Todav's
Weaker
Prince
Ruj?
barometer,
3it
sea
smooth.
w
QJ
Vol.
XXII,
No.
22-6
2
g
12
vercas,
calm;
perature,
56;
8b
mmm
PRINCE
RUPERT;
B.
C,
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25,
1931.
COMPLETION
OF
NOVA
SCOTIA
LIEUT.
GOVERNOR
Ottawa
Said
to
Favor
Building
Quesnel
to
Prince
George
Line;
Considering
Peace
Extension
Committee
Reports
Favorably
to
Victoria-
If
B.
C.
Line
Would
Form
Part
of
Outlet,
Dominion
Would
Be
Favorable
VICTORIA,
Sept
25.
Virtual
approval
of
British
Columbia's
plans
to
complete
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
from
Quesnel
to
Prince
George
as
an
unemployment
relief
undertaking
was
reported
to
the
provincial
government
yesieruay
uy
me
by
ueneral
J.
w.
Stewart,
wnicn
is
now
in
uuawa.
stderation
U
also
being
given
by
the"
federal
government
to
the
balance
!
of
the
proposal
that
the
Dominion
government
undertake
construction
of
an
extension
of
the
line
from
Prince
Oeorge
to
Flnlay
Forks
No
immediate
decision
is
likely
in
regard
to
the
extension
north
of
prince
Oeorge,
It
U
Intimated
The
federal
government
is
unofficially
stated
to
be
favorable
to
the
const
rqctkm
to
Prince
Oeorge
as
a
relief
measure
If
it
can
obtain
;
satisfactory
assurance
that
any
peace
River
vjuttet-
would
connect
with
the
line.
Was
Killed
in
a
Mine
Accident;
Well
Known
Here
Word
has
been
received
in
the
city
that
Alex
Mlddleton.
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
killed
at
Tlmmlna.
Ontario,
as
the
result
of
a
mine
accident
on
September
12.
Mr.
Mlddleton.
who
Is
about
thirty
years
of
age.
left
Prince
Rupert
about
the
middle
of
February.
lie
resided
for
some
years
at
Topley
and
also
worked
at
the
mines
at
Premier
and
Stewart.
His
mother,
who
Is
a
widow,
lives
at
Fordyce
Dan
f
shire.
Scotland
and
two
brothers
live
at
the
same
place.
While
Mr.
Mlddleton
did
not
live
for
many
months
at
a
time
to
Trince
Rupert,
he
was
here
often
and
was
well
and
favorably
known
in
the
city.
TOM
MOORE
RE-ELECTED
President
of
Trades
Congress
Again
S.
I).
Macdonald
on
Provincial
Executive
VANCOUVSR.
Sept.
2
Tom
Moore
was
unanimously
re-elected
yesterday
tor
his
fourteenth
successive
term
as
president
of
the
Trades
It
Labor
Congress
of
Can
ada.
v
m
iimi
hnnAfirl
FiV
PA
election
for
a
thirty-second
sue-
ceasivc
term
ai
secretary-treasurer.
Aid.
S.
D.
Macdonald.
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Trades
&
Labor
Council,
was
elected
to
the
provincial
executive.
Hamilton
was
chosen
as
next
year's
convention
city.
The
Weather
Langara
Island:
Overcast,
light
easterly
wind;
sea
smooth.
tfead
Tree
Point:
Misty,
calm;
barometer.
29.00;
temperature,
94;
tea
smooth.
r.u.c..
cominuiee,
neaueu
Con-
Hon.
F.
Stanfield
'
j
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Nova
I
Scotia
found
dead
in
bed
this
morning.
GOVERNOR
HAS
DIED
(Ion.
Frank
Stanfield
Passes
Away
at
Halifax
During
Ills
Sleep
Was
Manufacturer
Named
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Nova
Scotia
Only
Last
Year
HALIFAX.
N.
S..
Sept.
.
Hon.
Frank
Stanfield.
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Nova
Scotia
since
last
year
and
head
of
the
well
known
underwear
manufacturing
company
bearing
his
name,
was
found
dead
In
his
bed
this
morning
at
the
age
of
fifty-nine.
Frank
Stanfield,
a
former
M.P.P,
was
born
In
Truro,
N.
S..
Aprtl
24.
ism.
the
son
of
Charles
Edward
and
Lydla
i
Dawson
Stanfield,
and
edu
cated
In
the
public
scnooia
oi
ituto.
As
a
young
man
he
entered
the
underwear
business,
working
his
way
up
through
every
department,
later
becoming
Joint
manager
of
Stanfleld's
Limited,
then
president,
which
position
he
actively
held
at
the
time
of
his
death.
Mr.
Stanfield
In
the
past
servea
his
province
and
the
Dominion
as
ture
for
Colchester
county,
member
f
thA
Truro
Town
Council.
lie
was
married,
lived
In
Truro,
and
his
Immediate
family
comprises
Mrs.
Stan-
field
uormeny
oareu
a.
four
sons
and
a
daughter.
Mr.
Stanfield
had
for
many
years
been
a
leading
commercial
ana
political
figure
throughout
the
Do
minion.
npn
iiMmcr
Princess
Mary
OapL
Flood,
Is
due
In
port
at
3:4S
this
afternoon
from
the
soum
ann
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
on
her
return
to
Vancouver
and
waypolnta.
HOME
FROM
!
GREAT
TRIP
Miss
Annie
Bod
die
Had
Delightful
and
Thrilling
Visit
to
International
Beautequest
Glad
to
Be
Home
Was
Only
Canadian
Girl
Who
Par
ticipated
in
Los.
Angeles
Contest
,
Was
Much
Lionized
Reporting
a
delightful
trip
which
;
'was
replete
with
many
thrilling
experiences
and
many
memorable
Indents.
Miss
Annie
Boddle
who
went
to
the
International
Beaute-,
auest
contest
at
Ocean
Park,
Los'
(Angeles,
as
Miss
Prince
Rupert,
Miss
Annie
Boddle,
popular
local
Prince
Rupert-born
irUrixjAd
home
on
the
steamer
Princess
Mary
this
afternoon,
accompanied
by
her
mother,
who
made
the
trip
with
her.
From
the
time
she
left
Prince
Rupert
until
she
reached
Los
Angeles,
nothing
was
neglected
by
rail
way
and
Rotary
officials,
as
weU
as
ithers
to
make
her
trip
a
delightful
me
She
travelled
from
here
to
Vancouver
by
boat,
from
Vancouver
to
SeatUe
by
flying
boat
and
from
SeatUe
to
Los
Angeles
by
fast
ex
press
train.
Miss
Prince
Rupert
and
her
mother
took
a
more
leisurely
trip
home,
stopping
off
for
several
days
at
Vancouver
en
route.
Miss
Boddle,
who
was
the
nominee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
In
the
local
elimination
contest
for
the
Beautequest,
was
the
only
girl
from
Canada
who
took
part
In
the
main
event
at
Los
Angeles.
As
such
she
was
considerably
lionized.
Despite
the
many
new
and
novel
experiences
she
had
on
the
trip.
Miss
Boddle
seems
glad
to
be
home
again.
It
was
the
first
time
she
had
been
so
far
away
from
home.
She
will
resume
her
duties
as
stenographer
at
the
Pioneer
Laundry.
Gasboat
Fire
Last
Evening
A
small
gasboat
belonging
to
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
C.
Eby,
Fourth
Avenue
East,
sustained
considerable
damage
to
house
and
upperworks
by
fire
last
evening.
The
lad
was
work
ing
with
the
engine
when
the
craft
took
fire.
The
fire
department
was
called
and,
by
the
time
it
arrived,
there
was
quite
a
blaze
under
the
Cow
Bay
bridge
where
the
boat
had
been
beached.
The
fire
was
extin
guished
by
use
of
chemicals.
Halibut
Landings
(Summary)
American
114,000
pounds,
6c
and
3c
itfd
8.1C
and
3c.
Canadian
14.500
pounds,
8.6
and
4c
to
9.3
and
4.8c.
(American)
Trinity.
58,000.
Pacific
6c
and
3c
Vansee,
39,000.
Royal,
6c
and
3c.
Lltuya,
17.000,
Cold
Storage,
6.1c
and
3c
(Canadian)
Toodle.
11.500,
Atlin,
9-3c
and
4.8c.
Nuba,
3,000,
Cold
Storage,
8.6c
and
4c.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
P.
G.
E
IS
IS
FOUND
DEAD
Motorcycle
Motorcycle
wh
uu
.x
u
ri
.
over
on
a
UV:;g"i
ma
i
n;
.e
neai
out
driver
an
MORE
FJSH
!
IN
FRASER
Famous
Salmon
Run
May
Regain
Its
Greatness
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
36.
The
Fraser
River,
once
regarded
as
one
of
the
world's
most
Important
sources
of
food
fish
and
latterly
believed-doomed
because
of
the
ever-declining
runs
of
sockeye
salmon,
may
once
again
regain
Its
former
greatness,
according
to
British
Columbia
fish
experts
who
have
made
a
thorough
study
of
the
river's
possibilities.
"The
catches
of
sockeye
in
the
Fraser
River
system
in
1930
afford
an
Impressive
object
lesson
to
all
concerned
In
the
Industry
and
to
the
consuming
public
at
large,"
says
J.
P.
Babccx'k.
deputy
commissioner
of
fisheries,
in
a
recent
report.
"The
catches
of
sockeye
made
in
that
system
during
that
year
demonstrate
forcefully
that
the
former
great
runs
of
sockeye
to
that
system
can
be
restored;
that
all,
that
Is
required
to
restore
the
great
1
runs
of
the
past
Is
to
Insure
an
ade-
quate
seeding
ot
all
the
spawning
beds
of
the
Fraser
basin.
The
runs
cannot
be
restored
in
any
other
V'
1
"The
sockeye
catches
made
in
twn
ennuis
of
fish
from
the
spawning
of
1926.
for
the
salmon
move
in
cycles.
The
catches
of
1S26
nroduced
a
Dark
of
130.000
cases.
The
caVd.es
In
1930
produced
a
pack
Jumps
Track
en:
championship
race,
turns
S'
K
Kholm.
Sweden,
throwing
i
ii.s
mechanic
LOG
CAMP
IS
MOVED
John
It.
Morgan
Finds
New
Site
for
Extensive
Operations
at
Crescent
Bay
Arriving
last
evening
on
the
Prince
John
from
the
Islands
for
a
brief
business
visit
to
town,
John
R.
Morgan,
well
known
district
logging
operator,
reported
that
he
has
just
completed
the
removal
of
his
camp
from
Cumshewa
Inlet,
where
it
had
been
located
for
the
past
few
years,
to
a
new
site
on
Crescent
Inlet
near
Locktport.
The
tug
St.
Faith
was
used
in
moving
the
outfit.
The
full
crew
of
about
70
men
is
still
in
employment
at
the
new
site.
Mr.
Morgan
expects
to
return
to
the
Islands
on
the
Prince
John
tomorrow
night.
SURVEYING
ON
ISLANDS
Route
Laid
Out
for
Logging
Railway
Which
Powell
River
Co.
May
Lventually
rut
In
T
Tl
ft
1
1
'
the
head
of
a
survey
party
which
h
ben
engaged
during
the
past
lummer
ytng
out
a
route
for
a
wng
railway
near
urn
xanoun
Rler
on
Graham
Island
for
the
the
company's
timber
holdings
there.
of
456.000
cases,
an
Increase
of
JM
wen
uiver
.,
arnvea
in
me
cuy
per
cent."
evening
on
the
Prince
John
Incidentally,
the
salmon
pack
In
rom
the
Islands
with
his
party,
all
British
Columbia
waters
was.
From
her
th
party
proceeded
on
greater
last
year
than
ever
before,
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
to
Van-
.
couver.
""here
no
Immediate
Intention
.
m
TririaV
Q
WtlPnf
I
'of
building
such
a
railway.
It
is
un-X
VUaj
O
U
Heat
derstood.
but
the
Powell
River
Co.
'desires
to
be
prepared
for
a
start
at
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
26.
Wheat
short
notice
should
future
develop-
was
quoted
on
the
local
Exchange
ments
warrant
Inauguration
ot
log-today
at
53
7-sc.
iging
operations
on
a
large
scale
in
RIRTII
A
son
was
born
yesterday,
Sep-
j
Argentina
Is
estimated
to
have
tcmber
24,
at
the
Oeneral
Hospital
336,000
motor
vehicles,
more
than
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Alex.
Murray,
all
the
net
of
South
America
com-Hays
Cove
Avenue.
joined.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Saturday,
September
26,
1931
High
0:51
am.
19:9
ft.
13:12
p.m.
20:4
ft.
Low
7:10
a
.m.
4:7
It.
20:00
p-m.
4:0
It.
APPROVED
CHARGES
POLITICS!
Government
Fartlzan
With
Unemployment
Relief,
PattuIIo
Urges
Peace
Outlet
VANCOUVER,
Sept
25.
Ad-
!
dressing
a
public
meeting
in
the
Vancouver
Hotel
here
last
night,
T.
D.
Ptaauilo,
provincial
Liberal
leader,
charged
that
the
provin-
,
cial
government
was
playing
par-
i
tizan
politics
with
the
unemployment
situation.
'
Mr.
Pattullo
made
a
strong
plea
i
for
immediate
action
on
the
building
of
a
rail
connection
with
the
Peace
River
country.
B.
C.
CATTLE
DOING
WELL
Large
Orders,
Are
Received
From
derick
all
resident
In
Prince
Ru-Oriental
Countries
ipert
I
Deceased
was
a
member
of
the
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
25.
-r
British
Columbia
breeders
of
high-grade
cattle
are
beginning
to
reap
a
rich
reward
In
the
markets
of
the
Fan
East,
Wlth1n..thA.iUYnrnth
rtrnMirrtM-i
for
"fifty
head
Tjf
reglsteretf
Ayrshire,
cows
was
received
by
the
British
I
Columbia
Ayrshire
Breeders'
Association
for
shipment
to
Hongkong,
while
a
standing
order
was
placed
some
months
ago
with
the
Holsteln
Association
for
ten
cows
per
month
to
China.
Pedigrees
and
milk
records
accompanied
the
shipment
of
Ayr-shlres
made
up
of
cows
from
two
and
a
half
years
to
six
years
at
time
of
freshening.
British
Columbia
breeders
point
out
that
this
province
is
fast
securing
a
footing
in
a
market
formerly
supplied
by
Oreat
Britain
or
Holland.
The
comparatively
short
ocean
voyage
across
the
Pacific
compared
with
the
long,
hazardous
Journey
via
the
Suez
Canal
and
Red
Sea
works
to
the
advantage
of
British
Columbia.
Many
Claimants
For
Enormous
French
Fortune
JOHANNESBURG,
S.
A..
Sept.
24.
There
are
many
claimants
to
a
supposed
fortune
of
$85,000,000
rumored
to
be
held
in
trust
by
the
French
government
for
the
descendants
of
a
Qugenot
named
Louis
Fourie,
and
they
are
now
writing
to
the
British
Consul
In
Paris
for
information
which
might
help
them
to
establish
their
"rights."
Hon.
A.
P.
J.
Fourie,
minister
of
mines
and
Industries,
however,
does
not
take
the
matter
seriously,
and
at
a
recent
banquet
at
the
French
Club
here
he
made
a
Jocular
reference
to
It.
Many
other
South
African
Fourles.
though,
do;
take
it
seriously,
and
A.
J.
Fourie
of
Hellbron
believes
that
In
the
old
family
Bible
he
has
the
complete
chain
of
evidence.
REACH
NO
DECISION:
!
MONTREAL,
Sept.
25.
Represen-
tatlvcs
of
the
running
trades
of
the
!
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
(Pacific
Railways
In
conference
here
(have
reached
no
agreement
as
to
their
course
enaction
in
regard
to
a
proposed
ten
per
cent
wage
cut
which
they
have
been
asked
by
the
railways
to
consider.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
IN
BED
PASSING
OF
MRS.
M'RAE
Death
Removes
Another
Pioneer
Woman
of
Prince
Rupert
at
Age
of
Seventy-Four
Death
removed
another
pioneer
woman
of
.Prince
Rupert
at
8
o'-
clock
last
evening
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
when
Mrs.
Catherine
McRae,
aged
74,
passed
away
after
a
brief
Illness.
She
had
been
In
the
hospital
for
only
two
days.
A
native
of
Sutherlandshlre.
Scotland,
the
late
Mrs.
McRae
had
resided
In
Prince
Rupert
for
twen-jty-two
years.
She
was
well
known
here
and
was
greatly
esteemed
by
all
her
friends.
Predeceased
by
her
husband.
William
McRae,
who
died
three
years
ago.
Mrs.
McRae
leaves
to
mourn
her
loss
five
sons
Jack,
Al-lister,
Alexander,
Donald
and
Ru
Ladles'
Orange
Benevolent
Assoc!-.
atlon.
She
was
a
member
of
the
Presbyterian
Church.
Burial
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
and
th
funeral
-Mill
tnk
wile;Ri,rH-.
afternoon.
-
ROUSING
BANQUET
Bandmaster
Thomas
Wilson
Fare-welled
Last
Night
In
honor
of
Band
Master
Thomas
Wilson
and
Mrs.
Wilson,
some
two
hundred
citizens
met
at
the
Boston
Hall
last
night,
to
show
their
appreciation
of
his
endeavors
on
.
behalf
of
the
boys
of
Prince
Ru
pert
and
the
city
of
Prince
Rupeit.
Aid.
Collart.
member
of
the
Boys'
Band
executive,
was
chairman.
The
principal
speaker.
Mayor
Orme,
In
his
remarks
spoke
of
what
a
valued
citizen
Mr.
Wilson
had
been,
especially
In
the
task
he
had
taken
to
form
a
Prince
Rupert
boys
band.
Col.
Nichols,
a
member
of
the
executive
told
of
how
the
band
was
first
financed
and
of
the
first
subscription
of
$10
donated
to
the
Boys'
Band
Association.
N.
Mussallem,
president
of
the
Boys'
Band
Parents'
Association,
made
a
few
remarks
as
to
how
hit
executives
had
got
along
with
Mr.
Wilson.
They
had
met
weekly
and
discussed
ways
And
means
as
to
keeping
the
Boys'
Band
to
the
front.
Should
the
opening
arise
Prince
Rupert
would
have
a
band
second
to
none
The
next
speaker
was
one
of
the
band
boys.
Kenneth
Oreen.
who
spoke
on
behalf
of
boys
of
the
Boys'
Band.
Mr.
Wilson's
departure
was
greatly
regretted.
He
had
Continued
on
Page
4.
FREDERICKS'
FATE
IN
JUItrS
HANDS
PRINCE
OEOROE.
Sept.
25.
The
case
of
Carl
Fredericks,
young
Oerman.
who
is
charged
with
having
murdered
his
two
companions,
Max
Peters
and
!
Herman
WestphaL
while
on
a
prospecting
expedition
to'
the
Trcmbleur
Lake
country
last
summer,
went
to
the
Jury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
this
morning.
It
Is
Fredericks'
sec-
ond
trial,
the
Jury
having
dls-
agreed
In
the
first.
tt