IP J Whan You Want A TAXI P.R.FISH MARKET 99 Phone 671. in a hurry FOR THE PIC-NIC. Jellied Tongues, Boiled Ham, Phone Roast Ham with dressing, PRINCE RUPERT Best Car and Bit Service Fresh Sausage Dally. In the City. Bates Reasonable Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Out of Town Orders Solicited VOL Mil, NO, 105, EFFORfiG WIRELESS May Sell P.G.E. Ry. to Canadian National Railways: Negotiations to Be Opened by J. D. McLean VICrOUIA. July II. Tin- Kiy Henewcd effort to -ell Hit- In I lie Canadian .National liniiwuy win ne mane hi uic lu.o future liy Ihc Provincial liovcrnment, it wits learned today at Hi--Parliament lliiihlings. Premier Oliver was iion-cornuiillal when nkwl nbniil lli proposal In re-iune mediations with Hit; Canadian National -lem Iml staled thai the I'rtivinrial (invenimeiit would be glad it dispose of I In- road al a low figure mid oiiiled out tlial in ' 11 1 I lir pal several attempt liail LIQUOR VOTE I IN MANITOBA Final Figures In Referendum Which Will Wake Province Wet 1. IVV'll.l.'ii t..l. n. The " . ..." '. i ii !e-eiliHIIII "I "e rou.m Uh ic .i.....,....i.i.u dei,ian.luii Hit- ii.n rtulit riKtil l lit ......r ... ell parUae, ,.. Munltoha wn nppriMwl by et- fuun how lOH.-t III. favor and UK -it ,it uo uualu.t . , I lie mini uwiir- in iiir nnu mdc winch the pwiple of this pr .Mine .. jected Ihe pn . al to' u i a ...u li H u.r in noir - an., resunir., mils Inn mil yet been cmidhil bi t the majority nsaiiisl In .1 In k '"c ROLLING STOCK FOR RAILWAYS Both C.P.R. and C.N.R. Ordering Thousand New Freight Cars MONTUIAI.. July It. The I anadinu railroads nrc plariu onlers for ieveral million dollart. wiirili of rolling slock. The I una. ban Pacific mid. the Canadian ! National are placing onlers for n thousand new frriuhl cars each, The former will build al the Aimu fliiip,. Montreal, and the latter will place order wilh several different companies. YOUNG NATIVE GIRL DISAPPEARS; POLICE SENT TO INVESTIGATE Search Being Conducted for Ce- llna McKay Who Was Working at Cannery on Skeena River The local provincial police office has been notified nf Hie disappearance from Sunnyslde Cannery this week or Olina McKay ijl mI 8, ilaunhler of Mrs. l.oula McKay, native. The mother and I 1- Strang, manager of the can-nery. have linked the police lo Investigate and aecoi.llnply t'on-flableH Saint and Martin have been ordered to scour Hie river. REVEILLE BREAKS TAIL SHAFT AND IS TOWED TO PORT The Canadian halibut schooner lleveille, Olipl. Wlc. nlcd from tin.? banks last evening under low, Iut tniliaft having brukeu in Hecate Straits. She will go into dry dock fur repairs. The' ves-m.'1'm ealcli or 5,000 pounds was nuirkule.t al Hit) Kudiungu llila morniny, STATIONS Daily Colonel this nioruiiu Pacific (irtsil Kictcrn lladway been ma. ! In Interest the l- milium Ooveriimcnl ill the pro- T,i riv "Our overture have mi far been ignored but wv lire dill i Ik- i.rfiniir. "Active nrsolialloti r(,r (),, pU,. of the roail will await Hie return of Hon. J. I. McLean. minister of railway, who i tour- u.!f Hi.- mainland." li... ..rM...l..r .i.i.l llml l.r uw mnlile lo jiiifirni the reiMrl that - ; ; , , ro nr a nterc-l were iiecotm- V i.iirclia " b or M " l Paeirie ''"Ml l'W " ITI-ce C.rVe with a Mew to illiiklii the Koveninient owned' ii... !,.. in.-- tl'. U ' undcrst.Ml that eiipiiie-r nmi kiiri uiiiri rinriiin - - '-ma.nnii rnnur iwniwii, M '4lliallttJI .AllllMllBI will le in lion lenilory this summer plaiuiuig a route into Ihe Pence Ititer rouu-try. " A ca-ii.il remark of Sir Henry I liiirnton. president of the liana- dlnu National, Ihe other day to, the effect that hi"? company had ml yet been asked lo take ovee Hie P.O.I.. and (hat il would hardly be proper lo do so unless loriiHilly rciuested, has encouraged the provincial p-ovcrn-mciil." 1 " I. lent Haiti Sukhdev Sliifih of Pooueli. who was iu.vl..l with inliiis powers in India in IV'Ji Is nl present visiliuv liiraland REQUIRE MEN FOR PRAIRIE HARVEST 60,000 ARE NEEDED WINNIPKd, July 1 1. Westell. Canada will rciilrc. approxi mately twenty p.r cent nmro har-eslers to gainer this year's crop than were needed last year. Some. (10,000 men will have lo b-j broughl in II is estimated. FRENCH ADVANCB IlKin.lN, .iTily Fi. rronoli hoops have occupied I lie hlir inilulrial city of Klberfeld nf tlie oJe'o of the ltulir region, PIUNCi: ul'I'KHT, H.C.. 8 ATI.. 1 1 DAY, JHA AIN BEING MADE TO SELL ON COAST rillP T i PITT IP J'IPIe, J Vfl 1 ItJ VISITING HERE Tacoma Boat Is on Way to Sitka' Skippered by Dr. Rich Tin1 pleasure varhl Hoscuiary. of 1 aroma, skippereii hy nr. I.. V Hich, commodore of tin Taromi Yacht Club, with a party of nine) People aboard, arrived in port al III o'clock this moriiiu? en route "'lka. Alaska, on a pleasure ri and lied up at the Prince Huimrt Ynehl Unit wharr. Dr IHfli report mi mi-Hh-ut lrii up allhou-'h a heavy -en VVH fncoUttlerl lull? yesterday tfteriMnni which IH'CCs-jlal "I ..iilli.iu pulliiM inln lino lleniiir neeanic Tiir lor tllirhol ancnoi- - aw. Oh Ihe trip north the ya. bt Ke.rhika,. where ,-ffojn a liUle ..r- ""X"- I be ll-uf) 1 a very r... ... of pleasure crnfl and nirjM- tires fifty feet Ions by a Iwvlvr fiMtl beam, and i powered with ;i 3u horse Miwcr Slerlinp engine .... ... ,,,.,, pnkMi'il " " -i. ii.i" ... ........ On board the yacht are .lu.k. iiii.I Mr. Cullell. Sydney. Montana: Mr. and Mrs. II. i. Samuels New York I'.jlj; "Mr. and Mrs. Al rrieml. and Dr. and Mrs. Ilich 'nini ini lloli. of 'I iirnmii. " TFNDFR AWf) FOR REMOVAL OF BUILDING Ten.lers nre being asked fur removal of Hie former Provincial (loYcrnniciil court house which has been purchased by the local Masonic lo.ls.-e and will be moved i i a b.i situated al Ihe corner of Sixth Ave. Ikisl and Dowser Sln-ct. in Ihe near future. A huililiuir roiniuillee, of which II. V (I. I.epine is Ihe secretary, lias Hie Philter in liuu.l. I lie liulliliug will he uscl as lo.lce iooiii for the Tsiuiiseun ami Tyee Lodges. OFFICIAL WILL HELP WELCOME PRESIDENT Usher of Slack Rod to Have Charno of Ceremonies at Vancouver OTTAWA. Juyl 1 1.-Colonel I-. .1, Chainbeis, usher of Ihe I black rod, left for Vancouver lo lake charge of Ihe ceremony of greeliiu President Harding on his arrival al Vancouver. I'lider military and naval uspices Camilla's welcome will bo lea-dered by Hon. Dr. J. II. King, federal minister of public works. LEAGUE BASEBALL National League Chicago ft, llrooklyu I. SI. bonis 0. Iloslon (. Cincinnati ?0, Philadelphia , Pillsburg lo. New York I, American League New York II, Chicago I. (Millailclphia 7, Cleveland 10. Ilnslmi 0, Detroit I. Washington H, SI. t.ouls I. Coast League Seattle '!, Varnon I. San Francisco II. Sail Lake V. I.os Alleles. 0, Sacrainenlo 5. Purtluad 5, Oakland 0. TO COMMUNICATE DIRECT WITH The Karl and LoiuUes Ca-lle Willi their voting son for WONDERFUL AIR WEAPON Huge Airships Will Hover Among Clouds and Launch Smaller Craft JZ London July 14 Keels ' .. . k.lnn lllrf In flpal , i v " y - Britain for huge rigid alr- ships which will hover above the clouds with a number of small fighting machines on board ready to launch at a foe, says an aeronautical expert In the London Dally Chronicle. The task of these new machines of war, he says, will be to carry aloft to Immerse heights and to transport, If necessary, thousands of miles, squadrons of swift, deadly, steel-built "attack-planes." These will be launched from high above the clouds, and will rush at 200 miles an hour and more earthward to harry other aircraft and raid the commerce of the seas. "The airships will have the power, lacking In a small machine," the writer says, "of longdistance flights at a great altitude, while on the other hand, the small plane. they carry will be able to outriy and out-flght any machine laden for a long Journey. ANOTHER BROTHER OF SHERIFF JOHN SHIRLEY HAS DIED Late Thomas Shirley Was 82 Years of Age and Died on the Farm he Was Born on Near Ottawa Another seal around Hi hearthstone of Ihe pioneer Shir ley family of Ontario, of which Sheriff John Shirley of this city Is a member, has been ma.le va cant through the recent death oi the .second oldest brothel' Thomas Shirley. Sheriff Shirley has received the sad news of his brother' death on June UH al the age of 8 years. The bile Thomas Shirley pass, ed nway at Montague, near pi-lawn, on the farm on which " ho was born. During Ids long life, he had never been al any great length from his birthplace. He was a great graiHfalher. Of the original family of ten, only tliree brother! are now living .William Shirley, aged 8ii, llu? oldest, in Michigan; Sheriff, John Shirley of Ibis city, TV; ami Isaac Shirley. Melcairc. Out. OS, the youmjesl of the family. li, IJl'3. YMUrdir't Clr'llMn 1S7B Slewarl arriving in America a three months lour. . f Mt4 t444t 4 GREAT SPEED IN 4 AERIAL DERBY FOR . THE KING'S CUP LONDON. July II. W. T. 'Courlney won Hie HUH mile aerial Derby Tor the Kind's Cup. romplclinv x . A. co'-ifsc al an average, speeil oi I kt'.i inifes "an hour, an inerea-e of nearly twenty miles an hour ta ' over Ihe previous best lime. BBBSBHBii m Senator Duncan I . Fletcher or llu Lulled Slates, who sailed cm the Leviathan's maiden trip in order to keep u check on expenditures. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE COMING NEXT WEEK Crack C.P.R. Liner Is Bringing an Overflow Crowd of Alaska Tourists Two C. P. II. tourist steamer-" wilt reach port next week bound ,FDGAR FAWCETT OF iroin Vancouver to souiueasierii Alaska with heavy bookings of cx-1 cursiouists. j The Princess Alice will arrivt'i on Monday morning ami Ihe Princess Charlotte on Friday. The' latter ship is making .miking a a i special special ex ex- Ira run on ac f, 1 , 'lCt I li ii I I In 111 liep lU'ii liil liiinlu Vlien and Louise, will not be able to, handle all Ihe July tourists, This will be the first and only call of teresting slories to the nev-Ihe Charlolte here this year un- papers hout comlitiuus In the less another special excursion is arranged. Vancouver paper reported that the men of the O.ti'.M.M. steamer Canadian Scottish would walk olT the ship on arrival here ami join wilh the strikers against Hie contpany. This Is not Iho ease. The men, It Is reported. will slay with the ship at least 'ill he( reaches Vuneuuvt-r. Stmt ! 4ZS. Prince Rupert Will Talk Direct with Victoria and Other Southern j Points by Wireless says Haughton ' VICTOIUA, July 1 f. With the object of increasing, the efficiency or the wireless service on the Hritisli Columbia coast, the Dominion government will this summer change Ihe apparatus al Ihe (ionzulcs Mill, Hull Harbor, Alert Hay and Prince Ilu-perl stations from Ihe spark lo the continuous wave system, according to an aiinouncemeiit by E. J. Ilaughtoii, superintendent of radio-telegraphs for Hrilish Columbia. This would mean increased nuige for all Ihese stations, and u general speeding up of the government wireless servke on this roast. Mr Haughton slated. When the change had been made (ionzah Hill would be able lo communicate din-ct with Prince Itupert. he said. Al present il U, nee'ssar' t relay nn'ssafres be-j I ween these points. .No chance! will made at the Point tircy! jslalion for the present. Continuous wave transmission 'mid receiving is a ureal improve- meiil over Hie spark system, and is he in-' u.lople.l in nearly all parts or Die world. The siuvrn- itiieul wished Ho !.C. Coast er- !ice lo lie thoroughly up lo date, Alan, I is therefore making the .change, liauvhloii declared. Another factor which had a te-arius on briugini; about the ehniiae was Hie fact' that a large U,..i.l.r ,lf rifcli... l.ll..i"u.t'"i uppjies . . ePM(; lu I.V t - - j I iogging companies, paper mills. (mines and other industrial enter- prists. Mr. Ilaiizlilou slatcil Ihese stations were on Hie in-rrcusf ainl tleiiiaudeil a speeding np of communication and in creased range .1 the volume or business ofrcring was lo le successfully handled. Owins to it romparative initial cheapness and Ihe fact that it eliminated heavy overhead, radio was appealing more and more to Ihe operators of large industries, I,,. s.,j, The new apparatus will be Hie four-valve type with an input of K.000 watts. This type or uppar- atus was expected to do a large volume of work more efficiently than a l5.ono.wutt spark set, Mr. Haughton said. ISWEDISH PULP AND PAPER MAN IS HERE , !R. Pnarsnn StiiHwInn Ranaril.n Methods In Industry Will Visit Ocean Falls and Powell River 11. Pearson, a pulp ami paper man from Sweden, is visiting the city, having arrived here Tsler - day morning. He will be here ""w miU -''e usning fur several .lavs and will laler.l,as particularly, good both visit Ihe Falls and Powell lliver''11 lvl'r" "a n- plants. Mr. Pearson is studying w.ll.i..U It. II... i,,. I., .lint- . ni,t ,1,1 ,,,,',, ,11 I.1UU.'. I J ..V V is also taking the opportunity to look over the country generally. VICTORIA DIES; WAS HISTORIC AUTHORITY! i VICTOIUA, July II. - Edgar Fvveett a resident ol Victoria lor ,,, fllp MM m"1 15 llM ,"',e eari ""'.but it is not unite limit' up up to the t20 r.ii l Mr. II ..... .. I. I.I. . ..!.. ..t no(e and he often contributed in- early days. During his residence in Ihe province he saw Victoria grow from little more than a vlllag and Vancouver come inlo existence. BIRTH There was born at Hie Anyox hospital on July It lo Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morrison of Alice Arm, a daughter. PRICK FIVE GENTS. P.G.E. VICTORIA LIQUOR HELD UP BY STATES Consignment Valued at $100,000 on Vancouver Dock Bound For Yukon VANCOUVER, July 1 1 r.eorgu Black, M.P. Tor Hie Yukon, wh ) is leaving today rorun:e com; menleil liillerly on (he (fniled Stales rerusal lo permit the Yukon's liquor supply lo be shipped aeros Hie panhandle of Alaska, lie pointed out that now lying al,, Vancouver " l"0.(o mSyliai lo be laken round llehriug Sea and down Ihe Yukon river, a distance of 1,00(1 miles when all that intervenes between Canada and the Yukon is a twenty mile strip of American territory. FISHING STILL IS IMPROVING Skeena Canneries Averaging Close to Fifty to Boat For Week OTHER PLACES VARY Rivers Inlet and Smith Inlet Very Good With Bella Coo I a and Klmsquit Poor Iteports received today from the Wl-n.kBh.i fllt'nn rut mi I I fit it wyv atch m.lioate,. that it Is steadily improving, 'flMierme'i averaged about 10 SOckejeS to the boat and they, are also catch- in? some humpbacks, Sprinsr salmon are still being taken and everything now points lo u success lul season. Further, details or the fishing ii,,.M"' fol"l"'ir lart or the dis- let where about 130 fish to the I'O. II have been taken on good days. At divers Inlet one boat gol 308 fish, a record catch. At Delia Coolu ami Kiinsquil the nut so far isr only "fair, while al Filzhugh Sound it is average, about nrty Hsh lo the boat being (ukeu. Everywhere in Hie ,soulh Ihe weather comlilioiis have been ravorable. The pack this year al. divers l,ol"R No fish are being caught there exce.il sockeye so far. Old Timers' Picnic DIGBY ISLAND Sunday, July 15 Adults, 50c; Children, 25c Everybody Welcome I: h T, '.'X