t 1 Boston Grin j 25 TAXI and Ambulance Larve Upstair Dining Halt, Service with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. Stand: Exchange Building PRINCE RUPERT The latest and bent for the MATT VMECK. Prop. leant Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper XVlI . No. 217. PRINCE RUPERT. B.C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1927 Price. El veiVnta CANADA JOINS LEAGUE OF NATIONS ENGLISH C annrln FJortoA tn flonf- in League of Nations at Geneva to Participate in World Affairs GENEVA. September 16. Canada is now a member of the League of Nation. She has the position for three years, having been choeen yesterday with two other countries for non-permanent .v-uts. Forty-nine states voted. Cuba receiving 40 votes, Finland '3S,, l.nada 26. Greece 23. Portugal 1C, Uruguay S, and Haiti 1. j The Canadian delegation gave a dinner last night which was , attended by 200 delegates to the Assembly. In a statement Senator ! Dandurand said: "Canada highly appreciates the honor implied in the expression of confidence manifested in today's election to the Assembly. It is the first time a British Dominion has been called upon co partic ipate with other world powers in the joint responsible i v of an effort to nettle world difficulties. HUNTERS MUST KEEP THE LAW I . I T Vuj. Dyk wrceant in charge ot ...f. .r,'. mitt ftklrK n. IBA1IV net t . say niit ihe law In regard to snoot -lnr 1 femn..' deer will be 11110(11 enforce. He iays mit hunter often cut up thfW game Mid bring It bane in pieces. which It contrary to taw. He quote the law which aaja. No person atoall km Jo Ma posestai VU cai-aia of any dm from which all !t lem'cs to indicate conclusively the of tue deer have been removed, un- the carcaaa baa been transported to t l( place where It la prepMetf to eon- j fine the ear-as. " : Two men are now engaged !n connect! n game law enforcement here. The i -c Bcri Van Dky and Oon. darn, s n ml attention Is to be paid to pro- ii ur Kama on &aien uiana. wmcu i aj.eriunent game reserve whereno t:ng ol any kind la allowed. SEES LONGER SCHOOL HOURS Victoria Municipal Inspector Forecasts Six Hour Day for Teaching VTCTORIA. Sept 16 Municipal In-- i r O. H. Deane told the city achool in at a apedal meeting that not i,!y would the aetuor gradea In the : Kila have to remain until tour ea:h ",. but that the day waa teat aproach-: - when the 4 pxa. regulation would no to be applied to all etudewta. A alx ar achool day would be required If .tudenU were to be required to i;r the curricula required by the mld- i-'.c achool aubjecta. PLAN RECOVERY ALASKA SALMON l'ifty Per Cent of Fish to lie Allowed to Iteach Spawning Ileds Each Year VANCOUVER. Sept. 16. Rapid and implete recovery of the Alaska salmon fUheriee la on the Way as a result of ' ve basic principle laid down by the 'ulted States congress that at least fif'.v per cent of the salmon run yearly niiiM be allowed to escape to the "pawning beds. It was stated by Henry OUalley, United States commissioner "f fisheries, at a dinner In his honor. MORElORSES FOR RUSSIA Sale of Another Thousand From This Province is Announced at Victoria VICTORIA. Sent IB. Preparations we proceeding for the sale of another nouand British Columbia horses irom " "e interior ramre tn th Union of.Sunloch . Republics. FIRM TO BUILD SENATOR FROM NOVA SCOTIA VISITS CITY Hon. Charles Elliott Tanner, llrre Lant Night, Mas Oner ITotlnrlal Tor . J. ... A Deled visitor tn the city last nlgb,t, 1 arriving tram the East by trln and wuins oj me rran ueorg ior van- n. u-rt- unuii. "". OT ncwu. mm own. a mnr of the Cn4U Senate. Senator Tan- ner. wjio la locaan-iftt-n on roe weave T Mr. Tanner, la well known at Iswyer and ha also been identified with mtlltatjr attains aa well aa for nny yeara with papleal aottvlUes. He ' -toe leader of the Oon-i scrvative party for the province ofi Nova Scotia and in January. 1917. waa PPo"t to the Senate. ARRESTED FOR MAKING FALSE AFFIDAVIT OF AGE OF HER YOUNG SON SOUTH VANCOUVER. Sept 16 Mra. Minnie Ferguson of Victoria waa arrested here -charged with being a party to wearing out a falae affidavit wnien gave her aon'e age over 21 when actu ally he waa a minor. According to public information the affidavit had to do with selling certain property left to her son. AIRPLANE CROSSED AZORES WESTBOUND HORTA. Aaorea. Sept. 16. An unidentified plane flying from west to east over Fayal today a routed speculation aa to whether or not It was a transatlantic flight. None 1 known except the one from Ireland. DOCTOR COLLAPSED AND DIED IN TEN MINUTES VICTORIA, Sept. 16. -Dr. Henry Mac-Laren. 62 yeara of age. on the medical staff of the William Head quarantine station, collapsed suddenly yesterday and oled in ten minutes. VANCOUVER CHILD DIES INFANTILEPARALYSIS VANCOUVER. 6ept. 16. Evelyn Hunter, aged eleven, died here yesterday of Infantile paralysla. It Is stated that no other cases of the dteea are reported here. VANCOUVEK EXCHANGE Bid. Asked 14.75 ; 15.75 .06 Vi -07 .43 .46 .1414 30 v .00 Vi .07 .08 -03 .03 Si a-21 251 354 33 MM .16 .20Vi -21V4 .01 n -01 5 .65 30 -31 Ooaat Copper Cork Province Dunwell Gladstone Independence Indian Lead smith Lucky Jim Premier porter Idaho Richmond , SUversmUh I Big Missouri n IRISH VOTE IS COUNTING Government Leaders Confident of Success; Nothing Definite Until Next Week Hl'lll. IN, hejit. 1G Teller- today hrgan the counting of an unusually liemy tote rust In )rtrrday' tree Mate rtettlon. lib the gBvrrnment Irailrra eprewln- confidence that .the remit constituted a xtronj rn-dorieinent of the administration. tlnly fragmentary knowledge of the outcome it rubable before ne.t week. Three people were wouuilei, one MTlouoly. In a fight hetwern llanna Tail and (iuvef iimrnt mp-portera at Itaphoe. Donegal, last night. A number of arroti tooV place In various part of Ireland. CUT OF LOGS Toial for Year no far Over Fourteen Million Feet Ahead of Last AUGUST A GOOD MONTH Scale to the end of Last Month Was 86,371,609 Hoard Feet The total log scale for the Prince ' Rupert district had to the end ot August reached the total for the present year of 86,71.609 board teet which la over fourteen million feet more than for the same period last year, according to the ofpolal report just Issued. The total scale for the month ot August was 14,876,344 board feet as compared with 12.954.410 teet tor August of last year. In addition to the logs cut there has been a large business done in poles, piles and ties, the total poles and piles for the year reached well over a million lineal feet, and the ties cut have totalled halt a million. Details of the August scale In board teet follows: ' Douglas fir. ...... 452.709 Red cedar 1,905,165 Coast Spruce 3.788,481 Interior spruce V A. S 317.615" Hemlock .: 5.824,911 Balsam 2,436,293 Cypress 2,278 Jackplne 28,095 Cottonwood 122,797 Poles and piles are measured by lineal feet, cordwopd, shingle bolts, fence posts and pulpwood bv the cord and ties are counted Individually. The scale of these for the month follows: Poles ..' 332,128 Hemlock Piles . 3,149 Cedar Piles y . 53.125 Cord wood 146 Shingle Bolts 1 Hemlock ties 13,105 Pine ties 100,807 Pulnwood 404 PROMINENT WINNIPEG LABOR MAN IS DEAD ST. JOHN. N.B., Sept. 16. R. S. Wsrd. director of Manitoba Workmen's Compensation- Board and secretary of the Wtanipeg7Tratlba Labor Council, was found dead in his 'compartment oh the train arriving from Moncton today. GASBOAT WAS FOUND RUNNINGBELLA COOLA BELLA COOLA, Sept. 16. J. Wedge, a fisherman, is thought to have been drowned. Hla gas boat was found running tree ui the inlet. If THREE GIANTS NOW IN SECOND PLACE i Pittsburg Pirates Still Have Four r:mu t lrl j In N'n!n.nl ,. i I ' ... Uutedale League, However - - f Abeut atzty men are at present em- NKW YORK, Sept. . The FltUburR ployed at Khutse Inlet, on the main-rtratea atttl 'lead the National League land bet wean Btitedale and Swiruon by four bd a lull temet. Tetcrday they defeated tie aton Bniiua by a ae-.re of 2 to i. Tk&iew Tori ounu asain ahared to dHttbie header with the St Lane OwAutla with whom they are ted. Only the three gaj were pteyed In ta National League. It waa the elfbth aueoaaaive win for .he Pirates and the third time the Olaau sad Cardinal bad divided a of a northern buslneM cruUe. Mr. 1&Ub!-j-beader. ' Durr'.tt stais that be. was Informed TTe Pirates will aof have to meet a I. .jteea tone railroad waa to put the Oianta In a tow gaaie ecries at In tn cnuect the valley. In which the nttiburg and toe Out)., in the same mine la ly-aled, with tidewater. A tre-number at Chicago. I meslous b.d ot ore Is aald to have been Darkness ba!t4 tfee aectind Slants- Cardinals game Is tfce, eighth. , The Cleveland IMlaas atspped a ; sever, gaaoe wlnaSvg Screak tor the New iotk ianacea a so . i rousocipzus , Athletics oontlrmtd their bold on second place by winning S to 4 over Chicago. Detroit Tlgrtt started to close up the gap for ttilQl place between themselves and tfce Washington 6ena-i tors whom they defeated 6 to S while1 St. Louis beat the cefiu dwelling Bjs- ; ton Braves 2 to 1. f AH games but one In the Big Leagues The day's scores were as follows: NATIONAL LCI (HE . New York 11-S. St. Louis 3-8. Brooklyn-Chicago, rain. Boston 1, Pittsburg 3. VMKUICAN IXAtilC Cleveland 3. New York 2. Chicago 4, Philadelphia S. St. Louie 2. Boston 1. Detroit 6, Washington S. Ll:(il K STANDINGS National W. . L. , Pet. Plttetmrg 84 53 1 .613' New York 80 58 .581; St. LOUls 80 58 .5311 Chicago 78 61 .561 ; Cincinnati 67 68- . .497; Brooklyn 58 80 .420, 3oatOO 55 83 .390 Philadelphia 48 89 .350 American New York 99 42 .702 Philadelphia 82 57 .590 Washington 74 65 332 Detroit 77 72 JI7 Chicago CS 73 .472 Cleveland 61 78 .439 St. Louis 56 83 .403 Boston 47 91 .341 Business of British Coast Is Progressing by Leaps and Bounds VICTOUIA, September 1G. leaps and bounds and Victoria their facilities and increasing business, G. V. Holt of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Vancouver, said when addressing the Pacific Foreign Trade Council today. The Panama Canal had shortened the time to Europe and lowered the cost of handling charges, and the regular freight line services had been established from the Pacific Coast to Europe by 31 lines. Where a few hundred bushels of wheat used to be the export of wheat in 1923 and 1924 now it was fifty mUlion bushels and there was every KING BORIS IN LONDON TODAY LONDON, Sept. 16. King Boris of Bulgaria, travelling as Count Riilski, arrived' In London today from Scotland where he has been thexguest of the King and Queen at Balmoral Castle. Matchmakers are speculating as to whether he will find a bride In this country. ?i" i NO GRAIN KKOM VANCOUVEK V VANCOUVER. Sept. I6VN0 grain was shipped from this port during the past week. Advertise lu The Dally News NEW SHIPS FOR KHUTZE INLET GOLD MINING Imported That Sixty .Men Era- ployed H'v;8 on Rig i"-rXJ, Property Near , Biy. u the eoaat from here, by trie sewnue Mining .. in which New v ealtat la interted. in extecahe development work en a big jald mining pro. - 5itl n. repjrta H. M. Burrltt. jepre-1 .'entail; of the dry gooda concern of! tl I M Ka SXuth & Blair Co., who ar- rived ' 6rt uat nbiht cn the toer 1 ya:ht Pride of the West la the cotine Masked r ut. the value being estimated at J5,0O0 COO. IOPS OFF ON LONG FLIGHT Captain Macintosh Leaves Dublin for New York in I'rincess tXenla f H:in.lN,'iepL lti-f-ptaitrR.,H. Marlnt'ikh In tfTe plane Prince rnia hopped off at tJl this after-nnn for New York. He experts to make the flight In lb' hour. He plt krd up- a black rat Jul before the take off fuiylng, "Thin certainly I.h an omen of good lurk." Two lat airplanes from the 1'rce Mate rworted the Intrepid flyer to the rtiit. Marlntovh U known a the "pilot of the night" because he claims, the rword for the largest number of nocturnal flying. He has thirteen years tperirnce and the reputation of being one of the best pilots In !! world. He served In the war. resigning from the alrfurce In 1919. I'ntll two months ago, when lie resigned to prepare for his transatlantic flight, Macintosh was with the Imperial Airways and Is credited with having crossed the channel more times than any other flyer. .lie Is 31 years old, unmarried, .lie is accompanied on this flight by Commandant James Fitr-mn u rice of the Kree state air force, who also served In the ar. NEW YOliK, Sept. 16.' The weather bureau reported conditions fair for flyers. i Columbia Says Bank Manager Vancouver had progressed by and Prince Rupert were enlarging indication that It would be one hundred million in the near future. There was a large tonnage of lumber on the Paci fic which had offered attraction to shippers. I On the reverse side Iron, steel and heavy manufactures suffered from equal facilities offered to Europe but on the whole the advantage was on Canada's side. DOES NINE MONTHS FOR SETTING FIRE TOHIS DWELLING PRINCE GEORGE, Sept. 16 Berlin P. Sylvls -was sentenced by Judge Robertson fo nine months' Imprisonment up on conviction for arson In connection with a fire at his dwelling last Contracts for Vessels Given to Great Britain Saving Three Millions OTTAWA, September 1C Three new steamships to operate on tho eastern route between Canada and the British West Indies wj purchased from Cammell Laird Co. of Liverpool at a cost of m gjnooo it is officially announced by Minister of Trade and Com- Malcolm ' Qnf ty,0 m5ni.tor BuiA v M0.,H.rl ail 111MIVUK UIC ailUVUHKUIVUkt .1 wm.m "V 111. ii j mat iiio KUrrmiiciii w b uuauic iu firm. This was due to the fact that $6,820,000. The vessels will provide mail and freight steamer service in accordance with the Canada-West Indies trade agreement " COXEKVATIVES : NELSON NOMINATE IML I. E. IJOKDEX NELSON, Sept. 16. Or. L. E. Borden,' a medical man and an old time resident ot the city. was last night chosen by the Conservatives In convention here to contest the Nelson riding In their Interests. Another candidate ' for the nomination waa former Mayor McHardy. The seat "whitfl is veeanj as. a 4 result of the death of premier T lv!T E'&'JS ..'Sfi JS'-. five montha. Solar The iJberalt nave not nominated tne man who is to carry tne uovernmeni colors in the big contest. . ;' BRE ACH OF PROMISE SEITLEMENr HAS BEEN ARRANGED VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, Sept. 16 Counsel for Miss Rods Stewart Porter' In her breach of promise suit against Kenneth Nelson Frost, until recently second purser on the Empress ot Russia, announcer to day a satisfactory settlement of money had been arranged. Mr. Frost recently married Miss Alice Dalzenna Walker after an acquaintance on ahlpboard while she was en route to Asia In the course ot a world tour which was Interrupted by romance. FISH ARRIVALS Total of tift.fMM) rounds of Halibut Sold at Exchange ThH Morning A total of 63.000 pounds ot halibut was sold at the Fish Exchange this morning as follows: American Seymour, 36.000 pounds, Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co.. 16.6c and 7c. Sumde, 18,000 pounds. Booth Fisher ies. 17.1c and 7c. Onah. 1000 'pounds. Booth Fisheries, 16.9c and 7c. Canadian Brant, 2.000 pounds. Canadian Fllsh it Cold Storage Co., 17.8c and 7c. DISTRESS SIGNALS -FROM JAPANESE SHIP ' SEATTLE. Sept. 18. Distress signals from a vessel, believed to be the Yo6hida Maru No. 1. were received today. The ship, which Is carrying 30 men, Is more than a thousand miles off Cape Flat- tery In the ship lane between Seattle and Japan. CHINESE GOES FREE LACK OF EVIDENCE VANCOUVER. Sept. 16. Dang Shek Chuen charged with being implicated in the shooting of Louie Man Har and Wong Park ot the Chinese Morning Newa tn August was given his freedom today by Magistrate Shaw because ot the lack of evidence against him. OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL EMiMSII IJlA(ilE. IHV. II. FullJiam 2 Nottt, Fcre: 0. CANADA ruc hic wuwun m vnouin the lowest Canadian tender was TRADE COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION Gathering at Victoria Talks of Future of the Pacific Ocean VICTORIA Sept. 16. More than six hundred delegates Including leading financiers snd Industrialists ot Canada and the United States are here tor the P&elfle -Forelffn trade cemffreu. 'premier liacLean vesterdav welcomed 'hjjjegates on behalf of the.provlnce. 5ayirtg he trusted the deliberations would lead to the expansion of trade In which all the west would benefit. Mr. Justice Macdcnald. who was the chief speaker tn the morning, said at tentlon bad been directed today towards the Pacific Ocean. Not only as a great highway ot commerce but also as a centre of diplomatic problems. Businessmen and traders could not-ignore their Inheritance. The strategic position as the gateway to the Orient ot the porta of Victoria and Vancouver and the states of Wash lngton and Oregon and California would rival and eventually "pass thoe of tlie Atlantic, said Edward p. Kem-mer. secretary to the council. ' PORT CLEMENTS MILL FOR SALE Being Offered by Trustees of Bondholders to Satisfy Claim for $225,000 VANCOUVER, Sept. 16. The sale of the Canadian Lumber Yards Ltd. was ordered today In the supreme court by Mr. Justice Macdonald on anappllcatlon made on behalf of the Montreal Trust Co.. bondholders and trustees, whose claim is approximately $225,000. The sale Is to take plce on October 31. The assets include an equity In a lumber mill at Port Clements on Mas sett Inlet. THREE MONTHS SELLING DOPE Chinese Merchant in Vancouver Gets Deserved Sentence for Trafficking VANCOUVER, Sept. 16. Lore Tip. Chinese memchant. who was recently i convicted of trafficking In parcotlcs. was sentenced , yesterday by Magistrate Ftndlay to three years in the penitentiary and was also fined 200 with the alternative of tlx months additional ILIJONAIrtdflOM BACKED FLYER NEW YORK. Sept. 19. WUllam B. Leeds. American millionaire, is Captain Macintosh's chief backer, but the pUot 1 said to have put aU bis 'own re sources into the flight. The plane is named for Princes Xenia of Greece, wife of Leeds.