Todays
Weather
prince
Rupert-r.
0,
light
northerly
wind;
bai
Jt
02;
temperature,
15;
sit
Vol.
XXV.
No.
38.
Ik
Vancouver
C.
Nickel,
.23.
Big
Missouri,
.67.
Bralorne,
6.70.
B.
R.
Con.,
.03
'
i.
B.
R.
X.,
.10.
.
Caribou
Quartz,
123.
Dentonla,
.23.
Dunwell,
.03
Vi.
Georgia
River,
.01
Vi-Golconda,
.18.
Indian,
.02.
.A'
Mlnto,
.OV.'a.
;
Meridian,
.10.
Morning
Star,
.02
V4.
National
Sliver,
.023s.
Noble
Five,
.042.
Pend
Oreille,
1.10.
Porter
Idaho,
.044.
Premier,
1.88.
x
Reeves
McDpnald,
.09.
(
Reward,
.02.
Reno,
1.10.
Silver
Crest,
.00y2.
Salmon
Gold,
.09.
Wayside,
.18.
Whitewater,
042.
United
Empire,
.008.
Toronto
Central
Patricia,
3.10.
Chlbougamau,
.45.
Lee
Gold,
.04.
Granada,
.24.
Inter.
Nickel,
49
00.
Macassa,
4.25.
Noranda,
47.50.
-)
Shcrritt
Gordon,
1.12.
....
Slsco,
3.25.
Ventures,
2.15.
Lake
Moron,
.09'4.
Teck
Hughes,
4.99.
Sudbury
Basin,
450.
Smelters
Gold,,
.052.
Canadian
Malartlc,
1.25.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.25.
Stadacona,
.302.
'
Pickle
Crow,
4.65.
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
1.48.
Gods
Lake,
1.20.
Sturgeon
River,
.55.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.87.
San
Antovio,
3
20.
Perron
,1.53.
Beattle
Gold,
1.64.
SECRETARY
OF
NAVY
ILL
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
14:
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Swanson.
aged
74,
Is
seriously
111
In
naval
hospital
here
with
pleurisy
which
developed
following
injuries
sustained
In
a'
fall
In
a
bathroom,
j
j
,
.
PROVINCIM-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
14,
1936
Wheat
Marketing
Discussed
by
John
I.
McFarland
in
Address
At
Calgary
Today
Open
Conflict
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Seenied
Gold
But
POLICIES
Wasn't
So
Bad
Two
Grain
Handling
Systems
Cannot
Live
Together.
Declares
Former
Head
of
Wheat
Board
CALGARY.
Feb.
14:
(CP)
Defending
policies
he
pursued
as
general
manager
of
the
Canadian
Minimum
Temperature
Reading
j
For
Night
Ten
Above
Zero
I
With
spines
shivering
and
teeth
chattering,
many
Prince
Rupert
:
folk
thought
this
morning
that
last
j
night
had
been
the
coldest
of
the
j
present
winter.
As
a
matter
of
fact
I
it
was
far
from
being
such
as
the
thermometer
at
Dlgby
Island
descended
no
lower
than
ten
above
'zero,
the
same
as
the
minimum
of
the
night
previous
and
eight
degrees
above
last
week's
low
mark
of
two
above.
The
sky
was
clouding
w.au.u,
x.
...
mnrnln
nnri
,now
aHneared
in
an
address
here
today,
said
.
.
-
"there
is
now
In
operation
in
Canada
two
grain-handling
systems
iri
open
conflict
with,
each
other
which
cannot
long
live
together."
Speaking
at
a
luncheon
In
his
honor
given
by
a
group
of
Cal-
LV
W
lit
JJWOJltr.
Sub-zero
thermometer
readings
were
still
recorded
In
the
interior.
Today's
w-eather
readings:
Triple
Island
Partly
overcast,
light
northerly
wind;
barometer,
29.95;
i-'ao'
sea
smooth.
aiuul.".
McDames
Creek
50
below.
Prince
George
51
below.
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YOIIK
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
Th?
own
or
arrange
other
marketing
Canadian
dollar
was
quoted
at
a
agencies.
premium
of
hc
over
the
American
Government
by
ordcr-ln-councll
dollar
here
yesterday
could
also
declare
compulsory
clauses
effective,
he
continued
but
such
step
could
not
very
well;
be
taken
In
mid-season.
"It
would
seem,"
said
Mr.
Ms-Farland,
"the
board
Is
surrounded
by
so
many
uncertainties
as
to
make
it
highly
improbable
they
would
establish
their
own'
agencies
in
the
middle
of
the
crop
year,
and
Continued,
on
Page
2.
'
'
POUND
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
The
British
pound
sterling
was
quoted
nt
$4
97
15
32
on
the
local
ex
change
market
yesterday.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
14:
(CPi-Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443ic
on
the
local
exchange
today.
BURNS
LAKE,
Feb.
14:
Arthur
Wood,
well
known
mining
man,
has
taken
an
option
on
the
Golden
Fox
and
Golden
Martlu
mining
claims
in
this
district
and
has
made
arrangements
for
British
capUal
to
undertake
development
this
spring.
It
is
planned
to
make
shipment
of
high
grade
ore
via
Prince
Rupert
to
Swansea,
Wales,
for
spe-
-cial
smelter
treatment
to
recover
values.
The
ore,
it
Is
stated,
runs
over
$35
per
ton
in
gold
and
up
to
200
ounces
in
silver.
IN
FINALS
OF
HOCKEY
United
States,
Great
Britain,
Canada
and
Czecho-Siovakia
In
Last
Round
at
Games
GARMISCH
-
PARTENKIRCHEN,
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
5:55
a.m.
18.1
ft.
19;24
pin.
14.2
ft.
Low
12:50
pjn.
8.0
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
ATMOSPHERE
IN
ORIENT
IS
VERY
TENSE
AGAIN
OTTAWA
ASSISTING
THIS
PROVINCE
TOO
British
Columbia
Is
Getting
Federal
Aid;
iVo
Strings
Attached
Supervision
of
National
Loan
Council,
to
Which
Premier!
Pattullo
Objected,
is
Not
Being
Put
Into
Effect
5
OTTAWA,
Feb.
14:
The
Province
of
British
Columbia
with
a
$5,000,000
4'
t
gold
bond
issue
maturing
tomorrow
will
be
given
any
needed
assistance
by
the
Dominion
in
meeting
the
maturity,
it
was
ascertained
today.
The
Minister
of
Finance-intends
to
extend
to
British
Columbia
the
same
co-operation
given
to
Alberta
when
$1,650,000
was
.jl
in
mnlfp
tin
Alhfrtas,
$2.-
K
auvdunu
......-
r
-
'
'
000.000
maturity.
The
Pattullo
government
will
ascertain
to
what
extent
It
can
meet
the
maturity
and
the
Dominion
vlD
make
up
the
balance.
The
supervision
of
the
National
Loan
Council
will
not
be
called
Into
effect
although
the
principle
remains
lor
the
future.
The
legis
lation
setUng
up
the
council
has
not
yrt
been
passed
and
British
Columbia
In
this
Instance
will
not
be
called
upon
to
meet
the
terms
of
the
council.
The
Dominion
'"
government
lias
loaned
British
Columbia
$4,300,000
'
It
was
announced
today,
accepting
a
four
percent
treasury
bill
for
one
year
as
security,
to
assist
the
province
in
meeting
the
$5,000,000
W1NSL0W
IS
PRESIDENT
Annual
Meeting
of
Localltranch
Of
Navy
League
of
Canada
Held
At
thv
annual
meeting
Wednes
day
night
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Navy
League
of
Canada,
the
following
executive
for
1336
was
elected:
'
President,
R.
M.
Wlnslow.
Honorary
Secretary-Treasurer,
W.
O.
Vlgar
Executive-
-P.
M.
Ray,
F.
A.
Mac-Callum,
E.
B.
Baker,
J.
II.
McLcod,
Lieut,
Robert
Blance,
Lieut.
L.
II.
Haworth,
Dr.
L.
W.
Kcrgln
and
O.
H.
Greenwood.
The
retiring
president.
T.
H.
Johnson,
was
elected
patron
and
Olof
Hanson
M.P.
was
named
honorary
president.
UNITED
STATES
GOVT
PAYS
SIXTY-FIVE
CENTS
AN
OUNCE
FOR
SILVER
4
WASinNOTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Morgenthau
yesterday
said
that
the
gov-
ernmcnt
recently
completed
the
purchase
of
fifty
million
ounces
of
Chinese
silver.
It
Is
understood
that
65c
an
ounce,
was
nald.
Aged
Italian
Woman
Passes
Mrs.
Victoria
Palmeri
Died
This
Morning
Aged
80
Lived
22
Years
In
Canada
Mrs.
Victoria
Palmeri,
aged
80,
an
Italian
woman
who
had
been
a
re
sldent
of
Canada
for
22
years,
passed
away
at
7:25
this
morning
at
the
home
of
her
grandchildren,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
D.
Sorrentl,
622
Eighth
Avenu-2
West.
She
had
been
in
fall
ing
health
for
some
time.
Funeral
arrangements-are
In
the
hands
of
Havner
Bros.,
undertakers.
The
fu
neral
will
take
place
with
Roman
Catholic
Church
rites.
1
There
is
another
grandson
in
Vancouver
and
two
greatgrand
children
here,
Louis
and
Mickey
Sorrentl.
STILL
COLD
IN
CALC.AUY
HAT.OARY.
Feb.
14:
The
tern
perature
dropped
to
27
below
zero
here
during
last
nigni.
t
Scowload
of
Machinery
From
Old
Sawmill
on
Islands
Lost
In
Hecate
Straits
This
Week
The
whole
of
tho
mnchinorv
from
Queen
Charlotte
City
secured
from
the
dismantling
of
the
sawmill
at
that
point
was
dumped
into
Hecate
Strait
and
lost
on
Wednesday
when
the
scow
on
which
it
was
being
towed
by
the
power
tutr
Dnlv
r.nnf
T?nr
Hroon
tn
Prince
Runert,
turned
turtle
about
eicht
miles
out
from
Beaver
Pass.
The
Uic
property
of
the
Armour
oaivaue
Company
and
had
recently
been
overhauled
at
a
cost
or
several
hundred
dollars.
It
was
picked
up
In
the
strait
yesterday
by
the
Daly
W
towed
to
port
tills
morning.
The
machinery
Is
covered
by
insurance
but
there
wns
mo
hiKiirnnrp
on
the
scow
and
nothing
to
cover
the
cost
of
dismantling
the
machinery
a"d
the
work
of
the
Salvage
"
When
the
scow
left
the
other
side
scow
the
weather
was
not
bad
but,
as
It
progressed,
the
northeast
wind
Increased
and
the
spray
froze
on
to
the
scow
and
gradually
wcigmvu
her
down
until
she
took
a
list
on
the
port
side
and
upset.
Another
hour
and
the
outfit
would
have
reached
this
side
safely.
The
machinery
had
been
dismantled
at
Queen
Charlotte
City
by
Fred
Atkins
and
had
a
scrap
value
of
$3,600.
The
Late
King's
Favorite
Photograph
This
splendid
photo
taken
of
the
late
King
George
and
Queca
M
c
.
ni
silver
jubilee
celebrations
last
summer
was
chosen
especially
by
his
majesy
as
his
;avcrite
picture.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
I
B.
-I
RUSSIAN
PLANES
DROP
BOMBS
IN
MANCHU0KU0;
SITUATION
IS
SERI0U
Mukden
Declares
It
an
"Act
of
War"
International
Observers
See
Possibility
of
General
Warfare
On
Extensive
Scale
MUKDEN,
Manchuokuo,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
Two
Russian
bombing
p-anes
were
declared
yesterday
by
Manchuokuan
authorities
to
have
dropped
missiles
on
Manchuokuan
ter-itory,
constituting
what
is
said
to
be
the
most
serious
incident
so
far
since
the
recent
strained
relations
between
Russia
and
Japan
developed
and
a
virtual
"act
of
war."
SHIP
ORE
THIS
WAY
High
Grade
From
Burns
Lake
To
Be
Sent
to
Wales
TT7Several
Japanese
and
wancnuo-
cuan
soldiers
are
reported'
to
have
ieen
killed
by
the
bombs.
The
situation
Is
regarded
by
In-ernatlonal
observers
to
be
serious
and
fraught
with
possibility-
of
an
outbreak
of
extensive
warfare
be
tween
Russian
and
Japanese
forces
In
Manchuokuo.
Eight
hundred
Russian
fighting
planes
and
at
least
250,000
Russian
soldiers
are
said
to
be
ready
close
at
hand
to
he
frontier
In
preparation
to
en
gage
in
hostilities.
There
has
been
sporadic
flghtlnij
between
Monrolian
and
Manchuo
kuan
soldiers
during
the
past
few
days.
Each
side
blames
the
other
with
encroaching
beyond
the
bor
der
and
attacking.
DEATH
LIST
IS
GREATER
Total
of
Known
Dead
as
Result
Of
Storms
in
Europe
Has
Risen
to
216
LONDON,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
Th3
total
of
known
dead
as
a
result
cf
winter
storms
of
the
last
thrc?
days
in
Europe
and
Asia
had
grown
today
to
274
with
the
probability
that
It
will
be
considerably
greater
by
the
time
Isolated
districts
in.
Europe
have
been
heard
'
m-
Many
of
the
dead
were
fro-polnts.
(CP)-United
States,
with
six
to
death.
Others
were
killed
Great
Britain,
with
five,
and
fen
l
'
.
.
'
.
,
.iU
in
accidents
due
to
the
storms.
Canada
and
Czecho-Slovakla.
with
J
been
d
L0"Leh:.
!!
SJ?
01
and
damage
to
property
and
ship-
Olympic
Winter
Games
hockey.
Dominating
the
play
throughout,
England
defeated
Hungary
5
to
1
yesterday
while
United
States
defeated
Sweden
2
to
1.
Norway
Wins
Skiing
plng
has
been
extensive.
Turkey
Hard
Hit
A
heightened
blizzard-
ragel
across
Turkey
today,
kill
in
t?
seventy-eight
and
causing
pro-
Igary
district
farmers.
Mr.
McFar-
Norway
built
up
a
commanamg
pcrty
damage
or
?iu,uuu,uuu
in
'land
replying
to
criticism
of
hi3'
Langara
Island
Light
snow,,
jead
of
points
so
far
In
the
Olympic
Turkey
alone.
One
hundred
are
board
by
Hon.
W
D.
Euler.
mln-
fresh
easterly
wind;
sea
choppy,
(winter
Games
by
placing
one-two-
dead
In
blizzards
In
the
Balkans,
ister
of
trade
and
commerce,
said
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
calm;jtnree
yesterday
In
the
combined
forty
in
Italy
and
twenty
elghi
ithe
Canadian
Wheat
Board
Act
barometer.
29.94;
temperature,
22;
skiing
events.
In
Great
Britain.
as
first'
presented
contemplated
sea
smoom.
1
nnurrt
tn
nntmi
nil
whpnt
nro-
Terrace
Clear,
northeast
wind.j
;
duced
In
Western
.
Canada,
which
7
below.
j
would
have
rendered
unnecessary
Alyansh
Part
cloudy,
calm,
13
the
future
facilities
of
the
Wlnnl-
below.
i
peg
Grain
Exchange.
The
bill
wci
Anyox
Part
ciouay.
cairn,
z
I
later
amended
In
committee
hold-
above.
ilng
In
abeyance
the
compulsory:
Stewart
Clear,
calm,
7
below,
j
clauses,
with
the
result
there
were!
Hazelton
Clear,
palm,
32
below.
two
conflicting
systems.
J
smitnere-uear.
cairn,
very
com
The
act,
however,
empowered
the
'
Burns
Lake
Clear,
cairn,
oi
do-bnnrd
to
utilize
its
own
or
other!
low.
nriMnr
ncvpnMp
if
u
fhnno-M
Yukon
temperatures
33
to
existing
grain
trade
agencies
were
j
below
;
not
operating
satisfactorily.
Bui
j
the
season
might
be
far
advanced
before
such
action
could
be
Justified
and
some
time
would
be
re
quired
for
the
board
to
set
up
Its
61
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Plays
Lone
Hand
at
Ottawa
Against
All
Other
Groups
OTTAWA,
Feb.
14:
(CP)
The
King
government
emerged
from
the
first
test
of
strength
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
when
Liberals,
Conservatives
and
Social
Creditors
voted
enmasse
against
an
amendment
of
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
to
the
address
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
the
division
being
208
to
eight.
The
House
then
passed
the
main
motion
without
division;
The
amendment,
proposed
by
J.
S.
Woodsworth,
the
C.
C.
F.
leader,
condemned
the
government
for
not
presenting
a
program
designed
to
ameliorate
distress
conditions
and
to
distribute
the.
wealth
among
the
people:
All
seven
of
the
C.
C.
F.
members
and
Agiies
Mc-Phail
voted
for
the
amendment.