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WSJ7S
GOVERNMENT
PART1ZANSHIP
-
EXTRAVAGANCE
Omineca
Hotel,
Two
Restaurants-and
Numerous
Other
Buildings
Burned
Down
In
Interior
Town
Damage
us
Result
of
Early
Morning
Conflagration
is
Estimated
at
$50,000,
Half
Covered
by
Insurance
Fire
Fighters
Saved
Rest
of
Town
H
AZELTON,
April
29:
Causing
an
estimated
loss
of
M
i.OOO,
fire,
breaking
out
at
4
o'clock
this
morning,
totally
Ui
uoved
the
Omineca
Hotel,
the
B.
C.
Cafe,
Rex
Cafe,
i
tkI
adjoining
buildings.
The
rest
of
the
town
was
saved
ordv
by
frantic
efforts
of
fire
fighters
who
drew
water
'.ni
the
Skeena
River
with
the
aid
of
forestry
pumps.
nscveral
targe
fires
have
visited
the
POOL
CHIEF
IS
VISITOR
K
1).
I'urdy.
Manager
From
Calgary,
Making
Inspection
of
Local
Situation
r.
...
r
in.n.inn
,h.
I.
myJ3mk&oh.
Dipping
gram.
R.
D.
Purdy.
of
old
town
of
Haxelton
In
recent
years
ind
this
was
one
of
the
moat
disas
trous
of
them
all.
About
half
of
today's
damage
Is
covered
by
Insurance.
The
fire
lasted
about
one
hour.
The
fire
cleaned
out
a
whole
block
of
the
town.
The
same
block
had
been
ravaged
by
flames
ten
years
ago
when
all
bulWtnai
but
the
Omineca
Hotel
were
burned.
The
Omineca
Hotel,
owned
by
J.
c
rt.
Kcaiv
ana
lemsea
ot
w.
contained
also
a
grocen
rv
manager
or
the
Alberta
f
operewo
Dy
v,
w.
ww...
.-
Pool,
arrived
in
the
city
The
Rex
Cafe
and
rooms
and
B.
C
:
Vancouver
on
the
Prince
Cafe
and
rooms
were
both
owued
hy
.:
this
morning,
accompanied
Chinamen.
Adjoining
warehouse.
barns,
garages.
Ice
homes
anci
out-Coast
Dennett,
.;
Purdy
and
Joseph
superintendent
for
oulldtngs
ware
all
consumed
by
r,,i
the
flame.
Seventy-five
cords
of
"
n.rtvwmtnmBouthonthe
birch
wood
and
a
quantity
of
ami
V
'
r
;
George
tomorrow
night.
I
COLD
WAVE
1
!
OVER
EAST
:
Fill
Mile
Oalc
Whips
New
York
Dcrp
Snow
in
Interior
of
State
"
:
W
YonK.
April
20:
Unusual
i
i
conditions
again
prevailed
rust
yesterday.
utty-mile
gale
swejit
this
me-hampering
movements
of
iiorfs
shipping.
..'
w
Jersey
farmers,
built
large
f
m
their
orchards
to
prevent
t
ihiiH
fruit
from
being
froaen.
"iw
plows
had
to
be
pressed
into
"i
in
the
Saranac
Lake
district
mi
through
mow-drifted
roads.
Sixteen
Rebels
Killed
in
Fight
'a?
goods
store
and
ice
cream
.
.
I
I
M
A
L
Citizens
put
up
a
wonderful
fight
'to
save
Sargent's
warehouse.
Bcn-I
son's
oU
and
gas
station.
Sealy's
n
w
residence
and
shacks
at
the
rear
oi
the
hotel.
No
one
was
Injured
in
today's
fire
all
the
hotel
guests
getting
out
:
the
building
in
plenty
ot
time.
GRAIN
SHIP
IS
LOADING
Troutpool
Expected
to
Sail
With
Wheat
Carso
Tonlcht
or
Tomorrow
Morning
The
Ropner
Line
steamer
Trout
-pool,
which
arrived
early
yesterdav
morning
from
Liverpool,
starts
loading
yesterday
afternoon
a
lui
cargo
of
grain
at
Alberta
Wh
.
Pool's
loeal
elevator
for
delivery
to
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent
It
Is
expected
that
the
Troutpool
will
have
finished
loaning
ana
to
sail
either
tonight
or
to-
zt
morrow
morning.
The
third
sliiD
to
load
gram
nere
.morrow
annoufn
m
unuu..
had
been
isara
irom
lin-
H
early
thta
afternoon
A
fourth
boat
Is
also
expected
soon.
This
should
pretty
well
clean
the
elevator
out
of
wheat
which
has
been
stored
there.
'
"I.on.
April
20:
It
was
an-
this
month,
the
Hopner
Llm-steam-hm
!(!
lust
night
that,
during
the
er
llaxby.
is
tentatively
due
lu-re
U-
t,MILL
FOR
nmu
torty-clght
noun,
uiiiim
Marinas
hart
kl
ed-16
Nloflr-
;'un
rebels
during
skirmishes.
SI.VTl'.rN
rAltl.OAItS
or
I
ui:sii
HALIBUT
8llllTi;i
THIS
H,;,:K
F'ro.Hh
halibut
has
been
mov
inn
freely
from
here
to
the
'iNU-rn
markets
during
the
!
!!
few
days.
Since
the
first
of
!h'
week,
fifteen
express
re-1
1
1
orator
cars
containing
'"xh
fish
have
been
dljpatch-"ilcustalx
on
Monday,
nine
"'uerday
and
four
today.
A
'
ii
load
of
fresh
halibut
was
11
ixo
shipped
to
Vancouver
yesterday
aboard
the
steamer
Cauda.
DIPLOMAS
Spurious
Doctor
of
Divinity
Degrees
Were
Issued
Near
Minneapolis,
It
Is
Claimed
I
MINNEAPOLIS,
April
80:-Auth-
I
...
...i
A1lttMll,tni
orltles
are
invewiawna
that
a
"diploma
mill."
which
gran-
ted
doctor
of
divinity
degree
t
cJcrgymen
throughout
the
United
State
has
been
In
operutwn
nr
4
this
city.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
PATTULLO
ARRIVES
Leader
of
Opposition
Paying
One
of
His
Periodical
Visits
to
His
Constituents
Here
To
Tour
Province
Is
Hopeful
of
Better
Conditions
in
Near
Future
Despite
Present
Depression
T.
D
Pattullo.
iALJi
for
Prince
Rupert
and
leader
of
the
Liberal
Opposition
for
British
Columbia,
ar--led
in
the
city
from
Victoria
on
he
Prince
George
this
morning
to
Mty
one
of
his
periodical
visits
to
.us
constituents.
He
expects
to
tpend
several
days
here
and
may
lviatt
aUierjntntCin
the
district
be-
Ttofe
HlurrUf
souW.
.
.
'
'
:
r
'
.
"I
am
always
glad
to
be
in
Prince
Rupert.'
commented
Mr.
PattuHo
as
he
stumped
off
the
steamer.
"Everybody
is
always
so
cordial
here
as
I
see
the
Weather
Man
is
too.
While
T
D
PATTl'LLO
'IMaiaM
Is
vi.siiiii'.'
i-onstuui'iii.--
hero
before
emb.ukmn
upon
year's
tour
ol
province.
my
visit
here
ut
this
time
Is
the
usual
pos
i
-session
visit.
It
Is
also
the
beginning
of
a
province-wide
tour
which
will
cover
all
British
Columbia
north,
south,
east
and
west,
including
the,
Peace
River.
I
expect
it
will
take
pretty
well
this
whole
year
to
cover
It."
While
he
felt
that
he
was
already
familiar
with
all
parts
of
the
province.
Mr.
Pattullo
stated
that
he
desired
to
keep
In
close,
touch
with
changing
conditions,
ruwds
and
requirements
of
every
dtri
"Notwithstanding
jeneial
untoward
conditions,"
Mid
Mr.
Pattullo,
one
cannot
despair
of
British
Columbia.
The
world,
in
general,
is
passing
through
a
new
orientation.
Everything
that
Is
transpiring
everywhere
has
Its
effect
In
the
sum
toul
both
ol
existing
conditions
and
viewpoints
TnV
:.-
essentially
a
time
for
ev-1
(Conwueo
on
page
three)
Japanese
Royalty
Prlncc
and
Prlniess
Takamatsu
of
Japan
were
officially
welcomed
in
rfew
York,
recently,
by
royal
salute
of
21
guns.
Here
they
are
on
pilot
boat
upon
arrival
Alaska
Lumber
Interests
Succeed
r
r
Iir
Haying
Excise
Placed
on
Fibre
Board
Containers
For
Fish
Packing
JUNEAU.
Anril
29:
Desirmed
to
urotect
the
Alaska
lumber
industry,
the
Ziegler
i
...i..
c
ttfjjHuveu
nvonc
w
iuui
representatives
yesterday,
boxes
shipped
into
the
territory
for
use
in
packing
Alaska's
fish
and
food
products,
The
bill,
designed
to
limit
they
seasonal
fish
packing
industry
to
an
eight-hour
working
day
was
tabled
on
a
vote
of
ten
to
six.
It
is
not
believed
the
measure
will
be
re-1
'
vived.
The
bill
repealing
Alaska's
Bone
Dry
Law,
subject
to
approval
of
the
v
United
States
Congress,
was
sent
from
the
House
to
Governor
Parks
'
who
is
expected
to
.sign
Uie
measure.
SEVEN
DIE
IN
STORMS
Findin;
of
Indian's
Body
Raises
Death
List
in
Unusual
North-.
west
Weather
j
j
SEATTLE.
April
The
death
i
list
as
a
result
of
storms
and
forest
l
fires
during
the
past
few
days
In
the
!
northwest
mounted
to
seven
yeeter-'day
when
Uie
charred
body
of
an
burned
to
death,
was
found
near
Auburn,
Wash.
Princes
Ely
i
Into
London
Their
Royal
IHehnrsses
Paid
Respects
i
to
President
nf
France
Yesterday
PARIS.
April
29:
After
paying
;
their
respeets
to
President
Dou-mergue
of
France,
the
Prince
of
Wales
and
Prince
Oeorge,
on
their
way
home
after
a
four
months'
trip
to
South
America,
left
here
by
plane
for
London
yesterday
afternoon.
I
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
April
29:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
59
'fee
on
the
local
exchange
today.
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
APRIL
29,
1931
Visited
New
York
twelve-cent
excise
measure
u..
.u
tt
e
uy
me
il-iiiluiiui
xiuufce
ui
ine
bill
would
tax
liure-board
1
T"iTtr
L
C
D
r""nrrt
V
JLiJjLil
VViJ
1
CUT
DOWN
Liquor
Hoard
Succeeds
in
Getting
Induction
Which
Will
Save
$320,000,
a
Year
VICTORIA.
April
29:
After
weeks
of
negotiations
with
the
brewers,
the
Liquor
Control
Board
of
British
Columbia
has
succeeded
in
effecting
a
reduction
of
$1.50
per
barrel
In
the
price
of
draught
beer.
There
is
also
a
reduction
on
bottled
beer.
It
is
estimated
that
the
reduction
in
the
cost
price
of
beer
will
mean
an
adldtional
saving
ot
$320,000
a
year
to
the
Liquor
Board.
TW0CHECKS
HERE
TODAY
The
city
received
two
Interesting
checks
this
morning
from
the
pro-'vlncial
government.
One
was
the
'quarterly
school
grant
amounting
to
$4,940.
practically
the
same
amount
as
for
the
quarter
previous,
The
other
was
for
$6,197
in
payment
for
the
sidewalk
around
the
Oov-I
eminent
Block.
The
sidewalk
was
laid
about
three
yean
ago
when
the
former
government
was
in
power
and
TD.
PattuUo,
then
minister
of
lands,
!t)romld
that
the
bill
would
be
Jpald.
Then
the
government
went
out
of
office
and
from
time
to
time
the
Tolmie
administration
have
been
asked
to
pay
the
bill.
Finally,
'on
a
personal
appeal
from
the
mayor,
they
agreed
to
do
so
and
the
check
arrived
today.
This
will
help
out
the
city
finances
It
was
included
in
the
amount
of
income
provided
in
the
estimates.
HAZELTON
PqHuHq
OlsCUSSeS
Recent
Session
and
Latest
Tolmie
Acts
One
Per
Cent
Universal
Tax
Not
Even
Necessary
if
Common
Sense
Had
Keen
Used,
Says
Liberal
Leader;
Politics
in
Mothers'
Pensions
'
"Speaking
politically,
the
recent
session
of
the
Legislature
was,
unfortunately,
productive
of
no
legislation
of
a
general
character
beneficial
to
the
.people
at
large,"
declared
T.
D.
Pattullo,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert.and
Leader
of
the
Liberal
Opposition
in
British
Columbia,
in
the
course
of
an
interview
this
morning
following
his
arrival
from
Victoria
on
a
visit
to
his
con-
stltuents
here.
"On
the
contrary.!
4
T1B
n
-Tr
A
such
measures
as
were
passed
were
I
of
a
most
Iniquitous
character.
The
,
universal
one
per
cent
tax
is
mon-
stroua
in
its
application
and
should
have
been
totally
unnecessary
If
the
administration
had
exercised
even
a
small
degree
of
common
sense.
Inebriated
with
the
power
of
authority,
the
government
row
pil
ed
expenditure
-upon
expenditure
and
now
every
niche
and
comer
of
'
U.
nU
UIm
1IU.
1
4
JiStr
Z
"Another
vicious
piece
of
leglsla-
Angeles
evangelist,
expressed
lndlg-tion,''
was
the
way
in
which
Mr.
',
nation
here
yesterday
at
the
report
Pattullo
described
the
doing
away
that
she
had
been
married
to
a
with
the
former
Mothers'
Pension
Board
and
creation
of
a
parti
-
S.h1'11"!
by
a
ne
official
described
as
the
Super-
lntendent
of
Welfare.
The
former
board,
Mr.
PattuUo
pointed
out,
constated
of
the
workmen's
com
pensation
uoara
ana
a
woman;
member.
The
board
was
then
free,
from
all
partisanship.
"The
new
board."
Mr.
Pattullo
declared,
"is;
i
entirely
parttzan
in
the
person
of!
I
the
Superintendent
of
Welfare
un-
j
-
,der
the
provincial
secretary.
It
U
a
BRUSSELS.
Belgium,
April
29:
I
pity
that
a
measure
such
as
the
j
Newspapers
carrying
profuse
ac-i
Mothers'
Pension
Act
should
be
counts
of
murder
and
other
crimes
i
thrown
into
the
vortex
of
parttzan-
have
been
banned
from
being
car-
snip.
Tne
administration
of
the
act,
moreover,
will
now
cost
three
times
what
tt
did
under
the
old
board."
Local
Halibut
Buyers
Have
Busy
Day
Again
as
Quarter
of
Million
Pounds
Sold;
Ketchikan
Boats
in
i
:
Several
larj;e
American
halibut
schooners,
which
were
yesterday
reported
to
be
holdinc
their
catches
at
Ketchi
kan
after
the
United
Pacific
Fisheries
had
failed
to
handle
them,
came
on
here
and
sold
on
the
local
Exchange
this
morning.
Today's
landings
totalled
270,000
pounds
for
another
bij;
day's
business
with
the
independent
buyers
of
fish.
There
were
nine
American
1
vessels
In
with
a
total
of
195,000
pounds
and
seven
Canadians
with
70.500
pounds.
Prices
were
8c.
and
,5c.
and
8.1c.
and
Sc.;
the
Canadians
receiving
as
high
bids
as
did
the
Americans.
Sales
were
as
follows:
Ameriean
Majestic,
30.000
pounds:
Mc-K'nley.
48.000:
Eagle,
32,000;
Discovery.
13.000:
Happy.
1S.000;
Thor.
3,500:
and
Star.
9.000,
Canadian
Fish
it
Cold
Storage
Co..
8c.
and
5e.
Marmot.
35,000,
Royal
8.1c.
and
Summit.
25.000.
8.1c.
and
Sc.
Canadian
-Lysekil.
20.000:
Nuba.
6
500;
Sel-ma.
10,000:
Aiken.
11.000.
and
Cape
Swain,
3,500
Cold
Storage,
,8c.
and
5c.
I
Melville,
18.000,
and
Return,
2.-500,
Atlin.
8.1c.
and
5c.
!
The
Amerlcun
schooner
Columbia
was
reported
to
have
sold
,i
catch
at
Ketchikan
to
the
Mew
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
April
30,
1031
High
12:05
p.m.
20:7
ft.
Low
5:55
a.m.
3:1
ft.
18:06
p.m.
4:2
ft.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
DECRIED
A
j
1
VI
M
m
A
!xjL11T1LLi
II
txO
INDIGNANT
Ilewnts
But
Does
Not
Deny
Report
That
She
Has
Married
Rich
Hungarian
Count
MABSEHJLKh,
Pranoe,
April
29:
wunout
spectftcany
denying
them,
wealthy
Hungarian
count.
.
After
all.
it
is
nobody's
business,"
addcd
A,me's
daugnter
Alberta-
'Yellow
Sheets
Are
Banned
on
Belgian
Roads
,
.led
on
Belgian
railroads.
Thoy
are
j
also
forbidden
from
being
exhibited
iln
news
stands.
England
Fish
Co.
last
night
for
8c.
and
4:5c.
Screen
Pair
Are
Engaged
Ilfi
D'Orsay
and
Terence
Ray
to
Wed.
It
U
Reported
in
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD,
April
39:
-The
engagement
of
Flfi
D'Orsay
and
Terence
Ray.
both
well
known
motion
ptctuie
stars,
was
reported
yesterday.
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L.M1T.KOK
SAID
TO
HAVE
BEEN
HEARD
OX
AIR
TODAY
Local
radio
fans
state
that
they
heard
Emperor
Hlrohlto
of
Japan
In
a
radio
adrirest.
at
5
o'clock
thtl
mointni;
His
Majesty
talked
in
English.
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