LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B,c.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Rupert
Snowing,
northwest
Prince
High
2:29
a.m.
20.7
ft.
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
14:30
p.m.
20.6
ft.
29.75;
temperature,
29;
Low
8:35
ajn.
5.6
ft.
light
chop.
20:54
pjn.
3.4
ft,
I
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1
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
33.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1936
fRICE:
S
CENTS
BIG
jVQGMENT
Former
Head
of
mJfORM
Bond
Brokerage
Concern
Answerable
For
Millions
Supreme
Court
of
Ontario
Finds
Him
Accountable
For
$2,532,522.52
to
Liquidators
in
Decision
Announced
Today
TORONTO,
Feb.
8:
(CP)-Isaac
W.
C
B
aSTSS&TS.
Westmount,
Que.,
who
was
president
and
director
of
Sol-
pitai
here,
oway
Mills
&
Co.
Ltd.,
(the
Dominion
company),
now
in
liquidation,
is
accountable
to
the
liquidators
of
the
corporation
for
sums
totalling
$2,532,522.52.
Such
was
the
finding
of
0.
E.
Lennox,
assistant
master
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Ontario,
in
a
judgment
given
at
Osgoode
Hall
today.
EDUCATION
WEEK
HERE
Mnjr
Organizations
To
Co-Operato
To
Make
Observance
Success
A
successful
observance
of
Education
Week,
February
to
2D.
Is
assured
as
a
result
of
a
meet-in?
last
evening
in
the
City
Hal
when
representatives
of
varlou
organizations
in
the
city
attended
and
offered
their
fullest
suppon
and
co-operation.
A
public
meeting
is
planned
for
Monday.
February
24,
at
which
a
debate
by
pupils
of
King
Ed
ward
High
School
will
be
a
feat
ure
There
will
also
be
short
addresses
dealing
with
the
place
and
importance
of
education
in
rapldlj
changing
social
conditions.
The
schools
will
observe
an
opf-n
day
on
Wednesday,
February
20,
when
parents
and
friends
will
be
specially
encouraged
to
be
present
and
see
the
pupils
at
their
dally
work,
The
different
service
and
community
clubs
will
feature
education
at
their
meetings
that
week
and
speakers
from
the
schools
will
be
available
while,
in
turn,
speakers
from
business
and
other
Interests
will
address
the
pupils.
Those
in
attendance
at
last
night's
meeting
Included
City
Com
missioner
W.
J.
Alder:
Mrs.
D.
C
Stuart,
Parent
Teacher
Association;
Miss
llalllwell,
Woman's
Canadian
glub;
Mr-.
D.
Orchard
Mc-Lcod,
I.
o.
D.
E.;
Miss
E.
A.
Mercer,
Miss
S.
A.
Mills
and
Dr.
E.
E.
Lucas;
C.
V.
Evltt
and
II,
F.
Pullen,
Chamber
of
Commerce;
Dr.
II.
L.
Alexander,
Rotary
Club;
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holllngworth,
Ministerial
Association
and
the
Gyro
Club;
Roth
Gordon,
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce;
Arthur
Sutton,
Northern
High
School
Teachers'
Association,
and
J.
S.
Wilson,.
W.
W.
C.
O'Neill
presided.
NATURE
RUINS
CHINESE
LAND
NANKING.
Feb.
8;
(CP)
Flood
and
drought,
ancient
natural
enc
mlcs
of
China,
cost
the
country
$125,000,000
in
foodstuffs
alone
In
1035,
the
ministry
of
Industry
says.
Moods
put
6,000,000
acres
under
water
and
drought
and
dust
left
9,000,000
arid.
A
Servant's
Bequest
LEIOH-ON-SEA,
Eng.,
Feb.
8:
im
r.
i...
,
l
u
'
'
dnmMiu
i
,.
.f
-v'UVOlil.
AI'I
VIIMI.
VI
IllllllLb
1i.ft
'tit
$1,450.
tt
Acr,
nil
it
.
hn
nwncd.
.ii
to
.--
Marv
Wniifn
ker'
,
J
,7"
hcr
.fy
cn,y
touhl?r
of
ticss.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oarurtwy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
D.
C.
Nickel,
.19.
Dig
Missouri,
.70.
Bralomc.
6.60.
U.
R.
Con..
.032.
B.
R.
X.,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.25,
Den
ton
la
.22
Vv
ftVfttf
Dunwell.
.03
Vj.
Georgia
River.
.01
',i,
Golconda,
.19'2.
Indian,
.01.
'
Mlnto,
.00',.
Meridian,
.12.
Morning
Star,
.025i.
National
Silver,
Wo.
Noble
Five,
.04
Vi.
Pend
Oreille,
-.00.
Porter
Idaho,
.04.
Premier,
1.87.
Reeves
McDonald,
.09.
Reward,
.02.
Reno.
1.07.
Sliver
Crest,
.00
'2.
Salmon
Gold,
.09.
Wayside,
.16.
Whitewater,
.04'2.
Toronto
Central
Patricia,
3.07.
Chlbougamau,
.40.
Lec
Gold,
.05i.
Granada,
.24.
Inter.
Nickel,
48.75.
Macassa,
4.15.
Noranda,
47.00.
Sherritt
Gordon,
1.00.
Slsco,
3.17.
Ventures,
2.00.
Lake
Maron,
.00
.
.
Teck
Hughes,
5.10.
Sudbury
Basin,
4.05.
Smelter
Gold,
.05.
Canada
Malartlc,
1.28.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.00.
Stadacona,
.28.
Pickle
Crow,
4.75.
McKenzlc
Red
Lake,
1.44.
God's
Lake,
1.23.
Sturgeon
River,
.57.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.84
'2.
San
Antlnlo,
3.22.
Beattlc
Gold,
1.70.
'CURSE'
BRINGS
CONFESSION
LONDON,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Twc5
1st
traffic
to
arrive
In
Prince
Rur-thlcves
confessed
to
breaking
Into
crt
Fridays,
the
other
boats
belli1;
the
Church
of
St.
Mary,
Harrow-
on-the-Hlll.
because
they
thought
thm
ha
I
la
u,
curse
"
was
piai.i.-u
....
w.f
cimnoscd
"curse"
ocing
queer
.
V:
ti,
nttributed
to
a
nUI!C
supernatural
cause.
Due
JUL-
to
w
cold
weather
condition?
-
n.
..mIi-im
nnr!
m
me
interior.
in.
9n
was
reported
"
this
morn-
illi
lUiHwi
'
'
"
.
..
.
liiff
to
iv.
DC
mr
one
iwmi
hour
ana
llity
mm
-
,!.
X
wlilch
will
bring
It
hi
i"S,SJK5it.
at
12:10
midnight
FOUR
BURN
TODEATH
Children
Victims
of
Disastrous
Fire
Near
London,
Ontario
LONDON,
Ont.,
Feb.
8:
(CD-Four
children
were
burned
to
death
J
last
night
when
fire,
caused
by
the
explosion
of
a
Jar
of
gasoline,
demolished
their
home
near
here.
The
Board
Opposed
To
Health
Insurance
Chamber
of
Commerce
Again
Goc
On
Record
Against
Weir
Scheme
j
me
rniice
nupen
unamDer
fj
uuuneice.
ai
lis
meeting
last
night,
again
went
on
record
t
being
opposed
to
the
proposed
health
Insurance
scheme
of
Hon
!Dr.
G.
M.
Weir,
Provincial
Score'
iary,
by
adopting
the
report
of
ihn
.
.
.
.
Hnl.lH4t...
r-
i
ii
A
i.cjjiaiuwvc
vuiimiiibee,
me
repov1
closing
with
these
words:
T'"'""
that-H
is
Very
'Inadvisable'
for
"this
province
to
'embark
upon
further
experlmenta!
jsoclal
or
paternalistic
legislation
"under
existing
conditions
of
ex-
cesslve
taxation
and
depicted
fin
1
ances."
FAST
TRAIN
ON
FRIDAYS
That
h
the
Plan
Proposed
For
C.
N.
K.
qui
of
Prince
Rupert
During
Summer
Prince
Rupert
is
to
have
five
trains
a
week
this
year
In
all
probability
and
one
of
the
trains
is
to
be
a
full
passenger,
the
other3
being
mixed
trains.
The
service
is
to
be
generally
improved,
the
fast
train
leaving
Prince
Rupert
at
11
o'clock
Friday
morning,
reaching
Jasper
In
25
hours
and
connect
ing
Immediately
with
the
fast
scheme
as
outlined
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
evening
as
a
tentative
arrange-
sanctioned,
mere,
tie
was
m
a
suue
ox
coma
ia
ment
not
yet
officially
f,
fri.
hii
loovJnlght
after
the
extreme
unction
of
.on
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday
I
and
Thursday
evenings
of
each!
week
during
the
summer
months,
If
This
scheme
Is
carried
out
there
I
will
be
no
trains
leaving
for
the
east
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays.
I
never
enjoyea
roDust
ncaun
ana
been
a
partial
Invalid
all
hlf
life.
He
is
a
hemophlllac-a
suf-
.
u.ji
...
:
The
railway
and
navigation
com-.
mittce
will
go
over
the
schcdulojhas
carefully
with
the
object
'
of
trying
:
.
4.
4
i,-
-
to
get
a
longer
aiup-uvci
umu
present
planned
and
also
will
cor.
slder
the
question
of
asking
for
mail
changes.
In
the
event
of
the
proposed
schedule
going
Into
effect,
It
Is
understood
the
railway
company
will
rout
most
of
Its
through
tour-
tnrougn
Doats
to
massa.
;
Last
year
there
was
no
first
elass
trnln
nut
of
Prince
Ruuerf..
-
,
i
U
.Hrt.nnn1
rrf
Mile
trnir
te
n
i
jjiuuaa.
iu.
,v..
.c
distinct
gain
There
were
only
four.
,...
,
,
Jl,lnr.
locf
vnnr
The
local
Chamber
of
Commerce
...
.
.
.
.,..
C1,
1K
..
isiu
ui-vu.u
vu
w.v
send
J
raaio
.inspector
to
Prince
-
f
.i
i
uupen
iour
umcs
u
ycui
ut
ivgu
-
.
.....
"...
.
...
...
lar
Intervals
to
deal
with
radio
In
-
terfcrence.
AGAINST
SOLLOWAY
;
Former
4
SBCBwdc
HHSSHKSwfP
.fiHlflMHHfl
Charles
Curtis
who
succumbed
to
heart
attack
today
in
Washington
at
age
of
seventy-six.
ALFONSO
IS
DYING
Former
Crown
Prince
of
Spain
Is
Near
Death's
Door
Extreme
Unction
Given
HAVANA,
Cuba,
Feb.
8:
Don
Al-
condUlons
wammt
the
ap
I
son
of
Former
King
Alfonso
XIII,
I
m
ft
i
i.
J..t
H
..-UnHtLH.
1
01
i.
1S
"-"
u"'i
the
Roman
Catholic
Church
had
been
administered
to
him
yester-
day.
His
death
Is
expected
momen
-
tartly.
-
Twenty-nine
years
of
age,
the
former
Crown
Prince
of
Spain
has
.
anjierer
irom
execvu
oiecuuig.
A
few
years
ago
Alfonso
married
a
commoner
and
renounced
M,
nis
right
of
succession
to
the
Spanish
Thrcne-
Former
King
,
Alfonso,
now
,
In
Rome,
Is
keeping
In
touch
with
his
son's
condition
by
hourly
cables.
Cardinal
Sincero
nrrtn
Paccac
Secretary
of
Conclave
Succumbs
To
Paralysis
at
Age
of
66
Years
ROME,
Feb.
R:
"(CP).
Lulgl
Car
-
dlnal
Sincero.
secretary
of
the
n
-
i
-!
-i
Ai...tnpi1A'tia
unnlintifTpH
nf
44tltf:.iiir
uomc
unciiiv
mvu
uuin
iiuiuijsia
.
.
..
.
..
yesterday
aftcra
week's
illness.
He
was
66
years
of:age.'
Dies
WOULD
AID
FISHERMEN
i
Chamber
of
Commerce
Asks
For
j
Ertension
of
the
Fishing
Limits
I
On
Spring
Salmon
oh
Skeena
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
pi
night,
asked
the
Department
of
T.M
rhnrlfttr
fn
rriiro
thn
f
ICM
Otm
on
nf
I
J
u.c-
leges,
in
fishing
for
spring
salmon
as
they
have
giveri
for
cohoes.
I.
was
i
explained
Oy
u
w
Niwersoa
,iai
uie
japane
hto
w
l.au
CA"'"
?,
Deen
raniea
inem
wnai
ine
"cc"
T.nrnpri
nravn.
i
np
resiuent
iisner-
men
were
now
asking
,
.
Uiat
.,-
the
boundaries
on
the
him
to
,me
.allowed
for
springs
as
for
cohoes.
;
).Q,
y,.
,
"'vf
'
1
u"e"
IXJ
TVL
".A
"l
Ul;e
uppioawicu'
uj,
.
T
,:
nv,,noH
uat
fhpv
tSTZ
forced
to
leave
the
district
If
the
nrnnncpH
-...f-iimfrnt
of
the
fish-
ing
grounds
was
enforced.
They
:,hnncht
rPSMPnts
should
be
al
lowed
to'
fish
the
larger
area
and
j
non-residents
should
conform
with
the
proposed
new
regulations.
I
Aftor
rnnslrirrable
discussion
it
was
decided
to
ask
for
extension
of
the
spring
salmon
fishing
grounds
in
order
to
help
out.
tho
white
fishermen
.....
siTvfr
IM
,
.
.
'
;.
'.
'
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
81
(CP)r'Car
.
"
v,a
u..v.t..t,vV
.-.--r"
V
bounce
.
on
the
u
t
local,
metals
Mnti.Mnri,n
market
'today..
.
..,-v--
Charles
Curtis
Passes
Today
at
Age
ot
76;
Heart
Attack
Victim
Was
First
Man
of
Indian
Ancestry
to
Occupy
Such
High
Post
in
Affairs
of
Country
Held
Public
Office
For
Many
Years
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Charles
Curtis,
who
rose
from
a
cradle
on
a
Kansas
Indian
reservation
to
;he
Vice-President's
chair
in
the
United
States
Senat
;
during
the
Hoover
administration,
died
of
a
heart
attack
lere
today
at
the
age
of
76.
He
was
the
first
man
of
Indian
ancestry
to
become
presiding
officer
of
the
legisatiw
"sody
in
which
he
had
served
for
twenty
years.
He
hatl
held
public
office
almost
continuously
since
the
age
of
24.
I
DEFEATS
WALLACE
,
Ceferino
Garcia
Had
Best
of
Fight
in
Hollywood
Won
Six
Rounds'
'-
-
HOLLYWOOD,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Ceferino
Garcia,
Los
Angeles
Filipino,
last
night
won
six
rounds
to
gain
a
ten-round
decision
over
Gordon
Wallace,
Vancouver
welterweight.
The
decision
was
a
popular,
one,
the
general
concensus
of
opinion
being
that
Garcia
was
decidedly
the
best.
ASKING
FOR
SEPARATION
Chamber
of
Commerce
Would
Have
Prince
Rupert
Distinct
Pilotage
District
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
its
meeting
last
might,
decided
to
ask
that
the
dis
trict
of
Prince
Rupert
be
separated
from
the
rest
of
the
province
lr
the
matter
of
pilotage
and
that,
'polntment
of
a
permanent
pilot,
a
local
man
be
appointed
to
act
as
ot
report
of
lhe
port
commlttee.which
asked
for
the
appolntment
of
a
Ucensed
pllot
at
Prlnce
Rupert
m
asking
that
the
district
of
prJnce
Rupert
be
separated
fron
the
rest
of
the
province,
0.
W.
.
.
...
Nickerson
said
he
could
not
un
derstand
why
Prince
Rupert
ever
consented
to
join
with
Vancouver
in
pilotage
matters.
New
West-
minster
knew
nough
to
keep
out
,To
"e
sfrni
roorf
me
spnaratlnn
s"siy
urgea
separation
'
the
districts
and
the
proposal
was
adoptetL
Former
Member
Of
Legislature
Dies
Funeral
of
Late
II.
G.
Parson,
One
Time
M.
L.
A.
For
Columbia,
Is
Held
Today
1
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
FU
neral
.services
were
held
today
for
H.
a.
Parson,
aged
70,
former
Con
cprvntlva
MotnVior
nf
.
flip
T.oirlclnturn
...v....v.
--o
for
Columbia
ut
m.ij
(Golden),
...i
who
died
juj
on
Thursday.
LOG
SCALE
DECREASES
Timber
Production
Considerable
Down
Output
of
Poles
And
.m&rOingil3p:
However.-
H
-
Log
scaling
hi
Prince
Rupert
for
estry
district
for
January
Jhis
yea
totalled
1,049,147
board
feet
whic
Is
a
considerable
decrease
fror
3,772,687
board
feet
in
the
sam
:
month
last
year.
There
was
a
heav
falling
off
this
January
In
the
pro
-
duction
of
spruce
and
hemlock
log;
,
this
district's
principal
variety
or
timber.
Production
of
poles
and
piling
hi
the
interior
this
January
totalle
d
169,187
lineal
feet
all
In
cedar-which
is
a
large
Increase
over
las.
year's
54,146
lineal
feet.
Cordwood
production
this
January
was
68
cords
as
compared
with
271
cords
a
year
ago.
The
numbe:
of
ties
counted
this
January
was
178
in
comparison
with
207
In
th;
same
month
last
year.
The
sawlog
production
thi?
January
.per
species
was
as
follow
.
figures
for
January
1935
also
beln
;
hown
for
comparison:
1936
1935
B.F.
B.F.
Fir
11,677
8.8OT
Cedar
155.579
84,78
Spruce
584,828
2,377,831
Hemlock
133,899
1,276,63
i
'
Balsam
2,268
4,53
5
Jackplne
101,000
20,00;)
Miscellaneous
....
59,896
Totals
1,049,147
3,772,687
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
83
Vic
on
tlu;
ocal
exchange
yesterday,
advant
ng
to
86V2C
today.
J-
HIGH
SCHOOL
HOOP
TEAMS
EVEN
HONORS
IN
TERRACE
SERIES
h
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
v
High
School
basketball
teams,
playing
at
Terrace
last
night,
divided
honors.
The
Terrace
girls
defeated
their
opponents
t
from
the
coast
by
the
close
fr
score
of
16
to
15
while
the
f
Prince
Rupert
boys
had
a
fairly
easy
23
to
14
victory.
V
The
Prince
Rupert
players
will
return
home
on
tonight's
train.