Too?. S Weather Prince barometer, rn V-:' XXII . No. . 5 H Cloudy, calm? i smooth. Flames Hating in Many Parts of Neighboring Province Kaln Is Needed I. FPMONTON. May 14: The ird sections of Alberta gripped in are today a flaming menace, ii'; bush and forest. Only heavy 10 can stem the march of the I iri s reported between Lac la B He und Pelican Lake, one hun- i miles northwest of here, are 1 Mi.ying homesteaders dwellings outbuildings. Hallway bridges ilso threatened. 1 !i"ro are three great fires In the ' ' River district while In the C : Mo Prairie section fires are nm ground at an alarming rate. LETHAL GAS IS FAVORED talirornia Assembly Sends Kill Up To Governor for Signature -ACRAMENTO, May 14 The bill lie had not as yet seen these people but it was his plan to stop off at Minneapolis on his way east from the present trip to confer them. Mr. Cole has already been prom inently Identified with pulp h inge the method of execution , Massett Inlet to come on here. They alifornla from hanging to thejwlll sail tonight on the Prince 1 gas chamber method passed: pert for Vancouver. Mute assembly yesterday alter-1 . hi ana was sent up to uovemor i1. jr., for his signature. The Weather Ti luip Island Hasy. northerly 1 "' (. moderate northwest swell. I.inu:ira Ttlanrf Ovrvcntt, llaht Fireman Jumped Overboard From th wind; sea calm. While coming here , from West brad Tree Points-Overcast, calm, Hartle pool. England, the steamer un ; tt.ivhv which loaded grain here ' . . UU. 111 lfl lUbUl W W - W MnwT I , - :1100th. CRIMINAL EXPERT TO HELP SOLVE PRINCE OEORGE MURDER CASE . 4 MONTREAL, May 14:-Cal- '"d to British Columbia by the 1 Homey-general of that pro- vtnee, to help In the solving of double murder mystery in i He Prince Oeorge district, Dr. Wilfrid Derome, Montreal me- ctico und legal expert and one "f the best known crlmlnolo- uists on the continent, left to- day for Vancouver. jAtlln, 8c and 5c Limited to $2000 The finance committee of the with hospital board brought In a report at test night's meeUng authorizing expenditure up to $2000 for the and purchase of a new ambulance. After oacer DroJects on this coast al- receiving this report, the board de- though Hot as yet In this district, elded to call for tenders for a new However, he has been favorably im- ambulance, the tenders to be In by pressed as a result of his present! June 8. trip and will be able to go back with 1 There was some discussion as to a first hand knowledge of the si-! whether a new car or used one and paper project here might be (or not it should be purchased beneficial to himself on account of through a bona -fide garage ope rati is limber holdings in the district. tor or mere agent. There was also Mr. Cole has been accompanied on 1 britf discussion as to how the am-his trip to the islands by Mr. Stelle ' ' bulance would be operated after It of Los Angeles, president of the had been obtained. Massett Timber Co.. owning the Finally It was decided, to give ev- large sawmill at Buckley Bay, and Mrs. Stelle. Apparently, there to no prospect of operations being resum ed there in the meantime, at least Mr. Cole and Mr. Stelle came north from Vancouver on the Prince John, disembarking at Skidegate and drove to Port Clement whence they proceeded to Buckley Bay- by BAsboat, rejoining the steamer In eryone a chance to tender. The tenders for an ambulance complete will be called through the newspapers. Vancouver Stocks (Courunr B. O. Johnston Oo. ) Big Missouri. 30 Vi, 32. Duthle Mines. nU. 5. Oeorgia River, 3, 4. Oeorge Enterprise, nil, 3. Oolconda, 18. nil. Orandvlew, 3, 4. Independence, rill, 1. Indian Mines, I, ltt. Kootenay Florence, 1, nil. , Kootenay King, nil. 2. .ul cUll uictui.ci Mattaud 8llrefi 2. 'recenUy lost a fireman, Robert Graham, overboard. The man. d-llevcd to have been mentally unbalanced, Jumped overboard, lu mid-Atlantic. FISHALES Summary American--None. Canadian 34.000 pounds. 8c and 5c and 8.1c and 5c. Canadian Emblem. 4.000. 8.1c and 5c. Morris H., 9,500: Akeve. 0.000, and Hrant. 4.500. Cold Storage, 8c and 5c. I tinomo 5.500. nnd Fanny F.. 4.500. Noble Five. 4, 5. Oregon Copper. 74. 8. Ptnd Oroille. 85. nil. Premier, 71, 72. Porter-Idaho, .4 4, 5. , Rufus-Argenta, 2, nil," Silver Crest, 2. 3. Snowflake, 2, 3. Topley Richfield, 1, nil. Whitewater. 4, 5. Woodbine, "4. L Bluebird, nil 2. OILS Freehold. 44, 5. A. P. Con., 18, 19. Calmont, 9, 10. Dalhousl. 15, 35. Fabyan Pete, 2, nil. Home. 57, nil. Royallte, nil 9.90. Merland. 8. 10. Mercury. 184. 10. United. 8. nil. Eastern Stocks Ford "A," 19.00, nil. ft NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUM BIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931 The RyuJo. newest acropian" - incr. leavu.g trie wi of the Yokohama. Japan dockyard, wi iv it .wu c m-.trueted lor the Japanese navy. Over 50.000 watchei' the ceremonies. . ; - - Seiji Yoshihara's Flight Has Setback as Result of Crash on Shimushiru Island in Kuriles pilot were finally picked up by the steamer Hakuho Maru. Yoshihara will have to return to Memuro ana possibly, to Tokyo. NO NEW AIRSHIPS ARE TO BE BUILT LONDON. May 14: Premier J. Ramsay Ma'cDonald told the House of Commons today that Britain will not build any new airships for the present but will retain the R-100 without A o It Aro i tnm um an vturftnn. . EMPIRE DAY IN SCHOOLS Gathering to Take Place In Capitol ' - Theatre on Friday, May 22 The school board; at its meeting j ' last night, gave permission for the holding of Empire Day In the schools on Friday, May 22, and the necessary adjustment will be made to enable the pupils and teachers to take part. The Daughters of the Empire have arranged for a gathering of the senior and Intermediate classes In the Capitol Theatrb where appropriate addresses will be given and a short picture shown. The Junior classee will be dismissed. ' Vancouver Wheat I School Reports Month of April Total Attending Public and HUH Schools Durinj .Month Was 1.007 School attendance Is getting - oaek to normal following a period! of interruption by several children's sicknesses according to the 1 reports of .the principals of the i local schools submitted to the I School Board at its meeting last , night. The total attendance at the 1 schools follows: ' High School 110. dally percentage 936. Booth 468. percentage 90.56. Borden 350, percentage 95. Seal Cove 56. percentage 88.94. Westview 25, percentage 84.36. Total attending schools, 1,007. Hospital Deficit I Third Year 1 Class II. Frances Tremayne. j Pass: A. J. Stew-art (supp. In j chemistry. j Claw II. Irene T. Mitchell ! With Supplemental Cecil Hacker, mathematics. Applied Science Mining Engineering passed Don W. Mstheson. j Third Year, with supplemental"! -R. K; Mstheson, mathematics and physics. Second Year, with suppiementais W. K. Owyer, mathematics, GRAIN SHIP IS IN PORT Steamer lleronspuol Arrived Here Yesterday Afternoon The grain ship Heronspool ar rived in port at 3:15 yesterday afternoon and Immediately went Into 'berth at (he Alberta Wheat Pool's elevator where the will loud a full wheat cargo for the United King dom or Continent. The vessel Mimild be away by the end of the! For LaSt Month d"1 or tn Honpool started llll Illuming. The Heronspool oame here from Institution Operated at Loss of NewcasUe-en-Tyne xH the Panama 16U.19 In April 0,1, jIef mMter. Capt. Fred Wool- . ner, reports having had an uneven t- The Prince Rupert General Hos- jul voyage. pltal operated at a loss of $169.19 during, the month of April. It was reported by the finance committee, TRAIN LATE TODAY Frank Dlbb, chairman, at last nltht's board meetlnu. Recelnts for ThU afternoon's train, due from the month totalled $4,602 15 and ex- the East at 3:30, was reported thl VANC6UVER, May 14: Wheat 'nedtturea, $4,771.34. There was a morning to be eighty minutes late was quoted on the local exchange total of 1630 hospital days at a cost owing to a connection. Tills would today at CQc. of $2.93 per day. ine.tf- trs-TiTj bring the train In at 5 p.m. Tomorrow's Tides Friday, May 15, 1931 High : 12:15 pjn. 18:0 ft. Low 8:14 am. 4:9 ft. 18:06 pjn. 7:2 ft. PRICE FIVE CENTS PULP MILL HERE IS LOGICAL THING UNITED PACIFIC TO REMAIN FACTOR IN HALIBUT BUSINESS Prince Rupert's Location Is Ideal For Paper Industry In Opinion of American Expert Howard Cole of New York Says He Has Not Yet Become A PRIMf IP A I OF Actually Interested in Project But Has Been In- j . I 7 . I. vitcd to Take Part in Development Here ' Prince Rupert, it seems to me, should be an ideal location for a pulp mill," it was declared today by Howard f '.olc, prominent New York capitalist and owner of exten- LOCAL SCHOOL HAS RESIGNED The school board has received the vr timber lands on the Queen Charlotte Islands, who ar-lrafcnation of Miss oiive McArthur. rived in the city this morninp on the Prince John after onnripai of seal cove school, who. a made a brief trip to the islands to look over his " understood, is returning to her holdings there. It was the first time fonn',r home tne Maritime Pro- -. i he rua made the trip to this part of , vmew- H I R V N IN I th he stated, but, from what Mtas UcArthur hu been teach- I IJaCiJ 111 I he had wen. he had come to the ln? m c,ty for vcra' y"8 and . nnnm ! conclusion that Prince Rupert was ww,e h" ha madc a uid.c clrc,e AI DCDTA I the i ni-w. mi- th- -.tahiuh-i0 trlmO who will regret her de- JAliD LiIV 1 rl j ment of a puln mill. I ckirn to ,e'm th e,t- The rcta Pcare Kiv er Country Is Heine Swept Ily Serious Conflagrations in Forests Wide Sector. -, It had been reported here that n the PUP5 or Seal Mr. Cole had already become Inter- j Cove 800001 -and lhe,r nnis- ! ecied in a local pulp mill project! .., through a Minneapolis syndicate. I D T V j Mr. Oole, however, made the sttua-' Y lLii-i DU 1 linn rlftar In th rnurw nf an Inter. I -lew thU morning when he an A MDT TI A MPT? rieunecd that he had only been' hi- fWllD U LiiTlll VLi rlted by Minneapolis people to be- come Interested in such a sflbjeet. Cot of New Hospital Vehicle to Be Japan's Newest Aeroplane Carrier Co-Operative Concern Plans to Handle Fish Again at Later Date Concern Is Now Perfecting Organization Before Resuming Active Operations Presdent of Organization Confers With Fishermen "Prince Rupert had no good reason to take the attitude it did against the United Pacific Fisheries," it was stated this morning by F. J. Kwapil, Seattle, president of the United Pacific Fisheries, who is a visitor to the city on nany business. "The last thing we had any intention of do-mg was to discriminate against this port. We tried to do the best we could with what we had Si I IllFftl I S Acked as to the future intentions -J JUuV 1 tj of his concern. Mr. Kwapil stated PTinnmrt that it was the intention to handle Sill I r r I . !hallbut aain but as to when he J J V KIuLaIJ 'could not commit himself. Organl-. zatlon woik was now under way and i United Pacific Fisheries did not ln-, University of British Columbia Re- tend to jump into the game again j suits Are of Interest in North until this was completed, Mr. Kwa- j pU declared. He added that the con- Mm vii aAt handltav H-Hhiit of . . uu-1 "It U entirely up to the fleet," H?' W. MU Ro6emar-v,Mr Kwaptl asserted In discussion Edith Wlnskw, formerly of this city, led all second year students and won the University Scholarship proceeding to the third year. of future possibilities of United Pacific Fisheries. He felt that a cooperative system would have to come as the ultimate salvation of &ome results or interest to Prince; the fishermen. Meantime, he felt Rupert are as follows: jthat not too much publicity should Bachelor Arts degree with hon-1 be given to efforts that are being i ors Peter T. Blaek, second class j made along th)s Hue. TOKYO, Japan, Slay 14 The projected trans-Pacific hn1ors n ?T cheut . M,r KwapU liad nJerence wlth flitrht of Seiii Yoshihara. voiinc Japanese aviator. receiv-;0a" JD?rothy PaUnore- 0" ! ed a setback today When his plane was damaged after Double Course-Bachelor of Arte ImeeUng last night In the Deep Sea drifting for four hours off the coast of Shimushiru Island, BacHelor of Commerce, Jessie A iFUhermen s Union Hill. WhUethert on the extreme north end of the Kurile group, whence he McAfee, suppiementais in English tuatlon. He admitted that a puJpj should be purchased and whether i, d f, f, ghana on Iturup Igiand The plane an(J its and Oerman was a general discussion of the si tuation, no definite decisions were arrived at as far as can be learned. Mr. KwapU wtll be here for the next few days straightening out local affairs of his company. IS HOLDING RECEPTION Mrs. W. D. Grant Holllngworth, wife of the new pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Is this afternoon holding her first reception since her arrival In the city. The Manse presents a very attractive appearance for the callers. Mrs. Holllngworth Is being assisted In receiving by Mrs. H. C. Fra-ser. Mrs. J. W. McKlnley and Mrs. D. C. Stuart are pouring while In charge of the tea room are Mrs. W. W. C O'Neill and Mrs. T. McCly-mont. Those assisting Include Mrs. James Simpson, Mrs. W. L. Sandls-on. Mrs. J. Hadden, Mrs. Alex Mackenzie, Mrs. II. M. Foote, Mrs. E. J. Smith. Mrs. S. Massey and Mrs. R. Cameron. - Presentation For ' Past Presidents The local Canadian Legion, at a meeting last night, honored former presidents with the presentation of past president's badges. The presentations were mads by Harry Thrupp, present president, to C. L. Young-man, S. A. Bird. Sam Marshall, William Ranee. M. M. Lamb and James Smith Business t. the meeting was, otherwise, of a routine nature. Then- was discussion of the forthcoming provincial convention at New Westminster to which Messrs, Lamb und Borland will be delegates.