Stalin CLASSIFIED HABIT Boston Grill LARUE CABARET Everyone reads the Clualfled Ad. Special Dinner Thursdays sad If you lose, advertlM lor St. Saturdays Dancing rvery Saturday nlt&i If you find, locate the owner. from 9 to 12. Whatever you need, advertise for It Danre Hall for Hire. " PRINCE RUPERT . Accomodation for Privae Parties (JET THE CLASSIFIED HABIT. I , rhone 457 w Northern and Centra British Columbia's Newspaper ss e , , Will, No. 229. jj PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928 Price Five Cepta l . . ,,t . .. A V c editorial PRINCE UUl'EKT AS POSSIBLE i OUTLET TO PEACE ItlVEH COUNTRY (Winnipeg Free Press) The purchase of the Alberta ' ir. i i-nntent Railway by the Can-i.ian Pacific, nnd the possibility or loinl ownership nnd operation nil the ( nnndian National, in an V rnt of first-class importance, n u only to Western Canada, but 'd the Dominion as a whole. The If ii -Tv;ng tne Peace River four 'ry will no longer be mere : l utis iicuinning at Edmonton and r'nnini; north nnd went into fer-t e but isolated districts. They wll ' no longer the rather un Iv t -. i tnltlren of a heavtly-bur- jc: "overnment. Instead, they 1m .ti integral part of n great It- n i t mental system, a link in nc u'hmale plan much greater Hii ,m ,i:iv which the Alberta gov- li'inni' nt. with it local interests. No' (ti r .er lormuiate or carry ptliruu-h. The day of rapid and itytcmaiic colonization of an in- Plan : empire home 100,000 square W miles in extent has dawned. The c nsirut t.on of an outlet to thejlatr 0f Chinese pirates. The Ph. ii " const is brought within the; Chinese quartermaster of the vea- ,i ..r ... . u. i i ed.aie. action. e iirrdertWg vwwWe located Inthe-TfrDnca. newKr6;W ur most imDorUnte in the leu; i me K.U. & lUi, ...uiu north-westward from Edmnn- nn tiiwnrrls Ipr Klav Ijiki- .1 - . , - , . . e nrre me creai nraine niaicau in hi- Ppnri" Kiver Country" lieplnw pen up. Running through its :i i" iirh inr ra w mtri. wuii'ii , .L j u fl .v. into the Slave River hun- of miles farther pn. From I w' 1 I ..I,.. Ik. n. l xi ."mm' I'nnr imi kiil- nisi tif a distance of more than II;. n.ilo lliuru nri. 73:111(1 miunr i ill til n iri it. uituini liiuiili T i nin. nun . . . . ,.n n n .i I " " ' - " - r.- - - - ... . n 1.1 1 in c (rnt man Dcouanu, ireinna and Wales or more than six time i he ie of Belgium. The history cvploration and settlement ba k more thnn n century, for as at Peace River Crossing, now a Ilourisning inwn, mat vlcrandcr Mackenxle wintered he- v making his astonishing pas-tp through the mountains to the ,i Kir coast In 1793. There is in the Pence River dis- t .1 lodnv. Ivinir twiMhirus in i :rrtn und one-third in British (iilumbim a cultivable territory atov in extent than the whole i now under the plow In the hree prairie provinces. It Is not i v u vinion the future produc- ( :n of the Pence River. The size i:f (he figures which leap to the I mind nre too big to be grasped, but ihey represent a production! which will become n fact before m inv decades have passed. This i what is meant when the Km-lure of the Pence River Is spoken t i and it is easy to understand how Important the problem of transportation becomes. Such a j 'rict ran never be served by r lines. At lenst three pnse the Pence, the Pine and Wapiti, :id through the Rockies wsU v ,n'il. and through one of these a i nnv must run. Will the nin hnnds with the Pnclflc (3reat 'i torn, running south to Vnn-nir t r, or with the Canadian Nn-tonal, down the Skeena to Prince Runert. or does the situation call for a new line through the nor-Uiern pnrklands of British Colum-'i to Stewart, and the develop-ntrnt of a third grent seaport on 'he ( anndinn Pnclflc Coast? This he problem which now fnces n iii ople of the dominion. tENGUSH Premier Tolmie Forecasts To Settle Lands Of Province And Encourage Sheep Industry PIRATES KILL : BRITISHERS Steamer Yanking Taken and Chief Officer and Chief Engineer Victims hong kon(., sept. 29. Two British officers of the Chinese Navigation ''mpany'8 ateamer who captured the ship with its ; 1400 passengers s Wednesday Wednesday and and 1 steered it into Hong I Bay, which i north of Boas Kay, the notorious . ., . the of fleer slain wire Chief tsiw, sua uurraver nenr inomason or ureeuocK, Scotland Captain Plunkett Cole was wound-1 ed. j The Yanking left Singapore September 2'? for Hong Kong via Hoihnw, Swutow and Amoy. She' was attacked by the pirates in the) kuii oi ions Hinc. FIRST PRAIRIE GRAIN ARRIVES Initial Carload of Alberta Wheat for Local Elevator in Yesterday The H'iison's first carload of prairie wheat for the Alberta Wheat Pool's Prince Rupert elevator arrived yesterday afternoon. Twenty or twenty-two carloads of grain were this morn-ins reported to be west of Edmon ton bound for Prince Rupert and) the first full trainload of the season in expected to arrive next week. Yeserday's was the second car load of grain to arrive here j this fall, the first having come' from the Smithers district last week. There Is no word yet of any ship charters for the port. MILLION DOLLAR EMBEZZLEMENT Tlinl is Charge Against Former Treasurer of Baptist Home Mission Board WINNIPEG, Sept. 20. Clinton CarntM, former, treasurer of the hph.w twlssioii.oujrd pf the southern Hptit fjnnenUon at Atlanta, HnelGeorgia. was .arrested here late yesterday on a warrant charging embezzlement. It is alleged there is a million dollars shortage in his books. He had been in Winnipeg three weeks and admit led Ws Identity soon after his arrest. PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVKU Sept 20 The ! ot wheat tot was BISHOPS TAKE NEW STAND PRA YER BOOK VICTORIA, September 29. By settling in blocks where they can encourage each other and be aided by experts, settlers on the lands to be opened up by the province wi 1 not drift into the cities, Premier Tolmie said, discussing the plans far colonization before the Victoria Chamber of Commerce at their meeting Tiere last night. "We will select A-l land. It would be an outrage to put pioneers on poor land. Then we will work shoulder to shoulder with them to secure success. Our great fu- ture lies in production of sheep in British Columbia. We have onlv 100.000' in the orovince and onlv 3.Q00.000 sheen in Canada," he said, pointing was now lng shipped as far The Premier advocated a "We cannot lose money by have." "It would be impossible for a board of Hirectors in London to operate any undertaking of magnitude in this country, ute premier saw, Mayor Taylor Claimed Bribe To Slay Out Vancouver But VANCOUVER, September 29. The claim that he had been offered a bribe in the shape of a guaranteed income for ten years if he would withdraw from the mayoralty race was made by Mayor Taylor in his election address. "When I came out of the hospital," said the mayor, "A rich man came to see me at my apartment and he represented other rich men and told me that if I would drop out of the election fight a certain group would guarantee me $1,500 a year for the next ten years. "I told him I never sold myself out in my life and I did not propose to take bribes now. There was a second one," added the mayor. ELECTION SOON GREAT BRITAIN Ijibor Making fireat Preparations for the Fray and Getting Support LONDON, Sept. 28. One of the biggest election fights in history is in prospect in this country in the near future. Labor is making great preparations for the . m 11 .1).. t iray ami is ennrong a nunwur oi former Liberals in their ranks. ! Included are a number of titled : men and women. The greatest difficulty they have to overcome is to secure sufficient funds foi election expenses. It is not expected that labor! can secure a majority of the next House but there may possibly a majority oi Liberal and Labor I candidates returned although even that if somewhat doubtful. BIRTH A son was born at the Prince Rupert General Hospital on September 27 to Mr. and Mrs. U. (J. Macaulny. Claude Street, Prince Rupert, 1!. C. IEMENT IS PLANK Plat out that New Zealand lamb ; east as Winnipeg, wide advertising ng campaign. telling everyone what we in lorecasung uiai conirei Was Offered Of Mayoralty h Says He Refused It FIERY FRENCH FIGHTER WINS Ander Routls is Now Featherweight Champion Having Beaten Cnnzoncri NEW YORK, Sept. 21). With one of the most sectacular finishes staged in many days Ander Koutia, the fiery French fighter, iast nignt won the featherweight champion.-hip of the world from Tony ( un,onerj of New york. i a BjHHninif slashing fifteen round matcn he was awarded the decision. REFUGEES FROM BURNING SHIP CORDOVA, Sept. 29. Capt. John Hnrtleroax, engineer, Louie Anderspn and Arthur Anderson, deckhands, who escaped in a skiff from the burning Pioneer Seaford Cannery tender Ikarot, yesterday, were picked up today by a fisherman and brought to .safety. SIR FREDERICK WILLIAMS-TAYI OR MoasiaBBasBBBBBBBBBSBBBaBBBMsasBBBBBSMSBSSMSSBBBBBSSBBMae i.hc Hunk FOUND GUILTY KILLING FOUR Alan Who Murdered His Mother ' andBrbthef MniTT Hind Men to Hang EDMONTON, Sept. 29 Vernon Booher was found guflty yester day of murdering his mother, his brother and two hired men near Mannville on July 9 and was sen tenced to hang December 15. Booher is only about twenty years of age. It seems that he ran amuck with a gun, shooting his mother, Sirs. Henry Booher, then his brother Fred in the kit- chen. Then he proceeded to the barn and shot a hired man named Grumley and a second man killed in his bunk STOCK QUOTATIONS (OourVaajr of 8. D. ooUnaon Co- LUL, The following quotations were bid and asked. Argenta Kufus 24; 26. Bayview 6'2; 6. B. C. Silver 1.25; 1.85. Big Missouri 68y4; 68V2. Coast Copper, 89.00 ; 40.00. Cork Province 26; 26. Dunwell IS; nil. George Copper 5.60; 6.75. Glasiar .11; 35. Golconda 79' 2; 80. Grand view 68; 68' -2. Independence 18:l4 ; 14. Indian 5 ; 6. Kootenay Florence IB; 19. L. & L. 9y; 94. Lake view 1'; Vh. Lucky Jim 25; 2. Marmot Metals 9'; 9. Marmot River Gold 9V, 9. National Silver nil; 14 1 a-Noranda 47.80; nil. Pend Oreille 1K.7&; 18.80. Porter Idaho (10; 67. Premier 2.25; 2.26. Ruth Hope 681-.; 69. Sherrit Gorden 6.50; nil. Silver Crest 10; 1(1' Silverado nii; 70. ilversmith 12'-.; 18. Slocan King 6 V, nil. Sunlock 2.00; ml. Bnowfloke (:t; (4. Terminus nil; 16. Topley Richfield 68; 69. Toric nil; 8.00. White Water 1.86; 1.96. Woodbine 11; 11 1 a. Oils Dalhouse nil; 2.00. Fabyon 12s, ; 18V4. Home, ail; 2.52. Bishops Will Ignore Ruling Of Parliament Regard to Prayer Book Announcement That Clergy j Principles of Church Recent LONDON, September 29. After four days' deliberation of the House of Bishops of the Church of England, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York last night made a long-awaited announcement in regard to the situation created by the rejection of the new prayer- book by the House of Commons. The announcement said that during the present emergency and until order was taken the bishops cannot regard as inconsistent with loyalty to tho principles of the Church of England for the clergy to use additions to or deviations from the prayer book of 1602 as fall within the limits of the proposals approved by the House of Convocation and the Church assembly but raut regard as inconsistent with such loyalty the use of any other deviations from or additions to the book of 1662. NEW PRIEST AT Catholic From England Who Was Educated at Dublin University Takes Place of Father McGrath There arrived on the Princess Royal yesterday from Salford, England, Rev. Father John Ham- imond, a graduate of Dublin Uni was.versity, who will take tne place here of Father McGrath as assistant at the Catholic Cathedral. Father McGrath is still 111 and is unable to return. TWO STOCKS ACTIVE VANCOUVER YESTERDAY VANCOUVFR, Sept. 29. Grandview was the subject of profit taking closing yesterday at MaV on sales of 76.000 shares. Snowflake gained five cents to 68 on a turnover of 22,000 shares. American Note To France Is Incisive And Plainly Shows Irritation At Procedure WASHINGTON, September 20. The United States has indited a note to London and Paris on tii Franco-British naval accord which says: "The American government has no objection to any agreement between France and Great Britain which those countries think will be to their advantage and in the interest of limitation of armaments but naturally cannot consent that such an agreement should be applied to the United States. Specifically it would restrict only types of ships 'peculiarly stfWi to the need or the unitea stales . nnrf lnvp unlimited combat shine! of great value to any nation hav-j ing widely distributed fuelling bases or great merchant marine tonnage." The note was marked through-1 out by sharpness of tone and frankness In stating the American viewpoint that plainly indicated i irritation in Washington over the ; Fianco-Eritish procedure. Not Considered Disloyal to if They Deviate From Decision ENTER TEAM BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Dr. Careen Enthusiastic Over Prospects of Northern llJC. to Win Title Dr. Corson, the president of the Prince Rupert Basketball Association, urges that. Northern British Columbia should invade the south and make a bid for the championship of British Columbia. He says that the game is ployed just as well in the north as in the south and there is no reason why a team should not meet the other chatn-pionshhip contestants. The doctor's ides is that there should be a championshhip series for Northern &C. and the winning team should enter fer the provincial title. Britain And " t--rr- FlLiVY ijryr Oil U1L W IS SAID TO BE COMING It is being said on the waterfront today that a new oil company is to establish a station here. This time it is the Shell Company which tW a large business alf down the coast. No particulars have been given out in regard to it.