Tomorrow's Tides car responsible for the accident. crnor to form a government, BOSTON GRILL Tuesday, August 12, 193? Jmlm LARGE CABINET High 2.56 a.m. 19.8 f' . ., Special Olnnen Thursday and Baturdaji Dancing E?erjr Saturday Night, 9 to 12 1559 p.m. 19 -4, ' ' Danoe Hal) lor Hire Low 9.25 a.m. 3.K ' Accommodations fear Private Partlei 21.41 djii. 5.7 ft . IM10NE 457 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ?al XXL. W. 186. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1930 PRICE FIVE CENT! CNR DOCK AT VANCOUVER BURNS 3 Hew Structure Was to Have Been Taken Over From Contractors Tuesday For The Docking of New Victoria-Seattle Ships Blaze Was Spectacular On Sunday Afternoon Estimated Loss Was Quarter of Million Dollars; Will Be Rebuilt at Once VANCOUVER,! Augf: 11: With an estimated loss of $1,350,000, ;ahd only two days lcforc it would have been turned oycrliy the contractors to the government, the new Canadian National Hallways dock at the foot of Main Street was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon, one of the most spectacular conflagrations in the history of the waterfront. The fire broke out a few minutes before four o'clock and in less than half an hour the entire dock was a mass of smouldering ruins. No boats were at the pier at the time of the outbreak but the dock was to have been used by the new steamship Prince David in the new service commencing tomorrow. The officials announced that practically the entire loss was covered by insurance. The Bnllantync pier will be used temporarily as a ter minal for the Canadian National Steamships in lieu of thc structure burned yesterday. The fire will not fere with'thlaflSWf Hie service. "The pIe?SvnnWT(5buUt as soon as possible," T, A. Hiam said today1, "It might have been worse was the attitude of Canadian National officials who ex-pressed gratification that no boats were at the pier. Colonel Iliam visualized the plight the company would have been in if one of its new coastal boats had been berthed there without steam up and powerless to move. It is regarded as possible an incendiary may have set the fire. Two men wcre.seen running away by the watchman. It is also thought possible one of the men might have dropped a mat fin and that they fled when the flames burst up. Crazy Russian Killed Himself and Children! riaced All Together In Stump Hole and Discharged Stick of Dynamite ntmNAUY, B.C.. Aug. 11: Plac-ln; his three children, whose ages . r. ( from two to seven years In - ump hole on the proposed provincial highway Just off the Doug- road near here Sunday night, a Ptuslan named Otto1 'Zcllard, blew :: :m and himself to piece with a :hargc of dynamite. "riUrd la said to have been of a surer nature. Ills wife left him " vrral days ago because of alleged ucltlcs VICTIM OF HIT AND RUN Hecenl Employee of Power Corporation Taken to Hospital Badly Injured Thf victim apparently of a hlt-utui run driver. Joe Shenord, re-wnlly employed by tho Power Corporation of Canada, was taken to VIil local hospital Sunday morning about 4 a.m. He was found at the, .corner of Elfthth Avenue and Fulton Bire'ct fn "!i unconscious state and was Immediately taken to hospital where Kcdlcal examination showed him to badly Injured. Ho has since re covered consciousness but can give na details of the accident as he nnw nothing of what happened till found himself in the local hos pital police officials are continuing their Investigations In their cn-ff ivor to locate the driver of the and intcr- Colonel This I REMAND FOR FEW HOURS New Prosecutor to Confer on Arrival and Take Up Cases When the charge In connection with alleged election irregularities against Captain McLean, Chief Engineer Davis and Frank Morris came up on remand this morning in the local police court before Magistrate McClymont, application was again made by the prosecution for a further remand as the case cannot be proceeded with until after the official count by the returning officer for the recent election and the opening of the ballot boxes. In order to meet the convenience of the accused and of the defending counsel an adjournment was granted until this afternoon so that C. CI. Ilceston, who has been appointed special prosecutor and who is to arrive in town today fro.u Vancouver, may be present. After this conference the case will again be considered before Magistrate McClymont and date of adjournment will be announced. NEW PREMIER NOVA SCOTIA Rhodes Steps Down In Order foJoln Bennett Cabinet M Minister of Fisheries ltAITCAY Allff II' Premier tt. llAUirAVt, nu. , fho noHfollo of minister of fisher- ithc. Dom nlon cabinet. iinn nnrdnn S Harrington, mln - '' workl and mines In IStor OI puuiic wuin.. Nova Scotia, has nP vltatlon from the Licutenutu uov ' Miss America of 1930 Ma:. EJc&ila Tampa. Fla., after being chosen Miss Am-l'i u u tti 1030 i3 seen as she ar ived. recently .tNew York Clay Porter of Stewart Brings Another Mine Into the List of , Shippers From That District STEWART, Aug. 11. That another shipping mine will soon be added to the list of producers in the Portland Canal rliatrif t is tho .confident assertion of Clav Porter, nrom- inont local mining man, an the property Mr. Porter refers J u J1" Panama1 PacificaTam other than the old Mobile which now under to is none goes nm Ltd. t0 pay bond mter-the name of the Kenneth group and is situated at the head est due to the amount of $12,700 on nf thi south fork of Glacier Creek, but a few miles from July 2. the city council of victoria Stewart Mr. Porter is the man who Porter-Idaho into production. fin-K ally disposing of control to the Premier Gold Mining Company. Of the Kenneth he says that he has never seen a better showing In his life, far outstripping that of the Porter-Idaho or Porsperlty. and as the re-1 suit nf present development he Is confident that the property will be on a shipping basis within a month. In financial circumstances and at an age when moat men would bethinking of taking things easily and letting the other fellow do the work. Mr. Porter went looking for new worlds to conquer. He is not the retiring kind. No man In the district is more competent to judge the value of a prospect or a par-1 tially developed mining property, and after he had thoroughly examined and sampled the Kenneth last slimmer, little time elapsed until he had secured th property. The Ken neth is owned by II. P. Gibson and Louis Legge. who bonded it .to Mr. Porter last year, and the latter I ..(Continued on page three) Record Speed of Prince Henry the steamer Prince Henryon her last trip southbound made a record for time between Prince Rupert and Vancouver. The iUC vessel averaged miiasm better than mn 22 knoW on tl, the Journey, making nl,ln. no nuiu "B" " nn!nnrilnn TTnllorl Rhnu. itullno liot 'stops en route. The old time, allow - ' ing for calls at various coast ports. was 37M, hours. With the advent of the Prince Henry, these calls have mmpAllPri nnd a schedule from prm u Ku,,ert to Vancouver of 24 nfWort located, financed and put the TRIP ENDS VANCOUVER Plane In Which It Was Planned to Fly to Japan Tails to Get Off and Smashes VANCOUVER, Aug. 11: Bob Wark and Eddie Brown, who landed yesterday from Tacoma en route to Whitehorse on a proposed flight to Japan, damaged their plane today 1 when attempting a landing at Lad-ner where they intended to use a longer runway for the takeoff than' was available at Lulu Island temporary airport. The plain- overran the runway. mashing the landing gear and tJlc PPfUw. Wark was "" MIC KUCC. Further plans for flights have been abandoned for this year at least, it was stated. United Shows Are Coming: For Fair Secretary Vance has received 1 they will be here for the fair which ! opens here September 2. This outfit ; Includes a merry-go-round, and a number of sideshows and a brand new feature conslstlns of boxers and wrestlers who will take on all i Pnmnrs comers. AFRIDIS BIGGEST SALMON YEAR SINCE 1910 It Is common knowledge that the run of salmon this season Is a record. Other years there have been record runs of sockeye or pinks but this year there is a record run of each class and It is this combination of record runs that is responsible for the enormous quantity of fish. It is said to be easily the biggest year since 1010. ' CAR FELL 400 FEET Man and Woman Killed But Two Children Thrown Out and Escape CUANBROOkTauie. 11: William Philpot, truck driver of Kimbcrly, and Mrs. Matilda Thomason, 27 years of age, were killed when the former's car In which they were climbing Sullivan Hill, skidded off the road in the rain Saturday night. The car ropped 400 feet to the Canadian Jaclfic tracks. Two children who were rid ing in the rumble seat were thrown out at the top of the hill and escaped injury. Victoria May Take Over New Grain Elevator served notice on the company. If the money is not received by the city within 30 days from receipt of notice the city can take possession of the terminal elevator equipment and other property of the company. The city of Victoria guaranteed the bonds of the company to the extent of $500,000 In 1927 and three semi-annual payments were met. Under the terms of agreement the company was to pay the city a fee of $5000 a year and one-tenth per . l I V. 1 - 11 1 i cent per uusirciuuuiiBiHui uuuuicu over 5,000,000 bushels a year unm ; ine-ciiy-s iiauuuy is wipeu nut. me. nrst annual payment oi ouuu wasi4c to Booth nsherleg made by the company during 1929. 1 Field Meeting Health Insurance VICTORIA, Aug. 11: Tho final field meetings of the Royal Commission on slate health Insurance and maternity benefits will bo held this month. All the commissioners will attend the sessions which will be held at Prince Rupert on August Sehool on Saturday evening. 16; at- Smlthers. August 10, and at He had been missed by the Prince George on August 20. .nefohbors for a few days and some j children discovered the body in his ihome. Apparently he had collapsed I D i Harvest Kates ttom neart ia,iure m nad been Pau'nB tne stove. Medical examlna-A it l 11 oriApfi tlon snowed that death had occur-III vallUCllCU, rcd Ulree or fpur dajflrYlptufty ' 'jtihd was due taisiatucal causes. No The local labor bureau has been : Inquest will be held but the usual advised that all harvest rotes to the ! inquiry will be conducted. prairies have been cancelled. This applies even to those harvesters who have engagements with farmers on tho prairies. Sumc gangs have been laid oft from the work on the transmission line and there are quite a few men In , tnwn town not not emnioved. employed. STILL ATTACK Ten Thousand Raiders Are Beaten Off From City of Peshawar , India SIMLA, India, Aug. 11: Peshawar, thd northwestern key to the city, remained today inviolate after efforts by 0,000 raiding Afridi tribesmen to capture it. Although a mass attack by Afridis from beyond the Afghan border has never developed, British defenders, many of them native Indian troops, have beaten back tribesmen in several important sallies. At least six Indian troops have been killed in an ambush but heavier loss has been inflicted on the raiders. FISH SALES Fish sales at the local exchange this morning were fairly heavy with Canadian boats landing 115.- 700 pounds and American boats 90500 pounds. Prosperity A with 24,00 pounds was the high Cana dian boat, getting 0.60 and while Brother and Elfcen, two American boats each got 11.60 and 5c. American . . Helgeland. 32.000 pounds, at 8.50 and 4c to Cold Storage. Leviathan. 18 000 pounds, at 8J)p and 4c to Royal Fish co. Tacoma. 18.000 lbs., at 8.80 and 4c to Cold Storage. Dawn. 3.500 lbs., at 11.50 and 5c to Booth Fisheries. Brothers. 12.500 lbs at J 1.60 and 5c to Cold Storage. Brothers, 1200 lgsn at 11.60 and 5c to Cold Storage., Elki. 6.200 lbs., at 11.60 and 5c to Cold Storage. Canadian Aiken. 5500 lbs., at 9.30 and 4c to Atlin Fisheries. Teran. 7,700 lbs., at 0.60 and 4c to Pacific Fisheries. Morris H., 15.000 lbs., at 950 and 4c to Cold Storage. Vovenant. 23.000 lbs., at 9c and 4c to Pacific Fisheries. Prosperity A.. 24.000 lbs., at 9.6Q B mi Re tn Booth Fisheries, Nuba. 6.000 lbs., and 4c to Pacific- Fisheries. Mayflower. 7500 lbs., at 050 and 4C to ria suwe. p Doreen. 16.000 lbs., at 9c and 4c to AUm Fisheries Meivine. 11.000 lbs., at 0.10 and DIED FROM BAD HEART Body of Henry Richardson Found In Seal Cove House The body of Henry Richardson old timer of Prince Rupert, was found In his house near Seal Cove The late Mr. Richardson had been lighthouse keeper at Ivory Island for a number of years but had retired four or five years ago. He had no relatives in town but has two sisters living in Glasgow. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. MUCH LESS PROFITS OF BC4LIQU0R 'Rupert Gcis Only $6,108 as Againsi liver bight Thousand Last Distribution YJGTORIA, AuHMfc-Brttlsh Co lumbia's new. system ol liquor. Tln- aneing went into effect Saturday Ifldth the distribution of the fixed trie "municipalities on the basis of lheff!,t(MaV'ihoelarttndance. The CpdjfBiMi(i)ojB4W .Saturday were osrnftthyrffti Board for the six months ending March 31. The total profits 'for the period were not rcvealec. however, but the report will be presented to the legislature at its next session. The amounts mailed to the municipalities included the following: Prince Rupert, $6,103. Prince George, J2J97. QuecneL J 437. Smlthers, $1508. Terrace, $814. Vanderhoof, $667. Williams Lake. $502. The distribution Js much less than last year tp yrihee u&pert when the amount ww vril 'lover eight thousand dqllars. '. R-100 FLEW OVER OTTAWA Passed Over Niagara Falls and Toronto, Flying Low Over Business Section TORONTO, Aug. U: Central , Ontario saw the R-100 this morning I under a blue sky and in bright sun-! shine. The dirigible which left St. Hu-ibert Sunday evening and passed 'Ottawa, arrived over Toronto first at 5 o'clock, then after a visit to Niagara Falls an other places, ar rived back here after D o'clock and flew low over (lie business section. Shooting Case Near Edmonton Man Shot Wife and Step-Daughter and Then Killed . Himself EDMONTON, Aug. 11: Archie Green, a farmer living 10 miles west of Millet, southwest of 'here, shot his wife to death, shot ttils stepdaughter Alice Tuwnsend through the leg. then shot himself to death after setting fire to the house. The step-daughter is recovering in the Edmonton Hospital.