133 DEAD IN STORM Winter Tempest Takes Heavy Toll In Southern Europe, Particularly In Balkans LONDON, Feb. 13: A survey of hc resui' of a severe storm which haj swept over practically the whole of southern Europe during the past three days showed one hundred and thirty-three dead. The Balkans. Austria and Hungarv seem to have been the most sever- ly hit Several persons were frozen to death. At least five ships ar reported to have been wrecked with hundreds of smaller craft lost As well as Europe, the Icy storms have also swept Asia Miner. . With communications disrupted at many points, It Is feared the death list may be even greater. Available reports Include G3 dead In Bulgaria, 25 In Macedonia, 12 In Thrace In the Gulf of Salonika 10 were drowned and In the Adriatic Sea 18. uruiain and France have a score or more dead. Curb Power Of Supreme Court Dramatic lMea Made In Washington mlcrday by Senator Norrls Of Nebraska WASHINGTON DC; Frb 13: A dramatic plea to Congress to cum the power of the Supreme Court of the United States was made by the veteran Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska in speaking bo- 'ure ule Senate yesterday. The! Wea was Inspired by the action of lhe Supreme Court In recently Invalidating the Agricultural Adjustment Act. nvi BURN TO DEATH IN RESTAURANT F1UE NEW YORK. Feb Ped when fire destroyed a Chi- neso ut.se rct rcstanr.nnl ......... , horn 1... Inst nSht, five persons were burn-W to death and forty-one crc injured. The restaurant was crowded when the fire T broke out in the Manhattan resort, terrorizing more than 150 persons who were attend- lnB a Catholic society dance. 13: Trap- TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy 3. D, Johnston Co.) Vancouver D. C Nickel, .19 V2. Big Missouri, .67 Vi. Bralornc, C.70. D. Ft. Cons,. ,03',4. D. H. X., .10. - Carlboo-Quartrt 1 .27r Dcntonla, .24. Dunwcll, .03 '2. Georgia River, .102-Golconda, .18Vi. Indian, .02. Mlnto, .07V2. Meridian, .11. Morning Star, .02',i. National Silver, .02? Noble Five, .04. Pend Oreille, 1.08. Porter Idaho, .04 Premier, 1.88. Reeves McDonald, .09. Reward, .02. Reno, 1.10. Silver Crest, .00 '.'2. Salmon Gold, .09. Taylor Drldge, .07. Wayside, .182. Whitewater, .042. United Empire. .02 Vi. Toronto Central Patricia, 3.12. Chibougamau, .48. 'Lcc Gold, .04. Granada, .26. Inter. Nickel, 49.25. Macassa, 4.17. Noranda, 47.15. Sherrltt Gordon, 1.14. Slsco, 3.24. Ventures, 2.19. Lake Maron, .09. Teck Hughes, 4.96. Sudbury Dasln, 4.55. Smelter Gold, .05'2. ' . Canada Malartlc, 1.25. Little Long Lac, 7.20. Stadacona, .31. Pickle Crow, 4.63. McKenzle Red Lake, 1.48. God's Lake, 1.24. Red Lake Gold Shore, .. 88. San Antonio, 3.23. Perron, 1.55. Bcattlc Gold, 1.65. Much Bogus Money today. Is Turned Out Ul San Qucntin Pen SAN QUENTIN, Cal.. Feb. 13: It was csumau-a )c" " $10,000 in spurious money had been turned out from tne printing- presses of San Quentm renitenuary as a result of counterfeiting activities within Uie very walls of the prison. nf.w YORK. Feb. 13: (CP) Bar silver was unchanged at 4434c per the local metal market In services between the cities,. (Continued on Page 4) HILL NEW PRESIDENT Annual .Meeting of Prince Kupeit Conservative. Association Last Night ; There was a good attendance and a full measure of enthusiasm last night at the annual meeting of the Prince Rupert Conservative Association In the Eagles' Hall. The usual reports were presented, covering the activities of the last vear. and routine business con ducted, including the election of: officers which resulted as follows:! Honorary President. Rt. Hon. R. Jb. Bennett. Honorary Vice-President, C. H. Orme. President, George Hill. First Vice-President, J. T. Har- ivey. Second Vice-President, R v. Cameron. Secretary-Treasurer, W. R. Love. Executive C. V. Evltt, Jack Preece, G. P. Tinker, William Gil Christ. Cecil Morrison, William Murrav. Percv Cameron. Joe Scott and. George Kelsey. G. P. Tinker, retiring president was In the chair during the early part of the meeting. George Hill taking over after the election of officers. Other speakers Included C. H. Orme and J. T. Harvey. ALL GERMANS ABROAD ORDERED TO BE READY TO BE CALLED HOME PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B C; Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides Ik mmln High 5:05 a.m. 18.7 ft. prince RuperW-Part cloudy, light 17:50 p.m. 15.1 It. northerly wind; barometer, 29.86; Low 11:50 a.m. 7.6 ft. temperature, 22; sea smooth. 23:34 pjn. 9.2 ft. .NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXV, No. 37. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936 PRICE: 5 CENTS WHEAT SELLING IS TO BE PROBED MURDER CASE IN SOUTHERN INTERlOkstigation Asked , i1IT1 i By Bennett is Agreed XT a nft nr I i. I A iniir k XT In IC M M .... U r C M TM v. If; O vinronT ivmrrninno iq iaikwat ncwnmuciui ncwAmg Charged With Killing Mike Hudock at Fernie AIRWAY IS IMPORTANT World Aviation Needs Canada' i Trans-Continental System Good Returns Frozen Body Was Found Monday Five Miles From Crow's Tor Money spent on civil Aviation, Nest Pass Coal Town Gunshot Wounds Held as Cause of Death Institute Told by Official HAMILTON, Feb. 13: (CP) N j pnnntrv hnri snpnt Ipss nn ptvil urTixTftf 1'). rr -t:., i. m ... n I . . ' r : . r OJMVMf tii at. j vjiicuiu iuutjuiiuiiL', uaua- aviation man Canada and no dian Pacific Railway section hand, "yas charged by the country has had greater return,-; provincial police yesterday with the murder of Michael f,rom tf!f money spent. . declared Hudock, Fernie miner whose frozen body was found five SITSSS-miles west of here on Monday. An autopsy disclosed that ment of National Defence in a Hudock died as a result of gunshot wounds. These wounds, paper on "The world's Airway sys- it is alleged, were inflicted by Macchione. tem" before tne Engineering in- stitute of Canada. "The results achieved are due I wholly to the enterprise and efficiency of the private operator ;who has expanded his activities i throughout the length and breadth fOf northern Canada and today It. providing efficient service through all parts of the north." Mr. Wilson said. "Operating conditions arc strenuous, the work is. carried or. jiummcr and. winter with, .only short Intermissions 'during- tfie frccze-up. and break-up periods in fall and spring." x 4i & Beginning his reign as new monarch of Great Britain, King Edward VIII has a change In resid ;ncs From his former home in St. James' Palace, below. King Edward now moves to Buckingham Palace, top. LECTURES COLD SNAP COMMENCE CONTINUES Scries of Mining Talks Opened Last Middle West Gets Little Relief Yet Night by Dr. Mandy With Introduction By Commissioner From Prolonged Spell of Severe Winter Weather CHICAGO, Feb. 13: Except fo, There was a fair attendance at a slight moderation In tempera-the city council chamber last night ture in some quarters, there wjt for the opening of the series of little let-up In severe winter lectures on prospecting and mining weather conditions which durin? by Dr. J. T. Mandy, resident mining the past three weeks have In engineer. City Commissioner W. J. fllcted death, hardship and suffer-Alder opened the classes with ap- Ing upon the greater part of the proprlate appreciative comment. .United States, nr Mandv. In nn introductory! There were full blizzard condl- 1 talk, outlined the nature of the tlons in Iowa, trie DaKotas anuj ! course of lectures. He discussed the Minnesota yesterday with more1, ! origin of the earth and the rcla- snow and possibly another dropj ' finn nf lis strnctiiro jinri nrnr.esses in temperature forecast for today. , to geology, prospecting and mining. Many parts of the country He showed how valuable It was for completely isoiawa unu w.e ..orv- BERLIN. Feb. 13:-The Nazi the prospector to have some know- ae food supplies, owing to h,- government issued a decree ledge of general principles of tne '"'7""" ut - , yesterday requiring all Ger- mans abroad to stand ready for recall home for military or labor service. The order applies to all men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. An order such as this came shortly before the Great War. ; composition and structure of the earth in order to assist him In the location of valuable minerals. Tonight Dr. Mandy will deal with details of mineralogy. coming more acute. SASKATOON VERY COLD Accordine to Canadian National ' , 1 yesterday, dropping to 82 Vic today, below zero. To by Administration Night Sales and Protection For Short Traders as Well As Other Matters Relating to Grain Business Will be Gone Into OTTAWA, Feb. 13: (CP) Parliamentary investigation into the regulations of the new Wheat Board relating to night sales will be held, it was announced in the House of Commons yesterday by Hon. W. D. Euler, minister of trade and commerce, after it was requested by Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, Leader of the Conservative Opposition. ne investigation will likely take". ....... . j.. 'n more ground than night sales or jrotection for short traders when finally constituted. j Mr. Euler made a general defence i of the government's dismissal of I John I. McFarland and his two I conferees from the government I wheat sales agency and the Inltia-'tion of a policy of selling rather ,than hoarding of wheat. Under the; McFarland regime, Mr. Euler sald,: surplus wheat holdings mounted from 127,000,000 to 300,000,000 bu shels. In the last nine and a half weeks of the McFarland board, sales totalled 12.500,000 bushels and In the first six weeks of the Murray board, 65,000,000 bushels. APARTMENT HOLOCAUST Fifteen Dead in Conflagration At Lakewood, New Jersey Still Searching For Bodies LAKEWOOD. N.J., Feb. 13: (CP) Investigators today said that fifteen had died in a fire which swept the Victoria Mansion Hotel late yesterday. Eight bodies, including those of four children, have been recovered. More .than a score were injured leaping from the three-storey structure to escape. California Rain Gets Too Heavy Precipation, At First Hailed As Blessing, Becoming Menace Now Accompanied by High Wind LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13: Heav? Between excessive rain and high winds, there had been two deaths ud to last nliiht. At Long Beach a virtual tornado blew down four oil j derricks and had done considerable j property damage. Streets of Lcs Angeles were flooded. Vance Presides Over Court For First Time Today W. D. Vance, recently appointed; as acting police magistrate, pre-; are. sided over his first session of court this morning but not In the capa- city of magistrate. Instead, he satj as acting Juvenile court Judge with a special commission in connection with the case of two small boys who were charged with breaking and entering the Seal Cove post office and store early this week and tak Telegraphs, 50 below zero tempera- ing cash and goods therefrom. The VANCOUVER, Feb. 13: (CP) ture was recorded today'ln Saska- boys pleaded guilty to this as well Wheat was quoted- at 823ic per toon. The mildest weather in that 'as other breaking and entering of- bushel on the Vancouver Exchange city for three weeks has been 20 fences and were remanded for one week. REPRIEVE EXPIRING Respite For Bruno Richard Haupt-mann About Over With No New Developments TRENTON, N.J., Feb. 13: The thirty-day reprieve granted by Governor Harold Hoffman of New Jersey to Bruno Richard Haupt-mann, convicted kldnap-slayer of ' the Lindbergh baby, will expire on i Saturday after which steps will be Immediately taken to have Haupt- manii re-'seritenced by Justice Trenchard of Flemington. In spite !of many reports and rumors, there have been no developments of ac-jtual importance since the reprieve jwas granted nor has any new evl-fdence been brought forward, j It was said yesterday that another eminent New York criminal (lawyer had Joined the Hauptmann (defence forces. ACCIDENTAL OR SUICIDE Inquiry Unable to Establish Actual Cause of Captain's Disappearance SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13: An official inquiry yesterday into tire disappearance of Capt. Edgar S. McLellan from the United States Army transport ship Republic a few hours before the vessel docked heie on Monday from Honolulu decided that McLellan had died either through suicide-or accident. He was rainfalls In California, at first nof seen after he went to the bridge hailed as a blessing, are nox7,eariy Monday morning to check threatening to become a menace. )tne position of the ship as she ap- proached this port. CZECHOSLOVAKIA WINS GARMISCH - PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany. Feb. 13: (CP) Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden by a i score of 4 to 1 In Olympic Winter j Games hockey yesterday. Later United States defeated Austria 1 .to nil and England and Germany 'played a one-all tie. ! 1 GREAT BRITAIN IS NOT GIVING UP COLONIES IT IS STATED BY THOMAS 4 LONDON, Feb. 13: (CP) Rt. Hon. James H. Thomas, Se- cretary of State for the Do- minions, told questioners In the House of Commons yester- day that Great Britain will not hand over any British colonics, territories or protectorates un- der mandates to foreign powers,