arc
niver
town.
3c.
Floods
of
Yangste
May
Overwhelm
Metropolis
of
More
Than
800,000
All
Natives
Able
to
Do
So
Arc
Fleeing
While
Others
Resort
to
Suicide
Two
Other
Centres
Arc
Also
In
Danger
HANKOW,
China,
Aug.
21:
The
city
of
Hankow,
with
a
population
of
more
than
800,000
souls,
is
believed
to
be
rloomed
to
total
destruction
by
the
floods
of
the
Yangste
River
which
have
been
raging
for
days.
All
natives
who
are
able
to
do
so
arc
fleeing
and
hundreds
are
resorting
to
suic
ide
as
a
way
out
of
their
misery.
Wuchang
and
Hanyang
cities
are
also
seriously
ARE
READY
TO
DEPART
Col.
jnd
Mrs.
Lindbergh
Await
Weather
at
Keotl
Island
NEMURO.
Japan,
Auzmy21
fni
and'
Mr.
TCrWTUfiaoerRii
wire
awaiting
an
Improvement
of
tlx
weather
today
before
hopping
'!
from
Keoti
Island
in
the
Kurl-for
Nemuro,
a
distance
of
400
mil's,
in
continuation
of
their
f!ii:iit
around
the
world.
Repair!
h
id
been
completed
to
their
en-wmr
and
propeller
which
had
been
lamagrd
In
the
rough
teal.
During
their
enforced
tay
at
Ki-nti
Island,
Col
and
Mr.
Llnd-N
ruh
made
thr
home
on
a
Jap-im
.se
trawler
which
was
standing
by
ii
Lindbergh'!
plane
wal
towed
t"
shelter
In
Murotan
Day
last
mthi
by
Uie
steamer
Paramashlm
Maru.
JURY
IS
NOW
OUT
Tate
oi
David
Clark
in
Hah
nee
at
Los
Angeles
Ios
ANOELBS.
August
SI
A
'I
i
i;reement
1n
verdict
semcd
p''
sibie
last
night
as
the
Jury
J
Ui
r-oso
or
David
Clark,
.charged
'ii
the
murder
of
Herbert
Spen-"
r
retired
to
bed
after
having
al-
:iu(iy
considered
its
verdict
far
voral
hours.
At
the
conclusion
ot
a
lengthy
ii
i'irpss
by
Judge
Murray,
the
Jury
r'
Unci
at
3:18
p.m.
and
went
to
mi'mt
at
5:15.
It
returned
two
ii
"nrs
later
and
was
put
to
bed
at
"
''7
p.m.
MINISTER
ON
FLIGHT
Hon.
H.
M.
Sutherland
Is
Orcally
Impressed
Willi
Minerals
ot
Great
near
Lake
and
Crops
of
Peace
River
EDMONTON,
August
21
Hon.
Donald
M.
Sutherland,
minister
ot
national
dsfencc,
arrived
hero
visterday
from
AkUvlk
after
a
n,Kht
across
northern
Canada
Hp
left
soon,
after
his
arrival
for
Vancouver
The
minister
declared
that
he
"ad
been
greatly
Impressed
with
mineral
dtoenverlM
around
droit
Bfar
Lake
and
Uio
extent
of
the
"'"i
anerage
from
Vermillion
to
Today's
Weather
5rj
If
Tomorrow's
Ticks
Saturday,
August
22,
1931
High
8:22
a.m.
15:2
ft.
Rupert
Overcast,
right
20:54
p.m.
18:1
It.
wind;
.
barometer,
30.10;
Low
2:28
ajn.
8:1
ft.
b
63.
ire,
12:16
pjn.
10:5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
21
0
196.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST,
21,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
NAD
A
HAS
WORLD
t
i
RADIUM
SUPPL
Y
CITY
OF
t
HANKOW
IN
CHINA
IS
DOOMED
TO
DESTRUCTION
CUSTOMS
INSPECTION
IS
NOT
REQUIRED
ON
TAKU
FOR
JUNE
MEN
VICTORIA.
Aug.
2l:-Per-mllon
has
been
granted
by
the
federal
authorities
whereby
alien
mining
men
may
fly
into
the"Brltlsh
Columbia
belt
of
the
Taku
and
Tulsequah
country
until
October
15
without
the
necessity
of
having
their
effects
examined
by
the
customs
official,
Hon.
W.
A.
McKenzie,
minister
of
mine,
announces.
Vice-President
of
Railways
Is
Here
A.
E.
Warren
and
Tarty
Arrived
by
Train
This
Afternoon
and
Embarked
For
Boat
Trip
A.
E.
Warren,
vice-president
In
charge
of
wMtern
region.
Canadian
National
Railways.
Winnipeg,
ar
rived
In
the
city
by
special
car
at-tAbhad
to
this
afternoon's
train.
beln
on
a
holiday
trip
to
tto
coast.
He
Is
accompanied
by
n
nartv
of
friends
and
officials.
They
left
on
the
steamer
Prince
Ocorve
this
afternoon
to
make
the
round
trln
to
Anvox
and
Stewart
and
thence
to
Vancouver
tomorrow
ev
ening.
AUTOMOBILE
IS
WRECKED
An
automobile,
owned
by
N.
U
Freeman,
was
wrecked
when
iiiit
nvr
an
embankment
on
the
Skeena
River
Highway
about
one
mile
beyond
the
city
limits
Detwecn
a
nnA
i
List
evenlnz.
tv.
oividpnt
occurred
when
the
t
W
n
----
-
brakes
locked
as
the
oar
was
d-towards
the
city.
The
vehicle
turned
over
once
as
it
went
down
hill
and
landed
rignt
siao
up
but
faced
in
the
opposite
direction
"
V
w
w
vi.MiaJtles.
,
Salvage
of
the
car
was
under
taken
this
morning.
Halibut
Landings
American
Spray.
33.000.
Storage,
5c
and
2c.
Reliance.
7,500.
5c
and
2c.
Going
back
to
Ketchikan.
Canadian
Cape
Swain,
5,500,
Atlln.
6c
and
Soviet
Cavalry
Take
Dip,
Near
Moscow
o.
.
o
Saturday
night?
Who
knows
but
this
detachment
ot
Soviet
cavalry,
stationed
near
Moscow,
and
taking
a
chance
and
driving
their
gee-gees
right
Into
a
nice
convenient
stream.
Fun
and
no
end
Judgment
on
Lands
-
SetFor
September;
Saskatchewan
Will
Know
Then
Whether
It
Gets
Its
Own
Rack
REOINA.
Aug.
21:
Probably
not
before
the
latter
part
of
September
or
in
early
October
will
Judgment
be
handed
down
In
the
proceedings
arriving
at
a
settlement
on
lands
alienated
in
Saskatchewan
by
the
Dominion
government
prior
to
1905
when
the
province
was
formed.
This
is
the
belief
of
Hon.
M.
A.
MacPherson.
attorney-general,
who
returned
to
Reglna
recently
after
having
represented
Saskatchewan
before
the
Judicial
committee
of
the
privy
council
which
heard
the
case
early
last
month.
A.
E.
Bence,
K.C..
and
Oeorge
II.
Barr.
K.C.,
also
re
presented
the
province.
Sir
John
Simon,
who
had
been
retained
to
present
Saskatchewan's
case,
was
unable
to
be
In
attendance.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Oourteiy
8.
D.
jo&nitnij
Oo.
Duthle
Mines,
nil,
4.
Oeorge
Copper.
40,
nil.
Georgia
River.
2
ft,
4.
Golconda,
21,
35.
Orandvlew,
4,
5.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
1,
nil.
Noble
Five,
nil.
4.
Fend
Oreille.
70,
74.
Premier.
57,
59.
Reeves
Macdonald,
23,
nil.
Rufus-Argehta,
nil.
2ft.
Ruth-Hope,
nil.
5.
Snowflake.
1.
Topley
Richfield,
nil,
2.
Woodbine,
ft,
1.
OILS
Freehold,
2Vi
nil.
Hargal,
2,
nil.
A.
P.
Con
6tt,
0.
Merland,
5,
7.
Mercury.
8.
0
Vi.
v
dalmont,
4,
nil.
Dalhousle,
13,
nfl.
v
Fabyan
PcCe,
?J,
1W.
Home,
40,
nil.
United.
7.
8.
Royalite,
6.00.
0.23.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda.
18.75.
19.50.
C.
P.
R..
nil.
22.50.
Inter.
Nickel,
12.90.
13.50.
Oen..
M.
tt
S.,
90
V4.
nil.
Imperial
Oil,
13?i.
nil-
GHOST
TOWNS
OF
IDAJIOf
DESTROYED
BOISE,
Idaho,
Aug.
21:
Quartxburg
and
Oranite
Creek.
ghost
towns
with
histories
dat-
lng
back
to
the
earliest
mining
era
of
Idaho,
were
destroyed
by
forest
fires
last
night.
The
town
of
Placervtlle,
with
300
refugees,
was
threatened
today.
POLA
NEGRI
IS
STRICKEN
Famous
Actress
Suffering
From
Food
Poisoning
In
California
Hospital
SANTA
MONICA,
Aug.
21:
Pola
Negri,
the
Polish
actress
and
former
moving
picture
star,
was
stricken
ill
yesterday
and
Is
now
receiving
treatment
in
the
Santa
Monica
Hospital.
Physicians
name
her
Illness
as
"food
poisoning."
Forest
Fires
Are
Checked
Change
In
Wind
Proved
Blessing
Yesterday
In
Country
Around
'
Spokane
SPOKANE.
Aus.
21:
A
change
In
the
wind
yesterday
resulted
in
the
checking
of
forest
fires
In
a
number
of
the
parU
of
this
country
which
have
been
fire-ridden
for
several
days.
DOLE
CUT
OPPOSED
Trades
Union
Congress
Council
of
Britain
Believed
Opposed
to
Government's
Economy-Proposals
LONDON,
August
21
When
the
Labor
cabinet
concluded
sessions
to
consider,
the
financial
situation
this
afternoon,
no
annoucement
was
made
and
it
is
generally
be
nevea
mat
me
maes
union
con
gress
council
Is
opposed
to
the
government's
economy
measures.
particularly
rejecting
the
proposal
to
cut
down
the
dole.
The
Weather
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
northwest
breeze,
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.14;
temperature,
62;
light
swell.
Juvenile
Is
Fined
$300
For
Supplying
Liquor
to
Youni;
Cirl
A
local
youth
of
Juvenile
age
was
fined
$300,
with
option
of
three
months'
imprisonment,
by
Justices
of
the
Peace
S.
D.
Mac-
i
donald
and
O.
H.
Munro
in
pro
vincial
police
court
last
evening
i
for
supplying
liquor
to
a
local
girl
ot
minor
age.
The
case
was
the
outcome
ot
an
episode
near
the
Salt
Lake
a
few
days
ago.
Twenty
Tons
of
Radium
Ore
Worth
$8,000
Per
Ton
Comes
Out
From
Great
Bear
Lake
FORT
SMITH,
Northwest
Territories,
Aug.
21
:-TJio
first
commercial
shipment
of
radium
from
Great
Bear
Lake
arrived
here
yesterday
on
its
way
to
railhead
at
"Waterways.
It
consisted
of
twenty
tons
of
picked
ore
estimated
to
run
$8,000
per
ton.
Experts
predict
that
Canada
will
be
able
to
make
a
bid
successfully
for
the
world's
radium
supply
on
the
showing
of
this
discovery.
TOLD
ABOUT
'SPEAKER
THE
ORIENTl
jS
HERE
Mayne
D.
Hamilton
described
to
,,on-
George
Black
Visited
City
This
Dinner
Guests
Recent
Visit
to
China
and
Japan
LANGUAGE
DIFFICULTY
i
Japanese
a
Great
Industrial,
People
But
Backward
in
Agriculture
The
secret
of
the
success
of
Japan
I
is
hjer
ability
Industrially,
accord
ing
to
Mayne
D.
Hamilton,
general
superintendent
of
the
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce,
who
visited
that
country
and
China
last'
year
in
connection
with
the
Pacific
Conference.
Last
night
Mr.
Hamilton
was
the
guest
of
honor
at
a
dinner
given
by
B.
J.
Mellish,
manager
of
the
local
Bank
of
Commerce,
at
which
Mayor
Orme
and
a
number
of
local
business
and
professional
men
were
present.
It
was
at
this
dinner
that
Mr.
Hamilton
told
about
his
visit
to
the
Orient
and
some
of
the
Interesting
things
he
saw
there.
He
told
of
the
industrialization
of
Japan,
of
their
customs
and
habits
and
of
the
possibilities
ot
developing
a
market
there.
The
first
place
visited
by
Mr.
)
Hamilton
was
Tokyo,
capital
of
Japan,
which
he
described
as
a
very
!
fine
modern
city
with
buildings
equal
to
those
of
New
York.
The
I
Japanese
were
splendid
hosts
and
entertained
them
royally
there.
In
connection
with
the
visit
to
Nikko,
the
farms
and
homes
of
the,
people
were
described.
Only
fifteen
per
cent
of
the
land
in
that
coun
try
is
arable
and
fifty
per
cent
Is
forest.
A
splendid
system
of
refor
estation
Is
carried
out,
even
to
the
tops
of
the
mountains.
The
farms
are
very
small,
only
two
or
three
acres
each
and
the
work
all
done
by
hand
with
the
use
of
rather
crude
Implements.
Rice
Is
the
great
crop,
each
farmer
having
his
plot.
Mulberry
trees
were
much
In
evidence,
the
silk
worm
being
fed
on
these.
The
houses
are
lightly
built,
cold
In
winter,
void
of
furniture
and
with
parchment
windows,
but
scrupulously
i
clean.
Green
tea
is
served
on
all
occasions.
The
children
are
well
behaved
and
under
splendid
control.
Thirteen
hundred
schoolboys
sang
together
at
Tokyo
for
the
visitors.
Nagoya
was
in
the
centre
of
the
factory
country
and
Mr.
Hamilton
suggested
that
Canada
should
make
an
effort
to
help
teed
these
factory
(Continued
On
rage
3)
Would
You
Like
To
Take
a
Walk?
Record
Set
Up
BIRMINGHAM.
Ala.,
Aug.
21:
An
ordinary
walk
around
the
block
holds
no
thrills
for
Mrs.
J.
O.
Roth.
She
would
walk
to
New
York
or
Los
Anselea
from
Montreal!
She
has
Just
finished
a
walking
tour
that
has
taken
her
more
man
12.600
mtlw.
She
and
her
18-vear
old
son
Wessel,
have
trudged
across
every
state
In
the
Union,
lost
them
selves
in
the
Painted
Desert
of
Arl-sona,
wandered
through
the
Canadian
Rockies,
out-stared
a
man-eating
bear,'
and
shaken
hands
with
presidents.
She
Is
back
here
now,
packing
for
a
tour
of
her
native
state.
"And
we
are
going
to
walk
all
the
way,"
she
said.
"No
hitch-hiking
for
us.
We
wouldn't
dare
ride
for
fear
ot
mLsa-lng
something
along
the
roads."
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
21:
Wheat
wm
quoted
at
84
He
on
the
local
exchange
this
morning.
Morning
Enroute
to
His
Rid
ing
of
Yukon
Hon.
George
Black,
Speaker
of
the
Canadian
House
of
Commons,
was
here
this
morning
aboard
the
steamer
Princess
Louise
bound
north
from
Vancouver
to
Dawson
to
pay
a
visit
to
his
constituents
In
Yukon
riding
which
he
represents
at
Ottawa.
Capt.
Black,
whose
first
visit
it
was
here
since
his
elevation
to
the
Speakership,
was
accompanied
by
his
wife.
Atmospheric
Freak
Puzzles
Winnipeg
Weather
Man
StiU
Wonderinr
at
.
Recent
Jump
in
Thermometers
WINNIPEO,
Aug.
21.
On
Sunday,
July
29,
Winnipeg's
meteorological
experts
commenced
puzzling
over
an
atmospheric
freak
and
today
they
still
seek
a
solution.
Within
12
minutes
thermometers
Jumped
ex-lactly
12
degrees
and
the
weather
men
wish
to
know
why.
f
.
The
temperature
rested
around
80
degrees
when
a
strong
wind
blew
up
from
the
southwest.
Suddenly
tht
wind
reversed
and
blew
in
from
the
north
accompanied
by
a
terrific
heat
wave.
The
temperature
shot
upward
a
degree
a
minute
for
a
dozen
minutes
as
the
experts
vainly
sought
a
reason.
AUSTRALIA
SUBSIDIES
Government
of
Southern
Dominion
Spends
Millions
In
Helping
Industries
CANBERRA,
Aust.,
Aug.
21:
In
the
last
eight
years
the
Australian
government
has
paid
out
4.683,000.
In
subsidies,
Federal
Treasurer
Theodore
has
announced.
The
Iron
and
steel
industries
were
subsidized
tor
1,877.000,
wine
exports
for
1,535,000
and
cotton
yarn
513,000.
Australian
overseas
Interest
payments
this
year
will
amount
to
about
28.568.000.
President
of
Pennsylvania
Road
Coming
Attached
to
this
afternoon's
regular
train
from
the
cast
arrived
the
private
car
"Pennsylvania"
of
Oen-eral
A.
W.
Atterbury,
president
of
the
Pennsylvania
Railroad.
General
Atterbury
and
party,
who
have
been
on
a
month's
cruise
to
Alaskan
waters,
are
due
here
within
th
next
day
or
so
on
their
yacht
and
will
proceed
east
from
here
by
rail.
Race
Track
Blaze
Left
Bible
Safe
Holy
Book
Was
Left
Untouched
By
Flames
WINNIREO,
Aug.
21;-Flre
razed
a
barn
at
Whlttler
Park
race
track
recently,
destroying
the
contents
but
leaving
a
Bible
untouched.
Stores
and
stalls
In
the
frame
building
were
levelled
to
ashes
but
the
Holy
Book,
reposing
In
a
grip
which
had
been
charred
to
a
cinder,
was
found
only
sllghUy
singed.