LORNEABLETO
FREE
HERSELF
Tow
Line
Moved.
From
Propeller,
and
Veswel
Proceeds
With
I
Log-Carrying
Barge
Pacific
Coyle
Navigation
Co.
'a
tug
Lome,
whose,
prqpel.le.r
was,,
fouled
on
Mondtfy
night
nt'Tbwr
Hill
with
the
tow
line
of
the
log-carrying
barge
Black
Wolf,
gdt;
free
about
7
o'clock
last
night.
The
crew
of
the
tug
was
able
0'
complete
the
Job
Just
before'the
salvaire
tug
Bertha
G.
arrived
at
the
scene.
The
Lome
immediately
got
un
dcr
way
across
Hecate
Straits
and
rrived
in
port
this
morning
for
stores.
She
left
the
Black
Wolf
anchored
at
Chismore
I'ass.
The!
logs
on
the
barge
are
to
be-de-j
livercd
to
the
paper
mill
at
Ocean
Falls
or
Powell
River.
SINGLE
MEN
FOR
CANADA
Over
Two
Thousand
to
Be
Sent
by
Overseas
Settlement
Board
LONDON,
March
27
Arrangements
have
been
completed
between
the
overseas
settlement
office
and
the
Canadlun
railways
j
whereby
2200
young
single
men
will
bf
sent
to
Canada
between
row
and
the
middle
of
May.
Brit-.
Jsh
authorities
are
undertaking
the
j
whole
financial
responsibility
for
those
unable
to
pay
their
own
transportation.
U.S.
STEAMER
ASHORETODAY
VANCOUVER,
March
27:-S.
S.
Admiral
Rodman
of
the
Pacific
Steamship
Company
went
ashore
nt
Jacks
Crew
Island"
near
Chem-alnus
on
Tuesday
njght.
The
Rodman
is
a
wooden
vessel
18G
feet
long.
She
had
been
at
Lady-smith
preparing
to
resume
her
run
to
Alaska.
DROWNED
FROM
SHIP
HALIFAX,
March
27:
A
cabl?
received
from
the
Western
Union
cable
ship
Lord
Kelvin,
whoso
port
is
Halifax
reported
the
drowning
of
F
Tamptco
of
Mexico,
Stewart
Allan
of
Saint
John,
J.
Donwey
and
0.
Jr
Anderson
of
Halifax.
REFINERY
TO
BE
ERECTED
TORONTO,
March
27.
'The
erection
of
a
$4,000,000
copper
refinery
near
Sudbury
was
announced
yesterday
afternoon
by
Premier
Fergu
hol.';ntcd
Smellers
and
Inter:,
national
Nickel
are
interested.
(Courtesy
S
She
D.
Johnston'
Co.)
be
The
following
Quotation
were
bid
and
asked;
Bay
view,
4,
5.
"
Big
Missouri.
1.20,
U0.
Cork
Province.
20,
21.
Cotton
Beit,
Nil,
75.
Dunwell,
22,
SO.
Duthle,
42,
41.
George
Copper,
4.25,
4.50.
Georgia
River,
Nil,
42.
Golconda,
LOG,
1.10.
Grandview,
48';
49,
...
Independence,
8'i
9.
.
Inter.
Coal
&.
Cokte,
37,
38.
Kootenay
Florence,
15,
16.
Kootenay
King;
43...60.-.
-
.
:
u
L.
&
L.,
4,
5.
Lucky
Jim,
20,
21...
0
:
Mohawk,
5,
Bs.
Morton
Woolsey,
M4,
44,
Marmot
River
Gold,
G,
7,
Marmot
Metals,
SVfe,
G.
Nat.
Sil.
G.
S.,
17H,
Nil.
Noble
Five,
77,
78.
Oregon
Copper,
62,
G8Mi.
Pend
Oreille,
9.05,
9.25.
Premier.
1.G5,
1.70.
Porter-Idaho,
53,
55.
Reeves
Macdonald,
3.50,
3.55,
Ruth-Hope,
48,
40.
Silver
Crest,
8,
9.
Silverado,
Nil,
90.
Slocan
Rambler,
10,
14.
Sunloch,
Nil,
..75.
Terminus,
Nil.'
10.
Topley
Richfield,
38,
39.'
Toric
Mine,.
1.60,
1.75.
'
."
'
Wellington,
lGVi,
17.
,
Whitewater,
1.15,
1.20.
Woodbine,
4Va,
5V4.
Oils
Advance,
4.75,
4.8Q.;
.
.,
,
A.
P.
Consolidated,
i'K
2.46'.
Calmont.
2.70,
2.85.
'
.
Dalhousie,'
4.10;
'4.25;'
Devenlsh,
1:85,
lilDO.
Fabyon
Pete,
12,
12Vi.
Home
Oil,
15.50,
Nil.
Mayland,
7.00,
9.00.
McLeod,
5.70,
5.75.
Hargal,
1.20,
1.25,
Eastern
Stocks
Sherritt-Gordon,
8.25,
Nil.
Noranda,
48.75,
Nil.
V"
months
to
rebuild
the
vessel.
LOCAL
MAN
MARRIED
TO
SCOTTISH
GIRL
AT
j
friends
of
the
groom
were
pres
William
Robb
Takes
Bride.
Miss
At
the
Rupert
East
manse
litwt
pvonlnir
st
R
nVlwl
UMllLarA
Ttnhli
Con.
J,or
VW?
Kurrt
wa"
nuienynwr-
ent.
Including
Mr.
Kobbs
son,
Harfy:
Mrsl
T.
WMWre
-Was
bridesmaid
,
and;
Mr.
i
Moore,
groomsman.
Fllowing
the
ceremony
supper
was
served
at
the
Commodore
Cafe.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robb
will
live
at,
400
Eighth
Ave.
East.
FROZEN
WELL
IS
PRODUCING
Okalta.No.
1
Has
Millions
of
Fecf
of
Gas
Blowing
,
CALGARY,
March
2G.
Okalta
N'p.
1
wll
which
became
froren
n
January
came
back
to
produc
tion
last
nlghtrvjthvliftt
If)
liwed
to
be
ittfrfon
flWt
nun
minions
or
feet
oi
gas
blowing
above
the
derrick
all
the
fires
in
the
camp
and
those
of
other
wells
were
extinguished
to
avoid
the
danger
of
fire,
while
everyone
was
forced
to
leave
the
derrick.
It
will
take
men
equipped
with
gas
masks
some
time
to
get
it
under
control.
The
previous
production
of
the
well
wag
GOO
barrels
of
naptha
dally.
DIRECTORS
FOR
ESPERANZA
MINE
At
the
meeting
of
the
-
Ejpcifali
the,
auditor
;
reporjf,
v$J
HvHJOUA
Fraser,
mine
manager,
and
from
Angus
McDonald
of
Prince
Rupert
on
Mock
selling.
The
following
directors
for
the
year
were
elected
t
Peter
Gordon
of
Anyox,
Norman
Fraser
of
Alice
Arm,
Angus
McDonald,
1).
B.
McDou
gall
and
J.
A.
Hinton
of
Prince
Rupert.
HIGH
RECORDSUE
STOCKS
NEW
YORK
NEW
YORK.
March
27.
Sales
on
the
New
York
stock
exchange
RIIPFRTF&STMANSEiyesterday
new
i
high
record
i
of
all
time
with
8,24
C.740
Shares.
MORE
DIVIDEND
FORGRANBYCO.
NEWYORK.
March
27.
Gran-
a
turnover
of
by
uonsol,
dated
Mining,
Smelting
Til
raarVof
,
otx
.r.
PiifoV.'
Ha
tftrlnv
rulsorl
tVia
an
fni.',...
si.t,j
j,.tr.
tr
thJ
"IS".
jlO
1!
lJii.
lM
1
1
U
J
frktb
inipecTrOctTO
JSfpiKi
jotocitsuiJiit
iicnei
jnara
:
Uennlstoun
district
nojice,
Gias-
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
JWSSSfi
insvoiqmlmprovemqnt
Today
):W
-TQRONrrO,.'Mbrch'27.
With
the
collapse
of
In-iterriatiohal
NickeK
which
closed
yesterday
at
$43
and
is
off
six
points
which
has
torn
it
down
from
the
market
rating
of
$1,000,000,000
to
approximately
$500,000,000,
scores
of
paper
fortuneshave
been
shattered.
Three
hundred
million
dollars
was
slashed
from
the
market
values
of
the
Toronto
stock
exchange
by
yesterday's
slump.
.
NEW
YORK,March
27.
Call
nipney
renewetlat
,15'per
cent
today
and
the.
marketralliecU
briskly
at
,,the
opening)
but
ran
into
a
renewed
liquidation.
Although'
many
representative
shares
sagged.
$2
to
$7
"lp$r.
share,
prices
generally
held
well
above
the
low
level
established
yesterday;
as
offfcers
for
the
coming
year
the
following:
FORMER
MAYOR
i
NOMINATiONSl
VICTORIA
DIES
BostoGrill
CLASSIFIED
HABIT
LARGE
CABARET
Creryon
rdi
ib
Claulttd
Ad
8peelU;
'
Dinners
Ttvursdara
and
It
you
Iom.
sdrertl
for
tt.
r
Saturdnyt
Dancing
every
Saturday
night
If
you
find,
locate
th
ownr.
from
0
to
II.
Wnteer
you
ned.
tdvertlM
for
It
Dance
Hall
for
Hire
Accommodation
for
Prtrate
PRINCE
RUPERT
Parties
QET
THE
CLASSIFIED
HABIT
Phone
497
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia'
Newspaper
Vol.
XX.,
No.
71.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
27,
1929
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Treaty
to
Protect
Salmon
of
Fraser
River
Signed
Today
by
Secretary
Kellogg
and
Massey
WASHINGTON,
March
27.-A
treaty
for
the
prwr-
H
K
KKMAN
vation
and
extension
of
sockeye
salmon
fisheries
of
the
Fraser
river
system,
which
includes
waters
contiguous
to
the
state
pf
Washington
and
British
Columbia,
was
signed
today
by
Secretary
Kellogg
and
Hon.
Vincent
Massey.
The
treaty
provides
for
the
establishment
of
an
international
fisheries
commission
of
six
members,
three
for
the
United
States
and
three
for
Canada.
The
commissioner
of
fisheries
of
the
United
States
will
be
one
of
the
American
members.
The
commission
is
charged
with
the
duty
of
making
a
thorough
investigation
into
the
natural
history
of
the
sockeve
salmon
and
is
(riven
nower
to
maintain
hatcheries
A
;
AAV
aMA
1
a
I
At
1
and
develop
fisheries.
It
is
also
given
power
to
establish
I
irt,J.
troyed
the!
.new
a
closed
season,
when
fishing
for
sockeye
salmon
will
be
'if?
jffl?-prohibited
between
June
1
and
August
20
m
each
year,
and
j
ghipg,
both
port
and
starboard,
to
regulate
the
character
and
size
of
the
fishing
gear
i
everything
was
destroyed
and
which
may
be
used
during
the
open
season.
(much
iron
framework
warped.
The
treaty
is
concluded
for
a
period
of
16
years,
after
I
amou"
,ha8f
,
yet
been
estimated,
but
it
is
stated
i
1
-a.
l
1.1.
i
f
r
U..
which
it
to
termination
a
notice
of
one
by
is
subject
on
year
hat
Jt
wil,
take
at
leagt
four
me
government
oi
enner
country.
VESSEL
WAS
BADLYBURNED
New
40,000-Ton
Europea
Thought
to
Have
Been
Victim
oft
.
j
Incendiaries
!
i
HAMBURG,
March
27.
Inecn-i
diaries
are
blamed
for
a
fire
COLD
STORAGE
SCOWISGONE
Unwleldfy
Craft
Is
Believed
to
Have
Foundered
in
Hecate
Straits
It
is
believed
that
the
B.
C.
Packers'
cold
storage
scow,
which
was
left
drifting
in
a
gale
20
miles
off
Bonllla
Island
by
the
power
tug
Salvage
Princess
at
noon
Monday
after
two
men
had
been
saftly
taken
off
the
unwiejdly
craft,
has
gone
to
the
bottom
of
Hecate
Straits
.
This
is
the
belief
of
those
on
board
the
salvage
tug
Bertha
G
,
which
Scoured
the
vicinity
yesterday
and
found
no
trace
of
the
derelict
.
It
is
though
that
the
house
con'
taining
the
cold
storage
plant
was
probably
blown
off
and
the
craft
would
then
sink.
Reporting
failure
-to
sight
the
scow,
the
Bertha
G'.,
returned
to
port
this
morn'ng.
Capt.
Y
.
P.
Armour,
manager
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co,,
was
on
board
.
CANADAWILL
iDEAL
WITH
'
THE
IMALONE
Sir
Esme
Howard
States
Was
of
Canadian
Registry
Ship
Failure
of
the
Human
Element
Was
Cause
of
Recent
Train
Wreck
PARRY
SOUND.
March
2fi.
Failure
of
the
human
Washington,
March
27:
element
on
train
No.
3
was
held
to
be
the
cause
of
the
head-The
sinking
of
the
schooner
ima-
on
collision
of
the
two
C.N.R.
trains
at
Drocourt
on
jone
resolved
itself
yesterday
into
March
20
with
a
toll
of
12
or
more
lives,
when
Magistrate
a
question
for
settlement
between
Broughton
delivered
a
verbal
verdict
at
an
inquest
into
overnmti"
ll?e
death
of
Horace
Smith'
one
of
the
victims
on
Monday
Sir
Esme
Howard
who
made
night.
the
original
inquiries
informed
Broughton
presided
as
a
special
coroner
without
a
the
United
states
government
jury.
The
chief
evidence
was
that
of
J.
V.
Alexander,
engi-that
the
ship
was
of
Canadian
neerof
train
No.
3.
and
E.
Reilly.
his
fireman.
Both
said
,relstry
and
replies
to
his
in-
hl,t
they
received
orders
to
stop
:
quiries
snoum
do
aaaressea
10
me
n.i
take
the
passing
switch
at
Horn
Vincent
Massey.
,
The
Brit-
Drocourt
and
admitted
that
ish.'-nmbassador
will
retain
an
somehow
or
other
they
passed
the
interest
should
it
be
found
that
8tation.
Conductor
Barstead
lost
interpretation
of
the
liquor
smug-
hIa
iife.
in
hj9
verdict,
the
spe-
gling
treaty
is
involved
and
to
ciai
corone,
held
that
the
col-'
past
the
meeting
place
where
they
had
orders
to
stop."
He
further
said,
"it
seems
to
me
that
the
whole
human
clement
on
the
train
failed."
Engineer
Alexander
said
that
HALIBUT
BOAT
the
extent
of
harm
or
molesta-
i8ion
was
due
to
"neglect
of
the
tion
to
any
British
member
of
Pri,w
of
train
no.
3
in
runnintf
vi...i
wkt.i.
T-if..i
i
ir.
the
crew.
bor
Monday
Night
to
be
Salvaged
Soon
REID'S
BOAT
BACK
The
American
halibut
boat
the
first
intimation
of
danger
Jack,
Capt.
E.
C.
Tfbbits,
which
was
when
he
saw
the
reflection
was
blown
across
the
harbor
in
of
a
light
on
the
side
of
the-Monday
night's
storm,
is
filled
track
as
the
train
was
going
a
with
water
on
the'
beach
across
round
the
curve.
He
saw
that
it
from
the
Cold
Storage
plant
and
was
another
train
and
applying
it
has
been
impossible
yet
to
esti-
i
n..i,..,i....i.in.
i
..i
,
-,,
trnrM
r.
it
me
emergency
oraices
ne
got
out
maie
me
exact
exieni
oiuamage
t
i
n.U
f
"
...w..i
.....v..
..........
u...uuuu
f
.
.,
,
.
...
,
.
,
rru-.v...
i.
11:
j
t
i
"",8""
r
fthe
last
hour.
a
share.
guw,
CM.UUUIIU
LYeaterd
Slump
in
Of
the
cab
and
dropped
from
the
The
boat
is
believed
to
have
gone
steps.
The
vital
point
in
his
over
on
her
side
and
filled
when
evidence
was
the
statement
that'
the
hatches
fell
off
.
It
is
believed
he
had
not
received
the
custom-
he
is
holed.
Steps
will
be
taken
ary
signal
from,
the
conductor
o"on
tft
salvage
the.
vessel.
...i
.
i.;..
Q..-1.
William
Ileitis
nleastire
boat
nuu
Sliuuiu
uaic
vcu
mice
blast
of
the"
communication
signal
Mafy
whichj,wa.s
also,
.
blown
as
they
approached
the
meetlnvs
th
vfasbrqught
ibaek
place.
He
said
that
he
had
seen-tf'
HwC.tf.fl.
Yacht
Club
floats
..
....
...
...
.
r.
V'p.vtprnav.
Annnrpntlv
hn
w
tne
ngni
at
ine
switc.n
at
.i"
"-
p-,"f
!
court
and
had
seeri'-
the
Uation,W
badly
damaged-
.:.
.
4
ii
email
men
tun
uyui
ocu
vuc
:
evidence
of
the
engineer
as
to
ed.
damage
by
chafing
at
their
the
absence
of
the
warning-signal
floats
on
the.
waterfront
are
now
.
t
.l.
j.
...
belnir
renalred
at
tho
drvdoek.
!
Capt.
Tony
Martinson's
halibut
i
I
I
riAfin
TP
IIP
1
T
I
boat
Livingstone
drifted
away
1
I
AKIN
K
IS
Hr
All
lfrom
her
moorings
in
the
gale.
jrUJJl
IU
llUnS
hnt
.....
nie,e.A
Iln
in
thR
harbor.
OF
MERCHANTS'
,
Elected
President
of
Local
Retail
Body
Last
Night;
Various
Mat-
I
ters
Being
Taken
Up
The
Prince
Rupert
Retail
Merchants
Association,
meeting
at
the
moi
thly
dinner
last
evening
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
with
G.
.
H.
.
Mun-
jm
Lee.
jterest
In
city
affairs.
He
was
deputy
postmaster-general
at
Otv
Secretary
-
Wallace-
Orchard
vico-presment
91
ine
pwvvngucf
tnwt
latea
tnal
u
re(luesi
inail
find
No'rman
Watt.
18b
anu
n5c
'"Mfme.federaP
buildings
be
erected
nere
Treasurer
S.
P.
McMordleand
George
Munro.
Directors
S.
D.
Johnston,
Jar
vis
McLeod,
John
Dybhavn,
John
Dore
and
James
Thompson.
Other
tinmlrUitlnn
mav
he
madn
br
mem.
v
ca
Mine
shareholders
iar
urgnirucrs
u
uiey
wish.
MINES
ARE
CLOSED
NANAIMO.
March
27:
The
Extension
mines
are
being
closed
tbday
for
an
Indefinite
period.
About
260
miners
wbo
live
at
Indysmlth
will
lose
their
Jobs.
mayor,
died
last
nignt
agea
oa,
He
came
here
in
1862
from
Lon
Street.
irMntr.i.nrlro
itrvnnt
nnd
don
and
always
took
a
great
In-,
A
communication
from
the
mayor.
He
was
again
elected
in
had
ben
turned
oter
to
the
puu-1897,
1898
and
1899.
He
was
also
nc
works
department.
I
at
one
time
president
of
the(
The
association
is
also
seeking
Pioneer
Association.
BRITISH
REFUSE
TO
ABOLISH
PENALTY
OF
the
establishment
of
a
city
mall
delivery
service
here
.
uiMivn
iiprniiiiru
FISH
TO
BE
SOLD
EARLY
TOMORROW
Bidding
at
Local
Halibut
Exchange
Is
Deferred
Until
-
Thursday
..
Halibut
,
arrivals
here
.
today
are
being
held
over
until
9
o'clpck
to-
'
i-
ai
:
..in
ewi,(Hr
m-
morn
ne
when
there
will
,o
p.-esiding,
eieciea
ou.cers
zor
102J
as
follows:
t
.
in
.,t
for
.
President
Dan
Jabour
Vice-president
D.
C.
McRae.
Secretary
-
treasurer
V
M
!
11-
exchange
'preparation
a
special
ftsh'
train
which
will
be
despatched
east
at
2
o'clock
in
the
afternoon.
Friday
being
a
holi-
day,
there
will
be
no
sale
that
day.
Executive
l-
t.
r
C.
r
G.
Minns,
Minn.
nrt
Bert
...
........
A
th
the
boats
in
,
,jn
today
Morgan
and
N.
Mussallem.
The
meeting
endorsed
a
resolu
Following
are
with
catches
:
.,
.
..
,
,.
...
it..-.
rtiiicntau
i
ivuwi,
.-.vyv
Pounds;
Franklin.
14,000;
Inger.
with
regard
to
regulation
n
of
tariff
I
1000;
Peggy,
7000;
Garland.
Garland,
6300.
5300.
Ion
Canadian
halibut
entering
tne
United
States.
..tji.
Hnn-w,,),!,
i7nn.
At
thn
meet
nir
of
the
Uotarv
VltrlORIA.
.March
sj:
,
..
4h
-
I
-
.
I
1L
Va
uetiucu
vu
ivunw
I
.....
mrr
iClub
tomorrow
the
nominating
,
Charles
E.
Redfern,
pioneer
Jew-
,
Droceed
at
once
with
the
'aui,,us
owu
committee,
will
place
In
nomination
i
eller
of
this
city
and
four
times
building
of
floats
on
municipal
ENGINEER
TO
MAKE
SURVEY
P.G.E.
RAILWAY
VICTORIA,
March
26:
J.
Cal-loghan,
deputy
minister
of
rail
ways
in
Alberta
has
been
in
con-
VICTORIA,
March
26:-Dr.
ferepce
with
Premier
Tolmlc
an
J
i
'no
mb
net
In
connection
with
.
-ru'.-
1...
i.i..
n..
Anrii
i
,Mr.
Calloghan
were
sougni
uy
UUMUUFi,
tuari.ii
t.i
.
..v.u
"
-
--
----
1
house
of
commons,
sitting
in
com-J
.T'T;
mlttee
to
consider
the
annual
army.
Union
freighter
Chllliwack,
and
air
force
bill
yesterday,
re-.Capt.
John
Mulr,
Is
due
in
port
jected
the
Labor
amendment
to
from
the
south.
The
vessel
has
abolish
the
death
penalty
for'
(
coal
and
powder
to
discharge
at
cowardice
in
the
field.
The
vote!
Prince
Rupert
and
will
proceed
was
174
to
180.
from
here
to
btewart.
the
government
while
the
survey
is
being
made
as
he
was
connected
with
the
P.
G.
E.
work
when
the
line
was
construted.
Tho
Premier
stated
that
it
was
undecided
whether
Mr.
Calloghan's
services
could
be
obtained.'