To low's Tides ' ' - Satu. V; tmber 20. 1930 High- ...i . l0 a.m. 19.0 It. ' 26 p.m. 22.2 ft. Low W a.m. 8.7 It. 3 1 pjn. 1.9 ft. "i Vol. XXI., 295. PRAIRIE IS ON WAY Hanks to Be Protected on Wheat Pool Advances 1930 ESTEVAN, 8ask., Dec. 19: Intimation that the Dominion government had come to the aid of banks in guaranteeing them against loss on 1930 wheat crop advances to tne Wheat Pool was contained in an address by Premier Anderson at Mld- VUpremler Anderson expressed the opinion that announcement would be made In the near future by Premier Dennett in this connection. SEARCH IS CONTINUING Police noat Leaves This Morning to Look For Laporte and Uudland The provincial police power cruiser P. M. L. a, In charge of Constable Olscn, left this -morning to continue ,the .search for Pete Laporte Jr. ana ir. iOnd. who were blown ws j - - . i on up the coast. BIRTH NOTICE A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ryan of Kitkatla, u. C, December 16. Little If Any As Result of uary 20. Their Long Hike A local man. who happened Churchill on Hudson Bay would be the port of entry.!. A commonwealth would not be , established unless the Dominion refused the demands! of the west in at Vanderhoof at the first of this week when R. I. Van Der Dyl and T, T. Cressy arrived there after navlng been marooned for about a month at Thutade Lake after Pilot V. A. Joerss lifted their plane off', the lake when It threatened to frees In, says that the two men were In good shape on coming out They had pvnprience mush Inn in Bey and cluding a guaranteed price, lor No. v ll Northern wheat of! 11. In aU Dorothea Comlnr North From Se-i Talk of secession hre Is not the ' country atlle to Institute Intensive first murmur among the farmers of men Search For Renahsn i this province of a breakaway from I the present Dominion on the part nij The SetUamotorshlpDoretfcqaot .tlje wsA.... .... . well known in Prince Rupert as a ; former lumber carrier from here. Is Ti VTIFTI TP'hTr' now on her way north from Seattle H X r U1Y1JUM T. K I K M I VLi F. to institute an Intensive search be- LilXl :ween here and Ketchikan for Pilot I Robin Renahan, Mechanic Frank , Hatcher and Sam Clerf, guide, who i have been missing since October 28 when they disappeared somewhere near hee while proceeding north to join the Durke search. The Dorothea has been substituted for the Margnita which It was originally intended to send north from Seattle. It has been suggested In Vancouver by persons who purport to know the country that another search should be made In the Lowe Inlet area for Renahan by a fleet of .small boats. GUARANTEE BY GOV'T HARMLESS Van Der Byl and Cressy Suffered states States. THE STATES 1 TT Judjrmeat of Judge Clark Declaring! Prohibition Unconstitutional j - : Is Featured j WASHOTON, Dec. 19: -The' Judgment of Federal Judge William Clark ot New Jersey declaring that the prohibition law in this country was Unconstitutional and that the Eighteenth Amendment would be Ineffective in tKe State of New Jer- j nei $y throughout the a furore. Big headlines per throughout the rded the fact and cora- It. i more conservative com- n. ajsjkes it Clear that the am-iri any present dan ger. TO fwejua. rjMuse,.?- cencur in the Judgment of Judge Clark. The law will be enforced as usuAHfrfftew Jersey state and President Hoover Is taking quick action to Insure that no change takes place at least at present. A formal appeal has been entered to the Supreme Court of the United ' I'n.J JM'KINNON . IS FREED Magistrate McClymont Finds Insnf. .ficient Evidence to Warrant Trial on Manslaughter Charge Giving his decision In city police .. . n t, Miurt . thi morning. Magistrate actually come out from Thutaae lves hut hired a na- With the promise of still more Mefflimsnt founS that' paper mill. Mr." Campbell based Zl r;emie in way o waiupt ttlp tt real hardship. They did the distance j warrant his dlm Ale, McKin- ---- - in 13 dayi and lost weliht some-inon up ior uiai on u what because of the exercise. Both, manslaughter and, therefore, he however, were feeliitg In the pink of dismissed the charge. McKlnnon nrtiuon I was the driver of a city truck which Van Der Byl and Cressy did not went off the street at the corner of Tenth Avenue and. Bacon Street nearly two weeks ago, William Han- .i.,- t pnminv them from ! son dying as a result or Thutade to Takla Landing, a good! sustained In the crash. deal more than half the distance. They, however, missed a party of n . j native guides who had been sent frillCe Ol VYalCS from Takla Landing w Dring mow. Van Der Byl Is a former Resident of Prince Rupert, having before the war been In the taxi and garage business here. HOUSE IS ADJOURNED British Parliamentarians to Oet a Month's Respite From Very Arduous Labors LONDON, Dec. 19: Jaded by injuries Is Doing Nicely Chill Is Running its . Normal Course Heir to Throne Passed Good Night LONDON, Dec. 19 Tlie chill from which the Prince of Wales it suffering Is taking its normal course. His Royal Highness Is said to have had a good night. The Weather TrlpWi Island Fresh Westerly wlud. moderate sea, clear with out to sea from Lucy Island in a, debate durlng llgnt clouds, dory a week ago this afternoon. Tne w . . ,ne ernment has faced! Dead Tree Point-Part cloudy, police boat wfh thoroughly 'como n uu ftfter onother, Parliament light southeasterly wind. Stcnhens and Dundas Islands ana ..,.,. -thl, afternoon untllJan- Barometer 30:10, . temperature 33. seA smooth. Langara Part cloudy, th westerly wind, sea calm. strenuous aaya aneau, wis nf Parliament were thankful of this Prince ,Rupert-01oudy, south nnnortunlty to get a little rest be- eat; 0 miles? barometer 30:20, " temperature .40; sea smooth. fore the storm breaks again. Their Lordships of the Privy Council declare that the remuneration should not be based on the actual labor of Campbell but rather on the value to Wallberg of what Campbell's Intervention produced. Therefore, Their Lordships allowed Campbell's appeal and declared In their opinion that a proper remuneration would be $50,000. It was also directed that the respondents, the trust company, should pay the costs of Campbell's appeal to the Privy Council. The acUon hinged on the Intro duction by Campbell of Lester Clarke, president of a newspaper and magailnc corporation, to Wall berg, president of the Lake St. John Power & Paper Co. . FLOWING LAVA KILLS NINETY JAVANESE BATAVIA, Java, Dec 19:- Ninety natives died yesterday in the sudden and violent erup- tlon of a volcano at Merapl, in Central Java, whlch had been active for two-weeks. The vie- Urns were engulfed by a stream of lava two hundred yards wide and seventy feet high which advanced so rapidly light that they were; unable to es- cape after they saw It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSlAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER i9, 1930 tuft i rtTiffiiW'sftiJ"i Prince of Wales is making satisiactory recovery confined to his rooms. following 'chill; Ghirles, Campbell, Edmonton and Regina Newspaperman, Awarded $50,000 In Privy Council Appeal LONDON, Dec. 19: Charles E. Campbell, Edmonton and Regina newspaper publisher, today yon his appeal to the Privy Council against decisions of itie Ontario courts in a dispute with the Nationalist Trust' Co., acting as executors of the estate of the late E. A. Wallbert over com mission the appellant claimed for the sale of the output of Vancouver Stocks (Oourtmr S. O. Jonn"n Co.) Big Missouri, 37, 38. Cork Province, nil, 1. Duthle Mines, 10. IS. Georgia River, 2, nil. Golconda, 31. 35. Grandvlew, nil, 3H. Indian Mines, 1V, 2. Kootenay King, nlL 1. Lakevlew, nil, 1. Lucky Jlm,1, nil. Morton Worfsey, 2 ft, nil. Marmot River Gold, nil, 1. National Silver. 2, 2 ft. Noble Five, 4, 5. Oregon Copper, 5V4, 6. Pend Oreille. 70, nil. Premier, 63, 70. Porter-Idaho, 6V4, nil. Reeves Macdonald, 25, nil f Rufus-Argenta, 2,' 3. Stiver Crest, 1ft, 2ft. Snowflake, 1ft, 2. Sunloch, 50, nil. Topley Richfield, 1, Hi. Bluebird, nil, 3. ' OILS CUlmont, 20, 23, , Dalhousle, 45, nil . DeyenishN3, nit. , g.f Fabyan Pete, 2, vff Home, 1.62, 1.65; -Royallte, 15.00, 6.00, Hargal, 10, 15. Mercury, 35 ft, 36. United, 26, 27... VANCOUVER WHEAT proposition over. "May Ve state, then, that there Is probability of your company making an offer for purchase," he was aiked. i You had better say poslbllltyr was his reply. Mr. Pawson stated that his com pany's chief, desire was to secure plants where there was a possibility of hydro development. While the, Balagno Orchestra SATURDAY EVENING Sunken Gardens 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS CESSION IS ADVOCATED POWER CORPORATION MAY GO TO PEACE RIVER COUNTRY Breakaway From Dominion Urged Actively by Agrarian's Meeting In Province of Saskatchewan Farmers Request Head Office to Formulate .Charter of CI TD APE IM Liberty For Presentation to Government Would I V U l )lLi 111 Have Free Trade With Britain WILKIE, Sask., Dec. 19: A farmers' meeting here yesterday asked the head office of a thirty thousand strong Saskatchewan agrarian unit to formulate a "charter of liberty" listing agricultural demands. Under the plan, Manitoba and Alberta will be asked to join Saskatchewan in a co-operative union. Direct exchange with the HMother Country would exist on a MOTORSHIP ;fres trade and barter bails. Port Suffering From Cold Pawson Visits Chief Town of Valley and Institutes Dealings Commercial Agent of Big Hydro-Electric Concern Looks Over Peace River Municipal Plant With View to Purchase PEACE RIVER, Dec. 19: Following several communications by telegraph and letter between his company and the town council, H. E. Pawson, representing the Power Corporation of Canada, of Montreal, was a Visitor to Peace River this "week to look over the local electric light and . . . . . ..tl. n iMAii, - nntvilinfn Vi lite AwitAnmr TIVxl jJUWcl plan I, Willi it view iu jjuitnaoc uy mo v.uiiipaiijr. iur iwlng his arrival he spent the time 1 1 1 from then until he left looking over I . roTTTrn he plant and distribution system, i A J VU 4 K rcolng into details as to power out- '"'W put, rates, etc. He also took oppor tunity to look over the possibility of water power; development. I EVASIVE In an Interview shortly before his . . . Pa"uU No Satisfied W th Tolmie's departure Wednesday. Mr. Pawson stated that the local plant first. i- came to the npttce of his company Ge"Se By-Electlon through an advertisement placed In , i VICTORIA, Dec. M:--"Pmntar the he Electrical News advertising explanaUon as to the call, flrstiTolmie-s the olant for sale. Following correspondence. thompanfalredito oi thZ,Fo 0frB bJ'!!ec,"n him to visit Peace River to loo tne i vk"--"' . . iuuo, provincial uoerai teaaer, yesterday. "I did not state that the election was called 'because' I was away .but I explained that It was called 'while' I was away. As for weather possibilities, If it should turn to forty below zero, not onfy will there be grave 'difficulty Of campaigning but the vote will be exceptionally light. ' "There was ho occasion, however, for calling the election over the company has a few diesel plants. ho,u ayseason -Itml ght just as well the are not particular about tak- , ... A . ... v i 1 1& v r- urrii i:iiiru iui uic run ui tin ing on others unless they are lo cated adjacent to potential hydro sites. His company would probably look Into the possibilities In this re gard In the vicinity of Peace River and, If an offer is to be made, it will be forthcoming in time so that a vote may be taken at the time of the municipal elections In February. The Power Corporation have Investments totalling flfty-slx million dollars, and Including power plants from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Some of their, properties Include the B. C. Electric, the Prince Rupert power and light plant, and many others In the west. In addition to many projects In Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime. 125 APPLY FOR DINNER XMAS DAY Twenty Hampers Also Needed For Those Not Troperly Provided For There have already been 125 men"? nnnlv fnr for the Salvation Army and it is thought that probably the number will be Increased to 150. This together with 20 hampers will require a good deal of money. So far the donations are: Previously acknowledged, $14755 A Scandinavian 1.00 A Friend 1.00 W. A. Bell 2.00 Smith & Mallett 10.00 Mrs. F. McB. Young .. .box of apples Watts' Grocery oranges Dr. W. T. Kergln 5.00 Bob Ive 5.00 VANCOUVER Dec. 19: 'Wheat Well Wisher 2.00 was quote dat54c on the local ex- A. C. D ,1.00 change today. ; L. W. Patmore 10.00 uary and certainly a court of revision should have been held before the election was held. Fifty per cent of the voters of the Peace River area are disfranchised. Our prime minister offers no explanation In this regard." MONEY FOR ' PUBLICITY T. II. Johnson Says More Being Asked to Aid Marketing Fish "It is the aim of the Canadian Fisheries Association to secure the expenditure by the government of the sum of $100,000 for publicity purposes to aid in marketing fish. Already it is announced that $25,000 has been secured to help the salmon men but the association will not be satisfied with that. They will continue their activities until the other $75,000 has been secured." This was a statement made by T. II. Johnson, last year's president of the association, in an address to the Prince Rupert Rotary Club yesterday. He said tho association was not concerned particularly with any one one. branch of the Industry but was nhriitma. nhrl.ttmas Dinner Dinner with wlthlWte i interested in an it was saiisiacwry that a beginning had been made. Widespread Strike Still On In Spain Government Firmly Entrenched But Danger of Civil Strife Not Ended MADRID, pec. 19: While the revolt In this country has been suppressed temporarily at least and the government Is securely entrenched, danger from civil strife is not over as long as the half million men at present on strike are out.