Today's
Weather
-l
Pr
n
r
ert:
Rain,
fog,
calm;
bare
g
90;
temperature,
57;
sea
Vol.
XX
211.
"4-
8
Tomorrow's
Tides
Thursday,
September
10,
1931
High
12:15
p.m.
19:5.
It.
Low
6:04
a.m.
2:9
It.
4
18:14
p.m.
6;0
It.
GlORGE
wood
is
declared
winner
CONFIDENCE
VOTE
ACCORDED
COALITION
GOVERNMENT
Detroit
Press
Deplores
Trick
of
Boat
Racer
in
Disqualifying
Kaye
Don
British
Aquatic
Speedster
Is
Called
"Sportsman
and
Gentleman"
Following
Harmsworth
Trophy
Incident
on
Monday
DETROIT,
Sept.
9.
The
Harmsworth
Cup
racing
com-mittee
allowed
the
claim
of
George
Wood,
brother
of
Gar
Wood,
to
the
trophy
after
he
had
covered
the
course
alone
in
the
speedboat
Miss
America
VIII.
George
Wood
insisted
that
he
should
be
given
the
right
to
win
the
trophy
following
the
incident
on
Monday
when
both
Kaye
Don,
1
he
English
contender,
and
Oar
1IJVTTTTYTfc
in
lYlUKDLK
Id
ALLEGATION
Mrs.
John
M.
Arnott
Cliarjed
With
Killing
tins-hand
in
Alaska
CORDOVA,
Arwka.
S'pt.
9
-
A
federal
warrant
was
Issued
yestcrr
Jny
durglhgMfTfolflriArTOr
65
year-old
"picture
bride,"
with
tlist
degree
murder
In
connection
urh
the
slaying
of
her
husband
last
Wednesday
in
his
cablrr
in
the
Chirna
district
north
of
here
Mrs
Arnott,
who
mauled
the'
61-ye.ir
old
Alaska
mining
man
two
y
irs
ago
after
a
courtship
-on-dm
tod
entirely
by
correspondence,
imr
to
Alaska
from
Anacortes,
Washington.
Arnott
was
shot
and
killed
In
his
cabin
apparently
while
asleep.
Search
has
begun
for
Mrs.
Arnott.
POLE
TRIP
ABANDONED
Sir
Hubert
Wllklns
Gives
Up
Effort
After
Getting
450
Miles
From
Aim
TROMSOE,
Norway,
Sept.
9.-Slr
II
tbcru
Wllklns
has
decided
to
M'indon
the
attempt
for
this
year
f
i
ast
to
reach
the
North
Pole
i
i
i'T
the
Ice.
After
reaching
a
'it
450
miles
from
the
Pole,
the
i)
"tire
of
the
ice
drift
made
It
lm
P
Ible
for
the
Nautilus
to
pene
''
'V
further.
i'lie
Nautilus
slowly
made
her
way
h
k
to
her
base
at
SplUbcrgen,
inning
there
yesterday.
POSTPONING
CONFERENCE
League
of
Nations
In
Favor
of
Deferring
Farley
on
Silver
In
View
of
Indian
Situation
PARIS.
September
9.
The
League
"i
Nations
was
reported
yesterday
tIS
hplntr
fnvnrahln
In
n
nnstnonfi-
")'nt
of
the
proposed
world
silver
"imfirannn
in
n
rviil
nf
rnnriltlons
in
India.
AMY
JOHNSON
HOME
AGAIN
LYMPE,
England.
Sept.
9.
Amy
Johnson.
British
girl
avl-
atrlx,
arrived
here
today
from
Berlin,
thus
completing
her
round
trip
flight
from
Eng-
land
to
Tokio.
She
Is
feeling
fit
and
says
she
is
In
need
only
of
a
few
days'
good
rest.
IHH
I.
llltB
wooa
were
aisquaiuied
following
the
tatter's
ruse
In
tricking
the
Englishman
across
the
starting
line
In
advance
of
the
gun
by
himself
crossing
the
line
prematurely.
Wood
apparently
took
this
means
to
prevent
Don
from
winning
the
trophy
after
It
had
been
proven
that
Don's
boat,
Miss
England
It,
was
much
faster
than
Wood's
de
fender.
Miss
America
IX.
George
Wood's
boat.
Miss
America
VII.
had
remained
safely
behind
the-starttng
line
until
after
the
gun.
lhc
Detroit
press
generally
contemns
Oar
Wood's
action
In
plan
ning
ths
false
start
with
a
view
to
disqualifying
his
nrlttsh
rival
and
auds
Kaye
Don
as
a
"sportsman
ind
gentleman."
Vancouver
Stocks
(Ouuxtet)
B.
D.
JriniutAt.
Do.
I
Dig
Missouri,
30,
31
Cork
Province,
nil,
.01
Duthle
Mines,
.04,
nil
Oeorge
Copper.
.40
Oeorgle
River,
.03
Vi,
.04
Oolconda,
31,
21
Orandvlew,
MM
.06
Indian
Mines,
nil
.014
Kootenay
Florence,
.OOli,
nil
Kootenay
King,
nil,
.01
Lucky
Jim
.01,
.02
Noble
Five.
.03,
nil
Oregon
Copper,
.02,
nil
Pend
Oreille
(Cm)
.65,
.75
Premier.
.52,
.55
Reeves
Macdonald,
30,
nil
Ruth-Hope,
nil.
.05
Snowflake,
.01
H.
.02
Bluebird,
nil.
.02
OILS
Freehold,
.02.
nil
Hargol.
.03.
nil
A
P
Consolidated,
.07,
nil
Merland.
nil.
.06
Mercury,
.09.
.09
U
Home
Oil.
nil,
.42
EASTERN
STOCKS
Noranda.
19.00.
19.50
C
P
R.
17.75.-18.00
Inter
Nickel,
11.50,
12.25
Over
56,000
Pupils
Enroll
In
Seattle
SEATTLE,
Sept.
9.-Wlth
an
en
kn,,.ni
nf
ner
se.000
pupils,
the
i.
-f
cnttlA
iwinrned
nnhiM
Krnoras
ui
otu""
.--
yesterday
after
the
summer
vac
atlon.
OLD
MAN
IS
SLAIN
ALLXSON.
Ont..
September
9.-
of
W
am
uampuvu,
aged
85,
was
found
In
his
home
here
...
with
evidences
of
muraer.
Wesley,
also
found
wounded.
Is
being
held
by
the
authorities.
A
German
inventor
has
designed
a
child's
crib
that
can
be
converted
...
enair.
i.
i
-
Mt.vinfr
1
1
into
a
nign
cnair
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
VESSEL
IS
ABANDONED
Two
Member
ol
Crew
Rescued
From
Life
Rait
Alter
Halibutter
Volunteer
Burns
SEATTLE,
Sept.
9
Two
Seattle
'
fishermen,
Capt.
Louis
Ilanken
and
Andy
Sathcr,
were
rescued
from
an
Improvised
life
raft
yesterday
near
Alert
Bay
after
they
had
abandoned
the
burning;
hall-but
boat
Volunteer.
They
were
taken
to
the
hospital
at
Alert
Bay
to
receive
treatment
for
burns'
and
shock.
The
small
American
'
halibut
boat
Volunteer
made
three
calls,
at
Prince
Rupert
during
the
course
of
the
present
season
with
catches.
She
was
last
here
about
a
week
ago
with
a
catch
of
5,000
pounds.
PR.
HENRY
T0CRUISE
C.N.R.
Flag
Ship
Will
Operate
on
Atlantic
During
Winter
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
.
An
an
nouncement
of
particular
Impor
tance
to
tourist
travel
was
made
here
today
by
O
A.
McNlcholl.
general
passenger
agent,
Canadian
Na:
tlonal
Steamships,
dealing
with
the
winter
program
laid
out
for
the
SB.
Prince
Henry,
flagship
of
the
Pacific
fleet.
Mr.
McNlcholl
has
received
word
of
a
special
cruise
from
Vancouver
to
Halifax,
via
the
Panama
Canal,
which
will
commence
at
this
Dort
at
midnight
Saturday.
Novem
ber
21.
The
cruise
will
end
at
Hall-
fax
at
noon
Sunday.
December
13.
Announcement
Is
further
made
that
the
8J5.
Prince
Henry,
at
the
conclusion
of
this
fall
cruise,
will
operate
on
a
regular
weekly
schedule
during
the
winter
months
Between
Boston
and
Bermuda.
An
Interesting
Itinerary
has
been
laid
out
for
the
trip
around
to
Hall-
fax.
The
ship
will
first
call
at
victoria,
and
make
her
next
stop
at
Ban
Francisco.
From
there
calls
will
be
made
at
San
Pedro.
Man-lahlllo.
Balboa.
Cristobal,
Havana.
Bermuda
and
Halifax.
There
has
been
much
speculation
on
the
coast
as
to
what
use
would
be
made
of
the
Canadian
National
flagship
following
the
completion
of
her
summer
Alaskan
schedule.
The
announcement
of
this
cruise,
comlna
lust
at
a
time
when
the
passengers
can
arrive
at
their
east
ern
destination
niceiyjjeiore
unrm-tii'as,
.already
has
created
interest
and
many
trippers
from
the
Pacific
Coast
and
the
prairies
already
have
made
applications
for
space.
WEATHER
REPORT
Langara
Island:
Misty,
moderate
westerly
wind;
sea
choppy.
Triple
sland:
Misty,
rain;
iresn
southwest
wind;
sea
moderate.
riMd
Tree
Point:
Part
cloudy.
calm;
barometer
29.86;
temperature
62;
sea
smooth.
NO
WORD
YET
OF
MOYLF.
ANI)
ALLEN
SEATTLE.
Sept.
9.
Don
Movie
and
C.
A.
Allen
have
not
been
heard
from
since
they
left
Japan
forty-eight
hours
ago
4
with
the
Intention
of
making
a
non-stop
flight
to
Seattle.
When
leaving
Japan
in
the
nlane
"City
of
Tacoma,"
Moyle
anil
Allen
expected
they
would
reach
Seattle
about
noon
today..
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
9,
1931.
A
New
Style
This
new
style
parachute
has
been
successfully
tested
in
Jumps
from
45
to
3.000
feet.
Its
lnstau
'ous
opening
is
the
feature
and
,.r
.---
f
Veigni
less
than
10
pounds
ineked,
IS
KILLED
(OPERATIONS
BY
SHOCK!
NEAR
OVER
Ernest
Brathwaite,
Prominent
Fruit
i
only
Two
Salmon
Canneries
Now
Grower
of
Fraser
Valley,
Loses
Life
In
Power
House
MSSION
CITY.
Sept.
9.
Ernest
Brathwaite,
aged
38,
prominent
fruit
grower
of
Hatzlc
was
In
stantly
killed
in
the
presence
of
his
wife
and
two
friends
when
he'
touched
a
switch
carrying
2300
volts
In
the
Stave
Falls
powerhouse
of
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Co.
while
Inspecting
the
plant.
Halibut
Landings
(American)
Seymour,
40.000.
at
i.bO
ana
3c,
to
Pacific
Fisheries.
Akutan.
40,000.
at
7.80
and
3c,
to
Cold
Storage.
Celtic,
28,000.
at
9
and
9c,
to
Atlln
Fisheries.
Tatoosh,
18.000.
at
8.80
and
4c,
to
Royal
Fish
Company.
Midway,
11,000.
at
10
and
4c,
tp
Booth
Fisheries.
Happy,
7,000,
at
10
and
4.
to
Royal
Fish
Company.
Baltic
10,000,
at
9.90
and
4c,
to
Booth
Fisheries.
(Canadian)
Relief,
12,000.
at
7.60-
and
4c.
to
Cold
Storage.
J.
B
6.500,
at
8.10
and
4c,
to
Cold
Storage.
Relieve
Irish
Flood
Victims
Sum
of
$10,000
Is
Voted
by
Free
State
Government
to
Aid
in
Work
DUBLIN,
Sept.
9-Tho
Irlsr
"tee
State
government
has
subscribed
$10,000
to
the
fund
for
nllef
of
flood
victims
In
Dublin
and
Bray.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER
Sept.
9.
Wheat
was
quoted
at
Mfec
on
the
local
exchange
yesteniay.
Parachute
Running
in
District
No,
2;
Two
Salteries.
Only
two
salmon
canneries
are
still
in
operation
in
District
No.
2,
It
is
learned
at
the
offices
of
the
Dominion
Fisheries.
These
are
Humpback
Bay,
Porcher
Island
In
the
Skeena
River
division,
and
Bea
ver
cannery
in
Rivers
Inlet.
Namu
cannery
is
engaged
In
sal
mon
salting,
one
salmon
saitery
at
Jedway
is
so
far
the
only
one
that
has
opened
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Big
Shipment
Of
Gold
Leaves
Nome
Steamer
Arthur
J.
Baldwin
Goes
South
With
$250,000
of
Precious
Metal
NOME,
Sept.
9
The
Alaska
Transportation
Co.'s
steamer
Arth
ur
J.
Badwln
has
left
Nome
for
Seattle
with
$250,000
in
gold
bullion
on
board.
PICKNICKERS
WERE
HURT
Seventy-five
Persons
Injured
Last
Night
in
Windsor.
Ontario,
Trolley
Accident
WNDSOR,
Ont.,
Sept.
9.-Seventy-
five
persons
on
their
way
to
a
pic
nlc
were
Injured
last
night
when
a!
street
car
ran
through
an
open
switch
and
turned
over.
Reports
'
this
morning
stated
that
none
would
aie.
t
1
After
derailing
and
turning
over,
'the
car
took
fire,
a
number
of
the
Injured
suffering
burns.
j
The
car
was
on
Its
way
to
Dev-
onshlre
Fark.
Many
of
the
Injured
are
women
and
children.
i
Poiana
has
about
5.000
physt-one
elans,
or
for
each
6,000
real-
JdenU.
t
MAIN
LINE
"
IDEATH
OF
BLOCKADEj
PAMPHLET
C.
P.
R.
Trains
Will
Not
Be
Able
To
j
Well
Known
Coast
Skipper,
Who
Resume
Schedule
Before
End
of
Week
CALGARY,
Sept.
9.
Train
service
on
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
through
the
Rocky
Mountains
is
not
expected
to
resume
its
normal
course
until
Friday
or
Saturday
as
a
result
of
a
cloudburst
which
swept
trees,
rocks
and
torrents
of.
water
across
the
railway
tracks
over
the
week-end
between
Glacier
and
Albert
Canyon.
Until
the
main
line
has
been
cleared,
trains
will
be
dispatched
to
the
coast
via
McLeod
and
the
Kettle
Valley
Line
to
Vancouver.
Funeral
of
i
CarlModin
jWell
Known
Local
Fish
Packer
Laid
to
Rest
After
Service
in
Undertaking
Chapel
After
a
service
in
the
Chanel
of
the-'r(Zo$tKe
attended
by
members
of
.the
Fish
Packers'
Union
as
a
body
as
well
as
by
many
friends,
the
late
Carl
Modln,
well
known
local
fish
packer,
was
laid
to
rest
In
Falrvlew
Ceme-tary.
Rev.
Dr.
F.
W.
Dafoe,
pator
of
First
Baptist
Church,
officiated
at
the
funeral
service
and
Miss
M.
A.
Way
presided
at
the
organ
for
the
hymns
Pallbearers
were
Louis
Leroux.
S.
K.
Geary,
W.
Wallace,
Ous
Krause
and
J.
Watson.
TOOK
MAIL
OFF
LINER
Pilot
Blankenberr
at
Sydney
After
Contact
COO
Miles
at
Sea
SYDNEY.
N.
S.,
Sept.
9.
Pilot
Blankeriberg
landed
his
plane
here
last
evening
with
malls
which
had
been
token
off
the
German
liner
Europa,
600
miles
at
sea.
VOTE
OF
CONFIDENCE
IN
NEW
GOVERNMENT
LONDON,
Spt.
2.
The
na-
tlonal
three-party
government
won
a
vote
of
confidence
on
Tuesday
night
in
th
House
of
Commons
by
a
majority
of
4-
59.
The
division
was
309
to
250.
Following
the
vote
of
con-
fldence
it
is
expected
Rt.
Hon.
Philip
Snowden,
chancellor
of
the
exchequer,
win
Immediately
announce
his
fiscal
rehabilitation
:
program.
All
Conservatives
and
Liberals,
twelve
Labor
members
and
three
Independents
voted
with
the
government.'
Three
Labor
members
abstained
from
voting.
In
the
course
of
the
debate
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Henderson,
Opposition
Leader,,
made
It
clear
that
Labor
would
remain
In
Opposition
during
the
lite
of
the
present
government.
The
government
was
again
sustained
today
In
.
two
votes
by
majorities
of
94
and
93,
these
larger
majorities
being
due
to
the
absence
from
the-
House
of
LaborltM
who
.
are
,
attending
a
Trades
tljilon
Council
meeting
in
Bristol.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Went
to
Jail
for
Act
of
Mercy,
Dies
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
9.
Captain
Robert
Pamphlet,
aged
53,
skipper
jf
the
schooner
Pescava,
which,
In
1924.
while
laden
with
liquor
for
ielliery
from
Vancouver
to
Mexico,
tit'.
red
United
States
waters
at
the
nouth
of
the
Columbia
River
in
nswer
to
distress
signals
from
an
American
vessel
named
Caoba
and
ucceeded
In
rescuing
the
crew,
the
.kipper
later
being
charged
with
,'lolation
of
the
United
States
prohibition
laws
and
sentenced
to
two
gears'
Imprisonment,
died
at
the
.urine
of
his
brother
In
North
Vancouver
last
.
night.
He
will
be
buried
In
Victoria,
where
he
was
jotn.
Capt.
Robert
Pamphlet
was
a
nember
of
a
well
known
pioneer
British
Columbia
family
of
seafar-
ng
men.
A
brother
was
rormeriy
in
engineer
aboard
ships
of
the
Canadian
National
coast
fleet
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at
Arrandale
Robert
Lawson
Eludes
Officer
on
Naas
River
But
Is
Captured
at
Port
Simpson
ARRANDALE,
Sept.
9.
Some
ex
citement
was
caused
at
Arrandale
Jannery
one
afternoon
recently.
When
the
Dominion
Police
launch
was
approaching
the
cannery,
Robert
Lawson,
of
Port
Simpson,
who
was
wanted
by
provincial
police
for
jail-breaking
at
Port
Esslngton
last
nonth,
ran
away
Into
the
bush,
and
Jomlnlon
Constable
E.
O.
Newnham
,umped
ashore
and
gave
chase.
After
following
for
nearly
an
hour
the
officer
returned
to
the
cannery,
tiere
he
conducted
a
search
of
juildlngs
and
boats.
In
the
early
houw
of
-ie
following
morning
Constable
Newnham
returned
to
the
cannery
and
conducted
a
further
search
of
all
the
houses
and
boats,
but
on
receiving
he
news
that
Lawson
had
arrived
it
Port
Simpson,
he
sent
a
wireless
message
to
the
provincial
police
at
Jrlnce
Rupert.
AGREEMENT
IS
REACHED
Quebec
Comes
to
Understanding
With
Minister
of
Labor
Regarding
Relief
Work
MONTREAL,
Sept.
9.
Quebec
provincial
government
representa-lves
have
reached
an
agreement
with
Senator
Gideon
Robertson,
federal
minister
of
labor,
in
regard
'.o
works
to
be
undertaken
for
the
ellef
of
unemployment.
ESTIMATE
OF
CROP
Yield
This
Year
Will
be
251,530,009
Bushels,
Free
Press
Predicts
WINNIPEO.
Sept.
9.
The
1931
wheat
crop
of
the
prairie
provinces
Is
estimated
at
254,230,600
bushels
by
the
Manitoba
Free
Press.
VANCOUVER
WHEAf
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
0.
-
Wheat
was
quoted
at
51
'up
on
the
local
Exchange
today.