I
..
1,
'J.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Friday,
April
24,
1931
Prince
n
""
TJlear,
light
north
High
4:45
ajn.
18:5
ft.
v,r
'
wlni
h
fcter,
30.02;
tem-
18:45
p.ra.
15:5
It.
uiturc,
g
tnooth.
Low
12:06
pjn.
5:6
It.
i
1
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXII
.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
THURSDAY,
APRIL
23,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
77l
tv
MAT
STRIKE
SPREADS
FURTHER
:
V
VANCOUVER
JAPANESE
TELLS
ABOUT
HORRIBLE
Marine
Engineers
Have
Joined
With
Skippers
and
Mates
Quitting
Prospects
of
Settlement
Before
Session
of
Federal
Conciliation
Board
Next
Week
Seems
Hopeless-Several
Hundred
Men
Have
Quit'
VANCOUVER,
April
23
:
Extension
of
the
towboat
M
iIm
of
skinners
and
mates
to
members
of
Mip
Nnt
fnnnl
A--iriation
of
Marine
Engineers
today
added
little
to
the'
'
m'uI
number
of
men
affected.
It,
however,
made
prospects'
d
a
M
itlement
before
the
federal
conciliation
board
meets'
x
'vpek
appear
hopeless.
Several
hundred
men
are
now
'suffected,
lnclud.ng
deckhands
and
CHILDREN
DROWNED
Tuple
Tragedy
at
Kasilof
on
Cook
Inlet.
Alaska,
Sunday
V..
HORACE.
April
M:
The
two
:
iciren
of
John
Sandelek
am)
"i
of
Perry
Cstewtfac
children
m
age
from
lour
to
six
were
drowned
at
Kasilof,
a
nmunity
on
Cook
Inlet,
after
'
'
ri
broken
through
the
Ice
of
"
lake
on
Sunday.
The
bodies
.
ivrred.
PACIFIST
IS
DYING
Kcrovrrv
of
Jamc
Starr
Jordan
Despaired
of
!
DrJ
W
FRANCISCO.
April
M:
T
"-
Starr
Jordan,
eminent
peace
j
i
.
is
In
a
critical
condition
at
"
!
n
ti
University
and
his
reeor-j
"
'
ing
despaired
of.
He
is
stat-!
'
in
a
condition
of
gradual
j
1
"
He
has
been
bedridden
since
'iiy
when
he
suffered
a
col-
CONVICTION
ASKED
FOR
Tnal
of
Bert
McDonald
at
Krtchl-t
in
on
Murder
Charge
Scaring
Conclusion
KirrcHIKAN,
April
S3:
The
1
ii
penalty
was
asked
yesterday
'
"
rt
McDonald,
charged
with
'milder
last
November
of
George
!
lull.
fUh
buyer,
In
concluding
i
'
'M-cutlon
arguments.
Defence
"m!
made
a
plea
for
deceased's
M'
Donald's
trial
has
been
In
pre-"
here
during
the
past
two
Boat
Will
Be
.
Loaded
Friday
lull
Cargo
of
Oraln
riling
Toured
"to
Steamer
Welsh
Cityto
Sail
Before
Week-End
Loading
of
the
steamer
Welsh
r"v
with
a
full
cargo
of
grain
for
'I'''
Unit
lTi.iM.
Unnllnint
-
.....
.
.
'
be
completed
at
the
Alberta
ture
theatre,
pool
hall,
garage
wifat
Pool's
local
elevator
tomor-
ad
barber
shop
In
the
busi-
-
me
vesti
wan,
it
is
expected,
eitner
late
tomorrow
or
early,
f
'
Saturday.
other
mem
bens
of
tug
crews.
Unless
the
strike
is
speedily
settled
It
may
have
a
serious
effect
upon
other
Vancouver
Stocks
(Ocuriny
s.
D
On.)
Big
Missouri.
344.
M.
Oerk
Province,
1.
1.
Duthle
Mines,
,
6.
JPW,
M,
niL,
.
Georgia
River.
2,
2Vj.
Ooleonda.
34.
3ft.
Indian
MUms,
1,
nil.
L&L,Hil.
.
Lucky
Jim.S.a.-XaUwtal
gtlver.
14.
m.
Noble
Five,
4.
S.
Oregon
Copper,
7,
1.
Tend
Oreille.
I
.IS.
Premier.
82,
&(.
Porter-Idaho.
G.
7.
Reeves'
MacdonftM.
38,
K.
Rufus-Argenta.
nil,
3.
Ruth-Hope.
4.
S.
Silver
Crest.
2,
3.
Snowfiake.
I1,.
2ft.
Topley
Rich
field.
1,
nil
Wellington.
4.
nil.
Whitewater.
4,
nil
'
Woodbine,
1.
1.
OILS
Freehold.
5.
7.
A.
P.
Con-
31
4.
SI.
Calment,
10.
nil.
Dalhousie.
30.
37.
Fabyan
Pete,
3.
4.
Home.
7s,
80.
Royaltte,
9
JO.
10
M.
.
Mertand,
It.
IS.
Mercury.
184,
Ununited.
18',.
18
Eastern
Stocks
C.
P.
R..
34.75.
3Si.
Int.
Nickel.
15
00.
nil.
The
Weather
Triple
Island-Clear,
light
north;
.
I
M
a
-month
K'
HUH
n-
therry
wind;
sea
choppy.
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
north
west
wind;
barometer,
30.02;
temperature,
68;
light
chop.
FINL'I)
$300
Philip
Marsette
was
found
guilty
by
Magistrate
McClymont
In
city
iw"sj
police
court
yesterday
afternoon
on
j
a
charge
of
keeping
liquor
for
sale
.
rpT-
jxr
and
was
fined
$300.
with
option
oI!VIAIKIa
mnth'
lmnrUonment.
I
A
1
,
,
,
,
TOWN
OF
GOLDEN
HAS
BAD
BLAZI2
GOLDEN.
B.C
U
April
23-Flre
,
yesterday
aiiernoon
uwwu,.
two
restaurant!,
a
moving
pic-
t
ness
district
01
uoiuen.
-
t
Hon
Wm.
Atkinson
TjRITIgH
COLUMBIA'S
Provincial
Committee
of
the
World's
Crain
Exhibition
and
Conference
it
headed
by
Hon.
William
Atkinson,
who
holds
the
agricultural
portfolio
in
the
government
of
the
Pacific
Coast
Province,
Mr.
Atkinson
is
a
native
of
On-tario,
haviBg
been
born
at
Whitby
in
1868.
He
wa
educated
in
the
public
schools
of
Whitby
and
Sea-ford.
When
Hen.
S.
F.
ToJmle
wai
tailed,
upon
to
bead
the
government
of
British
Columbia
he
invited'
Mr.
Atkinson
to
his
cabinet
as
Minister
of
Agriculture.
Mr.
Atkinson
had
been
elected
to
the
Legislature
in
July
of
1928
for
the
ChUttwack
con
stituency
and
was
sworn
in
as
a
member
of
the
government
a
month
r
so
later,
being
re-elected
by
acclamation.
TAKE
OVER
OWN
PLACE
United
Pacific
Fisheries
May
Move
Tomorrow
No
Word
as
to
Who
Manager
Will
be
The
United
Pacific
Fisheries.
j
which
is
handling
halibut
co-I
operative!?
for
the
fishermen
if
the'
Pacific
Coast,
may
start
hityilinf
fish
through
its
own
piaiu
tomorrow.
11
was
siaiea
inis
morijjnj.
The
premises
on
the
'Government
Wharf,
formerly
used
gy
the
ShrubsaU
Fisheries,
hat;
been
put
in
shape
for
the
use
of
the
new
concern.
Xo
word
was
available
this
morning-
as
to
who
the
new
manager
here
would
be.
AIM
AT
RUSSIA
llritish
House
of
Commons
Condemns
Forced
Labor
LONDON,
April
23:
By
a
division
of
ICG
to
137.
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
passed
a
resolution
condemning
the
principle
of
forced
labor.
The
resolution
was
aimed
at
the
present
industrial
principles
in
Soviet
Russia.
BREAK
MADE
AT
SEATTLE
Two
Boats
Sold
Catches
on
Fish
Lxchange
V
esterday.
U.P.
Taking
Others
(which
they
crossed
the
Atlantic,
be-SKATTLE.
April
23;
Four
local
lng
taken
from
there
in
a
warship
boats
with
29,000
pounds
of
halibut
to
Marseilles
or
Barcelona
whence
arrived
here
yesterday.
Two
of
,
they
will
fly
to
London,
these,
with
18,000
pounds
of
hall-,
:
but.
sold
to
the
United
Pacific
Fish-
tries
and
the
other
two
sold
Uwlr
on
the
regular
fish
ex
IS
FINED
U
.
Mary
Heath
Fined
$10
at
Windsor,
Ontario
WIIQR
0nt
Aprll
23:
Lady
noted
BrUUn
avlatrJx
w
it'll
1
jiv
sss
wvuwa
v
v.
vii
s
drURktnneu
ln
a
pubc
He
tn
venemenUy
de.
She
spent
five
nieu
w"'
,.harge
"''
hours
in
jail.
CANNERIES
PREPARING
?.ight
Plats
Exreeted
to
lie
in
Operation
on
Skeena
River
This
Year
Not
Including
plants
of
the
Bn
ish
ColumbtaaekessVjQte
extent
f
whose
operations
are
as
yet
ati
uncertain
quantity,
although
it
unexpected
Claxton
and
Sunnysidc
will
operate,
at
least
six
canneries
will
be
operated
on
the
Skeena
Riv-r
'Ills
year,
according
to
word
received
in
the
city.
J.
H.
Todd
&
Sons
will,
as
u.su,U
can
salmon
at
Inverness
The
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
wll
op
erate
Haysport
and
Carlisle.
cassiar
wui
De
operated
by
the
Casaiar
Packing
Co.
The
Anglo-British
Columbia
Pat
-
king
Co.
will
can
salmon
at
Skeena
Commercial
'Port
Bsslngton
while!
North
Pacific
will
be
used
as
a
camp
The
Chatham
Sound
Packing
C
o
will
operate,
as
usual,
at
Humpbark
Bay.
The
sockeye
canning
season
w:.i
start
on
June
20.
Already
preparu
j
tions
for
the
season
at
such
can
neries
as
will
operate
are
In
almost
all
cases
started
PRINCES
TO
FLYH0ME
Wales
and
George
Returning
From
South
American
Trip
LONDON.
April
23
:
It
is
possible
that
the
Prince
of
Wales
and
Prince
Oeorge,
who
have
been
in
South
America,
may
use
an
airplane
for
the
last
lap
of
their
trip
home.
It
was
understood
here
yesterday
that
.Their
Royal
Highnesses
would
dis
embark
at
Lisbon
from
the
liner
In
NEW
TkTr'llT
TIME
TlrlJP'
MARK
SET
Capl.
Ilawkes
Flies
From
London
to
Rome
in
Five
Hours
and
Twenty
Minutes
--
ROMEl
April
23:
SetUng
a
time
record
for
the
030-mlle
.flight.
Capt.
Frank
A.
Hawks,
American
;
aviator,
arrived
here
yesterday
from
London.
His
time
was
five
hours.
20
minutes.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
April
23:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
60V4C.
AnotherQuake
Innawkesbay
Stricken
New
Zealand.
Area
Again
,
Visited
by
Temblor
j
j
!
WELLINGTON.
N.Z.,
AprtJ
23:
Another
earthquake
shock
war
rc-
corder
yesterday
in
the
Hswke
Bay
area.
No
loss
of
life
was
reported.
1
v
Are
Prospecting
AtDpnif:
Arm
j
Isomc
Good
ore
Reported
at
various
i
Points
Around
city
j
some
local
prospectors
have
been
ct:
i'sis.'ass
two
and
three
hundred
dollars
to
the
ton
is
said
to
have
been
the
va-
lue
of
a
big
chunk
brought
in.
a
nuuorr
01
persons
nave
Deeu
out
in
that
district
trying
to
verify
the
statements
made
aadkso
kvpk-
mg
for
other
rock
but
with
more
or
less
varied
success.
Other
parties
are
said
to
have
found
good
looking
rock
out
in
the
neighborhood
of
the
lakes
back
of
Cioyah
Bav
along
the
route
of
the
new
highway.
,
Officlall
photographed
for
first
time
ln
2u
years.
Mine.
Horthy,
wife
of
Admiral
Nicholas
von
ilorthy,
regent
of
Hungary,
is
the
subject
of
this
charming
portrait
study.
She
consented
to
pose.
ATTACK
!
SYSTEM
i
Part
Time
Railway
Directors
in
England
and
Lack
of
Experts
Called
Handicaps
iajjnuuiv.
April
w.-inis
is
e
reason
for
the
annual
meetings
of
the
four
big
English
rallwsy
com-;
panles.
With
railway
dividends
ex-
,
cept
tn
regard
to
prior
charges,
hav-
.e
V"
lng
point
it
is
only
natural
that
etnlrhr,Mra
hgv
lalll
inln
RUM
tion
the
composition
of
railway
,
...
o
JVT
u.
holders
on
this
matter
are
separ-
;?r
n
flat
-L
a
ted
into
two
divisions.
The
firstly
down
a
"'.i
aovocaies
a
arasuc
reaucuon
m
me
nu,Wsf
dilators
and
their
fees.
r
w
t
m
m
x
LB
Jsccd
Jpoie
anxious
as
to
...1.-.
1
.i...
u
1
i,..
i..
u.
,u1Tlu,,WiTa,
slse.
conUlns
the
best
men
that
are
'
available
The
four
Engiua,
groups
have
among
them
92
directors,
whose
,
fees
average
about
$8,750
per
dlrec-
t
a
nUn
lnlii
ihlfl
im
o
tasvi
nn
.1
eration
for
a
whole-time
Job.
Many
'directors,
of
course,
arc
appointed
with
the
Intention
of
their
provid-
(Continued
on
page
41
j
Iffitomi
Turns
King's
-,
.
,
evidence;
(Committed.
Crime
at
Instigation
and
in
Presence
of
Shin-
whichi
Sakurada
Who
Has
Been
Committed
For
Trial
Conspiracy
to
Collect
Insurance
VANCOUVER,
April
23:
Shinhichi
Sakurada,
charg-
ptl
with
tne
murder
on
March
29
of
Naskichi
Watanabe,
was
committed
for
trial
today.
Yesterday
T.
Hitomi,
also
charged
w
ith
the
murder,
turned
King's
Evidence
and
told
the
court
of
the
cold-blooded
murder
of
Watanabe
on
the
hb
testing
aid
he
A
had
?
ITE7T1
17
IC
yY
ivi!iVIv
lu
DESCRIBED
Puslishrr
of
Ashcrnft
Journal
Was
Among
Those
on
Board
Continental
Limited
R.
D.
Camming,
publisher
of
Use
Ashcrottr
JeutjuO.
was
s$asg.
ttvj
National
train
Continental
Limited
whi-ii
was
wrecked
near
Edson
recently.
Mr.
Gumming
gives
an
interesting
account
of
the
wreck
in
the
last
issue
of
his
paper.
It
is
as
follows;
Sleeping
on
a
seat
In
the
day
though
four
small
Canadian
coach
with
my
head
toward
th?
w
boata
ln
th
ca4ehes
a5e-ContinPnUl
aisle
on
the
Canadian
National
IJmlld
!
"
POVoA.
the
United
last
Sunday
morning
at
about
5;
o'clock
fourteen
miles
west
of
Ed-
son.
Alberta.
I
was
awakened
by
what
I
believed
to
be
a
sudden
application
of
the
emergency
brakes.
I
soon
realized,
however,
that
the
truck
wheels
were
riding
the
tier
and
that
something
serious
had
happened.
Just
as
I
bad
concluded
that
the
train
was
about
'to
stop
the
coach
tilted
over
to
the
right.
There
were
screams
from
some
of
the
women,
the
breaking
of
glass
the
creaking
of
the
steel
coach
and
the
banging
of
baggage
for
a
few
tense
moments
never
to
be
forgotten,
and
the
car
came
tj
rest
on
Its
side
My
first
thought
.as
I
was
pitched
forward,
head
first
'
as
I
Imagined,
was
that
I
was
dreaming,
but
I
was
soon
to
know
that
It
was
the
real
thing.
I
was
wedged
in
between
two
seats
with
another
seat
over
mv-
neaa:
but
nice
a
cat.
1
nad
la
noel
on
all
fours,
apparently
uninjured.
A
few
seconds'
work
and
I
wai
clear.
There
were
about
thirty-five
(passengers
In
the
ear
at
the
time,
besides
some
children
and
about;
four
babies.
Everything
was
mlxv
maxv.
men
women,
children,
babias
clothing
and
scats,
but
;thm
no
Bte
no
crlM
(rom
Bny
to
ta,urie,.
As
noth-
doM
,t
rpscue
l
an
wlth
rocn
expkH
j
f
Thl.
wa.
fAunH
In
fmnt
"
ZvZ
Z7
"fJ,
J1?"
C,0"ti"Ud
facilitated
the
work.
We
found
the
-
,
.
the
flat
These
proved
.fteBftlllMl'A
ijlft,il.,niitlfjll,ri,
R
CII1LP
.
.
.
,
.
,
.
.
.
.
.
wra
l"
w
ne-atnmycsr.oar-,
.
1x1
sieenr.
ana
a
sianaara
shmstt
-
The
engine
and
baggage
car
were
jT
on
he
rails,
and
a
standard
Jthe
eT
the
raUs
at
the
rear,
only
the
een-
tre
of
the
train
had
been
derailed.
Its
hi
a
W
a
1
The
babies
were
taken
out
and
conveyed
to
the
observation
car
but
it
whs
thought
better
to
lew
ifuntinued
on
page
three)
MURDER
uescrwes
Ghastly
Axe
Killing
t.
done
the
killing
with
an
axe
at
the
instigation
of
Sakurada
and
in
his
presence.
Watanabe
was
insured
for
$2500
in
Sakurada
s
favor.
Hitomi
is
being
given
his
preliminary
hcaringtoday.
A
murder
charge
against
Bun-shlro
Fugino
was
dismissed.
Hitomi
was
also
committed
for
trial
today.
No
Fish
Being
Unloaded
Today
Four
Small
Boats
Are
In
With
Catches
Aggregating
17.50O-!
.
Pounds
No
Train
as(
1
i
Pacific
Fisheries
did
not
unload
fUh
from
ye"lg
ioi7
as
te
no
reutar
tn,tn
out
Mors
Miuiunj
iiiuiiiuig
una
uierc
is
nui
enough
to
make
up
a
special.
Boats
in
today
include:
Bor-
(?und.
4.500
pounds;
Drott,
3.000;
Race,
3.000;
Teeny
Mllly,
7.000.
-
DOWNTOWN
BUILDING
Robert
Gordon
to
Erect
Structure
at
Corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
Mr
Bride
Street
Clearing
of
the
southeast
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
MeRridp
Ktrert
hi,
v,.
8tarted
orMiamtorv
tn
th
erection
there
of
a
frame
store
Qu
tiding
by
Robert
Oordon.
There
will
be
a
doable
basement
and
one
storey
on
the
street
level.
Mr.
Oor-
don
will
establish
there
a
modern
hardware
business.
Honduras
Rebels
Dead
in
Fighting
TEGUCIGALPA,
Honduras.
April
..
.
...
.
.
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lw
my
u
were
KUiea
laL
who
few
CMU,U
.
4.
KILLED
IN
CRASH
-
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PARK.
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Bfluln
wag
m,d
toda
ta
an
eoJM
nr
herp
r
ot
Lieut
Henry
Moody,
wag
also
killed
but
the
occupant
of
the
other
plane
escaped.
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