Incident
Occurred
Near
Harbin
Moving
Picture
Men
Taken
Sixteen
Others
Seriously
Hurt
In
Fight
With
Looters
1MNKING,
Manchuria,
Aug.
31:
(CP)
Thirteen
Ja-
par.
A
r
travellers
were
killed
and
three
representatives
of
1
1
states
moving
picture
firms
disappeared
when
s
derailed
and
attacked
a
train
near
Harbin.
The
i
ans,
whose
names
are
not
given,
are
said
to
have
,
1
,1
-.-til.
J
t
C1..1
T..
-cr
uanappeu
logetner
wim
six
oapanuM;.
ai&ieeu
ua--r
were
seriously
injured
in
a
fight
with
the
bandits
I:
;
jetted
the
train.
Sinking
gggHgr
jRjftt
JOHN
IlKDPATI!
IIOUGALL
W
::TIEAL
Aug
3
John
R
Dr.ugall
dean
:f
Cana-e
and
publisher
of
V.
rrai
Witness
as
well
as
TrriodlcaU.
conUnues
to
:
death
Is
believed
to
be
removed
His
strength
Is
cbblnjt
although
he
still
knrti
interest
In
the
news
MOTOR
FEE
SPLIT
MADE
I'rlnce
Rupert
lo
Receive
$0700
Tout
Distribution
$331,000
Vli
clouds
She
MADE
QUICK
TRIP
NORTH
Pilot
Everett
Wtuon
Lands
In
I'rlnte
Rupert
pre
and
a
IUU
Hour
After
Leaving
.
Vancouver
With
miot
Everett
L.
Wasson
at
I
j
the
controls
and
having
also
on
i
board
Mrs
Wasson
and
child
and
j
uuot
Tyrer
of
the
Columbia
De-
velopmeni
Co..
AUin.
a
Falrchild
itapianc.
belonging
to
the
Tread-J
.well
Yukon
Mining
Co.
and
oper-!
I
ated
by
the
Northern
Airways
Llml-1
ted
In
commercial
service
In
Nor-
j
hf.n
British
Columbia
and
the;
i
Yukon,
landed
here
at
6
o'clock
last
j
i
evening
after
a
five
and
a
half
i
hour
direct
flight
from
Vancouver.
The
plane
was
taken
south
exacUy
a
month
ago
by
Pilot
Wasson
to
undergo
overhaul
after
having
spent
the
past
few
years
engaged
In
commercial
flying
in
the
north.
The
machine
was
flown
as
far
south
as
SeatUe.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wasson
and
child
travelling
to
San
Francisco
on
a
vacation.
Mr.
Tyrer
went
south
with
the
plane
to
Vancouver
on
bustiMM.
pilot
Wasson,
well
known
flyer,
who
was
the
hero
of
the
had
never
made
a
auch
Ideal
weather
conditions
as
those
which
prevailed
between
here
and
Vancouver
yesterday
True
there
was
a
thick
fog
which
delayed
his
departure
from
vnnminvpr
but.
hardly
had
the
T
JRIA.
Aug
31
CP-A
to-(Plane
passed
Bowen
Island,
before
and
all
the
way
up
.the
$0,4,000
will
be
distributed!
It
was
clear
coast
there
was
brilliant
sunshine
municipalities
of
the
pro-1
from
motor
licence
fees.iwltn
unmnuea
Twuum
F'
'"
"
Rupert
will
receive
$0700.
Bmt'hcr
$1000.
and
Terrace,
$375.
British
Pound
and
Canadian
Dollar
on
New
York
Exchange
NEW
YORK
August
31
The
Brl-
-
1
pnund
sterling
closed
at
$5-01
o'
2V-.
on
Uie
local
for-r-exchange
market
yesterday
U!'d
'he
Canadian
dollar
at
$1.02
Vi.
"H
ig;
Tt.c
French
franc
closed
$00G0U
off
Rkc.
The
plane
was
to
hop
off
today
to
Telegraph
Creek
on
the
next
leg
of
Its
flight
to
Carcroas.
Yukon
Territory,
its
headquarters.
Gold
and
Sugar
Stocks
Strong
v....
v.irL
Market
Sarsrd
Yester
day
Morning
Iut
Revived
Somewhat
In
Afternoon
nrw
YORK.
August
21:
Hie
Mr
DrnhnimA
hiM
at'I.
i,
mn,tt
anmrod
In
early
trad
Will'"
"
HWh'tHfMRV,
or.
.
.
ft
Hr
ii
Je
who
have
been
spending
the
ing
yesterday
but
recovcrco.
some
"urnnwr
at
"Tho
n.m."
tiiu
Hnrino
the
afternoon
when
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
arrived
In,
gold
and
sugar
lues
showed
con-hc
cltv
on
the
Prince
Charles
yes-Wrable
strength.
The
turnover
lday
from
wtis
050
000
shares,
lhc
Isands
on
thclrjror
Ul1
oay
way
to
Ocean
Falls.
Mrs.
Dcnholme
Industrials
closed
at
92.76.
o
f
.03.
J
f
suter
of
James
.Dcnholme
of
rolls
at
30.12.
off
.89;
utUlUes
at
e
bonds
at
92.
02,
Another
brother
Is
located
at
20.55.
off
10.
and
lls.
off
.13.
Today's
Weather
tomorrows
tides
mto
min'"''
Rupert
Overcast,
light
High
7:28
ua
14.4
ft.
DUth'a
'
wind;
barometer,
30.20;
19:11
pjn.
17.0
ft.
j.prtature,
53;
sea
smooth.
Low
0:51
ajn.
0.8
ft.
12:29
p.m.
10.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V0i
XXIV
No
203.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
31,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
CHMSEWNAP
THREE
AMERICANS
WELSH
MINERS'
STRIKE
AT
END
OF
NEXT
MONTH
THREAT
Thirteen
Japanese
Lose
Lives
As
Bandits
Attack
Manchurian
Train
Textile
Strike
in
U.S.
Called
For
Tomorrow
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WILLIAM
F
KELLY
THOMAS
F
.MacMAIIO.V
WASHINGTON
D.C
Aug
ri
F
J
Gcrcr.
hu.rmun
of
ui
YOUNG
MEN
jYoung
Rockefeller
FOR
FARMS!
Foreman
of
Jury
Those
Under
Twenty-Five
Will
Not
He
Employed
in
Industries
Of
Germany
'4
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W
S
Anderson
of
Terracejwho
arrived
in
the
city
from
the
interior
on
last
night's
Gives
His
Occupation
As
Philanthropist
In
New
York
Court
Yesterday
,
NEW
YORK.
Aueust
31
John
D.
BERLIN,
Aug.
31:
The
German
Rockefeller
111.
was
chosen
fore-
Bovcrnment
Issued
a
decree
jester-
man
of
a
Jury
trying
an
unimport-
Burke
relief
expedition
a
few
years
day
thafUn
single
men
under
the;
ant
case
in
a
New
York
court
ye-
aao
in
the
north,
stated
after
ar-
,nge
0f
twenty-five
years
must
work'
terday.
He
gave
his
oseupatkm
as
,
rival
tliat
he
ifltuht
under
on
the
farms,
their
places
In
the
a
pnllantnropist,
lndustrfeVo
be
taken
by
older
married
men"
with
families.
Mrs.
H.
F.
Noel
and
child,
who
have
been
spending
the
summer
vacation
in
Vancouver
and
on
Vancouver
Island,
arrived
in
thev
city
from
the
south
on
the
Frlnce
train,
will
sail
tonight
on
the
Prln-
Oeorge
this
morning
and
will
process
Adelaide
for
a
holiday
trip
to
,
reed
by
this
afternoon's
train
to
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
their
home
In
the
interior.
Scion
of
Prominent
Southern
"
Family
Arrested
For
Trying
To
Extort
From
Mrs
.
Roosevelt
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
31:
Charged
with
attempting
to
extort
$160,000
from
Mrs.
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
vifesof
the
President
of
the
United
States,
and
Mrs.
Dull,
JiiS.
daughter,
on
the
threat
of
kidnapping
the
two
children
of
the
latter,
Cissie
and
Bussy,
Benjamin
Franklin
Barnes
was
arrested
here
last
night.
There
is
also
said
to
have
been
the
suggestion
that
even
the
President
himself
might
have
been
harmed.
Barnes
is
being
held
in
jail
without
bail.
'
Thirty-three
years
of
age,
Barnes
is
said
to
be
a
member
of
an
old
and.
aristocratic
family
of
Gharles-toJi,T,S6uth
Carolina.
FKANCIS
J.
COKMA.V
s'uic
wirkcrs
general
strike
committee,
following
failure
of
conference
yesterdav
wi:h
cmpio
t
and
government
representatives
to
reach
an
agreement,
f
jrxnaUy
tiUiea
the
genera,
strike
of
textile
walkers
for
11:30
Saturday
night.
The
caU
involves
some
half
a
million
workers,
some
of
whom,
however,
may
refuse
to
strike.
Meantime,
some
of
the
textile
operators
of
the
country
ar.
preparing
to
attempt
to
continue
operation
of
their
plants
with
non-union
labor
(Picture
shoars
leaders
in
the
proposed
walk.out:
left
to
right.
William
F
Kelly
of
Philadelphia,
second
vl
e-president,
United
Textile
Workers
of
America:
Thomas
F.
MacMahon
of
Providence.
RJ.,
p
estdent.
and
Francis
J.
Gorman,
first
vice-president.
Although
MacMahon
has
been
appoint
1
to
the
labor
advisory
board
of
the
N.R.A.
he
and
his
fellow
officers
pledged
themselves
to
push
for
a
general
strike
of
all
work-en
allied
with
the
cotton
textile
Industry
i
FLOODS
ON
BEAR
RIVER
Property
at
Stewart
is
Menaced
High
Water
Condition
By
STEWART,
Aug.
31:
A
period
of
exceptionally
warm
weather,
followed
by
heavy
rains,
has
caused
a
Jangerous
rise
hi
the
Bear
River,
rhe
river
durlne
the
bast
few
years
some
buildings
are
now
in
danger
being
carried
out
by
the
stream
which
is
eating
into
its
banks
at
an
alarming
rate.
On
Sunday,
a
small
crew
undejr
Road
Foreman
H.
MacDonald,
utll-;
lzlng
two
caterpillar
tractors,
haul-
j
ed
several
large
trees
to
the
river
j
Similar
weather
conditions
have
also
caused
considerable
flooding
by
the
Salmon
River
in
Alaskan
territory
adjacent
to
this
district.
Colliery
Walk-Out
Is
Mooted
Unless
Demand
!
For
Raise
Is
Met
.
One
Hundred
and
Forty
Thousand
Men
Would
be
Involved
And
Effect
Upon
Export
Trade
of
Principality
J&
.'
Might
Be
Serious
t
LONDON,
Aug.
31:
(CP)
Unless
wage
increases
are
granted
140,000
coal
miners
in
Wales,
a
walk-out
will
take
place
on
September
30
when
the
present
agreement
expires.
If
the
strike
materializes,
it
is
feared
the
Welsh
export
trade,
which
has
shown
remarkable
recovery
of
late,
will
be
seriously
affected.
There
are
hopes,
howeVer,
that
a
settlement
will
be
reached
before
a
strike
is
called.
THEATRICAL
HOURS
FOR
MAN
PASSESi
DRUGGISTS
Charles
B.
Dillingham,
Once
Very
Wealthy,
Died
Last
Nitht
In
New
York
i
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
31:
Charles
Bancroft
Dillingham,
formerly
one
of
the
country's
greatest
theatrical
magnates,
died
here
last
evening
following
a
heart
attack
which
he
i
suffered
about
a
year
ago.
He
once
operated
a
long
chain
of
theatres
and
had
a
vast
fortune
but
a
few
years
ago
became
bankrupt.
He
played
a
part
in
developing
many
of
America's
most
prominent
theatrical
stars.
George
M.
Cohen
and
Irving
Berlin
having
been
among
his
protegees.
I
Born
at
Hartford.
Conn.,
May
30.
1
1868,
Mr.
Dillingham
was
educated
I
In
the
public
schools
there
but
at
an
(early
age
became
Identified
with
i
the
theatre.
His
first
success
was
In
the
management
of
Julia
Mar-
has
snted
up
Its
channel
consider-
j
Qlob
nd
Century
theatres.
At
one
lhlv
nnd
this
vear
the
main
stream
c
was
as
uianaBci
manager
has
been
forsed
over
to
the
west-
2
Upton
Sinclair
Is
Confirmed
As
nemnT!i
Candidate
For
Governor
Of
State
Of
California
bank
and
constructed
a
temporary
choice
of
UD'on
Sinclair,
noted
protection
which
it
Is
hoped
will
be
writer
and
former
Socialist,
as
of
assistance
until
the
present
high
Democratic
candidate
for
governor
water
goes
down.
Permanent
work.1
of
California
has
been
confirmed
will
require
to
be
built
this
winter
following
the
primaries
on
Tues-to
avert
further
damage
next
year.
day.
Sinclair
had
a
large
maj-
fifty-Two
Hour
Week
U
Set
With
.Mioimum
Wage
of
(IS
Longer
Hours
Saturday
in
Stores
.
.
"VICTORIA,
Aug.
.31:
CP
The
Board
of
Industrial
Relations
announced
yesterday
a
52-hour
week
for
registered
apprentices,
certified
.'lerks
and
licentiates
of
pharmacy
in
drug
stores
effective
until
Sep-.
ember
30
next
year.
These
workers
will
also
come
under
the
$15
a
week
jiercantile
minimum
wage.
It
is
also
announced
that
an
11-hour
working
day
will
be
permitted
Saturdays
for
merchants
outside
of
Vancouver
and
Victoria
for
the
convenience
of
rural
residents
on
rondition
that
a
48-hour
week
is
not
exceeded.
Hon.
George
S.
Pearson,
minister
of
labor,
announced
that
door
to
door
salesmen
working
for
a
com
pany
must
receive
a
minimum
wage
llowe.
He
also
managed
at
other
j
of
$15
per
week.
times
such
stars
as
Maxlne
Elliott,
Henry
Miller,
Margaret
Anglln.1
Frank
Daniels.
Lulu
Glaser,
Frltzl
Scheff.
Elsie
Janls,
Richard
Carle.
Bessie
McCoy,
Vernon
and
Irene
Castle.
Montgomery
and
Stone
and
many
others.
He
later
became
mananer
of
ten
theatres
including
the
New
York
Hippodrome
and
Widow
of
First
Doctor
on
Queen
Charlottes
Dies
The
death
took
place
at
Prince
or
saran
ueorge
nospiiai
recently
axter
a
Bernhardt's
Theatre
In
Paris,
snort
illness
or
Mrs.
Oeorglna
Ross
erly
side
of
the
valley.
This
has
al-
"ance.
He
was
a
captain
in
me
'
'a
...
.
j-
'Aviation
Corns
In
1917.
Alec
Fraser.
who
was
first
doctor
tcuuv
uiuocu
ovule
uauiaKc
w
.
.
...
.
,
Mr-
Dillingham
Is
survived
by
a
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
pertles
in
the
townslte
of
Stewart
and
more
serious
damage
is
threa-
wWow.
formerly
Evelyn
Kearney
of
f5nte'
Francisco
whom
he
married
in
ter
at
Hlxon
Creek
when
taken
111.
tened
Several
hundred
feet
of
the
.Tlf!-
lf.e.eiL:e
1913.
i
.
Fraser
and
family
arrived
at
way
trestle
has
been
wasnea
out
during
the
past
three
weeks
and
IMassett
from
South
Africa
via
I
Prince
Rupert
in
1908
and
remained
there
until
1912
when
he
moved
his
family
to
Victoria.
When
Dr.
Fraser
arrived
at
Massett
it
was
necessary
to
start
the
first
school
on
the
Islands
for
the
benefit
of
his
children
and
a
few
others
there.
Mrs.
Fraser
Is
survived
by
three
SACRAMENTO.
August
31:
The
-ons.
Donald
of
Esquimau.
Tom
of
orlty
over
his
4
neatest
rival.
FISH
SALES
American
Majestic.
28,000,
Booth.
11.4c
and
Mrs.
Robert
Dowther,
who
has
7o.
been
on
a
three
weeks'
trip
to
Van-;
j
Wireless,
11,000,
Cold
Storage,
9.6c
couver,
returned
to
the
city
from
arid
6c
the
south
on
the
Prince
Oeorge
this
?
Tahoma
19,000.
Cold
Storage,
morning.
H-7c
and
7c.
Port
Albeml
and
Douglas
at
Hallux,
and
two
daughters
Mrs.
R.
C.
Robertson,
of
Carlisle
Cannery
and
Mrs.
S.
Fakus
of
Hlxon
Creek,
"he
te
also
survived
by
Miss
D.
M.
Outram
of
Esqulmalt,
who
came
to
Massett
with
the
family
in
1908,
Miss
J.
Outram
of
Esqulmalt
and
Mrs.
Twentyman
of
England,
sisters,
and
Rev.
A.
Outram
of
Eng-"and,
brother.
Dr.
Fraser
died
1920.
ISLANDS
FEEL
'QUAKE
SKIDEOATE,
August
31A
slight
arthquake
shock
was
felt
on
the
ueen
Charlotte
Islands
a
few
lays
ago.
H0
i
1