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Ni
Xu
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i'itlJNUlli
KUrrliKT,
U.U.,
SATUKUAi,
MAY
13,
VJ'i'i
price-
nVE
CENTS
'
DISAGREEMENT
ON
REDISTRIBUTION
WELL
KNOWN
EAST
END
Seal
Cove
Hotel
Is
Virtual
Total
Loss
In
Spectacular
Blaze
Estimated
DamaRC
is
Upwards
of
$15,000
With
at
Least
Partial
Insurance
Flames
Spread
Rapidly
Through
Frame
Construction
The
Setil
Cove
Hotel,
well
known
east
end
hostelry
of
w
hich
Mrs.
H.
Worsfold
was
the
owner,
was
virtually
do-.-t
roved
by
fire
alwut
8
o'clock
last
evening.
The
loss
of
building
and
contents
is
tenUitively
estimated
at
about
SI
5.000
auainst
which
there
is
reported
to
Im?
$8,000
insur-
ani-o
n
kidding
and
$1,000
on
i
1
ACREAGE
IS
DECREASED
Million
and
Half
Lets
Atre
Being
Sown
in
Wheat
in
Canada
This
Vrar
Li
pert
Surprised
OTTAWA.
May
13
(Canadian
rirM.
-
DttomfcMttoh
to
how
t
wn
the
Canadian
wheat
acreage.
v
n
in
the
renuciton
of
inc
eau-ii
t"d
area
to
be
.mm
in
spring
a
c
at
from
ll.M6.ioo
acres
in
1M2
I
3.171.000
acres
this
year,
a
drop
;
l
746.000
acres,
surprises
expert!
v
had
believed
Out
receut
ad-
ii.es
in
wheat
prices
would
result
-
it
leant
a
slight
increase
in
aere-
-
over
last
year.
RECOVERING
FROM
GALE
Stvtnth
Tornado
In
Recent
Weeks
YKIU
Southern
State
ITVIN06TONE.
Tennessee.
May
i
t
Canadian
Press
t
-
Tornado-sw
IH
sections
of
Kentucky
and
1'
imrsse
are
recovering
themeel-today
following
a
scries
of
nific
galea
which
visited
them
it-
tn
Tuesday
night
of
thU
w-k.
taking
toll
of
from
thirty
to
f'i-tv
persona
kUIed
and
an
unde-'rniiuet;
number
injured.
Telegraphic
and
Telphonlc
com-fumli-attona.
which
had
been
par-ulyzed,
haw
been
restored
and
re-
t
f
work
la
proceeding
Overton
County
In
Kentucky
ap-P'
irs
to
have
been
the
worst
at
Muted
by
the
tornadic
itorro
Miih
it
was
the
seventh
to
visit
the
"nthem
state
in
recent
week
Large
Deficit
In
April
Shown
Hospital
Operated
at
Loss
of
$0?t
Last
Month
Owing
to
Tardiness
of
Civic
and
Provincial
(rants
The
finance
committee
repo,tM'
the
hospital
board,
at
Its
meeting
km,
nigni,
a
aencii
or
szunuw
ii
'he
month
of
April,
disbursement
having
amounted
to
$348938
whereas
revenue
was
"but
$1418.80.
Since
'hp
accounts
for
last
month
had,
lxn
closed,
however,
a
check
of.
$infi.B5
had
been
received
from
the
t'lovtnclal
government
covering'
Miirch
grant
and
$096
from
the
city
October
103.
municipal
grant
J
tor
the
month,
.in,,
twmher
I
havinc
not
vrf
h.n
tviM
im
!
Thnro
u
iim
uLy
rf.w.
t'
a
ost
per
hospital
day
of
$2.68.
furniture.
Personal
bclong-
ng
of
some
seven
guel
who
were
lodged
in
the
premises
at
the
Umf
of
the
fire
were
also
destroyed.
It
was
a
spectacular
blaze
and
the
most
serious
conflagration
which
lias
occurred
in
the
city
for
about
a
year.
Cause
of
the
fire
has
not
been
ascertained
although
It
la
known
to
have
originated
in
the
ha
taw
Hit.
The
fire
was
dm
discovered
by
Mr.
Worsfold
whan,
on
opimtoc
thai
door
to
the
oil
tank
mm
In
the
basement
whence
some
smoke
had
been
seen
to
be
laming,
he
was
greeted
with
a
flash
of
flame.
The
fire
department
was
immediately
called
by
Mrs
Worsfold
but.
by
the
time
the
firemen
and
equipment
were
able
to
reach
the
scene,
having
been
delayed
somewhat
by
the
road
in
front
of
the
building
being
cioMij
and
in
disrepair
for
a
con
siderable
distance,
the
structure
was
well
abtase'and
virtually
doomed.
The
conflagration
spread
rapidly
through
the
building
which
was
entirely
of
frame
construction
both
Inside
and
out.
However,
the
department,
with
the
assistance
of
volunteer
workers,
was
soon
at
work
fighting
the
blase
which,
within
an
hour,
was
under
control
and
by
twe
Hours
completely
out.
Five
lines
of
hose
were
used
and.
despite
the
seething
inferno
of
flame,
the
firemen
were
able
to
get
hose
into
the
second
floor
and
attic.
Meantime,
two
pianos,
a
radio,
clocks,
a
few
chain
and
some
other
effects
were
removed
from
the
building
although
the
furniture
and
personal
effects
of
(he
euesta
were
largely
destroyed.
Only
the
walls
remained
standing
after
the
fire
and
the
roof
Is
parti)
caved
In.
The
hotel
was
erected
close
to
twenty
years
ago
and
had
thirty-two
guest
rooms
in
addition
to
dining
room.
etc.
It
was
built
and
operated
originally
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Lumber
Co..
Mrs.
Worsfold
becom
ing
sole
proprietor
a
few
years
ago.
There
was
a
hot
water
oil
burning
heating
plant.
Card
of
Thanks
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Worsfold
wish
to
thank
all
who
helped
to
try
to
save
some
of
their
belongings
In
Uie
Seal
Cove
Hotel
fire.
IS
(JRANTI'.D
LAND
roll
CRAB
PLANT
AT
NADLN
IIAIinOll
VICTORIA.
May
13:
(Canadian
Preal
Application
of
Samuel
Blmpaon
or
Prince
mi-
pert
for
or
thirteen
acres
of
provincial
lancis
ai
waaen
Hrbor
for
use
In
construction
operations
of
a
crab
canning
plant
ha
been
granted
by
the
government.
government.
,
CROPS
IN
PROVINCES
I'rorrcM
Willi
Seeding
in
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
snd
Alberta
WINNIPEO,
May.
13:
-Southern
Manitoba
points
report
from
78
to
100
of
wheat
now
sown
and
considerable
oats
and
barley
seeded,
according
to
the
Canadian
Natlon.iJ
Railways'
weekly
crop
report.
II
good
weather
holds
seeding
should
J
be
fairly
well
completed
In
this
tcr-ritory
by
next
week-end.
Operations
are
a
tittle
later
titan
usual
but
conditions
for
seeding
nave
been
ex
has
never
been
seeded
under
better
circumstances.
In
preparation
for
grasshopper
control
some
municipalities
have
been
unloading
material
wKh
which
to
mix
poison
bait
and
the
means
of
combatting
this
peat
should
be
more
effective
than
last
year.
In
Central
Manitoba
light
nightly
frosts
have
been
experienced
but
these
have
not
been
severe
enough
to
delay
morning
work
on
the
land.
IP
JSft
Manitoba,
the
Dauphin
llnd
"8
wanRtTcr-terri
fertear
.report
weather
cool
and
dry
with
about
70
to
95
of
wheat
seeded
and
a
start
made
on
coarse
grains.
Warm
wea-
titer
with
rainfall
would
be
bene
flclal
for
germination
and
also
to
overcome
soil
drifting
which
la
now
apparent.
In
Saskatchewan
Southern
Saskatchewan,
with
varying
percentage
of
wheat
acreage
seeded,
has
had
operations
delayed
by
rains
which
varied
from
heavy
showers
to
continuous
downpours.
ThU
precipitation
has
insured
sufficient
moisture
for
germination
and
reports
state
that
soil
conditions
are
superior
to
those
experienced
during
the
past
few
years.
In
Central
Saskatchewan,
many
points
report
rain
followed
by
cool,
cloudy
weather
which
some
what
delayed
operations
and
the
need
at
present
is
warmer
weather.
All
sections
of
Northern
Saskat
chewan
report
seeding
operations
well
under
way.
The
season
la
somewhat
behind
that
of
a
normal
year
but
farmers
are
optimistic
aa
there
is
no
shortage
of
seed
or
feed.
Continued
on
Page
I.
JUDGE
IS
HONORED
further
Parllrulars
ot
I'nlvmit.v
of
Ilritlsh
Columbia
Convocation
rchle
Tlioinpson
SurrrMful
VANCOUVER,
my
13
iCana-
dlan
Press
HU
Honor
Judge
Frederick
W.
Howay
of
New
Weat-mlmter,
Judge
of
Uio
County
Court,
received
the
honorary
tle-
Srec
ot
Doctor
of
Laws
at
Uie
an
nual
convocation
ceremony
of
tt.e
University
ot
HriUMi
Columbia.
AnionR
those
recelvtng
degrees
at
the
convocHllon
were
Miss
Irene
T.
Mitchell
of
Prince
Rupert
as
Bachelor
of
Arts
In
Uie
pats
course,
clans
two.
Arthur
Jamea
Stewart,
al
of
Prince
Rupert,
received
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
tn
Uie
double
Arts
Science
and
Applied
Science
with
supplemental.
Ken-
neth
J.
Campbell
of
Prince
Oeorve
.received
Bachelor
of
Art
and
Ba-
chelor
of
Commerce
degrees,
gra-
duallng
In
Claaa
Two.
Archibald
J.
Tlwmpron
of
Prlnci
.Rupert
aueccaefully
completed
his
second
year
In
Arts
and
Science.
passing
In
Class
Two.
HOSTELRY
DESTROYED
Herriott
and
Bennett
Chat
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Prime
Ml
'Istcr
Richard
B
Bennett
'left
Edouard
He:
riot
of
France,
talk
cheon
give
!hcm
by
Secretary
ul
Washington
on
eco.
onnc
conn-
HOSPITAL
REVENUES
further
Correspondence
Regarding
Cut
in
Government
Grant
and
New
.Meal
Tax
At
last
niphfa
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
i
letter
was
read
from
the
British
Columbia
Hospitals
Association
in
regard
to
the
recent
cut
of
ttc
per
day
In
the
provincial
government's
grant
to
hospitals,
the
new
five
percent
meal
tax,
the
proceeds
of
which
will
be
distributed
exclusively
among
hospitals
but
which
is
ex
liected
to
fall
far
short
of
making
up
the
loss
occasioned
by
the
reduction
In
per
diem
grant.
There
was
also
a
letter
irom
the
provincial
secretary
tn
regard
to
the
reduction
in
tne
hospital
grant
and
an
explanation
of
the
new
meal
tax,
distribution
of
the
proceeds
of
which
ts
not
expected
to
be
forth-toinlug
brfnrr
the
end
of
the
year
ulthough
tin-
tax
becomes
operative
as
from
May
1.
The
communications
were
filed
for
future
refo
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
Thomas
Mct'altuai.
Ilret
White
Child
Born
in
ll.ttIne
Country,
!'
Away
Thomas
Mt-Oallain.
who
Is
said
to
liave
been
the
first
white
child
bom
In
Uie.
Babinc
country,
passed
away
at
Telkwa
on
ally
Oil
the
ase
of
61
uio
Fj:mt-r
Premier
.nloimaJiy
a
Lhcy
.iiei.
at
a
lun-
-i
it'-
in;
.t-,1
it
lil.
wLUp
In
1
1.
a.
in
PrcMdciit
Roosevelt.
SUSPENDS
SENTENCE
Robert
Thomas
Merryman
Carter
Freed
by
Court
Following
Conviction
ot
Rioting
Charge
Judge's
Warning
Extenuating
Circumilancrs
Taken
Into
Account
by
Court
in
Case
Of
Engineering
Student
Accepting
a
recommendation
of
crown
counsel,
L.
S.
McOUl.
Mr.
Justice
Murphy,
at
Uie
session
of
the
Supreme
Court
Assises
yeaterday
afternoon,
suspended
sentence
upon
Robert
Thomas
Merryman
Carter.
31
-year
old
student
in
mining
engineering
from
Ontario,
who
had
been
convicted
by
a
Jury
on
a
charge
I
rioting
here
on
March
1.
Following
Carter's
conviction,
Mr.
McOUl
presented
the
crown's
suggestion
for
suspended
sentence
and
Oordon
Grant,
defence
counsel,
pleaded
that
accused,
in
view
of
his
youth
and
Uie
fact
that
he
had
never
been
In
trouble
before,
having
come
to
Anyox
to
work
tn
order
Uiat
he
might
finance
Uie
completion
of
his'
engineering
studies,
be
not
sent
to
prison.
In
addressing
Uie
accused.
Ills
Lordship
pointed
out
Uiat
he
liad
acted
In
a
very
foolish
manner.
The
Impression
should
not
be
allowed
to
get
abroad
that,
particularly
hi
these
troublous
times
of
labor
dta?
putes.
the
law
rould
be
flouted
or
violence
resorted
to.
The
courts
were
always
open
for
redress
tn
those
who
had
complaints
against
the
rxillre
and
In
the
courts
Justice
rould
bo
obtained.
The
court
an
1
WrrnUy
Hunt
view
Uiat
was
taken!
of
lnP
matter
by
the
Jury
Into
eon.
years,
according
to
information
re-
pounced
that
it
was
taking
a
cent-
telved
at
divisional
headquarters
of
youth,
the
fact
that
he
had
not
the
provincial
police
here
today.
today.
Hp
Hc.u..
j,,
in
in
trouble
trouble
before
before
and
and
the
the
an
n
-
-
had
sulfered
a
stroke
14
months
ago
and
h:d
never
fully
recovered,
hav-
ing
been
a
patient
for
some
time
tn
MderaUon
and
had
decided
to
sus-the
Telkwa
Hospital.
iend
sentence
Deceased
is
survived
by
a
widow
(
"i
trust."
concluded
His
Lordship,
residing
at
Tellcwa.
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
"IIIIOII
IsUlUUlUlU
ouu-
Committee
on
Division
of
Seats
at
Deadlock
Eight
Hidings
Settled
Upon
I
Vltrltt
in
flior.,ifn
f'....
uibot
m
xsiajiuii
vau
iiytiy
iu
uencrai
Lorn-
mittec
or
on
Floor
of
House
OTTAWA,
May
13:
(Canadian
Press)
The
British
Columbia
sub-committee,
reporting
to
the
redistribution
committee
of
the
House
of
Commons
today,
agreed
upon
eight
ridings
for
the
western
province
and
disagreed
on
eight.
Those
in
agreement
were
Cariboo,
Kamloops,
Kdo-tenay
East,
Yale,
Fraser
Valley,
Victoria,
New
Westmin
;-
I
APPEAL
IS
CONSIDERED
BY
CROWN
While
not
officially
announced
it
was
learned
on
good
authority
last
night
that
the,
pro?
secutlon
in
the
Anyox
unlawful
assembly
trial
at
the
Assizes
held
here
this
week
was
considering
the
making
of
an
appeal
to
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeals
against
the
verdict
of
the
jury
acquitting
the
five
accused
on
grounds
of
misdirection
by
the
trial
judge,
Mr.
Denis
Murphy,
and
perversity
of
finding
by
the
jury-
GURVICH
IS
ACQUITTED
Verdict
of
Not
Guilty
Returned
In
Trial
of
Local
Youth
Charged
With
Rioting
Short
Case
Addresses
by
Counsel
and
Charge
to
Jury
Were
Vtry
Short
Alter
deliberating
for
forty
min
utes
the
iury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assises
in
the
case
ot
Nicholas
Nina
Ourvich.
charged
with
rioting
here
on
March
1,
returned
a
verdict
of
not
guilty
yeaterday
afternoon.
Ourvich
was
immediately
discharged
from
custody.
At
the
a
Iter
noon
session
ot
the
trial.
Mrs.
MeLeod
waa
the
tint
witness
for
the
defence.
She
had
-wen
accused
at
the
entrance
of
the
overhead
crossing
on
Uie
morning
in
question
but
had
not
seen
him
do
anything
or
heard
htm
say
anything.
Sptro
Gurvleh
testified
that
accused
had
been
with
him
constantly
at
Uie
overhead
creasing
that
morning.
Nina
had
neither
said
or
done
anything
to
participate
or
en-encourage
the
riot
Witness
himself
had
said
to
one
of
the
miners:
j"Dont
be
foolish
Oo
on
back
home
!nr
or
vou
you
mav
may
aet
aet
arrested.-
arrested."
Tills
Tills
re
re
mark
had
been
made
In
foreign
language
Nina
Ourvich,
taking
the
stand
on
his
own
behalf,
denied
having
parUelpated
in
the
riot
In
any
way
(Continued
on
Page
Fouri
BY
FIRE
But
Complexion
of
Other
4
l.
1
fl
I
SI
wster
and
Kootenay
West
It
was
agreed
to
disagree
on
Nanalmo,
Comox-Alberni,
North
Vancouye'r,
Vancouver
Centre,
Vancouver-Bur-
rard.
Vancouver
South,
Vancouver
Bast
and
Skeena.
The
British
Columbia
sub-eotrf-mlttee
recommended
Uiat
those
In
agreement
with
the
proposed
boun;
darles
of
Uie
latter
eight
rldlnjs
might
make
representations
either
to
Uie
general
committee
or
on
the
floor
of
the
House
TAKING
UP
CIVIL
WORK
Criminal
Docket
at
Supreme
Court
Assizes
Disposed
of
Here
Yes-
terday
Afternoon
With
a
net
rcuH
ot
one
con
viction
and
four
awjuitala
in
five
trials
lnvolvl-g
eight
accused,
only!
one
of
whom
was
found
guilty,
re-'
eeivlng
suspended
sentence.
U19I
criminal
docket
at
the
spring
ses-j
sion
of
Uie
Supreme
Court
Assizes
1
here
was
completed
late
yeaterday!
afternoon
and
the
court
adjourned
:
to
turn
its
attention
to
civil
work
,
today,
one
civil
trial
and
one
dT
vorcc
peUtlon
remaining
to
be
disposed
of.
The
crrtl
case
Is
that
In
whtt
J.
McNeill
of
Telkwa
la
suing
Wl
J.
O'Neill
and
0.
11.
Wall
of
Smith,
era
for
$1013
in
connection
with
f
series
of
automobile
transactions
counsel
for
the
pkitntlf
f
being
L.
1.
Patmore
and.
for
Uie
defendant
8.
McOUl
ot
Smlthers.
The
divorce
petition
Is
Uiat
of
Owynneth
Elisabeth
Perry
va.
Christopher
P.
Perry-In
which
T.
W.
Brown
Is
counsel
for
Uie
petitioner.
ajaj
Earlier
in
Uie
Assize.
Mr,
Justice
Murphy
granted
an
application
6
consent
of
both
parties
for
adjourn
ment
unUl
Uie
fall
Assise
ot
a
civil,
acUon
In
which
M.
M.
Stephens'!
suing
W.
J.
Selig
for
$1500
In
eori-necUon.wtUi
a
promissory
note.
T,
W.
Brown
having
the
case
for
the
plaintiff
with
R,
L.
McLennan
acting
for
the
defendant.
Adjournment
was
also
granted
(Cotlnued
on
page
2
'
PASSES
W
h
VANCOUVER,
F.
W.
Teters,
For
Many
eYsrs
CJR,
General
Superintendent,
i
Dies
VANCOUVER,
May
13
(Canadian
Press)
Frederick
W.
Peters
of
Va4
couver.
aged
73.
for
43
years
acUvsI'
ly
engaged
with
the
Canadian
Pa-"
dflc
Railway
and
for
many
years
grneml
superintendent
for
British
Columbia,
died
here
today
following,;
a
brief
illness.