ed
by
the
sheriff
for
unjwia
vua.
RELIEVING
OF
DROUGHT!
Aridity
Will
Offset
General
Relief
Decline
In
Canada
U.
S.
to
Spend
.Millions
OTTAWA.
Aug.
14:
Decline
in
the
figures
of
those
receiving
direct
relief
In
Canada
during
July
to
a
scant
million
Is
more
than
offset
hv
rtrmiffht
relief
requirements,
it
is
pointed
out
by
the
Department
or
Labor.
U.
S.
Relief
Plans
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
14:
Presi
dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
ummoned
relief
officials
to
the
uiiltp
House
nnd
there
are
indica
tions
that
the
United
States
will
alm
wneat
acreage
spend
more
than
the
expected1"
d"rtn
the
years
1927
to
1932,
!
dropping
any
plan
to
cut
tt
fifteen
$250,000,000
in
the
fight
against
drought
British-Israel
Society
Plans
Winter
Season
The
British
Israeal
Society,
at
Its
regular
monthly
meeting
last
night,
considered
the
program
of
speakers
and
activities
for
the
coming
winter
season,
also
engag
ing
in
a
general
discussion
of
mat
ters
of
interest.
Robert
Gordon
was
In
the
chair
In
the
absence
of
the
president,
J.
G.
Johns.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Rainier,
32,000
pounds,
Atlln,
3
6c
and
3.5c.
Canadian
Capo
Spear.
11,000,
refused
4.5c
nnd
3.5c,
holding
over.
The
Free"
i
GESTURE
BY
ARGENTINA
Expected
To
Announce
Fifteen
Pertent
Wheat
Acreage
Cut
At
London
Conference
LONDON,
England,
August
14:
It
is
predicted
that
the
Argentine
will
make
an
important
"peace
gesture"
at
the
international
wheat
conference
opening
today
"
"""uv.s
an
acreage
reduction
of
at
least
fifteen
percent.
No
Change
in
U.S.
WASHINOTO.
D.
C.
August
14
The
Unrted
States
farm
admin'
Istratlon.
it
is
reportec.
is
likely
!
percent.
GOV'T
TO
BUY
LAND
Poorer
Agricultural
Areas
In
U.
S
To
Be
Retired
From
Production
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Aug.
14:
The
United
States
government
is
about
to
start
a
huge
land
buying
program
so
that
industrial
workers
can
have
better
and
cheaper
vaca
tlons
and
It
Is
said
to
be
an
lm
portant
phase
of
the
plan
to
retire
poor
land
from
agriculture.
Miss
Marie
Wikan
of
Petersburg,
Alaska,
returned
on
the
Princess
Louise
yesterday
to
her
home
In
thet
north,
having
come
here
to
meet
her
grandfather.
Johan
E.
Fatten
of
Trondhjem.
Norway,
who
ar-
rived
in
the
city
by
rail
last
week!
from
the
Old
Country,
and
who
will
pay
a
visit
at
Petersburg.
Government
Ratified
Compromise
Basis
for
Settlement
of
Arrears
'.
Portion
of
Unpaid
Taxation
May
be
Waived
Providing
1
Remainder
is
Immediately
Remitted
Is
Only
City
to
Get
Power
VICTORIA,
Aug.
14:
(CP)
Power
to
deal
with
taxpayers
in
arrears
on
a
compromise
basis
has
been
conferred
upon
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
of
Prince
Rupert
in
a
bylaw
which
received
the
approval
of
the
provincial
government,
yesterday.
The
plan
will
be
applicable
to
unpaid
taxes
either
on
land
or
improvements.
The
Commis-
iioner
will
be
able,
where
It
Is
deemed
desirable,
to
waive
payment
of
any
portion
of
unpaid
taxes
in
consideration
of
immediate
pay-1
tnent
of
remainder
of
the
taxes
on
!
.he
property.
!
So
far
Prince
Rupert
Is
the
only
city
to
apply
for
this
power.
Stock
Prices
Rally
Monday
Gains
of
From
Fractions
to
Three
Points
Yesterday
Following
Week-End
Break
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
14:
Stock
prices
made
a
slow
advance
yesterday
under
the
leadership
of
railway
shares
which
gained
from
one
to
five
points,
other
sections
being
up
from
fractions
to
three
points.
The
rally
followed
a
bear
raid
abroad
on
the
American
dollar
at
the
end
of
the
week
which
caused
a
wide
break
in
government
bonds,
silver
stocks
being
the
best
performers.
Today's
Weather
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
westerly
wind;
barometer.
30.16;
tempera
ture.
68;
sea
choppy.
Triple
Island
Clear
westerly
wind;
light
chop.
Langara
Island
Clear,
fresh
westerly
wind;
light
chop.
Eric
Paulsen,
Juneau
threatre
manager
was
a
passenger
aooaru
the
Prince
George
today
going
through
for
a
trip
to
Seattle.
Ernest
J.
Colton
Acclaimed
as
the
best
radio
singer
In
British
Columbia
who
will
be
in
Frlnce
Rupert
with
the
Home
Gas
OpUmlsts
at
the
forthcoming
carnival.
Japanese
Gets
Month
in
Jail
ilyosuke
Nagata
Convicted
of
Per
juring
Himself
in
Order
to
Get
Fishing
Licence
.HyosuktHagata,
-Japanese,
has.
seen
sentenced
to
one
month's
imprisonment
by
Stipendiary
Magis-
rate
Andrew
Thompson
in
provincial
police
court
on
a
charge
of
jerjury.
Nagata
was
convicted
of
'laving
sworn
out
a
false
affidavit
lo
the
effect
that
he
was
a
natur-tlized
Canadian
in
order
to
obtain
a
flsning
licence.
Striking
Truck
Drivers
in
St.
Paul
Win
Round
ST.
PAUL.
Minn.,
Aug.
14:
Martial
law
in
this
city
was
upheld
by
hree
federal
courj
judges
in
a
de-Ision
filed
in
the
district
court
lere.
The
decision
is
interpreted
as
i
victory
for
the
striking
truck
drivers.
moderatcThirty
Russians
In
Manchuria
In
Custody
of
Japs
1
HARBIN.
Manchuria.
Aug.
14:
Thirty
Russians
have
been
arrested
as
a
result
of
the
discovery
of
a
plot
to
assassinate
Japanese
railway
officials.
Two
Killed
and
Six
Wounded
In
Break
From
Pen
BATON
ROUGE,
La..
Aug.
14:
Two
convicts
are
reported
to
have
I
been
killed
and
six
wounded
by
;
gunfire
at
the
week-end
when
13
prisoners
broke
away
from
the
state
penitentiary
at
Angola.
I.
BRITISH
ARMY
IS
TO
BE
MODERNIZED
LONDON.
Aug.
14:
British
Army
equipment
and
organl-
zatlon
Is
to
be
modernized
soon.
Every
soldier
will
carry
an
automatic
rifle
and
there
will
be
no
horses
in
artillery.
f
:r
Today's
Weather
1
Tomorrow's
Tides
mt
wml
Rupert
-
Clear,
light
High
3:45
ajn.
18.4
It.
Prince
wind;
barometer.
3052;
16:05
pjn.
19.6
It.
rUi-west
Low
10:01
zm.
5.4
ft.
87;
sea
smooth.
temperature,
22:36
pjn.
53
It.
j,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Wt
'
vdXXlV
No.
189.
-Sf
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
14,
1934
PRICZ:
FIVE
CENTS
1
t-i
More
Tie
Contracts
During
Winter
MOKE
POWERS
FOR
COMMISSIONER
IN
TAX
COLLECTING
Jobs
To
Be
Available
In
Central
Interior
for
Men
Wanting
Them
Expansion
in
Timlcr
Industry
of
This
District
is
Antici
pated
by
Provincial
Relief
Investigator
in
Making
Statement
VICTORIA,
Aug.
14:
(CP)
Due
to
expected
expansion
Plotting
contract
in
northern
and
central
British
l
:
1
;a
next
winter
there
will
be
opportunity
for
place-r;t
i
f
many
men
who
want
to
work,
H.
M.
McGeough,
-
nl
roief
investiimtor.
stated
yesterday.
There
will
te
v.
ru
for
tie-cutters
by
trade
r
-'razors,
it
is
anticipated.
BRITAIN
FEARFUL1
hm
of
Old
Country
SUM
Uneasy
Our
War
Cloud
In
Far
East
Aug
I4.ir-t)waslnes
-
Fur
Eastern
situation
was'
c
:k
n
nrlttsh
press
yetttr-
f.
A.
;gh
many
papers
ex-.
U'Uon
over
the
send-,
nportant
British
econo-1
to
Manehoukuo.
war
jpled
a
more
promln-
rommcnt
Death
Prevents
a
Plan
to
Kidnap
Lady
Flavelle
Ton:iNTO.
Aug
14:
James
'
'
1
irged
along
with
two
'3
w
'.h
conspiracy
to
kidnap
F
M
Lean.
Canada
Packers
'
'-jvx
a
plot
was
laid
to
.1
La
y
FlaTcllc
two
years
ago
'
.ifh
Intervened.
Building
Of
Airdrome
Is
Under
Fire
SATT.T
8TE
MARIE.
Aug.
14:--
M-
"
Jumrx
x
Lyons,
former
nun-
'
rf
ands
and
forests,
at
an
In-
"'
.
'
.
the
administration
of
u
c.
mo
air
service,
said
the!
!
"'
.1
f
building
an
airdrome
i
x
'
M,'
nrlshhnrhnnH
nf
ISO
000.
v.dued
at
$30,000
being
pur
:V
'd
by
him
from
the
Lyons
Fuu
c
MINI8TEII
Of
NATIONAL
HIAKMJt;
COMING
llf.UK
Hon
p..
C.
Matthews,
who
beramn
minister
of
naUonal
inr
ri.i..J.
..I
A
.
.
.
T
mrmti.M
I
,"onu
ao
following
the
re-
cement
of
the
late
Hon.
eu.
":kman.
and
Hugh
D.
Scully,
'-ommiwioner
of
customs,
are
T
Ml
Trln..
.
I
iv,.
upcrt
towards
Jje
end
0f
this
month
"
"le
course
of
a
western
J
y
It
will
be
the
first
visit
deral
cablnet
minister
to
r.
.
4
rlnce
R"Pcrt
In
some
time.
as
well
as
for
settler
sub-
PRINCE
OF
SPAIN
DIES
Infante
Gonuto,
fourth
Son
of
King
Alfonso,
Succumbs
following
"
Car
Accident
KRU.MPKNDORf.
Carynlhla,
Anuria,
Aug.
II:
Infante
C.on-talo,
ated
20,
fourth
on
of
Es
King
AlfonM
of
Spain
and
queen
Victoria,
died
here
yesterday
following
an
automobile
accident
when
his
sister,
the
Infanta
llea-trice.
aged
25,
ran
an
automobile
into
a
stone
wall
to
avoid
hitting
blcjcle.
Like
other
male
members
of
the
Spanish
Royal
family,
(Ion-talo
was
a
sufferer
from
haemophilia,
a
bleeding
disease,
and
this
was
In
part
responsible
for
his
death.
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg
October.
.88
"4.
December.
.89
ft.
May.
M.
Chicago
September.
1.03.
December.
1.06.
New
York
Exchange
U.
S.
Steel.
34.
American
Can.
97'
.
Allied
Chemical.
127.
American
Telephone,
112.
Union
Pacific,
08.
New
York
Central.
21'
British
101111(1
and
rnnmli.ni
Dollar
on
New
York
Exchange
L
NE7W
YORK.
Aug.
14:-The
Btt-nh
nmiiid
sterling
closed
at
$5,114
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
mar
vel
vMterdav
and
the
Canadian
dollar
at
$1.02T.
m
r
writ
RAL
.
Aug.
14:
The
ml
ulerllne
was
trading
at
$4.96
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
mar,,t
vpsterdav
ana
uic
uimvu
States
dollar
at
07
3-10c.
One
Man
Killed
In
Riot
in
Ireland
After
Seizure
rnntr
IrMnnd.
Allg.
14:
OnC
..J.
fniniiv
lnlurcd
nnd
sev-
i
ii,.m
hurt
in
a
riot
during
a
sale
of
entile
which
had
been
seiz
United
States
Planes
Coming
Out
of
Alaska
I
United
States
Army
airplanes,
after
a
(light
to
Alaska,
landed
at
Juneau
yesterday
on
their
way
back
to
Washington.
It
is
not
known
whether
or
not
they
will
pass
over
here
on
their
way.
It
Is
a
squadron
of
United
States
Navy
planes
which
is
due
here
next
week
enroute
to
San
Diego.
Today's
Stocks
(Coun,
)
8
O.
JoTviion
Oo.)
Vancouver
Alexandria,
J02Vx.
Dayview.
.Ol'.i.
B.
C.
Nickel,
.91.
Dig
Missouri,
J3.
Bralorne,
15i0.
Drldge
River
Con,
.13.
B.
R.
.99.
Butte
I.
X.
L,
.13.
Cariboo
Quartz,
125.
DunwelL
21.
Dentonia,
3.
Oeorgla
RiverOK
Oolconda,
Atfaf?
Hercules,
.044.
Indian,
.03
(askl.
Mlnto,
21.
Meridian,
.Ofl'i.
,
Morning
Star.
.17.
Native
Son.
.014.
NaUonal
Silver,
.05
(ask).
Noble
Five.
.08Vi-Pend
Oreille.
.75.
Porter
Idaho,
.10
(ask).
Premier,
157.
Reward,
.04
Vi.
Reno,
.97.
Stiver
Crest,
.024.
Salmon
Gold,
.15.
Taylor
Bridge.
.41.
Wayside.
.074-Waverly
Tangier.
.01
United
Empire.
20.
'
Toronto
Central
Patricia,
.94.
Chibougamau,
.10.
Lee
Gold.
.10.
Oranada,
.61.
Macassa,
2.67.
Noranda.
43.00.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
.70.
Slsco,
2.48.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.50.
Ventures,
.93.
Lake
Maron.
.084.
Teclc
Hughes.
6.80.
Sudbury
Basin.
1.60.
Columarlo,
.28.
Smelter
Gold,
25.
Can.
MalarUc.
.63.
Little
Long
Lac.
7.00.
Astoria
Rouyn.
.09.
Stadacona,
.304-Maple
Leaf.
23.
Pickle
Crow.
153.
Long
Lac
Lagoon,
.41.
Manitoba
it
Eastern,
.344-Murwood,
.34
Vi.
Inter.
Nickel.
25.20.
Noranda,
43.00.
Tcck
Hughes.
6
80.
Dome,
44.00.
Eldorado,
2.85.
Holllnger,
19.10.
C.
P.
Rh
135i.
Can.
Ind.
Alcohol,
8.
H.
Walkers.
24.
Brazilian,
B!b.
Ford
A.,
204.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.10.
Amalgamated,
.07.
C.
tt
E..
.73.
Calmont,
.07.
Dalhousle,
.30.
Fabyan
Oil..
.00
Vs.
Freehold,
.07.
Home
OH.
100.
Merland,
.22.
Mar
Jon,
.06.
United
Oil,
.05.
"The
Land
of
Pretty
M;.-;
Erw
Mossr
an
exile
Nazi
from
Germany
sao
nas
been
living
in
Paris
for
more
than
a
year,
is
shown
with
her
15-months-olo.
daughter
as
she
arrived
on
the
S.S.
Manhattan
at
New
York,
where
she
was
greeted
by
her
husband.