. The Wise Man The wise man reads U sificd advertisements r o&. ...i thCm wnciievei lie nee 4t or buy, or rent, to fit. ?v 1M am r itflt n 1 -vim 'VI 3; , V ol, XX., No, 1)0 On Saturday the Prince Rupert waterfront was somewhat surprised to see five American fishing boats coming into the harbor under their own power, but obviously in charge of the Dominion government steamer Malaspina Thfjf were under arrest, but soon after arrival one of thi boats, the Puritan, of Seattle, was allowed to go. Whil all officialdom here is tongue tied, it is gathered from var ious sources that six American fishing boats were at Goose Island, something like 170 miles south of here. It' If 'claimed that they were there for repairs, either making repairs about to make repairs, or having completed the making or rrmairs Whpn tho Malasnina arrived two of the boatt were ordered to nroceed to Prince Ruperts ono wasallow. . -1 -..til. 1L- ed to go free, ana the otner tnree cameaiong wun me Malaspina a little later. iv-.M n The men claim that they-are, allowed under thetrcaty to call in for wood, water, repairs; orHelte?;mey were not fishing at the time and it is understood the authorities do not claim.they were fishing. Up to noon today the men had not been notified what section of the treaty they were charged with breaking. They had been in consultation with the American consul and were awaiting a statement of the charges against them. The following despatch in connection with the case was received from Ottawa this morning: "According to advices received here, five United States fishing craft were seized in British Columbia waters and taken into custody at Prince Rupert on charges of violating the international fishing regulations, according to W. A. Found, deputy minister of fisheries. ' The crews will probably be tried in Prince Rupert. Mr. Found explained that, under the treaty, United States fishing boats may enter Canadian ports only for wood, water, shelter, or repairs. It had long beon suspected that Bomo of them had set up bases for operations on Canadian sou, contrary to the treaty, and it was only after repeated warning that action was taken. Thd treaty is calculated to protect the Canadian fishermen." Local offices of the fisheries department would make no statement this morning as to the affair. International complications, it is said, are involved, and it is expected She mat an official statement will be mane in uuu cuius.-. This morning, the captain of C. G. S. Malaspina, which made the seizures, and Jarno Boyd, acting inspector of fisheries, wero in conference. The men involved arc free while awaiting their trial and the four boats are tied up alongside the Malaspina at the ocean dock. Men of the boats are staying at the St. Elmo Hotel, The boats detained are the, We, Tecora and Jeanettc, of Seattle, and the May, of Ketchikan. The Puritan was ,ct go on arrival in port. ' , The men are 0. Hanson, B. H. Jensen, 0. Christie, K Fuarila, P. Kundrcn and J. Alfredson, all of Seattle, and two from Ketchikan. VANCOUVER, May 13. The trailers were taken v 'J n the boats were at anchor in a Canadian harbor when weather corfditiohrWere favorable and when there jas no necessity for shelter, it was stated here today by fjajor J. A. Motherwell, chief supervisor of fisheries. Major Motherwell said the captured boats would be dealt .th in the usual way by the admiralty court. They were SPiyprl n,i i.. v -.r it. r...r, Pialmrins l'ro- 4 uimci suction iv. m iiiu vjui,uiii3 mm , lection Act, which prohibits foreign vessels from entering Canadian waters for any purpose not permitted by treaty or convention or by any law of Great Britain or of Can-Ma for the time being in force. SANSON HEADS CONCILIATION WAGES BOARD OTTAWA. May in.. A. M. Manson of Vancouver has been ppointed chairman of a concilia-:on and investigation board es-bJiilR'rt by Minister of Labor Ictnan to deal with the wage dis pute between various hipuuild OATS LABOR GOES TO DEFEAT QUEENSLAND BRISBANE, May 13: The general elect ton for the Queensland legislature on Saturday resulted in a crush ing defeat for fhe Labor gov. eminent. Before the election the Laboritea had 43 heats and the Nationalists 20. Saturday the Nationalists won 11 heats, Labor 26 and inde-pendert 2. The prime factor in the rle lion was the Nationalists v heme to cure unemployment in the state. I MIORDIEIS" i NEW MANAGER Ing firms at Vancouver anl their Is Appointed to (Take Charge of mploytev Other member of Capitol Theatre In Succes he board are Ernest Cribb and Henry Burgess, both of CHURCHES AND, HOUSESBURN sion to JJasKon A. A. Kaaaon, manager of the iCauitol Theay-treilneei:. ita "hspening,- has been advised that he " win be relieved of his duties a 'Week from today. His successor 'ittili be Major S. P. MeMordie, who formerly conducted the Westholme Theatre. Mc. Kassorr becomes manager Thlfd Disastrous Fire in Two of the McCaffery & Gibbons Vears at Pugwash, N.$i realty and insuranec business. HARRY CHAMBERS ' DEAD The third disastrous fire within vans uvirtiuvu uu viuvutv1 - early Sunday, including 15 resi-; WHITEHORSE, May 13. ; dDra, the Anglican and Roman Harry Chambers, better known asl Catholic Churches, a hotel and "Shorty" Chambers, and a well-1 tanning factory, besides smaller "own old figure of the Yukon hiillftlnm Ths lou la Aatimatml TprrUnrv hflvlnir lipn nrai7Mt ! t Sm.OflO. fnr vears in tradini? at Chamnairne 1 dleton of Middfoton andHoops - j Landing, died last night. J. It. ABBOTT DIES ) MONTREAL," May IS: John' Bet ham Abbott, eldest son of Sir 'ohn Abbott, former premier of Mrs. J. t . L. t, Bremner of . Pacific, n ,. th poetniaster-general was not prepared to accept those figures, lie tiromised to investigate. He stated that the rates charged were. set by the railway commission,. as. follows: "Three-feet unit space,- four cents per mile; seven-feet unit space, G.5 cents pc.r mile; fifteen-feet unit space, 13 cents per mile; SO-feet Unit space, 20 cents per mile. ' Mr. Brady recounted the, fact that various requests had been made to the postmaster-general's BIRTH NOTICE department but without result. He now had before him a plea from the Associated Boards of Central British Columbia asking for n daily mail service and that i NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, IL , M ON DAY,, MA V J3, J929 TOPLEV, May 13. Alex. Mid- """"" This now promising looking ENGINEERS ARE BLAMED FOR A STEAMER WRECK SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. better mail service be given In The three engineers on the the rural districts. Ho read the following: ''Whereas, owing to the Inadequacy of tho. present mail service between Prince Rupert and Edmonton, great inconvenience is caused to merchants, farmers and those engaged in mining and other industries; And, whereas, this inadequate mail service is the cause of seri- steamer Kadiak were blamed for nearly wrerklng the ship off Point Reyes on April 2 J, in a decision announced on Sunday by the federal steamboat Inspectors". The men involved were deprived of their licenses for 90 days. Tho Inspectors found the three engineers unable to start the pumps after the vessel started leaking. The Kadiak was en ous loss of business and lme to route here from the Aleutian Is-(Contlnued on pngo three) lands. The men went on to say that if Canada, died here on Saturday, B.C., at EdmontonrAlta., May 11, M li,- i,0Tnlv the fishing was better in Cana 115)29, 11 J. C. Mail ? Brady Urges Daily -Service Edmonton Prince Rupert and is Promised Consideration Hansard re; just to hand s mado an excel Silver and the Topley Rlchfeid dian waters than outsiae iney mine, covering the south slope of ' would have been fishing under the Black mountain, with the Finlay Canadian flag, because fish creek tanyon running along theprt4 were just a9 gPod this side south border. 0f tj,e line as on the other. A 100-foot tunnel wuW give We figh on the many 300 feet of cover by drifting in 4t, "' f m hore' th " on the vein. It would also crow-( n.,f n.hr .in. ,hnh hAV ln stated. 'That is why we have big : nd we never hear any complaint no fish worth going after in Canadian waters, so we stay The men feel their rather badly. They said last evening that yesterday was the longest Sunday they had had for a long time. They spent their time tramping around and were very tired. . They are under no restaint whatever, but their boats are held moored to the Malaspina, Boston Grill LA ROE CABARET Special Dinner Thursdays and Saturdays Dancing Evfry Saturday Night, 9 to 12 Dance Hall lor Hire Accommodations tor Private Partite PHONE 457 i Now and then the men go to the dock and interview the skipper of the boat to find out if any word a hae arrived from Ottawa as to what action is to be taken. . PRICE FIVE CENTS SEIZED TAKEN WHEN ANCHORED CANADIAN HARBO Five Fishing Boats Held for Violation of Treaty with U. and will be Tried in Rupert Malaspina Makes Haul at Goose Island and Men Arc Nov at Liberty, but Boats Detained by Federal Authorities R Appointed Members of New Brunswick Farm Loan Board jj Hon. J. D. McLean, Commissioner of the Canadian Farm Loan Board at Ottnwa, has announced that George E. Fisher, Chatham, N.B. (left); T. A. McAvity, Saint John fjsentrej, and Felix Mithaud, Buctouche, N.B., have been appointed members of the Farm Loan Board for New Brunswick, with T. A. McAvity as chief executive officer .of the board. The board commenced operations May 1. TEC . I .Ll. '. S : RICH VEIN-IS FOUND TOPLEY SHEILA GROUP 'fx--. American Fishermen Give Their Side of the Story in Connection With Seizure "We have not been told what we are charged with. All we know is that we have done nothing wrong," Feet of ore on Property ciamj a group 0f the Seattle fishermen, whose boats were nd TonieTsii'v? jseized week and who are now here awaiting the out- jcome of their case in the Canadian courts, when seen last 'night. i "We were not illegally fishing, in fact, we had no fish just arrived in town with news of , w,ie" UUI cu.eu uie umamtn yuvcuuuciit . ,. tli steamer Malaspina and had not ; a ne ' "J""'"' caught any In Canadian waters. nmmu ao mu (hnwincr tnrp fm r I . 1 . lllollw " I n son. was oorn 10 .nr. ana .ij(. v,t.. ,n 1 AUSTRALIA IS AFTER CHANGE U.S. TARIFF WASINGTON, May 13. -J Australia through the British embassy has submitted to the state department a memorandum dealing with a proposed readjust- exposed by shafts. These vein j boats. It would be cheaper to ment of the United States tariff, )0rt of the house of commons proceedings outcrop acroaa two claim, both in operate small boats, but they hows that J. C. Brady, member for Skeena, this group lent sneech when nleadinc for a better mail Hy the appearance of the ore in service for this district, and at the close drew from Hon. thi8 'A'" KSng P. J. Veniot, postmaster-general, the following remark: lLr''6 0 6 m in this i ne oniy answer i can give tne non. geniieman now is that this is the first time the case has been placed before me so clearly and I will certainly go into it in a serious way." , In the address Mr. Brady gave figures to show that a baggage car service three daysa week alternating with the present full mail service would cost between Edmonton and Prince Rupert $G109 for 20 weeks. While would not stand the weather. A few Canadian trollers have big boats and they fih out with us schedules. The government of the com monwealth fears, the memorandum says, that the increased pressure will tend to divert Aus- from them. It is the little chaps 'rallan trade from the United that never make anything who States to British countries and to complain. Tho stories you hear foreign countries with which the of American fishermen operating commonwealth has favorable trade in Canadian waters are all bunk, relatipns, Most of our fish'ng is done milei ' . away from land, often we can only sec the mountains in the distance. That is where the fish are and that is where we go. There are CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mm. A. Nishio and family desire to convey their sincere thanks to their many friends for the kind expressions of sympathy received in their reavement. Scottish Humor Imported direct from the Aberdeen Joko Factory NOT AN ALARM OF FIRE A panic took place recently at public meeting in Aberdeen. Someone stood up and announced a collection.