25
TAXI
and
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Stand
ftayal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
6th
St.
MATT
VIDECK,
prop.
VOL.
XIV.,
NO,
220.
CHFSF.
"l
TERRIBLE
LAW
STUDENT
S
Martial
Law
Declared
in
Leningrad
in
Consequence
of
Serious
Floods
There
LKNIN(illAI),
Sept.
25
Martial
law
lias
been
declared
here
owing
lo
the
serious
condition
caused
by
floods.
The
waters
of
the
river
were
nine
feet
above
normal
this
morning
damaging
the
grent
warehouses
uloug
the
waterfront.
The
second
floors
of
the
adjacent
houses
are
being
reached
by
water
mid
many
sei-lions
of
the
city
are
isolated.
Telegraph
and
telephone
communication
with
Moscow
has
been
suspended.
Nineteen
deaths
are
reported
so
far
in
consequence
of
floods.
LraiXUeTi-Sine.
1
PRINCE
DINES
1IHUU
teen
persons
arc
known
to
have
perished
In
the
great
flood
which
i
rp
J11Q
VATlM
followed
Tuesday
s
gale.
The
1
HlO
MKlU
Ucalli
ton
was
ugui
in
ui
I
lie
flood
which
was
the
worst
ever
suffered
by
the
former
Russian
capital.
POLICE
KILLED
SEATTLEHOUSE
Was
Shot
When
he
Went
to
.Investigate
What
Strangers
Were
Doing
SEATTLE.
Sept.
25.
It.
L.
Lilsey,
a
policeman,
died
of
wounds
received
here
today
when
he
went
into
investigate
the
presence
of
three
strangers
in
a
house
on
the
fringe
of
the
retail
district.
When
he
entered
the
house
one
man
opened
fire
and
Lilsey
was
struck
twice.
A
man
was
arrested.
STATE
HOSPITAL
FIRE
CAUSES
DEATH
One
Missing
and
Aged
Woman
Burned
Fatally
When
Wards
Glutted
TACOMA,
Sept.
25
-One
death
and
ono
patient
missiifg
Is
Ihe
report
following
a
fire
which
glutted
three
wards
or
Ihe
-west,
ern
stale
hospital
at
Fort
Sleila-conm.
Mrs.
Melissa
Spencer.
Hi
years
of
age,
died
or
burns
received
in
the
fire.
DUBLIN'S
POPULATION
LIVE
IN
SINGLE
ROOMS
DUBLIN,
Sent.
25.
Twenty
two
thousand
families,
numbering
almost
a
third
ot
the
city's
population,
are
living
in
Dublin
in
one-roomed
tenements.
II
Is
'estimated
tlmt
at
least
20,000
Hew
houses
arc
needed.
The
municipal
coinnissionrrs
have
drafted
schemes
lo
provide
for
7,000
families.
They
propose
lo
.clear
away
old
tenements
and
lay
out
a
number
of
blocks
In
Hals.
-
-
II
.
EDMS
AT
Will
Reach
There
This
Evening
In
Time
for
Dinner,
It
is
Expected
CALOARY,
Sept.
25.
The
Prince
of
Wales
will
dine
tonight
at
his
own
fundi
near
High
Hiver.
The
Canadian
National
special
train
bringing
the
prince
IwYSl
wjll
pull
Into
Calgary
to
night
and
after
a
slop
of
ten
uiiuules
will
proceed
lo
High
Hiver
and
aulos
will
convey
the
Prince
lo
Ihe
E.
P.
Hunch.
In
accordance
with
the
Prince's
wishes,
no
official
welcome
will
be
extended
him
here.
NO
AGREEMENT
YET
ON
IRISH
BOUNDARY
BELFAST,
Sept.
25.
Unqualified
contradiction
ot
Ihe
report
published
in
London
that
agreement
on
the
boundary
question
had
been
reached
between
Ulster
premier
and
the
head
oT
Ihe
Free
Slate
executixe
council
was
made
today
by
Ihe
deputy
premier
ot
Northern
Ireland,
Hugh
Pollock.
NO
BIG
CATCHES
BROUGHT
TO
PORT
Halibut
Prices
Still
High
3ut
Not
so
High
as
at
Yesterday's
Sale
A
number
of
halibut
boats
sold
Iheir
catches
loday
but
there
were
no
large
fares
and
only
one
of
the
boals
was
Canadian.
The
prices
were
still
high
but
not
as
high
as
yesterday.'
Following
were
Urn
sales:
American
Mildred
II.,
21,000,
.
lo
.Cold
Slorage'al
18.50c
and
8C.
Atlas,
I3.000J
Prosperity.
8,000,
lo
Royal
Fish
Co.
at
18.80c
and
8c.
Glacier,
7,000;
Cony,
5,000;
Rainier.
5,000;
Pelican,
4,000,
lo
Booth
Fisheries
al
10.
10c
and
He.
Canadian
Muiinear,
2,500,
lo
Alio
Fisheries
at
18.10c
and
8e.
Negotiations
With
Germany
Over
Commercial
Treaty
are
off
Owing
to
Differences
IlEniilN,
Sept.
SS.
Negotiations
between
(lerinaiiy
and
Hritain
over
a
proposed
treaty
of
commerce
have
collapsed.
Hecrecy
is
maintained
on
both
spies
but
it
is
believed
the
main
reason
for
the
breakdown
of
discussions
was
the
(lermnn
refusal
to-grant
Britain
exemption
of
taxation
on
imports.
On
such
goods
Ihe'Oerniau
tariff
now
being
prepared
will
be
practically
prohibitive.
,
mt
Northern
and
PHLNCE
HUPKHT,
LENINGRAD
U.S.
FLYERS
HOPPED
OFF
FOR
'FRISCO
SANTA
MONICA,
Sept.
25.
The
United
Stales
flyers
are
Hearing
the
official
end
of
their
round
Ihe
world
flight.
They
left
here
this
morning
for
San
Francisco
en
route
to
Seattle
where
they
end
their
long
journey.
Here
they
were
given
a
spln-did
reception
for
it
was
here
the
planes
were
built
and
for
that
reason
alone
the
people
look
an
unusual
interest
in
the
flight.
BRIDGE
PARTY
FOR
J.
W.
HAMILTON
ON
HIS
LEAVING
CITY
A
number
of
the
friends
of
J.
.
W.
Hamilton
of
the
staff
of
the
Hoyal
Hank
who
is
leaving
for
Ihe
south
tonight
entertained
him
last
night
at
a
bridge
party
at
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Waller
Hume.
Seventh
Ave.
An
enjoyable
time
was
spent
and
the,
parly
broke
up
well
past
mid-j
iilght.
Those
present
included
i
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Walter
Hume.
Mr.
I
ami
Mrs.
Heading,
Misses
Mary!
Carter.
E.
Irwin,
V4
Cameron,
1
and
F.
Ailchistin,
Oeorge
Mitchell,!
II.
Tnmlinson,
H.
Oarrell.
W.i
Holmes.
H.
Karl
led
and
W.
Watt.
Mr.
Hamilton
goes
south
for
a
holiday
after
which
he
will
be
assigned
to
another
branch
of
the
bank,
possibly
in
the
southern
in-
lerior.
I
SWISS
LANDSLIDE
CRUSHES
HOUSES
AND
KILLS
INHABITANTS
BERNE,
Sept.
25.
A
landslide
last
nighl
obliterated
a
large
part
of
Ihe
mountain
village
of
ux
crusning
ine
nouses
imo
iiuu"
...wi
..O..H..1IV
.liwimvinir
lliem.
i
v"w
The
destruction
was
increased
by,
Ihe
wild
mountain
stream
which
overflowed.
A
number
of
the
innamianis
were
swept
away
U;io
disentangle
lliem,
ill
will.
sus.
i
fifteen
are
known
to
bo
dead.
WIRELESS
REPORT
8
a.m.
DKiBY
ISLAND
Cloudy,
calm;
baromeler,
30:10;
temperature,
u;
sea
su
oom,
v.m.
n.o.orsn.p
t
ego
es
.
y
.u.
Pelersburg,
00
miles
soulh
of
Petersburg;
8
p.m.
spoke
steamer
Cordova,
100
miles
from
CJuadra,
northbound;
10:55
p.m.
spoke
sleamer
Prince
John
passing
out
bound
for
the
Queen
Charlotte.
t.t.
i.
.
I..
u
it
in
iiiuiLii
wln.'iiunp
Mogul;
'lOl
miles
'rro.n
Tncoina,'
.
tll
1
mi
I
BULL
HARBOR,
Clear,
calm;
baromeler,
30.01;
temperature,
15;
light
chop;
8
p.m.
spoke
'
lug
17
Cape
Scott
a
(irillln
Bay
bound
for
Ocean
I'.l
Falls;
rails,
J.
M
8
m
p.m.
p.m.
II
III
spoke
spoke!
tllllkl
""
,
'
I'lVIl
.-MHIU,
.
CIIIU
U
"1R
ll'e
Oovernmen
steamer
Redwood,
2(1(5
miles
from
Bellingl.ani,
southbound;
9.30!,
,iav"
,0
faco
!U
its
first
ti
in
uiwil-ii
dlniiinnr
Venliirn
eu
1
1'liase.S,
Icring
Oueeu
Chaiiotlo
bound
noiiiibound.
ft
Dli.l)
TREE
POINT.
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
30.02;
temperature,
38;
sea
smooth.
Noon
DKIBY
ISLAND.
Overcast,
calm;
baromeler,
30:22;
temper,
ature,
52;
sea
smooth.
BULL
HARBOR,
y-
Clear,
light
northwest
wind
;
baromeler,
30:08,1'
temperature,
(50;
sea
smoiilh;
8:30
a.m.
in
.
strainer
Prince
John
southbound,'
PRINCE
RUPERT
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
B.C.,
Till
HSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25,
1024.
r..ur.T'
MAKE
MARTIAL
LAW
It
is
reported
that
Iskar
llergt,
former
finance
minister
of
(iermany,
is
to
be
given
the
chancellorship
of
thai
country
by
Streseman.
Premier
Ramsay
Macdonald
Says
he
is
Oflen
Sick
Would
Pat
Honor
of
State
First
Men
of
different
views
and
Ihe
honor
and
reputation
of
the
state
ahead
or
party,
according
1
to
Right
Hon.
J.
It
amsay
Mardonald,
prime
minister
of
Creat;
Hntuiu,
speaking
at
a
dinner
at
town
council
of
his
native
town
Responding
to
the
linist
of
that
for
the
first
time
Labor
had
given
a
prime
minister
lo
the
British
Empire.
None
of
lliem
would
ever
know
how
terribly
risky
the
experiment
was
the
leader
of
a
minority
fuccd
with
problems
t
tie
iiKt.
or
wincii
in
their
number,
in
their
complex-
no,
independent,
hut
which,
ily,
and
in
their
critical
charcatcr
nevertheless,
was
experimental,
hail
never,
he
thought,
faced
a
which
was
satisfactory.
Egypt,
Prime
Minister.
It
was
a
very
endowed
with
independence
of
a
risky
step
lo
take.-
but
"once
to
partial
character;
anil
yet
sur-every
than
and
naljon
comes
Ihe
r0undcd
by
some
thorny
pro-
innmenl
lo
iicrtuo.
Hie
decision
Iwas
taken.
He
hoped
thai
what
CVcr
was
to
happen,
it
would
be
L.,j(j
t,af
as
the
result
of
that
the
way.
was
made
snioot
i
for
whoever
was
lo
ioi-
11
-ri.n
ui..
....,.'
iu
mi-Hi.
in..'
iiL"
iii
j
soivo
a
pronicm
wnicn
was
con-
,.oui,ies
ie
i,f,j
had
tho
tragic
fronting
not
only
this
country,
entanglements
of
Eurpno,
defyinglU
n,t.
whole
civilized
world,
and
apparently
everybody
who
tried
ono
wj,i0j,
We
could
nol
afford
lo
picion,
and
unwillingness
to
change,
almost
an
impossibility
lo
get.
people
to
approach
Ihe
problem
in
a
new
frame
of
mind.
No
Longer
Colonies
The
empire
itself,
in
Ihe
course
of
generations
of
-evolution,
had
reached
a
lime
when
it
was
no
SUllcic..l
for
somebody
(jp
jn
Downing
street
lo
issue
edicts,
and
say,
"You
arc,
our
colonies,
our
children,
our
".dependents,"
but
an
Empire
of
self
respecting,
self
-
governing,
liberty
-
loving
Britishers
requiring
he
inachin-
f
vernme.,1
or
a
totally
ill
it
ii
i
liiul
ci-i
:i
n:iiiiiiiir,
somebody
to
solve
the
problem
of
how
pelf
-
governing
nations
might
cooperate
without
losing
:
....If
..,....!
ii,ni
1.
I.
...I
"
.".",
Ullll:""
-
-
...i.f
,1i,.,.,.-J
,i.ii.
.n-
Ireland
that
never
slept,
Ireland
that
seemed
lo
defy
every
one
who
touched'-il,
to-day
was
as
troublesome
as
qver
it
was
Ireland,
which
nevertheless
he
was
determined,
If-he
could
suc
ceed,
lo
keep
out
of
the
arena
ot
parly
poli.lics.
India
had
also
reached
Ihe
stage
of
evolution',
when
she
was
beginning
to
olTej
the
statesmen
of
this
-country
that
great
prob-
I
Irm
of
self-government
'
within
I
the
K
uipire,
of
liberty
whieli
was
HOT
of
Par
ty
Politics
diverse
conceptions
should
jutj0'
Cochrane.
Conservative.
With'
which
he
was
entertained-
by
the
of
Lossiemouth,
Scotland
his
health,
.Mr.
.Macdonald
said
hleins
of
administration.
In
Rus
siait
was
almost
unsafe
to
mention
the
word,
because
there
were
still
newspapers
out
for
"siunts"
rather
than
for
the
i,.n,
i
tint.,!..
n,nv
hmi
in.
.
.
.
.
.
,
overlook.
ImmnnsA
Burden
Any
one
of
those
problems
was
a
miruen
quite
neayy
enougn
ior
one
imir
or
shoulders
lo
bear,
speclively.
L.
W.
Pal
more
ap-but
the
(ibvcrnmeijt
had
had
geared
on
behair
or
Ryan,
(hem.
all,
and
all
il
the
same
time.
'
All
he
could
say
was:
.
-
-
.
We
may
have
come
in
by
ac-
eident;
i.erhaps
we
did
We
may
have'eome
in
by
luck;
perhaps
w
did.
.,,
.
I
am
not
.
concerned
I.M.n,1,i
...
in
answering
those
queslions.bul
the
only
Ihinj
I-am
concerned
with
is
that
we
are
there,
and
that
whoever
Is
there
has
to
do
his
best
lo
solve
those
problems
in
accordance
with
British
honor
and
with
British
security
and
peace.
Never
did
lh,s
country
want
men
more
than
it
wants
"
men
now.
I
sometimes
get
sick
urn!
Hro.l
iiT
unrlv
iinlilies
I
c-pL
i
r
nf'
,h
.
me
lb.
honest
and
which
peoplo
of
all
parlies
Indulge
in,
knowing
very
oflen
that
it
is
dishonest.
Tho
only
way
that
the
Slate
can
bo
guided
in
safety
through
Its
dif-
ricull
days
is
Tor
men
of
differ-:
ent
views
mid
of
diverse
concep-;
lions
to
put
the-'
honor
and
repu-
j
talloii
of
Iheir
Slate
first.
i"di
everylhing
else
afterwards,"
Mrs.
0.
R.
Ollberl
of
'Terrace,
arrived
from
Vancouver
on
the,
Prince
Rupert
y'eslerday
after-1
noon
and
proceeded
to
the
ln-1
'erinr
by
train
I
eir.uution
iot
Strrcl
Sales,
COS
VANCOUVER
NECESSARY
EN
CITY
Chinese
Law
Student
Shot
in
Vancouver
but
Assassin
Not
Identified
YANCOUVKIt,
Sept.
25.
Lew
Hung
Cheng,
better
known
as
Duvd
Lew,
u
Chinese
law
student
and
business
man,
was
shot
and
killed
last
night
in
the
Oriental
section
of
the-city
by
another
Chinese.
His
assailant
shot
him
through
the
heart
at
a
distance
oi
two
i'ei
t
and
when
Lew
fell
discharged
four
more
shots
into
his
body.
P.cio.'c
the
many
witnesses
of
the
assassination
could
intervene
tin
murderer
disappeared.
v
Lew
died
en
route
lo
the
hospital
and
his
assassin
was
not
COCHRANE
IS
ELECTED
IN
.
OKANAGANi
Hon.
K.
C.
Macdonald
Defeated
by
Conservative
Candidate
Jolts
tho
Government
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
idenllfied.
Lew
was
a
thorn
in
the
side
.of
the
gambing
ring
aiid
had
been
aclive
in
prosecuting
criminal
Chinese.
MIWTRFAI
MANPniINn
guilty
of
murder
SENTENCED
TO
HANG
MONTREAL,
Sept.
25.
M.
Christopher
While,
found
guilty
of
the
murder
of
William
Clarke,
FAMOUS
WALKER
-APPROACHING
w.
H.
Chapman,
Octogenarian
Pedestrian
at
Terrace
Monday
and
Remo
Tuesday
TERRACE,
Sept.
25.
W,
If.
fhanman.
the,
famous
walker.
w,1
is
completing
a
sixteen
thousand
mile
hike,
arrived
in
"race
Monday
afternoon.
As
he
i-
livn
tiisinfti-
niinari
nf
nia
limp
limit
he
is
abler
to
lake
things
easier
on
this
last
lap
His
feet
were
beginning
to
trouble
him
so
he
had
only
conw
the
fifteen
miles
from
Usk
that
day.
Tuesday
be
left
for
Remo,
choosing
the
nine
mile
trip
over
the
road
in
Prefcrenco
to
the
shor
er
d.stancc
;"
,
hw,e
,0s,,ble
1,e
llkesf
0
t,('
no,
""
b,efuf
of
",'V
'
,
.
I
h
f
li
m"re
l!,e
cou,1lt,7-
originated
in
a
bet
between
the
(editor
of
The
American
Magazine
land
a
couple
of
millionaires
as
lo
Ihe
relative
merits
of
young
and
old
under
sucli
a
test.
The,
VERNON,
Sept.
23
The
Oliver!
nigi,f
watchman,
was
sentenced
government
received
a
Jolt
yes-
u,
j,an&
av
December.
19.
While
Jet-day
when
-at
Jhe
by-election
tderied
his
guilt,
in
Nurtlt-Ok,a1iagatL.Hoiu.
1)ju
K,
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f
,
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.
HI
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1,1
tra
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I
rtl
Mil
t
ml
liv
A
lWQ
smajj
'jjH
nol
,.e,)01.'e,
u,e
n.i
majority
for
the
).
PntmprvnHve
candidate
was
180.
I
The
election
was
made
neces-'
miry
by
the
appointment
of
Dr.
Mac
lonald
to
a
cabinet
position,
be
being
ninde
provincial
secretary.
INDIAN
GETS
ONE
YEAR
FOR
THEFT'
Charlie
Ryan
of"
Port
Simpson
.
'
Was
Sentenced
This
Morn
ing
by
Judge
Young
In
County
Court
Charlie
Ryan,
Indian,
was
scn-
.
lenccti
lo
one
years
iniprison-
menl
by
Judge
Young
this
morn-
iiirr
frt
Mm
(llnf!
nf
n
irna
niirriltn
at
Port
Simpson.
Accused
had
a
record
having
been
convicted
twice
previously
on
charges
of
breaking
and
entering
an.l
theft
foVvvhich
he
served
term
of
ti
ne
mouths
and
one
year
re
HON.
DR.
K.
C.
MACDONALD
I
f
'jM
-i
&Wi
'H
Provincial
Secretarv.
who
was
defeated
yesterday
in
North
Okanngan
and
who
is
expected
to
resign
at
once
from
tho
Oliver
Oovernment.
BOSTON
GRILL
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
willi
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
parties.
For
rales,
apply
to
Boston
Grill,
Third
Ave.
Phone
457.
two
young
men
who
started
with
Mr.
Chapman
soon
dropped
out
of
Ihe
coolest,
bul
Mr.
Chapman
has
kept
doggedly
on
,
tilt
his
goal
is
now
less
limn
ninety
nilcs
away
and
Ihe
five
thousand
dollars
almost
won.
Mr.
Chapman
has
found
the
section
crews
very
hospitable
and
has
spent
mnny
a
night
with
hem.
This
is
only
one
more
adventure
in
a
very
full
IKe.
He
was
twenty
"years
in'?
the
U.S.
army.
He
served
as
a
scout
der
Buffalo
Bill
and
was
killing
Indians
at
the
lime
oT
the
Custer
massacre.
He
also
served
twelve
years
in
tho
navy
and
has
visited
every
part
of
Ihe
world.
Mr,
Chapman
thinks
this
is
a
fine
country
but
doesn't
see
much
opportunity
for
its
further
devel-opment
tilt
there
is
a
belter
system
of
roads.
He
expects
to
arrive
it
Rupert
next
week.
W.
11,
Heidmau
of
the
Got-
.
skeish
mine
near
Anyox
passed
through
on
Ihe
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
'.
'afternoon
returning
north
after
n
business
trip
to
i
Vancouver.
His
son
ureompanled
Him.