Today's
Weather
I'rjncc
Rupert
Snowing,
light
northerly
wind;
barometer,
20.70;
temperature,
33:
sea
smooth.
Vul.
XXIV
.
No.
290.
New
l-rjMallon
to
be
Enacted
II)
Parliament
on
llrfonimcndation
Of
Committee
M)NtXW.
IX"
2rrTrtc
Partta-ni
uv
law
relations
commute
i
i
onmmrnded
that
husbands
lr
e
at
liriuln
be
no
kmer
held
re
mslblr
for
debts
Incurred
by
thet
(mot
to
marriage
or
for
nils
uruiiois
on
the
part
of
thel
c
vc
L
!slaton
making
the
ne
ary
amendment!
to
existing
v,
will
be
introduced
HUGE
HAUL
WAS
MADE,
:
Bandits
Tay
ViU
to
Electric
Company
Oliltes
in
Philadelphia
And
Take
$10,000
j
PHILADELPHIA.
Dec.
21:
CP
-j
vf
armed
men
invaded
a
branch!
fti'-c
of
the
Philadelphia
Electric
yesterday,
ncirtped
up
between
SW.uOO
and
$48,000
In
cash
and
fled.
Bobby
Naylor,
Philadelphia
hood-m
who
U
wanted
In
connection
Kith
four
murder
Is
believed
to
REFUNDING
City
Commlvsioncr
Alder
at
Pre-M-nt
Going
Over
Ills
flan
With
Government
In
Victoria
VICTORIA,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
Unless
it
later
elects
to
reduce
the
sum
by
use
of
sinking
funds
and
holdlnt
of
Us
own
securities,
the
city
of
Prince
Kupert
will
place
a
Jl.X0O.O3O
refundlne
loan
before
the
Legislature
at
Its
session
nest
month.
Cltv
Commissioner
W.
J.
Aider
of
Prince
Kupert
stated
here
yesterday.
Legislative
details
re
now
being
gone
over
with
the
government.
Cltv
Comnilvsloner
Alder
has
already
secured
the
consent
of
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
city's
debenture
holders
for
his
refunding
and
Interest
reduction
plan.
IS
RAMMED
AND
SINKS
,vc
been
the
leader
of
the
hold-up
,,ltch
Unft
fjM,s
I)own
,fter
Being
inir
unvoys
Beg
Of
Prajadhipok
To
Return
to
Siam
LONDON.
Dee
21
Envoys
com
.
V.
.....
l'..l.l.l.r.
All
Are
Saved
MsnoN.
Dec.
21:
The
Dutch
Iner
branla
sank
off
the
coast
of
Portugal
yesterday
after
having
!een
rammed
by
a
Portuguese
.'rciehtcr.
All
the
passengers
nnd
:rcw
of
the
Oranla.
totalling
230.
acre
safely
rescued.
all
the
way
from
Siam
knelt
be-
(
q..
'ore
KIiir
Prajadhipok
heir
jester-
J
OUIlff
I
llOt
IS
riiu
lr.
t.
v.hitlf
nf
thr
nfHltllc
3
Hat
Uie
diminutive
Oriental
mon-,
ir
h
not
abdicate
his
throne
as
he
i
'
as
threatened
to
do
following
enrolment
of
his
absolute
rights.
Kings
Son
Seeks
Jockey's
Li
cence
'"ke
of
Gloucester
Plns
to
T!"
Part
In
New
Zealand
Steeplechase
WKI.LINOTON.
N.Z..
Dec.
21:
Duke
of
Gloucester,
third
son
'
f
King
acorge.
who
Is
on
r
tour
New
Zealand,
yesterday
applied
''r
on
amateur
jockey's
licence.
He
I'liuis
to
take
part
In
n
steeplechase
r'
New
Year's
bay.
Killed
in
Crash
i.nirnnl
Italdwln.
Aced
22.
Lost
Ills
Life
In
Airplane
Accident
at
San
Diego
Yesterday
SAN
DIEOO,
Dec.
21:
Stanford
Baldwin,
22-year
old
pilot,
wnoso
home
Is
In
Massachussctts.
was
killed
In
an
airplane
crash
here
yesterday.
New
Post
Office
In
I'ittshurjc
Is
DETAILS
OF
COLLISION
B.
C
Packers
Cannery
Freighter
Rammed
by
Coastal
Uner
at
Dock
at
Namu
Dark
and
Raining
Nine
Men
Sleeping
Aboard
Smaller
Vessel
at
Time
MUM
Have
Been
Serious
In
regard
to
the
accident
at
on
arrival
ai
prince
Kupcrt
mis
afternoon,
reported
that
the
mis
hap
occurred
at
6:30
In
the
morning
at
the
cannery
dock.
It
was
dark
and
raining
and
there
was
a
south
east
wind
blowing.
The
direct
tause
of
the
accident
wa
the
leaking
of
the
steamer's
starboard
'legraph
wire
as
a
result
of
which
.he
engine
room
was
unable
to
respond
In
time
to
the
astern
signal.
The
P..
W.
was
lying
alongside
the
lock
at
Namu
at
the
Ume.
The
Car-Jena
was
making
the
landing
on
her
regular
northbound
call.
II
was
when
Capt
Georgcson
rang
the
astern
"signal
that
the
telegraph
wire
from
bridge
to
engine
room
(Continued
on
page
five.)
German
Rescuers
Will
Be
Honored!
I
Fatherland
Proud
of
.Men
Who
Saved
Norwegian
Ship
Crew
j
in
Mid-Atlantic
I
BERLIN.
Dec.
21:
The
minister
i
of
Interior
of
Ocrmany
announced!
yesterday
that
German
life
saving
j
medals
would
be
awarded
to
the
j
captain
and
members
of
the
life.
boat
crew
from
the
German
steamer
i
New
York
which
this
week
rescued
;
the
sixteen
members
of
the
crew
of,
nnACf
inn
nf
Jnrlinn
the
foundering
Norwegian
steamer
(
UCDUUU
MX
111UIU11
SMolia""a"""n-
i
Schools
Discussed
SIMPLIFY
!
TAXATION
Eliminating
Some
of
Over
lapping
t
!
I
f
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Dec.
21:
Bccrctary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Monccnthau
announced
yesterday
OlR'll
to
Public
lhat
he
had
been
instructed
by
Pre-
rif
federal,
state
and
Conference
on
Matter
Yesterday
In
Office
of
Premier
Dennett
OTTAWA,
Dec.
21:
There
was
a
conference
In
the
office
of
Prime
President
Roosevelt
.Moves
Towards
,
Minister
R.
B.
Bennett
yesterday
on
the
question
of
Indian
schools.
'omul
Sterling
and
municipal
I
hilum
of
1
15-lGc
on
the
local
for
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
21,
1934
British
Columbia
In
Need
Of
New
Economic
Deal;
Is
Being
Milked
By
East
Now
VICTORIA,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
British
Columbia
is
working
its
head
off
drumming
up
business
in
foreign
markets,
which
is
then
poured
back
into
the
protected
markets
of
Eastern
Canada
with
the
result
that
this
province
has
an
unfavorable
trade
balance
with
the
east
which
amounted
last
year
to
90,000,-000,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
declared
in
a
statement
yesterday
rapping
back
at
eastern
critics
of
the
province's
attempt
to
control
interprovincial
export
under
marketing
laws.
The
whole
business
showed,
Mr.
Pattullo
said,
need
for
adjustment
of
the
economic
relationship
of
the
province
through
a
change
in
the
federal
Body
of
Slain
Indian
Child
Brought
From
Port
Essington;
Inquest
Opens
Here
Todayi?
Inquest
into
the
tragic
death
in
the
graveyard
at
Port
Essington
on
Wednesday
of
Wilf
rid
-Fred:
Spaldingr-nrai?orWr-
........
.v.,
,
,
-T.
0
,,.
.
11
TJ
when
the
B.
C.
Packers
power
nionin
out
son
ui
iMiiu
ojjuunug,
iiineiuen-yeiir
uju
liiuiau
freighter
p.
w.
was
rammed
and
girl,
opened
here
this
afternoon
before
Deputy
Coroner
sun
ny
me
union
oieamsmp
w.t
,j.
Lancaster.
Alter
me
oouy
oi
me
nitrn-aecapuaieti
coastal
liner
Cardena.
Capt.
Ernest
,
chjj(j
ha(j
Qen
vjewe(i
nm
statements
of
the
mother,
who
Ocorgeson.
master
of
the
Cardena.
-Kisln
-
His
In
a
a
semi-conscious
semi-conscious
condiUon
condition
in
in
OCTOBER
ELECTION
Political
Observers
Expect
Federal
Contest
Then
Tory
Organizer
Is
Named
OTTAWA
Dec.
21:
(CP)
The
Conservative
party
will
start
preparations
for
the
Dominion
election
campaign
soon
after
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holidays,
it
is
believed
in
political
quarters
here.
J.
Earl
Lawson
K.C.
M.P.
for
West
Yotk,
will
be
the
party's
new
Dominion
organixer,
it
was
learned
yesterday
in
unofficial
but
reliable
quarters.
No
official
announcement
has
yet
been
made
of
the
election
date
but
it
is
said
in
well-informed
quarters
that
It
has
been
tentatively
fixed
to
take
place
early
In
October.
Much,
however,
may
depend
upon
what
happens
at
the
forthcoming
session
of
Parliament.
There
are
possible
developments
which
may
bring
on
the
contest
much
earlier.
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital
following
an
operation
for
abdominal
stab
wounds,
and
the
doc
tor
who
performed
an
autopsy
this
morning,
had
been
taken,
the
in
quest
was
adjourned
until
after
the
Christmas
season.
It
is
alleged
that
the
young
mother
killed
the
child
by
cutting
Its
threat
with
a
butcher
knife,
which
weapon
she
then
turned
upon
herself.
It
is
expected
she
will
recover.
She
Is
under
guard
of
n
police
matron
at
the
hospital.
Inspector
J.
A.
Fraser,
provincial
jwllce,
returned
to
the
city
last
aight
from
Port
Essington
where
he
completed
the
police
investigation
into
the
tragedy.
lie
brought
in
tht
Ixxiy
of
the
child.
It
had
been
the
Intention,
to
Jhristen
the
child
on
the
coming
Sunday.
The
coroner's
jury
consists
of
Ben
Ferguson,
S.
E.
Parker.
J.
E.
Morris,
T.
N.
LePage.
James
E.
Parker
and
William
Gilchrist.
The
body
of
the
child
will
be
sent
by
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
tonight
to
Port
Essington
where
the
funeral
will
take
place.
Unemployed
Plan
March
Upon
City
Five
Thousand
Jlen
to
Demonstrate
Against
"Black
List"
It
is
Re-portcti
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVERrDec.
21:
It
is
reported
here
that
five
thousand
unemployed
men
plan
to
march
upon
Vancouver
unless
the
provincial
government
abolishes
its
"blacklist"
in
connection
with
distribu
tion
of
relief.
Pittsburg
Company
Gives
Month's
Pay
Ponus
to
Workers
Canadian
Dollar
;
PITTSBURG.
Dec.
21
:
The
Pltts-
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
21:
CP
The'
burg
Machine
Works,
one
of
the
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
a
pre-
city's
largest
Industrial
concerns,!
yesterday
announced
a
Christmas
places
the
unorganized
forces
of
the
railway
on
the
same
basis
as
those
organized
forces
with
whose
unions
an
agreement
was
recently
concluded.
Where
a
fifteen
percent
deduction,
from
the
basic
rates
of
pay
is
now
effective
this
will
be
reduced
on
January
1
to
twelve
percent
and
to
ten
percent
effective
May
1.
Where
deductions,
lower
than
fifteen
percent
are
in
effect,
the
re-
storatlon
will
be
In
the
sanie
nro-
The
restoration
will
not
apply
to
supervisory
and
other
officers
re
ceiving
more
than
$2700
per
annum.
Personal
Xmas
Cards
of
Chief
Executive
Out
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Dec
21:
Personal
Christmas
cards
of
Presi
dent
and
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
to.their
personal
friends
went
In
the
mails
yesterday.
Containing
a
simple
message
of
greeting
and
a
portrait
of
the
chief
executive
and
his
wife
seated
on
a
davenport
be
fore
the
fireplace
in
the
study
on
the
second
floor
of
the
White
House,
the
card
measures
eight
Inches
long
and
six
inches
wide.
Gunwoman
Fails
In
Hold-up
Plan
Female
Bandit
and
Maie
Caspan-ion
Failed
to
Get
Safe
Open
In
Seattle
Theatre
SEATTLE,
Dec.
21:
A
fur
clad
gunwoman
and
her
male
companion
held
up
employees
of
a
theatre
In
the
University
district
yesterday
and
endeavored
to
obtain
the
combination
of
the
safe
from
them.
The
pair
left
without
booty
after
evl-dentfy
satisfying
themselves
that
the
employees
did
not
have
the
combination
hhd.
'.
therefore,
could
not
open
the
safe.
Insurance
Office
In
Seattle
Robbed!
SEATTLE.
Dec.
21:
Miss
Nelson,
cashier
of
the
Metropolitan
Life
Insurance
Co.,
was
held
up
lu
the
company's
office
here
yesterday,
$125
being
taken.
POUND
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL.
Dec.
21:
(CPJThe
,','
off
ire
construction
taxes
with
a
view
to
eliminating
at
clgn
exchange
market
yesterday,
present
for
Us
employees
In
the
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
'"T1
.
:.,M.t
v
romnlelcd
least
some
of
the
overlapping
which.:
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
form
of
a
bonus
equivalent
to
one,
j
$.89y
on
the
local
exchange
mar-VwXS
'nowcxlsU..
jt$4.
Wh'spay
kct
yesterday
Today's
Tides
High
......
Low
.
1:45
am.
19.2
ft.
13:17
pjn.
21.7-
It.
..7:29
a.m.
8.8
ft.
20:10
pjn.
2.5
ft.
PBicr:
five
cEN-ia
GREAT
DUTCH
PLANE
IS
DESTROYED
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
EMPLOYEES
TO
HAVE
PAY
RAISED
Seven
Lose
Lives
In
Machine
Which
Raced
Second
to
Melbourne
(iiaut
Aircraft
Was
Struck
by
Lightning
in
Iraq
Victims
Included
Three
Passengers
For
Java
and
Crew
of
Four
BAGDAD,
Dec.
21
:
(CP)
The
Riant
airplane
"Uiver,"
lntk
of
the
Royal
Dutch
Air
Lines,
the
same
machine,
which
was
ued
by
K.
I).
Parmentier
and
J.
J.
Moll
to
win
mml
place
in
the
London
to
Melbourne
air
race
in
the
fall,
was
destroyed
during
a
heavy
lightning
storm
yesterday.
The
machine
was
found
wrecked
and
burned
with
all
'
-
Hits
seven
occupants
ten
miles
from
Rutba
Wells.
Iraq.
The
vicUms
In-
11711
ft"
n
1
UTT
A
A
I
and
four
llrS
v
I
eluded
three
passengers
If
1
Y
JuU
rAjU
of
a
crew
enroute
to
Java.
I
HUSBANDS;
ready
FOR
'
ETHIOPIA
IN
REPLY
.Makes
Counter
Charie
Aralnst
Italy
of
Illegal
Entry
of
Its
Territory
OENEVA,
Dec.
21:
The
dispute
between
Ethiopia
and
Italy
Is
assuming
more
embarrassing
proportions.
Ethiopia
has
replied
to
Italy
t
claim
of
wrongful
invasion
of
Ita
llan
Somaliland
with
a
count
r
claim
of
Illegal
entry
of
Its
tern
tory
by
Italy
Part
of
Wage
Cut
To
Be
Restored
As
From
January
the
First
Upward
Revision
Will
Apply
to
Those
Not
Covered
By
Agreement
as
Well
as
Those
Who
Aret
MONTREAL,
Dec.
21:
Extension
of
the
restoration
(of
three
percent
on
January
1
and
an
additional
two
per-j
cent
on
May
1
to
the
wages
and
salaries
of
employees
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
subsidiary
corr-inanies
in
Canada
including
Canadian
National
Tele
graphs
not
covered
by
wage
agreements
is
announced
in
a
circular
Issued
at
Canadian
Na-u
1
'i
'
1
'
.
tlonal
headquarters
today.
This!
Speeding
Up
On
Contributions
To
Christmas
Cheer
Contributions
to
the
Salvallm
Army
Christmas
Cheer
Fund
liave
been
speeding
up
today
and
it
luoju.
as
l!
by
Monday
provision
,
may,
be
made
for,
all
pressing
cases.
How-.
tverr4hererJlAnoty.ct5U3lHrndnT
althougTT
contributors
are
doing
very
well.
Foircsrlng
arc
t'.ie
recent
amounts
sent
in:
Previously
nccncr:tsscu
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
W.
H.
7i
O.
W.
Nickerson
Co
5.0)
'
Anonymous
.'.
.
5.0)
Mrs.
O.
Smith
5.01
R.
G.
Emmerson
10.03
Phllpott,
Evitt
&
Co.
Ltd.
..
30.00
Anonymous
10.5J
F.
M.
Dockrill,
1
ton
coal.
Liquor
by
Drink
Is
Now
Legalized
Amendment
to
Keeulatlons
Cover-in;
Consumption
of
Beverages
Effective
in
California
SACRAMENTO.
Cal..
Dec
21.-
-The
sale
of
liquor
bv
the
drink
In
the
State
of
California
became
le
gal
yesterday.
Henceforth,
drinks
may
be
served
with
rccaiv
In
the
state
or
may
be
drunk
from
a
bottle
In
public.
Kay
Francis
And
ina
Claire
Are
Finest
Dressers
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
21:
Kay
Francis
was
yesterday
voted
the
best
dressed
woman
on
the
serpen.
Ina
Claire
was
'voted
the
best
attired
actress
on
the
stage.
Douglas
Aircraft
Boosts
Pay
Rate
I
Two
Thousand
Employees
to
Five
Percent
-More
After
New
Year
Ci:
LOS
ANGELES.
Dec..
,21:
The
Douglas
Aircraft
Co.
yesterday
Announced
a
five
percent
wage
increase
for
all
Its
2000
employees
effective
as
from
December
31.
ISA
II
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
21!
(CP)-Uar
silver
closed
at
tVic
per
ounce
im
Si
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