Today’s Weather Prince Rupert—Overcast, light southwest wind; barometer, 30.29; temperature, 56; sea smooth, ¥ enti 6%, —— = — — ——s ‘SD, Vol. XXIII, No, 205. % sm { ___- x he Daily News NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B. ,"t THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1932 Heavy Grain Motenidad Will Mean Employment For Seniority Holders Cheering Announcement Made By Senator James Mur- doch—Found Spirit of Optimism and Enthusiasm Through West, He Says FORT WILLIAM, Ont., Sept. 1:—AlL railwaymen on seniority lists in Western Canada will probably be work- ing within a short time due to heavy movement of grain | that is in sight, Senator James Murdoch, vice-president of | the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, de- | clared here today. Senator Murdoch said that there was a consider able | spirit of optimism and enthusiasm in the west. travelled to the Pacific Coast and back. AUGUST [S LEAVING WEATHER FOR JAPAN: Meteorological Conditions in Princ: Rupert About Average During He had | Capt. Wolfgang Von Gronau Now at Attu Isiand in Course of \8. Skeena Last Month His World Flight trim Canadian destroyer and iar — |popular personnel August this year was about an OCHIISH!I, Hokkaido, Japan, | The ship arrived in port on the average month from a weather, Sept. 1t:—Capt Wolfgang von /eyening of August 20 and that eve- standpoint. During the month just’ Grenau, German world flyer |ning the commander and officers | ended there with 5.57 inches of rain’ sent a wireless message today |were entertained at the home of| A real queen is Tall-We-Ton-Mi as compared with 5.7 incl Au that he intended to hop off from |Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stevens. Bridge blooded Cayuse Indian princess, gust last year Sunshine f the Attu shortly for Kakumabetsu | was enjoyed, the prize winners be-| nies of the Pendleton roundup at month amounted to 86.2 hovrs as Bay in Paramushiru, the north- [ing Mrs. Christensen, Engineer-' against 93.1 hours in Augu 1931. ernmost island of Japan. Commander Stephens and Lieut | So far this year precipitation has Yon Gronan and his three com- | Lay. ECLIPSE totalled 61.38 inches as compared panions arrived at Attu on the In addition to the officers, other with 59.14 inches in the first ¢ westernmost tip of the Aleutian | ouests included Indian Agent James ; months of 1931. Sunshine for this Islands from Kanaga Harbor this Gillett, Prof. George L. Murdoch of | IS SEEN year to date ha ageregated 5574 morning. lYale Gateeraiie, Mrs. E. E. Moore hours in comparison with 6268 Mrs. A. Christensen, Mrs. A. Jones Fis — / hours in the corresponding period Mrs. O. G. McIntyre, Mrs. A. Duval, Work of Astronomers if Quebec of last y .. FIRE LOSS” Miss N. Pallant, Miss Rice and Mr | Complete Success—Saddle The weathe! ummary for th t and Mrs. F. Atkins Bands Studied ugust w announced as foll On the evening of Monday a} " ; a morning by R. G .Emersor IS WEAVY dance was staged in the Town “A ll! LOUISEVILLE, Que., Sept. Bt Digby Island, Dominion meteoro at Skidegate Mission, people ft mn Complete success in the work they logist _., |Massett, Port Clement Queen | undertook in ass me Highest barometer r iding at sea’ Damage For Month of August ‘This Charlotte City, Sandspit and othe solar . pe yan RY ae level. 39.35 on August 4 Year $1510, Bringing Year's Island noints being in atten rae achieved by the Canadian brane Lowest barometer reading al sea Total to $42,158 as well as fifty members of the per of the Royal Astrononfical So- level, 29.74 on August 27 | “ sonnel of the destroyer ony: ; . Meaenem = temperaqure, .-1y.on During the month of August this During the ship's stay, local resi | sew oe pene ea August 15 and 16 | sikh Sane den ne alarms turned | “ents were enabled to inspect tl | one shea oe or pierons Minimum temperature, 42 on Au in to the city fire department, da- destroyer which was found to be oe i. ae a ees aariecd gust 24 we for the month being placed at | SP! *k and span on board as her out e Reteal 0 ieee sailing > Precipitation, 5.57 inches 161510. So far this year fire damage ward appearance indicated. Cour-| om bias Aat nf - Sunshine, 86.2 hours : : : +159 ae come tesies of the commander, officers the eclipse. Astronomers a |here is estimated at $42,198 as com ial | been anxious for years to know pared with $1421 in the first eight and men were also errete | Halibut Landings Summary American—23,000 pounds, 4 2c None American Atlantic, 35,000, left for Augusta, 13,000, and Don @., 10 000, Cold Storage, 4c Canadian Seattle and 2c TONIGHT! TAXI DANCE | which have been blowing of late, Exhibition (REVENUE INCREASE! | Customs Collections For August To- | talled $10,884.57, Making Year’s | Total $86,478,76 Customs and excise revenue at the port of Prince Rupert for the! month of August this year totalled | $10,884.57 as compared with $8,-| 896.94 in the same month last year. |Revenue for 1932 to date now stands at an aggregate of $85,478.76 as jagainst $88,992.47 in the first eight {months of 1931. | SKEENA AT SKIDEGATE | ! | Peron ' ' | | | i Visit of Canadian Destroyer te Q. C. Islands Made Occasion For Celebration | SKIDEGATE, Sept. 1:—The re-| jcent visit to Skidegate of H. M. C.} was the ,gccasion for} | fittitig celebration in fonor of the | | > (Melissa: Parr no will presiae over the desti- Portiand, Oregon, in September to you) full- in more about these bands. months of 1931. There have been 53 — Te rms so far tt f as against ar the ae tai ; ‘pete of WEATHER REPORT PINK RUN ast year Fire damage this August included NOT GOOD. . . Dead Tree Point—Part cloudy $1500 when the home of H. Suehiro a sw LA Fast was swept by light southeast wind; baromete on Third Avenue Ee 8 D) okraah da ee. a ; fire on August 24 and $10 loss caus- 30.22; temperature, 60; light chop. jqnis Variety of ‘Salmon Very Slow ed by a chimney fire at the Klon-| Triple Island—Overcast, lig! in Showing Up—Northerly dyke Rooms on Fulton Street on westerly wind; moderate westerly Gales Hamper Trolling 1}August 30, swell. SKIDEGATE, Sept. 1 there has been an exceptionally poor showing of pink salmon on ithe Queen Charlotte Islands al though the run should have com I ONIGH ; | menced in full long ere this & In the Dena River, Skidegate In- first there have been only a few put = their appearance so far. |the Dena, very little trolling has been done Hall - 10 o'clock..to 2 VENETIAN ORCHESTRA. ‘Tain Morrisah of byixjor: jnery is paying a brief visit city, terday River 10c. a dance; 3 dances for 25c. ‘ ing a still, the case beiyg adjourned | economies announced by the Cana- |for eight days. The still and equipment was con-| jonce, Up to date | around the islands, many boats of |y," SYDNEY, fhe sflept ekg died: uf ®) daw ih, Capt$James’ cae le Quebec where he to the # on Saturday aboardthe steam- #! having arrived in town yes-|# er Empress of Britain on his #| afternoon from the Skeena!*# return to England. SEIZURE OF STILL Police Take Liquor Plant Near Sunnyside and Make Arrest A complete five gallon still to-| gether with 120 gallons of mash in the making was seized by Provin- | cial Constables Andrew Grant,| Harold Raybone and William Rob- ertson, who were accompanied by | Collector in a shack near Sunnyside cannery! yesterday afternoon and, as.a re-| sult of the seizure, Minokicho Tate-| yama, Japanese, oWner pf the pre-} mises, was taken in Astoty and | charged ‘this morning in provincial | police court before Stipendiary Ma-|changes in assignments of several gistrate H. F. McLeod with operat- | | cealed in a shack in the bush about; 100 yards from the cannery. Dif-' Clark, ferent parts of the still were found! in various parts of the house. Ap- parently to avoid detection by smoke in his operations, the opera-| dent at Moncton, ltor of the still used a small gasoline | stove for heating purposes, The seizure and arrest followed nvestigations.which Rave been car- | | | | iried out by the police. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, Sept. 1: was quoted at Wheat 52%ec on the local let, where the pinks usually show up| exchange today. Chums|@oeeeeeeoee oes jare, however, commencing to run in! * @| \# MOLLISON HOPS FROM $ Owing to strong westerly gales|}# SYDNEY TO QUEBEC AND + WILL EMBARK ON SHIP t eae Rook ca c at 11 o'clock this! morning ‘for ll embark! ‘e be Tomorrow’s Tides: Friday, Septemper 2, 1932 Mig ch Sas; lipo a.m, 21.8 ft. 14:20 pm. 21.5 ft. LOW | sinaisaeek 8:17am. 19 fh 20:35 p.m. 2.8 ftp PRICE: FIVE CENTS Five High Piaitions-- In Service Abolished And Changes Made Four Officials With Long Service Have Been Retired— British Columbia and Alberta Districts Merged With Headquarters at Edmonton MONTREAL, Sept. 1:—Five high positions in, al. nadian National Telegraphs have been abolished and four officials with long service records have retired. D. E. Gal- loway, assistant vice-president of Canadian National Railways in charge of telegraph and telephone depart- ments, will be in charge with office in Toronto. % Utficers retired are: W. G. Barber, general manager. BODIES ARE | R. H. Hathaway, superintendent |of reports, Toronto. | G. H. Stead, superintendent at ALL FOUND Vancouver. : C. H. Daniels, manager at Van- ae }souver Remains of Mrs. Geo, Naysmith, | Third Victim of Stewart Tragedy, Recovered Offices abolished are those of igeneral manager, chief of traffic ind operation, chief of plant, su- | 2erintendent of reports and super- |intendent at Vancouver. The British Columbia district is merged with Alberta district under the jurisdiction of the superinten- dent at Edmonton, W. J. Rooney. With the abolition of the position STEWART, Sept. 1:—As a re- sult of continued dragging opera- tions, the body of Mrs. George Naysmith, third victim of the tra- gedy early last Sunday morning when an automobile plunged into Portland Canal following a colli- sion with a truck, was recovered about 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon. All bodies have now been recovered. Relatives of the dead persons arrived here today from Vancou- ver including John Naysmith, father of George Naysmith. The coroner’s inquest is still in progress. No date or place has yet been set for the funerals. ‘of chief of traffic and operation, R. W. Ball is appointed city super- intendent at Vancouver. R. Kenward, former chief of plant, is appointed plant superin- tendent at ae: MACNIDER aa ee ~ - ECONOMIES of Customs J. H. McLeod, ! ©. HAS QUIT President Hoover Congratulates Minister to Canada on His Part in Waterways Treaty ANNOUNCED “WASHINGTON, BC. Sek resident Herbert Hoover today ac- cepted the resignation of Hon. Han- ford Macnider, United States min- ster to Canada, and, at the same time, congratulated him upon ‘his part in the consummation of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. COASTWISE SCOW IS BEING OVERHAULED N. R. Opérating Divisions Amal- gamated, Officials Retire and Assignments Altered MONTREAL, Sept. 1:—Amalga- mation of operating divisions, re- tirement of three officials and superintendants included are In | die in National Railways effective at The Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co.’s scow Griff, which was brought The officers retiring are G. P. to port during the night by the superintendent of car ser-,steamer Griffco, was taken on the vice at Toronto, A. F. Stewart, re- | pontoons at the local dry dock this |gional chief engineer at Moncton, | morning. There is a couple of days’ N.B,, and W. N. Rippey, superinten- | work to be carried out on the craft ‘in the course of overhaul. Today’s Fair Program 4:30 P.M.—Lacrosse, Aiyansh vs. Prince Rupert. 6:15 P.M.—-Five-a-Side Football competition. 8 P.M.—-Vaudeville in Exhibition Building. 10 P.M. to 2 AM.—Taxi Dance Friday 1:30 P.M.—Baseball, Port Essington vs. Young Empress. 4 P.M.—Baseball—Winners of Port Essington-Young Empress game vs. Port Simpson 6:15 P.M.—Final five-a- ~aide football competition. i Admissiein tito’ all games, 25c! 9'P.M.-Big Dance in Exhibition Hall— > This is the dance of the seqegn. Admission 50c. Exhibitio# Building is Open each day from 1 p.m. to midnight. The Elks have charge of the carnival attractions on the outside of the building. [~ OS OOM SARE e OS) Cn 7 i] I al % + -_ mh