1 Ik New Minister To Canada Appointed PARIS. July 28: -Raymond Bru- gure. counsellor of the French Em bassy at Brussels has ben named French minister to Canada suc ceeding Arsene Henry. Reeves McDonald, .13. Reward, .05 (ask). Reno, .89. Bllver Crest, .02. Salmon Gold, .10. Taylor Bridge, .42. Wayside, .07. Waverly Tangier. .0lti. United Empire. .14, bentonia. 46 Today's Weather "1 Tomorrow's Tides High 2:53 ajn. 22.1 ft. Prince Ilupert Clear, calm, barometer, 16:15 pjn. 20.8 It. 3050; temperature, 70; Low 10:01 a.m. 2.4 ft. sea smooth. 22:32 pm. 4.3 tt. NOUTUERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol XXIV. No. 175. . PKINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1S34 PRICE: FIVE CENTS BALLOON IS IN TROUBLE IN THE AIR AUSTRIAN REBELLION BEING PUT DOWN BY GOVERNMENT Bioadcast Heard Here From Balloon j 57,000 Miles Up In Stratosphere As Scientists r Were Talking , to Chicago MURDER TEN YEARS AGO nridtf Rlw Miner Urtrated Hlm-Ml( In Letter He Wrote Recently KAMLOOI. Jul J -Chanted with a murder at Robtln. Man.. ten yean afo. Mike Oluttyk M years ..f Hit. employed at the Pioneer Mm' at Uflfiar Hmr. wiu arrested ii Hif treth of a tetter he wrote wfks ao Now he la en route V Manitoba U face the charge Named as Slayer Of Policeman K'lNNlPBO. JuU 2 O D Jay-H' elf eortfewert ruf atore ban-l'' ywterdny namrrt bv a coronet iury M the slayr- f Sergeant t i,i Verne of St Domfar'- Major Cutler and Associates Plainly Heard by Local People Over Short Wave as They Explored Upper Regions Balloon in Difficulties Local people this morning heard over short wave radio communications passing between Major Cutler and his two associates, Captain Cutler and Captain Stephens who ncunded to a great height into the stratosphere by bal-! loon, the latest height mentioned being 57,000 feet, and i people on the ground. They spoke first at 9 o'clock this morning to the National Ocogra- . . i ' phlc representative at Washington Later they convened with Chicago At 11 ft.ni Major CuUer aald the; were up 48.W0 feet. About 1:30 they Main converse but with considerable difficulty The balloonist reported UwU the were up ilJOW feet They were i difficult! wtth the balloon ralhei badly torn. The aald they wer eemlttf, dowaAut could not &ay how k... uxhU rtn it and nUnned li miles of North Platte and people mere were asked to lend any pos sible assistance. The last heard was that the balloon was stationary in the stratosphere. Scheme to Refund Prince Rupert Bonds Under Way For Purpose of Reducing Present Interest Rate inurnal nublished in New York, has in a recent issue an outline of the Prince Rupert bonded of the citv it .a move to refund the indebtedness rate of interest that the city could pay. The article follow s . In response to our request for a confirmation regarding the report that bondholders of the City of Prince Rupert, D C would be asked to agree to a plan providing for the payment of a flat interest rate of iri on the n'vs obligations. Commissioner W. t Alder writes as follows: At the time of my arrival here on May 15. 1033. there was In arrears 'vcr $50,000 tor interest, and a similar amount due for salaries and un paid a-counts. All interest today ha: been puld or provided for. and Great Increase Motor Car Sales In Month of June OTTAWA, July 28. -Sales at re-tall of new passenger cars, trucks and busses in Canada during June show an increase of 535 In numbers and 54.3 s In value over June 1933. FORCE IS ONLY WAY there are no floating debts. n..riiiB the difficult period than they aW P Muol.! fcy.lS.nmtlc Mr-th l"ce Useless In Austrian Situation ROME. Italy. July 28 Premier Musuuiint believes any diplomatic action lu the Austrian situation Wlllllrl feu fll. l tin nll at nil through which we have Just passed I a large number of tne noiacrs ui vacant lots have been unaoic to pay M iaim and they have iaiien u h ritv with the consequent loss Manv of these lots were ..,nH hv lumulc in the United unsaw r . States and other parts oi uinaaa. which, while it lasted, was a great source of strength to the city. 1 have cut the expenses of the city to the At the some time streets, buildings and all utilities are being maintained In as good snape heretofore. t in hones that a refunding .,f thr munlclnal bonds at the same u " rate of interest as incy urc bearing would be sufficient, but 1 omrtiiailv come to the con- elusion that aU bonas issuw u now bearing interest at rates vary InB from to 7 should be re f.mrtnrf nn a basis of 4T, . i am suns i,nt Mip ritv would be able to pay that rate of interest and a small amount each year on me pu.ii., and I feel sure that when put on that basis Uicy would be more readily marketable, and bring a higher It will be with his army, It was said trlct In this, the auuiorttatively today. inuvKu.i ..f, dinirlct surrounding Prince Rupert is rich In natural resources. but It needs capital ior ucv.iuH-ment and an Infusion of new blood onfrniiP business of the dls IU "v . . , natural central (Oourtot.j 8 O Jotn.oo Ou.1 - - , Toronto Central Patricia, M. Uhlbougamau, .10V. Granada. .60. Inter. Nickel, 23.60. Macassa, 2.46. Noranda. 39.00. Sherrltt Oordon, .70. Slsco. 2J6. Thompson Cadillac, .46. Ventures. .78. Teck Hughes, 6.75. . Sudbury Basin, 1.40. Columario, 3Z. Smelter Oold, .28. 5 Canadian Malartic, .65, ' Little Long Lac, 6.30. Astoria Kouyn, .12. UUdacona, JO. Maple Leaf, 23. Pickle Crow, 1.43. Lonf Lac Lagoon, .31. Manitoba 6: Eastern. 22'. Sylvanitc. 222. Holllngcr. 17.90. Howey. 1.16. Con. Smelters, 13020. C. P. R.. 124. Loblaw A.. 16?8. Vancouver Alexandria, .05 -task). Dayvlcw. .01 Ks 11. C. Nickel, .70. Big Missouri, 22. :f f Bralorne. 15.40. Bridge River Con.. .15. B. R. X-. 1.06. Butte I. X. L., .13 (ask). Cariboo Quartz, 125. Dun well, .14. Ocorgla River, .OUi task). Oolconda, .32. Hercules, .D4. Indian, .02 task). Mlnto. .18. Meridian, .11. Morning Star. .15. Native Son, .02 (ask). National Sliver. .03. Noble Five. .06 tfc. Pend Oreille. .57. Porter Idaho. .08ft. f . Premier. 1.23. How Noted Scientist Would Outlaw War A ray wa;; proie-.cj :i ex vain; miles hieh around a country s borior- ts destrr- invading hostile aeroplanes. ta been announced by Nikola Tesla aiiove. famous inventor as h;. 78Ui birthday gift to the world for ouiUw;n? war Rivalling the fictional fantasies of Jules Verne H O Wells, and oier "Utopians", the electrical wizards plan, which he proposes to offer to the Geneva peace conference, would disable any attacking sky e by means lf fast moving ray particles despatched from tend' fortresses surrounding great cities or from ry machines on warships. Insurgent Nazis Driven Over the Border Today by Government Troops Rifles, Machine Guns and Bayonets Used in Quelling Disturbances in Austria Vienna is Quiet Following "Putsch" ! VIRNNA. Julv 28: The Government with rifles,.ma- chine guns and bayonets drove the insurgent Nazis over the Austrian border today. As in Vienna the slain Chancellor Engelbert Dolfuss was j eulogized in an impressive service, government troops in ' Styria were crushing the Nazi uprisings, forcing them to I . into Jugo-Slavia. , Fighting continued in Carinthia ATHlUDfc. i OF GERMANY BERLIN, July 28: Chancellor Hitler, aware of the hostile gaze of , the nations surrounding Germany. took extraordinary measures yes-i tcrday to placate Europe and wlm the friendship of Austria. He wrote j a letter U, Vice-Chancellor von Papen, who Is now minister to Vienna, expressing regret at the assassination of Chancellor Dolfuss. which Is practically a repu- i citation of the Nazis of Austria. f 1. SILVER PRICE TODAY NEW YORK. July 28: The price of sliver here today was 453.c an ounce where the Nails had been more suc cessful. Vienna is Quiet. Thousands have been paying homage to their dead leader. Yesterday the police smash-jed another attempted "Putsch" at ti-ip Austrian chancellory. Hitler Repudiates Action of Nails, Un to late yesterday casualties Of Austria In Letter to numbered more than one thousand Von Papen persons. It is estimated. Twelve Killed In Plane Crash Condor Machine Takes Fire and All Are Burned to Death After Fall of 3.000 Feet FRIEDRICKSHATON. Julv 20: Nine passengers and the craw of three of a Swiss Condor jaereplane were burned to death yawterday when the machine crashed from a height of 3.000 feet on German soil near Luke Coiisiaiio- PLANNING I FOR COLONY IN ALASKA Federal Relief Administration of U. S. Finds Million Acres of Land Suitable ANCHORAGE, July 28-After an extensive tour of the fertile Matun- juska farming area. Jacob Baker, assistant director of federal emer- 1 ft.nov roltof orfmlnletriflnn rpvprtl- jed today that he is considering the j feasibility of colonizing it with , families from the drought stricken north central states. Mr. Baker said he had found at least a million acres of fine farm lands available in the region un-, touched by drought. The chief 'trouble he said would be to find a ; market for the products but he j believed they could Introduce suitable crops for export giving Al askan shipping an outward Marshal of France Died Yesterday NANCY. France. July 28: -Louis Hubert Lyautey. Marshal of France, died here yesterday following an attack of pneumonia which he had resisted for several days. He was 80 years of age. Order For Arrest Former President HAVANA. July 28 A new order for the arrest of Gerardo Machado, former president of Cuba, several former members of his cabinet and others were Iwued by the national sanction ecmrt- vwrterriaj. ESCAPED IN OPEN DORY Five .Men Reach Land and Nine Are Still .Missing From Fishing Boat Astrid D. SYDNEY. N.S.. July 28: After drifting for four days in an open dory five fishermen arrived here today to reveal that nine other members of the crew of the schoon er Astrid W. had been adrift since Tuesday morning with scant food I rations and water supplies. They tabandoned the vessel one hundred 1 miles off Sydney a few minutes be fore she sank following an engine-room explosion. The fate of the missing nine remains a mystery. CLAXT0N IS TO REOPEN Will be Canning Fbh Monday Fire Said to Have Originated In Ammonia Pipes Passengers arriving on the Gardens last evening who were,present when the vessel was "'at Claxlcn cannery in the morning say the general opinion seemed to be that the fire originated from an escapement from the ammonia pipes. The vessel was just approaching the cannery about half past ten when the officers saw smoke coming from the cold storage power plant. Very soon the place was ablaze. At once Captain Georgeson ordered the lumps manned and every hose on he vessel was trained on the blaze. , i. i : , u j.ne cannery crew uu wutneu i will and in that way the fire was jrevented from spreading. The ;tore rooms were saved but the rower and freezing plant and jullding were destroyed together vith half a million pounds of fish jelonglng to Edmunds and Wa.ker. So estimate has reached here of the imount of damage. Operations at f.he cannery have stopped tempor-uily but it will be operaUng again when the fishing begins again Mon-tay. following the weekly closed period Halibut Arrivals Canadian Vera Beatrice. 15,000 lbs, 55c and 5c. Booth. Joe Baker. 9,000, 5.3c and 5c. PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVER. July 28: Wheat was quoted here today at 81sc a bushel. Time is Short For getting the most benefit from the price of $1.50 for - - The Daily News From Now Until Christmas Many have already subscribed. Every day sees a number taking advantage of the special offer. 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