: 1 Slccl and Iron Bounty Vol. XXI.. No. 125. ( . PEACE Railways ON BEHALF OF INDIANS Hon. K It. Bennett Makes Pica For Their Betterment Thinks Farming Should Be Encouraged OTTAWA. May 29: Canada's :m if the nation, some 105.000 . :. im ure steadily deteriorating : .! This statement was made i i :Ut by Hon. Jl. B. Benaett, .livt? leader, during dlscus- :i ? the estimates of the Depart-p i f Indian Affairs. Ai, .piiirovcment could be brought ; 1j encouraging the aborl-i"i their agricultural pursuits, K: E' mu tt observed and he be-u Mat better results should be : from the money now bc-iiflnd by the department. FREIGHTER REFLOATED Seattle Steamer Oduna Suffered Little Damage in Stranding In Prince William Sound PF ATTLE. May 29: Only slightly t u i 1(1 as a result of her ground-r, .r Point Wells in Prince WI1- ; . f-"Mind, Alaska, earlier In the 'iic Alaska freighter Oduna 1 floated yesterday, according I i received here. The vessel fd to Drier Bay under her ECONOMICS OF EMPIRE Chamber of Commerce Congress Calls Upon Governments to Formulate I'ollcy Passes Without Registered Vote OTTAWA, May 29: The govcrn-fcnf bill providing for the payment cf a bounty of 49Vfec per ton on bituminous coal mined in Canada and C'iRvrrtcd into coke for smelting In ca i,i for Iron and steel manufac-'ui passed the House of Commons I'1 ti-rday. There was no registered We on the third and final reading. DtlNK'lvn niMir.rT FINALLY PASSED OTTAWA, May 29:-Flnal tipprovaL nf thp. Dunnlntr bud- R'!t was recorded by the House "I Commons vesterdav when 4. . 1 m , Will Be Given One Year More To Find Suitable Route and Government Will Then Step In Premier King Makes Important Statement in'Housc of Commons Regarding Western Railway - Brady Interrogates Prime Minister For His Opinion Beatty and Thornton Agree Outlet Should Be Found and Hope to Do So Within Six Months OTTAWA, May 29: "It is highly desirable that both the Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway should undertake a joint survey of an outlet to the Pacific Coast. If that is not done within a year, then the present administration, if rc-turne'd to power, will take steps to have such work bc" gun." So Prcmcir King declared in the House of ComH-t mons last night. J. C. Brady, M. P. for Skeena, hautaskikH ed the Premier if he believed the opinion of thottwbtw presidents referred to would lead to a complete solu-l'M tion of the outlet to the Pacific. I said it is desirable that the work should lie done as a joint undertaking. Unless somenstnrt is made in a yean the dtrnhistra- tion will find a way to have a start made,rtlic Premier' replied. i The Premier, in his statement, said that he had had a recent interview with E. W. Beatty, C. P. R. president, nrwl ilin Hnn T A Crornr. minisf or of railwaVsVh'a'd seen Sir Henry Thornton, C. N. R. president. Bofli1iiiu,,q agreed that it should be possible for some outlet to be discovered and they agreed also to try, if possible, to do so within six months. It was this opinion that Mr. Brady had reference to. Amy Johnson Had Bad Crash In Landing at Brisbane; Machine Is Damaged But She Is Unhurt MUSRANE. Queensland. May 29: Amy Johnson i a. ti hangar. Previously at Toowoomba, 5,000 people greeted the youthful axlat-rlx and presented her with a puree of 100 sterling. Three planes, piloted by women, escorted her from Toowoomba to Brisbane. Thousands crashed through the Inolicc lines, shouting and horrified Measure : MU, , flCCident. When wucii wj . .. . they saw her get up uninjured , . their screams turned to cheers. FISH SALES American Excel II 25,000, Booth, 12c and 6c. lthona. 13,000. refused 10c and 6c nnrl went to Seattle. SlrTus 10,500. and Gloria, 6,500, Atlln, 13c and 6c. Canadian 1 Toodic, 6,000, Royal. 10 8c and 5c. Agnes B., 4,000. and Alice May, 2,500, Cold Storage. 10c and 5c. A. J., 4,000, Cold Storage, 10.1c and 5c. niNERAL NOTICE Funeral Service for the late Mrs. INDEPENDENT FROM STATES Britain's Turn to Make Declaration, Former Secretary For Dominions Says LONDON, May 20: "It is time wc had a declara10" ' Independence from the United States." Pvt. Hon. L. M. C. S. Amcry, former; : secretary for the Dominions, used these words last night In a strong pica which he voiced before a banquet of the Empire Chambers of Commerce on behalf of the development of Empire markets; ' i m'' ' 1 wlmcry..ws convinced that economic .unity was the Empire's most urgent need. Senate Approves Halibut Treaty censure upon thomas fails Mayj: LONDON, The Labor governmentjpast night defeated a Conservative motion to reduce the salary of Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas. Lord Privy Seal and unofficial minister of un- employment, by a margin of 270 to 241 or by a majority of 29. COMMITTAL fleoige Ireland lo'Be'Sent 1Jn Corruption Charge Restaur-anteur Deads Guilty .-4 MAXWELL SENTENCED. ; VANCOUVER, May 29: Clif-' ford' Maxwell, on a charge' of, ! theft' of $2300 worth- of city,,' shalUls relief officiMneal4kHi.il kets"which he-redeemed forihisi-f "owrfluse was sentenced toul8iw.a"ss LU. . months' Imprisonment with hard labor by Magistrate Hen rv Shaw in police court today. last night, Maxwell made restitution to the city of the sum Involved. G. S. Wrinkle, proprietor of the Log Cabin Cafe, on a corruption charge, was fined $750 with alternative of six months' Imprisonment. George Ireland was formally committed for trial. VANCOUVER, May 29: On com pletion of the preliminary hearing yesterday of George D. Ireland, for mer city relief officer, charged with prufkod nn her nlnne at Eagle Farm airdrome this, after- accepting five per cent commis- noon iiuuu but uuv was to not injured. The plane was carried by cross sion on $50,000 worth of meal tickets .' " fV,i niiJi'nmn 1... liif e fonof nml 1 !... f"iirn Hnrinif the nast five vears and ac- ed turtle. Miss Johnson was thrown clear of the machine, Kslercoa 1 t mi unAllAU Af kn nlnUA limr) ,im oo-tv. rnncrpi vaotr nrr nn V .1 snaKintr UI) 1HU iropeiwi vi me iiiauw nuo the. hiaher court unt 1 today. , n rhamhers of Commerce L.nnmul nff nnd hnth winirs were crumbled. Ine macnine, n s wrinkle. nroDrletor of thol Tomorrow's Tides BOSTON GRILL LA ROE CABAHET Friday, May 30, 1930. 6peclal Dinners Thursdays and Saturdays Hlf;h 2.22 a.m. 22.5 ft. Dancinf Every Saturday Mght, 9 to 12 15.30 p.m. 18.4 ft. Dance Hall for Hire Low A, 8-16 a.m. 1.1 ft. Accommodations tor Private Parties lr, PJn. 7.5 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 4J7 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1930 RIVER OUTLET IS DISCUSS PLAN TRIP FOR BAND Local Boys Anxious to Try Skill at Vancouver Exhibition The Prince Rupert Boys' Band is 'anxious to prove its ability by entering a content in concction with the Vancouver Exhibition on August 1, it was announced this morning by Thomas Wilson, bandmaster. It Is planned that the band shall leave here on August 2, travel by rail to Vancouver with visits en route at Prince George, Jas-per Park and Kamloops and re- I turn to the city by boat. The test piece from Gounod's i "Faust," arranred by M. L. Lake, is expected this week and the band will then get down to steady rehearsals. . i The boys of the band, the "committee and the boys' par- ii4entsrcmaking every effort to -toted' the "funds necessary to vf 'cover i 'transportation on the M "-proposed trip, Mr. Wilson states. DIED FROM , OIL BURNS of Accident Young Kitkatla Man Passes Avay ! v adoDted a resolution call-: ...mi' in y.n,.nWnA fn pnnhln Miss Johnson to continue the Lost Cabin Cafe, pleaded guilty to year old native of Kitkatla sentence. reside at KiiKaiia, F. F. Kennedy, proprietor of the After a brief service at noon to-! Wonder Lunch, charged with re- day at the chapel of Hayner Bros.. Icelvlng stolen goods in the form of undertakers, with Rev. Canon W. F. ' nitchhrnnv nf f irl.itiniT the remains (Speculation Rife at Ottawa As to "Election Date; August 11 Is Likely Day For Polling " art. ampndim? thp customs t ' . n. -m he ncia v -r- - nnssin n. l ariiumuiiL must ue iji uiuuuuu u.v wmunu on mc however, In the fact that, where mining Industries were established other Industries were bound to come, and, long after the mines might be worked out and cease activities, the others continued permanently. From early history. Dr. Mandy I said, much of the exploration ot Heber Robinson Pied Ust Evening, the WfM ha, ,asp,rPd by ill Prince Rupert General mlnrml rpnnrrn that wpm known Hospital at Ate of 30 u the governments of the! - Svdnov A large crowd cheered vociferously as paying five per cent commission to ceased Is survived by a widow as cleventh exist ccnt makeaedneerrflortjiiiki Uieg Irend and was remanded for well , as by his mother, both of whom I Iceland to Ame: America Fmplrc. COAL BILL IS PASSED The death , occurred at 0:30 last evening In the Prince Rupert General Hospital of Hebcr Robinson, 30 " De- 'Sfu to Ireland, was remanded until, were sent to Kitkatla where burial ; but to And a shorter route to the .June 4 for hearing. win dc maae. to exist In the new lands. Ths Rnmens had come to Britain not because It was their desire to conquer that country but to get tin and the Iron which was known to there. Lief Erlckson in the had crossed from to encounter the coal cliffs on the coast of New Brunswick. Christopher Columbus had come across the Atlantic not ;so much to discover a new land mines of Japan and the gold and 'silver of the Indies. Mexico and Peru had occupied the early lime light because of their mineral wealth. In Every Day Life Accounting for the relation of mineral development to the progress nf 'elvllliaUorv.'Df. Mnndy nl-luded to the great mrt metah played In every day. life. Minerals were used in tnc production oi .i. ..-j , j. ... cnrtnv vpsterdav aDDroved the new treaty i . , e Vt : tu u orals not so much with visions of -"u ana incorporating in i t nelfltion cnurcn uu "";: v.. Q,f f ,ho ' fitest. Some sections OI me tlOUSe are uuuvinttu uuti, it, la ----- - -- ------ :: . ; W nges proposed in the bud- y lst al 2.30 P.m. Requiu Satur- in wu tto It fttheito Vs0t of imp impossible to conclude by this time and express the view we,WJ UUk w "kW"" k"c received Its third reading. ebrated on ' wiu be election date.' (Continued on P.ge Four) day, May 31 at 9 oc10vn. ritlCE FIVE CENTS MUCH IN AGED PENSIONS British Columbia Has Received $2,049,000 to Date Return Declares No Less Than 42,553 Persons In Dominion Arc Now Receiving Benefits of Paternal Legislation OTTAWA, May 29: The Dominion government contributed a total of $3,771,000 to the provinces of Canada in aid of old age pensions up to the end of the last fiscal year, according to a return tabled yesterday in the House of Commons. Of this amount, $2,049,000 was paid to British Columbia. In the Dominion there are a total of 42,553 per sons npw receiving pensions, the return stated. Mining Development Goes Hand In Hand With Civilization, Is Engineer's Statement to Club Down from the earliest annals of history in the stone acfc :tp,;Jthe-pejnjday whichthc speaker iholeUoVTesig--nate as "the age of multifarious minerals' mining development and progress of civilization had gone hand in hand, Dr. J. T. Mandy, resident mining engineer, declared vesterdav in addressing the Prince Runert fJvrn Cluh nr. Mni'1 luncheon. Further, Dr. Mandy said, it was becoming in- ' . ' Mldrert j Actrcll. 4,.n v.,m, Vancouver . , .,, , , J?... Spinster. Succumbs to Effects viuMiu&y auj aieia uutu nu cuunny cuum uu jjreai Wi ii- iout a flourishing and jvianay s suDjeci was "Mining in ite- o . VANCOUVER. May 29: Miss Mil- latlon to Civilization-and he spoke dred Actrell, aged 55. died In hospl- most interestingly, tal here today from burns she suf- The mining Industry of necessity ferred when a bottle of coal oil Dr. Mandy said, was a pioneer upset on a stove and set fire to her business. It had been so since the clothing in a room on West Georgia first. It had its permanent effect, , Street. a prosperous mining industry WEST LOOKS BETTER N0 Dr. Expansion of Outdoor Activities Improves Industrial and Fin ancial Situation WINNIPEO. May 29: Expansion of outdoor activities hat Improved the Industrial and business situation In' Western Canada, in the op inion of A. E. Warren, vice-presi dent, Canadian National Railways, who returned today from the west. Seasonal Influences, such as agri cultural conditions afeeUng new crops and the proceeding of construction contracts, have been an immediate stimulus to general business according to Mr. Warron who predicts restoration of normal conditions will be accomplished in a short time. While the 1929 crops have passed for the greater part out of the producers' hands, Canadian National grain movements In the past few days have been of groat volume, Mr, Warren added. Rebekah Lodge Tea arid Sale Affair Bclnc Held This Afternoon at Home of Mrs. W. A. McLean, At the home of Mrs. W. A. Mc- OTTAWA, May 29: Premier King announced today cvcry day implements, in the foodlLean, 320 Fifth Avenue West, the Mmf iVm irnvornnipnf rW5 nnr. intend to nrocecd with bills that doodIc ate and In remedies rooms of which are decorated with TlmcDurnrocnvon bills nn t.hn nrder for illness. In fact minerals werdplnk flowers and green foliage and Ul tiWlHllVllWUUailHUUU illViV UVIV wvfvi svws v. paper, he . said of which possibly three r said to bc contentioua Non-contentious; bills,1 howevfer, thcm ThuJ lt had from the would be proceeded with, he announced. Then there re- 8tone Age when man employed mains but the voting the supply and the road will be clear minerals in the nint he used to for nroroeation or dissolution of Parliament, preparatory kindle the fire to warm himself ,rr,nol nWtinn and in his crude, primitive tools. to a r. general election. Then there was the Bronze Age There is still uncertainty as to whether or not the busi and the 8teel Ag0 and today nhs ness of the House will be sufficiently advanced to permit of age of multifarious minerals." holdintr the election on Julv 28. In order to make that date The prospector, the speaker said, the tea tables with similar effect. Centennial Rebekah Lodge ts holding aT tck arid sale of home cooking this afternoon. Mrs. Thomas Priest, past noble 'grand. Is receiving and Mrs. B. Church. Mrs. J. E. Boddie, Mrs. L. C. Eby and Mrs. Bert Morgan are pouring while assisting In serving are Mrs. A. Berner, Mrs. A. Black-hall, Mrs. H. Day, Mrs. William Sherman Jr., Miss Chrlaslo Woods and Mrs. W. A. McLean. Mrs. Bert (West is cashier and Mrs. S. V. Cox Is In charge of the home cooking