HORRIBLY
BURNED
IN
LAMP
EXPLOSION
Chances
of
Recovery
For
Le
Courlsler,
Brothers
of
Saa-nlch
Are
Slight
VICTOIWA,
Dec.
29.
Victor
and
Herbert
Le
Courisler,
brothers,
were
horribly
burned
when
a
lamp
exploded
in
Iheir
home
al
Saauleh,
Their
chances
of
recovery
are
declared
lo
be
slight.
YICTOUIA,
Dec.
29.
The
royal
commissioner
who
will
conduct
officer
who
ha
just
obtained
a
lhe
Investigation
Into
the
admlii-
pilofs
ccrtificale
at
Iho
military
,islratfoii
or
inc
raciuc
ureai
nerodrome
al
Dubendoif
neari
Eastern
Hallway
will
be
appoint-Zurich,
has
bought
a
number
or
ed
by
the
federal
government
it
fast
airplanes
on
behalf
or
his
is
now
understood.
It
is
ex-government,
plained
that
the
provincial
gov-II
is
understood
thai
China
bus
ernmenl
has
no
power
to
appoint
decided
In
rorm
an
air
fleet.
a
Judge
to
carry
on
Ihe
inquiry.
Canadian
Highlander
Will
Load
Lumber
for
Japan
on
Leaving
Dry
Dock
Monday
.UU'1'
undergoing
cleaning
and
painting
al
the
Canadian
nllonal
shinvard.
Canadian
fiovernmenl
Merchant
Marine
freighter
Canadian
Highlander,
Uapt.
Fishar,
will
proceed
next
.Monday
lo
the
lumber
assembly
wharf
to
load
hemlock
mid
spruce
squares
and
boards
for
Japan.
Aiinoimceinent
lo
this
ef-rect
w"us
m'ade
this
morning
by
Heginiild
Heaumont,
local
C.
O.
M.
M.
superintendent.
Ther
is
al
present
035,01)0
feel
of
lumber
al
Iho
dock
and
the
Highlander,
il
is
expected,
will
lake
500
000
ot
this,
proceeding
later
in
tha
week
to
Vancouver
and
other
purls
oulh
lo
complete
The
Highlander
arriu-d
in
port
'I'll
til
ml,
nv
iiriiiiiii
1iv
fiiliu.s
Hint
at
10.30
last
night
direct
from
badly
burped,
Herbert
crawled
(he
Oiieul.
having
picked
up
her
Ihrouuh
names
and
smoke
lo
pilot,
Capl.
U.
MrCroskle,
harbor
rescue
Stftpben.
m.i-b'r.
n
Tivle
Isbrnd,
ye-tei-
day
afternoon.
This
morning
Ihe
vessel
went
on
Ihe
pontoons
nl
Ihe
dry
dock
for
cleaning
and
painting
which
should
be
com-;M"U
by
M"iidav
next.
"Ihe
lelligenl
and
we
can
do
nothing
lo
prevent
Ihe
marriage,"
declared
a
police
authority.
The
parents
of
Mis
Hlakeman
discovered
Ihe
intention
of
their
daughter
through
intercepting
letter
from
her
Chinese
lover.
When
they,
found
Dial
she
had
left
Nelson
they
communicated
wilh
the
Vancouver
police
and
otllcers
met
her
train.
When
they
found
Ihal
she
was
tt
age,
or
more
than
ordinary
intelli
gence
and
properly
chaperoned
j
by
a
middle-aged
woman
or
her
own
city
they
admitted
there
was
not
much
they
could
do
to
prevent
the
marriage.
Miss
Hlakeman
and
her
chaperon,
Mrs.
Hall,
at
tirt
registered
at
a
local
"hotel
and
then
went
to
the
home
of
Chinese
friends
where
they
are
seeking
to
evade
those
who
would
pre
venl
(he
marriage.
The
wedding
it
is
understood
is
lo
lake
place
in
a
lew
days
Yip
Hen
Is
rashionably
attired
even
to
a
gold
and
diamond
studded
wrist
watch.
11
is
be
lieved
ho
was
engaged
to
Miss
Hlakeman
when
the
latter
was
only
seventeen
years
ot
age
Mrs.
E.
Anderson
left
on
the
Princess
Heal
rice
lor
the
south
Ibis
niorntitj.
NOT
MANY
NEW
JAP
CITIZENS
Do
Not
Seem
to
Press
Tor
Natur
alization
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVEH,
Dec.
29.
Al
though
British
Columbia
is
cred
ited
with
considerable
Japanese
population,
there
was
no
great
desire
shown
by
these
people
lo
BIRTH
chaos,
whose
final
expressed
in
Ihe
term
by
disrespect
01
long-esiaiuisii-1
ed
American
inslitutioiis,
are
lighting
Ihe
fires
of
revolution.
It
i
a
cha
lenge
lo
us
lo
pledsc,
renewed
allegiance
to
Ihe
faith
of
our
fathers.
Ihal
we
may,
in
extinguishing
Ihe
fires
that
des-
l
.!..!...
I..
II...
I
ll.-ill
our
srovernmenl
is
Ihe
best
gov
ernment
on
earlh,
that
our
ideafs
or
national
life
are
the
highest,
and
thai
we
will
as
individuals
strive
in
every
way
to
maintain
our
Constitution
in
violate,
and
perpetuate
its
traditions
rorever."
CN.R.
ACQUIRES
Office
PARIS
BUILDING
Plans
For
Hotel
Scribe
Being
Carried
Out
PAWS.
Dec.
29.
(Canadian
become
naturalized
this
Of
year.
Ire!iS
cMv
.U.gaiiling
asser-l
13(1
130
annlicatious
applications
in
Vancouver
i,
il......
,!..
.
.
Hi.Aunl
....
It,
...
I..
liitnitlu
1V......1.J
...
l.Ull?
...a.iu
lunilij
...
uuiiumw
OIIO
County,
where
Vapanese
are
in,
.,
hilpll
,.,.
04.L.urr,.j
i
the!
principally
lesiuciu.
ou
were
nCKO(ial0s
for
n.e
acquisition
never
pressed
lo
hearing
by
the
b
Uie
(:unaijau
National
Hail-applicants
and
the
remaining
77
of
Ul(J
1Ioc,
gcribe
here
for
were
recommended
Tor
Canadian
otfKi,
nm,inuudation.
the
Cana-
cmzeusiiip
ny
naturalization
uy
,..,
P,.S
iarn!,
,i1Pr-
u
no
juuge
uayiey.
uoweer,
no
cer-
,,u.,iufnpil.n
wlil..vpe
Inn
the
liricales
or
naluralization
have
0ffieIa,8
iu
rt
of
ie
ruilwav
been
issued
by
the
Canadian
sec-
l,.,.
reiury
01
iaiu
10
any
ui
iiiese.
The
situation
resolved
itseirt
into
a
question
or
leasing
ac
-7
"Take
Her
To
The
lotUn"
FESTIVE
FEASTS.
A
glad
Yuletlde
welcome
awaits
you.
Turkey,
Plum
Pud.linp
ami
all
the
old'
fashioned
good
fare
will
be
on
our
festive
board
this
Xmas.
BOSTON
GRILL
Private
Boxes
For
Party
Um
Wton
Vn
Want
A
99
PhOM
t
J
Beet
Oar
and
Bait
Service
PRINCE
RUPERT
In
the
City.
i
i
Ratee
Reasonable
ii
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOI,
XIII.,
NO,
300.
PHINCE
HUPERT,
H.(i,
8ATIKDAY,
DECEMBER
20,
1023.
Ytrtr't
Circulation
1BI1
ttrttt
ttlM
XtO.
PniCE
FIVE
CENTS.
OTTAWA
MLENT
ON
FISHERMEN'S
REQUEST
PRETTY
NELSON
GIRL
PREFERS
HER
CHINAMAN
TO
ANY
WHITE
MAN
LIVING
Marine
Department
Has
No
Desire
For
Retaliatory
Action
Special
In
Daily
New,
OTTAWA,
Dec.
20.
The
marine
department
i
silent
on
tint
resolution
of
Prince
Rupert
fihermeu
asking
for
Hie
closing
local
business
man
WEDS
RETURNED
NURSE
Wilts
Rose
Wall,
R.N.,
and
Alex-ander
McRae
Married
at
Noon
Today
at
Departure
Bay
Special
to
Daily
New
NANA
I
MO,
Dec.
29.
At
I
lie
home
of
tin-
bride's
islcr,
Mrs.
Jump
Whyle.
Departure
Hay,
the
wedding
took
place
at
13
noon
today
of
Mi
lloe
Wall.
H..V.
of
British
Columbia
port1
to
American
fishing
vcsls
us
ha
daughter
of
V.
II.
Wall
of
this
been
done
on
the
Atlantic
roast.
The
deparlmeul
consider
the
city
and
Hie
lale
Mr.
Wall,
ami
situation
on
the
two
coast
different.
It
ha
always
understood
Alexander
Mcltae,
member
of
that
Pruici
Ituperl
wun
favorable
to
allowing
(he
entry
of
Atueri-
the
firm
of
Mcltae
Hro.,
Ltd.
can
fishermen.
There,
i
no
tb'sire
for
retaliatory
action
here
prince
Ituperl.
Ilev.
W.
I'.
Ewing,
and
the
ilepartrne.it
is
ready
to
open
all
port-
if
the
restrictions
pastor
of
Wallace
Street
MHho-aml
duties
on
Canadian
fii
in
American
markets
are
removed
disl
Church.
Nanaimo,
officiated.
or
modified.
NOT
SO
MANY
UNEMPLOYED
Labor
Bureau
Reports
Situation
This
Winter
Belter
Than
Last
According
to
J.
M.
Campbell
of
Ihe
provincial
government
employment
bureau,
the
xllua-
number
of
unemployed
In
Hie
n'y
is
ronrerned
in
much
im
proved
over
Dial
existing
at
Hie
rorrespnndlny
ucrlod
last
year,
j
Eight
men
were
despatched
on
Wrthirday
night
I
rain
to
tin-S.S.
Matfoftln
construction
ramp,
a)
Oruiiby,
and
a
request
i
in
Ihe
bureau
for
lie
loaders
tr
Ihe
Olof
llaioon
tie
ramps
at
Prles'ley
and
Waleolt.
At
Ihe
pn'seiil
ll
Micro
are
some
sovruly
men
on
t
lie
unemployed
register
while
this
lime
last
year
there
was
Just
twice
that
number.
Mr.
Camp-)
bell
talcs
I
-1
when
the
recent
'
fall
of
snow
has
become
parked
ii(1lcicully
lo
permit
of
logging
beluy
undertaken,
he
experts
to
receive
application
for
loggers;
from
the
Cjucen
Charlolle
Islands
where
a
number
of
logging
camps
are
waiting
lo
gel
out
loss.
It
is
anticipated
Willi
,
Ihe
opening
u
of
Ihe
logging
i
camps
that
Ihe
number
of
un-emtdoyed
will
be
reduced
materially.
PREPARING
TO
CLOSE
CLUBS
Only
Leoltlmate
Places
of
This
Nature
May
Operate
After
February
1
Vn
iOIIIA.
Dec.
29.
--
Liquor
clubs
throughout
Ihe
province
will
bo
abolished
on
February
I.
This
will
bo
(ho
erfeel
of
regulations
now
being
drafted
by
Iho
l.hiuor
Control
Hoard.
It
Is
understood
Dial
only
legillmate
clubs,
which
exist
for
Ihe
benefit
of
members
and
not
for
profit
of
Ihe
owners,
will
be
allowed
lo
keep
liquor
on
the
premise.
DIXMUDE
IS
LOST
AT
SEA
PAHIS.
Dec.
II
Is
onieiatly
announced
that
Ihe
dirigible
airship
Dix-muile
has
been
lost
at
iea.
The
body
of
Lieut.
i'lhe
bride,
who
was
given
away
by
Iter
father,
was
attended
by
Miss
E.
D.
Collis,
H.N,
or
Van-niuwr,
nod
litllo
Mis
Lillian
Mae
Itaudall,
niece
of
Ihe
bride,
was
flower
girl.
The
groom
wa
supported
by
the
bride's
brother.
Cecil
W.
Wall.
After
Ihe
ceremony
a
buffet
luncheon
was
erved
to
relatives
janil
friend
wli(i
had
been
ill'
Vliel
to
aiiemi.
Grenada,
the
commander
i
Mr.
and
Mr.
Mellae
then
look
of
Ihe
ill
fated
airship.
the
afternoon
train
lo
spend
their
has
been
found
in
Sicilian
.honeymoon
in
Victoria
and
Sound
waiers.
so
vesiigc
oi
mo
iclllc.s.
in
auouu
icn.
nays
unit
e-WktiftrniF
MicrdtcirM
mi"w1ltMTinMi"l,rTorclHuirt
A.
.
i
i.
.
.
I
A
'
.
i
.
...
el.
i
.
.
:
i
yfl?
....
time
lrrii
uiHinriru,
Mini
iHht
nil
uirir
rrMi-ni:v
TREATY
WILL
BE
RATIFIED
Ottawa
Expects
U.S.
Senate
to
Endorse
Halibut
Close
Season
Measure
(Special
to
Daily
News
OTTAWA,
Dec
29.
According
to
advices
received
here
from
Washington
the
United
States
senate
Is
expected
to
ratify
with
little
delay
the
treaty
with
Canada
establishing
a
close
season
for
halibut
on
the
Paclflo
Coast.
There
Is
ererv
Indication
that
Vie
treaty
will
become
operative
In
the
fall
or
1924.
BELIEVE
CHINA
TO
FORM
AIR
FLEET
Chinese
Officer
Buys
Machines
In
Europe
For
His
(JENEVA.
Dee.
29.
A
Chinese
Eighth
Avenue
Cast.
The
bride,
who
i
a
graduate
nnrr
of
Montreal
(ieneral
Hospital.
ered
throughout
Ihe
(ireal
War
in
Houlogue.
France,
wilh
No.
3
Canadian
Ocncral
Hospital
and
since
returning
to
Canada
has
been
on
the
staff
of
the
military
hospital
at
Esquimau
and
Vancouver.
The
groom
is
one
of
Prinre
Ituperl'
pioneer
business
men
having
etablihed
there
witli
hi
brother
several
year
lago.
Holli
bride
and
groom
are
also
well
known
in
Ihe
Hotindary
coyntry
having
spent
some
tjme
in
Plioemx
Mr.
Mellae
Is
a
iler
of
Mrs.
(i
A.
Hunter
of
Prince
Ituperl
and
of
O
.II.
Wall,
manager
of
the
Hoyal
Hank
al
Tolkwa.
She
ha
visited
in
the
north
on
various
occasions.
OTTAWA
WILL
APPOINT
HIM
Provincial
Government
Has
Not
Authority
to
Name
Royal
Commissioner
J9
m
.
.Mine.
Adoutli,
one
of
Ihe
most
prominent
French
society
women,
ond
wife
of
Adoutli,
the
Pearl
King,
is
considered
one
of
Ihe
most
beautiful
women
in
Paris.
She
has
been
a
leading
figure
in
many
plays
fur
charily.
Miss
Irene
Blakeman
is
to
Marry
Yip
Ren,
.
Oriental
Cafe
Owner
VANCOUVEH,
Dec.
'.!.
The
eiitire
while
and
yellow
population
of
Vancouver
i
aroused
by
ihe
slated
intention
of
Yip
Hen
(Charlie
Wren),
tall,
handsome
uud
well-to-do
iio-year
old
Chinese
cafe
proprietor,
and
Miss
Irene
Hlakemuu,
22-year
old
cultured
and
pretty
Canadian
girl
of
Nelson,
to
wed
in
spite
of
vigorous
efforts
by
the
hitler's
parents,
two
police
force,
clergymen,
friends
and
social
workers
to
prevent
the
mixed
marriage.
"I
prefer
my
Chinaman
lo
any
while
man
alive,"
Miss
Hlakenum
declared
definitely.
irl
is
of
age
and
is
in-
United
States
Government
Becoming
Political
Chaos,
Nebraska
Bar
Head
Asserts
LINCULN,
,Nek,
Dsc.
Tliroiigh
"con.-liluliuiiul
amend-
meiit.i
and
federal
encroachment,
the
form
of
United
.Slates
gov-enimenl
is
being
changed
from
a
republic
into
u
political
and
hvlerical
chaos,
whose
final
terms
are
expressed
in
His
un
speakable
Htissiu
of
loday,
E.
L.
haner
of
Dallas,
Tex.,
pre;i-ident
of
the
American
Bar
Association,
aid
in
an
address
today
before-
the
Nebraska
Bar
Association.
Mr.
Saner
also
is
chair
man
of
th?
national
committee
on
American
citizenship.
"11
was
not
until
this
present
generation,
descendants
of
jdurdy
pioneer,
had
learned
(o
live
in
fattened
and
complacenlilj
1
Df1iT
J1
fDITf
ease
upon
I
lit
wealth
ana
uic
iihiii.ii
I
II,
llllllll
security
and
the
safely
bought
I
for
I
hem
bv
the
blood
and
sacri-)
IMDADTC
I
AWIiD
fice
of
their
forefathers.
that
liHrUilllJ
LUfTl
tlie
nlealll,
Hie
doctrinaires
and
the
demagogue
became
an
established
institution
in
our
national
life
and
evolved
a
new
theory
of
government
for
thw
Ameriran
people,"
he
asserted.
"The-age
through
which
we
are
going
tnav
well
be
termed
the
age
of
constitutional
amendment
and
federal
encroachment,
en
croaching
upon
Ihe
right,
and
powers
of
both
the
lalesof
this
republic
and
its
individual
tertian
to
ad
liact
lime"
if
lo
lo
call
call
a
a
hall
hall
and
and
tilings;
back
sources
of
our
.strength;
back
to
Ihe
re
public,
dial
tinder
the
constilu
lion
the
fathers
so
wisely
conceived
and
so
successfully
in
stituted;
back
to
a
government
..r
II.
-
...1..1..
........
1n
1..
II.
A
Quantities
Brought
Into
Canada
Legitimately
Are
Reported
OTTAWA,
Dec.
29.
A
decrease
in
the
quantity
or
mirco-lic
drugs
which
reached
Canada
through
legitimate
channels
during
the
twelve
months
which
ended
with
November,
in
conyiari-
uu
wiiii
me
preceding
corresponding
period
is
shown
in
a
report
made
public
by
Ihe
IKi-
minion
ISureau
of
Mallnltcs.
-
-
-
1
hi
t
!
isrr
I
lite-
t
L-li4rI
.
,
luiilu
ntwi
itl.
-
'
"
"--.
irniicnniTing'orifv,::
.
I.
'Hi
ounce
of
cocaine
was
un-
it
i
to
Hie
real
-
porleu,
a
against
J,
5(0
ounces
during
the
same
time
in,
1922.
Morphine
also
shows,
a
decline,
9,239
ounce
reaching
Cauada
in
(923
as
compared
with
10.G09
in
the
previous
twelve
months.
The
...
quantity
of
crude
opium
import
wbede
people
and
for
Ihe
whole
ft,
lhp
period
dealt
with
people.
way
ny
uay.
urauuuuj
and
insidiously,
Ihrougli
crin-
I
by
the
reort
was
1,100
ounces,
a
compared
with
1,153
ounces
SUIU...M,.
mc..U....M.
......
f(r
(wp,ve
(
j
federal
encroachment,
the
form
...
v,n.kr
,
of
Ibis
government
of
ours
is,
'.i,"
i,
,..,iii
from
that
rcpub-'of
boing
changed
coca,ne
inM,orlpi
inlf
(na(a
lie
lillO
H
Illilllllcll
unit
uj"iriuai
are
not
given,
bet
it
Is
shown
that
UIC
l
I
mill
M-..I-II.
oi,.in
Int..
II.
a
unspeakable
;(l;r.
urIJ
,e
lwe,ve
nwntIl!i
uuss,a
oi
i.H.uy.
,whjcl
en)Iet,
wHh
Xovembor
'Today,
incipient
blazes
of
1003.
(.omarp,i
wsi,
sin.OOft
botshevism
and
radicalism,
fed
jn
jj,,,
previous
period.
EMPOWERED
TO
BORROW
MORE
M.
Mills,
New
Reoelver,
Straightening
Up
Whalen
Co.
Affairs
(Special
Daily
News)
VANCOUVEH.
Dec.
29.
E.
M.
Mill,
the
new
receiver
of
the
Whalen
Pulp
&
Paper
Company,
was
yesterday
granted,
by
Justice
D.
A.
Macdonald,
power
to
borrow
200.000
in
excess
of
the
original
tiOO,000
granted
by
the
court,
after
various
claims
and
arrears
such
as
taxes,
insurance,
wage,
elc.
have
been
straightened
up.
The
solicitor
for
Mr.
Mill
told
the
court
that
only
$112,000
or
Ihe
working
capital
wa
left
out
of
$000,000
while
the
ready
assets
totalled
9829,-
BOAT
OWNERS'
ORGANIZATION
M.
Newell
Elected
President
at
Meeting
Last
Night
commodation
tor
twenty
years
or
At
a
,(.P(ng
0f
halibut
fislu
A
son
was
born
today
at
tbn
buying.
Iho
railway
company
int.
bottl
owners
held
last
night
Ceneral
Hospital
to
Staff
Cap-'w
""able
to
rent
space
al
the
tUe
Cty
,all
u
Wtt
decided
lain
and
Mrs.
Waller
Carruthers
iUm
u,,,,'r
aeceptubie
eondillons,0
forni
n
isnt
Ownars'
Assoclo-of
the
Salvation
Army.
consequently
decided
to
buy.
0II.
Tbc
rollowing
offlcera
were
,
I
For
(he
convenience
of
the
elected
Mrs.
A.
Daniel
and
siin
were
management
the
building
is
be-passeneers
goinc
south
on
the
ing
incorporated
under
the
Princess
Beatrice
this
morning.
French
eotnvany
law.
1
President,
1).
M.
Newell.
Vice-president,
Harry
Lipsclt.
Secretary,
H.
J.
UrailbUff.