r
"'ft
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
me
High
11:22
ajn.
16.'f
ft
Trlncc
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
light
23:05
pjn.
20.8
ft.
northwest
wind;
barometer.
3057;
Low
5:05
ajn.
45
It.
temperature,
56;
sea
smooth.
16:47
p.m.
8.3
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
RRIT1SII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXIV..
No.
146.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
23,
1934
PRICE;
F1VK
CENTH
BANK
HEAD
DIFFERS
WITH
BENNETT
PEACE
RIVER
HALF
BREED
TO
HANG
ON
MURDER
CHARGE
i
Death
Penalty
Imposed
On
John
Ferguson
for
Killing
Louis
Johin
Dramatic
Trial
Was
Held
in
Theatre
of
Northern
Alberta
Town
Accused
Said
His
Sweetheart
Invited
Him
to
Kill
Her
Father
PEACE
RIVER,
June
23:
(CP)
Boyd
Theatre,
scene
of
melodramatic
make-ltelieve
trials
of
the
past,
was
the
setting
for
a
real
life
drama
when
John
Ferguson,
25-year
old
halfbreed,
was
sentenced
to
hang
on
August
G
for
the
murder
of
Louis
Johin,
father
of
his
sweetheart
in
March
last
The
trial
was
held
in
the
theatre
as
court
house
facili-
here
were
not
adequate
Aroused
claimed
that
his
sweet-
ifitrt.
Marcella
Jobin.
Invited
him
f'
ome
over
any
time
and
we
will
ki.i
my
mother
and
father."
The
par-nu
hart
objected
to
their
diUKhter
marrying
Feruon.
The
girl
stouUy
denied
the
alle-lu'ton
made
by
Ferguson.
The
Jury.
In
finding
Ferguson
rutlty
of
murder,
reeommended
mercy
but
the
courLhad
no
alter.
nsMve.
In
view
of
the
verdict,
but
to
piM
sentence
of
death
ODD
CASE
IS
COMING
Shannon
Van
AM
Charted
With
rUntltig
Weed
on
Neighbor's
Land
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
are
advised
t
In
a
Smlthers
case
arising
in
'he
Evelyn
district
a
farmer
by
the
..amf
of
Shannon
Van
Alst
lias
elf-ted
for
Jury
trial
at
the
next
A-H.rs
in
prince
Rupert.
He
la
barged
with'
doing
damage
to
wheat
land
of
a
neighboring
farmer
;tfns
noxious
weed
seeds
stink!
'
need.
Pending
trial.
Van
Alst
has
been
released
on
$5000
ball.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Revllla.
11.000.
Pacific.
7.5c
and
5c
Canadian
Hayvlcw.
6.500.
Cold
Storage.
5.1c
nd
5c.
Oslo.
10.000.
Cold
Storage.
5.4c
nd
5c.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
MONTREAL,
June
23:-Gold
was
up
nine
points
yesterday
to
34
50,
dropping
9c
to
$34.49
today.
II
A
It
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
June
23:
closed
at
45!
c
yesterday,
advancing
to
45c
today.
IIODY
IS
NOT
FOUND
'
Search
operations
have
so
far
been
unsuccessful
in
recovering
the
body
of
John
Everett
Hill
of
Terrace,
aged
24,
who
was
knocked
overboard
and
drowned
from
a
glll-et
fishing
boat
off
Dc
Horsey
Island
at
the
mouth
of
the
Skccna
River
early
Thursday
morning.
Mrs.
L.
Ness,
who
has
been
on
ft
brief
trip
to
Vancouver,
returned
to
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prlnct
Ocorgc
yesterday.
Today's
Stocks
Vancouver
Alexandria.
.04.
Bayvlew.
.01ft.
U.
O.
Nickel,
3.
Dig
Missouri
.28.
,.
.
nralornc.liJS'-.
D.
R.
C.
.22
ft.
B.
R.
X,
1.00.
Butte
I.
X.
L,
.18.
Cariboo
OeJd,
US.
Dunwell.
30.
Georgia
River,
.01ft.
GoteorxU.
.40.
Hercules
Con,
.04V4.
Indian.
.02ft.
Mlnto.
38ft.
Meridian.
.124.
Morning
Star,
33
ft.
Native
Son.
.03.
National
Silver..
03
ft.
Noble
Five.
.08V.
Pend
Oreille.
.70.
Porter
Idaho.
.08
ft.
Premier.
1.18.
Reeve
McDonald,
.15.
Reward.
.07.
Reno.
.80.
Silver
Crest.
.02.
Taylor
Bridge,
.50.
Wayside.
.11.
Whitewater.
.04.
Waverly
Tangier.
.0H'.
United
Empire.
.15.
Dentonla,
55.
Toronto
Central
Patricia,
.70.
Chlbougamau.
.14ft.
Lee
Gold,
.lift.
Granada.
,60.
Inter.
Nickel,
25.25.
Macassa,
2.41.
Noranda.
42.90.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.93.
Slsco
Oold.
2.31.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.40.
Ventures.
.88.
Lake'Maron,
.09.
Teck
Hughes.
6.C0.
Sudbury
Dasln,
1.68.
Columarlo.
.29ft.
fimeltcr
Gold.
35.
Canadian
Malatic,
.57.
Little
Long
Lac.
5.15.
Maple
Leaf.
.32.
Stadacona.
.38.
Pickle
Crow.
1.53.
Manitoba
ft
Eastern,
.23.
Bagamac,
.11-
MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP
IN
GERMANY
THIS
FALL
PREDICTED
lY
Wl
LI
I
ELM
a
fnwnnM.
June
23:
Ex-
Kaiser
Wllhelm
predicts
that
4.
n
mllitnrv
dlctatorsnip
win
oc
set
up
In
Germany
by
Scptcm-
ber,
the
Dally
Hcram
corrcs-
pondent
at
Doom
reports.
A
Split
Second
Later
and
Death
Claimed
Its
Victim
past
month,
the
earnings
of
hlm-
self
and
his
son
amounted
to
about
$75.00.
!
Oreat
Interest
was
taken
In
the
case
at
HTilthers
nnd
It
wouM
np-
pear
toibc
a
forerunner
of
several
others'
the
officials
have
In
mind.
In
one
of
the
most
spine
h
ng
photographs
ever
mau?
uec
Hi
.yo
and
t.a
racing
car
are
shown
clear
of
the
ground
and
ups;ac
down
after
a
sk
d
on
the
8th
iap
of
the
25-Iap
feature
Memorial
Day
race
at
Hohokus
NJ
In
the
merest
f
ration
of
a
second
later
the
pilot
was
on
the
ground
and
the
car
hittlni;
on
top
of
him.
had
snapped
his
ni
ck
like
a
twig.
The
bright-eyed
youth
of
23
who
had
started
the
race,
was
a
limp
and
m?ngled
form.
He
died
a
few
minutes
later.
PAYS
LODGE
HERE
VISIT
Special
Proceedings
Thursday
of
L.
O.
II.
A.
Banquet
and
Dance
Follow
Meeting
Mrs.'F.
6.
Flnlay
of
Vancouver.
Orand
Mistress
of
the
Ladles'
Orange
Benevolent
Association
of
Canada
paid
an
official
visit
to
the
local
lodge
Thursday
night,
the
lodge
proceedings
being
followed
by
a
banquet
and
dance
which
events
I
proved
very
enjoyable
to
nil
present,
jj.
A.
Teng
was
master
of
cere-j
monies
for
the
dancing
and
music
was
turmsncd
by
Mrs.
j.
s.
macks.
Orchestra.
i
The
committee
In
charge
of
the
evening's
proceedings
consisted
of
Mrs.
J.
O.
yiereck,
convener.
Mr?.1
H.
B.
Eastman,
Mrs.
R.
T.
Anderson,
Mrs.
Alex
Macponald.
Mrs.
Gladys
Fowler
and
Miss
Hilda
Beale.
Yesterday
afternoon
Mrs.
Flnlay
paid
an
official
visit
to
the
juvenile
!
lodge
here.
She
will
sail
by
the'
Prince
Oeorge
tonight
on
her
rc-
turn
to
Vancouver.
i
Nine
Months
In
Jail
on
False
Pretence
Charge
Edward
Alvln
Delter.
Smlthers
farmer,
charged
with
obtaining
relief
under
false
pretences,
has
been
;
sentenced
to
nine
months'
lm-
prlsonment.
divisional
hcadquartets
!
of
the
provincial
police
here
are
ad-
vised.
The
evidence
showed
that
I
Delter
had
received
relief
orders
for
the
sum
of
$39.20
when,
during
the
FORMER
CALGARY
MAN
WINS
BRITISH
SEAT
LONDON.
June
23:
CP
Brigadier
General
A.
C.
Critch-ley,
formerly
of
Calgary,
held
Twickenham
for
the
Conservative
party
in
yesterday's
by-election,
defeating
the
Labor
candidate
by
5.505
votes.
Floods
in
Fraser
Valley
Harmful
Ranchrrs
in
Langlcy
District
Face
Ruin
of
Crops
and
Pasture
From
High
Water
Ontario
Sport
Leader
Passes
1
Ex-Mayor
George
Thomson
Was
j
Former
Head
of
Lacrosse
and
j
Curling
Associations
ORILLIA,
Ont.
June
23:
Ex-i
Mayor
George
Thomson,
nged
72,
past
president
of
the
Canadian-
La-
crosscs
Association
and
former
pre
sident
of
the
Ontario
Curling
Association,
is
dead
here.
Today
s
Weather
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
53.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm.
55.
Smlthers
Part
cloudy,
calm,
mild.
Rums
Lake
Cloudy,
cnlm,
50.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
50.
'
officers
TO
LEAVE
Change
in
Salvation
Army
Corps
Captain
Coxson
Going
to
Vermilion
Captain
Agnes
Coxson
and
Lieu
tenant
Hazel
Milley,
officers
in
charge
of
the
local
Salvation
Army
corps,
have
been
appointed
to
other
fields
of
labor.
The
captain
who
has
spent
three
years
In
Prince
Rupert
will
take
charge
of
the
Salvation
Army
work
I
in
Vermilion,
Alta.
She
will
be
I
leaving
next
Wednesday
by
train
;
for
her
new
post
of
duty.
Lieutenant
Milley
has
been
appointed
to
assist
Captain
E.
at
Banff.
Alta.
She
will
spend
.
.
.
the
summer
there
and
will
then
en
VANCOUVER.
June
23:-Ranch-
.
,
n.
c,,,.,
krmn
unc
ers
in
the
Lang
ley
district
of
the
pltob
to
traln
as
a
nurse.
she
win
.U1
o
"r
leave
Prince
Rupert
next
Tuesday
.
v.
by
boat-
"wu
!
Adj.
E.
Uycock.
an
officer
who
has
spent
several
years
In
the
Sal
vatlon
Army
service
In
Canada
West,
will
take
charge
of
the
local
corps.
She
and
her
assistants
will
arrive
some
time
during
the
week
and
will
conduct
their
first
services
here
next
Sunday.
Big
Monoplane
From
Interior
Visiting
Here
Premier's
Statement
In
House
Resented
by
Commerce
President
Sir
John
Aird
Protests
Bennett's
Suggestion
That
No
Canadian
Suitable
to
Institute
and
Direct
Central
Bank
to
be
Established
in
Canada
TORONTO,
June
23:-Sir
John
Aird,
president
of
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce,
has
protested
at
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett's
statement
in
the
House
of
Commons
that
"there
is
not
a
banker
in
Canada
who
has
the
training
to
institute
and
direct
the
proposed
new
central
bank."
Sir
John
added
that
he
certainly
thought
a
Canadian
banker
who
understood
Canadian
banking
and
Canadian
institutions!
would
be
a
far
better
choice
than
i
my
one
from
England.
(REASONS
FOR
CUT
Chamber
of
Commerce
Committee
Presents
Strong
Case
For
Reduction
in
Auto
Rates
To
Interior
CANON
CODY
IS
HONORED
Head
of
University
of
Toronto
Gets
Doctor
of
Laws
Degree
From
Glasgow
GLASGOW,
June
23:
President
R.
J.
Cody
of
the
University
of
Toronto
has
received
the
honorary
degree
of
Doctor
of
Laws
from
the
University
of
Glasgow,
the
vice-
Rwiiiestfntr
that
In
nil
falniM
a
uuu"ul
ot
l"e
u"vcrsuy
nailing
rate
be
published
between
Prince
Canon
Cody
as
a
great
leader
In
ec-
Rupert
and
Terrace,
also
between
.
tlcs"tsucai
an
aacaaemic
me.
Terrace
and
New
Hazelton,
similar
to
that
published
by
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
between
Revelstoke
and
Golden
and
that
a
rate
be
published
between
Prince
Rupert
and
New
Hazelton
on
a
comparative
basis,
the
highway
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
this
week
presen
ted
to
A.
LeSage.
Inspector
of
rail
road
operation
of
the
Board
of
Railway
Commissioners
from
Calgary,
a
strong
memorandum
seek
ing
a
substantial
reduction
Tells
of
Visit
To
Honolulu
At
Rotary
Lunch
Telling
of
a
recent
visit
made
with
Mrs.
Tinker
to
Honolulu,
G.
P.
Tinker
gave
a
rather
poetic
descripr
tion
of
that
place
and
the
emotions
'
In
j
called
up
by
the
visit
In
addressing
freight
rates
for
transportation
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
automobiles
between
Prince
Rupert
Thursday
afternoon.
Nearly
half
the
and
Terrace
and
Hazelton.
Present
population
consists
of
Japanese
rates,
the
memorandum
contended,
who
are
increasing
very
rapidly
and
are
prohibitive
and
strangle
any
will
soon
be
in
a
majority.
possibility
of
developing
traffic.
A
While
physically
not
quite
fit
for
reduced
rate
would,
undoubtedly,
surf
riding,
Mr.
Tinker,
Instead,
stimulate
tourist
traffic
greatly.
went
out
with
his
wife
In
a
canoe
The
rate
between
Golden
and
which
was
upset
in
the
surf
and
he
Revelstoke.
a
distance
of
91
miles,
told
of
coming
In
on
the
crest
of
a
it
was
pointed
out.
was
from
512.50
wave
at
thirty
miles
an
hour
an
to
$17.50,
according
to
wheelbase
exhlllrating
and
thoroughly
enjoy-measurements,
whereas-
the
ratp
experience,
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace,
Visits
were
made
to
a
beautiful
95
miles,
was
$3250
and
$27;
be-
Mormon
temple
sixty
miles
out
of
tween
Terrace
and
New
Hazelton,
the
city.
He
drove
130
miles
around
86
miles,
$32.50
and
$27;
and
be-
the
Island,
looked
In
at
the
schools,
tween
Prince
Rupert
and
New
visited
a
native
cottage,
and
car-
Hazelton.
181
miles.
$51
and
$40.
"ed
away
some
of
the
native
lilies.
The
memorandum
was
a
lengthy
'
saw
the
sugar
plantations,
the
pine-document
and
exhaustively
sets
out
apple
grounds
and
the
naval
and
the
case
for
a
reduction
in
rates
1
military
headquarters.
He
attended
from
all
angles,
particularly
from
a
Rotary
luncheon
and
watchtd
a
the
point
of
view
of
the
possibility
native
Hula
dance.
Everything
was
of
developing
new
business
for
the
attractive
and
the
visitors
were
railway
both
from
tourists
and
,
sorry
to
leave.
from
automobile
owners
of
Prince;
-
1
Rupert
and
the
Interior.
1
w
,
i
j
rp
The
committee
was
In
session
flanilltOn
1
OOaCCO
with
Mr.
LeSage
for
more
than
two,
hoilrs.
The
committee
consisted
of;
Pnirvnll
TVU..
S.
E.
Parker,
chairman.
C.
H.
Orme.
!
1
aJ
1
u"
ClIYLll
W.
O.
Fulton
and
V.
S.
Moore.
Also
Flying
&
big
Fokker
monoplane
present
were
Peter
Lakle.
district
(
Paymaster
Robbed
of
$1700
Dy
which
Is
being
used
In
commercial
freight
and
passenger
agent
for
the
Three
Bandits
Who
Drove
operation
out
of
Burns
Lake,
Pilot
,
Canadian
National
Railways,
and
,
Up
in
Car
McConnachle
put
down
here
at
Arthur
Brooksbank,
secretary
ot
1:30
this
afternoon
from
the
Interior
and
Is
tied
up
at
the
Imperial
Oil
Co.
station.
The
machine
will
be
here
for
the
week-end.
Mrs.
W.
P.
Armour
and
daughter.
June,
left
on
last
night's
train
for
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
cf,
HAMILTON,
June
23:
Driving
Commerce.
J
alongside
a
truck
owned
by
the
ITuckett
Tobacco
Co.
In
front
of
the
,
The
first
full
passenger
train
to
'
Queen
Street
office
of
the
company
arrive
here
under
the
new
summer
here,
three
men,
with
handker
m
tpNe.
due
at
2:15
this
after-
chiefs
tied
across
their
mouths
and
'in.
wa
this
morning
reported
noics,
held
up
Paymaster
W.
T.
Drumheller
and
Calgary.
Alta,
t-
b
flfty-t've
minutes
late
which
Wamke
yesterday
afternoon
at
1:23
where
they
will
spenu
the
summer
Would
briny
It
In
at
3:10
pjn.
and
escaped
with
$(.700,
1
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