red That Famous General May MfilCTilIrl? UiMnt7DC Have Fallen Into Raging wuu"u,u' VC X Peace Torrent j THRESHING OF CROP Albert.. 1i.-eff4 " an to whether Luoky - tjeaeral who recently Columbia from Obm, hi luck still re in thr wilds of He iua been mt-. - mii Hudson's Hope a. id fears are ex-i. ) return It la i.-ve slipped into the oi the Peasv River iTrnt at that point :r looking for him. visiting the Peace ."; .i view to interesting Oiu Country to extend '"' district and thus 'in u'.let for wheat. AST AND WEST VOTED BENNETT trier Provinces Kulii-h...i sin It'll I lot Says Chairman of Com- .1! er-.c in i tii.i mittee rv ir: ;irEo Oct is.j t. iu chair- icilentiaU cammttUe of the Convention, said It was wcreu to aay that Brlt- wuh oue or two exoap- mj lor Hon. rt. J. Bennett as mi Cuiurrvstlve party tn Oan-Albcr-s supported the winner en ' n second ballot. Saskatchewan HI in Bennett and half Quthrie. v tetl for Roger on the first v., practically unanimous for u die second. Maritime pro-fr Bennett and Onuno d Que be u the first ballot went r Cut .: mil fh, uu v.... n'dc auie numbers awitchvi to Bet- t cn M! e -md ballot. 'WO NOMINATED NELSON RIDING PNELSON, Oct 15.--Mayor James Mc- w woeral. and Dr. Lorrla Borden, onwrvative. were nominated veterdav !?r "lie bylectlon to till the vacanav re The i-tinn Mwiuajl. ' "" cndjdavei srei-welt(knpiiTiritbr JUNIOR AIR LEAGUE FORMED FOR BOYS IN TEENS SAYS MACBRIEN OTTAWA, Oct 15 In connection ' nu trip ttirouirh western rmi.rii Prh: 3 starts today. Ma lor Oeneral ifac. prlen announ ced that the Junior Air ' lx started for boys m their ON THE PRAIRIES SHIELDS OUSTED FROM BAPTIST ORGANIZATION TORONTO, Oct. 15. The Baptist Union of Ontario snd Quebec yesterday afternoon passed a resolution which wilt result In the, exclusion of Jarvts Street Baptist Church, Toronto, from the union. The pastor of the church Is Dr J T. Shields UNIVERSITY STUDENT DIES AT VANCOUVER INFANTILEPARALYSIS VANCOUVER. Oct 15 Patrick Taylor of Kelowna. twenty years of age. a tudent at the University of British Columbia, died yesterday In a local hospital from infantile paralysis. VANCOUVER REPORTS TWELVE CASES OF PARALYSIS THERE VAnWUKt-l- wwv. of infantile paralysis are reported In . . kMAnfrflnff Tlr P. ureater vancouvci. nwiug - T. Underhlll. city healtn officer1 HWt they are mostly not' serious;' :'" WK.tTIIKIt' KF.I'Oftr. ' ' n Prince Rupert. Raining, moderate southeast wind: temperature, 31. Hazelton. Cloudy, calm, temp. 40. SmtthersPart clear, ealm, temp. 46. Burns Lake. Cloudy, east wind, temp. Terrace Raining, calm, temp. 45. RoMwood Raining, calm. temp. 43. Alyansh Raining, calm. temp. 48. calm, temp. 48. Alice Arm - -Raining, O Connellv and J M. McLelsb were from Vancouver on arrival.' tn tl'e city ill CuiH'V- :'' as I as six dollar has been gradually dt- pmead until today It w quoted on the Vancouver Bsehsnjc at eighteen l oeou bed- QuoUUons late yesterday on DC. stocks were: B.C. 8llTr .. DK Missouri Ooaet Copper ' Cork P hw Mass Dunwell Oear ae Copper h lis U r. Premier Porter Idaho Throughout the three Prairie Pro- Silver Crest vhwea very litUe progress baa been Silver Smith tQC made In threshing during the past ten Sunloeh ... oeys, owing to uniavoraoie weatner. ana ioric there has been some deterioration through excessive moisture says the Bank of Montreal report. The quantity and quality of the yields, therefore, have yet to be finally determined. In Quebec harvesting has been completed, except tn the Northern districts and threshing is well advanced. In Ontario good weather has prevailed and frequent showers have stimulated the growth of fall wheat and Improved the rent crops without Interfering wtth farm work, which Is well advanced. In the 'Maritime Provinces favorable weather has helped the crops, especially apple. In British Columbia continuous rains sre delaying harvesting and crops generally will be below average. ...... , IM IMS .at 2J0 .14 ...VS. 'V 'TASK 4 MONTUIltl.. Oft. 15. A prrlal Hireling of Hie CaiiaiU Crinrnt to. )rlrrday an-eplril the oHrr of tVoud, fiundy Co. Ltd.. lo nirrlia-c the at-eU of I lie i iiiiiiwiiy. . Holders of common slum will receive ttal) a slure and holders of preferred liarr)t SltS a sluire. rajmentt to Miarehol- ' drrs ulll arrrrrate upwards of $l?,IMH,00. This will be llie blirrst flnanrlal truiiMifllon In the history of Canada Hlth the except Ion of the federal bond lues. 4 FISHERY DElGATES ARE NOT GOING FROM VANCOUVER OTTAWA The Prince Rupert Board of Trade has been notified that the proposed delegation from Vancouver to Ottawa in connection with a proposal to change the fisheries regulations will not go at present and the trip to Prince Rupert has been cancelled. r. J. Oosse, representing the canners. Is In the city snd will be glad to meet fishermen or others and discuss the matter with them. STRATHCONA DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY s LONDON, Oct. 15 Lord Strathcona. son of the big Canadian railwayman, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Conservative party here. BRITISH TO REOCCUPY CONCESSION IN CHINA LONDON, Oct 15 A despatch from Pekln reports that the British forces in China Intend to reoccupy the British concession at Hankow which was turned over to the Chinese Nationalist:, lasi M. . .: 125 TAXI and Boston Grill II Ambulance mete Service Large Up'tair Dining Hall,, with newly laid dancing at Anytime Anywhere floor, for hire. Stand Exchange Building NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. MATT V1DKCK. Prop. PRINCE RUPERT The latest and bent for the least Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper ttt PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. SATl'RDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1927 Price Five Cents matr n. I .04 V, M 75 4.75 1.40 29 1S.00 M .20 3.75 .17 m il l 4 284 -.17 0 HUGE SALE BY COMPANY ITS ASSETS Biggest Industrial Financial Transaction in History of Canada Takes Place t OF .wiuk and simii after an extensive repair job in Vancouver which amounted practically to a complete overhaul, C.N.R. steamer l'rii:. t kupert, whk-ii sustained considerable damage when she struck Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows late in August, is again in service, having arrived from the south this morning. The Rupert looks almost like a new ship and it is reported that her engines, which were taken down and practically out of the ship, are in better shape tnan they have been for years. Aboard the Prince Rupert are all her rejrular officers, including Cap. D. Donald, Chief Officer William Oleeson, Chief Engineer W. E. Baillie, Purser J. A. Crawford and Chief Stewart J. T. Apthorpe. The vessel brought about forty passengers north today. Peace River Should Have Western Outlet Declares Agent General in London VANCOUVER, October 15. -A Pacific Coast outlet for the Peace River country is a necessity if the full possibilities-of that region are to be realized, declared F. A. Pauline, agent general for B.C. in London, addressing the foreign trade bureau of the Board of Trade here yesterday. He said he believed that through the Peace River British Columbia would eventually take its place as a wheat exporting province. Mr. Pauline painted a bright picture of increasing export trade from British Columbia to Great Britain, citing the rise of lumber exports from sixteen million feet in 1923 to between seventy and seventy-five million feet this year. DELANEYWINS MAKES PLEA i FIRST MATCH: FOR UNITY NEW YORK. Oct lS.-Jack Delaney. champion light heavyweight, won a ten-round decision over Jack Renault for headmer of the heavyweight class. This match opened Rlckardls campaign to decide the next logical contender for Tunney'a title. ONLY AMERICAN FISH OFFERED AT EXCHANGE Total of IKi.OM) Poundi of Halibut .Sold at Nile tills Morning Prices Improvrd' Three American vessels sold halibut catches totalling 96.000 pounds at the Fish Exchange this morning, there being no Canadian arrivals. Sales were as follows: Foremost, 53,000 pounds, Canadian Fish & Odd Storage Co 18.7c and 6c. Marmot, 34.000 pounds, "Booth Fisher ies. 15c and 6c. Leviathan. 20,000 pounds. Atlln Fisheries, 15.4c and 6c. ' Persons desiring to regis-' tor as Househ61ders or Li- NOTICE. cence Holders for the forthcoming Municipal Elections are reminded that such registrations must be made with the City Clerk during the present month, otherwise they will not be eligible to vote at sucii election. Registrations must be made between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Henri Bourassa Says Must Develop 'Common Hope in , Future Destiny of Canada VICTOIil.t, Oct. 15. lletore the men's and women's Canadian Clubs lat night Henri llouratsa made a pint for unity and development of a Canadian national ronitclounnrss. He said If Canadkins wrre going to make the iHmilnion worthy of the Inheritance of the coming genera-tlons titer must devrlop in the minds and hearts of Its Inhabitants a common hope In the future destiny of the country. 1 NEW RAILWAY SHOPS AT WINNIPEG BEGUN WINNIPEG, Oct. 15. The first step In an extensive program for reconstruction of the Canadian National Railway shops at Point St. Charles have been taken wtth the commencement of construction work on a new building to be used for locomotive and tender repairs. The construction la being done In such a manner as to Interfere as little as possible with the continuous operation of the present shops and the building that is now being .constructed occupies anarea previously used largely for the storing and sorting of scrap material. The building, when completed, will have an overall width of 260 feet and a length of 1060 feet. PURE INVENTION IS PRINCESS ELOPEMENT BUCHAREST. Oct 15. Report of the elopement of Princess Ileana are emi-offlclally described a "pure tn- " 'ca' : -u 1 CANADA jGENT GENERAL, LONDON, URGES WESTERN PEACE OUTLET htional Debt Reduced and the Country Prosperous so Government Will Proceed With Public Works OI VER, October 15. The National debt of Canada has M 'V;iMd by $148,000,000 in the past five years and taxation reduced by an average of from twenty-seven to thirty mil-in each of those years and further economies are regu-.' made. Hon. J. C. Elliott, miniater of public works, told i ..a; Hub yesterday. Ik... utilisation, the minister said, were maturing this year had previously entailed some worry but the anxiety had it -..:d by a recent statement of Hon. J. A. Ilobb, minister iumbm. taut the imrnmcni had UCKY SUTTON FEARED LOST Hern .Missing Mitce lester- lilav at Noon 1'rom Camp Near Jludson'n Hope SEARCH PARTIES OUT ! the akin with which to nwt them Vummri prosperity the speaker ld. was not eseeptional. All Canute wu enjoying the Mine In vtw of this the governaaent Mt it tu Justified in proceeding with the somewhat delayed policy of public Improvement, particularly in retard to public bulkUng. British Columbia need not think ahe would be penal lard because abe had failed to send Liberal to Ottawa She would be accorded the earne fair tnat-ment a other paru of the country. DUNWELL SIM (Juoted Yesterday nt Eighteen Cent on Vancouver Stock Exchange VANCOUVER Oct. IS. Ounwei: stock which at on time said sa high Both Political Parlies Hold Social Gatherings at Nelson; Mary Ellen Smith is Pianist NELSON, October 15. One of the warmest by-election campaigns in the history of the province will close tonight with meetings by both candidates. Premier MacLean and several members of the cabinet will make a last appeal for support of Mayor McDonald while Hon. S. F. Tolmie, R. H. Pooley, house leader of the party, and possibly Hon. H. H. Stevens who are homeward bound from Winnipeg will speak on behalf of Dr. Borden. Last night both sides held a social evening, dancing being indulged in. Mary Ellen Smith at the Liberal gathering was pressed lto service as piano-accompanist and ahe also played a number of old fsror-1 :tes and led in community singing. Ores: interest Is manifest here Monday's polling whish promKes isrlng out a record vote. I'lWTES AMI LKIIItlX CKOHSEI) ATLANTIC AHtlCA TO IIKAZIL PEKNAMBUCO. Erasll. Oct. 15. The French ariatora Coatea and Lebrtx who bopped from St. Louis in Senegal en the African coast yeaterday morning landed at Port Natal at 11.40 last night after making a two thousand milt flight across the South Atlantic Ocean. T two- wng uignia. f f 4tf t4tt44 OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL ENGLISH LE.t(ll'E lilt. I. Arsenal 2. Leicester 2. Aston Villa 4, Sunderland 2. Birmingham 3. Mlddlesbcro 2. Burnley 2, Portsmouth 0. Bury 3. West Ham 1. Huddersflcld 1. Bolton 0. Everton 1. Liverpool 1. Manchester United 2. Cardiff Ctty 3. Newcastle 4. Wednesday 3. Sheffield United 1. Derby County 0. Tottenham 1, Blackburn 1. Division II. Barnsley 0. South Shields 3. Bristol Ctty 0. West Bromwlch 1. Fulham 1. Leeds United 1. Hull City 0. Ortmaby 1. Notts County 3. Blackpool 1. Oldham 3. Reading 2. F re ton 1, Manchester City 0. Southampton 2. Chelsea 4. Stoke City 2. Clapton 0. , Swansea Town 2. Notts Forest 0., Wolverhampton 2. Port Vale 1. SCOTTISH LL.U11L.1HV 1. Clyde 0. Partlck Thistle 2. Dundee 3. Aberdeen 2. Dunfermline 3. Cowdenbeath 2. Falkirk 3. Alrdrleonlan 1. Hamilton 1. Motherwell 3. Hibernians 2. Hearts 1. Kilmarnock 6. St. Mirren 2. Queen's Park 1. St. Johnstone 1. Ralth Hovers 3. Boness 2. Rangers 1, Celtic 0. WlllKLKSS KLI'OICT. 8 a.m. DIOBY ISLAND. Raining, moderate southeast wind: barometer. 29.04; temperature, 51; sea rough; 7.30 am. In steamer Princess Beatrice northbound. DEAD TREE POINT. Overcast, calm, barometer 29.50: temperature, 42; sea smcoth. BULL HARBOR. Overcast, calm barometer. 2932; temperature. 52; sea moderate: 8 pjn. sppoke steamer Prince Oeorge. abeam Namu. southbound; 8 a m. spoke tug St. Faith, abeam Broken Islands, southbound. NOON DIOBY JSLAND-rRalnlng. calm, baro meter. 2935i ,itempctture, 43: sea (smooth; 10 a m. -spoke steamer Prince Rupert. passtevink noithpr-ti'ML 12.15 noon, In steamer Cardena northbound. DEAD TREE POINT. Overcast, light southeast wind: barometer. 29.50; temperature, It. sea smooth. BULL HARBOR. Strong southwest wind: barometer, 29.43; temperature, 52: sea rough. The barometer has been Jumping around again today. Between 8 o'clock this morning and noon It rose 'from 29.04 to 29.35 This should indicate a continuation or wind but an easing up ;u tht wiaiali. RAILWAY BOARD IN CITY TODAY Arrived This Afternoon F'rom Edmonton and Will go South Tomorrow Evening Members of the Board of Railway CcmmlMioners of Oanada reached the city on this afternoon's train from Ed-montsn. where their last meeting was held, tn the couzae of a Western tour and will sail toasorrow night on the Prince Oeorge lor Vaaeeurer. So tar as la .known, no meeting -will be held tn jl tk. n..,. I... p.ri. .....m j. r v" . . " J.w' J .JZl ' , I th be aome prHite ce liferents. The-birtr. .wriJi-Aail.Mreiya:id-s rived here In she commhslon'at private car. numbers seven and Includes H. A. MCKeown, chairman. Oalvln Lawrence and Hon. Frank Oliver, commissioners, as well as officials of the board. STEAMER PARIS IN COLLISION Norwegian Freighter Sank Within Thirty Minutes and Seven Lives Thought Lost NEW YORK. Oct. 15 The Norwegian freighter Bessengen wtth thirty-two person aboard, sank within thirty min utes after It collided with the trans atlantic liner Paris In he main channel early this morning. Thirteen persons have been landed and It is thought that about seven perished. ASSASSIN TOOK ALBANIAN LIFE ! Minister to Czecho-Slovakia Kill, ed in His Hotel at Prague PRAOUE, Oct. 15. Oena Beg, the newly appointed Albanian minister to Caecho-Slovekia was assassinated here last night by an Albanian student while ' dining at his hotel. The assassin was arrested and he calmly admitted that he committed the crime because he said Oena wished to betray Albania to Czech-Slovakia. KILLED GOING TO BARN DANCE ' f ' INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 15. Sixteen persons were killed and ' four others probably fatally Injured on the outskirts of the city last night when an lnter-urban car crashed Into an automobile trailer filled with men and women en route to a barn dance. WHEAT IS CLIMBING IN PRICE STEADILY VANCOUVER. Oct. 15. Wheat prices are steadily climbing, the quotation late yesterday betas; I.4S 3-8. niN'MPEO MAX KILLED. WINNIPEG. Oct 13. Arthur English, forty years of age. prominent In local financial circles, was killed at midnight when nn automobile collided wtth s t:eet car. - m