Burned to Death Terrace Saturday Sunt Sjottramt Hit Life I'rom W pp.' Suffocation When Shark Ilurnrd m has been received by the .11' u police of the death at Terrace on Saturday night of 5" : v Sjostrand. He was burned to J! ?' in a fire which destroyed his TERRACE. Oct. 15:-8hortly af-ttr m.rintRht Saturday a fatal fire arr d at a attack near Terrace. 8 r J iand was suffocated. He was an I'.'i inter here aged 60 and unmarried Two other occupants of hack. X. Lvnd and J. Skog. escaped with burns. Mounted Police Boat Out After Years in North VANCOUVER, Oct. 15: Alter nvin:- spent four years In the r-vtn Arctic Ocean, the Roval Ctnudlan Mounted Police motor "O St Roche arrived here at le end of the week from the north wth Sergeant Larscn tn charge. $T1,VI,NS COMMITTl'.E TO INVESTIGATE FISHING J-01. Oct. 15: (CPI-A 7,10 committee on urice "preada and mass buying, pro- "Wed over by Hon. 11. H. Sic- Veri': m,i . ...... .a ""u&i.fr oi irano nna . commerce, is to resume Its ses 'ons next . Mi i do opened Into the flslilng "jaustry of the Maritime Pro- vlnccf ft t ........,.. t I A A. . M'lVOl-limilUllJ arc w c made to the committee on DPllfilt ..... me lishermcn. GANG IS SNOWFALL WORK STARTS ON HIGHWAY Thirty Men Commenced This Morning and Number Will Be Doubled Soon Trail Iking Rullt Thirty men taitrd work this morning on highway construction and the number ulll be inerca&cd until the futl crew of Uxly Is complete. Thai is the capacity of the camp which ha been erected at the end of the present highway. In addition there are eleven or twelve men working on the trail up Mount Oldtleld. They are making good progreM with the trail which Is about four fret wide and will be a great convenience for thoe who like to enjoy a hike up the mountain, BLAMED Mr. Alice Sloll Still Held Despite Payment of ltanom LOUISV1N1.LE. Ky . Oct. 15:-The kidnapping on Thursday of Mrs. Alice Stoll was attributed by the authorlUea on Saturday to the notorious -Purole Oang" of Toronto which. It was said, decided to take Mrs. Stoll after having failed to annuel her fathcr-ln-law. C. C. Stoll nm of Mrs. Stoll being returned safe and alive is beginning to fade time noes on without worn Deing received despite payment of the $50,000 ransom which waa IN MAINE kpit and Wires Down- Football Games Have to Be Cancelled PORTLAND. Maine. Oct. 15: rtnnrts In Maine were blocked and tflpnhone and telegraph lines down " . t I M. In Maine. Massacnusseiis nna umci New England states at the wceK-cna as a result of unseasonably heavy fall of snow. Owing to the snow and cold wea-thecr, a number of less Important intercollegiate football gnmcs. which were to have been played Saturday, were cancelled. ) M;W J. P. AITOINTI.D Arthur Dickey Yorke of Alice Arm has been appointed a Justice of the peace for the province of British Columbia, Good Supply of Sulphuric Acid For Pulp Purposes Assured From Mine in Neighborhood of Rupert Prince Rupert people are looking forward eagerly for news that a pulp mill is to be built and operated in Prince Rupert, probably within the city limits. Reports being heard point to early consummation of arrangements for work to start within a reasonable time. In the meantime it is interesting to note that plans are being laid to supply the new mill with suipnuric aciaa from a mine In Utls neighborhood. The property recently changed hands on the strength of the pulp mill being built. The mine In question has been thoroughly explored by short tun-; nels and by extensive diamond drilling showing that the ore. Iron ! pyrites carrying about one percent; copper and small values of gold and silver. Is Ideal for the manufacture , of sulnhurlc acid, the chief cheml-. cat used In the manufacture of high j class sulphite wood pulp. It Is on tidewater within about fifty miles, of the city. I The people who have taken over ; Uie property represent much mln-; lng capital and they are In a posl-1 tlon to proceed with the worn jusi as soon as the market is assurea.; u . The working of tne mine woma mean the emnloymcnt 01 a large crew of men and P0INCARE DIES TODAY l'AUIS. Oct 15: Kaymond Poincare, the last of France's great war leaders and a war-time president, died .early this morning aged 71. He was one of France's outstanding statesmen. AIR RACE ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA MILDENHALL, Eng.. Oct. 15 Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides Cv High 7:50 am. 18.7 ft. prince Rupert istcrly 19:34 pjn. 17.9 ft. wlnd barometer. - VQ nature Low 0:55 a.m. 5.8 It. 5i . wa smooth. 13:15 p.m. 9.9 ft. V NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRIT1SI1 COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 5. 'If?' Vol XXIV No. 239. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1934 price: five cents' SILVER STILL ADVANCING IN LONDON CRAZED COAL MINERS' MASS STRIKE CONTINUES TODAY Ten Per Cent Export Tax b Placed by China Upon Exports of White Metal Present Price of Sliver is Highest Reached Since 1929 Due To Purchases by Speculators Following Imposition of Tax LONDON, Oct. 15: Silver advanced a halfpenny an ounce today to a price equivalent to 51 5-16 cents an ounce, ftp highest price since 1929. Strong speculative demand ius caused by China's new export tax and the belief that the price would "go higher" was responsible for today's adunce. i SHANGHAI. Oct 15:-Clalming c i tua had rewired no satls-it .'. reply from the United v- it. regard to IU silver policy. ' N.i tniiuiut government hai ; a '-'1 un xport tax of ten percent it & Mi vi r export with a view to unguarding China' economic In trrr-- am protecting iU currency A TO 000 000 shipment for London and New York- thU week-will be rjh!r. , Hie new tax. NEW YORK, Oct. 13:8llver ad-vr.i m price today to 55" c an . 'jnce Ellsworth Again Seeks Polar "Jungles" Df. Uncoln Ellsworth, famous American explorer Js hoping tor bet er luc!: this year as he sails from New ealand for the Bay of Whales, where he And B?rnt Balchut. his pilot, will take-of I Inthelr big plane, the Polar "Star, for a 3,000-mile ffcght over polar land st'll unchartered. Last January a similar venture failed when the Polar Star was damaged before It could take off. by cracks which developed In the ice beneath It Ellsworth hopes to find evidence of the time when the polar regions were a vast jungle and expects to uncover proof of extensive mineral deposits. Abave, Ellsworth, left, and Balchen, who accompanied Byrd to the south pole on his first flight. In the Polar Star; also the plane In flight and on the ground. Deception Island will be their base. VISIT MADE TO MINING DISTRICT Olof Hanson and Others Itetumed Early This Morning Pleased With Their Visit A Prince Rupert party consisting of Olof Hanson, Dr. Carson, W. O Pulton. Thomas Brown, S. E. Pat ker, J. S. Wilson and Paul Armou visited Portland Canal points at thi week-end returning to the city early this morning. They vlsltei ; Anyox, Alice Arm, Sliver City. Stew-: art and Premier, taking In also th .Dunwell mine, United Empire and Big Missouri. A member of the party this morn- jlng said that Stewart seemed to have a new lease of life as a result lot mining activities. The people there are very optimistic. The party I attended a meeUng of the board of ! trade at Stewart and discussed wlUt the businessmen of the town a num- ; bcr of public questions. The Stew art people seemed very pleased with the work Mr. Hanson had done for them. The party came south on the Pachena. They were all pleased with the reception given them and the another large ; captain and Mrs. Molllson. reported , progress made at the mines, crew In the plant which would be 'contemplating dropping out of the ; established for r the the separation separation or of Australian Australian air air race race to to fly uy the me mo the suluhur mo-: . , The probability is tlon pictures of King Alexander's j I qt vtq J TQCtlOn the assassination across the Atlantic to ; J that It would first first separate separate copper, gold and silver, leaving pure. the United States, said today they' Iron pyrites. This ore. containing still entered the race as their de-j about sixty percent sulphur, would mand for 30,000 for the Atlantic i then be roasted and the suipnur hop was pronioiuve. fumes precipitated for the acld.j The air race for a prize of 50,000! The Iron slag may or may not be from London to Melbourne will marketable. j commence next Saturday. A dozen The mill would In all probability entries have already been made and be located at or near the mine and more are expected. In addition to the cooDer shipped direct to the the Molllsons many aviators of note smeltert presumably at Anyox. The J are to take part. manufacture Of tne suipnuric ucm rmild be carried out adjoining the Mrs. David Rutten of New Mas- nuln mill or at any other point on! sett nrrlved in the city on the tlripwatrr nreferablV where utero.c v wic.wccK-enn jrom Strike Ended; Higher Wages TOKYO, Oct. 15: The Tokyo street car strike came to an end on Saturday with the companies acceding to the demands of the employees for Increases in wages. O. A. Hunter of the Dally News staff sailed last evening on the Catala for a brief trip to Port is both water and riill transporta- the Islands for a two-weeks' visit Simpson from which he will return tlon available. I to town. to the city tomorrow morning. Miners Declare They Will Die Underground and Ask To Have Coffins Prepared Soldiers Cannot Go Below For Fear of Being Killed With Pickaxes Before They Are Out of Cage PECS, Hungary, Oct. 15: Forty-four out of 1200 striking coal miners who for three days and three nights have been entombed by their own choice a thousand feet underground threatening mass suicide were brought to the surface yesterday in a critical condition. The others still SUCCESSOR TO BARTH0U Former Premier Laval Is New Foreign Secretary For France changes following the death of Foreign Minister Louis Barthou In Halibut Arrivals Summary American 196.000 pounds. Canadian 3,000 pounds. cific. American Kanaga, 41.000, 7.5c and 45c. Pa Aleutian. 25,000. 8.4c and 45c Storage. Sunset. 31,000, 8.7c and 4.5c, At- Hn. Yakutat, 32.000. Booth. Liberty, 36.000. Royal. Yukon, Storage. Urania, AUln. 8.6c and 45c. 8.8c and 45c, 15,000, 85c and 4.5c, 16,000, 8.4c and 45c, Canadian Vera Beatrice. 3,000, 7c and 5c. Cold Storage. INCREASED BUSINESS Department of Revenue Collection Up $33,000,000 and Imports and Exports Improved and Imports $63,000,000. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Oct 15: ICP Wheat was auoted here today at j774C a bushel. remain rjeiow, some eying, ana buu .nreatening to cut off the air pump3 and suffocate to death unless the operators guarantee them more work and wages. At present tha ! miners work two days a week and receive but two dollars. They demand at least $330 a week. Early this morning the entombed men sent up an ultimatum as fol lows: "We are determined to dle Forget about us. Good-bye to the rAnw. wcv. "'"Lchlldreru-jrhU losehcr with a re, Gaston-Doumergue--latetmarfnr quest Tor tnr 343 , ,5ffin. coliins -V, was tn uic last announced Important cabinet heard of them. The government wished to send troops into the mine but the fact lasi weeKs assassuiauun . th,. th rfl ni nrrnmmo. illes. Former Premier Pierre La-jdatcd 16 and the ffar that the al succeeds Barthou as foreign j miners uu tne wlth ntnlster. inlrkaYPx fwforc thp rapp roiiM h Accenting responslbUlty for thenn.npd ri(t.rrpd thpm Tprr,hl MarselUes tragedy on behalf of his wfre bcmg enacted at the department. Albert Sarrall resigns ,ne me unlon leaders went dQwn s minister of the Interior. Tne anri rPl.a.vd nnlv whin t was sinister of Justice has also resigned. . threatened to blow un the mine. The cabinet changes will not In-' 'rfere with general policy of the ench government PUT IT UP TO LEAGUE British Government Would Make Geneva Responsible For Marseilles Incident Probe LONDON, Oct. 15: (CP Should International relations show signs of becoming strained over the matter, the British government has ex pressed itself as being In favor of the League of Nations assuming full responsibility for the InvesUgatlon-r of last week's. Incident at Marseilles when King Alexander of Jugo-j Slavia and Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France were assassina ted. Relations of Jugo-Slavla, Hungary and Italy are felt by the Brl--tlsh government to be delicate. Merely routine business was ta ken up Thursday night at the reg ular monthly meeting of the Prince Rupert Shrine Club In the Masonic Temple. President Arthur Brooksbank was In the chair. nillTON A It NESTED AS ACCOMPLICE IN Alexander of Jugo-Blavla and Foreign Minister Louis Bar- thou of France. The man re- fused to give his name but stated that his father was a Bulgarian, hfs motficr Turkish ASSASSINATION PARIS. Oct. 15: It was an- OTTAWA, Oct. 15: The depart- nouncea saiuraay nigni mai t ment of national revenue collected I a naturalized British subject $23,000,000 more during the first had been arrested as an ac- halt of the present year than for complice In the assassination urii iat voar The to. at Marseilles lasi weeic 01 rung tal exports increased $51,000,000 and he was a naturalized Brl- ton. ,