Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
z
Wednesday,
August
12,
1931
mum
High
'.
pi
iby
Island
Clear,
light
south-f;,..r(
12:46
pin.
18:3
It.
riy
wind;
barometer,
30.10;
Low
6:31
a.m.
2:7
It.
temperature,
64;
light
swell.
18:3d
pin.
7:7
It.
NOItTIIEIlN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXII
No.
1
ft
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
11,
1931
PKICE
FIVE
CENTS
Ail
MRGHS
FORCED
DOWN
IN
NORTH
Vol.
J
JVO
CHANGE
IN
OTTAWA
Famous
Flying
Pair
Descend
on
Account
Of
Fog
Nearby
Nom
Are
Safe
on
North
Coast
of
Seward
Peninsula
and
Awaiting
Clearing
of
Weather
Before
Resuming
Flight
to
Tokyo
NOME:,
Alaska,
Aug.
11:
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
who
is
accompanied
bv
his
wife
on
a
projected
flight
from
Nw
York
to
Tokyo,
landed
on
the
north
coast
of
Seward
ii
ii
insula
at
11
o'clock
last
night
on
account
of
fog
after
ta
u),i
left
Point
Barrow
at
6:53
yesterday
afternoon.
Tht--
landed
about
seventy-five
miles
from
Nome.
Mrs.
Lindbergh
sent
out
word
by
radio
OUIET
DAY
ON
MARKET
l
i
Drop
In
Kails
Was
Only
Feature
of
Yesterday's
Business
in
i
New
York
WW
YORK.
Aug.
11:
The
stock
tr
:k-
t
except
for
loyW
.prices
on,
rn;
was
not
fffckfty
iQWTifed
m
I'M.
.,
trading
which
was
as
(tui.
.niy
in
recent
weeks,
'
mi;
prices
were:
United
States
E
:
.
:
New
York
Central.
59W:
'
P
Ti
24;
General
Motors.
37;
A:
m
Can.
91;
Oeneral
Elcc-
Water
Diviner
In
Peace
Valley
Work
of
Miss
Penrose
Gives
Satisfactory
Results
I
VTr-'fVintA
tf.
rrl.
.nn.lr
Mi-
IVnrose.
employed
by
the
!'i
':iim,i1
government
as
a
water
wi
.
i
s
Riving
good
satisfaction
T1,
arc
River
Dtock
where
she
i
i
-a
opcruting.
She
has
located
f
water
supply
at
Fort
St.
3
"!
.1.
l.uwson
Creek
and
rouee
Tornado
Sweeps
Coast
of
France
I
TitU-
VrsscN
Were
Wrecked
Yesterday
and
Loss
of
Life
Heavy
1,11
i"N.
Prance.
Aug.
11:
Fifty
v'
'..(
wrecked
with
heavy
:
'!'
in
a
tornado
which
swept
1
'
1
.
'
noiir
here
while
heavy
pro-i"
niiiiKc
was
done
inland.
Refinancing
Plan
ror
Government
Ships
Drawn
Up
WA
TUNQTON.
D.O..
Aug.
11:
A
l'i
m.
,
the
refinancing
of
the
Unl-'"'
Sl
''
s
Ship
Lines
on
liberal
''
'""
'in
been
formulated
by
Unt-'",
;
i
'i.
s
Shipping
Board
officials.
4
ACCOM)
nbTWUKN
CHURCHES
NKAR
J
ONDON,
Aug.
11:
Com-
""
i
Lilly
Tplcgra'ph.
will
be
os-
1
'iii.siu.(i
between
the
Church
"!
'inland
and
the
old
Catho-
?
hl
1
'iirches
or
the
continent
b
'n.'
the
end
of
the
year.
I
that
she
and
her
husband
were
awaiting
the
weather
to
clear
belore
resuming
the
flight
In
their
big
Lockhecd-Sirtus
low
winged
mono-
plane.
POINT
BARROW.
Aug.
11
Rain
swept
skies
and
barriers
ol
fog
were
continuing
Monday
to
delay
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
who
was
Im
patient
to
take
off
lor
Nome
hi
continuation
of
the
flight
from
New
York
to
Tokyo.
ACCORD
IS
COMMENDED
Canada
and
Mexico
to
Do
Business
Without
United
States
as
Intermediary
MEXICO
CITY.
Aug.
11:
Commercial
accord
between
Canada
and
Mexico
which
would
eliminate
the
United
States
as
an
intermediary
wa
rwnmmendrd
yesterday
by
the
secretary
of
Communications
in
a
report.
KILLED
SELF
AND
FAMILY
Mrs.
Karle
Williams,
Widow
of
Mov
In
ricture
Star.
Wished
to
Avoid
Disgrace
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Aug.
11:
Mrs.
Barle
Williams,
widow
6f
a
former
mntinn
nlcture
sur.
killed
herseu
and
her
family
of
three
yesterday
to
avoid
disgrace
of
arrest,
it
was
ae
clared.
ENVOY
NOW
AGREED
ON
Oerman
C.overnmcnt
Ratifies
Ap
polntmcnt
of
I'oncet
As
rrcnen
Ambassador
to
Berlin
BERLIN,
August
11-The
Oerman
government
has
notified
the
French
government
of
its
agtcc-iment
wiUi
the
appointment
of
Andre
Francois
Poncet
as
ambas-sador
to
Berlin.
Wheat
Prices
In
Chicago
and
In
Winnipeg
Weak
r.
aT
li:
Wheat
closed
as
follows
on
the
local
market
yesterday:
OctoDer,
ou-b
ber.
57V4c;
May.
6lc.
I
CHICAOO.
Aug.
w!
closed
as
follows
on
the
Chicago
'market
yesterday:
September,
60c.
December,
53rc;
March.
56c.
May,
58TBc
MUST
MAKE
NEW
START
Beauharnols
Will
Have
to
Make
Fresh
Application
For
Itlghts
I
i
OTrAWA,
Aug.
11:
The
Beau-
j
harnois
Power
Co
it
is
indicated,
,
will
have
to
start
all
over
in
its
process
of
getting
the
govern-
ment's
consent
for
various
riihts.
j
The
company,
it
is
further
stat-
ed,
will
be
expected
for
the
pur-
I
poses
of
navigation
to
hand
over
its
lands
and
appurtences
to
the
Dominion
government.
Peace
River
Pre-emptions
Rush
of
Land
Seekers
Continues
as
Summer
Advances
VICTORIA.
Aug.
11:
With
the
advance
of
summer
the
rush
fori
free
land
In
the
Peace
River
district
1
of
B.C.
still
continues.
For
June
159
1
records
werS
Issued
and
for
July
178.
This
me4h
that
m$JS,
MV
emmrarteBK
overlh
PfiaWRifcr
Block
last
fall.
121,200
acres
have
been
pre-empted
for
residence
and
:
Improvement.
Latest
crop
reports
from
the
district
show
that
high
temperatures
and
winds
are
likely
to
reduce
the
wheat
yield
by
five
bushels
an
acre.
WILL
SHOW
RED
WHEAT
Peace
River
and
Central
B.C.
to
Be
Represented
at
Big
Regina
Show
Next
Year
VICTORIA,
Aug.
11:
Hard
red
spring
wheat
and
peas
from
the
Peace
River
Block
will
be
exhibited
at
the
World's
Oraln
Exhibition
In
Reglna
next
year.
Orass
seed
will
be
sent
from
Central
British
Columbia.
The
provincial
department
of
agriculture
will
co-operate
with
prospective
exhibltlors
at
the
big
show.
Prince
George
Tax
Collections
Higher
In
1931
Than
1930
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Aug.
11:
Despite
the
depression,
collection
of
municipal
taxes
In
Prince
Oeorge
this
year
shows
a
slight
increase
over
last
year.
Total
collections
up
to
June
30.
when
the
first
penalty
went
on.
were
$33,983
as
against
$33,604
at
the
same
date
In
1930.
MORE
TRADE
IN
ORIENT
Hon.
Herbert
M.
Marler
States
in
Toronto
That
Trospccts
Are
Bright
TORONTO,
Aug.
11
Hon.
Herbert
M.
Marler,
Canadian
minister
Plenipotentiary
to
Japan,
In
an
address,
here
yesterday,
stated
that
there
were
bright
prospects
for
Increased
trade
with
the
Orient.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
11
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
Exchange
today
at
54
Bc
HOUSE
AS
RESULT
BY-ELECTIONS
Lightning
Strikes
Oil
Tank
The
tcrnfi.
blu.:u
tuvm
here
w
which
su-uiJc
a
55,000-barrel
oil
The
fire
r.4gt.-d
lor
Uni
ty
hour
CRAMER
MISSING
4o
Word
of
Trans-Atlantic
Flyer
Since
He
Left
Bergen
For
Copenhagen
OSLO,
Aug.
11
:
Inquiries
along
the
south
coast
of
Norway
have
failed
to
elicit
any
trace
of
Parker
D.
Cramer,
United
States
flyer,
and
Oliver
Paquette,
his
mechanic
and
radio
operator.
Cramer
and
Paquette
took
off
from
Shetland
Islands
Sunday
for
Copenhagen
after
having
successfully
spanned
the
Atlantic
Ocean
on
an
air-mail
route
mapping
flight.
As
time
passes
fears
arc
beginning
to
grow
that
Cramer
ahd
Paquette,
a
Canadian,
must
have
perished.
Their
plane
was
equipped
with
radio.
Prince
George
Police
Officer
Rescues
Woman
Provincial
Con-table
D.
J.
Bing
ham
of
Prince
Of
mje,
who
Is
spend-
of
travelling
the,
lng
a
holiday
in
yan0'M.vft
!
North
Pole
but
will
do
some
ex-
llLe..9.LM,..
L
IploraUon
work
around
Splttbcrgen.
?
.
b,
T:
:
Vi
zng".;;.;
id
ssm
"Ay
ith
fn,ne
j
the
water
from
the
North
vancou-
ver
ferry
dock.
Provincial
Con
tabla
Bingham
Is
the
son
of
Chief
of
Police
W.
J.
Bingham
of
Vanrouvtr.
4
ENGLAND
GETTING
GRAIN
OF
SOVIET
'
ISTANBUL.
Turkey,
Aug.
11:
4
Dnrlnir
the
ftrtt
Six
dVS
Of
Aunust.
95.000
tons
of
Soviet
Russia
cmln
trom
Black
Sea
ports
passed
through
the
Boa-
uhorus
cn
rouio
to
England.
4.
caused
by
bolt
of
lightning
.nk
n-r
Humboldt.
Kansas.
endangering
homes
and
buildings.
COTTON
IS
IN
PANIC
Liverpool
Has
Sharp
Drop
While
New
York
Prices
Goes
to
Lowest
Level
Since
1900
LIVERPOOL,
Aug.
11:
A
sharp
fall
of
nearly
two
cents
per
pound
Jn
the
price
of
cotton
below
Saturday's
closing
price
took
pjace
yesterday
on
the
Liverpool
Cotton
Exchange.
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
ll:-Cotton
prices
In
a
demoralized
market
broke
violently
with
both
October
and
December
contracts
selling
below
the
seven-cent
level,
the
lowest
price
recorded
since
1900.
WILKINS
TO
SPITZBERGEN
Arctic
Explorer
Leaves
Tromsoe
for
Island
in
Far
Norlh'
After
One-Day
Halt
TROMSOE.
Norway,
August
11
Sir
Hubert
Wllklns
with
his
polar
submarine
Nautilus
departed
from
this
port
yesterday
after
a
one-day
halt
on
Its
way
to
Spitsbergen.
Sir
Hubert
has
given
up
his
plan
under
Ice
to
the
The
Nautilus
was
today
reported!
RATE
ON
LEATHER!,;
Canadian
Railways
Ask
U.
S.
Com-,
niercc
Commission
For
Reconsideration
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
11
ThV
Canadian
railways
have
asked
ths,3c.
Interstate
Commerce
Commission.
tto
reopen
consideration
of
Joint
j
rates
on
scrap
leather
shlppedj
J
from
Camda
Into
the
United)
,
States.
Conservatives
Take
Traditional
Liberal
Seat
in
Quebec
But
Lose
I
Ontario
Contest
to
Laborites
OTTAWA,
Aug.
s'll:
The
Conservative
government
emerged
out
of
the
East
Hamilton
and
Three
Rivers-St.
Maurice
by-elections
yesterday
still
holding
a
majority
in
the
House
of
Commons
of
twenty-four
over
the
combined
opposition.
The
Conservatives
gained
the
stronghold
of
Three
Rivers-St.
Maurice
after
it
had
remained
thirty-one
Ecnrs
In
the
Liberal
column
but
PRAISES
MEMBERS
!
of
45
votes
in
Three
Rlvers-St.
Capt.
Ian
Mackeniie
Tells
of
Good
Maurice.
I
Work
B.
C.
Representatives
In
Eas
Hamilton,
Humphrey
I
Did
at
Ottawa
Mitchell,
Labor,
defeated
M.
M
Robinson,
Conservative,
by
369S
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
11:
Hon.
Ian
votes.
W.
H.
Connor,
Independent.
Mackenzie,
ranking
Liberal
mem-
ot
his
deposit,
ber
from
British
Columbia
and
con-
THREE
RIVERS.
Aug.
11:
Ow-queror
of
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens
ln'Van-
lng
to
the
closeness
of
the
major-couvcr
Centre
at
the
last
Dominion
lty
accorded
Charles
Bourgeois,
election,
has
arrived
home
from
his
over
Hon.
Wilfrid
Garlepy
In
the
by-se&slonal
labors
at
Ottawa.
election
for
Three
Rlvers-St.
Maur-Wilfrid
Hanbury.
M
J.
for
Bur-
ice
yesterday,
the
Liberals
have
re-rard
who.
accompanied
him
most
of
fused
to
concede
the
election.
The
the
way.
left
the
train
at
Kamloops
results
may
not
be
officially
decided
to
visit
htSTnlll.
A.
E.
Mflnrl;
member
until
Declaration
day
on
Thursday,
for
Vancouver
North,
and
Angus
;
Maclnnls,
Vancouver
South,
are
ex
pected
soon.
"It
was
a
strenuous
session
five
long
months
of
it,"
said
Capt.
Mackenzie,
who
deemed
to
discuss
the
Issues
at
this
time.
"I've
said
enough
about
them
already."
But
he
was
enthuslastieln
his
praise
of
the
British
Columbia
group
of
opposl
tionlsts.
"Collectively
and
Individually,
they
made
themselves
a
real
force
in
Parliament."
he
said.
"All
of
them
took
prominent
parts
In
the
big
Issues
of
the
session
and
worked
Indefatlgably
for
this
province."
Olof
Hanson
was
listened
to
With
respect
on
the
fisheries
question;
Wilfrid
Hanbury
took
a
leading
part
In
discussion
of
the
Australian
treaty
and
was
on
the
National
Railways
committee;
Thomas
Reld
on
agriculture
and
other
matters
made
his
presence
felt,
while
Mr.
Munn's
skill
In
piloting
the
Second
Narrows
Bridge
BUI
through
the
House
was
generally
commended,
said
Capt.
Mackenzie.
A
holiday
is
the
Vancouver
Centre
member's
immediate
objective.
TROUBLE
IN
CUBA
Martial
Law
Reigns
Following
Outbreak
Against
Machado
Regime
HAVANA,
Aug.
11
Martial
law
reigns
throughout
Cuba
today
in
the
wake
of
a
revolutionary
uo
rising
'against
the
Machado
regime
which
cost
three
lives
and
threw
the
island
Into
confusion.
Halibut
Landings
American
Teddy
J.,
16,000,-
Booth,
8.2c
and
Garland,
11,500,
Royal,
8.3c
and
OJoa,
9,000,
Storage,
7.7c
and
4c.
Rainier,
9.000,
Royal,
8.4c
and
4c.
Canadian,
Ingrid
1L,
10,000,
Booth,
8.4c
and
,3o.
Tramp.
12,000,
Storage.
6.4c
and;
Toodlc.
8.000.
Atlln,
6.4c
and
3c.
R.
W..
8.000,
Storage.
6.4c
and
3c.
j
Drott.
3.500,
Storage.
6.5c
and
3c.
Mayflower,
7,500,
AUln,
6.4c
and
3c.
'ost
East
Hamilton
which
they
had
!Uld
since
1904.
Charles
Bourgeois,
Conservative,
defeated
Hon.
Wilfrid
Mariepy.
T.lberaL
former
member
of
the
Alberta
government,
by
a
majority
FLYERS
AT
MARSEILLES
Made
Non-Stop
Flight
Yesterday
From
Istanbul
To
France
Seaport
MARSEILLES,
France,
August
11
Russell
Boardman
and
John
Po-lando,
who
flew
non-stop
from
New
York
to
Istanbul
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
landed
here
yesterda?
after
a
non-stop
flight
from
Istanbul,
Turkey.
Boardman
and
Polaudo
have
given
up
plans
to
enter
the
Tokyo-United
States
non-stop
flight
race
but
will
ship
their
plane
home
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean
to
New
York.
PROCEDURE
DENOUNCED
Third
Degree
Methods
Arc
Decried
In
Report
of
Wlckersham
Commission
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Aug.
11:
The
Wlckersham
commission,
in
denouncing
the
widespread
use
of
third
degree
methods'
by
the
police,
has
recommended
a
thorough
revision
of
United
States
criminal
procedure.
BIRTH
NOTICE
A
son
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
V.
Radman,
Sunday,
August
2,
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital.
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
DECLARES
DIVIDEND
MONTREAL.
Aug.
ll:-Dlr-
ectors
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
meeting
here
jester-
day.
reclared
the
Interim
quar-
terly
dividend
of
three
and
a
quarter
per
cent
on
ordinary
stock,
this
being
the
same
as
for
the
last
quarter.
DUtrtbu-
Hon
for
the
year
will
depend
upon
operations
for
the
bal-
ante
of
the
period.