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SILVER
JUBILEE
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIV.
No.
103.
Vol
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
MAY
4,
1935
PRICE:
5
CENTS
PETER
BLACK
OF
RUPERT
IS
ASPHYXIATED
IN
MONTREAL
TOLL
FROM
INFLUENZA
!
AT
BARROW
Suddrn
lipldemlc,
Itrouflit
From
South
by
Plane,
lUt
Claimed
i
Eight
Lives
!
POINT
BARROW.
Alaska.
May
4
A
sudden
influensa
epidemic
ha-s
uimed
eight
lives
here.
Dr.
Henry
Orrist.
Presbyterian
mdtcal
mls-i
mary.
sayi
he
hopes
the
tmi
of
'he
epidemic
has
now
been
reached
He
believes
the
dtnr
wm
t
t
Wight
Urn
by
a
plane
from
the
south.
Thirty
cases
of
the
matody
d-s
loped
on
April
20
and
since
then.
thrc
hundred
more
have
occurr"rt
All
the
dead
have
been
over
forty
with
the
average
ae
str.'y-flve.
DIAMOND
DRILLING
PROGRAM
A.
i:,
Verner
of
Sn
t'rsnclsco
Plsni
Mining
Operation
al
blboU
And
t
ritman
A
E.
Verner
of
8an
Francisco
tailed
last
night
by
the
Princess
Adelaide,
accompanied
by
Mrs.
Vi.rr.er
on
his
return
south
after
a
to
his
mtnlng
Interests
In
the
interior.
For
some
two
or
three
years
ac-vety
Interested
in
development
of
mining
ground
In
the
Slbola
coun-t
y
Mr
Verncr
not
long
ago
acquired
by
purchase
the
OroUo
gold
property
on
Hardrabble
Creek
r.rar
Pitman
from
Bell
and
Alger
(if
Usk
There
U
a
promising
sheer
tone
on
this
property
which
Mr
Verncr
B
about
to
have
explored
by
diamond
drilling.
Future
opera
tions
will
depend
upon
the
results
obtained
from
the
diamond
drilling
program
but
Mr.
Verner
Is
hopeful
hat
these
results
may
be
such
as
to
Justify
sizeable
operations
there,
possibly
before
the
end
of
this
year.
Mr
Verncr
has
hid
considerable
other
ground
staked
around
the
Grotto
work
on
the
Slbola
property
where
fourteen
men
were
employed
lat
year
The
crew
this
year
may
be
even
larger.
Mr
Verner
expects
to
be
batk
In
Uils
district
again
In
about
three
weeks.
Mrs
Bud
Barrlc
mid
child
sailed
iast.
night
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
lor
u
Iwllday
visit
to
Victoria.
The
King
and
His
Four
Sons
U
jljj
1
FISHERMEN
GOING
OUT
American
Salmon
Trailers
to
lie
unic
Work
on
Co-operative
Basis
SEATTLE.
Ma
4:
(CP)
Trustee
of
the
Fishermen's
Co
-operative
Association
announced
yesterday
that
salmon
trotter,
who
went
on
strike
recently
in
protect
at
head
and
shrinkage
deductions
made
by
the
salmon
buyers,
will
resume
fish
tng
on
a
co-operative
basis
on
Mon
day.
The
notice
said
pre
ve
picture
of
His
Majei
y
and
the
Princes
'In
full
cavalry
uniforms.
Prince
Rupert
People
Included
Among
Those
Awarded
King's
Medals
Dr.
W.
T.
Kcrgin,
Miss
Mills,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Olof
Hanson,
Miss
Harrison,
J.
S.
Wilson,
Bishop
Bunoz
and
Mrs.
Orchard
McLcod
to
Receive
Jubilee
Mementoes
Twenty-one
men
and
women
of
Prince
Rupert
district,
including
eight
in
the
city,
are
among
a
list
of
ten
thou-
!
i
r
i?
.t
mi
.
.
...
.
The
Fishermen'
Co-operaUve
nu
Vvaiiauians
wno
win
leceive
Sliver
metiaiS
irom
King
Assbciauon
win
be
ready
to
receive
J
George
V.
in
commemoration
of
the
twenty-fifth
anniver-ttsh
after
May
6.
1935.
at
Neah
Bay
Sary
of
His
Majesty's
accession
to
the
throne.
The
medals
and
seatue
receiving
points
and
are
to
be
presented
Monday
throughout
the
Dominion.
The
as
per
the
marketing
agreement,
all
members
must
deliver
all
their
fish
to
Neah
Bay
and
SatUe
receiving
Mr
Verner
Is
also
continuing
points
after
May
13
and
to
other
stations
as
may
be
designated
irom
time
to
time
after
May
13."
NO
PAPER
MONDAY
The
Dally
News
will
Join
on
Monday
with
the
rest
of
the
British
Empire
in
celebrating
the
Silver
Jubilee
of
the
King's
accession.
The
next
regular
edlUori
will
appear
Tuesday
afternoon.
Anyox
to
Continue
Operating
Until
October
at
Least
And
May
Not
Close
Down
at
All
VANCOUVER,
May
I:
(CP)
A
special
dispatch
to
the
Vancouver
Province
from
New
York
states
that
the
decision
to
close
down
the
Granby
Co.
s
mine
and
smelter
plant
at
Anyox
has
not
yet
been
definitely
settled.
This
is
according
to
Charles
Booking,
president
of
the
company.
"There
is
nothing
just
yet
on
our
f
ma
decision
hut
the
matter
will
likely
be
discussed
next
Tuesday
at
the
annual
meeting,"
Mr.
Bocking
said.
It
is
understood
thalihc
company
will
continue
to
operate
at
Anyox
throughout
the
summer
until
October
at
least.
local
medals
have
been
received
atK
1
.
the
office
of
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
who
is
due
to
return
to
the
city
tomorrow
evening
on
the
Ca-Lala
from
a
trip
to
Victoria
on
city
business.
1
Those
for
whom
Jubilee
medals
hve
been
received
here
are:
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergin.
Canadian
Me
dical
Association.
Miss
S.
A.
Mills,
principal
of
Borden
'Street
School.
Olof
Hanson,
M.
P.
for
Skecna.
Mrs,
Olof
Hanson.
Miss
Jean
Hjirrlson
R.N.,
superintendent
and
matron.
Prince
Rupert
(General
Hospital.
J.
S.
Wilson,
Canadian
Legion,
British
Empire
Service
League,
j
Provincial
Command.
I
Rt.
Rev.
Emll
M.
Bunoz
O.
M.
I.,
D.D.
Mrs.
D.
Orchard
McLcod,
Imper-
SERVICE
IS
RECOGNIZED
Overseas
Men
Serving:
With
Local
Militia
Unit
Awarded
King's
Silver
Jublice
Medal
Major
Charles
V.
Evltt
and
Company
Quartermaster
Sergeant
Sydney
P.
Woodslde
of
Prince
Rupert
have
been
awarded
King's
Silver
Jubilee
Medals.
Both
served
in
the
front
line
and
are
still
serving
In
the
militia.
Major
C
V.
Evltt
served
in
the
Earl
Oreys
Rifles,
Prince
Rupert,
in
the
early
days
back
In
1910.
When
list
and
.he
served
with
the
Ninth
Middlesex
Regiment
He
was
taken
prisoner
while
raiding
the
enemy
trendies
and
endeavoring
to
carry
back
a
brother
officer
who
was
Dr.
A.
E.
Perry,
superintendent,
killed.
He
Is
the
second
In
command
Port
Simpson
General
Hospital.
of
the
First
Battalion,
North
B,
C.
Mis
V.
I.
Bird
R.N..
matron,
Port
Regiment,
Prince
Rupert's
militia
Simpson
General
Hospital,
Dr.
H.
A.
McLean,
superintendent
Bella
Coola
Hospital
Miss
Kathleen
Patterson
R.N;,
matron,
Bella
Coola
Hospital
,Dr.
D.
R.
Learoyd,
superintend
(Continued
on
Page
4)
battalion.
Company
Quartermaster
Sergeant
S.
P.
Woodslde
enlisted
at
the
age
of
fifteen
with
the
Imperials
and
served
with
the
Black
Watch.
He
was
two
years
In
France
and
In
September
1918
was
awarded
the
Painters
Injured
In
Falling
From
4
BUILDING
AIR
FORCE
Britain
Embarking
on
Big
Task
of
Equalling
German
Strength;
May
Cost
$116,000,600
LONDON,
May
4:
(CP)
Information
that
Germany
has
facilities
for
building
one
hundred
fighting
planes
monthly
as
replacements
was
received
in
high
British
quarters
today
as
the
British
government
threw
into
high
gear
its
Air
Force
expansion
program
to
meet
Hitler's
challenge.
It
is
estimated
that
it
would
cost
SU6.OO0.0C0
to
build
sufficient
planes
to
make
Great
Britain
equal
to
Germany
in
the
air.
Scaffold
to
Walk
Thomas
Collier
and
Ernest
received
abrasions
and
were
shaken
up
rather
severely
this
morning
about
10
o'clock
in
the
they
were
painting,
the
Exchange
Block.
One
of
the
scaffold
hooks
gave
way
and
the
men
were
precipitated
a
distance
of
about
four-'een
feet
to
the
cement
sidewalk
on
nert
General
Hospital.
Brilliant
Student
of
This
City
Dead
Under
Tragic
Circumstances
Found
in
Apartment
Victim
of
Escaping
Gas
Was
Genius
From
His
Youngest
Days
in
School
Here
About
to
Receive
Ph.
D.
MONTREAL,
May
4:
(CP)
Lying
on
top
of
an
ice-box
;
with
the
key
of
a
gas
stove
open,
Peter
Black,
aged
30,
of
Prince
Rupert,
graduate
student
at
McGill
University,
was
yesterday
found
asphyxiated
in
his
apartment
on
Sherbrooke
Street
The
janitor
of
the
apartment
house
smelt
gas
coming
from
Black's
apartment
and,
on
open-ling
the
door,
found
the
body
of
thee
I
young
man.
Police
and
emergency
first
aid
squads
were
called
but
it
was
too
late.
The
body
was
removed
a
morgue
where
an
inquest
will
Ito
be
held
today.
Dr.
J.
B.
Collip,
chairman
of
the
departmentof
blo-chemlstry
of
Mc-1
"
$
Oill
and
one
of
the
men
responsible
j
David
Lewis
Ritchie
Accountant
ior
ine
aiscovery
oi
insulin,
wno
incidentally
took
an
especial
interest
in
the
scientific
career
of
the
Prince
Rupert
man.
was
deeply
shocked
on
being
advised
of
his
protegee's
tragic
death.
"Peter
Blackv'VDr.
CoUip
-said.
"was
an
exceptionaUy
brilliant
stu
dent,
loved
and
respected
by
under
graduates
and
staff
alike.
His
death
will
be
a
tremendous
loss
to
science.
He
was
assured
of
a
brilliant
career."
Dr.
Colli
p
added
that
Black
had
,ust
finished
writing
his
thesis
for
his
degree
of
Doctor
of
Philosophy
Ahlch,
had
he
lived,
would
have
oeen
conferred
at
the
forthcoming
convocation.
Black
was
appointed
to
the
staff
jf
McGill
as
a
demonstrator
In
bio
chemistry
a
year
ago.
Peter
Black
always
was
a
genius
jven
from
his
youngest
days
in
school
as
a
boy
here.
At
first
he
had
a
flair
for
wireless
and
pioneered
In
radio
experimentation
here
i
hen
avlaUon
claimed
his
youthful
attention
for
a
time
and
he
actually
built
an
airplane
which
his
par-
nts,
in
fear,
forebade
him
from
flying.
Later
he
took
a
keen
Interest
In
electricity
and
during
recent
years
applied
himself
to
research
in
the
field
of
blo-chemlstry.
particularly
ducUess
glands.
It
was
in
this
work
that
he
was
engaged
at
McGill
University
and
on
which
he
was
planning
to
obtain
his
Ph.
D.
degree.
Formerly
an
Arts
student
at
the
University
of
British
Colum
bia,
he
entered
McGill
in
1931.
At
one
time
he
was
Identified
with
the
scientific
staff
of
the
Prince
Rupert
collapse
of
a
scaffold
from
which
Fisheries
Experimental
Station.
Deceased
was
planning
to
pay
a
visit
to
his
home
in
Prince
Rupert
war
broke
out
he
was
turned
down)Botn
mre
taken
to
the
Prince
Ru-
the
Yukon
Gold
Rush
days,
at
one
by
the
Canadians
on
medical
lal
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire.!
grounds
and
so
paid
his
way
to
Dr.
G.
A.
Charter,
superintendent,
Skldegate
Inlet
Hospital,
Queen
Charlotte
City.
Mrs.
G.
A.
Charter,
matron,
Skldegate
Inlet
Hospital,
Queen
Charlotte
City.
England
where
he
was
able
to
en
jtlme
engaged
in
coal
mining
at
'.
,
1
.,
,
.Nanalmo.
died
here
years
ago.
A
Military
Medal
for
gallantry
In
ac-
s"-
Hester-
-unS
Peter'
.ion.
He
later
served
with
the
Royal
also
dled
a
number
years
a-Tlster
Force
and,
on
coming
to
!
Peter
Black
Jr.
was
born
at
Daw-Canada,
was
with
the
Battleford
son,
Yukon
Territory,
and
was
Light
Infantry
where
he
rose
to
brought
here
as
a
small
boy
a
quar-
the
rank
of
Second
Lieutenant
ter
of
a
century
ago.
An
adept
ten-;
Trom
this
unit
he
transferred
to
,
nis
player,
a
lover
of
music
and
of
DIED
HERE
YESTERDAY
For
Island
Lozgin
Company,
Succumbs
David
Lewis
Ritchie,
aged
52,
accountant
for
the
T.
A.
Kelley
Logging
Co.
at
SeweU
Inlet,
Queen
Charlotte.
Islands,
dld
at
,
4
o'clock
eMerday
afternoon
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
He.
had
been
ill
only
a
short
time,
having
seen
brought
to
the
city
aboard
the
company's
boat
Nora
Jane
from
the
dands
on
Wednesday.
The
late
Mr.
Lewis,
who
is
survived
by
a
widow
In
Vancouver,
had
been
a
resident
of
the
southern
:ity
for
twenty
years
or
more
and
it
one
time
was
in
the
wholesale
business
there.
He
was
"born
In
Montreal
on
May
16,
1883.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C
Undertakers.'
BOUNTY
IS
Ten
Dollars
Instead
of
Five
to
JJe
Paid
This
-Year
by
Provincial
Government
VICTORIA,
May
4:
(CP)
The
bounties
on
cougars
and
timber
wolves
this
year
will
be
$10
under
an
order
passed
under
the
Game
Act.
This
Is
an
Increase
of
$5
in
the
amount
paid
for
wolves.
The
coyote
bounty
is
partly
restored
at
$2
on
animals
killed
between
April
1
and
August
31,
APE
MAN
.
TO
HANG
this
summer.
i
Death
Sentence
Is
tii-
v,.
i.
r.mininr
ilia
UlUVAl
AO
tmauwib
ci......i
member
of
the
family.
His
father
Sixth
Street
alongside
the
building.
'Widely
known
veteran
hotel
man,
qf
t
Imposed
Upon
Edward
Duger
For
Felonies
Involving
Women
LOS
ANGELES.
May
4:
Edward
Duger,
so-called
"ape
man,"
was
convicted
yesterday
on
eleven
fel-
;
ony
charges
arising
out
of
offences
against
women
and
was
sentenced
to
die
on
the
gallows
at
San
Quen-
:tin
Penitentiary.
KETCHIKAN
HALIBUT
the
North
B.
C.
Regiment
on
coming
winning
personality,
he
was
veryj
KETCHIKAN.
May
,4:-Only
one
to
Prince
Rupert
in
1931.
popular
in
his
home
town
here
and
boat
sold
halibut
here
yesterday,
news
of
his
tragic
passing
will
be
this
being
the
T551
which
disposed
The
fire
department
had
a
call
at
received
here
with
widespread
re-
0f
5000
pounds
to
New
England
at
2:30
Thursday
afternoon
to
beyond
Bret.
Te
received
nls
elementary
6c
and
4c.
Some
thirty
thousand
Atlln
Avenue
In
Westvlew
where
a
ar"
hh
school
education
here.
(pounds
held
over
until
today.
The
fire
to
bum
grass
along
the'rallway
Arrangements
are
being
made
toNarrona
and
Mitkot
went
through
track
had
got
out
of
control.
No
bring
the
remains
home
here
for
'to
Seattle
with
catches,
the
former
damage
was
done.
burial.
having
21,000
pounds.
V
,15
virs
V