66 Taxi 66 Boston Grill v LARGE CABARET Thf reliable day and nlghl wtIco and Bpeclal Dinner and Thuradaya Saturdays TIIK OM.V 50c. FARE AW PLACE IN IUTERT. Call 66 "- quick Hlce. Danclnj Every Saturday Miht. 9 to it Try It and you -iraied Da&ee Hall tor Hit Accommodation for Private Parties HAVE 7II-I.K. Pro '',. - NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 457 i ias. e. . ,, Vol. XXI.. No, 109- " ANOTHER New Iron and Steel Schedules Objected To By The Progressives Position of Agriculture and Labor Not Considered, Tis Said Conservatives Expected to Support Government OTAWA, May 9: W, R. Fanscher, Progressive for Last Mountain, Saskatchewan, yesterday moved a sub-amendment to the Conservative budget amendment stating that it was to be regretted that more effective consideration had not been given to the position of agriculture and labor but that, on the contrary, changes made in iron and steel tariff schedules would result in increased cost with respect to all structural work and machinery of production and, further, that the best interests of Canada would be served by a more substantial increase in the British preference, particularly as affecting textiles and other articles of similar character. When it comes to a vote, it is expected Conservatives will unite with the government against the New. Halibut Treaty, Holding Additional Fishing Rules. Is Signed By States and Canada OTTAWA, May 9: A treaty between-Canada and the united states for the purpose uitjiiauuui usneni's in ine iNonn racmc ucean was signed tdtkyjfilhllbfiice of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Mr. King signed on behalf of Canada while B. R. Riggs, United States- charge d'affaires, signed for the United States. The heV treaty has grown out of the halibut treaty signed at Washington in 1923 and brings into effect important recommendations made by the International Commission FREE TRADE DEAD ISSUE Stanley Baldwin Says He Will Restore All Safeguarding Duties Snowden Has Itemoved SHEFFIELD, Eng.. May 9: There is not a single "duty of which Mr Snowden Is now depriving the manufacturers of this country when he remove safeguarding duties that we shall not have the greatest pleasure in putting on again the moment we return to ; power," Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, j Conservative leader, said last night here when he opened his campaign for Home and Empire. "Events of the last year have washed away for all time the last foundations of the fortress of free trade in this country." proclaimed Mr. Baldwin. Olof Hanson Is Attending Funeral of Brother Bert Word has been received In the city of the death of Bert Hanson, pole operator, at Kamloops. He Is a brother of Olof Hanson of this city who Is expecting ,to arrive at Kam-ioops Sunday in time for the funeral which takes place Monday. John Hanson of Cedarvalc, another brother, Is already at Kamloops. . The deceased' was i a single man and lived at Smlthers In the early days. TOMORROW'S TIDES Saturday, May 10, 1930. High 12.11 p.m. 19.5 ft, Low 8.04 a.m. 3.4 ft, .. 18.1 p.m. 5.2 ft j:,'' ::, of securing preservation of o appointed under the former treaty. The report of the commission, stating; that the halibut fisheries of the Pacific Ocean and Behrlng Sea were being seriously depleted, recommended that the proper gov-ernmental authority be given to establish areas In each of which limitation as to the total quantity of fish that may be taken therefrom may be fixed and that such limit may be reduced from time to time as may be found necessary. The commission also recommended that certain areas be closed to fishing, that the existing close season be modified and that all vessels engaged in fishing In .conven tion waters be licensed so as to as-1 Jure the obtaining of necessary statistical details. PAYROLL IS TAKEN Bandits Held Up Sawmill Office at Lumberton Near Cranbrook Yesterday rnANHROOK. May 9: Bandits yesterday afternoon held up the of fice of the British columDia bprucc Mills at Lumberton and robbed the firm of payroll money amounting to.iiu.wu. Mike Watowskl is now in cusway u..- ohararri ulth the robbery of liCIC V O " - the payroll. Watowskl Is alleged to have attacked me mm su.-uu&iayn-er Just after she had received the registered package of money at the post-office, knocking her down and cial police, wtw wc notified, found Watowskl hiding In nwirbv bush and tne money ws ic- covered Intact. He had recenUy been employed ai me nun. BIRTH u.- of ... Vio Prlnpe Ru- was uui v - There 'pe t Oeneral Hospital early thta to Alderman morning a daughter and Mrs. H. F. Pullcn. PRINCE BUDGET AMENDMENT MADEi - - WILL PROSPECT FOR SUMMER BANDITRY TERRIBLE Whole Town In Chin Wiped Out With Fifteen Thousand Slaughtered SHANGHAI. May 9 Climaxing China's unparalleled banditry In recent months, 15,000 Chinese of Yung Yang In Hon-an Province were killed on April 23, according to unconfirmed reports reaching here today. The dispatches state that the looting, burning and killing lasted four days. The town was obliterated and nothing left of It but ruins. BOAT SINKS T0TALL0SS Capt. George Ness Packer C. and N. Founders After Sudden Explosion Reporting the loss of his weU known fish packer C. and N. In Ogden Channel not far from Oona River following an explosion about noon on Wednesday, Capt. OCOrce Ness reached town today with Capt. Ed. Johnson aboard the trailer Moose. The explosion occurred very sud denly and without any manner of warning and was so severe as to stun Ness and throw his companion clear through the pilot house win dow on to the deck. Recovering themselves, the two men took to a dinghy and stood by for two hours, not leaving their vessel until It had sunk a total loss In the deep water of Ogden Channel. Then they rowed to Oona River whence the trolling boat brought them on to town. When the accident occurred, the C. and N. was being brought by Ness from his fox farm home at Kltkatla Inlet to Prince Rupert to be outfitted for the coming season's packing operations. The vessel was built two years ago by Ness at katla Inlet, Vas 48 feet long and SiS BAGDAD: HAD ARDUOUS of his power cruisers. The C.'aod N. was insured. THE WEATHER (Government Telegraphs). . Prince Rupert Clear, calm, tem perature, 40. Port Simpson Clear, cairn, 3U. Terrace Clear, calm, 42. Alyansh Clear, calm, 48. Atlln Part cloudy, S. wind, 42. VANCOUVER CAR CRASH J. M. Russell of Toronto Killed and Alan Butchart of Victoria May Die VANCOUVER, May 9:-J. M. Russell of Toronto was killed and Alan j c. BUtchart. nephew of R. P. Butchart, Victoria, seriously Injured j when an automobile, tn which Butchart was drlvmgV accompanied by j Russell, crashed Into a Jaxjcab. 'early'thl3 morning ,tand: then. car j roomed into a light standard. Buf I chart's condition Is said to be crit ical. CARD OF THANKS The Ridley Home Management wish to thank all those who sent donations and In any way helped to make the success of the Ridley I Home Bazaar. RUPERT, ftC, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930 t4444 JOHN MASEFIELD POET LAUREATE . LONDON? May 9: John Masefleld, celebrated English poet and writer, today was ap- pointed Poet Laureate In sue- cession - to - the late Dr, Robert Bridges. .- - LAUNCHING WAS FATAL Man Killed Yesterday When Prince Rupert Built Tug Goes Into Lake KELOWNA; May 9: "Jock"1 McGIU, of North Vancouver, aged 60, was drowned at noon yesterday wjien he was swept over the ratling Into the icy waters of Qkanagan Lake at the launching of a new Canadian National tug constructed by the Prlrtce Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyards. The gunwale and part of the deck of the vessel was submerged, as the boat went Into the wajgr, wasbingMcGlir off.' "The body- was recovered an hour later. TACOMA MILL BURNED DOWN Half Million Dollar Loss Yesterday When Plant of Puget Sound Lumber Co. Destroyed TACOMA, May 9. Fire of unde termined origin destroyed the saw mill and most of the stock of the Puget Sound Lumber Co. here yes terday. The loss is estimated at $500,000. AMY JOHNSON FLIGHT OVER ARAB DESERT Youthful Aviatrix Is Not Afraid of Shieks Now, Following Her Forced Landing in Blinding Sandstorm BAGDAD, May 9: Romancers who ebneoct tales of what happens to pretty British girls who get lost in the desert are all wrong, according to Amy Johnson, 23-year aviatrix with the golden hair. Arriving here last night from Aleppo, Syria, she told a story of having been forced down in the desert near an Arab encampment where she waited tremulously with a revolver in her hand for what might happen. All she heard was the barking of dogs. The real danger was not from the 8.000 feet above sea' level ;through dense clouds which hid. everything beyond ft few yards ahead of her. When she encountered a sandstorm with wind of about 50 miles an hour, she was forced' down on the desert floor where for two hours swirling clouds of dustt threatened to drive the plane away. , .When tho stormidtea dqwn,.Mlss Johnson wnsablc ta.taka off again and soon picked up the Tigris River and followed It to Bagdad, landing gracefully at the airdrome to the surprise of airmen who, knowing of the storm, had not expected her. While they set tq work overhauling her machine, she went to a hotel for food and sleep with the Inten tion of starting again at dawn to day in the effort to reach Karachi, j India, tonight. If she does this, she KILLED IN LONG FALL Fred Dunn, Former Vancouver Taxicab Operator, Loses Life in Rogers Block VANCOUVER, May 9. FredS Dunn, former operator of a taxicab business here, plunged seven storeys to his death in the Rogers Block late yesterday afternoon. He fell from the ninth storey down a light well, crashing Into a skylight on the second floor. His death was Instantaneous. FAIR ISLE IP HTIlVT"MPn !BU"""cr UiUl- ior ine naiiDut neei. it win also De ascer-IlJ W lWnfeK,tamed if herring can be obtained during the summer for ," Scotch mild curing. Both gill nets and seines will be used Lord Derby's Horse Captured the Thousand Guineas Today-Torchere, second, Sister Clover, Third NEWMARKET. ENGLAND. May 9 Lord Derby's Isle today won the Thousand Oulneas Stakes. Anthony dc Rothschild's Torchere was second and C. Wadla's Sister Clover, third. Nineteen horses ran. Stock Quotations (Courtty 8 D. J oh niton Co.) OILS A. P. Consolidated, 1.37, 158. Calmont Oils Ltd, 1.53, 1.54. Dalhousle, 1.10. 1.15. Devenlsh Pet. Ltd, .17. .20, Fabyan Pete. .08 V. .07. Home Oil. 655. 6.60. Royallte. nil. 30.00. Hargal, nil, .59. Freehold, 52. .59. Merland, .25, .26. Mercury, .28, nil. United, .48, nil. LANDS SAFE shieks she said. She had will be two days ahead of the 15-day record from England to Australia of Bert Hinklcr. SILVER KING MINE FORMED Company Incorporated to Proceed With Development of Interior Property VICTORIA, May 9: Provincial Incorporations this week Include that of the Omlneca-Sllver King Mines Ltd. with head office In Victoria and capitalization of three million no par value shares. The company will operate the Bablne-Sllver King mine near Smlthers. Government Has Made Grant To Aid Search For Fresh Fish Bait Sum of $1500 Per Month For Three Months to Pay For Operation of Boat Secured Through Instrumentality of Olof Hanson Through the instrumentality of Olof Hanson, who has recently been at Ottawa, arrangements have been made whereby the federal department of fisheries will expend $1500 a month for three months for a boat to go into waters adjacent to this port and prospect for herring for in the prospecting operations. The Canadian Halibut Vessel Owners' Association for - - . - J oa long time has been agitating for RECALL OF RED ENVOY Sokolnlkov's Friendliness in ... Britain Offends Soviet " Government LONDON, May 9: The Daily Mail prints a front-page story asserting that the Ambassador from Soviet Russia, G. T. Sokol-nikor, and several members of the embassy staff are likely to be recalled to Moscow, for offending their government by a too friendly attitude toward the British government and English society people. Ridley Home Sale Was Fine Success Satisfactory Sum; of $578 Realized As Result of Affair Yesterday Afterhbon The annual bazaar In aid of the Ridley Home yesterday was a complete success, the very satisfactory sum of $578 being realized from, the effort. Proceeds from the various booths were as follows: Fish Pond (Capt. Warren ..$ 1150 Tea Room .-. 37.40 Second Hand Stall 24.35 Home Cooking 72.75 Ice Cream and. Soda 10.00 Plants 28.55 Fancy Work 107.60 Country Store 50.00 Fortune Telling tt Novelties 11.85 Candy 37.30 Children's 105.00 Mrs. H. L. Landry, with 1639, was the winner of a contest as to the number of beans in a Jar which actually contained 1663. Last night goods remaining unsold were auctioned off by Oeorge J; Dawes. '' Toronto Stocks (Coiirtfv S D. Jotinstnn Co.) Amulet. .82, .85. Falconbrldge, 3.35, 3.45. Hol'lnger, 6.30, 6.40, Hudson Bay, 9J50.D.60.1 " ' Howie. .86, '.90. 'M, Imperial 'OlV.;24'J50,"24:65.J'1l" ,; ' ' !'' " 'Int Nickel" SttO?'?. Manitoba Basin, .5. .06. Mining Corp., 1.61, 1.65. Mclntyre, 1850, 18.00. Noranda, 28.00, 2850. Sherrltt Oordon, 1.88, 1.95. Sundbury Basln. 4.95, 1.97. Teck Hughes, 6.80, 6.90. Treadwell Yukon; 5.00, nil. Ventures, 1.30, 1.35. Wright Hargravei, 1.95, 1.98. rlilCE FIVE CENTS HERRING a boat to be used hi pijuspectlng for summer herring and news that one is tq be provlde,d.haa been .received with considerable, gratification by that organization. There are believed to be good summer herring tn the neighborhood fit the Queen Charlotte Islands. Laurence Ward Interred Today c no yhhi-. Vletlnt of UrtKnW-irafciiity at -i Falls River LaidAto,Re7rhb Afternoon , The funeral took place this af ternoon froiu the chapel of the B. C. Undertakers to Falrvlew Ceme tery of Laurence Ward, one of the victims of the drowning fatality at Falls River on March 26 whose body was found In the harbor last Sunday. Adjutant William Kerr of the Salvation Army officiated and pallbearers included representaUves of the Power Corporation, police and friends. The late Mr. Ward was a native of Newfoundland and 30 years of age. He came here from Vancouver and had been around the city for four or five years. He was unmarried and had no relatives here although an uncle, J. Ward, lives In Grand view, Vancouver. FISH SALES 'Summary American 60,000 pounds, 11.5c and 6c to 12.6c and 6c. Canadian 28,000 pounds, 11.1c and 5c to 11.8o and 5c, . American Ivanhoe, 20,000, Royal, 11.8c and 6c. Oceanic, 17,000, Booth, 11.7c and 8c. v' Narrona, 10500, Pacific, 115c and 6c t Pierce; 6500, Pacific, 11.7c and Gc 'Frisco, 6,000, Pacific, 12.6c and 6c. Canadian Tramp,. 15,000,. Cold Storage, 11.-lc and 5c Fanny Pj(t5,000, Booth, 115c and 5c '""',., Agnes B 5,000, Cold Storlage, 11. 8c. and 5c H. and R, 5,000. Atlln, 11.8c and 5C . . VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, May 9: Wheat was quoted on the local exchange today at $1.04.