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Wealhlk;x,
Che
Tomorrdw's
Tides
rrincc
Uujjcrtr-Part
cloudy,
light
'
K
Sh''k
'
High
5:55
ajn.
16.1
ft.
northwest
wind;
barometer.
30.24;
T
20:02
p.m.
J5.4
ft.
temperature,
58;
sea
smooth.
M
"S
$l
Low
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
12:57
pjn.
7.3
tt.
Vol
XXIV..
No,
93.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
APRIL
20,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
SOME
LOGGERS
RETURNING
TO
WORK
DISSENSION
IN
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
OVER
GOLD
TAX
Industrial
Relations
Board
Instrumental
In
Settling
Disputes
Eight
Hundred
Men
Have
Returned
to
Work
in
Timber
Industry
Since
it
Started
Functioning
Fifteen
Hundred
Arc
Still
on
Strike
VANCOUVER,
April
20:
(CP)
Eight
hundred
log-fferp
have
been
re-employed
in
six
camps
since
the
Board
of
Industrial
Relations
established
the
new
minimum
wage
wale
while
it
is
estimated
that
1500
are
still
remaining
on
strike.
More
than
six
hundred
strikers
will
resume
work
at
the
Round
and
Burchctt
camp
at
Ramsay
Arm
on
Satur-
.
.
l
day.
There
Is
reason
to
hope
that
Today's
Stocks
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Johns
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Patricia,
.74.
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Oranada,
.82.
Inter
Nickel,
27.80.
Mica.
sa,
2.6J.
Noranda.
42.30.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
1.22.
Bkco.
2.31
Thompson
Cadillac.
.49.
Venture
01
lke
Maron,
.09.
T"k
Hughes,
6.00.
Sudbury
Basin.
1.80.
Cslumarlo,
.33,
Smelter
Oold,
.30
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Malartlc,
.58.
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Long
Lac.
4.35.
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Maple
Leaf.
71
Pickle
Crow,
.78.
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Lac
Ugoon.
.20.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.22.
Dmc
37.00,
nowey
1,23,
Wclntyre,
45.73,
Noranda.
42.30.
'
yrht
Hargrcavcs.
9.00.
Hollinger
10.55,
New
"
J!
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8'
Steel,
51i.
Qceral
Motors.
39
8.
trlcan
Can,
103-4.
American
Telephone.
122.
U
n,
Chemicals,
15HS.
Smelt.,
128.
disputes
at
some
of
the
other
campt
may
be
settled
so
that
men
may
return
to
work
before
long.
Atlin
Case
Is
Nearing
Close
Taking
of
Evidence
Concluded
Thi
Morning
and
Argument
li
ErocfcdlnrThUf
Urnoon
Taking
of
evidence
was
completed
before
luncheon
adjourn
ment
today
In
the
hearing
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
,of
Leslie
Smith
who
Is
charged
with
a
statutory
offence
against
a
young
girl.
On
resumption
of
the
court
this
afternoon,
argument
of
counsel
was
commenced
and
It
Is
expected
the
hearing
will
conclude
today.
L,
W.
Patmore
Is
prosecuting
and
R.
L.
McLennan
Is
acting
as
defence
counsel.
STOCKS
HAD
BIG
LOSSES
Steadying
Up
Tendency
Eiprcted
To
Continue
Today
on
Toronto
Market
TORONTO,
April
20:
Market
values
of
forty-five
Canadian
mining
stocks
were
written
down
$45,-
000,000
In
the
course
of
early
trading
yesterday
on
the
Toronto
Stock
Exchange
when
selling
orders
flooded
the
market
following
budgetary
Imposition
of
ten
percent
tax
on
gold
as
long
as
the
market
remained
above
$30
per
ounce.
Later
In
the
day.
there
was
a
tendency
of
prices
to
steady
up
and
tt
is
expected
this
will
continue
today.
BY-ELECTION
IN
ENGLAND
National
Conservatives
Retain
Ilaslngstoke
With
Greatly
Reduced
Majority
DASINOSTOKE.
Eng.,
April
20:
(CP)
The
National
Conservatives
retained
Basingstoke
scat
in
Thursday's
by-dlcctlon
with
a
greatly
reduced
majority.
Drum-mnnd
Wolfe
defeating
the
Liberal
pntidldate
bv
a
majority
of
slx.t
thousand
as
compared
with
a
majority
of
seventeen
thousand
In
the
general
election.
"
C.
f.
R.
steamer
Princess
Ade-iaMn
rmi
r
K
Gray.
Is
due
In
iniuvt
TR0LLERS
STARTING
Agreement
on
Price
Having
Been
Reached,
Fleet
of
Seatt!'
and
Other
Ports
Leave
Alaska
Unsettled
Boats
From
Ketchikan
and
Elsewhere
tn
Alaska
to
Remain
Tied
Up
Meantime
SEATTLE.
April
20:
(
CP
WP.lt
price
schedules
for
salmcn
agreed
upon
by
the
trotters
and
buyers,
the
annual
spring
exodus
cf
Seattle's
three
hundred
boats
and
six
hun
dred
fishermen
to
the
deepsca
fish
ing
banks
began
yesterday.
The
fleets
from
other
Puget
Sound
ports
as
well
as
from
Gray's
Harbor
and
Astoria
were
also
headlnj
out
tc
sea.
Agreement
was
finally
reached
on
prices
although
agreement
between
buyers
and
Aliska
fishermen
Is
sUll
pending.
Alaska
Price
Unsettled
KETCHIKAN.
Aprti
20:
(CPt
The
Alaska
Salmon
Trollers'
Association
decided
at
n
meeting
yester
day
that
Alaska
fishermen
will
keep
their
boats
tied
up
until
prices
they
demand
are
paid.
DIES
AFTER
EXPLOSION
Gordon
Duncan
of
Ahousat
on
West
Coat
Met
Frightful
Death
From
Lighting
Fire
With
Coal
Oil
ALBERNI,
April
20:
(CP
l
In
th;
attempt
to
light
the
kitchen
range
Oordon
Duncan,
aged
25,
of
Ahou-set
poured
coal
oil
on
the
fire
yes
terday
morning
and
an
explosion
followed.
After
making
sure
ihat
his
wife
and
child
had
escaped
from
the
home,
he
rushed
towards
the
sea
with
his
clothing
ablaze.
As
ihe
tide
was
far
qut,
he
suffered
frightful
burps,
succumbing
In
hospital
here
last
night.
Canadian
Gold,
Auburn,
Wheat
Weak
in
Market
NEW
YORK,
April
20:
-Stocks
moved
In
Irregular
prices
range
In
light
trading
yesterday,
weak
spots
being:
Canadian
gold
shares
and
Auburn
Motors
while
wheat
prices
dropped
at
one
time
as
much
as
five
cents
a
bushel.
CANADIAN
GOLD
MONTREAL,
April
20:
CP
The
Canadian
gold
price
advanced
one
cent
today
to
$34.71
per
ounce.
COMMITTEE
INFORMED
HOW
RIVAL
BUYERS'
OF
MEAT
GOT
TOGETHER
OTTAWA,
April
20:
-Alex
McKetule.
Toronto
wholesale
butcher
and
.former
huycr
for
Canada
Packers,
told
the
mass
buying
and
price
spread
com-
mlttee
headed
by
Hon.
H.
II.
I
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
yesterday
that
buy-
crs
for
rival
firms
met
to
dls-
.
'
...
.
.
.
"
Monetizing
.
White
Metal
Is
Proposed!
WASHINGTON,
April
20:
(CP)
International
agreement
for
the
remonetization
of
silver
at
a
uniform
ratio
to
gold
is
foreseen
in
high
official
and
diplomatic
quarters
of
Washington.
There
have
beep
conferences
in
the
United
States
capital
during
the
past
few
days
aimed
towards
getting
under
way
international
discussions
on
the
subject.
;
!
LEADER
S
I
11
I
II
I
0
JaPan
objection
to
western
na-VIV'l
a
1
lVXTkl-k
1
(Jons
interfering
lri
the
Far
East.
.Marketing
Act
Unconstitutional
:
Mackenzie
King
Declare
OTTAWA,
April
10:
(CP)
"Unconstitutional
front
beginning
to
end"
was
the
description
applied
in
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
night
to
the
government's
!
marketing
bill
by
Rt.
Hon.
W.
U
!
Mackenzie
King,
Leader
of
the
Oppposition.
lie
suggested
that
it
contravened
the
British
North
America
Act
and
would
not
stand
up
in
a
court
of
law.
Mr.
King
proposed
an
amendment
to
second
reading
which,
if
adopted,
would
kill
the
bill.
The
debate
is
proceeding.
Prairie
Hospital
Destroyed
by
Fire
No
Insurance
on
Institution
In
Sas
katchewan
Which
Was
Burned
With
Loss
of
$50,000
RrniNA
Bask.
Anrll
20:
Wes-
fppri
r-innrtVs
first
rural
nubile
hospital
built
at
Willow
Bunch
In
Southwest
Saskatchewan
was
de
-
'
stroved
hv
fire
vesterdav
with
loss
of
$50,000.
There
was
no
Insurance.
Reich
Takes
Over
Complete
Control
Of
Aerial
Affairs
BERLIN.
April
20:
Commercial
and
civil
aviation
administrations
In
Individual
Oerman
stales
have
been
nbollshed
nnd
n
uniform
Reich
aviation
department
has
been
created.
British
Pound
nnd
Canadian
Dollar
on
New
York
Exchange
MONTREAL,
April
20?
The
British
pound
sterling
was
trading
at
$5.13
V
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday
afternoon
nnd
the
American
dollar
at
09
23-32c.
v
NEW
-
YORK.
April
20:-s-In
the
port
nt
5
o'clock
this
evening
from
T
CUM
ouynf
conditions
and
to
local
foreign
exchange
market
yes-thc
south
and
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
RRc
to
prices
for
the
day.
terday
afternoon
the
Canadian
dol-on
her
return
to
Vancouver
and
lnr
was
trading
at
$1.004
and
the
'waypolnts.
British
pound
sterling
at
$5.14?,.
OBJECTS
TO
PICKETING;
Employees
of
Windsor,
Ont.,
Factory
Ask
For
Police
Protection"
In
Going
to
Work
WINDSOR.
Ont..
April
20:
Employees
of
Canadian
Motor
Lamps
Ltd.
have
appealed
for
police
protection
so
that
they
may
return
to
work,
claiming
that
pickets
of
unemployed
have
been
preventing
hem
from
doing
so.
CONFIRMS
ATTITUDE
British
Ambassador
Substantiate
Press
Reports
in
Regard
to
Jap
Policy
in
Far
East
Affairs
LONDON.
April
20:
The
British
".ovemment
received
a
cable
yes-!
lerday
from
its
ambassador
to
To-
jkyo
concerning
Japan's
warning
to
;
other
countries
against
projects
for
assistance
to
Chtna.
the
note
con-
.
.
.
k
1
I
V.
1
-
PHYSICIAN
SENTENCED
PERTH,
Ont..
April
20
CP-Dr.
Wilton
Pratt,
71-year
old
Smith's
Falls
physician,
was
acquitted
yes-
terday
on
a
charge
of
murdering
his
housekeeper.
Miss
Eva
Elizabeth
McLean.
Dr.
Pratt,
having
pleaded
guilty,
ho'wever,
to
ten
charges
of
perform
ing
Illegal
operations,
was
sentenced
to
five
years'
Imprisonment
In
penitentiary.
Thieves
Disturbed
In
Prince
George
Store
by
Officers
Police
officers
at
Prince
George
on
April
11
disturbed
thieves
who
were
engaged
in
removing
butter,
,
1
-
.U-
O,
nrl
t..
n
mm,
eggs,
cic.
iium
o.'5
Market
butcher
shop
In
that
iwn-
ine
cuipnis
maMiig
meir
6etaway
but
leaving
tne
goods
puea
"P
'n
the
lane
to
the
rear
of
the
,
store.
Ail
me
goods
wnicn
na,a
Doen
'removed
were
accounted
for
and
the
police
are
working
on
clues
'
which
may
lead
to
the
arrest
of
the
burglars.
BAR
SILYER
NEW
YORK.
April
20:
tCPt
Bar
silver
dosed
at
45ic
P
ounce
on
the
local
aietal
market
today.
BRITISH
LABOIUTES
WOULD
PAY
DEBT
TO
STATES
THIS
YEAR
LONDON.
April
20
:
-Labor
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
assailed
the
government's
failure
to
budget
payment
on
Oreat
Brl-
tain's
war
debt
to
the
United
states
due
mis
June,
josnua
W'edgewood
said
he
would
pre-
A.
--
.
.
,1..
.l...nM
M.it
A
In
Income
tax
and
look
United
States
In
the
face.
f
Minister
of
Mines
is
Critical
of
Imposing
Yellow
Metal
Charge
Hon.
Wesley
A.
Gordon
Complains
That
Impost
Was
Made
Without
Consulting
Him
Method
is
Wrong
and
Should
be
Reconsidered,
He
Declares
OTTAWA,
April
20:-Hon.
Wesley
A.
Gordon,
minister
of
mines
and
labor,
complained
vigorously
and
bitterly
yesterday
that
he
had
not
been
consulted
by
the
minister
of
finance,
Hon.
E.
N.
Rhodes,
before
decision
had
been
made,
as
provided
for
in
the
budget,
to
impose
the
new
ten
percent
tax
on
gold.
Mr.
Gordon
insisted
that,
if
the
tax
iad
to
be
Imposed,
the
method
now-
j
pursued
was
the
wrong
one
from
he
standpoint
of
mining
development
cf
the
country
and
urged
thai
ihe
whole
matter
should
be
reconsidered.
Wheat
Quota
Loan
!
flKJ
B
DBJ.J
UHC1CU
U
V
1
at
ICY
1
Canada.
Vnitedead-
A.,
Ila
Would
Give
Thirty
Million
Bushels
to
Argentina
ROME,
April
20:
Delegates
to
the
Rome
meeting
of
the
world
wheat
advisory
commission
from
Canada,
United
States
and
Aus
tralia
offered
Argentina
a
wheat
quota
loan
of
30,000.000
bushels
to
be
repaid
In
one
or
two
years.
It
Is
announced.
ELKS'
FLAG
!
DAY
PLANS
Date
of
Children's
Gala
Changed
To
June
1
!
,
.
"
...
The
Elks
Flag
Day
committee
report
the
completion
of
all
plans
.
in
connection
with
j.u
the
annual!
.
.
.
,
.
sports
day
for
Prince
Rupert
chll-
j
dren.
As
the
committee
does
not
want
'
to
conflict
with
the
C.
N.
R.
excur
I
sion
to
Port
Simpson
planned
for
May
24
It
has
been
decided
to
change
the
date
of
the
Flag
Day
to
June
4.
Plans
call
tor
a
gala
day
on
a
scale
never
before
attempted
by
the
local
Elks'
Lodge.
The
program
will
Include
a
mammoth
parade
with
May
Queen
and
all
her
attendants,
patrol
team
and
clowns,
floats
and
flags,
free
ice
cream,
peanuts
and
candy,
kiddies'
sports
with
prizes
and
baseball.
In
the
evening
adults
will
be
Invited
to
witness
the
crowning
of
the
May
Queen
attended
by
her
maids
of
honor.
A
most
elaborate
coronation
ceremony
has
bee,n
planned.
The
gowns
to
be(
worn
by
the
Queen
and
her
attendants
have
been
created
especially
for
the
oc-
caslon.
The
court
will,
no
doubt,
be
regal
and
very
beautiful.
Today's
Weather
,
i
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy.
I
Calm;
barometer.
30.14:
tempera-
ture.
52:
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Overcast,
calm,
jsca
smooth.
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
36.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
40.
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
46.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
43.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
54.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm.
mild.
Burns
Lake
-Bright,
calm,
41.
EDMONTON
ON
ROUTE
Two
Swiss
Round
the
World
Flyer)
txpeeUd
to
Make
Stop
at
awtx
uapuai
T
iiuncu
wuit
ucuk
ram
ocuarcr
ana
Lieut.
Albert
Jucker.
two
Swiss
Air
Force
officers,
who
will
attempt
to
lower
the
record
time
of
Wiley
Post
of
the
United
States
for
the
flight
around
the
world
will
stop
here
in
the
course
of
their
flight
Irom
Zurich.
Find
of
Gold
Ore
ein
untano
Strike
of
Indian
and
Blacksmith
Near
Cold
Springs
Assays
555
Per
Ton
COLD
SPRINGS,
Ont
April
20:
'Moses
Smoke,
an
Indian,
and
MrRrH.
M,nVtm.th
u
,
.
,
.
10
u
nave
made
a
strike
of
gold
ore
,,,.
.
.,,
.
.
valued
at
$55
per
ton
by
an
assaycr
at
Toronto
Chicago
Motorman
Dies
Dramatically
Announced
That
it
Was
End
of
His
Run
and
Then
Dropped
Dead
CHICAGO,
April
20:
Motorman
Edward
Engles.
aged
51,
nearing
the
end
of
the
run
of
his
trolley
car
to
Chicago's
far
north
side
yesterday,
turned
and
announced
"This
Is
as
far
as
we
go"
and
then
dropped
dead.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
6.000
pounds,
6c
and
5c.
Canadian
62,000
pounds,
5c
and
4c
to
5.2c
and
4.3c.
American
j
Wabash.
6.d00,
Cold
Storage,
64
and
5c.
Canadian
Signal,
20,000,
Cold
Storage.
5
2c
and
4.3c.
.
-Rase
SdIL
13.000.
Atlln.
5.1b
and
,
4.1c.
p.
Dorreen.
9.500.
Cold
Storage,
'5.1e
and
4.1c
Southend,
15,000,
Atlln,
5c
and
4.2c.
Bayvlcw,
6.500.
Booth,
5c
and
4c.
Edward
Llpsett,
13,000.
Cold
I
Storage.
5c
and
4.1c.
j
Sea
Maid,
22,000,
holding
over.