Answers
Larger
Navy
Critics
by
Confessing
to
Rival
Programs
and
Showing
Fallacy
of
That
Course
of
Actiori
WASHINGTON,
July
31.
Agreement
between
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain
looking
to
complete
equality
in
the
strength
of
their
navies
is
held
out
by
President
Hoover
as
an
answer
to
critics
of
his
decision
to
halt
the
cruiser
bui'ding
program.
He
describes
the
agreement
as
the
first
step
to
renewed
consideration
of
the
reduction
of
excessive
world
naval
armaments
and
holds
it
to
be
a
forward
step
of
first
importance.
In
defense
of
his
policy
the
president
states
that
all
the
United
States
is
seeking
is
to
build
a
fleet
to
equal
that
of
Great
Britain.
To
that
the
president
agrees,
but
he
is
not
in
favor
of
rival
shipbuilding
programs.
"We
need
not
disguise
the
fact
that
competitive
and
we
have
Mr
Hoover.
"IN
will
and
fear
have
been
stimulated
by
Hiifb
policies,"
he
adds.
Fisheries
Convention
Delegates
Arriving
Today
and
Big
Event
to
Commence
Tomorrow
Morning
Members
of
the
fisheries
convention
are
practically
all
arriving
today.
A
number
came
in
on
the
steamer
this
mrirnintr
hut
the
main
bodv
is
cominir
on
the
train.
They
!
"f
company
?n
a
'i
president's
report,
the
financial
m-'
'
Mmona
River
canneries.
-
IJ!
t
an
lddrwM
by
I)r.
Clam-
-murrow
tney
win
atienu
n(l
djrector
of
the
Pacific
JMolo-
n'l'in
here.
EXPLOSION
ON
MARGAUCE
AT
THEDRYDOCK
exnlosion
tnnlc
nlare
lust
I'f
.pr
noon
today
aboard
the
halibut
boat
Margalice,
which
was
at
the
drydock
while
being
lifted
up
preparatory
to
going
into
commission
after
her
re-"nt
accident.
One
of
the
gasoline
tanks
ex-1'iodrd
and
Capt
J.
Chrlstensen,
tfi"
nwtier
of
the
vessel,
has
gone
"'
hospital
With
his
arm
bad-
burned.
The
vessel
is
not
badly
oiimagcd.
Thi
lct
this
morning
to
be
on
time.
gical
station,
telling
of
its
prob
lem
and
work.
She
stopped
off
at
Jasper
ParkrwhihjilJpK
3rH
terday,
commencing
a
tournament
Which
w
trf
be
eon-'
t
nnrrl
at
Vancouver
after
the
convention.
Jams
Eckman
In
the
afternoon
there
will
be
committee
reports,
new
hnainess
and
election
of
officers.
A
snecial
invitation
has
been
issued
to
cannery
managers
of
the
district
to
be
present
and
also
to
officials
of
the
B.
C.
Packers
ana
other
concerns.
SHINGLE
DUTY
IS
REMOVED
WASHINGTON.
July
81:
Republicans
In
the
Senate
Finance
Committee
revising
the
tariff
bill
removed
the
duty
on
shinfflea,
placing
them
back
on
the
(ret
list
and
the
tariff
voted
by
the
House
for
maple
lumber
waa
re-nealed
except
for
a
fiftatn
Jr
cent
duty
on
flooring.
ROBIN
LANDS
TOMORROW'S
TIF
I
Boston
Grill
Thursday,
August
1
LARGE
CABARET
High
10:33
a.m.
ICG
ifl.y.
Bpeclil
Dinner
Tnundayi
and
Situr
day
"
22:24
p.m.
21.0
ft.
Dancing
ETjr
Saturday
Night,
9
to
It
Dance
Hall
tor
Hlie
kOW
t.it
a.
hi.
H,i
ii,
1C:09
Accommodation!
tor
Private
Parties
p.m.
8.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
rilONE
4J7
Vol.
XX.,
No.
176.
PJUNCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
31,
1S29
PHTK
FIVR
nswrs
President
Hoover
Declares
U.
S.
and
Britain
Will
Agree
on
Policy
of
Equality
of
Respective
Fleets
!
'
'
WHEAT
POOL
PAYS
OUT
$10,000,000
4!
WINNIPEG,
July
81:
$40,000,000
ia
being
dietri-
buted
today
aa
a
second
in-
'
lerim
payment
on
wheat
and
coarse
grains
by
the
Cana-
dian
wheat
pools.
i
BENNETT
AT
W.VANCOUVER
building
has
been
in
progress
since
the
war
on
both
sides
Score
Government
for
Alio
arrived
only
at
disparity,
not
parity,
say
.
lw
"u,nD
,lue
10
place
Canadian
owing
WEST
VANCOUVER,
July
81.
Addressing
a
meeting
here
last
night,
Hon.
K.
B.
Bennett
scored
the
Government
for
allowing
New
Zealand
butter
to
displace
the
Canadian
predu.t
ine
conservatives
had
never
I
said
they
wanted
high
protection,
but
had
only
proposed
protection
i
which
would
affo-d
Canadians
fair
competition
ATSTrLOUIS
CONCERN
AT
SITUATION
INEUROPE
Anti-War
Demonstrations
by
Communists
Planned
For
Tomorrow
LONDON,
July
31:
AH
Europe
watched
with
increasing
concern
today
the
preparations
for
the
Communist
anti-war
demonstrations
tomorrow.
The
pp1ie
of
severs!
countries
-have
taken
measures
to
a
Vert
trouble.
Many
communistic
leaders
and
followers
have
been
arrested
and
imprisoned.
Paris
has
26,000
armed
troops
and
the
police
are
organized
to
repress
attempts
at
processions
which
are
forbidden.
In
Germany,'
Berlin,
Hamburg.
Munich
'and
Ruhr
districts
are
prepared
for
disorders.
No
great
concern
is
felt
in
Great
Britain
but
the
police
arc
alert
in
the
industrial
Tntres,
particularly
In
view
the
strike
situation
in
the
cotton
trade.
FIRE
SITUATION
IS
WELL
IN
HAND
IN
ALL
PARTS
OF
THE
COUNTRY
fresh
outbreaks
'and
following
the
progress
of
each
blaze.
(f
Vancouver
won
the
first
series
with
a
score
of
OfciWd
of
420
Hours
21
Minute,
WiBnjpeir
C.D3C
y
IOilOWea
Dy
ll.
W
.
rneips
01
vancuuvcx
aim
o
.
ti
.
In
the
Air
Completed
Harpcil
of
Cartlmvale,
Quebec.
at.
lquis.
July
si.
-The
st
TktM
tiriii
ho
an
nvrviitivf
mwtini'
LnniirnL
nere
ana
r
uki.
aa
.
t.o
.tomorrow
morning
the
convention
nigltt
fu,r
,pending
420
hours
21
ePnera1-
opens
in
me
uny
tuum.ii
minutes
in
the
air.
Iiaie
Jackson
,
with
J.
T.
O'Connor,
president
of
and
Foregt
O'Brien
both
ex
press
-the
asaoclation,
in
the
chair.
tB(
ODinion
that
the
plane
nniirnirn
Iirnr
Tner
wi"
06
registrations
at
9
goud
have
'gone
for
another
200
MSHrKlrS
H
r
K
r.
'c,ock
but
op"111
our-wui
hour
Xhey
Mjd
th.y
Unded
be
I
Among
those
coining
will
be
R.
1
fUDeral
of
a
friend
killed
in
an
Hon.
S.
L.
Howe
and
J.
P.
Bab-
W.
Gold
of
Montreal,
secretary
of
air
craih
and
not
9cAyue
they
cock
Both
to
Be
at
Fisheries
(the
association,
and
also
secretary
had
bnn
ordered
down.
Convention
of
the
eastern
division
of
the
Ca-j
nadlan
Manufacturers'
Associa-
!f
s.
L.
Howe,
provincial
G
w
.
shantai
of
Winnipeg,
ec
rriirv
and
commissioner
of
Charles
'Smith
of
Winnipeg
and
'
'ir-
accompanied
by
J.
P.
captain
Frederick
William
Wal-V,
.:!
!
k.
deputy
commissioner
of
ace
novelist
and
editor,
who
has
-hrrif?
and
chairman
of
the
a
fequent
visitor
to
Prince
'
r;,afi'pnal
fisheries
commit-
jjupft.
f
';i
arc
in
the
city
today
invea-
Y'rominent
among
the
visitors
f'ra'Mg
the
fisheries
conditions
f
or
the
convention
are
Hon.
S.
L.
k
re
They
attended
the
halibut
,
iowej
commissioner
of
fisheries
;
tins
morning
and
visited
f
British
Columbia,
and
J.
P.
tho
ti!.
logical
station
where
tney
j
Babcock,
deputy
commissioner
and
i
welcomed
by
H.
C.
Brockles-1
chairman
of
the
international
I'
-who
in
in
charge
there
in
the
.fisheries
commission.
Mr.
Howe
i5
r,;e
of
D.
B.
Finn.
will
be
chief
speaker
at
the
con-
Yf
tfrday
Messrs.
Howe
and
v.ntion
tomorrow
morning.
!;;,7k
lV!T,,n,
??
tb,il.C?,i
In
dItio
to
the
addreta
f
Mi
the
Am-
.
immediately
left
on
minigttr
fBheries
tomor-
C'in
Tan
Company
s
boat
as
B,ornin
there
will
be
OTTAWA,
July
81:
Every
possible
measure
has
been
taken
to
combat
fire
throughout
the
length
and
breadth
of
Canada,
nccording
to
departmental
officials.
Fire
ffghtijkg
force
are
scattered
across
tne
bominton.
'nstoted
by
aertine
-spotting
i
rsnscontinentvl
trains
near
were
delayed
eight
hours
yesterday.
British
Colum
bia
has
been
suffering
intensely
but
the
situation
is
well
in
hand
DR.
CHARLES
HARRIS
DIED
AT
OTTAWA
OTTAWA,
July
31:
Dr.
Charles
Harris,
leading
Canadian
composer
and
choirmaster,
died
here
last
night.
Fish
Catch
For
District
During
Year
1928
With
the
Approximate
Values
In
View
of
the
visit
of
the
members
of
the
Canadian
Fisheries
Association
to
this
city
and
of
the
interest
taken
here
in
the
fisheries,
a
summary
of
last
year's
catch
has
been
compiled,
together
with
the
approximate
values.
It
might
be
mentioned
that
the
sock-eye
salmon
run
was
a
failure
last
year
and
the
pink
run
on
the
islands
and
at
other
points
was
also
very
small,
owing
to
purely
seasonal
conditions
at
the
spawning
grounds:
Following
is
the
1928
catch
in
the
Prince
Rupert
district:
Pounds
American
halibut
20,363,000
Canadian
halibut
8,450,300
Canadian
salmon
122,692,300
American
salmon
589,800
Canadian
black
cod
215,900
American
black
cod
226,400
Canadian
red
cod
62,300
Canadian
ling
cod
42,800
Canadian
gray
cod
......
16,300
Canadian
herring
13,578,400
American
herring
,189,200
Canadian
floundors
i.'jr
2296,600
Canadian
crabs
.
.
.'
....
"
32,200.
.
Qmadian
soles
".
.T.
t
.
.
66,900
'
Canadian
shrimps
45.600
Canadian
clams
bbls.
4,663
Canadian
whalos
(whales)
305
Value
$2,093,260.00
721,251.00
3,953,965.00
45,320.00
10,220.00
8,879.00
1,344.00
1,331.00
269.00
128,252.00
2,477.00
8,885.00
2,794.00
13,898.00
318,616.00
Total
t
$7,314,833.00
Salmon
canned
in
District
No.
2,
1,307.546
cases,
represents
about
110,000,000
pounds,
and
value
in
manufactured
state
Approximately
$8,405,700.00.
The
Soviet
Not
Found
Wanting
Above
is
shown
a
lineup
of
Russian
planes
at
the
Central
Frunze
airfield
at
Moscow
which
flew
over
Chinese
territory
in
Northern
Manchuria
and
dropped
pamphlets
urging
the
yellow
masses
to
support
the
Soviet.
At
left
is
a
type
of
Russian
armv
field
radio
station
in
operation
daring
recent
manouvres,
upon
which
the
Soviet
will
probably
greatly
relv
for
communication
during
the
proposed
Manchurian
invasion.
Soviet
troops
in
gas
mask
"practice"
are
shown
at
right,
in
readiness
for
use
at
any
time
if
Russia
and
China
should
com
to
blows
over
the
recent
Chinese
Eastern
Rail
v3y
dispute.
FOR
HIGHWAY
Party
of
Men
leaving
Tomorrow
For
Remo
and
'(TtWiiftwoitViifcr
:
;
Way
A
survey
party
in
charge
of
H.
C.
Whlttaker
is
leaving
Prince
Rupert
tomorrow
for
Rcmo
where
a
camp
will
be
established
and
the
party
will
work
towarJ
Prince
Rupert
in
an
effort
to
locate
a
highway
connecting
Rcrao
with
Hajuport.
Fifteen
men
are
in
the
party
and
they
will
stay
in
the
field
all
summer
and
as
late'
in
the
fall'
as
possible.
The
difficult
part
of
the
highway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Terrace
is
that
between
Rcmo
and
Haysport
and
an
effort
is
to
be
made
to
cover
most
of
the
ditanee
before
the
end
of
the
season
so
that,
the
Government
may
have
a
pretty
good
idea
what
can
be
done
before
the
opening
of
the
Mttsion
of
the
Legislature.
REPORTS
OF
CLASH
ARE
NOT
CONFIRMED
TOKYO.
July
31.
Reports
here
today
said
that
more
than
100
persons
were
killed
and
wounded
in
a
clash
lietween
the
red
and
white
Russians
at
Iman,
the
trans-
Siberian
Railway
outlet,
near
Vladivostok.
There
was
no
confirmation
elsewhere
.
FUNERAL
NOTICE
The
death
occurred
this
morning
at
741
Third
Avenue
of
Neil
Anthony,
infant
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.
C.
Arseneau.
Funeral
to
take
place
tomorrow
morning
at
10:80
from
the
Chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
CONFESSES
TO
BANK
ROBBERY
SMITHERS.
July
31:
James
Wesley
Burke
has
confessed
to
the
Royal
Bank
robbery
and
will
be
committed
for
trial
charged
with
robbery
with
violence.
Practically
ell
the
money
has
been
recovered.
fyP.R.
Paymaster
Holdup
Victim
at
Vancouver
Yesterday
VANCOUVER,
July
31.
Mistaking
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
Comnanv's
district
navmaster.
R
M
Hardie,
for
the
Bank
of
Montreal
messenger,
who
was
due
half
an
hour
later
with
$85,000
in
cash,
five
armed
bandits
late
yesterday
afternoon
held
up
Hardie
and
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
constable,
A'exander
Simpson,
and
robbed
them
of
more
than
$84,000
in
cheques
and
escaped
after
firing
a
pistol
shot
over
the
head
of
the
pay-
inamr
anu
uarnaging
ine
engine
-
of
the
latter's
car
to
prevent
pur-1
Kuit.
The
payment
was
stopped
on
the
cheques
at
the
bank,
so
it
is
likely
the
loot
is
worthless
to
the
robbers.
The
raid
occurred
near
the
company's
machine
shops
at
the
foot
of
Drake
Street,
and
the
rhenues
represented
the
payroll
of
the
company'
employees.
Half
an
hour
later,
according
to
custom,
a
Bank
of
Montreal
official
was
due
at
the
shops
to
cash
the
cheques
for
the
men,
and
when
M
.
Hardie
stepped
from
the
car
he
wus
confronted
by
gunmen,
one
of
whom
ordered
him
to
"stick
'em
up."
At
first
Hardie
refused
and
the
bandit
fired
a
shot
over
his
head
and
Hardie
then
relinquished
the
bag
containing
the
cheques.
DUTHIE
REFUSES
SELLSHARES
Sticks
to
Control
of
Rufus-Ar-genta
When
Offer
to
Purchase
Made
VICTORIA.
July
81:
The
offer
of
a
British
Columbia
operating
concern
to
purchase
Rufus-Argent
holdings
on
the
Bear
River
near
SUwarl
was
refuted
hy
the
head
oJfjftoAwe
sti
day
when
J
F.
IHiikil
ef
-
Seattle.
who
holds
the
controlling
shares,
said
ht
was
not
interested.
VISITING
VICTORIA
VANCOUVER,
July
81:
Hon
("has.
Stewart,
Minister
of
the
In
terior
.arrived
in
Vancouver
yes
terday
and
)eft
for
Victoria
last
night.
RELEASED
FROM
ICE
IN
ARCTIC
Steamer
Northland
Free
but
Other
Vewek
Still
Held
POINT
BARROW,
Jury
81.
The
United
States
coastgaard
cutter
Northland
smashed
its
way
out
of
Point
Harrow's
ice-locked
harbor
yesterday
on
its
retu-n
voyage
to
Seattle.
She
arrived
here
Monday
n'ght
and
left
yesterday
noon
.
The
steamer
Baychlmo
and
trading
schooner
Old
Maid
II.
of
Vancouver
and
the
motnrship
Patterson
and
trading
schooner
Emma
of
San
Francisco
are
still
icebound
and
are
waiting
for
a
shift
in
the
ind
to
blow
the
lce-paclt
towards
the
north.
This
usually
occurs
in
August.
MAYOR
M'KINNON,
REYELSTOKE,
INJURED
WHEN
BARN
BURNS'
REVELSTOKE.
July
31.
Mayor
Hector
McKinnon
is
in
a
very
critical
condition
in
the
hospital
as
a
result
of
burns
received
when
fire
destroyed
the
barn
of
Levenque
Farm,
near
here,
where
the
mayor
waa
stacking
hay.
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direct
from
the
Aberdeen
Joke
Factory
NO
CHANGE
An
Aberdonian
went
on
a
holiday
taking
a
dark
green
shirt
d
a
pound
note.
He
ehsnged
j
neither
of
them.
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