Today's Weather V. mmln Theosophical Society Head Tomorrow's Tides rrlncc nupert Overcast, fresh 0uthcat wind; barometer. 29.20; High f. 11:14 ajti. 20.0 ft. temperature. 40; sea moderate. 23:51 pjn. 18.5 ft. Low 5:02 am. 7.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 17:48 p.m. 5.8 ft. - - r . . XXIV No. 256. DlSASmUS - " " rmS& FIRE a A , ,. T . . PREMIER CANADIANHaILEMPLO yees get Power House Burned At Northern Camp Operations Continue Loss is Placed at $200,000 uniy icmporarily Disrupted, ; Following Conflagration NThW ART, Nov. 3: No. 1 power house of the Premier mine here was burned to the ground last night with da-mane estimated at $200,000 covered by insurance. As a result the entire mining operation of the company will be temporarily tied up. Two hundred and fifty men are em- "ployed at the well known property T J ' Ci I 1 UUdjf 5 UlOCKS IC urv.j B I) JoKtuVoo fto. Vancouver ; U.i .wrw. .01. 11, ( Nickel, .45. KU Missouri. J3, Dritllan. 2.05. nulonic. 13.00. It Com. sn. H. R X, M, Butt I X. L. M. CaHtw QuirU,F.ttV- - Drntunla, J9. Dunwell. .16. Ororala River. .01. t.olconda. .23. Hrrrulra Cost JOZ. I'-Jlan. .01. Minlo. ,17. Mi ririlan, .10. Morning 8Ur, .12H. National Silver, .03). Noblr five. m. r ml Oreille, ,45. iMrtcr Idaho, .08. I'rmlcr. 121. Rward. .04. Hrno, .18 Ifc. p 'ver Crest. ,01 fc. Salmon Gold, .10. Taylor Bridge, .23. W.ij.Hlde. .08. Whitewater. .04 Vi. Waverly Tangier. .00. Glacier Creek, D5V4. Suited Empire, .11. Toronto Central Patricia, .98. n.lbougamau, .07. I Oold, .08, Granada. JO. Inter Nickel, 22.50. Macassa, 2.70. Noranda. 33.50. Khcrrltt Gordon, .47. &i o. 2.58. Thompson Cadillac, .33. Venture. .87. 1 ake Maron, .03. Tfk Hughes, 4,10. fiudbury DaMn, 1.15. Columarlo, .23. Smelters Oold, .23. Can, Malartlc, .58. Little Long Lie. 0.05. Astoria Rouyn. .04. Stadacona, 2&t,f Maple Leaf, .10. ''Irklc Crow, 1,73. Lr,IU Lac Lagoon, .14. Manitoba ti Eastern, .23. Oils A I' Con.. .07. Amalgamated, .00U. c R. .00. Ualliouslp, .23. r'frchold, .05. Merlaiid, .20. M-r Jon, .10. Ul"ll, .03. HAlt SILVER I NW YORK. Nov. 3: (CP)-Bar wcr closed nt 53Uc per ounce on Jlc 'ocal mclalmarkct yesterday.' topped back to 53c today. . Production is Expected to Be H U not known a yet. of course, the fire may have on me cuinpany s poucy wim respect to future operation here although It Is expected the power plant will be re- built and operation! continued. The assistant general manager of the company. B. F. Smith, Is at present In Vancouver, having left for the south on Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Smith. The fire originated from the ex. haust Igniting the walls. "Within three minutes It enveloped the whole bulldln gin a mass of 'flames. The time was 8 p.m. Equipment lost included six die- el engines and one Pclton wheel developing some 2280 horsepower. Only desperate efforts of every-onc'avallablc saved the loss of No. 2 power house with the hydro plant having capacity of some six hun-Ired horsepower, five hundred feet distant and connected by covered alk. A general alarm was sounded Immediately and all men were pulled off shifts to fight fire. Community lights came on again at 1 o'clock this morning. The hydro okmt was saved plus two delscls at 'he mine developing three hundred horsepower. This makes available wme nine hundred horsepower (or rrylng on until the destroyed plant can be replaced. It Is understood that production will be maintained at maximum possible with efforts 'to operate at last part of the concentrator. In the absence of the manager no official statement Is available lo cally. Trading in New York Livens Up Volume Increases and General ('aim In Prices of Various issues Recorded NEW YORK, Nov. 3: With volume of trading heavier than for several days and a number of Issues making vigorous advances In response to a better tone in industrial news. 650,000 shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday and prices generally were stlffcr. The Industrial average at closing was 84.42, up .96; rails. 34.73. up .47; utilities, 19.26, up .22, and bonds, 03.20, up .04. President Extends Auto Code of NRA WASHINGTON, DC. Nov. 3: President president Franklin r raiiKun D. u, htokh Roosevelt h yesterday extended to February 1 next without change the automobile code under the National Recovery Act. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATUR DAY NOVEMBER 3, 1934 Bishop Oeorge S. Arundale new president of the Theosophlcval Soci ty with his wife Mrs. Rukdinl Arundale hJgh caste Indian, wa.n he married 14 years ago wiien was5. as to y arrived In London on a world tour Note the caste mark on Mrs Arundale's for head, DELEGATE THANKED Work of M. P. McCaffery at Victoria Recently, Acknowledged by Clumber of Commerce At the meeting of the Chatnoer of Commerce last night a vote of thanks was extended to M. P. Mc-Caffery for his excellent work at Victoria recenUy In connection with securing the concession to export hemlock logs from Prince Rupert and also in connection with securing the exemption from the gas tax and other regulations for the local fishing boats and other matters. Mr. McCaffery, In acknowledging the vote, spoke of the question of the gasoline tax. lie had discussed the matter at length with the minister of finance and one of his best talking points was the competlUon with Ketchikan where fuel could be purchased on the way to the fishing grounds. Tills argument did not ap ply to trolling boats. Mollisons Are Returning Home Famous British Flying Pair on Way Rack to England After Failure In Big Air Race KARACHI. India, Nov. 3: (CP) Capt. and Mrs. James A. Molllson, who were prevented from continuing beyond Allahabad In the re cent England to Melbourne air derby on account of engine trouble, have passed here on their way back to England in their de Havlland Comet plane which has been repaired. Morocco Having Bubonic Plague Three Cases of Dread Disease Break Out Special Precautions to Prevent Spread , MOROCCO, Nov. 3: Special precautions are being taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of ,ihe dread" bubonic plague, threo 'cases of which have been discovered: In Morocco. The outbreak Is be- lievcd lo be due to tainted food, Legislation'!11 oeaiuon rassea British House of Commons Overcomes Labor Opposition to Tut ! Through Contentious Bill LONDON, Nov. 3: Crushing La-' bor Party opposition, the British' VICT0RIA, Nov. 3: There was House of Commons last night ap-,no tuheT ne-s "P to last night in proved leglslaUon of the NaUonal , regard to James Lawler and government to regulate seditious influence in British armed forces.-The vote was 241 to 65. Son is Born To Joan Blondell Popular Screen Actress Became Mother at Hollywood Yesterday And is Doing Well HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 3: A fine seven-pound boy was born yester day to Joan Blondell, popular screen actress, who. In private life, is Mrs. George Barnes. Mother and child were reported to be doing nicely at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Admissions Made At Insull Trial Chicago Court Hears How Affairs Of Utilities Company Were Misrepresented CHICAGO. Nov. 3: Samuel In sull Jr. made damaging admissions yesterday at the trial In which he and other co-defendants are charged with using Uie malls to defraud as to how affairs of his utilities enterprises had been misre presented to the stockholders. Once he had received a salary of $500,000 annually but now he was penniless Insull said. Storm Warning On Lower Mainland VANCOUVER, Nov. 3: A general storm warning was issued last night in anticipation of a southeast gale. All along the lower coast yes 'tcrday there was rain. part of cut restored and Wife NQTRACE x jg pQUND Nothing: Seen of CapL James Lawler And James Thomas Since t Wreck of Packer James Thomas, who have been missing since the British Columbia Packers fish packer Chuckwalla was wrecked on a reef near Ahousat, west coast of Vancouver Island, three days ago. Lawler, a native of Newfoundland, has a wife and two sons in Vancouver. Thomas' home was also In Van-, couver. HANSON TO MINISTRY M. P For New Brunswick to Consult With Wife in Regard to Acceptance OTTAWA, Nov. 3: (CP R. B. Hanson M.P., after a conference here yesterday with Premier R. B. Bennett, was on his way home to New Brunswick last night to consult with his wife as to whether or hot he would accept a seat In the federal cabinet which has been offered him. He stated that he would make his decision within a day or so. Mr. Hanson Is reported to have been offered the portfolio of trade and commerce in succession to Hon. H. H. Stevens, who resigned at the end of last week. t Pound Sterling and Canadian Dollar New York Exchani NEW YORK. Nov. 3: The British pound sterling closed at $4.98s8 on the local foreign exchange market yesterday, up !4C. The Canadian dollar closed at $1.02 ''4. up l-32c. Funeral Notia The funeral of the late Mrs. Mar- First Wage Increase , Coming On January 1 i and Second on May 1 Agreement For Gradual Reduction in Difference From ' Basic Rate Following Conference Today Between Companies and Employees MONTREAL, Nov. 3: (CP) At the conclusion of con-' Terences between the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways and certain classes of employees, an .agreement was reached today for a gradual reduction in 'nay cuts from fifteen to ten percent after January 1. The - - a.eductlons after the first of the year OBSERVING ; ARMISTICE Vancouver to Have Ceremonies on Sunday To Have Non-Reli- I gious Observance VANCOUVER, Nov. 3: Armistice i Day?iU be observed on Sunday. "No-, vember 11 here. On the Monday stores will remain open and business will be carried on as usual. Archbishop A. U. DePencier of the Anglican archdiocese of New West minster announced yesterday that" he would not attend the Armistice Day proceedings at the cenotaph here this year and also that he had resigned from the committee on arrangements following the dec!--Christian, C. C. Mills. Charles Cur-slon to make a non-religious obser-jrle and George Arnold, vance of the occasion. Ex-service men's organizations In ' . Vancouver yesterday took control of plans for observing Remem brance Day at the cenotaph and decided to delete all religious refer ences from the program and to fol-'ow the model used in Ottawa. Archbishop DePencier protested at deleting the religious references and, when overruled, resigned chairmanship of the sub-committee in rharce of arranpment "T win : not attend the services. They have ! practically asked me not to," the Archbishop stated. The veterans took Friday's action after receiving an announcement from Archbishop William Duke of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver that the Roman Catholics could take no part In the ceremonies unless the committee rescinded its religious arrangements. CRISIS IN MINISTRY Depends Upon Herriot Whether Premier Doumergue's Cabinet In France Shall Remain PARIS. Nov. 3: The French cabinet faces a crisis today on the question of approval of Premier Gaston Doumergue's new constitutional reform program. Unless Former Premier Edouard Herriot, who at first expressed opposition, agrees on the Issue, it appears that Doumergue's ministry may fall. "No Work. No Helief" Washington Policy OLYMPIA, Nov. 3: "No work, no relief." has been adopted bv the Washtngton'state go.-trnment as Us garct Nyholm will take place on official po'.lcv .egard to future Monday at 2 o'clock, from the chapel dispensation of unemployment re-of the B. C. Undertakers. lief in the state. PRICE: FIVE CENTS i MINE w-ill be twelve percent instead of jfuteen percent from basic rates and on May 1 the cut will be further re duced to ten percent. NEW MEMBERS ARE ELECTED Prince Rupert Chamber of Com-AreTfinTLSSfNlghi Thje membership committee of the Chamber of Commerce, headed by Paul Armour, seems to have started out pretty well for, at last night's meeting of the chamber six new applications for membership were accepted, these being from Fted Wesch, Robert Gordon. Tony Timbermen To Handle Effort Log Shipments At the meeUng of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last nignt. weidon McAfee reported Pr8ress in connecUon with the Ior export efforts. The matter was now being handled by the local Tlmbcrx men's Association, the members be ing Olof Hanson. M. P. McCaffery, O. W. Nickerson, J. R. Morgan anil himself, with two or three Interior operators. A further meeting would be held next week when the association, would elect officers and try to organize the work. It was pointed out by President John Dybhavn that the Chamber ol Commerce had to approve any shipments made. This was part of thr order and was for the purpose of safeguarding local Interests. No Trace is Found Of Missing Indian Police Officers Return From iuin-nemas After Search For Joseph Rush Last evening Dominion Constable A. J. Watklnson, accompanied by Constable Victor Bond of the provincial police, returned aboard the Indian Department launch. Nas-keena from a trip to Qulnnemas Bay. the scene of a reported drowning or a Greenville Indian named Joseph Rush. Rush, who left Prlnco Rupert for the Naas River on the launch Mocking Bird with other Indians, Is supposed to have accidentally fallen overboard. No trace of the missing man was found.