nun i i.ni.v I .. . I 9 - .YS V Ml I. II M.IX M.I.II.JIfcM,i' V Oi room all Willi Hut ami Cold Uitfisj i:xci.i.i.;t IHMMI HOCW Von HlH I"" tlirkmit. Ilxtri: ISe. I SI. Amoican or Eurox-n Plm I A I I. Alt MOCK I'ruprlHor Vol. XXIV.. No. 133. OFFICIALS TAKE LESS OTTAWA June 8 'CP' Drastic ' .v executive officers were rc-' vrstcrclay by C P. Fullerlon. : of the board of trustees. bcr . Hie lutlway committee oi Hi: use of Commons In answri-J A, Frascr. Conservative mem ber f :r Cariboo. The number of of- '!r receiving $15,000 or more dwindled from 36 to an even bit dozen now and total compen-a".-,n from $677,000 In 1031 to $117.-WO Personal expenses have also topped by a similar ratio. Mr. Fullerlon said. Todays Stocks IC urt., 8 D JoSuur-on .t New York U S. 8tccl. 39V American Can, 94V Allied Chemicals. 133V... U 8. Smelting, 122V New York Central. 27. Toronto Inter Nickel, 26.35. &ime 4175. Tcck Hughes, 6.03. Mclntyrc, 4S.00. Lakeshorc. 53.00. Noranda, 45.00. Ford A.. 2oV P P R . 15. Urazllian, 0. H, Walkers, 30V Montreal Power, 30V4. Vancouver Wheat Vancouver. June 8: icp Mieat was quoted at 74ic per bu "hl on the local exchange yester and at 75ic today. Constable A. J. Pomcroy of the clly detachment of the provincial "'i! ".e und Mrs. Pomcroy sailed thl. Horning on the Prince George for .fill In V ii.i.n,.oi. .hi iuunrt. ifiittf. PLAY SAFE Winnipeg July. .70. October. ,78V Chicago July. .07V, September, .08V December. 1.00. it.Mt silvi:k Che ON CREDIT! SiinpMiu's l.nl Little Although .Much of liuiiiifMt Was Done That Way rAtU8.JmeRIritaptary. P.ITAWA, -" 8:-A highlight hc evidence adduced before the , ion. alter ihn month of i MiKtlflcd fltlnt upon riot' he Place dc la Concorde on r. . maw buying and price spreads cotnmtttat presided over by Hon. H. H. 8tcvis. minister of trade and commerce, in Investigating the affairs of Robert Simpson Ltd. and subsidiary companies, was that, while 41-5 of the company's To ronto business was on a credit basis, loss on credit sales over a period of ten years was leas than one percent. The Investigation also found that the Simpson company did $1,179,785 us of Canadian National. of business through its mall order oflfces In Ontario. Saskatchewan and Nova ScotU in 1933. Little Girl Is Feared Stolen SHARON, Pi.. June 8: Chief of Police Steger says he Is satisfied day, "has been stolen." Wheat Prices NEW YORK, June 8: (CP)-Bar silver closed at 45Vc per ounce on the local metal market today. A serious fire was raging A. 1 I late th s morning in inc oum- ness section of Ketchikan but 1 SERIOUS FIRE VISITS BUSINESS SECTION OF ALASKA CITY TODAY during the noon hour was f hroueht under control after considerable damage had been done. Partial reports of the conflagration were broadcast over the Ketchikan radio broadcasting station. The fire was not far from the broad- casting studio. r LEGION IS PROPOSALS: French Disarmament Plan Said to lit Not Acceptable to Great Britain LONDON, June 8: Official quar ters state here that the government will not accept disarmament proposals made at Geneva by Louis Barthou, French foreign minister. IDENTIFIED AS JCILLER Witness and Fingerprints Point tu Brooklyn Man as Trio Slayer In Alaska 18 Years Ago BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 8: CPi A one-time sourdough, who mushed the Yukon trails as "Kid Allen, pointed to Thomas P. Jensen, aged 51. in homicide court here Wednesday and identified him as "Blueberry Tom" Jensen, wanted for a triple killing in Alaska In 1916 Department of. Justice officials said that his fingerprints were those cl "Blueberry Tom" Jensen, wanted for the slaying of -Sweet Maritj? bcnmiai, a aance nan gin: "naaiei John" iloldenblrd and Frank Ad ams and the theft of $9000 In gold dust from them. The presiding magistrate conUn ued the case until June 15 to give Fairbanks. Alaska, authorities thr opportunity to communicate with the police here. Jensen was arrested on Sunday night on his discharge from city prison where he had served a ten day sentence for Intoxication. Report of Four Chinese Losing Lives is Hearc There was an unconfirmed report today that four Chinese had been drowned at KUdala cannery In that Leah Minerva Dllley. aged 4, 1 Rivers Inlet. Provincial police I who has been missing since Mon headquarters had no official notlfl cation of such a tragedy. VICTORIOUS Defeated Regiment Two to Nil Last Nlfht in Final Came of Gil-huly Cup Soccer Canadian Legion defeated Regi ment by a score of two to nil last night In the final scheduled game of the Gllhuly Cup football series. Half time score was one to nil. R. B. Skinner was referee. A good sized crowd of fans witnessed the match. Funeral Notice The funeral of the late Mrs. Nellie Cathellne McCrea will take place tomorrow, Saturday, at 2 p. m, from the cha' pel of the B. C. Undertakers. Harry Wanamakcr of the Cana clan National Railways freight office staff here returned to the city on last night's train trom McBrlde 1 PREMIER PATTL'LLO DUE II EKE JULY 1 ; VICTORIA, June 8: CP Premier Pattullo will leave Junior Chamber here about June 29 on a speak- lng tour to the northern part oi the province. He expects to be in Prince Rupert on July 1. 4 Executive Meets Drawing In Handball Court Raffle Tourist Attractions to be Pointed Out to Visitors At an executive meeting of th" Junior Chamber of Commerce thfc rornlng the drawing took place In he raffle of a pen and pencil et vhlch was conducted to ral noney for the proposed new hir.d- ball court, the winner being Wll- fam Jones. j A committee undr chairmanship f George Mitchell wjis delegated to nake arranzements.for a picnic to e held during the Summer. A tourist attractions committee. vith R. L. McLennan as chairman. vas, named; .the-'obJecV, belni;to nake arrangements for the dlre- lon of tourists to points oi interest hereabouts while- visiting the city. It Is planned to instal directij.i lgns and recondition existing signs m local docks. AUSTRALIA MOVES UP eliminates Japan to Advance Semi-Finals in Davis Cup Tennis Play to EASTBOURNE, Eng.. June 8: CP By winning a doubles match oday and two singles matches Australia defeated Japan in Javls Cup play and will now meet .he winner of the Franco-German matches In the scml-flnals. In one of the singles yesterday. Vivian McGrath. 10-year old Australian, defeated J. Yamaglshl lr four sets by a score of 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 6-4. LEADING IN GOLF OPEN Witfy Cox Leads Field In United States National Competition ARDMORE. Pa.. June 8: Wlffy Cox of Brooklyn led the United States national open golf cham pionship yesterday with a score of 71, one stroke above par. while three others Scored 74 In the breeze. Joe Klrkwood, Canadian, stroked 75. Halibut Arrivals Summary Canadian 35,000 pounds, 5.2c and 4.7c to 5.6c and 5c. American None. Canadian Ternen, 10,000, Edmunds & Wal- !ker, 5.2c and 4.7c. Joe Baker, 8,000, Cold Storage, where he had been called on ac-. 5.4c and 5c. count of the drownlnir of Ms son. I Thrasher, 7,000. Atlln, 55c ami Mr. Wanamaker was accompanied 5c. i to Uic city by his, wife who will Teeny Milly, 10,000, Kflinunds & take up 'irslih'iicf hue Waliar a.tic ami 5i NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934 NEW HEAD OF CHURCH Uev. J. S. Short of Barrle uni. Succeeds Itev. Dr. II. K. Grant As Moderator TORONTO. June 8: "CP 'Rev J. S. Short of Barrle, Ont.. was el-l ected moderator of the General! . . Ul .. IVi a Prothirtprlan presbyterian Church in Canada. He succeeds Rev. Dr. H. R. Grant of Fort William, formerly of Prince Rupert, who was the moderator last year. The General Assembly is now In WINNERS IN SWEEPSTAKE MONTREAL-NEW YORK EXCHANGE MONTREAL, June 8: The Bri tish pound sterling was quoted at $5.0378 on the local foreign ex change market yesterday and the United States dollar at 99 13-32c. NEW YORK, June 8: The British pound sterling was quoted at tomorrows hues High 11:49 ajn 17.4 ft. 23:36 p.m. 20.6 ft. Low 5:38 ajn. 3.8 ft. 17:33 p.m. 8.4 ft. PRICE: FIVE CKNTB MARKETING ACT HAS PASSED HOU, ALASKA STEAMERS TO MOVE FROM PUGET SOUND TODAY Contentious Measure Gets Third Reading By Vote of 85 to 35 Amendment by Leader of Opposition Which Would Hnvc Put House in Committee of Whole to Consider Hill Was Rejected Earlier in Day OTTAWA. June 8: (CP) Climaxine weeks of bitter delate, the House of Commons last night divided 85 to :J5 to cive third readme; to the Marketing Act. Earlier in the day the House defeated 13 to a motion by IU. Hon. Wil liam Lyon Mackenzie King, leader of the Opposition, that hn 1 ill 1h rnfprrcd back to n committee of the whole House r amendments. FIRING IS JUSTIFIED frtnth ParlUmentarv Commlwnn Mikct IU Kl inline in Ucard la Kllllnr of Kiolm REJECTING A greement Is Reached Between Longshoremen and Seattle Shippers End 0f Pacific Coast Tie-up Appears in Sight Joint Announcement Made by Stevedores President And Mayor Smith SEATTLE, June 8: (CP) An agreement by which annual session here with Rev. w. d. ( Alaska shipping will resume operations from this port Grant Hoiiingworth of prince Ru- last President reached by strikers and shippers night, KpSS 3rSe. Joseph Ryan of the International Longshoremen's Asso- ciaiion uuu xuayui iiaiica oiiulu cuiuuuutcu jumuji. i- aska ships should be moving by Friday," Mr. Ryan said. Following the release of cannery hips which have been Ued up by f)TTf-if-- 4 t f .he longshoremen strike, two sllppAl II JJL 1 1L4J issels have sailed for Alaska with j :rews and cannery freight on board. ... . The Nnrthhaven left here Tester British toiumnia noes .oi rigurr - --T - . ( 1 1.., it..,,i. in trmr X- i Jy 101 AiasKa wiin ouu nnuujr : TIGERS IN CENSURED workers on board while the North. v, i,ran i otterr Navy Veterans Loiiery Portland for the ' Infant and Maternal .Mortality b north H'S1 There Owin? to Lax t 9 .JSKf-nSX S'-sscls are due to leave here! Health Department XnTS: yj BUFFALO, N.Yvne 2k Slxtv nv?nerS o? "en. As a result 1200 marine cm- censured Buffalo's rfealth depart-.lu 155 tTSSii? "Joyces here return, to work. mcnt yesterday, thartlh? lax ad-i, rin Z2.v I The steamer Northland will sail ministration and political control iTnvlfle resulting in Increased Infant and 7 Saturday for Ketchikan. , sp evey of 111 and 'Dearbor irS each l!n" Juneau longshoremen will return materna! mcnaiity as compared SSTJS HckeU n to work at pre-strike wage schedule j with other large cities. ,, . ,.j ,u ,i, iDendlne wage arbitration. The fit Donald Gordon of Lj-nn. Mass, nal settlement will be retroactive, it; Helen of New "as been decided. and Mrs. H. Jazziger York each won $25,031 on Easton Washington Hopeful WASHINGTON, D.C.. June 8:- the second horse. i Rlchard Hackeltown of Char-i"" receiving a personal report lottetown. PJ3.I.. with nom de ! on th- situation from Assistant Se-plume "May Dawson," held a Ue--etary McGrady. who U Just back 't on Colombo, the favorite, who "om me wesi. secretary oi An Perkins sUted here that she cx-mtnnwn $12,540.97. -ame third, and won ticket holder in Ellendale .pected there would be an early and New York, each won $6,270.47 on Tiberias, the fourth horse. The following nom de plumes won approximately $1500 each on unplaced starters: "D'Arcy" of Montreal, 'Lefty" of Verdun. Que.. "Verges" of 432 California Ave-Sandwich, Ont. Unplaced starters divide $23.-089.94 and non-starters $50,163.03. Collectors' awards amount to $12,500. here with cargo by non-union stevedores with a minimum of po lice protection. Lightning Kills Couple of Men Curate of Church at Norwich, Eng., And Fisherman Near St. John's' Struck 1 settlement of the Pacific i North Dakota, also drew Colombo peaceful N0RWICH, Eng.. June 8:-Rcv. to win a like amount. J Co!lst longshoremen's strike. Kenneth King, curate of St. Helen's, J. F. Prendergast of Maiden. NEW ORLNS- J5 8 h'P3! Lancashire, and formerly of Em- Mass.. and H. Gaubett of Bronx."" "u" """ " manuel College, Saskatoon, LEAD NOW RELIEF TO Detroit Increase Margin of Supremacy Over Yanks in American i League to Full Game ; DETROIT. June 8: CP Detroit ! Tigers Increased their leadership In the American League to one lull was killed here by lightning. ST. JOHN'S, Nfld., June 8: Alex Button, aged 24, was killed by light- : nlng while fishing. Other f IshenneVi j in a boat beside him escaped un-' touched. t BE PROBED game yesieraay oy um.B u, ftnd SQme Qf tfae ,argec storcs ,n ejf ovfr me uieveiana iuumi change fof grocery voucher3i the while the second place Nework.cWc nm commlttte ha5 learncd. Yankees were idle with the BosuujAn lmmedlate lnvestlgation of the Red Sox. entire relief system has been de- iue cw Um.o w.- lded u id.uo'h on inc lutni tuition . . . r.i- 'tnc Boston uravcs av u.c ruu, w.nMnn Miq.i-nt ,.c th. r nadlan dollar was trading at $1.008. Grounds to maintain a one gam.-supremacy In the National League over the Chicago Cubs who needed k.. .l.w.ln run tn ripfl4t tllP C.Af- HlJ Death Toll When dlnak a, st. is. The Cardinals' Canton Launch HIew Upisiumped Into fourth place below I the Pittsburg Plates who were! HONG KONG. June 8: 'Cr-Vwinnlne a ciose victory over the One hundred and fifty persons per- luckless Reds at Cincinnati. lshed when a steam launch explo-j yesterday's Big League scores ded near Canton. Sixty bodies were ; K. tlonal Leaeue recovered. R. E. Walker of Edmunds & Walker, who has been here for the past week on business In connection with his company's operations In the fisheries here ant In the district, sailed this morning by the tirlnits Clnnron nn hit rrtliril tfl . , , a , i v - - iVincMuvi Brooklyn 1. Philadelphia 0. Boston 5, New York 14. Pittsburg 2, Cincinnati 1. Chicago 1, St. Louis 0. American League St. Louis 5. Chicago 3. Cleveland 6. Detroit 11. Philadelphia 3. Washington 7 One nunu1 postponed VANCOUVER, June 8: (CP Everything from cash Jo shampoos are being given to relief recipients by a number of Vancouver markets Child Rushed By Plane; Operation Proves Success BALTIMORE, Md.. June 8:An Eastern Air Line airplane rushed Martha Ann Greenwood, aged 3, to John Hopkins Hospital from Greenville, South Carolina, a distance of 700 miles, for an operation for abscess of the brain which was successfully performed. ! Mrs. A. Ness killed this mornln? nn the Prince Oenrg fm u rip to Van. 'i'ir . i . r 1 it1