Today’s Weather RE seanannctt a EEE we START LUMBER SHIPMENTS FROM THIS C Prince Rupert— Cloudy, light “ northwest wind; barometer, 30.16; “9. temperature, 63; sea smooth. c Kon e 7. 7 A %, b, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS ——— oO a a SS —_ a XXIII., No. ’92. by ° 4, ® _ ——— 7 ——%, 7 reer ee & % ? o > o ¢ perial Conference Is Facing Deadlock and End of Sessions Is Delayed ; Maze of Proposals **+e427¢40¢4¢4¢4¢40%4 ‘(ON GRONAU IN ALBERTA; HERE NEXT 4 + ” + : * LAC LA BICHE, Alta. * ug. 17:—Capt. Wolf- * rang von Gronau, Ger- * ian trans-Atlantic fly- * br, and his three com- + anions landed here yes- * erday afternoon from * ormorant Lake, Man., * n the course of their + light around the world, * ‘heir next scheduled * top after here is Prince * Rupert whence they will .* across the Pacifie * ean to Japan via the * tian and Kurile Isl- * Von Gronau is * king up his flying * pOat here today prepar- * y to taking off to- * norrow for Prince Ru- * ert via Hazelton. ¢ a ‘ HOONER LEAKING hie Christiansen, With Cargo of Codfish, is in Distress in Behring Sea 'CH HARBOR, Alaska, Aug chooner Sophie Chris reported here yesterday e was leaking badly under e Behring S¢ is mak NSS ae Britain and Canada Strike Snag Over Russia With Former Determined to Continue Trade With Soviet—Aus- tralia and Britain Deadlocked Over Argentine Meat . OTAAWA, Aug. 17:—Sweltering in humid heat, im. perial economic conference delegates are striving to re- duce to acceptance formula a tangle of proposals, counter proposals, policies and principles and, despite confidential hope of concluding Saturday, the final plenary session may be still further delayed. Great Britain and Canada have®™ truck a snag over Russia Britisa | delegates, seemingly, have turned MA i down all offers of preference in} ; their determination to en trade with the Soviet Republic In addition, it is reported that) ,Australia and the United Kingdom+ PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932 HAND IS GIVEN TO Rudy Is Ambitious = Bea » m —— Se Rudy Vallee at Boston recently papers for entrance into the Sv! wanted to enter practice when With him is Dean L as he signed his matriculation folk law school. Vallee said he his crooning Gays were ‘ended. Archer. of the school ure deadlocked over the question of at . . PR P L Argentine meat exports. Visit of H. M. C. 8. Skeena to Be Ob- | A served at Queen Charlotte This morning the British dele- : Island Point gates held a meeting and the schir-| duled meeting of the Canadian ca-| TAXICAB» ~~ IN CRASH Mrs. Martha Whitehead of Vancou- ver Killed and William Manford, Driver, Badly Injured Coming to Fair Likely That Football Team and | Athletes Will Visit Rupert | | MASSETT, Aug. 17:—Arrange- ments have been made for a big} native holiday celebration here at the end of next week at which the feature eVent will be a football match between representative foot- VANCOUVER Aug 17:—Mrs. ball teams from Massett and Skide- Martha Whitehead, aged woman, gate to décide the soccer champion- was instantly killed when a taxicab ship of the Queen Charlotte Islands. | It is very probable that the win-| car at the cor-' ning team will go to Prince Rupert Streets | for the fair and make an attempt } in which she was a passenger Col- ' lided with a stree ner of Bute and Pender here. The driver of the taxi, Wil-|to lift the championship of North-| liarn Manford, was critically in-|ern British Columbia | jured If the football team goes, it is| Mrs. Fred Wesch and family Terrace returned to the city from the inter- ior on this afternoor train likely that other athletes will be in| who | Prinee Rupert to compete in a num- | ber of athletic events, one of these | being George Brown, who was so! successful at the coast city a few years ago. He has been told that have been holidaying at reaty Obligations Will Not Interfere | With Other Dealings ssi: puss, s a0 there are Prince Rupert athletes who will prove worthy contestants | for honors Halibut Landings American—134,500 pounds, 4c and} 2c to 4c and 2.5c portant Recommendation mittee on Foreign Relations at Imperial ; Conference — YTTAWA, Aug. 17:—The mmittee on foreign relatio recommendations that no pire countries might ente interfere with any mutué i nts of commonwealth might agree upon. Empire coun- will free themselves from any bling treaties that might inter- with mutual preefrences to be eed upon, VANCOUVER WHEAT \NCOUVER, Aug. 17:—VY neat ioled at 54c on the local ex- nge today FANCOUVER, Aug. 17:—Wheat iuoted at © yesterday 54%c on the local/|@# ment American Charlotte, 7,500; Viola, 7,000; | Neptune, 6,000; Hi Gill, 10,000; Bal- tic, 18,000, and Avona, 10,000, Cold Storage, 4c and 2c ‘ Gjoa, 9,000, and Lenore, Imperial economic conference | atin, 4¢ and 2c ns is understood to include in Reliance I, 24,000, and Zarembo,' treaty obligations into which | 13,500, mpm fe and 2c. rin future should be allowed] . Teddy's, *0N00, and Rap TIL, ¢,- , hich g .. |000, Pacific, 4c and 2c 1] preferences which govern-|"" giray, 37,000, left for Seattle. | to be Made by Special Com- » in Ottawa 12,500, | oe Canadian Lysekil, 20,000; Cold Storage, 4c COSSSHOSSTOH OOO OO LG 2. . } Covenant, 20,000, Booth, 4c and # ITALY TO SCRAP ae ie © 2. * NAVAL TONNAGE ®| ‘Atti, 14,000, and Helen II, 17,000, + |\Cold Storage, 4c and 2.5c. # ROME, Aug. 17:—Approxl- *) prosperity A., 24,000, Atlin, 4c and #@ mately 130,000 tons of Italian # 2.5e. # naval forces will be s rapped, >" ON ae ee ~- a yust 25, in the in- : ae os : ynomy, it is an-,@; G, W. Johnstone returned to the # nounced by the Italian govern- #/)city on this afternoon's train from #/ one of his periodical! business trips \@ ereseseeeete @ o\to Skeena Wiver cannery points. ON POLICE Kidd Committee Recommends That R. C. M. P. Take Over Work Throughout Province VICTORIA, Aug. 17:—The de- partment of the attorney general is now giving attention to one proposal in the report of the Kidd commission recommending that ene force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, assume the pol- icing of the whole province with the exception of Vancouver and Victoria, thus eliminating the cost of 39 separate police forces which are now being maintained and saving the municipalities an estimated $1,700,000 per year. FLOOD AND PESTILENCE Nine Hundred Reported Dead in Northern Manchuria With Thousands Homeless HARBIN, Aug. 17:—Nine hun- dred persons are reported to have been drowned with thousands homeless in various sections of Northern Manchuria today. Cholera is also reported to be taking thousands of victims. The entire population of Har- bin has been vaccinated as a pre- caution against the dread mal- ady. HARTNESS — OAST —_ en ee ieee Tomorrow’s Tides Thursday, August 18, 1932 High sonsrees-es Ae Bk. BEA Th, 14:49 p.m. 206 ft. OO i 8:40 am. 2.4 ft. 20:57 pam. 44 ft. PRICE: FIVE CENTS TO ORIENT Coughlan Vessels Are Being Subsidized To Carry Timber Across ‘Premier Tolmie Announces Arrangements Following Re- ceipt of Advices From Minister of Trade and Com- merce—$4950 Per Trip is to be Paid | VICTORIA, Aug. 17:—A definite arrangement for the renewal of subsidized lumber shipments from British Co- lumbia ports to the Orient starting in October has been ‘announced by Premier 8S. F. Tolmie following receipt of ‘advices from Hon. H. H. Stevens, minister of trade and ‘commerce in the federal government, to the effect that a | % ontract has been awarded to John |Coughlan & Co. of Vancouver. Pro- CONFERENCE vision is made in the subsidy con- ‘coal in bunkering the ships. The IS CAI | ED |Subsidy amounts.-to $4950 per trip tract for use of British Columbia rc rep io TO. CARRY _ ON CLASS Soon WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 17: RESIGNS —lresident Herbert Hoover has | Senior Matriculation Will Again Be Principal of Local High School Tak- ing Victoria Post—Gilliland to Be His Successor The board of school trustees, at its meeting last night, accepted the resignation of Dunmail H. Hartness, |\for three years principal of King |Edward High School and a former | Plommer, who has resigned to join the staff of Kitsilano Junior High} a+ port principal of Booth Memorial School has been appointed Following acceptance of Mg. Hartness’ resignation, the board de- cided to offer the principalship of the local high school to Harry ‘Gib liland, at present a member of the staff of the high school, who is ex- pected to accept A. Sutton, at present principal of Agassiz High School, has been of- fered the appointment on the staff f the high school to succeed J. W. School in Vancouver No appointment has _ yet \ who asked for his release in order to accept the principalship of Oak Bay | High School in Victoria to which he Taught in Local High School issued a ¢eall to business and in- During Coming Year dustrial leaders of United States to meet in conference here on August 26 to institute a “war on | The board of school trustees, at depression.” lits meeting last night, decided de- It is expected about 100 will be | finitely to continue senior matricu- present. Following a discussion of |)ation work in the local high school various phases of the present si- |during the coming school year, tuation, it is anticipated that | ,assing a resolution to this efect committees will be appointed to | despite a recommendation from D. go further into the various bran- |H. Hartness, principal of King Ed- ches of trade and industry. | ward High School, that the senior jmatriculation be discontinued this 3 A maximum tentative fee of $125 |per pupil for the year was set by jthe board after Secretary J. .O Wil- PA | RIARCH i=: had announced that eight pupils for the class were already as- [er with the possibility that there may be 12. The class will be limited Samuel Auriol, Aged 70, of Metla-|to 12 pupils. If there is not that katla, Passes Away at Port jnumber available in the city, pu- Essington | pis from points outside in the dis- | trict will be given the chance to Samuel Auriol, another well/enrol known patriarch of the neighbor-| The resolution that the senior ing native village of Metlakatla,| matriculation class be continued passed away suddenly on Monday/during the coming year was moved Essington where he had|by Trustee Brooksbank and secoh- been employed during the salmon}ded by Trustee Gillis, been | canning season. He was 70 years of made by the board to the third va- age and a native of Metlakatla. He cancy caused by the advancement | followed the late Father Duncan to RECOVERY of Mr. Gilliland to the principal- E hip Mrs. Jack Joy, who has been on/} Sister both living at Metlakatla a holiday trip to Vanderhoof, re- turned to the city from the interior on this afernoon’s rain, Metlakatla, Alaska, and some years ago returned to his native village.) | He is survived by his widow and a IN STOCK The funeral will take place to- ; morrow afternoon at Metlakatla Market Revived in New York This from the Anglican Church there| Afternoon Following Severe De- ‘ete Haynor Bros., undertakers, in cline During Morning charge of arrangements rn the committee. nothing. Kidd Committee Report to Be Published on August 30 It Is Announced; No Statement Made VICTORIA, Aug. 17:—August 30 is set as the date for the release to the newspapers and the Bri- tish Columbia public of the Kidd report on govern- mental affairs of the province, it was announced yesterday by both George Kidd, chairman of the committee, and Premier S. F. Tolmie, following a conference between the cabinet and five members of Asked whether suggestions had been made by the government as to changes in the report before its publication, both parties replied that they could say ie ee NEW YORK, Aug. 17:—The stock WEATHER REPORT market, after a severe decline dur- ing the morning, rebounded in the —_—— last hour of trading today Dead Tree Point—Overcast, light) prices southeast wind; barometer, 30.06; temperature, 58;, light swell Closing many of the early from two to eight recovered showed losses, ranging ; points Langara Island—-Clear, light wes- #¢e+40002004468 'terly wind; light. swell, ’ LIGHTNING STARTS BIG FIRE IN MAIN VICTORIA SECTION Triple Island—Overcast, calm; ,sea smooth. | FUNERAL HELD TODAY eeeteeeeetreereer ee ee VICTORIA, Aug. 17:—Fire believed to have been caused by lightning during a thunder- storm, late Monday night did damage estimated at $25,000 to the stock of Smith & Cham- pion's store on Douglas Street, the main business thorough- fare of the city.of Victoria. | Capt. Ruby Steele of the Salvation |Army officiated at the funeral ser- ‘vice in the chapel of Haynor Bros !undertakers, this afternoon for Ro- jbert Sutherland, 76-year old crab fisherman of this city, who died in the Prince Rupert General Hospital at the end of last week. Lieut. Cox- son presided at the organ. Inter- jment was made in Fairview Ceme-| ett eee eee eeeaeee *te+t 20040470404 x* ener canny rT i aoe vie ees % & z I; a ? + » ~% or : J Ry a “yd ; he