rie See Some eee ae Se Ea a Sa [| al J)/ON GRONAU IN MANITOBA ON WAY TO PRINCE RUPERT ‘Delegates Now Have Most of nea ee German World Flyer at 4 WS Difficulties Behind Them And Air Ba ee Lac Du Bonnet Enroute a Today’s Weather of Confidence Pervades Gathering E ATH OF ‘Trade Agreement Between Great Britain and Canada to Be Announced Soon—Closing Plenary Session is Tentatively Set For Thursday of Next Week SHOE MAN vert J. Leckie, Head of Firm of J. Leckie & Son, Victim of Heart Attack TANCOUVER, Aug. i2:—Robert! kie, prominent boot and shoe OTTAWA, Aug. 12:—With most of their difficulties be- hind them, delegates to the Imperial economic conference | today breathed an air of optimism and confidence as they entered the final drive towards a successful Empire trade parley. Great Britain and Canada may be expected to an- ee ee ren EE Tomorrow's Tides Saturday, August 13, 1932 West On Pacific Hop Will Fly Tomorrow to Cormorant Lake For a Few Days’ Fishing and Will Then Proceed Here—More Details of Ocean Flight Are Revealed LAC DU BONNET, Man., Aug. 12:—Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau and his three companions landed here yester- day in their Dornier flying boat Groenland-Wal enroute to Prince Rupert whence they will proceed on a flight across the Pacific Ocean, Asia and Europe enroute back nufacturer and head of the firm} 0unce a commercial pact within the next two or three 1 Leckie Ltd. died suddeflly last |44¥S: it is intimated. Similar agree-™ t of a heart attack. He was|™ents between Great Britain and to Germany. They will hop off for Cormorant Lake, Man., : Mtomorrow and will spend a few days fishing there before proceeding to in Toronto in 1865 and came} ancouver in 1892. ; other Dominions and India are algo reported to be nearing finality Thursday next has been xed tentatively for the closing plenary HOOVER ON ) Study Welfare Elizabeth Smellie of Victorian) ® Order of Nurses Going + Overseas i+ — i+ ARY, Aug. 12>—Study of|¢ and child welfare me-|¢ Europe will be undertaken |¢@ Elizabeth Smellie, Domin-|¢ erintendent of the Victorian |@ { Nurses. On-&@ visit here re-’¢ he announced would Europe tigations on behalf of the + + + feller Foundation of New'¢ + * ae she shortly to pursue Smeliie disclosed that visits y Victorian Orders of Nurses reased from 49,000 in 1929 to in 1931. Despite the revenues organi- decreased two tricts had been opened in orthern Pacific se. |ments will be open Work in Europe|“" e+ Pe eee ee 6 6 66 & @} Amendment is Necessary—Has ssion when the =_—__- STOCK MARKET HAS SHAKE-UP TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 12:—The stock market had its long- expected shake-out today when a torrent of Selling in the last hour carried many issues off from one to five points with a few from six to twelve. It was the first sharp break since the under was summer recovery got way. The closing tone weak *#eeee0e000804¢084 Free Press Held Most Desirable various agree- to publie in-| | BOOZE LAW Feels Some Revision of Eighteenth Been Only Partial Success 6.0-P. Startled Chief Executive Also Promises to Beat Down Economic Hurri- cane If Re-elected +++ °¢4 #| WASHINGTON, DC., August 12 #|—Touching on the question of pro- #/ hibition, in his speech of accep- @/|tance of the Republic nomination @| yesterday, President Herbert Hoo- ver declared that the Eighteenth Amendment had been a_ success ,where its enforcement had recei- }ved the support and co-operation lof the people but had been a fail- ure wheré its enforcement had |} been opposed. Some revision ap- | peared to be necessary, the presi- dent declared, whereby the boot- leger and speakeasy would be eli- In Serving Public minated without returning to the Scene during recent aisorders when two men lost their lives at United States’ national capital BASIS OF CONTENT Delegates at Ottawa About Agreed Upon What Constitutes Em- pire Products OTTAWA, Aug. 12:—Delegates to the Imperial economic confer- ence here are reported to be about agreed upon the basis of Empire PASSING OF _ DR. MONROE Prominent Vancouver Physician Dies in Saskatoon Following j Heart Attack | SASKATOON, Aug. 12:—Taken to the City Hospital here from a Van- couver bound train yesterday suf- fering from a heart attack, Dr. /Al- fformation for use in QUEBEC, Aug 12 Se | Changes Division m of $225,000 te Be Spent in Mak- ing Change From Ellensburg to Yakima that a free press is the most able of all forms for tinctive function apart from int POKANE, Aug. 12:—Announce-/preting news in its open forum } was made here yesterday|G. Smith, president of the Cana- p the Northern Pacific Railway dian Daily Newspaper Associatk change its Washington div! point from Ellensburg wo ma. An expenditure of $225,000 Yakima will be involved in ting the change. For 45 years E! the divisional club here s on the place of the press commercial relations Newspapers, said Mr (Continued on page four.) ef- ji dre irg has been Civilized countries without exception realize desir- serving the public well, and the press has a dis- r- ind general manager of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, told a service in the course of an ad- Smith, ‘open saloon. The startling presidential call for prohibition reform and a promise to beat down the economic hurri- cane astonished the tensely expec- tant audience of Republican lead- ers who heard Mr. Hoover's formal E speech of acceptance in the Con- stitution Hall. The president ac- "| tually went far beyond his party's platform in his demand for a new order of liquor control ‘I cannot consent to a continua- in ' tion of this regime,’ ’said the presi- dent. He proposed that “each state| shall be given the right to deal | j with the problem as it may deter- mine but subject to absolute guar- Premier Tolmie Home; to Call Cabinet Together at Once to Deal With Committee Report VANCOUVER, Aug. 12:—Immediate assembly of the British Columbia cabinet for consideration of the Kidd committee report was forecast this morn- ing by Premier Tolmie on his arrival from Ottawa. “Many useful suggestions are contained in the Kidd report,” the Premier said, “and members of the committee are to be congratulated on their splendid public service.” Beyond this, the Premie: would not discuss the report or political affairs. ‘Aaa Premier Tolmie deinen that much of his time at Ottawa had been devoted to endeavors to secure re- umption of industrial prosperity for the province and he had high hopes that his efforts would be successful, i. antees to protect each state from) interference and invasion by its | neighbors.” Mr. Hoover declared that the |Demoeratic plan for outright |peal meant return of the saloon. that he had no authority to make | constitutional charges, Mr. Hoover | ag he felt the people had the| right to know his views on such)» an ‘important question as that of. ! prohibition, + ee te ee + Halibut Landings ; gS ’ oA \¢ Summary + Canadian...20,000 pounds, 5.4c|* ind 2.6¢. + Amefican—None. \* \* Canadian de Morris Hi, 22,000, Atlin for Bute-|# dale délivery, 5.9¢ and 2.5c. \* Relief, 20,000, Cold Storage, 54c|\* jand 2.5¢. qualify as tariff purposes. For the firs year it is proposed that the content duced within the Empire must be 60%, for the second vear 66 2-3% Dr and after that 75%. of Wales is writing re-| his trip to Africa ago, it is While the president pointed out/the volume will be vel in East Africa content which goods must have to products for Empire of goods pro Prince of Wales exander Stewart Monroe, promin ent Vancouver physician, died to jday. He was 60 years of age ana had been east in connection with - jhis duties as president of the Ca- nadian Medical Association, Monroe, who served overseas jduring the Great War with the Ca- nadian Army Medical Corps and since the war had taken a promin- ent part in Soldiers’ Civil Re-estab- lishment work, was born at Rat- on0 tray, Pershire, Scotland, on Mag 1, Is Writing Book 1872. The year of his birth he was |“Sport and Travel in Africa” Title of Volume By His Royal Highness LONDON, Aug The announced. The title e+e ee ¢70770¢64¢ 4 NOAH BEERY TELLS COURT HE'S “BROKE” LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12:- Haled into a Los Angeles court yesterday following his failure to pay up on an $82 judgment, Noah Beery, screen star, said that he was “broke.” He told the court that he owed over $30,000 in small debts, had worked only 19 days’ this year and had no money. Prince 1 book following 1 couple of years brought to Canada by his parents and received his education in the public schools of Toronto and Win- nipeg work at Manitoba Univefsity and Continued on Page 3. Woman Is Named Sport and as Head of British Trade Union Body «| ®| LONDON, Aug. 12 *) time in history, a woman has been */ elected to the post of vice-president ‘lof the English Civil Service Clerica] *| Association, a ‘trade whion body *# | consisting mostly of men, and hav- /ing a membership of 30,000,She is Miss M. Jackson, who started in the civil service as a typist, and is now > For the first | INSPECTED PROPERTY Smithers SMITHERS, August 11—Examin- ation of the new worx cone at Jes- isie Gold Mines was made during jthe past week-end by E. P. F. Roe of Vancouver, who ts managing the company’s financing campaign in that city. To make himself better acquainted with the company’s project and to gain first hand in- his conduct of the company’s affairs, Mr. Roe made the journey from Vancou- ver at his own expense. On his return from the property he conferred with a number of the being more than what he had seen on his inspec- tion. He described the showing of ore in the face of the north arift tunnel which has come into a ine-looking body of ore just in the past few davs and at the time of width and the tunnel will then be directors and expressed himself as| satisfied with| |Lac la Biche, Alta., and from there to Prince Rupert. * Von Gronmau and his companions will follow a somewhat more sou- therly route than was taken last |summer by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in. their flight across ,E. P. ¥. Rae, Vancouver Financier, Northern Canada and the Pacific ~~ Pisits. Jessie’ Group at 4 Ocean: Ff6m Prince Rupert the 'Germans will go to Alaska and then, by way of the southern tip of the Aleutian Islands and the Kur- iles, to the airport at Tokyo. Von Gronau is rather vague in regard to his plans and he seems, for the present at least, to be more interested in his fishing holiday. COMMANDER 1S HEARD |Rotarians and Guests Listened to 1 Interesting Talk Yesterday While other nations were prone to talk a great deal of their inten- tions of co-operating in world dis- armament, Great Britain was about the only nation that had actually the matter, Commander George Clarence Jones taken any steps in his inspection showed nearly a full'R. C. N.. commanding officer of H. face of good ore, This is being| M C. S. Skeena, which is paying a cross-cut to determine its ful! visit to port, declared in the course xf an interesting informal talk be- continued as a drift alung this/fore the Prince Rupert Rotary Club ore-body. This is the third ore'at luncheon yesterday. Commander j}body cut through in recent tunnel, Jones, in addition to speaking on jwork on the property and is/the subject of disarmament, de- ;thought by the management to/ scribed some of the navies of the 'be the main hand of ore exposed) world |on the surface at the hanging wall of the wide zone of mineralization |i which the tunnel has been run Giving a brief history of H. M. C. S. Skeena, which has been in com- nission less than a year, Comman- |Mineralization is general through-|der Jones referred to the candel- jout the whole length of seventy|abra set which had been presented feet of tunnel work ito the ship by the residents of |; One feature which Mr, Roe/Skeena district on the occasion of jremarkea as quite siriking was the|the destroyer’s first visit here last He took up his early college} high spirit and loyalty of the crew] fall lat the mine, every member of! which is most enthusiastic about the property. The favorable gen- ;eral conditions, proximity to tranr-| | portation, and the absence of any! lof the usual difficulties to eco- jnomic development and operation} jalso called forth kis favorable} }comment, as did the manner in| |which development to date had | been planned and carried out | Mr. Roe left on Monday morning} on his return journey to Vancou- yer and he is hopeful that ad- fequate finances ean be secured to} | develop the mine, despite j re | sent difficult conditions } } “WEATHER REPORT ; ' Dead Tree Point—Overcast, calm; The gift still occupied a pro- n the ship where sured A. Woodland was in minent position it was “highly tre President G the chair and guests at the lun- cheon included Walter Hume, H, W. Birch, G. P. Tinker, Reid- Mc- Lennan and L, H. Haworth ++eee+4724¢4406444 . * VON GRONAU IS GIVEN > PERMIT TO FLY OVER AND LAND IN JAPAN + acess ® TOKYO, Aug. 12:—The Min- # istry of Comm inicationgs today # issued a permit to Capt. Wolf- + + + world flyer, to fly over and land upon Japanese territory # in the course of the flight in gineering department of the Gen-; barometer, 30.02; temperature, 58;|* which he is now engaged, Von eral Post Office. For many years Miss Jackson has identified herself closely with the trade union move- the + + + * « clerical officer in the London en- + + + + */ment, on behalf. of typing |e bee eee & + © @ ©! crades of the service. sea smooth , Triple Island—-Part cloudy, light westerly wind; sea moderate. Langara Island-,Overcast, light southwest wind; sea smooth. i * Gronau, with his three! com- # panions, is now on his way # from Chicago to the Patific + Ceast, “#*#¢@#@+ee00240444084 > 4 + + + +o + + + gang von Gronau, German # + + + + + + + +