——_ a a ce ‘ “ _SRN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER No. 184. vee ea ee » 1086 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., W MONDAY, AUGUST 8 1982 buying Enthusiasm On Stock Exchange Rivals That Recorded in 1929 umultous Activity of Purchasers Swept Aside Effects of Early Profit Taking—Rails and Automobiles Strong and Closed High NE W YORK, Aug. 8:—With buoyancy comparable to e prosperity mad days of 1929, stocks stormed upward) , tumultous tr ading again today after sweeping aside | profit-taking. Hundreds of leading shares were | gains of $2 to $8 with trading at the rate of | ion shares for the day. Rails and automobile shares rong features and closed substantially higher. ILLED IN PITTSBURG ? Ing net Parliament ea at Gcssinite of Merial Conskiceicel Hill resounded to the strains band made its way to the House of Commons for ‘f martial music as the Governor-General’s foot guaras’ the Ristoric opening of the Economic Conference CAR CRASH IS BEATEN mes McKay, First. Officer of | Pirates’ Lead in National League is LOST Motorship, Loses Life Between Cut Down to One and a Half Courtenay and Comox Games Over Chicago Suffering | officer |three week-end defeats, one at the plying |hands of Brooklyn Dodgers at Brooklyn on Saturday and two the Boston Braves here | Pittsburg Pirates! enger with two com- had their margin of leadership re- | the highway between /duced to a scant one and a half} mox, He died Vancouver Island, es McKay, first ship Pruceilla yuver and British Co ports, was fataily in thers from y when a car in which | yesterday, the six hours | gam¢ defeated che Phillies lof a double-heade iSaturday and divided IRACL ithe New York Giants | Grounds yesterday master, on The Phillies. by losing the double as {rom to the ibs | Br aves who shared honors wit! lc incinnati Reds in a double-header tne For Incident Laid fn Busy/at Boston Saturday prior to the Montreal Street some tobacco idouble victory over the Pirates yes ¢ ——— i terday MONTREAL, Aug. 8:—xne scene| Mm the American League the New York Yankees and Chicago Whit |Sox split at Chicago Saturday Yankees travelling to St. Louis idefeat the Browns in two game lyesterday. The lead of the Yankees police | ». /is now eight and a half games ove y on duty, a farmer, his : | t at the busy intersec- James Street and St Boulevard—the time was and the char- i Six-foot traffic ternoon and wharf, swan tone wasa| sceron ie e-—eumne! FROM DOCK! "iam |Further Particulars Received Re- garding Drowning of Seaman From Steamer Further particulars of the drown over the Chicago Cubs who} ing of John Drummond in both ends/trom the steamer Princess Char- r at Philadelphia | jotte at Jumeau on Friday morning honors with | jast wete revealed Saturday after- at the Polo/ noon by Capt arrival the north BY COP header >» Ci dropped back] vancouver. * into fourth place behind the Boston With affdther th ~— **terew, Drummond had in ing ashore at Juneau loff by the plank on the boat deck but, the fide being low lessayed to climb ashore promenade deck. In endeavoring to do so, he lost edge of the slippery dock and fell nto the water He immediately disap peared and, after he failed to come LIFE. | Ruth Chatterton FISHERMEN. Motorboat Azana Capsized Off Coast of Spain VIGO, Spain, Aug. —Twenty- two fishermen were oe in the sea when the fishing motorboat Azina/} capsized in a gale off Cangas De- seaman learned with the return to port yes- terday of the only two survivors. HUNT FOR C. C. Saintey, the of the vessel enroute to member of the tended go- to purchase The other men went $5,000,000 Still Remains in Lauren- tic, in Davy Jones’ Locker Since 1917 Drummond from the his balance at the | | LONDON, Aug. 8:—When the |W hite Star liner Laurentic was sunk iby a mine in 1917 off Lough Swilly there were bars of gold worth $30,- between the ship {the Philadelphia Athletics who de , a. 0 “ rom St a bos as lowered and endea : four children from le, ad the Menerne at th Conls Oe up, a boat was ik ¢ enb000 tu'thér sttone Sieckuen rt a distant hamlet of "SS" ; : vors instituted to recover the body ; turday and divided honors with th White Sox in a ed in a stalled automo- double-header at 19 vintage 7 aia ~ ment - g silver pieces. The greater part the curtain rises, we find CHAE FOTIA | . Within twenty males Bee Le cies was recovered in 1928, ralfic supervisor of harsh Drummond had fallen overboard but about $5,000,000 remains in the | terrible in his wrath . his body had been recovered. The; Enjoying a vacation in Old wreck and diving operations are | julvering motorist. And, as Associates Honor Tuneau fire department, which had Lun’on. Ruth Chatterton, mo- being ohveted on by the salvage ship ll be expected, it wasn’t} been sent for, was on hand when) tion picture stat the guest estoy for the lifting of the remain- before the storm high his white gloved} raffic officer stopped all walked over to where his taking it easy eating ban Court House Staff Before Her traightened his jacket and | Departure For Nanaimo © Swing of the crank started - ed machine. k to his position in the cen- the street he went, miajesti- | waving on the waiting and imazed motorists. farmer moved his car along , but he slowed down when he hed the side of John Law. “ome and see us at St. Victor de : the ruralites mond might m» the guard other rior to her departure on trans- Prior to he ; the water, it fer to Nanaimo in the government service, Miss Dorothy Macdonald, lfor several years a popular member lof the government agent's staff here, was presented last Friday af- B ing. | Drummond jade bracelet, the gift of all her as- shouted in Sociates at the Court House who} ithus expressed their. esteem and well-wishing | The presentation was made in the | courtroom by H. F. MacLeod, court who voiced suitable sen- Lady Aird —_—— ire,” accepted the officer. —— WEATHER REPORT Dead Tree Point ; 29.85; i | registri ir, lexpressed her appreciation, Cloudy, calm; P ry temperature, 62; rometey mooth Tt ont “tiple Island VANCOUVER WHEAT light | tienes VANCOUVER Aug. 8 light; was quoted at 17%4¢ jexchange today. roiling north Overcast, \8 B riw "Y wind; sea moderate ‘ngara Island—Overcast, “sterly wind; sea smooth. with improvised Miss Macdonald): body came out of the water but of Miss f ‘fforts at resuscitation by use of a producer, whil pulmotor proved ineffect ual Presentation to Popular Member of | While there were slight bruises on the head suggesting that Drum- nave ainck his head | PASSES AT projection was ascertained that death was directly due land was married, his widow resid- ling in Vancouver. The body was on ternoon with a handsome gold and board the Princess Charlotte being por to Vancouver for burial. Mrs. Peter Robinson, well known | LADY AIRD HERE TODAY ENROUTE TO SKAGWAY of London, ltiments in so doing. Miss Macdonald | wife of Sir John Aird, the well known Canadian bank president, Mrs. Robinson was is in the city this afternoon on|/is survived by three sons |board the steamer Princess Louise| Peter and on the local, panied by Miss Bean, also of Lon-|bert Leighton jr }don, England. jsigned to bankers in the United /States, and about $5,000,000 in shil- dragging equip- Auriol Lee actress- England der of the valuable metal. i out of the sunken vessel by the Es- toy recently, and of the ship or some Laurentic’s hold before reaching | METLAKATL Mrs, Peter Robinson, Well Known timber Native Woman, Died at Her Home There Yesterday Laurentic to drown- | almost was 31 years of age two years the the remaining gold native woman, passed away yester- | : ; I yy operations are day at her home at Metlakatla at the age of 55 years. The funeral will take place on Wednesday from the Anglican Church at Metlakatla with Haynor Bros. in charge of ar- rangements a widow but William, Salvage favorable weather. — _—_—_—_— England COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Divisional provincial police here Frank to make the round|four daughters—Mrs ] Ryan jat Hazelton. morrazo several days ago, it was} One bar of gold, of an estima- ted value of $100,000, has been taken it is believed that there are still 30 bars of gold in the Diving operations show that the a vessel of 14,000 tons—/| is now a mass of twisted steel and buried in the sand at a depth of 90 feet. For the past steamer Estoy, be- _ longing to a private syndicate, has poen 0 wer endeavoring to recover Boy a. to being considerably handicapped by un- | headquarters of the have been Robinson—and advised that Patrick Henry Shee- John Leigh- han, charged with a statutory of- race enroute to Lakelse Lake where | - Tomorrow’s Tides }. day’s Weath “e% ¢,* Y Today's Weather (i: m ¢ | prince Rupert—Overcast, light eoutherly wind; barometer, 29.90; oy ; ; i temperature, 62; sea smooth, , High .. 6:22 am. 16.0 ft. 18:30 pm. 19.0 ft, LOW occdecscesczcieccene OER BSNL Oe Be 12:07 p.m. 17.6 ft. Tuesday, August 9, 1932 _.. FIVE CENTS _|SENATOR Mon. N. A. Belcourt Succumbs ‘: Seizure At Summer Home Near Ottawa Yesterday Noted Career Long Prominent in Legal, News paper and Public Life of Canada OTTAWA, August 8—Senatcr Na , Poleon Antoine Belcourt, K.C., LLT [M., LL.D. PC. of Ottawa die’ |yesterday at his summer home at Blue Sea Lake, Quebec, the victirs of a. seizure. He was seventy-one years of age. Born in Toronto September 1! 1860 the late Senator Belcourt wa’ |the son of Ferdinand Napoleo’. Belcourt, founder and organizer 0° the first French-Canadian life in surance company in Canada. Both his. parents were descendents 0° early French pioneers of Nev France. at St. Joseph's Seminary, ‘law. He was called to the Quebec \bar in 1882 and to the Ontario bar Counsel in Quebec in 1898 and ir Ontario the following year. He es tablished practice with offices ir | Ottawa and for many years was | head of the firm of Belcourt & Ritchie, later Belcourt, Ritchie Chevrier and Leduc and now Bel court, Leduc and Cenest. The late Tpearec, Belcourt frequently ap peared before the Supreme an! |Exchequer Courts of Canada and jthe Judicial Commission of the |Privy Council in tondon. Former Speaker Belcourt was | The late Senator ~0U yas unsuccessful candidate to the House of Commons for the city of Ottawa in 1891 but was elected in 1896 and re-elected in 1900 and) 1904. He was Speaker of the House | of Commons from 1904 to 1906 and in 1907 was summoned to the Sen- ate. Senator Belcourt was a _ great supporter of the Imperial connec- tion but this did not from being an active advocate of reciprocity with the United States prevent him | “0. OP MOVE. IS DEAD PROGRESSES Alberta Farmers Are Applying Sys- i tem to Purchases CALGARY, Aug. %&:—Alberta’s jlatest venture in the field of co- | operatives—just a year since being | brought under the wing of the cen- tra! organization of the United Far- li of Alberta—is flourishing. | It is co-operative purchasing. | While not extended to all lines of icoramodities and farm needs, the | purchasing agencies include lubri- |cating and fuel oils, greases, binder |twine, coal, gopher poison and for- | maidehyde, as well as some staple | Boods. Norman F. Priestley, vice-presi- deuit of the U. F. A., informed the Canadian Press the present seeding season witnessed rapid strides in co-operative purchasing. Pattern for ali other purchasing associations that are being formed, the Coronation Constituency U. F. A. Co-operative Association was fowmed in March, 1930. It now has “Deteased received his eaueatioy 32 locals. During the..past year, Three Since May Rivers, Quebec, and at Laval Uni- ganizations have been formed. The | versity, going in for the study of constituency associations have from 1931, 11 constituency or- seven to 28 locals each. Each con- ,Stituency also has from 100 to 600 Twenty-Two Men Drowned When in 1884. He was created a King’s ifarm families associated with it. Lubricating and fuel oils, along |with’ gopher poison, are the chief jarticles being handled by the as- jsociations at present, said Mr. Priestley. Distribution of the oils is being carried out as best possible |without any capital investment in | warehouses or distribution systems. | “We are endeavoring to avoid ca- ‘pital expenditures on buildings. That is something that has caused oad a co-operative venture a lot a trouble, and our co-operative purchasing agencies aim to avoid it,” said Mr. Priestley. He added that each constituency association, through an appointed manager, was operating with a saving to its members, and that if warehouses and the like were built they would eat into.the savings being effected. At present, he said, he was unable Ito estimate the amount of business | being done by the co-operatives, but jadded “it’s a large amount.” Halibut Landings He was prominent in educational) |circles and for many owner and editor of an Ottawa daily newspaper. He was a frequent writer in maga- zines and newspapers on legal so- tial and educational questions. He “Le Temps,” | was president and director of sev-| ;era] corporations. A Liberal in politics Belcourt was a Roman Catholic in jreligious belief. The’ late Senator Belcourt was first married in 1889 to Hectorine {Shehyn, daughter of Senator Jo- sepk. Shehyn of Quebec, in 1901. In 1903 he married Mary Margaret Haycock of Oiiawa. They had three daughters and three sons, Have Camp at Scoutmaster Wheat, trip to Skagway She is accom-}ton, Mrs, Ambrose Wilson, Mrs, Ro- fence, has been committed for trial they will go into summer camp. The and Mrs, Henry by Stipendiary Magistrate Storkey party expects to be two weeks. years was} Senator} who died Booth. 53¢ Summary American—230,000 jand 2c to 5.5¢c and 2c ' Canadian-—60,500 pounds, 4c and 2.5c to 5.le and 2.5c American pounds, 3.5¢ Rainier, 50,000, Cold Storage, 4c land 2c Arctic, 38,000, Cold Storage, 3.5c and 2c | Prosperity, 30,000, Atlin, 5.1c and 2c Star, 12,000, Atlin, 5.4c and 2c. Betty, 12,000, and Midway, 13,000, and 2c Sherman, 19,000, 5.5¢c and 2e Middleton Se and 2c Viola, 12,000, Pacific, 5.1¢ and 2c. Fremont, 16,500, Royal, 5.4c and Cc. Frisco, 9,500, Royal, 5.2c and 2c. Canadian 15,000, Cold Storage, 5e Cold Storage, 18,000, Cold Storage, to Viking, | | ] Lak and 2.5c. e se e) White Hope, 18,500, Cold Storage, 4c and 2.5¢ Gulvik, 12,000, Cold Storage, 4.2 P. C. Miller and/and 2.5¢ party of six local Boy Scouts left on! Saturday afternoon's train for Ter-| Cape Spencer, 15,000, AtlM, 5.1c and 2.5¢ ; According to Scott, engineer, the away about elevation at the south pole was 9,- | 070 feet, “ : i a i | ] ate ¥ #4 1 oe we oe my 4 “Het : Mh ¢ F j wal a a . ae * A ‘ © “ \ ; «