She
Today
'Weather
Today's
Tides
prince
Rupert
"
y,
moderate
High
2:47
a.m.
21.8
ft.
southeast
wind,-
4er.
30.30
15:34
pjn.
183
It.
temperature,
48;
K
v.
Low
9:30
ajn.
Z2
ft.
21:27
7.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
pjn.
Vol
XXIV
No.
78.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
.APRIL
3,
1934
PKICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ALASKA
SALMON
PRICE
IN
DISPUTE
INTERIOR
SAWMILL
PLANT
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE
MONDAY
Lumber
Mill
West
Of
McBride
Wiped
Out
By
Big
Blaze
Interior
Sawmills
Limited
on
Canadian
National
Line
Between
Ixos
and
Erlinj;
Stations
Suffered
Heavy
Imss
Yesterday
According
to
word
received
in
the
city
this
morning
from
the
interior
practically
the
entire
sawmill
plant
of
he
Interior
Sawmills
Limited
on
the
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
between
Loos
and
Erling
stations,
a
short
distance
west
of
McBride,
was
destroyed
by
fire
yesterday,
Only
the
dry
shed
was
saved
from
destruction.
Details
of
the
conflagration
are
lacking
and
no
estimate
h
available
here
as
to
the
exact
extent
of
damage.
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
Mn
Emmanuel
Bjrman,
I'erow
Itanrhrr,
Formerly
of
City,
I'mwd
This
Mornlnc
i
Emmaunel
Byman.
aged
M
wrll
known
rancher
from
j
hi
the
Bulkley
Valley
and
,
?
i)t
Mrs.
Carl
Johnson
of
this
passed
away
this
morning
In
r
.ncenupertacnerai
iio5Piwii.,but
vesMls
catches
totalling
He
a
rral
pioneer
of
this
dls-
6im
dj
here
yesUrday
at
r
r
years
before
leaving
fifteen
?
".r
ego
to
lake
up
ranching
in
v.
'.crior.
j
Deceased
Is
survived
by
his
wl-c
w
end
five
sons
and
five
daugh-t
The
bereaved
will
have
the
i
cVj
fvmDathv
of
many
friends.
F
iial
arrangements
are
In
the;
1
nf
the
U.
C.
UnderUkers
and,
'
Tr.rnt
will
take
place
on
Thurs-j
Prizes
Presented
'.
At
Meeting
Last
Night
of
Gym
Club
!
fifth
successful
season
th
11
i
uym
Club
at
St.
reicrs.
-
1
Chaivh
came
to
a
close
last
night
'he
presentation
of
prizes
by
V
C
Moore,
representing
the
Ro-iar
-
club.
Chle
Hlrano
won
the
f'jp
for
general
proficiency
for
the
'"and
successive
year
and
there
pfe
also
prizes
presented
to
Allan
"
'li'.on.
Tom
Penny
and
Ray
"'"a
un,
Canon
Rushbrook
spoke,
Pa.'
ins
tribute
to
the
work
of
Tom
Barton,
Instructor,
and
Mr.
Darton
replied.
A
voice
soft,
gentle
and
low,
Is
n
excellent
thing
In
a
woman.-Bnakrspeare.
MONCTON
WINS
TO
T
EVEN
I'UCK
FINAL
.
TOnONTn
,
a.m-11
i
U.
(CP)
f
T
Moncton
llnwkt
rinrnntoH
fnrl
Jjllllam
Blues
by
a
score
of
4
J
2
In
the
second
game
of
iwii
nut.
I
rlc,s
fr
the
Allan
Cup,
the
Westerner-
having
won
the
hi
amc
Thc
dwlding
game
'plftycd
on
Wcdncsdny
night
FISH
SALES
ELSEWHERE
Halibut
Prices
"Not
Very
lllih
Other
At
Ketchikan
or
Vancouver
KETCHIKAN.
April
3:
A
num-
ber
of
imau
runout
ooais
soia
catches
here
yesterday,
rtrelving
prices
of
7c
and
5c.
Vancouver
Landings
VANCOUVER.
April
3:
-Six
hall-
i
and
5.1c
and
6c
and
6.2c
NAVAL
MEN
IN
BERMUDA
officers
Salllnt
Small
Vessel
.Make
Progress
on
Lout
Trip
HAMILTON.
Dcrmuda.
April
3:
Five
British
naval
officers,
on
their
way
.from
Hong
Kong
to
England
in
a
fifty-foot
auxiliary
sailing
vessel,
arrived
In
Bermuda
yesterday
jThcy
are
now
on
their
way
across
ithe
Atlantic
Ocean
after
having
crossed
the
Pacific
by
way
of
Japan
land
Alaska
after
which
they
sailed
InacL
the
nrltlxh
Columbia
and
Pa-
f'cinc
coast
of
the
United
States
and
,u...k
m-
r-,nmi
rmut
II
1
I
1
111
II
1
Ll
It
llUlltl
'Princess
Victoria
Being
Used
As
Floating
Hotel
VANCOUVER,
April.
3:
The
ve
teran
Canadian
pacuic
coasiai
steamer
Princess
Victoria
Is
to
be
used
as
a
floating
hotel
at
New?
castle
Island
summer
resort
near
Nanatmo.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANnnuVER.
Aorll
3
(Cana
dian
Press
Wheat
was
quoted
at
sai.c.
on
the
local
Exchange
yesterday.
VANCOUVER,
April
3:
Wheat
was
quoted
here
today
at
66?ic.
Pound
Stcrlinir
and
Canadian
Dollar
NEW
YORK.
April
3-Thc
British
pound
closed
at
$5.15'k
on
the
local
metal
market
yesterday
and
the
Canadian
dollar
at
$1
even.
DR.
DAVIES
RESIGNED
Head
of
City
Temple
at
Victoria
Was
Founder
of
Church
There
-
VICTORIA,
April
3:
Dr.
Clem
Davles
has
resigned
as
head
of
the
City
Temple
owing
to
economic
conditions
and
reductions
effected
by
.the
board
of
management.
Or.
Davles
was
a
candidate
at
the
provincial
election
as
an
Independent
but
was
defeated.
On
a
pre
vious
occasion
his
name
went
before
a
Liberal
convention
but
he
was
not
chosen.
Last
summer
tie
took
two
personally
conducted
par
ties
to
the
fair
at
Chicago
from
Victoria.
Dr.
Davles
was
the
founder
of
the
City
Temple.
He
had
been
sup
plying
at
Centennial
Methodist
Church
for
a
number
of
months
nearly
twenty
years
ago
and
the
congregation
asked
that
he
be
allowed
to
remain.
The
church
conference
placed
another
man
In
charge
and
most
of
the
congrega-
Uon
moved
to
found
the
new
church
holding
services
at
the
Royal
-
Victoria
Theatre
foreveral
years
unui
me
present
Duuaing
was
purchased.
IS
OPPOSED
TO
MERGER
llut
Canadian
National
Trustees
Think
Central
Control
of
Two
Lines
Mlzht
Re
Advisable
MONTREAL.
April
3
Mr.
Jus
tice
C.
P.
Fullerton,
chairman
of
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
Canadian
National
Rallwys,
stated
yesterday
that
the
board
was
op
posed
to
amalgatlon
of
the
Cana
dian
National
and
Canadian
Pad
flc
Railways
although
it
was
felt
that
some
time
In
the
future
the
two
lines
might
well
be
brought
under
the
central
management
of
a
Joint
board,
TO
BE
TRUE
DEMOCRACY
Russian
Minister
to
United
States
Is
Visitor
in
Cincinnati
CINCINNATI,
April
3:
Visiting
this
city
yesterday.
Alexander
Trlonovsky.
Russian
minister
to
the
United
States,
told
Interviewing
newspapermen
that
the
Soviet
Republic
would
soon
abandon
a
dic
tatorship
and
set
up
a
"true
demo
cracy."
Trlonovsky
qualified
his
statement
by
saying
that
Joseph
Stalin
was
not
actually
dictator
of
Russia
today
but
that
it
was
really
a
dictatorship
of
the
proletariat.
Fifty
Slightly
Hurt
in
Crash
No
Serious
Consequences
In
Train
Collision
Near'
London
Yesterday
LONDON,
April
3:
Fifty
persons
were
Injured,
the
most
of,
them
slightly,
In
a
railway
collision
near
the
city
of
London
yesterday
when
n
light
engine
ran
into
an
excur-l
slon
train
on
a
bridge."
After
the1
crash
women
were
seen
to
sink
to
their
knees
to
offer
prayers
of
thanks
at
their
delivery
from-death
or.
Injury.
'
'.V
RUSSIAN
FREIGHTER
INTEREST
CENTRE
IN
NEW
YORK
CITY
NEW
YORK.
April
3:
The
first
Russian
freighter
to
bring
cargo
to
New
York
from
Russia
since
the
official
recognition
of
the
Soviet
Republic
by
Unl-
ted
States
arrived
here
yes-
terday
and
aroused
much
In-
terest
on
the
Waterfront.
On
this
vessel
the
members
of
the
crew
and
the
officers
have
t
identical
quarters
and
living
:
conditions
and
the
captain
Is'
4
answerable
to
the
crew.
'
!
RESCUE
IS
ATTEMPTED
t
hree
Planes
Unreported
in
Bering
Sea
Maroonrd
Party
Well
NOME.
April
3:-Three
planes
engaged
in
the
relief
expedition
for
eighty-nine
Russians
marooned
on
ice
floes
in
Bering
Sea
were
unre
ported..
yes)nlajuJtfhfi..jaarooned
arty
reported
by
radio
that
they
had
killed
a
bear
and
all
were
well.
The
powerful
ice
breaker
Krassln
Is
now
on
Its
way
from
Petrograd
via
Panama
Canal
to
Bering
Sea
to
assist
In
the
rescue
work.
The
voy-ige
Is
expected
to
Uke
fifty
days.
risco
Man
Has
Been
on
Visit
to
Mine
at
Houston
A.
E.
Verner
of
San
Francisco,
who
has
mining
Interests
In
the
Houston
area
of
the
central
Interior
under
development,
sailed
this
afternoon-by
the
Catala
on
his
return
south,
having
arrived
in
town
from
the
interior
by
train
last
Sa
turday
night
following,
a
visit
to
the
property.
Mr.
Verner
has
been
in
the
north
on
several
occasions
during
the
past
few
months.
Customs
Revenue
Ahead
This
Year
Collections
This
March
.More
Than
Double
Those
of
Same
Month
Last
Year
Customs
collections
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
March
this
year
totalled
$18,210.95
as
compared
with
$7,075.67
In
the
same
month
last
year.
Noted
Cleric
Of
Catholic
Church
in
England
Dies
LONDON.
April
3
Rt.
Rev.
Edward
Cuthburt
Butler,
noted
English
Roman
Catholic
cleric,
passed
away
here
yesterday.
No
Fish
Arrivals
No
boats
being
in
with
catches,
there
was
no
sale
ot
halibut
on
the
local
fish
exchange
this
morning.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Raining,
southeast
wind,
38.
Alyansh
Raining,
calm,
35,
Anyox
Heavy
wet
snow,
calm.
34.
Hazelton-Cloudy.
calm,
38.
Smlthcrs
Cloudy,
calm.
mild.
Bums
Lake
Dull,
windy,
40.
ROOSEVELT
ON
CRUISE
("resident
of
United
States
at
Nassau
Today
In
Course
of
?
Yachting
Holiday
WASHINGTON,
D.C
April
3:
resident
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Is
njoying
a
fishing
cruise
along
the
lorida
coast
and
last
night
his
acht
was
reported
off
Elbow
Ke
.ight
enroute
to
Nassau.
Bahamas,
rhere
the
chief
executive
was
to
be
oined
today
by
his
two
sons,
Elliott
ind
James,
who
were
to
fly
this
nornmg
from
Miami.
The
President
was
originally
due
o
return
to
Washington
on
Friday
f
this
week
but
it
was
reported
'esterriay
that
he
might
extend
his
uttng
for
a
week
longer.
He
was
xpected
to
attend
the
annual
sridlron
dinner'
of
the
Washlng-in
Press
Club
this
Saturday
but
ome
doubt
was
exoressed
yesterday
vhether
he
would
be
back
In
time.
REDS
MEET
IN
STATES
American
Communists
Hold
Their
Annual
Convention
In
Cleveland
CLEVELAND,
Ohio,
April
3:
American
Communists
opened
their
annual
convention
here
yesterday)
nn
.delegates
in
aiienaance
irom
all
parts
of
the
country.
Red
flags
and
such
emblems
are
much
in
evidence
In
the
city
and'
several
speakers
at
yesterday's
sessions
of
the
convention
urged
the
setting
up
of
a
Communist
dtctatorhlp
In
the
United
States.
SEAL
TAKE
LARGE
ONE
Newfoundland
Fleet
Homeward
Bound
With
Biteest
Catch
of
Pelts
in
.Ten
Years
ST.
JOHN'S,
Nfld.,
April
3:
The
Newfoundland
sealing
fleet
Is
now
on
its
homeward
voyage
from
the
sealing
grounds
with
a
catch
ot
187,000
pelts,
the
best
in
ten
years.
Former
Secretary
Of
Treasury
111
William
Woodin
in
Hospital
Fol
lowing
Relapse
in
Throat
i
Infection
NEW
YORK,
April
3
William
H.
Woodin,
former
Secretary
of
the
Treasury,
was
reported
last
night
to
be
resting
easily
In
a
New
York)
hospital
where
he
was
rushed
after
having
suffered
a
relapse
in
his
long
fight
against
throat
Infection.
i
Hanged
Himself
I
C
l
ID
1
In
Lentral
I
arK
Man
Takes
HI
Own
Life
In
Full
View
of
Passersby
In
New
York
Yesterday
NEW
YORK,
April
3
In
full
view
of
thousands
of
passersby
on
the
street,
a
hian
took
his
own
life
by
hanging
himself
from
a
tree
In
Central
Park
yesterday.
Trotters
May
Refuse
To
Sell
Unless
Same
Price
as
South
Paid
System
of
Collection
and
Delivery
of
Fish
to
Seattle
is
Contemplated
Unprofitable
Halibut
Boats
May
I5c
Used
For
This
Purpose
ASTORIA.
Ore..
Anvil
3r
troj,ers
jn
th
j
demand
that
.fill
i
.
ai
i
flsh
Alaska
or
delivered
at
nuyers
ac
rugei
aounci
nas
neen
voieci
Dy
memoers
ot
tne
Pacific
Coast
Fisheries
Union
at
a
meeting
here,
it
is
announced
by
John
Suoja,
clerk
of
the
union.
Suoja
said
that
io
Alaska
buyers
have
agreed
to
.
.
...
4e
terms.
Unless
this
is
done
soon,
le
declared,
the
union
will
start
its
I
wn
collection
system
and
will
de-
'iver
fish
from
Alaska
to
Puget!
Sound
buyers
who
have
signed
to
I
y
union
prices.
Union
trollers
will
'
iot
fish,
Suoja
declared,
until
the
laska
situation
Is
adjusted.
May.
Use
Halibut
Boats;,
KETCHIKAN.
April
"37
CP
Possibility
that
Alaskan
trollers
may
soon
begin
chartering
unprofitable
halibut
boats
to
ship
their
own
salmon
to
the
Seattle
market
was
expressed
yesterday
by
J.
C
Nee.
president
of
the
Alaska
Trol
'ers'
AssoclaUon.
!
i
Carmella
Ponselle
:
j
Is
Feeling
Better
.May
Not
Be
Necessary
To
Perform
Operation
Upon
Operatic
Singer
NEW
YORK,
April
3
Considerable
improvement
Is
reported
in
the
condition
of
Carmella
Ponselle
sister
of
the
famous
Rosa
Ponselle
and
herself
an
opera
singer
of
considerable
note,
and
it
Is
now
believed
that
it
may
not
be
necessary
to
perform
an
operation
for
an
internal
disorder
which
was
at
first
proposed.
Montreal
Labor
Leader
Passes
)
John
P.
Foster,
President
of
Trades
and
Labor
Council
in
Eastern
City,
Dies
MONTREAL,
April
3:
John
T.
Foster,
president
of
the
Montreal
Trades
and
Labor
Council
and
one
of
Canada's
best
known
trades
unionist
leaders,
died
here
yester
day
at
the
age
ot
59.
He
was
also
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
Traeds
an
dLabor
Congress.
Liquor
Goes
On
Sale
in
State
Of
Washington
OLYMPIA,
Wash..
April
3
Ex-
cept
for
four
counties
which
voted
y"
11(luor
wpnt
on
e
1,1
hquor.
stores
In
the
state
of
Washington
I
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Prices
range
about
twenty-live
preceiu
less
than
was
at
first
expected.
SILVER
AND
COPPER
ON
NEW
YORK
MART
NEW
YORK.
April
3:-Sllvcr
was
quoted
hcie
today
at
40'bc
per
ounce
and
copper
at
3c
a
pound."
fCPl
Sunnnrr
nf
Alnsl
they
be
paid
the
game
.
,
p
;
points
as
is
received
from
rfiTTIUT"!
I
HI
INI
I
iS
H
A
i
T
K
Ti
P
lllllVJlJ
rVljLi
w
"fjrjl
T
TH
llllllvllili
I
I
r
Natural
Forces
Rather
Than
N.IUA,
Responsible
For
Improvement,
Says
U.
S.
Steel
Head
HOBOKEN,
N.Y-
April
3:
Myron
C.
Taylor,
chairman
of
the
United
States
Steel
Corporation,
told
the
mnual
meeting
of
shareholders
jhere
yesterday
that
the
United
States
.
had
definitely
passed
through
the
worst
of
the
economic
crisis
and
was
now
on
the
road
to
recovery.
Mr.
Taylor
would
not
admit
that
the
improvement
In
conditions
was
due
to
the
operation
of
the
National
Industrial
Recovery
Act
but
was
rather
inclined
to
believe
that
it
was
due
largely
to
natural
forces.
ARBITRATE
ON
DISPUTE
Mr.
Justice
Robertson
Appointed
Chairman
of
Board
in
Vancouver
f
VANCOUVER,
Aprij
3:
Mr.
Justice
Harold
Robertson
has
been
api
.,
pointed
chairman
of.
the
board
off
arbitration
t(j
Investigate
tne
local
waterfront
wage
dispute.
Ji
E.
Hall
represents
the
shippers
and
Charles
iMcOregor
Stewart,
the
employees
Report
of
Nudism
Cult
at
College
Is
Investigated
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
3--An
official
investigation
has
been
or
dered
Into
a
report
that
a
nudism
cult
Is
being
organized
at
the
University
of
California
with
certain
members
of
the
faculty
participate
jlng.
University
officials
will
con-jduct
the
Investigation.
I
DEFICIT
OF
TWENTY
.MILLION
DOLLARS
AT
OTTAWA
IS
EXPECTED
OTTAWA.
April
3
:-A
deficit
f
some
$20,000,000
Is
expected
to
be
announced
in
the
federal
budget
which
Is
to
be
presen-
ted
to
the
House
of
Commons
4
f
by
Hon.
E.
N.
Rhodes,
minister
of
finance,
soon
after
Parlla-
ment
reassemble
following
"
the
Easter
recess,