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and
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will
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llifKnim.
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Am-cn
or
European
P1j
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IC
I'ruprlHor
V
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
2:57
a.m.
19.8
ft.
16:08
p.m.
17.3
It.
Low
0:53
ajn.
3.7
ft.
21:50
p.m.
9.3
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIV
,
No.
114,
Vol,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
16,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
SOLDIERS
FOR
SEATTLE
WATERFRONT
FIRE
YESTERDAY
Mayor
Dore
Asking
Fedeial
Government
Alaska
Becoming
Affected
and
Every
Effort
is
Being
.Made
to
Move
Ships
Ketchikan
Makes
Inquiry
in
Regard
to
Obtaining
Meat
From
Here
P.
Burns
Co.
Ltd.
of
this
city
today
shipped
fresh
meat
to
Ketchikan
from
the
local
abattoir,
that
town
having
run
short
owing
to
failure
of
regular
supplies
to
arrive
from
Seattle
on
account
of
the
longshoremen's
strike.
This
is
the
first
shipment
that
hasjiccn
made
from
here
but,
if
the
shipping
tie-up
continues,
it
is
likely
that
more
meat
will
have
to
be
sent
from
Prince
Rupert
not
only
to
Ketchikan
but
also
to
Juneau
and
other
Alaska
points.
SEATTLE,
May
10;
(CP)
Federal
troops
were
asked
for
today
by
Mayor
John
F.
Dore
of
Seattle
to
guard
the
waterfront
so
that
non-union
men
may
work
ships
during
the
longshoremen's
strike
which
is
now
starting
on
its
second
week.
Food
and
other
supplies
are
running
short
in
many
Alaska
towns
and
every
effort
will
be
made
to
n;
V
me
ships.
.
.
At
Lonsvlew.
Wash.,
the
Long-
Ik.;
lumber
mills
arc
closed
down
is
three
thousand
men
out
Of
W'l'l
rk
Two,
Everett
mills
jutoni
.'Ala;.
ICIlWilK
W
iiicit.
Violence
Continues
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
16:-Con-
table
violence
continues
to
be;
Twenty-One
Palmers
Lose
Their
ported
from
various
Pacific!
Lives
as
Vessel
f
ounders
in
C
i
t
porta
as
the
longshoremen's!
Lake
in
Finland
like
conUnues
and
special
steps'
urr
being
considered
by
the
auth-j
HELSINOPORS,
Finland.
May
16:
riiue.s
to
prevent
further
out-CP
Twenty-one
passengers
brMks.
Meantime,
conciliation
ne-'were
drowned
yesterday
as
the
nations
are
proceeding
and
hope
,
steamer
Lougi
sank
in
Lake
Kalle-i
xpresscd
In
some
quarters
that
,
vis!
within
one
hundred
yards
of
strike
may
be
settled
within
a
f
w
days.
AUka
Shipping
Affected
KETCHIKAN.
May
16:Wlth
report
received
here
Indicating
that
i
there
may
be
an
early
settlement
rf
the
longshoremen's
strike
at
Seattle.
It
Is
not
expected
Ketchi
kan
fish
shipments
will
be
affected;
to
any
extent
by
the
tie-up.
Although
there
Is
some
uncertainty
P3
to
northbound
sailings
from
Seattle
here
which
has
already
caused
a
shortage
of
certain
perishable
foods
and
other
products,
thrrc
has
been
lltUe
Interference
v!'h
southbound
sailings.
Certain
freight
U
not
being
accepted
northbound
from
Seattle
Including
fish
Icrres
for
here.
Fresh
meat
Is
running
short
here
and
Inquiries
have
been
sent
to
Prince
Rupert
with
a
view
to
getting
a
supply
there.
Montreal
Medical
Professor
is
Dead
I'r.
Iitblnlcre
llarwood,
Promln
ent
Member
Of
McGill
Faculty
Passes
Away
MONTREAL.
Mav
16:-Dr.
Lot-
blnlcrc
Harwood
prominent
mem
bcr
of
Ihe
faculty
of
medicine
of
M'CMii
University,
died
here
yest
erday.
ANOTHER
CLOtlimUUST
HITS
OLD
TIBERIAS
JERUSALEM,
May
10:
(CP)
A
srrnnri
rlnnrlhiirnt
within
tU'Pllf
V.fmir
knnri
tmplf
Dip
looo-ycar
old
city
of
Tiberias
1'estcrday
afternoon
as
seven-
td
In
Monday's
deluge
were
being
burled.
To
Provide
Militidi
r
.
.
!
I
H
AMhk
U
i
lriTJUJLV
DISASTER
'the
shore
near
Kuoplo.
The
entire
crew
and
nineteen
passengers
were
saved.
-
Some
of
the
passengers
who
lost
their
lives
were
trapped
In
their
cabins
when
the
vessel
sank
within
two
minutes
after
the
cargo
had
shifted.
Milk
Probe
In
States
Planned
Congress
Considering
Legislation
With
A
View
To
Nationwide
Investigation
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
May
18:
The
United
States
Congress
li
considering
legislation
to
provld
for
a
nation-wide
Investigation
of
sale
and
distribution
of
milk
throughout
the
country.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
110.500
Bounds.
7.6c
and
5c
to
8.3c
and
5c.
Canadian
71.00
pounds.
5.5c
and
4.5c
to
6.2c
and
5c.
America
n
Urania.
19,000,
Pacific,
7.6c
and
5c.
Mlddleton,
24,000,
Booth,
7.6c
and
Sc.
Hazel
H..
15,000.
Atlin,
8.3c
and
5c
nettv.
16.500.
Booth,
8.1c
and
5c.
Glacier,
13,000.
Royal,
8.1c
and
5c.
chum.
9.500.
Pacific.
8c
and
sc
Arcade,
13,500,
Pacific.
8.2c
and
5c
Puii.nllan
Capella
I..
16,000.
Cold
Storage,
viirina
i
13.000.
and
Relief,
000.
Cold
Storage,
6c
and
5c.
White
Hope.
20.000,
onerca
a.oc
...j
a
c
k
rvirl
Rtnrnae.
holding.
1U1U
"J
....
,Vera
Beatrice,
10,000,
Atlin,
0.1c
and
5c.
Tramp,
10,000.
AtUn,
0.2c
and
5c.
AT
KINGSTON.
ONTARIO,
PENITENTIARY
Flyers
Land
In
Ireland
I
LAHINCH,
Irish
Free
State,
May
16:
(CP)
Barely
escaping
a
plunge
into
the
sea,
Capt.
George
Pond
and
Lieut.
Cesare
Sabelli
brought
their
New
York
to
Rome
bound
mono-)lane
to
earth
on
a
sand
)ank
near
here
early
ast
night.
The
main
connection
between
the
gasoline
tank
and
motor
had
broken.
Today's
Stocks
(Courtly
S.
O.
JohDMMH
Oo.)
Vancouver
Alexandria,
.04J,.
Bayvlew.
.01
'i.
B.
C.
Nickel,
1.12.
Big
Missouri,
29.
Bralome,
12.70.
B.
R.
Cons-34.
-'
,
B.
R.
X.
ooMTijro:
-Butte
I.
X.
L..
.20.
.
Cariboo
Oold
Quartz
222.
Dun
well,
J53.
Dentonta,
.85.
Georgia
River,
.02Vi.
i
Oolconda,
.37.
Indian,
.03
(ask).
Meridian,
.19.
N
Mlnto,
.57.
Morning
Star,
29.
Native
Son,
M'.
National
Silver,
.04.
Noble
Five.
.10.
'
Pend
Oreille,
.83.
Porter
Idaho,
.09.
Premier.
125.
Reeves,
.16.
Reward,
.08.
Reno,
.96.
Silver
Crest,
.03l,i.
Salmon
Oold,
.23.
Taylor
Bridge,
.75.
United
Empire.
.16.
'
Whitewater.
.05.
Wayside.
.38.
Waverly
Tangier,
.01.
Toronto
Chlbougamau,
.65.
Central
Patricia.
.11&.
Granada,
.65.
Inter.
Nickel.
27.00.
,
Lake
Maron,
.03.
Lee
Oold,
,mj.
Macassa,
2.50.
Noranda.
40.00.
x
'Sherritt
Oordon,
1.03.
Slsco
Oold,
2.13.
Sudbury
Basin,
1.75.
Teck
Hughes,
6.00.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.47.
Ventures.
.90.
Columarlo,
.30.
Smelter
Oold,
.27.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.35..
Can.
Malartlc,
.62.
South
Ttblcmont,
.10.
Maple
Leaf,
.45.
Pickle
Crow,
.67.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.21.
Long
Lac
Lagoon,
.25.
Bagamac,
.20.
ALBERTA
MAY
HAVE
"N.
R.
A."
OF
ITS
OWN
EDMONTON.
May
16:
The
government
of
the
Province
of
Alberta
Is
considering
plans
to
set
up
an
"N.
It.
A."
of
Its
own.
Codification
of
various
lndus-
tries
of
the
province
is
being
considered..
Martin
Insull
Awaiting
Trial
Martin
J.
Iaih,
broti.er
of
Samuel
Insull,
will
rest
In
this
beautiful
home,
near
Morocco,
in
Newton
county,
Indiana,
until
brought
to
trlat
in
Chicago,
In
connection
with
the
collapse
of
his
brother's
utility
empire.
Martin
Insull'
purchased
the
home
for
hts
daughter
and
her
husband
In
the
boom
days-prior
to
1929.
Since
the
crash
he
has
been
living
in
Ontario.
MOTORIST
ACQUITTED
Otto
Ohm
Found
Not
Guilty
at
Prince
George
in
Connection
With
Death
of
M.
E.
Smith
PRINCE
OEOROE.
May
16:
Otto
Olsen,
charged
with
manslaughter
In
connection
with
the
death
of
Mary
Ellen
Smith,
granddaughter
of
the
late
Mrs.
Mary
Ellen
Smith,
in
a
motor
accident
on
the
Cariboo
Highway
near?
Quesnel
last
November,
was
acquitted
by
a
Jury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
yesterday.
Charles
Bedaux
Is
In
New
York
Sponsor
Of
Northern
British
Col
umbia
Expedition
Arrives
From
France
NEW
YORK,
May
16:
Charles
E.
Bedaux,
sponsor
of
an
expedition
which
will
travel
by
tractor
and
airplane
In
the
wilderness
of
Northern
British
Columbia
this
year
from
the
Peace
River
to
Telegraph
Creek,
landed
here
yesterday
from
France
aboard
the
German
liner
Europa.
Funeral
of
Auto
Accident
Victim
Held
at
Ketchikan
;
KETCHIKAN.
May
16:Funcral
snrvlrp
for
the
lftte
Osenr
Elrlrfc
Moen,
victim
of
an
automobile
ac-
cldent
here
on
Sunday
In
which
three
others
were
seriously
In-.
Jured.
took
place
here
this
after-
noon.
The
remains
being
sent
to'
Stanwood,
Washington,
where
bur
ial
will
take
place.
!
BIRTH
NOTICE
A
daughter
was
born
to
Mr,
and
Mrs.
James
Klllas
on
;
Tuesday,
May
15.
BUDGET
IS
Sujar
Tax
Reduction
To
Become
Effective
This
Sunday
Instead
of
On
Jury
z
OTTAWA,
May
16
(Canadian
Press)
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
without
recorded
vote
carried
the
budget
of
Hon.
Edgar
N.
Rhodes,
minister
of
finance,
following
several
weeks
of
debate.
The
main
vote
on
the
budget
came
after
a
new
Liberal
amendment
had
been
ruled
out
of
order
by
Speaker
Black
and
a
Progressive
amendment
had
been
voted
down
by
157
to
14.
A
previous
Liberal
amendment
had
also
been
ruled
out
of
order
as
had
been
a
previous
Progressive
amendment.
The
reduction
under
the
budget
of
the
tax
on
sugar
from
two
to
one
percent
will
become
effective
at
midnight
next
Sunday
instead
of
on
July
1
as
ortg'nally
announced.
Premier
R.
B.
Ben-uett
stated
that
the
change
had
been
made
to
accomodate
British
Columbia
canners,
the
season
being
earlier
In
the
western
province
than
in
the
East.
ANNOUNCE
PROGRAM
Details
of
Premier
Bennett's
Relief
Scheme
Expected
to
be
Made
Known
Next
Week
OTTAWA,
May
16:-Detalls
of
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett's
$50,000,000
public
works
relief
program
arc
cx-
pectecl
to
be
made
known
,,ext
...
I
m
ui
me
nuuw
ui
commons,
VANCOUVER
HALIBUT
VANCOUVER.
May
16:
The
boat
Western
sold
halibut
here
yestcr
day,
receiving
6.2c
for
3,000
pounds
of
chickens
and
7c
for
4,000
pounds
of
medium.
1
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
May
16:
(CPlBar
silver
closed
at
44c
per
jjunce
on
the
local
metal
market
todays
,
'
Penal
Institution
Is
Set
Ablaze
by
Inmates;
$50,000.00
Damage
Scenes
of
Tense
Excitement
as
Fighting
of
Conflagration
Proceeded
But
Officials
Were
in
Control
and
All
Are
Accounted
For
KINGSTON,
Ont.,
May
16:
(CP)
Damage
estimated
at
between
$25,000
and
$50,000
was
done
to
the
Portsmouth
Penitentiaiy
here
late
yesterday
afternooVi
as
a
result
of
a
fire
which
is
believed
to
have
been
started
by
convicts
and
which
was
reported
last
night
to
be
under
control.
The
"change"
room
in
the
south
dome
was
de
ARREST
IN
DEATH
CASE
It.
A.
Simpson
Being
Held
in
Con
nection
With
Killing
of
F.
Knapp
On
Railway
Line
VICTORIA,
May
16:
(CP
R.
A.
Simpson
has
beeniarrestedJn
con
nection
witn
tne
aeauroi
r.
Knapp,
whose
body
was
found
Sunday
on
the
Canadian
National
Railway
tracks
near
Valemount
on
the
Vancouver-Red
Pass
line,
the
pro-
'
vlncial
police
announce.
An
open
verdict
had
been
returned
at
the
inquest
to
the
effect
that
Knapp
had
been
killed
by
a
sharp
instrument
In
the
hands
of
an
unknown
person.
Knapp
had
been
stabbed
in
the
shoulder
and
groin.
Oxford
Group
Of
Mineral
Claims
Novel
Croup
Is
Located
In
Bridge
,
River
District,
Government
Records
Show
i
;
VICTORIA,
May
16:
The
"Ox-;
ford
Oroup"
of
mineral
claims
has;
been
recorded
in
the
Bridge
River
district.
There
are
eight
claims
lnl
the
group
including
ones
named!
Periect
Love.
Periect
Honor
ana
i
"Perfect
Truth."
MONTREAL-NEW
YORK
EXCHANGE
NEW
YORK,
May
16:
The
Brl
-
tish
pound
sterling
closed
at
$5.11
U
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday
and
the
Canadian
dollar
at
$1.00
3-32.
MONTREAL.
May
16:
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$5.11
1-16
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday.
f
stroyed.
All
prisoners
were
accoun
ted
for.
It
was
officially
announced
There
were
scenes
of
tense
excitement
as
the
fire
fighting
proceeded
but
prison
officials
and
guards
had
the
situation
well
in
hand
at
all
times
and
there
was
no
demon
stration
of
prisoners.
PASSES
AWAY
DOWN
COAST
Third
Son
of
Rev.
and
Mrs.
Peter
Kelly
Died
at
Bella
Bella
Hospital
BELLA
BELLA,
May
16:
Peter
Hartley
Kelly,
third
son
of
Rev.
and
Mrs.
Peter
R.
Kelly
of
Ocean
7alls.
died
at
the
Bella
Bella
Hospital
on
May
2
following
a
lengthy
dlness.
Twenty-three
years
of
age,
:ie
was
a
graduate
of
the
Provincial
Normal
School
In
Vancouver
and
ad
also
attended
the
University
of
British
Columbia
tor
two
years.
Rev.
Peter
Kelly,
father
of
deceased,
Is
missionary
in
charge
of
;the
United
Church
mission
boat
Thomas
Crosby
which
operates
out
tot
Ocean
Falls,
both
the
young
man's
father
and
mother
being
from
Skldegate,
Queen
Charlotte
islands.
-
L1XER
OLYMPIC
HITS
LIGHTSHIP
AND
THREE
0F
CKEW
ARE
KILLED
NEW
YORK.
May
16:
(CP)
Three
members
of
the
crew
of
the
.Nantucket
Shoals,
lightship
were
killed
and
four
are
missing
as
a
result
of
a
collision
with
the
White
;star
liner
Olympic
during
a
dense
fog
yesterday.
The
lightship
was
rammed
and
sunk
by
the
liner.
CANADIAN
GOLD
PRICE
MONTREAL.
May
16:
(CP
The
Canadian
gold
price
was
down
onr
cent
today
at
$34.73
per
ounce.
Three
Men
Who
Abducted
Los
Angeles
Millionaire
Given
Life
Sentences
in
Prison
LOS
ANGELES,
May
10:
(CP)
Pleading
guilty
to
charges
of
kidnapping
for
extortion
in
the
adduction
of
William
F.
Gettle,
Beverley
Hills
millionaire
oil
operator,
James
F.
Kirk,
Larry
Kerrigan
and
Roy
Williams
were
each
sentenced
last
night
to
serve
life
terms
in
San
Quentin
Penitentiary.
Justice
was"
speedily
meted
out
in
the
case,
the
three
men,
who
had
confessed
following
their
capture
on
Monday,
being
arraigned
yesterday.
They
are
eligible
for
parole.