Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
light
westerly
wind:
barometer.
29.62;
temperature,
54;
sea
smooth.
V
XXIV
No
113.
"
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
...
0:40
a.m.
2L31
FATAL
WNVENT
BLAZE
if
QUEBEC
WELL
KNOWN
MEN
HAVE
CLQSE
ESCAPE
AS
PLANE
UPSETS
Tiree
Firemen
Perish
and
Aged
Nun
Dies'
ot
Heart
Attack
As
Catholic
Institution
Burns
t'NKMI'LOYIll)
PARALYZE
UtAiriC
ON
HASTINGS
SI
RLEI
IN
VANCOUVER
4-
VANCOUVER.
May
17:
CP
'
lunling
"we
want
relief."
v
hundred
unemployed,
a
rge
number
ot
them
camp
..K'-is.
paralyjca
trailu
for
....
.
.
.
i
in
hour
da
tluuntt
Street
4-
Ik
ten
CarroM,
nd
Man
laic
Tuursday
while
t
(telega
Uon
m
ilea
the
Uitf
Hall.
A
strong
4-4
I'
t
ot
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Pottee,
provincial
and
4
.
police
broke
up
toe
de-
4
nnuiuraUon
without
dttordtr.
Today's
Stocks
(CvurUaf
B.
D
Joluwtuo
Oo.)
"
"
,
t.
Vinrouvrr
B
C
Nickel
42.
Big
Missouri,
.65.
Budian.
1.75.
Uiaiornt.
6.30.
D
R
Cona..
.01.
b
n
x
Goto.
.10.
t
.uboo
quart.
l.M.
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ntMnM.
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Dunwell.
.10.
Georgia
River,
Mt-O
'
Iconda.
J4.
CJacler
Creek.
M.
Gunge.
.USty.
Indian.
.011?.
Minlo.
.14.
M-
ridun.
.oan.
Morning
dtar,
.07.
of
National
Sflfe,
A4i.
N
ble
Five",
illVfc.
I
V'
ud
Ojetllc.
.72.
I'
rirr
Idaho.
.12fc.
Pnmler.
1.82.
Quf
sncl
Quarts,
.14.
tUcvea
McDonald.
.12.
Reward.
.02
Vi.
Reno,
1.52.
f
:ver
Crest,
.01
V4
Salmon
Oold,
.1514.
Wayside,
.15.
Whitewater,
.10ft.
Wavcrly
Tangier.
.01H.
United
Empire,
.04V4.
Toronto
r
ntral
Patricia.
1.49.
f
hlbougamau,
.22.
Lrc
Oold.
.05
1.
OruiiaJa,
.34.
Inter.
Nickel.
29.00.
Macassa,
1.88.
Noranda.
40.75.
She
rrltt
dordon,
.88.
Biscoe.
2.83.
Ventures,
.87.
Lake
Maron,
.0514.
Tcrk
Hughe's.
450.
Sudbury
Basin,
1
48.
t
"lumarlo,
.10.
Smelter
Oold.
.00.
Can.
MalarUc.
.61.
I
UUo
Long
Lac.
5.40.
Astoria
Rouyn,
.03
Vi.
Stadacona,
2iVt.
Maple
Leaf,
.06.
Pl'
kle
Crow,
2.30.
Mr.Kenzle
Red
Lake,
1.20.
Ooda
Lake.
1.43.
Sturgeon
River
Oold.
.71.
Red
Lake
Oold
Shore.
.30.
San
Antonio.
3.75.
Arrested
VMprHa
afternoon.
Fisher
Is
appearing
before
"WBUtrate
McClymcnt
In
city
po-
ce
court
today
on
a
charge
of
sup-
P'y'ng
liquor
to
Indians.
1
Firemen
Save
Lives
of
Fifty-Three
Children,
Thirty-Elderly
Pensioners
and
Fifty
Religious
Sisters
At
Juliette
Early
Tljis
Morning
JOLIETTE,
Quebec,
.May
17;
(CP)
Fire
this
morning
destroyed
the
convent
of
the
Sisters
of
the
Congregation
of
Notre
Dame
here
and
three
firemen
perished
as
they
i
fought
the
flames.
A
nun,
Sister
St.
Elaine,
died
of
heart!
failure.
The
firemen
saved
the
lives
of
fifty-three
chil-j
dren,
thirty
aged
pensioners
and
fifty
religious
sisters.
DEPOSITS
!:
INCREASE!:
4
Amount
ot
Money
in
Hank
ot
Can
ada
is
Growing
by
Leaps
and
Bounds
I
....
"
OTTAWA.
May
17:
CP-De-i4
j"
"
f
Canada-ln-l.
created
by
(8.000.000
during
the
week
ending
May
15.
The
reserve
In
United
Stales
funds
rose
more
than
$4,000,000.
Dramatic
Talent
4-
Of
Bella
Coola
At
Ocean
Falls
4
4-
OCEAN
FALLS.
May
17:
-Bella
Ooota
players
put
on
a
very
pleasing
4
play
for
Ocean
Falls
theatregoers
4
last
week
under
the
heading
"The
Nervous
Miss
Nile."
The
effort
was
a
huge
success
and
was
wel
lreceived
by
a
large
audience.
Special
Meetings
Of
Pentecostal
Assembly
Here
Meetings
conducted
at
the
local
Pentecostal
Assembly
by
Rev.
John
Linney
of
Terrace
continue
to
be
well
attended
and
the
course
Is
be
ing
much
appreciated.
This
hasiball
btn
the
final
week
ot
the
special
effort
Last
night
Pastor
Linney
apoke
at
Seal
Cove.
Tonight
at
the
Pentecostal
Assembly
mil
nis
sud-
Jet
will
be
"The
Mark
of
the
Beast."
;
KITWANGA
TO
CELEBRATE
KITWANQA.
May
u:
viciuiia
:
Day
on
May
24
will
again
to
cte-
bratcd
In
Kltwanga
this
year.
The
.mm
will
feature
base-
fthn
ui'h
a
Booa
many
i.itinv
tMm
exoected
to
parU-l
clpate.
innii
u-lTl-l!
fWIMMKS
au-av
nAitmoo
SPAN
4-
QUESNEL.
May
17:
CP
4-
The
traffic
bridge
over
the
4-
Blackwater
RIvcr.
forty-eight
a.
mill
west
of
here,
was
car-
ried
away
Wednesday
morning
4-
bv
the
highest
water
exper-
4-
lenced
In
forty
years,
accord
lng
to
wora
receivi-u
4-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
One
44
44
SIX-DAY
OLD
CHICK
CROWS
LIKE
ROOSTER
Mrs.
Chris
Herrtcksen.
wife
of
the
skipper
ot
the
halibut
(
boat
Oibson.
cot
a
great
sur-
prise
this
morning.
She
has
a
number
of
young
chickens
only
six
days
old
which
she
keeps
,
...
,,
,
.
Qr,
box'-.TrtSl
ifoi
"morning
she
was
surprised
to
hear
something
cioselv
resembling
the
crowing
of
a
rooster
and.
stepping
Into
the
room
where
the
chickens
were,
she
saw
one
of
the
little
fellows
stand-
lng
up
and
crowii.g
just
like
a
full
grown
bird.
It
crowed
seven
time.
Mrs.
Henrlcksen
not
superstitious
about
the
4
unusual
occurrence
but
she
would
like
to
know
If
anyone
4
else
had
heard
a
six-day
chick
4
crow.
4
4-4-4'4-
4
JUBILEE
AT
CEDARVALE
Kltwanja
Won
Baseball
Game
But
Home
Team
Took
Women's
Softball
Opener
CEDARVALE,
May
17:
Kit
wanga
pounded
two
local
hurlers
hard
to
win
from
Cedarvale
by
a
score
of
four
to
nothing.
in
a
base-
game
which
featured
the
King's
Silver
Jubilee
celebration
here.
Stan
Williams,
Oeoffrey
Mor-
gani
Art
Matthews
and
Sam
Tur
ner
were
the
leadlng
hitters
for
Kltwanga.
Kltwanga
scored
twice
In
the
first
Inning
and
twice
In
the
fourth.
Eddie
Sampare,
Cedarvale
third
baseman,
made
a
spectacular
slide
at
second
In
the
last
in-
,
team5
wre:
rwiwanga-ouuj
mmams
p
w
iU''
-
Sampare
rf..
Eli
Benson
cf.,
Roy
Morgan
3b.
Cedarvale
A.
Harris
c.
(cap
tain),
William
Thompson
p..
P.
Mul
vane
lb..
A.
Mulvane
2b..
P.
Mason
13.,
iaiuic
Damuarc
ou.,
j.
lurntr
cf..
L.
Tafe
rf.,
A.
Williams
If.
Jubilee
Day
was
also
made
the
I
occasion
for
the
opening
women's
softball
game
of
the
season
when
the
Kltwanga
Lucky
Strikes,
In
an
exhibition
contest,
lost
17
to
9
to
4-;
A
big
dance
at
the
Cedarvale
Hall
,
In,,
Ine;
evening
brought
the
day's
proceedings
to
a
fitting
close.
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
17,
1935
Battle
Tlu
Scourge
on
Rim
W.th
14
ahady
dsad.
two
doctors.
Henry
W.
Greist
and
Dr
F.
B.
OlUespie
are
hr
-o.
Aly
fatinz
eour?e
of
Influenza
which
has
struck
Point
Barrow.
Alaska,
on
the
rim
ol
the
Are.W
circle
More
than
300
have
been
striken,
repots
state
Above
is
a
scene
of
Point
Barrow
and
one
of
its
principal
inhabitants.
Mayor
Brower.
who
has
lived
nearly
50
years
in
the
UfJte
village.
Mining
Executives
and
Pilot.
Dumped
m
Water
From
Overturned
Craft
Col.
Victor
Spencer,
David
Maurice
McGregor
Figure
Flying
Machine
Strikes
VANCOUVER.
Mav
17:
tives
and
a
Canadian
Airways
pilot
escaped
with
nothing
worse
than
a
bad
wetting
last
evening
when
a
chartered
seaplane
bringing
them
from
Victoria
fouled
a
submerged
towing
cable
and
overturned.
They
were
Col.
Victor
Spencer,
president,
and
David
Sloan,
managing
director
of
the
Pioneer
Gold
Mines
of
British
Co-
lumbla
Ltd..
and
Purvis
E.
Ritchie.
managing
director
of
the
Wayside
Consolidated.
The
pUot
was
Maurice
McGregor
of
Victoria.
The
C.
P.
R.
tug
Nanoose
was
lulling
out
froa
Fier
A
with
the
Vancouver
Island
railway
barge
oaded
with
freight
cars
as
the
ilane
came
down.
The
barge
was
till
behind
the
plsr
.so
the
pilot
viuld
not
see
it
While
taxiing,
the
plane
hit
the
towline.
'
Passengers
and
pilot
of
the
plane
;llmbed
onto
the
pontoons
and,
as
the
plane
turned
over,
they
clung
'.o
the
potnoons
and
went
over
with
t.
The
wings
and
fuselage
sank
but
the
pontoons
remained
afloat.
Sloan,
Purves
Ritchie
and
in
Exciting
Incident
As
Towline
at
Vancouver
(CPThrP
min?
The
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
launch
Imperator
picked
the
men
up.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Visitor.
7,000.
Cold
Storage.
7c
and
5c.
Canadian
Balsac
1.
14.000.
Cold
Storage,
5,8c
and
5c.
Southend,
14.000.
Cold
Storage
53c
and
5c
Margaret
I.
10.000.
5.7c
and
9c.
ingrld
H..
10.000.
Atlin.
5.4c
and
5c.
FREE
PAPER
For
next
Five
Weeks
By
special
arrangement
with
the
Capitol
Theatre
any
person
not
now
a
subscriber
to
the
Daily
News
will
be
given
one
50c
theatre
ticket
with
a
50c
subscription
to
this
paper.
This
gives
them
a
free
trial
of
the
Daily
News
for
five
weeks.
This
offer
is
good
only
to
May
25
DAILY
NEWS
High
Low
of
Arctic
'
ON
TRIAL
FOR
LIFE
Jury
Hearing
Case
at
Assizes
In
Which
Nina
Spalding
is
Charged
With
Killing
Her
Son
Jury
of
Men
Hearing
of
Crown
Evidence
Heard
This
Morning
Testimony
Reviewed
by
Crown
Prosecutor
Trial
of
Nina
Spalding.
Port
Es-
sington
Indian
girl
charged
with
the
murder
of
her
nine-month
old
Infant
son
by
cutting
Its
throat
with
a
butcher
knife
In
the
grave
yard
at
Poit
Essington
oh
December
19,
Is
proceeding
before
Mr.
Jus-
.ice
Denis
Murphy
and
a
jury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
to-lay,
having
opened
this
morning.
The
girl
displayed
stolidity
characteristic
of
her
race
as
the
charge
was
read
to
her
through
an
Interpreter.
Although
a
cripple,
she
was
snsartly
dressed
In
an
up-to-date
jiur-trimmed
dark
coat
with
hat.
j
Evidence
Reviewed
Reviewing
the
evidence
which
the
crown
proposed
to
offer.
L.
W.
Patmore.
crown
prosecutor,
told
the
Jury
that
accused
was
nineteen
syears
of
age.
She
was
unmarried
and
had
an
Illegitimate
child,
nam
ed
Wilfrid
Fred
Spalding.
The
child
jwas
nine
months
of
age
at
the
'time
of
the
Incident
She
(accused
'thought
a
great
deal
of
the
child.
On
December
19
accused,
who
was
not
strong,
having
suffered
a
spinal
Injury
when
she
was
young.!
arose
late,
about
10
am.,
from
bed.
being
called
by
her
sister.
Lucy
Bennett
in
whose
house
she
resided.
After
attending
to
the
baby
which
was
sick
and
for
which
she
prepared
a
poultice,
accused
did
some
housework.
She
chopped
some
onions
with
a
butcher
knife
and
then
washed
some
dishes.
Near
Lucy
Bennett's
baby,
who
was
also
111.
accused
let
some
of
the
dishes
fall.
Some
harsh
words
between
the
sisters
ensued
and
accused,
feeling
urt.
left
the
room
and
left
the
house
with
the
baby.
About
half
an
hour
or
so
later
accused
came
running
to
Mrs.
Doreas
Hevenor's
house
where
she
called
6ut
that
she
had
killed
the
baby
In
the
graveyard
and
asking
Mrs.
Hevenor
to
make
haste
and
tell
her
(acused's)
mother.
The
mother
came
and
went
to
the
graveyard,
finding
the
baby
(Continued
on
page
three)
13:35
pan;
ll&'lt
7:24
ajn.
2.7
ft
19:20
p.m.
73
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
"KL0NDYKE
MARY"
DIES
Woman
With
Colorful
Past
.Succumbs
in
Salt
Lake
City
Was
Known
to
Gold
Seekers
SALT
LAKE
CITY,
May
17:
CP)
Death
ended
the
colorful
career
of
Mary
Olsen
Wheeler,
"Klondike
Mary"
to
the
old
west's
gold
miners
,who
followed
the
trail
of
gold
to
the
north.
As
an
entertainer,
she
was
familiar
in
the
dance
halls
and
cabarets
of
the
Yukon
for
many
years.
Little
Hope
For
Recovery
is
Held
Grave
Anxiety
Felt
For
"Lawrence
Of
Arabia"
as
Crisis
in
Ms
Injuries
Approaches
WOOL,
England,
May
17:
CP
Grave
anxiety
was
felt
yesterday
for
Col.
Thomas
E.
LawTence.
bet
ter
known
as
"Lawrence
of
Arabia,"
as
he
approached
the
crisis
follow
ing
Injuries
received
in
a
motorcycle
accident
on
Monday
when
he
crashed
In
swerving
to
avoid
striking
a
hlTd
-onlhe
road.
HeTraSstili
unconscious
and
his
brother
announced
that
his
chances
of
recovery
were
extremely
slender.
CURTAILING
OF
FISHING
Boat
Owners
in
Favor
of
Extending
Lay-Over
and
Increasing
Allowance
Per
Trip
Subject
to
endorsatlon
by
another
meeting
when
more
of
the
members
will
be
in
port,
the
Canadian
Halibut
Vessef
Owners
Association,
at
a
meeting
last
night'
tentaUvely
decided
to
extend
the
period
of
lay-over
between
trips
from
seven
to
ten
days
and
to
Increase
the
fishing
Mmlt
per
man
each
trip
from
2800
to
3100
pounds
The
fishing
curtailment
problem
was
thoroughly
discussed.
STIK1NB
NAVIGATION
OPENS
NavigaUon
on
the
Stlklne
River
from
Wrangell
to
Telegraph
Creek
opened
today,
according
to
word
received
by
the
Government
Telegraphs.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
May
17:
CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
85
He
on
the
local
exchange
yesterday,
dropping
to
84V4C
today.
H.M.tXS.
SKEENA
COMING
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
received
word
this
morning
that
the
H.
M.
C.
S.
Skeena
will
visit
Prince
Rupert
from
Octobsr
2
to
7.
4-
"
4
CARIBOO
GOLD
4-
STILL
EXPANDS
4
.
VANCOUVER,
May
17:
(CP)
Dr.
W.
B.
Burnett
president
4
of
the
Cariboo
Gold
Quartz
Mining
Co.,
announced
yester-
4-
day
that
the
mill
at
the
mine
4
is
being
enlarged
by
another
fifty
tons
capacity
per
day.
A
new
hospital
and
twenty
houses
at
the
town
of
Wells
are
also
to
be
constructed.
-
4
4-
V
t4
.
i
4H