5 TAXI Boston Grill and Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime Stand: Exchange HuIIding MATT VI DECK, Prop. nl YVII Kn. JO Ten a Mfi ir a I'll LllHril II U I 1 I II 1 1111 VJi 11 1 AYMAN In IlF.An ' DIL i. A, MOIilill.l. Of 1t- ...... ,i, iir.i.i, .ii.i.i miii.i; I'OHlllONM It'll ( III IK II A.a ij. ten 2S ur. J. A, worroii t- i! of ihr most prominent 'a-niio ' .1, - t-jor; wnicn are civremea I "'1' f poverty. i.,. REAL ESTATE MEN TO INVADE ALASKA NuthiiMl AiwH'l;itlii Memlirr (liar lei1 Tmo llwits ami Hill Mte VMI In Aii;ii-1 CHICOO. Teb. 26. Alaska may have the net; reel estate boom. Members of the National Association of Real Estate Board will visit the north-land following their annual convention t be held In SeatUe August 10. Two sttsmer have been chartered for the tour. The secretary of the association ha btcn Instructed to gather all possible data ct& Alaska. It la remarked that de vastaUng torn is seemed to nave nit ftfreereenu or aever diplomatic relational 4 .t - 4 4- It Omt DrIUna lateat dema&da arej fnfhUei nobsdy in Soviet:." The note oonfiudea: "If the British goternisect thlfia that abrogation of the agfeceae&t is demanded" by the In- leraU of the Drltlah. people and general peace, the Bnthh government must -! aume full respomlbUlty for the ensuing cwttequrnee. MILL NOT ANNUI.K LONDON. Pee. S8. Foreign Secretary i Chamberlain announced In the House ' ol Ccmmona thH afternoon that the government did not intend to reply to RuMla'a note answering the Dritlsh note protecting against propaganda. Official quarter evinced no aurprtse at the argumentative tenor of the reply with tu quotation of speeche of Brtt-ifh ml r later The question now la -win wilt be the next atepr whether the wordy warfare win continue .or whether the extremism are powerful enough to Impel Chamberlain to the nest step of renunciation of the tracie reenent. rcrviJ Trinity va$ every part of the world the Pl ' tct of College. K:yn,!L- "r xL.8d!frw month., and Alaska ha. not been he dlocc of Toronto and isr of ot r,he MlMiunary Society ol r h ut England in Canada, died " fi .r.i pneumonia, INESE BODY IS FISHED OUT (I IUIYU t'llfil li'l, t v- L'.,tl'lIIIT iMiniiu, m tin: urn iximk catch ON MNDAY II-TDT1T traK on -1.1.11. In "1 -a;;s n and Thorn Flanagan, -nan. It was thouaht to have been - uiu mug, agea wno was nuiiig nere on i"eorury a. .nnpie tar: ine ojiijt w rich man to be healthy Ms exrn:li and hitlnnr. tn live a Included In any ot them. It la believed that the stermt In. the districts usually visited by aummer louruta will bo the mean of turning man; additional people to Alaska the omlng season. CANNERY MEN ARE RETURNING NORTH PitpuratliMi Will M" '" t",l"'r H'"' fur a Canning hriiMui Tliut Pro-iiIm-h to be Inleiiflie The vanguard of the Skeena and Naaa rtlver cannery staff re beginning to return from the aouth to max arrange menu for the reopening ot varlou plant In the dlatrlct. , Judging from the early atart that 1 being made on nreDaratlons. It would seem that a buy season Is ahead. While aome ot the eannerlea may Urt earlier on spring almon. canning wlU not be general until about June 80 when aoekeye in ing ewnmeocti-. TI.KI1 tLtCTION KT (Special to Dally New) VICTORIA. Feb. 3S. - The government generally dente that an elecuon 1 In tight and. from personal Inqulrie. this fact cera to be ubitanttated. No data hat been suggested, even by the Opposition. STORMS AFFECT FISH ARRIVALS LANDIMi AT THIS POUT M FAR hum u:.u not om: tt AKTt:u OF KAMI, PERIOD IN 1910 TODWS SALES None of the halibut boats which marketed catehc here Saturday or today were In the big atorm on the banks off Seward at the end ot the week. Thee boats rame from mere local waters but also experienced very heavy weather which caused thrm to land light catches. The sale today was a follows: AMERICAN , Eureka, fl.000 pounds, and Fremont. 3. 000 pounds, to the Canadian Fish ft Cold 6torage Co. at 10.0c and 10. Teddy J. 10,000 pound, to the Booth Fisheries, at 17.1c and 10c. Haael II. 10.300 pounds, to the Booth Flsherle. at 17.1c and 10c. CANADIAN Minnie V., 1.300 pound, to Canadian Fish At Cold Storage Co.. at ISe and 0c. Rose Spit. 3 .500 pounds, to Atlln Flih- eric, at 13.8c and 10c. Marguerite. 3,300 pounds, to the Atlln Fisheries, at 13.4c and 9c. C. and T., 300 pounds, to the Royal Fish Co. at 13.7c and Dc M. M. Christopher. 3.000 pound, to Canadian Fish Ac Cold Storage Co. at 10.1c and 10c. The effect of the recent rough weather on the halibut fisheries this year Is evi denced by the tact that only 121.700 pounds of halibut ha so far this season been landed here whereas last year at the same date 331.700 pounds had r rived at the port. The 131,700 pounds arriving here to date consist of 103.000 pounds from American vessels and 16,- 300 pounds from Canadian. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Bid. Asked B.C. Silver 167 1.00 Dunwrll 1.43 1,43 Olacler 1.11',; Oranby 37.00 a- 39.00 Howe Sound 39.00 41.00 Independence ..... .10 Indian .09; .07 U Marmot 10Vi ,13 Premier 3.19 3.31 Porter Idaho 13 .14 Silver Cret .07 .08 surf tu'vi vt PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PMNCE UUPEI'T, D.C., MONDAY. FEBKUAIlY 28, 1927 Northern Army Takes Heart as Reinforcements Arrive; t Shanghai Ready for Si ege SHANGHAI. February 23. With the arrival of extensive rejn- Circulation 1400 forccmenU from Shangtung province, confidence has been restored i 4i -i i r . f xr..kl c- rkn r.. c....i.t... ' lt('. I1A7.ETTE ku itiK Siiar.cn luuia ui .uaiauui cuu viiaii2 i i8 ouiiAiaii; uiiu it is expected that the Northerners will put up a stubborn defence to block the Cantonese march to Shanghai. The construction of heavy battery positions is under way pending the possible arrival of the Cantonese army at the walls of the city. One thousand more British marines arrived this morning on the troopship Minnesota. The General Labor Union called a one- hour strike a protest against the . landings of these forces but the wslkoue failed to materialize DISASTER FOR THEIR FLIGHT TttO AVI ATORS KILLED It HEN tiOODHILI. PLANES COLLIDE AT P.I ENOS AIRES III K.NOH AIRES. Celt. S3. As lliey were rtiiiiplrllng I lie Miutlilmuud lap of I lie llin-Anirrlinn Goodwill flight. I lie alrpUniM "New ork" and De-troll' (iMIIiUil nlniie the landing field here on Sulurtlay uftrrnoon ivlth a ki-i of Iwo lite. Inxtrnil e( the return fll-lit tturt-In; IikIjv a plumirr. funeral iertlre nrrr held for Cupt. WimiImiv ami l.lrnl. ll'iiloii, the Detroit's crew, who were killed when their piiru-I huleo tailed In open. Th rfllslit will be resumed on Tneslii.v wllli Die two remaining planes. NEW FREIGHTER FOR COASTWISE COMPANY City of Lorrislierif, Now James (irlf-mil. Will he Added In Fieri of , tire Carrlrr About the middle ot March the Coast- wlso steamship and Barge Co, Ltd., will have a new freighter as. James Griffith. on this coast. The ship was purchased recently and will be added to the fleet of ore and general freight jsrrlera operated by the company. She I practically a new ship, having bten built at MobUe. Alabama, In 1920. and launched a a. City of Lordabcrg. The present owner purchased her from the Shipping Board. She 1 324 fret king, 40 feet beam, 33 feet deep. Some people play 18 holes of golf, ! while other get Just about the aame ! amount of exercise by extracting pin PROSPERITY FOR BULKLEY VALLEY1 Ill II.DINOS Emery Barger and Joe Bourgon are getting out a bunch ot saw logs this winter for their saw mill at Hubert aays the Omlneca Herald. They propose to cut 130.000 feet St lumber this spring and most of It Is on order now for farmers In the Valley who are going to Improve their buildings and buUd new ones. The prospects in this line are very bright. For the first time In a number of years the local agrarians are getting some cash and they are not only on their feet but many are on their way to prosperity. This I due to cheques received for timothy seed, for milk, tor pork, etc. crop In all line next season. As one optimistic farmer stated to the Herald "We're away." WEATHER REPORT Temp. Prince Rupert Cloudy, light southeast wind 41 Jerrace Rain, calm 28 Rotiwood Cloudy, calm 33 Alyanah Rain, calm 34 Alice Arm Cloudy, calm 34 Anyox Rain, calm , 37 6tewart Rain, calm 33' Harelton Cloudy, calm 33 Telegraph CreekFog, calm 36 Bmltheri Cloudy, calm 33 Bura Lake- e"wlng -Ira 3? Sale 473 Just as unexpectedly as It had arisen, revealing a sea littered with battered and damaged craft. Tbe majority of the vessels were bereft of their gear. The boats, which had llmpea Into i St ward Saturday night, many with their dories gene, speedily outfitted here for another dash to the banks. During the two day storm, shipping i I along tbe southeastern Alaskan coast! 1 eras virtually at a standstill. Consider 1 able Carnage was done along the waterfront of Seward where the waves plckeJ up smtli boats and tossed them about the nay. The damage to the hallbu: i fleet It Ukely to run Into many thou sands ot dollars. NEW CONCERNS FORMED HERE ANNOt'NCES SEVERAL INCORPORATIONS OF INTEREST TO PRINCE Rl'PERT The last Issue of the B.C. Oerctt? carries announcement of Incorporation of Interest to Prince Rupert. The MUlerd Tacking Co.. Ltd.. has been Incorporated with capitalization ot 1300.000 and head office In Vancouver. 'This company wUJ take over the ln- ! terests formerly known as the Somer-; vtlb Cannery Co.. Ltd.. Including the j cannery In Prince Rupert and the floating cannery Laurel Whalen. Another incorporation Is that ot the N'el-son Trading Co.. Ltd. with capltal- '"Uon Ct "5 00 nd h"d 0"'Ce imiEUT SAW MILL TO ( I T l.t MDER ! ? iTince ttuperc. inis cencern nas aircsi; FOR LOCAL FARMERS NEW . i. k.i,. tsti tilt m WKt-t uuaMi.ee wh the ' local waterfront In the premises formerly occupied by the Akerbcrg-Thomson machine shop. The prlnclpsh In the venture re W. J. Nelson, who leaves his post with the local customs house this wrek to participate actively In the business: Howard White, former dry dock accountant, and Georgt Ecker-mau, well kufcwn In the north as a cannery commissary man. The Oazctte also announces the Incorporation of the Prince Rupert Laundry. Ltd.. with a capitalization of 1100.000. Thle concern represents the recent amalgamation of the Pioneer and Canadian Laundries here. Oeorge A. Long, Ltd. with - capital isation of $10,000 and head office In For the last two or three year thePrlnce o-orje. Is also announced In the farmers have been changing their t0uettCi method or farming and switching to, hyryTbrrulU are S 2 UNION STEAMSHIPS TO Isfactcry. The home m.flket has Improved very i START SUMMER SERVICE materially In the last couple of ycarj and the mining prospects are such tht ! rw selmlule of Northern Run Will one can gamble on a still further lm-j Come Into Effect About provement this year. The winter, soj Mareii lu far has also been fsvorable to a good The Union Stcamahlp Co.' summer schedule of northern tailing will come Into effect about March 10. The iteamer Catala, as already forecasted In this paper, will enter the Prince Rupert-Acyox-Stewart service, calling here oa Sundaya northbound, while the Car-dena will remain on the Prince Rupert and Ckeena and Naaa River run. arriving here oa Friday northbound. The Camoaun will resume the service out of Vancouver to River Inlet. Bella Ccola and Ocean Falla which call are now' being made by the Cardena northbound to Prince Rupert. A man seldom hears the knock ot op portunity If he pay too much atten t'-in j"lt ' tie'srib-'f. i) Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NKW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least Phone 457. Price Fire OnU USSIA REPLIES TO BRITISH MISSIVE 'SSATION OF TEMPEST WAS TIMELY FOR HALIBUT BOATS ovtet Argumentative n Response to uemana That Propaganda Cease IIIIV I fl1ll A If ITIHV L' k VL n,fTt IIIIIlL' 11 . lit t HWI IU.M.MI HIV MUM I rijAlfj CM AIXENGE CIIAMIIEItl.AIN TO AlHtOGATE THADE AGREEMENT !0: ciV. February 28. Fulfilling the desire for ixiaic of the I : s ma.e- of the Soviet Union and in full co-ojieration with! " v.: -.he.- of the Ilritiih masses, the Soviet Kovcrnment will - s ili:y, eace excluding any aggressive spirit toward: (.ojntrv. and will sincerely welcome any mutual step to-j i ! -a p the part of Great Ilritain. This was the. keynote of .. rc,,iy ,, (.reat Uritain's threat to break off diplomatic re-w ! he Soviet unless anti-Uritish propaganda was discon- Thnrc i- a tone of conciliation and moderation but firmness s permeates tbe note. FADS GI1H.TY OLD-UP CHARGE . noun nv vancoi a Lit police CONNECTION UITII KEs-TUIUNT ROIllllliY ON NtTI IIHW ll.KS KEVOI.VEK USED ,Ul Fen a. Robert Le -npiured by the police o and auotf.tr man had cashier ot the! . Oranvlli Street. Sat-4 e.ed 111? pleaded . ol roM.irv in the .me aftcrnoo.! and in. U Frichy ir Kn- vjetn-a that Edwin Tur-. . Saturoay aftrnioon In there he wan suffering) t und eelf-ln'iirted aoon ;i ; to a i-hare in the ' alleged to have atated ;d tiU revolvei' in BeatU r recently on an unaee-f"t employment during !: atore there on Wed-r t .nl he had purrhaaed Brlllnghum while re- ,urr lit hud met L he returned to Vsnoou- ..-a;d that U Pine had t its', t lint. Turner, armed 'iio revolver, had failed .- bitch He had fur-:3 f. m:- with Turner'a do- "The Soviet government confirm M ; I Krassta's assurance to Oreat Britain ol j the dcelrabUlty ol removing existing dil- f erences and ciidn of mutual coin-1 1 ( plaints and the necessity ot restoring ; normal condition between the two countries." (aid tbe note which made ; j complaint tht the Britten government ! had failed to adduce any comfort from i the evidence of violation of the existing j I agreement by tee Soviet. TlM bom aJludea to Foreign Minister Cb mfcerUlns threat to annul the trade1 DU. H. TA1T McKENZIE, profes.sor at t :e Unver-i of Pennsylvania, and an Internationally known sculptor, was the first to say "He'lo" t orn Philadelphia to Edinmrgh, Dr. MVkencie is woi king on a huge war memorial which Scotsman a id rofn of Scot i ah dewen will erect in Edinburgh. In the background nvsy i c seen one of the base-reliefs. ","fSd complied with and 'e&tares -thWT" NOoiiV IN VinimiV Fleet Returns to Banks After Big Storm Which Threatened Destruction SEWARD, February 23. Singing chanties of victory, Alaska's . halibut fleet, with a thousand men aboard, again wiaged it ivay to the open sea last night after a two-day battle with a storm which for a time threatened to take a greedy toll of lives. Only the sudden ce:;jat:o:i of the tempest saved the fleet from destruction. Caught In the full force of the gale's onslaught as it swept out of the north across the Gulf of Alaska on Friday, 270 halibut boats struggled for hours toward ports of safety while the storm-lashed waves swept over their decks. Just as hope began to be abandoned that many fishermen would reach shore alive, the . term subsided at noon on Saturday WAS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT ALEXANDER AVIION, PROMINENT CANADIAN' BOTANIST. LOSE LIFE IN VANCOUVER VISITED THIS DISTRICT VANCOUVER. Feb. 2J. Alexander Davld-on, aged 33. Dominion govern ment botanist. eusUUned fractured skull on Saturday when, the autmoblle lh ta.'e Htti7 - eV-l Intrt m tret - r . A greatalm prevailed. last night uxtsrrv,- : v-- .trzr. SWT -ZgpstLJZi. , . , , , , ,, . - land died before he reached the nospi- r the lately storm-raept area. tal. Through aucccssful pioneer wcrk In preventing the spread of blister rust In British Columbia forest, largely by means of airplane obs-rvatlon flights, the late Mr. Davidson became one ot Canada's best known botanist I. Several mcntb ago he escaped without Injury when be was tiding In an airplane which w&s compelled to make a forced landing In English Bay on account of tog although his companions were seriously Injured. The late Mr. Davidson was In Prince Rupert and on the Queen Charlotte Islands In the tall ot 1928 engaged with Miss Irene Mounce In the study ot diseases of Sitka spruce trees. ILLNESS FORCES SLOANTOHOME MINISTER OF MINES MAY NOT HE SEEN IN I.EtitSLATt'RE AMAIN IRIS SESSION VICTORIA, Feb. 28. Hon. William Sloan, minister of mines, may not be seen In the Legislature again this cession. He has left for his home lit Nanalmo, at physicians advice, to seek a rest from his duties. ' Mr. Sloan has been In Indifferent health for some time recently and his recent trip to Honolulu, for the benefit of which It was made, did not seem to do much good. CANADA IS NOT DOINGIT'S PART CONSERVATIVE LEADER PROVE AltlsTLE OF DEFENCE IN SPEAK- INM AT TORONTO DINNER OTTAWA. Feb. 38.f-That Canada at present Is not nearly tidoliig"her part ti help carry the. burden ct1- Empire defence and that the Dominion' active force at the moment 1 actually not sufflclcut to repel invasion were among the contfnUofts ot Hon, Hugh Outhrl. Conservative leader la the House of Commons, speaking fX, a dinner ot the Princess Pats Club. BIG ROBBERY FROM JEWELRY STORE IN BIGFLORIDA CITY MIAMI, Flordla, Feb. 38, Tbe sate of the Sutton and Olbson Jewelry store was blown open early this morning and cash and Jewels estimated at be- ,,,.,. ".tn S!23,pC3 Wirt stolttt.