y jst w f;i' i ... " frT rub j. Whan Vtu Want A "Take Her To The Boston" TAXI mm A FESTIVE glad Yulelide FEASTS. welcome awaits you. Turkey, Plum 99 Pudding 'ami all Hie old-fashioned m hurry a good fare will be Phone on our festive board this, Boat Oar and Bait Service PRINCE RUPERT Xmas. In tha City. Rata Reasonable BOSTON GRILL Northern and Central - British Columbia's Newspaper Private Boxes For Party Use VOL. XIII., NO, 2'JH, I'HINUK MUPF.IIT, H.ll, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER li, t!)2:i. vuw cirtuution itez. strt sit tea. PRICE FIVE CENTS. nr. inn rati MINISTER'S CONDITION IS UNCHANGED TODAY OTTAWA, Hoc III. Ihe condition of Hon. W. S. Fielding, minister of finance, is reported to be unchanged today. Yesterday ho was said lo be sleadily lnprvd. PAPERS TAKE FLING AT MASSEY END COMES TO DEPREDATIONS OF INFAMOUS MOROCCAN BANDIT, RAISUU No Imperial Preference British Liberal Policy; Premier Massey Called Down by Liberal Papers I I.OMil)., Her. III. Tli. Liberal journals Ihe Daily R0ARH flP TR4HF GhroiiM-Ir ami the Manchester (iiianliau. critjrizc Premier uVnuu ur IIvHUE, Ma..cy of New Zealand fur declaring on leaving England Hint; HAS' PROPOSITION any iiriu-n i.nirrai or i.unor government suoiikj persist hi rurry- ma out Baldwin's (ire-election policy of imperial preference.; Rev. John. Jowett was Formerly Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York I.ONHON, 1'C. Il. ltev. John .towel I . doled Hritish minister and formerly pastor of Hie Fifth Avenue Presbylerlan Church, New Tork, died loday. FOR ELEVATOR HERE: "Any other -iiiire. Mr. Maey haul, "would lie a Map in Ihc! faee lo British sentiment lliroiighotil the Empire." ' Representative of British Capl The Manchester Oiianlinn say Premier Baldwin did im-j tat Invited to Visit This perial unity a had turn in Irving to foit imperial preference np- Clty LIBERALS WILL 1 1 1 r riiuntr) nriore me cuuii.; Iun try roul.l hinder him an.) in ex- ,y . i:.m'.l.nr. .i.i I., .vi.r. ii 1 1 i n v I tt a r tkij I n I irwi u In I . . ... 1 "i'",q"""" 'new liriliMi rapilal, I in rom- Man and the other Dominion 111i-uu11 ...in. n... i...?....,. ii.. W Tr W ta M W m Tk hi e I VI MP! Ill I I AUIIlV r" w,,,,uul M" lmlI,,r " perl ILmrd of Trade on the pro lliH (.hromrle says when Do- ftnuitoii statesmen raiie such i- New British Government Noth- ue they make lulerualioual Ino to Fear If Abandons trouble for the Tufted Kingdom, Objectionable Projects PUT THEM IN POWER I.OXIiO.V. her. HI. High! lion. II. It. Auilh !(eech in HALIBUT SCHOONERS !. WITH LARGE CATCHES ! MARKET AT EXCHANGE whlph he hII the parly would' form jut ttlliaiirr.uHltolliui Three American halibut r)i.ui parties. Ik interpreted liy the er inmkHrd rallie loiatling newspaper a meaning in elTert IHJ.noo pounds lo good udvaiil-I lint the l.iberaU are determined aue at I lie l'i-li Kxchaiitte llil lo put the Labor Oovernmenl In inoriiiii?. The eatehp were iower at the earllet poKible lanre and Hie prici were hiiilt moment. j1"" Hie irieeed will be very The Liberal plan N to uppor allxfaelory. Some of Hie iiiem-Ihe labor ministry n lomr a her of Ihe erewo of Hiee e-they Judge it ilenlrable to ilo o. eN are oalliny frmn liere lo The nrwupaprr think they will fpend ChriMinai at their limueM turn It out and eueeewl to Hie In bcalllc. admimnlralion IheiiutelveH. The daily New tell Ihe Arrival Hiid al: IjiuIc. Ko.oon pounds at 1 7.1c Labor Parly "it il abandon and Vr. to the l.aiiadlau I ih A llnue elrrnenl in their proirramit'-old Storage ti. ami Atlin FiMi- whlrlt Ihe rnuniry ha reji-rlederiex. Ihey will bae nothing to fear from (he Liberal'' AVIATION EXPERT IS VISITING IN STATES Allen. Sti.OOO pound al IT.Ue and I'e lo the I'acifie Kilierie and lloolh Iilirtff Oaiiadian Co. Venus 3H.000 tiounds al I7.3e ami lie lo the lloyal I t'll Co. TALKS ABOUT HELIUM, HONORS PAID TO NKW VOIlK, I.t III. Small ilepoll of heliuiii reieully di-roered in (Canada may ! an aid lo HrilMi llshler than air Hy-Injr, nreordinif lo the Huke of Siilherland, under ererelary for aslation In (Ireal llrltaiu. who arrived here lo fludy avlalion In Amerira. He expressed Ihe hope that furllier depoMlft of helium i ii i It I be found In Ihe empire. Since Hie development of liuliler than air flyiiitf llrilain han been hampered by the neces-ily of manufacturing sins AMUSEMENT TAX TO BE REDUCED BUI Provldlnn for Cut Is Brought Down In B.C. Legislature Today YICTOIUA. I ee. II'. - A re durliou of llilrly per cent in Ihe aniuxeinenl lax I provided for In a bill which will be hroiistht down In the IciriMalurc loday Theatre owuor and oilier. in Irrcxtftl had axked for a re ductlnii of flfly per rent. DEPARTED COMRADE Funeral of Late Phillip Welker Took Place This Afternoon Under Military Auspices The funeral of Ihe lale Phillip Welker. who wan drowned re cently in the harbor, look (dace Ilii afternoon at 2 o'clock from Die II.C. t'nilcrlakciV Parlor, lo Fain lew Cemetery under Ihc atiMilce of Ihe ureal War Veteran' A.ociallou and the North 11.11. HeuimenL Arch deacon (1. A. Ilix olllcialed ami Hie pallbearer were A. J llUhnp. W. IL Waldorf. .1. Tall. (ieorge Cinhvallader. S. L. War rior and II. J. Hradbury. The Lat Pol wax ouniled al Ihe irruvcMidc by Hualer W. Itance ieeeaed served with credit for -' Vi year. during the Great War wilh the 27th Ilalallion, Canadian Kxpedilionary Force, lie i survived by a mother al llolvoke. Ma., and a brother ami sdxlcr at llaymore, Sack. -.NOTED BRITISH PASTOR DIED IN LONDON TODAY position of erect iny a irrain elevator at (hi port. Advfee of hi presence in Ihe soulh seekiiiK a ilc wa hrouuhl to the Hoard and the executive immediately wired to him seeking information as lo his proposition. A reply was received yesterday slatinK t It'll f it was intended lo creel a two-million bushel elevator hut 5,00. Iapr lo Injkife-turned.woiild 'rei'iutretl w raised locally to: COveiVUtaffi'jat- fng of a eoniianj. ,WJ I't grain rommiltee of the Hoard owl yesterday afternoon and decided in invile .Mr. Cnpuinp lo come lo the city, furllier action on Hie part of Hie Hoard lo be deferred until he arrives. GREEK KING IS AN EXILE Left Plreus Last Night on Advice of Cabinet Who Ur?ed Haste LONDON, Dec. 19. King Oeorge and Queen Elizabeth, the former of whom was irned hy Ms cabinet to leave the country, sailed from Plreus last night aboard a steamer, says a despatch from the Greek capital. The cabinet urged haste In getting away. The Kin? will await action of the National Assembly, which Is likely to decide upon the republican form of government. STEALING RIDE COST VANCOUVER BOY LIFE Hugh Meldle, Aaed 15, Is Killed and Willie Retallack Is Badly Injured VANCOUVF.il, Dec. Il,--IIukIi Meidle, used 15, was killed. and Willie llelallack. aced It, was badly, injured last niglil when Ihey were crushed between a street car and a freight car on which Ihey were taking a ride and from which Ihey tried lo al I Kit t al a street crossing. A younger brolher of llelallack es raped uninjured. AMUSEMENT TAX IS EXPECTED REDUCED VICTOHIA, 1F.C. Ill -It is understood at (he Parliament lliiibliugs I liul a '-5 per rent rc-duclion will be made in the. amusement tax. II. D. Ilobinsoii, manager of Hie. Ilupert Marine Ironworks, the CarJeua fur Vancouver. "BftBht BBBxLVI London claims br have the world's smallest commissionaire. He i "Hobby" Pa.coe, a well-known figure outside a shop in llolborn. who is directing a custodier. Eight Hour Day Bill Effective Year from Now: Amendments to Other Bills Voted Down Yesterday' VlirrOHIA, Uvr. 111. The eighl hour day bill, which is lo Wonderful Career of Moorish Bandit Raisuli who is Dead at Tangiers: was Daring Robber TA.VGIKILS, t)ec. IIJ. Ilaisiili, the notorious Moorish bandit chieftain, is dead. The picturesnue career of the legendary Hohin Mood,, were il to be lak?n from the depths of Sherwood Forest lo Hie desert wastes of Spanish Morocco and there re-?uacled in these modern itimes, would scarcely be more replete with colorful adventure than was the life of Mulai Ahmed Ituisiili, international bandit de luxe, whose many kidnapping episodes in connection with this more than ill years of brigandage have ne I tied half a dozen (great powers, not excepting the United Slates. I Raisuli first !aii afoul the Washington povernmenl in t'JOl, finding that they were unable when he kidnapped and held for lonaer to sponsor the extortion-ransom, Ian II. Perdicaris, an ate dem'and of the governor American subject born in Athens, ousled him from office and drove and Cromwell Varley. his son-in- him back to his native, hill, onye law, a Hritish citizen. more an outlaw. While a wave of indignation Robbed Rich ovrr the incident- was sweeping! Ilaisuli, tike nmny of his noted Hie United Slates, the go em- bandit predecessors, was prone lo merit sent a war vessel lo Tan- maintain that he practiced sicr and also ordered the Sultan Jbrijrandage purely in the iniereit to bring about Ihe immediate re- of the weak and the oppressed, lease of Mr. Perdicaris for whom and tliat he robbed the rich fn Ilaisuli was demanding a ransom jorder that he might better roof 70,nuo. The Sirltan of Mor- lieve the poor. Despite this ex-occo. fearin? the destruction of 'plaualion, there ia no record that his city, paid the ransom. Ibis charitable benedictions ever Gruesome Trick extended beyond Hie limjls uf hi Tl. kidnapping of l'enlliris,w',,,1,1ilUe '"owl' he-wa a -peaceful. fwa?ll.effr;nmsciner-nto enlerprise by which Haisuli at- '"iicr in any inc. ue ciauiKU traded world-wide altenlion. One ) be of noble birlh, and frequent. of hi earlier Victim had Wen ' Pfuaucni anc eni leucrs pur- P"'S etallisli this conlen- Waller H. Harris a correspon- denl of the London Times, who ,,on- r . U was captured and held Tor ran-piUl '"""W'S eapo from ..r tin (inn in iimi lta-H l'ri01 ' -'. wlie " -0 of ,,e ,,ad senctl flve 'at l'ar a-e" Tirsl refused to allow payment ,,ar- n,ucl' f 1,1 a ,orluro il, of -the mouey. but was subjected 'to i''"""J-er Tor an alleged offenco-nallycapilulaled. so many indisnilie thai he fi- gainst Ihe Sullan s iuthonty., , One of his most gruesome experiences while a' tdiaracler. he seemed t I'"- " "c tradilional cruelly 'captive was to awake one nu.ru- i.i' and find a headless body, 11 u.a.iy in Iressed in his own clothes, oc- ,,eal",,R W,U1 " enriiuew. yei ne cui.yii.K part of his shelter tent. ! , lu "T!,. V,,u ' , llaisiili's iiexl ii,.i,rlAiil r.iu. syuipuuiy lor a iiiiiu in wuuu.o be introduced into Ihe w 'enerai fir neury Legislature shorllv, is, according lo the li-Mfi ..r II... I. mi i,. i ..ii.... .... i i mo-, ii ...:n MacLoan, a Scotchman who was :irfWI .-ill limine in. limine., h. il... ..mi- v..n. servuijf as cominaiiucr oi me -ui- for overtime "in seasonable industries !'"' bodyjtuanl. Next lo the w i ii,...-. i i.. n... i i.:n 11.... .. ISullaii himself. Macl.i'an was Ihe ... . uu.-n univiiuiiiriii in iiic iircr mil iuiuill 111,11 ill i i.leliU. ile inn. I I... inLen l II... i.n.u ..r i ttiiosl powerful and Iiiflueutial l,-"'" - -. nun vi is kv iivi ui i (ti iiuii, nu3l . . . . , defeated by the Legislature 211 to In. Mr. Mauson said lhel,"a" n "eiieviiifr inai Legislature, need not be dissolved inilil 11)2(1 and the plebiscite lu 'h' must lie held earlier than that. Perry's wmemlmeiit to the re distribution bill giving Hie Peace lliver sepjirate representation was lost by a' vote of 22 lo ID. MAJORITY VOTE TO GIVE RIGHT TO SELL BEER THIS PROVINCE VICTOHIA, Dec. .10. Hecause of opposition lo il, the Govern ment will nol press Ihc passage of the clauses under Hie new beer legislation under which a minority of Hritish Columbia voter could bring back Ihc bar by voting in favor of the sale of beer by the 8lus II i predicted among Ihe members of the House that the beer plebiscile legislation would provide for a vole on which a majority of Hritish Columbia ASK BOUNTY ON PIG IRON 'Proposal Is Made that Dominion Shall A 1 l4....u I - Tkl. v.iai. iu iiiuu.tl III IIIIS Province VICTOHIA. "Tvc" III. The Oliver Government moved yesterday lo aid the establishment of an. iron and sleel industry in Hritish Columbia by proposing that the Federal Government arrange for the payment of a bounty on pi? iron and similar products manufactured in Hrit ish Columbia. cieciors wouui- nave io lavor vvw.nrYKH iw ti .V... ..... ..U.... .... , ..L ...... arranged a meeting wilh the bandit and was commissions! to take him some presents from Ihe Sullan. Itansiili sent a guard of ,15 men lo escorl MacLean, but n a id i.v were me pany ciear oi I. per hefnro llio l.overAirM rmilil -i . i . i i. i .... i.,.. r t - - ,iaiaiious are aircuuj living inane tuii,tiuii aim iiic pnnuisc ui pru ne som i.y ine gnus m any pan fr ,e i.:ast,.r convention of the lection. or the province. OLUBS LOST CHARTER VIlVroillA, Dee. ID. In ans wer lo a ip'stlon asked in the Legislature Hon. A. M. Manson slated that clubs incorporated under the Companies Act had lost their charters since the beginning of IUS2 as follows: Vancouver IS, Victoria I, -Prince sailed yesterday afternoon by, Ilupert , Huntingdon t . . . i . , .. t .i... . 0' iid i. .ii:u;rooi ' Kel- PRPARATIONS MADE FOR and was noted for his lo animals. kiiidness COMPANY WILL BE WOUND UP Prince Rupert Housing Ltd. ' Shareholders Decided at Meeting Last Night Shareholders of the Prince Fez when the General was in- Ilupert Housing Lid. al a meet formed that he was a prisoner. Secures Protection ft until i I litti lit 1 1 on nSntr till i fit iug last night decided to wind up the company. As the mortgages are returned the shareholders- bc 10C troubles upon the lready har-.i1." ,m assed Sullan, the kidnapping .sir-" "",r. . ' .. rtsl up the entire Hritish nation, lj uu "'a"c of U,c ''a'-eholders. much lo the delight of Ilaisuli, f, u;,n,on who knew that H woyld be impos-l1':'1, tj'e trnm,wiiy had accoi.K i1 Ihe object ror wh cl. it sible for the Hritish or any other '-."'ed-namely, assistance government to undertake a cam-' 1,1 '" bouses when they paign against him. A. tribute 'e. ' e as- for the release of his captive. tw - of the organuation 30 , bandit ,,, demanded i, i.i 200,00l) j,ioruio In i!sistauce , , . , .,, ... , ,, ,,i , , : . ihouses have been liuilt with a cash; Ihe recognition of his out- . , , , , , .lor,,... subscribed investment ...... 1 i.i. ....; .., of $18.5imt J during the company's life of four . . . .i - i : i...i. Mo the 1 governorship of angler ,, . . t nJnii,u 1 1'ree dividends have been vfi. ,!(,. ..r -iih TEACHERS' CONVENTION,:: ATZ H'- ? n ...il I : I . a i : : . . i i and G per cent. president of the ,reH,,Jp,, l ,1,e meH' PreJ.MacLean lmn- upon Ihe payment of H.C. Teachers Federation and Dr.! This occurred in 11)07, when fUUK ItAK ULU tUlLU John Adams, of the University the bandit was al the heighl of; of London bias been secured as lit lawlessness. During the next RUN OVER BY GENERAL the principal speaker. The con- few years he became such a men- r . veulion will be held here and ex-'ace lo law and order that the VANCOUVF.lt, Dec. 111. Wialler pense of delegates will be pooled Spanish Governor-Generul, real- Huckingham, four year old son of so that outside pirls will not be iziug tlwt he could nol subdue Councillor Huckingham of South at a disadvantage. Ihis influence, decided virtually to Vancouver, was accidentally kill. One subject thai will come up tako him Into partnership, with e. when run-over by a car driven for discussion al the convention. the constituted authorities by by General Victor Odium, A ' will be the publicity of Hible appointing him governor .of the formal charge of manslaughter sludy in the school. Subscribe for the Dally News. nnnn imin mn mill i I nugier district and of the city of was laid iagalnsl Ihe general Arzela. v following the World pending the finding of the cor- W'ar,, !ii us., vr. tlu Spaniards, fiiO'l's jtji-y.