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TOMORROWS
TIDES
High
Low
TridayJ
Vol.
XXI..
No.
19..
Vivo
L
RAL
Powers
Are
Agreed
That
Naval
Needs
Are
Relative
and
That,
With
Common
Agreement,
They
Can
Be
Reduced
Evidence
and
argument
of
counsel
m
the
case
was
heard
yesterday
afternoon.
Oame
Warden
E.
Martin
and
Provincial
Constable
OUker
were
the
only
witnesses
for
the
cr.wn,
the
defence
tendering
no
evidence
'
Takes
Action
On
Ripple
Rock
and
Hecate
Straits
The
council
of
the
Board
of
Trade
has
again
taken
action
in
regard
to
the
removal
of
Ripple
Rock
and
the
lighting
of
Hecate
Straits.
At
meeting
held
in
the
council
chamber,
they
Instructed
the
secretary
to
write
to
Ottawa
asking
that
an
amount
be
placed
LONDON,
Jan,
23
Premier
Ram
say
Macdonald
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
the
government
had
decided"
to
set
tip
at
once
an
economic
advisory
council.
"I
hope
to
secure
the
whole
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
'
LONDON.
Jan.
23.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
Canadian
min-
Yokohama.
Jan.
23:-The
ister
of
national
defence,
addressing
the
first
working
ses-
o.
p.
o.
s.
liner
Empress
of
cinn
nf
f
ho
naval
rl
isjirmnmpnt
rrmferpnpfi
tndav.
declared
Canada
sailed
yesterday
for
.
n
.ir
9lJ
1
l
..1.1
T
that
no
Canadian
exposition
on
the
naval
question
would
be
made
at
this
time,
but
that
Canada
was
prepared
to
cooperate
one
hundred
per
cent
in
the
purposes
of
the
conference.
Australia
also
promised
one
hundred
per
cent
cooperation.
In
Queen
Anne's
drawing
room
at
the
Palace
of
St.
.James,
naval
powers
today
submlt-
RICHMOND
DISMISSED
Charge
t'naer'
Game
Act
Thrown
Out
In
Police
"Court;
Will
Be
Appealed
Agreeing
with
the
contenU6n
of
L
W
.Patmore,
defence
CQunseL
that
the
Crow
had
failed
to
prove
la
e-
ldonce
that
accused
was
aetu-1.7
a
fur
trader.
Magistrate
Mc-Clymont.
in
city
police
court
this
ca.T.lng.
dismissed
a
charge'
alnst
A.
Richmond
of
engaging)
la
the
fur
trading
business
without
first
having
obtained,
a
furj
traders
licence.
Indicating
that
I
all
appeal
would
be
taken
to
County
J
Court
in
the
case.
Inspector
William
i
Sniiirr
-uhn
nrrMnilrt.
asked'
that
!
ted
statements
of
their
naval
needs.
They
all
spoke
of
the
desire
of
their
peoples
to
feel
secure,
but
coupled
that
with
the
emphatic
statement
that
naval
needs
were
relative
and
that,
by
common
agreement,
arma-,
ments
could
be
reduced.
.
"It
Is
a
problem
f
or
us
of
the
will
to
live.'
exclaimed
Premier
Ramsay
Macdonald.
"It
Is
a
life
or
death
problem
fer-.us
to-hWlfree.aceiaH
to
the
whole
world.
The
navy
Is
us,"
he
said.
AT
VICTORIA
.
N.
It.
Has
to
Have
New
Accomodation
for
Ships;
Work
to
Start
Soon
i
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
33.
Work
on
the
department
be
allowed
to
hold,
the
hew
pier
to
be
constructed
by
'
the
Canadian
National
Railways
In
;
the
furs
for
forty-eight
hours.
pending
formal
notice
Qf
appeal.
Victoria
harbor
will
be
commenced
The
magistrate
allowed
this
re-
In
about
two
weeks'
time,
accord-
j
ins
KJ
li.
J
rweeicy.
ratine
iuw
nanager,
Canadian
national
Jteamships.
Mr.
Keeley
leaves
on
t
hursday
evening
for
Montreal.
He
s
taking
a
set
or
plans
with
him
and
Mill
discuss
with
Sir
Henry
Thornton
and
the
executive
officials
the
ilnjl
detans
to
the
new
vWrk.
Immediately
the
plans
are
approved
jenders
will
be
called
and
the
work
will
be
commenced
as
quickly
as
.possible.
'
When
the
decision
was
made
to
realized
thai
the
present
docks
must
be
completely
rebuilt
to
accommodate
the
palatial
new
steamships
that
will
go
into
service
on
the
Pacific
coast
this
summer.
The
new
docks
will
be
close
to
400
feet
in
length,
one
being
90
feet
In
width
and
the
second
60
feet.
They
will
be
constructed
at
an
angle
which
will'
bring
them
in
direct
line
with
i
i
a
continuation
of
Humboldt
Street
cJt
?"",cIenttt0
cover!The
Dominion
already
has
Included
the
the
cost
of
both
Iheso
works.
"
.
......
mm
mmn.
It
was
annound-rcdentlyt,;-
-TloSuSi.
Hon,
Dr.
J.
mended
to
the
minister
of
publtt
works
the
removal
of
Ripple
Rock
Economic
Council
Is
Being
Set
Up
Premier
Ramsay
Macdonald
Make's
Announcement
In
British
'
House
of
Commons
pposlte
the
new
dock.
The
cost
of
he
new
dock
win
a,mouiu
10
ap-troxlmately
$200,000.
The
docks
will
be
the
most
up
b
date
It
Is
possible
to
construct
uid
should
be
ready
for
operation
y
July
this
summer,"
said
Mr.
Kee-:ey
prior
to
his
departure
for
the
Bast
.,
IS
NOT,
'
F.nMONTON.
Jan.
23:
-
Mrs,
Metro
Yelenluk,
accused
of
her
husband's
murder,
was
found
not
guilty
by
a
Jury
here
last
night
Vancouver,
carrying
more
than
twenty
million
yen.
or
about
$16,000,000.
in
gold.
It
is
behoved
to
be
the
largest
trana-Paclflc
gold
shipment
In
History.
The
gold
is
con-
T
signed
for
the
United
States
Mint
at
San
Francisco
and
will
be
taken
there
from
Van-
couver
in
a
specially
guarded
train.
OUTLET
IS
-REQUESTED
United
Farmers
of
Alberta
Ask
For
Peace
River
Railway
at
Once
CALGARY,
Jan.
25
Among
a
score
of
resolution
carried
in
the
second
day
of
the
annual
convention
of
(he
United
Farmers
of
Alberta
here
was
one
which
favored
the
hurried
completion
of
a
Peace
River
rail
outlet
to
the
Pacific
coast.
The
resolution
urged
the
importance
of
the
fulfillment
in
the
near
future
of
Premier
Kind's
promise
that
the
line
would
be
provided
"as
soon
as
it
was
humanly
possible."
FIRE
AT
SIMPSON
Power
House
of
Hospital
and
Con-,
tents
Destroyed
Yesterday;
Institution
Itself
asetlieinnerliarborattortein-l
estimated
at
$2000
was
"
stead
of
Ogden
Point
docks..
It
was,
V
"VM
VMt?rdav
mornlnif
when
fire
destroyed
the
power
house
of
the
haspltal
at
the
neighboring
village
of
Port
Simpson.
Included
in
the
loss
were
the
contents
of
the
small
building,
including
one
oil
engine
and
dynamo,
a
Delco
plant
as
well
as
two
converters.
There
was
no
Insurance.
Fortunately,
the
wind
kept
the
flames
from
'the
hospital
building,
which
was
Itself
undamaged.
It
will
je
In
darkness,
however,
except
for
lamps
rind
candles
tor
a.weelc
ora
until
tfie
power
plant
can
bcr
re-l
established.
An
automobile
in
an
adjoining
shed
was
scorched
In
the
blaie.
Relict
of
Former
Governor
Died
At
Ashcroft
Manor
ASHCROFT,
Jan.
23.
The
death
occurred
yesterday
at
Ashcroft
Manor,
near
here,
of
Mrs.
Q.
F
Cornwajl,
w.ldow
of
the
late
Hon.
Clerhent
Cornwall,
former
lleuten
anueriVfttibr'
of
British
Columbia
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
23?
Wheat
and
afterwards
County
Court
Judge
timp
.
j
mi
the
local
exchange
for
Cariboo.
She
was
83
years
ol
wv.4v.ca
ui
tvru
CApciiiitv'Vi
waa
4uum
v..
----
--
,
economists
on
the'
council,"
he
said,
today
at
$1.29.
aSe.
General
Manager.
Canacuan
Mu.i
facturers'
Association.
Toronto.
OBJECT
TO
REDTALK
Russian
Ambassador
Asked
To
Discontinue
Soviet
Propaganda
In,
Britain
LONDON,
Jan.
2&
Kt.
Hon.
.
Arthur
Henderson
announced
In
the
House
yesterday-that
he
had
already
made
representations
to
the
Soviet
ambassador
concerning
Red
propaganda
in
"Great
Britain.
The
incident
arises
outi
of
a
recent
message
from
the
Third
Internationale
in
the
paper
"Daily
Worker"
which
denounced
the
Labor
government
Of
Great
Britain
and
urged
upon
the
proletariat
a
class
strugc.
Ic.
.
Ontario
Family
Enters
Contest
of.
Combined
Age
CARP,
Ont..
Jan.
23:
With
11
of
the
12
sons
and
daughters
of
,
the
late
James
A.
Cowan
and
i
Christian
Bradley
alive,
the
Cow-
;
an
family
enters
the
"oldest
fam-
i
Uy"
contest.
The
combined
ages
of
the
cowans
totalled
796
years,
thus
bettering
the
record
of
715
yean
of
the
Moore
family
of
Perrstown,
Ont.
All
members
of
the
Cowan
fam
fly
were
born
on
.the
homestead
on
the
first
line
of
Huntley
town
ship,
some
five
miles
from
here
There
are
four
generations
with
more
than
160
descendants.
Mr.
Cowan
died
at
the
age
of
71
years
while
his
wife
reached
the
age
of
101
years.
CARDENA
v
u!N
WATER
Union
Steamer,
Which
Has
Been
Repairing.
About
to
Leave
For
Vancouver
The
pontoons
at
the
local
drydock
upon
which
the
steamer
Cardena
has
lain
while
undergoing
overhaul
following
her
stranding;
a-
month
ago
were
lowered
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
and
the
vessel
lsi
now
afloat.
About
3
o'clock
this
afternoon
she
is
expected
to
steam
off
the
dock
altogether.
Late
tonight
or
tomorrow
morning,
the
Cardena
will
sail
for
Vancouver,
where
she
will
bo
recommls-
1
jetoff
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRIINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JAN.
23,
1930
!
COASTGUARD
!
RAMSBOAT
International
Complications
Arise
Out
of
Attack
on
Vancouver
Vessel
TAIIIEIYO
MARU
(No
Excuse
fpr
Cffentlve
Upon
Ills
Boat,
Capt.
J.
Butler
I
Declares
v
m
LOUVER
Jan"
23.
The
Vancouver
deepsea
motorboat
Talhciyo
Mu-u
was
rammed
by
the
United
States
coastguard
vessel
Bonham
on
j
January
17
and
has
been
beached
:
on
one
of
the
Ouadelope
Islands
of
;
Mexico,
according
to
advices
re-i
celved
by
the
owners
here.
A
protest
has
been
sent
to
Ot
tawa
with
the
request
that
the
matter
be
taken
up
with
the
United
States
government.
Cant
J.
Butler,
master
of
the
I
Talhciyo
Maru.
states
that
the
ves
sel
was
in
ballast
bound
for
home
after
an
absence
of
four
months
and
had
no
liquor
on
board.
According
to
advices
received,
the
Bonham
came
In
on
the
Taihelyo
150
miles
below
the
United
States-Mexico
line
and
gave
pursuit,
ramming
her
and
smashing
a
big
hole
in
the
hull.
The
presence,
of.
another
small
craft,
according
to
the
caDtalnsaxeclhlai
irom
.sinking.
Prhe
third
craft
"towed
him
'to
thei
beach
where
repairs
were
made.
The
Taiheiyo
Maru
is
a
65-foot
motor
boat
which
was
built
here
Llast
summer.
It
went
south
to
en-xage
in
Mexican
coastwise
opera-
BIG
FIRE
AT
WHITE
ROCK
One
Hundred
Thousand
Dollars
Damage
Done
In
Blaze
last
Night
at
Border
Town
WHOLE
PLACE
THREATENED
cntral
Hotel
Included
in
Fifteen
Business
Places
De-
stroyed
WHITE
ROCK.
Jan.
.23'rFire,
which
for
a
time
threatened
the
Jestructlon
of
the
entire
town,
ao
.ually
destroyed
fifteen
business
ilaces,
Including
the
Central
Hotel,
here
last
night.
The
loss
Is
estlm-nated
to
be
In
the
neighborhood
of
$100,000.
Every
available
man
In
the
town
and
district
fought
the
flames
and
isslstance
from
New
Westminster
was
sent
for.
The
flames
broke
out
shortly
after
6
o'clock
and
It
was
four
hours
later
before
the
conflagration
was
brought
under
control.
OCEAN
FALLS
W0RKST0PS
Break
In
Big
Penstock
Forces
Tern-
"
porary
Cessation
of
Paper
Making
Down
the
Coast
ProducUon
of
the
kraft
and
sul
phlte
plants
of
the
Pacific
Mills
at
Ocean
Falls
has
been
Interfered
with
and
nearly
200
men
will
be
Idle
at
the
coast
paper
town
until
early
In
February,,
as
a.
result
of
a
break
tn
the
large
-steel
penstock
which
feeds
the
water
to
the
turbines
In
the
big
pulp
and
paper
mill.
Following
the
break,
all
possible
efforts
arc
being
exerted
to
make
repairs.
It
has
been
necessary
to
sloned
in
her
reeular
run
next
have
steel
delivered
from
San
Fran
week.
Capt.
Andrew
Johnstone
Cisco
before
the
reconstruction
can
will
again
be
In
command
with
the
start.
The
penstock
is
300
feet
long
regular
crew
on
boari
'
jand
12
feet
In
diameter.
Boston
Grill
LA
HUE
CABAKET
Spedfcl
Dlnnen
Thuixlaya
wd
Satuxdajt
Dancing
Ever
Saturday
Night,
0
to
IS
Dane
Hall
for
Hire
Acconu$odUozu
(or
Private
Parties
PHONE
437
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
SES
CONFERENC
UNEMPLOYMENT
IS
DISCUSSED
WITH
FEDERAL
MINISTERS
Canada
Prepared
to
Co-Operate
One
Hundred
Per
Cent,
in
Matter
Of
Disarmament;
Minister
Says
BIGGEST
SHIPMENT
j
OF
TRANS-PACIFIC
!
GOLD
NOW
ON
WAY
:
W.
E.
Walsh
Dominion
is
Ready
To
Plan
Workless
Remedy
If
Provinces
Unable
Premier
King
Says
Government
Has
Been
Trying
to
Provide
Labor;
Postal
Carriers'
Wages
Discussed
OTTAWA,
Jan.
23
If
the
provinces
of
Canada
join
together
in
admitting
that
they
cannot
cope
with
the
unemployment
situation,
the
Dominion
government
is
prepared
to
discuss
remedial
measures
with
them,
Premier
King
announced
last
night.
The
premier
added
that
the
financial
position
of
some
of
the
provinces
did
not
indicate
that
they
were
unable
to
cope
with
the
situation,
especially
as
it
appeared
to
be
largely
seasonal.
Mr.
King
further
said
that
the
government
had
been
pur--
suing
a
policy
of
keeping
men
em
ployed
on
government
contracts
at
work.
Sir
Henry
Thornton,
president
of
I
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
the
premier
said,
Had
asked
himj
now
me
government
wouia
view
11
If
the
system
went
behind
finan
cially
as
a
result
of
keeping
staffs
up
to
full
strength.
"I
told
him
that
I
felt
sure
the!
government
would
INSURANCE
MAN
DIES
T.
G.
MtConkey,
Central
Manager
of
Canada
Life,
Pastes'
TORONTO,
Jan.
23.
Thomas
favor
straining
:
George
McConkey.
general
managta
everything
In
order-
to
keep
all
men
lot
the
Canada
Life
Assurance
Co.,
posstDie
a
i
worK.
eaia
uio
premier,
luca.
xivte
yesieraay.
The
premier
was
talking
to
the
delegation
frpm
the
Trades
Si
Labor
Congress
of
Canada
headed
by
Tom
Moore,
the
president.
Mr.
King
stated
that
the
extension
of
the
period
for
movement
of
Western
coal
to
the
Ontario
market
had
resulted
In
keeping
Alberta
miners
employed.
Hon.
P.
J.
Venlot,
postmaster-
general,
told
the
delegation
that
he
jUo
lecelve
Christmas
Day.
Mr.
years
of
age.
The
late
Mr.
McConkey
in
Montreal
on'Fe&niat
He
was
69
was
borri
He
was
educated
in
the1
scH61',
there
and
in
1892
beclsfife
'S&liW
for
the
New
York
Life
Ailiini
Cq.
m
Montreal.
Later
he"
was
ajjency
director
for
the
New
York
''
Life
in
Toronto,
and
in
189$
returned
to
assume
the
post
of
branch
manager
for
the
North
American
was
not
going
to
get
down
on
his
i
Life
Assurance
Co.
.
In
1906
he
re-
marrow
bones"
to
the
Civil
Service
!
turned
to
Toronto
as
superintendent
Commission
In
order
to
obtain
in-,
of
agencies
for
the
North
American
creased
remuneration
for
letter
car-
Co.,
Joining
the
Canada
Life
Assur-rlers.
He
had
twice
recommended
ance
Co.
In
1311.
He
finally
was
to
the
commission
an
increase
for
appointed
to
general
roperlnten-
letter
carriers
and
the
recommenda-1
dent
of
this
company
and
later,
tlons
had
been
refused.
He
did
not
general
manager.
propose
to
do
It
again.
1
Besides
his
widow,
Mr.
McConkey
The
congress
delegation
express-
is
survived
oy
one
son.
He
was
a
cd
appreciation
of
the
postmaster-
golfing
enthusiastic;
a
Liberal
In
general's
action
In
giving
New
politics,
and
an
Anglican
in
rell-
Year's
Day
as
a
holiday
to
letter
gious
faith.
carriers,
and
suggested
that
they
,
Venlot
replied
that
he
thought
the
I
irjh
VnlllP:
public
had
endorsed
the
New
Year's
i
UsUUO
Mabel
Normand
Chance
to
Recover
Physicians
Will
Not
Admit
That
Famous
Screen
Star
Is
Near
Death
MONROVIA,
Cal..
Jan.
23.
Although
her
condition
is
still
admitted
to
be
serious,
physicians
deny
that
Mabel
Normand,
noted
screen
actress,
is
near
death.
Miss
Normand
is
confined
to
Pottengeri
Sanitarium
here
with
tuberculosis,
Missing
Packer
Reported
Safe
Qualicum
L.
Returns
To
Chemalnus,
Vancouver
Island,
After
Losing
Cargo
'df
Fish
The
fish
packer
Qualicum
L.,
which
was
reported
missing
last
week
between
Chemalnus,
Vancouver
Island,
and
Anacortes,
Wash.,
returned
safely
to
Chemalnus.
Coastguard
craft
located
the
boat
in
Haro
Strait
of
the
San
Juan
arch-IpeMgo.
She
had
lost
a
cargo
of
20
tons
of
herring
in
a
storm.
On
Saddle
Group
The
tunnel
at
Silver
Crest's
Saddle
property
on
HaiUngs
Arm
Is
now
in
313
tec
and
a
sample
across
twenty
lnche.
of
face
assayed
$10
in
gold,
7.80
ounces
of
sliver,
2
per
cent
lead
arid
4
per
cent
line
a
total
value
per
ton
of
$20.33.
Increase
in
gold
1$
encouraging
and
quite
In
line
with
sensational
gold
find
on
surface
of
adjoining
Blkhorn
group
last
summer.
GERMAN
LINER
STRIKES
ROCK
Four
Hundred
Passengers
Landed
In
Magellan
Straits
Without
Loss
of
Life
BUENOS
AIRES,
Jan.
23.
The
.German
liner
Monte
Cervantes,
car
rying
tourists
from"rsi'.hlt
a
rock
In
the
Straits
of
Magellan.
More
than
400
.passengers
xcero
landed
wlthoudossd?
lifer'
C.
N.
R.
steamer
Prince
John,
Capt.
William
Thomas,
which
was
at
first
reported
due
.to
arrive
In
port
this
morning
from
Vancouver
via
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
was
held
up
by
fog
near
Watun
River,
in
Massett
Inlet,
last
night,
md
is
now
reported
due
at
6
o'clock
his
evening.