Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Friday,
August
14,
1931
High
1:15
am.
22:2
ft.
w
14:00
pjn.
20:7
ft.
prince
a
O
Overcast,
calm;
Low
7:50
ajn.
0:9
ft.
buromcto
H.
.
to
ea
smooth.
19:95
p.m.
4:9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
v
,
XXII
Nt
2
tfl
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
14,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Sg5
LhsDBERGH
TO
FLY
AROUND
WORLD
AMERICAN
FEDERATION
OF
LABOR
URGES
5-DAY
WEEK
Six-Hour
Day
Is
Also
Advocated
To
Help
in
Relief
of
Conditions
Executive
of
United
States
Workers'
Body
Makes
Important
Recommendations
Work
Security
Is
Also
Advocated
ATLANTIC
CITY,
N.J.,
Aug.
14:
The
executive
council
if
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
yesterday
urged
adoption
of
a
five-day
week
and
a
six-hour
day
to
meet
tiu.
nutinnnl
ornflnnnev
nf
the
cominir
winter,
the
third
consecutive
winter
of
widespread
unemployment
Finding
unemployment
increasing
to
tin
ow
ners
and
managers
of
Indus-
it
,
stand
impotent
and
helpless,
the!
i
iiini
issued
a
plan
of
action!
v
mi
"h
includes
nix
provision,
two
oil
M'irh
were,
adoption
of
the
flve-
d,i
week
by
private
and
govern-1
m
nt
industries,
adoption
of
the
si
hoar
day
if
necessary
and
work
W
'LI!
ity
wherever
possible
NAMES
ARE
REVEALED
Drunkenness
Chanted
Against
United
Stales
Ooaitguardsmen
at
Juneau
SKATTLE
Auc.
14:
-The
four
I
:
guardsmen
on
trial
before
a
m:
martial
here
for
neglect
of
i
',
it
Juneau
upon
a
revenue
cut-
in
Lieut
James
A
HtrschfleML
1
i
'
u
'
Reginald
H.
French,
Lieut
mi
c
Bowman
and
Machinist
.
v
R
Schoen.
Drunkenness
on
the
part
of
some
:
he
officer
and
failure
to
report
nki
iiness
on
the
part
of
other
iistltute
the
charge.
Vienna
Journalist
and
Author
Makes
Cruise
to
Alaska
Aiiioiu-,
many
prominent
peraons
'
ii
were
here
last
evening
aboard
steamer
Princess
Alice
going
mIi
for
a
special
cruise
to
North-
M,
British
Columbia
and
Alaska
wins
was
Dr.
R.
A.
Bermann.
i"
iiuiient
author,
newspaperman
"i
scenario
writer
of
Vienna.
Dr.
li'im.mn
la
special
correspondent
Vienna
for
the
Berliner
Tage-'miM
one
of
the
leading
German
"
.".papers.
Dr.
Bermann
vraa
the
v
mi
r
of
scenarios
tor
such
moving
m
ones
as
"The
Way
of
All
Flesh."
Tin
Patriot."
and
The
Last
Com-tii
Hid."
Halibut
Landings
American
f
'Kiide.
17,000.
Pacific,
5e
and
2c.
J'ahoma,
18,000,
Storage,
S.le
and
!ium.
6,600,
6c
and
2c.
holding.
Aslaug,
4,000.
Iaclfl,
5c
and
2c.
Canadian
Southend,
10,000,
Storage,
S.Cc
'"HI
2.5c.
Albert
K.,
OjOOQ,
AUln;
fi.4c
and
2.
5c.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVMt
Aug.
14:
Wheat
'.;is
quoted
at
93c
on
the
local
ex-
imuKl
today.
an
astonisning
aegree
wnne
Vancouver
Stocks
(Oourtc?
8.
O.
J
ohm
ton
Co.
Big
Missouri.
21H.
23-Cork
Province,
nil
1.
Duthle
Mines,
4,
nil.
George
Copper.
40,
nIL
Georgia
River.
2X.,
3.
Ooloonda,
20.
oil.
Grand
view.
3
V.
5.
IndDndnce,
nil
1.
Indian
Minec.:
ntfe
"
Kooteaay
King,
4.
1
Morton
V.'ocJsey.
nit
2
National
Silvr.
nil
2.
NoWe
Five,
4.
S.
Orepon
Copper,
nil
Sty.
Premier.
56,
60.
Porter-Idaho.
4,
S.
Beeves
MacdonaM.
20.
nil.
Rufue-Araentsv.
2.
nil
Silver
Crest
4.
.
Woodbine,
ft.
L
OILS
Hargal
2.
nU.
A.
P.
Con.
6.
9.
Mercury.
7ty.
8.
Calmont
3
4.
4fc.
Fabyan
Pete,
4.
1.
Home,
41.
46.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda.
10.76.
nil.
Inter.
Nickel.
13.00.
nil.
C.
P.
R..
nil.
22
36.
Miss
Madison
to
Compete
in
San
Francisco
Meet
BASTraANCISCO.
Auk.
14:
MUs
Helene
Madison,
the
world's
most
competent
woman
swimmer
and
holder
of
14
of
10
existing
recoras,
will
compete
In
the
xar
western
championships
at
Flelshacker
Pool
on
September
iz
ana
u.
Accrpmuuc
on
invitation
was
received
...
Wed-
Ut
-
"
..h.v
hv
the
Pacific
Associauon
from
Ray
Daughters,
coach
of
the
star,
at
the
Washington
auiitoc
Club.
8eattie
RECOVERY
IN
STOCKS
NEW
YORK.
August
14
The
finishing
with
covery
yesterday,
seneraJ
advances
vi
'
9
J1
-Via
ral
fin.
Flrmmg
oi
uie
m
the
signing
of
a
conservation
bin
rr.
..nMUd
U)
CUt
til
.ii
imm
the
areat
Bast
1KKIU
VI
V.
TRxai
pool
by
out
twenty
W
cent.1
started
an
advance
which
apred
through
mosv
w
.
affecting
the
meramim
-
I
mMwmM
nAtlfil"
and
miscellaneous
v.
Ralls
also
recovered
In
spots
on
ordering
of
the
regumr
uiiw-
-,
Union
Pacific.
BODY
FOUND
IN
SKEENA
Kemalns
of
George
Taylor,
Second
Victim
of
Drowning
Fatality,
Recovered
The
dark
waters
of
the
Skeena
River
yesterday
afternoon
gave
up
the
body
of
George
Taylor,
the
second
of
two
victims
of
a
fatality
In
1
February
last
when
an
overloaded
boat
with
three
men
on
board
swamped
not
far
below
"Haysport
The
body
of
the
othf
r.vlctlnt,
Harold
'
Corbett,
was
recovered
about
a
month
ago.
The
third
man
in
the
boat.
Oliver
Anderson,
escaped
by
i
swimming
to
shore.
j
Taylor's
body
was
found
in
what
Is
known
as
the
"boneyard."
This
Is
j
not
far
from
Haysport
and
close
to
j
the
point
at
which
the
swamping'
of
the
boat
occurred.
The
three
men
I
were
returning
from
a
hunting
and
prospecting
trip
up
the
Skeena
River
when
the
tragedy
occurred.
Discovery
of
the
body
was
made
by
a
Japanese
fisherman.
The
provincial
police
were
at
once
notified
and
officers
went
out
and
took
charge
of
the
body,
bringing
It
In
thai
morning
on
the
polke
boat
P.
IHf
T.
ThA
Km&lniam
nnv
In
thA
Ifetnds
of
Me
B.
C.
Undertaken.
'
Viuinnulw:
wasrfheld
today,
-the
ooroaer.
Norman
A.
Watt
sattafy-teg
himself
that
death
was
acci
dental
Faneral
arrangements
are
pend
ing
receipt
of
instructions
from
deceased's
mother
who
lives
in
Van-
Moum.
VANCOUVER
IS
THIRD
Has
Overtaken
Winnipeg
In
Population,
Preliminary
Census
Figures
Ueveal
OTTAWA.
Aug.
14:
Preliminary
census
figures
show
the
iouowing
populations:
Toronto,
6X7,000.
Winnipeg.
217,000.
New
Westminster,
17.000.
Vancouver.
246,000.
Victoria.
38,000.
Prince
George
Ladies
Lead
In
Latest
Fashions
A
recent
visitor
to
Prince
George
states
that
that
city
Is
giving
a
lead
to
Prince
Rupert
in
many
respects.
During
a
recent
hot
spell
pyjama
suits
were
worn
on
the
streets
quite
freely
and
swimming
costumes
are
considered
"quite
the
thing."
HANSON
DUE
MONDAY
Olof
Hanson
M.P.
for
Skeena,
will
arrive
In
the
city
on
Monday's
train
after
attending
the
recent
session
of
the
House
of
Commons
in
Ottawa.
He
lias
been
in
Smlthers
for
the
past
week.
pOVERNOR-GENERAL
HAS
ANOTHER
SON
MONTREAL.
Aug.
14:
Lady
Bessborough,
wife
of
the
Oov-ernor-Oeneral,
gave
birth
to
a
ton
this
morning.
Mother
and
child
are
both
well.
Earl
and
Lady
Bessborough
already
have
one
son
and
one
daughter.
Governor-General
and
His
Lady
To
wlS'jrn
sun
a
js
oorn
in
Montre
doing
SUBMARINE
PROGRESS
Nautilus
Did
61
Miles
Yesterday
and
Saw
Interesing
Things
ABOARD
SUBMARINE
NAU-
TlLllS,-Enif1L
to
pMibergen,
Aug.
14:
JJuckinr
a
westerly
bre
exe
that
drove
the
crew
below
for
shelter,
the
Nautilus
made
a
good
run
yesterday.
By
7
p.m.
it
had
covered
C3
mote
miles
of
the
voyage
.
t
Spitzbergen,
from
where
the
Nautilus
will
cruise
about
in
Arctic
waters.
Cleaving
its
way
through
glacier
water,
there
was
no
time
to
examine
the
marine
life
about
the
submarine.
renetr,atlng
to
a
considerable
depth,
revealed
myriad
jellyfish,
all
shapes
and
sizes.
The
men
have
not
yet
donned
the
thick
Arctic
clothing
they
will
wear
later
on.
As
yet
no
floating
Ire
has
been
sighted,
and
the
seas
all
seem
clear.
WEATHER
IS
POOR
So
Lindberghs
Are
Still
Waiting
at
Nome
TO
CIKCLli
GLOBE
Will
Continue
Westward
Flight
to
Starting
Point
NOME,
Alaska,
Aug.
14:
With
firing
conditions
over
the
Behrlng
r
'
MglglggP''
"
'
'
hi
mornm?
Mother
and
child
well.
;
i
MAY
QUIT
OLD
II
Parents
of
Duchess
of
York
May
Abandon
Glanis
Castle
LONDON,
Aug.
14:
The
Earl
and
Countess
of
Strathmoxe,
parents
of
4the
Dtiehesrof
Yk.wh
are
ede-
bra
ting
their
golden
wedding
annl-1
versary.
may
have
to
abandon
their
ancestral
home
at
Glanis
Castle,
Scotland,
on
account
of
Increased
taxation.
CLEMENCY
IS
DENIED
r
c..r.,r
mc
n
lli.
Tlmfi
,
minutes
later
Captain
Hawks
wai
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
14:
Execu-
wa
ta
e
a,r
Ior
tlve
clemency
has
been
denied
forNw
York
to
a
better
former
Secretary
of
the
Interior
hta
own
Chicago-New
York
record.
Albert
B.
Fall,
who
is
now
serving
a
The
noted
flyer
made
the
850
sentence
of
a
year
and
a
day
ln";
hop
from
Hot
Springs
in
4
Sea
reported
unfavorable,
lt
was!
dSbSul
if
col.
and
Mrs.
Chas.
A.l0ln,n'-
of
?m",
""gM
Ke"
Lindbergh
would
hop
off
today
from
Safety
Lagoon,
19
miles
from
here,
on
the
next
leg
of
their
aerial
Jour
ney
to
the
Orient
The
next
hop
of
the
"Flying
un-
dye"
Is
considered
the
most
Hazardous
they
have
taken
since
their
flight
over
Northern
Canada
began.
Col.
Lindbergh
announced
last
njght
his
intention
of
making
the
mJllt
air
.our
continue
around
:L
ti
me
wunu.
Left
Nome
Today
NOME.
Aug.
Ui
Col.
and
Mrs.
Chas.
A.
Lindbergh
hopped
off
from
Safety
Bay
at
9
o'clock
this
morning
for
Karagtn
Island,
1000
miles
distant.
WEATHER
REPORT
Triple
Island-Overcast,
westerly
breee:
sea
smooth.
Santa
Fe,
New
Mexico,
for
accept-
j
ng
a
bribe.
Attorney
General
Mlt-!
:hell
announced
today.
Mitchell
j
innounced
that
neither
the
Judge,
ior
the
two
prosecutors
had
recom-!
nended
clemency,
and.;
under
the1
ule.
lt
was
not
required
to
submit
,
'
the
matter
to
President
Hoover.
He
said
that
this
amounted
to
a
denial
j
i
it
the
application
for
executive
clemency.
I
j
I
CLOSE
BRIDGES
I
INTO
MEXICO
sponsible
For
Order
WASHINGTON.
Aug.
14:-
The
;
treasury
department
ordered
brid
,
gee
across
the
Rio
Orande
from
Texas
into
Mexico,
closed
from
0
pjn.
until
8
ajn.
effective
next
Saturday.
The
department
said
today
the
order
was
Issued
because
of
IP"
.'"r..
,
Pmblln8
hmKt
m
Mexlcan
lowns.
NEGOTIATE
FOR
PEACE
I
Rival
Governments
In
China
Mayi
Cease
Warfare
HONO
KONG.
Aug.
14:
The
rival
governments
of
Canton
and
Nan-
Langera
Island
Cloudy,
light-king
were
unoirioaiiy
reporiro
vo-soutliwest
wind;
sefi
smooth.
May
to
have
reopened
negotiations
Dead
Tm-
Point
Cloudy,
calm;
for
peace.
The
Cantonese
forces
barometer
an
18.
temperature.
60;
had
decided
to
Insist
on
the
realise
smooth.
nation
of
Chiang
Kai
Shek.
j
CHAIRMAN
ISJAMED
Mr.
Justice
Fullerton
of
Manitoba
New
Head
of
Board
of
Hallway
Commissioners
4
,
OTTAWA,
Aug.
14:
Mr.
Justice
Fullerton
of
the
Appeal
Division
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Manitoba
has
been
appointed
chairman
of
the
board
of
railway
commissioners.
MURDERER
IS
HANGED
Michael
Sow
ry
Goes
to
Gallows
For
Killing
of
Peace
River
Couple
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
14:-Mlchael
Sowry
was
hanged
at
Okalla
Jail
this
morning
for
the
murder
in
the
Peace
River
dtetrict
last
August
of
,Mr.
and
Mrs.
Joseph
Babchuk
who
cabin.
Sowry
went
to
the
gallows
without
admitting
that
he
had
committed
the
killing.
TRYING
E0R
-NEW
RECORD
Capt.
Frank
Hawks
Tries
to
Better
His
Own
Time
for
Chicago-New
York
Flight
CHICAGO,
August
14
Captain
Frank
Haw
ks,
now
Chief
Cetan
Klnyan
to
the
Sioux
Indians,
land-
jed
his
speed
monoplane
at
muni-
jelpal
airport
at
1:40
pm.
yester
-
!
uay.
cunijwuK
P
xvam.
Jul
Springs,
South
Dakota.
Twtntv
hours
and
26
minutes.
BEARS
VISIT
THEIR
CAMP
Col.
J.
M.
Ralston
and
Party
Have
Novel
Experience
on
Quern
Charlotte
Islands
SKIDEGATE,
Aug.
IS
-Col.
J.
M.
Hols
ton
and
party,
who
are
cruising
lumber
on
Graham
Island
for
the
Powell
River
Co.,
had
quite
an
experience
with
bears
Just
recently.
Members
of
the
party
were
work
ing
between
Yakoun
Lake
and
the
west
coast
of
Graham
Island,
hav-1
Ing
left
a
large
cache
of
provisions
ne
18
Ke
mTI
ul
cache
they
foun
dthat
the
bears
naa
completely
aesiroyea
eve.ry-
mytn.
Maurice
on
Monday
by
a
thing,
even
chewing
up
the
canned
ol
81
ever
the
Llb.
g00d8-
.
,
.
'eral
candidate,
Hen.
Wilfrid
Oar-As
a
result
of
the
j
bears
visit
4W
the
,py
'
party
had
to
subsist
for
seven
days
i
on
such
diet
as
could
be
afforded
by
flour
and
water.
RIVAL
TO
CARNERAI:
Illinois
Boxer
Is
Just
as
Big
as
the
Italian
Giant
CHICAOO.
Aug.
14:
A
fighter
as
large
as
Primo
Camera,
according
j
to
his
admirers,
today
was
entered
in
the
central
boxing
champlon-
hlps
to
be
staged
sometime
In
August.
He
In
Joe
Junta,
of
Glen
Eilyn,
111
who
welghit
245
pounds
and
Is
six
feet,
tlve
Inches
tall.
(REASON
FOR
DIFFERENCES
Explained
Why
Ail
India
Congress
Will
Not
Send
Delegates
to
Round
Table
Conference
BOMBAY,
India,
August
14
Tie
decision
of
the
All
India
National-
Ists
not
to
go
to
London
for
thj
much-heralded
second
round
table
conference
was
reached
because
the
executive
of
all
India
Congress
regards
as
unsatisfactory
the
reply
by
the
viceroy,
the
Earl
of
W'J-llngdon,
to
representations
by
t
Indians
regarding
alleged
Brltln
infringements
of
the
pact
signed
by
Gandhi
and
the
former
viceroy
Tord
Irwin.
Gandhi
indicated
he
will
stand
as
firmly
on
principle
in
this
matter
as
in
others
of
the
oast.
The
situation
still
might
be
sav-
ed
lt
ra
believed.
If
the
viceroy
we
t,
amend
Ws
b
ivln
,urances
botn
1Kt
&nd
lrft
Qj
toe
Gandhl.Irwln
agree.
itnent
would
be
carried
out
during
his
absence.
SPONSORING
CANDIDATE
Rotary
Club
Decides
to
Lend
It
Support
to
Beautequest
Competition
The
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
decided
at
its
luncheon
yesterday
to
'sponsor
a
candidate
in
the
Intema-
t
ion
a
1
Beautequest
competition
which
will
be
conducted
at
the
iu.u.wu.B
nm
ujrcii.
wiu-
bltlon.
the
winner
to
get
a
free
trip.
to
Los
Angeles
where
she
will
participate
in
a
world's
beauty
contest.
A
committee
consisting
of
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergin,
O.
A.
Bryant
and
Capt
W.
P.
Armour
was
appointed
to
choose
the
candidate
and
arrange
for
her
backing.
Guests
at
the
luncheon
included
Judge
H.
A.
Rebertson
of
Prince
George,
Mr.
Oummlngs
of
the
Skeena
River
and
Robert
Sharffe
of
Skidegstte.
President
O.
H.
Munro
was
in
the
chair.
TORY
IS
ELECTED
Official
Count
Shows
Charles
Bourgeois
K.C.
Victor
In
Three
Rivers
By-Election
THREE
RIVERS,
Que..
Aug.
14:
n1fit.M
ftauMM
.hoa
that
chAri
Bourgeois,
Conservative,
was
eiec-
to
fedenl
of
Three
DROP
EGOS
IN
'CHUTE
WITHOUT
BREAKING
ONE.
4-
MOSCOW.
Auc.
14:
-A
huge
hen
and
a
basket
of
eggs
4-
uccessfully
demonstrated
the
practicability
of
a
new
parachute
designed
to
drop
ar-
Ucles
from
airplanes
without
damage.
Tests
were
recently
made
at
the
Moscow
airdrome
4-
by
Soviet
aviation
experts.
The
hen.
strapped
to
a
basket
filled
with
eggs,
dropped
4,000
feet
I
Landing,
she
clucked
vigorous-
ly.
Not
an
egg
was
broken.
!