She
v,anaaa.
nn
oeuuuir
.
i
mcu
gald,
during
the
trip
which
they
took
to
Bermuda
two
years
ago,
was
Issued
by
Beauharnois.
it
was
elle
ited
before
the
House
of
Commons
committee
today.
The
check
covered
hotel
expenses
at
Bermuda,
railway
fares
and
hotel
expenses
at
New
York.
Senator
McDougald
said
he
had
not
Intended
the
cost
of
the
Bermuda
trip
to
be
Included
in
the
expense
account
of
the
Beauharnois
syndicate..
"
Through
error
on
their.
-
1.1.
t,
IK.
V,rf
Dougald
declared
he
mailed
a
check
'to
the
Beauharnois
Company
for
the
sum
on
July
16
last.
FIVE
YEARS
FOR
ARSON
Two
Youth
Who
Set
Fire
to
College
Building
Get
Penitentiary
Sentences
College
Students
Oil
Soaked
Shavings
Used
to
Start
Fire
In
Which
Students
Were
Badly
Injured
EDMONTON.
July
21:
In
the
early
morning
darkness
of
Max
28.
1930.
a
sack
of
oil-soaked
shavings
was
placed
In
the
back
stairs
landing
of
the
Canadian
Junior
College,
Lacombe,
a
match
was
toucnea,
ana
soon
the
college
buildings
were
a
seething
Inferno
of
flames
in
which
five
students
were
seriously
burned.
Thin
week.
Magistrate
O.
B.
Mc-
Leod
and
Esten
Williams,
sentenced
Victor
Thompson
and
Oliver
Pang-
man
to
five
and
lour
years
respectively
in
Prince
Albe.it
Penitentiary
for
the
crime,
it,.
arrMU
followed
a
prolonged
Investigation
by
the
fire
commissioner's
department,
which
covered
most
of
Western.
Canada
and
the
Western
United
States,
culminating
in
a
chain
of
evidence
that
brought
about
the
arrest
and
con
fessions
of
the
two
iire-uus
Had
F.nded
Career
According
to
the
crown.
Thompson,
a
brilliant
scholar,
and
but
17
years
of
age
at
the
ttac
wu
exj
and
sought
the
college
pcllcd
from
E
destroy
the
insUtuU
jn
which
had
closed
his
intended
medial
career-and
succeeded
in
doing
so.
On
the
stand.
Tnompsun
uw..
that
he
harbored
hatred
against
the
(Continued
on
rage
K
FOOTBALL
TONIGHT
.
Football
tonight
at
6:45.
Rcgl-
meht
vs.
Merchants.
TAXES
ARE
COMING
IN
Treasurer
Pclased
at
Way
in
Which
Outside
Feople
Are
Sending
Remittances
!
The
taxes
arc
coming
In
well
this
year
so
far,
according
to
City
Treasurer
Matheson.
He
says
that
the
last
two
malls
have
brought
in
considerable
mon,-y
from
outside
points
and
have
been
very
Local
people
also
in
many
cases
are
preparing
to
pay
as
usual
Many
Tourists
Come
This
Year
TourJits
jjb.
.comlnE
In
quite
,as
large
numbers
as
last
year-,
accord
ing
to
officials
of
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
and
Steamships.
Most
of
it
is
through
business
but
'
most
of
the
poople
stop
off
at
Prince
Rupert
for
a
short
time
coming
or
going.
Recent
reports
from
Skagway
in
timated
that
the
number
visiting
that
point
this
year
was
two
hun
dred
more
than
last
year.
SS.
Prince
Oeorge,
when
she
left
here
southbound
yesterday
was
completely
sold
out.
Vancouver
Stocks
(COurteiT
S.
D.
Jonnstnu
Oo.
Bayvlew.
,
nil.
Big
Missouri,
25.
30.
Duthie
Mines,
nil.
4
ft.
Oeorge
Copper.
nU,
45.
Georgia
River,
2V4,
3.
'
OOlconda.
20,
25.
Q
rand
view,
4,
5.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
1,
nil.
Marmot
Metals,
nil.
.
Oregon
Copper,
nil,
5.
Mohawk,
,
nil.
National
Silver,
life.
nU.
Pend
Oreille.
70,
nU.
Premier,
65,
68.
Porter-Idaho,
4,
3.
Reeves
Macdonald.
25,
nil.
Ruth-Hope,
nil
5.
Silver
Crest,
nil
2.
Silverado,
nil,
4.
Snowflake.
U2V'.
Topley
Richfield,
1,
nil.
Woodbine,
nil,
1.
OILS
Freehold.
2V4,
5.
A.
P.
Con.,
10,
12.
Merland,
7,
nil.
Mercury,
10V4,
11.
Colmont,
5,
7.
Dalhousle,
21,
25.
Fabyan
PeUi,
nil,
1.
Home,
50,
55.
RoyaUte.
6.50,
7.50.
United.
10.
13.
r.aslcni
Stocks
Noranda,
19Vi.
nil.
Intor.
NlckcJ.
14Vi.
Mil.
Imperial.
Oil.
12V,
nil.
Con.
M.
it.
S.,
05.
nU.
C.
P.
It..
26.
nil.
CARD
OF
THANKS
The
family
of
the
late
Harvey
Franklin
Frascr
iwlsh
to
express
their
thanks
for
-the
many
expressions
oi
sympathy
shown
them
in
their
recent
sftd
bereavement
and
alo
for
the
many
beautiful
floral
tributes.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday",
July
22,
1931
High
6:35
ajn.
16.6
It.
19:00
p-m.
18:0
It.
Prince
Rupert
Showery,
south
Low
0:22
a.m.
5:9
It.
east
wind
12:29
:6
It
p.m.
M
-
I.:"
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
mi
XXII..
U
"
A
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
21,
1931
PRICE
FIVE-CENTS
I
Vol
'BuS
new
QUEBEC
FLOODS
DRIVE
OUT
CITIZENS
INVESTED
$200,000
AND
RECEIVED
$780,000
AND
SHARES
Member
of
Canadian
Senate
Made
Huge
Profits
From
Beauharnois
I
Power
Project
Committee
Told
McDougald
Cnst
His
Money
to
the
Waters
and
It
Returned
to
Him
Fourfold
With
Shares
Added
OTTAWA,
July
21
:
During
the
appearance
of
Senator
W.
L.
McDougald
before
the
Parliamentary
committee
yesterday
in
connection
with
the
Beauharnois
investigation,
compilation
of
hir.
profits
out
of
his
connection
with
the
Beauharnois
power
scheme-established
that
from
a
total
expenditure
of
$200,000
the
senator
got
$780,000,
and
$208,000
in
Class
A
shares
in
the
1
rompany
.expenses
of
Right
Hon.
W.
L.
Mac-
Senator
McDougald
denied
that
!
kenzIe
Kln8,
then
Prime
Minister
ol
hi
had
ever
used
hU
influence
as
a
senator
to
secure
the
passing
of
an
nrd'T-tn-council
assuring
the
company
the
rights
to
the
Beauharnois
power.
While
a
member
of
the
Senate
-
nrpittce
Investigating
navigation
power
possibilities
of
the
St.
Lnwrence
River,
Senator
McDougald
wa
interested
financially
in
the
Br
iiiharnols
project,
he
said
before
ii!
committee
today.
He
said
his
'
trment
to
tho
Senate
that
he
had
Mrwr
the'Beiu!ramor,
Company
l'
J
in
October.
1928
"was
ambiguous,
k
,
L
T
,h.
hm
ii,
ih
but
it
was
not
wrong."
as
he
had!1
P'c
JLitS
a-
become
active
until
October.
irKsSrf
A
check
for
,852,2
covering
S
2
1
tT
mistake
recenUy.
Senator
Mc
ASKS
THAT
GOVERNMENT
FINDW0RK
City
of
Revrlstoke
Ask
City
to
nark
Thrm
in
Request
to
.Deal
With
Unemployment
Tiic
city
had
before
them
a
long
"rirom
the
city
clerk
of
Revel-'
k
asking
to
be
backed
up
In
a
"imut
to
the
federal
and
provln-n
governments
to
stop
free
tra-i'.mn
on
the
railroads
and
to
see
Vn
permanent
work
be
provided
1
1
everyone
so
as
to
obviate
the
"
ssity
of
charitable
or
civic
do-",ms
lor
the
relief
of
the
unem-"'i'd.
There
were
dozens
of
other
sug-
tiotj
dealing
with
the
whole
"p
of
economic
and
social
quea-"iis
but
all
came
back
to
the
one
i
standing
question
stated,
that
i
providing
work
for
the
unem-j!
.vod
by
the
federal
and
provln-'!
Kovernments.
Tim
letter
was
laid
on
the
tabli
f'.r
a
couple
of
weeks.
Farmers
Declare
They're
Oppressed
Sell
Their
Produce
Too
Low
and
Pay
Too
High
for
What
They
Need
WINNIPEO.
July
2i;
The
execu-
1
we
of
the
United
Farmers
and
Farm
Women
of
Manitoba
In
session
here
have
Issued
a
pronouncement
in
which
they
declare
that
the
farmers
of
the
province
have
boon
sclllnir
their
nroduce
below
1
"
t.
and
paying
far
too
high
prices
'
r
the
goods
they
must
buy,
that
large
percentage
of
the
taxes
of
'hi
past
year
are
unpaid,
and
that
more
than
half
the
farmers
will
have
to
borrow
to
pay
the
taxes
of
present
year,
and
stating
that
'hf
general
condition
in
the
rural
"i-stricts
approaches,
where
It
hi
nut
already
passed,
the
Intolerable.
A
Cooling
Cure
For
Thirst
This
cute
lit:!"
youngster
and
hts
pal
have
devised
a
unique
way
to
keep
that
summer
thirst
away
and
keep
cool
besides.
Dog
follows
his
faster.
In
all
things,
and
-It
all
depends
how
often
these
two
come
back
for
a
drln
to
see
how
long
the
ice
lasts
Owner
of
Famous
Gardens
Chosen
Greater
Victoria's
Best
Citizen
And
Acclaimed
at
Official
Banquet
VICTORIA,
July
21:
Mrs.
wood
was
last
night
acclaimed
Greater
Victoria
s
best
citizen
for
the
year
1931
at
the
official
banquet
celebrating
the
diamond
jubilee
of
the
province
of
British
Columbia.
Mrs.
Butchart
was
presented
with
a
gold
medal
from
the
Native
Sons
and
Daughters
of
B.
C.
.
Mrs.
Butchart
is
the
owner
of
the?
famous
Butchart
Gardens
at
Brent
wood,
which
she
throws
open
to
the
public
and
keeps
as
a
show
place.
Often
visitors
abuse
the
privileges
offered,
pick
the
flowers,
injure
the
gardens,
litter
the
grounds
and
Intrude
on
the
privacy
of
the
owners,
yet.
In
spite
of
it
all.
the
gardens
are
kepi
open
and
maintained
at
great
expense.
In
doing
this
Mrs.
Butchart
has
placed
herself
in
the
fore
front
as
one
of
the
most
public
spir
ited
women
in
the
Dominion
of
Canada.
HANGAR
TO
COME
NORTH
c
Salvage
n
Princess
i
.
Off
,,Tmi,.
Today
i-
to
ri,h
Fetch,
House
For
Local
Airplane
and
Thus
Make
Airport
Steamer
Salvage
Princess.'
p.
tain
lain
unas
Chas.
Larklh.
".
left
this
after
noon
for
Vanouter
to
J
to
Prince
Rupe
rt;
the
tongar
re-
centiy
purcnau
vy
u,
B.
O,
Airways
The
hangar,
when
It
a
Jv-will
in
be
moored
near
the
Paclf
Ic
Calvage
:
dock
and
its
arrival
will
bo
the
final
sten
in
maklnu
Prince
Rupert
an
jairport.
registrator,
of
which
has.
already
been
upp
led
I
for
Tho
airplane
Is
still
at
Stewart
.
wnero
n
na
w
"
u"",'"!""";
work
during
Uv
calibration
at
that
place.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER
July
21:
The
price
of
wheat
is
quoted
at
the
exchange
here
ttjday
was
56c.
R.
P.
Butchart
of
Brent
MODERATOR
OF
CHURCH
IS
COMING
Right
Rev.
E.
II.
Oliver
D.D.
to
Visit
Prince
Rupert
Friday
of
This
Week
Word
has
been
received
from
the
Right
Rev.
E.
H.
Oliver
DD-
moderator
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada,
who
Is
visiting
the
Cariboo
and
Prince
Rupert
Presbyteries,
that
he
has
been
called
east
In
connection
with
the
emergency
sltua-
tlon
on
the
prairie.
As
a
consequence
his
visit
to
,,rtM
Prince
Rupert
nr
ha.
has
wn
been
set
forward
a
couple
of
days.
Dr.
Oliver
is
a
man
of
outstanding
executive,
and
speaker,
and
he
is
regarded
as
the
'man.
for
the
hour
In
the
part
which
he
fUU
at
this.pecullar
point
In
the
.
OIlv(r
0.
weI,
known
Padres
on
the
western
front
was
mmently
connected
Rhakl
mytt
s
;
fhs,
KaaVi
Via
ha
written
n
ft
h
of
8.,
-winning
the
Frontier"
and
'The
Achievements
of
the
Chrls-
;
tlan
Church."
Rev.
Dr.
Oliver
will
-
address
a
public
meeting
In
First
United
Church
Friday
evening
next
at
8
o'clock.
All
welcome.
Reasonable
nrudence
Is
the
be
-
Hundred
Families
Forced
to
Leave
Their
Homes
as
Ste.
Anne
River
In
Flood
Aged
Men
and
Women
and
Young
Children
Transported
On
Hafts
and
In
Boats
to
Safety
ST.
RAYMOND
PORTNEUF,
Que.,
July
21:-AbbUt
one
hundred
families
were
forced
to
flee
their
homes
early
this
morning
when
the
River
St.
Anne
reached
the
flood
stage.
All
the
land
bordering
on
the
edge
of
the
river
was
inundated
and
the
water
covered
the
ground
floors
of
the
houses
to
a
depth
of
three
feet.
-
Great
difficulties
were
experien
SHOEMAKER
!
OF
STEWART
IS
DROWNED
George
Curtis,
Formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
Missing
From
Gas
Boat
at
Midnight
STEWART,
'
July
21:
George
Curtis,
a
Shoe'makerf'resldent'of,
Stewart
for
the
past
four
or
five
years
and
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
Is
believed
to
have
been
drowned
about
midnight
last
night
when
he
disappeared
mysteriously
from
a
gas
boat
on
which
he
was
coming
ashore
after
a
visit
to
the
United
States
navy
cruiser
Detroit
An
all-night
search
failed
to
reveal
any
trace
of
the
missing-
man.
His
wife
lives
near
here.
Pattullo
Back
Fromthe
Camps
Attended
Celebration
at
Stewart
and
Held
Meeting
at
Anyox;
Goes
South
Tomorrow
T.
D.
Pattullo,
accompanied
by
Col.
Moodle
arrived
back
this
af-
tsmoon
from
a
visit
to
the
Portland
Canal
district
and
will
sail
tomor
row
morning
on
the
Prince
Henry
for
Vancouver.
Mr.
Pattullo
expressed
himself
as
much
pleased
with
his
trip.
They
had
a
wonderful
celebration
at
Stewart
and
he
saw
a
good
deal
of
It
and
met
most
of
the
people.
At
Anyox
Mr.
Pattullo
held
a
meeting
and
accounted
to
that
part
of
the
northern
section
of
the
province
for
his
stewardship
as
leader
of
the
opposition.
Mennonites
Are
Invading
Peace
Bus
Load
of
Peculiar
People
Tour
ing
Country
Looking
For
Suitable
Land
EDMONTON,
July
21:
Following
out
their
custom
of
securing
a
share
of
the
beet
land
In
the
prairie
country,
a
party
of
Mennonites
have
gone
Into
the
Peace
district
with
a
view
to
securing
a
tract
of
land
for
settlement.
They
are
travelling
In
a
motor
bus,
24
people
in
all,
five
men,
five
women
and
tho
rest
children
Including
a
three-months
old
babe.
The
bus
came
all
the
way
from
Mexico
but
most
of
the
members
of
the
party
were
collected
on
the
Canadian
prairies.
The
visitors
will
take
their
time
'driving
through
the
district
and
ginning
of
wisdom.
Premier
Benito
1
then
selecting
land
which
they
con-Mussollnl.
:
slder
will
be
useful
for
settlement.
ced
In
getting
the
aged
men
and
women
and
young
children
to
saf
e-
ty,
it
being
necessary
to
transfer
them
to
higher
levels
on
rafts
and'
In
boats.
Large
numbers
of
live
stock
perished
in
the
waters.
Mackenzie
King
Complains
About
The
Dictatorship
A
recent
copy
of
hanzard
tells
nf
a
tilt
between
the
Premier
and
trie
leader
of
the
opposition
In
which
Right
Ifon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
says
of
Mr.
Bennett:
"I
do
think
it
is
about
time
he
had
a
little
appreciation
for
the
position
of
hon.
members
in
this
house.
Instead
of
acUng
as
a
Prime
Minister
he
behaves
as
a
dictator
and
a
disagreeable
dictator,
at'
that.
AU
through
this
session
h.
has
been
Indifferent
to
the
convenience
of
hon.
members
and
har
not
seen
fit
even
to
bring
down
th-proposed
legislation
In
a
manner
which
would
enable
it
to
be
pro-Iperly
discussed.
When,
on
repeated
occasions,
we
have
tried
to
accom
modate
him.
all
we
have
received
by
way
of
thanks
has
been
a
lecture
or
some
rude
remark.'
Are
Improving
-,
Billmor
Mill
J.
It.
Morgan
Says
They
Are
Getting
Ready
For
Business
When
it
Comes
"We
are
still
Improving
our
mlU
at
Billmor
In
readiness
for
the
business
when
It
comes,"
declared
J.
R.
MoT-tun,
logging
contractor,
who
was
In
the
city
yesterday
returning
to
his
logging
camp
on
the
Islands.
Mr.
Morgan
said
they
were
building
a
flume,
putting
In
a
new
boiler
and
generally
tuning
up
the
mill.
"I
have
faith
enough
In
the
country
to
believe
that
the
people
will
be
buying
lumber
again
before,
long."
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Morgan.
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