DAILY EDITION OVRIL SANDWICHES Mix a little with cream-cheeSe er butter and spread at a taadwlch paste u THE DAILY NEWS. PItlNCK RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon. Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally News. Limited, Third Avenu' II. P. PULLEN - - - ManaglngEditbr ADVERTISING RATES Transient display advertising;, per inch, ptr Insertion ..: 1.40 Classified adveHuing. per Insertion, per word' - 02 Local readers, per Insertion, per line . 25 Legal notices, each Insertion, per agate1 line 15 SUBSCRIPTION KATES City delivery, by mall or carrier, yearly period, pa advance 5.0ii For lesser periods, paid in advance, per month 50 By mall to all parts of Northern and Central British' Columbia. paid In advance for yearly period ..... 3.00 By mall to all other parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, paid in advance, per year $6 no By mail to all other countries, per year . . 9.00 Contract rates on application. . Editor and Reporters' Telephone . .. .80 Advertising and Circulation Telephone 98 Member oi Andlt Bureau 6f Circulations n Thursday, August 6, 1931 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVE Undoubtedly for good and sufficient reasons, the Tolmie government is exhibiting just now a great deal more ini tiative and independence than, in view of its past actions, one might have supposed it ever possessed. TK i n:.:u r 1 u : . A 1.1 .1 .1 has forgotten that British Columbia extends past Hazel-ton and, without admitting anywhere in its pretty contents, simply says that Hazelton is "at the end of the road." Of course, wo know the meaning the little booklet intended to convey but we think, at the same time, that it would have been very nice if they could have said there was a Prince Rupert and that it could be reached after a mighty fine boat trip from the centre of the sun at Vancouver, or by railway from Hazelton's Ne Plus Ultra instead of following the popular tendency on the part of governments, railway companies and such like to leave us out in the cold altogether. n m H USE OF ELEVATOR HERE "With a large crop due in Alberta, and especially in the northern part of that province, the Wheat Pool should be able to put the Prince Rupert elevator to better use during tVto pmrnnrf cVifhn'nrr onnenn tVinn if lion w..v. .4a.t'ai hJi4Jijit VIIMII tw lino UUUV Mill IHfy kllU past two or three years. j Prihce Rupert people have been impatient with tho' . Wheat Pool for its tactics of the pdst year or so in connection with the Ideal house. No doubt, there will be fin improvement in the situation' during the coming winter, all of which will have its beneficial effect upon the whole community. I TELESCOPE Professor of Astro-Physfcs Tell in-terrstin' Story of Iteraote. Stars VICTORIA, Aug. 6: With the great 72-lnch reflecting telescope trained on Vega, "6ne of our riearer astral neighbors," several light- years distant flight travels In one ybar approximately six million-mil- (lion miles). Harry Plaskett, Profes sor of Astro-physics at Harvard University, pictured for an audience Of abou 450 gathered under the rame of the Dominion Astrophyslcal Observatory, Little Saanlch Moun tain, th? stajgering dimensions of the system of universes of which our own is a member. This popular lecture on astronomy was Introduced with a brief description of the 72-Inch telescope here, and a comparison of this with the 100-inch telescope1 at Mount Wilson and the projected 200-inch telescope to be erected at the Norman Bridge laboratory connected with the California institute of Te-chnology. This latter, it was explained, had been made possible through.the founder of the Institute, George Hale, who had given a six million dollar grant for observatory purposes. of the reflecting over the refracting type of telescope were also pointed out, the efficiency being greater and, owing to the reutillzatlon of the tube-length, economy being effected in the1 shortening of the instrument and consequently in the smaller dome required for its housing. For Knowledge "Is there any particular end to be gained from study of astron- 7 r , , w"v" "1C omy,?" asked the lecturer The re- gauntlet to Ottawa over the latter s dalliance ,1. on the unem- niv was in the neeatw. other than ;u t v, r. - i t... British Columbia may wage a war of its own on the de-j stars?" and "Where are the stars? pressed business conditions. - ! Stars were defined as "very remote Thp nnttrtiirlp&mdnt nf TTnn W A "KlnVan-ria ia nn and distant objects, anvwhere from THE DAILY NEWS ISAW NUMBER LOSS OF i OF SUNS BY - ALIENS More Have Actually Left United States Than Arrived . WASHINGTON, Aug. 6:-For the first time in the history of the United Slates more aliens departed from the country in one year than entered it, it became officially known here. The 12-month figures for the fiscal year 1931 that ended June 30, show a net loss of between 6000 and , 7000 aliens, according to figures available here. These figures may M somewhat altered In either direction when the final check is turried :n. final uguies win uc Lumpircu arrival of the June statistics from Honolulu. It is definitely known, however, that an epoch of immlgrn-1 tion to the North American continent was ended with the past year. Up to that time traffic to the western world has been so overwhelming as to constitute virtually a oneway route. Today the direction of the traffic is changed. America is now sending more people away than it is admitting. Successive tides of Irish. German, Scandinavian and Mediterranean aliens that sometimes recorded 1.000.000 arrivals in : one year at Ellis Island, are things of the past. Preliminary figures subject to fin al check show approximately 283, 000 aliens of the imigrant and non- The superior advantages 1 immigrant type admitted, and 290,- 000 departed, In the fiscal year. During the year more than 18,000 aliens were formally deported and several thousand others who might bate been expelled according to Mr. William N. Doak, Secretary of Labor, were permitted to go voluntarily. Except for the activity in making deportations, the alien population at the end of the year would have shown a slight gain. Record Down in the first six, months of the fis cal year, bringing the record down ployment question and now We have the Hon. The Minister that It added to the sum of man's to January 1,187,000 aliens had been 01 mines ana L.aDor, ' wunoui waiting iurtner upon the ie-iKnow8e aDOU ine umbrae .1 flnvnl 1 nrnuornninnt 4. in An j anmai ,ui Mnrr bu-..i.' ohnnf' vamfulinnn xi VilwhiCh . whleh he he belonwdl. Astronomers parted, showing a slight excess of admissions. Since that time, month were were auempun attempting to answer two Dy montn, nowever, ior a nan-year period, more aliens have left the United States than have entered. The exodus was large enough in the pstinn- esung nnp one, inrlppff indeed, and W hi nis nlnn plan wnnTrl would seem coom in to h have a n good nnA three or four . light-years' distant up tecond half to make up for the to ,p thmiLnd Liht travelled slight slight excess excess of of arrivals arrivals in in the the first first deal to recommend it. tie of the suggests, as pan cam-at about 12a,ooo miles per second, paign, an economic conference along representative but and about six miiiiop-miiiion miles non-political lines to consider and lay plans for remedying a year. This meant tremendous dis-the situation. It is a somewhat novel proposal, to be sure, ! Unee when luded b m"ndane " " - " - w.. "ww uv.tiyuuiv. nuuiu Cttlll LU uc no reason why the leading men of British Columbia, apart from politics and other affiliations, should not get to-gether-on common ground such as this. Mr. McKenzie's suggestions of a three-year drive in favor of home products and a return to the land movement should prove effectively complementary to each other. Of course, if people are to go back to the land it will be necessary to insure them markets so that they may make a living. There has been some difficulty along this line, particularly of late, but there should be a remedy for the problem. The provision of easier credit conditions for the basic industries of the province, if such a scheme is carried out fairly and without bias, should be a step in the right direction. Altogether, Mr. McKenzie's proposals sound sane, reasonable and fajr and would appear to be entitled to careful consideration if hot general support. -W. M. PRINCE RUPERT IGNORED An attractive little booklet entitled "Alluring British Columbia " issued by the Bureau of Provincial Information aiid Publicity and, apparently designed primarily to advertise the province's attractions to the tourist trade, is being circulated. It is a pretty little publication, indeed, which tellg in Word and picture a lot of things about British Columbia. It ha"s been nointed out. however, thnt this Ht.tlo and most stars about ten light-years' distant. Brighter Than Sun Brought to the same distance from the earth as the sun, stars would be found to be brighter than our ttin. Wlille in many respects the sun was a typical star it was by no means the largest, Vega being about twenty times larger, and from forty to fifty times brighter. The surface temperature of our sun is about 10.- 000 degrees Fahrenheit; Vega is about 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Astronomy had developed from the geocentric theory of the time of Hlpparchus and the solarcentrlc conception of a still later time to the modern idea of a still more remote centre buried in the heart of the Milky Way. in the Constellation of Sagittarius. Our own solar system is quite away from the eentre, according to the modern interpretation, showing how mistaken past conceptions have been. Vhible Universe Reference to the globular star clusters also Indicated the stupendous vastness of the visible universe, one group studied containing about 60,000 stars being so remote that, although nearly any star In the group is as bright as our own sun, the whole cluster could barely be seen by the1 naked eye. This group, It was explained, Is about 35.000 light-years distant. Dr. Scha-pley had shown that the universe of .tars was about 200,000 light-years In diameter. "Earth and man are only insignificant members of a small system of which a minor star, our sun is the centre," the speaker summarized In suggesting the relative magnitude of the universe". PHONE 649 Steam Cleaning and Pressing Alterations Made Collection and Delivery Free! LING TnE TAILOR 817 Second Ave. Phone 619 part of the year. Contrasted with this year's fi gures, tnose or a year ago snow a total of 446,214 aliens admitted and 272,425 departing, resulting In an increase of 173,789. The State De-ji partment's drastic restriction on consular visas is responsible fori ending this tide of arrivals and is claimed to have resulted in saving at least 180,000 jobs for American: workers in the past year. In 1829) the net increase of aliens was 226, j 329. ; The past six months has shown the most drastic restriction policy ever witnessed in America. It has become practically impossible for. an Immigrant alien to gain a visa; to the United States unless he wasj able to snow the Dossesslon of funds of $6000 or more. Ireland, for ex- i ample, which after the potato fam- j me sent practically half its population to the United , States, showed a reversal of the tide in this period. Returning Irish since January exi ceeded immigrants to the United States by 604. The most far-reaching effects are anticipated from the new immigra- 'tion policy. The tremendous admin istration success that has followed the State Department efforts are expected to serve as a basis for many new proposals. It is felt that it hai been finally shown, for example, that it Is not necessary to put Mexico under a quota, to keep its aliens from entering. The State Department has not wanted a Mexican quota for fear of giving offense to Mexico. Curiously enough, Japan, whose Citizens are entirely excluded, wahts a quota, Just as Mexico opposed It the former country to show its equality of treatment with European countries. It is asserted here that the year's development of an administrative system that shows American officials are able to cope with alien admittances advances the prospect Of Kiviilti aiiipuu u quuw UI1U Clllllll&i the breath with the unuea einies on this score. Under a quota, Japan would theoretically get something like 150 admittances a year, but American consular agents in the last 12 months have shown how easy it Is to grant such nominal "quotas," arid then refuse admittances in practice, under discretionary authority. Statesmen are men who think they are making progress if they overcome the temptation to get mad and drop the discussion. Thursday, August 8, 193, GIRLS W ANTED To enter Contest for America's Most Beautiful Girl The winner will be chosen during fair week in Prince Rupert and will get a free trip to Los Angeles and back and be entertained lavishly while there. Entrants must sell 50 tickets to the Big Coronation BalL the last day of the fain Nothingelse to do but look pretty It's the chance of a lifetime. The fair board at its recent meeting decided to enter a candidate in the International Beautequest at Los Angeles in connection with the celebration of the one Hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the cii$, when the most beautiful girl in America will be chosen. The local candidate will be chosen at the time of the fall: fair and immediately after her selection she will have to leave for the south to get there in time for the big California event. Her expenses going and coming will be paid by the Fair Boartl but while there she will be the guest of the Ocean Park Businessmen's Association, who are sponsoring the event The attraction for the candidate is set forth in the following letter from the south. "Yoilr candidate will be met at the railway station, dock or airport by a committee representing the Orcati Park Businessmen's Association. "She will be the guest of screen stars at various functions. "She will be entertained by a reigning star of. tftc screen at her home. V "She will be included in all parties listed as part of the program of the International Ileautcquest and La Fiesta de ios Angeles. "She will occupy a position of honor in all gatherings including pageants, parades, spectacles, receptions arid; in fact, all eveilts planned for- the International Bcaiitc-quest and as Angeles' great reception." .; Candidates must be between the ages of 16 and 30,vun-married and of good character and the one going fr6iri Prince Rupert will be chosen in the following manner (She or her sponsors must sell 60 tickets at $1 each for the big coronation ball to be staged on the last day of the fair n the exhibition building. For the one selling the most tickets a prize of $50 will be awarded. ': ' She may enter without sponsors if she wishes but ' Ihe must sell the tickets. The candidates must attend the Exhibition every evening while it is in progress here. On the first night one selection will be made by competent judges. On the second high .a second candidate will bo chosen by another afctfof. nidges and oh the third night a third candidate wilt' be chosen by a third set of judges. These three candidates will attend tho coronation bail accompanied by the other candidates and at 9 o'clock, the final selection will be made Two hours later the coronation will take place here and the following day the winner will be required to leave and travel as rapidly as possible by steamship, ail-plane and rail to Los Angeles. Candidates from points .around Prince Rupert may enter, such as Anyox, Oceah Falls, Smithers. Terrace, Stewart, Hafcelton or other points and they will be reouired to sell 25 tickets to the coronation ball in order to qimlify. Candidates either in the citv or out be may sponsored by organizations who may help them in disposing of.frc-ketseor otherwise in connection with the event. Candidates or their sponsors should notifv Soprrtnrv Vance of the Fair Association at as early a date as no, ible int of them.aS ?comncePSos-