KNOX HOTEL i mikk ni;v man.u:mi:nt tl rixMii all Hllli llt and Cold Mttrr, Miimrr (Wlli t;U.I.FAT HIMMI ItOOM P: T Harry Johns, leading l sne soloist of the Metropolis 1 .: C'h 'ir ana the Victoria Op-f , ,'Jr Bor-lety who will be heard v, .: r i Udi next Monday In Past I r6 Church here HARD STUFF I IN ALASKA Liquor (iocs On Sale All Over Territory Except In Ketchikan- City Store Chosen KETCHIKAN. May 2 (Canadian Pr Hard liquor Rowed freely ingally yesterday In all parts -? Aiaska except Ketchikan which ?cut the day voting down a dr c:,mnce Store In the city, how-t; dressed up their window- bottles of whiskey, wines, fci-uidy. etc. In celebration of the e.-' at A' the election the city decided to s.ave one city-operated liquor o;e rather than several privately Wiicd establishments for the dls per, ing of hard liquor. The major i!. in favor of the city store plan v eighty. Baseball Scores National League Brooklyn 0. New York 10. Uoston 0, Philadelphia 7. Cilcnga 1. Pittsburg 4. t Inrlnnatl 2. St. Louis 3. American League Cleveland 12. Chicago 1. Ft Louis 4. Detroit 5. Nt w York 10. Washington 5. Philadelphia 2, Boston 7. CANADIAN TiOLD PRICE MONTREAL. May 2: (CP) The c Vidian gold price was down one ni- today nt $34.70 per ounce. IIAR silver MIW YORK. May 2: (CP-Bar :llvcr closed ttt 42c per ounce on tle local metal market today. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, May 2: (CP1 Pattullo would at there to arrange. Supplied by B. Vancouver Alexandria, .06. Day view. .014. D. C Nickel, 1.62. Big Missouri. JO. Bralorne. 13.40. Bridge River Con B. R. X.. 1.16. Butte 1. X. L.. .20. Cariboo Quartz, 2.35. Dunwell, .38. Dentonla, 1.48. Oeorgla River, .02lj. Oolconda. .36. Indian. .02 task). Mlnto. .75. Meridian. .19. Morning Star. .35. NaUve Son. .05. y NaUonal Silver. .03. t Noble Five. .09 Vi. Pcnd Oreille. .90. Porter Idaho. .08 Ifc. Premier. 158. Reeves McDonald. 20. Reward. .10. Reno. .97. Silver Crest, .03i. Salmon Oold, JOli. Taylor Bridge. .95. Wayside. .42. Whitewater. .05. Waverly Tangier. .OlVl. United Empire. .10. Toronto Central Patricia, .70. Chlbougamau, .W.i. Lee Gold, .15. Granada. .77. Inter. Nickel, 28.00. Macassa, 2.71. Noranda, 40.40. Sherritt Gordon, 115. Slsco. 2.24. Thompson Cadillac. .50. Ventures, .95. Lake Maron, .09. Tcck Hughes. 005. Sudbury Basin, 1.60. Columarlo, .32. Smelter Gold, .29. Can. Malartlc, .58. Little Long Lac. 4.40. Bagamac. .254. South Tlblcmont, .11. Maple Leaf. .66. Pickle Crow. .78. Long Lac Lagoon, .20. Manitoba & Eastern, .21. NO FISH TUESDAY once proceed Vancouver Stocks t Johnston Ca.Lt t Tt m. v hnniji bclmr in with catches, Wheat was ountM n. MUc on the there was no sale of halibut on ir.e local exchange today. local ttah exchange yesterday. Take Hoop WINNER OF Game Title; M0NTREAL7May2: (CP) Vancouver Province won the men's senior Canadian basketball championship last night by defeating Montreal Nationales 33 to 20 to take the series three games to one. Theft Charge Is Dropped Against Two Atlin Miners Stay of proceedings has been entered by the attorney general's department In a case In which two Atlin men, Isaac and Herbert Mat thews, were charged with theft of some twenty or thirty ounces of gold from S, E. Lozanoir. also or Atlin. Lo?(noff was operating a placer claim on lease from the Matthews brothers and. following disagreement, the latter were alleged to have seized his gold clean-up, the theft charge ensuing. 1 Is understood the matter will be proceeded with In the civil courts. BIG RACE Lord GUntly's Unbeaten Colt Co lombo Won Two Thousand Guineas Today NEW MARKET, Eng., May 2: (CP) Lord Glanely's unbeaten colt Colombo today won the classic Two Thousand Guineas Stakes worth $45,000 from a field of twelve. Easlon finished second and Oadruddln third. King George witnessed the race. Today's Weather Prince Rupert Part cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer, 20.70; temperature, 49: sea smooth. . Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer, 2I.62; temperature. 48; sea choppy. .Langara Island Overcast, light southerly wind; sea smooth. McGeer offered a definite scheme for the control of national credit and distribution of purchasing power set forth as follows: First, establishment of a na- and credit Second, a department of taxation to prevent accumulation of currency and credit in the hands of a few. Third, a department of trade and commerce to control trade in Finally, a department of foreign trade to regulate International ! trade and exchange. Halibut Arrivals Summary American 71,000 pounds, 7c and 5c to 7.6c and 5c. Canadlan-r56.000 pounds, 5c ana 4.5c to 5.6c and 4.fc. American Sitka, 25.000. Cold Storage. 7c and 5c. ! Tomorrow's Tides High 3:10 a.m. 2U ft. 16:28 pjn. 17.6 ft. You IH I"" tliKn. lUtc: 7.V. Low 10:03 a.m. 2.7 ft. I'.U I, ,1 It.MOl'll IToj.rlHor 22:11 p.m. 8.4 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER V: ! XXIV , No. 102. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934 PRICE: FIVE CENTS v. FEDERAL ANSWER EXPECTED L Affaire Stavisky u again sum ag trouble tor French government, as autopsy on body of Serge Stavlsky n flit a iie w. murde ed to prevent him from giving political angles of his gigantic swindles. Casks' cons .ning body is ' .owo arriving at Paris from Chamonlx, where it was hurridly burled by authorities who sala his death was suicide' Imported British police are probing crime. Control Scheme For National Credit and Power of Purchasing Four Definite Recommendations Made at Ottawa By Vancouver Member to Relieve People of Canada From Present Financial Tension OTTAWA, May 2: (CP) Occupying the spotlight for the whole dav before the House of Commons banking committee, G. G. McGeer, M. L. A. for Vancouver-Burrard, iinally concluded when the chairman announced that the committee stood adjourned. After presenting a general indictment of the bankers, national and international, Mr. maintenance Job at the local elevator In the painting of all the woodwork and metal ex- terlors of the local grain house. The Job will occupy the full time of eight men for about a" month. EXTENSIVE PAINTING . JOB AT ELEVATOR IS BEING CARRIED OUT BURNING OF ARMORIES I.oss of SIGO.ntW In ContUgratlon At Dundas, Ontario, Yesterday I nTiNnAK Ont.. MaY 2 I NEW MARK TODAY McGEER OFFERS ECONOMIC PLAN TO BANKING COMMITTEE Ottawa Will Either Advance j What B.C. Needs or Back Up ! Province Bonds Tis Believed Sings Monday Either Course Would Enable Victoria to Carry On Obligations and Launch Recovery I'rojjranv I'attullo May Now Proceed to New York OTTAWA, May 2: (CP) The federal government will complete its disposition of British Columbia's appeal for a substantial loan or guaranteed bond issue late today, it is expected by members of the Pattullo government who have been here to interview the federal authorities. It is believed that, should the federal government not advance the full amount required by British,- Columbia to carry on 1U obligation t 4 4, ana launch a recovery scheme, it might agree to guarantee a bond Issue In New York which Premier fYCSlCmCr "Dead Men Tell No Tales" Paris Politicos Hope IN FLIGHT Waller and Rubin Lower Time of Mollison For Trip From Australia to England LYMPNEi Enf, May 2: (CD-Kenneth Waller and Bernard Rubin last night set a new record for the night from Australia to England, lopping two and a half hours off the previous mark ef James Mollison. They landed here eight and a halt days after leaving Port Darwin. The pair had flown to Australia from here. Icavinr on March 22. on April 8. INCREASE ENDORSED The Alberta Wheat Pool now r- has In hand a rather extensive . junior Chamber of Commerce Backs Up Railway Lmployees In Request For Restoration Of Wage Cut while an attendance committee was named In the persons of Fos ter Willan. chairman. A. J. Webber irnna. and Josenh Wlckett. T. J. Williams Ithona, 19,000. Dooth, 7c and 5c. ninn PrfMi The Dundas armories was appointed cnairman or a com PRINCIPLE IS DEFINED British Government Opposed To Tariff Discrimination Owing ' To Temporary Import Increases LONDON, Eng May 2 (Canadian Pre3s The British government yesterday rejected the principle of discriminatory action against Imports from foreign countries "merely because these Imports happen to show an increase in any particular period." New Judge Here I For Session Of I Spring Assizes ' Mr. Justice Harold Robertson, newest appointee to the Supreme Court bench of British Columbia, arrived In the city on the Prince George this morning from Vancouver to preside over the spring ses- sion of the Supreme Court Assizes 1 opening here tomorrow. His Lord-f ship" will ""proceed '-troin'-Ticre to Prince George where the Assizes will open next week. The docket here is a light one with no criminal cases. There Is one civil action In I which P. J. McOettigan of Savory lis suing the Canadian National Railways for damages in connection with killing of cattle by trains, lit being claimed that a couple of dozen animals were so killed over a period of a couple of years. L. W Patmore is counsel for the plaintiff and J. T. Harvey for defendant, '"There are also four divorce pctl-j tlons, ! H. Langley of Victoria alsq ar-i rived today to act as court stenographer at the Assize. I Tomorrow Mr. Justice Robertson I will address a Joint luncheon of the Women's Canadian . Club and Ro- to survey a route for the Eng- jtary club- land-Australia air race this sum- ! ' mrr. They landed at Port Darwin CiA,1TnHl C, UlCWCUl VsddC Is Adjourned- 1 Hearing of Agnes Gamble and John Campbell on Injury Charge T 1 Set For May 11 Agnes Gamble and John Campbell, charged with causing bodily' injury while In charge of a motox car, have been remanded at Stcw- art until May 11, district headquari The Junior. Section of the Prince jters of the provincial police herj Rupert Chamber of Commerce, at have been a'dvlsed. The chargca- . its regular monthly meeting last . ar0se from an Incident on the ' 'night. President S. J. Jabour In the stewart-Hyder road on Sunday , chair with a ood attendance of when Walter Scrlmgeour sustained members, endorsed a resolution serious Injuries on being knocked submitted by Kalen Local of the down by a car owned by Campbell . ICnnnrtl.Tn nmtherhood Of RallwaV anrf rtHvon thn n-nmnn .T Tl v - - - - " ,u tv ufvk J v iau. w y Emnloyees requesting restoration of Harvey of this city has been re-thewage cut on railway employees, talned as counsel for the defence. George Mtlchell was appointed chairman of thf waw and means committee of the Junior Chamber Remus. 9.000. Pacific, 7.Cc nnd 5c. wcrc destroyed, by fire yesterday mittee which will endeavor to raise Canadian Relief. 17,000. Atlin, 5.6c nnd 4.5c. Svalbard, 4,000. Cold Storage, 5c and 4.5s. . ' Pair of Jacks, 16.500. Pacific, 5.2c and 4.5c. Margaret I, 18.500, Cold Storage. 5.1c and 4.5c. morning, the loss belnSi;$160,OQO. A considerable quantity of ammunl- 5c. tlon exploded. TRAIN IN MORNING The train, which was due from money ror tne construction, oi a new handball court In the city. Boys Who Escaped From Industrial School Captured Divisional headquarters of th The "Clean Up Week" movement provincial police here have been" ad- instltutcd by the city commissioner vised of the rearrest nt Sinclair was endorsed. in the Prince Oeorge district O. P. Lyons presented a report on of two boys who escaped from this statistics in connection with the industrial school nt Vancouver and the east at 10 o'clock last night, was I local fishing Industry which had who were on their way to Sinclair reported this morning to be 28 been requested by a United States Mills where one or tne uoys nas nu hours late which would brln? it In . writer to whom they will be for- home.. The boyi will be returned to at 2 n-piook tomorrow mornlnir. . , warded. "w mausuia scikah r -ft