Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Sunday,
April
12,
1931
High
9.55
a.m.
16.9
It.
Prince
Rupert-
alning,
fresh'
'
1
2254
p.m.
17.7
ft.
southeaster!
'arometer,
29.-02;
V
Low
3.59
a.m.
10.2
ft.
tempora
l
rough
sea.
ft.'
'16.24
pjn.
6.8
H
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
Vol.
XXII.,
No.
1-2.
I
t!
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
11,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
REiORD
SET
FOR
AUSTRALIA
FLIGHT
CURTAILMENT
COAST
CANNERY
Fifty
Percent
Cut
in
Operation
of
Salmon
Plants
is
Three
Co-operative
Concerns
Seeking
Canning
Licences
r
At
Prince
Rupert,
West
Coast
and
Mainland
VICTORIA,
April
11:
A
survey
of
the
salmon
canning
.situation
shows
that
less
than
half
of
the
canneries
which
operated
last
year
will
operate
this
season.
The
maximum
number
of
operating
plants
is
expected
to
be
forty.
Under
existing
policy,
the
fisheries
department
is
willing
to
licence
ninety-two.
Three
co-operative
fishermen's
.
i
concerns,
have
applied
for
licences,
KhVllI
I
onc
at
prm6e
RHP"1.
n
on
the
ii
Y
VJmu
1
llJ
i
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
and
.
.
one
on
the
mainland
coast
north
of
xPR
H
A
Ml
Nl
Vancouver.
All
will
be
permitted
to
01
IVLiXll
11
iVJ
I
operate
if
they
decide
to
go
ahead
with
their
plans.
I
The
condition
of
the
cannery
Spanish
Government
Taking
Steps
business
is
said
to
be
one
of
the
tu
Put
Down
Revolution
on
main
factors
In
declining
revenues
Madeira
and
Aiores
jof
the
provincial
government.
MADRID.
Spain.
April
11
Presi-
in
farmona
and
his
cabinet
held
.i
meeting
yesterday
for
the
purpose
of
"UttfUngateTri'Tneasurcs
to
put"
the
revolution
which
has
now
p
.i
.i
'!
irom
Madeira
Island
to
the
Bn'Mi
marines
have
been
landed
.a
Madeira
to
protect
British
pro-
pr
i
:
Defeat
of
Bill
Thompsi
son
Hailed
In
Old
Country
LONDON.
April
ll:-The
defeat
:
h
way
to
play
a
game
of
badmln-al
'ton
Tuesday
evening
s
on
William
Hale
Thompson,
noted
lppjd
LMi-DrltUh.
was
acclaimed
in
lead-
'
J?
"TLt
L
L?h&
threw
out
hta
htn
d
to
ve
himself.
in.
British
papers.
Great
display
unci
considerable
space
was
given
hlf
s
uFSLZ
S!
.
.
.
head,
dislocating
his
shoulder,
ur.
m
i
i
and
-Jj
k.
Its
tu-
American
.civic
contest
,rnm
Anvo
,
l
Ull
I
King
and
Queen
ofSiamNowon
Way
to
Canada
TOKYO,
April
11:
After
ler
cere-
cere-
fi"ilius
farcwellS
by
Japanese
'.v.uij,
wic
rtiiiK
niiu
v
miS
morning
Ul
mc
Duuwtit
t
uin
embarked
Thursday
aboard
iast
night
of
W.
J.
Moffatt.
assls-the
.steamer
Empress
of
Japan
for
tant
general
passenger
agent
In
t
.
......
-J
r
n
.
Ji.
I
.
uiuifu
owiic.i
uhu
wiuoun.
;
I'Ui
y
will
disembark
at
Victoria.
ATTENDING
FUNERALiWheatSZld!L0.
President
Hoover
and
Party
Leave
For
Lougworth
Rites
WASHINOTpN,
April
ll:-Prosl-dent
and
Mrs.
Herbert
Hoover
and
large
official
party
left
yesterday
for
Cincinnati
to
attend
the
funeral
of
the
late
Speaker
Nicholas
Long
worth.
Mother
of
Screen
Villains
Is
Dead
Mrs.
Margaret
Frances
Beery
Passes
in
Hollywood
at
Age
of
71
HOLLYWOOD
April
11:
Mrs.
Margaret
Frances
Beery,
mother
of
Noah
and
Wallace
Beery,
the
famous
screen
"villains."
died
here
Thursday.
She
was
74
years
of
age.
Anticipated
lyl
A
m.
J
1
1
Y
I
ft
lVijTallL
1
ill
"HOSPITAL
HI
INK
I
I
A
I
Resident
.Mining
Engineer
Dislocated
Shoulder
at
Alice
Arm
ALICE
ARM,
April
11
-This
Is
a
the
story
of
a
badminton
player
who
showed
up
for
the
game
but
n
he
was
a
bit
late
and
then
he
did
not
play
counting
himself
as
handicapped
too
badly.
The
party
as
well
,
as
the
victim
was
Dr.
J.
T.
Mandy,
i
rntlrfont
mlnlnir
engineer,
who
on
.
.
.
,
i
r-
t,nnv
I.
rmi
nis
snouiaer
nnu
ui.
resting
at
Anyox
Hospital.
.
Official
of
C.N.R.
Dies
in
Toronto
....
.
n
F.
McNauahton,
C.N.K.
aisinci
passenger
agent
here,
received
word
Toronto,
Mr.
MOffatt
had
visited
Prince
Rupert,
the
last
occasion
having
been
about
three
years
ago,
Ill
TdULUUtU
VANCOUVER,
April
11:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
59c
today
on
the
lo-mi
Pxchanee.
this
being
a
couple
of
point
higher
than
the
price
pre
vailing
during
tnc
past
two
or
uim
weeks.
Mother
of,Arthur
'
IMP..
Mary
Jane
Mcighen
Passes
Away
In
Toronto
at
Age
i
of
Eighty-Three
fnnJSS
Arthur
MeghenTdle
lalt
night
at
fhe
age
of
83.
She
was
the
widow
of
Joseph
Melghcn.
PRINCESS
INVITED
1
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Hare-
wood
Asked
to
Attend
Brlr
tish
Columbia's
,'
Jubilee
VICTORIA,
April
11
An
in.
vitation
has
been.,
extended
through
the
provincial
government
to
Princess
Mary
and
the
Ear!
of
Harcwood
to
attend
the
Diamond
Jubilee
celebration
of
British
Columbia's
entry
into
Confederation,
.
it
Is
announced
by
Reginald
Hay
ward
M.I..A.,
chairman
of
the
committee
in
charge
of
the
celebration
on
June
20.
SENATOR
IS
DEAD
Hon.
Prosper
E.
Lessard
Paws-Deadlock
in
Red
Chamber
Will
Ensue
EDMONTON.
April
II:
A
pio
neer
of
Western
Canada,
Senator
Pjoftogr
E.
Lessafd
died,
today.
brWtfnTlhe
political
standing
in
the
Senate
to
48
LlberaM46
Con
servatives
and
two
vacanctts.
Hon.
Alexander
James
Prosper
Bdmond
Lessard
was
a
merchant'
and
general
financial
broker
lr1
Edmonton.
He
was
the
director
of
number
of
important
mercantile
!
financial
and
insurance
firms.
Born
at
Cranbourne.
Dorchester,'
,
.
1
a
A.,
I
lal.
uueuec.
reoruary
J,
ion,
mc
mic
Senator
Lessard
was
educated
In
Mount
St.
Louts
College
in
Mont
real
where
he
took
a
commencial
course.
Beginning
his
business
career
as
an
aocountant
In
Montreal,
th
tenator
came
to
Edmonton
In
1997
and
started
In
business
on
hi.
own
account
as
partner
In
the
firm
of
Qartepy
&
Lessard.
A
past
director
of
the
Board
of
Trade
of
Edmonton
and
school
trustee.
Senator
Lessard
started
his
political
career
when
he
was
aUntari
fnr
tho
imHtllnrv
at
Pakan
In
1909
by
acclamation.
Hr
was
elected
In
1913
for
the
riding
of
St.
Paul
and
was
re-elected
In
1917
for
the
same
riding.
In
1909-10
he
was
a
member
of
theexecu-
tlve
council
without
portfolio.
He
,
c,.
jrt
,
yjckenate
King
regime.
Senator
Lessard
took
an
Interest
In
military
affairs
and
was
a
cap-tin
In
1909-10
of
the
Alberta
Mounted
Rifles.
Besides
his
widow
he
Is
surveyed
by
two
sons
and
three
daughters.
He
was
interested
in
all
kinds
of
sports
and
.was
a
Roman
Catholic
by
religious
belief.
WIDOW
IS"
URGED
IN
Mrs,
Longworth
Being
Asked
to
Seek
Seat
Held
By
Her
Dead
Husband
1
CINQINNATJ
April
llif-Mrs.
Al-
Longwormt
wwowoj
uoe
laip
laker
of
theHouje
of
Repren
wtt.
W
belrtft
tirge'd
already
,tc
become
a
candidate
for
Congress
to
mtiepeed
her
nusoana.
Tnose
close
to
Mrs.
Longworth,
however,
do
not
"
,
t"e
sfa
:
"bom"
A
son
wa,
this
mornln
at
the
Prince
General
Hospital
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
A.
Hill,
208
Sev
enth
Ave.
West.
Engagement
of
Tljis
interesting
photograph
shows
Prince
Lennart
of
Sweden,
and
his
fiancee
Miss
Karin
NUsvundv
the
announcement
of
his
engagement
to
whom
at
Stockholm
caused
u
sensation
in
Sweed-ish
royal
circles
LOST
LIFE
IN
CRASH
English
Girl
Killed
Motoring
From
Seattle
to
Vancouver
Yesterday
BELL1NOHAM.
April
11
Miss
PatUson,
young
English
visitor
who
was
motoring
from
Seattle
to
Van
couver,
was
killed
yesterday
when
lh.
tartan
In
which
she
Was
lid
sna
crashed
over
a
bridge
Info
a
slough
near
here.
Her
companion,
Miss
Marjorie
Talt.
was
wnousiy
Injured
and
i
rn
hospital
nere.'
'.
FINES
SET
'
ON
COUPLE
Nelson
C.
Bowles
and
Irma
G.
Loucks
Pay
?200
on
immor-ality
Charges
PORTLAND
April
11:
The
final
denouement
In
the
notorious
Bowles-Louck."
ease
took
place
here
when
the
wealthy
young
broker
of
this
city
and
his
stenographer-paramour
pleaded
guilty
to
charges
of
immoral
conduct
and
were
each
fined
$'30
which
fines
they
paid.
S:0.S.WAS:
i
SENT
OUT
Danish
Freighter
on
Fire
in
Atlantic
Yesterday
The'
NORFOLK.
Va.,
April
11:
Danish
freighter
Nordval
flashed
'8.O.S.
message
that
she
was
afire
oft
the
Virginia
coast
And
would
not
be
able
to
last
Jonger.
The
S.O.S.
was
countermanded
after
the
steamer
Cherokee
arrived
alongside.
OPERATIONS
EXPECTED
Swedish
Prince
MARKET
CUT
OFF
Russian
Competition
is
Affecting
United
States
Cotton
WASHINGTON.
April
11:
A
large
Increase
which
Is
being
made
In
cotton
production
In
Soviet
Russia
may
cut
off
some
of
United
States'
market
for
this
commodity,
theFarm
Board
fears.
Even
to
Russia
ItseJt.
the
United
States
has
been
exporting
100,000
bales
of
cotton
per
tyar
Russian
cotton
Is
now
being
sold
one-half
cent
cheaper
tlian
American
in
Liverpool.
PROMOTER
ARRESTED
Seattle
Man,
Charged
Under
Blue
Sky
Laws,
Would
Have
Shamed
Jules
Verne
SEATTLE,
April
11:
PeUr
Evan-off.
arjpsted
here
yesterday
under
the
blue
sky
laws,
had
fantastic
plans,
which
would
have
run
Into
$100.000.000
at'
lfst
in
the
mind
of
the
questionable
promoter.
His
schemes
would
have
done
shame
to
a
modern
Jules
Verne
but
they
will
probably
get
no
further.
BIG
PRICE-FOR
BONDS
Best
Ever
Paid
For
$3,500,000
Issue
of
Vancouver
Securities
VANCOUVER.
April
11:
The
city
of
Vancouver
got
the
best
price
hi
hlstory'for
Its
bonds
when
a
$3,500,-000
debenture
issue
was
sold
to
a
syndicate
of
Canadian
financial
Interests
for
104.7.
LARGE
CARRYOVER
4
WHEAT
EXPECTED
A
OTTAWA,
April
11
The
Do-
-i
minion
Bureau
of
Statistics
4
estimated
the
wheat
carryover
t
to
the
end
of
July,
1931,
will
A
be
approximately
150,000000
bushels.
RECORD
IS
SET
Time
For
Flight
From
England
to
Australia
Is
Again
Lowered
PORT
DARWIN,
Australia.
April
11:
Setting
a
new
record
for
the
flight
from.
England
to
Australia,
C.
W.
A.
Scott,
young
London
aviator,
reached
here
yesterday
after
having
taken
nine
days
and
two
hours
for
the
flight.
Scott
lowered
the
record
made
last
fall
by
Commander
Charles
Kingsford-Smlth
by
18
hours.
Gangster
Charged
j
With'
Murder
of
New
York
Woman
I
NEW
YORK.
April
11
Harry
Stein,
alleged
gangster
and
dope
'
peddler,
was
placed
under
arrest
here
on
a
charge
of
murdering
Vivian
Oordon,
a
woman
who,
preyed
on
rich
men
and
was
found
killed
recently.
Police
are
making
a
round-up
of
gangsters
with
a
view
to
obtaining
witnesses
to
testify
against
Stein.
Capt.
Halvarson
Will
Be
Witness
In
Murder
Case
KETCHIKAN.
April
11:
Capt.
S.
'Halvarson.
master
of
the
coast-j
guard
cutter
Cygan.
which
Is
at
present
In
Seattle
undergoing
an
inual
overhaul,
will
arrive
here
on
Monday
to
be
a
witness
in
a
mur-.
der
case.
ZEPPELIN
AT
CAIRO
Dr.
Hugo
Eckener
Making
Flight!
Over
Northern
Africa
With
Giant
Airship
CAIRO.
April
11:
In
the
course
of
a
flight
over
Africa,
the
German
dirigible
Graf
Zeppelin,
commanded
by
Dr.
Huso
Eckener.
reached
here
.yesterday.
After
floating
around
In
the
air
for
15
hours.
It
was
finally
made
fast
to
the
mooring
mast
here.
1?
$1,00,000.00
When
I
win
the
above
sweepstake
next
June
I
will
give
it
toward
the
completion
of
the
Prince
Rupert
-Terrace
highway.
A.
C.
ROURQUE
NORTH
STAR
SPRING
WORKS
Prince
Rupert,
B.C
For
all
SPRINGS
1
trailers,
Professor
of
Stanford
Dies
at
Palo
Alto
iPALO
ALTO,
Cal..
April
11:
Dr.
Stewart
Woodford
Voung.
prominent
member
of
the
faculty
of
Stanford
University,
passed
away
yesterday.
He
was
a
professor
in
physical
chemistry
and
had
been
at
Stanford
since
1893.
The
late
Prof.
Young
was
born
at
Orient,
New
York,
March
14,
1869.
He
graduated
from
Cornell
University
in
1890
and
studied
in
Leipzig,
Germany,
In
1899-1900.
After
gra
duating
from
Cornell,
he
was
made
an
assistant
Instructor
In
chemistry
there
and
later
was
Instructor
in
chemistry
in
Swarthmore
College,
Pennsylvania.
Joining
the
staff
of
Stanford,
he
was
assistant
In
chem
istry,
instructor,
assistant
professor
and
associate
professor.
PLOT
FOR
POISONING
Young
Wife
and
Mother
in
Jail
at
Tacpma
Mother-in-Law
f
Intended
Victim
TACOMA,
April
11:
Mrs.
Avis
Hays
and
her
mother.
Mrs.
Mar
Pitt,
under
arrest
here
on
charges
of
attempting
to
poison
the
formers
mother-ln-la,
Mrs.
Frank
Hays,
claim
that
they
have
been
framed-up."
The
two
women,
it
Is
alleged,
left
poison-filled
chocolates
on
Mrs.
Hays'
verandah
at
Mount
Vernon
with
the
Intention
of
having
her
eat
them
Clifford
Ha'jts,
husband
of
the
young
Mrs.
Hays,
blames
Mrs.
Pitt
for
the
plot.
POSSIBILITIES
REGARDING
INDUSTRIES
Committee
of
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
Securing
Data
and
Will
Welcome
Suggestions
O
An
Inquiry
from
the
Agent-General
in
London
in
regard
to
the
possibilities
of
industries
In
Prince
Rupert
has
been
taken
up
by
the
trades
and
commerce
committee
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
that
committee
reported
last
night
that
they
were
securing
data
in
regard
to
the
possibilities
of
a
fish
glue
factory,
a
flour
milt,
pulp
mill,
sash
and
door
factory
and
shingle
mill.
They
would
welcome
any
other
suggestions.
1
The
committee
consists
of
S.
E.
Parker,
Robert
Gordon,
H.
DeWolf
and
Oeorge
Hill.
Died
Today
Word
has
been
received
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
E.
Oregg
of
the
death
this
morning
at
the
family
home
'n
Vancouver
of
James
Gourlay.
Mrs.
Gregg's
father.
P.
O.
Box
253
makes
of
cars,
trucks
and
and
new
parts
for
bumpers