ply said, a Mftten Tm Want h TAXI in a hurry 99 at Oar and Best Service In tht Olty. Rates Reasonable YOI XIV., NO, H Cipert Committees Hopes Submit Finding Early In March issue, study of Herman budget if recent ears. guarantees which (iermauy will tie able lo abroad. CANNOT ALLOW ! STATE PENSIONS Labor Government In Britain Can Find no Money for Its Pet Schemes LONDON. Feb. 21. Hon. Phillip Snnwilon, chancellor of Ilie exchequer in the House of Com-inns lciday. declared that available resources he ANOTHER RUPERT 4 MAN RETURNING Oeorne Ambrose, coii-Iraclor, formerly, or this clly, but now of Norbury, Saskatchewan, wriles lo a friend in this clly to say ho will bo back here toward the end of the luonth. lie does not like the elevalor project wus quite feasible and that his report xyould be of a faorable ir.itiire so fiirnih such ns inorlgages of far u thh place Is concerned. tute ruilroads. ' mouoMdies and! Mr. Howe wus reluined lo which Ihe Hermans have'amiue Ihe condition. on the Fruer ltier when some or Ilie grain iulcrests are proposing to erect elevators. He has done u goiHl deal of work fur Ihe railway company and Ihe government and il the elevator Is erected here by the government there Is a probability that lie will come here again In connect Ion with il. At uny rate In Jiopes lo come here next summer, lie says. Mass of Information Mr. Howe has at his finger's ends a mass of interesting information in regard to elevators and arain shipping. Ho knows the matter' of costs and Is in posl . i i i i..t it i.. i i I.. l'.iy... i, ,.,,..,( fi ,.a umili tin lion io iiu m- mi nis in hhii "S 'Mfc lllllllll - . . sites, and class o allow or.h'eallons, for Hlnln pensions widows with children or mothers structure. Any elevator erected whose breadwinners were Incapacitated on account oT reform schemes to which the government had been commuted. If Kiw-u time lo overhaul nalional finances, this would bo the first ineusurc to whic ho would ap- on i ne waicriioiu suuuiue uu direct loading wnuld haxo to be built 'on cement base, or cement piles as the wooden piles tire, not ufficlenlly permanent for so exnenie a building. An eleva- of a Jelly. a , , lor erected across the track would be less expensive of construction and a piled wharf for mooring would answer Hie purpose. A site near the Cold Storage plant where, the Sea Products Co. formerly operated was exuiiunou but It had not sufficient water. front. Three berths at least are needed, Mr. 1 1 own said, and more are desirable for a largo elevalor Vancouver has Ihreeiuul they are providing for two more by menus Favorable Site 1 The sile Mr. Howe liked best un Unit Just northeast fro mi the tho cold wlninm mi Iho old iraihago wlinrf. II has sum Prairies but guy ho pre- clout Irack-ngo and also good fers Iho banana belt. Ho frontage and a suitable baso on is COininar ImnL- I.. i..tl.l.. which (0 blllld., In Iho parly that went out on ,T t 4- 'tf-lr .. In. a '.U- morulas iu ud- rale mosl of which went out by w-ay of. the (ireal Lakes. All of the nearly; four hundred elevators owned byj the comirany are in Saskatehc-1 wan and at Ihe present railway rate only a small part of it could l.g uilvuntaveously shipped west. If the rreTVhTfalcs 'disability, for which Premier Oliver is fighliiiK. were removed, u large part of the Saskatchewan grain could he shipped west. The dividing line should be moved a good deal farther east, he think. Looked Over Sites This morning he went out willi the grain committee of the Hoard of Trade and looked oxer Ilie sites on the waterfront which were being shown lo C. D. Howe, the expert, who is here to report on Ihe feasibility of building ele-oalors at this port for the Canadian National Itailways. Mr. Iliddell when usked, said he siiw absolutely nolhini: from the grain dealers 'point oT view why Prince lluperl should not be n iiruiu shipping port, (iruin men did not careboul one place more tliuu another, only iu so far as they could be served best there. Siimelimes il wn advautagcou? to ship from one port and sometimes from another, all depended on the conditions arising at the moment. ' ' I am much interested in Ihe siliwlion hero." said Mr. Iliddell. t Vancouver the yardage is very small and is much congested and It will cost an immense bl of money to improve conditions. The alternative points are here and on the Fruscr Itiver. If the main rales were equalized or chauued even a small amount H would Immediately Increase our Interest on this coast and wo should doubtless ourselves enler Iho shipping end. We handle urn I n at Ihe head of tho lakes where we have four elevators and we should need lo have elevators on this coast. The eleva tors ul Port Arthur are now filled mil Company, sees Great Possibilities for Shipping at This Port (iruin dealers .-hip from wherevsr they can gel the best i fi I:.. I.. 1 tl II' 1. 1. .11 una lite nest aeconiniouaiiou, ucroi-uing io r. v. mourn, i! IT of Itesina. manager of the Saskatchewan (iruin Company, who , PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PMNCK HL'l'KnT, B.C., THURSDAY, FKHItUAIlY 2t 1021. VMUfdi,'. cir.ui.iion tew sir.tt kim so. SIR HENRY HOPES COMPANY EARNINGS WILL CONTINUE BIG WIXNIPKO. Feb. 21.' In his radio lalk last nighl, Sir Henry Thorn-Ion expressed I he wish thai every year the earning of Ilie company inight be so hi? as to continue lo excite suspicion. It was the greatest compliment dial could bo paid the railway, its officers and employees. The president expressed confidence in the "capable, loyal, lot of men" in the service who were proud of the Company and the record it bad made. shipping. For that reason it is plain thai port charges play a Pjnir nr tiru larpe turt iu influencing shipments or preveuting them. JlluIVL UT IUUn Mr. IUddell is liere looking over the situation from the point of view of a grain man. His company has shipped forty million busjiels of Krain this year already, The Latest In fteataurante. BOSTON GRILL Third Avenue. Best of Food Good Service. Private Boxes for Party Use. "Take Her to The Boston." PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELEVATOR ADVANCE GUARD IN CITY TODAY TERMS FOR ENDING OF SHIPPING DISPUTE IN OLD COUNTRY ARE REACHED Elevator Men Here Looking Over Sites and Gathering Data View to Possible Activity Very Soon C. D. Howe, Expert Engineer, Preparing Re- F. W. Riddell, Head of . Saskatchewan . Grain I mm i r i i e i port for Management of Canadian National Railway Company 'There ar ut leusl Iwo good ek'vulor sites un the liarlur frontage, lliut would gio direct loading facilities und a- imnilier on the opposite .side of tlic truck where Ilie cot of erection would be much less but the loudiug facilities not quite so good," said U D. How, consulting engineer and elevator expert of Port Arthur, who is retained here by the Canadian National Iluilway Company to investigate the possibilities of this port from tlie point of view of un elevator expert. .Mr Howe armed cieniay uiiernuoii ami in l id evening no 1 "Hvonl oxer t ho plan of tho har- DTIWiDT AM ',,or w'"' 'ocul r,,"wa' anJ sieam- Kr.rllKI llni Uhlp official and this morning. REPARATIONS tii riKin niiiivn, wo urn (gain on the Pachena with tlm official", the president of the Pi-anl of Trade, und the grain tommillce makluir a personal In to ip.li'rnllnn nf IIia" aIIim and siting up (lie generaf harbor conditions, lie will report to (irnernl Man. niter Warren. PAIIIS. Feu. 21. Ilie oom-i Conditions uood Mere ni ;( of experts on Herman re-j .r. Mwr said tin conditions tu -uMiriM hope to present it here seemed ijuilc favorublc for report in the firs-l week in.Vlevalor building. He was much Mur h It Is virtually certain 'impressed with the port but he. dial Ibey will exclude reference would not say more than that :i reparation Ocruiuny is ab! U,ii hL. ial -an opportunity I" i pay They will confine IImmm-jicort to his principals. All lie x'lvcs to u plan for the stabliz-vnuhl say was that there were ifif of currency tlirouuli bank undoubtedly good sites here, that :Dock Strike in Great 4-1 i :i i :i Britain Settled with Victory for Workers 1 LONDON, Feb. 21. Terms for settlement of Hie dispute between dock workers and employers-were agreed to at a con- feience between representatives of bolh sides held on Wednes- day nighl at the Ministry of libor. Employers' representatives -accepted lerms which will be recommended lo a conference of ihe dockers by their delegates this evening. If the terms are confirmed, worjk will be resumed at all ports as soon as possible. Nothing was said in the official announcement as lo terms of agreement but it is believed generally that the outcome of the conference will prove a victory T" ' Thri'lessTs'sociatio.i say that BONUS PAID TO the dock siruc nas oeen seiueu. arrived here yesterday from Vancouver und is returning east this f t44t4 CDACT nCI AVC UHDIf evsilitig. Kven an eighth of a cent u buslicl is a consideration in I . irKUM ULLAIj nUlm with Brain awaiting shipment, but IT we had the grain here we Could go on shipping ull Ihe time nod take advantage of market conditions as they arose. Wo should like lo ship grain this wny nnd I seo no reason" why wo should not do it from Princo Huperl. 'I see great opportunities for shipping from this port," con tinued Mr. Iliddell. "I think your opporlunltles are Jusl as good as they aro ul Vancouver, IT not better." , t ... .1 . ... dlliou to Mr. Howe nnd Mr. Hid doll were 11, Heaumont, N. H, Walton, S. J. Mcleod, M. P. Mo Cufrery. V. 1. Tiby, II, l Pul b ... uu j Cupl "Sivanson Tit WARSHIPS British Laoor -Gvenment "Has Project Before House of Commons LONDON, Feb. 21 In view of the unemployment situation, the Macdonald government has decided to proceed with the laying down of keels for five new cruisers and two destroyers as soon as parliamentary sanction has been given the undertaking. Charles Ammon, under secretary of the admiralty, made this announcement In the House of Commons this afternoon. . He said that the proposed ships would be largely replacements and would not really add to Britain's weight of naval GRADE ORE MADE AT SURF INLET mining its future prospects. FORMER HAZELTON ON TERRACE BRIDGE Substructure Will be Completed by Hanson A Shockley Ahead of Time, However A new strike or lilgli grade ore 0 a!.cunt uf frosty weather i. . I.. II.- fv t . J. E. Oppenhelmer Passed Away : In Butte, Was Burled In .1HW Mnvnil II IRS New York J, K. Oppenheimcr, an old lime mining man in northern llritish Columbia and financially interested iu the llochc do Iloule mine at Hazelton, passed away at his home iu Hullo, Montana, on January 31. The remains were in terred in New York. British Globe Fliers will be in Prince Rupert Early in May Bound from Japan to Vancouver Print Itupcrt will be a slopping off point for Hie British round-lhe-world flight early next May uccordjiig to word which has arrived from the south. Its about ten days' time Uol. I,. K. Hroome, O.H.K., advance officer of the fliers, will arrive here by II.M.diS. Thiepval from Vancouver to make arrangements for the slop here. The Hrilish fliers, who are lo circle the world flying east- VI ill tiAwavuw m aauvw RESULT OF BEING I PLASTERERS AT BIG EXHIBITION Action -of Dominion of Canada Comes In For Criticism In1 British House nas neeii inane un u.e I'usiej ,,pre ,,ave b(.en maIiy deiays rc j L0XU0X yt.u 21-11 is staled pri.pi., in iiik uri nun iioiif. ..eni y I , execution Of HlO l,, il.p nf ditnimuw ll.nt For a lime the vatues were so conr!lct for the substructure of ,he Canadian government is pay-low and Ihe outlook so dis- hp ew Terrace bridge by llan-iuv ptoMerers working in the courang thai oflicials wer n AvShoeklcy. Ilecord time trad nadiain.avilioit ul the IJrWsh talking of shullinx down. The bPPI1 ,na(Je Ui the fal, however, i:nipirc Kxhibilion a suilUug a company has recently had a .U1(J ii,e contractors are still far IhorouKh investigalion made or alieai gf their time Iim.it. The l0UrH pay daiy and besides a Iho mine with a view lo deter- pouring of Hie last pier is now in i,onlls of tell shillings Q week to progress and Ihe whole Job will pach. inaI, who slays on the Job be finished shortly. 11 is expect-iUti ji js completed. 'Iho Aus-ed that Coughlan & Sons of Van- tralian and Indian governments, Aittivnr 'iiitif iiirfiiri fill Uo MlitiPT- n i . ..!... i.,i...i 1 ..... r.. .... I AllNlflU MAN VLW slruclure. will start their work lo folow HUil al Wemhtey iu or- aboul May. ,er i0 retain plasterers. William I. nun, parliumenlury secretary of overseas trade, declares that the exhibition author- lilies are in no wise responsible k...i I. . i .. i .i 1 1. iiiuurr itsis suieiy nun IIIIIIDCn AT MIUC InJUKtU Al IuINL the Dominions and India. Advice was received yesterday T A1 FlUD A II PA afternoon by Ilie provincial police HJy LlTlDlAUU lliai lau .mcm'ou. nn employee ui Hie Indian Mine, Slewurl, had received injuries which later re- uitod ju his death al Premier. An inquest was held by Dr. Whil-I lans. coroner, nnd the body will, Arguments For and Against Are urrive here tomorrow1 morning on the steamer Prince Hupert. DIED IN VANCOUVER IS DISCUSSED Submitted Before Pulpwood Commission, at Vancouver YANCOUVKH, Feb. 21.- Representatives of Ihe box mauufuclur- jing industry and the shiuglo Mrs. Helen Carlson Passed Away mills presented briefs to the pulp-Last Week Funeral at jwood commiis.siun yesterday aT-Metlakatla jteruon urging Hie necessity of an 'embargo on export of logs from Mrs. Helen Carlson, native of Hrilish Columbia. The shiuglo Mcllakathi and well known in this men contended that the supply of city, died last week in the Van- shingle cedar was alarmingly ap- ward, leaving Croydon on March I.'. afler crossing Ht.rope.ami was 28 yeir!( of nKC Tlie ,,0ly ronsmnlioll ,,r it f),r ,,K.al Asia, wilt cstublish a station on they will hop oil to another stoppini' place iu Alaska. From Ihe point in Alaska, probably near Skugwny, lliey will continue lo Princo llujierl and from here they will mako the bop lo Vancouver. (iusoline, oil und supply do-pots will bo established along the const of Alaska, among the Aleutian Islands and in Japan by Col. Hroome who is lo leuvc Ksquimult on tho lhievat on February 28. Caches are to bo planted al various points along tho coast and u churl of theso will bo placed ut tho disposal of Ihe fliers. They will ulso bo made available for tho American rouud-lhe-vvorhl fliers who leavo Seattle on April I. Col, Hrooino will establish twenty refuelling depots between Vuncouver und Tokyo. Using Seaplane When the Hrilish fliers urrive here they will bo using sea-I dJunea i Vancouver they will 1 w""-",wus forwarded north for inter- industry was Imperative. Tlie ' - , ! , , ,, . , , nient and arrived yesterday af-box manufaclurers argued that change o airplane for tho flight funer,a, taU'aIl enuin wU, eiibaW) wou,( iucT h(j Hie conuneni. across ,afn ul Ml.ln!:ula tomorrow, number or factories In the pru-t.ol. Hroome will Join tho.',,. :,.,.,., ,lf uiinvii;, vi.. .,.t ,.i.i .i ,.i i n. fliers al Yokohama und will bo ,llllU. ,.. c,ip ,pf, trv. ,irrv their guide for the C.OoO mile. -ruc,ltay atll,: pre;,Illeil f(ip .alc0HVPr ,us, TuKbat nu. un ar. around the northern end of the ,.Milo., ,,.,. ,. .,,1V- j,fP i,,,- , , ,.1i..,..,. r Pacific Ocean. He will accom pany Hie iners across uanaua, his mission ending, on the At lantic Coast. SOUND OF HEART BEATS ON RADIO St. LOUIS, Feb. 21. Tho sound uf human lion it beats wus broadcasted lust night by rudiu and, according to word rtjcoivod today it wus heard in Marshall, Texas, 500 miles away from here by airline. Ill ll't'l un. t inu xi.- - n'i v- aiioii u u 1 1 1 vii i l Ulll laughter died. CONSERVATIVE DEAD Westminster Abbey M.P Passes Away ; LONDON. Feb. "I. llrlgndler Heucrul J. S. Nicholson, Conser- .vulive member of parliament for i Westminster Abbey, U dead. Mrs. C. H. Higgurt returned from Ihe south on tho Princo Ilupert yesterday afternoon. For the past four months she has ibeen visiting In Vancouver, .Seattle and southern 'Washing- ton t ho lowers' standpoint. At "tho morning session, representatives of Iho logging companies argued that an embargo nvuiust Hie ex. port of logs would hurt the en- Brlgadler General Nicholson, n,.,, business comnHinlly HOCKEY SCORES ltegina, 2; Victoria i, at Ilo-ginu, Victoria, t; ltossluiid, 4, at Victoria (amutcur). Seattle, 3; Vancouvor, nil. Hamilton, 3; Toronto, 1, Hamilton. at Hew Dr. 11. It. Orant returned, from Terrucu on last night's tra?".