n MFjEDHABlT Everyone reads the Classified Adi. If you lose, advert Ue for it. If you find, locate tho owner. Whatever you need, advertise tor It fit." TIIL' ft A aslL'Ifti i rtwi ('f,.- Vol. XVIII.. No. 226. EARL VICTORIA BRINGS MILLION GOLD NOME, Alaska, Sept. 2C With n ii ii...ii half a million dollars i.i ,'otil bullion and a heavy cargo i t reindeer meat and eighty pas-. ,.,;,!! the steamer Victoria sail-id for Seattle yesterday. 200 HOUSES AND SHOPS IN ii HANKOW BURN HANKOW, Chinn, Sept. 28. It feared today that many persons e dead us a result of a fire hi' 'h started in a gambling dsn the native city. Two thousand 1 ues and shops were burned, t'ie lijdit woodfn structure lend- n- themselves to the spread of the flames. "fa "'"fa -i Godfrey's Plane Struck Shallow Part Of River And Pontoons Broke off PEACE MVER, September 20. Lieut. Mavdesley: in the rescue plane yesterday visited Commander Godfrey and Sergeant Graham near Carcajou 200 miles down the Peace Iiivcr. He reported the two as busy salvaging , tar .-i :ipiane engine. j Flight Commander Gordon and Wing Commander, Hreadner would say nothing for publication before leaving by train for Edmonton last night beyond repeating! that dense smoke caused tho flyers to come down on the' river. Unfortunately a shallow spot was struck, the pon-( nor breaking off and the plane sliding into deep water. ' ALL RETURNED ACCLAMATION rolnile Cabinet Im Now Legally Constituted to Cnrrvuin. Bus! " new. VK TO III A. Sept. 26. All the pi'm rs of the Tolmle cabinet w. ;c i t -elected yesterday by ac- I. million in the elections made im i -;iry by the acceptance of n:t t positions by those mentis is of the Legislature. The ac-i I itiriiion were: Vii-ria S. F. Tolmie, profiler mill minister of railways. i Ini.t Ilinchcliffe. minister of id i .ition. llMjuimall R. H. Pooley, at-iiM iMMieral. In Li wack W. Atkinson, rala-i ' r ot agriculture. Vim ouvcr W. C. Shelly, mln-i .h r of finance. P. . hnu.nd Point Grey 8. L. J T i'. provincial secretary. I H A lIll' V II. S. Lougheed, minister of public works. .(;. I. Maitlnnd and R. V. I : in ii did not need re-election : thiir services are Riven without remuneration except for the s sional indemnity. Tin- speaker and deputy spoak-ir .in chosen by the legislature. 4. Jt. GROUSE WORRY HKS1 DENTS OF WESTVIEW While certain local real- ' dents, particularly those in Wetviv complain of the ! Halibul prices were again high at the local Fish Hxchanire this TISM C VANCOUVER. Sept. 26. Brit ish Columbia yesterday sold bonds to a Canadian and United States syndicate to the amount of 000,000 at the rate of 4.91 per cent. The syndicate Includes the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Dominion Securities, Wood Gundy & Co., A. E. Ames & Co., and it is understood that a New Y'ork house is also interested. It was the first sale in some years which did not call for public tender. The plan was adopted due to the choatic condition of the bond market. Four millions were sold to refund maturing treasury certificates and two mil- morning though not quite as high Hons to refund short term P.G.K us yesterday. Five American ves- uimemnj oi .v . uuuua. sels sold 13'J,nOO pounds at from 15.1c und 7c to 18.0c and 8c while four Canadian vessels received from 11.6c nnd 7c to 17.Cc nnd 7c for 17,600 pounds. Arrivals and sales were as fol lows: American Pioneer, 48.000 pounds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co., 15.1c and 7c. Sunset, SO.000 pounds, Atlin Fisheries, 17.7c nnd 7. Excel, 10.000 pounds. Royal Fish Co., 17.5c nnd 7c. Doric, 39,000 pounds, Booth Fisheries, 17.8 -and 7c. Canadian Helen, 3.006 po'unds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co.', 17.2c and 7c. Emblem I. 8,000 pounds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co. 14.Cc and 7c. "II. nnd R., 1.000 pounds, Atlin Fisheries. 17.1c and 7c. Joe Baker, 5.G00 pounds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co., 17.6c nnd 7c. ALL-CANADIAN HIGHWAY ASKED Cood Roads Covenllon Unanimous in Asking Federal Govern mcnt for it REG IN A. Sept. 26. At the Canadian good roads convention yesterday there was a unanimous call from all representatives addressed to the dominion govern ment for a trans-Canada highway. Prince Odward Island joined with British Columbia in expressing hc view that what Canada needed at this stage of development was a main highway from ocean to ocean nnd before the conference concludes it is expected a resolution will be presented in regard to the matter. Wo specialize In Finger Waving, S&ilp Treatment and all fHce massage. Make your appointment by phoning SOL MEXICO CITY. Sept. 26. Emilio Portes Gil was elected provisional president of Mexico at a joint session of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies last night. He will take office December 1. ' Congress has ordered a popular presidential election ' to be held the third Sunday in November of aext year. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1928 ROME, Sept. 26. Premier Mus-i . GIVING DINNER PREMIER KING solini announces that the present! Italian Chamber will be, relieved LONDON, Sept. 26. Premier of its duties before December, ' Baldwin and the whole cabinet that Fascisti candidates will be are Invited to a dinner to be ten-presented for election which will dered to Premier Mackenzie King take place March 24 and the new of Canada by the Canadian Club chamber will be inaugurated April here on October 10. This will be 21. The premier will also define Mr. King's only speaking engage- me exact duties of the new charo- ment in England, ber. i Pro-British Resolutions Passed School Trustees Connection With Books ' ister of education to investigate the whole matter of pro curing suitable text books compiled by Canadian professors and teachore. Tho resolution was introduced by North Vancouver. A resolution submitted by IJurnaby requesting the department to compPo educational tests along British and Canadian lines jmtoad of using forms compiled in the United States also, passed. United Statos forms of spelling in British Columbia school readers wore severely criticised and the minister of education was petitioned to have such publications withdrawn. ELKS' ADD BRIDGE TO WHIST SERIES Will Start Tournaments Next Monday and Divide ' Season into Two Parts Meeting a request that had been made from various quarters, the 1 Boston Grill LA It (IE CABARET Special Dinner Thursday and Saturdays Dancing eyrry Katnrilnjr night from 9 to 12. Dance lull for Hire. Accomodation for Prlvae Parties Pbont 4S7 Price Five Cents GODFREY'S PLANE WRECKED ON RIVER SHALLOWS -pmratlont of deer fn their gardens, others, closer in. report that grouse are becom- ing no less a nuisance and are doing considerable damage. One local man, on looking out first thing this morning, is reported to have seen no less than twenty grouse in his garden. It was all he could do to re- frain from using 'the shot- gun on them. Whether or not Kaien Is- land should continue to be a game preserve is becoming a question upon which there is considerable difference of opinion. PRICES FOR HALIBUT STILL AT HIGH LEVEL American Vessels Receive up to 18.'Jc nnd 8c today, Canadians getting as high as 17.6c and 7c to WORLD'S LARGEST AIRSHIPS ViW t'NDKIt ruN.-fR! '. TION IN MOTHERLAND: The British government is building two dirigible, one for u tvih Mv rvi.-e to Auun.li.-. .-.ml th nk. ply between London and New York. The 1, inure shows a view of the i.ur iU of tk. passenger saloon of one of the airships and part ot the main promenade deck, looking forward Irom the port aide. ! SIX MILLION '"NEW PRESIDENT ITALIANS MS. ' SECURITIES I MEXICO CHOSENj ELECT CHAMBER DISPOSED OF British Columbia Bonds Sold Through Big Syndicate at Rate or -1.91 per Cent Will Act For Year Until Popular, Dissolution to Take. Place. Jus Election Takes Place Prior to Christmas Holidays Hypnotic hfluence On Prisoner j Charged In Exartirg Confession I An Murder Case Now Proceeding i EDMONTON, September 26. There wag a decidd change in the complexion of the Booher murder triaf v.ii-n Chief Justice Simmons ruled out of evidence the confession secured from Vernon Booher after he had been confronted by a gun which Dr. Langster, the Vienna criminologist had discovered on a far.-s near Manvil'c and with which the prisoner is alleged to have slain his mother, brother and two hired men. The presiding judge thought the onus was upon the crown to prove that Booher was not under hypnotic influence as was claimed by the defense at the time the confession was given MANAGER SKEENA' SALMON SEASON CANNERIES DIES! NEARING CLOSE Joseph Edward Lord of North Pacific and U. A. Is Victim of Pleurisy VANCOUVER, Sept. eph Edward Lord, 45 lag. 26. Jos-years of 'pine flnrf HrlMRh Amprlfun pan Packing on Mainland Will be Closed Down by Next Week Only Island Canneries Still JVttive . ' . oepiemoer zs ami in tnc uenirm 'neries on the Skeena River died division outh of here today from pleurisy. All net fishing on the Skeena manager of the North Pa-!ana Aaas u,vera WI" clo8e Low Inlet as well as in the Bella Coola div ision such fishing will close on October 5. This will mark the final closing of the salmon pack-ing season on the mainland. Lowe Inlet cannery is now Elks' Iodge decided tost night tll. .i.,.., k,!-. hased at Swan- o add the game of bridge to the ,av and onv ttt Queen Char- scries of whist tournaments that i,,,.. the lodge will hold during the PENTICTON, September 26-The KG School Trut, XZ'oXnlS. tees Association here unanimously called upon the min- The sason win be divided in two parts, the first opening next Monday and closing on December 10 and the second opening on January 7 and closing Murch 26. In addition to the keekly and grand prises, there will be a substantial distribution of prizes at the end of each of the two periods. RUN OVER BY TRAIN BUT NOT MUCH HURT ll!l!( III' LONDON, SepL 26,To be run over by a train and yet to survive On amotion from Burnaby tho convention also called l,ho ""'i .!xPer,enc f ,Dr: upon the department to include in the histories Unight nnrmonv.. and one of thc g4reatet in toe public and high schools the true facts of military, ivJnjr critics. lie fell beneath the aerial, naval and economic burdens borne by the several. train, lay still between the rails aMied and central European nations in the war. until the train passed and after- 1 wards wns rpmnvpil In a hnADltal The convention imisheu today ana ueaueii to meet With a broken rib and loss in Nanaimo next year. I memory. closed and Ilutedale cannery will close down on Friday of this week. Walker Lake and Namu canneries are still open. , Claxton and Inverness canneries on the Skeena and Arrandale on the Naaa will close this weekend. In Massett Inlet, the Langara and Massett Canners canneries are still operating on ehums from Dixon's Entrance, einlng in Nad-en Harbor will be re-opened next Sunday night. Seining, is still closed in Massett Inlet. On the south end of the Queen Charlotte Islands, South Bay, lagoon Bay and Lockeport canneries are still in operatitn. There has been a very good run of cbums In that region. The fisheries department ' It still continuing the aerial patrol, CORRECTIONS EXTRADITION NORTHCOTTS Papers Have to go Back for Er-rore nnd Omissions to be Rectified SACRAMENTO, Sept. 26 Steps tpward thc return of Gordon Stew- n4U,Wcr"id' CBiiorn,Bl to amWer to murder Indictments in connection with the death of 4 boys, will be delayed at least five days more to permit tho correction of technical errors and omissions In the extradition documents. It is declared that the southern authorities ran the risk of losing of, their case if Northcott fought against his return to California.