5c. Today's Weather ROBBERY OF MAIL Goods Recovered SEATTLE. June 1J cCP-Recov- cry of approximately $M0 worth or furs and other goods allegedly stolen from the malls was announced by Post Office Inspectors here yesterday after the arrest ot Arthur II. Marsh, aged 38. a cleric in the post office at Anchorage. Alaska. Marsh had flown here on his way to attend a national convention of a fraternal order, postal Inspectors said. He is accused of theft from ilw malls of goods valued at $300 over a two-yenr period. He waived hearing and was taken to county toll. Ii.Ul was set at $3,000. Halibut Arrivals Summary ( American 02,000 pounds, BBc and 5c to 0c and 5c. Canadian 107.000 pounds, 5.8c and 4.5c to 5.0c and 4.5c. 5c. t. American Middlcton, 23.000, Booth, 0c and Wood row, 11,000, Atlln, 8.8c and Condor. 11,000, Pacific, 0.7c and 5c. Uolliulor, 10,000. Royal. 0.0c and 5o Canadian Clipper II, 15,000, Pacific, 5.8c and 4.5c Capo Race, 0,000, Atlln, 5.0c and 4.5c North Foreland, 0,000, Atlln, 5.oC and 4.5c. Cape Spencer, 15,000, Cold Stor-Me. 5.0c and 4.5c. Helen II." 14,000, and Vera Beatrice, 18,000, Canadian Fishing Co. for lluttdrilo delivery, 6c and 5c. ered In default under the Johnson law." " SeconiJ, thre Is no connection 1 Jvhatevet between Uv- debt .owed United states by Oreat Britain arid thoM ovrtid Oreat Britain by other counts to. I j Third, the United States government will be glad to entertain proposals for either readjustment of the debt or for payment In goods and services. Some observers, following publication of the note, pointed out that Britain controls the world's supply of rubber and predominates in tin uroductlon and predicted that an Postal Clerk From Anchorage arrangement might be made under Custody at Seattle SW00 of which the British could repay part of the debt In those raw materials. France Will Not Pay There was no surprise although some disappointment yesterday In official quarters when a note was received from France officially an nouncing the decision of that country to make no payment what ever on the war debt Instalment due on June 15. It was Intimated tint France was simply unable to pay. Try to Settle United States Steel Strike WASHINGTON. D.C.. June 13:-Whether or not the strike In the steel industry of the United States will actually occur will be decided tomorrow when a vote is taken in Pittsburg In connection with the ureement of the operators tor a plan of mediation looking to n per manent settlement oi me aispuic by arbitration. It was expected President Roosevelt would Issue a special appeal today In connection with tho situation. Bishop Rowe To Visit Pt. Barrow Alaska Church Leader Will Attempt To Visit Ilw Parishioners in Remote North JUNEAU. Alaska, June 13: Rt OBTAINED Hallway Commission Official is Coming Next Week to Discuss Reduction of Auto Kates I The rriiice.JtuncrU-Chambcr of Commerce has it last obtained action in Its long fight to get the authorities to move with avlew to bringing about a reduction in 'the transportation rate on auto-mobiles between Prince Uupert and Terrace and ilaiclton. Today the clumber was advised that A. Le Sage of Calgary, inspector of railroad operations of : the Hoard of Railway Commissioners ot Canada, expected to be , in Prince Uupert during the week j of June 18 to discuss the question : of a reduction in these rates. Mr. Le Sage will also visit llazelton and Terrace. j SESSION TO i ; RISE SOON Congress Expected to Conclude Labors' by End of Week Senate Passes Silver WASHINGTON. D.C.. June 13: (CP i With several administration measures being dumped overboard j with a view to bringing the session to a close, It Is expected that Con gress may rise by Saturday of this week. Security against unemployment and want In old age formed the keynote of a special message sent to Congress by President Franklin D. Roofevclt In which a new program of social and economic legislation was outlined. Rev. P. T. Rowe D. D., Episcopal present session. lllsliop of Alaska, will be leaving I nhortlv ut make an attempt to vhlt Thert.Collart sailed last evening NEW YORK, June 13: Stock Drlces were moderately lower nere One of the Important measures . wltn tne general iist moving nar-whlch has yet to be put through is rowIv Small iosses were in the ma- Hie administration s silver purcnasc ,orltv late in ne session. bill which was passed oy me senate Monday night and now goes to the House for action on the Senate amendments. Speeches on this bill have been limited to. three minutes. The plan authorizes the administration to buy sliver and Issue sli ver certificates until a fourth of the country's money Is backed by sliver. ACQUITTED OF MURDER Charles Hunter Found Not Guilty At Vernon in Connection With Princeton Killing VERNON. June 13: (CP) Charles Hunter. Princeton rancher was found not guilty by a Jury at the Supreme Court Assizes here Steps to safeguard yesterday on a charge of murder- Jobs and homes were suggested, ajlng Robert Campbell at Hunter's plan of unemployment Insurance.1 ranch on December 21. housing prouram nnd migration of. Hunter testified that he shot farmers from unprofitable to more, Campbell In the thigh In the favorable areas being among the course of a quarrel In which Camp-proposals. It Is expected it will be bell was the aggressor. Although the. president's final message to the the two men had lived together for i years, It was the first quarrel they ! had ever had. Hunter said. In a statement prior to death. Tomorrow's Tides mm High 2:05 a.m 20.4 It. Prince Rupert -Cloudy, light 15:03 pjn. 182 tt. northerly wind: barometer. 29.93; Low 8:55 a.m. 2.5 ft. temperature. 53; sea smooth. 20:56 pjn. 8.3 It: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXIV . No. Vol. t'n0x,t PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934 PRICE: FIVE CENTS WAbnMTON'S NOTE 3BfySMtgjflt5ytr:. ''-fflMSHp isV gggggB gggtBgBBMBfcr mJS ggflEagf SgBsgggflHsl wKnSrKmyJifji3UBKIMKwS flggflggflrgV "That's him, I know by his whining voice Frank Allen the "Klondike Kid." retired gold prospector, point, to Tom Jensen. Danish sailor, as the "Blueberry lorn' who has been sought for 20 years. He was wanted for the murder of three comrades In the Yukon mining regions. Allen picked him out of a crowd of 75 spectators in Brooklyn homicide court. Twenty-one years ago three men and a woman set out from Fairbanks to scrabble .for gola dust. It was the winter of 1913. and when spring came around, it was said that they had nearly $20,000 worth of dust In their pokes. Then the bodies of "Sweet Marie," who came out of the Fairbanks dance halls: of "Fiddler John" and Frank Adams were found. They had been cone to death, and 'Blueberry Tom" Jensen was missing. Someone recalled that "Blueberry Tom" had shown up and had auctioned off a bracelet that once belonged to "Sweet Marie." STOCK MART TREND DOWN General List .Moves Narrowly With Small Losses Prevalent Late ! In Yesterday's Session j AUTHORITY ON TARIFF Wide Powers Conferred on President Roosevelt by Measure Signed Last Night WASHINGTON, B.C., June 13: (CP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt last night signed the new United States tariff bill and immediately assumed sole power to fix rates on all articles Imported into the United SUtes and to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other nations. At the discretion of (lie President, it is expected that early changes will be made in the tariff on a number of imports lo this country. Autos, paper and coal are expected to be the principal Hems which will be affected NO SESSION THIS FALL No Likelihood of Legislature Being Called Together Again Tills Year, Says Pattullo VICTORIA. June 13: (CP-Pre mler T. D. Pattullo state that '.there WAR DEBT, ; i ' Lost Lives In I Crash of Plane How Persons in American Airways Machine Came to Their End In Catskill Mountains NEWARK. NJ.. June 13: Victims of the crash of the American Airways plane in the Catskill Mountains twelve miles north of Living ston Manor. N.Y., were Harry H. Pinsley of New York. W. B. Bader. W. A. Cass and H. Copplns. all of Buffalo. Clyde Holbrook. aged 38, of Chicago, co-pllot. and Miss Margaret Huckby. aged 28, of Chicago, stewardess. The plane was on its way from here to Buffalo. All the victims were inside the plane and were burned to death. Light Rains Aid Wheat Crops In Saskatchewan REG IN A. June 13:- There have been further light rains during the past few days In central and sou thern Saskatchewan with the re suit that crop conditions appear to be much more encouraging al though In some areas there will be much loss as a result ot the recent prolonged drought. NEW YORK METALS NEW YORK. June 13: Silver price here yesterday was 45c. Cop- hli'mrlililoners In remote Point by tne'Catala on a business trip to campoen saia mat ne aione naa is n Ukeunooti or n session of tne per was quoted at vc. up 'c Barrow I Vancouver. , been to blame for the quarrel. Legislature this fall. i sliver price today was 45" ,c. The FEDERAL RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO CONTINUE TILL MID-JULY Uncle Sam Suggests New Deal To John Bull On Subject of Obligations Now Falling Due Killed noitoTiiv dell HOLLYWOOD. June 13 -Funeral services wire eoixlacted he,re (or Dirothy DeQ. beautiful young movln picture star, wfto u Killed In an automobile accident ' at the end of the week. Many screen notabilities were In attendance at the tad rites Readjusting of Payments or Making of Same in Goods or , Services Would be Entertained Supplying of ' Rubber or Tin Suggested France An- ; nounces Inability to Pay WASHINGTON, D.C., June 13: (CP) Replying to the British war debts note of June 4 in which the British government intimated that it intended to make no payment whatever on war debt instalments due on June 15, the I'nitcd States government last night suggested offers would he considered for readjusting the debt or payment i"A.s or services. The Unltcd States note urged Oreat Britain to . nTif r t t o m.tkc some sort of settlement so It A I I 1 1 1 1 I wuuid not be regarded as a defaul- 1 JlV1 1 IU I ter ; The United States note set forth , three points as follows: First. Oreat Britain would have to ' ' pay only the amount of the June 15 .Instalment to avoid being consld- Triple Murder of Klondike Recalled Ottawa To Carry On With Contributions For One Month More Hoped by Then That Provinces and Municipalities Will be Able to Assume Burden Until Such Time as Public Works Program Gets Under Way in Fall ! OTTAWA, June 13: (CP) Federal contributions to direct relief in the provinces will be continued until July 15 in spite of the previous decision to stop them on June 15, it was announced last night. By the middle of July the federal government is hopeful that the employment situation will have so improved that the provinces and municipalities may be able to carry on their own direct relief un-'il the federal relief work program is commenced in the fall. i I Big Boost In I Air Strength 1 Is Proposed! LONDON, June 13: ( CP ) The expansion of the British Air Force, announced some months ago, contemplates addition of fifty squadrons, or roughly 00 machines, it was learned yesterday. PATTULL0 ISHEARD Ottawa to Consider P. G. E. Purchase and Better Terms, lie ' - -'fellLatrrtef-Club VANCOUVER, June 13: (CP) British Columbia's case for the taking over of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway by the Dominion and the province's claims for better terms under Confederation will probably be considered by a committee of the whole Dominion cabinet some time after the prorogation of the House of Commons, Premier T. I). Pattullo indicated in an address yesterday to a combined luncheon ot the Laurier and Lady Laurier Clubs of Vancouver. Prime Minister R. B. Bennett had written a letter to him to that effect. Premier Pattullo said. During his address, Premier Pattullo also made the declaration that all of Canada's unemployed could be put to work without destroying the national WHEAT WAR IS FEARED Alarm Caused by News That Argen tina Has Topped Her drain Export Quota LONDON. June 13: Feeline of alarm ran through wheat clrcle3 here as news spread that Anrentlnn had topped her export quota of 110.000.000 bushels by 4.000.000 bu shels and had booked ocean car riage to export more. Some observers prophesied that Argentina's action would result In a "wheat war" Involving Canada. United States and Australia while others hoped for a solution ot the problem by agreement. WATER PROM EVERY PROVINCE AND STATE MIXED BY KIWANAS TORONTO. June 13: Water brought In bottles from every province of Canada and every state ot the United States was mixed at the International KI- wanls convention here this week and a toast drunk with the mixture.