She
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
Raining,
fresh
High
7:20
ajn.
18.7
ft.
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.08;
20:32
p.m.
15.0
ft.
temperature,
34;
sea
smooth.
Low
0:38
ajn.
9.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
1:02
pm.
7.5
ft
Vol,
XXV.,
No,
18.
7l
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
22,
1933
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
COMPROMM
SILVER
PLAN
ADVANCED
WCMJmi
TO
RESUME
LUMBER
CUTTING
AT
EARLY
DATE
Billmor
Plant
Crew
of
Men
to
Will
Continue
in
Operation
Tor
Rest
of
Season
Following
Shutdown
Since
Last
August
Extension
Work
Is
Being
Planned
Giving
employment
to
some
thirty
more
men
in
addi-Man
to
the
skeleton
crew
of
some
five
or
so
now
on
the
inn
roll
at
the
plant,
the
Billmor
Spruce
Mills
Ltd.
sawmill
at
Porpoise
Harbor,
some
five
or
six
miles
along
the
(
anadian
National
Railways
trac
from
here,
which
har
k
i
closed
down
since
last
August,
will
resume
lumbei
.
Ultine
Al
soon
ai
weather
rwrtnlf
MEMBERS
OF
COMMISSION
rrrmirr
AlUnlire
and
Sir
John
Hope
Slmpum
to
Help
Condutl
NfafeaiidUrid
Affairs
'
LONDON.
Jan.
22:
Premier
Al-tile
i
unU
Sir
John
Hope
Simpson
l
Ik
included
In
the
commission
'
which
will
govern
Newfound-ti
l
when
that
country
reverU
fi'
iu
u
Dominion
to
colonial
status
rrKHted
here
yeiterday.
Tin-
-hin(.c
has
already
been
'
iIkiI
Uith
by
the
Newfoundland
i
Dm
Mi
governments
and
only
1
tpi"lntment
of
the
commit
"'i
i
awaited
before
It
goes
ink,
Today's
Stocks
Cjuit
8.
D.
Johluton
CO.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri.
.37.
H
V
Nickel.
.73.
n.
it
x
i.
U.
II.
Cons,
.40.
Hralorne.
11.15.
Cariboo
Oold,
2.53.
Dunwell,
-38-Ueorgla
River,
.02.
Indian,
.02
Vi,
Mlntu.
2$.
Morning
star.
,29V.
Native
8011,
.09.
National
Silver.
.03.
Noble
Five,
.m,.
Tend
Oreille.
1.00.
Porter
Idnho.
.12.
Premier,
1.05.
II
roves,
.20.
Hcward,
,1H.
Heno.
1.07.
WIver
Great,
.0214.
Wayside,
.45.
Whitewater.
.07ty.
Wavcrly.
.03.
Oils
Pubyan,
.00?;.
Home.
1.73,
C
&
E
1.08.
Freehold,
.13.
sterling
Pacific,
.60.
Toronto
Aldcrinac,
.15.
Alexandria
Oold,
.OS's.
Central
Patricia,
JS7Vj.
Chebougamau,
.0014.
Columarlo,
.03.
Uranada.
.85.
I"t.
Nickel.
22.70.
Klrkland
Lake,
.31
MaciiHsni
r9
McMillan
Oold,
3o.
Nornndn,
34.70.
8t
Anthony,
,41,
Blicrrltt
Gordon,
1.13.
K'sco,
1.57.
Thompson
Cadillac,
m,
Towagmanac,
.30
'j.
Ventures,
.80.
To
Put
Thirty
-
Five
Work
Shortly
"
-
-
-
ft
which
wtll
protmbly
be
some
time
next
month,
it
Is
announced
by
D
Morgan,
manager,
of
the
plant.'
ho
Is
In
town
on
business
today
I
la
expected
that
the
plant
will
ontlnue
In
operation
for
the
rest
of
the
season
at
least.
The
company
has
some
small
criers
on
hand
and,
with
an
Improvement
Jn
Jtorliynbf
rnarke
In
prosrteVtTmore
ate
expected
before
lorn.
Meantime,
much
of
th
'umber
to
be
rut
is
to
be
used
In
xtcnslon
work
which
Is
planned
at
the
mill.
ALERT
BAY
HAS
BLAZE
Fire
in
Village
Down
Coast
Relieved
Incendiaiy
Arrest
is
Made
Fire
on
Friday
night
destroyed
a
number
of
buildings
occupied
ty
Chinese
and
Indians
in
the
lower
section
of
Alert
Bay.
according
to
word
brought
here
last
night
by
the
steamer
Catala.
The
fire
is
said
to
have
been
of
incendiary
origin
and
it
is
understood
a
Chinaman
has
been
placed
under
arrest.
London
Planning
Prosperity
Fair
Old
Country
Metropolis
Celling
Ready
to
Put
on
Inhibition
In
1936
LONDON.
Jan.
22:
Plans
arc
being
launched
for
the
holding
of
n
World's
Fair
here
in
1930
to
signalize
a
new
era
of
world
profper-Ity.
German
Monarchy;
Hitler
is
Worried
Chancellor
Said
to
be
Concerned
Over
Latest
Political
Move
In
His
Country
BERLIN.
Jan.
22:
Chancellor
Adolph
Hitler
Is
reported
to
be
worried
over
new
plans
which
are
said
to
be
under
wny
for
thtS
return
of
the
monarchy
to
Oermnny.
Blake
M.
Wilson,
president
oi
Sterling
Markets
Ltd.,
well
known
meat
retailing
concern,
wno
ha-.,
been
on
a
business
visit
to"
Prince
George,
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
Interior
on
Saturday
nights
train
and
will
proceed
on
the
ss.
Catala
tomorrow
afternoon
to
his
headquarters
in
Vancouver.
PROMINENT
IN
CHURCH
Ased
VWcount
Halifax.
Now
Dead,
Attempted
to
Reconcile
English
and
Koman
Catholic
Religions
LONDON,
Jan.
22:
CP
Vis-count
Halifax
died
here
Friday
at
the
age
of
94
years.
From
early
manhood
Viscount
,
Halifax
held
a
predominant
position
among
laymen
of
the
Anglo-Catholic
school
In
this
country.
His
name
will
be
ImperUhably
associated
with
ef
forts
to
effect
a
reunion
between
the
English
Church
and
the
Church
of
Rome.
Born
in
1839.
Lord
Hall-fax
was
descended
from
the
Wood
family
of
Monk
Bretton,
which
flourished
near
Barnsley
In
the
reign
of
James
the
First.
Hut
father
Sir
Charles
Wood,
the
third
baronet,
who
represented
Halifax
in
Parliament,
was
raised
to
the
peer-:
age
In
1&66
and
died
in
1885
I
One
Hundred
I
t
Fifty
Men
At
I
I
Dock
Working
There
are
at
present
150
men
in
employment
at
the
local
dry
dock,
which
is
a
larger
crew
than
has
had
work
there
in
over
two
years.
The
principal
iob
at
present
under
way
is
the
repair-
ine;
of
the
s
t
e
a
m
e
r
Prince
George,
following
her
recent
stranding,
which
it
is
expected
will
occupy
another
month
or
so.
Following
this
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
will
go
on
for
annual
overhaul,
a
good
deal
of
other
miscellaneous
work
being
also
lined
up.
A
rather
busy
spring
at
the
plant
is
assured.
Elderly
Indian
Woman
is
Burned
To
Death
Lately
Particulars
have
been
received
at
divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
of
a
recent
tragedy
at
Hagwllget
village
near
Hazelton
when
Mrs.
Sarah
Leon,
65-year
old
Indian
woman,
was
burned
to
death
as
she
slept.
An
overheated
stovepipe
without
a
damper
Is
believed
to
have
set
the
one
room
house
In
which
she
dwelt
afire
as
she
slept.
The
remains
were
found
In
the
ruins.
Would-be
rescuers,
unable
to
break
through
a
locked
door,
had
to
make
entry
by
tearing
off
the
roof.
Provincial
Constable
Malcolm
Martin
of
Smlthers
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
Interior
on
Saturday
night's
train
wlUi
a
violently
insane
patient
in
his
charge
and
w"i
proceed
south
on
the
Catala
tomorrow
with
this
and
twn
other
pat
ients
for
Essondalc
In
his
charge.
Powerful
Instrument
of
War
A
new
mu;h.ne
cun
invented
by
a
Japanese
which
will
fire
9.000
shot?,
a
mlnut?
believed
by
experts
3
be
sinu
ar
to
the
machine
gun
capable
of
firing
33.000
times
a
minute
which
was
perfected
by
Levi
W
Lombard,
left
of
Boston,
In
1918.
Similar
to
the
description
of
the
Japanese
gun,
the
Lombard
weapon,
shown
at
top
being
operated
by
Earl
L.
Ovlngton,
of
Santa
Barbara,
Cal.,
who
worked
with
Lombard
on
the
invention,
operates
on
the
principle
of
centrifugal
force
with
a
disc.
A
view
of
the
ammunition
hopper
of
the
Lombard
gun
is
pictured
below.
SHIPPING
0FASPEN
1
Matchwood
Timber
For
Orient
Ex-
peeled
to
.Move
boon
Tlirour.Ii
I
This
Port
Shipments
of
aspen
timber
from
M.
M.
Connelly
of
the
Frsser
Lake
Sawmills
Ltd.
to
China
for
use
in
the
making
of
matchwood
are
expected
to
commence
shoiUy
through
this
port
although
none
of
the
timber
has
as
yet
commenced
to
arrive
from
the
Interior.
It
is
expected
that
the
timber
will
be
handled
over
the
local
lumber
assembly
wharf
and
that
the
first
shipment
will
be
taken
by
the
well
known
Vancouver
freighter
City
of
Victoria
which
will
come
here
to
load.
Today's
Weather
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
calm:
barometer.
29.68;
temperature,
36;
light
swell.
Triple
Island
Raining,
strong
southerly
wind;
sea
moderate.
Langarn
Island
Overcast,
light
northerly
wind;
westerly
swell.
Terrace
Snowing,
calm,
29.
Anyox
Snowing,
calm.
32.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
17.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm.
mild.
Durns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
7
IHIS
FATE
UNCERTAIN
Connicting
Reports
in
Regard
to
Edward
Bremer,
Kidnapped
St.
Paul
Banker
ST.
PAUL,
Minn..
Jan.
22:-There
were
conflicting
reports
current
last
night
as
to
the
fate
of
Edward
O.
J
Bremer.
36-year
old
banker
and
scion
of
a
wealthy
and
powerful
brewing
family,
who
was
kidnapped
last
week.
One
report
was
that
$200,000
ransom
had
been
delivered
by
the
family
to
a
"go-between"
and
that
Bremer's
release
was
expected
mo-1
mentarily
either
In
Minneapolis
or'
St.
Paul.
j
The
other
report
was
that
Bre
mer's
family
had
been
advised
that
he
had
been
accidentally
IrllW
hvt
the
kidnappers.
Meantime,
the
authorities,
who
were
endeavoring
to
trace
the'
ab
ductors,
would
confirm
neither
report.
Adolph
Bremer,
the
kidnapped
man's
elderly
father,
continues
dangerously
ill.
,r
.
P...J
r
r
4,1-
-
1
rivu
fuui,
ocamc
strain
cuiil-
j
neer,
.arrived
in
the
city
on
th
Catala
last
evening
from
the
south
to
pay
a
visit
here
with
his
brother
and
sister-in-law,
Capt.
ann
Mrs.
W
P
Armour
Remonetization
Scheme
For
White
Metal
Still
Advocated
by
Senators
President
Roosevelt
Will
lie
Given
Chance
to
Incorporate
It
in
His
Gold
Program
Which
Has
Passed
House
Of
Representatives
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
22:
(CP)-Senate
advocates
of
the
remonetization
of
silver
disclosed
today
that
they
had
evolved
a
compromise
silver
plan
which
will
be
offered
as
an
amendment
to
the
administration's
devaluation
bill.
First,
however,
it
will
be
submitted
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
in
the
hope
that
the
chief
executive
may
in-
'corporate
it
In
his
monetary
pre
T1T
nrvmt
mn
-
Igram.
So
far
the
president
has
rll.rllKIVrK
REFLOATED
'the
western
senators.
Senator
Will
be
Taken
on
Pontoons
at
Wheeler
of
Montana
said
It
was
a
Local
Dry
Dock
This
Evening
purchase
proposlUon
designed
to
For
Repairs
.
4stbUlzelverj'
andskeip
it
at
a
raUo
wi'tHlbldloeTew41f
be
no
The
Albert
Ss
McCaffery
pile-
fluctuation.
A
ratio
of
sixteen
to
driver,
which
tipped
over
at
the
one
has
been
in
the
past
generally
company's
dock
at
the
end
of
the
Mentioned.
week
when
she
settled
down
oh
a
,
The
administration's
dollar
defender
pile
the
top
of
which
had
I
Valuation
jbllJ-passed
the
House
of
been
broken
off.
and
was
holed,
has
iRepresintitlves
late
Saturday
riight
now
been
refloated
by
the
Armour
1
by
an
overwhelming1
vote
o'f
360
to
Salvage
Co.
and
is
expected
to
be
40
and
is
expected
to
go
before
the
taken
on
the
pontoons
at
the
dry
.
Senate
early
this
week,
dock
this
evening
for
repairs.
1
It
will
be
a
further
addition
to
a
considerable
amount
of
repair
work
which
is
now
under
way
at
the
yard.
DEMOCRATIC
i
CHIEF
DIES
1
John
II.
McCuey.
Tammany
Leader,
i
Passes
Away
in
New
York
at
Age
of
Seventy
Years
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
22:
John
H.
McCuey
of
Brooklyn,
veteran
lead
er
of
Tammany
Democrat
forces
here,
died
yesterday
at
the
age
ofUmrm-n
n,),.
.0
from
a
sudden
heart
attack.
For!
many
years
he
was
one
of
the
most
influential
and
prominent
political
i
American
Flyer,
Who
Served
For
Canada,
Is
Dead
SANTA
ROSA.
Cal.
January
a
Lieut.
Guy
Duncan
Smith,
who
served
with
the
Roya:
Canadian
Flying
Corps
throughout
me
Orea-j
War.
leaving
for
Canaaa
to
enlls;
In
1914
and
returning
after
the'
cessation
of
hostilities
In
1918
died
here
yesterday.
Carried
ails
For
Yen
on
Vancouver
Island;
Passes
Away
VICTORIA.
January
22
Tr.oi.
Parker
of
Metchosln
who
for
sixteen
years
carried
malls
on
Vancouver
Island
is
dead
here.
He
r
survived
by
six
sons
and
three
daughters.
Oeorge
Dlbb,
after
a
week's
visit
here
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Dibb,
sailed
by
the
Catala
last
evening
to
resume
his
employment
with
'the
Gnmby
Co.
at
Anyox
shown
no
intention
of
touching
the
silver
problem
for
the
time
being
at
least
Although
no
fixed
ratio
Is
definitely
provided
In
the
latest
plan
of
Quietly
Married
I
Saturday
Evening
Miss
Helen
Myrtle
Clark
Becomes
Bride
of
William
Roberts
at
Ahm
Cottage
A
quiet
but
interesting
marrlase
jtook
place
at
Ahm
Cottage,
Overlook
Street.
Saturday
evenine.
Rev.
Canon
W.
F.
Rushbrook,
rector
of
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church,
officiating,
when
Miss
Helen
Myrtle
Clark,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
M.
Clark,
Ninth
Avenue,
became
the
bride
of
William
Roberts,
a
well.
Tne
bride
who
was
glycn
m
mar.
rla?e
by
her
(ather
was
attended
by
Mrs.
Marget
Hansen
wW,
th(r-
groomsman
was
Jack
Shearing.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Roberts,
who
are
well
known
in
the
city
and
why
will
have
the
congratulations
and
best
wishes
of
many
friends,
will
take
up
residence
here.
The
bride
has
lived
here
all
her
life.
Dr.
Henry
de
Wytnne,
weh
known
Juneau
Dhvslcian
and
UK-
slgeon.
was
a
passenger
aboard
the
rrmcess
noran
Saturday
goai
rnrough
to
Seattle
wnence
he
win
proceed
to
the
Eastern
State
to
take
up
a
three-months'
oostzra
duate
course.
He
was
accompanied
by
Mrs.
de
Wythne.
THREE
DEAII
OF
BEltl-
BERI
IN
VANCOUVER
ISLAND
LOOniNU
CAMP
PORT
ALBERNI,
Jan.
22:
(CP
Three
Chinese
em-
ployees
of
a
shingle
bolt
camp
here
are
dead
from
beri-berl
caused
as
a
result
of
a
diet
of
f
polished
rice
which
lacks
Vita-
mln
D.
Two
others
are
In
hos-
pltal
but
are
expected
to
re-
cover.
The
disease
Is
not
eon-
taglous.
.