lcllor told the Reich: "We have laken nothing from any nation- ded ,or nave we aone any but ; Hitler reiterated Germany's claim or restoration of her former . our olonies and left the door open for arrangement" with Portugal al-! hough saying nothing about the1 Expected acquisition of Angola In : Mrica on a long term lease. 1 The chancellor said: "Germany I rakes no colonial demands upon , 1EMBER OF BYRD EXPEDITION TELLS GRAPHIC STORY. TO LOCAL AUDIENCE . . a .ant. a. lnnes-Tavior aneaivcr flow Dinner Gathering of Women s Canadian Club Sneakimr before an intensely interested overflow din ner meeting of the Women's Cafe last eveninir. Cant. A. ave a crranhic account of the tion of Rear-Admiral Richard member. The story of this ture in the world's most remote" Ind least known continent consist ing of five million square mile of tock, ice and snow where no man Pves and but one. variety of anl- lor nal life resides the year around as, undoubtedly, one of the most an Iascinating which has ever been old before a local audience. Capt. Its Innes-Taylor spoke for nearly an pur practically entirely In a nar- Iatlve and descriptive way. but so in apt were his listeners in what he hid to say that probably all would pave welcomed the opportunity to irry longer and hear more. Miss MHian Halllwell. Dresldent of the women's Canadian Club, was In le chair and fittingly Introduced ine speaker. The Antarctic regions, Capt unea-Tayior pointed out, were pore remote from civilization than I'le Arctic with which all Cana dians were more or less familiar ne climate of the Antarctic was pen more severe than was the dlc After briefly describing ome of the earlier South Polar ex peditions Including those of Am-pndscn and Scott In 1910, both of 'Ch were successful In re.iphlnsr lhe ple. Scott and his uartv hav- IjiB, however, perished, Capt. Innes- "ijior told how the Bvrd exnedl- lions had been conceived in 1920 f hen Amundsen and Byrd met at r...w...iuvrBen in ine course oi vrctlc exnloratlon first riyrd Antarctic expedition had n undertaken In 1928 and had' 'ven a success, it. wn th inter., 'U Of the Snpalrer hnnuvir tn Country Affects No Other oh Colonial Question Chancellor Adolf Hitler, iri- from ner. Germany never deman- coionles for military purposes exclaslvely ror economic rea. ons- In our closely settled country demand for coionles will again and again be voiced as something self - evidenced." Der Fuehrer declared that the German government from now on would exercise sole sovereignty over the federal railway system and the Relchsbank. ANTARCTIC t .i.i rr v L,asi iigiu uuiure uycr- Canadian Club in the Boston Innes-Taylor of Vancouver 1933-35 Antarctic expedi E. Byrd of which he was great and hazardous adven deal with the second expedition commencing in 1933. In some detail, Capt. Innes-Tay told of the enormous tasK oi organizing and preparing for such expedition. This preliminary work was all-important and upon perfection depended success oi failure. There were many details, none of which could be overlooked the nhtalnine. organizing and nreDarlnn of men, ships and equip ment. All supplies must be of the best, all adapted perfectly to the work In hand. This necessitated go Ing to various countries of the world for particular articles. The greatest of care had to be exercised In the selection of the personnel. Men had to be able to use their hands as well as their heads. They had to be extremely resourceful. They also had to be able and willing to work hard. Fifty-five men for the Byrd expedition had been chosen from 85,000 applications. The Actual Expedition Capt. Innes-Taylor then proceeded to describe the actual expedition. The point of departure had been from Dunedln, New Zealand, 2300 miles from the Antarctic continent through an Iceberg infested sea, On January 16, 1934, the Bay of Whales In Ross Sea had been reached and the enormous Job of unloading the .ships and the trnnsnort of SUDDlleS to the base on the floating Ice commenc- ed. The many and arduous tasK trwitlnnori on Paze TWO) I Fraser River I Mill Burned! 4 VANCOUVER, Jan. 30: (CP) The Canadian White Pine Co, Ltd. mill on the north arm of the Fraser River was de- stroyed by fire today with es- tlmated loss of $150,000. The mill had been closed during the recent cold weather and repairs were being rnade. ( 4 TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy 8. D. Johiutou Co.) Vancouver B. C. Nickel, .27. Big Missouri, .61. Bralorne, 8.60. B. R. Cons., .05 Vz- ' " B. R. X., ,ll4. Cariboo Quartz, 1.65. Dentonla, .16. Dunwell, .03 Vk. Oolconda, .11. Mlnto, .23. Meridian, .06'2. Morning Star, .038. Noble Five, .11 Vj. Pend Oreille, 3.20. ,;. Pioneer, 6.40. f Porter Idaho, .09. . -; V Premier, 4.00. - Reeves McDonald, U0, Reno, 1.18. Relief Arlington, .30. Reward, .10. Salmon Gold, .10. Taylor Bridge, .09. United Empire, .02b. Wayside, .06'i. Hedley Amalgamated, .53.' Premier Border, .03. Congress, ;11. SUbak-Premler, 3.50. Oils A. P. Con., .59. K Calmont, .91. - lv C. ti E., 3.50. Freehold, .21. , Hargal, .23. , McDougal Segur Ex.,' .35. Mercury, .35. Merland, .21. Okalta, 1.49. Pacalta, ,27'. v United, .33. Weymarn, .18. Toronto Beattle, 1.48. Central Patricia, 4.80. God's Lake, .94. Inter. Nickel. 62.75. ' ' Lee Gold, .06. Little' Long Lac, 8.20. ' McKenzIe Red Lake, 1.87. Pickle Crow, 8.90. Red Lake Gold Shore, 1.22. San Antonio, 2.30. Sherrltt Gordon, 3.05. Slscoe, 6.10. Smelter Gold, .09. Ventures, 2.14. McLcod Cockshutt, 3.90.. Oklend, .63. Mosher, .43. Gllbec, .06. ,r- ' Madscn Red Lake, 1.37. " May Spiers, .38. . . s Sullivan, 2.03. Stadacona, 1.52. x Frontier Red Lake, .18. Francoeur, 1.39, , Manitoba & Eastern, .12. Perron, 2,30.. Moneta Porcupine, 1.66. Sladen Malartlc, 2.30. Morris Klrkland, .72. Rubec, .08. Thompsdn Cadillac, 1.65. . ,i : i ' Tonight's train, due from the east at 10:20, was reported this morning to be two hours and fifty minutes jate which would bring It In at llio'a.m. - A, k 1 ViCTOfr,' Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 A.M.) prince Rupert Cloudy, south-ast High 4:07 am 20.4 ft. V wind, 14 miles per hour; barometer, 16:20 pjn: 185 ft. V. 29.88 (falling); temperature, Low 10:28 a.m. 6.2 ft. 28; sea choppy. 22:25'p.m. 6.0 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER hoi. XXVI.. No. 25. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1937 PRICE: 5 CENTS HALIBUT FISHING CONVENTION n k HITLER ENUNCIATES NEW herman Signature Is Withdrawn From Pact 0 Versailles, He Says Military Sovereignty of His i Nation States Case HERLIN. Jan. 30: (CP) lugurating another four years of Nazi rule, having now jeen in the saddle for four years, today "withdrew" Germany's signature from the Versailles peace treaty in vhich the "Reich" was declared guilty of launching the ,vorld war. Asserting that Germany's resumption of miliary sovereignty was a matter af-W cctlng only the Reich, the Chan-; countries which took no colonies ' I GERMAN FIGHTING 0FFL00D Armies Engaged In Reinforcing: Levees and Batting Disease Death Toll Higher PADUCAII, Ky., Jan. 30: (CP) With the crest of flood waters from the falling Ohio River still hovering above this city and with rain and snow forecast, .a pick and shovel army of One hundred " thousand has been, toiling to fortify the billion dollar levee system, that guards rich cotton delta lands along the Mississippi IJivcr. Every levee was holding today and United States Army engineers predicted that they would continue to hold barring 10 the unexpected. Levee reinforcements have been bolstered by raising the breastworks on both sides of the river afid the zero hour is now awaited. This will-be when the crest of thej flood from the Ohio sweeps past Cairo, Illinois, the confluence' of the two great streams, on its rush down the Mississippi to the. Gulf. Possibly this will be next Wednesday. The retreat beyond reach of the insatiable enemy quickens as the tireless army is spurred on in defence of the southlands cotton :" belU-- - - .- ' - - Health' hazards arc mounting.. One in ten of the refugees are suffering either from influenza or pneumonia. Weary physicians are redoubling their efforts in the needling of typhoid and other vaccines into thousands who have volunteered for treatment in the fight against plague. The death list is now placed at around 400 with over a million homeless. At Memphis, Tennessee, slight earth tremors injected a new and fearsome element into the flood fight but hasty inspection by engineers indicated the earth in the dykes was not breached by the vibration. WINTER IS VERY HARD Iravy Snows and Low Tempera luics Experienced in All Parts or British Columbia Word has been received in thf Sty of a thre2 foot fall of snow In forty-eight hours In the Prinrf George district last week-end. Ar l result highway traffic to, Ques-3ll vas ccmpbt'ly blockaded. From other parts of the Interio also come reports of extremely severe weather witti hsavy snow falls and tempcratr .es going below the forty below zero mark. On Thursday morning it was 44 ')clow zero at SmKhars. People arriving here that night from the 'ntcrlor town thought At 'was quite balmy In Prince Rupert although 'ocal people wore shivering with no more than twenty degrees of frost There has also been much snow iand frost around Vancouver and highway traffic thereabouts has been Interfered with to a great extent. Oscar Peterson arrived In the city on the Princess Adelaide yes terday afternoon from Vancouver, to sail aboard the Prince Charles j for the Kelley Logging Co.'s camp at Atli Inlet. On boarding the Charles last night, however, he collapsed and had to be removed to the Prince Rupert Qeneral Hospital, v ' " : POLICY No Agreement I On Rail Wages ! ! OTTAWA. Jan. 30: (CP) Final efforts by members of the railway conciliation board to reach unanimous finding on employees' demands for re- stnrntlon nf ten nerrent. wnwe f 3- - cuts failed today and majority and minority reports are be- lng presented to Hon. Norman Rogers, minister of labor. Today's Weather (Government Tflegmphs Terrace Cloudy, northeast wind above. Alyansh Cloudy, calm, 2 abov? Anyox Part cloudy, northeas vlnd, 14 above. Stewart Part cloudy, calm. 12 above. Hazeltcn CLoudy, north wind, 1C :low. Smithers Part cloudy, calm 'old. Bums Lake Cloudy, calm, 35 below. Prince George Clear, calm; bar :meter, 30.08. Victoria Clear, north wind, 11 miles per hour; barometer, 30.06, - Eslvanlari60utheartwtnd '4 mile's per hour; barometer, 30, Vancouver Clear, calm; baro lister, 30.06. Triple Island Cloudy, easterly ?-ind, 14 miles per hour; sea rough. Frank Davies Shrine Head Local Club Elected Officers For Year at Annual Dinner Meeting Last Night Frank M. Davies was elected president of the Prince Rupert Jhrine Club at the annual dinner lore Cafe, succeeding J. S. Nelson.' Other officers for the ensuing year are: Vice-President, W. H. Shortrldge. Secretary-Treasurer, John Dyb-havn. Executive J. R. Morrison, Dr. C. H. Hanklnson and J. J. Little. Auditors Peter Lorenzen and J. J. Little. It was decided to hold the annual dance in the spring, Continues Effort ! To Form Cabinet Late Telegraphs RADEK GETS TEN YEARS MOSCOW Seventeen confessed plotters against the Soviet government were convicted of treason today and thirteen were ordered shot. Surprising to foreign observers was the sentence of Karl Radek, one time authoritative writer in the government paper Izvestia, who received ten years' imprisonment. SENSATION IN FISTIANIA NEW YORK New York's Bob Pastor, although losing the official 'decision, sprang a major fistic sensation last night by going the ten round limit with Joe Louis without once being knocked down. Weather Forecast (Furnished througn the courtesy Oi ;l,e Dominion Meteorological Bureau a: Victoria and Prince Rupert. This fore cast Is compiled from observations ta ken at S ajn. today and covers' the 3H hour period ending 5 p.m. tomorrow). Synopsis Pressure Is falling over Vancouver Island. Decidedly colder weather prevails In the In terior of British Columbia. Prince Rupert Moderate to fresh north and east winds. Part loudy. Slowly rising temperatures accompanled by snow urTles . PREPARE TO END STRIKE Will be no Delay in Reaching Agreements, Predicts San Francisco Longshoremen's Head SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30: (CP1 AnticlpaUng yesterday that the Pawflc Ceart Maritime workers' .rir:ike, wlilcji has tied up ship ping for three months, would come 1 to and end by the first of the week, Henry Schmidt, president of I the San Franclco !oral of the In-' approval. 1 7yesterday by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and Hon. Norman Vrmour, United States minister to anada. The new - convention proposes that any halibut caught lnclden- ally during close season by men lshlng for other species may be etalned by the fishermen. Other principle changes specify that, instead of the Commission fixing the date each year after vhich halibut fishing shall be pro hibited In certain areas, It shall fix the date for the last departure from port of fishing vessels for halibut fishing areas. It is expected the new convenr tlon will be submitted during fthe present session for Parliamentary approval. DEAN OF COMMONS IS DEAD Hon. Charles Marcll Passes Awa In Ottawa Unique Record OTTAWA, Jan. 30: ICPI Dean of the House of Commons, to which he was first elected in 1900, Hon. Charles Marcll, aged 76, died last light after being In bed for several weeks with a heart ailment, le held a unique record In Can idlan politics. He sat for the same !rllng, Bonaventure, for nearly 49 years, without a break. Gifted as a writer and a persuasive" speaker, 1:3 career was full and varied! Building List ' In January Is On Light Side i Building permits for the month of January were light at only $1810 as compared with" $2700 In the same month last year. The permits this January were as follows: Dr. W. T. Kergln. erection of "girth Avenue West, $60. General Sen.iuro Hayashl Called troational Longshoremen's Assocl- laundry at Fifth Avenue and Mc-On After General Kaiushlgc atlon- Predated that the necessary Bride Street, $1300. pajied .asreements would be quickly! Jack Furness, addition to dwcl- reached between lonjnhorcmen and i "ng. Eleventh Avenue, $150. TOKYO, Jan. 30: (CPt Oene-al -ship-owners and tbn the asrord?! B. Charstad, Installation of sep-Scnluro Ilayarhl Is proceeding with wuM be qul:kly nbmi'ted to ih?j tic tank, Ambrose Avenue, $300. the task of forming a nw cablne 38-00a striking workers for their Jack Strand, glassing In porch. for Japan following his being call- . ... , .. i ica upon Dy jsmporor uironuo ai- tcr General Ka.shus'hlge Ugak had auauuuucu biic atLCiiiiJb tu ivitii nil admlniJtratlon and had formally .severed all ties with the Armv which had prevented him from carrying out the Emporor's man date. Accompanied, by her brother, Richard Bury, and sister, Mrs. Charles Harradlne, Miss Amareth Bury was taken on last night's train to Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., for treatment. '. v ' . Important Changes In International Fishing Regulations Are Made Fish Caught Incidentally During Close Season May He Kept Closing Date For Clearing Instead Of Fishing to be Set OTTAWA, Jan. 30: (CP) A new halibut fishing convention between Canada and the United States replacing that of 1930 affecting the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea and designed to improve methods of administration in connection with aspects found unsatisfactory by the International Fisheries Commission was signed Annual Meeting Liberal Association Metropole Hall, 8 P.M., Tuesday All Liberals please attend. Election of officers 7 v M ' v