PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
0:15
a.m.
183
ft.
prince
Rupert
Snowing,
north
11:56
ajn.
20.8
ft.
wind;
barometer,
30.10;
temperature,
Low
5:05
a.m.
9.8
ft.
38;
sea
smooth.
17:59
p.m.
3.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXV.
No.
29.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
4,
1936
fRICE:
5
CENTS
VANCOUm
PORT
BOARD
Two
Officials
Employees
Given
Is
in
Line
With
New
Policy
of
Central
Control
of
Harbors
Under
Which
Prince
Rupert
Now
Becomes
Embraced
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Two
executives
and
seventeen
employees
of
the
Board
of
Vancouver
Harbor
Commissioners
have
been
dismissed
by
the
central
port
authority
at
Ottawa,
it
was
disclosed
here
Monday.
They!
received
notices
of
dismissal
on
Friday.
The
dismissals
are
'.
in
line
with
the
new
central
port
policy
for
Canada
which
will
take
in
under
its
management
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
which
so
far
has
not
been
Included
under
any
such
form
of
administration.
"
NO
MEAT
ON
MENU
This
Is
What
Threatens
Englishmen
Ai
Result
of
Butcher
Strike
On
London
Market
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
London
and
the
greater
part
of
Southern
England
face
.possible,
meatless
menus
is
a
result
of
ten
thousand
tota
going
on
strike
at
Smlthfield
Crcfrj!
Market,
the
world's
greatest
wit
market,
which
serves
more
too
eight
million
persons.
The
strikers
are
asking
a
weekly
mini
mum
wage
of
4,
an
annual
week's
holiday
and
a
forty-hour,
five-day
week.
Ministerial
Ass'n
In
Monthly
Meet
R.
(Commander)
O.
T.
Hodgson
Of
Alert
Bay
Spoke
at
Gathering
Yesterday
The
Prince
Rupert
Ministerial
Association
was
In
regular
monthly
wlon
yesterday
morning
with
the
president,
Rev.
C.
D.
Clarke,
in
the
chair,
Others
present
were
Rev.
W.
D.
Orant
Holllngworth,
Rev.
Dr.
F.
w.
Dafoe.
Very
Rev.
James
B.
Gib-
n,
Rev.
Canon
W.
F.
Rushbrook,
;
......
Dim
v,
r-i
E.
J,
North
and
Adjutant
Eva
wycock
as
well
as
Rev.
(Comman
ocri
o.
T
Hodnson
of
Alert
Bavi.n
ih.
r.Mv
Hall,
lust
what
is
w
,
io
spoke
informally
on
matters
of
'"wrest,
to
members
of
the
asso-
"ation,
aratlfvlnc
rpnnrts
were
presented
on
the
Universal
Week
of
Prayer
campaign
and
on
the
pub-
c
memorial
service
for
the
late
K'ng
Oeorgc.
Stock
Market
Is
Still
Moving
Up
Many
Issues
in
New
York
Reached
New
High
Ground
Since
1931
Yesterday
NEW
Yoiik
Pr.i,
rnntim.innno.ooo.
almost
as
much
as
tne
na
Its
lonir
'
"
v
onitiKi
kill'
ovuvn
market
moved
Into
new
high
Wwnd
again
yesterday.
Many
Is-
reached
new
high
levels
since:
i",
7110
day's
trading
volume
was
J.320,00
Osharcs.
Today's
Weather
Terrace
doudyTnorthcast
wind,
""iperaturc,
12.
Anyox-
-Snowing,
calm.
15.
StcwarU-Llght
snow,
calm.
19.
"Melton-snowing,
calm,
2.
-.uuers-part
cloudy,
calm,
and
17
Have
Been
Their
Notice
ROME
HEARS
OF
ItEVOLT
THREATENING
ETHIOPIA;
SURRENDER
ADDIS
ABABA?
ROME,
Feb.
4:
Rumors
are
current
here
that
a
revolution
Is
Imminent
In
Ethiopia.
Denial
Is
given
to
reports
of
heavy
victories
of
Ethiopians
over
Italians
in
the
East
Af
rican
campaign.
On
the
other
hand,
it
is
said
here
that
thou-
sands
of
Ethiopians,
who
had
been
on
the
verge
of
starva-
tion.
have
deserted
on
the
southern
front
and
are
now
fighting
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
the
Italians
against
the
remnants
of
their
own
forces.
With
Italian
bombing
planes
within
three
hours
distance
of
Addis
Ababa,
it
is
declared
here
that
.the
Ethiopians
are
preparing
to
surrender
their
capltal.
A
Swedish
Red
Cross
official
confirms
reports
of
heavy
reverses
against
the
Ethiopians.
Maybe
in
Red,
Possibly
Not
Montreal
Aldermen
Get
Twister
In
Civic
Finance
Report
MONTREAL,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
If
the
cj
v-s
aldermen
are
unable
to
fi
gurc
from
a
financial
report,
pre
sented
them
by
the
finance
depart
,
1Uti.
V
V.
-
J
-
(Montreal's
actual
debt,
then
how
is
iiP
nonr
taxDaver
supposed
to
know
One
balance
sheet
in
the
report
shows
a
capital
surplus
of
more
than
$5,250,000.
and
the
civic
heads
naturally
consider
Montreal
to
be
"In
the
black"
that
much.
That
is,
until
they
turn
to
another
page
and
find
a
note
saying
"excess
of
lia
bilities
over
assets,
representing
the
net
debt.
$108,447,415."
So
this
seems
to
put
the
city
"in
the
red.
Furthermore,
they
recall
many
Miivrhcs
bv
Mayor
Camlllien
Houde
in
which
he
stated
the
debt
of
Montreal
was
approximately
$300,-
it.inn.nl
debt
lust
prior
to
the
war
-
-
'Other
conflicting
statements
in
the
report
make
the
aldermen
wonder
Just
what
n
is
uu
vv
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
4:
(CP)-wheat
was
auotcd
at
843,ic
on
the
local
exchange
yesterday
and
at
84
lie
today.
Rev.
R.
J.
Love,
United
Church
pastor
at
Port
Simpson,
arrived
in
.u
.,
thU
morning
to
attend
ses-
IX
MORE
WEEKS
Huge
Iceberg
Endangers
Shipping
in
The
Iceberg
season
on
the
North
Atlantic
is
slarting
much
earlier
than
usual
this
year
Reports
from
Cape
Race.
Nfld.,
state
tlut
a
huge
'berg,
700
feet
long
and
200
feet
hlh,
was
sighted
by
the
Swedish
molorshlp
Sorvard.
Such
an
iceberg
must
ba
of
tremendous
proportions
when
it
Is
recalled
that
only
about
one-nl.ith
appears
above
the
surface
of
t
le
waier
icebergs
constitute
a
grave
source
of
peril
to
Atlantl
:
shipping,
and
by
international
ag
;eement.
the
North
Atlantic
Is
patrolled
by
special
lookout
sh
LONG
LIFE
IN
CANADA
British
Writer
Lists
TreccpU
Of
Folks
Who
Lived
Beyond
100
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
For
the
twenty-first
time
C.
B.
Oabb
has
furnished
his
year's
list
of
world
centenarians
to
the
London
Times,
Canada
figuring
prominently
in
the
1935
collection.
He
says:
"The
Dominion
of
Canada
almost
merits,
a
special
supplement
of
its
own.
'Old
Betsey,
the
senior
Red
Indian
woman,
died
aged
115.
Last
year
she
started
to
grow
a
third
set
of
teeth,
and
at
the
same
time
her
grey
hair
began
to
turn
black.
Robert
Sims,
106,
of
Manitoulm
Island,
was
born
in
Scotland
and
served
In
the
Crimean
War.
Mrs.
Flora
Collins,
Canada's
oldest
citizen,
died
at
Scottsvllle,
N.S..
at
110;
her
father
left
Morayvllle
for
Canada
in
1815.
"John
Martin,
108,
died
at
King
ston,
Ont.,
leaving
Devon
In
1854.
Mrs.
William
McKltrlck,
103,
died
at
Crystal
City,
Man.
Mrs.
Donald
Masson
Orant,
given
as
Ottawa
s
oldest
inhabitant,
was
102.
Miss
El
len
Bern,
who
had
lived
near
Smith's
Falls
all
her
life,
was
101.
Mrs.
Antonina
Pshepiolkowasha
(what
is
there
in
a
name?)
who
came
from
poiana
10
Mannooa
when
aged
51,
died
at
St.
Boniface
aged
13.
Mrs.
W.
M.
Ryder
of
Mon
treal,
was
105.
Born
in
London,
she
emigrated
In
1865."
Leaving
Canada
Mr.
Oabb
dis
cusses
centenarians
of
other
coun
tries:
"Dr.
Alexandre
Quenlst
of
the
University
of
Paris,
was
103
The
p'rofessor
remained
active
and
In
full
possession
of
his
faculties
to
the
end.
In
1931
he
wrote
a
book,
How
to
Live
to
be
100.',
Mrs.
C.
Mer-
riott
died
in
her
111th
year.
She
had
worked
In
a
laundry
until
she
was
85.
'Until
two
days
ago
she
had
a
glass
of
beer
daily.'
"Mary
Ann
Boswell,
known
as
tho
Romany
Queen
of
the
Boswells,
was
101.
Her
tastes
Included
half
a
pint
of
beer
dally
and
snuff,
plus
a
clay
pipe;
she
strongly
disapproved
of
girls'
cigarettes.
Mrs.
Bridget
Foyle
of
Alexpaln,
County
Mayo,
was
115;
she
had
never
tra
veiled
by
tram
or
bus.
She
was
anxious
that
her
death
should
be
announced
In
the
press,
so
that
her
relations
In
foreign
parts
should
read
of
it.
Her
diet
(most
wisely)
was
of
eggs,
butter
and
buttermilk.
"Mrs.
Catherine
Cunningham
of
Burns
Presbytery
Kllkeel,
County
Down,
was
104,
ac-low
,
Lake-Bright
uright,
calm
calm,
27
27
bc-'slons
be
slo,
s
of
or
Prince
Rupert
iQ
a
yWld
me.
.ps
to
guard
shipping
lanes.
Above
the
North
Atlantic.
MacDonakTsWin
By
Scant
Margin
Had
Only
Seven
Votes
More
Than
Opponent'ln
.
Universities
"
B
y-Election
LONDON.
Feb.
4:
(CP
J
Former
Premier
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
had
a
close
fight
in
the
Scottish
Universities
a
by-election
to
win
a
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
following
his
defeat
In
his
own
constituency
of
Staham
in
the
general
election.
The
former
Premier
polled
16,000
votes
which
was
but
seven
more
than
Prof.
Denar
Oibb
and
13,000
more
than
C.
Thomson,
Labor
candidate.
CANZONERI-McLARNIN
n
Two
Famous
Boxers
Signed
Up
For
15-Round
Bout
at
Garden
Early
in
May
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Ma
lison
Square
Garden
announced
'oday
that
Tony
Canzoneri,
light
weight
champion,
and
Jimmy
Mc-j
Larnln,
former
welterweight
champion,
have
been
signed
for
a
non-title
fifteen
round
bout
here
early
"n
May.
It
will
be
McLarnln's
first
bout
since
he
lost
the
title
to
Ross
last
May.
KITZEGUCLA
RECEIVES
VISIT
FROM
SL'P'T
OF
MISSIONS
LAST
WEEK
KITZEGUCLA,
Feb.
4:
The
United
Church
of
Kltzegucla
welcomed
the
superintendent
of
In
dian
Missions,
Rev
Dr.
S.
S.
Oster-
hout,
early
last
week
when
phases
of
the
work
were
discussed
and
services
held.
Dr.
Osterhout
preach
ed
In
the
native
language
which
was
much
appreciated.
mory
of
almost
a
century,
espec
'
ially
recalling
the
hardships
of
the
famine
and
the
'hungry
forties.'
In
j
the
main,
however,
she
thought
that,
times
had
rhanffert
for
the
worse.
Comrade
Mashushkln
died
in
sage,
Gustave
Cordel
was
arrested
oosoieie
vessels,
suu.uuu.uuu;
u
ac-Moscow
at
123.
A
telegram
on
Aug-
by
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
and
stroyers,
$100,000
000;
45
replace-ust
24
told
that
the
oldest
woman
Dominion
officers
on
a
charge
of
"o"t,rn0yers'
112'500-000:
total-
in
South
Rhodesia,
aged
120.
was
having
illicit
liquor
in
his
posses-
$992'500'000,
dead;
to
the
end
she
carried
out
slon.
A
rather
complete
still
outfit
the
duties
of
her
kraal,
cutting
is
alleged
to
have
been
seized.
Rev.
Evan
Baker,
United
Church
grass
and
working
on
her
allotted
:
pastor
at
Anyox
and
Stewart,
ar-
plcceof
land.
"Peter
Gotcheff
Vlckoff
of
Sofia,
at
107,
ended
his
own
life,
'deprcs-
sed
because
all
his
friends
and
con-
temporaries
were
dead'."
FOR
BRUNO
HA
UPMANN
North
Atlantic
shows
'two
smaller
icebergs
in
HORRIBLE
DISASTER
oearch
Continues
For
Bodies
In
Colorado
'RtotHBunklwiisftf
Conflagration
'
j
LOS
ANGELES,
Feb'.
4:
(CP)
Search
for
the
bodies
of
victims
of
disastrous
fire
which
destroyed
a
bunkhouse
at
Parker
Dam
on
the
Colorado
River
was
continuing
yesterday
and
an
appeal
was
sent
for
doctors
and
nurses
to
assist
In
ministering
to
the
injured
some
of
whom,
it
is
feared,
may
not
recover.
The
lire
broke
out
at
2:30
yes-
terday
morning
with
ninety
men
asleep
In
their
bunks
Many
were,mlraltv
war
,taff
trapped
as
the
flames
swept
through
the
wooden
structure.
The
men
were
working
on
a
pro-,
.
.
.
.
.1
...
.
Ject
to
divert
j,.
part
of
the
river
to
t.linnpl
iinnlvlnff
u-otpr
tn
Tne
,
,
,
Pioneer
Minister
Of
Wrangell
Dead
I
nev.
uarry
r.
uorser,
iiecior
r
or
,
Years
at
Alaska
Town,
Passes;
Well
Known
to
Tourists
WRANGELL,
Alaska,
Feb.
4:-
Rev.
Harry
P.
Corser,
rector
of
St.;
Philip's
Episcopal
Church
here
for
38
years,
died
yesterday.
He
was
widely
known
among
tourists
and
the
travelling
public
through
aj
photo
and
curio
shop
and
display
which
he
operated
and
with
which
he
helped
to
finance
his
church.
He
came
to
Alaska
originally
from
Arizona.
j
Alleged
Still
Is
1
Seized
Near
City
Midnight
Raid
Results
in
Arrest
Of
Gustavc
Cordel
on
Illicit
Liquor
Charge
Following
a
raid'last
night
of
his
nrpinlcoi
arrnu
Shawatlans
Pas-
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
44c
per
ounce
on
the
local
metal
market
today.
SHAKE-UP
Reprieve
For
Kidnap-Murderer
Near
Expiry;
Will
be
Resentenced
Only
Another
Intervention
by
Governor
Hoffman
Can
Save
Hint
and
no
Definite
Grounds
For
This
Have
So
Far
Been
Advanced
TRENTON,
N.J.,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Unless
Governor
Harold
Hoffman
again
intervenes,
and
so
far
he
has
revealed
no
good
reason
why
he
should,
Bruno
Richard
Haupt-mann,
convicted
of
the
kidnap-murder
of
Charles
Augustus
Lindbergh
jr.,
will
probably
have
less
than
six
weeks
to
live.
The
thirty-day
reprieve
grafted
Hauptmann
ex-
tfpires
in
twelve
days
and
he
will
SEES
NEW
SEA.
PACT
British
Naval
Critic
Estimates
$1,000,000,000
Cost
of
Replace
ments
It
Conference
Fails
LONDON,
Feb.
4;
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Stanley
Baldwin
today
told
the
House
of
Commons
details
of
a
British
plan
for
rearmament
would
be
made
public
"at
an
early
date."
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
The
collapse
of
the
present
London
naval
conference
would
cost
Britain
at
least
$1,000,000,000
for
urgent
replace
,f
ic
..t.H
hvi
nsira.
hnl,
fnrmr
mpmh(,r
of
the
ad-
As
Lieut-Commander
J.
M.
Ken-
.
..
'tered
the
House
of
Commons
after
a
varied
career
In
the
British
navy.
tie
represented
North
Chelsea
In
the
House
from
1926
to
1931,
first
ns
l.Ihpral.
then
Labor,
member.
Hei
succeeded
to
the
barony
in
1934
onburn,ed
l?
death
when
flre
de.stry-the
ed
their
home
near
nere
yesterday
death
of
his
father.
"The
The
onlv
only
alternatives
alternatives
I
I
can
can
see.
see"
,he
declared
in
a
signed
article
in
'
iuc
laapaycia
ui
cioc
an
nujiu
American
agreement
or
pact
for
mutual
assistance
on
the
high
seas
against
any
aggressor.
Other
peaceably
disposed
powers
could
be
invited
to
Join.
Then
the
Americans
could
use
the
Singapore
naval
base
(Britain's)
in
the
event
of
Japanese
aggression,
..We
couid
guard
the
Atlantic
trade
routes
against
marauders
and
the
Americans
the
Pacific.
The
Anglo-French
naval
agreement
in
ihp
M-dttprrnnean
.ncninst
nossible
-
o
r
reprisals
for
League
sanctions
Is
a
useful
precedent.
I
see
no
other
means
of
preventing
a
ruinous
and
dangerous
competition
in
naval
armaments."'
Lord
Strabolgl
declared
that
failure
of
the
five-power
conference
to
agree
on
reduction
in
both
size
and
number
of
new
warships
would
I
mean
a
conservative
cost
to
Britain
ias
follows:
11
capital
ships,
$440,-
f'll.
"ua
iu
icate
rived
in
the
city
on
the
Catala
this.
morning
from
the
nortfl
ti
attend
sessions
of
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery
to
be
held
here
th'i
week.
then
be
re-sentenced
by
the
ori-
glnal
trial
Judge.
Justice
Trenchard.
to
death
In
the
electric
chair.
Execution
must
be
fixed
not
less
than
four
weeks
or.
more
than
eight
weeks
later,
it,
is
considered
likely
that
the
Judge,
as
he
did
before,
will
allow
little
more
than
the
four
weeks.
Governor
Hoffman
has
so
far
dtsclosed
no
definite
.new
evidence
as
to
associates
or
accomplices
that
Hauptmann
may
have
had.
Attorney
General
David
Wilentz
contends
that
Hauptmann
Is
beyond
peradventure
the
guilty
man
and
scouts
the
theory
that
he
may
not
have
been
the
moving
spirit
in
the
crime.
FIVE
DIE
IN
BLAZE
J.
Jost
and
Four
Children
Lost
Their
Lives
Near
Lemberg,
Saskatchewan
LEMBERG,
Sask.,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
!J.
Jost
and
four
children
were
mornln8'
A
dughter,
who
escaped
and
fan
ha,f
a
mUe
through
sub.
members
of
the
family
were
visiting
int
his
town
at
the
time.
Reserve
Judgment
On
Unemployment
Insurance
Matter
OTTAWA,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
The
Su
preme
Court
of
Canada
yesterday
reserved
Judgment
on
the
validity
of
federal
unemployment
insurance
and
took
up
the
Natural
Products
Market
Act.
These
are
among
Items
of
legislation
enacted
by
the
lato
Bennett
government
which
havo
been
referred
to
the
Supreme
Court
by
the
new
Mackenzie
King
government.
Silver
Future
Dealing
to
Be
Resumed
Soon
LONDON,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Dealing
In
two
months'
forward
silver
will
be
resumed
for
the
first
time
tomorrow
since
the
price
collapse
last
December.
The
market
Is
now
believed
to
have
steadied,
there
having
been
little
price
change
for
tho
past
two
or
three
weeks.
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