That
Imprisoned
Members
Vote
LAWYER
KILLED
AUTO
ACCIDENT
W.
H.
D.
Ladner
of
Vernon
Lost
Life
When
Car
he
Was
Driving
Turned
Over
VFJLNO.N,
Aug727.
V.
II.
I).
Ladner,
a
well
known
local
lawyer,
son
of
Hev.
Charles
Ladner
of
Kamloops
and
a
cousin
of
Leon
Ladner
ALP.
of
Vancouver
was
killed
when
I
he
car
which
he
was
driving
turned
over
on
the
Armstrong
road.
He
was
likely
lo
have
been
chosen
as
Conservative
candidate
in
Yale
at
the
forthcoming
federal
by-election.
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
ENGINEER
DISCUSSES
P.G.E.
WITH
OLIVER
VICTORIA,
AugT
27.
M.
II.
Me
Lend,
chief
engineer
for
the
Canadian
National
Hallways,
had
a
long
conference
with
Premier
Oliver
yesterday.
Mr.
Mcl.eod
recently
made
an
extended
survey
of
the
P.G.E,
Railway
and
it
is
assumed
the
future
of
the
Provincial
system
was
under
discussion.
No
ollicial
statement
has
been
issued.
Ambulances
to
Meet
Liner
on
her
Arrival
in
New
York
After
Being
Buffeted
by
Hurricane
NEW
YOHK,
Aug.
27.
Several
passengers
on
the
White
Star
liner
Arabic,
Hamburg
to
New
York,
were
injured
last
night
when
the
ship
ran
into
n
hurricane,
according
to
a
message
nu-rived
bv
the
wireless
company
here.
The
message
said
the
liner
requested
that
eight
ambulances
meet
the
ship
at
,lhe
pier
when
she
arrives
at
the
hocks
mis
aiternoon.
The
message
also
staled
that
the
vessel
was
damaged
as
a
result
of
the
storm,
,
MACLAREN
JS
GOING
EAST
Left
Last
Night
For
Winnipeg
and
Other
Points;
Will
Welcome
Americans
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
27.
Major
Stuart
MacLaren
will
remain
in
Canad
long
enough
to
Join
in
the
welcome
lo
Ihc
American
Ihev
reach
tins
country.
He
left
Here
iasi
input
I
for
the
East
with
hls-pai'ty
and
I..
,1,
,
rr
U'iiinitiPf?.
(jllaWIl
CAUSE
ROW
SHIPPING
U.S.
REQUESTED
AID
FOR
SHIP
Message
Says
She
Is
In
Danger
or
Sinking
With
Fifteen
Persons
on
Board
WASHINGTON,
Aug.
27.
A
radio
message
received
today
by
I
he
Army
Signal
Corps
from
Winnipeg,
requested
assistance
of
the
governmental,
stations
for
I
he
schooner
Lady
Kindcrsley,
which
is
declared
to
be
in
danger
of
sinking
with
fifteen
persons
on
board.
BRITISH
UNEMPLOYED
ARE
ON
THE
INCREASE
LONDON.
Aug.
27
The
unem
ployment
situation
in
GreatUril-nin
is
steadily
crowincr
worse
Last
week
the
total
out
of
work
was
estimated
u
number
1,123,
000.
WHEAT
CROP
NOT
HALF
SO
BAD
SAYS
SIR
HY.
THORNTON
MONTREAL,
Aug.
27.
'
Sir
Henry
Thornton
lias
returned
from
a
visit
lo
the
Pacific
Coast
ami
announced
last
night
that
the
west's
wheat
crop
would
reach
300,000,000
bushels.
"Things
are
not
nearly
as
bad
as
they
have
been
reported,"
he
said.
FISH
ARRIVALS
Only
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
halibut
changed
hands
here
today
at
the
exchange
the
sales
bein
Wabash
0,000
at
15.50
and
7.50
to
Booth
Fisheries.
l'reslio
7,000
at
15.60
and
7.50
lo
Atlin
Fisheries.
Fortuna
7,000
at
lS.HTand
0
to
Cold
Storage.
Ring
Leader
10,000
at
13.30
and
8
to
A
1
1
in
Fisheries.
REDUCTION
OF
FEE
EMPIRE
EXHIBITION
LONDON,
Aug.
27.
In
order
Hint
attendance
at
Wembley
niiiy
leach
a
million
weekly
Ihc
admission
fee
will
be.
reduced
lo
one
shilling,
commencing
ITS
0-TAXl
BOSTON
GRILL
M
I
and
Large
r
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
mdJ
Ambulance
J;'
...
with
newly
laid
dancing
.....'
''''Mi.
r
.floor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
Service
""lam,...
-
4,i'm
.""try.
dances,
banquets
and
wed.
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
ding
parlies.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave:
For
rales,
apply1
to
Iloston
PRINCE
RUPERT
and
6th
St.
firill,
Third
Ave.
j
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
VOL.
XIV.,
NO.
202.
PIUNCH
HUl'KHT,
H.G.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
27,
102
.
'
cieeuution,
1.109.
Street
Sales,
13!
PRICE
FIVE
GENTS.
COMMUNISTS
GRANBY
COMPANY
IS
Free
Fight
in
German
Reichstag
Follows
Demand
of
Communists
LONDON,
Aug.
27.
Tlie
sitting
of
the
German
HeWistn?
was
suspended
today
when
during
the
debate
on
the
resolution
to
accept
the
Dawes
reparations
plan
and
the
Loudon
Agreement
the
Communists
caused
uu
uproar
by
demanding
that
their
expelled
and
imprisoned
members
be
allowed
to
vole
tomorrow,
says
a
despatch
from
Merlin.
There
was
a
free
for
all
fight
between
Communists
and
Democrats.
The
German
Government
will
sign
the
agreement
whether
the
Reichstag
approves
it
or
not,
it
was
announced
in
Berlin
today.
If
the
pact
is
rejected
the
legislative
body
will
be
dissolved.
ANOTHER
BO
AT
TUnTTf
UT
I
(KT
111UUU11I
lAJul
Maid
of
Orleans
Not
Reported
Was
on
Way
to
Coronation
Gulf
In
Arctic
M.A'n'LK,
Aug
.27.
Plans
re
afoot
today
lo
have
the
auxil-
mi
v
homier
llui
scck
me
.Maui
of
Orleans,
n
vessel
of
the
same
type,
which
loft
hero
Juno
25
for
Coronation
Gulf
by
way
of
Nonu-.
It
Is
feared
that
th
Maid
of
wrirwin
uu?
vvvu
ttuuru
iu
hid
list
of
vessels
caught
by
the
Arc
tic
Ocean
jce
packs.
TO
HARVESTS
One
Hundred
Have
Gone
From
Prince
Rupert
In
Past
Week
Must
Have
Jobs
to
go
to
Since.
August
20,
about
100
men
have
been
sent
lo
the
harvest
fields
of
Alberta
and
Saskatchewan
through
(he
local
employment
J
office,
J,
M.
Campbell,
su-peiitilemlenl,
reported
this
morn-las.
At
the
present
time
the
only
men
who
arc
being
provided
with
special
transportation
rales
In
the
prairies
are
those
producing
letters
giving
bona-fidc
proof
that
they
have
jobs
lo
go
to.
None
are1
being
sent
otherwise.
il
is
expected
thai
thero
vill
be
ftpneral
orders
for
men
about
the
p"'l
of
the
week
and
then,
all
desiring
to
go,
will
be
given
an
op-l'"i'uiilty.
Many
men
are
seeking
this
work
on
the
prairies.
BODY
viCT0RlF
TEACHER
RECOVERED
V
I
CT(
)
R
I
A
,
Aug.
27.
Profes
sor
T.
W.
Cotnett
of
Victoria
Lnllegc
and
High
School
whose!
death
by
drowning
was
reported
Monday
was
seized
with
an
attack
"f
heart
failure.
The
body
was
Jeeovered
soon
after.
CHARGED
WITH
PASSING
BOGUS
CHECKS
IN
CITY
This
afternoon
Constable
A.
Miiedonald
picked
up
Cecil
Rutherford
an(
ho
was
taken
to
the
Police,
station
and
charged
wllli
passing
bogus
cheeks,
Among
those
alleged
lo
be
his
victims
are
McCulcheu's
I)rug
Wore,
Gil's
Cigar
Slore,
Owen
l.'I.i
..
.
,
...
,
iiier,
.Mrs,
(iraiiiman
aim
u
win
siop
on
"
"
i-"
...
,
Chinese
Montreal,
whore
he
will
bo
store,
The
prisoner
had
and
'
H
t
on
him
when
nr'rested
and
entertained,
"lis
towards'
of
sailing
for
Lng-1'iiying
will
go
a
long
way
Tlio
date
back
the
money.
Ho
sign"
land
Is
Indefinite
as
it
i
not
el
the
name
of
Frank
Sailer
to
known
when
the
American
flyers
Urn
ehoiska.
'
Uro
likely
to
arms.
CONCENTRATES
W:JiiHv''tflHHn9HflHOr
.v
Jlcre
aro
some
of
the
small
Queen's
doll
house,
which
china
sets,
but
made
in
Socheye
Pack
Twenty
Thousand
Cases
Ahead
of
Last
Year
on
Skeena
River:
Naas
is
Double
.
The
.Mfkeyeipack
.f
130,30'inses
yu,
thSkeena
Rive.cjhis
year
-is
something
like
20,000
rules
in
excess
of
that
for
1023
and
is
50,000
cases
ahead
of
1022.
The
pink
pack
of
101,00-1
cases
is
nearly
38,000
cases
belter
than
1023
hilt
still
is
shurtlc,!,m",,,:
'"UA-or
the
175.700
cases
iu
1022.
'
f
.
.
150,
Tons
Dal",
,.
As
already
predicted,
the
sockeye
pack
on
the
Naas
Hiver!
'W
fourteen
and
fifteen
now
put
at
111,835
cases
is
just
about
double
that
of
1023.
The
;hundrcd
tons
of
Hidden
Cree
..ink
nark
of
0(i.75
rases
on
the
Naas
is
more
than
fiftv
oer
rent!1'1-'
were
being
concentrated
I.aIIpp
than
1023.
The
chum
1023.
Though
the
season
for
sockeye
is
over
and
Ihe
pink
season
prac
tically
so,
the
figures
now
given
.
do
not
represent
the
final
boxed
j
up
pack,
the
returns
for
which,1
may
be
expected
to
be
a
little
higher.
.
J
The
figures
for
Ihe
Skeena
River
pack
up
lo
last
Friday
j
eveninir.
with
the
.
figures
up
to!
a
corresponding
date
last
year
given
for
comparison,
are
as
follows:
192i
1923
Cases
Cases
Sockeye
130,300
1
19,503
Springs
..
..
11.003
10,762
Hoboes
10,8
i9
15.291
Pinks
161,691
123.917
Chums
..
8.73G
3,100
Steelheads
...
163
189
Mas
River
Naas
River
figures
follow:
1924
1923
Cases
Cases
Sockeye
.
.
.
..
31,835
16,486
Springs
..
..
927
890
Cohoes
,
.
.
,
,919
3,220
Pinks
....
.
.
.
66,785
10,372
Chums
21,088
19,907
Sleelheads
...
2i0
220
Coboes
will
not
be
running
in
full
swing
for
a
week
or
so
yet.
It
is
expected
that
a
little
over
100
fishermen
will
bo
engaged
In
calching
them'
on
Ihe
Skeena
River.
Balmoral,
Claxton,
Inverness,
Prince
Rupert
and
Sunny-
side
canneries
will
pack,
fall.
brand.,
the
remainder
of
the
plants
already
making
preparations
to
close.
On
Ihe
Naas
River
Somerville
ami
possibly
Wales
Islands
canneries
will
pack
cohoes.v
VANCOUVER
WOMAN
IS
KILLED
BY
AUTOMOBILE
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
27.
Mrs
K.
Aiken
was
killed
while
cross
ing
Third
Avenue
by
a
car
driven
by
0.
Reeves,
who
is
being
held
pending
the
finding
of
tlio
cor
-
oner's
inquest.
BIRTH
A
son
was
born
at
Ihe
l'rinco
1
pieces
of
china
used
for
the
are
actual
replicas
of
genujtie
one-twelfth
regular
size,
Pack
so
far
is
sliirhtlv
belter
thani
RECRUITING
NAVAL
VOLUNTEERS
HERE
APPROVED
OTTAWA
...
P.
R.
Ponder
of
the
Provincial
Police
lias
received
a
telegram
from
Ottawa
approving
the
.recruiting
of
a
half
company
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
1
Volunteers
at
this
port,
and
is
now
awaiting
further
instructions.
EVERYBODY
IS
SAFE
ABOARD
KINDERSLEY,
Boxer
Is
Standing
dv,
According
to
Wireless
Message
Received
Yesterday
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
27.
Every
body
is
safe
and
comfortable
....
n.
.,t..
r
...i..
aooam
u.e
yom-r
Sv.mu..
u.
Kindersley,
which
was
recently
caught
in
ine
ice
pacK
in
inc
A
Arctic
Ocean
and
whose
crew
tried
to
gel
away
over
the
ice
but
failed.
The
Hudson
Bay
Com
pany
received
a
wireless
message
relayed
from
Ihe
vessel
.yesterday
telling
of
Iho
Condition
on
hoard.
The
United
Stales
steam
culler
Boxer
is
slandilig
by,,
LABOR
SITUATION
IS
RATHER
QUIET
Liu
In
Demand
For
Men
Althouoh
Casual
Work
Offers
Occasionally
The
general
labor
situation
in
the
district
is
rather
quiet
just
now
it
is
reported
at
the
provin-
cial
government
labor
bureau.
i
There
is
little
demSind
for
men
although
there
have
been,anum
ber
of
casual
jobs
such
as
long
shoring.
When
a
general
call
,
comes
from
the
prairie
harvest
Ruperl
General
Hospital
on
Aug.,
fields,
it
is
anticipated
that
a
usl
26
to
Mr.
artd
Mrs.
Malcolm
number
of
local
idle
men
will
bo
Campbell,
Graham
Avenue.
lahsurbed.
REICHSTAG
TO
TACOMA
To
Ship
Concentrates
from
Anyox
to
Tacoma
Smelter
Unable
to
Save
All
Values
in
Hidden
Creek
Ores:
Amount
Handled
Daily
Already
Exceeds
Estimate
ANYOX,
Aug.
27.
When
the
new
concentrator
mill
was
completed
last
spring,
the
results
of
smelting
the
concentrates
immediately
afterwards
justified
the
belief
that
there
would
be
I
.no
difficulties
in
the
economic
or
all
tne
concentrates
produced.,
auice
that
time,
however,
smelling
problems
have
arisen,
and
il
has
been
found
necessary
to
make
entirely
different
arrangements
for
the
recovery
of
all
concentrate
values,
smelting
costs
in
addition
having
increased
two.
cents
a
pound
more
than
was
the
case
before
the
treatment
of
concenlrales
began,
which,
I
owing
to
the
low
selling
price
of
copper
during
Ihc
past
eight
iiion
I
lis,
meant
a
big
loss
to
the
Orunby
Company,
and
consequently
had
to
be
dealt
with
in
the
only
manner
whereby
the
Company
would
get
the
best
re
sults.
It
has
been
decided
to
ship
the
product
of
tlio
concen-
'Iralor
mill
direct
to
Tacoma,
and
hipmenls
will
'gtf
forward
until
:
1,me
as
experiments,
being
conlimluu-Ir-ffawc.r
--rtn
,
will
-iUj"ir'
",0
.'injr
of
the
con-
-
Jaily
at
the
mill
and
Ihe
concen
Irate
result
smelted
prior
to
t
lie
decision
to
ship
the
mill
product
'soulh;
and
apart
from
the
in-
crease
iu
smelting
costs
Ihe
re-
icovery
of
values
was
consider-
ably
below
what
the
management
was
justified
in
expecting,
a
fair
,per
centage
of
values
undoubted.
ly
disappearing
up
tbo
slack
with
the
flue
smoke.
It
is
now
hoped
thai
Hie
pro-
blenis
responsible
for
this
loss
jWill
be
solved
within
the
next
few
months
and
thai
the
entire
oul-
iput
of
the
mill
will
be
smelted
.locally.
Only
Three
Furnaces
Hecause
of
the
decision
to
shin
the
concentrates
south,
it
has
been
found
necessary
lo
confine
Ihe
smelting
unit
of
the
plant
lo
three
furnaces,
with
an
approxi.
-
output
of
!;
"SS
local
and
'fm-niL'ti
nips
rnmhinoil
Tliix
will
.,.
.....
lllPI,liani
cal
'departments
lo
a
certain
ex
lent
and
necessitate
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
men
employed
iu
these
departments
Happily,
the
concentrator
has
((J
j,e
u
(l
WM
,esigned
EXHUMEBODY
OF
NURSEMAID
,
1
Mysterious
Death
of
Girl
In
j
Shaughnessy
Heights
Homo
Being
Investigated
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
27.
An
order
was
made
yesterday
by
Mr.
'Justice
I).
A.
McDonald,
In
the
supreme
court
for
the
exhumation
of
the
body
of
Janet
,Snillh,
the
nursemaid
whose
mysterious
deatli
in
.the
household
of
F.
L,
Baker,
Shaughnessy
Heights
on
July
20
has
been
the
cause
of
much
discussiou.
At
the
time
Of
the
girl's
death,
caused
by
u
bullet
wound
in
Iho
head,
Iho
coroner's
Jury
returned
u
verdict
of
accidental
death.
Sinco
then
an
agitation
has
been
going
on
to
have
the
case
re
opened
as
it
is
believed
there
was
foul
play.
SMELTER
treatment
at
the
Anyox
smelter
for
and
more.
Originally
intended
as
a
thousand
ton
per
day
unit,
Granby
men
have
brought
its
tonnage
treatment
to
fifteen
hundred
tons
every
twenty-four
hours,
and
it
is
confidently
expected
that
within
the
next
few
mouths
two
thousand
tons
of
Ore
ivill
be
handled
at
the
Anyox
mill.
Everything
at
present
favorably
indicates
that
this
will
be
an
ac-
complishment
before
the
year
ends.
.'..-..'
.
Old
Pilot
Mill
In
addition
to
Ihc
ores
handled
by
Ihe
new
mill,
the
old
pilot
mill
is
to
be
rehabilitated
for
the
treatment
of
certain
ores
and
the
output
of
the
mine
speeded
up.
Some
tunnelling
work
has
been
contracted
for
on
the
Bonanza
property
about
a
mile
and
a
half
west
of
the
smeller.
Alessrs.
J,
and
Vince
Lade,
of
Slewart,
have
.
this
contract
and
are
already
at
work.
The
work
contemplated
forn
Granby
Point
Quartz
earlier
ini
the
year
will
not
be
proceeded"
with
at
present,
sutlicient
lon-s
nage
of
siliceous
ores
coining.
from
Alaple
Bay
and
the
north
end
of
Larcom
Island
lo
supply
,
tbo
flux
necessary
for
the
sinejt-ing
oT
Ihe
ores
treated.
RICH
STRIKE
ON
RAILROAD
Tony
Serblch
Make
Most
Import;
ant
Find
of
Year
In
Alice
District
ALICE
ARM,
Aug,
27.
What
is
probably
Ihe
most
important
ore
strike
in
the
Alice
Arm
dis4
Irict
(his
year,
was
made
last
week
on
the
Midnight
group,
near
West
Creek,
twelve
.miles
from
here,
by
Tony
Serbich.
It
was
while.
doing
assessment
work
that
Mr.
Serbich
was
fortunate
enough
lo
strike
a
2
-
ft
ledge
of
high
grade1
ore.
Samples
were
immediately
sent
out
for
as
saying,
and
these
gave
returns
of
12
per
rent
copper,
8.3
ozs.
silver
and
0.02
gold
per
ton.
The
pro
perly
was
only
acquired
last
year
and
this
is
the
first
work
dono
ou
il
by
Ihe
owner.
'
The
most
interesting
part
ot
Ihc
slrjke
Is
that
It
was
made
only
four
feet
from
the
Dolly
Varden
railway
tracks,
so
that
transportation
problems
are
nil.
It
is
the
intention
of
Mr.
Serbich
lo
drive
a
'tunnel
100
feet
in
length
on
the
ledge,
and
if
the
tunnel
is
successful
be
will,
iu
all
'probability
work
the
property
himself.
Living
quarters
and
a
blacksmith
shop
will
also
be
buill..
The
work
will
start
immediately.
s
Mrs.
I.
A.
MclMierson
Is
sailing
for
'Vancouver
on
the
Prince
Ru-
'pert
tomorrow
evening.