i
runi'iu
rcsuneti
hi
me
rcMguuuoii
on
me
suggestion
ui
uir
rutier
of
luo
members
of
the
civil
service
commission,
Clar-
c-e
Jameson
uimI
M.
(i.
Ltltoehelle,
who
submitted
their
resig-tmn
lo
Might
lion.
W.
I
Mackenzie
King
last
night.
The
resignation
of
the
two
members
contained
I
wo
brief
ley
wJiirlt
tin'
commissioners
Kent
lo
the
premier.
Jameson
iini
HihI
hi
Ihe
discharge
of
Ins
official
duties
he
had
not
Iieen
TY
COM
NG
r
iii
iJiBiejtiia
Wtmr
w
mmm
m
w
e
Addressing
Canadian
Club
7"H
aaiu
no
vamo
vo
vin'
ada
at
Inatanoe
of
Can--
-
adlan
Corps
I
MlH
llliaXn.
April
311.
-
-
eaW.jf
to
members
or
the
Haitian:
uli
last
uuht
(iovcrnor-
nei-ai
ii)
or
tiaid
lie
Had
route
I
Ht
ia
19"
WIIIIUW
eaPII
O'lier
II
'III
ITT1
ll
(I'll
m.
m
m
m
m
ma
m
m
mm
mm
i.
ii
ii.
iiii.it
IWl
J
m
m
VI
MA
SALMON
PRICES
MM
I
1
1
I
1
1
f
1
1
1
O
t
u
Thirteen
Cents
but
Fishermen
Want
Sixteen
ASTHMA.
April
ao.-
Fifteen
,11
k
I
II
U
II
1
II
II
I
H
1
1
II
lilt
1
M
II
II
II
1
11
ll
i'
er
ii
arced
!o
pay
Ihlrteen
-
.
A
L
ufs
u
poiiuo
ior
raw
cninuvr.
Union.
This
price
is
a.
cent
tiinn
nisi
er
man
lasi
inii
The
fisiiernien's
union
de-
ii
am
eii
m
eenis
ami
a
sume
iay
result
as
the
season
open
ULION
WON
AT
NEWMARKET
De
Rotheschlld's
Horse
Took
Thousand
Guineas
Stakes
With
Trilogy
Second
in
an)
way
intluettced
iiy
Uie
occurrences
referred
to
before
the
rommillee.
lie
felt,
however,
the
incidents
referred
lo
would
be
subject
of
such
misconstruction
and
comment
as
to
uiiuir
hi
usefulness
as
a
member
of
tbe
civil
scrxirc
Commission.
"I
have
!eniulouly
ucrnm
nllshed
my
ilaly
for
nearly
eight-
fJk
year
ami
my
coueieuce.
,
i
absolutely
clear."
I,atloehelle
.stale
in
letter.
i:idenrv
submitted
before
the
committee
xa
Ilia!
It.
II.
Clark.
Inspector
of
custom,
at
Montreal,
forwarded
consignments
of
Jidiior
lo
Mesn.
Jampnou
and
fiva
years
ago
at
(he;
Laltncltcllc.
.Kvut
'
in
,'-.r
r
f
soni!
wiitn
of
nl
the
lltn
flu-
rlii-I
rlor
lo
..
Hie
aiiniiunrrmeiil
......i
I
ysur.R
men
lie
had
cer
ecn,;ihe
reittiatliiii!'.
Premier
Kni.-
n
IllXtllliltr
III
1I1I
KIM.'llllllll
i..r..
II.
j
Im
.
.i
.
a
i.
a
m,
.
-
.
a
wan
ti(ir
rami
euue
uicy
Thr
a
-eatest
tlmw
in
fronl
of
I
.
.
-
I
.
.
t-f
ii.
iio
uutrniur
p.iiii,
this
.
.
.
-
.
.
.ii
saw
eonifiiit.
not
perhaps
by
ip
ami
hound,
but
by
steady
romlii?
both
east
and
west,
saw
oiiiiug
betwpeu
rreucli
and
jttwented
to
JainieMin
and
La-Itorhelle
tbe(aiv(abllity
of
their
HLiiik'
In
lie
relieved
of
their
duties
of
offire
pending
the
re-purl
of
the
eu(oin-i
itnpl
valine
committee
of
.Ihe
!Ioup.
The
premier
staled
that
wlipn
he
learned
of
the
dinPloMirpn
hefore
Ihe
poinuifllep,
ho
eomtidpreil
It
hi
duly
In
Intenlew
them
Tuesday
afternoon
and
advice
that
theV
sk
lo
he
reliexpd
of
their
dutie
1'pmcIIivx
the
report
of
the
committee.
LIGHTNING
STRIKES
arted
was
2'J.
iTennlnus
s
CALIFORNIA
OIL
TANK
HAKi:itS!"IIXl.
(
al
.
April
:i
Liiihtuiujt
xtniPlc
the
Oim.ouo
Lane
I
tank
of
the
Standard
Oil
Company
anil
started
a
fire
t
Kprn
ltier.
The
fire
i
roufiupd
I
In
oiip
tank
whirh
i
the
eenlrc
lof
a
six
million
barrel
oil
roserp
One
hundred
and
twenty
pa-
entfers,
no,
oi
ineni
employees
or
the
While
Push
&
Yukon
Hallway
and
Navigation
Co
liirliul-
iwp
a
nunilier
of
vukon
llivor
captains
and
officers,
ver
aboard
Hip
Princess
llnyal
todav
ifoiusi
north.
The
vessel
sailed
from
here
at
I
::0
this
nflernoon
having
arrived
at
1
1
:30V
.1.
K.
McLean,
accountant
at
tho
Sitka
Spruce
mill,
arrived
from
Queen
Charlotte
City
on
the
Prince
John
li
afternoon
ami
..m
nrneeed
south
loinorrow.
Ho
Is
on
a
vacation
trip.
NFAVMAMvKT,
April
30.
I'll-
Wheal
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
mi.
i
iv.
m
i'ii
iiv
iia
ii.
.
i
ii
sr
II
HIT
I
II
I
MIUT
"ii
nit
wim
iiiuusami
iiuineas
iniinveii
takes
which
whs
ilu.
fi'iiliii-e
of
illiidsloue
-
ip
facing
hero
loday.
Lord.lmliau
"'""i
n
l
I
IHM
i
illlH'
PI'llMIU
1
1,.
l
n.
I
1
11
I
V
-11I....I..M
l.lllllll
Hid.
Asked
1.55
1.81
1.00
1.82
1.85
.31
'
.35
.01114
.011
.10
.15
.07
.08
.011
S
.11
.08
,00
.50
OSLO.
April
30.
Lieutenant
Commander
Ilyrd
uiinard
the
I.
haulier
ou
the
first
lap
of
the
expedition
to
the
Arctic
regions,
arrived
at
Kind's
Hay,
SpiUberaen.
hisbae
of
operations,
yesterday
afternoon.
'
FIRST
SIGHT
Primitive
Indians
from
MOVEMENT
EXPECTED
The
great
annual
evpnl
when
the
ice
muxes
is
expected
at
any
time
now
at
Oawson,
according
lo
the
weather
report
this
morning
of
the
(ioiernnipnt
TpIp-uruplis.
The
big
jam
is
not
by
Carmack.s
yet.
Ice
is
jammed
at
Selkirk
and
Ihe
Stewart
UIvpp
Is
4
OF
ANIMALS
Inter-
1
-
i
-
lor
Had
Never.'Seen,
Cows,'
.
Cats
or
Chickens
The
report
of
Provincial
Police
Constables
Forfar
and
Barber
on
their
annual
patrol
Into
the
Fort
Nelson
district,
350
miles
north
of
Fort
St.
John,
tells
of
the
officers
bringing
out
to
Fort
St.
John
for
hospital
treatment
an
Indian
and
his
squaw.
They
were
of
a
very
primitive
type
and
neither
had
even
seen
before
cows,
cats,
chickens
or
eggs.
The
sight
of
these
objects,
the
officers
report,
aroused
grsat
Interest
In
the
pair
of
nat'ves.
OF
ICE
AT
DAWSON
Annual
Event
About
to
Take
Place
Government
Telegraphs
Announces
':
)
1
)
i
!
i
still
holding
at
OgiMe
though
it
is
liroken
up.
District
weather
ill
ctjit
this
morning
was
as
fol
lows:
Terrare
fjloudy,
windy;
leni
pernture4
13.
Anypx
Cloudy,
calm;
leniper
alure,
IP.
,v.
siewnrt
tMoudy,
south
Ayltui;
leniierature,
10.
.
llazellon
Cloudy,
calm;
Itiin
ikiinil
ll
I'i.
.no.
.
f
.
1
k
Telegraph'
C.reek
ClJiVly,
culm)
Temperature,
10.
Siiiilhers
Part
cloudy,
calm;
temperature.
50.
Hums
Lake
Part
cloudy,
windy;
temperature,
55.
Whllehorsc
Cleur,
calm;
tern-pprnluro
37.
Fort
Selkirk
Clear,
calm
temperature,
10.
Dawsdn-lear,
ciilm;
Tom
peraturc,
10.
'
Alfred
Aduins
of
Massetl
ar
rhed
rroin
tho
Island
on
the
prinpe
John
this
nflernoon
hav
Ing
In
his
care
two
native
Peler
William
and
Charles
Thompson,
who
are
being
ad
milled
to
tli3
Hospital
for
treat
meriUr
Mr.
Adams
will
relnrn
lo
Massult
Saturday
night.
CANADIAN
MJillMAID
Miss
Eva
Morrison,
uaughicr
of
Hip
police
hic
or
Piciou,
X.S
who
is
:aiiuius
to
swim
lie
LntfLsii
clianuel.
she
i"
ai
prefti)
t-aiiung
in
Hoston
MOTORSIIIP
LILLEHORN
COMING
HERE
SUNDAY
British
Vessel,
Chartered
by
C.G.
M.M.,
to
Makffclrst-Visit
to
Port
Tne
niotorship
Lillehoru.
which
has
h-'cii
eharleird
by
the
C.d.M.M.
from
her
Uritish
owners
Tor
coast
freighting,
will
make
her
first
visit
to
this
port
on
Sunday,
coniiiu;
direct
from
A'an
omer
with
plies
and
lumber
lo
be
urd
in
the,
oernmenl
wharr
recouslructlpn
work.
From
here.
Ihe
LiUehorii
yill
proceed
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
(tlands
and
return
lu
Vancouver
via
Ocean
Falls.
Capt.
Han
McKinnon.
formerly
chief
officer
ol
I
lie
Prince
Iluperl,
is
in
com
mand
of
Hip
Lillehoru.
TAXI
-
ST
Boston
Grill
m9at4J
Ambulance
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Servlc
S3-
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytlnv
door
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
PRINCE
RUPERT
Tbe
latest
and
best
for
the
and
6th
St.
'PP7.
leant.
Phone
467.
WATT
VIDE.UK,
VI
'ibf
J
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOL,
XVI..
NO,
101
1'ltIXCK
1UPKUT,
1U2M
FHIHAV,
AIMUL
30,
IMSfl.
Velr(Jjj
ClrcuUtion,
I
((7
Slrp
Salof,
391
PRIOR
FIVE
CENTS.
V
mm
MM
H
H
SERVICE
COMMISSIONERS
SENSATION
OF
i
BALL
SEASON:
less
Petty
Has
Won
Every
Game
i
so
Far
Since
Beginning
of
Series
Ni;V
YOltK,
Apri
30
Jess
Pelty,
the
left
bander
secured
by
'Jirooklyn
from
Indianojiolis.
is
proving
the
sensation
of
the
major
leagues
by
winning
every
pauit)
in
which
be
has
ntaned.
Yesterday
be
won
from
Philadel-
Proposal
to
Eliminate
Fishing
Licenses
to
All
Orientals
in
Province
Within
Next
10
Years
OTTAWA.
April
U0.
Orientals
will
be
unable
lo
ob'taiu
almoii
and
cod
fishing
licenses
on
Ihe
Pacific
coal
afler
UKU
if
Ihe
resolution
passed
yeslcrday
by
the
Marine
and
risher.irs
Conunillee,
of
which
Fred
Slork
is
chairman,
is
put
into
efrec,!
bv
the
government.
The
resoliiliou
was
inlrodiieed
by
Neill
of
Comux-lberni
(mil
approved
in
uu
amended
form.
The
original
resoliiliou
proposed
Hint
Ihe
issuance
uf
been
....
.
.
.
t.
;
..
II.
..I
se
siiou
iii
terminate
in
six
veins,
u
is
now
rccouiiuviiui-u
uiui
cut
be
made
al
the
beginning
issued
in
It'iO.
so
that
elimiua
ir
lti
'7
of
Ipii
ner
cent
in
each
I
on
will
be
complPteil
whii
ten
siicceeeilii'K
year
or
Iho
number
'
years.
LOST
HUSBAND
COT
PROPERTY
Former
Factory
Girl
Who
Married
Employer
Is
on
Own
Once
More
ClllC.(iO,
April
3d
Jss
Hian
24
hours
after
she
had
filed
an
amended
plea
for
divorce.
Mrs.
Dorothy
H.
Towne,
who
married
J.
Meredith
Towne.
hpif
(of
the
estate
of
the
founder
or
Ihe
Yale
and
Towne
Lock
Company-while
she
was
a
factory
girl,
obtained
a
decree
yesterday
and
received
a
lump
properly
settliyiient
of
35.noo.
Strike
in
Britain
Likely
to
Begin
at
Midnight
Unless
Efforts
to
Settle
Successful
'
LONDON,
April
;I0.
It
looks
very
much
as
ir
there
would
ho
a
slrike
of
mWiers
in
this
country
with
possible
lie-tip-
of
Irim.Hiiiirliitioii
mill
industries,
unless
Hie
wiser
heads
Of
both
sides
are
successful
Hits
tiflernooii
in
reaching
an
agreement.
The
miners
Todav
reiecled
a
revised
offer
from
Ihe
niuie
.
..
.
.
.:.
.,
i..
owners
in
an
e
ion
to
sett
e
t
ie
wage
uispuie.
The
cabinet
considered
Ihe
mailer
at
u
special
meeting
and
it
w:is
I'lMMil'
ted
lhut
negotiations
in
ik
hi
be
reopened
King
tieorgo-.retiiriifir
lu
Hiickingliaiii
Palace
from
Windsor
and
It
Is
understood
there
was
nieeliing
of
the
privy
council
rol-lowiuig
his
arrival.
The
go
eminent
food
control
board
Is
considering
whal
action
will
be
necessary
to
insure
the
reeding
or
Ihe
population
in
the
event
of
a
general
strike
at
midnight
when
the
miners'
agreement
terminates.
'
v
Today
some
of"
the
Northum
berland
miners
brought
their
tools
lo
Ihe
surface
preparatory
lo
nuitttng
work.
Leo
Waugh,
local
Manager
of
the
Canadian
.
National
Tele
graphs,
returned
on
this
morn
lug's
train
from
Kdmonton
where
he
attended
a
conferenrft
of
western
telegraph
officials
RESIGNED
ANGER
OF
COAL
STRIKE
IN
GREAT
BRITAIN
COMMENCING
AT
MIDNIGHT
'i
n
n
wu
service
Lommisswners
Who
Received
Consignments
of
Liquor
from
Inspector
Resign
MM
I
.
V
.
I
I
.
.
I
remier
iuuikziuiz
ning
suggesieu
uiui
ineyu
should
take
this
action
pending
report
of
customs
investigating
committee
OTTAWA,
April
30.-llevelulioii
before
lite
mnniillei'
investigating
Hie
administration
of
(hi'
customs
LIEUTENANT
BYRD
AT
SPITZBERGEN
ON
WAY
TO
ARCTIC
Tax
Exemption
Bylaw
Passes
with
0nlyTen
Votes
Cast
Against
It
Agreement
has
already
been
signed
hy
Wheat
Pool
and
probably
by
Givernment
and
elevator
will
be
operated
to
capacity
pbia,
allowing
fie
hits.
"
.
'
.
'",'
"
,
,
,
,
,
In
lour
'jumps'
so
far
this'
Only
leu
people
voled
against
the
bylaw
granting
freedom
season
he
has
permitted
17
liitsjtrom
taxation
lo
Hie
Canadian
Grain
Producers
Limited
ou
Ihe
lu
3
innings.
e'ra',,
elevator
for
ten
years
if
they
continue
to
lease
ur
operate
i...u,-i'rinr
m.iiw..i
n.itviit
for
that
length
of
time.
Sixty
per
tent
of
the
vole
was
re-
.
.
.
.
"
.
:
1
win
by
crasiuritf
out
his
lourtn
t
ii.
"
uvuiirr
ui
iiic
wdjuii.
National
League
Philadelphia
1,
Itrooklyn
New
York
2,
ltostoli
1.
SI.
Louis
3,
Chicago
C.
Cincinnati
10,
Pittsburg
American
League
Philadelphia
i,
Poslbu
0.
SYasliinutim
3,
New
York
Chicago
7.
Cleveland
3.
Helioit
,
S
Louis
3.
3.
quired
but
the
vole
was
almost
unanimous,
there
being
3
17
for
11
and
IU
against,
wilh
0
spoiled
ballots.
Iist
Monday
Douglas
Slork
of
this
city
received
a
leller
from
bis
father
Fred
Slork,
member
for
this
district
at
Ottawa,
writ-leu
from
the
capital
a
week
earlier,
in
which
he
said
that
die
lea-e
agrpenient
had
already
been
signed
by
the
Wheat
Pool
aiid,been
received
froni'them
and
Ihe
government
was
expected
to
sign
it
the
following
day.
The
Pool
has
taken
Hie
elevator'
on
lease
for
two
yeaTs
with
an
option
to
purchase
at
the
end
ol
that
time.
As
wheat
can
be
Miipped
through
thtsport'cheau-.
fr.lhon
through
anyi
other,
pro-Vtdeil
oUier
facilities
are
the
same.
II
is
uiiifertood
it
is
the
Intention
of
the
Pool
lo
operate
Ihe
house
to
capacity
and
there
Is
even
talk
of
more
elevators
going
up.
The
street
surfacing
bylaw
was
parried
by
a
good
majority
so
thai
work
will
be
able
lo
proceed
immediate.!)-.
The
vote
was
very
Ight
owing
partly
to
the
weather
conditions.
The
detail
of
the
votes
follows:
Elevator
Bylaw
For
317,
asainst
10,
spoiled
allots
0.
Number
of
votes
re
quired
215.
.majority
132.
Street
Surfacing
Bylaw
For
283.
against
7
i.
spoiled
t.
Number
reiiufc-ed
-10.
majority
Cl.
FISH
ARRIVALS
Fares
Were
Light
This
Morning
Only
23,000
Pounds
of
Halibut
Ee-ng
Marketed
.
4,....
.
Halibut
arrivals
were
light
this
morning,
only
23,ouu
pootuis
oe
lug
marketed
on
the
Fish
Ex
change.
One
American
boat
sold
1.000
pounds
Tor
15.7c
and
He,
and
three
Canadians
sold
l'J.OOG
pounds
at
from
l3.Cc
and
lie
to
H.3c
and
7c.
Some
ten
thou
sand
pounds
of
salmon
was
also
old.
Two
halibut
schooners.
Aiken
with
10,000
pounds
and
Kaien
with
12,000
pounds,
not
satisfied
withTlie
market,
decid
ed
to
hold
over
for
sale
until
tomorrow.
The
arrivals
marketed
were
a
follows:
American
Wabash.
1,000
pounds,
to
Hit,
Canadian
Fisli
t
Cold
Storwgv
Co.
Canadian
Dolphin,
0,000
pounds,
to
tin
Atliu
Fisheries.
M.
M.
Christopher,
11.000
pounds,
and
llulh
2,000
pounds,
lo
Ihe
Canadian
rish'
&
Coi!
Storage
Co.
t'
Salmon
7-f't
Hippo,
3,700
reds
and
450
whites,
lo
the
Canadian
Fish
v
Cold
Slot-age
Co.
at
15.8e
and
3c.
Taplow,
5.230
reds
and
50")
whites,
(o
Hie
Atlin
Fisheries
a!
l3.De
and
3c.
D.
V..
Maxwell,
w
ho
formerly
conducted
a
store
at
Port
Cle
menls,
was
an
arrival
from
Ihe
Islands
on
Ihe
princeblin
thl
afternoon.
-
V.
FRENCH
TO
PAY
DEBT
TO
U.S.
Low
Interest
Charge
Being
Made
'and
Principal
Over
Term
of
-'
sw
Yearly
WASHINOTON,
pril
30
An
asreemenf
has
been
reached
for
the
refunding
of
the
French
war
debt
to
the
United
Stales
and
approved
by
President
Coolidge.
1'he
total
of
4.025,000.000
will
be
paid
spread
over
o2
f
years
with
annual
payments
ranging
rrom
830.000.000
in
the
Hrst
two
years
and
graduating
to
a
maximum
r
123.000,000.
The
in'erest
charges
average
a
Utile
more
lhan
1
3-8
per
cent.
FISHINGGOOD
DURING
APRIL
Amount
of
Halibut
'Marketed
Here
Only
Slightly
Less
Than
Last
April
April
was
the
biggest
month
so
far
this
yp'ar.in
the
halibut
fishing
industry
ami
prices
throughout,
were
satisfactory.
TTii?
total
sold
lure
was
3,322.000
pounds
or
which
1117,000
was
from
American
boatswain!
825,000
from
Canadian.
The'amouul
was
170,000
more
than
were
caught
n
March
.
In
April
of
last
year
the
catch
was
3.3G.000
pounds.
ROAD
FOREMAN
GIVEN
SIX
MONTHS
IN
PRISON
John
Allen
McLean
of
Burns
Lake
Stole
$52.38
From
Department
of
Public
Works
Trial
of
John
en
McLean,
road
foreman,
oil
a
change-
of
Ihen
of
$52.30
fron)
the
provincial
department
oT
public
works
look
place
al
1
turns
Lake
on
April
27
before
Stipendiary
Magistrate
S.
II.
lloskins.
McLean
elected
lor
suuuiwly
trial,
pleaded
uilty
and
was.
seute.pced
to
six
months'
imprisonment
Willi
hard
labor
at
okalla.
wrecked
Japanese"
h
ayej5een
rescued
TOKIO,
April
3o.
Two
hun-Ireil
am)
nineteen
members
or
the
crew
or
Iho
steamer
Chichibu
Marti
wrecked
,nl
-
the
Kurllns
Tuesday
night
have
been
reicued.