jCVV
In
I
i.t.i.i
.Xa
havA
latt.
no
ODDortun
Uty
This
Year
Is
'ity
to
present
my
views
to
the
dil-Lower
Than
In
1933'ferent
associations
and
also
Indl-.
i
vidiials
who
arc
Interested,
,Jhe
total
amount
belna
levied,
"It
seems
almost
Inconceivable
liviii...
u..
.
.
.....
.
.
n.lth
Imminent?
b,,,,
-
vvn
ay
inc
cny
oi
mai
any
-
-..-..-.-
"
lll.SP
Knimrt
i.
.
.,.111-,.
it..r.,hli
onH
nf
rallarnv
Olnn
""
ww
year
is
szuj,
compared
with
J220.189.-
location
and
CltvTT
ycar-
11
a
announced
by
consider
for
a
moment
that
the.
commissioner
W.
J.
Alder.
I
(Qoitlnue
on
page
five.)
tween
employers
and
'workers.
t'
.
.
.
,
.
(JETS
TWO
MONTHS
Robert
McPherson
was
sentenced
6
two
months'
Imprisonment
by
;
Magistrate
McCiymont
In
city
po-
constructlon
could
i
lice
court
yesterday
afternoon
for
thejttor.'Sip
from
Nada
Fowler
or
CotnoxT-Avenue.
-
4c.
Mr.
Elstermann
was
over
eighty
.years
of
age
and
is
survived
by
an
aged
widow
living
on
Porchcr
Isl-iand
as
well
as
a
daughter,
Mrs.
Leonard
Dewhurst
of
Seattle.
The
widow
Is
a
member
of
one
of
the
most
prominent
old
families
of
the
Naas
Valley.
Before
coming
to
British
Colum
bia,
deceased
lived
on
the
Columbia
River
and
was
a
resident
of
Moore's
before
Funeral
arrangements
are
In
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
Halibut
Arrival
Canadian
Ingrld
H,
10.500
pounds,
5c
and
Pripce
Rupert's
Strategic
Location
As
Outlet
To
Peace
River
Country
$RJS
XJ'
!
A'a
jJb
e:rta
.
Ui
'
bi-ubi
f
y
1
?
e
In
the
above
map
Route
3
is
practically
the
same
as
that
outlined
by
W.
K.
Owyec
In
his
article
on
this
page.
It
Is
the
most
direct
route
from
Finlay
Forks
to
prince
Rupert
'
'r
an
excellent
grade
and
passes
through
a
country
rich
In
mineral
and
timber.
Many
people
think
It
Is
the
route
that
will
be
adopted.
Stewart
is
making
a
strong
bid
for
f
r
;nltion
at
the
nearest
port
to
the
Peace
country
and
It
advances
some
ilroni
arguments
but
Prince
Rupert
advocates
say
the
route
to
Hazelton
is
much
easier
to
build
Am
that
to
Stewart,
that
the
port
U
ready
for
business
and
that
the
little'
extra
distance
means
little,
especially
when
considering
the
relative
nearness
to
the
ocean
and
the
pilotage
difficulties.
Mr.
Owyer's
accompanying
article
will
be
found
particularly
Interesting
at
this
time.
Feasibilitv
of
Prince
mt
Route
to
Great
Wheat
Lands
Set
Forth
Construction
of
Railway
Connecting
Dawson
Creek
With
Prince
Rupert
Via
Hazelton
Strongly
Urged
By
(Jovcrnraent
Public
Works
Engineer
The
question
of
a
route
straight
west
from
Peace
River
to
the
Pacific
has
once
more
become
a
live
issue
through
a
recent
address
by
Clive
Planta,
member
for
Peace
River
n
the
Legislature.
Quiet
work
has
been
going
on
in
connection
with
the
matter
and
today
a
letter
has
been
received
from
W.
K.
Gwyer,
district
engineer
for
Peace
Rlver
and
formerly
of
Uils
city,
who
Grain
and
Silver
Recover
in
Stock
Trading
Yesterday
strongly
urges
the
construction
ofi
a
railway
connecting
Dawson
Creek
with
Prince
Rupert
by
way
of
Hazelton.
He
encloses
a
map
showing
the
route
through
the
Peace
Pass
to
Finlay
Forks
then
through
the
Oermansen
River
mining
dis
irirl
Wuchlna
the
north
end
of
::i:.:.:.rrWAs
nurse
JOHN
DlLLINULR
IS
t
Costly
crisunal
'
,
i
CHtCAOO,
April
26:
In
a
criminal
career
dating
only
V
from
(act
June,
John
Dilllnger,
elusive
31-year
old
Indiana
terrorist
bandit,
has
cost
the
United
States
an
estimated
$1,500,000
In
law
enforcement
funds
and
$500,000
in
loot
from
bank!
He
Is
also
held
rcspon-
slble
for
the
killing
of
no
less
than
thirteen
persons.
The
United
States
government
has
mobilized
5,000
policemen,
300
Infantrymen,
a
fleet
of
air-
planes
and
100
crack
sharp-
shooters
of
the
Department
of
Justice
to
hunt
Dilllnger
in
the
Elk
River
district.
STRIKE
IN
CLEVELAND
ITaltla
Lake,
up
the
Nllkltwa
River,
One-Elfhth
of
City's
1:0,000
Ilnem-NEW
I
YORK,
April
28:-Smart
re-
iBablne
River
and
down
the
Klsplox.
ployed
Refuse
t
Work
v"-y
In
grains
and
silver
steadied
I
The
letter
reads
as
follows:
Authorities
Busy
J
tk
market
late
yesterday,
-r
am
enclosing
herewith
a
map
j
firmed
up
from
their
low
showing
my
conception
of
the!
CLEVELAND,
Ohio,
April
26:
:
narks
but
the
vninmA
nf
imrtino
nW,r
raiia-nv
outlet
for
the
Peace
i
One-eighth
of
this
city's
unem-!
TO
KAISER
"Bill"
EUtermann,
One
of
Colorful
rioneers
of
This
District,
Passes
Away
Today
nt.nued
vry
dull.'
"
r,v
dlrfrict
I
may
say
I
have
ployed
have
gone
on
strike
.Xmt
Cove
on
the
Skeena
River
siuaiea
una
Mtuauvu
.v.,
.
-ver
Island
TitvnK
i
Islveiy
ever
since
cuuuu)
inw
mw;v
bwuv
......
-
William
Frederick
Elstermann
von
Elstcr,
one
of
the
most
picturesque
characters
of
this
part
of
the
coast,
who
had
resided
for
yean
on
Porchcr
Island
following
his
retirement
as
lighthouse
keeper
at
Lawyer
Island,
passed
away
at
noon
today
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
where
he
had
been
a
patient
for
only
a
tew
days,
His
brother
was
a
member
of
the
Royal
Ouard
of
Oermany
In
the
old
monarchist
days
and
deceased
him-
,
self,
as
a
young
man,
once
nursec'
the
former
Kaiser
Wllhelm
II
during
an
Illness.
ro
oppose
HEGEMONY
Signatories
on
Nine-Power
Treaty
Assure
China
of
Their
Support
Against
Jap
Policy
PEIPINO.
China,
April
26:
A
tovernment
spokesman
declared
over
a
radio
broadcast
that
signatories
of
the
nine-power
treaty
have
assured
China
that
they
will
uphold
the
treaty
and
oppose
Japanese
hegemony
In
Asia.
'
,
BOY
DEAD
IN
REGINA
Thomas
Arthur
Ferris,
Aged
13,
Succumbs
to
Rare
Malady
.of
Leukemia
REOINA,
Sask..
April
26
Tll03.
Arthur
Ferrlss.
aged
13
died
here
of
leukemia
after
having
been
ill
for
more
than
a
rnomr..
No
distinctive
symptons
were
manifest
at
first.
t
RETURN
OF
HAPSBURGS
TO
THRONE
FORESEEN
4
VIENNA,
Austria,
April
26:
.
Archduke
Eugene.
of
the
Haps-
bums,
it
is
nredlcted.
may
be
the
next
president
of
Austria.
This
would
be
regarded
as
a
step
towards
the
restoration
f
of
the
Hapsburgs
and
ths
en-
thronement
of
Archduke
Otto.
Today's
Stocks
(Couttfsy
s.
O.
Jodokod
Co.l
Toronto
Inter.
Nickel,
28.75.
Dome,
37.15.
Teck
Hughes.
6.45.
San
Antonio,
3.81.
Lakeshore,
51.50.
MeKenzie,
112.
Walkers.
4P4.
Can.
Industrial
Alcohol,
13
Vi.
Central
Patricia,
.70.
Chiboughamau,
.154.
Lee
Gold.
.15.
Oranada,
.77.
Macassa,
2.73.
Noranda,
42.25.
Sherritt
Gordon,
1.15.
Slsco.
2.27.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.49.
Ventures,
.90.
Lake
Maron,'
.09.
Sudbury
Basin,"
1.70.
Columario.
.37.
Smelters
Gold,
31
1;.
Can.
Malartic,
J&6.
Little
Longlac,
4.35.
Bagamac.
25.
'
South
Tiblemont.
12
V2.
Maple
Leaf,
.70.
Pickle
Crow-,
.79.
L.
L.
Lagoon.
.20.
Man.
and
Eastern.
.25.
New
York
U.
S.
SteeL
50i.
General
Motors,
38i-American
Can.
103.
Allied
Chemical,
1484.
r
'
Airway.
34.
American
Telephone.
12Pi.
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg
May,
.64.
July.
jS5b.
,
October,
.67.,
'
,
Chicago
May,
.75i.
July.
.75?,.
September,
.764.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
Dawson
Creek
After
Having
Been
Snowbound
All
Winter
OAWSON
CREEK,
BC..
April
24
-Capt.
c.
A.
Simmons.
Mrs.
Betty-Kossbach
and
Pilot
John
Bonncllj
of
Chicago
have
just
reaches
'."fcefa
in
a
rebuilt
machine,
having
been
otaxocned
Jmd-jowbounel
north
-of
here
aft
winter
after
thefr'flfan
me
lunerai
took
place
at
Ter-,rad
crashed,
race
on
Saturday.
J
.
BLAZE
IN
HOSPITAL
ratients
Removed
Safely
From
Parry
Sound
Institution
Yesterday
--PARRY
SOUND.
Ont.,
April
26--:
Twenty-four
patients,'
fifteen
ot
them
bedridden,
were
removed
safely
by
firemen,
doctors
and
nurses
yesterday
afternoon
when
fire
broke
out
In
the
basement
of
the
Parry
Sound
Oeneral
Hospital
and
threatened
to
destroy
the
three-storey
structure.
j
Stevens
Committee
Is
Still
in
Session
Prof,
Archibald
Leitch
Tells
Invest
tigators
How
Attempt
Was
Made
to
Create
Panic
OTTAWA.
April
26:-Prof.
Archl4
bald
Leitch
told
the
Stevens
com
4
mittee
on
mass
buying
and
price
spreads
yesterday
that
the
Imperial
Tobacco
Co.
did
everything
possible
to
create
a
panicky
condition
am-'
ong
growers
of
tobacco,
decreasing
,
a
price
of
30c
in
1931
to
less
than'
20c
within
10
days.
AUTHORITY
SOUGHT
FOR
NAVY
BUILDING
4
IN
UNITED
STATES
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
April
26:-President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Intends
to
ask
auth-
orlty
In
the
forthcoming
sup-
plemcntary
appropriation
bill
to
start
actual
naval
construe-
lion
to
bring
the
United
States
umi
I
fleet
up
to
treaty
limit.
The
naval
building
program
is
de-
signed
as
a
national
employ-
ment
measure
as
well
as
to
4
augment
the
defences
of
the
country
in
the
event
of
emer-
MONTREAL,;Aprll
26:
(CP)
The
Kncy.
.
Canadian
gold
price
dropped
three
cents
today
at
$34.79
per
ounce.
'
$
V1
Today's
Weather
wmln
1
omorrow
s
I
ides
prince
nupert
Overcast,
light
High
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.18;
12:03
pjn.
18.8
Itv
temperature,;
sea
smooth.
Low
5:59
a.m.
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
18:04
p.m.
55
ft.
XXIV
No.
87.
1;
Vol,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
26,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTO
VV
Y.
?M
UN
IT
ZD
STATES
"
rfiTw.
MAP
BRITJSH
COLUMBA,
ACTERNATE
ROUTES
PEACE
ftVER
DISTRICT
TO
PRACE
XUPERT
flrifrsiV
Columbia
To
Get
Federal
Loan
It
'
Is
Indicated
Today
Extent
and
Terms,
However,
Are
Not
Settled
as
,
Pending
Further
Discussions
Between
Premier
Pattullo
and
Prime
Minister
Bennett
Further
particulars
have
been
received
at
district
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
in
regard
I
to
the
recent
discovery
in
his
cabin
on
Lalcelse
road
near
Terrace
on
Friday
of
last
week
of
the
body
of
Johnston
Pyne,
67-year
old
prospector,
who
had
been
a
resident
of
that
district
since
1931.
Heart
trouble
was
diagnozed
as
the
cause
of
Pyne's
demise.
He
had
been
under
attendance
previously
of
Dr.
Stanley
Mills
of
Terrace.
Born
in
Brighton,
Ont.,
Pyne
had
been
In
British
Columbia
for
forty
years.
He
was
a
single
man
and
had
a
brother
at
San
Antonio,
Texas,
as
-
well
as
other
relatives
at
Brighton,
'
,
"pnWHe.
had.
.iuclalnu
nearby.
toe
I
caom
in
wmch
ne
expired.
Ye
t
-OTTAWA,
April
26:
(CP)-British
Columbia
will
r
ceive
financial
assistance
from
the
Dominion
treasury
m
the
form
of
a
loan,
it
was
authoritatively
learned
todayj,
How
large
the
loan
will
be
depends
upon
further
discussions
between
the
federal
government
and
Premier
Pat
tullo
and
his
colleagues.
.
4
-
-
-
PremierJPattullo
has
asked
for
at
DEAD
IN
HIS
CABIN
Particulars
Received
of
Death
6i
Johnston
Pyne
Near
Terrace
i
least
54.000,000
to
enable
him
to
finance
existing
oblljatlon?
arty
make
a
start
towards
balancing
tht
budget.
,
f
Further
Information
will
prob'-;
ably
be
laid
before
Premier
Bennett
today
with
respect
to
the
financial
tate
of
the
province
and
the
extend
md
terms
of
the
loan
will
then
be
decided.
MAROONED
PARTY
OUT
hicag;o
Flying
Expedition
Reache
"W
Hi
1.
4f