THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1935
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C.
m
rrive a;
�s are noi to exceed on c-t^clfth of 150 per cent of the annual taxes, bur. in any case .such payments must be kept within; the max;-^5^ "*** fOr ***> ^"^
t. - ^ ]>,�
Griffith/Defines Manner ;n ! ;
is to Be Determined
RESULT-
Relief Lists Will Be !, .^'" ' No- ]0. "This department
^P-1' IXC| ,, j wUl not contribute to the cost of shel-
.- Over to Conform WLth j ler allowances made to rentors .who
... . ! an> noL �5ihg such allowance for' thc
-vincial Requirements purpose Intended. Where a shelter al-
-----�� . , ,�� Lowance is pn::: by tho provincial admin-At presents there arc flft; the municipal list, chit �::-.� ,,: families, and' t'r.e d obu ,:. their account for the mo I
im the municipality enrri - and the provincial air,:. >rii ifiining 60 p?r cent. Lion No. 1 of the pr �� i trtaor defines the respons he matter of transii ni In � ..� terri �>: "Any psrr-on o . has entered the proviw � I � May 1st. 1931. and h � - n .; charge on a municipality < i Liition will be t-e1.' ��� n the mun'riii )'�' they loft will ap term "transient" vkiLs or families
pplies only to who have en-
nave dtccii �� �!
the. solemn d
of unemployab
included in a;
I :'. ling munic'p sli
uired to refund all r.
1!1.' tri. i <\< oariit
vablc er other
noi eligible for direct
�� rms of the affidavit.
Regulat'on NTo. 12 deals with recip-ents or relief in unorganized territory o possess life insurance policies on which there :'-; a loan value: "In unorganized teritory it is the policy � tlrs department that if any recipient nr applicant has life insurance policies on-which there is a loan value h':
, is not compelled to realize on such the province from another-.pro-1 lo�m yaluo fov the purp^ ,v � 3tcn.
once unless the loan valu be classi-:. "provincial" cases.
"��'�:'. -.Von No. 2 covers the case of . � person or family, not on relief. - ivins from unorganized territory into orraaized territory since-May 1st. 193i, ���' ' - re made thc rtsponsib li'ty of the .;.-,,....,r;, jj- t�-;Cv subsequently require direct relief. Sue hi relief will b? administered by the municipality in which thev are residing.
Regulation No. 3 covers the case of am- person or family who, while in receipt of relief. .move from imorsran-ij?d territory to organized territory or �-i-"o versa. Thev will or.'v be eli- ' r ���"�� tor relief at 'their place of rejris- 1 tuition unless a transfer is authorized ; bv the provincial department. If transfer is refused arrangements will be r. ''��� to return them to place of re-;- |
Regulation No 4 defines the municipality's responsibility o-* foilo-vy "Per-sons living in a municipality, who retried therein prior to Mav l=t 1931 a~" a municipal responsibility; Persons who have moved from oiw munlclwaJily to another will be the responsibility r'f the municipality in which thev �m now residinc. exceptng where a |yrrson has moved wliilo in receiot of relief in which ca.se tho numioipiUtv t^ev left while destitute will be responsible �n" mvment of relief. In the event that such municipality does noi make adequate provision promotlv the re-ffiving- municipality will i-^'u* relief "nd submit the amount to tho administrator.
R^nilaton No. 5 fives the maximum & person on relief will he psrortted to m-t> by casual labor without deduction in the amount of relief payment "In uncrsraaJaed territory a head of n Km-ilv rn- anv member thereof, who i^ ir ""e-eirr of relief mav between 4hem earn by casual lnb1^- an amount en-mi to the. fcot^l monthlv food F rt^en to the family withoul any deduction b�s.n{r made from their relief allowance. Municipalities can
-n- d'scretlon as to the maximum amount that m-ay ho earned by i -1:1'1
is a unit through cnsnnl inb^r ! such rn-nx'-mum amount must not ex-ceeri tho nrov'ncinl allc*wtvncp"
^�'^nil^tion No. fi. "Tf a. reli �f recipient Is nTn^ioved by anv nevfon ho jassumed that he is eamtv
^�^�mlation No. 7. "No nnplicntion ran hr> taken fiv\m a Rincle person "nder the ago of twentv-onf �"1" nich person ha; worth cf Vancou- j ver bonds, and defeated the interest, reduction proposal of Mayor McGeer I with a large majority. When the de-cision went against him Mayor Me- J Geer suggested the representatives of j the bondholders should appoint a i
i committe to enqu're into the financial | position of the city, but this thc bond-holders were nat prepared to do. Eventually it was ascerta'ned that |
I a report on the financial position of j
\ the city to be submitted by Thomas ;
i Bradshaw. of Tcrcnto. of the North i American Life Insurance Company i
! and would be acceptable to both the !
i city and the bondholders, and nc~o-j tiations were opened with Mr. Brad-
! shaw to arrange for his making the !
: required aud t. Mayor McGeer ex-
- pressed the hope that the report nr Mr Bradshaw would, be ready within i sixty days, and his confidence the re- ; port u*ould impress the bondlToldew
' with the necessity for an interest re- !
: duction.
The actiinn taken by the bondholders^
Feb. 14�The jury composed'of four women and ei^ht nlon, charged with the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for thc murder of the child of Colonel and Mrs. Charles \. Lindbergh on the night cf March 1st, 1931, returned a verdict of first degree murder against the/?reused last nirrht. The jurors were elev; n � hours in considering1 th?ir verdict. Immediately upon the verdict being received the court imposed the death sentence which will send Hauptmann t<; the electric chair, sometime during the week of March 18th. Froin the time the jury retirci urlil the verdict was rendered theie Mas hut one cc.m-municaticn with the court, and this was when the juiy lequested to be supplied with a mngnifyins
Dirigible Macon Was Destroyed esday Evening
ion Car-ied Away After Part of Ship and Forced her to Drop into Ocean
NG LIVES WERE LOST
glass! There avp-s muoh speculation as to whether the jrlo. s was desired for the purpc-e of ni-?.ldns: a clf-^e study of the ransom notes, or for an examination of the kidnap lader which aecord-ng to tlve o1a>;n cf th� pro enut'on had been mado by Hauptmnnn and boi-e marks of a defective plane frund m Iltiuptnmnn's possession. The cliarge of the court to the jurors while dicpa*>ionate was ccnsidnrcd as strongly against the accused.
The iron nerve which held Hauplmann tegcther dn-in? the thirty-two days ercunirrl by the trial, appeared to c7e ert him when word cam* thf jurors had airrrei vvntx their vevrlict and he was 'cd into the court to listen to it. His face was ashen but no le:s so tban that of his wife who f"!l :p-tc^iien i 5!"'v'-n befcro ihr- "rcntence of death '�� imposed. Tn the nli'onro of puch a move there would be nothing; which could save Hauptmann short rf cx^cnt'.ve clemency and expectancy of this i---. considered utterly hepeless.
S. Fleet ^7p Effect Res and Crew
vo
Close nr Hand ue of Officers of Macon
S
Hauptmann Case Given to Jurors
on Wednesday
Edward j. ReiHy, Chief Defence
Made Impassioned Aooeal
for Acquittal Mondav
1 EVIDENCE CONFLICTING
furors Must Weigjli Sonve of the Most Remarkable Tescimony Given from Witness Box
mn^ses to -a^\c .itVun tre r.v.C.ii-or nil of the so id :�'� -n earns a liv-riiunic.s.pality but or residence if municipality, do-nic'le has not been broken."
The city council 's npw ennductins ?n enquiry into the status of those now en the muiuc'pnl rc-l'ef lists to determine within which category; as
d- ])o:'t after co-operatiiipr
representatives at today's meeting will j with the U. S. fleet in manoeuvres in j determine the i^sue ra;sed by Mayor ; the v'einity of the Hawaiian Island.-. ; McGeer. Some time ago Mayor Me- ; \viien about 150 miles off the Califor- i Geer was advised by the provincial j nia coast the Macon sent out an SOS ! government no action would be taken ; advising that she wa.s being forced I by the cabinet to fmplement any Inter- j down in the sea. At the .same time a j es't reduction plan unless the same is � number of rockets were fired. Th� shown to be acce]>table to a majority interest of the bondholders The representatives at today's meeting would speak a~. a majority 'nterest as they are said to represent $40,000,000 of .the outstand np SGG.448.820 of Vancouver
will come It may be d'sclo'ed there t.rc cares earned on the municipal list which are def'ned as "provincial." and �a es m th? p ovine nl list winch will �municipal." rind muni->i 1 � t v may also b? p.f-result cf removals
lield to b
7he average interest rate on the total issue is given at 4.67 per cent, and the total interest requ'rements at $3,090,264 Wlien to the interest rate c-inkiins fund requirement is added n
�rp?1 n fected :
sp<
tin
can appr Vancouve
Mav;
than nnv ether i .n recent years, ver bonds have i investment, an interest b
PROVINCIAL GOVT. SPFEDS UP ACTION ON CQTTONWOOD BRIDGE
The traffic Lpterrupticn caused by the takrng out of the bridge across the Ce�t ton wood river his resulted in considerable inconvenience to Prince George bus'ness men. with a threatened- loss of business'. The bridge-went out on Saturday. February 2nd, and on the following Tuesday, J. W. filers, resident engineer at Prince George., enquired by telegraph of the addrevs government engineer at WilVan.s I^akv ;.-.-when he expected to have the high *,, way re-opened; The reply of Dist Engineer W'lliam Ramsay came February 6th to- the effect he quested permission to throw porary bridge across the Cott< bul was unaole to say when th ,' iv w mid be open for f:-'%; rht i ..,,'.......nt& he -.a-'d had bocn :
the burden ro which ivers have been sub-
r's threat to cu' the
50 per cent sth"ed
11el's of Canada nior^
iiunibiDftl developmc '
In the east Virnrou-
i >en a favored f">rm of
1 the cutting of the
SO i>er cent could not;
listurbing to life in-jiirancc and. mortgage companies which have been carrying them. The uneaslm s; over Mayor McGeer's threat, however travel'M hick to Great Britain and ih i matter has been rh.e^ubiect of a number of enquiries n the imperial I us of commons. Today an enquiry � to Austin Chamberlain, incelldr of the exchequer, as to wha' .is he had taken to p"O.tect BrHi.'^l ders of Vancouver bonds. H's reply s representations in the matter had e io the Canadian govern?-further than this he did ipr tho British government right, nor did it intend t � This can be taken to mean tho consent of a majority interest f Mxs. Dwight W. Morrov moth r cf Mrs. Lindbergh plicated 'n tl three two h iv died two year5 i.Contir
A skatins local rink I n a racing c ird elude a.H-< me for the best d man. as vyell girl and boy.
10
fence counsel trrnt the kid-job" in which p L;ndbergh lien I -d. ana h?d been e persons in nnrned the Whcatley,
per sons dii �es 2tly im-
pi '1!! ' Of the
d d T \v 2 but'e.r
. ai ;d Viol* Sharps �
i at the
a t which
i i to in-
at Victoria but in Ottawa as well, than-air craft Is the suggestion there
"on
No. R
ro�n>OT)s'ble f^ reUef to nil
or <-nteT(y�-�r
"Munic'-mH the admira ersons ro�- of their r!i^if or who is respon
j On from
in thc
nti
ni TOWNSENB PLAN COMPROIvnSE
Ml-
Tu?s-�' Washington. Feb. 13�There waG nn "-hici-1 iraV-- evident weakening on the part of the If this ed to have the advocates d i it ill
g p
of the Tcwnsend pension
Wodn
ible
Shelter allow vefliiMpnt." -f re own the'r own hom^ in or- in the pay-
ton No. 9. ances mnv he i>a'd to lief
tVif! o^tipts in the pay nif*nt of delinquent taxos or mortgage
h Ramsf
VPlffht traff'c plan today and to save their measure, more vulnerable man
eived n replv they nre ready to compromise bv cut- There were two lives lest
o the effect t'ng pensions to $100 per month and ter ,E. E. Daly, wireless
t(? � ,:_.,..^ ! v.-v>r,Vr tho rien-iioji auc from 60 to 65 -a Phillip-no cmplovcd as
was rio exnlosion on the Mae mi but that the disaster was caused by the dirlsribls run'ng into a strong wind -Viich wrepked the tail of the craft, ecrv should be established it will show the dirigible to have been more vulnerable than was believed, in the disa-3-opDrator, and a Phillip'no emploved as a mess bov.
diri"jb eeles t
and
I"* )V ; comic
ents. Itc
t.r'.b.
� tl .nfie
. only
os An-
O'd f-vr
haii'sar
" 'i -j ^ unA jitof i n'<-.;ne tho nen-ien aire from 60 to for the bridge had just | nosing ^ ^^ York actuary has in- both of whom failed to obey the order
plans for the brig
Victoria, and that tne
�inived from
bridge foreman was expected
highway
traffic.
the house committee the tax to abandon ship.
oroDOSSd under the Townsend plan H. B. Wiley was in command of the would raise but $4,000,000,000 annually. : Macon and i> con'^eded to have nan-
mse iw-^^ � " , f-^io-ht whU� the fi�nc:rv