BRITAIN
SUSPENDS
MOYLE
AND
ALLEN
ARK
AT
1'OME
NOW
NOME,
Sept,
21.
Don
Moylo
and
Cecil
A.
Allen,
trans-
Pacific
flyers
in
the
plane
City
of
Tacdma.
landed,
here
last
night
at
6
o'clocVrom
Siberia.
They
will
conUnue
the
flight
f
rom
here
to
Seattle.
GOLD
AVIATORS
ARE
SAFE
Trio
of
Germans
and
Portuguese
Picked
Up
After
Brine
Missing
.for
Over
Week
HALIFAX,
Sept
21-After
hope
had
been
nigh
given
up
for
their
ever
being
found
alivei
Vllly
Rody,
Christian
Johannsen
and
Fernando
Costa
Viega.
who
left
Lisbon
on
Sunday
of
last
week
for
a
flight
to
New
York,
last
being
seen
on
Monday
afternoon
over
the
ocean
395
miles
east
of
Halifax,
are
safe.
-The
three
flyers,
were
picked
up
by
the
Norwegian
steamer
BeU
moira
today.
Presbyterian
Tea
and
Sale
Success
Enjoyable
Affair
Held
Saturday.
Afternoon
at
Home
oi
Mrs.
J,
R.
Mitchell
The
Ladles'
Aid
of
First
Presby
terian
Church
held
an
enjoyable
and
successfutea
and
sale
of
home
cooking
Saturday
af
tern&orv.
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
John
R.
Mitchell,
Ninth
Avenue
East.
The
rooms
were
attracUvely
decorated
while
the
tea
tables
were
centred
with
vases
of
asters
and
pink
candlesticks.
Many
ladles
called
during
the
afternoon.
The
guests
were
received
by
Mrs.
Mitchell
and
Mrs.
W.
D.
Grant
Hol-Ungworth.
wife
of
the
pastor.
The
tea
room
was
In
charge
of
Mrs.
Mor
rison
and
Mrs.
T.
Carlyle.
Mrs.
M.
McRobble
and
Mrs.
J.
M.
Walker
poured,
and
Mrs.
A.
R.
Phillips.
Mrs.
W.
D.
Chrlstlson,
Miss
WUla
Dyer
and
Miss
Jean
Grieve
acted
as
servl-teurs.
Mrs.
David
Ritchie
was
cashier.
In
charge
of
the
home
cooking
table
were
Mrs.
Bert
Cameron-and
Mrs.
J.
Haddon.
During
the
afternoon
there
was
a
very
acceptable
musical
program
which
Included
dances
by
Miss
Joyce
Gawthorne,
vocal
solos
by
Miss
Betty
Cameron
and
piano
solos
by
Miss
Beatrice
Berner.
Halibut
Landings
r.
Summary
American
69,500
pounds,
8.5c
and
4c
to
0.1c
and
4c;
Canadlan-7-7,000,
7Jc
and
4c
and
7.5c
and
3c.
American
Superior,
28.000,
Atlln,
0c
arid
4o.
Mlddleton.
14,000.
Cold
Storage.
8c
and
3c.
Thelma
M
6,500.
arid
Garland.
7.000,
Booth,
8J)c
and
4c
'
'
GJoa.
8,000
Royal,
8.5c
and
4c.
Rainier,
4000,
Booth,'
8.1(and
4c.
WhUeway,
2,000,
'Cold
Storage.
1.5c
and
'4c.
Canadian
Livingstone,
5.000.
Cold
8toragr.
7.5c
and
3c.
Cape
Swain,
2,000,
AUln
lie
and
4c.
STANDARD
Today's
Wea
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
September
22,
1931
High
11:10
a.rrr,,
171
ft
Prince
Ilupcrt
Clear,
M
t
-'
..
-22:54
pm.'
10.2
ft.
ometer.
30:70;
temperatur
w
i
"'.
y
tow
.V
i.':
4:38
am.
6:1
It:
smooth
5
."
V'
17:00
p.m.
.
9:3
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXII.:
Nq.
220.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
21,
li)3i
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
SWIFT
STEPS
TAKEN
TO
PROTECT
FINANCE
STRUCTURE
Important
Financial
Edict
Is
Announced
In
London
Following
Gathering
of
Coalition
Cdbinet
Step
Taken
in
Order
to
Prevent
Depletion
of
Reserve-London
Stock
Exchange
Remains
Closed
Today
Bank
of
England
Discount
Rate
Raised
to
Six
Per
Cent
Financial
Problem,
Is
Most
Critical
Country
Has
Faced
17
Since
War
Parliament
to
Pass
Enabling
Legislation
LONDON,
Sept.
21.
Following
a
meeting
;of
the
coalition
cabinet
yesterday
it
was
announced
that
the
gold
standard
had
been
suspended
in
England.
Under
the
gold
standard,
the
"Bank
of
Engjand
was
required
tcsell
gold
at
a
fixed
impe
In
oierocmiurtteexiiprtation
of
Great
Britain's
diminishing
gold
reserve,
it
was
deemed
advisable
to
suspend
the
standard.
At
the
same
time,
all
nationals
are
being
warned
strictly
not
to
export
gold.
The
London
Stock
Exchange
remained
closed
today.
LONDON,
Sept.
21.
Suspending
the
gold
standard,;
raising
thd
Bank
of
England
rate
of
discount
to
six
per,
cent
and
closing
all
stock
exchanges
in
Great
Britain,
the
national
government
today
wrestled
with
the
most
critical
,
financial
situation
since
the
Great
War.
Brought
back
from
the
Premier's
country
home
atj
Chequers
by
the
Prince
of
Wales,
Prime
Minnister
J.
i
Ramsay
MacDonald
hastily
convened
a
cabinet
meeting!
last
night
and
it
was
decided
that
the
Gold
Redemption
Act
of
1925
should
be
suspended
with
a
view
to
halting!
alarming
witnurawais
oi
gum
huhuiic
wuj
j
wv.j,..
investors.
Parliament
is
expected'to
pass
enabling
legislation
today
after
which
the
whole
matter
will
go
to
the
King
in
Scotland
fpr
formal
approval.
While
stock
exchanges
were
ordered
closed
today
and
Tuesday
to
hold
the
market
stable
during
the
transition,
the
banks
lire
doing
business
as
usual
with
no
attempts
to
withdraw
funds.
Orders
have
been
given
inside
various
bnnks
not
to
issue
drafts
abroad.
The
foreign
exchange
market,
usually
busy
on
Monday,
was
not
making
quotations
for
the
present.
Stock
exchanges
at
Bombay,
Brussels,
Berlin,
Copenhagen
and
other
large
centres
aro
also
closed.
y
.
-
Falling
prices
in
exchange
helped
to
hasten
the
decision
to
suspend
gold,
standard
and
increase
the
discount
rate.
PARIS,
Sept
21.
Premier
Laval
announced
today
that
the
British
pound
would
not
be
quoted
on
the.
Bourse.
Premier
MacDonald
has
issued
a
statement
calling
7.
V,.-
w
nrn
t.Kin
$1,000,000,000
had
attention
10
uiu
v
.
.
been
withdrawn
from
the
London
market
since
the
middle
of
July
and
that
about
$50,000,000
had
been
withdrawn
m
of
He
emphasized
the
fact
Saturday's
half
day
trading.
O'uuiuttj
?
'
.
nation's
Lamnnr'arv
The
enor-
mou$
itaourccs
would
save
the
day
if
the
public
co-
()C5ilTfCCr..
Ytrnvrmirtnr,
fins
.arrived
at
this
decision
..
.
.l
U
Pwminr
s.'lld.
'
bUt
flUl
with
the
greatest
.rt'iutuintf,
.
mu
-
f?rifit
-fSnnnpml
mnrKcts
nave
Jng
the
last
ten
imyo
"'re'uu"'
......-
,
become
demoralized
and
teer,jr&
'
F
sterling
assets
regardless
of
their
intnnrfc
wlue.
It
is
understood
that
the
suspension
of
the
Gokl.btan-dard
Act
will
be
fgr
ix
months.
.
Argentine
Polo
Team
At
Practice
.
I,
-
nt--
.
lv
v
&r';.,
'..
..v
.
'
.
vJy
,
it
Two
members
of
the
Argentine
polo
team
at
New
York
do
a"
little
snappy
stuff
alongside
the
board
and
are
getting
away
with
It.
CARRUTHERS
GOES
SOUTH
Former
Local
Halibut
Trawler
to
Re
Commissioned
as
Tugboat
In
'
Vancouver
Having
tun
satisfactory
trials
Sat-1
urday
afternoon,
the
James
Car-j
rulhers.
for
years
.
used
by
the
!
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storge
Co.
!
as
a
trawler
and
reccnUy
converted
:
at
the
local
dry
dock
to
a
towboat
for
the.
White
Rock
Tug
Co.,
by
whom
she
was
purchased,
sailed
yesterday
morning
for
Vancouver
where
she
will
be
commissioned'
In
her
new
work.
Capt.
Causllck
was
In
command
of
he
Vessel.
CITY
IS
ENTERED
Klrin,
Manchuria,
Is
Occupied
To
day
by
Japanese
Troops,
Says
'
Dispatch
r.EIPINQ,
China,
Sept.
21.
An
official
Chinese
radio
dispatch
from
Klrin,
Manchuria,
said
that
the
city
had
been
occupied
by
Japanese
troops
today.
MAY
STOP
BIGW0RK
Ottawa
Hears
That
Operations
Will
Suspend
on
Canadian
National
Terminal
at
Montreal
OTTAWA,
Sept.
21.
While
no.of-flal
statement
has
been
made,
rumors
In
the
capital
are
to
the
effect
that
work
on
the
$50,000,000
Canadian
National
Railways
terminal
In
Montreal
may
be
stopped
shortly.
Todays
Wheat
,
VANCOUVER.
Sept..
21,-Wheat
was
quoted
at
52c
on
the
loca'
Exchange
today
:
"BRITAIN'S
ACTION
HOPEFUL"
POUND
STERLING
AND
CANADIAN
DOLLAR
ARE
AWAY
DOWN
IN
PRICE,
f
..'-
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
21.
The
pound
sterling
dipped'to
$3.75
(
today
before
rallying
to
around
DECLARES
PIERPONT
MORGAN;
STOCK
EXCHANGES
CLOSED
$4J5.
The
Canadian
dollar
London,
Berlin,
Brussels,
Stockhdlm,
Johannesburg
and
was
quoted
at
94V2c.
.
f'nlniHo
ATni-lnfc
rtniof
iKhnrc
I
imilnl
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
21.
Faced
with
Great
Britain's
temporary
suspension
of
the
gold
standard,
world
financial
circles
moved
swiftly
today
to
protect
the
international
financial
structure!
Stock
exchanges
in
London,
Berlin,
Brussels,
Stockholm,
Johannesburg
and.
Calcutta
were
closed.
Toronto
and
Montreal
exchange
opened
on
a
restricted
basis.
The
Paris
Bourse,
remained
open
but
the
official
exchange
market
was
closed.
New
York'
opened
but
the
governing
board
prohibited
short
selling
in
London,
J.
P.
Morgan,
famous
American
financier,
declared
that
Britain's
action
was
a
hopeful
and
not
a
discouraging
event.
BACK
FROM
CAME
HERE
PEACE
TRIP
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergtn
and
Sons
Had
Splendid
Outing
in
North
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergln
returned
to
town
yesterday
after
a
vacation
trip
down
the
Peace
River
from
Prince
George
and
through
the
Peace
River
Valley,
coming
out
at
Edmonton,
on
which
trip
he
was
;
accompanied
by
his
sons.
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergln
and
Dr,
F.
O.
Kergln.
Mrs.
Kergln
accompanied
them
to
Prince
George
going
on
through
to
Edmonton.
At
Edmonton
Dr.
and
Mrs.
"Kergln
said
good-bye
to
their
sons.
Dr,
F.
O.
Kergln
Is
proceeding
.to
England
to
take
three
years'
further
post
graduate
work
at
Oxford
and
London.
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergln
Is
proceeding
to
Toronto
to
take
further
couple
of
years
In
post
graduate
work
there.
After
spending
some
months
with
Professor
Klotz
In
the
study
of
surgical
pathology
he
has
accepted
a
position
as
house
surgeon
at
the
hospital
for
sick
children.
Toronto.
!
Telling
of
the
boat
trip
to
the
Peace,
Dr.
Kergln
said
this
morn-'lng
they
drove
to
Summit
Lake
where
they
had
previously
arran-
ora
for
the
purchase
of
a
boat
This
they
sold
on
arrival
at
Taylor's
Flat
.s
about
midway
between
Fort
St.
.John
and
Dawson
Creek,
where
they
left
the
river
and
drove
to
the
head
of
steel
among
the
wheat
fields.
The,
boat
was
one
of
the
type
generally
used
on
the
rivers
long
and
rather
narrow,
capable
of
carrying
a
large
load,
and
difficult
to
upset.
Ono
of
the
difficult
parts
of
the
;irip
was
me
seventeen
miles
down
the
Crooked
River
from
Summit
Lake.
This
river
Is
on
the
height
BYPLANE
Party
of
Six
Ketchikan
People
Made
Trip
On
Alaska-Washington
Aim
ays
Bringing
down
six
Ketchikan
people
for
a
Sunday
visit
to
the
city.
Pilot
Anscel
Eckman
landed
here
at
10
o'clock
yesterday
morning
wllh
the
Alaska-Washington
Airways
Lockheed-Vega
seanlane
"Wrangell."
Plane
and
party
left
this
morning
on
the
return
night
to
eKtchlkan.
FISH
TRAPS
ARE
ASKED
Canadian
Fisheries
Association
Asks
Government
to
Implement
Ellis
Commission
Recommendations
'OTTAWA.
Sept.
21.
Resolutions
tending
to
widen
the
scope
of
the
asloclatlon
and
asking
for
fish
traps
on
the
Pacific
Coast
were,
passed
at
last
week's
session
of
the
Canadian
Fisheries
Association
tills
sixteenth
annual
convention,
i
The
association
moved
that
the
Dominion
government
"consider
the'
wisdom
of
making
an
appropriation
of
$100,000
for
publicity
purposes
to
be
expended
In
Canada
with
a
view
to
development
of
the
domestic
market
for
fish."
The
association
suggested
that
It
members
cooperate
with
the
government
in
this
matter,
and
promised
Its
support
In
any
campaign
federal
authorities
might
institute.
Another
resolution
asked
that
the
government
"accept
and
ratify
find-
'
r
f
lanrt
HtvMlnir
t
H
Arrfl
lnr
i
,i,.tiiii.
ry
u
i
-i
...v.
i-i.
"""
"
Huso
u4
mc
aiiis
isuiiumaswii,
wihcu
from
the
Pacific.
1J
Is
very
slug.-
recommended
use
of
flsll
traps
in
glsh
and
filled
with
grass
and
the
waters
or
the
northern
boundary
reeds
and
only
a
few
feet
deep,
contiguous
to
American
territory
on
Some
times
the
water
was
sfc
shal-
the
Pacific
coast
and
that
tmraedl-
low
that
the
party
had
to
get
out
and
wade
and
push
the
boat
with
the
result
tlTat
It
took
all
day
to
make
the
seventeen
miles.
This
brought
them
to
MeLeod
Lake
which
Is
fairly
large
and
full
of
fish,
So
clear
was
the
water
that
(he
fish
could
be
seen
plainly
and
good
.
sport
was
obtained
catching
enough
for
their
use.
The
party
then
entered
the
Pack
River,
a
tributary
of
the
Parsnip,
which
ate
action
be
taken
so
recommendations
become
operative
for
the
1932
.
fishing
season."
The
association
went
on
record
as
appreciating
the
action
of
the
government
in
putting
Into
effect
pro-'
visions
of
the
International
halibut
treaty
from
November
1
instead
of
November
16,
as
originally
suggested,
and
urged
that
the
governments,
both
federal
and
provincial,
"offi
cially
recognize
and
'co-operate
In
they
navigated
to
the
point
where
i
the
prosecution
of
Canada's
Fish
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
VVeelc.
I
v.