Copyright
by
Public
Ledger.
That
amiable
youth,
Jimmy
Thesiger,
came
racing
down
the
big
staircase
at
Chimneys
two
steps
at
a
time.
So
precipitate
was
his
descent
that
he
collided
with
Tredwell,
the
stately
butler,
just
as
the
latter
was
crossing
the
hall
bearing
a
fresh
supply
of
hot
coffee.
Owing
to
the
marvelous
presence
of
mind
and
masterly
agility
of
Tredwell,
no
casualty
occurred.
"Sorry,"
apologized
Jimmy.
"I
say,
Tredwell,
am
I
the
last
down?"
No.
sir,
Mr.
Wade
has
not
come
...
down
yet
"
piled
by
three,
conversation
with
The
room
was
empty
save
for
his
?r
domestic
staff
had
still
been
hostess,
and
her
reproachful
gaze
Uw
priiwlpal
distraction
of
Lady
gave
Jimmy
the
same
feeling
of
dts-!
Coot8
day.
Now
with
a
pack
of
comfort
he
always
experienced
on
housemaid,
a
butler
like
an
areh-,.hinir
th.
v
nf
rifnpt
rnH-
bishop,
several
footmen
of
Im-
f
!
sli
exposed
on
a
fishmonger's
slab.
t
P01
proportions,
a
bevy
of
Yet
hang
If
all,
why
should
thei86""'"
kitchen
and
scullery
woman
look
at
him
like
that?
To
come
down
at
a
punctual
nine-thirty
when
staying
In
a
country
Loose
simply
wasn't
done.
To
be
sure
it
was
now
a
quarter
past
eleven
which
was,
perhaps,
the
out-urie
limit,
but
even
then
Afraid
I'm
a
bit
late,
Lady
Coote.
What?"
Oh
!
it
doesn't
matter,"
said
Lady
coote
in
a
meiancnoiy
voice.
,
p.
..
himself
to
more
kidneys
and
bacon
Sin
A
Deadly
ton
the
ttrentth
of
It.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
people
being
;
iady
Coote
stood
for
a
few
for
breakfast
worried
her
very
nwntt
tragically
on
the
terrace
much.
For
the
Wrt
ten
years
ouBfc4ba
untf
bene
to
w
l;pi
married
life.
Sir
Oswald
Coote
I
to
MacDonald.
the
head
gardener
Uien
nlaln
Mr.)
had.
to
put
it
bald
I;
raised
hell
If
his
momlng
meal
were
even
a
half
minute
later
than
8
o'clock
Lady
Coote
had
been
dls
upiined
to
regard
unpunctuality
as
a
deadly
sin
of
the
most
unpardonable
nature.
And
habit
dies
hard.
Also,
she
was
an
earnest
woman,
and
.she
could
not
help
asking
herself
what
possible
good
these
young
people
would
ever
do
in
the
world
without
early
rising.
As
Sir
Oswald
so
often
said,
to
reporters
and
ethers
:
"I
attribute
my
success
entire:
!y
to
my
habits
of
early
rising,
frunal
living,
and
methodical
habits.
Lady
Coote
was
a
big.
handsome
woman
In
a
tragic
sort
of
fashion.
They
had
lived
very
happy
first
In
a
couple
of
rooms,
and
then
In
a
icy
house,
and
then
in
successive
1.
uses
of
increasing
magnitude,
but
always
within
a
reasonable
distance
of
"the
Works
"
until
now
Sir
Oswald
had
leached
such
an
eminence
that
he
and
"the
Works"
were
no
loncer
interdependent,
and
it
vis
his
pleasure
to
rent
the
very
i
:
Kest
and
most
magnificent
man-:
.
ms
available
all
over
England.
Cuimneys
was
.a
historic
place
and
i
'
routing
it
from
the
Marquis
of
C
tertian
for
two
years.
Sir
Oswald
felt
that
he
had
attained
the
top
notch
of
his
ambition.
Lady
Coote
was
not
nearly
so
1
-ippy
about
It.
She
was
a
lonely
woman.
The
principal
relaxation
(
f
her
early
married
life
had
been
tailing
to
"the
girl"
and
even
Winn
"the
girl"
had
been
multi-
MAROONS
AT
TOP
OF
HEAP
Defeated
Detroit
in
International
Hockey
Last
Night;
Toronto
Iieat
Chicago
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
30.
Two
goals
in
a
listless
first
period
and
the
work
of
Billy
Boyd
In
the
third
Gave
the
Americans
the
victory
over
Pittsburgh
Pirates
In
a
battle
last
nicht
of
leaeue
tallenders.
At
Detroit.
Montreal
Maroons
;
outplayed
the
Cougars
In
every
fifino
4
U
.nA
n
nH
want
into
the
lead
of
the
International,1,
division
of
the
National
Hockey
wague.
At
Chicago.
In
a
game
packed
with
wild
skating,
rough
play
and
goring,
Toroniq
MiWcf
?Jt
Sjp-?ued
the.Blafck'
HaWsf
Wore
10,000
spectators.
-j
Scores
were:
Pittsburgh
2,
N.Y.
Americans
3.
Montreal
6,
Detroit
2.
Toronto
4,
Chicago
3.
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
f
Tuesday,
December
31,
8h
1:50
am.
18.1
ft.
13:25
n.m
Low
7:37
a.m
20:23
p.m
97
ft
Zfi
It.
with
a
'temperament'
and
a
housekeeper
of
Immense
proportions
who
alternately
creaked
and
rustled
when
she
moved
Lady
Coote
was
as
one
marooned
on
a
desert
Island.
Ph
siahed
now,
heavily,
and
drifted'
out
through
the
open
win
dow,
much
to
the
relief
of
Jimmy
Thedaer.
who
at
once
Helped
who
was
surveying
tne
domain.
over
which
he
ruled
with
aristocratic
eye.
MacDonald
was
k
very
chief
and
prince
among
head
gardjeners.
He
knew
hisvptaoemlw
which
was
to
rule.
Aha
jmixuiea
despotically.
Lady
Coote
approaehrj
Jier-
"Oood
morning.
MacDonald."
"Oood
morning,
m'lady."
He
spoke
as
head
gardeners
should
speak
mournfully
but
with
dignity
like
an
emperor
at
a
funeral.
"I
was
wondering
could
we
have
some
of
those
late
grapes
for
dessert
tonight?"
"They're
no
fit
for
picking
yet,"
said
MacDonald.
He
spoke
kindly
but
firmly.
"Ohr
said
Lady
Coote.
She
plucked
up
courage.
"Oh!
but
I
was
in
the
and
house
vesterday.
and
I
tatted
one
and
they
seemed
very
good."
An
Unpardonable
Liberty
MacDonald
looked
at
her.
and
she
blushed.
She
waa
made
to
feel
that
she
had
taken
an
unoardon-
able
Ifterty.
BvtdefiWy
the
,1a
te
Marchioness
of
caternem
,
naa
never
committed
such
a
seleclsn
a
ii
mtpr
one
oi
ner
ovm
not
houses
and
help
herself
to
igrapes.
"If
you
had
given
orders
m
iaay.
a
hunch
ahanld
have
been
cut
and
sent
in
to
you."
said
MacDfmald
severely
"Oh1
tttank
you,"
said
Lady
Coote.
"Yes,
I
will
do
that
an-
nthr
time."
MacDonald
touched
his
hat
and
moved
away.
......
.
Lady
Coote
sighed
unhapoHy
and
looked
alter
hm.
Jimmy
Thesiger
replete
with
kidneys
and
bacpn,
stenprd
out
on
to
the
terrace
beside
h-.
and
sighed
In
quite
a
different
manner.
"Topping
morning,
eh?
he
remarked.
.
,
-is
it?"
saW
Lady
Coote.
absently.
"Oh!
yea.
I
suppose
it
is.
I
twin
t
noticea."
"Where
arc
the
others?
Punting
on
the,
lake?"
"L
expect
so,
I
mean.
I
shouldn
.hAMW.
t
wonder
if
they
were."
Ladv
Coote
lurnea
ana
jhuuw
,"3
i,
.
wa3
ju8t
examining
the
Oh,
dear."
said
-
Laay
www.
k"Isn't
MrV-Mr.-"
"wade.-
m
laayr
....
"Yes,
Mr.
Wade,
Isn't
he
down
yet'"
i"
"
i
tt)'-'
-No.
m.'HMte'.V::
-U
ux.-.r.,:
"It's
very
lata."'
Oh
undoubtedly,
m'lady,
It
was
11:30
yesterdajN
morning
when
Mr
Wade
came
down,
m
iaay.
Coote
glanced
at
the
dock.
Lady
to
12.
A
twenty
minutes
It
was
now
Cave
of
hurran
sympathy
rushed
yff...tL..
vorri
lurk
on
you.
Tred-
well
Having
to
clear
and
then
get
SSih
on
thS
table
by
1
o'clock.
.
"I
am
accustomed
to
the
ways
or.
young
BenUfmen
m
lady.
unmStakYble:'
So
mlgfit
a
prince
(Continued
on
page
four.)
Railway
Traffic
Here
Seriously)
Interfered
With
by
Snowslides
And
Washouts
On
Skeena
River
With
a
big
encwslide
covering
the
track
for
a
distance
of
some
three
hundred
feet
between
Salvus
and
Kwinitsa,
half
a
snowshed
gone
between
Kwinitsa
and
Skeena
City,
part
of
the
Kayex
bridge
gone
out,
and
other
smaller
troubles,
traffic
on
this
end
of
the
Canadian'
National
Railways
has
been
tied
up
since
Saturday
and
trains
will
be
unable
to
get
over
the
line
for
several
days,
or
until
Thursday
at
the
earliest.
Saturday
morning's
train
from
here
.for
the
East
was
cancelled,
as
was
LOCAL
DOCK
GIVEN
JOB
Cardcna
to
Be
Repaired
at
Prince
Rupert
Yard,
It
Is
Announced
That
the
work
of
permanently
reconditioning
the
Union
steamer
Cardena,
which
went
ashore
on
Village
Island
in
the
Skeena
River
on
December
20,
has
been
given
to
the
local
dry-dock
wa
officially
announced
this
afternoon.
The
job
will
commence
immediately
and
is
to
be
finished
by
January
25,
when
the
vessel
will
proceed
to
Vancouver
to
pitk
up
her
schedule.
A
new
strm
post
Is
needed
as
well
as
twenty-three
I
new
plates.
!
Owners
and
underwriters
officials,
who
are
here
In
connection
i
with
the
letting
of
the
,
repair
job,
will
return
to
Vancouver
I
on
the
Catala
tomorrow
j
afternoon.
They
are
G.
II.
Foster,
Union
Steamships
superintendent
;
engineer,
and
T.
C.
Workman
and
Alex
Wallace,
underwriters'
surveyors.
RAMSWON
OVER
OTTAWA
Boston
Beat
Montreal
In
National
Hockey
League
Saturday
Evrninr
.
"
-
J
TORONTO)
1
Dec.
30.
New
York
J
Ringers,
with
Bun
Cook
left
at,;
home
because
of
Illness,
tried
out
a
i
series
of
makeahlft
front
lines
to
i
defeat
Ottawa
in
a
National
Hockey
League
game
played
at
AUantic
City
Saturday
night.
j
Boston
made
it
ten
straignt
anu
thirteen
out
of
fifteen
by
defeating
the
Canadlens,
who
showed
the
effects
of
a
week's
enforced
rest.
Mantha
scored
both
Of
the
Canadlens'
goals
In
the
third
period.
Scores
were:
New
York
Rangers
3.
Ottawa
1.
Boston
3.
Canadlens
2.
Ladies'
Music
Club
Visited
The
Hospital
I
Members
of
the
Ladles
Music
Club
i
visited
the
Prince
Ruoert
General
;
Hospital
yesterday
afternoon
and
rendered
a
delightful
program
of
Christmas
music
which
was
much
I
appreciated
by
patients
and
staff.
There
were
several
carols,
in
addition
tii
n
solo
bv
Mrs.
P.
W.
Allen
and
a
quartette
by
Mrs.
Allen,
Mrs.
1
M.
n.
uiott,
a.
J.
Lancaster
ana
m.
II.
Blott.
After
the
recital
refreshments
were
served
in
the
Nurses'
Home
by
Miss
Jean
Harrison.
R.N.,
lady
superintendent
and
members
of
the
nursing
staff.
Vancouver
Stock
Market
Stronger
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
30.
The
local
stock
market
this
morning
showed
2-
,h55H,Lm2Ziiwn
stttt,on
of
DtaMar
smilevlch,
tocks
th.t
that
showed
Improvement,
feiinw
fellow
-mnnv
employee
on
on
a
iM.tinn
section
gang.
were
Reeves
Macaonaia,
trna
Oreille,
Topley
Richfield
and
Du-thle.
Oils
also
were
slightly
better.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
COUVER.
Dec.
30:
Wheat
iQjtpq
pn
.the,
Ipcal
exchange
LVtUitUAY'S,
1VUKAT
sfcis
quoted
On
the
local
exchange
Vn
Saturday
at
$U94.
BIRTH
There
was
born
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Hospital,
December
28
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
George
Mur-
j
fjiy
of
Premier,
B.C.,
a
son.
Jack
Joy
states
that
It
was
not
he
who
figured
in
an.automoone
coin-
slon
last
Friday
night
at
the
corner
of
Third
Avenue
and
Fourth
Street.
It
should
have
read
Sam
Joy.
yesterday
s
train
in.
There
was
no
train
out
this
morning
and
there
will
be
none
in
tomorrow.
The
tie-up,
which
Is
the
wtrt
that
has
been
experienced
for
several
years,
has
been
cau3ed
by
recent
heavy
snows
and
soft
weather
on
the
Skeena
River.
The
three
hundred-foot
slide
between
Salvus
and
Kwinitsa
has
covered
the
track
with
gravel
and
trees.
It
Is
rather
deep
at
points.
The
going
out'
of
the
snow3hed
between
Skeena
City
and
Kwinitsa
j
nas
causca
me
line
to
De
oiocxea
for
a
length
of
120
feet
The
Kayex
bridge,
part
ot
which
has
gone
out,
is
an
old
trouble
maker.
There
are
smaUer
slides
at
other
points
along
the
line.
The
trouble
will
have
to
be
cleared
by
equipment
from
the
East,
as
most
of
the
local
equipment
Is
now
on
the
other
side
of
Kayex
bridge.
Eiiorts
win
be
concentrated
on
clearing
the
two
larger
slides
be-)
fore
work
on
the
bridge
will
be
able
to
commence.
Yesterday's
train
from
the
East
got
as
iar
as
Terrace
and
then
went
back.
It
has
been
impossible
so
far
to
transfer
passengers
owing
to-the
number
of
points
at
which
there
Is
trouble.
KITSTIMMUM
LAKEPLACER
Three
Sinking
OulllU-llave.
Been
Established
and
Success
Is
Hoped
For,
John
Couture,
whey
with
his
part-
ner,
osear
cendrDn,iJs
ng
wed
in
placer
mlhinEiDtt-'Douglasi.Creekv.a
tributary-of
KltsUmkaltuit
Lake,
is
a
vtsltortn
the
tlty;
mistered
at
the
Savoy
'Hotel.
He
ttTrited
last
week
for
a'
brief
visit,
but,,
owing
toi
the
train'
tleup.
Is
delayed
in
rettiminE
to
the
interior.
Mr.
Couture
and
Mr.
Gendron
ouiu
a
juu-iooi
nume
ana
siuice
box
three
miles
up
Douglas
Creek
during
the
past
season.
They
were
already
to
start
running
when
flood
waters
came
and
washed
away
part
of
their
flume
as
well
as
burying
a
number
of
tools.
No
sooner
had
repairs
been
made
than
frost
prevented
work
for
the
Ume
being.
Mr.
Couture
Is
hopeful
that
the
present
spell
of
soft
weather
may
permit
a
resumption
of
operations.
There
are
two
other
sluicing
out
fits
on
Douglas
Creek,
the
mouth
of
which
is
three
miles
from
the
head
of
Kltsumkalum
Lake.
About
hail
a
mile
down
the
creek
from
the
Couture-Gendron
workings,
Wil
liam
SteDhens
and
William
Cnvan-
laugh
hare
a
four
hundred-foot
flume,
while
still
another
half
a
mile
down
Frank
Nlghtwine
has
a
flume
which
Is
about
six
hundred
feet
long.
No
production
of
any
account
has
yet
started,
as
the
outfits
have
so
far
been
engaged
In
surface
and
construction
work.
Goci
results
are,
however,
expected
to
be
obtained.
WILL
HANG
ON
FRIDAY
District
Section
Hand
to
Be
Put
To
Death
at
Okalla
for
Murder
Unless
commutation
should
be
made,
which
seems
unllkelv.
Steve
noli
ko
vac
will
be
hanced
at
Okalla
prison
on
Friday
of
this
week
for
tne
murder
last
summer
at
Dor-
Boljkovae
was
sentenced
to
death
ny
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald
after
having
been
convicted
by
a
local
Jury
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
last
fall.
The
case
was
under
review
by
the
minister
of
Justice
at
Ottawa
last
week,
but
It
seemed
unlikely
that
the
sentence
of'
the
court
would
be
Interfered
with.
Former
Oregon
Legislator
Dies
John
Gill.
Aged
78,
Passed
Away
at
Portland
On
Sunday
PORTLAND,
Ore.,
Dec.
30.
John
Gill,
aged
78.
former
Orccon
state
i
legislator
and
active
In
Pacific
coast
I
fish
research
work,
died
on
8unday.
i
He
was
a
native
of
England.
Boston
Grill
LA
HUE
CAIMUET
Speclaj
Dinner
Tburidaj
nd
SaturtUji
Dancing
Every
Saturday
Night,
8
to
II
Dane
Hall
for
Hlra
Aooommodatlon
tor
Private
Partle
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
phone
m
Vol.
XX.,
No.
303.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DEC
30,
1929
ruiCE
Hve
cents
J
1
CRERAR
TO
BE
SWORN
TODAY
OTTAWA,
Dec.
30:
-it
is
expected
that
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar
will
be
sworn
in
todav
as
a
member
of
the
King
government.
It
is
anticipated
that
he
will
be
given
the
port-
folio
of
railways
in
succession
to
Hon.
C.
A.
Dunning
who
has
been
named
minister
of
finance.
MORE
GALES
IN
ENGLAND
Six
or
Seven
Killed
at
Week-,
End:
Rough
rawing
Out
of
Year
Forecast
LONDON,
Dec.
30
At
least
seven
prnons
were
killed
while"
a.
gTtater
number
werf
injured
a'
a
result
of
another'
soutnwest
?a!e
which
swept
England.
Western
France
and
intervening
seas
over
the
week-end.
The
wind
rea:hed
a
velocity
of
go
miles
per
hour
at
the
Scllly
Is'ands.
Although
the
gale
subMded
on
fc'unjay
nitht.
th
weather
bureau
predicted
that
lDtO
I
would
probably
pass
out
equally
boisterouMy.
A
ivomsn
an3
her
daughter
ver-
kl'lrd
four
others
were
severetv
Inlured
in
Manchester
at
the
height
of
yes-tcrlav'a
eale
when
a
house
iva
wrecked.
Rain
greatly
Increased
the
""V1
'
nme
districts,
particularly
in
North
Wales
where
the
River
Dee
went
out
'
lf
banV
stamped
a
large
area.
Many
sheep
were
drowned
and
roads
were
sub-
''merged
tor
three
feet.
Damage
along
the
shore
was
heavy.
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
Bayview.
UV
Nil.
Big
Missouri.
61.
65.
Cork
Province.
4,
5.
Cotton
Belt.
Nil.
J.
Duthle
Mines.
45.
60.
George
Copper,
2.60,
2.85.
Georgia
River.
13Vi.
14.
n
.Go'.conda,
79.
81.
Orandvlew.
UVt.
15.
Independence.
4V4,
5.
Intrrn.
Coal
ft
CcOce:
25.
Nil.
Knotenay
Florence.
7.
8.
Kootenay
Ktnc.
6V4,
7.
T,
&
L..
1.
Nil.
Lakevlew.
Nil.
1.
MohHwlr
2.
2,i.
MortDn
Woolsev.
8.
9.
Marmot
Rlvtir
Gold.
Nil.
19
Man'hp.
Metals.
Nil.
2.
National
Silver.
7
Nil.
Noble
Five,
40.
42.
Oregon
Copper.
12,
13.
Pend
Oreille.
2.55.
2.70.
Premier.
160,
1.63.
Porter-Idaho;-.
Nil.
40.
Reeves
Macdonu'd.
1.25,
1.30.
Rufun-Araenta.
9.
10.
Ruth-Hope
20.
22.
Silver
Crest.
5
ft.
6.
Silverado.
26.
Nil.
Snovflake
14.
15.
Sunloch.
85,
1.00.
Topley
Richfield.
5.
6.
Whitewater.
20.
26.
Woodbine.
2.
2tt.
Bluebird.
Nil.
5tV
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
1.87.
1.00.
Calmont.
1.11.
1.12.
Dalhoufle.
155.
1.68.
Fabyan
Pete.
7V4,
7V4-Home,
8.25.
8.30.
United
70.
75.
Merland,
1.00.
1.01.
Mercury.
60,
61.
Sterling
Pacific.
1.05,
1.06.
Hargal,
91,
95.
Rum
Runners
Are
Shot
To
Death
by
Coastguard
Crew
NEWPORT,
R.L.
Dec.
30.
Three
members
of
the
crew
of
the
liquor-laden
power
cruiser
Black
Duck
were
snot
to
death
Sunday
and
a
fourth
wounded
In
an
encounter
with
the
crew
of
a
coastguard
boat
near
the
mouth
ot
Narragansett
Bay.
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
'
SATURDAY
SCORES
English
I.catue,
Second
Division
Bradford
City
3,
Stoke
City
0.
Bristol
City
0,
Notts
County
0.
Cardiff
City
1,
Charleton
Athletics
0.
Mill
wall
3.
Blackpool
1.
Nottingham
Forest
0.
Chelsea
0.
Oldham
Athletics
2,
Bury
0.
Preston
Northend
2,
Reading
1.
Southampton
4,
Barnsley
0.
Swansea
Town
2,
Hull
City
0.
Tottenham
-
Hotspurs
1,
Brad
ford
1.
1
West
Bromwlch
Albion
7,
hampton
Wanderers
3.
SEARCH
FOR
EIELS0N
AND
BORLAND
TO
START
FROM
FAIRBANKS
ON
TUESDAY
FAIRBANKS,
Dec.
30.
Extreme
low
temperatures
prevailed
over
the
northland
as
Canadian
flyers
rushed
preparations
here
today
to
take
off
for
Nome
and
Teller
to
engage
in
the
search
for
Pilot
Carl
Ben
Eielson
and
Earl
Borland.
Three
Fairchild
planes
which
the
Canadians
will
use
have
been
put
through
preliminary
test
flights
and
the
aviators,
headed
by
Pat
Reid,
expect
to
start
for
Bering
Strait
points
tomorrow.
Temperature
of
thirty
below
was
reported
at
Teller
on
Sunday,
while
at
some
points
the
mercur
j
dropped
to
sixty
below.
BANDITS'
SENTENCE
Two
Vancouver
Bank
Robbers
Given
Three
Years
and
Ten
Lashes
Each
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
30
Declaring
that
the
crime
of
robbery
was
be
coming
too
common
nere,
Magis-
trate
Henry
Shaw
today
sentenced
masters,
u.
v.
eviu
ana
a.
k.
to
three
years
In
penltenUary
and
,
Nichols,
attended
divine
service
last
ten
lashes
each,
Frank
Burlow,
alias
.
evening
In
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
Malcolm
Boyd,
who
held
up
the
'
Cathedral,
where
they
were
appro-Robson
Street
branch
of
the
Do-1
prlately
addressed
by
the
dean,
Very
minion
Bank
on
Christmas
Eve,
and
I
Rev.
James
B.
Olbson.
The
mem
Oeorge
Faucett,
who
held
up
a
I
bers
of
the
craft
assembled
at
the
Bank
of
Montreal
branch
on
De-.Masonic
Temple
and
proceeded
cember
17.
Mild
Weather
0n
Prairies
Residents
of
-Manitoba,
Saskatche
'
wan
and
Alberta
Went
To
Work
in
Slush
WINNIPEG,
Dec.
30Pralrle
res-,
idents
today
slushed
their
way
to
wore
tnrougn
melting
snow
as
a
mild
wave
replaced
the
recent
severe
cold.
With
52
degrees
above
zero,
Lcthbrldge.
Alta.,
was
the
warmest
spot.
Reglna,
Edmonton
and
Winnipeg
had
forty
above.
TORONTO
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Close
For
the
Day
Amulet.
1.60,
1.65.
Dome,
7.15,
7.20.
Falconbridge,
5.10,
5".
15.
Hudson
Bay.
8.50.
8.70.
International
Nickel.
31.05,
31.25.
,
Imperial
Oil,
26.75,
25.90.
Mandy,
37.
40.
Mclntyre,
15.05,
16.00.
Mining
Corporation,
2.90,
3.00.
Noranda.
33.75,
33.90.
Nlplsslng.
1.63,
1.99.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
3.03,
3.J5.
Stadacona.
2,
2V4.
Sudbury
Basin
3.05,
3.10,
Teck
Hughel
5.10.
5.15.
Treadwcll
Yukon.
7.00,
8.00.
Ventures,
2.87,
2.90.
Wright
Hargravcs,
1.32,
1.34.
DISTRIBUTION
WAS
GREATER
City
Received
$27,968.69
From
Gov
ernmcnt
This
Year
On
Motor
Licences,
Liquor,
Pari-Mututl
In
distribution
of
share
of
profit
itempte
to
Interfere
with
the
ad-from
motor
licenses,
liquor
sale
and
ministration
of
tiie
New
Zealand
nari-mutuel
tax.
the
city
of
Prince
government.
Police
attempted
to
Rupert
has
received
during
the
year
i
arrest
Smyth
on
a
violation
of
de-1929
a
total
of
$27,968.69,
as
com-1
portatlon
cnrge.
pared
with
$24,473.22
in
1928,
It
was
announced
this
morning
by
City
I
Treasurer
D.
J.
Matheson.
Fromi
each
ot
the
three
sources
a
larger
sum
was
received
this
year,
this
being
particularly
so
In
motor
licenses
and
liquor.
i
Following
are
detailed
figures
of
this
city's
share
for
this
year
and
1
last:
1929
1928
I
Motor
licenses
$
9.060.57
$
7,721.79
1
Liquor
15,609.33
13,548.54
Parl-mutuel
.
.
3,298.79
3,202.89
China
Willing
To
Negotiate
On
Matter
of
Extra-Territoriallty,
Foreign
Minister
Announces
Today
NANKINO.
Dec.
30.
Willingness
of
China
to
negotiate
with
Interested
powers
in
regard
to
extraterritoriality
was
affirmed
In
a
statement
Issued
today
by
C.
T.
Wang,
Nationalist
foreign
minister.
CARD
OF
THANKS
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frea
Lowe
desire
to
thank
their
manv
friends
for
the
kind
expressions
ot
sympathy
shown
them
In
their
recent
ba-
reavemem.
MASONIC
SERVICE
i
Many
Members
of
Craft
Attended
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
Last
Evening
A
large
turnout
of
members
of
the
two
local
Masonic
lodges,
Tslmpscan
and
Tvee
under
their
worshiDful
I
from
there
to
the
Cathedral.
At
the
cathedral
special
lessons,
hymns
and
psalms
marked
the
service
as
being
Masonic.
The
sermon
was
by
the
dean,
who
welcomed
the
Masons
on
behalf
of
his
congregation.
His
text
was
"In
the
Beginning,
God."
Starting
with
primitive
man.
Dean
Gloson
pointed
out
that
there
were
four
things
sa&rccl
to
his
life
the
home,
the
temple
of
prayer,
the
state
and
the
secret
society
of
man.
He
mentioned
the
i
development
of
the
family
Uto
the
triDe,
tne
tribe
into
e
nation
and
the
nation
into
the
Empire,
and
from
that
traced
the
development
of
the
Masonic
order
through
the
mysteries
of
the
East,
coming
down
to
the
time
of
the
Roman
college
of
.architects,
the
great
cathedral
'
builders
of
Europe
and
the
Masonic
;
society
ot
today.
The
Dean
also
spoke
on
Masonry
and
what
con-i
stituted
a
Mason,
i
Special
music
for
the
occasion
in-i
clnded
an
anthem
by
the
choir,
"It
Came
Upon
a
Midnight
Clear,"
with
.A.
J.
Lancaster
as
soloist.
During
the
taking
of
the
offertory,
there
.
was
a
quartette,
"Hark.
What
Mean
Those
Holv
Voices
Sweetlv
Sound-
In?
Through
the
Skies?"
by
Mrs.
F.
W.
Allen,
Mrs.
M.
II.
Blott,
A.
J.
Lancaster
and
M
H.
Blott
DISORDERS
IN
BRITISH
SAMOA
White
Constable
mid
Elgin
Native
K
111..)
In
tTI.K4
'I
I
APIA.
British
Samoa.
Dec.
30.
)
:
A
white
constable
and
eight
natlv
aamoans,
including
iiign
cnici
ts-masese.
were
killed
during
a
fight
between
Dollce
and
members
of
the
j
League
of
Samoans
on
Saturday
night.
The
disturbance
followed
n
i
(native
reception
of
the
return
of
I
Alfred
Smyth,
who
was
deported
i
for
two
years
last
January
for
at-
Ponoka
Farmer
Burned
To
Death
Double
Tragedy
in
Alberta
Town
Yesterday
When
Man
Endeavored
To
Save
noy
EDMONTON,
Dec.
30.
Rushing
back
into
his
burning
home
to
rescue
a
young
boy
who
was
asleep
upstairs,
John
Adams,
farmer
at
Ponf
oka,
Alta.,
was
burned
to
death
along
with
the
boy.
Roy
Fiddler,
both
being
overcome
by
smoke
when
their
home
was
destroyed
on
Sunday.
STUTZMOTOR
RANlfRIIPT
Petition
Against
Big
Automobile
Concern
Tiled
Today
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
30:
Dow.
Jones
St
Co.
today
reported
that
a
petition
In
Involuntary
bankruptcy
had
been'
filed
in
Indianapolis
against
the
Stutz
Motor
Car
Oo,
oi
America.