1 . h,omiias,r8Ur on rart jP"1" ""' prua timing the night but. at far as i '' be ascertained this morning. t'.;i,.i little, ff anything, for Vihii iwlns. tv.uy was made to the Orotto 1 f'irr inn open the rear door from ) i.nir and by pulling out the Vn pins and removing a second ri - i uiih some damage to the door. i"mr lime between closing time at J "' i'-k this momlng and opening I' 8 31 a.m. There was no money in (he rsh register and lltUe. If ai v Mock was taken. The Imperial OH Co. office was entered by breaking the window pan in the door and turning the ik latch. The combination till ryirt been forced open but there a nothing In it. The safe was not tampered with. The office had beer, left at 0 o'clock last evening and reopened at 9 a.m. today. One suspect Is being held by the P'-jike for investigation. BENNETT IS Minister R. II. Dennett left Thurs-! day night for Calgary and VancoJ- er on a Journey that will keep him j V"- of the Vancouver Hoard of Trade To Tender Reception VICTORIA. Jan. OV-On the wired suggestion of Premier Pat-tullo from Prince Rupert. Acting Premier John Hart will tender a public reception to Premier R. II. on cm. on we wave-rinHu - - , . , interest cruirgw na dwi pua w the end of January and the city m prepared to pay them for another couple of month. He also thought the municipality could carry on unUI the new tax payment began to come In. During' the pact year 68.41 of the taxes had been paid aa against 76 In 1932 and the local Improvement collections had been about the same a the previous year. Tliere had been an Increase of back ttx collections over several previous years. Mr. AWer aaW the -cut In expenditures had amounted to $30,000. The city was now In better posltldh than he had expected It would have been. The economies had been necessary In order to get the city out of the financial mess. The year had opened auspiciously and Mr. Alder said he thought the effect of Improving conditions would be felt before the year was out. 8omc day he was confident Prince Rupert would be a large rlty The commissioner mentioned (XK UIC J A V ,hat ,he Canadian National Rall- Ull illO YY A I ' y P"w U tarft nart of Ulc j taxes nnd should be supjiorted. The frtmlfr of Canada leaves Ottawa clty was fortunate In having Its On Thursday For CaUary , member as premier of the pro-And Vancouver vlncc. In the ast the city had not received Its share of attention but he felt the people should congratu late themselves on the present situation. Reference was made to local Hi . J " 7 ..IT"' people defaming their own city. A d .VoV;, and ha, v"VLr , lnvtUtlon' u ., number of such cases had come to accepted an c u d w to w address a luncheon under aus-K .... . CONFERENCE IS USELESS o'nncit on the ocacslon of Ills visit to the Pacific Coast next week. Geneva (Ulherlng Impotcnl In , j View of rranro-flerinan Ini- Mrs. James Deiilw)lme of Tlclll !'' ,la,y ,,'rr,s sMled by u,e princo John last ni8ht nn (her rcturir to the Queen! ROMK. January 0 Italy is re-l'rirtttt. islands. Her mother, Ma. presented as viewing a useless the d"me Riijaut. is ri'inulnluH over Id world disarmament conference nt u' city for it couple of weeks tor Geneva In the light f tho pi went mwllral ai.d IwispUnl trwtir.cnt. HnnfOcrmn Impure. 1 FORD LOSS WAS HEAVY Automobile .Magnate and Family Had Sixty Million Tied Up In Collapsing Detroit Ranks DETROIT. January 6 It Is learned here that Henry Ford and his family had more than $60,000.-000 In deposits tied up in two De troit banking groups when they collapsed last year. SPENDING IS URGED Proldent Roosevelt Is "Rrntally Frank" In Presenting Ills Budget WASHINOTON DC. January n -President Franklin D. RooseVclt. calling for the colossal expenditure of $10,569,067,000 for the currrjn MAY TAKE PHYSICIAN Premier Pattullo's Nasal Infection .Not Yet Cleared Dp It was announerd today that, while Premier Pattullo's condition is improving, the nasal Infection from which he has been suffering In the Prince Rupert General Hospital for the post week has not entirely cleared up as yet but, in any event, he proposes to leave Prince Rupert for Ottawa on Mei.day. If the infection continues, he will have medical attention on the trip. The Premier will proceed from Prince Rupert direct to Montreal and from there tn Ottawa whrrr the Dornlnion-provlncla) conference, will open January IT. I MAIL PLANE I IN TROUBLE Ilscal year ana aescnomg uic ouu- i rrnrii Miip ouinern i;ros ror get as brutally frank, said that tin- Ccd Rack On night Atovs United States must spend coura- Atlantic gcously to end the depression. Of ten billion dollars which the NATAL, Draiil. January 6 (Ca-Unlted 8tates will need to borrow nadlan Tress -The French man and men by President Roosevelt In Ocean asking for funds for the naval scr vice In Uie budget. YVnrtl Hayncs, Whose I'arculs Kcsidc In Wheat Prices VANCOUVER. Jan. 6: (CP) t tlfl. k 1 a m ft a ,1PHt WBS nuoiFO Hl 04 ,c u" ine iniinur, Intcrinr Is is Dead i'iauloca, cxcluuige yestcrday. VANCOUVER. Jan. 0:-Wird Huynes. whose parents nnd other relatives reside nenr Vanderhiwf In the central Interior, Is riend here after an operation. Ho leaves n widow nnd two small children, CHRISTMAS I.UIUOU HILL VANCOUVER. Jan. 8: Vnncou-vcr'a Christmas liquor bill amounted to $100,000, It hns been estlma ted. Today's Weather tomorrow's Tides mmm Prince Rupert-Overcast, moderate High 5:18 am. 185 ft. southeast wind; barometer. 30.-44; 17:21 pjn. 17.1 It Low 11:34 8.1 ft. temperature, 45; sea smooth. ajn. 23:40 pjn. 6.7 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMIJIA'S NEWSPAPER rV Vol. XXV No. 5. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1934 P1C1CK: FIVE CENTS ..VA WAGE CU RECOMMENDED BY BOARD BRALORNE MINE TO DECLARE DIVIDEND IN NEAR FUTURE Operations of Well Known Gold Property Are To Be Extended New Company. Ileinjc Formed as Holdings Have Now Become Too Large For One Concern, President AtiHtin Taylor Tells Shareholders VANCOUVER, .Ian. G: (CP) Directors of the Bra-lnrne Gold Mining Co. will make an announcement regarding the payment of the company's first dividend within six weeks, President Austin C. Taylor announced to an extraordinary general meeting of the company. The meeting ratified the creation of a subsidiary company to be l lis Oradlan comprising Ttf n the etut side of the Rra-f . property The Dralorne u!hIA S large for development by 1 11 1 lAl 1 VsJukJ -? mpuny Mr Taylor said. PROWLERS ARE BUSY RrttU Cigar Store and 'Imperial OH to. Premium I'ntrrfd Supeet Being Held OF CITY t'otnmUfcionrr Tells Chamber of Commrrre of Improved Con-dltion and 1 Hopeful In a abort address before the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night. City Commission- . ....... ..,. is. er w. j. Awer apoKe VI UK m- She Played Juliet to His Romeo One of the Interesting events of the t.iiiday week tn the fedora' capital was the presentation of "Romeo and Juliet" In the Ottawa Little Theatre. Dcc.M and 27 by the Ottawa Drama League, supported .by Lord Duncannon. son ol his excelVpncyth'' governor-general. Miss Julia MacOrlen. beautiful daughter of th-chlef of lhe Royal Canndiah-Mounted Police, ana by- suesV'-plftyefs-from the Montreal Repertory Theatre. Hart House. Toronto, and the Queen's Faculty Players, Kingston. The director was Rupert Harvey of London. England, the adjudicator of last year's Dominion Drama Festival. The stage settings were executed bv the Honorable Mrs. Gordon Ives from s design by the governor -general. Miss MaeBricn. who played Juliet, and Lord Duncannon, BOOZE TAX IS IMPOSED United States Expects To Collect $300,000,000 From Distilled Spirits Impost WASHINOTON D.C January 6 (Canadian Press The United States Hou.se of Representatives yesterday approved a tax of $2.00 per gallon on dltlllea spirits. Tt.r tax Is estimated to produce $300.-000.000 revenue during the first full post-repeal year. COIN USE OF SILVER "Satisfactory Interview lield Wijh President ny Senators King , And .Wheeler ! WASHINOTON. D.C..: JarJ. b: (CP) A proposal for Ihe- frfe coinage of silver has been' laid bf I fore PrejJldtnt Frailklih D. Roose .. . fvett'by uhlled States Senators tor-1 .... ... . ... , wjiecicr ana rung wno necjarc I thcmselve's as being "very satls- I fled" with the Interview. I The proposal of Wheeler and King as well as other senators to Hi.rlmr nrt ."tlx months. Six nlann Rnnlhrm Ht.m InnV nff v- remOlietlZC Silver On the baSlS Of billion will renresent new debt terdav on Its return fllaht to Sen- ;slx,ccn lo one wltn sold would pro while the remaining four billion egal Africa, but was forced back vlde employment for hundreds of will be for refunding, It Is estlma- here on account of magneto trou-, thousands of men In silver protec ted, blc. The plane had arrived here '"8 5talts and would bc a most The United States Nav n Thursday from Africa after a effective measure In connection HMiltwlLh cenerouslv In both shins night flight across the Atlantic;11" the economic recovery pro gram of the country, they declare. Flew Long Way To Victoria To Spend Yuletide J Hartley, well known local tlnger. Conciliation Body Is Unable to Agree Upon Pay Reduction Scheme Majority in Favor of Taking Five Percent Off Present Scale While Dr. Lyle Telford, 3Ien's ; Representative, is Opposed VANCOUVER, Jan. 6: (CP) The conciliation board which heard the dispute between the British Columbia hlectne Railway and its employees has recommended a five percent wage cut in a majority report sicmed by Judee J. N. Ellis, chairman, and A. G. McCandless, representa tive of the company. Dr. Lyle lelford, the mens representative, brought in a minority report against the wage act. COMMERCE BALANCE ON CHAMBER RIGHT SIDE AT DINNER The annual dinner meeting of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce held last night at the Commodore Cafe. T. II Johnson presiding, was attended by a large number of Junior members Hnd proved a very Interesting and suc- essful event. After the dinner considerable routine business was transacted. The president read his annual re- Canadian Exports To United States In November, ISiJ. Show t Substantial Increase Presldeni "Johnson "Gives " Annual': - -- Report of an Optimistic Nature WASHINOTON DJC January 4 Showing Good Work Done ; (Canadian Press) Increase of over $4,000,000 compared with No- V M PwAKnnf vember 1932 was shown In Imports I 0lMg lTien n rreSenirom Canada to the United States Indication of General Improvement WJTT f : In Fishing, Mining and Loggfng Mentioned in Address The Imports to this country from Canada for November 1933 totalled J22 7C8.000 as compared with $18,-326.000 in November 1932. Exports to Canada for the month totalled $17,123,000. ,BAD NEWS : 1 FROM MINE port, Commissioner W. J. Alder Deatn List In Colliery Disaster In jave an address on civic affairs, S. Ciecho-SIovakia Tlaced at J. Jabour spoke on the alms and n. Hundred and Fortv objects of the Junior chamber andi officers for the year were elected. nTnr fthnJilnv.tu Jan B". Those present were T H John- p), bepn de,mltely il"' , V; ? "wi abandoned that 129 miners en Charles V. Evltt. n Col. JW.Nlcholls.;tom t w h n ta ..Nelson np S?Ph "I V IT . 'ifollowlngan underground explosion: Williams ADrooksbank. H-!fore P? they perished. Edgcumbe. N. P. Klnslor. J. F.i Annth Hn t,H.e. 'ilJlt-lund shook the mine yesterday? .r..r TV forcing cessation of rescue work Max Hellbroner. Dert - Morgan. J. H. f(jr S&T Dulger. P. Laklc W. II. Tobey W.( Eleven- hav,n a,. R. McAfee J T Harvey. Theo Col-, d ,aken the toU, d h lart. J. E. Boddle. S. Darton. E. W. , b at m lohnson. J A Douglas. W. O. Fulton. n.w fnnr men . wtm Wftrlr,ni. O A. Woodland. V. S. Moore. F. A.,. . . . . ... .. , ... Simpson. J. J. Little, II. F. Pullen, j ol the mlnets O. P. Lyons. A. J Webber, W T.l hfadi ho have becn Iost were the R. O. Van der and Stone. Sluys F.Jof famU1 Dne a famUy of i . (seven children. In his address President Johnson recounted the important work done during the past year. In doing so he thanked the members of the!" commlttles and others ahd particularly John Dybhavn. who had carried out the duties of the pre Ship's Surgeon Passes at Sea: sident when the president was un-, avoidably absent from the city. The Ir. J. E. Mason Dies Aboard Lwtr secretary also came In for his meed I Niagara on Vancouver-of praise. Australia Run The president recounted some . 1 forty-two subjects which had been I VANCOUVER. Jan. 6: Dr. J.- B. dealt with during the year lnclud- Mason of Stcttler, Alta.. ship's sur- tng that of negotiating with the geon of the liner Niagara on ths marine underwriters in regard to run from Vancouver to the Antl- VICTORIA. Jan. 6: Mrs. Ernest I Insurance on vessels coming to the podes. died aboard the ship and Hall nnd little daughter flew 5000 1 port, boosting Dulkley Valley coal, was buried at sea. He was well mile from South America to spend , negotiations with the wheat pool known In Calgary nnd Edmonton. Christmas and New Year here. Mrs. I and efforts to secure lower round Dr. Irwin of Honolulu has taken Hall was fornvvly JUIss Dorothy. trip steamship rates. the place of Dr. Mason on the Nla- Continued on Page 3 gara.