the
m
Oirr
of
one
of
the
lost
JvthM
in
a
ttate
of
collapse
coulcllglvjpj
no
Info
mation.
Mr
and
Mrs.
Cummings
are
t!'e
only
residents
of
Roat
Harbor,
wh
i
h
was
a
former
shipping
tirt
of
the
defunct
Pacific
Coast
fal
Mmes
Company
.
Mr.
Cum-mlngs
was
caretaker
there,
and
Mr
Mines
is
Mrs.
Cummings'
listo-.
JAPANESE
FISHERMAN
DROWNS
NANAIMO
NANAIMO.
Auir.
7
Hiroahi
Tanimrt,
aged
11.
only
son
of
a
Japanese
fiahcrman,
fell
overboard
from
his
father's
launch
wly
this
morning.
The
father
P'ungrd
in
after
him
and
brought
lm
out
a
few
minutes
later,
dead.
EXHIBITION
OPENS
-
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
7:-Can-Pacific
exhibition
opened
wis
morning
at
Hastings
Park,
J
IVmler
S.
P.
Tolmle
will
wrmany
open
tho
exhibition
this
iternoon.
THE
HAGUE,
Aug.
7.-Rt.
Hon.
Philip
Snowden,
British
chancellor
of
the
exchequer,
stood
firm
today
against
the
adoption
of
the
Young
plan
for
the
settlement
j
of
war
debt
problems.
In
face
of
the
attitude
of
France
and
Italy
the
British
bank-
.
.
ii.
.
'i
r
I
era
were
opposea
vo
me
scneme
01
name
was
not
given
were
tbe
vle-
bank
for
international
debt
setting
A
3-year-old
child,
at
first
dement,
believing
that
the
pU
believed
drowned,
was
reported'
u)1
jntenify
the
scramble
for
later
to
have
been
saved.
I
cold-
for
frrtemaHonal-
bank-
par
In
some
manner,
which
is
un-
noses.
The
n-onosal
included
the
txplaincd,
three
occupants
of
the
buying
and
selling
of
gold
on
its
tear
wi
re
thrown
into
inc
water.
only
the
little
child
was
left'Wifj
ly
aboard
The
only
witness
e
the
tragedy
was
Sirs.
Cummin
MI
rogram
w
-
ft
i
CHANGES
IN
NAVY
UNITS
Atlantic
Fleet
Strengthened
at
Expense
of
Mediterranean
Forces
LONDON,
Aug.
7.
Tho
British
Mediterranean
fleet
has
been
reduced
with
the
transfer
of
capital
ships
to
the
Atlantic
fleet
to
make
it
the
most
powerful
floating
battle
unit
In
the,
world.
The
change
of
policy
will
give
additional
work
to
the
British
navy
yards
and
dry
docks
which
needed,
alnce
the
cruiser
building
whs
halted
INOUEST
VERDICT
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
7.
-The
coroner's
Jury
yesterday
returned
a
verdict
that
David
Spence
came
to
his
death
from
a
gunshot
wound
in
tho
hand
of
Alexander
Kirk-wood
Monday
night.
ftwi
ot
Miners
Into
Taku
River
Country
and
Many
Licenses
Issued
at
Rupert
Wait
BENNETTSTARTS
NORTHERN
TOUR
Denies
That
Conservatives
Opposed
Australian
Treaty
but
Only
Objected
ALERT
HAY
TONIGHT
Tells
How
Canada
Is
Handicapped
in
Hcijardjo
High
Grade,.
l
-
I'anenT
-
.
POWELL
RIVER.
Aug.
7
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett
commenced
his
tour
of
northern
British
Columbia
yesterday,
holding
his
first
meeting
at
Powell
River.
This
evening
he
is
to
be
at
Alert
Bay
and
tomorrow
at
Oceam
Falls.
From
titer
he
goes
direct
to
Anyox,
where
he
plans
to
sneak
Friday
night,
proceeding
then
to
Stewart,
and
returning
to
Prince
Rupert
on
Monday.
Last
night
Mr.
Bennett
denied
that
Conservatives
had
opposed
the
Aust-allan
treaty.
The
on-position
had
pointed
out
that
the
effect
of
the
treaty
in
tho
form
sanctioned
by
the
Government,
wh"'e
beneficial
to
certain
industries,
was
detrimenalto
the
dairy
industry.
Dealing
with
the
nuestlon
of!
newor!nt.
Mrr.
Bennett
said
Canada
had
been
unable
to
make
I
and
export
fth'e
irrsdos
of
paper;
becnuse
of
the
United
Stales
tariff
barriers.
COMMENTON
SITUATION
IN
EGYPT
TODAY
Objeciion
Tnken
In
Britain
Handing
Over
Complete
Control
of
Country
to
,
LONDON,
Aug.
7:
Newspaper
comment
points
with
concern
to
Deselection
of
the
British
Egyptian
agreement
which
surrenders
the
responsibility
for
lives
and
property
of
foreigners
In
Egypt
responsibility
to
.
Over
three
hundred
miners'
licenses
have
been
printed,
:
;""'br,in
about,
linlf
n
p
i.t--
ti..!
i
-i.
:
.,,1
M,
th.
Egyptian
Government.
11
"
'
"
"
the
British
Govern-
Otl;
r
.
in?,
T"f
Formerly
Tat??."
from
tne
Atlin
office,
for
miners
going
into
the,
u
jaont((
hnve
8tood
firm
and-
re.
,
aKu
Uiver
country,
where
pood
ore
is
reported
to
havm
'the
responsibility
and
n
found
on
tho
Tulscuuah
River,
a
tributary
of
the,other
power
relied
on
Britain's
lakU.
1
.
v
mtreni'th
for
protection,,,
.
Tho
Tulsominr,
rnvmn
nf
nlninis
WftsVhk'dntoMWfOT
With
this
removal,
and
.with
tho.
JJ
Los
Angeles
people,
who
did
some
development
work
ZliWo
iUUIU,
a
Jare
botj
of
ncn
orc
going
irom
iu
elgnert
were
of
such
trouble
ns
.
.on
The
Akl3ka-JuncaU
also
took
an
Option
on
some
aU-
M
recti
of
Alexandria,
the
possi-
joining
property
and
apparently
some
other
good
rock
bility
of
other
powers
landing
has
been
found
in
the
neighborhood,
for
thore
has
beon
force,
to
protect
their
nationals,
oSlrl
into
that
part
of
the
country.
It
is
ton
,
wnuH
m
nritnln,8
"ruvelye
miles
from
the
Alaska
boundary
and
is
accessible
8iUon
a8
an
ally
of
E(fypt
Jn
8Uch
W
up
tho
Tau
River,
which
is
navigable
beyond
the
(lis-nn
eventuality?"
the
Journal
wet
to
which
the
movement
is
taking
place.
k-
r
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Boston
Grill
Thursday,
August
8
LARUE
CAIIAKET
8:2,1
2t.G
ft.
High
flpecUl
Dinner!
Thursdays
and
Saturday
15:58
p.m.
20.8
ft.
DsncJog
Every
Saturday
Night,
9
to
It
Low
9:44
1.3
ft.
Dance
Hall
for
Hire
22:10
p.m.
4.2
ft.
Accommodations
(or
Private
Parttee
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
437
Vol.
XX..
No.
182.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
H.C-,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
7,
1929
PTt'CE
FIVE
r.Kiers
fine
Herring
Being
Taken
and
Cured
on
West
Coast
of
Moresby
Island
and
200
Barrels
Shipped
SKIDEGATE,
Aug.
7.
The
new
fish
curiner
plant
at
Moore
Channel,
on
the
west
coast
of
Moresby
Island,
has
shipped
into
Queen
Charlotte
City
over
200
barrels
of
Scotch
cured
herring.
The
fishermen
who
caught
the
herring
say
they
believe
if
their
nets
had
been
deeper
at
the
start
they
would
have
1
had
over
a
thousand
barrels
shipped
by
now
.
Quite
a
lot
of
time
has
been
lost
adding
another
strip
to,
their
nets
to
make
them
deeper.
It
is
reported
that
Moore
Channel
and
Inskip
Channel
are
full
of
herring
just
now.
j
WOMAN
AND
TWO
CHILDREN
LOST
LIVES
NANAIMO
Drown
In
Hosting
Accident
When
All
Were
Thrown
Into
the
Water
NANAIMO.
Aug.
7.
Meagre
adviors
reaching
here
state
that
a
woman
and
two
children
were
dp
iw
n
i
d
In
a
boating
accident
at
B'-at
Harbor,
eight
miles
east
of
Nanaimo.
last
night.
Mrs.
E.
T.
j
Mim
J
nf
Island
Park.
Rurnaby,.
B
r
.
an
8-year-old
boy
framed
'
Camming,
and
another
wliose
SNOWDENFIRM
AGAINST
PLAN
UNITED
STATES
Also
Itritixh
Hankers
Oppose
ternational
Rank
Scheme
In-
D0UKH0B0RS
TO
REBUILD
THE
SCHOOLS
Number
of
Iiuilding
Hurned
.Monday
Night
and
Will
Re
Replaced
NELSON,
Aug.
7.
Douk-hobor
schools
at
Champion
Creek,
Brilliant,
Spencer
and
Kreslova
and
a
flour
mill
and
warehouse
at
Glade
were
destroyed
by
fires
of
an
incendiary
origin
Monday
night'.
Hon.
Joshua
Hinchliffe
last
night
Interviewed
Peter
Ver-egin
Jr
,
who
agreed
to
rve
the
hchools
rebuilt,
the
Douk-hobors
to
utnnd
all
losses.
Prominent
Visitors
to
Canada
'ihrre
of
the
most
prominent
political
leaders
in
the
Mother
land
win
visit
Canada
this
month
when
they
are
expected
to
nwke
important
announcements
regarding
the
welfare
of
the'
Brtish
Empire.
They
are:
left,
top,
Rt
Hon.
Winston
Churchill.
GRAIN
COMMISSION
RESIGN
AUGUST
15
OTTAWA,
Aug.
7.
The
resignation
of
all
members
of
the
board
of
grain
commissioners
for
Canada
will
become
effective
on
Aug-1
ust
15,
and
on
that
date
new
commissioners
will
be
announced.
PINKS
RUNNING
AT
QUEENCIIAROLTTES
SKIDEGATeT
Aug.
7.
Rink
salmon
are
now
running
at
Tlell
and
at
Scuddcr
Point.
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
years
ago
when
for-
VANCOUVER,
Aug,
murdered
In
the
price
of
wheat
quntcd
tho
exchange
7:
The
today
was
$1.51.
on
I1IRT1I
NOTICE
A
daughter
was
bom
to
Mr,
and
Mrs.
F.
M.
Walls,
(112
Eighth
Avenue
E.,
at
the
Prince
Rujiert
General
Hospital,
August
C.
U.
S.
TO
AID
SOVIET
PLANE
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
7:
Instructions
have
been
sent
to
the
coastguard
Vessels
on
the
Pacific
to
lend
every
possible
assistance
to
the
plane
from
Moscow
on
its
flight
to
New
York,
taking
the
route
along
the
'
Alaskan
coast,
and
probably
stopping
at
Dutch
Harbor.
MORE
MEN
ARE
SENT
TO
FIGHT
FIRES
IN
WENATCHEE
VALLEY
SEATTLE,
Aug.
7:
Twenty-five
more
men
have
been
sent
to
the
Wenatcheo
Valley
to
help
fight
the
fires
which
have,
been
raging
In
the
forest
reserve
and
which
are
proving
very
British
Will
Withdraw
From
Egypt
if
Latest
Draft
Treaty
Adopted
LONDON,
Aug.
7.
The
British
military
occupation
in
Egypt,
except
lor
the
Suez
Canal
zone,
is
abandoned
and
otner
important
and
far
reaching
reforms
are
agreed
to
in
the
new
Anglo-Egyptian
draft
treaty,
details
of
which
will
be
issued
by
the
foreign
office.
The
proposals
are
a
great
advance
on
anything
hitherto
offered.
Britain
recognizes
that
protection
of
foreigners
in
Egypt
is
a
matter
devolving
sole
y
upon
tho
Egyptian
Government.
The
proposals
must
be
approved
by
the
newly-elected
'Egyptian
parliament
before
they
can
be
submitted
to
the
British
parliament
for
their
approval
and
embodied
in
a
treaty.
ANSWERS
GIVEN
!
T0MR.SN0WDEN
France
and
Italy
Speak
in
Favo:
of
Young
Plans
Reparations
Settlement
GREECE
WANTS
CASH
Vcnizelos
Voices
Complaint
Smaller
Powers
That
They
Have
Been
Left
Out
finance,
REVENUE
FROM
of
THE
HAGUE,
Aug.
7:
Right
Hon.
Philip
Snowden,
Britain's
i
chief
delegate
at
the
reparations
i
I
conference,
who
attacked
the
former
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
in
the
Baldwin
Government
Di'
Youn
of
8ettlcment
yes-
nla
feilLT!1...1
4day.
UleTolVby
ffi
the
tfimiwcr
oi
umpwociu
mine
ancuonaio
w
ana
rJEK,
lit.
n.nri
Henri
cheron.
Cheron,
French
French
minister
Tiands
of
either
GarmAnv
or
Iloru
IiMv
WWmeryv
Secretary
of
State
fDWMHWii
mtfit;f
of
and
'a
Senator
c"
T"
Vr.-'r
mnm-
in
inu
iiaiutvui
uuviiiuiiciiw.
British
Labor
Chancellor
Stands
Up
for
Rights
of
Britain
in
Hague
Speech
THE
HAGUE,
Aug.
7.
Hon.
Philip
Snowden,
chancellor
of
the
exchequer
and
chief
British
delegate
to
the
conference
of
nations
on
reparations
payments,
attacked
the
experts'
report,
including
the
Young
plan,
declaring
that
Great
Britain
could
make
no
further
sacrifices.
Under
the
distribution
made
by
the
experts,
France
and
Italy
got
.'more
than
they
were
entitled
to
under
the
Spa
agreement
and
Britain
and
the
smaller
creditors
got
less.
Mr.
Snowden
added
that
Britain
was
willing
at
any
time
to
wipe
the
slate
clean,
as
outlined
in
the
Balfour
note,
but
So
long
as
debts
were
receivable
by
any,
the
government
of
Great
Britain
would
insist
on
fair
treatment.
The
delegates
gave
closest
attention
to
the
speech
of
the"
British
chancellor.
Italian
delegate,
who
defended
the
plan.
Premier
Venirelos
of
Greece
stated
the
case
of
the
smaller
powers
in
objecting
to
the
Young
plan,
saying
they
had
been
overlooked.
The
Paris
experts
forgot
the
smaller
power's
debts
when
they
fixed
the
shares
or
reparations
payments
coming
to
them.
While
the
small
powers
had
no
intention
of
attacking
the
Young
plan,
they
wished
to
call
atten-
CHARGESTATES
WITH
DESIGNS
ONMANCHURIA
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
7.
Allegations
are
being
made
in
Mos-ow
that
the
United
Slates
is
seriously
concerning
itself
in
the
international
dispute
between
Russia
and
China
with
the
object
of
ejecting
Russians
frorl
Manchuria.
One
of
the
objects
said
jp
be.
influencing
the
States
in
their,,
alleged
move
is
to
bring
about
greater
imperialistic
expan
sion
in
Manchuria
and
that
they
an
to
place
the
management
of
Manchurian
railway
in
the
The
allegations
are
looked
upon
here
as
propaganda.
PRINCE
GEORGE
IN
ILL-HEALTH
LONDON,
Aug.
7.
The
Daily
News
says
that
it
lias
learned
that
the
royal
family
are
somewhat
tion
to
the
usatisfactory
position
anxious
about
the
health
of
Prince
of
Greece's
deht
to
England.
George.
The
prince
left
the
navy
France
and
United
States
arising
out
of
the
war,
amounting
to
over
1,400,000.000
gold
marks.
The
Young
plan
gives
Greece
only
500,000,000
gold
marks
in
63
years
because
of
his
health
and
went
into
the
foreign
office,
but
this
did
not
benefit
him
but
rather
caused
his
present
indisnostion.
On
July.
19
the
prince
was
kept
by
illness
from
keeping
an
engagement
and
his
brother,
the
Duke
of
Gloucester,
says
the
prince
might
i
have
to
go
away
and
take
a
brief
cure.
TAR
I
IfFNSFS
sLeave
of
appeal
Prince
Rupert
Gets
Her
Share
Distribution
Amounting
to
$6393
of
Aug.
7.
'
The
Prince
Rupert
$G393
Prince.
George
2053
Smithcrs
685
Terrace
2C4
THREE
HUNDRED
FOR
THE
PEACE
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
7.
Vancouver
Is
sending
four
car
loads
of
delegates
to
the
convention
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
trip
into
the
Peace
River.
It
is
expected
the
total
party
from
Edmonton
into
the
Peace
will
number
something
like
three
hundred.
VmiW
1U
KMLVYAI
OTTAWA.
Aug.
7.
The
application
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
for
leave
to
appeal
to
the
supreme
court
against
18.31c
grain
rate
from
the
head
of
the
largest
revenue
from
motor!
Jake
Quebc
h"
been
re.
fled
the
board
of
!
by
rallway
com
licenses
in
the
history
of
British
Columbia
Is
being
distributed
by
m'"lonera
the
finance
department
of
thej
Fllr?h
FOUR
HAVE
DIED
AND
half
the
whole
amount
of
the
tax
which
is
divided
between
the
Government
and
the
municipalities.
The
amounts
received
by
northern
municipalities
follows:
FIVE
ARE
ILL
RESULT
OF
CLAM
POISONING
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Aug.
7:
Four
people'
have
already
died
and
five
are
violently
ill
from
clam
poisoning.
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direct
Aberdeen
Joke
from
the
Factory
ALL
OUT
Minister
(who
is
not
popular
in
the
parish,
to
little
girl
at
door):
"Is
your
mother
In?"
"No,
she's
oot."
"Is
your
father
Inf
"No.
he's
oot."
'Oh
well,
I'll
just
come
in
and
sit
by
the
fire
till
thoy
como
in."
"Ye
ncedna
bother,
it's
oot
tael"