EPIDEMIC
OF
FEVERi
Fairbanks
Appeal
Sent
To
Juneau
For
Serum
FAIRBANKS,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
An
outbreak
of
scarlet
fever
here
has,
caused
territorial
health
officers
to
clow
the
University
of
Alaska,
public
schools,
theatres
and
places
of
assembly.
Dr
F
B.
Olllespie,
district
deputy
territorial
health
-officer,
haywire-lessed
to
Juneau
for
a
supply
of
scrum
to
be
sent
by
airplane.
CONTROL
OF
RIOT
Trouble
In
Jail
At
Viliemarie,
Qufbtr,
Ends
Following
Arrival
Of
Special
Police
VI1LEMAR1E,
Quebec
Jan
4:
Tiie
Temiskamlng
district
jail
a'
thli
point,
seventy-five
miles
north
of
Norand,
was
quiet
today
following
yesterday's
revolt
when
twenty
-
three
of
thirty
prisoners,
objecting
w
the
food
which
was
served
them,
refused
to
submit
to
order?
of
jail
orflclals.
The
seven
no-participants
In
the
riot
were
women,
A
squad
i
four
police
was
dispatched
here
by
plane
with
full
authority
to
quell
the
revolt
by
whatever
means
were
deemed
necessary.
Viliemarie
Is
on
the
Quebec
-side
of
Lake
Temiskamlng
across
from
Cobalt.
Ontario.
The
revolt
over
the
food
com
plaints
first
flared
on
Thursday.
The
prisoners
refused
to
work
and
also
refused
to
be
confined
to
their
cells,
spending
the
night
roaming
the
corridors.
They
were
still
out
of
control
until
the
police
reinforcements
arrived
yesterday.
It
was
officially
announced
last
night
that
the
twenty-three
prison-
CAPETOWN,
Jan,
4:
(CP)
Aus
tralia
today
defeated
South
Africa,
claring
that
these
rulers
have
j
created
a
situation
containing
ele-
I
uiviivo
wtuv
may
iau
vu
bia&cujr
Gtnfr.1
Quarantine
Declared
In!"'
fneral
He
ald
merely
uidi.
lie
icbugwicu
uie&e
wuras
which
I
have
chosen
with
deliberation
will
not
prove
popular
In
any
nation
that
chooses
to
fit
this
shoe
to
its
foot."
I
The
message,
it
Is
expected
by
observers
here,
will
have
the
ef
fect
of
stimulating
the
movement
among
League
of
Nations
member?
towards
Imposition
of
further
sanctions.
Including
the
oil
era.
bargo,
against'ltaly!
;
Congress,
having
been
opened,
by
Speaker
Joseph
Burns
earlier
'
in
the
day,
soon
adjourned
until
last
night
for
the
president
to
deliver
his
message
Congressman
Bankhead
of
Alabama
moved
the!
adjournment
which
was
opposed
;
vigourously
by
Republican
House
'
Leader
Bertrand
Snell
of
New
York
who
perceived
an
attempt
by
the
President
to
make
political
capital
out
of
the
use
of
the
radio
broadcast
his
annual
message.
fairs.
President
Roosevelt
declared
that
there
had
been
a
vast
domes
tic
improvement
during
the
thirty-
four
months
since
the
New
Deal
had
been
In
operation.
Domination
hy
the
government
had
been
removed
from
big
financial
'and
Industrial
interests,
he
declared,
and
returned
to
the
capltol
and
the
administration
where
It
rightfully
belonged.
The
chief
executive
a',-
manent
neutrality
bill
would
oe
Introduced
almost
Immediate!,
rnnfprrlne
unon
the
President
broad
discretionary
powers
-to
ban
export
:oort
of
of
war
war
materials.
maicruus.
Europe's
Reaction
ThwnoN.
Jan.
4:
(CP)
A
new
runs
In
the
third
test
cricket
match
movement
for
oil
sanctions
against
of
ihp
n..nt
,...
Tho
vuitnrn
Ttniv
emerged
today
as
a
major
in
tern
...
a
(rraHnnal
result
of
President
draw.
to
Investigate
war
conditions
and
establish
responsibility
for
"war
cruelty."
The
Ethiopian,
communication
created
a
sensation
here
as
it
seemingly
indicated
that
affairs
B,e
reaching
a
tt
crista
In
the
war.
The
President
stated
that
the
sougnt
emmhfcl
.
Italy
Plans
Push
United
States
government
to
dlscouraee
war
In
every
pos-Kihi
wav.
Its
policy
would
be
to
ers,
after
having
held
control
of
i
Rtop
tne
eXport
of
arms,
ammunl-thrce
floors
of
the
lail
for
more
ltn
instruments
of
warfare
and
man
twenty-four
hours,
had
been
brought
under
control
by
the
provincial
police.
Officials
said
that
no
injuries
or
property
damage
had
resulted.
Australia
Now
Ahead
in
Test
Cricket
Play
all
materials
to
se
usea
in
connection
with
warfare
to
belligerents
Purchase
of
bonds
of
bellig
erent
nations
In
time
of
war
Dy
American
Investors
might
also
be
prohibited.
Democratic
House
Leader
Joseph
T
Robinson
stated
that
an
accept
able
bill
providing
for
the
paymen'-j
i.f
soldiers'
bonuses
would
be
en
acted..
He
declared
Uiat
there
was
no
chance
for
the
passage
or
the
rwnspnrl
nlan
providing
for
the
payment
of
$200
monthly
for
all
people
over
the
age
of
sixty.
ROME.
Jan.
4:
Italy
Is
for
a
new
and
slashing
attack
on
the
southern
front
In
Ethiopia,
it
was
Intimated
here
yesterday.
,
Paris
Seeks
Help
PARIS,
Jan.
4:
The
French
government
yesterday
asked
members
of
the
League
of
Nations
what
help
it
might
expect
from
them
in
the
event
she
was
attacked
by
Italy
following
the
Imposition
of
sanc
tions.
States
Congress
last
night
In
which
he
denounced
war-like
dictatorships
and
called
for
further
neutrality
measures.
In
London
and
Geneva
the
belief
grew
that,
If
the
United
States
Independently
Imposed
an
oil
em
bargo
on
belligerents
In
the
Italo-1
Ethiopian
conflict,
the.
League
of
Nations
would
move
swiftly
toward
moje
drastic
economic
sanctions
Roosevelt's
message
to
the
United
against
Italy.
'
-OVI
C1AL
LIBRARY
VICTORS,
B.C.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
8Bbe
High
.
10:21
am.
2L1
ft.
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
light
23:35
pjn.
17.8
ft.
northerly
wind;
barometer,
29.45;
Low
3:55
a.m.
9.6
ft.
temeprature,
42;
sea.
smooth.
17:16
pjn.
3.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV..
No.
3.
JANUARY
1935
PRICE:
S
CENTS
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
4,
ROOSEVELT
STRIKES
AT
WAR
MAKERS
United
States
to
Do
All
in
its
Power
To
Prevent
Belligerence
i
Slashing
Attack
Upon
Nations
Which
Arc
Reverting
to
Sword
Made
by
Chief
Executive
in
Address
to
Con-
I
grcss
Teeth
in
Neutrality
Bill
I
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
Castigation
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
nations
which
have
"impatiently
reverted
to
the
old
belief
in
the
law
of
the
sword"
today
rang
around
the
world.
The
chief
executive
chose
his
opening
message
to
the
newly
convened
Congress
as
a
vehicle
for
striking
out
last
night
at
"the
rulers
moi
many
oi
tne
great
populations
In
Europe
and
Asia"
who
have
run
counter
to
ways
of
peace
and
goodwill.
He
mentioned
no
names
In
de
OVERTHROW
OF
TASCHEREAU
PREDICTED
Britain
Rushes
Fortifications
At
Port
Aden
Affairs
VICTORIA.
Jan.
4:
(CP
In
the;
process
of
straightening
out
the
i
j
affairs
of
the
city
of
Fernie,
now!
to
under
a
commlssionershlp,
the
pro-1
ivincial
government
has
authorized.
i.u
Dijf
,.
i
mnppllatinn
of
341.000
in
OUt-i
A
lie
i
r.
r
i
;
i
Tra?
.
'
"
1
w
.
u
v
-
Hon.
(standing
bonds
which
are
held
ln(
While
pessimistic
In
regard
to
municipal
sinking
lunas,
the
tangle
of
International
af-l
PROBE
IS
!
REQUESTED
Ethiopia
Asks
League
to
Investigate
Italy's
War
Cruelty
Move
Creates
Sensation
tacked
cuardians
of
noiomgs
oi
GENEVA,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
txniopia
stockholders
of
big
corporations
officially
asked
the
League
of
Na-
who.
he
said,
were
using
their
tIons
t,0day
to
send
a
commission
of
position
for
their
own
selfish
In-
inquiry
to
the
African
battlefields
terests.
It
was
announced
that
a
per
BREAK
IS
,
OBSERVED
i
i
News-Letter,
Ramsay
MacDonald's
Organ,
Publishes
Attack
Upon
Premier
Baldwin
LONDON,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
A
split
between
Premier
Stanley
Baldwin
and
Former
Premier
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
is
seen
by
political
observers
following
a
surprise
attack
on
the
Prime
Minister
which
was
published
yesterday
in
the
News-Letter,
organ
of
the
National
Labor
Party
formed
by
Mr.
MacDonald
in
1931
to
support
the
National
government.
In
some
quarters
the
article
is
heralded
as
a
definite
break
between
Baldwin
and
MacDonald.
The
News-Letter
was
particularly
biting
in
its
references
to
Baldwin's
criticism
in
the
House
of
post-war
diplomatic
methods.
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
4:
(CP)-Wheat
was
quoted
at
88c
on
the
local
-exchange
yesterday,
dropping
to
8734C
today.
3
ir
With
Mussolini
once
again
hurling
defiance
at
the
world
or
at
any
attempts
to
bring
about
a
peaceful
settlement
of
the
Italo
Ethiopian
dispute.
Britain-
is
redo
'.sling
hci
efforts
to
fortify
the
Port
of
Aden
on
the
Red
Sea,
British
waffcHs
and
bombing
plan
s
have
been
dispatched
to
the
port
In
readiness
for
any
eventuality.
The
fortifications
at
the
Por
.
of
Aden
are"
shown
above.
CITY
BONDS
I
POLITICAL
CANCELLED
Government
Takes
Drastic
Step
In
Straightening
Out
Fernie's
-HELD
FOR
i
ROBBERY
i
'Vancouver
Police
Believe
They
Have
One
of
Two
Men
Who
Held
up
Castle
Beer
Parlor
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
The
police
yesterday
charged
William
Pedgorski
with
being
one
of
two
armed
bandits
wno
held
up
fdur
employees
and
three
patrons
In
the
Castle
Hotel
beer
parlor
and
escaped
with
$626
In
cash
late
the
night
previous.
None
of
the
stolen
money
was
re
covered
but
the
police
believe
It
Is
I
In
the
possession
of
Pedgorskl's
.alleged
companion
for
whom
they
are
searching
the
city.
Pedgorski
uppeaTed
In
police
court
yesterday
and
was
remanded
for
one
week.
The
police
believe
the
men
hid
In
the
establishment
until
after
J
closing
time
when
they
made
their
appearance,
one
of
the
armed
bandits
holding
four
bartenders
at
bay
while
the
other
scooped
the
money
from
the
cash
register.
Two
other
patrons
were
in
the
washroom
at
the
time.
American
Hospital
in
Ethiopia
Is
Bombed
by
Italian
Planes;
Addis
Ababa
Confirms
Report
ADDIS
ABABA,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
The
Ethiopian
government
confirmed
today
the
reported
bombing
by
Italian
planes
of
an
American
field
hospital
at
Daggah
Bur
in
Southeastern
Ethiopia.
The
hospital
was
formerly
headed
by
Dr.
Robert
Hockman
of
Wheaton,
Illinois.
First
word
of
the
incident
was
received
by
Dr.
T.
A.
Lambie,
Toronto
missionary,
who
heads
the
Ethiopian
Red
Cross.
Sweden
Seeks
Probe
STOCKHOLM,
Jan.
4:
The
Swedish
Red
Cross
Society
has
opened
a
campaign
to
raise
funds
to
fin-..ancc
a
thorough
investigation
by
the
International
Red
.Cross;
Society
of
the
bombing
this
week
of
a
Swedish
hospital
in
Ethiopia
by
Italian
bombing
planes.
Quebec
Government
To
Be
Voted
Out
on
First
Division
After
Opening
Six
Straight
Liberals
to
Join
With
Opposition
to
Overthrow
Odministration,
Montreal
Gazette
Declares
Following
Meeting
of
Caucus
MONTREAL,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
Opposition
members
in
the
Quebec
Legislature
have
been
told
that
the
government
of
Premier
L.
A.
Taschereau
will
be
reversed
on
the
occasion,
of
the
first
vote
after
the
Legislature
meets,
the
Montreal
Gazette
said
today.
"Members
of
the
Opposition
present
at
a
caucus
meeting
were
given
a
list
of
six
Lib-
.
feral
members
whom,
they
were
in-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
O.
JomiKton
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
.20.
Big
Missouri,
.70.
Bralorne,
5.60.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.03
Vi.
B
R.
X.
Gold,
.09Vi.
Caribou
Quartz,
1.16.
Dentonla,
30.
j
DunwelL,051ask)
Georgia
River,
.01
J".
Golconda,
.11.
Indian,
.01
Mlnto.
.lltt.
Merldfan,
09
Vz.
Morning
Star,
.03.
National
Silver.
.02
Noble
Five,
.044.
Pend
Orielle,
1.06
Porter
Idaho,
.043,i.
Premier,
1.82.
Reeves
McDonald,
.15
(ask).
Reno,
1
03.
Silver
Crest.
.00
Vi.
Salmon
Gold,
.10.
"
Wayside,
,16Vi.
.
Whitewater,
.05
VJ
'
Waverly
Tangier,
;00?i.
'
Grange.
.01
'2.
Taylor
Bridge,
.13.
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
2
85.
Chlbougama.
.23.
Lee
Gold,
.03
Vi.
Granada,
.20.
Int.
Nickel,
45
40.
Maassa,
3.20.
Noranda.
45.00.
Sherrltt
Gordon.
1.10.
Siscoe.
2.94.
Ventures,
1.68.
Lake
Maron.
.03
V?..
Teck
Hughes.
4.85.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.15.
Smelters
Gold,
.04.
Can.
Malartic.
1.05.
Itytle
Long
Lie.
6,70.
Ptadacona,
.18V2.
Pickle
Crow.
4.25.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.44.
Gods
Lake.
136.
Sturgeon
River.
53.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore.
54,
Ran
Antonla,
3.
00.
Perron.
1
15
Beattle,
1.50.
Southern
Alberta
Having
Blizzard,
Heavy
Snowfall,
Accompanied
By
Thirty-Mile
an
Hour
Wind,
j
Envelops
Many
Areas
I
i
CALGARY,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
An
old-fashioned
blizzard,
driven
by
a
30-mile
an
hour
wind,
enveloped
many
Southern
Alberta
districts
todav.
formed
were
ready
to
desert
Premier
Taschereau
and
join
the
Op
position
in
voting
the
government
out
of
office,"
the
paper
added.
T0WNSEND
PLAN
MAN
Ralph
LePine,
Formerly
of
This
City,
Holds
Official
Position
With
American
Movement
R.
V.
G.
LePine,
formerly
of
this
city,
who
moved
some
years
ago
to
California,
Is
now
holding
a
position
as
chief
accountant
of
the
Townsend
Revolving
Plan
Inc.
at
Los
Angeles,
it
Is
reported
by
Arthur
Brooksbank,
who
returned
to
the
city
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
California.
Mr.
LePine
was
one
of
a
number
of
former
Prince
Rupert
people
whom
Mr.
Brooksbank
met
while
away.
The
Townsend
Plan,
Mr.
Brooks-
bank
says,
now
has
an
enormous
organization
throughout
the
United
States
with
clubs
all
over
the
country.
It
costs
24c
to
join
and
the
dues
are
10c
a
week.
The
organization,
headquarters
of
which
are
In.
Los
Angeles,
operates
Its
own
newspaper.
Among
others
Mr.
Brooksbank
met
while
away
was
William
Reith.
at
one
time
a
member
of
the
City
Hall
staff,
who
is
now
at
Long
Beach.
'
i
Infant
Daughter
Of
local
People
Dies
in
Victoria;
VICTORIA.
Jan.
4:
(CP)
Bcr-
'nice
Ruth
Benwell,
one-month
old
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs,
Sidney
A.
Benwell
of
Prince
tUupert,
died
In
hospital
here
yesterday.
Funeral
cervices
were
conducted
here
today.
Today's
Weather
Terraci;
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
8tevart
Cloudy,
calm,
26.
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
23.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
cool.
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
21.
Wedding
Tne
marriage
is
announced
oi
INSURANCE
MAN
DIES
Margaret,
eldest
daiigMer
0f
Mr;
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
4:
(CP)
arid
Mrs.
Samuel
Matthews
Mc-Francls
J.
Gillespie,
pioneer
In
the
Gulre.
formerly
of
Salmon
Arm,
Vancouver
insurance
field,
died
on
B.C.
to
Charles
Biatchford
Fori
fir.
Thursday
at
the
age
of
eighty-one
on
Saturday,
December
29,
Vi5,
years.
Rev.
J.
D.
Hobden
officiated.
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