TOMORROW'S TIDES r Thursday, January J High 8:26 &sa Av. 21:26 p.ir Low 1:54 a.m. 15:15 p.m. Vol XXI. No. 6. DOPE Dan Sutherland Young Saskatoon Man Was Shot to Death by Police, Raid Tuesday Failed to Halt When Ordered by Detectives; Had No Previous Record CALGARY, Jan. 8. Registered at a city hotel as C. Gray of Regina, a young man was shot to death by Detective Patterson of the Calgary police yesterday in one I of the rooms of the hotel following a raid by detectives on the premises and the arrest connected with a dope ring. room to continue the search for drugs and was suddenly confronted by Gray, who pulled a gun and refused to haft Floating Hospital as Was Destroyed by A Sudden Squall $ VANCOUVER, Jan. S.-Smashed by a adden squall which swept'Irfy i from Malaspina Strait, the Colum bia Coast Missions floating hospital sank' near Port Neville. 165 miles north of here, as it was being towed from Green way Sound to Pender I Harbor. , The three unaMuUdlng which: were mounted on log floats, .were ' being towed by a tug when,(t,hey struck at 3:30 in the morning. By the time the tug could reach shelter the floats were broken up. Word of the loss, which occurred Ia::t- week, has reached Rev. John Anile, superintendent of the mU-tbn, of Vancouver. Orientals Driving Whites and Indians Out of Industry Says Delegate in Washington House WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A picture of the distressed condition of Indian and white independent fishermen of Alaska was portrayed in the House of Representatives yesterday by Delegate Dan Sutherland in making a plea for Alaskan control of salmon fishing. A virtual monopoly, he said, had been granted the large canning interests. This condition had been responsible, he declared, for an exodus of twenty thousand white people from the tern- ,tory during the last twenty years. . I The condition was one which also Border Patrol Is Increased U. S. Government Taking Steps to Prevent Smuggling of Rum as Well as Other Commodities WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 8. The United States border patrol on the entire Canadian boundary Is to be consolidated and intensified, according to announcement made here yesterday. Not only will determined efforts be made to prevent rum running, but attempts will also be made to prevent smuggling of 6ther commodities into this country. Son of Premier Macdonald Is to Study Buildings NEW YORK:, Jan. 8. Alllster O. Macdonald, eldest son-of Premier Ramsay Macdonald of Oreat Britain, arrived in New York yesterday to study skyscrapers. He is an architect. 1 r4 IS. J, r. of seven men alleged to be Patterson remained in the ,wnen ordered 10 ao so. raiterson fired and killed the man. The dead man has been identified Charles O rummy, aged 22, of Saskatoon. He had no previous police record. A young wife lives In Saskatoon. ! .. EowRoyal Air Force Men Dead Were Killed In MM A'r Crash. Bullish Air Ministry Announces fDQN, Jan. 8. The Dritlth Air lery announced today tnai .members of:, the Royal Air flrceThad been killed at Abu Sueir, gypi. in a con an planes in mld-alr. PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVER. Jan. 8: The price wheat here today was quoted at $1.354. brought abject poverty to the Indl ans. The importation of Chinese and Philllplne labor to aid in fishing and In the canneries was assailed by Delegate Sutherland as depriving the Indians and whites of almost all opportunities for work. The delegate also charged that representatives of the fishing and canning Industries kept congressional representatives and other important delegations from learning the true conditions. Sutherland assailed the Bureau of Fisheries as "favoring" canneries and fishing interests and with having given them "the heritage of the Indian" which they were Instructed to protect. Now fewer fish were being caught than before the conservation program; jhad been enacted, he said. ? 0W13ti Ontario Brass Maker Is Dead - LONDON, Ont.. Jan. 8. Thomas A. Stevens, president and general manager of the Empire Brass Manufacturing Co.,. Is dead at the age of 82 years. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, N CALGARY IS ALLEG Condemns Alaska Fishing Monopoly Twenty Are Killed In Wreck of Tunis To Algiers Train ALGIERS. Jan. 8. Twenty persons were killed in a wreck of the Tunis to Algiers train near Quelma. The locomotive derailed while crossing an iron viaduct when the viaduct collapsed. " THIRTEEN WINS NOW Boston Bruins Add To Record for National League Straight Victories BOSTON, Jan. 8. Boston ran its string of consecutive victories In the National Hockey Beague to thirteen here last night, when they defeated the New York Rangers. These old Stanley Cup rivals staged a furious struggle. At New York Toronto gained a tie for third place In the International group by holding the Americans to a tie. At Montreal the Maroons came up from behind to defeat the Ca-nadiens, giving them their third straight victory over their local rifota. thta season. . - . . ... Scores were: Montreal 2. Canadlens 1. Toronto 1, New York Americans 1 (overtime. New. York Rangers 0, Boston 3. ASTONISHED ATREPORT Canadian Government Knows Nothing of Anti-Smuggling Parley at Washington OTTAWA, Jan. 8 Reports from Washington that Canada may send a delegation to the United States capital to discuss anti-smuggling measures proposed by the Treasury Department there are received here with astonishment. Under-Secretory of State for External Affairs Skelton said: "No conference with the United States on the subject is under consideration by the Canadian government." To Look Into Pend Oreille Brantford Shareholders Worried That Stock May Drop Below Actual Value BRANTFORD, Ont., Jan. 8. A meetlirg of the shareholders of Pend Oreille Lead and Zinc Co. was held here last night It Is estimated that sixty-five thousand shares of the stock are held locally. The holders are anxious to keep the stock from dropping below its actual, value. , . ' It was Intimated following the meeting that an application would be made to the Ontario attorney-gene rnl's department for an investigation Into the local market condition of the stock. OK PUBLIC C. A. Lusby 1 Sggflgflgr? 3Jffigggj Chairman, Maritime Division Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Amherst, Ni5. PARLIAMENT MEETS ON FEBRUARY 20 . OTTAWA, Jan.,, 8: Parlia- ment will meet dn February 20, Premier King announced last night at the, dose of a cabinet meeting. The Premier did not indioLhUier o t not this might ;be the last session before a federal elec- tion. SETTLEMENT IS PENDING Agreement Over B. C. Lands to Be Drawn Up In Ottawa Next Week OTTAWA. Jan. 8. Settlement of the problems surrounding the return of railway lands and the Peace River Block to (he province of British Columbia is being held in abeyance pending the return to the capital of the two negotiators most Intimately concerned with It. Hon. Charles Stewart, federal minister of the interior, is in Toronto, and Hon. Nelson Lougheed, provincial minister of public works, is In Chicago. It is likely that ah agreement drawn up with the Martin report as a basis will be signed some time next week, probably next Wednesday. CRERAR IS NOT TO BE OPPOSED AFTER ALL IN BRANDON WINNIPEG. Jan. 8: Hon. T. A. Crerar, the new federal minister of railways, will not be opposed in the Brandon by-election on February 12 by the Conservative it was announced yesterday by Dr. II. C. Hodgeeon, president of the Manitoba Conservative Association. MEETING, MOOSE HALL, THURSDAY, JAN. 9, AT 8 P. M. IN THE INTERESTS OF S. M. NEWTON, Mayoral Candidate All candidates for mayor, aldermen and school trustees , will be given a hearing, JAN. 8, 1930 I ERECT NEW BUILDING THIRD AVE. The building occupied by M. T. I.ee, the tailor, and owned by Airs. Cans, widow of the former police magistral in Prince Rupert, is to be torn down soon, and, it b understood, it will be replaced by a concrete structure lo be commenced within a couple of months. To allow the work of demolition to commence soon, the tailoring establishment is to be moved farther down the street. Former Wheat King Seeking Health In California Climes CALGARY, Jan. 8. Herman Trelle of Wembley, former world wheat and oats king and winner of more prizes and championships at the Chicago International Show than any other man, after having been confined to hospital here for several months, has left for Los .Arujelec . .. Mr. Trelle was accompanied by Mrs. Trelle and daughter, Marie. Mrs. Trelle, for the present will only proceed as far as Vancouver, returning to Calgary to be near her ion, Kay, who is confined to hospital with scarlet fever. It Is understood the former world's champion is making rapid strides toward recovery and the trip south has been advised by physicians as a means of speeding recovery. Gen. Weygand New French Army Chief Military Heir of Marshal Foch Succeeds To His Right PARIS, Jan. 8. General Maxln Weygand was today formally named chief of the general staff of the French army. He ls the military heir of Marshal Foch. Long before his death, Marshal Foch said to Senator Hassabuau: "Monsieur Le Senator, when I am no longer here, If a military peril menaces France, call on Weygand and you will be tranquil." Oeneral Weygand is considered the ablest military man of France. He is 62 years of age and ls not Only noted as a military strategist, but as an administrator of outstanding ability. He has been acting chief of staff for some time. HOOVER'S FAREWELL Gave Parting Breakfast to Delegates to London Conference WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 8. President Herbert Hoover, giving a farewell breakfast yesterday to American delegates to the naval disarmament conference on the eve of their departure for London, assured them that the government and people of the United States would stand solidly behind their efforts and give them every encouragement. The president prophesied that the conference would prove one of the greatest steps yet made toward the goal of world peace. He pointed out, however, that results might not seem immediately tangible, but, nevertheless, there should not be discouragement. Most of Pacific Coast Outlet For Peace River District Is Already Built, Editor States Peace River needs a route to the Orient, but that does not mean that a Pacific Ocean must be made to give such a route, writes Charles W. Frederick, publisher of the Grande Prairie Herald. Peace River requires an outlet to the Pacific Coast, but that does nol mean that a new line of railway must be built the entire distance from Peace River to tidewater. Most of it is already built. When some people and some newspapers mention the subject of a proposed coast outlet for the Peace' River country it ls In terms which Indicate a belief that some gigantic undertaking ls proposed, Involving Immense construction programs of a thousand miles or more of railway over all but insurmountable mountain ranges.' What the Peace country actually requires is the con struction of 360 miles of railway along a water grade to connect presently constructed or projected lines of railway to complete a new I and shorter route to tidewater. The program of the Northern Alberta Railway calls for construction westwards as far as Hudson Hope, i where this northern rail system; must go tor Its coal supply. From Hudson Hope to Hazelton by the.4 route a railway would need to take h i distance of 360 miles. This route has alread jrbeen surveyed by an engineer employed by one of the large railway systems and found entirely practicable and feasible This same engineer has made an estt (Continued on page two.) n NORTHWEST COLD WAVE Portland Has Twenty Above Zero Weather; Snap Is Continuing PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 8. Throughout the entire northwest, the cold wave which has been experienced since late last week continued last night. The thermometer here reached a low level for the present winter of twenty degrees Khiw ?.ero and other points reported -correspondingly low temperatures. Former President Taft Taking Rest I ' Goes To Hospital in Washington for Week and Will Then Have i Extended Vacation WASHINGTON. D.C., Jan. 8. i Former President William Howard Taft, chief Justice of the United States, was admitted to a private hospital here yesterday for a week's rest and care, after which he will leave for an extended holiday and change. The 72-year-old chief Jus- j tice has not been in the best of health, although there is no cause for alarm. Last week he vlsltco Cincinnati to attend the funeral of his . half-brother, Charles Phelps Taft, noted publisher ad philanthropist, who died at the age of 86 years. Motherwell Is Recovering On 70th Birthday OTTAWA, Jan. 8. Rapidly recovering from an illness with pneumonia, Hon. W. R. Motherwell, minister of agriculture, celebrated his seventieth birthday in hospital Monday. Boston Grill IAUQB CAllAttET BpciI Olnnen Thursday ind SAturfUyi "Dancing Every Saturday Nlgnt, 9 to 11 Danes HU for Hlr Accommodation (or Private Parties PHONE 457 PIUCE FIVE CENTS ED ROYALTY WEDDING Princess Marie of Belgium Becomes Bride of Italy's Crown Prince BRILLIANT SCENE Kings, Queens, Princes and Prin- cesses at Ceremony "HOME, Jan. 8. Princess Marie 'Jose,' only daughter cf the King and Queen of Belgium, this morning be- camVthe bride of Prince Humbert of' 'Piedmont, heir to the Italian throne. The ceremony was performed at mass In the historical j.chap?l. or the QuirJnai EaJceJlhe -scene of four conclaves for the election of Popes. Cardinal Maffl, Archbishop of Flsa.a' noted astronomer, performed; thf jceiemony. Three Kings, two Rubens. 'Wo former Kings, three fo'Mlrj '''''''Queens, twenty-eight princes aVid -twenty-six princesses were amdng the guests. The Duke of York represented King George of England. JUDGMENT CUTD0WN Appeal Court Reduces Big Missouri Award From S100,000 to $16,000 VICTORIA, Jan. 8; William Harris, aged prospector of Port Angeles, who sued Daniel Lindeborg and others on a claim of $100,000 as one-third share of an Interest in the Big Missouri group of mines in the Portland Can;!! district, has had his Judgment1, award of $100,000 scaled down to $16,310 on a review by the British Columbia Court of Appeals. Mr. Justice Galllher would have allowed Harris $50,000. The Appeal Court ruling will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, it was stated by counsel for Harris. Huntingdon Mayor Grit Nominee For Robb Quebec Seat HUNTINaD0"N7Jan. 8.D. J. O'Connor, mayor of Huntingdon, has accepted candidature In forthcoming federal by-election for the Huntingdon - Chateauguay seat, made vacant by the death of Hon. J. A. Robb. and -will stand for the riding in the Liberal interest. No announcement has. yet been made as to a Conservative candidate. ' loiffiv; ? 10 nor-. JACK SHARKEY AND PHIL SCOTT MATCH NEW YORK, Jan. 8:-Jack Sharkey. Boston sutlorman, will battle Phil Scott, heavy- weight champion of Great Britain, in Miami on February 27.