Tomorrow's Tides Saturday, November 1, 1930 Uirrh 10.39 a.m. 18.1 ft. 22.46 p.m. 175 ft. taw 4.09 am. 7.7 ft. :' "cod the Communist fire. ' She Nothing Heard of Coast flyer Since He, Passed Qvcr Alert Bay on Wednesday Ln Route to Rescue of AtKn Aviator VANCOUVER, Oct. 31: The rugged country north of Vlin still holds tight the secret of the fate of Capt. E. J. L Burke and his two companions Emil Kading, mech- un and Bob Martin pioneer northern prospector who V"- been missing since October 11 when they left Liard P f Mimo three hundred miles north of Atlin on their rectum flight to the latter place. Con NO WORD OF PLANE 0 Two Companions Reported to Be P Coming North With Robin , I A .,,UBh Inquiries hare , fr .11 tu. .t,ti. t visa ms v'v weawv sfwvbvwi ... : . the coast, there to no word of l wishincton-AlasXa Airways ptlotVWHcr&Warft 11 left Vancouver on Tuesday .vim to Join ln the search for ' E J A. Burke, missing AUin :;.Tcial flyer. It is reported Frank Hatcher. SeatUe air ! r and Sam Clerf. prospector. niiriR north with Renahan. '1 apposition is that Renahan iv i run Into bad weather and i in shelter before continuing TRAINING FOR BOUT Nina Gurvich In rink of Condition Preparatory to Ketchikan Flint On November IS Gurvich is working out hard forthcoming bout with Kid M of Juneau at Ketchikan on K nrx r 13. Jaek Gurvich. his r. .says that he was never in -iape than he to today. bout promises to be one or st important tnai nas oecu m Ketchikan In a long time bumper house to expected. Grain Company Has Big Loss Drti.it of More Than Two and a Quarter Million Dollars For Year ny Alberta Pacific ' NNIPEO. Oct. 31:-A toss of han $2,250,000 for the year. "i! June 30 last to shown in we ' j'Ui annual report of the dlree-f the Alberta Pacific Grain REDS FIRE ON BRITISH;: T ..... t iv .it... - . . umi uunooai Miarmv Aiiacuru Today Near Klenll In Hupeli Province f 'ANKjqrw. v. Oct. jz. 31 oi : a . uommun- . ' n.ilt ery near Kienll In Hupeh "viiice today sharply attacked ' British tlsh gunboat Aphis; forcing ! v.-ssel to use slx-lnch guns lb " '" ' t herself. Thi nritoni flnallV Maim Was Fined Of Special Interest Have you read the classified advertising page In this paper today? If not, now Is the time. 16.56 p.m. 9.0 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER VJ. XXI . N 255. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930 ' PKICE FIVE CENTa RUGGED NORTH TAINS ITS SECRET TOLMIE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH CANADIAN RAILWAYS jVo Further Trace Is Found of Captain Burke and Comrades; Renahan Is Also Missing Now siderable anxiety is now being felt for them. Meantime. Frank Dorbrandt rescue pilot, and one companion are 'still at Paddy Lake. 50 mites north AUin, where they were forced down by lack of gas on the return fmliU"1 Pcf . . PU nd two companions, who left here on Tue- day afternoon for AUin. Intending to )c4n the aearch tor ke. have no reen repone since wmy . . Akct Wednesday Missing Aviator Capt. E. J. A. Burke who left AUin three weeks a bo and has not been seen since. 4. EMPIRE CRUSADER WINS FADDINGTON ELECTION OVER CONSERVATIVE LONDON. Oct. Jl Vice- Admiral E. A. Taylor, Empire Crusader, running in support of Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rotbermere. was elected In South Paddington by-election with a majority of Ml over Sir Herbert Lktiard. official Con- servative candidate. The result of the by-election 1 2 i" ZlL . . in his duel with i. v ... Rt Hon. Stanley Baldwin, -i-rtralBht Conaemtlve leader. j nil Mate was third i T 1 Ic wwi v' " I i,ii. tin Ntl ITVIt Stewart own"'" Rich-" - t um i ardson of the United Empire 1 1 4- party ar lost lost her nor deposit. 'This is . maI k nw ui nnuuiiruw ui " t a " smnlre Free Trade and to - tr wobbton hn no 4. those J opposing v, . vioe.Admlr1 Taylor, the .JTrtMlaut victorious candl- candl date. TERRORS IN CHINA Country With Millions of People Doomed For Many More Tears to Recurring Tragedy SHANGHAI, Oct. 30: -A tragk pfetyre, eloquent in its simple pre rotation of the bare facts, of Nort! China's flood and famine slricku mill tans, Is presented by C. A. Po in the "Chinese Nation." Chinese review. He gives three reasons for Jie conditions, geographical, economical and political. And he adds that although the constant famines and floods have their geographical and economic background, "the un scrupulous saJUtarists and corrupt officials have to share half the re- sponstbUH the deplorable plight. tb,ja4fe passe to uie parm Botfi China suid India have been historically known as the lands of famine. Ot, late India has been fairly well developed in both irrigation and transportation thus greatly reducing that catastrophe, while China has seen only a little Improvement in her famine prevention system and Is still struggling under periodical famines and droughts, causing appalling suffering to the population. The most frequent catastrophes visiting China are floods, droughts and locusts Sometimes a prolonged drought is immediately followed by x flood and at other times locusts descend upon the harvest simultaneously with a drought, result-1 niK in a disastrous famine in the iffected district Earthquakes are not infrequent in the northwestern provinces, which also has a very damaging effect on the agricultural enterprises in the affected regions. Famine Serious The northwestern provinces are still suffering under, a MrifflM famine, says Mr. Pa, SihfjS 19ff droughts and locusts frequently visited the north, until now nearly all northern provinces are affected, especially Shanat, Honan and Kan-su. According to reports from famine relief associations, the affected northern provinces -are Honan, Shensl, Kansu, Shantung, Hopei, Sulvan and Chanar. In Honan one half' of the province is ln the grip of famine; Shensi Is suffering as a whole; and Kansu has 65 districts out of a total of 78. districts affected, while Shantung and Hopel are undergoing a famine as well as a disastrous flood as a result of the overflowing of the Yellow River in Shantung and the Tachlngho and Yungtingho ln Hopel.' ' i Kansu has a total population of 10,060,000 half of which are vic tims of famine, me same report lt year of banditry, exposure and starvation, while an average of 2,000 people are reported to be dying dally in the affected rvgle-ns. More than l.OOOjOOO people are re- .... ,i j . . . . l J . , .porwu i - . . I tton and they are compelled to feed , . . . u Antlntt. " v halen alone, wmcn useo. to De a city :0f 60.000 people, the popuiauon nas iJJXl to S.000. Shenil ha. a; population of 10,000.000 people, of which 7.150,000 are now affected. by famine. Of this number 780,000 have fled from the province, 'le rnr if r m Tv. T B.h l:'" hi -d of Bush Terminal. New York, and champion of h-cr uj-uf wx fined $83,000 for failure to declare $4U00'.i i.i jf '(Wiry : customs. Monsieur Eugene Chartier right Seme River guard. Paris said to be most de-copied ..ian In France, wears 31 medals. : T fT n TKT frp J J&d JJ KNOW WHY! Ontario Deputy Minister at Loss to Account For.. Impulse to Steal Dress TORONTO, Oct. 31: Hon. J. D. Montefth, minister of labor, announced today that James H. Bal-lantyne, deputy minister of labor, who was arrested last night on a charge of theft in connection with the removal of a dress valued at $15 from a local lingerie store, had been suspended from the post. Ballantyne, after being arrested, was released on $300 ball. "I dont know what made me do it." Ballantyne said today. "I can not explain why the Impulse camel on me. I had more than $300 in my possession at the time. Some kind of mental aberration which to not explainable prompted me to do this. It to regrettable but It to true. Boyd and Connor Now At Berlin BERLIN. Oct. 31: Capt. Brrol ! Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor, trans-Atlantic flyers, in the monoplane Columbia, arrived here today in the course of a European tour. $83,000 W0NFIRSI DIVISION MarDonald Government Defeats Amendment of Radical Socialist Group LONDON. Oct. 31 The Mac-Donald government scored an easy victory today, in the first division of the new Parliamentary session, defeating a Labor left wing amendment to the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne by 156 to 11. The amendment humbly regretted that the Speech from the Throne contained no proposals making for a Socialist reorganization of the industry of agriculture, banking and import and export trades and for a more fair distribution of national income. ENDING OF CONFERENCE LONDON. Oct 31 The Imperial Conference Is speeding up. Indica tions at a meeting ol beads or delegations this afternoon were that the conference would probably conclude about November 7 or 8. Canada May Find Wheat Market In France; Revision Of Treaty Now In Existence Is Possible LONDON, Oct. 31 : Canada is casting around for new markets for her wheat. Conversations have been opened, it was learned today, which will probably lend to a revision of the trado treaty between France and Canada. France, hard hit by United States tariffs, is anxious to retain and, if possible, extend her markets in Canada. While official circles preserve the strictest silence, it is understood that France has made an approach to the Canadian delegation at the Imperial Conference with a View to opening formal negotiations. Pacific Great Eastern Surveys Are Defended By Premier In Speech Says Hetls Hopeful That Canadian National or Canadian PacifieiWill Take Line Over As Part of Peace River Coast Outlet NORTH VANCOUVER, Oct. 31 : Declaring that surveys conducted along the line of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway had benefitted the province through discovery of new resources, Premier Tolmie, speaking in support of Jack Loutet, Conservative candidate in the North Vancouver by-election camnaien, said that the government will continue its efforts to dispose i' of th'. line to the Canadian trans- continental railways. He added that, as soon as Premier Bennett returned from .the Imperial Conference in Vancouver, facts secured in the surveys during the past summer would be placed before him. Then a conference would be held wlth.E..W. Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Hallway and Sir Henry Thornton of the Canadian National Premier Tolmie declared that be wowkL attempt to have the Domin - ton Premier, in keeping with his ptedae to provide a Pacific Coast outlst for t JPBivcf fwuitryftrwaefr iFe th .same month last bring the proposed railway through :one of the two passes to link up with the Pacific Great Eastern. Ooing&Fqr Masons On Trip to Terrace Sunday Was Delightfully Spent in Trip to Lakelse Lake TERRACE, Oct. 31: The Terrace' Masons on Sunday entertained District Deputy Grand Master W. F. Eves of Anyox and party on a trip by auto to Lakelse Lake which included a boat trip around the lake and dinner at Lakelse Lodge. The visitors expressed themselves as delighted with the trip and with the splendid dinner which Mrs. Bruce Johnston prepared for them. Kir. and Mrs. JohnsgKl earned the ghtUtud ot the Iwal Jdssons by tRrtr uGUrlnf ffforti Rr make the vim plesttan'cfpmlerUble. and all express the jvWrlhat this vis-' it may to the fffterunner of many similar ones to follow. The Masonic party included W. D. Vance. O. P. Tinker, Frank Dibb and S. C. Thomson of Prince Rupert and A. N. Davles and Chris Cane of An-yot. LIQUIDATE BOND CORP. Secured Creditors ot B. C. Bond Corporation to Be Paid In Full from Assets VICTORIA. Oct. 31: At a meet- ling of the creditor of the defunct (British Columbia Bond Corporation. the Royal Trust Co. was elected 'trustee and T. L. Swan, J. S. Braid- wood and J. H. HU1 were named. ins4Ti.i..!.J.W. V. tr. to ennd, Mouldatlon: 1 r.z.. " : :i "sset seU given in a report prej$e$ tfl the meeting, secured creditors wtll be paid off in full and the balance left will be sufficient to pay unsecured creditors about ode-fourth or one-third of the amount due them. Yoshl Katauyama sailed last night on the Prince George for i Vancouver. ULIUBLK HALIBUT Total Ladings 2,899,000 Pounds as Against 2,952,000 in Same Month Last Year Halibut landings at the port of I Prince Rupert for' the month of I October this year total 2,809,000 pound which shews very Utile dlf- year when tondings totalled 2,952,- 000 pounds. American bindings for October this year amounted to 2,477,000 pounds showing a slight increase over 2,460,900 pounds last year while the Canadian total for the month this year is 421,000 or a decrease from 492,000 pounds ln October, 1929. Smithers Farmer Married Sunday Miss Manda Yciich Becomes Bride of Peter Skuba, Rev. Father Hammond Officiating SMITH ETIS. Oct. 31: The marriage took place here on Sunday of Mias Manda Yelich of Evelyn and Peter Skuba, rancher near here. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Hammond of St Joseph's Church. FISHSALES Summary American 20,000 pounds, 11.6c and Sc. Canadian 14,000 pounds. 105c and 8c to 14c and 8.5c. American Helgeland, 20,000, ' Royal, 11.6c and 5c. Canadian Oony, 5,500, Gold Storage, lUc and 8c. Katen, 6,000. AUin, 14c and 8.5c. Erie Roy. 2,500, AUin, 105c and 8c. Union steamer Cardeha, Capt Aftttrew Johnstone, is due ln port at 10:30 tonight from the south and ,wU1 "u at mWnight on her return w wjrpvi. r-t tkti KUfc1!' ISTER V"" is arre ESTED ON CHARGE OF THEFT uili1 iiiriin'ji it ;. TORONTO. Oct 31: James II. Ballantyne, deputy minister of labor In the Ontario govern-mnt was arrested late last night on a charge of stealing a lady's dress valued at .$15 from a ladles' wear store.