liicrean Wfcsn Yu Want A 1111 iiiiiiu mi iiwiii tinu icui iiru 'vniv cuuj mis Illuming 111 70 miles. Wliils other pari of I he cily felt the Mow ami Mime. slight damage vti done through the hreaking of windows Mowing Is no ment on tlm All are swayed II. I 1 the party with the bet caue ,,0 ,,,', ''nlns. lelegraph linef suffered l. are likely to prove winner. . , . .Mi.iiii. i.iltil mHr nlv anil .. . . . , . - ii i w, u.u urn on.y nave n u.sasiru.. ,,v effect on the fruit business of, the province hut would have the msult on Jhe revenues of the companies interested directly the reverse of what they "are seeking, according lo the claims of fruit mid berry men of British Columbia who appeared before tho hoard of railway commissioner? silling here yesterday. The express companies Iwive applied for an advance In both ,";.. Vancouver ..' and .is,,,.!,. Seattle PRINCE JOHN IS NOW DUE TOMORROW FROM QUEEN CHARLOTTE IDS. Further delayed by stormy weather prevailing between here rntes and the Oucen Charlotte Islands and the aiiidleniloii Is beloe on.'c.X.II. steamer Prince John, Capl io.sed by Jho provincial govern-Neil M'-I.ean, mic irom .iimu.Mer m'eut dhrough thclc counsel O. Mcflecr. P.O.E, Appointment VHJTOIUA, Dec. 1 T. Sul her. 0. Via I he Islands, is now experieu lo' arrive tomorrow morning. She will snll u ,icr return south Mondav evening. The following passengers are hooked: C. Fran land, fiiniimlv POinineiiMi wliii els nml K. I rancls for Port Iho freight department of tho.Clemenls! P. Peterson, and Mr. P.tl.K. Hallway has received the and Mrs. V- 0. Stockman, Mas. appointment as mummer of the sett: W. 11. Campbell, Jedway; P. main offloo dimli warehouse, nl. Wlckstroui. Buckley Bay; J. I). 'Veiieouver. 'LamLm-t. L keporl. down of signs, etc.. clvicw seems lo have been worst hit. In the vicinfly of Atltn Aeuue and Seventeenth Slret, three Mocks Prince Oeerce Coldest Point But of electric light n;id telephone ole were flatlened to the ground. vry Warm West oMCndako a,j ,,oiiie fell over I lie . streets1 POLITICS HOLDS SWAY BRITAIN Baldwin Developing Oood Deal of Strength in Fight Raged There I a ii. I on hoU.es. The cross-arm! RAINS EAST TO TELKWA ptf an eleclric light pole which ) - Ifell on Hubert Ward's house Telegraphic reports revived penelarled lite roof. Some of Ihr'IMs morning from point be-residents of Die wed end had lo I ween Prince Rupert and Kdmon. crawl out of llieir houses under!'011 indicate that Hie heavy rain a mine of collated wire while He '"st extended also to Hie others, for similar reason, had ,'n'or'"r a" ar as lelkwa. Lsk dilllcully in running their motor reported Hie heaviest, rains in cars. Light and telephones In "om" y'ar xviml-lhal eet ion of town were mil 'N'" temperatures are all low. en.il,,ul a(ler.NVhll,' I'riuee Rupert this l()DO Dee I ii,.. of commission fhorlly of or 'the the slio'rt snort political 1.0'lilical'camoalani'"''1"1"1'1 campaign an'' a" hlglil.'n,0"'n "" "''"l-eralure was IS utilities denarlu.enl 11 wa " 35 Telkwa. At Mir'wnce "of iteVaUac" Ike .here ws a light IWS? Ii Other w .aiidJUjcxeVI V.r Si morning with a crew of men "C and U f a?' - temperature 35 ne Uec. lugly p,,re,iiTh.l such nrl. thin? thing a . sober hen judg laAn. fJMi " Completed be- " I lie liuvernmeni i unveiopinjf, , - - , ; ' erly wind with .. , . ... ... . i. , Khlnoiiig lia been loM up. tlie'l',J n iii-iii ui FiiriKiii in "ii- vivni , , . , , , i i i Jlm being delayed in cM-'cled .juarter. and efjierially aiining working men. It i ipiile imposfible to ftnfHl what the rexiill will be, but one thing serins eerlaiu, the 0iiecrvatleSj will have u prepondering power in Hie next Parliament. The important thing Is whether Ihey will have enough follnwer lo mnlrnl the llotife of Commons.! Without that Ihey can do little. The labor lenders have been fighting out at both Liberals and Conservatives and lii'lhc event of a coalition being nece-fary ii seems as If Ihey would be as likely to support Baldwin as either Lloyd tieorge or As. Muitli. Polling lake., place on Thursday of next week all over the country. EXPRESS RATES HIGH ENOUGH Fruit and Berry Men Oppose Increase! In Tariff: McQeer Acting VANCOUVKIl. Dec. i. Any in- jiiiiivine iii'iii mi vumi uuiii- lolle Islands a well a the steamer Princess .Mary which was due last nijlil from Alaska. fuller's Orocery delivery car. parked on (Sreen Street In front of the hospital, was picked up by the gale and turned over with its wheels in the air. The top was badly damaged but the chassis is inlart. Tlfe W'esllmljiie Theatre eleclric display sign on Third Ave-line near Bent's store was flattened bodily on to the sidewalk. Plate glass windows were broken in the Kuox llolel on First Avenue and the old Farmers Meat Market on Third Avenue. SASKATOON HOCKEY on TEAM AGAIN BEATEN Loses Three Consecutive Games Pacific Coast During Tour VICTOMIA, Dec. I The Cougars defeated the Saskatoon team of the Western Cannula Hockey League seven lo one, making the tliird -- slraipht defeat for Saskn- riense in exisuuif express nui-s .. i,,,ifi r,ini i tuuii "II - They had already , , ,,ee been bwi loop. iiilako there- was a oT ,r temperature " from nari of llio electors tw ,B, tui" "'. ' llien.,'"""" , . , , ''" a' " IS i ht e. nllo7 InV " cdlmaled ll.alino telephones pr'B" to 111 n. t...lk. T,?. I" H.r city were out of commis-l' .,rH,.e .w,"i light wind and' half an; inch of snow on the ground. Kdmonton reports a light wet- A book written in nineteen hours has won for .1. Wnrner Bollah, an underKraduate until, last June at Colunvhin University, the annual Alfred A. Knopf prize. Publication and circulation of his work is his reward. WILL NOMINATE FORD FOR PRESIDENT OF U.S. Convention of Ford For President Clubs Called for December 12 . DinitOIT, Mich., Dec. I. Henry Ford will be formally nnmiiKitcd vis a presidential can. tlidate nt a convention of Ford for President Clubs to be held at Dearborn on December t2. No platform will be adopted but it is understood the Ford magnate, is likely to urn on an Independent ileket. ' S. II. Harper, who das been Iransferred from the local brunch of the Royal Bank to tho inuliv ofilce at Vancouver, Is sailing for tho south on tho Prince .Rupert tomorrow even In;. leinperalure 20 above zero nod a Unlit scattering of snow on the ground. It is cloudy. m BB LONDON, Dee. I. Worcester (Said, which was closed about a year ago, lias now been reopened for bousing purposes, ami 'reclirisleneil Worcester Caslle. Twelve ly 100 people, have been comfortable installed. Parents with eiglil children, formerly living in one room, arc amongst those who now have four or five bedrooms. In addition, each famliy has a CANADA REPRESENTED LADIES' FOOTBALL LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION With Many Fine Examples of Canadian Cattle' Present CHICACO. Dee. I. The inter national livestock exhil.il ion, the big event of is kind in the year, opened here today with a large number of entries from Canada, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan ami Alberta have exhibits which are sure lo be prize winners, the total number of exhibits in all clashes- being well over ten thousand. In connection with the livestock show there is nn, exhibition of grain and hay and here also Canada is well represented and should carry off a number of prize's. TEAMS FOR CANADA TAXI BOSTON NEW GRILL Third Ava. 99 Jin a hurry The Latest in Restaurants. Private Boxes for Ladles and Party Use. tt Oar and Best Servloa PRINCE' RUPERT Bast Food. Best Service. In tha Olty. Rates Reaaonabla "Take Her-lo the Boston." Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. VOL. XIII., NO, 283. IMUXCB IlLPKItT, B.C., fl.Tlm)AY. DKCKMUKR I, 1023. VttUrtfty' Cirru'ttlofl 1702. irt SlM SS2. PJIICE FIVE CENTS. GALE PRE if LAST NIGHT , WAS FIERCE ONE . , PREMIER OLIVER MAKES PRONOUNCEMENT REGARDING REDISTRIBUTION BILL Gale Last Night Proved to be Worst of Season with Seventy Mile Wind at Times; Average 50 I.at night's gale wa the word of the year, II. 0. Crewe, fjlll T IIrATlIED Dominion tic(oorologil. reported thi morning that it averaged flJ yf TO EDMONTON Walter AV. Head, the newly chuen head of the American Bankers' Association, as he appeared on a recent visit to Wyoming where Mr. Head is just as much at home as he is in ,lu?baniv pte.jd;iljtiir. BRITISH USE JAIL HOUSING PURPOSES NAME IT A CASTLE : NEW METHOD OF HANDLING BEER l t Absolute Check Upon Sales Will ! be Possible Under Plan In Force Today ! YICTOIUA, Dec. I. Today isees the start of the new central families, comprising near- distributing .system of beer for British Columbia in accordance with the plan' drawn up some days igo' by the amalgamated brewers of the province and ,in Vancouver this week at which (were represented the principal living room in the otll- (brewing conipanis of the pro- cers' quarters. ivince. Under the scheme there will be but two distributing warer houses in the pruvince. The main ollice and warehouse will he at Vancouver ami a branch ollice in Victoria. Willi the exception of Victoria all orders Irnr lux.! from nil tuirl nt flip Show at Chicago Opened Today.privlnce wi be fied froII, ip Vancouver warehouse Under the new plan it is believed an absolute check will be possible on every case or barrel of beer manufactured in thej province as each brewery has to inuln (.alumis III ctllffi.l tlllnpvnttt ollice store only. ANOTHER WHISKEY Redistribution Bill Will be Amended States Premier Oliver Nothing Cut and Dried About it VICTOIMA, Dec. I. That ths provincial government js nut attempting to railroad a cut and dried redistribution bill through the Legislature but is willing to accept any reasonable changes in the measure was made evident yesterday when Premier Oliver announced that he himself intended to move an amendment lo his own msausre, "I'm prepared to leave every clause of the bill lo the Hoii!e and I intend to offer certain amendments," the premier told a representative of the Times. "We have not brought down a mushed product, a cut ami drieil proposition before the. Legislature with the idea of forcing it through without , changes. On the contrary- reason- able changes designed to im. prove the rediclribution plan 'will! hi' welcomed, ! 4 COLD WAVE MOVES SOUTH TO YUKON DAWSON NO BANANAS COMPLETE SESSION OF LEGISLATURE LIKELY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS Contentious Measures Yet to be Discussed and Estimate to be Put Through there is a section of covernmenll t . ' no'" supplied !c- of the product to the central distributing warehouses' J""' "'"f ,ifih,1 a"d ln . ... . littlA llinl id mitifwlno it at Vancouver and Victoria anit,""-v' , ..l., I..I.I a.,hlel In nnlorJ that the budget is I V ' V. l an tiv,m o. Jj'- " v - from the Government liquor down mul ,li.triitt;i.iti nT il atinnlil liA easily completed next week, the! SHIP INSULIN INTO DAWSON "So that proposed change's Supply Has Run Short and Dr. may receive lull and liilelllgcnl consideration it is proposed to refer the whole mailer to a se lect committee of the House." Thompson Is, Getting It In Over Trail DAWSON, Dec. I. Whether or not insulin, the new diabetes cure, will retain its virtues through a long trek in the Klon dike winter will lie demonstrated shortly. Dt. Alfred Thompson, former member of Parliament for the Yukon is treating a diabetes J DAWSON, Dec. 1. patient with marked success. A pwiHrnrrfauirer ( confirmed and placed on a prac- Several Heal working basis at a meeting nnnanas loday. Fifty de- nowever, ana must be snipped grees below zero is resis- 00 miles over the Arctic trails. lered in the upper Yukon ) Notification lias been received Valley and Dawson is not from Dr. C. H. Best in Toronto very warm. The great that a quantity of insulin has cold is striding south- been shipped to Dawson, ward and 1 he S'ukon's ! warmest autumn Js. at an end. :;MILL WORKERS FOR 8 HOURS Charge Made by Albernl Member That Intimidation Used to Oppose Bill, VIGTOUIA. Dee. I. Sawmill workers of British Columbia are overwhelmingly in favor of an ei?Iil hour day in spilcjuf vigorous effort's by operators to per- VICTOIUA. IK'C. 1. Lesisla-'""c ' oppose a renuctlon tors are beginning to wonder if.'O working hours, Hon. A. M. they will be able lo cuelude their Manson, minister of labor, wm work and get away before thei'i'ld lay ' a delegation reprc-r.hri.inois lioll.hivs Tin. I- settling the mill employees of yet a good deal to do and UKUiy measures that are (Contentious will have to be discussed. I lie action of the brewers lit the province. Ilichard Burde. member for Albemi, who introduced the mill workers delegation to Mr. Man- getting together has to some ex-;so. followed up their assertions tent simplified the beer question bc charge that Ihe mill but even today no one seems owners were intimidating em-quilc surc.what is to be 'done'l''0 l' petition against the wih the beer problem. While j'1 'lay- supporters led by Ian McKenzie,! OCAL SHRINERS ARE who would tike lo see Deer soni GOING TO SEATTLE Will Attend Ceremonial of Amalgamated Northwestern Tem ples In Puget Sound City estimates will be put tnrougn: A ,,ar,y of oca ghriners is rapidly and the way cleared, it Is, tomorrow night on tho thought, for prorogation a week sipamor prince lltinert foe Seattle VPninOR I1RFRATFH beforo c,,r't'! or thereabouts. where they will nttend a ccremo-TLitUUPt LlDEnrllLU So far the government has in nt nmnlirnnmlp.l noriVwesl- shown no signs of weakening. ern temples.. Among those going Failure to Affix Seal Given as There have been few divisions will be H .V. O. Leplne, D. Jabour. Reason by Chief Justice (this year and each time there has jack .c.s0n, Jack Bamsley, A. K. Hunter .been a large majority. Appar- nazzett-Jones, George Frizell enlly the members do not want n am a. . liell. , v,,.IIVI.MI r- 1 'I'l.n . .. . .UI!" l. ,v l ii.", " on election yet. omission of Magistrate McCly- LONDOX, Dec. I. Two repre-lmont of Prince Rupert lo &x irin rAUDlUV FADMCn sentative ladies' football teams his seal to a warrant commuting IILTT tUlUIrtlH rUIVHlLU propose louring Canada next year Klizabelh Buhllerombe to Jail Tor nn pDlMfC fFHRfP! iitnvlnir irnmes ill different cities, air month on the Conviction of vUlA riullLL ULUIXUL; Tlvey will be rcpiocntative teams selling- whiskey last November 9 of England and Scotland respec-(resulted in the woman obtaining lively and will play International exhibit Ion games It Is understood that the lour will have Ihe co-operation of Canadian football associations and teams FOUR FISHERMEN LOSE LIVES IN MANITOBA DAUPHIN, Man., Dec. I. VICTORIA, Dec. 1. Provin- George Sabislon, his two sons. her liberty from Chief Justice cial incorporations this week as, and Alexander Spence, all flsh-Hunler on Friday. Hunter said hejshown in the B.C. Gazelle Include ermen, were drowifed on Lake must follow his previous decision the A. L. Johnson Lumber Co. Manitoba when Ihey went out on in another case. ub.nrihs 'or th Dally News. Lid. a private concern capitalized rotten Ice to set their nets ami at 25,00O with bead o'fioe l fell through. The recovery of P'rlnee George. the bodies is problematical.