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Rupert-Raining,
moder-ate
variable
wind;
barometer,
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temperature.
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No.
126,
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JUNE
3,
1935
price:
5
cents
VANCOUVER
MAN
IS
SHOT
PROMINENT
CANADIANS
Beatty
and
Marler
New
Knights;
Royal
Favors
Extend
to
Many
Fields
Completely
Recovered
From
Cold,
His
Majesty
Rides
With
His
Four
Sons
and
Receives
(J
real
Ovation
From
His
Uyal
Subjects
in
Ixindon
LONDON,
June
3:
(CP)
Tokens
of
royal
favor
in
varying
degrees
were
awarded
by
the
King
on
his
birth-day
today
to
many
of
his
subjects
throughout
the
Empire
who
have
attained
distinction
in
different
fields.
One
viscount,
three
privy
councillors,
six
new
barons
and
forty-six
new
knighthoods
were
included
in
the
list.
Can-
Hada
received
nine
Knighthoods
and
XT
ttQ
F
T
ij
promotions
to
higher
rank
of
Now
oir
toward
knighthood.
,
I
W
Beatty.
K.C
prudent
of
Canadian
Panfu
Railway.
Customs
Revenue
In
May
is
Almost
Five
Year
Record
c
u
oms
and
exrtsc
collections
v-
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
cvr.'h
of
May
this
year
amounting
t
$28,435.7(1
nearly
reached
the
R,
"k
of
$20,674.20
of
last
November
which
was
the
high
record
"
1929.
This
Miy's
total
compared
with
$1031054
In
the
same
Jr.
nth
last
year
and
brought
ag-CTc
atc
collecUons
for
this
calen-fr
year
to
date
up
to
$75,730
as
c
:nparcd
with
$87,002.79
for
the
fir-t
five
months
of
1934.
i:aktikjuaki:
victims
ckilmated
in
files;
l
OllTY
THOUSAND
BEAD
.
f
QUETTA,
India.
June
3:
To
prevent
the
outbreak
of
pestilence,
bodies
of
victims
of
I
Ixst
week's
terrible
earthquake
disaster
wcro
being
cremated
m
huRo
piles
at
f,he
week-end.
One
out
of
every
fourteen
In-
tlabltnnlJi
nf
hl
rtlstrirt
was.
i
I
BVw..TnnZ
i
.
is
believed,
n
killed.
Another
by
volcanic
disturbance,
rock-
ed
the
district
yesterday.
Estl-
mate
of
the
dead
has
now
boon
IlirrnncArt
In
JO
fMM
111.
eluding
67
members
of
the
,
Roynl
Air
Force.
It
Is
believed
1
that
thero
are
twenty
thou-
sand
dead
in
ruins
which
are
.
being
dynamited
to
prevent
J
disease.
Martial
law
has
been
declared.
Canadian
honors
Included
Knight
of
the
Qrand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
St.
Michael
and
St.
George
to
Rt.
Hon.
Sir
William
Thomas
White,
former
minister
of
finance
a
promotion;
Knight
of
the
Orand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
to
Edward
Wentworth
Beatty.
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway;
Order
of
St.
Ml
chad
and
St.
Oeorse
to
Hon.
Her
bcrt
M.
Marler,
Canadian
minister
to
Japan.
Mr.
Beatty
and
Mr.
Mar
ler
are
now
entitled
to
use
the
pre
fix
"Sir."
Major
Oeneral
Athlon
of
Eequl
malt
is
made
a
Companion
of
the
Order
of
the
Bath.
Dr.
R.
E.
McKechnle
of
Vaneou
ver
is
made
a
Commander
of
the
Order
of
the
Brltirh
Empire.
The
Order
of
Merit
was
conferred
upon
John
Mansfield,
Poet
Laureate.
Mis
Majesty
Is
Better
Recovered
from
a
chill
contracted
last
Thursday,
the
King,
astride
a
horse,
rode
with
his
four
sons
at
the
head
of
a
column
of
crack
cavalry
and
foot
soldiers
today
in
the
ancient
ceremony
of
trooping
ihc
colors
as
a
mark
of
the
com
pletion
of
his
Biblical
span
of
three
wore
years
and
ten.
From
all
sides
came
cries
of
"Ood
Bless
You,
Sir,
'Many
Happy
Returns"
and
"Long
May
You
Live."
Queen
Mary
and
all
other
mem
bers
of
the
Royal
Family
were
pre
sent
at
noon
when
servants
of
the
Royal
Household
dusted
off
cham
pagne
bottles
to
drink
the
usual
toast
to
His
Majesty.
Weather
This
Year
Better
Precipitation
Lcsss
Than
One-Third
Of
1931
While
Sunshine
Is
Greater
Prince
Rupert
has
had
an
even
500
hours
of
sunshine
so
far
this
year
as
compared
with
438
hours
..
..
.
1
1.
-
tMJt
in
me
ursi
live
monms
ui
The
precipitation
for
1935
up
to
the
end
of
May
has
been
10.06
Inches
as
against
47.39
Inches
In
lhc
corresponding
period
last
year,
...,
f.,..
...,
,.,
tn
n
V
V
V
t
v
awaiv
(
128.4
hours
In
the
samo
month
a
year
ago
while
this
May's
rainfall
was
1.78
Inches
In
comparison
with
5.8
Inches
last
year
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
June
3:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
80'ic
on
the
local
exchange
Saturday.
The
mar-
kct
was
closed
today.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Roosevelt
Holds
Huge
Crowd
Interest
shown
by
mas.-r,.
m
all
ountnrs
toward
polit
-
development
as
an
ec
mom.,
ai!y
depressed
worlu
struggles
despcra
j
to
regain
its
lo:t
poise
is
evlden
-dby
huge
rowds
waich
gather
everywhere
when
present-day
government
heads
appear
in
public
R
Ich-
president
Adolph
Hitler,
who
apparently
holes
the
future
of
Germany
and
po:v
My
the
place
of
Europe
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand,
recently
addressed
Uie
largest
single
crowd
in
history
when
2,000.000
people
crushed
tojether
In
Berlin
to
hear
the
flaming
oratory
of
the
ex-corporal
who
sways
German
throngs
into
a
fever
of
passionate
nationalism
with
his
uttrances.
Above
Is
part
of
the
240.000
people
who
listened
to
President
Roosevelt
at
Green
Bay,
Wis.
MANHUNT
IS
CONTINUING
Authorities
Certain
That
Abductors
Of
George
Wcycrhauser
Will
Be
Captured
TACOMA,
June
3:
(CP-The
hectic
manhunt
for
the
kidnappers
of
nine-year
old
George
Weycr-hauser
is
continuing
unremittingly
following
the
safe
return
of
the
lad
to
his
parents
at
the
week-end
liter
the
ransom
of
$200,000
had
been
paid.
Despite
the
continuous
search,
however,
the
kidnappers
are
sUII
at
large,
but
early
success
in
apprehending
the
abductors
is
anticipated,
particularly
in
view
of
the
fact
that
the
Identity
of
three
of
them
seems
pracUcally
certain.'
Also
the
money
paid
in
ransom
was
marked,
It
has
been
disclosed,
and
the
numbers
of
the
banknotes
i
kept
'
Intensive
search
Is
being
made,
in
Eastern
Oregon
following
reports
that
'six
men,
driving
furiously.
were
sighted
late
Saturday
east
of
Umatilla.
j
Young
Weyerhauser
has
told
the
authorities
that
the
three
men
'who',
picked
him
up
and
kept
him
in,
captivity
for
a
week
called
each1
other
"Alvlh."
"Bill"
and
"Harry."
These
are
the
first
names
of
welf
known
members
of
the
Karpls
gang.
Volney
Davis,
one
of
the
members
of
the
Karpls
gang,
was
ar
rested
in
Chicago
yesterday,
it
was
announced
here,
KETCHIKAN
FISH
SALES
KETCHIKAN,
June
3
The
North
Pole
sold
7000
pounds
of
halibut
here
on
Saturday
to
the
New
Eng-!
land
Fish
Co.
at
6c
and
4.5c.
Salmon
Was
selling
at
7.5c
and
3c.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
June
3:
(CP)Bar
silver
closed
at
74c
per
ounce
on
the
local
metal
market
on
Saturday,
dropping
to
73?8C
today.
Funeral
Notice
The
funeral
of
the
late
Odd
Langlo
will
take
place
tomorrow
at
2
o'clock
from
the
B.
C.
Under-
takers.'
GIVEN
KING'S
BIRTHDAY
Kings
Birthday
George
V
who
is
seventy
years
old
today.
Baseball
Scores
SATURDAY'S
SCORES
National
League
St."
Louis
4-4,
Chicago
3-1
(first
Rame-
12
mnlng.
rnnaaeipnia
4-j,
urooKiyn
o-o.
New
York-Boston,
postponed.
American
League
Boston
6-2,
New
York
0-4.
Chicago
5,
Detroit.
4.
Washington
0-3,
Philadelphia
5-
Clevcland
3i4,
St.
Louis
7-2.
SUNDAY'S
SCORES
National
League
St.
Louis
6,
Chicago
5.
Pittsburg
8,
Cincinnati
0.
Philadelphia
7,
Brooklyn
5.
New
York
0,
Boston
1.
American
League
Washington
7,
Philadelphia
8.
Boston
2,
New
York
7.
Cleveland
6,
St.
Louis
2.
Chicago
5.
Detroit
10.
HALF
MILLION
COAL
MINERS
IN
STATES
MAY
GO
ON
STRIKE
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
June
3:
Official
instructions
to
460,000
soft
coal
miners
to
strike
June
16
unless,
new
wage
contracts
are
signed
In
the
meantime
were
Issued
on
Saturday
by
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
through
the
president,
John
L.
Lewis.
Spellbound
.
jGRADS
ARE
CHAMPIONS
Defeat
Tulsa
Stenographers
to
Retain
Women's
International
I
Basketball
Raskelhall
Till
Title
,
EDMONTON,
June
3:
(CP)
The
Edmonton
Commercial
Grads
de-j
,featcd
Tulsa
Stenographers
43
tq
1
40
Saturday
night
to
retain
the
'
international
women's
basketball
j
;
title.
They
won
three
games
and
lost
one.
Building
Volume
j
Increasing
Here
One
New
Residence
and
Program!
Of
General
Repairs
Included
In
May
List
Volume
of
building
in
Prince
Rupert
during
May
showed
an
Increase
over
the
first
four
months
of
the
year
as
well
as
over
the
same
month
last
year.
The
total
ralue
was
$3466
as
compared
with
51375
In
the
same
month
last
year,
bringing
the
total
value
for
this
ear
to
date
to
$11,151
In
comparison
with
$49,200
last
year.
The
building
list
for
May
In
detail
was
as
follows:
O.
P..
Tinker
&
Co.,
general
repairs.
Fifth
Avenue
East,
$125.
Mrs.
Willalm
Wain,
general
repairs
lo
residence.
Ninth
Avenue
East,
$35.
W.
King,
general
repairs
to
residence.
Ambrose
Avenue.
$100.
F.
A.
Cameron,
erect
residence,
Sherbrooke
Avenue,
$800
Mrs.
M.
Gibson,
general
repairs,
Seventh
Avenue
East.
$250.
Alex
McRae
Co.
Ltd.,
repairing
wall,
Second
Avenue,
$125.
,
W.
J.
Alder,
repairing
residence,;
Second
Avenue,
$800
D.
Zllle,
renewing
store
front.
Third
Avenue
West,
$100.
.
J.
E.
Moody,
shlnsling
wall,
Empress
Block,
Second
Avenue,
$81.
Ben
Ferguson,
general
repairs,
Third
Avenue
West,
$200.
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergln.
shingling
wall,
Second
Avenue
West.
$50.
W.
II.
Wilson-Murray,
repairing
foundation,
Bowser
Street,
$250.
J.
A.
Lindsay.
5hlngling
shed,
Park
Avenue.
$50.
M,
Bldoczka,
foundation
repairs,
Ninth
Avenue
West,
$500.
High
Low
TO
DE
Proprietor
of
Cordova
John
Robertson
Victim
of
Unknown
Assailant
Following
Struggle
in
Koom
Large
Sum
of
Money
-In
Pockets
is
Untouched
VANCOUVER,
June
3:
(CP)-John
Robertson,
aged
54,
proprietor
of
a
Cordova
Street
rooming
house,
was
fatally
shot
last
night
by
an
unknown,
a'ssailant.
He
was
found
lying
at
the
foot
of
a
stairway
leading
to
the
rooms
and
died
a
few
minutes
later.
Robertson's
room
was
in
disorder,
indicating
a
struggle.
A
large
sum
of
money
in
his
pockets
was
untouched.
Fish
Landings
In
May
of
This
Yea
Volume
or
Halibut
Totalled
1,808,-000
Pounds
as
Compared
With
2.036,000
a
Year
Ago
Halibut
landings
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
monthfl
May
this
year,
according
to
figure
,lirA.T
compiled
on
the
local
waterfront,
totalled
1,808,000
pounds
as
compared
with
2,036,000
pounds
In
the
same
month
last
year.
The
American
landings
for
the
month
Just
pnr!w4
.
wp
om
nnn
.
v
nw
.j,vvv
juiuju4
aa
against
1.135,000
last
year
while
this
Mays
Canadian
landings
amounted
to
885.000
pounds
in
comparison
with
901.000
pounds.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
146,000
pounds.
6.1c
and
5c
to
6.8c
and
5c.
Canadian
25,000
pounds,
5.7c
and
5c
to
6c
and
5c.
American
Yukon,
25,000.
Pacific,
6.1c
and
5c.
Tatoosh,
24,000,
Atlin,
6.3c
and
5c.
Tahoma,
20,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.4c
and
5c.
fTemoni,
u,50O,
Atlin,
6.6c
and
sc.
Chum,
12,000,
Atlin,
6.8c
and
5c.
Rainier,
12,000.
and
Howard
B
13,500,
Royal,
6.6c
and
5c.
Frisco,
15,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.7c
!and
5(1
i
Wabash,
4,500,
Booth,
6.7c
and
5c.
;
Brothers,
16,500,
Booth,
6.4c
and
5c,
i
Canadian
i
North
Forland,
4JX30,
Cold
Stor
-
i
age,
5.7c
and
5c.
'
i
Teeny
Mllly,
14,000.
Cold
Storage,
5.9c
and
5c.
Cape,
Race,
7,000,
Atlin,
6c
and
5c.
JR.
MOOSE
OFFICERS
Organization
of
Lodge
Completed;
Robert
Elkins
is
Dictator
-
The
Junior
Moose
Lodge
has
completed
oiganlzatlon
in
Prince
Rupert
and
Saturday
night
elected
and
Installed
officers
as
follows:
.
Dictator
Robert
Elkins.
Vice-Dictator,
Maurice
Davey.
Prelate,
James
Schubert.
Treasurer,
Robert
Erikson.
Sergcant-at-Arms,
James
Greer.
Inner
Guard,
Robert
Houston.
Outer
Guard,
William
Hale.
Trustees,
Harley
Lear
and
Eric
Berner.
0
40
am
:J
ft.
13:39
pjn.
19.3
ft,
7
27
aja.
U
ft.
1:27
pm.
12
ft.
HONORS
RECORD
IS
SHATTERED
Great
French
Liner
Normandie
In
New
York
After
Lowering
Two
Speed
Marks
"
S.?'ORK'.
JW
z
SV)
inc
giam.new
iTtticn
liner
sor-
e
mandie
arrived
lrfre
early
this
morning,
esiabllstifnr
a
new
record
for
the
run
front
Southampton
to
New
York
of
107
hours
and
33
minutes,
beatiar
the
previous
record
held
by
the
German
liner
Bremen
by
almost
three
hours.
The
Normandie
also
lowered
the
previous
hourly
speed
record
for
a
trans-Atlantic
liner
by
log-gin
718
knots
from
noon
Saturday
to
noon
Sunday
for
an
average
of
29.92
knots
per
hour
against
the
Italian
liner
Rex's
record
of
27.36
knots.
150
DEAD
IN
FLOOD
Fifteen
Hundred
Homtlcss
in
Republican
River
Valley
12,000,000
Damage
McCOOK.
Neb.
June
3:
(CP)
Thirty-five
bodies
were
taken
from
the
flood-swept
Republican.
River
Valley
in
Southern
Nebraska
today.
The
death
Mst
as
a
result
of
the
week-end
floods
is
now
nlaced
at
HQ
with
1500
people
homeless
and
property
toss
Is
nlaced
at
$12,000.-
000.
:
ROBERT
BAIRD
DIES
VICTORIA,
Jun
3:
(CP)
Robert
Baird,
deputy
minister
of
municipal
afafirs
and
inspector
of
municipalities
for
the
provincial
government,
died
at
the
Itoyal
Provincial
Jubilee
Hospital
yesterday
after
lingering
ill-health.
He
was
59
years
of
age.
DOMINION
TO
AID
BUILDING
HOUSES
OTTAWA.
June
3:
(CP)
Hon.
W.
A.
Gordon,
minister
of
labor,
placed
on
the
order
paper
of
the
House
of
Com-
mons
on
Saturday
a
resolu-
tion
presaging
the
tntrodue-
tlon
of
a
bill
to
establish
a
Dominion
Housing
Commis-
slon
and
to
assist
in
the
con-
struction
of
houses..
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