TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
and
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Ambulance
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
Service
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
h,,
parties.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
PRINCE
RUPERT
For
rates,
apply
to
Boston
ana
win
01.
Grill,
Third
Avei
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
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a..
VOL.
XIV.,
NO.
227.
'A
PIMNCE
HUPEHT,
B.C.,
FIUUAY,
SEPTEMBER,
20,
12.
V(trdif'i
Circulation,
1.SI7.
Slrttt
Btlti
M4
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
HALF
ALASKA
TOWN
WED
OUT
BY
FIRE
DISCRIMINATION
ALLEGED
AGAINST
SHIPPERS
THROUGH
PRINCE
RUPERT
Prince
Rupert
Victim
of
Discrimination
by
Shippers
to
Vancouver
Apparently
llicre
M
discrimination
against
this
port
in
favor
of
Vancouver
on
the
railway.
The
other
day
the
Western
Milling
Company
of
Calgary
reported
that
they
could
get
twenty
cents
a
barrel
heller
rales
on
flour
from
Calgary
to
Vancouver
than
from
Calgary
to
Prince
lltiperl.
Now
comes
a
Winnipeg
firm
telling
practically
the
same
story.
A.
Mackenzie,
of
the
Prince
unpen
exchange,
wrote
me
Maple
Lear
Milling
Co.
Ltd.
asking
for
quotations
here.
They
replied
in
part:
"We
happen
lo
be
in
the
position
of
being
able
lo
quote
you
a
better
price
f.o.b.
Vancouver
than
at
Prince
Rupert."
Mr.
Mackenzie
report
Ilia)
he
lias
a
number
of
boats
that
will
fetch
the
(lour
from
Prince
Hupert
at
the
same
price
quoted
front
Vancouver
but
the
rail
eol
is
the
thing
that
bleaks
and
makes
it
impossible
for
the
busi-ncis
In
come
here.
Victoria
has
Rate
It
is
pointed
out
that
Victoria
has
I
hr
same
rate
as
Vancouver
even
though
(he
ears
have
to
be
placed
on
a
barge
and
towed
lo
Hint
port
with
the
cosl
of
loading
mil
diiadimr
Ibe-
car
on
Ihe
barge','
which
Is
considerable
Why
there
should
be
dlscrimina.
Hon
HBttinsl
Prince
Hupert.
no-
1)'
skills
to
Miow.
i
ne
peopic
j
linen
It
....
n
I'M
ulil'nvn
lifwtn
fill
it
lllllf
-
-
they
had
the
'aim
terminal
rales
as
I
lie
Houlhern
port
.
This
matter
will
undoubtedly
be
taken
up
with
Ihe
railway
and
an
elfort
made
lo
eliminate
the
discriminatory
charges.
FISH
ARRIVALS
Fortv-slx
Thousand
Pounds
of'i
Halibut
Marketed
at
Exchange
This
Morning
Halibut
arrivals
continue
light-One
American
boat
old
12.000
lbs.
al
the
Exchange
this
morning
and
four
Canadians,
34,000
lbs
u
total
Tor
Ihe
day
of
40,000
lbs.
Arrivals
and
sales
American
Augusta,
12.000
lbs.,
al
1
8c
and
c
to
tbo-
lloyal
Fish
Co.
Canadian
Alii,
10,000
lbs.,
and
Gibson,
12,000
lbs,
al
IGc
nnd
7c,
lo
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.
Mayflower,
2.000
His.,
at
10c
and
Cc,
to
the
Atlin
Fisheries.
Johanna.
J
,00,0
lbs.,
at
15.9o
i
and
7c,
lo
the
Booth
Fisheries
Canadian
Co.
SLOT
MACHINES
ARE
TO
BE
ELIMINATED
El
M
ONT
1X7
Sepl
.
20.
Slot
machines
arc
due
lo
pass
out
of
use
on
the
first
day
of
October,
when
'the
amendment
to
the
criminal
code
passed
at
Hie
last
session
of
the
Dominion
Parliament
comes
into
force.
Attorney
General
Rrownleo
has
been
asked
by
sonic
of
the
operators
of
these
machines
for
tin
extension
of
time,
but
bis
answer
is
that
Inasmuch
.as
the
aniendnioul
to.
J
ho
criminal
code
is
declared'
by
the
Dominion
government,
to!
be
effective
on
Ihe.
first
of
next
month
ho
has
mi'
jurisdiction
lo
grant
any
extension,
even
if
he
desired
to
do
so.
The
ultorney
general
points
out
also
that
ample
warning
has
been
given
during
the
past
year
lo
the
operators
of
vending
or
Mot
machine,
and
says
Ibat
the
new
legislation,
which
by
federal
act
declares
litem
lo
be
games
or
chance
within
Hie
meaning
or
Ibe
criminal
code,
will
be
strictly
enforced
after
Hie
date
indicated,
TOOK
SUPPLIES
TO
THE
ARCTIC
Effort
Being
Made
to
Get
River
Steamer
Through
from
Mouth
f
Mackenzie
EDMONTON,
Sepl.
20.
The
motor
vessel
"Ltard
lliver"
is
churning
her
-way
'up
stream
against
the
current
of
the
Mackenzie
river
to
Complete
the
latest
voyage
ever
made
lo
Hie
..,,
r
.,,
-iv,.r
IV
..
.
.
northern
river
crait,
say
ine
oui-
cials
of
the
Alberta
&
Arctic
Transport
al
ion
company.
Due
lo
Hie
hiss
of
the
H.H.C.
frading
vessel
"Lady
Kindersley"
supplies
had
to
be
rushed
north
for
Hie
different
posts
of
the
H.C.M.P.,
wilh
also
other
poods
for
the
Hudson's
Hay
company
men
and
Ihe
free
traders.
To
get
through
so
late
in
the
season
is
a
mailer
of
"touch
and
go"
and
for
this
reason
the
"Laird
Hiver"
was
selected
as
she
is
powerfully
engined
and
fasl.
The
vessel
left
Fort
Smith
for
the
north
on
September
J,
and
was
due
lo
leave
Aklavik
on
the
return
Journey
on
September
15.
j
Previously
the
latest
sailing
dale
from
(lie
delta
settlement
had
been
August
20.
Tbe
motor
vessel,
pushing
a
barge
ahead
of
her,
was
loaded
with
over
70
tons
of
freight.
She
also
carried
the
last
water
mail
of
Ihe
season
for
the
far
north
and
was
especially
equipped
for
the
journey.
The
captain
carried
inslruc-
lions
o
bring
out
Lieutenant
Young
of
tliu
corps
of
signals
and
his'
three
assistants
if
they
could
be
got
in
touch
with.
They
went
north
to
erect
the
wireless
station
on
llerschel
Island
in
the
Arclic
ocean,
but
Ihe
equipment
was
lost
on
the
Lady
Kindersley
hence
they
will
now
be
on
I
heir
way
"out"
if
they
had
come
up
to
Aklavik
from
llerschel,
as
was
anticipated.
LONG
ON
HOLIDAYS
JEHUSALEM,
Sepl.
25.
Fri
days,
Saturdays
anu
bunuays,
me
'Sabbaths
of
the
three
faiths
in
Palestine,
are
recognized
as
official
holidays
for
purposes
of
presentation
of
negotiable
paper,
and
no
promissory
notes
or
bills
'may
be
protested
on
those
days,
.illt,
...
,t.csion
of
a
ron-.
ference
oT
merchants
wilh
Hie
Chief
Juslice.
All
other
ofilcial
holidays
or
Moslems,
Jews
and
Christians
are
similarly
recognized
In'
Palestine.
BIRTH
A
sou
was
born
at
the
General
Hospital
on
September
21
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
llorwill
of
Dorrecii.
UTAH
EXPERT
FOR
GRANBY:
D,
n.
Moffat
of
Salt
Lake
City
to
Advise
Regarding
Anyox
Concentrator
OPTIONS
ARE
DROPPED
Tunnelling
on
Bonanza
West
of
Smelter
Preparatory
to
Shipping
Ore
Next
Spring
(Special
lo
Daily
News)
ANYOX,
Sept.
2C.
In
connection
wilh
the
Oranby
Com-patty's
concetti
rating
mill,
the
management
has
brought
to
Anyox,
D.
D.
Moffat,
of
Salt
Lake
City,
Utah,
prominent
in
the
min
ing
world
as
a
(designer
and
builder
of
successful
concenlrat
ing
mills,
lo
advise
and
recommend
iiij
connect
ion
with
plans
already
somewhat
matured
for
a
considerable
advance
in
the
out
put
capacity
of
concentrates
at
the
local,
mill.
It
is
anticipated
that
the
originally
estimated
out.
put
would
be
doubled
at
comparatively
small
outlay;
but
just
what
additions
and
changes
will
be
neces.sary
to
obtain
the
de-sir
ed
resull
will
develop
following
the
receipt
of
Mr.
MoflalV
re
commendation
and
advice.
Mr.
Moffat
is
assistant
manager
of
Utah
Copper,
one
of
Hie
biggest
copper
producing
corporations
in
the
world,
and
consulting
ensfineer
for
the
entire
Jack-ling
interests.
The
management
also
announces
that
after
a
thorough
examination
of
the
Eagle
and
Anaconda
groups
adjacent
lo
the
Outsider
property
a
Maple
Hay,
by
diamond
drill
ing
and
oilier
methods,
the
options
held
on
these
properties
have
been
dropped.
Developing
Bonanza
No
new
properties
have
been
bonded
this
season,
although
n
great
many
prospects
have
been
examined
and
reported
upon.
Tunnelling
on
the
llonanza
pro-
perty.
west
of
the
Smeller,
is
still
proceeding,
the
work
being
preliminary
to
shipping
next
year.
During
the
winter
months
the
Humbler
Quartz
will
be
shut
down,
sutlicient
tonnage
of
siliceous
ores
being
available
from
Maple
Hay
and
Larcout
Island.
WIRELESS
REPORT
8
a.m.
DIGBY
ISLAND.
Cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30:33;
temperature,
50;
sea
rough;
8
p.m.
spoke
steamer
Spokane,
Seattle
for
Ketchikan,
212
miles
from
Ketchikan;
mid
night
spoke
steamer
Alaska
left
Ketchikan
for
Slaltle;
8
p.m
spoke
tug
Lome
13
miles
north
of
Langara
Island
bound
lo
sea'
lowing
Ihe
barquellne
Anne
Cohiyri,
Anyox
for
Australia;
8.30
p.m.
steamer
Prince
John
due
Cumshewa
southbound.
DEAD
THEE
POINT.
Cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.08;
(elnperalure,
18;
sea
rough.
HULL
1IAHBOH.
Cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.-
28;
temperature,
15;
light
swell;
8
p.m.
spoke
I
anker
Alaska
Standard,
Port
Wells
for
Ketchikan,
270
miles
from
Ketchikan;
8
p.m.
spoke
steamer
Anyox
330
miles
from
Anyox
northbound;
8
p.m.
spoke
Admiral
Sebree,
cat
tle
for
Kake.
Alaska.
525
miles
from
Kake;
10
p.m.
spoke
steam
er
Princess
Beatrice
olf
Pine
Is.
laud
northbound;
7
a.m.
spoke
steamer
Delwood
passing
Queen
Charlotte
Island
northbound.
HIKER
ENDS
'
JOURNEY
HERE
W.
H.
Chapman
Completes
Six-
teen
Thousand
Mile
.Ramble
and
Wins
Wager
"GLAD"
TO
BE
HOME
Aged
and
Weatherbeaten
Veteran
Arrived
Yesterday
Afternoon
on
Foot
Tall,
gaunt
and'
somewhat
grizzled
and
wether
beaten
as
a
re
sult
of
his
fourteen
mouths
of.
wandering
V.
H.
Chapman,
long
distance
walker,
arrived
in
town
yesterday.
having
completed
the
j'!''1'11
Mioiisaud
niile
ramble
which'
lie
undertook
In
make
in
order
to
win
a
wager-
He
did
not
walk
all
the
way
as
be
takes
a
lift
by
ijulo
or
wagon
whenever
opportunity
offcr
lint
a
great
deal
of
the
distance
was
covered
on
foot
Yesterday
Chapman
says
he
made
35
miles.
felling
of
the
lpng
ramble,
the
unique
visitor
commented
on
the
hospitality
of
the
people
he
met
This
was
estieciallytrue
nf
the
Scandinavians
qf
whom
there
were
many
.along,
the
railway.
Most
of
these
people
gave
him
freely
of
any
thing
I
hey
had
and
refused
to
accot
remuneration.
Tht.
country
along
the
line
of
Ihe
Canadian
National,
the
walker
think
is
Ihe
most
fertile
jn
the
world.
It-it
.were
only
cleared
il
would
be
a
rich
country,
but
none
of
the
places
he
passed
through
have
much
np-peal
lo
Mr.
Chapman,
whn
says
there
is
no
place
just
so
attractive
to
him
just
now
as
his
home
stale.
Mr.
Chapman
is
very'
communicative.
He
tells
all
and
sundry
of
his
experiences
and
of
the
people
he
has
met,
He
speaks
with
a
loud
voice
ami
is
at
once
Hie
centre
of
interest
wherever
he
goes.
In
fact
be
lives
on
publicity.
That
Prince
Hupert
is
the
cheapest
place
to
gel
a
good
meal
he
ha,t
yet
struck
was
one
state
ment
made
by
Chapman
last
night.
He
said
he
had
dropped
into
a
restaurant
here
and
had
got
a
meal
of
corned
beef
and
cabbage
for
25c.
something
he
had
not
been
able
o
do
elsewhere
This
morning
Hie
hiker
showed
his
otllcial
documents
lo
Ihe
mayor
and
he
will
probably
leave
for
the
south
on
the
next
steamer.
LANDED
AT
'FRISCO
SAN
FHANCISCO,
Sepl.
20.
The
world
flyers
landed
here
yesterday
afternoon
having
fled
from
Santa
Monica.
XI
Tax
BOMBS
EXPLODE
LISBON
STRIKE
One
Placed
Under
Bed
of
Maid
Kills
Her
and
Injures
Others
LISBON.
Sept.
20.
Two
powerful'
bombs
were
exploded
yesterday
In
connection
with
the
present
strike
or
barbers
and
waiters.
One
bomb
cracked
the
entire
front
of
a,
four
storey
building.
The
second
was
placed
under
the
bed
of
a
maid
at
the
hotel
and
tbe
maid
was
mortally
wounded.
A
waiter
and
three
quests
were
also
injured,
.
Half
of
Alaska
Town
Wiped
Out
by
Fire
Which
Started
in
an
Upstairs
Hotel
Kitchen
FAIRBANKS.
Alaska,
Sept.
20.
Fire
started
in
the
upstairs
kitchen
of
the
Grand
Hotel
which
destroyed
half
the
town
of
Tanana,
Alaska,
and
the
resulting
loss
is
estimated
at
$80,000.
The
blaze
was
fanned
by
a
strong
wind.
Two
cabins
and
the
building
occupied
by
the
Tanana
Com
mercial
Co.,
a
Chinese
restaurant
among
th6
places
destroyed.
"
RECIPROCAL
TRADE
WITH
AUSTRALIA
ANNOUNCED
BY
KING
OTTAWA,
Sept.
2G.
Premier
Mackenzie
King
announced
last
night
that
a
reciprocal
trade
agreement
with
Australia
lias
been
concluded.
This
agreement,
while
affecting
Hie
whole
of
Canada,
will
have
special
significance
to
Ihe
cities
on
the
Pacific
Coast
as
it
will
tend
to
improve
commerce
between
the
two
countries.
REWARDS
FOR
THE
MURDERER
Six
Thousand
Dollars
Offered
by
Friends
of
Late
David
Lew
VANCOUVEH.
Sept.
20.
He-wards
viggregaling
$0,000
were
offered
yesterday
for
the
capture
of
the
murderer
of
David
Lew,
Ihe
prominent
local
Chinese
who
was
shot
down
Wednesday
night.
The
Yee
Sign
Society,
of
which
Lew
was
a
member,
oilers
$5,
000
and
I
lie
Lew
clan
another
S
1,000.
Eli!1
Sale
at
the
Offlc3
of
D.
I
Matheson,
Collector.
TAX
SALE
OF
LOTS
WILL
BE
HELD
AT
THE
CITY
HALL
ON
TUESDAY,
THE
30th
INST.,
AT
10.00
A.M.
H
List
of
Property
may
be
obtained
the
Collector.
.
M
E.
PARSON
POISONS
WIFE
Also
Instigated
Murder
of
Another
Woman's
Husband
so
in
They
Could
Marry
NASHVILLE,
Ills.,
Sept.
20.
Hev.
Lawrence
Haighl
is
in
jail
here
charged
with
poisoning
his
wjfe
so
lie
could
marry
Mrs.
Elsie
Sweten,
whose
husband's
death
by
poison
he
ronfessed
last
night
that
he
instigated.
He
has
agreed
to
surrender
bis
ere
dentials
as
a
minister
of
the
Methodist
Episcopal
Church.
it
(
and
the
Rodman
Building
were
A
to
ITIMBER
TAXES
ARE
DISCUSSED
in
Representatives
of
Forest
In-
dustries
Meet
Hon.
T.
Pattullo
Regard
to
Royalties
VICTOHIA,
Sept.
20.
Stump-age
as
a
basis
for
fixing
the
Provincial
Government's
royalty
on
limber
was.
proposed
at
a
conference
between
Hon.
T.
D.
Pattullo,
minister
of
lands,
and
representatives
of
the
British
Col
umbia
forest
industries.
The
suggestion
is
being
taken
under
advjsemient.
The
present
system
is
based
on
the
variations
ia
the-
price
of
lumber
and
thai
does
not
work
out
well.
Last
winter
and
spring
the
price
of
lumber
was
high
and
when
the
stumpage
basis
is
re
arranged
at
the
beginning
or
the
year
there
would
be
a
great
increase
in
the
amount
lo
be
paid
the
government.
In
the
mean
time,
however,
lite
bottom,
has
dropped
out
ol
the
lumber
mar
ket
and
an
increase
in
slunvnage
would
keep
closed
the
mills
which
are
already
shut
down
and
cause
others
to
close.
BIG
PROFIT
SHOWN
ON
GERMAN
BOND
Was
'Bought
For
$75
and
Offer
Made
Yesterday
for
$13,000
SAULT
STE.
MAHIE,
OnU
Sep
20.
Peter
Bouchard
of
this
city
has
been
offered
13,000
for
million
dollar
mark
bond
which
he
bought
last
November
for
$75
The
olfer
was
made
by
the
New-
York
brokers
from
whom
he
pur
chased
it.
GERMANY
AND
LEAGUE
OF
NATIONS
DISCUSSED
HEI1LIN.
Sept.
20.
The
cab
-
ts
EDITORIAL
'
DISCRIMINATION
Why
is
it
Prince
Rupert
cannot
get
the
same
terminal
rate
order
to
allow
it
to
compete
with'
other
ports
on
the
Pacific.
Flour
shippers
say
they
can
ship
from
Winnipeg
to
Vancouver
cheaper
than
from
Winnipeg'
to
Prince
Rupert.
There
is
a
dis-
criminatory
charge
against
this
port
that
makes
it
impossible
for
brokers
to
do
business
here.
Jl
has
never
before
been
clear
why
no
business
could
come
this
way.
There
is
plenty
of
shipping
available.
Vessels
are
glad
to
come
here
for
the
busi
ness
if
it
is
offering,
but
the
snag
is
in
the
railway,
apparently.
There
is
a
better
rate
the
other
way.
The
flour
from
Winnipeg
either
has
to
be
hauled
over
the
mountains
through
the
Kicking
Horse
Pass
where
the
grade
makes
it
expensive
to
operateor
goes
by
way
of
Edmonton
where
we
are
told
the
same
rate
.evails
to
this
port
as
to
Vancouver.
Where
is
the
Nigger?
There
must
be
one
somewhere
and
it
should
be
the
duly
of
Prince
Rupert
people
to
find
out.
There,
rmust
be
.
..no'
.ots-'
criminatiou
against
us
if
we
are
do
business.
It
is.
hard
enough
to
divert
business
to
a
new
port
without
embargoes.
Alex.
Mackenzie,
it
is
under-slood,
is
prepared
to
give
documentary
evidence
of
the
handicap
under
which
he
Ts
working
order
that
local
public
bodies
may
take
the
matter
up
with
the
railway.
WOMAN
FELL
FROM
FERRY
WITH
CHILD
Two
Drowned
Near
Sidney,
Vancouver
Island,
Last
Night
VICTOHIA,
Sept.
20,
i
Mrs.
Swartz
ol
Mount
Vernon,
Wash.,
and
her
eight
year
old
daughter
are
believed
to
have
been
'drowned
when
they
fell
ovrboard
from
the
Anacortes
ferry
last
night
as
the
steamer
approacbed
Sidney.
l'he
woman's
husband
and
two
thcr
children
were
on
the
boat.
SMITHERS
APARTMENTS
RAIDED
BY
POLICE
Smlthe-
Proprietor
Ad
pears
Be
fore
Magistrate
on
Charge
of
Having
Liquor
for
Sale
SM1TIIEHS,
Sept.
26
The.Sey-
mour
Apartments
run
by
Joseph
Kelly
was
raided
on
Saturday
night
and
a
quantity
of
liquor
was
seized.
On
Tuesday
Kelly
appeared
before
Magistrate
Hos-
kins
charged
with
keeping
liquor
for
sale
contrary
lo
law.
Pending
Ihe
preparation
and
submission
ol
an
affidavit
in
the
case,
an
adjournment
was
made
until
October
I.
II.
L.
Robinson
U
prosecuting
for
Hie
crown,
atiib
L.
i
S:
McGlll
for
the
defence.
.'
FLOUR
GOES
UP
In
the
past
two
days
flour
has
advanced
10
cents
per
barrel,
20
cents
per
barrel
yesterday
and
inet
has
approved
the
ntfemoran-
20
cents
today,
at
a
time
of
the
dum
drawn
up
on
the
subject
of
year
when
-
the
price
should
be
Germany's
admission
to
the
going
down.
It
would,
therefore,
League
of
Nations.
The
docu-jseem
as
if
Ibe
big
market
will
ment
will
be
communicated
icpntinuca
mi
the,
upl
grade
ffy:
forthwith
to
the
powers
ron-l
futures.
There
i
100
pounds
of
cemed.
"flour
in
a
barrel.