i
.
vrn
Finland
which
ha
'
'
i.
!..u.icd
aa
yet
T
.
.
.
.-
some
dlscuston
In
oftl-.
-1
here
as
to
whether
the
,
NSW
be.
i.
in
YnK.
May
10;
After
w
.
tvr
opening
with
prices
.niitg
turned
dull
on
the
V
stock
Exchange
yester-Uing
pressure
towards
Mused
sharp
losse
wlthi
irs
dropping
Jo
lower
lev-
xi.
fractionally
to
two
poinvs.
x
ks
were
the'flrst
to
de-i!,c'!;ihK
recent
gains.
:
:
averages
were:
indw-t.
:i
off
1.45:
rails.
43.64.
off
u'
22.67.
off
24.
and
94
30
up
.09.
Todays
Stocks
'upiu-d
by
b.
D.
Johnston
Co.
Lb
New
York
V
B
K'-ecl.
44
V4.
Oi
m
i
ii
Motors,
33v
Antrim
Can.
M..'
Amrrii
m
Smelting.
3M4.
"
8
Smelting,
113tfc.
Ami'ucan
Telephone,
U0.
Toronto
In'1
1
Nickel,
27.70.
Oomr
37
75.
liuKhes,
6.10.
Ei'"i.i'lo,
2.81.
HmiiiiKtT.
15JJ0.
Whius
Eagle.
36t
riizili.iii.
ins:
til
'iMl
and
Dlstlllf.r.
170
C
P
n
,
Cm
Industrial
Alcohol.1
12lS
'
Walkrrs.
32'.
United
States
To
Assist
Business
In
Soviet
Russia
Washington,
AWUNOTOK.
d.c
D;C,
May
May
10:-
10:-
.:
a
....
.
,i
token
payment"
n
.'.
i.tion
nuking
such
pay-m
the
category
of
def.U
'JT1
Feet
Above
Normal
i
i
a!
sense
Oreat
Britain.
:
.-d.
will
make
another
:i
p.vmcnt
on
this
oc4l-a
STOCK.
MART
WEAK
AGAIN
Silver
Ivsurs
First
to
Drtllne
New
Votk
Yeterday.
Cancel-lint
Recent
Cain
PEACE
ON
RAMPAGE
Eighty
Summer
Level
Record
Flood
No
Lives
Lovt
Hut
Orcat
Property
Hamate
Is
Done
Trapping
.
Areas
Ituined
PORT
CHirEWYAN.
Alta..
May
10:
CP
Sweeping
buildings
and
trees
before
It
to
a
mad
rush,
swirling
muddv
waters
ot
the
Peace
River
continued
their
record-'
breaking
rampage
yesterday
asj
they
rose
eighty
feet
above
normal
(
immr
mvm
at
A
nofflt
0110
hull
auuiui
i-
-
.
.
-
dred
tnlle
west
of
here
itcver
De-
1
D
1
fore
in
the
knowledte
of
white
man
Montreal
DrOKer
Indian
hll
lh
Hvr
TMIChed
ill
-
uch
flood
tMDportlons.
j
No
Uvea
have
been
lost
but
pro-
j
Derty
damage
Is
heavy
and
many
nlmals
are
believed
to
have
oer-.
ished.
Men.
women
and
children
around
Lake
Athakasca
arc
repor
ted
to
n
Hvln
on
platforms
erected
to
trees
Un
to
fifteen
feet
t
from
the
eround.
their
homes
hav-
lne
been
flooded.
The
hlh
waters
hive
plaved
ha
voc
with
tne
musttrai
caicn
uran
which
he
traDper
denend
largely
for
their
summer
livelihood.
There
U
-atr
to
a
deolh
of
ten
feet
over
some
of
the
finest
trapping
terri
tory
In
the
north
between
uixes
Athabasca
and
Claire
and
it
Is
believed
the
area
will
be
ruined
for
trapping
for
some
years.
The
waters
rose
rapidly
and
the
tur-bearera
had
little
chance
of
escape.
Isadore
Simpson,
grandson
or
bir
George
Simpson,
governor
of
Rupert's
Land
for
the
Hudson
Bay
Co.
years
ago,
told
how
nis
new
iiumc
and
warehouse
were
swept
away
while
lie
was
beaver
trapping.
He
found
his.
wife
and
five
children
had
fled
to
higher
giouna-wncn
me
situation
became
serious.
Good
Progress
On
New
Bridge
tTM.:;""u
..
-----
"VIS
wre
mai
HKlk
icoerai
IIUI'IUI
am
mil
mi
k'i
ti
Vi
,
frnm
Unltert
ved
from
-"'ICO
R(..
Klntp.
u,
i.....
i.nJin.
...
...im
i.i.
i...
Inn
In
lunrri
worn
reee
rrcem"
Robbed;
Officer
Hurt
in
Chase
t
NEW
YORK.
May
10
-Major
Bex.
O.
Carthew.
Montreal
broker,
was
robbed
as
he
was
walking
to
his
hotel
here
yesterday
and
Patrolman
Carragher
who
gave
chase
to
Uie
robbers
Is
suffering
from
a
broken
collar
bone
and
fractured
leg
as
a
result
CONTROVERSY
London
.
Dismisses
Possibility
of
Quarrel
With
France
Over
Air
Entines
to
Germany
LONDON.
May
10:
High
British
government
officials
denied
as
"ridiculous1
reports
of
a
Franco-British
controversy
regarding
shipments
of
British
ali.lanc
engines
to
Germany.
WRECKAGE
OF
PLANE
FOUND
TIDY
SUIU'LUS
SHOWN
BY
IRISH
FREE
STATE-NO
BRITISH
PREFERENCE
DUBLIN.
May
10:
Finance
Minister
Sean
Macantee
yes-
terday
presented
the
Dall
Elreann
with
'
his
budget,
showing
a
surplus
of
$6,750,-
G
000.
which
he
declared
was
"convincing
testimony
of
the
4-
snundnMs
of
the
country.
Un-
der
the
budget.
Oreat
Britain
Sawmills
Now
Make
Traffic
There
is
a
general
resumption
of
lumber
shipping
from
the
district
j
east
of
Prince
George
along
the
-o
I
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Hallways
as
a
result
of
which
the
i'
'
..
L.ii
a
4-
vti.,,
i.v..,m.
si.ini
railway
Is
deriving
a
substantial
mil...
t'W.Wlinl
lor
r
ci"
ww
Delkatla
Slough
and
Capping
doing
On
Driving
of
pltes
in
the
rebuilding
of
the
DeJkatia
Ui
onagB
ttift-
"
.-
Which
Disappeared
Few
Days
Ago
Search
Being
Made
CROYDON.
Eng..
May
10:
-Re-norts
that
wreckage
had
been
'
completed
""
and
the
(found
oh
the
English
Channel
be-
tt
has
bcen
K
of
n
French
air-
ihe
'nlane
which
dlsaDuenred
a
few
...
.
.
,
-
uuomicm
uuiivm
iiounit
,
,
--
T.innH
T.innHs.
Sir
Stringers
nacrs
days
days
ago
ago
with
wun
six
six
men
men
on
on
ooara
ooara
amount
of
very
welcome
traffic,
according
to
Harry
Bowman,
representative
of
the
agricultural
to
his
headquarters
at
Prlncj
George
on
yesterday
afternoon
s.
train
after
a
stay
of
about
a
week)
in
i
town.
Mr.
ah.
iwi..i
Bowman
was
here
ncic
as
s
KNOX
HOTEL
'
Tomorrow's
Tides
IMitll
M:W
M
WWJtMKNT
i.i
M
riMiiii
nil
Miom-r
Willi
IUIIi.
and
Cold
Muter,
mmm
High
i;f
i.i.(.i:nt
lllMMI
KIHIM
12:02
pjh.
19.1
ft.
Vou
HI
HI"
ll
'"
Hl
V.
A
ll.
Low
5:57
ajn.
22
ft.
Aht1cn
or
Eurori'
.
'
18:00
6.4
ft.
pjn.
Mil.
.vnviorn
-
11
lJO
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXIV..
No.
109.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
10,
1934
PKICE:
FIVE
CENTS
"TOKEN"
PA
YMENTS
MA
Y
BE
REFUS
Leading
Expedition
Into
Wilds
of
Yukon
1
r
(J
M
C
Balourdet
lefti.
the
Frenchman
who
won
fame
as
an
explorer
for
both
his
own
and
the
British
governments
and
his
wif.'
'right),
who
is
leading
the
Bedaux-Canadian
sub-arctic
motor
expedition
The
Balourdets
live
in
New
York.
The
Bedaux
expedition,
comprising
a
group
of
scientist.
15
horses,
five
caterpillar
tractor-cars
and
an
Amphibian
aeroplane,
will
attempt,
during
this
summer
to
traverse
a
1.100-mile
trail
and
explore
approximately
15.000
square
miles
of
unknown
wilderness
lying
south
of
the
Yukon
in
the
Rocky
Mountains
of
British
Columbia.
Charles
E.
Bedaux
is
the'sponsor
of
the
expedition,
while
John-
B.
Boeock
is
in
command
of
preparations
at
the
expeditions
field
base
at
Edmonton.
Beoaux
sailed
from
France
on
the
Europa
yesterday
for
N.Y.
TOBACCO
INDUSTRY
is
placed
on
the
Mme
trading
Uda.
Gray
Miller,
president,
-told
basis
with
the
Irish
Free
I
tne
Stevens
mass
buying
and
price
State
as
are
United
States,
i
"Pd
committee
yesterday.
4
Japan.
Germany
and
other!
Norman
Sommervllle
K.C.
nations,
all
trade
Dreferences
;mittee
t
lsel.
stated
that
salaries
TilTMniTT
riTTC
hitherto
enloved
bv
the
British
and
bonuses
of
six
big
executives
ot
being
completely
removed.
;
tne
imperial
Tooacco
uo.
aunng
me
1
4
period
of
the
past
five
years
total-4
.
led
$1,861,932
while
dividends
dur-Ing
the
same
period
were
$32,477,-1166.
Counsel
continued
that
the
I
president
of
the
company
drew
;
$14,000
per
year
while
employees
1
averaged
$689
per
year.
For
Railway
NAVAL
CRAFT
Damace
When
United
States
Cruiser
and
Destroyer
Come
Together
WASHINGTON.
DC,
May
10:
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Claude
A.
Swanson
yesterday
made
public
that
the
cruiser
Milwaukee
and
the
and
colonization
department
or
tne
destroycr
simpson
had
collided
late
Canadian
National,
who
returned
w.,.'
.,
vf
but
with
no
n
rt.o-'
damage
Monday
night
or
casualties.
FRUSTRATED
Rubbers
Made
Getaway
From
Win
nipeg
Bank
With
$3,000
But
Were
Captured
With
Loot
WINNIPEQ.
May
10:
kCP
Twenty
minutes
after
three
hold-un
men
entered
a
branch
of
the
iunk
of
Montreal
on
Portage
Avenue
West
yesterday
morning
and
a-ith
S3
030
cash,
two
of
the
I
robbers
were
captured
and
all
the
I
money
recovered.
Not
more
than
a
dozen
diocks
irom
xne
scene
oi
we
in!-P.
the
bandit
abandoned
Revelations
at
Stevens
Probe
lftelr
automobile
and
had
corn-Company
Regard
to
Affairs
of
Imperial
menced
to
run
with
the
loot
when
police
in
a
prowler
car
captured
the'
two
men
carrytag
the
money,
OTTAWA,
May
10:-The
Imper-
locked
the
ma-subsidiaries,
lal
Tobacco
Co.
of
Canada,
with
its.
Tnf,
controls
seventy
per-na8ed
andjtalfta
ajranlt
okeena
Liberal
Convention
For
Federal
Contest
"the
executive
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Liberal
Association,
at
a
meeting
Tuesday
night,
decided
to
re-
pommend
to
the
Skeena
District
Liberal
Association
that
a
federal
nominating
conventlon.be
called
at
an
early
date.
Dr.
J.
H.
Carson.
president
of
the
local
association.
was
In
the
chair
at
the
meeting.
Hnn
U
that
...
nAT
t
iptaii
Olof
Hanson,
MP.
for
Sfecena,
win
m
1
.1)
.LL
II
H
be
renominated.
Cringle
Captures
Alleged
Murderer
Frank
MacTemple
Taken
In
St.
1
Thomas.
Ont,
Following
Kill
ing
ot
Tollceman
ST.
THOMAS.
Ont.
May
10:
.Frank
MacTemple.
alias
Temple.
inert
so.
rhareed
with
murdering
a
'
St.
Thomas
policeman,
was
cap-
r
Hnrvpv
ii
ed
on
v..
the
Prtn".,
.....
,
turea
yesieraay
.
oy
-
uicnara
r-
.
I
.
.
,
.
.
1
M
.1
I
-
I
i
i
naim
.-u..vu
7
nn.ei
CW,,U
PrCfCd
dePlte-n
-.Wn
Fh'"Tlfl
Z
preparatory
'caused
Uie
dispatch
'
of
several
small
a
wltni-a
in
a
case
at
the
session
Oeorge
yesterday
afternoon
for
a
tiegic.
a
cripple,
who
said
onL
UllnR
by
Attorney
General
will
won
be
goinp
on
prep
h
Jcstcrday.
oi
;h
Supreme
Court
trip
to
Stewart
on
legal
business,
to
save
a
life
oetMk.
v
i
of
the
"wilting
debtor
nations.
to
the
laying
lie
uiu
it
10S
ANGELES
MILLIONAIRE
KIDNAPPED
DURING
PARTY
Action
In
Respect
To
War
Debts
Considered
By
President
of
U.S.
i
Thirteen
Nations
Will
Have
Obligations
Coming
Due
on
June
13
and
Expectation
is
That
All
Will
Default,
,
Partially
at
Ieast
j
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
10:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
is
reported
to
be
preparing
to
send
a
message
t..
Congress
recommending
that
no
further
"token"
payments
on
war
debt
payments
to
the
United
States
be
accepted
as
indication
of
good
faith
on
the
part
of
debtor
nation.
Un
June
15
next
war
debt
payments
from
thirteen
u
ome
Uue
to
this
countrj?
Indications
are
that
.,:
;
,
iii-wiii
:.
meet
the
payment
in
Wealthy
Oil
Operator
"Snatched"
from
Estate
Early
This
Morning
William
F.
Gettle
Seized
by
Masked
Gunmen
From
Newly
j-
'
'
Acquired
Country
Estate
at
Arcadia
Near
i
Pasadena
LOS
ANGELES,
May
10:
(CP)
William
F.
Gettle,
aged
47,
millionaire
oil
operator,
was
kidnapped
early
today
from
a
newly-acquired
country
estate
at
Arcadia
near
Pasadena.
Gettle
was
giving
a
gay
party
when
two
masked
men,
armed
with
revolvers,
seized
him
and
another
guest,
James
P.
Wolf.
Both
were
forced
to
walk
to
Former
Sudbury
Relief
Clerk
Is
filcf
Ouesnel.
relief
office
cleric
;ine
ena
or
me
garaen
wnere
uiey
were
bound
and
gagged.
Woll
was
:
tied
to
a
tree
and
Octtle'was
driven
;
away
in
an
automobile.
Both
men
;
offered
money
and
valuables
to
!
their
captors
'but
the
gunmen
an-
O
i
.
D
nouneed:
This
is
not
a
hold-up.
oent
to
rnsoii
a
snatch.
SUDBURY.
Ont,
May
10:
WU-
i
Macon
Back
In
Lere,
was
sentenced
on
ten
counts!
M
11
..,
piwuspiracy
and
nine
of
forgeryt
Miami
fOllOWing
to
serve
iour
years
in
penuenuary.
i
HOLD-UP
IS
Caribbean
Cruise
MIAMI.
Florida.
May
13-The
U.
s
Navy
dirigible
Macon
returned
:iere
Tuesday
after
a
two-day
ruise
over
the
Caribbean
Sea.
Ths
.real
ahshlp
will
leave
soon
for
lew
York
to
take
part
In
a
forth-oming
naval
review
before
Presl-ent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Dur-ng
the
Caribbean
xruise,'it
Is
said,
.he
Macon
proved
a7
failure
in
.hecretical
defence
tests
on
the
jutcome
of
which
further
government
appropriations
for
aircraft
of
her
type
were
to
depend.
California
Sea
Scouts
Planning
Cruise
in
Alaska
KETCHIKAN.
May
10:
A
party
of
Sea
Scouts
from
California,
desirous
of
cruising
this
summer
In
Alaska
waters,
have
written
here
Peking
inormation
as
to
the
pos
sibility
ot
chartering
a,
suitable
boat.
Spanish
Cargo
Landed
at
Fort
Erie,
Ontario
FORT
ERIE.
Ont..
May
10:
An
other
record
was
created
at
the
Fort
Erie
docks
when
the
steamer
victor
T.
Kelly
of
the
Oreat
Lakes-Seaboard
Line
landed
a.
cargo
from
Pnaln.
r
YOUNG
RUSSIAN
LEADING
STUDENT
AT
UNIVERSITY
,
VANCOUVER.
May
10:
(CP
A
young
Russian
student,
.
George
Michael
Volkcff,
who
has
resided
in
Vancouver
since
1924,
won
the
Governor
Oen-
eral's
Ooid
Medal,
the
highest
award
for
members
ot
the
University
of
British
Colum-
bhcgraduatlng
class
this
year.
r
If
h
,
,:
11
i
t
v
i'-m
1
.:.
ffl
W-