investigation Into Death Of Writer Now On PALM SPRINGS. Cal.. Feb. 26: ICP) Investigation is proceeding Bito the death of Humphrey Pear- ton, prominent film writer, who las found shot dead in bed vat a icsert Tottage 1iere at -midnight Wednesday. Pearson was shot twice Birough the chest and had been Bead for more than an hour before he butler summoned the police. Bis ilte was In the same bed with lim hen the tragedy was dlscov- Ired. Correspondence Club is Active fwenty Students Exchange Letters With Those In Other Lands The 'Correspondence Club" of One Edward Hlah School held a neeting on Wednesday afternoon arrange a number of activities lor the coming weeks. This club lomprlses a group of about twenty Itudents who are conducting a torresuondence In English with "dies, Philllnlnes. South lexico, Burma, Holland and Swe den By means of the exchange of Patters these students obtain an i pntlmate knowledge of conditions privilege cxtinded to them bv the Erector. Dr. Ncal Carter. They have a comnetltlon for the best snapshot of a local view. These Pictures must be taken hv the nembers themselves. "he officers of the club are: President, Helen Valentine. Vice-president, Alma Dybhavn. secretary. Jean Watt. I'r'vc Advanced Yesterday in ork to Over 16c a Pound NEW YORK. Foh . ri, -Uo . . - v lug juvv British League Member Warns its upward! ' That Volume Encourages Strife BIRMINGHAM, Eng.. Feb. 26 (CP) Necessity of a new and early European settlement -was urged in a sueech here by Lord Allen of Hurtwood. member of the execu tlve of the League of Nations. 'Public opinion." Lord Allen continued, "Is watching with anx ious goodwill the valuable ex chance of speeches between Mr Eden, M. Blum and Herr Hitler. ,'Thwels'1Ittle"doubt rIat "Eur ope Is reaching a situation in which the sheer volume of Inter national rearmament will make it increasingly difficult to avoid ai sudden explosion which no nation ; d?s'res. "Hitherto the time-lag In armed preparedness has prevented dangerous incidents from leading to catastrophe. It Is Imperative there-. fore, that the nations should reach a new European settlement during: the next few months. j "There seems little chance ofi any precise answer from Germany if European problems are approached in Isolation from each other. Economic demands, territorial claims Justifiable or unjustifiable and colonial prestige have all become entangled In a web of emotion. Will For Peace "Nothing short of a compre hensive neaee offer can bring to arts of the world Including India, " 7 h; he n r ew Zealand. Austria. England. no e lam, Switzerland, Australia, East!8 ?ow" ,r 1 "British opinion is most anxious tc wMrrome Germany back to thei.B. League on a basis of absolute eouality. Isolated concessions are ff".,,H anA rfn7frnus. but It In foreign countries and the prob-' '.A ta ,bli to examine every Perns and Interests of other stu-.n.m nnH nnunr-clalm with a real prospect of success, and with S- hi (n for irivn clve and nnH take take oro- pro- 1U assist in making their corres-:n pondence Interesting, the local stu-1 yjded It was known that the ne-v "ws pian to make themselves 'Micnient wmild Include Germany familiar with local activities and institutions. Next Tuesday they plan to visit the Biological Station, and authority to test the risks of , an invitation to ucrnmiv, nni.i.Alt AT PAR popper Still .. ni .. . . t' NEW YORK, FCD. o; ir; MONTREAL. Feb -"v m vvennpcrtotf Ahnnna voctprnnv. 20: novement vptteivu.. t n.m.u .,,iri stprllne which; would exclude no controversy claim or erlevance. and would test sincerity of every European tlon." na- In Premier Maurice STILL SEES NEW0RDER Aberhart Plans Five-Year Road Building Program, Marketing Board, Drought Relief EDMONTON, Feb. 2G: (CP) "Further enactment regarding the establishment of a new economic order will be presented for your consideration," according to the Speech from the Throne read by Chief Justice Harvey, Acting Lieutenant Governor, at the opening of the Alberta Legislature yesterday. The Speech, prepared by the Social Credit government of Premier William Aberhart, forecast a heavy legislative program including a five-year road building plan, establishment of a provincial marketing board, new debt legislation and assistance to dried out areas. Premier Aberhart also intends to ask the federal government for a loan of $15,000,000 to meet bond maturities and other obligations as well as $5,000,000 on natural resources and $10,000,000 on trust lands. GOVERNOR ISCOMING Lord Tweedsmuir to Pay Visit To Prince Rupert This Summer The Governor General, Lord Tweedsmuir, will pay a visit to Prince Rupert this summer in the course of a western tour, it was announced today. There will be a trek south from Burns Lake through Tweedsmuir National Park to Bella Coola whence the party will proceed to Prince Rupert enroute east. On the way west the vice-regal party will go north from Edmonton to Aklavik. Former Manager Of B. C. Marine Inncs Hopkins. Prominent Vancouver Man, Passed Away Yesterday Works, died here yesterday. LIFEBOATS WERE BUSY T rrrrT EVihrioru Oft1 IPPI . launches of lifeboats to vessels In I distress, says the report of opera tions on the English coasts In Jan- as a member of the League of Na-' uarythe busiest January in 24 t!ons. accepting its rignis ana uu- ycars ligations. "It Is possible to be too aipio-j matic In diplomacy. The time nas, come when the British nation ts' In a position of sufficient power i SANDON IS HARD HIT BY SNOW; SMALL GIRL IS KILLED BY SLIDE 4 SANDON, Feb. 28? (CP) Avelyn Stewart, six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Stewart was killed in a snow- slide here early Wednesday. The slide demolished the i home, the Darents and two moving ineaciCanadlim douar closed at par on. . slide ot.hr r esc an In ir as the I the New York foreign exchange ; mlsscd the kltchen ln whlch Ne 'CWi,.,Uot vocterrlnv. j. ihn tirnta clt H n tr PVi a t nm la fc " ; cut off from the outside world POUND IN MONTREAL 1. . h d nd nd ,rP) The tnere is danger oi a iooa closed at,shortage. M75c per pound, an advance from $4.88 15-16 on the Montreal ex- VICTORfA, B.C. i - ji Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 A.M.) High- 2:25 a.m. 215 ft. Prince Rupert Clear, calm; barometer, 14:38 p.m. 205 ft. temperature. Low 8:43 a.m. 4.0 ft. 29 80 (falling); 20:56 p.m. 4.0 ft. 32; sea smooth., NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXVI., No. 48. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1937 TRICE: S CENTS GERMAN t4 EXPELS Ten Sabotage and Esplona.e Suspects Are Deported No Advice on Others i MOSCOW, Feb. 25: (CP)-Two iermans, who were arrested on i.snlclon of sabotage and esplon- E ir, Mnvpmber of last year, will c deported from Russia lmme-liatcly. the Soviet' government has nformed the German embassy. :he embassy declares that It was not advised" on the status of 34 ther Germans, known to be held n Russia, Meighen Concerns Will be Probed if.Hkl..M nf Hnfgrli An. nounccs Trovision is Being Made TORONTO, Feb. 26: Premier Mitchell Hepburn announces tnat Uvlsion will be made to Investi gate the affairs of companies with thlch Rt Hon. Arthur Melghen, Conservative leader In the Senate, jas associated In 1934 and pre viously Naval Patrol Is Renounced LONDON, Feb. 26: (CD-Soviet Russia and Portugal have renounced participation in the naval blockade of Spain's coast scheduled to begin March G in connection with non-intervention efforts of twenty-five other nations. Holiday With Pay For All Workers Plan LONDON. Feb. 26: Premier Stanley Baldwin expresses favor for a plan whereby all employees In Great Britain would receive an an-nual holiday with pay. The possl blllty of putting such a plan Into actual operation will be lnvestl gated. FEARFUL OF ARMS Confidence In Duplessis Has Been Expressed QUEBEC, Feb. 26: Members of the government , party l'Unlon Na-tlonale In caucus yesterday, voted confidence Duplessts. TARIFF CHANGES UNDER NEW ANGLO-CANADIAN AGREEMENT ON TRADE IS ALL-ABSORBING OTTAWA, Feb. 26: (CP) Without increasing taxation in any form and with numerous downward revisions of the tariff schedule, Hon. Charles A. Dunning, minister of finance, yesterday budgeted for an over all deficit of $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1937 with the hope that next year he would be able to present a balanced budget. The estimated deficit tor me com- lng fiscal year compares with a deficit of $87,395,000 estimated for the current fiscal year ending next March 31. The anticipated .deficit of the next fiscal year Is ,the amount of the estimated net i'cash deficit of he Canadian National Railways. The minister of' finance an- nounced that the five percent sal- ary deductions now Ivil service salaries applled to all of $1200 or norc would be reswrea as irom April 1. Fifty thousand employees ire airectea. Last year iney naa been given the first half of the en percent salaryacut which had been made in 193H The budget made, no income tax changes. 4 The 1937 budaet Is described bj ome as a "message of optimism showing Improvement in business ind trade and higher revenues." Critics comolaln at its lack of .Dectacular matter, , leaving them nothing at which to shoot. Anglo-Canadian Trade Of overshadowing Interest In tlu Mrs. Mary Roudc Passed Away Yesterday at Marguerite j Station j QUESNEL, Feb. 26: MrS. Mary Roude, pioneer woman of the Carl-boo district, died yesterday at her home at Marguerite Station. She was the daughter of the late A. D. Mclnnls. Body of Girl is Now lleycd to have been kidnapped. Valentine Quinn Retires as Head NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 26: Valentine Quinn, for several years !sIeet managing director oi racuic voasi, Terminals here, retired yesterday. He was formerly an official of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smel ting & Power Co. with, headquar ters In Vancouver. OTTAWA, Feb. 26: Rt. Rev. J. C. Cody was consecrated here yesterday as the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Victoria ln British Co lumbia. WINNIPEG, Feb. 26: Winnipeg wheat prices were Vic to l'c lower yesterday. May closing at I Canada retains all the advantages secured under the 1932 pact. Reciprocal benefits to the United Kingdom are assured by reductions in British preferential tariff on 179 Items including textiles, glass uiblaware, iron and steel including machinery, vacuum cleaners and sewing machines, enamelled ware and electrical goods. Reductioas are also made on leather, boots and shoes, on many paper products, paints and varnishes, earthenware, canned fish, soaps, brushes and filverware. Britain Is guaranteed against preferential tariff increases on 246 i Items of Canadian tariff' and against a decrease In preferential margin on Lumber, canned salmon, apples, dairy produce, tobacco and patent leather while British duties are cut on natural silk stockings. An increase fh duty on Canadian automobiles and parts is guaranteed against. The Dominion continues to be given a chance to expand exports of hams and bacon un to 280,000,- budget speech were the important noo oounds per annum. changes Incidental to the new The agreement, which assures Canada-United Kingdom trade Canada of $3X100.000 annually of agreement. free exports to the United King- Included among the articles ad- dom, will remain In force until ded-to- commodltle9empted un-. August 20.' 1194,0,., and, thereafter der the sales tax are Ingredients subject to six months notice by used in canning fish. either government. Reduction In In addition to the concessions intv on United Kingdom products negotiated In the new trade agree- hfw,pe effective as from mid-ment with the United Kingdom, night last night. I i Pioneer Woman Of Bishop Rix ! Cowichan Valley In Montreal Makes Appeal For Financial Support For Peace River Block Missions 1 ! MONTREAL, Feb. 26:Speaking here yesterday, Rt. Rev. O. A. Rlx, Bishop of Caledonia, made an appeal for financial assistance for church and missionary work in i the Peace River Block which Is ; part of his diocese of Caledonia. Being DragSed For . yj NEWARK, Eng., Feb. 26: The1 river here Is being dragged for the ; Furnished throug. the courte.y o , Dominion Meteorological Bureau VANCOUVER, Feb. 26: Innes body of Mona Tinsiey, a ten-year j VIctorU Bnd Prince nupeit. Thi fpr Hopkins, formerly manager of the old girl who became missing from;'1 jwwmcwmvtl. the C, Marine and Engineering her home on January 6 and is be- hour period ending s p.m u 3 tomorrow'. strong tonight with rain or part Veteran Railway Conductor Passes VANCOUVER, Feb. 26: Veteran A , V. VAX M-r . , a v v. . . iiTv.i,n is ri.ni, nara ,n inf. i 1 1 w V- f- Willie UUEUU ilb.W. .W JLl ...., -.- Consecrated j Anguished Conduct Medal at the Second Battle of Ypres where he Ceremonial Rite at Ottawa For Rt.:was so severely wounded that he Rev. J. C. Cody Who Will Head I was invalided home. Victoria Diocese REBELLION VETERAN DIES VICTORIA, Feb. 26: James Seven Years And Ten Lashes For Vancouver Thug VANCOUVER, Feb. 26: Sentence of seven years' imprisonment with ten lashes was Imposed here yesterday upon a bandit who held up a laundry but got nothing. MOST GOES TO ALIENS Further Interesting Figures Issued in Regard to Relief Dis-busements Here A further abstract of city relief disbursements shows that up to the end of February this year a total of $33,413.11 has been Issued to 49 foreign born able-bodied fishermen, carpenters and laborers as compared with $6,962.61 to It British born, $660.05 to 11 Canadian born and $400.60 to six British Columbia born. As for the British born, it is pointed out that of the total of S6.962.61, no less than $4,468.16 has been received by one case alone, this heintr a married man with wife and ten dependents. For the month of-February relief disbursementrftlasslfied a follows: foreignsjv?10975; nitih born. S23W5!4, Canadian-horn, $202.50: British Columbia-born, $119.10. Late Telegraphs TO SELL E.P. RANCH EDMONTON The Duke of WlnTsorfritemls to sell his 3810 acre ranch at High River, the government learns. The identity of the purchaser, is unknown. AUSTRALIA. AHEAD MELBOURNE Centuries by Bradman and McCabe gave Australia an excellent start in the fifth and deciding test cricket match today. OFFENSIVE COLLAPSES AVILA, Spain According to the insurgents, the government offensive on the Madrid front has collapsed. Short Work Made Of Son-in-Law Of son-ln-law of Former Emperor Halle Selassie as one who resisted the Italian occupation, took place ; Immediately after an Italian j scouting party had seized him in the mountains southwest of Addis Ababa. A moderate disturbance Is ap- yeteran Qf Old proachlng the coast from the west. . . . j d MOUnted fOSSCS v.tr ,.oth.r roollS In British Great War, O. B. Blanchard is dead here. He won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for service in France with the Third Canadian Mounted Rifles. MONTREAL GOLD PRICE MONTREAL. Feb. 26: The Mon- conductor of the Canadian Pacific , treal gold plce is $34.78 per fine Railway out of Vancouver, George , ounce. BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP STRIKES MINE; PASSENGERS SAFE British steamer Landudno Dowker. atccd 79. a veteran of the .,..,u..., r.K.n i. ja v,n. , Castle were endangered endangered last lie formerly lived in Winnipeg. MONTREAL SILVER PRICE MONTREAL, Feb. 26: The price $1.23. Chicago prices were off lcjof sliver In Montreal yesterday was ' to Bic, May closlng.at $1.30'4. 44.55c per pound. , .' night after the vessel had hit a mine In Spanish waters. Her bow was shattered and she was able to limp Into a Fench port ln a slnklne condition. NEW TRADE PACTMADE Treaty Between Irish Free State And United Kingdom Has Been Negotiated LONDON Feb. 26. A new trade treaty has been negotiated between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State. It provides, among other things for the free entry of horses from Ireland to the United Kingdom and the removal of duty from sugar products entering the Irish Free State from England. Shall Terminal Be Canada or States? Cities Bidding to be Made Headquarters of New TransAtlantic Air Service LONDON, Feb. 26:-Great Britain favors a Canadian terminus, either Montreal or Halifax, for the new transAtlantlc aerial service. j Boston, New York and Baltimore in United States are also seeking to be made the terminus. Quints' Guardian Is Asking Relief Takes up Too Much of His Time, Declares Hon. David Croll TORONTO, Feb. 26: Hon. David A. Croll. minister of health, is moving In the Legislature to have someone else besides himself ap pointed guardian of the Dlonne quintuplets. He says that his duties as guardian.take up morgtlme from his ordlriary'depaYtniental duties than he can afford to spend. Funeral Service Held Last Night Rites for Late W. B. Morgan Pri.ir To Forwarding Remains To Vancouver LONDON, Feb. 26: Three hundred passengers aboard There was a large .attendance of members of the Masonic crati and friends at the funeral service of the late William B. Morgan engineering foreman of the local dry dock, which took place last evening at the chapel of the B. C. Former Emperor mg 0f the rema'ns aboard the steamer Prince George to Vancou- ADDIS ABABA. Feb. 26: (CP) ver where Interment will be mad The execution of Ras Desta Demtu, on Monday afternoon next under Masonic auspices. Lat evening's service was con ducted by Rev. Dr. F. W. Dafce pastor of First Baptist Church and Chaplain of Tsimpsean Lodge, A. F. & A. M. W. Vaughan Dav.'cs presided at the organ and the hymns were "Lead Kindly Light,, and "Abide With Me." John E. Davey sang as a vocal solo "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." Masons In a body and others ' the remains to the wharf 26:-!eorted NEW WESTMINSTER, . Feb. . Prtn- rnnce R.,nPrt KUDeri nutr!,t uisiricb nnri una . """uu"i - nt r- ,,, . . Seventy-one lives were saved in 64 Ut Shipping t irm charlotte Islands-Mostly Veteran of the old Royal Northwest ai Drers were rranK uioD J. j. I ;falr fair torfnv today. F.ist East winds winds beromlne becoming Mounted Police and also ol tne . ? " McMtDan, W. Unwln, E. Balllle and Ernest Today's Weather (Government Trleffriptu) Terrace Clear, north wind. 30 above. Alyansh Clear, calm, 24 above Alice- Arm Clear, calm. 22 above, Anyox Clear, calm, 20. Stewart Clear, calm, 22 above llazelton Cloudy, calm, 27 above. Smlt hers Cloudy, calm, mild. Burns Lake Bright, calm, 3 above. Probe of Chinese Produce Growers Is Being Sought CLOVERDALE. Feb. 26: White farmers of the Cloverdalo district are seeking an Inquiry under the 4 Marketing Act of activities of Chi-f I nese produce growers. ,