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Weather
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Tuesday,
May
12,
1931
prince
-
Cloudy,
fresh
High
10:10
ajn.
16:5
It.
"utheast
JM
urometer,
30.18;
22:38
p.m.
17:8
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mpcratu
g
j
:ht
chop.
Low
3:14
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16:10
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ft.
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
xxii
.
no.
3
g
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
11,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
6
Si
Mh
DR1D
HAS
ANTI-CATHOLIC
RIOTS
v
jRupcrt
.
Vlt
ill
lts
URNS
LAKE
VISITED
BY
General
Store,
Hotel
and
Barber
Shop
Are
Destroyed
by
Flames
Damage
Estimated
at
$10,000
Sweeps
Interior
Town
Not
Yet
Been
is
Done
When
Conflagration
Origin
of
Blaze
Has
Ascertained
I;T
RNS
LAKE,
May
11
:
A
disastrous
fire
of
unknown
)
m
this
morning
destroyed
H.
J.
Jewell's
general
store
all
its
contents
as
well
as
the
Lakeview
Hotel
and
Kis-yt.'.-
barber
shop.
Most
of
the
contents
of
the
last-men-r'd
two
buildings
were
saved.
The
total
loss
is
estima-ar
about
$15,000.
There
was
great
excitement
during
ire
which
swept
one
of
the
closely
built
parts
of
the
BUSH
FIRE
ON
RAINIER
National
Park
Looks
For
Many
(ucsts,
Nevertheless
I
i
Mimmtf
resorts
in
tne
Na-
Pirk
ar
loaklna
for
a
lanrer
'
nZTl
nnu,l
:
,
tourlaU
than
ever.
On
the
unci
southerly
slopes
there
'
of
hotels
to
take
care
of
'
ALEX
MINTY
DROPS
DEAD
Formrr
Chief
of
Provincial
Police'
llcrc
Dies
While
on
Duty
at
Okalla
v;
was
received
In
the
city
at
;
i(
the
week
of
the
sudden
ii
Friday
ntght
of
Alexander
fnrmur
ritaLriet
elite
of
.
metal
police
here,
at
Okalla
y
arm
where
for
the
past,
wars
he
had
been
stationed
i
ud
Mr.
Mlnty
dropped
dead!
imaged
In
his
duties,
the
victim
of
heart
failure
.
i
to
Mr.
Minty
was
stationed
i
several
years.
He
was
also
wn
In
many
other
parks
of
vince
in
which
he
had
been
WAR
IS
FEARED
Mr
olinl
Urges
That
Steps
He
Takrn
(o
Prevent
Outbreak
Mi:
May
11:
Premier
Musso
us
war
and
has
demanded
special
tribunal
for
the
de-!
the
state
go
Into
opera-1
is
necessary
to
suppress
ccr-i
kjus
border
troubles,
11
Duce
Vancouver
Wheat
-.('OUVER,
May
U:
Wheat
noted
on
the
cxthango
here
61o.
UtltNKU
VALLI5Y
OIL
FIELD
IS
GIVING
OUT
V
ANCOUVER.
May
11:
In
a
''""lent
issued
here,
Col.
1st
m
SDencer
exuresscd
the
that
the
Turner
Valley
Valley
oil
oil
i
in
Alberta
was
giving
out.
!
t
YACHT
ON
DOCK
NOW
Klo
Bonita
Refloated
Last
Night
By
Dredge
and
Four
Power
Tugs
"
,
,.
wge
Co
t0
re,,oat
the
Vancouver
yacht
R1
Bonita.
which
stranded
..
.
UIl
lilt;
icti
uii
iin:
num
iwr
w
Metlakatla
Passage
light
last
Fri
day
morning,
were
rewarded
with
success
when
the
vessel
came
clear
at
9
o'clock
last
night.
The
dredge
Skookum
and
four
power
tugs
were
used
in
refloating
the
vessel.
The
Rio
Bonlta
is
being
taken
on
the
local
dry
dock
this
afternoon
for
inspection
and.
possibly,
for
repairs.
FISH
SALES
American
I.
P.
II.,
27.000.
Atlin.
.6c
and
6c.
Attu.
31,000,
Cold
Storage.
8.6c
and
&C.
Bcllpse,
26.000.
Cold
Storage.
8c
and
5c.
North.
24,000.
Royal.
9.8c
and
c.
Coolldge,
20.000.
Royal,
.8c
and
5c.
Leviathan,
36.000.
Pacific.
9.4c
and
Sc.
t
Tatoosn,
lo.uoo,
iiooiii,
oi
e.
.
Glacier,
10JWQ,
Atlln.
11.1c
ana
7C.
Canadian
AM.
7,000,
and
Teeny
Mllly.
7,800,
Atlln.
8c
and
5c.
Relief.
11.000;
Royal
III.
0,000.
and
D.
8.
T..
2,000,
Cold
Storage,
8c
and
5c
Pair
of
Jacks.
9.000.
Booth.
Mc
and
5c.
.
Minnie
V.,
2.800.
Booth.
9c
and
.
sitnal.
9.000.
Atlln.
8.5c
and
5c.
Southend.
12.000.
Atlln,
8c
and
Sc.
GANG
WAR
IN
DENVER
Only
Local
in
Character
and
Ls
Expected
to
Be
Put
Down
Soon
DENVER.
Col.,
May
ll:-Oang
t
..,i.h
liuK
taken
one
life
When
asked
If
there
was
any
h
ng-had
no
doubt
but
flred
tne
to
say
before
the
sentence
of
the8hflt
tnat
kled
sllu
Drown
u
court
was
passed
upon
him.
Douse
nQt
m
lntentlon
to
refer
to
replied
through
an
.Interpreter:
"It
evldence
your
but
my
op.
is
impossible
that
a
crowd
of
peop
e
lnlon
ta
Uwt
Uie
m
ot
should
throw
stones
at
my
life
4nootlng
were
not
breught
out
at
whicn
u
aireaay
stroyed.
I
know
the
welgnt
of
pun
ishment
of
the
world
Is
.on
me.
I
turn
and
submit
to
my
father,
the
King,
and
plead
and
ask
for
mercy.
I
am
a
poor,
weak
man,
the
youngest
of
the
family."
His
Lordship
said
In
passing
sen
that
the
King
passing
sentence.
I
suppose
you
refer
to
his
representative
who
1
havp
thP
honor
to
bs
in
tne
administra
tor,
nf
instice.
It
lias
been
said
that
tiwss
j
th
rourtvs
should
always
temper
mercy
with
justice.
I
have
referred
hpr
rinrlnir
the
oast
few
aays,
u.wncc
lUu
..v
nerO
Curing
Hie
WO""
'
,u
,,lno
,lll
will
ha
be
mornlfnl
merciful
In
In
rwinrnH
tn
hp
onlv
local
In
naure
It
ls
not
of
national
cliaracter
and
will
get
'no
foothold,
the
authorities
give
assurance.
BIUTII
NOTICE
A
A
son
son
was
was
born
com
to
w
Mr
and
Mrs.
John
Sorv
8
"'
7
.
,n
t
Uierr
ihaPrlnca
riJ,V."L?U"iaL
i,
at
many
-
assizes
vo
uie
uuk
mat
iuisit
cuuugcti
aim
wt
im
nuw
t
lhe
ju
Tho
bur,
Pj
dtn
on
me
JUQBC
H"""1
ecu-
itence
is
equally
as
heavy.
The
jury'
DISASTROUS
FIRE
THIS
MORNING
Co-Ed
is
Expert
With
Sharp-Shooting
Rifle
IJlVm
fVf
iflgflggggk&
&gfiifcg&l&HgggflgggBl
Pcriun-
ri'-eo
oi
University
ut
Kansas,,
w:a
iit:i
-u.ti-p-.suoc
i,
.u,
.ai-t
..n-.vi
iavuis
cup
she
won
competing
in
24
matches
She
scored
1.334
pe;:n.
a
turning
sea
uu
average
of
86.72.
Movement
Against
Chm
ches
tomes
As
Outcome
of
Riots
Against
Monarchial
System
Four
Institutions
Arc
Burned
Down
Despite
Efforts
to
Kestore
Law
and
Order
Martial
Law
Declared.
By
Government
MADRID,
May
11:
-Defiant
of
every
effort
to
restore
onlor,
mobs
surged
through
the
streets
of
Madrid
today,
burning
four
Roman
Catholic
institutions
and
attacking
numerous
others
in
anti-church
demonstrations.
The
Republican
government,
which
blamed
the
rioting
on
the
extreme
lefts
of
the
Communists,
declared
martial
law.
Rioting,
which
Iwgan
yesterday
in
anti-monarchial
demonstrations,
resulting
in
two
deaths,
developed
into
anti-church
demonstrations
early
today.
Three
Years
In
Penitentiary
On
Kitwancool
Indian
Because
He
Took
Life
of
Tribesman
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald,
in
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
late
Saturday
night,
passed
sentence
of
three
years'
imprisonment
at
New
Westminster
Penitentiary
upon
Samuel
uousc,
luiwancooi
inuian,
wno
was
iounu
guuiy
on
Friday
of
manslaughter
m
connection
with
the
death
of
Silas
Brown,
another
native,
at
Kitwancool
on
the
night
of
January
9
last.
trial.
You.
counsel.
1ms
made
representations
on
your
behalf
which
1
have
considered.
The
penalty
that
may
be
imposed
for
man-
(OMitln'ieri
OB
U)
'HALIBUT
TREATY
IS
NOW
IN
FORCE
.
OTTAWA,
May
U:-Itlfl-
cations
of
the
new
halibut
treaty
between
Canada
and
united
States
havs
been
ex-
SAFE
JOB
STARTED
Store
of
'P.
E.
Hunt
Ltd.
Entered
ny
Burglars
But
Got
Only
Twelve
Dollars
Some
time
last
night
or
early
'
Hits
morning,
a
burglar
or
burglars
entered
the
ship
chandlery
store
of
F.
E.
Hunt
Ltd.
on
the
local
waterfront
and
attempted
to
crack
the
safe.
The
dial
was
pried
off
but
no
further
cuty
was
made
to
the
safe.
However,
a
sum
of
about
$12
was
taken
from
a
cash
register.
The
discovery
that
the
plare
had
been
entered
was
made
by
Harry
Memic
when
he
came
to
work
in
the
store
before
8
o'clock
(his
morning,
lie
immediately
reported
the
matter
to
the
police
who
are
now
investigating.
VANCOUVER
HAS
LEFT
Canadian
Destroyer
Is
Continuing;
Convoy
of
Seal
Herd
on
Its
.Migration
North
-
Aflei
a
three-day
sUy
In
port.
H.
M.
C.
S.
Vancouver
sailed
early
thiH
momina
to
continue
her
con-
...
aw.
m
i
i
it.
voy
OI
me
lur
ei
iieiu
uu
iu
mi-
nual
migration
north
to
Uie
Prib-
Uof
Islands.
Yesterday
morning
the
personnel
oi
H.M.C.S.
Vancouver
had
a
parade
to
St
Andrew
s
Anglican
Cathedral
to
attend
divine
service
The
body
was
addressed
by
Dean
Olbson.
,
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs
Ben
Dalgurno
and
famUy
wtsh
to
thank
their
rela-
ttves
and
friends
for
ttietr
klnct
-
nets
and
beautiful
flowers
senr
during
their
recent
bereavemenf
Fred
Wiggins
Is
Acquitted
By
Jury
on
Charge
of
Trying
to
Burn
Do
Store
at
Southbank
!
The-crown
failed
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
on
Saturday
to
produce
convinving
evidence
that
Fred
Wiggins,
Southbank
merchant,
had
attempted
to
burn
the
rfore
of
Phil
Brunell,
another
merchant
tit
that
small
j
Francois
Lake
settlement,
on
the
night
on
January
9-10
I
last
and
the
jury
broueht
in
a
verdict
of
not
guilty,
,on
a
jenarge
oi
arson.
Wiggins
neing
immediately
released
from
custody
The
verdict
came
about
10:30
pm.
latter
an
all
day
hearing.
.
The
only
evidence
the
crown
had
in
its
endeavor
to
Incriminate
Wig
gins
were
a
thread
of
grey
woolfyaj
about
10
a.m.
that
he
first
y
irn.
a
quantity
of
cotton
batting
and
some
wood
shavings.
The
contention
was
that
the
thread
of
wool,
i
which
was
found
caught
to
.the
wall
jtf
Brunell's
store
about
twenty-one
inches
trom
where
the
fire
attempt
was
made,
came
from
an
old
sweater
belonging
to
Wiggins:
that
the
'in
batting,
which
was
saturated
with
kerosene
and
shoved
through
an
ugur
hole,
then
being
set
tire
to,
i
came
from
an
old
quilt
in
the
possession
ot
accused,
and
that
shav-
itngs
or
sawdust
found
tn
the
grooves
of
Wtgglns'
brace
ands
bit
.were-identical
with
those
found
be-
lw
and
belJevedto
have
beerrJr-
!td
from
the
augur
Hole
in.
the
wall
i
of
Brunell's
store
i
Accusea
wok
me
siana
ana
unequivocally
denied
having
had
any
thing
to
do
whatever
with
the
arson
attempt.
He
had
neither
motive
or
Intention
to
commit
such
an
act.
i
Wttnesses
for
the
crown
were
Philip
Brunell,
Kaarl
Engstad.
Con-j
stable
Oland,
Constable
John
Talt
iand
Thomas
Nolan.
Each
offered.B.
Armstrong.
W.
H.
Pettman
and
,
evidence
of
a
circumstantial
na-
Charles
Cundell.
tture.
,Dr.
H.
S.
Trefry
of
Prince
W.
E.
Fisher
Is
acting
as
crown
!
Oeorge.
was
also
a
crown
witness,
prosecutor
while
W.
E.
Williams,
as-He
was
tendered
as
a
micropist
and
sisted
by
T.
W.
Brown,
ls
appearing
the
gave
evidence
of
examinations
he
had
made
with
tlaeads.
cotton
batting,
shavings,
etc.
His
testimony
was
of
a
very
technical
nature.
sen
deliberately
slashed
Warren
....
...
,
Scott
seriously
about
the
face
and
Asked
Acquittal
j
nfck
wttn
a
nMT
fa
m
ft
hln
I
At
the
conclusion
of
crown
evi-
aw
the
juneuon
of
Second
and
dence,
W.
E.
Williams
K.C..
defence
Tnlrd
Avenus
after
an
altercation
counsel,
moved
for
acquittal
on
the
fd
taken
place,
grounds
that
there
was
no
prima;
Warren
Scott
was
the
first
wit-facle
evidence
to
show
accused
had
ne8S
Atter
hlra
other
participants
committed
arson.
;
in
the
alleged
brawl
gave
testimony.
;
The
Judge,
however,
thought
that
case
&
continuing,
there
were
circumstances
that
the
The
taking
of
crown
evidence
had
I
Jury
should
pass
upon.
j
ben
completed
at
1
o'olock
thU
af-
i
Wiggins
then
took
the
stand
on
ternoon
when
the
court
rose
until
!
his
own
behalf.
He
had
been
a
2:16
pjn.
for
the
noon
recess.
i
storekeeper
at
Southbank
since
four
years
ago
next
September.
He
.had
a
moderate
sized
business
In
i
I
groceries,
small
hardware,
shoes,
Clothing
etc.
Brunell
had
opened
up
his
store
at
Southbank
last
April
or
i
May
but
14
had
not
affected
accused's
business
adversely
so
far
as
he
could
see.
Accused
stated
that
had
a
turnover
of
some
$300
f
month
before
May
while,
since
'then,
it
might
have
been
around
Palllnt
prices
might
have
had
.uraieumis
w
uu
mi
wtw.
n
dW
attribute
it
to
Brunell
hav-
j
ing
opened
the
store.
He
and
Brun-
"
slways
been
on
eood
terms.
wiggms
neciarea.
Wiggins,
asked
asked
regarding
regarding
his
nMinnwnli
nn
ihp
nlirht
vf
J:nuarv
-
ld
that
he
had
been
In
his
store
except
for
a
short
time
when
he
had
gone
to
the
hotel
to
see
about
having
some
freighting
done.
e
came
racx
to
na
swre.
accom-
panted
by
two
men.
This
was
about
,9
p
m.
The
two
men
remained
until
about
11
o'clock,
one
buying
some
'tobacco
while
the
tither
had
-two
or
three
glasses
of
cider.
Then
accused
went
to
bed.
reading
for
a
while
be-
(
fore
turning
out
his
lamp
to
go
to
sleep.
1
Wiggins
admitted
that
a
grey
sweater
produced
belonged
to
hlra.
He
had,
however,
not
used
it
since
-t
spring
except
for
a
cover
for
his
Ulow.
Accused
rose
In
the
morning
in
he
customary
way
and
got
his
reakfast
after
lighting
the
fire.
It
leard
of
Brunell's
fire,
having
iearned
about
It
from
conversation
from
(lis
store.
Speaking
of
the
quilt,
accused
de
clared
that
It
did
not
belong
to
him.
He
did
not
know
where
it
came
(Continued
on
Page
2)
RAZOR
CASE
IS
NOW
ON
Jurj
at
Sypreme
Court
Assizes
'
Hearing-
Charge
of
Wounding
Against
Charles
Olscn
The
case
of
Rex
vs.
Charles
01-sen
is
proceeding
at
trie
Supreme
Court
Assizes
today
before,
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald
and
a
Jury
consisting
of
J.
A.
Morris,
foreman,
lohn
Chapman.
J.
IL
Blrnle,
Wll-iam
A.
Boyce,
William
Anderson,
William
Robb.
Jamas
MeQlashan,
Oeorge
E.
Hills,
J.
A.
McDermott.
A.
as
defence
counsel.
.
The
crown
contended
to
prove
In
evidence
that
accused,
Charles
01-
COLLISION
WITHTRAIN
One
KUlcd
and
Two
Seriously
Burned
Near
Tojedo,
Ohio
TOLEDO.
Ohio.
May
11:
A
tank
truck
and
a
train
collided
on
a
crossing
nere
The
truck
was
de
molished
and
the
driver
Instantly
killed.
The
engineer
and
fireman
sutatned
serious
bums
by
spurting
flames
when
the
contents
ot
the
tank
truck
caught
fire.
U
ALL
ROUND
CUT
OF
TEN
PER
CENT
.MADE
'
AT
OCEAN
PALLS
Wort
has
reached
the
city
that
the
Pacific
Mills
has
made
an
aii.round
cut
of
10
In
at
the
Ocean
Palto
pulp
anct
paper
mill.
However,
to
compensate
for
this,
there
has
atao
an
all-round
reduo-
4
,lon
of
i0,ot
onlv
In
rent
ot
)
houses
but
in
store
prices.
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