j
Why
talk
about
the
heat
wave,
have
butterflies
to
play
with?
because
we
know
It's
a
PEACE
OUTLET
PROPOSAL
WAS
CONSIDERED
BY
THE
RAILWAYS
AND
MINISTER
Fd
-t
Weather
Trouble
Tomorrow's
Tides
Vf4
W
71
.
Sunday,
July
19,
1931
High
3:35
ajn.
20:8
ft.
16:24
p.m.
19:8
ft.
Low
10:10
a.m.
7:9
ft.
22:30
pm.
5:6
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXII..
No.
167.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
JULY
18,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
GERMANY
IS
IN
LIMELIGHT
Mo
Announcement
Made
as
to
Outcome
of
Discussions
Prior
to
Statement
of
Premier
Next
Week
OTTAWA',
July1
18r
Whilctafrbffleial
stattftentaF
been
made
it
is
understood
the
Peace
River
outlet
proposal
was
discussed
yesterday
at
a
conference
in
which
Sir
Henry
Thornton,
president
of
the
C.N.R.
E.
W.
Bcatty,
president
of
the
C.P.R.
and
Hon.
R.
J.
Manion,
minister
of
railways
and
canals
took
part
Thr
administration
Is
carefully
nsidrrtng
a
policy
of
public
work
f
r
the
whole
Dominion
In
co-oper
ation
with
the
provinces
but
no
an
r,'
unccment
is
likely
to
be
made
as
t
whether
the
Peace
outlet
scheme
will
be
Included
until
the
Premier
makes
his
official
pronouncement
MANY
FISH
IN
SKEENA
Boats
Have
Item
Making
Large
Catches
Toward
Wcek-End
Naas
fishing
Poor
Ft.-hlng
on
the
Skeena
River
picked
up
wonderfully
toward
the
end
of
the
week,
the
boats
all
making
good
catches
of
sockeye,
all
of
whirli
are
beinx
taken
care
of
by
the
canneries.
Even
at
the
low
prices
mid.
the
fishermen
are
making
fairly
good
money.
On
the
Naas
River
there
la
a
different
story
to
tell.
The
catches
them
have
not
been
half
as
large
as
on
the
Skeena
and
unless
there
Is
a
decided
change
soon
the
season
there
will
be
a
failure.
Trollers
have
been
taking
fair
catches,
varying
a
good
deal
at
the
different
point.
Two
Killed
In
!
Airplane
Crash
LONDON.
July
18-
Mrs.
Violet
Daring,
niece
of
the
Marquls
of
Zetland
and
Philip
Noble,
banker,
were
killed
when
Mrs.
Daring's
air-
Plane
crashed
at
Aborfleld.
Dcrk-.
shire,
today.
Big
Empire
Fair
Planned
T?
17
Tor
YanCOUVer,
VANCOUVER,
July
18
Arrange
-
I
ments
will
bo
njade
to
stage
a
I
Rrltlsh
Empire
Industries
Exhlb1.-
Uon
in
Vancouver
In
1030.
Mayor
Taylor
announced
yesterday.
asks
little
Paul
Dunbar,
when
you
Paul
-can't
kid
us
Its
a
real
one,
clever
Imitation.
Who
cares.
FEAR
PEACE
OUTLET
MAY
BE
SHELVED
Victoria
Government
Views
With
Concern
Proposal
to
Refer
to
a
Commission
VICTORIA,
July
18:
The
pro.
vincUl
government
views',
with
concern
the
possibility
that
the
Peace
River
outlet
question
and
the
future
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
may
be
handed
over
to
a
lengthy
Investigation
by
the
proposed
federal
general
transportation
royal
commission
with
subsequent
delay
In
arriving
at
a
decision
concerning
them.
Five
Cents
On
Wheat
Export
,
Two
Provinces
OTTAWA,
July
18-A
resolution
nrovlding
for
the
payment
o(
5c.
a
hmhpi
on
every
bushel
of
wheat
exported
from
Alberta
and
Saskat-iehewan
during
the
present
year
was
placed
on
th
order
paper
of
the
House
o
ommons
by
Pr.
mler
Dennett.
This
taplcmr
nU
the
annauncement
made
by
him
In
the
Duagei,
The
Weather
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy.
cnlm.
barometer
3u:zj,
icmpi-ia-
turn
Rfi
sea
smooth.
mole
island-Part
cloudy,
west
Jcrly
breeze,
sea
smooth.
Langara-Ovcrcast.
light
soutn
westerly
wind,
sea
smooth.
Digby
Island
Part
cloudy.
Ugni
westerly
wind,
barometer
30
-J...
temperature
57,
sea
smooth,
PEACE
Conference
Being
Held
In
Regard
to
Financial
Condition
of
Germany
PARIS,
July
18:
Chancellor
Brucnihg
and
Foreign
Minister
Curtiss
of
Germany
arrived
this
afternoon
for
a
conference
with
the
representatives
of
the
world
powers
which
arc
considering
financial
aid
to
Germany.
LONDON,
July
18:
Premier
Ramsay
MacDonald
and
other
government
officials
cancelled
their
week-end
plans
pending
the
outcome
of
negotiations
at
Paris
concerning
Germany's
financial
plight.
It
is
announced
that
Foreign
Minister
Henderson
will
remain
in
Paris
for
the
meeting
Sunday
morning
and
return
to
London
Sunday
night
in
anticipation
of
a
meeting
of
the
British
cabinet
Monday
morning
to
consider
the
business
of
the
conference
of
the
ministers
of
seven
powers
Monday
night.
The
acceptance
of
France
to
attend
the
conference
has
not
been
received
and
her
participation
depends
upon
the
outcome
of
the
meeting
with
Brucning
and
Curtiss
today.
Fishing
Boat
Was
Burned
In
,
,
Alaskan
Waters
JUNEAU.
July
18:
The
burning
of
the
fishing
craft
Fairland
Wednesday
night
with
Captain
R.
M..
Cuplc
of
Tacoma
and
crew
having
a
narrow
escape
at
Idaho
Inlet
on
Chicago!
Island
Is
reported
In
a
message
received
here.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Ourtnj
S.
13.
JeBnitnu'OoJ
Dig
Missouri.
28.
28.
Duthle
Mines,
nil.
AV,.
George
Copper,
nil,
50.
Georgia
River.
2V4,
3.
Ooleonda,
nil,
25.
O
rand
view,
4ty.
5.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
1.
lVfc.
Lucky
Jim,
2,
nil.
National
Silver,
1V4,
2.
Noble
Five.
4.
5.
Oregon
Copper,
nIL
5.
Pcnd
Oreille.
50.
nil.
Premier,
65.
08.
Reeves
Macdonald,
25,
28.
Ruth-Hope,''
nil,
5.
Silver
Crest,
14,
2.
Snowflake.
1,
2Vi.
Woodbine,
Vs.
1.
OILS
A.
P.
Con.
10.
12.
Oalmont,
5,
10.
Dalhousle,
21,
25.
Fabyan
Pete,
1,
1V4.
Home,
51,
55.
.Merland,
7,
nil.
Mercury.
11,
12.
United.
12,
12Vi.
Eastern
Stocks
..Int.
Nickel.
HVi.
14Vi.
Noranda,
10,
20.
O.
P.Tt..
26.
nil.
Impcrtal
Oil,
12Vi.
nil.
Halibut
Landings
AMERICAN
.
.
Tongas,
40,000,
Storage,
5.8c
and
3c.
CANADIAN
Signal,
10,000.)
Storage.
6c
and
3c.
Cape
Spear,
7,500,
Atlln,
6c
and
3c
Kalen,
26,000,
Atlln,
6.5c
and
3.5c.
D.S.T.,
4,300,
Atlln,
6c
and
3c.
H.P.O.E.
FUNERAL
NOTICE
All
Elks
please
meet
at
Metro-pole
Hall
at
2
p.m..
Monday,
Jul
'
20,
to
attend
funeral
of
the
late
,
Brother
Harvey
Frascr.
OUTLET
ST.
PETER'S
ISBOMBED
Infernal
Machine
Removed
But
Did
Considerable
Damage
in
Rome
Cathedral
ROME.
July
18
A
great
man
hunt
was
continuing
last
night
for
the
person
who
placed
a
time
bomb
yesterday
morning
in
St.
Peter's
Cathedral.
The
bomb
was
found
and
removed
but
exploded
before
It
could
be
hurled
from
the
cathedral
and
did
heavy
damage.
The
Pop3
was
awakened
by
the
blast.
ASK
GOV'T
TO
RESIGN
Compromise
Tacties
Condemned
and
Supported
Fly
Opposing
German
Factions
ISEKLIN,
July
18:
Condemning
any
tactics
of
compromise
with
France
In
the
present
financial
negotiations,
newspapers
of
the
opposition
press
were
yesterday
calling
for
the
resignation
of
the
government
of
Chancellor
llrinrich
Rruenlng
for
having
entered
into
negotiations
along
this
line.
Government
newspapers
and
those
of
more
moderate
views,
however,
expressed
the
view
that
Germany
should
accept
any
terms
with
a
view
to
bringing
about
the
financial
rehabilitation
of
the
country
so
long
as
no
attempt
Is
made
by
France
to
foist
Impossible
and
humiliating
terms
upon
Germany.
COSTLY
FIRE
0NJSLAND
Reaver
Lumber
Company
Suffers
Loss
Amounting
to
About
$100,000
VANCOUVER.
July
18
Fire
destroyed
a
warehouse
of
the
Beaver
Lumber
Company
north
of"
Chema-lnus
and
a
quantity
of
machinery
with
the
loss
of
$100,000,
the
forestry
department
Is
advised.
'
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
July
18
Wheat
was
quoted
here
this
morning
at
5814
cents.
NOW
BEING
CONSIDERED
Yachtsmen
Raced
In
Storm
Yacht
Dragoon
as
she
passed
finishing
buoy
in
San
Francisco
bay
after
a
50-mlle
race
to
Farallon
Island.
Oragoon
is
owned
'by
Stanley
H.
Barrow,
who
was
at
the
wheel
during
one
of
the
worst
storms
that
this
event
has
ever
witnessed.
John
Barrymore
Here
Today
Says
He
Is
Contemplating
Returning
To
the
Legitimate
Stage
Soon
"I
am
seriously
considering
giving
up
the
talkies
and
going
back
to
the
legitimate
stage,"
declared
John
Barry-more,
the
famous
actor,
who
arrived
here
early
this
morning
southbound
on
his
fine
yacht
Infanta.
He
has
been
fishing
in
Alaska
and
is
stopping
on
the
way
south
to
catch
a
few
trout
at
some
of
the
lakes
and
streams
south
of
here.
Hie
reports
being
very
successful
In
WAITING
FOR
0TAWAG0VT.
!
j
Tolmle
Wires
That
He
Eipects
to
Make
Announcement
Soon
Regarding
Public
Works
I
I
Mayor
Orme
received
the
following
wire
this
morning
from
Premier
Tolmle
in
reply
to
a
wire
sent
him
regarding
the
unem
ployment
relief
situation:
"Regarding
your
telegram
of
the
16th,
I
am
expecting
a
tele
gram
some
time
next
week
from
Senator
Robertson
regarding
the
proposals
of
Parliament
for
unemployment
relief,
following
which
I
will
be
In
a
position
to
advise
regarding
the
proposed
program
of
public
works."
MAGAZINE
DUTY
DOWN
Cut
In
Troposed
Increases
Announced
by
Premier
In
House
Yesterday
OTTAWA.
July
18-Rcductlons
In'
the
proposed
duties
on
magatlnw
entering
Canada
were
anounced
bv
Right
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett
in
th
House
ot
Commons
yesterday.
,
both
salmon
and
trout-fishing
In
Alaska
and
Is
looking
forward
to
the
sport
In
British
Columbia.
Mr.
Barrymore
says
the
movie
business
Is
all
shot
to
pieces
and
he
has
pulled
out,
at
least
temporarily,
and
he
Is
very
strongly
Inclined
to
return
to
the
legitimate
stage.
Ills
sister
had
a
successful
season
last
winter
and
he
sees
greatly
renewed
Interet
In
the
thea
tre,
reopie
ne
claims
are
wring
oi
the
talkies.
Mr.
Barrymore
is
accompanied
on
the
trip
by
Mrs.
Barrymore,
formerly
Dolores
Costello.
and
her
jn-months
old
daughter.
The
Infanta
Is
a
steel
twin
screw
yacht
120
feejln
length
and
with
a
cruising
speed
of
eleven
and
a-half
knots.
In
command
of
Capt.
Otto
Matthles
and
a
crew
o.'
twelve
men.
John
was
not
at
home
when
th
Dally
News
representative
called
this
morning
but
was
seen
on
th-street
later
and
he
chatted
pleasantly
In
regard
to
the
theatre
and
the
sport
he
was
having.
He
Is
taking
about
a
dozen
barrels
of
salt
king
salmon
home
with
him
to
Los
Angeles,
fish
that
he
caught
himself
He
sayo
they
are
very
good
salted
Nick
durvleh
accompanied
by
his
son
Nina
and
his
daughter
Mllle
arrived
home
this
morning
on
tl
Prince
Henry.
While
away
he
visited
the
Mayo
Clinic
at
Rochester
and
also
tried
one
of
the
southern
hotspriwrs
but
without
any
goo-i
results.
He
Is
still
111
TRAGEDIES
VANCOUVER
Two
Children
Drown
and
Girl
Falls
to
Her
Death
Two
Children
Rescued
VANCOUVER,
July
18:
Two
children
were
drowned
and
a
20-year
old
University
of
B.C.
student
fell
to
her
death
from
the
thirteenth
floor
of
the
Medical
and
Dental
Building
here
yesterday
afternoon.
Edward
McEvoy,
12
years
of
age,
of
Seattle,
was
drowned
at
Spanish
Banks.
Ter-rence
O'SulIivan,
8,
was
drowned
in
the
Fraser
River
at
the
foot
of
Angus
Street.
Winnlfred
Bruce,
20
years
old,
was
killed
in
the
falL
The
Spanish
Banks
tragedy
almost
claimed
two
other
lives,
two
friends
of
the
McEvoy
child
being
rescued.
BREAK-UP
DEVELOPS
Post
and
Gatty
Part
Company
With
Wealthy
Financier
of
...
ThelrWorld
Flight
NEW
YORK.
July
18
Relations'
were
definitely
broken
last
night
between
Wiley
Post
and
Harold
Gatty,
who
recently
took
the
monoplane
Winnie
May
around
the
world
In
record-breaking
time,
and
F.
C.
Hall,
Oklohama
oil
man,
who
spent
$50,000
in
backing
the
flight.
Trouble
had
been
brewing
ever
since
before
the
starting
ot
th
flight
between
Post
and
Hall
over
several
differences
of
more
or
less
importance.
Meantime,
Hall
Is
looking
for
another
crew
to
take
the
Winnie
May
on
a
projected
tour
of
the
United
States
and
Is
stated
to
be
planning
to
back
another
flight
with
a
view
to
breaking
the
eight-day
record
of
Post
and
Oatty.
CHECKING
PRISONERS
Los
Angeles
Tries
to
Find
Out
the
Number
of
Substitute
Prisoners
In
Jail
LOS
ANGELES.
July
18
Three
thousand
prisoners
in
the
county
Jail
here
are
being
thoroughly
checked
up
to
ascertain
how
many
are
substituting
for
the
real
of-fendors.
The
check-up
follows
charges
which
were
voiced
earlier
In
the
week
by
Judge
Blake
that
booUeggers
and
other
law-breakers
were
using
substitutes
to
appear
In
court
for
them
and
serve
their
Jail
terms.
It
Is
declared
tha;
young
men
and
unemployed
hava
been
receiving
$5
as
wages
for
such
services.
CROP
POOR
ON
PRAIRIES
Free
Press
Says
It
Is
Worst
in
29
Years
and
Rains
Have
Not
Improved
Situation
WINNIPEO,
July
18:
Drought
breaking
rains
of
the
last
three-weeks
failed
to
bring
a
general
improvement
In
the
west's
wheat
crop,
according
to
a
general
crop
report
In
the
Free
Press
today.
In
some
cases
It
was
noted
that
further
deterioration
had
taken
place
In
the
conditions
reported
six
weeks
ago
as
the
poorest
crop
in
29
years.
ai-
14