Lateness
of
Empress
of
Britain
in
Arriving
Off
Cape
Breton
Stops
Record
Being
Made
SYDNEY,
NJS..
May
30:
The
ship
t.-re
transfer
of
mall
from
the
)
:
ss
of
Britain
and
the
trans-i
night
with
mall
was
can-
today
when
It
was
learned
He
Empress
would
not
arrive
i
in
Breton
until
6
o'clock
Sun-
corning.
The
mall
will,
in-
l"
be
token
off
at
Rlmouskl;
s
'
.nd
rushed
to
Montreal
and
i"-
west.
t
id
been
Intended
to
give
a
to
do
this
on
the
present
'ii
at
least.
KETCHIKAN
EXCURSION
Eilr
Lodge
to
Charter
Steamer
For
Trip
to
Alaska
Town
on
July
4
im
The
Prince
tubly
be
used.
!
CATHOLIC
CLUBS
1
1
1
Uie
past
few
days.
John
will
ARE
BEING
CLOSED
)
I
tion
to
residence.
$600.
i
j
MeCuUheon.
3rd
Ave..
Prime
Minister
Refuses
to
Have
Provincial
Convention
But
Will
Express
Himself
Fully
at
Early
Victoria
Meetings
VICTORIA,
May
30:
The
Tolmie
government
is
about
t.
take
hold
of
the
Conservative
party
and
weed-out
the
r.
bfl-
and
demand
100
per
cent
loyalty
from
its
followers,
r
as
made
known
last
night,
The
Premier
also
declared
i
mplutically
against
a
provincial
convention
which
many
.
f
hi
-
followers
are
demanding
and
said
that
he
would
ex-
inniself
fully
next
week
at
r.)
i
insjs
or
victoria
uonservauves
Hir
executive
of
provincial
as-
.loll
is
xpected
that
the
r
Premier
Tolmie
will
cause
i
mi
to
break
loose
in
the
ranks
Conservative
party,
partleu-n
Vancouver
where
party
as-u
after
party
association,
as
is
ihe
Province
newspaper,
iv.iUve,
have
demanded
cab
ENGINEER
IS
SUICIDE
Harry
Hircourt
Found
Dead
Garage
in
Toronto
TQRONTO.
May
30:-
In
T.i.
i.y-al
Eagles'
Lodge
ls
plan-
idencc
$450.
ti
excursion
to
Ketchikan
for
j
nampton,
7th
Ave.
W..
ereel
Tii(i,.pendence
Day
CelebraUon
$350.
Alaskan
town
on
July
4.
The'
j
Laursson.
5th
Ave.
East,
alter-1
H
not
be
for
Eaclcs
alone
but
,
public
at
large.
Arrange-
0ea
Hudema.
Taylor
SU
ertsrt
'
have
already
been
made
with
rcsidence,
$2,000.
'
"udlan
National
Steamships
s
person,
Graham
Ave.,
erect
charter
of
a
steamer
ior
uie
,v,PPh.
$50.
Geo.
Hill,
7wi
avc,
.alterations
$200.
ruherles
Station.
McBrld
St.
finishing
work.
$7,000.
TV
Bruyn.
2nd
Ave.,
alterations.
$100.
McCalfery.
Collart.
3rd
Ave.,
re-
I.
linn
'.HA
1
pair
jouiiuanuii,
v.
''"ME.
May
30:
The
gov-
F.
PrystonJ.
Water
St..
excel
res-1
"icnt
has
dosed
all
Catholic
idence
$800.
as
the
first
official
step
,
j.
Parks.
6th
Avenue
w..
t
lie
controversy
between
residence,
$2,500.
'
ism
and
the
Vatican
which
;
Robt.
Oordon,
MeBrlde
St..
erect
'
ri
suited
In
disorders
dur-
Store,
$8,000.
Talkies
have
made
us
actors
from
the
neck
up
only
M.
Davl
;
JUSTICE
I
IS
DEAD
Hon.
Robert
Edward
Harris
of
Nova
!
Scotia
Supreme
Court
Passes
i
P.UILLIANT
CAREER
ANNAPOLIS
ROYAL.
May
30:
j
Robert
Edward
Harris,
chief
justice
!
of
Nova
Scotia,
died
here
this
morn-!
'
lng
at
the
age
of
71.
Robert
Edward
Harris
was
born
:
Mar
this
ancient
town
f
Anna-,
poll
Royal,
August
18,
I860,
and
throughout
his
life
he
maintained
his
citizenship
in
that
place,
his;
periods
of
relaxation
and
recrea
tion
being
usually
spent
at
his
country
hone.
Mount
Clements,
Harry
E.lnar
the
towh.
His
parents
were
.i
Kanlaatton
and
a
provincial
Haroourt,
mining
engineer,
aed
4x,Robsrt
JL
ajfcl
Rebecca
iDltmars)
I
uUon.
it
is
vexv
likely
mat
inc.
prominently,
latnuiwa
i
m
en
aadLiSKr
U'
will
brVflf
Wfe
open
WThe
Jackson
Minion
mine,
was
ftwad
tstor
tasora
and
nd
at
at
the
the
Annactft
Annafxws
f
i
i
,ii
of
leadership
which
Pre-
dead
in
the
garage
to
the
rear
of
his
i:
-1
Tolmie
has
now
Indicated
he.
home
this
morning
with
revolver
t.
intention
of
relinquishing
bullet
In
his
head.
!:-
the
dissension
which
has
In
1929,
Hareourt
was
convicted
of
:
:
.i.'ler
him.
publishing
false
statements
regard-
lng
the
productivity
of
the
Jackson
RECORD
IS
PREVENTED
Manion
mine
and
was
sentenced
to
15
months
determinate
and
one
year
less
one
day
Indeterminate
In
Reyal
High
School,
later
entering
me
oi-
j
flee
of
J.
M.
Owen.
Annapolis
Royal,
to
study
law.
His
law
studies
were
,
concluded
In
the
office
of
Hon.
J.
;
S.
D.
Thompson
afterwards
Pre-1
mtor
of
Canada
and
Chief
Justice
Sir
Wallace
Graham.
Admitted
to
the
Bar
of
Nova
Sco
tia
In
1862
at
the
age
of
32
years
the
Ontario
reformatory
but
an
ap-
he
opened
a
practice
In
Yarmouth,
peal
from
the
conviction
was
allow-
N.S,
where
he
remained
until
1892.
ed
Prior
to
the
appeal
being
heard,
'
During
that
period
he
was
made
a
he
was
suspended
by
the
Assoc
la-:
King's
Counsel
In
1889.
at
that
time
tkn
of
Professional
Engineers
for
the
youngest
barrister
ever
to
re-one
year.
j
clve
that
honor
In
Canada.
In
1892
BUILDING
INCREASE
Value
For
This
Year
to
Date
Shovs
Substantial
Increase
Over
Last
Building
permits
Issued
In
Htv
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
the
(ration
of
five
and
a
half
mnth
oi
May
this
year
totauea
delivery
from
London
to
$23,20,
bringing
the
total
for
the
iwr
but
It
will
now
be
lm-
I
year
up
to
$76,273
as
compared
with
$58,975.50
In
the
first
five
months
of
1930.
The
principal
Items
of
the
May
list
this
year
were
for
the
completion
of
the
annex
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Fisheries
Experimental
Station
and
for
four
new
residences.
The
list
is
as
f6Uows:
F.
Skuland.
Seventh
Ave.
a.,
geu-
oral
ronalrs.
$500.
1
...
n
nth
Av
F.
arid
I
moU
ihe
jotnee
me
iinn
oi
nun.
u.
iu.
Henry
and
W.
A.
Henry.
Haiuax,
and
on
the
appointment
of
the
former
to
the
bench,
he
became
head
of
the
firm.
In
1915
he
was
appon
ted
a
Justice
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Nova
Scotia
and
on
February
7.
1918,
was
appointed
Chief
Justice.
Successful
Practice
Chief
Justice
Harris
not
only
car
ried
on
a
successful
and
Important
practice
In
Nova
Scotia
and
Eastern
Canada
In
general,
but
Interested
himself
In
numerous
public
activities,
financial
educational
and
religious.
He
was
the
third
member
of
the
arbitration
board
set
ud
to
determine
the
value
of
Cana
dian
Northern
Railway
stock
when
that
line
was
token
over
by
the
Dominion
government,
acting
with
Hon.
Sir
William
Meredith,
Chief
Justice
of
Ontario
and
Hon.
Wallace
Nosbltt
K.C.
For
many
years
he
was
a
member
of
the
Council
of
the
Now
Scotia
Barrtstets'
Society
and
several
times
held
office
as
president
and
vlce-presldenl.
Chief
Justice
Harris
held
the
Honorary
Degree
of
D.C.L.
from
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on
Page
2)
FISH
jiALES
Summary
American
4900
pounds,
73c
and
4c
and
8c
and
3c.
Canadian
28,000.
6.1c
and
3c
to
0.4c
and
3c.
American
Atlas,
3900.
Booth,
8c
and
3c.
Norland,
20.000,
Royal
73c
and
4c.
Canadian
Borfund.
5,500.
Atlln,
6.2c
and
3c.
R,
W,
8300,
Cold
Storage.
63c
and
3c.
Tramp,
12.000,
Cold
Storage,
6.4c
and
3e
KRTCHIKAN.
May
30:
Cadets,
of
l'::...L"o
s
a
.r-
:
Aberdeen
proving
nmuiid-
Mary
SHIP
IS
ASHORE
Harvard,
California
Coast
Liner,
In
Trouble
Passengers
Are
Safe
SANTA
BARBARA,
Cal,
May
30:
The
coastwise
steamer
Harvard,
with
about
500
excursionists
on
board,
went
aground
In
the
fog
off
Point
Afgeuello,
63
miles
from
here,
at
3:30
this
morning
and
six
hours
later
in
a
calm
sea
the
passengers
were
transferred
safely
to
a
naval
cruiser.
There
were
no
casualties.
The
Harvard,
former
crack
California
coast
liner,
was
bound
from
San
Franclseo
to
Los
Angeles
when
the
stranding
Mother
of
Anyox
Man
Passes
Away
Mrs.
Victoria
Anna
Pynn.
widow
of
the
late
Capi
John
M.
Pynn
and
Qunda.
2300,
Cold
Storage,
6.1c
mother
of
AUon
Pynn
of
Anyox,
and
Sc.
died
In
the
Royal
Jubilee
Hospital
rent
price
for
salmon
here
ls
12c.
7c
are
two
other
suns
and
two
daugh
and
4r
according
to
grade.
ters.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
,.
Sunday,
May
31,
1931
i
XL
High
0:27
ajn.
22:7
ft.
Prince
Rup
$
cloudy,
light
win
13:30
pjn.
19:5
It
westerly
Pg
ctcr,
30:22,
temperature
I
tooth.
Low
.
7M5
a.m.
1:0
It.
"3
19:14
pjn.
6:9
It
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
ni
XXII..
No.
121.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
30,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
sr.-.
O)
T"
X
TOLMIE
TO
CHASTISE
HIS
FOLLOWERS
CENSUS
TAKING
STARTS
MONDA
Y
THROUGHOUT
CANADA
Premier
Demands
Weeding
Out
Of
Rebels
and
Full
Measure
0
Support
From
B.C.
Tories
Demonstrate
Mechanical
Forces
W-.-t
Point
visit,
unci
u:t
trraied
to
demon
stration
of
latest
mechanical
foives.
ol
army
Here's
group
of
cadets,
poking
their
heads
through
holes
in
armor
plate
made
by
a
barrage
laid
down
by
16-inch
guns.
Professor
Declares,
Whether
We
Like
It
or
Not,
Man
and
Apes
Are
Descended
From
Same
Ancestors
ter!ay
Hunter
presided
over
a
large
atten-
Enumerators
to
Adopt
Many
Travel
Modes
to
Take
Count
in
Skeena
One
Man
Will
Have
to
Swim
Three
Rivers
to
Get
to
Ifii
Destination
This
District
One
of
Vastest
In
All
Canada
'
On
Monday
federal
census
enumeration
commences
and
will
be
continued
until
everyone
is
accounted
for.
The
federal
district
of
Skeena,
which
has
its
headquarters
in
Prince
Rupert,
is
probably
the
lanrest
in
the
Dominion
so
I
far
as
area
is
concerned.
It
is
approximately
160,000
square
mnes
in
extent
ana
mere
are
mty-three
enumerators
(engaged
in
taking
the
census
i
of
It.
Some
will
travel
on
foot.
'
(others
by
beat,
canoe,
motor
ca:,jTftJmp
QnflUiltfir
:
or
on
horseback
whichever
is
found
!
1
VJJUIUiOlU.
i
to
be
the
most
satisfactory
method
j
ft
DPI?
I7..l.....
One
enumerator
has
three
river.
I
UVcl
i.U.L.
rUlUlC
(to
swim
before
he
completes
hh
i
enumeration,
another
travels
30J
!
miles
to
take
the
enumeration
m
one
cabin
and
so
on.
Those
in
the
!
outlying
districts
have
to
face
the.
I
dangers
and
difficulties
of
riven
landstreams
IrMiigh
flood-on
a'e
:
count
of
the
melting
snows.
Snow-slides
are
also
a
menace
to
the
ones
who
have
to
go
into
the
the
miners
and
prospectors.
Everyone
should
be
courteous
and
helpful
to
the
enumerator.
He
Is
on
the
country's
business
which
business
he
must
not
reveal
to
anyone.
On
his
part,
he
will
be
courteoj
to
all
with
whom
he
comes
In
contact
and
the
last
thing
he
will
de
Is
to
assert
his
authority.
Only
when
all
other
persuasions
fall
win
he
do
this.
The
census
of
Canada
Is
taken
dlfferenUy
from
the
most
of
the
European
countries.
There
it
Is
a
matter
of
one
day.
For
Instance
In
Turkey,
on
the
day
of
taking
census,
no
one
must
leave
his
home
until
th
fniimirntnr
hat
al1.1
"And
so.
ladies,
whether
you
like
it
or
not,
it
is
an
incon-Und
taken
overyone
in
the
house
trovertible
fact
that
man
and
the
apes
have
descended
business
is
closed
for
the
day.
lTne
trains
do
not
run
and
any
in-
x
mi
it.
j
from
one
common
ancestor.
These
were
the
decisive
frlngement3
are
severely
dealt
words
of
Professor
Charles
Hill-Tout
at
the
close
of
his
'with,
in
Canada
with
its
vast
ter-lecture
on
the
"Antiquity
of
Man,"
at
the
meeting
of
the
Tlu1
l
ls
possible
to
take
the
w'
Po.ian
r-lnh
in
rrm
Fprlpr!
TVn
firmnnp
vp.
censu5
.ta
.
d.
so.
the.
de
Jure
-
.
".rr-
system
is
adopted-that
is.
a
por-
afternoon.
Mrs.
D.
McD.
usually
resides
whether
he
is
u.uuu
rued
residence
are
enumerated
of
the
museum
board
who
were
spe-
they
are
round
taTlted-
This
decennial
stocktaking
of
the
The
professor
traced
J
Al.
the
growth
iU
:
nat4on
u
a
very
imporUnt
one
for
of
the
idea
of
antiquity.
He
told
of
country.
complete
understand-the
worthy
bishop
who
believed
the
lmj
o
unemployment
situation
earth
was
only
4.000
years
old
andwlll
avallable.
The
exact
num-of
the
succeeding
theologians
who!ber
of
ose
unemployed
on
Mon-set
ite
age
at
approximately
6.000
dty
win
be
known
als0
the
years.
Then
geologists
demanded
l8on
why
they
were
unemployed,
more
time
and
Sir
William
Dawson
lTnese
pertinent
facts
are
very
val-suggested
20.000,000
years
as
theuaWe
asUU
nee
to
a
government
possible
age.
Lord
Kelvin
doubled
j
m
Iramm)?
legislation
and
pollclei
thU
time
and
Sir
George
Darwin,
;
t0
make
e
best
out
of
the
coun-son
of
the
great
Darwin,
thought
try
jt
u
hoped
that
everyone
will
there
was
no
reason
why
It
should
:
htjD
to
that
the
government
not
be
100,000,000
years.
nu
accurate
and
reliable
lnfornu-
The
discovery
of
radio
enlarged
tlon
in
answer
to
the
question
man's
knowledae
of
these
things
asked
that
no
one
will
feel
aggrle-
and.
by
calculating
the
time
it
took
ved
at
what
seems
to
you
a
very
for
radium
to
change
to
lead
personal
qucy.wn.
jne
census
en-through
the
spontaneous
dislnte-
umenjtor
has
no
personalities
In
the
gration
of
the
electrons
and
pro-!
matter;
the
Bureau
of
Stastlcs.ls
tons,
tv
urA
nhl
to
MtimatC
I
cuxiirciiit-u
m
uic
inuiviautu
more
nearly,
and
the
result
of
the
calculations
was
that
the
age
of
the
earth
was
from
1,500,000,000
years
j
to
2,000,000,000
years.
The
speaker
then
traced
the
dls-1
ooveries
of
ancient
man
back
Into'
the
middle
of
the
tertiary
period.
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on
Page
2
only
as
one
of
the
mass.
The
Weather
Triple
Island
Clear,
fresh
north
probably
from
twenty-five
to
thirty
we$t
w,ndi
moderate
sca
millions
of
vears.
ite
sow
01
we
races
of
Europe
with
special
men-
Langara
Clear,
light
westerly
at
VlctorU
last
week
at
the
age
of
ltlon
of
the
cro-Maenons
who
lived
,Wlna
8011
caim'
The
cur-
Ofl.
Besides
the
son
at
Anyox,
there'
Kf
unnn
v.ar
mm
nnd
whose
e&X
Tree
Polntr-Clcar,
light
south
west
wind:
barometer.
30:24
temperature
54;
sea
choppy.
Would
Not
Be
Surprised
if
Important
Developments
Occur,
i
Premier
Says
b
.
VICTpRIA:May
n30Brlmf
uL.fiI
aptlmltm
regarding
the
future
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
and
as
a
result
of
his
efforts
on
be-
moun
tains
for
the
enumeration
of
half
of
that
roid
mA
tne
Mcnrta?
of
an
outlet
to
the
Peace
River
country
while
In
the
east.
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmie
arrived
in
Victoria.
There
will
be
a
conference
between
the
Dominion
and
the
pro
vince
and
the
two
transcontinental
railway
presidents
next
month.
"Until
this
conference
ls
held,"
the
premier
said,
"there
is
little
more
to
say.
But,"
he
added
significantly,
"If.
some
Important
develop-,
ments
occur
as
a
result
of
the
con-:
'
terence,
It
will
not
be
surprising."
GYPSY
WOMAN
i
FINED
TODAY!
Itinerant
Visitor
to
the
City
is
Mulcted
$10
For
Having
Beaver
Skins
In
Possession
Susie
Thompson,
one
of
the
Gypsy
women,
who
are
at
present
paying
a
visit
to
this
city,
was
fined
$10
by
Magistrate
MeClymont
in
city
po-
dance
of
ladies
with
a
smattering
,
there
pf
noU
xhose
who
have
ro,lce
thte
momlng
for
haTlnK
beaver
pelts
In
her
possession
dur
lng
the
close
season.
The
four
baby
beaver
skins
were
ordered
confiscated,
r
According
to
the
story
of
the
wo;
man
to
game
offlcerij
she
was
giv
en
the
skins
by
an
Indian
In
return
for
telling
his
fortune.
5
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
May
30
Wheat
was
quoted
at
57c.
on
the
local
exchange
this
morning.
HALIBUT
LANDINGS
IN
MAY
ARE
HEAVY
;
The
result
of
normal
market-
lng
of
fish
ls
to
be
seen
In
the
fact
that,
during
the
month
of
May.
this
year,
halibut
land-
Ings
at
this
port
reached
the
4
large
total
of
3,006.000
pounds
as
compared
with
2356.000
pounds
In
the
same
month
last
4-
year.
Landings
of
American
halibut
for
the
month
Just
end-
ing
totalled
1,903300
pounds
as
compared
with
1385,000
pounds
in
May.
1930,
while
the
Cana-
4
dlan
total
ls
1,052,500
pounds
as
against
981,000
pounds.
.