jwerian
Loast
Indicates
Loss
.Of
Intrepid
Northern
Aviators
Ship,
Evidently
Falling
From
Great
Height,
Split
Open
and
Death
pf
Flyers
Believed
Instant;
Bodies
Not
Found
SEATTLE,
Jan.
27
On
an
islalnd
in
a
lagoon
near
the
coast
of'Siberia
ninety
miles
southeast
of
North
Cape,
scattered
wreckage
of
the
airplane
of
Pilot
Carl
lien
Eielson
and
Mechanic
Earl
Borland,
missing
since
November
9,
was
found
by
Pilots
Joe
Crossan
and
Harold
Gjllarn,
searching
flyers,
on
Saturday.
The
cabin
was
split
wide
open
and
wreckage
of
the
plane
was
scattered
over
a
wde
area.
The
craft
had
apparently
fallen
from
a
high
altitude.
The
motor
was
torn
from
the
fuselage
and
hurled
more
than
one
hundred
feet
from
the
ship.
The
right
wing
was
demolished
and
the
tail
torn
off.
A
search
in
the
deep
snow
drifted
over
the
wreckage
revealed
no
trace
of
the
bodies
of
Kielson
or
Borland
which
are
believed
to
be
buried
in
the
snow.
Crosson
and
Gillam
believe
that
the
two
men
must
have
been
killed
at
the
moment
of-thc
impact.
Eielson
and
Borland
left
Teller,
ATasfta,
on
November
9
last
for
North
Cape
to
transport
passengers
and
furs,
which
had
been
marooned
on
the
fur
trading
ship
Nanuk,
to
Nome.
They
were
never
seen
again.
Dying
Child
Was
i
Beaten
by
Father;
Story
of
Gross
Cruelty
Comes
Prom
Hamilton,
Ont.
HAMILTON,
Ont,
Jan.
27,-Jftck
Appicyard.
twthyear-old
baby,
.was
beur.
with
a,
belt
in
the
hands
of
father
while
dying
of
pneumonia
ia:
week.
This
admission
was
ruidi;
by
the
parent,
John
Apple-yuMt
a
single'man.
when
he
testifies
before
Coroner
Dr.
R.
Y.
Parry
at
u
inquest
Into
the
death
of
the
Th(1
ino
Jury
t
i.Mt,
found
.
A
that
shock
.ii,
anA
andi
"
rhtg.
caused
death
and
thai
these
had
been
aggravated
by
pneumonia.
ruee
did
not
Indicate
what
action
would
be
taken
against
Apple-
J'urd,
Morrow
Trying
Settle
Dispute
At
Conference
LONDON.
Jan.
27.
Ambassador
Morrow,
one
of
the
United
States
rppresentatiyes
at
the
naval
conference,
is
planning
to
end
the
French-Italian
differences.
His
proposals,
it
is
said,
will
be
discussed
nere
today.
Fierce
Storm
In
Portugal
LISBON.
Jan.
27.
A
fierce
storm
swept
Portugal
yesterday,
leaving
a
trail
of
damage
In
Its
wake
which
cannot
yet
be
estimated.
Twenty
fishing
boats
are
missing.
TO
REPRESENT
B.C.
VICTORIA.
Jan.
27:-Adam
Bell,
""Pector
under
the
Male
Minimum
"age
Act.
Will
rnrpnt
tUm
nrl.
llh
Columbia
government
at
the
unemployment
conference
in
Win
"peg
caned
by
Mayor
Webb
of
mat
city.
OF
THE
:
i
!
la
!
I
I
4
'-
rw
i.rrr
tt
.a.
mi?uA-
Weldon
R.
McAfee,
account-
ant
of
the
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co..
has
consented
to
be
a
4-'candidate
for
election
to
the
one-year
term
on
the
school
board
for
the
filling
of
which
a
by-election
is
called
for
next
week.
It
is
considered
likely
that
he
will
be
given
the
seat
by
acclamation.
Mr.
McAfee
is
one
of
the
younger
prom-
Inent
business
men
of
Prince
Rupert
and
should
make
ex-
f
.r"
,
,H.
t.
'r
ff11"1
!
He
took
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
a
few
years
ago
and
was
then
in
the
gra-
duate
school
of
Harvard
Uni-
versity
for
a
year.
He
Is
a
property
owner,
married
and
the
father
of
two
young
chll-
dren.
B0ULEB0ND
Al
HarrW
and
Brother,
to
Be
In
Charge
of
Work
for
New
Vancouver
Syndicate
A
Vancouver
syndicate
has
taken
over
on
a
bond
the
Rocher
dc
Boule
nronertv.
near
Haaclton.
and
has
formed
a
new
compact
called
the
Haselton
Mining
Company.
Al
Harris
ana
nwvDromeriiYiu-start
work
at
once
on
this
well-known
property.
Operate
other
years,
the
old,RpclH?r
dc.
Bole
pro-
duced
a
total
oi
nwijr
u
uuuwu
dollars'
worth
of
ore.
Four-fifths
of
the
output
was
In
copper,
with
percentages
of
gold
and
silver.
Three
miles
of
crosscuts,
drifts,
raises,
etc..
are
lncitwea
in
me
ue-velopment
of
the
property.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
d7:-Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
today
at
$124'2
tomorrow;
4
.
Boston
Griir
Tuesday,
January
u
LAKOE
CAHAUET
High
1:14
im.
V,.,
fljxdal
Dlnneri
Thursday
and
Biturtlaji
12:39
p.m.
20.2
U.it,'
2
Dancing
Ererjr
Saturday
Night,
9
to
12
Low
7:02
ajn.
9.8
ft.
Dane
Hall
tor
Hlrt
19:34
p.m
3.6
Aivomm
odatloni
(or
Print
Parties
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
JCQLIJMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
4ST
Vol.
XXI..
No.
22.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JAN.
27,
1930
PH1CE
FIVE
CENTS
IELSON
RESULTS
Scattered
Wreck
of
Plane
rtf
r
ir
i
BORLAND
WERE
KILL
NAVAL
CONFERENCE
ARE
on
r
TRANSFER
COMPLETE
Agreement
On
Ka'iway
lands
and
Feac?
Hiver
Block
Believed
Reached
VICTORIA,
Jan.
27
The
departure
of
a
British
Columbia
delegation
from
Victoria
is
interpreted
at
the
parliament
buildings
here
as
in-
dlcatlng
that
an
agreement
has
been
reached
between
the
federal
and
provincial
governments
concerning
the
transfer
of
the
Peace
River
Block
and
railway
lands,.-
When
the
railway
belt
is
handed
V
over
the
province
expects
to
obtain.
ne
revenue
of
possibly
$500,000
yearly
from
them,
while
the
Peace
River
Block
Is
regarded
as
of
enor-Imous
value
for
agricultural
pur-
BYRD
PARTY
UNCONCERNED
r
h
Not
Wwrrled
About
Being
Locked
In
South
role
Ice
ior
winter
s
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Jan.
27.
A
lo
cal
radio
amateur
was
in
touch
with
the
Byrd
South'Polar
region
exploration
party
yesterday.
The
expedition,
to
the
rescue
of
which
a
relief
party
was
being
discussed
last
week,
expressed
no
concern
about
being
locked
In
the
ice
for
the
winter.
The
faU
season
is
now
commencing
in
the
far
south
and
wintry
weather
conditions
will
soon
be
setting
in.
DEADLOCK
Americans
and
Pirates
riaved
To
One-All
Draw
in
National
Hockey;
Cougars
Beat
Rangers
NEW
YORK.
Jan.
27
With
nothing
at
stake
except
the
honor
of
winning,
the
New
York
Americans
and
Pittsburgh
Pirates,
holders
of
top
storey
and
cellar
posi
tions,
respectively,
In
the
National
Hockey
League,
ended
last
night's
battle
in
a
deadlock.
At
Detroit,
the
Cougars
went
on
a
scoring
splurge
in
the
first
period
of
the
game
with
the
second-place
New
York
Rangers
to
scdre
five
of
their
goals.
The
counters
of
the
Rangers
came
in
the
final
period.
The
scores
were:
Pittsburgh
1.
New
York"
Amerl
cans
1
i
overtime).
New
York
Rangers
3,
Detroit
7.
Hospital
Officers
'
Re-elected;
Today
James
II.
Thompson
Again
Presi
dent
of
Board
With
G.
P.
Tinker.
Vice-President
The
1930
hospital
board
held
Its
first
meeting,
a
brief
session,
In
the
City
Council
chamber
today,
and
re-elected
James
H.
Thompson,
nresldent:
O.
P.
Tinker,
vice-presi
dent:
and
H.
W.
Birch,
managing-
secretary.
This
was
the
only
bus
-
lness
at
the
meeting
which
was
held
at
noon.
TRANSACTION
ON
SHIPPING
Northland
Transportation
Co.
Acquired
by
Seattle
and
Alaska
Men
SEATTLE,
Jan.
27.
Control
of
the
Northland
Traniporta-tion
Co.
has
passed
into
the
hands
of
Seattle
and
Alaska
men
beaded
by
G.
W.
Skinner,
Henry
Seaborn
and
William
Se-mar.
The
company,
which
was
formerly
controled
by
the
W.
B.
Foshay
Co.
of
Minneapolis,
is
now
in
the
receivers
hands.
The
name
of
the
new
passenger
and
cargo
motorship
W.
B.
Foshay,
built
here
recently,
will
be
changed
to
Northland
and
she
will
enter
the
Alaska
service
next
month.
The
motorships
Norco
and
Bcllingham,
well
known
as
frequent
callers
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert,
also
belong
to
the
Northland
Transportation
Co.
fleet
and
are
Involved
in
the
.mend
Five-Day
Week
and
Time
transfer.
,
Smoky
Harris,
M
.Rkaonnlil
ne
lidd
!CciraJUtU
Famous
Seattle
Hockey
Forward
Is
i'.T
Acquired
-by
Boston
Bruins
-i
qebe
bnS
BATTLE,
Jan.
27.
8mBky
Har
-
vfisf
seaiue
lorwara,
younger
Drainer
)f
the
famous
Smoky
Harris
of
for
mer
days,
has
been
sold
to
Boston
;
if
the
National
Hockey
League
for
nsh
and
another
player,
but
will
I
finish
the
present
season
with
the
Pacific
coast
team.
Floods
and
Cold
Cause
Hardship
i
point
barrow.
Jan.
27
-Abso-
lute
starvation
would
face
the
na-
1
11
r
11
In
niinHlA
VAcf
tlves
of
the
whole
coasUlne
Of
Alas-ill
17ilUUlC
!I
vol
,ka
from
KoUebue
sound
to
Demar-
:
'cation
Point,
the
entire
northern-
INDIANAPOLIS.
Jan.
27:
Flood!
most
section
of
the
territory,
were
conditions
in
the
Wabash
and
1
other
rivers
followed
by
severe
cold
Is
working
hardship
among
farmers
of
this
state
and.
in
some
I
cases,
there
has
been
loss
of
life.
Supplies
are
being
rushed
in
by.
airplane
from
the
larger
cities,
i
railway
communication
having
been
Interfered
with.
Seizure
of
Prepared
Opium
Made
by
Police
in
Raid
On
Chinese
Cafe
Here
Saturday
After
a
week's
observation
of
the
premises,
proyincjal
police
officers
descended
in
a
raid
on
the
West
End'Cafe
here
Saturday
afternoon,
and,
in
the
rafters
of
a
chicken
house
at
the
rear
of
the
place,
discovered
four
nine-ounce
tins
of
prepared
opium
valued
at
$400.
Kern
Sun
Wong,
the
Chinese
proprietor
of
the
cafe,
appeared
in
city
police
pnnrt.
tin's
mnrnintr
and
was
charted
with
illegal
posses
sion
of
drugs
under
the
Opium
and
Narcotic
Drug
Act,
the
case
being
adjourned
ior
cignv
days.
Police
also
report
finding
a
quantity
of
unsealed
liquor
on
the
premises.
Six
officers,
under
Corp.
C.
O.j
Barber,
participated
in
the
raid.
Kem
Sun
Wong,
who
Is
also
charged
with
keeping
liquor
for
sale,
Is
out
on
ball
of
$2000.
E.
F.
Jones,
city
solicitor.
Is
prosecuting
In
the
case,
and
L.
W.
Patmore
is
counsel
for
the
defence.
The
officers
who
made
the
raid
were
Corp.
C.
O.
Barber,
who
was
j
In
charge,
and
Constables
Grant,
.
Blaney,
Ollker.
Service
and
Sharpe.
Their
visit
came.
apparenUy.
as
a
complete
surprise
to
the
Orientals.
BIG
INFLUX
INTO
B.C.
PEACE
RIVER
VICTORIA.
Jan.
27:
Frank
J.
dirk,
district
engineer
un-
der
the
Department
of
Public
Works
in
the
Peace
River
dls-
trlct
of
British
.Columbia,
who
has
been
In
abe
city
conTer-
J
ring
with
officials
of
the
tie-
j
partment
with
regard
to
the
work
for
next
year,
says
that
while
It
is
estimated
that
;
there
are
some
7.000
people
j
there
now.
it
Is
expected
that
next
year
this
total
will
be
increased
to
14,000.
!
4.
4
4
CHANGE
OF
CALENDAR
.
IN
RUSSIA
hQ?IF,iMTfnV
.Commission
Recom-
uti.Datr,From
Lenin's
Death
-M9SCOW.
Jan.
27.
The
special
,
government
commission
appointed
'in
malt
rernmmendatlons
in
re-
ard
to
"Tllon
of
Uie
calendarhas
repj-ted
to
the
Soviet
urging
that
time
for
that
country
date
from
the
Jdeath
of
Lenin.
November
7.
1917.
.
The
new
calendar,
If
officially
adDDtefRwiaaholIsh
Saturdays
and
ASlfndfe:
SUndkyibltaethei,
thus
leaving
a
flvetday
week.
ALASKAN
FUR
CATCH
FAILS
Natives
of
Whole
Northern
Coast
Would
Starve
to
Death
Except
For
Reindeer
Meat
it
not
for
the
reindeer
nercu,
as
we
'fur
catch
to
date,
is
less
than
one-
tenth
of
the
usual
amount
1
r
:
'
Peter
Zapp,
for.
orunennes,
was
fined
$25.
with
option
or
30
days
imprisonment,
by
Magistrate
Me
Clymont
In
city
police
court
this
'morning.
Aged
Victoria
Minister
Dead
Late
Rev.
Frederick
Fatt
Was
Anjll
can
Clergyman
and
Chaplain
of
Hospitals
VICTORIA.
Jan.
27..
Rev.
Frederick
Fatt,
aged
79,
Anglican
clergyman
and
chaplain
of
the
city
hospitals,
died
on
Sunday.
He
same
here
from
Ontario
twenty
years
ago.
SEEN
ALREADY
Cruiser
Contracts
Are
Completely
Cancelled
by
British
Admiralty
Work
On
Ten
Thousand-Ton
Warships
Surrey
and
Northumberland
to
Be
Abandoned,
Premier
Macdonald
Announces
LONDON,
Jan.
27.
The
British
admiraltly
announced
today
that
an
order
had
been
issued
completely
cancelling
the
construction
of
the
two
10,000-ton
cruisers,
Surrey
and
Northumberland.
Preliminary,
work
had
already
been
carried
out
at
Portsmouth
and
Davenport
dockyards.
Last
July,
Premier
Ramsay
MacDonald
told
Parliament
that
work
on
the
two
cruisers
had
been
temporarily
suspended.
"It
shows
a
pretty
healthy
hope
that
the
naval
conference
will
do
something,"
a
British
spokesman
observed
to
newspaper
correspondents
today
in
commenting
upon
the
cancellation
of
the
contracts.
PUGETID.
BLOCKADEt
Columbia
River
Ice
Has
Cut
Off
Island
Settlement
and
Supplies
are
Running
Low
,
:
PORTLAND,
Ore,
Jan.
27.
I
Puget
Island,
eighty
miles
west
of
this
city
in
the
middle
of
the
Columbia
River,
has
been
cut
:
off
for
the
past
two
weeks
on
account
of
the
blockade
of
Ice
in
the
river
and
supplies
in
three
stores
of
the
settlement
aie
commencing
to
run
out.
Arrangements
were
being
made
at
the
end
of
the
week
to
bring
in
provisions
by
means
of
airplanes,
although
that,
too,
would
present
some
difficulty
as
the
machines
would
have
to
land
either
on
the
rocky
shore
of
the
island
or
the
roujh
ice
of
the
Columbia
River.
One
of
the
incidents
of
the
blockade
was
the
flight
to
the
island
last
week
of
Tex
Rankin,
prominent
Portland
aviator,
with
Dr.
Ernest
Boylen,
local
physician,
in
the
effort
to
save
the
life
of
June
McGtlvtray,
-
nine
years
of
ate,
who
was
suffering
with
pleurisy.
Aged
Financier
Of
Trisco
Dies
Albert
Henry
Payson,
Ajed
82,
Passed
Away
On
Saturday
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Jan.
27.
Albert
Henry
Payson.
prominent
82-year-old
financier
of
this
city,
died
here
on
Saturday.
Tor
years
he
was
an
acUve
figure
In
the
financial
and
business
life
of
San
Francisco.
Sir
Donald
Manns
Home
Is
Destroyed
Palatial
Residence
in
Toronto,
Valued
at
$175000,
Burned
On
Sunday
TORONTO.
Jan.
27
The
home
of
Sir
Donald
and
Lady
Mann
here
was
destroyed
by
fire
on
Sunday.
The
loss
is
estimated
at
$175,000.
Mrs.
Edward
Llpsett
of
Vancouver
Is
spending
a
few
days
this
week
In
Vlct6rla.
At
the
beginning
of
February
she
will
leave
for
a
trip
to
California.
NATIONAL
ENCOUNTERS
,
Detroit,
Canadiens,
Chicago
and
j
Ottawa
Are
Winners
TORONTO.
Jan.
27.
With
both
teams
battling
grimly
to
improve
their
fourth
place
positions
in
their
.respective
section,
Detroit
defeat-led
Toronto
on
Saturday.
A
fine
display
of
tight
and
determined
defence
and
stellar
goal
.tending,
which
kept
oat
a
scintil
lating
attack,
gave
Boston
a
victory
over
the
Canadiens.
Chicago
Black
Hawks
won
their
first
victory
since
leaving
home
on
their,
long
road
trip
by
beating
Pittsburgh
with
a
flashing
attack.
Ottawa
Senators
displayed
marked
superiority
over
the
Montreal
Maroons
and
whitewashed
them.
Saturday
Montreal
0,
Ottawa
4.
Boston
2.
Canadiens
1.
Detroit
2,
Toronto
1.
Chicago
S.
Pittsburgh
2,
at
Atlantic
City.
AIR
FERRY
ATTRISC0
Six-Minute
Service
to
Oakland
Being
Instituted
This
Week
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Jan.
27.
This
city
is
stm
leading
In
the
matter
of
air
services.
This
week
a
six-minute
service
is
to
be
established
be-
!
tween
San
Francisco
and
Oakland.
This
Is
said
to
be
the
first
regular
I
rapid
ferry
service
of
this
kind
In
the
world.
Earthquake
in
The
Aegean
Sea
Towns
In
Southern
Greece
Suffered
Damage
in
Temblor
ATHENS,
Jan.
7.
An
earthquako
in
the
neighborhood
of
the
Aegean
isea
had
a
very
disturbing
effect
and
considerable
damage
resulted
I
in
a
number
of
the
towns
and
cities
f
nnthrn
firmer.
AUtrLANE
CRASHED
PALO
ALTO,
Cal.,
Tan.
27:
Lieut.
Ooddard
was
killed
in
a
crash
here
yesterday
when
he
was
looping
the
iop.