VIC""' u v, B.C. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides prince Rupert Drizzle, calm; barometer, 30.28; temperature, 42; High 2;40 a.m. 19.1 ft. smooth. 14:14 p.m. 21.9 ft. sea Low .... 8:24 a.m. 8.4 ft. 21:06 p.m. 2.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Mia . t It,.. No. 273. WW V 1 Trs m j. m wan i rial ut r9 v I Tl 11 W jfm warn m r -j. I if m inneavv lradiner I In M V ...I. Ilfl ..I- v HUM M. U 1 11 X I JL TjK. m. . kew YORK, Nov. 27: There n ,m. . . . a t ..uu;t iieayy uaya uauiuo dustriiu. 85. ot 31; utilities. 29.37, off .23; "'"i up ,14. Set For January SAN JOSE. cal.. w 97 The r rrnm m.. '"" n anfniol ii.. MIO I& rhartrH with thfl "'uci ni ilia ,..! . T Q'SCOnt nncH .i i i in COnriPfHnr, with tho' -"""leiment of Plant For Turner Valley 11 "Hi Spend $300,000 li.i. . NOV V ""American on In the 'e S Turner bulld a 30 000 Plant VallPV n m was i,u 27: The Dri Nov 97 o announces r w A tVlUi BAR SILVER ounce rr-1 auBW at 65c ... ner. ive peiieuaitu uc nunuitu umca jiilu Italian Smaliland. An Ethiopian statement at Addis Ababa said at one thousand Italians occupying Makale on the nor- ern front had retreated yesterday to Adigrat but Rome i i - aeniea this. Uuom r.ov-r of tms TO USE FORCE HGUNST AUTONOMY PETPIXO. Nov 27: With mtfc? (la Ity. the Chin- e Hzijxa government -J.J 4 l . 1 L It I wcuia air with force any r the autono- mom government movement south 'u Hcpet province. The wmia. !nr of the National- tfjovcrnment Is coming here. Apanc;? troops moved Into SofJi China by tralnloads to- Siy fhiis Northern Chinese hita wavered on the Issue ieclon from, the central Frraienf Three thousand ".-i troops and war nf arrived at Tslent- aiC' t troops occupied a to:.-'t railway point at Cte.!umen near Pelplng. Four Ethiopian generals have been publicly flogged by order of Emperor Halle Selassie to discourage signs ol mutiny among fifty thousand warriors on the southern front. Mussolini Worried ROME. Nov. 27: (CP) It was reported today that the government had largely "cancelled furloughs" recently extended 100,000 soldiers and that new troop movements had been ordered. Premier Benito Mussolini Is reported to be sufficiently worried over the situation, particularly since the League of Nations has been actively talking of an embargo on oil shipments to Italy. : ATLEE LABOR PARTY CHIEF Will be Leader of Opposition In British Parliament Sinclair i Liberal Leader LONDON, Nov. 27: (CP) C. R. Attee was re-elected chief of the Parliamentary Labor Party yesterday and will be leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. Mr. Atlee succeeds George Lans-bury who broke with the party prior to the general election on the Issue of League of Nations sanctions. Sir Archibald Sinclair was chosen leader of the Liberal party In succession to Sir Herbert Samuel toe New York Stock Exchange i wno was defeated In the election. 11 transactions totalled 3,370, Former Premier David Lloyd- feuts Closing nvprftfffiS were: ' n.nmn fffnwH Iho lpnHprshln of B " . - CJ- IVIWUVU awuv... hr.a.f w. H4.74, of 1.38; rails, ; ne party but Is expected to return to the Liberal fold. Capt. Edward A. Fitzroy, who was first elected Speaker in 1928, was re-elected. LICENCE FEES INCREASED PORTLAND, t'OKliu, Nov. ov. 27: Trie city from $6 to $7.50 wmie me licence for such stores handling clothes will be $25. - BANK OF MONTREAL AT TERRACE TO BE CLOSED DOWN SOON fMs news became public Terrace Board of Trade held a special meeting to make efforts to get the regional su-norlntendent at Vancouver to reconsider the bank's decision and. If necessary, to mant. j. 0 rhanoe In view of the continuing depression in this locality to at least conunue (CP)-Bar branch as a sub-omce, uF.- - . , a WPPK. metal market- lng, pcrnaps, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935 C. C. F. CANDIDATE SNOWED UNDER IN PRAIRIE CONTEST ORAVELBOURO, Sask., Nov. 27: (CP) Edward M. Culllton, 29-year old barrister, running as a supporter of the Liberal government, was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature for Qravelbourg In the by-election yesterday polling 3,-320 votes to 1,501 for I. K. Mai? colm, C. C. F. ALDER IS OPTIMIST Commisslqncr Says Industrial Outlook Bright Progress ' On Pulp Mill "The- Indus Ual outlook for. Prince Rupert, appears better to- day than it haa for twenty j years," declared City Commissioner W. J. Alder who was in an optimistic frame of mind this morning following his return from a three weeks trip to Vancouver and Victoria in the course of which he took up a number of matters of Importance to the city. Mr. Alder learned while in the south that splendid progress was being made in connection with the local pulp mill project It will be two weeks jet before F. L. Buckley, the promoter, returns to the coast from a trip east in connection with financing and, until his return, no further developments are anticipated. Mr. Alder stated that he was Well satisfied with the results of his trip. Mrs. Alder is remaining in Victoria for a while longer. She has not been very well of late. NO TRACE OF SMITH SINOAPORE, Nov. 27: (CP) There Is still no confirmation 'of the report that natives of the Siamese Jungle near the Malay border hud seen a nlane come down In trouble two weeks ago last Friday when Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith ' and Tom Pethybridge were lost, J later seeing two men, one evidently with ft broken leg, coming" away. TERRACE, Nov. 27: The lo- ;r0m the plane which had a broken cal branch of the Bank of wing. Montreal Is to be closed at the The point where the disabled end of the year. As soon as ' plane Is reported to have been seen the was ninety miles south of Victoria Point on Malay Peninsula. Search planes have been making a concentrated search thereabouts but, so far, without reward. & Edmonton Carfare Cut to Five Cents EDMONTON, Nov. 27: Street car fares have, been reduced to 5c In Edmonton. For some time four tickets have been sold for 25c. Vincent Massey former Canadian minuter to the United States, h-aded for London, England, to take over his duties as Canada's high comm sioner. is seep here with Mrs Massey 13 they sailed in the Empress of Britain. HARROWING EXPERIENCE OF : WALTER SIMPSON AND WIFE : V ON STIKINE RIVER VOYAGE Were Half-Starved in Thirty-Day Battle With Slush Ice I Between Telegraph Creek and HrrangeII Aban- 1 doned Boat to Pull Sled Walter Simpson and his wife, who were missine- fnr nearly a month on a trip by outboard motorboat from; Telegraph Creek, were half-starved after battling withj slush ice on the Stikine River to reach Wrangell, according to particulars of their harrowing trip which reached! the city today. Their rations ran short after the first1 week following their irom iciegrapn iree on uewper, renalred an old sldff Thv mo 29 and they lived on four slices of bread a day for the last five days. The couple ran Into many Ice lams, one of them seventeen miles long, and had to pull their twenty-two foot outboard motorboat over the ice and relay six hundred pounds oftaggage by sleigh. Later Simpson found a cross-cut saw in an old cabin and cut the i boat down to eight feet, leaving the engine and gasoline behind. At Great Glacier they had to I abandon the boat, because of four i .inches of slush ice. They trudged Inn. milllnir the sled, linitl thpv of Portland is considering raising ueports of Siamese Natives of Two'"' reached hed the the mouth mouth of of the the Stikine Stikine .u fD fnr second hand 1,crs llelnS sn Are River where Simpson found and Llir; HV.t iiu v.vw stores that do not deal in clothing Checked Up TODAY'S WEATHER Terrace -Raining, southest wind, 16. Anyox Heavy rain, calm. 40. Stewart Heavy rain, calm, 34. Hazelton Raining, calm, 38. Smithers Cloudy, calm, mild. Burns Lake Cloudy, calm. 35. UNLESS GOVERNMENTS HELP, McGEER WILL RECOMMEND DEFAULT VANCOUVER, Nov. 27: (CP) Mayor G. G. McGeer told the Vancouver council on Tuesday that, if the Dominlon-provln- cial conference at Ottawa on December 9 does not evolve some method to relieve the municipalities of their flnan- clal burdens, he Is "prepared to recommend refusal by the city to pay Interest In order to carry out essential services," iars from driftwood and rowed to Berger's ranch on Farm Island where word was flashed of their safety through amateur wireless facilities via Calgary to Prince Mr. and Mrs. Simpson reached Wrangell on Monday night. j Provincial Constable J. V. Boys of i Telegraph Creek, formerly of1 Prince Rupert, left Telegraph' Creek by dog team a week ago to search for Mr. and Mrs. Simpson.! Efforts are now being made to lo-j cate him to advise him that they have turned up safely. No contact had been made up to last night, j General Election In New Zealand Advance Voting in Two Ridings Yesterday, Both of Which Government Won WELLINGTON, N.Z., Nov. '27: (CP) New Zealand held its general election today, the first since 1931. Advance elections were held In two seats yesterday, the Coates government winning both. The Labor party was expected to make gains. POUND IN MONTREAL MONTREAL, Nov. 27: (CP) The Canadian dollar closed at $4.98 11-16 on the Montreal exchange market yesterday. SILVER IN MONTREAL MONTREAL, Nov. 27: The price of silver here yesterday was 65.7c per ounce., ,, ...: ' be rather uncertain. ROBBERY . OF BANK Fourth Avenue and Granville Branch of Imperial Bank In Vancouver Held Up VANCOUVER, Nov. 27: (CP) Two armed bandits held up the Imperial Bank branch at Fourth Avenue and Granville Street this afternoon, forced two employees and one customer into the basement, looted the teller's cage and escaped in a stolen automobile with $1200 in cash. The men made a clean getaway although radio police cars surrounded the district within a few minutes after the robbery. Halibut Arrivals j Summary i, Americna 41.000 pounds, 8.5c land 9.6c and 6c. j Canadian 20,000 pounds, 7 9c and 6c. j American i Sitka, 28,000, 9.6c and 6c, Cold ! Storage. Oceanic, 13,000, 8.5c and 6c,.Atlin. Canadian Melville, 20,000. 7.9c and 6c,Atlln. NOME BUYS TEAM OF HORSES INSTEAD OF AUTO FOR FIRE DEPT NOME, Alaska, Nov. 27,: The city council of Nome, at ter a long debate, decided to buy a team of horses Instead of a motor truck for Its fire department. The horses could be bought for $450 but the truck would have cost much more and could not have been delivered until next spring. PKICE: 5 CENTS TAUMS REPORTED TO W W RUN i ihiopians Penetrate Hundred Miles Into Italian Somaliland According to Advices atHarar 11 ! . tr ,. o i tin 1 r Afn1r..1st. .. .1 T i 1 Adigrat Mussolini Lancels Leaves of Soldiers And is Said to be Worried To' ilARAK, Ethiopia, Nov. 27: (CP) An Ethiopian army I . J 1 H,on, i.J 1 i 1 i onenunurt'u uiuusuim men was icpuiit-u nere loaay io LABORITES WIN IN NEW ZEAL AN MASSEY SAILS TO TAKE OVER LONDON POST D National Government Defeated Decisively In Voting Held Today Forbes Administration is Able to Retain Only Twenty Out of Eighty Scats Michael Savage Is New Premier WELLINGTON, N.Z., Nov. 27: (CP) New Zealand's Labor Party, led by Michael J. Savage, won a smashing victory over the National government headed by Prime Minister Forbes in today's general erection. Final returns show Labor with fifty-two seats, the National government with twenty and Independentswith eight. Mr. Savage will form the first Labor government in the history of New Zealand. ; i ' ALBERTA WHEAT POOL IS NOT TO CONTINUE VICTORIA ELEVATOR VICTORIA, Nov. 27; The Alberta' Wheat Pool is- not rei newlng Its licence to ODerate the Victoria elevator, It was learned here yesterday. The 1 future of the house appears to LOOK FOR ELLSWORTH Search to be Instituted For South Polar? FUerrNow-Missing Four Days NEW YORK, Nov. 27: (CP) Plans are being made to start a search for Lincoln Ellsworth and flight party which, has not been heard from for over four days on' a hop from Dundee Islands to Little America in the course of a South Polar expedition engineered by Sir Huber Wilklns. No great anxiety is felt yet as there Is believed to be a considerable possibility that the party may have reached Little America safely and be unable to communicate from there. Herbert Ken- yon of Winnipeg Is the pilot of the missing plane. There .have been electrical storms during the past few days and this may have also had an effect In hampering radio communication. APPEALING TO CANADA Senator McNary Seeks Lumber Markets "Down Under" For Northwest Mills PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 27: Senator McNary of Oregon, leader of the fight on behalf of Northwest lumbermen in connection with the new Canadian - American reciprocity treaty, Is asking the Canadian government for Its co- operation In permitting American lumbermen to get back some of the 'rade which they lost with Australia and New Zealand as a result of the Ottawa trade