Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Itupert
Clear,
light
northerly
wind;
barometer.
30.01;
temperature,
High
6:19
ajn.
18j0
It.
52;
sea
smooth.
19:58
pjn.
14.5
ft.
Low
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMWA'S
NEWSPAPER
13:18
pjn.
7.6
ft.
V
si,
XXIV
.
No.
43.
RECIPROCITY
MAY
BE
NEGOTIATED
TEN
AGED
WOMEN
BURN
TO
DEATH
IN
INFIRMARY
FIRF
Canada
Ready
To
Treat
With
United
States
On
Fair
Lines
Informal
Dickering
For
Treaty
Has
Been
Goinjj
on
For
Nine
.Months,
Prime
.Minister
Tells
House,
and
is
Expected
to
Continue
in
More
Concrete
Form
OTTAWA,
Feb.
20:
(CDCanada
stands
ready
to
negotiate
a
reciprocity
treaty
with
the
United
States
along!
lines
that
will
le
fair
to
both
countries,
Premier
R.
B.
Ben-J
n
annouuecil
last
night
in
the
House
of
Commons.
For)
t'ic
past
nine
months
informal
negotiations
had
been
car-1
ritd
on
in
Washington,
the
Prime
Minister
stated,
and.j
when
President
Koosevclt
was
clothed
with
tariff
bar-j
raining
power,
they
would
continue
in
more
concrete
form.'
shTroger
is
allowed
i
KEYES
WINS
Adwiu
lMralv
tutor
-llppoutiv
In
lly-Elcction
In
North
Portinouth
iUTKMOUTH.
H-land.
Feb-r
"0
'CunadUn
Prrasi
-Adml-
.r
Jticr
Keyc.
Conservative,
r
Minlay'
North
Forwnoutn
I?
kxtion
wjti,
a
majority
ot
5,-S
a
ju
t
his
lAbor
opix)ncnt.
E.
T.
If
i-'iy
Thp
reduction
was
about
luiuvind
irom
the
Conwrva-'
m;ii-iri
y
secured
In
the
las'
t
m)
election
Today's
Stocks
1
R
U
JoiUUMM
IX).
1
Vancouver
Alexandria.
.07'.'.
"jvvlew.
.03'
.
II.
I
Nickel.
JI7W
(aUetl).
Hit?
MlMHJurl.
.43.
Hralumr.
11.00.
nnciRc
River
Con.,
JO.
U.
It
X..
.72.
Huttc
I
X.
L..
2H.
(
arlbw
Oold.
2.30.
Uunwcll,
.35.
Georgia
Illver.
.03?.
Golconda.
.60.
Hrrcules
Cons..
.00.
Indian.
.03
Vi.
Minto.
.32.
Meridian.
.25.
Morning
Star.
.34
tf.
Native
Son.
.08V.
National
Bllvcr,
.O6V4.
Noble
Five.
.10.
Tend
Oreille.
1.07.
l'orter
Idaho.
.14Vfc.
Premier.
1.30.
Hccvcs.
,20.
Ucward.
.11.
mo.
1
12
askrd).
silver
Crest.
.03.
Salmon
Oold,
.31.
Taylor
HrldRe.
.08.
Wayside.
.40.
Whitewater,
.09V4.
Waverly
Tangier.
.03i.
United
Empire.
.23.
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
,Wi,
I'hlbnujrniiMu.
,00?e.
I-ce
Oold,
,V4,
Oruiitnla.
.on,
N
'nt
Nickel.
23.03.
'
Macasau,
2.10.
Noranda.
34.00.
"rrrltt
Oordon,
1.10.
RWo.
1.03.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.40.
Ventures,
.07.
I-ake
Maron,
.091'4
Tt-'ck
Hughes,
8.90.
Sudbury
nasln,
1.02.
Columarlo,
.70.
Says
Premier
TO
PROCEED
jIUIUaIi
Steamer.
Wlilclj
Arrived
In
Tort
Willi
Smallpox
Aboard,
Now
at
Chemainus
VICTORIA,
Feb.
20:
(CP
All
members
of
the
crew
of
35
having
burn
vaccinated
and
the
ship
fumigated,
the
Reardon-Smlth
freighter
'King
City,
which
arrived
at
William
Head
on
Sunday
night
with
smallpox
on
board,
was
released
late
last
I
'
night
and
allowed
to
proceed
to
Chemainus
to
load
lumber
cargo.
I
The
vessel
sailed
from
Shanghai
(
fanuary
31
and
it
was
discovered
a
ek
laUr
that
Wireless
Operator
W.
Deall
had
smallpox.
Ship's
officers
reported
that
he
became
delirious
and.
donning
a
lifebelt,
plunged
overboard.
A
boat
was
lowered
and
he
was
rescued.
The
shock,
however,
hastened
death
the
following
day.
Third
Officer
Hanson
and
Fireman
Deer,
who
are
in
guarantlnc
hospital
here
suffering
from
the
malady,
will
recover
REPAIRING
PIPE
LINF
RrnrwaU
and
Itrlnforrrmrnt
Work
Heine
Carried
Out
Following
Wasli-Ouls
Itcpalrs
to
damage
done
by
re-rent
washouts
on
the
big
pipe
line
between
Woodworth
Lake
dam
and
the
ili
Sliawatlans
Lake
power
house
arc
now
well
under
way
but
It
will
take
the
crew
of
ten
men
employed
on
the
work
another
two
weeks
to
finish
the
Job
of
renewing
and
reinforcing
the
foundations.
The
foundations
were
washed
out
at
several
points
and
some
two
or
three
lengths
of
heavy
pipe,
each
weighing
two
and
a
half
tons,
were
carried
several
hundred
feet
down
the
crcrk.
Huge
rocks
weighing
as
high
as
ten
tons
were
also
swept
over
the
line.
At
the
snme
time
as
the
pipe
line
vs
being
renewed
and
reinforced,
the
daw
Is
also
being
patched
up.
it
has
been
leaking
for
years.
todays
weather
Terrace
Clear,
northeast
wlnr
31.
Alyansh-Clcar,
calm.
24.
Anyox
Clear,
calm,
32.
Stcwart-Clear,
calm,
18.
Hazclton-Cloudy.
calm,
27.
Sm'lthers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
Durns
Lake-llrlght,
calm,
20.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,"
FEBRUARY
20,
1934
Famous
Scottish
A
famous
piper
from
the
Scottish
Highlands.
Pipe
Major
Charie
C
aauean,
for
21
years
of
the
Queen's
Own
Cameron
Highlanders,
is
seen
here
inspecting
the
wr!i-known
Dagenham
girl
pipers,
of
which
unit
he
Is
to
become
p.pe
major.
Forecast
of
Legislation
Made
by
1
Pattullo
Government
Through
the
Speech
From
Throne
at
Victoria
Further
Measures
to
Helicvc
Unemployment
To
Establish
Economic
Council
and
Municipal
Department
And
to
Provide
For
Debt
Refunding
VICTORIA,
Feb.
20:
(CP)
Need
for
further
measures
to
relieve
unemployment
was
stressed
today
by
the
Lieutenant
Governor
in
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
at
the
opening
of
the
eighteenth
Legislature
of
the
Province
of
British
Columbia.
He
announced
that
such
measures
would
be
advanced
during
the
session.
His
honor
also
announced
that
other
bills
to
be
brought
before
the
.
Legislature
would
include
provision
n.fiTlPraf
1VP
hlltln
VU
UF1'1
au
V
C
1
UIIU
for
the
establishment
of
an
eccno-
mlc
council,
a
department
of
muni-1
A
J
P-A
J
Cirt
clpal
affairs,
mortgagors
and
pur-!
fillu
IsOlU
UlOlttKC
chasers
relief
act.
exemptions
irom
!
taxation
of
lower
scale
wages
and
salaries
and
a
measure
to
provide
for
debt
refunding.
Dr.
J.
J.
Olllls.
Liberal
membei
for
Yale,
was
the
only
member
ab
sent
and
he
was
detained
thiough
Illness.
Mill
Operators
In
Prince
George
Area
Given
Rates
Local
offices
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
have
quoted
to
sawmill
operators
In
the
territory
east
of
Prince
OeorRe
rales
of
from
21'ic
to
23tic
per
hundred
pound';
for
lumber
shipments
via
Red
Pasr
Junction
to
Vancouver.
The
operators
have
asked
for
the
rates
h:
connection
with
endeavors
they
are
making
to
Inaugurate
wateibornc
export
shipments
of
lumber
from
Vancouver.
Pipe
Major
Takes
Over
New
Command
nm
w
i
matterS
JLISCUSSCCl
"'
Matters
bearlns
on
the
co-oper-
atlve
fund
and
nevi
local
cold
stor-:
agc
proJ"Li
6
Norlhcrn
-j
(.-uncus
iuiu
oiumgi;
i.iu.
were
cm-1
cussed
at
a
meeting
ot
150
fisher-!
men
last
night
In
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
Hall.
Karl
Dyb-haven
was
In
the
chatr
ana
Ucorge
Anderson
acted
as
secretary.
NEW
C.YRO
MKMIlMtS
ARE
ELECTED
TODAY
T.
N.
LcPage.-
manager
ot
the
northern
division
of
the
Home
Oil
Distributors
Ltd,
and
H.
S.
Meadows,
local
manager
of
Canadian
National
Telegraphs,
were
elected
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
(Jyro
Club
at
the
regular
monthly
business
luncheon
of
the
club
today.
An
analysis
of
Northern
Spy
np
pic
tree
stocks
has
shown
that
tt.v
contain
about
.
nine
different
strains.
DEAL
IS
RATIFIED1
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
20:
Shareholders
of
Salmon
Oold
have
ratified
the
agreement
with
Consolidated
Mining
and
Smelting
Co.
whereby
the
latter
acquired
60
of
!
the
stock
of
the
company.
I
New
directors
of
Salmon
Oold
are
I
Brtg.-General
J.
Duff
Stuart,
W.
M.
j
Archibald.
M.
M.
OTlrien,
E
C.j
Morris
and
E.
O.
Langllle.
Further
development
of
the
property
will
be
carried
out
by
Consolidated
Mining
and
Smelting
Co.
Commissioner
Of
Markets
to
Pay
Visit
to
North
In
order
to
assist
farmers
in
the
Central
Interior
to
plan
and
organize
their
marketing
efforts,
the
Deputy
Minister
of
Agriculture
has
a"nounced
that
the
services
of
J.
A.
Grant,
markets
commissioner,
will
be
available
for
two
weeks,
commencing
March
12,
to
deliver
a
series
of
addresses
to
rarmers'
organizations
between
Terrace
ana
Prince
Oeorge.
It
is
the
Deputy
Minister's
hope
aho
that
It
will
be
possible'
for
T.
McMeekln,
Prince
Rupert,
to
accompany
Mr.
Grant
throujh
the
district.
The
object
of
the
addresses
will
be
the
development
and
organization
of
marketing
Interior
produce
.at
Prince
Rupert
and
at
Prince
Qeorge.
Pennsylvania
Memorial
Home
Scene
of
Pitiful
Early
Morning
Tragedy
Elderly
Invalids
Had
No
Chance
of
Escaping
From
ing
Institution
AH
Firemen
Could
Do
Was
Stand
Helplessly
liy
and
Watch
BROOKVILLE.
Penn.,
Feb.
20:
(CP)-Trapped
in
their
beds
by
a
raging
fire,
ten
women,
ranging
in
age
from
sixty-four
to
ninety
years,
were
burned
to
death
when
the
infirmary
of
Pennsylvania
Memorial
Home
was
destroyed
by
fire
early
this
morning.
The
victims,
all
widows,
daughters
or
relatives
of
Civil
War
veterans,
had
no
chance
of
escape
while
firemen
and
attendants
stood
helplessly
bv
in
eighteen
below
zero
weather,
as
flames
raged
throucii
the
frame
building.
f
IS
IN
GRIP
OF
WINTER
Forty-Fire
Mile
Gale
and
KHz-
xard
Lashes""
Atlantic
Sea-
board
Very
Bad
in
New
York
NEW
YORK,
February
20
(Canadian
Press)
Winter
nipped
the
northeastern
seaboard
aeain
today,
paralyzing
transportation
and
endargering
shipping.
A
forty-five
mile
"gale
lashed
the
coast,
accompanied
by-heavy
snow,
thirty
inches
railing
in
Connecticut.
In,
New
York
the
weather
was
so
had
that
the
Stock
fcxcliante
opening
was
post
pored
for
an
I
nour
wnne
thirty-five
thousand..
.
laborers
with
a
thousand
snow
plows
vainly
tried
to
cfear
the
streets.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
20:
Wheat
was
quoted
here
today
at
64?
-c.
I
PRICE
OF
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
20:-Si've
sold
here
today
at
46c.
Electric
Power
Supply
Turned
On
at
United
Empire
Mine
At
Stewart;
Development
Going
On
STEWART
Feb.
20:-Another
stage
in
the
development
of
the
United
Empire
Gold
and
Silver
Mines
property
has
been
completed.
On
Saturday
the
power
supply
from
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Company
Ltd.
was
turned
on
and
the
camp
is
now
supplied
with
electric
light.
Electricity
will
be
used
throughout
for
all
ma-
ehlncry.
including
.
compressors.4
fans
and
assay
plant.
Nt?
i
This
electric
Installation
is
interesting
from
two
or
three
different
angles.
Approximately
a
mile
of
cable
is
underground,
believed
to
be
the
longest
installation
of
its
kind
in
British
Columbia
for
mine
use.
As
the
average
slope
from
the.c,,lf'
foot
ot
the
valley
to
the
camp
site
Is
sixty
degrees,
the
Installation
j
was
only
completed
after
sur-i
'
mounting
great
difficulties.
A
radio
has
been
Installed
for
the
i
benefit
of
the
employees
and
ptr-I
ct
reception
Is
reported
free
from'
atlc
and
all
Interference.
Development
Is
being
pushed
under
the
direction
of
William
Dann
and
It
is
confidently
expected
that
PRICE:
FIVE
CENT!
Hill
60
Chapter
Annud
Meeting
ijlad
Sure
esfsrtl
Year
in
Charitable
and'Edneationai
Activity
Mrs.
J
II.
L.
Lard
17
Elected
Rrrrnt
The
annual
meetlne
of
Hill
fin
Chapter.
Imperial
Order.
Dau-ht-
'
rs
of
the
Empire,
was
held
last
igfct
at
the
PrincefRupert
Hotel.
Reports
showed
that
the
Chapter
ad
had
a
successful
vear
in
lu
various
charitable
and
educational
activities.
Officers
for
1934
were
elected
ai
follows:
a
t
.
I
Honorary
Regent,
Mrs.
Manson.
Regent,
Mrs.
H.
Li
Landry.
First
Vice-Regent,
Mrs.
Emcst
Anderson.
Second
Vice-Regent,
Mrs.
H.
A.
Breen.
Secretary.
Mrs.
B.
Walker.
Treasurer.
Mrs.
J.
A.
Frew.
Educational
Secretary,
Miss
M
Hartin.
Echoes
Secretary,
Mrs.
Robert
Davie.
Standard
Bearer,
Mrs.
H.
n.
Rochester.
Miss
E.
A.
Mercer,
with
ticket
134.
was
the
winner
of
a
raffle
of
$5
In
cash.
j
Wireless
Mation
Burglar
is
Shot
Operator
Moses
Lays
Liw
Bruin
Which
Paid
Return
Visit
To
Ills
Chicken
House
SKIDEOATE,
Feb.
20:
A
hue
bear
made
a
raid
on
the
chlckin
louse
of
Chief
Operator
C.
A.
Moses
t
Dead
Tree
Point
wireless
station
recently
and
killed
twelve
fori.
Bruin
later
came
back
for
a
second
call
and
got
a
warm
reception,
Mr.
tnis
property
will
be
a
major
snip-
Moses
taking
his
shotgun
and
hyper
this
year.
,ing
him
low
with
well-aimed
shots.