Today's
Weather
Prince
RuDcrt
Ralnlnir.
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wind:
barometer.
21.
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temperature.
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XXIV.,
No.
21
columarlo.
6314.
Oranada,
.63.
Klrklaiid
Lake,
JO.
Macn.VM,
2.22,
McMillan
Gold,
.47.
Bt.
Anthony,
J9.
Towngamac.
.27.
Ventures,
.82.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.08.
Slw.-oc.
L35.
New
York
U.B.
Htccl,
BOi.
Gen.
Motors,
38.
American
Telephone
1I8U.
N
Y.
Central.
38i.
1-1
Auto
Light,
243.4.
NEW
YORK
SILVER
NEW
YOnK.
January
25
(Carta-
"n
rrCSSWnnr
lvrr
rlnswt
nt
Vc.
per
ounce
on
the
local
meta.
matket
yesterday
and
dropped
to
43,0
today.
v.
Wm
way
Corruption
Commissioner
Au-
itln
McCormick
Gea-J".oea
tnc
Welfare
Islant
following
a
surprise
raid
on
the
penal
ineUtutlon
with
police
otflcers
yesterday.
The
offi-clall
declared
that
conditions
In
the
penttonttary
were
appalling
with
graft,
corruption,
vice,
bootlegging,
lawlessness
and
moral
degeneracy
rampant
and
"big
shot"
gangsters
In
complete
control.
Some
of
the
prisoners,
Mccormick
reported,
were
found
to
be
living
in
country
club
style
while
others,
principally
narcotic
addicts.
were
found
to
be
existing
under
conditions
of
frightful
and
almost
unbelievable
squalor
and
filth.
An
elaborate
system
of
drug-smuggling
by
the
use
of
carrier
pigeons
was
disclosed.
,
'
All
sorts
of
deadly
weapons
were
found
to
be
in
possession
of
prlson-
i
ers
and
In
the
carpenter
shop
was
rOKMKK
DEPUTY
MINISTER
DIES
VICTORIA,
January
25
Cana
dkin
Prcs
William
E.
Scott,
former
deputy
minister
of
agriculture,
who
has
lived
on
Salt
Spring
Island
since
his
retirement,
died
In
Royal
Jubilee
Hospital
her
yesterday.
Wheat
Prices
July,
60B.
May,
00
1.
July.
88k.
Sept..
8014.
Clilrago
.
stock
and
agricultural
Dosslblr
Uuough
some
-
marketing
board.
The
Speech
also
contained
reference
to
several
aspects
of
mone-i
tary
reform
anticipating
submls-
11100
for
ratification
ol
agreements;
Is
Way
designed
10
mmsiiic
unci
""-tlons.
The
Bank
Act
will
be
over-
hauled
on
the
basis
of
the
report
of
the
MacmlllanRovl
Commit-1
slofi'whlcht
after
winl
formally
presented
to
the
House,
will
go
to
the
banking
and
currency
committee
for
conslderaUon.
Legislation
amending
the
Excise
Act
was
also
foreshadowed
possibly
j
to
reduce
the
gallonage
liquor
tax.
There
will
also
be
amendments
I
to
the
Companies'
Act.
the
Judges'
Act
and
the
Elections
Act
The
estimates,
it
is
understood
In
historic
New
York
Petttentlary
on
I
circles
close
to
the
government,
will
be
brought
down
next
week.
If
this
is
done
It
will
be
much
earlier
thn
usual.
However,
It
is
believed
that
the
government
Is
anxious
to
get
all
Important
questions
before
the
House
as
early
as
possible
with
a
view
to
making
the
session
no
longer
than
Is
necessary.
All
the
time-honored
ceremonj
attended
the
formal
opening
of
Parliament
today.
There
was
thi
usual
gun
firing.
Brilliantly
gownec
women
,were
among
many
distinguished
personages
who
were
I
discovered
a
50-gatlon
still
being,
Late
Hu-h
B.
Ollmour
Was
.Mem
oncrated
by
prisoners.
ber
of
First
Workmen's
Com-
Collusion
between
prison
offl-1
pensatlon
Board
and
Moth-dais
and
gangsters
Is
alleged
andj
ers
Pensions
Board
Assistant
Warden
Daniel
Sheen
was
1
arrested
while
the
warden
was
jus-,
VANCOUVER,
January
25
(Ca-nended.
Thirty
so-called
"trusties"
:
nadian
Press
Hugh
B.
Ollmour.
were
Dlaced
In
solitary
confine-1
aged
71,
rormer
memDer
or
ntcnt.
Former
Member
Dies
in
South
Prairie
Children
Safe
After
Night
the
Legislative
Assembly
and
one
.ot
the
first
commissioners
of
the
Workmen's
Compensation
Board
and
the
Mothers'
Pensions
Boara.
died
here
Tuesday.
Out
in
Blizzard
HANNA,
Alta..
Jan.
25:
CP-
VANCOUVER,
January
25
(Ca-
Three
children
ot
Mr.
and
Mrs.
lci
nadian
Press)
Wheat
was
quotco
wara
sune
or
uunnyorooK,
aiw
at
OSic.
on
the
local
Exchange
ranging
In
age
from
eight
to
13
yesterday.
Today's
price
May,
683n.
Winnipeg
was
va,s
.64s8c.
years,
a
a
boy
and
two
younger
sis
ters,
were
safe
yesterday
after
night
spent
In
a
prairie
shack
dur
Ing
one
of
the
worst
bllzzardf
which
hns
swept
the
prairies
In
years.
The
children
were
caught
In
the
storm
while
returning
to
their
fi
rm
home
from
school.
L'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
25,
1934
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
In
the
above
plcts
.s
en
tit
wreckage
of
a
British
passenger
aeroplane
w;.i.
h
t
i
n
ta
mas
in
heavy
fog
at
Ru-ysselcde.
Belgium,
between
Bruges
and
Ghent
All
10
occupanU
.f
'.lie
plane
were
killed.
Limit
of
Twenty-Four
Hours
on
Fish
Landing
Lifted
by
Department
Pink
Salmon
May
Also
be
Sent
From
Queen
Charlotte'
Islands
Without
First
Being
Cleaned
and
Iced,
It
is
Announced
VICTORIA,
Jan.
25:
(CP)
C.
P.
Hickman,
acting
com
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
before
being
sent
to
the
mainland
had
also
been
rescinded.
Regulations
requiring
adequate
labelling
of
"second
quality''
salmon
are
to
be
tightened
up
and
steel-head
variety
has
been
added
to
the
definite
groups
ot
salmon
under
sea
trout.
SCHEME
FOR
FREE
STATE
Minister
of
Industries
Hopes
Make
Southern
Ireland
tc
DUBLIN,
Irish
Free
State.
Jan.
25:
Sean
Leniass,
President
de
Valera's
minister
of
industry,
hopes
within
twelve
months
to
make
the
Irish
Free
States
self-supporting
under
a
huge
industrial
plan.
IS
CHOSEN
BANK
HEAD
TORONTO,
Jan.
25:
J.
A.
Mc-
the
Bank
of
Nova
Scotia
In
succcs-!
slon
to
S.
J.
Moore
who
becomes
chairman
of
the
board
of
directors.
SELL
BEER
IN
HOTELS
Certain
Portions
of
Quebec
SvfKei
To
Be
Copied
Bv
Ontario
TORONTO.
Jan.
25:
Premier
Henry
announced
yesterday
that
.ertalrt
nnrtlnn
nf
the
Quebec
SVS-
Thomas
Powers
Is
Laid
at
Rest
Four
Communities
Pay
Tribute
to
Memory
of
Premier
Dock
Foreman
STEWART.
Jan.
25:
Many
resi
dents
of
Stewart.
Hyder.
B.C.
and
Hyder.
Alaska,
and
some
from
Pre
mier
paid
their
last
respects
to
the
memory
of
Thomas
Powers
at
a
burial
service
conducted
by
the
Rev.
Father
Bosse
OMJ.
In
the
missioner
of
fisheries,
has
received
word
from
Ottawa
Pioneer
Hail.
Hyder.
Alaska.
that
an
order
withholding
inspection
certificates
from
sal-1
a
profusion
of
floral
offerings
mnn
not
landed
within
twentv-four
hours
after
canture.
bore
silent
testimony
to
the
manyi
ing
Company
at
the
Stewart
dock.
Tommy
Powers'
duties
often
brought
him
Into
Stewart
and
he
was
as
well
known
here
as
in
his
home
town
of
Hyder.
Alaska.
He
will
be
sadly
missed
by
the
whole
Interment
was
In
the
Hyder
Ce
metery.
Osteopaths'
Powers
To
Be
Extended
In
tpm
u-iil
h.
nnnllPd
to
the
new
On-)
TORONTO.
Jan.
25-Hon.
Charles
tarto
beer
law
and
that
beewlll
be
;
McCrea.
minister
of
mines,
will
In-
sold
in
hotels,
no
decision
being,
however,
made
yet
as
to
the
method
of
sale
and
consumption.
STABILIZED
CURRENCY'
IS
URGED
BY
PREMIER
LONDON,
Jan.
25:
Prime
Minister
J.
Ramsay
MacDon-
aid,
expressing
Impatience
4
with
apparent
slowness,
asked
th
nations
of
the
world
yes-
terday
to
make
a
drive
towards
stabilized
currency.
'
troduce
a
bill
in
the
provincial
le
glslature
to
enlarge
osteopaths'
:
powers,
giving
them
equal
rights
with
medical
practitioners
and
the
use
of
any
title
they
desire.
.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
10:25
a.m.
18.8
ft.
23:47
p.m.
16.4
ft.
Low
4:06
a.m.
11.5
ft.
17:28
p.m.
5.9
ft.
PB1CE:
FIVE
CENTS
CIVIC
ASSISTANCE
IS
BEING
SOUGHT
IMPORTANT
CHANGE
IN
SALMON
HANDLING
REGULATIONS
Dominion-Wide
Work
Program
Is
Foreshadowed
At
Opening
Of
Federal
Parliament
Today
HEAVY
DAY
!
IN
TRADING
OTTAWA,
Jan.
25:
(CP)
A
Dominion-wide
building
or
Tnrre
Minion
stum
changed
jirorram
to
relieve
unemployment
and
stimulate
economic
"'"l
'
iwiuilS
M!S
i
i
rccovery
was
foreshadowed
today
in
the
Speech
from
the
1,5
..
.
-Throne
at
the
opening
of
Parliament
The
Speech
was
read
r:rw
yohk.
Jan
25
-
Towards
j,y
j0n
Bes.borough,
the
Governor
General.
It
intimated
tn
yww.o-y
u.r.v
,
t
at
eK
atjon
would
be
introduced
to
facilitate
efficient
prulit-UMitx
In
various
sections
o(
trie
Nw
Yoik
Stock
Exclude
llstj
but
'tadlng
quietened
down
when,
Ming
apjxaird
and
the
market
re-
'
-ntni
Uie
ureMure
There
wa
an'
irrrauUrly
holier
tone
at
the
close
unit
rails
ending
the
day
at
a
new
twh
average
since
Ust
September.
Tli'
day's
turnover
amounted
to
i
J60XW0
share.
Averages
at
closing
were
Indu
it
rials.
107.02.
up
4;
Mm
.111.1.
.
,
ii.iv
up
.41.
uuiuic.
Mi,
up
27.
Undv.88-8S.
up
J.
.
Today's
Stocks
D
n
X..
M.
Hntlorne.
100.
II
c
Nlekei.
.63
Hlc
Misauurt.
.35.
-v
Bridge
niver.
.40.
C
ariboo
Oold.
2
JO.
e,
Dun
well.
,15.
:
((r..mKi
Hirer.
02.
Indian.
jOlVfe.
MlnU)
Gold,
.034.
Mrtldiati,
.23.
'
,
MornlnR
BUr.
.274.
i
Native
Bon.
.00
V.
'
f
National
81lvcr.
.05.
Noble
Five.
.12
Vk.
Tend
Oreille.
1.00.
i
Porter
Idaho.
.12.
'
Premier.
t.06.
Reeve
McDonald.
.17.
Reward.
.14.
Hrno.
1.04.
Silver
Crost.
.02.
Wavcrly.
.021.
Whitewater.
.074.
Wayside,
.42.
j
on,
Fabyan
Pete.
.00H-Home
Oil,
1.70.
f
k
E..
Uo.
Freehold,
.13.
Sterling
Pacific
.07.
Toronto
r'
Internallonal
Nickel,
22.00.
TecK
Hughes.
6.00.
Mflntyre.
40.00.
'
Home,
33.00.
FJdrado,
3.68.
Tliomson
Cadillac,
J04.
Noranca.
34.00.
Alexandria
Oold,
.081b.
Central
Patricia.
.53.
'
.1
..,
Monetary
Reform
Anticipated
Including
Action
Towards
Stabilization
of
Silver
Bank
Act
to
be
Overhauled
Reduction
of
Liquor
Tax
is
Expected
MADE
RAID
UPON
PEN
"Wont
Prbon
In
World
Official
ItrMribes
New
York,
renltrntlary
Following
llald
Vice
Rampant
Appalling
Conditions
Found
During
SurprUr
VMl
Yesterday
Oang-ter
In
Full
Control
NEW
YOHK,
January
25
lT.e
worst
prison
In
the
world"
was
the
and
proflUble
marketmg
o(
live
product
form
of
TVn
Killed
in
'Plane
Crash
Municipalities
Urge
Income
Tax
Boost
on
Victoria
Government
1
Administration
Makes
No
Comment
But
it
is
Unofficially
j
Reported
That
There
is
Little
Chance
of
Meeting
Request
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
25:
The
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities
is
urging
the
provincial
government
to
increase
the
income
tax
levies
materially
with
a
view
to
bringing
revenue
to
the
provincial
treasury
and
restoring
money
grants
to
the
municipalities
or
relieve
them
of
some
of
the
social
services
or
other
costs.
Such
was
the
recommendation
made
to
Acting
rariT-iHiriTTm
IT
Premier
A.
Wells
Oray
yesterday
KKrlVllrK
IN
b?
Reeve
William
Crouch
of
Saan-
X
J.YIlTJ.JtXUXV
All
BROCKVILLE
BROCKVILLE.
Ont,
January
2
(Canadian
Press)
Enroute
t.
Montreal
after
attending
the
re
cent
Dominion-provincial
Inter
governmental
conference
at
Ottawa,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
of
British
Columbia
is
spending
today
here
visiting
with
relatives.
He
plans
to
return
to
Victoria
by
the
end
of
the
month.
I
lch
and
Mayor
David
Leemlhg
of
i
'
Victoria
as
representatives
of
the
Union.
No
comment
came
from
the
gov-
emment
but
it
was
unofficially
Columbia's
Prime
Minister'
ported
that
there
was
little
chance
Pavuir
Visit
With
Relatives
in
i
of
meeting
the
request.
Ontario
City
Today
It
was
stated
that
the
government
might
send
a
counter-dele-
tBatWH
;to
the
-umorrs
'"gatherlris;
here
later
in
the
month
to
plead
the
cause
of
the
treasury.
TORTURE
;
SLAYING
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
'
Investigating
Case
in
Northern
.Manitoba
WINNIPEG.
Jan.
25:
(CP)
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
have
secured
a
signed
statement
by-Indian
eye-witnesses
of
a
torture-killing
of
a
demented
Indian
in
Northern
Manitoba
early
this
winter,
it
is
learned,
an
officer
having
been
dispatched
north
to
further
Investigate
the
case
known
to
the
natives
as
"weetigo."
According
to
the
statement,
the
madman,
believed
by
the
natives
to
be
possessed
of
an
evil
spirit,
was
tied
to
a
dog
sleigh
and
left
outside
where
he
froze
to
death.
save
where
gutted
and
iced,
had
been
revoked.
A
special
.
j;lend$
made
MJ;
f,ersu.rln
j
tj.
.
iir
provision
for
the
cleaning
and
gutting
of
pinkjalnj
J
HlStOHC
Woman
Of
Ontario
Passes
Mrs.
Harriet
Mclntyre,
Aced
83,t
Granddaughter
ot
General
Brock's
Aide-de-Canip
i
NIAOARA
FALLS.
Jan.
25:
Mrs.
Harriet
Mclntyi.
aged
83.
grand-j
daughter
of
Liectt.
John
Smith,
I
aide-de-camp
to
General
Brock
at
the
Battle
of
Queen
itown
Heights,
Ontario
Province.
u
dead
here.
4
CANADA
AND
BRITAIN
4
RECOGNIZE
MENDIETA
t
GOVERNMENT
IN
CUBA
OTTAWA,
Jan,
25:
Canada
has
eiven
official
reeocnltlon
Prince
Mdvani
and
j
to
the
new
Cuban
government
Bride
to
Be
United
!
simultaneously
with
Oreat
Again
in
Yokohama
Britain,
it
was
stated
yester-
day.
The
British
government
YOKOHAMA,
Japan,
Jan.
25:
yesterday
formally
recognized
Reunion
of
Prince
Alexis
Mdvani
the
new
government
of
Cuba
and
his
pretty
princess,
the
former
;
under
President
Carlos
Men-
Barbara
Hutton.
American
five
j
dieta,
the
United
States
also
and-ten
heiress,
will
occur
in
Yoko
having
given,
Its.
official
re-
hnm.i
n
nianned
followlnc
their
cognition
yesterday.
arrival
from
the
United
States
de
Spite
reports
to
tlif
contrary
l
"
u
r
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