Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
tit
Friday,
May
22,
1931
prince
Rupert
-clear,
calm;
barometer,
High
3:43
ajn.
19:8
ft.
'
mperaturc,
54;
17:14
p.m.
16:9
ft.
u
smootlJ,
fa
Low
10:50
ajn.
3:8
ft.
22:50
pjn.
9:4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRIT1SII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXII
,
NO.
1
.3
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
21,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
HELP
IN
TECHNICAL
EDUCATION
X
:1
ff
-
DOUBLE
Grants
Which
Tuple
Island
Clear,
fresh
nor-i
ly
wind;
sea
moderate.
;i!ara
Island
Clear,
moderate
'
i
icast
wind;
sea
choppy,
i"
'ti
Tree
Polntr-Clear.
easterly
barometer.
30.;
temperature,
1
Wthtchop.
Vancouver
Wheat
ANCOUVER.
May
21:
-
Wheat
quote5bn
the
local
exchange
My
at
58c.
KILLING
Oat
by
Former
Regime
Will
Now
Be
Renewed
bum
of
$750,000
to
Be
Voted
and
Distribution
Will
Made
Subject
to
Agreement
With
Provincial
Governments
OTTAWA,
May
21:
Grants
for
vocational
education!
Canada
are
to
be
renewed.
A
resolution
will
be
intro-
in
'the
House
of
Commons
to
appropriate
a
sum
of
,
ji
i.ooo
per
annum
for
fifteen
years
for
such
a
purpose.
!
t
vmcnts
will
be
made
conditional
upon
agreements
withj
respective
provincial
governments.
!
uiji
lor
vocational
education
'iiM-
mtinued
during
the
Mac-
King
regime.
Premier
Ben-
omised
during
the
election
in
that
they
would
be
re-
,f
lu-
came
into
power.
DEAD
EYE
PUNCH!
C
of
Ransomc,
Shipmaster,
Lo?esi
His
Lire
A
Result
of
Montreal
j
Street
Brawl
I
MONTREAL,
May
21
A
punch
:
rye
during
an
early
morn-,
rect
fight
-today
brought
from
cerebral
hemmorage
ii:.H.
Ransom,
aged
43.
raas-i
the
steamer
Ayellff
Hall,
a
uraln
boat
Detect!
vas
are.
'..a.
the
masters
of
two
other
k
and
two
ship'
mates
as
n
il
witnesses
although
thw
that
another
man.
a
pro-;
n
il
boxer,
was
the
man
win
:
Ransome.
DEATH
OF
SPORTSMAN
Major
William
CJ.
Steadman
Passes
Away
In
Canary
at
Age
of
Forty-Four
v
i
;AHY,
May
21:
Major
Wll-'irorge
Steadman,
well
known
'
i
sportsman,
died
yesterday
:iRe
of
forty-four.
Three
Children
Are
Of
Mad
Slaver
Were
Cut
Be
ancouver
Stocks
iCourtw
S
O.
Jofangto.
Oo.
)
Di?
Mlssouit.
27c,
26c.
George
Copper,
50c,
&e.
Oeorgie
River.
'Sfcc,
Oolronda.
nil
20e.
Orandview.
3c.
all.
Independence,
nM
le.
Indian
Mine,
lc
lVc
Kootenay
King,
nil,
lc.
tfaltonal
SuVer,
JevzWfc
Noble
Five.
4c.
ntt.
Premier,
73c
80a.
Porter-Idaho.
4c.
5c.
Reeves
Macdonald.
nil,
38c.
Rnfus-Argenta,
-c
3c.
Silver
Crest.
3c.
2tye.
,
"
Toptey-Richfield.
Ic,
rM;
Whitewater.
4c.
5c.
Woodbine.
c.
lc
OILS
u
Freeihotd.
nil.
5c.
Consolidated.
16c.
aee.
Calmont,
814e,
nil.
Dalhouste.
nil,
30c
Ilome.
52c.
SSc
Maryland,
llc
13c
.
Royallte.
7.00.
9D0.
Mwury.
17"4c.
18
He
-'
United,
8'ic
nil.
,
Eastern
Stocks",
Nnranda.
30:09.
nil.
C.PJl..
27.50.
3v00.
NO
HALIBUT
SOLD
After
heavy
landtags
of
the
put,
two
or
three
weeks,
there
were
no
halibut
boats
selling
here
thlt
morning
The
Bayriew
ti
in
but
refused
7c
and
4c.
tor
10,806
pound
i,
and
Is
holding
over.
Victims
in
Winnipeg;
throat.
Is
now
In
hospital.
The
police
state
that
he
admitted
the
slay-lngs.
Canadian
Seigneur
To
He
Tied
up
Here
The
freighter
Canadian
Seigneur
i
of
Canadian
National
steamsnips
iwiii
her
Knon
to
be
tied
up
at
the
local
dry
dock.
A
deal
for
the
sale
'of
the
vessel
to
Japanese
lntere.t
Ifel1
through.
Arrested
Man
is
in
Hospital
WINNIPEG,
May
21:-Three
charges
of
murder
were
,1
against
John
Streib,
aged
45,
today
in
connec
toon
ih
the
murder
of
three
children
of
Mrs.
Lilliaj
Waltew
tordav.
The
police
state
that
the
slayer
ran
amok
rrmRh
the
house
while
the
mother
was
away.
George
Waltrs,
18,
was
shot
while
he
slept
.Later,
-two
girls,
Jons,
'
'
riT,
and
Irene,
9.
were
trapped
on
rpi
iw
,1
their
return
from
school
and
shot
1
lie
W
eatlier
and
their,
throau
cut
with
a
raaor.
Biih
u,hn
slashed
his
own
BY
GUNMEN
IN
HOLLYWOOD
LAST
NIGHT
Stribling
Willie
Slnbling.
soon
to
meet
Max
Srhmeling
tor
world's
h
"
w"iht
championshio
in
Cleveland.
Ohio.
l.kes
water,
espe
:ially
If
he's
In
an
outboard
motorboat.
He
is
seen
witb
his
wife.
JAIL
NOW
,
:
Dr.
A.
S.
Murphy
Choses
Prison
Term
Rather
Than
Pay
fine
Tor
Illegal
Practice
i
VANCOUVER,
May
21
Dr.
A.
S
Murphy,
whose
name
was
removed
from
the
roll
of
medical
practitioners
in
British
Columbia
recently,
went
to
jail
yesterday
I
i
rather
than
pay
a
$30
fine.
Dr.
Murphy
was
sentenced
to
two
months'
imprisonment
following
eonvirtlon
on
a
charge
ot
practising
medicine
without
being
properly
licensed.
STEWART
,
POLITICS
Conservatives
There
Opposed
to
Shakc-Up
In
Tolmie
Government
.
j
STEWART.
May
21
:
The
attl-
tude
of
Vancouver
Conservative
As-
sociatlon
la
demanding
reorganisation
of
the
provincial
government,
a
general
election
before
the
end
of
this
year
and
a
provincial
convention,
Is
roundly
criticised
In
a
resolution
passed
recently
by
the
Stewart
Conservative
Association
of
the
Atlin
Provincial
Conservative
Asso
ciation
cnucK,
on
or
aooui
August
to.
iney
uirougn
me
aDsence
oi
women
in
United
States
Serrctary
of
Interior
apparently
were
murdered
in
their
electoral
tempests
or
In
parllamen-Drclarw
Turchasin?
Power
bed
In
their
cabin
at
the
southern
tary
life?
Moreover,
here,
women.
Must
be
Retained
end
of
Cecil
Lake,
a
few
miles
after
having
tasted
of
the
right
to
'northeast
of
Fort
St.
John.
This
vote
in
federal'
elections,
are
not
In
the
preamble
to
the
resolution,
of
Ambassador
Charles
O.
Dawes
prisoner
was
tsKen
w
run
ow.
wui.i.
uons
mignt
ma
ice
in
tne
personnel
u
at
preSent
engaged
In
the
u
nointed
out
that:
"Whereas,
a
.,...,
n
.m.r.Hnn
fn.r
annn.
and
on
his
preliminary
hearing
was
0f
the
House.
Those
behind
the
satlon
nf
n
stat
rmttr
fnrr
in
Orn
convention
of
the
party
was
held
last
November
which
endorsed
the
policies
ol
me
government,
ana.
whereas
three
members
of
the
cab-
met
are
members
from
Vancouver
and
another
memoer
oi
tne
saia
cabinet
Is
more
or
le
a
Vancouver
man,
making
a
total
of
four,
and
BOSTON.
Mav
21
:
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Wilbur,
speaking
here
yesterday,
agreed
with
the
theory
that
purchasing
power
is
tne
most
Important
factor
in
bringing
about
prosperity.
He
declared
that
this
power
must
not
be
endangered
by
any
reduction
In
wages,
Ambassador's
Daughter
Has
An
Operation
LONDON.
M:iy
21:
The
daughter
dJclUs
here
yesterday
and
is
recov-
ermg
satlsfact
rlly.
q
1
Dl
.
Jgai
"lane
31
Winter
Harbor
Northbound
Fur
Bearers
Is
Continuing
,
Flight
Sergpunt
E.
P.
H.
Anderson
and
Flight
Sergeant
A.
Anderson,
with
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
flying
boat,
air
at
present
based
at
Wtnter
Harbor
in
the
course
of
thelr
patrol
of
the
northbound
fur
seal
herd
They
made
a
flight
a
few
days
ago
to
Vancouver.
whereas
the
present
financial
conditions
of
the.
country
as
a
whole
Patrol
of
make
It
extremely
difficult
for
any
government
and
whereas
this
association
has
been
extended
every
courtesy
and
consideration
by
the
government
as
far
as
circumstances
would
permit.
The
resolution
deplores
the
attitude
uf
the
Vancouver
associations
mid
records
emphatic
protests
ugrtinM
ii
((invention.
Is
Motor-Boat
Enthusiast
V
DISCRIMINATION
IN
FREIGHT
RATES
IS
1
CHARGE
OF
MEMBERS
!
1
OTTAWA.
May
21:
British
Columbia
members
charged
In
the
House
of
Commons
yeeter-I
day
that
there
was
freight
rate
discrimination
against
the
Pa-
clfic
Coast
Differentials
belt
tween
export
and
domestic
grain
rates
were
claimed
to
be
injurious
to
poultry
and
dairy
fanners
of
British
Columbia.
......
.
jf.
.
.
.
.
;
WAGE
CUT
j
OPPOSED
RETURNED
Case
of
Rex
vs.
Sowry
Now
Proceed
ing
at
Supreme
Court
Assizes
At
Prince
George
PRINCE
GEORGE.
May
21:
A
true
bill
has
been
returned
by
the
grand
Jury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
In
the
case
of
Rex
vs.
Sowry.
The
hearing
of
the
case
by
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald
and
the
petit
Jury
is
now
proceeding,
j
France
and
other
European
nations
Rex
vs.
Sowry
is
a
double
murder
i
are
reacting
against
the
example
case
which
comes
from
the
Peace
.
given
by
England.
In
this
slide
to-River
district.
In
this
the
accused,
'.
wards
universal
suffrage.
Has
the
Michael
Sowry,
a
Ukranaln
resident
of
Hythe.
A1U,
to
charged
with
the
murder
of
Joseph
and
Annie
Bab-
crime
was
not
discovered
until
Sep-
i
tember
2,
when
a
man
engaged
to
do
some
work
for
Bibchuck.
going
to
we
ttaocaucK
caoiu
iuujw
mc
bodies
In
the
bed.
The
bodies
were,
badly
decomposed
by
this
time
but
an
autopsy
disclosed
mat
me
deaths
had
been
caused
by
rifle
to
allow
them
to
participate
in
the
t
bullets.
turmoils
of
political
fUhts."
When
Inspector
William
Splllerj
La
Patrie.
(MonteraD
oommen-and
Detective
McBrayne
of
the
pro-,
ted:
'This
latest
defeat
of
the
rights
vincial
police
took
up
the
talk
of
ot
women
was
expected.
Hon.
Mr.
solving
the
tragedy
their
investlga-
Taschereau
had
prophesied
it
when
tion
extended
from
Fort
St.
John
to
The
Pas
in
Manitoba,
and
weeks
later
resulted
in
the
arrest
of
Ml-
chael
Sowry
at
Hythe.
Alta.,
where
he
was
living
with
his
family.
The
committed
for
trial
upon
the
double
murder
charge.
;
Newspaperman
Took
Own
Life
Ralph
Barton
Suicides
In
New
York
Unrcquitted
Love
Believed
Cause
NEW
YORK,
May
21:
Ralph
Barton,
famous
American
cartoon-
1st
and
newspaperman,
commiueo
suicide
here
yesterday
The
oause
of
his
act
Is
believed
to
have
been
unrequited
love
or
fear
of
insanity.
Two
Men
Taking
Part
In
Los
Angeles
Vice
Probe
Are
Shot
Down
Charles
Crawford
and
Herbert
Spencer
Are
Victims
of
Gangsters'
Bullets
in
Former's
OfficeNo
Arrests
Made
Yet
LOS
ANGELES,
May
21:
Gangster
gunmen
visited
the
office
of
Charles
Crawford
in
Hollywood
last
evening
and
shot
down
Crawford
and
Herbert
Spencer,
former
!
city
editor
ot
the
Los
Angeles
bvening
Express.
Spencer
died
almost
immediately
while
Crawford
expired
later
before
an
operation
could
be
performed
upon
him.
Craw
wrd
and
Spencer
had
been
active
OPINION
;
DIVIDED
;
L'Evcnemcnt
Upholds
Action
of
Quebec
Legislature
in
Refusing
Franchise
to
Women
MONTREAL,,
May
21
Newspaper
v4Pplnlon
is
divided
over
the
question
ol
granting
the
provincial
franchise
,
Canadian
National
to
women;
a
privilege
which
wasj
recently
again
rejected
in
the
provincial
legislature.
Le-Evenement
i
At
a
c,tv
lunhfn.
given
by
the
(Quebec)
says:
"There
are
people
Ryal
Em
Society
at
the
Can-who
do
not
riehtlv
understand
the
non
Hotel
&
London
recenUy
in
his
indifference
of
the
province
of
Que-
'bee
towards
the
women's
vote
R(.
.
cause
women
In
English
provinces1
j
exercise
their
suffrage
in
provincial
j
elections,
the
Anglo
-
Canadian;
press
thinks
that
the
same
should!
be
done
in
Quebec.
j
j
"Nevertheless,
it
takes
very
little
1
I
mental
effort
to
see
that
French-
Canadians
are
reacting
against
this
feminist
tendency.
Just
as
giving
of
the
vote
to
women
done
,
any
appreciable
good
to
England?
Are
French
politics
suffering
much
crazy
about
the
Innovation.
There'
.fore
the
Quebec
legislature
Is
right
m
not
granting
the
right
to
vote
tolnelr
producU
to
a
market
a
iemaie
population,
me
majority
of
which
does
not
want
it.
If
ever
the
ideas
of
French-Canadian
wo-
men
cnange,
it
win
always
De
easy
he
counselled
women
not
to
present
again
this
year
measures
which
the
House
had
already
decided
several
times,
but
to
pin
their
faith
In
the
possible
changes
that
the
next
eler-
movement
did
not
take
the
advice
ana
mere
are
many
wno
Deneve
inat
ne
mty
eek
election
to
the
that
they
were
right.
A
persistent
umted
states
Senate
after
his
re-and
continuous
agitation
will
be
tirement
from
the
navy
In
October,
more
useful
to
their
cause
than
a
passing
surrender
could
be
harmful.
The
obstinacy
of
our
once
more
brought
to
light,
will
I
bring
from
the
other
provinces
the
usual
comment
which
will
not
be
0f
a
nature
to
heighten
the
prestige
of
our
province.
In
the
remainder
of
the
Dominion,
women
have
the
right
to
vote.
That
Quebec
Is
the
only
province
to
refuse
this
right
to
women
does
not
mean
it
Is
right.
In
our
province
women
have
the
right
to
vote
In
federal
elections
and
they
are
eligible
for
the
House
of
Com-
(Continued
on
page
five
in
connection
with
an
investigation
Into
crime
and
vice
here.
No
arrests
had
been
made
up
to
1.
st
night.
THIS
PART
DESCRIBED
,
Hon.
F.
P.
Burden
Tells
London
r
Listeners
-of
Country
'Along
:honor
recently.
Hon.
F.
P.
Burden.
Agent
oenerai
ior
untun
Columbia.
told
his
listeners
that
along
the
Ca
nadian
National
Railways
there
was
an
excellent
country,
adapted
when
cleared
and
cultivated,
to
mixed
farming.
That
country
was
comparatively
new,
and
the
shipping
of
its
surplus
agricultural
products
to
the
more
thickly
populated
areas
in
the
south,
was
not
yet
a
paying
proposition,
as
the
proper
railway
connection
had
not
yet
been
established.
The
same
was
true
of
the
greatest
and
richest
agricultural
area
with
in
the
province,
the
great
Peace
jRlvcr
countr
rall
con.
nectlon
a,
lhe
wag
at
pre
pre.
sent
lacking,
and
those
farmers
now
settled
there,
although
they
could
produce
grain
excelling
In
quantity
per
acre
yield
and
also
in
quality,
were
not
as
prosperous
as
might
be
expected
because
of
the
mttimnv
and
nmM
of
getting
WOULD
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General
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Butler
May
Go
Into
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Naval
Retirement
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the
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Mary
Sets
Jewelry
Style
LONDON.
May
21:
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Queen
has
recently
set
a
new
fashion
in
Jewelry.
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has
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in
nubile
wearing
earrings
formed
of
rather
large
and
almost
square
aquamar-
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In
which
are
inserted
tiny
mln-
tatures
of
her
two
grand-daughters,
Princess
Ellawboti?
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Princess,
Margaret
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