WASHl
UNITED
WI4HJ
MV
Twa'B
Canada
Is
Negotiating
With
United
States
To
Bring
About
New
Pad
Important
Announcement
Made
in
House
By
Premier
King
in
Coursc'of
Liquor
Clearance
Debate
OTTAWA,
March
25:
Premier
W,
L.
Mackenzie
King
!
informed
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
that
Canada
!
was
negotiating
with
the
United
States
with
a
view
to
,
bringing
into
being
a
treaty
designed
to
suppress
not
only
,
liquor
smuggling
but
smuggling
of
.
merchandise
generally
between
the
two
countries.
The
announcement
to
this
ef-'
feet
came
during
the
discussion
of
the
bill
which
would
refuse
Canadian
clearances
to
liquor
shipments
destined
for
the
United
States.
,
FATHER
OF
LOCAL
MAN
Norman
Freeman
Son
of
Late
Capt.
Absalom
Freeman
Deceased
Navigated
-Northern
Waters
Many
Years
The
late
Capt.
Absalom
Freeman,
veteran
coast
mariner,
whose
death
occurred
In
Vancouver
on
Sunday,
was
the
father
of
Norman
L.
Freeman,
local
representative
of
tke
International
Fisheries
Commission,
who
was
called
to
Vancouver
recently
because
of
his
illness.
The
late
Capt.
Freeman,
who
was
very
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert
through
many
visits
here
since
the
early
days,
is
atoo
survived
by
widaw
and
another
son
In
California.
The
family
had
lived
in
Vancouver
for
twenty
years
or
more.
The
late
Capt.
Freeman,
who
navigated
the
north
coast
for
so
long,
himself
charted
waters
nearby
lr
the
early
days
and
reported
manv
obstructions
to
the
Department
of
Marine.
Freeman
Harbor
and
Freeman
Pass,
at
the
southwest
of
Por-cher
Island,
are
named
after
him
It
was
there
that
fishing
vessels
of
thP
New
Enaland
Fish
Co.,
on
which
deceased
served
as
skipper.
used
to
tie
up
in
the
course
of
fish
Ing
operations
in
Hecate
Straits.
FISH
SALES
Summary
American
34.000
pounds-
10.2c
nnri
fir
to
17.7c.
and
6c.
rnnnrllriru.S4.300
DOUndl.
H.OC.
and
Cc.
to
15.7c.
and
6c.
American
Federal,
9.000,
Booth,
17.4c
and
6c.
Lansing.
8,000,
Royal
16.c
and
0c.
nnrmm
a
OOO.
and
Eureka,
5,000,
PolH
Rt.nrir
17.7c
and
CC.
Pierxo
ftnnn
c.nU
Storage.
18.2c
and
6c.
-
Canadian
Viklne
I..
7.000,
and
Royal
III.,
4,000,
Royal,
14.8c
and
6c,
.
Helga
H.,
4,500,
arid
Fanny
F
7,500,
Booth,
14.9c
and
Cc.
Embla,
13,000,
Atlin,
15.7c
and
6c
Cape
Swain,
Atlln,
14.6c
and
6c.
Borgund,
3,000,
Cold
Storage,
14.-8c
and
6c.
Domino
XI,
3,300,
Cold
Storage,
14.7c.
and
6c.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VAMrnilVRh.
March
25:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
trnv
t
ti
nisi.
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Boston
Grill
Wednesday,
March
26,
1930
e
jlTti(j&
LAKOE
CABARET
High
11.33
am.
18.1
ft,-
Bpecitl
Dinner
Thuridays
and
Saturday
Dancing
tttrj
Saturday
Night,
9
to
18
Low
5.51
Dnce
HtU
for
IUra
a.m.
9.3
ft.
18.05
pm.
5.5
It.
A.vwmmodttloai
tor
Private
Partlei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
427
Vol.
XXI.,
No.
72.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
25,
1930
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
EFFOR
T
VETERAN
BOXER
,
.
.
DIES
IN
KING
TACOMA,
March
25:
Frank
Parmer,
veteran
pugilist,
dropped
dead
In
the
fifth
round
of
a
match
with
"Spark
Plug"
Boyd
of
Abontetn
hr
last
night.
BOOZE
BILL
at
HAS
PASSED
at
the
Liberals
Charge
That
Intention
of
Government
is
to
Build
the
Up
Huge
Political
Machine
the
VICTORIA,
March
25:
The
provincial
government's
new
liquor
legislation
was
approved
his
by
the
legislature
yesterday
on
a
division
of
27
to
11.
Liberal
members
charged
that
the
whole
purpose
of
replacing
the
one-man
board
with
a
three-man
commission
responsible
to
the
government
was
to
build
up
a
gigantic
political
machine.
The
government
contended
Itself
with
brief
denials.
SLAUGHTER
OF
WHALES
i
Convention
to
Be
Held
In
Berlin
With
Object
to
International
Pact
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
25:
Because
of
the
possibility
of
the
complete
extermination
of
whales
through
Increasing
slaughter,
the
conservation
of
the
largest
mammal
has
become
a
subject
for
concerted
international
effort.
Dr.
Remington
Kellogg,
Smithsonian
mammallst,
has
announced
that
he
will
leave
New
Yonc
wea-
nesday
for
Berlin
to
attend
an
in
nmatlonal
conference
for
the
con
servatlon
of
whales
which
will
be
gin
'April
3.
tt
is
expected
the
findings
of
this
gathering
will
be
embodied
In
-
Ibbvuu...-
-
i
legislation
among
the
nations
to
keep
the
kllllnk
of
whales
below
,
the
danger
line.
Kellogg
will
attend
In
a
personal
capacity
rather
than
as
a
government
delegate.
About
30,000
whales
were
killed
It
is
ostimaiea
ine
kiu
js
ffiffi
500,001)
since
iuu,
VOTES
TO
PREVENT
Legislature
Prorogues
This
Afternoon
After
Forty
Working
Days;
Passs
Tax
VICTUKIA.
March
25:
of
the
British
Columbia
closed
at
noon
today
by
the
administrator,
Chief
Justice
J.
A.
Macdonald,
after
41
vorlqng
days
marked
by
the
passagerof
82
new
laws
and
effecting
drastic
changes
in
the
whole
legislative
framework
of
the
province.
Before
prorogation,
the
Opposition
forced
divisions
in
a
number
of
cases,
the
nrinciparone
of
which
was
the
Gasoline
Tax
Bill
which
passed
by
a
division
of
2G
to
nine,
all
the
Liberal
members
voting
against
it.
Mining
Lectures
Here
Comma-id
Much
Interest
and
Audiences
Yesterday
Very
Satisfactory
Considerable
interest
is
being
taken
in
the
course
of
lectures
for
nrosnectors
and
minirur
men
ffeneijallv
which
is
rhTh
thtTclt?
bj
TeorgeTrmm&,
nTmsdfvell
Known
prospector
ana
successiui
operator,
iur
me
nri-tish
Columbia
Chamber
of
Mines.
It
is
timely
enough
that
such
a
series
of
lectures
should
be
given
in
Prince
Rupert
where
so
many
people
are
interested
in
the
mining
industry
in
its
various
phases
and
the
attendance
of
these
people
the
meetings
is
token
of
their
appreciation
and
interest
There
were
about
twenty
present"
the
afternoon
meeting
yesterday
and
at
least
double
that
number
in
J
evening.
Mr.
winkler-a
discus-'
tions
yesterday
were
largely
along!
line
of
geology
with
but
casual
reference
to
mineral
occurences,!
lecturer
explaining
that
his
talks
of
the
day
were
as
a
prelim-
j
inary
to
more
specific
discussions
which
would
follow.
He
reserved
discourses
on
the
individual
metals
until
a
later
meeting.
At
the
afternoon
meeting.
Mr.
Winkler
discussed
briefly
the
earth's
crust
and
its
rock
constituent.
He
drew
attenttm
to
the
relatively
small
proportion
of
rarer
metals
and
the
consequent
task
that
wa3
assigned
to
-the
prospector,
Mr.
Winkler
illustrated
hla
remarks
'by
showing
some
interesting
specimens
of
characteristic
common
rocks.
Some
pertinent
questions
with
regard
to
the
work
of-
prospectors
were
put
to
Mr.
Winkler
to
all
of
which
he
replied
interestingly,
giving
casual
hints
to
the
prospec
tors.
Evening
Meeting
At
the
evening
meeting,
Mr
Winkler
was
Introduced
to
the
audience
by
L.
W.
Patmore
who
spoke
briefly
of
the
importance
of
pro-j
specters'
work
and
the
interest!
and
remuneraUori
attached
to
it,;
particularly
in
British
Columbia.
I
In
opening,
Mr.
Winkler
thanked
the
audience
for
the
Interest
that
was
being
manifested
by
the
large
attendance.
Mr,
Winkler
prefaced
his
remarks
by
reference
to
the
nebular
and
pianetoId
theories
regarding
the
origin
and
composition
of
the
earth.
He
then
passed
on
to
the
make-up
of
the
earth's
Crust
and
dwelt
at
some
length
on
the
pro
cesses
of
ceaseless
building
up
and
rMh)n
thot
g0M
on
all
about
illustrated
his
geological
remarks
by
suitable
drawings
on
a
black-
board
as
well
as
with
samples
of
ores
containing
the
more
common
of
the
prescious
metals.
He
talked
briefly
of
the
rock
In
which
mineral
deposits
occur.
Mr.
Winkler
again
replied
to
a
number
of
questions.
The
seventeeflLV
session
Legislature'
was
.'formally
n
th
course
of
the
meeting.
Dr.
-
T.
Mandy,
resident
rmning
en-
Bineer.
made
a
iew
Drier
remariu
(Continued
on
page
six.)
Would
Abolish
Titles
Arthur
Ponsonby,
MJ..
member
of
the
British
nobility,
who
is
leading
the
movement
for
the
total
abolition
of
titular
honors
in
Great
Britain.
TRAGEDY
IN
HOME
NORTH
BAY,
Ont.,
March
25:
,A
lK.vn.ir.nld
cirl.
Ihp
rtniffhtpr
nf
,
"
.
"
Data,
w,
r
.
j-uaier,
cumesscu
yesterday
afternoon,
according
to
North
Bay
police,
that
she
killed
her
mother
whose
badly
mutilated
body
was
found
earlier
in
the
day
at
her
home.
She
admitted
striking
her
mother
with
a
hatchet.
The
girl
was
charged
twlth
murder.
HELP
INDUSTi
ALL
SMUGGLING.
Damage
Done
by
California
Earthquake
8am.
-ie
of
wo;k
d-ine
by
recent
earthquakes
in
Southern
California.
This
apartment
hou3e
in
Brawley,
Cal.
In
the
Imperial
Valley,
was
rocked
and
many
bricks
looser.
ed
from
its
structure.
,
MINISTER
OF
PUBLIC
WORKS
IS
MARRIED
VANCOUVER,
Mareh
2$:
Hon.
Nelson
5.
Iugb&gLia&rKl
iTsWHSfblftf-DrksY"
"and
f
Miss
Irene
Ann
Brown
were
married
here
last
night
Ml$3
Brown
lived
in
the
Yukon
and
latterly
in
Los
Angeles.
THREATENS
WITHDRAW
United
States
Tired
of
Deadlock
at
Disarmament
Conference
in
London
WASHINGTON,
March
25:
Unless
the
deadlock
is
broken
the
Am
erican
delegation
to
the
Dlsarma-1
Pen(nng
the
expected
arrival,
in
ment
Conference
in
London
will
be,tne
clty
on
tne
Prlnce
George
to-called
home
very
soon.
President
morrow.
mornlng
from
Vancouver
Hoover
Is
as
anxious
as
anyone
tat,
Qf
underwriter8..
surveyors,
there
there
shall
be
some
definite
restmS,'
u
no
off
lcial
word
yet
as
to
wnether
from
the
gathering
but
he
tete
or
not
Dermanent
reoair
of
the
Un-
that
it
is
useless
to
continue
unlets
some
decided
effort
is
made
on
the
part
of
some
of
the
European
countries
to
effect
a
settlement
6f
outstanding
differences.
Toronto
Stocks
(CcurtMjr
8.
D.
Johmton
Oo.)
Amulet,
$1.46.
$1.47.
Dome,
8.75.
855.
Imperial
Oil.
27.10.
27.23.
HoUlnger,
5.80,
5.85.
Howie,
.83,
.84.
Hudson
Bay,
12.00,
12.50.
Int.
Nickel,
41.30.
41.75.
Manitoba
Basin,
.06V4,
.07.
Mining
Corporation,
2.80,
2.85.
Mclntyre,
18.25,
18.50.
Noranda.
40.00,
40.25.
Sheritt
Gordon,
2.52,
2.54.
Sudbury
Basin,
3.18,
3.25.
Teck
Hughes,
6.25,
6.30.
Treadwell
Yukon,
6.05,
nil.
Ventures,
1.80,
1.83.
Wright
Hargraves.
1.8,2.
1.84.
WINS
DECISION
0VERCAMPOL0
CAM0SUN
ON
DOCK
Officially
'-Announced
Today
t
That
remanent
Repairs
Will
Be
Made
Here
It
was
announced
this
afternoon
by
Russell
M.
Smith,
focal
.
agent
for
the
Union
Steamship
Co.
Ltd,
that
it
had
been
definitely
decided
to
make
permanent
repairs
to
the
steamer
Camosun
at
the
local
dry
dock.
!
The
job,
It
is
expected,
will
take
about
a
couple
of
weeks'
time.
Whether
or
not
the
crew
of
the
vessel
will
stand
by
the
ship
here
until
repairs
are
completed
has
not
yet
been
ascertained.
!
Some
may
probably
go
south
on
the
Cardena
Friday
night.
ton
steamer
Camosun.
which
stranded
last
Saturday
night
on
Calvert
Island,
will
be
carried
out
at
the
local
dry
dock.
It
is
confidently
ex
pected,
however,
that
the
Job
Will
be
done
here.
,
Meantime,
the
Camosun,
after
unloading
her
freight,
went
on
the
pontoons
at
the
local
yard
about
5
o'clock
yesterday.
Examination
of
the
vessel
shows
that
rather
exten-
tv
rinmncrA
vu
rlnnp
Including
shattered
forefoot
and
dented
hull
'
forward.
There
are
no
holes
right
!
.through
the
hull,
however,
It
'said.
CAPT.
LAIRD
HAS
PASSED
1
Knrwn
Cinnnncr
of
Fishery
J
Patrc!
Vwweta
Died
Yesterday
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
March
25:
Capt.
Frederick
Charles
Laird,
aged
61,
who
commanded
ships
In
the
flsh-
ierlea
patrol
service
on
the
British
I
Columbia
coast
for
manv
years.
It
was
not
long
ago
that
he
was,
last
here
as
commander
of
the
Ma-
laspti.
.
'died
here
yesterday.
His
last
corn-Johnny
Rlsko
Winner
of
Jen
Round
inland
was
C.
G.
8.
Malasplna.
Bout
Last
Night
In
New
York
.
Capt.
Laird
was
well
known
-In
NEW
YORK,
March
25:-rJohnny
Prince
Rupert
through
many
visits
Rlsko
was
given
a
"ten-round
de-,
to
this
port
aboard
various
steam-clslon
over
Vlctorio
Campolo
of
the'ers
of
the
fisheries
patrol
service.
Argentine
in
their
bout
here
last
night.
'The
fight
commanded
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
pugilistic1
world,
Senate
Gives
Large
Majority
in
Its
Favor
After
Impassioned
Debate
WASHINGTON,
March
25:
After
much
passionate
oratory
both
for
and
against,
the
Senate
yesterday
finally
passed
the
Tariff
Bill
which
has
been
before
Congress
for
many
months.
The
vote
was
54
to
31,
the
largest
majority
given
any
tariff
vote
in
the
history
of
the
country.
Those
arguing
for
the
passing
of
the
measure
urged
that
it
would
have
the
effect
of
helping
the
industries
of
the
country
and
thus
diminishing
unemployment
INmCTTEDBY
GRAND
JURY
ion
of
Magazine
Publisher
Is
in
Jail
in
Juneau;
His
Alleged
Partner
in
Burglaries
Arrested
in
Tacoma
JUNEAU,
Alaska,
March
25:
Robert
Proper
son
6f
a
Des
Moines
Iowa,
magazine
publisher
and
a
former
reporter
on
a
local
newspaper,
has
been
Indicted
by
the
grand
jury.
He
confessed
several
days
ago
to
having
robbed
three
mercantliudatettfjuneau.ilewa3
Jn,
Tacoma
when
the
evidence
was
secured
here
and
his
father
ordered
him
to
return
to
Juneau
and
face
the
"music
anx.nake
good.
He
was
on
parole
jrom.
a
sentence
to
a
reform
school
in.
the
east
when
he
first
arrived
in
Juneau.
He
said
he
had
a
partner
who
Is
now
in
Tacoma
for
two
of
the
robberies.
Proper's
ball
w-s
fixed
at
$5000.
DIED
FROM
GASBURNS
Ronald
MiKechnle
Succumbs
to
Injuries
Sustained
at
North
Pacific
Cannery
An
attemnt.
to
kindle
a
fire
by
the
use
of
sollne
proved
fatal
to
Ronald
McKechnle.
well
known
-esident
of
this
city,
who
died
last
ivenlng
at
6
o'clock
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Mr.
McKechnle
had
gone
out
a
week
or
so
.
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morning
he
used
the
gasoline
to
light
a
fire
and
was
fatally
burned
by
an
explos
on
which
followed.
He
was
rushed
to
the
hospital
in
o
gasboat
but
the
best
of
medical
skill
was
ineffectual
in
saving
his
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native
of
Scotland
and
sixty-four
years
of
age.
He
was
a
brother
of
John
McKechnle,
a
former
alderman
of
the
city,
who
left
several
years
ago
for
Vancouver.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
Ex-Aid.
John
McKechnle
will
arrive
In
the
city
on
the
Cardena
Thursday
night
from
Vancouver
to
ttcnd
the
funeral
which
will
take
llace
on
Friday.
HONS
WIN
PLAYOFF
Took
Portland
Buckaroos'
Into
Camp
By
Score
of
2
to
1
Last
Night
VANCOUVER,
March
25:
Vancouver
Lions
defeated
Portland
Buckaroos
by
a
score
of
two
to
ono
last
night
in
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
play-offs.