Prince
Rupert
Fresh
easterly
wind;
barometer,
,29.48;
temperature
45;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXIV
.
No.
292.
ording
to
schedule,
meet
in
mid-
.4.
SUCH
A
POSITION
WILL
NOT
BE
POSSIBLE
AGAIN,
HE
DECLARES
MUCH
HARM
DONE
WHICH
TIME
MAY
RECTIFY
SIR
SAMUEL
HOARE
EARNS
OVATION
WITH
HIS
EXPLANATION.
GENEVA,
Dec.
19:
(CP)
The
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
formally
shelved
the
Franco-British
plan
for
peace
at
a
meeting
late
today.
LONDON,
Dec.
19:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Stanley
Baldwin
admitted
today
that
he
had
made
an
error
in
accenting
..
the
.
now
lifeless
Franco-British
plan
for
ending
i
i
ii
-
t
t
j?
the
italo-Ltnionian
1
LClIW
l-iVlliUilCAH
war
1
ana
CWIll
promiseu
Ji
UUI1V.U
me
fcliV.
nouse
oi
V-
.V..
um
die
had
a
weak
heart,
she
Is
not
be-
t
Brltaln
had
not
advocated
I
...
it
.
t
m
un
failure
failure.
-..
.
..
i
'
lievr-d
to
have
d!"d
of
heart
That
suffocation
by
carbon
monoxide
poisoning
was
the
direct
cause
of
accidental
death
was
the
verdict
Yriuitk
ui
of
a
coroner's
-"
-
Jury
yesier
-
the
plan
through
fear
of
Italy.
"We
had
no
fear
as
a
nation,"
declared
Sir
Samuel,
"of
any
Italian
threat.
If
the
Italians
attacked
us,
we
i-i
i
n
I
ln
tn
nM4
lnHfrlncr
frnm
I
WOUlu
rcuiuaic
an,
jub"'li
......
day
but
how
the
actress
came
to
past
hlstoryi
we
should
have
re-
hav-
blood
on
her
face
and
a
loos-
tallated
with
SUCCCss.
j
cned
tooth
has
not
yet
been
ex-
,lTne
situation
has
become
more
plained
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
acute
sajd
Sir
Samuel.
"We
alone
authorities.
The
Jury
recommended
haye
taken
mmtary
precautions,
a
further
thorough
examination
There
lg
flcet
ln
the
Medlterran-
..it
..i.Aii.cfine
nf
the
CaS.
r-.i
TirttfcVt
vpfnfnrrp.
uiu
an
tiiiuMiMB,xw
can.
iiivic
niv
w
v.
v.-
Although
it
was
believed
that
she
,n
Egypt
Malta
and
Adsn.
had
died
early
Sunday
morning,
Nq
sWp
no
machlne
or
no
man
t.
4
n
m
a
friend
has
.
nv
nnv
nther
mem-
i
KVwwlj
uwuu
v
m
-
Udd
iAVli
iii-
v
v
tc.Ufled
to
having
hsard
Miss
ber
state."
i
Todd.
voice
on
the
telephone
at
4
former
Foreign
Secretary!
o'clock
Sunday
afternoon.
Carmen
sald
tnat
lt
nad
ben
in
an
atmo
to
the
actress'
movement
.mme-i
r;
1
.
explanation
of
the
dlately
prior
to
her
death.
Pierre
Laval.Hoare
peace
assanca
w
Roland
West
was
closely
qucs-much
his
Uoncd
yesterday
in
regard
to
his
plan,
said
fot
cov-
crnment
s
Joint
el
orte
with
Great
intimate
personal
relations
with
the
dead
actress.
He
had
lived
in
ta,HfJ.T2
previously
given
at
at
Gen
Gen
Miss
Todd's
house,
he
said,
and
agements
floret
l.nwi
IUn
chp
U'ilS
Sim-
t'Va
posed
to
liave
died.
Vancouver
Wheat
Previously
acknowledged
$110.25
Gilbert
Campbell
..........
5.00
I
Annthpr
bombshell
was
thrown
into
the
entangled
political
situa
Premier
Stanley
Baldwin
California
Boy,
Shot
by
Mother,
Rallies
Slightly
,
SANTA
BARBARA,
Dec
19:
Uvermore
ir..
shot
recently
Jewell,
estranged
wife
of
Roiana
g
nere
0f
a
threat
of
war
that
dis-iDy
his
mother.
Mrs.
Dorothea
Llv
West.
Miss
Todd's
manager,
states
rllssions
took
place
positively
that
she
saw
Miss
Todd
At
tne
conciusi0n
of
his
address,
driving
in
her
car
on
Hollywood
slr
Samuei
was
greeted
with
thun-Boulcvard
Sunday
afternoon
with
derous
applause
in
contrast
to
the
a
"handsome
young
man."
'silence
In
which
he
had
begun
Four
hundred
guests
who
at-.
speaking.
tended
a
gay
party
in
the
Troca-;
In
the
meantime,
a
furious
de-dero
Cafe
Saturday
night
at
which
bate
on
f0reign
policy
was
in
pro-Miss
Todd
was
present
will
be
ess
ln
tne
House
of
Lords,
grilled
with
a
view
to
obtaining
all
Bombshel
From
Uerriot
information
possible
wun
rtu
CP)-Premier
w.n
HufirifT
a
firfnirinsr
nniu.
eiuiuic,
UU11116
.
n
tion
last
night
with
the
announce-
-
.
.
,onfcrence.
no
more
mpnt
that
Former
Premier
Edouard
,
...
.
Herriot.
a
minister
without
port-
ion
.
behalf
.
..
.
the
cltleS(
lt
ls
an.!
.
.
.
fnitn
n
the
Laval
cabinet,
haa
re
wneat
was
quoiea
at
obc
on
.
.
as
leader
of
tne
Frenc-Ra-
local
local
exchance
exchange
yestiiday.
vesteidav
.slBned
SodaUst
party;
Thls
may
.
Lfrnin
threaten
the
overthrow
of
XmaS
UOnatlOnS
'the
thP
e
Laval
Laval
Bovernment
government
which,
which,
in
in
re
nounced.
DRUG
ADULTERATION
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Safin
PREMIER
ON
CONFERENCE
"attullo
Declares
Ottawa
Meeting;
Accomplished
All
That
He
Expected
Of
It
Public
Yorks
To
Be
Given
Consideration
Bri-
tlsh
Columbia
prorram
Not
Dead
Aid!
Given
VNCOUVFR.
Dec.
19:
(CP)
-Premier
T-
D.
Patttillo.
returning
yesterday
from
Ottawa,
said
the
Dominion
provincial
.......
confnrenc
..llt..l.'IP
-
-
w.
-
j
mons
that
"such
a
position
V--
-
shall
not
be
possible
again."
.
accomplished
an
he
had
-expecwi
IllUttk
HIMV
UMWBB
1
U
i
.
i..u
i
i
u:n..
:ui
and
1
admitted
it
it
to
to
accomplish"
accomplish"
an-i
an-i
British
British
Col
Col
He
said
he
felt
himself
chiefly
responsible
that
much
harm
had
been
doneH'
which
it
would
take
time
to
rectify.
Premier
Baldwin's
version
of
the
Pacific
her
sister
ship.
China
Clip-
j
peace
plan
debacle
was
that
tne
per.
which
Is
to
leave
Alameda
on
j
government
had
lost
contact
in
n-u...
n
ra-nlarlv
Scheduled
'
On
-lo
-,IV
Cr
Rim
lipl
Tlnnr
For.
mall-carrying
flight
to
the
Orient
jegn
secretary,
who
resigned
last
i
night
in
face
of
loud
public
pro-
f
fpr)
r17
A
Til
!
tests
against
the
project
he
had
IlLlY
iJLlAiri
I
engineered
with
Premier
Pierre
!
Laval
of
France.
IQ
Oirr
k
Mr.
Baldwin
went
on
to
say
that
III
IV
1
LI
L
Li
Li
the
Deace
dan
was
"absolutely
and
completely
dead"
and
the
British'
utfiorltles
Not
Satisfied
In
Regard
government
would
make
no
at!"
To
All
Circumstances
of
Thelma
tempt
to
resurrect
it.
j
Todd's
Tragic
Passing
Hoare
Given
Ovation
1
Sir
Samuel
Hoare,
speaking
be-
LOS
ANOELES.
Dec.
19:-An
fofe
premitr
Baldwin,
said
Italy
autopsy
revealed
no
trace
of
alco-
consider
an
oil
embargo
as
a
ii
n.lV
tVia
the
mv-
.
hniism
iii
connection
with
mys
tcrious
death
of
Thelma
Todd,
screen
actress,
whose
body
was
found
in
her
automobile
on
Monday
uay
Although
niHiviut"
it
had
been
said
that
military
sanction
and
act
oi
war
He
did
not
entirely
approve
of
the
,
peace
plan
himself
but
it
hadj
seemed
the
best
aid
to
Franco-:
British
U.lusn
relations.
rciauuno.
In
any
case,
Takes
Blame
umbla's
program-
had
not
bn
dealt
a
death
blow
a
stated
li,
some
reports
"There
is
absolute
no
truth
in
those
reports'
th
i
Premier
said.
"At
the
closing
P'
jn-
ary
session,
held
In
camera,
several
orovincial
premiers
earnestly
urged
that
public
works
on
a
large
scale
should
be
given
consideration
The
I
unemployment
cqurisU
to
deal
with
the
whole
problem
of
unemployment
will,
as
a
result,
have
as
ona
of
its
primary
functions
the
coordination
of
all
public
works
undertakings,".
-
,rV-
.
The
greatest
achievement
of
th;
conference
In
the
opinion
of
Premier
Pattullo
was
the
acknowledgement
of
the
principle
that
th
'
British
North
Amirlca
Act
should
be
amended,
particularly
with
re
gard
to
the
financial
relationship
of
the
provinces
to
the
Dominion.
Li
view
of
this
acknowledgement
the
Premier
could
see
no
reason
that
constitutional
amendments'
could
not
be
undertaken
soon
and
.
he
expected
to
see
something
don
1
1
at
the
coming
session
of
the
Housii
of
Commons.
I
The
provinces
had
taken,
aj
st.ronz
stand
in
connection
with.
the
necessity
for
assistance
to
the
municipalities
to
carry
their
unemployment
relief
burden,
Mr.Pat-
tullo
said.
The
result
was
that
it
,was
agreed
that
the
federal
gov-'crnment
would
make
larger
relief
appropriations
to
the
province
which
will,
in
turn,
increase
their
grants
to
the
municipalities-
Late
Telegrams
TEN
YEARS
FOR
BARRACK
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
19:
(CP)
locK
iirM.
tn
h-
1X)U
uarracK,
conviciea
uy
a
ou
.iirv.t.iv
'raliioH
after
havine
been
preme
Court
Jury
last
night
on
a
.
.
-
under
an
oxygen
tent
In
hospital
cnarge
m
uvmg
m
pait
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
19,
1935
FRANCOBRITISH
KAN
Premier
Baldwin,
Speaking
In
House
oi
Commons,
Takes
Blame
For
Big
International
Debacle
HELD
BY
TYPHOON
FhilHplne
Clipper
Unable
To
Leave
.Manila
Yesterday
To
Meet
China
Clipper
In
Mid-IMcitic
MANILA,
Dec.
19:
The
Pan
American
Myiu
.
....v
Clipper,
which
was
to
have
hoppsri
iff
from
here
yesterday
on
her
return
flight
to
the
United
States
deferred
its
departure
owing
to
a
yphoon.
Capt.
Hilton
announced
departure
would
be
made
today
li
leather
was
more
favorable
The
PhUllDlne
Clipper
will,
ac-
IS
American
and
Chinese
representa
!
tlves
for
direct
sale
6f
Chinese
silver
stocks
ln
return
for
American
j
dollars.
N'ew
York
Price
Weak
ntn
NEW
YORK.
luniv,
un.
Dec.
19:
i.
(CP)
yir
Yes
i
Sergeant
R.
W.
Bowen,
Pro-
j
terday.s
prlce
of
553
per
ounce
vlnrll
Police.
Succumbs
At
!
u.,.
of
three
cents
Smithers
;
for
silver
was
a
drop
,
from
the
previous
day.
bringing
the
(
.
!
price
to
the
lowest
level
since
February
26,
1935,
as
the
world
silver
cfnff
Rprirpant
Riphard
William
,
wvui
wwbv
j
ilia
I
AC
10
txyJtxi
cii
j
iav.vu
a
iiv
Bowen,
provincial
police,
who
was.crisiSi
The
collapse
continued
to-
il..
tu..J
.Ulnf
DkImma
I
...
!
a
a.
recently
apponiueu
tiuci
ui
rin.caay
Wnn
anomer
crop
01
rai
Rupert
district
for
the
provincial
jcents.
Fixing
of
the
price
followed
police
but
who
was
una"ble
to
come
the
placing
of
the
London
price
here
to
assume
his-duties
owing
to
i
at
22
3-16
pence
an
ounce,
oft
Illness,
.died
at
6
o'clock
last
eve-!i3.i6
pnce
I
nlng
at
Smithers.
He
had
been
chief
Owing
to
the
chaotic
condition!!
of
tha
Smithers.
district
for
the
past;
in
the
white
metal
markets.
Lon-
year.
I
don
was
unable
to
fix
other
than
Born
in
Wales
in
1882,
the.
late
a
nominal
price
yesterday
and
th-:
Sergeant
Bowen
had
had
a
long
Bombay
market
closed
for
the
and
varied
Dollce
career.
His
first
,
rest
of
the
week.
u
on
the
.
i
experience
in
police
work
was
with
The
sliver
market
had
the
ten-
sen-1
n-
the
Glamorganshire
constaDuiary
uency
01
unseiums
ue
an.,
for
the
past
few
days,
following
avails
01
pro-smuaon.
was
'to
-Canada
and
ket
wlth
prices
off
generally.
Th
an
operation
for
the
removal
of
fenced
ten
years
impr
waj
U00i000
sharM
bullets.
1
Dy
Mr.
jusuce
uems
Murpny.
!
Re-Arranging
Of
No
V'kJ
city
JJU--
nolice
at
"V
Fernle,
w.....,
being
O
in
'
as
compared
with
1,390,000
shares
TALEB
MILNE
FOUND
charge
there
during
me
sinne
01
.v
"
7
.S."LL
.r
whioh
hp
resioned
to
vances
had
been
recorded.
Closing
DUYL,iiSUJiM,
renn.,
uec;
i;
"
,
.
.
.
avprasp
vesterdav
industrials
1
(CP)
Caleb
J.
Milne
Fourth,
kid-
Join
the
provincial
force
ln
191Z
D
!
I
I
napped
scion
of
a
wealthy
textile
a,v
"
oil'
utiUt
utilities
28
28.20,
20
oft
off
.09,
09-
bondi
bona,
Keliei
LOanS
farnuy.
was
found
dazed
and
and
became
a
chief
constable
at.
trus-sed
in
a
roadside
ditch,
his
Ashcroft.
being
later
stationed
at
-
UP
.
.
,1
ij
..,...
Vemon
for
a
number
of
years,
then
Government
loiicy
More
Grants
to
be
Made
uy
eye
ana
up
6-.-u
w.u.
at
Pp'nHptnn
whpnrfl
he
ha'
was
irat.
Ottawa
to
Provinces
For
Cities
night.
No
ransom
had
been
paid.
OTTAWA,
Dec,
19:
(CP)
Pending
re-arrangement
of
provincial
relief
grants,
which
will
be
in
creased
as
a
result
of
the
Domin-
Prohibition
Secy
r
asses
m
oouui
trans-'
WASHINGTON
D.C..
Dec.
19"
I
ferred'to
Smithers.
A
few
weeks
ago
(CP)
Reiterating
a
previous
state-he
was.
promoted
to
he
rank
of
ment
that
the
Treasury
is
stUi
(staff
sergeant
and
.transferred
to
buying
silver.
Secretary
of
the
'Prince
Rupert
to
succeed
Staff
Treasury
Morgenthau
said
today
n
C
tL
Sergeant
Alex
McNeill
as
district
mat
tne
government
nas
lasen
an
,
Vancouver
Was
Lonp
Promln-
jhealth
to
accept
that
transfet.
-cnt'In
B.C
Dry
brganiiation
'
.
Sergeant-Bowen
is
survived
by
.
TT"o
,
A
,
support
c.mnnrt
of
oi
the
tne
group
group
by
y
a
Donations
to'
the
Salvation
Army
'time
something
nmpth,nff
definite
aennite
was
was
done
aone.t-roniomon
.
Prohibition
Association
Association
since
ince
1915.
iu.
Christmas
Cheer
Fund
to
date
are
Kesienation
Accepted
to
eradicate
the
growing
menace
01
,is
cieaa
nere
ai
me
age
01
seventy
t
KrnnM
rwr
19-
(CP)-Soon
Sinued
on
Page
2
I
adulteration
of
drugs
In
India.
(eight.
Mexico's
newly
mined
output
dur
line.
r
tuuiv
u
j
pw
v
-
ft,rt
to
have
come
here
to
succeed
Serving
the
past
year-about
72000,0(30
igeant
W.
J.
Service
as
city
chief
j
ounces.
Rev.
William
Fortune
Of
W5.st,
but
was
unable
on
account
of
his
'
WORST
WEEK
ON
ROADS
High
9:06
ajn.
18.6
ft.
22:06
pjn.
15.6
It
Low
2:20
am.
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Uphill,
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LONDON,
Dec.
19:
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Dec.
Dec.
19:
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member
member
of
of
the
the
any
any
other
other
week
week
this
this
year.
year.
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total
Masonic
craft.
of
165
was
32
more
than
the
pre-
Detalls
of
funeral
arrangements
vlous
week
and
25
more
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A.
DUNNING
CHARLOTTETOWN,
P.
E.
I..
Dec.
19:
CP
Hon.
Charles
A.
Ddnning.
minister
of
finance,
has
been
invited
to
contest
Quesn's
constituency,
Prince
Edward
Island,
for
his
seat
in
Parliament.
Announcement
is
made
that'J&J.
Larabee,
successful
candidate
in
the
:
recent'
geh-eral
election
win
resign
in,'
favor
of
Mr.
1t)uhri1ng.
As,
Prince
Edward
Island
Is
now
the
only
province
not
represented
in
the'
cabinet.
Mr.
Dunning
has
accepted
the
offer.
Mr.
Larabee
receivas
-a
position
in
the
Department
of
Fisheries.
OFFICER
IS
DEAD
LEAD
NATION
IN
TURNING
IN
THEIR
WEDDING
RINGS
Eighty
Million
Dollars
in
Gold
Thus
Given
to
Country
In
Its
Emergency
Pope
Pius
Asks
For
Truce
At
Christmas
ROME,
Dec.
19:
(CP)
Queen
Helena,
invoking
God
to
bring
victory
to
Italy,
contributed
her
own
and
King
Victor
Emmanuel's
wedding
rings
yesterday
in
a
great
"Faith
Day"
ceremony
in
which
some
eight
million
other
women
and
two
million
men
in
middle
and
southern
Italy
besran
turning
in
their
gold
bands
to
the
government.
BRough
estimates
indicated
that
BAR
SILVER
DOWN
AGAIN
Slump
Continues
on
World
Market
Attributed
to
United
States-Chinese
Deal
LONDON,
Dec.
iorfcp')
Bar
silver
continued
its
hasty
retreat
yes-
"terday
when
London
brokers
set
the
nrice
at
23
pence
per
ounce,
a
reduction
of
one
and
seven-eighths
pence,
without
attracting
bids.
Recent
change
in
the
United
States
sliver
purchasing
policy
was
j
married
couples
would
thus
give
the
nation
more
than
eighty
mil
lion
dollars
in
gold
in
the
national
financial
emergency.
The
Italian
government
yesterday
claimed
that
its
north
Ethiopian
army
had
defeated
the
Ethiopians
in
a
three-day
battle
along
the
Takkaze
River,
killing
five
hundred
warriors.
At
Vatican
City
Pope
Plus-
asked
Italy
and
Ethiopia
to
declare
a
Christmas
truce
and
Jo
refrain
from
hostilities'
during
the
Yule-tide.
.
-
-
-
-
Townsend
Plan
Candidate
Wins
,
slump.
Reports
from
well
informed,
.sources
said
that
negotiations
are
Scored
Three
to
One
Victory
Over
under
way
in
Shanghai
between,
Democratic
Opponent
ln
Michigan
DETROIT,
Dec.
19:
The
first
candidate
sponsored-
by
the
Town-
send
Plan
has
been
elected
to
pub
lic
office
in
the
third
district
of
Michigan
ln
the
person
cf
Vernon
W.
Main-
who
defeated
Howard
Cavanaugh,
a
straight
,
Democrat
by
a
vote
of
three
to
one.
Elderly
people
turned
out
in
strength
to
support
Main.
Quadruplets
In
Northern
Texas
Newspapermen
Are
Endeavoring
To
Check
up
on
Veracity
Of
Report
FORT
WORTH,
Dec.
19:
Quadruplets,
two
girls
and
two
boys,
are
reported
to
have
been
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robert
Commons
in
Northern
Texas
and
newspapermen
have
been
endeavoring
to
verify
the
report.
The
babies
each
weigh
from
5
to
5V.
pounds
and
are
said
to
be
ln
excellent
health.
There
arc
nine
other
children
ln
the
family.