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LI3RAHY
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
AM.)
prince
RupertFoggy,
light
westerly
High
..
1:00
a.m.
23.1
ft.
wind;
barometer,
29.72;
temperature,
13:54
p.m.
20.3
ft.
50;
sea
smooth.
Low
..
7:41
a.m.
.,0.0
ft.
19:45
p.m.
6.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
AA..
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
20,
1936
PRICE:
S
CENTS
ILALhlS
BECOMING
INDEPENDENT
VOL
'JIMMY'
n:j
w
ir,
LTiu
nut
luiuw
cuiu
imu
Never
Heard
Before
Of
Men
Who
Report
of
Judicial
Inquiry
Leakage
is
Expected
to
LONDON,
May
20:
(CP)
Rt.
Hon.
James
H.
Thomas,
Colonial
Secretary,
denied
before
a
judicial
inquiry
today
that
he
had
been
in
any
way
responsible
for
premature
disclosure
of
budget
secrets.
He
flatly
repudiated
the
suggestion
of
three
men
who
mentioned
his
name
in
connection
with
the
leakdge,
I
The
inquiry
started
whcrwlt
was
disclosed
that
persons
took
out
Insurance
against
an
increase
In
Income
and
tea
taxes
which
were
provided
for
In
the
budget.
Mr
Thomas,
who
previously
said
he
was
"so
anxious
to
clear
my
honor
and
the
honor
of
my
son"
who
was
also
Implicated
by
witnesses,
said
he
did
not
know
and
had
never
before
heard
of
the
witnesses
who
connected
him
with
the
revelation
of
the
budget
secrets.
i
The
report
of
the
inquiry
is
ex
pected
to
be
.made
next
week.
J
Dr.
Townsend
Is
Heard
by
Probe
Father
of
Old
Age
Pension
Plan
Makes
Unexpected
Admissions
"But
is
Able
to
Explain
Them
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
May
20-
-Dr
Francis
E.
Townsend,
father
of
the
Townsend
Plan,,
was
before
the
congressional
committee
Investigating
the
plan
yesterday
and
will
continue
under
examination
the
better
part
of
the
week,
it
Is
expected,
Dr.
Townsend
made
some
unexpected
admissions
yesterday
but
always
had
a
logical
explanation.
BUILT
FINE
NEW
HALL
Community
Building
at
Skidcgate
Cost
$20,000
Designed
by
Local
Man
SKIDEGATE,
May
20
The
Skl-degate
Cammunlty
Hall
is
completely
finished,
beautifully
painted,
body
deep
cream
color,
trimmed
with
white
and
black
root.
The
hall
cost
well
.over
$20,000
and
s
ono
of
the
finest
community
halls
in
this
proylnce;
a
credit
-to
the
Skldegate
Mission
people.
It
as
designed
by
a
resident,
of
the
vlllage,
James
McKay.
ELECTION
DATE
IN
virvrnnm
iffVI?
ft
A
.,4
OTTAWA,
May
20:
(CP)
Tlie
federal
by-election
in
Vic-
torla
to
fill
the
seat
made
va-
cant
through
the
death
of
the
late
D'Arcy
Plunkett,
Conser-
vatlve,
will
be
held
June
8
with
nominations
June
1,
It
was
announced
yesterday.
Hon.
S.
Tolmle
Is
prominently
men-
tloned
as
Conservative
candl-
date
with
the
probability
that
Liberals
and
C.
C.
F.
will
also
be
in
the
field.
T
THOMAS
i
Made
Charg
es
in
British
Budget
Secret
be
Made
Next
Week
BUDGET
BOX
Neville
Chamberlain,
the
British
chancellor
or
the
exchequer,
smiling
as
he
left
No.
10
Downing
Street
for
the
House
of
Commons
to
present
his
fifth
budget
to
parliament.
The
little
case
he
carries
Is
'the
famous
"budget
box
from
which
a
leak
is
said
to
have
occurred.
Hindenburg
Is
Across
Again
Giant
German
Eligible
Tics
Up
At
Lakehurst
After
.Second
North
Atlantic
night
I
LAKEHURST,
N.J..
May
20:
The
clant
new
German
dirigible
Hln-
"ince
Kupert.
He
nas
soia
nis
re-denburg
was
moored
here
this
sldence
on
Eighth
Avenue
East
morning
after
her
second
crossing
near
the
Seal
Cove
School
to
Tim
of
the
Atlantic
Ocean
from
Ge'r-
MUler.
United
States.
The
many
to
the
,
great
balloon
passed
over
New
York
Would
Clip
Wings
during
the
night.
She
had
been
de-
qc
Sunreme
Court
layed
by
head
winds
on
the.
Ilignt
across
the
ocean.
The
Hindenburg.
which
had
ta,'
ken
78
hours
and
27
minute,
for
Its
second
commercial
westward
(
crosslne
from
AAUl.lwv.v
w
........
to
the
naval
station
here
,
will
take
,
off
late
tooay
u..
'"'ted
States
Supreme
Court
invali
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
May
20
(Canadian
Press)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
74c.
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
REITERATES
HIS
JOIN
iniN
with
WITH
UNCLE
SAM
New
York
Congressman
Proposes
Canada
and
States
Get
Together
to
End
Idleness
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
20:
Going
so
far
as
to
suggest
that
Canada
might
voluntarily
annex
itself
to
the
United
States
Congressman
William
I.
Sirovich,
Democrat,
New
York,
proposed
In
the
House
of
Representatives
that
Canada
anl
United
States
might
co-operate
to
work
themselves
out
of
unemployment
and
the
depression.
Canada,
declared
Sirovich,
was
the
logical
point
of
expansion
for
the
excess
industrial
population
of
the
United
States.
NEW
JERSEY
FOR
LAND0N
Kansas
Governor
Favored
Over
Idaho
Senator
Rhode
Island
Strong
For
Roosevelt
TRENTON,
NJ.,
May
,20:
In
the
Republican
presidential
primaries
lor
thesta"te
of
tfeTjersey
yester-
day
Governor
Alfred
Landon
of
Kansas
was
last
night
leading
Senator
W.
E.
Borah
of
Idaho
by
a
VOte
Of
fOUr
tO
One
Roosevelt
Favored
'
PROVIDENCE,
D.I.,
May
20:
Ihode
Island
Democrats
yesterday
;
Instructed
their
delegation
of
18
to
h3
Democratic
national
conven-
Ion
In
Philadelphia
to
vote
as
a!
unit
for
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Leaving
Here
To
Make
His
Home
In
Gloucestershire
John
A.
Wynes,
who
has
been
lo
cated
in
this
district
since
1913,
having
spent
a
large
part
of
that
time
engaged
In
ranching
in
the
Naas
Valley,
will
be
leaving
here
on
May
29
fo
rhls
native
home
In
Gloucestershire,
England,
to
resume
his
residence.
He
will
go
east
from
here
by
rail
and
will
embark
from
Montreal
on
the
steamer
Montrose
on
June
6,
Ills
final
destination
is
Weston-super-Mare.
Arriving
in
Canada
in
1910.
Mr.
Wynes
spent
a
summer
at
MacLeod,
Alta.,
coming
on
to
this
coast
in
the
fall
of
the
same
year.
He
spent
three
years
In
Vancouver
and
moved
to
the
Naas
Valley.
In
1019
he
had
the
misfortune
to
lose
his
arm
in
an
accident
In
the
Prince
Rupert
Lumber
Co.'s
sawmill
at
Seal
Cove.
For
the
past
!
three
years
he
has
been
living
In
r
United
States
Labor
Interests
Press
Fof
Constlttonal
Amcndment
As
EIectlm
Issuc
WOtfTMnTAM
T"
Ort
FqUq
declslon
the
Un)
dating
the
Guffey
Coal
Act,
Labor
Interests
are
continuing
to
press
tal
of
a
year
ago.
Market
value
of
Storage,
for
the
making
of
constitutional
24
utilities
declined
$42,000,000
and
Thrasher.
6,500,
6
4c,
and
'-.
5c,
Ro-amendments
to
curtail
the
powers
1
17
oil
stocks
lost
$34,000,000.
yal.
-i
or
the
.
Supreme
Court
over
legls
-
lation
an
Issue
In
the
following
el
-
ectlon
campaign.
LETHAL
CHAMBER
FOR
CANADA
IS
'PROPOSED
OTTAWA,
May
20:
(CP)
A
.
Parliamentary
committee
will
be
established
at
the
next
session
of
the
House
of
Ccm-
mons
to
consider
"the
advlsa-
blllty
of
substituting,
the
lethal
gas
chamber
for
hanging
In
murder
cases
in
Canada,
Hon.
Ernest
Lapolnte,
minister
of
justice,
Informed
the
House
last
night.
r
U
4
BUY
SILVER
FR0MCHINA
United
States
Trying
to
Help
Oriental
Nation
to
Stabilize
Her
Currency
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
May
20
(Canadian
Press)
The
United.
States
has
agreed
to
buy
targe
amounts
of
silver
from
China
to
Provide
dollar
exchange
to
hjelp
China
sti
blllze
her
currency,
it
is
announce
by
Secretary
of
he
Treasury
Henry
Moreenthau.
i
To
Take
Largmount
y
ianacuan;
Pres3,A
hlgh
authority
of
theX.C.F.
Leader
Take
Part
Per.
""c
Buvernmeni,
waay
saiu
ai
"'c
new
ouwuiuicu
aiara
nnanciai
agreement
provided
loyf
the
purchase
by
the
United
States
j
of
75.000,000
ounces
of
Chinese
sll-j
ver
at
average
prices.
Ihls
would
I
give
China
about
$25,000,000
of
gold
credit
In
the
United
States.
PASTORS
i
ASSIGNED
Kcv.
C.
D.
Clarke
Returning
to
Unl-Church
ted
Here
Changes
In
District
VANCOTVER.
May
20
(Canadla
i
Press)
The
Conference
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada,
at
Its
concluding
session
here
last
night,
adopted
the
report
of
the
settlement
committee
transferring
ministers
to
various
Presbyteries.
Tne
following
were
among
as
signments
made
In'
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery;
Anyox
and
Stewart
(for
one
year)
Rev.
Evan
Baker.
Hazelton
Rev
D.
W.
More.
Queen
Charlotte'
Rev,
W.
j.i
Selder,
B.A.
Terrace
Rev.
Adam
Crisp.
Rev.
C.
D.
Clarke
remains
Prince
Rupert.
Base
Metals
Low
On
Stbck
Mart
TORONTO,
May
20:
(CP)
Quoted
values
of
stocks
listed
on
the
Toronto'
Stock
Exchange
dropped
$117,837,203
in
April
to
$4,712,799.-705.
Aggregate
value
was
still
$954,-705,161
above
that
of
May
1
of
last
year,
the
statistical
department
of
the
Toronto
Exchange
reports.
The
heaviest
decline
of
the
month
was
In
the
base
metal
stocks.
These
were
down
$77,652,
-
292
in
the
aggregate
from
the
to
-
l
Two
groups,
the
golds
and
,
the
.
textiles,
opposed
the
general
trend
and
moved
ahead.i
;
.
DEMA&roposed
to
I
ma
NAMU
Mii
pctc
GETS
NEW
PLANT
B.
C.
Packers
to
Utilize
Cannery
Offal
There
Operation
Of
Shannon
Bay
Confirmed
VANCOUVER,
May
20:
(CP)
;
Confirming
announcements
already
published
In
the
north,
the
British
Columbia
Packers
announced
here
today
that
the
salmon
cannery
at
Shannon
Bay
in
Massed
Inlet
which
has
been
I
idle
for
six
years
is
being
put
in
shape
for
operation
this
year.
I
The
company
also
announces
that
a
new
reduction
plant
is
being
built
at
Namu
in
Fitzhugh
1
Sound
to
make
use
of
offal
from
i
the
salmon
cannery
which
will
be
converted
into
oil
and
cattle
food.
Another
plant
at
Esperanza
Inlet
on
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
will
also
be
put
into
operation
and
new
boats
built
to
supply
it.
,
C0NNELL
TO
COME
NORTH
sonauy
in
umineca
campaign
uuumii
itnuiuaic
VICTORIA,
May
20
(Canadian
Press)
Rev
Robert
Connell,
C.C
F.
leader,
will
take
part
personally
'in
the
Omineca
by-election
cam-
palgn,
It
was
announced
today.
Mr.
Conneil
expects
to
be
In
tho
district
about
June
18,
speaking
at
various
points
of
Importance1
in
the
north.
Godwin
Candidate
BURNS
LAKE.
May
20
(Special
io
Dally
News)
At
the
Co-opera-
Mve
Commonwealth
Federation
convention
here
last
night,
Sidney
Godwin,
formerly
editor,
of
the
Burns
Lake
Observer
and
now
a
resident
of
the
Nadlna
River
district,
was,
after
several
elimina
tions,
unanimously
nominated
as
C.C.F.
candidate
for
the
Omineca
provincial
by-election.
He
Is
pop
'ir
in
the
district
and
Is
believed
by
his
supporters
to
have
a
good
chance
of
being
elected.
A.
M
Ruddy
has
withdrawn
is
Liberal
candidate
following'
his
nomination
last
week.
M.
M,
Con-i
nelly,
Fraser
Lake
sawmill
operator,
Is
again
being
prominently
mentioned
as
Liberal
candidate,
Halibut
Arrivals
t
4
Summary
American
84,000
pounds,
7,4c
and
6c
to
7.7c
and
6c.
Canadian
6.2c
and
5c
to
8.4c
and
5.4c.
American
Summit,
15,000,
7.5c
and
'6c,
Cold
Storage.
-
Baltic
17,000,
7.7c
and
6c,
Booth
Betty,
lb.000,
7.6c
and
6c,
Pacific.
Blanco,
11,000,
7.4c
and
6c,
Atlln.
Condor,
11,000,
7.4c
and
Pc,
Booth.
Star,
12,000,
7.6c
and
6c,
Pacific.
Wabash,
4,000,
7.4c
and
,6c,
At-
lln,
I
.
Canadian
'
!
Unome,
6.500,
6.2c
and
5.2c,
Cold
Maurice
H.,
8,000,
6.2c
and
5.2c,
i
Cold
Storage.
I
Gony,
10,500,
6.4c
and
5.4c,
Atlln.
it,..
imports
Entirely
01
Sanctionist
Nations
Ruthless
Mass
Executions
of
Ethiopians
Are
Reported
In
Addis
Ababa
Only
Bandits
and
Murderers
Put
'
To
Death,
Say
Invaders
ROME,
May
20:
(CP)
It
was
stated
in
authoritative
quarters
last
night
that
Italy
would
ban
importation
of
all
goods
from
countries
that
imposed
any
forms
of
sanctions
against
her
in
connection
with
the
Italo-Ethiopian
war.
It
is
more
than
ever
essential
for
Italy
to
struggle
for
her
economic
Independence,
it
wasE.
Mass
Executions
IfVA
"
S
NO
I
FTl
ADDIS
ABABA,
May
20:
Tt
is
"M
llVlJUll
said
here
that
the
Italian
Invaders
i
are
conducting
mass
executions
of
Ethiopians
following
their
occupation
of
the
capital.
As
many
as
thirty
and
forty
unfortunate
na
tives
are
lined
up
at
a
time.
It
isl
said,
and
shot,
thpn
being
burled
!"
alongside
the
roads.
Prisoners
who'
come
before
court-martial
have
no!,
tVIR"
,tit,t,.
w
May
j,.
TT?6
late
B
C'
NlcnoIas-
Polisher
h
of
the
chance
of
escane
It
is
claimed
Victoria
Times,
who
died
suddenly
"that
The
Italians
state.
In
reply,
his
only
bandits
and
murderers
are
being
put
to
death.
Thnucrht
Destitute:
Lett
I
t
D
'
P
Big
tortune
James
Kelly,
Found
'Dead
cago
"Flop
House,"
Had
$140,000
'
,
CHICAGO.
n
May
20-James
Kehy
who
was
found
dead
In
a
local
"flop
house,"
apparently
a
virtual
destitute,
was
found
yesterday
to
'
have
left
a
fortune
of
$140,000.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Oourttsy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
22.
Big
Missouri,
.64.
Bralorne,
7.35.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.0434.
B.
R.
X
.14.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.38.
Dentonia,
.17.
Dunwell,
.042.
Oolconda,
..13.
'
Mlnto,
.69.
Meridian,
.07.
Morning
Star,
.02
Y2.
National
Silver,
.03'4..
Porter
Idaho,
.043i.
Premier,
2.36.
Reeves
McDonald.
.05.
Rano,
1.25.
Relief
Arlington,
.25.
Salmon
Gold,
.081$.
Taylor
Bridge,
.10.
Wayside,
.13.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.32.
'
Central
Patricia.
3.35.
Chlbougamau.
1.60.
God's
Lake,
.91.
Inter.
Nickel,
46.00.
Lake
Maron,
.07V'2.
Lee
Gold,
.04.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.05.
'
Macassa,
4.00.
McKenzie
RedLake,
1.07.
Noranda,
54.50.
Perron,
1.53.
Pickle
Crow,
5.85.
Red
Lake
Oold
Shore,
1.17.
San
Antonio,
2.30.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
SIscoe,
3.45.
Smelter
Gold,
.15.
Stadacona,
.36.
Sturgeon
Rtvert
.55.
.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.70.
Teck
Hughes,
4.70.
Ventures,
1.98.
Granada,
.19.
MacLeod
Cockshutt,
4.20.
Hardrock,
2.65.
Oklend,
.58.
Mosher
Long
Lac,
.60.
Bousquet,
.16.'
Cut
Off
JOURNALIST
B.
C.
Nicholas
Was
Outstanding
Commentator
and
Personal
Newspaperman
In
office
yesterday
afternoon
of
heart
trouble,
had
been
feeling
un-lwell
since
his
return
from
a
recent
I
trip
to
Eastern
Canada.
He
was
un-iwell
when
he
came
.to
his
office
yesterday
morning
but
he
stayed
at
hla
desk
He
collapsed
suddenly
In
the
early
afternoon
and
medical
Mr,
Nicholas
was
born
in
Virginia
City,
Jfevada.
In
1879
and
came
to
Victoria
as
a
small
boy
w,th
hls
parents
He
tarted
WQrk
wth
the
Times
In
1900.
He
was
secretary
to
Hon.
William
Temple-man
while
the
latter
was
in
the
Laurler
government
from
1907
to
1911.
Then
he
returned
to
the
limes
and
became
its
editor
In
1917.
Mr.
Nicholas
was
a
bachelor
and
lived
with
his
mother,
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Nicholas,
who
survives
him.
A
great
personal
journalist,
Mr.
Nicholas
was
one
of
the
outstand
ing
newspapermen
and
commentators
on
Canadian
events
in
the
Dominion.
Made
Fortune
In
North;
His
Body
Claimed
by
None
.
CHICA.60,
May
20:
The
body
of
(
Charles
Huntley,
aged
87,
who
was
found
dead
in
this
city,
lay
unclaimed
in
a
Chicago
morgue
last
'night.
He
was
a
colorful
figure
of
the
Klondyke
Gold
Rush
days.
As
a
miner
and
gambler,
he
made
and
lost
a
fortune
of
a
million
dollars.
Today's
Weather
Terraced-Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
!
temperature,
50.
Anyox
Light
rain,
calm,
48.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
48.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
warm.
Burns
Lake
Cloudy,
calm,
47.
.Stewart-rCloudy,
south
wind,
47.
'.
BUILDING
BOOM
ON
AT
TERRACE
TERRACE,
May
20:-
There
is
something
of
a
building
boom
going
on
in
Terarce
at
the
present
time.
George,
.Little
is
building
a
large
barn
and
other
buildings
to
care
for
,
his
cattle
and
hogs
and
there
'are
two
residences
in
course
of
-construction
In
the
village,
Also
on
Lazelle
Avenue
exten-
slve
additions
are
being
made
tq
Swains'
Garage
and
re-
pair
shops.
yv'
.