Tomorrow's
Tides
BALAGNO'S
Six-Piece
Orchestra
.Tuesday,
December
9,
1930
lfigh
356
ajn.
18.8
It.
SATURDAY
EVENING
15.31
p.m.
21.5
ft.
Low
9.48
a.m.
8.8
ft.
Sunken
Gardens
22.28
pm.
2.8
ft.
Vol,
XXI.,
No.
286.
LOCAL
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Ct,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
8,
19bu
CITY
WORKER
DIES,
HURTS
SUSTAINED
IN
TRUCK
William
Hanson
Victim
Of
Smash-Up
Saturday
Night
on
Tenth
Avenue
Dozen
Other
Men
Jumped
Clear
With
Little
Injuries
As
Heavy
Truck
Left
Plank
Roadway
at
Corner
of
Tenth
Avenue
and
Bacon
Street
William
Hanson,
a
local
married
man
with
grown
up
family,
who
was
engaged
in
unemployment
relief
work
on
Eleventh
Avenue,
died
yesterday
morning
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
as
a
result
of
fatal
injuries
received
at
4
:50
Saturday
afternoon
when
a
city
truck
on
which
about
a
dozen
men
were
riding
home
from
work
Kcrashed
through
curb
and
railing
at
the
corner
of
Tenth
Avenue
and
Hw
iVlll
T
I
f
S
IN
j
Bacon
Street
and
landed
In
the
IT
All
1
1
nJ
111
!
muskeg
about
ten
feet
below.
Han-
..
8011
wa
P'nned
under
the
heavy
ve-VAIVJlfll
4
iys'iswyy
rnn
I
V
k
K
hlc,e
whlch
had
to
be
lifted
off
his
Y
Jtl
sJ
U
V
lilV
'body.
HU
left
side
was
crushed
and
the
received
extensive
Internal
in-
Toronto
Stock
nroker
Facing
B.
Charge
After
Serving
Time
In
Alberta
VANCOUVER.
Dee.
8:
Harvey
MiUs,
stock-broker,
who
.
was
re-
most
of-the
men
on
the
tree-
were
leased
from
Lethbridge
Jail
In
Al-!able
to
Jump
dear
on
to
the
soft
bcrta
on
Saturday
after
serving
a
'muskeg
and
sustained
no
injury,
sentence
of
a
month,
appeared
in
The
truck
was
being
driven
by
A.
re
urt
here
today
faced
with
charges
McKinnon.
a
regular
employee
of
of
conspiracy.
He
was
remanded
un-
the
city.
nl
tomorrow
and
ball
was
set
at,
The
big
vehicle,
a
Packard
which
$30,000.
was
formerly
used
as
the
city
gar
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
William
Richardson
Had
Farmed
Near
Victoria
For
68
Years
VICTORIA,
Dec.
8:
William
Rl-
i
h
irdson.
aged
84,
one
of
the
best
known
pioneer
farmers
or
vancou-;
ver
Island,
died
yesterday.
He
came
from
England
08
years
ago
and
had
resided
on
the
same
farm
in
the
H
ianichton
district
ever
since.
He
is
survived
by
a
widow
and
12
chll-
tilen.
HUNTING
DEATHS
Two
Tragedies
On
Vancouver
Island
Are
Reported
Over
Week.End
NANA1MO.
Dec.
8:
Two
deaths
while
hunting
were
reported
over
i
he
week-end.
James
Rickard.
aged
47.
died
this
morning
In
hospital
as
a
result
of
wounds
received
from
a
rifle
bullet
tn
the
breast.
The
gun
was
fired
by
Fletcher
Thomas,
his
companion,
who
mistook
him
for
a
deer.
Norman
Prest
was
killed
on
Saturday
near
Courtenay
when
his
nun
accidentally
discharged.
SOVIET
HEART
IS
SOFTENING
MOSCOW,
Dec.
8:-
The
So-
vlct
central
executive
today
commuted
death
sentences
passed
Sunday
on
five
engln-
I
cers,
who
were
convicted
of
plotting
to
overthrow
the
regime,
to
10
years'
imprisonment.
Sentences
of
10
years'
Imprisonment
passed
on
three
other
dsfendants
were
reduced
to
eight
years.
Juries.
A
couple
of
other
men
sustained
more
or
less
minor
injuries
in
the
smash
-up
and
were
able
to
proceed
to
their
homes
after
having
their
wounds
dressed
at
the
hospital
Miraculously
enough,
the
bage'
wagon,
evidently
skidded
on
the
old
plank
road,
one
of
the
few
thoroughfares
of
its
kind
remaining
in
the
city.
It
was
at
the
corner
that
the
truck
went
off.
It
actually
failed
to
make
the
corner,
dropping
off
the
end
of
Tenth
Avenue
Instead
of
turning
on
to
Bacon
Street.
The
crash
had
occurred
almost
before
the
men
who
were
riding
on
the
vehicle
realised
what
had
happen-d
The
ear
went
over
on
one
side
.-
t.ndmtr
and
was
in
such
a
po-
Mion
that
Mivage
presented
some
dlff
jjy.
Hanson
remained
conscious
after
the
accident
and
was
able
to
talk
to
police
officers
and
others
who
called.
It
could
be
seen,
however,
that
he
had
suffered
very
serious
Injuries
and
that
he
probably
would
not
survive.
HU
death
the
next
day
was,
therefore,
not
unexpected.
He
is
believed
to
have
been
caught
under
the
falling
vehicle
as
he
attempted
like
the
others
to
Jump
clear.
Charged
With
Manslaughter
Alex
McKinnon,
the
driver
of
the
truck,
was
formally
charged
with
manslaughter
by
the
police.
In
a
statement
to
the
police,
McKinnon
said
that
he
was
travelling
at
his
regular
speed
of
five
myes
an
hour.
The
back
wheel
of
the
truck
started
to
skid
and
'he
lost
control
of
the
vehicle.
An
Inquest
Into
Hanson's
death
was
commenced
this
morning
by
Coroner
C.
L.
Monroe.
The
Jurors
ar6
C.
O.
Minns,
Bert
West,
A.
O.
Webber,
O.
J.
Frusjell,
W.
O.
Chrls-
tlson
and
O.
A.
Bryant,
immediately
after
the
Inquest
was
called,
the
Jury
viewed
the
body
at
the
premises
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
and
inspected
the
Scene
of
the
tragedy.
Hanson'siJnliiDles
Included
frac
tured
ribs
piercing
one
of
his
lungs,
broken
shoulder
and
chest,
etc.
He
was
a
man
of'
strong
physique.
Oth-erwise.
Iie
might
not
have
lived
so
long
after
being
Injured.
The
late
Mr.
Hanson
was
46
years
of
age
and
was
a
native
of
Den-miner
bv
reaular
JUuln.
v
"
occupation
and
had
been
In
the
city
for
about
two
years,
naving
wg
for
a
short
time
at
the
dry
dock.
He
came
here
from
Smlthers
where
he
had
been
employed
at
the
Duthle
mine.
Prior
to
that,
he
lived
In
Ai-Contlnued
on
Page
3.)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BltlTISLT
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vk
uujujb
attack
with
17-pou
nl
bombs
upon
eighteen
obsolete
t
Camp
Stanley,
near
San
Antonio
Texas
recent'y.
The
planes
w
would
be
on
an
airdrome
during
FORTY
DIE
OF
POISON
Snake
In
Soup
Utensil
Held
Responsible
For
Deaths
of
.
Indian
Students
.
BOMBAY,
India,
Dec.
:
Ine
death
of
40
students
at
the
London
Mission
School
at
Fross,
Madras,
is
attributed
to
snake
poison
in
their
food.
The
students,
according
to
reports,
had
just
finished!
their
noonday
meal
Sunday
when
the
40
collapsed
and
died
in
quick
succession.
It
was
stated
that
a
snake
was
found
in
a
utensil
in
which
soup
for
the
meal
was
prepared.
As
a
consequence,
the
soup
was
highly
poisonous.
The
cook,
himself,
was
one
of
the
victims.
SEARCH
IS
ABANDONED
Two
United
Stales
Amphibians
Returning
to
San
Diego
From
Ketchikan
RENAHAN
NOT
FOUND
Two
United
States
navy
planes
are
winging
homeward
to
their
San
Diego
base
after
12
days'
vain
search
of
inlets
and
Islands
In
the
region
of
Ketchikan
for
the
seaplane
which
disappeared
October
38
with
Pilot
Robin
Renahan.
his
mechanic,
Frank
Hatcher,
and
Sam
Cierf,
Seattle
mining
man
on
board.
tt
is
now
aenerally
believed
the
Renahan
plane
went
to
the
bottom
of
Uie
sea.
The
six
naval
fivers,
under
com
mand
of
Lieut.
C.
F.
Greber.
made
a
last
fruitless
search
at
Vellenar
Bay,
where
a
rancher
reported
a
lew
days
ago
he
had
heard
a
plane
crash
on
an
Inaccessible
cliff
a
month
ago.
The
naval
planes
were
Joined
at
port
Simpson
by
their
tender,
the
naval
tug
Swallow.
The
planes
will
continue
by
easy
stages
to
San
Diego.
LADY
WHYTE
HAS
PASSED
Widow
of
Former
Canadian
Pacific
I
Vice-President
Dies
In
l
Winnipeg
WINNIPEG.
Dec.
.8
Lady
Whyte.
aged
80.
widow
of
Sir
William
!
Whyte.
former
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
western
division,
is
dead
here.
Planes
in
War
Manoeuvres
New
Miner's
Hat
I
Richard
Anglln.
superintendent
of
Alaska
colliery.
Pennsylvania,
wearing
trench
helmet
used
In
world
war,
now
converted
Into
miner's
safety
hat.
These
hats
are
being
worn
extensively
FEARFUL
'
Old
Country
Is
Nervous
About
Outbreak
of
Mysterious
Belgian
Malady
LONDON,
Dec.
8:
Britain
fears
the
appearance
here
of
the
mysterious
v
epidemic
of
death
which
last
week
spread
through
the
Meuse
Valley
in
Belgium
under
the
cloak
of
a
heavy
fog
and
took
67
lives
and
killed
considerable
cattle
and
livestock.
Near
Grosmount,
Yorkshire,
10
cattle
died
on
Sunday
on
one
farm
of
a
mysterious
unidentifiable
malady
of
which
the
.
a
,
symptoms,
veunarians
sMUf
rl
were
much
like
those
of
victim
n
of
the
Belgian
fog.
Like
Belgium,
Southern
England
has
suffered
recently
from
intense
fog
conditions.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
8:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
61c.
;
.
v
:
war.
,
.
in.
.
'UiY-;
hrli
:cd
u
pusiuon
as
thej
SHIP
WAS
RfiGWNUP
Fourteen
Men
Lost
Their
Lives
at
Lorient,
France.
While
Working
on
Sunken
Ammunition'
Ship
LORIENT,
Prance.
Dee.
8:
The
Italian
salvage
ship
ArHgfio
was
blown
up
and
sunk
and
14
of
the
crew
were
killed
yesterday
as
she
blasted
the
hull
of
the
ammunition
ship
Florence
Which
was
sunk
during
the
war
off
the
Island
of
Houat.
The
ArUgUo
last
September
endeavored
to
recover
$5,000,000
worth
of
gold
from
the
sunken
liner
Egypt
not
far
from
where
she
met
her
doom.
Toronto
Stocks
(Courtesy
s.
D
Jobmton
Oo.
)
Bayvlew.
1,
nil
Big
Missouri,
40,
41.
Cork
Province,
nil,
3.
George
Copper,
60,
80.
Oeorgia
River,
lft.
3fe.
Go!conda.
33,
nil.
Independence.
1.
2.
Indian
Mines,
1.
2.
Kootenay
Florence.
1.1.
Kootenay
King.
1,
1.
L.&Lntl.
1.
'
Lucky
Jim,
1ft.
nil.
Marmot
River
Gold.
nl.
Marmot
Metals.
nU.
1.1
National
Sliver.
2,
2vJ
Noble
Five,
4,
8.
Oregon
Copper,
6.
7.
Pend
Oreflie,
80,
nil.
Premier,
TO.
78.
Porter-Idaho,
7,
74.
Reeves
Macdonald.
28.
nil.
Rufus-Argenta,
2,
3.
Ruth-Hope,
nil,
S.
Silver
Crest
lVfc.
2"2.
Snowf
lake,
1,
3.
Sunloch.
25,
48.
Terminus,
2,
nil.
Woodbine,
1,
l.
OILS
A.
P.
Con.,
32,
34.
Calmon,
26,
27.
Dalhousie.
48,'
4.
Devtnish,
nil,
6.
Fabyan
Pet,
2,
nil
Home.
IM,
ISO.
Royaltte.
18.00,
nil.
Hargal.
10.
12.
Freehold,
4
18.
,
,
.
Merita
lfifc.
14.
'
,
Turner
Valley,
J
8,
nil.
The
cits-
Doilce
court
charge
against
Wimam
White
of
driving
to
the
common
danger
has
been
further
adjourned
until
Friday
morning.
It
was
White
who
ran
down
Bishop
O.
A.
Rlx
a
week
ago
Sunday
evening
on
Sixth
Avenue
East.
GIVEN
OXFORD
COURSE
Bombing
COVETED
EDUCATIONAL
AWARD,
RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP,
WON
BY
DR.
F.
G.
KERGIN
OF
THIS
CITY
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
8:
Dr.
Fred
G.
Kergin,
younger
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
W.
T.
Kergin
of
Prince
Rupert,
who
i
"ow
enpno-ed
in
interne
work
in
Toronto
General
Hospital
following
completion
of
his
course
in
medicine
at
the
University
of
Toronto,
has
been
named
British
Columbia's
Rhodes
scholar
for
1930,
it
was
announced
at
the
k
end.
He
will
commence
hlso
studles
at
Oxford
University
In
England
next
September.
Dr.
Fred
Kergln's
selection
as
Rhodes
scholar
came
In
spite
of
a
number
of
handicaps,
one
of
the
chief
of
which
was
the
fact
that
Illness
kept
him
out
of
University
for
two
months
in
his
final
year.
Notwithstanding
that,
he
ranked
third
in
his
class.
He
graduated
with
his
older
brother.
Dr.
William
F.
Kergin.
Both
obtained
their
public
and
high
school
education
In
Prince
Rupert.
"The
Rhodes
Scholarship
is
one
of
the
most
coveted
awards
In
the
educational
world.
James
A.
Gibson
of
Victoria,
fourth
year
student
at
the
Univer
sity
of
British
Columbia,
has
been
luuaed
British
Columbia
Rhodes
scholar
lor
J93LFa,
appomtamomenj
pr
cUdrm
who-are
hungry,
was
made
last
year.
.
'
In
troubK
or
heeding
help
of
any
Dr.
Fred
Kergin
received
all
his
public
school
education
hi
the
schools
of
Prince
Rupert
up
to
and
including
senior
matriculation.
Leaving
here
he
entered
the
University
of
Toronto,
taking
a
combined
course
of
arts
and
medicine
gradu
ating
last
June.
He
was
one
of
five
in
a
class
of
upwards
of
one
hundred
who
did
not
fail
to
take
honors
In
every
examination
all
through
the
course
and,
In
spite
of
:
losing
two
months
during
his
last'
year
through
Illness,
graduated
with
honors
and
ranked
third,
also
winning
the
George
Peters
Scholarship
In
Surgery,
being
the
award
to
the
one
graduating
with
the
highest
rank
in
surgery.
He
was
last
summer
granted
his
Dominion
Licence
to
practice
medicine
in
Canada
and
is
now
on
the
house
staff
of
the
Toronto
General
Hospital.
The
Rhodes
Scholarship
is
awarded
not
on
scholarship
alone,
but
the
Rhodes
Scholar
must
be
a
leader
in
.sports
and
general
college
activities.
Dr.
Fred
Kergin
took
part
tn
college
sports
in
general
and
was
a
member
of
the
rugby
team
of
his
college.
During
his
sixth
year
he
was
assistant
editor
and,
during
his
final
year,
editor
of
the
Medical
Journal
of
the
Faculty
of
Medicine.
During
one
of
his
vacations
he,
with
his
brother.
Dr.
Wm.
S.
Kergin,
worked
his
way
over
to
England
on
a
cattle
boat
and
the
two
of
them
spent
the
summer
touring
the
British
Isles,
France,
Italy
and
Swit
zerland
on
a
motor
bicycle.
Umter
the
terms
of
the
Rhodes
Scholarship,
Dr.
Kergin
will
proceed
to
Bnghnd
next
year
to
take
two
years
post-graduate
work
at
Oxford.
Salmon
Pack
Large
Hut
Canncrs
Arc
Not
Makin?
Gain
In
1930
Hon.
S.
li'llow
provincial
minister
of
fisheries,'
stressor
the
limited
authority
exercised
by
the
provincial
government
over
the
British
Columbia
fisheries.
He
deplores
the
fact
that,
while
the
current
season's
Lot.
U
iU-
In
V,a
hUtnm
n
the
province,
the
canners
will
stand
;a
loss
on
the
season's
operations
and
that
many
of
the
fishermen
cannot
make
a
comfortable
living
due
to
the
fact
that
too
many
are
allowed
to
operate.
nnanclal
Post.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CRASH
-
ARMY
FUND
BEGINNING
A
donaUon
was
received
this
morning
for
the
Salvation
Army
Christmas
fund
from
a
man
who
Is
working
for
small
wages
but
who
recognizes
the
work
that
is
being
done
by
the
Salvation
Army
and
the
desirability
of
seeing
that
everyone
will
be
happy
at
Christmas
time.
The
plan
is
to
provide
hampers
tor
needy
families,
to
provide
a
Christmas
dinner
for
those
who
have
no
other
place
to
go
that
day
and
to
provide
any
day
for
men
or
kind.
Five
dollars
will
go
a
long
way
in
the
hands
of
the
workers
of
the
Sal
vation
Army
yet
that
much
Is
often
fooled
away
on
trifles
that
many
might
do
without.
Death
of
Any
ox-Man
Is
Presumed
Donald
Matheson,
who
was
em
ployed
by
the
Granby
Consolidated
Mining,
Smelting
Si
Power
Co.
at
Anyox
as
watchman
on
a
barge,
has
been
presumed
dead
In
a
Supreme
Court
order
Issued
in
Vancouver
by
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald.
Matheson
either
fell
from
a
ladder
or
from
a
scow
at
Anyox
wharf
on
August
28
last
and
was
drowned.
He
was
a
cousin
of
Capt.
Ian
Mackenzie
MP.
of
Vancouver.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
V.
Radman,
228
Ninth
Avenue
East,
wish
to
thank
all
those
friends
who
so
kindly
helped
during
the
recent
fire
In
which
their
home
was
destroyed,
particularly
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.'
E
Parker.
Mrs.
A.
Brooksbank.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gurvlch
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lewis.
The
Weather
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
light
west
wind;
temperature.
41;
bar
ometer.
29.71;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
light
west
wind;
barometer.
29.66;
tem-
perature,
3
8;sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Clear,
east
wind;
sea
calm.
Triple
Island
Gentle
east
wind;
sea
smooth;
light
mist.
TWENTY
THOUSAND
CHINESE
MURDERED
'
"
t
HANKOW,
Chhu.
w
Dec.
8:
Trapped
between
the
towns
of
Kwanshul
and
Kwangan,
less
than
one
hundred
miles
north
of
here,
nearly
20,000
provln-
clal
troops
were
massacred
by
a
like
number
of
bandit
Reds
yesterday,
reports
from
North-
ern
Hupeh
Province
said.