Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides Prince Rupert Cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer, 29.02; temperature, 46; sea smooth. zl XXIV No. 83. V1MY DAY (Canadians, 1917) O valiant Knighthood; Flamed the torch of glory. On Vlmy's slopes ye held Its ra diance high, : o. the land that bore ve Rings down the changing years Immortally I WlNNIFRED O. BRASS. . MIAMI. Fla.. April 9:-Fol- lowing its passage at the end 4- FOUR BILLION DOLLAR 1'llBLlC WORKS BILL IS SIGNED V PRESIDENT of the week by Congress, ine t 44.S80.000.000 public works bill Ij. . ri,iri last niuht by Adolph Ochs Had Two Great News papers, Chattanooga and New York Times CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. April 9 AP Adolph S. Ochs. publisher of the NewuYork Times and the Chattanooga Time v succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage here yesterday at' the age of seventy-seven years. He was stricken In a restaurant. His rehabilitation of the New York Times, eventually making It one of the greatest newspapers of the world, was the outstanding achievement In Mr Ochs' career of more than halt a century as a publisher. It was, however, merely a repeUUon on a larger scale of what he had accomplished with the ' Chattanooga Times. ! Manifesting a peculiar liking for the print shop and printer's Ink as a boy, they proved a greater attraction to him than his studies and weaned him away from his school! books. He became a carrier boy, then a printer's "devil." learned the case" and developed Into a compe tent printer. Mr. Ochs was only 20 years old when he took his first fling at pub lishing. In 1878 he put out a Chattanooga city directory which proved a financial success. With the capital thus acquired and backed only by his tremendous energy and confidence in his owu ability, he entered the field as a newspaper publirrr by purchasing a half Interest In the Chattanooga Times. The price was $1,750, on which he paid $250 In cash. Two years later he bought the other half Interest, but was obliged to pay $7,500 for it, so rapidly had the journal developed In circula tion. Influence and business When Mr. Ochs went to the New York Times In 1896. that Journal was described by one observer as the most picturesque old ruin among the newspapers of America." Made great and powerful through (Continued on Page Four) Salmon Trollers At Ketchikan Busy Catches Sold at Ketchikan Yester- ' day at 12c and "c KETCHIKAN, Apill 9." A number of small salmon trollers sold catches here yesterday, receiving 12c and 7c from the regular buy ers. Several halibut boats were lc Ing up for their first trips to the banks. Seattle halibut schooners are expected to start arriving today to take on ice and supplies on their way to the notthern fishing grounds. Two Shot In Danzig Riots -r huo ohttvM - presldctn Franklin D. Roosc- velt as he sped nnth aboard a Disorders Followed Election On special train. Following a ; Sunday When Nails Failed To two weeks' yachting and fish- , Cain Control Inu holiday, the President is t ; ' DANZIO- April 9: -Street rioting duo back in Washington to- night after attending the fu- .came yesterday as a sequel to the neral today In New York of elections here Sunday when the tt-j, . Tv.imn : va u fn pri to cam control or mis 'shot; Some arrests were made.. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935 Circus Magnate Goes "Broke" John Rlngllng", top, left, famous circus owner, who once amassed a fortune of $JOO,O00,0O0. has been left practically penniless because he was-tmableto pay- an $18,000 interest parmeht'on'Sloah" of $1,714,000 he obtained from a New York Investment company In 1929, he has testified before a bankruptcy referee In New York. Rlngling posted half of his circu s stock and his cosUy art collection, located In his museum at Sarasota, Fla., below, as Collateral. Scene from a Rlngllng circus, familiar to many Canadians, is also shown. Page Rideout of Peace River Champions Prince Rupert Pacific Outlet Veteran Advocate of Western Route May be Chosen As Liberal Candidate m Federal Election Campaign Of Education Carried On PEACE RIVER, Alta., April 9: Page Rideout, strohtr advocate of a railway outlet from the Peace River country l i - n. n i 1 1 . .. i wesiwaru io rnnce nuperi, is prominently mentioned as the Liberal candidate for this riding at the federal election this year. His name will undoubtedly be before the Liberal convention and, if he is nominated, he has a good chance of carrying the campaign to Ottawa in person. He has been addressing nT-viTPrT meetings at various points under r'N4p Liberal association auspices and lvfllUUl has been given a good reception ; everywhere. Mr. Rideout has hlsi facts well In hand and successfully I meets every argument. His slogan! Is "A Rail Outlet to the Coast" and, , Joseph Prince Rupert, with direct conncc tural resources of those territories. It would develop a virgin country. The speaker contended that ummca fame ms cousin, ".-- - . was your throughout, , , f wlfh n vlpw money W I 11 I ill 1111 I 1111111 ine l Jul w n mi Buaw i j. nnhhinx. unilea aiavcs mi- mKiHu"' i - ..i I F ister to Canada. when speaking of the coast, hel means Prince Rupert At a recent mass mceUng at Bcr-wln, Mr. Rideout strongly and logically urged the building of a northern transcontinental line from being squandered on ..... I w (Continued on) page three) IS DEAD Hunter, Picturesque and Colorful Island Figure, Tasses At Ninety-Four died yesterday. A most picturesque tlou with Churchill and Winnipeg, j and colorful figure, he was super-He considered that the construe-! Intendent of the Esqulmalt and Nation of 510 miles of line would give naimo Railway when it was oper-Orande Prairie, Peace River and ated by the Dunsmulr interests, a Northern British Columbia hoth an civil engineer, surveyor, mining en-AtlanUc and Pacific outlet and gineer and coal operator. He repre-would materially assist in the de- sented Cariboo in the first British veloDnient of the vast known na- Columbia LeelslaUve Assembly In 1871, later sitting for Comox and for Cariboo again. Utah Low . BURBANK. Cal.! April 9: Bur oank airport is a particularly busy place just now with a number of prominent fliers here preparing for various feats. Wiley Post Is back from the east and is preparing for a third attempt it an early date to make a new transcontinental speed record to New York by flying through the stratosphere. He will probably leave tomorrow if weather is Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam is 6:01 ajn. 16.9 ft. 19:57 pjn. 15.6 ft. 12:57 pjn. 6.9 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS P0WhM0NTRACT CAUSE OF UPROAR TEN LIVES ARE LOST IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA Ontario Legislature Sits All Night; Tory Opposition Protests Premier Hepburn Charged With Being Dictator House Had Been in Twenty-One Hour Continuous Session Up to Noon Today TORONTO, April 9; (CP) As a result of opposition arguments against the government's proposed legislation to terminate power contracts with Quebec companies, the Ontario Legislature sat all night and at noon today had been in continuous session for twenty-one hours except for a brief breakfast recess. ; " . . K Leopold Macaulay. former mln- Today's Stocks C mruojr S. D. John too Co.) Vancouver A-cxandrla. .01V4-Ilayvlew. ,00s. D. C Nickel. .42. Ill Missouri, .41. llradUn. 1.70. Uulame: nor"-" B R Cons, .00. B. R X.. .17. C artboo QuaVtC 1.22. Dcntonia. .67. Dunwell. .12. Ororgla Hirer. .00 Vi- Ociconda. .25. Otacler Creek, .MVi. Indian, .01. Minto, lit. Meridian, 134. Mcmlng Star. .OV'a. National Silver. .04 Vj. Noble rive. .09. Pc,;d Oreille. .40. Porter Idaho. .09. Premier, 1.60. Qucsnel quartz, .t5. toward, .03 ty. Reno. 1.40. EJver Crest, .01. Salmon Oold, .13. Tuylor Bridge, .19. Wayside. .17. Whitewater. .08V4. Wavcrly Tangier. .OOV. United Empire, .03. Toronto i Central Patricia. 1.47. Chlbougamau, .23!k. Lea Gold, .05. Granada, .32. Inter Nickel, 25.15. Macassa, 2.12. Noranda, 36.35. Ehcrrltt Gordon. .63. t Siscoc, 2.92. Ventures. ,93. Lake Maron, ,05. Tcrk Hughes. 4.15. Sudbury Basin, 1 30. Smeller Gold, .10. Can, Malartlc. .63 Vj. Little Long Lac. f.65. ' Astoria Itouyn, .01. Stadacona, .21ft. Maple Leaf, .07 Ji. Pickle Crow, 2.77. McKcnzie Red Lake. 1.20. Man it Eastern, .05. God's Lake. 1.37. Sturgeon1 River Oold, 8. later of highways, bitterly attacked the legislation. "We're just up against a cantan kerous Tory opposUlon." Premier Mitchell Hepburn declared when Macaulay read articles charging the Premier with dictatorship. Building Nov On Upgrade in South - Washington State WALLA WALLA, Wash . April 9: Building Is on the upturn In var ious cities and towns of Central Washington. Walla Walla so far this year records the largest volume of permit In five years. Mary Astor Is Being Divorced Dr. Franklin Thorpe ol los Angeirs Seeks Freedom Trom Screen Actress LOS ANGELES, April 9:-Dr Franklin Thorpe yesterday insti tuted divorce proceedings against hi vrife. Marv Astor. well known screen actress. Amorg other things, Thorpe complains that Miss Astor made dlSDaraging remarks in re gard to his earnings compared with her own. When Dr. Thorpe and Miss Astor were married In June 1933 It was described as an "Ideal marriage The couple have a small daughter. Miss Astor's first husband, Ken' ncth Hawkcs, was killed In an air plane crash several years ago. E. o. Ave, deputy provincial as sossor. returned to the city on the Catala today from the north. DEATH OF ; PUBLISHER Flood Waters, Torrents Of Rain and Gales Take Heavy Toll This Week Large Property Damage as Well as Mortality Recorded As Result of Raging Storms in Golden State On Sunday and Monday SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 9: (CP) Ten railway sec-tipn men were killed last night when their light motor car crashed head-on into a gravel train on the Southern Pacific Line near Roseville. Another ten lives were lost on Sunday and Monday in a swirling rush of flood waters and record-breaking rains and gales over California which also caused heavy property damage. Scores have been FLIERS ARE VERY BUSY Vilcy Post, AmeUa Earhart and Laura InsaUs Among Prominent Figures at Burbank LOBBYING T 1 jetting ready to hop off in a day L.ora or so on a combined goodwill and: speed flight to Mexico. i Laura Ingalls is tuning' up her ; IS DENIED 'Entirely Ridiculous" Declares President Roosevelt's Second Son In Answering Charge DALLAS. Texas, April 9: Visiting this city. Elliott Roosevelt, second son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, emphatically denied having acted as a lobbyist at Washington on behalf of commercial airways companies in support of the mead air mall bill which was passed by Congress. His name has been mentioned in this connection In Congress. "Entirely ridiculous" was Roosevelt's comment. "What is it all about anyway'" he inquired. Baden-Powell Visits Seattle In Course of His Tour plane for a dash to New York lni SEATTLE, April 9: Lord Baden-the endeavor to break the trans-! Powell. Chief Scout, visited Seattle continental speed record for wo-1 yesterday In the course of a tour of men. ; the coast and last nlaht addressed a mass muster of Boy Scouts. W. Schrlaberg, manager of the B. C. Clothiers' store, left today for; T. W. Hall, inspector of schools, Vancouver on the steamer Catala left on last evening's train for a for a two-weeks' buying trip. ; trip tb Terrace on official duties. Fisheries Industry Comes In For Consideration in Report; Co-operative Movements Urged i OTTAWA, April 9: (CP) More strict control over all business and all industry in Canada, more intense governmental interest in company financing, relations between employers and workers and in labor itself are among the recommendations in the report of the mass, buying and P"ce sPreas committee which has been placed in the victoria Anrii 9 (CP-Jo-1 seph Hunter, aged 94, a resident of the province for sixty-five years, I ! practically every phase' of Cana-jdlan business and industry and seeks to set up government-appointed boards to control and review operations along a wide front. Encouragement of' co-operative movements In the fisheries Is re- i commended. Creation of a fisheries control board with wide powers over the Industry is suggested. The to re,unitlnir it with Germany. One uselcss PfJfcls w,n"e ine ?"M""a" In some time at Premier, returned board would make- every possible Natfand one Polish citizen were in- Pr'eci "fru,a Dnn,to 1 J. N. Klllas, who has been spend- j hands of the minister of trade and commerce and will be tabled In the (House of Commons probably on Thursday or Friday. The Canadian Press learned last night that the report deals with the city from the north on the effort' io raise the price to the flsh.- : Catala today. ermen. Mane Ready For Pacific Flight Pan American Airways Amphibian To Hop Off This Week For Hawaii and Orient SAN FRANCISCO April 9: The Pan American Airways clipper amphibian flying boat Is now reported to be In readiness tot its projected flight across the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii and It Is expected will hop off this week.