SIX HOUSES WERE BURNED NEAR ANYOX;: HI.STIIICTEII DUTIIUT WII'EU OCT Malt KMELTEIl TOW& CALSINU SIU.IMK) LOS Fire breaking out about three o'clock yesterday afternoon and still raging hen latest reports were received last nlglil caused the destruction ot sU haune- -comprising the so-called rc- j trti-Ved dUtrlct at Anyox. According to advices sent to provincial police headquarters here by Constable William Smith of Anyox, bush fire was the cause of the conflagration. Soon the group of houses, which lie across the slagplle about a mile west of the tmeltcr town proper, were In ccthlng flames and beyond control. While the women resident therein are understood to have saved some of their belongings, an unofficial estimate places the loss of residences and content at 10.000. Some of tlx women took refuge In Chinese premises not far away while others were given shelter In town. LINDBERGH IS GIVENOVATION rn!.sr.NTi:i with ilyino moss IIV PRESIDENT COOI.IDOE AND WELCOMED IIV VAST TllltOMI WAS1I1NOTON, June II. - Over a triumphant routo which was lined with throngs of people and leading to Vho llnhet honors the nation can bestow on heroes. Charles Lindbergh came back to America. Smiling and waving acknowledEement. the young airman who made the New York to Paris flight utepped ashore shortly after noon from Hhe cruiser Memphis and was whirled away at the head of a triumphant ' .. . . ..ll.UBII j " Shaughhewy Hoepital, ' ttnrarifi .Inn. TAn nmvl van A AVC Bt the end under the shadow of the Washing ton monument waited President Cool-lilge to bestow on him the Government's new distinguished flying cross. Vast throngs witnessed the ceremonies and gave Lindbergh a, great welcome. FRENCH TrOOPS'ARE WITHDRAWNFROM SAAR HAAjiDRUCK. June 1. French troops ftUtlnni.ri In tho Hoar V&lleV SlnCC the pro-sent Intomstinnsl resime was estab liMicd- tlhdcr tthe-treaty of Versailles were withdrawn yeswrtlay and will be replaced by an International protection -orce comprising British ana oldlers. INVALID SOLDIERS CHINA TO VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, June 11. The nucleus ol a staff to handle Invalided British Holdlers and sailors from China will arrive In Vancouver on June 19 It was learned today, It Is expected that 100 patlenU win ...t..Aii. Ha unit to sote comiiieme piikmidu poincaiie AtiAINST KAIMCAI.S PAMS. June 11. Premier Polncare won a vote of confidence In the chamber of deputies on the Government program of stern repression of radical activities. The minister of Justice Is pledged to rigorous prosecution of the guilty even though they be members of the chamber of deputies. HALIBUT LANDINGS ARE HEAVIER TODAY A merles n Yakutat. 47.000 pounds, Canadian Fish & Cold 8torage Co.. 12.6c and Ac. Yukon, 28,000 pounds. Booth Fisheries, 13 Ac and Vc. Onah. 13.000 oounds. Pacific Fisher ies, 13.0c and 6c. ('uiiuilitlmi Chief Skugald, 30.000 pounds, Canadian Fish k Cold Storage Co.. 12c and 6c. Morris II.. 10.000 pounds, and Olbson 0.000 rounds. Atlln Fisheries, 12.5c and 7c. Atll. ll.ooo Dounds.lCanadlan FWi at nold storazc Co.. 12.6c and 7c. Verna. 7.000 pounds, Royal Fish Co., 12-4C and 7c. II. and R 0.500 pounds, Doom rian- cries, 13 5c and 7c. Agnes D.. 1.500 pounds, Atlln Fisher lea. 12c and 7c. N. As 8.. 5.500 pounds, Atlln Flslicrles, 12.8c and 7c. Mayflower. 10.000 pounds, Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co., 12.5c and 7c. SUPERSTITIONS OF PEOPLE OF POLAND WELL ILLUSTRATED DANZIO. Poland, June fll. Armed with knives and other weapons, the In habitants of a small Polish village near Danzig recently broke Into the house of a wealthy landowner named Zyrercmskl, Intending to kill him and demolish a wireless receiving het which they bellvede was responsible for a violent thunderstorm that raged throughout the night. Hearing the approach of the mon. which numbered about 1,000, Zyrezem-ki and the members of his family and servants, fell to the floor, pretending thev were struck by lightning. View lug the apparently dead bodies the u.t.i became nanlc ' stricken . and fled. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE B.C. Silver ... Coast Copper Cork Province Belgian SDtinweu uiacicr Oladstone . . . Independence Indian Lucky Jim . Premier Silver Crest Burf Inlet . 8unlor.h . ... Bid. Asked 1.52 15.75 10.00 .01 Vi 09 1.42 .08 -08 .24 .27 .00 K .09 .04 .04 H .20?; 2.00 2.12 oo y, .07 .01 .02 .80 .90 Mf and Mrs. J. D. Thurber and family are planning leaving toward the nf this month on a inn 10 nova l li " j fjrotla, I.KAdl K .HTA.MHM1S .National l.eugue W. Pittsburg 13 Chicago 28 St. Louis 23 New York 26 Brooklyn 23 Boston 1 Philadelphia IB Cincinnati 17 Aiiirrlmii League New York 34 Chicago 32 Philadelphia 28 Washington 23 Cleveland 23 St. Louis 22 Detroit 21 Buxton 13 TAXI 7 .. Boston Grill 25 nd; "'Jin inn- n,-.... Ma mlm Ambulance Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing Service floor, for hire. Anywhere Bt Anytime NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. Stand: Exchnngc Building PRINCE RUPERT The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. MATT VIDKCK. Prop. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Trice Five Cent! Vol. XVII., No. 13G. MINCE RUPEIIT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 11. 1927 RAILWAY BONDS TAKEN UP QUICKLY SMITHERS CONVENTION PASSES NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS Fifty my nrif rv n mmwn uouars Railway Bonds Sold in Canada and the States NEW YORK, June 11. More than fifty million dollars of the sixty-five million dollar loan awarded to a selling syndicate this week was sold yesterday, it was learned. Sixty per cent of the sale of thirty year four and a half per cent bonds was accounted for in the United States and forty per cent In Canada. Additional large subscriptions were received from Institutions and estates. An interesting feature in connection with the offering, it is stated, is the large number of subscriptions for sums under ten thousand dollars from individual Investors. Subscriptions were continuing to be received at the syndicate headquarters this morning and it is expected the entire issue will be over-subscribed today. PITTSBURG WON; YANKEES LOST TABLES TlllNKH AMONU LEADER'S IN 111(1 LE.Wil K BASEBALL GAME YEJSTEIIUAV NEW YOIUC, June 11. Pittsburg Pirates. National League leaders, got their revenue vesterdav afternoon from the New York Olanta who had beaten . ....... ...... nnnfnB In n Mntt. T ... n If. I the form of a 13-4 win for the Pirates. Chicago retained second place in the league by defeating Brooklyn, while St. Louts was being beaten' 11-8 at the hands of Boston. Cincinnati Reds got Into winning stride again and took' Philadelphia 0-3. After being defeated three times. Chicago White Sox came up from behind In the American League and took the fourth igame of a series with New York Yankees 4-2. This was the series In which the Sox had hoped to take the American leadership. Their effort In the dliect tussle, however, proved abortive. Philadelphia Athletic strength ened their position In third place by defeating St. Louis 4-3. Washington Senators defeated Cleveland 0-5 and De troit and Boston, cellar teams, were Idle. The games resulted as follows: NATIONAL LEAUIE New York 4, Pittsburg 13. Philadelhpla 3. Cincinnati 9. Brooklyn ,J, Chicago .5. Boston It. St. Louis 8. AMERICAN LEAOIE Chicago 4, New York 2. , St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 6, Washington 6. L. 15 10 19 21 30 23 20 33 17 20 22 24 28 27 20 33 Pet. .674 .500! .559 5531 .434 .425 .422 .310 .680 .616 .500 .489 .451 .449 .447 .283 OLIVER WILL RETIRE SOON Olll.r.M SAYS HiKMII.lt HILL NOT LEAD liOVEKNMENT AT NEXT IM ELECTION ( Al.tl.tltY. June 11. Brigadier-(irneriit Vlrlur Oillnin. M.UA Inter-leel jrslrnluy when en rtiute lit Viinioiner follovilng I rip l On-liirln during wlikh he Mted Premier Olher. wilil the latter would not lend the gntrriinieiil at the net eletllim In llrltKli Coluinlilii owing to lll-heultli. (linernmeiil reirKn-IiiIIiiii V.1111I1I be iinilertukrii In I he neur future. ST. ANDREW'S WILL BE REPRESENTED IN PAGEANT ON JULY Tho St. Andrew's Society' has decided to put a float In the pageant on July 1. This was the chelf .topic of dis cussion at the meeting last night over which Howard Steen, vice-president, presided In the absence of J. 6. Irvine, president. The committee delegated to make arrangements for the float consists or Oeorge Abbott, William Millar, Howard Steen and Robert 8tuart. The Society also decided to have Ita annual' picnic on July 24, Motorshlp Belllngham, Capt. J. E Anderson, arrived In port early this morn Inn with two carloads of mild cured fish for traifsshl'pment East over the Canadian National Railways. Sam Barlon was fined 123, with the option of thirty days' imprisonment, by Magistrate McClymont In the city police court this morning for drunkenness. im eg iwAtm 'M . . ... SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD Canada's First Premier, whose term of office began shortly after Confederation, the 60th anniversary of which is bcinj v observed this' year, - Execution of Twenty People in Moscow Was an Example of Bolshevik Mentality at Worst t MVTtiMrV? Inn II TVlrt t-tf1.1 rl!ld ll 3 1 Jl tl Pt .1 TTl til J nf tHl Bolshevik mentality at its worst it was remarked in British tiff icial circles in reference to the execution of twenty people in, Moscow yesterday. It was charged that the anti-Soviet activities .included furnishing information to the British diplomatic mission in .uoscow. Dismissing the charges against the British government as ab-thirtyycar four and a half per cent bonds were accounted for In ..1 u: t !,.., ln in Inutlttiln rniirn nf tfsrrnr and nlsn to make a false n II lllif 1 1 ucfl la w litmuun. " " - - - appeal to the Bussian sense of nationalism, making them believe that the Soviet Is threatened by foreign powers. I Anti-Government papers seized tnc , occasion to renew their attacks ori the 1 Baldwin Oovernment for breaking off diplomatic relations with Russia. l.S. HOH.ll MAKE ri:iu-im ai. i-eaie Baron don. unii 1111: 1 kencii WASlltNOTON, June 11. rhe Oovernment of Franco v" notified today by the state department that the United States would bo pleased to negotiate It possible an agreement lor a treaty of perpetual peace between the two nations. LATE TELEGRAPHS Mrs. Emllv Palmcrson. 27. of Wlnnl peg was found dead beneath her bed. the victim of a murderous attack. Two armed bandits stole: a package containing 3.700 fronv H. Salvan3cht, msiwgtT of a Toronto printing office as he was leaving the establishment. Ho was knocked down and the bandits escaped. Montague died today In Lon- Police quelled a demonstration In front of the British consulate at New York today- protesting against the British position In China. THREATENS FIRE ON BRITISH AIRPLANES CHINESETERRITORY shanomai. June H General Pie Chlng Hela, commander of the Chinese Nationalists, has Issued a warning that his troops will fire on British airplanes flying owr Chlnow territory. IRISH HOUSE UNCHANGED I Kit Ki;s IIIVEN OIT MlltltV UOV-EKN.MENT KKTl IINEO TO POM Ell ANI VALEKA EI.ECTEU lit III. IN, Juiif It. Preliminary figure In the IrMi eleetlons Indl-rule lliut llirre will lir no markril cliiiiice In the piilitleul llueup In (lie new Itull. I'ri-mler Ciifgrop anil many ministers will be re-eleted anil Yuleru will uKo lie returned. LINDBERGH He said dls here valtln' Vas purty darn dull. So he yump In his ship An' he vave an' say: 'Skull" An' Ay An An' he fly to tne North the. East, an' don't drop. he .made. It to Paris '.: I ...';.! 1 ' fcy 1" v'e hopY lak dis man Lindbergh. dandy nne kid. Ay lak him. by ylngo. Ay lak vat he did. Vile dem fallcrs talkln' Yust vated an' vated, DIs. Lindberg. he yump up. ... By ylngo, an' make It, J. W. Foley, Miss Helen Crawford la a passenger aboard the Prince Oeorge today return- fn hr tinms in Stewart irom tne ... -- Columbian College at New Westminster John Fitzgerald, Interested. In Stew art mining. Is a passenger from Victoria bound north on the Prince Oeorge to day. Fishery patrol cruiser Rlvldls arrived In port from down the coast last night with Overseer D. S. Cameron on board, Warner First President Associated Boards of . Trade of Central B.C. NUMI5EK OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY NEW ORGANIZATION. SEVERAL pF. WHICH AFFECT TOUT OF l'MNCE UUI'ERT SMITHEUS, June 11. Larry Warner, editor and proprietor of i. i,.!...-;,,.. fCon.a w9 f'nnwn first nresldent of the Associated ,i IIIIUII.SI ' V- " V. .. . . " " " 1 i .1 ..e T-., r liritisd fViliimliln nrirnnizpd vpsterdav. It. C Mc- DWclIU Ul iiiiuc Jk J"'.'" w . .. . -e v - Corkell of Vanderhoof is vice-president, and Harold Mathews of . IKI ll J.. A. I. .1 Smithcrs is the secretary-treasurer, ine executive is to ue maue up of the presidents of member boards. Among the resolutions passed Dy ine organization was one asking for a lower freight rate on coal from Alberta to central B.C. pjlnts proportionate to a rate of M40 to Prince Rupert, and to reduce fTvprrm TA 'he frelzht and express rate on B.C. IV IIMIVmII III grown fruits and vegetables to central . 1J Jl I VUlil 1 V to that chargea , EC; points proportionate nnml nnil I1T1 :o the prairies tnereoy k encoumijc :rasumptlon of B.C. products. Reduc tion of two dollars a ton on hay and vegetables from central B.C. to the mar- :ets was also asked. Another resolution paved was one nklng for a local boat to ply from Prince Rupert to the Islands, Portland Canal. Anvcx. and the canneries. The 'convention asked the Dominion lavcrnment to construct a telegraph ,'jinc. jMtween Prince, Oesrge and Mc- Brlde. to Inereaso the dock accommodation at Stewart, to establish an experi mental farm along th line of the Can adian National, to spend five thousand dollars in Improving the waters and rapids north of Fort St. James to the head of Takla Lake for the benem 01 miners, tourists and fishermen ana hunters, which use It extensively. IIKillWAVS A matter of more general Interest to which the convention went on record was that the Dominion Oovernment re new its hlzhwav loan and that the Provincial Oovernment complete at the earliest date possible the trunk highway from the Alberta boundary at yeuow Head nass to Prince Rupert, the sections now completed being Incorporated In the scheme. The oovernment Is to be asked to formulate a definite plan of roadi and trails and to appropriate a sum every vear" for the purpose of opening up the country by roads and trails to aid the prr-spector northerly to Bablne Lake ana fr-rn Terrace some 700 mile past Alice Arm. Stewart. Mezladtn Lake, across the Stiklne River to Telegraph Creek and Atlln. COMPLETE I'.O.E. The Associated Boards also asked to have reverted crown lands more easily obtainable for pre-emption thereby more qnlckly settling the province and again making the lands tax pnwucuig. would either sell ine r. u. r.. railway on the best terms possible sub ject to completion to "the canaatan national or have the government complete the same Itself to Prince Oeorge. :hief skugaid here after three months absence from port After an absence from port of three months during which time unfavorable weather and persistent engine trouoie was experienced which caused consid erable loss on operations, the fishing schooner Chief Skugald, owned by cap tain Smith of this city and sklpperea by Capt. William Parsons, arrived in A nVlnrk last nlEht W1M1 a halibut catch of 30,000 pounds for sale at this morning's Exchange. The ves- sel left, here on March 8 and since mat time landed two catches one of 10,- 000 pounds and the other 21.000 pounds at Seward. One spell of engine trouoie caused her to drift away from 23 skates of gear, lEKOINAM) NOT III. BUCHAREST. June 11. Reports that King Ferdinand Is again seriously 111 are declared here to be without founda tion In fact. Walter Shaw, who Is now engaged In ranching In the Fraser Valley, arrived In the city on the Prince Oeorge this morning In connection with hi local Interests, WKITEU FEAKS EXTINCTION OF ONLY lIKItll IN WOKLIl NOW LEFT SEATTLE. June 11. Edison Marshall, the American author cf outdoor stories, who left here this morning for Vancouver en route to the Yukon last night when Interviewed, warned against "free or.jr sealing. While tn this his seventh trip to the far north he Intends to. gather fadts regarding preparations of eeal privateers to undertake hunting expeditions on a large scale as soon as the present treaties expire. He said that while seal eoata may be more plentiful and cheaper for the following few years, vast profits' would accrue to hunters and It would mean before long the extinction of the only herd of fur-bearing 6eala in the world that rears Its young on Prlbllof Islands. UNITED STATES WILL HAVE BIG STAFF AT OTTAWA NEXT MONTH OTTAWA. June 11 With establishment of the new United States ministry, and Including the consul-general' and commercial attache's departments. the American ministry In Ottawa will be two or three times as large as the Canadian staff In Washington. The two departments are entirely separate but will be under direction of William j Phillips. United States minister, who In addition has his own diplomatic sun. Trvlnff N. Llnnell assumes the consul- general's post early In July, while Lynn W. Meeklns, for years unnea oiaws trade commissioner here, will become commercial attache and with his staff of eight will operate under the minister. FRIENDS PAY THEM SURPRISE VISIT TO MAKE PRESENTATION About twenty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Alois Ohnesorg, who were recently married. Joined )n a surprise party on them at their home on Eighth Avenue West last night. Dancing and music, as wen as delicious refreshments, were enjoyed and the presentation of a beautiful silver sandwich tray was made to the bride by Mrs. Charles Edwards on behalf of the company. WILKINS LEAVES FOR UNITED STATES Entire I'erumiiel vt Itelrult Expedition on Way Home but Plane Mill In Hangar FAIRBANKS. June 11. Captain Wll-kins and his entire personnel of the Detroit expedition, left today for the United States. The Stlnson plane Detroit No. 2 Is left In, the local hangar as there Is no sale for It. CANADIANS AI1A1N WIN . WESTPORT, New Zealand. June 11 The Canadian All-stars defeated trie Bullet team here today two goal to nothing! . A