Two
candidates
for
mayor,
Mayor
S.
P.
McMordie
and
!
.
.-Aid.
M.
M.
Stephens,
nine
aspirants
tf)
the
four
vacan-
lor
three
seats
on
the
school
board
were
entered
when
!
im
iiinaiions
for
the
municipal
election,
which
will
be
held
Thursday,
were
closed
at
2
o'clock,
this
afternoon
by
i';
returning
officer,
City
Solicitor
E.
T.
Jones.
One
i
;
tiif
new
entrants
in
the
contest
was
James
H.
Thomp-nii,
well
known
local
business
man,
who
has
served
pre-
II
ly
n
the
board.
Unforeseen
-,
Ltn
.h.ncdi
causing
the
with-
wn
tended
by
Dr.
William
T.
day.
of
f
rank
ucrry
leu
two
Kergin.
r
i
amlidales
for
the
school
I.
James
Black
and
R.
T.
J.
n
lull
list
of
nominees
is
as
For
Mayor
vw.irt
P.
McMordie,
contrac-!
)Ksed
by
Cyril
H.
Orme,
Ud
by
M.
P.
McCaffery.
M.
Ivin
McKay
Stephens,
brok-:
in;
oscd
by
James
II.
Thomp-..
mided
by
G.
W.
Nickerson.
For
Aldermen
(Four
flirt
Elected)
r-.j't-r
Francis
Perry.
C.N.R.
v.-
and
building
department,
.....M'd
by
James
II.
Thorap
onded
by
John
R.
Mitch-
l
K
ilcrick
Georte
Dawson,
roer-i,t.
proposed
by
David
G.
i
wart.
seconded
by
James
H.
I
i'tnison.
I
liilip
II.
Liniey.
merchant,
i
.1
by
8.
K.
Parker,
secon-
i
i.y
.lofu-ph
Greer.
Kupfit
F.li
Benson,
photograph-I
ruposcd
by
James
H.
Thomp-
GRAHAM
BELL
DIED
OTTAWA
OTTAWA,
Jan.
14.
Major
i
iia
ham
Hell.
Deouty
minister
of
and
canals,
died
yesterday
after
a
k?ngthy
illness,.
,
Hi-
was
SJfjtflrs
of
age.,
The
funeral
will
take
pUce
at
i'.'i'h
Tuesday,
afternoon.
Major
Graham
Bell
hAd'
been
d'-piity
minister
of
railways
for
many
yea's
and
for
some
time
has
I.,
i
u
a
director
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
rcprysentinsr
tic
ltii
eminent
on
that
board.
He
i
a.
II
known
throughout
Canada.
FAMOUS
ARTIST
NEW
I
in
li.i.
!aintT
;;uii
ide
Inlll.sell'.
SHOT
HIMSELF
YORK,
Jan.
14:
Emil
internationally
famous
and
srulptor,
committed
yesterday
by
shooting
ASSASSINATED
IN
HIS
HOME
MOSCOW.
Jan.
14.
-General
William
M.
Brown,
plumber,
proposed
by
S.
D.
Macdonald,
seconded
by
W.
J.
Greer.
George
liernard
Casey,
transferrin,
proposed
by
James
II.
Thompson,
seconded
by
Henry
Leaner.
Simon
D
Macrinruild.
ir
inter.
I
nrntwiiwrf
liv
Jbiwi
IHark.
rnn-
ded
by
Frank
Dibb.
Cyril
11.
Orme,
druggist,
proposed
by
J.
W.
Scott,
seconded
by
George
Hill.
Ch,m.
Perty
JPiilwbesr,
proposed
by
Max
Ileilbroner,
se-
i
onded
by
I.
W.
Waugh.
School
Heard
(Three
lo
be
Elected)
W.
J.
Earl
ftarrie.
merchant,
toronosed
by
George
Korie,
sec-!
ondefl
by
Sydney
D.
Johnston.
Ralph
Thomas
James
Rose,
machinist,
proposed
by
F.
Derry,
proposed
by
Herbert
F.
Glassey.
seconded
by
C.
H.
Elkins.
James
Black,
steam
engineer,
proposed
by
S.
1).
Macdonald,
seconded
by
W.
J.
Greer.
.
BOOTH
GIVES
HIS
ANSWER
LONDON,
Jan.
11:
The
reply
of
General
Hramwell
1
tooth
lo
the
suggestion
nf
the
High
Council
of
the
Sal.
vaton
Army
lhat
he
retire
from
office,
was
delivered
to
representatives
of
the
council
at
Sunbury
on
Thames
Inst
evening.
The
contents
were
not
divulged.
In
well
informed
circles
it
was
stated
thai
If
the
General's
reply
is
n
refusal
to
retire
he
will
be
summarily
removed
and
this'
action
may
come
tomorrow.
EMPLOYMENT
va
wAvrmAliLK
1
1
41
svl
.
THROUGHOUT
YEAR
seconded
by
8.
D.
Macdonald.
lnrenta
of
Girl
at
Winnipeg
Re
James
H.
Thompson,
merchant,
ccvc
word
of
Death
of
proposed
by
u.
J.
Matheson,
sec
onded
by
F.
G.
Dawson,
endor
sed
by
Prince
Rupert
Parent'
Teachers
Association.
wi..
-The
BANK
CUTS
BIG
MELON
Gives
Shareholders
$100
for
$200
When
Increasing
Capital
MONTREAL,
Jan.
14.
A
lilter
Jo
the
shareholders
uf
the
Rank
of
Montreal,
announces
that
the
directors
have
decided
to
issue
new
stork
at
$200
a
share
on
the
basis
of
one
share
for
every
five
now
held
and
applicable
to
stockholders
on
record
at
the
close
cf
business
on
February
9.
1929.
The
present
value
of
the
stork
is
about
$400.
Under
the
financing
plan
the
paid
up
capital
will
be
increased
by
59331
shares
of
$100
par-value
and
the
total
paid
up
capital
stock
wHITe
inerewfcd
to
approximately
$36,000,000.
COAST
PIRATES
ARE
BLAMED
Geraldine
Darroch
ed
the
news
of
the
tragedy
on
January
10,
eight
days
after
the
abandonment
of
the
launch.
The
nlpeg
girl,
her
parents
having
re-;
-
In
Dominion
Grows
Sweden
as
Opportunities
Are
Stressed-
in
OTTAWA,
Jan.
"
l...t,iv,
u,,.
-i
,.r
A..i
'
empioyniwm
4
she
Wo
visiting
on
Friday
riutht,
he
said
in
a
newsnansr
inter-
inada
was
wmiy
"
ft
whtn
reiativea
'Vnd
wa
tarnfJlJ
view
in
Stockholm,
the
t
lavoraoie
in
i
""
anv
other
year
on
record,
identified
remains.
whole
Dominion
is
seething
with
-
.
...
.
it.,
.i
xi
..
iium
jibu
uv"ii
Miuwii
in
eii'.TK.v.
l
lirrM'ui
inert"
are
nearly
all
tne
ocaimes
nnu
nell?hborB
MrB
Helen
Kinder,
M
only
10.000,000
people
in
Can
it
-
.
.t
i
I
mi
lUUBLIICB
iihi
ritiN
nniiwiiiK
IHItmiHK
a
sjliii"
-
TU-
1
1
i
M..l,i
ti
A
ii
.
i
Tl.
..J-
1..
A
Jacob
Alexandrlovich.
former
tmnrnvtttnnt
An
outstan-
.V,"
1
,'.T
71.
K.
1
IT
mi
n
.n
csa-rlst
'and
whlto)
commander
;
the
mark-
TT'
'
T
7,7,
.T'".?'0
PJP
"Ve
f-a
re
vas
.
,
u
,
,
,
.
and
high
Soviet
army
comml..'J
JJ
e
howew,
lnn,.r
for
th
na.t
six
vcars.
wne
T
MpD8lon
In
con
for
a
yenr
and
a
half.
Detee-;only
farmers
and
farmhands
to
assassinated
in
his
home
yester-k
've
"'
there
w"8
n
evidence
;
.
migrate
to
Canada
for
the
pres.
"
that
a
crime
had
been
committed,
ent.
CLASSIFIED
HABF
Boston
Grill
Eerjrn
reads
th
CltMiriev
I.AUOE
CABARET
If
t
iU
lose,
kdvertlM
for
it.
Bpcdal
Dinners
Thursday!
and
I:
jtdu
find,
locate
the
owner,
Saturdays
Dancing
every
Saturday
night
Wi
atever
you
need,
advertise
for
It
"
from
0
to
12,
Dance
Hall
for
Hire
PRINCE
RUPERT
Accommodations
for
Private
(JUT
TUB
CLASSIFIED
HABIT.
I
Parties
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
437
K
'
No.
10.
XX.,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
14,
1029
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
1ST
ATE
OF
CIVIC
FINANCES
Nominations
Took
Place
Today
for
Mayor,
Aldermen
and
Members
of
the
Board
of
School
Trustees
SHOWN
CONSERVATIVE
LEAD
ER
AND
HIS
SISTER
Hon.
R.
B.
B(tin
US
('jtuadi..
is
h-.Ti
seel-
Kith
plioln'T.V-h
wi.s
taken
on
the
lea
drr
"i
the
Solvation
-Army
Trouble
Likely
to
be
Fought
Out
in
Courts;
Two
Officials
Summarily
Suspended
LONDON,
Jan.
14.
A
battle
in
courts
between
those
who
seek
to
oust
General
Bramwell
PootH
from
command
of
the
Salvation
Army
is
the
general
forecast
by
practically
all
the
morning
papers.
A
despatch
to
the
Daily
Herald
from
Sunbury-on-Thames
said
that
two
high
officers
were
summarily
sus-nnil1
hv
t
rip
anti-Rnnth
nnrtv.
Cnlnnel
Samuel
Tucker.
m&T-tt-s-
a
.
1
'
----
a
'
,
ied
li
'v
has
chief
of
the
intelligence
department
at
the
international
William
Gilchrist,
accountant,
'
been
8ince
he
and
a
boy
headquarters,
was
stated
to
nave
oeen
removed
irom
nis
friend
Leonard
Davis
set
out
on
post
several
days
ago.
ine
seconu
oincer
was
not
nameu,
a
motor
launch
from
Port
Prog-,
DUt
it
was
stated
that
he
had
been
howled
down
at
a
secret
res.,
B.C.
to
attend
a
New
Years
lgeggjon
0f
the
Council.
a
tl
A
ft
l.
112
n
1
party
ai
i
on
iiaruy,
iu
ITi.'SLiaJTS;
.1!SWED1S!1-CANADISN
were,
belleveu
to
nave
oeen
mur
dered
by
Meoat(
plraW'
who
J:
is
thought
nave
,
smes
savr;i
f
,
,
,
,
ti
'i.lw
n.,l.
w,,i
li'inni
liagS
OI
limn
Willi.
II
1io
Tina
taking
to
Port
Hardy.
The
parents
of
the
girl
receiv
RELATIONS
CLOSER
KILLED
BY
HIT
STATEMENT
ISSUED
sis
'
i
M
-
-
;
(dr.
Uennett.
The
set
;-s
o!
the
Kmpress
Hotel,
Victoria.
AND
RUN
AUTO
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
14.
Struck
STOCKHOLM,
Jan.
14:
Inter-
by
a
hit
and
run
driver,
Edward
est
in
Canada
is
continually
Kaye,
returning
home
from
work
i
fiwiwinn
anil
th
'
wm
instuntlv
killed
on
Pacific
girl,
who
had
been
visiting
with
8wwJm
and
more
realise
and
Granville
Streets
late
last
her
aunt,
Mrs.
Agnes
Clark
at
....
vi-.hln
with
thoir
rnd-
i
niirht.
Port
Prpgress
for
the
past
aix
J
ian
COUijnB
When
the
auto
struck
him
it
months,
intended
returning
to
r.--j-
.
.
COMnrv
with!
dragged
the
body
a
distance
of
Winnipeg
in
a
lew
weens
time.
t
M-rfbllliles.
it
offers
a
BABERUTH'S
WIFE
BURNED
Lose
Life
When
Visiting
With
Friends
and
House
Hurned
Down
WATKRTOWN.
Mass.,
Jan.
11:
Mrs.
George
Herman
Ruth,
wife
hard
life,
but
sturdy
people
will
always
find
a
living
there,
is
the
opinion
of
Major
Ahlstroem,
a
distinguished
Swedlah
officer,
member
of
an
nf
filial
committee
which
included
W.
Weibnll,
agricultural
expert,
and
H.
Hag-lund,
another
Swedish
official,
who
were
sent
out
frosn
Sweden
to
Investigate
the
possibilities
of
an
increased
Swedish
immigration
to
Canada.
Mr.
Haglund
emphasised
his
favorable
Impression
of
Canada,
uf
"Hal"
Ruth,
home
run
king,
the
natural
wealth
of
which
can
"
"
...
j.
was
burned
to
death
in
a
fire
hardly
be
estimated.
"On
every
1R6
feet
The
auto
continued
at
a
high
speed
over
Granville
Street
bridge.
KILLED
HERSELF
BY
CUTTING
HER
THROAT
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
14:
Mrs.
Maude
Anderson,
of
Homer
Street,
according
to
the
police
took
her
own
life
on
Sunday
night,
cutting
her
throat
with
a
raor
,
PUBLIC
MEETING
'
In
the
Interest
of
M.
M.
STEPHENS,
candidate
for
Mayor,
will
be
held
in
MOOSE
HALL
WEDNHS-DAY
EVENING
at
8
p.m.
Candidates
for
Mayor,
Aldermen
and
School
Trustee
Invited.
Come.
Statement
on
Finances
of
City
Issued
Today
Arrears
of
Taxation
Were
Paid
Up,
General
and
Local
Improvement,
Amounting
In
all
to
Over
$10,000.
The
corporation
of
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
showed
a
surplus
on
revenue
account
during
the
year
1928
of
$6,350.64,
according
to
a
statement
issued
this
morning
by
City
Treasurer
D.
J.
Matheson.
This
surplus
is
based
j
upon
full
collection
of
taxe3
for
the
year
and
does
not
take
I
into
account
an
over-expenditure
of
$16,288.70
on
trunk
J
sewer
construction
which
will
have
to
be
met
during
the
I
coming
year
either
by
general
levy"
or
by
a
special
money
bylaw.
Tax
sale
costs
2,521.16
The
total
general
taxation
levy
in
1928
was
$229,210.43
an
1,
of
Total
$116,748.76
this,
$196,874.60
was
collected,
or
86
per
cent.
Arrears
on
general
Expenditure
taxation
received
amounted
to
General
administration
$
26,322.91
$20,329.96.
Miscellaneous
Expenditure
The
local
improvement
levy
Intfest
and
redemp-totalled
$101,800.96.
of
which
"on
of
serai
and
$55,815.33,
or
55
per
cent,
was
nking
fund
deben-
xprvativc
nartv
intiH
rvtWtinn
nf
Irwnl
Im-
ire
1178,36607
provement
a
rears
during
amounted
to
$20,227.23.
Income.
100.00
Special
Taxes
Dog
taxes
$
947.00
Poll
taxes
2,937.08
Government
GranU
School
teachers
pJ
aries
17JX)9.36
Motor
licenses
7,721.79!
Pari-mutuet
titft
.,.
.
32qp9
Liquor
prtfltt
I.
(J..
1WJW
Miscellaneous
Receipts
Building
and.
plumbing
pe
Tnits
$
High
School
senior
matriculation
class
.
.
.
Police
court
fines
...
Trades
licenses
Burial
permits
Soldiers'
housing
administration
Light
department
3
per
cent
gross
earnings
Sundry
Garbage
collections
549.90
1.019.06
4,601.0-1
T
1
t
A
228
LMCi
improvement
I
taxes
payable
by
I
city
11.505.75
Following
m
a
preliminary
state-
Grants
General
Hos-
ment
of
revenue
and
expenditure
pftal
10349.20
for
1928:
Reading
room
666.55
Donations
1,925.00
Street
rhthtlmr
ATTirr"
tax
levy,
1928
roll,
gen-
Utility
dent
transfer
eral,
special
and
charges
500.00
school
$229,210.43
Publicity
1G5.50
Tax
levy,
1928
local
Library
board
3,096.79
improvements
101.800.8&
Water
proportion
rates
10,427.12
Penalties
for
delayed
payment
on
current
general
taxes
4,350.00
Interest
received
on
general
taxes
1.9C9.97
Interest
received
"on
local
imp.
taxes
.
.
.
Penalties
imposed
under
Municipal
Act
on
local
impt.
taxes
un-
1?lra
Kvrlranf
o
nnrnnrii
-
Uoa
2.000.00
Total
$226,301.98
Engineer
and
building
inspector
administration
'.
$
4,095.74
Public
works
$
38,969.47
I
Health
department
17,892.02
Sehook
$
72.50.90
paid
6,000.00
Fire
departmeflt
$
14,962.65
I'OUCe
,
14.UUS.40
Total
:
$410,398.12
Surplus
on
year's
operations
on
re
venue...
$
6,350.64
Total
$416,748.76
CO-OPERATIVE
CANNING
AT
RIVERS
INLET
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
14.
Plans
7,310.00
1
for
a
co-operative
cannery
at
Riv-582.00
erside
Inlet
are
to
be
explained
at
'the
Imperial
meeting
on
Monday
501.40
night
here,
according
to
officials
I
of
the
B.
C.
Fishermen's
Co-Op-300.00
erative
Association.
Application
receipts
1,195,70
for
the
site
has
been
made,
it
is
4,660.00
understood.
THE
INDESTRUCTIBLE
POINCARE
They
smashed
him
to
pieces,
and
he
is
.
.
.
always
the
same.
but
now
they've
mended
him,
U
Guerin
Meschlno.