Province May Not Accept Prisoners Of Mounted Police 5n Jim; A" three are Colleymount The shooting of Perle occurred at o'clock Monday evening, death Wng place at midnight. A British -w-caiiure rifle was used. About an hour later another shot was fteard in the bush, leading to the Today' Weather Tomorrow's Tides prince Rupert Dence fog, light High -12:10 pjn. 18.1 .outheast wind; barometer. 30.30; Low .5:47 a.m. 4.1 temperature, 57; sea smooth. 18:13 p.m. 7.8 NOIOTIERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, BtC-, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1935. PRICE: 5 CENTS Si BRTTMS HAS NEW PLAN FOR CRISIS ""3 tREPASLATlOm FOR NEW ECONOMIC ORDER IN ALBERTA Woma inaici nuiy Before League For African Aggression Armed Intervention in Ethiopia Would Re Regarded As Nothing Less Than War France's Attitude Is Mnw frnlro nf Attnntinn n a tjtg Anortist. 27 f Canadian Press) Authoritative XlIilkJf 41V4 sources today said that a British plan for moral indict-i t Ttolu hpfnrp the Leamio of Nations in case of air- session in Ethiopia nas Deen presenieu 10 rremier rierru Laval of France. The plan, is described as a substitute for mhuwh BriUsh Ambassador clerk is ,J reported as saying that Great Brl- Mnnan KCDOrtCU haln would refuse 10 regard armed r To Have Turned Up In Colorado LEADVI1XE, Colorado. August 27 - Police officera were concentrated i j nhmi c.an .nn u 111 n 'I .1 , ll.a .1 O n n .... A tlf A..A Vm 4 11 - I V 1111 Ul h VJ V . t . Btiwra vi nave a arge puuiuu ui nu ;vwwu ransom money was re ported by a woman to have been sfen here Italian Intervention of Ethiopia as "a colonial campaign" or as any- imng eise except war France will remain completely neutral In the event of war break ing out between Italy and Ethio-Dla. It Is said In high official cir cles here although the government failed to comment on the subject. A sensation was caused yesterday with the arrival In Paris of Mar shal Italo Balbo, who led the Ital ian mass flight to Chicago two years ago. There was speculation as to his mission. Will Meet Sanctions ROME, August 27 It was officially stated yesterday that Italy was preparing to meet any economic or military pressure and did not Intend to have Its Intentions thwarted by any such move. This country would be prepared to take military action against any countries who applied sanctions of any kind aga- trier ft Appucatlon of sucn sane- ..'tlons', be they economic, financial or , vr-mm. 4 m VICTORIA, . Aueust 27 (Canadian Columbia may refuse to accept as prisoners transients arrested by the i Royal Canadian Mounted Police n Prtii-rnnc hen found beating their way east- jCnaiOr lOUZcIlo ard, authorities Indicated today, ( . r because of overcrowding of Jails. ' VjettUlg DClter Train Service To j Peace River Now j Is Being Resumed EDMONTON Arnmst 27: Thi fast train to arrive here from Waterways in a month, owing to Hood conditions In the Slave Lake aa, got In yesterday. Making Good Recovery at Mayo Clinic Following Removal of Kidney KlAtlulluv, mum. Senator James Couzens of Michigan, who recently underwent an operation for the removal of a kidney at Mayo Clinic here, is reported to be much improved and it is expected he will recover. F.mll PntJA r.Jlrmnnnf Farmer. ui i CijiCj vuilvj iiivuuv 7 m ' m W .1 1 11 1 PI ... belief that uicoif a hrlef search was started but oncoming darkness prevented u being continued last night but It resumed today unawui-rcctlon was to be of Constable Sandy of Burns Lake, the nearest Piuvm." h officer. Lake is believed to have become demented. HOLD-UP IN VANCOUVER Three Men and Woman Raid Government Liquor Store and Escape With $275 VANCOUVER, August 27 (Canadian Press) Three men and a woman held up the all-night liquor store on Howe Street at-1:15 this morning and escaped; with $275. The robbers hired a taxi and trussed up the driver. They fired four shots, two as they were entering the store, one while they were inside and another as, they were leaving. The hold-up party escaped In the taxi which was laUr recovered with the driver still tied up. SEARCH IS I ihot 1 o Ueath; AH5?2ea oiayei Believed To Have Killed Self .... i hi j c:i t..i- n i j ..onit nt o i nr. vv u u , uui rene, agea do, is aeaa as u jmuh- " , , ; i . itne stomach and John Lake, who is auegeu lu r him, is believed to have taken his own life m a shooting agedy last evening at Colleymount on Francois Lake m me central interior, according to a mesage recsiveu at ui-vicional headquarters of the provincial police here today om Sergeant J. C Bowen of Sml- ' " thprs i i i . . , i. .. . L.-k t Lake nirD tTiav may have have snot snot uw io mso reported io nave Shot. af. IPvamI. lli -r - jour. Quart, puiwng a dui 1st thrmicrVi Wl. Kllf fint -i Inlnflnn . B n 1110 1 i WIDESPREAD But Quest for Missing Fairbanks Pilot and His Passengers Is Still Fruitless FAIRBANKS. Alaska, August 27 Ten skilled filers, combing, , the country' between here and Dawson bv - ruths three miles apart, were unsuccessful at the end of the wetk In finding any trace of the plane in which Pilot Arhur Hines, Mr. and Mrs. John Lonz and Alton Nor-dale have been missing since a week ago yesterday. The search is being directed by Percy Hubbard, a partner of Hines, and it Is expected that Pilot Joe Crosson, who flew south last week with the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, will hasten back from Oklahoma to assist In the hunt In which river boats, miners and Indians have Joined. There Is believed to be little thance now of any of the party be ing found alive. Stranere Epidemic ,o a Sweeps Calcutta Disease Is Characterized By Fever And Swelling Whtcn Keauces Victims To Invalidism CALCUTTA. August 27: Cal cutta is experiencing an epidemic of a strange malady wnicn is characterized by Intermittent fever and swelling of the legs and other limbs which reduces Its victims to . .- 1- J - : Invalidism. No cure ror uie maiaayi which It Is believed mosquitoes are spreading, can be found. Halibut Arrivals Summary American 16,000 pounds, 8.1c. and 5c. to 8.2c. and 5.5c. Canadian 28,000, 5.7c. and 5c. to 5.Qc. and 5.3c. American Judith, 8,500, 8.1c. and 5.5c, Visitor, 7,500, 8.2c. and 5c., pa cific. I Canadian Bobby, 5;500, 5.8c. and 5c. Booth. - Domino II., 7,500, 5.9c. and 5.3c, Cold Storage. ; Mother II., 10,000, 5.9c. and 5.3c, Cold Storage. Cape:Race, 5,000. 5.7c and 5.3c, Booth. . Both Ready to Talk For Ethiopia Today's Stocks (Courtesy S. I), Jonnsion Co.) Vancouver ' B.C. Nickel, 21. Big Missouri, .54 Bralorne, 4.75. B.R. Con., .03 V2. B.R.X., ,07i. Cariboo Quartz, 1.04. . Dentonla. .25. Dunwell, .05. Georgia River, .00. Golconda, .18. Glacier Creek, .01. V Grange, .01 Vi. Indian, .01. Mlnto, .06. f, Meridian, .04. . Morning Star, -03Tb. . National Silver, 03. Noble Five, .05?;; Pend OreUle, .68. Porter Idaho, .05 Premier, 1.47. Reward, .02. Reno, .88. Sllvercrest, .0034.- Salmon Gold, .10. Wayside, .11. ' - Whitewater, .05V'2. United Empire, .03 V2. Toronto Central Pat, 1.62. ' Chlbougamau, 15?4 Lee Gold, .03 Vi. Granada, .20. Inter. Nickel, 29.15. Macassa, 1.75. Noranda, 39.00. Sherrltt Gordon, .81. Slsco, 2.60. Ventures, .98. Lake Maron, W. . Tech Hughes, 4.05. Sudbury Basin, .1.71. Smelters Gold, .04. Little Long Lac,. 4.E0. Can. Malartlc, .60. Astoria Royun, .03. Stadacona, .20 '4. Maple Leaf, .03. McKenzle Red Luke, 1.15. Gods Lake, 1.45. Sturgeon River, .89. Red Lake Gold Shore, ,28V2. San Antonio, 3.15. VANCOUVER SINGER DIES W If peace talk of M. Hawarlate, E of Nations conference In Genev battery will be -ad" "talk" aeroplanes. This Is first plctute VANCOUVER, August 27, (CP): Ernest Caldwell, weU known local baritone soloist, vocal teacher and radio singer, died here yes- jterday. .hiopian delegate, fails at League i, this Ethiopian anti-aircraft for the country against Italian of Ethiopian air defence. BIG STORM IN NEWFOUNDLAND .i j . :ToII of Eight L'.vcs Is Taken Schooner Effle Morrissey Had Bad Time of It Fierce Tempest Full Extent of Mortality and Loss of Property Not Yet Ascertained ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, August 27 A terrific rain and windstorm took a heavy toll In life and craft and also Interrupted shore communication. There was t also property damage and, as far as is now known, there were eight lives lost. When the schooner Walter foundered, Capt. Butcher of Klngwell. his four brothers and another seaman were lost off Trepassey. Three other schooners were sighted drift ing with no sign of life Hatches from a steamship were washed on shore at Bell Island. This morning the schooner Anita was picked up, the bodies of Capt. Walsh and his young son floating ashore. Capt. Bob Bartlfitt, veteran ex plorer, bound from New York to the Arctic with his fr.mous schooner, Effle Morrissey, reported that his rVtlt-t V,rl Kiorl o KnH Hmo hill nil urns! well. Fire Bus In Denver Busy rolice Officers Assigned to Special Duty and AH Firemen's Leaves Cancelled DENVER, Colorado. August 27 Police officers have been assigned to special duty here In connection With the activities of a suspected fire bug following the outbreak dur-ine the past couple of days of -fires of Incendiary origin. The lncendl-arist appeared at first to be devot ing his attention to church buUd-lngs but has now started oh busi ness premises. Leaves of all fire men have been cancelled. ABERHART TELLS HOW SOCIAL I CREDIT WOULD OPERATE; TAX i ON TURNOVER IS HIS PLAN CALGARY, August 27 In an important statement yesterday Premier-Designate William Aberhart explained how the Social Credit party intended to carry out its basic dividend plan of $25 per month for every adult citizen of Alberta. In the first place, the evangelist-economist stated that the dividend would not be paid to any persons who had not been bona-flde residents of ... .. the province for at least one year. If the banks would not co-operate with the government, the province of Alberta would opn a bank of Its own. The outlay of between $100,000,-000 and $120,000,000 annually which it is estimated will be required to provide the basic dividend will be obtained principally from an unearned or turnover tax Fair prices for all commodities iln the province will be established and from these prices the govern-lrr?nt will deduct the turnover tax. here Is how the tax would operate: A fair price of 60c per bushel would bs established. Of this the farmer would receive 55c and the government would take 5c. The bushel of wheat would produce 40 pounds of flour which would sell at $1.10, the government taking the 10c Bread would sell for. 7c -a loat:ot which the government would take lc. Therefore, on every bushel (Continued on Page 4) FORMER BANK HEAD SUICIDE Tragic Case of William McKee, At One Time Vice-President of Michigan Institution LOS ANGELES, August 27 Wll Ham McKce, aged 63, at one time I vice-president of the Fort Dear born National Bank but more re cently living on relief, the recipient of a dole of from $4.50 to $7.50 per month, was found seated on a park bench here, a suicide with a bullet through the head. On his person were found a number of letters, making bitter observations of life and stating that his only relative was his aged and poor mother In Belfast, Ireland. One letter expres sed appreciation to a benefactor but said that he could no longer con llnue to receive his bounty GENOA HAS BIGST0RM Five Killed, Many Seriously Hurt And Much Damage Done By Cyclone And Tidal Wave GENOA, August 27: At least five persons were killed and fifty seriously Injured In a cyclone and tidal wave, accompanied by a waterspout, which swept this city. Heavy property damage was done, an airplane base being wiped out and shipping suffering severe cas-ualltles. Highways were also dam aged and communications Inter fered with. TEXAS JOINS - WET PARADE Southern State Decides Upon Re peal of Prohibition by Majority of 55,000 AUSTIN, Texas, August 27 Af ter having been dry for sixteen years, Texas has voted for- repeal of the state dry laws. Latest figures show a majority of 55,000 for re peal. Warm Wather Jn South of Province Excellent Conditions Are Prevail ing Throughout British Columbia VANCOUVER. August 27: There was fine sunny weather throughout the province yesterday. Vancouver recorded 88 above and Victoria 85. AGED WOMAN KILLED VANCOUVER. August 27: Mrs. F. McKlssop of Burnaby, aged 70, was killed by an automobile while crossing Klngsway on Sunday. PUBLIC MEETING In the interests of the candidature OLOF HANSON Moose Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 Speakers: TOM REID Liberal Candidate for New Westminster. OLOF HANSON Liberal Candidate for Skeena. . Ladies cordially invited. 7 m i L'i t