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Vol.
XXIV..
No.
291.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1935
price:
5
cents
EUROPEAN
CAPT.
EDEN
iS
JEARD
Britain
Will
Not
Tress
Peace
PI
ah
Mussolini
Bluntly
Frank
Iloare
Resigns
GENKVA.
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
in
a
speech
to
the
League
of
Nations
council
today,
made
the
frank
announcement
that,
if
Franco-British
peace
proposals
are
not
accepted
by
the
League,
by
Italy
and
by
Ethiopia,
the
British
government
"cannot
continue
to
recommend
or
support
them."
In
Home,
Premier
Mussolini
defiantly
told
a
"crooked
Europe"
today
Out
Italy
would
"fight
to
the
end"
for
her
rights.
He
declared
the
war
in
East
Africa
was
a
"war
of
civilization."
IIOAKE
RESIGNS
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Sir
Samuel
lloarr,
Briti
ahrlC
Secretary,
resigned
tonigl
face
of
sharp
criticism
of
the
Franco-British
peace
plan
which
he
drew
up
will)
Premier
Iaval
of
France.
LAD
HELPS
j
XMAS
FUND
(Jive?
Earnings
For
One.
Day
To
,
Warm
Solvation
Army
Pot
At
Street'
Comer
'New;-!
New!
Dally
News!"
nnrl
the
energetic
little
newsv
piled
hi
trade
thu
day
with
even
more
casernes
than
usual.
Why?
For
several
days
he
had
heard
the
jlnple
of
the
bells
and
watched!
the
pot
boiling
on
the
corner
as'
he
stopped
for
a
moment
to
chat
with
the
Salvation
Army
man.
How
he
longed
to
put
some
money
In
It
Out
he
was
one
of
a
larga
family
and
mother
needed
what
little
he
could
earn-At
last
It
had
come
the
day
be
fore
Christmas
and
mother
had
promised
that
all
the
profit
from
hU
papers
this
day
should
go
Into
the
'Xmas
Cheer
Pot
"17c
profit"
he
said
with
a
grin,
as
he
dropped
the
change
into
the
pot
and
was
off
again.
A
few
minutes
later
the
lieuten
ant
came
to
relieve
the
Army
man,
who
was
cold,
but,
before
gojng
to
;
Ret
a
hot
drink,
he
mentioned
the
foregoing
incident.
Before
lona
the
little
chap
wai
back
again
and
Introduced
him
self.
"Another
dime."
he
said
to
her
as
he
dropped
it
Into
the
pott
A
little
lad
of
eight
years
doing
his
bit
to
make
other
folks
happy!
What
arc
you
doing?
You
may
not
be
able
to
mako
large
donations
when
the
Christ
mas
pot
comes
out
on
the
strec'
but
don't
pass
It
by.
Donations
follow:
Previously
acknowledged
94.00
Anonymous
10.00
A
Friend
2.00
Maureen
Patmorc
v.
1.25
Mrs.
McKenzle
2.00
A
Friend
1.00
Phllpott,
Evltt
&
Co.,
2
tons
coal.
Farmers
of
Interior
and
Valentin's
Dairy,
milk
to
value
of
$40.
T
TWENTY
MILLION
DOLLAIts'
WOkTH
OF
NEW
PLANES
TO.
BE
ORDERED
BY
STATUS
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
18:
The
United
.States
War
Department
announced
yes
terday
that
orders
were
bclna
placed
for
new
combat
planes
to
the
extent
of
$20,000,500.
This,
will
bring
the
strength
of
the
air
force
up
to
1900
planes.
,
:
WHITE
METAL
STILL
IN
THROES
OFSLUMPB.
STEWART
RESIDENCE
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE;
FAMILY
MAKES
ESCAPE
STEWART,
Dec.
18:
The
home
of
William
Farr
was
destroyed
by
fire
on
Sunday.
Mrs.
Farr
and
three
children
had
a
narrow
escape
from
being
burned
to
death.
Volunteer
fire
fighters
saved
neighboring
homes
from
being
burned.
Mrs.
Farr
and
childien
were
in
bed
at
the
time
and
escaped
in
night
clothes.
Mr.
Farr
was
absent
at
the
Premier
mine.
Students
Riot
In
Peiping
Against
Autonomous
State
1'EIPINO,
Dec.
18:
Ten
students
were
killed
and
many
Injured
as
a
result
of
rioting
during
the
past
couple
of
days
In
protest
against
.the
setting
up
of
the
new
Japan-
ese-controlled
autonomous
states
of
TInnpl
anrt
Phah-i
u.-Vlpti
fnrrooH
heh
new
councllJ.oday.
;
GOOD
FRIENDS
BUT
WATCHFUL
.
United
States
and
Japan
Arc
Just
Little
Suspicious
of
Each
Other's
Navy
Plans
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
Japan
continues
to
press
Its
case
at
the
naval
conference
here
for
world
wide
naval
equality.
The
conference
Is
now
on
Its
second
week.
Admiral
Nagano,
chief
of
the
Japanese
delegation,
was
unable
to
understand,
he
said,
why
United
States
should
want
such
a
big
navy.
On
the
other
hand
Norman
W.
Da
vis,
for
the
united
States,
won
dered
what
Japan
Intended
to
do
with
an
Increased
navy.
Outwardly
there
were
expressions
between
Japanese
and
United
States
delegates
of
deep
and
undying
friend-
shir)
but.
nevertheless,
tney
are
watching
each
other.
Nothing
New
On
Pulp
Mill
Plan
Financing
Arrangements
Said
to
Be
Proceeding
Steadily
Construction
Next
Spring
As
far
as
can
be
learned
locally.
preliminary
arrangements
with
view
to
financing
of
the
local
pulp
mill
project
continue
to
move
along
steadily.
While
there
have
been
no
official
Intimations
of
late,
It
is
now
said
that
construction
of
the
nlant
may
be
expected
to
start
next
spring.
The
latest
Financial
Post,
published
In
Toronto,
suggests
construction
may
start
within
sixty
days.
Pound
Sterling
And
Canadian
Dollar
On
,
New
York
Exchange
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
18:
The
Bri-'
reform
campaigning,
may
have
run
tlsh
pound
sterling
was
quoted
on
down
some
of
the
activities
of
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
Hann
who
was
a
former
liquor
run-at
$4.93
as
compared
with
the
ner.
The
editor's
widow
says
Hann
Montreal
nrlce
of
$4.98,b.
The
Ca-
is
the
killer
and
a
man
named
Les-
nariian
dollar
was
auoted
here
at
98
31-32c.
NORTHERN
AND
SITU
A
TION
MORE
TENSE
Duchess
is
Britain's
Most
Popular
After
wheeling
her
Infant
son
in
Belgrave
Square
Gardens,
Lon
Ion
Her
Royal
Highness,
Duch.
ess
of
Kent,
the
former
Princess
Marina
of
Greece,
Is
pictured
as
he
left
the
gardens.
Wherever
the
beautiful
duchess
goes,
so
goes
the
London
crowd,
as
proved
by
the
admiring
males
gathered
at
the
right.
Behind
the
princess
can
be
seen
her
son's
perambulator.
WOMAN
IS
EXECUTED
.Mrs.
Elizabeth
Tilford,
Husband
Killer,
Goes
to
Gallows
at
Woodstock,
Ont.
WOODSTOCK,
Ont.,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Tilford,
convicted
poison
murderess
of
her
husband,
was
hanged
at
the
county
jail
here
early
yesterday.
She
wa3
the
eighth
woman
to
die
on
the
gallows
In
Canada
since
Confederation
and
the
first
to
be
executed
In
Ontario
In
62
years.
Mrs.
Tilford,
who
killed
her
husband
so
she
might
marry
another
man,
was
a
former
Salvation
Army
worker
and
the
mother
of
nine
children.
Former
Liquor
Runner
is
Held
Kid
Hann
Taken
.in
.Minneapolis
In
Connection
With
Murder
Of
Newspaperman
MINNEAPOLIS.
Dec.
17:
Kidd
Hann,
whose
real
name
is
Isadore
Blumenthal,
is
under
arrest
here
in
connection
with
the
recent
shooting
of
Walter
Liggett,
crusading
editor,
and
the
Grand
Jury
has
been
asked
to
Indict
him.
It
Is
said
"Khat
Liggett,
in
the
course
of
his
lie
Anders
has
testified
that
he
saw
Hann
"kill
.
Liggett.
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Icelanders
Are
Frozen
to
Death
Twenty-Six
Lose
Their
Lives
and
Twenty
Others
Missing
REYKJAVIK,
Iceland,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Twenty
-
six
men
were
drowned
or
frozen
to
death
and
twenty
persons
axe
still
missing
as
a
result
of
a
blizzard
which
swept
Ireland
at
the
end
of
the
week.
G.O.P.
Convention
To
Be
In
Cleveland
Governor
Frank
Merriam
of
California
Being
Groomed
For
President
ST.
LOUIS,
Dec.
18:
Cleveland
has
been
chosen
as
the
scene
of
the
Republican
national
convention
next
year
prior
to
the
presidential
election.
SACRAMENTO.
Cal..
Dec.
18:
-
uovernor
r
ranK
Merriam.
a
nsr-
soaal
friend
of
Dr.
Townsend,
originator
of
the
Townsend
Plan,
wi!'
be
a
candidate
for
the
Republican
Jresldentlal
nomination
next
year.
It
was
Intimated
yesterday.
Formal
announcement
will
be
made
next
year.
Merriam,
It
Is
believed,
w'll
receive
the
-
blessing
of
Former
President
Herbert
Hoover,
the
support
of
the
California
delegation
and
a
large
measure
of
backing
from
"rock-
bottom"
Republicans.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
t
Atlas,
36,000,
8.1c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage.
Young
Mother
MURDER
IS
SUSPECTED
,virs.
Elizabeth
Booth
of
Sidney
Dead
and
Husband
Under
Arrest
in
Tragedy
VICTORIA,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Booth,
aged
38,
died
from
gunshot
wounds
at
Sidney,
Vancouver
Island,
yesterday
morning
and
her
husband,
John
H.
Booth,
is
held
by
the
police.
Five
children,
the
eldest
seventeen
and
the
youngest
a
baby,
were
in
the
house
at
the
time
of
the
diootlng.
The
father
Is
an
unemployed
mill
worker.
The
mother
was
starting
out
for
work
in
a
cannery
when
.
4Ua
1
I
I
Booth
has
been
formally
charged
lth
murder
In
connection
with
the
j
I
killing
of
his
wife
who
received
two
blasts
from
a
shotgun
after,
what
police
say
was
a
family
quarrel.
Planes
Take
In
Christmas
Mail
Three
Machines
Leave
Fort
Mc-
Murray
For
Points
as
Far
As
Aklavik
i
8;
I
FORT
McMURRAY,
Alta.,
Dec.
18.
Three
airplanes
have
left
Fort
McMurray
for
points
along
the
Mackenzie
River
as
far
north
as
Aklavik
with
Christmas
mall'.
Mrs.
George
D.
Tite,
who
has'
been
visiting
In
Vancouver
with
her
daughter,
Mrs.
Fred
Clenden-
nlng,
returned
to
the
city
from
the
south
oh
the
Prince,
George'
this
morning.
'
.
'
High
LOW
SILVER
IS
STILL
LOW
Downward
Movement
Continues
Today
In
World's
Markets
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Bar
silver
continued
Its
steep
decline
In
price
yesterday.
American
buying
The
United
States
State,
orders
were
sufficient
to
take
care
ment
has
Issued
another
-
warning
'
of
only
a
small
portion
of
huge
of-
against
American
munitions
mak-ferinis
from
speculators
and
from
ers
shipping
arms
to
belligerent
na-the
Far
East.
The
price
was
fixed
tlons.
If
they
persist
In
doing
so,
at
27
pence,
of
l8
pence,
and
it
prosecutions
will
follow.
It
Is
was
estimated
that
only
about
five
threatened,
percent
of
the
metal
offered
was
Tighten
Up
Sanctions
sold-
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
The
National
In
New
York
foreign
bar
silver
Labor
Council
yesterday
demanded
dropped
another
cent
to
58c
per
an
mcrease
In
sanctions
against
ounce,
a
new
low
since
March
21.
in
Itaiy
protest
at
Its
Ethiopian
marking
a
decline
of
ec
In
the
campaign.
The
council
condemned
nast
ten
davs.
Todav
there
was
an-
the
Hoare-Laval
peace
plan
as
a
other
tumble
to
554c.
;
betrayal
of
Ethiopian.
NQ
GRAFT
j
IN
RELIEF
;
Alberta
Government
Resolves
To
Put
a
Stop
to
This
Practice
.
EDMONTON.-pec-.
18:-Hon.
W:
W.
Cross,
minister
of
health,
an-
nounces
mat
me
government
ofi
Alberta
Intends
to
put
a
stop
to
graft
which
has
been
practised
In
connection
with
the
administration
and
distribution
of
relief.
Relief
having
been
given
heretofore
to
persons
who
did
not
really
need
it,
there
will
be
strict
Investigation
In
future
of
all
applicants
for
relief
In
Alberta.
These
Investigations
will
be
conducted
In
municipalities
by
the
civic
auth&rities
and
in
unorganized
districts
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police.
Cash
gifts
of
50c
for
every
family
on
relief
In
Alberta
at
Christmas
will
be
made,
Dr.
Cross
announced.
Bi?
Flying
Boat
Is
Now
at
Manila
Phillipinc
Clipper
Will
Leave
There
Friday
and
is
Due
Home
Christmas
Eve
MANILA,
Dec.
18:
The
Pan
American
Airways
flying
boat
Phlllipine
Clipper,
which
landed
here
at
11:26
Sunday
night
after
hpr
mnlHpn
trant.Paolflo
f
Unfit
frnm
nnfnpnlo
...
,
K
v,ar
,.hi
V.
V4
Friday
when
she
will
leave
on
the
return
flight.
She
Is
due
to
arrive
at
Alameda
on
Christmas
Eve.
Another
Clipper
Ready
BALTIMORE,
Dec.
18:
The
Hawaiian
Clipper,
built
for
the
Pan
American
Airways
for
trans-Pacific
service,
has
been
completed
here
and
will
leave
at
the
end
of
the
week
for
California
via
Florida
and
the
Panama
Canal.
Next
month
the
Hawaiian
Clipper
will
join
the
China
Clipper
and
Phlllipine
Clipper
In
the
trans-Pacific
service.
New
Production
Record
is
Set
Output
of
Cariboo
Gold
For
No-
vember
Was
$92,000
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
18:-Cariboo
.Gold
Quartz
Mines
Ltd.
made
a
new
record
production
of
$92,000
from
its
property
at
Wells
in
the
cariboo
during
November.
..8:16
ajn.
18.4
ft.
21:05
p.m.
15.1
ft.
..
1:26
a.m.
8.9
ft.
14:45
p.m.
8.6
ft.
6m
Another
Warning
Issued
by
U.
S.
State
Department
Labors
Stand
i
Would
Increase
Sanction
Against
Italy
Laval
Challenges
Chamber
'
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Dec.
10:
Foreign
Secretary
Sir
Samuel
Hoare
was
unable
to
attend
the
cabinet
meeting
yesterday,
sending
word
that
he
was
111.
Will
Not
Be
Bound
PARIS,
Dec.
18:
Before
being
accorded
a
vote
of
confidence
by
the
Chamber
of
Deputies
yesterday,
Premier
Pierre
Laval
shouted
that
'he
would
not
return
to
Geneva
If
hVuB,rumMtrr
conditions.
The
Casualty
List
ROME,
Dec.
18:
The
Italian
casualty
list
as
a
result
of
yesterday's
engagement
in
Northern
Ethiopia
was
placed
at
four
officer
and
nine
soldiers
slain.
The
Ethiopians
are
said
to
have
had
heavier
casualties.
BUILD
UP
INDUSTRY
Premier
Baldwin
and
Cabinet
Would
Make
England
Again
"Workshop
of
AVorid"
"
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
Premier
Stanley
Baldwin
and
his
cabinet
are
working
on
plans
to
build
up
British
Industries
and
make
England
again
"the
workshop
of
the
world."
Six
Are
Killed
By
Relief
Man
Demented
Worker
Cut
Tragic
Swath
Before
Being
Taken
Into
Custody
MEXICO
CITY,
Dec.
18:
Three
bosses
and
three
others
were
killed
by
a
demented
relief
worker
here
before
he
could
be
taken
Into
custody
after
running
suddenly
amok.