ra
5
Weather
"tX
Tomorrow's
Tides
1
wmln
prfi.
x
'Part
cloudy,
light
High
8:19
ajn.
17.8
It.
northwi
barometer.
30.31;
21:42
pjn.
17.6
It.
tcmperaU
i
smooth.
Low
1:58
am
9.8
ft.
.
&&
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
14:57
pm.
55
It.
Vol.
XXIV..
No.
82,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
7,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
GHASTLY
MURDER
AT
POWELL
RIVER
GOVERNMENT
SETS
NEW
SCALE
OF
FISHERY
LICENCE
FEES
Cruel
Killing
of
Ten
Year
Old
Boy
Believed
To
Be
Work
of
Maniac
Body
of
Younjr
John
.McFarlanc
Found
Buried
in
Sandpit
Near
His
Home
at
Paper
Town
With
Head
Completely
Bashed
in
and
Clothes
Removed
POWELL
RIVER,
April
7:
(CP)
The
body
of
ten
year
old
John
McFarlane,
who
had
been
missing
since
Wednesday,
was
found
yesterday
buried
in
a
sandpit
near
his
home
here.
He
is
believed
by
the
police
to
have
been
murdered
by
a
maniac.
An
autopsy
showed
that
there
had
been
no
criminal
attack
upon
the
boy
but
that
his
head
had
been
bashed
in
completely.
The
body
was
found
by
two
search-
v
.tin
noticed
that
sand
In
the
pit1
I
ben
recently
smoothed
over,
v
pv
'TTP
T
remains
were
discovered
un-
A
1
:
ttvr
feet
of
sand,
1
1
poucr
saia
uui
a
muni
in-1
.iment
had
been
used
on
the
I
b
-
head.
Ills
clothes
had
all
been!
rtnv'ved
except
his
shirt
The
lad's'
was
found
burled
betide
the
V
'
provlncWpollce
are
colUlnu-.:
the
Investigation.
Vancouver
Stocks
jSSTJ?
Cuppjod
by
8,
D.
Johnston
Co.
Lt-
Vancouver
A
.vtndrla.
.07.
IV
lcw.
.02.
U
I
Nickel.
.04.
lit?
Mlftftouri.
.35.
Uijlonic.
14.60.
n
Con..
.37.
n.
R
X
Oold.
.03.
Ilf
v
I
X.
L
.25.
C
iboo
Quartz.
2.32.
Us
U
mla.
1.55.
Dunwell,
.42.
I
Iconda.
.42.
Cicoigu
River,
.02!i.
llrn
ules
Con,
.0S.
lMian.
.02ti.
Mtnto.
,4Jifc.
Mrrldlan.
.18.
Morning
Star,
.38.
Native
Son,
.00.
National
Silver.
.0414.
Noble
Hvc.
.12.
rend
Oreille,
1.20.
lrter
Idaho.
,121'.
tVmicr.
US.
Inward,
.08.
'tno.
1.09.
Kilver
Crest,
0)3.
P-ilmon
Oold.
57.
T.vlor
Bridge.
.67.
United
Empire.
.16.
Wayside,
.40.
W.vcrly
Tangier,
.02.
Whitewater,
.07
Vi.
Toronto
Chlbuugamau,
.15.
Central
Patricia,
.72.
"tanado,
1.03.
I"'
Nickel,
27.05.
like
Maron,
.12.
Lee
Oold,
.17i.
M-icassa.
2.80.
Noranda,
44.25.
fherrltt
Gordon.
1.35.
8o
Gold,
2.47-Kudbury
Basin,
1.75.
Tk
Hughes,
7.00.
Thompson
Cadillac,
54.
Ventures.
1.04.
Columnrlo,
.05,
Smelters
Oold,'
.37.
Canadian
Malartlc.
.60.
L'Ule
Long
Lac,
5.00.
"tad
Authler,
mo.
,'
Jwth
Tlblemont,
.12.
Maple
Leaf,
.05.
Tickle
Crow.
.88.
Manltobu
and
Eastern,
,23.
.ber
FREIGHT
lull
Company
Eiplalns
1U
Position
Oulrman
of
Committee
The
question
of
freight
rates
be
tween
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Islands'
was
discussed
last
;
the
Prince
Rupert
Cham
of
Commerce
at
its
regula
(monthly
meeting
with
C.
V.
Evltt,
Ult
vice-president.
In
the
chair.
The
Oraham
Island
East
Coast
Farmers'
Institute
had
recently
asked
for
lower
rates
and
the
peti
tion
had
been
referred
to
the
rail
way
traffic
department.
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
nad
packed
up
the
Island
people.
P.
Lakle.
the
local
district
freight
agent,
wrote
a
letter
to
the
chamber
which
was
read
at
the
meeting
last
night.
In
which
comparisons
were
made
between
the
prices
charged
carrying
a
similar
distance
I
between
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
In
l
,
each
case
the
rales
in
me
souui.dred
persons
in
aucnaancc
at
mc
were
lower
but
not
much
lower,
brain
and
feed
was
20c
as
against
f27c
to
the
Islands;
hay.
37jC
compared
with
50c:
cattle
$4.50
against
$6.00
ifor
15
headi;
lumber
$9.00
against
$7.25
and
$7.50;
lumber
over
30
feet
$755
against
$.t25
and
$8.50;
hardwoods
$8.75
against
$8.75
and
$9.00;
lath
85c
against
$1.20
and
$15;
sningies
55c
compared
with
40c
(minimum
25M
shingles);
general
mercnan-dlse
$5.00
against
$550
and
$6.00.
The
letter
explained
that
the
distance
from
Vancouver
to
Victoria
was
83
miles
through
sheltered
wa
ters
with
very
heavy
movement
of
freight
and
passengers
In
both
directions.
The
rates
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
run
apply
to
various
ports,
some
of
which
were
twice
the
distance
of
Vancouver
from
Victoria.
Attention,
was
also
drawn
to
the
sparsely
settled
territory
on
the
Islands
with
a
light
tonnage
movement
spread
over
a
yearly
period
and
the
steamer
service,
the
letter
(Continued
on
page
two)
Aged
Missionary
Dies
in
Calgary
Uev.
Hugh
McKellar
Passes
Away
In
Prairie
City
On
Friday
At
Age
of
Ninety-Two
Years
nAtiARY.
Aurll
7
(Canadian
rress)-rThc
oldest
missionary
In
Western
Canada,
Rev.
Hugh
Mc-rvellar
died
at
his
home
here
last
night
at
the
age
of
ninety-two
years.
Air
-
Above
.picture
shows
he
Scylla,
route,
photographed
as
It
was
dtsmanUed
and
assembled
In
tlie
open,
since
mere
was
no
nanger
Built
for
the
Imperial
Airways,
the
liner
hu-
ar
ominclatiou
for
iBOYS'
BAND
WAS
AIDED
Large
Attendance
at
Entertainment
I
And
Dance
Lat
Night
In
j
Mooe
Hall
j
The
novelty
entertainment
and
monster
dance
staged
last
night
in
i
the
Moose
Hall
by
Toe
H
in
aid
of
j
the
Prince
Rupert
Boys'
Band
was;
a
highly
successful
affair
and
the
j
financial
proceeds,
as
a
result,
are
expected
to
be
quite
substantial.
(
There
were
ho.
less
than
six
hun-
.
.
A
A
&
Ika
concert
with
probably
a
similar
;
number
at
the
dance
which
fol-
lowed.
The
proceedings
were
upenea
uy
F.,
W.
Wcsch,
president
of
the
termination
to
bring
British
Colum-Prlnce
Rupert
Boys'
Band
Assocla-
b!a
back
to
prospcrity
and
lve
IU
tlon,
who
spoke
appreciatively
ot
people
empi0yment.
He
declared
the
effort
of
Toe
H
as
well
as
of
all
thal
tne
province
wouid
De
unabie
others
who
had
taken
part
In
any
.
t0
baiance
lts
budget
because
of
IU
way,
!
Tne
enieruunmeiu
program
(Continued
on
page
two)
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Foggy,
calm,
34.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
34.
Ariyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
38.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
36.
Haselton
Clear,
calm,
33.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
mild.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm,
33.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
calm;
barometer.
30.20;
temperature,
42;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
moderate
westerly
wind;
sea
moderates
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy,
light
westerly
wind;
moderate
westerly
swell.
Halibut
Arrivals
Canadian
itose
Spit,
13,000
pounds,
holding
over.
IlAll
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
April
7:
(CP)-Bar
silver
closed
at
46t'4C
on
the
local
,
metal
market
today.
j
Liner
Outgrows
Hangar
largest.
air
m&
k
v,
being
aemWed
at
"Rochester
England.
After
completion
it
had
to
be
PATTULLO'S
STATEMENT
Premier
Expresses
Determination
To
Bring
Province
Back
to
Pifsperity
.
...
.
f-iyp
rpnnle
WOfk
VJ1VC
1
CUF1C
II
Ul
IV
,ja,ncint
o(
nudset
Impossible
on
Account
of
P.
G.
E.
and
Unemployment
VICTORIA,
April
7:
(CP
In
a
sUtemert
issued
explaining
tlu
financlai
position'
of
the
province
and
the
Special
Powers
Act.
Pro
mlcr
T
D
Patluli0
expressed
de
railway
and
unemployment
prob-
lems.
As
a
solution
of
the
railway
prob
lem,
the
Premier
declared
the
Pa
cific
Oreat
Eastern
should
be
taker
over
by
the
Canadian
National.
Unemployment
was
estimated
a
100.000
and
the
government
Inten
dede
to
see
that
work
was
provided
Provincial
Constable
Robert
Otb
son
will
sail
tomorrow
morning
or
the
Princess
Norah
to
make
th
round
trip
to
Skagway,
escorting
t
shipment
of
liquor
for
Atlln.
4
EDMONTON
GRABS
4
WIN
FIRST
GAME
OF
4
WESTERN
SLRIES
4
r
VANCOUVER.
April
7:
(CP
4
Edmoitton
Commercial
arads
demonstrated
last
night
4
that
they
were
on
their
way
to
4-
their
thirteenth
consscutlve
title
when
they
defeated
Van-
couver
Province
47
to
27
In
the
first
of
a
two
out
of
three
4-
game
series
for
the
Western
Canada
title.
The
second
game
will
be
played
tonight.
e
on
a.
regular
KnUstaWr
-
large
enougn
to
accommodate
It.
39
passengers
and
a
crew
of
four.
FOUNDERING
IS
FEARED
Bon
Barclay.
Alaska
Pioneer.
Be
lieved
To
Have
Bleu
itsi
iVith
Gasboat
Virginia
S.
JUNEAU.
Alaska,
April
7
(Cana
dian
Press
t
A
water
cask
from
the
gasboat
Virginia
S.
found
on
the
beach
of
Hound
Island
in
Rock;
Pass
leads
investigators,
to
believe
that
the
vessel
foundered
with
Bor.
Barclay,
an
old
timer,
on
boar
I.
Barclay
left
Horseshoe
Island
on
March
8
for
Hound
Island
and
has
not
been
reported
since.
Old
Country
Socr.ei
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
First
Division
AlrUrleonlans
2,
Celtic
4.
Ayr
4,
Hibernians
1.
Clyde
2,
Falkirk
0.
Cowdenbeath-St.
Mlrren,
post-raned
on
account
of
snowstorm.
Hearts
1,
Kilmarnock
1.
Motherwell
2.
Third
Lanark
2.
Partlck
Thistle
1.
Dundee
1.
Queen
of
South
3,
Hamilton
1.
Rangers
2,
Aberdeen
1.
Queen's
Park
1.
St.
Johnstone
0.
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
First
Division
Arsenal
3.
Huddersfleld
1.
Birmingham
0.
Chelsea
3.
Blackburn
3,
Sheffield
United
1.
Derby
4.
Tottenham
3.
Everton
2.
Stoke
2.
Leeds
8,
Leicester
0.
Manchester
2.
Portsmouth
1.
Middlesbrough
0.
Wolverhamp
ton
0.
Newcastle
1.
Aston
Villa
1.
Sheffield
Wednesday
2,
Sunderland
0.
West
Bromwlch
Albion
2,
Llvcr-Dool
2.
Vancouver
Wheal
VANCOUVER.
April
7:
(CP)
AVhcat
was
quoted
at
OSc
on
the
.ocal
exchange
today
-
Changes
Announced
at
Victoria
In
Charges
Upon
Fish
Operators
(Jil
Netters
and
Purse
Seiners
Get
Fifty
Percent
ReductionFish
Buyers
to
Pay
More
No
Changes
Made
in
Larger
Salmon
Imposts
VICTORIA,
April
7:
(CP)
A
new
scale
of
fishery
and
cannery
licences
which
has
been
approved
by
the
provincial
government
shows
that
most
large
salmon
fees
will
remain
unchanged
but
there
are
a
number
of
new
classi-
'
f
ications
in
respect
to
pilchard
...
.I...
il
u
1-
nt
icw
uianges
in
me
om
scaie.
the
following:
Dogfish
and
offal
reduction
plants.
$1.
Dogfish
plants
and
fish
offal
rc-
ductlon
and.
herring
reduction
plants
combined.
$2.50.
Fish
cold
storage
plants,
$100.
Herring
dry
salterles,
$500.
Herring
reduction
plants,
$250.
j
Herring
canneries,
$100.
j
Pilchard
reduction
'
plants
and
y
:
press
J
Iroh.
$300.
teS!fgf
ttniSrrt
Pilchard
canneries.
$100.
Tax
on
fishermen
for
taking
herring
by
purse
seine.
$25.
or
raiting
pucnaro
by
purse
seine.
$25.
For
taking
salmon
by
glllnet.
$250
instead
of
$5.
Salmon
puse
seines.
$25
instead
of
$50.
Fish
buyers'
licences,
$25
a?
against
$1.
Taking
salmon
by
trap
net,
$100
instead
.of
$25.
ENTERTAIN
VISITORS
-oral
Chamber
of
Commerce
Getting
Ready
to
Receive
Vancouver
Folk
The
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
Is
planning
another
excursion
to
Prlnpe
Rupert.
Anyox
and
Stewart
:
and
the
local
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
laying
plans
to
give
the
excursionists
a
proper
welcome.
President
John
Dybhavn.
who
Is
In
i
the
south,
is
expected
to
discuss
details
of
the
Itinerary
with
the
Vancouver
people
with
a
view
to
arranging
the
most
acceptable
pro
gram.
The
excursion
will
be
made
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rutjert
which
has
been
specially
chartered.
The
matter
came
up
at
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
with
the
reading
of
a
letter
from
W.
E.
Payne,
secretary
of
the
Vancouver
board.
In
which
he
stated
that
they
planned
to
leave
Vancouver
June
8
and.
after
visiting
Nanalmo.
Courtenay.
Powell
Jliver
and
Ocean
Falls,
expected
to
arrive
at
Prince
Rupert
the
morning
of
June
11
and
lenve
for
Portland
Canal
that
night
at
11
o'clock.
During
the
visit
the
city
council
and
council
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
are
Invited
to
be
guests
of
the
visitors
onboard
the
ship
ror
a
snort
time..
Approximately
one
hundred
oeople
are
expected
to
make
the
trip.
They
evidently
expect
to
re-
jturn
direct
to
Vancouver
from
An
yox
and
Stewart
except
that
they
will
make
calls
on
the
west
coast
ul
Vancouver
Island.
The
entertainment
committee
of
the
chamber
consisting
of
C.
V.
Evitt.
O.
P.
Tinker
and
J.
Boddle
will
have
charge
of
the
proceedings
from
this
end.
and
herring
plants
with
a
j
i.
i.
nanges
anu
new
iees
inciuue
"
J
Despondency
Over
111
Health
is
Cause
Of
Satoh's
Suicide
TOKYO.
April
7
(Canadian
Satoh.J
lor
who
commit
tod
suicide
yesterday
by
Jumping
board
from
a
steamship
while
route
to
Europe
with
the
Japanesj
Davis
Cup
team,
had
been
in
ill-
health
for
some
time
and
despondency
is
believed
to
have
been
the
cause
of
his
rash
act.
Ottawa
Parley
Definitely
Set
Priemer
Pattullo
to
Leave
Victoria
In
Ten
Days
For
East
i
VICTORIA,
April
7
(Canadian
Pressi
It
has
been
definitely
ar-
J
ragged
that
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
:
shall
go
to
Ottawa
to
confer
with
:
the
federal
government
with
re-
spect
to
financial
and
economic
matters.
The
Premier
and
his
mln
Isters
will
leave
here
on
April
17
and
the
conference
will
commence
on
April
23.
Donations
For
Books
i
Mrs.
L.
H.
Haworth,
Betty
Parlow,
Larry
Parlow.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
fit"
Parlow,
Fred
E.
Wermlg,
Harry
Jackson.
J.
Rackman,
Labor
College,
Mrs.
II.
B.
Nlckerson,
M.
MacArthufi
R.
Morrison,
F.
R.
Summers.
II.
Af
Duhamel.
G.
C.
Woodward,
J.
R.
El-fert.
L.
S.
Van
Cleve.
Miss
F.
Cross.-5
Miss
A.
Pillsbury.
O.
A.
Hill.
F.
Charnley.
E.
S.
Allistone,
F.
Vic-kers.
Mrs.
F.
W.
Allen,
R.
D.
Greg-or.
O.
Runman.
Total
to
date,
$301.20.
Jap
Government
Sets
Pricte
For
s
New-Mined
Gold
TOKYO.
April
7
(Canadian
ressu-The
Japanese
government
announced
yesterday
that
It
would
purchased
newly-mined
domestic
,
gold
at
$28.35
per
ounce.
TRAIN
LATE
TONIGHT
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the.
east
at
10
o'clock,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
one
hour
and
forty-five
minutes
late
which
would
bring
It
In
at
11:43
pjn.