Today's
Weather
Girl
Rowers
Ready
to
Race
PREMIER'S
PROMISES
Pound
Stabilization,
War
Debt
Agreement
and
Favorable
Trade
Balance
Assured
LONDON.
October
20.
If
the
British
coalition
government
is
returned
to
power
at
the
general
election
next
Tuesday,
Premier
J.
Ramsay
MarDoneld
announced
last
night
that
the
administration's
domestic
and
foreign
policy
would
include
the
following:
First,
stabilization
of
the
pound
sterling.
Second,
an
international
war
debt
agreement.
Third,
restoration
of
a
favor-Great
able
trade
balance
for
Britain.
CLARK
IS
ACQUITTED
Los
Angeles
Man
Gets
Off
for
Scc
ond
Time
on
Murder
Charge
Another
Pending
LOS
ANGELES,
Oct
20
David
II.
,'
Clark
was
acquitted
here
Saturday
on
his
second
trial
on
a
charge
of
murdering
Charles
Crawford.
Judge
i
Hsrrls
Fox
stated-
that
he
was
in
'
agreement
with
the
Jury's
verdict.
Clark
is
now
to
be
tried
on
a
charge
of
murdering
Herbert
Spencer,
who
was
shot
at
the
same
time
as
Crawford.
The
Weather
Dead
Tree
Point:
Cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.02;
temperature,
45:
sea
choppy.
Langara
Island:
Raining,
light
south
wind;
sea
calm.
Card
of
Thanks
Mr.
O.
Androasson
and
famll
desire
to
thank
their
many
friends
for
the
kind
expressions
of
sym-
and
floral
tributes
pathy
p
j
received
MISS
MARGARET
LAXFEAR
IS
SAFE
IN
CHICAGO
TERRACE,
Oct.
20:
A
radio
message
"was
received
on
Frl-
day
stating
that
Miss
Mar-
4
garet
Lanfear.
who
left
Ter-
race
a
week
ago.
had
been
lost
in
Chicago.
She
was,
however,
returned
to
her
friends
after
a
few
hours
search
by
the
combined
police
and
tire
department
services.
TEACHERS
DESPERATE
I
J
I
Chicago
Pedagogues,
Unpaid
for
Months,
Talk
of
Going
on
Strike
CHICAGO.
Oct.
20.
-
Thirteen
'
thousand
desperate
Chicago
school
teachers,
who
have
not
received
their
salary
payments
since
last
spring,
are
seeking
to
arouse
public
opinion
in
their
plight.
Meantime
the
teachers
are
more
and
more
giving
consideration
to
the
last
resort
of
going
on
strike
unless
relief
forthcoming
by
No
vember
1.
If
the
teachers
should
'go
on
strike.
500,000
school
children
would
be
thrown
Into
the
streets.
Bluenose
Scores
Over
Thebaud
Schooner
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
Octobtr
21,
1931
Prince
Rupert:
Part
cloudy,
calm
mmm
High
10:28
a.m.
18.0
ft.
barometer,
30.04;
temperature,
5'
22:30
pjn.
112
It.
sea
smooth.
Low
3:54
a.m.
7.0
1:.
16:35
p.m.
8.9
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXII.,
No.
244.
prince
rupert;
b.b.,
Tuesday,
October
20,
1931
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
PRAIRIE
PROVINCES
LOSE
THEIR
FIGHT
GOLD
EXPORT
FROM
CANADA
BANNED
BY
GOVERNMENT
Privy
Council
Decides
Against
Saskatchewan
and
Alberta
in
Action
Lon?
Drawn
Out
Litigation
Dominion
Ended
With
Down
Today
LONDON,
Oct.
20.
The
provinces
of
Saskatchewan
an
Alberta
lose
their
fight
to
have
the
Dominion
government
account
to
them
for
lands
alienated
by
the
Dominion
before
the
provinces
were
created
in
1905,
according
to
a
decision
handed
down
today
by
the
judicial
committee
of
the
Privy
Council.
The
case
between
the
two
prairie
provinces
and
the
Dominion
was
carried
to
the
Privy
Council,
highest
tribunal
of
the
Empire,
after
one
or
other
of
the
contending
sides
had
refused
to
accept
judgments
in
the
lesspr
courts.
INCLUDED
OBJECTION
IN
-PLANSL
WITHDRAWN
VktorU
Asks
Ottawa
for
Ratification
of
F.G.E.
Completion-Cariboo
Farmers
Happy
Vir
TORIA.
Oct.
19.-Propowd
ex-ten
uin
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
RUway
to
Prince
George
U
believed
o
be
'-ontalned
In
the
final
draft
of
hr
provincial
government's
relief
cmgram
which
was
recently
forwarded
to
Ottawa
for
ratification.
8ome
weeks
ago
Premier
Tolmle
announced
the
proposal
to
extend
the
po.E.
from
Quesnel
to
Prince
Ofurge.
A
Might
reduction
in
the
highway
pMgum
Is
said
to
have
been
made
,!
"impensaUj
for
the
railway
project.
QUESNEL.
Oct.
19
Nothing
In
the
paxt
twelve
years
has
been
re-Hvrd
with
so
much
Jubilation
by
the
C
ariboo
farming
community
and
olhrrs
as
announcement
of
Premier
Tuimic
s
plans
to
extend
the
Pacific
Or
if
Eastern
Railway
from
here
Pi
ince
Oeorge.
Above
all.
it
will
i
n
a
local
market
for
the
produce
f
'he
farmers.
Gabby
Street
Given
Honor
Long
Inland
Town
Names
Street
After
Manager
of
St.
Louis
Cards
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
20-One
of
the
lrng
Island
towns,
by
decision
of
its
council,
is
renaming
a
street
Gabby
Street"
in
honor
of
the
manager
of
the
St.
Louis
Cardinals,
world's
baseball
champions.
An
Emergent
Communication
of
Tslmpsean
Lodge
No.
58.
A.
F.
and
A.
M.,
will
bo
held
In
the
Masonic
Hall,
corner
of
Third
Ave.
and
Fifth
Street,
on
Friday.
October
23rd.
1931.
at
2
30
o'clock
p.m.
for
the
pur-Pose
of
holding
a
Masonic
Funeral
Service
ior
our
late
Brother
Alex
N.
Davie.
All
members
and
sojourning
Brethren
are
requested
to
attend.
E.
II,
MORTIMER,
P.M.,
Secretary
Over
Lands
Alienated
by
Judgment
Handed
n
London
Jajan
Welcomes
United
States
as
Mediator
GENEVA.
Oct.
20
Japan
sud
denly
withdraw
her
obJtcUong
yesterday
at
the
United
State
participating
in
overtures
of
the
League
of
Nations
with
a
view
to
bringing
about
a
settlement
In
the
present
Oriental
crisis.
Indeed.
League
efforts
were
at
a
standstill
as
Japan
went
so
far
as
to
declare
that
It
would
now
look
toward
Washington
to
mediate
In
the
dispute
with
China.
STEPS
ARE
UNDECIDED
League
of
Nations
Council
Not
Yet
Sure
of
Grounds
in
China-Japanese
Intervention
GENEVA.
Oct.
20.
The
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
has
not
yet
decided
the
nature
of
the
steps
it
will
take
to
bring
about
a
setUe-men
of
the
Chino-Japanesc
crtota.
After
spending
days
In
Interpreting
of'
League
statutes,
the
council
Is'
now
engaged
In
dissecting
the
Kel-logg-Orland
pact
to
make
certain
of
Its
duties
and
rights
in
connection
with
Intervention.
DR.
KERGIN
IS
SPEAKER
Told
Shrine
Club
at
Dinner
Last
Night
of
Journey
into
Teace
River
District
rr
w
T.
Keraln
gave
an
inter
esting
talk
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Shrine
Club,
at
Its
monthly
dinner
meeting
last
evening
In
the
Commodore
Cafe,
on
his
recent
trip
to
the
Peace
River
district.
He
described
the
Journey
in
detail,
particularly
that
part
of
the
trip
north
nrinA
nmrra
via
the
water
ways
route.
The
doctor
also
told
of
fishing
and
hunting
possibilities
'of
the
country.
I
The
dinner
was
presided
over
oy
O
u.
u-Mui.ru
II
Munro.
president
of
the
"
Shrine
.
Club,
and
there
was
a
fair
atteno
once
of
nobles.
Anybody
"Cap"n
Billy
Coras.
mJc.
xswain.
with
the
crew
of
girl
rowers
in
Calif
.
ready
for
all
comers
and
the
more
the
merrier.
They're
noi
full
battle
array
at
Long
Beach.
pooling,
they
really
mean
It.
RESPECTS
ARE
PAID
Ten
Thousand
Persons
File
Past
Edison
Bier
Old
Face
Was
Tranquil
and
Calm
WEST
ORANGE.
NJ..
Oct.
20.
Ten
thousand
persons
passed
sorrowfully
yesterday
past
the
bier
of
Thomas
Alva
Edison,
great
American
inventor,
as
the
body
lay
in
state
in
the
old
laboratory
here
where
he
had
labored
for
40
years.
The
old
face
was
neither
worn
nor
thinned,
but
appeared
at
com
plete
calm.
He
appeared
to
be
merely
asleep
and
It
seemed
to
some
as
though
he
was
smiling
slightly
at
some
secret
joke.
Halibut
Landings
American
Paragon,
39,000,
Storage,
13c
and
4c.
Arctic.
19.000,
Booth.
133c
and
4c.
Midway.
7.000,
Atltn.
14.4c
and
5c.
Sherman.
6,000.
Atlln,
14.4c
and
5c.
Hazel
II..
10,500,
Atlln.
14.4c
and
5c
Visitor,
4,000.
Booth.
14.1c
and
5c.
VANCOUVER
LEAVES
H.M.C.S.
Vancouver,
after
a
day's
visit
to
the
port,
sailed
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
on
her
return
to
her
base
at
Esquimau.
Second
Win
and
Maintains
Speed
Supremacy
HALIFAX,
October
20.
The
Lunenburg
schooner
Bluenose,
commanded
by
Capt.
Angus
Walters,
for
ton
years
speed
queen
of
the
North
Atlantic
fishing
fleets,
today
maintained
her
supremacy
by
defeating
for
the
second
and
final
defeat
over
the
Gloucester
schooner
Gertrude
L.
Thebaud,
the
United
States
challenger.
The
Bluenose
finished
today
in
five
hours
and
six
minutes
with
the
Thebaud
a
mile
astern.
Precious
Metal
Can
Only
Be
Sent
Out
By
Special
Permit
Now
New
Regulation
Is
Already
Effective
and
Will
Continue
Until
Spring
Dominion
Can
Now
Pay
Debts
OTTAWA
Opt
9(
ConaAa
Vina
foVor.
r,tfinin
4-
to
prohibit
the
export
of
gold
except
under
license
effective
Monday
and
continuing
until
March
next
year
unless
sooner
amended
or
rescinded,
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
announced
VPStprrlnv.
Trip
flrtfnn
will
onnliln
Pnnoo
At
-.
,ww.
,
,
waiuuaw
vuiiaua
lu
Llio
charge
all
its
obligations
which
are
payable
in
gold
outside
vaurtua,
pauicumny
in
me
time
Canada
will
maintain
security
for
Dominion
notes
The
local
customs
office
received
advice
yesterday
from
Ottawa
that
gold
export
from
Canada
would
not
oe
permitted
except
by
special
per-
nit.
The
order
applies
to
gold
bars,
bullion,
fine
gold,
etc
Invitatic-
Is
Accepted
Lieutenant
Governor
Will
Make
a
Presentation
Next
Tuesday
Night
to
II.M.CS.
Skeena
Hon.
J.
W.
Fordham-Johnson,
Lieutenant-Governor
of
British
Co
lumbia,
has
accepted
an
invitation
'o
make
a
presentation
to
II.M.OS.
Skeena
during
her
visit
here
next
yeek
on
behalf
of
the
community
if
Skeena,
after
,
which
the
new
anadlan
destroyer
is
named.
The
presentation
will
take
place
Tues
day
night
at
9
o'clock
between
hows
at
the
Capitol
Theatre.
A
picture
suitable
to
the
occasion.
Tell
England,"
will
be
the
offer-ng
at
the
theatre
that
evening.
DEATH
OF
MINE
MAN
Hector
MacDonald.
for
Twelve
Yearn
Premier
Superintendent,
Passes
Away
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVER.
Oct.'
20.
Hector
MacDonald,
for
12
years
superinten
dent
of
the
Premier
gold
mine
until
his
retirement
six
weeks
ago
on
account
of
ill-health,
died
here
yesterday
at
the
age
of
fifty-seven.
Mr.
MacDonald
was
one
of
the
.best
known
mining
operators
In
the
province
and
had
a
wide
acquaintanceship
particularly
in
the
north.
Elects
for
Jury
Trial
on
Charge
Of
Money
Theft
C.
E.
Finch,
committed
for
trial
by
SUpendlary
Magistrate
J.
P.
Scarlett
on
a
charge
of
theft
as
a
i
result
of
the
taking
of
orders
at
!
Stewart
for
photographic
enlargements,
appeared
before
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
In
County
Court
yes-iterday
afternoon
and
elected
for
Jury
trial.
The
case
will
be
heard
at
the
spring
session
of
the
Supreme
j
Court
Assizes
here.
T.
W.
Brown
I
appeared
as
counsel
for
Finch.
unuea
ataies.
At
tne
same
its
statutory
gold
reserve
in
issued.
PARIS
IS
PLEASED
Vote
ol
Confidence
In
Bruenlng
May
Help
Stabilize
European
Affairs
PARIS,
Oct.
20-Chancellor
Heln-rlch
Bruenlng'a
decisive
victory
In
the
German
Reichstag
has
proven
gratifying
In
government
circles
here.
It
will,
It
is
exDected.
con
siderably
expedite
the
forthcoming
conversations
in
Washington
be
tween
Premier
Pierre
Laval
of
France
and
President
Herbert
Hoover
of
the
United
States
on
European
problems
particularly
war
debts
and
reparation
payments.
MOUNTAINS
HAVE
SNOW
First
Fall
This
Morning
on
Mount
Oldfleld
Half-way
Down
Slope
of
Mount
Morse
The
first
manUc
of
snow
of
the
season
was
to
be
observed
this
morning
on
Mount
Oldfleld
back
of
the
city.
During
the
night
a
heavy
.-oat
fell
on
Mount
Morse,
across
the
harbor,
and
was
half
way
down
the
slope
this
morning.
First
snow
of
he
season
was
seen
on
Mount
Morse
yesterday.
In
spite
of
the
snow
on
all
surrounding
mountains,
very
few
city
gardens
have
yet
been
touched
by
frost,
although
It
may
be
expected
that
flowers
and
plants
will
soon
bo
laid
low.
General
Butler
Visitor
Monday
In
Sound
City
SEATTLE.
Oct.
20.
Gen.
Smedley
D.
Butler
was
a
distinguished
visitor
in
Seattle
yesterday.
He
spoke
at
a
large
public
meeting
in
tha
civic
auditorium
last
night
Well
Known
Mariner
On
!
Last
Voyage
VANCOUVER.
Oct.
20.
Captain
George
Wm.
Groundwater,
R.N.
R.
well
known
master
mariner,
died
here
yesterday
at
the
age
o
53.
I