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j).m.
advertising
page
in
this
paper
today?
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXII.,
No.
10.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
12,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ENAHAN
DISASTER
NOW
ADMITTED
FEW
SURPRISES
ARE
SEEN
IN
CIVIC
NOMINATIONS
Finding
of
Piece
of
Fuselage
Makes
It
Certain
That
Machine
Crashed
Close
To
Ketchikan
Remnant
of
Blue
Painted
Fabric
Was
Attached
to
Bit
of
Wood
Found
On
Percy
Island
Believed
Bodies
of
Flyers
Will
Be
Found
KETCHIKAN,
Jan.
12:
A
bit
of
wood
to
which
was
attached
a
remnant
of
blue
painted
fabric
was
brought
lu
re
late
yesterday
and
is
believed
to
have
definitely
settled
the
mystery
surrounding
the
disappearance
on
the
evening
of
October
28
of
Pilot
Robin
Renahan
and
his
two
companions,
Frank
Hatcher,
22-year
old
Seattle
mechanic,
DEATH
IS
ADMITTED
Today's
News
Was
Great
Shock
to
Mrs.
Kcnahan
Had
Hoped
Her
Husband
Was
Safe
Mrs.
Robin
Renahan,
wife
of
Pilot
F
'
'
Renahan.
well
known
coast
aviator,
titer
being
Informed
through
Vi
Daily
News
this
morning
of
the
finding
of
paft
of
the
wooden
fuse-rM-
of
her
aviator
husband's
plane,
last
gave
up
hope
of
his
being
live.
Mrs.
Renahan
took
the
news
i
mly
yet
It
was
to
be
seen
that
she
v
..is
deeply
affected.
Probably
it
!
1
1
'lo
It
the
harder
for
her
to
realize
Mi
it
"Pat"
was
dead
since
she
had
nested
plucklly
long
after
others
3
1
id
Riven
up
hope
that
her
husband
i.imht
be
still
alive.
It
was
not
easy
i'
believe,
although
she
might
have
1
i.id
long
enough
to
anticipate
it,
t
li.it
she
was
a
widow
and
her
small
Hulriren
fatherless.
Mrs
Renahan
has
three
children
two
little
girls,
and
a
haby
boy.
Rory
O'More,
who
was
born
less
than
a
year
ago.
None
of
the
chilli
ri
-n
came
north
with
Mrs.
Rena-Juin.
who
arrived
here
last
evening.
Mrs.
Renahan
was
endeavoring
j
i
his
morning
to
make
arrangements
to
no
to
Ketchikan
or
as
near
asi
possible
to
the
search
operations.
Efforts
were
being
made
by
the
provincial
police
to
have
Search-Pilot
Anscel
Eckmann
come
down
with
his
plane
to
get
her.
Mrs.
Renahan
Is
staying
here
with
Mrs.
Charles
Larkin,
who
resides
on
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co.'s
dock.
Peace
River
Outlet
Value
Emphasized
Winnipeg
Paper
Comments
Upon
Necessity
Cnlllna
attention
to
the
ia
that
the
Northern
Railways
have
catcd
ln
the
Universities
of
Call-now
got
their
end
of
steel
into
tho
fornia
and
Arizona
and
obtained
nntlsh
Columbia
Block
of
the
nls
A
B,
degree.
He
served
ln
the
Tcace
River
Empire,
the
Free
Press
united
States
from
1917
to
1919
recently
devotes
much
editorial
:durmg
the
Great
War.
Before
going
.-pace
to
discussing
lust
what
thU'to
Windsor,
he
was
with
the
con-sinw
hut
pprtnin
movement
for
al.itinr
rnms
at
Danzig
and
Ham-
-
"
Pacific
outlet
means
to
the
west
and
Canada
generally.
The
editorial
admits
the
progress
beyond
the,
B,C,-Alberta
border
my
be
slow
has
been
too
slow
p
fact-but
halls
with
satisfaction
that
the
Joint
railway
effort
ln
that
direction
shows
substantial
results
in
the
face
of
more
or
less
depressing
obstacles.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
12
Wheat
was
quoted
at
54
5-8C.
on
the
local
Exchange
today.
bam
uierx,
weaiiny
Ban
Fran
cisco
mining
man.
Pilot
Anscel
Eckmann,
search
flyer,
and
his
mechanic,
Frank
Wadman,
identified
the
find
as
part
of
the
Renahan
plane
and
said
it
indicated
con
cluslvely
that
the
machine
nad
crashed
within
a
few
minutes
flight
Canadian
Chamber
of
Com-of
Ketchikan.
j
merce
and
prominent
lumberman,
The
wreckage
was
found
by
Clar-
died
thte
morning
at
the
age
of
70.
ence
Myers
and
Bob
Miller
on
the
He
had
been
in
hospital
here
for
shore
of
the
northeast
Island
of
the
treatment.
Percy
group
southwest
of
here.
The
I
Business
concerns
in
which
the
fact
that
the
piece
of
wood
was
'ate
Mr.
McLean
was
prominently
tanered
from
a
width
of
about
a
foot
interested
included
the
Canada
Ce-
ls
taken
to
indicate
that
the
plane
was
wrecked
and
it
is
believed
that
the
bodies
of
the
flyers
wUl
be
found
In
that
vicinity.
The
splinter
of
wood
was
identified
by
Eckmann
and
Wadman
as
having
been
part
of
the
right
of
the
fuselage
housing
the
cockpit
of
Renahan's
big
Lock-
"ver,
uerjec;
January
is,
ibbu,
me
heed-Vega
plane.
'ate
Mr.
McLean
was
educated
In
Renahan
and
his
two
companions
the
pubrte'scfipols
bf
Ottawa
and
al-were
flying
from
Vancouver
to
Atlln
'
attended"
business
college
there,
to
Join
the
search
for
the
party
of
;
He
resided
for
fifteen
years
In
Buf-the
late
Capt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke
when
laio,
New
York,
and
returned
to
the
disaster
overtook
them,
it
Canada
In
September.
1909.
means
that
the
Burke
episode
re-
j
He
began
his
career
as
a
lumber
suited
in
the
loss
of
four
lives.
In-
.shipper
in
the
service
of
James
Mc-
jury
to
other
flyers
and
the
loss
of
two
airplanes
while-
other
flyers,
and
planes
took
continuous
and
great
chances
In
gallant
rescue
efforts.
CONSULAR
!
ASSISTANT
Walter
M.
Walsh
of
Windsor,
Ont.
Named
United
Siates
Vice-Consul
Here
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
12:
Walter
Michael
Walsh
of
Duquesne.
Pa.,
vice-consul
at
Windsor.
Ont.,
has
been
appointed
vice-consul
at
Prince
Rupert.
He
will
not
leave
Windsor.
Ont.,
to
assume
his
new
duties
in
the
west
until
his
relief
arrives
there.
Rev.
John
H.
Hanson
has
been
acting
as
resident
vice-consul
at
Prince
Rupert
for
some
time.
Mr.
Walsh
was
born
at
Duquesne
Rpntember
17.
1893.
He
was
edu-
(
u
u.
r
-
-
burg
ln
Germany.
The
Weather
Prince
Ruperts-Cloudy,
south
cast
wind,
8
miles;
Barometer.
29.
02:
temDerature,
42;
sea
smooth.
nwid
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
calm:
barometer,
29.82;
tempera
ture,
40;
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Clear,
light
southerly
wind,
sea
moderate.
Triplo
Island-Fresh
southwest
wind,
sea
moderate,
raining.
PROMINENT
LUMBERMAN
Late
Angus
McLean
Had
Interests
In
Prince
George
District
and
Planned
Pulp
Mill
There
Died,Today
Was
President
of
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
MONTREAL.
Jan.
12:
Angus
Mc-
Lean
of
Dathurst,
NJ3.,
president
of
merit
CC'
the
Maritime
Llfe-Assur-j
ance
co.
and
me
New
urunswicK
Co.,
In
each
of
which
companies
he
was
a
director,
and
the
Cascapedia
Manufacturing
and
Trading
Co.
of
which
he
was
president,
Born
at.
Thurso
n
the-
Ottawa
Laren
&
Co.
of
Buckingham
In
1880
ana
iwo
yeuis
wier
keeper
for
the
North
Nation
Mills.
In
1867
he
took
a
similar
position
with
W.
C.
Edwards
it
Co.
of
Rockland
and
in
1892
Joined
the
firm
of
Hugh
McLean
ic
Co.
of
Buffalo.
The
late
Mr.
McLean
was
elected
president
of
the
Canadian
Lumber
men's
Association
in
1923
and
president
of
the
Maritime
Board
of
Trade
in
1925.
He
was
president
of
the
Canadian
Pulpwood
Association
from
1025
to
1928.
The
late
Mr.
McLean
Is
survived
by
hns
widow
and'
three
sons
and
three
daughters.
He
was
an
Independent
In
politics
and
a
Baptist
in
religion.
His
hobbles
were
riding
and
?olf.
Several
years
ago,
the
late
Angus
McLean
took
an
active
Interest
ln
the
project
for
the
establishment
of
a
pulp
and
paper
mill
at
or
near
Prince
George.
The
project
looked
for
a
while
like
it
might
come
to
fruition
but
was
finally
abandoned
as
far
as
Mr.
McLean,
at
least,
was
concerned.
ARE
TAKEN
FROM
TOMB
Nineteen
Men
Rescued
Safely
from
Tunnel
in
California
Mountains
OAKLAND,
Jan.
12
Through
a
narrow
hole
burrowM
In
the
wall
of
debris
which
had
entombed
then;
for
thirty
hours
ln
Camp
Mitchell
tunnel,
nineteen
men
(crawled
safely
early
Sunday
morn
lng
more
than
six
hours
after
an
other
worker
escaped
through
an
opening
too
small
to
admit
his
companions.
The
man
are
unln
Jured.
Amusing
Way
This
group
of
men
are
indulging
in
garnii
of
-:tnp
pok?r,
the
lost
clothes
to
be
givon
to
needy
of
unemployed.
They
are
members
of
American
Legion
in
New
York
Logging
Had
Good
Year
In
1930
Despite
Lumbering
Depression;
Substantial
Increase
Over
1929
Loir
scaline
in
Prince
Rupert
district
for
the
year
1930
totalled
139,025,729
as
CQmpared
with
115,721,509
board
feet
in
1929,
this
showing
a
the
depressed
condition
of
the
lumber
markets,
a
summary
lror
viewr
Ta
of
monthly
scaling
figures
of
the
district
forester
show.)pected
to
lnclude
Itntt
L
Was.
There
were
only
three
months
when
the
1930
production
ijon.
34-year
old
pilot,
who
did
such
was
not
in
excess
01
1929.
inesen
months
being
February,
October
and
December.
Fbllowing
are
scaling
figures
month
by
month
for
1930
with
those
of
1929
for
compar-
lson.
1930
January
2.490,377
February
1,291,206
March...-
4,474,031
April
6,788,042
May
12.130,422
June
18,677,859
July
13.180,078
August
27,332,486
September
..
26,570.633
October
8.133.972
November
14,144,881
December
....
2,811,742(
1929
'
1,313,539
3,544.189
1.303,347
6,286,498
11.157,456
12,983,529
12,135.650
10,233,394
17.622,679
13,823,304
11.870,129
13,442,795
Totals
139.025,729
115,721,509
December
Scaling
Sawlog
scaling
per
varieties
ln
December
1930
was
as
follows,
corresponding
figures
ln
1929
also
being
given:
1930
1929
Fir
90.361
211,719
Cedar
637.252
4,058,958
Spruce
..:
1,409,431
3,675,455
Hemlock
541,657
3.312,973
Balsam
131,718
1,951,678
Jack
Pine
286
11,100
Cottonwood
1.147
220,912
Totals
2,811,742
13,442,795
Production
of
cedar
and
hemlock
poles,
piling,
etc.
ln
December
1930
totalled
only
71.366
lineal
feet
as
again
1,934,324
lineal
feet
ln
1929.
Hewn
ties
for
the
months
Just
passed
amounted
to
21,039
as
compared
with
87.804
piece
ln
the
same
month
last
year.
There
were
498
cords
of
wood
cut
ln
December
last
as
against
83
cords
ln
December
1929.
KILLED
IN
.
HlfMNDSLlDE
GUAYOQU1L.
Ecuador,
Jan.
12:
A
landslide
roaring
down
from
the
mountains
along
the
Guayoqult
and
Quito
Railroad
today
burled
175
track
workers
who
were
uncovering
a
stretch
of
about
200
yards
of
track
which
had
been
covered
by
a
previous
slide.
to
Assist
Needy
substantial
increase
despite
;
VENGEANCE
ON
NEGRO
Killer
of
Young
Missouri
Girl
Teacher
Lashed
to
Roof
and
Burned
to
Death
MARYVILLE,
Mo,
Jan.
12:
Chained
to
the
root
of
Garrett
rural
school
in
which
he
Is
alleged
to
have
assaulted
and
murdered
Miss
Yelma
Colt
ex,
a
.
19-year
old
teacher,
Raymond
Gunn,
negro,
was
burned
to
death
by
a
mob
which
made
a
funeral
pyre
of
the
building
today.
At
least
two
thousand
persons
witnessed
the
burning.
Peace
River
Teachers
Held
Initial
Meeting
POUCE
COUPE,
Jan.
12
The
first
school
teachers'
convention
ever
held
in
the
B.
C.
block
of
the
Peace
River
country
opened
here
today
win
practically
every
teacher
in
the
territory
attending.
The
convention
will
continue
op
Wednesday
with
all
the
time-hon
ored
observations.
Including
lec
tures,
s,
demorutreUQDf
and
open
discu
usfctiln
.
COUPLE
RELIEVED
TO
HAVE
PERISHED
ON
ATLANTIC
FLIGHT
.
.
HORTA,
Azores.
Jan.
12:
The
storm-swept
Atlantic
is
believed
to
have
taken
the
lives
of
Mrs.
Beryl
Hart,
widow
avlatrlx.
and
Lieut.
William
MacLaren,
her
co-pllot,
who
have
not
been
reported
since
they
left
Bermuda
on
Satur-
day
in
the
monoplane
Trade
Wind
for
a
flight
from
New
York
to
Parte.
Seven
Candidates
Out
For
Four
Vacancies
on
1931
Aldermanic
Board
Only
Three
Seek
Scats
Among
School
Trustees-
McCut-chcon
and
Mussallcm
As
Council
Candidates
Surprises
In
List
Today
With
Mayor
C.
H.
Orme
given
the
chief
magistracy
for
another
year
by
acclamation,
there
will
be
contest
only
for
the
four
vacant
seats
on
the
aldermanic
board
and
not
three
vacancies
on
the
school
board,
it
was
revealed
when
nominations
closed
at
2
o'clock
this
afternoon.
There
are
seven
candidates
for
aldermanic
honors
and
three
aspir-
"
1
Hants
for
office
on
the
school
board
DUE
HERE
WEDNESDAY
Principals
In
Burke
Episode
Will
Be
Aboard
Princess
Norah
Several
of
the
principals
in
the
recent
tragic
episode
of
the
north
In
which
Capt.
E.
J.
A.
Burke
starv
ed
m
Yukon
Territory
lust
north
of
Ithe
BrttUrvpoIumblaJjorder
are
ex
-
jptd
here
vrWhesasy-af
teftioon
heroic
rescue
work
against
great
odds,
and
Bob
Martin
and
Emll
Kadlng,
survivors
of
the
experience
to
whieh
Burke
succumbed.
Also
on
the
Princess
Norah.
it
is
expected,
will
be
Wasson's
fiancee,
a
Vancouver
nurse,
who
has
been
on
the
staff
of
the
Whltehorse
hos-
I
'
u.
.
,
the
ttnUod
State
uhprp
WaMon
will
pick
up
and
fly
north
a
new
plane
for
the
Treadwell-Yukon
Explora-
tion.
Pilot
Wasson
has
been
invited
to
address
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
at
a
tea
which,
if
he
accepts.
wtll
be
held
on
Wednesday
after
noon
durln
the
stay
6f
the
steam-
er
here.
Vancouver
Stocks
fOoumvy
S.
O
Johnim
Co.)
Bayvtew,
nil,
.0
Big
Missouri.
.44.
.46.
Cork
Province,
.OH,
.01.
Cotton
Belt.
.18.
nil.
Oeorge
Copper.
.SO,
.75.
Oeorge
River.
.0.
.02
.
Oolconda,
MVi,
nil.
Grandvlew,
.04.
.044.
Indian
Mines,
.01
H.
.024.
Independence,
.01.
nil.
Inter.
Coal
St
Coke.
.12.
nil.
Kootenay
King.
.01,
nil.
Morton
Wooisey.
.034,
nil.
Marmot
River
Oold,
nil,
.01.
Marmot
Metals,
nil.
.01.
Nat
Silver.
.Oft.
.064.
Oregon
Copper,
.06.
.054-Pend
Oreille.
.75.
nil.
'
Pioneer
Gold.
.70.
.7S.
Reeves
Macdonald.
nil.
,20.
Rufus-Argenta,
.02
nil,,
Ruth-Hope,
n:l.
.05.
Silver
Crest.
014.
024.
Topley
Richfield,
.01,
.01.
Wellington,
nil.
.01.
Whitewater.
.08.
nil.
A.P5srjfiora(ed,
M
4.
Calmont
Oils
Ltd..
.26,
.30.
Dalhouaie.
.83.
nil.
Fabyan
Pete,
.02,
nil.
Home
Oil,
1.6$.
1.71
Royallte.
17.00,
18.00.
Freehold,
.16,
.17.
Hartal.
12.
nil.
Merland,
.154.
.16.
Mercury,
.36,
.36.
.United,
.27,
.29.
TODAY
all
of
whom
are
elected
by
acclamation.
The
only
nominations
for
the
city
council
which
may
be
counted
as
surprises
were
those
of
W.
J.
McCut-cheon.
pioneer
druggist
of
the
city,
and
N.
Mussallem,
city
merchant.
Mr.
McCutcheon
had
been
mention-ed
I
as
a
possible
candidate
for
the
Imavoraltv
but
it
was
onlv
lately
J
w
that
it
became
known
he
would
be
an
aldermanic
candidate.
Other
aldermanic
candidates
are
Aid.
S.
D.
j
Macdonald,
Aid.
W.
M.
Brown,
Aid.
LThN
rWrfcimd
Ald.
P.
H.LlnzevL
fw
nose
are
automatically
ex-
piring,
and
Ex-Aid.
R.
F.
Perry.
Only
one
member
of
the
school
board.
Earl
Barrie,
Is
offering
for
re-election
with
J..J.
Glllis
Laborite,
and
Ex-Ald.
W.
J.
Greer,
the
other
candidates.
The
nominations
are
as
follows:
FOR
MAYOR
Cyril
H.
Orme,
druggist,
propos
ed
by
James
H.
Thompson,
seconded
by
S.
D.
Macdonald.
1
FOR
ALDERMEN
.
wp""e
v,uuir
ututr,
'
PrPd
by
Robert
Gordon,
sec
onded
by
Max
Heilbroner
and
H.
B.
Rochester.
Simon
Donald
Macdonald,
printer,
proposed
by
James
Black,
seconded
by
Frank
Dlbb.
Philip
H.
Llnzey,
merchant,
pro-
Pd
by
James
H.
Thompson,
sec
onded
by
O.
W.
Nickerson.
Rogei
F.
Perry,
contractor,
proposed
by
David
G.
Stewart,
seconded
by
J.
A.
Lindsay.
William
M.
Brown,
plumber,
proposed
by
S.
D.
Macdonald,
seconded
by
James
Black.
William
J.
McCutcheon,
druggist,
proposed
by
S.
D.
Johnston,
seconded
by
H.
B.
Rochester
and
J.
T.
Balltnger.
Najeeb
Mussallem,
merchant,
proposed
by
F.
W.
Hart,
seconded
by
John
A.
Murray.
FOR
SCHOOL
TRUSTEE
Three
to
be
Elected
Joseph
John
OUlls,
carpenter,
proposed
by
S.
A.
Bird,
seconded
by
W.
J.
Oreer.
Wtlbert
John
Greer,
contractor,
proposed
by
Robert
Gordon,
seconded
by
Oeorge
S.
Hill.
William
John
Earl
Barrie,
home
furnishings,
proposed
by
Oeorge
Rorie,
seconded
by
James
II.
Thompson.
Voting
for
the
aldermen
and
school
trustees
as
well
as
on
a
referendum
as
to
whether
there
should
be
a
two-year
term
for
mayor
will
take
place
on
Thursday.
.b0
N.
Rt
,
steamer
Prince
John,
pa$ftwlell
MtLean
wVcn
arrt"
ved
K
last
Wednesday
from
Vancouver
via
the
Queen
Char-lolte
Islands
and
has
since
been
loading
and
unloading
freight
here
will
sail
at
5
o'clock
this
evening
lor
Vancouver
direct.
The
vessel
wtll
take
south
a
number
of
pas
sengers
who
arrived
from
the
Is-ands
on
the
Prince
William
Saturday
evening.