a E-:itihlc view of the tragic fire following explosion on the Prince Rupert water- :M when Lie halibut boat Lorna H. blew up at the Home Oh dock, killing Bobby I . - 1 . , ., 1 I ... T-1 T , TT ...or- ;6tu3 Orvik ana injuring nve oiner men, iwo quue seuousiy. uuiua u. r.i uid the end of the Home Oil dock was damaged. t'i f iritured ankle umlbc of mtr.inHun GO. 7' rince Rupert this weekend. The first sail- iron hnre at midnight Monday anu eacu ereafter there will be sailings, from this : Pciwourg. f ' ' - The ves- :m :rr 3 south- ll-lr - Mnatlrrz ; s'atc and moved liert0-r Jie Caria- 11 R:...W3v fnr J-'abi i From Al-"l for trnn.. ;t t'.ie railway f" Pi luU of the r'-Ad ChiD Tnnv Vio service which may :!1 to ti'.ka. Haines H VO 'le iin ih 'M U Pan Pmn. lattle c. Tfifte.ov" r Kc''-'k8n direct FJ ePe :ea w arrive lCOmPany and t tt' and proceed Brings is be Ccmmerce at it'i monthly dinner meeting next Monaay evening. A party of St. Paul (Minne sota! Chamber oi wmuuww members, wno were to have been here for Che occasion of the Southeastern's inaugural sailing. have had to delay their trip dui may be here the following week. They plan to mane xne mp uum here to southeastern Alaska with the Southeastern.' h guest of Prince THE WEATHER Synopsis vavioMp elo;icilness is expect Columbia today ed over British. and Friday. Teaajwrature ieau-ings will be near normal in mosit regions. Forecast Prince Rupert Queen Charlottes and North Coast-Var able cloudiness today and Friday. Wind light. Little eflaw in temperature. Temperatures tonight and Friday: P;rt Ilarfly. minl- ,imiim 60 Massett, inuni to. minimum 48, maximum Ruiper'. minimum 58; 49. f,yiri.iiii;-. 16:30 OR UTHEASTERN ALASKA FREIGHT :iO COMMENCE NEXT WEEK ute a new weekly freight service between 'Pert ani snnt hoas ern AlasKa, me armab f-o. , motorsliin freighter Southeastern injured of five survivors as he was ene It jhowj John Wick, mc: .-erlcudy r ; rrt.r-her for o-emov 1 ti the Prince upe ucnciai two fracjrcd heel: and other serious mjune:.. Saskatcheiwan Poll Appears Unlikely REGINA P Saskatchewan's political forecasters see little likelihood today of Canada's only Socialist government call r tibtSsrrrCAii British columblvb newspaper TAXI i FHONEjk DIUC d m STAR Hotel, Third Ave. Cabs Published at Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL. XXXVin, No. 125. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1947. PRICE FIVE CENTS UAAAAAAA T.AAAA AAAAA AAAAAAAA.? of Tragic Waterfront Fire ing an election berorc next year even while they are trying to guagc the scope and fate cf the merger or Liberals and Progressive Conservatives in several constituencies. Theie have been rumors of an election, but all appear premature. IMPETUSFOT POLICE HUNT Following Arrest of One of Suspects in Vancouver ttak Hold up VANCOUVER Vf The police hunt for the remaining member of the Bank of Nova Scotia Grandview branch hold-up gang gained impetus following arrest of one of the alleged" bindlts Clifford LaPierre, and the recovery of $1,832 of the $5,129 stolen. La Picrni 35-year-H)ld part pSirt time elevator operator, was arrested In a quick raid by police in a down town hotel. Two men, a woman and a 16-year old girl were found in his room. These were all arrested. Another man is sought. Local Tides Friday, May 30, 1947 High 10,34 17,4 feet 22:46 19.7 feet Low 4:29 .0 feet SPECIAL FOREIGN POLICY SESSION ! WASHINGTON, D.C 0 Pos-'bility of ..a special foreign policy session of Unlttil States Cori-' cress late this year unless major j deferences between Russian and Western powers arc removed was raised today by a high-ranking jruoiocrat who did not wish his 1 1 ume disclosed, lie . predicted j that the administration will i swa:t the outcome of the United Nations General Assembly in i St Member and the tension of the -ouncil of fore'gn ministers in Novc.rr.toer before reaching a de rision. Intended Murder Verdict Returned at SupremcCourt Assizes Last Night Alter deliberating for 22 hours, the jury at the Supreme Court Assizes in the case of Gabriel Williams, Babine Indian, brought in a verdict of guilty of wounding with intent to kill Lawrence Kylllng at Topley in the Bulklcy Valley on Feb. 19. The verdict was returned short ly before 8 pjn. last evening and sentence was reserved un- and sentence of four years imprisonment at New Westminster Penitentiary was imposed ttols morning by Justi'i: Wilson, T. W. Brown acted as Crown prosecutor and Henry CasUllou K.5. if Vancouver appeared for KARNEST l'LEA FOR LENIENCY Deifence counsel, Heniy Castll-lou K.C. of Vancouver, had made an earnest plea-thatohis Lord-; ship take into consideration certain circumstances affecting his client, and in particular one outstanding feature of the case. "For very many years it had been the policy of the law, in Canada, to fully realize the im-poss-'lbility of her native people to refrain from the temiptations brought to them ty the white people. Alcohol was one of the main temptations. The accused, Gabriel Williams, had neve: been in trouble btu'ore. He had always been a irood, law-abiding citizen just as good, In these rejects, as a while man. He had gone to Topley the day before the shooting cf Lawrence JCylling and there, with money obtained from trapping, had bought no less than 10 bottles of flavoring extract. And as if that had not been ough, there was a further purchase ol eight bottles of flavoring extract the following day. Mr. CasUllou referred in scathing terms to the Topley merchant who sold the Indians extract. He. must have known thak what was bought was not required for use in making a cake. Counsel urged that His Lordship, because cf facts such as thce. shew fome leniency In (he passing, of sentence. Alter the purchase. The accused had fceen seen staggering around. He was just plain Intoxicated. Some reference vas made by. counsel to the fact that a term in the penlterJtiary wood do more harm than good, so far as the future welfare of Williams was concerned. Ills associations would be harmful, The merchant who had sold the extract paid a line of $200. Galifiel Williams had always been frlend'y with Kyllln?. There had always been hr.ppy relations between the man who had been shot and the aroused and his family and the Babine chief There was not the remotest rea son why ihere should be ill feel- Ins. It simply amounted to this thatunder th? Influ Vnc? of al cohol, his mind was poisoned and, when- he went to do any thing, he had no conception of what he really was doing. .ludte Wilson thanked Mr. Castlilou and said he would be glad to do what h could in re-ro.snlzin? what had been suggested. His LprAsh-lp asked the accused If he had anything to flv as to whv sentence should not be passed. This time, another native interpreter, stood by the dock but willlams"1'htt. 6.5 feet mute he did not want him. lie CITY ENGINEER PHILLIPS QUITS City Engineer E. A. Phillips tendered his resignation ,from that position to the city council Wednesday afternoon after serving for almost two years as City Engineer, and building and- plumbing inspector. His resignation will become effective on June 27. He- informed council that he plans to accept another position "in the south." Mayor Nora Arnu!d has called a rpecial meeting of council for 5 o'clock today to discuss the eroiployimcnt of a new city engineer. Mr. Phillips became city engineer in August, 1945. BABINE INDIAN CONVICTED OF SHOOTING; GETS 4 YEAR TERM say as "not guilty." Judge Wilson, la sentencing, saidithat, whHo he appreciated whathad been requested cf him. emphasized thht he could not forget bcth sides to 4he situation. Society, as a whole, must be protected and he could not allow the impression to go out that a man, going about his dally work, could be shot with Impunity and the person responsible be permitted to go free. ALLEGED CONFESSION WAS RULED OUT Hearing cf the Williams case lasted two - and - a - halt days and included a suc cessful attempt by Defence Cauntel .Heniy CasUllou, Van- couver' oarrister, to tar the ad- getrorrfe5Slon- givrn by Hams to the provincial .police at Burns Lake shortly after he was taken into custody on the charge. Crown Counsel T. W. Brown Introduced as evidence the fact thai after he had been taken into custody, Williams had pleaded .guilty of a charge of breaking down the door of Kyl-ling's cabin near the Babine Road shortly before kylllng was shot. The Crown contended that after entering Killing's cabin, Williams had walked down a trail to r place about. 0 feet from where Kylllng was working on the afternoon of February 19, and shot him with'a .22 calibre rifle. The bullet struck Kylllng in the side of the head but did not knock him unconscious. He later met Willlsois and his companion, Albert Michel on the Babine road, and made an unsuccessful attend to drive his truck down the snow-covered highway to Topley for assistance. Defence Counsel CasUllou, in his plea to the jury, stressed the point that at the place from which the shot was believed fired there were no dog tracks, and Williams, he declared, had been accompanied by a faithful dog which packed his blajikets and followed him wherever he went. Crown Counsel Brown said testimony showed, that dog tracks were found on another trail leading to the cabin and lhat the accused might have left his dog in the cabin when he approached Kylllng. On the witness stand, Williams (Continued on Page 6) TEN YEAR SENTENCE YOKOHAMA Edward J. Murray, United States colonel of infantry, today heard an army court martial sentence him to ten years imprisonment for misappropriation of a fortune In dramonds he took home as "'souvenirs of war." Two Killed In Air Crash TWO INJURED IN BOAT EXPLOSION The second boat explosion in less than a week in the'PrinA Rupert area sont two men to hornital here this norning suffering from burns to face and hands when their two-man halSti't vessel exploded and burned at Boat Harbor on Dun- das Ward last night. In hospital are Oscar Strand-beri, sk'pper tff the boat Uneeda, nnd Gabriel Wikman, both of Pr'rce Rupert. ttryrefberg is the mor" 'crioi'-sly injured but neither are in critical condition. The men were landedt the- Cow Bay floats at 4 o' clock this morning from the Clausen fish "ackf Hlside- W. F Flew who r Cap, asked for the native woman . in, and were taken to hospital by , . . - ..t...i . ' So . . .. had jicen serving previously,. . he jgame. All w imams naa 10 i vai. A-ubii tit aiiu iu nam. The two men, who left port last Saturday, were fueling their vessel at the Co-op camp at Boat Harbor when the cxnlos'lon oc curred. Gasoline is believed to ! have milled on the small gal ley stove, setting off the blast. The Uneeda was cut loose by wharf helpers and pushed free of the wharf, but later drifted back, ewlanfferim the oil tanks on he fuelint jciw. Capt. Flewin Favorable Reports Retarding Victims of Last Week's Waterfront Tragedy Surviving victims of last Friday's waterfront explosion-fire tragedy here arc all progressing favorably now in the Prince Rupert General Hospital. David Houston, brother of Rclbert Houston, who lost his life, had no bones broken, It Is now established, and, while still suffering from burns on face and arms, will be able to leave hospital for heme by the end of the week. Capt. Hans Knutsen of the ill-fated boat Lorna H. is still at heme and will be going to hospital for x-ray treatment. John Wick, most seriously Injured of all, having had both legs shattered, underwent another operation yesterday. Walter Berg and Einar Magnusson, suffering leg fractures and ihock, are both doing well. 4 MRS. GOERING FACING TRIAL MUNICH 05 Dr. Alfred Lor-Itz, Bavarian denazification. minister, today announced the arrest of Mrs, Herman Goerring to face trial as a Nazi party member. He said lis vould ask 10 years' Imprisonment for the former actress. GOOD RECOVERY! BULLETINS IS DISCHARGED After pleading guilty to a charge of manslaughter at the Supreme Court Assizes this morning, Fred Spitz! was discharged from custody. He had been in jail almost six months awaiting trial. The case arose out of a huutlng accident last fall. TRAIL WAGE BOOST TRAIL Wage boost of 12'jc per hour and a 40 or 42-hour work week were agreed upon in negotiations for a new union contract for 4500 men here and at Kimberley, it was announced Wednesday in a joint statement by the Consolidated Alining- and Smelting Co., and tlic International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO-CLL). NAZI SUICIDES NUERNBERG Gen. Franz Roehme, indicted- for war crimes allegedly committed during the German occupation of Yugoslavia, tiled today of a skull fracture suffered in a suicide leap in Nuernberg Prison. LATE ENTRY I Prince Edward Island did not I enter Confederation until July 1 1873. . Vanderhoof Transport Man Is One of Victims HOPE, (CP) Two brothers were killed Wednesday when their two-seater plane crashed on the HbpQ: Princeton Highway after swerving to miss a mountain peak. It was later thought that a telephone wire may have been struck as they were following the road. The dead are Glen A. Lee, president of Lee Transport Ltd., Vanderhoof, and William Lee, pilot. The plane left Vancouver airport early Wednesday and was forced down on a field west of here because of unfavorable weather. It crashed shortly after the flight was resumed. The brothers were on their way to Estevan, Saskatchewan, to purchase a second plane. EATONS BUY HOTEL VANCOUVER Anouncement was made today of the purchase by T. Eaton Co. Ltd., of Indian Mine is Working Again Under the direction of Dr. J. T. Mandy, consulting geologist and formerly resident govern ment mining engineer at Princq Rupert, a program of active de velopmcnt at the Indian Mines property, Portland Canal, Is now under way. An advanre party has already rrlved there. The summer's work, It is reported, will include extension of, drifts on first and second levels, as well as diamond drilling. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Walker, and youn daugnter oi uaupnm. the old Hotel Vancouver Mar.Hnhn nrrivpd vestM-dav on buildin? at Giaaville and tne prince Rupert to anend a Georgia Street, now being used holiday visit with their friends, as a hostel for war veterans Mr. and Mrs. E. Amos of Borden and families. Street. huik "lowidufS ndear j T wo More Aircraft Are Held Up At Etranc'lbers and -Wilrman, who were on the boat at the time pf the explosion, manazed to get elear and were brought to the city for treatment. Pr. Rupert for Customs Clearance; Ottawa Gets a Vigorous Protest Government regulations which forbid, the use of Prince Rupert as a port of entry or departure for foreign. aircraft today worked hardship on two Alaska-bound American planes forcing Jthem to fly to 'Massett an extra 142-mile drcultlF order'- to reach Ketchikan. Both planes were flying from Seattle to Ketchikan, G. AND A. SNATCH OVERTIME WIN Gordon and Anderson- snatched an eleventh-Inning, fastball victory frcm Co-op last night, breaking a deadlock that set in in the ninth inning, when James, G. & A. left fielder, swung heme from a catcher's overthrow to ccend base to set the final score at 8-7. Co-op muffed their chancp to I bring home the winning run in the first half of the eleventh by failing to bring home W. Smith, who squeezed three bases off a two-base hit, and was left on base when two men struck out and a third grounded out. Gordon and Anderson went Into the ninth lnrin;; leading 7-6 but Co-op evened the score when Warren, who got oh baic on a walk, was batted home by Ward and Stromdal, who each hit a single. Bruce Slmondson, on the mound for Gordon and Anderson, struck out four batters, allowed 12 hits, end walked four. Co-op pitcher Slaitta struck out four, walked one and allowed 12 hits. Empire Conference in Australia Considered CANBERRA, 0) Prime Minister Chilley . told the House of Representative! today that the British government was considering Australla'3 request that an Empire conference be held in Australia before the beginning of Japanese peace treaty talks. HALIBUT SALES Canadian Rodney P 17,000, Co-op Robert Rachael, 27,000, Co-op. B. C. Producer; 45.C30, Co-op. Teeny Mllly, 25,000, Co-op. Kalen, 16;000, Co-op. Wales No. 7, 15,000, Co-op. Margaret I, 30,000. 17.6 and 13.5, Atlln. Kamchatka, 17,500, 17.5 and 13.6, Booth. Mltkof, 14,000, 17.5 and 13.5, Pacific. J. L. Chretien of Terrace has arrived at Frizzell'a Hot Springs on the Skeena River to spend a couple of months, entering Canadaat Vancouver without knowing that theycould not officially clear at , Prince Rupert along the coast routs for Alaskan territory. Here, they found that they must go to Massett, the nearest customs port of entry and de--parture for foreign aircraft, in order to clear. Occupants of both planes complained that the extra mileage involved. over open water, was not only time-con suming, but dangerous. James E. Parks und Charles M. Kerr of Seattle, occupants,of a Stinson Voyager plane that landed here from Vancouver last night, said they had been ordered by customs authorities at Van couver to come to Prince Rupert and believed that they could clear directly for Alaska from here. "It's a remarkable arrangement, to say the least," Parks, pilot of the plane, comented this morning. "When we were told to come here, I had no Idea that we would have to go to Massett to get out of the country." He reluctantly left for Massett at noon. The other plane held tip here by the Massett clearing regulations was a tiny twc-cyllnder 40 h.p. Aeronca seaplane, having on board H. W. Barnhill who 1: heading for a visit to Alaska where he formerly resided, Ho protested vigorously at the risk he would have to take in going to foggy Massett on a morning like today, but there appeared nothing else for him to do unless there was speedy setting aside of the regulations. Leaving Seattle yesterday morning, he had called at Vancouver, Alert Bay and Klemtu northbound. He was still here this afternoon hoping for a special permit from Ottawa to fly direct to Ketchikan, Advised of the situation, the transport committee .of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce went Into action and dispatched a telegram direct to the minister of customs protesting at the continuation of the Massett entry and clarlng regulations which, wtthln twenty-four hours had caused delay to three American aircraft passing through this port. HI 3 4