TORONTO
BAR
SILVER
Aug
1:
(CP)
liar
SEVKNTY-SKVEN
ENTOMBED.
MINERS
IN
AFRICA;
ALL
BELIEVED
DEAD
BREYTON.
Trannvnnl
Ancr
I
(CP)An
explosion
In
the
Marsfield
Colliery
near
here
yesterday
entombed
seventy-
seven
miners
and
it
Is
feared
all
arc
dead.
ct!
o
the
Leafoe
examine
the
whole
qMtUon
at
iU
September
meeting.
The
conference
la
virtually
I
fea4kx:kl
at
a
remit
of
the
lm-
ipawe
beiveeo
Ofnu
Brtuui
ana
jlUly.
It
la
eofWMewd
poaalble.
howerer.
tnai
iuniw
ania.
arrtrtM
today,
mav
be
able
to
at
tot
In
bringing
about
a
settlement.
MenUfl
at
Adoli
Ababa,
capital
ef
Ethtepia.
ma'-.
reerattln
for
the
army
began
today.
Ethiopia
weold
yield.
It
la
declared,
economic
but
not
political
concerion!
and
Is
ready
to
flht
to
rtaln
tht
latter.
Premier
Benito
M'juollnl
in
Italy
yoaterday
ietied
control
of
coal,
coke
and
copper
resource
of
the
country
tot
u
in
the
event
of
war.
M'GEER
IN
Vancouver
Mayor
Says
He
Will
Allow
Ills
Name
to
Oo
nefore
Iturrard
Convention
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
1:
CP-Mayor
O.
O.
McOcer
has
consented
to
allow
his
name
to
go
bciore
ine
Vancouver-Butrard
Liberal
Association
nominating
convention
on
August
9
to
select
a
federal
elec
tion
candidate.
There
are
a
number
of
other
aspirant
for
the
no
mination
which
Wilfrid
Hanbury.
sitting
member,
announced
at
the
first
of
the
week
he
would
not
seek
again
Building
In
Warsaw
Where
Madame
Curie
Was
Born
Scene
of
TraRfdy
Yesterday
wAneAur
Ancr
1:
(CP)
At
least
"ivfr
was
unchanged
at
673,ic
per
fiftppn
nersons
w-re
killed
and
ounce
on
the
Tovonto
and
New,
twenty
Injured
seriously
here
yes-Yrk
metal
markets
today.
tcrdav
In
the
collspse
of
a
house
House
Collapses;
where
the
late
Madame
Curie
of
radium
fame
was
born.
Frederick
Gillette.
Well
Known
Solon
Of
Massachusetts,
Dying
SPRINGFIELD.
Mass.,
Aug.
1:
be
to
let
your
commissioner
tun
tinue
to
work
things
out
as
he
is
guani
the
principal
and.
second,
doing.
The
.
department
Is
anxious
i
f
or
tne
niuniclpallty
to
meet
Its
to
get
the
city
back
on
a
sound
;
obligations
to
the
full
extent
of
Its
...
.
.
U
1
financial
footing
and
I
think
it
would
be
to
your
advantage
to
stay
with
the
present
form
of
civic
government
for
some
considerable,
Ume
yet.
There
wr.uld
seem
to
be
nothing
to
gain
in
hurrying
to
get
the
franchise
back.'
Mr.
Gray,
whose
address
was
along
plain
b'uslners-like
lines,
referred
to
the
success
which
had
attended
the
policy
adopted
by
City
Commissioner
W.
J
Alder
In
refunding
the
civic
debt
of
Prince
.
.
.
I
1
iU.
Rupert
He
brieiiy
reviewca
me
rft
K
nr.j!steps
which
had
been
taken
to
htteen
Are
Ueadireach
an
agreement
with
the
bond.
I
holders.
for
a
redue'lon
of
the
rate
,!of
Interest
based
on
the
ability
of
the
city
to
pay.
Proposals
for
more
generous
treatment
had
been
made
hv
other
municipalities
In
the
pro-
-
.
i
vlnce
but
It
was
io
dc
ouxeivcu
that
the
bondholders
had
refused
to
entertain
them
and
these
muni
cipalities
were
not
in
as
good
i
nosltlon
today
as
vas
Prince
Ru
pert
Such
municipalities
as
North
Vancouver
city
and
district
and
Burnaby
were
far
worse
off
than
Prince
Rupert.
They
were
in
a
position
where
their
revenue
from
collection
ot
current
taxes
and
arrears
was
less
than
their
annual
fthliafliinn
on
sinking
fund
and
rrSSii
nterest
Some
of
them
were
still
Frederick
S.
iieJ.ot
forme
Un
U"t
lm
ted
1
behind
in
their
accounts
to
trades-SUtes
senator
and
J.men
and
salarles
of
teachersand
;&Ms
et
of
death
declared
a
i
i
i
m
vr
m
ft
i
is
lull
i
ip-a-
ava
v
auvu
I
ZZZX
Mr.
dray,
first,
to
try
and
safe.'
ability
to
pay
Speaking
of
reverted
property.
Mr.
Gray
said
thai
the
endeavor
should
be
made
to
so
tlnance
that
tax
sale
property
would
be
restored
to
some
value,
thus
encouraging
people
o
buy
land
tnd
build
homes
and
pay
taxes.
In
spite
of
some
rather
difficult
problems,
the
municipalities
of
British
Columbia
on
the
whole
were
In
a
better
position
than
in
any
other
province
of
Canada
with
the
possible
exception
of
the
Marl
Umes.
In
Ontario
some
78
or
80
municlpallUes
had
defaulted.
Mr.
Gray
Informed
his
listeners
that
he
had
been
already
In
con
ference
with
Mr.
Alder
and
they
hoped
to
work
out
some
sort
of
a
plan
whereby
pioneer
ciUzens,
fac
ing
the
loss
of
their'
property
through
Inability
to
nay
taxe:
would
get
the
chance
to
realize
something
on
the
money
they
had
put
into
real
estate
when
things
Improved.
Regarding
Pulp
.Mill
Alluding
to
the
local
pulp
mill
project
Mr.
Gray
expressed
the
view
that
It
would
probably
have
been
Impossible
to
Interest
outside
capital
here
If
the
city
had
not
made
some
satisfactory
arrange
ment,
such
as
had
been
done,
for
the
refunding
of
Its
bonded
In
Today's
Weather
wmln
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
2-40
ajn.
19.9
ft.
RuperU-Over
V
light
prince
15:11
pm.
19.7
ft.
lnd:
bar
,O?008;
southerly
Low
9:06
ajn.
22
ft.
temperature,
L
21:24
pjn.
5.8
ft
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Uj
XXIV
No.
17f
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
1,
1935
PRICE:
5
CENTS
GENEVA
CONFERENCE
DEADLOCKED
!
Profit-Taking
One
of
the
hazards
obstructing
any
armed
attack
directed
at
Ad
lis
Ababa,
.apltal
of
Ethiopia,
Is
the
wilderness
that
surrounds
it.
This
picture,
made
several
years
ago,
shows
the
topography
of
the
country'de
which
would
make
progress
o'Mnfantry
dlfll
culL
The
capita'
may
bev?-glimpsed
in
the
right
background,
situated
en
a
high
plateau.
It
may
be
abandoned
in
case
of
war
breaking
out
Minister
of
Municipalities
Urges
Prince
Rupert
Not
To
Change
Municipal
Gov't
Plan
Says
This
City
is
in
Much
Better
Position
Than
Some
Others
Thinks
it
Was
Good
Thing
That
Municipal
Refunding
Was
Carried
Out
Satisfactorily
I
would
advise
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
to
go
slow
in
changing
back
from
the
existing
form
of
civic
government
at
the
nresent
time."
said
Hon.
A.
Wells
Gray,
min
ister
of
municipal
affairs
for
the
Province
of
British
Columbia
in
addressing
a
joint
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Gyro
and
Rotary
Clubs
yesterday.
"My
aavice
wouia
Mapping:
Plane
Is
SafeatWrangell2S
Pilot
"Punch"
Dickens
With
Dr.
Charles
Camsell
and
Tarty
Make
Hop
From
Here
WRANGELL,
Aug
1:
(CP)
Pilot
1
H.
("Punch"
Dickens,
with
a
Canadian
mapping
expedition
)arty
headed
by
Dr.
Charles
Cam-ell,
arrived
here
yesterday
after
noon
from
Prince
Rupert
enroute
o
the
Yukon.
Causes
Break;
Then
Revival
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
1:
A
wave
of
profit-taking
Involving
a
total
turnover
of
1.680.O0O
shares
caused
losses
in
stock
values
all
down
the
list
of
from
fractions
to
one
point
Tuesday
but
yesten.ay
there
was
a
revival
when
1.510,000
shares
changed
hands
in
the
biggest
day's
trading
since
May
28.
Industrials
closed
yesterday
at
an
average
of
126.23,
up
.66:
railr,
35.29.
up
.39;
utilities,
23.85,
up
.95
and
bonds,
96.96,
up
.11.
4
UNITED
STATES
MAY
CUT
OFF
TRADE
AGREEMENT
WITH
SOVIET
REPUBLIC
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Aug.
1:
Revelations
v.hlch
are
be-
to
subversive
activities
of
So-
vlet
Rusria
in
connection
with
promotion
of
strides
In
the
in-
dustrles
of
the
United
States
and
other
countries
may
re-
suit
In
the
cancellation
of
the
trade
agreement
of
Uplted
States
with
Russia
and
the
withdrawal
of
American
re-
debtedness.
The
minister
declared!
cognition
of
the
Soviet
Re-that
his
department
would
do
public,
it
Is
hinted
here,
everything
In
Its
power
to
assist
V
.
(Continued
on
.Page
6)
ship.
National
government
was
only
as
no
single
party
would
dare.
revive
Japanese-Canadian
.trade
was
stressed
as
a
leading
plank
of
the
Liberal
party
in
British
Columbia
by
Hon.
Ian
MacKenzie,
M.
P.
for
Vancouver
Centre,
in
addressing
twelve
hundred
persons
at
a
Liberal
picnic
here
last
evening.
Yukon
Plane
Here
Today
With
Party
Pilot
Everett
Wasson
Planning
To
Take
Ship
to
Montreal
For
Overhaul
Having
on
board
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Holmes
of
Chicago,
who
have
been
called
home
from
an
Alaskan
tour
owing
to
family
illness.
Pilot
Everett
L.
Wasson,
with
a
Northern
Airways
Falrchild
seaplane
from
Car-cross,
made
a
brief
call
here
this
morning.
Leaving
Juneau
at
5
o'
clock
this
morning,
the
arrived
here
at
8:30
and
was
awayj
again
for
Vancouver
in
about
an
lng
made
at
the
International
-,
hour
after
refuelling.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
I
I
Pilot
wasson
expects
to
proceed
iT
MACKENZIE
KING
OPENS
GRIT
FEDERAL
ELECTION
FIGHT
British
and
Italian
Delegates
at
Impasse
In
Settling
Dispute
Puhlic
Session
Scheduled
For
Tonight
is
Postponed
Until
l,u"
n-.ii.
is
v!.
..
Tomorrow
Meantime
nuin
v
ominumg
ituuunt
Are
Actively
Preparing
For
War
Gr
NEVA.
August
1:
(CP)
A
public
scission
of
the
lcanc
Nations
scneiiuieu
ior
mi
evening
to
uim:u
nr-clurc
in
the
Italo-Ethiopian
dispute
has
been
cancelled
but
may
be
held
tomorrow.
The
Italian
delegation
flffhrcd
that
the
formula
lrameu
ny
uapuun
Aiunony
Eden,
British
minister,
ana
rremier
nerre
i-ivai
oi
r
inner
u
vrvue
in:
uinin
,
"wiUrely
unacceptable
M
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rp
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lObJecUon
wm
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to.
the
British
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River,
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Lake
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San
Antonio,
3.45.
couree
to
aina
and
that
the
eoon-
Wilderness
Protection
For
Capital
of
Ethiopia
Leader
of
Opposition
Strikes
Out
Against
Dictatorial
Methods
Declares
That
This
is
Direction
in
Which
Bennett,
Stevens
and
Woodsworth
Are
All
LeadingAsks
For
Big
Majority
in
Order
to
Thwart
Senate
From
Flouting
Will
of
People
OTTAWA,
August
1:
(CP)
Rt
Hon.
William
Lvon
I
Mackenzie
King,
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
firing
the
first
shot
in
the
Liberal
party
s
general
election
campaign
last
night,
declared
he
would
stand
or
fall
by
the
prin
ciples
of
Parliamentary
government,
pleaded
for
the
larg
est
possible
measure
of
liberty
and
struck
out
at
all
ten
dencies
In
the
direction
of
dictator-1
ship,
autocracy.
Fascism,
Coram
un-'
Ism
or
a
national
government.
He
was
delivering
the
first
of
a
series
of
three
"radio
addresses
over
a
na
tional
hook-up
of
the
Canadian
Radio
Commission
Mr.
King
appealed
for
a
sweep
ing
Liberal
majority
in
the.
House
.
of
Commons
after
the
electlon-a
-
When
Undersea
Craft
Is
Ham-enoughto-prevent
majority
which
would
be
large
the-predomin-i
med
by
Surface
1
esse!
anUy
Conservatlv-
Senate
from
thwarting
'he
wil
lof
the
people.
MOSCOW.
Aug.
J:
(CP.-Fifty-Canadlans
"ice-
n"al
should
study
the
ao,
jant?
tlons
and
doctrines
of
Prime
Min-
hoQl
studtn"
?ert.ed..whe?lh!
Uir
Tt
n
TVnnrtt
Hon
H
H.
Ste-
SUBMARINE
CREW
LOST
Kussian
snomannr
v-u
coinacu
another
vessel
0rf
j
s
wnorfswnrth
in
thp'111
and
sank
in
on
July
25
of
the
Baltic
during
manoeuvres
countries,
and
ask
themselves
the
Sovlet
Borenunent
The
sub-
end
in
the
direction
of
dictator-1?
i
marine
was
rammed
by
the
surface
"
m
was
another
foim
of
dictatorship.
Pro-'J6551
paganda
in
its
favor
was
being
fin-
U3V-
anced
by
special
interests
who
wanted
rallw
lion
usea
to
io
their
meir
own
own
advantage
acvaiuage
DUllUUlg
0
coming
to
the
Uways.
tariffs
and
taxa-
RiiiUlrio-
T
s
In
111
Ian
MacKenzie
Talks
VANCOUVER,
August
1:
(CP)
i
Immediate
opening
of
negotla-'
tlons
with
Japan
in
an
effort
to;
July
Is
Heavier
Than
Last
Year
Buildjng
permits
issued
in
this
city
during
the
month
of
July
totalled
$2118
in
value
as
compared
with
$525
In
the
sme
month
last
year.
So
far
this
year
building
value
here
has
reached
a
total
of
$13,759
in
comparison
with
$56,755
in
the
first
seven
months
of
1934.
Permits
for
this
Jr'.y
were
as
follows:
First
United
Church,
reshingling
roof.
Sixth
Avenue
West.
$300.
D.
Scherk',
general
repairs
to
residence.
Ninth
Avenue
West
$25.
City
of
Prince
Rupert
general
repairs
to
Exhibition
Hall,
$1000.
R.
E.
Walker,
shingling
roof,
Hays
Cove
Circle.
$50.
M.
M.
Lamb,
general
repairs
to
residence,
Ninth
Avenue
East
$500.
Borden
Street
School,
reshingling
walls.
$243.
CUSTOMS
AND
EXCISE
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
July
tota'ied
$27,578.18.
it
machine
was
announced
this
morning.
Communist
Conrress
now
in
Holmes
had
their
two
children!
FORMER
VANCOUVER
oroeress
at
Moscow
In
regard
with
them.
rOLICE
CHIEF
IS
CLEARED
OF
CHARGE
east
to
Montreal
with,
his-,
plane
to
I
1
have
it
overhauled
at
the
Falfchlid
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
1:
(CP)
factory
before
returning
north,
i
Former
Chief
of
Police
John
Wasosn,
who
recently
flew
out
Cameron
was
exonerated
yes-with
injured
members
of
the
party
terday
by
Police
Magistrate
of
Pilot
Howard
MacDonald
follow-
Mackenzie
Matheson
on
a
lng
a
crasn
at
McDames
Creek
charge
of
receiving
a
bribe
In
over
two
weeks
ago.
reported
that
the
form
of
a
reward
from
the
all
those
except
one
who
were
hurt;
"turn
of
bonds
stolen
frcm
II.
at
that
time
had
now
been
able
to,
L.
Radermacher.
leave
Whltehorse
Hospital
and.
'
are
at
present
at
Juneau.