BRITISH. Stern Uose Hitfh in Air and Air Pressure Blew Towels and Other Articles Through iPorl Holes SEWARD, May 28. Stories of heroism and efficient work that prevented heavy loss of life as the steamer Aleutian sank in seven minutes off Kodiak Island Sunday reached here late Monday by radio. The vessel had had a bad list and sank rapidly. Only a few persons suffered minor injuries and there was only one death, that of Manuel Dorras, the ship janitor. Almost all of the 15 passengers and 115 members of the crow were safely placed in the lifeboats, which were picked up shortly after the vessel sank by the S. S. Sur-vryor. A few persons who jumped into the water wero picked up by small boats. The Aleutian sank in mid-channel at the gouth end of Amook Island after striking an unchartered submerged rock. She filled rapidly and slid off the rock into water tr.nrp than 200 feet deen. The bad list hamnored the work WASHINGTON, May 28. It Is nnuneed that following the o?d of the present sosslon of "Wpss. President Hoover will fnnnth and also spend a month at h "nme at Palo Alto. POLITICAL Steamship Aleutian Sank Rapidly After Striking off Kodiak Island on Suiiday c i launching the lifeboats, but they were f ilieoVanQ launch-j CU WllIlUUi CUIUUSIUII. jib wic xii:uii4u stum'uj nvciu ui t:,c vessel was thrown high-in the air. Air rrrrMRnrwit in the ship caused towels and other articles to be sn through the port holes with great lorce. All who jumped into ;the water were picked up by xall boats and some of the passengers' wcretaken to the cannery at Larsen Bay by gasboat ari'd'frbin'that place r.rv.s of the disaster was broadcast. The Surveyor was at ancnor at acnar iay aim rusn-c;l to the scene of the sinking.' It met the cannery tender : Haven towing the lifeboats and took the survivors aboard. The Aleutian is completely submorged with tne nun fo badly shredded that it is believed to be impossible to raise her. McRae Amendment Defeated in House rat Ottawa and a amendment of Gen. A. D. McRae, Conservative member 1 1 I i. -- lU a L J nllhA AT for North Vancouver, was ueciareu iosi m uiu uu. Commons last night. The amendment was. moved. on the Government motion to go into supply for consideration ot t :e immigration department estimates. It expressed regret at the failure of the Government to profit by the Ca- FLOUR FREIGHTS ARE REDUCED TO U. S. CUT MONTREAL. May 28. A sUte-r ' issued by the Canadian ' and Canadian National Rail-w-: today announce tneir deci-n to reduce rates on wheat ' 'Ji from bay ports and Interme-i 4" points to Canadian ports in clrr to meet similar reductions 1 ' nitcd States railways. Tup reduced rates expire bep- HOOVER WILL TAKE HOLIDAYS IN JUNE naaian eprnuv tion and settteraent oi me country. Immediately after the amend ment ii ..-ant into committee oi supply on the estimates of the Immigration department. D M Kennedy, member for Peace River, said he felt that the .,f wn not thfl time to en- courage immiaration to the Poace i hundreds of nome-i steaders were without railway fa-1 clllties there. Tne bumqisw t problem was one ot iramMwrm- tion. The farmers of the Peace iiV... u,..i it millions of dollars . two years because of In th pt laek. of wlequate transportation faclilUoa'. rt.Kfi I v mom i Government should see inui mw-lern facllltlM follmved the settler Into new lands. SUP. ESTIMATES 9H Sunnlemen taryestimate. will be!1b"; i ii.. TI,if. h riunv, iuc uown hi i" , Prime Minister announced today COL.LINDBERG WAS MARRIED Quiet Ceremony Yesterday Afternoon Was Shrouded in Secrecy ENCLEWOOD, NJ., May 28: Colonel Charle A. Llnd-berg, hero of a nuicewtful lone flight across the Atlantic, was married ywterrny afternoon to Miss Anne Morrow, daughter of the United State ambassador-to Mexico, at the family home here All the wedding arrangements were shrouded In ec-recy. Lindberg and Miss Morrow went for an autufride in the moraine andJmmediiitely onth?iVreturVerlyTrj?th afternoon the wdingjcere mony was performed before a flower laden altar in one of the rooms of the Morrow home. Orders were given to have a big airplane ready to leave this morning at 8. M'RAE OBJECTS' TO NEW TREATY. OTTAWA, May 28: General A. 1). McRae, Conservative member for North Vancouver protested in the marine and fisheries RailwaV Kaln the Canada-United Statea rlea Ploi Trf tor f tne (Ppare reace rvauway Mltwn fUherje8 having ben . signed by the Dominion before submission to the marine and OTTAWA Mnv 28. Without a recorded ii VOte i ii, the fuh-ries committee. "Every man on the PAcific Coast wants a sockeye salmon fisheries treaty but'only a few want this treaty," he decided. He objected to' the extension of the northern boun-day under this convention in contradistinction to the boundary under the 1020 pact. W. A. Found, deputy ministei of fisheries, said the treaty was had been declared lost the a matter of the two concerned sharing expenses in order to do something essential to build up the run of fish common to the two countries. "The crux of the treaty Is the reparation of these fisheries," he said. OPEN HOURS ON WARSHIP NAMED CHURCH PARADE It wbs announced from II. M. S. Colombo this afternoon , that the ship would be open to visitors on ihurauay and Sunday afternoons between the hours of 2 and G o'clock. Thi nil hi le will have the opportunity to see the ship's eomnanv to good advantage on Sunday morning at 10:30 when thero will be a church narade to St. Andrew's Ang- llan Cathedral in which the shin's band will Darticinate. The Wise Man Boston Grill The wise man reads the classified LARGE CABARET advertisements and uses : Bpcdtl Dinners Thursdays and Saturdays tlicm whenever he needs to sell WW Bandog twtrj Saturday Night, 9 to 12 or buy, or rent, to find lost Dane 1U11 lor Hire goods or to Ket a job. Accommodation for Private Farttes NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER rilO.NE 437 XX . No. 122 . V. l. v . 'h PRINCE RUPERT, B. C TUESDAY, MAY 28. 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS v. . SANK IN LEADERS NORMAN WATT CASEAGA1N VANCOUVER. May 28. The provincial executive of Canadian Legion has asked for an interview with Premier Tolmie and Hon. W. C. Shelly for the purpose of discussing the dismissal of Norman Watt, Government agent at Prince Rupert. 'The interview has letn postponed until Mr. Shelly's return from the East. INDIGENT MAN IS BRINGING SUIT FOR BREACH OF PROMISE SEATTLE, May 28. -.Interrogation of Rev. P. H . Clark in connection with his breach of promise) suit against Mrs. Minnie Kennedy yesterday brought out that the claimant was the proud possessor of the sum. of 30 cents and that there was an oId judgment of $620 against him. The attorney for Clark objected to the questions, but was overruled by the judge. MINUTES ACTIVE Colonel and Mrs. Lindbsrg ,4 Tlffi Mm I, , i ill in iiHU m -" hi i i in ' pi 1 1 1 ml ii i n 4- MASSETT FELT SHOCK SUNDAY VERY SEVERELY MASSETT. Q. C. Isda (via Vancouver) May 28: A violent earth tremor Sunday afternoon at 2:45 lasting half a minute shook the houses, threw people down, stopped clocks, and tree and tele- graph lines i swung as in a. high wind. Minor tremors followed. ; ""Prominent young American people Were married quietly yesterday at the heme-ofy the-brMepsVeats atEngloypo,d, New Jersey. Mrs Lindbnrg was Miso Anne Morrow, daughter bt theU.'iB. Ambassador to Mexico." "Local D13 dock is Kept Eusy With Small Work 120 Men are Employed All the pontoons at the drydock are now full and the plant is generally quite busy with a rather large program of miscellaneous work. There are 120 men ;' on the payroll today. The most important jobs now ,. under way are the repair of the American halibut schooner Doric, which recently went ashore on Kina-han Island, and the reconditioning of the cold storage scow of the B. C. Packers, which has been sold by the underwriters to a Vancouver packing concern. There are also a number of fishing vessels in for overhaul and painting. G. A. McMillan, superintendent of the plant, stated this morning that there was quite a bit of further work lined up which would keep the yard busy for some time to come. HALIBUT PRICES ARE FAIRLY HIGH Total of 71,500 Pounds Sold This .Morning With 17.3c and 8c 1 Top Bid I SECRET SESSIONS OF U. S. SENATE DOOMED WASHINGTON. May 28. The doom of the secret session Is thought to have been sealed yes- Halibut prices reached a fairly ,terdwy when the senate committee high level at the local fish ex- J upheld the right to have public change this morning when a tbtal appointments considered by the "f 71.800 Bounds was sold. As senate In public. The case arose high as 17.3c and 8c was paid for American halibut, while Canadian received up to 15. 6e and 7e. Arrivals and wle: American Senator, 88,600 pounds, ,Cana dian Fish & .Cold' Stomge Co., t4.Gc and 7c. Narrona, 13,500 pounds, Atlln Fisheries, 16.6c and 8c. Unimak, 14.000 pounds, Booth Fisheries. 17. 8c and 8c. Cunadian Impereu 5000 pounds, Atlin Fisheries. 14. Or and Cc. Bingo, 4000 pounds, Canadian LADY BURNED WHEN KIMONA CAUGHT FIRE Fish & Cold Stoiage.Co., 15 Gc ment while and 7c . breakfust TODAY LABOROBJECTS TO WAR DEBTS SETTLEMENTS Phillip Snowdon Attacks Action of France and Thomas Would Start Anew (; MENACE, TO BRITAIN gpeskfi Declare They Will Not Stand Iiy and See Country Wed White LONDON, May 28: Roth Right Hon. Phillip Snowdon and Right Hon. S. II. Thomas, former cabinet ministers, last night returned to the war debts question and attacked the settlements as unfair to Britain. "The French budget just published discloses a surplus," said Mr. Snowdon at Bradford. "France is relieving taxation to the extent of ten million pounds. She is spending money she ought to have paid us, is lending Poland and other states for purposes of military equipment. She is spending it in creating the greatest - . JiJjL f Wet in .the, world, which, as jf " 1 I Lord Daffour said, could be a menace only to Great Britain. She is also spending money in making herself a more formidable competitor of this country in the world's trade markets." ''At Derby Mr. Thomas declared: '.'It would be far better to end all, the 'settlements and start afresh. But if they are not going to be wiped out we are not going to stand by and see our country bled white for the benefit of other nations." EDUCATIONAL BILL PROMISED GREATBR1TAIN Premier Baldwin, in Election Speech Forecasts Chnnge in Present Law LONDON. May S8. Premier Stanley Baldwin last night ltd-dressed an enormous election meeting at Malvern and said the time had come for a new education bill that would rank with the greatest educational acts of the past. He claimed that no greater progress had been made in education throughout the country in any five-year period than during the administration just closed and added that the Conservatives considered the time ripe to focus the salient points In modern education. He did not go into 1 tail on the form his educational bill woiild take. PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVER. through the publication by the price of wheat United Press of the record of the was $1.06 1-4. vote in connection with the ap- pointment of Root to a judgeship, May 28. The here today Scottish Humor Imported direct Aberdeen Joke from the Factory THE RULING PASSION VANCOUVER. Mav 28: Mia Aberdonlan (to friend who is Florence Gorman, aged 22, died in about to tuy an evening paper the hospital Sunday evening from with an account of an accident burns when her kimona caught to a tain in which hia wife was fire from a gas stove In her apart travelling): "Wait till the fitba she was preparing edition comes oot and ye'll save :a penny I"