Today's Weather prince Rupert f , southeast wind- 30 miles j. ? A barometer, 29.46; tempera 4'0 sea rough. -7 Vol. XXIV NO. 280. i. switni PLANT A fiETS THO VEAHS TERM IN f AXVAIMO, Dec. 5: (CPi Senator A. E. Planta, following t his conviction Tuesday on a charge of fraudulently con- rcrttoz a sum of $700 of t'licnts money to his own use, ras sentenced yesterday by Chief Justice Aulay Morrison ( the Supreme Court Assizes Tiere to two years In New Westminster Penitentiary. HISTMINSTER PRISON jnomy- lo organizer for the Conservative Party, 01 Righteousness." t. DAFOE MAKES NEW BRITISH "WHO'S WHO" T LONDON, Dec. 5: Dr. Allan t Difoe, physician to the ujonne quintuplets, Is listed In jne British "Who's Who" for 4 iJ3 In which Ex-Mayor James , vaiKer uKer of of New New ; BABES IN DIPLOMACY Harry Stevens Expresses His Views On Riddell Incident Eden Not Responsible OTTAWA, Dec. 5: Hon. H. H. Stevens, speaking of the repudla- Ti firf AirrVl Nations In Geneva, declares that It 10 OlttlL UCttlV.ll puts Canada ..back lnto swaddling clothes as far as International dl- Mithine leaves Los Angeles Intent plomacy Is concerned." On Rescuing Ellsworth And I Eden Not Responsible IIollick-Kenyon LONDON, Dec. 5: The report ' . I that Capt. Anthony Eden, British LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5: An air- minister of the League of Nations, plane is to take off from here to- may have influenced Dr. W. A. day enroute to Cape Horn whence Riddell, Canada's representative at It will Institute a search over Ant- the League, to make an unauthor- arctica for Lincoln Ellsworth and ized statement of Canadian policy Herbert Holllck-Kenyon who have in regard to the oil sanction ques been missing for nearly two weeks tion, Is vigorously denied here. n a projected flight from the ! Dundee Islands to Bay of Wales in HTir D A OV w course of a South Polar expcdl-1 J t won. Ferguson To Be Organizer Of Tory Party OTTAWA, Dec. 5: ON FRIDAY China Clipper on Return Flight From Pliillipine Islands To California ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 5: The giant Pan American Airways flying It Is reported boat china Clipper, In command of htre than Hon. G. Howard Fergu-icapt. Edwin Muslck, Is due back son. who recently retired as Cana-; ncre on Friday afternoon from her nan High Commissioner at Lon- first trans-Paclflc air mall carry dn. will become the new Domln- She lng flight as far out as the Phili llpine Islands. Having battled through a heavy storm and gale with severe rain squalls, a 38-mlte NUN'CE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS head wind and visibility of only two TOKYO. Dec. 5: The newlv born i miles, the big plane made the hop cond son of Emperor Hlrohlto of J from Guam to Wake Island Monday ,aPan has hppn ttcmoH tip Prince and Tuesday made the Wake to Midway Island lap. She arrived at Honolulu at 7:57 last night from 'Midway and was to hop off from York, Dr. trans-Pacific flying, 'ownsend and Father Cough- Tlie Philllplne Clipper will short-n failed to find a place. Ma- ly leave on the second trans-Paclflc lin uanQni is afforded ten , flight from here, it is aimuuuvA-u, ttlin Artrtlf IT 11 . a IlJllt'I. LWQ T M,,? nhUe refesnce to Benito vMubsol'ni Is entirely in Italian. FORT ERIE, Ont., Dec. 5: A lo-i i,o has. ruled that a dog chasing an automobile is not a SESSION ON FISHERIES International Commission Meeting Here This Morning Hears Talk By Scientific Director Many Questions Discussions Being Continued This Afternoon With Executives Of Boat Owners and Fishermen Practically the whole session of the International Fisheries Com I given by Dr. W. F. Thompson, di-l recior oi investigations, ana Dy nis by him as a result of his investigations during the past few years. The gathering was well attended by halibut boat owners and fishermen and others Interested In the fisheries and the. address proved of great educational value. Dr. Thompson showed f Uo" by Canadian government bankS( the number of flsh had Los Angeles Plane of the policy In regard to the oil embargo against Italy as enunciated by Dr. W. A. Riddell, Canadian renrpsnntatlve at the Leaeue of i TWO DEAD IN WRECK PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 5 r the ductor B t aaliash-r arid his ai. halibut of the western banks do not slstant AUan Huehps of a Sd0. migrate toh hanks off Prince.-- d flteht : traln were and to the southwardpand Rupert" kUIed ,n a bIazJn? traJn wreck that, since the restriction of the Ratewayf 0re ye5terday when six a grade and crashed into t.h been Increasing at a very great rate ffel ht the endne tender and flve so that the fishermen were able to take more fish to the skate of gear each year since conservation mea sures started. i The lecturer, at the conclusion, was assailed by a series of ques tions designed to show that he was wrong In his conclusions or In his cars being derailed. WITHDRAWS methods but he had a ready answer m arvejr Takcs Exception To for each questioner although evi dently some of his hearers were not satisfied. Dr. Thompson explained that halibut were taken only In waters High Handed Manner Of McGeer VANCOUVER, Dec. 5: On ac- fniint nf "tho hlirh-hnnripH nnH nf- with temperature of three a ground fenslye manner of the ffi to eight degrees. Most oi me oanKS wWch renders ithe proceedings "in in Auanuc ww nu uc. ireu effectlve Ald A. Q. Harvey ha-s'0:","" nut. and the small banks on the , ... .affairs. resignea irom me special commit- ... . coast were also being de- Japanese tM Qf thg d councl, named to pleted, ,The only Known oanw in lnvestlgate tne amdavlds of w. A Dr. Thompson gave some m-; Charles' at the local drv dock as tensely interesting Information in I watch officer, sails tonight on the regard to the propagation of the j prince George for Vancouver-fish. The eggs were evidently laid! ... in rippn water lust off the banks' t ... -- - - . ... 20-mllei and hatched In the denser and. there today. Aided by a ............ ,.,im wind, the hP ship chin made made an an saltier saltier water water below below the the surface. surface. For For BIG BRITISH DEFENCE sou souinwe&fc hwest wmu, w.c o.. , miv is oiiipki v sni n a average speed of 155 miles per nour tine nrsi iw 1 " i for the hop from Midway to Hono lulu. Capt. Muslck described the wea thPr on the hop from Guam Guam t to Wake Island as the worst he had encountered since engaging in UvUUVll Ut ' I t -i. -in tiuAtUa nrifilf hnt. aftpr thfi Tomorrow's Tides High 9:50 am. 21.1 ft. 22:44 p.m. 185 ft. Low 3:16 ajn. 7.7 ft. 16:30 pjn. 4.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935 :.: ,Mi OIL DEAL S bank clerk dies of his injuries:. i . HULL, Que,., Dec. 5: Ar- mand Nadeau, clerk of the Banque Provinciate du Can- . ada, who, wlti another clerk, was shot andj robbed by ban- dits yesterday; died late in the afternoon. He had been shot.. three times, a wound In the ' head proving fatal. Nadeau and his companion, who were taking $15,000 of old bills to. the Royal Mint at Ottawa, were intercepted by the ban- dits while driving and bound and gagged lh their car after mission public hearing this morn-l being snoti e robbers were ing was taxen up Dy a lecture 5tili at larse last nieht. IS DENIED Standard Oil Emphatically States That No Arrangement Has Been Made With Italy For ! Supply ef Oil . ! Talk of Peace ! Progress Reported in Negotiation Of Anglo-French Plan Well Armed Ethiopians Mov ing Forward LONDON, Dec. 5: (CP) Sir Samuel Hoarc, Foreign Secretary today made an overture to Italy to end aggression in Ethiopia. "We are prepared to play our part," Sfr Samuel" said, Min a definite pronouncement to the House of Commons on British stand for' oil sanctions against Italy, W have no wish, however, to humiliate Italy nor to weaken Italy Indeed we are most anxious to ste a strong Italy in this world. "I appeal once aratn to Sitnor Mussotlnf and'hls fellow, country men to dismiss entirely from their minds suspicion that 'we have sinister motives behind our support of the League. We have none." ! LONDON, Dec. 5: Emphatic denials on the part of the Standard Oil Co. of the United States that any arrangement had been entered riry r n m TT "rT i lnto witn Premier Benito Mussolini FivUiVl wereby oU would be suppUed .to r ivvjfjCi vlYA 1 IVyJXJU jtaj an(j tne nrooosed oil embargo tof the League of Nations, clrcum-, vented and reports that satisfactory progress was being made In I the negotiation of a peace plan In .the Italo-Ethlopian conflict to which it was thought Rome might prove receptive featured yesterday's developments In the European situation in relation to East African Sir John Simon Is to go to Paris tomorrow; it is understood, to con- the wid at present holding their lna! tLSL??"! own .. were those on the coast of regard to the peace plan which i arms, were advancing towards Ma- ka,e on the northern fro,,t who has been steamer Prlnc? 1 Head of Grain Board Getting $18,000 Salary OTTAWA, Dec. 5: James R. LONDON. Dec. 5: (CP) The Murray oi Winnipeg, new cnairman first six months or thereabouts' British national loan of $1.- i,ot the Canadian Grain Board, will they drifted In to the banks. The 500,000,000 was entirely sub- receive saiariy oi io.uuo rrer which at first naa Deen on t scnoea Dy noon yesieraay t -- " " eyes, , either side like any other fish. I within three hours after the cetvlng $20,000 in his present posl-aradually moved to one side and, lists opened, three new battle- tlon as vice-president and general the little halibut adopted the true ships will be constructed with manager of the Alberta Pacific halibut habit of lying on the bot- the same tonnage as the f 0ra,n torn. The egg was about 'one-scv-; battleship Renown at a cost enth ot an inch long. i of $300,000,000 each. Twenty Vancouver Wheat The female fish grew much' percent of the entire loan Is VANCOUVER, Dec. 5: (CP) larger than the males and reached' for defence purposes. . Wheat was quoted at 85140 on the ! a weight of several hundred pounds, j local exchange yesterday, dropping Continued on Page 2 l " to 84c today. PRICE: S CENTS JAPS STILL ACTIVE IN NORTH CHINA Efforts of Nanking Government to Keep In Control Failing Autonomy Movement Continues to be Fanned by Tokyo Nationalist War lUinistcr Warned to Leave PJanes Fly Over Peiping PEIPING, China, Dec. 5: (CP) Revival of agitation for North China autonomy and renewal of Japanese Army activity in this area threatens to block the Nanking government's effort to retain a hold on North China by a reform program. The Japanese army is reported to urn t v i i rr rT hae Waul UU UUIlCIitl nun aw veiling, ai iiuiiistui ui tne central government, to leave North China Immediately. Japanese military planes flew over Pelplng today, dropping pamphlets urging the need for auto- HALIBUT BOAT TAKLA BURNS AND SINKS Well Known Local Fish Vessel Comes to Grief Down Coast on Tuesday Was on Her Way From Prince Rupert to Vancouver For Overhaul Wehn Mishap Occurred Near Seymour Narrows Crew Escapes Safely The well known halibut boat Takla. one of the largest vessels of the Prince Rupert fleet, took fire on Tuesday night at Deepwater Bay, north of Seymour Narrows, and sank in ten fathoms of water. Captain Chris Parkvold of Vancouver, the owner and skipper, and members of the crew escaped. The vessel, which had marketed her last catch at Prince Rupert shortly af- .. - 1 ter the middle of November, was on 1 117 J C 1 her way from Pnnce Rupert toj Wage anCl uBleS Vancouver for overhaul when the HP fj 1 fir? occurred. It Is believed that 1 aXCS i rOpOSCU salvage may be possible. The Takla, a diesel-powered Is listed In official records as being 57 feet two Inches in lengths T. Bell, United States Commissioner . aeparimeni wnicn nave resuiiea ,. ... , . T. . :nf Fishprips . . in'the suspension of City Comp- J !" J " l jL PL," , j! SeatS baSs barrister, .ur7Jrr: troller Walter Wardhaugh, City i;, " ine conserve u a , c-u. clerk w L Woodford and internal w" " " r T stricting the catch which was being udUorFrank L! n..B!!rl ?! enforced Dy tne nauout commi,-, uulu?;" , , crl-'f"1 T Z 1 have expressed doubt that, even slon. t,MMni Mavnr o n MniPPr tnnw On this coast there were two e- ;f "f" a neutrality policy. United advant a e the opportunlty to parate colonies of fish, one in the i sta.tes would be able to actually forecast a Eeneral ghake-UD In the Gulf of Alaska and the other to the : . . . 6 . j prevent shipments of oil or such entlre cWc Sta" ff 01 Vanco.ver Vancouver- southward of that. They had found i commodities being made by a prl-by tagging the fish that there was! AS non-UNION CREW ' lvate American company to a war-very little migration between the ; SYDNEY, Aust.. Dec. 5:-The' ri"fr country; , fish the War from East Africa two. Among the young Canadlan.AustraUan Uner Nlagara' reports migration was almost nil but as saUed yesterday for Vanouver stated that large Ethiopian forces, the fish came to maturity, .theyim 1 l . . 1 imiinlltf moved more ireeiy out, nuv iuanj , from one bank to another. j j w Bryant( Interesting Information (standing by the Edward W. Allen, and the director of investigations, Dr. W. F. Thompson. Dr. Found and other members of spoke of the former depletion of the halibut fisheries and the splen- j did work the commission had done since It commenced functioning under the Canada-United States treaty. It was internationally famous for its efficient work. It was particularly Important for the young men because, if no action had been taken, It would have been only a matter of a few years before all the halibut would have been caught with an obvious damaging effect upon Prince Rupert. Dr. Found spoke of the many problems the sea fisheries had pro vided all over the world and the efforts made to settle them. Fisheries were always an important resource and economic factor and It was found that in any country, as the fisheries expanded, the naval strength and commercial strength at sea Increased. Before the time of Columbus fishermen had led the way across the Atlantic to the shores of Newfoundland and even Into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. After the defeat of Montcalm by Wolfe when the British took Canada away from the French they allowed the conquered nation fislery ' (Continued on Page 4) . public nuisance, Alberta Government Has These In Mind if Approval Forth coming ' with "beam 61 fifteen feet seven t ' 7 " - " ' ' :" Inches and depth of seven feet four; EDMONTON, Dec. 5: New wage Inches. Her gross tonnag is 43 and ; and sales taxes are planned by the net 27. Port of registry Is Vancou- government of Alberta If the taxa-ver. tion commission approves. Advantages of International Co-operation in Control Of Fisheries Stressed by Found The advantage of international co-operation in investigation and control of fisheries was stressed in the address ! last evening by Dr. W. A. Found, deputy minister of fish eries, at a dinner given by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Commodore Cafe for the members of the International Fisheries Commission. Members of the Senior Chamber were Invited guests.tr All members of the commission were present. They were Dr. J. P. Babcock of Victoria, chairman, F. New Evidence To Be Presented In TomMooney Case SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5: Pre- the commission were Introduced by . paring to finish the presentation ' i i i a a. i. i i i i t i Lieut. Colonel J. W. Nicholls who 01 nis iatesi case m nis lons ll&m for freedom from a sentence of life imprisonment as a result of the fatal 1916 Preparedness Day demonstrations, Tom Mooney will present evidence which he himself considers essential but against which his attorneys have advised. BAR SILVER NEW YORK, Dec. 5: (CP) Bar silver was unchanged at 65c per ounce on the local metal market today. Ill 19 2S