OGTX
1934
TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
and
Largo
Upstair
Dining;
Hall,
Ambulance
with
newly
laid
(lancing
floor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
Service
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
parties.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Tor
rales,
apply
to
Boston
and
6th
8t.
firill,
Third
Ave.
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
VOL.
XIV.,
NO.
228.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
n.C,
SATUHUAY,
SEPTEMBER
27,
1024.
Y"trd.,
circui.ii.n.
hit.
81
rut
8tlti
544
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
Gruesome
Sights
tfyleningrad
Where
Typhus
nZ'mors
to
Those
of
the
Terrible
Flood
One
Hundred
People
a
Thousand
Rescued
from
Bodies
Washed
from
Graves.
LENINGRAD,
Sept.
27.
The
stricken
population
is
salvaging
the
wreckage
of
the
worst
disaster
in
one
hundred
years.
Of
20,000
persons
rescued
from
inundated
buildings
200
wen
unconscious.
Twenty-five
dead
bodies
were
found.
There
h
debris,
und
devolution
everywhere.
Thousands
of
people
ure
homeless
and
Ihe
hospitals
are
all
crowded.
The
flooded
area
covers
50
miles
and
it
is
estimated
that
the
property
damage
will
amount
to
$100,000,000.
Fever
Rages
LENINGRAD,
Sept.
27.
Spotted
typhus
has
broken
out
in
this
storm
swept
city
adding
its
honors
to
those
of
(he
flood.
.More
than
100
cases
arc
being
registered
daily.
Doctors
and
nurses
arc
overwhelmed
with
Ihe
work
of
caring
for
new
patients.
One
of
the
most
gniesonw
aspects
of
the
flood
has
been
the
bavic
wrought
at
the
cemeteries
where
newly
made
graves
worn
washed
out
and
the
bodies
floated
away.
NEW
CANNERY
HERE
COMMENCES
PACKING
The
Millerd
cannery
at
Seal
Cove
started
operations
on
Wednesday.
C.ohoes
are
at
present
be
ing
put
-up
anil
W
fs
'the'liiteiw
ion
.to.
keep
the
plant
busy
during
Ihe
winter
canning
clams.
W.
J.
Jefferson
manager
of
Hie
Millerd
interests
in
the
district,
arrived
in
the
city
from
Somerville
on
Hie
Venture
this
morning.
That
plant
Is
still
op.
crating
and
Mr.
Jefferson
is
at
present
dividing
his
attention
between
it
and
(lie
local
cannery.
When
Somervill
closes,
he
will
come
here
Jo
make
hts
permanent
headquarters.
District
Well
Covered
by
Radio
Receiving
Stations
Many
Licenses
are
Granted
The
large
number
of
licensed
receiving
sets
that
are
to
be
found
in
the
city
and
district
gives
some
idea
of
Hie
popularity
of
radiu
in
the
north.
Under
tho
Radio
Act,
which
is
administered
by
the
department
of
marine
and
fisheries,
all
sets
must
be
licensed.
The
fees
are
collected
by
the
post
offices
and
the
Royal
Canadian
.Mounted
Pol
ire
checks
up
the
sets.
The
following
is
a
list
or
the
licensed
sets
in
Northern
B.C.
as
complete
m
it
has
been
possible
to
obtain.
It
shows
that
almost
every
little
centre
has
at
least
one
set
giving
it
n
new
means
of
keeping
in
touch
with
the
outside
world.
Cedamile
Waller
Mobcricy,
A
S.
Tordiffe.
Tclkwa
E.
M.
Doekrill,
Tliurnas
Hlylhcinan.
North
Pacific
J.
E.
Lord.
Inverness
R.
O.
Johnston.
Port
Essinglon
George
(Hay,
Andrew
II.
Craig.
SlreafhaniiJ.
L.
Barker.
Wistaria
iNonnJin
A:.
Moore.
Sniithers
0.
W.
Jenkins,
S.
U
lloskins.
En
gen
R.
G.
W.
Miljurc.'
P,.nyT.
B.
Wall.
Ojsconio
Albert
Wcsscll.
New
Huzelton
W.
J.
Lark-worthy.
Burns
Lake
F.
C
H.
Ranis-
den.
Southbank
B.
H.
Little.
Port
Simpson
R.
B.
Young.
Dewey
Theodore
Bashaw.
Alice
Arm
A.
D.
York.
Georgetown
Selah
Sunlniry.
Louis
Inlet
Jack
Berryman.
Naden
Harbor
S,
L.
Simpson.
Rumshowa
A.
A.
Mitchell.
Ocean
Fnlls
John
Milligan.
Balmoral
Melviu
K.
Dickin
son.
Lowe.
Inlet
E.
Rousseau.
Pacific
Thus.
MrCiibbin,
Clo-
,
0.
Bell.
.
tin
River
fleo.
F.
Van.
Stewart
John
Mellor.
Schooner
Passage
Geo.
Hogg
Day
Stricken:
Twenty
Inundated
Buildings;
YOUNG
BOYS'
CLOSE
CALL
Youngsters
Named
Bradshaw
and
Bovrne
Were
Nearly
Drowned
n
Harbor
this
Mornlnn
Two
young
boys
named
Brad
shaw
and
Bourne
had
a
narrow
escape
from
drowning
this
morn
ing,
aboul
9.30
when
a
small
row-
boat
which
they
were
driving
with
a
large
sail
turned
over
in
u
gut
of
wind
and
precipitated
them
into
the
harbor
just
in
front
of
the
O.T.P.
shed
No.
2.
IKorlunalely
their
plight
was'
ob
served
from
Hie
Hiore
and
gashoal
Osvimi
puoul
and
picked
the
youngsters
up
after
they
liu'iJVpoiit
aTToTTPTIfteeir
minute
iu
the
cold
water
hanging
(o
their
capsized
boat.
The
boat
was
also
saved.'
WHALEBACK
SANK
CLEVELAND.
Sept.
27.
Hopes
for
the
safely
of
Ihe
whaleback
freighter
Clifton
ami
her
crew
of
28
men
has
been
given
up.
She
is
believed
to
have
sunk
in
Lake
Huron
in
a
storm
on
Sunday
of
Monday.
prince
Rupert
Earl
Barrie,
1).
Yelf,
S.
Massey.
D.
Eastman,
A.
II.
Love,
J.
F.
Hutchinson,
llclga
Oden,
Oeorgc
Cadwallader,'
J.
0.
Anderson,
(leorge
Edgar,
W.
A.
Pulleu,
Sid
Reilh,
II.
N.
Delmoni-ro,
A.
II.
Bailey,
11.
M.
Duff,
Oeo.
Tile,
E.
P.
Smith,
W.
A.lherlon,
W.
E.
Williams,
James
Weir,
Fred
McDonald,
W.
Wralhall,
Knllx
Halt.
Norman
Kinslor.
0.
II.
Ormc.
Prince
Geoine
F.
D.
Whlt-
inore.
George
Sutherland,
Alex
MfNVill.
W.
J.
Pitman.
R.
O.
Pern.
John
Henderson,
F.
I
Donovan,
Charles.
Houghlallng,
E.
M.
Sales.
Fori
Eraser
W.
J.
McAllan,
W.
W
While.
Elza
Lake
Lome
Lyle.
Vauderhoor
W.
11.
Stone,
E.
C,
McOeachy,
R.
Taylor
and
R.
C
Abbot
I
.
Foil
SI.
James
S.
0.
Myall,
W.
D.
Eraser.
Oiiesnel
Lesler
Johnson,
Oeo
McNauglitou,
J.
J.
McDonnelly,
Floyd
Vernon,
Oeorgedlroughton
llazellou
II.
0.
Wrlnch,
T.
II
Walsh,1
C.
V.
S
in
i
Hi.
Forestdale
William
Call.
Kltwnnira
II.
A.
Sanipare,
W
C.
Washburn.
'lloustbn
Harvey
C.
Davles.
ACTIVITY
AT
BUCKLEY
BAY
Mill
Being
Repaired
and
Town-site
Grading
In
Progress
New
Water
System
While
the
Masselt
Timber
Co.'s
sawmill
at
Buckley
Bay
is
closel
,,a(
jn
w,ic
Hunn
amf
w
,,
down
at
the
present
lime,
there:
F,.as(.r
,ail
mail(l
lhp
Mt
fl.un)
is
nevertheless
considerable
work
,Tr.Unn
in
.
t,in,.
:nna
n...
i.i
in
progress
which
points
to
an
early
resumption
of
operations'.
Arrivals
from
there
slate
that
the
plant
maybe
re-opened
about
the
first
of
the
year.
In
the
meantime,
repairs
are
being
made
to
I
lie
mill
and
the
townsile
is
being
graded.
A
gravity
waler
system
from
Ian
Lake
is
also
being
installed.
This
will
give
the
place
a
more
de
pendable
wafer
supply
than
it
has
had
io
tho
past.
John
D.
Baby,
C.K.,
who
is
at
present
visiting
the
city,
is
'
in
charge
of
the
construction
work
now
jit
progress.
He
was
mar
ried
here
last
Friday
to
Mrs.
Bertha
Lee
of
Edmonton
and
will
be
returning
with
his
bride,
to
Buckley
Bay
on
the
next
steamer
WORLD
FLIGHT
TO
END
SUNDAY
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Sept.
27.
Tho
L'nifed
Stales
world
llyers
hopped
off
this
morning
for
Eugene.
Oregon.
Their
Might
is
due
to
conclude
at
Seattle
on
Sunday
at
noon.
They
will
he
accorded
a
tremendous
reception
when
they
arrive.
Canada
and
other
nations
will
ollicial-ly
participate
in
it.
CROWS
NEST
PASS
RATES
DECISION
IS
RESERVED
OTTAWA,
Sept.
27
-Judgment
has
been
reserved
by
the
railway
commission
in
the
Crows
Aest
Pass
railway
rates
case
which
was
argued
before
Ihem
during
the
week.
One
oT
Ihe
objections
to
the
railway
rates
under
it
anie
from
British
Columbia.
VISCOUNT
LONG
DIED
LAST
NIGHT
LONDON,
Sept.
27.
Viscount
Waller
Long,
former
first
lord
of
Ihe
admiralty.
nnd
chief
sec
-
relary
for
Ireland
and
president
of
the
local
government
board
liejl
lasl
night.
He
was
born
In
1851.
'
FISH
ARRIVALS
Five
Boats
Marketed
Catches
To
talling
77,500
Pounds
at
Exchange
This
Morning
Five
halibut
boats
marketed
catches
totalling
77,500
pounds,
al
Iho
Fish
Exchange
Ibis
morn
-
jug.
Two
Canadian
boats
hail
t5,50(V
pounds
and
three
vAmerl
-
cans,
02,000
pounds.
Arrivals'
and
sales
were-
as
fol-
lows:
r.M.JI.n
vaiiauian
..Bo'B
Dolphin,
K.500
lbs.,
al
10.
i
ies.
jn
anil
9.5c,
lo
Ihe
Allin
Fisheries.
...
.
.
..
it..
ttn
-
...I
1
in
lOOUie,
i,UHii
(Minims,
ill
ni.iu
and
He.
to
Ihe
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
,
American
Tillicum,
5,000
lbs,
at
IH.2c
and
l.5e,
and
Tahopia,
25,000
1
i
.
i
n'
r
.i
i
i
w
-
I
'II
ins.,
in
m.ac
ami
io.uc,
in
me
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.
Sunse.
.12.nnn
lb.,
nl
Ifte.
nnd
Ke,
to
the'
Royal
Fish
Co.
SHOT
HIMSELF
I
ACCIDENTALLY!
Discharge
of
Gun
Tore
Heart
of
Duck
Hunter
to
Pieces
I
KETCHIKAN,
Sep.
27
Michael
Thomas
.Uoran,
aged
23
years,
was
instantly
killed
when
pre-
paring
lo
go
duck
hunling'Hear
the
old
Mission
Quarry
on
the
West
Coast
of
Prince
of
Wales
Island.
His
brother,
Eddie
Moran,
connected
with
j
the
Tokeen
branch
of
the
Vermont
Marble
i
Co.,
has
taken
(lie
body
east
for
.interment
at
the
request
of
his
widowed
niolher.
The
account
of
the
accident'
as
to
be
tried
on
a
charge
of
offen-received
here
staled
that
while
ses
under
the
Canadian
Hanking
makiti?
rt:ufv
In
1mivi
n
uii-inlt
Apt
Tim
iliiuimi
m-.
.rii-nn
Mission
quarry,
.
Morao
accident-
the
bank
on
charges
similar
to
ally
discharged
,
the
gun
while
those
on
which
Smith
was
tried,
holding
it
by
the
muzzle,
the
full1
Smith
will
come
for
for
sen-charge
entering
his
body
jusl
lence
next
weelc.
below
Hie
left
breast,
and
hail!
panned
upward,
tearing
his
heart
to
pieces.
Eraser
had
his
hack
turned
and
was,,
slopping
(he
eneine
when
lie
heard
the
shot
ami
inrneu
aroumi
just
in
lime
lo
calch
hoJd
of
Moran's
feel
as
he
was
slipping
overboard.
He
immediately
started
up
and
mad
all
speed
possible
lp
Tokeen
wherc
Ihe
body
was
transferred
lo
the
fishing
boat
Vermont
and
taken
to
Wrangell.
A
coroner's
jury
there
declared
Ihe
death
lo
have
been
arci
lenlal
and
Ihe
result
of
self-inflicted
wounds.
Burial
was
made
in
the
Wrangell
cemetery
but
Hie
body
was
exhumed
Ihe
day
following
lo
be
taken
east.
Another
Train
Wreck
in
Russia
When
Moscow-Odessa
Express
is
Derailed
by
ODESSA,
Sept.
27.-
Fifteen
persons
were
killed
and
2T
mortally
injured
while
'ill
were
seriously
hurt
when
the
Moscow-Odessa
express
was
derailed
by
bandits
300
miles
from
Moscow.
Five
women
were
among
those
killed.-
The
wreck-
today
was
the
second
ju
less
than
a
month
caused
on
the
same
line
by
tho
wanton
destruction
of
Hie
track,
forty
persons
having
been
killed
in
an
exactly
similar
disaster
on
August
20.
PRINCE
JOINS
MASONS
LODGE
Signs
Register
and
Is
Introduced
to
Members
at
High,
River
RICH
RIVER,
Alia".,
Sept.
27.-The
Prince
of
Wales
molored
lo
Ihe
E
P.
ranch
shortly
before
noon
yesterday.
The
previous
night
soon
after
arrival
of
the
special
train,
the
Prince
paid
an
Informal
visit
to
Cornerstone
,i0dKPf
A
,..
&
A.M.,
signed
the
register
and
was
introduced
lo
Ihe
members.
i
The
Prince
is
senior
grand
warden
of
the
Orand
Lodge
of
England
and
he
told
Oeorgc
Young,
master
of
(ho
local
lodge,
IMlBWBlitKSSii;
if!
'H
yj
y
Tax
!H
"
M
!ij
TAX
SALE
OF
LOTS
WILL
BE
HELD
AT
THE
CITY
HALL
ON
TUESDAY,
THE
30th
INST.,
AT
10.00
A.M.-
H
m
Q
List
of
Property
H
y
H
may
bo
obtained
the
Collector.
hi
m
nm
i;i;jb:h:bxh
beikkemiii.ot
BANK
OFFICIAL
IS
CONVICTED
Chief
Accountant
of
Defunct
Institution
to
be
Sentenced
Next
Week
TORONTO,
Sept.
27.
Ocean
O.
Smith,
chief
accountant
of
the
Homo
Hank,
which
collapsed
onJ
August
17;
1923,
was
found'
of
guilty
yesterday
by
Judge
Coats-!
3
worth
of
negligence
in
making'
out
monthly
and
annual
reports'
on
the
bank
to
the
department
of
finance
at
Ottawa.
Smith
is
the
first
of
several
olllcials
and
directors
of
the
bank
immediately
alter
Ihe
court"
as.
seli,ed
to
continue
the
trial
of
si,i,.v
i.
i,.....a
i.ir
..
..r
of
ILLUSTRATED
LECTURE
ON
CANADIAN
EXHIBIT
Last
evening
in
Ihe
Booth
School
Auditorium
Fred
Stork,
M.P.,
gave
an
illustrated
lecture
on
London
and.the
Wembley
Ex-
hibilion
o
some
175
children
of
Ihe
Senior
Public
School
and
High
School
grades.
Mr.
Slork
described
the
Canadian
exhibit
and
the
Oueen's
Dolls'
House
al
Ihe
Exhibition
in
detail.
After
the
lecture
postcard
views
of
London
and
Wembley
were
shown
on
the
screen
by
means
of
Booll
School;
Balopticon
lantern.
Bandits;
15
Killed
that
Cornerstone
was
his
lodge
now.
The
prince
is
suffering,
as
are
other
members
of
the
party,
with
colds.
SHANGHAI
DEFENDERS
CLAIM
MAKE
ADVANCES
SHANGHAI
Sett.
27.
Sub
stantiat
advances
arc
claimed
by
headquarters
ft
Lingwha
of
the
Chekiang
armies
defending
Shanghai
following
the
launching
of
Ihe
Cliek'ang
offensive
in
I
lie
Kialing'
sector.
Indian
Agent
W.
E.
Collison
returned
on
the
Venture
this
morning
from
Iho
Naas
River
where
ho
has
been
for
t
lie
past
week
on
departmental
business.
He
went
as
far
as
Aiyansh.
Sale
at
the
Office-
of
D.
J.
Matheson,
s
7
u
Collector.
2
m
aimii
ii
m
mmmvummimmm
Captain
Gillis
and
His
Son
Probably
Murdered
Board
Own
Schooner
VICTORIA,
Sept.
27.
The
imagination
can
paint
scenes
piracy,
of
bloodshed,
of
possibly,
murder
from
the
accounts
1
veil
by
provincial
police
officers
who
have
been
investigating
Ihe
disappearance
of
Captain
Oillis
and
his
son
of
the
Vancouver
auxiliary
schooner
Beryl
O.
They
report
that
on
examination
thev
found
signs
of
a
fierce
battle
Bloodstains
and
bullet
holes
were
found
on
the
vessel
and
the
police
are
satisfied
that
Capt.
Oillis
and
his
sou
were
murdered
and
their
bodies
thrown
overboard.
STEAMER
STARR
IS
REPORTED
POSSISLY
LOST
IN
THE
N0RT1.
SEATTLE,
Sept.
27.
-Wireles
stations
on
the
North
Pacific
ar
inquiring
today
into
the
truth
Ihe
report
that
Hie
steamer
Starr
had
sunk
in
Hie
night
between
Sanak
Island
in
the
Aleutians
and
Aiiimak
pass.
The
wireless
al
Estevan
reported
al
three
o'clock
(his
morning
that
the
Starr
mail
steamer
had
been
overheard
reporting
her
position.
THANKSGIVING
DAY
TO
BE
NOVEMBER
10
SAYS
PROCLAMATION
OTTAWA,
Sept.
27.
King's
proclamation-
in
the
Canada
Gazette
do-
pturp
Xfivnmhor
10
.1
a
w
--Hlyf!rcneraUhiW
ing.
I
Ins
is
following
a
precedent
recently
established
of
holding
Thanksgiving
Day
on
Armistice
Day.
KING
AND
QUEEN
OF
BELGIUM
IN
ENGLAND
ARRIVE
BY
AIRPLANE
his
wife,
was
expelled
last
night
LONDON
Sept.
27.
The
King
from
Die
ministry
of
the
Metho-and
Queen
of
Belgium
are
paying
dist
Episcopal
Church
by
a
select
an
unofficial
visit
here.
They
ar-numJicr
of
the
Southern.
Illinois
rived
by
airplane
Wednesday.
I
Conference.
Oliver
Government
Will
Carry
on
Without
More
Elections
was
Announced
Following
Meeting
VICTORIA,
Sept.
27.
The
Oliver
(Jovernment
will
carry
on
as
usual
without
changes
in
the
various
departments
until
after
the
session
of
the
Legislature,
it
was
indicated
after
the
ministers
got
together
for
the
first
meeting
since
the
defeat
of
Dr.
S.
K.
MacDonald
in
North
Okanagan.
It
is
expected
that
Hon.
J.
D.
Maclean,
acting
premier,
will
take
over
the
provincial
secretaryship
for
the
present;.
Afler
Hie
session
a,
shuffle
of
portfolios
will
be
completed
and
either
Barrow
or
Sloan
will
take
the
vacant
portfolio.
R
was
indicated,
...
however,
afler
the
meeting
that
FAMOUS
PAIIFflRNIA
'
Premier
Oliver
might
decide
lo
rflmUUd
LrtLirimMA
;
jnvi
one
of
,he
Vancouvcr
mem-
HUIhL
1M)UKNLD
bP,s
10
come
in,
ll,e
cabnel
I
without
a
portfolio,,
this
making
Hotel
Delmonto
Valued
at
Million1"
b-elli
unnecessary.
.
Dollars
Destroyed
this
Morning
DEL
MONTE,
Cal.
Sept.
27.
-
The
Hotel
Delmonle
at
the
centre
of
the
playground
known
inter-j
William
Noble
Was
For
Many
nationally
to
tourists
and
sporls.;
Years
Member
of
Municipal
men
for
(he
beauty
of
its
golf!
Council
at
Oak
Bay,
inks
was
destroyed
by
a
fiVe
of
unknown
origin,
which
started
nt
3.30
this
morning.
Tho
firo
sent
(500
guests
frori
Ihe
building
in
scant
belongings.
The
structure
which
was
destroyed
was
valued
at
approximately
a
.million
dollars,
Tho
art
treasures
valued
at
$7,500
were
saved
and
there
was
no
loss
of
life.
The
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.
shipping
21,000
feet
of
airplane
spruce
soulh
on
the
Princo.
George
tonight,
lis
dstjnatioiv
is
Ihe
United
Kingdom.
...
'
having
been
fought
on
the
boat.
The
Beryl
O.
sailed
from
Van-mver
recently
for
a
port
on,
the
est
coast
of
Nancouver
Island.
Later
the
vessel
was
discovered
Irift
in
the
Cult
of
Georgia
in
he
vicinity
of
the
San
Juan
Is-ands.
PRINCE
COMING
TO
THE
COAST
Will
Visit
Vancouver
and
Victoria
and
Also
Winnipeg,
Toronto
and
Ottawa
HIGH
RIVER,
Sept.
27.
The
Prince
of
Wales
will
limit
his
visit
to
the
ranch
lo
sixnlays.
He
'eaves
Wednesday
evening
for
Vancouver,
arriving
October
4,
and
crossing
the
following
day
to
Victoria.
He
returns
to
Cal-i-'ary
on
October
9,
proceeding
immediately
to
Eastern
points.
'The
Prince
Is
expected
to
spend
two
days
each
al
Winnipeg
and
loronto.
lie
is
due
at
Govem-
October
16.
He
will
snend
a
short
time
at
Banff
and
will
sail
on
the
Olympic
for
England
about
October
22
after
two
flays
In
Montreal.
PARSON
MURDERER
IS
EXPELLED
FROM
METHODIST
CHURCH
CARBON
DALE,
Ills.,
Sept.
27
Lawrence
M.
llaight,
no
longer
Ihe
reverend,
confessed
slayer
of
i
FATHER
OF
LOCAL
LADY
PASSES
AWAY
I
Victoria
'
William
Nolile4
father
of
Mrs.
D.
J.
Matheson
of
this
city,
died
suddenly
yesterday
al
his
home
at
Hampshire
Terrnce,
Victoria.
Deceased,
who
was
83
years
of
age,
was
lor
many
years
a
member
or
the
municipal
Council
of
Oak
Day.
He
is
survived
by
a
wjdow
and,
.besides
Mrs.
Matlio
son,
.ilhei
followiiiK
children:
.tsiOeorgVNoblci
of
Bradslreet
A
Co..
Vancouver!
.Miss
..Alino
'il.lo
teacher
at
Nancouver;
Mrs.
p
Sni'ith.
Sn
I)ego;
Mrs.
E.
Mills
Winnipeg.
'