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RESERVE
IS
JURY
DISAGREES
Precautionary
Measure
Taken
by
Government
Following
Discovery
Keen
Interest
Has
FolNnyed
Sinking
of
Well
at
Australian
Ranch
by'Frank
Patrick
and
Associates
Past
Applications
Arc
Not
Affected
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im-
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anil
gas
has
been
placed
by
ic
(
anboo
district
as
a
precautionary
measure
due
to
rv
p
interest
following
the
sinking
01
a
well
by
Frank
.
'u'
rick
and
associates
at
Australian
Ranch,
seventeen
r
Irs
from
Quesnel,
which
has
led
to
a
regular
crusade
of
.oll
lease
applications
from
the
sur
ULTIMATUM
IS
ISSUED
Hi:
hops
Who
Support
Monarchy
Must
Leave
Spain,
Government
Orders
MA.DRID.
May
18:
The
provta-...
cpubllcan
government
has
l-i
ri
m
ultimatum
IhaVaft
Roman
f
ii
ilic
bishops
who
continue
to
import
the
monarchist
movement
v
.;
Di
summarily
expelled
from
the
Already
one
bishop
lias
i
el
with
a
demand
that
he
.
spam.
AGAINST
EDWARDS
TATTLE,
May
19:
Supporters
"
M
ivor
FYonk
Edwards
admitted
,
day
that
the
anti-mayoralty
i;
drive
had
proven
a
failure,
u
i!
Batchelor
yesterday
de-M
mir
Edwards'
petition
for
an
restraining
the
recall
pro-
the
provincial
government
on
rounding
territory.
The
reserve
will
not
affect
applications
already
staked
In
accordance
with
the
regulations.
BANKERS
CHARGED
"Reprehensible
Coercion"
to
Force
-Wage
-Reduction
Seen
By
A.
F.
L.
Leader
HOUSTON.
Texas.
May
19;
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
made
the
sensational
charge
here
yesterday
that
some
bankers
of
this
country
had
refused
credits
to
certain
industrialists
unless
Hipv
reduced
wases.
Green
described
such
as
"coercion
of
the
most
reprehensible
character."
THE
WEATHER
Triple
Island
Overcast,
light
north
wind:
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Overcast,
light
i
westerly
wind;
sea
calm.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
calm
barometer
30:54;
temperature
80;
sea
smooth.
Northern
Prospector
:
returns,"
said
Pederson.
"If
the
as-i
say
sheet
gives
anything
like
I
think
it
will.
I'll
have
a
big
thing."
The
ore,
according
to
Pederson,
occurs
in
a
fissure
In
the
Rranlte
and
is
similar
In
appearance
to
the
niri
Rnrf
inlet
mine,
on
Princess
!RyRi3Slft"d'
,r
ZtZLTtZ
a
large
muuui.v
ted
ln
R
very
profitable
operation
.
Twelve
Cents
on
New
York
Market
Medium
Halibut
Word
has
been
received
In
the
city
that
the
price
of
halibut
yes-
tcrday
at
both
-
Boston
and
New
York
.
was
12
1
cent,
a
pound
for
medium
marilumi
prndfl
fish.
I
Two
Promising
Gold
Groups
Are
Located
on
Princess
Royal
Island
Bv
J
Pioneer
,
i
t
,
,
f
Two
groups
on
which
are
promising
veins
oi
gold
ore
just
just
been
located
last
week
by
Jack
Pederson
and
as-
i.ites
on
Princess
Roval
Island
down
tne
COasi
ironi
wu.auu,
SOU,
nn
101
f
nrnipr
mei
well
VCll
known
miowh
i
Portland
u"i;
"
Canal
min-
.,,,
-.rn
,rft
,,rlfl
i'
Pcder
man,
has
returned
to
vancouvui,
uwu
amples
from
the
new
find.
"1
in
i
not
'
E
1
fcihino
about
It
until
I
have
Uae
assay
Klcmtu
Cannery
!
Is
to
Operate
on
i
a
Larger
Scale
r
O
Johnston
of
Inverness
an-
:;
uni
.-s
that
Klcmtu
cannery
will
j
n
Lite
on
a
larger
scale
man
ever
i)
year.
He
made
It
quite
clear
to
:i
Dully
News
today
that
all
the
mpany's
canneries
would
operate,
'
iiout
exception.
lUSCOVEKKK
OF
ATL1N
IS
DEAD
'
ATLIN.
ilW.
May
May
10:
1U;
Kenny
Ictiujr
m-
Mo-
L
1
ri
n
.
Wild
who.
...111.
with
W1LI1
Frltt
rilUb
Miller.
iviiiiv,
-
1
.1
...1..
in.
nnmn
Atlln
Hos-
HcporUirom
various
point
sftjw
in
1808,
died
in
the
Pltal
on
Sunday.
.that
the
eastern
demoralized
and
high
pnw.o
1"
ittttt4ttttTT4'
cannot
be
sold.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
19,
1931
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
May
20,
1931
V
High
2:20
am.
21:2
It
15:26
pjn.
17:8
t;.
Low
:
9:16
ajn.
2:8
ft.
21:04
pjn.
8:6
It
PLACED
ON
CARIBOO
AT
PRINCE
GEORGE
IN
MURDER
HEARING
IS
KILLED
BY
FALLING
News
Received
of
Tragic
Death
of
Jack
Crawford
of
Stewart
Who
Was
Well
Known
Here
Second
Tragedy
The
steamer
Catala
brought
news
to
the
city
this
morning
of
the
tragic
death
over
the
week-end
at
Stewart
of
Jack
Crawford,
well
imuw.i
iraiunii
ui
uuwi
me
n
11
jjiuhctti
.
n
.
.
.....
.
.
irviiwiia
usnai
ana
Alice
Arm
nun-
ing
camps
The
late
Mr.
Crawford
lost
his
life
by
falling
off
a
bridge
at
Thirteen
Mile
on
the
Salmon
River
Valley
road.
He
became
missing
on
Satur-1
day
night
and
his
body
was
found
yesterday
morning
In
a
sitting
posl-tion
In
the
creek
below
the
bridge
A
physician
estimated
that
he
had
been
dead
about
twelve
hours.
It
is!
supposed
that
he
fell
off
the
bTidge
Saturday
night
and
was
injured
so
severely
that
he
could
not
help
himself.
An
Inquest
was
to
be
held
in
Stewart
last
night.
The
funeral
will
be
held
Thursday.
Deceased
was
a
brother
of
W.
J.
Crawford,
head
of
Hit
Crawford'
Transfer
Co..
by
whom
he
was
em-1
plbyee-The
family
Is
Very
well,'
known
throughout
the
north.
The,
demise
of
Jack
Crawford
will
bej
mourned
here,
his
jolly
and
big-hearted
disposition
being
known
to'
many.
In
addition
to
the
brother
at
Stewart,
there
are
other
relatives
in
the
south.
Deceased's
mother
died
ST-
ZZ
7,
Z
T;
that
being
the
.
first
break
that
death
had
ever
made
in
the
family.
This
unfortunate
fatality
came
on
top
of
another
family
tragedy
when
another
brother,
Ernest
Craw
ford
died
last
Friday
as
the
result
of
injuries
received
In
an
automobile
accident
on
Thursday
at
New
Wantmlnater.
CASE
IS
'
DELAYED
Abduction
Charge
at
Prince
George'
Tavcrscd
to
Fall
Assiies
PHINCE
OEOROE.
May
19
Tlij
Edmond
Camnbell
alias
Oreene.
charged
with
the
abduc-'
Hon
of
i
an
heiress,
was
this
morn-
Inv
ins
traversed
Hiranm
to
w
fall
iuii
assizes.
nanism.
Mrs.
ua.
moheri
wh0
briught
the
charge!
amst
Campbell
of
the
abduction;
of
hr
aaugnter.
nas
since
aiea.
vrhUe
the
crown
is
aware
that
Mm.
Mm.
Fletcher
Fletcher
left
left
an
an
estate
estate
In
in
On-
on
urto.
it
has
no
formal
knowiedee
of
this
fact
which
is
necessary
as
evidence
to
prove
that.
Miss
Fletcher
was
an
heiress.
The
crown
therefore
applied
for
a
traverse
o'
the
case
to
the
fall
assizes
to
give
time
for
the
evidence
to
be
secured.
This
was
objected
to
by
P.
E.
Wllsftn.
defence
counsel,
who
ex
Pained
that
hi.
client
had
been
!n
i-h
for
five
months
as
he
was
un-
able
to
get
ball
being
unknown
Mr.
Justice
Macdonald
suggested
that
the
case
be
changed
to
the
Kamloops
assizes
which
will
open
June
1.
Mr.
Wilson
objected
to
this
proposal
on
the
grounds
that
It
would
necessitate
him
leaving
his
practice
for
over
a
week.
His
Lordship
accordingly
ruled
that
the
case
be
traversed
to
the
fall
assizes
and
Campbell
be
released
on
ball
of
$1,000.
VancouVcr
VflJItUUlfcl
Wneat
ff
MCUt
VANCOUVER,
May
19:
Wheat
quoted
at
58?8c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
Strike
Ballot
on
Passenger
and
Freight
Services
Being
Threatened
in
Vancouver
Now
VANCOUVER,
May
19:
Unless
tugboat
owners
open
negotiations
this
week
for
a
settlement
of
the
existing
-strike
of
masters
and
mates,
a
strike
ballot
will
be
taken
for
all
passenger
and
freight
services,
it
was
stated
today
at-
a
preliminary
conference
between
officials
of
the
Trades
&
Labor
Council,
the
Canadian
Merchant
Senyce
Guild
and
other
organizations
involved
in
the
present
tugboat
strike.
Carb
Fredericks
Trial
Has
Been
Set
Over
to
Next
Assizes
in
Fall
German
Is
Ghareed
With
Killing
Two
Countrymen
wiril
n..WWnt.fl
Fnr
Mnnv
Day
Trial
No
Bill
PRINCE
GEORGE,
May
19:
Uourt
Assizes
nere.
m
tne
case
oi
Jtex
vs.
Lari
rrenericKs
disagreed
and
the
case
has
sizes
by
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald,
the
presiding
judge,
j
The
announcement
of
disagreement
was
made
after
many
hours
of
deliberation
by
the
jury
following
a
two-day
hear
BIG
PRICE
FOR
BONDS
,
Uritish
Columbia
Roes
Well
on
Issue
or
S7.82
1.000
Sold
Yesterday
VICTORIA.
May
19:
nritlsh
Columbia
securities
to
the
amount
of
S7.83l.000
were
sold
yesterday
to
a
syndicate
composed
of
Fry,
MUM,
Spcnre
&
Co.
Ltd.,
McLeod.
Young,
Weir
&
Co.
Ltd,
Rell.
Oouin,
Lock
Co.
and
Victor
W.
Odium
&
Co.
On
30-ytar
bonds
to
the
amount
or
$1.32
1.000,
the
province
will
pay
4.133
and
a
fivc-yrar
loan
of
$3300.000
will
cost
i.
"T
hese
prices
should
be
an
answer
to
the
pessimists,"
Hon.
J,
W.
Jones,
minister
of
finance,
said.
Ketchikan
Ball
Team
Is
Coming
The
Ketchikan
city
baseball
team,
coming
here
for
a
series
of
games
with
the
locals
on
May
M
and
3ft,
will
arrive
here
early
on
the
morning
of
May
24,
It
is
learned.
They
will
make
the
trip
here
on
the
motorship
Fairbanks.
ALLEGED
BANDIT
IN
SOLITARY
NOW
BELLINOHAM,
Wash.,
May
May
10:-Wllliam
Bagley,
bo-
ing
held
here
pending
extra-
dltlon
proceedings
on
the
charge
of
having
been
lmpll-
cated
In
a
recent
robbery
at
the
Harrison
Hot
Bprings
Hotel
ln
4
British
Columbia,
was
in
soli-
tary
confinement
in
the
county
Jail
here
last
night
following
his
unsuccessful
attempt
ye-
tcrday
morning
to
shoot
his
way
to
liberty.
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
Jur-
Hnura.RnlWinir
Twn-
in
Auto
Case
-
The
jury
at
the
Supreme!?.0
'position
L."
"
as
.t...
a
British
lrl:ac"l!
Pacific
por
been
traversed
to
the
Fall
As-;
'ng
of
the
case.
Fredericks
is
charg
ed
with
having
brutally
beaten
to
death
two
companions.
Herman
!
Peters
and
Max
Weatphal.
at
Trem-
bleur
Lake,
north
of
Fort
St.
James,
last
summer.
The
accused
and
the
two
dead
men
were
Germans.
In
the
case
of
Rex
vs.
Malgunas,
in
which
manslaughter
was
charged
as
a
result
of
an
automobile
accident,
no
bill
was
returned
by
the
Orand
Jury
The
Assise
is
now
proceeding
with
!
the
hearing
of
further
criminal
cases
on
a
heavy
docket.
FOREIGNER
j
j
RUNS
AMOK
i
Thirty-Three
Year
Old
Farmer,
Kills
Ilis
Mother,
Brother
and
Niece
EDMONTON.
May
19:Running:u'
"
"uu."
"'?VZ
Brlttoh
North
Am-lavlch.
A
amok
this
morning.
Joseph
MIcha-1
develop
thuld
be
derelopMl
un-near
aged
38.
a
fanner,
living
frlca
Smoky
Lake,
shot
and
killed
'leM
we
60
J"
the
port
oi
his
nurther.
Mrs.
Baska
Mlchala-
Prlnc
RuPfr-
e
aot
tha'
vich,
aged
70.
his
brother.
Steven
on
-m
to
apPPratcd
to
the
Mlchalavlch.
aged
46.
and
the
it-!
Province
of
British
Columbia
fo
tar's
daunhter
Man
.
IS.
The
slaver
;
Improvements
and
repairs
to
public
th.,
i,.,t
himPif
hut
h
la
itill
'
alive.
BOY
HAS
ACCIDENT
Dally
Newsi'"
"P
w
nwuiwn
ana
cemre.
Popular
Roiite
Uov
For
Fractures
His
Leg
in
Two
jBritlsh
Columbia.
At
the
present
riacM
1
time
we
have
only
this
rente
I
i
j
shack,
which
accommodates
cus-
Arthur
Mscdonald.
son
of
Alexton-
PMt
0l(,e-
telegraphs.
h-Macdonald
of
the
Fire
Hall
and
one
I
prles-
nnl
Pbe
For
thl
i
nf
th
naiiv
News
nouular
route
I
shack
we
are
paying
something
boys'
had
the
misfortune
to
fall
late
vMtorrtftv
oftAmoon
on
Seventh
i
Avenue
West
near
Lotblnlere
8treet.
I
breaking
his
leg
in
two
places.
The
lad
was
taken
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Oencral
Hospital
where
it
was
reported
this
morninn
that
he
was
'
resting
a.s
easily
u.v
coutii
bo
Strong
Plea
For
Federal
Block
Here
Is
Made
By
Olof
Hanson
In
Address
Before
Parliament
A
few
days
ago
in
the
House,
qjf
Commons
at
Ottawa,
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
made
a
strong
plea
for
a
new,
up-to-date
and
adequate
federal
building
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
member
based
his
claim
principally
on
the
size
and
importance
of
Prince
Rupert.
Mr.
Hanson
also
took
the
occasion
to
tell
the
House
something
of
this
port
and
iUtrict
and
its
prospects.
His
ad-t
dress
Is
reported
as
follows
In
Han-
iiTninn
TilTnr
sard:
f
MNkkkflilMI
It
The
constituency
of
Skeena.
which
I
have
the
honor
to
repre-j
sent.
Includes
the
city
of
Prlnc,
Rupert.
Prince
Rupert
has
no
such
thing
as
a
federal
public
building
'
The
federal
government
are
Juiijuev.
E.
Lunns
is
Appointed
to
Bu-rentlng
a
shack
which
a
reputable,
pert
East
Church
Other
farmer
would
not
use
as
a
barn.
We
have
had
it
for
a
number
of
years.
A
delegation
from
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
waited
upon
the
government
within
the
last
two
weeks,
and
I
understand
that
they
were
given
the
assurance
that'
iwhen
the
present
lease
expire-?
I
their
representations
will
be
given
i
serious
consideration.
We
have
ir
Prince
Rupert,
which
has
a
popu
lation
of
approximately
10.000,
provincial
building
which
cos1
about
$500,000.
Prince
Rupert,
a
some
hon.
members
realize
an"
I
others
do
not.
occupies
a
strategl
the
government
gave
the
represn
tativee
from
the
city
of
Prince
Rn
p"
Bnd
tne
chamber
of
commerce
a
good
hearing,
and
no
doubt
th
claims
of
the
city
will
be
given
consideration.
But
when
I
see
onl?
the
ma11
amount
of
45-000
in
th
estimates
for
improvements
ant
repairs
to
Dominion
public
build
lngs
in
British
Columbia.
I
thinV
It
is
up
to
me
as
a
member
representing
one
of
the
ridings
o'
that
province
to
remonstrate
ami
to
say
that
that
is
not'
doing.
Jus
tiee
to
British
Columbia.
I
trust
that
the
government
wll
look
into
the
matter
and
see
tha
central
and
northern
British
Col
umbla
are
given
consideration
in
the
supplementary
estimates.
I
re
peat
that
because
of
Prince
Rn
"-rt's
location
at
the
end
of
a
'ransconttnmtal
railway
and
as
r
British
Pacific
port
it
occupies
istragetic
position.
It
stands
thlrn
In
customs
and
post
office
revenu
in
British
Columbia.
Prince
Ruper
is
the
second
British
North
Amer-
lea
port
on
the
Pacific,
and
I
am
sure
hon
members
on
both
side
,
,
.
,
A
1
,11
4l
M.
''"tiding,
one
might
almost
thin
the
government
had
forgotten
that
such
a
place
as
British
Columbia
exists.
Straertic
Position
Before
I
sit
down
1
would
Utc
to
Impress
my
hon.
friends
opposite
with
the
tact
that
Prince
Rupert
lies
ln
a
stragetlc
position
also
.
.
.A
1
1
I
I
lke
$7,000
a
year
ln
rent
I
recrl-
vea
inai
iniurmauon
from
tht
Minister
of
Public
Works,
who
was
kind
enough
to
give
It
to
me
I
think
the
government
would
be
saving
money
if
it
would
consider
the
erection
of
an
adequate
build-
ing
ln
the
city
nf
Prince
Rupert
Continued
on
Page
4
PUICE
FIVE
CENTS
CONCLUDES
chances
in
District
VICTORIA,
May
19:
The
settlement
committee
of
the
British
Columbia
Conference
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
presented
Its
report
last
night,
bringing
the
conference
to
an
end.
The
next
confer
ence
will
be
held
ln
New
Westmln-
rter.
Following
were
among
the
chances
and
placing
of
ministers
for
the
"
"
'
ear:
.
Prince
Rupeit
East.
Rev.
E.
Lunns.
Hazelton.
Rev.
S.
V.
H.
Redman
Skldegate
1
.
Ocean
Falls.
Rev.
H.
Fair.
PROSPERITY
DOES
WELL
This
Property
Makes
Fine
Record
Under
Management
of
Premier
Staff
"It
is
with
a
great
deal
of
sat-sfaction
that
I
can
report
a
very
highly
successful
year
for
the
Pro
iperlty
Mine
Syndicate
under
th;
efficient
management
of
the
Premier
Oold
Mining
Co.,"
stated
Oec.
V
Mehlfleld.
president,
a
tthe
recent
annual
meeting
of
the
Prosperity
Syndicate
In
Victoria.
"Tbs
LRrosperlty
has
made
a
remarkable
record
for
the
fourteen
months
cf
noducUon
to
January
A,
1031.
and
ills
ln
1
ace
of
severe
climatic
con
ditlons
and
-constantly
declining
jrice
of
sliver."
BAXTER
IS
APPOINTED
Hon.
C.
I).
Richards
Named
New
Premier
of
New
.
Brunswick
It
Is
Announced
Today
OTTAWA,
May
IB-Premier
J
B
M.
Baxter
of
New
Brunswick
his
been
appointed
to
the
Appeal
Division
of
the
Supreme
Court
'.
New
Brunswick
and
Hon.
C.
D.
Richards,
minister
of
lands
and
mines,
succeeds
to
the
premiership
of
the
province.
ICEBERG
SHATTERING
DEVICE
WILL
GO
ON
4-
SUBMARINE
NAUTILUS
t
NEW
YORK,
May
19:
The
submarine
Nautilus,
to
be
used
by
Sir
Hubert
WUkins
In
his
at-
tempt
to
reach
the
North
Pole
under
the
If
e
this
summer,
will
'4
-
carry
a
new
scientific
device
I
which
is
designed
to
shatter
icebergs
by
means
of
submar-
uu
ground
wares,
lihfj
7'
mm4
v
-
,
1
At
4
T-
1
1
I