social
piuai
ceneral
meeting
lHllOll
was
IieiU
msi
eveiiniu
"
y
-
ith
President
F.
Wesch
m
the
chair,
ana
a
suong
uuui-
in
of
members.
The
president
outlined
what
nati
trans-
ii
f
fl
at
the
executive
meeting
held
recently
regarding
the
Station
in
the
City
by
r.
t
Unilsnment
iWishniPnt
OI
of
a
a
broadcasting
OloauuHni
8UtMt
the
execu-
GRAIN
SHIP
!
IS
LEAVING
Th-
British
steamer
Hcronspool,
.-in-ill
ship
to
load
groin
from
the
H
,
,
,
,
,.
H'fita
Wheat
Pool's
local
elevator
'
,y
"P
wlU
ftaUh.tatt
th
.
'"moon
or
evening
an
w
,
.
.
mr....
morning
for
the
United
Kingdom
(ii
Continent
with
a
full
cargo.
The
Hcronspool
has
cleaned
up
bout
all
the
wheat
left
In
the
local
j'
Cooking
Classes
Closed
Yesterday
Miss
Thompson
Completes
Most
Successful
Course
of
Lessons
At
I.OJ).C
Hall
Last
evening
MIm
Thorn
pn
concluded
the
series
of
ten
cooking
-
I-
TnnP
TTnll
for
tiwKlten
Oencfftl
Efcctrie,
tm
HeiT
skm
being
well
attended
and
of
great
benefit
to
the
ladies
who
were
there.
Last
night
J.
3.
UtUe.
general
ntanaer
of
the
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Company,
publicly
thanked
Miss
Thompson
and
Incidentally
did
a
little
ad
verUsint
for
his
company.
The
prizes
were
as
follows:
Afternoon
"
iron.
1
Mrs.
Holmes,
siloed
ham.
.
3
Mrs.
W.
S.
Hammond,
sack
of
flour.
4
Mrs.
F.
O.
Maedonald,
tin
of
coffee.
Mrs.
J.
Wine,
cooked
foods.
Evening
l-
Mrs.
J.
H.
Forman,
Hot
Point
Iron.
3
Mrs.
C.
3.
Wotrington,
ham.
3
Miss
C.
McLeod.
flour.
4
Mrs.
D.
McD.
Hunter,
coffee.
5
Mrs.
B.
Walker,
oooked
food.(
6-Mrs.
J.
H.
Thompson,
cookfdj
food.
!
7
Mrs.
W.
S.
Htmmona,
qookcu
ifood.
I
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Radio
.
in
tuQ
nnnnil
r-hnmber
tlve
could
not
see
their
way
ciea-
to
endorse
Mr.
Batt's
sUUon
asi
thr
pxwsutlve
felt
that
they
were
acting
for
all
members
and
all
ra
-
dlo
owners
ln
the
city
and
that.
If
4i,o
imnntninualv
endorsed
Mr.
nnit
and
then
interference
waa
-jaer
I
caused
by
this
station,
they
would
j.
The
burglary
was
discovered
!
nave
to
shoulder
all
the
blame.
When
the
store
was
opened
this
For
that
reason
this
meeting,
win
morning.
called
.
M
so
.
,hnt
that
all
ail
memoe
members
couli,
The
in
i
po
ice
investigation
Is
oon-l
ensued
botn
for
and
acalnst
.
tnc
mtttter
mawer
Mr.
Batt
again
fully
"J8
pk
position
and
said
,
uiai
sure
un
'
"rt
,
cause
any
NEW
TARIFF
ADVISORY
BOARD
TO
BE
NAMED
BY
OTTAWA
Extensive
Powers
To
Be
Given
to
Body
It
Is
Stated
by
Premier
Will
Take
Over
Sonic
of
Authority
Now
Held
By
Other
Branches
May
Examine
Witnesses
on
Oath
and
Compel
Them
to
Attend
OTTAWA,
May
16:
Three
members
will
constitute
the
"u
tariff
advisory
board
and,
in
addition
to
inquiring
in
tariff
matters,
the
board
will
exercise
some
of
the
'
n.ciinns
now
enjoyed
by
officials
of
the
Department
of
.
tonal
Revenue
and
the
Combines
Investigation
Branch,
t
vernier
R.
B.
Bennett
said
in
the
House
of
Commons
ves-
.
The
new
board
will
have
the
i
to
examine
witnesses
under
i
..lid
to
compel
attendance
of
.v
s
n
will
report
to
the
minor
finance.
It
will
'make
re-M
i.cUUon
as
lo
tariff!
neees-equalise
the
costs
of
produc-ii
Canada
with
those
of
other
!
ICS
NEW
SHIP
CONTRACT
r
ATTLE,
May
16:
Work
will
be
,
Hied
for
one
hundred
Seattle)
-rd
workers
in
the
construe-
.1
a
new
ship
to
replace
the
fa-
u-
old
auxiliary
schooner
Boxer
a
iv
tic
ocean
service.
The
eon-
has
been
placed
with
the
Berg
,
:
-'Mulcting
Co.
of
Ballard,
it
was!
..
.....
Th.
antrat'
is
$388,000.
this
being
the
low-1
I
eight
bids.
FINANCIERS
IN
SEATTLE
!
ATTLE,
May
16:
Several
of
r
mted
States'
most
prominent
i
ii-u-rs
will
pay
a
brief
visit
to
'U
tonight
in
the
course
of
a
in
inspecUon
tour
following
annual
meeting
of
the
Oreat
i
-in
th
Railway.
Among
them
will
Vii-phen
Baker
of
New
York.
Jo-1
chapman
of
Minneapolis
and
i
W
Hill
of
8t.
Paul.
Felix
Batt's
Radio
Station
Project
Here
Is
Endorsed
By
Association
at
Large
Meeting
'
Former
School
Teacher
Permitted
Truancy
Mrs
G.
Boakes.
former
Phlluo
LESS
LAND
IN
WHEAT
Lark
of
Rainfall
and
Soil
Moisture
Proves
Revere
Handicap
to
Early
Crop
Progress
WINNIPEG.
May
16:
The
Manitoba
Free
Press
crop
report
today
states
that
lack
of
rainfall
and
soil
mosture
are
fairly
general
on
the
prairies,
necessitating
delay
in
wheat
seeding
in
some
sections
and
threatening
damage
in
areas
which
are
already
planted.
The
acreage
sown
to
wheat
Is
approximately
21,000,000,
a
decrease
of
12
from
last
year.
Alberta
leads
in
the
decrease
with
a
15
reduction.
BURGLARY
IN
STORE
Jabour
Bros.
Visited
by
Nightpads
Dial
Sawed
Off
Safe
No
Money
Taken
But
Considerable
Amount
of
Goods
Was
Taken
From
Stock
la
the
departmental
store
of
Ja-
(bour
Bros,
some
time
U.st
night
?
burglary
took
place
of
very
slm-liar
nature
to
that
which
occurred
'last
Sunday
night
in
the
water
front
store
of
F,
E.
Hunt
Ltd,
entered
the
stoie
back
window,
climb
ing
to
the
roof
of
a
lean-to
in
or-
der
to
rAch
the
window
Pecuiiai-
ly
enough,
the
dial
of
tl
the
safe
In
,h.
.tore
was
sawed
off.
as
was
m
ln
cae
of
the
Hunt
store
enlry
but
lnterlor
0t
the
sate
wag
not
reached.
ca$h
registers
were
opened
but
nothing
was
taken
Il0m
these
a
they
contolned
no
money.
The
robbers,
however,
did
gel
w8y
with
a
quantity
of
goods
Irom
the
more
including
ladies'
gjiit
pajamas,
hosiery,
ladles"
bloomers
and
combinations
and
bloomers
and
two
silk
dresses.
burRla'ry
although
no
announce-
ment
is
yet
to
be
made.
Bruyn
returned
to
the
city
Princess
Mary
yesterday
af-
.Prno.ui
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
accompanied
by
his
young
son
lphia
school
teacher
waa
aires.'
when
she
taught
her
own
child.
Chicago
Druggist
Bags
Bandit
Who
Visits
His
Store
CHICAGO.
May
16:
After
having
been
held
up
four
times
during
a
year,
Alex
Levinsky,
Chicago
druggist,
took
up
pistol
practice
Yes-'
terday
two
bandits
visited
hie
store.
He
bagged
one
and
the
other
escaped.
I
TRAGEDY
IN
WOODS
Shcllon,
Hash.
Man
Kills
Wife,
Daughter
and
Self
SHELTON,
Wash.,
May
16:
The1
woods
17
miles
from
here
were
the
scene
of
a
family
tragedy
yesterday
i
when
W.
A.
Renf
row,
a
rlfging
boss,
shot
and
killed
his
wife
and
seven-year
old
daughter,
as
well
as
a
fore
man,
severely
injured
his
six-year
old
daughter,
and
then
turned
thai
gun
on
himself
and
took
his
own
life.
Renfrew
is
believed
to
have
been
insane.
Seattle
Has
Mad
Dog
Scare
SEATTLE.
May
10:
Seattle
had
another
mad
dog
Mare
yesterday!
when
a
German
police
dog
ran1
amok
and
attacked
four
people
near
1
Queen
Anne
School.
There
will
be
no
serious
effect,
it
ws
stated
by
doctors.
lor
peian'.'
.ag
haoilual
truancy
?n.
EVIDENCE
OF
CROWN
Prince
Gee
rgcMarderOase
J
Es-v
pec
ted
to
Ho
to
Jury
This
Afternoon
PKINCE
GEORGE,
May
16:
The
crown
has
closed
its
case
in
the
murder
trial
of
Carl
Fredericks,
accused
of
slaying
two
companions.
Herman
Peters
and
Max
Westphal,
at
the
east
end
of
Trembleur
Lake,
100
miles
north
of
Fort
St.
James,
last
summer.
It
is
expected
the
case
will
go
to
the
jury
this
afternoon.
A.
M.
Johnson
K.C.
-appeared
as
crown
prosecutor
while
'A.
Men.
Young
was
defence
counsel.
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald
is
the
presiding
Judge.
CONTRACT
IS
SIGNED
Fisheries
Experimental
Station
to
Be
Completed
By
Geo.
Scott
The
contract
for
the
completion
of
the
second
floor
of
the
new
annex
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Fisheries
Experimental
Station
has
been
let
to
George
Scott
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
work
will
include
the
Installation
of
the
bacteriological
laboratory
and
is
expected
to
be
completed
ln
a
month
or
six
weeks,
so
that
it
may
be
used
this
season.
The
contract
price
is
not
announced
but
it
is
understood
the
work
will
run
into
several
thousand
League
of
Nations
Leading
Great
Britain
Into
Another
War,
Lord
Beaverbrook
Says
LONDON,
May
lG:Lord
Beaverbrook,
London
newspaper
baron,
threw
a
sensation
into
British
political
circles
yesterday
with
the
publication
of
an
editorial
in
his
London
Express
in
which
he
declared
that
Great
Britain
was
being
helplessly
dragged
into
another
great
war
through
its
membersliip
and
participation
in
the
League
of
Rations..
Beaverbrook
declared
that
Great
Britain
should
have
held
aloof
from
the
League
as
United
States
had
done.
.
Good
News
tor
Lumber
Operators
of
Province
Seen
in
Recommendation.
London
County
Court
Will
Use
Nothing
But
Empire
Timber
After
August
in
Carrying
Out
of
Great
Five-Year
Program
Only
Supply
Here
LONDON,
May
1G:
Good
news
for
British
Columbia
timber
producers
is
contained
in
a
recommendation
of
the
general
purposes
committee
of
the
London
county
council
Today
to
the
effect
that,
after
August,
the
London
corporation
should
use
nothing
but
Empire
timber
in
carrying
out
TU
great
five-year
building
program
provided
supplies
of
;
suitable
quaUty
and
quantity
can
be
FISH
SALES
Summary
American
S4.500
pounds,
8c
and
4c
to
9c
and
5c.
Canadian
6130
pounds,
8c
and
5c.
American
Trinity,
45,000,
Odd
Storage,
8c
and
4c.
Celtic.
3OJD0O,
Booth,
8.4c
and
4v
,
-Driniiy,
UjJOO,
Cold
8tora8!"'
I'iwf
5e.
I
Canadian
!
Nuba.
2.500:
Johanna.
13.000;
Im-
obtained
at
leasonable
prices.
The
committee
stated
that
practically
the
only
British
timber
6ource
at
present
marketing
any
appreciable
supplies
of
softwood
Is
the
Canadian
Pacific
coast.
PARTS
FOR
i.
AIRPLANES
p1Csl&neL
M
Equipment
For
isorlhern
B.C.
Airways
Arrives
Here
eral
equipment
for
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Airways
which
is
to
establish
a
commercial
air
service
out
of
Prince
Rupert.
The
shipper
of
the
equipment
was
'Ole
Rollag.
who
is
at
present
in
Vancouver
and
who
is
expected
to
come
north
within
the
next
few
days
as
air
engineer
on
one
of
ths
new
concern's
planes.
Vancouver
Wheat
pereuse.
5,000.
and
Viking.
8.500.
The
steamer
Cardena
this
morn-Cold
Storage,
8c
and
5c.
mg
ianad
here
a
considerable
Cape
Swain,
5.000:
Alice
May,
1.-
j
quantity
of
airplane
parts
and
gen-
uv.
r.8C
xi..
0.,
ana
uommo
u,
Atlln.
8c
and
5c
i
Ounda.
2.500.
Royal.
8c
and
5c
CAR
CRASH
IN
SPOKANE
SPOKANE,
May
16:
When
a
lire
truck
and
automobile
collided
here
i
yesterday
three
men
were
seriously
.
injured
and
all
may
die.
All
three
VANCOUVER,
Majr
16:
Wheat
victims
sustained
broken
skulls
and
was
quoted
at
59c
on
the
local
one
was
badly
burned.
exchange
today.
Home
Oil
Tank
Scow
Shifts
In
Hecate
Straits
and
Goes
Down;
Considerable
Oil
Is
Lost
Too
A
tank
scow
belonging
to
the
Home
Oil
Distributors
Ltd.
had
to
be
abandoned
in
Hecate
Straits
not
far
from
Tow
Hill
yesterday
after
the
tank
shifted
and
upset
the
scow.
The
tank
scow
was
in
tow
of
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co.'s
power
tug
Salvage
Princess,
Capt.
Frank
Tyler,
and
was
being
towed
from
here
to
North
Island
to
be
anchored
I
there
for
the
summer.
A
terrific
CLEARING
CONTRACT
Jatk
Mrltae
to
Get
Site
on
Sixth
made
as
the
tank
will
have
sunk
Avenue
Keady
For
New
whUe
the
scow,
it
is
presumed.
Masonic
Temple
would
break
up.
There
is
no
word
1
yet
as
to
what
the
Intentions
of
the
Jack
McRae
has
been
given
the
company
are
ln
the
matter
of
re-contract
for
clearing
the
site
on
placement.
SlxUi
Avenue
between
McBrldetand
.
.
Bowser
Streets
where
the
new
Ma-I
sonic
Temple
is
to
be
erected.
I
It
is
expected
that
the
contract
for
the
building
will
be
awarded
early
next
month.
Shakespeare
Expert
Is
Seriously
III
at
Nice
With
Jaundice
NICE,
France,
May
16:
Frank
Harris,
prominent
American
Shake-
spearlan
authority.
Is
ill
here
with
Jaundice.
gust
of
wind
struck
the
outfit
and
turned
it
over,
it
being
necessary
to
cut
the
tow
line
so
the
tug
could
get
clear.
The
tank
was
full
of
oil
but.
fortunately,
there
was
no
one
on
l
mI
i
uwv.
No
attempt
at
salvage
will
be
Quake
Drives
Italians
From
Their
Homes
ROME.
May
1:
Residents
of
a
tovta
llfty
miles
north
of
here
left
their
homes
and
huddled
around
camp
fires
by
night
following
a
se-
verr
earthquake
shock.
No
Uvea
were
lost.
j
Today
wather
If
Tomorrow's
Tides
Sunday,
May
17,
1931
&
1
2
o
me
High
:
0!44
am
20:9
ft.
Prince
Jlupe
E
g
y,
moderate
13:29
p.m.
18:5
ft.
ouihcast
win.
etcr,
29:08;
Low
7:24
a.m.
3:1
ft.
U;;ht
chop.
g
2j
19:13
pjn.
7:5
U.
:'S
3
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
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FIVE
CENTS
7i
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RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
1G,
1931
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