Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
High
6:48
a.m.
152
ft.
Prince
RuperU-Ralnlng,
strong
19:35
pjn.
17.S
It.
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.92;
Low
0:43
aan.
8.5
Xt.
temperature,
52;
sea
rough.
12:50
p-m.
12
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXIV..
No.
142.
UMTElfW
ATESCdMESSADJOURm
ONTARIO
AND
SASKATCHEWAN
Eastern
Province
Has
Fine
Weather
For
Its
Poll;
Storm
on
Prairie
Battle
of
Ballots
Bcinjr
Waged
on
Two
Canadian
Fronts
Today
Impartial
Opinion
Appears
to
be
That
Governments
Will
lc
Defeated
TORONTO,
June
19:
(CP)
Favorable
weather
conditions
brought
out
a
large
vote
in
the
Ontario
provincial
general
election
today
and
officials
expected
the
biggest
pull
in
the
history
of
the
province.
Premier
George
S.
Henry
expressed
confidence
that
his
administration
would
be
returned
while
Mitchell
Hepburn,
Liberal
leader,
pre-
i
dieted
a
landslide
for
his
party.
The
Today's
Stocks
Vancouver
Alexandria,
'.04.
Bayview.
.014.
B.
C
Nickel,
M.
Big
MiMourt,
29.
Braturtie.
14
M.
i
opinion
of
unbiased
political
obser-i
vers
1
that
the
result
may
be
close.
It
Is
generally
conceded
that
the
J
Conservative
government
will
have
a
greatly
reduced
majority
in
the
Legislature
if
it
is
returned
to
power
BriHtfKitCTtOiT18!V,howws'C)irly'in
the
tfJornUrg.'
Sas
B.,U.
X
JT.
Bullf'iI.X.IwJ6.
Cariboo
QuarU,
1.09.
DunwefL
.18.
Detilonla,
M
Georgia
Rlvcf,
JM.
Ifoicondtf.
JT.
Hercules,
.03.
Indian.
.03
Mk).
Muito,
21.
Meridian,
.09.
'
Morning
Star,
30.
Native
Son.
.03.
National
Sliver,
.98
Noble
Five,
.08,
rend
Orclrle.
.70.
rorter
1
4a
he,
JD8.
rremler,
L21.
Reeve
McDonald,
.07.
Reno,
.80.
Silver
Crest,
.02ft.
Salmon
Oold,
.10..
Taylor
Bridge,
.55.
Wayside,
.14,
Whitewater,
.03.
Wavcrly
Tangier.
J0lk-United
Empire,
.12.
Toronto
Central
ratricla,
.70.
ChlbougamaU,
AZ.
Ie
Oold,
.12ft.
Granada,
.61.
Inter.
Nickel,
26.30.
Macflssfl,
2.51.
,
Nornnda,
43.75.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
1.00.
Slsco.
2.33.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.47.
Venture,
.89.
Lake
Maron,
.OOlfc.
Trek
Hughes,
6.75.
Sudbury
Basin,
1.72.
Columario,
il
.
Smelter
Gold,
20.
Can.
Malartlc,
.58.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.40.
Bagamac,
.11.
Stadacona,
.38ty.
Maple
Leaf,
.30
Vj.
rickle
Crow.
1.65.
Long
Lac
Lagoon,
.38.
Manitoba
it
Eastern,
.24.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
June
19:
(CP),
Wheat
was,
quoted
at
74!ic
on
the
local
exchange
today.
BAK
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
June
19:
(CP)
Bar.,
.at
all.
Saskatchewan
Thunderstorm
REQINA,
June
19:
CPi
Heral-ded,
by
booming
thunder
and
flashes
of
lightning
with
heavy
katchewan
electors
went
to
the
polls
today
over
mud-splashed
road.
According
to
political
leaning,
considerable
doubt
is
expressed
as
to
the
outcome,
the
Anderson
government
1
Conservative
t.
Farmer-La
bori
tea
and
Liberals
all
claiming
victory.
That
the
government
will
have
a
hard
time
weathering
the
storm
appears
to
be
an
impartial
opinion.
SEAWAY
TO
BE
REVIVED
Great
St.
Lawrence
Project
to
Be
Brought
Before
Concres
Aitaln
By
President
Roo.evelt
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
June
19:-Prraldent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
In
timates
that
he
will
take
definite
steps
during
the
summer
to
revive
the
St.
Lawrence
waterway
project.
plan
lor
wnicn
was
rejectee,
oy
the
Senate
during
the
present
session
of
Congress.
Further
data
will
be
secured
and.
possibly,
a
further
agreement
with
Canada
will
be
en
tered
into.
In
any
case,
the
project
will
be
re-submitted
to
Congress
following
its
resumption
in
the
fall.
Make
Survey
Of
Internal
Debts
Whole
Structure
To
Be
Studied
Willi
View
To
Making
Revisions
1
WASHINTON.
D.
C.
June
19:
A
survey
of
tne
wnoie
iniernai
debt
situation
national,
state
and
municipal
Is
to
be
undertaken
by
the
Department
of
Commerce.
It
Is
announced.
Revisions
In
the
structure
may
be
made
as
a
result
of
the
survey.
Halibut
Arrivals,
Canadian
Trnmp,
15.000.
Cold
Storage,
6c
Southmd.
17.010.
Canadian
Fish-
and
5c.
Silver
rliiuivt
kI
11
in
if
"nl'
4!Uif.'
DPf
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JUNE
19,
1934
PROBABLY
MET
FATE
1'rovlnrlal
Police
Inclined
to
Belief
That
Aged
Troller
Perished
Provincial
police
officers
are
now
inclined
to
the
belief
that
Herbert
B.
Thompson,
well
known
72-year
old
troller
of
this
district,
who
has
not
been
seen
since
early
in
May,
has
perished.
The
date
he
was
last
seen
corresponds
with
the
sighting
on
May
7
by
an
American
tanker
of
a
derelict
trolling
boat
ln'Chatham
Sound,
the
boat
described
by
the
tanker
bejrig
similar
to
that
which
j
Thompson
was
using.
A
search
was
j
made
for
the
drifting
derelict
but'
It
was
never
recovered.
There
is)
every
reason
to
believe
that
it
was
I
Thompson's
boat
and
that
he
had
i
encountered
some
sort
of
trouble,
i
ELECTIONS
BEING
HELD
Both
Ontario
And
Saskatchewan
Are
Vpting
Today-Reult
Will
Be
Broadcast.
This
Evening
...
J.
-
-
T
All
of
Canada
will
await
with
interest
the,
outcome
of
the
provincial
general
elections
being
held
today
In
the
provinces
of
Ontario
and
Saskatchewan.
Undoubtedly
tome
significance
will
be
attached
.
to
the
results
with
respect
to
the
naUonal
political
situation.
They
;
may
have
some
bearing
on
when
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
may
decide
to
call
a
federal
election.
Soon
after
4
o'clock
this
afternoon
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
results
of
the
Ontario
contest
should
be
available.
The
Canadian
Radio
Broadcasting
Commission
network
will
start
giving
the
resultsover
the
air
at
that
time
and
will
continue
giving
returns
of
both
Ontario
and
Saskatchewan
elections
until
9
pjn.
with
bulletins
furnished
at
intervals
of
twenty
minutes
by
the
Canadian
Press.
Local
radio
listeners,
however,
at
this
season
of
the
year,
will
probably
be
unable
to
pick
them
up.
BIG
TORNADO
I
DOES
DAMAGE!
Several
Killed,
Fifty
Injured,
Crops
,
Levelled
by
dale
in
I
Louisiana
NEW
ORLEANS,
La..
June
19:
j
Several
persons
arc
dead,
at
least
fifty
are
Injured
and
unestlmated
property
damage
has
been
done
as
result
of
a
hurricane
which
level
led
crops
in
Louisiana
and
was
sweeping
towards
Florida.
MAY
BOOST
GOLDPRICE
American
Gold
Companies
Believe
$11.34
Per
Ounce
Will
be
Set
NEW
YORK,
June
19:
Another
Increase
in
the
government-fixed
gold
price
to
$41.34
per
ounce
Is
expected
by
gold
companies
of
the
country
although
there
has
been
no
official
announcement
from
Wash
lngton
as
yet
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
MONTREAL,
June
19
(CP-Oold
ounce
an
the
local
metal
marketing
Co..
5.Bc
and
5c,
for
Butedalcl
price,
of
Canada
was
down
20c
to
today.
'delivery
May
to
$34.21.
Leviathan
Is
Earmarked
for
the
strap-heap
a
year
ago.
the
palatial
Leviathan,
which
played
a
prominent
part
in
the
World
War
as
a
troop
transport
gets
a
new
lease
of
life
as
she
arrives
in
Boston
for
overhauling
before
being
returned
to
the
trans-Atlantic
trade
between
New
York
and
Europe.
She
has
already
been
put
in
commission.
Forty
Million
Dollars
to
Be
Expended
on
Public
Works
By
Dominion
Gov't.,
Announced
.
OTTAWA,
June
19:
A
public
works
program
involving
the
expenditure
of
slightly
less
than
$10,000,000
was
tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
by
Premier
Bennett
this
afternoon.
The
projects
mentioned
in
the
bill
arc
apportioned
among
the
provinces
on
a
general
basis
or
population.
They
will
be
the
subject
of
tenders
for
all
expenditures
of
more
than
$25,000
unless
the
work
is
urgent.
Ketchikan
Halibut
.
Is
Sold
on
Monday
t..,
Thn.ionH
.
.
Pnnnric
.
.
niimuj
,.
nr
'
M
u
w
.,i.,rv-.,
w.
By
Two
Boats
At
Northern
Port
KETCHIKAN.
June
19:
Two
halibut
boats
sold
catches
totalling
10.300
pounds
here
yesterday
at
6.8c.
and
4.75c.
l
1
SIR
WILLIAM
CLARK
Ji
)
IS
MOVED
TO
AI'IMC
LONDON.
June
19:
(CP)
Appointment
of
Sir
William
'
Clark,
at
present
British
High
Commissioner
at
Ottawa,
to
be
High
Commissioner
for
the
Union
of
South
Africa
and
na-
Uve
protectorates
was
nn-
nounced
fast
night.
4
ELECTORS
VOTE
Reprieved
England
Praying
For
Drought
End
t
i
.
i
.
v..,i.
it
r.Mt.!iiion
fishermen's
strike
.
III
111
....I
p
r
BV4.I1I
.1
Crops
Are
To
Be
Saved
From
Destruction
LONDON.
June
19:
Pj-ayers
are'herc-
5tad
that-
rrom
reports
he
beine
said
in
many
churches
in
England
for
rain
to
save
the
gralnlment
within
ten
days.
Meantime
crops
from
the
drought
which
the)
both
the
fishermen
and
buyers
ap-
country
has
long
been
suffering
from.
Three
Youths
Of
Quebec
Drown
xrio
I.o4
Their
Lives
In
Whirlpool
Near
Thurso
on
Sunday
THURSO,
Que,
June
19:
(CP),
Three
young
men.
Louis
Dusuny,
Bernard
Malonev
and
Medard
Ma-
loner
wwe
drowned
In
a
whirlpool
uf.ii
hf
:v
on
Sunday.
American
Solons
Rise
To
Conclude
Eventful
Washington
Session
Much
Important
Legislation
Was
Passed
But
Time
Only
Will
Tell
Whether
it
Will
Succeed
in
Restoring
Country
to
Prosperity
To
Convene
in
Fall
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
19:
(CP)
After
one
of
the
most
eventful
sessions
in
the
history
of
the
nation
during
which
many
important
measures
were
passed
with
a
view
to
ending
the
depression
and
bringing
back
prosperity
to
the
land,
Congress
adjourned
last
night
and
the
members
of
both
Senate
and
House
of
Representatives
are
now
preparing
to
hurry
back
to
thelri
..
.
homes
for
the
summer
vacation.
ni
Only
time
will
tell
as
to
whether
Alaska
OiliPPing
which
wus
enacted
will
be
success-,
ful
In
bringing
the
country
through
the
present
crisis.
1
Congress
will
reassemble
In
the
fall
and.
meantime,
the
administration
will
busy
itself
with
another
important
legislative
program.
--
'
'ben-
BOATS
TO
BE
LOADED
last
night
from
Seattle
.with
of
San
Francisco,
Tacoma,
sengers
and
freight.
The
steamer
Seattle
and
Portland
Taking
Steps
to
Break
Strike
I
The
accumulation
of.
freight
at
SAN
FRANCISCO.
June
19:-'Seattle
for
Alaska
Is
now
being
Mayors
of
San
Francisco,
Seattle.
'
cleaned
up
nicely,
practically
all
Tacoma.
Portland
and
other
Pad-;
crews
and
freight
for
the
fishing
ln-flc
Coast
ports
will
attempt
to
break
j
diistry
being
now
in
the
territory,
the
longshoremen's
strike
by
or-
,
dertng
ships
loaded
under
police
;
guard.
That
this
will
lead
to
fur
ther
waterfront
disorders
is
believed
to
be
certain.
Mayors
of
these
cities
have
expressed
their
determination
that
ships
must
be
loaded
and
the
ports
allowed
to
function
despite
the
almost
one
hundred
percent
vote
of
union
longshoremen
at
these
ports
against
accepting
a
compromise
agreement
for
the
settlement
of
the
strike.
STRIKE
IS
STILL
ON
X.
R.
A.
Official
at
Ketchikan
Looks
For
Early
Settlement
of
Trolling
Tie-up
KETCHIKAN.
June
19:
The
sal-situation
was
unchanged
here
yesterday
although
Mr.
Morgan.
National
Recovery
Act
official
who
Is
at
present
'
nad
received,
he
loonea
lor
a
seiue-
Ipeared
to
be
standing
pat.
Finland
Having
June
Snowfall
!Flve
Inches
of
Beautiful
Falls
in
Northwest
Section
of
Country
Is
Unprecedented
HELSINOFORS,
Finland.
June
19:i-tlnnrpcedented
June
weather
ntmdltlons
are
reported
In
the
-
wcthentt
section
of
Finland
where
,
live
inehr
of
snow
has
fajlen.,
.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
TODAY
Is
Still
Moving
Big
Liner
Aleutian
Arrives
at
Ket
chikan
From
Seattle
Monday
Night
continue
to
move
between
Seattle
and
Alaska,
the
exemption
of
Alaska
shipping
from
the
longshoremen's
strike
being
still,
in
operation.
The
big
Alaska
Steamship
Co.'s
liner
Aleutian
arrived
at
9
o'clock
,
Alaska
is
due
In
port
on,
Thursday
I
southbound.
Estimates
Brought
Down
at
Ottawa
Supplementary
Expenditures
of
8
50,000
Provided
For
OTTAWA.'
June
19:
(CP)
Supplementary
estimates
totalling
$3,-250.000
were
submitted
to
the'
House
of
Commons
yesterday
afternoon.
r
Roosevelt
Orders
Cabinet
Members
To
Take
Holidays
WASHINGTON,
D.
C
.
June
19:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
virtually
Issued
orders
to
members
of
his
cabinet
that
they
should
spend
the
month
of
July
on
vacation.
After
the
strain
of
heavy
work
during
the
last
year,
the
country
and
government
would
be
the
gainer
by
the
members
of
the
cabinet
taking
well-earned
rests,
the
chief
executive
believes.
STRIKE
BOARD
IN
STATES
PLANNED
WASHINGTON.
D.C
June
19:
It
Is
reported
In
authori-
tatlve
quarters
here
that
Pre-
sldent
Roosevelt
may
be
gran-
ted
power
to
set
up
a
labor
board
which
would
have
the
authority
to
settle
labor
dls-
putes
and
end
Jonj
drawn
out
strikes.