1 remier macLean roints to Danger of Change in Political Life Just Now r-a t - l f .. im.... tin ii i ifiiiiiTiii ifiiuiTi uivi i Uritlsh Wmln OAbMtlblJ II Alii I Boston Grill LARGE CABARET Everyone reada the Classified AO. ' Special Dlnnera Thursdaye and If you lone, advertise (or It. Saturdaya If you find, locate the owner. Dancing evrry Saturday night from 9 to 12. Whatever you need, advertise for It Dance Hall for Hire. PRINCE RUPERT The lateit and best for the least. GET THE CLASSIFIED IIAHIT. V' I'hone 437 Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper cl XVIII., No. 107. ritlNCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928 Prise JFive Cents VICTORIA, July 18. In a pre-election message last night Pre-txr MacLean Baid: "You stand at the parting of the ways. One finger post "dangerous and obscure" leads from the trodden pathway to a 'u-- ct floundering surveys and investigations. The other mark-titruaght ahead" points to continuation of the road of progress :" rity over which the province had travelled in safety for st twelve years so that today it can lift its bead proudly, v.,ng that itH credit stands high and its social achievements Ia nniui Tt la fvr vmi 1j A LEAN SEES IIINKS LIBERALS WILL HE RE- TIKNED TO POWER WITH LARUE MAJORITY VJt rORIA. July 18. The Liberal gov- will dc returned to power by tiNmlng majority. Premier predicted Isst night at the K ., the big Liberal rally here. "I .. (cling of pride in the achieve-- l twelve difficult years. The jcivemment took office In BC. r i he war and we had to face .;; problem of the period of re- n.,n During the whole time . ,r.iment carried on in the beat! oW:e Of ail the governments in ir Mi:re of Oanada and of the ...ii itself which was In power dur-war. only two retelned the confi- the people and are aUU In of-. iiei the Liberal admin letr ion .ii. 'I Quebec" IIIUV B I fc B B III LUl)1 111 CHINA TYPHOON i::i;ni steamer hit rocks and r-' ink near Hanoi hoats mt- ItU ON IIAIIMIONU RIVER VOl French Indo -Chins, July IS. nvea are believed to have .-..t when the French . dohed against a rock at the of Haip-Hong In a xiii Most of the S 1 but several at it 't wh"n they were swept into One of the hip's hollers oj she aank almost Immediately, were drowned when small . nwli sank In the Halp-Hong luring the storm. SIR HENRY THORNTON IS COMINGON FRIDAY f- 11rnr Thornton. D resident of . ..imclisn National Railways, ac c i i ..niied by a party of officials, will i n Friday in the course of hie tion trip to Western Canada. He v mrive from Vancouver by the inor Prince Oeorae at 10.30 In the nnd proceed East by special ii t s pm. A : inuenvenu are being made by the T i (i Trade to entertain Sir Henry "nrf will lie conference with the '" I and hi officials Financial Reconstruction of Canadian National Railways Planned by , i nnuju. M.H...I nn.v i f ti ..- r f h, government before the next r u rduy by Sir Henry Thornton in addressing me Sir Henry made the announcement when dealing with the pro nv. of the company during the 'at the net operating earnings .ui three miltlk trt rhore than iui-eiu that 'thlr prbgrewr had re- 1 ' ' 'i the company from the position 1 beniK a menace to the financial ' " the Dominion. h" Henry continued: "We wUl have f ' re us a problem which I hope will & Maoed in revision next year. That 1 me problem of our financial atruo-We have on our books all sort 1 'niritlea, mortgage and guarantee. Our iie tep, ij tn, Canadian National ' '" M placed In a position of financial "H'licy. is to secure revision of this " ii ter The plan which we are pre-ret nubmlt represents the result of yi.irn' work and will, we hope. i PHunfrou in I'nniP ni i 1 1 e . a i m Columbia choose. On the one band lie the way of broken negotiations and tasks unfulfilled. On the other lies certainty of achlereroeot, a definite goad of relief treat an old railway burden, the return at great resources with furtber redue-tlon of taxation and Improvement with the opportunity of those social law which have already accomplished ao much for the welfare of our people. "I leave the choice in your band with absolute confidence that you will, show your approval of our record and your faWh In our policies by your vote." VICTORIA. July 1. Dr. Tolmie predicted victory in a pre-election message yesterday. "The big vital Issue as I see It i Increased prosperity. Increased population, asore business, which will keep our young people at home." he said. "The policy of the Conservative if elected, wculd be to take are of the people now la the province first of an and then launch Into a program of de velopment which would bring In the right type of people." hi'ssia rt'Krn iiiur, 0,1'antity or Vt lli:.T I ROM CANAD 4 -WlWrelPJB. tt-oasa 4 has purchased a minion and a half bushels of wheat during the 4 sat 34 bourn, it we announced at the grain .change today. bringing the ortn:gbt'a pur- 4 chases to 9.500.000 bushel. 4444444444444444 HALIBUT ARRIVALS TODAYJ01,000 LBS. tmerlran lUh ReeHte- up to lt.Te and 6c and Canadian as lll(h a llJc and Gc A total of 101.000 pounds of halibut was sold at the Fish Exchange in is morning. Three American vessels re ceived from 10 and 9c to li 7c and ee for 08,000 pounds while three Canadians disposed of UJtOO pound at from 104c and So to HJc and Sc. Arrivals and Bales: A liter lean Brunvot. 40,000 pounds. Booth Ftehor-iss. 10. Sc and Sc. Zenith. S1.M0 pounds. AUln Plse-rle 19.7c and Sc. Cora. 4AM pounds. Canadian Phm & Oold Storage Co.. tt sc and 7c. Canadian Oslo. 24.000 pound. Pacific Mahertea. 11 V and Sc. stiear. 4M0 pounds, Canadian FWh Cold BMrag t . . hh Whit Uly. 700 pounds, fjanadiaa Ftoh ft Oold Storage Co.. lOJe sad e Advertise In the DaUy News. Sir Henry Thornton ihui it is the intention of snhmlt a nlan for the reconstruc iha rnmnanv for the consideration session of parliament was made past five years, lie poinieu . out of the company had n. J"1 forty million dollar annually and th. (ovimimm of Osatda from vny future responsibility and gu" with respect to the ayatem. We Have where we can point now reached a -wwnunend to the government and the which will, in People of Oanada a plan perpetuity, relieve the Canadian National fronVbeln, any further drag upon the Achievement of treasury of Canada. will. I think, do more such a position to guarantee the security of Canada thing I can think than any other single of." Bishop Plnkh.m of Calgary died LADYNELSON IS LAUNCHED ITHST or CANADIAN NATIONAL WEST INDIES f LEET TAKES WATER WINNIPEG, Man., July 18. "Lady Nelson" first of a new fleet of passengei mall and cargo vessels for the Canadian National Steamships took to the water yesterday from the yard in the presence of distinguished company representatives of the Canadian and West Indian governments. Madame Lapolnte, wife of Hon. Ernest Lapolnte, minister of Justice, at the Christening spoke of the hpj; choice of name for the first of these ateamcrs, recalling that It was at St. Kltts. Nelson met frances. widow of Dr. Nesbltt, who became Lady Nelson. C. J. Smith, vice president In Europe of the Canadian National Railwaya. rpok of the Increasing importance of trade between the Dominion and the Wset Indies and suggested that it will grow faster with the establishment of the enhanced service. ' Mr. Smlt hsjao spoke of the new fleet as representing a new link In the chain of Empirt nomrrninlftkm. Madame Lapolnte received from the shipbuilder a handsome hand bag. and from the officer of the Canadian Na tional Railways, a silver Jug bearing striking vine leaf design. Following the launching 300 of the guest were served at luncheon In one of the lofts of Messrs. Oammell Laird's Company and during the course of the speeches many complimentary references were made to the fine design of the "Lady Nelson" and Its peculiar fitness the special service In which she and the other vessels will liter engage IN DEFENCE MRSLSMITH Vancouver Women 1'rotest Knitliels Ued by Onscrva-" "" 'irvf In BleclionCam- palgn VANCOUVER July 18. The following resolution moved by Mrs. J. A. Clark, seconded by Mrs. J. H. Senkler, was adopted unanimously at a meeting of women held in the women's building here yesterday: "Resolved that this meeting of Vancouver women regardless of political affiliations express its resentment at the unmanly epithets applied by Conservative candidates in the present election campaign against Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith, who has devoted a lifetime of service to the promotion of fair and just laws for women and children and for betterment of social conditions in British Columbia." SALMON BELLIES GIVE MONTREALERS DRUBBING Wen Inhibition Game U't Nl(ht Inwn A.A.A. by Score of Trn to NIL MONTREAL. July IS. The Nw Westminster Salmon Bellies. Canada Olympic Uerosw represent tlv, gave Montreal A A A. team a ten to nil seating here last night in an exhibition game. STOCK QUOTATIONS Noon CloKlng ITIces Twlay on Vancou ver Eirhiinr,e fOowteey of S. D. J Sanson Oo, LM. Bid Asked Ararat Rufu M M Bayview .7V4 .74 B. O. Silver 130 1.7 Big Missouri .11 -It Cork Province ilW Dunweil Duthle 1A6 1.10 Oeorge Oopper 4.70 4S Ororgta River M M Olaeler Olasslr -at Ooloonda 0 0V Orandvlew Mk J7 Independence It .U Indian Kootney Florenee .... .3T "'J5V4 Jt Marmt Hlver udW 1 Jitfe .10 Natlmal Sliver '. 14 H .18 Noranda 63.15 53 36 Pend Oreille 14.00 14.76 Porter Idaho .... .70 .71 Richmond Ji Ruth Hope M .574 Silver Crest .... .iavi 12 Sllversdo .87 Silversmith 114 .124 Terminus .15 Topley Richmond . .58 .57 White Water .... 230 a .at Woodbine .S04 314 ROOM YET IN IEXCISE PROBE NEWS CAMPAIGN! WILL NOT WAIT LIBERAL VOTE OtTER MAKES EARLY START Ql'lTB IMI'OKTANT AC TIVE CANDIDATES NEEDED Prince Rupert and this entire section cm keenly intetcsted In the News' Everybody Win"! prize distribution, early everybody .keems Interested In chi exceptional and extraordinary of fer and every when one goes one can near iolka talking' News Campaign. With this state of affairs In a11"1 i Is indeed pussling to the palgn management why there are not ore people inter -ed tbelr own personal advanecment. m;re people who wish to capitalise thu rr.ocptkmal of fer. With public intercat keyed to he highest pilch, one is sure of being t sccorded merited support if the effort! Is made. J No doubt there are many who are under a false Impression ss to the number of active parc:pants enlisted up to the preset t t.aie or the actual working plan of the camialgn. Every urn sesiur to exjx-ct everyone olse U be entered and ha the feeling that many are rlready actively In the race. As 'a matter of fact there arc not yet as many active candidate as thre are Ma crines. CAMPAIGN 4VHT STARTING New it the very start of the cam-wlgn Is '.he log eat time to enter the -ace. Unlike mort u'cript:on cam- pwlgru. the Mews has outlined a de- rcaulng plan of b;c Ai the cam-algn 4rogreaes ' subscriptions will ount a laeser nueabrr of votes. The present big vale period will continue until August as. rinra that tu.e until the closing night there wUl be three material reduction In the voting power of subeertrsCans One can have no hope of winning at th. end of the campaign if h or' she tails to avail buaeelf or bereelf of the present big vote poeslMllti. During the flsst week of a candidate entry every three k-year subscription lor other equivsisni) entitle the can- date to A First- Week Coupon This offer wUl give you a flying tart and wUl assure you of receiving merited rapport at the start. NO ONE "TOO BIO" And Just stop and consider what the winning votes can mean to you. Where ele eould you secure a fine new nclosed motor car with no cost to you. Don't imagine you are too big to participate in this campaign mc.lt the approval of the biggest people In this entire section. Tour friend wlU save all their cou- or you that appear in the New day and they will be glad to pay up their subscription or scrlble through you. Voters pue up mighty fast when you once let your friend know that you have become candidate In the prise campaign Toull get them everyghere by just I a few moments of your spare time. Think of the value In good hard cash represented In the mammoth list of prise to be given away absolutely free remember, toe. that these costly prises are to be distributed simply in exchange for votes. TO AWAKIi TWO Al'TOS Two beautiful high powered car nd hundred of dollar in cash award is certainly substantial nay for odd menu of your spare time In gath cuing vote. WUl you be on of the winners? It' all up to you. The first thins to 1 to rush your nomination coupon the campaign office at once. That start you with anoo free vote put you right in line for one of the blggeat prise. If you wish your share In this gigan tic Mine distribution you should to It that your nonilBaHon I In with out further delay. Campaign headquartM located on the seeond floor of The News building are open from 0.00 tn, to SAO pm each day to receive nominations and to answer Inquiries. Telephone 584. Be sure that your nomination Is In today without fail. IN IIKK (ILOKV Baoitad Customer II Is true that you have received 1400 hat fresh from Paris. Milliner Yes, madam. Smelted Customer Great! ill ' try them all on I- -Passing Skew. 4 ELECTION KKTl'ltNS AT 1.IIUKAL ROOMS AND MHTKOPOI.K HALL EUeetlon return will be received -at the Ubeeal eommlUre room corner of Jnd Avenue and 4th Street on the evening of the election. 6o that ladles may have an opportunity to get the return without crowding, return! will also be received at Metropole Hall. 4 KEFl'SLS TO 1E DELAYED BY POSSIBLE COL'BT ACTION AND WILL CLOSE VANCOUVER, July 18 If Harry Relfel. president and manager of Joseph Kennedy Ltd. .wholesale liquor dealers of Vancouver, refuses to attend as a witness In the Inquiry being conducted here by Oordon O. Lindsay, Royal Commissioner, then the investigation Ui elite without lus eeldeoce. A. D. Mac-cm- donild. K.C.. count! to the commission. utcd at the lnrulry today. The com-in muVjion la Investigating the charge of violation of the excise laws. If tbr Jurisdiction of the commission la tested In the ecurt its work might be ed up for month, it was pointed out. Frederick Dceley, excise officer, giving evidence, said he thought alcohol had been diverted fram British Columbia Inesar Co.' bonded warehouse but he had no pereoBial knowledge cf It and had never received soy money from any rre-.n or corporation to influence htm tn the non-frformanee of hi doty. A. W ScavU aaJd be had never tried tu corrupt Dceley. He thought alcohol was released from bond but not with he connivance of Deeley In his opinion TOUR PARTIES VISITING CITY SKVr.ltU. SMALL UUOITK I'KOM EAST-EUN CANADA AND THE I'NITF.D STATES WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS Several smaller tour part! from Kasleru Canada and the Unltsd States ul be in the city during the next day r so on Canadian National boata and train. v In charge el A. E. Brysen. a Kerr- aryson western tour party twenty rafc peapie arrived on. the Prince Mvfert Wtf wvsentnc the ouh and will make-tiie- trip to Bkagmy. returning here Monday morning and pro ceeding Bast in a special car attached to the regular train. Also arriving on the Prince Rupert tht morning was a Penfleld party of 16 people from New York. They diseni- bsrksd here and , proceeded Bast by train. An Elliott tour party of ten people from Chicago Is miking the round trip to Skagway on today's boat and will disembark here Monday morning and prtceed Bat by train. On thla afternoon's train from the Bast arrived at Roth'a Alaska tour party of twenty people from Chicago who wUl embark on the Prince Rupert for Skag way. On the steamer Prince Oeorge on Friday a second Kerr-Bryson party or twenty people from Toronto, In charge of M. Kerr, will arrive from Vancouver nd proceed Baat by train. NASTY SPEECH AT VANCOUVER At the Liberal meeting last night Hon. T. D. Puttallo spoke scathingly of the attack by W. C. Shelly, heading the Tory ticket In Vancouver, on Mary Blien Smith, the veteran lady who had done so much for British Columbia. Shelly in one of his speech said they ware going to "bury Mary BUn Smith face down, so that when she starts to scratch, shell be facing In the right direction" LENDING SPICE TO NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL FRAME NEW YORK, July 18. - Sensational spurts by Chicago and Pittsburg have added spice to the National league pennant race Jus a It began to appear that St. Lotus was going to make It a one-club affair. The Cubs and Pirate each recorded their eighth successive victory yesterday. Detroit fell Into last place In the American League by losing to the Ath- letio while Boston was beating Chicago. Al. Sheely pitched the Yankees to their fifth straight victory over Ctirvelsnd. LATE TKUttR.('M." rjunsnlMion counsel at Vancouver on -i.i. .ii i.v viniitmn rhsrsss VU" - " - sustained except that again! Frederick Deeley. Osnadtan not to U S. on anU-war treaty handed to U 8 Minuter and wUl be publlklied Friday. Vernon Boolier of Mannvllle, AIU.. charged with murder of hie mother, brother and two hired mn. Assassin of Obregon is Almost Tom to Pieces hy Friends of General MEXICO CITY, July 18. President-Elect Obregon, called "Lucky" Obregon because he so often escaped death on the battlefield or by assassination, died violently at last yesterday. He was shot down as he sat at a banquet tendered him by his political supporters at the town of San Angel near here early yesterday afternoon. The police believe that the assassination was only the first of a series planned and by which a number of the leading statesmen of Mexico were to have been removed. The one-armed warrior, the president, with six bullet wounds in his body, died a few moments ..ter the shsotlng without speaking a word and In the greatest of agony. The , assassin, known as Juan Bacapularto. was captured and almost torn to pieces ' by the maddened friends of the slain , xeneral. Finally, be taken to a .all where be confessed the crime. It 1 expected he will be executed. Cense rship was established in Mexico last night. BRITISH ACCEPT OlTLtWKY OK VYAK PROPOSAL! Ol' 1". 8. LONDON. July 18 Sir Austen Chamberlain announced in the Rouse of Common today that the British acceptance of the KeUogg proposals for the out lawry of war had been delivered to the United States Charge d' affaire. WAR VESSELS LEAVE FOR GUN PRACTICE Will Call at Skldrgatr Inlrt Before Oeing South. The light erufcser HMS. Durban had been here sine Frtdsy rUomfng and the ef fleer -and erew of which had enlivened the soe 11 affair locally and brightened up the afreets of the city during the time they were here, left late this morning for gun nerv practice in Hecate Straits. She was accompanied by H-MjCS Vac couver which had been here ainee Monday. One of toe Interesting features of ths practice will be the tiring of torpedo. The Vancouver U used a a target and the torpedoes are supposed to pass that vessel at a certain distance In order to register a hit. the sight being diverted to a certain angle before commencing. After they are spent they are picked up by the target ship. A call will be made at SkkUgate InkH before going south. There are a number of member of the R.ON.V.R. men aboard the Durban as well as the Vancouver, seme of them local men and other from Vancouer or interior cltie. LITE TELEGRAMS Treaty with D. S. allowing search In British water off Florid coast tor rum runner terminated. Wheat at Vancouver today 1133. WEATHER Prince Rupert overcast. clam; tern. 56 Heavier Vote Today Than Ever Before in Provincial Contest But Only Few Absentees so far A heavier vote is being taken at today's provincial election poll In Prince Ilupert than was recorded in either 1920 or 1924. Up to 12 o'clock noon 478 ballot had been cast, as compared with 433 at a similar, hour on December 1, 1920, and by one o'clock this afternoon the total was well over the 500 mark of June 20, 1924, at ft similar hour. The absentee vote is light so far today. Up to noon only 41 outside preferences had been expressed as compared with 100 at a similar hour oo the 1924 election day. Six local absentee votes had been cast up to noon today. FeUawtng was the voting up to 13 W. V. Brown. J. Arthur Smith. II. o'clock noon A-B. 67; C-P, M and Mac. 46; Me and N, 36; O-R. Tt, eei'&t Mi W.'llV T-Z. W. Beptrty reUrninT officer, are AM. The. Collar!, Diek Butler, J. S. Irvine, J. E. Jaek. Jack Judge. Jame Dick. Lee J. Dell, H. L. Landrey. S. V. Cox. V. Basso-Bert. J J. Mulligan. O. V. Wilkin ( ... . ... (local aoseni.ee I. ana sen Morgan (outside absentee). Poll clerks Frank Fortune, O. Anderson, Fred IUffou. J. K. Johnston. Oilll Oouture. J. T. Jones. J M. MacLean. J. Krikevsky. David Milne. Oeorge Bhen-ton, O B. Casey. Mlas May Clark I local absentee l. and T Frsser (outside absentee I 1 Liberal scrutineers are E. Bolivar, Aid. MILITARY HEAD HERE IN PLANE BKIOADIEK GENERAL McNAl'UHTON' MAKES ILKillT t'KOM VANCOUVER WITH I'LVING OFFICER HILL TIME WAS 8Vi HOURS On trip of inspection to this territory. Brigadier -General McNaugbton, C.M.O , DSJO . of Victoria, district of ficer commanding Military District No. 11, arrived from the south Isst evening. owning up frcm Vancouver with Flying Officer A. H. Hull, officer commanding of Jericho Beach air station. Vancouver, aboard a three-passenger flying boat. The plane left Vancouver at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and, meeting with Ideal weather conditions, made the through flight here tn record time, ar- rung at 6J6 last evening at Dl?by Island Where the ship was moored for the night. Thla morning, Brtgadler-Ocneral Me-Kaugnton leet for the Queen Charlotte Islands, acoompaaned by Col. Pearkea, V.C, DAX).. Mj&. general staff officer of Military ptrlef No. IV. who has bean here fronr Vltortx .'tor 1 several ya . .. ... Brigadier General MeNaughton and Col. Pearke left for the Islands on HJJCS. Vsncouver. Last night they had a meeting w'th officers of First North B. C Regiment. ALICE ARM IS FOR LIBERALS ALICE ARM. July 18. Sixty-five poll cast up to noon. It look like a Liberal victory here. No Conservative money In sight. MoMorrU. of Vancouver, president of the SHver Cord Mines Company, and Conservative, has one thousand dollars posted to five hundred that Kergtn wUt be returned, five hundred that MacLean government will go In. Also Ted Kergtn has sixty dollar posted that his daddy wUl be returned for AUln. - Louis BeymoM ha one hundred dollar bet the same way. No portion of this money ha been covered by Conservatives. MOGl'L FLOATED SEATTLE, July 18. Steamer Mogul ashore at Three Tree Point en route from Anyox to Taostna has been refloated and the cargo shifted by lighters. Fraser, C. M. Howards, John Ersklne. o. P. Balagno. and B. J. Bacon; and Con- servsllve. n.iVi O, UPlee, J. S, Lauren- SOftVQ, C...V, Evl Ald. O. P- Tin, Oeorge HtU. W. H, ifeCallum. i J. a. Scott, Oeorge R Tttet Oeorge , Smith. Oeorge D. Ttte. E. W. Frankum. j W R Love, 8. W Oeorge and J. M. Colllson. I - wo amri wrre uuuii m majority at noon, the Liberals a high as fifty per cent of the total vote. The poll, which Is being held at ths Moose Hall, will close at 8 pm. and halt an hour later the result, locally, should br known. Uidie Heudrle of Hamilton died toils)- at BeeconaflekL tcd 85, .