Today's
Weather
prince
H
3
&
Cloudy,
light
westerly
w
2
H
ometer,
30:16;
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C'
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TRAGEDY
YESTERDAY
AS
Twelve
Unemployed
Are
Killed
When
River
Boat
Crashed
Gate
in
Canal
Damage
Estimated
at
$300,000
Done
on
Sunday
Morning
By
SS.
Rapids
Prince
Ship
Itself
Is
Practically
Undamaged
MONTREAL,
Aug.
3:
The
river
steamer
Rapids
Prince
yesterday
crashed
into
the
western
gate
of
lock
No.
2
of
Lachine
Canal,
breaking
the
gates
and
releasing
a
flood
of
water
which,
pouring
through,
swept
away
a
number
of
unemployed
men
who
were
breakfasting,
washing
01
having
themselves.
A
lew
ujvi
w
re
saved
while
many
were
pilled
from
the
water,
but
It
Is
be-in
v.d
12
were
drowned.
Tin'
ship
was
practically
undam-a'
ti
but
the
canal
niffered
damage
tu
tli.
extent
of
$300,000.
NEW
BOAT
IN
TODAY
American
Safa
Here
WUIT
Initial
Catch
Follow
Inc
Mahlen
Voyage
to
Halibut
Ranks
rapt
Henry
Henrlcksen
was
In
r'
!'
this
morning,
bringing
the
r
,kI.
n
ratch
of
halibut
on
hU
new
b"i'
H
id,
which
he
and
Mrs.
Hen-:i
k
u
built
In
Oakland,
California,
'''
-im
the
past
two
years
which
the
'V,m
r
had
to
spend
In
the
south
'
Mh-
advice
of
his
doctor.
Th
Saga
fished
around
Cape
?M
i;'
t
r
unci
had
a
fare
of
5.000
i"
nuis
which
sold
on
the
local
ex-
ii
iimc
this
morning.
The
new
ves-
!
tm!
her
40
h.p.
Fabco-Tuxham
rt
,1111
performed
very
satisfactorily,
i
pt
Ilrnrlctoen
reported.
EMPLOYED
TROUBLE
IN
VANCOUVER
Eleven
Men
Arrested
And
Twenty
Are
Hurt
In
Week-End
Outbreak
Mostly
Policemen
Are
on
Casualty
List
Parade
Rroken
Up
Saturday
and
Meeting
Sunday
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
3:
Unemployed
disturbances,
uiurdav
afternoon
and
Sunday
evening
resulted
m
the
arrest
of
eleven
persons
while
more
than
twenty
men,
the
'".
i
of
them
policemen,
were
treated
for
injuries.
Light
nu-n
w
ere
arrested
Saturday
when
the
police
broke
up
a
i'U'ado
while
three
more
were
taken
into
custody
last
fnluht
in
the
course
of
disturbances
,
which
followed
after
a
meeting
on
rHlMTIlMITIWr
Cambic
Street
grounds
had
been
WORLD
HOP
T'
KYO,
August
3
Considerably
'"ihi
the
time
of
Wiley
Post
and
11:11.1,1
oatty,
which
they
set
out
'"
'"'
'i.
Clyde
Pangbom
and
Hugn
H'
"I.
i.
n,
round-the-world
tilers,
'"
v"i
at
Khabarovsk,
Siberia,
tit
:i
:'Q
'ins
afternoon.
WEATHER
REPORT
T"iir
Island-Clear,
light
west
p
v
wind;
slight
tea.
'"nura
Island
Cloudy,
light
ii
vest
wind:
ca
choppy.
"
''
Tree
Ioint
-Cloudy,
light
'
"""'list
wind;
b.irometir,
30:14
"m!)''nitUre,
63;
light
chop.
men
grabbed
posts
ana
bars
SENATOR'S
BROTHER
G.
II.
Taylor,
Aged
75,
dies
in
New
Westminster
Afetre
Being.
Struck
by
Motorcycle
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
August
3
0,
11.
Taylor,
aged
75.
brother
ol
Senator
J.
D.
Taylor,
died
in
ho
pttal
Saturday
night
after
being
struck
by
a
motorcycle.
LINDBERGHS
FLYN0RTH
Hopped
Off
From
Fort
Churchill
Today
for
Baker
Lake
CHURCHILL.
Manitoba,
August
3
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
who
are
flying
from
New
York
to
Tokyo,
took
off
at
12:45
pjn.
today
for
Daker
Lake.
They
had
arrived
here
Saturday
from
Ottawa.
i
broken
up.
Prince
George
Woman
Passes
Lite
Mrs.
Helga
Marie
Strom
Laid
To
Rest
on
Wcunesuay
aim-noon
of
Last
Week
TinTMrw
nEORQE.
August
3
The
funeral
of
the
late
Mrs.
Helga
urif
of
L.
E.
Strom
mane
ui
t
of
this
city,
whose
death
occurred!
on
Sunday
In
the
city
nosp-.
took
place
from
Connaught
W'i
Lutheran
Church
on
Wednesday
The
services
both
In
the
chuirn
onrt
ok
thr
nraveslde
wt're
condu
-
...
-
-
a
...
if.
.
ThiM'r
ted
by
Rev.
tsnrn
ivy
was
a
large
attendance.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
jlONDAY,
AUGUST
3,
1931
A
Class
STEAMER
HITS
ROCK
IN
LACHINE
At
New
Aquaplaning
School
Adventurous
young
ladles
can
now
acquire
skill
in
difficult
art
of
aquaplaning,
as
a
school
was
recently
opened
at
Avalon.
Catallna
Island.
Five
aquaplanes
attached
to
a
speedboat
are
pulled
through
water
and
Instructor
gives
fait
riders
instructions.
Here
they
are
in
school.
FAIL
IN
FLIGHT
Itobbins
and
Jones
Forced
to
Land
In
Fairbanks
Instead
of
Tokyo
FAIRBANKS.
Alaska,
Aug.
3:
Reginald
Robbins
and
II.
S.
Jones,
who
took
off
from
Seattle
yesterday
morning
with
the
Intention
of
making
a
non-stop
refuelling
flight
to
Tokyo,
were
forced
to
land
here
at
7:30
this
morning
when
they
became
separated
from
their
refuelling
plane
in
the
lower
Yukon
River
valley.
They
had
refuelled
here
last
evening.
No
word
of
the
refuelling
plane
has
been
received.
PRAISES
BULKLEY
ON.lt.
Director
ricascd
With
Appearance
of
Central
Interior
Valley
VANCOUVER.
August
3
"I
know
of
no
part
of
British
Columbia
which
offers
more
favorable
inducements
for
settlers
than
the
Bulkley
Valley,"
said
J.
Fyfe
Smith,
Vancouver.
Canadian
National
Hallways
director,
who
has
returned
from
a
trip
to
Jasper,
thence
to
Print
Rupert,
Mr.
Smith
stopped
at
vartoui
points
between
Prince
George
and
Prlnee
Rupert
and
is
enthusiastic
over
the
opportunities
for
settlement
along
this
section.
The
soil
is
fertile,
the
climate
favorable
to
growth,
and
there
arc
great
areas
of
arable
land
that
will
some
day
support
many
thousands,
he
declares.
Mr.
Smith
thinks
the
territory
Is
ideal
for
mixed
farming,
Including
bes-ralslng.
dairying
and
berry-growing.
Quite
a
number
of
settlers
are
going
In
there
under
C.N.
R.
auspices,
he
states.
Recently
seventeen
families
settled
netfr
Vandcrhoof.
They
are
all
experienced
agriculturalists
and
have
the
necessary
capital
to
establish
themselves.
Paul
Lelghton
and
Charles
Barton.
Indians,
were
each
fined
$15,
with
option
of
14
days'
imprisonment,
by
Magistrate
McClymont
In
ritv
police
court
this
morning
for
drunkenness.
MACHINERY
FOR
.
ESPERANZA
MINE
Harry
Bowyer
of
Seattle,
who
has
become
heavily
interested
in
the
well
known
Esperanza
mine
at
Alice
Arm.
and
Mrs.
Bowyer
were
passengers
going
north
aboard
the
steamer
Ca-
tala
last
evening.
Mr.
Bowyer
was
taking
north
with
him
a
good
deal
of
heavy
machinery
and
equipment
which
will
be
used
in
the
development
of
the
mine.
USK
HOTEL
HAD
BLAZE
Outbuildings
Destroyed
but
Hostelry
Is
Saved
as
Result
of
Work
of
Bucket
Brigade
Fire
of
origin
which
has
not
been
ascertained
on
Saturday
destroyed
;
the
power
plant,
woodshed
and
tool
I
house
of
the
hotel
at
Usk,
which
is
owned
by
T.
W.
Shackleton.
Due
to
the
tine
work
of
a
bucket
brigade,
which
Included
many
women,
the
hotel
itself
was
saved
from
destruction.
Mr.
Shackleton.
the
owner
of
the
hotel,
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
interior
on
yesterday
afternoon's
train.
DIED
SUNDAY
The
death
of
Captain
J.
B.
Gra-
jham,
father
of
Mr.
L.
II.
Ha
worth
of
tills
city,
occurred
Sunday,
August
2,
at
CUrshoIm.
Alta.
KOIIBINS-JONES
AllirMNK
PASSED
QtT.SNKL
SUNDAY
Af
o-KK
vrvfprrlav
ninmlnrr
an
airplane,
believed
to
have
been
that
of
Reginald
Robbins
and
Harold
Jones,
who
are
1
making
another
attempt
at
a
non-stop
refuelling
flight
from
Seattle
to
Tokyo,
passed
.
over
Queenel,
the
Government
Tele-
graphs
reported.
After
passing
Quesnel,
the
plane
headed
off
to
the
northwfst
Radio
advices
last
night
announced
that
the
Hobblns-Joncs
plane
had
hop-
ped
off
in
the
morning
from
Seattle.
.
PLANE
IS
-TOWED
IN
rilot
Murphy
Had
Wrong
Kind
of
Gas
So
Asked
For
Assistance
Yesterday
Afternoon
Having
had
trouble
with
a
wrong
mixture
of
gas,
the
Oypsy
Moth
seaplane
of
the
Northern
B.
C.
Airways
was
brought
down
by
her
pi
lot,
D.
Murphy,
alongside
the
steamer
Catala
near
Watson
Rock
yesterday
afternoon
and
the
steam
er
was
asked
to
wlrelss
in
for
a
tow
for
the
plane.
There
was
no
breakdown
or
disablement
but
the
pilot
merely
felt
that
It
was
better
to
obtain
help.
Accordingly,
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co.'s
power
boat
"23"
was
sent
out
and
met
the
plane
about
ten
miles
from
here
and
towed
it
the
rest
of
the
way
in.
Halibut
Landings
American
Saga,
5,000,
Storage,
8.2c
and
4c.
Sherman,
11,500,
Booth,
8.7c
and
1
3c.
Star,
9,000,
Booth,
8.1c
and
3c.
Rap
III,
7,500,
Storage,
8.1c
and
4c.
!
Reliance,
7,000,
Storage,
8.6c
and
'3c.
Baltic
13,000,
Pacific,
8.3c
and
3c.
Zarembo,
13,000,
Royal,
8.3c
and
3c
Thelma
II,
5,000,
Royal,
8.2c
and
4c
Reliance
I,
12,000,
Atlin,
8.2c
and
3c.
Reform,
7,500,
Storage,
8.5c
and
3c.
Lcnore,
9,500,
Atlin,
8.6c
and
3c
I
Wabash,
6,500,
Storage,
8.7c
and
;4c.
I
Norma
Jane,
4.000,
Pacific
85c
and
4c
Canadian
Lysckil,
35.000,
Storage.
5.3c
and
2.5c.
Relief.
14,000,
Atlin.
6c
and
3c.
I
Cape
Spencer,
8,500.
Atlin,
6c
and
3c.
Joe
Baker,
10,000,
Storage
8c
and
3c.
Hclge
IU
9,500,
Booth,
6.2c
and
3c.
Melville,
32,000,
6c
and
3c
holding
over.
Pair
of
Jacks,
6,000,
Royal.
65c
and
3c
Mrs.
A.
D.
Gillies
sails
this
afternoon
on
the
Prince
George
for
a
holiday
trip
to
Vancouver
and
elsewhere
In
the
south.
Prince
Rupert
Looking
Forward
To
Visit
From
Jack
Tar;
H.
M.
S.
Dragon
Will
Be
Here
Five
Days
Jack
Tar
will
be
in
Prince
Rupert
for
his
annual
visit
with
the
arrival
on
Wednesday
of
this
week
of
H.
M.
S.
Dragon,
trim
light
cruiser
of
the
American-West
Indies
Squadron,
for
a
visit
of
five
days
in
the
course
of
a
Pacific
Coast
cruise.
It
will
be
the
first
visit
here
of
H.
M.
S.
Dragon,
although
other
ships
of
her
class
and
squadron
have
been
here
in
the
past.
Capt.
E.
J.fc
Spooner.
DJS.O.,
is
officer
in
com-
mand
of
the
Dragon
and
her
commander
is
C.
A.
Kershaw,
famous
British
international
rugger
player.
H.
M.
S.
Dragon
was
built
In
1917.
She
has
a
speed
of
31
knots",
is
472
feet
in
length.
46
feet
in
beam,
and
carries
a
complement
of
450
all
ranks.
She
Is
armed
with
six
5-inch
guns,
three
4-inch
guns,
four
3-pounders,
two
2-pound
pompoms
and
12
torpedo
tubes.
List
of
Officers
Following
is
a
list
of
the
officers
of
H.
M.
S.
Dragon:
Captain,
E.
J.
Spooner,
DJS.O.
Commander,
C.
A.
Kershaw.
Lieutenant
Commander,
M.
R.
T
Knight.
Lieutenant
Commander
(N),
R.
P.
Mack.
.,
Lieutenant;
u.
c.
Brown,
Lleutejjant,
Q-Jt
P,ML-
i.
Lieutenant.
H.
F.
roveic
-Lieutenant,
R.
A.
B.
PhUlimore,
Engineer
Commander,
W.
J.
Cole.
Lieutenant
E,
O.
C.
Hoffman.
Captain
(of
Royal
Marines),
H.
McC.
Slater.
Instructor
Lieutenant
Comman
der,
W.
J.
Baxter,
BA
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
Fannie
Pierce
Of
Port
Simpson
Died
Saturday
The
death
occurred
Saturday
evening
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital,
where
she
had
been
a
pat
ient
since
June
10,
of
Fannie
Pierce,
j
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Henry
Pierce
of
Port
Simpson.
Deceased
was
a
native
of
Port
Simpson
and
was
33
years
of
age.
After
a
service
yesterday
afternoon
In
the
chapel
of
Hayner
Bros.,
undertakers,
the
body
was
forwarded
to
Port
Simpson
for
Interment.
Broke
Into
Section
House;
Gets
Jail
Sentence
For
Thefti
Clarence
E.
Shaw
has
been
sentenced
to
four
months'
imprisonment
at
Okalla
for
theft
from
the
section
house
at
Carnaby
near
Ha-zelton.
The
section
house
was
broken
into
on
July
22
and
a
watch
chain,
$10
gold
piece,
halt
crown
and
clothing
taken
therefrom.
Shaw
was
later
apprehended
and
his
trial
took
place
at
Hazelton.
LAND
AT
IRKUTSK
Amy
Johnson
at
Siberian
City
Saturday
Evening
en
Route
to
Japan
MOSCOW,
Aug.
3:Amy
Johnson,
British
avlatrlx,
and
her
mechanic,
Instructor
J.
Humphries,
who
are
on
a
flight
from
London
to
Tokyo,
arrived
Saturday
at
Irkutsk.
MOSCOW.
Aug.
3:
Amy
Johnson
landed
at
Chita
ut
7
o'clock
last
evening
und
resumed
ther
flight
at
11
30
p.m.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
August
4,
1931
High
4:26
a.m.
17:3
ft.
16:58
p.m.
18:2
ft,
Low
10:43
a.m.
6:0
It.
23:25
p.m.
7:1
ft.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
T
1
T
T
ITf
rouceneaanas
Finished
Lengthy
Tour
of
Province
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
3:
W.
R.
Dunwoody.
assistant
commissioner
)f
provincial
police,
has
returned
.to
Vancouver
after
an
absence
of
a
nonth
during
which
time
he
made
A
4,000-mile
tour
through
the
in
terior
of
the
province.
It
was
a
routine
inspection
trip
which
took
the
officer
from
Nelson
to
Kamloops
and
then
to
Prince
Rupert
and
Prince
George
and
to
the
Peace
River
Block
via
Edmonton.
Engineers
Pass
InExaminations
Sixteen
Candidates
Granted
Standing
as
Result
of
Tests
VICTORIA,
Aug.
3:
Sixteen
can
didates
were
successful
in
semiannual
examinations
held
recently
by
the
Professional
Engineers'
Asso
ciation
of
British
Columbia.
Regis
tration
as
engineering
pupils
was
awarded
S.
W.
Barclay,
V.
S.
Bright,
C.
O.
Hutton,
A.
O.
Shether
and
D.
Westaway,
who
passed
preliminary
examinations
Registered
as
engln-eers-ln-tralning
are
C.
L.
Hammer-sley
and
C.
E.
Truscott,
civil
engineering;
C.
P.
Graham
and
L.
A.
Hunt,
electrical
engineering,
and
H.
O.
Abbott
and
W
K.
E.
Sulley,
me-
chanlcal
engineering.
Registration
as
professional
engineers
was
granted
to
R.
L.
Horie,
L.
S.
Scotncy
George
and
J.
F.
Feeney
In
civil
engineering
and
L.
Robson
and
VV.
L.
Stevens
in
electrical
engineering.
Examinations
were
conducted
in
Victoria.
Kamloops,
Nelson,
Vancouver,
Anyox
and
Powell
River.
Assistant
Attorney
General
of
United
States
Here
Todav
George
Rugg.
assistant
attorney
general
of
the
United
States,
Washington,
D.C..
and
Mrs.
Rugg
were
passengers
aboard
the
steamer
Dor
othy
Alexander
this
morning
re
turning
south
after
a
tour
of
Alas
ka.
They
boarded
tho
Dorothy
Alex
ander
at
Juneau,
having
arrived
there
from
the
Pribllof
f
Islands
and
elsewhere
to
the
westward.
Big
Vancouver
Island
Logging
Camp
Reopens
Indicating
the
revival
that
is
expected
to
start
at
once
for
the
timber
Industry
of
this
coast,
the
steamer
Catala,
on
her
present
voyage
north,
made
at
special
call
at
Bloedel,
near
Seymour
Narrows,
to
let
off
a
crew
of
40
men
who
will
be
employed
in
the
big
logging
camp
there
which
is
being
reopened
after
having
been
closed
down
for
a
con
siderable
time.