perature,
30;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
11.
Principle
of
National
Loan
Council
Approved
At
Ottawa
Conference
Dominion
.to
.
Assist
Provinces
in
Refunding
by
Extending
Guarantees-British
North
America
Act
to
Be
nmcnuea
10
extend
1'rovincial
Powers
.0TTAW,Van-
14
:
(CP)-Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning
minister
of
finance,
announced
today
that
a
Dominion-provincial
committee
on
financial
questions
had
approved
the
principle
of
establishing
a
National
Loan
Council
decisions
.of
which
would
be
binding
on
all
provinces
receiving
federal
guarantees
for
refunding.
THREATEN
PRESIDENT
Defective
Typewriter
Key
Leads
To
Arrest
of
New
York
Engineer
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
14:
A
defective
typewriter
key
Ictt
federal
agenta
to
arrest
Austin
Phelps
Palmer,
a
New
York
engineer,
once
of
considerable
prominence,
on
a
charge
of
writing
letters
threaten-Ing.
President
FranWin
,D.
Roosevelt
with
personal
harm.
On
arraignment.
Palmer
admitted
the
allegation.
He
was
granted
$2000
ball
but
had
not
raised
it
up
to
last
night.
He
was
arrested
in
a
Park
Avenue
apartment
house
where
he
rcsded.
Poet's
Condition
Still
Critical
Pwn
Uriel
In
Readiness
For
Administration
To
Rudyard
Kipling
Following
Emergency
Operation
LONDON,
Jan.
14:
The
condition
of
Rudyard
Kipling,
famous
British
poet,
was
still
extremely
critical
this
morning
following
an
emergency
abdominal
operation
performed
yesterday.
Oxygen
tanks
were
being
held
in
readiness
fot
any
cvenuallty
and
his
wife
and
daughter,
Mrs.
Elsie
Bambrldee
were
remaining
close
by
his
Rails
Are
Bright
Spot
in
Trading
New
York
Stock
Exchange
Active
Yesterday
With
3,270,000
shares
(
Changing
Hands
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
14:
Ralls
were
the
bright
spot
on
the
New
York
stock
Exchange
yesterday
when
trading
totalled
3,270,000
sliares.
Closing
averages
were:
Industrials,
148.52,
off
.21;
rails.
43.
27-u
p
.59;
utilities.
30.48,
up
.12;
bonds,
100.50,
up
.30.
u
aiso
agreed
upon
the
absolute
necessity
of
an
amendment
to
the
British
North
America
Act
to
enable
the
Dominion
on
the
request
of
any
province
to
assist
that
province
in
a
refunding
operation
by
an
extension
of
the
Dominion
government
guarantee.
The
amendment
will
be
in
the
form
of
a
permit
to
the
province
whose
bonds
are
guaranteed
to
secure
the
Do
minion
against
loss
by
pledging
as
couaierai
security
amounts
payable
by
the
Dominion
from
time
to
time
as
subsidies
and
also
to
pledge
other
specific
revenues.
Each
province
dcslrlns
to
come
wUhin
.the
scope,
of
the
plan
should
iirc
t
wan
council
composed
of
the
provincial
finance
minister
with
the
governor
of
the
Bank
of
Canada
as
advisor.
The
National
Finance
Council
will
be
composed
of
the
treasurers
of
all
the
provinces,
the
federal
finance
minister
and
the
governor
of
the
Bank
of
Canada
as
advisor
with
the
object
of
co-ordinating
policies
relating
to
finance
and
public
borrowings
generally.
The
Dominion
government
expressed
Us
willingness
to
initiate
amendments
to
the
British
North
America
Act
to
clarify
and
extend
provincial
powers
of
taxation
with
respect
to
gasoline,
amusements,
fuel,
oil,
retail
sales,
etc.
and
it
was
agreed
that
the
present
Dominion
govermcht
Income
tax
collection
machinery
should
be
used
for
collection
of
the
provincial
income
tax
provided
satisfactory,
arrangements
can
be
made.
Total
Eclipse
Of
Sun
to
be
Seen
Totality
Will
Be
Observed
June
IS
In
Siberia,
Japan
And
South
America
NEW
YORK,
Jan,
14:
Astron-omlcal
observers
from
various
parts
of
the
world
will
converge
i
upon
Siberia,
Japan
and
South
America
to
observe
an
eclipse
of
the
sun
by
the
moon
on
June
19.
The
totality
of
the
eclipse
will
be
two
and
a
half
minutes.
RAIL
OFFICIALS
COMING
N.
B.
Waiton.
general
superin
tendent
of
transportation,
western
region,
Canadian
National
Railways,
Winnipeg,
and
Robert
Crcel-m.m.
nassentrer
traffic
manaecr.
western
region,
ln
the
course
of
a
western
inspection
tour,
will
arrive
INK
CAMPBELL
IS
NEW
j
from
Vancouver
on
the
Prince
P.
E.
I.
PRIME
MINISTER
,acorge
tomorrow
morning
and
pro-
cecd
east
by
nv
T.n
tne
PVPn
evening
mrr
r.rnin
tram.
b.uvrai,
was
sworn
in
as
Pre-
mlcr
of
Prince
Edward
Island
JOHN
GILBERT
BURIED
today
with
a
slightly
rccon-
HOLLYWOOD,
Jan.
14:
A
simple
Structeri
ra
Agriculture
in
Central
Interior
Did
Not'
Have
Very
Good
Year
in
1935,
Official
Reports
Market
Needed
Development
Essential
For
Prosperity
Of
Hinterland
From
an
agricultural
standpoint,
the
year
1935
was
an
average
one
without
any
outstanding
feature
Indicating
marked
development
in
ihe
central
interior
farming
area
jetween
Prince
Rupert
and
Vander-
hoof,
says
Don.
Sutherland,
district
agriculturalist.
In
a
review
fur
nished
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
The
year
contrasted
markedly
from
the
preceding
-when
settlers
In
the
Bulkley
Valley
and
Lakes
districts
were
able
to
market
a
large
crop
of
timothy
seed
at
phenomenally
high
prices.
As
an
aftermath,
an
enormous
crop
of
timothy
seed
was
harvested
this
year
all
over
the
continent
and
growers
In
the
Interior
are
holding
over
six
hundred
tons
at
the
pre
sent
sent
time.
time.
The
Tne
market
maricet
Is
is
sluggish
siuggisn
serves
Mr.
Sutherland,
contrasts
sharply
with
the
adjoining
Prince
George
district
where
settlers
this
year
harvested
and
sold
a
large
crop
of
clover
seed
at
very
satis
factory
prices.
The
supply
of
seed
will
ln
time
adjust
itself
to
the
demand
but
following
on
high
prices
the
present
outlook
for
timothy
seed
Is
extremely
disappointing
to
growers.
"The
growing
season
for
other
crops
has
not
proved
entirely
fa
vorable,"
continues
Mr.
Suther
land's
report.
Summer
frosts
caus
creased
of
late
years,
were
serious
latiri
and
heavy
hentttr
losses
Incroc
rT
of
imnn
young
n
stock
rtn
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Today's
We
Ik
Tomorrow's
Tides
rnnce
uupcrt
ciear,
light
nor-
rf
,
therly
wind;
barometer.
29.50;
tem-
High
5:25
a.m.
18.9
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
14,
1936
Britain
Produces
World's
Fastest
Fighting
Craft
This
new
single-seater
Hawker
fighting
machine
recently
launched
by
the
British
government
is
reputed
to
be
the
fastest
In
tie
world.
The.
pilot
is
completely
enclosed,
and
the
plane
has
a
retractable
under-carriage
whl
-
folds
Into
the
wing.
No
details
as
to
the
actual
speed
of
the
plane
have
been
made
public,
but
It
is
powered
by
a
new
supercharged
twelve-cylinder
motor.'
FARMING
OUTLOOK
Esperanza
Mill
Turns
Over;
Marks
New
Era
in
Career
Of
?
Famous
Alice
Arm
Property
Another
new
mill
for
this
mineral
district
be'eame
a
fact
when
the
mill
on
the
Esperanza
mine
at
Alice
Arm
began
grinding
ore.
This
property,
which
was
one
of
the
fivsf
tn
ho
cfaknrl
tn
fho
nnmi
nf
A
l.V..-.
A
1
;
i.
,1
uv
u
uv.
ui,uii.u
in
wiv,
ciiiijj
ui
xxinc
mill,
IS
lUtitlcU
1
L
-
?1
1
1
Ifl
t
l
'
.
i
m.
.
:ii)(iul
h
mi
h
nnri
n
n
i
trnm
rno
nnnr
rinnir
"ho
m
no
......
-
.
.
W
.
.
.
V.IM
llVVlt.
11C
llllllCj
of
rrince
Rupert
i,1
which
during
its
existence
has
had
a
varied
career
and
r...
,:...
,w
worked
more
or
less
In
a
desultory
fashion
and
by
hand
methods,
will
experience
me
toucn
oi
modern
j.
.
T
"
.
U1C
HIGH
SCHOOL
EXAMS
property
wun
appreciable
values
in
ARE
ELIMINATED
gold.
,rT!T
V5
l0ated
n
thC
D0"y
VICTORIA,
Jan.
14:
(CP)-
nnnft
y
6
6
and
iS
SefVed
ua
final
examinations
will
be
ell-
by
a
900-foot
tram
from
the
mine.
minated
henceforth
ln
Qrades
The
mill
is
of
single
unit
construe-
Nlne
Ten
and
Eleven
of
Brl.
tlon
and
Is
of
30
tons
capacity.
It
j.
i,
ni
.
i.v.
was
constructed
the
by
McCloskey
nnder
a
rull
of
the
t.
NlllMnrr
Cvnrl
inn
tn
rt
T
r
i
.
UJ",u'wa
c
U1
yaucouvci
ment
of
Education
and
promo-
who
will
operate
It
under
their
own
j.
ti,
i
j
.
.u.
u
.
personnel
upon
a
royalty
basis
and
term
wm
be
made
by
the
until
such
time
as
they
are
reim-!
school
principals.
bursed
for
cost
of
installation.
I
x
.
Jack
McConnachie.
late
of
the
j.
j.
a
..
j.
a.
A
Oranby
mill
at
Anyox,
will
be
in;
charge
of
milling
operations,
while
!
Ed.
James,
an
old
time
miner
of
l7lJrnVI1,
the
Boundary
District,
will
be
mine
'
ivJli
1
11
1
J
luicmun,
i
and
the
price
around
three
to
four
AofAfl
flinPCP
cents
a
pound.
The
situation,
ob-
ribcu
"'a'iCaC
EXECUTION
Minor
ic
Hoo
A
t
Al,emenled
"auptmann
Defence
IfllllCl
ID
1CdU
Forces
Preparing
to
Take
Case
Gow
Sing,
For
Fifty
Years
in
This
'fered
from
heart
trouble.
kfitiK
iiUU
UtTCTll
III
U11LLM1
CHARLOTTETOWN.
P.
E.
I..
Wn.tr
ow
hMnr
arrnmn.-inlrrf
hv'oHt
muK.
i
wmnrtoH
f,
nii
Columbia
for
over
flftv
vcars.
Ho
.1UV
1
A
irrt
A.
...
...
I
.
...
.....
.
;
hart
hflan
li
nrn
n
U
.
.
.
.
i
I
......
,r
uianu
a.
,
tncir
wives,
years
ago
wir.
waiton
parts
or
tne
district.
ThU,
year
s
"
UUUk
l,wu
'CiUS
UIlQ
T
CJnmtihnll
n
in
.11
.
a1
.
i
l
.
l
,
i
...
form"ly
fnrmpplu
.1
aBvU
mwuivy
TlWas
cencrai
superuutiiQciii,
ncre.
croD
crop
or
of
turkeys
turKcys
was
was
largely
lameiv
killed
killed
"
Back
to
Supreme
Court
Province,
Expires
as
Result
j
TRENTON,
N.J.,
Jan.
14:
Aug-Of
Heart
Trouble
Imented
defence
forces
for
Bruno
Richard
Hauptaann,
preparations
After
an
illness
of
two
years,
Gow
for
whose
execution
on
Friday
Sing,
aged
Chinese
miner,
who
had
night
of
this
week
continue
unin-spent
many
years
ln
the
Cariboo
terru'pted,
are
preparing
to
take
l
MAD
DOG
WAR
OUT
Mussolini
Does
Not
Intend
to
At
tack
Great
Britain
or
Quit
League
Morale
Good
ROME,
Jan.
14:
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
gave
his
pledge
yesterday
that
Italy
would
not
attack
Great
Britain
and
did
not
intend
to
withdraw
from
the
League
of
Nations.
The
statement
considerably
reduces
the
1
tensity
of
the
situation
in
Europe,
.
indicating
that
II
Duce
does
not
I
intend
to
precipitate
a
"mad
dog"
'
war
as
had
been
feared.
Although
it
was
reported
to
be
believed
in
League
of
Nations
circles
that
Italy
is
ready
to
end
the
invasion
of
Ethiopia
and
that
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
may
be
disposed
to
consider
"reasonable
peace
terms,"
no
immediate
peace
appears
to
be
expected
here.
Recent
Italian
reverses
in
the
African
campaign
are
said
here
not
to
have
been
as
extensive
as
at
first
believed
and
have
not
dampened
the
morale
of
the
Italians.
The
rainy
weather
.lias,
however,
slowed
-
upr
"the
campaign,
it
is
admitted.
B.C.
MAYORS
ARE
NAMED
Many
Go
In
By
Acclamation-
Some
Councils
As
Well
Twenty-one
out
of
twentv-sevca
British
Columbia
cities
selects
their
mayors
by
acclamation
yesterday.
Nine
cities
put
ln
their
entire
civic
slates
In
the
same
fashion.
Mayoralty
acclamations
are
as
follows:
Albernl,
C.
J
Spratt.
Armstrong.
Frank
A.
Sudgen.
Chllliwack,
Ivan
Hurndall.
Cranbrook,
T.
M.
Roberts.
Cumberland,
Alex
Maxwell.
Duncan,
James
Grief.
Enderby,
Charles
Hawkins.
Grand
Forks,
T.
A.
Love.
Greenwood,
A.
J.
Morrison.
Kelowna,
O.
L
Jones.
Ladysmlth,
W.
W.
Walkem.
Nanalmo,
John
Barsby.
Nelson,
J.
P.
Morgan.
"New
Westminster,
F.
J.
Hume.
-Port
Coqultlam,
R,
C.
Galer.
Port
Moody,
C.
R.
Morrison.
Prince
George,
A.
M.
Patterson.
Revelstoke,
A.
Pradollnl.
Salmon
Arm,
Cyril
Thomson.
Slocan
City,
Peter
Swan.
Vernon,
E.
W.
Prowse.
Assistant
Editor
Of
Winnipeir
Pancr
Victim
of
Seizure
ft.
17:39
p.m.
16.0
It.
Low
11:45
a.m.
8.2
ft.
23:40
p.m.
7.9
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
INTERG
0
VERNMENT
FISCAL
CHANGES
ITAL
Y
PROMISES
NOT
TO
MAKE
OVERT
ACT
JAPAN
TO
WITHDRAW
To
Quit
London
Naval
Conference
After
Fully
Restating
Its
Case
LONDON,
Jan.
14:
Jarjan
will
withdraw
tomorrow
from
the
Lon
don
naval
conference,
it
was
an
nounced
today,
but
not
till
after
it
has
given
a
full
re-statement
of
Its
case
which
has
alreadv
deadlnrkprf
the
parley.
It
Is
considered
likely
that
Great
Britain,
United
States.
France
and
Italy
will
continue
negotiations
looking
to
a
new
armaments
agreement
to
replace
the
Washington
Treaty.
CASE
IS
APPEALED
Interior
Indians
Seeking
Reduction
ui
sentence
For
Throwing
Switch
VICTORIA,
Jan.
14:
(CPi
Leave
to
appeal
aeatnst
Rpntfmnna
tr-slxteen
-and,
-"seventeen
years'
Imprisonment
In
New
Westminster
Penitentiary
imposed
bv
Jnri?
it
A.
Robertson
in
County
Court
nt.
Smithers
on
October
27
last
upon
Arthur
Sutherland.
tLPPri
10
and
Joe.
Isaac
Augusta,
26,
Indian?,
for
tampering
with
a
switch
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
near
Hazelton,
was
eranted
bv
Acttn-r
Chief
Justice
Archer
Martin
ln
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
AppeaTs
yesterday.
H
H.
Griffin
of
Rmi-
thers
appeared
as
counsel
for
the
two
Indians.
Well
Known
Author
Coming
To
Lecture
Here
Willson
Woodside
Traveled
Tlilnl
Class
For
Thousands
Of
Miles
Through
Russia
T.n;
,
:Tr"i..V:,.Hr,
"
:r;
":""u:
Winnipeg.
Jan.
u:
(cpt
n
Of
miles
ln
m
that
that
wonderful
wonderful
u.vu
t.ij,
uiu
mulling
111
picnic
vuuii.
ui
wie
uuaca
otaies.
.
.
...
.
country,
choosln?
third
cIkso
his
room
at
the
Kintr
r.por
rtofPi
AnniimHnn
.
fnr
rf
f
h,Ko.!
Robertson,
assistant
edltor-ln-chlef
uf'
T"0?5."18
.r.
lr?
CIass
s2.
.
;:iLast
night
his
condition
became
.
corpu
will
probably
be
m&Z
jof
the
Winnipeg
Free
Press,
died
migni
De
wn
ine
commo'V
ed
extensive
damage
to
grain,
f
rult,
:
5UCU
a
doctor
called.
He
federal
court.
Ihlart
MtenrV
root
ana
"
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oui
vegeiaDie
crops
tnrougn-i
out
the
area.
morning.
It
Is
believed
he
expired
New
York
yesterday
and
there
was!
"The
depredations
of
coyotes
i
about
4
o'clock
this
morning.
Sev-
no
Indication
as
to
what
action,
If
j
whose
numbers
have
greatly
In-
cluv-lwo
'ears
of
age,
he
had
suf-
any,
he
might
take
ln
regard
to
was
in
off
Atid
mnnv
farmers
wprn
fnrcprf
.
Smithers
and
Terra
entirely
out
of
sheep
raising.
.
Funeral
arrangement,
are
In
the
succeeds
the
late
Premier
Wal-
last
rites
for
Johi
Gilbert,
once
the
standpoint
of
available
ouan-
granting
a
reprieve.
KETCHIKAN
EXCURSION
"
...w
uiumuvis
ui
tne
lucai
sons
oi'or
"The
-year
nanas
01
tne
C.
Undertakers.
i.T'ZJVr:rJ
has
not
been
as
favor-
.
Salvage
Co.'s
service
able
a
one
as
the
preceding
fromi
"
Vancouver
Wheat
m.
litu,
wnn
n
pn
met.
utppir
tup
-iirpni.
lover.,
ui
me
screen.
'
i
i
i
nf
oil
firm
n.
.
t
i
iriviMntmi
..
.
.
-
Today's
Weather
1
1
At
a
'
meeting
of
the
executive
of
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
aU
the
home
of
Mrs
Neal
Carter.
Fifth
Avenue,
yesterday
afternoon
arrangements
were
made
for
a
'.ecture
to
be
given
toward
theri
end
of
the
month
under
club
aus-'w"
pices
by
Willson
Woodslde,
well
known
author
and
lecturer.
B"
Mr.
Woodslde
was
formerly
on
the
engineering
staff
of
the
Un.'T5?
verslty
of
Toronto
and
for
the
paste
six
years
has
been
travelling
hf
ui
viic
wuiiu.
ills
lecture
here
is
to
be
entitled
"A
Philosophic
Vagabond
In
Russia-It
being
the
story
of
his
visit
during
which
he
travelled
for
thousands
TWO
ARRESTS
MADE
FOI.I.nwivn
linnnniv
x
Terrace-Cloudy,
north
wind,
13.
'
OF
VANCOUVER
BANK
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm.
22.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
15.
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
15.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Fog,
calm.
2b.
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
U(CP)
.
two
men
were
arrested
at
Coqultlam
last
nlzht
and
am
being
held
for
Investigation
In
connection
with
the
we
hold-up
noia-up
boat
Alnle
at
7'rh.M
S'Z"
".T
yestrday
ornlng.of
the
Main
o'clock
this
morning
to
pay
a
visit
to
ih
TNlck
S8?'
f
to
the
Ketchikan
lodge.
The
party
will
be
awav
unti
hp
iS
S
,
r
TA
on
Bank
ol
Montreal.
A
complete
A.
..v...
.
-
o
-
-
u.
jj.uv.ui.Ki
iui
mic
umvuuvtll,
Jan.
14
l.'l'
cynfet!
expects
tn
to
be
hn
hnrV
back
Thursday
TVinJn.,
month"
.
...
Mr
en
Mr
xti.i
after-
vuih.
r"l
Z.
T
01
.
Iunas
shows,
that
.
p
j
""...v
uaim
iui
a
visit.
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