CLASSIFIED HABIT Everyone read tb Cluslfled Ad. If you loae, advertlna for It. If you find, locate th owner. Whatever you need, advertise for It OF.T THE CLARIFIED HABIT. Vol. XVIII., No. 224. mdm mm Boston Grill TERRIBLE TRAGEDY WHEN BIG THEATRE BURNS AT 'MADEL Squadron Leader Godfrey Was Forced To Land In Peace River And Machine Was Wrecked All Safe Except Wing Commander Gordon Who Was Slightly Injured: Party Found by General A. I). McRac of Vancouver OTTAWA, September 24. Squadron Leader Godfrey, who with three companions was missing in the r n; xt ii Ait i i. i icavic iwvci uiotiivu ui iiuiiucjii niuciwi iui a nccn, nao ; Deen iouna. wing L-ommanuer iinasay uoraon is sugnt- ly injured and the big seapJane in which they were at-! temntintr to flv from Vancouver to Ottawa is renorted a total wreck. Dense smoke caused a forced landing and the plane crashed into the Peace River near Carcajou, one hundred miles from Peace River town. The party was located Vancouver, wno witn a trapper located tnem on the op- posite side of the river after Graham remained behind to sreaaer ana uoraon were tanen aown uie river to town whpre thflv arrived vestfirdavL - McRae's chartered boat will return for Godfrey and uraham. Last Spike Driven In Flin Flon Railway by Premier Bracken of Manitoba Saturday Afternoon THE PAS, Manitoba, September 24. Saturday afternoon at five o'clock, Premier Bracken of Manitoba, drove the last spike in the Manitoba Northern Railway which runs from the Hudson Bay line to the Flin Flon and which is destined to play a significant part in the opening up of the wealthy mineral country north of Tho Pas. The ceremony was witnessed by prospectors and miners, railroad men and railroad builders and business men from Winnipeg. The Pas and other points north, rust, south and west of this young i 'uwn wtiun sprang up aimosi Lake """" " 'istructed. The contract was let . . -vtnai-UKkow. rwc.,Bbr: work actually be- I want to pay my tribute to the Flin Flon mining people for i their enterprise and to express the thanks of the cltisens of man- itoha ta the dominion government tjonl, pjiways, the contractors ttid the Canadian National RaH-lhad laid 87 miles of steel in nine ways for undertaking the building montnB Rock work j,, ln tT Miis railway." said Premier lJanuw.y, ballasUng the last week Hearken, standing on the ties, in March. The enterprise and in-whirh had just been spilled out by KenuJtv of tn4, wno are to the trams of the tracklaying ma- conquer the north was shown in rliinc. He added a compliment to lhe feat of aying tne ttw on lno Ihe ( ontracting firm, the Dorain-1 mU(,iieg in the winter months, so i m ConHtructlon Company, and,tnat BUj,pjea could be rushed in, W S Tomlinson for the rapidity BnH hKllastinir afterwards. The NOMINATIONS NOVA SCOTIA HM.1FAX. Sept. 24. Forty-iiroe Conservatives, 43 Liberal ftf.d two Labor candidates for the I'ovimial election which takes 1'lace October 1 filed their nomination papers for 48 seats in the Nova Scotia legislature. PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUCER, Sept 24. The PHce of wheat here ths morning $1.19. by General McRae, M.P., of the crash. Godfrey and dismantle the engine -and with which the line had been con- gM n the thrd wek of Vwem. ber and now the time bad come to drive the last spike. With the co-operation of the Canadian Na premier declared that the provin cial government of Manitoba waa pleased to have a part in the opening up of the great area which wan now being tapped. Mr. H. F. McLean, wife of the head of the Dominion Construction Co., held the spike while Mr. Bracken weilded the hammer, the spike, plated with Manitoba gold and suitably engraved, will be presented as a memento of a historical occasion. "Thirteen years ago," said Barney Stitt, mayor of The Pas, 'I came in here by portaging, A nolinir. and staked . , t 1 I 4 V n mj' Claims. AS I lowneu uei n: Flin Flon area I had visions of this event. This is only the be-, ginning of great things for Can- a(ja, Northern and PRINCE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 4 OF YEA ItS ON SATURDAY 4 P"rince Rupert experienced its warmest weather of the rear on Saturday, it waa an- nounced this morninir bv H d. Tee, Digby island, Dom Won meteorologist. At i P-the official thermometer reached its highest reading 78 degrees above zero. It was warm again yesterday but a heavy pall of smoke the origin of which had not been ascertained up to this z T;T '"u 1 "V I' Wl cwy aHa gawky this morning. tit' STOCK QUOTATIONS I (Oottrteay of 8. O. o.amm Cte. Lta The folIowiBg q rotations ware bid and asked. Argents Rufus ." Bayyiew 6; 64. Big Missouri 40; Si. Cork Province 264! 27Vi Cotton Beit 60; 76. Dunwell 11; It. Duthie. nil; 1.00. George Copper 6.7 ; KM. Georgia River 86; GiaaJar, nil; 26. Gokoada 88; 86. Grand view SZV&; ft. Independence 11 Va ; IS. Indian 64 ; 6. Kootenay Florence MMi; XI. L. L L. 9; 10. -Lakeview 1H; 1. lucky Jim 26'!.; 16. Marmot MeUls 94; 10. Marmot S w GoM t, 1. Mohawk Gft; 6ft. National Silver 14; 16. Noranda 50.76; nit. Pend Oreille 18.40; lMfi. Porter Idaho 66; 0 Premier 2.30; 2M. Richmond 2; nil. Ruth Hope 69; SO. Silver Crest nil; 11. Silversmith 11; nil. Slocan King 64; 7. Ron lock 8.10; W. Snowflake 47 V; 40. Terminus nil; 18V. Topley Richfield 80; 00 Toric 2.60; 8.00. White Water 1.90; 1,00. t WoodWnc 11 V4; HVfc. ,i Oils nil. ' ir' Dalhouale 116; Devenish 08; G4. Fabyon 104; HVs. Home 2.60; 2.G2. YACHT WAS BURNED 1 Tiwknhno Lost Following Exnlo- ni KiviHle I J SEATTLE, Sent. 4. The 'twentv - thousand dollar yacht m..l...A. n n J I. .. 4Via . VoVnt . . lUCMiiiuc uvviicu ujr un packing Co. used In cruising Alaskan waters was burned to the water's edge here last night following a gasoline explosion. PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1028 LEGAL FIGHT EXTRADITION OF NORTdCOTT VANCOUVER, Kept. 21. One of the longest drawn out legal battles in the history of the Pacific coast wtw hinted at a Frank Lyons outlined hi defense plans. Counsel will attempt to require the p rest nee In court of Cyrus Northcott and Sanford and Jessie Clark. It will be weeks and poasibly months before California can secure extradition, Lyons said. DEER NUISANCE LOCAL GARDE ' ' 1- Orme Complains of Depre- daiions of Animi Which Leap . P C. U. Orme i$ one local citi-i as vAo Ml favor the eaa.1 (tfattSoa of Kaieri laland as a: game preserve.' He does not see 'eye to eye with those who feel i it is a wonderful thing that the! deer should become backyard pets' on Kaien Island. And probably! he has a good reason for feeling! th wy Deer, reports Mr. Orme, have' become a - real nuisance in his garden at Westview. They are daily callers and, in early morning and late at night, have apparently found his rose bushes j aad such like to be favorite fod-j er. Further, the deer make' aothing of leaping over a six loot rence to feed on garden stuff. Mr. Orme is not the only resi- ent of Westview to report the 4eer aa frequent callers. There seem to be a large number of these anlnals on Kaien Island! this year and almost all motorists ! Jong the new road at night. re- port encountering them. Tkia uftanuinn1, tiala Attm ftwian at 8R0i r,portd this morning to be on time, j Party Arrived Here Yesterday After Stirring Adventures In rpj ii IU IIP fir- development worK win aiso i ditions on the rancn. was oranaea I he Arctic ana Proceeded hast- The i tate!M a iy 8tUpid b0- naif Hardships Endured on Roulc River to the Yukon Crowned Their After an adventurous four months' trip to the Arctic regions, their expedition having been attended with not a few thri'ling moments when even their lives were en- dangered and not a small amount of hardship, Capt. V. Perfilieff of the Academy of National Science, Philadel phia; W. Woolston, student of Pennsylvania University land also a member of the Academy, specialising in col- jloction of bird specimens; of Cornell University, photographer and moving picture man. and W. Balis, student of- Yal tTniversitv and official re corder of the expedition, arrived in the city from the north on the Princess Louise yesterday and . . .w..... i. .4 Duaf .... K i d mAninn'i .. jj, uinucu ...id ...... train Thp n.irtxwe of thp nnx- ditlon was to make portrait studies' of native life and northern seen- try, Capt. Perfilieff being a SIR WILLIAM i i CLARK ARRIVES ; . j ; j'akes Over Duties This Morning of British High Commissioner to Canada j OTTAWA, Sept. 24. Sir Wil- i'lm Clark, British high eommis- ioner, arrived here yesterday and I i-eet"d by Acting Premier ! Li point. j Sir William expressed gratifi--v.tion at being in Canada. Ac companied Dy nis wne ana two the residence recently leased for his use and today he took over ing a crowded Sunday evening penormance. me num-his new duties. j ber of injured is estimated at more than 360. Exact The new high commissioner in- figures have not been established because the dense tinted that the subject of Brit- ,,moke from the ruing prevented the authorities from inh immigration probably would , . , uj-v txi i A how bodies have to be extricated. be discussed during the first learning many yet week in October at a conference with c. f. Plant, secretary of the Empire Settlement. Boaft aow in "da. FOUND BODY AT TRR APF ri 1 I lilliUilrL Aged .Man Named iiouit Ap- parently Shot Himself TERRACE, Sept. 21. Chas. Cecil Howard Hcult. aged 72, a pioneer resident of this district, was found dead by Thomas Turner Sr. on Friday outside his cabin on the Lakelse Road. The body was lying across a Haw horse and a double-barrelled shotgun was standing against the saw horse, the left barrel being discharged. Examination of the body showed the top part of the skull blown off. Deceased is survived by two sons William and Ernest both of Terrace. Deputy Coroner James R. Tannock of Prince Rupert ar-rited this afternoon to conduct an inquest. Mrs. A. T. Parkin and daughter. uiu 4 I n I-1- ji. j nl-ht on the Prince Geonre for Vancouver on a holiday trip. Through From Mackenzie but Victory Finally Efforts Chester uci6wo!d,ex-student Pinter of some note; to collect, ,ru lo Futures The expedition was AWSV from clviliiation for some montnu. naving traveiiea m,wn ' ,ne mouTn OT Ine lu"CK ezlt intllLe 10 nerscnei . I (continued on png u Mad Rush from Theatre Results in Death to a Great Many Last Night . , .. , J'1LI, iruim." auu Vyiiuuruii Efforts of Mob of MADRID, Spain, September 24. Approximately 120 nnW!nna ny.Q nft;niU, cfirof t perished in the Novedad Theatre, which caught fire dur- Most OI the Victims were suffocated or crushed UUr- ing the stampede which followed the first alarm. The blaze started during a storm scene on the staca. Eleetrl- iCai gpgg irmited the ropes of the scenery and the f James spread rapidly to other .parts of the building. As the front curtains burst into flames there was, a , mad rush for the exit Men, women and children were TramP tadgath by .th& 'sve themselves. I The theatre was one of the largest in Madrid and jfour thousand people were in it at the time of the fire. j MINING BUSY AT ALICE ARM Thos. McMeekin Tells of Operations to Be Carried on During Winter Three Alice Arm mines the Toric, Tiger and Esperansa will ! continue operations throughout the coming winter and all will ship ore states Thomas McMeekin who returned to the city on the Prince George last night after pay.ng a visit of inspection to the Ksperanza mine of which he la president The Tiger mine, under devel- ntiMllt hv 111 lltJntv MinlBir Finance Co. with the owner, B. C. Pickett, as forma n. is putting in camps and win soon inatai a compressor. Ihe installation Ma i concentrator on this property Ul r , , . Here iiai.a-ju:u in jiuiiliu 4,000 to Reach Safety frwt&diprb fLQgJ&is to DRTHCOTT ACCUSES ALL Declares Relatives are Insane or Otherwise Afflicted in defi From Prison VANCOUVER,8ept 24. Accusing his niece, Jessie Clark, of fabricating the murder farm charge at Riverside. California, ... . :. 1Mmi f fc, amvsi vaa a a via Mev veil it Oka I la prison today. After reading the charges in the newspapers I doubt the sanity of say father and Sanford Clark my nephew, deslared Northcott. As for Jessie' I flrmlly believe her to be at the botom of everything. Northcott referred to Cyrus Northcott, his father, as a dis- ndg JfMic w caUed a Wlcit mad -ir fran witii reading too many detective thrillers. LOGGING CAMP IS DESTROYED Robert Dollar Outfit Iese Camp and Equipment at Deep Bay NANAIMO. Sept 24. Fire last evening destroyed the loafing 'camp of the Robert Dollar. Cvta; projects ror me next year. whnM. minrl a theM ideas came The Toric mill is now is oper-'and Sanford Clark whose ais-ation and is expected to hii cJoure in Los Angeles brought concentrates-throughout the win-: about the investigations of con- . A i lit pir. AieieeKin, is looKing Deuer all the time. New camp build- !in have recently been erected j and a compressor will installed. Quite a body H ing ore is being developed 'mine which will resume menu of high grade ore In a short time, SON CHARLES DARWIN . DIED IN ENGLAND CAMBRIDGE, Eng., nt n sir Horace Darwin, eon Charles Darwin, author of Origin of Species, died here Saturday. He was noted as a scientist OFFICIAL INQUIRY OTTAWA. Sept. 24. An offic- lal nquiry will be held Into the crashing of the Godfrey plane In j Peace River. ' LAKUE CAIUKET Speelal Dlnsera Thurtdajra and Saturday Dancing every (Saturday night fruiu 9 to It. Dinre Hall for Hire. Accomodation for Prime Fartlea niuike 457 Price Five Cents g,pany i twy, w mi nim or there, very tn ing was ae-stroyed including the bunkhouses. the hesdquarkurs of all logging equipment and two locomotives. Mont of the employees were weekending out of town and lost their Itelonirinirn. Some 176 men are thrown out of work but no loss f jfe is reported. The fire caught in dry ajjwh- j,