CLASSIFIED HABIT VIC TORIA, Oct. 23. The time has come when Can IS GUILTY OF LIQUOR SALE!: i: McKny of Pastime . . . a Pool j C om l ined $.100 in City Police Court Today police court thlt morn-r: McKay ttf the Pa-rom wa convicted by i: i Months impriaonmeni, w d. R. K. Jonea. city' prosecuted and W. O. ( rl on behalf of the de-j iiii f witness for the i Steve Stenlch and a Constable William "'h or Anyox, and Ser-V M. Hannah. The de- number of witnesses DRIVE 2.000 REINDEER OUT OK WESTERN ALASKA SEWARD. Oct. 28: With a thousand mile journey a-head of them Paul KjeKtUI, a NorweKian. and two com lianiona started to drive a herd of 2.000 reindeer from Akiak on the Kuskokwim River in Western Alaska out along the Alaska peninsula to the vicinity of Herehdeen M(( lytnout of selling t Ray and extiects to complete Friday, A fine of $300. the trip by April "next i nn howlod vnhfrlns nlnnre thn streets. CHINESE FOUND DEAD SAN QUKNTt.. Cal., Oct. 23. Ion Ying. Chinese, awaiting ex-ecuVion for the murdw of ten countrymen in a rice Held near .i i it.. tAairffottl. Snbiano county, was 'ami in uiu mriw ' - it there was no 8!c. ( found dead in his cell today. Miniature Tornado Strikes London And South ot England Doing Considerable Damage IAN DON, Oct. 23. London and the south of Eng- l:ir nitrlif nvtinpirmrwul n miniature toniaUO and a LONDON SUFFERS FRO Premier Tolmie Comes Out In Favor Canadian Naval Power Extension s v Torts on Pacific Should Be Protected and Canada Should Assume Proper Share of Work. :ouid assume its proper share of the work of pro-c the British Empire by sea, Premier Tolmie said caking at the Trafalgar Day ceremonies at the ' awent Buildings. i Bt-ing enthusiastic Britishers when we have a bushel at to sell or when we need some capital, is not player part in the Empire," the Premier said. "We in a iiave on the Pacific Coast in our own province an ivc coast line. We have on that coast rapidly dene cities, big industries, accumulation of much Our coast cities are the outlet for the great 4 "xford Circus and neighboring streets were centres gallon. ' no Stnvtn'o vinlnnnn Pnvf a fit thn roofs of several; Tho h( n 1 .. m... . e 11 t . ....u...n that the torrentln streets befort t h KB pitiiTi uinitii u UI IMIIHHI THE NATIONAL CAPITOL Parliament Buildings at lit';, u wnich will soon bt- iouuw mic jiuiw. m. cav vix uo. i.. to auu opening of pariimci.L. Premier M ui-kenzie King is seen in the in et. i iasi line must, De ueienuen, not oniy ior ourselves r all of Canada because of their place in Canada's u trade." ' SI " " s s- .... m- r. mi, Another big financial group from the United States is making, a bid for the Prince Kupert power and light franchise and proposes to spend a large sum of money, something like a million dollars, immediately title to the proporties can be secured, guaranteeing an addition of 5,000 horsepower within two years and making proper provision for extension. The proposal comes from W. E. Vogelback of Chicago, opeating in the west as the Western States Public Service Corporation with John C. Rath, vice-president of the parent con- 4 cent, at Its head. It Is Dftekeu but it will be held as an auxil- finniielally by such firms as iary .operated automatically in Davis tangstaff & Co., a Unking ca.se of any failure of the bigger and bond house and they in turn, plant. are associated with other banking! Mr. Clark in discussing the institutions. ; proposals with the Daily News Mr. VftgelUck hs had two en-! Emitted that his principals were gincera here. S. Shaffner and W. "V " II. Shoard. Shaffner went over the whole irrount? Jind recom mends the harnesaing electrically of lllg Falls on the Ecstall River where it is estimated that from twenty to thirty thousand horsepower can be secured. The power will be generated at the falls and brought across the -a of rain such as has rarely been recorded he.!;;"; , , .it and iictc ot nf wind una Shaffner went south Sunday after torrents gusts rreets became raging hu re p t down chimneys, smashed windows and shop signs shoard U checkfng up and will remain to complete the Invest!- company is "uii'lings were ripped off, the plate glass windows of big here today by. t,. s. c " firm of Lawson Maw av rm ' - re blown In, goods and-- r 7 ' I.80" 'he windows into the und buses rocked like n a stofmy sea to the terror I wprp represented Clark of the and Clark, Zr l"e!"-i8t"m BweI'1 " ; River apd a guarantee that there 1, iUtomfllllKift. atnnnnil . , iinri .i ond tllis OVfr a paiCll Ch . . ' ... 'll'iven lniWvupila litr ihn "f the wind. 'I1' wind lifted off a large part !' ""' of the Ivibor Exchange, va.)' it int'i the street. The the alarm 1 c . crashed to . J'submltled accompanied by a con-t.uplls who escaped Injur). fcWl. Arnifram iA, ,uD . . 1 . 1 , 1 ma t n mtv i- 'a in " v v. nv v.wi torn off by numireu. - - 1 uunii tnv.ua will m nn inrrriiso in lh nnwar ...j-.-- h fftct Ir tne ma, Koe9 through no at- attributed to m list being ,,voi a rain cieareu "'"" l"ZZ '" . V vinA I v 'l.t. inrinri uie ounwaiinns piani Rupert would soon be needing much more iower than was being used today. He also felt "that his principals would be in a posi it would be for all concerned so there would be no unnecessary delay . J. Clyne of tho firm of Williams, Manson & Gonzales is acting locally for the Vogelbacks. Capt. J. b. Watson of the Bobolink sailed thl after- Boston Grill -1 rcsdt th Cliuwlfled Ad. Everyone LAIMIK CABARET II jou Ioe, KlvertlM tor It, Speclsl' Dlnnera Thurodayi aad If you find, locaU the owner. Saturday Dancing every Sulnrdaj night Whatever you need, advertise (or It Irom 9 to 12. PRINCE RUPERT Dance Hall for Hire. HABIT. " CLASSIFIED Tilt: ,;;T Accomodation for Prlvae Partlea Northern and Central British Columbia' Newspaper I'hone 457 r-V XVIII No. 249 PRINCE RUPERT, P.. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER M, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS WEB PROPO M SEVERE WIND km x u mm. m a.tiviiy in .reparation for the New Bid Being Made For Power 1 Franchise Of. Prince Rupert By Powerful Chicago Financiers 'Proposal to Harness Bij; Falls Spending Nearly Million premier s. r. tolmie Dollars in Developing Hydro-electric Plant to Serve City Vrgcs thai Canada assume pro per .;haiv 01 naval protection 01 tion to help Prince Rupert so nritMh Empire especially of cit that a market for the power iea tj0 Vt-1 . j i on this coast. wouia tnus ue lounu. 111s principals were quite agreed as to the development they' would undertake" and the only question now was how much should be j paid for the old plant which! would be practically useless as soon as the new plant was in op- eratlon. It would be necesary to; operate it and also the Drydock ' steam plant until such time as; ..1 1... 11. rri ; JAPANESE STEAMER DAMAGED IN GALE IS RETURNING TO VICTORIA VICTORIA, Oct. 23: The Japanese steamer ('hoy Maru which left Alberni October 1(1 for Yo- new mum .t uuiu. 111c me . , ... , ,, . komama with a full cargo of lum-sooner this ...0 was ri done the u- 1 better1, . , . , " , ,. . be,r is reported putting back to : Victoria after having been dam-jaged In a gale 900 miles off the B. C. coast. MINEKS MET DEATH BUCKLEY, Oct. 23: Six miners met their deith yesterday In an explosion in the McAlpin Coal noon 0 nthe Catala for a trip to j Company's mine near here. The Victoria. t '. bodies have been recovered. OTHE PROTEST MADE BY OWNERS OF ISLAND PLANTS Order Against Using Herring for . Reduction Purposes is Disastrous VANCOUVER,Oct. 23: Operators of twelve herring reduction plants in the area north of Bark-ley Sound after a week end conference protested, today to the Provincial Government against a ! recent ruling that the manrfnet- urer of fish meal and oil from herring be prohibited. A letter addressed to Hon. S. L. Howe asked that 'in view of the heavy financial commitments already made, permission to operate be granted until the end of the year. The operators stated that they would wejeome a thorough Investigation Of 'the Wtuatlorf'early next year in order that the'ques-tion might be finally settled. It was pointed out that the stoppage of herring reducMon work would mean the loss of $200,000 to the packers and throw 400 persons out of employment. S. C. Thomson returned to the city on the Catala this morning from a brief business trip to Anyox and Stewart. AND RAIN ST T xt Of Angle-French Treaty Pub.ished In England In White Paper hsued Ly Government LONDON, Oct. 23. The full history of the inception and negotiations of the naval compromise between France aim uiuac Britain was made public last night by the British foreign office. Lord Cushendun, acting as foreign minister, explained that the only reason for withholding publication of the papers was fear of embarrassing other governments by what might seem an attempt to force their hand. i The compromise agreement itself is quite brief. The document in the form of a white paper isued last nljrht consists of , 45 pages. The text of the ajrree-: munt follows limitations which a i disarmament conference -will have to determine arid will deal with four classe of warships. ! 1. Capital ships that Is ships over j 10.000 tons cr with guns of more I than ciht inch calibre. 2. Air craft carriers of over 10,000 tons. 3. Surface vessels of or below 10.000 tons armed with guns of more than six inches and up to eight inch calibre. 4. Ocean gobg submarines over COO tuna. PAT BURNS IS MENTIONED TO GO TO IRELAND Several Names Suggested na Possible inisteru to Free State for Canada - WASHINGTON. Oct -23.-The TTAWA.OefcfjaTli )n ranop-Brltish treaty regulates,' M yesterday that wlfe of-limitations in classes one and two ficial circ,es in Ottawa state and the disarmament conference ; ncre is no act,on contemplated in will only hare to consider the ieprarri. to the exchange of rep- method of extending these llmita- reseniauves. me mauer win oe tions to nowers hoh-sk'natorv to under consideration upon the re- this treaty. As regards classes three and four a final disarmament confer- i . i ence win nx the maximum ton turn of Premier King to Canada, the Journal says: Among the names suggested as Canada's representative in Dublin nagc applicable to all the powers'are those of T. Dairy McGee of which no power will be allowed to exceed for the total of vessels in each of these respective cata- gorics during the period covered by the convention within this maximum limit. Each power will at the final conference indicate tor each of these categories the tonnage hey, propose Jto reach and which they undertake not to exceed during the period covered by tue convention. Ottawa, Baron Shaughnessey of Montreal, E. Scully of St. John, N. R., Edward Hume Blake of Toronto arid Pat Burns of FISH ARRIVALS Total of 82.200 Pounds of Halibut Mostly American Sold Today A total of 82,200 pounds of halibut was sold at the Fish Exchange this morning as follows: American Paragon, 35.000 pounds, Booth Fisheries, 15.1c fcnd 6c. Trinity, 30,000 pounds, Atlin Fisheries, 14.8c and 6c. Sherman, 10,000 pounds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Co., 10.3c and Cc. Harding, 6,000 pounds, Canadian Fish and Cold Storagt Co., 16.5c and Cc. Canadian Muirneag, 1,200 pounds, Cana dian Fish and Cold Storage Co., i 14.5c and 7c. THEATRE FIRE AT SKAGWAY People Attending Political Meeting ForcH Out Into Snow by Blaze SEWARD. Oct. 23: Fire which broke out in Fifth Ave. Theatre at Skagway during a free motion picture show prior to a Democratic rally forced spectators Into the street in the midst of a heavy snowstorm yesterday. The film caught fire destroying 'he machine and damaging the theatre furnishings. The crowd escaped without a sign of panic.