ft Library m Fur FiA it vMcixo AIM-, iifn 11 1 1 U vv J VOL, VIII. NO. 302, DKMIIjjq7j0 " PRINCE , . . , RUPERT, II. C.,WED .VE8DAY", r - ; - J PKii.E rIVK CENT ITAL1A1S DRIVE HONS FBDM MOUMTAIS IMMEDIATE MENACE OF IRRUPTION TO PLAINS REMOVED - SEVERE FIGHTING ITALIANS MAKE HON.W.S.FIELDING WILL THE DOMINION-WIDE PIONEER OF OMINECA ELEVATOR BURNS IN wiNNiPrn msn BIG DECREASE SIT WITH OPPOSITION PROHIBITION LAW' DIGGINGS PASSES AWAY A BRILLIANT (Special to Tbe Dtlljr .ttwt.) Borden's Union Government May Tt of Order-ln-Councll Which James May, the Oldest Prospector Winnipeg, Dec. 26. Entailing IN BRITISH not Have Much Majority on Will Make all Canada Dry for In B. C. Dies at Hazelton a loss estimated at two hundred ATTACK ON HUNS Questions Conscription.Other Than a Year After the War. I' A Notable Figure. and fifty thousand dollars, the CASUALTIES . 7T large terminal elevator of the Ottawa, Dec. 21. The order- Urns mas saw the passing away Drive Enemy Back from Mountain Ottawa, Deo, 2. There is a in-rouncil which was passed by of another year of Christian en- Norlhern EIeval0r , gL Bon, Last Week's ToUl Much face, containing sighty thousand Smaller Positions Menacing Entry persistent rumor here that Hon. the government last week reads 'deavor, and also the passing away No News from the Western to Plaint Venice Is V. Fielding when the bushels of wheat, has been com proposes ni follows: i of James Front May, the oldest prospec. Germany to Reply Imperturbable. House meets to sit on the oppo- "On December 1 the people tor of northern British Columbia. pletely destroyed by Are. to Russia r Peace. ltion side i . .. rather than the (Special to TM bally JWwi). gov gave to the government an un. All of us pioneers knew Jim well; AUSTRALIA OPPOSED ernment. If he does lie (SfxelaJ to Tbe Dallj 5fwt.: Rome, Dec. 20. In a succession will probably mitlakable mandate for the vig- knew him and respected him, and TO CONSCRIPTION of brilliant attacks through-out be given a seat next to Sir orous prosecution of the war and many of us even loved him. He Ixndon, Dec. 26, A big falling off is shown in the latest Thursday and Friday last, the Wilfrid as his English-speaking for the employment of all the 'passed away in the quiet unos- (Specla: to Tbe Dally .Vewt.l casualty Italians succeeded In dislodging leader. Mr. Fielding will, 11 is coun try's energies and resources tentatious way that marked the Melbourne, Dec. 26. Australia list. For the past week lhe Drit- the enemy front a great part of is opposed to conscription. Tbe sh d?ad and wounded number understood, support Sir Wilfrid necessary to achieve victory. unostentatious habit of free hand-It Mont Asolone, and driving him j latest returns 13,919, which is a very consider back two-thirds of a mile along a!on all questions except conscription. is essential and indeed vital ed generosity that had marked his give a majority able decrease compared with past uiree.miie ironi. ine enemr a for the efficient conduct of the whole life, and in a few months he !aainsl proposal or eompul-war weeks. Lieutenant Arthur Asquith occupation of this mountain was' 11 claimed that after Hon. Mr. that wasteful or unnecessary -Pn..Ai i8ory 8ervice hundred and the third son of the ex-Premier, regarded as a serious menace, be- Fielding was given an acclauia-cause expenditure should be prohibited ''J Jar 0er S! I'119 lhouad. without has been severely wounded in it gave him a partial con-1 1,0,1 the Unionists in Sbelburne and that all articles capable of ZlZnL?? taking Into consideration the sol- Franct. There is no news from trol of the San Lorento alle.'nJ Oueens, he refused to assist hlnir iitilireil ahnuM lux Jan,es. Maj wai among tbe dlers VOteS the western fronts. .1lnr I it;. V ii... I i i 1 Ii M ffnt.pnmiinl In anv unv In flu. i. uc,unu .j.irsnoii yucr,cU. ilampeders of the Fraser river Germany's Reply. tin ill ii ... ma r.iii.i.ji. iirrimiiiv i . iinrp.t.ii mat ine useoi uquor auecia an- excitement, and among the first DANGEROUS GERMAN Amsterdam, Dec. 26. The four Venice la Calm. no meetings in the province of vcrociy uie reaiiiauun 01 iuis in the greater stamDede that fol- SPY KEN ARRESTED Teutonic allied powers have Venice, lec. 20. The city of Nova Scotia. This attitude, it is purpose. lowed to the Cariboo diggings. agreed to reply jointly to Russia's Venice remains comparatively un-'unIerstood, will be adopted by The subject has been under ut as lho oulcome of lhese (SpeclU in lit Dtlly 5ew.) peace proposals. The reply is to disturbed by the recent renewal -many of the Liberal Unionists, consideration by the war commit- frot he uked 80me da,ms on San Francisco, Dec. 26. Federal be delivered tomorrow. of the enemy pressure on the low- -er tee of the cabinet and the follow. Xoin Creek , lne 0mlneca and officials announced tonight The Krupp Explosion. Wave, nearest to Venice. The!FRNK OLIVER NOW ing conclusions have been reach- depite lhe known pr0penslty Qf tbe arrest, on a Presidential war The explosion wsich occurred enemy s line there is but twelve! LEADS IN EDMONTON ..... .... . I1 lime prospectors to drop rant, of Franc Shulenberg, who Is recently In Krupps' works had its miles east of the city. So far no rirsv Any uquor or Beverage everything on the rumor of a new alleged to be one of the cleverest origin in a building where thousands bells have fallen anriiiir nnr ispwui la rt t)nj .t.i containing more man zw per ,r(v tlm w.n .,. and most dangerous German spies were employed. One build the clly. It is believed that the' Edmonton. Iec. 26. The Hon. fw". alcohol shall be regarded as paeer claims of his on Tom creek operating on the Pacific coast. ing was partially wrecked, but no Pope has Intervened in some wv Frank Oliver, the Liberal candi- intoxicating liquor. staved with them fnr nv. nriv According to army officers, he lives were lost. . .... ... ' . .. . ... . ... . . ' .a....i Tk. i .- i 1 1 planned to destroy the wy which .usirians will not shell u,ie ,or "imonton west, is now uu lu" ""cwnauuii years. govern No More for Russia. the city. Tbe custodians of tbe leading by a majority of 77. There impxwaung liquors inio oanaoa A great, gaunt figure was James raent docks and shipping in most Xew York, Dec. 26, The dis- an treasures considered it advis- ar eeverai polls to hear ' p"imrii on ouu aucr vixeiii- May Ills death really removes a of the toast seaports. - - contlnuence of the manufacture of able to move a large number of rrm. u'r - uniess u snau uave flgure of the iami9Cape in the rifles for Russia at the Westing-house the paintings and statues, which! hfn etuiUT purchased on or omineca diggings. Six feet two ACCIDENT IN PITTSBURG Electrical Manufacturing have been stored In safe placesML,8T 0F 0CD GROWS before that date for Importation ne wa,t broatl and 8ineWy. wear- Co. has been ordered by the Brit (Special to Tbe Dilly Dew. j IN HALIFAX DISASTEII lnl Canada and unless, having lag a closely trimmed gray beard ish government. They are not Purehased. it is imported Pittsburg, Deo. 26. Fourteen WAR BREAD MAY COST I !beon tne8e manjr year8 and aiway8 a now required. persons were killed and '" .tw-i "" i mi ioirr uiau wan- tmue and an hand for every MORE THAN WHITE BREAD open every ury 31.1P18. The final deter- other one of a hundred and four, "THE SHOW DOWN' Halifax. Dec. 2J. The death deserving creature, human or anl- v.n..... t .. .'list In Halifax is growing. It Is mination upon any question re- mai nard callous-handed as he teen passengers on a Knoxville and h.i now "Umaled that the number of pectin such purchase hall rest Va8. he was always the Kentucky car were more or less hurt, when The play to be shown tonight tbe JestdenU lh e!aal dettd wlM be over flfln I'Jred. minlsler of customs. This gentleman. the car ran away in a tunnel. at the Westholme Theatre is one look forwar.l to on In the near tuulZ ver eleven hundred bodies have regulation shall not apply to fm-, Dating these asl flfly years ,t that contains all the elements If IhmMaoilMonMnVt hvtn recovered so far. and the porlations for medicinal, sacra- was- hlj hablt lo wlnter in naieU RETURNS FROM 8KEENA which are in demand by the pub n llarcourt, of'the AgricultuVai rk Is still in progress, although niental. manufacturing or chem- on, and In the spring take out lic at this time. Judging by the More of the election returns Ctillese Oueltih. . nn.l ih ino.i em nampereu witii tne wintry ,ca' ins seasons supplies from tne number of stories written on the u - - " weather. -iniru tne transportation oi Hudson's Dav Comnanvs store. have come to band, although there same theme. This tale is one of bakers Prof,reach llarcourt a conclusion.here liquor Into any part of Canada, H0 always took out In bis kit a are still two or three places to be number of diverse characters is to take LOSS OF REVENUE wherein the sale or Intoxicating'toodlv sunnlv nt th rnmnnnv a heard from. Nainu gave Fred taking a trip to the Orient. Their up with the bakers tbe question liquor is illegal, will be prohibited(rum, which he used very methodi-islork 18 vole8 and Col. Peck 6, vessel is submarined in the Pacific-and of Introducing some substitute (Special lo Tb Dally on and after April 1. 1918. Lally. nnd even when he came ln'w,,i,e 1Je,la Be,,a W" Fred Stork tbey are cast away upon a while into bread Hour,other than thai 100 the per cent Montreal, Dee. 26. Under the "Fourth The manufacture of;witi, hi noke. full nf coM from 5 and Col. Peck 16. coral Island, where they have to so be surplus Dominion-wide, prohibition which Intoxicating liquor within Canada his washings, he was never known live on wild fruits and shellfish. may sent overseas to the at the front and also feed men the will shortly come Into force, the "M prohibited on and after a.to go on the usual miner's spree, FISHERMEN WANTING In the time of distress, the true people of Ilritain. Prof, llarcourt revenues in Quebec will be re- dato 1 b determined upon fur-jjm never lost his balance. But AN INCREASE IN PAY character of the personnel of the said his duced by about a million dollsrs iner Investigation and considera- he must have his "likker" and that story comes out, There is a consult with particular the bakers missiuii was to, annually. ot the actual conditions of,may be the reason why so hard- Vancouver, Dec. 22. Deep-sea show down. On their exploring regarding j Hie industry. working a man lived so long and fishermen want greater returns the Island, they find a German Ihw use of flour from other grains, COST OF LIVING STILL aIov meniionru. me pro- in such vigor until the last min for their tabor. Itepresentatlves submarine base. A little further such as rye', barley and oats, as. CONTINUES TO RISE bibitlon of imiHirtation becomes ute. It Is told of him that nearly of the Deep Sea Fishermen's on they come upon a U. S. wireless a partial substitute for wheat enecuve on .viomuy next. u. z. a month before his annual clean- Union are meeting here with rep- station, which flash.U out the bread. i Ottawa, Dec. 22. A further in- me regulations to carry into up the keg moaned emptily on one resentatives of the cold storage call for help. The cruisers of I wish, however, to point out,")crease in the -cost of living Is effect the other provisions above- occasion when be hefted It, and companies and the owners of In- Uncle Sant appear upon the cene the......I.professor...III. added,-..t.lll..l.-"that bread'...Ill shown In the n fun Inly report of mentioned are Demg preparea ana that he sent an Indian woman all dependent balibut boats fishing and all ends happily. The love iiuiiu mm iiii-ao auuimuici win lhe Labor Department for ovem-not as soon as approvea tney win uehe way to llaielton Tor a fresh .out of Canadian and United States interest, of course, runs through necessarily cost less than that...uer. ,..,I'uriiiK iiio iiiuiiiu ine tosii. enacted under the provisions of supply. It was only a tote of two ports, pressing their claims for the tale, and is delightfully intro made fromall.wheat Hour. It may ,f lh(J WMky budget of 8tap)o lhe Wor Measures Act. 'hundred miles and back, with a 'an increase in the pay paid them duced. The interest throughout cost more.' foods was 112.10. as compared ine loregoing provision snau.nve gauon xeg loaaeu on tne re- foriioii. conferences are expect. the play is fully sustained, and with $11.81 In the previous month, remain In force during tne war turn journey. ed lo continue for several days. after each breathless momenC one Discount Sale of all toys Wal. and with 9.81 In November, 1910. ana ror twelve moiuns oner tne When he came In the last time The fishermen are seeking an In- wonders what is coming next. laco's. 302 Potatoes contributed more to the conclusion of peace." he talked of putting in machinery crease of 100 per cent, in their increased cost of living than any on his claims and making a big returns for halibut and black cod Xmas Tree and Entertainment other commodity, raising in price WILL TRY TO FLY clain.up the next summer, and and twenty per cent, for ground at the Salvation Army Citadel on On account of the In- In all the provinces except British! ACROSS THE ATLANTIC then going outside for once. Durl fish. About 1,300 fishermen are Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 8 p.m. creaso in the cost of pro- Columbia, where a decrease was Ing these flfly years, he has aver, represented in the negotiations, Everybody welcome. Silver collection, visions, laundry, etc., we reported. Toronto, Dec. 2t. A Mail and aged from three to ten thousand 300 of them being in British Columbia tf. are compelled to advance Increased prices obtained also Umpire cable from London says: dollars out of his claims by working and the balance in Wash our prices on some ar- for eggs, tnilk, butter, sugar, nnd I "The Dally Sketch, of Paris, them himself. But mere ington and Oregon. BUY FELT SLIPPERS. Wal tides. bread, while decreases wero re. oys thai Jpnn Navarre, the fa-corded wealth for its own sake never appealed lace's. 302. BF.LF'8 CAFE, In Hour and beans. moue French airman, now out of to him. Yet he felt the THE CRADLE WHITE LUNCH, The nrlees of meals showed but l army, is busy perfecting plans sands of life running fast, and he Born to Mr. and Mrs. Reginald IIOYAI. CAFE. little difference on the whole from fr a flight across the Atlantic, wished to see something of the M. Clark, Fourth Ave., on Decent TAXI! TAXI! the previous month. I "IEebo des Sports will make .marvellous progress the world had ber 25th, a son. Wholesale prices lro showed H'o announcement that Navarre made during over the half a century PHONE 55 PH0NK some ndvanco for the month. The lll ost probably set out to con-chief he had been out of it all. His For Prince Rupert and district. Increases were In textiles. 'iuer the ocean next summer, wishr however, was not realiied, we have secured the services o Reliable 24-Hour Service WESTHOLME grains, meats, and miscellaneous! "A'l lhe preliminary arrange, for on Monday afternoon In the Mr. Martin Kroeger, P.n.H.8 foods, while the most Important monts for the flight hnve been Hospital at old Hazelton,, placidly, Prince Rupert, B. C, phone Red OrIHA HOUSE ,I.Tr..,ii nennrreil In Mm nrl if Completed. Navarre Will USO OOP in the midst of these undeveloped 399. Consult him about your - - - - TONIGHT ONLY v ides, metiila. nnd "mnlcmenls. of Hie machines which the Amerl. dreams, he hiked his last hike, and garden problems. British Colum lilue Hird Feature . ran expert, Glenn Curtiss, has passed over his last Great Divide, bia .Nurseries, Ltd., Vancouver, "THE SHOW DOWN" NOTIOE been working on for some tlmo. nfter fifty-pine years as a pros, B. 0. If. Discount Sale on Toys, Dolls. invnrre snys lie will succeed or pector in Northern British Coluuu UNIVERSAL WEEKLY (lames, etc.. today nnd Monday I1"" hl" ,,fe ,n U,e ntl,mpt." bia. Contributed. furniture wanted. Any quan Showing the World's Htrles Wallaces. 30?. tity. Good prices paid for core FOR QUALITY HasebuH Player--(limits You save money on all toys, Ladysmtth Wellington Coal re plete household furnishings and mid While Pox For New Wellington Coal and dolls, games, etc., today and Mon. duces your fuel bill and gives all kinds of tools, men's suits EltVICE and SATISFACTION L-KO COMEDY Ir Lumber or all dimensions, day. Everything in toys ot a dis. satisfaction. Phone 15. .P. R. boots, eto. Phone Red 213 or call s IX DAY WEEK AND A FOR MKLP. hono 118. 'count Wallace's. 302 Coal Co. on F. M. Crosby, 715 Third Ave