Tol
1
Weather
E
a.
prince
ll
southeast!
20.56;
tern'
V
:!
XXII
.
No.
f
1
Part
cloudy,
light
-'lid;
barometer,
40
sea
smooth.
JAPANESE
mmln
TAXI
32
Prompt
24
Hour
Service
JOINT
OPEMTION
OF
VANCOUVER
HOTELS
IS
PLANNED
Other
Steamers
Unable
to
Reach
Tamaho
Mam
Crippled
by
Tempests
Forty-Five
Men
Are
on
Board
Disabled
Ship
Storm
Prevents
Empress
of
Russia
and
Another
Ship
From
Going
to
Rescue
SEATTLE,
Dec.
30:
The
crew
of
forty-five
of
the
Japanese
steadier
Tamaho
Mam,
formerly
the
Texas
Mam,
was
in
distress
early
today
southwest
of
the
Aleutian
Island
chain.
The
coastguard
radio
station
here
reported
that
the
steering
gear
of
the
freighter
had
become
ilisnhlwl
in
a
pule.
APARTMENT
:
DESTROYED
Tenants
of
Vleloria
Trend
Escaped
In
Mint
AtlircLos
Estimated
at
Stt.000
VCTOHIA,
Dec
30:
-The
Break-sea
AparilMnte
at
thrtewner
f
Estcvan
Avenue
and
the
Esplanade,
were
destroyed
by
fire
this
morning.
Ttst
tats
U
estimated
at
$25.00.
Tenants
of
the
apartment
escaped
In
their
night
clothes.
COMMITTED
F0RTR1AL
One
Man
Sent
Up
Ry
Magistrate
l
or
Robbery
With
Violence;
Other
Dismissed
Walter
McLean
was
committed
for
trial
by
Magistrate
McClymont
in
city
poce
court
yesterday
afternoon
on
a
charge
of
robbery
with
violence.
A
similar
charge
against
Crandatl
Dickie
was
dismissed
McLean
admitted
possession
of
chickens
belonging
to
Mrs.
Minnie
Sullivan
but
denied
violence
by
iih.
Rullivan
by
the
throat
Intercepted
his
visit
I
when
she
had
to
her
chicken
house.
Mrs.
identified
McLean
as
the
man
who
hud
seteed
her
by
the
throat.
Dickie
cleared
himself
by
telling
the
court
that
he
had
endeavored
to
dissuade
McLean
from
his
action.
CONFERENCE
IS
PLANNED
International
Reparations
to
He
DKcusscd
at
Lausanne
on
January
20
LONDON.
Dec.
30:-The
DrltUh
a
f(ne
dlnner
had
been
en-
government
has
taken
Initial
steps
m
tne
nospital
dining
room,
for
the
summoning,
of
an
Interna-
repa,red
the
prettily
decor-tlonal
conference
on
reparations
to
NurMS-
Home
where
dancing
meet
at
Lausanne
on
January
20.
lmjuiged
In
until
1
a.m.
Splen-
I
i.v.ost
htrrhnrllft
CITY
COUNSEL
IS
RESIGNING
Decides
to
George
E.
McCrossan
Take
V
Private
Practice
After
Long
Civic
Career
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
30:-Ccorge
McCronan
K
C
corporation
counsel
for
the
city
or
vanw.
for
the
past
fifteen
years.
Is
retiring
on
Jai...,n
V
to
enter
private
practice
The
ateamen
Enipviss
of
Russia
and
an
unidentified
Japanese
ship
received
"SOB.'1
messages
but
were
unable
to
proceed
to
the
rescue
owing
to
urmy
weather.
The
Tamaho
Maru
sailed
from
Vancouver
for
Japan
on
December
15.
WAR
NEAR
OVER
NOW!
J.
Japanese
Appear
to
be
Complete
Victors
In
Manchurlan
Con-U;m
F.vaetiate
Chlnchow?
PEIPINO.
China.
Dec.
30
The
Manthurian
war
appears
to
be
drawing
to
a
close
with
Japan
detldedly
the
victors
and
in
control
of
the
whole
area
between
the
Great
Wall
of
China
and
the
Soviet
border.
It
was
authoratively
stated
last
night
tlv
he
evacuation
of
Cliincbo.
.
ital
strategic
point
to
remain
l-i
the
hands
of
the
Chinese,
had
been
ordered
by
Manhal
Chang.
China's
Manchurlan
army
stampeded
south
from
Chlnchow
today
In
flight
before
two
swiftly
moving
Japanese
columns
converging
from
attack
upon
Chang
Ihuch
Liang's
last
stronghold.
Nurses'
Dinner
Dance
Enjoyed
Happy
Affair
Took
Place
Last
Night
In
Hospital
Dining
Room
and
Nurses
Home
Miss
Jean
Harrison
K.
lady
superintendent,
and
members
of
the
graduate
and
undergraduate
nursing
staff
of
the
Prince
Rupert
i
Tininltnl
entertained
at
urucini
their
annual
Christmas
week
dinner
dance
last
night.
Many
friends
were
guests
of
the
nurses
at
the
affair
which
proved
to
be
entirely
did
music
was
iui'
"
-
Balagw's
Venetian
Orchestra.
At
mldnlRht
delicious
refreshments
'
i
were
wrved.
The
ocoauon
also
marn
birthday
of
Miss
Muriel
Vance
of
staff
who
was
the
undergraduate
muhiv
honored.
She
was
called
upon
to
cut
a
large
surprise
birthday
cike
at
the
dinner.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
30
it-Wheat
was
quoted
at
CHic
on
the
local
exchange
today.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
STEAMER
FISHERMEN
HAVE
POLL
Election
of
Agents
and
Other
Mat
ters
of
Importance
Were
Voted
Ppon
Yesterday
P.
R.
Branch
Closed;
J.
M.
Morrison,
Although
Elected!
Will
Not
Hold
Position
Here
With
D.
S.
F.
U.
!
At
the
polling
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
yesterday.
It
wa
deciilfd
that
the
Prince
Rupert
Agency
would
be
closed.
J.
M.
Morrison,
while
elected
to
the
position,
will
therefore,
not
be
agent
after
all
due
to
abolition
of
the
branch.
Harold
Grottle
was
chosen
agent
at
Seattle
dlsplac-In;
Thorvald
Kipperberg,
the
present
incumbent.
Gust
Olsen
was
re-iJrcted
agent
at
Ketchikan
by
a
large
majority.
The
members
voted
against
increase
In
di;e
and
In
favor
of
a
reduction
ii
the
salary
of
agents.
P.
B.
Gill
wrt
re-elected
secretary-treasurer
without
opposition.
IrKvotirMr
the
DeeptSeftrtshfi:
ermen's
union
members
yesterday.
M.
Morrison,
present
agent,
re
ceived
in
votes
at
Prince
Rupert
whereas
Elnar
Larsen
received
four
votes.
The
local
members
voted
19
to
four
against
the
proposal
to;
close
the
local
branch.
,
Voting
here
on
the
various
mat
ters
was
as
follows:
For
recretary-treasurer,
P.
O.
OIU)
1
"acclamation).
For
Agent
at
Seattle
Ha
roid
OrottU
12;
John
Sather.
1;
Thorvald
Kipperberg
(present
agent
5.
For
Agent
at
Ketchikan
Ove
Myrland.
2;
Oust
Olsen
(present
agent'.
18:
Melvin
Kporsvlck.
0.
For
Agent
at
Prince
Rupert
Etnar
Larsen.
4:
J.
M.
Morrison.
19.
Shall
Prince
Rupert
branch
be
closed
ye
4
;
no.
19.
Shall
dues
be
increased
to
ti.su
per
month
ye.
6:
no.
15.
Shall
salary
of
agents
be
reduced
from
$45
to
$40
per
week
yes,
22;
no.
1.
Shall
meetings
convene
at
2
pin.
instead
of
7:30
p.m.
no,
18;
yes,
0.
Result
of
the
polling
at
Seattle
and
Ketchikan
were
being
awaited
this
morning.
Following
the
election
here,
a
meeting
of
the
local
.branch
was
held
last
night,
business
being
merely
of
a
routine
nature.
Elnar
Larsen
presided
and
there
were
32
members
present.
Details
of
voting
at
Prince
Rti-Contlnued
on
Page
3.
TRAGEDY
ON
PIH
LAKE
Little
Girl
Dies
of
Burns
and
Several
Other
Children
Also
Suffered
Injuries
NEW
WESTMINSTER.
Dep.
30:
Betty
Newsham,
aged
8.
died
in
hos-Uitai
vestpi-dav
afternoon
and
sev
'
....
eral
other
ennoren
are
auucuut
fom
shock
and
sliRht
burns
as
a
re
suit
of
an
explosion
and
fire
on
a
gasboat
operated
by
the
little
girl's
father.
Lewis
Newsham
of
the
B.
and
K.
Logging
Co..
at
Pitt
Lake
With
his
wife
and
four
children
nnd
three
nephews,
Newsham
was
returning
from
Christmas
holidays.
The
explosion
occurred
early
Tuesday
morning.
Newsham
put
out
the
fire
but
the
party
was
not
rescued
until
three
hours
later.
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
30,
1931
Equipped
With
'S
It's
a
fake!
What
-the
train?
Well,
it
weighs
355
tons.
But
aa
It
Is
equipped
with
3p?.
iil
roller
bearings,
these
two
Seattle
girls
were
able
to
push
it
along
the
hack
We
have
no
affidavits,
however
STORMS
DO
MUCH
HARM
Damage
Estimated
at
$15,000
Done
at
Boundary
Ray
Summer
Resort
Near
Vancouver
NEW
WESTMINSTER.
Dec.
30:
Damage
estimated
at
$15,000
has
been
.done
at
Boundary
Bay,
popular
lummer
resort
southeast
of
here,
by
recent
storms
and
high
tides.
A
number
of
summer
homes
have
been
either
destroyed
or
damaged.
REORGANIZE
WASHINGTON
President
Hoover
Intimates
lie'
Is
About
to
Embark
Upon
Efficiency
Campaign
WA8HTNOTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
30-
President
Herbert
Hoover
has
intl-
mated
that
he
Is
about
to
embark
upon
a
campaign
of
reorganisation
and
consolidation
of
government
departments
In
the
Interests
of
economy.
Separate
bureaus
of
education
and
public
works
to
control
'
til
matters
coming
within
their
pur
view
are
planned.
BIGlSTORM
IN
STATES
Torrential
Rains
Fall
,itt
Middle
West
Warnlnrs
Issued
For
Northwest
SEATTLE,
Deo.
30:
The
whole
Middle
West
was
visited
by
torren-
Hnl
ralnx
nnrl
cpnprallv
tinspn.Hon
nM
thor
vpstprrtav
.
Rniiwav
uw.-
J
...-j
j
washouts
were
reported
at
many
points.
Storm
warnings
were
Issued
for
the
northwest.
IS
IN
Rcller
Bearings
I
i
i
-
SIR
GEORGE
FOSTER
IS
DEAD
IN
OTTAWA
OTTAWA,
Dec.
30:
Senatcr
Sir
George
Foster
died
here
to-
day
after
an
illness
of
several
weeks.
On
January
21
nest,
had
he
lived,
he
would
have
been
seventy-two
years
of
age.
A
widow
survives.
JAPANESE
EXECUTED
Two
Orientals
Hanged
at
Okalla
This
Mi.rning
For
Murder
of
Countryman
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
30
Walking
stoically
on
to
the
trapdoor
of
the
gallows
In
Okalla
Jail
at
6:04
this
morning.
Tadlo
Hltoml,
aged
48.
and
Shlnktchl
Sakurada,
aged
50
were
hanged
for
the
murder
of
Nlckichl
Watanabe.
fellow
Japanese,
who
was
slain
with
a
hatchet
on
Railway
Street
last
March
The
two
executed
Orientals
had
sought
to
cash
In
on
the
murdered
man's
life
Insurance.
The
hangings
were
conducted
bv
Executioner
Arthur
Ellis
of
Ot
tawa.
VANCOUVER
MAN
DIES
Robert
S.
Harvey.'
Well
Known
Business
Man
of
Southern
City,
Passes
Away
In
Sleep
VANCOUVER,
Dee.
30:
Robert
,B.
Harvey,
aged
44.
well
known
,
Vanpouver
business
man,
died
in
(
'his
sleep
early
yesterday.
What's
one
man's
beauty
may
bo
another
man's
wife.
DISTRESS
Announcement
Regard
To
Hostelries
Made
By
Hiam
on
Tuesday
Negotiations
Are
Under
Way,
It
Is
Stated
Only
Canadian
National
May
Be
Operated
As
Hotel,
Tis
Said
i
i
1
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
30
Negotiations
are
being
car
ried
on
with
a
view
to
amalgamation
and
joint
operation
and
the
new
Canadian
National
Hotel
being
constructed
fcr
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
Col.
T.
A.
Hiam,
as-,
si
;tant
to
Sir
Henry
Thornton,
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
announced
here
OR
I
F
I
I
TO
u
has
been
rePrtc0
unofficially
VJLIJAjiVi
lv
I
here
that
the
Canadian'
Hona"
nnnrir
4
only
b9
use1
a
a
tn
TfrAT
RLGULA
1
luri
,0?r
SnT
"mvertpn
U1W
a-
Alaska
Asks
For
No
Further
Curtailment
in
Migratory
Bird
Hunting
KETCHIKAN,
Dec.
30:
A
recommendation
that
Akska
fre
excepted-
from
anju-
further
curtailment
of
migratory
wild
fowl
hunting
wad
adopted
by
the
Alaska
game
commission
at
Its
meeting
In
Juneau,
according
to
word
brought
to
Ketchikan
by
W.
R.
Selfrtdge.
chairman,
who
returned
on
the
motorshlp
Northland.
A
resolution
forwarded
to
the
secretary
of
agriculture
pointed
out
that
"the
wild
fowl
of
Alaska
is
or
great
Importance
as
a
source
of
food
suddIv
for
the
residents
or
Isolated
communities"
and
declared
that
"the
supply
of
birds
Is
In
creasing."
The
claim
also
was
made
that
"the
present
method
of
regulation
.
.
.
Is
unsuited
to
conditions
in
Al
aska,"
and
asked
that
in
the
event,
the
curtailment
Is
not
excepted
In
j
the
case
of
the
Territory,
then
thet
season
In
Alaska
be
divided
so
that,
the
season
in
tne
norm
dc
irum.
September
1
to
September
30
and
the
season
along
the
coast
including
Ketchikan
be
from
September
20
to
October
20.
The
commission
has
also
recom
mended
the
creation
of
a
sanctuary
on
the
northwest
portion
of
Kenal
Peninsula
to
Include
one
of
the
nrinclDal
breeding
grounds
of
the
mooee"lying
north
of
the
Kenal
River
and
Skllak
Lake
and
west
of
the
Chlcaloon
River.
Another
recommendation
to
assure
maintenance
of
the
brown
bear
that
attracU
the
largect
num
ber
of
big
game
hunters
to
the
Ter
ritory,
the
commission
ha
recommended
that
the
present
tish
culture
reservation
on
Afogna
Island
be
broaden
d
In
1U
scope
to
supply
protection
for
the
bears.
Aged
Farmer
Loses
Way
on
Trail;
Is
Dead
PRINCE
QEOROL.
Dec.
30:The
body
of
Martin
Johnson,
a
feeble,
old
man.
who
lived
alone
on
hli
pre
emption
on
4he
Kelly
r4
about
ten
miles
from
here,
was
found
on
the
road
icccntly.
He
had
walked
to
Prince
George
and
on
the
return
trip
parked
his
stores
op
his
back.
Within
two
miles
of
bL--
pre-emption
he
cached
part
of
trie
load
and
continued
on
his
wiiy
He
evidently
lost
his
way
and
perished
from
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS'
LOAN
FOR
NEW
MILL
Provincial
Government
Advances
$16,000
For
Aid
of
Plant
in
i
Peace
River
Block
VICTORIA,
Dec.
30:
The
provincial
government
has
extended
'a
loan
of
$16,000
under
th-
Industries
Act
to
Chester
E.
Phllliod,
who
recently
erected
a
flour
mill
at
Fort
St.
John
In
the
Peace
PJer
Block.
Although
In
operation
unly
a
few
months,
the
plant
has
already
prov
en
ttsclf
very
valuable
to
the
folk
of
the
Peace
River
Block.
The
loan
is
one
of
the
few
ad$
vaneea
made
by
the
present
gov
ernment
under
the
Industries
Ac
It
is
fully
protected
by
the
value
of
the
plant
and
equipment.
t
Withdrawing
of
Big
Steamer
Is
Unpopular
Move
WASHINGTON.
Dec.
30:
Crltf
clsm
of
the
action
of
the
United
States
Shipping
Board
in
withdrawing
the
steamer
Leviathan
from
the
trans-Atlantic
service
owing
to
the
depression
was
voiced
In
Congress
yesterday.
Cargo
Movements
From
Points
on
Coast
Announced
Ocean
Falls
shipped
4.654
tons
of
cargo
other
than
lumber
during
thfc
month
of
October
this
year,
published
figures
show.
Other
British
Columbia
ports
shipped
as
follows
during
the
monh:
Vancouver,
132,-428
tons:
New
Westminster.
16,-339
Woodfibre
and
Britannia
;
.
MA,
Th.
llt.A
t
SMI
I
uracil.
,ot,
mil
aiivvi
"
jPowell
River,
5,882;
Klldonan,
J
705;
Nanalmo,
1,636;
victoria,
uu.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
December
31,
1931
.
High
8:03
a.m.
19:3
L
18:14
p.m.
178
ft,j
Low
12:15
p.m.
7:4
tS.
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