TAXI
in
a
hurry
Phone
VOL,
XIV,
NO,
Co,
WkM
Ya
Want
A
The
Latest
In
fleatauranta.
Best
Car
and
Beit
Ssrvlce-In
tha
City.
Rates
Reasonable
The
.Massdt
Timber
Co.
saw-iD
i
1
1
at
llueklry
Hay
hail
Hie
biggest
day
sawing
in
its
history
i:::
Monday
when
307.372
feel
win
lunie.J
mil
according
lo
n
telegram
received
by
.1.
M.
Orosarl
who
-
in
the
rily.
Thin
output
was
made
In
two
nine-hntir
idilfU
II
consisted
of
231,17
reel
or
emits
and
7
3.200
reel
of
nil
lumber
ROUND
WORLD
FLIERS
LEAVE
Hop
Off
This
Morning
From
Sacramento
For
Eugone,
Oregon
S.U.IlAMKNTO.
March
IH.
-
Martlnir
Hie
peoml
b'K
of
Hie
IllKlit
round
the
world
Hie
planes
of
Hn
I
nilr.l
Stales
army
air
mtv
Ice
leH
here
shortly
before
1
1'
n
ni'liirk
Ihis
moriiintr
for
l
iiKene.
Oreuou.
Tomorrow
tliey
expect
lo
make
Seattle.
"
WOMAN
KILLED
IN
SPEEDER
ACCIDENT
OIIANO
KOUKS.
H.r.
Marrli
l.
Mrs.
Anion
.1.
Holm
or
Fife
whs
almost
instantly
killed
Sun-'lay
when
a
railway
speeder
on
which
die
was
Iravelliiifr
collided
wllli
a
descried
speeder
on
''live,
Olhers
of
Hie
parly
escaped
with
minor
Injuries.
LEW
TENDLER
WON
I'llH.AIiF.I.PlllA,
March
18.
LONDON.
Mai
ih
IH.-
In
Hie
liuie
of
(Aiiiiiiinnt
yolcrdiiy
Mir
(loveriiuii'iil
aked
lo
eon-Mill
with
other
mariliiue
poweiM
Willi
a
view
to
I'vlendin?
Hie
territorial
1
1
in
I
ror
fishery
pur-p.
i.c
In
Hili'leen
milcK.
Premier
llamay
Maeibmabl
replied
lhal
the
linuTiiiiient
vvas
not
Menared
to
rounder
exlen-
ium
beyond
Hie
Hiree
mile
limit
i
.
.
.
-
.
-
.
..
ither
ror
fisheries
oilier
purpoM'."
POPE'S
HEALTH
IS
or
QUAKE
IN
ALGERIA
HATNA.
Algeria,
March
18.
A
ulil
was
killed
and
several
a
buildings
damaKed
in
an
earlh-
juake
here
Monday
0.(1.
M.M.
slcamer
.Catiadlun
Seolllsh
moved
up
from
the
ocean
dock
to
the
dry
dock
this
afternoon
and
was
laken.
on
the
......
..
n
..
i
.....
Lew
Tcndlee.
sloiined
Ted
Mar-
I'""""""
"'"
.
vr
chant
,n
Hie-
fourth
.r-'LJMlr
o!Vm,
ai
Z
wdl
.ounn
.......
'
I
M
al
Jjio
shipyard
for
at
Jeant
ArlvantlcM
In
Miu
Mallo
KuvJi
f
"B
"'t
any
CAUSING
UNEASINESS
I.O.MKlN.
March
IH.
A
Home
correspondent
ot
the
I.M'iess
says
the
Pope's
health
Is
eatis-considerable
uneasiness.
The
Pope
Is
reported
lo
be
siilliTiu?
from
Ailerio
Sclerosis,
roniinoii-known
as
high
blood
pressure
or
harileiiinif
or
the
arteries.
CONDUCTOR
RUN
DOWN
ON
C.N.R.
AT
LUCERNE
KAMI.OOPS,
March
18
-Hubert
Henry
SipiarebriKPs,
H.N.H.
con-
iluelor,
was
ralnlly
injured
near
Lucerne
when
he
wiis
run
dowii
on
the
line.
He
was
brounhl
here
and
died.
Tliat
there
should
have
been
a
net
prufil
at
Ihe
Massell
Timber
Co.V
iieiii-r.'il
store
belwecii
May
:'(),
IUJ3.
and
Oecember
Jl,
I'M'J.
of
s
1.907.1
1
whereas
'there
was
cliown
by
Ihe
manager
of
the
store
lo
be
only
a
prufil
of
$t.-0211,7:!
and
that
.there
was
an
average
iniiulhly
shortage
or
ijl.-5(i(
ror
the
period
was
the
evidence
iven
by
(i.
A.
Cuddy,
auditor,
at
the
preliminary
trial
of
Charles
It.
Srijiley,
manatriT
or
the
skirc,
charged
with
Traud-
ulcntly
converting
to
his
own
use
-and
thus
I
hell
or
v"ds
to
Ihe
value
or
5.0()0.
Sri'ley
was
today
charged
on
three
counts
converting
S3.000
between
April
It;
IUS2.
and
May
10.
ta-.'3:
3,
000
between
May
20,
1023
and
December.
31.
1923,
and
i9l.oo
on
November
22,
1923.
The
flrsl
charge
was
wilhdrawu
this
afternoon.
Evidence
on
the
second
charge
was
taken
this
inortiliiy
before
Magistrate
Oale
and
accused
was
committed
litis
afternoon.
He
was
coin-milled
yesterday
afternoon
by
Magistrate
Mallory
on
the
third
charge.
W.
A.
Caulelon
of
l.adner
A.
Caulcloii,
VanroiiviT,
coiuiuclcd
the
prosecution
foe
the
Mas.
ell
Timber
Co.,
Milton
l.(Mi.ales
of
Williahis,
Manson
it
(.ontales,
axsistlng
him.
W.
O.
Fulton,
of
Pal
more
&
Fulton,
had
the
ease
tor
Sritflcy.
At
the
opening
ot
Ihe
?9l
case
the
first
to
be
taken
up
Mr.
Fulton
objected
In
Mr.
Mallory
taking
the
trial
because
he
wa.i
an
employee
of
Hie
prosi'cutii.
company
or
had
been
up
HH
a
very
recent
dale.
Staling
lhal
lie
had
not
been
employed
by
Mi-'
Massell
Timber
Co.
Tor
two
monllis.
Mr.
Mallory
dismissed
Hie
objection
and
ordered
thai
Ihe
case
be
proceeded
with.
Auditor's
Evidence
Oeorgc
A,
Cuddy,
auditor,
gave
evidence
of
a
general
audit
he
had
made
of
the
Massell
Timber
Co.'s
alTairs
at
lluckfey
Hay
including
the
records
and
accounts
or
the
general
store.
Under
e.v
aminalion-iii-chier
by
Mr.
Caule
lon,
witness
put
in
as
exhibits-Hie
cash
sales
slips
oT
the
store
ror
November
22,
1023,
an
add
ing
machine
strip
showing
the
total
rash
turned
in
by
accused
lo
the
general
olllce
for
the
day,
and
Ihe
cash
book
kept
In
the
general
olllce
showing
Ihe
cash
turned
in
each
day.
According
to
the
sales
slips,
there
was
a
total
of
$222,511
while
the
adding
machine
strip
and
the
cash
book
showed
a
total
of
I3I.5U
leaving
$01
which
had
not
been
accounted
tor
Under
cro.ss-exaininalion
by
Mr.
Fulton,
a
book
kepi
person
ally
by
accused
showing
cash
and
charge
sales
at
the
store
was
entered
as
.an
exhibit.
Witness"
discredited
Ihe
suggestion
that
the
records
mlghl
have
been
tampered
with
by
other
than
ac
cused.
Further
examined
by
Mr,
Caiilelon,
witness
dated
that
Shrigley's
personal
memoran
duni
book
also
showed
a
total
ut
cash
turned
in
of
$131.50.
Sales
Slips
l'HlNUi:
IllPKRT,
IJ.a,
TUpS'DAY,
-MARCH
18,
IU2i.
BOSTON
GRILL
'"I'Hf
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
".St.
Sebastian
I'curl,'
is
said
lo
be
the
largest
at.
Bernard
in
England.
The
big
rellow
was
photographed
at
a
dog
show
in
London
where
he
was
awarded
first
honors.
Agricultural
Settlers
are
to
be
Aided
by
the
Empire
Settlement
Vttttrdtf'f
Clrculatlee
1,608,
Slrttt
Stltt
421
Committee
and
Placed
in
Canada
LOXUON,
March
IS.
An
important
move
toward
the
of
the
agricultural
lands
of
Canada
was
made
yesterday
Third
Avenue.
Best
of
Food
flood
Service.
Private
Boxes
for
Parly
Use.
"Take
Her
to
The
Boston
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
RESIDENTS
OF
SAGHALIEN
ARE
TERRORIZED
ANOTHER
P.G.E.
CHARGE
DISPROVED
BY
ADMISSION
Of
PROVINCIAL
WITNESS
Earthquake
Shocks
in
Southern
Saghalien
Id.
Fissures
8.
Feet
Wide
TOklO.
March
1.x.
Tin'
inhabitants
oT
southern
Suslialifii
Maud
off
Hie
eusl
I
of
Asia
are
in
a
slate
of
terror
u
a
re-Mill
of
rnrlhciiakc
shock
which
an
still
continuing
I
In
re.
In
lic('x
fissures
cighl
feci
wide
have
appeared
in
the
earth.
Many
house
were
demolished
liy
severe
carllnpiake
shock
on
Saturday
evening.
Tin
earth
roekcii
and
Hie
people
were
ler-rorizeil
IjijI
no
lives
were
lost
although
several
were
injured.
VOTE
TONIGHT
'ASK
COMMODITY
RATE
AN
FRUIT
SHIPMFNTS
ON
ADDRESS
Vanderhoof
Board
of
Trade
Tak-
Ing
up
Matter
and
Will
Progressives
Expected
to
Vote'
Urge
It
With
Government
on
Con-
J
servatlve
Amendment
!
VANDLIHIOOF.
March
18--The
,
,
Vaudcrhoof
Hoard
of
Trade
Is
OTTAWA,
March
1
8.
-The
de-:"kl"K
'"r
commodity
rale
on!
bale
mi
Ihc
address
expected
fr""
"'"l'l'e-1
from
points
on
the
I,.
,.,h
luiiol.l
with
a
iliii.lon
U1'11-
'
along
the
line
of
....
M.
r
i'.,.,.iniu
anicn.liiA-iit.itlif
Canadian
National
llailway.
Ocneral
miliripalion
I
that
(he
'bc
"re
taking
the
matter
Up
progresses
will
vote
with
the
-
Mcllcrr.
provincial
government
on
the
amcndi.aiit.
nomntfiil
rnuii.el.
in
Ihe
et.
There
ur
no
imilcalfon
of
sup-
I"-''""
rale
ran
and
al-o
they
in
port
ror
Ihe
Con.ervatlvc
view.
copies
'
Hie
resolution
l
polnl
on
lhal
subject
from
the
",r,'
f
,ra,lc
a,",
a'k
the
discus-
'r
endorsement.
fanner
gliiup
during
The
superintendent
of
Hie
l.an-
H,,t
lo
lake
u,'
Nnal
F.xpre.s
Co.
at
TJic
vole
Is
expected
place
bIh.uI
midnight
F.dinoi.to.i
Is
also
being
conunu-
tiirali'd
with
(a
regard
to
tho
FI
A
BRITISH
GOYERMIENT
rtu
TTW1
n
ti
m
bb
r
nrx
'
I
:
IU
1
KtlUKUtUI
NOT
FAVOR
OF
WIDER
Buckley
Bay
Mill
Turned
Out
307,372
Feet
on
Monday
In
Two
Shifts
CONTROL
OFF
SHORE
STORE
MANAGER
UP
FOR
TRIAL
Charles
B.
Srlnley
Committed
on
Two
Counts
and
Third
Withdrawn
BUCKLEY
BAY
CASE
Auditor
Says
Averane
Monthly
Shortane
was
$1,600
During
Seven
Months
w
hen
J.
II.
Thomas,
colonial
secretary,
acting
on
heluiir
oT
Hit
Umpire
settlement
committee,
yesterday
signed
an
agreement
with
rt'iircsfnlulivv.s
of
the
Canadian
Nntional
Hailway-to
assist
in
placing
in
Canada
selected
groups'
or
families.
The
seHlcmcnt
committee
authorized
loans
of
t:t00
lo
each
clller,
so
guaranteeing
uny
loss
up
to
50
per
cent
of
the
amount
loaned.
Only
married
collides
with
agricultural
experience
will,
be
accepted
and
they
must
possess
i.'u0
of
their
own
in
order
lo
qualify.
Actual
Survey
of
Route
out
of
City
Toward
Terrace
has
Already
Been
Commenced
Today
Actual
survey
work
of
the
route,
easl
from
lliis
rily
today
when
locating
engineer,
I).
Bergen,
or
Hie
public
works
department
or
Hie
provincial
government,
went
out
lo
lo
cale
the
city
survey
with
a
view
lo
tying
up
willi
it,
finding
Ihe
liesl
possible
route
lo
(ialluway
rapids
ami
beyond,
eventually
ii.l.l
lliciuirl.
Iik
MVrrm'i.
euii.b
..p...
,0..
Preliminary
surveys
of
this
end
or
Ihe
roule
have
already
been
made
but
now
Hie
road
will
be
definitely
located,
so
that
actual
construction
can
commence.
Mr.
Bergen
will
lake
out
a
crew
I
,.f
rive,
probably
on
Tlmsday.pDnpnOCn
rMC
CADM
and
Ihe
work
will
be
carried
""""
through
continuously.
II
will
link
ELK
LAKE.
VICTORIA
up
with
Ihe
city
at
a
point
on
Shawatlans
lload
near
the
pipe
YICTOlllA,
.March
1.
-
Ap-
line
and
skirling
mo
Tool
oi
ine
iiioi
ridge
alnu
row
eer's
department
went
out
today
,
i;,jniltM!
and
a
comiiiilleo
to
help
Hie
engineer
locale
ine
AVU!I
ronned
lo
drufl
the
neces
couver
wilt
meei
i
ue
v.uuauiens,
Ihe
eastern
chainpions,
in
Ihc
first
game;
iu
the
semi-finals
ror
the
Stanley
Cop.
FAMOUS
ORQANIST
DIES
i
..r
it
I.,.,
i..
IU
)
iniitii
iti
i
iic
iiitiii
o
ivtiv
iu
uiv
t
i
mtain
will
emerge
on
Ihe
;.ruvilK.iai
(i.enment
a
isorllo..
U
'
'J'
,
"XSn
J
TT
7
to
two
heaver
lakes
in
--
-,
li-umi.V
aiairu
close
.
,
k
,.a.k
fop
xw
us
a
l
a
direct
line
lo
the
nar-
,..
,....,
r0P
propagation
or
V"vm
lZ
u
1
V.1.
.....,:
'maniu.ous
vote
the
'..
;i.i...i-
,
.,,.
.,..i
i.v
II...
w,,iUI-
W,UI
,ul
uaf
".expressed
itself
as
II
i
iVi.u-i.
..r
llm
c.ilv
enirlii.
:
!.....
..
.
i.mi.'IIIUS
l-l.OO"
Ills.
.
,lavllt;hl
suvilllT
ill
"
""v
nv
IMkllllCII.
M.M11U
il
lilt?
eity
survey.
BIG
HOCKEY
GAMESTONIGHT
Vancouver
Arrives
at
Montreal
and
Will
First
Meet
ary
agreement.
It
was
announced
that
fishery
officials
were
strongly
impressed
with
P.lk
Lake
as
an
excellent
place
Tor
.the
breeding
ot
trout,
and
u
committee
was
struck
to
deal
wilb
this
question
also.
I
The
meeting
of
the
committee
Was
attended
by
Mr.
M.
B.
Jack.
son.
K.C
M.P.P.,
chairman
llhe
(lame
Conservation
who
explained
what
he.
proposed
'
to
do
If
'a
game
farm
was
cstab-
MONTHI'lAli,
March
18.
Van-
li.hed
at
F.Ik
Lake.
comer
Maroons,
champions
of
the
Pacific
tW
and
Ho,
Calgary
DDITICl
ABANDON
Another
Bubble
Pricked
by
Royal
Commission
on
Pacific
Great
Eastern
VICTOniA,
March
18.
At
Ihe
session
of
the
Hoyal
Com
mission
probing
P.ti.K.
a
Hairs
yesterday,
1.
J.
Finiierly,
a
subcontractor
who
did
cribbing
work
in
which
Ihe
government
was
accused
ut
paying
Torty
amis
a
fool
for
work
which
cost
but
seventeen
cents,
admitted
thai
he
had
not
understood
the
true
conditions
when
he
made,
the
charge
of
excessive
payments
fop
cribbing.
He
was
paid
seventeen
cents
by
the
Murdock
Company
and
that
company
charged
the
government
forty
cents.
'He
ad
mitted
that
he
Vas
not
uware
that
out
of
the
forty
cents
the
Murdock
Company
had
'paid
heavy
cost
for
fillinjr,
the
es.
Ol
11)1)1
IPP
TffiT)
tablistuneiil
of
roads,
keeping
of
tjUri
LlLlJ
rUl
books
and
other
expenses.
He
had
assumed
thai
the
company!
Ill
AyfATfv
bad
been
allowed
exlra
paymi-ntsl
TIjIj
xi
V
lia
1
1lJ
ror
these
expenses
by
toe
govern
ment.
LABOR
LEFT
WING
IS
ONLY
THIRTEEN
Both
British
and
United
States
Cache
Arrived
at
Seward
Readiness.
for
Flight
SFAVAHD.
Alaska,
.March
18,
STRONG
ON
DIVISIONlS,
XtZ
-globe,
arrived,
here
Sunday
night
Defeated
by
Combined
Forces
to
aboard
the
Thlepval
and
will
be
Reduce
Strength
of
British
Army
.
.
.
.
.
i-
.
.
r-
.
rcjntppeil
lo
i'orr-iaiiiain3,
The
Thiepval
arrived
ai
Scl-dovia,
Cook
Inlet,
Monday.
I.ONOON.
March
18.
The'
('asoliue
and
oil.
Tor
the
ilouM-
or
Commons
last
night
American
round
the
world
ovia-dcrealed
by
a
vole
or
317
to
13
tors
arrived
here
today
on
the
a
motion
by
the
labor
left
wing
steamer
Oduna.
lo
reduce
the
army
by
150,000
men
as
a
protest
against
what
Tinr
llfDEC
AI1T
Hie
movers
regard
as
the
mili-
fllYij
firCv)U(Jl
lai'isuc
irenu
oi
uie
t.yveni
iiieut's
policy.
,
Ihc
supporters
of
the
motion
urger
disarmameiil
as
the
only
u'uv
In
secure
iicane.
SIX
VILLAGES
(iovernineut
speakers
appealed
Score
Persons
Missing
at
Foot
of
Mount
HoraIJa
Near
Tohlo
to
the
movers
not
lo
press
tor
a
division,
urging
that
disarnia-
-..old
onlv
be
attained
by"
TOKIO,
March
18
Six
villages
internal
ional
agreement.
FISH
ARRIVALS
Nine
Halibut
Schooners
Catches
Totalling
72,000
tbs.
Big
Trawler
Also
In
Nine
halibut
schooners
sobl
catches
totalling
72,nno
lbs.
at
the
Fish
Kxehange
this
morning,
and
uu
in
addition
.."-.,
to
v
this,
the
vr
New
have
been
wiped
out
by
a
forest
Hire
M
the
root
or
Mount
lloraijq.
1
170
miles
from
here.
A
score
of
.
persons
are
missing
and
are
believed
to
have
perished.
The
Sold
flames
continue
unabated
and
droops
have
been
called
out
to
fight
the
blaie.
VICTORIA
SCHOOL
BOARD
OPPOSED
TO
DAYLIGHT
SAVING
18.-
By
a
schoolboard
opposed
to
this
city
and
American
li...iii..ni
it.i.nii.if
i)im
l.
nek-
Alaska,
10,000
lbs.,
at
13.2C
tu.
....
....
K.ivin!r
it
WH
un.
and
r.e,
to
Ihe
Canadian
Fish
&
.jiily
u
disadvantage
to
the
Cold
Storage
Co.
Lrl.iu.ls
Kaslrnt
Point,
2,000
lbs.,
and
it.
..i
.lr..
....
.1'
.Mariner,
o.uuu
ius
ai
i
i.oe
auu
Ge,
lo
the
Iloyal
Fish
Co.
Canadian
Fanny
F.
0,000
lbs.,
al
12.Co
and
7c;
F.thel
June,
500
lbs.,
at
t2c
and
6c,
and
Cape
Spear,
3,-
WOMAN
SUFFOCATED
WITH
ESCAPING
GAS
Cii.
plate
boiteil
over
and
exlluguislied
ngers,
wes-iern
.,ui.i
ui.c-,-
"
UinillT
tCCrMDIV
holders,
arrrve.1
this
morning,
S
NhAPUKF
KASF
inUlAH
rtJJElTlDLI
from
Winnipeg
and
tonight
an-
ATA1WQT
rnUCDXlMCMT
nUfllllUl
VIU
T
LllVllIIIL.il
1
.
r.
..
..
.
mm
Announcement
wvnniieiy
mg
Today
In
House
of
Commons
DF.L1H,
March
18
The
Legis
LONDON,
March
18.
Definite
lative
Assembly
yesterday
reject
announcement
was
made
today
ed
Ihe
Indian
Finance
bill
on
a
In
the
House
oT
Commons
oT
the.vote
of
CO
to
59.
The
action
goverhnicnrs
decision
not
lo
pro-closely
follows
the
rejection
by
LONDON,
March
18.
Sir
ceed
further
with
tho
Singapore
.tho
Assembly,
of
a
number
of
Frederick
Bridge,
70
years
of
agejnaval
base
scheme.
Charles.
budget
proposals.
The
opposl-
Jnck
Macdonabl,
accountant
at
noted
organist
and
aullior
uuor
oi
of
.(.amnion,
f.iiiiiu.i.i,
parliamentary
pai
iiutiruuiai;
sccre-
v-1
1"-
lion
lo
"-r
the
i.n.1
measures
i-urun-,
wn
strong-
uun-
Buckley
Bay.
identified
the
cash
books
on
musical
subje
ontu.ucd
un
pa-
loui'V
IdfujJ
ects,
isilary
to
the'
admiralty,
made
the
.ly
influenced
by
Home
Hule
vb-
'u
ibutik-ciue
Uf.'uci
sU
YANCOUVF.H,
March
18.-41ulii
linn
ik
,,i
ir.n
n
mi
r
in
tin.
AfcKav
is
ilciid
and
her
sister.
IVO"
JIM
HUM
s-"
V.
J
V
V
-
Of
l,v......ii..
i.:i.
t.
I'
.i.i
ui,
.,.,.
'Mm.
.Ihiihw
I've
Is
In
n
orecarioilH
IV44I.
.Ull.
till
I.""l
1
..V.H
i.U4H(.V
'
"
"
'
-
Board,1,.,
ifMinililiftn
a
n
rrsnll
of
suffoca-
1
Jl
f
.
I
s
,....
-
li.ei
11..
o.ooo
lbs.:
II.
&
ll
3..
Hon
from
escaping
gas
in
the
500
lbs
and
Mali,
1,000
lbs.,
at
Pye
apartment.
U
is
believed
t2.Cc
and
Cc,
to
the
Hoyal
Fishlthat
a
kettle
placed
on
the
gas
the
flame.
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
English
League
Dlvlsnon
I.
Burnley
3,
Manchester
City
2.
Division
II.
Port
Vale
I,
Soulhamplon
0.
Division
III.
Holherham
I.
Ashiugioii
0,
Accrington
2.
Hartlepool
0.
RUGBY
FOOTBALL
Mountain
Ash
0,
Neath
0.
.YlerUP
0
LlancMy
3.