She
Todays
Weaf,
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
.11:12
a.m.
18
3
ft.
Pflncc
nupert-Part
cloud
0
23:50
p.m.
18.S
ft.
nor'hwcst
wind;
barometer.
V,
5:20
ain.
8.7
ft.
temperature.
48;
sea
smooth.
,
17:41
p.m.
5.4
ft
x
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMMA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
Vol.
XXIV
No.
72.
V
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
26,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
r1
BENNETT
MOVES
TO
NATIONS
Canadian
Government
Forwards
Endorsation
to
Washington
Today
Canada,
Australia,
United
States,
Mexico
and
Co-operating
With
a
View
to
Holding
Up
Price
of
White
Metal
OTTAWA,
March
26:
(CP)
The
Dominion
;
today
forwarded
to
Washington
formal
ratification
fie
London
silver
agreement
whereby
Canada,
in
com
mon
with
Australia,
United
States,
Mexico
aiuLPeru,
will
c
c
-aw
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r
in
Keeping
a
certain
r.arket
in
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effort
to
maintain
a
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Oold,
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BEER
SALE
v,rCe
May
be
IlUitenvrf
Sl'l
Train,
and
Tourist
Hares
in
Ontario
.iu,
March
26:
(CP)
ItM
J
.
W'ne
mCalS
1,1
t'
hiZ
"ps
a,ld
"rtaln
tourist
.
.
may
b0
Provided
In
Ontario
lnuT
"nd
wln
Icslslatlon,
It
1.
"UCU,
MOVING
Peru
amount
oi
suver
on
me
MATCHWOOD
LOGS
HERE
Shipment
of
White
Poplar
From
Interior
to
China
Through
Here
Commencing
Fire
carloads
of
white
poplar"
logs
cut
by
.M.
M.
Connelly
of
Fratcr
Lake
to
fill
an
order
from
China
for
matchwood
timber
arrived
here
Saturday
nl(ht
on
the
regular
mixed
train
from
Tinta(el
and
are
being
unloaded
today
at
the
lumber
assembly
wharf
whence
the
timber
will
be
shipped
later
to
the
Orient.
Twenty-five
cars
of
the
timber
is
expected
to
arrive
here
by
early
next
month.
The
logs
run
In
the
vicinity
of
twenty
feet
In
length
with
a
minimum
diameter
of
ten
Inches.
It
was
not
known
definitely
up
to
this
morning
as
to
the
arrangements
for
trans-shipping
the
logs
from
here.
It
was
ori-glnalfy
planned
that
they
should
be
sent
from
here
to
Vancouver
In
scows
and
across
the
Pacific
from
the
southern
port.
Later,
however,
it
was
reported
that
a
freighter
would
come
here
to
load
them
for
the
Orient
direct.
Of
course,
there
are
not
enough
here
yet
to
warrant
the
latter
being
done.
iVilliam
Winram
Of
Vancouver
Is
Dead,
Aged
Sixty
VANCOUVER,
March
26:
(CP)-
Wllllam
Winram,
aged
60,
promln
ent
Liberal
supporter
and
VancoU'
ver
business
man,
died
on
Satur
day.
FASCIST
OOVKKNMENT
r.NI)OKSI.I
IN
ITALIAN
I'OI.I.INn
HELD
SUNDAY
ROME,
March
26:
(CP)
.
More
than
ten
million
voters
rcalstcred
approval
of
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
and
his
Fas-
cist
regime
In
yesterday's
elec-
tlons.
With
all
returns
In,
only
fifteen
thousand
contrary
votes
were
recorded
in
the
bal-
lotting
on
four
hundred
gov-
crnment
selected
candidates
for
the
twenty-ninth
Cham-
ber
of
Deputies.
Nlnety-slx,
percent
of
the
voters
went
to
the
polls.
TO
RATIFY
LONDON
SILVER
AGREEMENT
Report
Capital
of
Sheba's
Realm
The
sclenUflc
world
Is
agog
over
the
report
that
two
French
aviators
have
nowTijpjcrJUiUraendarm
nbicd
'capiraT
of
the
reafrh
of
the
famlraS
Qbeen
of
Sift
ba.
character
of
the
Bible
and
in
the
works
of
Koran.
The
map
shows
where
the
Frenchmen
assertedly
discovered
the
remains
of
the
town
in
Arabia,
saying
that
sonfe
towers
and
temples
are
still
standing
At
top
Is
an
artist
s
conception
of
the
meeting
of
the
Queen
of
Sheba
and
King
Solomon
In
Solomon"
court,
as
related
in
Hebrew
history.
ESSINGT0N
HAS
FIRE
t
New
and
Old
Church
and
Minister's
Itesidence
Destroyed
Yesterday
The
provincial
police
here
were
advised
bv
.
telephone
.
.
this
after-
...
noon
01
ine
Wiai
aesvrucnuH
uj
fire
shortly
after
2
o'clock
Sunday
afternoon
of
the
Indian
church,
old
United
Church
and
minister's
residence
at
Port
Esstngton.
The
blare
which
consumed
the
three
buildings
Is
believed
to
have
been
started
by
a
spark
from
a
chimney
falling
on
the
dry
roof.
Rev.
J.
T.
Burchlll
Is
the
minister
at
Port
Esslngton.
PASSES
IN
VICTORIA
nnHerlrk
F.
Tolmle.
Brother
of
Former
Premier,
DledjThis
Morning
VICTORIA,
March
26:
(CP)
Roderick
F.
Tolmle.
brother
of
Former
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmle,
died
here
this
morning.
He
was
In
the
government
service
for
more
than
forty
years
and
at
one
time
was
deputy
minister
of
mines.
He
retired
from
the
service
seven
years
ago.
Son
of
the
late
Dr.
William
Fra-
ser
and
Jane
Tolmle,
deceased
was
born
in
Victoria.
He
received
his
education
here
and
Victoria
was
his
life-long
permanent
home.
Former
Reeve
Passes
Suddenly
WEST,
VANCOUVER,
March
26
(CP)
W.
W.
Vinson,
former
reeve
of
West
Vancouver,
died
suddenly
,
on
Sunday.
Another
Increase
At
Any
ox
VANCOUVER,
Mar.
26:
(CP)
Employees
of
the
Granby
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelt-
ing
Co.
in
the
company's
mines
and
other
operations
at
Anyox
have
been
given
a
five
percent
increase
in
wages,
it
being
the
second
advance
they
have
had
within
recent
months.
More
than
a
thousand
men
are
affected.
The
increase
goes
into
effect
on
April'
1.
Upward
Trend
In
New
York
Market
Leaders
Showed
Gains
of
One
to
Two
Points
in
Saturday's
Brief
Session
of
Trading
NEW
YORK,
March
26:
The
New
York
stock
market
showed
a
distinct
upward
trend
during
the
brief
session
of
trading
on
Satur
-
day.
many
of
the
leaders
gaining
from
one
to
two
points.
Closing
av-
erages
were:
industrials,
100.92.
up
,33:
rails,
47.92.
up
.33;
rails,
26.37.
up
.32,
and
bonds,
92.55.
up
.09.
Funeral
Notice
The
funeral
of
he
late
George
B.
White
will
take
place
tomorrow
af-
ternoon.
Tuesday,
at
2:30
from
the
Hayner
Parlors.
30
MEET
Located
'
.o
4
NEW
DEAL
TO
LABOR
Automobile
Strike
in
United
States
Settled
Works
Council
Expected
WASHINGTON,
D.C
March
26:
(CP)
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
looks
for
a
new
order
in
relations
between
worklngmen
.and
employers
as
a
result
of
his
eleventh
hour
settlement
of
the
controversy
which
threatened
a
general
strike
in
the
automobile
industry.
A
new
agreement
reached
between
exeedtives
of
the
automobile
manufacturing
companies
and
labor
leaders
last
night
established
representation
for
all
employees
In
dealing
with
the
managements,
extending
fresh
safeguards
to
all
unions
against
intimidation
or
interference.
"It
is
my
hope
that
this
system
may
develop
into
a
kind
of
works
council
in
industry
in
which
all
groups
will
participate,"
the
President
said.
Edmund
Lowe
Is
Deeply
Grieved
Well
Known
Moving
Picture
Sta
Reported
Near
Collapse
Following
Wife's
Death
NEW
YORK.
March
26.
Re-
naming
jn
sedition
following
the
id.,h
of
hls
actress
wife.
Lllvan
Tashman.
on
Wednesday.
Edmund
Lowe.
the
well
known
talking
pe
;,,
star
was
reported
to
be
on
the
!verBe
of
coiiausc
over
his
bereave-
ment
Lowe
and
Miss
Tashman
had
jbeen
married
since
1925
and
theirs
i
had
often
been
pointed
to
as
one
of
screendom's
few
Ideal
matches,
CANADIAN
GOLD
ritlCE
MONTREAL.
March
26:
(CP)
The
Canadian
gold
pre
advanced
five
cents
today
to
$34.81
per
ounce,
DEMANDS
Western
Premiers
Are
Invited
To
Parley
in
Ottawa
at
Early
Date
Assistance
Required
by
British
Columbia
and
Prairie
Provinces
During
Coming
Fiscal
Year
io
be
Discussed
Pattullo
Must
Leave
Within
Few
Days
OTTAWA,
March
26:
(CP)
moved
today
towards
meeting
for
assistance
in
meeting
the
general
economic
and
ployment
situation
with
the
issuing
of
invitations
to
the
premiers
of
the
prairie
provinces
and
British
Columbia
attend
a
conference
on
April
5
for
the
purpose
of
dis-
..
.
cussing
financial
assistance
they
niAirrrt
uil1
require
during
the
next
fiscal
rlliNrrK
year
VillJUll
May
Shorten
Session
.
IC
FV17
A
TV
vlcl0ltiA
March
26:
To
be
In
IN
I
I
r
A.
I
I
Ottawa
In
time
for
the
opening
of
George
B.
White
Succumbed
'
to
Sudden
Heart
Attack
Saturday
Death
came
suddemy
on
Satur-
Jay
afternoon
to
a
pioneer
resident
of
a
quarter
of
a
century's
standing
n
Prince
Rupert
hi
the
person
or
George
B.
White
who
succumbed
to
a
heart
attack
on
the
roof
of
his
home
on
Fourth
Avenue
East
near
McBrlde
Street
while
engaged
In
re
pairing
a
chimney.
Although
he
had
been
subject
to
heart
trouble
for
ears.
Jie
had
apparently
been
lr.
normal
health
and
spirits
right
tc
he
end.
Only
a
few
minutes
before
)
le
collapsed
and
expired
he
had
eturned
from
a
trip
downtown.
It
is
believed
possible
that
the
extra
xertion
of
climbing
on
to
the
roof
night
have
brought
on
the
final
lttack.
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergln
was
at
once
ailed
but,
by
the
time
the
physi
cian
arrived,
deceased
was
beyond
nedlcal
aid
and
life
was
pronoun-
:ed
extinct.
The
fire
department
jras
called
at
4
pjn.
to
assist
In
re
moving
the
body
from
the
roof.
Born
November
24,
1865,
In
Ke-
wanee.
III.,
of
old
American
stock.
.he
late
Mr.
White
was
raised
on
a
i'arm
In
Nebraska
state
and,
when
i
young
man.
moved
to
Canada
and
took
up
farming
at
Ponoka.
Alta.
After
a
brief
residence
at
Deer
Park
on
the
Lower
Arrow
Lake.
Mr.
White
came
to
Prince
Rupert
for
the
ori
ginal
sale
of
town
lots
in
May
1909
and
bought
into
real
estate
here,
making
his
home
In
the
city
since.
In
the
early
days
he
was
engaged
for
a
time
In
conducting
an
Iron
works
shop
and
of
more
recent
i
years
had
engaged
In
salmon
fishing.
A
man
of
great
physique,
hr
had
been
In
his
younger
days
In
the
mid-western
states
a
professlona'
baseball
player
for
a
time.
In
1890
the
late
Mr.
White
wa:
married
to
Mary
A.
Cerveny
at
Pittsburg
Besides
the
widow
h''
leaves
to
mourn
his
lass
two
sins,
Julius
George
White
In
San
I
nnclsco
and
Isaac
Cllne
White
In
Lcs
Angeles.
Marjorle
White
of
Lo?
Angeles
Is
a
granddaughter
and
Lyle
White,
also
of
Los
Angeles,
li
a
grandson.
Other
surviving
rela-
tlvs
Include
a
sister.
Mrs.
Charlotte
Blevcns
of
Los
Angeles,
and
twe
brothers.
Charles
White
In
Florida,
and
Isaac
White
of
Yakima.
Wash.
To
the
bereaved
the
sympathy
of
many
friends
will
be
extended.
The
funeral
will
take
place
to-.norrow
afternoon
from
the
chapel
of
Hayner
Bros.,
undertakers,
with
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holllngworth,
pastor
of
First
Presbyterian
Church.;
officiating.
The
federal
eovernmcnt
the
demand
from
the
west
the
conference
between
the
federal
government
and
the
premiers
of
western
provinces
on
Thursday
of.
next
week..
Premier
Pattullo
will
iDtive
iu
leave
iicic
uic
aw
ui
tWsSkTeknrmerreryrjrriwr"-
.
,
a
.
i
i
t
week.
In
the
event
of
the
session
of
the
Legislature
falling
to
prorogue
by
the
time
of
his
departure,
the
Easr
recess
will
probably
be
ex-
tended
until
after
his
return.
KILLED
IN
CAR
CRASH
Miss
Barbara
Wood,
Ba'ughter
of
Well
Known
Vancouver
Barrister,
Loses
Her
Life
i
WEST
VANCOUVER,
March
26:
iCP
Barbara
Wood,
18-ycar
old
daughter
of
H.
S.
Wood
K.C.,
well
known
Vancouver
barrister,
was
Instantly
killed
yesterday
when
an
automobile
In
which
she
was
driving
overturned
In
gravel
on
the
highway
between
North
and
West
Vancouver.
Alex
McArthur.
aged
26,
who
was
driving
the
car,
suffered
shock
and
bruises.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
14,000
pounds,
7.6c,
and
5c.
Canadian
117,600
pounds,
s.ic"
xnd
4c
to
5.9c
and
4c.
Canadian
Cape
Beale.
39,000,
Cold
Storage,
5.4c
and
4c.
Toodle.
10.000,
and
Ingrld
Ha
10,-00.
Booth,
5.4c
and
4c
Vera
Beatrice,
5,000,
Atlln,
5.0c
and
4c.
White
Hope,
20,500.
Atlln,
5.9c
and
4c.
Prosperity
A..
20,000,
Pacific,
5.fc
and
4c.
Rose
Spit.
12.000,
and
K.
Y..
1,100.
old
Storage.
5.6c
and
4c
American
Lituya.
14.000.
Royal,
7.6c
and
5c.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
March
26:
(CP)
.
Wheat
was
quoted
at
66
c
on
Uie
local
exchange
Saturday.
STERLING
EXCHANGE
NEW
YORK.
March
26:
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$5.1094
on
the
local
foreign
cx-
change
market
Saturday.
1
1
la
v: