Tomor, Vs Tides Thursday ,,Q "l8h " X,. V Vol. XXL, No. 223. ' 8.4i ? 21.51 pjn. LOCAL RESIDENT WAS INITIATED I! V 'INDIAN Till BE T. H. Johnson, last year's president of the Canadian Fisheries Association, while In the east was officially Initialed into the Mohawk tribrf tn- dlans and alven the name"o; 1 "nrnot TaVa " The ceremony took pfalec aboard one of the lake boats when five prominent person- ages on the vessel were put through. Mr. Johnson was crowned with a circlet of eaalc feathers, learned to COLLAPSE Dl Propaganda Influence Is Rapidly Evaporating Especially In i. Cities Joint Fisheries Convention At Montreal Proved Very Successful Hon. N. S. Loughccd Pays Compliment to Prince Rupert which he had visited, there were at Ac "Ilnmn nf i hp VIMntr Influsl rv In le1 four, warships, and In one he ' British Columbia" numbers four years ago and the government of the province has been quite successful in destroying them. Hon. H. N. Lougheed of British Columbia In his speech paid a compliment to Mr. Johnson, president of the association. He told of his being the uncle of the well known avtatrix. Amy Johnson and added: "He comes f row Prinoe Rupert and let me tell you that Prince Rupert U the home of the fishing Industry In British Columbia. Ui a brief address, Mr. Johnson, compared the delegates to fish. Salmon leave Alaskan rivers and the Skeena river in British Columbia to meet one another in tne ocean. When they met, they doubtless talked together and compared notes. Finally they went back to their homes, the Canadian fish U Canada, and the American fish to Alaska, both classes very much the u,i.r for their experience. The same t 1 1 applied to U present conrentton. I made made up up.af Canadian and American delegates. CARD OF THANKS hadoutMd 4L ! Further alluding to political free dom, Dr. Smith said, "In seven or "This is the first time in which the Canadian Fisheries sight-countries which enjoyed con Association and the U. S. Fisheries Association have maUft!tut,1 rule 10 years ago. the in joint session," declared Mrs. T. H- Johnson, wife ot SSSiS president of the Canadian Association who -returned thisj to reatest danger of . m tm , t 1.1 I T . LJil Ah.l l v.eeK irom Montreal wnure me meeting was inw aim iu which she attended all the functions including two ban quets and many jaunts and gatherings. Mrs. Johnson said it was thought that the joint conven-tion would have a splendid effect in bringing together the f-hrry authorities and encourag-K1" " " " ' m the idea of co-operation be- Government. He pointed out that twoen the two countries on matters nte proTince was the only one in f Ktneral Interest to both such as Dominion that cotn rolled 1U Ji h conservation Over four nun- own tlMhtritt, all the others being drod delegates were registered and administered from Ottawa. The these included the new minister orcnlef titb business in that province fisheries, Hon E N. Rhodes, wno was the chief speaker at one of the banquets and the new United States minister to Ottawa who had Just arrived from Washington on the d;iy of the convention and who was rushed to Montreal by airplane. Prominent amonn the speeches, was one by Hon. Hector LaFerte. minister of fisheries in the Quebec Oletta Winner of Rockingham Race YORK, Eng.. Sept. 34: A. K. Macombers' Oletta won the Rock ingham Handicap today. Highbury was second horse to romp home and Richborough came third. Six horses only ran. them all." Tourist Traffic By Automobile Shows Increase Tourists entering Canada by sntiunnhll f mm Mm ITniMtfl RtatM was the dry salting of cod fish and ; ,aemaed in number durlng much of the product was exported . the flrlt tlx monthg of 1930. as com- w waiy wncre m "" oared with 19. according to SDe- oUrtt Transportation and refrt ge ration were the chief problems with which they had to deal. The chief pes In 'the fisheries were the porpoise which were being destroyed by bombs dropped from cial figures compiled for The Fin ancial Post. This Is a startling in- crease in view of the fact that tourist trade in 1930 has been con tinually rumored to be lagging far behind that of last year. Whether the air. They appeared in large not game will be true of the last six months of 1930 remains to be seen but at any rate the figures for the first six months are highly encouraging. Total tourist traffic entering Canada by automobile from the United States during this period amounted to 1,814,183 cars which I compares with 1,437,787 cars enter- ' Ing in the same period of 1939. No figures for the half-year were com-1 plltd prior to 1939 so further com- partson Is impossible. For the entire year 1939, 4,508.800 cars enter- ( td Canada for touring purposes i from the States, as compared with a total of 3,(rto,4&5 cars entering during the whole of 1928.-' , IMPOSSIBLE TO MIX BABIES TORONTO. Sept. 34: Since the mix-up in the new-born babies at the Chicago hospital there has bata some revision of the system in raniy of the hospitals in the United J&ftfeM. i to make, It impossible; . Jor the same, thing to happen again. ELECTS SPEEDY TRIAL Mr. and Mr. R. Taper and son John pante elected for speedy run aratsf ully acknowledge wiin ua.i on a charge of indecently nnnriM'l.'itlnn the kind and aBtiliin an Indian oirl when hi da,nco the Mohawk war dance , htul exprwSons 0f sympa-Uppeared before Judge F. McB. and at the close smoked the jhown tnem Dy Pacific and 1 young in County Court this morn- pipe of peace. I other friends during their recent lng. The hearing was set to open rf vement- 10:30 tomorrow mornln- DEATTY TALKS OF PEACE OUTLET TO THE PACIFIC COAST President Beatty of tne Canadian Pacific Railway, who 4 made a tour through the Peace River country recently. In the course of an address U repor- ted to have said as follows- "The matter of a westward outlet to the Pacific Coast la one that requires a vast amount of cartful examina- tton before It can be properly proceeded with. Our engineers are now completing an exhaas- tlve survey of the territory and when their reports are finally tabulated and present we will take the matter up for decision with the Canadian National Railways and the federal au- thorltles." . Chief Officer James Watt, regularly of the Prince John, is relieving as chief officer on the steamer Prince Oeorge In place of Chlet Officer P. A. Mclntyrc, who Is about to be married. NOKTHEKN AND CENTRAL BltlTISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBE ! 21, 1930 ADJOURNS Photo snapped during national air races at Curtiss airport, near Chicago, shows a plane nearly crashing into a pylon. But is Is.1 ; not quite as close to the giant pylon as it appears. r i , FRANCE AND ITALY FAIL ON TREATY Cannot Ajree on Technical Details of Disarmament and Nq Hope of Success GENEVA, Sept. 24: The Italian delegation at the Leaeuc of Nations announced tonight that the technical negotiations between themselves and the French have completely failed and there was no hope of their success. The negotiations were the result of the disarmament convention in London when the treaty of London involving' Great Britain, United States and Japan was drawn up and signed. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, Sept. 34: Wheat was quoted on the local exchange today at 72c. Snow Covered Prairie Provinces This Morning and Thermometer Dropped Below Freezing Points WINNIPEG, Sept. 24: Snow blanketed the country an inch deep over a wide section of Alberta and Saskatchewan today nfter one of the earnest snow storms in years'.' The ttiniperatuttj dropped to freezing point and below last night in both provinces and strong winds carried flurries of snow over the grain reaped prairies throughout tho night and on into the forenoon. Telegraph and telephone lines were grounded by force of the wind. Scores of poles were broken off. Wire communication today was almost completely disrupted between Saskatchewan and Alberta. argument would be divided into two parts: first, that Mr. Watt had act ed with good faith and retaining the coroner' the technical question of the law as j to whether or not he was entitled j to Keep tnose lees, or course, u im Lorflihrp' were to determine that Mx.IVatt was-entitied to retain the fees that would end the commission and the matter of honesty or good faith would have nothing to do with the matter. New to Job At the outset in discussing the matter of honesty and good faith, (Continued on page two.) Of Special Interest Have you read the classified advertising page In this paper today? if not, now is the time. less.. PRICE FIVE CENT3 SOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN IN INDIA PREDICTED WORLD WAR i IS LOOMING: I LONDON, Ont Sept. 24: The Official Government Communique Say&Ipvcment MustAJkreat of another world war looms Inevitably hail Because of Its Economic ! Consequences SIMLA, Sept. 21: Collapse of Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience movement is prophesied in the Indian government's weekly communique on the political situation in the country. It says that the influence of propaganda by National Congress agents is "rapidly evaporating" and, though still important in the rural areas, it is destined to fail inevitably because of the deleterious economic conge-sequences of the civil disobedience campaign. moderator of United Church Says Only Ministers and Laymen I Can Prevent Conflict j on the horlion, according to Rev. Dr. Fred Smith, moderator of the congregational churches of the 8tate8, in addressing the general council of the United Church of Canada here. "The world is drifting toward another great war." Dr. Smith declared, "and only the influence of ministers and church laymen can prevent another explosion which might destroy civilization. The economic distress of today, was a legacy of the great, war, the speaker maintained. To the same course he traced the downfaU political freedom. $Iany Warships Seen of from a tour of Europe, in behalf of I fi llff f n 1 .m-i Says Wife 01 President iteUtroedtfc w r rvwl!!i J . throughout the churches, declared that in all the Mediterranean ports Airplane Nearly Crashes Manson Finds It Difficult to Reconcile Paltry Watt Charges With Actions of Dishonest fIan "It is difficult indeed to reconcile such paltry charges as have been brought against Mr. Watt with the actions of a dishorieSt man," declared A. M. Manson K.C. on Tuesday afternoon in making a vigorous defence of Norman A. Watt;fortner government agent at Prince Rupert, before Mr.Mustice W. A. Macdonald's commission of inquiry into charges laid by the government against Mr. Watt Indeed, Mr. Manson questioned if the government seriously contended that Mr. Watt had acted dishonestly or with lack of good faith. It was notable that no demand had been nade of Walter Gale and others forO . 1 return of coroner's fees which they rx rnrt w s mrm admitted themselves that they had 9 I f J V P S l 1 collected andeaLfor their own I- V JLiM UVUl use. Mr. Marjon subrilitfetiurther that Mr. Witt had been entitled to keep the Coroner's fees. He argued that fees paid by a city to a coroner were not public moneys and that a coroner did not come under the category of a civil servant and was. therefore, not affected by a clause In the Revenue Act of the province whleh read that civil servants were not entitled to collect and keep for their own use fees arising out of the execution of their office but over FROM QUAKE Kflled Number 17S and ZW Taml-. lies Said to Ce Homeless MOSCOW, Sept. 24: One hundred and seventy-five persons were reported killed and 300 injured in an earthquake near St. Allnabad in the Soviet Socialistic Republic of Tajikistan.- Seven villages were de stroyed and tan others party wrec- AUrat 1308 IamUlM home- Msi are Mr. Manson Intimated that ffirlBostonladySays She Read About Peace Railway A letter received today from a lady in Boston says she read in a Boston paper that a railway was likely to connect the Peace River with Prince Rupert and she wants the Daily News In order to get in touch with matters here. Society Circus and Dance Is Expected to Be Largest Event Of Season For Gymnasium Fund . At a meeting of the committee of the Rotary Club last nifht it was definitely decided to make the society circus and dunce1 at Exhibition Hall on October 9 one of the outstanding events of the year in the matter of raising money for the new gymnasium building. The feature of the affair will be a grand tombola drawing with approximately a thousand dollars worth of prizes, hundreds of them, and a fifty cent ticket giyes a chance on the drawing and also admission to the hall and dance. Refreshments will bo charged extra. j1 In the hall the main floor will be the purchaser may wlsh. It ta cx. rasenred for dancing, while around that because of the large thesldeawulbemanyofthettrac- number and of the prlzeg ttons of a fair Including whech of many wlsh to buv a chance, fortune telling and a decen of tlcket8 espec,aUy ,n view of the other kinds of amusement Among the prizes already donated for this unique affair is a ton of fact that the money goes to the new gymnasium fund. The aim of the committee is to herring bait for halibut fishing, makp, mov for th ran uui with riven by the Canadian Fish & Cold that m nolhmg of a Uy i8torae Cnmriny: This iH not ho nature will be undertaken, every mc-iuaea n m grnna r.o-nrwa dui lttmetlon beimt deshmed to In , there will br a s-nnrate drawing f .r crease funds. The hot dog dtand lit. The value -f the arise is $40 and wlll m ctaarge Paul Armour t Li ex-wind ttnkets for It will be and My RoUrlans will have in great demand. charge of the tea rooms. A unique nrlze which Is Included yoT 0rme ta bemg asked to In the arand Tombola is a fre o ,preaWe at opening, leration for appefHcltl8'by '$rrfe,,, , , ,, i i. ivergui. ina mno' .09 aaen I within one yeaV from 'ihtf: tUie uf I winning It and it Is not transfer- l able, but the winner does not have ALL LIQUOR EXI'OKT I to take the operation, especially if WAKE1I0USES WAKEHOUSES C he has already lost his appendix. ; A list of the prtMs will be pub- CLOSED VICTORIA, Sent. 34: -All llahed later when Jt will he tn that nQUor exPort warehouses In this is to be the biggest event of its j nrttlsh Columbia have been kind ever attempted in Prince Ru- closed by order of the new pert. Two thousand tickets have Liquor Control Bourd. been printed and these will be sold : 4, 1 either individually or in books miT t t t it t v M vi