COAL
OUTPUT
ON
INCREASE
MUST
OlU
MONTHS
or
YEAU
WEI.I
AHEAD
Of
SAME
IN
lUiti
VICTORIA,
Way
33,
The
output
ol
the
coal
mines
f
nrltlnh
fVilumhl
li
-.
avw.
ilium.
...
.
w
.
t
.
.
jm
h
grestied
(54.236
long
tons
compare,
with
609,307
long
tons
In
the
same
perloo
In
I
nor
.
j
.
-
.
ill
829
tons
according
to
figures
compile,
by
the
provincial
department
of
mlne-.
and
Issued
under
authority
oX
Hon
William
Sloan,
minister
of
mines.
Thl
in-Truing
production
Is
due
to
the
in-
Tensed
domestic
demand
conwquen
upM
the
continued
colder
weather
con
di.loni
during
the
spring
months.
Vancouver
Island
collieries
in
the
four
months
produced
475.329
long
tons
compared
with
380.613
ton
In
the
corresponding
four
months
of
1J8,
an
lu-:rease
of
94.916
tons.
The
Crow's
Nest
Pass
district
output
was
also
higher
at
310,879
tons
as
against
259.257
ton-
last
l"r,
an
Increase
of
61.622
tons.
Tlit
Nlcols-Prlnccton
district
made
an
In-
rrcase
of
8,425
tons.
Coke
production
for
the
four
months
a
3158
tons
compared
with
36.81B
tons
In
1926,
a
decease
of
5,761
tons.
LIFE
SENTENCE
TO
YOUNG
BOYS
AMil
NKIIOI.MIN
UETS
I
tl
I!
W:ltS
Hllt
.MANsUUtiHTEK
AT
CLOSE
Of
ASSIZES
VANCOUVER,
May
23.-Angus
Nlchol-"ti.
convicted
of
manslaughter
In
con-ixxtlon
with
the
death
of
Marshall
D-ntglaa,
was
this
morning
at
the
close
ol
the
assizes,
sentenced
to
four
years
In
the
penitentiary.
William
Pasquale.
sixteen
years
of
ago.
s
given
llfo
Imprisonment
for
a
statutory
offence.
Russell
Stonehouse.
18
years
of
age.
'M
given
life
imprisonment
for
a
similar
offense
to
that
of
Pasqualc.
WON
WSHiTE
BY
NOSE
ON
SATURDAY
TORONTO,
May
23.
Ryland's
News
Troulct
won.
the
sixty-eighth
running
ce
for
the
King's
Place
on
the
open
"
aay
of
the
Ontario
Jockey
Club's
nect
coming
in
Just
a
nose
ahead
of
""mo'b
Mr.
Oalety.
The
third
horao
as
Seagram's
To
et
which
was
three
tngths
behind
the
other
two.
HELD
UNDER
SUSPICION
OF
MURDER
OF
SHERIFF
Alan
Cobham,
British
Ion;
distance
aviator,
who
flew
from
London
to
see
him.
Lindbergh
said
he
did
the
whole
flight
by
dead
reckoning.
"We
didn't
carry
any
astronomical
Instruments
don't
know
how
to
use
a
scx-
Ttnx.1
1ms
said.
.
-
'
Speaking
of
the
probable
fate
of
the
rench
flyers.
Lindbergh
said
"there
re
a
hundred
things
could
have
hap-ened
Nungesscr
and
Coll
If
they
had
ad
weather
this
side
of
NewTound-4nd.
The
thing
that
seems
not
lm-robable
Is
that
they
got
Info
a
sleet
torm
that
they
might
not
have
been
able
to
get
out
of
or
climb
above.
As
soon
as
he
had
had
breakfast
yes
terday
afternoon
Lengbergh
telephoned
to
his
mother
who
Is
'a
Detroit
High
Scoot
teacher,
this
being
the
first
Ume
a
private
call
was
made
between
'ranee
and
the
United
States.
HALIBUT
LANDINGS
TODAY
103,500
LBS.
Three
Ainrrlmn
hiiiI
Klflit
Ciinaillan
llonU
.xlil
CutHii".
at
ll-h
K-iuiisp
IliU
Morning
Halibut
sales
through
the
Fltfh
Ex-rhange
this
morning
totalled
103,500
pounds,
three
American
vessels
selling
58.500
pounds
for
bids
ranging
from
IGo
and
8c
to
16.1c
and
9c
while
eight
Canadians
sold
43.000
pounds
at
prices
from
13.1c
and
8c
to
13.6c
and
8c.
Arrivals
and
sales
were
as
follows:
American
Lltuyn,
30.000
pounds,
Dnoth
Flsh
cries,
16.1c
and
9c.
Rrctra,
23.000
pounds,
Royal
Fish
Co.,
16c.
and
8c.
Alkl,
5.500
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
ti
Cold
Storage
Co.,
16c
and
8c.
Cunatllaii
W.T.,
4,500
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
ti
Cold
Ctorage
Co.,
13.5c
and
8c.
Helen.
7,000
pounds,
and
Bayvlew,
3,-500
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
tt
Cold
Storage
Co.,
13.3c
and
8c.
DJS.T.
6,000
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
U
Cold
Storage
Co.,
13.1c
and
8c.
Torberg,
3,000
pounds,
and
II.
U
R.
7,500
pounds,
Atlln
Fisheries,
13.4c
and
8c.
Nautilus,
5,000
pounds,
Canadian
Fish
ti
Cold
Storage
Co.,
13.4c
and
8c.
Viking,
8,500
pounds.
Atlln
Fisheries,
13.6c
and
8c.
TWO
FLYERS
ARE
RESCUED
UNTENANTS
CAKIt
,NI
dll.L-.MAN
PICKED
I
V
IN
PERSIAN
il
l.r:
MACHINE
WRECKED
MMLA,
India,
Mar
2:1.
I.lrulrn.
ant
(
jrr
and
(illlinau
of
Hie
Itoyul
Air
I
nrie
Mlu,
started
from
England
t'rlilay
on
u
proHrtl
non-stop
flight
to
Calcutta,
hair
lirrii
reMiird
In
(lie
IVrslaii
(iulf.
1
hrlr
plane
huh
forced
ilimn
ut
that
place
uml
li
u
total
urrck.
KARACHI,
lixlla,
.May
23.
The
forrrd
descent
of
Unit,
Carr
anil
lillliuaii.
British
'atiators
mi
a
non-stop
Hlght
(o
Imlla.
wilt
caused
by
the
rvlian-tlon
nf
llielr
gasoline
supply.
The
aviator
rame
down
the
the
straits
of
Onnur.
1-1
nillr
south
nf
ic
ltat.
has,
Persia.
The
si
was
ritinh
w
llir
plane
wa
nluiiiilnnrd.
Their
lime
In
Die
air
31
lnnir,
31
in
I
ii
ii
I
r.
Iliev
wrrr
within
mm
nftlr
of
llirir
ilrvll
nation.
(
IIKKISV
A
Nil'
.WTI.K
OKdl.lltllS
IN
lll.OOM
NOW
.JT
TKKKACK
TERRACE,
May
23.
The
hot
eunny
weather
of
the'yist
few
days
has
worked
marvels
with
the
Brdens
and
Nature
generally.
Trees
are
well
out
In
leaf
and
the
cherry
and
apple
orchards
are
In
full
bloom.
EDMONTON
GRADS
EASILY
DEFEATED
CLEVELAND
LADIES
EDMONTON,
May
23.
Edmonton
Commercial
Or
ads
defeated
Newman
Sterns
of
Cleveland
In
the
first
game
here
Saturday
night
or
a
series
of
two
for
the
ladles'
basketball
championship
of
the
world.
The
score
was
23
to
10
In
favor
of
the
locals
who
had
things
their
own
way
throughout
the
encounter.
The
second
and
last
game
will
be
played
Tuesday
night.
THREE
LOCAL
GIRLS
PASS
EXAMINATIONS
VICTORIA,
May
23.
-The
results
of
the
examinations
for
positions
as
stenographers
In
the
provincial
civil
service
Include
the
names
of
three
Prince
Rupert
girls.
Misses
L.
E.
Maclarcn,
L.
M.
Cross
and
Vera
Smith.
m.Nsri,
Ki:.Movr.i.
SHANGHAI.
May
23.
Tho
British
Consul
at
Chlaklan'g
has
been
withdrawn
and
all
tho
archives
of
the
consulate
removed.
Charges
and
Insinuations
in
Connectioni
Campaign
Funds
Disproven
Says
Commission
VICTOKIA,
Way
23.
The
Oliver
Government
Is
completely
exonerated
of
all
the
charges
and
insinuations
made
airalnat
It
in
.nnnnillnn
with
nllnirpfl
Imnrnnur
naa
nf
ll,,.,
!
..!
..
miinwiin
o--
r-i'
v
nuuui
vuliiiiiissiuiia
lur
m.n
"rV!11,
w"h-
My
23
-rour
i
campaign
funds.
The
report
of.
the
Upyal
Commission
investigating
ta
rewrdir
l
T
,or
'fTTl
the
charges
leaves
not
a
shadow
of
suspicion
on
the
government.
The
Wood
ciark,
commission
neara
evidence
n
connect
on
with
the
ellegatlons
and
county
sheriff
who
was
nd
killed
from
ambu.h
near
Ya-
so
n
number
of
defence
witnesses
and
the
result
of
their
probe
it
Sunday
afternoon
while
leading
a'shows
that
the
charges
were
purely
of
a
political
nature
nnd
had
no
"Rid
pn
a
mountain
distillery.
'
bnIs
of
fact.
Lcaguo
baseball
representatives
ci
East
and
West
are
back
at
their
respective
sections
today
with
a
fair
Idea
of
the
the
fourth
time
In
a
row.
Saturday's
Scores
NATIONAL
LEACl
K
Cincinnati
5-6.
Philadelphia
2-5.
Chicago
8-11,
Brooklyn
4-6.
St.
Louis
5-0,
Boston
3-2
Plttrfjurg
6.
New
York
3.
A.MEItlCAN
I.EAOI
K
Washington
6,
Detroit
9.
Philadelphia
S.
Chicago
7.
New
York
4,
Cleveland
&.
v
.
Boston
4,
St.
Louis
7.
"
fn
inlay's
Scores
NATIONAL
l.lvUII
E
Philadelphia
4,
Brooklyn
20.
.
Pittsburg
0,
New
York
4.
Chicago
4,
Cincinnati
8.
AMKIilCAN
I.KAJU
K
New
York
7,
Cleveland
2.
Washington
6,
Detroit
6.
Boston
9,
St.
Louis
6,
Philadelphia
(I,
Chicago
1.
LCWJI
K
SI'ANIil.MlS
National
League
'
W.
I
Pittsburg
17
Chicago
18
New
York
10.
St.
Louis
17
Philadelphia
14
Brooklyn
14
Boston
10
Cincinnati
11
Ainrrlcun
laRiir
New
York
'
22
Chicago
10
St.
Louis
10
Philadelphia
....
....
17
Washington
14
Cleveland
14
Detroit
13
Boston
0
11
13
13
12
14
31
10
21
10
IS
14
16
IS
.
17
16
21
DESTROYER
PATRICIAN
Pet.
.607
.600
.594
.580
.500
.400
.483
.344
.087
.550
.533
.515
.483
.431
,448
.300
LEAVES
FOR
SKIDEGATE
t'uiiailliin
WMmlilp
Sullril
Sunday
Morning
AUrr
live
Itay
VWt
to
Prince
ltiiiert
With
a
few
officers
of
the
local
detachment
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Reserve
on
hand
to
see
the
vessel
off,
II.M.CS.
Patrician,
Capt.
Agtiew,
after
a
rive
day
visit
to
this
port,
sailed
at
9
o'clock
Sunday
morning.
The
destroyer
will
be
making
a
base
for
the
next
few
days
at
Skldegate
In
connection
with
the
patrol
of
the
fur
seal
25
TAXI
Ambulance
and
Boston
Grill
l,arge
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime
floor,
for
hire.
Stand:
Exchange
lluilding
NKW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
MATT
VIOKCK.
Prop.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
XVII.,
No.
120.
Vol.
aril
)
PRINCE
ItUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
23,
1927
Price
Five
Ontr
LINDBERGH
TELLS
OF
HIS
BIG
FLIGHT
BRITISH
FLYERS
WHEN
QUI
'OF
GASOLINE
DROP
INTO
SEA
Lindbergh
Flew
as
Low
as
Ten
Feet
from
Water
During
Part
of
His
Big
Flight
Across
Atlantic
Says
if
he
had
known
weather
as
had
he
would
not
have
made
attempt;
climbed
over
a
storm
and
flew
by
dead
reckoning
PAIUS,
May
23.
Referring
to
the
airplane
and
himself
a
we,"
Captain
LindeberK,
who
arrived
here
Saturday
niirht
in
hits
monoplane
opini
oi
oi.
icuis,
ioiu
nis
story
of
the
flight
to
news
papermen
after
he
had
had-ten
hours
sleep.
The
story
follows:
"After
we
got
away
from
land
we
ran
Into
fog,
then
rain,
then
hail.
Sometimes
we
flew
not
more
than
ten
feet
above
the
water
while
the-
highest
altitude
reached
was
ten
thousand
feet.
W'c
went
up
that
high
trying
to
get
above
a
storm
4but
the
average
altitude
while
doing
the
second
thousand
miles
of
'the
flight
was
less
than
ICO
Icct.
If
we
had
known
the
weather
I
would
be
as
bad
over
that
part
of
the
ocean
a
It
turned
out
to
be
we
ahould
1
.
.
.
not
nave
started
but
once
we
trot
Into
It
there
wasn't
any
Use
turning
back.1
In
response
to
a
question
from
Sir
GKOUP
OI'
NATIVES
from
Shanghai,
all
graduates
of
Shanghai
University,
who
came
to
America
to
take
post-graduate
courses.
They
arrived
at
Seattle
on
the
liner
President
vMcKinley.
BIG
SHAKE-UP
IN
NATIONAL
NEW
YORK
OIVKS
WAY
TO
I'lTTS-III
Kll
AMI
CIIICAtiO
AT
TOI
OF
STANNI.Mi
NEW
YORK,
May
23.-
-Rundlng
out
a
1
V
INTEKIOIC
Mirrftooos
A
UK
TO
IK
IIEVEI.OI'EII
Development
of
.extensive
limits
of
poplar
and
c&tQnt
wood
on
the
Skecna
Rlver;wnr:.V
'.j
ine
uiminaiea
Matsnais
Co
New
Wcslmlitster.
will
EDMONTON.
May
23.
Hon.
George
commence
this
summer
accord-
jioadley.
minister
of
agriculture,
and
B.
complete
swing
of
their
circuits.
Major
down
the
Si.ceaa
I
FUR
TAX
SITUATION
IS
BEING
REVIEWED
Tun
Hundred
.
Application
to
Leue
Alberta
saiiii
IjiikN
for'
Mukrat
Kahilis
-v..u
ivuii
we
t
law.oa,
'.oniei
game
guaraian;
win
at
soutn.
Tne
legs
win
be
brought
tend
a
meeting
,ln
Winnipeg
on
Friday
a
distance
of
and
Saturday
at
which
all
the
western
PO
miles
and
will
be
towed
from
DEER
SEEN
OFTEN
IN
WESTVIEW
NOW
ONE
LAKY
KEI'OKTS
IIAVINO
SEEN
AS
.MANY
AS
TllltEK
AT
ONE
TIME
IN
BACK-YAK
It
Srirrnl
residents
of
WrllrH
report
seeing
drrr
fording
as
close
llirir
backyard.
One
lady
saw
three
at
a
Mine
and
luo
others
wiw;
tun
each,
Thry
are
hrllrx-d
In
liatr
lirrn
does
anil
yrarllugs.
The
eliding
and
griming
mrr
ullh
Inikh
nf
Mnrrsliy
Airline
since
tin-
plank,
roadway
was
pulled
up
N
mi
III
to
hair
made
n
good
frril-Ing
groiiml
Ihrrr
and
llir
drrr
cni
nrr
thr
It
1
1
1
tonard
the
nalrr
slilr
of
llir
mtIIoii.
VANCOUVER
KXCHANGK
Wheal
...
H.C.
Silver
Bid
1.53
It
1.00
Const
Copper
10.73
Dunwcll
.
.
,
.
.
Gladstone
.
,
Independence"
Indian
.....
L.
ti
U
Lucky
Jim
.
.
Porter
Idaho
U2
.23
W
.08
.07
UVi
.21.
.15
AtiEll
I'KIEST
DIES.
Asked
1.07
1U3
1.33
.27
it
.08;
07
A
.12
.21
Vt
.I5VV
OTTAWA.
May
23
Monslgnor
Joseph
provinces,
Ontario,
and
perhaps
Que-
there
on
barges
to
vSricr
West-
bee
wlU
be
represented
by
their
mlnW-
4
minster
for
manufacture
Intn
JU
i
irm
nf
ac7HiiltiirA
aH
V,ay1
i,,nu
nft-
kind
of
bball
produced
every
other
vcneer.
'"-
-rT
Zr
team
In
the
leagues.
U
'
'
jl
,.
.
,k.
The
New
York
Yankees
are
still
lead-!
a
1
j.
a
A
.
T
I!"."
.7
"
.
.
"
lng
the
American
League
by
a
long
margin
over
Chicago
after
a
triumphant
tour
of
the
west.
Pittsburg
ascended
to
the
height!)
lu
the
National
League
circuit
yesterday
after
a
brief
reign
by
the
Chicago
Cubs.
To
do
It
the
Pirates
beat
the
Olants
for
t
-
'
'
'
"
T
T
i
uiuviitw.at
Kuiic
laws,
cnucciAUY.
lu
bile
j
case
of
the
western
provinces,
with
gard
to
the,
rules
aryjj
regulations
govern-I
Ing
the
use
of
swamp
lands
for
fur
(arms.
It
Is
hoped
to
make
the
procedure
cn
this
point,
as
nearly
uniform
a
possible
throughout
the
entire
west.
A
survey
of
the
swamp
'lands
In
Alberta
is
now
in
progress
by
a
force
of
field
men
from
the
'departments
of
agriculture
and
municipal
affairs.
In
.order
that
it
may
be
definitely
ascertained
what
areas
of
such
land
wlU
be
available
for
leasing
under
the
new
arrangement
with
the
dominion
government.
Approximately
200
applications
have
al-rratfy
been
received
from
would-.be
fur
farmers
who
Want
to
oreed
muskrats
and
beaver
on
wet
lands
In
different
parts
of
the
province,
but
none
of
these
will
be
granted
until
a
policy
has
been
decided
upon
at
the
Winnipeg
-
meeting
and
regulations
finally
adopted
thereafter.
OKANAGAN
ELECTION
WILL
BE
ON
JUNE
9
VICTOItIA,
May
23.
The
by-electton
In
North
Okanagan
Is
to
take
place
on
June
0.
Dr.
K.
C.
McDonald,
former
member
for
the
district.
Is
contesting
the
riding
tcr
the
Liberals.
.NO
PAI'Elt
TOMOKKOW
Tomorrow
being
Victoria
Day,
May
24,
there
will
be
no
Issue
of
the
Dally
News.
I.EAIIEU
ItEXlUNEII
Uouthlcr.
Apostolic
Plenipotentiary
and
MONTREAL.
May
23.
-Arthur
Sauvc
doyen.
Roman
Catholic
priest
died
yes-
provincial
Conservative
leader
In
tjue-terday
aged
DO.
tec.
has
resigned.
Million
Dollar
Pot
of
Gold
at
End
of
36,000
Mile
Rainbow
is
Awaiting
AviatorLindbergh
NKW
Y0RKvMay
23,
A
rnillfoii'ildlFar
pot
orold
at
the
end
of
his
.".G.OOO
mlletrainbow
awaited
Captain
LIndberg
while
the
world
acclaim
cominued
to
mark
the
achievement
of
the
New
York
to
Paris
airman.
''There
came
offers
within
24
hours
of
the
ending
of
the
epochal
flight
of
$7:15,000
in
movie
and
commercial
contracts.
A
fortune
of
more
than
n
million
dollars
will
be
within
his
grasp
should
he
be
able
and
willing
to
fulfill
the
elaborate
array
of
motion
picture,
vaudeville,
advertising
and
testimonial
writing
and
other
contracts,
but
what
the
young
captain
will
do
is
not
known.
Of
the
$20,000
which
the
flight
cost,
Lindbergh
coitributed
from
his
own
savings
$2,000
and
St.
Louis
businessmen
made
up
the
rest.
PARSON
KILLED
ON
THE
WAY
TO
CHURCH
SUNDAY
CAR
WAS
STKl
t'K
IJY
KI.Kt'TIIIC
TRAIN
WITH
FATAL
KESILTS
TO
.SEVERAL
LOS
AMGELE3.
May
23.
Three
per-scnus
were
killed
and
four
Injured
so
badly
that
they
may
die
when
an
electric
train
crashed
Into
the
aide
of
an
automobile
at
Monrovia
near
here.
The
dsad
are
Rev.
S.
F.
Hellman,
driver
of
the
auto,
S.
R.
Lehman
and
Miss
ZUpal
Bartholomew.
The
party
was
en
route
to
church.
WHEAT
AREA
IS
SMALLER
ALL
WILL
HE
IN
(illOl
M)
THIS
WEEK;
COAItSE
(iltAINS
ALSO
L.VTE
THIS
YEA
K
WINNIPEO,
May
23.
In
general,
last
week
saw
greater
progress
with
seeding
operations
than
for
any
previous
week
this
season.
With
the
exception
of
points
in
central
Saskatchewan
where
local
showers
delayed
work
and
In
south
central
Malntoba
where
land
is
still
too
we'tT
the
whole
of"
the
wheat
growing
areas
report
wheat
seeding
beginning
rap.dly-
and
rushed
to
conclusion.
In
many
districts
the
lateness
of
the
season
will
mean
a
decrease
In
wheat
acreage
of
from
twenty
to
twenty-five
per
cent
as
compared
with
last
year.
All
districts
state
May
28
will
see
the
finish
of
wheat
seeding
and
all
land
Intended
for
wheat
but
not
sown
will
swell
the-
coarse
grain
acreage.
No
locality
desires
rain
and
jeneral
warm
weather
Is
required
as
growth
while
steady
Is
not
fast.
Dis
tricts
with
early
sown
wheat
above
ground
report
the
stand
exceUent
and
plants
healthy.
ITALIAN
FLYER
OFF
TO
AZORES
I.EIT
TIIEI'ASEY
IN
NEWroi
NILM
THIS
MOKNINO
KAKI.Y
loll
LONO
H.UIIIT
TREPASSEY.
Nfld.,
May
23.
Com
mander
de
Plnedo,
the
Italian
four-continent
flyer,
hopped
off
from-
here
this
morning
at
427
on
a
transatlantic
flight
to
the
Azores
Islands.
DAILY
SERVICE
OF
TRAINS
IN
EFFECT
Sinnuirr
Srrvlcr
on
Canadian
National
ItallHays
to
Prince
Itupert
Now
Starting
Dally
train
service
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
In
and
out
of
Prince
Rupert
Is
now
In
effect
for
the
summer
months.
From
today
trains
leave
for
the
East
every
morning
except
Sunday
at
11.30.
Starting
Wednesday,
trains
will
arrive
dally
from
the
East
at
230
pju.
except
Tuesday,
,
PUNY
ANTI-BRITISH
DEMONSTRATION
STAGED
WASHINGTON.
May
23.
An
anti-Brit-lsh
demonstration
was
staged
here
for
half
an
hour
Saturday
when
a
band
and
about
a
hundred
men,
women
and
children
paraded
the
streets
carrying
placards
ridiculing
Britain's
attitude
In
China.
EARTHQUAKE
RECORD
AT
VICTORIA
OBSERVATORY
VICTORIA.
May
23.
The
strongest
earthquake
recorded
here
In
20
years
was
registered
at
Gonzales
Heights
observatory
yesterday
afternoon
commencing
at
2.45.
It
was
approximately
6,000
miles
distant.
(continued
from,
page
Ave)