25
TAXI
and
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
6th
8t
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
VOL.
XIV,,
NO.
206.
(
COUGHLAN
SHIPYARD
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE
UNITED
STATES
FLYIHC
MEN
REACH
AMERICAN
CM
INERT
ONCE
MORE
O
LI
OL'L
'U'
.
V
Lvugiuun
onipouuaing
laras
Destroyed
by
Fire
Saturday
Loss
Estimated
Half
Million
VANCOUVER
Sept,
2.
1
joss
estimated
nl
500,000
was
caused
Saturday
night
when
fire,
believed
to
have
originated
from
an
oil
tank,
completely
wiped
out
the
huge
shipyard
plant
of
J.
Coiighlan
&
Sons'
Ltd.,
in
False
Creek
between
the
Gamine
Street
bridge
unit
Main
Street
out
at
5
o'clock
obtained
such
a
strong
bold
in
the
dry
framework
of
the
shipsheds
that
the
entire
plant
was
burned
to
the
water's
edge.
The
ways
and
piers
were
entirely
destroyed,
nothing
remaining
now
but
the
charred
piles.
The
dredge
Mud
Lark
which
:
was
on
the
ways
for
repairs
wa
nniipn
in
rvfTP
also
destroyed
as
well
as
three
idd
I
K
I
VlK
IN
III
h
t
l.ntlillti
rr.
tiivirliv
f
............
.
irmpf'l
V
,
IIHIIII
imimiiin"
..v....rf
used
as
rest
an
rani
s
and
sleeping
quarters
ami
now
occupied
by
Japanese.
The
contents
of
the
lalli'r
buildings
were
saved.
The
fire
diil
not
affect
the
Coughlen
steel
working
plant:
wlijch
is
located
further
west
near
the
Gamble
Street
bridge
i
n
I
beyond
the
Vancouver
Lumber
Cn.'s
mill.
For
a
time
adjacent
buildings
urluding
two
small
mills
were
flirealeiieil
but
there
was
no
wind
and
l
hey
weir
sayed.
From,
flames
leaping
high
in
Ihe'
air
and
visi-
ble
fur
miles,
clouds
or
dense
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
apd
di-stiuike
and
flying
embers,
the
charged
15,000
cases
of
cans
for
firemen
and
shipyard
employees
the
cannery
there.
It
is
expected
engaged
in
preventing
the
blaze
thai
it
will
take
the
vessel
a
from
spreading
were
in
constant
couple
of
days
to
load
here,
daiiucr
but
only
one
man.
II.
M.l
Cap!.
.1.
J.
Flood,
formerly
I'arry,
thief
walrlmian,
was
overr
chief
oilicer
of
I
lie
Prince
Hu-conie
by
smoke
and
collapsed.
pert,
is
in
command
of
the
Can-
The
Cotighlan
shipbuilding
adian
Hover,
plant
was
built
during
I
lie
war,
The
Hover
is
(lie
second
vessel
for
the
construction
of
govern-
to
come
here
within
a
month
to
men!
steamers,
many
of
whirh
1oa,
Queen
Charlolle
Island
sal-were
built
there.
For
the
past'mon
for
the
southt.
The
Troop-Ihree
or
four
years,
jl
had
been
er
was
here
a
fortnight
ago
and
practically
idle.
It
is
understood
took
on
27.000
cases.
The
mo!,
thai
it
was
well
covered
with
in-of
tills
fish
has
been
brought;
'iirance
but
It
h
not
believed
that
it
will
be
rebuilt.
GRAY
WAS
IN
PORT
YFSTERDAY
HAYING
CARGO
OF
SALMON
Steamer
dray,
which
was
rhar-
Icrt'd
this
stimmei.
Iiv
I
lie
l!:itili.
liail
Govern
hfnn
I
Mnirlmnl
Mnp.
Ine
front
the
Consolidated
Whal
ing
Lo,
for
heavy
freight
service
"ie
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
made
her
first
call
here
yesterday
in
Ihe
new
sen
ice.
She
ar-
r'vnl
al
1
o'clock
in
Ihe
morning
after
discharging
7.000
tlH
of
salmon
from
Lagoon
Jiy
cannery
for
shipment
south
fiMn
here,
returned
at
5
o'clock
hi
the
afternoon
to
Hose
Harbor
wlicre
she
will
load
whale
oil
roe
Vancouver.
Knl'l.
H.
Mahbs,
formerly
r,'i"f
nrfieer
or
the
Prince
'forge.
Is
in
command
or
the
"lay
W.
Thomas
is
chler
offi-Cpf
and
Fred
Coram,
purser.
PRINCE
ACTIVE
IN
NEW
YORK
Practiced
All
of
Eight
Ponies
on
Polo
Grounds
and
Saw
Horse
Races
KYOS8ET,
N.Y.,
Sept.
2
-
The
rince
or
Wales
spent
Labor
ay
in
a
manner
he
liked
best,
'at
or
n
Kngllsh
genllemnn
on
j1
very
adivu
holiday.
He
prac-loed
mi
ho
polo
grounds
for
nml.
tWl
I
hours,
...
exercising
.
all
or
the
ponies
he
hrouglit
across.
,Mp'i
he
look
a
long
motor
tour
'""I
witnessed
Fplnard's
defent
al
Himnit
Park.
In...
H
.
causeway.
The
fire
which
broke!
"
mAm
m
KJ
U
J
THIS
EVENING
C.Q.M.M.
Vessel
Will
Load
30,000
Cases
of
Q.C.I.
Salmon
'for
Vancouver
G.G.M.M.
freighter
Canadian
Hover
is
expected
in
port
tonight
from
Vancouver
via
Lagoon
Hay
to
load
30,000
cases
of
Queen
Charlotte
Island
salmon
for
the
south.
On
the
way
norlh.Uie
Hoer
called
at
Lagoon
Tlayj
here
by
the
Prince
John,
the
Gray
having
brought
a
s
mall
consignment
yesterday.
GERMANY
PAID
HER
FIRST
INSTALLMENT
TWENTY
MILLIONS
HLHLIN,
Sept.
2.
Ger-inhny
loday
paid
to
the
allied
nations
her
initial
installment
ol
20.-000.000
gold
marks
duo
under
the
Dawes
plan
for
selllement
or
the
reparations
by
that
country.
CREW
LEAVE
KINDERSLEY
Get
Away
In
Canoes
and
are
Now
Aboard
U.S.S.
Boxer
Aboard
U.S.S.
Boxer
In
Arctic
Sept.
2.
The
crow
of
20
of
tho
power
schooner
Lady
Klndersley,
trading
for
the
Hudson's
Bay
Company
In
tho
far
north
have
been
taken
aboard
tho
Boxer
and
their
ship
abandoned.
The
crew
worked
their
way
through'
clashing
floes
and
Ice
fragments
two
miles
from
their
craft
In
throe
canoes.
One
mile
from
the
boxer
they
were
met
by
large
Eskimo
skin
boats
in
which
they
returned
to
the
Boxer.
The
Klndersley
Is
being
carried
away
to
the
north
In
the
llenrv
O'Neill,
who
is
joining
Ihe
local
school
leaching
stair,
arrived
in
Ihe
city
from
Vancouver
yesterday
afternoon.
Northern
and
I
INDIANS
HELD
P0W-W0W0VER
Rofusod
to
Allow
Two
Local
People
to
Proceed
Through
Kitwancool
Valley
TIMBER
CRUISERS
ALSO
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Don
Crerar
who
returned
at
the
week
end
from
a
month's
holiday
spent
at
Kil-wanga,
Price's
Creek
and
La-kelse,
confirm
previous
stories
in
regard
to
their
being
turned
back
by
the
Kilwaneool
Indians.
They
say
that
two
timber
cruisers
were
also
turned
back
by
the
same
Indians.
Kilwaneool
Indian
village
is
pUwiut
fifteen
mlln
-op
(lie
Kil
waneool
valley,
from.
Kil
wanga
Mr
.and
Mrs.
Crerar
hired
two
saddle
horses
and
a
pack
l.ore
i
mm
i
no
miwanga
Iiiilians,
in-
lending
to
spend
a
month's
holiday
up
the
valley,
going
as
far
:im
Mia
!irw
ll
Ivor
Aivmwli
On
arrival
arrival
at
at
Ihe
the
village
village
thevi
were
slopped
hy
the
Indians
and
cross
nueslioned
as
to
where
and
why
I
hey
were
going.
They
explained
everything
bul
the
Indians
said
there
were
some
people
Up
the
valley
that
did
nol
wish
to
be
disturbed.
A
regular
pow-wow
was
held
and
I
hey
were
then
told
that
they
would
nol
be
allowed
to
proceed.
They
might
go
as
far
as
the
lake,
six.
miles
beyond,
and
stay
the
night
as
long
as
they
relumed
in
Ihe
morning
and
went
out
the
way
Ihcy
came.
This
did
nol
suil
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Crerar
so
they
returned.
The
visitors
also
met
I
wo
timber
cruisers
who
had
been
similarly
turned
back
after
a
powwow.
The
Indians
are
hostile
to
the
whiles
ami
will
nol
allow
anyone
to
go
through
there
if
they
can
stop
them.
Mr.
Crerar
reports
that
the
Kilwaneool
valley
is
a
splendid
one.
The
country
is
open
and
the
native
grasses
grow
almost
as
'high
as
a
man.
The
Indians
use
it
very
Utile.
Finding
it
nol
feasible
lo
go
through
Ihe
Kilwaneool
Valley,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Crerar
crossed
the
Skeena
river
lo
the
nioulh
of
Price's
Creek,
where
they
spent
a
good
deal
of
time
enjoying
some
fine
fishing.
They
then
came
on
lo
Lakelse
and
home
Saturday
night.
CANADIAN
PRINCESS
ILL
AT
LOS
ANGELES
LOS
ANOKLKS,
Sept.
2.
The
Canadian
bride
ol
Prince
Erik
or
Denmark,
formerly
Miss
Frances
Hoolh
of
Ottawa,
is
seriously
ill
of
blood-poisoning
here.
Infection
set
in
three
days
ago
aflrr
I
lie
extraction
of
n
tooth.
Physicians
say
her
condition
was
very
serious
yesterday
but
some
improvement
is
noted
today.
Prince
Hrik
is
conslanljy
at
her
bedside.
High
and
public
school
in
the
cily
reopened
Ibis
morning
after
Ul';:
long
summer
vai
toil.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
IMUNCB
HL'l'KHT,
H.G.,
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
2,
102
i.
LOCATE
LINE
PEACE
RIVER
Railway
Will
bfe
Guided
Solely
by
.Merits
tf
Route
and
Not
by
Politic:
I
Pressure
(Special
to
3a!5y
News)
I
OTTAWA,
Sep.
2
The
location
cf
the
railway
connecting
II
the
C.N
R.
with
he
Peace
River
will
bo
determ
ned
from
the
surveys
which
ire
now
being
mado
and
not
as
a
result
of
i
t
political
pressure,
according
to
!
those
In
a
position
to
know
J
here.
The
most
feasible
route
will
bo
chosen,
the
two
factors
jlhe
that
of
service
to
the
country
I
a
;
and
benefit
to
the
railway
both
being
considered.
It
is
expectsd
that
a
decision
will
be
made
before
next
spring
and
that
a
bill
will
be
Introduced
Into
parliament
to
make
provision
f'
r
construction
to
start
next
year.'
FORMER
MANAGER
OF
BANK
HERE
MOVED
TO
NEW
BRUNSWICK
t
W.
Cameron
to
Assume
Managership
of
Rcyal
Bank
at
M
one
ton
V.
W.
Canvron,
former
man-
?ppr,
l',e
lo'
Ll'ancl'
of
the
.lirjdl
JKIIIIV
HI
lidil
illlll
dlllt
IUI
lilt?!
-
past
three
years
assistant
man-!
ager
of
(lie
main
branch
at
Van-
Icouver,
has
been
transferred
to
!ho
managership
of
Ihe
branch
in
.uonctnn,
.vii.
.nr.
t.ameron
ami
t
his
family
will
leave
Vancouver
for
the
Fast
next
week.
,
Concentration
of
Chinese
Troops
of
Rival
Factions
'"SHANGHAI,
Sept.
2.-
Conferences
nmoug
the
leaders
of
opposing
Chinese
factious
failed
to
effect
an
armistice.
Commercial
and
financial
interests
of
Shanghai
are
endeavoring
to
induce
both
sides
to
designate
a
neutral
zone
surrounding
Shanghai
to
be
immune
Irom
military
operations.
Troop
concentration
in
Qiiinsan
and
Soo
Chow
districts
continues
and
the
inrush
of
refugees
to
Shanghai
goes
on
unceasingly.
Wholesale
conscription
is
being
carried
out
and
the
well-to-do
people
are
taking
flight.
WASHING
TON,
Sept.
2.
Three
destroyers
have
been
ordered
to
proceed
to
Shanghai
and
the
gunboat
Sacramento
lo
Amoy,
Chinai
as
"
precautionary
measure.
FLYERS
MOVE
AGAIN
TODAY
United
States
Aviators
Hoppod
From
Indian
Harbor
to
Cartwright
Bay
This
Morning
ICE
TICKLE
(Indian
Harbor),
Labrador.i
Sept.
2.
The
Unltod
States
world
flyers,
who
arrived
on
Sunday
from
Greenland
closing
up
another
long
and
perilous
gap
In
their
routo,
hopped
off
today
for
Cartwright
Bay,
a
much
larger
and
more
sheltered
anchorage
south
of
here.
The
stretch
of
570
miles
from
Ivigtut,
Greenland,
to
Ice
Tickle
was
made
in
six
hours
and
forty-nine
minutes
flying
In
a
northwest
wind
which
was
blowing
from
20
to
40
miles
per
hour.
At
times
the
flyers
attained
a
speed
of
126
miles
pen
hour.
Uturtfay't
CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE
is
done
from
blast
Misfire
at
Corner
of
Second
Ave.
and
Fifth
St.
Threw
Boulders
In
Restaurant
and
Store
Room
Considerable
damage
was
done
to
the
kitchen
of
the
Hoslon
drill'
and
the
storehouse
of
tin;
Kaien
n
...I..-..
...
-
.
.1
.
ii
.
i
.
wuiun.wt;
m
uie.rcar
01
uie
union
Hank
building
yesterday
after.
u"uu
nuuui
iioin
a
uiisiireu:
bias!
in
the
city's
rock
quarry
at
lie
corner
or
Second
Avenue
and
Fifth
Street.
One
large
boulder
went
through
wall
of
the
storehouse
leaving
large
hole
and
the
roof
was
damaged
with
flying
rocks
and
timbers.
There
was
little
dam-;
age
to
the
contents.
Smaller
rocks
shattered
windows
in
(lie
Huston
drill
kitchen
and
the
shock
to
the
building
was
so
great
that
a
showcase
in
the
front
was
broken.
No
one
was
injured.
FIRST
WHEAT
IS
,
BEING.
SHIPPED
WINNIPEG,
Sept.
2.
The
first
shipments
of
v;.;;.."
:
i-7
.
I1
j
ed
on
Saturday
al
I.elellier
and
fel.
Jean
Haplislc,
Man.
Two
cars
al
the
for-
mer
and
one
at
Ihe
latter
for
delivery
at
Winnipeg.
The
first
loadings
of
this
year
rye
were
made
al
Lowe
Farm,
Man.
Continues:
Warships
Sett
TROOPER
ARRIVES
AND
GOES
ON
DOCK
C.Q.M.M.
Vessel
Will
Undergo
Cleaning,
Painting
and
Minor
Repairs
at
Local
Yard
C.G.M.M.
freighter
Canadian
Trooper,
Capt.
Gilbert,
of
the
H.C.-Califoruia
freight
servico
arrived
in
port
last
night
al
it
o'clock
and
tied
up
at
the
G.T.I'
dock
No,
3.
This
afternoon
she
was
taken
on
Ihe
pontoons
at
the
dry
dock
for
cleaning,
painting
and
minor
repairs.
It
is
expected
she
will
be
on
the
dock
for
a
couple
of
days
before
pro.
ceeding
to
Ocean
Falls
to
load
pulp
and
paper
for
California
The
vessel
brought
a
carload
ol
hardwood
from
the
south
for
Geo.
Little
of
Terrace.
RUPERT
VISITORS
TO
SMITHERS
ENTERTAINED
SMITH
KltS,
Sept.
2.
The
Sinilhers
Hoard
of
Trade
will
en.
tertain
visiting
members
of
the
Prince
Hupert
Hoard
-of
Trade
nl
an
informal
dinner
in
the
Hotel
Hulkley
this
evening
at
eigh
Circulation
1.B60.
Sliret
Sales,
588
IT
JO.,
unuea
Mates
Are
Back
On
American
Continent
J
J
r
j
W
1
ffi
if
ci
Arrived
ounaay
at
Indian
Harbor
After
Six
Hundred
M
le
Hop
Across
Davis
Straits:
Almost
Rt,id
the
World.
-
Aboard
United
Stales
cruiser
Richmond,
SepL
2.
After
having
been
held
up
at
Ivigtut,
Greenland,
for
a
week
on
account
or
Atlantic
storms,
Lieut.
Luwfell
II.
Smith
and
Lieut.
Erik
Nelson,
the
United
Slates
army
round-the-world
flyers,
made
the
hop
of
000
miles
across
Davis
Straits
and
reached
Indian
Harbor,
Labrador,
safely
on
Sunday
afternoon.
The
flight
now
accomplished
is
the
last
one
over
a
long
stretch
of
water
and
marks
the
return
of
Ihe
flyers
to
North
America
which
they
last
touched
in
May
when
they
IcTt
Attn
on
the
Aleutian
peninsula.
Their
course
wilt
now
be
down
the
At-
srr:
lantic
coast
or
America
to
Hos-!'
Ion
where
the
pontoons
will
be
'eliminated
Major
Martin
and
his
replaced
with
landing
gear
for!
mechanician
from
further
par-
Ihe
completion
or
the
world
flight
to
Seattle.
With
their
arrival
Sunday
on
the
'Atlantic
coast
of
Ihe
North
American
continent,
the
round
thworidlygr-thtlftiited
Slates
Army
Air
Service
have
completed
the
most
marvelous
succeeded
Major
Martin
as
flight
achievement
in
Hie
history
of
avi-
c,mmander,
was
Ihe
victim
of
ation
lo
date
the
virtual
en-l
virtually
all
(rouble
that
was
encircling
of
the
globe
in
heavier-(countered
after
that
until
Lieut,
than-air
machines.
Hefore
the
?
Leigh
Wade's
machine,
through
flight
was
commenced
Major
atl
unfortunate
accident
aboard
General
Patrick,
chief
of
the
U.S.
1
110
U.S.
cruiser
HichnVond,
was
army
air
service,
said
the
com-'smashed
when
struck
with
the
plelion
of
it
would
be
a
feat
or,l''p's
boom:.
The
machine
was
importance
paralleling
tliat
or
-0
badly
daniaged
that
it
was
cut
6
Magellan,
who
in
1509,
was
tho
first
man
to
circumnavigate
the
globe.
The
story
of
the
historic
and
record-breaking
flight
compares
with
the
most
gripping
adven
ture
tales
of
fiction.
Like
the
pioneers
of
any
expedition
blazing
new
trail,
these
intrepid
air-
men,
Ihe
first
to
fly
around
the
world,
of
necessity
had
to
be
men!
looking
after
the
needs
of
the1
of
courage
and
wilh
nerves
of
i
airmen
as
well
as
provding
en-sleeh
Notwithstanding
the
carc-
'crlaiument
for
them.
The
one
-fully
laid
plans
for
the
trip
there
1
exception
was
when
the
squadron
were
certain
hardships
which
could
not
be
avoided
those
that
must
necessarily
accompany
an
undertaking
or
such
magnitude,
compelling
as
it
did
nights
in
all
kinds
or
climate
ranging
from
the
frigid
Arctc
weather
of
the
North
Pacific
in
April
to
the
near
tropical
conditions
encountered
in
the
Far
East
in
June.
Varying
Weathers
All
manner
of
weather
had
lo
be
contended
with,
the
elements
apparently
having
no
sympathy
with
the
laudable
ambition
oT
these
men
to
be
the
first
to
fly
around
Ihe
world.
Treacherous
gales,
violent
rains
and
blinding
blizzards
were
encountered
in
the
Alaskan
regions
before
the
fly
ers
hopped
ofr
the
North
American
continent
Tor
the
first
attempt
of
airplanes
to
wing
their
way
across-1
lie
Pacific.
Fog
was
a
dangerous
factor
and
when
the
aviators
reached
down
into
the
Torrid
Zone
in
Ihe
Far
Fast
they
1
1
encountered
tropical
winds
and
rains
and
in
India
ran
into
a
sand
storm.
What
misfortune
or
illluck
there
was
in
Hie
early
stages
of
adventure
seemed
lo
attach
itself
to
Ihe
commander
and
the
flag
plane
of
the
squadron.
Major
rred
L.
Martin,
who
was
fligtit
commander
ai
ine
sian,
nml
a
series
or
mishaps
nlong
the
North
Pacific
coast
of
the
Norm
ivmerican
continent
culminating;
in
his
flag
plane,
the
Seattle,
crashing
inlo
a
mountain
on
Hie
Alaska
peninsula.
This
accident
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When
it
became
apparent
that
Major
Martin
could
not
continue
the
flight,
orders
were
dispatched
to
the
others'
to
proceed
without
!
him.
Further-Trouble
.
Lieut.
Lowell
II.
Smith,
wlio
adrift
and
Lieut.
Wade,
with
achievement
of
his
goal
almost
g
in
sight,
was
counted
out
lem-
xs
porarily.
He
is
now
at
Pictou,
N.S.,
preparing
to
resume
the
a
lliglit
in
a
new
ntachine.
With
one
exception
the
aviators
a
vvere
hospitably
welcomed
every-3
wcre
Ibey
landed
and
the
vari-
ous
governments
o-operaled
in
Hopped
off
the
North
American
continent
ror
its
flight
across
the
Pacific,
a
distance
oT
878'
miles
and
lo
accomplish
which
it
would
be
necessary
to
break
the
existing
non-slop
seaplane
riight
or
792
miles.
'
severe
storm
en-
countered
en
route
forced
the
flyers
down,
oir
shore
at
Koman-dorski,
an
island
owned
by
Russia.
The
Soviet
refused
permjs-f
sion
to
land,
but
the
Americans
(Continued
on
page
five)
SKIRMISHER
IS
TO
TAKE
PLANE
MacLaren's
Machine
Will
Complete
Its
Trip
Around
the
World
Aboard
C.Q.NLML
Vessel
C.G.M.M.
sleamer
Canadian
Skirmisher,
Capt.
Millar,
which
arrived
in
Vancouver
last
week,
will
carry
Ihe
wrecked
plane
ot
Squadron
Leader
Stuart
Mac-Laren,
the
Hrilish
round
the
world
flyer,
when
it
sails
from
Vancouver
for
the
United
Kingdom
on
September
to.
The
plane
was
unloaded
from,
the
Tlilepval
at
Jericho.
Heach.
Squadron
Leader
and
his
companions
are
now
well
on
I
heir
way
home
lo
F.ngland.
They
ar-
rived
today
at
Ottawa
where
I
hey
will
spend
some
tiny;.
They
were
Jh
guests
nfiihe
Canadian
Club
at
Winnipeg'
Ia4
week.