66 Taxi 66 Th rrllabl day and THE ONLY 00c. FA I ix m ri:iiT. cii r. v. - Try It and yon' ni r A mil.. ures Given on Prohibition U.S. Straw Vote I t i I V. i -..Miu uroaacasi last iuk'" nought the result of the straw vote n the Quaker City of Philadelphia wken by the Literary Digest on the Prohibition question. The figures Total vote , 140,509 For enforcement 22,868 For modification 35,012 For repeal 80,629 - and E 7.IILE, rr). - PtlnJ!,,. ' Ji.. . Mirirnvinri iiikii ri i m nr.. r Ban a i . h i . r . it'nnlf K Dmrimu. a" ! mi ! "I , ERUBTWTHE PRISON I.I- f I. . f m Ur in AJfuUans Collowrd by -Earth Tremors SEATTLE. April 34: -,Bmok oiuuuiaiii uii unmui ikihthi t! 'in chain In AHiIra wan fntliivMl '.nrday by three light but dls- i.:. - raruinuake snockt. c. ii. Prihry'on rnriln nwralitr fnr th Paiflr American Flsheriea at Ik- h ra iasi nlcht PATTULLO IS HAPPY LAXITY IN The Noah Tlmmlns Interests are about to start work at Surf Inlet on the west coast of Trlncess Royal Island, down the coast from here, preparatory to the development of the well known gold claims of F. M. Wells. The old concentrating mill of the Belmont Co. is also to be reopened under the plans of the new owners and operated in conectlon with the Wells property and the Porcher Island mine. J B. Woodworlh of ancou-ver, representative of the Tim-mlns Interests on this coast, b at present at Surf Inlet as well as Mr. Wells. Accompanying them Is a mill engineer. "!' uusaip in mis ouniry OTTAWA. April 24: A report from Australia that an Australian nas Deen recommended for thP npvr r.nv. vw V W f f a Awn 1 n 1 !-. A. .tl fit . nu a vj viivi aa s. ua, iii ba l t jiiiiiiiiiii i h, vi i i i i ' oi riiir mfuii uji 17 wviv o w ituu vwn lii . Lilt? in x i. 1 1 VMrnnr.i .onorn i i iii imiii. i jiii ii iiiiiiimiiiii m hi in ijytii rtt u nnvT' rsn 1 1 1 jf i1- A 1 t 1 . Jl Vfc . " . A S IfHfll 1 1 rl 1 llt'I I LI v KIIirirccTpri rnnr rnn I 111 Ira rt VstwL- ma if .a... if iKiiiicii inn nuLi.rs.i ii h mi i lit" ii iuiiir t n rn t ri r i sr choice of most Canadians. In case this is not possible, the rnesiion 01 tne annointment or a nnnr nn umiiH ....it : i if c - V-H..waa(i w iiuiiiw J. Wll A V V A I I II 1 T a been mentioned for the post. The views of the Canadian government will likelv ho forwarded this year, possibly at the time of the Imperial Conference, to London. IS CHARGED Columbus Fire Chief Declares Tro-: per Precautions Were Not Taken and This Is Admitted COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 24. -The fire chief, giving evidence here yesterday before the commiMion of inquiry Into the death of over 300 convicts in the state penitentiary, charged that the prison officials were lax In their consideration for human life. All of the 318 might have been saved had there not been undue delay. The warden admitted that proper precautions against fire had not been taken. The warden was hissed when he passed through the prison yard yes-terdav and the Driest who was mln- as Nothlnr to Do But Uphold juterlng to the injured following the nine Government and Condemn fre stated that if the warden had That of Tolmle entered the prison yard at the time : when the bodies of the victims were Mr Pattullo Is '.more happll) bin identified he would have been I this time, writes Bruce Hut- 'torn In Dieces. chlson in the Vancouver Province His t:me is his own, and he Is the hi. lost man between the forty-ninth parallel and the Yukon boundary. He will march through '.hf rountry as before, and no one '"an romplatn of It. He will march "-'Ugh the country to uphold the M:.i;ki'nzle King government, but n his fervent faith in the Mac-kri -'Ic King government will not occupy him all the time. Somehow, flcsyitr all his natural inclinations, he Will find onnnrtimltv while sav ins the government of Mr. King, to ! CMrny that of Dr. Tolmle. But let M Mr King be alarmed lest Mr. Pattullo devote too much time to Dr Tolmle and not enough to him. Mr Pattullo has found already that the Tolmlo government Is destroying itself so fast that it needs little distance from him. Fig ACTIVITY AT SURF INLET Work on Wells Mining Property and at Old Concentrator About to Start Premier King Arrives Home ntTAWA. April 24:-Premicrj this morning in King arrived home time for the cabinet meeting later today. GRAIN SHIP IS IN PORT Swedish Vessel Rozen Arrives Here From Adelaide, Australia The fine big Swedish ship Koxcn, first grain vessel of the season for Prince Rupert, arrived In port at 11:30 last night from San Farncisco, her last port of call. She is now tied up at the ocean dock where she Is being lined and will move down to the elevator at the end of this week or the first of next to start loading a full cargo for the United Kingdom or Continent. Capt. G. Dreillch Is master of the Rozen which carries a crew of 34 men. The Roxen has been engaged during the last year or so in running between the Pacific Coast and Australia. She came here from Adelaide, Australia, via San Francisco, in ballast. Capt. Dreillch reports a foggy passage up the coast. The Roxen was built In Sweden in 1932 and is a vessel of 4585 gross tonnage. WRIGHT IS APPOINTED Named Government Agent at Atlin in Succession to Late E. T. Cope Wendell W. Wrighi received official notification last night of his appointment as government agent at Atlin, succeeding the late E. T. Cope, who died recently. He will leavo for the north next Wednesday aboard the steamer Princess Alice. Mrs. Wright will go to Atlin in June. Mr. Wright, who is receiving congratulations from many friends on his appointment, has been deputy government agent for the past year and a half. He Is a pioneer of this district, having first been school teacher at Georgetown, then Baptist Church minister here and later identified with local business concerns. He also spent several months a few years ago as a member of the reportorial staff of the Dally News. Mr. Wright's duties at Atlin will include that of government agent, gold cbmmlsaloner and a number of auxiliary posts. SITUATION IS SERIOUS Rebellion Against British Rule Is Spreading Throughout India BOMBAY, India, April 24: British authority in India was confronted today with an Increasingly grave situation. Serious rioting and fighting with troops is reported In widely scattered sections as the anti-government movement spreads. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930 Dr D. J Oogg Ji ot Toionto. lea .ung piwnixT educaf idniJt of thS west, who wa:: a famous figure or more than twenty years of early life in Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Ralston and Macdonald Reflect On Naval Conference Following Close of Memorable Gathering HALIFAX, April 24: "There was a spirit of adjust ment and conciliation and no heat or rancor appeared when men failed to see eye to eye at the London naval conference," declared Hon. J. C. Ralston, minister of national defence, speaking at a Liberal banquet here on his return from attending the naval disarmament conference in London. "Canada's interest, owing to her modest naval strength, was mainly in the restriction in use of armed force as a means of settlement of international disputes." t - - . - . -. o"Ie considered it a healthy feature. TEACHERS DROWNED Mountain Hike Results Double Tragedy in Lynn Canyon In NORTH VANCOUVER, April 21: J. A. Hyndman and F. E. Lothian, teachers in Carleton School, South Vancouver, were drowned in Lynn Creek yesterday before the eyes of 18 girl pupils they had taken for a mountain hike. The party had reached the second canyon when Hyndman lost his balance on a large log serving as a bridge, falling Into the boiling torrent. Lothian plunged in after him and both were swept over the falls. The police have recovered Lothian's body and arc still searching for llyndman's. Another Alberta Well Comes Into Production Now i CALGARY, April 24: The Wellington well, situated east of the Home Oil, came In last rilght with ,a gas flow estimated at between .fifteen and twenty million cubic 'feet of gas. said Col. Ralston, that Canada and other Dominions were represented to present their views. The views of Canada, he said, had been given attentive hearing. LONDON. April 24: Broadcasting a message following the close of the naval disarmament conference which he had piloted through so many perils, Premier Ramsay Macdonald declared that "another war will be as certain as tomorrow's sunrise if an active peace of mind, not only of the pious but of the practical kind, does not Intervene." SHOT BY OFFICER Calgary Man in Critical Condition After Head Injury VANCOUVER. April 24: -Harry GerllUs of Calgary was shot in the Ihead and critically wounded by .Constable J. H. Johnston late last night. Oerlltz was allegedly attempting to escape from custody after being placed under arrest by the officer on a charge of being intoxicated while In charge of a motor car. The shooting occurred at the corner of Richards and Georgia Street In the downtown section. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, April 24 Wheat' wa3 quoted on the local Exchange today at $1.07 3-8. Boston Grill LABUE CAHABET Bpaotal Dlnnera Tmiradays and Saturday Dancing Eiery Saturday Night, 9 to U Danes Rail or Rlx Aooommodttlona tor Pmat Panic PHONE 457 PRICE FIVE. CENTS CANADIAN MAY BE NEXT G0VERN0 Duke of York Favored And Sir Roht. Borden Also Named for Post ANOTHER CRASH AT SECOND NARROWS 4- 4 I TERRACE CHILD IS KILLED ON ROAD (Special to Dally News) TERRACE, April 24: Eve- lyn, five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCul- loch, while playing on the roadway near her home yes- terday afternoon, was accl- Mentally hit by a government road tractor and died early this mornlnit from the Injuries. 44- 4 Leading Pioneer Educationist United States Steamer 1 Collides With Bridge And Then Is Stranded Freighter Losmar Hit Span Early This. Morning and , Vl Carried Part of Structure Into Vancouver I , $ uaroor ueains narrowly Averted VANCOUVER, April 24:-The United States freighter Losmar crashed into Second Narrows bridge early this morning and carried away the south span. The ship then stranded on the south shore. Two men working on the span fled barely ahead of the splintering timbers, rending steel and crumbling concrete. F. G. Tennant, operator in charge of the draw on the bridge, remained at his post until the last moment when he dashed to safety as the steel span plunged into the harbor. ECLIPSE WILL BE VISIBLE MONDAY Next Monday a partlat ec- hose of thesun wlH.be. visible here. Beginning at 10.12 aia. MORE TRADE WITH INDIES Predicted By Sir Henry Thornton On Return From Trip to Bermuda NKW YORK. April 24: Prospects of greatly Increased trade between Canada and British possessions In the West Indies were held out by Sir Henry W. Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, on his arrival here en route back to Canada after a trip to cBrmnda. He said that the Ca nadian National Steamships were about to take energetic . steps to promote increased trade between Canada and the West Indies. FISH SALES Summary American 51,000 pounds, 10.4c and 5c and 105c and 5c. Canadian .65,500 pounds, 95c and 5c to 10c and 5c ' American Superior, 20,000, Booth, 105c and 5c. I Tn'tnnh 1AOOO. Rnval. lOJir. and 4. ! Rattle. 1SOOO AlHrt ' lO ifl and Se Llndy II.. 9.000, Atlin for Ketchikan 'delivery,' 19.5c ihd' 5c ' ' Canadian Oslo. 7.000. Atlin. 10c and 5c. Viking I 7,000, Royal, 9.6c and 5c. Sea Maid, 13,000; LysekU, 8,000, and Cape Race, 2,000, Cold Storage, 9.6c and 5c. i , and -continuing- until 12.47 ; noon Old Sol wtfi be four- i fifths obscured by the shadow of the moon. In Prince Rupert PRINCE GEORGE April 24: ! the greatest shadow will be of Lord WBlingdoa, Governor General short duration. At that "time, uanaa nna caay willlngdon are there will be a' dusky light jSPndi: tiixji-ttl Quesnel and will particularly noticeable if it Is bestoixtorrote morning en route a bright day but. even If the A'TO'vunaraiooF oy auto. Saturday sun is obscured by clouds, the darkening shadow should still 4 . be noticeable. LG0YERNOR ININORTH Next Few Days to Be Spent by Their Excellencies Around Prince George and Vahderhoof will be spent In the Vanderhoof district with a visit to Stuart Lake. I Met at Vanderhnnf Ratnrrlav night by a special train, Their Excellencies will spend the best part of Sunday in Prince George. Lord Willlngdon will attend service in the morning at St. Michael's Anglican Church and read the lesson. There will also be a luncheon and civic reception. Later Sunday afternoon the vice-regal party will leave on their special train for HEARST IS OUT AFTER JAIL REFORM Leading Article Scoies Ruling Class of United States For Methods NEW YORK. AprU 24: The Hearst chain of newspapers today carry a scathing editorial written by William Randolph Hearst which speaks of the cold-bloocled Indifference shown by officials at the Columbus penitentiary on the outbreak of the fire which took over 1 300 lives Monday. It describes the Jails of the country as "black holes of Calcutta" where young and Inexperienced are crowded together with hardened criminals, and. he blames part of the trouble on the 'efforts to enforce prohibition. I The Hearst papers say that the aim of the authorities seems to bo to punish rather than prevent. To remedy this they ask for more conscientious legislators. The ruling 'classes of merici.pre scored severely and fhernufg given that ilt there,' Is not a cSangs tjiire will bi VepetlUon bi nh fRuislan tastrophc in this country. ca- TOMORROW'S TIDES Friday. April 25, 1930 v Tramp. 11,500, Atlin, 9.5c and 5c High 11.48 a.m. 18.0 ft. Kalen, 10,000, Pacific, 9.8c and 5c. Relief, 7,000, Cold Storage, 9.8c Low and 5c I 5.55 a.m. 17.58 pjn. 7.1 ft. 6.0 ft.