French
Government
Take's
Action
Followinc
Attark
Upon
Socialist
Leader
PARIS,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
The
French
cabinet,
in
an
emergency
session,
ordered
the
dissolution
of,
the
two
royalist
organizations
oi
France
The
order
followed
an
incident
on
the
strent
in
front
of
the
war
ministry
when
a
royalist
mob
attacked
the
leader
of
the
French
Socialists
and
injured,
him
seri
ously,
The
royalists
were
taking
part
in
the
funeral
of
one
ot
their
number
when
the
Socialist
leader
was
spied
and
Immediately
at
tacked
News
reel
moving
pictures
Ate
said
to
clearly
Identify
the
leaden
of
trie
attack.
The
Socialist
took
occasion
to
demand
the
dissolution
ot
the
oyal.it!.-
and
the
Tcabhict
met-th,
demand.
The
city
Is
being
specially
juarded
against
possibility
of
ac
tivities
ot
loyalists-
"unwilling
to
:ept
the
edict
of
dissolution.
SENTENCE
ON
BRUNO
Kidnap-Killer
to
Come
Before
riemington
Court
Again
TRENTON,
N.J.,
Feb.
17:
The
thirty-day
reprieve
granted
Bruno
Richard
Hauptmann
by
Governor
Harold
Hoffman
of
New
Jersey
having
expired
Saturday
night,
the
convicted
kidnap
-
murderer
of
Charles
Augustus
Lindbergh
Jr.
will
go
before
JusUcc
Trenchard
at
Remington
this
week
for
re-sentencing
to
the
electric
chair.
The
execution
date
must
be
set
within
four
to
eight
weeks.
Attorney
Lczl-wltz,
noted
New
York
criminal
lawyer,
who
was
called
Into
consultation
in
connection
with
the
defence,
stated
Saturday
that
he
was
convinced
Hauptmann
was
not
telling
the
truth.
More
Anxiety
Felt
Concerning
Johnny
Larsenj
Concern
is
Increasing
In
respect!
to
Johnny
Larsen,
local
fisherman,
who
has
been
missing
since
Feb-)
ru!ry
C
from
his
trolling
boat
Shrimp
at
Cow
Bay.
Word
has
been
:
j
received
from
Lewis
Island,
where!
I
a
brother
lives,
that
he
has
not
j
j
jwen
seen
there.
The
police
were1
'
coking
around
Cow
Bay
yesterday,
,
in
the
fear
that
he
might
have
I
'alien
overboard
from
the
floats!
!
a"d
been
drowned
but
nothing
was!
1
seen.
There
is
still
the
possibility1
l"at
he
may
have
gone
off
without
"uuiying
anyone.
hllATTY
IS
IMPROVING
Authorization
is
Also
Being
Sought
For
Construction
Of
Seven
Destroyers,
Six
Torpedo
Boats
and
Twenty
Trawlers
Italo-Ethiopian
Dispute
Forces
Action
LONDON,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
Great
Britain's
fitrhtintr
forces
today
asked
the
House
of
Commons
for
an
additional
appropriation
of
approximately
$39,000,000,
the
i
most
of
which
is.
to
be
expended
on
special
measures
to
betaken
in
connection
with
the
Italo-Ethiopian
dispute.
It
ttrn
ri
tlst
4-
!
r
nf
tiling
r
-
-
sv
&t
4-
4
Via
?u
WASHINGTON,
17:
President
Franklin
D
Roosevelt
on
Saturday
pro-
posed
a
conference
with
a
view
to
permanently
outlawing
war
in
the
Americas.
Buenos
Aires
is
suggested
as
the
meeting
place.
Uruguay
and
Ecuador
have
already
sent
favorable
rcnllcs.
Such
a
move
might
do
t.jnuchjt
Is
felt,
towards
ensur-
lng
world
peace.
-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johustou
Co.)
Vancouver
'
B.
C.
Nickel,
.20.
Big
Missouri,
.66.
Bralome,
6.75.
(
B.
R.
Con..
.033,.
B.
R.
X,
.102.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.29.
Dcntonla,
.22i2.
Dunwell,
.03,2.
Georgia
River,
.01
li.
Golconda,
.17.
Indian,
.02.
Mlnto,
.07
'2.
Morning
Star,
.02
b.
National
Silver,
.02
2.
Noble
Five.
.04.
Pend
Oreille,
1.17.
Porter
Idaho
.04.
Premier,
1.87.
Reeves
McDonald,
.09.
Reward,
.02.
,
Reno,
1.11.
Silver
Crest,
.0012.
Salmon
Gold,
.08.
Taylor
Bridge,
.07.
Wayside.
.1734.
Whitewater,
.04,2.
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
3.18.
Chlbougamau,
.51.
Lee
Gold,
.04.
Granada,
.24.
Inter.
Nickel,
51.15.
Macassa,
4.49.
Noranda,
48.50.
Shcrrltt
Gordon,
1.29.
SLsco,
3.24.
Ventures,
2.25.
Lake
Maron,
.08
V.
Teck
Hughes,
4.99.
Sudbury
Basin,
4.60.
Smelter
Gold,
.05.
Canada
Malartlc,
1.21.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.25.
Stadacona,
.33.
Pickle
Crow,
4.70.
McKenzlc
Red
Lake,
aod's
Lake,
1.20.
stiinreon
River,
.51.
1.46.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.85.
San
Antonio,
3.20.
Perron,
1.59.
Bcattle
Gold.
1.65.
SWANSON
RECOVERING
LONnmr
r.u
.
a.
'
....nttTwri-mW.
D.C..
Feb.
17:
fcUi
improvement
vvno""
.--.
"
the
eoivittin,,
f
twi
Tmnmvpmcnt
Is
reported
In
the
v..vtvi,
Wl
flU
11114
til
iJU
I
4
Aillk'
v
w.--
-
?avld
Bcatty.
who
Is
suffering
condition
of
Secretary
of
the
,Navy
....
Irm
heart
who
has
been
critically
ill
trouble,
is
reported
In
Swanson
an
official
bulletin.
in
naval
hospital
here.
Little
Let-Up
.
In
Cold
Snap
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.CJ
.
i
Todays
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
he
prince
RupertClear,
light
northerly
High
9:40
p.m.
19.5
ft
23:06
p.m.
17.8
ft.
wind;
barometer,
30.20;
temperature,
Low
3:06
a.m.
10.8
ft.
13;
sea
smooth.
16:36
p.m.
5.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
4fa
Vol.
XXV,
No.
40.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
17,
1936
PKICE;
5
CENTS
BRITAIN
BOOSTS
FIGHTING
FORCES
Appropriation
ot
Thirty-Nine
Million
Dollars
is
Asked
For
Defending
Mediterranean
Area
ROYALISTS
DISSOLVED
VIGOROUS
DEFENCE
OF
NATIONAL
RAILWAY
EFFECT
OF
EMBARGO
Would
Break
Italy's
Power
to
Wage
War
Abroad
Within
Three
Or
Four
Months,
League
Esirriaics
Senate
Bloc
Hia
uic
inai
nmuiig
ui
buui
c
.
ai.iuuiii
iu
uu
ajJUiiL
m
...
-
a
crvB
door"
pclio
in
f
hlna.
Support
Neutrality
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
17:-
bloc
of
more
than
a
dozen
sena
sea
choppy.
patient
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gen
HOUSE
IS
5S
DESTROYED
1
1
case,
the
building
was
prcuy
ni
consumed
by
the
time
the
brlgads
...
.
,
.
i
writ
pniirri
An
ovcrneaieu
swjv
Card
of
Thanks
WARNING
BY
Economic
Expert
Says
UNCLE
SAM;
pmd
:
dj
A,,
Expects
Both
Russia
and
Japan
To
Live
up
to
Treaty
Agreements
-
and
Japan
to
live
up
to
treaty
united
states
Would
Extend
agreements,
Russia
by
refraining
Neutrality
Drumniond
Denies
Report
-
-Bolstering
up
naval
and
army
de-
.
""r.""
8U,,
0,
an"
Another
clash
tween
Mongolian
,
fences
In
the
Mediterranean
and
and
Manchuokuan
troops
took
ALL-AMERICA
PEACE
CONFERENCE
PLANNED
ine
Suez
canal
zones.
Viscount
-
-
Bolton-Eyres-Monsell,
an!mlUed
to.
th
?!L"ed.5U
b.y
L
First
Lord
of
ing
renorted
reported
to
to
have
have
crossed
ed
the
the
the
Admiralty,
also
said
authorlza-
ine
"aue
01
tlon
would
hP
sn,.0ht
for
thP
rnn.
mated
that
such
an
embargo,
ef-
t'struction
Actively
applied
with
United
States
DC
Feb
of
seven
destroyers,
six
torpedo
boats
and
twenty
trawlers.
.
7
cower
oi
naiv
10
wave
war
uuiuuu
In
three
or
four
months.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
17:
The
United
States
Djpartment
of
State
on
Saturday
issued
a
warn
from
interference
In
domestic
poli-
:
tical
affairs
of
this
country
and
;
Japan
by
adhering
to
the
"open
border
into
the
Japanese
puppet
state.
Funeral
With
Catholic
Rites
tors
has
agreed
to'
support
the
p'an
Mrs.
Victoria
Palmeri,
Aged
80,
Laid
of
Secretary
ot
States
Cordell
Hull
To
Rest
Yesterday
Afternoon
Bright
Sunshine
Has
Little
Effect
for
extension
of
the.
neutrality
bill
j
At
Fairview
Against
Cold
North
Wind
.
against.
.Italyncludlng
the
virtual
.
s
,
imposition
of
an
oil
embargo.
Following
high
requiem
mass
Despite
the
bright
sunshine,
n.ni
mh!
m-awI
which
was
celebrated
by
Father
V.
1
1
.
.
1
tAv.jAnn.,
-
'
wicic
upjjcuia
iu
uc
tunc
icnucutj
ROME,
i.,..j.
i
!-.,
01
nunclatlon
nunciauon
as
Saturday
morning,
bur
wu.ua
.uuu.uw.
.
nriHrti
'ambassador
to
Italv.
.
snap.
A
brisk
and
chilly
northerly
here
ial
of
to
late
Mrs.
Victoria
Palmeri,
-
breeze
U
preventing
much
In
he
P
attache
"
pad
away
last
week
at
the
way
of
thawing
and
the
prospect
is
rf
&s
age
0f
eighty
years,
took
place
yes-
for
another
cool
night.
The
weather
J
terday
afternoon
in
the
Roman
Ca-
Snilv
C
COrreSPn"
his
campaign
against
Italy.
Such
2
"'T
dingly
cold,
old
.
with
Father
Maurice
Smith
0
fi-
The
minimum
temperature
read-
r
.
Mm
elating.
At
the
requiem
mass
Father
ing
here
for
last
night
was
10
uc
-u....--
above
at
4
am.,
the
thermometer
,
ciareu
ou
.1.
having
risen
to
13
above
by
8
a.m
i
The
barometer
Is
high.
Today's'
iTii
r
.
weather
readings
for
the
district:
)
William
I
Uinam
Dead
Tree
romi
uiouay,
iresn
northerly
wind;
barometer.
30.02:
M.
1
:
11
Godfrey
was
assisted
by
Bishop
E.
M.
Bunoz
and
C.
P.
Balagno
presided
at
the
organ.
Pallbearers
were
A.
Montesano,
V.
Calderone,
F.
Roma,
D.
Cavalier,
A.
Christian
and
j
'J.
Deceno.
There
were
numerous
Pn
aSSeS
atUrdaV'"oral
offerings.
temperature.
neavy
sweix.
,
Tnere
attendance
at
Island-
Part
cloudy.
I
Langara
the
funeral
of
which
Havner
Bros..
moaerate
norineast
wiuu,
aua
;
titieny
raiienv
01
rriui-e
uupcn
choppy.
i
General
Hospital
Dies
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
fresh,
northerly
wind;
barometer,
30.10;
William
Putnam,
an
elderly
undertakers,
were
In
charge.
The
late
Mrs.
Palmeri
passed
away
at
the
home
of
her
son,
Louis
Palmeri,
622
Eighth
Avenue
West.
Mrc
Rnw
Rnrrpntl
1c
n
PMnrf.
Terrace-Clear,
north
wind,
2
be-jeral
Hospital
for
some
time,
passed;
,
.
low.
'away
In
that
Institution
Saturday
'
eatgrandsons.
Anyox
Clear,
north
wind,
zero,
afternoon.
Funeral
arrangements
Stewart
Clear,
light
north
whu'are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Un-zero.
!
dertakers.
Hazelton
Clear,
east
wind,
8
be
j
low,
Smlthers
Clear,
east
wind,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
47
be
low.'
Yukon
Temperatures
38
to
below.
Water
Shortage
I
Is
Headed
Off
The
family
of
the
late
Mrs.
Vlc-Tw0
ttnSila
0ccur
in
Main
Between
toria
Palmeri
wlsn
to
man
au
c
and
Shawatlans
Lake
their
friends
for
the
kind
expres-
Islons
of
sympathy
and
for
floral:
i
tributes
received
durhig
their
re-1
A
break
occurred
at
the
week
and
famllv.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
Petten-1
Pa'rs
was
tnat
in
Acropous
iiui
re-
To
Dominion
of
Canada
ing
that
it
expected
both
Russia
g.
W.
Fairweathcr.
Addressing
Rotary
Club
in
Moncton,
xt
it
l.
t
i
c
mi
:
aiti.!i.
iew
jurunswiCK,
ucvciups
oomc
iiii-uru-s
u
iiicu
Differ
From
Those
Which
Many
Hold
MONCTON,
N.B.,
Feb.
17:
"What
would
you
think
of
a
business
that
came
through
the
greatest
depression
in
history
paying
all
of
its
cash
expenses,
except
a
return
on
a
capital
property
which
in
1U28
had
earned
$45,UUU,uuu
as
a
return
on
invested
capital
and
which,
should
the
general
conditions
of
192S
come
back,
would
yield
a
return
of
560,000,000
on
invested
capital
by
.
..
reason
oi
improvements
in
ine
triev
were
in
debt
to
the
extent
of
property
and
In
efficiency?
Would
j
$1,000,000,000.
It
was,
because
they
you
say
this
property
Is
defunct
I
had
this
huge
debt
and
could
not
it
Is
no
good
It
will
never
pay
Its
way?"
These
were
among
the
questions
which
S.
W.
Falrweather
of
Mon
treal,
director
of
the
Bureau
of
Economics,
Canadian
National
Railways,
asked
of
Canadian
businessmen
.In'speaklng.
tq
the
'Rotary
Club
here
today.
His
subject
was
"Some
Misconceptions
of
the
Ca
Feb.
17:
Sir
Eric
Drum-
'Godfrey
at
the
Church
of
the
An-nadian
National
Railways."
"It
Is
not
generally
realized,'.
continued
Mr.
Falrweather,
"mat
the
Canadian
National
Railways
in
1928
stood
fifth
of
all
railway
sys-1
terns
on
the
North
American
continent
In
order
of
net
income
available
for
interest
charges.
Can
anyone
who
has
a
knowledge
of
such
a
demonstrated
periormance
ana
has
any
faith
in
Canada
have
any
doubt
as
to
the
real
value
of
the
Canadian
National
system?
"I
would
not
have
you
feei
that
consider
the
present
financial
difficulties
of
the
Canadlar.
National
as
Insignificant
and
as
something
which
be
lightly
brushed
aside.
The
system,
in
order
to
meet
its
interest
payments
to
the
public
in
1934,
had
to
obtain
$46,407,-900
'from
the
government
and
for
1935
the
amount
required
will
be
approximately
$47,000,000.
These
are
very
considerable
amounts
which
in
1934
made
up
10.2
of
the
total
federal
budge.t
outgo
and
5.27
of
total
tax
burden
of
the
country.
But
I
wish
to
emphasize
that
when
this
cash
deficit
Is
Included
in
the
federal
budget
there
Is
nothing
more
to
be
added.
The
remainder
of
the
book
deficit
calls
for
no
additional
cash
outlay
and
Is
non-existent
in
the
sense
of
being
an
additional
burden.
With
any
considerable
increase
in
traffic,
!
cent
bereavement.
,cnd
in
the
water
main
at
Hays!0ne
may
confidently
look
forward
'
Those
sending
flowers
were:
V.1
Creek
not
far
from
the
bridge
but
j
to
the
cash
deficit
diminishing
un-Reda
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
Clcuro
and
repairs
have
been
made
and
there!
til,
should
we
return
to
the
traffic
uzzo
and
family.
L.
Campagnolo
servoir.
In
view
of
the
situation,
tal
Invested
In
It
by
the
govem-
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Do-
there
should
be
especial
care
In
re-mlnato
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.!eard
to
fires
In
this
cold
weather.
Tony
Christian,
Mrs.
Frank
St.
"
Amour.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.
Basso
and,
N0
CHANGE
OF
IMPORT
family.
Arthur
Bayne,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
j
"Even
In
the
somewhat
dubious;
distinction
of
Income
deficits
the,
!
Canadian
National
does
not
rank.
B.
Sylvester
and
family,
Frank
Only
minor
changes
were
ordered
first
among
railways
by
any
man-1
pay
even
their
operating
expenses
that
bankruptcy
threatened
and
the
government
took
the
property
over.
"Nor
Is
this
the
complete
story:
the
properties,
when
In
the
hands
of
their
private
owners,
had
been
bled
white
in
an.
attempt,
to
pre
serve
financial
solvency
so
that
the
new
owner
had
to
put
into
the
properties
large
sums
of
money
to
rehabilitate
them
or
to
make
good
makeshift
construction.
The
exact
amount
cannot
be
ascertained,
but
I
would
venture
an
opinion
that
it
is
not
less
than
$250,000,000,
all.
of
which
Is
included
In
the
debt
chargeable
to
government
ownership
but
is
properly
chargeable
to
private
ownership."
Mr.
Falrweather
said
that
amounts
running
Into
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
occur
In
the
accounts
of
the
government,
which
owns
the
Canadian
National
system,
and
reappear
in
the
accounts
of
the
railway.
A
wholly
false
Idea
had
arisen
that
Canada
had
two
national
debts,
the
one
shown
In
public
accounts,
the
other
shown
in
the
balance
sheet
of
the
Canadian
National,
and
that
to
get
the
total
one
needs
to
add
the
liabilities
of
the
Canadian
National
to
the
debt
of
the
federal
government.
Distorted
Statement
"Out
of
the
distorted
statement
of
the
liabilities
of
the
Canadian
National,"
continued
the
speaker,
"has
arisen
the
misconception
of
enormous
annual
losses.
People
desiring
to
give
public
ownership
a
black
eye
by
taking
a
crack
at
the
Canadian
National
glibly
quote
dis
torted
figures
hardly
ever
less
thai
$100,000,000
per
year
and
ranging
upwards
to
truly
astronomical
figures
obtained
by
Milton
W.
Harrison,
president
of
the
Security
Owners'
Association
Inc..
of
$200,-
famlly.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Bussanlch
is
no
possibility,
it
is
said,
01
ine
level
or
say
1927,
it
would.
amPliear-;
0oo
000
per
year
onH
fnmiiv
Mr
nnd
Mrs.
o.
colussi
city's
water
supply
being
cut
off.,
The
system
would
not
only
easily;
'
..
i...
Residence
on
Hays
Total
'J1
'
Hear
,
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
Amadlo
The
only
supply
left
pending
re-'
pay
Interest
on
its
bonds
but
would,
can
bt
brewod
by
the
simple
Of
Comox
Avenue
This
Morning
A
.
house
of
J.
Projudnik
consisting
of
three
or
four
rooms
near
Hays
Creek
to
the
rear
of
Comox
Avenue
was
completely
destroyed
bv
fire
this
morning.
The
houio
stood
at
a
considerable
distance
alro
return
a
dividend
on
the
ctpi-
ment.
Favorable
Comparison
Illustration
of
a
small
business.
Let
11s
sunnose
a
man
has
$100,000
In
vested
In
a
business
and
that
the
'revenues
from
his
business
are
(Continued
on
Pace
Fouti
PANTAGES
SUCCUMBS
frnm
thn
nearest
street
and
the
Roma
and
family.
R.
T.
J.
Rose
and
by
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
ner
of
means
the
contract
opera-'
LOS
ANGELES,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
fire
riprVartment
was
unable
to
get
family,
Mr.
Palmeri
and
family,
Mr.
this
morning
in
closing
the
court
of
tion
of
French
railways
partly
by
Alexander
Pantages,
wealthy
thea-
pniilnment
,
at
the
scene.
In
any
land
Mrs.
DeCino
and
family.
Mrs.
revision
on
'the
1936
city
assessment
the
state
and
partly
by
private
In-
tre
owner
and
veteran
of
the
Klon-
ll
equipment
1
.lrm
w.
j
n
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ilnr
nnnminnwl
thnt
Vip
tnracfc
liet
vonr
rnenlttvl
In
a
Ho-'
HvlfP
rtnve
mjcii
fnnnrl
Hpnri
In
hpd
ciUiciu,
mi.
uhu
mid,
vjr
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iuiua,
ivu.
u.
v.
v
j
,vuuvvM
...
.
v.w
,
v.j
and
Mrs.
S.
Martin
and
family,
Mr.
had
given
careful
consideration
to
flclt
of
4:600,000,000
francs
equlva-
at
his
home
here
today.
Death
is
and
Mrs.
G.
Rosin,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
V.
the
assessments
of
both
land
and
lent
In
our
money
to
upwards
ot
believed
to
have
been
due
to
heart
nine
is
believed
to
have
been
the
i
Benetton
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Improvements
generally
and
had
cause
of
the
fire.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
17:
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
44!ic
on
the
local
metal
market
today.
$300,000,000.
A.
Antoncllo
and
family.
D.
Cavalier
found
that
they
were
fair
and
"Some
people
associate
the
large
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Clccone
equitable.
It
Is
understood
that
debt
of
the
Canadian
National;
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
San-
some
appeals
to
the
Supreme
Court
Railways
directly
with
the
policy
of
,
tcrbane
and
family,
V.
Calderoni
are
planned
by
appellants
whose
public
ownership.
They
either
for
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Monte-j
claims
for
lower
sano
and
family,
and
Mrs.
Valotto..
rejected.
'failure.
He
was
64
years
of
age.
ALBERTA
JUDGE
DIES
OTTAWA,
Feb.
17!
(CP)
Mr.
Justice
J.
R.
Boyle
of
the
Supremo
valuations
were
get
or
.
Ignore
the
fact
that
at
the
Court
of
Alberta
died
Saturday
time
the
properties
were
acquired
from
bronchial'
pneumonia,