo. March . manager 0f Ktldonan reduction. : icp -A new Emnlf 'ac,;rannery and bWd rtorage p&ftt oil r- j;?y rreated on Thursday In tne West Coast of Vancouver Isl-t'-.s nMrnt domain of the Msnchus)anji wjj manager for Edmunds TRAGEDY AT BRITANNIA Three Employees at Copper Town Lost Lives When Engine Plunged Oown Shaft BRITANNIA BEACH, March 2: (CP) Three employers of the Britannia Mining & Smelting Co. were dead here today following an accident in which the driver of an electric battery mine locomotive collapsed and the driverles eniine plunged down a shaft, entitling an elevator on which two other men were ascending to the surface. The dead are J. J. Coyle. shift bow, Robert J. White, chute drawer, and Samuel J. Trrklns, locomotive driver. Perkins b believed to have suffered a heart attark and fell from the engine whlth uncontrolled plunged approximately 600 feet crashing Into the elevator. Unlawful Woundinjr Trial Proceeding Crown Evidence Nearly Completed; Arvld Johnson I'.lectjSpeedy. Trial. Pleads .Not fl nil ty- Taking of crown evidence was nearly completed yesterday afternoon In County Court before Judge W. E. Fisher ln the trial of Arvld Johnson, who Is charted with unlawfully wounding Alex Salmannen ln an alleged stabbing affray last week at the corner of Second Avenue and Seventh Street, and the hearing Is continuing this after- .,1.! trial ., and pleaded t. not ...11,. guilty. L. W. Patmore Is acting as crown prosecutor with J. T Harvey ap-psartng ln defence of Johnson. j PALACE IS j j IS OPENING UP DEFENDS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE t ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY VOTE SET FOR MARCH 14: RATIFICATION ASSURED WASHINGTON. DC, March 2: CP The' United states Senate has avreed to vote March 14 on Che question of ratification of the St. Law- rence Waterway Treaty, it was announced yesterday. Admlnl- stratlon leaders, it Is believed. have been assuted of sufficient support to ratlf the Important International measure . 4 4 I PREVENTION OF FIRES IS 1 riTmr in TTTrnr!voultu m the,r Place- Mr- Moore rl Klll I II I I Y A VSUSV I V X A lire Chief Gives Address in Which! He Stresses Need of Care Losses Are Great An excellent address on tire pre ventlon was given yesterday after noon at the luncheon of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club by Fire Chief 2rfisojgaiD4l&avji,pre "Fire is eiUier n faithful friend or Mr- Moore further told the com-! teen thousand fans paying an estl-1 nas totalled mgsiM in compari-a fearful foe. according to the Waymitte 0131 tne Dominion govern- mated $50,000 in gate receipts. ; son with $29,734.63 in the first two we treat it. and. when combined i ment bought" goods from "sweat There was a disappointing last j months of 1933. TJ "rp -i npw-iTX past ten or eleven years five people rKllirl irlll1311 ,ost tne,r ,,ves ,n thc c,y 'rom . . ., . , , I Gates of Huckingham Palace Closed i. ,. Marchers with careiessnexs. Is one of the moft dangerous-enemies with which we have to deal." declared the speaker. "The best time to fight fires Is before they start" The chlff went on to show that fire loss .was a direct economic loss co Canada from fire-exceeded $45,000, 000 and more than three hundred people lost their lives annually from the same cause, Last year the fire loss ln Prince Rupert was only $24,000. compared jwlth $45,000 the previous year, but even that was too high. During the iirc. ine worsi leature 01 tnis was. that. In most cases, the fires could . 1 have haM been prevented. - "rt.l uini. ai OUIIIC icugtu with the obligation of people not only to prevent destruction of their! fl, j. . . . en mfl'l illc Insurance companies paid most of, me losses Dut tne companies col lected the cost from the people. Insurance simply spread the Josses. The chief difficulty to overcome In fire prevention was the lndlf- ference of the ordinary citizen. The careless person was a danger to the whole community. MAJOR I.EAGUK HOCKEY N. Y. Rangers 3, Chicago 1. Canadlens 1. Boston 3. Montreal 4, Detroit 1. A short time ago Ernest Anderson of 2005 Graham Avenue wrote A letter to a lady at Napanee, Ont. On February 20 L. W. Waugh, formerly of this city, was walking down King Street, Toronto, when he picked up the letter and sent It on to the lady. He also wrote Mr. Anderson expressing surprise that of the thousands of people passing to and fro ln that large city he should' have been, the one to pick up the Prince Rupert letter. It was a remarkable coincidence. Mr. Waugh said the weather was cold, 12 below zero. Conditions appeared to be Improving and by the middle of the summer he thought would be going well. TOM MOORE TESTIFIES President of Dominion Trades and Labor Congress Tells House Inquiry of Ontario Working Conditions Laws Evaded ,u" "ln,d by s,orrs at WM In 0rd" to ,lepUfe rro tectrd Girls OTTAWA, March 2: Tom Moore. president of the Trades and Labor congress of Canada, told the House of Commons committee on price spreads and mass buying yes- terday thit stores In Ottawa had "fired" all their girls and taken on ddecl that the Ontario Minimum Wage Art applied only to women and. consequently, the employers 00111(1 W wages to young men lower than the law permitted them to pay young women. President Moore also told the committee that there were many ways of evading the minimum wage laws, probably the most common llng to employ girls for the af- .4PS.IaUi SF?Sk "s uwnuvn. iuaitu aiic kiv gates MMnA.4.. w..4 1 . : of Buckingham Palace, where the' ?" JX?n?? ...... . . . ... . ron of that of their neighbors. To.nf tmiwi rt,,. hAit.n LONDON, March 2: The iving ana vueen are now in resi - dence. were ordered closed . day as a precaution against an ex peeled gathering of hunger march I ers ln Westminster. Today's Weather I ! 1 Terrace Part cloudy, east wind, 38. j Alyansh Cloudy, south wind, 39.' Anyox Cloudy, calm. 40. Hazelton-i-Wlndy. 38. Smlthers Part cloudy, strong wind. Burns Lake Clear, windy, 33. PKINCE KUPKKT LETTER PICKED UP ON BUSY TORONTO STREET RV FORMER RESIDENT OK THIS CITY snops." I Furniture Price Club ! Mayor O. J. Carr of Stratford f Ont.. where furniture workers staged a strike last fall, testified I before the committee as to condi tions in the furniture manufactur-! ing industry- He charged that afv "price club" had been set up y furniture manufacturers with a view to holding down costs ln order to promote sales at low prices. I He instanced the case of one fur- nlture maker with 21 years experience who had been paid from 8c to 10c an hour and another who I had received only $3 for a full week's work. Tried to Get Money To Pay Lawyer; Girl Is Held For Hold-Up NEW YORK. March 2: Bettv " - - f - She-wld she .ttemptrt to get -taw- ycr money lor ner imprisoned nus- band. Former Ice Queen i I L7 Ll L7 T I T lgilting r Or Lite Hope Almost Given Up For Ue- eovery ol Former Gladys Robinson TORONTO. March 2-Alrs. Ar thur Brent, formerly Miss Gladys (Robinson, speed queen of the Ice; some ten years ago, Is waging aj grim and almost hopeless fight for ( her life. I Anniversary Of i Lindbergh Child- Taking Thursday NEW YORK, March 2: Yester- Tomorrow's Tides High Low TOMMY L0UGHRAN MAKES GREAT SHOWING IN STAND AGAINST MASSIVE ITALIAN Roston Challenger Claims That Foot Being Stepped on Was Cause of 1 1 is -Defeat "Would Have Been Shame to Knock Him Out," Says Italian MIAMI, Via., March 2: (CP) Primo Camera, world's heavyweight boxing champion, made a successful defence of his title here last night by outpointing Tommy Lough-ran, the veteran Boston challenger, in their fifteen round bout. In the eyes of many observers, however, Loughran's performance was as much of a Although Loughran failed to beat. pugilism's Goliath, he did manage .0 stand him off for the fifteen ix)und3 despite the massive Italian's eighty-six pound advantage which" he used in roughing tactics. There sere not even any knockdowns. j 1'or half a dozen rounds It seemed I that Loughran might stage a great . upset by winning but in the last ! five rounds he was savagely battered by -Camera who was forced to extend himself in order to save the crown and who rallied suftlc- iently to w,ln by a wide margin ol points. minute sale of cneap seats. l Comments of Gladiators J Loughran blamed a bruised foot: for his defeat. "I had the fight won. ! am sure of that until Camera stepped on me in the eleventh k..i I L..Q even before the fight that the v, Man t, 1 Mountain might attempt such ai thing. Otherwise. Loughran said, he had no serious injuries. ' Yes. I think I should have trirvVprl htm nnf " f5rr,oM M "T think I could have done it any time wanted In the last three rounds but It would have been shameful'; to treat such a courageous opponent in such a fashion." I Peonle of Quebec 1 i n . it Ana untano nave Given Up Freedom TORONTO. Ont. March 2 Ro-Ibert Louis Calder K.C.. noted Montreal barrister, addressing the Empire Club here, said that rne nionl( PP'6 nf 01 Qnhre Quebec h.-v have sold snlrt t tr uli- right to democracy for servile ac ceptance of government from above and staletl nat me PeoP !of Ontario have also lost some of their freedom. SURPLUS IS PREDICTED Province of Ontario U Out ef Hole For Present Fiscal Year. Pre-i mier Henry Announces TORONTO. March 2: The bud get of Premier O. S. Henry Is ex- show a surplus of $215,000 rr, present fiscal year ending October 31. No new taxation was forecast ln a fiscal statement tabled I day was the second anniversary of yesterday ln the Legislature by the j the kidnapping and subsequent Premier. j murder of Charles Augustus Llnd-i The gross debt of the province ibergh Jr son "of Col. Charles A. Increased ln the fiscal year 1932-33 Lindbergh, the famous flyer, the by $19,708,908.81. according to thc mystery of which has never been statement, and tncreaed $198,279.-solved. "T73 in five years. 2:18 a.m. 21.0 ft. 14:29 pjn. 205 ft. 8:34 ajn. 4.4 ft. 20:4" pjri. 4.0 ft. . JZJ FIVE CENTS triumph as was Camera's. - ... Li n USlOillS KeVeiHie TViie YaT HitTilAr 1 1 Ct4 "sgllCl . loiircuons For ror reoruary inree Times Those in .Same Month Last Year Customs and excise collections !&t the port of Prince Rupert for the month of February this year am- touniea 10 i.aJ8 as comparea ai"!..'3'' .ms.wuae -moma Two Dead in Break Of Light Gas Main Nineteen Were Also Overcome Br Escaping Escaping Vapor V ai in South Philadelphia Thursday PHILADELPHIA. March 2:--Two P15015 werc and nineteen , "tume OJ mumiHUS B in h PhUadelphla when a main broke Jeste"lay. the police report Bay City Doctor, Born in Canada, Has Passed Away BAY CITY. Mich., March 2: Dr. James M. McLean, aged 47. native of Port Hope. Ont. is dead here following an attack of pneumonia, Dr. McLean was formerly a hockey Pla'er of note Extremists Tried To Burn City Hall Reinforcements Called in to Assist ln Putting Down Arson Plan In Spanish City LICANTE, Spain, March 2: The luthoritles were forced Wednesday o call for reinforcements of civil 'uards to prevent extremists from, burning the City Hall. 1WO HUNDRED RESCUED FROM CASPIAN FLOES MOSCOW, March 2: (CP) Two hundred of Ix hundred fishermen who have been adrift on Ice floe In the Cas- plan Sea for a week have been rescued, and efforts are being made to bring the remainder to safety. 4