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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
12:24
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ft.
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Vol,
XXIV..
No,
68.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
21,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS.
"WERE
READY
TO
FIGHT--"
PATTULLO
BENNETT
DEFENDS
BACKING
SIXTY
MILLION
C.P.R.
LOAN
Premier
Says
Government
Would
Rather
Quit
Than
Become
Mere
Collecting
and
Spending
Agency
.Move
of
C.
C.
F.
to
Give
Special
Powers
Bill
Six
Months
Hoist
is
Voted
Down
on
Division
of
32
to
13
-Bennett
Ignores
Appeal
to
Start
Progress
Going
VICTORIA,
March
21:
(CP)
"We
have
our
backs
to
the
wall
and
we
are
going
to
fight,"
declared
Premier
T.
D,
Pattullo
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
in
defence
of
the
Special
Powers
Act
giving
the
government
complete
control
for
a
year
over
enocomic
matters
affecting
the
pro
vince.
A
motion
by
Tom
Uphill,
Labor
member
for
Fernie
ie-ondcd
by
Ernest
Bakewell.
C
C
f
member
lor
Mackenzie,
to
give
the
bill
a
six
months'
hoist
was
de-1
i
:d
32
to
13
O.
O.
MrOeer.
Llb-e
al
Vancouvcr-Burrard.
Hugh
Sa-Independent.
Cowlchan-New-ca.
R
W.
Bruhn,
Inaependent.
Salmon
Arm,
Herbert
Anscomb.
Independent.
Victoria,
and
R.
It.
Poo-Icy
Unionist,
voted
with
Uphill
ana
seven
C
C
F.
members
for
the
hj;
Cllve
PUnta.
Independent-NomPartbcanr
Peace
River,
-voted
t
.
'i
the
government.
A.
M.
Manson.
Ub
ml.
Omlneca,
and
Hon.
Dr.
K.
C
Macdonald.
minister
of
agrlcul-tjre
were
absent.
Our
government
has
no
Inten-t
an
of
piling
up
deficits
without
tr
constructive
plan
to'
Improve
.cations,"
said
Premier
Pattullo.
11
had
appealed
to
Prime
MInUtet
P
B,
Bennett
to
"start
the
wheels
t
progress
going
by
using
the
na-'
ai
credit"
In
a
wire
sent
on
M;
r:h
4
but
had
received
no
re-p
a;
yet
If
this
government
Is
to
be
noth-i.'?.
more
than
an
agency
to
collar
nnd
spend
about
$20,000,000
'V.
Ti
you
can
get
a
new
govern-
mr
f
the
Premier
continued,
"but
I
brllnve
if
we
went
to
the
country
tn
rrow
on
this
bill
we
would
a
twerp
the
ballots."
YOUTHS
TO
BE
WHIPPED
Lghtcen
Month
Imprisonment
And
Ten
Lashes
Imposed
on
Vancouver
Boys
VANCOUVER,
March
2t:-Two
feal
youths,
following
their
conviction
on
charges
of
holding
up
a
Chinese
laundry,
were
sentenced
to
eighteen
months'
Imprisonment
at
Okalla
with
ten
lashes
each.
The
proprietor
of
the
laundry
was
badly
beaten
up
by
the
youths
when
he
related
them.
Stock
Market
Is
Still
Depressed
""vy
Liquidation
Forres
Prices
"own
Threatened
Auto
Strike
Has
Depressing
Effect
tw
YOKK.
March
2l:-The
"icaiencrt
automobile
strike
has
had
a
depressing
effect
upon
the
r-"k
market.
Heavy
liquidation
on
Tuesday
forced
manv
of
the
lead.
down
as
much
as
three
points,
"c
rango
f
losses
being
from
one
"rco
points
during
the
dull
day
averages
were:
industrials.
Oft
w
iv.
wt
lltUU.1,1
'
107;
ralls'
mi
ofr
1
10;'
iitiim
1
off
.63,
nnd
bonds,!
3-.
off
,28.
INSULL
AT
PORT
SAID
Refugee
Utilities
.Magnate
Coin
Through
Suez
Canal
on
Freighter
ALEXANDRIA.
Egypt.
March
21:
(CD
The
Creek
steamer
MalolU,
with
Samuel
Insull
on
board,
was
reported
last
night
to
have
arrived
at
Port
Said
where
the
former
American
utilities
magnate
was
denied
a
landing
although
it
was
believed
he
would
be
permitted
to
go
through
the
Suet
Canal.
The
destination
of
the
Malotis.
which
had
defied
the
order
of
the
(ireek
government
to
deliver
up
Insull
for
deportation
to
the
United
States,
is
not
known.
ATHENS.
March
21:
(CP)-The
life
of
Samuel
Insull,
American
capitalist
refugee
from
Justice,
was.
believed
to
be
in
danger
as
the
i
steamer
MalotU.
upon
which
he
fled
from
Athens
last
week,
cruised
mil
r
rl
nt'
li
n
1
f
ciiaaii
.
In
tnJt
Al
e(-
b
iiau
OA
V4
til
bSSV
v-ern
(Hiuuiiu
Mediterranean
Sea
unable,
so.
far.
to
get
to
a
country
at
which
I
the
aged
former
utilities
magnate!
nugiu
oe
auowca
tu
lanu
wimuuv
being
arrested
for
return
to
the
United
States
where
he
Is
under
Indictment
on
embezzlement,
larceny
and
conspiracy
charges.
Egypt
and
the
French
African
colonies
had
announced
that
he
would
not
be
allowed
to
land
there.
However.
It
was
reported
that
Sir
Basil
Za-
harotf
had
Invjted
Insull
to
take
up
residence
In
Monte
Carlo
In
Monaco
which
has
no
extradition
agreement
with
the
United
States.
A
poor
sailor.
It
was
feared
that
Insull
might
collapse
with
another
heart
attack.
ACCOUNTS
IRREGULAR
Allegations
Made
in
Itrgard
to
Be
lief
Administration
In
City
or
Montreal
MONTREAL,
March
21:
Allega-
tons
are
heard
here
of
Irregularities
totalling
a
million
dollars
In
re
lief
accounts
of
the
city
of
Mon
treal.
It
Is
stated
that
the
federal
and
provincial
-governments
pro-
pose
to
cut
off
theli
rants
to
the
slty
In
the
amount
until
the
situation
had
been
clead
up.
SPRING
SALMON
SCARCE
r
,nnni
liavp
lepnt
Tort
salmon
trollers
from
Slmnson
OilllJaUI!
OMIIMVI.
-
catching
the
odd
fish.
Practically
no
samon
Is
now
showing
up,
per-
h(,ps
owlng
t0
absence
of
herring,
TAKEN
IN
VANCOUVER?
Charles
Houston,
Arretted
in
South,
Iking
Returned
Here
For
Trial
in
Forgery
Charge
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
'
provincial
police
here
have
been
ad-
I
vised
of
the
arrest
In
Vancouver
j
yesterday
of
Charles
Houston,
who
Is
wanted
In
Prince
Rupert
on
a
t
.harge
of
forgery
alleged
to
have
j
been
committed
on
February
13.
t
Houston
Is
being
returned
here
to
j
stand
trial.
j
Houston
Is
alleged
to
have
been
working
at
Anyox
where
he
shared
a
room
with
a
man
named
Home
to
whose
private
papers
he
Is
believed
trt-
Vi
4
jm
yA
a
ft
mm
ITAiictnn
It
la
alleged,
came
to
Prince
Rupert
and
sent
a
wire
to
Home's
family
1
Vancouver,
requesting
In
Home's
name
that
$30
be
sent
him
here.
In
response
to
this,
It
Is
said,
a
money
order
came
which
Houston
signed
as
Home
and
cashed,
thereupon
leaving
for
Vancouver.
Today's
Stocks
Court
S.
O.
JohnaUm
Oo.)
Vancouver
Alexandria,
,06Vj.
Bayvlew,
.02.
B.C.
Nickel,
.68.
Big
Missouri,
.40.
Bralorne,
12.00.
BR.
Cons,
.37.
BRX
Oold,
.73.
Dentonla,
&Sz.
Dunwell,
.30.
'"
Oeorgla
River,
.04
Vs
Ookonda,
.49.
Hercules
Con,
.04!i.
Indian.
.02
Mlnto.
.2914.
Meridian.
.17.
Morning
Star,
.43.
Native
Sons,
.06
14.
'
'
National
Silver.
.4.
Noble
Five.
.14.
Pend
Oreille.
1.12.
Porter
Idaho,
.13.
Premier.
1.48.
Reeves
McDonald.
.17.
Reward.
.08.
Reno,
1.06.
Silver
Crest,
.024.
Salmon
Oold,
.28.
Taylor
Bridge,
.79.
,
Wayside.
.39.
Whitewater.
.07
Waverley
Tangier,
.2'2.
United
Empire.
51.
SWEEPSTAKES
PRIZES
FOR
THIS
DISTRICT
IN
HOSPITAL
DRAW
One
consolaUon
prize
of
$500
came
to
Prince
Rupert
and
one
to
Port
Esslngton
In
the
draw
today
at
Dublin
In
connection
with
the
Irish
Hos-
pltals
Sweepstake
on
the
Grand
National
Steeplechase
R.
O.
Cunningham,
well
known
pioneer
of
the
north,
was
the
winner
at
Port
Esslngton
while
8.
Stamen,
a
local
hall-
I
A
hut
flihnrmon
...,,
u-a
tlio
wlnnnr
....
w
J,"V...
n
aw
.v
"
.V
here.
-
AUTOMOBILE
STRIKE
DEFERRED
FOR
DAY
4
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
March
21:
(CP)
President
Frankfln
Roosevelt
.
tiook
a
hand
yes-
l
terday
In
the
strike
which
threatens
to
tie
up
the
auto-
mobile
manufacturing
Indus-
try
of
the
country
and
was
,
successful
in
niltlng
the
walk-
i
out
at
least
temporarily.
At
!
the
request
of
the
President.
strike
leaders
agreed
to
delay
the
commencement
of
the
strike,
which
had
been
set
for
today,
until
tomorrow
while
the
chief
executive
conducts
negotiations
with
a
view
to
a
settlement
of
the
dlsDute.
4
AIR
MAIL
RESUMING
Army
Planes
inj,
Service
Agair
Eddie
Rickcnbacker
Airs
Vie
iews
I
in
dbersrh
Positive
American
Fljlng
Aces
Appear
Be
fore
Senate
Postal
Committee
WASHINOTON,
DC,
March
21:
United
States
Army
planes
resumed
air
mall
service
over
eight
routes
this
week.
Service
Is
being
carried
out
on
about
a
quarter
of
the
scale
which
was
provided
before
the
cancellation
last
month
of
the
contracts
of
the
private
com
panies.
Army
mall
flyers
are
now
given
the
complete
privilege
of
making
final
decision
individually
as
to
the
advisability
and
safety
of
going
up
on
any
mail
flight.
They
are
specifically
ordered
not
to
take
off
unless
there
Is
at
least
a
3000
foot
celling
over
the
entire
route.
The
Senate
postal
committee.
continuing
its
Investigation
In
connection
with
air
mail
service.
was
In
session
again.
Eddie
Ricken-backer.
former
automobile
racing
driver
and
wartime
flying
ace,
from
the
soectators'
section,
Interjected
into
the
proceedings
to
air
his
views.
Rlckenbacker.
who
Is
the
vice-president
of
a
commercial
aviation
company,
criticized
President
Roosevelt
for
having
cancelled
the
contracts
of
the
companies,
declaring
that
public
faith
In
the
president
had
been
damaged
there
by.
He
urged
the
chief
executive
to
rid
himself
of
the
men,
whom
he
termed
as
"traitors."
who
had
advised
him
to
cancel
the
air
mall
contracts.
Lindbergh
Testifies
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
America's
leading
flying
ace.
usually
Inclined
to
be
rather
reticent
and
almost
shy
before
the
public,
proved
Continued
on
Page
'4
BYRD
IS
GROUNDED
Antarctic
Expedition
Having
Fur-
ther
Trouble
With
Us
Aircraft
LITTLE
AMERICA,
March
21
(Canadian
Press)
After
having
ef
fected
the
rescue
of
two
members
of
his
expedition
whose
plane
had
,becn
grounded,
Rear
Admiral
Plrhnrrl
.
.
.
V.
TlvrH
u-n
w
Viltnn1
......OVlt
IV.'
ced
down
yesterday
when
his
plane
developed
engine
trouble
nnd
-had
to
return
to
the
base
by
dog
team.
EXTENSION
IS
DENIED
Private
Bills
Committee
Opposed
To
(living
Canadian
North
Eastern
Railway
Further
Time
VICTORIA,
March
21:
(CP)
Endorsation
of
the
application
of
the
Canadian
Northeastern
Railway
Co
for
an
.extension
of
its
charter
for
a
line
from
Stewart
to
Fort
Grahame
was
refused
yesterday
by
the
private
bills
committee
of
the
Legislature.
STEWART
INTERESTED
STEWART,
March
21:
Great
interest
has
been
taken
in
Stewart
in
the
Canadian
Northeastern
Railway
Company's
charter
extension
bill,
before
the
Legislature.
News
of
rejection
of
the
bill
by
the
private
bills
committee
was
received
here
with
regret.
RF.NNF.TT
IS
"-"
KLuKL
1
I
UL,
ninm!n(,,i
At
Anion
nf
iTr.it.i
state,
in
iteleetlnr
sl
iw.
rente
Seanar
Treatr
OTTAWA,
March
21
In
announ
cing
that
no
ratification
measure
terror
scheme
would
be
introduced
in
Parliament
at
the
present
ses-
slon
following
rejection
of
the
treaty
this
week
by
the
United
States
Senate,
Premier
Bennett
:lared
that
he
regretted
In
many!11
lmerierence
Dy
uermany
or
vays
the
action
of
the
American
!any
other
natIon
would
not
be
M
oper
house.
erated.
It
was
a
project
of
mutual
co-
Discussing
disarmament
matterr
operation
between
Uie
two
coun-1
Ties
which
would
nave
had
a
gratifying
international
effect,
the
Premier
said,
and
an
enterprise
which
would
prove
profitable
to
'xith.
govtTis
CHARGED
Ontario
Liberal
Leader
Says
Booze
i
Money
Diverted
To
Make
Ret-
I
trr
Budget
Showing
TORONTO.
March
21
(Canadian
Press)
Speaking
In
the
budget
debate
In
the
Legislature
of
On-
T
.vlr
VZ
T
v.
n
Qulbbln.
Liberal
,
r
leader,
j
charged
the
government
of
Premier
Henry
with
diverting
$3,000,000
from
Liquor!
Cntrol
Board
funds
in
order
to
make
a
more
favorable
showing
In
.
the
budget
for
the
year
1932,
!
Premier
Henry
was
expected
to
j
follow
Dr.
McQulbbln
In
the
de-j
bate.
Meantime,
there
was
no
Indication
of
what
the
government
Intended
to
do
In
connection
with
freer
beer
legislation
which
Is
anticipated.
It
is
expectco.
however,
that
some
statement
on
this
matter
may
be
made
today.
State
Aid
For
Refinancing
Of
U.
S.
Mortgages;;
WASHINOTON,
D
C,
March
21:
Without
recorded
vote,
the
Senate
adopted
a
measure
authorizing
the
government
to
guarantee
principal
nnd
interest
of
home
owners
who
aer
unable
to
refinance
mortgages.
Default
of
Railway
Would
be
Dangerous
To
Whole
of
Canada
No
Public
Action
Has
Given
Him
More
Perturbation,
Prime
.Minister
Declares
Impossible
to
Avoid
Inter
locking
Directorates,
Says
Beatfy
OTTAWA,
March
21:
(CP)
Issuing
of
a
$60,000,000
guarantee
to
the
chartered
banks
for
a
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
loan
was
defended
as
essential
to
the
well-being
of
Canada
by
Premier
R.
B
Bennett
last
night
before
the
banking
committee
of
the
House
of
Commons.
No
public
action
of
his
had,
however,
given
him
more
perturbation;
.he
said,
"and
I
did
try
to
avoid
this
AUSTRIAN
AUTONOMY
'luiy
Tells
Germany
Interference
lini
on
Disarmament
.
ROME,
March
21
:
Following
the
signing
on
Saturday
of
the
tripar
't,te
Danublan
Treaty
under
which
jthe
cnonomlc
independence
of
Aus
tria
is
guaranteed
with
special
trade
preferences
between
the
three
.IMAA.tM
IT
I
pJem"
Blto
""f11"1,.",35
nmied
Chancellor
Adolph
Hitler
OJ
u"ma"'
umi
was
P"Pwi
10
sce
tnat
no
one
"e"ered
witn
Independence
of
Austria
anc!
Dore
a
great
garnering
or
rascisi
leaders.
Premier
Mussolln
declared
that
all
disarmament
proposals
4c
which
had
so
far
been
made
were
useless.
It
was
vain
to
proceed
with
negotiations
on
the
assumption
lhat
Germany
should
disarm
while
other
nations
continued
to
arm
themselves,
Several
Hurt
In
Madrid
Rioting
MADRID.
Spain.
March
21:
Several
persons
were
Injured
dur
ing
a
riot
while
a
telephone
ex
change
was
being
attacked
by
strikers
evidently
attempijlng
to
enforce
the
general
strike
t
T
NO
STRIKE
AT
MORGAN'S
CAMP
Staff
Sergeant
Alex
McNeill,
who
left
at
the
first
of
the
I
week
for
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
with
the
provincial
police
boat
P
M.
L.
8.
reports
by
wireless
to
district
head-
quarters
here
that
no
strike
now
exists
at
the
J.
R.
Morgan
:
Logging
Co.'s
logging
camp
at
Crescent
Inlet.
Twenty-three
'
men
who
had
quit
w
ork
In
de-
J
mand
for
50c
per
day
higher
wages
wiucu
iney
were
noi
t
given
left
for
Vancouver
on
l
the
steamer
Prince
John
and
1
the
remaining
fifty
men
at
the
camu
are
at
work.
Certain
re-
Quests
in
regard
to
wage
ad-
justments
are.
however,
being
made
by
the
men
remaining
at
Crescent
Inlet.
i
(transaction
in
Its
present
form."
The
Dominion
stepped
in
with
Its
guarantee
after
the
railway
company
had
been
thwarted
at
every
turn
in
efforts
to
consolidate
Us
maturing
obligations
over
a
five-
year
period.
Without
backing
from
Ottawa,
the
loan
would
have
been
impossible
and
the
whole
credit
Canada
might
have
been
endangered
If
the
billion
dollar
corpora-UQitTtia'aixmicd:'l
.'
.
.
If
he
knew
of
a
means
of
overcoming
the
system
of
interlocking
directorates,
he
would
suggest
it
to.
Parliament.
E.
W.
Beatty,
K.C,
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
said
before
the
banking
committee
earlier
but
he
knew
of
no
method
that
would
not
deprive
the
banking
institutions
of
the
best
business
brains.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
225,500
"pounds.
6c
and
1
'c
to
6.7c
and
4c.
Canadian
47,500
pounds,
5c
and
'
to
5.1c
and
4c
American
.
Resolute.
35,000,
left
for
Seattle'
stcrday
afternoon.
.
Ilene,
36.000,
6.1c
and
4c,
Royal
Fish
Co.
Dally.
28.000,
6c
and
4c,
Cold
Stor
age.
Majestic,
39,000,
6c
and
4c,
Cold
Storage.
5.
Atlas.
36.000,
6.1c
and
4c,
Booth.
Urania.
19,000,
6c
and
4c,
Col3?
Storage.
"
Augusta,
15.000,
6.6c
and
ic.
Booth
Fisheries.
Battle,
14,000,
6.4c
and
4c,
Cold
Storage.
Lancing,
11,000,
6Jc
and
4c,
Paj
clflc
Fisheries.
V
Defence,
16.000,
6.3c
and
4c.
fT-clflc
Fisheries.
Viking.
11,500,
6.7c
and
4c.
Paclfle-Flsherles.
Canadian
Pallander
I,
4,500;
Borgund,
9.000;
Drott.
4,500.
and
Cape
Spencer.
12.-000,
5c
and
4c,
Cold
Storage.
w.wvi,
v,ww,
BIIU
T.AI,
WUIU
Storage.
Domino
II.
7.500.
5
le
itnrf
ir
At.
lin
Fisheries,
w
FROM
U.
S.
TO
RUSSIA
pit
rtto
Leaves
Seattle
For
Soviet
Republic
Since
Official
Recognition
SEATTLE.
March
21:-Flrst
ship,
to
sail
from
here
for
Russia
since
recognition
of
the
80
vie
t
Republic
by
the
United
States,
the
Japanese,
steamer
Tofuku
Maru
has
left
Seattle
for
Vladivostok
with
a
fun
cargo
of
3500
tons
of
freight.
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4
m
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