High
Pfr
.
I
-
Floods
enous
In
Interior
esf
'ifM
Does
Widespread
Damage;
Towns
Under
Water;
Homes
Evacuated
Usk,
Terrace
and
Pacific
Hard
Hit
Big
Bridge
Across
bkecna
uut
01
Commission
Railway
Tie-up
Is
Complete
Causing
widespread
damage
and
completely
disruntine
transportation
and
communications,
flood
conditions
such
as
have
not
previously
been
known
prevail
throughout
the
Skeena
Valley.
The
water
was
yesterday
reported
two
feet
higher
than
the
previous
record
thirty
years
ago.
The
flood
region
is
all
the
way
from
Kitwanga
to
Kwinitsa,
a
distance
oi
a
nunarea
mnes
or
so
along
the
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
townslte
at
Usk
Is
reported
under
four
feet
of
water
with
many
of
the
residents
having
evacuated
their
homes
to
camp
at
higher
levels.
Some
Usk
houses
were
reported
afloat.
At
Pacific
similar
conditions
prevail.
Homes
have
also
been
hurriedly
abandoned
on
the
Islands
and
along
the
shores
of
the
Skeena
near
Terrace.
While
such
piecemeal
reports
as
are
available
over
Interrupted
communication
services
indicate
there
will
be
considerable
property
damage
and
much
Inconvenience
and
discomfort,
there
Is
nothing
as
yet
to
suggest
loss
of
itle
or
Injury.
The
situation,
nevertheless,
is,
apparently,
quite
serious
with
the
possibility
that
some
people
may
already
be
suffering
privation.
Yesterday
one
approach
of
the
big
highway
bridge
across
the
Skeena
River
at
Terrace,
an
integral
factor
In
the
district
road
system,
was
reported
to
have
gone
out
with
the
bride-4tself-Mrrdan
ger.
With
numerous
slides
and
washouts
on
the
railway
line
and
the
track
under
water
for
long
dls
tances,
the
train
due
Saturday
night
from
the
east
failed
to
get
through.
It
was
stated
today
that
it
would
probably
be
weeks
before
railway
traffic
will
be
able
to
move.
Lacking
full
details
as
to
actual!
extent
of
track
damage
owing
to1
the
track
beine
under
water
and.
wires
down,
no
definite
estimate
could
be
made
as
to
exact
extent
of
trouble
or
as
to
when
trains
might
be
expected
to
move
again
along
the
Skeena
subdivision.
A
railway
tie-up
at
this
time
of
year
Is
of
more
than
usual
seriousness
with
the
movement
of
fish
now
In
full
swing.
Miles
of
telegraph
line
are
down
and
Prince
Rupert's
only
communication
with
the
outside
today
is
by
wireless.
The
long
distance
telephone
service
was
out
of
commis
sion
this
morning.
The
floods
followed
the
last
few
days
of
excessively
hot
weather
in
the
interior.
It
was
00
above
In
the
shade
at
Terrace
Saturday.
Elec
trical
storms
were
reported
from
the
Interior
Sunday.
There
was
also
thunder
and
lightning
In
Prince
Rupert
early
yesterday
morning
and
again
about
noon.
Rescue
and
Relief
Little
further
information
in
re-Sard
to
the
flood
situation
In
the
Interior
was
available
ud
to
this
morning
owing
to
interrupted
communications.
The
railway
company
was
this
morning
moving
all
Us
work
outfits
to
the
scene
of
trouble
to
start
fpair
operations.
The
provincial
police
were
considering
sending
the
police
boat
P.
M-
L.
8,
due
back
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
today,
as
far
up
the
river
as
possible
to
give
assis
tance,
if
practicable,
in
the
way'
of
rescue
and
relief.
Constable
Mc-Kenney
was
being
dispatched
from
Terrace
to
Usk.
Tomorrow's
Tides
,H8h
31755
a.m.
16.8
ft.
23:40
p.m.
19.9
ft.
5:49
a.m.
5.1
ft.
17:36
p.m.
8.5
ft.
x
in
Thirty
4
4
WATER
RISING
RAPIDLY
4
AT
PRINCE
GEORGE
NOW
4
According
to
word
received
4
at
divisional
headquarters
of
4
the
provincial
police
here
to-
4
day,
the
east
end
of
the
city
at
4
Prince
George
was
this
morn-
4
lng
under
water.
In
the
Cache
4
area
the
water
Is
rising
about
4
an
Inch
an
hour
and,
by
to-
4
morrow,
unless
there
Is
a
re-
4
cession,
the
level
will
be
up
to
4
the
Canadian
National
Rail-
4
ways
depot.
There
Is
said,
4
however,
to
be
no
Immediate
4
cause
for
alarm.
Two
evacua-
4
Hons
of
homes
have
already
4
been
made.
4
4
4
44444
4.
444
AID
BY
RADIO
Provincial
Police
System
To
Assist
In
Emergency
Owing
to
the
telegraphic
congestion,
authority
was
given
today
for
the
provincial
police
radio
service
to
handle
urgent
messages.
It
was
impossible
to
get
into
Vancouver
by
long
distance
radiophone
this
morning.
.
ykl
H
A
rpf
I
rlH
ff-if
K
if
JLixV
1
llJLilV
FOR
MAY
Not
as
Good
as
Average
with
Rain
fall
Heavier
and
Sunshine
Ilelow
Usual
With
120.4
hours
of
sunshine
and
9.1
Inches
of
rain,
the
month
of
Mav.
from
a
weather
stand
point,
was
not
quite
up
to
aver
age
in
rrince
uupen
mis
year.
These
figures
compare
with
134.3
hours
of
sunshine
In
May
last
year
and
but
1.78
inches
of
rain.
So
far
this
year
sunshine
in
Prince
Rupert
has
totalled
475.1
hours
a3
compared
with
500
hours
even
In
the
first
five
months
of
1935
wmie
this
year's
precipitation
to
date
atnr.iint.
in
33.4
inches
in
com-1
parison
with
but
16.06
Inches
In
the
corresponding
period
of
last
year.
The
weather
summary
for
the
month
of
May
this
year,
as
announced
this
morning
by
R.
G.
Emmerson,
Digby
Island,
Domin
ion
meteorologist,
Is
as
follows:
Highest
barometer
reading
at
sea
level,
30.36
on
May
16.
Lowest
barometer
reading,
29.52
on
May
4.
Maximum
temperature,
71
on
May
29.
Minimum
temperature,
32
on
May
9.
Mean
temperature,
47.8.
Precipitation,
9.1
inches.
Sunshine,
120.4
hours.
Townsend
Club
In
Ketchikan
Active
The
Townsend
movement
has
extended
to
Ketchikan
and
has
attracted
quite
a
number
of
members.
The
Ketchikan
Townsend
Club
was
scheduled
to
hold
a
picnic
along
the
highway
from
the
"First
City"
Sunday
afternoon.
Years
A:
F
ood
Notes
i
Causing
widespread
damage
j
the
extent
of
which
there
is
so
far
no
way
of
measuring,
driving
dwellers
along
the
banks
of
the
river
from
their
homes
to
higher
ground
and
in
some
cases
carrying
residences
bodily
away,
the
lower
Skeena
River,
between
Kitwanga
and
Kwinitsa,
a
distance
of
over
one
hundred
miles,
was
today
a
raging
torrent
far
above
the
previously
known
record
high
water.
This
morning
it
was
still
rising
and
there
was
no
definite
sign
of
recession.
The
situation
is
of
an
extent
and
seriousness
which
is
difficult
to
realize
without
visualizing.
The
suggestion
of
navigating
the
swirling
river,
overflowing
its
banks
for
a
width
of
miles
beyond
normal,
is
out
of
the
question.
It
would
be
folly
to
even
think
of
doing
so,
officials
declared
this
morning.
Huge
trees,
buildings
and
everything
moveable
is
being
swept
down
stream
by
the
torrent.
For
miles
the
railway
track
is
under
water.
Farm
lands
are
also
inundated.
At
Usk
the
track
..was,
today,
re-,
ported
under
five
feet
of
water.
The
main
street
of
that
village
is
two
or
three
feet
under
the
level
of
the
track
on
the
river
side.
Some
of
the
residences
are
eight
or
ten
feet
below
the
level
of
the
railway
track.
Remo,
below
Terrace,
is
another
point
where
homes
are
reported
to
have
been
carried
away.
There
will
be
no
railway
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
east
for
at
least
a
week
and
more
than
likely
it
will
be
a
good
deal
longer
than
that.
It
is
the
most
serious
situation
that
has
existed
on
the
line
in
Its
history.
The
railway
is
endeavoring
to
maintain
service
from
Jasper
as
far
west
as
Smithers
with
a
local
train
running
out
to
Kitwanga.
The
Fraser
River
cast
of
Prince
George
is
higher
than
since
1928.
The
Bulkley
River
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
not
abnormally
high.
All
eastern
mail,
express
and
passengers
for
Prince
Rupert
will
be
re-routed
via
Jasper
Park
and
Vancouver.
Mail
from
Prince
Ru
pert
for
interior
points
as
far
west
as
Kitwanga
will
be
dispatched
via
Vancouver,
it
was
announced
this
morning.
Latest
word
today
In
regard
to
the
big
highway
bridge
at
Terrace
was
to
the
effect
that
a
portion
of
the
timber
trestle
approach
on
the
southerly
(Lak-else)
side
had
been
taken
out.
The
main
steel
structure,
normally
about
fifty
feet
above
the
river
level,
was
still
Intact.
W.
II.
Tobey,
C.
N.
K.
divisional
superintendent,
coming
in
from
Pacific
Saturday
evening
on
the
way
freight,
the
last
train
arriving
from
the
Interior,
stated
that
the
river
was
rising
an
inch
an
hour
as
he
passed
down
the
.lower
Skeena.
Since
then
it
has
been
steadily
rising.
According
to
word
received
tllis
afternoon
the
water
at
Sal-vus
on
the
lower
Skeena
had
risen
to'
the
floor
levels
of
cars
spotted
on
the
railway
line
there.
mm
if
Vol.
XXV-
No.
128
"PLANE
ON
WAY
NORTH!:
Pilot
Charles
Elliott
Here
With
Pacific
Airways
Machine
On
his
way
to
Stewart
with
Thomas
Mackay,
assistant
manager
of
4
the
Premier
Gold
Mining
Co.,
and
other
passengers
on
board.
Pilot
Charles
Elliott,
wtyh
his
Pacific
Airways
monoplane',;
landed
at
8:15
Saturday
night
from
Vancouver.
After
doing
some;
freighting
for
the
Premier
Co:
Into
the
Unuk
River
country
and
mother
transpor
tation
work,
Pilot
Elliott
will
return
to
Prince
Rupert
to
make
his
base
here
for
the
'summer.
The
plane
left
its
moorings
last
venlne
with
a
view
to
hODDlne
off
for
Stewart
but
developed
engine
trouble
before
gettjng
Into
the
air
and
was
towed
back
from
the
mid-
tie
of
the
harbor
by
George
Ecker-
man
with
his
gasboat
Geordle.
Winnipeg
for
parts,
and
the
plane
!ln
win,
wieieiuie,
ticiu
uuwn
ueic
or
a
week
or
so.
This
is
the
same
low-wlngel
i
Tunkers
plane
formerly
operated
'l!,.1116,,1
rPaddi"
BUfke
in
thC!onto.
Montreal.
Vancouver,
or
Hal-
Atlln
district.
?
Mr.
Mackay
continued
to
Stew-j
art
on
the
Catala
last
evening.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
94,000
pounds,
7c
and
Jc
to
7c
and.
6.5c.
Canadian
103,000
pounds,
6(
md
5c
to
6.1c
and
5c.
American
Nordby,
34,000,
7c
and
6.5c,
Cole
jtorags.
Betty
J.,
15,000,
7c
and
6c,
Cold
jtorage.
Hi
Gill,
12,000,
7c
and
6c,
Cold
.Storage.
Cora,
8,500,
7c
and
6c,
Cold
Stor-;
lge.
Garland,-
11,500,
7c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage.
Bravo,
13,000,
7c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage.
Canadian
Dovre
B.,
20,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Signal,
17,000,
6.1c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Cape
Spear,
11,500,
6.2C
and
5.2c,
Atlln.
Minnie
V.,
8,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Toodle,
10,500,
6.1c
and
5.1c,
Cold
Storage.
Carol,
9,500,
6.1c
and
5c,
Booth.
Viking,
9,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Cape
Spencer,
4,500,
6c
and
5c,
Booth.
Cape
Race,
6,000,
6c
and
5c,
Booth.
Essential,
4,800,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Lake
Biwa,
3,000,
6c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage.
Prosperity
A.
and
Johan
W.
I.
were
In
but
did
not
go
on
the
ex
change,
sailing
for
Vancouver.
RESORT
TO
ARSON
NOW
Disorders
Continue
In
Palestine
Fires
Reported
in
a
Dozen
Communities
JERUSALEM,
June
1:
(CP)
One
Arab
was
killed
arly
Satur
day
and
three
other
persons
were
wounded
as
rioters
turned
to
arson
in
latest
racial
disturbances,
the
Palcor
Agency
reported.
Fires
were
reported
In
a
dozen
commute
Hies.
Ouerllla
warfare
continued
over
the
week-end
between
Arabs
and
British
soldiers.
mmln
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FATE
OF
FIFTY-THREE
MISSIONARIES
UNKNOWN
ADDIS
ABABA,
June
1:
(CP
J
The
fate
of
fifty-three
missionaries
in
the
Ethiopian
interior
is
still
unknown,
Dr.
T.
A.
Lambi?
of
Toronto,
field
director
of
the
Ethiopian
Mls-4
sion
Service,
said
Saturday,
PASSING
OF
OLD
ARTIST
Homer
Watson
Dies
at
Doon
Near
Kitchener,
Ontario,
At
Age
of
Eighty-one
.
.
,.
(rp.Hnm
Wati
nn
nt
-an.
!iHa,.
nKion,na,
rtj.t.
huh
.
hls
eighty-first
year.
When
the
time
comes
for
Can
adians
to
look
back
with
pride
up-
.
nn
f.
hIstnrv
ftf
,h
nrt
amnno
thp
,:..
thp
rtpalp
nf
Tnr.
lfax
will
offer
avid
collectors,
none
perhaps
will
command
greater
respect
or
will
be
more
(sought
after
than
the
pastoral
landscapes
by
Homer
Watson.
But,
Homer
Watson,
In
spite
o
his
beautiful
contribution
to
art,
to
Canadian
art,
was
hardly
morr
than
a
name
to
the
Canadian
rviblic.
He
lived
away
from
the
cities
in
his
studio-house
at
Doon
There
was
no
meeting
ground
for
irt
dealers
and
art
cliques.
Onlv
hose
who
loved
the
kindly
little
gentleman
called
once
in
a
while;
md
they
were
always
warmly
received
by
the
artist
and
his
self'
forgetting
sister
who
replaced
af
the
hearth
the
good
departed
wife
In
that
countryside
his
traditional
oaks
have
lost
their
rich
fullnesi
their
deep
green
foliage
and
their
shadow
no
longer
offers
to
graz-
'.ng
cattle
the
tender
shelter
of
yore,
for
it
has
become
industrialized
and
lumbermen
have
been
at
vork,
without
romantic
consideration.
Only
In
the
heart
of
the
artist
docs
all
the
beauty
of
a
day
one
past
remain.
Homer
Watson
was
born
In
1855
in
the
rural
community
of
Doon
Ont.,
son
of
Ransford
Watson
and
Susannah
Moore.
His
father
was
a
Scottish
woollen
mill
owner,
but
the
painter
never
knew
him,
hav
Jhg
been
left
an
orphan
when
he
was
still
a
baby.
From
a
comfortable
mode
of
living
his
faml'v
suddenly
found
Itself
In
great
fin
ancial
difficulties.
It
was
agalns
these
difficulties,
In
spite
of
them,
or
perhaps
of
them,
that
young
Homer
Watson,
without
tuition
of
any
sort,
started
to
draw,
then
began
to
color
his
drawings,
eventually
daring
enough
to
squeez:
some
precious
paint
on
a
palett
and
started
to
paint.
Gets
Recognition
He
was
only
25
when
recognition
came
to
him
In
1880
from
thr
Canadian
Academy.
Three
year?
after
this
initial
success,
Homer
Watson
was
made
the
first
elected
member
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Academy.
Not
long
after
he
was
an
exhibitor
In
England
togethr
with
the
notable
men
of
the
day.
Watson's
panoramic
"Valcartlei
Camp,"
done
under
assignment
of
the
Canadian
government
In
1914,
is
his
outstanding
contrl
button
to
the
history
of
the
Oreat
War,
FRIENDSHIP
REWARDED
LONDON,
June
1:
(CP)
H.
A.
Covington,
Streatham,
who
died
recently,
left
$100,000
to
William
Eastoe,
Putney,
a
fellow
k
worker
for
50
years.
i
MONDAY,
JUNE
1,
1936
BANDIT
HAS
SUCCUMBED
Edward
McMullen
Dies
of
Bullet
Wound
Sustained
in
Episode
At
Blaine
Customs
House
SEATTLE,
June
1:
Edward
McMullen,
confederate
of
"Red"
of
Ryan,
who
was
killed
in
the
Sar-nia,
Ont.,
liquor
store
hold-up
a
week
previous,
died
in
hospital
here
Saturday
afternoon.
He
had
been
shot
through
the
head
at
Blaine
customs
house
Thursday
by
his
own
gun
in
a
struggle
which
followed
his
slaying
of
Customs
Officer
Charles
Flachs.
Had
McMullen
lived
he
would
have
been
charged
with
the
mur-ler
of
Flachs.
REFUGE
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER,
June
1:
(CP)
While
Edward
McMullen
lay
dy
ing
in
a
Seattle
hospital
at
the
week-end
with
a
bullet
wound
in
his
head
following
the
affray
in
the
customs
house
at
Blaine
on
Thursday
night
when
the
bandit
shot
and
killed
Charles
Flachs,
an
immigration
officer,
Vancouver
police
had
uncovered
here
an
elaborate
hide-out
in
Burnaby
which
McMullen
had
apparently
intended
as
a
permanent
refuge.
The
place
was
a
five-room
bungalow
on
Victory
Street
which
had
been
rented
to
a
man
and
woman
who
gave
the
name
of
Masson.
McMullen
is
known
to
have
used
the
name
Masson.
The-
landlord
said
the
tenants
left
hurriedly.
Meantime
Vancouver
police
interviewed
Mrs.
McMullen
and
released
her,
stating
that
they
were
convinced
that,
up
to
the
time
McMullen
shot
Immigration
Inspector
Flachs,
the
wife
was
unaware
of
her
husband's
real
identity.
Near
collapse,
Mrs.
McMullen
of
announced
her
intention
of
going
to
Seattle
to
see
her
husband.
Card
of
Thanks
Louis
Leroux
wishes
to
thank
his
many
friends
for
flowers
and
kind
expressions
of
sympathy
during
the
'lme
of
his
recent
bereavement.
Flowers
were
received
from
Mr.
ind
Mrs.
Turgeon
and
family,
Mr.
md
Mrs.
C.
P.
Balagno,
Bulkley
Market,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Barbe
and
Jamlly,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Garon
and
I'amily,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Louis
Martin
md
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Caven-
aile
and
family.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Whlf-
fin
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gomez
ind
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Do
minate
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
S.
O.
Ayres
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Tred
Rlffou
and
Yvonne,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
A.
McDougall.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Elliot,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Worsfold,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
G.
Vlger,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.
Declno,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Da
vidson,
Harry
Smith,
Jack
Candow,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
H.
Smith,
Ethel
and
Harry
Day,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
David
Scott
and
Betty,
New
Royal
Hotel,
Office
Staff
of
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Ltd.,
Mechanical
Department
of
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Ltd.,
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Ltd.,
Fish
Packers'
Union,
Anton
Isakson,
Sunrise
Grocery,
Miss
B.
Harte,
Mrs.
Minnie
Sullivan,
Charlie
the
Barber,
Frank
Roma.
Today's
Weather
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
calm;
barometer,
29.95;
temperature,
45;
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Foggy,
light
northeast
wind;
sea
obscured.
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer,
29.82;
sea
smooth.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
FAILS
TO
SETMARK
Twelve
Hours
of
Fog
Prevents
Queen
Mary
From
Topping
Normandie's
Rpcord
NEW
YORK,
June
lj
Chances'
the
giant
new
White
Star-Cun-ard
liner
Queen
Mary
to
beat
the
four
days,
11
hours
and
42
minutes
record
of
the
French
steamer
Normandle
for
the
Atlantic
crossing
were
lost
Saturday
night
and
Sunday
morning
when
the
vessel
encountered
head
winds
and
later
heavy
fog
for
twelve
hours
and
had
to
reduce
her
speed.
Sir
Ed-
.
jar
Britten,
commander,
and
six
lavlgatlng
offlcesr
were
standing
constant
watch
as
the
swirling
nlst
obscured
the
sea.
The
ship's
sirens
sounded
almost
continuous
lasts
to
warn
other
vessels
of
the
marine
giant's
approach.
The
Queen
Mary
was
due
to
arrive
at
luarantine
at
10
o'clock
this
morning,
four
hours
behind
the
Normandie's
time.
A
great
reception
lwaits
.her
in
New
York.
For
the
day
ending
noon
yester
day,
the
Queen
Mary
covered
673
miles,
reaching
a
maximum
of
3?
allies
per
hour
and
averaging
27.12
ulles
per
hour.
ACTRESS
-
-CHARGED
Harry
Bannister
Swears
Out
Warrant
for
Arrest
of
Ann
Hard-On
Abduction
Charges
QUEBEC,
June
1:
(CP)
Harry
bannister,
former
husband
of
Ann
Harding,
swore
out
a
warrant
Saturday
for
the
arrest
of
the
tage
and
screen
star
on
a
charge
abducting
their
eight-year
old
laughter,
Jane.
Bannister
came
here
from
New
York
Friday
by
plane
after
Miss
Harding
had
made
known
her
plans
to
sail
Saturday
on
the
Empress
of
Australia.
However,
she
changed
her
plans
and,
with
Jane,
sailed
on
the
Duchess
of
Atholl,
being
three
hundred
miles
down
the
St.
Lawrence
enroute
to
Europe
when
Bannister
arrived.
Ban
ister
returned
late
Saturday
to
New
York
by
plane.
Hindenburg
On
Way
Back
After
Flight
to
Rio
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
June
1:
The
riant
German
dirigible
Hindenburg
was
well
across
the
Atlan-ic
Ocean
last
night
on
her
way
back
to
her
base
at
Frankfort-onMaln
after
another
reguVir
flight
to
South
America.
Soon
after
her
return
to
Frankfort,
the
Hindenburg
will
set
out
on
an
other
flight
to
Lakehurst,
New
Jersey.
Three
Members
Of
Alaska
Steamer's
Crew
Put
in
Jail
WRANGELL,
Alaska,
June
It-
Three
members
of
the
crew
of
tha
Alaska
Steamship
Co.'s
steam?:
Northwestern
are
serving
Jail
sentences
here.
The
sentences
were
Imposed
In
court
here
Saturday
following
disorders
earlier
In
the
week
at
Juneau
In
which
the
men
participated
while
tho
vessel
was
in
port
there.