TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Friday,
March
28,
1930
High
.'
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19.0
ft.
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p.m.
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Vol.
XXI.,
No.
73.
4
Power
EXPORTS
INCREASE
Interesting
Statement
Issued
by
O,
C.
Woodward.
United
States
'
Consul
Exports
handled
through
the
American
Consulate
at
Prince
Rupert
during
the
year
1929
are
valued
at
$10,797,046
according
to
a
statement
issued
by
O.
C.
Woodward,
American
consul
here.
In
1928
the
value
was
placed
at
$3,-573.490.
the
Increase
In
exports
lor
the
past
year
representing
shipments
which
were
formerly
not
Invoiced
at
this
consulate.
Following
are
details
of
the
exports:
1QM
100'$'
Animal
products
edible
$
476
J
12
592,iott?'
Animal
products,
ined
dlble
,5W2a
"
&W5il
T"
1
Vegetable
products
12,500
8,665
Wood
and
paper
65,022
1526,7
Nonmctalllc
Minerals
......
81,132
203.5
Metals
and
2,275,380
8,611.293
Machinery
tt
Vehicles
1.499
Chemicals
....
2.017
ToUl
exports
$3573,490
$10,797,040
Returned
American
Goods
51,668
."imcnt
Product.
Amer.
Fisheries
2.156.626
2,866,805
Exports
and
returned
American
;
goods
invoiced
at
the
Prince
Kupen
Consulate
during
the
calendar
year
1927
total
$848,312.
I
NOMINATED
I
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17
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Federal
Seat
VICTORIA.
March
27:
Tnomas
Oraham
of
Cumberland
was
nomi-1
nated
by
a
Conservative
convention
NORTHERN
AND
av
at
Noon
tream
in
Rowboat
Bodies
Went
Over
Lower
Falls;
Police
Now
Search
For
Them
M.
J.
Waterman
and
W.
Nilson,
Prince
Rupert,
D.
H.
Pierce,,
Port
Essington.
and
L.
Ward,
Vancouver,
Arc
Men
Who
Perished
Four
men
employed
by
the
Power
Corporation
of
Canada
in
connection
with
the
construction
of
the
new
hydro-electric
project
at
Falls
River
were
ed
yesterday
at
noon
as
they
attempted
to
cross
that
stream"
in
a
small
rowboat
above
the
lower
falls.
The
frail
craft
capsized
and
over
the
falls
to
their
death.
Two
other
men
in
the
boat,
more
by
good
fortune
'
i"
II
'
'
1"
t
'
'
aoic
to
save
mcir
lives
uy
the
stream.
The
dead
arc:
yd
M.
J.
Waterman,
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert
and
e
s.i
i
..
r
ir
W.
Nilson,
aged
42,
a
Swede,
Prince
Rupert.
I).
II.
Pierce,
son
of
Rev.
V.
II.
Pierce,
United
Church
clergyman,
Port
Essington.
L.
Ward,
30,
Vancouver.
The
bodies
had
not
been
recov-0
ercd
up
to
last
night
when
the
pro-
vinclal
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
8,
with
constables
and
KraDnllng
cfluin-
i
the
four
men
were
dashed
than
anything.
else,
,wprc
1.1!
i
11.
1
!
scramming
10
inc
uarws
oi
been
no
word
as
.to
the
result
ot
the
police
dragging
for
the
bodies,
It
is
passible
there
may
be
no
word
rive
here
from
Falls
River.
There1
are
no
other
means
ot
communi-
cation
except
by
k""u"c
Port
Essington.
officials
of
the
Power
Corpora
turn
spoe
appreciatively
thi-
morning
of
the
despatch
with
wnich
Staff
Sergeant
Alex
McNeill
on
board,
left
for
the
stenejunm
tonignt
wnen
a
doui
may
ar
of
the
tragedy.
,
In
Sight
or
Camp
The
The
six
six
men
men
are
are
believed
believed
to
to
have
have
been
crowing
the
river
to
tnecampi
for
their
noon
meal
wnen
tne
aeci-j
'dent
occurred
in
full
view
of
the
camp
and
about
three
hundred
:
feetaway
from
same.
The
water
at
this
point
is
usually
shallow
lough
to
permit
of
wading
acrosi
j
0f
the
provincial
police
had
his
sent
to
Falls
River
on
being
advised
of
the
tragedy.
The
PA1.
at
,ow
r
e
bwn!L.
8
having
Just
returned
from
deeper
on
this
occasion
owing
to;another
long
trip,
had
left
for
heavy
rains
of
the
past
few
days
and
mlldweather
melUng
the
snow
above.
It
wm
quite
usual
for
the
men
to
use
such
small
boats
in
going
and
coming
across
the
river
;
offlcers
ln
charge
of
dragging
op-In
the
course
of
their
work.
The
erati0ns.
Thcv
were
continuing
at
Courtenay
as
federal
canaiaaie
tne
At
the
time
of
the
accl-for
Comox-Albernl.
the
seat
which
dent
tno
tldfe
wa8
nboUt
nt
the
Is
now
held
by
A.
W.
Nelll.
Inde-
h,
h
flood
Tne
rans
wouid
a
pendent.
V
,
Mr.
Graham
Is
general
superin-
tendent
at
Cumberland
for
the
Ca-
nadlan
Collieries
Ltd.
PRIZE
FOR
PLASKETT
Director
of
Victoria
Observatory
Signally
Honored
By
Amcri-
can
Science
;
'
CAMBRIDGE,
Mass..
March
u
27
07.
The
Rumford
Premium
of
tne
Am-
.-I
1
..
1,1.
nnii
Rcl-
cutan
Acuueingr
ui
-
ences,
generally
regarded
as
one
of
tt.i-ii,
i
i
Am.
.
iuu
it;uuiiiS
Dncuwiii'
Victoria,
Harvard
university
nounced
today.
19.4
tt
8.5
ft
heleht
of
water
In
the
falls
over
which
the
bodies
went
might
vnry
from
two
to
mteen
feet
aocord-
jng
to
the
tides
which
flow
into
hundred
feet
or
so
distant
fromi
whre
the
rowboat
can-
jSjedi
u
j,
bftlleed
the
boat
may
have'
been
overiideVl
!nYthes
water
in
the
pool
is
usually
quite
smooth,
W.
NUaon,
one
of
the
drowned.,
was-
fortv-two
years
of
age
and
had
no
known
relatives,
being
a
'
o,.j
M.
J.
t
Waterman
.U,
wn
was
sfventv-two
seventy-iwo
years
of
ago
ana
came
irom
vuu-
couver.
He
was
known
as
"Fight-
-
ing
Mike"
ftPO'ioame..
ji;om
cy-
;fou,ldiand
nnd
being
Irish
by
birth.;
William
Waterman,
thlrty-thre
;
Kamloops
Street,
Vancouver,
Is
brother
.
,
,
L-
taV.'JM.
.
Vancouver
He
had
formerly
i
oeen
cmpioyeu
uj
up
t-
noon
today,
there
had
LIVES
LOST
Corporation
Employees
Drowned
Yester
Cros
sing
Two
Others
Succeed
in
Scrambling
Ashore
After
Craft
Capsized
in
Swirling
Waters
Near
Hydro-Electric
Development
Fallf
"Jver
with
grappling
irons
at
7
o
clock
last
evening.
Constable
Gibson,
Raybcne
and
nnbertt
are
the
provincial
Dollee
ft,o(.
wnrV
th,.
mnmmr
anrf
nn
,
v.
ful
ln
iocatlng
any
0(
the
bodies,
DRIFTERS
ARE
HERE
,
cre
u
ioi
i
or
inem
incrc
noma
Be
Very
Few
Unemployed
In
Prince
Rupert,
It
Is
Said
Nlnety-slx
unemployed
are
regis.
I
tcred
today
nt
lho
local
"lce
?f;curlty
pact
with
Great
Drltaln,
the
Employrnent
service
of
Canada
but
Jt
benevcd
that
there
may
fae
a
tota,
of
from
250
t0
300
uncm.
j
d
here
,ust
n0Wi
many
of
,hpm
nnt
hpIn
rplstert.d.
The
si
tuaUon
ls
Just
a
llttIe
WOrse'
now
than
It
has
been
all
winter.
0ne
cncouraglng
fact0r,
how-
enoueh
or
al-
most
employment
for
all
bona-flde
local
labor.
The.
list
of
workless
ls
largely
made
up
of
men
who
have
drifted
in
from
all
parts
of
the
country!
Were
It
not
for
them,
it
is
saw.
mere
wouia
do
very
icw
un-
employed
among
local
men.
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUftlBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
27,
1930
AT
DEAD
IN
VICTORIA
Late
George
p.
Bouton
Was
From-Inent
Vancouver
Island
Lumberman
VICTORIA.
Mareh
27:
-George
D.
Bouton,
manager
of
the
Empire
Lumber
Co.
and
a
well
known
Vancouver
Island
lumberman,
died
suddenly
in
his
office
last
night.
He
was
born
In
Ohio
lh
1859
and
came
here
in
1920.
SNOW
STORM
CHICAGO
rmcAfin
March
March
271
97TVnr
ral
a
severe
snowstorm
here
yester
-
!
day
which
temporarily
tied
up
communication
and
interfered
'with
transportation.
I
I
'
'
T
r
P
1
Kace
rrom
Seattle
to
rnncenuperc
Expected
to
Be
Greatest
on
Record
C
Ll
U
A
1
nigm
naye
mreauy
1
am
jLiurjr
rees
Alex
McRae,
secretary
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Yacht
and
Rowing
Club,
has
received
word
from
the
manager
of
the
Seattle
to
Prince
Rupert
yacht
race
that,
so
far,
the
own
ers
of
eight
boats
have
paid
their
entry
fees
and
that
it
is
expected
this
will
be
the
biggest
marine
race
ever
pulled
off
in
the
United
States
or
anywhere
else.
The
manager,
Richard
Froboese,
states
that
he
has.
received
the
charts
of
the
waterways
covering
the
route
and
they
are
without
exception
the
One
set
it
already
on
its
way
Los
Angeles
and
he
thinks
yachting
in
these
waters.
He
timers
at
Stewart
anchorage
also
the
judge
for
the
prize
STATESN0T
ENTER
ANY
TREATIES
?
Hoover
Warns
Delegates
Against
Being
Party
to
Any
Security
Pact
in
Europe
!
WASHINGTON.
March
27:
President
Hoover
has
warned
the
United
States
delegates
to
the
disarmament
conference
In
London
that
no
action
must
be
taken
which
would
ln
any
way
involve
United
States
in
European
wars.
He
spe
cially
warned
them
against
s8eaclStyp
52t
ln
thp
RttttPR
in
anv
The
action
of
the
nrpxfdrnt
was
I
taken
when
he
heard
that
M.
Brl-
and
of
France
was
back
ln
London
I
fn
rilc,iiQ
iViA
nnccthllltv
tt
n
cn-
DIVIDEND
WITHHELD
MONTREAL,
March
27:
The
re-
gular
quarterly
dividend
on
com-
mon
stock
Issues
of
the
Canadian
Industrial
Alcohol
Co.
Ltd.
for
the
quarter
ending
March
3,
has
been
deferred
by
the
directors
"owing
to
existing.
circumsiances,"
it
wasran-
at
nounced
yesterdays
'B.
FALLS
RI
V
ROAD
WORK
STARTING
Horticultur&list
K.
r9iisisisisisH
LLLLfikEia-
1
PsssH
BSBbBBBBBbBsiSSBBSBbIbBbIH
Attomey-oenctii
r
h
Poo'r,
who
Juri"
the
summer.
.District
Engineer
W.
K.
Gwyer,
betakes
surcease
iro-n
legislature
du-
ore
the
end
of
this
week,
expects
to
select
a
camp
site
and
ties
by
cultivating
pi
imroses
at
Es
qulmalt,
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
,
'
VANCOUVER.
March
27
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
Exchange
today
at
$1.051-8.
,
T
r
.
I
I,-
D
'
1
CL
r
-
finest
thev
have
ever
seen.
to
the
Motorboat
Show
at
should
stimulate
interest
in
asks
for
the
names
of
the
and
at
Prince
Rupert
and
awards.
.
ACT
OF
MERCY
PAUSED
DEATH
AT
STEWART
.
(Government
Teleeraphs)
STEWART,
March
27:
As
a
result
of
Jumping
from
a
4
second-storey
window
when
the
Universal
Supply
Co.'s
building
was
destroyed
by
fire
yesterday
morning,
David
Johnson
died
in
the
local
hos-
pital
from
a
broken
neck
at
3
o'clock
this
morning.
He
had
entered
the
building
to
arouse
the
proprietor,
G.
W.
Smith,
who
was
asleep
when
the
fire
broke
out.
Los
Angeles
Votes
Wet
in
U.S.
Liquor
Straw
Vote
Test:.
Radio
broadcasts
last
night
gave
the
fotlowinc
flaures
for
the
Liter
arv
Dluest
straw
vote
Just
taken
in
Los
Angeles
on
the
question
of
the
dry
law
in
the
United
States:
For
enforcement,
9.211.
,
For
modification,
11,561.
For
repeal,
ll,899
FUNERAL
NOTICE
The
funeral
of
the
late
Ronald
McKechnle
will
take
place
Friday;
2
p.m..
rrom
tne
cnapei
oi
the
C.
Undertakers.
j
Highway
Construction
Over
Rapids
Expected
To
Commence
Soon
Fifty
Men
Expected
to
Be
Employed
on
Clearing
of
Right-of-Way
and
Grading
Will
Pre-pare
For
Bridge
Building
Soon
after
April
1,
work
of
clearing
the
right-of-way
snd
grading
the
Skeena
River
Highway
on
the
other
side
f
Gallon
ay
Rapids
will
commence,
it
was
learned
today.
Probably
fifty
or
so
men
will
be
emnlnverl
nn
trip
ivnrlr
next
week
it
is
planned
to
put
up
the
camp.
Mr.
Gwyer
is
particularly
anxious
to
have
the
approach
to
the
Galloway
Rapids
bridge
from
the
other
side
in
shape
as
soon
as
possible.
It
has
also
been
Intimated
O
f
that
the
bridge
will
be
put
In
dur-
Meantime,
work
of
grading:
approach
to
the.,brldge
sitefrpm
the
present
end
of
the
road
Is
prq-
ceeding
with
a
crew
of
about
twen-:
ty-flve
men
employed.
The
survey
party
which
is
en
Amskmm
im&s&
(route
Is
now
beyond
Taylor
Lake,
lTJSV
,slde
ot
Oalloway
Rapids.
HflUM
WIRELESS
7
TELEPHONE
Direct
Service
to
Canada
Offered
Ry
British
Government
LONDON,
March
27:
The
British
Post
Office
is
prepared
to
provide
Canada
with
direct
wireless
telephone
communication
with
Great
Britain,
Hon.
It.
B.
Lees-Smith,
Postmaster
General,
stated
In
the
House
of
Commons.
Hr
said
that
the
Canadian
government
had
indicated
that
it
preferred
the
direct
system.
OTTAWA,
Slarch
27:
Confirmation
of
the
British
Postmaster
General's
statement
with
regard
to
wireless
telephonic
communication
between
Canada
and
Great
Britain
was
obtained
from
the
Department
of
Marine
here.
It
will
operate
through
a
Marconi
beam
system
at
Drummond-viile,
Quebec,
direct
to
Rugby,
England.
DICK
KNOX
TO
ENGLAND
C.N.S.S.
Superintendent
to
Spend
Several
Wcels
at
Birkenhead
ANCOUVER.
March
27:
Rl-
hard
Knox,
superintendent
cngln-,
cer.
Canadian
National
Steamships,
Vancouver,
leaves
this
evening
for
Birkenhead
to
attend
the
trials
of
M-
pr,ncc
Hcnry
wh,9n
will
take
place
Shortly.
Mf..
Knox
will
spend
several
weeks
in
the
yards
of
Cammellj
Laird
and
Co,
during
the
fitting
of
If
the
58,
Prince
David
and
Prince
Robert.
SS.
Prince
Henry
will
go
into
the
Alaskan
service
from
Vancouver
on
July
3.
For
nnirir
rn.mr
rv
"wnnt.
Ihtj
in
the
Daily
News.
Boston
Grill
LABOR
CABARET
BpecUl
Dinneri
Thurdjri
nd
BatuwUji
Danelnj
litrj
Saturday
N'lfht,
9
to
H
Dunce
Hall
for
Hir.
AceomawUtlo'na
for
PrlviU
Partlea
PHONE
487
PRICE
FIVE
CENTil
WIN
round
Have
Earnrd
Rijht
to
Meet
New
York,
Rogers
in
National
Hockey
Flay-Offs
MONTREAL,
March
27:
A
by
Howie.
Moreni
after
nearly
two
uuurs
oi
overwme
piay
gave
Montreal,
Caqadlens
a
victory
over
Chi-cago
here
last
night,
two-to-one
in
the
second-place
National
Hockey
League
play-offs.
The
Canadlens,
as
a
result,
took
the
round
three
to
two
and
wUl
play
the
New
York
Rangers
for
the
right
to
meet
the
winners
of
the
Boston-Montreal
Maroons
,f
irst
place
series.
ALIGHT
WINS
SPRING
CUP
Larking
Second
and
Regain
Third
ln
Liverpool
Racing
Event
Today
LIVERPOOL,
March
27:-An-thony
de?
Rothschild's
fourvear
old
colt,
Alight,
today
won
sjthe
Liverpool
Spring
Cup.
Larking
was
second,,
anil
Regain,
third.
Sixteen
horses
Van.
FISH
SALES
Summary
American
5,000
pounds,
16.3c
and
7.5c.
Canadian
10,800
pounds,
155c
and
8c.
to
16.7c.
and
8j5c.
American
Estep,
7500.
offered
135c
and
7c
holding
over.
Alltak,
5.000,
Booth,
16.3c
and
75c
,
.
Canadian
5500,
Cold
Storage,.
l.7c
,
.
Oulvlk
a.d
8c.
Dolphin.
5)00,
Atlln,
16.10
arid
8c.
victor.
300.
Cold
Storage.
155c
and
8c.
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GERMAN
CABINET
RESIGNED
TODAY
'
BERLIN,
March
27:
The
Mueller
cabinet
resigned
today
following
an
all-day
discussion
of
party
leaders
which
failed
to
result
In
an
agreement
on
the
question
or
unemploy-
ment
Insurance.