PRINCE GEORGE AS DIPLOMAT LONDONTSfareli 18.' ln'order to enable htm to become acquainted with public affairs from a diplomatic angle. Prince George took, up temporary duties in the foreign office today. As the prince Js likely to be brought into contact mainly with people of the Ameri-i an continent bis period of sary. j e will be spent in western service. EIGHT MINERS KILLED HALESOWEN. Worcestershire. March 18: Eight miners were killed today in a fire at the Coombs Wood Collieries. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, March 18: Whcnt was quoted on the loc al exchange today at JlGV WEATHER REPORT Prince Rupert Part cloudy, calm. Temperature, 30. port Simpson Cloudy, calm, 40. Haysport Light wind, part cloudy, H6. Hazelton Clear, calm, 30. SCHOONERLOST PARTOFCREW" near the ocean dock and taxIM up to the floats of the Pacific SM Yage Co., where It was moored. Crowd of interested people went down to the waterfront off Sunday to look the craft over. Members of the flying party were gueeta at the rVinee Rupi rt Hotel. They'i Vtre: Capt. Patrick Terrence Mc-( Continued on P4te Bis) CHIEF TAX COLLECTOR Hon. W. D. EuUt. minister of i National Rt-vt'iiue. who is today 'advertising the Income Tax col lection dato. PROTOCOL FOR UNITED tMSr., rT,; STATES ADOPTED TODAY the schooner Russell Lake, owned by Clyde Lake, minister of fisheries of the Newfoundland government, lost Iheir lives when the vessel was wrecked last night near Durgeo, on the southwest toast. Document Providing 'For America's Adherence to World Court Settled Upon r.KMRVA. March 18. the ttxt Biplane Flying Boat Arrives and Spends Week End Prince Rupert "were well and happy ami have evi dently been enjoying their experi ence, thoug) they did not deny that they were) glad enough to have a day on terra firm, after three in the air and to enjoy Prince Rupert' hospitality, of which they spoke highly. . ., T. .. , The soft drone of its motor mi- TakC9 Utle8 V.? iuTt'n,p!ra7w,1 .dible before the ahip could be een. kiiv 'eaf wesai m vra.s mih.vvmih west-end tWfrhted on tn oanberi of the protocol for adherence of j - COUrl WBS uiibbiiiivu..j ""i-i ; HAS DAD Tim rtStf e,r"nt3 PARIS. March 18: Mar- States immediately. hal Foeh Is authoritatively reported to have suffered another heart attack. His vitality Is reported to be at a very low ebb. . Relatives of the late Jack Donnelly are exited to arrive In the city from Vancouver on Wednesday until which day th funeral has been potpond- WATER MAIN i ' BURSTS OPEN Much Damage Done Today In Montreal; One Man Loses Life In Flood MONTREAL, March 18. With a roar like a cataract, a 30-inch water ma:n ourst in the cellar of the Montreal Laundry Co. this morning, hurling hundreds of tons of water into the street, drowning Lorenzo Peppe, aged 5", furnace fireman, who was caught in the cellar, and causing thousands of dollars damage to property for blocks around. The water poured into the street, where t reached .ajieigh of five feet et' some ' - - ' points: STOCK QUOTATIONS (Courtesy ThetfolUV Q0t&lon were Big Missouri, 1.55, 1.70. Cork Province, 17, Nil. Cotton Belt, 70, 78. George Copper, Nil, 8.00. Georgia River, Nil, 45. Golconda, 1.00, Nil.j Grandview, 57, 58. Independence, 8V, 9. Indian Mines, 6V2, Nil. Intern. Coal A Cok, 87, NIL Kootenay Florence, 17, 17V4. Kootenay King. 46, Nil. L. & L.. 4, 4. -iiVuu.i, vti r. Marmot Rivei' (54 WUi Marmot yAMi:v ursT Nol.le Five; 70, "l. "U last Ore-won Cppoar. iNiL Jl Pcnd DreBIei4).40-Prtraier, 1.85, "1.87. ! Tortcr-Idaho, 55, Nil. Reeves Macdonald, 8.66, 3.70. Rufus-Argenta, 34, 86. Ruth-Hope, 48, 50. Silver Crest, Nil. 9. Snowflake, 26, 20. Sunloch, 2.76, 8.00. Topley Richfield, 87, 89. Wellington. 18, 20. Whitewater, 1.00, 1.06. Woodbine, 6, G'4. Oils Advance Oil, 4.75. 5.00. A. P. Consolidated, 8.66, 8.70 DevenUh Pet. Ltd., 2.40, 2.50. Fabyem Pete, 16; 16. Hwie Oil. S4.00, 26.00. Mayland Oil. Nil, 18.00 MeLeod, 9.00, 9.35. . ,i Shwritt-Gordon, 9.60, Hi Noranda, 59.00, NihM . . ;,,,., , . ., ..P. ,-, t, ., .(ama. ' George T. Arrostroiig' light! etft 20 4ND OF MEXICAN): 1 - 1 1 -REVOLT! IN SIGHT MEXICO CITY March 18: The government announces that the rebels are panic stricken and have evacuated Torreon in full flight. It is CLASSIFIED HABIT -BostonjGrill f reryon read the Olaulflf j LARGE CAIURET If you loe, adrtrtlM tor 'z Bpeolal Dinners Thursday! and Saturdays If jou rind, locate tb 6. Dancing every Saturday nlfht from 9 to 12. Wbaterer you need, advertlM . uf. Dance Hal lor Hire PRINCE RUPERT Accommodations tor Private OUT THE CLASSIFIED HABIT. Parties Phone 457 -' VS. Northern and Central Britigh .ColumbiaV.Nespaper ' ' - jc, i, ' '"J.7 " " TV i ' "1r" A n" ' Vol. XX,. No. 63. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, MONDAY. MARCH 18, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS ISH FREE S TATE AIR TRAIL TO ALAS Pa W " x y V i i't"ioT -.a vC Aao I A - ..5j;.a , ... SOOTH POIC 1 1 Mr" i HI T.tt" u This map shews the approxi-vjte location of Marie ; Land, discovered hi Gorhmander Dyrd. named in honor 6f his p. wlf a4 rialmeto'the United gtstes. The principal localities init rH nf''lj7ticrii desnatches from the F!r South also ! shown. t WILL ATTEMPT i expected that the recent re- to Australia to It will soon have com ely broken up. Byrd are AIR RECORD tMMtMt. UOO-horsepower single engine bi FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OTTAWA, March 18. Robert; Norris Venning, former superin-' tlil A aim dent of fisheries for the Do- ion, who for a quarter of a century was a leading figure in. country's'fishing Industry, died night. He was born at St. John, N.B., in 1854 TORONTOI STOCKS ' (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co.) Amulet, 1.93. Dome, 9.95. , Hudson Bay Mining, 20.15. Intl. Nickel, 60.25.C Mandy. 1.47. Noranda, 68.90. Sudbury Basin, 12.00. Sherritt-Gordon, 9.60. Teck Hughes, 9.35. Ventures. 13.75. ATLANTA, Ga., March 18. The known deaths from the floods ' rlKn. 4- 4t. 4 fTM 1 A - w bouse keeper at Langara Island, people are reported to be home-1 is all safe who has been In the l'rlnco Kup- ie88. At Montgomery the floods 6rt 0feeral Hospital for the past drove people f rwm their homes and few weeks, was sufficiently re- reports of houses being 20 feet covered to be discharged from under water were received there, the institution at the end of the! At Waterloo, la., 500 families PROTESTS AGAINST COUNCIL OF STATE Leaving Last Night for Ketchikan Expedition on Way to Nome and Capt. McCarthy Talks About Plans of the Company lie Represents Blazing an air trail from Seattle to Nome, a trim Boeing biplane flying boat arrived in Prince Rupert from the south about dusk on Saturday evening and spent the weekend here. On board were three intrepid aviators and two charming lady companions. The ladies, incidentally, are the first who have ever flown from end to end of the British Columbia coast and on into Alaska. It is the first time in the history of aviation on this coast that a plane has ventured north so early in the season. All on board BYRD'S EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC Constitutional Question is Raised at Dublin and Wdl Go Btfore the Imperial Council LONDON, .March 18. It has been revealed at Dublin that at the time the British government announced its intention of appointing a council of state to function for the King during his illness, President Cosgrave protested, on the ground that other nations of the British Commonwealth should be consulted. He protested that the council should not include politicians or notables, but only members of the royal family. Consequently, papers re- 'calling Professor Smfddy and ap FRUIT FROM WEST INDIES AT VANCOUVER Constituting what railway and produce men elatm to be a record carload of British West Indies bananas rolled Into Vancouver pointing Michael McWhite as the Irish Free State minister at Washington bore only the signature of the Queen, Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. It is stated the question will be discussed at the next imperial council when other members of the commonwealth may, according - . (to Free State sources, support Ilananas Came Via New York on the Free state attitude. Canadian National Line I VANCOUVER, March 18. -'AIRMAIL TO GRAND PRAIRIE yesterday TiremhT? Can:dian Jfa- z- tional Railways, having been EDMONTON, March 18. The brought from New York in less (opening1 of the air" mall service be-than 12 days. It is stated thatltween Edmonton and Grande this is the first time that tropical Praise has beexr authorized by the fruit has been handled across the.post office department. The continent with equal speed. The i commercial airways will carry let- shipment was made to determine .conditions which will obtain when .starting in May next. A duty of 50c a bunch will be ! imposed on all bananas entering ters to the-northern town on days when there Is no mail by the train which goes twice weekly. InAanP. h other'tLn Cana FOURTEEN KILLED IN -in an attempt to set an England a, , ... nl- .....J record an flight,! , iL J ! HeOweJn 53? Tl S S IV, on irom ,le"' nere tVJ tms ' L00' Hrst of the regular shipments will ! morning in a AN AIR JOY RIDE inar "r "e ". in?y .npf lo five new steamers nlvimr in the with a Colonial Airways metal mane me is.wv miles m vz days u.. " , ti.. OF FISHERIES DEAD to beat Bert Krinkler's record of Tax 1m ,1 . i ,! v a . ir i o j iiuiiiiTOimwMMj Indies. Every kind of tin the pilots cockpit escaped - J. 41. t FREIGHTER IS ON THE ROCKS JOHNSTONE ST. Calmorit Oil Ltd., 4.50, S.6o: M I llll IN I Hi : I? I Mlng9 ve"U Skokum II. ' ' " Dalnousle Oil, 8:75, b.OO. ! vlIJ UllJLilJ- and Salvage Queen are standing i RAGE IN SOUTH GENERAL DIES NEWARK. NJ., March 18. arrive at Montreal May 4 via f ourteen air joy riders were killed C. N. S.S. Lady Somerset of the outright late yesterday in a crash degrees above was encountered) during 4he trip, but despite these PAPRfiT QAVPH I conditions the fruit arrived here.r'limui OHTLU UEO. in excellent shape and was ex- NUMBER OF PEOPLE amined by produce men as well as ..... government, who pronounced the! , . . shipment a remarkable one . VC"I,CA; Mah 1 ? "re-,f,re is ibe,lho"tln !F,rei "up- The car was equipped with only electrical resistance ther- f08 have "T.u . TWr;' In a Chicago apartment building turday when the alarm was ment permitted the operators to Was Bound for Columbia River take take temperatures temperatures from from eight eight dlf- dif- From Englewood, Vancouver Island weather from 20 below zero to 60 .death, but were seriously injured. """ '" w to Ket out8ide- ferent places in the car at any one cuPnU ' time and regulate the heat to properly ripen the bananas as re-ouired. The shinment is the first VANCOUVER, March 18. The of many which wJU made ac. freighter A. L. Kent which crash- U)M Canada when the new agre. ed on Wa kerm Island In John- effect ment takeg stone Strait Saturday has her . shell punctured in holds No. 1 DACCCH CTD AMHCn and 8 and is making water in the iilojLU MKAHUtU engine room and is hard and fast ' or the rocks with a GQ degree list. FREIGHTER FRIDAY Scottish Humor Imported direct from tho Aberdeen Joke Factory A CATCH IN IT A stranger in Aberdeen stop- tuut n nntlvu nnd nalMMt. Could EVENING PENDER ID.iyou oblige me with a match?- I Silently the Aberdonian handed ' Officers of the steamer Camo-over a nox wnicn ine siranger The Kent's cargo of ,L two and a sun( jn Iort jagt njght from the'too,c anJ examined with curious half million feet of lumber will wuih, reported having passed the j Interest. be lightered by barges. American freighter A. L. Kent.! "My friend." he said, "I have The Kent is owned by the Mystic ashore on Pender Island, on Frl-'a bit of good news for you. I see Steamshin Co. of Boston. She was dav nlcht. The vessel had annar- ou use our matcnes, ana my ifthht-liave overrun; : parts of Ala-i bound from Englewood on. the ently run at high tide straight on'firm has authorised me to hand Georgia and Klorida reach4northern 'part of Vancouver Island to the beach, where she was held a galnea to every man J, ' tadayi In Alabama 26,000 for the Columbia River. Thecrewfast. The Camosun offered as-; who produces one of these boxes stranded ship did not accept it. I turned away leaving the aston- - lished Aberdonian gating at his week. Last night he left on the are reported homeless. The power Sir Henry Mackinnon. aged 77, General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. CamoHun for a brief trip Anyox and Stewart. to plant was endangered and rescue parties were kept busy. BIRTH A son was born early yesterday LONDON, March 18:-General morning at the Prince Rupert golden windfall; but he hadn't gone far when he heard he other shouting to him to stop. "Hey!" said the Scot as he came up, "I prominent in the Boer war died II. G. Kennedy, Third Ave. for-ithocht there wan a catch in it- yesterday, .merly of Prince George. I you're awa wi mi' matches.