Mimngo
today,
,
j
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
rruire
Rupert
-Part
cloudy,
arO
High
4:16
ajn.
13.0
ft
U
.ht
tin!
1
,nd:
barometer.
30.28;
15:47
pjn.
19.4
ft.
temped
ure.
48;
8ca
smooth-
Low
,
9:59
ajn.
95
It.
22:45
pjn.
6.4
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ttXXlV
No
249.
.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIpAY,
OCTOBER
26,
1934
PRICZ:
FIVE
CENTS
i
MUNICIPAL
WIFCATION
CfiM
Hf)MF
I
QUEBEC
PERSONS
KILLED
BY
GAS-MADDENED
VETERAN
Incident
or
Premier
Pattullo
and
Union
Deputation
Is
Ended
Kfprcscntatlvcs
of
Municipalities
Urged
to
Await
Out
come
of
Ottawa
Conference
Will
Not
Suffer
in
VICTORIA,
Oct.
2G:
(CP)
ss,
rT
D.
Pattullo
and
members
of
the
executive
of
the
.ion
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities,
following
the
;
jNii
of
the
Premier
to
grant
the
delegates
a
hearing
to!
4
irr
discuss
the
question
of
relief,
ended
last
night
with
I
hi
(ii
ci-ion
of
the
delegates
to
return
to
their
homes.
1
hey
.
.-had
not
presented
their
case
lor
a
I
,
n
i
change
in,
unemployment
relief
I
ndiW
S
MOCkS
i
financing
arrangement.
J
i
a
Vancouver
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UP,.
1
t.
kil.
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.
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18.
i
River.
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I
tu.
tons.,
.024.
j
i
x:.
n
can.
12.
Star,
.13.
j
silver,
.03a-i.
..
VT.
Mi'ille.
AS
Idaho.
.03
V.
i-i
I
29.
fci;ri
01.
:'
i-
Crist.
,01.
S!m
i,
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.12,
'
Budge.
.20,
vi'i.
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w
'Vi.Tr.
.0rj.
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Tangier,
T0h
'I'.f'i
Empire,
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Toronto4
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Patricia,
il
Cii.b!
UKamau.
.07
Gold.
.08.
G)uiatla.
59.
l"
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'1
Nirkel.
23.00,
M;'
a
.
1.
2
67.
Not,iiKi.i
33.25.
Elirrutt
.47.
Biscn
2
61
Thomson
Cadillac,
JUj.
Vcnturr,
$y
ake
Maron.
.021$.
T:k
Hughes,
.85.
Sudbury
Basin,
.02i.
''''iumuiio.
.22.
fimcUp,
oold.
.20
Va.
MalarUc.
.55.
-wUI-
..mg
Lac,
5.80.
Astoria
Rouyn,
.01
13.
sldacona.
26.
lIaPle
Leaf,
.15,
"We
Crow.
1.70.
wn
tan
LaRoon;'.15.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
MV3.
A
r
Con..
,oj
1,,
ulnou.sIe
25
freehold.
,00V4.
Home
oil.
.70
'
rland.
20.
War
Jon.
.10
Untcd,
,03
f,
N(
HALIBUT
SALE
ooaU
being
in
with
entrhM.
I,,,,
no
wle
of
halibut
on
the
Meantime
The
deadlock
between
Pre
Premier
Pattullo
nolntrd
out
In
letter
to
the
executive
that
there
was
nothing
to
be
gained
by
further
discussion
of
the
master
at
thl
Urm
and
gave
assurance
that
the
municipalities
would
suffer
no
hardship
by
awaiting
the
outcome
of
the
federal-provincial
conference
at
Ottawa
next
month
when
the
whole
problem
would
be
threshed
!out
"I
sec
no
rBfon
to
change
my
trnththhe-Prclhtelrlh-hls
lct-j
ter.
The;
situation
U
a
already
'outlined
No
hardship
is
being
worked
upon
the
municipalities
as
the
province
will
advance
the
small
share
which
they
are
asked
to
carry
until
the
whole
question
again
come
up
for
review
with
the
Do-,
minion
authorities."
Before
leaving,
the
members
of
the
executive
of
the
Municipal
Union
forwarded
a
statement
to
the
Premier
urging
continuation
of
former
arrangemetns
for
relief
unUl
after
the
conference
In
Ottawa
with
the
Dominion
government.
The
exe-cuUve
issued
a
statement
denying
that
they
had
attempted
to
crash
the
gates
or
demand
an
interview
with
the
government
which
they
had
"respectfully
requested
to
interview."
PRESIDENT
IS
APPROVED
BY
WALL
STREET
NEW
YORK.
October
20
Lauda
tory
comment
and
willingness
to
ro-opcrate
with
the
administration
In
Us
monetary
and
fiscal
plans
were
generally
expressed
In
bank-ing
and
financial
quarters
here
following
the
adores
of
Prcelden
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
before
the
American
Bankers'
Association
convention
In
Washington
Wednesday
night.
Itenewcd
optimism
prevails
In
the
nation's
business
and
financial
capital.
CASH
PAYMENT
OF
BONUS
IS
BEING
ASKED,
.pwuo
rvtnhor
20
ICa-'
nadlan
PresswTiie
American
Le
-
i
...
i
rnnwntion
'
K1D11,
'
V
!
..-.,..,...
,v
n
-MoUit
on
manVumnS
payment
by
thTfederal
government
of
$2,000,..
000
in
veterans'
bonuses
as
"a
TJ
o
economic
recovery."
Frank
Delgomo
Jr..
San
Fran-
i
1
1..-
nloctpH
new
na-'
CISCO
urul,
n
-
11
1
.nmminilff
of
tllC
LCKlOn.
CHANGE
IN
GAS
TAXES
COLLECTION
Arrantrment
Made
by
Department
of
Finance
to
Establish
Collection
District
In
North
Arthur
Brooksbank,
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
Association,
has
received
word
from
lion.
John
Hart,
minister
of
finance,
that,
as
a
result
of
representations
made
by
the
association,
aramgcPMints
have
been
made
to
establish
a
district
in
the
northern
portion
of
the
province
within
which
vendors
of
fuel
oil
or
tasoline
to
fish
boats
will
be
permitted
to
make
the
5c
rebate
at
the
same
time
as
the
sale,
consequently
only
two
cents
per
gallon
rai
tat
will
be
collected.
Instructions
to
this
effect
are
being
sent
by
the
department
to
the
various
oil
companies.
.Mr.
Hart
says
it
will
be
the
endeavor
to
have
the
Act
administered
with
the
least
possible
annoyance
to
vendors
and
users
of
gas.
Nobel
PrizeJs
Being
Divided
Three
American
Doctors
Rewarded
For
Work
in
Connection
With
Anaemia
Cure
STOCKHOLM.
Sweden,
Oct
26
CP
The
Nobel
Peace
Prize
in
medicine
for
1934
U
to
be
divided
between
Dr.
Oeorge
Mlnot
and
Dr.
William
Murphy
of
Harvard
Medi
al
School
and
Dr.
George
H.
Whipple
of
the
University
of
Ro-
hester
for
their
research
work
In
connection
with
the
cure
of
pernl-
'lous
anaemia
by
the
liver
treatment.
The
prize
committee
yester
day
announced
Its
decision
to
di
vide
the
award
between
Drs.
Mlnot
and
Murphy,
who
worked
together,
ind
Dr.
Whipple,
who
worked
In
dependently.
Drought
Relief
Is
National
Problem
So
Declares
Premier
of
Manitoba
Urges
'That
Ail
Lfforts
be
Co-ordinated
WINN1PEO,
Oct
26:
(CPI
Premier
John
Bracken,
In
a
statement
yestt'irday.
offering
suggestions
as
to
the
rehabilitation
of
drought!
areas
in
the
three
prairie
provinces,
declared
that
it
was
a
national
problem
and
urged
that
a
board
be
formed
by
the
Dominion
government
to
co-ordinate
and
correlate
all
efforts
to
remedy
the
situation.
He
also
urged
more
adequate
measures
of
farm
relief.
LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPERS
ON
THIS
COAST
AKli
HONORED
BY
KING
.
LONDON,
Oct.
20:
-
An
nu"
made
yester
day
that
King
George
had
con
.
Ire
Service
Medal
upon
two
British
Co-
J
lumbla
coait
lighthouse
keep-
crs
In
the
persons
of
Mrs.
Mary
Croft
of
Discovery
Island
and
W.
T.
Franklin
of
Mary
Island.
"
T.
T
Six
Lives
Snuffed
Out
in
Blast
Six
lives
were
snuffed
out
when
a
mysterious
blast
wrecked
this
home
ia
Halifax.
Police
are
at
a
loss
to
account
for
the
explosion
which
killed
two
mothers
and
four
children.
The
owner
of
the
home
Is
being
questioned
by
poll
:e,
but
to
cate
no
clue
has
been
forthcoming
as
to
what
caused
tie
tragedy.
The
above
scenes
show
the
WTeckage
and
fire-
men
fighUng
the
blaze.
Railway
Engineer
Liberal
Candidate
C.
G.
McNeill
to
be
Standard
Bearer
For
Grits
in
New
Federal
Riding
of
Kamloops
KAMLOOPS,
Oct.
26:
C.
O.
Mc-.
Nelll,
well
known
railway
engineer,
yesterday
received
the
Liberal
nomination
for
the
new
federal
constituency
of
Kamloops
in
the
forthcoming
general
election.
Interest
Rate
On
Postal
Accounts
Now
Two
Percent
OTTAWA.
Oct.
26:
tCPi
In
line
with
the
recent
reduction
to
2
In
the
bank
interest
rate
on
savings
accounts,
a
reduction
of
from
2lj
to
2
in
the
Post
Office
savings
account
Interest
rate
was
announced
yesterday
by
the
Department
of
Finance.
Funeral
Notices
The
funeral
of
Tou,mas
Seppala,
a
native
of
Finland,
accidentally
killed
at
Cumshewa
Inlet.
Q.
C.
I.,
on
Tuesday,
October
23,
will
take
place
at'
2:30
p.m,
Saturday,
October,-27,
from
B.
C.
Undertakers.
Kingsford-Sinith
Ready
to
Leave
Australian
Flying
Ace
And
Com
panion
Poised
For
Second
Leg
Of
Ocean
Flight
SUVA,
Flgl
Island.
Octoter
28
(CP)
Sir
Charles
Klngsford-
ttmlth
and
his
companion.
Capt.
G.
Taylor,
were
poised
her
today
.n
readiness
to
take
oft
for
Hawaii
via
Fanning
Islands
in
continuation
of
their
trans-Pacific
night
from
Brisbane
to
Oakland.
They
have
been
held
here
for
several
oays
awaiting
an
improvement
In
weather
and
low
tides
to
?llltate
their
take-off
from
1
ocal
beach.
1
e
JAP
FISHERMEN
GO
TO
JAIL;
POACHED
AUSTRALIA
WATERS
BRISBANE.
Oct.
26:
A
fine
,4.
of
$8,000.
in
addition
to
six
months'
Imprisonment
has
been
Imposed
upon
the
cap-.
fr
'talnbf
a
Japanese
fishing
boat
for
poaching
In
Australian
waters.
Each
of
twenty-three
members
of
the
crew
has
been
sentenced
to
six
months'
1m-
prlsonment.
Three
Men
and
Three
Women
Slain
In
Fit
Of
Fury
By
Maniac
Kosaire
IJilodeau
Surrenders
Himself
to
Police
and
Admits
Ghastly
Deeds
Two-Other
Persons
In
Serious
Condition
QUEBEC,
Oct.
26:
(CP)
The
bodies
of
six
persons,
reported
to
have
been
the
victims
of
a
sudden
fit
of
insanity
on
the
part
of
J.
Rosaire
Bilodeau,
gas-tortured
war
veteran,
who
ran
amok
with
a
pistol,
lie
in
the
city
morgue
here
today.
Two
others
are
in
a
serious
condition
in
hospital.
Bilodeau
told
the
police
that
he
had
killed
his
two
sis-
.ers.
Marie
and
Rosalie,
ag'ed
63
and
,
62
respectively;
a
niece,
Yvette
TT-.frrrirk
aW
LT'no
Qauvln,
21.
and
two
nephews,
Oas-
I
INI
I
Ml
I
A
I
T
N
tort
Gauvin
and
Fernand
Gauvin,
aged
20
and
18
respectively.
The
five
bodies
were
found
in
the
woods
just
outside
the
city.
After
killing
his
relatives,
Bilodeau
Vncle
Sara
Refuses
to
Wash-
Scrap
then
proceeded
to
the
Post
Office,
where
he
had
been
employed,
and
opened
fire
on
the'
staff,'
killing
Oscar
Flset,
aged
60,
divi
-
,
slonal
superintendent
of
the
Quebec
Post
Office
service,
and
seriously
wounding.
B,
L.
Mortn,
postmaster,-
an3
Moise
Jollcouer,
senior
mail
clerk.
Bllodi
au
Invited
the
Gauvin
bnvs
to
go
into
the
country
for
a
ride
Thursday
afternoon
and
then
killed
them.
He
returned
and
picked
up
his
two
sisters
and
niece,
drove
to
the
same
spot
and
killed
the
three.
He
then
sped
back
and
made
his
dramatic
appearance
at
the
Post
Office.
MONOPOLY
ON
(
III
1
P
lirt.nilE.LI
A
N
N
r
M
wU1
meet
the
United
States
repre-V1L.
sentatlve
nm
week
japan;
is
no
I
opposed
to
general
disarmament
Britain.
United
States
anc
but
is
demanding
the
right
to
Great
Netherlands
Protesting
Jap
Project
in
Manchuokuo
TOKYO,
Japan.
Oct.
26:
Ths'
Japanese
government
yesterday
revealed
plans
for
a
domestic
oil
monopoly
in
Manchuokuo
which'
would
drive
British
and
United
States
operators
out
of
the
field.
Protest
Is
Made
LONDON.
Oct.
26:
Great
Britain
United
States
and
the
Netherlands
will
Join
In
a
protest
against
th
proposed
Japanese
domestic
oL
monopoly
In
Manchuokuo.
It
was
indicated
yesterday.
Such
a
monopoly.
It
Is
contended,
would
b
in
.Urect
vlolaUon
of
the
"open
door'
policy
for
China
as
sefdown
In
thi
Vine
Power
Treaty.
Fitzmaurice
Ready
ToHopOffToda)
Irish
Free
State
Flyer
Poised
Tods
For
Flight
to
Melbourne
j
LONDON.
Oct.
26:
Col.
James
Fitzmaurice.
Irish
Free
State
flying
ace,
was
poised
today
In
readiness
1
to
hop
off
on
his
projected
flight
to
l
Melbourne.
Australia.
He
will
try
to
'
break
the
record
set
by
C.
W.
A,
,Scott
and
Campbell
Black
In
the
,
England
to
Melbourne
air
derby
this
week.
j
Wheat
Prices
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
26:
(CP)
"Wheat
was
quoted
at
748c
on
the
;
local
exchange
yesterday,
rising
to
74?8C
today.
ON
ARMAMENTS
ington
Treaty
Confers
With
John
Bull
f
LONDON,
Oct.
26:
United
States
,
ha
flatly
refused
to
scrap
the
Washington;
naval
.treatyNormarr.1
H.
Davis,
head
of
the
United
Stafos
delegation
to
the
forthcoming
naval
conference,
advised
Premier
3.
.
Ramsay
MacDonald
of
Great.
Bri
tain
at
a
preliminary
conversation
yesterday
that
to
scrap
the
Wash-!ngton
treaty
would
be
Inconsistent
with
United
States
policy,
Japan,
which
is
demanding,
that
both
the
Washington
and
London
treaties
be
scrapped,
will
lay
the
secret
details
of
its
new
naval
disarmament
plan
before
Great
Britain's
representatives
today
at
a
equality
with
Great
Br(taln;
and
United
States
In
naval
strength.
Maritime
Fishery
To
Be
Considered
tlearings
to
be
Started
Next
Tuesday
by
Stevens
Commission
OTTAWA,
Oct.
26:
(CP)
The
Stevens
mass
buying
-
and
price
Spreads
commission
next
Tuesday
will
start
consideration
of
.conditions
in
the
Maritime
fishing
Industry.
Nova
Scotia
witnesses
will
be
heard
first
and
then
those
from
New
Brunswick
and
Prince
Edward
(sland.
4
JAFSIE
IDENTIFIES
.
HAUPTMANN
AS
MAN
WHO
TOOK
RANSOM
TRENTON.
N.J..
Oct.
26:
Following
a
conversation
of
an
hour
and
a
half
with
the
al-
leged
kldhap-murderer,
Dr.
J.
F.
iJafsle
Condon
of
New
York
was
reported
yesterday
to
have
definitely
Identified
Bruno
Richard
Hauptmann,
now
being
held
in
Hunlerdon
County
Jail
at
Flemlrtgton,
as
the
man
to
whom
he
had
paid
the
$50,000
ransom
In
the
Bronx
cemetery
for
the
safe
return
of
baby
Charles
Augus-
tus
Lindbergh
Jr