Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
light
northwest
wind;
barometer,
3053;
temperature,
61;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXIV
.
No.
92.
GOLD
Success
in
Effort
To
Recover
Sunken
Gold
I
Near
Juneau
in
Sight
C'apt.
Prank
Curtis
Says
at
pates
Ship,
Which
Went
Brought
Up
in
KETCHIKAN,
April
19:
(CP)
Success
of
efforts
which
have
been
made
for
many
years
to
raise
the
steamer
Inlander
which
sank
in
1901
near
Juneau
with
a
reputed
larne
amount
of
gold
bullion
aboard
is
believed
to
be
in
Bight
Returning
north
to
resume
salvage
work
on
the
sunken
steamer,
in
the
loss
of
which
many
were
drowned
(
apt
Frank
Curtis
declared
here
that
he
expected
to
have
the
vessel
raised
within
nitiety
days.
GOLD
HAS
REACTION
:
,Vf
Federal
Tat
Rrulti
In
Sharp
Derlnic
In
Shirn
on
Van
router
Exchange
VANCOUVER.
April
19
-The
new
...
p
rccnt
gold
tax
announced
by
He:.
E
N
Rhodes
la
the
federal
biK-,ct
yeetctday
resulted
In
a
t
rp
f;.ump
In.
the
value
of
all
In
i
gold
shares
on
the
Van-r-
cr
gtpckrEchane.-all-Issues,
tui'ii
ri
.
Dralome.
Pioneer,
n.
R.
X.
(
Iboo.
Premier.
Dentonla.
Dra-
.-m
and
11,
R
Consolidated
react-downward
In
late
trading.
The
i
'urnover
amounted
to
557,000
...,rcs.
Is
morning
trading
today
price
i
rold
leaders
held
relatlvelj
,
t'j
despite
severe
breaks
In
the
Today's
Stocks
IC
unr
8.
b
John
.on
Oa.)
Toronto
C
ilbougamau,
.13.
Central
Patricia,
.60.
Onnada.,.80.
Like
Maron,
.09.
L-c
Oold,
.16.
Marassa,
2.50,
N;;randa.
42.00.
r.:;rrrlt
Oordon,
150.
E'-co.
2.25.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.47.
V-a'.ures,
,93.
Cudbury
Basin,
1.65.
Cslumarlo,
.35.
Emrttcr
Oold.
Jli.
Canadian
Malartlc,
.55.
L-Ue
Long
Lac.
4.70.
n.
Ramac,
,21.
Eauth
Tlblemont.
MV.
Tickle
Crow.
.84.
1.5ns
Lac
Lagoon,
.21.
Manitoba
fc
Eastern,
.24
Vi.
New
York
U
S.
Steel,
W.
Ocncral
Motors,
38.
American
Can,
104
American
Telephone.
123
j.
Allied
Chemical.
152',.
Toronto
Inter
Nickel,
27.60.
Dome.
39.00,
Trek
Hughes,
6.75.
Holllnger.
18.10.
Mclntyre,
48.50.
Wright
HargTcaves,
9.60.
Howcy.
U8.
Pound
Sterling
and
Canadian
Dollar
MONTREAL,
April
19:
The
Bit-
th
Pound
stertlncr
tim
ti-nrilntr
at
W.IJij
on
the
local
foreign
ex-fhangc
market
yesterday
and
the
ultcd
States
dollar
at
00
27-32c.
,
NEW
YORK,
April
19:
The
Brl-
w.h
pound
sterling
was
quoted
at1
NEW
YORK,
April
19:
(CP)-Bar
w.lllj
on
the
local
foreign
ox-Ullver
closed
at
45'Bc
on
the
local
wiange
yesterday
and
the
Cann-
uian
dollar
at
$l.oo
3-16.
TAX
Ketchikan
That
He
Antici-
Down
in
1901,
Will
Be
bhort
Time
7
plebiscite
is
lrged
l
BEFOUL
CANADA
GOES
IN
ANOTHER
CONFLICT
4
OTTAWA.
April
19.
-Con-
Unulng
his
campaign
in
the
Senate
against
Canada's
con-
tlnued
membership
In
the
League
of
Nations.
Senator
A.
D.
MeRae
of
Vancouver
yes-
terday
urged
that,
before
the
Dominion
becomes
Involved
In
another
European
war.
a
Die-
blsclte
of
the
people
should,
first
be
taken.
,
"""!
4
KICKING
UP
HER
HEELS
France,
In
Note
to
Britain.
Threaten
to
Scrap
Alt
Disarmament
-Negotiations
PARIS.
April
19:
It
has
been
revealed
that
a
French
note
to
Orcat
'Britain
threatens
to
scrap
all
current
disarmament
negotia
tions
unless
France
is
given
something
equivalent
to
the
military
alliance
In
the
old
Entente
Cordlale.
MEDIATION
FOR
LABOR
President
Roosevelt
Urges
Congress
To
Pass
Legislation
Providing
For
Permanent
Board
WASHINGTON,
DC.
April
19:
Permanent
organization
for
the
'mediation
of
labor
disputes
was
urged
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
in
a
statement
yesterday.
The
chief
executive
expressed
the
hope
that
legislation
along
this
line
I
would
be
passed
at
the
present
session
of
Congress,
Wheat
Prices
VANCOUVER,
April
19:
(CD-Wheat
was
quotpd,
at
63
'Ac
on
the
local
exchange
yesterday,
dropping
lc
to
02Uc
today.
Winnipeg
May,
.65'4.
July.
.66.
October,
.6754.
Chicago
May,
.77T.
July.
.78.
September,
.79
Va.
SILVER
AND
COPPER..
ON
NEW
YORK
MART
metal
market
today.
Copper
was
steady
at
8fy:
per
pound
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
19,
1934
EFFECT
ON
l-U-ULIlillUl
t.
NO
ACTION
ON
WHEATi
World
(train
Commission
Ends
Home
Setsfon
and
Will
.Meet
In
June
at
London
.ROME,
Italy.
"April
19:
The
world
wheat
advisory
commission
came
to
a
close
yesterday
with
acr;:
reage
reduction
still
a
problem
ancf
opposed
by
Australia
for
the
small
wheat
growers'
sake.
The
commission
will
meet
in
London
In
June,
t
bigMmp
!
:
in
grains
Stevens
Committee
Hears
HoW
Pro-duetion
of
Saskatchewan
lias
Fallen
Off
I
OTTAWA.
April
19:
Hon.
Walter
Buckle,
minister
of
agriculture
tor
Saskatchewan,
told
the
mass
buying
and
price
spread
committee
presided
over
by
Hon.
H.
II.
Stevens,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
that
th
gross
value
of
grains
and
livestock
from
his
province
slumped
from
$360,000,000
in
1928
to
$75,000,000
In
1932.
v
i
MINISTER
EXPLAINS.
Trade
Espanslon
and
Commodity
Price
Oalni
Responsible
For
Canada's
Decreased
Deficit
OTTAWA.
April
I9:-In
present
ing
his
budget
to
Parliament
yes-
terday,
Hon.
Edgar
N.
Rhodes,
mtn-
Ister
of
finance,
declared
that
great
trade-
'expansion
,
and
commodity'
price
gains
had
been
the
principal
factors'ln
making
possible
the
re-
ductlonof
.i22.500.000
In
the
de-
ftclv
of'
$135,200,000.
!
The-deficit
on
ordinary
account
of
$24,100,000
compared
with
$43,-
200,000
in
the
year
previous.
.
Total
expenditures,
the
minister!
revealed,
were
$459,200,000
as
against
$403,726,000
a
year
ago
and
!
total
revenues
$324,013,000
as
com-
i
pared
with
$311,139,000
In
the
previous
year.
i
Mr.
Rhodes,
revealed
that
the
fe-1
deral
government
had
expended
no
j
less
that)
$111,600,000
on
relief
dur-
j
ilng
the
past
four
years.
There
would
be
no
attempt
to
devaluate
currency
In
this
country
as
had
been
done
In
the
United
States,
the
minister
of
finance
declared.
i
The
duty
on
wine
has
been
reduced
by
half.
Pastry
Exempted
Bakers'
pies
and
cakes
have
been
placed
on
the
exempt
list
from
sales
tax.
Brisk
Buying
On
New
York
Market
I
Stocks
Advanced
Steadily
Yesterday
With
Morning
Busier
Than
Afternoon
JNEW
YORK.
April
19:
Stocks
advanced
briskly
In
forenoon
trading
yesterday
with
preferred
and
special
issues
prominent.
The
buying.
continued.
during
the
afternoon
although
the
volume
was
lighter.
A
numbe'r
of
Issues
reached
new
high
prices-fpr
the
year.
The
day's
turnover
was
over
1.566.000
shares.
Closing
average
were:
industrials,
105.45,
up
.09;
rails,
49.93.
up
.62;
utilities,
26.41,
up
,51;
bonds,
04.89,
tip
.
29.
NO
FISH
TODAY
No
boats
being
In
with
catches,;
the
re,
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
the
local
fish
exchange
this
morning.
!
To
Play
Here
Saturday
Night
'Im
UsuUt
Maikin
CANAL
TOLL
VERY
HEAVY
Canadian
Ships
Charged
tt.boo
For
Going
Through
Panama
OTTAWA,
April
19:
Thomas
Reld,
Liberal
member
of
tne
House
j
bf
Commons
for
New
Westminster,
toW
.the
House
of
Commons
yester-j
day
that
Canadian
ships
from
Bri-j
tish
Columbia
ports
are
charged
$9,000
In
tolls
for
going
through
the
Panama
Canal.
Opposes
Sending
Of
Police
Into
Logging
Camps
VANCOUVER.
April
19:
The
Vancouver
Trades
and
Labor
Coun-1
cil
has
passed
a
resolution
protest
-
1
Ing
at
the
sending
of
police
to
log
-
;
ging
camps
on
the
coast
where
strikes
are
on
or
are
threatening.
Impasse
Reached
In
Dispute
Over
Province
Claims
OTTAWA.
April
19:
The
Domin
ion
government
and
the
province
of
Saskatchewan
have
reached
an
Impasse
In
the
$250,000,000
natural
resources
claims
suit
berore
the
Dysart
Royal
Commission.
JUDGE
IS
APPOINTED
TORONTO,
April
19:
The
Toronto
Transportation
Commission
has
appointed
Judge
C.
II.
Wlddl-fleld
as
Its
representative
on
the
board
of
conciliation
requested
by
the
employees'
union
and
has
de
manded
that
the
employees
agree
to
binding
arbitration.
GENERAL
MANAGER
RESIGNS
TORONTO.
April
19:
Directors
of
the
C.
N.
E.
met
yesterday
after-
loon
to
discuss
the
resignation
of
General
Manager
Waters
because
of
Interference
from,
past
presl
-
dents.
The
whole
staff
may
quit
if
the
manager
goes.
.
STOCK
MARKET
'4FiSnBiSiSH
DILLINGER
IS
ACTI
VE
Notorious
American
Bandit
Heliev-
ed
to
nave
lleid
up
Bank
in
Louisiana
."
!
:
SHREVEPORT.
La..
April
19:'
The
Bank
of
Montgomery,
s6uth
of
here,
was
robbed
of
$25,0oJ
by
a,
machine
gun
armed
band
which;
the
manager.
L.
B.
WardlaW,
be-!
Heves
was
headed
by
John"
Dillln-i
ger,
notorious
bandit
and
fugitive
from
Justice.
Wardlaw
said
the
leader
of
the
gang
closely
resembled
DUllnger
Close
on
Trail
j
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
April,
19:
With
reports
of
the
desperate
escaped
convict's
supposed
activities
coming
in
from
various
parts
of
the
country,
federal
officers
express
confidence
that
they
are
close
on
the
trail
of
John
DUllnger
and
that
his
capture
should
be
effected
very
shortly,
.
;
Unemployed
Men.
i
Demand
Lodging
Two
Hundred
From
Relief
Camp
Foregather
at
Jail
In
Vancouver
Yesterday
VANCOUVER.
April
lSl'Two
hundred
men
who
recently
arrived
'In
the
city
from,
a
relief.
ramp
gathered
at
the
police
Ration
ihere
yesterday
demanding"
thai
they
be
given
lodging
In
the
Jali.
Schoolmaster
Is
Dead
in
South
Late
C
F.
Davey
Was
Also
Member
I
Of
Brockton
Point
Cricket
Club
Came
From
England
i
VANCOUVER.
April
19:
C.
F.
i
Davey.
well
known
private
boys'
school
master
and
member
of
the
Brockton
Point
Cricket
Club.
pass-
led
nwav
here
yesterday.
Before
coming
to
Vancouver
he
hart
been
;
a
schoolmaster
In
England.-
.
High
Low
Yellow
Metal
Issues
Break
Sharply
After
Which
Revival
Comes
jHeavy
Losses
Early
Today
But
by
Noon
They
arc
Half
Recovered
Announcement
Was
Too
Late
to
I
Affect
Yesterday's
Trading
;
TORONTO,
April
19:
(CP)-Reacting
to
the
new
tOii
percent
gold
tax
announced
in
the
federal
budget
yesterday,
there
were
severe
bre'ak&Tn
prices
of
gold
stocks
on
the
eastern
exchanges
today.
The
tax
announcement
of
the
minister
of
finance
came
too
late
to
affect
yestenlays
irading.
Today,
however,
irrToronto
prices
broke
wide
.
..
..
..
open,
Dome
Mines
dropping
more
ANNOUNCE
CHANGES
,
!
Provincial
Public
Works
Service
i
Reorganized
Brady
Still
in
Charge
Here
I
VICTORIA,
April
19:
(CP)
A
complete
reorganization
of
the
provincial
public
works
department
field
staffs
to
take
effect
immediately
was
announced
yesterday
by
Hon.
F
M.
McPherson.
minister
of
public
works.
District
No.
7
will
be
in
charge
.
of
J.
C.
Brail
y,.
-
district
rngHwtf
wit
headquarters
at
Prince
Rupert,
and
vrfll
comprise
Prince
Rupert,
Skeena.
Omineca
and
Atlln
electoral
districts.
District
No.
"A
willfbe
in
charge
of
J.
W.
Myers,
assistant
district
engineer
with
'headquarters
at
Prince
George,
and
will
comprise
Fort
George
district.
Twelve
former
districts
and
one
sub-district
are
consolidated
into
eight
districts
and
one
sub-district,
involving
the
dispensing
with
the
services
of
a
number
of
officials.
As
regards
engineers
formerly
in
charge
of
a
district
who
are
now
placed
as
assistant
district
engineers,
this
is
no
reflection
nnnn
their
services,
the
minister
explains.
The
renrtanization
has
been
made
entirely
in
the
interests
of
economy.
PRESIDENT
;
i
'
0NJILVER
I
Nothing
to
be
Gained
by
Making
Statement
Just
Now,
Roosevelt
Feels
WASHINGTON.
DC.
April
19:
J
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
de-;
clared
yesterday
that
It
apepared
i
letter
From
.Montreal
to
.Minister
that
nothing
was
to
be
gained
by
j
Df
National
Revenue
Contains
any
statement
from
him
at
this;
$5100
;ime
on
the
question
of
sliver.
The)
chief
executive
continues
his
at-
j
OTTAWA,
April
19:
CP
One
tltude
of
Indifference
In
regard
to
0(
the
largest
sums
ever
received
the
campaign
to
remonetlze
the
jn
-conscience
money"
reached
the
white
metal.
!
Minister
of
National
Revenue
to-
!
day
In
the
form
of
a
bank
draft
for
.
!$3400.
The
letter
containing
the
Anniversary
Ui
j
draft
vAs
pstmarked
Montreal.
'Quake
Observed;:
Citizens
of
San
Francisco
Fore
gather
at
Luncheon
and
Recall
Experiences
In
Holocaust
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
19:
The.t
Britain's
omission
of
any
bud-
twenty-eighth
anniversary
of
the
getary
provision
for
payment
I
great
earthquake
which
virtually
,
demolished
the
city
of
San
Fran-
clsco
but
out
of
the
ruins
of
which
(
a
larger
and
a.
greater
city
rose
was;
observed
yesterday
with
a
luncheon'
In
the
St.
Francis
Hotel
at
which
speakers
recalled
Incidents
and
ex-
iperlences
of
the
holocaust,
4:43
am.
17.3
ft.
18:40
pjn.
15.3
ft,
11:55
ajn.
6.7
ft.
23:56
pjn.
11.1
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
than
$8;
Mclntyre,
$7,
and
Lake-
shore,
$5,
while
Bralorne
and
Plo-!
neer
lost
about
$1.
Similar
breaks
occurred
In
Montreal
but.
by
noon,
both
markets
ihad
recovered
half
the
morning
losses.
The
Canadian
gold
price
rose
5c
today
to
$34.70
per
ounce.
GERMANS
TO
OPEN
STORE
ffort
to
be
Made
to
Combat
Boycott
Against
Nazi-Produced
Goods
AT
YORIC
lirSgT-Ali-
nouncement
wai
made
here
yesterday
that
several
thousand
German
business
men
had
Joined
forces
to)
establish
a
large
department
store
in
New
York
which
will
specialize
In
German
produced
goods
In
an-
effort
to
fight
the
boycott
which
has
been
imposed
by
German
Jews
on
goods
produced
under
the
Nazi
regime
In
Germany.
EFFECT
OF
GOLD
TAX
.Mines
Will
be
Relieved
'of
Mint
Handling
Charges
Other
Fees
Not
Affected
OTTAWA.
April
19:
CP-Offl-cials
of
the
Canadlah
Mint
today
stated
that
the
new
gold
tax
will
relieve
gold
mines
of
mint
handling
charges
running
between
25c
and
$1
per
fine
ounce
with
the
bulk
pay-
ing
the
lower
figure.
The
usual
fees
for
assaying,
refining
and
melting
will
not
be
affected.
CONSCIENCE
MONEY
SENT
If
GREAT
BRITAIN
ABLE
TO
PAY.
SAYS
STATES
i
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i
WASHINGTON,
April
19:-
!
Congress.
In
revlewlnz
Orcat
of
the
war
debt
Installment
due
In
June,
contended
that
the
country
can
well
afford
to
4
make
payment
and
Is
much
opposed
to
another
"token"
payment.
A