ANNOUNCEMENT ON UNEMPLOYMENT Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Aug. 10: Wheat 's iiuoted at Mtfec on the local f xi lumge today. nillTH NOTICE A win was born to Mr. and Mrs. C c Mills, Waldron Apartments, a' tiu Prince Rupert General Hos-pi'-H this morning. August 19. Revision of Entire Structure Of War Debts and Reparations Urged by Bankers' Committee BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 19! - Recommendation that the entire structure of intergovernmental war debts and German reparations bo revised as a first step towards tho return of world prosperity was made by the Wiggins bankers' committee which investigated Germany's credit needs. The report criticized political differences between Germany and her European neighbors. Federal Powers Will Construct Dominion Huildings in Various Constituencies and Will Also Assist in Highways and Local Improvements OTTAWA, 'Aug. 19:---Joint action by the Dominion, the provinces and the municipalities will be the basic principle of the unemployment relief scheme next fall and winter, according to announcement by Senator Gideon D. Robertson, minister of labor. The federal government will contract Dominion buildings in various constituencies and, ii mil, unrtlon with the province " v, M build highways. r . s 11 , Tti Dominion and the provinces 1x1 fir 1,311 10 .ilso aid the municipalities In immi; on local Improvements. BACK GOV'T ONRELIEF Olof Hanson M.I Urjes Citizens to Sink-Political Feelings Br f ire leaving on today's train f i Smlthera and Kamloops, Olof !) m:,on MP. stated that he had f ..t warded to Ottawa telegrams re-y ..aimu Prince Rupert's request lor (iiiDlir works lor relief purposes and i.. nicerely hoped that results W 'ukl follow. Mr Hanson urged that all cltl- n .. regardless of politics, unite in ii i kuiK the government on this re-i -1 work. He suggested to the Dally tv ws that this was a time for every- i' m sink political ailtitaUons and in n. mi trying to secure for Nor-(ii. m British Columbia recognition i 1km claims. He said he believed 'lut Premier Dennett was trying to -"hi the problem In the best ln- i sts of the country and he would live his support in so doing as '"in; as he carried out a policy that 'i uid include and benefit the rld- i'-:"f Skeena. Mi Hanson said he thought the ii . rstlons which had been endors-i (i 1 1 the city council and chamber "t i orameree'were reasonable and i. 'iikl receive the support of the full i.il government. Mr Hanson U likely to be away i"i two or three weeks. He will visit Kuiiioops in connection with the - t ' lenient of a brother's estate. Humpback Bay Ends in Fines ChaTlle Haldane. George Hal-dane and WUUim Campbell, In dians, were fined $15 and cosU each, with option of fourteen days' Imprisonment, by Justices of, the Peace S. D. ' Macdbnafd and O. II Munro In provincial police court last evening. Ed Valpy was fined ,$J5,wtth thirty days' option, for drunkenness. Arrest of the four men was made at Humback Bay. Porcher Island, fo'lowing a riot call to that point Officers went out on the provincial police cruiser P.M.L. 8. Changes Made In Local Law Firm T. W. Brown and J. T. Harvey Added to Partnership Williams, Manson. Oonzales and Taylor, of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, announce that on ber 1, James T. Harvey will Join their Prince Rupert office, and that the Prince Rupert practice will thenceforth be carried on under the firm name of Williams. Manson, Brown and Harvey. WEATHERREPORT Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, fresh southeast wind; barometer, 30:08; temperature, 62; light swell Langara Island Overcast, light southwest wind; sea calm. TriDle Island Raining, iresn southwest wind; sea moderate. RETURNED TO CITY Col. and Mrs. J. W. NlcholU who have been on a trip to Vancouver and elsewhere in the south, returned to the city on the Prlnca Rupert this morning. Morte Craig, noted Prince Rupert artist, has returned to Victoria: from an around -the-world tour and j is now staying with Mrs. D. D. Mc-1 Tavish, his daughter, and la renew-. ing old acquaintances, says the Victoria Colonist. I The tour Wok Mr. Crate to many i parts of the world and lasted nearly I eleven months. Of London, he said i "one stands spellbound at the very name of It. After having spent! weeks In its streets; in its squares; in its large open spaces, one became charmed with the great vast whole of the City of London. Month at Monte Carlo "IwflTspend CRAIG M VICTORIA; Local Man Finds Cairo Most Fas-cinatinj of All Cities He Visited I spend many a delightful hour going over my memories of a month at Monte Carlo. It Is very easy to believe in fairy stories and the Arabian Nights after having visited there. "In Paris one becomes largely dls-1 lllusioned after a few weeks of strolling. A person's preconceived Ideas of 9 a.m. Paree becomes very untenable after an actual visit there The window shopping is a! posiUve disappointment. I have pent far more enjoyable hours In London and New York. 1A11 of the lure of Paris was to me at any rate. In the ancient part of the city Notre Dame. The Louvre, Us museums, Bonaparte's Tomb and especially the Latin Quarter. In British hies "My trip through the British Isles Is too vast a subject for me to enter into. I made a leisurely run through England and thence to Edinburgh and Glasgow. I spent a day and a night on Loch Lomond, with the moon at its full. The trees were in full bloom and everything looked beautiful. Then I made the night run across the Irish Sea to Dublin, thence to Killarney's Lakes, the castle and Its 'Blarney btone;' thence to Cork with Its never-ending processions of red-headed girls, its cathedral chimes and many oth-ar fascinating attractions. "Of all the places I visited, Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria, Turkey, Greece and European countries, the one place that held me in Its grip was Cairo on the Nile," Mr. Craig concluded. FOUR DIE IN CRASH FORT FRANCES, Out, Aug. 19: Four men were killed yesterday when an airplane crashed into the surf at Rainy Lake. The dead men are: P. A. Hutton, pilot, Toronto. C. O. Greer, air engineer, Sault Ste. Marie. A. J. Runciman, co-pilot, Stratford. J. I). Stewart, district forester for the Ontario government here. I Miss Marcel Jabour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jabour, Is mak ! Ing a good recovery at the Prince Rupert General Hospital from tin 1 effects of head Injuries sustained on Sunday last In an accident with her bicycle. Toda guB ealher Tomorrow's Tides v? t , She Thursday, August 20, 1931 High 6:15 ajn. 18:2 ft. " prince H S 'ercast. Jight 18:16 p.m. 19:0 ft. nutheasteri arometer,30:-t6, Low 11:56 am. 8:0 It. sea smouin. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vil XXII.. No. 194. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS AGREEMENT NOW ON MATTER OF UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF Dominion, Provinces and Cities To Co-Operate in Scheme of Government, Says Robertson Wore Same Boots For 73 Years Jacob MUler; 93-year-old farmer of Pleasant Hill, Mo., has worn this pair ofdoota fbr 13 years. He says they still have the original soles and heels. ALL ROADS IN INTERIOR LEAD TO PRINCE GEORGE; IS LIVELY METROPOLIS Is Centre of Influence and Importance in Rich Central Interior Highway System is Glory of Town By H. F. Pullen) In England it is said that all roads lead to London but in Central British Columbia all roads lead to Prince George. It is the central pivotal point, the supply centre and the largest centre of population in the central interior of the province. While its population including the suburbs, is probably less than four thousand, the influence and im- portance of thr city is out of all pro- portion to tne numoer oi peopie nnnAnrn T p who live there for it capers to the needs of a district as large as several European countrle put together. While the financial depression is severely felt in Prince George. It has demonstrated one Important fact. The city can c.trry on and her merchants can 11 vt without the help of her principal industry of lumbering. WlUi almost all of the twenty mills Idle, the people still buy and sell. They trade at the stores and Prince Rupert md put business very largely on a rash basis. But the people of the country cannot for lorn: be without lumber. wl.h ...111 . . Ka V i , r4 ry rr attain rinH i iiey win auuu m uujh . when they do Prince George will N.5c assume Its old time prosperity. Ev- volunteer. cry time It is reported that a mill and 3C. has resumed cutting, we shall know that the lumb r centre will receive an impetus from it. In the meantime the people will carry on and do the best they can with the conditions as thoy are. The glory of Prince Oeorgc is the highway system. Roads extend to all four points of the compass, north, south, cast nnd west. To the south by way of Quesnel and the famed Cariboo road connection is made with the rest of tho world. Westward the highway extends to Hazclton and soon, it is hoped will (reach through to Terrace and then Prince Rupert lsasiwara cars arive to Aleza Lake md by connecting up (Continued On Page S) DESTROYED most of them p.iy cash, for the hard 'sort here since 1909. The loss Is c time has drlwn most of the mer- tlmated at $40,000 chants to follow the example of Flames Consume Cadboro Bay Hotel Near Victoria With $10,000 Loss VICTORIA. Aug. 19:-Fire yes terday afternoon destroyed the Cadboro Bay Hotel, popular beach re Halibut Landings American Senator. 37,000, Storage, 5,6c and 14,000. Pacific, Provincial Cabinet and Federal Minister Have Conference in Victoria Six-Hour Parley Yesterday -Between Premier Tolmic and Colleagues and Hon. H. II. Stevens Starting of Work Immediately is Assurpd VICTORIA, Aug. 19: Complete understanding between Hon. H. H. Stevens, minister of trade and commerce, representing the federal government, and the provincial government on the Dominion government's policy of assistance in unemployed relief was reached yesterday fol-lowing a six-hour conference between the minister and thc provincial cabinet Immediate CHINAMAN , ASSAULTED Charlie Wing of This Citv U a I Victim of Murderous Attack In Vancouver word has been received in the j city by Oriental friends that Char-1 UeVinW. welf-known local Chmcsfr FLEW FROM NEW YORK Prominent Metropolitan Lands at Jasper Park night to Join his wife and daughter who have been guests at the rustic hotel for the past two months. W. O. Holland. Edmonton, who piloted Dr. Blckley on the last lap of his long flight, guided the Western Canada Airways plane to a splendid landing on the sixth fairway of the golf course which adjoins the lodge, marking the second time this season an airplane has landed on the course. Hal Roach, prominent Hollywood movie producer, landed here early 7.3c In the season after a record day-i light flight from Los Angeles. Baltic, 10,000, Booth. 6.7c and 3c. ! u- Flower Show and LINDBERGHS FOKCED Bridge Opening DOWN IX Kfjnil.ES Two Important Events at Hazelton 1 This Week, Tomorrow and NEMURO. Japan, August 19 Friday Col. and Mrs. Charles A. commencement of relief work on the basis of British Columbia government proposals Is assured but details of the plans will not be available until confirmation of the negotiations is secured from Ottawa in a day or so. FISHING IS EASY resident for many years, who went'Sockcye ,orde slehted tt SmRhert south last week, is in a dangeroni ; condition in a Vancouver hospital SMITHERS, Aug. 19: A silver suffering from the effects of a, horde of sockeye salmon, plunging murderous assault which was ln-jand leaping in thousands in a Dieted upon him at midnight Mon-jnever-endlng surge amidst heavy day In Vancouver. ! waves in the churning maelstrom Wing had gone into a restaurant of white water at Morlcetown Falls to have a cup of coffee. As he on Bulkley River has amazed vlsl-emerged to the street after par- tors near here, taking of the refreshment, he wasj So thick are the fish running that felled with a blow on' the fore-'Indian women have little difficulty head from a hammer in the handi ; in scooping salmon out of the water of an unknown assailant who es- with their hands; yet, expensive caped. fishing tackle of tourists has prov- Wing's condition is critical, ac-'ed of little use. cording to telegraphic advices re-1 An unusual occurrence Is reported celved by local friends. I by fishermen, that, contrary to thi assumption that salmon never eat after leaving salt water, the fish show a readiness to take bait floated on the surface. : A fisherman is considered lucky i if he lands his fish as "they make a mighty battle when caught with the hook In the raging waters." Doctor! Visitors report hundreds of fish were seen simultaneously making flying leaps to mount the falls In a JASPER PARK. Aug. 19: Having, single lunge, then "braking" des- completed the long airplane jour-; perately with their tales, ney from New York City In 30 hours Tossed and bruised against rocky flying time, Dr. Robert S. Blckley, ; walls of the gorge, the salmon arc prominent New York physician, ar-' Into quiet pools In side eddies, rest, rlved at Jasper Park Lodge last then resume their upstream mecca In a space of four square feet, scores of large salmon were sighted In side pools. The movement of the fish to spawning grounds is declared a record by local pioneers. Lindbergh were forced down The annual flower show at Hazel ! test as candidate for the young this afternoon by fog at Ketol ton takes place tomorrow, August business men's service organl- I Island after flying over the 20. and the bridge will be opened j latlon. The Gyros are prcpar- ' central portion o! the Kurlle the following day, August 21. Bothjt Ing to put on an active cam- ' Island chain enroute to Nem- these events are outstanding In the palgn in support of Miss Hell- uro from Pctropavlovsk. Charged With Theft Of llope at Cow Bay Evidence was held this morning in city police court In a case in which John McGllllvray Is charged with theft of rope at Cow Bay. De cision was reserved by His Worship. M1SSJ0RA HEILimONER IS GYROS' CANDIDATE Making the third candidate so far, the Gyro Club this morning announced that Miss 4 Dora Hellbroner had consented to enter the Pair Board's In- tcrnatlonal Beautequest con- ' annals of the town and a number broner's candidature. of visitors are expected for the oc-1 caslon.