VIl.TolllA.
Do
12
Warning
dial
lie
was
prepared
lo
use
i.
ivunuhle,
vi
iimii
lo
tit
.ike
elfeTive
the
amendments
he
prole
lo
the
Lopioi
At-1,
giving
(he
(ioveriimcul
greater
control
;,
-liTr
it'li'i
m-.
wa
givu
to
Ihe
breweries
h
Hon.
A.
M.
'
M;:'
u!
nUuriM
general,
m
Hie
Legislature
yesterday.
Mr
M.iiKtiii
slated
Hull
if
wa
mil
ucrcssarv
(hat.
I
li
(iov
!
t
:::;!"!!
pill'1
hac
beer
from
(he
breweries,
owners
tr
which'
c
::Ir
iilrtl
Mint
Hie
amendments
were
ultra
vire
of
Ihe
pro-
Hi
I;
Uiorni'y
(nm-ial
-ai'l
he.
i
Mia'
In-
t
1
1
w
I.Mmm
I
"'
llfcl'-r.l
WW
1
1
1
1
lulll
III
;siii
t"
i.i!'
"in
the
PENDRAY
MAYOR
OF
VICTORIA
It
1
HIA.
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l.
I
Oll
U
i.iln..
,.
ri.
,.nn
ii
allilp
MAGOFFIN
IS
OPTIMISTIC
Well
Known
Railway
Contractor
Tells
of
Psychological
Change
In
Cast
A
great
wave
of
optimism
WtWtr
SUrwtand
Is
Police
Com-
wn.h
has
just
started
in
Mont,
mlnljntr
and
Shanks
I
real
i
sweeping
across
Canada
Among
Aldermen
""'I
"bould
soon
he
fell
on
the
.
ll'arilM
tHil
ihrUfK
S.
S.
Ma-
Carl
pulhn.
Ihe
well
known
railway
I'aml
Co..
w
dueled
ciiy
irum
uir
mhi
raw
mam.
ii(
tin
rlly
lo
follow.
MagoIHn
allributrs
Ihe
Howard,
wl
mm
a
vellum
hologieal
cl.aliM
cliutife
4
i
ln
IcicioUlnrr
Hi....-u
i-oiiiI
of
:
It
Hi
"n.
rel(
eUte
and
31
bl"kT.
It
fAet
i
Iiiii'
nllrilor
ami
Sliik.
harlwr.
S
Unoijwiird,
areretary.
II
Cnlliit,
former
King'
v
tr
(II
M
j
Man.
limbermun.
.Mua.
n-iil
eitlale
broker,
hl.nn-lulid.
putiil
iiian-
.'I
UHk
lllllll!'
A
uiiceinenl
is
being
made
in
Vancouver
of
the
appointment
of
.1.
(i.
MeNali.
for
five
years
aenerul
auenl
of
Hie
Canadian
I'aciflc
.Itailway
in
I'rinee
llu
perl
and
since
11)15
district
freight
nw'ciil
Tor
the
Canadian
Pacific
Steamships
"'Hi.
suo-reeding
I'.
II.
t'.lendenniiig
who
has
resigned
lo
lake
over
the
uclive
presidency
of
tho
Kmplre
Shipping
t:o.
Many
friends
in
Prince
llupert
or
Mr.
McNab
will
be
pleased
lo
learn
r
his
promotion,
lie.
will
he
succeeded
as
district
freight
agent
by
Waller
Wright,
at
present
as-
"f
rock,,
mu.j
.....I
trees
Misianljo
Mr.
'.I'wnnm
D'O
yards
loot
eaiin
down
over.
'
Zn.,
nMMi
;
r.u,laiIiul,
Nll,t..i
Railway
mud
AND
ROCK
SLIDE
""ins
just
yAsI
(U
Tactile.
it
I'leveiitci
t.
,.(,,
leaving
here
f,,r
Hie
l-.it
h)
Wednesday
urter-iio'mi
golliiii
Ihroiigh
and
also
"'e
train
eortilnif
west
veslerdliv.
Afcordiimly
twiMsenirers.
express;
Wire
Connected
'"'
niiiil
weris
Iransreried
and
J"
west
1,,'inui
irnlu
returned
'".ant
tM,
puMlhoiind
Iraiu
eiiini.
i,.,,.
jn,.0
m-pKiiuf
about
""'I'dglll
llts(r
niKhl.
G.N.R.
slemcr
Prince
John.
I
t
-
p..
Mabbs,
Is
due
front
Vancouver
Mi
the
Queen
Chnr-;(Ho
Inland,,!!
Sunday
nlghl.
"e
vessel
vi
reliirti
soiilh
on
nine
oil..
Mmi.lnv
u
-Ii'
DELAYS
TRAIN
AND
CUTS
TELEGRAPH
.
WIRE
.
...
i.
...
it
.
r....
i
..r
ilu
ii.-.i..!..
,
riiiiintrmr.
uiiii
Hrriicti
in
if
t'in
,
.
m
.
a
a
a
ri,-
now
in
evidence
iireeuy
in
me
rc-iills
of
I
lif-
llnli'h
and
L'niled
Stale
election
Which
have
had
h
sta&liiin;;
effect
On
Industrie-
nnd
biiimf4
mid
have
caused
a
uiinuer
of
Am
Iwriala-1
ff"rl
rise
on
Ihe
Stock
F.x-
cnansc.
t
Ait
in
tiMial
at
thin
lime
of
year
there
it
a
pood
deal
uf
unemployment
In
he
seH
ill
such
citi
an
Winnipeg
ami
Kdinon-lim.
Mr.
Magollln
says.
Mr.
Magoffin
is
here
on
husi-nc
and
will
remain
in
Ihe
rilv
fur
rveral
days,
lie
If
reKiii-
at
Hie
1'rtnre
llupert
Hotel
,.
fo.
Iv
:r.::
-?1;,,
wa
ii,.m
j"'"d
a
m;
nilii
-
of
Ihe
fNilire
board
-
.:
i,
Jef,;,led
laal
year.
He
FflRMFR
R1IPFRT
MAN
jilm-f
IIIMllft
VMI'alll
llV
iii
-i
la(l.
1
A
Siiink".
bHIer
known
as
ie
t'oiul
Shaiikt.
hax
a
i
iiliilnlc
for
ithlei-mall.
i-
c-
i'iiiiiii,
Mnioner
or
iome
i;
iici-
jmhiir
allier
nrry
yeiir
for
:
i
y
y.'ai
-
mt
lnrelofore
i-
;irer
Itren
eleeli-d.
I.at
it:!!!!!-!
In-
t(Mit
oorlli
to
Stewart
ue--e
tin
iiifiin
a
barlier
shop
''
Hi-
Utu
l
ilwaiil
llolel
and
he
"
uukitj
in
Pnnee
lluperl
Uunng
Kepli-iiiber.
SLIDE
NEAR
PACIFIC
HOLDS
UP
TRAFFIC
Passengsr
Express
and
Mall
Were
Transferred
from
Ono
Train
to
Another
Yesterday
'
llllllllill
a
U
BkB
(
J-
GIVEN
ADVANCEMENT
Q.
McNab
Appointed
Foreign
Freight
Agent
for
the
C.P.R.
Succeeding
F.
H.
During
Night
Parted
Again
This
Morning
A
slide
or
rock
and
mud
just
east
of
Ihirreeu
delayed
Hie
(rain,
which
ciiine
through
last
nighl
seven
and
a
half
hours
laic.
Following
the
cleanup
of
the
slide
one
Iclcifraph
wire
BRITAIN
MUST
SHARE
PAYMENT
Newspapers
Support
Demand
to
Continental
Nations
to
Liquidate
Debts
l.o.MKi.N.
l.'f.
i:.
Allied
war
ilcliltt
roiitluue
lo
hold
first
daee
in
l.otlilou
liewsinipcfs,
uhieii
iinaiiiiiiKiily
uMtrl
the
-haneellir
of
the
exchequer.
11
ik
lit
lion.
Wiii'ton
Cliurolilll,
in
the
amiouiiceiuent
tliat
If
routmeiilal
natioiiK
liesiu-paying
I
heir
debU
to
the
Unilml
i
Slates
they
wituld
be
ejpecleil
Ui
make
trop4jrtioiiate
iiayiiienU
on
obli-galioiiit
to
linlaln.
I'AIIIS.
Dec.
li.
Premier
llerrioll,
who
is
ill
with
grippe,
jirctided
today
at
a
cabinet
meeting
in
the
bed
eliamber
at
n
office.
WORK
COMMENCES
ON
NEW
ROUTE
TO
GOVERNMENT
DOCK
Tlie
work
of
leariiiu
down
the
old
overhead
approach
to
Hie
'ioveriimenl
iliM'k
as
part
of
the
work
of
construct
illy
the
new
approarh
which
goe.t
in
from
Cow
Hay,
ha
eoui-meiieel,
and
it
i
understood
will
lie
earned
throiiKh
lo
complelioii
by
the
l
line
Hie
fishing
season
reopens.
WEDNESDAY'S
GALE
VERY
WIDESPREAD
Alice
Arm,
Stewart,
the
Islands
and
Interior
Points
Affected
by
It
The
pule
of
Wednesday
night
which
put
the
telegraph
wires
down
on
both
systems
and
made
newspaper
publishing
ililllcull
was
ipiile
widespread.
Word
re
ceived
from
the
Islands
is
dial
il
struck
Hie
(Juecn
Charlotte
Islands
Just
as
fiercely
as
here
lso
Anox
reports
that
Ihe
gale
msed
things
up
at
Ihe
smeller
town.
A
launch
in
the
harbor
was
wrecked
and
evcryvvheri
along
as
far
as
Slevvurl
Ihe
force
of
Ihe
wind
was
destructive.
From
the
Interior,
word
was
received
from
llaeltoit
and
other
points
Ihal
they
had
Ihe
blow-
very
lunch
like
il
was
here.
NEW
GERM
KILLER
HAS
BEEN
DISCOVERED
LONDON,
Dec.
.
Three
F.nglish
chemists
claim
lo
hav
discovered
a
new
group
of
ger
inieides
of
remarkable
power.
S
intense
is
llieir
autireplie
action
II
is
declared,
Ihal
Ihey
will
des
hoy
bacterid
in
certain
cases
in
as
weak
a
form
as
one
part
in
I'd
millions.
The
new
aulieeplie
group
is
complicated
compound
of
the
was
counseled
but
it
parted
rare
element
tellurium,
and
was
again
tiiis
morning
and
the
'rc-
idiscovered
as
a
result
of
Invesll
sull
is
thai
very
little
news
isigallons
carried
out
in
the
I'ui
inug
through.
'ver-Hv
of
lUrnilnahani.
grab
line
along
Ihe
shore
of
Alice
Arm
for
several
miles
a
mess
ol
I
alien
irees.
Is
Perhaps
Ihe
most
exciting
ex-!4
perience
of
the
day
was
that
of4
Hie
gasboals
Yen
la
and
Ace'
t'.apl.
Frank
Naremon.
The
4
Vesla.
engaged
in
telegraph
Into
4
repairs
between
Alloc
Arm
and
4
Aiiyox,
late
Wednesday
afternoon
4
had
spliced
the
last
preak
on
4
the
line
following
a
storm
011
'
Tuesday
and
Hie
linesmen
were
4
anticipating
an
hour's
run
honie;
lo
solid
ptiniforl
ashore
when
1
4
serious
engine
trouble
developed
4
25
TAXI
nnd
BOSTON
GRILL
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Ambulance
with
hrwly
laid
dancing
Service
f'.oor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
nvwhere
at
Anytime.
dances,
banquets
and
wed-ding
Haiti
Royl
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
,
parties.
and
6th
81.
'V
,
PRINCE
RUPERT
For
rales,
apply
to
Boston
Grill,
Third
Ave.
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
V.
XIV
NO.
i!'J?
VOL
PHINCK
IIUPKHT,
U.C..
I
'J
U
DAY.
DKCLMHEll
12.
W2V
rMttrdtr'f
Clrulton
1.77S.
Street
Sales.
4(1
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
.
L-
BEER
QUESTION
VANCOUVER
DISAPPOINTED
OVER
GRAIN
Mdnson
Threatens
Brewers
to
Take
Extreme
Measures
Enforcing
Regulations
Regarding
Deliveries
DELVERE
(jencrl
I'allHs.
ii'".v
prt-sidnMl
of
Me.ico.
and
Ins
predecessor,
i-ener.i,
(ibreicnii.
arc
shown
on
Hie
balcony
.if
Uif
"White
House"
of
Mexico
ilui
iii'
Ihe
ma
uj-im
.ilmn
ccri'tiiiinic.
Gale
Struck
Alice
Arm,
Drove
Power
Boat
Vesta
and
Did
SAMUEL
GOMPER'S
CRITICALLY
ILL
I.A1IKDO.
Texas.
Dec.
I-'.
--
Samuel
(lumbers,
president
of
lite
American
Federation
of
I.alror,
en-route
home
from
the
Pan-American
Labor
Convention
in
Mexico
City,
was
taken
critically
ill
and
had
to
be
rushed
lo
a
hospital
in
Sail
Antonio.
111
Ihe
Vesta.
Italher
than
snemit
o
i
Hie.
night
anchored,
Capt.
While-!
mute
decided
to
row
down
in
earch
of
the
gashonl
Aee
which
her
nicest,
aerial
flops,
her
en-uine
slopped
and
refused
lo
slarl
up
again.
Capl.
Wiutemtite
easl
loose
the
Vesla
lit
prevent
il
from
being
smashed
lo
pieces
against
the
oilier
boat.
Tlie
Vesta
drifted
ashore
and
those
aboard
made
dry
land
although
Ihey
got
Valher
wet
in
ho
meatt-
ECLIPSE
OF
SUN
ON
was
wintering
at
Way
Point.,
1AMIIADV
0
IM
CACT
l-'orluiuilelv.
or
otherwise.
Diet
JrtPIUrtttl
4
111
trtJl
Ace
soon
came
chugging
along;
lid
Ihe
crippled
Vesla
was
v
ASIIIXti
TON.
Dec.
15!.
The
lashed
alongside.
About
hair
an;)ota
,.,-jPse
uf
the
sun
on
Sal-
nour
liner,
me
linesmen
nan
jnsii,ll..i,iv.
.ij.nuarv
'I.
liiLT.
will
be
01
uiceiy
semen
m
me
gaiiey
oi1Visihte
in
Hie
eastern
seeliou
of
Vesta
when
the
captain's
ralljM
,
iPt
stales,
if
the
weather
came
down
warning
llml
a
s.lurmij,,
favorable,
iM
.s,udovv
patch
was
coming'
aim
orueriug
tnc
iHlraleliinir
from
Minnesota,
just
uie-noais
tasiteu.
1lw.
r
1
...bo
..ri...,,linn.
,1VI,P
w.
..s...s
t
...
.
..9
.
.
Soon
afler
everything
had
been
1
Michigan,
part
if
Canada,
New
made
secure.
Hie
storm
came
up
York,
Pennsylvania,
to
New
Jer-
in
all
lis
fury
with
long
pro-lsey.
Conneelicut,
Massacbuselts
traded
cyclonic
variatlou.
The
and
Rhode
Island.
lowing
boat
fought
btuvely
hut.
Just
as
she
was
doing
sonio
of
north
of
the
llrilish
Isles.
Com
niiie.
1
ne
Are
gut
its
engine
ntunities
outside
the
shadow
pa(h
tunning
again
aim
gained
shelter
will
witness
the
ec
inse
as
narl
tn
a
cove
LEGISLATURE
S
AT
PORT
THIS
SEASON
Vancouver
Penalized;
Laxity
of
Inspection
at
Lakes
is
Chargded
VAXCOL'VKIt.
lie-.
12.
Uusitiess
people
of
this
city
are
1
1
1
1
1
-1
1
perturbed
ut
the
small
aniuuiit
of
grain
being
shipped
Ihis
wuy
(oiiipared
with
that
going
out
by
way
uf
the
(ireut
hakes
and
iiiesligations
are
being
carried
out
with
a
view
lu
determining
where
the
trouble
lies.
While
(lie
fact
that
Ihe
Manitoba
crop
is
heavy
and
the
Alberta
ami
northern
Saskatchewan
crop
is
light,
affects
the
western
business
adversely,
that
does
not
account
for
Ihe
large
shipments
east
compared
with
those
west.
,
A
bulletin
issued
by
the
Can-
'
,
4.--t
-44
adiau
National
Railways
at
the
.
n.t
n
.
mi.-
rr
-
SIZE
OF
FAMILY
IS
DECREASING
OTTAWA,
Dec.
12.
Census
returns
show
that
t
lie
sue
of
Canadian
families
is
on
Ihe
decrease.
In
1
H8
I
the
average
aize
ol
a
family
was
5.33
person.
At
the
last
census
tills
had
decreased
to
t..
Tljvt
largest
families
tire
-
in
"'Ouifbee
New
Hrunswifk
and
Nova
Scotia.
In
rural
(Juebec
Ihe
average
is
5.74
to
the
family.
vine,
uamage
ai
mine
'
GENERAL
MCRAE
.
LOSES
UVULiU
I
!H
rvnpn
AGAIN
nvXlll
A,A(i
1
P
inn
and
gasbouls
belonging
to
Oust
Anderson
and
Khuik
Smith
I
and
Is
Sore
With
Legislature
were
sunk.
The
logging
t-amps
of
Miles
Duuakl
ami
Joe
Wheat-
'
vn-
imn
1
1
i
:..,...i
icy
w.ti
e
damaged.
Part
of
Miles
Donald's
bunk-house
was
cum-;
'
.
'
''
M
llrred
a
wasD'd
d
Plelely
carried
away
Hmken
lelegra.d,
and
telephone
wire,
f
Irnrn-
radio
er,ls
and
unmofed
building,
are
,u
evidence
all
,
,
.
isiturp
lu
give
..I...
itioiit.
mI
The
Ilia
iriiiirniiiiil
government
telH-1
lele
..
.
'
-
o
,iroosinB
.
"
.
away
fifteen
million
dollars
to
ihL.
timber
operators.
Liberals
and
Gtiiservalives
are
stating
thing
in
sight
with
Ihe
object
of
cashing
in
on
what
looked
like
a
sure
tiling
speculation.
If
leases
were
undesirable
limber-'
men
would
waul
the
freehold
limber.
Then
came
the
action
of
lite
Legislature
refusing
to
play
into
the
hands
of
Ihe
speculator
by
giving
a
reasonable
rate
on
limber
royalties.
The
(ieneral
weul
up
in
(he
air
and
is
now
using
the
Provincial
Parly
lo
vent
his
pile.
HOTEL
ARRIVALS
Prince
Rupert
IS.
Wood.
F.
11.
Hartney.
A.
C.
week
end
showed
that
out
of
50.173
cars
loaded.
on
their
sys-
I
-I
lis
year
only
1,287
had
'-oine
to
Vancouver.
It
is
claimed
here,
that
while
the
tioveriiment
inspectors
in-
,sist
on
the
letter
of
the
law
at
litis
port,
there
is
a
laxity
at
Fort
William
and
Port
Arthur
4
which
makes
it
easy
for
the
4
shipper.
The
result
h
that
Van-
couver
Is
doing
only
a
fraction
4
of
the
amount
of
business
it
4
considers
it
should
have.
''
4
,
Charges-
ill"
regard-.
to-
inspec-4
lion
have
beet!
made
by
ihe
j
Merchants
Exchange
here
and
lhe
chairman
of
the
Board
of
4
(
train
Commissioners,
Leslie
II.
4
Iloyd,
is
coming
to
confer
in
re-
j?ard
In
the
matter.
'.thai
the
(teneral
is
sore-
because!
l,ri"?
his
scheme
lo
make
a
cleanup
has
been
frustrated.
II
seeni-s
that
in
view
of
the
expectation
Ihal
leased
limber
lands
would
lose
.part
of
t
heir
value
through
an
expected
increase
in
royalties,
the
Oeneral
had
invested
heavily
in
crown
I
granted
limber,
huing
up
every
moisture
not
Penalized
It
is
slated
here
that
while
grain
with
fourteen
per
cent
moisture
is
allowed
to
pass
witti-
Spe.
ial
lo
Daily
News,
i!IT"ul
penally
at
Fort
William,
at
A1.IL.1-'
AHM,
Dec.
il'.
---Alice
Arm
inlet
and
town
was
vis-;
Vancouver
the
Inspectors
would
led
late
Wednesday
nighl
b
Ihe
wor-l
windstorm
that
has
been;
msisl
upon
a
reduction
of
grade.
experienced
here
in
years.
Hie
pow
er
boat
Vesla.
Capl.
James
I
As
this
has
been
a
wet
season
inleniute
uf
Prince
Hupei
t,
was
wrecked
on
Ihe
shore
of
the'
cans
w
uasn
in
on
opocuianon
0I1
ne
j,rajnes
anj
grain
lias
not
been
in
as
good
condition
as
usual,
the
inducement
to
ship
by
the
lakes
has
been
great.
This
I
lias
had
a
detrimental
effect
on
the
trade
of
this
port.
Front
this
lime
on
grain
will
come
this
way,
because
it
can-
Itinl
gel
out
by
the
lakes
until
but
practically
all
the
earlier
shipments
have
gone
east.
Be
More
Watchful
Afler
Hits
Vancouver
will
keep
Knight
and
F.
V.
Delcourt,
Van-t,1(.
pynu,uu,
art
-gallery.
Lady
couver:
Mrs.
H.
liibson.
Mrs.
0.
As,ur
ruvrs
this.
At..iayior
aim
l..
l'otliuger.
Port
Hssiugton
:
Mrs.
"M.
Frascr
and
Naval
observatory
scientists
daughter.
Springside,
Sask.;
Mrs.
say
il
will
he
the
first
lime
the!
II.
L.
Frank
and
O.
Main,
Ter-
east
lias
been
able
lo
witness
a
total
solar
eclipse
for
many
years.
Tlie
central
path
of
the
eclipse
will
run
very
nearly
through
such
cente-s
of
population
as
Buffalo,
N.Y.
ami
New-Haven,
Conn.
The
eclipse:
will
terminate
tn
the
Atlantic
Ocn.in.
race;
Mr.
ami
Mrs.
T.
Hall.
Sal
vus
Hasl:
O.
Auriol.
Haysport:
a
more
watciitui
eye
on
tlie
I.akehead
operations
and
will
see
that
the
western
route
gels
art;
even
break
in
matters
Of
grade.
Other
possible
handicaps
will
be.
investigated
and
an
effort
will
be
made
to
induce
much
larger
western
shipments
from
this
time
on.
PICTURE
OF
LADY
ASM
TO
GALLERY
Mayor
of
Plymouth
Makes
Request
Regarding
Portrait
That
Offended
House
of
Commons
LONDON.
Dee.
12.
The
mayor
of
Plj
mouth
has
requested
(hat
Ihe
portrait
of
Lady
Astor
which
is
to
be
removed
from
the
llousa
of
Commons
in
accordance
with
parliamentary
action
be
sent
lo
'
RADIUM
POISONING
LONDON',
Etlg..
Dec.
12.
Suf-
N.
Parsell.
Victoria:
X.
Wozney,
fPriiig
from
radium
poisoning,
Salvus;
Mrs.
J.
T."
Jensen,
hums
Nurse
Keoah.
head
nurse
at
tho
Lake;
W.
A.
McDonald,
Edmonton:
T.
11.
Thaiis,
Smiljiers;
S.
S.
Magoffin,
Prince
Rupert.
Contra!
I.
D.
Diamprc.
Kitkatla:
P.
II.
Horner.
L.
(Jarfin
and
Dob
Mil
ler,
C.N.R.;
S.
Marks.
Langbank,
Siisk
:
S.
Svenson.
Rose
Lake
Radium
Institute,
has
had
a
finger
amputated.
Immense
precautions
are
taken
by
nurses
and
doctors
using
radium,
which
is
extremely
dangerous
hi
those
brought
in
regular
contact
with
it.
No
real
preventive,
however,
has
yet
beeu
found.