Tomorrow's V2s t High 0:24 ajn. THIS WEEK THE mm Pontiac Straight 8 ... 13 :W pjn. 1. V If on Display at iiuw i to ajn. Kaicn Motors Show Room m m n m o ft f . - - - AH Cordially Invited Tbone 53 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXIV.. No 144 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ENDEAVORING TO SAVE CONFERENCE DECISION IS RESERVED in CitS iHWlMIHC BRITISH PEER Discussion of All Monetary . Matters May Be Suspended In View of Crisis Over Currency DEATH OF FINANCIER . . : Huih fre i n WuM rremwew in llutttieM Life of rrofimr c( ' Ontario monetary matters and dealing only with economic prob-i,n London, om w ii .can.- Press Hum crvyn. prom- lems m order to prevent possible wrecking of the confer- ,nt Oaaflin finenrier. DM here . Maatey unlit m nu .-any -ninth emUrogUu ooid itsnaara countries vrr He we manat tag director of were still talking about forcing ad- Huron k Erie Loan Savings tournment of the conference pend-( atd of Ui- Canada TruV. Co tnc sUbllL-aUon of the American mid director of me Mutual Ajuirance Co t Canada Bora In this city August M. 144 me late Mr Cronyn waa educated Ht OaK Orammar School and tie I'nimatr t Toronto, flaw Mu i he received hi degree aa Bachelor, of Arte in ltd and tat hoaorary dr md LLR In ISC From ISM, aid 19? be pracUaed law ana. ; prlae Caerho-Blovakla. Jugo-Slavla. vnre the latter year, had devoted j Roumania. Auatrla and Hunter, to hi.-, attention to hu financial In-1 dependent on a rapproachmeot be-trreeu Me srrved a a ma)or m! tween Italy and rrance. Confer-hr Severn Fusiliers from ISM to ence circles began to bun with a 1907 I report that Premier Benito Musso- Marrted to Miu rnuteea A La-1 uni of Italy waa pushing bard to but of London. Ontario, in IMS. foree negotiations for the bloc to a e Mr Cmnyn. botdes hi,a tveetmtul conclusion widow, if survived bv two asiu ana two daushteri He belonged to the London Club ana the London Hunt td Country Club of wt.ich he was rcaaurer. He wa Liberal and an Anglican and his Ute dence waa bete. Vancouver Stocks Supplied by 8 D. Johnston Oe. Ltd Toronto Int. Nickel. ItJt. Noraada, SIM. Sherrttt, m. 8ieaee. IU. 8a Antonio. 1.10. .Vaneouver Big Mssewsrt . HrMte Rrver Com, M. MoeMra. U,. Cork Provenoa, M. Georgia River. SV. Orandvlew, U. Lucky Jim, M. Meridian. M. National Stiver. jSTK. Noble Five. im. NaUve Son. .IIH-Pend OrefUe, 13. rorter Idabe. 14. Premier. Reeves MoPonaM. -la-Reno, 144. Rewftitf. .14M. Ruth Hope. M. BUver Croat, J58. Wayekk. .41. Whitewater. .It. , Oils A. P. Oeoa .1. Calaaent, 8. PreeboM. .om. rabyen, .00. , Mereury, 10. Sterling Pacific. M-C. it E., .76. United, J38. a O. A. Woodland, local ageni oi the imperial OH Co.. returned to the city on the Prbw Oeorge this morning from a brief trip to Ocean Falls on oou..ttiiy bu!r.eN Premier MacDonald and Other Leaders Considering This Drastic Step Scheme to Create Central European Bloc Stirs Parley at its Session Today ! LONDON, June 21 : (Canadian Press) Prime Ministci T !.... M-.Tt 1,1 1 i . imuiaay mtKvuunm aim utmri tuuucia iii uie vtuim irwu- notnic conference were understood this afternoon to be con ftkiering the radical step of ew over Uie currency stamusauoo dollar and other major currencle. There waa another startling development today when the confer- woke to the tact that a far the creation of a Central ; Be-ionoaa bto. which ter-reachlnit effect on tnlei 1 attain, had taken on nr. ThU bloc which would Senior Matriculation Examinations Finish; Junior Tests Now Omttre. and aU night the Indian The annual Senior matriculation j MWBinationa. at which Mrs. J Hadden waa presiding having concluded on Monday. Junior matriculation examlnationa coouBcnced at King Edward High School here today with Miss Jos tie Roth well as presiding examiner, end will continue until the end cf the month First and second year examinations at the High Schoui have abxt been concluded. Oovemmeat entrance examinations will be held tat the public agnosia on June St. M and 30 wiltt Ma M. Demney as presiding e-ageJner. Pngdta writing for medala a wall as those seeking promotion to High School which they failed to be awarded by recanimendatton vrlll take these testa. I,ocal Student Nurse, Home For Visit, Won Proficiency lUirsary Miss Margaret Smith arrived In the city on the Prince George this Mjnuns from her nurses' training duties at Royal Jubilee Hospital m Victors to spend vacation vtettinf bare with her mother. Mrs R. J. a Smith. Miss Smith had the dis tinction of winning the bursary for general proficiency In her nrat year's work at Royal Jubilee. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER. June 31 (Canadian Preast Wheat was quoted at 0ftic on the local exchange today. Mrs. L. M. Oardlner of Saska toon arrived on tne wain laai cv ' In 1aajh1lrairt tL'hgasTC enin M. ah will visit with rUter Mm BUiott. for th-ee montha eo for Alka on the Prince Oeorge lW" afternoon 1 i U.. 1,1 suspending discussion of all Was Surrounded By Wolves When He Was Trapping belatecLalorr jwmea ,1a. ha art of ' snture wan wetves In the , dtrtrt rmrth at ltaltnn nmr Thu- tede Lske DiUy Bird, a Haselton j native, was in there trapping with j M two dogs. He was surrounded by twenty-one timber wolves He was aolecf) at the time but the dogs wratebed at his feet to awaken him The wolves closed in until they were within about thirty-five feet and Billy said be could eeUy have killed a number of them but be did not do so because there was no beamty and the skins bad little value. All nipht thty sat Utere. not da rem to approach nearer to the tobed with hk doge. In the moraine they retired and he went i en mi wrap hoc. Billy says he met 811m Williams. the overland m usher from Fairbanks, who waa en his way to Chl- eago. He also reported many wolves to. the country. SUMMER RUN IS STARTED Inaugurating the summer sche dule of Canadian National Coast Steamships under which the com pany's service is extended to Al aska porta, the steamer Prinoe George. Cspt. 11. E. Nedden, arrived la port at II noon today from Vancouver. Powell River and Ocean Falls and will sail at 3 o'clock thit afternoon for Skagway. In additioi to local and 30 rail passengers dls mbaiking here, the veaeel had or board some eighty round trip tour ist for Alaska. 140 passengers In aU arriving here aboard her. Northbound from here to Skagway. the Prince Oeorge, which will run opposite the steamer Prince Rupert on a weekly schedule to Al aska, will call at Ketchikan, Taku aiacler and Juneau and. south- bound from Skasaay. will call at Juneau, Wrangell and Ketchikan, arriving here on Monday morning At 7 o'clock and sailing at 4 o'clock that afternoon for Ooean Falls, Powell River and Vancouver.' Also under the summer schedule, the steamer Prince Rupert or Prinoe Oeorge will arrive here Friday mornings at 11 50 from Vancouver, Powell River and Ocean Fails, sailing at 3 o'clock the same afternoon for Anyox and Stewart, returnlu here at 6 o'clock Saturday evenings and sailing at 7 p.m. Saturdays ft r Vancouver via Ocean Falls aiut Powell River. - I Have Confidential Chat BSgtL JaWs. TBaamgeB7geaamf tSrJl HgB 1 MeaaaJ Tajia-'BaaaaWaWa gW5 taRaBlmmLmV flgager arnHK ' gagmlgagagaEigeiiLgV Kin' and K; i: K.. . , - " Em .-fat u . j I - :.ii;mg con-fidentlaily with ij-: -..c V dc, Balbc nb' rr.i.-.. for aviation General Ba'bd a ill hartly led Uio flotilla of 24 seaplanes to Chicago by way of G ree.Oand and Montreal. NORSEMEN PEACEFUL Have No Anti-War Tacts But Pacifist Attitude ricvents llos-. . tillties For 100 Years GOTHENBURG. Sweden. June 31 (Canadian Press t For more than a century peace has reigned in the Scandinavian and Baltic countries No war has ruffled the neigLborli-neaa of these nations for almost IS years. Sweden. Norway. Denmark and. farther south. Holland, practiced the spirit of the Briand-Keilogg anti-war pact for more than a century before that document came into existence, a political writer o-the daily "Morsjontidninger' reminds his readers. There U no counterpart te this phenomenon In the rest of Shu-ape, he says. Finland. Mania and Latvia, all more recently constituted are animated by the same spirit of peace, he adds, a-d can be added to the peace group There have existed, the writer recalls, serious disa greement during this long period that elsewhere almost oe:-latnly would have led to armed conflict, anc In the eld tunes the Northern countries foaaht between them selves often and bitterly. They nave ; now kept an unbroken peace, he an thank Sn ft that LKpv I have ripened enough to realise Jie curse and the debasement of war and the value of neighborly peace and the feeling of brotherhood. The two facts he regards as especially Interesting are that this north-western peace atmosphere of Europe has not arisen from written treaties but from an attt- tude of mind and that it ha ! i shown a tendency to stop th- jsoread of European thunder-'storms to the north-west and wl.l most likely continue to do so. Government Agent Norman A. Watt retumeil last night by train from a trip to Terrace on official business. FISH RUN IS SMALL Production of Sockeye on Skeena and Naas Rivers Expected to Improve in About a Week Officials of the fisheries department stated this morning that it would probably be a week or ao before any substantial ran of eockeye salmon developed on the Skeena and Naas Rivers where she gill-netting season opened en Monday night of that week. Reports on fishing ataee the opening of the season showed an average of three fish per beat on the Skeena River with a number of boats getting as high aa eleven fish per day and a considerable number six. There have been over 1260 licences Issued on the Skeena River. About half of the fishermen are natives with the remaining half about evenly divided between whites and Japanese. On the Naas River the average ner boat has been two fiah with hioh hnat satMns ftah Tir 1 are about 300 licences betas fashed on the Naas River. For the Bella Bella area an average of about three sockeye per boat is reported. Fishing licences are still being issued. SILVER AND COPPER nK vmV YniJk" MA HI i av v v w aan NKW YORK. June 31: (Canadian Press) Silver dosed t 3c on ttid local metal market today. Copper waa still steady at Sc. Funeral Notice The funeral will Ukc place tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 from the B.C Undertaking Parlors oi Leonard Miller. Rev W. O. Grant ilol-lingworth officiating. Dodge Cove Has Developed Into Flourishing Fishing Village on Digby Island With 50 Population i The new fishing village of Dodge Cove on Digby Island, opposite the Quarantine Station, is developing rapidly. It has already reached a point where a school is required and which is expected to be erected this falL It is a picturesque little place, well sheltered, easily accessible and near enough to the city to enable the residents to enjoy raany of ASSAULT ON HIGH SEAS Lord Ldwsrd One of Arrused in Hearinc Which is Proceeding At Victoria Battery Charged John Forbes Alleges That He Wat Set Upon Aboard Gas boat 1 Merman and Badly Beaten VICTORIA. June 21 (Caaadlai Press) Preliminary tearing Is proceeding here of Lord Bdwaro Montague and Cecil Brooks who are charged with assaulting John, Forbes during a recent cruise of the gaaboat Merman from Victoria to Vancouver. Forbes charges that the two assaulted him twice when he was beaten and kicked. Ronald Klnderaley. substantiating Forbes statements, asked protection of the Canada Evidence! Act. testifying that he wisted to disassociate himself "with sheep stealing and slaughtering along the coast.'' According to medical evidence. Forbes suffered a fracture near, the left eye which would cause peomaneni disfigurement and sinus 'rouble as well as numerous bruises about the face and boay. Brooks testified that Forbes had been drinking and was trouble some and that be had struck Brooks whereupon the latter re tallated with two blows. Montague on Stand The titled EnglishmaA. taking the stand, said that r'orfees war. "stone drunk" when tte Marman left Sidney after repairs bad been maoe o-d want to Shell Island t pick up two members of the erev who had been left there. Montagu ; said that Forbes fell into the water whien trying to get Into the dinghy. Fearful of the boat capsizing. Montague said that be pot bis arm around Forbes' head and tewed nfan to shore, a distance of ' fifteen yards. He tried to eM Forbes to lie down but the latter kept petting up and finally hit Broetes who struck Forbes twice. There were no more blows struck. Returning to Stdrey, Lord Mon tagu said that he asked Faroes to leave the cruise and both shook hands. On the plea of defence counsel. Magistrate Oeorge II. Jay ordered remarks by Klnderaley regarding sheep stealing struck out. Decision In the ease was reserved until this afternoon. Today's Weather Prince Rupert Over east. Hghi southeast wind: barometer, 3QAQ; temperature. 56; sea smooth Dead Tree Point Overcast, calm, barometer. 30.10; temperature, 54. sea smooth. Triple Island Raining, calm, i smooth. its privileges without havng to pay high taxes. Six years ago (here eras nothing there but the vtrgaa Today there are good ful outbuildings and. hi i productive garden. The Uon has reached The half mark with every prospect of an increase. The settlers wbo Use there formerly resided at more distant points such aa Jap Inlet, Banks Island, Port Basmgton and Smith Island. It is pointed out that the mad la fertile for some of the prises swarded at the last favO fair went to resident of this favored spot. Already an industry is located at DodgB-CxiveTVa Sn ambrttoua boat buflder, has ao far turned out no less than fifteen good steed tnft-Jng craft and orders have been received for more during the coming winter. Residents taifcaato that, when the mtn come borne from ftshmg hi the fall, they wfll erect s new school buUdmg. They also want a footpath or road connecting the residences and a float about 1H feet long to enable them to land their boats at any stage of the Ude. With these conveniences th istttement wfal be able to make audi greater progress and enjoy the amenities of civilised life to greater aeantage. The land waa aft assee for settlement six or seven years ago by T. O. Pattellas, who was then minister of lands, and was put on the market at a reasonable price. Imme diately the beat tots and since the the settlement been extended. Following are the present i dents: Mr. and Mrs. Iver wick. Mr. Mrs. Iver Bktoslk and two children, Mr. and Mr. HaMor Wahl aa. three children, Mr. and Mrs. Id. Wahl and she children. Mr. and Mo. Wildemar SbsMsnson and two ehaV dren. Mr. and Mrs. Oie Ossen one child. Mr. and Mrs. Bdvar I beam. Mr. and Mrs. Ah. Ohas. Brickson. Stgmund Schjea-vold. Torkel Torselsen. Bnar Lyn-urn. J. B. Menara. Karl ahn. George Johnson, M. Hansen. Bd. Tinkiitoeji. A me Petersen. Hans Holm. Sam Albert. Andrew Melvin. Hugo Ander- ,. . . . on. vnarue Anaeraon ana inree children. Halibut Arrivals Summary American 13ea9Q pounda. and 4c and SJe and 4c. ' ConadiaitMJM pounds, as 3c. Amerlean Kedlak. M.MC-; Bool, MJM. Mlddleton. 34.009. 6c sad 4e Storage. Augusta, Kjm, Paeffk. 6e &M 4c. Zarembo. 1SJW. and Thor, MO, Booth 8c and 4c Emma. 13.080. Royal S lr and 4e. Tahoma 1M00. Booth, g.lc and 4c. Canadian Pair of Jaeka, 1206, and Sea I Maid, 14.000, Cold Storage, 5c and 3c.