TERRIBLE
STEAMER
DISASTER
IN
EAST
Today's
V0;
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-
mutheast
wind:
baromt
Police
Treatment
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temperature,
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rough,
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XXIV
No.
209.
Of
Natives
Is
Up
LrtMatlve
Committee
of
Chamber
Of
Commerce
to
Inreticate
Indian
Complaint
j
A
prolert
signed
by
leaders
ot
various
Indian
villages
of
this
dls-rict
at
treatment
accorded
natives
bv
local
police
authorlUcs
on
the
3r
:aon
of
visits
to
the
city
was
COtl.'.lrterol
n
i..t
mI.uii.
..tinn
7
i
al
the
complaint
ot
the
natives
should
be
Investigated.
M.
McCatfery
held
similar
views.
ToniRht'a
train,
due
from
the
cast
at
10.15,
ig
reported
to
be
on
She
SPRING
LAKE,
N.J.,
Sept.
8:
(CP)-Fire
wept
the
paicngerJiner
JVlorro.Caitle
at
dawn
barely
eight
miles
off
shore
from
Asbury
Park,
N.J.,
and
early
this
afternoon
253
of
the
558
passengers
and
crew
on
board
were
unaccounted
for
or
known
to
be
dead.
Others
had
landed
in
lifeboats
or
had
been
picked
up
by
rescue
steamers.
Sixty
bodies
had
been
recovered
at
this
time
and
185
persons
had
been
definitely
rescued
and
193
were
still
missing
in
addition
to
the
known
dead.
"i
ixurtous
Morro
Cattle
was
...
t
-n
home
lo
New
York
after
a
-.,
darkness
as
the
fire,
terror
of
ia
excursion
lo
Havana.
The
tn
Ma
iwept
the
great
ship
before
some
members
of
the
crew
be-
tiawn.
Urted
m
the
library
and
A
numbtr
0f
passenger
liners
x1
to
great
tanks
of
f
uei
oil
antwwwl
DrteI
-
s.
O.
S."
The
h
blew
up,
the
ship
becoming
a
tak.
AaAttv
f.
Luckenbaeh
'f
Mng
inferno
of
flame
before
pk.kwl
Up
twenty-two
survivors
-
.v
of
the
passengers
had
any
j
an(J
pumM
Unr
Monarch
of
-ai-c
of
escape.
The
exact
cause
(
Bermuda
landed
wventy
In
New
t
.he
tire
is
undetermined
as
yet.
a
-
train
f
mm
AthlirV
r
broke
out
at
the
height
of
an
tier
rii
aj
storm
and
it
Is
thought
tf
ome
that
lightning
may
have
k
thr
ship
and
set
her
oil
tanks
The
blaze
spread
so
rapidly
'
r?
forts
to
tight
the
flames
were
i
.-ailing
It
was
also
found
tm-ibln
to
lower
lifeboats
on
the
r
"
side
owing
to
the
fierce
heat
Th"
ttorm-lashed
sea
was
shrouded
Park
was
chartered
to
onng
iuu
survivors
who
had
been
landed
on
a
beach
all
of
these
being
members
of
the
crew
except
five
women
and
three
men.
Navy
headquarters
at
Washington
several
hours
after
the
disaster
set
185
as
the
number
of
survivors
who
were
landed
safely
or
washed
ashore,
many
In
a
serious
condition.
a
fit
of
coasts
u
a
rd
vessels.
battling
through
heavy
seas,
man
aced
to
tet
a
line
aboard
the
strlc
ken
vessel
and
bean
towing
the
derelict
towards
New
York.
Refused
To
F.nier
Lifeboats
As
authorities
began
to
correlate
incoherent
accounts
of
one
of
the
worst
neace-ttme
marine
oisasicra
p-an-i.
cross
has
returned
they
were
told
by
members
of
the
I
,
Wlc
having
spent
a
crew
that
more
man
iwo
"""u"u
holiday
visiting
in
Vancouver.
passengers
died
because
they
re-
fused
to
enter
the
lifeboats.
Tales
related
by
passengers
and
members
of
hte
crew
told
of
horror
and
heroism
but
In
the
accounts
of
members
-
of
the
crew
told
of
norror
...
,a3k
4K4Jl
wixuiikl
flV,lnIT
w
"e
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
ot;
tones
were
m
"V',"
them
in
eboaU
Commerce
attempts
to
place
and.
af
ter
some
discus-
won,
was
referred
to
the
lcglslaUve
They
refused
to
go
through
the
committee
tor
report.
Inke
and
flwnefc
.
S,K(1
O
W
Nickerson
felt
that
the!
Elroy
Kelsey.
.Je
J
'amber
should
urge
the
authorl-IN-Y-
related
"flnaUy
re
to
abolish
the
-pernicious
sys-
forced
to
take
to
the
boats
without
nr
wherebv
tho
rimininn
noiiw
them
as
sparks
and
cinders
ere
fhared
In
proceeds
of
fines.
He
be-1
burning
the
davit
ropes,
rWaln
Died
Brfore
Flee
Krizev
said
that
the
captain
of
the
Morro
Castle
suffered
a
heart.
attack
early
last
evening
ana
cm-a
before
the
tire
broke
out.
the
chief
Ume.'
officer
taking,
command.
Welterweight
Title
Unaccounted
For
After
Holiday
Liner
Is
Swept
By
Fire
Ttiday
Six
arrests
were
made
at
Oueiph.
Ont
when
striking
picketers
clashed
with
police
attempting
to
escort
strikebreakers
into
a
cloak
factory
there.
More
than
1.000
people
jammed
the
streets
where
the
factories
are
located.
WLtle
this
strike
is
in
progress
New
Toronto.
Ont..
is
also
in
the
throes
of
labor
troubles,
police
arresting
eight
picketers
outside
a
shoe
company
plant,
after
warning
them
that
picketing
would
not
be
tolerated.
Photo
shows
one
picket
in
the
grip
of
the
law
for
allegedly
throwing
stones
through
factory
windows
in
the
Oueiph
outbreak.
Bout
is
Postponed
Until
September
15
NEW
YORK.
Sept
8
CP'-Con-tlnued
rain
has
caused
further
postponement
from
tonight
until
September
15
of
the
world's
welterweight
Utle
bout
between
Barney
Ross
of
Chicago
and
Jimmy
McLar-nln
ot
Vancouver.
Suggestions
For
Organization
Of
Marketing
Boards
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
had
before
it
a
list
of
recommendations
from
the
agricultural
markeUng
committee
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
In
regard
to
organization
ot
boards
and
sei
vices
under
the
new
federal
Market
Act.
The
list
was
read
and
referred
to
the
trade
and
commerce
committee
of
the
chamber
for
report
Two
Convicts
Are
Killed
At
New
Westminster
Penitentiary
In
Collapse
of
Scaffolding
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Sept
8:
(CP)-J.
D.
McDonald
and
Herbert
Ross,
prisoners,
were
killed
and
.Jack
Hyslop,
another
prisoner,
was
injured
critically
at
the
federal
penitentiary
here
yesterday
when
they
were
plunged
thirty
feet
to
the
corridor
of
a
cell
block
by
the
collapse
of
a
scaffolding
which
they
had
constructed.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
8,
1934
Efforts
Being
Made
to
Interest
K.
O.
Swee-ey
of
Montreal
in
Local
.
Site
For
Industry
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
seeking
to
have
R,
O.
Sweezey
of
Montreal,
who
is
at
present
on
the
coast
seeking
a
suitable
site
for
the
establishment
of
a
sul
phite
pulp
mill
by
British
capital.
Steamer
Morro
Castle
Destroyed
With
Huge
Arrests
Follow
Ontario
Labor
Troubles
come
to
Prince
Rupert
to
look
over
Loss
of
Life
Eight
Miles
Off
New
Jersey
Coast
While
Returning
From
Excursion
to
Havana.
Two
Hundred
Persons
Landed
By
Lifeboats
or
Picked
Up
Conflagration
Started
in
Library
and
Spread
To
Great
Tanks
of
Fuel
Which
Blew
Up,
Making
Vessel
Seething
Inferno
of
Flames.
Industry
located
here.
Old
Country
Soccer
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
First
Division
Birmingham
1.
Manchester
City
S.
Derby
County
0,
Stoke
City
2.
Grimsby
Town
0,
Everton
0.
Leeds
United
1,
Arsenal
1.
Leicester
City
5,
Aston
Villa
Oi.
Liverpool
0,
Portsmouth
1.
Preston
North
End
2,
Hudders-field
Town
0.
Sheffield
Wednesday
3,
Middlesbrough
3.
Sunderland
4,
Chelsea
0.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
3,
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
1.
West
Bromwich
Albion
2,
Blackburn
Rovers
2.
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
First
Division
Alrdrieonians
3,
Albion
Rovers
0.
Ayr
United
1.
Queen
ot
South
1.
Celtic
1,
Rangers
1.
Dundee
0.
Aberdeen
0.
Dunfermline
1.
St.
Johnstone
2.
Falkirk
1.
Queen's
Park
1.
Hibernians
1.
Hearts
0.
Motherwell
0.
Hamilton
Academicals
0.
Partlck
ThisUe
0.
Clyde
0.
St.
Mlrren
0.
Kilmarnock
2.
INVITED
TO
DINNER
An
Invitation
was
read
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
or
tne
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
for
members
ot
the
senior
body
to
attend
the
first
annual
dinner
meeting
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
on
October
2.
Past
President
T.
H.
Johnson,
who
was
in
the
chair,
urged
all
members
to
keep
the
date
open
and
attend.
Axel
Olsen,
for
drunkenness,
was
Rupert
and
this
line
of
the
railway.
Especially
by
Mr.
Fullerton.
J.
E.
Labelle,
another
member
of
the
board
of
trustees.
S.
J.
Hungerford.
president,
and
A.
E.
Warren,
vice-
NO
HALIBUT
TODAY
No
boats
being
in
with
catches,
there
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
the
local
fish
exchange
today.
MAJOR
MOODIE
TO
TAKE
CHARGE
OF
CAMPAIGN
OF
fined
$25,
with
option
of
seven
pointed
for
the
time
being.
days'
imprisonment,
by
Magistrate
McClymont
to
city
police
court.
!
LIBERALS
IN
PROVINCE
VICTORIA,
Sept.
8:
(CP
Major
S.
F.
Moodle.
assistant
to
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
and
former
Liberal
organizer
In
British
Columbia,
has
retired
to
take
charge
ot
the
federal
Liberal
campaign
in
British
Columbia,
it
was
announced
today.
No
successor
will
be
ap-
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
1:15
-km.
202
ft.
13:35
pm.
20.3
ft.
Low
7:34
am.
3.8
ft.
19:48
pm.
4.7
it.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
MUSSOLINI
URGES
ITALY
TO
BE
READY
FOR
WAR
SOON
Over
Two
Hundred
Passengers
WORKING
ON
II
Duce
and
Military
PULP
MILL
j
i
t
n
1
i
L,wucrs
10
cower
in
ftome
Tuesday
Next
If
It
Becomes
Necessary
to
Take
to
Battlefields,
Premier
Promises
That
He
Will
March
Himself
at
Head
of
Country's
Armies
the
advantages
offered
here
for
such
an
enterprise,
in
a
communi-
TARANTO,
Italy,
Sept.
8:
Addressing
a
gathering
of
!
cation
which
has
been
sent
to
Mr.
50,000
people
here
yesterday,
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
the
av
international
conflict
and
ot
spruce
Umber
suitable
for
the
fn
f
announced
that
j
manufacture
of
pulp
in
close
proxi-
fe
was
hurrying
back
to
Rome
where
next
Tuesday
a
con-mity
to
this
port
which
is
adequate-
ference
of
generals
and
military
commanders
will
be
held
ly
equipped
and
fitted
for
nil
and
l.aio
make
arrangements
for
the
de-
!
water
transportation
with
the
ne-
I7l"rjTT
"VlkT
fence
of
Italy
and
her
colonies
in
Icessary
power
also
available.
'.Klul
vJlY
I
vJll
event
confUct
11
Duce
-ntl-
j
The
chamber
is
also
in
communi-
-x
Vll
mated
that
augmented
troops
were
IcaUon
with
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
TTLTTPm
7T"TTT!to
be
dispatched
to
Somaliland
to
soliciting
his
influence
in
support
of
the
local
site
being
selected
for
:the
enterprise.
I
At
last
night's
meeting
of
the
I
Chamber
of
Commerce
J.
J.
LUUe,
general
manager
ot
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Powfrybo-.
re-petfSthariie'tiaa
Vancouver
office
of
the
comDanv
to
111
1
LaJ
V
lfj
W
1
'Pmtect
ItaUan
colonies
In
Africa.
jlf
war
came.
Mussolini
promised
'
that
he
himself
would
march
at
Chamber
of
Commerce
Committee
Tells
of
Recent
MeeUng
With
Heads
of
C
N.
R.
Reporting
for
a
special
committee
n..
n..u
Jttu
f-
.
xhirh
intprvipu-vl
Hnn
C.
P
PiiTIpr-
sEk
u
wu.ti
-
-
iui
nu.
owmcy
suia
have
him
come
here.
The
matter
Is
Mn
K
c
-
chairman
of
the
board
of
the
head
of
the
Italian
armies.
I
Veterans'
Relief
Is
Federal
Maffer
also
being
taken
up
with
the
Indus-
inistees
or
tne
Canadian
National
..urrr,
tx-srrvice
trial
manager
of
the
Power
Cor-
wavs,
and
other
railway
heads'
Mens
n
Beton
Cham-poraUon
of
Canada
in
Montreal
(during
a
recent
visit
to
the
city.
G.
"
ot
Commerce
The
chamber
will
also
get
in
w-
Nickerson
and
S.
E.
Parker
told
touch
with
A.
E.
Warren,
vlce-pre-
uie
""P"
cnamber
oi
"."f""
commerce
at
its
regular
"u
ure
"
sident
of
the
Canadian
NaUonal
monthly,
RaUways.
with
a
view
to
having
the
meeting
last
night
that
they
had
'or
mdoraattoa
a
petition
from
the
raUway
company
also
co-ooerate
in
nt
bee
BeaUy
Impressed
with
0I
Bumaby
branch
of
the
Work-
the
interest
!
"s
"-berviee
Men
s
League
asking
-
efforts
to
have
the
orolected
new.
displayed
in
Prince
that
the
burden
of
providing
relief
for
ex-service
men
be
removed
from
the
provincial
and
municipal
governments
and
be
made
an
ex
clusively
federal
responsibility.
The
president,
had.
however,
seemed
to
'Petition
also
demands
that
ade-dlsplay
more
interest.
It
was
to
be'-uate
subsistence
be
provided
for
regretted,
the
committee
felt,
that;aU
"-service
men
who
find
them-
-more
time
had
not
been
spent
here
:
selws
need
and
also
In
the
interior
by
Mr.
Ful-;
"Iiie
matter
was
referred
to
the
lerton
and
his
party
so
that
they
,
ktfs&tlve
committee
for
report,
might
have
become
more
fully
ac-
city
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
urg-qualnted
with
the
situation
in
this
ed
ihzt
no
action
be
taken
in
view
district
o
the
fact
that
the
city
had
been
reIleved
of
a11
relief
A
memorandum
setting
forth
the
expenditure.
requirements
of
the
port
and
district
and
making
certain
suggestions
for
development
of
the
line
and
Its
business
had
been
presented
to
the
officials.
Past
President
T.
H.
Johnson,'
who
was
in
the
chair,
felt
that
it
might
be
advisable
to
follow
up
the
representations
with
another
communication
after
Mr.
Fullerton
and
members
of
the
party
had
returned
to
Montreal.
REWARD
IS
HELD
OUT
Government
ot
Ontario
Offers
$5000'
For
Information
Leading
to
Labatt
Abductors
TORONTO.
Sept.
8:
Attorney
General
Arthur
W.
Roebuck
yesterday
announced
that
a
reward
of
$5000
would
be
made
to
any
person
giving
information
leading
to
the
arrest
of
the
kidnappers
of
John
S.
Labatt.
London
brewer
and
sportsman,
who
was
released
on
August
17
without
ransom
being
paid
after
having
been
held
for
three
days.
All
t
communications
to
him
on
the
sub-
'ect
would
be
treated
with
the
ut-nost
confidence,
Mr.
Roebuck-stated.
The
posting
of
the
reward
by
Attorney
General
Roebuck
follows
reports
that
Labatt's
life
has
been
threatened
because
he
failed
to
pay
the
kidnappers
$25,000
which,
it
Is
ald,
he
had
agreed
to
do
in
return
for
his
safe
liberation.
Three
men
have
been
under
observation
at
Muskoka
recently
as
suspects
in
connection
with
the
kidnapping.
NEW
YORK,
Sept
8:
,
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
quoted
at
OV'-c
per
ounce
on
the
local
metal
market
today.