10 REPEAT SENTENCE? Sor Date to be Set Shortly For Eiccution of Bruno Richard Uauptmann TRENTON, N.J., Dec. ll:-Fol- toij tt ; cLinn of his anneal to to Supreme Court of the United Kite lur ii rpvlur'nf his ConvlC- i " ncy in the aeam nouse b8(fs!prri.,v nf ihi failure of his m W dl He took the news tiS tiiformlnir the attorney 1,131 1 knnw you have done your bcsl CHALLENGE 0FLAB0R Bll!iness Recovering in United stilt': But Employment Not Keeping Pace Green ,u" ana the Sons of Norway. nation virtual independence of Great Britain. Hon ai sentence of death for the' ... Wsap-murder of the Lindbergh hby, Bruno Richard Uauptmann! W bt brought before the original Wirt t-d. at an early date for vi- n'.:nr it was arinounccd yester-Th l ul Judge will set a new lot h;s execution which now 'PPtars to be Inevitable. .... EGYPT IS BIDDING FOR INDEPENDENCE CAIRO, Dec. 11: Political TYPE OF WORK ARMY IS DOING nt .ic nHvlCPd hV fllS " ..t nt... fn,n it I'rwcahlP I' Or Efforts in This City to Be Continued cause of the generous responw to last year's appeal, the' Army was able to follow up this one of many cases assisting with fuel, groceries and clothing. n rests Wlin rmux P'l'llam Green of the American ! charitable work. Donations may be, I 'deration of i,iv torrf rhal-1 c.-.k tn the Dallv News or to the. UHMVl " 1 v w - 1 I In jvvvrf M'Bca industry to find Jobs for tnei Salvation Army cnrec ...... yu ""piuyect of this country toiai-1 n 11,500,000 persons. He declared! n II , y whllf business or the country j I nff 50at it CI e ' least one-half recovered, t "venty six pcreent of those who 2n without jobs at the peak of j.ncmP'oyment were still worklcss. remedy was not forthcoming by sututional mean's., some other; aV out would have to be. found. '-L Funeral Notice . Jne funeral of the, late Henry , n win take place tombrrow Bnrsdayi at 2:30 p.m. from the Undertakers, under the aus- Um! 01 the DeeP Sea Fishermen's For Aspen And Hemlock Cargo rr mnH ii careo of aspen and; hemlock logs for the interior, .the, Norwegian motorsnip "rA in nort at 8 o'clock last and is now night from Vancouver ,L t the lumber assembly :L. hAFA loading is about to commence. In about three days the from here. Premier Tewfik Neim Paiha of Egypt. ir.-E. .-;. rioting that broke out in and about Cairo, Egypt, developed a political situation i.jrt in it grave possibilities for England. It was reported taai Premier Nissim. Pasha re-L ' resign his post following a mass meeting of the Wafd party, Egypt's Independence or-fjbj 'jii The wafdlsts, comprising 90 percent of the electorate, have resolved to push a w.tlc boycott of everything British in protest against Britain's refusal to give Egypt a con-f.;:uUon Sir MUes W. Lampson is the British High Commissioner for Egypt and the Soudan. UBRARY IviCTORlACJ Haiti Tod?Veather Tomorrow's Tides V , south- -.' High 2:48 a.m. 202 ft. " 14:26 p.m. 21.9 ft. barom tem- f8tgule: Low 8:37 ajn. 7.9 ft. perturc. ; 21:14 p.m. 2.1 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER LxXlV No. 285. PRICE: 5 CENTS Egyptian Constitution Refused By Brit am TWELVE PERSONS CHARGED WITH MURDER (Sen, in Co d-n ""UoM93l$P STRIKE IS NOW OVER leaders of Egypt, uniting War Ends on Vancouver Waterfront against the present govern- i with Longshoremen Return- ment, whose overthrow Is ex- : ing to Work pected, are expected today to 1 ask King Fuad to declare re- VANCOUVER, Dec. 11: Having ' sumption of the Egyptian con- j abandoned all their demands ex-' stltutlon of 1923, giving the cept that for union recognition, the Vancouver and District water-; front Workers' Association ended , Its long six-months strike Monday with the men applying to return to I ! their work. It is expected the most ! ,of them will be taken back without j i prejudice although It Is possible ;the union, recognition demand may ;lead to complications. ; Continuing Embargo SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II: I Harry Bridges, militant longshore- iiucjia union leader, ' declares that RAILWAY SITUATION UNDER 1 REVIEW BY C. N R. HEADS AT I ISASKATOON HOTEL OPENING FuIIcrton Refers to Highway Competition While Hunger-ford Tplls of Greatly Improved Services SASKATOON, Sask., Dec. 11: Like the forgotten man of the last presidential campaign the railways of Canada nrf vnnirllv rlrjHntr infn thp fnronttpn nlnsa if wns et nforl trustees. Canadian National Railways, who officially on ened the Bessborough, latest addition to the company's '"H;hain of hotels, at a luncheon here yesterday. STRIVING FOR PEACE Iloare-Laval Peace plan Revised I After Protect f by Cabinet And i Other Natrons ! j- j New Negotiations Official Explanation is Made By Italy in Regard to Bombing Of Hospital PARIS, Dec. lit (CP) France and Great -BriUlifr their differences on formula for East African peace reconciled and Premier Mussolini's acceptance of the negotiations probable although Emperor Haile Selassie's acquiescence to the terms is unlikely, undertook today to put the settlement machinery into motion speedily. Authoritative sources said the method of procedure involved postponement of the League of Nations meeting set for tomorrow to consider the oil embargo and a request to the League committee of five to take over negotiations. LONDON, Dec. II: (CP) The British Foreign Office announced Tuesday that Great Britain had resumed negotiations with France for the perfection of a plan to end the war between Italy and, Ethio pia. This announcement lent cre- dence to reports that the cabinet Forgotten by shippers In favc of basses and trucks, forgotten b' the governments in the!r falln" to aoplv the same regulations t the busses and trucks as were applied to them, the railways were gloomily reflecting In their an "ial statements the heavy expen-'!Mr of malntaln'ng roadbeds pirolleled by public, highways which enabled the busses and trucks to take away revenues on whhh the rallwavs were depend ent for their existence. i bulky commodities. ' "These latter commodities are Jwhat the trucks are after and what they are getting- They pick the more lucrative traffic, leaving transported by the . railways," he said. "It Is almost a mathematical competion continues to increase Vl e,ivimaH1ir roltfrl H"! t.Pntn! . i . Ll' . UhS strike as far as Gulf port boats "a" VTt T " . " lnewspapers mat me mauer oi reg are concerned will be continued . reached In recent conversations in here in spite of orders of the In- !" .:J.L., r roc.ne a- Paris between. Sir Samuel Hoare, 4 JlilatiUiial irtjiigoiuk.w &t nww Leaving her two-week old Infant ,iation. Layal of France. Under at th, hospital a mother. tto rit it was. proposed without home or friends, sought SYDNEY Aust cca,n5 a portion of Ethiopia to the advice of the Saivauon u iTt.,lvand Italy and the the era found for her and to be settled, it is announces A place was .i hp winter months, be- ; - FARM BOARD istcr of Agriculture OTTAWA, Dec. 11: Robert Mc- Kenzle, Liberal memoer 01 parliament for Assinibola, Sask., is being aDDointcd to the Canadian Farm Board and writs have been Issued for a by-election to choose his sue? cessor. Hon. James G. Gardiner, minister of agriculture, will be the Liberal candidate. Halibut Arrivals American '"Excel, 11,000, Cold' and' 6 c. Storage 8c SILVER IS DOWN JWWl" v . - he day will come when the rate oh low class commodities will hayej to be Increased If the railways are to continue to operate," He Indicated the profound effect thU would have on the domestic and import trade of Canada. I am glad to learn from the nlatlon of trucks and busses will be considered at the conference of Dominion and Provincial premiers now sitting in Ottawa" he observed in more optimistic vein. Finances Improving In a review of this year's oper- granting of a seaport ations 0f the Canadian National In Eritrea to Ethiopia In exchange. 1 Rauways, Mr Fullerton released CONNECTION WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF CANNERY PROJECT On business in connection with the re-establishment of the Ocean Canners salmon canning Industry following the destruction by fire of the can- nery at Oceanic, Smith Island, last fall, Robert C. Gosse, head of the company, and C. Ollles- pie, cannery manager, arrived in the cty from Vancouver on the Prince George this morn- lng and proceeded almost im- mediately to Oceanic. They will be back tonight and ex- by Hon. C.. P. Fullerton K.C.. chairman of the board of! Pect t0 leave tomorrow night on their return to Vancouver. ABERHART SATISFIED PARLEY AT ' WASHINGTON! Business and Industrial Leaders Called Together by President Roosevelt and financial leaders of the country opened a conference here but the inaugural session broke up In Late last night another report some striking figures which showed . disorder. The President's Intention said that a new peace proposal had an operating profit for the rail- In calling the conference, was to already been drawn up between ways hotel system more than revive the National Recovery Act. Great Britain and France,, with double .the 1934 figures, an op-! There does not appear a great mea-Britlsh cabinet approval, whereby eratlon loss of $127,000 In connec- sure of enthusiasm, however, In there would be an exchange of tlon with the merchant marine In connection with the continuation privileges advantageous to both 1934 transformed into An esti- 0f the New Deal. George L. Berry people" as to whether the "service Saskatchewan Member Appointed. ftnJ Etnlopla as well as pro. mated profl this year of $273,000 has been appointed :.. snpcceds" ran can pjirrv carry on on Its its Thus Thus Oncnmg Opening scat l'or aim- , . . ,..u.. i and anA an an octimataj estimated nmftt. profit nf of 164.000 iftinnn . . NEW YnnK- 11 President! .hi. vision for mutually beneficial eco- 0f industry, ' nomlc development. This new plan, for tne west indies steamsnip iin It was thought, might result in (Continued on page five) 1 S3 'r-n.! TOCn . : NAAS VALLEY HAVING SIEGE OF RAINFALL; WINTER VERY OPEN After an early snowfall In October which covered the ground to a depthiof one foot,- .f there has been ralm ever since Miv the Naas Valley, according to word received from Alyansh today. It is still raining there, there is no snow on the ground a which has showed an unbroken, if decreasing, record of deficits ! since its Inception In 1929. Surpassing even these figures', the chairman predicted a. gross1 In presenting compared the railway's showing, more net revenue this year than In 1931 Enormous economies had been put Into effect to make such a NEW YORK, Dec. 11: (CP) The and the river is as high as in showing possible rMn'-hr kiivpr todav was 623ic per summer, time. Inquest Into Mine Disaster revenue for the railway system of ( $173,000,000 for 1935. a betterment . . .. .... of $8000,000 over 1934. .Opened at Coalhurst, Alta., Today, the statement he wwn i oc Tomorrow: thi3 year with that of 1931 when I COALHURST, Alta., Dec. 11 the gross revenue was $200,000,000.1 Although earnings In 1931 had Inquest Into the deaths of sixteen been $27,000,000 more than In 1935. i miners, killed in an explosion in the company will have $13400,000 the mine of the Lethbrldge Col- lieries Limited on Monday, opened this afternoon and, after the bodies had been viewed, was adjourned until a later date for the taking of "Without attempting the role of evidence. There will be a public prophet I think we can reasonably , burial tomorrow of the victims of Continued oh Page 2. I the disaster. : BLANKET SLAYING CHARGES Largest Number in Years Arraigned For a Single Case, Arising Out of Killing of Hull Bank Clerk. (Canadian Press) HULL, Que., Dec. 11: The largest blanket murder charge in Canada in many years was laid yesterday when eleven men and one. woman were charged with the murder last Wednesday of Armand Nadeau, bank 'clerk, who was shot to death in the $16,000 hold-up of messengers of Banque Pro-ivinciale du Canada while on their way to the V,"7, Royal Mint T Says Alberta's Case Getting "Full And Favorabfe" Consideration at Ottawa With Old bllls.for . Slayors Leave destruction. ' . Nathan Martin, alleged Chicago CALGARY, Dec. II: A telegram! gangster, who was shot to death received here last night from Pre- by the police on Sunday as he rentier William Aberhart in Ottawa ststed arrest, Is said to have been Admitting that the track and inai IUU ana lavorame con-, ure w u bus had a legitimate place In the Oration was being given Al-1 shots that killed Nadeau. The iblan-transportatlon field and a tight berta's clauns at the Dominion-; ket charge .names persons who the to operate, under fair conditforii, provincial conference but that no 'police claim actually took part In the Canadian National chairman definite answer might be expected' the hold-up. those who plotted Its pointed out that unregulated com- tor a time, execution, some who had with- petlon..ml!ht .have 'highly "undeslri.. Piemler Aberhart was to addrejs drawn, front the.. fenterprlses befQre : able results. He showed how the 'the Ottawa University Club today it : was carried out, the woman, who, -railway rate structure was de-! on the subject of "Social Credit." drove the killer to Montreal and shned ta move such low class The Premier's telegram said that the man who disposed of the$ gun commodities as lumber, grain and jail conference meetings were now that killed Nadeau, All1' are under coal while making up essential being held in private. The confer- arrest but one rnar, who is now be-revenues by charging higher rates ence will continue at least until the ing sought. -v., on the more valuable and less end of the week, it Is expected. Mayors Leave Ottawa OTTAWA, Dec. 11: (CP) After receiving assurance of members of the Dominion-provincial confer- ence that the financial plight of the municipalities in relief matters will be given serious consideration, civic heads, representing the Do- certainty, that if this unregulated j mmion mayorS' conference, decided last night to return to their homes. PREPARING FOR FIGHT President Roosevelt to Open Cam paign, For Re-election Soon It Is Announced NEW YORK, Dec. 11: Drive for the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt will start on Jan- ' uary 8 when the chief executive . will make a nation-wide radio address, It is announced by Postmaster General James M. Farley, chairman of the Democratic national committee. Meantime! the movement among big business and industrial lnter- ,ests t0 PPse R0031 and the WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 11: At the invitation of President ' New Deal appears, to be gaining Franklin D. Roosevelt, Industrial ground. Son of Nellie McClung Named Rhodes Scholar EDMONTON, Dec. I Alberta this year. 11: Albert McClung, son of Mrs. Nellie Mc-; co-ordlnator Clung, the noted authoress, has .been chosen Rhodes Scholar for