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FKASER
IS
HOOVER
Political
Sensation
Sprung
by
President
In
Backing
Hollister
Is
First
Time
Since
His
Regime
Started
That
Chief
Executive
Has
Lent
Support
to
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Aug.
7:
One
of
the
most
important
political
developments
of
late
in
the
United
States
occurred
yesterday
when
President
Herbert
Hoover
announced
his
active
support
of
John
Hollister,
Republican
anti-prohibitionist,
who
is
seeking
election
to
Congress
in
the
.seat
of
the
late
Speaker
Nicholas
Longworth.
It
is
the
(ii
t
occasion
since
he
assumed
tru
pu
sirhnt
on
which
Mr.
Hoover
u
espoused
the
eause
of
an
antl-prohibitionist.
Hollister
is
pledged,
If
elected
to
immediately
move
tor
repeal
of
h
Eighteenth
amendment.
BIG
SWING
IN
P.E.I.
Tories
Make
Great
Gains
to
Sweep
Liberal
Out
of
Office
In
Island
Province
CIIARLOTTETOWN,
Aug.
7:
Another
Canadian
province
has
tone
Conservative
as
a
result
of
the
voting
yesterday
in
Prince
Edward
Island's
genera!
election.
The
standing
at
the
time
of
dissolution
was:
Liberals,
22.
Conservatives,
6.
Vacant,
2.
The
new
standinc
Is
as
follows:
Conservatives,
19.
Liberals,
11.
Premier
W.
M.
Lea
retained
his
seat
but
five
of
his
colleagues
In
the
government,
all
ministers
without
portfolio,
were
defeated.
WINNIPEG
HAS
FIRE
WINNIPEG,
Aug.
7:
Damage
anting
to
$185,000
wm
caused
by
"
which
swept
through
the
four-'
i'
v
warehouse
of
Macdonwld
i
olldated
Orocers
Ltd.
and
op-
''ni
by
Safe
ways
Store
Ltd.
yes-f'
ni.iv
afternoon.
n,'
store
was
one
of
the
largest
'"I
best
known
grocer
In
Wlnnt-
Halibut
Landings
American
'
"
iitlnel.
27,000,
5c
and
3c
Ket-
'1'ik.in.
N
orona.
21,000,
Booth.
0.4c
and
3c.
Canadian
T-
my
Milly,
10,000,
Btorago,'
6c
"l
3r.
T
R
.
8.000.
Atlln,
o.lo
and
3c.
Impereuase,
4.500,
Booth,
6.2c
and
3c
GUIST
MILL
TOR
IT.
ST.
JOHN
TLAN
4-
VICTORIA.
Aug.
7
Pro-
posuis
looking
to
the
stab-
'iMimentv
of
a
modern
grist
mill
at
Fort
St.
John
1(1
serve
a
large
section
of
the
oi
th
western
territory
of
the
T
"
ice
Illver
Block
in
now
un-
'I'
r
consideration
of
the
nov-
''"ment.
ACCORDS
SUPPORT
TO
UNANIMITY
OF
OPINION
Delegates
to
Central
B.
C.
Avso-elated
Iloards
of
Trade
Convention
Agree
on
Questions
Needs
Discussed
Further
Details
of
Important
Re-solutions
Which
Were
Passed
By
Meeting
BURNS
LAKE.
August
7
The
convention
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Central
British
Colum
bla
this
year
was
noted
for
Its
unanimity
of
opinion.
There
was
no
opposition
to
any
of
the
ten
resolutions
pasted,
a
resume
of
which
has
already
been
published.
The
resolution
committee
consisted
of
W.
L.
Armstrong
of
Prlnee
Oeorge,
Mr.
Irwin
of
Fort
Fraser.
(Continued
on
Pago
2)
SENATOR
IS
DEAD
Liberal
and
Conservatives
Now
On
Even
Footing
in
Red
Chamber
ACTIVE
CAREER
Late
Hon.
K.
M.
Farrell
rromiii-
ant
in
Nova
Scotia
Affairs
OTTAWA.
Aug.
7
Senator
Edward
Matthew
Farrell
of
Queens
Nova
Scotia,
died
In
hospital
here
yesterday
from
the
effects
of
a
stroke
which
he
suffered
on
Sunday.
Deceased's
Career
The
late
Senator
Farrell
was
born
In
Liverpool,
mv
owm.
March
31,
1854,
of
Irish
parentage
He
was
educated
In
the
common
vchools
of
his
native
town.
Senator
Farrell
enierea
puuu.
-
m
AAA
m.Uah
Vtlt
life
on
August
i.
was
elected
by
acclamation
to
tho
Nova
8cotla
House
of
Assemoiy
w
fill
the
vacancy
causea
uy
death
of
a
sitting
w
was
re-elected
In
the
genera,
rations
of
1897.
1910
and
1908.
Bo-
Mtlin
na
to
nin
lOf
me
Mature,
he
was
chief
deputy
shir-
iff
for
Queen's
county
from
1883
to
1896.
ccnitnr
Farrell
was
elected
uu
c.la
A.
clrar
nf
the
NOVa
sembly
In
ibos
ana
w
"V"
,
to
toe
summoned
in
1907.
He
was
Senate
on
January
w.
-was
a
Liberal
In
politics
and
a
Roman
Catholic
in
religious
belief.
Following
the
death
of
Senat,
Farrell,
Conservatives
and
Ll
ul
now
have
each
torty-;ve
members
In
the
Senate
with
two
BURNS
LAKE,
Aug.
7:
In
an
address
to
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
Thursday
evening,
J.
A.
Fraser,
M.P.
for
Cariboo,
who
had
just
nvrivnrl
flirnrt
frrtm
Ottawa,
stated
that
the
federal
trov-
ornmont
had
no
intimta
to
unemployment
reuei,
uui,
10
consider,
me
Buveiimicui
uaun
authentic
Information
that
many)
unemployed
men
when
offered
em-;
ployment
had
evaded
taking
It.
They
were
now
authorif
ed
by
Par-
j
lament
to
deal
with
these
people
and
would
do
so.
He
urged
the!
boards
of
trade
to
co-operate
with
the
government
officials
In
seeing'
that
the
money
was
not
mis-spent.
Mr.
Fraser
announced
that
an
ex-1
pertmental
farm
site
would
be
cho-1
sen
this
year
In
Central
British
Co-
(
lumbla.
He
also
said
he
did
not:
thtnk
any
action
would
be
taken,
this
year
In
connection
with
the;
western
railway
ouUet
to
the
Peace
River,
owing
to
the
disagreement
of
the
railway
heads
In
regard
to
the
route
and
their
refusal
to
under-
J
take
construction
of
the
line.
His;
opinion
was
that
the
line
would
be
built
to
connect
with
the
Canadian
National
out
at
wnat
poiiu
ne
wus,
not
prepared
to
say.
The
govern-
ment
had
not
yet
had
time
to
give
It
consideration.
It
was
proposed
to
(Continued
on
pace
three)
,
D0-X
Passes
Natal
On
Its
Way
to
Gotham
NATAL,
Brazil,
Aug.
7:
The
plant
German
flying
boat
DOX
passed
over
Natal
yesterday
afternoon
on
Its
northward
flight
toward
New
York.
Workers
Picketing
section
of
the
3,000
textile
workers,
mill
trVPaterson.
tiJ.
Mn?
to
dutte
in
respect
uuu
n
mw
nm
m-Mu-ia
IS
MAKING
LONG
TRIP
United
States
Aviator
is
Mapplns
Air
Mail
Route
to
Europe
OTTAWA,
Aug.
7:
Parker
I.
Cramer,
United
Slates
aviator,
with
Louis
Paquette
has
landed
at
Angmagsalik,
Greenland,
it
was
learned
yesterday.
Cramer
and
Paquette
left
Detroit
on
July
87
and
touched
Cochrane,
Ont.
and
Wakeham
Bay,
HutHon
Strait,
all
without
public
notice,
with
the
object
of
mapping
an
air
mail
route
to
Europe
for
the
Trans-American
Air
Lines.
Modernism
It
it's
naughty,
li'i
news,
PRINCE
EDWARD
ISLAND
GOVERNMENT
IS
BEATEN
CHARLOTTETOWN.
Prince
Edward
Island,
August
7
The
government
of
Hon.
W.
M.
Lea
w;is
defeated
at
the
general
provincial
election
yea-
ttrday.
Hon,
J.
D.
Stewart,
opposition
lead",
will
head
the
new
xumnment
of
the,
pTovlnce.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH:
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
7,
1931
SPEAKER
AT
BURNS
Textile
1
Sophie
Melvln,
radical
led
a
.-Jbu.---
v
WET
IN
CANDIDATURE
Cariboo
Member
Not
Expecting
Immediate
Action
on
Question
Of
Peace
River
Railway
Outlet
Announces
That
Experimental
Farm
Site
Will
Be
Chosen
This
Year
Interesting
Address
Following
Return
From
Ottawa
a
Mill
j
v.'ho
are
seen
above
picketing
s
"
-
DOUKIIOnORS
CANNOT
COME
HERE
ANNOUNCED
OTTAWA.
Aug.
7:
Doukho-
bors
cannot
qualify
under
ex-
istlng
Immigration
regulations
and
their
admission
to
Canada
Is.
therefore.
lmDosslble.
It
was
-J-;"
-
53?
,
Vas
made
IoUowmg
ihe
announcement
of
Peter
Vere-
gin.
British
Columbia
Doukho-
bor
leader,
that
20,000
of
his
countrymen
were
to
come
from
Russia
to
Western
Canada.
Widow
of
Former
President
Is
Now
Seventy
Years
Old
OYSTER
BAY.
N.Y..
Aug.
7:
Surrounded
by
her
children
and
grandchildren,
Mrs.
Theodore
Roosevelt,
widow
of
the
former
president,
celebrated
her
seventieth
birthday
quietly
here
yesterday.
MINERS
IN
FIRE
PATH
Grave
Feas
Felt
For
Safety
of
Men
On
Anarchist
Mountain
in
Southern
Interior
PFNTirrroN.
Auir.
7:
Orave
fnr
nn
exnresscd
for
the
safety
of
a
number
of
rirospectors
working
in
the
direct
path
of
a
ragtng
forest
fire
on
Anarchist
Mountain
which
.left
in
its
wake
charred
homes
Aibarnsund
wheat
lands
nnd
dead
cattle
and
sheep.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Saturday,
August
8,
1931
High
9:08
a.m.
14:1
ft.
20:50
pjn.
17:4
ft.
Low
2:27
ajn.
7:6
ft.
13:47
pjn.
10:4
It.
BURNS
LAKE
IS
IMPORTANT
DISTRIBUTING
CENTRE
FOR
WHOLE
OF
LAKES
DISTRICT
Town
Shows
Signs
of
Progress
in
New
Buildings
Now
Being
Erected
Including
a
Large
District
Hospital
(By
H.
F.
Pullen)
One
place
on
the
line
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Prince
George
that
is
bound
to
make
progress
is
Burns
Lake.
It
is
the
distributing
point
for
the
Lakes
country
to
the
south
and
the
almost
completed
road
to
Babine
Lake
northward
gives
them
access
to
the
largest
lake
in
British
Columbia.
This
strategic
location
should
me
posi
oiuce
ai
uurns
ijuKe
ais-r.
tributes
mall
to
II
sub-offices
to
the
south
bub
the
north
is
so
far
undeveloped.
Burns
Lake
is
a
picturesque
HtUe
town
on
the
shore
of
the
lake
of
the
m.
noma
.mna
k.,
V,ol
a
nunarea
otner
lases
or
various
dimensions.
It
has
approximately
i
three
hundred
Inhabitants
most
of
j
whom
are
optimists.
Some
of
them
i
have
staked
their
all
in
the
place
1
and
ap
Prepared
to
sUy
with
it
tojslr
message
rVwk
Ins
yesterday
tt?t
haVcWrT;
eWlSi;;
JKJKS
ZiZXPZSZ
SLSS:
wNhThceSu
endeavors.
Being
on
the
trans-Can-
.
,
,
.
.
.
be
the
second
to
,ast
at
ada
hlahwav
thev
have
a
ereat
TmiL
,!h
fhl
whlch
the
undersea
craft
will
call
many
.n,
transient
vu.tn
visitors
and
the
fc
three
oil
stations
cater
to
this
and
N8Qrth
dajh
to
po,e
l
L,
I
WUklns
reported
that
all
on
board
Light
i
and
power
Is
-
provided
MH
h
by
a
a
.,,.
.u.
....
dlesel
plant
owned
by
Andy
Ruddy.
garage
man
and
former
hotel
keep-
er.
The
young
people
are
served
by
a
three-roomed
superior
school,
the
trustee
board
consisting
of
A.
R.
Brown.
H.
D.
MacNell
and
Miss
D.
M.
Oerow.
About
sevently
pupils
attend.
A
feature
of
Bums
Lake
Is
that
considerable
new
building
is
In
progress.
A
new
hospital
costing
in
the
neighborhood
of
$25,000
is
nearlng
completion.
It
is
operated
by
the
Women's
Missionary
Society
of
the
United
Church
with
Miss
McNalr,
matron
In
charge.
As
soon
as
It
Is
completed
the
staff
will
be
transferred
from
the
present
cottage
hospital
on
the
hlll;
Three
churches
cater
to
the
re-lialous
instincts
of
the
DeoDle.
The
I
Anrli.an
rrhnt-rh
In
rharee
of
Rev.
C.
A.
Hlnchllffe
and
the
United
Church
with
Rev.
E.
S.
Fleming
In
charge
are
centres
from
which
their
respective
Incumbents
work
over
a
large
field.
The
Catholic
Church
Is
under
Father
Oodfrey
OAIJ.
of
Smtthers
who
visits
it
at
regular
intervals.
The
Incorporated
village
is
administered
by
a
commission
of
three
with
John
McKenna,
acting
chairman,
P.
Brunell
and
A.
R.
Brown.
They
raise
a
tax
of
ten
mills
on
the
dollar
for
local
purposes
but
the
residents
complain
that
they
have
to
pay
15.4
mills
for
school
purposes
to
the
school
district,
which
they
consider
rather
high.
Excellent
Roads
One
thing
that
strikes
a
visitor
Is
the
excellent
roads
of
the
district
These
are
in
charge
of
a
superintendent.
Robert
Reid
of
Vanderhoof,
but
complaint
is
made
of
the
lack
,
of
expenditures
In
the
district
this
season
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
money
for
the
purpose
was
voted
by
the
Legislature.
An
Industry
that
has
possibilities
of
development
with
the
opening
of
the
road
to
the
Babine
is
the
J.
H.
Fisheries
managed
by
J.
H.
Johnson,
an
expert
fish
man.
The
firm
ships
white
fish
In
considerable
quantl-
I
ties,
50.000
pounds
having
already
;
been
sent
out
of
the
district
at
5c
a
I
pounds
and
it
Is
announced
that
'this
year
the
price
will
be
four
cents
The
next
rr)"ve
is
to
ship
char
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
LAKE
mean
a
great
deal.
Already
NAUTILUS
PROCEEDS
Submarine
Off
Norway
Coast
en
Route
to
North
Pole
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
7:-A
radio
received
from
M1C
C5W
ot
!neaIUl
and
spl"-
STILL
MORE
SHORTAGES
Case
Against
Former
Management
of
Seattle
Savinr
Company
Proceeding
SEATTLE,
Aug.
7:
Reporting"
that
further
new
shortages
under
the
management
of
A.
E.
Pierce,
who
has
been
already
indicted,
had
been
revealed
in
the
course
of
the
latest
audit,
creditors
of
the
defunct
Home
Savings
&
Loan
Co.
were
yesterday
given
until
August
13
to
further
prepare
their
claims
for
recovery
of
property
Pierce
Is
alleged
to
have
purchased
with
funds
of
the
company
and
turned
over
to
a
third
party.
BOXING
TONIGHT
.
at
the
EMPRESS
SOCIAL
CLUB
ARENA
9
p.m.
Sharp
Cor.
2nd
Av.
Si
6th
St.
upstairs
II.
M.
S.
DRAGON
versus
LOCAL
BOYS
Main
Events
BENNY
WENDLE
vs.
A.
It.
SOMAN
STORRIE
Welterweight
Champion
til.
M.
West
Indies
Fleet)
HOLM
vs.
NEICIIO
STOKER
SALT
vs.
C1IENOSKI
niLLY
BAOSIIAW
vs.
TELEGRAPHER
TURNER
Six
Rounds
Each
Five
Other
Bouts
All
seats
reserved,
$1.23
Phone
592
for
reservations
i.
:
.
-g
t
flits
!.
v
j
la
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