date
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Friday,
February
21,
1930.
High
7.45
a.m.
17.7
It.
20.03
pjn.
14.08
ft.
Low
0.24
a.m.
9.1
ft.
13.42
p.m.
12
ft.
I
Voi
XXI
No.
43.
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i
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full
am
wlbmlw
mr
WATT
CASE
NOT
CLOSED
Hanson
Asks
Government
Former
Agent's
Record
As
Coroner
Inquest
On
Former
Medicine
Hat
Chief
Coroner's
Jury
in
Vancouver
Finds
That
Archibald
Johnston
Was
Slain
By
Unknown
Murderer
uwn
murderer
according
td
the
verdict
of
the
coroner's
Jury
that
yesterday
afternoon
Investigated
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
20
Wheat
r
X
e
&s
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
been
reprieved
j""y
at
ji.io
3-8,
a
further
drop!
announced
"in
yesterday.
Lapolntc.
ma
r
fir
the
Princess
Mary
for
Prince
Rupert
where
he
will
be
picked
up
by
a
gasboat
of
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co.
tomorrow
and
taken
on
to
Stewart.
Harold
Beaton
was
quite
I
known
in
Prince
Rupert.
He
Kor
l
been
here
on
numerous
Place
This
Attention
Under
Canadian
Letton
Auiplces
wet
had
having
been
in
charge
of
the
&
gla
River
Oold
Mining
Co.'s
power
i
cruiser
Overseas
II
which
Is
at
YinoRIA.
Feb.
20:-The
i-
present
In
Prise
Mffnrt
undergo-
in
KArvrt
I
m
Till
ra
mi
n
11
a
Moonr
atiif
is
not
finished
yet
with
tne
I
use
o!
Norman
Watt,
dismissed
i
stranding.
.
e
ivemment
anent
at
Prince
Ru
per?
On
the
Journals
of
the
House
plwlnc
fmirarf
""
three
motions
by
A.
!
VllUl
ICS
aJlCYvul
L
appeared
oarad
M
lUnson.
K.C..
Liberal
asking
povemment
for
further
exhaustive
information
on
Mr.
Watt's
as
coroner
at
Prlnee
Rupert.
'Funera
;nc
topic
around
wnicn
aucussion
of
1h'
rase
has
largely
revolved.
M:
Manson
wanU
to
know
what
amounts
were
remitted
to
the
treasury
by
the
government
agent
a1
Prince
Rupert
covering
coroner's
fees
loiiected
from
the
city
each
tw
from
1910
to
IBM;
on
what
Is
Buried
Today
of
Ex-Service
Alan
Took
Under
the
auspices
of
the
Canadian
Legion
and
with
Rev.
Thomas
McConnell
of
First
Presbyterian
Church
officiating,
the
funeral
of
i
the
it
Charles
Stewart,
whose
llic
present
government
agent
wller
tn
the
week.
first
held
a
coroner's
inquest
in
Prince
Rupert,
and
how
many
ln-Questo
were
held
there
each
year,
from
1910
to
19W
inclusive.
First
Halibut
Of
Season
Was
Landed
Today
George
McKay
of
Metlakatla,
with
his
boat
Molly
M.
had
the
distinction
of
landing
the
first
fresh
halibut
of
the
1930
season
In
Prince
i
man
Rupert
Yesterday
morning
he
brought
in
a
load
of
500
pounds
which
he
disposed
of
to
the
Bacon
Fisheries
at
private
sale.
The
fish
were
caught
In
the
vicinity
of
Dun-das
Island.
took
place
this
afternoon
from
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
Falrview
Cemetery.
A
number
of
friends
of
deceased
were
in
attendance
at
the
obsequies.
W.
Vaugh-an
Davles
presided
at
the
organ
and
hymns
were
"Lead
Kindly
Light"
and
-Nearer
My
Ood
to
Thee."
Pallbearers
were
J.
H1U.
James
,
Smith.
William
Ranee,
M.
J.
uoug-j
herty,
Wright
Davie
and
Angus
'
Anderson.
As
the
casket
was
lowered
Into
the
grave,
the
"Last
Post"
I
was
sounded
by
Bugler
Ranee,
deceased
having
been
an
ex-service
Proposal
Made
to
Increase
Duty
on
Frozen
Halibut
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
SO:
The
proposal
is
made
In
the
United
I
states
Senate
to
Increase
the
duty
I
on
frosen
halibut
from
two
to
five
cents
a
pound.
This
is
me
result
oi
a
request
from
fishery
interests
in
Alaska.
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
20:-Archl-U-ti
Rn
bald
Johnston
was
slain
by
an
un-inenflall
VC
Given
Reprieve
Until
ne
Hat
polled
chief
in
a
Hornby
""'a
""i
TniAer
Street
roomimr
hniU
t
non
t,t
March
11.
Minister
c
of
Ju
Justice
tlcc
Saturday.
ottawa.
Feb.
20:
Revinsky.
Kevinwiy.
sentenced
to
hang
at
Re
NEW
POOL
Australia
Undecided
Whether
Will
Be
Controlled
By
Government
or
By
Wheat
Growers
It
CANHIRRA,
Feb.
20:
There
1
some
difference
of
opinion
ae
to
whether
the
great
wheat
pool
which
Is
to
be
established
In
Australia
will
be
a
government
controlled
body
or
under
the
direction
of
the
wheat
growers
In
Canada.
The
principle
of
a
pool
was
decided
upon
on
Tuesday
at
a
conference
between
commonwealth
and
state
governments
and
wheat
growers'
associations.
BIG
WIND
PRAIRIES
,
ir.,
,
.,
,
Phone
and
Power
'
Sertlcte-
Disrupted,
Buildings
Tippled
Over
and
Oil
Derricks
Blown
Down
CALGARY,
Feb.
20:
Sweeping
Herman
across
Southern
Alberta
at
a
ter
rific
pace,
wind
on
Tuesday
dlsrup-
and
stores.
LONDON,
Feb.-20
The
British
government
Is
finding
itself
embarrassed
with
an
oversuppty
of
prisons
resulting
from
a
decline
of
seventy
percent
In
prison
population
since
1914.
Maidstone
Jail,
to
be
closed
very
shortly,
is
the
twenty-sev-ent
institution
of
the
kind
to
disappear
since
1914.
Explosion
In
Oil
Well
Does
Large
Amount
Damage
CALOARY.
Feb.
20:
Wrecking
the
derrick
and
rocking
the
neighborhood,
an
explosion
at
Royalite
well
No.
2S
yesterday
caused
damage
of
an
extent
that
has
not
yet
been
ascertained.
INFANT
BIBS
Arnold
Sorenson.
six
month
old
Infant
of
Blggar
Place,
died
yesterday
afternoon
in
the
Prlnee
nupcrt
General
Hospital.
Funeral
arrangements
are
In
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
Elks
Banquet
Was
Success
Six
Candidates
Initiated
By
Brother
Bills
at
Meeting
Last
Night
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
FEB.
20,
1930
Fire
at
midnight
in
cellar
of
drug
store,
adjacent
Winnipeg
Iheatr:
caused
dsnie
cioaoa
of
smoke
to
pour
from
entrn.ee
of
the
latter.
Had
if
occurred
a
few
hours
earlier
It
might
hfe
created
a
panic
Members
Hospital
;;Staff
Now
Under
All
employees
of
the
Prlnee
Ru
pert
General
Hospital
are
to
be
placed
under
the
benefits
of
the
Workmen's
Compensation
Act,
the
hospital
to
assume
responsibility
for.
full
payment
of
fees,
the
hospi
tal
board
decided
at
Its
meeting
last
night
on
recommendation
of
the
finance
committee.
The
annual
premium
will
be
$128.
it
was
reported
to
the
board.
The
decision
of
the
board
to
as
sume
all
fees
was
'made
on
the
grounds
that
some
of
the
members
of
the
staff
did
not
receive
very
high
wages,
and
also
by
so
doing,
less
work
would
be
involved
for
the
secretary.
NATURE
OF
-Compensation
ActI
TOO
.MANY
PRISONS
EMBARRASS
BRITAIN
:
!
COMMONS
IS0PEN
Throne
Speech
at
Ottawa
Mentions
Canada's
Prosperity
and
Forecasts
Rail
way
Legislation
OTTAWA,
Feb.
20:
The
Dominion
Parliament
opened
this
afternoon.
The
Speech
from
the
Throne
stated
that
the
year
1929
had
been
the
most
productive
in
the
history
of
Canada
with
industries,
other
than
agriculture,
recorded
the
highest
figures
of
employment
in
history.
The
Dominion
was
already
recovering,
the
speech
continued,
from
seasonal
slackness
evident
at
the
end
of
the
year
and
"it
is
not
to
be
forgotten
that
the
bulk
of
the
1929
wheat
crop
still
remains
In
Canadian
hands
for
disposition."
Legislation
will
be
Introduced,
the
speech
forecast,
respecting
the
several
railway
properties
formerly
privately
owned
and
now
embraced
in
the
Canadian
National.
VETERANS"
WQRKLESS
Vetcraft
Workshops
in
Vancouver
Were
Destroyed
By
Fire
Yesterday
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
20:
Thirty
handicapped
war
veterans
were
thrown
out
of
work
indefinitely
as
a
result
of
a
$50,000
fire,
which
destroyed
the
Vetcraft
workshops
here
yesterday.
Six
new
candidates
were
initiated
rri
r
at
a
successful
meeting
of
the
lo-
In
I
JlQfllSS
FAIRBANKS,
Feb.
20
Combined
digging
efforts
.
inthesnowf
Russians
and
i
a
Americans
-were
rewarded
4wwith'succes5on
Tuesday
in
the-
binding
of
the
body
of
Carl
Ben
Elelson
In
the
wreckage
of
his
plane.
It
Is
is
expected
that
-the
bodies
both
Eielsen
and
his
partner
Earl
Borland,
whose
remains
were
found
last
week
i
jrtll
be
taken
to
the
United
'States
for
burial
.
,
WAS
PIONEER
OF
THIS
CITY
Anton
Serbieh
Came
Here
in
1909
and
Resided
For
Last
Twelve
Years
in
Alice
Arm
Anton
Serblch,
who
came
Prince
Rupert
In
1909
and
built
the
Western
Rooms
building
on-
Fraser
Street
and
who
for
the
past
twelve
years
has
been
at
Alice
Arm
where
he
owned
the
Pioneer
Hotel,
died
yesterday
morning
at
9:30
In
the
Anyox
Oeneral
Hospital
of
tuber-
jcolosls.
Accompanied
by
the
half-
brother,
Nick
Sutllovich.
the
remains
will
arrive
here
tonight
on
the
Prince
Rupert
and
Interment
will
be
made
tomorrow
with
Hay-nor
Bros.,
undertakers,
in
charge.
The
late
Mr.
Serblch
was
very
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert.
He
the
Moose
Lodge
at
Anyox.
Wheat
Drops
In
Winnipeg
Again
WINNIPEO.
Feb.
20:
After
a
valiant
battle
against
decline,
the
price
of
wheat
fell
again
today,
closing
figures
recording
a
drop
of
2yc
to
2c.
MINER
IS
Boston
Grill
LAItQE
CAHAUCT
Special
Dinner
Tbursdaya
and
Biturdiy
Dancing
Erery
Saturday
Nlfbt,
9
to
It
Din
ce
Hall
tor
Hire
AooomaaodtUona
(or
Private
FarUea
PHONE
457
i
made.
rescued!:;
cal
Elks'
Lodee
last
night
After
the
-
LETHBRIDGE,
Feb.
20:
Buried
'
lodee
meetlne
there
was
a
banauet
'
D
.
for
more
than
twenty-four
hour
i
with
Exalted
Ruler
Fred
Stephens
UllCiillujlllCllC
slnce
a
tave-lri
'Menda
in
thej
in
the
chair.
The
program
included
Bolsjell
Creek
section
of
the
Green-1
a
monolrwue
bv
Wilfrid
Jackson.
,
iTnemnlovmcnt
Delerates
Will
Meet
hill
Coal
mine
at
Blairmore.
Frank'
selections
by
the
Harmony
Herd!
Cabinet
Ministers
in
Ottawa
'Bombardier
was
rescued
but
Frank
under
leadershln
of
George
Mlt-
Next
Wednesday
Cheesak
was
found
dead.
A
bridge
chell,
quartets
by
members
of
the)
jof
rock
was
formed
about
Bombar-
three
membership
drive
teams!
WINNIPEO,
Feb.
20.
Unemploy-;
dler
aud
It
was
thus
that
his
life
whose
captains
are
Bert
Morgan,
ment
delegates
from
Western
Can-
was
saved.
He
Is
now
In
hospital.
nf
n.ivid
iwi
tlnhone
and
Dower
services.
G.
E.
PhllllDSon
and
.Douglas
Nel-
ada
to
the
Union.
Dominion
government
,
Bombardier
said
that
cneeeaK
gina
tooaj
-
u
wiesman,
has
wrecked
buildings,
toppled
over
12
son,
and
an
Interesting
address
by
will
be
received
at
Ottawa
on
Feb-
had
talked
to
him
for
many
hours
Kati,
r"
...
MarCh
u
it
u
derricks
in
the
Turner
Valley
oil
Tom
Stevenson
of
Vancouver,
pro-
ruary
20,
Mayor
Ralph
Webb
has
but
the
weight
of
rock
upon
his
.ui.t
nf
.Tnnv
fiM
nMrt
nftused
damaae
to
nomes
vinciai
onranizer
o
me
maimers'
seen
oavisea
oy
nun.
reicr
uccuhu,
uwy
Kiuuuauy
crusucu
out
ma
minister
of
labor.
life.
PKICE
FIVE
CENTS
YOUTH
LOSkS
LIFE
.
,
,
o
Harold
Beaton's
Body
Is
Found
on
Trail
to
Georgia
River
Mine
Twenty-Two
Year
Old
Son
of
Company
President
licved
Victim
of
Exposure
or
Snowslide
Be-
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
20:
Death
from
exposure
or
in
a
snowslide
is
believed
to
have
been
the
fate
of
Harold
Beaton,
aired
twenty-two,
only
son
of
Wellington
Beaton
of
Vancouver,
president
of
the
Georgia
River
Gold
Mines
i
Ltd.,
whose
body
was
found
on
the
trail
between
the
mine
near
Stewart
and
the
beach
on
Portland
Canal.
Deceased
wa-
in
charge
of
the
mine
for
the
winter.
He
is
survived
by
a
widow
and
baby
daughter,
having
been
married
only
a'i
:onf
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
Mr.
Beaton,
the
father,
sailed
oyesterday
afternoon
from
here
on
ON
PORTLAND
CANAL
Competant
Companies
To
be
Given
Rights
Of
Common
Carriers
System
of
Arterial
Highways
to
Be
Created
in
Many
Sections
of
Province
at
Government
Expense
VICTORIA,
Feb.
20:
Exclusive
rights
to
operate
as
common
carriers
in
both
passenger
and
freight
business
on
various
roads
of
the
province
will
be
granted
to
competent
companies
which
will
pay
the
government
up
to
one
per
cent
of
their
gross
revenue
in
return
for
the
privileges,
it
was
disclosed
in
the
legislature
yesterday
in
amendments
to
the
Highway
Act
introduced
by
Hon.
N.
S.
Lougheed,
minister
of
public
works.
The
government
will
create
a
system
of
arterial
highways
in
many
parts
of
the
province,
paying
the
whole
cost
of
construction
and
maintenance
whether
they
run
through
municipalities
or
not.
EIELSON'S
BODY
FOUND
TUESDAY
WILL
LEAVE
BIRKENHEAD
ON
MAY
24
Prince
Henry,
New
ON.R.
Ship,
Sail
Over
Under
Own
Power
Then
to
H
WINNIPEG.
Feb.
24?
-TThe
Prince
Henry,"
first
of
the
three
new
Canadian
National
steamers
which
will
go
Into
service
on
the
Pacific
Coast
this
summer,
and
which
was
launched
by
Miss
Isabel
MacDonoid,
daughter
of
the
Prime
Minister
of
Great
Britain,
In
January,
will
leave
Birkenhead
about
May
24,
to
come
to
Canada
under
its
own
power.
D.
E.
Salloway,
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
National
Steamships,
said
today.
The
Prince
Henry
will
sail
to
Vancouver
by
way
of
the
Azores
and
the
Panama
Canal.
The
Prln"o
David
will
follow
less
than
a
month
later.
-POSITION
0FITALY
Naval
Policy
Depends
Upon
Mutual
Reduction
of
Parity
Conference
Adjourns
LONDON,
Feb.
20:ZMno
Qrandl,
head
of
the
Italian
delegation
to
the
naval
disarmament
conference,
Issued
a
statement
yesterday
announcing
that
the
fundamental
po
sition
of
Italian
naval
policy
was
was
a
Montenegren.
He
belonged
to
j0"1
uPn
reduction
of
parity
wiin
any
consmenuu
power.
The
naval
conference
adjourned
yesterday
until
next
Wednesday
on
account
of
the
French
government
crisis
which
resulted
in
the
overthrow
a
few
days
ago
of
Premier
Andre
Tardieau.
INFANT
DISS
The
ueath
occurred
Rt
the
Prince
Rupert
general
Hospital
yesterday
iatternoon
of
th
twwday
oid
son
'
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Cecil
Ryan
of
Metis
km
Ua.
The
body
was
forward-
ed
by
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
Mettakata
wherf
interment
will
be
THIS
CANNERYMAK
FAVORS
PROPOSALS
VICTORIA,
Feb.
20
J.
L.
Beckwlth,
pioneer
cannery-man,
In
supporting
the
proposed
Howe
regulations
before
the
fisheries
committee
of
the
legislature
on
Wednesday,
said:
"We
in
the
ftshlnp
ndustry
will
be
far
far
better
off
under
provincial
regulations
than
to
continue
under
federal
rules."
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