V TOMORROW'S TIDL Boston Grill LARUE CABARET Tuesday, November 26 "'.'llv 1 Special Slnntn Thursday and Baturdar Hleh 0:55 a.m. 2u.. am. M Daneing Every Saturday Night, 9 to 11 22:20 p.m. 18.1 ft. '30 Dance Hall for Hire law . 3:23 a.m. 6.7 ft. Accommodation! (or Private Parties 16:10 p.m. 6.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 4S7 Vol. XX., Nq.;'274: PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, NOV. 25, 1929 price FIV'cENTS Important Speech by Premier S.F. Tolmie, Kamloops Conservative Convention, Covers Party Policy Alaska Highway to Be Only Preliminary Investigation; Export of Ores May Be Stopped; P. (i. E. to Peace Not Pressed; Kirk Newy President KAMLOOPS, Nov. 25. Addressing the provincial Conservative convention Saturday, Premier tolmie said: "We have now negotiations on foot with a company which wants to buy one million acres in the north, and we are making careful investigation of this plan, as we want to be are about the purchasers and the result of the proposed deal." The premier said he expected this year's mineral pro duction to be $70,000,000, but said one unsatisfactory feature was the flow of ores to United States for smelting. He added : "It might bo that we should seriously consider interfering with the export of ores, so as to assure their refinement on this side. The premier announced that the government would send to the Imperial authorities before the end of the vear exhaustive information in regard to the resources i and industrial possibilities of the province. The premier said British Columbia Conservatives I would stand shoulder to shoulder with the federal leaders i in the next federal election and declared that absolute i harmony pervaded the provincial Conservatives. Dr. Tolmie explained that the Alaska highway nro- i posal was simply that in future road construction lit $ig j northern part oi me province snouin duiki to an qraorei plan, so that some day the highway would veqch th "Yukon and then Alaska. "When this road is built,: jpr' I haps not in mv lifetime, it will give a Canadian oiitiit to the Yukon and to that great country in our own prov 'tap" past of the Alaska Danhattdle. We otodoso simDiv' that the committee shall consider the best and prospective development. ' Matthew Nnn n fnrmir rhlef r' f.U: Niahaa Indians who claim- IDpningLikely , , hnance Minister Now Premipr Home OTTAWA Hnv TVio on- pointment of Hon. Charles A. Dun- h"'K a;: minister nf flnanrn In the! -------- i If n'. "J me aeam oi iion. nt nivJh.e Pr.lme Minister within the few days linn W t n Ti-lnn lli??n? arrived home from their win Wur yesterday. fn rtanariian "Please convey to the President of h vronoh Rrnublic the sympathy mi. oyer one nunarcu jfcoio." tc. r..,,;, the loss France i has In of Canada in recently at his home of Orecnville suata neel 1 in the deaUv of her great we nauvp Viye viliftffft vUlage tCu tilf Man T3 11a urn a KaIIoV of tho Government r and the people (.. states!""' i""""""1 ea t j be the oldest native In this I wAsnmnTON. Nov. 25. Presi Agency. dent Hoovr sent a measage of sym- t It. nnflvA noma nt .t of thtt-1 ..v.. Vio nnnnta nf France In tile Wa; 'wn; rhi( oairvn ua u;n f. Xt fnrmgr Prom pr Clemenceau. " unn...w. v IIUOO Ul ' " w,dower and is survived bv no i 'uuiicuiato relatives. LQ til n aVlArl trvt a ViftnPA VlU ana"! hp r-fnlnH all il fnpul. Uic3 and was able to walk around. Fighting Still -On Manchurian Rus5ianFront churian army Is said to have been killed. Word has been rectved in the city of the birth of a daughter last Monday in the Vancouver General Hospital to Mr.-and Mrs. G e (Ted) Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was formerly Miss Vera hockley daughter of Mr. and who ved for Mrs R H Shockley. many years in this city. , Talks on Policy Hon. 8. Karnloop., F To:mie convention speaks CLEMENCEAU DIED SUNDAY Famous Tiger of France Finished T -1, it. li..- 1 1'-: 1 1 .. .. 1 ... I At lim IIAi llll'-lllli .flASt V- Itefnre lilt IWih JIAD VARIED CAREER that a committee consisting of representatives of the fed- "J un7onScio y eral government, one of the United States . gqfpmonL j Most of Time since and one from British Columbia shall look inttftdMSi JkmH "TTl- rlp t.'.itv of the road. Perhaps it may be fountrM,f(M)C menceau. wartime premier of feasible: but if it is found feasible, then it iSJinYsX(rYn. dled -at 45 snday , --- . . M.,,.l U .'Urif routeneMfctTTr, nomine His last Illness began Thursday and death followed ;irom uremic poisoning wmen That the Conservative party wants' the Pacific Great i system. He was unconscious most Eastern Railway pressed through to the Peace River as u 0 MuSd soon as possible, but is prepared to let the provincial gov-j speii at 10:30 Saturday night eminent work out the problem in its own way, was indi-.tfaetg catcd by the convention when It endorsed the govern- Dr. Laubry. it was understood he men-s railway program. The decision followed efforts by , jgjg .h which un-northern Conservatives to pledge the party to the pro-of Marshall Foch in reply to one leaitea Dy waymona uecouiy. riO"Ctl raihvav pvtension iuau railway extension. ... i which is purported to have been The opinion of the party on the proposed gasoline tax . inspired by the late Marshall .r . ', rVirrantlnn nf tlio first Hraft f1 was not clearly indicated, nronf wu nnmnltprt nnlv last Tho nroDosed creation of a land registry office at week. , Prince George was referred to the attorney-general. j vSSSST&Mff ISSlwFSa T H. Kirk. ALL. A., Vancouver, was. unanimously twiw p pf "ee-d an elected the renommation. WAS 100 i ii . Am. ' TT ..Af..nrv.I ctvhurc uuuin- u&icvi ii iiivic iuau president esident wnen uarence uuneii, icmacu wwnk n really ba began YEARS OLD Matthew Naas. A red Indian of Greenville and Former, Chief, Died Recently Mackenzie King And Pres. Hoover Send Sympathy with a great war and terminated with the greatest of all wars. And in between he fought many battle in the Dolitical arena and on the field of .honor he always loved a fight and never let sun by the opportunity to engage In one. His Indomitable courage had become a byword In the land. Nothing daunted him. Hence his self-ellmlnatlon from public life caused the French to wonder whether defeat in hirad- Ivancing years had broken the) OTTAWA, Nov. 25 Premier Mac- wnting uiemenceau spirit, rney kentie King sent. Uie following able I recaUrf his "H see th to war lUTlfiUtLPr RL 1 aria . vutuuiit w a union, uuuvu wv (Continued on page four.) M'CLYMONT NOT FIRED The Vancouver Sun on Friday published the following desDatches' in regard to the position of Thomas McClymont as police magistrate at Prince Rupert: PRINCE RUPERT Nov. 21 Mem bers of the legal fraternity here are protesting to Attorney-General Pooley against the dismissal of Police Magistrate Thomas McClymont, iwlwis said to have received his no- uceioeverai days ago., vwpiiejno!- fltlol itatomAnf Is forthcoming, it 1 HARBIN, Nov. 25. A number of i j, understood that. QX. McLcnnart important centres are to have fallen before .the Soviet forces and the leader oi tne iviair prominent Conservative, has been recommenaea Dy tne party association as his successor. VICTORIA. Nov. 21. Attorney-General Pooley today denied that the Prince Rupert police magistrate had been dismissed. Several other changes In the minor Judiciary are announced, however. VANCOUVEAR WHEAT VANCOUVER. Nov. 25: Wheat was quoted on the local exchange today at $l.338. SALVAGINO STEL AT SEATTLE FOR LOCAL POCK JOB Four hundred tons of steel from the United States, which dropped into Seattle harbor two or three weeks ago as a result of the cap- sizing of a scow on which It had been loaded for delivery to the local dry dock where It was -to be used In the con- structlon of a tug and car barge for use of the Cana- dlan National Railway on Okanagan Lake, Is now being salvaged at the southern port and is expected to '.arrive here early next month. This will permit the construcUon of the tug and barge to be s' a'-ted much sooner than would have been the case 4 had it been necessary for new steel to be brought from the States. . j Los AngelesiParty Had Good Hunting On Alaska Cruise Returning south after having j spent the past few weeks on a , big game hunting trip to Alaska, i the Seattle power cruiser Stella ,i Maris was In port from 5 o'clock j Angeles men and two ladies, had good success In hunting, having taken several deer as well as other kinds of game. , m . in LI 1 Z- J V- . . - i I Jkne party .m vcuinpue While here. , the: Stelty, Majjls tied up at the floats 81 the ' Pi'cUjic saivacs co ' 1 i-i. proves successful, extensive snip-ments of spruce in this manner will be made In future.. Mr. Bernsfeld Is proceeding east with the shipment. Having been rafted there from Sandsplt, where Mr. Bcrnsfeld's camp is located, the split spruce In lengths of from ten to forty feet was loaded bv the steamer at All- ford Bay. It was taken out of the shin at the lumber assembly wharf boxing: r TONIGHT NEWBLDG. STARTED Breaking of Ground Today For Annex to Prince Kupert Fisheries Experimental Station Mitchell & Currie, Prince Rupert contractors, having been awarded the Job, started breaking of ground today for the new annex to the Prince Rupert Fisheries Experimental Station. The contract calls for completion of the building in February next. The site of tin new structure Li on the brow of the hill overlooking the existin? station whirh is located at the west end of the provincial government wharf. It will be a two-storey structure designed especially for refrigeration and otber mechanical enrineeriny experiments hi connection with the fisheries. O. Young, mechanical engineer attached to the Prince pert station, will supervise Unalga Searching For Missing Boats f,'oastuartl Cutter Leaves For Gulf of Alaska to Look For Sea Bird and Kanatak ' I yesterday afternoon until 101 ...... . i o'clock this morning. Tht party ! JUNEAU. Nov 25. The coast- lon board, consisting or three Los uuara cutver uhukh u': uue oir urdav nlaht to search the Gulf of Alaska for the missing halibut boats Sefi BU-d. carrying a crew of six men, and the Kanatak, carrying nine men. both of Seattle. Three other mlsslni Nv.ts were account- -iU foe on Saturday. uraing Hamilton Tigers In Manchuria "bw; wM-r.w.. HAIICIN. Mnrhurla. Nov. 23. Thr city of Khailar in northeastern KINGSTON. Ont . Nov. 25 Ham- Manchuria was described as being ilton Tigers won the eastern. Can-) in : flames In a message received ada' rugby champiHnqhlpiSatucday r.hero today. AJ1 the Chinese soldiers as a result -ot woeiealintr-uatfecnj , have evacuated the city which feu University It ta'Bi tTbcy will now; late yesterday before a force of So-meet Reglha Rough aiflers.i . l yiet cavalry and tanks. First Shipment Made of Rived Spruce From Queen Charlotte Islands East Way of Prince Rupert For Bernsfeld M. M. Bernsfeld, who is conducting logging operations in Skidegate Inlet, arrived in Prince Rupert on the Prince John Saturday night with a shipment of 27,000 feet of rived clear spruce. The shipment, which is being forwarded in two freight cars over the Canadian National Railways to Minneapolis, inaugurates a new method for the production of Sitka spruce. Its chief advantage, it is believed by Mr. Bernsfeld, will be to eliminate a large amount of waste which spruce is subjected to if cut by saws. The initial shipment is more or less in tne nature oi an experiment, n h Mrs. Hamilton Is Laid To Rest Interment in Fairvlew Cemetery Yesterday Afternoon Following Service in B. C. Undertakers Chapel here yesterday and put on cars for i , . . ... shipment east. ! With Rev. Thomas McConnell of 1 First Presbyterian Church offic- - - 1 latlng. the funeral of the late Mrs. ! Annie Hamilton of Park Avenue I took place yesterday afternoon ! 1 from the chapel of tne u. c. un dertakers to Fairview uemeiery. There was quite a large .crowd of friends in attendance to pay their last respects. I W. Vaughan Davies presided at I the organ and "the. only hymn I was "Lead Kindly Light?' Pall bearers were W. II. Smeeton. W AinnW II AIT. fiM V M 'Miller. W. J. MeCutcheon. Robert iUUUafc HALL, O.U 1. in. Reld w A McLean and B. Stew MAIN EVENT fiiKyich vs. Gustavson 10 ROUNDS SEMI-FINAL WENDLE VS. JONES 6 ROUNDS Good Preliminaries BOYS' HAND IN ATTENDANCE noons open 7.30 $1X5 AND $1.10 art. Ottawa Plays Winning Hockey TORONTO, Nov. 25: Ottawa continued the triumphant march In the Canadian section of the i National Hockey League Saturday against Toronto, winning the fifth consecutive victory. Boston continued an unbeaten record by coming from behind twice to beat . Montreal. Boston ran in three goals in the second period. Goalie Roach starred as the Bangers downed Pittsburgh. Cardena Pulled Off This Morning And Is Not Much Damaged So Will Go South Today Under Own Steam By means of her own power and with the aid of the Pacific Coyle Navigation Co.'s tug Cape Scott which gave her a pull, the Urfion Steamship Co. s steamer Cardena was freed at 8:30 this morning from the beach of the Skeena Slough just across from North Pacific Cannery, where she ran ashore last Friday evening, and arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning under her own steam en route to Vancouver. She came off easily and without damage just betore high water. Capt.' James Fmdlay,, master of the vessel, announced on arrival here that the ship had Deen only siigntiy damaged. A plate or so were dented when she ran ashore but she Is making no water ana ner propeller and machinery are functioning oultc normally. No further damage was done when the steamer was pul led off. While the vessel will un doubtedly have to have an lnspec- uim ueiiue resuming service. Capt. Findlay believes that Immediate repairs are not necessarv though K Is quite likely she will now be docked for annual over haul. As she sat on the beach at low water, the Cardena had a slight list to port but It was not necessary for the crew to leave her The beach on which she rested was part mud and part rock. Over the week-end. all her crago was taken off by the Pacific Salvage Co. In scows. Another attempt was made to pull the vessel off on yesterday morning's high tide but the water in not come up far enouuh. 'lowcver. she came off easily this nornlng. Procc'elhiis 'South Having., bacn. -granted a certlfl- nto of scaworttimeM following an ntoccllon ,.by - Cant. J; B. Elfert. rinse Rupert. HALIBUTERS UNREPORTED Information Sought as to Whereabouts of Kcsolute, Sea Bird and Kanatak According to requests for information that have ben received here, three large American halibut boats ire reported unaccounted for following the close of this season's fishing operations. They are the Kanatak, Capt. Conrad Wold, of SeatUe; the Sea Bird, and the Res olute of Seattle. Lacking definite information, it is believed here to be Quite nosslble that one or all Of the boats may be safe, though not reported. The Kantak, which has not been In Prince Rupert since the middle of May, Is a vessel of 33 net tonnage ana carries a crew or seven men. The Resolute, which Is owned by Ramm and Carlstrom, was last here ! at th3 end of October. She Is a vessel of 47 tons and carries a crew of eight. The Sea Bird was last here about November I and left for another trip to the banks. Telegrams seeking information as to the whereabouts of these three boats have been received by the United States consul and the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union here. IS QUIETLY BURIED TODAY Great Frenchman Laid to Rest Without Pomp or Ceremony MOUCHAMPS, France. Nov. 25: SITUATION. FOR LABOR Two Hundred Idl Men Here at Present; Condition General Throughout Province The employment situation here for the coming winter does not look very promising. There are close to 100 men rcclstered as unemployed at the local office of the Employment Service of Canada . but It is believed there are probablv twice As many Idle men altogether In the cltv.. Many of these have come In from ontilde joints and will probably not stay here. Th Power Corporation of Canada has been taking emit a number of men in connection with power house construction work at Falls River and transmission line clearing. There are about 100 men employed on this work. Clearing of the transmission line is being done by contract In stations. Tntprlor ne camns are at harbor Vnjaster the Cardna will I present clawd down but will pro-Tall this,' everting for Vancouver I twb'v he reopened when enough 'rfiet. Sht Is reloading a cargo, of know and frost .comes to make Anned salmon for Vancouver of ; transportation possible. Owlmc to which she was lightened after the cutting, of contracts la half, randing. The Cardena had about there will not be as nfaW inert thirty-five tons of freight for , as usua' employed In' tie toiaklng this winter. Grain handlers are Idle bftcanse th rl-vato rls now practically ful' and no wiiat is movinc out. Construction of the new fishermen's floats east of the dry dock tnd the new unit to the fisheries xnerimental "station will cause a Httlc building activity at least. A few men have been thrown out of work at th drv dock because of the failure of the steel for a tug and barge lob to arrive. However, Mt 1 now stated that the steel I will soon be here. 1 Throughout the province the employment situation is rather bad lust now. Practically all the togging camps on the south coast are closed down at present. PROWLERS ARE BUSY ladies' Store Entered Saturday Nljtht snd Goods Removed; Officer Finds Another Man in Besncr Basement Demers ladies' readv-to-wear store at the corner of Third Avenue and Second Street was broken Into on Saturday night and two coats and two dresses taken. Entry was r de by breaking the window gla.v in the bock door and turning the key Inside. No money was taken. The police are Investigating but. as yet. no clue has been found of the culprit. About three o'clock this morn ing. Constable Andrew Grant, while on patrol, spied a man in the basement of the Besner Block. He gave chase but the man got away. Entry had been made through a basement door in the ane which had been left unlocked It is believed the man was disturbed bv the officer while l about to make entry into business rormer rremier ueorges t,ie-;nrpn:,, Premises nf of ,n tne hulldtae puiming menceau was buried today as he ; naa wisnca witnout pomp on ceremony beside the body of his father In the little plot In Colom-bor outside the village to rest forever in his beloved Vendeeanl home. Only members of the family and about 20 of his most intimate friends were present, the .police keeping at a . distanced villagers and other spectators. Knocked Out In The First Round NANAIMO. Nov. 25. Billy Town-end. 135 pounds, of Vancouver, knocked out Ned Bryne. 142 pounds, of Nanalmo, Saturday night In the second minute of the first round In a scheduled six-round exhibition bout in aid of the Nanalmo Hospital. PULP MILL AT TERRACE Site Purchased PucHascd' iiJ. Mli to Be Off. tbc Quarter Ca.sh'DcrtflOTlan Word received from Terrace Is to the effect that the large area of land around the Junction of the Kltsumkalum and Skeena Rivers which was recenUy under option to the promoters of the pulp mill scheme Involving the development of the timber areas included in the estate of the late Sir Henry Pellatt that the options will be taken up under the tlme-navment plan. The company is offering one-quarter cash and the balance In six months. General Blackstock was due to arrive at Terrpce at the week-end. 4