Tomorrow's
Tides
Government
Statement
Of
Civic
Affairs
Not
Accurate
It
Is
Stated
Union
of
B.C.
Municipalities
Objects
to
Change
in
Liquor
Profits
Distribution
and
Wants
Old
Way
Back;
Convention
Is
Proceeding
KELOWNA,
Oct.
9:
Presenting
his
report
aB
secretary
of
the
taxation
committee
of
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipilaties
the
annual
convention
of
which
opened
here
yesterday,
R.
F.
relations
between
the
municipalities
and
the
government,
declared:
"the
whole
nicture
of
municinal
finances
as
nre-
CONVENTION
IS
OPENED
Unwn
of
II.
'C.
.Municipalities
Gets
Undr
Way
With
Seventy
Resolution
on
Agenda
KELOWNA.
Oct.
9:
With
more
in
better
shape
now
than
for
many
fast
approaching
vehicle.
Then
he
than
seventy
resolutions
on
the!
years.
In
the
last
eight
years
Use
was
struck
and
lost
consciousness
agenda,
the
twenty-seventh
annual
i
aggregate
municipal
debt
Increased
,
lsaaaedtMCrj.
His
leg
had
bees
convention
of
tte
UrU.tf.IJrttlshikif
onto
llUNlMP,
while
the
vajua-jhsilsyn
4d
he
had
also
been
Columbia
Municipalities
opened
I
of
taxation
increased
by
$&3.0OO.t)30.1
struck
on
the
shoulder
and
head,
here
yesterday.
Borne
of
the
more
Receipts
from
public
utilities
have
He
spent
a
little
over
four
weeks
important
resolutions
which
are
ex-1
risen
from
12.000,000
in
1919
to
$3.-;
tn
hnsnttni.
Somebody
came
to
the
m
eted
to
provoke
lively
discussion
.
are:
Lltuar
profits
distribution.
Automobile
accident
insurance.
Amendments
to
the
weekly
half
holiday
act.
Unemployment.
Aid.
E.
11
BridReman
of
North
Vancouver,
the
president,
is
presiding
CUT
BY
RAZOR,
IS
IN
HOSPITAL
Warren
Seott
Sustained
Painful
Injuries
at
Hands
of
Unknown
Assailant
Tuesday
Nlht
Warren
Smtt.
a
well
known
local
lovucr.
sustained
severe
but
not
serious
razor
cuts
about
the
face
and
body
Tuesday
night
tn
an
altercation
which
took
place
in
a
row
of
rhaakl
on
Third
Avenue
not
far
iron
the
Junction.
Scott
is
now
receiving
treatment
in
the
hospital
but.
his
assailant
is
still
at
targe.
Thore
is
uncertainty,
even
on
the
part
of
Bcott.
as
Vo
who
attacked
hi-v
The
man
whom
the
poUoe
ar.
seeking
in
connection
with
the
slashing
is
Charlie
Olsen.
Rushing
Work
On
New
Camp
Seventy
Men
to
He
Housed
at
CJoyah
Lake
During
This
Winter
Is
rian
The
public
works
construction
department
is
rushing
work
on
the
construction
of
a
winter
camp
at
Cloy
ah
Lake
to
house
70
men
on
the
nltrhway
construction
camp.
It
is
-mlrrstood
that
this
many
will
continue
throughout
the
winter.
81a-.hlm
of
th
highway
is
now
within
about
a
mils
of
tlic
lake
The
present
camp
on
the
high-1
wnv
will
remain
and
the
sunacing
gang
will
use
It.
KILLED
HIMSELF
S
BATTLE,
Oct
9:
Rev.
Christopher
Johnson,
aged
72,
shot
and
killed
himself
yesterday
during
a
fit
of
despondency.
MancliestcrGuardian
Suggests
Secessionist
Tendencies;
Daily
Herald
Dubs
Them
"Bankruptcy
of
Statesmanship"
and
Declares
Them
Patently
False
LONDON,
Oct.
9:
Premier
Bennett's
admitted
"plain
speaking"
yesterday
moves
vocate
of
tree
trade
to
the
reflection
that
"it
almost
sounds
as
though
Mr.
Bennett
were
thinking
of
joining
in
the
demand
for
the
right
to
secede
if
we
do
not
immediately
accept
his
scheme.
As
far
as
the
Dominions
are
concerned-
1
.
j
.
.
.
.
11
is
a
cii.
j
co.ioeuiu
iiuwuUft,
Prosperity
Week
Essay
Contest
ScIkoI
Hoard
Approves
of
Ieda
Hut
Leaves
Matter
(o
Principals
The
school
board
last
night
answered
a
request
from
the
Prince
Reta"
Merchants'
Associa
tlon
that
school
pupils
enter
an
es
say
competition
In
connection
with
Canadian
Prosperity
Week
and
that
teachers
give
suitable
lectures
to
the
pupils
by
referring
the
matter
to
the
princl-als
of
the
schools.
The
board,
while
giving
tit
approval1
the
idea,
considered
that
finances
would
not
permit
Its
putting
up
prizes
itself.
It
is
understood
that
the
Retail
Merchants'
Association
will
put
up
suitable
prises.
This
afternoon's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
3.30,
was
reported
thij
morning
to
be
on
time.
IsOYD
AND
CONNOR
TOOK
OFF
TODAY
A
HARBOR
GRACE,
Nfld.,
Oct.
8:
After
a
ng
wait
for
suit-
able
weather
conditions.
Capt.
Errol
Boyd,
Canadian
aviator.
and
Lieut.
Ilarry
Cannor,
Uni-
ted
States
navigator,
took
off
for
England
this
morning
at
11:20
in
the
monoplane
Co-
lumbla.
t
t'
Mt
K
SMITH
OFF
Hopes
to
Uerak
Bert
Hinklert
Record
For
England
to
Australia
Hop
HENTON.
En
Oct.
9:
Squadron
Leader
Charles
King$fordSmith
took
off
from
here
today
in
a
litht
plane
on
a
lone
trip
to
Australia
in
which
he
horcs
to
beat
I5;rt
Hinkler's
record.
The
plane
fs
a
two-seater
named
"Southern
Cross
Junior"
and
in
one
eetknft
a
laf-
e-rtra
gasoline
sumW
is
stored
f
nr
the.
purpose
f
ensuing
tana?
hose
of
-dbot
!Waja,eata.
ROME.
Oct.
5
Squadron
Leader
Kingsford-SmHb
arrived
here
this
evening
from
London.
GUBST
O
r
i
I'R
ES
1
1)
ENT
WASHINGTON.
Oct.
9:
William
Randolph
Hearst,
the
newspaper
publisher,
was
yesterday
the
guest
of
President
Hoover
at
luncheon.
Of
Special
Interest
Friday,
October
10,
1330
"'8l
2.4aa.m.
19.0
It
14.43
Have
you
read
the
classified
ivm.
21.6
ft
Low
8.47
am.
02
ft.
advertltlng
page
In
this
paper
today?
ft!
If
not.
now
Is
the
time.
;'
'm.
3.4
Hi
&
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BIUTISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
t,
.1
Vol
XXI.,
No.
23'
S7
PRINCE
RUPERT,
'B.C.,
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
9,
1930
PHICE
FIVE
CENTd
RITISH
COLUMBIA
BOND
CORPORATION
Blandy,
reviewing
financial
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
-
Hjentea
in
tn
ie
budget
speech
can
hardly
be
accepted
as
accurate."
Mr.
Blandy
said
that
the
recent
session
of
the
legislature
had
shown
the
difficulty
of
securing
financial
reform
for
the
municipalities
and
the
Impossibility
of
divorcing
school
taxation
from
the
larger
problem
of
financial
relations
between
the
i
province
and
the
municipalities.
He
!
quoted
the
minister
of
finance
as
j
stating
that
"the
municipalities
are
000.000
and
arrears
tn
sinking
funds
i.jvt
decreased
from
$5,591,000
In
1320
to
$ljm,m."
The
convention
passed
without
discussion
a
resolution
urging
the
jvenunent
to
adopt
some
plan
of
distribution
by
which
munlci'wll-
les
would
receive
liquor
profits
on
j
h?
same
basis
as
in
1929.
One
hundred
and
twenty
delegates
from
41
municipalities
are
in
!
Utendance
with
Mayor
C.
II.
Orme
;
f
Prince
Rupei
I
delegate
from
that
city.
BILLIARDS
ORGANIZED
Six
Team
League
This
Winter-Charles
Ilalaino
Elected
President
at
Meeting
The
Prince
Rupert
Billiard
Asso
ciation
had
Lie
largest
and
most
enthusiastic
annual
meeting
in
Its
history
last
nutht
In
the
Empress
Social
Club.
Officers
were
elected
and
it
was
decided
-to
start
the
I
winter's
activities
jurt
as
soon
as
possible
with
a
six-foam
league
in
cme
ration.
Officers
were
alerted
as
roiiows:
Honorary
president.
Olof
Hanson
MJ1.
Honorary
vice-president.
Lieut.
Col.
S.
P.
McMordie
DJB.O.
President.
C.
P.
Dalagno.
Vice-president,
M.
M.
MoLachlan,
Secretary-treasurer,
John
Dulger
sr.
The
six
teams
entered
fpr
competition
in
the
league
are:
Biles,
Orot-to.
Canadian
Legion,
Moose,
Eagles
and
Empress
Social
Club.
The
executive
was
empowered
to
draw
up
the
schedule
and
start
the
season
as
soon
as
possible.
Steamers
Sunk
i
In
Rio
Harbor
Is
llelng
Done
to
Prevent
Warships
From
Entering
BUBNOS
AIRES.
Oct.
0:
Two
steamers
were
sunk
yesterday
at
the
entrance
to
Uie
harbor
of
Rio
de
Janlero
to
prevent
warships
eh-1
taring
and
interfering
with
the
ac-
j
ttviUes
of
ttw
rebels.
GURVICH
ACOUITTED
Magistrate
Finds
He
Was
Not
Guilty
of
Hit
and
Run
Offence
on
Comox
Avenue
j
After
hearing
the
evidence
in
city
police
court
this
morning,
Magta-J
trate
Thomas
McClymont
dismissed
a
charge
against
Dido
Gurvich
of!
driving
to
the
common
danger.
It:
was
alleged
that
Gurvich
had
struck
a
man
on
Comox
Avenue
early
one
morning
In
August
and
kept
on
going.
The
magistrate,
however,
found
that
the
allegation
was
not
substantiated
by
evidence
and
therefore,
acquitted
ounrich.
e.
f.
Jones
prosecuted
and
a.
m.
Manson
K.C.
actfd
as
counsel
for
Gunrieh.
Joe
Chonord,
the
man
who
wav
struck
by
a
car
on
Comox
Avenue
at
4
o'clock
on
the
morning
of
August
10,
was
the
first
witness.
He
testified
that
he
was
walking
up
Comox
Avenue
toward
town
and
was
near
the
right
hand
edjrt
of
the
road.
First
hearing
the
car
approach
when
it
was
almost
on
top
of
him.
he
had
time
to
turn
around
and
see
-
the
number
"33"
on
the
hospital
the
next
day
with
fruit
for
htm
but
witness
would
not
say
!
that
this
had
been
accused.
Ralnh
Smith,
who
was
drivirur
his
taxi
car
car
on
on
Comox
comox
Avenue.'
Avenue.'
heard
a
bump
and.
looking
out
of
bis
rear
window,
he
saw
a
car
fast
'Continued
on
Page
4.)
Premier
Bennett's
Proposals
Are
Denounced
By
Many
Papers
of
England
In
Editorial
Comment
the
Manchester
Guardian,
ad
the
Guardian
asserts,
adding
that
Mr.
Bennett's
seheme
is
the
most
unattractive
embodiment
of
new
style
of
Bmplre
bargaining
yet
offered."
The
Liberal
Chronicle
professed
an
inability
to
understand
what
Canada
wants
adding
that
"Premier
Dennett's
offer
in
its
present
form
seems
to
have
no
relaUon
to
the
facts
of
the
situation."
The
Dolly
Herald
describes
Mr.
Bennett's
suggestion
as
"the
very
bankruptcy
of
statesmanship."
Denouncing
the
proposals
as
demonstrably
and
patently
false
and
useless,
the
paper'
declared:
"Tariffs
are
no
remedy
;at
all
for
our
economic
HWJor
peoteetien
svt
nil
against
ariy-ecenemlolbltesaFdaj'.'v
CO.M.MUNIST
ACTIVITIES
'
LOS
ANOELBS,
Oct.
9:-Com-munlsts
throughout
the
country
are
preparing
to
make
November
34
a
notable
day
In
connection
with
their
movement
toward
upsetting
the
present
system
of
government.
BROTHER
ACCUSED
Alontreal
Jury
Find
Church
Worker
Responsible
For
Murder
of
Six-Year
Old
Girl
MONTREAL,
Oct.
8:
Albert
Mo-garet,
known
hi
this
region
as
Brother
Dorite
of
the
congregation
of
Sacred
Heart,
a
worker
in
the
Roussin
academy,
was
held
criminally
SEZSZ
TS?SZU
caron
who
disappeared
from
her
home
in
Lomt
p-intc
on
juv
10
and
whose
body
was
found
in
a
passage
Bond
Corporation
Ltd.,
it
was
announced
by
the
attorney-off
the
basement
of
Roussin
Aca-
general
department
yesterdav.
It
is
reported
that
all
demy
on
September
18.
Clients'
holdings
holdings
and
and
collateral
collateral!.
Evidence
was
submitted
by
Dr.
Rosario
Fontaine.
Montreal
auto-ptot,
to
the
effect
that,
the
child
had
been
criminally
attacked
prior
to
her
murder
REDUCTION
'
E
nSA
'VYi
been
encountered
tn
meeting
sud
t
I
W
5Js
lXi
V
1
id
.n
margin
calls
at
New
York
am
and
Announcement
Sladc
That
Srven
,
.
.Million
a
Year
WW
Be
Saved
Under
Plan
1
WASHINGTON,
Oct.
9:
-Admiral
Trapp
announced
last
night
that
the
Atlatnlc
sauadron
of
Uw
United
States
navy
was
to
be
reduced
to
conform
with
the
treaty
reouire-
mcnts
and
that
the
total
saving
on
It
would
be
approximately
seven
million
dollars
a
year.
There
will
be
a
rduction
in
the
number
of
vessels
and
the
personnel
will
be
reduced
by
O00
officers
and
men.
-
IS
BEATEN
Nova
Scotia
Boat
Lest
First
of
'
Sailing
Rates
Today
to
Amerloan
OI.OUCnSTEK,
Mass.
Oet.
0:
The
Gertrude
L.
Tlieteud
of
Gloucester
today
defeated
the
niuenose
of
Lutienberg,
Nova
Scotia,
in
the
first
of
a
series
of
fishing
schooner
races
fr
the
Sir
Thomas
Upton
Cup.
The
Thebaud
won
by
about
fifteen
minutes
over
the
course
of
nearly
thirty-eight
miles.
The
race
was
sailed
in
a
moderate
breeze
that
favored
the
smaller
and
lighter
American
vessel.
CHINAMAN
BURIED
rho
funeral
of
Jot
Ft
Hazel-ton
Chlnanan.
whew
death
took
olaci'
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
Monday
evening,
took
place
yestsxday
afternoon
from
the
I
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
Falrvlew
Cemetery.
Local
friends
of
deceased
attended
the
obsequies.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
October
ft
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
i9'
Sxchang
today
at
69
l-8c.
IN
DIFFICULTIES
Attorney-General
Has
Named
Representative
To
Make
investigation
Company
Has
Sold
Out
Holdings
and
Collateral
of
Clients
Owing
to
Alargin
Calls
But
Hopes
to
Make
Good
VICTORIA.
Oct.
9:
C.
D.
Prior,
hnrriatnr
rfr
Vinvi
hAa
been
appointed
under
the
Security
Frauds
Prevention
Act.
88
representative
of
the
attorney-general
to
conduct
n
investigation
into
the
affaire
of
the
British
Columbia
were
sold
out
on
the
New
York
market
on
Tuesday
and
that
all
clients
!n
Montreal,
Toronto
and
Winnipeg
:iarxUs
were
sold
out
at
the
openings
of
the
markets
yesterday.
Office,
s
of
the
company
said
it
was
impossible
to
give
any
estimate
of
the
total
sum
involved.
The
company
issued
a
statement
to
the
effect
that
difficulty
had
asking
co-operation
oi
its
clients
in
facing
an
unexpected
situation
I
which
was
not
regarded
as
insurmountable.
It
was
stated
that
the
company
bad
every
hope
of
being
a
very
interesting
paper
on
the
Hie
able
to
reWr
erMKri
te
ffctHeWtoT
Watner
after
which
the
foUem--
"
m'
c0,nr
Ior
u
to
carry
trough
liquidation
them-
-
-s
an-
without
the
firm
being
Ionsea
rougn
oanxruptcy
courts.
BIG
TIME
TONIGHT
i
AT
CIRCUS
Plans
AH
Laid
For
Biggest
Event
on
Record
in
Aid
of
Gymnasium
Fund
j
The
feature
of
the
evening
at
Exhibition
Hall
tonight
at
the
bin
'
DnAtafu
rMsvai
n
rA
risnM
will
ka
the
mammoth
drawing
In'
which
there
will
be
207
prizes.
Tickets
will
be
available
at
the
door
which
will
givr
admission
for
both
nights
and
participation
in
the
drawing.
i
Th;
big
opening
will
take
place
at
8
o'clock
sharp
and
this
will
be
followed
by
dancing
and
the
sideshows
will
then
be
In
operation.
The
opening
will
be
conducted
Jointly
by
S.
D.
Johnston,
president
of
the
Rotary
Club.-
W.
H.
Tobey,
chairman
of
the
Gym
Committee
'
and
Acting
Mayor
Collart.
Among
the
sideshows
will
be
the
following:
Exhibition
of
Scottish
folk
dancing
with
a
real
old
time
orchestra.
Thr3c
miniature
golf
courses.
Clown
acts.
King
Tut
s
Tomb.
I
Siiluwetto
Photos.
Fortune
Telling
by
tw
GrotU
'
Wh:;o
Wi-'art.
showinR
past,
pre-?.iv.
.'.n
i
f''.i
.-
hur.v-v
arliT'
?-y
'
i!
r
'Iik.
palnu3trv
and
'hin
1
'!v
Ro:ie!ie
v
!v.-
Is.
'"i:nl.'v
if-e.
"Flap
"
the
litsst
game
invented.
Red
Cross
circus.
Ladies
te.i
room.
Hot
dag
slant!.
Carnival
hats
and
novelUes.
Drawing
will
take
place
tonight'
as
fa.'
as
nu-ieMlt'
and
If
com
pie
ted
the
remainder
will
be
dnrwn
tomorrow
night.
Ticket
holders
should
be
on
band
to
claim
their1
prises,
which
may
be
checked
at
the
check
room
if
desired
Check
coats
and
hats.
Manv
prominent
men
and
women
are
assisting
Rotariaus
in
this
big
i
event.
There
will
be
something
doing
all
the
time.
MEETING
OF
IUSICCLUB
Season
Opened
With
Gathering:
at
Heme
of
Mrs.
JaetSS'iSMsuhar
Yeste
rdaMftemoon
The
opening
of
the
sea-
on
of
the
Club
was
held
yesterday
at
the
i
home
of
Mrs.
James
faiquhar.
Agnew
Place.
Mrs.
Famuhar
gave
'ng
program
was
rendered:
Piano
solo.
Grand
March
Iron
Tarmhauser,
Mrs.
Robert
Bartlett
'
Vocal
solo,
"In
the
Time
of
!
Roses."
Mrs.
William
CruKkhank.
Plans
soio.
Htsntng
itar."
from
Tarmhauser.
MrsViVrHnaktt.
Piano
solo.
"Poloslse'
in
C.
Sham
Minor."
Chopin.
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith.
Much
enthusiasm
was
shown
with
regard
to
the
activities
of
the
coming
season.
It
was
announced
that
Miss
Helen
Bevsridge.
a
pupil
of
Miss
M.
A.
Way.
was
the
winner
of
the
Club's
cup
this
season.
The
presentation
will
be
made
later
At
the
close
of
the
meeting,
the
.
'.ambers
stood
silent
for
a
few
moments
out
of
respect
to
the
memory
of
the
late
Canon
T.
J.
Marsh,
father
of
the
secretary.
Mrs.
Farquhar,
who
was
so
well
known
In
the
north.
The
hostess
was
assisted
by
Mrs.
Robert
Bartlfttt.
BIG
SLUMP
IN
STOCKS
Largest
Turnover
Sine
June
on
New
York
Xxchange
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
9:
-The
stock
market
took
u
terrific
battering
today
from
liquidations
that
swelled
to
a
turnover
of
more
than
five
mll-
lion
shares.
It
was
the
largest
turn-lover
since
June.
Prominent
shares
lost
from
four
to
ten
dull.irs
net
and
closed
virtually
at
tin-
bottom.
Victoria
Man
Passes
Today
VICTORIA
Oct.
o:Walter
Stan-hove
Fraser.
well
known
business
man,
of
ik
city,
died
today.
He
was
,u4
$P
4cl
had
been
here
since
rW
-
The
weekly
Rotary
Club
luncheon
took
place
at
the
Exhibition
Hall
whor:
'he
club's
suclety
circus
will
open
this
evening.
Paul
Armour,
who
is
in
charge
of
the
hot
dot;
sUna,
served
the
members
of
the
club
to
a
delightful
clam
chowder
luncheon.