Prince Rupert risn, meal -fc f and Poultry VOL XIV NO, 132 I ii nf a grain Hevutor i nil lhal r ulili lmnMil as a irruiii exnort li. -(Hit' facilities an; olhcr vic nilc(iialc, anil that the location jiH'.ir- to lie especially favorable for grain shipments lo IliCj Unent ami is uinlrr no serious handicap for shipmenls via thej I' JiniiUi Umal art the oiirliisions arrived at by 11 U. Ilowe.j i pert elevator engineer, wlio. at the reiticl of tin Prince OBJECTION TO PREFERENCE ON i BRITISH GOODS Member for Montreal Claims Arllcles Being Dumped In This Country OTTAWA, June ft. HritUh manufacturer are dumping' woollens u weJI n hoe into Canada, said SciTatnr sr. Davtd of Muni real, in urging hU uiotloii for the r-peul of Hie llrilMi pre. .- ....Ill t iri-riu-r mi unidjrix limii in nitiii 1. .I 11 iimIiHiMhI ltill(T """" i" ii-!" . umii, njiiro-cioiiric piaui jjeiirr-lle n i.ppoed In Hie llrili-li ,,tiiiK at present about 2.000 h p.. prcfeiTiice Iirraiisu 't.niiuua va xciIiiik iiottiiiiK in return. GERMANY WILL ACCEPT REPORT Chancellor Muri Says Exports Recommendations Provide Way Out III III, IN. June 3. -r.liancellor Marx 1 let I urn I in Hie Iteichlai: Hiui lieriniiiiy wa ready lo re. mil m II. .. 11 ,vi I lull . I'll- 1 i.vi.n.l,. ui.ol.. ,ul'W- The approach from I hi' Hie oppniiis parlies will be ex- peeled lo assume Hie same at ttrnde Ihe cliaiicellor said thai Germany economic life is miser- aide if not desperate. Conditions wre Ihrrtilruiiig a coiuplcle lir.'akdown unless a relaxation ot "ii1 inniielary system be attained. Tnr lioveriimeut saw in the ex. V- s report a way out of tin 'V ls CORONATION CUP RACE CLOSE ONE I Verdict. 3 to 1. first: Parth, 9 to 4, second; and Poisoned Arrow, 0 to 4, third I.O.MMiN, June 5. -The Coronal ton Cup race run al I'.psom Imwns this aflernooii over the I'eiby course was won by Lord Coventry' Verdict ill Ihree lo one A. K. Macombcr's Parlh, nine to four, was second but half ' lenulh behlmrtlie winner and I'otsoiuvd Arrow, tt lo t, lhlril,j was beiileu by a head. COMMinETfo'LOOk INTO ESTIMATES FOR NATIONAL RAILWAYS OTTAWA, June 5. The up. poiiitiiienl of n select- slamliiiK column t,.,, ( iMinsider Mm esti-matvi of Hie National Hallways "Md ti.O.M.M. wqs confirmed In 'ne House of Commoa today m ; ''Illl' 'till is nccessury for Prince llupert s inirl a its Present railway and; IIijiitI Hoard of l rude, at enl4 ( Prince ifuperl on February 20 '4 iand SI of (hit year to nuke a J '(.ireful examination of the port for Hie Canadian National Hail-14 way Mi Howe report wus prc-tenied to A. I'.. Warren, general manager of CV.ll. western Hid ', a short lime ago. and Is now made "l nubile. Dm I in a with the various MnVanla:e of Him port a a ler- initial point for grain shipping Hie report is a follows: Prince Rupert City The Oily or Prince Itupert is situated on Kiilen Inland. In lull- ludc 51,20' N Jbugiludc 130 20 'y M.j(lf about 10 miles soulli uj j,e .ukan boundary. Its pop untli.n I about 7,0. The city wn4 j(H uwn ra it' waier y- In. . ..1 i.i t ...1 Hn, ncwonie y!tem, ami iimin llaiu an efficient fire depart. (nor pRfiMrr piipprt . Northern and I'lll.NUK 44444444444444444 j j Tnaintn utia i BIQ WINNINGS I 4 LONDON. June 5. Hie 4, Kail of Derby is liandnu 4 iwr Hie eiil ire take 4' money won by hi horse 4; Suuoviuu yesterday al I lie 4! Derby lo his trainer, Hon. 4' (leorge I. amnion, who Will 4 benefit to Hie extent of 4 about 55.000. 4 4 I HCCiriAIC MftT VCT llvlnUJ NUi 1L.1 HEARD OF ELEVATOR, jPcrmanent Staff Not Saying Any- thin In Regard to An nouncement ! 'TAVV4. Juni- OfuY.ialslof the fif'fi? rMMdlCVo'enafDurlit tilled lal lixlil.liat Hiey hadj . . ' .1 i .i m 1 11 ; 1 1101 neani 01 11 iieiimie wtdiiiii provide in llii ,e..i(tii'x e.-llmulc for Hie eoiirtrueliun of a terminal elevator al I'riure tlu-nerl . Neither Hie Prime Miniler Hie nuni-ler of public work.- Meinlier. of Hie permanent tdalT either hae not heard of Hie decision or if Hiey hml they would not tell it without authority. REGBEAUMONT IS PROMOTED .iC.Q.M.M. Superintendent Here Given Position as Manager of Coast Steamers at Vancouver lleiuald lleaumonl. formally jears Canadian (iovernmeiit Mer-chaul Marine superintendent at Hits port, has been promoted to the position of inaiiaser oT roast steamers of the Hue with head quarlers al Vancouver. His new duties on which he will enter July I will apply lo the vessels of the Heel plyinc between Pacific Coast ports including those running to California. While Mr. Iloauniont's many friends will be pleased indeed to leant of his promotion it will be a cause of retire! lo them that, it involves s iiiuvitiK fun Ihe illy. Mrs. Iteauiuonl returned lo the city yesterday afternoon from Vancouver where she went to make arrangements for moving. (ihe Obtained a house ami will move towards Ihe end of the mouth with her mother, Mrs. Leys, and family. Mr. Ileaumont is expected hack on Saturday. Mr. Ileaumonl's successor here will he John Carroll, formerly dock agent at Seattle and more recently in a similar position al Victoria. WIGWAM STRANDED While towing a barge of lumber from the (leorgetovvu mill the power boat Wigwam si funded on ihe rocks early this iiioruiug In Ihe Metlakalla Passage. It is ex pected she will be rvllouled at hljli tidu to-uiorrovv tnonllnaf. iiueul. riixaHoii l on Hie slnsleiroulil be reaclieil lor a siaieuieni jtax buMii. no lae beiuv churned ,011 properly other than land, line lo Hie influence of Hie Jipance !curreil, (he climate i temper, ale Hiroiiiihout Hie ear. lehi iwe.illier beiii practically 1111- IkllllWU. Prince Rupert Harbor Tie harbor is jtitualed between Kaieu Nlaud on the routh and PiKby llainl and Hie Tiinp-ean pi'iiiuiila 011 Hie north and i reacheil from the Pacific by way of liixon Knlrwnce and Itrown'ti ocean Is easy of navigation the' enlriuii;e to Hie harbor bein well marked with llulils ami buoy,, and depth of channel beiii 21 to 2l fatlioiirs. The harbor has a width of about I Vt miles and n length of alMiul leu miles. Depth of water in the harbor ariet from 20 lo 27 fathoms. The shores are of rock and drop off abruptly into deep water. Anchorage in the harbor is hikmI and beinjr free from Ice and obslruc lions and exccptiuivally well sheltered, it Is a safe and eay harbor to manoeuvre in. While Ihe tidal vuriatiou.H amount lo 21 feel for average spriiiK ides I lie harbor is free from currents. The liominiou Kovernnieul main. laius a iuarantine sUtiou, a hos pital for sick mariners and an Isolation hospilat. Harbor Facilities The port has n floalhijj dry-dock wilh lining capacity of 20,. (Hill tons and filled up with most moderni macliinery. The plant includes m'achlne shop, boiler and blaeksinlth shop, power house, shipbiiildiiu; shed ami Ide lnuncliliiif plalfurm with IrnvellliiR cranes. This drydoek was by Ihe (irand Trunk Pacific Hallway at n cost of about 2.MHI,(MHI. The Imperial Oil Company inainliiins a lare supply of fuel (continued on paite flvo) (ieorge V. Wilkinson of Oiine's Drug Store slalf is Hailing lo- niiiht .for Vancouver where ho will attend a convention of the Oddfellows.' Lxft. Central British Columbia's Newspaper III I'KUT, ll.fi, TIILHHDAY, JUNK 5, W21. LOGICAL CENTRE FOR1 HANDLING OF SCHEME PROPOSED BY MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT INSPECTION Establishment of Elevator Here is Sound Economic Proposition Expert Advises Railway Company Tim (lie rsLiblislimeiil of gram elevator facilities at Prince i t i uit economically sound proposition; dial Hit construe-j THE MARK THAT . . .... 1 Mil n I scrub icwTcer .FAILURE OF. DEATH RAY Actual Test Carried. Out by Qovernment Proves Invention Ineffective LONDON, June S. The deadly power or the death ray, which was recently Invented and offered for sale to the qovernment, failed to materialize In recent government tests, the House of Commons was told today by William Keach, under secretary of air ministry. During the tests, Mr. Keach said, one of the ministry's experts placed himself In the path of the ray only ten yards distant from the point of emanation. If the Inventor's claim had been borne out the expert ought to have disappeared. Instead, the under-secreUry was pleased to report, he was dolnn very nicely and when last seen showed little si;ns of having suffered. JAP OFFICERS KILLED IN AIRPLANE BLOW-UP Five Lose Lives and Sixth Fatally Wounded When Fuel Tank Exploded TOKIO, June 5. -Two Japanese naval ollicers ami three nou comiiiissiuued ollicers were killed and another was fatally injured in-an air disaster at tin Yoko - buka naval base. The six weir aloft in a hydroplane when Ihe fuel tank exploded. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE REVENUE RETURNS FOR MAY ARE ANNOUNCED i.iisloins and excise revenue for the month of May this year at tlie(Sniilli and his inechiinic, whose port of Prince Hucrl totalled airplane developed trouble on .?2G,"77.0l acconimg lo rigureswvdnday, hopped olf for given oul this morning at the Shanghai at .5u on Thursday lusloins house. A decrease Is shown from the tolul for May last year which was about M,0)0, while Ihere was also u slight de- creaso from April of this year wnen tho total w 528,475 90 WONT COME OFF NEW MODERATOR PRESBYTERIANS Dr. McKlnnon Elected: Encourag Ing Work In Sunday Schools Reported IIWHN SOLM, June 5. The I itlielli General Assembly f the Presbyterian. Church in Canada opened last night. Hcv. Clarence McKinnoii of Pine Hill Theologi cal seminary, Halifax, was elected moderator, succeeding lr. Gaudier. Very encouraging progress has been made in" Sunday School work during the. fifty years' history of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, according o Ihe reporl of the board of Sabbath Schoosvand You 11 k People's Societies present ed lo Ihe Presbyterian (ieueral Assembly here today. In 1873 there were reported 70(5 Sunday school, wilh 7,13'J ollicers and teachers ami l'J,20t scholars. Today there are 1.0(12 Sunday schools with 35,378 teachers and ollicers ami 3 1 U. HOG scholars. Policy Recommended The following policy ii recommended: "Thai we encourage Sunday school hoard and teachers of our public schools lo lake full advantage of Ihe provisions of the school law in their respect ivc provinces in regard to religious exercises and instruct ion in the public schools. "Thai the plapsi for he week day religious education under the lauspices oi local churches and il"'"M''y corelaled as to the work of the public -school, be com mended to our ministers ami oilier lenders us a valuable way or extcmiing die work or our Church in this department." THIRD FLYER HAS REACHED SHANGHAI IvACOSH IMA, Juno 5. Lieut. morning lo join the other flyers already there. .SHAMHIAL June 5. -Lieut Smith, the American flyer, ar- rived from Kugoshinia at 12.10 I.Thursda arieniuna Strtrt SlM 42. Th Latest In Restaurant. BOSTON GRILL . . Third Avenue. Best of Food Oood Service. Private Boxes for Party Use. Take Her to The Boston." Annual Examination of Head Offices and Leading Officials Included in Robb's Proposal OTTAWA, Juutf o. lion. J. A. flubb, acting minister of finance, has laid before the banking committee of the House of Commons a roKied -clienie of government bank inspection Hie chief feature!! of which are thai u general inspector of banks apKjiuled by the minister of finance, ahall examine the bead offices of all banks al least once a year and any branch that is. considered necessary, thai he shall be given power to examine the general manager or officials under oath and it will be his duly to reporl lo the minister when be is satisfied that the bank is iusohenl and the minister t hen. without waiting for the bank lo suspend, shall request "the bankers' association lo appoint a curator. I It is proposed that the banks will be assessed on the basis of Iheir assets for Hie cost of the inpeclor and of Hie officials under him. MINERAL RESEARCH WORK IN INTERIOR Dr. Georae Hanson of Ottawa and Party to Make Examinations this Year In Smlthers and Bablne Country Mineral resartfi Work" Is to"1e carried oul this season in the, iSinllhers ami Habine "districts by , Government had decided lo con-jlr. (ieorje Hanson, g'ologisi for'slilule a committee lo solve the Hie federal department oT mines. 'constitutional and legal Issues of Mr. Hanson is making his head-'uch a. commission. The corn-(luarlers al Smilliers, and his millee will include Sir Adrian Tamily is already Ihrre. There Knox or Australia and it w ill sit will be Ihree assistants in thciiluririir Julv. parly Ibis year H. C. Cunning, II. Sc.. w ho graduated in I 'J 2.1 from the University of H.C., and C. F. Barton and J. L. Haiusell, geology students al Hie same in-stilulion. Mr. Cunning and Mr. Itarlon already have arrived in the north and Mr. Haiusell will be. here shorlly. Or. Hanson arrived in the city from Smithers last nuht and Ibis morning with members of his party he left for the interior by hand car. Some cursory examinations are lo be made between here ami Smithers and some samples collected by them during Ihe next few days. VARYING PRICES FOR FISH SOLD T0DAYl,,,n ,,,acp,, al ,he dispsul ,,r .Clarence Darrow, chief itefcncu Salmon Fetches 12'jc, About Same as Paid For Halibut Four American halibut boats sold catches Mailing 00,000 lbs. ut the Fish Kxchange today and a .similar number of Oanudiaus, Itl.ono lbs., making u total for the day of 85,000 pounds. Prices were somewhat lower than yes terday. Arrivals Kind sales: American Alaska, Jo.O(H) lbs., at t3.2c ami Or, to the Pacific and llooth Fisheries. Itravo. 7,500 lbs. Ut t l.3o uud Oc, lo the Pooth Fisheries Canadian Co. Haltic, 12,000 lbs., al II. Ic and Oc. anil Carolen, 7,000 lbs tit 13c ami Oc. to Ihe Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Canadian Theluia II., 1,000 lbs., at 12.0c. nnd 7c, to the lloyal Fish Co. Kuicn, 5.000 lbs., at t2.5c and 7 ,2c, ami Minnie V 3,500 lbs., at 1 2.1c and 7c. to the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. D.S.T., 0,500 lbs., at t2.Cc and 7c, to Hie Attiu Fisheries. ;: Salmon iKuren, 1,70(1 reds, at 12.0s, to Ihe Atlin Fisheries. '": t Siljan. 1,000 reds. aV 12.5o, to the lloyal I'bU Co. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GRAIN OF BANKS ' WILL SOLVE IRISH TANGLE Boundary Commission Likely to Have as Chairman a Chief Justice I.O.t0., June 5. Following Hie announcement by Premier Macdonald that the Covcritinent had secured a chairman 'for Ihe Irish boundary commission and thai his name would-be published Thursday, it is reported that Sir James lloss-Innes, chief justice ufnieUnion of jSoutJi 1 AJrica has Wen apoinled." The Premier declared lhal Hia LUXDO.V, June 3. Premier Macdonald announced in the House of Commons this afternoon l hal Justice Feel hum of the Union of South Africa would bo chairman oT the Irish boundary commission. MILLION TO DEFEND BOYS Clarence Darrow Has Huge Sum at His Disposal In Kidnapping Case CHICAC.O, June 5. It U re ported I Wat a million dollars has counsel for .Nathan Leopold ami tllichard I.oeh, confessed slayer Jaml kidnappers of Hubert Franks. MCGILL GETS HALF MILLION DOLLARS Announcement Is Made of Gift from Rockefeller Foundation to Medical Faculty of College MO.VntlLU June 5. Ofuciat announcement is made of the gift ojf 500,000 fcom the llockefeller I-oundaliou to the medical facul. ty of McOill University. LEAGUE BASEBALL . . 1 . American League Washington 5, Detroit 0. Philadelphia 0, Cleveland 5. New York 3, Chieugo i. Uoslop 0. SI. Louis 5, National League SI. Louis' 12, Philadelphia 5. All others ruin. C.X.H, tdeaincr Prince .l.n, Cait, .Veil .McLean, Is expected from the Queen Choriollo Islands und Vancouver on Saturday nnd I scheduled lo relurn noulh via Hie smne route ul 8 o'clock Monday ivcnimf.