Tomorrow's Tides 4 TIHS WEEK THE Pontiac Straight 8 High . 0 4 ,.. 225 ft. , v "HM ft. Is on Display at Low b '. S ft. Kaien Motors Show Room "VA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER All Cordially Invited Phone 52 V .l XXIV.. No. 107. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ANYOX TRIAL IS PROCEEDING TOD A Y DOMINION TO OPERATE BRITISH Cases of Five Miners On Unlawful Assembly Charges Are Going On Incidents of Morning of February 3 Following Declaring of Strike Against (Iranby Co. Described by Crown Witnesses Before Assize Court Jury The trial of Kenneth Montgomery, Matt Jurgevich, Gio atmi Sanvide, Angus Mclvor and Josenh Sarich charged w ith taking part in an unlawful awsembfy at Anyox on the mi li ning of February 3 commenced this morning at the court k'fore Mr. Justice Murphy. L S. McCill of Mothers acting as counsel for the crown and Gordon i . ; mi of Vancouver for the defence. M' M.Olll. In outlininK the xiiUim-d that the employee! of Ue i M. ii Creek mine were on strike i .irly on the morning In ques- DOCK FIRE AT 'FRISCO h'v Route liiltruruan I'errjr Terminal nrtljr Damaged In nil Mate OAKLAND. Csl.. May (Canadian Prmi-rrhe Key Itoute Interuiban feny terminals five milr out In San I'raneHeo Ray at the end of three mile, of trrtle. nere crippled hy a S3.004-MO flie Saturday nlht. Servire will be returned Tuesday. The Iosn included the Sl.OM.OOO ferry boat Peraila and STM.OOO damage to rolling slot. TREATY IS INFORMAL 1TAWA. May 8 A trade treaty ii (i rmuny. under which E. W. v. president of the Canadian i fir Railway. sUled trade had i rased to the benefit of Cana- n shipping, la not formal but n lv a trade. arrangement pend- i.itiflcHtlon. it Is slated by the f minent. Southbank Rancher Passes in Hospital . N lluehanan Hied Tills Morning After Having llren Patient In luteal Institution O N lluehanan. rancher from 'uthbank In the Uurns Lake dls-'" t passed away this morning at " Prince Rupert General Hospital where he had been n pallent. He is "ivivert by a widow at Southbank. I uik ral arrangements are In the l uuls of the II. C. Undertakers. HL.MONITIZATION OP Sll.Vnt AT 16 TO 1 WASHINGTON. DC May 8: Canadian Press) The Whee- ler resolution urging American delegates to Uie world econo- mie conference to work for an agreement to rtmonetlae silver at 10 to 1 mil with gold was approved today by the Stnat. '.'.', lion, they set out for the town al Anyox Beach, nearly two miles distant. They were met at a bridge bj provincial police officers who trten to dissuade them, urging. Instead, that a committee should be sent Shouts were raised. "We are all a committee" and there was a clash between the men and the police In which several poucemen were Injured. The pffltoe then retired am the men wnrt Wise own. . , Ocnsnl SopermtJndent Waltei H. Maxwell was the first wltotsr beard this morning He explainer the position of the two communities at the mine and the beach at Anyox. The plant there was valued at from twelve to fifteen million dollars The mine was connected with the town at the beach by a wagon or auto road ten to twelve feet wide with snow . banked on either side. The bridge over Hidden Creek was about twelve feet wide with a foot walk at the aide and M about one hundred feet rang. Living at the mine were approximately 600 people, the total population of An-vox being about two thousand. Some thousand to eleven hundred were employed by the company. A strike occurred at the mine February 1 and two days later was set for the other work to close down (Continued on Page Four! FREE STATE IS EXCITED Southern IrMi Are Stirred by Dr Valera's Uepublic Statement DUBLIN. Irish Free 8Ute. May 8: -President Kamonn de Valera's declaration that he would ask the people of the Irish Free State for authority to proclaim a republic has created Intense excitement throughout the Free State. STEADYING OF DOLLAR Itritisli Chancellor Seeking to Double Fund Tor i:uualitallon LONDON. May 8:-Chahcellor of the Kxchemier Neville Chamberlain In the effort to prevent fluctuation of the depreciated American dollar. announces that he will seek to more than double the fund for equallsa tlon. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Maj 8: (Canadian Press) Wheat was quoltd at 03c on the local exchange on Saturday. DAWSON IS ACQUITTED Jury Deliberated Only About Fif teen Minutes in Arson Case Second Trial Later Lengthy Charge Delivered Ily Mr. Justice Murphy After deliberating for barely fif teen minutes following the two -day trial, the Jury in the case of Rex vs. Ernest Claude Dawson, charged rwlth arson in connection with ai fire which destroyed the home of j ' his mother, Mrs. Mary Dawson, at Smlthers on Christmas night last ! returned a verdict of not cullty lae Saturday afternoon The afternoon session of the court was occupied i ' with the presentation of arguments by L. 8. McOlll. crown prosecutor, and J. T. Harvey, defence counsel i and an unusually lengthy and do-! tailed summing up by the preatdinc j iudge. Mr Justice Denis Murphv this taking up about an hour and (Continued on Page Fm PASSES IN VANCOUVER William F. Cameron Eipired in South Yesterday Afternoon William F. Cameron, for more than twenty years a well known resident of this city, passed away at 1:15 yesterday afternoon in Vancouver to which city he went about a year ago to receive treatment for tllncM. Mr. Cameron was a carpenter and contractor and was about sixty years of age. having been a native of Nova Scotia. He had lived here for twenty-three or twenty-four years and had been In falling health for several years He was wtti known and highly esteemed f tnd hte death will be regretted by many friends. He Is survived by a daughter Mrs. Dennis A. T. Conner of Vancouver who was formerly Miss Violet Cameron and for many vears In the service of the Canadian National Railways. The funeral will take place to morrow afternoon from Nunn an' Thomson's funeral chapel In Van -ouver. DOMINION AT PARLEY Ferguson and Rlddcll to Represent Canada at Meetings on Wheat In Geneva i OTTAWA, May 8 Hon. O. II. Ferguson. Canadian High Commissioner In London, and Dr. W. A. Rlddell. permanent Canadian representative to the League of Na tions, will representatives of the . Dominion of Canada at the wheat conference to be held In Geneva on Wednesday of this week. SUFFERING FROM C0LD:j King George Not Confined to Ited But Is Staying Indoors WINDSOR. England. May 8 King George was suffering from a slight cold over the week-end and. nlUiough not confined to bed, lie-was staying Indoors. "Akron" Girders Drawn From Ocean A scent on the deck of the VB. salvage ship Faicon," as members of the Fajoon s crew drew u p bent gliders of Uyf Ul-taled dlriirrofe "flroTf' from the ocean bed on w15f&tTreHfe ever sirrce the fatal night when the airship had been ciashet. on to the waves. The entire control car of the Akron was drawn up from the water to the desk of the Falcon. ICE BREAK UP CLOSE Navigation on Yukon and Kukok- win IUrrs Kx pec ted to Start Soon ANCHORAGE. Alaska. May 8: i Canadian Press) The Mg spring break-up of 4ce on the Yukon and Kuskokwin Rivers and the opening of navigation are believed to be only few days distant Dealers in Cheap Hats Must Plainly Mark Wares inN.Y. AlBANV. Ntw York. May 8-B a new ordinance, second-rate hat dealers must mark their wares a-such with signs which can be reao thirty feet away. Royal Mascot of Regiment is Dead Tally the Fifth of First WeMi itat- talion Was Presented lly King LONDON England. May 8 Taffy the Fifth, mascot of the First lUttalion of the Welsh Revunent. whirl-, wsis iii-ivmmiLmI tn t.h TImI- ment by King Ofjorg Is dead. MOUNT Ol.ni lKM) TK.M1, ItOirTC UMNO SUKVKYMl is ftotfiiuenclng this on the survey tag of a trail route up Mount Old field as re- quested by tho Joint committee of the Oyro and llotary Clubs and the Chamber of Com- merre The survey Is being made by the provincial depart- ment of public works. COLUMBIA RELIEF CAMPS AMENDING GRAIN ACT Borrowing of Grain to Make up Cargoes to be Permitted at Port of Montreal OTTAWA. May 8 -Grain exporters may borrow grain to make up cargoes under an amendment to the Canadian Orain Act which has pas sed its third reading In the Senate The amendment also enables elevators on the coast to loan grain to shippers to complete cargoes In or der to facilitate transport. Thh would be under the supervision of the Oraln Commission and refers particularly to the port of Montreal. British Aviator Shows Chivalry In Connerlion With Fatal Air Crash last Week In Which Two Died LONDON. England. May 8: - Flight Lieutenant trsc Ilobson made a chivalrous attempt to as sume responsibility for an ah crash which killed Pilot Officer Viscount Knebwortr. and Aircraftsman Harrison last week but the jury brought In a verdict of death due tu misadventure. DRIVING ON DEPRESSION nrlaxatlon of Anil-Trust l.iws in United States Is Now Proposed' ily President WASHINGTON. DC. May 8 Mo-bllliaUon of United States' Indus try In an antl-6prslon drtv U rough relaxation of the antitrust laws to end ruinous competition and indiscriminate wage-cutting is to be proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, It Is announced. Single Men to Receive Food, Clothing, Shelter With 20c. Pay Daily Federal Government Will Also Assist in Putting UnenV ployed Men to Work on Placer Gold Mining Under New Agreement OTTAWA, May 8: (Canadian Press) The Dominion authorities are to take over direct administration of relief amps in British Columbia for single unemployed arid homeless men under an agreement which has been drafted between the two governments, it is learned. Men are to be employed during the summer on work on the trans-Canarfo HOLD-UP AT PR. GEORGE Masked Thug Gets Away After Re lieving lib Victim of $9 on Ssturdsy According to radio advices rew celred at divisional headquarters of the provincial police here, a hoM-up occurred at Prince George on Saturday, the bandit escaping after re lieving his victim of J9. The police have a description of the thug who was masked and Is believed to have been a foreigner. Incoming trains arc being watched. Are Starved By Red Tape Intending Colony of Farmers Un able to Establish Itself In Northern Ontario Si. CATHERINE'S, Ont., May 8: Five of ten families who established a community at Shllllngton In Northern Ontario have returned here. charging that red tape was starving the settlers. Halibut Arrivals Summary Canadian 1 17,790 pounds. 4.5c and 9c to 5.3c and 3c. American 100,000 pounds, 5.6c and 3c to 6.4c and 3c. American Portlock. 30.000. 5c and Sc. going to Seattle. Oceanic, 14,500. 0.1c and Sc. Booth. Vesta. 9.000, 5.6c and 3c, Booth. Howard H., 3.500. 6.1c and 3c. Booth. Dravo. 11.000. 6 and 3c. Pacific. Fremont. 17,000, 6.4c and 3c. At- tin. Arcade. 1S.000. 63c and Sc. Royal. Ian. 11.000, 6.5c and 3c. Royal. WatMudi. 3309 5.7c and 3c AtHn. T. 1088, 1500. 5.0c and 3o, AUln. Canadian Covenant. 8.000. 5.2c and Sc. Royal. Aiken. 13.700. 4 Re and Sc. Royal. . Joe Baker. 11,000, 4.5c and Ec, Storage. Vera Beatrice, 18400, 4.5e and 3c Storage. Morris II., 14.000. 4.5c and 3c, Btorace. Pair of Jacks, 8.000, 4 5c and 3c. Storage. Prosperity A., 30.000. 5.1e and 3c. Storage. Ingrld II, 10.000. 4.6c and 3c, Booth. AU1. 15.000. 4.5c and 2c, Storage. H.Ughway, the Big Bend road near Revelstoke and other highway work. Food, clothing and shelter will be provided with an allowance of 20c per day for the work The Dominion will also pay British Columbia 25c per day for each unemployed man put to work on placer gold mining. An agreement along these lines is to be formally submitted to the two governments for approval. Accidental Death Verdict of Jury Sis-Weeks' Old Grandson of Form er, New Jersey Governor Smothered in Bed RIDOEWOOD. New Jersey. May 8 Verdict of accidental death was muniw uy uie coroner s jury in vestlgatlng the death of John Griggs 11U six-weeks old grandson of Former Oovernor J. W. ' Griggs of New Jersey, who was found smothered under a pillow In '. the bed In which he was sleeping. GANDHI IS RELEASED Doctbrs Say Three Weeks' Fast by Indian Nationalist Leader Would Mean lib Death 1 poona, India. May 8: (Canadian Press) Manatma Oandhl was released from prison tonight a few hours after he started an unconditional fast planned to last three weeks which he declared would n& terminate even If every temple wax- opened to India's "untouchables and the stain of untouchablllty re moved. Doctors hald the fast would mean his death. The trouble with law and government Is lawyers. Clarence Darrow. SPECIAL SKSSION OF PARLIAMENT IN FALL T CUKSinLKKI) LJKr.LY 4 OTTAWA, May 8: (Canadian Pressl With a trade treaty between Canada and the Unl- ted States in the offing, possl- 4 blllty that the St. Lawrence waterways scheme will require 4 Parliamentary action later In the nimmer and the world eco- none lc conference meeting soon, a special session of the Canadian Parliament In the 4. autumn Is considered a strong possibility. ' 44