4
f
-.
ver.
She
Today's
Weal
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
8:26
ajn.
18.7
It.
Rupert
Clear,,
calm;
prince
22:10
p.m.
16.6
ft.
3058;
temperature,
47;
barometer.
Low
1:54
a.m.
10.4
ft.
sea
smooth.
15:25
pjn.
5.8
tt.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXIV
,
No.
58,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MARCH
9,
1934
TRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
LABOR
NOW
IN
STATE
AID
TO
MINING
INDUSTRY
Workers
Ascendant
On
Metropolitan
Council-First
Time
in
History
Conservatives,
Who
Have
Held
Majority
Seven
Years,
Win
But
55
of
121
Seats
While
Liberals
are
Completely
Wiped
Out
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
For
the
first
time
in
history
Labor
controls
the
government
of
the
entire
London
metropolitan
district,
complete
returns
from
Thursday's
council
elections
giving
Labor
sixty-four
members
or
a
majority
of
four
in
the
council
which
totals
124
members.
Conservatives,
who
held
a
majority
for
twenty-seven
years,
elected
55
members
while
the
Liberals
were
completely
wiped
out.
PREACHES
j
ECONOMIES1
i
D.
N.
A.
Act
Should
be
Amended
to
Prevent
Overlapping..
Say
Sir
Henry
Drayton
TORONTO,
March
9:
-Sir
Henry
t
.
vton
told
a
luncheon
meeting
of
'
"
Empire
and
Canadian
Clubs.
I
r
yesterday
that
there
must
bej
rt:
:
dmenU
io
the
British
North
An:
lira
A?t
to
effect
economies
In
'
overlapping
of
public
services
f
Canada.
TJu
countrneided
amendments,
Hrnry
said,
which
would
re-rr.
vp
ten
masters
from
the
bacr
;t
Canadian
farmers
and
buslneys
r.
'
und
leave
them
with
one.
Brisk
Rally
On
Stock
Exchange
Biiylnr.
Activity
During
Last
Hour
Ycterday
Converted
Dav's
Inclines
Into
Advances
NEW
YORK.
March
B
Stocks
r!'
d
briskly
during
the
last
hour
f
fading
yesterday
following
Ir-:r
larity.
declines
being
replaced
b"
advances
with
metal
shares
Itidlpg
the
features
Exchange
Kates
at
New
York-Montreal
MONTREAL,
March
9
The
Brl-'
h
pound
sterling
was
trading
at
$3.09
on
the
local
foreign
ex-1
i-ange
market
today.
The
United
Btatrs
dollar
was
selling
at
$1.00
13
32
NEW
YORK.
March
9-The
Brits
h
pound
sterling
was
selling
at
S5.071.
yesterdav
afternoon
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market.
The
Canadian
dollar
was
trading
at
wa.
CANADIAN
LUMBERMEN
TO
rfl.dlM'ir
ATI.
WITH
UNITED
STATUS
N.Mt.A.
!
MONTREAL,
March
9:
(CP)
j
The
annual
meeting
of
the
i
Canadian
Lumbermen's
Asso-
elation
here
vested
power
In
,
its
board
of
directors
to
take
4
action
ensuring
complete
co-
operation
between
hi
lumhrr
Industry
In
Canada
and
Na-
tlon.1l
Industrial
nrrnvrrv
Apt
rode
auUiorlties
In
the
United
States.
a
For
Twenty
-
Today's
Stocks
lCouruf
S.
O.
JohnaUm
Oo.)
Vancouver
Alexandria,
.07,
Bayvlew.
.024.
Big
Missouri.
.43.
Braiorne.
11.25.
.
B.
R.
Cons..
.35.
,
,
,
B.
R.
X.
Oold.
.75.
Butte
I.
X.
U
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.50.
,
Dunwell.
30.
Georgia
River.
SUV.
J
Oolconda.
33.
Hercules
Cons.,
.06Vi.
V
'
Indian.
.03.
-Mlnto.
.36.
'
Meridian.
.21
Vfc.
Morning
Star,
J9V4.
Native
Son.
.07V.
National
Silver,
.054
;
,
Noble
Five.
.16.
s
Pend
Oreille.
13.
Porter
Idaho.
.14.
'
!
Premier.
1.66.
Reeves.
.18.
,
Reward,
.10.
Reno,
1.16.
Silver
Crest.
.02.
Salmon
Oold,
.29.
Taylor
Bridge,
.61.
;
;v
Wayside.
.42.
Waverly
Tangier,
.03,
Whitewater.
.O8V4.
United
Empire.
.24.
,
Toronto
Chlbougamau,
.10.
Central
Patricia,
.68
Vi.
Oranada,
.74.
Lake
Maron,
.10Vi.
.
Lee
Oold,
.17fc.
Macassa.
2.40.
'
'
Noranda.
380.-Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.21.
Slsco
Gold.
2.20.
Sudbury
Basin,
1.86.
.
Tcck
Hughes,
6.75.
Thompson
'Cadillac,
.46.
Ventures.
1.07.
Columarlo,
.82.
International
Nickel,
27.25.
Dome.
37.50.
Teck
Hughes.
6.75.
-Mclntyre.
430.
Cons
Smelters,
181
1-4.
Ford
A,
23.
"
C.P.R.,
15Vv
,
Ocncral
Electric,
29,
.
New
York
,
VS.
Steel.
5416.;'.
4
'
General
Motors,
37T.
Amerlcain
Can.
100-H.
Allied
Chemical.
1501-4.
Union
Pacific.
128.
U.S.
Smelting,
127.
Albert
Farrow,
steamboat
hupec-
i,)r,
nfter
having
spent
the
past
'two
weeks
In
the
city
on
official
1
duties,
sailed
by
the
Prince
Rupert
'-.
..ii.t
Mi
return
to
VailCOU
TO
CONFER
WITH
DUCEit
i.
German
and
Austrian
Representatives
To
Be
in
Itome
On
Same
Day
I
VIENNA.
March
9:
Some
signi
ficance
U
attached
to
the
(act
that
!
'0ennan
Chancellor
von
Papen
Is
.
.
U.
i
i
n
.a-
lu
unite
lit
ivukic
uic
uiuc
ua;
a
Chancellor
Englebert
Dolfuss
and
Premier
Oolmboes
of
Austria
to
confer
with
Premier
Mussolini.
All
Prisoners
Are
Ordered
Removed
From
County
Jail
WASHINOTON.
D
C,
March
9:
-Federal
prison
officials
have
ordered
the
removal
of
all
prisoners
from
Crown
Point,
.Indiana,
county
Jail
from
which
John
Dllllnger.
notor
ious
desperado,
recently
made
his
spectacular
escape.
Special
Train
Is
"
Used
For
Funeral
Heavy
Snow
on
Roads
Prevented
Other
Transportation
at
The
Pas
THE
PAS.
Man..
.March
9:
A
special
train
of
four
Canadian
National
Railways
catches
yesterday
carried
the
body
of
a
veteran
northern
railwayman,
D.
E.
McKenzle,
and
the
funeral
mourners,
from
the
United
Church
here
to
the
cemetery,
all
roads
being
blocked
for
cars
by
deep
snow.
4
FIRST
HALIBUT
OF
SHSON
GOES
EAST-
GOOD
riUCF.S
PAID
I
,
,
.
.
,
,
.
i
unfair,
unethical
business
practices
was
proposed
yester-buWtS'SJLEi
?;
:da-.to
the
Parliamentary
committee,
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens,'
here
for
the
eastern
market
is
being
dispatched
this
after-
noon
on
the
regular
train
by
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Storage
Co.
Co.
which
which
Durchased
purchased
the
17.000
DOund
catch
Of
the
Prosperity
A..
Capt.
Andrew
Christiansen,
on
the
Fish
Ex-
change
this
morning
for
9.1c
and
6.6c.
The
only
other
boat
In
was
the
Palander.
Capt.
Tom
Dybhavn,
which
disposed
of
4.000
pounds
to
Atlln
Fish-
erles
at
8.5c
and
65c.
CONTROL
IN
LONDON
:
Kidnapping
In
Ontario
I
4
!
KIRKWALL.
Ont..
i
March
9
Thi
18-month
!
old
son
of
Mrs.
Allan
Lloyd
Cuminings
was
kidnapped
in
broad
daylight
yesterday
from
its
crib
at
the
hopie
here
by
a
man
who
entered
the
house,
leaving
a
woman
in
a
waiting
car.
The
police
departments
have
been
aroused:
and
have
starteti
an
intensive
search.
Ryckman
Left
Large
Estate
Former
Minister
of
National
He
And
Children
Beneficiaries
TORO.NTO.
March
9:
The
will
of
Hon.
Edmund
Baird
R)-ckman
P.
C.
K.
C,
former
minister
of
na
tlonal
revenue,
disposes
of
an
estate
of
$799,088.75.
Mrs.
Ryckman
is
to
receive
a
life
income
from
the
estate,
the
residue
to
be
held
in
trust
for
the
children.
National
Mass
Buying
Control
And
Regulation
of
Methods
of
Business
Urged
on
Committee
OTTAWA,
March
9:
(CP)
to
curb
mass
buying
by
chain
cnairman,
wmcn
is
invesugaung
mass
ouymg
aim
manu-
,
f
acturing
and
mercantile
conditionsgenerally
in
Canada,
by
George
Hougham
of
Toronto,
ye-
cretary
of
the
Ontario
Retail
Mer
-
tenants'
chants'
Association.
Association.
1
All
rlav
lnne
thi
rnmmlttpp
es
J
tabllshed
to
Investigate
general
la-
1
bor
conditions
and
business
prac-
j
ticcs.
had
painted
for
It
a
iplcture
lof
misery
and
destruction
left
In
1
the
wake
of
big
buying
organlza-
tions
by
Hougham
and
Warren
K.
Cook,
president
of
the
Canadian
Association
of
Garment
Manufac-
turers.
The
two
witnesses
said
that
legitimate
manufacturers
had
been
Great
Britain
Will
Build
Up
Her
Armaments
If
Forced
By
Other
Nations;
House
Hears
LONDON,
March
9:
(CP)
Great
Britain
yesterday
followed
up
increases
in
naval,
army
and
air
estimates
with
the
iinmistajeable
declaration
that,
if
others
do
not
reduce
their
armaments
to
her
level,
she
will
build
up
hers.
Doth
Rt.
Hon.
Stanley
Baldwin,
Lord
President
of
Council,
and
Sir
Phillip
Sas-soon,
Under
Secretary
for
Air,
were
emphatic
that
Great
Britain
could
no
longer
be
satisfied
with
an
inferior
position
in
air
armaments.
Britain's
appropriations
for
land,
sea
and
air
forces
for
the
ensuing
year
total
$507,000,000,
an
increase
of
$21,000,000
over
last
year.
IS
URGED
AT
VICTORIA
MARKETING
DISCUSSED
Commissioner
Grant
Meets
Local
Dealers
and
Obtains
Their
v
At
a
meeting
of
local
meat
and
produce
dealers,
both
retail
and'
wholesale,
j.
a.
orant.
provincial
markets
commissioner,
took
localt
Z5j?2'gZ,
Snail
Cnccmratin,.
'
Plants
the
local
market
The
necessity
of
uniform
grading
of
products
was
VICTORIA,
March
9:
(CP)
State
assistance
to
pro-oSrtn
wereTus-ed$
regularly
organized
sys-
the
present
machinery
of
the
of
a
view
to
devising
means
of
bring.
using
Department
ing
the
interior
producers
and
city
Mines
will
le
recommended
to
the
government
by
the
m'in-retaiiers
closer
together.
ing
committee
of
the
Legislature,
it
was
decided
on
Thurs-
oeorge
mil,
president
of
the
day.
"I
feel
that
the
mines
of
British
Columbia
are
going
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Merchants
.
to
nav
our
debts
if
thev
ssociatlon,
was
in
the
chair.
DEBATE
IS.
CONCLUDED!!
Throne
.Speech
Approved,-,
at
Ylc
-
l
rr.
'.l''
'
j
Miinom
jirvorara
v
u
ir
,
r
nndret
nn
Mond.r
!
VICTORIA,
March
9:
(CP)
The
;
Legislature
yesterday
wound
up
the
debate
on
the
address
In
reply
to.
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
with
passage
without
recorded
voe
of
the
usual
formal
resolution.
Hon.
John
Hart,
minister
of
finance,
will!
present
the
budget
on
Monday.
I
A
national
control
council
j
and
department
stores
and
'
.
,"
1
driven
to
the
wall
and
small
re-
tallers
had
been
nut
out
of
business
by
the
eternal
drive
for
sales
and;
more
sales
by
the
big
organizations.
1
Cook
told
the
committee
that
de-
j
partmental
stores
were
"senil-i
monopolistic"
and
said
that
eighty
percent
of
his
associates
favored
a
National
Recovery
Act
for
Canada.
Violence
Flares
Up
in
Winnipeg!
LONDON.
March
9-Lord
Trent
'
PARIS.
March
9-Atembers
of
a
.
.
British
Industrialist
addressing
the-
j
Chamber
of
Deputies
Investigating
Chamber
of
Commerce,
said
thai
'
ommlttee
report
that
Eugene
Frot.
WINNIPEO.
March
9:-One
man
0reat
Brltaln
ls
now
bemg
over.
former
minister
of
air.
planned
to
was
arrested
when
violence
flared
'.ji-.adwoed
by
nations
with
resolute
place
himself
In
the
government
at
the
plant
of
the
Western
Pack-
j
leaders
"or
men
who
possess
the
'eadershlp
during
the
recent
rioting
Co.
here
yesterday,
forty
strik-
dr.ve
of
reforming
zeal."
Ing
ers
and
plcketers
attempting
to
mammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
prevent
a
truck
from
leaving
the
--
-
-
-
--
premises.
FIRST
VIOLENCE
IN
STRIKE
AT
CAI.GAKY
CALGARY.
March
9:-flrst
violence
In
the
labor
trouble
at
P.
Burns
it
Co.
packing
plant
occurred
yesterday
when
a
large
rock
was
thrown
through
a
window
of
a
police
cruiser
car.
t
Provincial
Government
Is
Urged
to
Encourage
Activity
In
Minerals
,
I'resent
Departmental
Machinery
to
be
Urired
Asscl-
st,m.
lTrvp
rnmnrmsniinn
Pnr
Ir,w
I
I
4
SWEDISH
PRINCE
IS
WEDDED
TO
ACTRESS
LONDON.
March
9:
Prince
Sigvard.
son
of
Sweden's
r...-
tlUnaa
M
a
n
I
.a.
1
yesterday
In
a
registry
office
1
1
.
.
t
rtfq.Q.lu..J,jy.Befl
firilm
n.tM.c
i
.nn..
.a.
am
i
u,
utiiautc
ui
ajic
t
Royal
House
of
Sweden,
the
:
couple
leaving
later
for
a
honeymoon
trip
to
Italy
by
airplane.
In
going
through
j
with
the
marriage.
Prince
Sigvard
renounced
all
his
royal
rights.
e4
SMITH
IS
ACQUITTED
Secretary
df
Canadon
Labor
De
fence
League
Found
Not
Guilty
By
Toronto
Jury
TORONTO,
March
9:
(CP)
After
deliberating
for
over
six
hours,
a
jury
last
evening
acquitted
;
Iter.
A.
R.
Smith,
general
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Labor
1
Defence
League,
on
a
charge
of
.
seditious
utterance.
Smith
was
alleged
to
have
charted
Prime
Minister
It.
R.
Itennett
with
ordering
the
shooting
,
of
Tim
Buck,
Communist
prisoner
at
Kingston
Penitentiary,
during
riots
there.
j
:
Britain
Being
Overshadowed;
'Nations
With
Resolute
Leaden
j
Forging
Ahead,
Says
Lord
!
Trent
WW
Ing
to
be
paid."
declared
Dugald
McPherson,
Liberal
member
for
Grand
Forks
-
Greenwood
and
chairman
of
the
committee.
The
proposal
came
from
the
Grand
Forks
Board
of
Traed
and
Is
designed
as
a
means
of
taking
men
off
relief.
W.
J.
Assel&tlne.
Liberal
member
r
a
.11..
a
11-
-
i
tors
come
under-
the-
WnrlrmprT
Compensation
Act.
This
will
be
re-
Icommended
to
the
government.
Mr.
Asselstine
on
Monday
will
present
proposals
to
the
committee
for
the
establishment
by
the
government
of
low
cost
concentrator
plants
at
some
of
the
smaller
gold
camps.
This
would
relieve
small
operators
of
the
cost
of
shipping
ore
direct
to
smelters.
FOUR
DIE
IN
BLAST
Entire
.Northern
Half
of
New
Jersey
Rocked
by
Explosion
In
Powder
Plant
KENVIL,
NJ..
March
9:
Four
men
were
reported
killed
In
an
ex-
plosion
at
the
Hercules
Powder
Co.
plant
which
rocked
almost
the
entire
northern
half
of
New
Jersey.
There
were
400
employed
at
work
In
the
plant
at
the
time
and
It
was
considered
miraculous
that
there
were
not
more
casualties
in
addition
to
the
four
killed.
People
at
first
thought
that
the
explosion
was
an
earthquake.
Even
ships
in
the
water
were
rocked.
Former
Minister
Of
Air
Planned
to
Take
Power
On
Himself
Basketball
Tonight
and
Tomorrow
ANYOX
vs.
C.
N.
R.
A.
FOR
NORTHERN
H.
C.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Anyox
Girls
vs.
Rupert
All
Stars
MOOSE
HALL,
S
P.M.,
MARCH
9
AND
10
Admhsion
Ladles
and
Children,
35v;
(IcnU,
33c
Dance
following
game
Friday,
admission,
23c