i
ratepayers
of
Prince
Rupert
are
to
decide
whether
ant
to
sell
their
light
and
power
plant
and
franchise
so
what
company
is
to
be
the
purchaser.
A
vote
is
taken
December
20,
following
which,
if
the
vote
is
ii-le
to
selling,
a
bylaw
will
be
passed
and
submitted
ratepayers
for
their
endorsement,
when
a
three-
ite
will
be
necessary
to
carry
it.
city
council
decided
on
this
line
of
action
last
night
ELEVATOR
IS
NEARLY
FULL
.
-
a
million
bushels
of
:
.y
in
the
Alberta
Wheat
i
.mi'
Rupert
Elevator
and
will
be
full
on
Thurs-:
..ntfme.
no
word
was
uti
tn
this
mrnlnir
us
to.
has
not
been
a
ship
for
weeks.
INVESTIGATE
WRECKAGE
i.
Ireland,
Dec.
11.
Hie
uus
still
fast
on
the
rocks
afternoon,
'
and.
calm
seas,
aiir
neartng
the
whole
situation
reviewed
by
Mayor
McMordie,
who
strongly
recommended
that
the
matter
be
lett
to
the
people
to
deride,-a
the
members
of
the
council
were
divided
among
The
two
companies
wtteee
bid
ni'Xt
shin
would
be
here
Backers
of
the
Canadian
eom-mI
relieve
the
local
con-jiw11
clttim
tht
the
difference
of
.huh
te
about
to
ensue.
1
526-000
would
be
easily
made
up
ms
to
the
house
from
thelthrough
the
ability
of
the
big
con-.
....
a
Mnaunce.
cern
to
bring
industries
to
this
dis-
r
ducted
In
St
Thursday
next
nt
fl.M
p.m.
No
flowers
by
request
DEATH
CALLS
MRS.
DUVERNET
Passed
Away
Last
Night
After
Long
and
Useful
Life
as
Wife
of
Revered
Archbishop
FOUNDED
LOCAL
I.
O.
I).
E.
Funeral
Will
Take
Place
at
Ca
thedral
on
Thursday
Afternoon
at
3:30
P.
M.
Helpmate
during
his
long
and
useful
life
to
one
of
Canada's
mot
illustrious
churchmen,
prominent
and
revered
pioneer
woman
at
this
northern
district
of
over
are
to
be
voted
an
Uw
A.oeri-
TuaSL
5t
l
!!L
,
can
Wales
PubMe
e
deft.,?
?
8W
'MBdr
of
pany
of
Los
Angelea,
wh
cashj,6
th,e
m"
bid
was
$400,000;
the
Power
Cr.irfa.1
'der'
Da"hr?
'
poration
of
Canada,
whose
caehi?rapre'
htr!'
M7,
r
hr
"
and
highly
offer
was
$376,000.
rspeciea
ay
an
wno
were
iav-ored
with
her
acquaintance,
Mrs.
Ptella
DuVernet,
widow
of
the
late
MMt
Reverend
Frederick
Herbert
DuVernet.
Archbishop
of
ne
hundred
carload.
ctel
department
to
deal
with
this
.
efu
&t
,
tWa
t.d
this
to
be.
There
was
a
,
"
t
her
674
.
...
!
J
!.,
!.-
.oil
up.
Thirty-five
cars"1"
"lu'r
"
-
Un
0f
vornittht
and
mme-
meir
puwir,
mwjr
nvmK
u
MICU
IIUD
niVtlllUfi
morning
....
.
t
t
-xporte
from
Prince
Rup-
e
mane
ueai
wnn.
.nc.u.ng
.
-
.
2
l..kkin1
1
LnB
IBUIIHCUVaWTCS
VI
wre
.
......n
.
Irfinir
behind'
rep"eniaHves
licitors.
i
if
inra
The
-
i
no
iiti
outcome,
nmiir.
'
which
wiaasuii
came
siziira
British
Columbia
a
fid
Metropoli-
Mayor's
Statement
I
The
late
Mrs.
DuVernet
was
In
his
statement
to
the
council
lrn
In
Kicirston.
Ont.
the
daugh-
the
mayor
reviewed
the"
negotla-;Ur
0f
e
late
Horatio
Yates
M.
Hons
which
had
been
carried
on
and
jjj
jn
that
city
until
I
since
the
very
beginning.
He
ex-
DCDADTCn
IM
Al
AJlf
A
I
plned
that
he
and
ull
the
mem-KtrUKl
tli
111
ALAolMl,
tora
of
the
council
had
been
unan
.it
guard
Unalaska
re-
for
their
support
and
also
thanked
:
mm
imous
up
to
the
time
the
tenders
Yakutat
today
with
the
people
for
their
patience
wniie
i
v.
nnnlBtinna
wtra
beinir
car
at
the
searching
pay
.
'
.
.....
...I-..
for
rieu
on
in
pnnw.
to
leave
there
today
Ui
r,
where
wreckage
was
found
from
one
or
both
missing
ships,
Brunvoll
and
CELTIC
STILL
FAST
ON
ROCK
The
mayor
said
they
were
now
prepared
to
place
their
cards
on
the
table
and
acquaint
the
public
with
what
had
been
taking
place.
No
such
important
matter
had
been
before
them
in
many
a
year
as
this.
The
hnlibut
industry,
on
(continued
on
page
5)
I
VOTE
FOR
ALASKAN
COAST
IMPROVEMENT
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
11.
An
of
by
the
sec-
ModeraUng
expenditure
J60.000
to
protect
aides,
i,,..r
rBtflrv
of
war
of!
Alaska,
from
the
glacier
stream
ably
lessen
the
danger
.
tinn.u
was
nrooosed
In
a
bill
in-
a'
up
liMDWIN
MEETING
PIUNCE
OF
WALES
J')DON,
Dec.
11:
After
i'
f
speech
Premier
Bald-luniledly
left
the
House
'
"tumons
this
afternoon
1
iver
where
he
will
meet
I'lini-e
of
Wales.
itroduced
in
Congress
today
Delegate
Sutherland.
DEATH
NOTICE
by
Fourth
Avenue
residence,
At
her
on
Tuesday.
December
U.
Stella
DuVernet.
widow
of
the
Me
Most
Bev.
F.
H.
DuVernet.
Archbishop
of
Caledonia,
The
funeral
serv
w.
u-
her
marriage
In
1885
to
the
then
Professor
DuVernet
of
Wycliffe
College,
Toronto.
In
the
latter
city
she
made
her
home
until
1905
T
Alaska,
Dec.
11.
The
w,.re
opened.
He
thanked
thmwhen
cam
wert
to
British
Columbia,
making
her
first
home
in
this
province
at
the
native
village
of
Metiakatla
where
her
husband
bad
been
appointed
Bishop
of
Caledonia
to
succeed
the
late
Rt.
Rev.
William
Ridley.
In
July,
(Continued
on
page
five)
MARYELLENIS
Provincial
Literal
Executive
to
Choose
House
Leader
for
Session
OASgHEPJM
BostonGrill
Mtim
l
.
ryon
read
tb
Cluslfled
Adi.
lxugf.
caiuket
jf
j
M
lose,
tdvertUt
for
It.
Special
Dinners
Thursdays
and
If
u
find,
locst
th
owner.
Saturdays
Dancing
evrry
Saturday
ntfht
Whatever
you
need,
advertise
for
It
from
0
to
12.
Dance
Hall
(or
Hire
PRINCE
RUPERT
AceotnmoaaMona
tvl
Private
(iKT
THE
CIjAHSIFIEIJ
IWWf
Parties
rtione
457
Northern
and
Centra
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
rr-.'ty
'o
..
-
a
.,
No.
290.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TU
ESDAY,
DECEMBER
.11,
1928
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
u
-.
y
the
Church
of
England
for
British
Columbia,
passed
here.
.
'
?,
'Z:L
Fourth
Avenue
East,
from
heart
1
ill
A
A
1
1
iL
.
I
nH
th.lr
rtrtivA
so.
n
ill
iw
years
ago
inis
.iraiuu
At
this
time
last
year
r
--
-
and
had
been
.
.
.
&
an
invalid
ever
k,
.hin
C
lha
ABf4kn
U'HR
,
.
Iltli
I
i
1
a
-mi'
aw--...-
AMnrman
nihh
wnce.
mm
nw
cnartciensuc
,
it.
io
far
tnis
season
-nmrla
her
uffrin-8
which
death
mer-
l.oats
have
lanaeu
nere,
rlfullv
relieved.
NON-COMMITTAL
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
11.
"One
cannot
give
any
Idea
at
this
juncture,"
Mrs.
Mary
Ellen
Smith,
president
of
the
provincial
executive
of
tha
British
Columbia
Liberal
Asftoeiatibh,
$tatd,.in
discussing
the
possibility
that
Dr.
J.
D.
MacLean
might
be
named
Liberal
leader,
following
her
announce
ment
that
the
executive
would
meet
on
January
21
to
choose
a
house
leader.
"It
is
a
matter
for
the
provincial
executive
to
de
Lord
Byng
of
Vimy,
in
his
new
capacity
of
Chief
Commis
sioner
of
Scotland
a...
hus
,.
mated
that
he
is
going
to
clean
up
London
night
c!uV,
who.su
.
oprietors
are
mostly
foreigners,
in
an
effort
to
purge
the
metrop
itan
police
from
alleged
corrup
tion.
It
is
claimed
V
certain
large
svtns
of
money
fn
(he
pos
session
of
various
numbers
of
the
force
have
been
obtained
to
a
startling
extent
from
alien
mans
era
and
proprietors
of
night
clubs.
Lord
Byng
is
here
seen
s
tting
at
hia
desk
at
Scotland
Yard.
Shot
Girls
Faih't
Because
His
Attentions
to
Daughter
Were
Not
Favorably
Entertained
by
Him
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
11.
Unrequited
love,
and
the
refusal
of
the
father
of
20-year-old
Mary
Augustlno
to
entertain
the
suit
of
Nasco
Dominico
for
his
daughter,
is
believed
by
police
to
be
the
cause
which
led
to
the
shooting
to
death
in
his
home
here
yesterday
of
Tony
Aujrustino,
44
years
of
age,
an
Italian,
allegedly
by
Nassi,
who
is
held
at
police
headquarters
charged
with
murder.
Nasco,
who
arrived
Monday
morning
from
Nordegg,
NEW
YORK,
Dee.
11.
The
market
rallied
impressively
in
the
last
hour
of
trading
yesterday
after
sinking
for
a
noon,
llaillo
closed
at
?ov.
NEW
FEDERAL
JUDGE
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
11:
Jus
tin
Harding,
01'
Alaska,
wna
nom
inated
by
President
Coolldge
to
be
the
federal
judge
of
thi
first
division
of
Alaska.
BRITISH
STEAMER
t
ROSSINGTON
COURT
DUE
EARLY
IN
WEEK
Alta.,
where
he
worked
in
a
mine,
WCIV
VftRtf
JTflrkr
spent
the
day
at
the
Augustlno
11E.N
IUrtrtOlULfA
home
on
Keefer
Street
and
in
M
ARKFT
K
Al
1
IFD
the
afternoon
it
is
alleged
hs
had.
la
dispute
with
the
father
over
his
daughter
and
later,
shortly
alter
nine
o'clock
last
night,
Nassi
was
alleged
suddenly
to
'hav?
a
revolver
and
fired
pell
around
drwln
the
heart.
The
daughter,
her
mother
and
a
voung
brother
fled
from
the
house,
followed
by
Dominico
who
fired
two
more
shots,
one
at
the
girl
and
the
other
at
the
boy,
but
both
went
wide,
Later
Dominico
was
arrested
on
Seymour
Street.
The
police
say
that
he
made
a
long
statement
luring
which
he
-is
alleged
to
have
confessed
to
the
shooting.
Nasco
Dominico
appeared
before
nolice
court
this
morning
!
charged
with
the
murder,
of
Tony
Prince
Ruperts
fourth
ne
was
remanded
until
A
Agostino.
Uno
grain
ship
of
the
season
will
iI)Member
18.
be
the
.llrttish
steamer
uos-
alntrtnn
Court
which
la
due
December
1G-18
from
the
Old
Country
to
load
a
full
cargo
of
wheat
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent
it
was
learned
this
afternoon
at
the
offices
of
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's.
Prince
Rupert
elevator.
The
Rowjlngton
Court
will
be
lined
when
she
arrives
and
will
go
on
berth
cide,"
she
said.
Dr.
MncLean's
immediately
after
arrival
to
position,
she
pointed
out,
was
not
'
8tart
loading.
clear,
pending
the
outcome
of
the
4
4
re-count
In
the
by-election.
i
.-4-
t4
BURY
ELECTED
AT
EDMONTON
EDMONTON,
Dec.
11.
Mayor
Bury
was
re-elected
with
a
majority
close
to
8000
over
Captain
Bowen
in
yesterday's
civic
This
afternoon's
truin,
due
from
the
east
at
iUO,
was
repor
ted
this
morning
to
be
on
time.
CONTRA
CT
KING
GEORGE
GROWING
WEAKER
AS
HE
FIGHTS
atepayers
to
Decide
Which
Company
is
to
Get
Power
Plant
and
Franchise
for
Prince
Rupert
Utc
to
lie
Taken
December
20
When
Two
Questions
Will
Be
Answered
by
Property
Owners
of
the
City
LORD
BYNG
STARTS
WAR
ON
NIGHT
CLUBS
DISEASE
Waging
Fight
Against
Death
King
George
is
Growing
Much
Weaker
Infection
of
Lung
Is
Spreading
to
Rest
of
System
and
Much
Anxiety
Felt;
Prince
Sped
Through
Europe
and
Is
Expected
Home
Tonight
LONDON,
Dec.
11.
King
George's
physicians
were
vaging
a
fight
against
death
this
mornincr.
Unofficially.
it
was
said
that
chances
of
his
recovery
were
slight.
King
George's
physicians
at
1:16
a.m.
this
morning
issued
this
bulletin
on
his
condition
:
"His
Majesty
the
King
has
had
several
hours
of
sleep.
The
temperature
remains
high,
but
there
is
no
further
impairment
of
strength."
A
later
announcement
says
it
is
stated
authoritatively
today
that
although-
the
doc
to
were
able
to
say
there
wae
no
fur
ther
impairment
of
the
King's
strength,
today's
bulletin
was
not
regarded
in
palace
circles
ae
sat-,
isfactory.
Anxiety
remained
un-i
allayed
owing
to
the
continuance!
to
reach
London
tonight
fully
12
hour
in
advance
of
the
best
time
previously
estimated.
Racing
steadily
toward
Boulogne
with
all
the
facilities
of
three
countries,
Italy,
Switzerland
and
France,
at
his
disposal,
the
prince
this
aft
ernoon
was
speeding
through
France.
The
British
destroyer
Torch,
it
was
arranged,
would
take
him
from
Boulogne
across
the
channel.
The
Duke
of
Gloucester,
en
route
from'Capetown
to
England
on
the
steamer
Balmoral
Castle,
is
not
expected
to
reach
home
until
December
24.
Prince
George
Is
still
serving
i.boartf
II.
M.
S.
Durban
at
Ber
muda.
The
Press
Association
was
reliably
informed
at
3:45
p.m.
that
there
has
been
no
change
in
the
King's
condition
since
morning.
BOULOGNE.
Frul.J3e.
U.
The
Prince
of
Wales
arrived
here
it
0:46
this
evening.
.j
FOLKESTONE,
Eng.
Dec.
11:
The
Prince
of
Wales
landed,
here
from
Boulogne
at
8:44
p.m.,!
'skinir
snecial
train
immediately.
He
is
due
in
London
at
10.22
pan.
He
crossed
the
channel
in
the
mail
boat
Biarritz.
,
HON.
FRANK
OLIVER
GETS
POSITION
WITH
RAILWAY
COMMISSION
OTTAWA.
Dee.
11
The
Hon.
Frank
Oliver
has
been
appointed
advisory
officer
to
the
hi;ivd
of
railway
commissioners.
RADIO
SURVEY
IS
TO
BE
MADE
of
high
temperature.
It
was;
pojrrted
out
tht
the
infectioa,;
,
JJJT
AWA,
efclfTV'rn11-which
returned
in
some
measure
ary
survey
of
the
radio
broad-yesterday,
still
existed
and
al-
canting
stations
in
Canada
will
be
though
the
fever
was
not
worse,
undertaken
immediately,
it
was'
the
position
regarding
the
infec-1
announced
by
Sir
John
Aird,
tion
had
not
improved.
,
chairman
of
the
newly
formed
lhat
the
King's
powers
of
re-iKyl
Commission
on
Radio.
slstance
have
been
ebbing
for
days
(Following
that,
the
commission
under
the
strain
of
the
lung
In-
will
visit
broadcasting
centres
in
fectlon,
which
spread
to
his
gen-
the
Eastern
United
States
then
eral
system,
was
evident
from
thejlio
to
Britain
and
probably
France
physicians'
recent
reports.
P
nd
Germany.
The
King's
physicians
issued
the
following
bulletin
at
8:30
p.m.:
"His
Majesty
had
a
quiet
day.
There
is
no
increase
in
the
exhaus
tion
and
his
pulse
remains
steady."
Prince
Rushing
Home
The
Prince
of
Wale's
is
expected
k
-I
i-.ii
.
ii
M
MISS
BOWRON
INVESTIGATOR
Appointed
by
Government
Make
Inspections
For
School
Teachers
VICTOrtIA,
Dec.
11.
The
social
conditions
under
which
women
teachers
carry
on
their
work,
especially
in
rural
districts,
will
be
investigated
by
Miss
Lottie
Bqwron,
who
has
been
Appointed
by
the
minister
of
education
to
perform
the
duties.
Miss
Bowron
is
available
on
application
by
any
inspector
to
pro-reed
to
such
districts
as
may
be
deemed
necessary.
She
is
to
be
a
free
agent,
to
carry
out
such
inspections
as
she
thinks
desirable.
The
initiation
of
this
plan
is
the
outcome
of
the
recent
death
of
Miss
Mabel
Jones,
a
young
teacher
at
Cowichan
Lake,
who
took
her
own
life
as
a
result
of
persecution
by
the
trustees.
DINNER
FUND
STILL
GROWS
The
interest
taken
in
the
Christmas
dinner
fund
is
very
gratifying.
While
money
has
not
been
coming
in
as
fast
as
might
have
been
expected,
there
is
no
doubt
the
required
sum.
will
be
forthcoming,
because
it
is
unthinkable
that
Prince
Rupert
people
will
allow
any
bo
go
without
a
good
Christmas
dinner
when
they
are
enjoying
their
own.
The
following
is
the
present
status
of
the
fund
:
Previously
acknowledged
....$53
Mrs.
George
Bnshby
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