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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
X3
42,
'
t4
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
JUNE
18,
1931
peice
five
cents
I
n
11
EMIER
fOLMIE
ANNOUNCES
PLAN
AMERICAN
HALIBUT
BOAT
PREVENTED
FROM
TYING
UP
Prince
Rupert
and
Central
B.C.
Roads
Are
Prominent
Factor
in
Provincial
Public
Work
Scheme
New
Highways
From
Prince
George
Eastward
and
Westward
to
Prince
Rupert
Arc
Contemplated
in
Program
Announced
Yesterday
Would
Provide
Through
Route
From
Here
to
Alberta
Border
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
Will
be
Finished
to
Prince
George
if
Outlet
For
Peace
River
is
Embarked
Upon
VICTORIA,
June
18:
Premier
S.
F.
Tolmie
yesterday
made
known
a
program
of
public
works
which
the
provincial
government
will
proceed
with
at
once
if
the
federal
government
will
give
assurance
of
paying
its
share
of
the
tost
later.
The
provincial
government's
scheme
involves
lour
main
road
projects
including
the
construction
of
a
in
w
route
from
Prince
George
east-
-
u.irri
tn
th
Alberta
boundary
via
I
Jasper
Park
and
Um
continuation
t
:h
main
ti!1
Interior-hih-
ft-.iy
westwards
to
Prince
Rupert.)
tins
wottld
be
designed
to
create
j
'imc
time
In
the
future
a
through
mart
frort
Prince
Rupert
to
Alberta.
The
province
Is
also
considering
the
possibility
of
extending
the
Pa-
if
ic
Qreat
Eastern
Railway
from'
Qiie.snel
to
Prince
George,
a
distance
i
83
miles,
providing
the
federal
nvrrnment
or
eKher
of
the
trans-
j
oiitinrntal
railways
goes
ahead
with
the
construction
of
an
outlet:
i
t
the
Peace
River
country
this,
yi-.ir.
i
FISH
PRICE
WAS
HIGHER
SEATTLE.
June
10:
Halibut
rc-
i'
ived
15c
and
5c
here
on
Tuesday.
I
Who
announces
Important
pro-
'1
'lit-
price
wa
exceptionally
high
In
gram
of
public
works
for
provln-iw
of
recent
conditions.
j
clal
government.
Col.
Lindbergh
is
Not
Coming
This
Way
But
Will
Make
Flight
Via
North
Coast
of
Dominion
NEW
YORK,
June
18:
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
yesterday
definitely
announced
the
route
he
would
take
on
his
torthcoming
flight
to
the
Orient.
He
will
fly
over
the
;roat
North
Circle
via
Hudson
Bay,
Point
Barrow,
the
luring
Sea,
Aleutian
Islands
and
east
coast
of
Asia
to
lo-'vn,
Japan,
and
thence
to
Peiping,
China.
His
Ickheed-
'
'
f"lrlin
plane
Is
about
to
undergo
Its
M0T0RSHIP
IS
BURNED
M.OOO-Ton
Ship
Hermuda
Sinks
at
Hamilton
Cost
$7,000,000
HAMILTON,
Bermuda.
June
18:
A
blanket
of
smoke
hovered
over
"us
ftty
last
night
following
the
depletion
during
the
day
of
the
new
000.000
motorshlp
Bermuda.
Af-;'
i
burnlna
honelessly
for
hours,
""
Bermuda
finally
went
to
the
be
tom
beside
the
dock.
''ive
hundred
passengers
were
'
'My
landed.
Eight
members
of
the
'
"
w
were
overcome
by
smoke
but
""ir
condition
Is
not
serious.
T!ir
Bermuda
was
a
vessel
of
19.-'us
uhti
was
quadruple
screwed.
Pt
Armor
Tnliruo
1
1
UllllCl
1
UI1U1C
tfjHr,TaivSisfMPssssM
whit
cni.
Lindberah
will
be
ac
companied
by
his
wife
on
the
flight
to
the
Orient,
it
Is
understood
that
he
will
make
the
return
flight
alone
while
she
returns
by
steamer.
Many
Applicants
For
Dry
Agent
Jobs
in
States
...
oTttwiTftM
.TnnA
18:
There
WAOil'"
v"
-
-
are
already
15.000
applications
for
350
new
dry
agents
who
will
be
en-
gaged
and
tne
applications
ic
coming
in.
Y
ww
VANCOUVER.
June
18:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
56V
on
the
local
exchange
last
night.
TO
REDUCE
PILCHARDS
New
Regulation
of
Government
Makes
Operation
of
Plants
Possible
VANCOUVEnJune
18:
The
majority
of
23
pilchard
redaction
plants
on
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
will
operate
this
season,
it
is
expected,
instead
of
only
eight
as
was
at
first
contemplated.
This
is
the
result
of
permission
given
by
the
Dominion
government
to
use
the
formula
"made
from
refined
edible
oils"
on
packages
containing
shortening
made
from
pilchard
'oil.
SUIT
IS
STARTED
Bfewers
Claimed,
to
Have
Given
Government
Short
Measure
In
Beer
Deal
VICTORIA,
June
18:
Claiming
hat
the
provincial
government
had
laid
British
Columbia
brewers
$7,-101,352
for
0.462.300
gallons
of
beer
nit
actually
received
only
9,082.848
gallons,
Oscar
Bass
K.C.,
deputy
attorney-general,
presented
his
official
statement
of
claim
yesterday
in
Supreme
Court
In
the
government's
suit
against
the
brewers.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Ccurteiy
8.
D.
Johrntm,
Do.
f
Dig
Missouri,
20,
24.
Duthle
Mines,
4,
4i.
Oeorge
Copper.
45,
50.
Georgia
River.
2Vi,
3.
Oolconda,
16,
nil.
Orandvlew,
3,
4.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
1,
114.
Morton
Woolsey,
nil,
2Vi.
Marmot
Metals,
nil.
a.
....atlonal
Silver,
nil,
2'.
Noble
Five,
4,
5.
Oregon
Copper,
nil,
5.
Premier,
67,
69.
Porter-Idaho,
4,
5.
Reeves
Macdonald,
20,
25.
Rufus-Argcnta,
2,
3.
Snowflake,
nil,
1.
Topley
Richfield,
1,
1V4.
Woodbine,
nU.
V.
OILS
A.
P.
Con.,
nil.
15.
Devenlsh,
5,
6.
Fabyan
Pete,
li,
2.
Home.
55,
62.
Mercury,
13,
13
Merland,
8,
8Vi.
United,
0V4,
nil.
Eastern
Stocks
Sherritt-Oordon,
51,
55.
Noranda,
15.75.
16.25.
Int.
Nickel,
11.00.
12.00.
C.
P.
R..
25.00,
25.25.
Imperial
Oil,
12.00,
nil.
Halibut
Sales
American
Clipper.
30,000,
Booth,
9.9c
and
4c
Westfjord,
4.000,
Cold
Storage,
9c
and
4c.
Canadian
Rose
Spit,
5,000,
Atlln,
8.2c
and
5c.
New
Giant
Dornier
DO-X
II
New
giant
Dornier
DO-X
II,
sister
ship
of
Dornier
DO-X,
as
It
underwent
its
first
trial
tests.
Ship
was
built
for
an
Italian
air
syndicate.
Its
sister
ship
made
safe
crossing
of
South
Atlantic.
June
4.
NAUTIEUS
IS
GOING
Wilkins'
Submarine
Disengages
Battleship
Towline
QUEENSTOWN,
Ireland.
June
18:
The
submarine
Nautilus,
trffwhich
r
Sir
Hubert
Wllklns
Is
to
essay
his,
undcr-lce
voyage
to
the
North
Pole,
j
was
reported
yesterday
to
have
disengaged
the
tow
line
of
the
United
States
battleship
Wyoming!
and
to
be
proceeding
under
her
own
power
to
Queenstown.
The
Nautilus
was
taken
In
tow
several
days
ago
by
the
Wyoming
when
one
of
her
dlcsel
engines
broke
down.
FORMER
M.P.
HAS
PASSED
Elgin
Albert
Munro
Passes
Away
at
Chilllwack
at
Age
of
55
CHILLIWACK,
June
18:
Elgin
A.
Munro,
former
Liberal
member
of
the
Jlousc
of
Commons
for
the
Fra-
ser
Valley,
died
here
yesterday.
Born
October
11,
1874,
near
Iro
quois,
Ont.,
the
late
Mr.
Munro
was
educated
In
that
town.
On
Decern
ber
29,
1001,
he
was
married
to
Mary
Ellen
Dumbvllle
of
Chilllwack.
They
had
two
sons.
Hugh
and
Cecil.
The
late
Mr.
Munro
was
a
farm
er.
He
was
elected
to
the
House
of
Commons
In
1921.
defeating
F.
B.
Stacey
by
a
narrow
margin
of
votes.
In
the
1925
election.
Mr.
Munro
lost
his
scat
to
H.
J.
Barber,
Conserva
tlvc,
who
Is
still
the
sitting
member.
Mr.
Munro
was
a
Presbyterian.
MISSING
MEN
ARE
SOUGHT
Salvation
Army
lias
Inquiries
For
Svend
Christiansen
and
Alfred
Hale
The
Salvation
Army
has
the
following
inquiries
for
missing
men
Information
as
to
whose
whereabouts
would
be
appreciated:
Alfred
James
Hale.
Age
19.
5
feet,
11
Inches,
fair
hair,
blue
eyes
fair
complexion,
nicknamed
"Al-
Jah,"
has
scar
over
right
eye.
Last
heard
from
at
Telkwa.
Father
is
much
concerned.
Svend
Christian
Jens
Christian
sen,
birthplace
Denmark,
June
8,
1004:
tall.
dark,
blonde
hair;
black
-
smith;
last
heard
of
in
1930
at
Smlthers,
B.C.
Friends
anxious
to
locate.
Charles
Wilson
of
Lake
Kathlvn
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
Inter-
lor
on
this
afternoon's
train,
being
here
on
a
brief
business
visit.
CAROL
TO
WED
AGAIN
Errant
Monarch
of
Koumania
and
17
-Year
Old
Princess
Engaged?
HITril
ATM.'gT,
-ITonraa
nla
.aIiiJ.L-.iiiui..
ytj.JT-
.i-rr-rt
"
-
"xry
18:
Ex-Queen
Helen,
exiled
from
this
country
following
her
divorce
from
King
Carol,
is
preparing
to.
leave
Roumania
and
will
go
to
Florence,
Italy,
to
.reside
with
her
mother,
Ex-Queen
Sophia
of
Greece.
An
annual
income
of
$35,-000
is
being
settled
upon
Helen
and
she
will
be
given
the
privilege
of
visiting
Roumania
two
or
three
times
a
year
to
see
her
son.
Former
King
Michael.
King
Carol
is
now
making
.preparations
for
his
coronation
after
which,
it
is
reported,
he
will
announce
his
engagement
to
Princess
Adelaide,
17-year
old
sister
of
Prince
Otto;
the
claimant
to
the
throne
of
Hungary.
TWO
YEARS
FOR
CAP0NE
Such
is
Expected
to
Be
Term
of
Imprisonment
Is
Forming
Large
Trust
Fund
CHICAGO,
June
18:
"Scarfacc"
Al
Capone,
Chicago
gang
leader,
who
started
his
career
as
a
swamp
er
In
a
house
of
Ill-fame,
is
creating
a
large
trust
fund
to
provide
for
his
family
during
his
forthcoming
Im
prisonment
and
for
himself
after
he
Is
released
from
penitentiary.
It
Is
understood
that
Capone,
who
pleaded
guilty
on
Tuesday
to
char
ges
of
conspiracy
to
violate
the
pro
hlbltlon
laws
and
to
avoid
income
ne
tax
payment,
will
draw
a
term
two
years
at
Lavenworth
Peniten-
tlary
which
would
vouid
keep
him
out
of
the
city
during
the
World's
Fair.
MEETING
OF
FISHERMEN
There
was
a
meeting
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
last
night
to
discuss
the
present
situation.
A
number
of
matters
were
gone
Into
but
no
official
announcement
was
forthcoming
as
a
result
of
the
gath-
erlng.
1
Miss
Jean
Burns
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
yesterday
from
Vancouver,
where
she
nas.Tnere
was
at
present
no
maritet
ior
been
studying,
and
will
proceed
by
the
logs
and
the
timber
was
spoil-
Jtomorrow
morning's
train
to
New
Hazelton
where
she
will
spend
the
summer
vacation
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
II.
Sawle.
i.I-UJL
L
Schooner
Estep
Told
Not
To
Tie
Up
Last
Night
at
Local
Dock
Cutting
of
Lines
Reported
Customs
and
Police
Authorities
Arc
Vague
in
Commenting
Upon
Incident
The
American
halibut
boat
halibut,
was
last
night
denied
the
right
of
tying,
up
alongside
a
dock
in
Prince
Rupert
with
a
view
to
selling
her
fish
on
the
local
exchange
this
morning.
As
the
vessel
came
alongside,
it
is
stated,
she
was
met
by
a
crowd
of
fifteen
or
sixteen
men
who
warned
the
nis
lines
would
be
cut.
In
order
not'
to
bring
about
an
open
outbreak,
it
I
Is
assumed,
the
Estep
did
not
ven
ture
to
tie
up
but,
Instead,
proceed
ed
to
Seattle
with
her
catch.
So
far
as
can
be
learned,
the
action
was
not
inspired
officially
by
any
local
organization
although
It
Is
freely
stated
that
local
fishermen.
deslrlous
of
enforcing
a
tie-up
of
boats
.with
a
view
tn-hrlnirinonhnut.
tn
improvement
in
prices,
lormeai
the
body
of
men
who
suggested
forcibly
to
the
Estep
that
she
had
better
not
tie
up
here.
Customs
officers
this
morning
de
clined
to
offer
any
comment
as
to
the
episode.
The
police
stated
that
no
report
of
the
affair
had
been
made
to
them
and
that
no
arrests
had
been
made.
Despite
these
official
statements,
It
is
understood
that
the
incident
is
being
taken
up
with
the
proper
authorities.
Two
other
American
boats,
Clip
per
and
Westfjord,
came
direct
from
the
open
sea
and
had
received
no
notice
of
the
local
plans,
so
they
were
allowed
to
remain
and
sell
'
their
catches.
It
Is
stated.
There
are
now
something
like
35
local
boats
Ucd
up
and
possibly
30
out
fishing.
Yesterday
the
Helge
II.
left
for
the
fishing
grounds
and
It
is
reported
that
several
others
will
leave
within
a
day
or
two.
Active
steps
are
being
taken
to
try
to
prevent
defections.
It
is
said.
Right
to
Export
Logs
is
Again
Being
Sought
by
Chamber
of
Commerce;
Would
Provide
Work
At
its
meeting
last
night,
the
chamber
of
commerce
council
decided
to
make
another
effort
to
secure
from
thg
provincial
Government
the
j
titv
0
hemlock
and
cedar
logs
j
Pillsbury
illsbury
brought
brought
the
the
matter
matter
was
carried
unanimously,
menu
In
favor
of
It
and
concluded
by
an
appeal
based
upon
the
present
unemployment
situation.
It
stated
that
the
situation
today
Justified
relavitlon
of
the
regulations.
In
view
of
the
present
emergency
the
government
would
be
fully
Justified
in
taking
this
step.
Mr.
Pillsbury
said
that
while
the
opportunity
of
two
years
ago
had
been
lost,
there
was
still
a
possibil
ity
of
a
market
being
secured
In
the
Orient
for
some
local
logs,
the
cut
ting
of
which
would
give
employ
ment
in
the
woods,
the
port
would
.
become
busier
and
the
employment
i
situation
be
relieved
by
that
much.
ling.
The
resolution
Is
being
fowarded
to
Hon.
Ncls
Lougheed,
minister
of
lands.
to
Have
Been
Thrcatened4-
Estep,
laden
with
a
catch
of
skiDner
not
to
tie
ud
or
else
MINISTER
GOES
BACK
Senator
Robertson
Leaves
For
East
AJterJnvs$tgating
Coal
t
Un
employment
Situation
VANCOUVER,
June
18:
Senator
Gideon
Robertson,
minister
of
labor
for
Canada,
who
has
been
on
the
Pacific
Coast
for
the
last
few
days
making
a
personal
investigation
of
the
unemployment
situation,
left
for
the
east
Tuesday
night
via
Canadian
National
Railways.
During
his
visit
to,
the
coast
Senator
Robertson
consulted
with
the
British
Columbia
government
in
ad
dition
to
other
prominent
officials,
In
Victoria
and
Vancouver.
He
takes'
away
with
him
a
clear
picture
of.-
the
unemployment
situation
on
the,
Pacific
Coast
which
he
will
place
before
the
government
on
his
re-
j""
Ottawa.
OFFICERS
NOMINATED
Officers
for
the
coming
term
of
office
were
nominated
at
a
meeting
of
the
Carpenters'
Union
last
night,
Election
will
take
place
July
2.
right
to
export
a
limited
quan-
from
this
district.
Alderman
up
up
and
his
motion,
which
recited
all
the
former
argu-
RELIEVING
W0RKLESS
United
States
Government
Urged
to
Start
Big
Undertakings
SEATTLE,
June
18:
J.
A.
Taylor,
president
of
the
Washington
unit
of
the
American
FederaUon
of
Labor.
Joined
yesterday
In
the
demand
that
the
federal
government
Institute
some
large
program
of
public
works
in
order
to
provide
relief
for
the
country's
unemployed
who
have
nigh
starved
during
the
past
year
and
who
are
now
facing
another
winter
of
hardship.