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choppy.
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xxii
.
No.
:i
vti
E
W.
Beatty.
president
oi
.
Canadian
Pacific,
had
sugges-
.
(
(inference
which
would
prob
be
held
next
month.
DAILY
TRAIN
SERVICE
SOON
Will
Arrive
Every
Day
Except
Toe
day
and
Leave
Every
Day
Except
Sunday
H'Hy
train
service
will
become
!!
uvc
on
ttrts
line
of
the
Cana-i
National
Railways
on
June
8.
in
nu
the
summer
trains
will
ar-!Mim
the
east
dally
except
'i
u.iv
at
1:30
pjn.
and
will
leave
'h
rant
at
1
p.m.
dally
except
NO
EXTRA
SESSION
President
Hoover
Does
Not
Think
It
Would
Help
Economic
Ills
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
May
23:
r
uiunt
Herbert
Hoover
announ-vesterday
that
he
had
no
Inten-"
r
culling
an
extra
session
of
'
i
'
icss.
He
expressed
the
opinion
ix'
the
gradual
heeling
of
ccono-ii
'
ills
would
not
be
hastened
by
-'I'
1
it
session.
Vancouver
Wheat
ANCOUVER.
May
23:
Wheat
v
quoted
at
SGc
on
the
local
".inge
today.
WILL
TEST
NAUTILUS
Submarine
of
Sir
Hubert
Wilkliu
To
Leave
Soon
for
North
Pole
OVINCETOWN,
MASS..
May
!;'
The
submarine
Nautilus,
la
w"
h
Blr
Qcorce
Henry
Wllklns
01
;Lb
long
trip.
WHEAT
CONFERENCE
MURDER-
CLOSES
ITS
LABORS
&
LONDON.
May
23
The
con-
ference
of
wheat
exporting
nations
of
the
world
closed
1U
labors
at
Canada
House
this
afternoon
with
unanl-
mous
agreement
to
appoint
a
continuing
committee
for
J
sedatives'
M
trie
exporting
nations.
SUICIDE
Camrose
Man
Shoots
Wife
and
Two
Daughters
and
Then
Drowns
Himself
EDMONTON.
May
23:
R.
C.
Vooght,
manager
of
a
lumber
yard
near
Camrose.
yesterday
snot
ana
killed
his
wife
and
two
daughter
and
then
drowned
himself
In
a
lake
near
the
town.
NO
TAPER
MONDAY
Mnndav.
bclne
a
public
holiday
for
the
observance
of
Victoria
Day.
there
will
be
no
regular
Issue
of
the
Dally
News
that
day.
The
next
regular
edition
will
appear
on
Tuesday
afternoon.
Bullet
Fired
By
Michael
Sowry's
Gun
Was
Found
in
Cabin
of
Couple
Who
Were
Brutally
Killed
Last
Fall
rcnargca
wiwi
me
mm-v.
-------
iBabcW
and
his
wife.
Annie,
whose
bodies
were
found
in
their
cabin
at
CecU
Lake
In
the
Fort
St.
Jonn
district
on
September
3
last.
Evidence
concerning
the
ball
from
the
empty
shell
was
given
by
Dr.
Wilfrid
De-
romc.
medlco-legai
expert
Montreal
and
ballistic
expert.
Doth
Mr.
and
Mrs.
uaucnu
murdered
while
asleep
In
their
bed.
It
case
completed
The
crown
this
morning
and
Sowry.
who
had
taken
the
stand,
was
being
cross-
i
j
u
a
m
Johnson
K.C..
'U
essay
his
under
Ice
trip
to
the
crown
prosecutor,
when
the
coure
Norfltpoie
will
have
her
final.
took
noon
adjournment
here
next
week
and
wlU
expected
that
the
case
wimuc.
shorUy
after
on
the
first
leg
I
to
the
Jury
late
this
afternoon
or
this
evening.
BALLOTS
MAILED
Coastwise
Masters
and
Mates
to
Be
Tolled
on
Proposed
Sympathy
Strike
j
VANCOUVER,
May
23:
Strike
ballots
will
be
mailed
to
coastwise
masters
and
mates
over
the
,
week-end,
the
Canadian
Merchant
Service
Guild
announces.
The
results
of
the
ballot
are
expected
to
be
made
known
early
in
June.
Masters
and
mates
of
coastwise
passenger
and
freight
vessels
are
being
polled
to
decide
whether
or
not
they
will
go
on
strike
in
sympathy
with
tugboat
masters
and
mates
who
are
endeavoring
to
definitely
establish
.
their
rates
of
wages
against
proposed
cuts.
COMMUNISM
DISCUSSED
Dr.
Lylc
Spencer
Takes
no
Action
j
Regarding
Washington
Univer-
i
sity
Students
I
SEATTLE.
May
23
iP'r
Lyle'
Boencei,
president
of
the
Univer-
Jrttf
of
Washington,
announced
yesterday
that
it
was
not
his
intention
to
summon
to
his
office'
students
who
promoted
a
recent
meeting
when
a
Communist
was
the
speaker.
Dr.
Spencer
pointed
to
the
difference
between
discussing
communism
or
any
other
important
public
question
and
advocating
the
same.
'There
is
no
communism
In
the
University
of
Washington
now
and
there
will
be
none
so
long
as
I
am
president,"
Dr.
Spencer
POPE
PIUS
ON
LABOR
Deplores
"Hard
and
Cruel"
Business
and
Calls
For
Return
to
Justice
of
God
VATICAN
CITY.
May
23:
Tope
Tlus
XIII,
in
an
encyclical
letter
on
labor
made
public
today,
characterizes
the
modern
economic
world
as
a
"dictatorship,-
describes
modern
business
life
as
"hard
and
cruel
in
ghastly
measure"
and
calls
for
a
return
to
the
Justice
of
God
In
laying
down
rules
of
conduct
for
capital
and
labor
in
their
mutual
relations.
DUNCE
GEORGE,
May
23:-That
an
exploded
30-30
1
EICR
SALES
"-)
Winchester
rifle
found
beside
it
but
from
a
Marlin
found
by
the
police
in
the
garage
of
Michael
bo
wry
Hvthe,
Alta.,
was
the
evidence
given
last
night
in
tne
a
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
in
w?L5J5Lih
Summary
American
16,500
pounds,
8.7c
and
4c.
Canadian
7,000
pounds,
8.2c
and
4c
and
8.4c
and
4c.
American
'
Anna
J..
14,000,
and
Rainier,
2,500,
Cold
Storage,
8.7c
and
4c.
Canadian
D.
S.
T..
4,000,
Atlln,
8.4c
and
4c.
Oremsnes,
3,000,
Royal,
82c
and
4c.
The
Weather
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
fresh
southerly
wind;"
sea
moderate.
Langara
Island
Raining,
strong
south
wind;
sea
moderate.
Dcnd
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
360;
U-mperuture.
52;
sea
smooth.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
23,
1931
Earl
Jellicoe
Who
addresses
Empire
Day
mossig;-
;.
people
i
far-flung
country.
EMPIRE
DAY
MESSAGE
from
Admiral
of
the
Fleet
Earl
Jellicoe
G.C.B..
O.M..
G.C.V.O.
'rTHE
great
honor
of
succeeding
the
late
Earl
of
1
Meath
as
President
of
the
Empire
Day
Movement
has
fallen
to
my
lot,
and
following
his
example
I
send
you
greetings
on
the
occasion
of
Empire
Day.
"The
spirit
in
which
the
celebration
of
May
24th
was
founded
was
never
more
necessary
than
today,
when
the
British
Empire
is
confronted
with
most
difficult
and
weighty
problems,
and
it
is
my
earnest
hope
that
the
people
of
the
Empire
will
face
those
problems
with
true
sympathy
and
comradeship.
"We
have
a
vast
responsibility
the
greatest
Empire
the
world
has
ever
known
has
been
handed
down
to
us
by
our
forefathers.
It
is
an
Empire
which
stands
for
all
that
is
good
in
the
modern
world.
Lot
us
be
worthy
of
our
destiny."
JELLICOE,
A.F.
POLITICS
SKILLS
WIFE
JSSEEN,
AND
SELF
Believed
to
Have
Flayed
Part
in
Los
'Another
Double
Killing
For
Alberta
Angeles
Murder
Suspect
j
Occurs
at
Beaverlodge
Is
Held
1
-
I
BEAVERLODGE.
Alta.,
May
23
LOS
ANGELES,
May
23:
District
Co,
H
Lyiei
general
store
proprle-Attorney
Phlpps
announced
yeater-
.'
and
his
wife
on
day
that
the
whole
case
of
the
mur-'
Thursday
evening
and
then
killed
der
Wednesday,
night
.of
Charles
yibnaelt
with
the
same
weapon.
Crawford
and
Herbert
Spencer;
would
be
refnred
to
the
Grand
.
rp
1
Jury
with
a
view
to
determining
.JfreiTUeF
1
01H116
political
motive.
I
Meantime.
David
Clark,
former;
Rorlf
fn
DllflPQ
deputy
district
attorney,
who
jur-j
liaCIV
IU
luiio
rendered
to
the
police
Thursday1
night,
Is
still
being
held
in
connection
with
the
murder.
The
police
are
now
Searching
for
pretty
June
Taylor,
underworld
hotel
keeper
und
reputed
confidante
of
Clark,
who
dtsappectcd
soon
after
the
murder
of
'Crawford
and
Spencer.
Provincial
Prime
Minister
Returns
From
Trip
to
Ottawa
and
Proceeds
to
Victoria
VANCOUVER.
May
23:
Premier
S.
F.
Totmie
returned
from
Ottawa
this
mominK
mid
proceeded
to
Tomorrow's
Tides
Sunday,
May
24,
1931
High
5:57
a.m.
17:8
It
19:30
pjn.
17:3
ft.
Low
0:0p(
ajn.
9:3
ft.
12:44
pjn.
5:0
V.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
HALIBUT
CLOSE
SEASON
IS
EXTENDED
REPORTS
ON
PEACE
OUTLET
SOMEWHAT
AT
VARIANCE
Three
Separate
Views
on
Railway
to
Coast
Have
Been
Presented
(
aiiadian
Pucific,
Canadian
National
and
Government
of
British
Columbia
Have
All
Reported,
Minister
of
Railways
Announces
OTTAWA,
May
23:
During
discussion
of
railway
de-I
in
tment
estimates
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday,
Hun.
Dr.
R.
J.
Manion,
minister
of
railways,
stated
that
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
Canadian
National
Rail-
;i
and
government
of
British
Columbia
had
each
made
vaul
ts
on
the
Peace
Rirer
outlet.
These
reports
were
i,i
whai
at
variance,
the
minister
Fishing
to
Cease
On
First
of
November
or
Earlier
by
2
Weeks
Treaty
Ratifications
Are
Exchanged
Between
Canada
and
United
States
Other
Changes
Also
Involved
1
VANCOUVER,
May
23:
Extension
of
the
close
season
for
halibut
fishing
will
come
into
effect
this
year
and,
from
now,
the
close
season
will
commence
on
November
1
instead
of
November
15.
There
will
be
no
change,
meantime
at
least,
in
the
date
for
the
opening
of
the
season
February
15.
Halibut
treaty
ratifications
have
been
exchanged
between
Canada
and
the
1
United
States.
The
most
Important
change
in
the
new
regulations
Is
mT?JI?m
the
extension
of
the
close
season.
ROTATING
WORKMEN
Government
Trying
to
Aid
Unem
Floyment
on
ltoad
Construction
Bridge
Nearly.
Complete
I
In
order
to
aid
tion
of
the
road
Just
across
the
bridge
has
been
surfaced.
Letting
of
the
contract
for
supplying
of
gravel
is
being
awaited
before
the
surfacing
work
starts.
CHANGING
PROVINCES
Novel
Suggestion
For
Benefit
of
North
Made
By
Stewart
News
In
last
week's
Issue'
we
published
the
map
and
article
by
W.
R.
Smith
setting
out
In
detail
thejdea
of
revamping
the
Western
Provinces
of
Canada,
as
to
give
Alberta
and
Saskatchewan
access
to
the
sea,
made
possible
so
far
as
Alberta
is
concerned
by
Its
taking
over
the
northern
third
of
British
Columbia
to
which
Southern
B.
C.
could
not
reasonably
object,
as
judging
by
the
treatment
that
the
financial
land
vested
Interests
of
the
south
1
have
accorded
the
north.
They
do
j
not
want
us
except
as
a
source
of
revenue,
that
enables
them
to
have
more
money
to
spend
for
their
own
advantage.
Stewart
News.
URGE
TAKE
OUT
ROCK
1
Commission
Recommends
Removal
j
of
Seymour
Narrows
Obstruction
OTTAWA.
May
23:
Removal
of
Ripple
Rock
In
Seymour
Narrows
Is
recommended
In
the
report
of
the
commission
which
investigated
the
matter.
The
cost
of
removing
the
rock
is
estimated
at
upwards
of
$250,000.
Prince
Edward
Island
has
had
only
one
divorce
since
Confederation
Other
provinces
would
Uke
to
know
the
secret.
Oshawa
Sun.
1
U1UU1
UJAJLi
UNDER
FIRE
Ten
Thousand
Dollars
Alleged
To
Have
Been
Purchased
Illegally
By
Seattle's
Mayor
'
SEATTLE.
May
23
A
jresh
at-J'tack
WBSina:de'upon
.Mayor
Frark
Edwards
yesterday
when
the
allegation
was
made
by
his
oppon-
..
,
ents
that
more
than
$10,000
worth
the
uneraploy-
of
furnlture
nad
purchased
hTn
rat,0?H,
gangVf
J'1
egauy
0
thTmayoV;
H
.
1
changed
monthly
on
the.
Skeena
j
River
highway
construction
on
the
j
other
side
of
Galloway
Rapids.
The
bridge
across
Galloway
Rapids
is
now
practically
completed
1
but
will
not
be
opened
until
a
por
FISH
BOAT
STRANDED
Schooner
Columbia
Expected
to
be
Refloated
This
Evening
From
Reef
Across
Harbor
Inbound
from
the
banks
with
30,000
pounds
of
halibut,
the
American
schooner
Columbia,
Capt.
j
Fred
Hassell,
went
ashore
on
a
j
falling
tide
about
7
o'clock
thU
morning
on
the
reef
on
the
other
side
of
Meltakatla
Passage
at
this
end
not
far
from
the
light.
The
vessel
may
be
plainly
seen
from
the
city.
It
Is
expected
that
the
Columbia
will
be
refloated
on
the
high
tide
early
this
evening.
She
is
believed
not
seriously
damaged.
DISORDERS
IN
BURMA
Two
Hundred
NaUves
Killed
In
Clashes
With
British
Forces
RANOON.
Burma,
May
23
Five
hundred
natives
are
reported
killed
with
thousands
injured
in
clashes
with
British
Forces
in
Burma.
The
casualties
were
all
among
More
girls
than
ever,
we
are
told.
are
seeking
positions.
Maybe
be-i
cause
they
couldn't
husband
their
1
resources.
Liverpool
Weekly
Post.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY,
MAY
21
MONDAY,
MAY
23
KETCHIKAN
vs.
PIUNCE
HUPEUT
tM
p.m.
DANCE
MOOSE
HALL
Monday,
May
23,
9
p.m.
i
I
J.
m-
'tup
1
4
1
If
1."'
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