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town.
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March
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1931
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I
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
p.m.
B
2.
c
Vol.
No.
XXII.,
No.
72.
B
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G
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2
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
26,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
,'
THE
lE
GRAIN
BOATS
DUE
HERE
SOON
BIG
IMPROVEMENT
IN
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
SINCE
1922
Steamer
Welsh
City
to
Load
About
Middle
of
April
at
Local
House
Will
Be
Followed
By
Two
Vessels
of
Ropncr
LineAbout
.Million
Bushels
of
Wheat
to
Be
Moved
Out
Wheat,
which
has
been
stored
in
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
Prince
Rupert
elevator
for
the
last
year
or
so,
will
be
moved
out
in
April,
according
to
officials
of
the
Pool.
The
steamer
Welsh
City,
which
was
here
two
or
three
years
ago,
is
named
as
the
first
vessel
due
here
about
April
M.
It
will
take
out
a
full
load
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
-4contlnent.
The
Welsh
City
will
be
DA
AHA
fATP
RXJAU
VIML
FOR
NORTH
Fort
George
Gels
Largest
Appropriation
Prince
Kupert
One
of
Smallest
Following
is
a
list
of
sum
alio-1
rated
to
constituencies
in
Northern
:
British
Columbia
la
the
budget
0f
Hon.
n
W.
Brabn,
mllef
of
peb-
hc
worm,
whicir
mr
towdusriT
few
dan
ao
to
the
Lerialattire:
AUtn,
M4.000.
'
Fort
George,
m,m.
InclwHn
$30,000
for
the
Peace
Hirer.
!l-
!
MacKeteie.
$39,000.
Omlneca.
-$72,000.
Prince
Rupert,
ittjm.
The
vote
for
Prince
George"
rid-mi
was
the
highest
In
the
province.
That
to
the
Prince
nupert
was
one
of
the
smallest
In
the
province.
Attacks
Upon
Manson
and
Wrinch
Said
to
Be
Smoke
Screens
Sent
Up
to
Divert
Attention
From
Finances
i
The
outstanding
feature
of
the
budget
debate,
iust
"(Dosed
ihjUiilAW'incial
Legislature,
has
been
the
failure
of
the
goferrtment
to
meet
effectively
the
criticisms
directed
against
its
taxation
proposals
and
the
attacks
on
a
f
innncinl
policy
that
had
made
necessary
the
most
drastic
levy
in
the
history
of
British
Columbia,
says
the
Vancou-
vir
Hror
How
Irrefutable
the
ministry
had
found
the
charge
brought
by
the
opposition
may
be
measured
by
the
strategy
employed
during
the
later
stages
of
the
debate.
Under
the
rule
of
order
a
member
may
speak
only
once
to
the
formal
resolution.
The
cabinet,
therefore,
hold
some
of
Its
forces
In
reserve
until
the
opposition
had
practically
exhausted
Its
list
of
speakers.
Then
U
brought
up
its
.heavy
batteries,
"tie
after
another,
not
to
contest
Mr.
Manson's
arguments,
but
to
discharge
volumes
of
mud
in,
his
direction.
The
government
had
been
accused
of
piling
up
a
deficit
of
five
millions.
Mr.
Shelly,
who
was
largely
responsible
for
this,
answered
with
the
allegation
that,
nearly
,
HANSON
ELECTED
CHUT
Willi'
FOll
.C.
MEMBERS
,i
IN
IIOUSK
OF,
COMMONS
OTTAWA.
March
28:
Olof
Hanson.
M.P.
for
Skeena
con-
stltuency,
was
unanimously
elected
B.C.
Liberal
whip,
ac-
cording
to
an
announcement
made
at
a
reception
given
by
Rt.
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
Liberal
party
leader.
A
followed
by
two
Ropner
steamers,
the
names
of.
which
are
not
avail
able.
These
three
steamers
will
load
about
900.000
or
1,000.000
bushels.
It
would
take
at
least
one
more
ship,
besides
these
three,
to
clean
the
elevator
of
1.250.000
bushels
or
so
.f
wheat
which
it
now
contains.
Cordwood
Cutting
To
Help
Workless
Management
of
Chrome
Sawmill
Lets
Contract
for
1490
Cords
PRINCE
OEOROE,
March
26:-The
management
of
the
Olfcome
sawmill
Is
letting
contracts
for
the
cutting
of
1.500
cords
of
wood
to
be
wed
as
fuel
for
the
operators
of
J
the
company
i
planing
mill.
This
will
provide
work
for
a
number
of
Idle
men
and
put
a
few
thousand
dollars
In
circulation.
three
years
ago,
Mr.
Manson
had
Improperly
signed
away
$700
in
favor
of
Dr.
Wrinch.
It
had
been
charged
that
the
new
taxation
would
press
hardly
upon
the
poorest
classes
of
cltlsens.
Mr.
Pooley
replied
by
reading
excerpts
from
the
.reports
of
one
Andrew
Blygh
to
Mr.
Manson,
the
object
being
to
show
that
Mr.
Manson
was
privy
to
some
highly
questionable
proceedings
In
connection
with
the
ariminUiratlon
of
the
Ltauor
Act
vhen
attorney-general.
Stress
had
been
laid
on'
the
fact
that
the
finance
minister
was
bud-jetting
for
the
largest
expenditure
vr
set
forth
In
the
estimates.
Mr.
Twlfg
was
put
up
to
exhume
from
the
tombs
of
two
iormer
premiers
allegations
that
Mr.
Manson
had
Instigated
the
removal
of
one
of
them,
then
a
dying
man.
from
the
office
of
agent-general.
.
Not
Brilliant
The
strategy
was
not
parijteularljr
brilliant
and,
lit
One
instance
at
least,
has
had
results
not
altogether
expected
by
Uie
master
ninrf
that
devised
it,
for
Mr.
(Shelly
attack
on
Mr.
Manson
and
Dr.
Wrinch
has
been
rawer
wo
.,u.h
for
the
stomachs
of
a
good
many
supporters
of
the
government
outside
the
Legislature.
Under
the
rules.
Mr
Shelly
might
Continued
on
Page
3.)
WITCHERY
IS
PROVEN
Two
llarwileet
Medicine
Men
Given
Suspended
Sentence
.
by
Judge
Young
at
Smltlicrs
-
-
v
3.MITIIEUS,
.March
26
Convicted
of
practising
witchcraft,
two
native
medicine
men,
Alex
Tyee
and
Donald
Grey,
both
of
liagtttget,
near
New
Hazelton,
were
given
one
year's
suspended
sentence
by
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
in
County
Court
here
Tuesday.
Alex
Tyee
is
more
than
eighty
years
of
age
and
the
defence
showed
that
he
claimed
to
hare
taken
the
spirit
of
a
bear
out
of
the
throat
of
Tyee
David
Frances
and
to
have
blown
it
away.
Francis
stated
his
faith
in
the
efficacy
of
such
treatment.
Rush
Erection
of
Seal
Cove
Church
Hall
The
building
committee
of
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church,
Seal
Cove.
fW
a
meeting
last
night,
decided
to
rush
the
construction
of
the
new
parish
hall.'
All
material
for
the
building
Is
being
purchased
from
the
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.
ACTION
ON
WOODBINE
Hujh
McGulre,
Managing
Director
Expects
Something
Definite
Within
Month
Word
that
spring
should
com
several
weeks
earlier
than
usua
in
the
Portland
Canal
district
ha-hurried
preparations
to
examln
'
Woodbine
and
adjoining
properties
and
arrangements
are
being
carried
forward
for
the
using
of
the
Riverside
miU.
about
seven
mile
from
Woodbine,
stated
Hugh
Mc-Outre,
managing
director
of
Woodbine
Gold
Mining
Co..
in
Vancouver
a
few
days
ago.
Mr.
McOutrt
expects
definite
acUon
on
Woodbine
and
associated
properties
within
the
next
month.
TURN
OVER
HOSPITAL
Home
Mlslson
Committee
Would
Have
l'ort
Simpson
Institution
Transferred
The
home
mission
committee
of
the
British
Columbia
Conference
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada,
at
-a
recent
meeting
in
Vancouver,
decided
to
recommend
that
the
Home
Mission
Board
take
over
the
hospital
at
Port
Simpson
where
Dr.
R,
O.
Large
Is
carrying
on
successful
wrk.
HALIBUT
LANDINGS
Halibut
boats
In
today
were
the,
Brant,
with
3,000
pounds';
Clipper
II,
5,000,
and
W.
T.,
4,000.
Each
dls-posed
of
Its
cntch
to
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
March
26
Wheat
was
quoted
at
56Vc.
on
the
local
Exchange
today.
Sets
New
World's
Record
E.
Manning,
22
-year-old
Pko.
Ci.lif
..
airman,
leaped
Irom
plane
ItJ.tiSj
iet
dtio.t-
Lus
Angeles
E;.
'side
Airport
and
iell
15
265
feet
before
opening
his
parachute
to
set
new
World's
.record
for
-
delayed
Jumps
VICIOUS
BATTLE
Even
Children
Were
Slaughtered
In
Outbreak
in
India
Yesterday
CAWNTORE,
India,
March
26
Forty-eight
Moslems
and
32
Hindus
were
killed
in
yesterday's
rioting
between
Hindus
and
Moslems.
It
was
one
of
the
most
vicious
communal
battles
India
has
ever
had,
even
children
being
slaughtered.
Two
hundred
and
fifty
persons
were
injured.
DIED
Fl'O.M
HEART?
FAILURE
LAST
EVE
IN
TRAIN
WRECK
WINNIPEO.
March
26
-
Mammon
Fisher
of
Cleveland,
Ohio,
died
from
heart
disease
and
thirteen
persons
were
slightly
injured
whan
a
Can-
adlan
Pacific
Railway
paasen
ger
train
struck
a
broken
rati
last
night
sixteen
miles
west
of
Swift
Current,
five
cars
leaving
the
track.
IS
FORCED
!
TO
SHOOT
Feeling
Against
Foreign
Born
in
Montreal
is
Becoming
Serious
MONTREAL,
March
26:
A
wave
!
of
feeling
against
foreign
labor
shown
in
Montreal
during
the
past
I
few
days
was
climaxed
today
when
Eduoard
Malbouef.
superintendent
of
a
building
supply
company,
drew
a
revolver
to
defend
himself
against
a
clamoring
body
of
800
native
born
unemployed
and
shot
Rene
Cartler,
aged
23
through
the
lung.
Cartler
is
In
a
critical
condition.
WATERFRONT
HOME
BURNS
Float
House
Destroyed
By
Fire
of
Unknown.
Cause
Early
Yesterday
Afternoon
A
float
house
on
the
waterfront,
east
of
the
dry
dock,
owned
by
Con
Mlehaloff
of
the
Star
Weeding
and
Machine
Works
and
occupied
by
a
man
described
as
"Irish
Paddy,"
was
burned
to
the
water's
edge
by
fire
early
yesterday
afternoon.
All
the
contents
of
the
premises
were
lost.
The
cause
of
the
blase
was
not
1
ascertained.
I
Government
Sets
Exemptions
In
Per
Cent
Taxation
Scheme;
Employers
to
Collect
Impost
VICTORIA,
March
2fi:
Amendments
to
the
Taxation
Act
and
ithej
Special
Revenue
Tax
Act
were
1
1
given
first
readings1
in
the
Legislature
yesterday.
Under
the
latter
tax
one
per
cent
of
all
wages
would
apply
from
April
1.
Married
persons
earning
$25
weekly
and
under
will
not
be
taxed.
Single
persons,
earning
up
to
$15
weekly
are
exempted.
The
impost
will
be
collected
oii
a
weekly
basis
through
employers.
The
companies
tax
is
to
be
increased
from
two
to
two
and
a
quater
per
cent
on
gross
earnings.
Net
Earnings
of
Gov't
Road
Three
Times
More
'
Than
Eight
.Fears
Ago
i
Sir
Henry
Thornton
Tells
Quebec
Canadian
Clubliright
Story
of
Progress4-First
Class
System
Now
V-
j
QUEBEC,
March
26:
Notwithstanding
lower
revenues
in
1930
due
to
world
conditions
and
general
depression,
j
notwithstanding
a
greater
mileage
requiring
maintenance,
j
a
lower
scale
of
rates
and
a
higher
scale
of
wages,
net
!
earnings
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
last
year
!
were
three
times
greater
than
those
of
1922,
Sir
Henry
j
Thornton
told
the
Quebec
Canadian
I
Club
yesterday.
This
was
due,
the
j
railway
president
said,
to
a
sense
of
I
A
If
ll
,
responsibility
to
the
public
which
1U
lilaV
1
VJ
owned
the
system
and
to
the
effl-
D
CCT
TTiT
A
V
ciency
with
which
its
operations
were
carried
on.
Tne
operating
figures
he
ga,vc,
which
excluded
eastern
lines,
shew
ed
that
gross
revenues
In
1922-were
$223,627,371
in
the
first
year
as
compared
with
$221,770,445
in
1930.
The
gross
was,
therefore
about
$2,-000,000
less.
Expenses,
however.
u-nro
t17nOnnnn
lou
In
1nn
than
In
1922
$195.29.507
as
compared
with
$212,906,671.
Nef
earnings
ffTlSWl
were
$2610.938
as
compared
with
$10,720,700
in
1922.
an
Improvement
of
$16,000,000.
In
the
meantime
a
first
class
rail-
nay
system
was
being
constructed
out
of
the
chaos
of
a
number
of
old
dilapidated
unconnected
lines
and
DaTy
PM
at
the
organ
to
the
Canadian
National
system
em-
accompany
tne
hymM-erged
as
a
transcontinental
railway
Ater
rvlce'
Interment
wai
fullv
eouiDDed
for
1U
ereat
task
to
made
,n
Falrview
Cemetery.
Pall-
serve
the
public
with
Intelligence
and
efficiency
as
well
as
integrity.
'
VanrnnvAr
fnrlrc
!
T
ctllLUUVCI
UlUlttD
(Oourty
8.
D
tfeb&nun
Oo.
)
Bayvtew,
nil,
1,
Big
Missouri,
44,
45.
Cork
Province,
1,
2.
Duthie
Mirks,
6.
10.
George
Copper,
nil
80.
Georgia
River,
2,
3.
Orandview,
5.
5
Independence,
nil,
14.
Indian
Mines.
lVfc,
2.
ll
Kootenay
King,
nil,
14.
c
i
L.
&
L.,
nil.
1.
Lucky
Jim,
2,
nil.
Mohawk.
4,
nil.
Morton
Wodlsey,
3,
4.
National
Sliver,
2s,
3.
Noble
Five,
nil
8.
Oregon
Copper,
6,
8.
Pw1
Oreille,
135.
1.40.
Premier.
68,
70.
Porter-Idaho,
74,
8.
Reeves
Macdonald,
40,
45.
Rufus-Argenta,
24,
3.
Ruth-Hope,
5,
nil.
Silver
Crest,
nil.
3.
Snowflake,
3,
4.
Surrfoch,
nil,
50.
Topley
Richfield,
nil.
14.
Whitewater,
4.
nil.
Woodbine.
1,
14.
Bluebird,
nil
24.
OILS
Freehold,
.
64.
Hargal
8,
10.
A.
P.
Con,
28,
30.
Calmont.
13.
16.
Dalhouale,
35,
nil.
DevenUh,
6,
7,
Fabyqn
rate,
34.
34.
Home,
1.08.
1.10.
Royallte.
12.00,
13.00.
Merland.
134,
14.
Mercury.
164.
17.
United.
17,
18.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda.
nil.
29.00.
;
C.
P.
R..
40.25.
42.00
Int.'
Nickel
1830,
10J6.
:
XiU
1
i
JUi
I
1
Pttncral
of-Late
Daniel
Hugh
Morrison
Held
This
Afternoon
Un-
dcrkMoose-Fikhcrmen's
Auspices
I
Many
friends
gathered
at
the
ch,apel
oI
Bf;
Undertakers
this
f1
the
-funeral
"f
lor
unm
"nn
mson.
well
known
local
halibut
fisher
man,
whose
death
occurred
a
few
days
ago.
Rev.
Alfred
Wilson
of
First
United
Church
officiated
and
John
E.
bear"
w
Arthur
Caravan.
John
D.
Morrison.
Olllls
Royer.
John
vDesmulles,
Carl
Johnson
and
Tom
Banberry.
Tne
unml
WM
under
the
Jomt
auspices
of
the
Deep
Sea
Flsher-
men's
Union
and
the
Moo
Lodg
There
were
a
number
of
floral
offerings.
CONSTABLE
WAS
HURT
Sustained
Minor
Injuries
When
.Unemployed
Oreeted
Tolice
With
Shower
of
Rocks
VANCOUVER,
March
26
City
Mounted
Constable
J.
Robinson
was
slightly
Injured
yesterday
when
a
shower
af
rocks
greeted
the
police
dispersal
of
1500
unemployed
before
the
City
Hall.
Two
men
were
arrested.
The
Weather
Prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.15;
temperature
44;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Clear,
fresh
east-erly
wind;
sea
moderate.
Langara
Island
Clear,
moderate
easterly
wind;
sea
moderate.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer.
30.04;
temperature,
43;
sea
choppy.
'
''
V
M
.
"
....
1
H
,
(
iMflLR
ROYALTIES
BEING
RETAINED
VICTORIA.
Msrch
26
The
government's
Umber
royalty
policy
as
announced
In
the
Legislature
provides
for
the
retention
of
existing
royalties
with
decreases
on
some
grades.
J.
:iS:
I
m
13
3&
4.
3?
2