TAXI Boston Grill W LV andl Arabul?.-.?, ServU Largo Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid daucing Anywhere at Anytir rl!ani floor, for hire. Stand: Exchange Building NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. MATT VIDECK. Prop. PRINCE RUPERT Tho latest and best for the . least. J'hone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Vol, XVII., No. 111. PRINCE ItUPEUT, B.Cr THURSDAY, jfAY 12, 1927 Prlre Flv- Cent HUM OF AIRPLANE HEARD MOW A Y MILO EGGERS ACCUSED OF HI-JACKING REACHES Two Newfoundlanders Heard Hum of Plane on Monday Morning KESI'ON.SIIILU .CITIZENS TESTIFY THAT IN THE CLOUDS AT 9.30 ST. JOHN.'S. Nfld., May 12. Testifying John Casey following requests broadcasted for garcling the possibility of Nungesser and Coll of the airshin "White bird" having flown over Newfoundland, Patrick O'llrien and Captain John Stapleton, both residents, of Harbor Grace, declared yesterday that they heard an airplane overhead at 9.30 Monday morning but it could not be seen owing to heavy clouds. It is considered possible that this Information contained in a repor to W. J. HIggins, minister of justice, may have the effect of B.C. STUDENTS GET DIPLOMAS j KKIIAIill tll.l,M!t'l(Y HI' Tills CITV AMOMI TII(M: (ilt till ATINCI UtO.M INIVLKMTV VANCOUVER. May 12. More than w.. ..ui.drrd university of DC. students becom: mooters or bachelors of arts, m f?r,culture as a result of the Una) examination recently concluded. ; c:::ua) convocation ceremonies be r. i ;en Wiay. Harold D. Smith in i the Governor General's gold mriai H. It. Lyle Strerght received oc mention: W. Kaye Lamb gets U Hi a! Society gold medal In r.:: c.-v- t: d Miss Undine Howay carries off e.j Al,.ance Franca Is gold medal. Ak-j -hi students who gradute Is Rl .'rt Pii.ibury. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. PS., jury of Prince Rupert. CANNERYWINS COURT ACTION MUilsHtAlK li; I.AKI.S AllAINKT HliKIIM, I.K'KNSK AM llCI.Ml IIIAONO Jl UIll( ri(tN VANCOUVER, M,y 12. - Magistrate Alcaide dtaiUscd the action agilnst Uie tSoinmcrvllIe Cannery Company 'au -.. by the federal department department of on a charge of operating "tucry without a license. The jnntry contended that the fcMii vtrnmcnt exceeded It Jurlsdle-t; a in compelling companies to take out -. ftdml llron. Th: decision of the magistrate. If not ule In a higher court., will affect all .nnrrirs tn th province and par- J! tly the life of the floating can-"' I urel Wlwleu, which the fisheries Vrtment have tried to tie down to t m at one place. PENS IONS FOR BX. PLANNED VICTORIA, May 12. The draft rcgu-intlonp under which the new Canadian '1 Asm Tension Bchcmo will fee administered in British Columbia la now under consideration by the Provincial Government. The system will be crtab-cd n nm, ,t , 10 the ljcme may jnaugurotcd tariy in BRITISH OFFICIAL AT VATICAN IS PERMANENT LONDON, May 12. Foreign Secretary namberlain announced in the House Commons today that the matntcn- - oi an official as British reprcsen- "uve at th. Vatican, established In 1914 VU now I'd r. t,i.-,!. ..I , (K. rnr H1nent Dolirv rrf h. f u was generally considered that the .'CUon was taken so as to crtab " i closest relations with the Holy " furthering peaco overtures by " otiher iwpons'ible persons. PLANE PASSED before Magistrate iniormaiion rc luioiuvraoiy narrowing the search area for the airmen. Bath declared they were responsible citizens and knew at the time they heard the machine that the traus-Atlantlc flight was in progress both theught the "hum'' was that St. John's plsne. No plane so at as known, has made a Xlliht to New- foundland recently. . machonai.d mokes MIJIMl MKAM UK NOW liCIOIti: PARLIAMENT PHILADELPHIA. May 12. Right Hon. J. Ramsay Macdon- aid. leader of the" British Lafwr party and former rremlcr of Orcat Britain, stated here yesterday that the Labor Bill now in the committee stage In Orcat Britain, Is so Iniquitous and so dlfJoya! that Impeachment of tho present Oovernment If It Is enacted, would be justified. BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL Null. mill l.rox. it-St. Louis 1. New Ycrk 10. Cincinnati S, Brooklyn 7. Chicago 2, Philadelphia 3. Pittsburg 4, Boston 4. AmrrU-im l-rtifiif Boston-CIevelsnd. rain. rblUddi.tila 3. Detroit 1. Washington 1. Chicago 4. New York 4, St. Louis 2. l.i:(il K STAMMMl .Nutliiiial ; w.-;:,l. Pet New York 15 8 .652 St. Louis . 13 , 8 .619 Philadelphia 10' 8 .158 Pittsburg ...10 0 .526 Chlcao '.. 11 10f .524 Boston 0 11 .450 Brooklyn B. 13 .373 Cincinnati .......- 7 16 2 10 Anirrriin New York 4 18 B .607 Chicago 13 11 .577 Philadelphia 13 10 .563 Detroit It " .500 Washington U 12 .478 Cleveland U 13 .458 St. Louis 8 11 .450 Boston 0 10 .273 ONLY THREE FISHING BOATS SOLD CATCHES Only three beats qld catches today at the fish exchange and these were Canadians, ns follows: Terncil, 5.200, at 14.70c and 8c to Colli Storage. Tramp, 8.000, at 14.40c and Oc to Booth Fisheries. R.W., 7.500, at 14.10c and Bo to Booth Fisheries. SOVIET DELEGATION RAIDED BY POLICE LONDON, May 12. Police raided tho lieadquartcrs of the soviet aejegation to Orcat Britain out no arrests were made. U;.L IKO.M WINDOW. VANCOUVER, May 12. N. E. MolTatt, commercial traveller of Montreal died as a result of a full from a 'hotel window here Sunday morning. ORGANIZATION TO LOOK AFTER GAME GROUNDS i i,i:umam:nt nonr to isk i oicmkii as A ni;sri.T or mi diino last I MOIIT IX (irV HAM. At a meetlne last nlirht In the cltv police courtroom of the committee from ! the fair Board and baseball and football awooiatlons, which has been dealing with the improvement of the Acrop olis Hill grounds, It was decided to: form en organi7atlon which wlU be S knwn as the Acropolis Hill Orounds Improvement League. The league shall :onsht of two representatives frcm each ' of the athletic, fraternal and public cer-lce bod'es In the city. Officers will consist o: a caalrman. vice-chairman and secretary treasurer and the object of Ihc organization will be to raise money. by means of special attractions, amuse ments, pcrcentacc 0: gate receipts, etc.. at the grounds, for (the purpose of lm proving and protecting the field. A committee was named to draw up constitution and Invite the various bodies to participate in the work of the 4esue. H. M. Wlnlow acted as nccrc liary of the meeting. The Prince Rupert Players" Clul. through Cecrge Mitchell, volunteered to stage a repeat performance of the farce. "Nothing But The Truth" for the benefit of athletic, ground Improve- meats. A . commutceawas appointed, to complete arrangements for the Ktaglng OT the show, the date of which will be announced shortly, Another committee consisting cf Ben Self. Bert Mcrsan and Douglas Frlzzell was delegated to confer with Lieut. R. P. Ponder, officer commanding the local detachment or the Royal Canad'an Naval Volunteer Reserve, with a view to staging a basketball gome next Wednesday night between a local team and another representing H.M.C.S. Patrician which wUl be here at that time. A number of other means will also he devltcd to aid the league In the near future. MINISTERS AT EDMONTON ARE VICTIMIZED 01 nii:i iiv man who r!tniKi to in: r.i kksity a,..sa.M.vrt: YKAUS .KIO EDMONTON, May 12. Variants on the well-known "confidence came" arc many, and smooth, well-spoken gen tleman from Nova Scotia has recently developed a new one with ministers of the gospel ns his victims. He first looks up the educational re cord of the Intended victim cf the touch." locates the university and class ycara cf the minister, and then pays him a visit. The man from Nova Scotia Is an eld class-mate of the minister; he names the college and the year, end gives other detaUs. "Of course. It's so many years airo. you don't remember me." says the pxcudo class-mate. "But I remember you perfectly." Then he gets down to business. He doesn't know anybody In the city but the minister, his old class-mate. He Is temporarily short of money la expecting a remittance, etc. and would like th minister to lend him a few dollars. Sometimes the minister does and sometimes he doesn't. Scotch Presbyterians, for Instance, proved canny souls who .weren't to be imposed upon. Anyway, tho gentleman from Nova Scotia got away with some $20 or 30 from trusting Edmonton ministers, and now the city police are anxious to havo an Interview with the man who was the cl.ns-m.ate to so many confiding brethren of tho cloth. FEDERAL, BY-ELECTION IN ONTARIO JUNE 23 OTTAWA, May 12.Wrlta for the federal hy-electlon of Carleton. New Brunswick, have been Issued, the election to tak place on June 23, Advertise la th Dally News. CHINESE GIRL boils eggs in the hot springs nea" the city of Shanghai. Sailors can be ?ccn waiting for the eggs when she lets them down with a rod and net till they are cooked NO SHORTAGE SAYS OFFICER IU MOICS ALWAYS ( I ItliUXT THAT MOt DIt HA-4'ni-K.V.TAKKX IN cam:?- or m:izi ke SAN FRANCISCO. Msy 12,-- Collector M customs William Hamilton declared that thire were no gr.undi for suspecting a shortage of the Fcderalshlp cargo. "There mmcrs arc current In all such cases," he said. -"They were current about the Coal Harbor. and tbe Quadra but a check shewed that more liquor was aboard each vcwel than was . called for by the manifests, which probably were purposely Incorrect. In the case of the Fedcrashlp there were guards re presenting the emttms service and coastguard, nine or ten men watohlng one another as well as the cargo, and there was no opportunity to remove any of it." MRS. McINTOSH IS AGAIN PRESIDENT OFMUSICAL CLUB Mrs. R. L. Mcintosh was re-elected president of the Ladies' Music Club at the annual business meeting held yes terday afternoon in the Japanese Mission Hall. Mrs. Shclford Darton was re-elected vice-president and Mrs. Ernest Anderson was again returned to 'the post of secretary treasurer. Tho executive for the season 1027-28 will Include Mrs, F. P. Kenny. Mrs. Donald Ross. Mrs H. C FrRPcr. Mrs, E. W. Marcn-tctte, Mrs. Jarvls McLcod and Mrs. O. A. Woodland. The club has concluded its activities for the present season but the exccutlvo will meet toward the end of this month to draw up a program for 1027-23. t;.Tiii;it itKi oitT. Trlnco Rupert. Part cloudy, fresh southeast wind; temperature 45. Haxclton. Part cloudy, calm. temp. St. Telegraph Creek. Cloudy, calm. temp. 45. Smlblicrs. Clear, calm, temp. 46, Burns Lake. Clear, calm, temp. 40. Terrace. Clear, calm, temp. 43, Alyansh. Clear, calm, temp. 44. Alice Arm. Clear, calm, temp. 47. Anyox, Rain, calm, temp. 53. Stewart. Rain, cahn. temp. 44. Whltchorse. Clear, temp. 45. Dawson, Cloudy, calm, temp. 48 VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Bid. Asked Wheat 1.52', Coast Copper 8.75 0.60 B.C. Silver 1.73 1.75 Glacier ,00 .11 Dunwell 1.41 1.42 Gladstone ' ' .24 .26 Independence '".0OJ4 ,10 Indian ti -A -08 I & U ' fy10',4 ,12 Premier 2 08 2.09 Porter Idaho .18 .16 , ARBITRATION IS ASKED BY FEDERALSHIPi not Hf.MOIt THAT 1.1(11(111 MlSSIXU MAIlE, IIKK KKT1 li TO VAN. CO I VKK TO CHECK CP VANCOUVER, May 12. To assess (damages for her Illegal detention In San Francisco, , appointment of arbit rators under tbe United SUttes-Panama treaty will be sought by counsel for the Canadian-Mexican company, charterers of the steamer Fcdcralshlp which Is here still. Rumors of a shortage In the liquor cargo caused the owners to order the return of the Federal ship to Vancouver. It Is rumored that two thousand cases are missing. It was announced last night that the llqucr would be resnipped to Buena Ventura where It was originally conjured. BUDGET FOR CELEBRATION SET AT $4,000 LMXITIU: COMMITTI i: HAH .MKHT-1NCI LAST .NKillT TO PLAN I'Olt VAKIOCS ItEI'AUTMENTS Ol liltl hU.M The Joint executive committee of the Dominion Day celebration had a meeting last night in the city council chamber for the purpose of preparing estimates fcr the big forthcoming event. The result of the deliberations was the retting of J 4, 000 as the cost of the affair. A. J. Prudhommc, chairman "of the ccmmlttcc, presided and the following were present: L. M. Fuller, H. M. Daggett. H. R. Love, O. W. Johnstone. P. W. Anderson. Aid. W. J. Greer, Sidney Bird, R. V. G. LcPlne, Fred Wcsch, II. B. Rochester. D. H. Hartncss, R. F. McNuughton and II. A. Brcen, the last mentioned Vctlng as secretary. For the various departments of the celebration, estimates as follows were allowed: Publicity s........ 500.00 Sports 9OO.0O to 1,000 Children's and field sports.... 1350.00 Decorations 300.00 Parade i (150.00 Floats and prlr.es ' 350.00 Reception 300.00 Flags 200.00 Music $150.00 Contingencies ;. 650.00 The meeting received a communlca - tlon from the Ladles' Music Club asking that It he represented on the celebration committee. It was left for the chairman to arrange for the appoint-merit of a delegate. Advertise In the Dally News. Milo Eggtrs Taken Out of Cell Under Proted After Guns Were Levelled and Sent.Qff to B.C. TACOMA, May 12. Under heavy guard Milo Eggers left here on the United State's coastguard cutter Areata for Victoria last night to face trial on a charge of shooting Einar Larum during the hi-jacking of the gasboat Had.iel in March, 1924. When Forbes Cruikshanks and other British Columbia officers and a Taeoma shotgun squad went into the jail yesterday, the visit apparently surprised Eggers, who protested he "did not have to be taken away" and refused to come out of the cell. He picked up a heavy pot and exclaimed1: "Come in and I'll knock your head off." The officers levelled "their guns and the prisoner shambled out and was shackled by an officer. VICTORIA, May 12. Mlla Eggers. who .;r many months successfully resisted 1 xtrodltlon to British Columbia to face I a charge of murder, arrived here this ucri'.lr.g and was landed In Jail to i ' alt trial. FORTUNE TELLING SOMETIMES TRUE BUT ONLY IN FUN EDMONTON, May 12. In a recent case a woman, charged wltS fortune telling, was found net guilty. A certain husbind whose wife came home "raving" after a, visit to the fortune teller, laid the charge. The latter, on her own be half, denied any psychic powers and did expect pccple to believe what she said, altSough "tald In fun they some- .'rnes come true." Asked if her csilers pi.'d. the answered, "Some don't. Her daughter, a witness, said, "When fclxs leave mtney It Is not thrown into the street after them." The Judge trying th- case admonished her in this wire: "Don't tell fortunes lest je pi! bcl.eve yoU." DAMAGES GRANTED INJURIES ON CAR EDMONTON, May 12. Damages of $1,500 and hospital costs cf 4193 have been awarded by Mr. Justice Walsh In the supreme court in favor of Mrs. Cn thai lnc Barclay, widow of the late L. T. Barclay, for Injuries sustained last August by a fall in a moving street car! which broke her hip. His Lordship) round on the evidence that there had been an unusual Jerk which Indicated ncjllje -cr sa the part of the rnotor- tr.-.r. and that the city had not met tha cnus upon It ta sh?w there was proper t.:crut:cn of the car. RESERVE JUDGMENT EXTRADITION CASE VANCOUVER, May 12. Decision was reserved by Judge Grant In connection with the proposed extradition cf Henry Sereth. president of the fcankruDtt01 wr.c to to Col Col. Southern Alberta Lumtcr Co. to the United states, fieretli 4s sjught In New Ycrk on a charge of larceny and he dishonored a check on a Seattle bank. WlltKLKSS KEI'OKT. 8 II. ill. DIOBY ISLAND Part cloudy, fresh southeast wind; barometer, 29.08; temperature. 43; sea choppy: 8 pjn. epoke steamer Mogul, Stewart for Anyox, 70 miles from Anyox; 8 p.m. spoke steamer Qucenmoor, bound for Prince Rupert, 600 miles from Estevan. BULL HARBOR. Part cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer, 30.08; temperature, 45; sea moderate; 8 pm. spoke steamer Richard Holyoke. Seattle for Petersburg, 280 miles from Seattle: 8 pjn. spoke steamer Prince John, 80 1 miles from Pine Island, southbound; j.8 :20 p.m. spoke tug Cape 8cott, weather-.bound at Cumshowa; 10 .pjn. spoke ! steamer Catala, left Alert Bay at 8.33 I p.m. southbound; 8 a.m. spoke tug St. I Faith In Matheson Channel southbound. NOON DIOBY ISLAND Showery, fresh S.E. wind: barometer 30.02; 'temperature. 47; ePa choppy. ! BULL HARBOR'. Part cloudy, fresh 1 westerly wind. 30.18; temperature, 48 1 sea choppy. The British steamer Qucenmoor, which Is due here on Saturday f rsm the Orient to load grain for the United Kingdom or continent, gave hsr position by wireless at 8 o'clock lost even Ins a 60ft miles from Estevan. CANADA DRIVE MADE , FOR TAXES IF.Ii:ill, (lOVKKNllKXT ACTIVITY ItliMLTS IN INCKKASCII COLLECTIONS OTTAWA. May 12 As a result of more aggressive methods by the 'departmjnt cl national revenue, sales tax receipts for the flret wees. In May more than d:ubled over the corresponding period, last year. The total in the week was over two million ddlars. The depart ment la taking steps against firms and individuals In arrears. Likewise action kls being itaken against these whose at- 1 tempted evasion of excise tax has figured 'n the customs investigation, Under the act passed at the recent I session, a monthly return of taxable sales Is celled for and new penalties are provided fcr failure to comply wljh the provision. ) All collectors are being circularized end the conditions of the statute outlined. Even thcugh a taxpayer in arrears may be unable to pay, the return is called fcr and failure to make It Is subject to a penalty of (25. for each case while Interest is to be added to the amount in arrears. The Increased revenues are attrlu:cd partly to the more aggressive campaign and partly to the improved business conditions throughout the country. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED COL 4. W. M( IM)I.I.S TOOK OVER I'llKslltENT'.S HAVEL AT LINCHEOX OP KOTAItY CI.ITJ TOKAY Installation of officers of the Prince Rupert Rotary Club took place at the weekly luncheon in the Commodore Cafe this afternoon when C. H. Ormc, retiring president, turned over the gavel J. W. NIcholls, presl- dent-elect, who. with the following other officers ,wlll have charge of tho affairs of Rotary locally during the coming twelve months: J Secretary 5. D. Johnstone. Treasurer George Rorle. Executive O. A. Bryant, John Doro and Wallace C. Orchard. MUST PAY FOR ILLEGAL ACT HAH CONTRACTS WITH .Ml'.MCII'AL-1TY WHEN ( Ol NMI.I.OK AMI W.S ,1'INEI) COSTS VANCOUVER, May 12. Emmanuel Olrard was found guilty of havlngan Interest In contracts with the municipality of Coqultlam while council!? in 1925 and 1926 and was ordered to pay the municipality1 .penalties' ot . $2,500 andl$lo;'bui'itr. .KisticVOre- gory announced ihtei!wpu)d1 relieve Olrard of these 'penalties If the defendant paid the municipality $300 'and plaintiff's costs. KILLED BY TRAIN AS DRIYING COWS AOASSIZ, B.C., May 12. While drlv. Ing cows home from pasture Finlay Sinclair, 34 years of age, was hit by a freight train and kUled.