r FRANCE WILL IV RETAIN RUHR Id' i : 'Miner once auuin nf-Ki, i IuIpiIIimi of anre main In the Ituhr unlit 'l'liiaxy iniaxy nalil paid her her reitarulioits reiuratioiu LOOKING FOR SITKA SPRUCE rWpresontatlves of British Im-portsrs are Here With Orders for Million Feel Jerking to pb'iee oi'di'i for one IiiiHlhi feci of an plane iprure. " lledmaii und .1. W. jwanl. 1 I'l-esenling I.oihIimi. Kiwlam' 'iu.rr imporliiig Interests, are i "lie rily,)(r.lay in Hie rourse of a 'our of the roast lo InxesHgaln lie supply of Ibis limber and 'in' possibilities of production. They have n-eu al O.eau l ull and SSwnusoti Bay and will VO frni Imto to the fjuren llharlollp I'lainls mid piobably Alaska. Hun million feel of lumber limy not , be considered a M'iy 'eineiiibnis iuuiillly us far as ordinary grnile are concerned, l'Uf on account of the perfection ''lulreil in the produrtim of oirplurip spruce and its high cost, d means a big transaction. OXFORDCREW IS FAVORITE Ancient British Universities will Meet In 77th Rowing Contest on Thames Saturday I.OMXl.V, April :i. - The dark hlue of Oxford will rank a si rung fiivoiilc over the )lht blue of Cambridge when the crews of Ilio Iwo ancient British Universlllci liiko tlielr oars Into Iho Thaines " Salurday afternoon for the :'h annual hour ru'-r morion? Iy .Major Marim. flight commander, from station alous I lie lint ili Columbia coast, are Troops Will Not Leave Until Re- faVoralde and other condition. psrstlons Paid Declares Pre- ure satisfactory, the planes will mlsr Polncare ake off for Prince Hupcrt 'a I . dawn tomorrow. They will ar- Mil April U. premier rive al the Canadian rily early in I ji- nude a talemenl in Dtr afternoon, il Is anticipated. Iur oj deputies yeoler- ti u.iiinti bie formation of CrunAjLlCD AQUflRP w -l.M.el. Shire he could uviivvnmi miuvivL, r-w icoitf, !;te -';U- NEAR YACHT CLUB; J mioi(r infart lie had v . ifj i retain uflly thoe inlii.l Lft nk - 'i -"aage.1 llh prt.hleii;'"nB,d'' --'e. with the Ituhr ocrupa.) tween Tachi Club and Drydock i"tl,y- . . . After a siiuri noncymoon .mi. ami Mrs. Perry wilt resale ai usk. THORNTON RUMOR IS ONCE MORE DENIED ROUND THE WORLD FLIERS WILL NOT LEAVE TILL FfiflJAY SKAT I I. K, April 3. The United Slate llier will mil leave here for Prince Humeri until Fri-iluy, uccordiug lo a stale-mrnl iiiini hy I hem last PVftiilltf. The rpusiiM given for the ilelav i thai (lieir equipment is incomplete. PORCHER ID. Kfforls of lr. 1. S. Tail. prM ilenl. mill other iifficeis of the jprlnre Ituperl Hun Mub hate re- sullel in an onler iM-iiig nunlewy The IaiIih.Iiiiii halilnit schooner M. II. Jackson. M l. .A., rhaiiiuaii llioylriider, lapl. M. Sollow. is f hc (lame Conservation Hoard, I rut!liii liluli mul ilrv on the In !mti iiIhti'iI on Poreher Island srsily. He oddeil lliul If thelicf. r the rooks between the with a iew to propngyHon a il" rreommeiiiletl another p.H. Yacht club wharf and the number of Mongolian pheasant. tib'h -,i of exploitation he would iry ibu k. While takinc the boat jTbe ijnl are lo be shipped from ' always wild llie iiimer- 0ir ii, ..Nir ways, oppoiic me. vuii.rla ny .v. i'. i.ummius, mail- at j g Hut French troops 4ti the Ituhr. i-oekv ledire. the ltlugleaer lifle. ager of I ho proviimlal ganw farm iita In I In r.l2e of Hie reef and'nl that Point, and are sdue to wiib the recisling tide was left l.ala'H-ed on Hie cdac of the rock. Apparently no damage has been ihuie the boal and with high lid il is ejMinrlpd she will easily e lloiileil on. So uuhpic was the position of the stranded craU I faa f M-wiiil amateur photo-uriipher were on Hie rene Hiking snaps this morning. WEDDING LAST NIGHT OF USK RESIDENTS AT ANGLICAN RECTORY Miss Bourk Becomes Bride of William George Perry and Will Live at Usk At the Anglican llerlory lal ei riling at sis o'clock an interesting wedding look place when Miss Mary Mildred Bourk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. It. II. Bourk of Usk hem mo the bride of William Oeorgc Perry, accountant at the same plucc. The brille was given away by her father and the mother and sister of the brhlc were also present. Tho brldo's gown was of radium lace over white silk with the conventional veil and orango blossoms In which she looked very reach Prince llupert at I he end of Hie week according In advice re ceived today by Jack. Keefe, sec retary of the linn ('dub. Mongolian phc;iaitls air ;i hardy type of game bird and are very fast breeders, one lorn as a rule Having iwu union per sen-sou with nil average tolal of chicken. A few years ngo, these plieaattl were introduced on the (Juccn Charlotte Island and I hey Ihrived well. It is said thai Hie Islands are now well stocked wilb them. II i antici-naled that porrher Island will liave large numbers in a few )car as a result of the preenl importation but the necessil is urged of refraining from shooting IIidiii for a period of at least two or three years. The Hun Club plans on later introducing .Mongolian pheasant on Hie Ka ien Island game reserve. Of course, Hiey would spread in (he distitcl. MIDNIGHT FIRE AT BURNS LAKE Flour and Feed Store Destroyed and $4,000 Stock Last Night (Special lo Dally News) lllJIt.NS I.AKK, April 3. Al midnight fire bryko out in the Burn I;ake flour and feed store owned by Fay S, Short and It. W. Iniies on the south side of the railway track, 't he owners vvcre visiting at Francois Lake when iiTTVYVA. Anril 3. Speakingitbe fire slarled. over the Canadian National pa- The stock in the sloro I valued dio K. I. Hallway, chief assist- at iji.ouo ami mis 'as wen as mc ant to Sir Henry Thornton, do- building was completely destroy. died al his cliler s request ino en nut was covcreo nisuruucn. iccenl rumor Ihal ho had decided The building Is owned by Jano lo return to Knghind ws general (leraldlno Johnson of Prince manager of Iho Midland ond.Hupcrl and U Is understood was Scottish lluiHvay. lo' Insured. mi ! I ! O.... - ffllla mwA Ika fi h a '. wlio WB9 v Wtko emiiu i iw to Ketchikan With Catches ' (Shipment of Hardy Mongolian muMM Type Will be tent From Vic toria This Week at Hie lKish hxebanue this moriiin? 201, The Latest In Restaurant. FISH : MARKET . Fresh Pith Dally. ism BOSTON GRILL Beef, Mutton, Ltmb. Pork, Veal, Poultry. Third Avenue. Matle Sausngo Fresh apr Homo m Best of Food flood. Service. Dally. PRINCE' RUPERT Private Boxes for Party Use. Phone 671. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper "Take Her to The Boston." VOL XIV NO. 80, I'lUNCH IIUI'KIIT, B.C., TIL'8l)AYl AIMUL 'A, 1021, VMtrday Clrculilloa 1.SOS. Strut Salt 8t. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ARRIVE OF PLANES NOW SET FOR FRIDAY IT PLAN OF OLD COUNTRY LAMES REJECTED BY VOTE OF 325 TO 160 Sitka by Saturday is Object of American Fliers Who Will Hop off for Prince Rupert Tomorrow SK.Vrn.K. April :l. When (lie fmir failed Stales uriny , . runer hop off from Scuttle til duwit tomorrow- for Prince jl; on Ihe firs I leg of tli flight around Ihc world, il will be Vic object of Ihi u:ifun lo make Sitku by Saturday afternoon, cr nlrug lo unitouin cntenl made today. The roiitemplatcd vii'-dulo culls fur making Hie (." mite flight lo Prince Hupcrt l-v Fnday nfleriioon. There Ihe machines will he refueled and f t r d generally. A early the next innming a possible, the igh' will he resumed to Silka which place il i hoped to mich i I') !aliinuy aiieruoon. Hie ill, r lance between Prince Itupert and. Silk i 30(i mile. j If Hip weather report rc-ehed I on i all I and 'early tomorrow sissiaaa Two Kiig)ih "bobbies" are hown guarding a "blackleg," while ploughing the field during the big farm labor strike. Must of the employes belong to the English Farm Hand Union, said lo be the only one of its kind in the world. CapMLevy Policy Defeated I UIALlUll ULLITLIAI by British House of Commons 00O pound of halibut, and or Hii.'je,.C(j uv the' House or (Jonmions last night by a vote of ojo.81 (jve a,lJ '"lend lo give .'lo'.ooo on (he president was sold jn, " , . . - " (,e event as much local color t to Hie Pacific Fisheries for de- (Jon senu rive motion against capital lew brought iu till Hie fM"ib,e- ,r ,arRe crowds assem-livery al Seattle at 10.1c and 7c. fortes of the government to define its attitude toward ihat.ltle '' he 'shot." The, re-and i'tf.OOO by the Miblrcl II., to Kdic.v. lion. J. It. CJvnes. Lord Privv Seal and denutv leader.'11011 b Maor Newton and Hip Atlin Fisheries for dcliveiy at of the House of Common, admitted that the government coiildcU' council and S. 'J. McLcod,; Keiciiikan ai n.oc ami oc. ineresi;tlu longer hope for Ihc passage of -such a measure. II was ue- wa discharged here. The boaU'n,, fr MMV Kovcriimeiit to inlrodiicc u lew without the consent in aiMiiiou lo (lie auovc loiiow: Wizard, Sl.uou. lo VaiUI Stor age, at k.Oi' aim jc. Superior, 2l,(Ni(, to Booth Fisheries, al 8.5c and 5c. Mariner. lO.ooo. and (Jrolh, I2.0(MI. to lloyal Fisheries al 8.8c and 5c. Augusta, I'J.OOO. to Cold Stor age, ai n.c ami oc. Canadian Boats Annie Tuck, .,3,0(K, lo Allin Fisheries, a 8c and 5c. Fannie F., 7,0(10, and Sherman, (i,(Mlil, to Atliu Fisheries, al 8. to and 5c. Kouyasu. l.uon. In Cold Slor- nz: al He ami (. Muriiieac. I'.non, ltoyal Fisherie. al 8. If and 5c. STEAMER FRANGESTAN LONDON, April a. The strike of workers employed in dm construction of buildings for thu British Kmpiro K.1iilit foil at Wembley, has been sell led and the men are returning to work this afternoon thus removing fears that the opening of Iho exhibition set for April 23 would bo delayed. uf the electorate. He1 strongly maintained, however, that the coiinlry would be forced by the crushing burden of debt lo re-sorl lo his remedy because there was no alternative. Labor Government Forced by Liberals to Change Policy or. I.OMiON, April X The Labor government evaded other-wist' inevitable defeat iu Hie House of Commons yesterday in roiiuectiou with, the llenls Bill which was up for second rending by consenling to revision of an objectionable clause providing for uoii-evicliou of u tenant if iiiiemploved. Ilighl Hon. II. II. Asiiuith, Liberal leader, said Ihal unless ihi was eliminated he would be compelled to vole againsl Uio second reading. This ultimatum meant that both Conservatives ami Liberals would oppose litem nnd would have meant defeat HAS BEEN ABANDONEDjBKJCER LOG Twelvo Hundred Pllqrlms From British Ship Which Caught Afire are Transferred AI.FA'ANDIIIA, April 3. Ths Brilisb steamer I'ranjicslan, which caughl afire in the lied Sea on Tuesday, has been abandoned and the 1200 pilgrims aboard have been transferred lo the steamer Clan Mclvor .which is now proceeding lo Port SaM with (he passengers. The pilgrim were bound for .leildah, Hie seaport of Mecca, the Mohammedan Holy City. WORKERS AT WEMBLEY RETURNING TO WORK Strike of Men Erecting British Empire Exhibition Buildings Has Been Settled PRODUCTION Gardner Canal and Kltamaat Arm to Turn out 20,000,000 feet Victoria concern holding old crown grants' at Kltimiiiil, expects lo export 5,000,000 lo C,-000.000 feet lo Port Angeles. The city council yesterday de elded lo delay sending a publicity delegate lo Ihe prairies uulil such lime as they could consult wllh V. 0. Dawson in regard to the mailer or the minister. public funds Hie cost of main. tabling these Unfortunates. FINE NEW FISHING Wliard Said to be Best Yet; Superior Makes First Visit With Halibut What- is described on Iho waterfront as the finest fishing boal yel to visit the harbor ar rived today when Ihe Wixard, a 7! flllll A lllilIfii 11 imtiAil .ffifl FLYING MEN TO COME TOMORROW Weather Permitting Hop Off Foe This Port Will Take Place Friday Morning MOVIE MEN READY Arrival and Reception by Mayor ' and Board of Trade to bo Recorded Jan is MLeod, local represen hrkUtuiuna AHmiecinn hn I onnoY ,ai,,l!nB an'1 t,,e taking off here, l.OXUON, .pril :5. .The pidicy of tative of the United Htate round, the-world flight, was advised 'in a telegram from Major Martin, flight commander, thai the planes would hop off from Seattle arid arrive here tomorrow afternoon weather permitting. Further' instructions regarding the placing of Hie floats were also received. i i H. O. Crew, Dominion meteorologist, is sending weather re-jporls lo .Seattle daily. Conditions' .were not considered favorable 11119 iiijuiiiiii iu tiy. The moving picture men, who ; arc in the city to record the," are impatiently awaiUngHUie : ar rival of the airplanes. They capital levy" was re-'"8 cnofrtTtnrioratlons- at president of the Board of Trade, will also be recorded. The films. will be despatched immediately to Toronto ami New York and, within leu days, Ihey will be -exhibited al possibly 5(10 places ;,' in Canada ami the United Slates. Some fifty reels will also be sent n to various parts of F.iiropc and' there will probably be a repro- duction here in a very short lime. Face Defeat and Resignation POLICE BUSY BANK ROBBERY Only Two of Band Now Thought to be at Liberty and Baggage Stopped 1 MONTH FA L, April 3. A state, inent was made last night by the Fared by this dilemma Hon. J. police that S05.000 had been found It. Cl.vuc, Bouse lea.ler, said llie.on the persons suspected of coin-goveriimenl had no Intention of(piciiy with the big robbery yes-receding from the aim of the terday and arrested in a"st. Henry bill whi.di was designed to make boarding bouse and identified as secure in hi home Ihe poor utujparl of Iho money stolen from, empioyeu workman, uut since inn i,e Hank of Hochelaga. House opposed Ihe method sug-j police officers believe that, gesled by the government he was only two members of the bandit this Year Some for prepared to substitute for the gang are now missing. Export P. S. Bouncy, district forester. who returned lo Ihe city yesterday afternoon on Ihe depart mental launch Leila It. after having spent the past fortnight on a trip of inspection lo the south ern portion of his district, re port that big production this year on (larduer Canal and Kili-uiaat Arm will be grimier than ever before, lit all, it is expected thai about 20,(100,00(1 feel will be taken out, the majority of it ts for the Pacific Mills al Ocean Fulls. I lie Minimal Logging uu., a clause another throwing upon A nuni- ber of trunks and suit cases checked at Windsor Station for New York have been traced by receipts found in Iho room of iho bandit jdiol dead. The trunks-carried labels lo London Paris. BOAT ARRIVES HERE''Vl!,Vmi' V ?T- T!i contents hayu nol yet. been dt- Ivulged. The police drag net Tor 'per-, prlrulor of the crime caught another suspect this mornitif. There iitp seven mnnVand vr women now under dclcullon. F.ight men are said to have taken part in the robbery arrived with 21,000 pounds or HALIBUT LANDINGS AT ualiliut, making' her first visit hero. She Is engined with an Atlas Imperial deisel. She Is PORT OF PRINCE RUPERT owned and skipped by Cnpl. Ole, The inspector of fisheries re-K. Jorgensen. Her tonnage is ports the following halibut bind. I'L lings from February 21) lo March Another boal to bring halibut 25, giving exact values here for Ihe Hrsl lime today was Ihe Superior. She is nut new'but has been engaged hi the salmon JflsWpg business unli! rcccutly. American 1(5,773 cws., valued at 202,053.30. v Canadian 5,218 cwts., valued ul G0,87G.80.