today's
Weather
Prince
H
inert
Raining,
strong
southeast
wind;
barrjictcr,
29.50;
tcmpcroture.
45;
scr
h.
V
,
XXIV
No.
295,
Today's
Stocks
Alexandria.
.014.
llayvlew.
.01.
U.
C.
Nickel,
M.
Hir
MbmHirt.
Jtfc.
Ilradlan.
1M.
Ilraloriie.
HM.
II.
It.
urns..
.06
II.
U
X.
OoW.
.15.
larlboo.
I.M.
DnHonia.
28.
Dunwcll.
.154.
Georgia
Mvr.
Ol.
Glacier
Orrtk.
Ol'v
mange,
20.
llrrruioB,
.01
ft.
Indian.
.01.
Miuto.
.154.
Meridian.
.12.
Morning
Star,
.09
National
Silver,
MM
Noble
Five.
.O6V4.
Pend
Oreille.
.45,
Porter
Idaho.
.07V
"
Premier.
1.37.
Ilrward.
.03".
Iteno.
1.10.
Silver
Crest.
.01fc.
Salmon
Oold.
.63.
Taylor
Bridge,
50.
Wayside.
.084.
Whitewater,
.01
4.
Waverly
Tangier.
.01.
Untied
Empire.
.07.
Toronto
Central
Puttlela,
1.05.
Chlbougamau,
.00I4.
Lec
Oold,
.03.
Oranada.
.104-Inter.
Nickel.
2255.
Macassa,
252.
Noranda.
32.75.
Shcrrltt.
.45.
Blsco,
2.48.
McMillan.
Jl.
Ventures,
.05.
Tcck
IIURhcs,
3.02.
Sudbury
Ilaehl,
1.15.
Columarlo.
,09V4.
Smelter
Oold.
.15.
Can.
Malartlc,
.50.
Little
Long
Lad,
035.
Astoria
llouyn,
.02
Vi.
Stndncona,
.15.
Maple
Leaf,
.07.
Pickle
Crow,
1.72.
Long
Lac
Lagoon,
.15.
Man.
it
Eastern,
.14.
Mim
Buying
and
Price
Spreads
CommWsion
Starts
Investigation
Into
Textile
Industry
Bennett's
Promise
'Action
Necessary
to
Protect
People
Will
be
Taken,
Premier
Declares
In
Sprech
OTTAWA.
Dec.
20:
CP
The
royal
commission
on
mass
buying
and
price
spreads
has
commenced
Its
investigation
into
the
textile
Industry
with
examination
of
wit-,
ncs&es
In
regard
to
the
affairs
of
a
number
of
firms.
Quebec
silk
mills,
according
to
evidence
presented.
'
were
paying
wages
as
low
as
$2
and
S3
per
week.
!
Apparent
Infractions
of
the
Quebec
Minimum
Wage
by
one
of
the
ki
recti
silk
mills
In
the
country,
the
Associated
TexUles
of
Canada
Ltd..
were
reported
to
the
commission.
The
company
is
American-owned,
the
commission
was
Informed,
and
has
been
making
244
profit
on
,lt
capital.
Wages
did
not
average
I
more
than
$1258
per
week
for
this
'
company.
I
According
to
evidence,
the
silk,
I
mill
of
M.
E.
Blnz
Co.
Ltd.
of
Mont-Imargy.
Que,
paid
the
lowest
wages,!
I
fifty
percent
of
the
employees
receiving
less
than
$5
weekly
with
some
as
low
as
$2
weekly.
Itrnnrtt
Speaks
OTTAWA.
Dec.
20:
"The
day
of
the
robber
baron
Is
gone."
said
Pre
mier
Bennett
in
a
speech
here.
Mr.
Bennett
reiterated
a
previous
pro
mise
that
the
government
would
take
action
necessary
to
protect
the
people
when
the
report
of
the
commission
on
mass
buying
ana
(price
spreads
came
before
It.
Stock
Values
Pressed
Down
Trmtliicr
on
New
York
Exchange
Affected
by
Weakness
In
Utilities
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
20:--AU
on
the
New
York
Stock
Ex
change
yesterday
was
affected
by
he
Showdown
Being
Beached
in
Dis
pule
Involving
oLs
Angeles
Elrctrical
Workers
been
In
conference
with
the
na
tlonal
mediation
board
and
repre-1
sentatlves
of
the
employing
com-'
panics.
The
strike.
It
Is
hoped
now,
may
be
averted.
MYSTERY
OF
SHIPi;,
.Marine
Surveyors
Unable
to
count
For
Cape
Ortegal's
Plight
Ac-
VICTORIA,
Dec.
20:
(CPI
The
British
freighter
Cape
Ortegal,
which
was
reported
In
distress
off
Vancouver
Island
Sunday
night,
has
arrived
In
Victoria
with
a
twenty-five
degree
list
to
port
and
scuppers
awash
althqugh
her
deck
cargo
of
lumber
was
intact.
Marine
surveyors
are
so
far
at
a
loss
to
cxpjaln
the
cause
of
the
mishap
buVthey
believe
the
ballast
tanks
may
have
burst
It
will
be
necessary
to
unload
five
million
feet
of
lumber
from
the
ves
sel
before
repairs
can
be
made.
Gloria
Vanderbilt
Hates
Her
Mother
letter
Slav
Have
Child
Provided
Mrs.
Whitney
Agrees,
New
York
Judge
Rules
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
20:
Judge
weakness
In
utilities,
rails,
metals,
Carew
In
Superior
Court
here
has
j
.....trtni.
nisn
helnc
under
ruled
that
Mrs.
Olorla
Vanderbilt
."ft.aw''0'T
Z:r:
uT
nrbUon
la
m
have
her
little
daughl
rmo
mine
city
iron
1
me
.
m.u.
vcrnc
at
olorla.
over
Christmas
it
Mrs,
7'"t'8
train
,nna
sa,
BD.
.
-
"
'
wM
09.78i
off
1Iarry
Paync
whltney,
the
child's
the
steamer
Prince
George
for
Van.
guardian,
agrees.
The
nff
.65:
utilities,
aunt
at
ZC"JZl
Z
f.
1.
of
M
and
bonds,
95.35.
up
child
told
the
judge
that
she
"just
""""
.'"
-
hated"..
her
mother.
season.
-
.03,
NEWKIRK.
Okla.,
Dec.
20:
A
gusher.'
spouting
150
barrels
per
LOS
ANOELES,
Dec.
20:
Having
day.
has
just
been
brought
In
at
an
been
given
power
to
declare
a
strike
011
well
on
land
adjoining
the
farm
jf
electrical
workers
here
If
de-
near
here
of
Former
Vice-President
mands
of
Pacific
electrical
em-
Charles
Curtis.
ployces
are
not
met.
D.
A.
McKen-1
1
zlo.
vice-president
of
the
Brother-
,
1
i
hood
of
Railway
Employees,
has
,
WeSl
AUStnilici
Delegation
Is
Heard
bv
Lords
LONDON.
Dec.
20:
The
House
(of
Lords
on
Tuesday
heard
the
dele
gation
from
Western
Australia
hlch
Is
here
seeking
permission
to
secede
from
the
rest
of
the
Domin-
I
ion.
Further
Outbreaks
In
City
of
Havana
HAVANA,
Dec.
20:
-One
thousand
sollders
have
been
patrolling
thi
lty
list
night
following
further
rioting
outbreaks.
WRECKAGE
FROM
ULM
PLANK
IS
PICKED
UP?
HONOLULU.
Dec.
20:
Pieces
of
a
plane
strut
and
a
portion
f
of
veneer
board
seven
feet
long,
which
It
Is
believed
may
have
been
parts
of
the
Ill-fated
?
airplane
"Star
of
Australia."
in
which
Capt.
C.
T.
P.
Ulm
and
two
companions
were
lost
nearly
three
weeks
ago
on
a
hop
from
Oakland
to
Honolulu
e
In
the
course
of
a
projected
trans-Pacific
flight
to
ft
lift
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Photo
shows
Proluent
Kalimn,
RIGHT
foreground,
talking
with
th
-cap
of
collective
farm
briga-dlere.
or
leaders
of
the
collective
farm
work,
during
their
recent
co
rrncs
in
Moscow
on
means
of
Increasing
the
harvest
by
application
of
thi
latest
scientific
dlscov
:v
M.
I
Kalinin
told
his
visitors
In
the
conference
room
in
the
Kremlin
that
with
proper
man
?:ment
the
crop
ylelc
of
their
collective
grain
fields
should
reach
!6
h
n'"
w:
,
..3
p:r
12
aires.
STRIKE
IS
Big
Oil
GusheV
DISCUSSED
0nL,anil.N,e,
turns
Kancn
LINER
W
r
"
COLLISION
Canlena
Hits
Cannery
Tender
Down
Coast
and
Sinks
it
Telegraph
Disabled
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
20:
(CD-Union
Steamship
Co.'s
coast
liner
Cartlena,
northbound
from
Vancouver
to
Prince
Ilupert,
collided
with
the
Namu
cannery
freighter
MW.
II."
25
miles
south
of
Bella
Bella
today
but
the
cannery
boat's
crew
was
saved.
A
brief
report
to
the
company
here
said
that
the
starboard
telegraph
wire
of
the
Cardena
had
been
broken
and
the
ship
was
unable
to
answer
the
signal
"Co
Astern."
This
resulted
in
the
ramming
of
the
cannery
boat
wliv-h
was
towed
into
a
bay
where
she
sank.
Wealthy
Young
DELAWARE.
William
Gould
Man
Suicides
William
Gould
Hibbard
of
Delaware,
Ohio,
Relieved
to
Have
Taken
His
Own
Life
nbcM&Ilv
needed
Jirirciillvirf-aai
JAPAN
ASKS
Great
Britain
May
Make
Final
Ef
fort
to
Prevent
Armament
Race
Following
Adjournment
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
Following
the
official
announcement
of
abroga
tion
of
the
Washington
Naval
die.
young
man
of
this
city,
was
found
,
between
Great
Britain,
United
dead
ln
a
garage
here,
having
succumbed
to
the
effects
of
carbon
Aus-
'
Massctt
and
Prince
Rupert
and
cs-
would
agree
to
a
hew
conference
only
If
Japan
gives
up
Its
demand
1
tralla.
were
picked
up
yester-
1
peclally
Staff
Sergeant
A.
McNeill,
f
Yrroe
Moil
day
off
the
westernmost
Island
Constable
T.
D.
Brunton
of
Massett.'
Large
AniaS
ITlall
of
the
Hawaiian-
group.
A
Captain
Sam
Simpson
of
the
"Og-1
Toniqr
row's
Tids
High
Low
..
1:45
ajn.
19.2
ft.
13:17
p.m.
.21.7
It.
.
7:29
a.m.
8.8
ft.
20.10
pjn.
2.5
ft.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURS
DAY,
DECEMBER
20,
1934
PRICE;
race;
FIVE
five
CENTS
cents
GIRL
HELD
AFTER
KILLING
OF
CHILD
AT
PORT
ESSINGTON
British
Freighter
Has
Been
Badly
Damaged
In
Fierce
Ocean
Gale
Steamer
Benlawers
is,
However,
Able
to
Proceed
Under
Her
Own
Power
and
Is
Returning
to
Victoria
Part
Of
Deck
Cargo
Swept
Overboard
SEATTLE,
Dec.
20:
(CP)
Her
lifeboats
smashed,
ujcrstructure
damaged
and
much
of
her
deck
cargo
of
Jieavy
loga
torn
away
by
a
heavy
storm,
the
British
f
reigh-t.pr
Benlawers
was
creeping
towards
Victoria
today.
She
had
sent
out
wireless
calls
for
help
last
night,
saying
she
v
as
in
trouble
four
hundred
miles
southeast
of
Dutch
II
trtxir
while
bound
from
Portlands
.
Oiika
A
Japanew
freighter
r
i"Hl
to
the
rescue
and
the
United
"
-ate
coastguard
culler
TaJUpoaw
U
Juneau
early
today.
The
Ben--wcr
later
trelcsed
that
the
wu
turning
undei
her
own
power.
LOW
WAGES
IN
QUEBEC
Russians
Organize
For
Greater
Farm
Production
Graveyard
In
Skeena
River
Village.
Scene
0
Ghastly
Killing.
'
Under
Guard
at
Hospital,
Nina
Spalding,
Aged
19,
Kccov-j
ering
From
Knife
Wounds
Infant's
Head
Virtually
I
Severed
From
Body
in
Grim
Tragedy
,
I
Nina
Spalding;
nineteen-year
old
Indian
girl
of
Port
Essington,
is
being
held
under
guard
of
a
police
matron
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
suffering
from
stab
!
wounds
in
the
abdomen
following
a
tragedy
in
the
grave-.
yard
at
Port
Essington
about
noon
Wednesday
when
her
i
nine-month
old
child
was
slain
with
a
butcher
knife,
which
'is
now
in
the
possession
of
the
po-K.,
....
.
...
.
'
lice
the
head
having
beea
virtually
severed
from
the
body,
the
girl
having
then
supposedly
turned
the
weapon
on
herself.
Constable
Harold
Raybone
of
the
provincial
police
was
at
Port
Essington
at
the
time
with
the
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
8
and
was
advised
of
the
tragedy.
He
made
a
hurried
In-
i
vestlgatlon
before
bringing
the
'young
woman
into
Prince
Rupert
for
hospital
treatment,
which
was
PRISON
FOR
CLERGYMAN
Rev.
William
Welburn
of
San
Antonio
Gets
Seven
Years
For
Perjuring
Himself
SAN
ANTONIO?
Texas,
DtC"20-
Wflliam
Wflliam
WelbUItl,
Welburn,
former
fnlrf
that
thP
otrl
hnrl
nrlmlff
pH
.
ReT.
killing
the
child
and
attempting
clergyman,
for
perjuring
himself
In
suicide.
He
took
possession
of
theja
divorce
suit
here,
has
been
sen-butcher
knife
arid
brought
It
In
tojtenced
to
seven
years
Imprlson-headauarters.
arrivine
In
the
cltv
;
merit.
Welburn
swore
on
oath
that
at
4:30
yesterday
afternoon
with
the
;he
d
never
married
his
wife
and
patient.
jtnat
he
was
not
tne
tamer
01
per
Under
Instructions
from
Coroner
child.
Both
statements
were
dls-Norman
A.
Watt,
Inspector
J.
A.
proved.
Fraser
left
this
morning
for
Porti
"
Essington
to
take
charge
of
the
investigation
and
bring
In
the
body
of
the
child
for
Inquest.
Dr.
J.
P.
Cade,
who
Is
attending
the
Spalding
girl,
expressed
the
opinion
today
that,
barring
infection
setting
In,
she
would
recover.
She
is
unmarried.
FISHERMEN
AND
OWNERS
;
Halibut
Conservation
and
Liver
'
Contracts
Discussed
at
Meeting
S
Last
Night
w
4
nf
T7
Proposals
for
the
further
curtail-NrW
rtVKIrli
ment
of
catch
during
the
1935
J
,T&.AJ-U
X
ln
tne
interests
of
conservation
'
of
the
fishery
and
halibut
liver
con-
tracts
for
the
comlng'year
were
dis
cussed
at
a
Jolht
meeting
of
haDbut
boat
owners
and
fishermen
In
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union,
Hall
last
night
Canadian
drug
manufacturing
flrm
uHll
ho
In
f
hi
mnrkpt
fnr
hall.
Treaty
by
the
Japanese
Privy
Coun-,
fa
ell
yesterday,
the
Japanese
dele-
.
.
gallon
to
the
naval
.
disarmament
.
"Umed
the
Unlted
gtates
conversations
asked
that
a
date
be;
Nq
decislons
oniiny
mat.
the
conference,
now
adjourned
sine'
ters
were
reached
at
the
joint
i
meeting
which
was
presided
over
hv
Oporap
Anderson,
aeent
of
the
Ohio.
Dec.
20:-
In
a
final
effort
towards
reaching
'
M
vwhprmt.n,A
n,nn
wlth
Hibbard.
wealthy
J
some
sort
of
a
tri-partlte
agreement
Q
-y
Nckewon(
0f
the
Canadian
Halibut
Vessel
Owners
States
and
Japan
and
head
off
an
actlng
as
SeCretary.
armament
building
race.
It
Is
ex-
...
hnHrpH
nt
monoxide
fumes.
He
Is
believed
to
pected
Britain
will
take
immediate
have
committed
suicide.
The
body
steps
with
a
view
to
arranging
a
was
found
three
days
after
death.;
resumption
of
discussions.
There
was
a
note
requesting
that;
It
was
stated
on
behalf
of
the
he
be
burled
with
a
ulcture
of
his
i
United
States
that
thai
country
young
wife.
Card
of
Thanks
Not
Implicated
In
Brooklyn
Robbery
for
naval
equality
with
the
United
J'ohce
Jail
to
Connect
Joe
Burn
States
and
Great
Britain.
Under
the
wth
Sensational
Hold-up
Washington
Treaty
there
was
at
6-5-3
ratio.
It
will
be
1936
before!
Episode
,
James
Sklriner
of
Massctt
wishes
,
abrogation
of
the
treaty
can
be-1
1
to
express
his
thanks
to
friends
In'
come
effective.
'
I
CHICAOO.
Dec.
20:
Police
ad-i
mlt
that
they
have
failed
to
connect
j
Joe
Burns,
who
was
rearrested
here
;
at
the
first
of
the
week,
with
tho
Iblg
Brooklyn
truck
robbery
of
a
check-up
is
to
be
made
to
de-
den."
Tom
Tenney
and
family
of
MONTREAL.
Dec.
20:
There:
few
months
aeo.
Bums
is
belne
re-
termlne
definitely
whether
or
1
Massett.
Naden
Harbor
Indians
and,
were
no
less
than
one
thousand
,
turned
to
Michigan
City
Prison
from
not
the
wreckage
was
from
Fred
Ballas
of
the
"Western
Hope."
sacks
of
letters
and
parcels
for'
which,
with
a
number
of
other
con-
the
missing
plane.
for
their
assistance
and
Interest
on
British
Columbia
In
a
heavy
victs.
he
was
delivered
In
a
sensa-
!
.
the
occasion
of
his
having
been
lost
Christmas
mall
from
the
Old
Coun-1
tlonal
Jail
break
headed
'by
the
lato
'
on
a
recent
hunting
trip.
try
which
reached
here
Tuesday,
John
Dllllnger.