CLASSIFIED HABIT "I submit." he said, "that full and unrestricted right to use all waters in British Columbia not heretofore legally appropriated under the laws oi the, province itt vested in the Crown In the i-iiriif nt the Province, subject only to use for domestic purposes. This right displaces ami is inconsistent with a dominant public Htfht of navigation In any river in B.C." PRESTON APPEAL IS ' ABANDONED IN CASE :, WON BY SIR A. CURRIE TORONTO, Oct. 13 Announcement that the appeal of W. R. Preston and F. W. Wilson, pub-Usher of the Port Hope Guide, against n verdict awarding Sir Arthur Currle, commander of tne Canadian Corps. $500 for libel has been .-inndoned. No Dividend Probable Thi Year But Financial Condiatlon Improved TORONTO, 'Oct. 13. Th- man agetnent of the B.C. Packers XbMt ffljMff 1twth- oW B. C. 'FlaKing and Packing Co.. The Gome Packing Co. and the Millard Co. expects to make a substantial profit this year. This has been made possible as the result of economies resulting rrom operating the concerns under one management. The profits will not be large enough to allow the payment of a dividend but wi'l place the big company in a sound position, it is said. WINNIPEG FIRE SPECTACULAR WINNIPEG, Oct. 13. In a spectacular fire the six storey Rubber building was swept by flames early this morning, the estimated damage being $300,000. Minor damage was done to an adjoining building, the five storey Maranti boot and shoe warehouse. SIR ESME HOWARD IS TO RETIRE AT END OF NEXT YEAR LONDON. Oct. 13 The foreign office announced today that Sii Berne Howard, British ambassador to the United States, would be retired in Derem!er, 1029, on reaching the age limit of 06 under the civil service regulations. FORTY-THREE LOST WHEN SUBMARINE SANK PARIS, Oct. 13.--Forty-three men aboard the French submac iiie Ondlno were lost on the night of Qctober 3 when the Greek steamer Ekaterlna Goulandts col- 1 . TT'l.'. 1. 1 .. - - -. ndeil with the craft off uporto and wok it. The vessel searched in vain for survivors. J. II. McMulltn, superintendent of provincial police, arrived In the city on the Prince George this morning for a brief visit and will return to Victoria on the sanu' vessel tomorrow night. Mr Jcliullin, who wax formerly gov- ernnsunt agent here, is renewing many old acquaintances. Boston Grill red tb CUwlri4 Kvcryon Adi. LARGE CABARET If you Iom, dertlie for It. Special Dinner Thursday sad If you find, locate th owner. Saturday Danclnf every Saturday nlibi Whatever jrou need, dvertl for Jt s- front 9 to It. V PRINCE RUPERT Dance Hall for Hire. flKT TUG (I.AKS1HEU IIAIIIT. Accomodation tor Prlvae Tartlet Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 457 : w in., No. 241. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS GIANT AIRSHIP HAD RIGHT HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE IE TO TRIPLE COLLISION ON ENGLISH RAILWAY THIS MORNING Airship Had Trouble This Morning Bui Is Now Making Progress (iraf Zeppelin Was Last Night Making 75 Miles an Hour and all on Hoard Were Well: Expect Reach N,Y.' Sunday Radio news broadcasts heard here at midnight last! .'.'.i. announced that the German dirigible Graf Zeppe-niaking an Atlantic flight from Frederichshaven to r . hurst, New Jersey, was 300 miles west of the Canary i i'!s, travelling at a speed of 75 miles an hour and i height of 1,400 feet above the ocean. If weather iit ions continued favorable, it was expected the bigi up would reach Lakehurst Sunday at noon. All on ,,rd were well. NKW YORK, October 13. The Graf Zeppelin was; ; ;'ixntly in trouble this morning for several hours; ii a damaged port horizontal but the latest advices in-I t hat limned repairs had been effected and she a making fair progress about 950 miles east of Ber- hen the damage to the horizontal was (firXMjvered a rA was sent by wireless that a surface ship should nt to follow her course. She was then 1100 miles f Bermuda. T he United States naval department ordered cruis-md destroyers to be ready if needed At nine o'clock the navy department received word in.iiied repairs had been effected and it was expect-' re would be no need of the surface vessels. The - i"n was then 950 mllos from Bermuda, indicating progress being made. t 12.81 today the ship was heard from but no t!c reported. WOMAN DROWNS WATER POWERS MAN ESCAPES' THIS PROVINCE vf of Lighthouse Keeper Near Vinulmo l-osc Her Life Yesterday MMO, Oct. 13. Mm. O'- ' wilt- of the lighthouse, ' ai Rntrance Island, eight ' rni Nanaimo, was drown- J :.iy afternoon in Patricia! 1 iIm inls Island, when a row-ii which her husband whs ' ' " mukc a landing capsised, ;i i.r the two into the water. "iliund managed to make lull the wife -was drowned. 1 ii"dy was recovered. menreturnIg from prairies 1 ' of I ncmployed Here Now I.t "V in .o or nil rimoer uper-n' inns Taklns Some Men I' ' ii 'i'h. ' "turn of transient labor 1 If' prairie harvest fields is 'I ai the local branch of the ynii'iit Service of Canada during the past week or ' Imt of unemployed has (i to fifty or sixty. principal demand for labor nut now Is for tlemakera at 'nip of the Hanson Timber '"'"r Co. which are opening, "if interior for the winter, 'w tt'itmsters were sent thin " Ui'orge Little, Terrace 1 jMi'iitor. Argument Now Going on at Ottawa in Regard to the Right of B.C. OTTAWA, Oct. 13. Hon. E. II. Ryckman, K.C.. presented the British Columbia argument in the supreme court of Canada yesterday In the Dominion and Provincial controversy for control of water powers and navigation. Ryckman contended there waa no right of public navigation in th. rivers of British Columbia LUNCHED WITH KINGGEORGE Premier Mackenzie King Presented His Majettty With Gold Medal LONDON, Oct. 1.1. It is un-der(iHd that Premier Mackenzie Kins, who lunched with Kins George at Buckingham Palace, presented the Kins with a gold medal specially struck to commemorate the COth anniversary of confederation. It in understood the premier will present a Hlmilar medal to Premier Baldwin and a third to the Prince of Wale. B.C. PACKERS MAKING PROFfi British Liberal leader, who yesterday made a clear-cut announcement of the Liberal position at the gathering of delegates at Great Yarmouth Triple Railway Collision Near Gloucester, England On The Line To Bristol and Number Are Killed GLOUCESTER, England; October 13. At least eleven persons were killed with the possibility of twenty in a triple train collision this morning on the Bristol line. The number of injured is estimated at forty. First there was a collision between express and freight trains and then a third train on a parallel track crashed into the, wreckage which had been thrown over on to it by the impact. Fire followed the collision. The Indies were so mutilated that no identifications could be made this afternoon. Canada Financially On Easy Street Says Hon. J. A. Robb; Money on Hand to Pay Bonds Country lias Money Enough to Retire all Maturities Until 1933 When Large Amount Falls Due TORONTO, October 13. "Wo are on easy street," said Hon. J. A. Robb here, as he pointed out that Canada had already retired $22,000,000 of the $53,000,000 short term bonds due October 15 and would retire the remainder with cash from the treasury. "We have sufficient money to meet the $53,000,000 maturing, said Mr. Robb, "with some left over. We hope to take care of maturities coming along now until 1933. In 1933 we have some very heavy maturities of $400,000,-000 but I don't anticipate any refunding of major amounts before then." Mr. Robb declined to predict or comment on the possibility of taxation reduction announcements in the next budget. iBritish Steamer Trojan Star Had Close Call As Fire Guts Engine Room One Man Burned to Death and Several Severely Injured While all the Crew are Badly Gassed on Freighter Bound to Vancouver PORTLAND, October 12. British steamer Trojan Star bound to British Columbia from San Pedro was afire 1 tonight forty miles north and 47 miles west of Cape Mendocino. The crew were preparing to take to their boats. Three vessels were rushing to her assistance. SAN FRANCISCO, October 13. - With one dead and several severely injured and all the crew badly gassed, the British freighter Trojan Star proceeded under nor own reduced steam to Vancouver, B.C., having quelled a fire in the hold and fire room after an all night fight off the coast of Northern California. Fireman Tennvsnn was burned to death while the second engineer and several firemen suffered .severe burns and werc badly gassed. ! The engine room was gutted by l flames. Following SOS calls the Metson ! Navleation Company's steamer ! Total for First 9 .Months of This Makiki reached the scene last night a few hours after the distress call was given. TUG IS SAFE OTTAWA. Oct. 13. The Government tug George W. Yates arrived at Port Nelson safely, according to a radio message received from there. NEW ZEALAND Char! Lieut, TO AUSTRALIA Airplane Lands Sunday Morning nt Sydney, New South Wales Sydney, N.S.W., Southern hern ' Qjbss yrpss Oct. 13. The Captain with wnn uapj and tided at Richmond airdrome at 2.17 Sunday morning, October 14, twenty-two and a half hours after taking off from Wellington, New YESTERDAY'S WHEAT VANCOUVER, Oct. 13. The lorthig price for No. 1 Northern wheat here yesterday was $1.21 ' . - REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS DOWN Year is $216,1 1 6.20 as Compared with $276,230.97 ine irojan aiar is a uiue oiar customs and excise collections ireignier. y.uou tons register. anu!at the of Prlee Uupert for London is her home port. Shejthe int nlne months 0f this year was proceeding from South 8hww a considerable decrease Shields. England, to Vancouver, .;rom the revenue derived in" this the last port of call prior to themmnner during the corxe,pondlng fire being -San Fedro. She car-j period in i927. Up to September ries a crew of 35 or 40. 30 this year. the collections By the time the Makiki drew upmount a of j216,146.20 to the Trojan Star, two hours !ag com,rwi with last year's after the sending out of the call -ota, for the firat nlDe months for assistance, the crew had con- aggregating $276,28017. quered the names sumcienuy so that the fire out of sight was below decks At 9.23 last night Digby Island wireless station picked up an "SOS" call from the Trpian Star, stating that theie was a serious fire in the stokehold of the veseel which gave her position as 20 miles west of Cape Mendocino on the California coast. A later message announced th.it the fire had been finally extinguished after one man had Leer killed and several Injured Tne American steamer Makiki was reported to be standing by. Following are the figures month by month for this year and last: January . February March April ... May .... June July .... August . Sept .... 1928 13,364.30 19.243.18 22.066.19 21.678.tS 19.46t.94 41.837.76 21.686.IW 30,38035 20.115,17 1927 29.962.80 32.053.39 36.069.79 31.521.73 33.802.06 32.762.67 21.048.31 33,638.63 26,482.19 $216,146J $276,230.97 WHEAT.BEING SHIPPED WEST IGood Proportion Goch by Pacific Ports Kven This rJarly in Season WINNIPEG. Oct. 18. Ten boats have so far cleared the lake head with 2,869,000 bushels of wheat and three from Vancouver. There are now 7.689 cars of wheat in transit to the take head and 2,295 on the way to western ports. There is in storage in country elevators 39.986.000 bushels. Van couver has 5,459,000 bushels and Prince Rupert 18,000 bushels. NKW HECTOIt 1IEKE Rev. J. B. Gibson arrived in the city on thin afternoon's train from Smithers to assume his new duties here as rector of St. An tnw' Anglican Cathedral sue Ceedinir Bishop G. A. Rlx,