iities. . It is thought w 'r that a II M I t-HH Kl 11 III I I iiH,. LEADS ALASKA u' lo Congress ' ''we Run With Democratic Nominee ' vr, Nov. 8. With nil of fl division unreported, first. 9 in the third, 9 in 11 fi division reported com-!' i Sutherland, Republican 1 ' umbent was lending Grigs-'mot rat, by 110 votes In an :" rat:e for the delegate to 1 John Rustgard, Repub as assured of re-election omry General I-1, Ui H l'.lt. over .'..: SNOWFLAKE DIRECTORS WERE ALL RE-ELECTED VANCOUVER. Nov. 8. Shareholders of Snnwflake group of L.i cont itiencc m mi- Having manaelmr the men wno oue - t aimii iiriint'i li THREE CANDIDATES MAYORALTY VICTORIA, Nov. 8.- Three can didates are in the new - the mayoralty campaign. James are Percy R. Drown. "" and Herbert An They Dean LAUi.t mono PLANT :Vh a gun fight with the I ordered released today in an or t t tin. vi'oent move of British ider from Washington WASHINGTON STATE ENGLAND DEFEATED Doubt as GOES REPUBLICAN SEATTXE, Nov. 8 ans swejil.tlje. state of Wnalilngton Tuesday. Governor Roland II. Hartley was swept into office ov er Scott Hull lit, Democrat. Only two Democrats, Senator Dill and representative Sam Hill, were elected. The state ticket was re- clopment oi JMnniit fn- irfffn. vhil lh .i v .T,.,.t i in nine liiv i board of directors at the annual meeting here Inst night. legls- laturfi' will have the usual Republican majority. SCOTLAND AT SOCCER 11IRM1NGHAM. Nov. 8. In the interleague soccer game yesterday, England defeated Scotland t- In en" . !N MARATIMKS i I The Hydro-Electric Development at Grand Falls on the Saint John Owners is to manufacture Iliver, Nejv Hrunnwick, which is the largest development in the rnko -111(1 other Maritime rrovwees, was set in motion. Unattended uy ceremony . Vl f f v tlm rnko 'n nc Presence of a group of prominent engineers the first of , ... , mui uiiimi "I .u,uwv nui h: iuitci uvKnii nit: uufcui ui rnciyjr alter developed, (ptlte possibly 111 connection wun u- war m fjrst been let into the tunnel, the largest water pressure mi-nt of the Copper River iron ore deposits, which , tunnel in Canada. very far from the coal in the Copper River i ,r,, v-, . ...u.,. , .. : n, .nb. ti-milil ln used himelv for house- i . RUM VESSEL v UUH1 TLJlJLL Eiidishmon in ,t .. iTinntYi .urn two were il'ipert following an examination of the coal prop-. tnd since that negotiations nave ueuu ..vu w.. t.ria. On Sunday Jack McNeill went south to sign document for the sale of his property and it is uod the deal for both properties has been closed. , ni-iiimr in n nvvs K'tnrv in the Province yesterday, of $75,000 has been paid for McNeill's intcreste, the l.urchase of the larger property involves a much ( ioMtruj( oast guard IS RELEASED NOT SAY MUCH Annonnrenirnl as lo IWrihlc SAN cam FRANt etuwi'iu IbCO, ii v... Nov. 8. ... ,. ,,,,., Election Dale i Not Very The rum ship Laquilla, formerly; Enlightening Federal ship, wlyi-h was sen-, rs to interest themselves in the development of I to the quMtioi. of registry was th. ... 4 : fVi.r tn the American m- -f capital which threatened the industrial the country. . BALDWIN DOES LONDON. Nov. K "The glne- cutter Tamaroa, was rat election may take place rath er earlier than Inter. va Prem- ier Ualdwin'a rather Cryptic announcement in the House of Commons last night when he submit- CLASSIFIED 'ABIT Boston Grill B.,.rroae red lb V'-''-'0 LARGE CABARET Spcslal Dlnneri Thursday and lose, " T3u ".jC. Saturdays u find, locate Dancing every Saturday nljht need, ... am'. a. V . from S to 12. W ;:iicr you Dance Hall lor Hire PRINCE RUPERT Accommodations for Private IU' Parties liKT THE CL.HiriM j Phone 4S7 Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper . viil No. 2G3. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928. PRICE FTV PRNCE r" AL FIELDS TORONTO, Nov. 8. The Uni- jversity of Toronto conferred the honorary degree of Doctor f Laws on Sir Austen Chamberlain and , the degree of Doctor of Letters on Paul Claudet the French Ambaaaa-' dor to U.S. j Introduced as the "reconciler of Europe," Sir Austen said he believed that peace in Europe was , no le.is than the welfare of Canada rested on the close friendship and understanding between the English and French races. , League of Nations, no Laearno 'agreement, no pact of peace can i make war impossible, but each one makes war more perilous for the agreasor. No nation can afford to affront the moral judg ment of the world. Sftffltthing had been done, he thought, dur I ing the four years in which he had been connected with foreign af f fairs to ensure lasting peace. LABOR PEER ' RESOLUTION Moves That Anglo-French Pro posits (irave Setback to Disarmament (wl n motion appropriating all of nrrtTTHI in IT the time of the House until Eus-! KiPl Kl U AN ter on account f the weight of L J ULI UULliilll government business. The motion was, resented by private members rrAtlarullv lulf watt IiiiiuumI 17.1 tn Republic-; 136. FACE CHARGE OF MURDER VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. Gordon Stewart Northoott, charged with the murder of four boys near Riverside California, is to be returned tn that state for trial. An extradition order was granted by Judge Cayloy yesterday. OTTAWA, Nov. 8. Premier King nnnounced the conclusion of the sitting of the Cabinet Council last night, no appointments have been made to nny exiting vnc GOVERNORS ARE ited the West Coast of Vancouver over (Continued on Page Six) PROMPTLY REARRESTED VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. After ilnir rolpARed from Okalta jail after a comprehensive outline had uurguant to an order of Justice . . . ( 1 r I I r been maile uy iru wincmin i w A Mncdonald, William Tar-the government's iwllcy. chuk was promptly rearrested and endon emphasiseil that Great Ilri- Jg noW en route to fe0n where tain had made no commiimenvs , will eomIlete 21 months nhd did not despair of some general agreement further limitation of ampnts. reaching . on the naval arm' sentence for robbery. OTTAWA, Nov. 8. Major Gen eral H. C. Thacker, Chief of the 'General Staff Department of the ! National Defenlei "rellrftd ott. pert- I as Chief of Staff by Rrigadier NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Rhode General A. G. L. McTTaughton ills- Island and Massachussets went trict officer commaniling No. li, definitely to Smith along with at Victoria, Mabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, ! i . Georiria. Jlississippi, South Oaro-i f, f T lina of states in the Hoover col 1 V . il n..HAHnn i umn. lexns ami orui munnai were running close. , Tl. rinnnlillriini i'lertfd 23 1 i IIC liciuuni..... state governors Tuesday and the' .a 1.1! . Om, ntlln Democrats iu inciuuniK ' i Roosevelt In New York. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. Wheat is quoted on the local Exchange tda .it ll'i- 1 t GOVERNOR SMITH SAYS WILL ItETIRE FROM PUHL1C LIFE NEW YORK. Nov. 8. Governor Smith announced today that he never again expected to run for public office as he has had more than a quarter of a century in public life and that was enough. 4 OVLD CONNECT WHOLE COUNTRY BY RADIO TELEPHONE Prince Rumrt Coalfields Co, m Property has by Lord gc Industrial Development at or Near Tclkwa May Kesult From Sale of Two Interior Properties to English Capitalists vv ird has been received here that the huge coal prop-. tue Prince .Rupert Coalfields Company near a. owned in New York, and the Tclkwa Collieries, ; tv, Jack McNeill of Telkwa have been purchased t; i interests headed by Lord Melchett, formerly 'v i red Mond. It is also said that they arc to be de-i immediately and that Prince Rupert is likely to ury materially from the industry. i Prince Rupert Coalfields Co. is a proved coal '.i.o Copper River region 36 miles from Telkwa. .; of it has been diamond drilled and the extent! well known, The only obstacle in the way of I ,( nt has been the lack of a market and the large . opening it up. For a number of years the com-r Teste were looked after by Thomas Jefferson of 1 understood that the plans of the new owners isc building of 3G miles of railway to connect the i with the C.N.R. at or near Telkwa. This point 250 miles from Prince Rupert, which would be the port for the product. Telkwa Colleries is about seven miles from and has been operated in a small way by Jack t Ik- coal being marketed along the line of railway i'" rs anu i nnce uupun unu uniui iiumw i ronosal of the new , ammonia, elvcerine, coal tar, 1 n oeen r urcnase Melchett Interests SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN IS HONORED Speaks of react in-Accepting hon orary Degree from Toronto Univerhity B.C. Telephone Plans Connect Northern B. C. by Radio Telephones Company Asking for a Charter to Connect Whole of British Columbia by Wireless System with Centres to South VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. Believing, that the only feasible way to give long tlis lephone service to many of the outlying parts o. oii -n Columbia is by means of radio telephone, George H. Halse, chairman of the board of th.e British Columbia Telephone Company, announces that plans are under way for the formation of a separate company to enter the radio telephone field. "Under its charter the B. C. Telephone Comnanv has no Not power to go into the radio telephone business," explained Mr. Halse in a Statement, "it has become obvious to the execu tives of the company, however, that the radio telephone offers the ft n I v nrartirfll mnthmi nf Hvinir servfce to the many wms FMP1RF f f NTRF point, and conseiuntty we, pro-1 Lilill llvLi VjAjLI i ILi "tfose to f6rm a separate company : to carry out this work. "The name of the new company will be the Provincial Telephone; Company and a charter will be Nov.' j TORONTO, 8.-Sir Aus-sought at he next session of the! ChamberJain 8eg noth, i.4-vm n in I I itma I o t ii ri I ha nocol. i ,.......... B ..-.v. fanUstic in the suirgestlon that nary advertising iu cohimj whii- the legal requirements are now i s'CANADAMAYBE "DS .umM, I v..-"?' of J" !"'- Sir Auslen Chamberlain Sees Nothing Fantastic in Proposal the Capftal of the British Empire might some day be at Ottawa. He the Empire structure was suf- kland for the purpose of study- "dnt ? 0 : I... r itn 4,o!da ot the future contilrdng a ,B " hundred million inhAbiU&ts and te ephone to the many industries;.. , ... . , scattered along that rugged shore. ! lhe f fotral rn-Through an arrangement with the 1? LONDON. Nov. 8.-Lord Thorn- Dominion Government it has taen- " ' - " VrcA"'?"k paon. a Ubor ier. in the House ; possible to give telephone "rvicel """" 7 , i. ...iu., !,ririi,M.ii r .nrt n nmo nf thM ara Pmi parliament g migm wt at . - -7-: :7-'r " 7; the ,- Government -:;::" ;;;;, telegraph Ottawa. It would require "a bit negotiations disclosed in a white paper on the Anglo-French nnval j proposals "constitute a grave set-! S itatihi'lSiTt ' RELEASED FROM OKALLA of eace existing was not the result of statwrnanship but of exhaustion. 1 i : ' ' The IjilKtf resolution In ' the House of Lords was withdrawn of legislation," but that was all. AIR SERVICE IN THE SOUTH Planes to Carry Mail and Express as Amphibians Not Adapted to Passengers VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. The B. C. Airways have decided to order sixteen passenger tri motored Amphibians ami two eight lassenger seaplanes. The Victoria and Seattle service will own TO BE ARMY CHIEF; i i a. y.v oU- er, nanainw ana Victoria service later. It is stated that the company will concentrate on ar express anil .mail servjee as it is considered that the Amphibian is commercially unadapted to carry FIRf 4B0ARD PRINCE JOHN NORTH VANCOUVER, Nov. 8. A fire in the engine room of the Canadian National steamer Trince John was today extinguished after hard hours of struggle. Smoke belched from tho decks and it appeared that the ship was doomed. She was at Durrard dry dock plant for installation of new boilers.