with
radical
activities.
,
George
Morrow
rfir-r-r
M
iw-
i
l-rmr
rrr
nn
i
Woll
knov.ii
;
rmer
resident
who
20
years
aw
..nnounced
that
he
would
be
a
i
ididate
for
Parliamentary
ri
m
is
as
an
Indepen-tlfti-
Liberal.
Dorothy
Alexander
Called
This
Morn
Steamer
frothy
Alexander,
southbound
U
tn
Alaska
with
207
passengers
nb
rd,
arrived
In
port
this
morning
.
7:30.
In
spite
of
the
rather
lnclenn
i
t
weather,
a
good
fmany
of
the
pa
-sengtrs
came
ashore
and
dW
a
ltttu
snopping.
Tvro
paatenni
is
left
the
boat
here,
the
remainder
continuing
south.
The
Weather
Dead
Tree
rint
Rain,
calm,
barometex
20
temperature
5-,
tea
smooth.
Triple
Island
-Light
rain,
fresh
south
easterly
Alnd,
moderate
sen".
Langara
Itiiiiv
light
south
east
erly
wind,
sea
oalm.
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Today's
I
-
I
!
Saturday,
July
25,
1931
High
10:38
aon.
16:1
ft
Dlgby
IslandCloudy,
light
wind,
22:15
p.m.
19:4
ft.
barometer
29:?4,
temperature
54,
Low
4:06
a.m,
5:1
tf.
sea
si
15:51
p.m.
9:6
ft
e
pi
"
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
O
1
I:
xxii.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JULY
24,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
H?
IE
AT
SELLING
AGENCY
IS
PROPOSED
v
o
BRITAIN
Premier
Bennett
Suggests
That
Three
Prairie
Provinces
Form
a
Corporation
For
Handling
Crop
Federal
Government
Will
Finance
Organization
If
Suggestions
of
Prime
Minister
Arc
Followed
OTTAWA,
July
21:
The
suggestion
that
the
prairie
provinces
get
together
and
establish
a
trading
corporation
to
handle
this
year's
wheat
crop
is
advanced
in
a
communication
from
Premier
Bennett
to
the
premiers
of
Manitoba,
Saskatchewan
and
Alberta,
a
copy
of
which
was
tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
In
his
letter
Mr.
Bennett
suggests
that
John
I.
Mac-Farland,
president
of
the
central
selling
agency
of
the
Wheat
Pool,
be
appointed
general
manager
of
the
corporation,
If
this
arrangement
is
satisfactory,
the
Dominion
government
will
undertake
to
make
the
necessary-financial
arrangements
to
insure
proper
functioning
of
the
corporation.
THE
WIDOW
CHANG
HAS
BEENTAKEN
PilPWO.
CHINA.
July
24
Chi-woman
bandit.
"The
Wldo
C!
um."
has
been
captured
by
of
the
National
govern-n!
Legation
authorities
were
disposed
today
to
believe
the
id
would
get
an
opportunity
:
i
rral
closcup
of
this
plcturc-h
figure
since
China'!
military
usually
works
fast.
She
was
i
ht
in
Hunan
Province,
the
era-
f
China's
culture,
but
of
re-
'
y
ars
a
bandit-ridden
poverty
'
ken
race.
!;
moat
bandit
chiefs
the
w
Chan
came
from
Uie
pea-'
v
Loader
of
what
grw
to
be
M"
and
powerful
band,
she
t
hesitated
to
battle
govern-''
l
irces.
LIVERPOOL
CUP
WON
BY
AMERICAN
MVFRPOOL.
July
-4:
Flange.
'
!
by
William
Woodward,
the
v
il
known
United
States
sports-'
m.
today
won
Uie
Liverpool
Cup.
:
ix
Wheeler
was
the
second
horse
"
i
Autumn
Tints
came
third.
Halibut
Landings
American
T
itwma,
22,000,
5.5c
nnd
3c,
hold
ll
:
nvcr.
Viking.
8,500,
Booth,
Go
and
3c.
Canadian
la
22.000,
Storage,
6.1c
and
3c.
r
'
inc
Race.
4.000.
Booth,
0c
and
3c.
T"nrld
H..
3,000.
IJooth.
6c
and
3c.
F.rir
Roy,
14,000,
0c
and
3c
hold-over.
Vi-rti
Deatrlcc,
0.000,
Atlln,
0.4c
fitid
3c.
,
,
HKRR
DKCIiAUEI)
NON-ALCOHOLIC
SANTIAGO.
Chile,
July
24:Beer
'
1
been
declared
non-alcoholic
In
'Mile
bv
riwnw
nf
Proalriant
fMrlnx
Ih.niez.
The
move
is
designed
to
as-l
'
;inriculture
by
boosting
the
ma-""t.u-ture
and
sale
of
beer.
Thus
'
Chilean
baney
will
be
raised
'id
)ld.
AND
FRANCE
ARE
EVEN
IN
DAVIS
CUP
Great
Northern
Enters
California
KA
LA
MATH
FALLS.
Ore:.
July
24:
-The
Great
Northern
Railway
had
entered
California
today,
and
another
of
Jim
Hill's
dreams
was
realized.
The
road
Is
being
butlt
to
Deiber,
Cal..
where
it
will
meet
the
Western
Pacific
tracks
and
permit
entry
of
the
Great
Northern
trains
to
San
Francisco
Day
region.
It
is
expected
that
trains
will
be
operat
ing
on
the
lines
by
the
first
of
next
year.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Oourtfir
B.
D.
Jobnttflu
Oo.t
Bayvlew.
tyj.
nil.
Big
Missouri.
20.
29.
Cork
Province,
nil
1.
Duthle
Mines,
nil.
41fc.
Oeorge
Copper,
40,
45.
Georgia
River,
2V4.
3.
Oolconda,
20,
23.
a
rand
view,
4,
0.
Independence,
nl
1.
Indian
Mines,
I,
nil.
Mohawk,
A,
nil.
Marmot
Metals,
nil.
.
National
Silver.
1,
nil.
Noble
Five.
44.
5.
Oregon
Copper,
nil,
5.
Pend
Oreille;
70,
nil.
Premier.
06.
70.
Porter-Idaho,
4,
5.
Reeves
Maadonald.
20,
27.
Rufus-ArgenWi,
2,
nil.
Ruth-Hope,
nil.
5.
Silver
Crest,
lVfc,2.
Silverado,
nil,
4.
OILS
Freehold.
3V4.
5.
A.
P.
Con.,
8.
10.
Merland.
7.
nil.
Mercury.
10,
10V4.
Galmont,
5,
7.
Dalhousie,
18.
24.
Devtntoh,
nil,
5.
United,
0.
1.
Home,
45.
50.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda.
17.
nil.
Inter.
Nickel.
13.
nU.
Imperial
Oil.
12.
nil.
Con.
M.
&
S..
95.
nil.
C.
P.
R..
nil.
Communists
Are
Arrested
VALrARISO,
Chile.
July
rollce
today
arrested
15
reputed
members
of
the
Internauonai
w.
...
i.ai,..,
i.w1nlllll
t('l
0
of
mumK
which
are
reported
to
,
:
be
J',"
Ib
Moule.
Idea
Uruguay.
TTiey
are
a
Helping
Germany
To
Carry
On
By
Extending
Credit
LONDON,
July
24:
The
leading
powers
of
the
world
are
extending
emergency
aid
to
Germany
to
save
!
her
from
financial
ruin.
The
relief
;
measures,
adopted
at
the
closing!
session
of
the
seven
world
powers!
called
to
consider
Germany's
plight,
i
were
accompanied
by
the
implied!
promise
that
more
permanent.stens
i
would
be
taken
later.
The
measures
j
taken
included
renewal
of
the
$100,-000,000
short
term
loan,
already
past
due.
which
was
made
to
Germany
In
June
by
Oreat
Britain,
France,
the
United
States
and
the
World
Bank.
The
powers
represented
also
agreed
to
have
their
central
banks
use
ever
effort
to
prevent
further
witMreirf-twem-Tflwiey
fronti
Germany.
Jt
was
recommended
that
the
world
bank
organise
a
com
mittee
to
Investigate
Germany's
need
for
further
credit,
and
the
possibility
for
converting
short
time
loans
Into
long
term.
Attempt
Is
Made
To
Assassinate
Chinese
Minister
SHANGHAI.
July
24:
The
Chinese
minister
of
finance
came
near
to
losing
his
life
yesterday.
A
volley
was
fired
at
him
as
he
was
passing
In
an
automobile
and
his
two
secretaries
were
killed
but
he
escaped.
TENNIS
IS
VERY
CLOSE
Davis
Cup
Games
Todav
Divided
Evenly
Between
Itritain
and
France
'
Atrrr.UIU
France.
July
21:
France
and
Great
Itritain
divided
the
opening
singles
in
the
Davis
Cup
Challeiue
round
today,
when
Fred
Ferry
defeated
Jean
Boro-(ra
4-6,
10-8,
G-0,
4-C,
6-4.
As
the
score
indicates
it
was
an
Intensely
exciting
game
with
the
Frenchman
winning
the
first
round
and
the
fourth.
Something
somewhat
similar
happened
m
the
case
of
the
victory
of
Henri
Cocliet
when
he
de-fcaied
II.
W.
(Runny)
Austin.
Austin
took
the
first
set
but
after
that
did
not
figure
in
the
game
although
he
fought
the
second
set,--very
closely.
The
score
for
Colhet
ended
3-G,
11-0,
6-4.
Texas
Aviators
Unable
to
Start
s
rattle.
Julv
24:
Renort
of
I
unfavorable
weather
near
Alaska
:
today
prevented
the
scheduled!
uke-off
of
Reginald
L.
Robbhu
and
I
H
s.
Jones,
Texas
aviators
on
their
-
,
non-ston
re-
-
?Kjm
f
Colonel
Hiam
Assistant
t
Si:
Hi
ury
Thornton
was
in
city
toda
.
mrt
will
return
Tui
.Li.v.
Colonel
Hiam
Visited
City
Arrived
This
Morning
From
South
and
Is
Going
on
to,
Portland
Canal
Points
Colonel
Hiam,
assistant
to
the
president
and
general
manager
of
the
Canadian
NaUonal
Railways
with
headquarters
in
Vancouver,
arrived
In
the
city
this
morning
on
the
Prince
Ocorge
and
is
proceeding
io
Portland
Canal
points.
The
Colonel
will
return
Tuesday
on
the
Catala
and
will
remain
over
here
until
the
return
of
the
sj.
Prince
Henry
Thursday
morning.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
July.
24:
The
price
of
wheat
here
today
was
quoted
at
54c.
Bennett
,
Asking
Government
For
Powej-
to
Give
Unemployment
and
Qrop
Failure
Relief
in
the
West
i
4
rtHllaatirm
nnripr
thi-
flva!
.
OlMWAVIut-Notice
of
a
resolution-imaM
the
government
to
extend
relief
because
of
unemployment
and
because
of
the
crop
failure
in
the
west
was
given
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
Premier
Bennett.
The
resolution
does
not
fix
any
definite
sum
which
the
government
may
expend
but
it
empowers
the
ministry
tojttv'eiy
itttie
to
purchase
with
it.
pay
guci'iorxnestj
purposes
out
oi
me
consolidated
revenues
as
it
may
from
time
to
time
deem
necessary.
INSPECTOR
H.C.FRASER
IS
MOVED
Will
Be
Leaving
Prince
Rupert
School
Inspectorate
as
Soon
as
Convenient
Record
of
Growth
VICTORIA,
July
24:
Inspector
A.
C.
Fraser
who
has
been
In
charge
f
the
school
system
of
Prince
Ru-
aert
and
district
for
the
past
10
ears,
is
being
moved
to
Victoria
ind
win
arrange
w
move
nis
ram-
lv
to
this
city
at
as
early
a'
date
as
possible.
I
from
the
higher
living
cost.
The
past
ten
years
has
shown
lm-1
since
the
worker
Is
considered
the
.nense
growth
In
the
school
f
aclll-1
first
citizen
of
the
state
he
receives
ties
in
the
inspectorate.
,
larger
allotments
of
food
and
other
Ten
years
ago
Prince
Rupert
had
,
commodities
than
any
other
class
the
only
high
school
In
the
north.
and
is
permitted
to
buy
at
special
Granby
Bay
became
a
high
school
I
stores
at
reasonable
prices.
Those
that
year,
1921.
Smlthers
was
a
'in
other
categories
receive
smaller
superior
school
with
three
teachers,
j
ration
allowances
and
many
are
Today,
counting
the
technical
tea-'forced
to
supplement
them
by
pur-chers
In
Prince
Rupert,
there
are
I
chasing
from
the
higher
priced
10
high
school
teachers
In
the
city,
stores.
Granby
Bay
has
a
two-roomed
high
The
workers
themselves
patronU-
school;
Smlthers
will
this
year
have
ed
such
stores
extensively
also
be-nlne
teachers
employed,
three
of
fore
the
recent
price
Increase
but
these
doing
high
school
work;
Ter-
race
has
grown
from
a
two-roomed
school
to
an
elementary
school
of
four
divisions,
and
a
high
school
of
two
divisions;
TeiKwa
nas
grown
from
a
one-roomed
school
to
a
two-,
to
which
he
has
been
accustomed,
roomed
elementary
school
and
a
,
while
others
must
devote
more
of
one-room
high
school;
Ocean
Falls,;
their
Income
to
purchases
at
hlgh-from
a
public
school
of
four
rooms,
jer
priced
stores.
Butter
In
these
has
grown
Into
a
consolidated
stores
now
sells
for
10
roubles,
or
school,
embracing
an
elementary
,
approximately
$5
a
pound,
school
of
six
divisions,
a
Junior
high
i
Another
element
In
the
sharp
do-
school
of
two
divisions
an
da
sen
-
lor
high
school
of
three
teachers.
In
addition
to
these
six
high
schools
there
have
sprung
up
three
super
-
lor
schools,
all
of
which
havo
done
successful
matriculation
work
(Continued
on
page
three)
TENNIS
Butter
Five
Dollars
a
Pound
In
Russia
as
Result
of
Government
A
Policy
of
Stabilizing
the
Roubfe
Following
is
the
second
of
a
number
of
stories
on
present-day
conditions
in
the
Russian
Soviet
Republic.
!,Bv
Stanley
P.
Richardson.
Copyright,
1931,
by
The
Associated
Presf,)
MOSCOW,
July
24:
Soviet
Russia's
rouble,
bad
boy-of
world
currency,
is
undergoing
a
face
cleaning.
Once
so
plentiful
in
a
nation
where
thee
was
little
to
spend
it
for,
the
rouble
is
becoming
scarce
as
a
result
of
the
government's
efforts
to
stabilize
it.
Now,
there
is
more
to
buy
and
comparatively
few
roubles
with
which
to
pay
as
a
direct
outcome
of
the
government's
new
financial
policy
exemplified
In
the
recent
50
average
Increase
In
the
prices
of
food
and
basic
commodities.
Notwithstanding
that
the
rouble
has
no
standing
In
international
exchange,
the
government's
determination
to
stabilize
it
at
home
was
manifest
some
time
ago
in
the
announcement
by
Commissar
ofj
Finance
G.
T.
Orlnko
that
the
Is-'
suance
of
currency,
which
was
stop-
j
ped
In
the
latter
part
of
1930,
would
,
not
be
resumed
this
vear.
i
Heretofore,
government
printing
presses
had
been
kept
running
at
top
speed
to
pay
salaries
and
other
tribution
of
roubles
among
the
po
-
puIace-
wnlch-
due
to
tne
sc-reltyl
The
Lindberghs
win
fly
first
to
iJIlZmZV
t0
obtaln
PaPe"
necd-
"ZT
TJi!1
Aided
by
the
increasing
output
of
light
Industry,
which
produces
such
things,
the
government
in
recent
months
has
been
opening
more
and
more
"open,"
or
"higher
priced"
'
tores
in
Moscow,
where
anyone
Is
permitted
to
buy.
Then
came
the
heavy
price
increase,
just
as
the
Japanese
government's
action,
populace
was
indulging
In
a
buying
Lindbergh
and
his
wife
plan
a
va-orgy
induced
by
well
stocked
shelves
,
cation
flight
to
Japan
this
fall.
on
one
side
and
plenty
of
roubles
,
on
the
part
of
workers
and
peas-!
.
m
11
nriY
ants.
PI
ANh
HHl
I
If
annparanres
In
Moscow
can
be
lrl
1
-LI
.
1
II
II
I
taken
as
a
criterion,
this
gradually
j
'
depleted
the
buying
capacity
of
a
large
portion
of
the
population
In
urban
centres.
At
the
same
time,
it
has
brought
an
Increase
In
both
the
,
quantity
and
quality
of
stocks
of:
goods
on
hand
In
the
stores.
I
Actually,
the
worker
portion
of
the
population
is
little
affected
by,
the
price
Increase
because
they
are
.
rationed
necessities
at
fixed
price.
1
It
Is
those
patrons
of
government
;
nigner
pncea
swres
sucn
as
non-
-.
uinunmw-,
j....-.
;
clans
and
loreigners
wno
suiter
they
were
among
the
first
missing
when
prices
rose.
The
result
has
been
that
a
worker
receiving
$50
a
month
can
live
ap-
,
proximately
on
me
same
swnaara;
LINDBERGHS
-MAKE
START
.
NEXT
WEEK
'
'
,
,
,
..
Formal
Permission
lias
Ecen
Grap,
ted
For
Them
to
Fly
in
Japan
ENGLEWOOD,
NJ.,
July
24:
Col.
and
Mrs.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
will
start
their
summer
vacation
ajrpiane
t0ur
to
the
Orient
some
'
day
next
week
he
ann0unced
today,
-wm
readv
and
atcr
Sun-
.
.
.
:readv
possible
overnight
stop
before
con-
tinuing
their
Journey.
WASHINGTON,
July
24:
Formal
permission
for
Colonel
Charles
K,
Lindbergh
and
Mrs.
Lindbergh
to
fly
over
Japan,
was
received
today
by
the
state
department
which
Im?
mediately
Informed
the
flyer
of
th
SEA
ISLAND
mot
Bennett
Was
Not
Injured
In"
Accident
But
Tlane
Was
Smashed
VANCOUVER,
July
24:
His
con
trols
Jamming
when
less
than
three
hundred
feet
of
the
ground.
Pilot
Officer
W.
E.
Bennett,
R.C.A.F..
qL7
Jericho
Beach,
pancaked
to
thS
ground
at
Sea
Island
Airport
yes
terday.
The
plane
was
wrecked
traf
Bennett
was
unhurt.
a
Did
Not
Like
His
J
Picture
In
Glass"
MILWAUKEE
July
24:
A
sailor
who
had
been
Indulging
In
a
few,
drinks
of
bootleg
liquor
was
passing
along
the
street
here
last
nlghl
looking
Into
a
shop
window
when
he
noticed
his
own
reflection
In
thV"
glass.
"Get
out
of
there
you
ugly
brute,"
he
muttered
as
he
butted
the
reflection
with
his
head,
broke;'
the
big
plate
glass
and
Is
now
In
the
hospital.
Captain
Hawks
Is
After
Speed
Record
FLOYD
BENNETT
AIRPORT.
'crease
In
the
number
of
rouble
in'1'00
Wand.
New
York.
July
24-
'circulation
Is
the
government's
tot-
Captain
Frank
W.
Hawks
took
off
'est
Internal
loan
of
1.600.000,000;
today
at
three
am.
(est)
on
a
1
roubles,
subscriptions
for
which
tliaht
to
Havana
In
an
attempt
to,
I
now
are
being
received
from
work-
break
the
speed
record
between
the
ers
and
others
at
the
rate
of
one
two
cities
established
by
Jamav
'month's
salary
per
person.
Goodwin
Hall
last
Saturday.
w
.