25 TAXI andC j Ambulance1' Sri-vice I Anywhere at Anytime I Klnnih Fxrhnnrr Itullillnvf MATT VIDF.CK. I'rop. Vol. XVII . No. 154. CR mdln OSStU '""U'fllr. OCEAN FESTIVITIES TURN TO MOURNING FOR AMERICAN FLYER Flight of Commander Byrd and Companions Was Arduous Passage IrOU. LOW CLOUDS, lMHKNKSS, COMPASS CAUSED. I-'AILUKK WITH COAL PRACTICALLY IN SIGHT PARIS, July 4. During the flying over the Atlantic Ocean, there was no glimpse caught of the water on account of fog and low clouds. This, combined with dark-ne i.4, driving rain and a. faulty earth induction compass, resulted in the navigators losing their way when they reached the coast pf France where they made a forced landing in the water. Commander llyrd, head of the four-man expedition, estimated that he had travelled 4,200 miles when he was forced down. It was 42 hours after they had left New York that the landing was made. rhe ship was shocked snd bruled In the 'AN INTERESTING WEDDING HELD Miss Kathleen Mary Ward Be come Itride of (ieorge A. Hill Saturday Afternoon One of the season's most Interesting weddings took plaoe at 4 o'clock Satur day aflerncon In St. Andrew's Anglican - Cathedral. Archdeacon Q. A. Rlx officiating when Mis Kathleen Mary Ward. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward. Maasett, was united In marriage to Cle .rKo a. Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oconee Hill of Prince Rupert. It was a quiet ceremony and was attended by relatives and near friends of the eon-tractlng I couple. The bride, who was given In marriage by the father of the groom, wore a f beautiful gow a of pale green Canton ' rrrpe with rose hat and her bouquet ' of pale pink carnation and maiden hair fern. She was attended by Miss Albert Hill, sister of the groom, who was dslnty in a gown of navy blue eftirett with hat to match and bou quet of deep pink carnations and maiden hiur tern, he groom was attended by Oeirge Hills. After the ceremony, the happy couple I sailed by the steamer Prince George to spend a honeymoon In Vancouver and Vi" r.n Tliey will return to the city Mi:e up r.:denos. n-"i Mr and Mrs. Hill are well known and popular young people of city and Idl: tri' t The bride, who has lived since ;!rtho(d on the Queen Charlotte Islands I during t Ho past few years has been en- paged in scliool teaching In the Interior. t;riom. who has resided In Prince lltu)cf xni.'fl lie was a boy. Is engaged In the electrical business. PRISONER HAS OWN FIREWORKS Riam Choates, Drunk, Stages Do minion Day Celebration For Himself at Fernie FERNIE. July 4. -Arrested on a charge pf Intoxication. 8am Choatea, sole pris- luncr a the time In the local Jail, Is ilk :ed to have released himself and lg-ailted Dominion Day fireworks valued at Several Tiundrcd dollars which were stored in a room at police headquarters. iTiie blaze was subdued. ENGLISHMAN WINNER OF DIAMOND SCULLS Misfortune Attrnclril Canadian 'lin. Led Almost to End or Itlg Etmt ut Henley HENLEY. July 4. R. Leo of Worccs- r College. Oxford, defeated Joe Wright . i o,. final fnr the fit Ul lUlUIIW Stl ativ ( mv Iilamond Sculls. Lee won by a length rom Wriglht who, while leading ten ards from the finish by a length, rait nto a boom of logs. In the police court this, morning Peter Campbell. Indian, was fined 25 v-y dny.. ""'alive l ibra DKIVINC KAIN AND FAULTY entire time the plane America was crash. The (lien quickly Inflated a rubber raft and made their way to the brack where they wandered about for an hour before they found the village. Before consenting taaeep. they Insisted on returning to the wrecked plane with the villager!, and fishermen, to salvage bags of mall. Scientific observation were taken during the flight but many of thee were lost. riCKMIMt ni.iu.it IS IN VICTORIA VICTORIA. July 4. Premier ' John Oliver return to the capital on Sunday after an absence of several weeks In the East during which time he underwent an operation at Mayo Brothers Clinic. Rochester. Minnesota, subsequently visiting with- relative st Hamilton, Ontario. The Premier looks quite fit but made no comment as to his reported retirement. He went to his office soon after arrival. ' RUPERT MEN DID WELL IN RIFLE MEET VICTORIA Lieut Brass and Quartermaster Sergeant Malcolm Lamb have returned to the city after attending the B.C.R.A. prize meeting at Victoria. With an en try list of over 120 riflemen, competi tion was keen and to get In the money the marksmen had to score high. At the longer ranges above 500 the Rupert men were handicapped as they have no range here so long and this told In many of the competitions. A miss at one shot In the big competition, the Lieutenant Governor's match, put Ilrass out. In the MacDonald Brier" Mr. Brass made 48 at BOO yards and 48 at 900, total of 84. The winner scored 96. Malcolm Lamb got In the money In every competition but one. In the Tyro he was third and In the Tyro aggregate fourth. In the Westminster Match. 24th. In the first stage of the Governor's Matoli. 18th. In the All Comers' aggregate. 23rd. and In tiie Grand Aggregate 24th. BROTHER OF BOXING CHAMP KILLS WIFE AND THEN HIMSELF SCHENUECTDY. July 4 John Dcmp-scy. 38.' pf.Io Angeles, said by the police to bo a-'b'rothcVof Jack Dcmpscy. former u.nrM', hoauvwriirht boxlnn champion. shot and kilted his estranged wife, then turning the gun on himself and ayuig almost instantly. WEATHER KKPOUT Terrace. Cloudy, calm, temp. SO.. Alyansh. Cloudy, calm, temp. 58. Alice Arm. Cloudy, calm, temp. 57. Anyox. Rain. calm. temp. 58. Stewart. Rain, cairn, temp. 69. Hazelton. Cloudy, calm, temp. 65. Telegraph Creek. Clear, calm, temp. .65. Smlthers.- -Clenr. culm temp C.V Northern and STREET PAGEANT PRIZE WINNERS Elks, St. Andrew's, and Knight of Columbus lk'3t of Fraternal Organizations Judging of the floats In the Dominion Ua .. , a.ii ti Cuj',.eii ulat oy .....a bers o:Uy snrt. s- the committee kept .iu Key of :he numbers. It In Impossibl" to n;'i:u the cunplcc list of pnee-wm r.eis .it tuts time. A the public seem very Interested to know the name., record w::i be kept a the nu::ibcr c i i are presented and the names will be an nouiued later. In t:ie fraternal organizations i:. the Blks' lidge. with iu schoollicue won first print; St. Andrew's 8o :e y with the depiction of Lord Selkirk n in) a treaty with the Red River Indu.i-was wound; while the Knights of C .i , u in but. with the Christopher Golumbut and &snt Maria 1 1 sat. was third. In the tail class. "33" text got first prise and "M" second. The Prince Rupert Japanese Ahsx-u-tlon was awaruetl a special prfee. The Judjs were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. DrttUn of Los Angeles and A. O. Ballll? of Vancouver. Their awards were ai follows: 1st 2nd 3rd Transfer T 1 3 3 Taxts (T 5 4 '12 Prlvsifct caes (TO) .... 3 0 16 . IwftMtr (U .V 3 8 Commercial (C) 8 4 I Fraternal F 3 12 7 OlrU' Bicycles--0-2. Boys' Bicycles It. Blake: The Hosts, Illuminated for the occasion and vary effective, again paraded the sttoet Saturday night. Large crowd evinced much Interest. The Kiss' Lodge Jass band provoked considerable mirth. A concert by the Bis' Band at the corner of Sixth Street and Second Avenue and tike big bonfire of city tar barrel were furtiier attraction on Saturday night. The streets were thronged with mem bustling crowd until well alter midnight. H.OAT I'AKTH IPAXTS Participants In the winning floats wer as follows: British Columbia's first school house (Elks) Teacher. Mrs. Priestley: children, Myrna and Helen Fuller. Margaret and Keith McLeed. Clartbel Stiles. Clara Akerberg. John Laurence. John Rood. Louis Astoria and Harold Priestly. Lord Selkirk and Red River Indians- -J s. Irvine. L. Arrol. Bobble Irvine Bronson Hunt and W. Clapperton. In the Knights of Columbus Santa Maria J. J. Oillla appeared as Christopher Columbus. The winning 25 taxi car represented Canada from 1853 until 1927. The ra.i- road and train represented the first railway and train In Canada, when the first part of this Grand Trunk road was opened In 1853 between Montreal and Portland, an event of great Importance, as It gave Canada an outlet to the sea. Queen Victoria was represented signing papers on March 20. 1867. which became the British North America Act. By Royal Proclamation It came Into effect on July 1. since called Dominion Day. The gold chair, robe and crown, represented His Ma testy. King Oeorge. The flags, flowers, maple leaves and girls represented Canada. Six school girls, Miss Nellie Clurvleh. Miss Irma Nelson. Miss Mac Thompson, Miss Florence Thompson. Miss Ruby Krlkevsky. Miss Victoria Krlkevsky. wore white capes bordered with maple leaves and lined with the Brutish and Canadian flags, as well as large maple leaves trimmed with pearl beads around their faces. Ned Ourvlch represented Sir John A. MacDonald. Father of Confederation. Oeorge E. Cartlcr who carried Queen Victoria's orders was represented by Ed Smith. Nick Ourvlch Jr. represented the Ket-chlkan-Alaska visitors as Uncle Sam. The ear was driven by Mrs. Dave Ross Dr. Oeorge Paine, well known phy sician of Telkwa, returned on the Prince Charles today from Vancouver, where he attended the summer school of the B.C. Medlca'l Association for the last two weeks and went east on the passenger train. Advertise In The Dally News PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper PltlNl'E MTKIIT. IXC . ION DAY JI LT M DOl'MEKGUR, president of the French republic. plncinK a wreaiii on the Cenotaph at Whitehall during his recent visit to London KETCHIKAN WON CAW (IN SUNDAY Score ul Hrl ul VrlrJ Vterday wai 10-8 Areitnllng In Word KrcrhrU I The first of the series of baseball game between Prince Rupert and Ket chikan at Ketchikan yesterday wss won 10-8 by the home team according to word reaching the city this morning. The lecond Eamqs la being played this afternoon and the team should be home tomoiTow F C FAIRHOLME. Vies - President of Federation of BrTtish Industries, who is heading the party of Industrialists who are visiting America at the Invitation of the state chamber of commerce of Virginia LATEST COUNT MANITOBA VOTE Farmer Government Kctnina Control Though Result in. Six . Seats Still Doubtful WINNIPEG. July 4. The latest count as a result of the recent provincial election shows that the Farmer government has elected 28 members; the Conservatives, twelve; Liberals, five; Labor, three; Independent, one. Six scats are still In doubt but they wUl not affect, the general standing. The Conservatives, having the second largest group, will form the official opposition. INCIDENT SETTLED TIRANIA. July 4. The incident between Albania and Jugo-Slavla has been wound up satisfactorily the Albania press bureau announces. Gordon and Will WUUscroft left on this morning's train for a stay at Woodcock. 4, 1927 RATI DtiLL MVU QFASflN IS nALOUNt Washington Defying New York' in American and Chicago Close to Pittsburg in National NEW YORK. July 4. Baseball today reached the half-way mark of the big league campaign. The Washington Senators, with a winning streak of ten games, arc defying the New York Yankees in the American League while Chicago is threatening Pltburg In the National. Charlie Root won bis fourteenth victory for the Cubs against the Cardinals, bringing Chicago to a point but one half game away from the top. Ruth, clouting out his twenty-sixth hrme run. Is again tied with his team mate. Lou Gehrig, for the circuit clout honors of the season. Ken Williams made two homers In the Sox-St. Louis game. Cy Williams made a home run In the Brooklyn-Philadelphia first game and repeated In the second. Week-end score were as follows: SATl ltlAYS M'OIIKS American lugiie Boston 2. New York 3. Chicago 6. St. Louis 5. Detroit 6, Cleveland 1. Philadelphia 2. Washington 4. National UMftie New York 4-1. Boston 1-2. Brooklyn 7-3. Philadelphia 5-0. Cincinnati 6. Pittsburg 7. St. Louis 4. Chicago 7. ' srxitAVs SCOKLS National league St. Louis 4. Chicago 7. Pittsburg 4, Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 1-5. Brooklyn 6-6. Boston 5-7, New York 6-8. American League New York 5. Washington C. Cleveland 10. Detroit 0. Chicago 14. St. Louis 10. LEAD! E STANDINGS National league W. Pot. l'tttsburg 41 .621 Chicago 42 .609 St. Louis 30 .592 New York 37 .514 Brooklyn 36 .493 Philadelphia 27 .403 Boston 26 413 Cincinnati 26 J 66 American League New York 51 .708 Chicago 42 Washington 39 .557 Detroit V 36 J537 Philadelphia 38 .527 Cleveland 32 .4451 St. Louis 28 .412 Boston 15 321 i 41I.V 4 DEATHS WASHINGTON. July 4. Several' deaths and many Injuries are reported from various ports of the United States In the celebration of the Fourth of July. 1 Canada's Capital Does Honor lo Goodwill Messenger Whose Death Marred Festival There OTTAWA. July 4. From national thanksgiving. Ottawa turned ve-iterday to national mourning for Lieut. J. T. Thad Johnson, Ameri-n army flier, who was killed on Dominion Day when his plane, m orling Col. Charles Lin Jberg here, was struck by another piane in 'muing. The body was borne through the streets on a British gun arriage under the Stars and Stripes, the funeral being of full miM-;u; nature. Thousands of people lined the streets as the cortege ;i;wied. As a special train bearing the body home to Soif ridge eld, Michigan, moved through the Ontario countryside, Lindberg'a 1 1 yplr t of Louu." In which the Nut:- Ooesn was crossed, led seven tier United States army machines, clr-i i overhead and dropping flowers. : IH HTItOVUt TOOK LOCAL MAN TO H NEIIAI. OF f. Ills I'.llOTIIEIMN-LAlV Another act of courtesy by 4 tieut. Commander R. O. Ooman of U.S. destroyer Reno was the taking south aboard the des- troyer of F. O. Dawson of this city so that he might attend the funeral of his brother-in-law. the late Dr. E. J. Rothwell to which he was called. The war- ship dropped Mr. Dawson OS 4- at Victoria whence he crossed 4 to New Westminster. It was the only means by which Mr. Daw- son could have been on time tor the funeral. FISH ARRIVALS Total or !)'V. Pounds or Halibut Sold at EMliange This Morning A total of 92,500 pounds of halibut was told at the Fish Exchange this morning. Four American vessels disposed pf 67,600 pounds at bids ranging from 11.3e and 6c to 13.2c and 6c, while three Canadians sold 25.600 pounds- at 1 1.1c and 6c to 11.3c and 6c. Arrivals and sales were as follows: American Helgeland. 40,000 pounds. Pacific Fisheries, 11.3c and 6c. Slrlus. 13.500 pounds, Atlln Fisheries, 13.3c and 6c. Wave, 4.000 pounds, Atlln Fisheries. Ir and 6c. J. P. Todd II.. 10,000 pounds. Booth Fisheries, 13.1c and 6c. Canadian Viking. 11.000 pounds, Canadian Fish Si Cold Storage Co., lUc and 6c. f Pair of Jacks. 10,000 pounds. Booth Fisheries, 113c and 6c. Bayvtew. 4.000 pounds. Royal Fleti Co., 11.1c and 6c. GRAIN SHIPMENTS , FROM VANCOUVER ARE EASING OFF VANCOUVER, July 2 The following vessels loaded wheat here during the past week: Eemdyk for Liverpool, 74,667 bushels; for Rotterdam, 37,333 bushels. Flllaopen. for Mediterranean ports, 298.667 bushels. Nevada, for Continental ports, 113,600 bushels. Norfolk Maru, for Kobe. 37.333 bushels. The Yomel Maru also sailed with 95,682 bushels loaded here In addition to that which she loaded at Prince Rupert. HELEN WILLS AND COCHET CHAMPIONS Win In Popular Tennis Games uf limit, Britain Over Their Opwinents WIMBLEDON. July 4. Helen Wills won the tennis championship of Great Britain by defeating Senorlta Alvarez of Spain In the final. Henri Cochet, conqueror of Tllden, won the men's tlUe by defeating Jean Borotra of France. W. A. Talbot and B, D. Clegg were passengers leaving for Skagway on the Prircess Charlotte this morning-. Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NKYV SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least Phone 437. Pri.-c Fi- ('eits IT FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF WORK Many Indians Thrown out of Employment by Destruction of Yanarsdol Mill VANARSDOL. July 4. The loss by fire last week of the Vanarsdol lumber mill Just below the mouth of Kltselai canyon wUl throw out of employment Indians of Newtown, the descendants of the totem pole Indians of the "Olb-iraltar of the Kltselas" who recently :gare encouragement to the Canadian ' government totem pole committee to ! preserve the totem poles of the Uslc vicinity. Oeorge" Kltselas, the direct ICcbcendant of the great chief of the south side of the Skeena at this place, was sawyer at the mill. It Is fortunate that at this season of hot days although cold nights the Indians who can no longer find employment In the mill will be able to get work on the coast In the fleets of the salmon canneries. THANKSGIVING SERVICE HELD MOST EI.AIIOIt.lTE HOOK-l'P IN IIIS-TOKV OF RADIO I'EATl'KED OBSERVANCE OF DIAMOND JlllILKE OTTAWA, July 4. Sixty thousand persons thronged Parliament Hill Friday to hear the words and music of the Jubilee celebration which were successfully broadcasted from coast to coast In the most elaborate hook-up In the history of radio. The anniversary was celebrated throughout Canada from the smallest hamlet to the largest cities. LITTLE DAUGHTER OF LEWIS ISLAND PEOPLE IS DEAD The death occurred on July 1 at tewls Island of little Isabel Larson, two year old twin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Larson. The remains were brought to the city and Interment took place this afternoon from Hayner Bros.' undertaking parlors. Archdeacon O. A. Rlx officiating. Among those sending flowers were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Larson and family, Mrs. J. McLeod, Louis Locker and William Hayner. MANY CHINESE ARE . KILLED IN EXPLOSION Two Junks, Ludrn With i:plosllve8. Itleit up Alongside Wharf at Slftkwan S1SKWAN. China. July 4. More than one hundred Chinese were killed when two Junks, laden with explosives, blew up aldhgsiae wharf here, destroying scores of native boats. COAL COMPANY AT FERNIE HAS LOSS IN FIRE SUNDAY FERNIE. July 4 Fire destroyed the Crows Nest Pass Coal Co.'s railway and locomotive shops and warehouse here early yesterday. The loss Is estimated at I20.PC0.