Prince Itupert our citizen, hoped I' '"'" pmnicnoy leally ao-for quicker action covering your threatening (I. L. Eraser, statements regarding Brain ele. Vancouver lawyer, mid the valor steamship for Alaskan mailer ought to he brought to service, lourist holel as well a '''' allenlioii of the police Com-two smaller boats for local er-l,,,","nri'- "A "n '"ur ir ..m .,f Ihi. o.irl. If these !lHhn who so far forgets are to he of service for next hot s business, strong feeling cxil here that immediate Action l iental. (Jan we hope for such"?" Sir Urnrv's reply received yesterday afternoon was a follow: Your message received. The various mailers referred to are under consideration. I am on the line at present und will he ahsenl from headquarters for a week hul. on my reluni. I will iinike you a more defiiWle reply without undue delay." MARTIN JONES MUST SERVE HIS TERM IN PEN. MR WOUNDING Prince George Cases Decided Against Prisoner by Full Court of Appeal Special to Daily News VANCOUVER, .Nov. 22. Marl in Jones will serve hl four years in the peifitculiary for wounding another man several months ago in Prince George with Intent to maim. The five Judges of the appeal court decided unanimously against the contention of Hoberl Cassldy, KjC.. counsel for the defense, thai Jones had no intention of maiming when he slashed his opponent with a razor in a fight over the itirl. EARL CAVAN WILL PAY VISIT CANADA No Official Motive Imputed to Forthcoming Empire Tour of British Chief or Staff OTTAWA, Nv 22.-No olll- cial motive is Imputed lo he fiu'llicoinlnc visit lo Canada nf Karl Cnviin, Chief of Ihe Imperial Slatf, Hon, K. M. Mne-donahl, mlnlsler of defence, staled this morning. Karl Cavnn comes lo Canada in the course of a lour of the Empire an I while hero he will confer with Ihe government In a friendly lt', - tin ft f UK (MMM aumiuedly bad SELF-STYLED DISCOVERER OF NORTH POLE Chancellor Stresemann Declares Country's Internal Position is Hopeless; Future Looks Black I.OXIION, Nov. 22 lit jiii address before lh Ileiehslag to- iluy Chancellor Slrescmaiiii ih'clarcil that Germany's internal position wus hopeless mill, m far an lie could ?i, there was nut (lit' liphtcl prospect of effecting an improvement. France, he eniit, hail expressed fear of serious German de velopments arising from recent incident, hut he could assure I'r.mre that any drvclopmenls that might occur would he due entirely to I-ranee herself. I MAYOR TOUCHES UP SIR HENRY Asks When Local Project. Are to be Proceeded With and Get. j Mayor Newton, on Tuesday evening, senl the following lelel gram to ttr Henry Tlionilon. president of the Canadian Na tional Itailftays "A n remilt' IPERJURY CHARGE IS DISMISSED BY COURT Dry-Squad Official Found Not Guilty but Judge Admonishes Him VANCOUVER, Nov. 22.- J. A. Reilly of the Vancouver dry squad, wan acquitted of perjury by Hie assize Jury yesterday. Mr. Justice Gregory in commenting on the verdict said he was indisposed to find fault S'ilhjjhcver.dict hut -UieJuiItT Is lluhle to do il again. so al The charge of perjury arose otil of Ihe fact I hat Heilly denied having threatened to "gtd" Fra-ser in connection with Hie hill Eraser ohlaincd against him in Hie small debts court. In court later Heilly denied having threatened Eraser. REDISTRIBUTION IS BEING CONSIDERED Bill Will be Brought Down by Government Very Soon: Great Expectations VICTORIA, Nov. 2'-'. The (liivcrninenl's redislrihulion hil Is ahnut due to he brought down aqd a ureal 'many members are looking forward lo II with keen interest, especially Ihose In Ihe north. Nalurally there have heen many revisions of Ihe hill since II was first drawn by Premier Oliver. One thing seems certain that Prince Itupert constit uency will he sliced tip u good deal in order to make II small enough for one man lo keep in close touch wilh all its activities. There Is. a rumor that Omineca will he changed very considerably, and also Prince OeorKc. Northern members are insisting on prealer representation for northern and central Hritlsh Columbia, especially in view of Ihe certainly of rapid develop ments in thai part of the country.. It is being realized in Ihe South that Queen Charlotte Islands alone would make a lame constituency, although the present population is not very largo. Still the populalfou is increasing. While Ksiuimall has been protesting against Ihe elimination of thl constituency, it is nrclly ceil aln lo go as It can well be divided among nearby constituencies. At least one of Ihe interior electoral districts Will also be abolished, Subscribe fur the Daily News. CCirMCIiP ME YT uEfllllLUi 11 DA I LUMBER VESSELi Be Dlritd from Australia io japan service lor, C.G.M.M. VOLUNTEER TO TAKE DUTHIE MINE ORE Coa.lwlse Double Weekly Ser vice Will be Maintained Until Christmas CO.M.M. steamer Canadian Seigneur, al iiresent in the Montreal-Australia service, will he Ihe next freighter to come In this 'tori, for lumber carat for Jn'patViMHe'giuHtd Heuuuioni, local - MMKAIisuperinleudeH. staled 'I his morning on his'' re turn from Vancouver. She is being diverted from Ihe Australia lo Ihe Orient run on completion of her present voyage. The vessel has nol yel left Australia, will nol he here for a month least. It will he her first call al this port. Mr. Heaumout also staled Ihal Ihe Canadian Volunteer, al 'present In Ihe local dry dock for overhaul, will lake Ihe " first shipment of Dulhie mine ore from here lo Ihe smeller al Sel- hy, California. The first con signment of 301 Ions will be loaded at the end of Ihls week Immediately after v the steamer leaves Ihe dry dock and she will make regular calls here monthly in future, Ihe double weekly coastwise passenger ami Treigui "service performed by .the steamers Prince Hupcrt and Prince Ceorgc will be liiaintaiued until Christmas when Ihe first of Ihe steamers will he laken off for annual overhaul on the local dry dock. The winter time table of Ihe coast steamers will he issued in Ihe course of Ihe next few days, Mr. Heaumonl staled. PREMIER KING SAILS FOR CANADA FRIDAY Any Statement He Has to Make on Imperial Conference Will be Made When He Reaches Home LONDON, Nov. 22. Hon. Wil- I in tn, Lyon Mackenzie King, I'remicr of Canada will sail for home on Ihe Monlclair tomor row. He says that any statement he has to make in connection wilh his attendance at the Im perial Conference will he made when he reaches Canada. J. 11. Filzmaurice, brother of the. lale George Filzmaurice who died this week. 1a expected from Vancouver on Saturday, to n t 1 title m' lend the funeral which will lakel,uckL'11' place wilh full military honors under I lie auspices of the Great War Veterans' Association pro-hahly next Sunday, Capl. .1, It. Turner, fu-ld engineer for- J. F. Dulhie, the Seallle mining investor, relurn-ede to Dorreen on last night's l' Mrs. Wallace Heid, widow of the lale "Wallie" Heid, uf screen fme, is crusading through Canada and the t mled Stalj-s against the drug evil that blasted her home, Hhe Was photographed in Toronto recently with 'her young son, "Wallie, Junior," Breweries Amalgamate to Supply Beer toiProvincial Liquor Board andScheme VltrrOHIA, Vov. 22 The creajeej a central beer distributing agency from which Ihe gov ernment will purchase all beer for sale in liquor stores. Amalgamation of all breweries In the province has just been completed and Ihe creation of the agency will improve beer condition in U.C it is slated. Under the new plan of all beer being sold through one organization the element of competition among breweries will he eliminated and this will effect great improvement and aid materially in enforcing Ihe province's liquor laws, is Ihe opinion of Attorney (ieneral Mausou. OCEAN TEMPERATURE nn nur tup cnnrr TO BE ASCERTAINED! Thermometers to be Placed on Bottom of Transpacific Liners of C. P. R. VANCOUVER. Nov. 22. To secure teinneralures at depths well below Ihe surface of Ihe North Pacific ocean, thermome ters are lo be affixed lo the loins of all Canadian Pacific liners by the Dominion meteorological department. Scientists now believe Ihe temperature of the north Pacific has an important bearing on Ihe wealher of Canada. and the department, is taking steps to learn if this Is a fact. With Ibis end in view J. Patterson, chief meleorological physicist of Ihe department, is here lo arrange for installing the instruments. WINS ON FOUL Frank Goddard - Is Declared Heavyweight Boxing Cham- plon of Britain I.ONIMJN, Nov. 22. Frank Goddard became heavyweight champion of llritnin because Jack Itlooinfield, his opponent, hit him when he was down. The men were coniesiing for the recently retired by Joe DR. ADDISON JOINS THE ENGLISH LABOR PARTY . LONDON, Nov. 22. Dr. Christopher Addison, former minister of heallh in Ihe Lloyd George cabinet, has joined the labor pirly. 0 When Vmi Want A NEW TAXI BOSTON GRILL 99 Third Aye. m a hurry The Latest in Restaurants. Private Boxes for Ladies Phone and Parly Use. Beet Car and Best Service PRINCE RUPERT Best Food. Btt Sarvlc. In the City. Rates Reasonable "Take Her to the Boston." Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. VOL. MIL, .NO. 275. PHINCK HLII'KHT, U.C, TIIUIISDAY, N0VEMBEH 22, 1023. TMi.rt.tt eircuti. ma. PRICE FIVE CENTS.' OUTLOu , , , . ... , GETS FIFTEEN YEAR Thought Beneficial Uritish Columbia breweries have I fir FYPflRTC LiVU LiU Ul 1 J ARE DISCUSSED Hon. T. D. Pattullo Asks That Whole Question be Investigated by Federal Commission VICTOHIA, Nov. 22. Coiu-plele investigation of raw log from Ilrilish Columbia by. t lie Federal Governinfiirs royal commission of pulp ex-perls was proposed in the Legislature yesterday by Hon. T. D. Pattullo as an alternative to Kenneth Duncan's resolution favoring a tax on raw limber shipped out of the Province. Mr. Pattullo outlined the whole fog export situation and declared il was the Govern ment's policy to prevent log exports as far as possible. . Mr. I mean's resolution only suggested an export duly on Ilrilish Columbia logs but viHakc n reference lo limber exported elsewhere from Canada. "This might seriously prejudice the position of Ilrilish Columbia." i said the minister. comparative retirement until he Mr. Pattullo silid he fell anCame to yorl Worth j t99. Investigation by the pulpwoodlUlll, w,.It ln(o ,he oil husiness. commission would be Ihe hestl . ., I - !. i il. lUIOriuailoil ouiaiuauie hi disposal of loe House. SEATTLE IS WINNER AGAINST VANCOUVER IN HOCKEY LEAGUE SEA TTLE, Nov. 22. Seallle is keeping the lead in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. In the. match here last night against;are Mrs, Gendron and two little Vancouver, the home team won.'sons, aged II and 8 years. beating Vancouver by n score of It hp. reu' jfi'.iis 'UK. Dr. Cook the Explorer Goes to Penitentiary for Fraud in Connection with Oil Promotion FOIIT WOllTJJ, Texas, Nov. 22. Dr. Fred A. Cook, Arctic explorer, ,was, yesterday convicted on twelve counts of using the mails to defraud in connection with oil slock promotions and was sentenced lo fourteen years and nine nonlhs in lbs penitentiary. He was also fined $12,000. Cook's partner, A. K. Kckman, was sentenced lo seven years in the-same institution and fined f 12,000. Dr. Frederick A. Cook first became internationally known in April, 1008, when, upon arriving in Copenhagen from a trip lino i hp ar norm, lie announced! (hat he had discovered the Norlh Pole. His slorv was ae- Icepled as true and he was re ceived wilh high honors. I'pou returning lo this country Dr. Cook published reports of his journey and wide credence was given his narrations for ome months. Since then hisi claims have been disouled. and he ultimately was branded as a faker, hul in Ihe meantime he was (he recipient of many honors. He was made president of the Explorers Club, New-York, and a member of the Kings County Medicat Society, Ihe American and National Geo graphical Societies, the Aineri can . . El liHological . Society,. Ihe .vioencan Alpine Club and Ies ser organizations. Was With Peary Dr. Cook was graduated with a decree of doctor from Ihe New York University College of Medi cine in 1890 and the following year was apiioinled surgeon to Ihe Peary Antarlic expedition. I'wo years later he led h parly up Ihe west coast of Greenland, and Ihe next year he explored the south portion of the same island. In 1807 Dr. Cook wa's apiHtint- ed surgeon to Ihe Belgian An. larclic expedition and as a re- sull he received numerous decoration including the Order of Leopold, Ihe gold medals of the Belgian Hoyal Society ami the Municipality of Brussels, ami the silver medal of Ihe Belgian Hoyal Geographical Society. Again yielding lo the lure of Ihe North, Dr. Cook, in li)03, undertook an expedition, lo reach Ihe summit of Mount McKinley, the highest point on Ihe American continent, more than 20,000 feet above Ihe sea level. The expedition failed hut in ll'OS he financed another and this time he claimed lo have been" successful. II was two years later that he announced his claim lo have readied Ihe Xorlli Pole. Voluminous Writer Dr. Cook has written voluminously for magazines along Ihe lines, of ethnology, anthropology, geography and other sciences from his observations in the Arctic and Antarctic. He was Ihe author of several books. Including "Through the First Antarctic Night," In 1913 and 1914 he lectured in this country and in England, but led a life of ine.Tiinrp nrnrnnc nrin AS RESULT OF FIRE IN SHERBROOKE HOME SIIKJIBIIOOKK, Nov. 22. rhree persons are dead and a fourlh Is not expected to live as a result tnf a fire this morn- Ing which destroyed the home of William Gendron. The dead daughter, aged 5, is believed to lm fatally burnt. d. SENTENCE FISHING BOAT COOKEXPIRES Harry Moore Died In Hospital This Morning Well Known -in Waterfront Circles Henry W. Moore, until recently cook on the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co.'s trawler Jaines Car- rulhers, died suddenly in the Prince Rupert General Hospital this morning. Deceased, who was suffering from) Brighl's disease, was taken seriously ill last August and wns then admitted to jfhe hospital. He seemed to re cover his health, however, and he was discharged. Another sudden attack came on and he again en tered Ihe institution yesterday, this time failing to rally. Moore, who was a member in ood sanding of the DeW Sea Fishermen's Union, was 13 years of age and a native of England. He had heed associated with the local halibut fisheries for some years. Funeral arrangements are in Ihe hands of the Ml. Under- a takers. At the lime qf joining thq union in 1917 he had a wife, .Mary Moore, living in England. LONGSHOREMEN ARE AGAINST OPEN SHOP, Vote of 1007 to 1S Against Ac cepting Proposal of Shipping Federation VANCOUVER. Nov. 22 All hope of an amicable, settlement of the longshoremen's slrikiM here was defealed when tloja strikers in secret ballot voleF I007 to 19 not to accept the conditions of the shipping feder ation who asked for work to be resumed on an open shop basis al present strike wages. i FUEL OIL TAX WOULD CRIPPLE INDUSTRIES Delegation Walts on Govern ment to Register Objection to Its Levy VICTORIA, Nov. 22. Impost- lion of a tax of one rent a gallon on fuel oil imported ink B.C. would cripple many indus tries, the Government was told yesterday by industrial leaders". Premier Oliver declared that if Ihe figures as presented were correct the Government was pre- pared to consider a smaller oil,' tax, it to be for revenue purposes. LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT LONDON LAST NIGHT .LONDON, Nov. 22. Harry, Mazln retained (he lightweight championship of Europe defeat, ing Ernie Rice on points In 3 twenty round bout. Both con-k'sla.its ftn English- t4