INFLUENZA NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, England, Jan. 29.-The! Prince of Wales today began his personal inspection of' LONDON, Jan. 29 The com-' m. Trial airship R-100, the largest' ;iinhip in the world, which is U'ing built at'Howden in Yorkshire by the Airship Guarantee "mpany, will be commanded by Charles Uennistoun Ilurney. M P.. who is also utervising the construction. It is expected that she will be ready for trials in the ear thereafter ter rly tprji WUt.".L (fifteen inches, a trip will it fntfi Jt The teraperliture t Atlantic. n,n(f was J6 , a osm the the The R10dwlll be l comrpk HARD LABOR MRS. MERRICK LONDON. Jan. 29. Mrs. KING IMPROVING LOND'ON, Jan. 29: U 'was of 'K'ully stated at Buckingham '"luce today that the Improve m,"t in the King's condition Is '""c maintained. This Make IS Inches During Week and Temperature Low il airship and a iped of omf .T .Tinti . i uinvo l Mg like 100 miles an hour with! flAlluNAL lAKlVa i iv-eiiger and erew- of 40 is' ejj- ' i ted. J : . VANCOUVETR. Jan. 29: An eoxtern snowstorm descended upon Vancouver last night ,and this morning eight inches of snow had fallen, bringing the total precipitat ion for the past week up to VANCAUVER. Jan. 29: At the annual meeting here yesterday of the National Parks Association of Canada Mrs. J. A. Wilson of Ottawa was elected president. A resolution as passed urging upon the government of B. C. Kate Merrick, mother-in-law, the desirability oi two peers and prominent night its park areas to the control or lab proprietor, was sentenced to'the Department of Interior un-! months lmnrlsonment at hard ada and advocating that the- pres- labor today on charges of bribery und conspiracy. Iuigi Achllle Ribuffl, restaur-i' lit manager, who was accused with Mrs. Merrick wng nlsq wn-tenced to 15 months hard labor Miile George Goddard, former police sergeant who was charged with accepting bribes from the other defendents to permit U-sale of liquor and had been K' nteneed to eighteen months hard labor, was fined 2,000 and was ordered to pay the' cost of the prosecution. ent National augmented. She TAKING BIG Sad-Faced Women With Babies Watch the Prince of Wales On Visit of Investigation in N&fih Cold and Snaw Accentuates Condition of Miners in Enj land Who Have Been Out of Work a Long Time this mor- sero. Parks of B. C. be - WINTER'S Gltir - HOLDS TIGHT TO SOUTH ASI EAST sratYi.E. Jan. 29: Win- U W4 . ,ter still held unrelenting , grin on the Pacific North- 't u'Aii tiMSsv. ecnoois were filoii i some sections and Wimhinir- t irmiiw i t" ton and Oregon was demor allied.' wiNVIPKfl. Jan. 29: ' FEET OF MAN The prairies remain in the j. i I.J ...111, Tjth- ! t grip oi cwiu . bridge the coldest spot. 45 below iro. . la daughter at! l'rfnce Ge&ge OFFICERS ELECTED RETAIL LUMBERMEN BADLY FROZEN the distressed mining regions of the north of England, in u. v . "T7 ' Mch the men have ness of the coal business. Bleak weather with an early - Hospital I snow turning into a miserably cold rain accentuated the j - ! conditions which the prince found in numerous cottages,1. A man, namfd Lunard Fos-lined up in dreary rows between slag heap. ';SS5 ttSafiSSTti The princes car went through the narrow streets of;iB now at the hospital, lie was the town of Blaydon without attracting attention until it found yesterday afternoon out , stopped at the Labor Exchange . There sad-faced women ; the skating pond on the new j clutching to their breasts wan babies wrapped in shawls tf ,ad Ja McRae I gazed' silently as the prince talked to the men who hung i,?hurcJ aX about the exchanges seeking employment more from habit fett itn cold wlerwto 0. t than from the hope of getting it. Uke out the frost and brought "God bless him," murmured men and women, who for Mm in win them when a car i nw.ntko mnnfVio Vinrl Vvaan VtloccoI nnlir urft'Vi ttrniifr an A Went Otlt tn 1 f a-f Jh thm I hunger. "Maybe he will be able to help us." 'JSTSJLl L - -J VT--,. AIRSHIP SOON FIRST FLIGHT rnnn nMrtllT '-uering around witubut cJod. i lirrr IMlnV J ,hIter-but th i,ice ar , VANCOUVER THIS MORN SPRAYED GAS UPON NAKED D0UKH0B0RS it : Ten Arrests Made by Police After Slelee fn Which Leaier Dragged O&t GRAND FORKS, Jan. 29. It waa not until tear gas had been sprayed upon the naked Doukhobors and the leafer dragged outside into the snow that a wild melee was quelled by the provincial police and 10 of the members arrested. The officers had to use considerable fcrce, in inducing the he. tile members of the Sens of Freedom to iiiten to reason. Two arrests were natfe in connection with the attitude of the Douk last week, when they forced two officers to flee, as an attempt was made to make arrests of three people responsible for' driving the children from schools near Nelson. SALVATION ARMY" ' CASE ADJOURNED ; j v UNTIL TOMORROW ; LONDON. Jan. 29. The hearing of argument in the ease of tho (nftiitntioD aoafnst the; VANCOUVER. Jan. 29. "W. , Salvation Armv. restraining them jE. Kersch of Moose Jaw wasfrom electing another leader in elected president of the Western j pace of William Bramwell Booth, Retail Lumbermen's Association J who has been ill for some time yesterday afternoon. A. D. Mc- ,d who is of advanced age, was Nlchol of Winnipeg is vice-presl- again adjourned this afternoon" ;dent. .Directors: T. J. Brown of untu tomorrow. I .Edmonton, and F. E. Sine, Cal gary, and W. D. Gaivin and Cameron Campbell of Winnipeg. TRYING TO SETTLE ROMAN QUESTION SOUTH AFRICA MAY SEND MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES ROME. Jan. 29: Pope Piuai WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Ne-nnd Premier Mussolini are now gotiations for the 'exchange of In direct contact for the settle-1 diplomatic representatives ba ment of the Roman question .tween the United State and the through Ernesto Pacelli, advocate Hujiion of South Africa, it is said who daily visits first one then rtoUny at the state department, arc the other. underway. Grave Diggers Are Overworked In the Flu-Infected Centres of England and Scotland Today Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast Worst Sufferers From Influenza and Pneumonia, but Paisley Is Also Uadly Affected LONDON, Jan. 29. Influenza and pneumonia 'today continued to take big toll of the people's health and life in many parts of Great Britain and northern Ireland. Cities that were the worst sufferers notably were Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast. The Belfast Telegraph today printed four columns of obituary notices and grave diggers were working overtime and gardeners were being employed to help them. . .At 'Paisley, a few miles distant, the death rate of last week was 13 for each 1000. More than half of these deaths were due to influenza. Fifty schools in Liverpool were closed. CLASSIFIED HABIT Boston Grill EverfOM Tttit th Claulfled Ad. LARGE CABARET U jou Iom. advertlM tor it. Special Dinner Thursdays and U jrou tint, loctto thr Saturday! Darning cTery Saturday night from 9 to 12. Danc HalOot litre GET THE CLA88IF1 PRINCE RUPERT Accommodat lom t'Xtt' Private , Partita Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 4SJ t XX., No. 22. V. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS u, O UT OF WOM MINERS TOLL IN SEVERAL BRITISH CITIES REVOLUTION SPAIN TODAY HENDA YE, French Spanlih Frontier, Jan 29 Advices today indicate" that revolutionary activities have broken out in many parts of Spain among . both soldiers and civilians. MADRID, Jan. 29. Premier de Rivera issued a statement this afternoon stating that another rebellion in Spain had been frustrated. STOCK QUOTATIONS (Courtesy of S. D. Johnson The following quotations were bid and asked: Bay view, 4'i, 5. B. C. Sliver, Nil. 1.80. Beaver Silver. 19. Big Missouri, '1.58, iM. I Cork Province. 21. 21V4. I Cotton Belt. Nil, 60. Dunwell. li, 19. George Copper, 9.60, 9Jt. Georgia River, 38, 30 Vi. Golconda. 1.00. 1.01. Grandview, 764, 77. Independence, 10, 11. Indian. 7, 8V. Kootenay Florence, 36, 3Vi. Kootenay King, 35, 8(5. L. & L.. 5. SV. Lakeview, 1, 2. Lucky Jim, 22. V&. Marmot MeUls, 7, 8. Marmot Gold. , 9. Mohawk. 8Vs. 9. Morten Woolsey, 5, SJ4, National Silver, 19, . Noble Five, 72, 74. Pend Oreille, 11.00, 14.16. Pioneer. Nil, 1.90. Porter Idaho, 70, 78. Premier, 2.18, 2.19. Reeved McDonald, 3.50, 8.61. RufUfl Armnto, 37, SR.. ituth Hope, W. 58:- Silver Crest, 9, 10. Silverado, 1.15, 1.20. Snowflake, Nil. 37. Sunloeh. Nil. 4.00. Terminus, 9, 12. s Torlc, 1.80. 2.00. , , Wellington. 10' . Nil, A Whitewater. 1.12. l.ltf- 4' Woodbine. 3V4, Nil. FAMOUS VICTORIA HOTEL TO HE EXTENDED , , j. nn juin i ' ' . ' m '. J1 mmm - 'jj' Upwards of four million doling will be expended by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the improvement r.nd extension oi the Empress Hotel at Victoria and the Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. The new addition to the Empress Hotel will consist of an entirely. new wing following the chateau style of architecture remplified in the old portion, with a two hundred foot frontage to the water. This extension will add 270 rooms, including a new conservatory and an addition to the ballroom. Above is the architect's sketch of the Empress Hotel as it will look when completed. I UIIUI1U lCICflUO JTXLIUH Ul IIIC Late Government Regard Loans , " , Ruled Out-of-Order ' by Speaker ' . ; i ; , VICTORIA, Jan. 29. When the legislature resumed on Monday afternoon, Opposition Leader Pattullo, on the question of privilege, raised objection to statements made last week by Minister of Finance Shelly in connection with the sale of the provincial securities by the late government. Mr. Pattullo objected to Mr. Shelly's statement that the government of which Mr. Pattullo had been a member had sold the securities by private award. r T 1 T-l.i...l1 tJnJ tV,nt f fVin C1B- upposiuon ijeauer rauuuu tumeuueu umt uj. cue 000,000 sold, according to the min ister of finance, the greater part was classified as P.G.E. collateral stock and that the six months i.otes were really treasury notes, or "mounts awarded in addition to the awards of larger amounts ulaced by tender. Mr. Pattullo declsrod thst evm If Uie5 were sold bv private tenaer me laie government placed $30,000,000 by ailing for competitive bids. He moved that the house re gretted that the minister of finance had a wrong impression with respect to the financial deal- ngs of the former government, following a debate, in which it was contended by the government members that the opposition lead- - ws out of order and not entitled to raise the point on privi lege. The speaker ruled the mo tion out of order. The rest of the session was occupied by the Interior members peaking on the address. WOMAN IDENTIFIED DROWNED WITH MAN DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD NEW WESTMINSTER, Jan. 29: Identification of the woman killed when Michael Farel met death as a result of an automobile mishap on the Dewdney trunk road, was made and she Is Mrs. Matilda Bakke. aged 23 of Sapperton. Farel intended to reestablish a cook house at Nicomen Island land it is believed Mrs. Bakke I was to Uke charge. NEW COMPANY CONTROL LINES NORTH ALBERTA EDMONTON.- Jan. 29. The railways purchased by the two big railway companies jointly from the Alberta government are to be managed by a new company to be known as the Northern Alberts Railways, on the directorate of which will be an equal number of representatives of the Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Pacific. WAHABIS ON THE WAR PATH BASRA, Jan. 29. Some COO Wahabls are reported concentrating 60 miles southwest of this city preparing to attack the local tribes. Armored cars manned by mep of th aip force are ready to rejW the invaders. three British naval sloops are reported going. X KfitU on the northeastern coast cgjpt Tertian gulf. V"jflP BRITISH GOLFER DIES LONDON. Jan. 29: John L. Low, aged 60, a famous British-golfer, died today at Woking.