Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
prince
Rupert
Sleet,
calm;
barometer,
29.80
(falling);
38;
sea
smooth.
XXVI.,
No.
47.
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Guilty
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lives
Returned
Against
Him
Weather
rorecast
'PuruUictf
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the
wurtey
o
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tiring.
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pressure
Is
low
if
the
nrltlsh
r!rwlnmhl!i
nnnat.
and
i-uwier
nas
been
showery
on
ine
:
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tn'ln
Prince
Rupert
District
Moderate
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UU1
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ly
with
not
much
change
In
Queen
Charlottp
TslnnrfsMoHpr-
.
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.
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y
houmerly
winds,
fair.
Increasing
naay
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
llnJ
1
luuviii
nonnwest
ana
soutn
ooler
mosuy
ralr
and
s
lehtly
MADE
EVERY
POSSIBLE
FINANCIAL
MISTAKE?
LONDON,
Feb.
25:-Speak-
'n?
here
yesterday,
Major
Douglas,
f6under
of
the
Doug-
!as
Social
Credit
.plan,
de-
c'arcd
that
Premier
William
Aberhart
of
Alberta
has
made
every
financial
The
people
of
his
paW
of
the
Peace
River
country
arestrong
fo;
the
railway
outlet
to
Prince
Rupert
as.
being
the
shortest
route
and
have
been
agitating
for
it
but;
)
nromised
over
and.;
-
-.1
...
jfimftrilncr-would
be'tT
only
to
have
the
pro
and
best
continuously
after
over
Vancouver
on
the
steamer
prince
Oeorge
yesterday
morning
and
proceeded
east
by
train
last
evening.
He
has
been
farming
for
nine
years
In
the
Grande
Prairie
district,
having
moved
there
from
Southern
Saskatchewan.
The
highway
route
which
the
people
of
Grande
Prairie
favor,
says
Mr.
Soderqulst,
Is
from
Rio
Grande
through
Monkman
Pass
to
strike
the
line
of
Canadian
National
Railways
at
Hansard
east
of
Prince
George.
There
is
a.
distance
;
i
i
1
J
of
132
miles
or
road
wnicn
wuuiu
have
to
be
built
but
its
construction
would
be
very
easy
through
nimf
rv
that
Is
Ideally
suited
for
Possible
to
make.
It
should
1
Is
room
for
many
more
people.
The
nave
been
hn.iM
mn,o
n
'
i-i.,.ifv
nf
murse.
Is
the
lack
oi
success
of
Social
Credit
In
Al-
an
outlet.
While
the
railway
Is
tne
hei-tr,
.
...
...
i
lutnt
m'p
are
iwajur
uouglas
asserted.
thing,
falling
mat,
we
..i
1
..........
iin
in
to
n
a
hlehway
highway
at
,
certainly
entitled
f,
least."
striking.
The
result
of
the
vote,
It
has
been
already
announced,
will
be
made
known
soon
after
the
middle
of
March
by
which
time
It
Is
expected
all
ballots
will
be
In.
FIGHT
OVER
FREE
PORT
H'hich
Shall
be
so
Declared:
Vancouver
or
Victoria?
Dr.
Tolmle
Active
Ises
nnfui-
is
undoubtedly
entitled
to
be
made
filled,
they
are
now
turning
their
attention
to
a
hlgl)wav
project
In
the
hope
that
something
In
that
way
may
-
be
accomplished,
said
John
Sodcrquist,
OrandePralrle
district
rancher
who
was'lnuhe
city
yesterday
on
his
way
liSrne
to
the
Peace
River
country
after
A,
trip
to
Vancouver,
and
Seattle.
Mr3oder-
InnUt
Ic
Inoatnd
nenr
KpYmlth,
In
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Feb.
25:-A
'
.
.
'
-
.
fhp
RrltIsh
Columbla
t
yesterday
against
Dr,
--va
sa
Mkv
vt
m
a
v
va
w
va
v
va
border
on
the
railway
line
which
terminates
at
Dawson
Creek.
Mr.
Soderqulst
comes
originally
from
Sweden
and
went
to
school
In
Tan-nas
with
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena.
whom
he
has
not
seen
for
OTTAWA,
Feb.
25:'
A
dispute
is
on
here
as
to
whether
Vancouver
or
Victoria,
If
either,
should
be
de
clared
a
free
port.
Hon.
Dr.
S.
F.
Tolmle.
M.P.
for
Victoria,
Is
put-
being
t,ing
up
a
strong
'fight
to
have
Vie-that
torla
so
'declared.
It
is
the
logical
Lheabput
it-
jace
foif
a
-free
'porCKe
SayX
a'nd'
such.
MARKETING
OF
HALIBUT
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Fisheries
Tells
Why
Fleet
Wants
to
Come
Under
Provincial
Act
VICTORIA,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
George
F.
Alexander,
deputy
pro
vincial
commissioner
of
fisheries,!
said
yesterday
that
self-imposed
regulations
within
the
Canadian
twenty
years.
He
arrived
here
from
sectlon
of
the
halibut
fishing
fleet
to
conform
with
what
Is
being
done
by
American
vessels
In
spreading
out
the
permissive
area
catch
over
the
longest
possible
period
was
the
aim
behind
requests
for
a
British
Columbia
marketing
scheme
for
halibut.
Price
regulations
would
not
be
attempted,
Mr.
Alexander
said,
and
area
catch
limits
were
under
sole
!
control
of
the
International
Fish
eries
Commission.
CALGARY
TWO
ABOVE
CALGARY,
Feb.
25:
The
temperature
In
Calgary
this
morning
was
two
above.
The
weather
Is
road
building.
Valleys
are
wide
and
generally
milder
throughout
the
flat
and
there
would
be
no
snow-,
prairie
provinces,
slides.
Nor
would
any
bridges
of'
any
consequence
have
to
be
built,!
the
longest,
In
fact,
being
at
Hansard-only
about
forty
feet
long.
An
automobile
concern
Intends
.
-
it..
to
drive
a
truck
througn
over
me
route
during
the
coming
spring.
Money
for
the
road
is
being
raised
among
the
people
themselves
who
will
also
provide
labor.
Financial
support
Is
being
sought
from
the
federal
and
the
provincial
governments
of
British
Columbia
and
Alberta.
-Such
a
road,"
said
Mr.
Soderqulst,
"would
give
us
a
means
or
and
or
marketing
our
products
getting
In
goods
which
we
cannot
now
obtain.
We
have
a
bumper
crop
i
ii..
utHct.
pverv
vear,
There
111
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UWVw
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PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
V1CTCE
B.C.
Late
Telegraphs
ETHIOPIAN
CHIEF
EXECUTED
ADDIS
ABABAf
Res
Desta
Demtu,
son
of
Haile
Selassie
and
last
Ethiopian
chieftain
to
dispute
the
Italian
occupation,
has
been
captured
and
executed,
an
official
communique
announces.
FILM
WRITER
SHOT
PALM
SPRINGS,
CaL
Humphrey
Pearson,
prominent
film
writer,
was
found
shot
in
bed
at
a
desert
cottage
here
at
midnight.
His
wife,
weeping-
and
hysterical,
was
in
the
same
bed
with
him.
She
could
give
no
coherent
story.
NOTED
ACTOR
DIES
HOLLYWOOD
'Sir
Guy
Stand-in?,
noted
British
film
actor,
died
suddenly
of
a
heart
attack
yesterday.
Friends
said
that
a
black
widow
spider
was
probably
the
indirect
cause
of
death.
He
had
been
bitten
b'y
one
during
the
filming
of
"Lives
of
a
Bcnral
Lancer."
Sir
Guy
wa
knighted
for
his
service
with
th
British
Navy
during
the
Great
War.
LOYALISTS
BEATEN
MADRID
Government
attackers
of
Oveido
suffered
one
of
the
most
severe
reverses
of
the
Spanish
civil
war
yesterday
when
they
were
driven
back
by
the
insurgents,
leaving
,2500
dead
or
dying
on
the
battlefield.
ACCEPTS
PENSION
'
"
LONDON
The
Duke
of
Windsor,
formerly
King1
Edward
VIII,
it
was
stated
yesterday
had
agreed
to
accept
a
pension
of
S100,000
from
the
Royal
Family
as
his
share
of
the
estate
of
the
late
Kin?
Geortrc
V.,
his
father.
The
Dukes
of
Windsor
and
Kent
met
in
Vienna
yesterday.
LINDBERGHS
SAFE
BOMnAY
Col.
and
.Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
landed
here
safelv
yesterdav
in
the
course
of
their
flight
across
India.
NEW
RAIL
EQUIPMENT
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
to
Place
Orders
For
$20,000,000
of
New
Rolling
Stock
MONTREAL.
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Expenditure
of
more
than
$20,000,000
for
equipment
In
1937
was
announced
yesterday
by
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
The
building
program
Includes
fifty
locomotives,
thirty
passenger
and
express
cars
and
3600
freight
carriers.
The
new
passenger
coaches
will
be
seml-streamllned.
British
Columbia
timber
will
be
largely
used.
Canadian
Dairy
Products
To
Get
Free
Entry
to
U,K.
In
Terms
of
New
Trade
Pact
LONDON,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Terms
of
the
new
Anglo-Canadian
trade,,
agreement
were
published
here
tonight.
1
Canada
lowers
the
British
preferential
duties
on
some
150
items
and
sub-items
in
Canadian
customs
tariff
lists.
These
reductions
affect
some
forty
percent
by
value
of
total
imports
to
Canada
of
United
Kingdom
goods
at
present
subject
to
duty.
British
concessions
include
free
entry
for
Canadian
dairy
products.
Canadian
bacon,
hams,
fat
cattle
and
beef
also
continue
on
the
free
list.
4
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
25,
1937
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning
TO
MINE
PROBE
G.
L.
Frascr
Will
Investigate
Affairs
of
Hedley
Amalgamated
Gold
Mines
VICTORIA,
Feb.
25:
G.
,L.
Frascr,
Vancouver
barrister,
has
been
appointed
to
conduct
a
thorough
investigation
under
the
Securities
Act
into
the
affairs
of
the
Hedley
Amalgamated
Gold
Mines
Ltd.
trading
In
stock
of
which
has
been
suspended
on
the
Vancouver
Stock
Exchange
after
the
price
had
broken
in
two
within
a
few
hours
on
Tuesday.
Every
phase
of
the
company's
affairs,
It
was
announced
at
the
attorney-general's
office
yesterday,
Including
the
suggestion
that
samples
sent
for
assay
to
the
government
may
have
been
salted.
Some
doubt
Is
expressed,
however,
as
to
the
possi
bility
of
samples
being
salted
as
they
had
been
kept
under
lock
and
key.
Trading
In
the
stock
will
not
be
resumed
until
after
Mr.
Fraser
has
made
his
report.
Starts
Probe
Today
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
An
inquiry
Into
the
affairs
of
Hed
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
1:55
a.m.
21.4
ft.
.
14:03
a.m.
2.U
ft.
Low
8:07
a.m.
4.1
ft.
20:25
p.m.
3.1
ft.
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include
a
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ruinn
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in
1
HIGHWAY
AT
LEAST
:
Peace
Klver
Feople
Favor
Prince
Rupert
Railway
But
Arc
Getting:
Desperate
at
Unfulfilled
Promises
Rancher
Speaks
John
Sodcrquist
of
Grande
Prairie,
Schoolmate
of
Olof
HanwC
Tells
of
Need
For
Outfit
STRIKE
BALLOTS
REACH
THIS
CITY
4
First
railway
strike
ballots
have
been
received
In
Prince
Rupert.
The
ballot
Is
a
rather
large
document
containing
a
rather
extensive
statement
of
the
union's
claim
for
a
com-
plete
restoration
of
the
ten
percent
cut.
The
ballot,
re-
turnable
Individually
by
each
employee
entitled
to
vote,
has
a
detachable
section
In
which
the
employee
Indicates
whe-
ther
or
not
he
Is
favorable
to
Overall
Deficit
For
Canada
Is
Cut
in
Two
During
Year,
Dunning
Shows
in
Budget
Speech
Today
Presents
Budget
Paints
Picture
of
Improving
Conditions
But
Says
Path
I
lif
KOi'nvni'V
Hie
T
iv
flf
4
tvn
Vnr
nnrl
IXfo
Against
Speculative
Adventures
Details
of
Government's
Finances
Told
to
House
;
Expectations
of
Improvement
Have
Been
Realized
But
j
There
Have
Been
Some
Disappointments
as
Well,
Minister
of
Finance
Says
OTTAWA,
Feb.
25:
(CP)-Over
all
deficit
of
$87,395,
000
compared
with
$159,989,000
last
year
was
estimated
by
Hon.
Charles
A.
Dunning,
minister'
of
finance,
in
his
financial
review
for
the
fiscal
yearending
next
March
31
given
atthe
start
of
his
ifidget
address
in
the
House
of
Commons
today.
The
minister
of
finance
painted
a
picture
of
Improving
conditions
in
most
branches
of
economic
activity
but
Budget
Briefs
4
The
budget
restores
all
civil
service
salary
reductions.
v.
An
over-
all
deficit
for
1937-
an
aaiv
(Ann
A
Mte
.
if
1
.
'
1
'
j
01
jJo,uuv,uiy
is
esiimairu.
A
year
balanced
budget
is
hoped
for.
making
active
wage
war
upon
next
There
are
no
changes
in
ex
else
taxes
and
duties.
RussiaSees
arations
preparations
Russia,
UNEMPLOYED
List
of
Demands
Presented
To
Citj
Commiss'oner
Who
Will.
Give
His
Answer
Tomorrow
l-v
Am-ilcratnatpH
finlrf
Mlnp
T.W.
A
rtp1prnt!nn
rpnrpffpnt'nsr
the
voiced
a
warning
against
speculative
adventures
which
might
cause
another
collapse
such
as
occurred
In
1929.
I
All
figures
for
the
current
fiscal
year
are
necessarily
estimates,
Mr.
'
Dunning
said,
since
the
year
does
not
end
untllMarch
31,
-
.,
I
'
The
minister
'estlmatecf
1
tofaT
or-
'
jdlnary
expenditures
to
be
$51,528,-J
000
less
than
ordinary
revenue,
be-
ing
the
first
surplus
on
ordinary
account
in
five
years.
The
deficit
on
total
revenue
compared
with
all
expenditures
would
be
the
lowest
for
any
year
since
1930-31
and
compares
with
the
minister's
last
year
budget
estimated
deficit
of
$100,000,000.
total
ordinary
expenditures
are
estmuted
at
$3i)l,8t3u,U00
and
total
1
O
V
liiuiw.
IYl3k(
Wtiriout'
If
m
5Ucn
exlraormary
dlsburse-i
menU
as
Canadlan
National
Rail-
ways
deficits,
unemployment
and
MOSCOW,
Feb.
25:-Speaklng
drought
relief
and
other
charges
yesterday
on
the
occasion
of
the
bring
tn
grand
total
of
dlsburse-nineteenth
anniversary
of
the
;
ments
to
an
estimate
of,
$539,518,-foundlng
of
the
Red
Army,
thejugg,
Soviet
commissar
for
war
declared
t
T'he
total
of
all
revenues,
Includ-that
Germany
and
Japan
were,miI
an
$s.ooo.000
credit
for
the
wheat
board,
refunds
on
capital
I
investments
and
other
credits,
are
I
estimated
at
$452,123,000.
The
re-j
venues
are
Increased
$80,000,000
as
I
compared
with
the
previous
fiscal
fXl
CTDIlflT
Jear
and
were
exCecle(A
by
1928-29
Jli
O
1
lllvi!i!only-
They
were
forty-five
percent
greater
than
the
lowest
point
of
the
depression.
Taxation
revenues
increased
$67,306,000
to
$384,618,000
with
the
sales
tax
producing
the
greatest
single
Increase
due
to
the
Increase
began
here
In
camera
today
and
unemployed
appeared
before
City
l"
Iaic
iCdr
irum.sw
w
eignt
will
probably
continue
for
a
week
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
with
a
percent.
Income
taxes
produced
or
ten
days.
G.
L.
Fraser
Is
con-
list
of
demands.
It
was
Intimated
.
he
second
largest
revenue,
$102.-ductlnc
the
Investigation
under
the
by
the
delegation
that
the
unem-
000,000
an
increase
of
$19,290,000.
Securities
Frauds
Prevention
,Act.
.
ployed
were
already
virtually
on
Expenditures
on
ordinary
ac-Witnesses
will
testify
under
oath.
I
strike
as
far
as
relief
work
was
count
were
up
$19,327,000',
largely
,
iconcerned.
The
commissioner
,
stated
that
he
wou'd
give
his
an
Pnnrf
nf
Rpvicinn
sver
on
Frw-
VUUl
I
Ul
lCVlolUU
I
The
demands
aer
for
a
fifty
per
Concludes
Sitting
Adjustments
of
Values
on
Skeena
And
Bella
Coola
River
Flooded
Lands
Are
Made
After
allowing
a
few
minor
adjustments,
principally
having
to
do
with
property
of
people
who
suffered
damage
to
their
property
In
the
Skeena
and
Bella
Coola
River
floods
of
last
summer,
John
Dyb-havn,
sitting
as
Judge
of
the
court
of
revision
for
the
Prince
Rupert
district
provincial
assessment
roll,
following
two
days
of
hearings,
approved
the
roll
on
Tuesday-and
adjourned
the
court.
v.,'
cent
'ncrease
In
relief,
the
rein-
ONTARIO
MAY
BAN
WOMEN
FROM
BEER
PARLORS
ENTIRELY
TORONTO,
Feb.
25:
The
government
of
Ontario
is
proposing
to
ban
women
entirely
from
beer
parlors
lrt
the
province.
due
to
New
Brunswick
and
Quebec
coming
under
the
old
age
pension
scheme.
Capital
expenditures
were
only
$3,447,000,
a
little
more
than
half
the
disbursements
under
this
statemcnt-of
Mr,
Dominate
as
a;
heading
during
the
previous
year,
foreman
on
relief
work,
perm'.son
.
Hallway
Deficit
Lower
to
cut
wooa
on
wantage
ttoaa
ana
i
that
there
be
no
discrimination
against
strikers,
The
Canadian
National
Railways
deficit
Is
estimated
at
$43,000,000
as
compared
with
$47,000,000
In
the
previous
year.
Total
disbursements
for
government-owned
enterprises
are
estimated
at
$44,472,000
as
compared
with
$50,940,000
last
year.
The
national
debt
as
at
March
31.
1937,
is
estimated
at
$3,393.-945.000,
being
increased
by
tho
amount
of
the
over-all
deficit.
Assets
are
estimated
at
$437,493,-000.
The
funded
debt
Is
estimated
at
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on,
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jTwo)