Carried
Vice-Regal
S
Jt.
'h
0
Boston
Grill
The
s
s.
Princews
Norah,
latest
addition
to
the
Canadian
Pa.iifK-
coastal
fleet,
gaily
beflagged,
at
Bamfield,
during
the
cruise
of
Lord
and
Lady
Willingdon
and
party.
The
background
shows
typical
scenery
of
the
picturesque
coast
of
Criti.sh
Columbia.
PROSPERITY
OF
UPON
HIGHWAY
EDITORIAL
PRINCE
RUPERT
DEPENDS
I5EING
BUILT
IMMEDIATELY
Prince
Rupert's
future
prosperity
depends
upon
the
building
of
a
highway.
The
city
of
Prince
Rupert
is
the
only
city
in
Canada
today
that
has
no
highway
leading
to
it.
In
that
it
is
Vol.
XX.,
No.
105.
CO
M
Think
what
business
HhD
Fonl.neoplft
would
do
here!iStorday
in
to
AnjJiyW
fHnk
Hardly
a
person
but
what
would
he,
benefited.
People
,m,
uvi
who
operated
'k
"boii
would'
leave
theiVciirs
here
and
go
on
to
Ketchikan,
house
businew
in
PrincV
rtupM
Stewart
.
and
other
points.
The
Monday
to
Thursday
t
round
trip
boat
would
be
crowded
each
week.
(a
wn,
Webb
pavi.
"
j
But
would
it
be
only
Prince
Rupert
that
would
benefit?
i
Th
,at(,
Mr
Davlg
th
1
Not
a
bit.
Prince
George
would
be
busier
because
more
'many
years
ago.
He
belonged
to,
cars
would
pass
through.
Every
place
along
the
line,
the
Masonic
order.
ri
Unoinnco
CmifVioa
TnlWwn
Rums
Tnlco.
Van-
"U'JIU
UU
UUOIUWOi
UilUVUViU)
v-,
.
t
.
dcrhoof,
Hazelton
and
Terrace
would
share
in
it.
It
would
spell
progress
to
the
whole
northern
and
central
sections
of
the
province.
"But
look
at
the
cost,"
says
friend
Pessimist.
Yes,
look.
It
would
cost
three
million
dollars.
Possibly
it
micht
run
to
fourjpilliQns,
or
suppose
it
cost
five,
is
no
argument
against'It.
See
what
it
would
mean
in
increased
business
to
the
province.
People
would
come
here
instoad
of
going
off
to
the
province
of
Alberta
or
elsewhere.
The
irnvnrnmerit
would
make
UP
a
lot
of
the
in
terest
on
the
investment
from
the
gasoline
tax
and
from
;
the
extra
licenses
that
would
be
charged
on
the
tremendous
increase
there
would
be
in
the
number
of
local
cars.
It
would
almost
pay
to
make
it
a
toll
road.
But
what
excuse
is
given
for
not
building
this
highway
now?
It
is
said
that
an
aerial
reconnaissance
is
neces-ary.
Ask
any
man
who
was
in
the
flying
corps
overseas
how
long
it
would
take
to
make
that
reconnaissance.
He
would
tell
you
that
a
week
or
two
at
the
most
would
do
it,
nossibly
less.
Yet
we
are
to
be
delayed
a
whole
season
because
there
is
no
reconnaissance.
To
the
neonle
of
Prince
Runert,
of
Terrace,
of
Hazel-
ton.
of
Smkhers.
of
Telkwa,
of
Houston,
of
Burns
I
,ake
,j
prTIpMCDflM
of
Endako.
of
Fraser
Lake,
of
Vanderhoof,
of
Prince
ftfci
)t
riU171
George,
of
Quesnel,
and
of
intermediate
points,
we
say,
this:
Let
us
all
work
together
to
insist
that
this
highway
i
be
built
into
Prince
Rupert.
By
the
.
time
it
can
be
btult,
even
at
the
best
possible
speed,
ten
thousand
cars
will
lj
ready
to
come
through
to
Prince
Rupert
and
they
will
all
leave
some
money
as
they
pass
along
the
route.
Today
they
are
kept
back
from
the
knowledge
that
they
cannot
pot
tWiin-v.
nil
...n.r
?f
ivno
rmrf
advertised
that
.
.....
VJUll
till
bill;
UV,
Ik
l!u
,
.
I
Prince
Rupert
highway7was
finished,
there
would
be
such;
rush
to
drive
through
that
it
vypiuu
ne
nam
m
mortate
all
who
hVbuia
(come.
..
.
.
The
big
convention
is
to
bo
-held,
hem
next
month.
Let
this
Skeena
River
road
be
the
leading
subject
and
let
it
be
nut
forward
"in
such
a
manner
that
it
cannot
escape
notice.
.
If
necessary
let
the
convention
travel
to
Victoria
in
a
body
and
storm
the
executive
council
and
let
them
Know
"iat
delay
will
not
be
tolerated.
Failing
this
let
us
form
7
own
province
and
put
through
the
road
ourselves
independent
of
Victoria.
HOOVER
IS
GRATIFIED
Will
Take
Prompt
Action
Looking
to
Conference
View
to
Disarmament
WASHINGTON,
May
7.
President
Hoover
said
today
that
while
no
method
of
obtaining
an
international
discussion
of
naval
disarmament
had
as
yet
been
initiated,
re-suits
of
the
Geneva
conference
were
to
be
followed
by
prompt
action
looking
toward
a
conference
of
this
sort.
The
president
said
that
he
was
greatly
gratified
with
the
results
of
the
conference.
UNITED
STATES
Canadians
to
Number
of
30,000
Again
Make
Homes
In
Canada
OTTWVA,
My
7.
.There
is
a
decided
movement
of
Canadians
bfiok
to
Canadn
from
the
United
States,
according,
to
figures
re
cently
iriven
out.
Within
the
past
vear
30
000
have
returned
to
stay
TEN-DAY
B
Ten-Day
Blizzard
FOR
North
of
Manitoba
;
WINNIPEG,
May
7.
For
the
past
10
days
a
blizzard
has
been
raging
north
of
here
along
the
line
of
railway
leading
to
Hudson
Bay
and
the
Flin
Fton
Railway.
Two
nil
T
T
mimifi
amonp
cities,
but
unfortunately
nnt
hnvinrr
nno
i
work
trains
were
snowed
in
with
close
to
200
men,
whom,
BILL
I
YlbilEuu
"
.
'
.
.
.
.
;o
e
i
i
i
.
r
i
m.
-i':
:.l
j.
a
great
loss.
In
the
days
before
tourist
travel
this
would
"
1S
ureu,
may
ue
snort
oi
iuou.
ine
styrm
was
sam
io
not
have
mattered
much,
but
with
the
arrival
of
automo-,be
the
worst
the
country
had
known.
..
bile
touring
as
one
of
Canada's
greatest
industries,
Prince
!
1
ouay
ne
wmperaiure
is
rising,
Dnnging
renei
irom
Rupert
is
cut
off
from
sharing
in
it.
In
1927
considerably
over
thousand
cars
came
through
intense
.
cold,
and
aid
is
being
rushed
in,
the
track
being
cleared
by
the
aid
of
snow-plows.'
to
Hazelt'n
and
turned
back.
Last
year
the
number
ran
i
into
several
thousands.
This
year
if
there
was
a
highway
riinMrrn
nn
t
along
the
Skeena
River
there
would
be
at
least
five'
rlnNfchrt
DlJAl
spend
a
few
days
here
before
turning
back.
A
few
of
j
the
people
would
camp
in
the
tourist
park
that
would!
have
to
be
provided.
Most
of
them
would
stay
at
local
.
hotels,
would
buy
tires,
oil,
gasoline,
and
clothes;
would'
HOUSE
MAN
.
IS
i
DEAD
IN
SOUTHS
here.
I
"
Under
such
conditions
Prince
Rupert
would
tetlrX
prosperous.
-
,
,
.
-
';
I
k
Angeles
-
Think
of
the
fishing
parties
that
Would
have
to
bcL
,
L
-
1
1
Yl
1
k
1
il
L
J
-
i
I
T
-L-
1
laKen
oui
Dy
raui
nrmqur
anu
oiner
poat
owners
t
n
-
Wofd
WM
receJvwl
.
th
dty
acrine
how
the
dealers
mcar
accessories
woum
Denqnt:
'thll
momfmr
of
.the
dekth
'
ast
TARIFF
PILL
INTRODUCED
U.S.
HOUSE
Duty
nn
Lumber
Goes
Up
and
Shingfc
.Taken
Off
WASHINGTON,
May
7:
The
tariff
bill
was
introduced
in
the'
House,
todays
Even,
before
it
was
offered,
mutter-IngrtM
trouble
were
audible.
Agriculture1
members
from
the
west
and
south
declared
thebaic
on
agricultural
products
were
not
high
enough.
The
industrial
members
were
alo
dissatisfied.
While
the
imports
from
Canada
will
be
to
some
extent
curtailed
by
the
bill,
the
increase
In
general
as
to
pro
ducts
largely
shipped
from
Canada
is
not
as
great
as
many
anticipated.
Hides
have
been
left
on
the
free
list;
grains
generally
are
unchanged;
a
material
increase
is
made
on
lumber;
shingles,
which
are
now
on
the
free
list'
will
bear
a
duty
of
23
per
cent
ad
valorem;
beef
Is
increased
from
three
to
six
cents.
a
pound;
no.
change
has
been
made
on
stock
or
cattle.
AIRPLANE
DOCK
FOR.
CITY
OF
KETCHIKAN
City
Council
to
Take
Action
Alaskan
Port
to
Accommodate
Seaplanes
at
In
Canada
and
they
have
brought
jment
of
airmail
service
In
south-;
another
30.000
with
them.
or.
atnetern
Alaska.
This
is
in
line
"rtv
raie.
that
Is
the
number
of
.
with
the
campaign
belnir
conduct-'
Americans
who
have
come
to
the
ed
by
all
interested
organizations
country.
DECAPITATION
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
-
-t
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
MAY
7,
1929
IS
PROHIBITED
IN
CHINA
TODAY
NANKING,
May
7:
The
Nationalist
Government
state
council
announced
today
that
henceforth,
decapitation
as
a
method
of
execution
in
China
will
be
Drohibited.
DIES
IN
SOUTH
Adminvtcred
Ctly
Force
i
V.
Prince
Rupert
From
7
lpiO'to
1926
.
in
It
wa
with
genual
and
genuine
Vegret
that
word
was
received
in
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
of
the
sudden
death
last
nlghUii
Victoria
ftLWiUiarA
lien-ry
Yioceft,
who
AWs
one
of
Ihe
real
pioneers
of
Northern
British'
Columbia
and
chief
of
city
police
In
this
city
for
sixteen
years.
;jne
late
nr.
vicKers
naa
Deen
ip
rather
failing
health
for
several
weeks.
local
friends
had!
learned,,
but
his
death
was
not
ex-'
pocted
and
news
of
it
came
as
a
great
shock.
Probably
no
manj
who
ever
lived
in
this
city
andj
district
had
more
friends,
was
more
popular
or
generally
respected
than
the
late
"Billy"
Vic-kfrs.
I
Born
In
Plymouth.
England.
G7
years
ago,
Chief
Vickers
came
here
from
Atlin
in
March,
1907,
'
and
was
the
first
provincial
police
'constable
in
Prince
Rupert.
On
incorporation
of
the
city
in
1910,
he
was
pressed
to
accept
the
&P
,
pointment
of
chief
of
police
and
held
that,
office
until
June
192C
when
policing
of
the
city
was
given
over
to
the
provincial
force.
Since
then
the
late
Mr.
Vickers
has
been
with
the
registration
of
trap
lines
branch
of
the
Game
Department
at
Victoria.
Vickers
i
ville,
one
of.
the
early
teBt
settle
ments
in
Prince
Rupert
townsite.
was
named
after
him.
In
his
capacity
as
a
police
officer,
the
late
Chief
Vickers
ever
executed
his
duties
without
fear
or
favor
and,
nevertheless,
he
was
a
man
of
extremely
kin.dly
heart
and
genial
disposition.
Ills
long
tenure
of
office
as
chief
here
KETCHIKAN.
May
7.
A
dock
testified
at
the
same
time
to
his
especially
constructed
to
accom-
efficiency
and
popularity
and,
modate
airplanes
In
Ketchikan
'
now
that
he
is
gone,
the
people
of
will
be
erected
by
the
city
imme-
Prince
Rupert
will
generally
feel
'tcly,
following
the
action
of
the
that,
thej
have
lost
.a
rlend
In-My
council
which
Instructed
the
deed,
despite
the
fact
that
he'
had
street
committee
to
select
a
site
not
been
here
in
the
last
three
for
such
a
dock
and
report
at
the
years.
next
meeting
of
the
council.
Thei
The
late
Mr.
Vickers
Is
sur-council
also
Instructed
Tom
Tor-
vived
by
a
widow
and
daughter,
r.v,
street
commissioner,
to
clear
Miss
Evelyn
Vickers.
To
them
(he
Thomas
basin
tide
flats
of
the
sympathy
of
many
old
friends
snags
which
might
hamper
planes
,
will
go
out.
E.
V.
Ling,
formerly
wishing
to
land
there.
'
of
this
city
and
now
in
Vancou-
At
the
same-,
meeting
of
the
ycr,
was
,a
nephew,
council,
the
city
fathers
passed
a
The
Masonic
craft
wB
among
resolution
to
be
ent
to
the
Seat-
the
orders
to
which
Chief
Vickers
tie
postmaster,
urging
establish-
hpionired
VICTORIA
MAN
DIES
with
a
view
to
awakening
the
oost
VICTORIA,
May
7:
John
Ross
The
total
number
of
Immigrants
f
flee
officials
to
the
necessity
of
aged
86,
a
resident
hero
since
cOmtng
to
Canada
within
the
airmail
service
.from
Seattle,
to
1905
when
he
came
from
Edmon
year
was
167,722,
Ketchikan
and
Juneau.
ton,
died
last
night.
Step
B.
C.
Silver,
1.00.
Nil.
Bay
view,
Nil,
'5.
;
Big
MiseourL
1.42,
1.45.
'.'
,;
Cork
Provlnee,
13,
15.
VI
Dunwell,
Nil,
23.
.'
,
Duthle,
51,
55.
George
Copper,
7.00,
7.25.
Georgia
River,
35,
Nil.
Gnledndfi;
1.55,
T.60.
Grandview.
43fc,
44.
Independence,
9,
9V4.
Indian.
Nil,
5.
,
i(.
'
Inter.
Coal
&
Coke,
35,
38.'
Kootenay
Florence,
11,
i2&.
Kootenay
King,
44,
45.
L.
&
L..
SV4,
3V4.
Lucky
Jim,
14,
16.
Mohawk.
4,
4
Vi.
Morton
Woolsey,
6Vi,
6.
Marmot
River
Gold,
6,
7.
Marmot
Metals."
Nil,
AVi.
National
Silver,
16V4,
17.
Noble
Five,
60,
61.
Oregon
Copper,
47,
48.
Pend
Oreille,
6.00,
6.15.
Pioneer
Gold.
Nil,
1.50.
Premier,
1.90,
1.95.
Porter-Idaho,
Nil,
53.
Reeves
Macdonald,
1.65,
1.75.
Rufus-Argenta,
23,
24.
Ruth-Hope,
37,
38.
Silver
Crest,
7,
8.
Silverado.
Nil,
95.
Silversmith
14.,
Nil.
Slocan
King.
5,
Nil.
Slocan
Rambler,
17,
18.
Snawflake,
56,
57.
Sunloch,
2.10,
2.25.
Topley
Richfield,
Nil.
32.
Toric.
Nil,
1.50.
Wellington,
12,
13.
Whitewater,
85,
90.
Woodbine,
6,
6.
Oils,
Calgary
Dallas,
2.25,
Nil.
Great
West,
90,
Nil.
Mercury,
1.90,
Nil.
Mid
West,
1.20,
Nil.
Mill
City,
9.90.
Nil.
Regent,
75,
Nil.
Spooner,
3.85,
Nil.
Turner
Valley,
1.60,
Nil.
Okalta.
Com.,
580,00,
Nil.
Advance,
11.00.
11.25.
A.
P.
Consolidated,
4.95,
4.97.
Calmont.
6.08."
5.10.
Dalhouaie.
5.70,
5.75.
Devenish.
1.35.
1.38.
Fabyon
Pete,
Nil,
12.
Home,
23.90,
24.00.
Illinois-Alberta,
Nil.
1.80.
Mayland,
12.60,
12.75.
McDoug.-Segur,
Nil,
7150.
McLeod.
5.70,
7.80.
New
McDoug..SegUrV'Nil'.
-4.00
Roynlite,
Nil,
175.00.
Vulcan.
Nil,
2.05.
Hargal,
2.41,
2.45.
Freehold,
2.03,
2.05.
Sterling
Pacific,
2.47,
2.50.
United.
18.25,
18.40.
Eastern
Stocks
Sherritt-Gordon,
855,
Nil
Noranda,
54.75,
Nil.
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
HIGHWAY
LIZZARD
IN
MANITOBA
sngry:
:
C.
P.
R.
Loses
One
in.
Big
Suit
Princess
Sophia
SEATTLE,
May
7.
Marking
a
preliminary
victory
in
the
battle
for
$2,950,000
by
the
heirs
of
214
of
the
298
persons
drowned
in
the
sinking
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
liner
Princess
Sophia
off
Juneau,
Alaska,
in
October,
1918,
a
memorandum
report
awarding
that
amount
to
plaintiffs
.;as
been
filed
in
the
federal
court
by
United
States
com-lissioner
A.
E.
Bowman.
Before
the
litigants
can
hope
to
collect,
the
judgment
Former
Chief
of
Police
Here
Sue-
in
the
case
must
still
be
fought
in
the
United
States
su-
cumhcl
Suddenly
at
Vic
toria
Last
Night
AfJEI)
SIXTY
SEVEN
SIOCK
QUOTATIONS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
pre
me
court
to
determine
the
ex
tent
to
which
the
company
is
liable.
Taking
of
the
testimony
upon
which
the
report
is
based
took
six
years.
In
the
previous
decision
Judge
Neterer
held
that
judgment
could
not
be
satisfied
from
any
re
sources
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
other
than
the
$9000
freight
and
tpassenger
money
earned
by
the
Princess
Sophia
on
her
last
voyage,
which
was
deposited
with
the
court
10
years
ago
when
the
rail,
road
first
filed
a
petition
asking
for
limitation
of
liability.
BODYoFiRLlS""
THAT
OF
STUDENT
AT
M'CILLJNIVERSiTY
MONTREAL,
May
7.
Police
announced
today
that
the
body
of
the
woman
recovered
from
Riviere
des
Prairies
at
Ahuntsic
has
been
'dentified
as
that
of
Miss
Barbara
Pitcher,
18-year-old
first-year
arts
itudent
of
McGill
University,
who
disappeared
two
months
ago.
WHEAT
MARKET
PANIC
STRICKEN
Memories
of
Deep
Slump
Four
Years
Ago
Conjured
Up
In
Winnipeg
Today
WINNIPEG,
May
7:
Panic
stricken
memories
of
the
deep
slump
in
wheat
prices
four
years
ago
were
conjured
up
on
a
fran
tic
market
today.
Breaks
of
8
1
--c
to
9
c
from
Saturday's
close
resulted
from
announcement
of
re
duction
of
United
States
freight
rates
as
well
as
from
weakness
at
Liverpool,
Chicago
and
Buen&
Aires.
The
close,
after
but
a
,-eagre
reaction,
was
8c
to
7c
rwer
for
the
day.
OBEYED
,
iicrel
.You,
ali"
cried
the
irate
o'i,
gentleman.
"Didn't
I
tell
you
never
to
enter
this
house
gain."
"No
sir."
replied
his
daughter's
persistent
suitor.
"You
said
I
was
rot
to
cross
your
threshold,
so
I
climbed
in
at
the
window."
The.
Strand.
Scottish
Humor
A
QUESTION
OF
AGE
Salvation
Army
girl
(to
old
Aberdonlan):
"WUl
you
give
a
jilllng
for
tho
Lord!"
"Hoo
auld
are
ye,
lassie?"
Eighteen
past."
"Ah
weel,
I'm
soeventy-five.
I
be
seem
him
afore
you,
so
'
11
hand
it
to
Him
mysel'."