i 1 Store Entering m v r l, in the monoplane Trade overcome and that : nrt their fate very close to .will move forward to still inlands. ,j: m one of the islands hi the . rume word yesterday that mm had seen an object, very biy a plane, descend onto the v .1 few miles from shore. The vxv however, very rough and inn would have no chance to Seattle City SEATTLE. Jan. U:3. C. Penny Co ono of the largest chain store j or animations in the United States, 1 i coming into Seattle, it was an- tmncod last night. The company ! ;:as .si cured'a long time lease on the building on Second Avenue which I w.r formerly occupied by the Don Murchfi and will establish here the iurt;i sf of its 1500 stores which are x uttered all over the country. developments. lsts on the mainland. ennng uoiernor-uenerm is Grateful to Canada; Predicts a Great Future For This Country Issues Dirctjt and Simple Expression of Gratitude On Be half of Himself and Viscountess Basic Conditions Absolutely Sound, He Says OTTAWA, Jan. 14 : Last night on the eve of his depar- urc irom the Dominion capital lor mliiax whence he will mburk for England en route to India to assume the Vice- - if TT' V- 1 1 ll I t o nip tnere, nis excellency, tne uovernor uenerai, guvt uui u message iu wic jjcuic ui vuuauu. it i a Kimpie direct expression oi grauuiue on Denau oi XViscountess Wllllngdon and himself I MHlr I II SWIM and friendship which has always NEAR LAND Hart and W. S. MacLaren Believed to Have Nearly Ufa died Azores TA. Azores, Jan ' h it Mrs. Beryl Hart and Wll s MacLaren, attempting a i id flight across the Atlantic i i been shown us by all with whom we have been privileged to come In contact from the highest to the towest in the land." His Excellency declared: "I leave you with the profound conviction that the basic condition of Canada is absolutely sound." After making brief reference to 14: It is be- the precent depressed conditions, Viscount- Wllllngdon expressed certainty i that difficulties confronting the Canadian people will soon be the Dominion greater Adam Shortt Died Today : u' the waves. I OTTAWA, Jan. 14:-Dr. Adam Hart, a widow and licensed Shortt, well known economist and and MacLaren. her co-pllot, ! former chairman of the civic ser-n t been reported since leaving ( vice commission, died here today, uda last Saturday. ' aged 71. Good Progress Being Made With Highway Construction; Work Is Well Advanced Beyond Crossing Excellent progress continues to be made by the provin- mi department 01 puunc wonts u oivcc vi j con t ruction beyond Galloway Rapids. Three miles of oadwav beyond the rapids has now been graded, clearing j, iw,...', ,infn,i tn n nnint. nnn mile ahead of that and i i ' in iuuiijii;.-w wu f w..- ". .. . I .. . . i t !.!.. 1. .l 1nnwi r 10 nntt in It :ie mile of sunacmg nas Deen musucu. vu.-n ... , oprogress Deyona loyuu the Galloway Rapids bridge is completed in spring, there will be a fine new drive available for moior- Fifty relief workers are kept steadily on the road construction, each group being given periods of two weeks' work at a time. The group of fifty that is now on will go off on Friday of this week to be replaced by another group which will work until the end of the month. The men now live in a winter camp which has been established at Cloy-ah Day. PUBLIC MEETING Moose Hall, Wednesday, January 14 At 8 P.M. To discuss municipal affairs. All candidates invited to attend and speak. C. H. ORME, Chairman. last Monday and had tied up FRAUD ACT IS UPHELD Measure Passed at Last Session of Legislature is Valid, Mr. Justice W. A. Macdonald Finds VANCOUVF.lt, Jan. 14 Validity of the Security Frauds Prevention Act passed by the Rri-tish Columbia legislature at it last session was uphrld by Mr. Justice W. A. Macdonald yesterday in dismissing an action by Solloway, Mills firms for an injunction to restrain the attorney-general of the the province and his representative, Mark Cosgrove, Vancouver barrister from examining the books and witnesses under provisions of the Act. , ..." v Tho proposed examination' afi h" fects the books of Solloway. Mills & Co. Ltd, and employees of that firm. I SEARCH IS Annette Island between the provincial police cruiser P. M. L. 8 and the UnlUd States coastguard cutter kan so she may be closer to the scene of search operations. Although the morning was not very propitious, it was hoped that Eckmann would be able to resume his search today. He arrived here at) 11:40 this morning from Ketchikan to confor with Mrs. Renahan In regard to the continuation of the search." She returned, north with him about an hour later. Eckmann L..1I1 1 kAMlr V. exfn IUIb AiiAnlnn: Will LTC Veil II iicic i.lio evening tU spend the night. PKICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVER, Jan. 14: The price of wheat on the local exchange today was quoted at 55c. FERGUSON TO , . PRIVY COUNCIL OTTAWA, Jan. 14: Hon. O. Howard Ferguson, Canadian High Commissioner to London, was sworn in as a member of the Canadian Privy, Council today. 1 S row's Tides Of Special Interest K 5. January 15, 1931 I ills g g 10.41 a.m. 20.5 ft. -lave yoa read the classified advertising page In this paper today? . Low 4.26 a.m. 10.2 ft. If not, now is the time. 17.41 p.m. 4.3 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL.BRITISn COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 193.1 P1UCE FIVE CENTS si'- AREWELL MESSAGE OF WILLINGDON trAlKo YUKON MMNU LUmrAN i IV lit INVtbULAltU Farewell Message Viscount Willlngdon sees bngrii, tuiae for Canada on eve of his departure for India. HAMPERED ''en Record of City Public Pilot Anscel Eckmann Held Up For Two Days By Storm- After having not been heard from for two days. Pilot Anscel Eckmann, searching for further wreckage of Pilot Robin wonts uuring rast iear is onown In Report of the City Engineer That the public works department of the city made a Renahan-s missine solendid record last vear is made clear from the renort of plane, reported from Ketchikan to the city engineer to the city council. The cost of mainten-the provincial police here last night ance 0f streets was cut down by approximately $17,800 that he had been stormbound since v.o moo nA ta'nnn v,M t, .... v iiuin 1.11c xui.u iii:i(ii.:o uu n uo iju,uuu icoo witui tiiu fum till ? A l 1 !i . T ll a 11 propriated. Also it is mentioned that the sum of $10,000 was expended out of general revenue during the year for permanent Improvements. The details of the report showing comparisons wtih the Cygan. He was unable to do any Previous year follow: further searching during the two days and Uiere are no new developments to report today in the quest. A Seattle radio station this morning broadcast a scare story about Eckmann being missing. Some alarm ws felt which, happily, was unfounded. Mrs. Robin Renahan, wife of the missing aviator, all hope for whose Expended 1929 Engineering Administration- $ 4,913.15 Public Health 16,387.32 Public Work & Sewers 35,045.47 Water 10.70025 Fire Mains 800.00 Estimate 1930 $ 4,800.00 ll.7S0.00' 31,100.00 11,700.00 6,000.00 Expended 1&0 $ 4,600.00 11,700.00 28,000.00 9,800.00 5,400.00 $67,851.19 $65,350.00 $59,500.00 The following works were completed out of 1930 expenditures in ad- safety is now given up, is still here dltlon to maintenance awaltlng transportation to Kctchl Permanent Fire Mains. Second Ave and Bacon St $ 5,400.00 Reconstruction of Cow Day Sewer 1,000.00 Reconstruction Eleventh Ave. E. from Frederick St 1,000.00 Hay's Creek Clearing 1,000.00 Cinder Sidewalks 900.00 Extra Park .Clearing 200.00 New Garbage Truck now valued at 800.00 Total $10,300.00 MAN QUEST DRAMATIC COMMENCES! STATEMENT Search Instituted In Stlkine River District For Al Farrow and L. C. Davis PETERSDURO. Alaska, Jan. 14:- ! A boat and party of four persons left here yesterday for the Stlkine River district to search for Al Farrow and L. C. Davis last November to prepare for the trapping season land have not been heard of since. TVnnnai-a fnH lllvr InnSA hnut containing clothing, and some oro-j I visions. The men lauea w ai rive ai their destination. CHICAGO, Jan. 14: In a drama tic statement to the authorities here yesterday, the lawyer for Van Drothers, charged with the murder of Alfred J- Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, last June, declared that he had been an eye-witness when Lingle had been shot but that It was not his client who did the newspaperman to death. Drothers stated that hedid not know nor had ever heard of Lingle before. He unequivocally denied having had anything to do with the killing. Secretary of State Exercises Power to Have Probe Started Over-Issuance of Stock and Mismanagement Alleged Against Consolidated Gold Corporation By Shareholders In Old Country i OTTAWA, Jan. 14:-Hon. C. H. Cahan, Secretary of State, yesterday appointed G. T. Clarkson of Toronto to I investigate the' affairs of the Yukon Consolidated Gold ; Corporation Ltd., a $6,000,000 company with vast mining j interests in the Klondyke. Upon application of a large ; 'toud of English shareholders, the Secretary of State in-i Jtvoked for the first time the power GOVERNOR SAYS ADIEU Their Excellencies Wave Goodbye to Friends In Ottawa As Train Pulls Out OTTAWA, Dec. 11: From the rear platform of their special strain while' thr notes of the Rational Anthem played by the band of the Governor General's Footguards crashed out In the frosty air, their Excellencies Viscount and Viscountess Willingdon waved farewell to the people of Ottawa at noon today. His Excellency stood with hat ,off, an erect, white haired figure with a kindly smile on his fare. By his side Viscountess Willingdon, her hands full of violets, smiled and waved to the crowd. Their Excellencies will sail from St. John, N.IU on Friday. I given him by statute passed in 1922 and appointed the investigator. Application to the minister for an investigation claimed that too much stock had been issued and that a sta(e of general mismanagement existed. The application named A. N. Q. Treadold, president of the company' since 1925, in this connection. It is understood that, after the i report of the investigator has been i received, It will be a matter for the '4 courts to straighten Out the 'com-'" Ipany's affairs. The Secretary of j State possesses no further power I than to order a probe. Infant Died The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross S. Ingram, 240 Eighth Avenue West, died yesterday afternoon. Funeral will take place from Hayner Bros. Chapel tomorrow afternoon, Rev. A. Wilson officiating. Interment will be made at Falrvlew Motorship Northland Beached In Johnstone Straits After Going On Reef Last Evening VICTORIA, Jan. 14: With a hole n her starboard bow as a result of crashing on a reef off Helmcken Island in Johnstone Straits, the Northland Navigation Co.'s motor-shin liner Northland, bound from Seattle to Ketchikan and other Alaska points with thirty-one passengers and a crew of thirty, was beached off Salmon River near Say- ward late last night. The Pacific ' Saltage Co.'s steamer Salvage King left here at midnight and was due alongside at noon today. The Northland left Seattle Monday night. As soon as the vessel was shaken clear of the reef. Capt. Leonard Williams turned the ship and raced for a sloping beach off the mouth of the Salmon River, two miles distant, and drove her on the tilt. SEATTLE, Jan. 14: Thirty-one passengers aboard the motomhlp Northland ashore near Salmon River Flats on the cast side of Vancouver Island with a hole iu her starboard bow, are in no danger, William Semar, manager of the Northland Transportation Company, said today. He explained that the vessel had been beached in mtM and silt in protecyted waters, -We decided QvlCrisfenEers be, more comfortable on the I Slnp than ashore," Mr. Semar suld. "We are sending gasboats for them and I they will be taken to a hotel at Campbell River until their transportation to Alaska or back to Seattle can be arranged. The Salvage King will tow the vessel tc Scuttle for repairs." The motorship Northland is well known in Prince Rupert where she makes regular calls to discharge fish from Ketchikan for transshipment east over the Canadian National Railways. EXPLAINS DEALINGS Premier Tolmie Throws Light Vancouver on Pacific Great Eastern Negotiations In A few days ago radio advices from New York said that American Interests had turned down a proposition for the taking over of the "Pacific Great Eastern Railway in this pro- " 4vince.Llttle had been heard about iWoifld i nftgotlaUoris to this effecTbut some Slilpfnght was thrdwiv on' the matter when Premier S. F. Tolmie, addressing a meeting in Vancouver recently, stated that groups in London and New York were bidding for the privilege of building the line into the Peace River and were ready to go to work If the government's conditions were right. Evidently, tho negot tut ions, as far as New York at least was concerned, broke down.