i
1
LibH
AR
I
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
7:48
a.m.
19.4
ft.
Plnce
Rupert
High
fog,
easterly
21:14
15.7
ft.
wind.
3
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
p.m.
Low
1:03
a.m.
9.1
ft.
30.30;
temperature,
34;
rA
-nooth.
14:36
pm.
6.1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol!
XXV.,
No.
26
V
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
31,
1936
PRICE;
5
CENTS
FOUR
ARE
i
Disaster
Occurs
In
Pennsylvania
State;
Engine
Leaves
Span
Plunged
Thirty
Feet
From
Susquehanna
River
Bridge
Into
Abandoned
Canal
Loose
Rail
is
Believed
To
Have
Been
Cause
of
Tragedy
SUNBURY,
Pa.,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
Four
were
killed
and
at
least
thirty-five
injured
last
night
when
the
locomotive
of
a
Reading
Company's
fast
freight
and
express
train
plunged
thirty
feet
from
the
Susquehanna
River
bridge
near
here
into
an
abandoned
canal,
dragging'the
mail
and
baggage
cars
and
two
sleepers
with
it.
Hip
dead
arc:
Dr;
ouy
Ruthfuss.
irniiii
m
inr
Fireman
Washington
Danshaw.
En;lnr
William
Ramp.
An
unidentified
passenger,
Tbc
last
of
the
victims
was
removed
by.
rctcuc
workers
In
subzero
weather
today.
A
loose
rail
Is
believed
to
have
been
the
cause
pf
the
disaster.
Mrs.
Knutson
Of
Viking
Alberta
h
Laid
at
Rest
iViral
wrlr'for
th
late
Mrs,
toroth"i
Louise
Knutson
of
Vlk-ln;,
Alia.,
who
,
passed
away
on
Mwniy
rjrrnin?.
Riicr
naving
Dccnlluu011
jn
which
the
young
men
In
(lie
city
for
only
two
weeks,
took
p'are
vp-srday
afternoon
from
the
ciarcd
by
Willson
Woodslde
of
To-chapei
of
the
D.
C.
Undertakers
to
;onto
at
the
luncheon
of
the
Rotary
F.Urvtcw
Cemetery.
Mrs.
Knutson
jiub
yesterday
in
the
Commodore
had,
come
hcic
with
her
husband."
cafe.
President
W.
M.
Blackstock
Andrew
Knutcon,
to
visit
with
two
sons
Casper
and
Jacob
Knutson,
and
a
daughter,
Mrs,
Knut
Knut
son.
She
was
taken
ill
soon
after
arriving
with
fatal
results.
Thc
funeral
service,
attended
by
quite
a
representation
from
the
local
No.wcgian
community,
was
conducted
by
Rev;
L.
C.
Jensen,
pAslor
of
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Cliurch.
Mrs.
Jensen
presided
at
th?
organ
and
Mrs.
Karl
Dybhavn
was
a
soloist,
singing
"I
Know
of
a
Sleep
In
Jesus
Name."
Hymns
were
"O
Happy
Day
When
We
Shall
Stand
and
"All
Ways
Meet
at
thc
Oravc,"
Friends
of
thc
family
acted
as
pallbearers.
They
were
John
Llnd
scth,
Magnus
Hvcding,
Tobias
Jo-hancson;
Peter
L.
Peterson,
John
Valdcrhau
and
Hans
Knutson.
1
There
were
a
number
of
floral
offerings
from
the
following:
Husband
and
Family,
Mrs.
R.
Pc
tcrson,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
Hvcddlng,
Mr
and
Mrs.
P.
L.
Peterson.
Mr.
anH
tirg
w
tir..,.ri,
tr
..nrt
Mrs
ii,
.1
LJ
V
Ilk
11
1
lilt.
lttu
i'ui
D.
Charstad,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
Han-
sun,
nnri
fumiiv
Mr
ntui
Mrs.
J.
Clauson,
A.
Baync,
Martin
and
Olc
Valdcrhaug,
Loyal
Order
of
Moose,
all
of
prince
Rupert.
Thc
following
were
sent
from
Viking,
Alta.,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ed.
Thompson,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
II.
8.
Peterson,
Mr.
and
Mrs
T
Holland,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Ebcl-toft.
Mr.
and
Mrs,
C.
Larson,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Wlddal,
Olc
Larson,
A.
Holmbcrg,
A'.
Holland,
O.
Wlgholm.
L.
Ellason,
The
Harris
Family,
Skandlnavian
Laldcs'
Aid,
Todays
Weather
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
liuht
northeast
wind;
barometer.
30.18;
light
swell.
TerraceClear,
calm,
10.
AnyoxHCloudy,
calm,
20.
Stewart
Clear;
calm,
5
Hazclton
Snowing,
calm,
temperature,
8
above.
Smlthcrs-Cloudy,
calm,-
milder.
Burns.
Lake
Part
cloudy,
calm,
15
below.
DISAPPOINTED
IN
HITLERISM
Military
Control
Liable
to
Replace
Nazi
Control
and
Next
Move
Is
to
Ileoover
Lost
Territory
Tlie
great
appeal
of
Hitler
and
vhc
Nazi
party
to
the
young
men
of
Germany
was
the
thought
that
theywould
'throw
61f"r'th'c'bp"pres"-
sion
of
the
Treaty
of
Versailles
and
Jewish
control
and
make
a
new
woui,i
jiavc
u
chance.
This
was
de
in
the
chair:
The
speaker
was
In
Germany
at
the
beginning
of
the
Nazi
lire
and
lva
has
visited
Uie
country
each
year
since.
He
said
the
country
at
that
time
was
in
a
chao-
tic
condition
and
he
mixed
with
the
unemployed
and
saw
their
misery.
When
Hitler
said
he
would
make
a
new
Germany
the
people
tncy
would
give
him
a
chance,
slncc
thc
blo0(t
purge
of
June
J934
tnc
of
the
Nazi
party
,ad
fcccn
waui,lg
unui
today
the
counlrv
was
bcina
controlled
very
largely
by
the
military.
Hltlcrlsm
received
a
boost
as
a
result
of
the
return
of
thc
Saar
and
by
the
wav
crmg
pollCy
of
Britain
and
France
:
but
lost
ground
as
a
result
of
the
shock
of
the
blood
purge
and
the
Dolfuss
assassination.
Last
year
when
Mr.
Woodslde
was
in
Gemany
for
three
weeks
he
Isald
he
found
a
great
change
tak-
inir
nlace.
Cost
of
living
was
high
and
unemployment
had
Increased
b
ovcr
a
mnu0n.
Persecution
of
.
.
j.inri.r,.i
i
lltn
Toll's
1SJ
V
III
I
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
I
L!
1
1
LilALL
1
1
1
1
'
Tnc
01))y
nclivc
industry
was
that
.
r-i..
nr
nnri
munltlon
but
many
peopb
were
fniloycd
on
building
military'
ro1(jSi
xhe
new
army
was
much
In
irfpncp.
dlstinaulshable
by
the
fact
that
their
uniforms
were
made
of
cheaper
cloth.
Progress
In
Diplomacy
Thc
speaker
showed
how
Germany
had
made
progress
In
diplomacy.
Their
leaving
thc
disarmament
conference
was
for
thc
pur-nose
of
showing
their
own
people
that
they
were
now
Independent,
They
made
a
pact
with
Poland
and
...in,
1
nnrinn
Pnslnz
as
thc
biz
man
I
W
III.
I
UVHW
CT"--
-
-
of
Europe
they
were
attracting
the
smaller
nations.
On
the
whole
their
dlnlomacy
had
been
clever.
The.
situation
was
bad,
however,
as
it
paved
the
way
for
a
switch
from
Nazi
control
to
military
control,
Concludlngr
Mr.
Woodslde
said
thc
Germans
had
bcen
getting
everything
possible
wlthdut
fight-
lng
and
the
next
move
would
un-
doubtedly
be
toward
recovering
KILLED
TWENTY
England
Swept
By
Storm,
Wind
Tolerant
avy
.rains
and
sta
mw.iji.u
kwp
JSn'inu-h
rise
alarmingly
and
vast
areas
f
land
In
the
Thames
Valley
were
a
near
Windsor,
the
Thames
reached
out
and
converted
the
country
Memorial
Service
For
King
George
Salvation
Army
Off'ccrs
From
Inferior
Assisted
in
Honoring
Memory
of
Dead
Monarch
At
Metlakatla
;
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
yar-us
native
villages
in
the
district
Chiefs
S.
Morgan,
Arthur
McDamcs
and
Simon
Turner
.of
Sltcena
Crossing,
active
workers
of
the'
Salvation
Army
holding
the
rank
ct
outpost
sergeant-
majors,
visited
Metlakatla
this
week
and
hcH
a
number
of
meetings
They
assisted
In
the
holding
of
a
memorial
service
at
Metlakatla
for
the
late
King
George
V
and
proceeded
frcm
that
village
to
Port
Simpson
wherr
they
are
at
present,
The
Metlakatla
memorial
service
program
Included
a
two
minute
silence
out
of
respect
to
the
msm
ory
of
the
late
monarch,
a
BlbV
reading
by
George
Lelghton,
com7
munlty
singing
of
"Nearer
My
God
to
Thee,"
prayer
for
the
Klni;.
Queen
and
Empire
by
WllUam
Lclahton
rcadlntr
of
Kins
Georges
"
last
message
by
Scrgcant-Major
Henry
Prevost
and
community
sln8lS
of
'God
Save
the
King.
n.R
SItVEK
Mmir
vnni;
!,n
21
(rPiRar
slivcr
was
unchanged
at
443,4c
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
mar
ket
today.
their
former
eastern
possessions'
Danzig,
Memcl,
Silesia
and
other
territory.
If
Germany
and
Japan
should
move
against
Russia
at
the
same
time,
the
tendency
of
the
rest
of
Europe
might
be
to
let
them
fluht.
-"
O
'
in
the
course
of
his
address
Mr.
Woodslde
showed
that
the
Germans
were
;
much
like
.ourselves,
far
su-
pcrior'
to
the
Russians,
with
whom
they
could
not
be
compared.
They
had
plenty
of
Initiative
and
were
profiting
today
from
the
weaken-
lng
of
Italy
by
the
Ethiopian
war.
Thc
speaker
was
thanked
by
the
president
for
his
Interesting
ad-
dress.
'
-
IN
TRAIN
WRECK
CONVICTS
BURNED
TO
WORKING
CHANGES
Hoard
of
Industrial
Relations
Makes
Alterations,
One
Affecting
Losing
in
This
District
VICTORIA,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
The
provincial
Hoard
of
Industrial
Relations
announces
a
revision
of
wage
and
working
hour
regulations
throughout
the
province
including
a
reduction
from
40c
to
35c
per
hour
of.
the
minimum
wage
for
the
logging
Industry
in
the
Skecna
basin
district.
A
minimum
is
also
set
of
40c
per
hour
and
pay
for
not
less
than
four
hours
per
day
for
experienced
women
office
employees
working
less
than
37
'
j
hours
per
week..
Subcommittee
To
Study
Constitution
Amendment
Matter
OTTAWA.
Jan.
31:
CP)
-Th.1
Dominion
-
provincial
committee
considering
the
constitutional
amendment
question
yesterday,
ap-prlnted
a
sub-omml'tee
to
con-
duct
a
further
study
of
the
prou
lem
and
adlourn?d
sine
die.
Taj
sub-committee
will
report
to
the
main
body
at
a
date
to
be
name
a
later
i
.
,
KING
MAKKR
OF
GREECE
PASSES
j
!
ATHENS,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
j
General
George
Kondylia,
aged
57,
former
strong
man
of
Greece,
who
achieved
world
prominence
by
putting
down
the
revolt
of
Former
Premier
Eleutherious
Venlzelos
last
year
and
later
led
the
move-
ment
for
the
restoration
of
King
George
II
to
the
Throne,
died
today
from
a
heart
at-
tack.
.
'
'
:
;,.
and
Flood
'
k-.,
vit6iM4csrRiwrttf''1
ndated.
Irfthii
scene,
taken
icte
into
ti
great
waterway.
Suppose
Quints
Had
Competitors
Boston
Transcript
Asks
What
Then
Of
Provincial
Control
BOSTON,
Jan.
31:
(CP
I
Ontaiio
furnishes
evidence
that
It
Is
not
always
true
a
government
Is
destined
to
failure
when
It
goes
Into
business,
Th:
Transcript
comments.
The
Dionne
quintuplets
under
the
guardianship
of
the
province
are
worth
$24,000
each.
It
Is
expected
that
In
about
two
years
their
combined
wealth
will
reach
$300,000.
"But
while
Ontario
may
point
with
pride
to
Its
success
In
hand
ling
the
affairs
of
the
Dionne
sis
ters.
It
must
be
admitted
that
the
business
fs
one
In
which
there
has
been
no
competition.
What
would
have
happened
had
there
been
rival
qulntuolets
nobody
can
say.
The
government
of
Ontario
has
en-Joyed
a
monopoly.
But
It
appears
to
have
wisely
Improved
Its
opportunity.
"After
the
fortune
has
been
accumulated
and
the
babies
have
reach-
ccj
the
age
when
they
should
go
to
school,
Ontario
presumably
will
perform
the
duties
of
trustee
In-
stead
of
those
of
a
business
agent.
The
five
famous
sisters
will
pre-
sent
new
problems.
The
government
ht
succeeded
In
the
management
of
their
justness
affairs.
How
well
will
it
nlay
its
part
in
the
years
to
come?
For
It
must
continue
to
act
'as
guardian
as
well
as
trustee.
1
Vnnmmior
Whnnt
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
31:
(CP)-
Wheat
was
nuoted
at
85',c
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
yesterday,
advancing
to
853ic
today.
Card
of
Thanks
Andrew
Knutson
and
family
wish
to
thank
all
those
who
sent
flowers
or
assisted
at
the
time
of
their
re-
cent
bereavement
and
especially
to
Mrs.
Carl
Dybhavn,
soloist
at
the
funeral.i
.
Ghastly
Fire
in
Truck
Carrying
Prisoners
To
Work
on
Highway
Today
Vehicle
Became
Blazing
Inferno
From
Gasoline
Igniicd
By
Heating
Device
and
Guards
Were
Unable
To
Rescue
Unfortunate
Colored
Men
SCOTTSBORO,
Ala.,
Jan.
31:
(CP)
Twenty
negro
convicts,
trapped
in
a
transfer
cage
in
which
they
were
being
taken
to
highway
work,
were
burned
to
death
arid
two
others
are
said
to
have
been
fatally
burned
when
a
drum
of
gasoline
in
the
truck
caught
fire
near
here
today.
Two
white
guards
named
Middlebrook
and
Wasson
were
'
.
Kburned
less
seriously
when
they
at-
jtempted
to
rescue
the
trapped
ind
r,C1OIT,"T,1lT
h
SSI
IV
I
8
I
1
1
j
shrieking
negroes.
They
pulled
wo
ljUkJllivJ
X
Vl
out
pUt
Were
unable
to
do
more
as
RffrilllAnT
I
1
itne
truclc
turned
Into
a
blazing
in-
VII
VillKlAl.ite'
Whole
Community
United
to
Honor
Late
King
George
V.
PORr
ESSINQTON.
Jan.
31i-e-A
1
memorial
service
iur
we
fmc,
riug
i
George
V.
was
held
on
Tuesday
af-f
ternoon
In
the
Anglican
Church
here.
An
evergreen
wreath
and
purple
and
black
drapery
In
the
chancel,
beautifully
made
by
Mrs.
Letnes
and
two
large
flags
from
Louis
,j
Starr
gave
a
suitable
atmosphere.
Although
extra
seating
accom
modation
for
fifty
had
bcen
pro
vided,
at
least
twenty
persons
had
to
stand
throughout
the
service.
The
three
sections
of
the
community
were
well
represented,
totalling
approximately
one
hundred
v
-pv...-.
a
lovely
evergreen
wreath
with'
jverlastlng
flowers
and
white
roses,
given
by
the
Japanese
School
Board,
was
brought
by
one
of
Its
members.
The
service
opened
with
Chopin's
Is
Funeral
March,
followed
by
the
hymn,
"O
God
Our
Help
In
Ages
Past."
After
a
Psalm
and
Lesson
taken
from
Corinthians
XV.
and
prayers.
"He
Wipes
the
Tear
From
Every
Eye"
was
beautifully
rendered
by
Mrs.
Donaldson.
A
short
address
was
given,
sug
gesting
that
sorrow
for
the
late
King
should
Include
thanksgiving
to
God
for
such
a
splendid
and
noble
life
and
how
he
had
brought
the
Empire
through
a
very
difficult
'
quarter
of
a
century
with
wisdom
and
understanding
and
a
quiet
trust
In
God.
Bv
the
unsparing
sacrifice
of
his.
strength
In
the
cause
of
peace,
the
late
Kin?
had
linked
himself
In
a
very
real
way
with
all
those
who
had
given
their
lives
for
the
British
Empire
during
the
Great
War.
,
His
thouehts,
even
at
the
end,
were
with
his
subjects
throughout
,
thp
Kmnlrp
u-hn.P.
pnnflripnpp
and
'
-
-1
'
-
-
-
af
fpction
he
had
won.
:
"Except
an
ear
of
wheat
fall
Into
the
ground
and
die
It
abldeth
alone;
but
If
it
dies
it
beareth
much
Me,"
Following
Mr.
Mallory's
t
is-frult."
The
hope
was
expressed
course-
on
the
life
of
the
late
King
,that
the
King's
passing
would
bring
and
that
of
his
successor,
all
Joined;
I
about
the
dearest
wish
of
his
heart
In
singing
the
National
Anthem
an
era
of
peace
throughout
the
and,
after
Mr.
Williams'
sperch,
world.
.
I
the
meeting
closed
with
the
sln?
.ng
After
a
reading
of
part
of
Eccle-
of
"O
God
Our
Help
In
Ages
Pa
it."
slastes
XLIV..
the
hymns
"For
All
the
Saints"
and
"Abide
With
Me"
were
sung.
Following
prayersfor
King
Ed
-
ward
Vin,
and
all
the
Royal
Fam-
lly
the
service
concluded
with
the
singing
of
"God
Save
the
King."
DEATH
said
that
the
icy
highway-
caused
the
truck
to
si
de,
apparently
sloshing
gasoline
to
he
floor
of
the
truck
where
It
was
Ignited
hv
fire
in
a
can
which
the
.ie-
nppmint.
nf
Ihp
sp-verltv
nf
thp
Wi.
.
Commissioner
Of
Game
is
Coming
G.
Cunningham
Due
Here
On
Sunday
in
Course
of
Tour
Of
North
J.
O.
Cunningham
of
Vancou-er,
Game
Commissioner
for
the
Province
of
British
.Columbia,
In
he"
course
of
a
tour
of
the
north
rn
part
of
the
province,
will
arrive
In
the
city
from
Vancouver
on
he
,
'
evening
and
proc
cd
,,.
.
.
by
Monday
evening's
train
to
K
he
Interior.
He
will
be
met
here
by
T.
Van
Dyk,
district
game
warden
!or
Northern
British
Columbia
w
th
headquarters
In
Prince
George,
v
ho
due
from
the
interior
on
tomor
row
night's
train.
SKIDEGATE
MEMORIAL
White
and
Natives
Joined
in
Impressive
Service
For
Late
King
George
V.
SKIDEGATE.
Jan.
31:
A.
it.'
Mallory
of
Port
Clements,
repre
sentlng
the
provincial
and
fed'
rat
governments,
and
Matthew
V
IP
Hams,
chief
native
councillor,
g
we
the
addresses
at
a
Joint
memo:
ial
service
by
whites
and
natives
of
skldegate
Inlet
which
was
held
in
the
hall
at
Skldegate
Mission
on
Tuesday
of
this
week
lm
respect
to
the
memory
of
the
late
K.ng
George.
TVin
.
ClrMotrntn
Pnncort
Tnrl
A
1
1
Ut.Uk
gU.L
WV.IbU
V
WIMIU
played
"The
Dead
March"
and
.he
United
Church
choir
sang
the
lite-
King's
favorite
hymn
"Abide
With
,
The
death
of
King
George
cr
mc
(
as
a
great
shock
to
all
the
Qu
;en
Charlotte
Islands,
many
of
the
old
.timers
among
who
had
seen
rud,
met
him
when
he
visited
Vancouver
many
years
ago
asUhe
Duke
of
'York.