is
I
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
Hlsh
6:45
sun.
15.7
f.
Prince
Rupert
Put
20:08
pm.
165
ft.
southwest
wina;
oaromev
Low
0:41
am.
102
ft.
13:10
pm.
7.1
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
XXIV
No
106.
j
v
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
9,
1935
PRICEr
5
CENTS
LABOR
TROUBLES
ARE
CONTINUING
LITTLE
CHANGE
IN
STRIKE
SITUATION
AT
BRIDGE
RIVER
Washington
and
Oregon
Lumber
Workers'
Strike
Becomes
More
Serious
SUCCEEDED
AT
VARSITY
MillUm
I'almore
Graduates
as
Bachelor
of
Alls
and
Hob
Matlicson
In
Science
Others
in
List
Student
Traiii
Prince
Ruprrt
And
Other
I'arU
or
This
District
Progress
In
Studies
VANCOUVER
May
9
CPi
-HiaJcd
by
nobert
F
ChrUly
of
.a,
n
ver
winner
of
the
Oovernor
u
ra!
Kold
medal.
318
graduate!
'
'
University
of
British
Colum-1
;
received
their
degrees
at
the
i
i.uai
convocation
today.
Graduates
Include
William
Pat-cf
Prince
RupeM
who
received
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
with
f
rlass
honers
n
fet?:"
Robert
K.
Matheaon
won
his
!'
iii'lor
of
ArU
and
Science
degree
.
mining
engineering
with
second
hunora.
Harold
J.
Johnson,
formerly
I'
,r,
Rupert
High
School
teach-'
f)k
hla
Matter
of
Arts
detree.
Tin
.ame
of
thr
following
nor-rm
students
are
Included
In
the
'
'ills
prince
nrrr.nT
Art
1'
hn
Mcltae.
class
two.
third
yar.
1'
tin
Cade.
pasted
In
certain
aub-
Bl
hop
Thurber.
patted
In
cer-'
i'
subjects.
A;hlbald
Tlwrnpaon.
fourth
-'
i:
pawed
in
certain
subjects.
Applied
Science
0
ar
Fulton,
third
year.
pasa.
ii
supplemental,
n
-rrr
Obata.
third
year,
pass,
supplemental
TERRACE
first
year.
Alalr
Lips.
Ctest
one
STEWART
Arts
frst
year.
Murdock
Mcln-'
p
passed
with
tupplementaU.
ANYOX
Aru.
second
year,
William
Clokc,
l-i
Ai
is.
second
year.
Barbara
Lee,
lh
aupplementaU.
Aiis.
third
year,
Harold
Eld,
pas-'
in
certain
subject.
Art,
third
year,
Emily
Nelson,
OCEAN
FALI.S
Arf
first
year.
Htdco
Iwasakl,
'
;
two.
Ar's
SCCOIiH
iinr
Msirlnrin
Jis.
UP-
pass.
Applied
Science,
second
year.
Rc
maid
Jessup,
pass.
Applied
Science,
second
year,
"wiph
Patterson,
passed
with
sup-P'cmentals.
r'iemlcnl
engineering,
fourth
''
Wllliatn
Cunningham.
$25
cn-'"rering
professional
prize,
passed
Un
supplemental.
Chemical
engineering,,
fourth
JTilr
Thomas
Haslctt.
passed
with
suPplcmentals.
USK
Arts,
first
year,
Ralph
Skinner,
passed
with
supplemental.
-
POUT
ESSINGTON
Arts,
first
year,
Yoshlo
Klshl-ftoto.
passed.
Whole
Pacific
Northwest
Lumber
Industry
Threatened
With
Tie-Up
SEATTLE,
May
9:
(CP)
The
strike
of
lumber
workers,
which
Is
gradually
spreading,
threatens
to
lie
up
the
Industry
all
alone
the
coast.
At
present
sixteen
thousand
workers
are
idle,
two
thousand
being
loggers
where
cam
pi
are
shut
down.
The
men
are
demanding
a
33-hour
week
with
an
hourly
wage
increase
from
41'
c
to
73c.
Mills
at
Everett,
lulling
ham,
Taroma,
Portland,
Anacortet.
Oljmpla
and
Vancouver,
Wash,
are
closed.
As
well
as
loggers,
longshoremen,
refusing
to
load
ships,
are
idle.
In
Seattle
eleven
out
of
twelve
mills
are
closed.
At
Portland
a
number
of
sbips
sailed
without
cargo
when
longshoremen
refused
to
load
lumber.-
There
were
similar
developments
In
Seattle.
In
addition
to
wage
Increases
and
shorter
hours,
union
recognition
is
demanded.
Little
violence
has
appeared
so
far.
MARITIME
WORKERS'
STRIKE
At
San
Franclso
the
possibility
ot
a
new
coastwise
maritime
strike
appeared
when
the
newly
formed
Maritime
Federation
cf
the
Pacific
ordered
a
referendum
within
seventy-two
hours
as
to
whether
marine
and
shipping
workers
should
watk
out
in
support
of
twelve
thousand
striking
oil
tanker
men.
Union
officials
assert
that
the
Prrkln's
mediation
board
is
on
Ihe
side
of
the
companies.
SILVER
STILL
DROPPING
LONDON.
May
0:
(CP)
Bar
sll
vex
dropped
U-16c
to
32
13-16
pence
nn
the
London
metal
market
jestetday.
New
York
followed
with
a
ctedine
of
llc
to
71"ic.
Today's
London
price
was
again
down
5-16c
to
pence
and"
the
New
York
price
was
c
lower
at
71'
c.
GENERAL
CONDITIONS
IN
INTERIOR
BETTER
THAN
IN
FIVE
YEARS
conditions
In
the
Bulkley
Valley
are
better
today
than
they
have
been
in
five
years,
declares
S.
J-
Mayer
of
Smlthers
who
was
a
visitor
In
town
yesterday.
The
farming
outlook
is
greatly
improved.
Higher
metal
prices
arc
mak-
imr
the
nrospects
for
mining
much
better
and
already
there
Is
much
greater
activity.
Larg-
er
tlo
contracts
and
pole
or-
dcrs
are
causing
expansion
m
the
timber
Industry.
Railway
traffic
has
Increased
as
a
re-
suit
of
the
general
revival
and
also
because
pf
the
increased
grain
movement.
Mr.
Mayer
arrived
from
the
Interior
on
Tuesday
night's
train
and
re-
turned
to
Smlthers
last
eve-
nlng.
Mr.
HsBi'
HM
'ijjBL"'"
ll
New
Oovernor
Oeneral
of
Can.
-
TORIES
ARE
IN
SESSION
T.
Cummlngs
Elected
President
Of
Skidegate
Association
Road
Officials
Lauded
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
CITY.
May
A
meeting
of
the
Skidegate
In
let
Conservative
Association
was
held
In
the
Premier
Hotel.
Queen
Charlotte
City
last
Friday
when
the
following
officers
were
elec
ted
for
the
year:
Honorary
President,
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett.
Honorary
Vice-president,
C.
H.
Orme.
President,
T.
Cummlngs.
Vice-President,
k.
R.
Beaven
Jr.
Secretary-Treasurer,
R.
O.
Mc-
Kenzle.
The
following
resolution
was
passed
unanimously:
"Be
It
resolved
that
this
assocla
Hon
go
on
record
as
approving
in
every
way
the
manner
in
which
A
R.
Mallory
has
carried
out
his
duties
as
road
foreman
for
this
dis
trict.
We
acknowledge
his
sterling
qualities,
fairness
to
all,
and
especially
the
Judicial
manner
in
which
he
has
expended
the
small
appropriation
allotted
to
this
dls-
triet.
We
feel
that
for
once
we
da
and
His
Lady
"Itiey
WiiWaiv
e
AMELL,EABjlAilT
'PUTNAM
.MAKES
RECORD
FLIGHT
4
NEWARK,
NJ..
May
9:
Completing
a
record-breaking
2100
-
mile
non-stop
flight.
Amelia
Earhart
Putnam,
noted
4
American
avlatrix.
landed
her
Lockheed
monoplane
here
at
11:30
last
night
from
Mexico
City.
The
avlatrix,
who
had
left
Mexico
City
at
down
yes-
terday.
dropped
down
fully
thirty
minutes
before
she
had
been
expected.
A
great
wel
come
was
accorded
her.
CLUB
HAS
NEW
HEAD
Mrs.
R.
L.
Mcintosh
Resigns
As
President
of
Ladies'
Music
Club
Mrs.
Moore
Is
Successor
After
eleven
years
as
president
of
the
Ladies'
Music
Club.
Mrs.
R.
L.
Mcintosh
resigned
yesterday
after-
noon
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Anderson,
727
Fifth
Avenue
West,
and
was
honored
by
being
made
nonorary
president.
Mrs.
k.
e.
ha
vi
hnri
i
fair
return
for
the'chib
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
Ernest
inest
mnnpv
snrnt
on
the
roads.
Much
-
1
it
oin
hub
a
rwa-
n
.uu.
tjint
and
we
therefore
take
'
great
pleasure
in
giving
credit
where
credit
is
due."
Many
other
mat'.ers
of
Interest
to
the
district
were
discussed.
Delegates
to
the
federal
nominat
ing
convention
in
Prince
Rupert
were
elected.
PREPARING
FOR
BASEBALL
Stan
Morln
has
discontinued
his
classes
of
Instruction
In
baseball
but
is
still
directing
practices
at
the
Acropolis
Hill
grounds
each
Sunday
morning
preparatory
to
the
opening
of
the
league
season
which
Is
senior
May
24.
Dr.
R.
O.
Large
sails
tonight
on
j
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Vancouver
where
he
will
attend
the
United;
.Church
conference.
He
also
has'
I
private
business
and
will
be
away
'
two
weeks.
and
Mrs.
John
Buchan
Moore
was
chosen
as
her
successor
jT.
J.
Williams
were
named
a
corn-in
the
presidency.
Excellent
reports
j
mlttee
to
meet'
Dr.
J
T.
Mandy,
loon
the
past
year's
activities
werejeal
organizer,
and
offer
him
any
presented
to
the
meeting
by
Mrs.
:
possible
assistance.
Mcintosh
as
president
and
Mrs
Anderson
as
secretary.
The
complete
list
of
officers
for
the
ensuing
year
Is
as
follows:
Honorary
President,
Mrs.
R.
L,i
Mcintosh.
President,
Mrs.
R.
E.
Moore.
Vice-President,
Mrs.
Shelford
Darton.
Secretary,
Mrs.
Ernest
Anderson.
Treasurer,
Mrs,
VV.
L.
Stamford.
Librarian.
Mrs.
W.
H.
Kergln.
Pianist,
Miss
E.
O.
Lenox.
Executive
Mrs.
C.
E.
CulUn,
Miss
Margaret
McCaffery.
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith,
Mrs.
S.
D.
Johnston,
Mrs.
O.
A.
Woodland
and
Mrs.
W.
E.
Drake,
Cap(.
L.
Sheppard
of
the
Fisher-
les
Patrol
Service
has
returned
to
the
city
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
in
Canada
h...
t
ju,
i
mEnj'anc
iCAPACITY
INCREASE
New
Saws
at
Billmor
Bring
Possible
uuijiui
up
iu
uc-upen
in
Two
Weeks
B.
E.
Morgan,
manager
of
the
BUlmor
Spruce
Mills
Ltd.
sawmill
at
Porpoise
Harbor,
who
was
a
business
visitor
In
town
yesterday,
announced
that
It
is
planned
to
resume
cutting
at
the
mill,
which
has
been
closed
since
last
year.
In
about
two
weeks'
time.
The
mill
would
already
be
in
operation
except
for
the
fact
that
installation
has
not
yet
been
completed
ot
new
saws
which
will
Increase
Its
dally
capacity
from
a
maximum
of
65,000
to
85,000
feet
The
shingle
mill
In
connection
with
the
plant
has
been
In
opera-
tion
for
some
time.
Junior
Chamber
Of
Commerce
In
Monthly
Meeting
The
Junior
Chamber
of
Com-
merce,
at
Its
regular
monthly
din-
nr
nr
meeting
meeting
Tuesday
luesaay
night
nigni
at
at
the
tne
Knox
Hotel,
endoned
the
project
'for
university
extension
work
in
rnnce
Kupen
ana
te
uoraon
ana
The
question
of
free
mall
deliv-
ery
service
In
Prince
Rupert
was
discussed
but
the
feasibility
at
this
i
time
was
questioned.
The
desirability
of
members
of
the
Junior
Chamber
visiting
and
familiarizing
thems-lves
with
ln-
dustries
in
the
vicinity
was
stress-led.
O.
P,
Lyons,
vice-president,
was
in
the
chair
in
the
absence
of
T.
N.
LcPage,
president.
Card
of
Thanks
For
all
courtesy,
kind
attention
and
sympathy
extended
In
my
b?r
-
eavemcnt
please
accept
my
sincere
thanks
and
appreciation.
MRS.
FRANK
HART.
Deputy
Minister
ot
Labor
Arrives
With
View
to
Settlement
Pacific
Eastern
Mine
Crew
Returns
to
Work
After
Being
Granted
50c
Per
Day
Increase
in
Pay
Conference
Between
Miners,
Employers
and
Directors
GOLDBRIDGE,
May
9:
(CP)
With
miners
employed
in
six
camps
idle,
the
Bridge
River
strike
situation
was
little
changed
today.
Early
this
afternoon
Adam
Bell,
deputy
minister
of
labor,
arrived
here
and
will
meet
representatives
of
the
men,
employers
and
mine
directors
in
an
effort
to
settle
the
dispute.
g
Miners
at
the
Pacific
Eastern
LOG
SCALE
IS
HIGHER
Lead
of
1935
Over
1931
Still
Being
j
Maintained,
According
To
Official
Figures
The
log
scale
In
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
year
1935
1
up
to
the
end
of
April
totalled
11,-1
dl5,967
board
feet
as
compared
with
&940,600
board
-feet
-during--
the
first
four
months
of
1934,
according
to
officially
compiled
figures
ot
thf
rilstrirt
fnrpttor
A
V.
ParTnnr
for
Aprll
year
was
6,746,133
board
feet
in
comparison
with
3,985,010
board
feet
In
the
same
month
last
year.
The
scale
per
species
this
April
was
as
follows,
figures
for
April
1934
also
being
shown
for
comparison:
1935
1934
Douglas
Fir
196,286
Cedar
565,856
207,027
Spruce
4,812,586
1.997.710
Hemlock
1,299.324
1.352.365
Balsam
68,367
194269
Miscellaneous
....
37,353
rotals
6,746.133
3,985,010
j
Forest
Products
'
Production
of
poles
and
piling
In
the
Interior,
amounting
to
92211
lineal
feet
in
April,
86;211
feet
cedar
.ana
6,000
feet
hemlock,
showed
a;
i
decrease
from
last
year's
190,010
1
feet.
Ties
this
Aprll,
however,
num-
j
jbered
41.868,
all
Jackplne.
showing;
an
Increase
over
29,067
in
the
same
,
(month
last
year.
Twenty-three
I
cords
of
wood
were
recorded
this'
April
as
against
89
last
year.
Fiiid
A
Ct
llllS.
JLUQOWarQ
UI
.
n
r
Y0X
uimSOn
detS
Medal
From
King
Mrs.
Ka,te
Dudward,
venerable
,
native
woman
of
Port
Simpson
and
widow
of
one
of
that
village's
best
known
chiefs,
has
been
honored
with
the
award
of
a
King's
Jubilee
medal
"In
recognition
of
her
services
on
behalf
of
her
people
and
the
state."
The
medal
has
arrived
at
the
Indian
Agent's
office
here
for
presentation
to
Mrs.
Dudoward.
Vancouver
Wheal
VANCOUVER,
May
9:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
84Hc
on
the
local
exchange
yesterday.
Today's
price
was
8454c.
'
.
1
Mrs.
C.
C.
Smith
sailed
yesterday
afternoon
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Premier
where
she
will
pay
a
visit
with
her
son.
camp
returned
to
work
yesterday
with
a
50c
per
day
Increase
In
wage
and
promises
of
further
Increases
such
as
may
be
received
at
other
mines.
There
is
no
trouble
and
there
has
been
little
picketing.
TRIBUTE
TO
KING
Chancellor
Hitler
of
Germany
And
President
Roosevelt
of
U.
S.
Heard
From
LONDON,
May
9:
CP
From
all
nations
of
the
world
have
come
messages
of
goodwill
to
the
King
and
Queen
on
their
Sliver
Jubilee.
Relchsfuehrer
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany
thanked
His
Majesty
for
his
efforts
on
behalf
of
the
pre-
;
serving
of
world
peace.
President
Franklin
p.
Roosevelt
:ald
that
the
people
of
the
United
States
shared
in
the
rejoicing
of
the
British
Empire
in
their
mon-lrch's
long
and
wise
reign.
London
crowds
thronged
the
!
streets
until
early
Tuesday
morn-'
ing
continuing
their
Jubilee
tribute,
INFLUENZA
INNORTif
Wainwright,
Alaska,
Stricken
Witlf
Neither
Doctors
or
Nurses
To
Give
Aid
POINT
BARROW,
May
9:
(CP)
With
no
doctors
or
nurses
to
aid
Ml
fighting
the
outbreak,
two
hundred
cases
of
influenza
are
reported
a
Wainwright,
100
miles
southwest,
pf
here.
Arrangements
are
being
made
to
endeavor
to
secure
airplanes
to
.ransport
medical
assistance
to
the
stricken
community.
Some
medical
supplies
have
already
been
sent
In
by
fast
dog
team.
GREAT
FLIGHT
ON
HONOLULU,
May
9:
(CP)
The-greatest
over-water
air
fleet
eve
assembled,
a
squadron
of
forty-ilght
United
States
naval
plar.es,
started
from
here
this
morning
for
Midway
Island,
1300
miles
south,'
during
the
course
of
naval
manoeuvres
now
in
progress.
The
machines
may
fly
from
Midway
to
the
Aleutians.
Walter
Service,
eldest
son
of
Mrs.
Peter
Black,
will
arrive
In
the
city
on
Saturday
night's
train
from
Spokane.
He
will
meet
the
remains
of
Mrs.
Black's
younger
son,
Peter,
who
died
suddenly
In
Montreal
last
Friday,
and
accompany
them
here,