HIPPING MEN COMING HERE rr.MMi f t it i n MI.NT I1M1MIH A XI MltLH OF IMroKTANT ri.HOM FROM r.omi vek tomorrow ...aec'Joo with the opening of ii- Csjni from this port. Cap in C rssoc acting Vancouver port Mj Hodgson, bead carpenter ? Canadian Oovemment Merchant sr..: i H Clendrnuing. general kuatn . ui empire Shipping Co. M Mi Rose who wUl superintend f grain vwwU here for the npsrs Shipping Co.. are eipected In ' tomorrow from Vancouver. Ui Hodgson will bring a crew ot bere to engage in ship lining at M drsr dock I Hi Rom will locate in the city for ri time being at least and wilt take a: office In the elevator. IEWPASTOR AT TERRACE H.V A, W HOIIIXHON III' VANCOl- UK IS NAMED TO Sirdlll HI.V T J, Mltll. RETIMED TERRACE. Oct. 15. Word has been thrived by the Board of Management ft the Anglican Church hero of the appointment of Rev A. W. ItobUisou of kancouver to fill the vacancy In the tuurch here due to the retirement of I'e T J Marsh. Mr Roblnaon Is a graduate of High bur Colleee. Eniland. He aerved for time aa a missionary In India and ' done social aervlce work In the "stern atatea. Mr Roblnaon I to be trained In Vancouver this next week nd will arrive In Terrace In the courai tf a few weeks' time. He Is a married an with one small child. JAD INTERIOR STORM TAKE DOWN TELEGRAPHS peter Hrrak TimLiv oil IWilh Lines lie tween Terrace ami lk Severe wind and rainatorms are the Icaus of a bad break today In both telegraph lines between Terrace and l"k This mornlni wtreleaa waa the "ty's only communication with the out- IMde world. The tact of the wires being i'lown explains the paucity of outside news .despatches In this ..paper today. MASSKTT -FF.LT '(l'AKK A distinct earth tremor wa felt at Massett yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. jo far ss can be learned there was no kamage done, but the shock was suN Ificlent to be ftit br a number of mi-. The statuette of a woman at least 5.000 years old carved from what U Relieved to be the tusk of a mammoth, m beeu fouud hear Vicuna, : the most able, aeholarly and hard-work-lag leadera who ever -beaded the government Ilia tent period ot pubUc ar- : vice was rrpiew in dramatic tie, but he never took advantage of tbem to pUy u the gallery. Seemingly content to lead hl people by followtng them, ha -advanced quietly by aheer tenacity and hard work, coupled with natural ability. One of his warmSiO admir ers once observed that Asqulth'a modesty verged on deformity. In isea. as a London school boy of 18. Asqulth Is aatd to have told hu schoolmates that one day he would be lord chancellor or prime minister, and con stantly he asked his eompanlona to teat bis knowledge of parliamentary procedure If the story la true. It appears to be the only evidence that Asqulth ever boasted of bis knowledge or ability, or voiced his ambition. A i:inm x ckii Bit years alter Asqulth became British prim minister In 1008. he was confronted with one of the most serious crises in the world's history the outbreak of the great European War Quietly, he led a cheering nation Into war. and through perhaps the most perilous months in 1U history The first mad rush of the enemy waa countered, but few regarded the stolid man at No. 10 Downing Street as aavotr. Domestic crises followed. Public opinion turned from the leader who lacked magnetism, and when the war waa halt over the leadership wrnt to Mr. Lloyd Oeorge. who bsd Just (he human qualities that Asqulth Iseked. Asqulth stepped aside, and the picture-" personality of his Welsh secretary of war replaced him. But Englishmen Insist Asqulth stepped aside, not down, for there wss no decline and fall for the aeholarly stales-man who remained Just what he waa In the beginning. His power was In himself, not In his ottlce. and In a sense-he hsd Just aa much, or Just as little, influence after his resignation aa when be was prime minister. Throughout the awful years ot war. and the dreadful yeara of peacemaking, Asqulth remained the aame calm, ateady bulwark Of Ehgllsn aouuy ana r pec lability. During all those trying time he scarcely raised his voice above an even te-ne. Blood naa never go mw his eyes, even when Lloyd Oeorge split his beloved Liberal party wioe open. Asqulth was growing old. but he held hi. rlD Of affairs Wltn quiei tenacity lie not only aaw the prodigal Lloyd Oeorge returned to the told of orthodox Liberalism out w m-. labor Rovernment ponsibie oy wivnaraw ing Liberal support from the Conservative regime which Stanley Baldwin had led to disaster In the genersl election nf'Tw-mbcr. 1B23. Upon Bonar Law'e death Baldwin had inherited a large majority In the House f rnmrndna. But Baldwin wanvcu mandate ot his own, ao he went to the voters on the lu oi imperisi ariw, i,i neore returned from his trlum- phant American tour to plunge Into the campaign under Aaqulth's banner, tor when free trade wa at atake the aehlsm th. Liberal party disappeared over- nlKht Baldwins defeat was stunning. Conservatives retained only 359 of Bonar t.,- an seata, ir nu w. Cnlted Liberals 159. while alx Indepen- nu naa tVilir' TAXI Boston Grill 25 Anbulance and mix Large Upstair Dining Uall, Service wllta newly lair dancing Anywhere at Anytime. door for hire. Exchange Building. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. Stand, PRINCE RUPERT The latest and bent for the MATT VIDEOK, Prop. least. Phone 467. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper 'V . .1 SvOL XVI. No. 842. PRINCE RUPERT. B.ti., FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 1928. Circulation 1621 Bales 585 PIUCZ .2TSX CTTIS SQUITH RETIRES FROM PUBLIC LIFE XPOSURE OF NARCOTIC RING EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH squith of Oxford Quits Leadership of Liberal Party loted British statesman for many years took prominent part in affairs of Empire is 74 years of age LONDON. October 14. Lord Asqulth ot Oxford leslgned the leadership ot i Libers) party in Great BrtUln yesterday. He recently vu engaged ui kuier but, controversy with former Premier Davwt Lloyd Oeorge. one hi fol- ler and who later took the Premierthlp from him. The dlaputu wa over i;'tm of policy within the party but the tplu between the two waa conaidered i cr lea healed lately. .Lloyd Oeorte will undoubtedly be an aspirant for the drrahtp and, while he enjoys a large measure ot popularity, it la very ques-oaable whether be wilt ault many of the party leadera. It la poaalble that old ,,-otlM may break out again but it la alao poaalble that unity In the party may r.c stats ot orougni awui wiui a new iraorr. ... The career of Lord Olford Herbert i Henry Asqulth). who la k 71 years of age. baa been moat dUtlngutahed among contemporary atateamen In land, where he la regarded a one ot DAWSON BOAT ! IS TOTAL LOSS HACK III' VESSEL BROKEN l IlINK mrni X.U.V.Mii: NOT TO HE ATTEMPTED i MOYINGPASSENGERS All Mill til He In kagay In Time Is J t'alrh lrlnr- M.ry N-u tVrrk WHITE HORSE. Oct 15. Stesmc-' Dawson of I he British Columbia Yukon Natlgallcn CXi.'s fleet struck a rock In tllnk Rapids kbout 9 JO ajn. Wednes- ; day tearing a big hole in her hull un-, der the boiler and settled down on uw rocks where the struck. She wss the , last bost of the sesson and left Dawson ' October 9. Rink Rapids ta about six miles north ot Five' Finger rsplds and aoout twenty eight miles north ol Car- j macks by rim. Although the boat Is a wreck on Ui rocks her bow l held upon the rock she struck and her stern la only forty feet from shoie. rsssengers and crew remained on board and su3ered no In convenience aa It was possible to maintain steam In the boiler and there was no damage to the passenger The boat's back Is broken and her engine room, which Is on the main deOc aft. Is flooded. Mo c3ort will be made to aalvag the boat aa Rink Rapids Is an almost'. Impossible apot to conduct J salvage operations and it la too lata, In the season to risk equipment. The wetUwr is cold -and all the aide stream i are throwing Ice. At the time the Dawson I struck ther was a gale of wind blow- I Ing from the north. There Is a rough trail running from Rink Raplda to a point on the overland trail about two mile south of Yukon Crossing. Oreenfleld and Pickering, winter mall contractor between Whlte- horee and Dawson, are handling tbo movement of passengers from Rink Rapid to Whl te horse Two mall trucks which left Wbitcborse Tuesday morntns with the first overland mall, reached Yukon Crossing this morning and transferred their mstl there, then com Ins back to Rink Raplda to pick up ths first load of paasengers. Nearly everyone who owned an automobile In Wbltehorse oflrred the use of their cars and three machines left here Wednesday htght and seven Thursday morn ing. It 1 130 miles by road to Car- macks. 151 to Yukon Crossing and Lfcbout 155 miles to Rink Rapids. The road la rough but good and solid aa the recent cold weather haa frozen up all the soft places. It la expected all the passengers, pie mall and most ot the baggsge will be landed In time to catch the Princes Msry out ot Skag-way October 20. The t steamer Dawson was rebuilt In Wbltehorse In 1WI. She waa originally built by the C.P.R, In 1898 for the Stlktn River. MINING ACTIVITY REVIVED AS RESULT OF NEWJREATMENT SPOKANE, Oct 15. New methods of recovery of alnc has revived activity in the Slocan mining district and resulted In old dumps ot mines being worked over. C. E. Calrnes, geologist ot the Canadian geological survey, declared at yesterday's session of the regional conference of Northwest mining engineers. (IHAIN AUHIVKK Forty-three carloads ot wheat arrived for the elevator this morning, 28 on one train and 15 on a second. I'AIVIM! THE MIL1K 'The new patient In Ward B Is very good-looking." aald the nurse. "Yts." agreed the matron, 'but dont wash hi face. He's had that done by four nurses this morning." Tit-Bits. The tomb ot Rsjah Baglnda, flrat Mohammedan mlsslonaary to arrive In the Sulii Archipelago, and father-in-law of the first Sultan ot Sulu, has been discovered on the mountain ot Bud Datu, Sulu. The Auttrallan cricket team on arrl val at Montreal enroute home, will travel to New York, thence to Buffalo, Chicago and through Calgary to Van couver. SRBSa2aBBBBB aBaBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBal Ej9mMH SatsBBBSSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl iKmK tJ KbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbP THOMAS MANN 13, aau his wife Nancy 60. who wtrrt reunited at Sparta, Wlsccnsln after a sepsrsUtn ot C yeara. The were married In, 1E63, uiJ lost trace pi each olirar In the cira. war Each, beLetlnj th other dead, remarried and each became the parent ef four children by their new mates. Through reccnu of the pension bureau they were brought together. VANCOUVER DRUG RING LNWIO.V, IT I Still, WILL IIILLOW K.XIII M IDE V.tVrilCVEK. Oct. 13. Opera-tloni oi a mrvotlc ring on an v-trn-lir tc-al will br mealed In court It It believed fatioulug raldt made )rttrnUy both here ami at Victoria t) MuaU of Kojal Canadian Pulire anil cu-tum officer arling on warrant rlurglng con-Kplrary. Three arrrl have been made and more. It It expected, will follow. Two Kx-rtf boats D.vnainttr of Yarn-outer anil M. lfiK of ?cat-tlc. were selrrd In Vancouver Harbor. pn la I onirrr Norman de llraes, who swore out I lie warrants re-fn Mil lo i-ninnirnt but It l known tluit I lie rlurr.1- were I J Id following a Irnjlliy ImrUatlon Into the alleged ring's operations .It t.i uid Hut senallonal etldenrr will lie adduced at the MitpertV trials. WIRELESS REPORT 8 a.m. DIQBY ISLAND. Rain, foggr. fresh S.E. wind; barometer 39.37; temperature 56: sea rough. DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer, 19.80; temperature 50; sea rough. BULL HARBOR. Overcast, fresh SE. wind; barometer 29.48; temperature 55; sea moderate. NOON' DIQBY ISLAND. Rain, light soutu- east wind; barometer, 29.40; temperature 66; sea moderate. DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer 39 - 80; temperature S3; sea choppy. BULL HARBOR, Rain, stroiu; BE. wind; barometer 39.47; temperature .58; sea, moderate swell. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Bid. Asked. Wheat 1.43 'A - . Dunwcll 1.00 1.01 Glacier .09 Oladstone 30t .32 Oranby 31.00 33.00 Howe Sound. 41.00 43.00 Independence UOOfi .08 Indian w...i -:,,.04i4 .03 Vi Marmot !.0S)j .10 Premier 2 00 2.09 Porter Idaho 08 .08 ft Silver Crest 07 .08 Richmond .07', .10 'FRANCO-GERMAN CONSERVATIONS ENLiLIM! PAPER TELLS 1)1' RECENT AI1KECME.NT AM) SIDELIGHTS OX IT BOUND BY THE TREATY IS STEP TOIVARllS CONSOLIDATION OF ECKOI'E AND EYEXTCAL IVOKL UPKtCE Fuller details ot the conversations between Germany and France are now available through the British newspapers arriving. One ot the best accounts la that given In the Manchester Ouardlan which aays: In a private conversation held at a email village not far from Geneva, M. Brland, the French Foreign Minister, and the German Foreign Minister. Herr Slresemann, came to a provisional understanding on all the main points Immediately at Issue between France and Germany. They cover the whole field of Franco-Grruian relations, and provide ( 1 ) For speedy and total evacuation ot the Rhlneland. (2) Early restoration of the 8ur territory to Germany. (3) The withdrawal of Allied military control in return for (4) Immediate monetary help to France through mobilisation of the railway debentures and a recasting of the Dawes scheme. (5) The repurchase of the Saar mines. (6) The satisfaction of the remaining exigencies ot France In the matter of disarmament and Germany's consent to a rather stricter League control than she was obliged to admit. But this Is only the bald skeleton. Germany's claim, which Is now admitted In principle by M. Brland, la based not only on the spirit and purpose of Locarno, but upon article 431 ot the Versailles Treaty. That article declares expressly that It before the expiry of the full fifteen years of occupation Germany fulfils her obligations under th treaty the troops ot occupation will be withdrawn. The pledge. It will be per cetved, la formal and explicit. No one can henceforth honestly declare that Oermany has not fulfilled her bond. She is therefore only claiming ptt right. FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY As tor the Saar, why await a nine yesr hence where its result la so absolutely certain Germany Is bound by the Versailles Treaty to re-purchase the mines on return of the territory; she Is willing to do so straightway, and (continued on page six) T Modern Biological Station 1 at This Port Will Soon Be Ready for Marine Research The station for the Biological Board ct Canada on -he government wharf, which will be formally opened In the near future, while not as large as som will be one of the most 'up-to-date plants of Its kind on the continent. When It starts activities with Its Intricate equipment for research work ot marine life, the establishment will undoubtedly prove cf great Interest to the public at large aa well of much value to the diversified fishing Industry In Its various aspect D. B. Finn, acting director, who will be In charge of the atation, expects within a week to atart moving his equipment to the building from the mill boarding house at Seal Cove where It has been temporarily placed. The official opening will take place at a date not ue-initeiy aet when J. J. Cowle, secretary at the biological board, will be present. I On the main floor cf the building will be placed the workshop and the heavier I experimental apparatus. Oa this floor. ' There the furnace la also located. It la planned to ultimately have a museum. . Upatalrs. however, will be placed per-ihaps the more interesting and certainly (the most delicate and Intricate of the I stations equipment. There will be two (large laboratories. One will be the biological laboratory where histUsgtad and bactologlcal studies will be purseud. Off MEN COM1NC. FROM VANCOl VER TO CIO ON" DRY DOCK WORK A further Crew of forty men Is Oue here from Vancouver tomorrow morning from Vancouver to Join the dry dock staif during the repair Job on CO. M. M. Canadian Importer. They will remain here for a month or until the work la completed. LABOR COUNCIL I HELD MEETING VAKIOIH JLlTTtKS CAME CP AT WELL ATTEMIED MEKT1NU LIST EVLMNU There was a good-sized meeting . of the Trades St Labor Council last night when general business was taken up. The this laboratory Is a dark room f:r pho-, president. S. D. Macdonald. wa In the tography ot microbe, etc. The second , chair. will be the chemistry laboratory with Its There was a reply from Frank V. fume cupboard and balance pillar sunk Foster of the Eight Hour Day and Mln-t twenty feet below the tailway track to unum Wage Board to correspondence In avoid the least vibration. On the bal- connection with breachea of the Act by lances to be Installed It will b possible certain stores and other establishments I to weigh the smallest bits of -paper and m the city. After this. If the Act Is not jeven pencil marks. Off this laboratory recognized , the Trades. &Labor Council ' wUl alao beUie constant temperature "Villi press for convicUoai. . " 1 ' ..." (room for canning experiments, etc The necessity of having householders ) On the second floor w-ai also be the U(i workers registered for the forth- general office, director' office and 11- .coming civic elections waa stressed. It brary and, above all. In the garrett. a u required that registration be made commodious storeroom. , before October 31. The executive will I assist the last week In the month on this matter. A letter was received from J. C. Brady. MJ.. In which a number of questions asked by the council were answered. There was also a communication from Miss S. A. Mills thanking the council for Its contribution to the Junior Football League. , I In view ot Information that the Fair Wage scale was not being lived up to In the district. It waa decided to cor-I respond with the Dominion Fair Wage i officer In Vancouver with a vlrar to .i11,1,j ine meeting neira representations on I behalf of salmon trollers who desire a JERUSALEM BECOMING A BUSINESS CENTRE Former itellslom Capital of llelng Modernized World li JERUSALEM. Oct. 15. In contrast to the recent disturbed and dismal conditions In Syria. Is the activity, prosperity and peace obtaining In Palestine. Jerusalem, formerly a city exclusively tor pilgrims and tourists. Is rapidly be coming a centre tor merchants and busi ness men. Under the firm. Just and Impartial rule of the British, the Jewa are rebuilding their rro isea una, making It. Instead ot a shrine where pil grims admired hcly ruins and dwelt In the glorious past, an up-to-date and enterprising country. Jersualrm now consists of two cities. the old and the new. The new. sprung up within the lsst few years, consists Ot residential, shopping and business quarters, Jewish settlements, schools. churches, and large religious institu tions. It Is entirely modern. The old city, flsnkrd on three aides by deep valleys. Is made up of narrow, crooked streeta, filled with loaded donkeys and camels and lined with romantic and historical buildings. Flsll AKItlVALS Only two boats one American and one Canadian sold halibut catches at the Fish Exchsnge today. They were the Blanco which was paid 19c and Be for 10.000 pounds by the Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co.. and the Ringleader for whose 2,500 pounds the same purchaser bid 18.4c and 0c. A large number of friends were present at the aalllug of the Prince Oeorge last evening to give a rousing send off to Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Hills who went united i In marriage last evening.. The hsppy couple were the recipients ot msny good wishes for their future hap piness. They expect to take up their permanent imidrnce In Vancouver. I more complete form of organization to ; give them the benef.t of protection, i Steps will be taken by the council to have an organization next season. effected before PRINCE RUPERT CONGRATULATED VANCOUVER HON!) FIR.M SAYS EXCELLENT PRICE PAH) FOR DEBENTURES The following letter waa received from Vancouver at the office of . the city Treasurer yesterday: Dear Sir We wish to congratulate you on the excellent price received for your bonds. We sre only sorry that we. could not submit a bid for same but we felt that we had all the Prince Rupert'a we are Justified in carrying, With all good wishes, yours very truly, ROYAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION LTDi; Per E. B. McDermld. ALLEGED KILLER IN NORTH TAKEN SPECT.tCl Ltll CIIASK DOWN Yl'KO.V Kit Kit AND OVKIILIND ENDS IN CAPTl'RE i , i i WHtTEHORSE, Oct. 15.-rAftcr a spectacular chase down the -Yukon River and then overland from Lake Lebarge, Jackie Mcintosh, alleged to have fatally subbed "Pelly Jim" on Sunday, was captured while heading for his home on the Hootaltnqua River according to word recrtved from Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who took up the pursuit. Mcintosh will, be brought here, the authorities stated, and charged with murder.