Today's
Weather
Prince
nupcrt
Clear,
calr
&
roinetcr,
30.15;
tcmpcraU
y0
sea
smooth.
Jj
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
2:50
ajn.
225
ft.
14:59
pjn.
21.8
It.
Low
9:04
a.m.
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It.
NORTHERN
CENTRAL
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It.
AND
URITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXIV..
No.
3D.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
15,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTH
CIVIL
MUNICIPAL
COMMISSION
Revolt
of
Socialists
Against
Dolfass
Government
Fails
Though
Fighting
Goes
On
In
Provinces
Doumergue
Is
French
Master;
Budget
Passes
!
PARIS,
Feb.
lot
(CP)
,:irtfr,1!S'3
:
made
real
rulers
of
France
today
by
an
overwhelming
vote
of
confidence
in
the
Cham-k-r
of
Deputies
after
the
Premier
had
asked
for
the
passage
of
the
budget
without
.
debate.
1
lie
nudget
had
been
the
-tumbling
block
for
successive
French
ministries
of
late.
Today's
Stocks
iC.'Ui'Uvr
B
O.
Adim-Oil
Uu.
Vantouver
Al
xandrt,
.07
li.
Hajvlcw,
.03.
li
t
Nickel.
.99.
liln
MUntuurl,
.43.
llralonie,
10JW).
Bridge
Itlvcr
Ooiul,
X.
H.
It
X.
Gold.
.71.
Buitc
1.
X.
U.
21.
I
arlboo
Oold
Quartz,
Z43i
Dunwc,ll,
.33.
OcorKla
Itlvcr.
.OHi,
Uolcunda,
,67.
i
Il
rculea
Con.,
.051.
Indian,
.02
H.
''
Mlnlu,
J4Vi.
Meridian,
.27Vk.
.
Morning
Star,
.34ft,
Native
Son,
.08.
National
Silver,
.08i.
Noble
Five.
.MVfc.
Tend
Oreille.
1.10.
Porter
Idaho,
.14.
Premier,
1.34.
.-
RccVc
McDonald,
,18.
,
Ueward.
.lift.
Reno,
1.12.
"''f
Silver
Crest,
.03,
Salmon
Oold,
58.
'
,?
Taylor
Bridge,
.08.
Wayside,
.42.
f
.;
Whitewater,
,00ft.
Wavcrly
Tangier,
.04.
United
Empire.
.24.
.
New
ork
U
S.
Steel.
57V'.
Ofiicral
Motors,
39.
American
Can,
1038.
Allied
Chemicals,
152V(.
United
Aircraft.
23ft.
Toronto
Inf.
Nickel.
22.05.
Dome,
35.50.
Terk
Hughes,
5.00.
Mrlnlyrv,
4050.
Mdurudo.
3.85.
l'
Icon,
3.40.
I'remlcr,
UO.
Howey,
1.02.
Jr
Joseph
T.
Mandy,
resident
mining
engineer,
rontlmied
M;
weekly
classes
for
those
interested
J"
1,,lnlnK
n
the
city
council
cham-
V"1
h'uht,
with
n
large
number
attendance.
Interest
In
thc
lec-
iure
continues
to
be
maintained.
WAR
Five
Thousand
Rebels
Surrender
in
Capital
Moscow
Sees
Anti-Fascist
Revolution
in
Europe
Nazis
Stay
Out
of
Fight
VIENNA,
Feb.
15;
(CP)
The
Socialist
revolt
against
the
DoIftiHH
government
collapsed
in
the
capital
of
Austria
today
but
the
Socialists
continued
to
fight
in
the
provinces
where
in
some
localities
they
appeared
to
be
worsting
the
government
troops.
Five
thousand
Socialists
surrenderee
I
VETERANS
TO
GET
JUSTICE
All
I'rmiiHit
Taken
Without
Notice
To
lie
Returned,
Says
-ncmittt
,
OTTAWA,
Feb
19:
-Premier
R
;
.
7
)uUm
(or
dtabM
reterati
against
.
the
CHtwdtan
perirtoiu
commission
'
which,
it
U
claimed,
declared
800
aM
Invalid,
promised
return
of
ever
entori
uken
without
notice.
BYRD
IS
BLOCKED
SS.
Hear
of
Antarctica
Expedition
Reported
llrld
t'p
On
Kxplora-tion
Trip
ON
HOARD
SS.
DEAR.
Day
of
.Vliales,
Antarctica.
Feb.
15:-The
!
tamer
Dear
of
Oakland,
bearing
.
I
he
expedition
of
Read
Admiral
Rl-eliard
E.
Ilyrd
on
a
voyage
to
chart
unexplored
eastward
territory'
In
Antarctica,
was
ice
blocked
In
thc
Hay
of
Whales
yesterday.
Mayor
of
Ontario
Town
Appealing
-
-
-
Chief
MagMrate
of
Hearst
Out
On
$300
Hail
following:
Conviction
On
Drunkenness
Charge
HEARST,
Ont.,
Feb.
15:
Mayor
Ilrlsson
of
this
town
is
out
on
ball
of
$500
following
his
conviction
by
Magistrate
E.
R.
Tucker
on
a
charge
of
drunkenness.
He
Is
appealing
the
conviction.
Ni;W
I.OCdlNC.
CAMP
AT
CUMSIIKWA
TO
HAvr.
seventy
mkn
A.
P.
Allison
is
building
a
large
and
modern
new
logging
camp
nt
Cumshewa
Inlet.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
camp
will
be
equipped
with
a
radio
station.
Mr.
Allison
ex-
pects
to
operate
In
this
area
for
nt
least
five
years.
There
will
be
nt
least
seventy
men
nt
this
enmp.
The
Armour
Sal-
vbrc
Co.'s
powCr
tl'R
Salvage
Princess.
Capt.
Reg.
urccn.
is
t
nsslstlng
In
moving
thc
camp
equipment
from
Queen
Char-
lotto
City
to
Cumshewa.
IN
VIENNA
wji
Vienna.
The
third
day
of
the
revolution
was
marked
by
gunfire
between
regiments
of
Socialists
and
the
regular
army.
Socialist
women
fought
grimly
beside
their
men.
carrying
ammunition
and
loading
guns.
Other
Developments
MOSCOW.
Feb.
15:
The
Soviet
nress
enthusiastically
stated
yes-
lerday
that
an
anti-Fascist
rtvolu-
t
Inn
l
tti'Mnlnir
nvRp
Wa
r
'
A
tic-
trU
and
Spain
.and
attacked
Chan
lltlrtfr
arm
acrnfnvt
fh
Kavtt
BERUN
ftb
,5:An
orricla,
titcment
yeitcrday
by
thc
Nazi
party
announced
that
Aus
trian
Nazis
would
stay
out
of
the
fight
for
the
present
but
It
was
expected
their
hour
would
come
Just
as
Chancellor
Dolfuss'
hour
had
already
come.
ROME.
Feb.
15:
A
formidable
concentration
of
troops
is
under
way
on
the
Italian-Austrian
frontier,
it
was
reported
yesterday.
LONDON,
Feb.
15:-The
British
Labor
Party
and
Trades
Union
Congress
have
established
a
special
"Austrian
Workers'
Fund."
appeal
ing
for
contributions
to
help
the
Austrian
Labor
movement
against
ruthless
dictatorship.
TAKEN
AT
KETCHIKAN
Joseph
.Mm
mo
of
Nanaimo
Arrested
on
Arrival
From
Prince
Rupert
on
Piracy
Charge
KETCHIKAN,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
James
E.
Nlmmo,
Canadian
citizen
and
operator
of
a
small
fruit
farm
at
Victoria,
was
arrested
here
yes
terday
on
a
bench
warrant
charg
lng
grad
larceny
as
he
stepped
off
the
halibut
schooner
McKlnley
on
Its
arrival
from
Prince
Rupert.
Nlmmo
and
three
others
will
plead
today
In
federal
court
to
charges
accusing
them
of
pirating
an
Alaska
fish
trap
last
sumer.
Nlmmo
had
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
last
week
from
Nanaimo
and
registered
at
a
local
hotel.
Kxchanc
Kates.
New
York
and
Montreal
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
15:
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
nt
$5.03
Vt
on
the
local
fo'relgn
exchange
mar-
jket
yesterday,
up
lie
from
the
day
previous
which
was
He
down
from
Tuesday.
The
French
franc
close.!
on
Tuesday
at
$.0653,
down
.003.
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
I'D
l-16c.
down
l-16c
from
Tuesday.
MONTREAL,
Feb.
15:
The
British
pound
sterling
was
selling
nt
$5.08
.here
yesterday
and
the
United
States
dollar
at
$1
even.
REPORT
Taxi
Strike
'fiBS
.
mm
mm
Striking
taxi
drivers,
on
picket
d
e.
e
napped
m
New
ioric
as
they
persuaded
an
Independent
chautteur
to
take
his
ta.
sack
to
the
garage.
The
recent
strike
of
tir.e
New
York
taxi
chautleurs,
.
.called
to.
jogiptlacUorin
thlr
Hvnf
yi
Jthe
.djgposal
otjthe
,00000
or
more
extra
nlctels
.ejected
from
rrderY'tiner
tli'eicl
aimosf
a
complete
tie-up
and
even
the
In
dependents.
were
keeping
their
ears
in
the
garageuntll
the
issue
had
been
settled.
There
was
no
violence
on
either
side,
and
ro
attempt
was
made
to
import
strikebreaking
chauffeurs
by
the
D:g
companies.
Changes
In
System
of
Taxation
Recommended
For
British
Columbia
r-m,
m
m
1
r-m.
bocial
bervices
Held
to
be
ficial"
Taxes
Real
Property
Declared
Mainstay
Of
Municipal
Revenue
'
""
v
mission,
headed
by
Judge
Harper
of
Vancouver
with
A.
D.
Peterson
of
Delta-and
Herbert
Anscombe
of
Victoria
as
the
other
taxation
has
been
,
,
.
members,
'
on
municipal
.
.
.
..
.
.
..
.
.
,
pre-
,
,
sented
to
the
government
but
it
is
not
anticipated
that
new
legislation
based
upon
It
will
-
-
pe
enaciea
ai
we
coming
session
01
the
Legislature.
The
government
will
study
the
recommendations'
.
.
.
.
.
.
i
Other
recommendations
Include
...
,
and
possibly
deal
with
them
at
an
.....
,
,
.
.
..
,
.
,
...
addlUonal
grants
to
hospitals
pend-
autumn
session,
many
members
,
...
.
.
.
,
.
.
ing
the
putting
into
effect
of
a
,
.,;,,.,
,
.1
favoring
an
earlier
sitting
of
the
.
...
,
v.
.
(health
insurance
scheme,
restora
House
tion
of
municipal
grants
on
the
The
Commission
Is
of
the
opinion
1929
basis
and
the
earmarking
of
that
social
services
fall
within
the-all
gasoline
and
motorvehlcle
tax
category
of
onerous
rather
than
beneficial
taxes
and
should
be
to
distributed
as
to
tall
equitably
upon
all
forms
of
wealth.
"A
comprehensive
survey
of
actual
conditions,"
says
thc
report,
"must
lead
to
the
conclusion
that
real
property
is
and
must
remain
the
mainstay
of
municipal
revenue."
Net
profits
tax
is
the
falreet
business
tax.
the
commission
reports,
but
If
its
imposition
is
deemed
I
impracticable
in
view
of
Dominion!
and
provincial
Income
levies,
it
would
recommend
as
an
alternaUve
business
tax
based
upon
the
asses
sed
value
of
land
and
buildings
oc-'
cuplcd
or
used
In
connection
with
business.
The
commission
does
not
rccom-jmend
long
term
debenture
Issues,
I
suggesting
that
loans
be
limited
to
twenty
years.
Fewer
exemptions
from
Income
taxes
are
recommended
ns
well
as
an
Increase
In
rates
on
the
higher
brackets
In
order
to
bolster
up
municipal
revenues.
Maintenance
of
mental
homes
HAS
COLLAPSED
PRESENTED
A
T
VICTORIA
Ties
Up
New
York's
Night
Life
.
a
ma
a
unerous
Katner
lhan
Uene
-
"wi
J
"
a
provmclal
obligation,
the
Pomml.on
hoIfi,
revenue
for
roads.
College
Residence
,
rp
lfie.
court
of
revision
on
the
pro
-
i
D
J
At
1
Or
OntO
DUmedlvlnclal
assessment
roll
for
Prince
TORONTO.
Feb.
15:
A
large
three-storey
residence
building
of
St.
Michael's
College
at
53
Queen's
Park
Crescent
here
was
destroyed
by
Ilre
ye5terday
wlth
a
loss
of
several
thousand
dollars.
TOKYO
NEWSPAPERS
SAY
WAR
SHORTLY
"
TOKYO.
Feb.
15:
Fore-
casts
of
an
early
war
between
Russia
nnd
Japan
were
pro-
mlnently
displayed
In
Tokyo
newspapers
yesterday.
(
4
DEATH
IS
PRESUMED
'
Order
Issued
in
Connection
With
Settlement
of
Edward
Ban-nier's
Estate
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
15:
CP
j
I
Missine
since
SeDtember
9.
1926.
Ed-
0
.ward
Bannler.
retired
Prince
Ru-
pert
cobbler,
has
been
presumed
dead
under
an
order
Issued
In
Su-1
preme
Court
Tuesday
by
Mr.
Justice
j
D.
A.
McDonald.
I
Bannler
for
years
conducted
a
shoe
repairing
shop
on
Fifth
street
at
tne
rear
r
the
Ryal
Bank
?
.'5
Z.
ZTh"H
years
ago
and
has
not
t
been
heard
of
smce
He
had
several
thousand
donar.
on
d.noslt
in
a
local
bank.
Settlement
of
the
estate
Is
being
sought.
Provincial
Court
ft
D
Ct
lowing
the
usual
winter
shut-down,
UI
IeVlS10n
jltS.lt
is
reported
by
Mrs.
W.
Hagcu,
Less
Than
Two
Doien
Appeals
Lis
ted
For
Attention
Adjournment
Until
February
21
With
J.
C.
McLennan
acting
as
Rupert
district
was
In
seislon
yes
-
I
terday
and
again
today,
adjourn-
Iment
being
taken
until
February
21
when
adlourned
cases
will
be
1
dealt
with
and
decisions
rendered
I
with
a
view
to
confirming
the
roll.
In
all
there
are
less
than
two
do
ien
appeals
on
the
list
which
covers
a
wide
territory.
Personal
appearances
were
heard
yesterday
and
ex-parte
appeals
dealt
with
today.
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg
May.
.674.
July,..
69
Mi.
Chicago
May.
.90.
July.
.89.
September,
.00.
REMOVED
BY
DEATH
Henry
X
McLean,
Former
City
Engineer,
aPsses
Away
at
His
Home
On
Fourth
Avenue
East
Henry
Archibald
McLean,
who
occupied
the
position
of
city
engineer
in
Prince
Rupert
for
three
years
from
1926
on,
passed
away
at
5
o'clock
this
morning
at
his
home,
corner
of
Fourth
Avenue
East
and
Oreen
Street,
following
a
lengthy
Illness.
He
was
63
years
of
ago
and
was
both
a
civil
and
an
electrical
engineer.
News
of
his
death
will
be
received
with
regret
by
many
friends
and
general
sympathy
will
be
extended
to
the
bereaved.
Born
near
Melbourne,
Middlesex
County.
Ont.,
the
late
Mr.
McLean,
before
coming
to
Prince
Rupert,
was
for
some
years
superintendent
of
electric
railways
at
Moose
Jaw,
Saslc,
and,
prior
to
that,
was
for
ten
years
city
engineer
at
Sarnia,
Ont.
In
addition
to
the
widow
and
a
'daughter
Miss
Margaret
McLean,
'
arfd
son,
Edward
McLean,
here,
de-hcca!c3TnarvTmi
byTm-ee1
brothers.
James
A.
.McLean
of
the
Unlversjty
of
Manitoba
at
Winnipeg,
and
Jolm
and
Frank
McLean
at
Melbourne.
Ont..
and
two
sister,
Mrs.
(Dr.)
F.
jB.
Elliott
of
Macklln,
Sask.,
and
i
Mrs.
C.
H.
Young
of
Olencoe.
Ont.
j
Mr.
McLean
was
a
member
of
the
i
Engineering
Institute
of
Canaria
and
of
the
Professional
Engineerp'
j
Association
of
British
Columbia.
.
During
his
Incumbency
as
city
cn-Iglneer.
he
belonged
to
the
Rotary
Club
here.
Following
a
service
tomorrow
eve-nlns
at
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers,
the
remains
will
be
plaft-
ed
aboard
train
and
taken
to
Melbourne
Ont
whona
Informant
tutll
jbe
d
Mn
.
nrpnm,rv
the
remams
MILL
IS
IN
OPERATION
cpp"
city
plan
Resumes
cutting
;
I
After
,UTins
Becn
Closed
Down
For
Winter
The
Vanarsdol
Lumber
Co.
resumed
cutting
of
box
lumber,
cedar
ties
and
bridge
timber
in
Its
saw-
;
mill
at
Copper
City
last
week
fol-
!
who
Is
paying
a
brief
business
vla.t
to
town.
Fourteen
men
arc
employed
in
the
mill
which
has
a
capacity
of
20,000
feet
dally
but
Is
seldom
run
to
full
capacity.
Mrs.
Hagen
arrived
in
thc
city
1
from
the
Interior
on
Tuesda
(
night's
train
and
will
be
rctumlrK
!
to
Copper
City
tomorrow
after-
noon.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
LOO
SCALE
IS
FAR
AHEAD
OF
YEAR
A(H
VICTORIA.
Feb.
16:
The
:
Forest
Branch
of
the
provln-
i
j
clal
government
announces
r
inai
tne
log
scale
in
British
Columbia
during
January
In-
creased
more
than
one
nun-
drcd
percent
over
the
same
month
In
1933,
this
being
due
i
to
the
revival
now
being
ex-
pcrlenced
by
the
timber
In-
dustry.