Today's Weather prince Rupert Overcast, moderate southeast wind; barometer, 29.90; temperature 57; sea choppy. I XXIV NO. 217. w M V V, Tomorrow's Tides High 7:55 a.m. 15.6 ft. 19:40 p.m. 17.0 ft. Low 1:03 a.m. 6.4 ft. 13:05 pjn. 11.0 ft. AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER fie NORT! NORTHERN fc PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935 IMPORTANT MINING DEAL EA DISASTER BETWEEN MILBANK Vernier Ratifies Big Merger 0 Portland Canal Properties Including B. C. Silver Holdings v, 1 M 1 nL I. fctOCK lYlarKei IS j B m 1 ' Strong Wednesday, ! Itoirbi. Lead the Way-Utiiitie. , 9z .a In Early Trading uui IWeak i t Khow Hevival 1 - I t Inew YORK, sept. 19:-Led byj industrials which were generally; trong the stock ma me i was ui . ; mm F kruttalta recouped their losses. i Srne dayi turnover amounted .toi mow wires. n nB fere as Mows Industrials. 124.11. b i, na 48.14, up .53: utilities, 1 t5M, off .02; bonds, 9657, up .05. Today's Stocks . (Oourtwy S. D. Joan ton Co.) Vancouver B. C Nickel, .16. Big Missjurl, .53. - : Bralarne. 4.40. B. R, Con.. .03 Vj. B. R, X. .08; 2. Cariboo Quartz, 1.05. Dentonla, .20. Georgia River, .0C3f. Oolconda, ,15Vi. r-Orange. .02, ! Indian, .01. Mlnto, .054-Meridian, .04, Morning Star, .01,' National Silver, .02!;2. Noble Five. .05Mt " y Pend Oreille, .71 Porter Idaho, .05 IJ. Premier. 1.65. Reward, .02. Reno, .02, Silver Crest, .00. Salmon Gold, .09. Taylor Bridge, .15. Wayside, .15 'z. Whitewater, .04V,. Waverly Tangier, .00. United Empire, .03 Vi- Toronto . Central Patricia, 1.76 Chlbougamau, .15. "e Gold, .03. Canada, .27 Vi. lntr. Nickel, 30.50. Macassat 2.37. . anrtn .50 9'; Sherrltt n'nrrtnn "7R , Sio, 2.78. Ventures, 1.02. Lake Maror, .02 Vs. Teck Hughes, 4.03. Sudbury Basin, 1.63. Smelter Gold, .05. Can. Malartlc, .63. Little Long Lac, 5.70. Astoria Rouyn, .02 V2. Stadacona, .24 ys. Mple Leaf, .03. Pickle Crow, 2.47. McKenzla Red Lake. 1.12. God's Lake, 1,61. Sturgeon River Gold, .59. ed Lake Gold Shore, .28 V2. San Antonio, 3.15. COPPER PRICES NEW YORK- , . T"" iu. nixpon fnnno. r copner rlncori i. n nn ; . tt" " ""c Per pound : i,lT metal market yester-Qay and domesHe on New Company to be formed With Premier Having Charge of Operations and Electing Officers Has linn. IT...,,- lnnn4!nt.'.. l.'.. C rfi "1,ULl VANCOUVER Spnt ."TO? tions vhich have been under 4U a T)miviiau f nlrl 111 I " ui inu i icnuui uum mining vju. uiu., cii a eyi-viai inccnug, ihnvn nnnrnvpd nnnnimnuslv of the nronosed amalirama- " "n " l I o Uinn nf nrnnortfes of the Premier. British , Columbia Sil- ... Tf1 Trit:sh Canadian Silver Cornoration. ... . . . .... ana oeiuKe jvuiuuy management. The agreement pro? t ' " ,7 : J ,rMo. , fHp Ralmnn 7 River " district In thp PorUand Canal . . ,.. Ml nine Division ni as frnm from Januarv next. The Premier Co. will have charge of operation and will elect i the officers A rpnnrt. hv PrpslHint H. A. GueSSI J - - 1 i s'ates that the Tarkwa property onj , . i.ij r in ttfuet Africa - uic jviu vUrtJk t owned Jointly by the American I Smelting and Refining Co. and ; Premier, has been sold for a gross, profit of $2,080,000 or $1,040,000 for, each company after deducting all j expenses. West Vancouver Man is Joining Local H. S. Staff nr. Alhert Poole of West Van couver arrived in the city on the Prince George yesterday aiternoon from the south. A specialist, in mathematics and physics, he Is here to join the staff of .King Ea F. v.,arri Hlch School, an addition to which has been required owing to the opening of a Senior Matricu lation class. Father is Dying, Daughter Charged rnPIrVmrliirlino- npirntia- way for years, shareholders -v T 4 ft rt T" rt nnniml ivmnfmnf 1 STATION HI RE WILL BE ON AM SHORTLY Prince Rupert'3 first com- merclal radio broadcasting staUon (CFPR) is expected to eo on the air within the next Xvior nr . Jncf . oTnorn Tho .i IJCit ,U1 Vl I.ULIUll, 1,1V maln studio wlu be on second . ,1 . Avenue wiin ne into rirst t persbyterlan Church. St. An- drew's Anglican Cathedral and the Mocse Hall. The wave length will be 550 kilocycles, tne power fifty watts and ra- 4 dins about 100 miles. Licence 4 has been Issued in the name 4 of Felix E. Batt whose asso- elates are now proceeding with 4 the Installation during his 4- absence from the city. 4- C. N. R. Trustee Coming Tonight K. Morrow, One of Heads Of Railway System, Passing Through From Train To Boat F. K. Morrow of Montreal, member of the board of trustees of the Canadian National Railways, and party consisting of Mrs. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Murdock and Mr. and Mrs. Lamb wll' arrive in me s train from the aboard the steamer o-io rsenrirp for Vancouver. Mr. tees, me ruici i.vu - Fullerton and j. Edouard Labelle having been nere earner m uc &e&SQn Port Alberni Man President E. J. Cronk Named Head of British Columbia School Trustees' Association HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, Sept '19: (CP) E. J. Cronk of Port Alberni was elected president of the British Columbia School Trustees' Association at the closing session of the annual convention here yesterday. BAR SILVER NEW YORK, Sept. 19: (CP) Bar silver was 'uncnanged at 6538C" per ounce, on the 'local metal market today. With the Shooting,:"', SAN DIEGO, Sept.. 19: Roy Za-'Morrow is making a tour over the chary, forty-year old farmer, was western jlnes of the system of believed to be dying In" a local hos- .ilcn he Js one of tne three trus-invf onH his 1R-vear old ... . -... . iinn n. p puai lasi' '8" daughter, Lois, was being held on a charge oi snoumie claims that she shot her father to protect her mother irom violence during a quarrel. Zachary says he was shot In tne bar-K. WILD BULL MOVEMENT nv JAPANESE .MARKET OWING TO WAR SCARE 4 -rrvvn sent. 19: CP) The Tokyo and Osaka stock 4- exchanges stayed open three and a half hours beyond the 4-4- usual closing time today In a wild . bull market Dasea on have Deen.r j. cnrp. There 4- several days of frenzied deal- ing with shipping, rayon, - soaring as ...u i tii!irn f ana tuu , . much as one hundred percent in some Instances PEER QUITS LEADERSHIP Neither Ponsoriby or Lansbury Are Accepting Labor Party's Stand in Favor of Enforcing Sanctions LONDON, Sept. 19: Lord Pont sonby, who resigned from the British cabinet at the start of the Great War !in 1911, resigned last night as leader of the Labor Party in the House of Lords. , Ponsonby's resignation became known through a letter to George Lansbury, House leader of the Labor Party, to whom the peer explained that, being a Pacifist, he was unable to accept the party's .stand in.favor of enforcement of League of Nations sanctions. Lansbury has. taken a similar stand. ?olish Balloon Winner of Race iVarsaw Takes , Gordon Bennett Trophy-For. Year-From Among I List of Thirteen Contestants CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 19: The Polish entry Warshaw yesterday won the Gordon Bennett trophy balloon race. There were 13 ntrants. . Conjecture Rife in Europe On Italian Reply to League Board Report; Mussolini Outnumbered GENEVA, Sept. 19: Conjecture was, rife, in the capitals of Europe last night as to what reply Italy wodld give to the twelve-point plan of the five-power board which made its report yesterday with a view to a Settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. It was unofficially believed in the most of quarters that the recommendation 'or the setting utj of an Inter- i i national advisory board, minus an Italian member, on Ethiopian affairs would not bo acceptable to Italy. Diplomatic circle were discussing the series of sanctions, first of which would be the withdrawal ol' diplomatic relations with the aggressor nation by the League member nations and the last the armed enforccmert of boycotts against the aggressor. Assurance has been given by the United States that it would not traffic with the aggressor nation and thus nullify the effectiveness of the League sanctions. It was reported ftom Rome that the Italian government was intending to float a five percent loan to assist in financing the campaign in East Africa. Estimates last night were that Italian naval strength in the. Eastern Mediterranean was already outnumbered three to one Twelve Italian submarines passet (through the Suez Canal yesterdaj bound eastward and ten thousand Italian troops were estimated tc j have gone through outbound while 'the moyement of sick soldier: , homeward continued. Emperor Haiie S;)assie. accord ing to reports from Addis Ababa, had ordered every able-bodied l man on the frontiers of Italian iSomaliland and Eritrea to be ready to take up arms at a moment's notice. The common glory will be their only pay although there Is assurance that there will APPROVED AND BUTEDALE SWITCH IN CANDIDATES Yukon Liberal Association Repu diates Reid and Turns to Smith DAWSON. Sept. 19: (CP-The Yukon Liberal Association yesterday repudiated the candidature of Charles Reid, claiming the meet ing at which he was chosen Liberal candidate was irregular The association ehdorse$ J. P. Smith, who is running-a's art Independent Liberal candidate. i OUTPUT IS j INCREASED . . . Pacific Mills Spending $80,000 In Boosting Production at Ocean Falls by 12 is Percent New driving motors are being installed at the Pacific Mills pulp and paper plant at Ocean Falls which will increase the prpdiic- tion capacity of the, .plant .by art estimated 124, acrording to word reaching the city. Each of the four paper machines will have an increase of 100 feet per minute in output. The cost of the new installation work is estimated at $80,000. be plenty of flour for bread. Towns of Abyssinia are being evacuated against the possibility of air raids. All Egyptian subjects in Ethiopia are being ordered to return to their homes. Italian Press Critical ROME, Sept. 19: (CP) The Ita-t Continued on Page Four) M00NEY IS ON STAND Famous Convict Reiterates His Denial of Anything to Do With Bombin,? in 1916 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19: Vancouver Fish Packer Missing for Week; May Have Sunk in Storm Southseaman Has Not Been Reported Since Friday the Thirteenth When She Left St. John Harbor With What May Have Been Overload of Fish Widespread Search Instituted A widespread search was being instituted today for the Vancouver fish packer Southseaman, owned and skip-Ipered by Captain Gerald B. Hamilton of Fulford Harbor, which has not been reported since she left Ft. John Harbor on the Bardwell group of Islands in Milbank Sound last Friday, September 13, for Butedale with a heavy has since been no report. Weather has been stormy of late and some fear was expressed that the vessel. nue to overloading, mignt nave swamped. Ordinarily she should 1 nave been due at Butedale the day I Allowing her departure from St.! John Harbor. The provincial police cruisers P. M. L. 8 of Prince. Rupert and P. M. V 9 have .been commissioned in me search as well ps vessels of the marine and fisheries departments. News that the Southseaman was missing was received at provincial i oolice headquarters here by wire less. The Southseaman is a vessel of 33 feet length, 11 feet beam and five and a half feet depth, her gross tonnage being fifteen, and net, ten. She was built at Van- couver in 1930 and is registered" out of Galiano Island. There were two or three men aboard the Southseaman in addt - tion to Capt. Hamilton. i Unlucky Thirteenth Friday the Thirteenth may also have proven unluckv for the 26 - 1 foot gasboat Claire, with two men j and a woman on board, which left i Seymour Inlet, Vancouver Island, 1 THE POLITICAL CORNER Some Broken Pledges of The Great Promiser Z UNEMPLOYMENT Mr. Bennett in Victoria, June 17th, 1930, at the last election: "We in Canada cannot tolerate a dole. Men and women in this country want work, not charity. There are great natural undertakings that " this country should engage in right now. 'And we must, have employment for every man and woman In the country who is able to work;, and wants to work. You have my promise that If the Conservative s party Is returned to power as soon after July 28th as possible Parlia- ment will be called together to deal with the problem of unemployment by providing not doles, but work." PEACE RIVER OUTLET Mr. Bennett at Winnipeg June 9th, 1930: "We pledge ourselves to the improvement of the whole scheme of Canadian transportation, Northward, by the completion of the Hudson Bay Route; to the Pacific Slope by a Peace River Outlet, and east and rom Mooney yesterday took thejwesi. Dy me aeveiupmem ot me oi. ;tand before Justice Shaw in the Uate Supreme Court, where he Is ttemptlng to gain his release from ienltentiary by moans of habeas :orpus proceedings. ano retold his WHEAT Mr. Bennett at Saskatoon, June "There Is onlv nnp wav wr Mh ppt , dlan wheat, rather than Russia and PRICE: 5 CENTS FEARED that day and may be adrift in the Palvrt. Tslnnri nrpi Nnthlnir ha. been heard rom tWs vessel A seaplane left Vancouver today for Alert Bay to pick up the provincial constable there and pro ceed on a search for the Claire and, possibly, the Southseaman. DESERTERS LEFT SHIP Mystery Surrounds Disappearance Of Two .Men Who Slid Down Rope of Princess Elaine VANCOUVER, Sept. 19: (CP)- As the steamer Princess Elaine was 'sailing-for Nanaimo last evening. two seamen. Danie Monte, aged 27. 'ana Jacobs Pslris, 29, deserters 'from the Greek steamer Phaex, who were being sent to Port Al- Iberni for deportation to Greece, slid down a mooring rope into the -ater. It is not known whether the men were drowned or made their escape. A search by police failed to reveal any sign of them. uawrence waterway." MARKETS 20th, 1930: thp mnnevs nf Pnrlanrf fnr Pnna. the Argentine and haw Is that? By iory oi rrepareanb ay m "providing our wheat cheaper than the others. Is that not so? And how vhen a fatal street bombing took , are we going to do lt? Ths whatwe are promising at any rate to do." lace here as a result of which he Let lt be noted ln passlng that Mr Bennett is rapidly losing our wheat vas sentenced to hang, the i sen- market ln England by holding Canadian wheat at approximately 20 , .ence being later commuted to life cents a bUshel above world wheat prlceSi Because he broke the above imprisonment. Mooney repeated promise and refused to sell Canadian wheat as cheaply as the others his denial that he had had any- he has accumuiated a carry-over of 325,000,000 bushels of wheat in the thing to do with the outrage, being j most fatuous wheat pollcy ever advocated.. What the result 'will far from the scene r.t he time. Hebe to Canada no man can saVt but the' best marketing and financial alibi that he. his re-lhtroduced authorltles are in fear and trembling at the possible results, was ln an office building many; a vote for Orme is a vote for Bennett. 1 . blocks away when the bombing :oc-,' . . curred. ,1 (Broken Pledges to be Continued) ;