Today's
Weather
omorrows
Tides
'
Sunday,
July
26,
1931
High
11:10
a.m.
16:8
ft,
VII
d
Cloudy,
light
west-arometer
23:11
p.m.
20:1
It.
crly
?
G
30:20,
tem-sea
Low
.
5:15
a.m.
4:1
It.
pcra
g
smooth.
17:06
pjn.
9:4
At
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
r.
Vol
X
q
j
173.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JULY
25,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
IT
FOOR
AND
AGED
PERISH
IN
BIG
FIRE
WHEAT
Twenty
-Six
Persons
Are
Burned
to
Death
Aged
and
Poor
Home
PITTSBURG,
Penn.,
July
25:
Twenty-six
persons,
25
of
them
believed
to
be
inmates
of
the
Little
Sisters
of
the
Poor
Home
for
the
Aged,
and
one
nun
were
burned
to
death
and
217
others
are
in
hospitals,
victims
of
a
fire
that
t
urned
the
haven
of
the
old
and
helpless
into
a
place
of
horror
and
suffering
last
night
and
early
today.
TOLMIE
IS
URGING
THE
PEACE
LINE
Strenuous
Efforts
Being
Made
to
Have
Outlet
Connected
with
r.
n.
e.
VICTORIA.
July
25:
The
Tolmlc
government
U
making
the
wires
hot
between
here
and
Ottawa
trying
to
M
I
induce
the
Dennett
government
ioj
Mart
work
this
year
on
thcwesterni
outlet
to
the
Peace.
They
hate
of
f-red
specifically
to
complete
the
P
O.
E.
at
once
to
Prince
George
If
hr
federal
government
or
the
two
V.ii',
lallways
will
connect
up
with
It
ii.
t
the
Peace.
The
Inference
here
Is
that
the
i.
u;
ways
do
not
wish
to
be
connec-vt
up
with
the
P.
O.
E.
and
that
iii-y
do
not
want
to
enter
Into
any
"
M
it
ruction
work
this
year.
Dy
l
ivmg
the
matter
to
engineers
to
o
.-Hi.-
the
route,
the
Bennett
gov-
mmmt
would
avoid
any
chance
of
tx'iim
influenced
by
politics
In
the
tu.ittcr
of
the
route
to
be
taken.
GERMANY
IS
SUBJECT
OF
DISCUSSION
Nations
Wondering
If
She
Can
Ite-Establlsh
Confidence
Among
Her
Own
Feople
LONDON.
July
25:
Oermmny
and
li
r
position
Is
still
the
subject
of
dis(
ussion
here,
opinion
being
very
much
divided
as
to
the
outcome.
With
Communism
making
a
bid
for
r
Rnltlon
on
one
side
and
fascism
en
the
other,
the
present
administration
is
trying
to
steer
a
middle
"'irse
but
how
long
It
will
succeed
is
matter
for
speculation.
As
ions
as
the
country
is
fearful
"f
communism
there
will
be
a
lack
"f
confidence
In
the
Institutions
of
the
country
and
capital
will
flow
to
other
countries.
It
Is
felt
there
that
it
the
German
government
con
rc-
i.ioiisn
commence
ai
nemo,
wu
...
i
.
hli'toThXS
lh0
world
wUl
baclRev.
T.
H.
Wright
,
.
....
...
.
iU
I
Halibut
Landings
American
Tuhoma,
22.000,
Cold
Storage,
Sic
and
3c.
Atlas,
25,000.
Atltn
Fisheries
for
Ketchikan
delivery,
5.5c
and
3c.
Canadian
Johanna,
12,000,
Cold
Storage,
Gc
and
3c.
Capella
I,
17,000,
Cold
Storage,
6c
and
3c.
Tripped
II,
10,000,
Atlln
Fisheries,
"
and
3d.
Albert
K
8,000,
Atlln
Fisheries,
3c
and
3c.
DROPS
TO
VERY
LITTLE
OVER
FIFTY
CENTS
MODERATOR
TELLS
ABOUT
SAD
VISIT
Scene
v
of
Desolation
in
Southern
Saskatchewan
Where
Head
of
United
Church
Visited
Rev.
Dr.
E.
II.
Oliver,
head
of
the
United
Church,
who
ts
here
today,
tells
about
the
terrible
conditions
of
.
.
.
i
.
I
trie
farmers
Lry&ujAcm
5askaunaJ
wan
They
passed
through
drought-stricken
country
from
Regina
to
Weyburn
and
on
to
Amulet,
where
their
first
field
wtth
a
crop,
"and
that
a
decidedly
poor
one"
became
visible
and
-a
sudden
rain
forced
them
to
halt.
The
Moderator
was
making
a
preliminary
survey
of
conditions
affectirfg
the
United
Church,
which
is
bearing
a
major
responsibility
in
the
dried
-out
areas,
and
was
reporting
to
United
Church
offices.
"As
we
proceeded
on
'
this
first
Journey,"
Dr.
Oliver
says:
"we
saw
ditches
filled
with
sand,
scores
of
fields
where
not
a
single
grain
had
germinated
and
even
weeds
had
not
grown,
the
oqly
relief
to
the
desolation
being
a
few
Canadian
thistles
growing
along
the
roadside
whefe
they
had
germinated
since-
the
last
week's
shower.
'When
one
recalls
that
this
was
In
the
famous
Regina
plains
and
along
the
Soo
line.
In
the
most
fer
tile
part
of
the
entire
province,
one
can
see,
the
Moderator
adds,
"how
desperate
the
situation
has
been.
To
pass
through
the
garden
of
Saskatchewan
for
the
75
miles
from
Re
gina
to
Weyburn
and
not
to
see
a
single
field
of
grain
but
bare
stret
ches
of
sand
is
a
most
distressing
experience."
"The
impression
made
upon
us
Is
that
of
desolation.
Add
to
the
scene
a
battered
house
here
and
there
and
an
occasional
trench,
then
it
would
be
like
the
desolation
of
the
western
front
In
the
war."
Sand
to
the
Horizon
Information
gleaned
along
tho
way
Is
summarised
by
tho
Modera-
(Contlnucd
on
page
roun
Off
For
Ireland
For
a
Vacation
t?iv
t
ii.
Wriaht,
until
recently
tTniti-rt
church
clcrcyman
at
Has
clton,
who
preached
last
Sunday
in
Jubilee
United
Church.
Vancouver,
has
left
Vancouver
for
Montreal
cn
rnnto
to
Ireland.
He
sails
on
the
Alhenla
nia
August
August
1
i
from
in.
Montreal.
:
Mr.
Wright
win
visa.
'"Lmoath
mwu
.
.
Ireland
where
he
expects
to
.secure
nnniv
work
durlna
part
of
his
inn
ir
has
been
Invited
to
at
tend
a
convention
In
London
the
i
first
week
of
October.
Canadians
Canadians,
led
by
Lieut.
D.
T.
Bur
which
marksmen
from
all
over
the
GOVERNMENT
WILL
AID
POOL!:
Central
Co-Ordinallng
Body
Will
-
Handle
Grain
This"
Year
Announced
WINNIPEG.
July"
25
After
a
four
days
conference
representatives
of
the
prairie
provinces
have
agreed
that
a
central
selling
co-ordinating
body
with
Dominion
financial
aid
will
handle
the
selling
f
the
pool's
grain
this
season.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Court?
8.
D.
Jasnstou
Oo.
Bayview,
V4,
nil.
Big
Missouri.
25.
28.
Cork
Province,
nil,
1.
Duthle,
nil
4.
George
Copper.
40.
45.
Georgia
River.
2,
3.
Golconda,
20,
25.
Orandview,
4
ft,
5.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines.
1.
nil.
Kootenay
King,
nil,
1.
Lucky
Jim,
nil,
3.
Morton
Woolsey.
1,
nil.
.
Marmot
Metals,
nil.
4.
'
National
Silver.
1,
nil.
Noble
Five,
44.
5.
Oregon
Copper,
nil,
5.
Pend
Oreille,
78,
00.
Premier.
36,
68.
Porter-Idaho,
4,
5.
Reeves
Macdonaid,
30,
nil.
Ruth-Hope,
nil,
5.
Snowflake.
1,
2.
'
Topley
Richfield,
1.
nil
Woodbine,
tt,
I.
OILS
Freehold,
nil,
5.
A.
P.
Con.,
nil.
10.
Dalhousle.
18,
22.
Fabyan
Pete,
nil,
IV.
Home,
45.
52.
Royallte,
0.50,
nil.
Merland.
7,
8.
Mercury,
0,
10.
United.
0,
12.
Eastern
Stocks
Sherrltt-Oorddn,
64,
nil.
Noranda.
$10,
nil.
Int.
Nickel.
$13&.
nil.
C.
P.
R..
$25,
nil.
Imperial
Oil.
$12.16,
nil.
Cons.
Mining
St
S,
$94
V4,
nil.
The
Weather
D-cad
Tree
Point
Ovoreast,
bat-
ometer
30:10.
temperature,
ssa
.
m
.f.
w
w
"ft"
"
foulherly
wind,
moderato
sea
Langara
Cloudy,
light
southerly
wind,
calm
sea.
At
The
Classic
Bisley
Shoot
e
of
Ottawa.
v,h-
n.adt
it
good
showing
In
the
classic
Bisley
shoot.
In
Empire
competed.
Here
we
see
three
Canucks
in
huddle
over
score.
:
DID
NQT'
RECOGNIZE
UNION
JACK
WHEN
'
SAW
IT
YESTERDAY
'
One!
ta
Ajqfflcap
passen-
t
gfctr
af&JH
nrerrrTHrr
Herfry,'
looking
over
the
rail
as
the
vessel
was
going
into
Ocean
Falls,
saw
a
flag
fluttering
from
one
of
the
boats.
"What
flag
is
that?"
the
lady
Inquired.
4
"That's
a
Union
Jack,"
a
Ca-
nadtan
passenger
Informed
4
her.
"Is
that
the
flag
of
this
country?"
she
Inquired,
WHEAT
IS
.
WAY
DOWN
Dropped
on
Exchange
Today
at
Winnipeg
to
Very
Low
Level
WINNIPEG,
July
25:
Wheat
prices
whirled
down
in
the
last
few
minutes
of
selling
here
today
when
Chicago
Interests
started
an
unloading
movement
that
brought
out
stop
loss
orders.
July
uheat
closed
at
5IH,
down
3W,.
October
wheat,
55.
down
2.
December
wheat,
56M.
down
3.
Guests
of
Local
Businessmen
Dinner
Given
in
Honor
of
J.
Fife
Smith
and
It.
J.
Chapped
at
Commodore
Last
Night
J.
Fife
Smith,
director
of
the
C.
N.
R..
and
B.
J.
Chappell,
general
superintendent,
were
guests
at
a
quiet
dinner
given
by
the
chamber
jf
commerce
last
night
at
the
Commodore
Cafe.
Vice-president
Plllsbury
presided
and
Mayor
Orme
and
a
number
of
other
local
business
and
professional
men
were
present.
Brief
speeches
were
made
by
Mr.
Plllsbury,
Mayor
Orme,
Colonel
Nl-cholls
and
the
visitors.
Mr.
Fife
Smith
told
of
some
of
the
work
they
were
doing
with
a
view
to
making
the
railway
a
success.
Mr.
Smith
is
leaving
for
home
on
the
steamer
tonight
and
Mr.
Chappell
goes
east
accompanied
by
Superintendent
Tobey.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
July
25
Wheat
took
a
sudden
drop
here
today
going
down
to
50c.
CIRCUS
MAN
DIES
INDIO,
California,
July
25
Al
O.
Barnes,
the
well
known
circus
man.
died
here
today
aged
69.
Demonstrations
Santiago,
Chile
SANTIAOO,
Chile.
July
25:
Po-
lice
have
had
to
quell
demonstra
-
tj0ns
here.
Several
hundred
stu
-
d?nU
aIg0
thrcaten
to
hold
a
d-
...
,.
,
Prince
Rupert
Pupils
Pass
High
School
and
Matriculation
Exams;
Vancouver
Pupil
Leads
Province
VANCOUVER,
July
25:
Malcolm
Ross
MacPhail,
of
Mhgce
Hijrh
School,
Vancouvpr,
led
all
the
senior
matriculation
candidates
with
a
percentage
of
89.4
in
the
senior
matriculation
examinations
held
in
June.
Prince
Rupert
centre
results
follow:
Prince
Rupert
Hich
School,
Grade
12,
Earl
R.
Gordon,
Viola
E.
Johnson,
Peter
Krook.
Ca-
therlne
M.
Mullery
Private
study,.
Orade
12,
Eleanorc
E.
Patmore.
,
Prince
Rupert
High
School,
Grade
11,
James
M.
Clark,
Joyce
Collbon,
David
A.
Dealm,
Alec
C.
Geary,
Ann
J.
ailchrtst,
Kdtth
M.
Johnstone,
Nick
Krook,
Ktilth
E.
Miller.
Rose
P.
Monteiano.
Jhn
M.
Morrison,
El
ftnott).
Moxley,
Marie
M.
Mussal-j
lem.
John
o.
McKlnley.
Rupert
Ross,
Max
Herbert
Slcvert.
Charles'
RailwaymenAre
M.
Stuart.
R"V
xnomas.
James
m.
"
Valenthw,
Allan
D.
Vance,
Margaret
.treating
the
situation
as
very
ser-O.
Wllllscroft.
lous.
Huge
Factories
Being
Erected
In
Russia
Under
Five-Year
Plan.:.
Of
Industrializing
the
Nation
This
Is
the
third
of
a-number
of
stories
on
present
day
conditions
W,j!ha
.
Soviet
Union.
.
(By
Stanley
P.
Richardson.
Copyright,
1931,
by
The
Associated
Press.)
MOSCOW,
July
25:
Two
new
slogans
have
been
blazoned
across
the
Soviet
Union
as
additional
spurs
to
the
proletariat.
"Five
hundred
and
eighteen"
and
"1040"
now
are
catch-phrases
throughout
the
nation,
for
thes5
two
sets
of
numerals
represent
the
number
of
industrial'
enterprises
and
tractor
stations,
respectively,
which
the
government
hopes
to
complete
this
year
under
the
five-year
plan.
Often
linked
together
much
as
a
college
football
cheer,
the
two
slogans
are
chanted
at
meetings
of
workers,
spread
In
white
letters
on
flaming
red
banners
In
streets
and
public
places
and
spoken
over
the
radio
daily
to
the
farthermost
corners
of
the
Union.
Steel
mills
In
widely
scattered
sections
of
the
country,
turf
cutting
plants
In
the
north,
sawmill
plants
in
far
Siberia,
scientific
Institutes
for
the
study
of
minerals,
chemicals
and
other
Industrial
ma
terials
represent
only
a
few
of
the
enterprises
contemplated
under
this
ambitious
phastof
the
campaign
to
Industrialize
thenailgn
,
-..;
Ma'nyTTf
them
win
be
large,
many
small.
More
than
100
plants
have
been
finished
and
opened
for
business,
and,
If
the
schedule
Is
adhered
to,
an
average
of
more
than
one
a
day
will
be
completed
during
the
remainder
of
1931.
Among
the
larger
plants
already
finished
are
the
Klin
Artificial
Silk
Mills,
two
hours
from
Moscow,
with
an
estimated
annual
production
of
26,000,000
roubles
(about
$13,000,-000);
a
giant
works
at
Chellablnsk.
producing
ferro
-
silicate,
ferro-chrome
and
other
iron
compounds.
and'a
copper
smelting
plant
in
the,
Urals.
Best
known
and
largest
among
the
"518"
enterprises
is
the
great
steel
plant
now
in
the
course
of
construction
at
Magnitogorsk,
to
be
known
as
"the
Gary
of
Russia."
Others
projected
for
the
year
include
new
coal
mines,
saw
mills,
waterworks,
power
stations
and
dams,
iron
and
steel
plants,
coke
plants,
machine
building
works.
ifarm
implement
plants,
locomotive
works,
automobile
and
tractor
works,
roller
bearing
plants,
boiler
factories,
oil
refineries,
chemical
factories,
textile
factories,
printing
establishments,
motion
picture
film
factories
and
building
materials.
The
"518"
enterprises
will
repre
sent
an
Intended
capital
Invest
ment
of
4.000,000,000
roubles
(about
$2,000,000,000).
The
"1040"
campaign
Is
designed
to
establish
and
place
In
operation
that
number
of
tractor
stations
in
strategic
sections
of
the
agricultural
region.
These
staUons,
em
bracing
machine
shops
and
space
for
varying
numbers
of
tractors,
are
,.t
m
in
flruu.
nrnvlm
it
v
tn
mllfc.
live
and
co-operative
farms
so
that
the
tractors
can
be
sent
under
their
own
power
when
needed
to
the
desired
localities.
The
Soviet
government
lays
great
street
on
the
tractor
as
a
necessary
Implement
for
the
successful
completion
of
the
agricultural
program
In
the
five-year
plan.
WAR
WINS
OVER
education
at
CANTON,
CHINA
HONO
KONO.
July
25:
The
U
canton
Government
has
de-
j
elded
to
stop
paying
money
to
hool
teachers
and
to
Spend
the
money
In
preparing
for
war.
TODAY
LINDBERGH:
NEW
PLANS
Difficulty
Found
In
Providing'fael
For
Flyers
at
Point
Barrow-Owing
to
Ice
NEW
YORK,
July
25:-Charles
A.
Lindbergh
has
made
another
change
In
his
plans
for
the
flight
of
Mrs.
Lindbergh
and
himself
to
Japan.
He
has
now
decided
to
cross
Canada
to
Alaska
and
thence
to
Point
Barrow.
Fronr'there
he
will
fly
by
way
of
the
Reurile
Islands
to
Tokyo.
POINT
BARROW,
Alaska,
July
25:
Weather
conditions
have
for-ned
a
solid
ice
pack
here
and
no
movement
of
any
vessel
is
possible
A
cutter
with
gasoline
for
the
Lindbergh
plane
is
five
or
six
days'
-teaming
from
here,
but
she
will
lot
be
able
to
approach
unless
a
jhange
occurs.
This
it
is
hoped
will
occur
In
time
to
provide
fuel
for
the
flyers.
'
"',
Ramming
Revenue
!
Cutter
Deliberate
By
Josephine
K.:
HALIFAX.
July
25:
What
wasat.
first
reported
as
an
accident
Is
now"
shown
to
have
been
a
deliberate
move
on
the
part
of
the
skipper
of
the
Tum-runher
Josephine
K.
ijhf
jf
she
rammed
the
American
cutter
that
overhauled
her.
It
develops
that
when
the
schooner
found
her
case
hopeless
she
put
the
engines
to
full
speed
and
steered
direct
for
the
cutter
smashing
Into
her
and
cutting
a
hole
in
her
rnni.
Mach
Sennett
In
Y
City
Again
on
Way.,
To
California
yesterday
afternoon
the
fine
,
yht
dle.
owned
by
D.
M,
Up
of
California
came
Into
port
on
her
return
from
a
visit
to
SkagwayJtJ&I
'board
as
guests
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
D.
Lee.
Mack
Sennett
and
Miss
El(-t
een
Thompson.
The
vessel
is
In
charge
of
Capt.
Jorgensen.
The
party
Is
spending
the
day
here
and
will
make
a
leisurely
,run
south
spending
another
30
days
hi,
the
province.
!
pi
J
11
.
jnoods
Abate
in
Central
Alaska
FAIRBANKS.
July
25
.-Streams
adjacent
to
the
Richardson
htjttT
way
are
returning
td
normal
sta'gs?
after
thi
floods
which
have
tjxjj;
year
reached
some
of
the
highest
points
in
the
history
of
the
trail.