l.'lXlMI.V lht :w. Tb' t"le m, Wi ha I n weiilti the I kIi-Ii eoa.l niidanaerinK nhip-; iii iiml eiiuinp tttajcli Umnaire "iiinxileil. ' M 1 leelwiinil the fa adtaiired ii Inlal wae cauilug the only "ml b ailing inland Ul be liu-pa-abh'. Si lby. in Yorkshire, was al-tii'i-i wa-ln.l ml by I be rtin? of In riM'i- nun', lloimeliolil fire wi n elinyuilii'il by the flood m il Hie f ii nilnre mI aflunl. I'i. -I.ui ii n No flooiJml oul. In I he nper reach of Uie hit riiaiiii'" the water In Mill "-"ig. FORMER ALDERMAN OF VANCOUVER IS DEAD Body of William P. Roberts Found Beside Open Gas Stove In West End Apartments YANmi'VIW. Iee. 110. Sealed 'i a i-liiiir near a nu stnvo in ""in in ii wel end iiparlinenl I'loek Willi I ho gut pouring forth fti'in open jetn, Ihe body T NVil-liain 1'. Ilnbeilx. pioneer rwl-ib'iil iiml former nliliMiiWin, in found Inle Moiidiiy nflernoon by be jiiiillur. lie hud been deiid an licnir. TO REWARD FLYERS WASHINGTON. IW. 'M- - l'reidonl Cooli.ltfe has asked Ihe Nominations Will be Received on January 12 and Voting Will Take Place on January 15 A motion by Aid. l.ollarl ami Aid. Perry "filing January Ii helwi-rn the hour of li und 2 a Hie lime for receiving nomin-alinux for Hie eivie election. January 15 from in 'be nioin-ine unlil 8 ill Hie evening a Hotline ftn- ballolling and appoint -inif t'.ily Solieilor K. F. Jone as reluniiiiB offteer was passed at lat nigbt'i meeting- of the cily iMMiiieil. Mr. Joiie" 'u!situnt! will he drawn a fur a polhlo from (be rilv hull staff and the deputy reluming officer will be Kllll'lt I IIVMH. Inn. I. Ililfnui lone. HIS LOVE SONG WAS A UTTLETOO LATE Now York Man's Wife Drinks Mysterious Poison and Dies NIAV YOUK. Occ. ;iu. While her liu-buml was at his piano composing a loe song which ho honed would help him lo patch 1 1 1 1 a iin.'ii'i el wilh her and her four-year-old daughter was asleei. in her crib. Mrs. Herbert Slohurl drank a mysterious and I'm I nl noisoii at her home and died. HOCKEY SCORES general MulT of tbe unny to re-J Western "iiiiuiieml HUihildi" reward anil ( Vancouver 'ecognihon for Hie army . round i Vancouver Hie world flyers it i announced Calgary i li' 'tie Wtnte 11 it f '' Canada League 0, Ilegiua 5: Herbert llump- and '. AUis- at l.ilinonlon ?, at e.l'rday the voliuz oiii-ineiieed ii all Presbyterian t'.hiirvln- llirooghoul lniadM on the ipiefioii of filtering into Hie l ulled Church of Canada with tin' Melhodiata and Congl-ega-liniialiiU or Mia) in; out of th I nile Hhureli in a "ronliuuiuir Presbyterian Clturph." The niem-berhip of IKe ind.-Wnal eliurehi' an at July 1 9 Ihi. the dale of Hie iai.iiii.' of JJitv "I nil it) ('hiirvh of Canada Ael," li'ii" Hit a.- one ineuilwr one vote and lite iiiajorfty carrivt. If Ihe Inajurily uf regi'lered iiumhImT'I in any church decide to .hv ou(. Ihat rhurrh wilt remain with Ihe "conl inuinp church" and church property will ! Iraus- femt to il. jk. night tbe congregation of Uie Prince llupert Piebyleriuii Church held il iiiH'liug lu decide for or aguiiiHl union and a highly representative poll of (he meiuber was obtained, kt cent uf lhoe entitled to vol le-uig present. The result of the poll bowed 61 member against union ami II in favor or it, a majority of practically 0 lo t, or 85 per cent to 13 per cenl agaiiii-l The meeting WH presided oer by lte. Hi'. II. II. (iiunl and (ieu. Ilorie acted a noil clerk along wilh Tin'. MrClyiii'inl ami John Chnsl ii' a M'i'iil nicer. HOME NAVY IS FAVORED A. W. Nelll Will Bring up Canadian Defence at Next Session OTTAWA, Doc. 30. The question of naval defence of the Canadian coasts will be brought bofore the House of Commons at tbe approaching session by A. W. Nelll, mom-ben for Comox-Albcrnl, who has given notlco that he will movo "that Canada should prcparo to bear some portion of the naval defence of our sea coasts and of our ocean-borno lines of commerce. PETER WRIGHT OF VANCOUVER DEAD Was Pioneer Rolall Merchant and Came lo Southern City 25 Years Ago YANCOL VMIt. Oec. 30.- Peter Wright, one of the eily's best known retail merchants and a pioneer resident, Is dead. Ho came from West Neath, Ontario, twenty five years ago and was a partner wilh F.x-Mayor T. S. Hatet in 'be funtiiyre bu(ne! 25 TAXI BOSTON GRILL and Large Upstair Dining Hall, Ambulance with newly laid dancing floor for hire. Suitable for Service banquets and Wedding dances, Anywhere at Anytime. Stand, Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. parties. For rats, apply to Boston and 6th St. PRINCE RUPERT MATT VIUECK, Prop. Grill, Third Ave. Northern wortnern and ana Central general oni British Columbia' Newspaper Phone 457. tilhday dlckmbku ;jo. 1021. vt" XIV N" m fo..." "piunci: "ii.ti.Ti piunci; m-i'EiiT. mi'KUT. n.ti, WMnTaubT COM t. Special In l)aily News, i VMltrdif't Circulation. 1417. V.iS. 'fcrtalor Praiieis Warfen aged 82, of Wyoming, lib been n-elecleil 'for another six-year leriit, i Hie ohici in ii i lie i in Congre. Hon. Fred A. Pauline is Appointed Agent General For Province at London MtriUHIA, Dec. 'Ml. lion. Frederick Arthur Pauline ol Saauicli, former speaker oT Ihe Hrilih tloluuibiu Legislature, ha linen apMinleil Agent lienerul for M.ti. iu London .succeeding Hie. lale F. (I Wade. Tliu new Agent (icneml was born at lleuley-on-Tliaiiies. Kugland, on .Seplember lit, l.SOl, id Huguenot ancesliy. lie received hi educatioii in Hugluiid and came lo tkiuada in lSS:i ami in 1800 was married in Victoria. For many years lie was in the wliolesiile dry good business ju Victoria, having retired iu 101 1. lleside. having servtil two terms as member for Saanicb jam for iuduslrial develoiunent and one as Speaker in the l.cgis-iin the province particularly with I n I ore. .Mr. Pauline, has noon a member of Ihe Victoria cily council ns well as president of Ihe Hoard of Trade. Kxperience gained at all the.-p posts will fit him well for his new sphere but, perhaps of more benefit to Brit ish Columbia will be his enlbusi- Kid McCoy is Found Guilty of Manslaughter and Sentence is LOS AN(li:n;s. Dec ;pi. Kid McCov, former fumuu der. Seiileuci' will be pased on Friday. An appeal will be entered by McCoy's counsel. WIRELESS REPORT Noon DKAn TIIKK POINT. - Over- eousl; culm; barometer 3O.03;i lemperalure itU ; sea moderule. BULL IIAIllum. - Uiiming; fresh soulheasl wind: barometer ;'0.70; teinperalure 10: moderate swell; H.30 a.m. spoke sleainer Cainosuu left Beaver cannery soulhbouud. CANADIAN VOLUNTEER HERE FOR OVERHAUL C.G.M.M. Freighter Arrived From South at Six O'clock Last Night, C.11..M.M. freighter Canadian voiunieer, .apt. Sutherland, ar rived in inirl from the soulh at six o"eloek last night for general overhaul at the Canadian N'a lionat dry dock. She dbehurged 300 tons of coal at Ihe Alberl- .MCi.atrery iiock lliis morning Hind will be taken tin on the ooh iv rererenee lo i lie creation or an i iron and steel industry. J II is generally conceded Ibal i Ihe choice of a new Agent (Sen-I eral has ration on a man who will I till the office with effectiveness! and dixuily. making a worthy 1 successor lo Hie Into Mr. Wade. to be Passed on Friday Next u, pugili.l. litis been convicted in (he Superior Court here on a charge of -manslaughter iu conueclioii with the shooting of Mrs. Theresa Mors. The penally for Ihe crime is from one lo ten years imprisonment. Shedding tears, McCoy mi id lie believed Ihe ve'hliel was unjust. "D I urn nol guilty u ejiarged, 1 am uol guilly at all," he said. Tlie foreman of Ihe jury said il was a compromise verdict. .McCoy charged' with ' -- was inur- - - Strut 43. CHINA HAS WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS PKKIX. tier. :uj.- lour hundred and eighty nine looters and incendiarits found with loot in the Taiwan railway station have been tried and executed according lo what purports lo he an ollicial military report. REDUCTION IN UTILITY RATES DECIDED UPON I. Macdonald's light and power rale icilueliun hviavv won I its way into Ihe cily council las! night and was given it first readings after permission fot ils being introduced wa granted on Ihe following division: fur t lie byluw. Aid. Macdonald. Aid. Casey, Aid. McMordie and Aid. Smith: against, Aid. Collurt, Aid.! Perry ami Aid. Clapp. Aid. Lvitt did not vole. Having given notice uf motion last week. Aid. Macdonald moved thai Hie bylaw be introduced und found a seconder .in Aid. Smith. Add. Collar), seconded by Aid. Perry, moved an amendment that Ihe bylaw bo referred bark to Ihe rommitlcc with a view lo tiring- ink' about an cualuuliuu of nites without reducing the rev enue so drastically. This done. Aid. Collurt declared be would support tbe byluw. Aid. Mucdouuld slated tliut the byluw proposed would bring about Ihe desired equalization. As the objection to reduction in revenue, ne wus of the opinion ni(.ii isi.am). - Cloudy j toons early tomorrow morning that this would be tuude up for light, east wind: barometer ?0 - for inspection and necessary re-!'u u degree by increased con-70 'enipei alure 11 sinootti ' xtw .,i,a ..n oa?1. ,,x PMCE FIVE CEN13. TO WEAKEN LARGE NUMBER MEN TO BE EMPLOYED AT ISLAND PLANT STARTING MARCH Seattle Police Chief is Not so Certain Now HKATTLK. I 'v III! Il.nl .1 il Ml II It. -- W.il-mi ll.iiik rilin tv .iliiii. "Sonic ili l.nl- ill Watson' alibi don't pan out," -iilii (lie (Hi-i. ".mil nl i iiin-e Hint doesn't do In in an) good." Two i f Wal-on- strongest til i Ih wilucsse. also denied Unit h.nl ! -htiiil .ig.iinl W'mUihi in Washington Slate ul the " lime t lie robbery iieeurri'il. NOT IN FAVOR i j CHURCH UNION Local "hi Presbyterians rusujnunj Vote voie Against Mgainsi Where Y Detective Wast::Z, .11 'H- W .! !'. Clin i "I I..h.T W illi. mi Seven, us. In- Iteliel in (In- uinm run- of K-Di'lei'livr I nl (mi'Ih ip.tlmg hi tin- Naualllio Itoyal xiilise today iiIIi-i cheeking "I' Wal- DIRECTOR OF HOME BANK IS FOUND GUILTY J, F M. Stewart Is Convicted and Sentence Will be Passed January 15 lnliiiNI'i ki :m. .1. I M a.ii'I ul Toronjln, u director 'III Hi. MM' llltllk, Vklt 1 1 "111) .nut guilt) of ln,lia,''liee lit .ulna lilw and deceptive slalc-. iii eonm-eliou Willi Hie f- - ..f the I. ,.iii-il in. Tii lire. . Il.le 1 1 VVifia I In ,i (fin i -il I Ii ii.iIiiii) Iii-iii inu has f January r.. 'I'lii1 allur ing- I.. i tin. fi.in su-pecl arc iil in.; I.. i dull ik. Sentence will 1 oontl .l.i ii mi ry ..i iiml iiiie offi-i !..-.. i nnv tried ji ..-ii-.'aimii of , ii. I. flip. -I bank. ENGLISH GALE DOES DAMAGE Terrific Wind Sweeps Water Before II on to Shore JAILER'S WIFE STOPS ESCAPE OF PRISONER - Pelted Rocks at Man Trying to Get Out of Prison Window LDMilNTOX. h. Dee. 30. -Mr. I',. T. Oarrctt. wife of the fuller of Molralfc enunly, hlookd a jail ilHtvery here after h ilUemnred Lriwani Jennings, awaiting trial on a charge, of highway robbery, half way out of a window, the bar of which Mr. Oarretl galberrHl an ari-fl of rock and beiran to throw I hem til Jenniiig. They rami o rloe Itial lae prisoner crawled hark oul of ratine. JeimiliK aid later the fir( Hiree roeki wiTf "three Mlrike'' 'iinl. .i- Mr- riiri-iit'H aim vn iihii m ma. In' ,il.;i):.iili'.I Ills at-Iflnlil I" erape. I DATE OF ELECTION IS FORMALLY SET LOCAL CHURCH AGAINST UNION Tin. cung eeal ion of I he local Presbyterian Church lal night nl I'll against Church Union by i'tU J I. The voting hnik place in lit eli ii re h am) I hose m charge . of Hie balloting vw J. I.. Christie, Oeo. Morie aiul Thomas ; : , ' : ! j j : Lumber Mill at Queen Charlotte City Taken Over and Will Resume The lumber mill at Oueen Uliuriulte City, liirmeil) owned by Uie North American Timber lli.ldiogs (.Ut., has recently bci-n obl to Mt -.-rs. I.w.irt and Sirctl of Vancouver. A. .1. Mi'llul-liiiigh, who wa s(in. jiii'n(i ul uf Ihe Ituckley Hay mill for a considerable time, is leaving on the next trip of the Prince Joint lo gel Ihe machinery in order and have the mill running in Mu.'.h. The null at presenl has a capacity of ."(,000 feel a day ami this will be increased by Ihe new owners to 7.",000 feet a iluy by the installation of a re-saw -- - - and u new lioiiT am) engine. A lalli mill is also lo- he installed. When operations loumieiiee .March be!wei'ii Ii3 and lf0 men .vill he nodoyeil. Several mech-anicK and miliwi-i'.'iit will arrive j "cim Vancouver in the near ."oture to assist Willi Ihe iiihlal-latiou of new machinery at the mill. Speaking uf tbe lumber situ ation in the New ear. .Mr. Me-Cullough says that the lumber men in Vancouver are very op- ItUHIslIC limistk 4tS 4tc to tO Ihe future outlook t APPLICATION - OF PROVINCE Premier Oliver Says Discrimination Against B.C. re Crow's Nest Rates to be Protested YlCTOitIA, I tec. 30. Tbe Itritish Columbia government I yesterday prepare! a formal ap- ilwfWafWa tiV Oie rairvtSy cduuni;- a Ihimr of Ihe jiast. Already ' sion for an order inakipg Ho? Ihe price of logs and lumber ha Crow' Nest freight rales appli- aone up a utile wiiicn augurs cattle to eastbound as well as well for Ihe future market. I westbound iroods. - Premier Oliver issued a statement saying Ihe government was protesting any discrimination against this province arising from the federal governm,ent'sN decision to temporarily restore Ihe Crow's Nest rates. JAP STEAMER . CATCHES FIRE Passengers and Crew of Glnyo-Maru Forced to Lifeboats on California Coast v -at LOS AN'OKLLS. Dec, an. .-fire which broke oul aboard the. Japanese ieamer (Jinyo Maru7 last night and forced 70 pas"", sengers and most of the vessel' crew of 103 to take to" the liTcr boals, is still being bullied, acainsl today. Arrording to signals receive!! Ihe occupants of Ihe lifeboats Aid. Macdonald's Bylaw Wins! have been picked up. One hold fl Out arinr Lonn Debate In oiaoeii Willi nuraie ami an CX City Council plosion i feared, gers were forced The leave hur- riedly without their belongings. LIQUOR HEAD TO : TOUR PROVINCE I Huah Davidson Will Invnttlnnl -- a Conditions Throughout British Columbia VrCTOIlLV.. (Dec, 30. To in. vesligale liipior- condilions, Hugh Davidson, recently appointed British Columbia liquor eum'inissioner. js planning h lour throughout , the provlnclj shortly. FOn MAYOR At the request of many friends and ratepayer in the cily I beg to announce myself as candidate in tbe mayoralty contest for 1025. I will announce my plulform In the course of a few davs. THF.O. COLLAHT. Alderman. r I i it "1 1