- (3 Vo! XXI.. No. 25. 3 - Tomorrow's Tides Tuesd- ober 28, 1930 HlRh X rj 2. 33 a.m. 16.2 It. ?, 18 pjn, 17.2 ft. Low 3 P-m. 11.6 ft. I 6 " T 'PM",toPlrft today. Premier Bennett of Canada As Well As Other Dominion Prime Ministers Witnessed Important Formalities In London at High Noon Today LONDON Oct. 27: The final act of putting the London Naval Treaty into effect was performed at noon today when British, Japanese and United States ratifications nf the momentous document were deposited at the Bri-ti sh Foreign Office. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson were present for Great .Britain. Ambassador Matsudalra a. for Japan and Ambassador Charles i . Dawes for the United States. The Premiers of the British Dominions p f Tl including premier uenneu, oi in- hngineer In reace ad we prnt premtor O I MartVinald Renrcaentatlvea of Rivai ViIIav NnwFrance and IUIy-whlcn nUon dW 1Y1VCI T ailCJ 11UW lnot enter pct although they M;ur J C. Johnstone has been transferred from Port Albernl, Van- lvcr Island, to Pouce Coupe, In '! P' are River valley, as district had representatives at the conference last winter, also viewed the ceremony. Premier MaeDonald said that h hoped the tfane would sopn come cnginef for the-prpylnial drparU-1 when-thrfrrtntos-'weuW enable France and Italy to fully Join In the provisions of the treaty. The Premier said that the solution of Bri tish. Jamnese and United States naval problems under the treaty should be a great source of encouragement to future endeavors' in such agreements. t Premier MacDonaM's speech was broadcast Internationally as were the speeches by Premier Hama-guchl from Tokyo and President Hoover from Washington. Premier Hamaguchl declared that the pact was "bound to exercise an immense moral influence on the growing consciousness of mankind. President Hoover said that the treaty was "fair to aU and dangerous to none." Skipper Is Robbed Clothing and Personal Effects Valued at $400 Taken From Residence of Capt. Muir The home of Captain John Mulr, rell known in Prince Rupert as skipper of the Union Steamship 3o.'s freighter Chllliwack, at 3003 Seventh Avenue West. Vancouver, ires entered by night last week and :lothlng and personal effects valued at $400 were stolen. New Oil Manager Jack Clayton, new manager here for the Home OU Distributors Ltd Mr and Mrs. Clayton and their son have already taken up residence in the city. t LABOR PARTY SCORES a) SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY , n .IN NEW SOUTIIWALES SYDNEY, Australia, Oct 27: The Labor party In the State of .New South Wales ovcrwhel- mlngly defeated the National- 1st party In the state elections. Fifty-one Labor candidates were elected as against 23 Na- tlohallsU and 13 Country 4 party. t ' NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISII COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.Q, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1930 Recalling Bygone Days ketuiniient j! Uie days when Canadian boys embarked almost dally for France is t'.ii.? photograph of the 17-21st Lancers going aboard transpo-t Navasa at the Southampton Docks, bound for Ion? servl.e In Egypt. Can 'Anyone Blame the Great Port of Vancouver If It Is Very Sore With SucVAs This? , Muoh to the disgust of Vancouver, Prince Rupert bufcjiot Vancouver as a grain route is mentioned in Pitman's Commercial Atlas which is used as a text book. in the schools df jVinnipeg and which one of the i members of the Winnipeg school board is seeking to have banned from the schools of that city. The atlas, in its introduction, under the heading "Trade Routes of the Pacific," states that there are only two great routes. One is from San Francisco to Manila and it is anticipated that Prince Rupert will become an important centre. "No mention is made of Vancouver as a route to the" Orient." In discussing the Pacific Coast line on Page 92, th Atlas says: "Prince Rupert has a magnificent harbor and promises to be one of the great ports of the future now that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is completed with this town as its western terminus. No doubt, also, the opening of the Panama Canal will influence its future very considerably." Again no mention is made of the port of HAS RECORD SET0 DIB FOR WOMEN Mrs. Miller Sets New Time For United States Fllshts In Both Directions VALLEY S iltttAM, N.Y Oct. 27: Mrs. Keith Miller, Australian aviatrix, landed dt the airport here Sunday afternoon from Columbus, Ohio, with the west-east and east-west transcontinental flight records for women. Her elapsed time from 'Los Angeles here was 21 hours and 47 minutes, four hours better than the previous record of Laura Injalis. Mrs. Miller recently made the east-west flight in 25 hours and . 40 minutes which was also a record. VANCOUVEUvWIIEAT VANCOUVER. Oct. 27 Wheat was quoted on the local Exchange today at 70Vjc. Union Oil Co.' tanker Unacana. Capt. Powers, arrived in port at S o'clock this morning from Wran-lell and, 'after discharging a par cel of fuel at the company's local station, sailed later in the morn ing for Vancouver. IS BURIED Inquest Into Death of Chinaman Last Thursday Night Resumed This Afternoon With a large representation of the local Chinese colony on hand to witness the ritea And pay their last respects to the deceased, the funeral of Seto Dlb, pioneer Chinaman of this city and district, who met his death last week as a result of being' run down by an automobile, took place yesterday afternoon. There was a service in the chapel of the B. C. Undertakers, deceased,' cousin., Seto Wo Boo, being in.pharg &vX PMriat-tok place in FaitNle'iOmeter5V A. large precession followed the body to the cemetery. Countrymen of deceased acted as pallbearers. The Inquest Into the death of Seto Dlb Is continuing this afternoon in city police1 court before Coroner C. L. Monroe. Police officers were measuring off distances this morning on Second between Seventh and Eighth Streets where the fatality occurred last Thursday night. Of Special Interest Have you read the classified advertising page in this paper today? If not, now Is the time. PRICE FIVE CENT J OisDON NAVAL TREATY IN EFFECT ANOTHER PLANE JOINS AERIAL SEARCH FOR PILOT BURKE Ratifications of Momentous Pact Are Deposited Today at Foreign Office of Gt Britain in London New Public Works ti.- nt i if public works. Mrs. John m n and daughter will spend the inter at Parksville and proceed to F"uce Coupe next spring. SEIZURES PROTESTED Lnltcd States Fishermen Raising Fund to Assist Appeal of Case, SEATTLE, Oct. 27: Salmon fishermen held a meeting here Saturday to protest the recent seizure ami confiscation of the trailers T lie m.. Sunrise. Queen City and M i v by the Canadian government An attempt is being made to tn funds for a legal fight for the i lensr of the boats, carrying an 'I'ltf tl to higher courts in Ottawa. Hie owner of the May asserted he u outside the three-mile limit wli ii seised, while the owners of Mir other vessels asserted they en-'' I' d Canadian waters to seek shelter in the lea of Graham Island. 1 tie fishermen say they will ap ne.ti to the state department of ; The statement published In a Ketchikan paper on Satur- tiny that two men Alleged Killer Passes Through Enroufe Okalla Sigurd Jusslta. young Finlander. who was committed for trial at Wellington. D.C.. for relief. The smlthert last week by Stipendiary duller wnr. volnorf nt from S60G0 . MftBtatf&te S. II. HOSklnS Oil the $20,000 each. Local Theatre Is chare of murdering Charles Yoch, Houston farmer, whose body was found last month In the basement !of his shack, with his head beaten ' ... 1 U . in witn a pwk. was oruunm, v.- , (irfprPn fee i r-i Fnr t I city from the Interior on yesterday til 1 UI cacaftemoon1 train In custody of In- I tpector John MacDonald and Ser- 'i he Wcstholmc Theatre here Is geant w. J. Service of the provtn-' mi; advertised for rent In Van- clti police. "ver papers by II. O. Helgerson, jmdta was attired In a khaki-i " U realty firm, a long lease being coottA macklnaw and rough "Herod. As far as can be learned, dc-lblng. He is of a very stolid ap-liwever, there is no change as yet pearance, i the status of the building. I jhe accused man was taken . 'on to Okalla Prison last night by constable Andrew Orant on the KETCHIKAN REPORT is dubbed untrue steamer Prince Rupert. Hla trial will take place at the spring session Court Assizes here I next year. riKJi Trade Delegation irrested here as suspects In "innectlon wlth'tho murder of f ' P. Marshall. Ketchikan fish ' buyer, a few davs airo. was t'ybbpd untrue in all police clr- eles here today. "It must be a 4 In I at U n M Mu ..it ..( 1 A From Dominion Is Visiting At Tokyo 1 Oct. 37: -The Canadian police of fleers when lnnulrv TOKYO, was made to confirm the ro- 1 Chamber's o " Orient arrived at port. legation to the thi., tills, the v.. seat of government oi me PARLEY IS SLOWED UP Premier of New Zealand Is netting: Nowhere Because of British Attitude ' LONDON, Oct. 27: The veil that shrouded the deliberations of the Imperial Conference was ripped asunder Sunday night by Premier Forbes of New Zealand who declared in an interview that the attitude of the British Labor government on' tariffs left "little hope or real progress." Premier Forbes said: ."We simply seem to be drifting and not getting anywhere." Hoirie of Northern Alaska-Washington Co. Sending Pilot Renahan North From Vancouver Second Rescue Ship Is Coming HcrcToniorrow -Oorbrandt Unsuccessful Sq Far In Quest For Missing Trio - lakes frozen over. VANCOUVER, Oct. 27: Pilot RobltvRenahan of Vancouver, In an ! Alaska-Washington Airways sea-plane, will hop off from Vapcouver, ' possibly late today, for AUin to aid in the search for Capt. E. J. A. Burke and his two companions who are lost in the Liard River district of British Columbia. It is expected that Renahan can start this afternoon and reach Prince Rupert before dark, proceeding from there to Atlin tomorrow. Renahan's plane is on floats which will be re-lnforced to make it possible for him to land on frozen lakes if necessary. Renahan, who will be accompanied by J. McCurdy, mechanic, flew to Seattle early today 2nd picked up a Lockhead-Vega seaplane capable of a top speed of one hundred and sixty miles per hour. He may try to reach Ketchikan or Junes ur tonight but, if conditions do-not permit, he will rest at Prince Rupert A telegram has- been sent by R. Carter Quest, district Inspector of civil aviation for British Columbia and the Yukon, urging the Tread-well Exploration Co. at Juneau to send one of their planes for the re lief expedition. It was learned from the Government Telegraphs here this afternoon that Pilot Frank Dorbrandt who Is engaged in searching for Burke, flew over the native village of Teslln this morning and dropped a message in a parachute to the .native residents there. It was over ; Teslln that Burke is believed to .have been seen last. Returning to Atlin, Dorbrandt made another flight this afternoon 1 intending to follow the route Burke !had taken towards Liard. It was snowing and foggy at 2:ft this afternoon, Dorbrandt having then been away from Atlin for two and a half hours. viiAiutr r E WHITNEY DIES AT AGE OF 58 NEW YORK, Oct. 27 Harry Payne Whitney, muUlmlllion- aire capitalist and sportsman who had heavy interest In Canada as well as In the Unl- ted States, died on Sunday. He was fifty-eight years of age. Pilot VANCOUVER, Oct. 27: Pilot Renahan will not take off. before tomorrow for the north to join the search for Capt. E. J. A. Burke, missing Atlin commercial aviator, it was announced this afternoon. ATLIN, Oct. 27: Pilot Franlc Dorbrandt antl his companion, Pilot Cope, arrived here yesterday afternoon from Telegraph Creek. On Saturday the aviators made an unsuccessful attempt to reach here but they were forced to return to Telegraph Creek when they ran into a blizzard over the summit, 130 miles north of Telegraph Creek. This morning the flyers planned to . '. n : hop off for Liard Post In search for Capt. E. J. A. Burke of Vancouver and two others who have been missing since they started a flight 15 days ago. Late yesterday Dorbrandt new to Teslln and Wolf Lake. On his return, he reported aU the small RUNNING SURVEYS Portland Canal Power Company Is T Going Right Ahead " STEWART, Oct 27: In line with the ambitious program ouUined for this year by the Portland Canal Power Co., engineers are now in the field running preliminary surveys for transmission lines from their proposed plant at Davis River to Hyder, Big Missouri and the head of Texas Creek. They expect to have these finished before the snow flies, and it is also the intention to survey up uie near vauey ana down the east shore of the Canal from Stewart. WILL HURT FISHERIES Chief Inspector Fears Result of Power and Pulp Mill Propect At Prince George The pursuance of the proposed pulp mill power plans at Prince George win eut off one of the best salmon streams In British Columbia, Major J. A. Motherwell, chief Inspector of fisheries, told the Vancouver Oyro Club In an address last week. Major Motherwell was speaking of the fact that big dams prevented salmon from making their way upstrAm to the spawning grounds. Capt. Jennings, master of the Ketchikan salvage boat Akutan, was a passenger aboard the Princess Louise yesterday afternoon going through to Seatte on a business trip. NOTICE Pursuant to the Municipal Elections Act al! persons desiring to b; entered on the Voters' List for the forthcoming Municipal Elections as Householders or Holders of Trade Licences must register 4heir names with the City Clerk,. during the month of October on a statutory from to be supplied by th City Clek. The City Clerk's Office will be open from 9 aJn. until 5 pjn. each and every day during the month of October with the exception of Saturday, when it will be open from 9 ajn. untU 12.30 pjn. E. F. JONES, oc 6, 15, 27-30. City Clert it