N Todays Weather Tomorrow's Tides High 10:64 ajn. 183 It P, c Rupertr-Overcast, V 22:26 pjn. 17.1 ft. wind: barometer. O, Low 3:30 a.m. -8.0 ft. t-nipa'.ure, W wa moderaU 16:21 vm. 8.4 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER j Vol. XXIV. No- PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934 PRICi: FIVE CENTS FISHERMEN MISSING ON WEST COAST BRITISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD TODAY Captain James Lawler and Jas. Thomas Are Lost From Fish Packer Have Not Been Seen Since Chuckwalla, Belonging to B. C. Packers, Stranded Near Ahousat, Vancouver Island; Engineer Manages to Reach Short AHOl'SAT, Vancouver Island, Nov. 1: (CP) Capf Morr. i Lau'lcr ami James Thomas of the packer Chuck-i. alia, owned by the British Columbia Packers, are missing and the vessel is beached near here after having run ashore ,x riiRht on a reef on the south side of Blunden Island. ' ( afi Smith, engineer of the craft, was washed overboard wjt ; the dinghy and managed to reach shore safely. New York Stock Exchange Quiet Airolhrr Dull Hay Yesterday With Small Turnover and Narrow rrire1nctuilfon$ ' NEW YORK. Nov. 1:-There was full wwstnn of trading .on i New York Stnck Exchange, yea-vi-.fii only 420.000 aharet binds. Only narrow marked price fluctuation i trial average at closing . ? up 31; rail. 34.78. otf 01; tne. !0 17. up .04, and bonds. ( :i FLIERS NEAR ENGLAND NOW Jones anil Waller Spend Night at Allirni and Expected to Take Otf Today for London ATHFN8 Nov. 1- -Their chances 'br ' : .2 the exlstlne SDced record f r - f.ht between Australia and t; almost dissipated. Cath-1 Jcn-s andKen Waller, return- -3 i Cr.gland from Melbourne at- 'r psr .! mating In the recent air, !c;b: wrc grounded here last ' in .patiently waiting to take 'f w i -.wo today for London. Murray Humphreys Is In Penitentiary On Time I'irst Lieutenant of Al Capone Enters Leavenworth to Start Serving Term I-EAVENWOriTH. Nov. 1:- Mur-: Humphreys, one time first llcu- an of Al Capone. Chicago ganger leader, entered Leavenworth 'iltmtiary yesterday to start Servlri" a sentence of eighteen jwmth Imprisonment for Income x evasion The penitentiary term imposed a few days ago in oa flllln to a fine of $5000. Alberta Hears Election Talk torly t'ntet Kxpreled Despite I'remler'a Statement to Contrary FBMftMTVMf of an early election In Alberta ' vlvcd desnlte the recent of Premier R. O. neld "icre will be no poll this year Today's Stocks (OourtnJ S. O. JohfiMS cx.) Vancouver Alexandria. .0l-Dayvlew. .01 ty. B.C. NlckeL J6 Big Missouri, .31. Bradtan, 1.80. Dralome. 12.15. U. It. Cons, J01. B. R. X. Gold, .10. Cariboo Quartz. 1.02. Dentonta, M. Dunwell, .16. Goktmda. 27. Hercules Cfcna .02. Indian. .01. Mlnto. .15V4. Meridian. .09. Morning Star, .11. National Stiver, .03V.. Noble Five. .07. Porter Idaho. .08. rremier. 1.28. Reward. .06. Reno. .93. Silver Creat. .01 V. Salmon Ookl, .lOVfc. Taylor Bridge. 2b. Wayalde. .07. Whitewater. .04 ty. Waverly Tangier, .00ft. United Empire. .11. Toronto Central Patricia. .91. Chlbougamau .07. Lee Oold. .08. Granada. J28. Inter. Nickel. 2225. Macassa. 2.50. Noranda, 31.25. Shcrrltt. .46. Rlaeo. 3.54. Thompson Cadillac, Jl. Ventures, Tcck Hughes. 3.95. Sudbury Basin. 1.10. Coluinarlo, .21. Smelter Gold, .22. Little Long Lac, 5.25. Can. Malartlc. Jl. Astoria Rouyn. .04. Stadacofia. .28. Maple Leaf. .13 1-3. pickle Crow. 1.C0. Long Lac Lagoon..l6.. -K Manitoba & Eastern. .22. Oils A. P. Con.. .07. ' Amalgamated, .00?i. C. tt E. .57. Dalhouslc. .22. Freehold. .00. Home Oil, .47. Merland, .20. Mar Jon. .08. United. .03. VI.U- vmiK METALS NEW YOnK. Nov. l:-Bar silver closed at 524c per ounce on u.c .-i .i ,.rki vestcrday. Copper was unchanged at 9c per pound while lead closed at 3.7c Today's 'silver price was 53c As Mrs. Piccard Became Fair Stratosphere Pioneer United States Flatly Refuses Parity to Japan a LONDON. Nov. 1: United States nMv refused at the nrellmlnary tain. Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald has Invited Japanese delegates to confer with him at the end of the week with a view to reaching, if passlblej .some compromise arrangement acceptable to the three Hauptmann Is Still Hopeful Thinks lie Can Convince -Jafsle Condon That He Was Not Man Who Received Ransom FLEMINGTON, NJ. Nov. 1: Bruno Hauptmann. in Hunterdon rountv Jail here awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping and murder ing Charles Augustus LinaDergn jr., still clings to the hope that Dr. J. F., (Jafsie Condon may yet clear mm. Hauptmann expressed confidence yesterday that he could convince Condon that he UlauptmannV.was not the man to whom the $50,000 ransom money was paid, by Condon In the Bron cemetery. Condon was reported a few days ago to have de finitely Identified Hauptmann as the'ma'n to' whoni he paid the money:" Pound Sterling and " Canadian Dollar New York Exchang. Drifting rtorWhan 200- mtles-I Dffl rhelf Detralt ;.akeofx, TJr Jean Piccard and his wife, Jeannefie, as assistant pilot sent their ball oc.i soaring 10 miles into tne simospnere aunng me nrsx iugni ever attempted by a woman, before their gondola dropped Into a wood near Cadiz O. Left, shows Mrs. Piccard leaning out of the aluminum car for camrramro after her lofty adventure; right, a view of the siik bag hanging from the trees. CANADA WHEAT Defence Motion PRICE PEGGED 1 For Freeing Of Winnipeg Grain Exchange Acts In Response to Recommendation of MacFariand naval conference conversations yes-1 WINNIPEG, Nov. 1: Wheat tcrdav to agree to Japan's demand future luiure prices prices on on the mc Winnipeg nin.ni V.. . . .4 M . . for equality in sirengm or sea lurccs with United SUtes and Great Brl- ARCimtSHOP MTJLLER RESIGNS AS LEADER OF GEIt.MAN CHURCH BERLINs Nov. 1: The grow inn wnvo -In favor of a free church In XJermahy which has. gained in Intensity since Pre- sldent Adolf Hitler dropped his plan for state domination of religious worship culminated yesterday In the resignation of Archbishop Ludvlg Muller, head of the Nazi Church, I NEW YORK. Nov. 1: The Brl-I which was to have been the 'tlshnound sterling closed at $4.93 state religious body ' of the on the local foreign exchange mar-T ueicn. t th Canadian dollar at $1.024. , rHinAOO. Nov. 1: Judee James Borough Voting Taken As Barometer Showing How Winds May Blow . Clash Today of Laborites and Conservatives of Signifi-' cance With Respect to Next National Contest; Some Observers Expecting More Labor Gains i LONDON, Nov. 1: (CP)-Laborites and Conservatives clashed today in nation-wide municipal elections involving more than four hundred borough councils in England and Wales. The results are expected to prove a fair barometer of the way political winds may blow ir, respect to the next general election. Many experienced observers believe that Labor may make further gains. "SMITHY" TO CHARGES OF FLY FRIDAY! Australian Ace Expects to Hop From Honolulu to Oakland i - Tomorrow 1 HONOLULU. Nov. 1: Sir Charles Klngsford-Smlth has definitely set noon Friday as the time of his departure for Oakland, Cal., on the last leg of his trans-Pacific flight. ! By that time storms which have !been blowing down out of Alaska during the past few days are ex-iDected to have passed over. If I 11 iS J Klngsford-Smlth Is able to get InSUil IS iJeniea away at noon Friday, he should reach Oakland early Saturday ; morning, possibly about 7 ajn. Ij. Wllkerson in Federal Court here: nrii J I ; yesterday refused a petition of de-, 1 Hree 1X11160 in I fpnpp for a direction of the lurv to - - Grain Exchange are pegged, ef- return a verdict of not guilty in the fective today, at not less than 75c 'case in which Samuel Insull and per bushel for December and 80c I sixteen co-defendants are charged vith the mat's to defraud for May, the action being an- using a fiiin it, rrrnm. The defence, therefore, being re- Bombing of Large Store in Havana . ....... . mitrpH fn nrpspnt Its ease. Flovd . mavama Mnv 1: Thrpe tier menaaiion oi jonn i. .iiacranaiiu, m - --- general manager of the central 'Thompson, chief defence counsel, j sons were. killed yesterday when a i announced Insull himself would bomb was exploded In the Casa Wheat Pool, after conferences with the federal government, requesting control of the Canadian wheat price. Mr. MacFariand said that there was evidence that the Winnipeg market was still the target of interests foreign to the wheat producers of Western Canada. F.levator companies will be able, to operate normally at these prices, it is felt. Prices reacted to the announcement by dropping sharply both here and at Chicago yesterday, December closing at 73c, the peg price, and May at 9fc. Chicago prices dropped as much as llc. take the stand today to tell his ver-j Grande. Havana's largest depart slon of how his utilities enterprises ! ment store. The bombing Is believe believed crashed under the depression. General Johnson Enters Hospital Former N. R. A. Director Receiving Treatment For Infected Foot; Not Serious NEW YORK. Nov. 1: General Hugh Hugh S. S. Johnson, Johnson, until until recently recenuy i'ected foot. His condition is not ser ious. CHANCELLOR IS WINNING government terrorists. to have been the work of anU National Foreign Trade Conference Opens in Gotham NEW YORK. Nov. 1: Mayor Florella LaGuardla welcomed dele- ; ye3terd!Vy nt the opening of director of the National Recovery vnrn Tmrt rnn. Act, entered hospital here yester- ference secretary of Commerce iu revmc uvauuvn .ui au aay ponpr wa. -is0 fl sneaker following the mayor. Quebec House To !I)ate of Lrtislatiire Session Von Schuschnigg's Storm Troopers nounced by Premier Taschereau rreau Victorious in Austrian Elections FAVORITISM . ARE DENIED LONDON. Nov. 1: CP Answer ing charges arising out of the recent United States Senate probe on armament manufacture of the nations. Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, denied In the House of Commons yesterday that there had been favoritism In the granting of contracts by the government for building of submarines to certain shipbuilding concerns. In fact, declared Sir Bol ton, expenditures had on some oc casions been higher than had been esUmated In order that the work, might be spread ground among various yards. A full independent Inquiry Into lettlns of contracts for naval con struction would be welcomed by his department, said the First Lord of the Admiralty. World's Fair At Chicago Closed Century of Progress Exposition Came to End Last Night After Two Year Stand . CHICAGO. Nov. 1: The Century of Progress Exposition came tp a close last nignt wiin ine-aiienaance for this year having passed the 16,-000,000 mark during the day In splto of rainy and unpleasant weather. The total attendance for the two years of the World's Fair was In ex cess of 40.000,000 persons. BENNETT HAS LAST WORD FOR STEVENS OTTAWA. Nov. 1: CP Is- t suing a brief reply last night tn thp Litest statement of Hon. mm . v 1 H II. Stevens In resard to the lYleet m January I latters resignation as minister of trade and commerce and Ulitnro u-lll mwt on J.1IH1 vif.nna Nov. 1: (CP Chancel- nrv s It on nnnnunced vesterdav or Kurt von Schuschnigg's Catholic by Premier L. A. Taschereau. Itorm Troopers were leading last. light In the returns of the Austrian m. p. GOING SOUTH lections, having already won 20 j lut lut oi of 49 4S seats seats with wun prospects prwspccw m of Mr. iur. and ana Mrs. Mrs. uioi Olof Hanson xiausuii will ui --- sail chairman or tne mass puying f is An- antl prlce sPread committee, , i I Premier R. B. Bennett express- -' ' . . ii , iuA l 4 Vit f -i r tt r Attt li QUEBEC, Nov. l: (CP-The Que-cu l"c "v" "v TV I continuing the correspondence on the subject Mr. Bennett again pointed out that the way had been left open for Mr. Stevens to clear the matter up without resigning from' the - Bovernment , . had . he cared to do , . Wg several more by the time all this evening on the Prince George j . ... . . . m MM SO. T results are In. The two principal for a inp to victoria, iney win n;-! nnrvitinn crouns will nrobablv turn in about two weeks, coming t m 4r ! I. Hi , 4V 4 t! I 1 1 O ! n '9 1 m 4 V ' -1 r .1' k ,4 i 4