WkM
Ya
Want
A
99
Phone
J
U
Beet
Cart
and
Bait
Itrvloa
In
tha
City.
Ratsa
Reasonable
Statin
The
Latest
In
Restaurants.
BOSTON
GRILL
Third
avenue.
Hest
of
.Vooil-
-Oood
Service.
Private
Hoxes
fur
party
Use.
"Take
Ha
to
The
Boston."
lUSE
TO
REASSEMBLE
-
TOMORROW
,
.
...
VOL.
XIV.,
NO,
5.
BRITISH
EXTREME
Speculation
Keen
as
to
Possible
Lineups
of
Political
Parties
I.UNIKJN,
Jan.
7.
.Nfernbers
of
parliament
urc
flocking
to
UhuJoii
today
preparatory
to
the
re-assnibly
of
the
House
of
(.ominous
tomorrow.
Among
llir
urrivul
are
the
member
of
(ilagow'x
Labor
cuiiliiigeiil
populurlv
ri'gunJI'iI
s
'The
Wild
Men"
or
the
labor
iiiovKiiienl
who
were
giwn
an
enthusiastic
send-ofr
in
(ilas-gow
llaillii
Oolun,
rliiiirman
of
the
group,
told
the
mmil
lliul
the
new
Labor
member
were
not
going
to
loudon
with
the
iden
of
becoming
cabinet
ministers
lint
rattier
lo
take
their
Keats
in
parliament
os
the
missionaries
of
socialism.
Lingering
rumor
or
some
els
.mill
hour
arrangement
wliesTiiy
Hie
threatened
action1
of
the
Liberal
to
help
Labor
into'
v
v
eminent
limy
be
averted,
in-j
l"
one
given
imblicity
by
the
Hcrato,
Ijibor
organ.
The
re-j
r1
nt
a
a
lie
but
it
indicates
the,
belief
'hat
section
of
Hie
lateral
pact-
lwi
already
nmir
to
an
a
roiiKentetil
with
the
jiif
rvu-
ves
whereby
the
present
gjv.
r
)inir:t
maybe
naved.
KIDDED
HIM
SO
;
HE
KILLED
THEM
North
Dakota
Farm
Hand
Makes
Oruesome
Confession
to
Police
IIISMAHK,
North
Imknla.
Juu
7
lleeue
lw
men
with
whom;
he
had
been
drinking
home-lirew
kidded
him
ami
would
nol
let
linn
i"p.
Jo.eph
Merger,
aged
25,
u
farmhand,
today
told
the
police
he
had
killed
Iheni
h
they
slept
a
lraw
stark
near
here
lnl
fall
He
eluhhed
lliem
with
n
I
ii
inn
handle
before
they
were
Wide
awake.
Ilergcr
rmped
mi
delected
but
itid
lint
conscience
'out
by
the
Provincial
police
bothered
Jinn
und
kept
liimjat
the
'Oceanic
ami
Kouiiiiion
awake
al
nigh""
ho
he
decided
ji
I
rt!
the
lirv
STRESSES
NEED
FOR
NEW
CHURCH
Rev.
Dr.
Grant
Refers
Particularly
lo
Subject
In
New
Year
Sermons
I
xprciodii?
Ill
confident
e.x-eclallori
that
the
l'reidiyleriait
coiiKCtoguttun
would
he
housed
in
a
inoro
suilnblo
church
building:
liefore
the
eloe
or
IU'.'
,
Hcv.
Or.
II.
H.
Orant
referred
al
both
,
.
.
.
..
...
II
necessity
for
audi
an
edifice.
In
the
course,
of
his
New
Year
n
liiCHftHKCft,
Dr.
Oranl
particularly
(reicd
the
itdiuonilion
llutl
all
meiiibeiH
or
tbo
coiiRreKatiuu
fhould
put
rtirlh
Iheir
best
effort
a
tit
Im
year
lo
that
end.
'Che
mnller
will
bit
taken
up
at
the
annual
'rongreyiitloiinl
meellnif
to
be
held
IIiIh
imoiiIIi.
-Mr.
II.
U,
1'rai.er
wait
soiolnt
at
the
cM'iiliiK
servlre
yenlerday.
STRONG
EARTHQUAKE
IN
CENTRAL
ALASKA
Tremor
on
Saturday
Believed
by
Some
to
Have
Been
Most
Distinct
In
History
KAlllllANKS,
JaiiT
7
An
earth-Muake
Hhock,
believed
by
some
Hi
hnvo
been
tho
strongest
ever
fell
In
this
vicinity,
occuned
on
Saturday
No
damage
is
reported.
1.
-1
.
COLD
WAVE
IN
STATES
CAUSES
Philip
Snowile;
'lie
Itnli-li
Lohorile
leailcf
tut
lieen
proiiitnc:
tly
mrtiti'.mrd
a
a
likely
nifiutn
i
the
new
lriiili
taUfv
'f
Itams-y
Marilonnld
fii"
nines
prc-
lllh'i
FINED
RESULT
OF
WEEK-END
RAIDS
Total
or
$250
In
Fines
Collected
for
Liquor
and
Game
Offences
A
it
result
of
raid
curried
canneries,
(.
hartyu
ami
V
Mtla,
Japanese,
were
arreted
ami
brought
to
the
city
tin
alurday
morning.
The
prisoners
appeared
before
Sllpeiulary
Magistrate
Heme
tin
Saturday
afler-
II
(.Ml
n.
Kariyit,
of
the
tiomtnlou
cannery,
wn
fined.
175
for
having
iilnealed
liquor
in
his
possesion
and
an
itddilionul
75
fur
having:
game
in
possession
during
I
ho
cIoshI
season.
.
Sixty
eight
hoi-lien
of
moonshine
Sakl
were
confiscated
by
the
police.
Y.
Kittn,
of
Hie
Oceanic
cannery,
wits
fined
I00
for
liaviiiK
deer
meal
in
posxension
duilnu
the
rlnxed
deafon.
SITUATION
UNCHANGED
IN
FRENCH
POLITICS
Present
Senate
and
Premier
Polncare
Endorsod
at
Senatorial
Elections
pAIUS.
.Ian.
7
With
the.
cum
plexion
of
Hie
Senate
practically
unchaiiKed
ninl
Premier
nun
care
again
endorsed
at
today'
senatorial
elections,
theiu
Is
virtually
no
alteration
lo
Hie
I'reiirh
political
situation.
hocke7scores
Saskaloon,
I;
Kdmouton
I,
at
D.bnonton
('.
minutes
over
time).
Toronto,
a;
01
1
awn,
7,
at
Ot
lawn.
Ittiiiiillim.
I:
Montreal,
5;
al
Northern
and
piunci:
MARKED
GAIN
IN
DEPOSITS
Royal
Bank
of
Canada
Has
Made
Remarkable
Proqress
In
Past
Fiscal
Year
A
vain
of
fifty
uiillioint
in
de-ponilN,
liquid
axeti
of
approxi
inately
WA
and
cali
aiuounlfu?
to
no
lexi.
than
IH'A
of
liabilities
to
the
public
are
among'
the
outstanding
feature
of
a
remarkable
"Iron
a
statement
which
the
ilnyal
Hank
of
Canada
l
forwardiiiir
to
its
sliareholders
for
the
fiscal
year
ending
November
3f,
A
50,000,000
(rain
in
de!nit
is
really
phenouienat
under
conditions
that
prevailed
diirniK
I
lie
past
year
and
must
i,e
accepted
as
unmilakabb'
lestiinouy
of
the
confidence
that
jis
everywbere
placed
In
this
jstrnmc
Canadian
bank'ng
insli-jlutiou.
VYhal
will
make
such
a
jlnrse
gain
lill
more
satisfac-itory
fnun
the
shareholder'
'
standpoint
is
thai
owin?
to
the
general
character
of
Hie
business
done
by
the
liank
there
are
no
especially
large
deKiits
of
any
nature.
i
Ttie.
Veneral
-hndte
of
Hhe
Hank
roulinues
to
Miow
aii.es-iaudiiir
tendency.
Total
assets
are
now
53H,35H,55I.
as
compared
with
tTV,n02:jr,0
for
the
previous
year,
or
a
train
or
about
5!i,0(i0.(i00.
Liquid
assets
are
1233.113.17
1.
as
compared
with
2I0.()IH.33I.
-while
cash
on
band
amounts
to
8I.60
t.M'J.
nirainsl
t7I.U33Jl'U
a
year
uvo.
In
the
liquid
assets
a
number
of
other
large
increases
are
shown,
the
principal
beiiiir
a
aiu
in
short
term
government
securities.
Oominiou
and
Provincial
government
ecurillei
now
stand
-.1
till
-
J'l
flMl
in,
r.-r.MI
--
.ir)(i.i;l,
and
Cauailian,
Muuici-pal
and
Ilrill'li,
Foreign
and
Colonial
(oivernmenl
securilies.
other
I
ban
Canadian,
amount
to
l5.lM0.3(i3.
against
87.lOl.iu,7
a
year
ago.
Call
loans
lofal
t0.37S,57,
eompared
with
IH.-A
I
(1,0311
last
year.
Current
loans
jruineil
during
Hie
year.
I'hey
now
stand
al
2(JL72:.'.M'i7
usainsl
2tS,l37.-
77fi.
Savliirs
tleposils
increased
from
277,5'J!j.K82
lo
3II.75U.-
.
The
earnings
during
Hie
past
year
were
3,lKiy,3lu
us
Compared
with
3,U3H,IGU
in
the
previous
j
car.
COURT.
OF
REVISION
The
court
of
revision
on
the
lax
iisoessmeut
for
the
grading
work
on
Fourth
and
Fifth
Ave
nues
sat
this
morning
in
the
council
chamber.
.Miss
Mary
(lladwcll
appeared
before
Ihe
court
to
request
that
the
city
bench
post
marking
her
lot
between
F.iMinersoii
Place
and
(iranl
Place,
which
had
been
removed
byvclty
workmen
during
Ihe
grading
work,
be
replaced.
Aid.
Mintio,
chiiirmnn
of
the
board
of
works,
staled
thai
this
would
bo
done.
Present
at
the
Hireling
were
Mayor
S.
M.
Newton,
Aldermen
Munio,
Smith
and
Perry,
City
Clerk
Jones
and
P..
K.
Allislou.
FISH
ARRIVALS
The
American
nqhoouer
Yaka-lal
with
H.UUO
pounds
or
halibut
was
the
only
boat
offering
rish
on
Ihe
Kxchangc
this
morning,
The
catch
was
sold
to
the
Allln
and
Hoyal
Fisheries
at
H
!V
and
12c
PRINCE
RUPERT
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
m.'pKirr.
h.c,
momuy,
ja.nl'ahy
7,
um.
MMBKMBjjs)gj
jtlBV9HTnMBBlsHlBKjHHlBBHHHKVHSi
i
Photograph
shows
the
gold
cakcl
presented
to
the
Right
Hon.
YYillium
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
with
the
freedom
of
th"
city
of
London
at
the
imperial
conference.
Thermometer
Reaches
Low
Level
in
Middle
West
at
Weekend
and
Mild
Weather
NKYV
YOltK,
Jan.
7
u
extreme
t
old
wave
throughout
the
t'niled
Stales
is
accounted
responsible
for
u
number
or
fires
and
disasters
which
have
caud
the
deaths
or
tweutv
people
and
done
damage
amouifting
lo
manv
millions
or
dollars.
The
temneralure
elsewhere
throuirhout
the
Northern
States
iiimoelled
ipelled
manv
many
neonle
people
to
to
overheat
overheat
Ih-ir
lhir
stoves
stoves
and
and
take
take
riks
risks
I
!...
.
rcii
CJllCA(;V"Jan.
7.-
The
Middle
West
welcomed
Ihe
return
of
lemiieralures
lo
normal
today.
A
recapitulation
shows
a
loss
uf
seventeen
lives
in
Chicago
due
lo
rnlil
I'lii'
reailinir
of
1(1
decrees
below
ier.i
reached
on
Saturday
broke
the
record
for
cold
weather
ror
the
past
twelve
years.
ABSURD
AND
RIDICULOUS
PECK
SAYS
VICTOltlA.
Jan.
7.
Col.
C.
W.
Peck,
V.C:,
Conservative
candidate
for
Ihe
Islands,
describes
A
as
"absurd
and
ridiculous"
the
statements
that
he
is
lieing
groomed
for
the
provincial
leadership
of
the
parly.
NEW
STEAMER
FOR
ISLANDS
.
r,
,
.
a
.
In
ln.nrt
Crfl
lo
Rnotaca
Prince
Albert
A
Vancouver
paper
says
that
Capt.
I.
Ooiiabl,
master
of
the
steamer
Prince
Ilupert
who
left
ailCouver
for
lilt)
Ull
l.OUIIir
lasl
week,
has
gone
lo
Denmark
jn(f
,..
f,,V-
Judge
F.
McM.
Young
lo
inspect
a
steamer
the
C.(!.M.'ie
following
cases
were
sol:
M.
is
contemplating
purchasing
j
Salmon
Arm
Trading:
Co.
Ltd.
lo
replace
the
Prince
Albert.
ivs.
Ceo.
Fraser;
and
Dan
Mcln-
..
..
.
n
i.
i:..i..
i.
..i
ii,
r.
t.
iiawson,
...
u.
ui
rector,
mieslioued
this
mornini
on
the
matter,
said
the
company
had
a
ship
in
view
in
Ihe
Old
Country
but
be
had
not.been
advised
offl
-
daily
as
to
who
had
l(-
senl
lo
inspect
it.
MUCH
DAMAGE
IN
ATP
AN
PARIf
PIRF'Jn,,,,,
''
'McU"
'ou"p
111
10
UtLfln
rAMl
riIVi
nnturalizatlon
court
this
morn-
Amusement
Parks
and
Municipal
Hall
Wiped
Out
In
California
Olty
OCKAN
PAllK,
CaL,
Jan.
7
.
Fire
wiiied
out
amusement
parks
:ks
and
the
municipal
hall
hero
causing
dathago
f)t
$1
500.000.
Ulurrt
Circulation
15S1
LOSS
OF
Today
is
Welcome
CHINESE
KILL
CMPf
fCUM
A
M
CtllllLIonlflAIl
uuiwiu
u
Brigands
Attack
River
Steamer
on
upper
Tangste
nivep
SIlANCIIAI.
Jan.
7-Hrigaiuls
attacked
the
river
steamer
Tzadui
killing
the
captain
ami
pan
owner,
j.
t.
nranni.
an
r.ug-
.sun
an.
am.
one
.n.nese,
ues,.,cs
injuring
several
Chinese
passen
-
gers.
The
vessel
was
lied
up
.Ifor
Hie
innlit
on
tlii-
tinner
.
1
V
I.
-j.....
'fl.iw
,
I...
ill.-.
nuni
ll.l
l.tll.1.
.
..
..
.
...
I
I
1...
I.
I
1
1
liecn
recfueii
uerc
n
inu
t'uiiitri
.
.,
....
(retailers
sii'itmsiiip
lines.
WOMEN
HAD
CHARGE
nr
kirur
vnilV
rnilDT
i
Ur
nETI
IUnlV
LUUrvljaround
53
to
CO
rrancs
lo
Ihe
'pound
sterling.
The
advantage
Slx
Men
Tried
Without
the
Aid
of
Any
Masculine
Officials
NFAV
YOltK,
Jan.
5
Feminized
completely,
the
wonfen'
court
'one
day
recently
was
in
Ho
hamls
::-
women
judges,
women
lawyers,
women
detectives
und
women
court
attendants.
The
entire
l"uu"
"
l"v
,i,w
in
the
case
jor
six
men
arraigned
on
various
charges
was
carried
out
without
'it...
uli.
nt
n
mi,,
COUNTY
COURT
In
lln.
rnnnlv
nmrl
Hits
nuiru-
tosn
,
.
n..
ikihh
si-i
iui
mc
February
court.
'
The
uppeal
id
II.
IL
ear
against
the
conviction
or
the
,
Ocean
Fall's
magistratunder
the
Oovernment
l.W
was
,,?lrou
Act.
setada
lo
hrnl
,
,he
Hri.ish
for
January
J!.
flie
following
applications
fo
naluralization
were
approved
l.y
Hug:
Aage
Torstensen,.
lane;
Zeugo
lligasht,
Japnnese;
and
Ani'on
Serbieh,
Montenegrin.
Arlhur
Itobert
Harrow,
form
-
erly
of
Prince
Ilupert
und
now
of
Tekwa,
has
been
appointed
a
Justice
or
the
peace,
the
II.C.
ICIaicUc
announces.
Strut
Slid
404
LIFE
AND
Palestine
Under
British
Rule
Prospering
but
Syria
Governed
by
France
is
not
Doing
so
well
While
conditions
in
Palestine
have
greatly
improved
since
Jie
inception
of
British
rule,
French
government
in
Syria
and
Lebanon
has
not
been
conducive
of
very
good
results
in
these
rounlries.
as
a
whole
according
lo
James
Jabour,
local
business
man,
who
returned
lu
the
city
on
Haturduy
after
a
visit
of
nearly
:hree
years
in
Syria,
Palestine
and
Lebanon.
Speaking
of
conditions
generally
Mr.
Jabour
said
that
in
I'.
120,
when
hs
arrived
in
Syria
and
Lebanon,
business
and
living
conditions
were
not
so
bad
but
that
they
were
gradually
getting
worse
under
the
rule
of
the
French
government.
On
the
other
hand
Palestine
was
progressing
well
under
the
Hrit-
ish
regime
and
the
ordinary
la-
borer
was
receiving
$2.50
a
day
as
against
00c
a
day
paid
for
the
same
class
of
labor
in
Ihe
French
protectorates.
since
Hie
Uruisii
took
over
Palestine
the
country
has
been
much
improved
in
every
way.
Itoads
have
been
widened
and;
linanv
reforms
have
been
madej
for
the
betterment
of
life
for
the;
natives.
While
Hie
Jews
in
I
'Palestine
are
restive
and
anxious
tor
el
government,
the
natives
f"
satistied
with
condi-
io
,hey
are-
11
'
claimed
br
,h
Hntish
government
that
the
Ihe.
Jews
Jews
are
are
npt
opt
able
able
t
t
protect
protect
.1
hemselvtvuaiul.for
Mheir
-
urotec
-
l
uon
asianam?
garrison'i-inHi.was
wel
round
and
in
able
hands
lilMiOO
to
15.000
s6ldicrs
is
main-
wa.s
Ihe
conclusion
or
the
Jury
at
tained
which
is
paid
ror
by
the
the
inquest
over
the
remains
of
llritish
taxpayer.
The
Hritish
if,.
tnlllt.
rook
nf
the
lll.fnte.1
m,rnmeiit
has
made
it
clear
loaf
OI,
Saturday.
A
verdict
or
,he
J'
,,,al
U
,,,ey
want
sdN
accidental
drowning
was
re-
Kovernn,cnl
uiey
,uust
i.
,,repar-
'cd
lo
protect
themselves
out
nr
their
own
pockets.
While
in
Jerusalem,
Mr.
Ja-
hour
met
a
Mr.
Ilolaud
of
Vic
-
f
0sia
in
the
Allenby
Hotel.
'Mr.!
Holand
is
working
for
Ihe
Itritish
government.
3yri.
anJ
tebanon
l
'
Lebanon,
condi-
,
lllllmivpil
lin(Ipr
Ihe
French
rule.
The
French
i.ii
r,.,iaal-
is
constantly
fluctuat
ing
which
makes
it
hard
tor
the
and
businessmen
in
jgeneral.
The
French
tranc
today
in
thoe
rounlries
stands
al
8(5
I
francs
to
t
lit
pound
sterling
while
111
me
om
nays
u
aiways
siuou
in
this
way
goes
lo
France
while
the
colonies
suffer.
While
in
Paris
Mr.
Jabour
look
a
25
mile
trip
along
the
old
Allied
war
front
as
rar
as
Chateau
Thierry.
The
old
battle
front
is
fast
disappearing'
aud
the
rrencu
are
rapidly
getting
back
to
nor-
mal
agaiu
as
far
as
building
new
houses
and
bridges
is
concerned,
According
to
Mr.
Jabour
Franco
is
in
a
Nourishing
condition
gen-
nrnllv
Immigration
Mr.
Jabour
sailed
from
tho
nort
of'
lleyrout,
the
capital
of
I
I,i,ii,ii
dilnnlnil
nn
dm
ricisL
(if
Mediterranean
Sea,
and
land-
ed
al
Marseilles
from
wlilch
point!
he
went
to
Paris
and
left
Ihoj
.,0rt
of
Cherbourg
direct
for
.
,
.
-
.i...
inoutreai.-
in
speaking
ot
too
'difficulty
of
men
leaving
the
ort
0f
lleyrout
Tor
Canada,
Mr.
jaK.
aj(i
that
Syrians
who
are
of
coming
out
to
Oan
-
'
(rules
govermng
the
leay
Ing
or
I
lie
couniry
very
severe,
no
eii.
lim,
M,e
opinion
that'tho
Cana-
,,,
B.,vernment
would
do
well
to
,,aV0
al
,l,at
i,orl
au
n)MKrai,0
oiricer
rriPl.p
who
who
could
Judee
whether
nr
,loi
ur,
mrn
were
desirable
fUUrff
citizens
for
Canada.
Mr.
Jabour
staled
there
were
many
(good
honest
men
with
capital
who
wern
particularly
anxious
to
gel
(,,
Canada
to
take
up
forming,
but
who
were
pul
through
so
much
red
tape
that
they
eventually
pave
up
the
Idea
'There
are
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
PROPERTY
thousands
of
experienced
former
in
Syria
who
have
capital
and
are
anxious
lo
get
out
to
Canada
if
Hie
path
can
be
smoothed
for
them
to
get
out
of
their
own
f
ounlry."
said
Mr.
Jabour.
FINDS
NOBODY
WAS
TO
BLAME
Tyee
Wreck
Classed
by
Victoria
Coroner's
Jury
as
Accidental
and
Unavoidable
VICTOltlA.
Jan.
7,
Thai
the
hu?
Tyee.
wliich.
foundered'
oK
lttiln..
Ifci
v
jiui.
J
!li
hiI
iits
Vise
iurncd.
Coroner
Hart
classed
the
disas-
ter
as
one
or
those
tragedies
or
the
st.a
which
no
man's
hand
'miglit
slay.
KIYOSEIMARU
IS
ABANDONED
Tn,ri
Members
of
Japanese
Freighter's
Crew
Taken
off
by
President
McKlnley
COIIDUVA,
Alaska.
Jan.
7:
i
niriy
memners
01
ine
crew,
01
Hie
Japanese
rrei&hter.
Kiyosel
Maru
were
taken
.from
the
dis-
abled
vessel
2.CUU
miles
off
tho
Washington
coast
on
Saturday
by
the
steamer
President
McKlnley.
The
derelict,
which
is
apparently
abandoned,
is
still
floating
east-
ward.
SKATTI.K,
Jan.
7
The
steamer
Kyosei
Maru
enrried
a
rargu
of
wheat.
She
was
left
to
sink
after
the
crew
had
been
taken
off.
A
message
received
here
said
that
the-
ship
was
in
such
shape
us
to
1IiiV
vnrv
iiiiin
ninl
tint!.
iL
lulil
been
abandoned
about
1,'JuO
miles
east
of
Yokohama,
.
I
TTmf
TVT
11
HP
IT
Al
!tl'iri
MnUL
Al
LIFE
KEMAL
PASHA
.
aT7ZLa
t
..
u
nand
urenaae
aimed
al
rresi-
.t
dent
of
Turkey
Hlta
Hit
Wife
,..,.
....
,
'
ATUKNS,
Jan.
'
7.
'
A
report
an
unsuccess-
"
"
,
Z.
pre
enl
wf
T(irk(!(ll
Itepub-
lllIluu;
lie.
A
hand
"
grenade
l
intended
for
VT'J
.
?
"r""a"
""",
TATiAtiTA
IIIKllNIU
nir
HAN
rinir
KldHT
VERY
SUDDEN
DEATHS
TOIlON'TO,
Jan.
7.
Fight
sod-
-den
deaths
occurred
here
over
the
week-end,
Hie
nfajorily
of
-them
being
attributed
lo
heart
disease.
Five
men
and
Ihree
women
were
trickeii
suddenly.
tl