CLASSIFIED HABIT Everyone readi the Cluulfled AU. 11 yuu Iom, dvrtlM (or it. x vu find, locate the owner. Wtiutcvcr yuu need, ftdvertUe for It V ()i;t Tiir, classified habit. A nitfiiiiiL- a i. i ill .'.nvua rUNlLK DIES IN LONDON 1 '"N. Oct. 17. Sir Francis i t'u ksee, president of the ' ademy, died today. He "i in 186). Muny noted were the product of hU . 'A , W ill., No. 244. Ja, L0N1X)N. Km- lt morial to U one of the finest the world. Mm. JftteM ceiva ait lav Faruuhar will re B Thra4r afternoon IS, from 4 to 6. store. TOMB FIRE VICTIM Whole Block Destroy! as Ktsult of Hoys Smoking in Sheil CRANBROOK, Oct. Ived to have started in 17 Belie-a shed as a result of boys amoking, a fire destroyed a whole block and threatened the rest of the historic 17 Pre- mining town of Fort Steele, ele- . ;.; in vn irom Mfe. riaces Dura- ,-Canada later cke;K' to the ground included the old company with ; r'M MeeantlU building, the Fort to " Larkln journeyed Steel. Tradiag Co. warehouw. tolantPfrlaUo memori Mr L. Login's reaidence. a Chi-on the national UuBd the Qd be eractod at OtUwa he pr i,, BulWinit and ch.rle8 niir ;,JR-Wi in earintr ahop and N. Ckriatopher, who has been Fifth Avenue MBaaness uip souin. return- October HH W any irora ancouer on tha Prince Rupert thib mimii-. HOPPED OFF FOR ENGLAND ST. JOHN'S Nfld, Oct. 17. Commander H. C Macdonald. the English aviator, hopped off from Harbor Grace today in a Moth plane for England. Commander McDonald said the flight would be a five-hour tart hut ha frtftnlf m full load of fuel mm Metal PRINCE RUPERT Norttiern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper riUNPE RUPERT, B.C., WED .KSiMY, OCTOBER 17, 1928 Tonnison, frenzied by heat and strain, rushed back i Infill cf Ytftl I A J CfftXiY I f if f TiT U t Ic I room where he succumbed. IIIUUOLI lill rlKKtll Vf . IV. II. Id engine engine The lucky breaking a steam pipe lKAlMNbrlffl CANADIAN LIFE 'm.U to he Eslabiiehed It itain by Canadian (.overhment fill A DDE A I in l m i Lnif in; MdN, Oit 17-Katab-i two training schools Kritain fr the purpose a six-weeks' course in vMrk to girls coining to I'xumination of Bri- :iniijf to Canada by the U partment fo immigra- interests of better and I. ntfl settlers ia plunn-i:..Tt Korke stated here CURRIE LIBEL t l.urn of Motion to BrinK Bclorc Appellate Court 'To. Oct. 17. Denial ' authorlaed any oeraon notice of tlincontl nuance Mieal from the judgment I ii;t ire Roue awardlna; Sir urrie (600 for dlBWiWl rontained in affidavit 'Hro -1 )!: '-.v W. T. R. an.l F. W. Wiiaon. ' I- (riven that a motion to the appellate court "iM.t setting aside notice "tmuance. in the stokehold: 1 1 1 1 1. A 1 Jt ! ii i; dense ciouus oi steam, into me compartment, n-mothercd the fire, releasing the engine room crew, re smeared from, head to wKh fiiQii)ll, soaked tor, blistered, and partly gassed. They are all re- rng. James, by his cheery conduct and singing of songs, his comrades while awaiting rescue. REGINA STAR GETS SERVICE Application for Charter Granted by Canadian l'rewt at Half Ymrly Meeting mohh British niiwb TIh I'm (Jets an Evening Paper Which Will be Under Chain Maftagemeflt TORONTO. Oct. 17. half yearly meetinit here of the board of directors of the Canadian Press application of Charles E. Campbell, member of the association representing the Edmonton Bulletin for evening paper membership for the Refina Imlly Star waa granted. An application of George Bell. h.. twnrwsents the Calgary Al- Ibertan in the association, for ! membership for an evening paper j st The Pas was also granted. ! frMsals of the nanarement i for a very considerable increase j in the volume of British news I direct from London to Canada iwas unanimously adopted. WAR MEMORIAL IS INSPECTED Arriving Saturday To Investigate Conditions View To Development Hoard of Trade Efforts to Interest Railway Beginning to Hear Fruit in Sending Man Here From Industrial Department The efforts of Colonel J. W. Nichollls, president of the Board of Trade, to have the Canadian National Railways take a keener interest in pushing business at the, port of Prince Rupert is bearing fruit. As the result of his efforts William Phillips, manager of the C.N.R. Industrial Department, is sending a special industrial agent to Prince Rujtert to investigate local conditions and he is expected to arrive here on October 20. He will go thoroughly into the local situation investigating the pros-: Iiects of developing business at the port of Prince Rupert and incidentally reporting on the completion of the big A the mean dnrk hv the inRtallutinn of a snrinkler svfftem which i would lower the insurance rates and make its use a possibility. Mr. Phillip himself will also visit the port in the near future and will make a personal investigation of affairs with a view to developing business. Col. Nicholls is appointing a committee to collect data to set before the industrial department on the arrival of the expert. SALVATION BY FASTING Man Dead and Three 1'cople Seriously III Tryinu lo Abstain Forty Days EDMONTON, Oct 17. Striving to find salvation by moan of a forty day fast, three sur-viving members of the (ab-riysch family, Mary, the mother; her Mtn Walter and his wife Kale, are in a critical condition in a hospital here. They have been there since Friday when they were rushed to the city from Hgremont after the older (isbriyHth was found dead in his home as a result of Ihe fast. TO FACILITATE IMMIGRATION Doctors Being Appointed to Examine Intending Settlers EDMONTON, Oct. 17. Arrangements are being made by the department ot immigration to appoint approximately 500 doctors who will conduct examinations of intended settlers at the point of origin, thus eliminating the possibility of hardship in the settler presenting himself at the seaboard and being turned down by the doc- equipment. He is aa Mperieneed l"e ,ur"' ," Robrt Forke minister of Immi-hours navigator but has had only eighty , of flying expagtMiee. f"01!' "h ' . cofre4nce Th. nl.n. h. s wiaur until of ure w""-n 'mhs ou .....ujsmu.. lonly 26 feet and the horsepower ! ""eations is between eighty and one hun dred. The plane carries neither BURNED TO DEATH wireless nor flouts. : .... I KRANKLIN. Ma Oct. 17. , ' i Audrey, fourteen months old and T. J. Shenton. inspector of Wlldfrid. two years, children of mines, returned to the city from, Richard Wiley were burned, to the interior yesterday afternoon death todwy when fire destroyed following U liij' "ii offiiliil lutit't. .their li m-. i in the case Dr. J. A. West, who described the nat .re of the in formant's injury, Mabel Ilines! and Clara Brown for the crown, and Contois in his own behalf. The alary of the girls was that accaaed came to their tame aad there waa aa argVRteat over $16 XbXUS& br boUt to portect themselves, but were finally fore ed to leave the house, with ac cused in pursuit Contoir oo a bottle from one of them and according to their story struck the Hines woman over the head. She fell unconscious, she said and did not come to for several hours. The accused admitted early developments of the evening and the argument over the $15, also the leaving of the house by the trio. He denied, however -trtk- inif accused with the bottle and suggested instead, that she had been partly drunk and staggered (continued on page 6) SAVED LIVES DIED LATER MONTREAL. Oct. 17 Notwithstanding the uaiu of burns which later resulted in death. Joseph Beaudry, 37 years of age, pluck-ily plunged back into his burning home here and rescued his inuid wife and four children and then returned to extinguish the fire single-handed. He collapsed and Hied in hospital. SEVENTY DROWN SHIPS COLLIDE SHANGHAI. Oct. 17. Seventy, were drowned, according to Tient-! sin reports, when the coasting! steamers Yunghsing and Santa) j collided. The Yunghsing sank with sixty of her three hundred pas-; sengers and ten members of the' crew. I Boston Grill LAIIOE CABARET Bpeclt.1 Dlnoen Thuradtjrs sad Saturdays txtndnr wrry sturdy nltht from ft to 12. Dince HU for Hire. Accomodation for Prim rartlea Phone 437 PRIf 'E FIVE CENTS LOCAL INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS ARE TO BE INVESTIGATED Fireman Sang Songs On Burning Steamship As Soaked Oil and Water for Three Hours in niljjc as Water Grow Holler i.d Holler, Lucky Nursling Steam Pipe Iteleusing Them VANCOUVER, Octolier 17 With seven of her crew full)' burned and scalded the IJIue Star line steam-p Trojan Slar, Caplain G. A. Griffiths, arrived late rijrht with a harrowing story of fire on bor.rd while Utc California coast on October 12, in which William 7 nnison, a fireman, was burned to death, ihe fire was caused by the bursting of an oil jet in t'tkchold, trapping eight men. Second Engineer Syd-1. Houston and Fireman James led the men into the under the boiler. The flames roared above them bree hours and a half while they lay in oil and water (ho plates growing hotter and the water in which were were lying lying steadily sieaany approaching approacning the me bailing nailing point point, CANADIANS ATTEND THE DEDICATION OF AN AMERICAN RANGER SCHOOL Left to right: Jalian . .Rothery, forester iv International Paper Company; G. M. Dallyn, Canadian Forestry As.sociav.iou,. h. w. Crosbie, Ontario Forestry Branca.. These men attended the dedication of ilic new New York State Ranger School building and educational conference at Wanakena on Cranberry Lake. First Assize Case Results In Verdict Of Not Guilty Be,ng Given By Jury Vho Heard It With the grand jury returning true bills in each of the three cases on the docket, the session of Supreme bourt Assizes, with Mr. Justice D. A. McDonald presiding, finally got under way thiB morning and the case in .-iCi vvnimni Contois is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Buddy Hines, Comox Avenue woman, was disposed of with a verdict of not guilty, i it is planned to take up the case in which Fritz Turner is charged with murder next and finally, the Anyox i attempted murder case. I The jury for the Contois cane w.m selected if- follows: George 'ZSnt" nrr n LOOK AFTER uve, ' A r.rya-it, H. A. Breen, . H R. Love. Earl Barrie. Max! HARVEQTFRS Hcilbroner, Walter Hum. Thomas 11111 I lid 1 iUl0 C. Williams and James Brown, j There were but four witnesses. Co-operation to Provide Britishers With Employment Is Being Arranged EDMONTON, Oct. 17 Co-ir-ation between the provincial gov-raeat labor department Alberta offices, the employment services f Canada and the colonization and land settlement offices ia be . ing established to encourage satisfactory assimilation of those British harvesters who desire to remain in Canada after the threshing season is over. VOTING TODAY AT VANCOUVER Indications Are That Toll Will be Heavy and Doubt us to Winner VANCOUVER. Oct. 17. Citizens of Greater Vancouver are voting today to elect a mayor and council to govern the amalgamated city after the new year. Also a new board of school trustees and parks board. Mayor Taylor's opponent. W. H. Malkin. closed his eaatpaigB at a big meeting last night Taylor's last appeal was mad Moaday night. Thirty-two candidates are contesting ten aldermanic seats and three women are in the running. Two aldermen were returned by acclamation. For school trustees M eaodi-dates are offering to fill Bine seats and thirteen candidates aspire to occupy seven teats on the parks board. Indications are that the vote will be heavy and it is very doubtful who will be the first mayor of the greater city. Thee are 7S-000 voters on the list including not only the present city but South Vancouver and Point Grey also which amalgamate at the and of the year. Prince Rupert Liberal Association All Liberals are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the Elks' Home. Helncrson IJIock. at 8 p.m. Friday, October 19. BusinessTo elect delegates to attend the Federal Nominating Convention on November,!!?. W. M. BROWN, President.