Today's
Weather
I
ranklin
D.
Roosevelt's
F1.K00,000,000
public
;
orks
bill
which
has
Ix-cn
the
subject
of
bit-Ur
contention
in
Con-frt-sn
for
two
and
a
half
months?.
The
principal
object
of
the
huge
fund
is
to
take
men
off
the
dole
and
provide
them
with
useful
work.
While
the
attendance
was
not
as
as
might
lave
oen
hoped
for.
l
wlm
attended
the
concert
staged
u.
night
by
the
augmented
choir
1
First
Presbyterian
Church,
unci
r
the
direction
of
Mrs.
E.
J.
r.h.
were
highly
appreciative
of
;
icndld
entertainment.
Rev.
W.
V
Grant
llollingworth.
the
pastor.
Jpd
and.
at
the
opening,
made
t
.
f
remarks,
welcoming
those
pricnt
The
well
balanced
program
l:v..
uded
vocal
choruses,
lnstrumen-
c
.:n
and
Helen
Lakle.
Tliu.se
contributing
individually
.hc
program
were
Mrs.
E.
J.
r
rJUi.
Miss
Audrey
Parkin.
A.
J.
I.
ncastcr.
Bert
Cameron.
J.
E.
Da-vcy
J
A,
Tenir.
8.
J.
Hunter.
E.
J.
She
l
VANCOUVER,
April
6:
(CP)
Heavy
snows
piling
'
down
from
wilderness
hills
snuffed
out
the
lives
of
seven
men,
the
winter
crew
at
the
Taseko-Motherlode
mining
w
i.
;.,..
nr
camp
in
the
Taseko
Lake
country,
fifty
miles
north
of
i
V
r
in
t
i
t;3
i
Mint0
Cit
in
the
Bridge
River
district,
it
was
learned
to-
aL
;day-
The
trage(,y
WM
revealed
when
William
Allaire,
a
Kt
States
benaiC
f
Mtrua
trapper,
on
reaching
the
camp
with4
endorsed
PrCMUent
i
mall
and
supplies,
supplies.
found
the
build-:
nvm
Church
Concert
Is
Acceptable
tnas
engulfed
and
the
body
of
a
I
man
sticking
through
the
snow,
partly
oaten
by
coyote.
Allaire
lm-
mediately
mushed
out
to
Meadow
,
4,
City,
near
Mlnto.
and
notified
thej
8000
feet
and
it
is
believed
the
slide
'
occurred
In
January.
The
victims
are:
Hans
Paderten.
director
of
the
company,
whose
body
is
believed
to
have
been
the
one
discovered
by
Allaire.
C.
Christiansen
of
Vancouver,
married.
R.
J.
Bacon,
camp
cook,
married
with
three
children
In
Vancouver.
II.
Gustatson.
Vancouver.
M.
S.
Stewart,
Bridge
River.
W.
Nelson
and
E.
Carlson,
addresses
unknown.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm.
36.
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm.
35.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm.
32.
Dead
Tree
PolnV-Part
cloudy,
calm;
barometer.
30.06:
temperature.
41;
sea
smooth
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
light
-i
j
umbers,
vocal
Quartets,
solos,
westerly
wind;
sea
emooth.
arhema
ind
ladles-
choruses.
!
Langara
Island
Overcast,
light
W
W
C.
O'Neill
presided
at
the
westerly
wind.
rair.
squalls,
sea
Cxr
and
usherettes
were
Marcel
calm.
Jabour.
Betty
Woods.
Malsle
Cam
NEUTRALIZING
POISON
GASSES
WARSAW.
Poland.
AprU
6:
A
device
which
has
been
patented
here
Is
reported
by
Its
Inventor
to
neutralise
the
effects
of
poisonous
Emi'h
Mrs.
S.
D.
Johnston
and
Mrs.
gas
both
In
closed
and
open
areas
H,
N
Brocklesby.
within
a
few
second
Cambridge
Defeats
Oxford
For
Twelfth
Straight
Time
In
Historic
Boat
Classic
PUTNEY,
England,
April
C:
(CP)-For
the
twelfth
consecutive
year,
Cambridge
defeated
Oxford
in
the
classic
varsity
boat
race
today
by
four
and
one-half
lengths,
giving
the
Can-tabs
forty-six
wins
to
date
to
forty
for
Oxford
in
addition
to
one
dead
heat
since
the
inauguration
of
the
race.
Weather
conditions
were
good
except
for
an
early
wind
which
roughened
the
water.
,
Cambridge
led
all
the
way.
The
time
was
nineteen
minutes
and
forty-eight
seconds
against
the
record
by
Cambridge
last
year
of
eighteen
minutes
and
three
seconds.
REPORT
IN
Buying-
Commission
NEXT
WEEK
provincial
police
wtw
are
now
cn-1
IVfT
Themw
'hadi
rUheylei
Industry
Included
In
In
th.amp
beeitteolaUd
.&U
.ununend.tlln,
ofOUs.
.
two
mountains
at
an
elevation
of
i
-
,
,
OTTAWA.
April
5:
(CP)
The
report
of
the
royal
commission
on
mass
buying
and
price
spreads
will
be
signed
by
the
assenting
commissioners
nest
Tuesday
and
handed
to
the
Minister
pf
Trade
and
Commerce,
Hon.
R.
B.
Hanson.
A
couple
of
days
later
it
is
expected
it
will
be
tabled
In
the
House
of
Commons.
The
report,
it
is
understood,
will
recommend
the
establish-metn
of
a
board
to
supervise
the
fisheries
industry
which
will
be
brought
under
the
Natural
Products
Marketing
Act.
Establishment
of
boards
to
regulate
several
other
Industries
will
also
be
recommended.
A
central
body,
(o
be
known
as
thq
Federal
Trade
Commission,
will
have
authority
to
deal
with
unfair
or
unethical
practices.
Special
measures
to
control
combines
are
recommended
as
'well
as
to
curb
fraudulent
advertising.
Legislation
based
on
the
commission's
recommendations
will
be
prepared
during
the
Easter
recess
for
presentation
to
Parliament
after
the
adjournment.
Asking
Code
For
Retailers
Chamber
of
Comrrce
Asked
to
Back
up
Movement
For
Control
Of
PrirM
TYtn
rrvlo
rinnpsti'rt
would
mnkf
it
Impossible
to
cut
prices,
would
put
on
one
cent
sales
or
grocery
specials
and
would
establish
what
Is
considered
a
fair
trading
price
for
afi
commodities
below
which
the
articles
could
not
be
sold.
Thereat
would
be
no
more
bargain
sales.
'
Aged
Cardinal
Died
on
Friday
Locatelli
Served
During
His
Career
As
Papal
Delegate
in
Nine
Countries
Vatican
tin,
April
e:
nr
s
i
-a.
lit
ji..a
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
0f,J,Ui"w
vh"
Commerce,
at
Its
meeting
IastIor
m
cars
,wno
""coin
nine
night,
referred
to
a
committee
adl"crent
countries
during
his
car-request
dlcd
at
the
of
79
the
yesterday
age
for
a
code
for
retail
trades.
George
Hll!
asked
that
the
years-
He
was
born
in
Italy.
request
be
dealt
with
at
the
meet-
J
Int
hut
It
was
nolnted
out
that,
as
...
,
'
this
was
a
somewhat
conteutlous
measure,
it
has
to
be
reierrca
to
a
i.wuiww"'
vf..!
iwui.
rnmmlttrp
nnd
thli
was
done.
It1
l-M'l.liH
MVI.
will
come
before
the
council
of
the
:
chamber
early
in
he
week
to
be
dealt
with
after
the
committee
has
reported.
Tomorrow's
Tides
mmln
High
.-
3:21
am.
21.4
ft
prince
Rupert
Cloir
J&lfiM
18:16
pin.
18.1
It.
stcrly
wind;
barorrfeV
c5;
Low
10:06
ajn.
2.9
ft.
rmpcraturc,
47;
tea
smoc
22:06
pjn.
8.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V.:
XXIV
No
81
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
6,
1935
PRICE:
5
CENTS
BRIDGE
RIVER
AVALANCHE
TRAGEDY
SEATTLE
HALIBUT
FLEET
LEAVING
FOR
CROWDS
TODAY
Lives
of
Seven
Men
Snuffed
Out
1
By
Heavy
Snows
Piling
Down
On
Isolated
Taseko
Winter
Camp
I
Public
Works
Bill
Passes!
Catastrophe
Believed
to
Have
Occurred
in
January
Discovered
Only
Now
by
Trapper
Who
Went
to
Scene
With
Mail
and
Supplies
For
Party
Big
Season
On
Great
Lakes
Foreseen
Freighters
of
the
Great
Lakes
open
another
shipping
season.
Sailors
who
go
down
to
the
Lakes
on
the
freighters
and
passenge
boats
are
preparing
for
the
best
year
they
have
had
since
1930
perhaps
since
1929.
In
every
port
today,
sailors
are
getting
their
ships
ready,
to
put
out
for
the
dash
to
the
ore
fields
at
the
head
of
Lake
Superior,
for
the
first
ore
load
of
the
season.
Minimum
Price
Fight
Is
Given
Up
By
Boat
Owners
and
Fishermen
;
Five
Weeks
Tie-Up
is
Ended
With
Decision
to
Put
Out
r
rom
Pugct
Sound
For
Northern
Banks
Without
Further
Delay
SEATTLE,
April
6:
(CP)
The
five
weeks'
tie-un
of
the
halibut
fleet
was
broken
yesterday
and
the
first
schooners
are
putting
out
today
for
Alaska
enroute
to
the
fishing
I
grounds,
it
was
announced
by
Harold
Lokken,
manager
of
'
the
Halibut
Fishing
Vessel
Owners'
Association.
Yester-day
the
owners'
association
voted
to
go
to
the
banks
with-
out
a
minimum
price
guarantee
which
for
some
time
they
have
been
endeavoring
to
obtain
from
the
buyers.
Lokken
said
that
he
'had
no
word
from
the
fishermen
about
their
terms
other
than
that
the)
accepted
the
plan
to
sail
for
tht
banks.
,
Dr.
Dafoe's
Stolen
Auto
is
Recovered
Car
of
Physician
to
Quintuplets
Is
Found
in
Garage
Just
Outside
Of
Ottawa
OTTAWA.
April
6:
The
automobile
of
Dr.
Allan
R.
Dafoe,
phy-
simian
nf
tSn
n--ir
Irl
to
tvMie
ninnna
PERCENT
HENCEFORTH
J
quintuplets,
which
was
stolen
from
his
carace
in
November
last,
was
OTTAWA.
April
6:
CP-
;
recovered
In
a
garage
Just
outside
j
The
committee
of
the
House
of
,
,nu
ritv
isomniuus
uii
uaiMiig
yesu-r-
t,
day
decided
that
loans
ar-
ranged
In
future
against
In-
surance
policies
should
not
bear
Interest
rate
of
greater
than
five
percent.
j
Van
couver
Wheal
VANCOUVER,
April
6:
(CP)
,
Wheat
was
quoted
at
8580
on
the
local
exchange
today.
.
;'v
(l
Today's
Stocks
(Oourtesr
8.
D.
Johns
too
Co.)
Vancouver
Alexandria,
.01
H.
Bayview,
D0SB.
B.
C.
Nickel.
.47.
Big
Missouri.
J9.
Bradian.
l0.
Bralome,
8.00.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.06.
B.
R.
X
.17.
Cariboo
Quartz,
122.
Dentonla,
.69.
Dunwell,
.11.
Georgia
River.
.00
Vi.
Golconda,
.21.
Glacier
Creek,
.06
(ask).
Grange,
.12.
Indian,
.01.
Mlnto.
.17.
Meridian,
.13
Vz.
Morning
Star.
.07.
National
Silver,
.04V4.
Noble
Five,
.08.
Pend
Oreille.
.48.
Porter
Idaho,
.09
'4.
Premier.
1.65.
Quesnel
Quartz.
.15.
Reward.
.03.
Reno.
1.40.
Silver
Crest,
.01.
Salmon
Gold,
.13.
Taylor
Bridge,
.19.
Wayside.
.17.
Whitewater.
.08.
Waverly
Tangier,
00ft.-
United
Empire.
.03.
v
VANCOUVER
LIONS
WIN
FROM
DETROIT
IN
PUCK
OPENING
GAME.
5
TO
1
t
VANCOUVER.
AprU
6:
CP
Vancouver
Lions,
champions
of
the
Northwest
League,
de-
feated
Detroit
Olympics,
intf
r-N
national
Hockey
League
cham-
plons,
five
to
one
last
night
In
the
first
of
a
series
of
games
billed
for
the
minor
hockey
league
championship.
STRIKE
NOT
EFFECTIVE-
One
Thousand
Men
Quit
It.
C.
Relief
Camps
None
Leave
On
Prairies
or
in
East
j
VANCOUVER,
April
6:
relief
camp
workers
strike
now
involves
about
one
thousand
men,
j
according
to
latest
tabulations
here.
No
trouble
Is
reported
from
any
section
while
on
the
prairies
and
hi
Eastern
Canada
the
strike
call
was
unheeded.
REGISTERING
AS
AIR
PORT
Chamber
of
Commerce
Decides
On
Casey
Cove
as
Suitable
Site
To
Recommend
j
In
adopting
the
recommendation
1
of
a
committee
appointed
to
investigate,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
Its
meeting
last
night,
decided
to
proceed
with
the
j
registration
of
Prince
Rupert
air-iport.
They
decided.
trTat,
as
Seal
(Cove
would
i
needed'for.
commercial-
-purposes,
the
-
next-best
an-,
chorage
point
for
planes
-would
be
j
Casey
Cove,
Digby
Island,
between
j
the
marine
station
and
the
wireless
istaUon.
This
will
be
recommended
to
the
department
at
Ottawa
but
planes
will
not
be
forced
to
tie
up
there.
They
can
use
the
oil
docks
or
other
mooring
places
on
this
side
of
the-harbor
if
they
wish
to
do
so.
'
'
Donation
Made
To
Employment
Service
Plan
On
motion
of
S.
E
Parker,
seconded
by
W.
H.
Tobey.
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
evening
decided
to
donate
$10
toward
the
expenses
of
the
employment
service
campaign.
J.
J.
Little,
chalrn.an
of
the
employment
service
committee,
outlined
the
work
dene
so
far
and
asked
the
members
of
the
chamber
to
co-operate
with
the
canvassers
when
they
came
around
next
week.
Exemption
From
Bill
Is
Asked
Canadian
Railway
Systems
Ask
to
Have
Some,
of
Employees
Left
Out
of
Insurance
.
OTTAWA,
April
6:
Canadian
j
railway
systems
have
joined
the
large
departmental
stores
in
asking
for
exemption
of
parts
of
their
j
staffs
from
the
operations
of
the
!
government's
unemployment
and
!
social
insurance
bill.
POUND
STERLING
NEW
YORK,
April
6:
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$1.86
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday.
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
a
discount
of
5-10c.
VANCOUVER,
April
6:
The
pound
sterling
was
trading
at
$4.85
to
$4.874
on
the
.local
exchange
market
yesterday.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
April
6:
(CP)-Bar
silver
advanced
again
today
on
the
local
metal
market,
closing
at
62
Vic