Wken Yh Waul A TAXI 10 a hurry Four halibut eatclie al the 99 eel Oar and Beit Service In the Otty. Ratet Reasonable VOL XIV.. NO, 13, AID PEOPLE OF HEBRIDES ISDS. ; me und cut off all mean of ensued. IiImmmJ, J A. Stewart of the Su I grave li'lilutc snld lie had sent (he appeal on lo the Itocketoller Intitule and to President Coolidgc aklng for cooperalloii in the relief rainpaliiit SEA HARVEST IS VALUABLE FISH ARRIVALS Four Boats Marketed 32,600 Pounds of Halibut al Exchange This Morning bonis ,Fi-lnlh-' Library--liaiueiil lulWli;-1 v- . Mr.Jt,ii FIRST STONE ON THE BUTTON Sir Henry Thornton Opens Bon-spiel at Winnipeg With Officials Sweeping WINNII'F.O. Feb. 20. Keen enthusiasm wus diptayed al llic .Terminal Hlnk here this mom j. .. i.iPn. show Million tint when Sir Henry lhrulon, and Quarter Dollars Value for president of the Canadian Na- Ihe month lional naiiways. oiiicihii upem-u ;lhc first unnuaj Wiiuiiprg rnil- OTTAWA, Feb. 20. Canada's, way bonspiel by drawing the first harvest of Ihe sen for January slone right onto the button, was valued at l. 238.551. During His sweepers were A. 1.. Warren, ihe mouth 370.3.10 cwts. of sea general manager western region 'mil was marketed commercially of Canadian National and It. at Allanlle and Pacific ports Morgan, terminal superintendent iUHinsl 174,787 cwl. valued nl CP.lt.. while Ihe broom was held !:?8,20l In January lasl year. by J. F. lMhlson. president Jr On (he Pacific coasl the halibul the Manitoba Curling Asso-ialion. nl..il iCi.OOO.The auspicious opening speaks being landed. There was a big Increase in Hie herring catch of Hritih Col- ewt curling. well Tor Ihe success of Hie lion-spiel, which was only organised nhout u fortnight ago ami has 88 iiinbia, the total being 20l',f.ll rinks entered for Ihe two days Sir Henry, being an energetic t. . . ... . . I rt.ooo pounds and llnee Caua dians, (0,500 pnuinls. Arrivals and sales: American' Kldsvold, (0,000 pound, al H'.He mid lOelo the Hoolh Fish- vi ies i.auaiiiaii i:o. Canadian Fisher, (1,000 pounds, at (Lie "d He, and Olbson, 7,000 pound, l t L3c ami 8e, lo the Canadian i isn iV Cold Slornge Co flirt member of Ihe Hoyal Thistle Curling Club, Montreal, was very interested In the morning's play. lie was accompanied at Ihe rink by several officials from head-tpiailers here, including 11. A. Dixon. II. M. Temple, A. C. F.gan. marketed fislmriie Scott. W. 0. Manders. A. PASSENGERS AND MAIL STILL TAKEN TO UNITED STATES LI INI )0.. Feb. 20. -Passenger sailings on Hie hie steamship lines are unaffected as yet by I lie dockers' strike. The liner Olympic sailed this morning Willi 1.000 passengers and 5.000 bags of mail for New York. OFFICERS OF ROYAL i.....l.iti fiti. I 'I' I T.ii- in'OiiL ,un' inns ""rf'"o I Villi il III I' "l f. . dent of lhe Terminal Curling Kink. MUSSOLINI DECLARES LABOR GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE NO CHANGE ItOMF., Fell. '.Ml. The Labor iruvernmenl in F.ngland under Kouyo.su, 3.500 nnunds. al I Llic Hiunsay Mncdoiiald will rnuse no ''id 8c, lo Hie Hoolh Fisheries upheaval in the world, according ttaiiadhiti Co. !o Premier Mussolini who men- . . tioned Iho matter in an election A. Wlthernow, Miperinlenilent address here. There will be no "f the Coastwise Slraniship .Irluinpli or socialism effected. 1'argo Co.. reliipim.i .null. ..ii Hi,. Snelnlism Iras failed in Ilussla Self ad Mrs. llenniiig. PURPLE INSTALLED Ceremonies Are Followed by En joyable. Social. Evening Presentation lo Mrs. Dlbb Officers for the year IV2J ol the Ladies or the Hoyal Purple were installed last evening al the regular lodge meeting. The ceremonies were in charge of Mrs. Frank Dihh, rotiriug honored royal lady, and Mrs. C. II. F.lkln, conductress, assisted. the Installation, an tolallinK 32.500 pounds ,. Kger. K. Ilr rick and M. 11.1 Following J rM evening was 1 1st. l-.xel.a..ge this morn- .u.irp iy. r-everni - Ut.r.cs,inu.Mls NU.,e served t..I..1 l I.. I the pri;.e winners being Mrs. um In lhe course of the evening, Mrs. II. F. Classey, the new honored royal lady, presented to Mrs. Dibit a beautiful bompiet on behalf of the, officers nd members oT Hie lodge. The coinmlltee in charge consisted or Mrs. 11. M. Newell, Mrs. Dihh niul Mrs. K. II. Shoekley. CANCELS LICENSE DIG IN TOMB OF KING TUTENKHAMEN !ardena yesterday nriemoon fol- and elsewhere and Its failure ls CMIIO, Feb. 20. --Tlic Fgyp.lian lowlnir the iiu.ri finii.,u- nt inevilable. The Hiillsh Kmplro government has cnncellcd Ihe II- liis compuiiy's 9leamer Amur olT will go on as usual undlMurbcd cense Issued lo Lady Carnarvon Hio While Cliff Island reef yes- by the political change that has lo conduct excavation.-) ir In I' rdoy aftcrm on '. 'oe- uMI centre t nib 'f King Tuieukhainvn On Ihe proposed basis France, whose share of mortgage bonds would be 5,200,000,000 gold marks, would receive 312,000.-' 000 gold marks yearly. France would then be expected lo wilh- draw almost entirely from the.' Uuhr. BIG STRIKE Secret Meeting of Employers Being Held This Afternoon LONDON, Feb. 20. There Is likelihood of an Immediate resumption of negotiations between employers and the striking dock workers with a favorable prospect of a settlement, says a Press Association statement. The statement says that a secret meeting of employers Is being hold this afternoon. EDMONTON REDUCING CITY STAFFS WITH A ! VIEW TO ECONOMIES omies nrn being carried out here In connection with lhe civic gov ernment. Ten constables, are be Hi ' ts (low boiny remedied. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PIUNCE HLT'KHT, H.li, WEDNESDAY, FEMIUAHY 20, 1021. v..Uf.,. ciftuufon mi str.it saa. BBBKBRftlBX(BBHs?BYilBaBv9' BBsVHBBMM' 'B ErB Panama Bathing Beauties Twenty of these twenty-two children are tfrls whose ares ranze from seven to fourteen years, and they are not mere bathine beauties. From their Infancy they have played in and around the water at Panama, and they now jive regular exhibition! of their aquatic skill. The girl on the left of the rear row is a back-stroke and crawl champion of the Panama Canat Zone and the Is to take part in the Olympic Competitions. The photograph was taken titer an exhibition before the paasenrers of the Canadian Pacific S.S. Empress of Canada, now on World Cruise. Committee of Experts Suggest Mortgage on German Railways and Their Sources of Income P.G.E. INQUIRY ABOUT TO BEGIN JUDGE PRESIDING VANCOLYLU, Feb. 20. --Mr. Justice (ialliglier of 1 lie court of appeal will preside at the commission uf inquiry Hito alleged irregularities in connection with the construction of the Pacific (real Kaslern Hallway. The rirsl session vt Hie commission will take place on Thursday and Ihe taking or evidence will begin on Monday. WEST IN GRIP SNOWSTORMS (Fourteen Thousand Men Em-j ployed Clearing It Away In New York j TOIIONTO, Feb. 20. Lower jOntario is in Ihe grip of one of the worst storms in years. Com- ' , . . i i . i. ...ii.. i ... i 1IU1UR HUt'll is mini imri nipivu, Snow storms .-are sweeping In Stales. In thousand men en are endeavoring to ing released and other olllcers in the snow. Ihe force reduced wilh a view (o making savings. Also there are amalgamations -going on at (he city hull and a number of em ployees will bo releaseil. The general opinion hero has been (for some time that the city dc clear Convoyed by Ihe Pacific Co.'s wrecking- vessel Tecs, upwards when Ihe vessel settled on the reef. Plates will have lo be taken oul and frames renewed. Half or Ihe Amur's cargo was removed to scows before the vessel was floated and 11 has now been delivered lo What is left aboard will remain there ami be taken south as ballast. Good Salvage Work Thtv successful floating of the Amur represents another credit sinie m gei nit; sii-uiiit-r on uuu The Latest In Restaurants. BOSTON GRILL Third Avenue. Best of Tood flood Service. Private Boxes for Parly Use. "Take Her to The Boston." PRICE FIVE CENTS. EFFORT IS TO BE MADE TO SETTLE STRIKE MORTGAGE ON GERMAN RAILWAYS SUGGESTED REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT Three Thousand Men Working in London but elsewhere the Dockers are still standing pat LONDON. Feb. 20.- Kiiipluvers claim u slight improvem-iil in IIik ulrikc i t tin 1 mjii mi London lull no ign or a Ulup al oilier purl. Three thousand men arc working nl llic Loudon docks, winch i. less limn one Tilth of Hie iiorinul number. .Ships carry nig ni'-ul from South Africa remain unloaded and meal prices ur" soaring. TiicrniiifM.irlcr' I'nioii has instructed members to refuse to curry goods to or from the Uuck. The ruilvs iiyincii al HrinisUy and Hull have refused lo work and consignments of goods are stranded. j The council of lhe Trades L M ion Congress decided miaul- iiii'Ul- Inst ii i It t to 'support the strikers' demand. i lied lettered bills were stuck np around Liverpool lust nighl Incessant Rains Destroyed Crops j appealing )o n,c dockers lo and Ruined Homes of Island pal. People ! About a tlniwiiid shipyard cti- jginrer wimiI uii strike ul South-NT AV YORK, Felt. 20. A cable arnplon yesterday for an In-from Lord Arthur Halfour lo the crease in wage. Sulgruvc Institute nsks if the In-! The first disorder for the MHnte can ofTer relief lo 30,000 present dispute occurred nl people In the Hebrides who are Snillliflcl.l Market when pirkels .l.noi.1. ,.f .lat-vt.r nil iMll-l-rvmil W ll llIB OWIltT Ol Lord llalfour states that ten goods and cterks moving sup-nllis nf iiiireusinu rains del, blies from fold storage. Scuffles i rd Ihe crops, ruined llifl and cases uf personal violence Believed Poincare Government in France Cannot Long Survive; French Money Drops in Value I'AIIIS. Feb. 20. The spectacular fall of Hie franc on ex change has aroused keen anxiety. The dominuiil nole of all conversations is lhal Hie lime has come for decisive action lo stabilize Ihe franc. The shakiness of th? Poincare cabinet is the subject of energetic comments and it is considered the popularity of the premier and the confidence in his policy is being weakened by Ihe shortcomings of bis ministers. uose observers of Ihe French parliament believe lhe prestige will nol suffice much longer lo keep the together. MUCH DAMAGE THORNTON IS STEAMER AMUR i AT WINNIPEG Plates of Hull are Badly Bent Bu Tlm8 for President of Can- and She Was In Danger of Breaklnq Back WENT ON AT FULL SPEED Climbed Six Feet When She Struck Rocks on White Cliff Island adlan National Railways While on Prairies WINNIPEG, Feb. 20. Sir Henry W. Thornton, chairman and president of the Canadian .National Railways .arrived here I from the east last night on his regular periodical visit lo west ern region headquarters. His fiiLviluty .this niuruing was lo oilicially open the first the Coastwise bteamslup & annual bonspiel taking place Marge Co,' steamer Amur, which iiere (hi., week by the Winnipeg was -tram led oil the White ClitT railway workers ,fn wbieh 88 Island reef Tor eleven days, ar-'rinks are enlcrcd by the Cana-rived in port under her own ,jan National. Canadian Pacific steam at 5 o'clock yesterday af- aMd Midland railway employees. IIKItLIN. Feb. 20. The committee or experts, according to ll',no". following her floating; .u M.30 lie made connection aiithoritativu iiiforniution, decided that instead or a formidable al n"on- ufleriloon with the radio broadcaster at loan lo It- placed on the international market that a mortgage At"UI' wl" !"'t oul for '""ver Calgary by telephone and sent a ror approximately leu billion gold marks would be placed on 111 ,,,w of ,lic 'u'e a,ld ,l,",lers message to national employees Herman railways und other sources or revenue or the (lerman w,n hl' ca,,l',, for repairs in the throughout the west . government. This shall form Ihe bai or n plan bv which the ,soU"1- n' wrecked vessel is. Tomorrow at. noon he is to allies, especially France, will deriv- regular pavmenls or interest. l"ow lhe 1'ands r l,,e ''"cific address . the Women's, Canadian A relatively small loan is also to be recommended lo as- ou;,uc il f iei'iiinnv tii oriranixe her nalioiiiil cnlil inr l llw li.-mk TIip i writers. amoiiul of Hie loan will probably not exceed $500,000,000. Co. and the under- Club of Winnipeg and before leaving for tlic Fast al ihe end While (here are few outward of lhe week he will make a trip signs ol damage apart from the In Portage la Prairie, where ho fact that a big ten inch ship's 'has been Invited lo speak lo the pump leads from lhe forward Hoard of Trade. Tihold overside and the holds are, A I . ....... I. f I II... j 1 -r..u. .IV....J t-uii'ij unu nit- uilh.-, iiu rattier a disorderly slate, Caiil. Ilewison of the Tees slated this! morning thai (he Amur had sustained .considerable damage through her contact with the. lucks. The hull is not pierced but lhe keel, forefoot and bilges have been damaged and the oil tanks are punctured. This wus caused through the hull bulging LOG EXPORT DISCUSSED Claim Made that Shipments Would Otherwise Have Been Forest Waste VANCOUVF.H, Feb. 20. Two phases ol Hie lumbering industry were explained to the Hoyal Commission on pulp wood al its session here. One was a shipment or logs to foreign markets. Anyox. chiefly Japan, while the other was the exporting of.Collon- wood front the Fraser Valley lo the pulp und paper mills al Everett. Washington . In bolh instances it was claimed, the markets offering in Japan and f.ir l!.i Paelfie SuUaa.. Cn. und Washington absorbed lhe classes Cai.t. Ilew ison who was In Jot limber that would otherwise- charge 'of the work. It was a ditllcult job for (he stranded steamer rested heavily on lhe Imve been forest waslc. Flic commission will sit al Prince llupert on Thursday of rocks having climbed up six reel c morning anu auer- when she ran lull speed on the. noon. reel. Capl. Ilewison' reared for' . a while lhal it would be impos- CANADIAN SCOTTISH from the Atlantic and enveloping that she might break her back EDMONTON, Feb. 20.- -Eeon-j,0 w hole tVf the western United .This might have happened had TO BE DOCKED HERE New York fourteen there been a continuation of bad Lumber Steamer Coming Next with suowplows .weather. As it was, when con- Week Wll Go Into Local Mrs. David Thomson sailed could bo removed at the earllesl Scottish, which Is due- hero next last nighl by lhe Cardeua for'posslble moment. (Tuesday direct from lhe Orient Victoria where she has been cal- Tho circumstances attending i0 load one million reeT oT lumber led on account or tho serious the wreck oT Ihe Amur will come ror Japan, will ulso go into Iho illness or her mother, Mrs. Hay, 'oul when a court or inqunry Is local dry dock for inspection and who suddenly suffered a paraly- held, Capl. Ormfston, tier mas. possibly repairs, (leginatd Mean. the. partnients were over-slatTed and, Ho stroke and a now in 'In siMia! Victoria. away unions um permit, ine worn oi, lightening the vessel was con- llinued day and nigiu so dial sue ft.c.Nf.M. Shipyard For Inspection freighter Canadian the ter, was not on watch when tho piont, local C.U.M.M. supcrinlen- stramPng: occurred-. dent, announced this XAoruinj,'.