LiBRAHY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
'i
I
;
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
"1
(8
A.M.)
She
prince
Rupert
Part
''oudy,
High
3:00
a.m.
20.4
ft.
1?
northwest
wind,
4
miles
-our;
14:47
p.m.
21.4
ft.
barometer,
29.80
(fav
m-pcrature,
Low
9:01
am.
6.3
ft.
28;
sea
smooi,
21:23
p.m.
2.8
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI.,
No,
11.
V
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
14,
1937
VRICE:
5
CENTS
Vol.
FRENul
AIDING
SESSION
Revision
of
Canadian
National
Finances
And
U.
K.
Trade
Pact
Coming
TransCanada
Air
Mail
Service
to
be
Established,
Authority
of
Railway
Board
to
be
Extended,
More
Pensions
For
Blind
OTTAWA.
Jail.
14:
(CP)
Revision
Of
the
Capital
1
structure
,V
of
lu
the
Canadian
A
II
Mnol
National
Pd,-K,roc
Hallways
and
vqH
rati-
I
"
-
.
,
fication
of
the
new
trade
agreement
with
the.
United
Kingdom
are
two
of
the
important
measures
Parliament
will
be
asked
to
deal
with
during
the
present
session
according
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
which
was
read
in
the
crowded
senate
cnamoer
una?
afternoon
by
Lord
Tweedsmuir.
Thus
the
second
session
of
the
Eighteenth
Canadian
Parliament
came
Into
being.
Other
important
new
measures
to
be
laid
before
the
members
and
senators
will
include
provision
for
the
establishment
of
a
transCanada
air
service,
extension
of
the
authority
of
the
Board
of
Railway
Com
missioners,
provision
of
pensions
for
thCi
bluKKaU.ftJowcr
age
than
seventy.
The
Speech
also
said
that
"agree
mcnt
had
been
reached
In
prin
ciple
between
the
British
and
Ca
nadian
aovcrnments
on
a
new
trade
agreement
to
be
submitted.
No
details
were
revealed
of
the
proposed
revision
of
the
capital
structure
of
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways.
Strike
Parley
Is
To
Be
Held
Governor
Frank
Murphy
of
Mlchl'
can
Arranges
Conference
Between
Auto
Company
And
Workers
LANSING,
Mich.,
Jan.
14:
(CP
Governor
Frank
Murphy
of
Michigan
announced
yesterday
af
tcmoon
that
the
General
Motors
Cuporatlpn
and
United
States
Automobile
Workers'
Union
had
agreed
to
send
repicsentattves
to
a
peace
conference
here
today.
Unless
the
strike
is
settled,
th?
General
Motors
management
an
nounced
vestordav
that
'there
would
be
an
entire
shut-down
throwing
135,000
employees
of
all
departments
out
of
work.
Weather
Forecast
(KiiMiiHlHil
tlirousn
Um
courtesy
of
'.
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
l
Victoria
and
Prince
P.upcrt.
Tills
fore,
e-'tr
I
compiled
from
obitervatlon
taken
id.
8
a.m.
today
und
covers
the
3!t
liour
period
ending
5
p.m.
tomorrow),
Synopsis
The
barometer
remains
low
on
the
coast
and
mo
derately
cold
weather
continues
over
this
province
accompanied
by
scattered
snowfalls
In
the
Interior.
Prince
Rupert
District
Light
shifting
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
not
much
change
In
temperature.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fiesh
north
and
west
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
not
much
chnvo
In
temperature.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
north
winds,
mostly
cloudy,'
milder
with
occasional
snow
or
sleet.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Jan.'
14:
(CP)
Whn
wis
quoted
at
$1.29
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday,
dropping
to
$1.2734
today.
OF
PARLIAMENT
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.28.
Big
Missouri,
.64.
Bralorne,
8.05.
B.
R.
Cons.;
.05.
B.
R,
X.,
.
09.
f
Cariboo
Quartz,
1;70.
Dunwcll,
.04.
Golconda,
.15.
.
Mlnto,
.20.
Meridian,
.03.
Morning
Star,
.04.
Noble
Five,
.13.
Pend
Oreille,
3.90.
Pioneer,
6.20.
Porter
Idaho,
.llVi.
Premier,
4.20.
Reeves
McDonal
1,
Reno,
1.18.
Relief
Arlington,
.32.
Reward,
.O6V2.
Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridge,
.09.
United
Empire,
.00.
Premier
Border,
.033,4.
Sllbak-Prcmler,
3.00.
Congress,
.UYt-
Toronto
Beattle,
1.40.
Central
Patricia,
4.40.
God's
Lake,
.97.
Inter.
Nickel,
63.75.
Lee
Gold,
.06',i.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.35.
Mckenzie
Red
Lake,
1.96.
Pickle
Crow,
8.55.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.38.
San
Antonio,
2.33.
Sherrltt,
Gordon,
3.50.
Slscoe,
6.10.
Smelter
Gold,
.08
'2.
Ventures,
3.10.
McLcod
Cockshutt.
4.35.
Oklcnd,
.56.
Mosher,
.50.
Gllbcc,
.05.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.35.
May
Spiers.
.32.
Sullivan,
2.08.
Stadacona.
1.03.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.16.
Francoeur,
1.42.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.133i.
Perron,
2.17.
Moncta
Porcupine.
1.69.
N3W
Augarlta,
,42;
Sladcn
Malartlc,
2.09.
Bouscadlllac,
.52.
Morris
Klrkland,
.70.
Rubec,
.09'2.
Thompson
Cadillac,
1.64.
""
miior.
.D7V4:;
;
Aigood,
.56!'
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
Jap.
14:
(CP)-Bar
at
45c
per
.silver
was
'Bc
lower
fine
ounre
on
the
New
York.
metrJ
market
yesterday.
It
aroppca
.
4434C
today.'
SAFETY
ON
!
AIRLINES
Numerous
Fatalities
of
Late
Spur'
Federal
Authorities
of
United
States
to
Action
j
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
14:-
j
Federal
authorities
are
continuing
j
the
move
to
ensure
a
greater
de-
grce
of
safety
on
the
air
lines
of
the
United
States
following:
tlw
several
disastrous
accidents
of
late
The
crash
of
an
air
liner
Tuesday
niffht
near
Los
Angela
which
j
caused
the
death
of
Martin
John
1
,
,
.
.
,
icuii,
son,
famous
jamuiu
Jungle
jujigjc
explorer,
vajjiuici,
auu
and
i
one
one
other
other
p3enger,
p3senger,
has
has
brought
brought
the
toll
of
such
fatallt'es
for
the
past
year
to
sixty-eight.
,
Senstor
Roya"
Copeland.
chair
j
man
of
the
congressional
air
safe.
tv
committee,
announces
a
Dro
1
jected
program
involving
the
ex-cpnditunj
of
$10,000,000
on
im-'
provements
to
the
air
lines
In
the
Interests
of
safety
including
bet
ter
weather
report
services.
Pope
Pius
Leaves
His
Bed;
Is
Given
hree
Months
Life
VATICAN
CITY,
Jan.
14:
For
the
first
time
since
Christmas
Pope
Pius
XI
left
his
bed
yes-
tcrday
and
went
to
a
chapel
ad
joining
his
bedroom,
also
being
whelled
outside
for
a
brief
period
Physicians
to
Ills
Holiness
say
hf
cannot
be
expected
to
live
for
any
more
than
three
months
at
the
outside.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Telegraphs)
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
30.12.
-Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
northeast
wind,
10
miles
per
hour,
light
chop.
Langara
Island
Overcast,
northwest
wind,
5
miles
per
hour;
baro-neter,
29.70;
temperature,
32;
light
jwcll.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
calm;
jaromcter,
29.72;
temperature,
26;
sea
smooth.
Estevan
Cleat,
northerly
wind.
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.82.
Vfctorla
Cloudy,
northerly
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.84.
Terrace
Part
cloudy,
northeast
wind,
12
above.
'Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
14
above
Anyox
Cloudy,
north
wind,
14
above.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
11
above,
v
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm.
3
above.
Smlthers
Part
cloudy,
breeze
from
east,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm;
37
below.
GENERAL
MANAGER
OF
RADIO
INVITED
HERE
The
radio
committee
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert'
Chamber
ot
Commerce
Wednesday
afternoon
decided
',
to
invite
Major
W.
E.
Glad-
stone
Murray,
general
mana-
gcr
of'
the
Canadian
Radio
Broadcasting
Corporation,
to'
visit
Prince
Rupert
personally
to
ascertain
at
first
hand
the
0ci
radlo
situation.
SPANISH
OPENED
Late
Telegraphs
Mcdonald
jis
alderman
VANCOUVER
Ex-Aid.
L.
D.
McDonald,
defeated
mayoralty
candidate
in
December,
was
re-elected
to
the
ity
council
in
the
aldermanic.
by-Iecticn
yesterday.
FLU
COMING
WEST
VANCOUVERf-A
mild
form
of
influenza,
similar
to
the
epidemic
sweeping;
England
and
the
United
States,
appeared
last
night
to
spreading
through
the
Cana
dian
prairies.
Thousands
are
i!
ill
,.
H.h,
.
r.nnrti
.
-
CHECK-UP
ON
PAIR
Immigration
Officials
at
Grand
Forks
Have
Released
Two
Men
In
Connection
With
Kidnapping
GRAND
FORKS,
Jan.
14:.
(CP)-Cadlxn.
and
American
immigra
Hon
officials
met.
here
yesterday.
to
.consider-
ftttta"eacUon.agalnei
two
border
runners
who
were
being
hold
after
their
conviction
on
Tuesday
on
charges
of
carrying
firearms
across
the
international
boundary.
Hie
arms
were
found
py
United
States
law
officials
a
they
searched
for
the
kidnap-slayer
of
young
Charles
Mattson
of
Tacoma.
The
provincial
police
had
prepared
a
complete
description
of
the
two
men
who
give
the
names
of
Leonard.
Dahl,
aged
31
ind
William
Bailey,
about
forty-
four.
Later
they
were
released,
the
Immigration
officers
deciding
that
they
had
no
connection
with
the
kidnapping.
Killed
in
Everett
,
TACOMA,
Jan.
14:
There
Is
every
Indication
that
ten-year
old
Charles
Mattson,
kidnap
-
murder
stock
market
yccterday
although
victim,
was
heJ'd
prisoner
at
Ever-
1here
was
little
change
In
the
itt
and
that
his
slaying
took
place
Pri-e
range.
The
industrial
av-here.
One
suspect
who
had
been
erage
at
closing
was
off
.29
with
held
has
been
released.
iralls
up
.28.
Railway
to
Bring
Peace
River
Grain
to
Prince
Rupert
Will
Be
Advocated
at
Public
Meeting
Here
Joint
Action
With
Peace
River
People
Being
Taken
With
Object
of
Having
Construction
Begin
Soon
The
Peace
River
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
which
is
allied
with
a
similar
committee
from
the
Peace
River,
has
decided
to
call
a
public
meeting
next
Monday
evening
at
the
city
council
chamber
to
try
to
bring
pressure
on
the
Dominion
government
;o
commence
work
on
a
railway
connecting
the
Peace
liver
country
with
Prince
""r""'
)y
way
of
the
Canadian
National
tallway.
At
that
meeting
there
will
be
two
or
three
brief
speeches
tnd
a
resolution
will
be
prepared
by
tha
committee
which
the
meet-
lng
will
be
asked
to
consider.
The
decision
or
the'commlttee
followed
a
conference
with
Page
Rldeout
of
Peace.
River
last-month
when
he
was
In
Prince
Rupert,
at
which
a
line
of
action
was
decided
upon
and
plans
made
for
carrying
on
the
campaign.
Since
that
time
two.
letters
have
been
received
,from
Mr.
Rldeout,
one
from
Van-
couver
and
the
other
from
his
,
home
at
Peace
River,
In
the
latter
of
which
he
urged
quick
action
at
TODAY
NOT
MUCH
PROGRESS
Out
Negotiations
are
Continuing
Wilh
V.ew
to
Settling
Pacific
Coast
Marine
Dispute
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Jan.
14:
-Shipowneis'
and
maritime
'.workers'
representatives
are
continuing
their
conferecnes
but'
little
further
progress
has
been
made
towards
est-ttement
cf
the
marine
strike
and
Pacific
Ccast
shipping
tie-up
There
was
a
tlkee-hour
confevvcne
yesterday
with
the
masters'
mates'
to
and
pilots'
organizations.
It
wa
adjourned
to
a
date
not
i.-t.
Optimism
is
still
expreosjd
for
a
stttlement
bef:ce
:o.ig.
Word
was
received
yt:le;day
from
Washington
that
President!
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
deferred
the
proposed
appointment
of
a
three-man
commission
to
deal
with
the
strike
pending
th;
outcome
ot
present
negotiations
between
the
contending
Interests.
Copper
Reaches
Highest
Price
-
W
.
.
.
In
oeven
Years
i
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
14:
The
price
of
copper
yesterday
reached
Its
highest
point
since
June
1930.
All
production
limits
are
being
lifted.
New
York
Stock
Trading
Active
!
J
But
Little
Fluctuation
in
Prices
As
Three
Million
Shares
Change
Hands
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
141
Three
million
shares
changed
hinds
-lr.
.active
trading
on
the
Ne'v
York
his
end.
He
also
said
ho
had
re-elved
promises
of
support
for
his
lans
from
several
members
of
)arllament.
Opinions'
expressed
at
the
com-nlttee
meeting
last
night
were
nat
mis
was
ine
crucial
time
ioritn.
itnint
R.anpii
with
juooo
.aklng
action,
and
that
a
good
over
low
non-polltlcal
meeting,
on
Monday
would
be
a
good
starting
point!
for
such
a
movement.-Members
ot;
tne
committee
present
were
h.
f.
Pullen
(chairman),
Thco
Collart,
W.
H.
Tobey
and
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder.
O.
W.
Nickerson,
the
other
member,
Is
at
present
In
the
sast.
'
:-v
0
LOYALIST,
Foreign
Battalions
Go
Into
Action
For
Government
Defence
Are
Transferred
From
El
Escorial
Guadarrama
Front
For
Attack
in
Madrid
Sector
Socialist
Prisoners
Made
Disclosure
BURGOS,
Spain,
Jan.
14:
(CP)
Insurgent
officers
today
quoted
government
prisoners
as
reporting
that
five
French
battalions
from
the
Socialist
International
Brigade
had
been
dispatched
from
the
El
Escorial-Guad-arrama
front
for
an
attack
in
the
Madrid
sector.
Foreign
troops
are
reported
concentrated
at
El
Pardo
Park
ready
be
spread
along
the
whole
front
west
and
northwest
of
the
capital.
GYROS
HAVE
GOOD
NIGHT
Installation
ot
Officers
by
District
Governor
Hudson
of
Victoria
Feature
of
Proceedings
Many
Guests
Fine
Banquet,
Card
Party-and
Midr
night
Show
Included
in
Program
Last
Evening
Conducting
the
installation
of
Dr.
H.
N.
Brocklesby
as
president
and
other
officers
of
the
local
club,
William
Hudson
of
Victoria,
district
governor
of
Gyro
International,
paid,
a
visit
to
the
Prince
ftupcrt
Gyro
Club
at
a
specially
arranged
banquet
last
night
In
the
Boston
Cafe.
It
was
a
very
lnter-sstlng
and
enjoyable
affair
and
there
were
numerous
guests
In
addition
to
club
members.
The
banquet
room
had
been
specially
decorated
for
the
occasion
by
Frank
Ulbb,
Jack
Bulger
ind
Orme
Stuart
,vlth
purple
and
gold
colors
of
the
Jyro
Club
as
well
as
emblems
of
the
organization.
Tapers
'of
similar
shades
were
also
used
on
tha
ables.
There
were
also
other
fea-utes
of
out
of
the
ordinary
nature
tnd
the
affair
was
formal.
After
conducting
the
installation
of
the
officers,
the
district
governor
gave
an
Inspiring
address
on
matters
ot
essential
interest
to
the:.
Americans
Gyro
organization.
He
referred
to
'Continued
nr.
r-ne
Fmiri
Rail
Employees
Ask
More
Wages
?ive
Important
Brotherhoods
lit
United
States
Decide
to
Demand
Increase
CHICAGO,
Jan.
14:
Executives
if
five
mt'or
ra'Vvay
brotherhood
.Vganlzaiotn.s,
meeting
here
last
night,
decided
to
demand
early
ln
reaes
In
wage
rates.
Tacoma
Bank
Was
Held
Up,!'
"
y-
Is
Believed
Hiding
in
Woods
'
TACOMA,
Jan.
14:
A
lone
band
-
tt
yesterday
held
up
a
branch
of
the
Pucct
Scound
National
Bankisldlne
at
Matsaut
In
the
Frascr
here
and
escaped
with
$1000
ln.Valfcy.
Frank
Morris,
manager
of
cash.
He
was
believed
last
night,
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
at
Princo
to
be
hiding
in
the
woods
after
abandoning.
a
stolen
car.
LOCATIONS
SHOW
GAIN
Stewart
Area
Saw
Better
Season
In
Staking
of
Mining
Claims
STEWART,
Jan.
14:
Enlarged
interest
in
the
mining
opportuni
ties
in
the
Stewart
area
was
strongly
reflected
through
a
40
percent
increase
of
mineral
claim
lpcatlonsJti6r:during
1936,
Last
year
250
claims,
were
staked
In
the
Portland
Canal
Mining
Division,
ind
filed
in
the
record
office
at
Stewart.
Assessment
work
on
claims
during
the
past
year
was
slightly
less
than
that
recorded
in
1935.
Work
In
the
amount
of
$54,000
for
improvements
was
performed
by
prospectors,
syndicates
and
mining
companies,
and
is
only
$1,000
less
than
that
recorded
in
1935.
New
mining
developmtnt
In
the
Unuk
area
by
the
Premier
Gold
Mining
Company,
attracted
many
prospectors
to
that
promising
hew
gold
field.
Molybdenum
in
the
:
'
Mezladln
Lake
section,
and
also
gold,
drew
prospectors
to
this
,
nearby
field.
Other
locations
were
:
.-ad
cn
the
Bear
and
its
trlbu-.'
turics,
Marmot,
Georgia
and
tipper
Salmon
section.
PREPARING
TO
LEAVE
to
Flee
by
Air
Front
Shensi
Province
Owing
to
Antt-
Foreign
Feeling
SIANFU,
China,
Jan.
14:
Owing
to
the
high
feeling
which
Is
running
against
foreigners,
Americans
are
preparing
to
flee
from
Shensi
Province.
Planes
are
being
awaited
to
take
them
to
more
secure
centres.
JohnWillman
Laid
at
Rest
Funeral
of
Well
Known
Usk
Milting.
Man
Held
at
Terrace
Yesterday
TERRACE,
Jan.
14:
TI13
funeral
the
late
John
Wlllman,
promin
m'nin?
operator
of
Usk.
who
died
suddenly
in
his
sleep
of
'heart
d'eease
at
Usk
on
Sunday
...u
.,.
JiijUl,
iwiv
puic
jckctuajr
unci'
I.
.
..
I
rr
r
ninfi.n
un:t
jtreen
a
resident
of
Usk
since
1910
land
up
to
the
time
of
his
death
was
manager
of
the
Coluniarlo
,
Mines
Ltd
He
has
a
brother
re-
Rupert,
directed
funeral
arrange
mcnts.
1
1
1
II
II
11
1
1