Today's
Weather
Prince
p
Party
cloudy,
strong
sc
g
g
ind;
barometer,
29.82;
ter,
P
w
,56;
sea
rough.
Vol.
XMI,
N(
flvc-day
week.
She
Mmln
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
Sir
Henry
Thornton
Will
be
here
for
brief
visit
tomorrow
evening.
SIR
HENRY
IS
COMING
Due
Here
Tomorrow
Afternoon-Manager
of
Steamships
Is
Here
-,....
to
Mtetillinv
Cot
3.
Carleton
Drown,
manager
of
Canadian
National
Coast
Steam-,
ships,
with
headquarters
in
Van-1
couvlr,
arrived
In
the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
j
morning,
being
here
to
meet
and;
accompany
south
Sir
Henry
Thorn-
j
ton,
president
pf
the
Canadian
Na-
j
tlonaj
Railways,
and
party
who
will
arrive
here
on,
tomorrow
after-)
noon's
train
and
sail
In
the
evening
j
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Vancouver
j
DECIDE
TO
j
ARBITRATE
Conciliation
Board
to
Settle
Fish-ermen-Saltery
Differences
on
West
Coast
TORT
ALBERNI,
Sept.
30.
At
a
meeting
attended
by
three
hundred
fishermen
it
was
resolved
that
the
dispute
between
fishermen
and
salterles
over
salmon
prlres
be
referred
to
a
committee
of
three
members,
one
to
be
appointed
by
the
fishermen,
one
by
the
operators
of
the
salterles
and
the
third
by
mutual
agreement
of
the
two
parties
to
the
dispute.
Fishermen
have
been
on
strike
for
the
past
several
days.
ESCAPE
TO"
BE
PROBED
Circumstances
Attending
Getaway
From
Vancouver
Detention
Home
to
Be
Investigated
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
30.
Acting
Mayor
John
Bennett
announced
vesterday
that
there
would
be
a
thnrouah
investigation
into
the
circumstances
attending
the
incl
de'nt'here
when
three
youths
es
caped
from
the
Juvenile
detention
home.
The
Weather
Langara
Island:
Clear,
southwest
gale;
sea
very
rough'.
Dead
Treo
Point:
Party
cloudy,
fresh
southwest
wind;
barometer,
29.70;
temperature.
52;
heavy
swell.
H.
E.
Doellc
of
Anyox
arrived
In
C,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
30,
1931.
UNITED
STATES
NAVY
BUILDING
BEING
CUT
1
WASHINGTON.
Sept.
30:
The
Hoover
administration
,
has
cut
from
eleven
to
five
the
number
of
;new
destroyers
which
wi'J
be
.
added
to
the
United
States
fleet
this
year.
DISCOUNT
ISHV0RSE
New
York
Banks
jThwd
11
ti
to
1IH
Frr
Ccn
Yesterday;
PoundlsStrady
NEW
YORK,
Sfpt.
30:
The
Ca
nadlnn
dollar
was-quotod
at
a
dU-
j
count
of
11
to
US
per
cent
at
tht;
closing
of
banks'
here
yesterday.
The
British
pound
sterling
re
mained
steady
at
$3.86.
The
local
discount
rate
this
morning
as
between
American
and
Canadian
money
was
18
per
cent.
Col.
J.
C
Brown
-
I
Sv
'fi:
H
:JH
kT
B
T
!
i
Kflv
ftviB
Manager
of
Canadian
National
Coast
Steamships,
who
is
visitor
here.
HALIBUT
LANDINGS
Total
for
September
This
lear
2,152,000
rounds,
More
Than
Half
Million
Halibut
landings
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
September
this
year,
according
to
figures
compiled
at
the
local
mn
houses,
totalled
2,152,000
pounds
as
compared
with
2.744,000
pounds
In
the
same
month
last
year.
American
landings
for
this
September
totalled
1.694,000
pounds
as
against
2,135.000
pounds
In
Septem-1
ber
1930.
,
Canadian
landings
for
the
month
Just
ended
aggregated
458,000
pounds
in
comparison
with
609,000
pounds
in
September
last
year.
Premier
Gold
Weak
Tuesday
Fell
Off
From
46c
to
41c
Big
Missouri
Steady
at
11c
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
30.-
Premier
Gold
showed
a
weak
tendency
on
.
.
the
local
Exchange
yesterday,
I
drop
J
-
In
City
Today
Tom
Moore.
President
of
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
TOM
MOORE
WAS
HERE
President
of
Trades
and
Labor
Con-
'
vimu
imu
unci
inn
I
'
Z2mL
.
J
t,Z
.nTrTwnl
nTrC
,
-
,
annual
rnnvpntinn
..f
that
hnrfv
In
this
morning
en
route
back
to
his
home
in
Toronto.
He
arrived
from
jthe
south
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
and
proceeded
east
by
train.
Accompanying
him
were
a
number
of
eastern
officials
and
delegates
of
the
congress.
At
noon
Mr.
Moore
and
associates
were
guests
of
the
local
Trades
and
Labor
Council
at
an
Informal
lunch
at
the
Commodore.
Mr.
Moore
and
the
other
visitors
were
also
shown
various
local
points
of
Interest
during
their
visit
and
imnrMod
,ith
Wai
,winnmPnt
!
'and
possibilities.
Halibut
Landings
American
Majestic.
30.000.
Atlln:
6.6c
and
3c
Western,
34,000,
Pacific;
5.5c
and!
2c.
Akutan,
32.000,
5c
and
2c;
going
to
Ketchikan.
McKinley,
30,000,
Booth;
6.0
and
3c.
Happy,
9,000,
Storage;
8c
and
3c.
Nnome,
7,000,
Storage;
8c
and
3c.
Paragon,
40,000,
Storage;
6.6c
and
3c.
Reliance,
8,000,
Storage;
8c.
and
3c
Canadian
Covenant,
26,000,
Storage,
7c
and
3c.
,
Teeny
MUly,
5,000.
Booth;
6c
and
3c.
Helen
II,
6,000,
Atlln;
6c
and
3c.
P.
Doreen,
8,000.
Storage;
6c
and
3c
Viking
I,
6,000;
6c
and
3c;
hdld-lng.
;
Young
Japanese
Woman
of
Port
Essington
Dies
j
The
death
occurred
yesterday
ai-
tetnoon
at
z:so
in
tne
rnnce
ku-pcrt
General
Hospital
of
Mrs.
Yu-kle
Maehara,
Port
Essington
Japanese
womah.
She
had
been
IU
tor
three
months.
She
was
only
nineteen
years
of
age.
In
addition
to
tne
widower,
the
,
late
Mrs.
Maehara
is
survived
by
her
mother,
father
and
brother
In
,
Vancouver.
the
city
on
the
Catala
yesterday
ping
oft
from
an
opening
price
of
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
tnr
morning
from
the
smelter
town
for
46c
to
44c
at
the
close.
Big
Missouri
hands
of
Hayner
Bros.,
undei-a
brief
visit
to
town.
held
at
11c.
takers.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
October
1,
1931
High
3:34
ajn.
18.1
ft.
15:23
p.m.
20.1
It.
Low
9:25
a.m.
7.9
ft.
22:15
pjn.
5.2
ft.
TIME
STRIKERS
DEAD
IN
ESTEVAN
m
PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT
APPROVES
CITY
RELIEF
WORK
Climax
Comes
to
Riots
Lasting
Several
Weeks
In
Saskatchewan
Town
Communists
Arc
Believed
at
Root
of
Trouble
Twenty
i
Persons,
Including
Police
and
Women,
Injured
j
ESTEVAN,
Sask.,
Sept.
30.
Three
strikers
are
dead
j
and
some
twenty
persons
are
injured,
including
five
police-!
men
and
two
women,
as
a
result
of
a
stubborn
clash
be-!
tween
striking
miners
and
police
officers
here
yesterday
afternoon
The
riot
came
as
a
climax
to
industrial
troubles
,
which
have
been
rife
here
for
several
weeks
Communists
arc
believed
to
be
at
the
bottom
of
the
trouble.
I
-
TAX
SALE
IS
OUIET
Only
Two
Properties
nid
in
at
Open-
lug
Seuion
of
Auction
This
Morning
While
there
were
number
0f
persona
in
atUndanceit
theauTtidh
only
two
lots
wre
bid
in
at
the
nnual
eitv
tax
iale
this
morntnz.
Thomas
McClymont
purchased
lot
22,
block
9,
section
5
at
the
upset
price
of
$148.47.
M.
M.
Stephens
bought
lot
21,
block
17.
section
6
for
$105.01,
also
the
upset
price.
The
sale
was
adjourned
until
tomorrow
morning
when
It
Is
expected
some
further
lots
may
be
disposed
of.
WOULD
LET
JAPS
ENTER
Ambassador
Urges
Removal
of
American
Barrier
SEATTLE.
Sept.
30:
Removal
of
the
ImlgraUon
barrier
of
United
Statea
against
the
Japanese
was
urged
by
United
States
Ambassador
to
Japan
Forbes,
who
arrived
here
yesterday
en
route
to
Boston
where
he
will
spend
a
month's
vacation
Ambassador
Forbes
declared
that
the
Japanese
were
deeply
hurt
at
the
continuation
of
the
barrier.
NO
LONGER
LABORITES
Tarty
Will
Have
Nothing
to
Do
With
Those
Who
Support
National
Government
LONDON.
Sept.
30:
The
Dal,y.th.
Herald,
Labor
organ,
stated
yesterday
that
the
national
executive
of
the
Drltlsh
Labor
Party
had
de
cided
that
all
members
who
parti-
cipated
in
or
supported
the
new
national
government
can
no
long-
er
remain
members
of
the
party.
.
rirrinmrvTn
MKfcd
AlkJU-y
A
1
UINL
Vliu
WAGE
CUT
Pay
of
Employees
Cut
10
Per
Cfnt
and
Five-Day
Week
Comes
Into
Effect
AKRON,
Ohio.
sent
30
-Tho
In
Firestone
Tire
ft
Rubber
Co.
-
nounced
yesterday
that,
effectlv,
October
1,
wages
will
oe
cut
cent
and
the
plant
will
revert
to
a
RETURN
TO
FAIRBANKS
Moyle
and
Allen
Unable
to
Make
llp
to
Taroma
FAIRBANK8.
Sept
30:
Don
oyle
and
CecU
Allen
started
from
hfrc-Monday
for.
non-stop
night
U
Taeoma
but.
on
account
of
bad
weather
and
poor
flying
conditions.
returned
soon
after
leaving
IS
FASTEST
TRAIN
YET
Afternoon
Express
from
Swindon
to
Taddlngton
Hits
Up
Nearly
10
LONDON.
Sept.
30.
"On
and
after
September
14
the
Great
Western
Railway
will
schedule
Its
afternoon
cxDress
from
Cheltenham
to
Lon-
don
to
run
the
77
J
miles
from
Swin
don
to
Paddlngton
in
57
minutes,
equal
to
an
average
of
695
miles
an
hour
from
start
to
stop,
and
making
the
train
without
question
the
fastest
in
the
world."
says
a
correspondent
of
The
Times.
'It
Is
many
years
since
It
was
first
demonstrated
that
express
trains
could
be
regularly
scheduled,
on
suitable
tracks,
at
well
over
60
miles
an
hour.
Including
the
time
lost
by
stopping
and
starting
and
a
reasonable
number
of
delays
en
route.
In
the
United
States,
as
long
ago
as
1000,
the
554
miles
between
Camden
(Philadelphia)
and
Atlantic
City
were
covered
dally
by
four
trains
of
the
Philadelphia
and
Reading
Company
(two
in
eacn
mrecuum
in
50
minutes.
This
gave
an
average
speed
of
66.8
miles
per
hour
and
was
equivalent
to
running
from
t-nndon
to
Brighton
In
three
quar
ters
of
an
hour.
At
the
same
date
comDetlng
Pennsylvania
com
pany
scheduled
its
59
miles
between
the
same
two
stations,
also
In
each
direction,
In
55
minutes,
or
at
64.3
miles
per
hour,
and
there
were
sev
-
mj
olner
runs
in
the
United
States
ftt
over
60
mllea
per
hour,
and
one
ln
prance,
but
none
In
England.
"Until
the
war,
the
Atlantic
City
min
hid
the
world's
record
by
a
'comfortable
margin,
varying
slightly
.
th
pennSv
vanla
at
HI
tuurs.
nn
nprlod
booked
a
train
irom
nv
lantlc
City
to
Camden
In
52
min
utes,
or
68.0
miles
per
nour.
Meanwhile
England
In
1914
had
only
four
trains
booked
at
over
60
miles
per
hour,
the
fastest
being
Darlington
vo-i,
iii.s
miles,
at
61.7.
and
the
longest
Paddlngton
to
Bath
'CslIp),'
1067-8
miles,
at
.0.
Both
mew
run.
are
-
,.
of
"ine
-
war
upe
;
th.
AUantlc
clty
inui
ppv
v
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Prince
Rupert
Among
j
Cities
to
Have
Plan
!
For
Work
Passed
On
Endorsation
Enables
Municipalities
to
Proceed
With
Operations
Assured
That
Financing
Will
lie
Ready
in
Time
VICTORIA,
Sept
30.
Municipal
relief
programs
so
far
approved
include
that
of
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
for
$100,000,
it
was
announced
by
the
government
yesterday.
Municipalities
which
have
had
a
portion
of
their
relief
work
programs
fully
approved
by
the
government
can
start
work
at
once
with
assurance
that
federal
and
provincial
financing
will
be
ready
ln
time
to
meet
the
presentation
of
Hi
"UTr
jnn
v-.
t
vouchers
at
the
end
of
the
first
month's
work,
it
was
officially
stated
at
the
legislative
buildings.
.'
t
Mayor
Cyril
H.
Orme
received
of
ficial
word
last
night
that
the
local
unemployment
relief
work
had
been
approved
by
the
government
Pend
ing
a
special
meeting
of
the
city
council
tuuaui
to
vj
iu.iu.uy
finally
approve
ttpuiuvc
the
me
local
lucai
nl!et.
Jeme'.
tne
0T
h.the
condition
of
ThomasX
Edison,
not"
m
a
P081"0"
rere-i
it
wm
uk
.
few
aavs
to
Key
me
woric
unaer
wav.
'
TO
MAKE
HOP
SOON
Only
Bad
Weather
Is
Delaying
Herndon
and
Tangborn
TOKYO.
Sept.
30
-Only
unfavorable
weather
is
delaying
the
dc
parture
of
Hugh
Herndon
and
Clyde
Pangborn
from
Samushiro
Beach
on
their
projected
non-stoo
trans-Pacific
night.
The
date
of
their
take-off
is
very
uncertain.
RIFT
WITH
PRESIDENT
Sharp
Break
Between
Hoover
and
Navy
Department
Over
Expenditures
WASHINGTON.
Sept.
30:
sharp
break
between
President
Hoover
and
the
navy
department
Is
reported
over
the
quesUon
of
naval
expenditures.
The
president
has
asked
the
department
to
cut
Its
program
tor
the
coming
year
from
$401,000,000
to
$360,000,000.
Two
Months
for
False
Pretences
Louis
Gabriel
to
Go
to
Jail
for
Obtaining
Meal
Tickets
While
He
Had
Work
Louis
Oabrlel
was
sentenced
to
two
months'
Imprisonment
by
Judge,
Young
in
County
Court
this
morn-1
lng
tor
having
obtained
relief
mcal
tickets
under
false
pretences
while
!
under
employment.
FISH
TRAIN
EAST
An
extra
fish
train,
with
twelve
cars
of
halibut
for
the
eastern
markets,
pulled
out
at
3:30
yesterday
afternoon.
Magistrate
McClymont
In
city
police
court
this
morning
dismissed
.
tk
-1l-...IH
-U-,
tlA.t
tT...
the
following
charges:
Bert
Home,
false
pretences;
Ernest
Totruff.
wife
assault,
and
Hugh
Cotterlll,
In-
decent
assault.
PRICE
nVE
CENTS
UJlNJJlllUil
IS
SERIOUS
Thomas
Edison
Takes
Turn
,or
Worse
WEST
ORANflF
N
T
Krt
in
eralnentAmcricaa
inventor,
took
w
tum
for
the
vorse
yesterda;follow.
.
i.
...n
.i.l
'""
"VCuruuiR
10
a
bulletin
issued
yesterday
by
Dr.
Herbert
S.
Howe,
the
aged
scientist's
physician.
Mr.
Edison
has
been
ill
at
hl3
home
near
here
since
hU
return
a
few
weeks
ago
from
Florida.
PEACE
HAS
GOLD
FIND
Discovery
on
Ospika
River
209
Miles
West
of
Dawson
Creek,
Reported
EDMONTON.
Sept.
30:
News
ot
a
new
rich
gold
ore
discovery
oas
come
from
the
Ospika
River,
203
miles
west
ot
Dawson
Creek,
the
end
of
steel
of
the
Northern
Alberta
Railway.
The
report
states
that
there
is
a
rich
volamlte
formation
and
a
rush
Into
the
district
is
expected
to
take
place
between
now
and
next
summer.
GETS
MORE
BUSINESS
B,
C.
Figuring
More
Prominently
Now
in
Lumber
Shipments
to
Old
Country
VICTORIA.
Sept.
30.
Tho
Department
ot
Lands
states
that,
whereas
British
Columbia
received
only
25
per
cent
ot
Oreat
Britain's
lumber
purchases
on
the
Pacific
Coast
a
year
ago,
it
received
forty-seven
per
cent
of
the
toal
purchases
for
the
first
eight
months
ot'thU
year
or
some
60,000.000
feet.
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STRIKERS
Government
Rules
They
Will
Not
Be
Eligible
for
Unemployment
Relief
Work
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
30.
The
fed
eral
authorities
have
sent
notice
here
that
strikers
at
the
Barnet
(Lumber
Co.
sawmill
at
Burnaby
who
,have
registered
as
unemployed
wU
not
be
eligible
tor
relief
work.