1 1. Today Prince Rupert takes another step forward. It . . : .1. Vi can jnn Thin hnnt. llOri 10 me CaiinUIIBB UUUIIS srvc... make three trips a weok and wi)l thus establish the '(us of that local servite which the Board of Trade. for so "TTkftaUit.i Jan I HI t to l.i. at many years been trj'ing to secure for the port. EUROPESWEPT ilSOPPOSEDTU BY TEMPESTS; IMMIGRATION VimiImt of StMmen Ixt Their Lives in Storm; Snow-in England N DON, Jan. 17. Galei ht snowfalls iu iy returned a verdict of in all of 1S1 counts. Sen-will be pronounced tomor- BRITAIN DENIES ANY . . PART IN AFGHANISTAN Ioniion, Jan. 17. Denial made in British officjal "le of the comment In GermAn ' 'I other continental press im- l 1 ''inir Britain in tht downfall 1 Kinjr Amanullflh of Afghan- tan. Resolutions Passed by United Farmers of Alberta EDMONTON. Jan. IT. Dia-j continuation of present Dominion irv and the dlver-l pinK th. northwestern coast! ion rf fte money now Mug Ipnt rtanneis leading to the im-i t i7ytor-i 1 i a deaths 'Tkii Ub the interior, . . . .t-tn of Can- uffered fraih ' heavy fall V.. present nnnul.tion population were ii. 17 'urired by a convention of the Unl- ted Fanners of Aioeaa yeswr- of . "Hook of 0,'d" J' Llution. quoting the" ejist-i " when apparently perished ,,mlinn .chemes as to aid a vewol and not ln thc he Swedish schooner JtS" ost with her crew of three fv ,utiong mended, i .,. Standlnavian coast. L ' . , vnun- Canadians Britain escaped with WINNIPEG MEN ARE GUILTY OF FRAUD WINVll'KG. Jan. 17. W. T. "'I I'. 11. Alexander were found i Itv today of charges of fraud '"I onspiracy in connection with " at West Permanent Loan Co ana me - -- . M is accorded the British immigrant trays. W. V0OO was re-el-""" president. THU WHATHHR Prince Rupert Cloudy, temperature 40. Haysport Clowdy. calm. Port Simpson Cloudy. calm. 38. calm, 38. llMelton Cloudy, windy. 28. amllliara Tlmldv. CSlHI. 26. Burns Lke Cloudy, calm, 17. Trrsfce Calm, cloudy, 32. Roaawood Cloudy, calm, 32. aii.o Arm I'alnlnir windy. 32. A nyox Cloudy, calm, 32. Stewart Foggy, calm, 33. Atlln Cloudy, calm. 32. Whitehorse Snowing, light rewind. 18; 3 inches new snow. Selkirk Part Cloudy, calm, 9; 2 inchea new snow. Dawson Part cloudy, calm, 8 below. Bayvley; . 9, . I , . . Big MiwJrf.' iw t.m ; Cork Province, SI, 31 ' Dunweil. 19. Nil. Duthie, SS, 70. Reorge Copper. 8.75, 9.00. Georgia River, S8. 40. Gladstone. 11. 12. Golcoada. Nil. 1.00. Grandrfew, 764, 77 Vi. Independence. 18, Nil. Indian, Nil, 10. Inter. Coal & Coke. SS, 37. Kootenay Florence, 28, 28 Vi. Kootenay King, 4A. 48. L. & I. 6H. 7. Lakeview. 2. 2Vi. Lucky Jim, 264. 26 Vi. Marmot Metals, 9, 9'4. Marmot Gold, 9, 9V4. Morten Woolsey, 5'-. 6. National Silver, 24 V, 25. Noble Five, 77. 77 ft. Pend Oreille. 1.75. 1S.00. Porter Idaho. 71, 77. Premier, 2.1S,.2Jft. , , Reeves McDonald, 3.58, 3.50. Rufas ArxenU, IS, 39. Rath Hef4, TiWB. ; , SUrer Crest. IS, 13',. Silverado, NHif 1.30. Silversrnlth, 10, NR. Sicca n King. 5, 5. SnowfUke, 30, 40. Suntoch. 8.90. 4.20. Terminus, Nil. lSVi. Tople Richfield, 59 Vi. 60. Toric, 2.00, 2.26. Iiitewater, 1.36, 1.40. Woodbine, Nil, 5. Eastern Stock NoiUBda, 02.70, Nil. Oils f'Fabywn. 4Yi, IYa. DEATHS FROM FLYING , BETTER TODAY ;! iiounced by Richard Gosse. general manager of the! London, Jan. 17. King . Packers, Ltd., that an office will be opened in this Physicians today issued ! ,y his company to take aire of the business operations V& LlZ !u. district m a more direct manner and connected ..,, ... ....,.,, tj.u ARE RATHER NUMEROUS OTTAWA. Jan. 17. Seventeen persons were killed in flying accidents in Canada during 1923, the department of national defence timed, rourieen were Killed in commercial flying, others In fly-ng club machines, and sixteen leriousty injured. FUNERAL NOTICE 'he Pf-eaoyterian Church row afternoon at 2:30. Voting opened briskly in the c:v,r election today and. up to 11 o'ciocfc s total of 1 10 votes had been cast Judging from the err'y "ntcrest that was taken in ihe poll it is possible that a "Wr vnt mr.y be takin than list year when a total of 9)5 bal-M" were cast. Weather has been -onducivc t" getting out the ite and, anvnjr those who ast s"'ts this morning, were not-id quit a number of "-nawa. 'r'or-'iit a tfs'ial. centrea in contest tietween j this office will be a purchasing agent who will buy next bulletin win be issued on '',c ""tj mnyornKy implies for their various canneries in Prince Rup-'FriUy evening." '..'"Vu' . if us ioiiowmg out tne poncy set oy me aunnysuie ",rc ui w" .,,ry for the part numlr of year,. F. D. Mathers!-' -u-jjg Ik- in charge of the office here. i,iciani a de8Cribed his coadi ( (inimenting upon this move by the company, Mr. :tion as eatiafactoy. : (II said that strong representations had been made Dy ,. . 1 . if ri t i J the the businessmen of Prince Rupert regarding STOCK OliOTATIONS 01 TA lt...1..un ..L.n (linill ntr 01 Dusiness witnin uiinrict iuinuex , wucic wsu , 1 I A i 1 .tii.ns were carried on, anu, as a resuu. 01 ineee rejr- (Ovuru-sy of B. D .oifiMii Ce . LU4 "Utitm rl hprp". tfe office is to.ty ouppliesj, gt 1 T1 1 1 1 . . I n .1Ann AO 11 4 llA u dt- ii. i. racKers nas huuul a uuicn wnntnw ... id ami the business in connection with these is voru In order to properly cater to it a power boat Willi !t on by local interests, it is understood, to ply out of j McMorri c and Ex- -A ! f 1( I Mnrdic nppenrs to be still tft favorite to win. Both candidates have been in resrolar attendance at the poll throughout thc day and have spent a good n:rt of the time chattimr plsantly with each other The voting opened at 8 a,ro and will ckwe tt 8 .m. Within irrVayAl after the dosing, V1aj4felt f th rrwyoraltj- vote isnoum De Known, mere is con-fdf rable sfiecularion as to which fer of the nine' aldermanic can-'didates wll 'be successful. It is freely predicted that C. H. Orme wiH bead' the poll; Before ten iO'cleck tne alderroen-elect should !be known. I . EIrnest Unwin is presiding of- ifictr at the poll and I a re I t. A CliSSlFjEyjABlT Boston Grill l , yone rad! tb Classified Ada. KtnOE CAIIAKET I j .u lose, aojverttoe for it. Special Dlnneri Thursday! and find, locate the owner. Saturday! c y.ru Dancing evrr Saturday nljht Whatever you seed, advertise for It from 9 to 12. Dance Hall for Hire PRINCE RUPERT Accommodation! for Private (JIT TUB IXASSIHEU IIAIIIT, Partlei Phone 457 Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper N . No. 12. PIUNCE RUPERT, B. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS RY CONCER OPENS NERAL BOOTH TO BE OUSTED AND SUCCESSOR CHOSEN B.C. Packers Opening Office in Prince Rupert for the Conduct of Business and Purchase of Supplies Miuiircement Made of Important Move by Gosbc, President of the Company, Who Is Now in the City i!ichard!KING GEORGE ! BRISK VOTING ! NOTED TODAY Un to 11 O'clock lid Ballots Had Itoon fo. in f'lvlr. Flo-1 inn GENERAL BRAMWELL BOOTH The t i rtri i ju-re in ihi picture is the head of the Salvation Army who is a.sked to step down and a s-ucre.isor ti whom will be appointed probably tomorrow, it is nr.noum-i'd that the aged gen-eial will dyh ih. :i- v nr- vment tn the err! On the left is Mr. I:r.imw..-ll Itoolh. wife of the gen-crttl and to the icit Commander Evangeline itooth. FAMOUS PLAYER STUDIO BURNED HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Jan. 17. The stage just completed for the production of sound pictures at the Pa amount Famous Play- deputies era studio here at a cost of more McLeed. W. D. Vance than $1,000,000 was destroyed by and W. H. Wilson Murray. Scrut- a fire of mysterious origin last 1 nee re are as follows: night.' The actual loss was about For MeMordie H. L. Landry. $150,000. Malcolm McLeod and W. A. Bird. For Stephens David Douglas, N. W. Prisgle and W. W. Wright For Trades & Labor Council R. Wiggins and R. Caraven. PRICE OF WHEAT FOCH IMPROVING PARIS, Jan. 17: Marshal Ferdinand Foch's physicians issued a bulletin this morning morning saying saying that mat tieularly purse seines, have been for canning- purposes will be per General Booth Declared Unfit For Position and Another to he Elected Aged General Says He Will Defend Position to Last and Nothing Will Induce Him to Resign Sacred Trust SUNBURY, England, Jan. 17. General Bramwell Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, was adjudicated unfit to continue in that office by the high council of the Army here last night by a vote of 55 to 8. LONDON, Jan. 17. It was assumed today that to- fVlQ i i, ..--n nf tho Solvation Av wmiM VANCOUVER, Jan. 17. Wheat the slight improvement noted I T " i Z iT r,: h the the last three uuav a. auicsaux cu vjciidai uuuineu uuuui. ruic- HM quoted on local exchange during days contra-! today at $12. luea. Imost among those suggested are Commander Evangeline tanners Ask Changes in risking Regulations on Coast in Order to . rrr -! " Booth, his sister, who heads the Army in the United 'States, and Commissioner Edward - " J. Higgin of the London Army, i chief of the staff of generals. 'The next move is eagerly awaited. The Daily Mail quoted General ! Booth as saying : "I have not much I money, money, but out I i will win spend Bwnu what wnv fx J'g fw mnrmlP InnmrrV Q I OnniTIOTI have in defending my position Nothing will induce me to resign . , . , from the position I occupy. It -mrnnr OTTAWA, Jan. t 17. m Seeking o i- a solution to the problem w and i. , .Hcred trust imrosed oT the intensive competition and the cost of production of 0n me by my father and it is not; Vancouver, j.n. . 17. The COMMODORE OF FLEET FOR B. C. PACKERS provided than i necessary. These mltted only if fish is gutted and! condltiona are making the cost of packed in boxes with ice. Fur-! J- fiela Strung, for many years production too high and it is ther with similar objects that the manager of Sunnyside cannery, claimed lhv ai not in th inter. nf fuh narkora In connection first for the Gosse-Millard Co. egation wtll urge is a-limitation' the over-exploitation of the coast He will have direct charge of the inir areas alone the lines that ex- more tutnneiy licenses, Hon. isted before the appointment ofL. Howe has announced, the Duff fisheries commission. In view of the fact that the au-Also with a view not only to pre-'preme court of Canada ruled that venting too many seines being used in a particular area, but also to The funeral service of the late assure nothing but the first qual-'ohn Sim will be conducted at ity of canned salmon, they will company repair Fraser River. shops on the ENGLISH CUP SOQCER the provincial government only iaiimuuin, jan. it : in repiay-has power to issue cannery ed third round games of English licenses the ruling is now on ap- Cup football today Clapton Orient real to the privv council the an- defeated Southampton two to one tomor-' probably urge that the transfer of nouncement is regarded as highly and Northampton and 12 salmon from one aren to another I significant. played a two all draw. BOGGS CAUSED KAYE'S DEATH Coroner's Jury Says Rate of Speed of Car Was Excessive Pnnifif! rnnst nnnnflr os nnri thp hitr ier atanc nnl ol tlie for me to lay it down, t should eoron. rs jury ycsieraay mviwii canned products, a delegation representing the salmon be a coward, worse than a coward, cannors of British Columbia will wait upon Hon. P. A. sk""k-,f I'ITuwl" is bit of and I won t. n j ii i. i t- l a rumpus, Cardin the first week in February. A department bulletin said yesterday in part: "The ririn QTBAMPTn DC canners' difficulty is that on account of the competition ".r"'"""-1" amonc: themselves too many canneries have been b,uut and more fishing equipment, par- eU of the fishermen them- with seine boats be prohibited." and later the Goase Packing Co.. rcimnp inp selves." ! VICTORIA. Jan. 17. The pro- has been appointed commodore of IVlAlN I LbK!IlUo ilKh "What it i understood the dei- vWIhI irovernment. alarmed over the fleet of the U. U I'acKing t-o grited the death of Edward Kaye. killed on Sunday while returning home from work when he was struck by an automobile being driven by Theodore Boggs. The verdict stated that the car whs being driven at an excessive rate of speed and added "we hold the same Theodore Boggs responsible for the death of the deceased." Bogxs surrendered to the police on Monday and Is charged with manslaughter." DEAD FROM INFLUENZA In .the number of oanneritw -and Kalmon fisheries, has requested many ooaw oprmmu i m( a division of the coast Into fish- i the federal government to issue no pany along the coast and also the Ten Per Cent of Population Sue- S. cum bed to Epidemic, Arch deacon Says TORONTO, Jan. 17. Approximately 10 per cent of the Eskimo population lost their lives In tho influensa epidemic which swept the MHcHenxie River district last Mill wall July, according to Archdeacon W. A. Geddes, now in Toronto.