UNEMPLOYED
TO
BE
LOOKED
AFTER
.5
I
Vol
XXII..
No.
171.
VANCOUVER
Work
To
Be
Provided
and
Be
Placed
In
Camps
With
Rate
of
Pay
Minister
of
Public
Works
at
Victoria
Announces
Policy
of
Registration
of
Needy
Under
Oath
and
Cutting
Off
Present
Allowance
VICTORIA,
July
23:
Following
a
special
meeting
of
the
unemployment
committee
of
the
provincial
cabinet
yesterday,
the
minister
of
public
works
announced
the
immediate
inauguration
of
the
following
measures
of
unemployment
relief:
Registration
on
oath
of
all
persons
in
need
within
the
province.
Creation
of
camps
at
the
scene
of
highway
projects
and
the
sending
of
transients
to
these
camps
with
provision
for
their
feeding
and
shelter
in
return
for
work.
-
Cessation
of
jJr.PQL!vOnc
lPrjudayr"1'
f
"
transients
as
soon
as
the
camps
opened.
Determination
after
receipt
of
the
federal
Unemployment
plan
and
after
the
western
provinces
have
agreed
on
uniform
measures
of
the
scale
of
allowances
that
will
be
made
available
to
those
at
work
in
the
camps,
which
will
include
not
only
transients
but
others
for
whom
work
can
be
found.
SIR
HENRY
.
WILL
CUT
HIS
WAGE
Announces
That
In
Spit
of
Agreements
Hither
Officials
Would
lie
Affected
MONTREAL,
July
33:
In
con-i"n
with
the
announcement
of
1
rut
in
salaries
on
the
Carta-National
Railways.
affecting
iiarlcs
in
excess
of
$3,000
per
during
the
next
10
months
i
August,
Sir
Henry
Thornton,
iniiin
and
president
of
the
Ca-
n
National
Railways,
today
iirird
his
statement
of
Tuesday
'.vmg
that
the
eduetton,
despite
agreement,
included
himself,
i
also
all
the
higher
official
of
1
1
-system,
whether
under
contract
.!
lint.
German
Credit
Is
Considered
Recommendations
lo
He
Made
Ily
London
Financial
Conference
Stated
Last
Evening
LONDON.
July
23:
It
was
repor-'
I
last
night
that
good
progress
'
i
been
made
at
the
conference
In
1
L
itidon
in
regard
to
the
finances
of
k-rmany.
It
i
Understood
that
the
11
'ding
banks
of
the
world
are
be-u
asked
to
renew
the
$100,000,000
'
"
dtt
which
had
been
withdrawn
n'i
that
those
people
and
lnstltu-tintis
having
credits
fit
Oermany
viii
br
asked
to
allow
them
to
re-ftiiun.
,
Halibut
Landings
AMKUICAN
Tuscan.
22,000.
Atlln,
9.1c
and
4f.
Vancouver
Stocks
(Ccurtciy
8.
D.
Jannitnu.
Oo.
Dig
Missouri,
25,
23.
Cork
Province,
nU,
1.
Duthle
Mines,
nU,
4&.
George
Copper,
nil
50,
Georgia
River,
2U,
nil.
Goiconda,
nil.
36.
Orandview,
4,
5.
Independence,
nil,
1.
Indian
Mines,
:1,
nil.
Lucky
Jim,
nil,
3.
Noble
Flvev
44,
5.
Oregon
Copper,
4,
5.
Pend
Oreille,
74,
nil..
Premier,
68,
68.
Porter-Idaho,
4,
5.
.
Reeves
Macdonald,
25,
27.
'
Woodbine,
nil.
1.
OILS
Freehold,
3
Vi.
nil.
A.
P.
Con.,
8,
1014.
Merland.
7,
nil
Mercury.
10,
10ft.
Calmont,
4.
nil.
Dalhousle.
19.
21.
Fabyan
Pete.
4,
1.
Home.
45.
55.
United.
10.
13.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda.
18,
nU.
Inter.
Nickel,
13ft,
nil.
C.
P.
R.
'.
nil.
Imperial,
12
Vs.
nil.
Con.
M.
tt
S..
05.
nil.
Exciting
Time
Watching
Rum
Runners
Detroit
DETROIT.
Mich.,
July
23:-Oaught
In
tho
line
of
fire
between
running
boat
and
a
govern-
a
rum
.
.
.
nvriirslnn
meni
DOiu
near
ncic
...'
..,.
ohmii
ii
thousand
inousuna
""
-
vpmnu
time
aT
3
n.
yesieraay.
inc
puane.m
rfAH
tn
the
side
to
watch
the
cba.se
,
,
,.
strut
.,,,
if
hv
bv
u
and
one
of
them
was
bullet.
PRINCE
RUPERT.B.C,
THURSDAY,
JULY
The
attention
of
the
leller
onll
Just
at
the
crucial
moment,
a
call
believed
to
have
been
put
in
by
an
accomplice.
Nearly
Three
Million
Women
In
Russia
Were
Engaged
In
Productive
Work
Last
Year
Children
Looked
After
By
the
State
While
Mothers
Labor
With
Men
in
Many
Callings
(By
Stanley
P.
Richardson.
Copyright.
1931.
by
Tin-
Associated
Press)
MOSCOW,
July
23
Woman's
role
is
becoming
increasingly,
important
in
Soviet
Russia's
campaign
for
industrialization
and
agricultural
development.
Due
to
the
shortage
of
labor,
which
grows
more
acute
as
each
additional
stride
is
made-
toward
fulfillment
of
the
five
year
plan,
thoir
services
are
being
required
move
and
more
ex-tenilvtly
not-only
in
various
pro-tv
feeaiona
and
clerical
capacities
but
m
actual
manual
laborer.
in
factories.
In
fields.
In
all
forms
ij.t.ioi
nH
,...!...,
i
u
oi
u"'
'
they
labor
side
by
side
with
tlie
men,
receive
the
same
pay
and
the
mc
n.ivlli.ups
prmiegca
for
lor
the
ne
same
same
work
worn,
To
cncouiaiie
winer
uiaucuon
or
men
to
if
i
gnways
Decided
I
unU
children,
were
Injured
left
rails
on
hill,
then
broke
through
fence
into
terrace.
children
aboard,
returning
picnic
I
I
was
uistraciea
oy
a
iciopnone
tne
K0Vernment
la
making
special
jefforta
to
proved
facilities
for
re
llevins
them
of
ill
domesUc
drudg-
mu
ttvtnnaiv..
mrtiiiirna
have
been
j
,..-.
-----
taken
for
the
.
oi
ciiuaren
in
aay
Juurserles
and
.
idergartens.
Com-
muna
mumw
dlnlnu
auiam
i
,u-cu..u
-
UDie
ouui
u
u
aim
iu
ic
m-
continue
on
Page
4
i
To
Ikl
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
age
'
Friday,
July
24,
1931
8
mm
High
9:25
a.m.
15:6
tt
Prince
&
.
-Cloudy,
scattered
21:14
p.m.
19.2
It.
showers;
iresti
southeast
wind;
Low
2:50
am.
5:8
It.
cooler.
14:35
pjn.
9:1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
23,
1931
BANK
ROBBERY
PROVED
SUCCESS
on
ni
toB
e
Scene
of
Fatal
Trolley
Car
Crash
Thirty
persons
.
mostly
worn
u
when
this
Pittsburg.
Pa
.
trolley
car
down
a
telegraph
pole
and
chasled
There
were
nearly
100
women
and
from
a
school
Clever
Thief
Got
Away
With
$3,500
From
Bank
Vancouver,
Yesterday
Attention
of
Teller
Was
Distracted
By
Telephone
Call
Just
at
Crucial
Moment
and
Cash
Disappeared
VANCOUVER.
Julv
23:A
rather
clever
theft
took
place
yosterday
from
the
main
office
of
tho
Royal
Bank
of
Canada"
horo.
Asking
for
change
for
two
one
thousand
dollar
notes
and
three
five
hundred
dollar
notes
at
the
Idler's
wicket
an
unidentified
man
stole
the
$3,500
change
,
and
act
away
with
it
along
with
his
own
money.
DENIES
RECEIPT
OF
HOTEL
EXPENSES
FROM
4-
BEAUIIARNOIS
CO.
4
OTTAWA.
July
23:
Positive
denial
that
his
hotel
expenses
while
on
a
trip
to
Bermuda
had
been
paid
by
the
Beauharnols
Company
was
made
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
by
Right
Hon.
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King.
SEES
MUCH
BEAUTY
IN
THE
CITY
W.
J.
Alder
Says
Gardens
Are
Prettier
in
Prince
Rupert
Than
Any
He
Has
Seen
"Tell
the
people
here
I
have
walked
all
over
the
city
during
my
visit
and
I
have
not
seen
prettier
tafdens
anywhere
than
I
have,
seen
In
Prince
Rupert,"
de-
"eiarfd
W.
j.
Aider
of
-Victoria,
who
has
been
here
looking
after
re-pairs
to
Ids
buildings.
He
left
to-day
on
the
Prince
Charles
after
beinf
several
weeks
in
the.
city.
Mr.
Alder
said
it
was
a
great
pleasure
to
him
to
see
the
work
that
was
going
on.
There
were
good
streets
and
now
the
sidewalks
were
being
renewed.
The
stumps
weie
most
covered
by
the
second
growth
and
the
place
looked
to
him
almost
like
a
new
city.
Everywhere
he
went
he
found
little
gardens.
These
were
often
in
most
unexpected
places.
He
referred
particularly
to
one
he
saw
on
the
waterfront
beyond
the
dry
dock
and
another
on
the
railway
track
south
of
the
elevator.
Speaking
of
it
today,
Mr.
Alder
sal
dhe
did
a
little
gardening
himself.
In
fact,
he
spent
a
good
deal
of
time
in
his
garden
but
in
Vic
toria
where
It
was
so
dry
they
could
not
grow
things
like
they
do
here.
fAKjrC
PEWfE
VUlirEiliIlVi
Flirt
I
ITTI
E1
Dll)
LI
I
1
Lju
rermanent
roiicy
untouched
uut
Question
of
Immediate
Relief
To
Germany
Dealt
With
LONDON,
July
23
The
seven
-power
confernece
concluded
today
confining
Itself
to
making
recommendations
In
regard
to
Immediate
relief
for
Oermany,
leaving
tlw
permanent
problem
untouched.
Albert
E.
Falls
Case
Considered
WASHINOTON.
July
23:
The
de
partment
of
Justice
is
reported
to
be
considering
the
case
of
Albert
E.
Falls,
who
after
a
trial
lasting
eight
years
is
to
serve
a
term
in
the
penitentiary
for
receiving
a
bribe
in
connection
with
the
conveyance
of
oil
lands.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
July
23
The
priw
of
wheat
here
today
was
quoted
at
55.c.
TKAR
OAS
USED
RCltANTON.
Penn
July
23:
Demonstrating
New
"Detector"
,
)
Orace
Hubbard
is
showing
how
,
detector"
is
used
in
locating
j
submarine
cables.
It
may
not
bo
used
quite
this
way,
but
still.
It
j
gives
an
idea
BREWERY
IN
N.Y.
SEIZED
NEW
YORK.
July
23:
Prohibition
agent
yesterday
seized
the
five
million
dollars
Phoenix
Brewery
for
alleged
contraventions
of
the
Prohibition
Act.
Minister
of
Mines
lion.
Is
Optimistic
In
a
Review
of
Industry
W.
A.
McKenzie
Points
Out
That
Dormant
Gold
Mines
Arc
Now
Iking
Developed
Once
More
In
issuing
a
summary
and
review
of
the
mineral
indilsT
try
of
B.C.
for
the
six
months
ended
June
30,
1931,
Hon:
W.
A.
McKenzie,
minister
of
mines,
made
the
following
comments
"Mining
in
British
Columbia
has
withstood
tho
shock
of
world
depression
and
extreme
low
metal
prices,
in
a
most
satisfactory
and
remarkable
manner.
The
figures
show
that
for
the
period
under
review
our
mineral
industry
operated
on
an
output
ba-n
sis
of
84
of
that
recorded
in
thepotent
attraction-has
resulted
In
corresponding
half-year
period
of
1930
when
high
record
quantity
production
of
metals
and
minerals
was
made.
While
some
falling
off
has
occurred
in
the
development
of
base
metal
properties
this
has
been
compensated
by
the
widespread
revival
In
gold
mining
and
the
keen
Interest
in
prospecting
for
placer
gold.
Oft
to
the
Hills
"Attention
in
particular
is
directed
to
the
ft
that
potential
gold
properties
that
have
been
dormant
for
years
are
now
being
developed
and
tne
tinancing
oi
oiner
projects
!
oeing
auempiea.
r
rospecung
nas
T&r
gas
was
used
to
quell
a
riot
of
bn-n
well
maintained.
Unemploy-strlkers
here
yesterday.
jment
and
the
lure
of
gold-again
a
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
NO
HURRY
DEAL
WITH
RAILRATES
WASHINGTON.
July
23:
An
effort
is
being
made
by
the
railways
to
speed
up
action
by
the
lnter-state
commerce
commission
In
connection
with
their
request
for
an
Increase
of
15";
In
freight
rates
throughout
the
co'untry.
v
It
is
pointed
out
that
the
farmers
are
already
raising
grain
at
a
loss
and
that
if
the
freight
rates
are
raised
the
loss
will
be
greater.
In
view
of
this
the
commission
refuses
to
grant
the
hearing
earlier
than,
in
the
ordinary
course,
which
will
probably
be
in
August.
MASSETTIS
VERY
QUIET
Fishing
Fleet
Moves
From
North
Island
One
Cannery
Operating
"
The
fishing
fleet
at
Horth
Island
is
moving
from
there
to
around
Massett
Inlet
where
a
better
run
is
developing.
Already,
many
boats
have
transferred
the
scene
of
their
operations.
The
Massett
Canners
plant
at
Old
Massett
is
the
only
cannery
operat
ing
this
season
in
Massett
Inlet.
John
Dybhavn
Is
personally
In
charge
and
a
few
hundred
cohoes
have
been
put
up
so
far.
Many
of
the
former
employees
at
New
Massett
of
the
Nootka
Packing
Co.
ore
in
the
service
this,
summer
of
thjjj
company
on
the
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island.
7
The
Canadian
Fish
it
old
storage
Co.
is,
as
usual,
bringing
in
Ijfti
from
the
islands
as
Is
also
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.
Logging
In
Massett
Inlet
is
practically
a
dead
issue
at
this
time.
many
men
going
into
the
hills,
with
the
result
that
mote
are
so
engaged
than
In
the
yeqr
1930.
"It
also
is
noteworthy
and
significant
that
the
value
of
structural
materials
is
nearly
as
high
in
the
half
year
of
1931
Just
ended
as
It
was
In
the
first
six
months
of
1930.
Building
and
structural
work,
therefore,
is
being
carried
on
practically
at
a
normal
rate.
"Coal
mining
has
declined
in
common
with
the
depression
in
general
Industry,
but
corrective
mta-sures.
strongly
endorsed
and
assisted
by
the
government,
are
having
beneficial
results
and.
It
is
hoped,
will
re-establish
the
industry
and.
Continued
on
page
4.
4'
1
v
nr
1
"M
ft
r
ST
1
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v