Story
of
His
Military
Life
Is
Thrilling
One,
Especially
That
Dealing
With
His
Final
Thrust
Against
German
Forces
in
1918
PARIS,
March
20.
Marshal
Ferdinand
Foch,
the
generalissimo
who
led
the
allied
armies
to
victory
in
the
world
war
and
who
is
generally
acclaimed
one
of
the
world's
greatest
soldiers,
died
at
his
home
at
5:50
p.m.
today
after
a
lengthy
illness.
He
was
77
years
of
age.
Although
it
had
been
apparent
that
the
great
genera1
was
fighting
his
"last
campaign,"
his
warrior
heart
would
not
give
in
and
day
after
day
he
fought
off
the
inevitable
PROGRESS
MADE
LEGISLATION
Public
Utilities
Chance
and
Succcsnlon
-Duties
Amendment
VICTORIA,
March
20:
Consideration
of
amendment,
of
the
Water
Act,
under
which
provision
was
made
for
the
creation
of
a
public
utilities
commission
by
granting
powers
to
the
exist!
0
water
board
of
the
department
of
lands,
kept
the
legislature
busy
yesterday
afternoon.
Under
the
general
section
which
was
amended
In
some
par-titulars,
effort
was
made
by
T.
D;
Pattullo
to
have
It
enacted
that
no
water
rights,
where
a
capacity
of
over
40.000
horse
power
was
Involved,
should
be
allowed
to
be
granted
without
a
resolution
of
the
legislature.
This
proposal
was
taken
by
the
govern-j
ment
to
constitute
a
vote-of
wanti
of
confidence.
The
amendment
was
defeated.
'
Twenty
seven
members
of
the
government
and
Mr.
Uphill,
labor
member,
voted
down
the
amend-1
ment
of
Mr.
Pattullo
to
the
bill!
to
amend
the
Succession
Duties
Act
to
the
effect
that
instead
of
all
insurance
being
exempted
from
the
inheritance
tax,
exemption
be
given
only
to
the
extent
of
$50,000.
KERfilN
VOTED
WITH
GOVERNMENT
ON
RAILWAY
ISSUE
VICTORIA,
March
20:
In
the
Legislature
when
the
Stewart
railway
was
under
discussion,
R.
F.
Kcrgin
deserted
temporarily
his
fmrty
allegiance
and
voted
with
the
Government
on
the
question
of
granting
the
charter.
He
was
joined
by
two
other
members
of
the
opposition,
L.
A.
Hanna
and
Wells
Gray.
He
also
spoke
in
favor
of
the
measure.
Pattullo
and
Manson
op
posed
it
because
there
whs
nothing
to
indicate
that
the
people
behind
it
were
cap
able
of
carrying
it
through.
They
feared
that
the
Govern
ment
would
again
have
to
come
to
the
rescue
as
In
tho
case
of
the
P.G.E.
end
with
grim
courage.
But
the
oalition
of
heart
trouble
and
kidney
disease
and
lung
infection
were
too
great
at
his
age.
It
wa.
he
sudden
eollea
of
the
heart
hftrr
several
days
of
improvement
that
brought
death.
It
is
proVbie
the
verdict
of
listory
will
k
that
two
gr&t
mil
lay&eswKtirjri;
the
worlcTwar,
Ludendorfr,
who
after
crushing
Russia
on
the
East
Front
saved
the
German
army
from
defeat
in
1917
and
In
the
spring
of
1018
came
within
an
ace
of
final
victory;
and
Foch,
created
generalissimo
of
the
allied
armies,
in
April
19J8.
who
finally
broke
the
tnemy'a
military
machine
in
the
gqeat
series
of
victories
which
opened
at
Amiens
on
August
8
and
terminated
only
with
the
armistice
on
November
11.
Other
commanders,
including
Ilatg,
great
in
his
steadfastness
of
soul,
will
rank
high
in
history,
but
none
of
thein
cherished
weapon
of
Marshal
(Contu.iMxl
on
Pi4fc
au)
LIBERAL
VOTE
AT
LIVERPOOL
MAKES
GAIN
LIVERPOOL,
March
20,
Hon.
!
Henry
Mond
yesterday
won
the
byelection
in
East
Toxeth
and
re-,
tained
the
seat
for
tho
Conserva
tives
eB
SUDDEN
DROP
OIL
STOCKS
VANCOUVER,
March
20.
Terrific
selling
pressure
developed
yeserday
in
oils
and
all
issues
with
one
exception
lost
ground
at
the
close,
the
losses
ranging
from
10
cents
to
as
much
as
$10.
Home
Oil
lost
$2,
Dalhouslo
$1.15
after
selling
off
more
than
$.1.50.
Royalite
lost
$10,
while
loswes
varying
from
20c
to
$2
scattered
throughout
the
tut.
Mines
were
uulot.
Big
Missouri
was
EXCITEMENT
IN
IN
DIAO
Grim
Reaper
Wins
Great
Battle
Agi
ainst
Generalissimo
Who
Led
Allied
Armies
to
Victory
in
War
MARSHAL
FERDINAND
FOCH,
FORM
ASSOCHTION
VICTORIA
LEGISLATORS
attained
to
the
military
genius
of
these
two
men
that
seta
them
on
i
a
plane
with
the
great
commanders!
VICTORIA,
March
20.
Steps
of
all
time.
were
taken
last
night
following
The
Canadian
corps
was
the
the
session
o
the
legislature
to
form
a
II.
C.
brunch
of
the
British
Parliamentary
Association.
Members
who
met
named
Premier
Tolmie,
Provincial
Secretary
S.
L.
Howe
and
T.
D.
Pattullo
with
ether
members
as
a
committee
to
I
proceed
with
the
undertaking.
LEGISLATURE
WAS
PROROGUED
TODAY
VICTORIA,
March
20:
After
having
cleaned
up
all
the
business
before
it
the
'
legislature
waaiprorogued
to-
day
by
Lieutenant-Governor
'''
Bruce,
who
previous
to,
ad-
journment
gave
his
assent
i
to
the
bills
which
had
been
paused.
!.
MISSING-MEN
ARE
FOUND
Plane
Was
Destroyed
in
Antarctic
Regions
by
Severe
Winds
NEW
YORK,
M
rch
20.
Larry
Could,
Bernt
Hale
m
and
Harold
June,
three
memb
Irs
of
the
Dyrd
ixpedition,
who
hi
d
been
missing
since
last
Thursday
in
Rockefeller
Mountains
in
the
Antarctic,
have
been
tound,
.according
to
a
radio
despatch
frm
Little
America
copyrighted
bathe
Jew
York
Times
-and
StJjisIt
despatch
.
'The
commander,
who'llew
to
their
rescue;
reported
that
their
plane
r
was
destroyed
by
c
vere
winds
while
11
was
on
the
ground.
NO
CENSUS'!
'
:
VANCOUVER
VICTORIA,
March
20.
The
first
bill
to
meet
its
death
this
BABINE
VICTORIA
GROUP
OF
MINING
PROPERTIES
ARE
FINANCED
AND
WORK
,
OF.
DEVELOPMENT
TO
COMMENCE
AT
ONCE
ing
sold.
Machinery
is
being
or
dered,
a
road
is
to
be
constructed
from
the
Crotiin
Road
to
the
miji
camp
on
the
property,
trucks
purchased
and
building,
mat
rlal-i'nd
supplies
are
being
taken
In
at
once.
Mr.
Messner
states
that
50,000
feet
of
lumber
will
be
taken
In
at
once
to
build
bunkhouses,
compressor
buildings,
powder
maga
zine,
blacksmith
shop,
assay
office
and
other
buildings.
Supplies
are
also
being
taken
in
and
three
there.
As
soon
as
weather
condl
i
Mods
permit
a
crew
will
commence
work
on
the
road.
Mr.
Messner
j
will
spend
this
week
at
tho
mine1
making
arrangements
to
carry
nut
!
these
plans
WILL
PROBATED
VANCOUVER,
March
20:
The
will
of
the
late
William
Henry
Barker,
salmon
canner
disposing
of
his
net
estate
of
$551,000
was
:crewH
will
be
kept
at
work
in
the
probated
today.
Tho
immediate
off
10c,
Premier
5c,
Pend
main
tunnel
now
being
driven.
A
j
family
receive
the
bulk
of
Oreille
up
25c
ond
Golconda
10c.
new
camp
will
also
be
built
Onjestate
CLASSIFIED
HABIT
Boston
Grill
Bveryon
read
the
Cludfled
Ada.
LAKOE
CABAflET
If
you
low,
idTertlM
for
tt.
Special
Dinner
Thursdayi
and
Saturiktya
If
jou
find,
locate
tba
owner.
Dancing
every
Haturday
night
Iroui
0
to
12.
Whatever
you
need,
advertlae
for
It
Dance
Hall
for
Hire
PRINCE
RUPERT
Accommodation
for
Private
nr.T
THE
CLASSIFIED
HABIT.
Parties
Phout
457
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Vol.
XX.,
No.
C5
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
20,
1929
PRICE
FIVE
rv.KTt
OF
ARMIES
IS
ARRESTS
OF
COMMUNISTS
INDIA
TODAY
NEW
DELHI,
March
20.
,
Sensation
was
caused
in
Bombay,
Calcutta
and
Poona
touay
toy
sudden
and
extensive
police
raids
on
alleged
com
munists.
Offices
of
the
Youth
League
were
ttie
main
objectives
and
a
great
many
arrests
were
made.
The
outstanding
arrest
was
that
of
Dhundiraj
Thegadi
at
Poona,
a
socialist
leader,
who
was
charged
with
waging
war
against
the
King.
Three
other
labor
leaders
were
arrested
in
Bombay
on
a
similar
charge.
Intense
excitement
prevails
in
Bombay
with
the
police
and
military
guards
being
station
ed
at
strategic
points.
COLLISION
ON
!
C.N.R.0NTARI0
Passengers
Were
Asleep
at
Time
af
Accident
Several
Lose
Lives
BAGGAGE
CAR
TELESCOPED
'
Graphic
Stories
Told
of
to
Avoid
Ccrmation
Burning
Wreck
Efforts
in
TORONTO,
March
20.
Seventeen
are
dead,
including
13
passengers,
and
five
seriously
in-
session
in
the
legislature
was
the
Jured
as
a
result
of
a
head-on
col-one
to
provide
for
a
taking
of
a
lion
between
two
Canadian"
Na-census
in
Vancouver.
Its
defeat
tloiral
trains
early
today
at
Dro-was
followed
by
a
statement
is-
court,
near
Parry
Sound,
Ont.
sued
by
J.
B.
Williams,
city
so-
The
trains
were
number
three
llcitor
of
Vancouver,
in
which
he
charged
the
government
with
breach
of
faith.
He
said
that
the
government
hud
approved
the
bill
and
had
promised
tq
pass
it.
He
had
been
so
advised
by
the
Hon.
It.
L.
Maltland,
minister
without
portfolio.
westbound
and
number
four
east-!
bound
between
Toronto
and
Winnipeg.
The
known
dead
are
the
conductor
Barstead,
Brakeman
,
Ferguson,
Brakeman
White
and
News
Agent
Miller.
The
known
injured
are
Engineer
Gauverea,
Fireman
Smith,
Brakeman
Savage
and
Baggage
man
Roberts.
Practically
all
the
passengers
were
asleep
at
the
time
of
the
accident.
The
impact
telescoped
the
baggage
cars
of
both
trains
and
both
ngines
were
a
twisted
mess
of
steel.
Passengers
on
the
sleeping
cars
of
number
three
bound
west
returned
to
Parry
Sound
this
afternoon.
It
appears
Ii.
F.
Messner.
managing-director
of
the
newly-organ-
Jhat
the
colonist
cr.
the
.
'-it
:
n'.
CM.."
M?
T
tA
MPT
fifl
oaggage
car
oi
mis
iram
cauRiii
Both
the
Conservative
ana
tne
cu
liunuiii
u1ii;1-ouci
mmra
mu,
uvlu,,
!..
f,re
nnd
8everaj
pas8engers
were
Labor
vote
was
decreased,
while
0n
Saturday
night
from
Vancouver
after
completing
ar-
unabie
to
escape.
the
Liberals
increased
theirs,
rantrements
for
Vancouver
and
Seattle
capital
to
finance
Surviving
passengers
told
gra-
Morgan's
majority
o?er
the
Labor
candidate
was
about
3000.
flnvfllnnment
of
the
Babine
Victoria
Group.
phich
stories
of
Present
plans
call
for
a
big
program
of
development
to
escape
cremation
in
this
year,
including
5000
feet
of
tunnel
work
on
the
main
n,n?
7
y
snOWings.
roi
uus
puiJU5U
pi,uuu
is
uciiig
inuviiicu
unu
.
heln
.
an
aggressive
campaign
is
oeing
earritid
on
In
the
city
of
Seattle,
the
Little
Joe
side
of
the
property
where
most
of
the
shares
are
be-;
to
carry
on
work
on
the
showings
heroic
efforts
the
bur-
oman
was
re-
died
calling
for
for
her
child
in
the
wreck.
The
line
noon.
STEVENS
APPALLED
BY
POPULATION
LOSS
!
SPEAKING
ON
BUDGET
OTTAWA,
March
20.
Canada
is
faced
with
a
shrinkage
in
population
which
is
appalling,
according
to
H.
II
.
Stevens
of
Vancouver
Centre,
In
the
debate
on
the
budget
on
Tuesday.
From
1921
to
1923
we
have
lost
in
numbers
all
the
Immigrants
who
camo
to
Canada,
in
addition
to
240,000
of
tho
our
natlvo
'Sttvens.
born,
asserted
Mr.
VER
ARREST
COMMUNIST
LEADE
RS
Indian
Viceroy
ii
State
Regalia
m.
Here
are
the
first
photographs
of
the
Right
Honorable
Viscount
Goschen
of
Hawksbury
an
d
his
wife,
Lady
Goschen,
in
their
state
robes.
His
Excellency
is
at
present
Governor
of
Madras,
India,
but
will
become
acting
Vicefoy
of
India
when
His
Excellency
Lord
Irwin
returns
to
England
for
a
four-month
vacailon.
One
Hundred
Women
Expected
be
Candidates
in
British
Election
Contest
Is
First
Since
Women
of
21
Obtained
Franchise
and
AU
Parties
Arc
Making
Efforts
to
Enrol
Voters
in
Campaign
LONDON,
March
20.
-While
the
date
of
the
British
general
elections
has
not
been
set,
it
is
expected
that
they
will
be
held
in
May
and
women
will
play
a
very
prominent
part
in
the
choosing
of
the
next
House
of
Commons.
With
the
franchise
extended
to
women
of
21
years
of
age,
the
number
of
women
candidates
is
also
going
to
break
all
records.
The
first
woman
to
be
returned
to
parliament
was
the
late
Countess
Markievic,
Sinn
Fein
supporter,
in
1918,
but
she
did
not'
take
her
seat.
Already
54
women
,
candidates
have
been
chosen
for
j
BURIED
TODAY
the
coming
contest
and
it
is
ex-
pected
about
100
women
will
be
J
Burial
of
the
late
Jack
Don-in
the
field.
And
politicians
ee-
neuy
WM
made
,
Fairview
Ccm-timate
probably
a
third
of
these
etery
thlg
afternoon
with
Rev.
will
be
elected,
which
will
mean
j
B
Gib80n
officiatng
at
the
that
women
members
of
the
House
j.,,
Pallbearers
were
E.
of
Commons
will
bo
trebled
in;
r
itMn
w
snivn
An,irw
number.
The
three
political
parties
are
vote.
Thousands
of
women
re-cruitiug
agents
a,re
being
employed
and
election
literature
aimed
especially
at
the
women
voters,''
Is
flooding
the
country.
So
far
the
Labor
party
has
selected
27
women
candidates,
the
Liberal
party
19
and
the
Conservatives
eight.
There
are
at
(Continued
on
page
four.)
McDonald.
Jack
Priest,
Albert
Johnson
and
M.
McLeod.
De-
was
reported
clear
at
spending
a
great
amount
of
1
ceased's
widow
and
son
arrived
I
money,
time
and
energy
in
ef-'toduy
from
Vancouver.
forts
to
capture
the
great
new
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direct
from,
the
Aberdeen
Joke
Factory
NOT
QUITE
Aberdonians
aren't
as
mean
as
they
would
like
to
be.
Inspector
James
M.
Tupper
R.
C.
M.
P.
returned
to
the
city
on
I
MEAN
TEMPERATURE
yesterday
afternoon's
train
fromi
Aberdeen
is
n
hard
eity
to
one
of
his
periodical
trips
to
the
:
live
in.
Even
the
temperature
interior
on
official
duties.
is
mean.
V