TOMORROW'S TIDES . Boston Grill J LmWIOK cahaket Saturd '6 r Bpcclal Dinner Tbursdajr and Saturdays High Daadng Every Saturday Night, to It Lib, Dance Hall for Hire Low HI n y. Accommodation (or Private Partita NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUJVLBLVS NEWSPAPER PHONE 457 Vol. XX., No. 249, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS First Shipment of Rived Spruce To Be Made Soon Through Prince Rupert From Queen Charlotte Ids. SKIDEGATE, Oct. 25. The first shipment of rived spruce by the Bernsfeld Logging Co. is to be made very soon, the split timber going east to St. Paul over the Canadian National Railway. If this proves a success, as is confidently expected, regular shipments will be made, and it is probable that the operations will be extended to include a mill for finishing the high grade and saving the lower grades. The company at present is operating on crown granted . .land at Copper Bay, near Sand- DIED FROM INJURY IN A SCUFFLE Vancouver Man Had Skull Fractured Against Curb of Street Last Ni;nt VANCOUVER. Oct. 25: Martin Jarobl, agent for the North German Lloyd line here, died In hospital today from a fractured rtul), suffered. It Is said by the, police In a street fight following a party In a west-end house. Before Jacobl's death, Roy Mow-forth, taxi-driver, was arrested, and chanted with assault. Jacob! Is believed to Jiave auf- fered his Injuries when he was knocked down and struck the, street curb. Islanders Heard Motors of Plane; SKIDEGATE. Oct. 25.- The motors of the Russian plane "Land of the Soviets" were heard quite plainly by a number of residents on . Queen Charlotte Islands when It passed over the mountains on the west coast some days ago. 'I No Trace Yet of Atlantic Flyer ST JOHNS, Mid.. Oct 75, Re ports that wreckage of the Ditcmorc plane had been found have turned out to be incorrect. A message was sent out and relayed which stated that no trace of them had been found and this was misconstrued. Up to last night, nothing had been heard or seen of Urban F. DItcman since he left Harbor Orace. Executions of Revolutionists Took Place Today at Two Points; Were Also Described as Bandits ROSTOV ON DON, Russia, Oct. 25. Fourteen Russians, including two former high officers of the army and three property owners, were executed today on charges of maintaining an armed monarchial revolutionary organization north of the Caucasus mountains. KRASMODAR, Russia, tict. 26. Twenty-one men described as bandits and counter-revolutionists were executed here today for subversive activities against the gov- it'ituuiiL. ro Dinner inn ponnirvsiue unu mnuiimni; ui population. DELADIER PRESIDENT French leader Accepts Invitation To Head New Government In Frarfce riir.ARI5l Oct. 25.-Eduard de La-p, Jad!cal fcader, today nccepted fn? nt Doumergue's Invitation to jwm a new government and will re- BaTurdaV 8UCCCSS f otherwlse Hanbury Is Again Chosen Candidate ,,fANCOUVER7o7t. 25. W. F. l4AJ"ho was beaten by Gen! SXiSL???" rltng to be their ni vno next election. , spit, yueen charlotte Islands. The land was purchased from George rge D neatly and jun&now there Is a L busy DU camp there. By splitting the spruce Instead of sawing It. an average of from 40 to 50 alrolgne spruce can be obtained, which Is much higher than any of the mills can get. Mr. Bornsfeld hu bMh&xamlnlng timber stands at different places on the Islands with a ,vlewto extending his operations. While it .is planned to operate only on crown crranted timber at first, as that is the only kind allowed to be export-eed, by putting In a mill he would be able to purchase leases from the provincial government just a othei operators have don?. The result of the first shipment will be awaited vlth much interest especially by timber men. At Queen Charlotte isLnds Is the only lmoortant sKka spruce stand In tin-province, and it is 1ft great demand Just now. there hing a uvidy salt for all that is offering. - .. . COL. PECK, V.C., D.S.O. t Off to LoiuK'U '' 'I ui' with PlKlit' of Watis. OPENING OF THE TALKIES First Night Proved Great Success and Tiieatre Was Crowded The Capitol Theatre was crowded for both shows last evening for the opening of the talkies nHh audiences were not disappointed. The reproducing Instruments worked splendidly. The voices and musldftl instruments could be distinctly heard In every part of the hall. Everybody seemed pleased with the first night and especially at the moderate prices charged for the occasion. . The show is a good one and is being repeated tonight and tomorrow. Timinvr. pnnitF.R rkidegate. Oct. 36: Trouers have not done 'as well here of late! owing to bad weather OLD IIAGWILGET BKIDGE IS TO BE REBUILT NEW HAZELTON, Oct. 25: Instead of building a new bridge at some other location, i the provincial department of public works has decided to reconstruct the old high level bridge across the Bulkley River at Hagwllget Canyon, according to word received from Hon. N. 8. Lougheed, V provincial minister of public works. This action was advo- cated by the citizens of New Hazelton who are highly elated over their victory in the matter. The work will be started this fall. COL PECK LEAVING TO SEEPRINCE With Private O'Rourke Will Repre-rcsent Victoria Cross Men of B. C. ' VICTORIA. Oct. 25. Col. Cyrus W. Peck, V.C., DB.O.. and Private Michael J. O'Rourke, V.C., will leave for Vancouver tonight for London to represent British Columbia Victoria Cross winners at the Prince of Wales banquet next month. NO TRAP LICENSES OTTAWA. Oct. 25. No trap licenses for salmon fishing have been issued to companies In north? n Brit sh Columbia waters, it was declared today by departmental of-licers r.nd the recommendations of Commissioner Ellis are being held in abeyance. In face of . protests, commissioner's raeoinmenda Hons h-ive not been given effect to anri us the matter stands may be-o;nn u dead letter. Bodies From the Milwaukee Found; I Ferry Foundered MILWAUKEE. Wis., Oct. 25. A dozen bodies encased In lifeboats have been fourtd of the crew of 54 who lost their lives in the sinking of the Orand Trunk car ferry Milwaukee in the Great Lakes storm while en route from Milwaukee to Grandhaven. Michigan. Marine men believe the freight cars in the hold were torn from their moorings, causing the ship to founder. RAD STORM FELT AT QUEEN CHARLOTTES; STRUCK FISH PACKER SKIDEGATE. Oct. 25. Thursday and Friday of last week the Queen Charlotte Islands felt one of the worst storms they nave known in a long time. The Canadian Fish & I Cold Storage Co.'s packer Chief Legale left nere on the Thursday ; cargo from the Alberta Wheat afternoon and great anxiety was 1 pool's Prince Rupert elevator. No felt for her. It seems that the i Information whatever can be se-storm struck her when she was halt cured at elevator offices. way across Uie strait, but she rode it out saieiy. LittkGrlVb Formerly Resided Here, Loses Lifej Local friends will regret to learn of. the accidental death In Glasgow. Scotland, recently of little Rose Harris, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, formerly of this city, and granddaughter of John Harris, proprietor of the Atlas Boiler Works. The little girl was on her way home from school when she was knocked down by an automobile, the injuries proving fatal. Mr. and Mrs. Harris left here about the end of last May to take yNrefjdepce In Glasgow. Alaskan Plant Is Destroyed Fire Wednesday PETERSBURG, Alaska, Oct. 25. Fire Wednesday night destroyed the major portion or ine wrangen Nar- rows Packing Co.'s plant at Moun tain Point with a loss of $15,000. Premier Kipg Meets These photographs were taken when Premier Ramsay MacDon-1 : Mn9M .hn TrTA aid of Great Ptttaln arriveC in Ottawa to d'scus rAti!3" It, stood by It in with RL Hon. W;L. MarJceo-ii' K" e Pme Minister of Canada before sailing, forrfe Old .Oot'ntr- Top. Ramsay MacDonald and'Pre-mler King , facjb&3thi tottery n' photographers. Bottom. Viscountess Wllllngdon,,le. c&ittln with Mhs Ishbcl MacDonald. the British Premier's daughter, with the Governor-General In the Order for Submarine Rupert Is ; Cancelled At Birkenhead Result Changing Policy of Governments If it is of ifimdamontal importance to the future that; armaments should be reduced, it would be foolish to build i warships that are not wanted, said W. L. Hichens, of Cammell Lairds, speaking at a luncheon given at Birkenhead after the launching of the submarine Phoenix. I Mr. Hichens revealed that the admiralty had cancelled ! an order given to Cammell Lairds to build another subma-: nne which the firm hoped was i kuiiik going to hi keep Keep them mem busily Dusuy NO WORD OF GRAIN SHIP Local Flevator Now Over Two-Thirds Full; I,oadlncs For Port Falling Off With the bia; house well over two- thirds full now. there is no word yet as to when the first wheat ship of the season may be here to load a Meantime, gram loadings lor Prince Rupert are falling off rapidly. This morning but sixty car loads were reported on the railway territory west of Red Pass Junction bound here. Yesterday fifty-five carloads arrived and on Wednesday about forty. Anyox Prowler To Face Charge At Burns Lake Paul Evannlkov. who was con vlrtprf In rmnntv court here rprentlv! on a charge of prowling at Anyox , "We should like to have as much and sentenced to six months' lm-1 admiralty work as we can get. be-prlsonment at Okalla, was taken on , cause we are proud of our admlr-this morning's train to Burns Lake, alty connection and have turned where he is to face a charge of out seme of the best ships In His theft. He was taken as far as Ter-1 Malesty's navy", race by Provincial Constable H. L. I The submarine Is one, of the lat-McKenney, who has been, relieving est of her type. She Is eequlpped n the ... ltv " . detachment; herei, and. ... an officer from Bums Lake will take him on from there. SECOND SCOW LAUNCHED The launching of the second scow for the Vancouver Tugboat Co. went off uneventfully at the local dry dock yesterday afternoon about 5:30, and this, as well as the first scow, are now being put In readiness to leave for Engle-wood behind the tug Queen, at the end of the week. Ramsay Macdonald employed after the Phoenix had been launched. The name Runert had actually been given to this submarine. "It unfortunately died in childbirth," said Mr. Hichens. "and we --c still squabbltn-! over the funeral expenses, but that Is another tory." ' "It Is not for n as shlo builders." ntlnud. M-. Hichens. "to express any opinion regarding the policy of lestr.'ction of armaments. Polltl- ians are seldom right, but they are ! someUmea. right and this may be few days previous he had corn-one of the occasions upon which j nlalned of heart trouble and his they are abundantly Justified In death was discovered when fellow the action they have taken. ; workmen went to arouse him for .,..,, I breakfast. Recently he had gone hn', to work on Cronln mlne road n.fr. t,.i. "EK The funeral was held on Tuesday was a warship yard. That primarily afternoon aernoon at at Telkwa TeiKwa. has been swept away, and now you ee this year our yard fuller than It ever has been before because we rpyp -, -vTaTTl i orpf have been able to secure a large I III4 I IIiMIfvaI IS measure of merchant work. 1 V'Vll 1 iVriVy 1 U "It has been our business to find out what things are wanted and not to persuade people to take things that arc not wanted," said Mr. Hichens. "We have been doing our best In that direction. "The armament firms of this country have been extraordinarily hard hit, and few people understand what a hard task they have had since the war In finding new activities at a time when new ac-tlvles are difficult to find. "This year we shall nrobably launch something like 17 ships. Which Will be a record. wiui . a special apparatus ior .10 I - 1 ,V theUiirface ( 4.t. when eating vessels on she Is submerged. The Phoenix Is a sister ship to the Pandora, which was launched at Messrs. Vlckers Armstrongs at Barrow in August. She is one or the six P. Class boats. 8he Is of 1570 tons (2040 tons submerged) and carries 4-lnch guns and eight torpedoes. This afternoon's tram, due from the east at 3:30, was reported this morning to do on time. Just a Farewell to One of the World's Great Men Who Has Just Left Canada After Enjoyable Visit j Here's a farewell then to Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay Macdonald, head of the Labor government of Great Britain, and today standing among the outstanding men in the world. ! He has been visiting Canada, has been given a hearty wel-, come, has reciprocated it heartily and it is to be hoped the j conferences he had with the Canadianprime minister will ; be valuable to this country and to the Empire, i A Scotsman representing a Welsh constituency in a predominantly English assembly, a Liberal in early man- I noo! ae-tinea to Decome tne nero"- i of the socialist movement in Great Britain, an "intellectual" whom the manual workers of . the Labor party acclaim as their chosen leader, an opponent alike of British participation in the Oreat War and of the Russian Communists' attempt to dominate the Socialist International, a world lead . er who is the product of a two-' roomed cottage and a village j school that is KRamsay MacDonald vho, fresh ,rom one of the . great triumphs of world history, leaves today. In the long roll of British Prime Ministers, none has had so astonishing a career as Ramsay Mac-Donald. The nearest approach to him is David Llovd George. But though Lloyd George, like Mac-Donald rose from a humb'.e cottage, and was all but crucified before being crowned, he at least was brought to power by the force of an historic party. Ramsay Mac-Donald, on the other hand, Is the creator of his own party. Kelr Hardlo may have been the father of labor in Parliament, but It was adversity, vital-; lzcd it with passion, gave it its (Continued on page six.) v-! TORONTO STOCKS tUeCaitery. Olbboc & CotUrt, Ltd.) Falconbride. 8.00. .8.15. Abana. 1.48. 1.49. Amulet. 2.47. 2.50. Holllnger. 555. 5.40. H'tdson Bay. 1430. Nil. Internationa? Nickel. 4530, 45.753 T,i.rt,nre 20.SO. 21.00. yil3 Mcintyre. 14. so. 15.00. . Mandy, 31. 35. Nlptestng. 2.15 2.20. Noranda, 43,31 41.80. Shrritt Oordon. 5.25. fM. Sudbury Basin. 8.20. "6J30. Teck Hughes. 545. 535. Treadwell Yukon. 7.75. 8.00. ventures. 450. 4 60. Minim Corporation. 3.60. 3.70. Home Oil. 12.90, 13.25. ... ri i ir WpII.K C11111U tinum I tin. II VY1I VflUT Timer of Telkwa Died In His Bed; I It was understood at the parlla- Matthew J. Stlmson well known! buildings that powerful timer of the Telkwa district. Radian and United States Inter a ro;md dead tn ills bed last Saturday mnrntn? at the roan am' on the Cronin mine road. A ARE AWAITED C.N.K. Orders This Winter Will Be But Half of last Year Central Interior contractors have been patiently awaiting the awarding of Canadian National Railways tie contracts, the announcement of contracts being rather later this year than usual. It Is expected the orders this year will be about half of last season's requirements. The result will bo that fewer contractors will be In the field. Small contractors will probably find It to their best Interests to sell their cut Indirectly. Found Wreckage Missing Plane On Alaska Coast SEWARD. Alaska. Oct. 25: Pieces of airplane fabric picked J up on me Deacn near lyane on Cook's Inlet were identified at Anchorage yesterday as part of the stabilizer of the plane of Pilot Russell Merrll. who has been mls-( sing for several weeks. RAMMED BY A STEAMER One Drowned. One Injured and Seven Rescued From Hie Water SEATTLE. Oct. 25. Frank Fran ces, 28 years of age, was drowned, and Robert Troberg badly injured, when the Puget Sound steamer Hyak rammed and sank the seiner Northland in a heavy fog. eeven or tne crew or the North land who were thrown into the water when the Impact took place were rescued. Pantages Case . Wearing a Close JcLo$ Angeles Today r.LOS. ANOEI.ES, Oct. 25. Attor-neys,had the attention of the court here yesterday afternoon and this morning in the case of Alexander Paptages, who is accused of criminally" assaulting Eunice Prlngle, a 7-year-old girl. The court announced that each of the attorneys would be limited to four and one-half hours and it is emnrtml thn jcas wj gp a the Jury this after- mi TO BE SOLD INABL0CK Purchasers Expected To 'Subdivide and Advertise Small Hold-incs There VICTORIA. Oct. 24. Premier Tolmle- announced yesterday that the government would sell its remaining holdings In tho Sumas rec-: latriatlon scheme, some 8700 acres. in one block by public tender immediately. ests wouiq aia in me compeuuon for the right to develop Sumas In an intenslce way. The successful tenderer is expected to sell the land In relatively small holdings and It is anticipated that the resale by the purchasers will be advertised in over America. Will Enforce Marketing Act Chinese Have Been Ignoring Law, It Is Charged by Growers VICTORIA, Oct. 25. After representations by white growers and the committee administering the Produce Marketing Act that the act was being absolutely ignored by Chinese growers in the lower mainland. Premier Tolmle announced today that the law would be enforced and t 4 the government would not tolerate Movie 4ctress Is Rebuked by Court LOS ANOELES, Oct 25. Dorothy Mackall, the well .known movio actress, was yesterdafl. reproved by the court when In a case, hi which she was a witness she spoke of tho evidence of another witness as "a dirty her DIED AS A RESULT OF AN OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS SUMMERLAND, Oct. 25. Lesllo Walton McKay, in charge of dairy operations at the Dominion experimental station here, Is dead following an appendicitis operation. Ha was only 26 years old.