World's Day Of Prayer Observed lijlitj Wmnen In Attendance at Mreline, Kliday Afternoon In l int Baptist Church Ti l-U: H. ll'.:' Mi Ai Ni r Vj' .! Mi j World's Day ot Prayer for it wus observe! In First Bap- H.h oH Friday afternoon - aiiurlhg of eiglily worner niiiiu vtlrlou Protestant iiiona of,; the dty. UtriiMi of Uie meeting was Vr one Another's Uurdeiu' Aimtant Eva Laycock pre-Mts Myrtle McGregor, rc 1 the United Church: ' W Mcklntfy. Presbyterta-Mrs. F. W. Stamp-Vlnccnt. " C'tvufcli. ond Mrs. E. J T' ntnrwtnl Assembly, led ir Mrs J. H. McLeod sang r '' and Mrs. J. C. Gllkcr pre- Chil.toff me organ Ushers were n Morison and Mrs. Thomar Nina Spalding To Face Murder Trial At Spring Assize; Nina Spalding, Port Esslngtont whom a coroner's Jury found pjonsiblo at the end of the week ior the death of her infant son by cuiunB his throat In the graveyard lat S8'n8ton on December 10 1 al prescnt 3t okalla Prison mitins trial on a charge of rrtur-u-r in connipi.tnn ,.,m. u. i.. Today's Stocks (Vurtft)r 8. D. Jobmtoa ObJ Vancouver Bayview. .014 B. C Nickel, .48. Big Missouri. .371?. Hradlarl. M. Bralorne. 830. B. It. Cons.. .06H. , B. B. X. Odd. .19. Cariboo. 1.28. Dentonla. -81-Dunwtll. 06. Qeontta niver. j00. Ookonda, JO. Ol&cier Creek, .00 (ask). Grant. .14. Hercules, .01V. Indian. .014- Mlnto. .18. Meridian. .13Vfc. Morning Star. M. NaUonal Silver, .03. Noble Five. .OOVk. I'end Oreille. .48. Porter Idaho. .084 Premier. 168. Quesnelle Quarts. .15. Reeves McDonald .12. He ward. .03. Heno, 1.4 i. Silver Crest. J)lfc Salmon Cild. .13. . Taylor Ilriri!. .17- Wayside. .104. Whitewater. .0. Waverly Tangier. () United Emillrc. 06. Toronto Central Patricia. 1 00. Chibougamau. 21' V Lee Gold. 44. , Orannda, .12. Inter. Nickel. 23.15. Macassa, 2.48. Noranda. 35.00. Shcrrltt Gordon, 40. Slsco, 3.12. Ventures. .95. Lake Maron, .05;. Teck Hutthcs. 4.27 , Sudbury Basin, 1 44. Columarlo, .14 V. Smelter Gold, .154-Can. Malartlc. .71. LltUe Long Lac. 6.70. Astoria Rouyn, .034-Stadacona. -.29. Manic Leaf. .094r ' Pickle Crow, 2.07. Man. & Eastern. .04. McKenrle Red Lake. 1.20. Ood's Lake. 1.57. SturRcon River Gold, .83. 8e Securities Commision Wants to Know Reasons For Share Price Drop .Nathan L. Aimtcr, Prominent New York Attorney, Chairman of Executive Committee of Mining Company And Oilier Executives Are Under Fire WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11: (CP) The United SW- Securities Commission today began investigation into the ftocK iransacuons oi Hainan u. ninsier, lroniin-ibankm refuse t0 pay more than tr New York attorney, chairman of the executive com-; three percent interest on bond cou rt:; :'t(y of the Granny Consolidated Alining, smelting & i, , r i n niwl nthor officials in the shares of that com- - a any The CommiMion wanU testi-i the city council Gas Tax Is I Being Cut t VICTORIA, March 11. 1 1' A bill Jias been introduced in trie Legis-i n in nrrtntiil the jawline taxjtitcC to allow ii mg vessels an rfddi- tsonal ones cent rebate the provincial import .i.ii un effective tax of ci-nt per gallon re- active to October 1 ii under section tat and ten of the exiting law. mony concerning ne arop in inc u.u.wturtr. price of shares of Oranby last No- Scoring remedies proposed by vemher aftr a letter had been sent! Thomas Bradshaw. Toronto expert out to the shareholders saying ter-ln his report on the city's financial' lain properties would be closed affairs. Mayor McOeer proposes tui ( hereupon the stock dropped $4 1 cut bond Interest by direct action, a share In value although a second' "It U better to go Into receivership' iMt.r cm th (mnanv nos&essed ! now than after the sltuaUon gets ' quick asseU of $10.10 per share, i worse." says the mayor in urging an I 1 l"c spring sesilon of the Su-i The fire department had a call Court Awlxei here. She was at 10 o'clock Saturday nkht to a Emitted for trial some time ago. chimney fire in the Federal Block. In his report. Mr. Bradshaw made no recommendation for reduction of the Interest rate cn Vancouver's bonded-debt. He claimed' that the city's Interest rate was comparable with many British and Canadian municipalities. The Bradshaw report Indicated that, although the situation presen ted some grave problems, they were by no means Insurmountable The chief fault was that Vancouver had not made the same effort as other Canadian municipalities to collect Its revenues. The report conta.ned a tentative budget plan for the city with the recommendation tint the provincial government contribute $800,000. licence fees be lnreased. a ten percent tax be-lmposed on rents, the schoo1 budget be reduced by $250,000. water rates be Increased and Sea Island airport, which cost the city almost $000,000 and was being operated at a loss, be abandoned. Masonic Party Had Good Time At Ocean Falls Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides High 6:40 ija. 17.6 ft rb,,, Rupert- - Cloudy fight 20.35 pjn. 15.1 It nd: bf Low '. .- :. .. 0:12 Urn. lOAIt f;,2 , niperature, i. 37; t j 4 a. 13.37 pm. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1935 FBICt: FIVE CEN18 GRANBY OFFICIAL AFFAIRS STATE OF CIVIL WARFARE DECLARED IN CUBA REPUBLIC M'GEER IS INSISTENT Proposes That Vanrouver Council Pass Resolution Arbitrarily Cutting Interest Rate Bradshaw Report Remedies Suggested Would Throw Rurden on Provincial Government and People ot City VANCOUVER. March 11. (CP A resolution instructing Vancouver's pom presented for payment alter March 31 Is being advocated be fur today by Mayor A local Masonic party consisting CNVU. Vuncc. T. H. Johnson. O. A. j Woofflind, F. A. MacCallum, Alex jMchoc. Mr. and Mrs W. R. McAfee, W, E, Drake. S. C. Thomson, C. H.i Oimc. Donald Crcrar and son, Alis-talr, J, J. Little, Joseph Naylor and George Frasc-r returned to the city ! on Iho.Prliicess Norah yesterday af-, tcrnooh from Ocean Falls. The trip I was n very cnjoyabls one, the prln-iclpat feature of the visit to the paper town being a banquet on Saturday night. Hie visitors made an Inspection of the paper plant, were entertained socially in the afternoon and in the evening after the banquet there was a dance on the Princess Norah, A communication from the inspector of factories advised the hospital board Friday night of certain alterations which would have to be made to the passenger ele vator In the hospital before Janu ary 31, 1937, under the regulations governing such conveyances. The matter was referred to the house committee for consideration. A letter from the Fidelity Insurance Co., reported that an inspection had been made of the elevator by J. A,;lltnton who found It to be In good working order Now Separated Princess Alexis Mdtvan with hr .usband. Jie prince The princess is the former Mis Barbara Hutton. heires. to the. Wool-worth millions. The couple have separatea. TRAGEDY SCYTHIANS IN AUTO ARE HOME Chillhvack Treacher's Mother And Child Killed When Inter-urban Hits Car VANCOUVER, March 10: (CD Mrs. John C. McTurk, mother of Rev. John McTurk of Chilli-wack, and the minister's son, John, aged three, were killed shortly before noon on Saturday when an automobile driven by Rev. Mr. McTurk was struck by I Alaska. Ceremony Took Place at Regular Weekly Meeting of Local Sea Scouts At the regular wetkly meeting of the local Sea Scouts on Friday night patrol flags' were presentedl 10 tile Ulier pairui, u wmic un v" n Mttr KinoVrfrniinri. thi Rpa Gull a wvt unmp."- - - - I ; patrol, a red seagull on a blue background, and tha Curlew patrol, ; a green curlew on a green background. An honor flag was also presented to the patrol with the most points during the week. One new member was accepted and business was discussed. ISaskctballers Back After Trip To Ketchikan and .Mctlakatla; Lost All Games The Scythians Junior basketball team and augmenting players from the Intermediate League returned Ten Are Slain Since Saturday Night; Era ' Ot Violence Inte'nse General Revolutionary Strike Declared Throughout Troublous Country as Additional Unions i Respond to Walk-Out Call HAVANA, March 11: (CP) A state of civil war was declared in Cuba today on the heels of violence which claimed two lives on Sunday in addition to eight who were slain Saturday night. A general revolutionary strike is threatening throughout the country as additional unions continue to answer a walk-out call. SCHMELING lOGDEN IS COME-BACK ! Defeated Steve Hamas in Ilam-1 burg Yesterday With Technical Kayo in Ninth, Round HAMBURG, Germany. March 11; Max SchmelingMjformer champion, took an important step in his come-back campaign for the crown now worn by Max Baer as a result of a technical knock-out victory over Steve Hamas of Philadelphia in the ninth round of a scheduled ten-round bout here yesterday. It was a bruising battle which Schmel-ing had well in hand all the way. In the ninth Hamas, helpless on the ropes, was in such distress that the referee stopped the slaughter. He had been down three times for the count of nine in the sixth. There were 23,000 fight fans in attendance, coming from all parts of Western Europe. The last time they met in Philadelphia Schmeling lost a decision to Hamas. Japanese Social Patents and Fr.ends Entertained garet I. Capt. George Fritz, this mornlngatso'clockfromthelrtouri DycV0U,,15 Saturday Pp'eton Night to Ketchikan and New MeUakatla, an interurlan car at the east I After losing two games at?Keti end of the city and carried 150 ichikan. the team went to Metla-f... katla and were beaten twice there, STRANDED WeU Known Fish Packer Arrives In Port With Damaged Keel and Side Stove In With her keel damaged and side stovMa,asf rpsuljiiiKjjiJsiL.. up on Thursday nighf hi Parry Passage between Laogara and Gra-:. ham Island, the Masrett fish packer Ogden, belonging to Sam L. Simpson, arrived in port last night from the Islands to undergo repairs. The vessel was able to make the trip across Hecate Straits under her own power. She was being used by the Home Oil Distributors Ltd. In connection with the building of a new fuel staUon at Langara Island when the stranding occurred. Evangelical Drive Continuing Here Prayer Meeting Held Last Friday Night and Special Sermons Last Night n . r 1 A prayer meeting was neia rn- Lvent nniovediday night ln nnt BaPtist church J J ! in in connection connection with with the'Lenten the'Lenten sea- sea Helen MiTnr-catsd seven, and , on rnoay rngn, : T e Hall on Saturday night. ' Rushbrook. rector Qf ,,s Peter another girl were seriously in- , oi'div Saht 37 to 23 by the i rIlow,nS a snort addreSS by Anglican Church, uhtf Rev. Dr. F J"""1' i K&tfhlkin kii. ' iiiTk Hkh School ov., team iJ. ! io.tR.ammu. Sakamoto, the 6uv-r guests were wel-;W. v. Dafoe. UJ.ivt:, pastor pasiur ot of First rim Baptist oapwsfc Mr. McTurk escaped with a few bruises. f lazs rres ented After a regular meeting, the members of the Canadian Japanese oung People's Society entertained son evangelical campaign being conducted under Che auspices of the Prince Rupert Ministerial As-sociaUon. There was a good atten-1ance with the various Protestant lenomlnations represented. Very Rev. James B. Gibson,' dean of St. indrew's Anglican Cathedral, heir parents and friends at the , preached and Rev. Canon W. F. TSuTteSi aU dis- comcd fey Presldent T' Hamanaka church, led in prayer W. Vaughan JfM? roSrSiuS preslded at the organ for erably from mal-de-mer AtJ2 th! hImns' . ... ' xJw.i-.ti, fnr'by M,sses s- Nakatanl and K. Kl-,ning in the various churches. Rnrpc .h-f tnat at Meuakaua. bcores tor r1 1 AT 1 i 15 Un rriQaV INHJIlt Rupert in the second Metla- hara. katla game were: Jack Campbell, " c " ' :SPnt HulUlfV Vn AV 12; Bobby AUlstone. 4: Carl Smith, P11"!. gamc!' 'l en.teram,!"1 1 DU1K1CJ YllCy 3; Herbie Morgan, 4. Jack Lindsay, 3; Ham Antonelll, 1. The Margaret I left New Metla-kaUa at 8:30 last night, havlna waited out yesterday's storm, the run home taking lust under twelve hours. GOLD PRICE DROPS LUIUlIllklCi: tUilJISttd Ul i. liafwa- moto, H. Suehlro. I. Matsumoto and T. Sakamoto. Those ln charge of refreshments were Misses K. Kan-aya. H. Suehlro. S. Nakatoni and K. Kihara. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER. March 10: (CP) Wheat was quoted at 80TsC on the MONTREAL. March 10i CP local exchange Saturday, dropping Thf London gold nrice dropped 26c I to 80?8c today. on Saturday to $35.48 ln Canadian funds. The United States fixed IRELAND BEATS WALES price of gold was $35.26 In Canadian I BELFAST, Ireland, March 10: funds. Today the London tricejfiU? (CP) Ireland defeated Wales 9 to lied 21c to $35.69. the Washington 3 ln an International rugby game price for the day being $33.35''' on Saturday. Pioneer Passes George Flndlay, aged 74, .well known pioneer of the Bulkley Val-'ey and former public works foreman at Smlthers, was found dead op Monday of last week, In his residence at Smlthers. Deceased was seated In a chair In his underclothing and. apparently, was the victim of a heart attack. He was bom at Shakespeare,. Opt., and had no relatives In this country. Some years ago he used to bo regular visitor ln Prince Rupert. In later years he was employed as a watchman.