attullo
Puts
Election
Issues
Before
Home
Town
Audience;
!
Poor
Time
to
Change
Horses
III
ICIIIL
.
Itkilll
lllim
A
I
L.1LIIL
llllf
I
1
llllirill
VI
Is
Stressed
Variety
of
blatters
Dealt
With
By
Prune
Minister
Before
Big
Meeting
iiiuic
utvti
woo
u
unic
in
me
inaiui
v
ui
uie
iJi
uviuee
en
it
was
more
important
to
return
a
government
to
ice
to
carry
on
its
work,"
declared
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-
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at
tiiio
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present
negotiations
with
Ottawa
for
better
terms
for
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in
the
east
knew
with
whom
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were
dealing
In
British
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Important
business
half
way
l
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reasonable
to
make
a
change
Do
you
think
those
who
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ia
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p
Thprp
u'ns
Knme
hprkilnir
at
a
rpid
lire
of
decisive
state-
cliips
flew
However,
the
Pre-
wen
Known
as
a
sea&oneu
Tiinncr
nnn
Tin
in
rivns
linnii
dhlurbatvcc
uLrXeobte
and
Jn-.
game
and
he
is
rar
more
enec-
whnn
faced
by
a
few
of
them
when
his
listeners
are
en-
rc
;ponslvc.
That
is
where
the
those
who
endeavored
to
iirr::
n
1
m
i
iirn:i
v
iiiiiil
n
ligation.
Heard
Here
ITcmicr
T.
D.
Patlullo
P
McCaffery
was
chairman
,,
workmen's
Compensation
ho
mnol
Inn
Af
nnonlntr
hn
...
.
.
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1
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inn
nmninn
inni
it
tl-iiii
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in
lari.
111
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u.xt.ii.1
n.iz
iinu
rv
uvj
Hilt
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nnrf
lwrn
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w
t.
.
.
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.
ioi
hi
mir
Ann
nrr
i
npep
ninnc
v.
i
i
ij
mi
i'ati-unu,
pui
Liuuiaiij
tiew
nf
ihp
rprLiintv
of
the
kont
scoarate
and
administered
by
It
would
be
for
the
best
In-
nnnrri
which
had
millions
of
dol-
-'
lata
ill
vowui
mvv
w
-
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w
1
1-
J-
(.ovum
-
iOv
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U.
V
UVUUO'
pvcrnment
of
the
day.
He
urg-
Hon
funds
was
also
not
In
accor-
that
tin
mlstako
of
this
kind
be
rim
;ith
ihr
fnrls.
Some
of
these
-
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illittl
.
w
i
ill
I
Iff-II
UaLU
Ul
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ft
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M..
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inciuning
me
con!vrvu-ia
practice
oi
wnirn
uie
uiuliuk
m
the
very
early
days
of
the
had
riLsannrovcd
at
the
time
and
i
t
wj
lAit
lljutv-nvvmv
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liii:
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'
m-sistence
on
the
building
the
COlirt
hrmco
horn
tli
haH
KP.n
rnrtt
niiAiiif
rn
(Vm
uAtt
in.
Mr.
Pattullo
tinier
Futtuilo
spoke
for
just
i
rnv
i
i
At
n
ntirt
ur
rf
.
i.
.
.
.
uu,
vjmer
mavtcra
o
cui-
-..itoiy
sucxi
as
uie
impruvcu
---.!
i
i.
ii
i
r
i
win
j
wnn
nrnuir
rv
.
"louiunce,
iieaiey
Amaiea-
Tft
.1.
.
i
uKon
were
aean
wun.
iocai
matters
rorcouen.
fea
briefly
to
the
reasons
for
!.
II.
.
.
....
"it
mineral
eiccnon
ai
uus
M
It-
I
I
.
.
.
.ian
uuun
consiacrca
umeiy
ld
the
plebiscite
on
health
and
the
election
at
the
time
Had
there
been
a
de-
'"tuura,
mere
migni
noi
vn
u,.
.
.
-
"-i.il
so
many
candidates
in
uu
mis
occasion,
ne
re-
lTo4
ii.
.
u4k
ii
nad
been
a
Liocrai
7iiitHu
niter
the
1916
e
ectlon
'At
U
.
...
Mr
P'.Ullo
referrrrl
t.n
the
rnn
At-
.
-
wHttt
naa
oeen
made
of
rlf-
I'cderal
Iluilding
Mr.
Pattullo
mentioned
the
new
local
federal
building.
He
(Pattullo)
had
agreed
to
give
the.
federal
government
the
site
on
which
the
building
was
to
be
erected.
Plans
for
the
building
were
now
being
drafted
and
within
two
months
tenders
would
be
called.
Regarding
the
ore
sampling
plant
here.
Mr.
Pattullo
reiterated
a
previous
announcement
that
positive
Instructions
had
been
given
that
It
should
be
proceeded
with
at
once.
He
recalled
that
It
had
been
decided
to
put
this
In
at
the
Instance
of
W.
J.
Asselstine,
the
member
for
Atlin.
and
the
ap
propriation
made
last
year
long
before
an
election
naa
Deen
thought
of.
He
was
confident
that
it
would
be
a
successful
under
taking.
The
Premier
then
tunica
io
a
memorandum
of
requests
that
had
been
made
by
the
Trades
&
Labor
Council.
One
request
was
for
a
bill
recognizing
the
right
of
collective
bargaining.
He
wanted
to
know
definitely
what
was
meant
by
this.
If
It
was
proposed
that
it
should
be
by
means
of
any
One
Big
Union
In
control
of
a
handful
of
men
he
was
unequivocally
opposed
to
It
as
it
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
Points
by
Pattullo
Ncvcr
was
there
a
time
In
the
history
of
the
province
when
It
was
more
important
to
return
a
government
to
office
to
carry
on
its
work,
We
have
important
business'
half
way
through.
Is
it
reasonable
to
nuke
a
change
now?
I'lans
for
the
federal
building
in
I'rince
Kupcrt
arc
being
drafted
and
within
two
months
tenders
will
be
called.
Positive
instructions
have
been
given
to
proceed
With
the
ore
sampling
plant
In
Trince
Kupcrt
at
once.
I
want
to
know
all
the
implications
before
making
a
decision
in
regard
to
collective
bargaining.
If
it
"means
a
One
Big
Union
in
control
of
a
handful
of
men,
I
am
opposed
to
it.
The
record
of
the
Liberal
gov.
Ttrh
inch
ts'
Vveruavperio(r'oT
yeairs
shows
that
we
have
not
only
talked
but
acted
for
(he
benefit
of
the
average
man.
lloads,
bridges,
schools
and
hospitals
cannot
be
provided
without
increasing
the
public
debt.
Tho
Liberal
government
proposes
further
relief
to
the
municipalities
on
a
sound
basis
involving
the
lessening
of
the
tax
burden
on
land.
The
public
works
department
of
this
province
was
never
better
conducted
than
it
is
today.
There
is
less
partisanship
than
there
ever
was
before.
All
reports
have
been
given
to
the
public
In
full.
We
have
nothing
to
hide;
nothing
to
apologirx
for
(in
regard
to
Medley
Amalgamated),
Collection
marketing,
effected
by
this
government,
has
resulted
in
improved
prices
for
halibut.
Our
education
curriculum
is
unexcelled
on
this
continent
and
the
basis
of
taxation
is
more
cqutablc.
You
should
vote
"yes"
on
the
health
insurance
plebiscite.
If
you
do
not,
it
cannot
be
gone
ahead
.with.
No
one
intends
to
extend
the
franchise
to
the
Orientals
with
the
possible
exception
of
the
C.
C.
I.
and
they
won't
be
given
the
chance
to.
The
Liberal
party
is
the
only
organization
efficiently
equipped
to
serve
govcrnmentally
at
the
present
time.
It
has
a
record
of
achievement,
definite
and
pro-pressivc
plans
for
the
future
and
knowledge,
experience
and
determination
to
put
these
plans
Into
effect.
British
Columbia
Is
now
selling
its
bonds
at
the
best
price
in
the
history,
of
ihe
province.
This
government
should
be
returned
on
Its
record
alone.
The
government
is
determined
to
be
of
assistance
to
the
Prince
Kupcrt
pulp
mill
undertaking.
Those
who
want
to
slick
in
the
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lrom
page
2)
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI
MO.
ill.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
MONDAY,
MAY
17,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
aril
remier
xccls
in
Fighting
Speech
INTERVIEW
PATTULLO
Trades
and
1-ibor
Council
Delegation
In
Session
Wiih
Premier
To
place
before
him
several
matters
concerning
the
workers'
in
general,
and
I'rince
Itupert
in
particular,
a
delegation
from
the
Prince
Kupcrt
Trade.
and
Laboi
'
Council
consisting
of
T.
C.
j
Black.
T.
Klliott,
.1,
J.
Oillis,'
and
0.
Anderson
interviewed
Pre-i
mier
Pattullo
on
Saturday
afternoon
and
the
following
requests
were
taken
up:
i
i
A
Trades
Union
Hill
giving
the
workers
the
right
to
collective
bargaining
and
the
right
to
joir
'
a
trades
union
of
their
own
choice.
;
A
Kctter
Housing
Act.
More
relief
allowance
for
the
unemployed
and
more
coverage
be
given
the
married
unemployed.
A
basic
.minimum
rate
for
common
labor
of
COc
per
hour.
,
Enforcement
of
the
f're
departments
Hours
oft
Work
Act.
giving
firemen
two
full
ihys
off
in
each
week
insteaa
f
having
to
work
12
hours
per
day
week
in
and
week
out.
The
last
mentioned
Tejuest
was
idinsted
immediately
and
other
reiuestn
will
receive,
Considera
tion.
T
Trades
and
tabor
1.
.WK'
-v
Council
Session
Kxlrn
(Jang
Pay,
Heillli
Insurance
and
Minimum
Wyiges
In
Const
met
ion'
Industry
Discussed
Matters
of
coinridernblu
importance
were
taken
up
at
the
last
regular
meeting
of
the
Prince
Kupcrt
Trades
&
Iibor
Council.
Correspondence
was
received
from
the
general
secretary
with
respect
to
the
extra
gangs
working
on
the
railways
for
the
sum
of
25c
per
hour.
The
communication
was
to
the
effect
that
thee,
men
do
not
come
under
the
main-'
tennnce
of
way
agreement
amis
are
not
subject
to
the
2.ric
rate
of'
pay
which
applies
to
maintenance
of
way
men
for
the
first
sii
monlhs.
Advice
was
given
thai
j
'itli
extra
gang
men
should
ne-;
gotiate
for
a
scale
before
going
out
on
the
job.
(
Kegarding
the
Health
Insurance
Act,
the
council
again
took
the
stand
that
this
Act
should
b!
'.riven
all
support
and
instruct
its
membership
to
vote
"yes"
in
the
plebiscite.
A
communication
from
the
Industrial
Kelations
Hoard
regarding
a
proposed
minimum
wagr
in
the
construction
industry
wa
not
favorably
received.
The
douncil
took
the
stand
that
P
could
do
better
through
individual
bargaining
than
at
the
rate
sj;:
by
the
board
and
decided
to
notify
the
bpard
accordingly.
Government
Is
Making
Grant
To
Local
Library
Kcalfzing
the
present
condition
of
the
books
belonging
to
the
public
library
of
Prince
Rupert,!
thu
provincial
librarian
has
notl-j
fied
the
Prince
Kupcrt
Library
Hoard
that
a
grant
has
been
made1
avuilnlplc
tn
the
nubile
library
tiv
the
government
for
the
purchase!
of
hooks
in
trie
non-iiciional
sec-'
tions
of
the
library.
Donations
have
been
received
tnwnriln
ihn
linnk
fund
rHmrmiirn
'from
the
Hon.
T.
D.
'Pattullo
and
Olof
Hanson,
M;
P.
Late
Telegraphs
WAR
ADMIRAL
WINS
AGAIN
BALTIMORE
Samuel
Riddle's
War
Admiral
repeated
its
Kentucky
Derby
triumph
over
J.
II.
Loucheim's
I'ompoo
nin
the
$50,-000
Preakncss
race
here
Saturday.
Only
a
head
separated
the
pair
at
the
finish
as
John
Hay
Whitney's
Flying
Scot
'finished
six
lengths
back
for
third
money,
MODERATE
CALLED
VALENCIA
Last
night
Premier
Francisco
Largo
Camballero
refused
to
make
further
efforts
toward
forming
a
new
Spanish
cabinet
whereupon
Dr.
Juan
Ne-grin,
Cabalerro's
finance
minister,
agreed
to
attempt
the
formation
of
a
cabinet.
Dr.
Ncgrin
is
a
member
of
the
moderate
section.
QUADS
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL
Death
has
snatched
the
third
of
quadruplet
babies
which
were
born
Sunday
in
Montreal
to
Mrs.
Paul
Martel,
wife
of
a
bakery
driver,
leaving
on-.
boy
the
sole
survivor
of
the
girl
and
three
boys.
SC50.0DO
DAMAGE
FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks
Hoods
are
now
receding.
Indications
arc
that
damage
will
run
to
about.
SC."8,000.
EDMONTON
GKADS
WIN1
EDMONTON
Edmonton
Grads
"ilff
catca
Wiekita-1
-t
t&in
,4he
third
game
of
their
scries
and
won
the
competition.
"SCHOOL
BOY"
SUSPENDED
DETROIT
Manager
Mickey
Cochrane
yesterday
suspended
"School
Boy"
Rowe,
star
hurlcr
of
the
Detroit
Tigers,
without
salary
for
failure
to
get
into
condition.
REVOLT
CRUSHED
TIRANO,
Albania
Government
troops
arc
bavins:
little
difficulty
crushing
a
revolt
which
broke
out
Saturday.
HONG
KONG
DISASTER
Explosion
Makes
Shambles
Of
Waterfront
and
Kills
Seventy
Persons
HONG
KONG,
May
17:
(CP)
An
explosion
aboard
a
Japanese
launch
made
a
shambles
of
part
of
the
waterfront
of
Hong
Kong
today,
killing
perhaps
seventy
persons
and
blowing
bodies
over
an
area
from
200
yards
to
a
quarter
of
a
mile.
The
launch
was
owned
by
the
steamship
company,
Osaka
Sho-sen
Kaisha,
All
but
one
member
of
the
crew
of
the
launch
were
killed.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
40,000
pounds,
8.5c
ami
Cc
and
8.0c
and
Cc.
Canadian
(,0,500
pounds,
7c
and
fie
to
7.8c
and
5c.
American
Explorer,
:J7,000,
8.0c
and
Gc,(
Pacific.
Remus,
'J.OOO.
8.5c
and
Cc,
Cold
Storage.
Canadian
Viking,
7,000,
7.0c
and
Koolh.
Triumph,
8,000,
7.5e
and
Atlin.
Southend.
11,500,
7.8c
and
Atlin.
5c.
xz
5c
i
Aleve,
1,000,
7c
and
5c,
Atlin.
Salida,
11,000,
7.5c
and
5c,
Cold
Storage,
TO
RESUME
ON
TUESDAY
fmlvrlal
flnnfrrrnrp
al
tj.tnliin
Has
Been
Adjourned
Over
Week-End
LONDON,
May
17:
(CP)
"It
will
be
our
taslc,"
said
Prime
MlnlsteT
Stanley
Baldwin,
In
opening
the
first
plenary
session
of
the
Imperial
conference
here,
"to
examine
causes
of
the
present
International
unrest,
exchange
views
upon
them
.nd
consider
whether
there
is
any
Contribution
which
we,
co-operating
together,
can
make
to
their
di-
alnutlon
or
removal."
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
said
It
should
be
the
aim
of
the
rest,
of
the
Empire
to
so
order
their
relations
and
co-ordinate
their
policies
hat
they,
In
turn,
might
contribute
'o
a
peaceful
ordering
of
interna-
Ional
relations.
The
work
of
the
conference
was
suspended
over
the
week-end
until
Tuesday
when
committees
will
probably
begin
their
activities.
The
conference
will
make
no
attempt
to
enunciate
an
Imperial
de-
fence
scheme
or
set
a
general
Im-
J
ternoon.
perlal
foreign
policy.
MADE
FAST
PLANE
TRIP
Pilot
Charles
Elliott
Travels
From
One
End
of
Province
to
Other
With
Election
Official
"After
a
sneedv
fllaht
from
one
BACK
IN
VICTORIA
Premier
Pattullo
Uses
Aircraft
Advantage
Well
Received
At
Stewart
and
Simpson
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
and
party
arrived
here
at
3
o'clock
Saturday
afternoon
from
the
north
aboard
Capt.
E.
C.
W.
Dobbin's
Waco
seaplane
and
at
9
o'clock
Sunday
morning
hopped
off
for
Victoria,
a
slop
at
Alert
Bay
en
route
being
made
enroutc
to
the
capital
where
arrival
was
made
late
yesterday
afternoon.
Wallie
May
J
BELLICINI
ACQUITTED
Found
Not
Guilty
by
Jury
of
Having
Burned
Down
Building
At
Houston
Eight
Years
Ago
Defence
Evidence
Testimony
of
Dead
Man,
Implying
Guilt
of
Accused,
Is
Discredited
After
deliberating
22
minutes,
the
jury
at
the
session
of
the'
Supreme
Court
Assizes
in
the
case
of
E.
O.
Belliclni
of
Houston,
charged
with
arson
in
connection
with
the
burning
of
a
partially
completed
hotel
building
at
Houston
In
August
1929,
returned
a
verdict
of
acquittal.
After
hearing
the
summing
up
of
His
Lordship
and
the
arguments
of
counsel
T.
W.
Brown,
crown
prosecutor,
and
H.
H.
Griffin,
for
the
defence
the
jury
retired
at
4:30,
returning
shortly
before
five
with
its
verdict.
Thereupon.
Belliclni
was
ordered
released
from
custody.
This
ended
the
Assize
Court
session
here
on
Saturday
af-
During
the
trial
carpenters
and
builders
who
had
been
engaged
In
the
construction
of
the
building
also
testified,
thtse
Including
It.
Mohnqulst,
now
of
Qucsnel;
Taylor
Jensen
of
Burns
Lake;
Charles
Lll-Ua,
Hans
Peterson
and
-A.
St.
Louis.
According
,tothese
witnesses,
the
bulletins
uaspparenUy..tMa.Jia
along
rather
cheap
lines
and
considerable
economy
was
evercied
a
Belliclnl's
Instructions.
In
the
course
of
this
evidence,
the
Judge
reminded
crown
counsel
that
the
-end
of
the
nrovince.
a
distance
oficlar6e
against
Belilcinl
was
not
more
than
one
thousand
miles
inione
of
putting
up
a
cheap
building
each
direction,
Pilot
Charles
El-
but
that
he
had
burned
or
caused
llott
of
Pacific
Airways
hopped
off
tnE
building
to
be
burned
down,
from
Prince
Rupert
at
12:30
noon"Tnere
is
nt
a
shadow
of
proof
today
for
Vancouver.
He
had
on!i'et"
observed
Ills
Lordship,
"that
board
P.
Walker,
deputy
provincial
secretary,
whom
he
had
taken
i
to
Atlin,
Telegraph
Creek
and
Mc-Dames
Creek
In
connection
with
provincial
election
business.
On
leaving
here
today
for
Vancouver,
the
plane
also
had
on
board
Mrs.
A.
R.
Nichols
of
Prince
Rupert
who
will
pay
a
brief
visit
with
her
sister,
Mrs.
A.
M.
Manson,
in
Vancouver.
It
Is
expected
to
reach
Vancouver
early
this
evening
with
a
losslble
stop
at
Alert
Bay
for
iccuscd
was
putting
the
building
up
in
order
to
burn
It
down.""
Harvey
Davlcs
told
of
seeing
the
hotel
at
Houston
being
burned
down
in
1929.
Mr.
Davies,
daughter,
Mrs.
McDonald,
told
or
seeing
the
hotel
berore
It
was
burnedShe
said
the
windows
were
all
In
when
the
work
of
construction
stopped
but.
Just
before
the
fire,
five
or
six
windows
In
the
upper
storey
liad
been
taken
out.
She
noticed
this
when
riding
past
on
horseback.
Construction
Described
H.
Mohnqulst
of
Quesncl,
told
of
being
employed
by
Belilcinl
on
the
construction
of
the
hotel.
Asked
In
regard
to
construction
he
said
that
a
rain
came
soon
after
the
roof
was
put
on
and
It
leaked.
The
windows
were
alf
In.
He
worked
on
To
Belliclnl's
house
after
the
hotel
work
was
stopped
and
he
had
packed
some
boards
from
the
hotel
to
the
house.
At
that
time
he
did
not
speak
English.
It
was
his
first
Job
In
this
country.
I
Cross-examined
by
Mr.
Griffin
witness
qualified
the
evidence
;
given
at
the
preliminary
hearing
in
Smlthers.
'
Taylor
Jensen,
a
carpenter
of
Burns
Lake
with
35
years'
experience
at
the
trade,
said
he
started
working
on
Belliclnl's
building
in
,
May
1929.
He
worked
on
the
win-'
dows.
Four
of
the
rooms
upstairs
1
were
finished
when
he
was
laid
off.
uc
was
told
tnere
was
no
more
Irtin
RftVlHv
moncv
and
lhe
wo1
uld
not
go
JU1II
lVUJTttllJf
on.
He
took
his
orders
from
BellU
clnl.
LONDON,
May
17:
(CP)
The
Charles
Llllla.
carpenter,
told
of
5c,
j
British
press
Is
discussing
the
pos-
building
the
shack
In
which
they
slbllity
of
royal
recognition
for
lived.
He
then
drew
sketch-plans
of
Mrs.
Wallls
Warfleld
by
means
of
a
hotel
50
by
80
feet.
Materials
the
formal
announcement
of
her
were
bought
for
the
house
and
af-engagement
to
the
Duke
of
Wind-1
tcrwards
used
In
the
hotel.
Belilcinl
sor
by
King
George
himself.
was
in
charge
of
construction.
He
I
gave
the
instructions
to
plaster
Mrs.
H
.
F.
Glassey,
after
hav-
over
two-foot
centres.
No
chimneys
ling
spent
several
months
visiting,
were
built
but
the
fireplace
was
Pair
of
Jacks,
8,000,
7.2c.
and,
Jn
the
south,
was
a
passenger:
built
to
the
celling.
5c,
Cold
Storage,
'aboard
the
Princess
Louise
yes-
William
A.
Walker,
deputy
fire
'Relief,
14,000,
7.8c
and
5c,
Cold
terday
returning
to
Atlin
from
marshal,
told
of
making
an
Ihycs-Storuge.
Vancouver.
(Continued
on
Pag
Foul)
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