Ifi 1 mi1 1 IT w western Aiasica with general D. ArK.1 LAN 249 VETS MEET EljWten Campaigners Gather Last Night in Legion Rooms to Reminisce (in Old Days Laal veterans ot the South, African campaign held their annual leunion last night in celebration pf he thirty-sixth anniversary of the pile of Ladysmlth and the Sur-rencbr of Cronje. Inspector J. A. Frasrr was in the chair and there wtn eighteen veterans In atten- !anc After a splendid spread' had een enjoyed, several hours were 'pen in Impromptu specch-mak-ng with music. S. C. Thompson resided at the piano. Those present included Inspector P A. Frascr. S. C. Thomson, W. J. pymond, W. II. Wilson-Murray, a. " REVENUE l'sitoii INCREASEi cargo, piled up in a snowstorm at 4 o'clock Wednesday morning. She Is in an exposed position and may have suffered damage as a result of the stormy weather which is now- on. The crew of fourteen or fifteen men Is safe ashore at Boat Bluff lighthouse. Whether or not It would-be worth while attempting salvage had not been determined up to this morning. The steamer Prince George, on the way down the coast, was to look the wreck over and report back here. Capt. W. P. Armour, manager of the Armour Salvage Co., left on the Prince George last night for the scene of the wreck and the company's salvage boat Algie, left t midnight. No word had been received here up to mid-afternoon today. The Maid of Orleans is quite an ild vessel and is well known along 'the coast. h, Cherry, R. W. Cam-; Eonr-!lly ran, Wright Davles, Harry Rlvctt, 1171 rp II J teve King, T Lahlff, Charles El- VYflCn 1 IHieS Mard pon, A. Maclver. W. S. Hammond, 1 - . , McLean and W. BaUey. JSirtllS DCCreaSC P illiam Brown represented the adlan Legion in the absence . . . , . hrough illness MorK "om so "e" ,n rrance of the nresident. vkk Prccce. Since 1930, Figures Show PARIS, Feb. 27: (CP) Deaths in France exceeded births by 9,000 in 1935, but the population expert! blame the figures more on hard times than race suicide. There were 8.500 more deaths !than births in 1923, but in tho of Canadian National f,sii,i .Mr v.irtb nuUktnni'p.l iUllUWlllb v" " " railways In 1935 Improved i deaths by 101,000. Vital statistic? Over Previous Year issued since 1920 reveal that the ihirthmtp In France is sharply ir- s compared with $isi Mfl.n7P. lects oi tne crisis uc et revenue was $14,258,253 as com- the number of births dropped IParcd with tioofiftno .sharalv. though the aeatn ram ...... i,,,uuiWl j . - ON WAY TO TULSEOUAII I remained consiam.. sued for the first Statistics is-nine montlu of 1935 showed there were 25,000 EMPLOYING Representations Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides She Prince Rupert Overcast, stron' i High 6:01 a.m. 19.2 ft. southeast wind; barometer, 29 -K 19:34 15.6 It. p.m. temperature, 38; sea rough.. Low 12:54 p.m. 5.8 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXV. No. 50. Vol. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1936 PRICE: 5 CENTS PUTTING DOWN JAPANESE REBELLION SEATTLE VESSEL ASHORE DOWN COAST Freighter on Rocks At Boat Bluff Just North ot Milbank Sd. t C. C. F. NON-CONFIDENCE MOTION IS REJECTED BY VICTORIA LEGISLATURE VICTORIA, Feb. 28: (CP) Against a motion of non-con- fidence proposed by Rev. Ro- bert Connell, Leader of the C. C. F. Opposition, and seconded by R. B. Swailes, Delta C. C. F. Captain of Stranded Vessel Arrives in Port to Report ' Of t member Britlsh Columbia I I I!c I nuc Al'iifl nf fltlnirL i..r ii i Legislature yesterday sus- . ,o .. Y..vu..a ma, nave mui , tained the government hv a im..w.a. .... i....n r oi " " isuiuugiu us xvuauil OI oiurin Capt. Larsen of the diesel powered Seattle motorshin IMaid of Orleans arrived in Prince Rupert last night ..i i t j r;i f:..i..:t...i ti.i i n- Kiuuaiu me liuiue vu iisurjuuiuis ijici. laiiKer Linainac, reporting his boat ashore at Boat Bluff, Sarah Island, rust north ot Milbank bound, down the coast from here. The Maid of Orleans, a vessel of some one hundred feet in . vlength, while bound from Seattle tlgated by the committee ot the House of Commons on Industrial and international- relations follow ing a motion to that effect by Hon commerce, which passed the House Thursday. Thomas Reid, member for New Westminster, introduced the subject several days ago. Mr. Euler said that he had been Informed by the owners of the China-Japan service that it would cost $800,000 to dismiss Oriental sailors. The subsidy was $600,000 so this might have to be increased if Orientals wece dismissed. He had also been informed, said the minister of trade and commerce, that sixty percent of the passengers on the line were Orientals and it might be difficult to find Canadians willing to serve them. DEFERRING ELECTIONS Polllng in Omincca and Burrard Slay Not Take Place Before December 10 VICTORIA, Feb. 28: (CPJ Premier T. D. Pattullo, in the Legislature yesterday, introduced a bill providing that writs for by-elec- MONTREAL, relation to the tlons in Omincca and Vancouver-prease Feb. 28: (CP)-In- regular in death, seats be Issued within a In jBurrard net revenue for 1935 of rate. 1.291,830 over 1934 is shown in fl-,- Births followed an upward course Period of six months after com-re for the Canadian National after the war. reaching a peak injmencement of the Act. The is-Mwavs IssiiPri vP:iPrHntf i man rinrlne which period France ', suance of the writs may, therefore, I Operating revenues increased was still immune to the economic ,from $104,902,502 to $173,184,503. depression, widespread in other vpcrating expenses were $158,920,- European countries, wnen uie ei- J British Commonwealth and United States in Position to Stop Wars Declares Speaker Upon Minerals Discourse on "Minerals and World Crisis" Leads to Some Interesting, Reflections by Dr. Warren on World Economics and Peace certainly prevent of war. even Dr. Warren's dissertation on; the waging of ei;-rai economics, particularly In j 'anv war and the three creat now- regara to worm peace, aeveiopea1 OTTAWA, Feb. 27: (CP) The ers of the world could stifle war from hls discussion of the relation 'number of Orientals employed onjwithln six months. of minerals to international at-j steamship lines receiving Dominion i However, nointcd out Dr. Warren. alrs Bovernmcnt subsidies will be lnves-1 if the natlons really wlshed Ior peace, they must be prepared to Mineral Production The early part oi Dr. Warren's back up that desire by sacrifice, 'eciure was aevoiea to a review oi Thev must bertbared-- ,4o lose the origin from a producUon standT- sale3 which would be the direct, al- Point of the world's supply of min- W. D. Euler, minister of trade andjthough possibly y not not healthy, neauny, result result erals. "jr'""' First he dealt with the food General Kashii Given Task ot Bringing End To Military Outbreak Several Hundred Insurgent Soldiers Arc Ordered Taken Following Failure to Evacuate Tokyo Police Buildings TOKYO, Feb. 28: (CP) Lieutenant General Kohei "If war comes in the future, the blood of the men which I fvasnn, wno nas been assigned by the government to put ? snilt will rpst. larn-phr nnnn thp TTnitprl Rrnfp nnri Uiown the military rebellion with martial Jaw. announced nnrtv ri.vLnn g I British Commonwealth of Nations which have it in their i . onlSnt that his forces, surrounding the rebels, were "tak- x. ' . unwpr rn nrpvpnt unr if thpv sn rlpsirp " rlpfTnr prl Di i mg appropriate measures." He did not explain what "ap- tt TtMir i i i it tt . nvnni'into mooenvac ' fnbAn were itoia nnt but umi. he h a firlQQl ordered "uciui rhnm them urau x MJirrv v. warren, nroiessor oi Feoino-v at t ip univp.vsirvi""". - umtu of British Columbia, in speaking here last night '6n the .subject of 'Minerals and a World , !Crlsl." Dr. Warren was of the op-'-4ltal.n was Increasing in a much inion that, if thJ British Common- -eawi proporuon mi was mat I IkIPNT .wnTr A a I Sl wealth and United States earnestly lof either Germany or Italy. So it VIlLii irlljij Tet themselves against war. the'wuld appear that Great Britain rest of the nations of the world was equally if not more in need of Investigation to be Conducted By would not fly in their fac2. The fix room for expansion. nouse committee following Kreat nowers of the world could when several hundred Insurgents , soldiers remained in the Tokyo nolice buildings after having pre-"lously agreed to return to their 'nrracks following" the assassination of Premier Okada and three ither government dignitaries. MOTION IS DEFEATED MacInnLs Proposal Regarding Orientals Rejected by Ottawa House 186 to 15 INVESTING IN MINING Dr. Harry Warren Urges Public To Thoroughly Investigate Before rutting up Cash The difficulties that surround x mining engineer in the practice of his profession and the glllblllty nt the public ,ln being deceived by indirect inferences not backed up by reports of reputable engineers 1 provided, the theme of an interest- OTTAWA, Feb. 28: (CP) The 'lnS" address'llelivered to- the mem- House of Commons yesterday de- !ers ana guests of the Prince Rup- feated by ' a division of 186 fo 15 a ert Rotary Club by Dr. Harry V. if this necessitated minerals sucn as pnospnates anat motion Warren nrofessor of or eeolouv geology at at the we nitrates. nltratP. North North Africa, Afrim United tmirrll of Angus Maclnnis. C. C. vyarren, T i it processor r- 1 i I t 1 f throwing men out of work for a time. But surely. If peace were '-lates, Russia and Canada were .eally wanted, people would insist the leading phosphate producers in rtJer mentioned. In 1914 Chile had upon it in a red-blooded way and in such a manner that the govern-! 'rovlded ninety-eight percent of nents would be forced to heed the ihe world's nitrates but, as a result j demand. I of the war, production of synthetic; Canada, while It .could do little I nitrates had been developed by the! quest of Vernier W L. Mackenzie Itself individually, would do well to j natians with the result that Chile's nake a sincere effort for peace, de- j nitrate industry was now in ruins. :larcd Dr. Warren. If not alone for Then came the fuels. United ethical and moral reasons but If States produced 61 percent of the only for selfish reasons, it would be i world's petroleum with Russia, well for Canada to stand together ' Venezuela, Dutch East Indies and with Great Britain in an effort to j Mexico following in order men-preserve the peace of the world. Honed. It was foolish to talk of oil Dr. Warren described as "rub-1 embargoes without the co-opera-bish" the talk of a Prime Minister ition oi the Ull,ted states wnlLch the ' sPeaker P01"1 out durlnS the last about Canada's desire to promote peace when actually the Dominion ! four months had shipped greater 1 supplies of petroleum than eyer to in October had shipped to Italy Italy. k ' I i nti.iu ..... tU. making of steel for war purposes,! nnwm wu me wuiiujtne Baptist Church last evening than in any previous month. .greatest producer of coal. was an unqualified success al-1;1 1 Tn tVr fiolrt nf filmic nnii HQ nn ... . Sieaklne of the Great War. Dr.'. V : . . . . . ' tnougn me attenaance was aisap m . - F. member for Vancouver East, to ""'vt-rsuy oi cnwsn coiumoia, iu exclude Chinese, Japanese and the Commodore yesterday after !noon- Tne Proclaimed subject wa Hindu immigrants from Canada unless they were granted the franchise. Mr. Maclnnis refused the re- King that he withdraw the mo tion in view of the serious situation in the Orient. Religious Drama Very Impressive Splendid Effort Last Night First Baptist Church Ethics and Mining Engineering." Dr. Warren opened by stressing the importance of mining at a time when the country was trying to climb out of the depression and was using mining as one of the means of doing so. He suggested that, before investing in a mine, a person should read the report on it of a reputable engineer, not extracts from the report. The practice of payment of engineers by giving them shares in a company which he serves In a At professional capacity was one to be avoided, Dr. Warren suggested, i The engineer in such a case wa3 to two masters and The religious drama, "He Had'Jfy1 sfrve Great Possessions." presented at was a. ' ""?US54Uie- , , iue spcuncr iueui.iui.ieu aytxun; nstances of engineers who had re fused to be a party to more or less Warren Warren expressed expresseo tte tne opinion mat, import!,,.. The players acquitted rafe rule' knew Prom ,beccml beccmlng more and more impor- themselves m. most eredltablv .hw and h even had Canadians and Amerl- tant. undoubtedly j it - was one of the " cans Dcen aoie to Keep out oi it, WnrrDn Alu..arn, fhof ! . that had floated they would still have felt the ef-L "V V.T,... Ipnct. Vr.oest In i presentations oi its Kina yet pany . nn on thp the fnr thp rrcpnfr. nt. wnt n . . . fects of the post-war depression. -;T"; " a far . 8 .Iven. m nce Kuperi- r eceamg promotions. Brokers, as a very little of mining and Dr. Warren told of one firm a $100,000 com strength of the assajo from one diamond drill hole. Countries Interdependent bdng an lndustrlal natlon was mental ana oiuer r 1 items was given ... .u. u u . . . dinerent Aiftront fmm irom tho tne sum ci,m. au cuuiuncs ui uic uuu concernea. sne naa nine coai ana as f0nows; were Interdependent, declared Dr. iron and her water-power amoun Warren, and this was particularly ted to only one-third of that of true of mining. As far as produc- British Columbia. China had little tion of metals was concerned, how- iron ore and Japan was now lm- be deferred until October 10 If the CVVI- lk "uu ucc" tuvi;" pomng ninety percent 01 ner iron government desires with the elec- notable cases where na"ons. la- from a distance of 4000 miles. Organ recital, W. V. Davles. Monologue. "Memories," Mrs. D. V. Smith, assisted by Mrs. J.'C. Gll-ker and Miss A. Petersen. Violin solo, B. Cameron. Solos, "Have Thine Own Way" the basic raw materials, had United States and Russia f"2 France. tlons following within sixty days. and ..M Tak;, R Houstoni UCCu e tu au mib were me leaaing poaucers 01 iron vloUn sol0( Mlss chrlstengen v. c nuiiKiii uir.a ijiuuutuuu vi Lcuuui iiiiu.ivu ore wnue unuea taies, uermany, W. E. Burrltt, former court regis- metals through the treatment of Russia, Great Britain and France trar here and for the past few years Imported raw materials when they led In steel production. The case of and. Mlss Ham'bim practising as a hamster in van- naa iuei ana waier-power avau- qennany was notaoie. Willi prac- couver, died at his home in North aoie. rn..L . I . - - m nrnM.n,.A. 1 . . r. . . ,1 . . n Un nna Mntl Ct nr tht crro'l t iiniroi-p nf iia -1 l Tt.. quite maries usually presented to tin public. The investing public could hefp bring about a better condition by insisting on seeing thp original, report of the engineer. This method of Inducing the public to Invest Its money by Inferences and half truths was on 2 William Stronir of Tulse- fewer births and lU.uuu iewer ma;--wucl ."""J " 'c 'r'v " .rv"" - cuu m atcc. p.uuuv-uu... .Ca- Mrs F w: Dafoe . p n . . , . . . . . jwh arrived in the cUy from the ' rlages than in the correspondlns of seventy The funeral took place world were sell-contained. Russia son for this was that Germany had sololst Tno cast conslsted Q the - "n - llnrth it. - . ... ... . n . hlrtho ov nn Wpstnncnir nrr Hnrrltt hppiimp Oreat Britain and thp llnltprt tho fnol uih h rVorP In nniccc. ...... " uv""i 1 uu uic t-rtneess Norah ycs-,perioa 01 i, v- ..vu..,. ... - ----- ---- - w . . - following: P. II. Llnzey. Mlss C. si itcry aftemonn f, ti, ,n, 1 pppHph deaths by 35.000. a widower over a year ago when his States were the only nations t that slon of Iron ore. had not. Last year nom v . i , -"v.uuuu iiuiu mi: ,v in - u.Mltll, l.iloo ,awU1l, 1V1IM W. YY . M. 1V1. Blackstock president, UltSlUCHI,, was WU5 ...... fn, cnh o clnt,,. T f r,-,l. t.-J ..1J .1 1 .. ! - r- win proceed from here by lirain Fridav iwheucc he win u,.,! i "y tO Akl.lvllr In XT..l,..,oi territories on fur trading business. HOCKEY SCORES Northwcsicm League Seattle 3, Portland 0.' National League a York Rangers 2, Detroit 4. Bton 2, Montreal 1. . ... Hazelton Cloudy, calm, 5 above, today. Smlthcrs Cloudy, calm, moder- nte 'I VANCOUVER,. Feb. 28: Duet, "The Prayer Perfect" and province and bringing both mining "O Spirit Stay," Mrs. P. H. Llnzey and mining engineers Into disre Commenting upon the talk come an essential factor ln the Skaeway to Vancouver, had a IteM which was so frequently heard of making of steel for naval purposes, list of but thlrtv nassenffers nn yyr) certain nations needing; room for Tungsten, titanium, vanadium, board. Two of the passengers d's Burns Lake Cloudy, light cast Wheat was quoted at 83c on the ( expansion, Dr. Warren said that molybdenum and aluminum came embarked here while one went wind, 3 below. , ' i Vancouver Exchange today. actually the population of Great (Continued on Page Four) aboard here for Vancouver'. pute. The engineers should clean W. V.inahan Davlps was nt thp. v,m,ca ?-. "C :ally. M .AT.0;. ShuT organ and the play was directed by ;vas a difficult matter with which so. . wuv was arowneu m u uuai, i4 a.., u. ueigium nua solU inc 3ltei oi Amv Armstrong Tf M n.aBtt v In thp rhnln nH m.p.t. tnni,, In the First Narrows. He is atlon ln the W0lld' Today's Weather Dft.;a"d G. Houston. Alan Hale. J. C. Gil- Dr. L. W Kergln, Dr'J H. Carsc " 'h Td adahter and ' KrtSl'bTSuS Gmun Case ker. Mlss V. Wrathall, Miss V. Feero. Dr. J. T. Mandy, C. W. Dawsou calm, , 10 ,n above, h brother ln New York. supporting but there was no no n ne- Terrace-Cloudy, j Dr. warren then went on to deal . iRev A Abraham (Massett) Aub- Anyox-Snowlng, north wind, 15 , ceasity of doing this when commo- wlth thc ferro-alloy metals such as c. P. r steamer Princess Noral rcy "sanford and R. E. Wray' (Van- above. I NEW YORK, Feb. 28: (CP)Bar clitics could be bartered so freely nlckeli chromlum and manganese, capt. William Palmer, which was'couver.' Stewart Snowing, cairn, u silver was unchanged at m-mc per ""i"" cu'a De so Canada produced 83 percent of the in port from 3:15 to 5 o'clock yes- above. Iunce on the local metal market readily treated. wor,d.s nlckd which had now be- te.rday afternoon southbound from that was ruining the credit of the C. P. R. steamer Princess Adelaide, Capt. S. K. Gray, Is due hi port at 3:15 this . afternoon from the;souUi and will sail at 10 p.m. on her return to Vancouver and waypolnts.