'
vu'
owrage,
9o.
and
0c.
8b
Vancouver
and
Victoria
aboard
the
steamer
Prince
George.
While
Mr
Fullerton
and
the
officials
f
umpanytng
htm
Inspected
ter-;
cuuii
factUUea.
proceeding
from'
mt:r
train
to
the
dry
dock.
i
Mr
Fullerton
s
party
also
Includes
B
Brown,
chief
engineer
of
the
operating
department;
A.
E.
War-res
vice-president
In
charge
of
t-
-rn
Unes;
II.
A.
Dixon,
regional
I
tier
engineer.
Winnipeg:
B.
T
l
app
genal
superintendent
Bt.u.h
CotttmBte.
and
Samuel
.son
district
engineer.
Van-r:
The
chairman
Is
aocom-t
his
young
son.
William
T;
mmln
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
rimee
Rupert
Clear,
light
9
High
3:22
ajn.
205
ft.
r?
I;
west
wind;
barometer,
3052;
15:38
pm.
21.5
ft.
'
mpcrature,
C9;
sea
smooth.
Low
9:32
am.
3.7
ft.
22.07
3.1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
pjn.
V
XXIV
No.
199.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.Cj,
MONDAY,
AUGUST
27,
1934
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTO
RAILWAY
HEADS
ARE
ON
VISIT
STEWART
RAILWAY
CONSTRUCTION
STARTING
THIS
WEEK
Chairman
and
President
Canadian
National
Ry.
Make
Inspection
Trip
Hon.
C.
P.
Pullcrton.
J.
E.
Lalwllc
and
S.
J.
Hungerford
With
Other
Officials
Reach
Coast
in
Course
of
Tour
To
Study
Needs
of
Line
Including
Maintenance
IVang
his
first
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
since
his
appoint-r
a-:
chairman
of
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
Canadian
V
ral
Railways,
Hon.
C.
P.
Fullerton
K.C.
with
J.
F
-ard
Labelle,
another
of
the
trustees,
and
S.
J.
Hun-,
r'i
vi
president,
arrived
in
the
city
by
extra
train
at
1
afternoon
in
the
course
of
a
western
tour
and
.
.
.
"Milled
later
In
the
afternoon
fot
Here
Today
lure
a
C
I
'
M
I
?
pre-,
."".pr.f-
of
Ns
,a
Pjw.ii
.i
Today's
Stocks
of
(C
iurva.j
B
O
JohDon
Oa.)
E.
New
York
'ii'ii.
26's.
burn.
H.
nr.
4il'.
,
t
'
i
Nickel.
20,.
'ral
Motors.
31H-
i
'
,mda.
43.
'
35.
a':j.
6.
Toronto
onuc.
UVi.
B.RX,
88.
C
:
Lake.
2.72.
E
i
irado,
2.C0.
C
miliar,
2.36.
H
.!.
19.50.
Milntyre,
40.
Ntirunda.
42.
T'
':k
Hughos,
0.85.
Wright,
9.05.
Montreal
AVohol,
8.
c
P
R.
144.
Bmrltcrs,
MlVfc.
I"-"'
Nickel,
25V4.
Dcauharnols,
5.
Imperial,
14.
I'cle
28
f
r
D..
14.
wulkervlile
Drew.
8.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
onn
;"nt'
13-00.
and
Excel,
14
8
P
'"iS
rctSTw
!y-r.
w
7y
dve
earlier
In
K
the
,
1
areas
to
salmon
seining.
The
Skeena
and
Naas
River
sein-"
v
general
sopertntendent
i
h
one
companion
and
eighty
ing
also
having
been
stopped
temporarily,
Rivers
Inlet
is
T
v,rre
I
We
&rc
merely
raakWvg
a
routine
-s
-
r.
tour,"
staled
Mr.
Hun-
f
::i
a
Daily
News
represen
ve
and
we
nave
no
announce-tr.cn.
s
to
make
at
Uil
time.
The
urpose
of
the
trip
1
to
study
re-,
ii-fmrnu
of
th
line
In
retard
to
lcveloptnent
and
maintenance
whirh
will
be
discussed
with
offl-
ials
bflore
any
decisions
are
arrived
at."
Th
nartv
met
bv
a
commit-1
tec
of
the
Prtnc
Rupert
Chamber
,
Commerce
consisting
of
O.
W
Nickeraon.
C,
H.
Orme.
C.
V.
Evitl.
S.
Parker
and
M.
P
McCaffery
as
well
as
by
OioC
Hanson
MP.
British
Tound
and
Canadian
Dollar
on
New
York
Exchange
j
MONTREAL.
Aug
27:-Thc
British
pound
sterling
was
quoted
at
$4.92
li
to
$4.92H
here
at
the
week-Mid
and
the
American
dollar
at
97e
to
97
3-lGc.
'
WBW
luruv.
aih.
27:
The
BH-
liah
v
nonnd
sterling
was
quoted
at
,
$ii)fl
here
at
the
weeK-ena
ana
.
,
.
.
nn
riR
lite
canaaian
aojr
kO
$IM.
I
Wheat
Prices
Winnipeg;
October.
.84.
December.
.85.
May.
89.
Chicago
September,
1.03.
December,
1.05.
May.
1.06.
Strength
in
Rails
Revives
Trices
Of
Stocks
in
New
1
orK
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
27:-Stock
prices
were
rallied
by
a
burst
of
strength
In
rails
after
early
weekend
hesitancy
had
brought
moderate
losses
into
evidence.
FIVE
ARE
DROWNED
Traced?
In
Colnruola
River
Near
ReveUtoke
When
Ferry
Cable
Breaks
REVELSTOKE,
Aug.
27:
(CD-Fire
young
men
are
believed
to
have
been
drowned
in
the
Colombia
Hirer
on
Sunday
when
a
cable
cage
in
which
they
wete
crossing
the
river
for
amusement
broke
down
and
threw
them
into
the
cold
rushing
water.
They
were
all
employed
in
a
relief
camp
at
Ten
Mlie
on
the
Big
Bend
Highway.
Thoe
believed
to
have
been
drowned
are:
E.
C.
McDonald,
Chatham.
N.B.
George
Bailey.
Montreal.
II.
Davis,
Montreal
A.
W
Morrow,
Vancouver.
Joteph
Wall,
believed
from
the
prairies,
exact
address
unknown.
A
sixth
man,
Blondie
Mason,
managed
to
reach
shore.
rv
i
f
uucness
is
Livine
With
Eighty
Dogs
-
'
Eccentric
Dowager
Discovered
Sa-
turds
y
Making
Home
in
farm
house
Near
Oxford
oxford.
Eng..
Aug.
27:--rhe
Dowager
Duchess
of
Marlborough.
I
.a,.
.Jt..AU-J
ijjuunt
ui
a
isiuuiuux
ucsti
iicic.
Planes
Without
1
UULo
ID
llCALito
re-open
the
various
temporarily
Invention
of
Super-Kobot.
Control
led
by
Wireless,
is
Claimed
In
raris
PARIS,
France.
Aug.
27:-A
euper-robot.
which
it
Is
claimed
will
ultimately
enable
airplanes
to
be
flown
without
pilots
by
wireless,
has
been
Invented
here.
Stocks
in
New
York
Are
Firm
Silver
Groups
Show
Strength
With
New
Demand
Sugar
Issues
Weak
.
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
27:
Stocks
were
firm
on
the
New
York
Stock
p.-honpp
Raturdav
with
the
exceD-
(M
m,
hp.
WWII
VI
tt
IIW
OU&Ul
AdsauiOt
V4v
-
...
crouns
.
was
In
-
evl-
tdence
with
gains
ranging
to
nearly
two
nolnts.
P.
F.
Collin
of
the
Pacific
Milk
Co,
who
was
a
visitor
here
during
Carnival
Week,
sailed
by
the
ss.
Prince
Rupert
Saturday
evening
on
his
return
to
Vancouver.
LEAGUE
OF
NATIONS
CONCEDLS
EUROPEAN
WAR
NOW
IMMINENT
,.
GENEVA,
Switzerland,
Aug.
27:
The
truth
of
a
statement
made
by
Premier
Benito
Mus-
I
sollnl
to
Italian
Army
officers
on
Friday
that
war
ls
lmmln-
cnt
in
Europe
ls
conceded
oy
the
League
of
Nations,
j
i:
'
7
Paying
First
Hon.
C
P
Fullerton
K.C
rhairraan
Good
Average
Run
In
Massett
is
Mainland
On
account
of
low
Water
in
irive
the
pinks
a
chance
to
get
.
spawning
ground,
the
fisheries
department
has
yne'r
l'd.
T
Tw
Pntalo
nnrl
Roll
RpII.i
temporarily
uuacu
uiC
ulli
V
ncuvu
ui
wrc
ui"i.
"
Prlnce
Rupert
district
where
sein
ing
is
still
In
progress.
After
the
,
chum
run,
which
was
already
show-,
Ine
slens
of
commencement,
gets
closed
areas
to
seining.
Meantime,
most
of
the
salmon
canneries
in
the
district
are
still
remaining
open
to
pack
chums,
running
meantime
on
pinks
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
the
southern
areas
of
the
district
and
on
echoes
from
the
trolling
grounds.
Gill
netting
operations
throughout
the
district
have
almost
entirely
ceased
automatically,
returns
on
the
coho
fish
ing
not
being
attractive
enough
to
the
fishermen.
The
last
week
has
seen
the
de-
layed
pink
run
in
Massett
Inlet
at
last
commencing
to
attain
some
volume
although
not
comparable
with
the
big
run
of
1930
by
any
means.
Seining
Is
now
in
progress
In
Massett
Inlet
as
well
as
from
Sktdeeate
Inlet
southwards
with
(three
Queen
Charlotte
Island
can
nerles
in
operation
the
Masset't
rnnnerit
nt
Old
Massett,
Nootka
'tnw,
n
.
,
ivrw
Ma
X
UV
rtllt
v-
"
uugjvt
msiu
Canadian
Flshlna
Co.
at
Lacoon
w
-
Bay.
Up
to
the
end
of
last
week
only
two
canneries
in
the
northern
end
of
Prince
Rupert
district
had
closed
down
Haysport
on
the
Skeena
River
and
Arrandale
on
the
Naas.
Mill
Bay
on
the
Naas
River
is
about
to
close.
In
the
lower
part
of
the
district
Inrig's,
Boswell.
Leroy,
Namu,
Bslla
Coola,
Butedale
and
Klemtu
can-
nerles
are
still
in
operation.
Head
of
Toronto
Stock
Exchange
Had
Close
Call
TORONTO,
Aug.
27:
Harold
Frank,
president
of
the
Toronto
stock
Exchange,
had
a
narrow
es-
cape
when
his
sport
roadster
was
hurled'
over
an
embankment
at
Unlonvllle-on
No.
7
Highway.
Visit
Here
of
Canada
u
Nauonal
Railways
of
Pinks
Under
Way;
Seining
;
"Ceases
the
Streams
and
in
order
to
up
tne
creens
ana
rivers
iu
V"
-
Bandits
Take
Over
Payroll
Two
Armed
Men
Hold
Up
Bank
Car
On
Highway
In
Georgia
and
Get
Away
With
$9,000
ROME,
Ga.,
Aug.
27:
Two
armed,
bandits
crowding
a
National
City
Bank
car
off
the
highway
seized
the
i
$9000
payroll
of
the
Tubsize
ChaJJl-
Ion
mill
which
the
bank
car
was
transporting
to
the
mill.
Gruesome
Find;
Body
in
Trunk
Horrid
Discovery
Made
in
Front'of
j
Stotesbury
Residence
in
New
York
NEW
YORK.
Aug.
27:-The
body
f
a
man
was
found
Jammed
in
a
small
trunk
on
Saturday
In
front
of
the
residence
of
Louis
W.
Stotcs
-
bury,
former
adjutctitigeneral
ofu
the
state
of
New
York.
Ontario
Has
Forest
Fires
Three
New
Blazes
in
Algoma
District
With
Smoke
Breaking
Out
in
Gilmour
Township
SAULT
STE.
MARIE,
Aug.
27:
Three
new
bush
fires
are
reported
In
Algoma
Central
district
while
al
4,000-acre
fire
In
Gilmour
-Township
has
also
started
to
smoke
again.
Mrs.
Bert
Cameron
and
daugh
ter,
who
have
been
on
a
trip
to
Montreal,
returned
to
the
city
from
the
East
on
Saturday
afternoon's:
train.
Grade
Extension
For
New
Line
Across
B.
C.
North
Is
Under
Way
Work
to
be
Carried
Out
Beyond
American
Creek
to
Which
Point
Sir
Donald
Mann
Built
Grade
in
1910
STEWART,
Aug.
27:
(Special
to
the
Daily
News)
Construction
of
a
railway
from
this
point
across
Northern
British
Columbia
will
commence
this
week
in
accordance
with
terms
of
a
charter
granted
the
Canadian
Northeastern
Railway
which
calls
for
the
expenditure
of
$30,000
this
year.
A.
McCulloch,
formerly
chief
engineer
of
.
the
Kettle
Valley
Railway,
with
engin-K
1
eering
party
and
Angus
Nicholson,'
i,r
1
1
f
j
Hff
well
known
contractor
and
cor-
N
A
V
A
I
IVl
A
IM
struction
superintendent,
arrived
Saturday
to
start
the
work.
I
Work
will
be
concentrated
mean-1
time
on
extending
the
fourteen.
miles
of
old
grade
built
by
Sir
Don-1
aid
Mann
and
associates
in
1910
1
Captain
of
U.
S.
S.
Sandpiper
which
terminated
at
American
:
ceived
Word
Here
of
Advance-Creek.
The
preliminary
surveys
for
ment
in
Rank
'this
extension
were
made
by
Dun-,
can
McMillan
in
1029.
It
will
re-',
quire
some
thirteen
miles
of
grade
j
to
carry,
the
Una
to
the
summlLand
another
ten
miles
will
put
It
com-f
pletely
through
the
Coast
Range
of
I
mountains
and
into
the
big
vall;y
MINING
OF
DIAMONDS
anderhoof
Project
Is
Not
First
of
Its
Kind
in
This
Province,
Says
Local
Man
The
suggestion
made
In
telegraphic
dispatches
that
the
dia
mond
DTOSDectine
venture
In
the
vanderhoof
district
is
the
first
of
m
British
Columbia
is
In
,
etT0Ti
declares
T.
Ross
Mackay
of
!
over
thirty
years
ago
dla
-
'
monds
were
prospected
for
and
found
on
the
west
side
of
Rivers
In-
let
opposite
deserted
Bay.
Mr.
Mac-
kay
recalls.
He
was
operating
a
sawmill
there
at
the
time
the
pre-
clous
crystals
were
located.
Substantial
Gain
In
Gross
Earnings
And
C.
N.
R.
Loadings
MONTREAL,
Aug.
27:
(CP)
An
increase
of
$710,000
in
gross
operating
Anrnlntr
nf
thp
Canadian
Na-
iUonal
Rallwa
,
ls
for
July
:
....
,.,
OPH
Hth
Jniv
It
is
also
stated
Chat
car
loadings
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
for
the
week
ending
August
18
to
tailed
43528
cars
as
against
40,310
during
the
previous
week
and
43.181
In
the
corresponding
week
last
ijear.
iIMU-
V..wn
ln
muua
uuigc
111
Ohio
Village
Militant
Leader
of
Onion
Weeders
Abducted
at
McGuffey
on
Saturday
McQUFFEY,
Ohio.
Aug.
27
Mobs
surged
through
this
town
on
Satur
day,
abducting
Okey
ODell,
mill-
tant
leader
of
the
onion
weeders
strike,
and
placed
the
village
under
a
state
of
siege
HERE
PROMOTED
Lieut.
Robbins,
commander
of
the;
.
mine
.sweeper
Sandpiper,
which..:
was
hrre:lastweek;wlth:
theTJnlted
States
havjalrcrafrsqaadron,
hadTA;
the
pleasure
shortly
before
sailing
with
his
ship
from
here
for
Astoria
on
Saturday
to
receive
a
radio
mes
sage
from
Washington.
D.C.
advising
him
of
his
promotion
to
the
rank
of
Lieutenant-Commander.
He
was
among
155
other
United
States
Navy
men
out
of
a
total
of
500
who
were
eligible
to
receive
such
promotion.
Lieut
Commander
Robbins
is
a,
full-fledged
naval
aircraft
pilot
as
well
as
surface
craft
navigator.
.'
Pennsylvania
Pen
Rioting
Saturday
Convicts
at
Gratersford
Attempted
To
Burn
Several
Prison
Buildings
NORRISTOWN,
Pa.,
Aug.
27:
Rioting
broke
out
Saturday
at
Gratersford
Prison.
Convicts
are
reported
to
have
attempted
to
burn
several
buildings.
KIDNAPPING
IS
PLOTTED
Detroit
and
Canadian
Border
Police
Investigating
Robert
Oakman
.
Threat
DETROIT.
Aug.
27:
A
purported
olot
to
kidnap
Robert
Oakman,
De
troit
financier
and
real
estate
operator,
is
being
investigated
by
Detroit
and
Canadian
border
police.
UNITED
STATES
PLANES
LAND
IN
VANCOUVER
ON
A
SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
27:
(CP)
t
Twelve
United
States
Navy
flying
boats,
on
their
way
back
v
to
San
Diego
after
an
expedi-
tlon
to
the
Alaskan
Peninsula,
landed
at
English
Bay
at
5:13
Saturday
afternoon
from
Prince
Rupert,
having
made
the
480-mlle
flight
In
five
hours
and
forty-three
mln-
utes.
They
will
be
here
until
Wednesday,
o