transportation In cities to a walk ?nd ln, th eastem tes from gulf and adding to flood hazards. ,to was no let-up today ln the floods as bank-battering Manitoba Roads Huried WINNIPEG, March 19: (CP)-AH rle" ucontl"ucd their rampage highways for a distance of 100 mites whlchnaf a ready resulted in the Zl f Wlnnlne were bnrlrri rfPPn loss 01 at Ieast 94 lives in the ea1 we as n a hund"d In snowdrifts yesterday after a ,f and "y mi"lon dollars twenty-four hour blizzard. Many damage, persons were marooned on the wA,0"g , ,Rlver Sghways in cars and trucks with W1cel nf .f Virginia, rivermen temperatures below zero. 4 fMiw. hi i HIGHWAY INSTRUCTED WOadCastln nnH tt-hot nmonrl. XenU shnnlH Km mnrtn tr, V nv. sting act, T uic ursi vessel x of Lik . W8U,ar Prlnce Pcrt U::Lmc 10 lad catch loin 5 ine opening of the rason. Having been fore- rctUrnto Prt today com . . mpaS8 lroubl broucht . , t .' SITUATION STILL BAD Little Relief In Eastern Floods Up To Last Night Though Waters Receding: at Some Points Pittsburg Desolated At Least Fifty Dead With Damage Estimated at $150,000,000 NEW YORK, March 19: (CP) In upstate New York, New England !ii.ui,vvu tiling muuaunu persons would be homeless by today. Seven hundred persons are stranded on an Island In the mfddle of the river there. Suffering thousands in Johns town, Pennsylvania, after a night of terror with vivid recollections ol the great disaster of 1889 when the C. M. Murray Proposes Motion In UHiemaugh River swept 2,235 per- Ujlslature Seeking Inter- jsons to their deaths, yesterday national Accord j watched receding flood waters with ! Joy. The floods had reached a depth VICTORIA, March 19: (CPi-- of sixteen feet ln city streets dur- George M. Murray, M L.A. for Lll- ing Tuesday night. At least twenty looet has elven notice in the Lenr. lives' were lost In jnhntati o Mature of a motion to urge Joint count of the floods and isnnn " - - built All LUC 111 UU hum i?nvprnmfnT. m cnnrn nn iract nirvht tVi a jnuuonai accora unaer wnicn cm v nast at Johnstown tnrtnv Thnt fnr thn rnncf nttHnn tlx. . nMwJ r -1 I I. I 1 l I . ... yi-u ouusii woiumoia-AiasKB l tiic great industrial cltv of L I 1 . . .1 If - lUMMJITEE nOo.uOCT persons, alter a "night of j darkness and desolation with the 'flood waters of the Monongahela land 8usquchanna Rivers, havine risen 45 feet, swirling through its streets, took stock today of damage wnich Is estimated to amount to commendations as to Chances $25,000,000 ln the downtown area In Broadcasting and Amend- alone. It Is the worst flood since townls t? Act Sought .1791. All schools are closed and jmany stores are unable to open for OTTAWA, March 19: (CP)-- business. The city's activities gen- liamenarv rnmmlin nf th mlnatlnn th Mtv ImH lict nftvlif ui uuiniiitins wiiirn wiii in- u-ns nv rnnn p iiwincr in nvnrnme VfCtlffqfA A Jt- 1 I II I ... .... tn: iduiu urnjucasLiiii in neinff immprspfi Ann mmw h p fn Unn) nr .. tU. 11-- . m, -i . - W W( U aavlsc what chantres shoulri be mrr. i thn itnnAr riro f Mdc In the present system of -buildings and houses. While flood waters are everywhere, there Is danger of a shortage of domestic water supply within twenty-four hours. Last night was one of terror M6XlCan ChlirrllPS !,n thc comP,etely darkened city, in ----- vww i imrti r nn nnrf icn'flrpfl irnm t ip nnr Being Reopened;5 i undated and Isolated from the out-,sidc world. A drop ln thc temperature during the night added to the suffering of Government Relaxes Attitude But tnc PPlc and ln somc cascs food "ill Not rcrmtt Use as Schools shortage is already developing al-- though everything possible Is being MEXICO CTTV Mal-pll 10' Clou. ' J tn emomnliKif rollnf iin. tril hlmrtrnJ t--ll T I . . -I L W.'5iailt mi n-l-li- I . 1 uiiu v . 1 1 1 1 ) m 1 arp npinir if'. 1 t-i . nn tr mnGni nr irnncnnrm. 'Xatlun it 11, 1 ..11 11. ..1- .... . i 11.1. "iTCDy churrliP kuiuiuiitiii, iiiuuiui' as mrrvnrLX were 111 uuikiium. mis . ...Hf uwwu w 1 VSV W CIO WV Up eliglou, poses. s but not for school pur- WIIKAT riUCES DROP WINNIPEG, March 19: CP) tl prlccs drPPed '2c to sic on " the Winnipeg market yestcr-aay and in Chicago were down ,roin Uc to ic. (Continued on page two) Today's Weather Terrace Cloudy, wind, 38. i Wllkcsbarre and other Pennsylvania cities also reported serious flood conditions as a result of tor-. rcntlal rains accentuating high waters caused by sudden melting of river Ice 'and snows. Emergency Relief WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19: (CP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt vestcrdav ordered Secretary of iWar Dcrn to set up special emcr-lgcncy relief organization to dlstrl- u..ta fnnA lie1tpr nnd relief to lltn HAS MUST HALIBUT fiood sufferers In Pennsylvania and To rw rTTT other stricken areas, Tlie American ocapt David lUtchlc. with cim i. inkinc- hnn'."r nor ru"c,ia- 8cs uic t acUvc stcDst0 prov,dc relief. vui nr ii nrtittn- Ik. u ri i -1 j. . . . . In addition to the 04 dead, many calm, south puunas which was disposed ' Anyox-Cloudy, wesi wma, w. , .w uan Fisheries at 8c and Stewart-Part cloudy, cairn, 34. I.Uf' . Off ' .1 - ii . niAr rn mi. .m. liaZClkUIl Vtil ' Smithcr.s-5nowlng, calm, cool. Burns Lake Bright, windy, 30 OTTAWA, March 19: (CP)-Notice that the government intends renewing and broadening the relief act which expires March 31, providing, among other things for rehabilitation and agricultural settlement as well as unemployment relief, is contained in a resolution appearing on the House of Commons order paper in the name of Hon. Normair Rogers, minister of labor. Blank check features will be eliminated. BILL NOW IN HOUSE State Health insurance Measure Introduced Exemptions Are Changed 'VICTORIA. .March 19: (CP) "State" health Insurance was introduced in the Legislature yesterday as a proclamation bill which will not become law until the government proclaims it. Exemptions for beneficiaries of private health schemes were a notable addition to the draft bill which was previously made public. Members of the Christian Science Church are exempted on certificate. Maternity bonuses arc not included in the bill. Charlie Chaolin Reported Married SINGAPORE, March 19: Charlie Chaplin and Paulctte Goddard were PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides Rupert Part cloudy, prince High ...... -11:10 a.m. 20.2 ft. light southwest wind; barometer, 23:54 p.m.. 20.0 ft. 30.34; temperature, 48; sea smooth. Low ... 5:05 a.m. 7.0 ft. 17:39 p.m. 3.7 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER vv-6.7, ' - PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1936 " price: 5 cents EAST IS DIGGING OUT NOW Heavy Snowfall Ends In Ontario And Manitoba After Causing .Much Discomfort TORONTO, March .19: (CD-Snow that fell over most of south and central Ontario for twenty-lour hours steady stopped yesterday after Isolating several towns from nignway iranic, wowing Council of League of Nations Finds Germany Guilty Today Of Violating T I New Plans For Relief I 1 wo Important Pacts Military Re-occupation of Khincl&nd Unanimously Found Contrary to Spirit of Versailles Hitler's Representative Declares Vote Will Not Be Maintained LQNDON, March 19: (CP) The council of the League " military re-occupation of the Rhineland. Germany was the only country to Vote against the motion but her vote does not count as being an interested party m the question Chile abstained from voting and- ' thi representative of Ecuador was absent. The votes of France and Belgium, like Germany, did not count. Voting against Germany were Argentina, Belgium, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Italy. Poland, Portgual, Roumania, Spain, Turkey and Russia. Immediately after the vote. General Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German representative, rose and, in the name of the German people, 'declared: "This resolution : will not be maintained ln the judgment of history. If the honorable members had had more time to consider my statement this morning, tte vote would have been different." The vote came only a few hours after von Ribbentrop had told the .council that the-German course, of action ln the Rhineland had been Justified by France's alliance with Soviet Russia. ! Plan For Peace i After sitting far Into the night In preparation for the - meeting of the council of the League of Nations today, diplomats were reported to have agreed upon a tentative plan for peace ln Europe. The plan would provide, among other things, for demilitarization on both sides of the Rhine and a reference to the World Court at the. Hague as to whether the Franco-Russian mutual assistance pact constituted a .violation of the Locarno Pact as 'claimed by Germanyi It was reported last night that both' Pierre Flandln and Capt. An-ithony Eden, foreign ministers of France and Gieat Britain 'respectively, were in favor of removing sanction restraints from Italy in order to obtain her agreement in regard to the Rhineland situation. Ocneral Joachim von Ribbentrop, in a statement last night, said that Germany was in the. Rhineland to ,stay regardless of the League of Nations or other Locarno signatories. Capt. Eden urged General von Ribbentrop not to take too hos- J tlle an ftttltude t today's meeting Miss V ii f . . Goddard appeared at a night, , ... '....J. In Berlin last night Relchsfuchrer club wearing a wedding ring. The couple neither admitted or denied that they had been married. MAID or ORLEANS IS SEIZED FOR SALVAGE The Seattle auxiliary K schooner Maid of Orleans, which stranded and sank re- cently near Mllbank Sound, being. subsequently salvaged by hcdeclarcd. me Armour Salvage Co., nas been seized by the sheriff and Is now being held at Prince Rupert on a libel action Instituted by the salvors. The seizure also includes the cargo of the vessel which was bound from Seattle to Western Alaska when the stranding occurred. Arrangements are being made for the transportation to Seattle of Capt. E. Larscn and the three remaining members of thc 'crew who are still here. Adolf Hitler unequivocally refused to consider the Franco-Russian mutual assistance pact as anything but Incompatible with the Locarno Pact. He assured the world of his desite for peace with due regard to the rights of Germany as a free and equal nation. He refused to I submit the question of the military, re-occupation of the Rhineland to the World Court. No power In the I world could divert him from the! course he had started for Germany Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, March 19: (CP) Wheat was quoted at 82c on the Vancouver Exchange yesterday, advancing to 82 Vic today. Dr. W L. MacDonald, Professor of English, at the University of British Columbia, was the speaker today at the regular weekly luncheon of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club. President Walter M. Black-stock was ln the chair; SHUT DOWN HATCHERIES This District Affected by J Policy of Fisheries Department' New VANCOUVER, March 19: (CP) Nine sockeye salmon hatcheries operated in British Columbia by the federal Department of Fish cries will be closed during next fpw months, Major J Motherwell, chief supervisor of fisheries for British Columbia, announced yesterday.-The opera- ,1 nt Ik. 1H4UAH1 ' 4 .1 1 TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesy's. D. Johnslon Co.) Vancouver B. C, Nickel, .33. Big Missouri, .63. Bralorne, 7 05. i B. R. Con., .05 V2. B. R. X., .14. Cariboo Quartz, 1.39. Dentonlo, .19. Dunwell, .04. Golconda, .20. Mmto, .39. Morning Star, . ,03',2. National Silver, .02Tb. Noble Five, .04. Pend Oreille, 1.00. Porter Idaho, .04 V2. Premier, 2.19, Relief Arlington, 1.03. Salmon Gold, .09. Taylor Bridge. .10. Wayside, .I8V4. Toronto ' Bldgood Klrkland, .93. Bcattle, 1.48. Central Pat., 2.92. Chlbougamau, .48'2, Gods Lake, .92. ' Granada, . 1 9 V4 . Inter'l Nickel, 50.25. Lake Maron, .04?i. ; Lee Gold, .03U-Little Long Lac, G.C0. Macassa, 4.15. t McKcnzic Red Lake, .1.40. Noranda, .50. Perron, 1.32. Pickle Crow, 5.20. Red Lake Gold Shore, .92,, San Antonio, 2.75. Slsco, 1.18. Smelters Gold, 3.27. Stadacona, .06. Sturgeon River, .30. Sudbury Basin, .47. Tcck Hughes, 4.15. ,: Ventures, 4.65. BAR SILVER NEW YORK, March 19: (CP) BUDGET DEFICIT Vancouver City Council Plans To . Juggle Its Book-keeping In Order to Balance Accounts VANCOUVER, March 19: (CP)-- A deficit of $2,232,135 Is provided for In the budget of the city ol Vancouver for 1936 which was adopted yesterday by the cltj council. The council plans to balance tht budget by Including an Item o'. $1,740,204 as .an anticipated gran! from the provincial or Dominior government and subractlng $491,- 930 from sinking fund obligation of Nations today unanimously found Germany guiltv of f amenn Inrv Tc a breach of the treaties of Versailles and Locarno in its' LdlU!U11 JUI7 15 About to Retire Fourth Trial of Alleged Wife Killei Is Nearing its Close SAN JOSE, Cal., March 19- Defence counsel .yesterday corn-Dieted his plea for David Lamson. charged with murder of his wife, msklng the .Jury to return him to his little daughter. The prosecu tlon, limited to six hours, will be 'heard today after which the j Judge will deliver his charge. The 'Jury Is expected to retire by tomorrow to consider Its verdict. . It is Lamson's fourth trial. the a. iMdivani Leaves Million Dollars .'"""I ",c ,e Prince, Killed In Polo Accident, Had Per.IS? 2jnl Fortune employees 'are affected. I ,-accwnulated The hatcheries include Babine Lake and Lakelse 'In the Skeena River watershed and Rivers Inlet hatchery in Rivers Inlet. A memorandum issued with the announcement gave as reason for the closing the fact that the advantages gained were not sufficient to justify the LOS ANGELES, March 19: The , will of Prince Serge Mdlvani, killed In an accident at Palm Beach, Fla.. Iwhlle playing polo, disposes of an estate estimated at $1,000,000. One half goes to his wife, the former Louise Astor van Allen, and the balance to his brother. Prince Da- ( vld Mdlvani, and two sisters. PATRIOTISM IS SUBJECT Oririnal Thought is .Manifest In Address Before Gyro Club By Prof. MacDonald reflected ln the Great War and subsequent developments such as the Treaty of Versailles. Since the war, however, the spectacular type of patriotism appeared to be passing and the Intense nationalistic patriotism was not so popular although It was .much ln evidence ln somc or the countries or Europe today. True patriotism, Dr. MacDonald thought, found its Inspiration In thc soil the real soil and not the soil symbolically. Tills was" the type of patriotism which gave true Inspiration to poetry. The flag waving type of patriotism was decried by the speaker. Since the depres sion, little true patriotism was to Bar silver was unchanged at 44;c be found ln poetry which seemed to per ounce on the New York metal be Influenced by a spirit of delusion maiKei loaay. land economic trouble PULP MILL PRINCIPALS NEXTWEEK Mr. Thompson of 'Frisco Coming With Buckley and Associates From Old Country .The following telegram, filed in San Francisco, has been received at his local offices from D. G. Stewart, of Stewart & Mobley: ".Met Mr. Thompson of the pulp company today. He has arranged to join Mr. Buckley and associates from the Old Country at Vancouver next Monday enroute to Prince Rupert in connection with the pulp mill. Mr. Thompson is quite optimistic." E. A. Thompson Is one of the American principals in connection with the financing of the pulp mill in which Old Country people have, apparently, become now interested. Mr. Stewart is also due home next week after having spent the winter in San Diego. LEAPED TO HIS DEATH James Clark Commits Suicide In Vancouver by Jumping From Burtard Bridge VANCOUVER, March 19: (CP) rhe body of James Clark, war veteran, was found under the south snd of Burrard Street Bridge, early ;oday with a note ln the pocket In-Ilcatlhg'that he had jumped 125 feet to his death. A coat and cap were found lying on the bridge parapet above where the body lay. TO STUDY TRADING Premier Pattullo Gives Assurance To Retail Merchants' Delegation at Victoria VICTORIA,Ma rch 19: (CP) Premier T. D. Pattullo assured a retail merchants' delegation from .Vancouver and Victoria yesterday that the government would give careful consideration vto pronosed ... , ,, . .legislation on fair trade practices His remarks couched ln a df light- t J the durlng recc$s untu next ses. ful originality of thought, Dr W slon o the Leglslature. ;L.. Macuonaia, proiessor oi juibusii; i at the University of British Colum-j POUND IN MONTREAL ; bla, spoke before the Prince Rupert i MONTREAL, March 19:' (CPi - -(Gyro .Club at Its regular weekly The British pound sterling closed I luncheon yesterday ori the sub-at $4.97 23-32 on the Montreal Ject of patriotism as reflected in I exchange market yesterday. contemporary poetry. i I The grandeur or the scenery and the enormous scope of the country, I LADY SHAUGIIiVESSY DIES MONTREAL, March 19: (CP) Dr. MacDonald said in opening, had 1 Lady Shaughnessy, wife of Lord caused him to reflect upon the sub ject of patriotism as far as Canada was concerned. He then proceeded to define and discuss the elements :qf patriotism. j Patiotlsm, in some cases, was in-I spired by . loyalty to leaders and j customs as traced from early hls-1 to'ry. Then there was the patriotism I of nationalism and antagonism as Shaughnessy, Montreal financier, died yesterday. VATICAN CITY. March 19:- (CP) Pope Pius yesterday created a ' new diocese of Nelson In British Columbia. THIRTY-NINE BOATS WITH 1G6 MEN HAVE LEFT FOR FISH BANKS Thirty-nine vessels of the local halibut fleet, with a total of 166 men on board, had left for ,the banks, up to today fol- lowing the opening of the 1930 season at the first of the week. Boats departing today are thc Essential and Lake Blwa, Ja- panese vessels from Vancou- ver. the Balsac. Cant. John Or- vlk, and Joe Baker, Capt. Clar- ence Campbell. The Prosperity A., Capt. A. C. Christiansen, arrived this morning from Vancouver on the way to the banks.