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Vol.
XXII..
No
NEW
ISSUE
TO
BE
TAKEN
Liberals
to
Embarrass
Govcrumeni
With
Case
of
Col.
Ross
Napier
5L';h!
4
-
full
Masonlchonora
were,accord.
VICTOniA.
Sept.9T-Pffletlflx!ed
at
the
runeral
afternoon
0I
inai
uie
mailer
wouia
or
maae
u
mor
kwue
by
the
Liberal
party
at
the
forthcoming
session
ot
the
Le-
glxlature,
the
Victoria
Times
predict
that
the
ease
of
Col.
Ron
Napier,
recently
removed
as
commissioner
of
civil
service,
will
beeom?
more
celebrated
even
than
the
famous
case
of
Norman
Watt,
dismissed
and
reinstated
government
agent
at
Prince
Rupert.
No
Authority
Yet
to
Proceed
With
Relief
Work
At
the
meeting
of
the
city
coun-ci
.Hast
night,
Mayor
Orme
stated
that,
so
tar,
no
definite
word
had
been
received
from
Victoria
authorising
the
city
to
proceed
wtta
an
y
unemployment
program.
In
the
meantime
District
Engineer
Owyer
was
asking
Victoria
that
he
be
allowed
to
take
on
a
few
married
men
on
the
highway
In
order
.
to
relieve
the
local
situation.
Arrested
on
False
Pretences
Charge
at
Hazelton,
Here
Arrested
In
Hazelton
on
a
charge
of
obtaining
lodgings
by
false
pre
-
1
tences
In
Prince
Rupert.
Bext
Home
1
is
being
brought
to
the
city
on
this
'
afternoon's
train
by
the
provincial
police
from
the
interior
to
face
trial.
I
I
POLICE
AND
REDS
IN
WINNIPEG
HAD
CLASH
LAST
NIGHT
j.
WINNIPEG.
Sept.
SO:
Riot-
in
diarae
stood
on
the
po-
lice
books
today
against
seven
men
who
were
arrested
during
a
hand-to-hand
battle
last
night
between
police
and
Communists
at
the
front
and
back
doors
of
the
City
Hall.
Three
policemen
injured
In
the
clash
have
now
been
re-
leased
from
hospital.
Other
charges
will
be
laid.
fr
GOLD
MASONIC
FUNERAL
Late
T.
G.
McManamon
Laid
(o
Rest
This
afternoon
With
Full
.RUes
at
Craft
the
late
Thomas
Ouy
McManamon,
member
of
Tyee
Lodge
No.
68,
who
was
the
rlctlm
of
a
railway
accident
last
week.
After
a
formal
opening
In
the
lodge
room,
members
of
the
Masonic
craft
paraded
In
regalia
to
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
where
the
service
was
conducted
by
George
Hill,
worshipful
master
of
Tyee
Lodge,
and
Rev.
Charles
E.
Motte,
the
chaplain,
who
were
assisted
by
other
officers
of
the
lodge.
John
E.
Davey
presided
at
the
organ
and
the
hymn
was
"Abide
With
Me."
Interment
followed
in
Falrview
Cemetery
with
a
Masonic
committal
service.
Pallbearers
were
railway-men
members
of
the
craft.
On
returning
from
the
cemetery
the
lodge
members
proceeded
to
the
Masonic
lodgeroom
where
the
serv-ic
was
closed..
Numerous
floral
tributes
testified
to
the
popularity
and
esteem
in
which
deceased
was
held.
Halibut
Landings
Summary
American
165.000
pounds,
7.4c
and
3c
to
10c
and
3c.
Canadian
30,800
pounds,
6.1c
and
3c
to
7c
and
Sc.
American
Celtic.
37,000.
AUin,
7.4c
and
3c.
Tahoma,
6,500,
Cold
Storage,
8c
and
3c.
Tatoosh.
Booth,
10c
and
3c.
Narrona,
18,000,
refused
7.7e
and
,3c.
left
for
Seattle,
Bonansa.
13,000.
Oold
Storage,
8.3c
and
3c.
Hasel
H.,
11.000.
Royal.
85c
and
3c.
Midway.
8.000.
Royal.
8.1c
and
3e.
Glacier.
9.000,
Pacific,
8.2c
and
3c.
Marie,
4.000.
Booth.
7.8c
and
3c.
Pierce.
13.000,
Cold
Storage.
8.1c
and
3c.
Sherman,
12,500.
Booth,
8.4c
and
3c.
(Rainier.
26.000,
Booth.
8.1c
and
3c.
Frisco.
9,500,
Cold
Storage,
7.5c
and
3c.
Canadian
CaDella
I.
10.000,
Oold
Storage,
7o
and
3c.
White
Hope,
8,000.
Cold
Storage,
65c
and
Sc.
P.
Dorreen.
8,000.
and
Tecnyj
MWy,
5.000,
offered
6c
and
Sc.
holding
over.
R.
W
9.000,
Oold
Storage.
7C
ana
3c
Albert
K.,
3,800.
Atlln,
6.6c
and
3c.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
29,
1931.
RUSH
IN
YUKON
COUNTRY
CM
COUNCIL
HERE
PROTESTS
AT
P.
G
E
Highly
Mineralized
Area
Has
Been
Found
On
Big
Salmon
River
Stampcders
Coming
From
All
Parts
of
North
Country
to
Scene
of
Strike
Values
Run
as
High
as
$70
Ton
WHITEHORSE,
Y.T.,
Sept.
29.
Recent
discovery
of
highly
mineralized
gold
quartz
bearing
area
at
Livingstone
Creek
on
the"
headwaters
of
the
Big
Salmon
River
in
southern
Yukon
is
drawing
a
rush
of
stampeders
from
all
parts
of
the
Yukon
and
Alaska.
From
an
open
cut
which
Tom
Koloff
uncovered
on
a
mountainside
last
June,
assays
running,
from
a
trace
to
as
high
as
$70
per
ton
in
gold
have
been
extracted.
MAGISTRATE
SHAW
DEAD
Presided
Over
Police
Court
in
Vancouver
Since
1911
and
Was
Fair
and
Fearless
Judge
WAS
KNOWN
HERE
Was
Pioneer
of
Province,
Having
Practised
Law
For
Time
in
Boundary
District
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
29:
Poller
Magistrate
Henry
Curtis
Shaw
dlei'
this
morning
at
the
age
of
68.
K
had
been
ill
for
a
month
and
s
short
time
ago
was
given
a
six-
months'
leave
of
absence
from
his
duties
as
police
magistrate
which
he
had
held
for
many
years.
Born
in
Prince
Edward
Islam'
June
12.
1863.
the
son
of
the
laL-John
Cameron
and
Jane
Curtis
lawson
Shaw,
the
late
Magistrate
Shaw
was
educated
at
Prince
uf
Wales
College
and
graduated
a.s
a
Bachelor
ot
Arts
from
Dalhousi"
University.
He
came
to
British
Co
lumbla
and
was
called
to
the
bar
In
1892
Magistrate
Shaw
first
practises
in
British
Columbia
at
Vancouve
r
as
senior
member
of
the
firm
ol
8haw,
McPhllllps
and
William;
from
1863
to
189$.
The
Ttm
was
known
from
1836
-to
1899
Ss
Shaw
tt
Cowan.
The
mining
boom
in
the
Boundary
country
attracted
Mr
Shaw
to
Oreenwood
In
1899
and
he
practised
law
there
until
1904.
returning
that
year
to
Vancouver.
In
It'll
Mr.
Shaw
received
hi.--appointment
as
police
magistrate
and
Judge
of
the
juvenile
court
in
Vancouver.
Since
that
time
until
a
month
ago
he
had
carried
on
hi
duties
continuously
and
was
known
as
a
fair
and
fearless
Judge.
Married
in
1894
to
Dora
Laird
of
Victoria.
Magistrate
Shaw
is
survived
by
one
son,
Ian
Shaw,
a
practising
lawyer
in
this
city.
In
politics.
Magistrate
Shaw
was
Conservative,
and
In
religious
af
filiation,
a
Presbyterian.
He
was
fond
of
fishing
and
shooting.
The
death
of
Magistrate
Shaw
will
be
learned
of
with
regret
bv
pioneers
of
the
Boundary
country
who
live
In
Prince
Rupert.
.With
Mrs.
Shaw
he
visited
here
a
year
or
so
ago,
renewing
did
acquain
tances
here
during
a
brief
stay.
DECISION
DEFERRED
Nothing
Will
Be
Done
About
Rall-
waymen's
Wage
Until
Middle
of
October
MONTREAL.
SeDt.
29.
Nothing
will
be
decided
one
way
or
another
until
the
middle
of
October
In
con
nection
with
the
proposed
ten
per
cent
wage
cut
of
the
running
trades
of
the
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
railways,
it
is
stated.
ESCAPE
OF
THREE
BOYS
Leader
ot
Bandit
Gang
Said
to
Be
One
of
Youths
Who
Got
Away
From
Detention
Home
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
29.
Slugging
two
guards,
three
youths
escaped
from
the
juvenile
detention
nome
here
last
night.
One
of
the
boys
who
egcaDed.
it
is
alleged
by
the
police,
has
been
the
leader
ot
the
blue
sedan
bandits
who
recently
I
terrorized
the
city
with
their
Yanks
Rejoice
Over
Empty
Victory
Oiuiiie
W
ior.
bru
her
or
Our
Wood,
and
his
mechanic
are
Jubilant
after
iuck
in
which
Kaye
Don
is
said
to
have
been
tricked
by
Oar
into
being
disqualified.
WORK
FOR
265
MEN
This
Number
Will
be
Engaged
on
Local
Relief
Work
10
More
Going
Out
This
Week
Seventy-five
men
are
at
present
engaged
in
the
government's
unemployment
relief
program
on
continuation
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway
beyond
Gallow
Rapids,
it
was
stated
this
morning
at
the
office
of
the
provincial
department
ot
public
works.
On
Friday
of
this
week
or
thereabouts
it
is
expected
to
take
an
additional
forty
men
out
to
the
Clojah
Bay
camp.
When
the
whole
local
program
gets
under
way
there
will
be
a
total
of
265
men
engaged
in
relief
work.
Twenty-four
men
will
be
working
from
the
Galloway
Rapids
camp,
120
in
the
Clojah
Bay
camp
and
120
in
the
new
Prud-homme
Lake
camp.
It
will
be
at
least
two
or
three
weeks
yet
before
the
Prudhomtne
Lake
camp
is
ready.
All
the
lumber
and
other
material
being
used
in
the
erection
ot
this
camp
has
to
be
hauled
a
distance
of
four
miles
by
tractor
from
the
beach
over
the
Power
Corporation's
old
skidroad
to
the
camp
site.
Pipe
is
also
being
taken
out
for
a
gravity
water
system.
Naturally,
the
transportation
operation
is
rather
slow.
BUTEDALE
IS
CLOSED
AS
CUSTOMS
POINT
Butedale,
a
customs
outport
and
warehousing
port
under
the
survey
of
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert,
has
been
closed
as
from
September
1
this
year.
Preliminary
trial
ot
Hugh
Cot-tcrlll,
on
a
charge
of
Indecent
assault
upon
a
child,
will
be
proceeded
with
after
the
arrival
o.
this
afternoon's
train
from
the
east.
MANAGER
OF
BANK
W.
M.
Blackstock,
Formerly
of
Vanderhoof,
to
Succeed
B.
J.
Mellish
Here
Walter
McF.
Blackstock,
formerly
manager
of
the
Vanderhoof
branch
of
the
Canadian
Bank
pt
Com
merce
and
more
recently
located
in
Vancouver,
is
to
be
the
new
manager
ot
the
local
branch
ot
the
Bank
of
Commerce.
It
Is
learned.
Mr.
Blackstock
will
succeed
B.
J.
Melltstv,
who
Is
being
transferred
from
here
to
take
over
management
of
one
of
the
Vancouver
city
branches.
DUTY
TO
BE
REGULATED
Currency
Value
of
Countries
Shipping
Goods
to
Canada
to
Be
Taken
Into
Consideration
OTTAWA.
Sept.
29:
Designed
to
counteract
exchange
fluctuations,
regulations
applying
to
imports
Into
Canada
from
countries
with
discounted
or
depreciated
currency
were
issued
yesterday
by
the
Department
ot
National
Revenue.
When
appraised
tor
duty
purposes,
the
currency
value
ot
the
country
shipping
the
goods
will
be
a
determining
factor.
The
Weather
.
Langara:
Overcast
light
southwesterly
wind;
sea
calm.
Dead
Tree
Point:
Rain,
southeasterly
gale;
barometer,
29.56;
temperature,
40;
sea
rough.
PEACE
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
September
30,
1931
High
2:59
&m.
19.0
ft.
14:55
pan.
205
It.
Low
8:55
&m.
6.8
ft.
21:35
p.m.
4.6
tt.
Government
Urged
to
Provide
Useful
Outlet
For
Northern
Farmers
Strong
Resolution
Is
Passed
Vancouver
in
Matter
Is
Criticised
The
city
council
last
night
entered
a
protest
to
the
federal
government
against
the
move
to
have
federal
monies
expended
on
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
extension
ratner
tftan
on
the
building
of
an
outlet
for
the
Peace
River
farmers
to
connect
with
the
Dresent
Canadian
Na.
tional
Railway.
The
question
was
introduced
bv
the
mayor,
who
mentioned
that
he
thought
the
city
council
should
make
some
protest.
Alderman
Col-lart
than
moved
a
resolution,
which
was
seconded
by
Alderman
Rudder-man,
as
follows:
"Whereas,
the
CNit.
and
the
CP
J,
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
time
was
not
opportune
tor
the
bulldlne
of
a
rallwav
from
the
Peace
River
to
the
Pacific
Coast
by'
either
of
them
or
jolnUy,
and
"Whereas,
the
Dominion
Oovern-
ment
decided
not
to
build
such
a
line
in
ordej
'to
jivold
duplIcaUon
oL
lines,'
In
the
words
of
the
Hon.
DrJ
tft.t.t
.
.
...aiiiun.
jxuuuier
ui
xtauways,
anai
"Whereas,
it
appears
that
the
Dominion
Government
has
decided
to
include
the
completion
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railroad
Into
Prince
Oeorge,
out
of
unemploy-
j
ment
funds,
therefore
be
it
Deen
me
resuIt
01
injuries
sustained
"Resolved,
that
this
city
councU
I
lhe
Prevlous
evening
In
an
accident
protest
vigorously
against
any
ex-1
when
thc
'IF1
he
was
riding
was
pendlture
of
the
public
funds
by!struck
by
a
traln
near
Salvus
sta-the
Dominion
Government
for
the
that
deceased
was
oft
duty
and
comDletion
ot
the
P.G
JS.
Rallwav
'
oit
Deat
vilta
the
accident
oc
as
a
waste
of
money,
the
said
rail-
way
being
of
no
value
as
regards
giving
adequate
shipping
facilities
to
the
people
of
the
Peace
River,
ana
suggest
that
such
available
funds
should
be
used
to
build
a
proper
line
from
the
Peace
River
to
the
Pacific
Coast
to
give
the
farm
ers
of
the
Peace
River
the
shortest
haul
and
the
lowest
grade
possible.
"This
resolution
to
be
sent
to
the
Prime
Minister
R.
B.
Bennett,
Hon.
Dr.
Manion.
Minister
of
Railways,
Rt.
Hon.
L.
W.
Mackenzie
King.
Prince
Minister
Tolmle
and
the
Board
of
Trade
of
Peace
River."
,
Alderman
Oollart
in
discussing
his
motion
said
he
did
not
think
the
council
should
allow
without
protest
the
proposal
to
spend
public
money
on
the
P.G.E.
when
the
Peace
River
farmers
were
in
dire
need
of
transportaion.
The
line
should
go
by
the
nearest
and
best
route.
Alderman
Rudderham
spoke
ot
the
danger
of
having
the
Peace
River
tagged
on
to
the
P.Q.E.
Van
-
couver
people
were
out
to
get
the
railway,
fair
or
foul.
They
would
do
It
regardless
of
the
needs
of
the
Peace
country.
He
considered
the
council
would
be
wise
to
protest
If
the
line
were
tagged
on
to
the
P.O.E.
It
would
be
a
failure
from
the
first.
The
resolution
was
carried
unanimously.
'
Fishermen
Ask
Right
to
Hunt
OCEAN
FALLS.
Sept
29.
At
a
meeting
of
fishermen,
some
fifty
In
number,
a
resolution
was
unanimously
passed,
asking
the
provincial
government
to
allow
them
to
hunt
for
game
without
seasonal
or
other
restrictions.
In
view
of
existing
conditions.
The
fishermen
said
they
were
led
to
believe
that
permission
had
been
granted
to
unemployed
In
the
interior
of
the
province.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
OUTLET
by
Civic
Body-
Stand
of
.
MIS
DEATH
ACCIDENT
Fatality
Which
Claimed
Life
of
T-
G
McManamon
1
Investigated
TRAINMEN
BLAMELESS
Dtceasea
ApparenUy
Heard.
Whistle
"Bul
Failed
To
Get
Out
of.
Way
The
coroner's
Jury
which
Iass
night
Investigated
the
death
last
week
of
the
late
Thomas
O.
McMan
"
amon,
found
that
death
on
Satur-
day
mornm
&
hospital
here
had
curred
and
that.
In
the
opinion
ot
the
Jury,
no
blame
should
be
at-
tached
to
members
ot
the
train
,"cw
The
Inquest
was
conducted
bv
Coroner
Norman
A.
Watt.
The
Jury
consisted
of
Oeorge
MIL
foreman,
R.
H.
Ive.
W.
M.
Brown,
William
Robb,
George
J.
Dawes
and
O.
L.
Youngman.
Staff
Sergeant
Alex
Continued
on
page
2
No
Pledge
Given
Regarding
Use
of
Local
Elevator
The
city
council
at
Its
meeting
last
night
heard
a
letter
from
H.
A.
Partly,
manager
ot
the
Wheat
Pool,
in
which
he
pointed
ml
that,
owing
to
the
present
oondfUsn
ot
the
market
tt
was
lmDostible
to
j
give
any
definite
tndteatfen
at
f
what
use
the
pod
would
make
ot
the
local
elevator
this
year.
They
were
still
interested
In
having
grain
moved
through
Prince
Rupert.
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Sept
20
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
52
ft
cents
a
bushel,
spot
cash.
OTTAWA
SUSPENDS.
TECHNICAL
GRANTS
.
OTTAWA.
Sept.
29:
-Grant
to
vocational
education,
whleh
were
made
a
large
Issue
In
thc
last
general
election
and
which
were
Drevided
far
at'
the
session
of
PartUmmt
thVf
spring,
will
not
be
paid
f?r
the
time
being
at
least
It
Is
stated.
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