pee eT CIRCULATION Laroe np rue o1TY AND NORTHERN ‘TISH COLUMBIA I a’ a’ _ — : ———$—————————__— ——_——— al v, NO. 424 PRINCE RUPERT, B. 6, PRIDAY, MAY 23, 1943. JAPS SAY DEPLORABLE CON! THE DAILY NEWS & PRICE FIVE CENTS ae ENCES MAY ENSUE UNITED STATES ARMY POST WRECKED | AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT and Two Arrests Made (Special to The Daily News Vancouver, May 23—Louis Ir- ving, of this city, was killed, an- other man is dying and two men are placed under arrest as_ the result of an automobile actident at the corner of Granville Street and Wilson road, Point Grey, at ten o'clock last night. The de- tails are lacking and it is as- sumed that either there was a collision or the car ran into a ditch. The ear belonged to Bob Swanson, of the City Hotel. VICTORIA DEBENTURES ——— ASHINGTON’S REPLY T0 JAPAN | a a ee ae ARMY POST WRECKED ~ y Will Reach Smithers Some Time .) MUCH DIS APPOI In August. Many Local Doctors Have 2 Been Urgently Summoned. Duncan Ross, who arrived from the interior on last evening's Special to Daily News. TOKIO NEWSPAPERS SAY SITUATION NECESSITATES CAREFUL eines ‘tn, Geitiedittll "tay iin siek Charleston, May rg tt CONSIDERATION LEST DEPLORABLE CONSEQUENCES FOL- Cae : was reneeaabere this morn LOW—LONDON NEWSPAPER THINKS WAR UNLIKELY. ment that steel will reach | site os 4 Part Joultrie, the Smithers, about eight miles west/3? ‘ ea 4 — sidaratics . ‘ . , ont al army pos across le yay Specia he Daily News. a ra wr Prniaptrantetate they 8aY,/of Telkwa, some time in August. | from this city. had been l M rhe reply med (PO re See Mr. Ross was some three hun wrecked by an explosion. iho | states government to] dred miles in the interior He| Many local doctors have f the California reports the roads in bad condi been urgently summoned Japs hich states sian) War Is Unlikely. tion but that they are now start- ar . vay. eae = | London May 23 The Daily ing to dry. He left for Victoria — ve any, violation) News states this morning edi jthis morning. i ‘= between the two/torially that it is unlikely Japan| iat \§ caused great dis-|will go to war with the United NEW HAZELTON HOTEL ASEB , official circles| States over the California land a B ALL. cn i expected, from | act It admits, however, the C. G. Harvey Will Erect oneal . made. that Wash-|@ravity of the situation. : Th | pepres ’ ree-Storey Building. | S ndsaver to mellite oo vai . National League. ie 8 The ambassador! at Hiiness of the Emperor. C..G. Harvey and W J. Lark } Ney York-8t, Louis, rain. ; hee wssed to Sine , ge * 1, ; . 7 Ce Pittsburg 1, Brooklyn 0. ashing is been pressec San Franciseo, May 23 rhe} worthy, well known residents of Ot “fg vita Government ShiJapanese ci here was last) tazelton, arrived by last even-| os inte f the treaty be-) night thrown into a state of con-|jng’s train and left for the south | American League. tne eountries of 19011 sternation bs the receipt of a this morning Mr Harvey had Philade phia Detroit 0. This papers state that/cablegram announcing the death| with him plans for a three-storey} Washington 0, Cleveland 5. the ma eached an entire of the Emperor of Japan Phis| hotel, which he intends erecting | Boston 1, Chicago 2. ymere ind more import-| feeling was later allayed by thelat New Hazelton in the near fu New York 0, St. Louis 7. u K : any question receipt of a contradiction which | type The plans and specifiea- shict . arisen between | stated that the Emperor was rest-|tjone call for a structure that Coast League. ® tw es Careful con-/|ing easily. will be a credit to the new and] Los Angeles 2, Oakland 1. Portland 3, Venice 2. growing town . « San Francisco 8, Sacramento 2 FIGHT WILL BE LIVELY | | | BATE WILL DECIDE NAVAL = rowr wus ne ever BILL MUST GO T0 THE PEOPLE”: rit i ht fans with saa tlie ont fl TO BE AMENDED TO MAKE IT UNACCEPTABLE TO THE) | cumpt - m to get information first GOVERNMENT—FAILUAE OF RECIPROCITY A phand a6 to the condMions sme) BAD THING FOR CANADA ability of the statinties will be} Ni r disappointed to learn that Neff) Spe to The Daily News When the highways bill reached | »@8 finished his training, so Northwestern League. Portland 2, Tacoma 1. Vancouver 4, Seattle 1. Victoria 4, 5 dammewrse 1. TO PADDLE TO NOME, IN A CANVASS CANOE they | Foothardy Scheme of a Couple of , . ‘ on . he a will net have a chance to judge| Young Men Hailing from Ohta Ma }—In regard to]the committee stage 2 the Sen-) of him until they see him to- Lower California. Wb vhich came up in ale esterday, S« ator err moved morrow night in the ring, whic h saad We erday, the plan of}! a pt ee a ete he will enter weighing 125 ene te Te ae awe ‘, : the senators is to! @dopted by he Liberal majority Willard may be seen tonight at Victoria, May 23. [Two Cali- mend 1) easure to such an|/@st year, which the government the Windsor gym at 8:30. Both fornians, Alfred _ wimpson and - ike it unaceept-) would hot accep Apperently the men are declared to be in fine|Forest Clark, of San Diego, who a» nment. The ide a| same » thing will happen this year, trim and it is likely to be a battle plan to paddle from Seattle to is las an amended| With he res that the | — of stern endurance. Nome in a frail canvass canoe, Bras me into effect|ure will once more fall by he Lem Kegg of Seattle will ap-|"e hed here vesterday and this ml sul d to the people and| ———-——-—-——— | pear in the preliminaries against |™oraing left for Vancouver and _e Continued on Page 4. Young Williams, the promising} Seattle. The craft in which they lightweight of British Columbia.|Propese to make this 3,500 mile ae ae trip is an ordinary canvass boat STEE mor , 8 be carried in pack RAPIDLY LAID which can MENACE T0 SELF-GOVERNMENT ” » straps but is fitted with a ean- ass cover to prevent the seas Mew Raashes Bundred and Biesty~ Sititeds dane sleae the fashion n i Out of Rupert. . mS .% ~ Rails have now been laid as The yvoyagers will go from Se- DUNCAN y {ATION| {2° as Boulder Creek, mile 199, | attle through the tortuous chan ROSS LUCIDLY EXPLAINS TO LIBERAL ASSOC where the beidas pans is meking nels of Southeastern Alaska to ere » » i os HOW PREMIER BORDEN TIED HIMSELF UP IN id progress. The next bridge Skagway, the first thousand miles apie sss. > > . . SUCH AN AWKWARD KNOT. ad Seoul Creek, fourteen miles of their journey. There they Byer . " bevond, and there are no other will take the train to W hitehorse ey seal was oeeupied at thefment of the provincial partia- ' Tolle veached,| and embark on the Yukon, trav- Lin K h fiment hor bill No. 108 was bridges until Telkwa is reached. lling down that swift current to mre ee « in . Knights o nen ouse : aN ' : Pemerby Sok; e yr ck al s Pihias 1 yassed, and at the time of it St. Michaels, some fifteen hun- . t he} PS P h Parade. |’: ; hm w | | Pane Yon passage we thought it would be | Sons of England chur dred miles more, and then due would undoubtedly have]: Na o eralism; but Deh , » Behring Se: their ” ; a hard blow to Liberalism The first annual church parade north on the Be hring ea to the I : iblyt crowded butisinee that time, owing to the othe eee ie tee ¢| destination. They will return by tong ,10 » me ers ¢ » § s 0 : ' events, the Ma-|magnificent work done by the England Benefit Society will be steamer and expect to make th® hi t t c for netenee SP vee - : it . . vn "4 oe he the held on Sunday, May 25th, 1943, trip in three months Eat De Ere nek fe ee ee he to the Church of England, Fourth a eRe at , resis of the Liberal|'® Be“ sngiand, 7 ) s of the leaders. | ot inter ~ . ibe es All Saittehmen. eaprer BROTHERHOOD ae att, Ee look the -shair;perty in Sener port to your|Whether members of the society THIRD lu. a nelusion of the We want to — Hons of [or not, are cordially invited to den Dey wee the meeting,|committee that all pot ~ en ifi- | attend Members and _ friends The Brotherhood will hold their ~ : n ide an inspiring|the province have Gone mags! will meet at the lodge room, Hel-| third annual picnic to Bishop's 7 importance of|cent work replacing an ad verson Block, Sixth street, at 6:45} Bar, near Metlakatla, on May salt - su principles of|the new voters’ lists, ant ” ae p. m. sharp and proceed to the} 24th. Leave Government slip Whotai, for which our/every section FN eae of}ehureh 120-21 12:30, 2:30 and 6, Gents $1.00, Preniee , ote ORS eee rie allen this ARTHUR H. SILVERSIDES, Ladies bring baskets. Boys over ™ m seeks to aban-| 1912 Headquarters ta vs mit President, 12 years 25e. 1413tf ‘ o¢easion to thank er aie HARRY W. BIRCH, Cece eS whe fo e goo or 0 i 4 1B, 8 . Liberal read from the - for ” bs - a Sekt Secretary. Face and Arms Scalded. Shi tation Commitioe }Gone in yo” ” Te . were —— On the arrival of last evening's a ia, Whieh*stated:|—-—- Me tp St. Andrew's Excursion. train Ernest F. Brandes, an em- pre lo the adjourn- Continued on Page . The St. Andrew's Society has ployee of Bates & Rogers, was to announce that they have had}taken in the ambulance to the corny to give up their exeursion to Weneral hospital. Mr. Brandes Port Simpson tomorrow. Every} was rather severely scalded about effort has been made to replace)the face and arms a couple of e the Prince Albert, but no other|qays ago while working in the ro mation suitable boat could be obtained.) yjeinity of mile 103, Fortunate- C a The many who purchased tickets|)y (he burns are not very deep. will have their money refunded on applying to those from whom Salvation Army. I they bought them, Sunday services 44 a, m,, Holi- " View of May 24th, “Empire Day,” falling on 4 5a! ness meeting; subject, “The Lily” May ‘ : : | “il Mot Public Library Opening. . first of series on flowers). 3 p. | year, he cay Gaunel) ee procielm | The new public library on Ful m., Hallelujah Free and Easy ; May, a Civie holiday, to be observed as sui hou } ton street will be thrown open subject, “Five of Spades.” 8 Pp. “adit the Dominion holiday of May 24th | Lo the public on Monday next. m., Evangelistic meeting; sub- 7 ject, “The Soul—What Is It?” | St. Peter's Church, Seal Cove. /You are cordially invited to join ER A WOODS | Evening service every Sunday | as in the study of Paul's letter NEST . ? lat 7:30 o'clock, to the Romans, Sword and Shield | . ’ . : a — League will meet, officers’ quar City erk Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners.) tars rear of citadel every Petes. | Phone i. {Whursday, 8 p.m. Ali weleome, eee, Endeavor to Get Them Under- written at Ninety-five. (Special to The Daily News.) London, May 23,—Efforts are being made to underwrite the debentures of the city of Vie- toria 4% per cent. loan of £485,- 000 at 95. This is a stiff price in view of the present congestion and the result is unlikely to be very satisfactory. Open till 10 tonight. Wal- lace’s 124 COUNTY “COURT Next Sitting Will Be Held on dune 2nd. Following is a list of the cases down for hearing at the next sit- ting of the court, to be presided over by His Honor Judge Young, on June 2nd: Adjourned Cases. Nelson vs. Prince Rupert- Skeena Transportation Co. Kelly-Carruthers Co. vs. Creech. Hale vs. Chapman Carlton vs. Union Storage Co. county Transfer & Cunningham & Sons vs. Me- Coskrie. New Cases. Rey. vs. Gyr; an appeal from summary conviction. Hastings vs. Chapman. Gilmore vs. MeCoskrie. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., vs. Hayner Bros. MeMillan vs. Hillis. Silversides Bros. vs. Northern Laundry So. Tepoorten ys, Union Transfer & Storage Co. Nackets vs. Storage Co. Nichols Go., Ltd., vs. Union Transfer & Hart. THE WEATHER. The weather report at 5 o'clock this morning read: Barometer, 29.994; maximum temperature, i8; minimum temperature, 40; precipitation, 15 inch. Southbound Passenger List The following left for the south by the Prince George this morning: J. Roaf, Miss Carmi- chael, Mrs. ©. Callaghan, F. W. Renworth, Duncan Ross, W. H. Green, B. Raymond, J. M. Turn- bull, ©. A, Tyford, H,. Douglas, M. Kefferin, Mrs, White, C. H. Wapner, Mrs. Roth, 0. Carol, H. Jones, H. A. Allen, Li. Lushman, W. Ashwith, H. A. Lillie, Rev. and Mrs. D. R. MeLean, H. H, Little, G. English, Van Chancy, W. Me- Gillivray, J. M. CGampbell, L. Vaughn, W. R. McLeod, Robt. Williams, Wm. Jones. St. Andrew's Church. Morning prayer, 11; evening prayer, 7:30; Sunday school, 2:30 p.m. The Bary Grey Rifles will parade to this chureh for the morning service. The Sons of England will be present at the evening service, Sermons ap- propriate to the occasion will be preached and special music ren- dered by the choir. Notice to Public. In paying accounts due me, when paying other parties and not myself, pay no cash but al ways cheques to my order only, otherwise credit will not be given This means just what it says. 119-124 FP, M, DAVIS. One Man Killed, Another Dying, BY EXPLOSION—SENATE’S PLANS AS TO NAVAL BILL met the G, T. P. Inn. The oceasior was a complimentary banquet tc the distinguished were Knights of the Temple. The toast list ineluded gave of the order are flourishing. A number of songs were ex- the brethren a ee while Gray's around the festive board at visitors who here for the purpose of visiting the existent orders and of instituting the new order of the the usual numbers and many of them interesting descriptions of the progress of Masonry from the very founding of our city to the present time, when four branches quisitely rendered by several of 1 ) MASONIC BANQUET LASTNIGHT WAS AN INSPIRING FUNCTION NEARLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PROMINENT CITIZENS SAT AROUND THE FESTIVE BOARD—SPLENDID ADDRESSES. The culmination of the Ma-jforehestra filled the air with. in- sonie festivities in this city took| $8piring music. The spread fur- place last night when all the nished by Manager Sweet was M: ¢ Prince R * the subject of many favorable Masons oO rince upert, num- comments, that good host hav- bering about a hundred and fifty,/ing certainly excelled ‘himself. But the play of wit and the flow of soul that followed will long be remembered by all who were for- tunate enough to be present. The place that Masonry holds in the life of the community was plainly evident from the large percentage of prominent citizens who were there assembled. In- deed apart from its fraternal benefits the value of such an or- ganization to the city of Prince Rupert is hard to overestimate. This is only one of many times when prominent men from abroad are thus induced to visit our city and ever after continue to sing or praises. a) General Agent MeMaster, the G. T. -P., O'Brien, Albert, Port Simpson yesterday morning, that the of with assistance Lorne. the hull today was W. H. but his energy city chief of police, the athletic contests for That is shown ous children, successful that he in the One of the busiest men in the Vickers, was hot required or expended in maintenance of peace. It was in providing amusement for the children and others for Em- pire Day, Saturday, May 24th, that nearly every moment of his time was spent. Early in the morning he started out making a eanvas of merchants and citizens for prizes to be awarded in vari- the his efforts were fact secured sufficient to be able to offer three prizes for each the vessel was successfully floated at high tide this morning the tug As far as could be seen is not leaking and the STEAMER PRINCE ALBERT 5 NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED WAS SUCCESSFULLY FLOATED THIS MORNING AND 1S COM- ING TO RUPERT UNDER ITS OWN STEAM. of|steamer is proceeding under its this morning re-|own steam to Prince Rupert. A ceived a message from Captain | number of the plates where the of the steamer Prince|steamer struck the rocks are which went aground at | bent but none are broken. On the arrival of the Prince Albert here the cargo will be unloaded and a thorough examination made. The steamer is expected some time this afternoon and it is likely that it will be able to complete its trip to Masset. SPLENDID PROGRAM OF SPORTS FOR CHILDREN ON EMPIRE DAY PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IN BIG LIST OF CONTEST OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN. of the contests herewith enumer- ated; Boys’ race, under 6 years of age, 50 yarda. Girls’ race, under 6 years of age, 50 yards. Boys’ race, 6 and 7 years of age, 50 yards. Girls’ race, 6 and 7 years of age, 50 yards. Boys’ race, 8 and 9 years of age, 75 yards, Girls’ race, 8 and 9 years of age, 75 yards. Boys’ race, 10, 14 and 12 years of age, 3 yards. (Continued on Page 4.) Westholme : Opera : House BARGAIN MATINEE TO-NIGHT BOSTONIANS in Audran's Masterpiece “OLIVETTE” TOMORROW 2.30 TOMORROW NIGHT “The Rose of Blandeen” 20—-New Irish Song Hits — 20 PRICES: Night, 50c., 750. and $1.00, Matinee: Children 26c., Adults 500 “LA MASCOTTE” alteated 4 a a ) A A :3 7 mace me ce nae = ad eae coo eetaeaneinemntiina ssi tis ummm a — ins 0 ince no a A Se aaieiiianaed eh am LAAN NO TING ANS