lumuiuiuwo
yw
t'r.
,
Boston
Grill
Thursday,
August
15
High
.
10:59
a.m.
14.8
k
7
LA
ROE
CAHARET
Bpecl-I
Dinners
Thursdays
and
Baturday
22:12
p.m.
17.4
ft.
Danclnf
Errrr
Saturday
Night,
9
to
It
Low
4:29
a.m.
7.3
ft.
Dance
HaU
for
Hire
1G:12
p.m.
11.4
ft.
AcoommcxUtlozu
for
Private
Part
lea
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
451
1
XX..
No;
188.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
V.(t,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
14,
1929
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Mayor,
Chief
of
Police
Young
Girls
Among
Arrested
in
Chicago
HAMMOND,
Indiana,
Aug.
14.
One
hundred
and
twenty-five
men,
women
and
children,
including
the
mayor
and
chief
of
police,
of
east
Chicago,
were
arrested
last
night
on
warrants
charging
violation
and
conspiracy
to
violate
the
Valstead
Act.
All
those
arrested
were
from
east
Chicago.
An
additional
hundred
warrants
are
to
be
executed.
Amnnc
the
children
whn
won
nrrnsrrrl
In
at
nio-lir
vtovp
a
number
of
young
girls
in
whose
arrest
cnargeu
them
witn
tending
bars
in
the
speak
easies
operated
by
their
parents.
B.
C.
SECURES
$100,000
FOR
I
LIBRARY
WORK
Carnegie
Fund
Makes
Donation
Following
Exhaustive
Report
on
Conditions
VICTORIA,
Aug.
14.
The
Province
of
Dritlsh
Columbia
has
received
the
sum
of
$100,000
from
the
Carnegie
fund
for
the
better
carrying
out
of
plans
for
bringing
well-stocked
libraries
within
the
reach
of
the
great
mass
of
the
people.
The
government
accepted
the
grant
after
submission
of
an
ex
haustive
report
by
the
survey
board
of
research.
AIR
SERVICE
TO
VICTORIA
AND
SEATTLE
SEATTLE,
Aug.
14
The
Alaska-Washington
Airways
Inc.
announced
today
that
an
aerial
imxsnnger
service
between
Seattle
and
Victoria
will
be
started
shortly
A
seven-passenger
seaplane
will
be
used
during
the
winter
months
and
fourlcen-passenger
planes
during
the
summer.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COMMISSION
MEETS
VICTORIA."
Tug.
14.
The
'""
I
commission
investigating
provincial
health
insurance
meets
hrre
August
21
to
consider
data
already
collected
and
to
map
ou'
a
fulure
course
of
Inquiry.
TENNIS
STARS4
DRAW
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
M.
For
the
bijr
tennis
tournament
at
Forest
HUls,
Betty
Nuthall
has
drawn
for
a
playoff
with
Helen
Wills.
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
14:
The
Price
of
wheat
on
exchange
here
today
was
$1.58.
WIFE
(to
husband
wh6
has
n-w
hat):
"You-you
horrible
again!"
HUBnY:
"Huh!
Trying
to
their
teens,
the
warrants
for
TUTSMITHERS
ON
AIR
MAP
Area
Secured
for
landing
Field
and
This
Will
Re
Cleared
for
Purpose
SMITIIERS,
Aug.
14.
Smith-crs
will
soon
be
an
airport
if
plans
now
being
formulated
take
shape.
The
city
has
already
secured
a
piece
of
rand
147
acres
in
extent
which
it
has
purchased
for
the
low
p
ice
of$2.50
an
acre
.
The
ground
has
to
be
cleared,
or,
at
any
rate,
sufficient
to
make
a
good
landing
site,
and
the
aviation
committee
will
proceed
with
plans
to
have
this
done.
.
.
.-
WEATHER
HOLDING
UP
-
ROAD
SURVEY
FLIGHT
Plane
Unable
Duriru'
Past
Two
DayH
to
Make
Final
Re-conai.sxance
For
Highway
Route
n....
Weather
has
not
Veen
suitable
since
the
plane
arrived
here
on
Monday
from
S
wanton
Bay
to
make
the
final
survty
flight
for
the
Skeena
River
highway
route.
If
it
Is
not
aufficiently
cleared
this
afternoon
to
carry
out
the
work,
the
plane
will
go
to
Stewart
where
it
has
some
work
to
do.
and
make
the
local
flight
on
its
return
from
the
north.
THE
WEATHER
Port
Simpson
Rain,
calm,
68.
Haysport
Cloudy,
calm
00.
-Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
68.
Roatwftod
Rain,
,c,alm.52.
AlyanaK
Ratn.
o1i,
W
Alice
vra-f
Pyt
1
cloudy,
calm,
58.
Anyox
Foggy,
calm,
58.
Stewart
Foggy,
calm,
58.
HaWten
Clotdly,
wlady,
M.
Smit
hers
Cloudy,
calm.
57.
Burns
Ike
Rain,
calm,
51.
Vnnderhoof
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
59.
Dawson
Cloudy,
calm,
55.
W.
K.
Fisher
sailed
yesterday
afternoon
on
the
Catala
for
a
brief
business
trip
to
Victoria.
definitely
refused
to
buy
her
a
thing!
I'll
never
speak
to
jou
bribe
me
now,
ch?"
ti
Where
1,700
Prisoners
Tried
Here
is
an
actual
picture
of
sought
their
freedom
bv
force.
T
aft(.T
$520,000
worth
of
damage
suction
which
was
unharmed.
A
INTER-EMPIRE
CONFERENCE
IS
GIVEN
A
BOOST
SI1ERRROOKE.
Aug.
14:
An
later-empire
conference
as
the
fneanV
of
startfng
a
drfvey"!
a
manufacturer
to
cooperate
and
consolidate
their
trading
efforts
to
meet
the
foreign
invasion
is
unrent.
statd
Hon.
Frank
Car-!
rel,
when
addressing
the
board
of
trade
here.
He
suggested
three'
vibjects
for
discussion:
Removal
of
the
many
irritating
barriers
new
retarding
trade
witnin
tne
rapire;
creating
of
a
better
un-denUndiog
within
the
Dominions
on
the
economic
value
of
buying
within
the
empire
and
the
promotion
of
a
drive
to
adopt
or
improve
upon
modern
methods
of
lowering
manufacturing
costs
aided
by
advertising
and
salesmanship.
TORONTO
STOCKS
(MeCaffery,
0bHns
&
Collart,
Ltd.)
TORONTO,
Aug.
U:
Th
fol-lowlng
are
the
closing
priM
of
stocks
on
the
exchange,
here
at
noon
today:
Amulet,
2.08,
2.70.
M.ndy,
06.
7a
j
Uollinger,
C.S0,
G.78.
;
Hudson
Ray,
19.26,
19.50.
Intnl.
Nickel.
52.50.
It
Mining
Corporation,
4,36,
4.40.
NIplB-dng,
2.7Q.
2.76.
Noranda.
03.60.
63.75.
.Abana,
1.90,
1.91.
Ventures.
8.00,
8.15.
Home
Oli,
23.2C,
23.50.
WORK
PROCEEDING
ON
AMERICAN
CREEK
WORK
J.
J.
Little,
manager
of
Power
Corporation
Ltd.
for
Trlnco
Rupert
and
Stewart,
returned
yesterday
from
the
northern
mining
is
town
and
reports
work
going
on
well
in
providing
roads
and
trails
for
their
work
on
American
Creek.
In
regard
to
the
local
situation,
Mr.
Little
says
there
is
nothing
to
say
at
present.
VANCOUVER
OLD-TIMER
DIED
THIS
MORNING
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
14.
S.
J.
Emanuels,
a
prominent
figure
in
real
estato
and
one
of
tho
first
notaries
public
In
the
province,
died
here
today.
He
was
79
years
of
nir
He
c:ume
from
Moose
Jnw
in
1888.
the
burning
pn.Min
at
Auburn,
prison
i'orcc
managed
to
hold
hnd
been
done.
n
the
foregrou
1
the
inflammable
buildings
wit
CUSTOMS
COLLECTIONS
THIS
YEAR
DECREASED
Revenue
Froth
This
Means
for
First
Seven
.Months
of
1929
$23,000'
Short
of
Last
Year
Customs
ami
excise
collections
at
this
port
Jfor.
the
first
seven
decrease
of
ttlmost
$25,000
from
the
same
period
in
1923,
the
total
up
to
July
31
this
year
having
been
$134,180.60,
as
against
$169,-
8J9.C7
in
1928.
cistern
eollectiona
for
the
,,,
nf
,it,!i,ik,--,P
.-.miwl
(o
$15,593.21,
.:aS
against
$21.-
68C33
,n
t,le
8amc
month
last
year.
BIG
AIRSHIP
DUE
TO
LEAVE
AT
THREE
A.
M.
FRIEDRICIISIIAFEN,
Aug.
14
Final
preparations
have
been
completed
to
send
the
Graf
Zeppelin
away
tomorrow
morning
at
3
o'clock
on
her
long
flight
to
Tokio.
Twenty
passengers
will
be
carried.
The
dirigible
has
been
overhauled
and
food
supplies
and
mail
stowed
aboard,
This
second
leg
of
her
round
the
world
flight
is
the
most
Interest-,
ing
the
Graf
will
have
yet
taken.
is
also
said
to
be
the
most
difficult.
It
will
be
an
extremely
interesting
ride
for
the
passengers.
CLASH
BETWEEN
RIVAL
FORCES
IN
MANCHURIA
SHANGHAI,
Aug.
14.
A
clash
between
Chinese
and
Soviet
troops
reported
to
have
taken
place
in
Manchuria.
While
the
Information
is
rather
vague,
it
is
understood
there
wore
casualties
on
both
sides.
JAPANESE
KILLED
WHEN
AIRPLANE
FELL'
TOKIO.
Aug.
14.
Seven
offl-j
cers
of
the
general
staff
and
one.
non-commlssionedl
officer
were!
killed
today
when
a
new
bombing
plane
crashed
from
a
height
of
900
feet
while
on
an
inspection
trip.
Tho
dead
include
Major-General
Aburd.
chief
of
the
operating
staff.
to
Escape
Y.
AiwVC
I.'
;0
nrittonera
the
niujomy
of
the
prisoners
"i
U:e
picture
is
the
women's
thu
walls
were
destroyed.
BtMTlTOU)
SAME
STORY
AT
SMITIIERS
SMITIIERS,
Aug.
14:
Sneak
ins
here
last
night.cn
route
to
Trna
UeoW,
MiVWieStv.r,n-
t
,,
leader,
R.
B.
Bennett,
protested
;igainst
the
claim
of
the
Dominion
Government
for
responsibility
for
any
prosperity
in
Canada.
Mr.
Bennett
pointed
out
that
the
-mount
of
$l,S0O.OOO,000
received
in
the
main
was
from
the
sale
of
products
of
the
forest,
mines
and
fisheries.
Credit
for
this
was
duel
to
the
governments
of
the
dif-l
foront
provinces
and
the
efforts
of
the
Canadian
people.
DIIII
nUJf
TD
ADC
IP
DUILUIHIj
IKAUt
15
!
iuiei
0IIIFT
m
IN
v.111
PITY
MftW
there
had
been
thirty-three
alarms
nunturned
,n
to
the
fjre
department
Permits
So
Far
This
Year
Repre
Kent
Value
of
$69,890,
as
Against
$111,975
in
1923
With
no
very
large
projects
so
.,
,
,
wm..m.a
i
ha
been
qu'et
in
Prince
Rupert
during
the
year
to
date,
the!
value
being
placed
?t
a
total
of
ing
the.
first
seven
months
of
1928.
Last
year's
list
included
the
Capitol
Theatre
then
under
construction.
Permits
for
July
this
year
represented
a
value
of
$15,G75,
as
against
$16,500
in
the
same
month
last
yea'.
LIBERAL
CHOSEN
IN
PRINCE
ALBERT
OVER
THE
CONSERVATIVE
TRINCE
ALBERT,
Aug.
14.
In
the
deferred
Cumberland
constituency
election,
D.
A.
Hall,
Liberal,
is
conceded
the
victory
over
John
Beda.
Conservative,
ni
ne
out
of
fifteen
polls
giving
the
e
former
a
majority
of
2o0.
UNIFICATION
OF
ALL
FORCES
IN
RUSSIA
MOSCOW.
Aug.
14.
Unification
of
all
armed
forces
under
one
h,eod
is
being
brought
about
in
Russia
In
view
of
the
present
situation.
SENATOR
JONES
BETTER
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
'
14:
Senator
Jones,
tho
well
known
fiirure
from
Wnshington
State,
who
has
taken
n
prominent
part
in
Pacific
Count
legislation,
is
convalescing
afti-r
a
severe
ill
-
ness.
Forest
Fires
in
South
Proving
Real
Danger
and
Many
Men
are
j
Being
Employed
Fighting
Them
;
NELSON,
Aug.
14
.With
150
fires
burning,
the
forest
fire
situation
in
the
southern
interior
is
reported
critical
by
local
forestry
officials.
All
avaijable
unemployed
men
in
this
district
have
been
called
upon
to
fight
the
outbreaks.
The
most
serious
situation
exists
at
Tunnel,
in
the
boundary
district,
where
firefighters
are
doing
their
best
without
the
aid
of
water.
The
fire
at
Westbndge
is
also
out
of
control
.
At
Sheep
Creek,
on
the
international
boundary,
it
is
under
control.
Additional
men
have
been
taken
there
today.
So
dense
is
the
-
smoke
that
the
forestry
seaplane
t
f.n
Tn.lT
OTW
A
l?P
Soupno:br,evLiS.the
waterowing
MAInMJN
ortAKs
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
14.
The,
forest
fire
situation
on
the
lower
mainland
and
Vancouver
Island
is
cxremely
hazardous.
Fires
are
menacing
large
tracts
of
standing
timber
in
the
vicinity
of
Campbell
River
and
winds
are
fanning
an
outbreak
at
Thurston
Bay.
Four
new
fires
are
renortcd
near
Dun-
at
luncheon
in
the
Commodore
can
and
Nanaimo
and
crews
from
the
Canadian
Collieries
at
Well-
Cafe
yesterday,
with
Joseph
Greer
ington
augmented
the
forestry
Vidln
from
A-
M-
Manson,
crews,
so
serious
is
the
situation
K.C.,
M.L.
A.,
who
chose
to
speak
deemed
around
the
coal
centre.
on
8ome
of
the
problems
of
Can-Buildings
have
been
destroyed
ada
as
8een
at
,,,e
inter-provincial
near
Alder,
In
the
Fraser
Valley,
conference
at
Ottawa
two
years
where
several
new
outbreaks
have
a0'
whIch
he
attended
as
attor.
been
reported.
A
fire
near
Mis-
ney-general
of
British
Cloumbia
sion
has
been
stopped
all
but
the
ft
that
tirae-
ir-
Manson
was
in
burning
top
of
the
mountain
after
his
,usua'
Sod
orm
and
his
re"
burningover
logged-off
land.
marks,
though
of
impromptu
na-
ture,
were
greatly
appreciated
by
-
,
the
audience,
which
was
nnusually
The
local
forestry
office
reports
iarge
for
a
club
Juncheon.
tnai
mere
are
no
iires
in
mis
district
and
have
been
none
of
any
importance
since
June.
lllVL
LUJJ
111
till
speaner
uescnueu
me
pic-uKtAltK
fDCATCD
TIIIC
VCAD
1111
J
itAK
turesque
and
Impressive
setting
of
the
inter-provincial
conference
Damage
for
First
Seven
Months
of
1929
Estimated
at
$1415,-
or
press
had
been
excluded
in
order
About
Double
of
Same
that
the
representatives
of
the
Do-Period
Last
Year
minion
and
provinces
might
have
'no
other
concern
than
that
of
Fire
damage
in
Prince
Rupert
for
the
first
seven
months
of
the
present
year
is
estimated
in
round
figures
to
have
amounted
to
$1415
las
compared
with
$723
in
the
same
per:od
iast
year.
Up
to
July
31
this
year,
as
against
41
in
the
cor-responding
period
of
1928.
During
July
this
year
there
were
f,V?
01
S,fond
d8mT
T
"n"
mated
a
at
$100.
as
against
six
calls
and
$141
In
the
same
month
last
a
'
year
.'
PATTULLO
IS
INVITED
TO
OPEN
EXHIBITION
Local
M.
L.
A.
Asked
to
Off!-
date
nt
Inaugural
of
Annual
Fair
Here
on
August
27
T.
D.
Pattullo.
M.L.
A.,
for
Prince
Rupert,
will
again
open
the
annual
exhibition
here
this
year
if
he
accepts
an
Invitation
that
the
fair
board
has
decided
to
extend,
him.
Mr.
Pattullo
Is
coming
upj
from
Victoria
on
Friday
of
this
week
and
is
expected
to
be
in
the'
city
for
the
fair,
which
opens
on
August
27,
in
the
evening.
The
fair
board
had
its
regular
weekly
meeting
last
night,
with
President
A.
J.
Prudhomme
in
the
ohnlr
nnr!
mlilu
flnnl
imlim.
J
ment;
for
fl
number
of
features
Lf
the
exhibition.
ninionraimifl
ruUl
onUflflnu
TELKWA
RIVER
SMITIIi'RS,
Aug.
14.
-Coming
from
a
mineralized
country
about;
thirty
miles
up
the
Telkwa
River,
Ed
Eby
recently
returned
after!
having
staked
a
number
of
claims.
i
He
reports
that
there
are
sixteen
largo
veins
of
copper
and
galena,
The
ground
there
Is
pretty
well
staked
and
the
probabilities
are
that
a
rich
mineral
group
has
been
discovered.
Te,,s
About
Work
Done
at
Inter-
Provincial
Conference
Two
Years
Ago
The
Gyro
Club
members
and
many
quests
heard
a
fine
address
Before
launching
upon
his
discourse,
Mr
.
Manson
expressed
his
'pleasure
at
being
back,
even
if
it
upert
among
old
Iner
ml
-
1
'
J
1
T
1
it.
!
at
Ottawa.
He
recalled
how
the
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On
Page
2).
COTTON
STRIKE
NOT
SETTLED
MANCHESTER,
Aug.
14
Settlement
of
the
great
Lancashire
1
ff
r
atstrtrtarrA
taamarl
a
Innir
WAV
0"
today,
although
the
situation
Improved
by
the
agreement
of
nuo
tin
j'tuitu
uj
'
hue
vviuvuii
v.
.
t
to
-r
.
the
,
the
master
spinners
accept
p-inciple
of
arbitration.
Meanwhile
more
than
half
a
million
workers
are
nearing
the
end
of
the
third
workless
week
as
a
re-
8Ult
ot
the,r
refU8al
t0
accePl
wage
reductions.
..,,
lTVkl
AhHIiR
1
Ltouuu
nunuiiu
FRASER
RIVER
Norwegian
Steamer
Expected
to
Get
Off
Today
After
Being
Lightered
VANCOUVER,
Aug
14.
The
Norwegian
steamar
Hesteros,
bound
from
New
vwminster
to
the
United
Kingdom,
has
been
ashore.at
the
mouth
of
the
Fraser
Rjye
.since
yesterday:
6he
failed
in
fro'n
Vlpraplf
nn
the
hiffh
tide
last
night
and
.efforts
are
being
made
today
aftr
lightering
tho
cargo.
The
ship
Is
believed
not
to
have
been
damaged.
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direct
from
the
Aberdeen
Joko
FactorV
,
NO'
PLEASIN'
AN
ABERDON-
IAN
An
Aberdonlan
who
had
re-
celved
a
$500
prtzo
in
a
sixpenny
lottery
was
asked
how
he
felt
5bout
it.
"It
was
n'rlcht
"
he
replied,
"but
my
second
ticket
didna
get
onvthing."
.
,