'lSeds.' CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION OTTAWA. 1 . 2K. Authority tieen granted for the estnb-hiner.t nf an advisory commlt- felt that the city council might i have its jroposition ready to of- 1 fer. nil- Chairman of Communist Or The d aft agreement provides xnni.ution Into Conference He- for assigning of the franchjae and gard to Activities j terms by the corpomtioo to an op- 'erating power company; protec- TOHONTO, Dec. 29. The'tion of the city water require i mv in ttie pSftgrain of the meWs WoejaWfh Late ; li-e t check Communist activi- maintenance of the Shawatlans ' wif made yesterday wbea In- Lake power plant as an emergency . tcr R. Anderson took John in the event of any, cessation of l.n ilii, chairman of the Com- delive y of power by the company nii.xt paty, to police headqaar-: from Falls River; the payment by for a conference with Chief the company to the.citjr of $376,-l'nliee I). (J. Draper. 000; exclusive fraa&ise to the The conference followed action company for 25 years; renewal of n-n by the police to locate the the franchise or repurchase by' the r on who patted sticker on city; approval of the distribution inlows. automobile, buildings system by the city council; proeer-'I pouts in the downtown sec- vation of streets, etc., by tbe com-v. advertising a meeting to be pany in connection with conatruc-il. where Stewart Smith, gradu- tion work ; operation by the city of of a Bolshevist university, wus Shnwatlnn h ike plant until elec- against war trie energy is made available by Police officers found that the : he company from Falls River; ira-Ke s were printed in a Queen mediate development of Fall n et print shop at the request of River power; assurance by the Communist party. company of meeting present and v. tini' on instruction of Chief pending demands; preservation of ' i;er. Inspector Anderson and present service and rate ag ee-A.iing Inspector Oxland went to nunU, including street lighting; v idian headquarters of the installation by the company of a in :.t if3 1-2 Church Street In modern street lighting system; no i eh of McDonald. He was not exemption for the company from M. office, having just returned municipal taxation; re-possession rn i western trip for the pur- oy the city nf the plant in case of . of running as a municipal default hy the company; creation amli(lnte in Ward 8. pf gi50,0"0 trust fund from SK76,- !!. r waiting more than an hour OOQ j.urrn.i.-e ice until city de-he police were rewarded and took livers a free and unencumbered I .'Donald to the city hall. title to the property; payment by Chief of Police Daper spoke Je company of standard Prince iiv firmly, to the head of the Rupert wages to all its employees, i arty, and made it clear that po- ! i . in future would pursue an j possible that champs may .'trtrressivu campaign against nUMje from the original draft. a list of proposed change having been submitted last night. One of thse additional clauses wo-ild provide for the dewlopme nt by the i-nmnnnv at once of power other lhan Woodworth Lake, completing ; within two and a half years a hydro-electric development f no lens 'than 8000 luirse-power c pacity with furtlier Uevclnrment as -ei! Hired until 1O,000 hrsc power or more ahull be available of 10 to deHl with the Civil j for nrivate and conimei rin) u r ice Superannuation Act. it ; the citir.ens and industries hn aied .s nnxounced at the prime min-Within the corporate limits of the -te-'s office .today. The commit-! city. e will bo-jcomposed of five per-: "lis rcm-esentlng the ndminjstra-1 'ii Hide of the service and five presenting the employees. NOT HER FAULT "You can't catch me, my man." ''"dared the Indignant spinter. "I haven't ridden in taxis for the l ist ten years for nothing." "Pet you've 'ad a good try, all "i" same." came the bitter res-; "M e. Royal. LATEST BULLETIN LONDON. Dec. 29: The evening bulletin stated: "King had a quiet day. The alow improvement noted this morning continues. No bulletin will be isue;! until Sunday evening." Policeman lat 2 a.m. -Out a little late, aren't you, old m m? Tough-looking Customer Yes, perhaps, but It's the only chance us pedestrians get. -Bystander. i mm CORPORATION TO IN Draft Agreement Has Been Drawn For Disposal of Power Franchise to Power Corporation of Canada Copies of a proposed agreement between the city and hc Power Corporation of Canada for the transfer of the ; .'inicipal hydro-electric plant and a twenty-five year i anchise were submitted to members of the city council it cday and it was decided at last night's meeting, on ingestion of Mayor McMordie, to hold a special meeting is I'rluay night of next week to consider the terms, u.inw bile, the city fathers will make a detailed study of , .c draft agreement. The mayor explained that H. E. TORONTO ACTS AGAINST REDS: I'ii representative representative o of the awson, Power Corporation of Canada, had left the city and would not be back for a week or so. By the time he returned, His Worship MBaaiaesaeB W. H. MALKIN -f Vncouvi r. first Mavor of tho recently amalgamated cities ni Vancouver. Point Grey and South Vancouver. DEALS MORE POWER VANCOUVER 11. C. Power Corporation tp Instal Another Jant on Stave River: VANCOUVER, Dec. 29. Another hyiiro-clewtnc pita; on Stave Hirer t Ruskin, 3J miles east of Vancouver, at a cist of .seven and ;a quarter millkn dollars, will be started immediately by . the II. C. lower Corporation, it was announced today by V. G . Mur-r.n, president of the H. C. Electric Railway. In addition, it is announced tVe Bridge River Power scheme, 130 miles north of Vancouver, would be increased to 220,000 horse-power by the expenditure of an additional million dollars. The Stave River plant when completed will proyuee 172.-000 horse-power. The initial installation of 43.000 horsepower Is scheduled, for completion late nest year. 21 DEATHS FROM UHLU TORONTO. "-' IXec. : There were 21 deaths here yesterday from influenxa and pneumonia. Hopeful Bulletin Issued but King Is Said by Newspaper Not To Be Holding His Own in Uphill Fight LONDON, Dec. 29.The condition of King George this morning is considered more hopeful,, following the bulletin oi last night and this morning that the patient had periods of rest, but deep anxiety is still the keynote of the popular feeling. At mid-afternoon Buckipgham Palace announced the condition unchanged from the morning. Intense interest was manifested at a hint of a new method of treatment and an unofficial suggestion that blood transfusion would likely bo employed was authbritatively denied as being considered by the King's physicians. An early edition of the Evening News today states that in his up-hill battle for life the King was not holding his own. This is his 43rd day of illness. This morning's bulletin stated that the King had a quiet night and there is a slight change for the better in His Majesty's condition. I Left to right: William Sciiiil, donor of the Schiff aviation trophy; President Cooli.lge and l.i u tenunt J. K. Dyer, winner of the award, for t'lyinp the greatest number of hours without accident. mm MF1E1HAB1T Boston Grill Everyone read! tb Cljulfli Atu. LIKIK CAIilRET It you Iom, RdvertlM for It. Special Dinner Thursdays and Satnrhiyi If you find, locate the owner. Uanrlng rvfry Hnrurday nl(ht Whatever you ttcti, advertise for It from D tu 12. Dane Hall for Hire PRINCE RUPERT Accommodation for Private iKT TUB CI.ASXIUKD IIADIT. ) Tart lea Thane 457 Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper .!. XIX., No. 305 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1928 TRICE FIVE CENTS National Silver, 19, ..otile Five, 61, 55'.. Pend Oreille, 10.00, 10.26. Pioneer, Nil, 1.80. Porter Idaho, 73, 80. Premier, 2.21, 2.25. Rufus ArgenUi. 28. 28 !a. Ruth Hope, 550., 5C. Silver ( rest, 8'-. 9. Silverado, 90, 98. Snowflakc, 35'i, 30. Sunlock, 3.40, 3.C.II. Terminus. 12, 14 V. Topley Richfield, 43, 15. Toric. 2.ir., 2.76. Wellington, 17. 17',2. Whitewater. 1.15, 1.20. Woodbine, 3, 4. Oils Fabyon, 6, 6''a. LIQUOR AND PARI - MUTUEL - PROFITS BIG VICTORIA, Dec. 29: Liquor and pari-mutuel profits were distributed yesterday tj municipalities of the province. Liquor Pit Wf D 'STALL NEW UNIT A T VANCOUVER CEL. REiUTfES AT PILGRIMS DIN NilP. The above phjti .iraph was tukca on the occasion of the Pil rrim's dinner in London, to celebrate tr.e signii..; .f tr.e Peace Pact The Big Five at the celebration were, left to right: Mr. A. B. HourhUn, Jci.e I M tes Ambassndor to Great Britain; Lord Des borough; Sir Austen Chamberlain (who made his first public appearance since his illness); the German Ambassador to Britain, and Lord Ilardine. STOCK QUOTATIONS ,Oouruj of 9. O. oioa Of-. ' L VI. r The otlowing b'd aid atked. quotations were Bayview rli, 5. B. C. Silver, LSO. 1.40. Beaver Silver. 17, IS. BfrMHRtfrt, TO, 7S1 a..' ' . Cork- Province, 20, 21. Cotton Belt, Nil, 40. Dunwell, 18 2, 19. Duthie, 66, 60. George Copper, 7.85, 8.00. Georgia River, 28, 29. Golconda, 79, 80. Grandview, Bt, 64. Independence, 9vx, 10. Indian, 4. 6. Inter. Coal & Coke, 33, 31. Kootenay Florence, 20, 20V. Kootertay King, 31 li, 32. U, & h., 0, 6Va. La'keview, V j, 2. Lucky Jim, Nil, 26. Marmot Metals,' 74, 8. Marmot Gold, 7, 8. Mohawk, 6, 7. Morten Woolsey, 5, 5'i. 19 it' Halibut Boat Attn Was Instrumental In Saving Tugboat Roosevelt Towed Her Clear of Rocks and Into Safe Refuge When Larger Vessel Could Not Get Near Her SEWARD, Dec. 29. Decision by Capt Peter Wold of the halibutter Attu to save 10 miles on his course is believed to have been responsible for the saving of the tug Roosevelt and its 16 men. The Attu changed her direction off Cape Decision and a few hours later saw the lights of the Northwestern and Roosevelt The Northwestern had one lifeboat out and the Roosevelt crew were wearing lifebelts ready to leave the ship. The Northwestern was unable to run alongside the ftooue- " velt owing to heavy seas, but the volt the capstan on the Atfa gave Attu ."lipped alongside, got a line way. Another time tha hawser was overboa d and headed for Cape made fast to the mast of the Attu, Clear. but when the light when out it was Twice the hawser broke or. the discovered the line had chewed Roosevelt and hours elapsed be-' half through the mast and severed fore new lines could be rigged. ! '.he electric light wires. The Arriving at Cape Clear after a crew worked in darkness for half fight with a howling gale, Can-! in hour until new connections tain Wold continued to Latouche with the Roosevelt, where the disabled craft was beached and workmen were endeavoring to cut away the steel hawser wrapped around the propeller which disabled the bout as it hove to off Cape St. Elias with the Starr in tow. Cap tain Wold praised the captain the Roosevelt and his crew slitting with the tug while it was drifting on the reef. One of the Roosevelt's boats was smashed by the as. The crew of three on the Attu were also lauded by Wo'd. Ben Aspin. engineer. Roths Hornberg and Roths Flem, Jeinen, clung tenaciously hour after hour on the forward deck in a driving gale, tending the tow-line. Wold said he not only had to watch both the course and the 'fie. but also his crew, prone on the deck, who were continually it I danger of ibeing swept off by seas. Heavy oil was poured eve y hait hour on the Attu end of the haw. ser and on the chocks to prevent chafing of the lines The hawser on the Attu was fastened through profits for the last half year j the starboard hawser pipe ami were $541,112, pari-mutuel forletound the stern over the port the year $21ti,ttVG. The total dis- chock and back to the aft cho.-k. tributlon of liquor profits for completely corraling the line. At the year was $l,100.r)2. i the first attempt to tow the Roose- were made. The Attu is replacing the Starr '.o the westward on the Seward, Alaska, run, and left tonight fer Unnluska and way porta with the Christmas mail. 3 PROMOTIONS DR. S. J. WILLIS Superintendent of Education comet) Also Deputy Minister Be VICTORIA. Dec. 29. Dr. S. J. Willis, superintendent of edu-utiou, is appointed as deputy ninister of education. Hi will' continue as superintendent. W. ('. Gamble, a member of the staff of the Mission City high school, is appointed public school nspector. FORMEK M. P MONTREAL. Dec. Hickerdike, aged 8G, P. for St. Lawrence ex-president of the Trade the DIES 29: Robert formerly M. division anl Board of ami an active member of social reform, is dead.