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202.
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PRINCE
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RIDAY,
AUGUST
30,
1929
PRICE
FIVE
rKN'i'v
Seventy-Four
Lives
Lost
When
Steamer
San
Juan
Collided
With
Tanker
Dodd
About
Midnight
At
11:55
last
night
the
Digby
Island
wireless
station
picked
up
an
"SOS"
message
from
the
American
steamer
San
Juan
stating
she
was
sinking
55
miles
south
of
San
Francisco.
Further
word
received
by
the
station
was
to
the
effect
that
the
San
Juan
had
collided
with
the
steamer
S.
C.
T.
Dodd,
the
former
vessel
sinking
almost
immediately.
The
Dodd
immediately
hove
tp
and
picked
up
as
many
of
the
passengers
and
crew
of
the
San
Juan
as
possible.
It
was
feared,
however,
that
there
would
be
serious
loss
of
life.
Latest
word
received
was
that
the
Dodd
was
proceeding
to
port
with
seriously
injured
persons
from
the
San
Juan
The
steamer
Munami
had
come
up
to
the
scene
of
the
wreck
and
was
standing
by
to
pick
up
further
sur-
H,u.oi(UmUlc
The
bUb
from
the
San
meht
by
the
steamer
Prince
this
nffprnnnn
frnm
thn
smith
WiVnWa
Onninfn.
T
Barraclough
received
the
call
.
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Aurr.
steamer
San
Juan
sank
off
Pigeon
Point,
30
miles
south
of
a"f
water
conditions
we"
hvor-here,
early
today,
a
few
minuted
after
collecting
with
the;a
GerBe
Youn,f
Toronto
of
Ca.
Standard
Oil
Tanker
S.
C.
T.Dodd.
How
many
persons
taiina
fame
and
former
winner
were
lost
has
not
been
determined.
The
San
Juan
carried
of
the
Wrigley
swim,
started
as
65
passengers
and
a
crew
of
45.
The
Dodd
had
35
in
her
also
did
Emst
Viedkoetter,
for-
Crew.
merly
of
Cologne
and
also
a
pr
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Aug.
30.
Seventy-four
passengers
and
members
of
the
crew,
it
was
believed
at
noon
today,
lost
their
lives
when
the
steamer
San,
Juan
collidad
with
the
oil
tanker
S.
S.
T.
Dodd
off
Pfgeori
$int,
CaL,
at
midnight
during
a
dense
fog.
The
San.
JuarLi3jin;pld
ship
pJyjngJbsfcaceeii
SanJVaifci1
th
Jft
W-rtyW
T
o
Au
cZ
tn,,nAaA
rixra
minnioa
nffni-
then
dropped
out
ncTit
vas
nec-
oi
ine
lact
mauno
umuv
wua
.muiy
Mnf
,
u.d
b
.
.
launched
lifeboats
witliifl'a'few
min-
saJd
h0
jUt
Sqi(t.
f
U
ships
were
at
the
scene
shortly.
Mrs.
Evelyn
Armstrong
ofDc-
v.iov.u
aim
4iiik'v-o
.
.1
i
1
ine
crasn
ana
in
spue
damaged,
that
vessel
utes
and
other
rescue
afterwards.
Only
36
of
the
65
passengers
and
45
df
the1
crew
aboard
the
San
Juan
had
been
definitely
accounted
for
today.
The
Dodd
was
reported
to
have
picked
ut
27
survivors.
The
steamer
Munamy.
which
arrived
two
hours
after
the
collision,
was
reported
to
have
saved
nine,
and
other
vessels
may
have
saved
others.
Wireless
messages
reported
that
those
aboard
the
San
Juan
had
no
time
to
make
preparations
and
that
the
screams
of
the
passengers
could
be
heard
as
the
ship
began
to
settle
and
draw
her
cargo
of
human
freight
into
the
wreckage-strewn
vortex
.
ORDERSTROOPS
TO
WITHDRAW
LONDON.
Aug.
30.
the
V.;
h
war
office
issued
orders
this
afternoon
for
the
withdrawal
of
British
troops
from
Rhineland
beginning-September
H
and
will
ampiete
tho
withdrawal
within
hrca
months.
HOME
OIL
CONTRACT
FOR
ANOTHER
TANK
AT
LOCAL
DRYDOCK
l-c
lie
Martin
of
the
Home
Oil
01
'ributors.
was
in
the
city
yes
erday
lookinir
after
tho
exten
sion
of
tho
business
of
the
company
in
Northern
British
Colunv
b'a
He
has
just
let
the
contract
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Drydock
of
uie
sixth
tank
to
be
built
at
that
vard,
Several
new
stations
hivc
1't-en
opened
in
Central
British
Columbia,
and
more
ar'o
to
follow.
Mr
Martin
says
his
company
is
well
pleased
wth
the.
business
don0
here.
He
points
out
that
h,ls
company
is
the
only
one
to
get
thfir
tanks
made
in
Prlnco
Rup
ert
FIREATGOODEVE
IN
SASKATCHEWAN
MELVILLE,
Sask.,
Aug.
SO.
-Nine
business
buildings
were
destroyed
by
fire
last
night
at
tho
'own
of
C.oodcve,
25
miles
west
of
"Wo.
Tho
loss
is
set
nt
$
50,000,
TORONTO,
Aug.
30:
With
-j.-ivJ
essary
to
administer
first
aid.
he
Juan
was
also
picked
Up
last
Georce.
which
arrived
in
nort
30
Thn
rn.istu'isp
nnaspnrrflr
I
I
i
il-i
n-rj.i....--
u.u
TOWN
OF
HAFED
IS
IN
FLAMES
JERUSALEM.
Aug.
30.
Five
Jews
were
killed
and
20
wounded
when
Arabs
attacked
houses
in
the
Jewish
community
of
the
ancient
town
of
Hafed.
The
Arabs
set
fire
to
the
buildings,
where
oil
was
stored.
Troops
finally
quelled
the
trouble.
Later
reports
stated
mai
ine
town
of
Hafed
was
in
flames.
It
in
also
reported
that
Arabs
again
attacked
the
Jewish
colonics
at
Telpioth,
between
Jerusalem
and
Bethlehem,
but
were
rcpuisea
uy
British
troops,
who
continue
vigorous
repressive
measures.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
55
000
pound?,
13.2c
and
8c
and
13.5c
anil
Sc.
Canadian
27.3UU
pounus,
13.2c
and
8c
to
He
and
10c.
"
American
'
Nbrtti,
21.&0OV'
Cold
'
Stortfge,
13:ic
and
sc.
1
Sunset,
34,000,
Royal,
'
18.26
and
c.
Canadian
Dolphin
II,
J.500,
Cold
Storage,
13.5c
and
8c.
ir
it.
2.G00.
Royal
13.2c
11.
Mil"
'
'
1
nntrico.
8.000,
Cold
T
l(U
14ft
and
10c.
A
J..
1.800,
Atlln,
He
and
10c.
ah,
innnn.
Atlin.
13.9c
and
;oc.
!Rir
TftRONTfl
:
UAUll
1
U
SWIM
NOW
ON'
Two
Hundred
and
Tlilrly
Eight
Entrants
Leaped
Into'
Water
To'lay,
Among
Them
Two
Women
FAVORITES
START
Young,
VIerkoettcr,
Summers
and
Hos
Among
Thouc
Forecasted
Winners
one
mighty
splash,
238
entrants
including
two
women,
men,
iqapcu
in-at
to
Lake
Ontario
11
o'clock
this
morning
and
began
the
gruelling
struggle
in
the
Wrigley
15-mile
marathon
swini.
Weather
ivious
vvrwey
winner,
uyron
Summers,
California
flash,
,and
Clarence
Ross,
Drooklyn,
were
other
fpvorites.
YOUNG
DROPPED
OUT
TORONTO,
Aug.
30:
George
Young
dropped
into
fourth
place
troit
was
forced
out,
owing-
to
cramps.
She
finished
third
last
In
tfiA
wnmpnV
rn.
-
1'
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
i'oiftpv
D
.lohnston
Co.)
Beaver
Silver,
13.
13V4.
Pig
Missouri.
1.28.
1.29.
Cork
Province,
9,
10.
Cotton
Belt,
Nil,
40.
George
Copper,
5.80.
G.00.
Georgia
River,
33,
Nil.
Golconda,
76,
78.
Orsndview.
362,
374.
Inter.
Coal
&
Coke,
31,
35.
Kootenay
Florence.
14,
Nil.
Kontenay
King.
37H.
39.
.
Mohawk.
3,
Nil.
Morton
Woolsey,
5,
5V4.
Mtrmot
River
Gold,
3,
4.'
'
'
Marmot
Metals
3Vi,
4.
'
National
Silver,
14,
.15;
Noble
Five,
57,
59.
,
,y
,
,
Qregon
Copper.
20,
22.
,
,
,.
Pend
Oreille,
5.55,
5.C5.
Premier,
1.70,
1.74.
Porter
Idaho,
43,
Nil.
Reeves
Macdonald,
Nil,
1.70.
Rufus
Argenta,
20,
21.
Ruth
Hope,
35.
37.
Silvo-
Crest,
1,
8.
Silversmith,
8.
Nil.
Rlocan
King,
4,
G.
Slocan
Rambler,
12,
16.
.
Snnwflake.
50,
51.
Sunloch.
1.95,
2.10.
Tonley
Richfield,
17,
18.
Toric.
70.
Nil.
Whitewater,
49.
Nil.
George
Enterprise,
25,"
29.
TP1!
!
Freehold,
1;93J
1.9
mi"-
Mill
City,.
8.25,
Nil
Rfgcnt,
52,
55.
"
.
Spooner,
j.30,
1.45.
United,
1.31,
1.33.
C.
&
K.
Lands.
7.05,
7.10.
Harpal,
1J8,
2.P0.
.
-,.
'
Turner
Valley,
1.10
Nil.
.
A.
P.
Consolidated,
4.Q.J4.63.
Dalhousie,
3.C0.
3.C5.
;
Devenish,
35,
39.
Fabynn
Pete,
IflVt,
17Vi.
Homfl,
23.25,
23.50.
Hlinols-Albcrta,
80,
85.
Mayland,
9.50,
10.00.
McLcod.
4.05,
4.30.
New
McDoug.
Segur,
1.60,
1.70.
Roynlltc,
142.00,
145.00.
DHlas,
3.00,
3.05.
Mercury.
.
1.14,
1.15.
Sterling
Pacific,
2.23,
2.21.
Capitol,
si,
1.
THRESHING
IN
FULL
SING
Shipment
of
Grain
Toward
Pacific
Coast
is
Well
Under
Way
WINNIPEG,
Aug.
30:
The
rumble
of
grain
wagons
and
the
hum
of
threshers
is
drowning
out
all
other
noises
on
the
prairies,
marketing
operations
being
in
full
swing
with
3,500,000
bushels
handled
Wednesday.
The
movement
toward
the
Pacific
Coast
doubled
during
the
past
few
days.
MARLER
LEAVES
MESSAGE,
WITH
THE
PEOPLE
jOF
CANADA
VANCOUVER
Aug.
30:-Hon.
Herbert
Marler,
Canada's
first
minister
to
Japan,
sailed
yesterday
t
take
up
his
new
duties.
Before
his
departure
he
issued
a
farqwcll
message
in
which
he
urged
Canadians
to
have
conftdmce
in
themselves
and
faith
in
"Our
Wonderful
Country,"
and
to
think
in
terms
of
Canada
and
not
in
terms
of
any
one
section
or
province.
TMpDoukliiiborsf
Paraded
jud&Near
Nelson
Are
bj89ni
Arrested
by
the
Police
'.!'
H
-NELSON,
AhgJ30.r
Nelson's
two
jails,
provincial
I
randi'tityy
are
crowded
and
there
is
an
overflow
of
"
naked
and
partly
clothed
DoukH6b6rs:
.who
wore
rounded
up
late
yesterday
afternoon
by
the
provincial
police
by
sixty
special
constables
following
a
nude
parade
on
the
provincial
highway
at
South
Slocan,
13
miles
from
Nelson.
Doukhobors
numbering
150
men,
women
and
children,
members
of
the
Sons
of
Freedom,
had
been
camped
for
a
week
in
the
neighborhood.
The
trouble
started
when
the
police
were
informed
that
four
members
of
the
sect
were
disrobed
on
the
highway
yesterday
morning,
and
when
the
officers
arrived
and
attempted
to
arrest
the
disturbers
the
who'e
band
disrobed
with
the
exception
of
a
few
of
the
younger
set,
,
who
took
care
of
the
infants.
The
police
issued
an
ultimatum,
allowing
thirty
minutes
for
the
fanatics
to
dress,
but
no
attention
was
paid
to
the
warning.
Automobiles,
trucks
and
buses
were
commandeered
and
the
fanatics
herded
into
them
and
brought
to
Nelson,
many
arriving
in
a
nude
state
and
refusing
to
don
clothing
made
available
for
them
in
the
jail
.
'
Another
band
of
fanatics,
marching
from
Grand
Forks
as
a
protest
at
the
arrest
of
one'of
their
number
in
recent
school
fires,
had
not
joined
the
main
partv
when
the
trouble
started.
NELSON,
Aug.
30.
Fear
was
expressed
this,
afternoon
that
further
trouble
with
additional
Douk-
hobors
who
are
congregating
near
Nelson.
One
hundred
and
fifty
were
arrested
vesterday
following
the
nude
parade.
They
are
giving
little
trouble,
but
a
crowd
of
their
followers
quietty
surround
the
jails.
EBONYBLADE
WON
DECISION
Kid
Chocolate
Won
Decision
Over
Jewish
Boy
Al
Singer
....
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
30
rlU
Chocolate,
flashing
an
ebony
blade
from
Cuba,
won
the
decision
over
Al
Singer,
the
Jewish
prido
of
the
Bronx,
in
a
furious
twelve-round
match
last
night.
Singer
weighed
in
at
128
and
Chocolate
at
125.
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
30:
The
price
of
wheat
here
today
was
11.81
4.
PLANEFELL
THROUGH
ROOF
Lady
Aviator
Fractured
Skull
When
She
Fell
But
is
Recovering
CLEVELAND,
Aug.
30.
After
more
than
three
hours
in
the
oper-aling
room,
Lady
Heath,
who
was
injured
in
an
airplane
accident
i
Thursday,
was
reported
out
of
danger
and
improving.
!
CLEVELAND.
Aug.
30:
Lady
Mary
Heath,
the
noted
British
aviatrix
recovered
consciousness
today
after
an
operation
last
night
for
a
fractured
skull
re
ceived
when
the
plane
crashed
through
the
roof
of
a
factory
here
yesterday.
Her
condition
is
a'd
to
be
greatly
Improved.
STATEMENT
ON
DISARMAMENT
LONDON,
Aug.
30.
Conversations
between
Ramsay
Macdonald
and
United
States
Ambassador
Cha
G.
Dawes
on
naval
disarmament
were
stated
in
British
official
quarters
today
to
have
reached
a
point
where
it
is
possible
a
public
statement
may
be
made
next
week.
OSHAWA
WINS
AT
LACROSSE
EDMONTON,
Aug.
30
Oshawa
defeated
the
Nativo
Sons
in
Mann
Cup
lacrosse
here
last
night,
14
.
.
,
I
I
1
;
1
The
easterners
left
after
the
game
for
New
Westminster
to
play
tho
final
series
for
the
trophy
on
September
2
and
4.
SEATTLE,
Aug.
30:
Charles
D.
Stimson,
72
years
of
age,
Seattle
lumberman,
died
suddenly
of
heart
attack
last
night.
He
was
in
the
lumber
busjness
hero
I
since
1880.
Possibility
of
Sir
i
Thornton
Going
to
England
to
Consolidate
the
Railways
OTTAWA,
Aug.
30.
Rumors
associating
the
visit
to
Canada
off
Rt.
Hon.
J.
A.
Thomas,
lord
privy
sea:
in
the
British
government,
with
an
additional
mission
altogether
apart
from
his
declared
purpose,
are
circulating
here
and
the
name
of
Sir
Henry
Thornton
is
linked
up
with
the
minister's
trip.
Mr.
Thomas
had
anticipated
that
he
would
meet
Sir
Henry
at
the
beginning
of
last
week,
but
at
that
time
the
president
of
the
C
.
N
.
R
.
was
in
British
Columbia
.
It
was
RHINELAND
:
EVACUATION
France,
Italy.
Britain,
Bel-gium
nnd
Germany
Sign
Up
THE
HAGUE,
Aug.
30.
Letters
and
documents
regarding
the
agreement
of
France,
Great
Britain,
Italy,
Belgium
and
Germany
on
the
evacuation
of
Rhineland
and
financial
questions
incident
to
acceptarce
of
the
Young
reparations
plan
were
signed
today.
The
protocol
and
other
documents
will
be
registered
and'
approved
tonight
and
the
conference
adjourned
sine
die-tomorrow.
TRUCK
DRIVER
HANGED
FOR
MURDERING
GIRL
Ernest
Messier
of
Montreal
Paid
Supreme
Penalty
This
Morn
ing
for
Killing
Rose
Paquln
MONTREAL.
Aug.
30.
Ernest
Messier,
truck
driver,
was
hanged
this
morning
for
the
murder
of
his
former
sweetheart,
Rose
Paquin,
last
September.
GOVERNMENT
OF
GREAT
BRITAIN
Little
Change
In
Form,
Although
Papcnnnul
Personnel
of
.
I
Administra
A
rlminlut...
tions
Change
F.
Perry,
president
of
thef
Ci
radian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.,
who.
is
In
the
"city,
gav
an
inter-
estlngilalk'tt)
the
Rotary
Olub
yes-
terday
on
the
political
situation
in
Great
Britain.
He
mentioned
that
the
Labor
Government
in
England
was
a
most
interesting
development
and
one
that
would
have
been
considered
fantastic
twenty
years
ago.
It
was
an
illustration
of
the
genius
of
the
English
fori
.
parliamentary
government,
a
form
Cholera
Follows
Inundation
and
of
government
which
he
thought!
Results
Are
Fatal
to
Many
was
best
for
them.
I
:
England
had
not
depended
on
a!
BOMBAY,
India,
Aug.
30.
ruling
class
for
many
years.
One
More
than
three
hundred
persons
had
developed
in
the
seventeenth
wcre
drowned
jn
the
Puntfab
by
century,
but
it
had
gradually
been
fIood
waters
of
the
River
Indus,,
superceded
with
the
transfer
of
wh,ch
are
rislng
rapidly
.
Cholera
power
from
the
landowners
to
the
folowlng
the
fiood
cauged
76
industrial
Interests.
deaths
ln
Larkhana
and
38
in
Sind
Mr.
Perry
mentioned
inciden-,(n
one
day
The
ranway
ine3
tally
that
forms
of
government
do
wwbrokeB
the
roads
impassable
not
cnange
mucn,
aunougn-
me
personnel
may
change
.
In
Russia
they
still
had
a
despotic
bureaucracy,
even
though
the
Czarisl
party
had
gone.
Tho
sama
type
of
people
always
took
an
interest
in
political
affairs
and
became
i
government
leauera.
me
iicuiuc
at
the
head
of
the
present
Labor
Government
in
England
were
the
same
kind
of
people
who
had
headed
previous
governments
FRASER
MILLS
WON
FIRST
GAME
BASEBALL
VICTORIA,
Aug.
30.
Fraser,
t
Mills,
throe
times
champions
of
,
Henry
known
that
he
had
a
long
distance
(telephone
.
conversation
....
between
iuuava
ana
Vancouver,
but
the
na-
iture
of
the
talk
was
not
disclosed.
Rumor
credits
Mr.
Thomas'
anxiety
to
meet
Sir
Henry
to
a
desire
on
the
part
of
the
British
minister
for
counsel
in
connection
with
a
proposed
consolidation
the
British
rallways'with
a
view
i
to
effecting
economies
in
operation
and
jacking
up
the
service
generally.
Another
rumor
is
to
the
effect
that
the
present
Labor
!
Government
would
like
to
avail
themselves
of
Sir
Henry's
sc-vices
iin
England
and
are
prepared
to
offer
him
the
position
in
conform-
'
ity
with
his
genius
as
a
railwayman.
Sir
Henry
Thornton
is
now
hur-'
rying
back
from
his
western
tour,
having
curtailed
considerably
the
!
number
of
places
he
was
to
i
was
to
visit.
'NET
BOSS
FROM
MASSET
CANNERY
HAS
BROKEN
LEG
Angus
Cameron
Rushed
Here
This
Morning
for
Hospital
Treatment
I
The
seine;
boat
Delkatla,
Capt.
Dave
Parnpll
made
a
fast
trip
to-day
from
Massett,
bringing
A.
Cameron,
the
net
boss
of
the
Lan-
gara
Fishing
&.
Packing
Co's
I
cannery
at
that
place,
who
had
the
misfortu
ie
to
break
his
leg;
I
just
above
tho
ankle.
Dr.
Dunn
'of
Massett
considered
it
necessary!
for
him
to
have
treatment
at
the;
tinartff
al
In
Ti-tnoA
Punarf
of
Via
.
t
b,
moment
....
No,
I
,
other
boat
was
available
except,
i
the
Delkatla
and
Captain
Simpson,
j
mediate
rraojerolnjsior
thejoat
to
rush
the
injured
man
over.
The
Delkatla
arrived
Iif
p)rt
al
4:30
this
morning
:
k
'
INDIA
FLOODS
CAUSE
DEATHS
and
should
the
floods
continue
it
is
feared
that
hundreds
of
villages
will
be
wiped
out.
UnMCVMnflN
fflHPIF
nUllL
1
1UUU11
LUUlLEi
RETURNING
TO
FALLS
ucea"
f"i
"a,u
urcu
uuuoj-
mooning
ior
a
coupie
or
monum
'here
and
at
Tlell,
are
returning
to
the
paper
town
tonight.
While
here
they
have
been
guests
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Martin
Millar,
Seal
Cove,
and
of
Mr.
Denholme'a
mother,
Mrs.
Denholme,
of
tho
Stirling
Tea
Rooma,
and
while
at
Tlell
of
Mrs.
Dsnhnlrae
s
mother.
British
Columbia,
defeated
the
Mrs.
Rajout.
Mrs.
Denholmo
Jokers,
the
local
tltlcholders,
19
to
j
was
formerly
Miss
Peters,
who
5.
in
the
first
game
of
the
British
taught
school
at
Terrace.
George-Columbia
baseball
playoffs.
jtown
nnd
Ocean
Falls,