Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Sunday,
September
13,
1931,
High
....1
1:44
a.m.
22:7
ft.
Prlr
Overcast,
calm!
14:05
p.m.
22:5
ft.
baroir
55
;
-tcmpearture,
53;
'Low
8:00
ft.
1:6
It.
sea
sn
20:23
pm.
1:8
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
H,
C!-
XXII..
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gug
OpM
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C
,
SATtJllDAY,
SEPTEMBER
12,
1931.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
ra
ft
S.
tllZE
DEATH
LIST
HAS
INCREASED
NEW
CLUE
REPORTED
IN
CASE
OF
TRANSPACIFIC
FLIERS
Moyle
and
Allen
May
Have
Met
Their
Fate
In
Southeast
Alaska
Cap..
II.
Hanson
of
Steamer
Alaska
Reports
That
Plane
Passed
Over
Ship
Near
Lituya
Bay
Tuesday
Night
SEWARD,
Alaska,
Sept.
12.
If
Don
Moyle
and
C.
A.
Allen,
young
California
aviators,
met
disaster
in
their
projected
flight
from
Japan
to
Seattle
this
week,
they
are,
at
least,
believed
to
have
succeeded
in
spanning
the
Pacific
Ocean
and
what
was
considered
by
far
the
most
perilous
part
of
their
long
journey.
It
is
considered
quite
possible
now
that
the
mountains
of
southeastern
Alaska
may
hold
-
-
LECTURES
BY
MEDICAL
MEN
Prominent
Montreal
and
Victoria
Doctors
Visit
City
in
Course
'of
Tost-Graduate
Tour
In
rhe
course
of
the
sixth
annual
P'-'-t
graduate
tour
conducted
by
the
E';",
Life
Assurance
Co.
for
the
h
iifa
of
practising
.surgeons,
and
il
'
".ms
in
various
parts
of
the
miry,
prominent
medical
men
of
M
ontreal
and
Victoria
are
visiting
Pr::;,
Rupert
today.
The
party
fcMi.Ki
m
the
city
from
Vancouver
ii
in
steamer
Prince
George
this
f
"
n
1
1
n
k
and
will
be
here
until
Mon-'
when
they
will
proceed
by
train
'
Pnnce
George.
Tin
party
constats
of
Or.
F.
II.
M
K
iy.
professor
of
neurology,
Mc-University,
Montreal;
Dr.
d
C.
B
i;.
lurd
of
the
Montreal
Genera
1'
pital.
chief
medical
examiner
f
:
siir
Sun
Life
Assurance
Co.
and
'
'I'
specialist;
Dr.
O.
C.
Vanning,
;
i
minent
Victoria
surgeon;
Dr.
P.
M
l
iriR.
well
known
Victoria
physl-und
C.
J.
Fletcher,
executive
!
:
ctary
of
the
Drlttsh
Columbia
M'
Ural
Association.
Tti.
lecture
here
are
being
con-
i
''
(
under
ausplc.es
of
the
Prince
tl
n
n
Medical
Association.
Times
Are
Good
in
Atlin
Camp
One
Dors
Not
Hear
of
Depression
There
Declares
Visitor
to
Vancouver
Exhibition
UNCOUVBIt.
Sept
12.
Oscar
N
MMin
of
Atlin,
who
was
a
visitor
'lie
Exhibition
here,
said
that
"
ure
no
hard
times
In
Atlin.
"
reported
considerable
activity
!l
i
iicfr
and
quart
mining
in
the
1
-Horn
district
and
stated
that
1
iicars
very
little
of
the
business
'int'ssion
there.
WEATHER
REPORT
Tuple
island:
Overcast,
light
s'
Mwest
wind;
sea
slight.
T
niKara
Island:
Overcast,
light
"
I'hwest
wind;
sea
calm.
i
ad
Tree
Point:
Raining,
calm;
'urometer.
29.00;
temperature,
51;
s,
a
smooth.
TEN
ARE
DEAD
IN
CHICAGO
HOT
WAVE
CHICAOO,
Sept.
12.-A
heat
Wavo
was
continuing
unabated
through
the
East
and
Middle
worn
yesterday.
In
Chicago
alone
ten
deaths
from
heat
prostration
are
reported.
iue
secret,
oi
meir
jai.
All
this
seemed
probable
yesterday
when
Capt.
H.
Hanson
of
the
Alaska
Steamship
Company's
steamer
Alas
ka.
which
arrived
here
from
Seattle,
reported
that
he
distinctly
heard
the
motor
of
an
eastbound
plane
passing
over
his
ship
about
11
o'clock
on
Tuesday
night.
This
was
thirty
miles
off
shore
near
Lituya
Bay,
which
Is
west
of
Juneau.
It
is
more
than
likely
that
the
plane
may
have
been
around
there
jat
that
time,
as
it
was
then
approxlrrJaTely
31
houcuaf
teethe
flyers
.left
Japan:
Passengers
confirmed
Cppt.
Hanson's.
statement
regarding
a
plane
having
been
heard
at
that
time.
Steps
were
being
taken,
today
with
a
view
to
instituting
an
aerial
search
of
the
Lituya
Bay
region
for
trace
of
the
trans-Pacific
plane
or
It
occupants.
REMARKABLE
GOLD
FINDS
Huge
Nuggets
Are
Recovered
In
Clean-ups
in
Atlin
riacer
District
VICTORIA.
Sept.
12
Remarkable
returns
from
placer
gold
operations
In
Northern
British
Columbia
have
been
reported
to
the
mines
department.
On
Ruby
Creek,
In
the
Atlin
district,
the
Lake
Superior
.Mining
Co.
recently
recovered
a
nugget
of
47
ounces.
On
a
placer
claim
owned
by
E.
T.
Turnqulst
of
Atlin
a
lS-ouncc
nugget
was
discovered
In
a
cleanup
which
brought
a
total
of
G7
ourfces
of
gold
for
a
week's
work
by
two
men.
,
Thirty-Hour
Week
Urged
United
States
Federal
Employees
Endorse
Cutting
Down
of
Working
Time
SEATTLE.
Sept.
12.
The
National
Federation
of
Federal
Employees,
at
Its
final
session
here
yesterday,
gave
cndorsntlon
to
the
proposal
of
a
thirty-hour
week.
Halibut
Landings
Amcrlean-W.OOO
pounds,
4c
and
2c
nnd
5c
ana
i
Canadlan-38.000
ids.,
oc
uu
-v.
Senator.
30,000.
bid
4c
and
2c;
j
Sunset.
24.000,
Cold
Storage,
5c
and
zc.
.
:
.itainicr,
oa.uw,
-
and
2c.
Canadian
!
oapclla,
17,000.
Cold
Storage.
6c
and
3c.
,
Atll,
"5.000,
Royal,
6c
and
3c.
Britain's
New
Defender
for
The
Schneider
Trophy
t
W
The
85
Napier
taking
off.
spreading
trophy-the
supermartne
,S6Bwere
LIST
IS
CLOSED
Names
of
Workless
Will
Now
Be
Taken
Only
Under
Exceptional
Circumstances
Provincial
registration
of
unemployed
ceases
today,
it
was
announced
at.
the
Court
'House
this
morning,
except
In
the
following
cases
r
Persons
who
can
prove
to
the
-satisfaction
of
the
registrar
that
they
were
in
employment
during
the
registration
period
but
have
since
become
unemployed.
Persons,
who
can
prove
to
the
satisfaction
bf
the
registrar
tfiat,
.although
unemployed
during
the
period
of
registration
they
had
expected
to
be
self-supporting
during
the
period
of
depression
but,
owing
to
unforseen
circumstances
now
find
themselves
in
nerd
of
aid.
I
I
Alice
Arm
Has
Good
Exhibition
Demonstration
of
Local
Produce,
urains
ana
cuunary
,
runucu
,
aeneral
Hospital,
was
named
chair-Proved
of
Interest
jman
0f
tne
committee
on
business
'affairs
ALICE
ARM.
Sept.
12
Alee
Arm's
I
first
exhibition
of
local
grown
gar-
den
produce
took
place
on
Labor
Day
and
it
was
a
very
successful
and
Interesting
show.
Culinary
products
and
grains
were
also
exhibited.
There
was
a
sports
program
In
the
afternoon
and
a
dance
In
the
evening.
Committees
,-in
charge
were
as
follows:
Exhibition
William
Stephen",
II.
Smith
and
E.
Moss.
Sports
Harry
Fowler.
T.
W.
Fal-
ooner
and
J.
Graham.
Refreshments
Mrs.
H.
F.
Ker-j
gln
and
Mrs.
J.
Larson.
TRI-CITY
SERVICE
"
BEING
DISCONTINUED
Local
offices
of
the
Canadian
'
National
Steamships
were
ad-
'vised
this
morning
that,
effect-
lve
September
15.
next
Tue-
day
the
trl-clty
service
between
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
So-
attle
will
be
dlscontufuea.
Tne
last
sailing
will
be
that
on
Tuesday
afternoon
next
from
Vancouver.
News
of
the
discontinuing
of
this
service
was
not
unexpected.
It
has
not
yet
been
announced
what
disposition
will
be
made
of
the
steamers
Prince
David
and
Prince
Robert,
which
have,
been
per-farming
the
service.
spray
in
the
act.
Secrets
of
Britain's
new
defender
for
the
Schneider'
revealed
for
flrt
time
when
wonder
air
racer
became
"the
observed
of
all
observers."
'
)
"
"
I
SCHNEIDER
qiJP
RACE4
IS
CALLED
;
CALSHOT.
England,
Sept.
12.
'
Heavy
wind
and
rain
fnrrwl
i
abandonment
of
Ue
Schneider
i
Cup
air
racW
today.
II
the
J
weather
is
favorable
the
races
1
will
be
run
tomorrow.
'
IS
NAMED
WICER
Miss
Harrison
Chairman
of
Business
1
Affairs
Committee
of
Hospitals
Association;
New
President
VICTORIA,
Sept.
J2.-J;
M.
Coady
of
St
Paul's
Hospital.
Vancouver
.
was
elected
president
of
the
British
i
Columbia
Hospitals
Association
yes
terday
when
J.
H.
McVety
of
the
Vancouver
Oeneral
Hospital
refused
to
stand
for
re-election.
Mr.
McVety
becomes
secretary
or
the
Association.
Miss
Jean
Harrison.
RJJ
lady
superintendent
of
the
Prince
Rupert
BURNS
LAKE
MAN
PASSES
"Scotty"
Thompson
Expired
Sud-
drnly
This
Morning
BURNS
LAKF
Sent.
12-Manvf""r
women,
uie.
Ivor.
Marun
friends
of
"Scotty"
Thompson
will!and
John
Ny&aa"l-
and
two
sisters.
be
grieved
to
heir
of
his
sudden
;Mrs-
E-
ordn
na
Mrs.
O.
Oor-
death
thtt
morning.
Arising
early
don-
a11
r
Bella
Coola'
other
jhe
was
preparing
to
leave
for
his'1"
are
Mrs-
H-
Haakensen
of
preempUon
at
the
northwest
end
L.
..
..
v,.
r.u..j
u,
.i
110,
was
heard
to
c.ll
for
one
of
his
1
oldest
friends
who
Just
arrived
to
,
i
,
i
.
....
jiiiu
jnm
uremiinuu
1119
tan..
The
1st
Walt
r
Thomnson
wa
native
of
Aberdeen.
Scotland.
He
was
a
Great
war
veteran
and
prominent
In
In,
al
affairs.
The
Burns
l'Ke
branch
of
the
pahadlan
Legloi.
Is
takjngf
eare
of
all
fungal
arrangements.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
12.
Wheat
was
quoted
at
5io
on
the
local
exchange
today.
niitTii
There
was
,brn
at
the
Prince
PlinoA
tfnnltal
vmIjHv
mnrntntr
.
a
daughter
to
Mr.
nd
Mrs.
Louis.
Amadlo,
Fourth
Avenue
East.
1
500
DEAD
IS
BELIEF
Property
Dama-e
at
Beliie
Estimated
at
$3,009,030
at
Least
r.KLIZE,
British
Honduras,
Sept.
12.
It
was
estimated
last
night
that
at
le?t
five
hundred
persons
were
dead
as
a
result
of
the
hurricane
and
tidal
wave
which
visited
this
city,
capital
of
Rritish
Honduras.
Thursday.
In
addition,
many
thousands
were
injured.
Property
damage
is
placed
at
a
minimum
of
$3,000,000.
Governor
Sir
John
Oliver
Burden
is
organizing
relief
measures.
An
appeal
has
been
sent
to
Bermuda
for
warships
to
assist
in
rescue
work.
Ol
Dll
lUilCCr
Delia
Coola
Woman
Passes
Away
The
death
occurred
recently
at
the
Bella
Coola
Hospital
of
Mrs.
Marie
Jorgensen.'aged
51,
wife
of
John
Jorgenscn
of
Bella
Coola
and
a
resident
of
Bella
Coola
Valley!
1
since
1895.
She
had
been
111
(or
some
time.
Arriving
at
Bella
Coola
thirty-six
years,
from
Minnesota
with,
her
parents
the
late
Mrs.
Jorgenser.
was
married
In
1899
and
had
five
children,
two
of
whom
George
and
Myrtle
are
surviving
and
reticle
at
Bella
Coola.
She
is
also
survived
by
her
mother.
Mrs.
Nygard;
eJ-
"f;
w.
oaugswa
nf
Vanmnvrr
unit
Mrs.
o
Hen.
ancKS
.
oi
nivers
.
iniei.
.
"
.
.
Tne
tunerai
was
heia
from
na
-
boK
United
Church
with
p.v
iiir.
Mr
i.
pan
omciaun?
ana
tk,
--
7
uwla
t00la
lnaun
Ban(
Paying
lhe
FORMOSA
.
TYPHOON:
Twenty-six
Known
Dead
Hundreds
Homeless
Five
floats
Missing
TOKYO,
8ept.
12.
The
southern
portion
of
Formosa
was
swept
by
a
typhoon
and
torrential
rains
this
morning.
Twenty-six
persons
are
known
to
be
dofld.
hundreds
of
homes
are
wrecked
and
five
fishing
vessels
are
missing.
HOSPITAL
OPENING
Formal
Inauguration
of
Providence
Hospital
at
Fort
St.
John
In
Peace
River
FORT
ST.
JOHN,
Sept.
12.
Prov?
idence
HosDltal
was
recently
ODened
jhere
by
Government
Agent
M.
S.
Morrell.
Bishop
Guy
also
participated
In
the
opening1
ceremonies:
Other
speakers
Included
Mrs.
E.
i
Crawford,
the
well
known
pioneer
woman
of
the
district;
Dr.
O'Brien
of
Grande
Prairie
Dr.
Watson
of
SrlK
St.
John.
0thers
nresent
Included
Mr.
Federicks
of
the
drande
Prairie
Herald
and
Mr.
"Watson
of
,
the
Peace
River
Block
News.
After
the
fortial
opening,
a
banquet
was
held
In
the
Roman
Catholic
Church,
more
than
two
hundred
persons
being
In
attendance.
In
i
the
evening
a
dance
was
held
In
the
Community
Hall.
Providence
Hospital
is
fully
mod
ern
and
Is
beautifully
finished
and
complete.
The
building
Is
a
real
credit
to
town
and
district.
SCIENTISTS
ARE
ACTIVE
Considerable
Work
Done
at
Stewart
During
Past
Season
by
Federal
Geological
Survey
STEWART,
Sept.
12.
Scientists
of
the
Geological
Survey
have
been
active
In
this
district
during
the
past
summer.
W.
H.
Miller
and
three
assistants
have
been
taking
photographs
of
the
country
from
the
upper
end
of
south
fork
of
Marmot
River
up
Hastings
Arm
and
thence
up
Sutton
River.
Dr.
George
Hanson
has
been
making
a
survey
of
the
Salmon
River
area
with
his
party.
The
party
Is
reported
to
have
sounded
the
depth
of
Summit
Lake,
finding
thht
100
feet
off
the
end
of
Chlck-amln
Glacier
It
had
a
depth
of
350
feet.
Prospectors
In
the
Summit
Lake
area
report
having
seen
this
year
"c
"'fr
.
,
.t
V
:
.
.
the
lake
the
largest
300
feet
wide
and
500
feet
long.
MANI0N
TO
CHURCHILL
Minister
of
Railways
to
Be
Present
When
Test
Shipment
of
Wheat
Is
Made
OTTAWA,
Sept.
12.-IJon.
Dr.
R
J.
Manlon,
minister
of
railways,
left
today
for
Port
Churchill
where
he
!
urlll
Ka
rti-Acnt
fni
Ihm
tact
m
rvm-
wv
-v
1
f
..Mir.
fn,n
Ik.
IIJ.nn
Tl
'"'"
"v"'
"uu"
1
I
port
early
next
week.
Premier
R
B.
Bennett
was
unable
to
get
away
thl,
fim
There
are
two
boats
at
Port
Churchill
now
ready
to
load.
MISS
BUDDIE
TO
BE
ON
AIR
TONIGHT
AT
HOLLYWOOD.
KNX
J.
E.
Boddlc
received
a
tele-
gram
from
Los
Angeles
today
stating
that
his
daughter,
Miss
Annie
Doddle
(Miss
Prince
Rupert)
will
be
speaking
to-
night
at
10:15
over
KNX
broad-
casting
station
at
Hollywood.
FLIGHTS
PLANNED
Twenty-four-Year-Old
Los
Angeles
Aviatrix
Latest
to
Essay
Pacific
Crossing
SEATTCe,
Sept.
12.
Two
more
trans-Paclf
lc
flights
are
actively
on
tapis
despite
the
belief
that
disaster
is
believed
to
have
befallen
Don
Moyle
and
C.
A.
Allen,
the
California
flyers,
this
week
In
the
plane
"City
of
Tacoma."
C.
E.
B.
Shaffer,
.an
American
flyer,
and
R.
F.
Worthlneton
of
Van
couver
are
poised
here
awaiting
to
?5say
a
Pacific
hop.
Mrs.
Juanlta
Burns,
24-year-old
aviatrix
of
Los
Angeles,
Is
about
to
sail
from
San
Franclsco
to
Toklo,
where
she
plans"
on
starting
on
an
eastward
flight
over
the
ocean.
HER
DEATH
ACCIDENTAL
Verdict
Returned
in
Prince
George
In
Connection
With
Death
of
Mrs.
Elfrida
Strand
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Sept.
12
The
coroaer1
Jury
A
Investigating
"The
death
of
Mrs.
Elfrida
Strand,
wife
of
J.
P.
Strand,
who
was
killed
recently
in
the
vicinity
of
Bend
when
she
was
struck
by
a
passing
train,
returned
a
verdict
last
wees
of
accidental
death
with
no
blame
attaching
to
members
of
the
'train
crew.
The
Jury
added
a
rider
to
Its
verdict
urging
the
government
to
provide
roads
to
relieve
tettlers
of
the
necessity
of
travelling
along
the
railway
right-of-way.
.
1
Big
Pageant
at
Hollywood
Huge
Multltude
at
Open
Air
Event
Last
Night
in
Hollywood
Bowl
as
Part
of
Celebration
Two
different
radio
stations
m
broadcast
snatches
of
the
big
celebration
at
Hollywood
Bowl
last
night
which
was
attended
by
110,-000
people
Inside
the
bowl
and
with
lpproxlmately
225,000
people
out
side
watching
thepageant.
It
Is
understood
that
the
girls
in
the
beautequest
took
part
In
this
event.
In
the
couse
of
the
evening
Doug-'as
Fairbanks
and
his
son
Douglas
Jr.,
Harold
Lloyd
and
a
number
of
jther
movie
stars
spoke.
One
feature
of
the
evening
was
,he
introduction
of
thirteen
Junior
Wampus
Movie
Stars,
each
of
which
said
a
few
words.
Several
of
them
had
been
seen
In
pictures
at
Prince
Rupert
recently.
Unfortunately,
Just
as
the
affair
became
Interesting
the-time
limit
expired
and
other
programs
took
their
place.
PREMIER
DIVIDEND
Northern
Mine
to
Make
Regular
Quarterly
Distribution
ot
Three
Cents
Per
Share
Premier
Gold
Mining
Co.
has
declared
a
regular
quarterly
dividend
of
three
events
per
share,
payablo
on
October
5
to
shareholders
of
record
September
15.
There
had
been
some
fears
that
Premier
might
suspend
this
dividend
but,
much
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
shareholders,
these
fears
have
piven
tj
have
been
without
foundation.