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255.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER,
2,
1931
RELIEF
WORKERS
ARE
FIVE
SEATTLE
MEN
BURNED
TO
Two
Hundred
Men
in
Local
Camps
Ceased
Their
Labors
Today
Order
Is
General
One
and
Is
Believed
to
Be
Only
TemporaryIntention,
It
Is
Understood,
Is
to
Check
Up
On
Necessity
of
Men
Being
Given
Work
Supposedly
in
compliance
with
an
agreement
which
has
hrrn
reached
between
the
provincial
and
federal
govern
ment.-
that
unemployment
relief
camps
shall
be
used
only
for
those
actually
in
need,
an
order
was
received
here
yesterday
afternoon
to
lay
off
temporarily
all
men
who
have
been
employed
in
the
government's
relief
work
locally.
Ti
:d(
r.
it
U
understood,
U
a
gen-
r
:
im
and
applle
throughout
the'
j:;.
-..:,-
It
came
Into
effect
thto
:
ti'
'in
the
Cloyah
Bay
and:
r
mine
nmp
Lake
Lake
section
section
of
of
the',
the,
:
,
niver
highway
ana
involve
a
hundred
men
who
have
?
king
mere.
V.
-ii'talla
of
the
government
s
I
i
were
lacking
in
the
tele-
4
tr.
instructions
which
ordered
im
off
of
the
men,
It
is
sup-
v
.
in
lay-off
has
been
ordered
,
sau:
all
Uiejtnen
may
do
enecxeaCnleaXO,tnd
Liverpool
market
u;i
;:
reaard
to
the
necessity
for
ug,
5trengthen
the;
!
Rn.civing
employment
price
of
the
men
will
remain
in
.
mment
eamps
where
111
l
provUfbn
has
been
made
,
k
them.
Only
married
men
;
iialies
in
the
city
are
return-'
wn
and
there
Is
not
a
great
'
i
or
them,
most
of
the
local;
.'
i
men
being
employed
on
the
;"(
work.
mrmployment
relief
work,
'ins
morning,
had
not
been
'
'
"(i
with
as
a
result
of
the;
I
'
M
iiK-nt
ii
economy
edict
FIRES
IN
OCTOBER
More
Damage
Done
During
Month
Just
Ended
Than
During
Any
Other
Month
This
Year
!
r
was
the
heaviest
month
1
damage
in
Prince
Rupert
so
,
yr.ir.
The
loss
for
the
month
j
i"pd,
pending
final
adjust-j
placed
at
about
$9,400
fully
1
'
by
insurance,
including
$5.-i
ti
Mmatrdt
damage
when
the
111
"
i
yard
of
the
Dig
Day
Lumber
'
is
vtsted
by
fire
on
October
i
i
$1400
(estimated)
when
fire
f
'in
ndiary
origin
broke
out
In
the
11
1
1
''s
of
Vic
Rodgers
on
Fulton
1
"ti
October
8.
There
were.
In
'"'i'
fire
alarms
turned
in
dur-'
"
'
month.
Last
year
in
October
ft'
is
amounted
to
$527.70.
K
iar
this
year
fire
loss
in
the
city
''
"ii'iunted
to
an
estimated
$3.
tut
umilnst
$31,514.70
for
the
first
"i
iiit.hu
of
103(1.
Thpp
hnvB
been
iiirms
so
far
this
venr
as
ncalnst
the
corresponding
period
last
r
PASSING
OF
LABOR
HEAD
A'
J.
Cook.
General
Secretary
of
British
Miners'
Federation,
Dies
at
Age
of
Forty-Six
'-ONDON,
Nov.
2:
-A.
J.
Cook,
for
m
uiv
years
general
secretary
of
the
ul"Mi
Miners'
Federation,
died
to
J"v
i
the
age
of
48.
For
many
years
".hi
occupied
a
place
of
outstand
momlnence
In
Industrial
life
of
C:
'
Britain
and
in
labor
affairs,
WHEAT
TAKES
BIG
JUMP
AGAIN
TODAY
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
2:
The
week-end
witnessed
another
.nA-ueulur
lumn
in
the
Drtce
am.
.h
nripP
tndav
wa,
70tCi
Rn
advance
of
24c
.
ncf
gaturday.
increased
buy-
,n
demana
pa
the
Winnipeg,
BURN
IN
HOSPITAL
Seven
Patients
Lose
Lives
When
Fire
Breaks
Out
in
Irutltutipn
At
renetangulshene
TORONTO,
Nov.
2:
Seven
patients
in
the
Ontario
Hospital
at
renetangulshene
lost
their
lives
early
today
when
fire
destroyed
one
of
the
buildings
known
as
Collage
"A"
which
housed
42
patients
of
a
threat
ype.
The
dead
arc:
Allen
MeKlnnon,
Xavler
Le-falve,
John
Robertson,
John
Downey.
W.
Clifton
Simmons,
Sidney
Hamlin
and
William
Bowler.
Resistance
by
some
of
the
pat
ients
made
rescue
difficult.
Many
of
the
patients
were
In
a
serious
mental
condition
which
retarded
their
rescue.
Two
others,
besides
the
dead,
are
in
a
serious
condition.
APPEALING
EXECUTION
Karl
Fredericks
is
Fighting
Against
Death
Sentence
Imposea
ai
Prince
George
itnHor
sentence
of
death
lm
nori
at
the
last
session
of
the
COURT
IN
SESSION
Two
Cases
Dropped
and
Three
New
Actions
on
November
List
Five
Naturalization
Applicants
County
Court
was
In
regular
monthly
session
before
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
this
morning
for
set
ting
of
cases
an
dhearlng
of
natura
lization
applications.
Two
long
outstanding
actions
were
struck
off
the
list
and
three
new
ones
were
added.
The
calendar
for
the
month
of
November
is
as
follows:
L.
Huboff
vs.
K.
E.
Veregln
et
al.
$95,
Williams,
Manson,
Brown
It
Harvey
for
plaintiff,
Patmore
it
Fulton
for
defendant
struck
off
the
list.
J.
J.
Hepson
vs.
Mayou
Oold
Copper
Mining
Co.,
$37755.
Williams,
Manson,
Brown
tt
Harvey
for
plaintiff,
Whiteside,
Wilson
it
White
Vancouver)
for
defendant,
date
to
be
fixed.
Fred
Oarner
vs.
George
Bolen.
$192.20,
Williams.
Manson.
Brown
tt
Harvey
for
plaintiff,
Patmore
it
Ful
ton
for
defendant,
struck
off
the
list.
Herman
Freckman
vs.
Andrew
McDonald,
$145.85,
Williams,
Man
ien.
BrtmraT'HarVey
fo't'plalntiff.
Patmore
tt
Fulton
for
defendant
stands
for
argument.
Booth
Fisheries
Co.
vs.
Charles
M.
Edwards
and
John
Postgatem,
$130.50,
Williams,
Manson,
Brown
ti
Harvey
for
plaintiff.
Patmore
it
Fulton
for
defendant,
stands.
Central
Hotel
vs.
D.
H.
Yelf,
$157.35,
Patmore
it
Fulton
fop
plaintiff,
defendant
In
person,
stands.
Oertrude
H.
McOrath
vs.
Charles
M.
Edwards
and
John
Postgatc,
$109.18,
Williams,
Manson.
Brown
It
Harvey
for
plaintiff,
defendant
In
person,
stands.
8.
Sakuda
et
al
vs.
J.
A.
Brown.
$1,000.
Williams,
Manson,
Brown
tt
Harvey
for
plaintiff.
Patmore
it
Fulton
for
defendant
November
20.
Boultbee
Ltd.
vs.
Kalen
Motors
Ltd,
$84.49.
Patmore
it
Fulton
for
plaintiff.
Williams,
Manson.
Brown
Harvey
for
defendant
adjournet
to
next
court
Artistic
Ad
Co.
vs.
Edwin
J.
Clapp
et
al,
$79.67,
Patmore
tt
Fultort
for
plaintiff,
defendant
in
person,
date
to
bo
fixed.
Jack
Morasky
vs.
Louis
Locker.
$397.90,
Patmore
it
Fulton
for
plain
tiff.
Williams.
Manson,
Brown
tt
Harvey
for
defendant
date
to
be
fixed.
Appeals
Rex.
vs.
Elizabeth
Thompson,
W.
E.
Fisher
for
crown,
L.
S.
McOlll
for
appellant
stands
to
be
heard
by
Judge
H.
E.
A.
Robertson.
Rex
vs.
J.
Magulre,
W.
E.
Fisher
for
crown,
Patmore
tt
Fulton
for
defendant,
stands
to
be
heard
by
Judge
11.
E.
A.
Robertson.
Naturalization
applications
of
Harold
P.
H.
Holkestad,
Ingebrlght
Lauten,
Hans
Langholm,
Oskar
E.
M.
Siverson
and
Emll
M.
L.
Petersen
were
approved.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mr.
Charles
Cauthers
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wilkinson
ana
xamiiy
elation
to,
the
people
or
Terrace
who
worked
so
strenuously
at
the
time
of
the
fire
and
for
the
kind
ness
and
expressions
of
sympathy
so
generously
extended
to
them
In
their
recent
sad
double
bereave
ment,
and
for
floral
tributes
BIRTH
NOTICE
A
son
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
nhrlillna
Jj
'entle
at
tne
Prmce
Rupert
.
Il05Pital
Sunday.
Novem-
r
-
Supreme
Court
Assizes
In
Prtncewljh
wpreM
tneir
deep
appre
rj-r.
tnr
the
murder
at
Trem
M...r
ijike
in
June
1930
of
his
companions,.
Max
Westfal
and
Her
man
Peters,
Karl
FreaencM.
aerman.
Is
appealing
the
convic
tion
In
the
British
Coiumoia
iu
of
Appeals.
J.
R.
Nicholson,
acting
i
fnr
Fredericks,
has
ap
plied
for
a
traverse
of
the
appeal
from
Vancouver
to
the
Court
of
Appeals
sitting
In
Victoria
Fredericks,
who
was
scmc.iv.
v-
Justice
Fisher,
a
day
death
by
Mr.
In
December
being
fixed
lor
"
txecutlon.
proposes,
if
u
is
i
to
conduct
his
appeal
In
person.
J
No
Time
For
Singing
John
McCorma
k.
famous
Irish
t
noi
didn't
sing
to
this
sword
fish
off
Los
Angeles
He
may
have
at
first,
but
later
he
hooked
it
and
spent
nearly
an
hour
and
a-
naif
landing
the
playful
fellow
FEW
HAVE
REGISTERED
Ilousiholders
and
Licenceholders
to
Number
of
232
Qualify
For
Civic
Voters'
List
A
total
of
232
persons
registered
as
licenceholders
and
householders
for
the
civic
voters'
list
It
was
an
nounced
this
morning
at
the
office
of
the
city
clerk
following
the
closing
of
registrations
Saturday
evening.
Last
year
272
persons
registered
in
this
category;
In
1929,
296
persons,
and
In
1928,
385.
There
was
Tomorrow's
TWes
Tuesday,
November
3,
1931
High
7:34
ajn.
16:5
ft.
19:09
p.m.
17:3
ft.
Low
0:40
ajn.
6:0
ft.
12:57
p.m.
10:5
ft.
BEING
LAID
OFF
DEATH
IN
PLANE
CRASH
SERVICES
INCAMPS
Ministerial
Association
to
be
Active
Among
Relief
Workers
Regular
Meeting
Today
The
chief
subject
of
discussion
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
this
morning
of
tne
Prince
Rupert
Mllnsterlal
Association
was
t'.ie
matter
of
holding
services
In
the
employment
relief
camps
and
It
was
definitely
decided
to
carry
on
work
along
spiritual
lines
In
the
camps.
Rev.
Alfred
Wilson
and
Rev.
C.
E.'Motte
were
delegated
to
ylsn
nr.
.lttle
activity
this
year
In
getting
!
the
local
camps
this
week
and
nex'
Sunday
.
Mr.
Motte
will
hold
a
ser-the
names
on
the
list,
due.
no
doubt,
to
j
fact
that
no
mayoralty
contest
j
vice.
is
In
prospect
for
January.
Members
of
the
Association
were
Property
owners
may
still
qualify
assigned
to
conduct
Sunday
ser-to
vote
at
the
January
civic
election
!
vices
In
the
hospital,
providing
they
have
property
re-!
Bishop
O.
A.
Rlx
was
among
glstered
to
the
assessed
value
of
$100
those
In
attendance
at
the
meet-or
over
on
or
before
November
30.
,
tag
over
which
Rev.
W.
D.
Gran',
They
go
on
the
list
automatically,
i
Holllngworth
presided.
Final
Party
Standing
After
Tuesday's
British
Election
Nationalist.Govcrnment
Opposition
Conservatives
"473
Georgian
Liberals
.
.
5
Nationalist.Labor
.
.
13
Labor
50
National
Liberal
...
67
Independents
7
Mosley
New
Party.
.
0
Communists
0
Total
553
Total
C2
All
615
seats
reported.
Quintette
Met
Ghastly
Death
Near
North
Bend
When
Plane
Hit
Road
Were
Returning
From
Hunting
Trip
in
Snoqualmic
Pass
Country
When
Tragedy
Occurred
Late
Yesterday
NORTH
BEND,
Wash.,
Nov.
2:
Five
men,
all
residents
of
Seattle,
were
burned
to
death
when
a
plane
in
which
they
were
returning
from
a
hunting
trip
crashed
on
the
highway
near
the
summit
of
Snoqualmie
Pass
late
yesterday.
The
bodies
of
the
occupants
of
the
machine
were
burned
beyond
recognition.
The
dead
are:
John
Blum,
pilot;
Arthur
Hoge,
Dr.
Russell
McCurdy,
Ray
Sutherland
and
Harold
de
Spain.
PASSING
OF
PUBLISHER
J.
S.
II.
Matson,
Owner
of
Victoria
Colonist,
Expires
Following
Heart
Attack
Long
in
Victoria
Was
Aho
Owner
of
Former
News-
Advertiser
Newspaper
of
Vancouver
VICTORIA.
Nov.
2:-Seized
with
a
sudden
heart
attack
as
ne
was
about
to
leave
his
home
on
Sunday
morning
at
II
o'clock,
John
Samuel
H.
Matson.
owner
and
publisher
of
the
Colonist,
Victoria's
morning
newspaper,
died
a
few
minutes
later.
Born
in
York
County,
Ont.,
on
April
21
in
1869,
Mr.
Matson
came
here
in
1889.
He
purchased
the
Col
onist
23
years
ago.
The
late
Mr.
Matson
received
hi
education
at
Pickering
College,
Pic-1
kerlng,
Ont.,
at
Day's
Commercial
College
and
at
the
Ontario
Agricultural
College
at
Ouelph.
He
was
engaged
In
lumbering
In
the
woods
of
Northern
Michigan
for
four
years
before
coming
to
Victoria
at
the
age
of
20.
From
1889
to
1905
he
engaged
in
the
real
estate.
In
surance
and
general
Brokerage
busl-,
j
ness
here,
acquiring
the
Colonist
In
1
1900.
Four
years
later
he
purchased
I
the
Vancouver
News
-
Advertiser
which
several
years
ago
merged
with
the
Vancouver
Sun.
In
1911
Mr.
Matson
successfully
represented
the
Government
of
British
Columbia
In
negotiating
the
surrender
by
the
Indians
of
Song-hees
Reservation
within
the
city
of
Victoria.
In
1899
Mr.
Matson
was
married
to
Miss
Ada
Theresa
Oalley.
There
!
were
two
sons
and
one
daughter.
Th
latA
Mr
Matjtnn
wa.t
n
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Geographical
Society.
a
Mason
and
a
member
of
the
Un-
J
Ion
Club.
In
politics
he
was
a
Con
'
servatlve
and
In
religious
denoml
nation
an
Anglican.
)
j
STRENGTH
1
1
I
f
A
1
va
m.ax
j
Prices
Are
Still
Mounting
and
All
Varieties
Vaulled
Over
"0c
WINNIPEO,
Nov.
2:-For
the
first
time
since
current
futures
were
presented
for
trading,
wheat
vaulted
over
the
70c
per
bushel
mark
here
today.
Net
gains
were
from
2c
to
3o
per
bushel.
November
closed
at
70se
December
at
708c
and
May
at
73aC
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
COUNT
IS
COMPLETE
Three
Final
Seats
in
British
General
Election
Gave
Returns
Over
Week-End
LONDON,
Nov.
2:
Final
out-standing
returns
having
come
In
over
the
week-end
from
three
University
seats,
the
majority
of
the
National
government
over
the
opposition
as
a
result
of
last
Tuesday's
general
election
in
Great
Britain
stands
at
491.
Of
the
three
last
seats
to
report,
the
Conservatives
won
one
and
Independents
two,
giving
the
government
a
total
of
533
seats
and
the
opposition
a
total
of
C2.
Halibut
Landings
Summary
American
152,000
pounds,
8c
and
4c.
to
9.7c
and
4c.
Canadian
18,800
pounds,
8c
and
4C
j
Ameikan
Pacific.
24.000,
Cold
Storage,
to
and
4c.
Atlas,
36,000,
Cold
Storage,
936
and
4c.
Dally.
40.000.
Atltn,
9.7c
and
4c.
Tuscan,
15,000,
Booth,
9.5c
and
4c.
Estep,
7,000,
and
Lumen,
10,500,
10,500,
Cold
Storage,
9.7c
and
4c.
HI
QUI
12,000,
Booth,
9.3c
and
4c.
Glacier,
6,000,
Booth.
9.7c
and
4c.
Norma
Jane,
1,500,
Cold
Storage,
9c
and
4c.
Canadian
Vera
Beatrice,
2,000,
and
R.
W.
6,500,
Atlin
8c
and
4c.
Ternen,
3.000;
Relief,
4,500,
and
J.
B.,
2,000
Cold
Stprage
8c
and
!c
GRAIN
MOVEMENT
IS
BECOMING
LARGER
U
O
The
grain
movement
from
tue
nrairles
to
the
Alberta
I
vator
is
beginning
to
gain
con-
glderable
voiume,
0n
Saturday
18
carloads
of
wheat
arrived
and
were
taken
into
the
house.
Last
night
29
more
carloads
ar-
rived
and
is
being
unloaded
to-
day.
Railway
offices
this
mom-
ing
reported
160
carloads
of
grain
on
the
division
west
of
Jasper
Park
bound
for
Prince
4
Rupert.
v
B
S,.i
IMS'
4
jrSf
"ft
te.
i
r.
4
.