25 Here. 'Unlay. TAXI and Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. and 6th 3t. MATT VIDECK, Prop. VOL. XIV., NO, 203. Oh PROPOblSON RAILWAY PRESIDENT Canadian National Engineer Makes Definite Proposal for Taking Over of P.G.E. Railway VANCOUVEH, Aug. 28.---.M. II. McLeod, consulting engineer fur the Canadian National Hallway, returned to Vancouver Tuesday night after having the same day made Premier John Oliver a proposal for the Pacific Oreat Eastern Haihvy. Mr. JdeLeod was assisted in his negotiations with the government by I). A. Campbell, construction superintendent for the Canadian National, and together llie.se two leading officials of the (1N-H. will spend the next few days motoring over the P.fi.E. Territory. This morning they left Ashcroft and will spend the rest of the week travelling through Cariboo and looking up; the possibilities or llic P.G.E. territory from a colonization stainlK)int. They will go as far a Prince George. Canadian National engineering parties are now in Ibe field looking over the whole P.G.E. scheme. McLeod is willing to take over the Pacific Ureal Eastern Itailway t it stand from Clinton to Ouesnel and on to Prince George but would join up wilh the C.N. II. it Ashcroft by abandoning the P.u.K, for those sections easl and nest of Lillooet. These rails be; would, lay between. Ashcroft . andr 'Clinton and mute a (liMugh eon- nectfd line of Ibe project. No Details Yet VICTORIA, Aug. 28. Premier Oliver iiihI Hon. .1. I). McLean, minister of railways, staled laM night thai negotiations between (he Canadian National Itailway and the Provincial Government had not reached a point where a statement concerning details was justlNi-d. The Premier denied having au. thorize.i any statement. He said he regarded the matter so far as cuafldeulial. Mr McLean said he expected nothing definite would result from the negotiations for some time. CECIL RUTHERFORD" APPEARS IN COURT One Charge Laid of Obtaining Money Under False Pretences Others Will Follow Crcil Rutherford, who was arrested yesterday afternoon bj City Police Constable Alex Mae-dmialil, appeared in the police fouil before Magistrate McCly- """u this morning and was 'targed with obtaining money under false pretences from Wong ''"a, Chinese restaurant keeper Nie case was remanded for eight us when some six or seven Turtlier charges will bo laid. Rutherford, it is alleged, obtain cm money from several business Places by cashing worthless cheeks on various banks which signed with (he name uT Frank O l. oilier A forgery charge may als he laid against accused. WOULD HAVE SKAGWAY PART OF DOMINION Jt'NKAl", Aug. 28.-Rev. Dr. I Judges who hits been on a fly 'nS visil hern expressed himself "a of Ihe opinion that Skagway M"uid he ceded to the Dominion f Canada in order to provide an uuiict for tho Canadian Yukon "'is would benefit both couu tiles. CANADIAN EXCHANGE y NrAV YOltK, Aug. 28. Tho t-Hnadiim dollar was quoted at '. of ono per cent on the mar FRANKS CASE IS CONCLUDED Judge Caverly Will Impose Penalty on Leopold and Loeb Sept. 10 CHICAGO, Aug. 28. Argument In the Franks murder case was concluded this morning and Judge Caverly took the case, In which Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb pleaded guilty, under advisement set- ting September 10 as the date when he will give decision fixing the penalty for the double crime of murder and kidnapping. The great legal fight has been on the point of whether or not the punishment shall be death or life imprisonment It is well over a month since the plea of guilty was entered by the defence. SEAPLANE ABLAZE AYIATOR IS SAVED Dixie Kleffer Burned About Hands and Machlno Damagod SEATTLE. Aug. 28. The round aid of the airplane ten der Gannel I at Sand Point saved Hie life of Lieutenanl Dixie hief- fer. or the U.S.S. California, a pilot, as he made a landing on ,ake Washington . . near inc .11.. leu- ler, with his seaplane amain from a fire causen wnen mo gasoline connection rrom me lank sprang a leak. KieiTer was burned about Hie hands, and the plane was marred considerably from Ibe blaze, one wing u i pontoon being qune severely laniaged. WOMAN ASKED FOR MONEY FROM JAP AND WAS KICKED n iTevda. Japanese of Hays port', U iii-pearing before Judge Ikibertson of Prince George in Ihe County Court tills ai.er. no,. 1 1, mmwer lo a charge of unlaw fully assaulting and occas.om t iii v iii.rni to Mrs. Hamuguchi, , t if..., i n.wi unman, aiso m i . . ., in. . ii. imil. Ueyda. iogeim-i . .... .. .. xi'itrn , . .l 111," lllC- v WUIiesse.1 ' - ,. 1 1,1 In llll C J' HOIII 1IUS IMlrup,..l . . I..I.I.. ... II noil bv Provincial t.ousiiu..v Mil..,..,. Iu.il niirlil. i ii,,. iii Mrs. uamiiguciii ........ H..V.I:. owed her money and when she asked him or 'l 1 knocked her .low kicked her and This is alleged to have occuue. l llaysport on August 10. lu-frc O. A. lay-l Ueyda came ,f Port Essi.igl.'n. Ju c . e.r-Z ,h, 1)0oe, for preliminary trial. commillod lor. and was has the case for I., W, Palmore tho defence. Northern and IS OFFERED the engines going full speed ; ahead, vessels stopped dead in their tracks. U One sailor on the Arabic had 4- his back broken. Schooner Hit Hard SYDNEY, N.S., Aug. 28. Capl. Devon and three members of the crew of the schooner Julia F.C. nie missing since the craft was! hit by the hurricane otT Ilird Is lands Tuesday night. Tho schooner was badly damaged. GERMANY MAY NOT RATIFY Outlook For Acceptance of Dawes Agrcoment Worse Today Reichstag Votes Tonight PARIS, Aug. 28. The outlook for ratification by Germany of tho Dawes plan agreement con eluded at the recent international conference in London became worse today according to latest news from the German capital. Ihe Reichstag will probably vole on the pact late tonight it is learned by officials here. COLORED PHOTOS ARE TELEGRAPHED NEW YORK, Aug. 28. v Telegraphic reproduction of pictures in colors has become an nceoni. plished fact. The American Telephone und Tele- graph Company nnnounc ed Hint colored photo-graphs have been sent from Chicago and reproduced in Iheir original colors in New York within an hour of sending. Ymtrrday'i Circulation. 1837 Slrwt Sales, 3 B.C. GOVERNMENT MUCH IMPRESSED AFTER TRIP TO WESTERN CANADA FOUR INJURED IN DERAILMENT Nobcdy Seriously Hurt When C.N.R. Train No. 3 Left Tracks Near Mount Robson NO TRAIN TONIGHT Two lady passengers and two members of the dining car slalT sustained minor injuries when Canadian National train No. 3 wa derailed owing to a spread track just east of Rearguard. Ihe second station west of Mount Hobson, at 3 o'clock yeslerday afternoon! The whole train ol nine cars beside the engine went off and flic line was blocked un til to o'clock this morning. As a result No. 3. which was due here, al I "O'clock Ihis jiftiTrnobiu will not arrive before noon tomorrow The steamer for the south this evening will not wail for it. Those Injured in Ihe derailment were: Mrs. .1. McLeod or Evelyn, H.G., right leg bruised. Mrs. J. Gergabee of Seattle, back injured. 1'. Hudson of Edmonton, arm cut. . J. Hrummer of Edmonton, head tut. None of the Injuries were ser ious. Two of (he cars were put tem porarily out of commission but apart from that.it is understood that there was little damage to equipment. All t lie passengers were taken iack lo Mount Hobson and Jasper and by this time will be continuing their travels again. There were a number of through pas- engers Intending to lake the steamer south from here. These have been given I lie opportunity lo go direct to Vancouver by rai fronr Jasper or come here and go south on Saturday night's boat. LOCAL PEOPLE OFF TO SMITHERS FAIR Prlnco Rupert Business Mon and Others Will Take In Events In Bulkley Valloy Several local people including members oT I lie Hoard or Trade will leave on this afternoon's train for Smithers lo attend tin K:il I Kair at that point. A few left last nigliL Some will take in onlv the show al Sinithers but others will stay in t lie interior for tho Telkwa barbecue on Mon day. Those planning to leave tins afternoon include H- E. Allen, Dlof Hanson, George Tile, Jr. George Shaw, Col. S. P. McMor die, G. W. Nickerson, Hubert Stuart, David Thomson, George Wilson, N. Murchie, C. II. Ormo .. W. Scoll, E. C. Gibbons, Mrs A. H. Hailey, Miss Jean Hailey, D. G. Stewart and S. J. McLeod. GIMCRACK STAKES LONDON. Aug. 28. The Giin- crack Stakes 11 1 York were won today by Charles Hyde's Game- sport. Sir Ernesl Tate's Iloihiere was second and Lord Dynevor's Iceberg second. PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper PHINCE HUPKIVr, B.C., THI.HSD.U AUGUST 28, 11)21. Prominent Passengers on Empress of France Top kit, C W. Bmttjr, K.C. rht. Hon. ChirlM A. Ounnlnci bottom left, Lord Bearcrbreok, E. W. Dok, rrtntc and Princes! Obolenkkf. Battered After Their Struggle With Atlantic Hurricane Many r JLargeSteamers Reach New York NEW YOjlK, Aug. 28. Five liners bearing copious- evidence uf Ihe successful struggle Ihey had waged against hurricanes which'Iashed the Atlantic Ocean into a seething cauldron on Tuesday steamed into New York harbor yesterday hours late. Their hulls were intact but fittings were snmshed and battered by the force of the waves. One life was lost when Capt. Madsen of the steamer Elisha Walker was swept overboard from Ihe bridge. The gale, it is reported, reached a velocity at times of 120 miles Jin hour and, with their - - hows heading into the wind and 4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4.4-4.4.4.4.4. COPPER WIRE AT . TRAIL SMELTER OTTAWA, Aug. 28. Seventy-eight Ions of copper wire and bars from domestic copper have been turned out by the Consolidated smeller al Trail, H.C. This js the first result of Ihe bounty 011 copper provided in last year's legis-lion. BRITAIN WILL Sir Henry Thornton on His Return to Montreal Mentions Prince Rupert Says Elevator Will Be Necessity Before Long: Sees Great future for Vancouver And This Port. MONTH EAL, Aug. 28 Sir Henry Thornton declared here yeslerday that he saw a great future for the ports of Vancouver and Prince Hupeit and said that aid for the building of a grain elevulor at Prince Hupeit would be a necessity before long. Sir Henry found much optimism in the West, he told the Eastern people. 1 he time was coming when the people of the United Stales would look to Canada for sustenance. The president of the railway system has just returned from u tour of the syitem, going as far as the Pacific coast, and he DARROW WINDS UPHISPLEA Urges It Would be Shame and Disgrace to Hang Two Coys 1 For Crime1- , CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Clarence Darrow concluded his three-day plea for mercy for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, confessed slayers of Robert Franks, and lo save the state of Illinois from "shame and disgrace for banging the 19 and 18-year-old! boys. "To hang a boy in this day and age is to turn us back toward barbarism," Darrow declared. "If your honor should hang a boy of eigllieen IOI viniauuu ui uic policy ot law or violation of the spirit of humanity, some other dajanollier judge may hang one of seventeen, fifteen or even fourleon years of age." Spate's Attorney Crowe, in his closing argument for the prose cution, renewed his demand for tlio death penally for "these two poor sons of multimillionaires..'' He ironically referred lo the defense evidence as a "trip through the nursery wilh alienists." Crowe said: "They arc no more entitled to mercy than two rattle-, snakes. Ihey are-two mad dogs. They arc a disgrace to themselves and lo their families and a men- and the only thing for which they use themselves is lo debase ,l 5elvps Tlic 0l,iy tjlinK (,ey can do usefully is lo die at tho hands of Ihe law." Hefore, Crowe's address was started, a tangle of the attorneys was caused by Judge Caverly s at evjdence given in (.iinmi,ers on the condition of rranVs body be read in ppen cor BODY OF INFANT FOUND IN A BUNDLE PORTLAND, Aug. 28. The body of an infant wrapped in cloth and wrapping paper and lied in a parcel was discovered in the parcel room, of the Union Depot here yesterday, and has created quite a stir in Ibis city. The bundle was checked on August 18, according to the tag UAMftD rnMD ATT,111-0 lM community. They HiHMlm 1 .11 III Al.l are no earthly use to themselves I Shortening of Line of Battleships Was Result of Agreement at Washington FORRES. Scotland, Aug. 28. Premier J. Ramsay Macdonald in an address last nigiu reierring' to the recent naval review at Spithead said many who viewed it thought Hie line or namesinps very short. That shortening, said Ibe premier, was a great achieve-1 menl. IGreat Hrilain signed the compact of Washington and Great Hritain always shall and must carry out that compact and honor its signature." FORTY KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN TRAIN DERAILMENT ODESSA, Aug. 28. Forty passengers were killed and a large number were injured when an express train lo Moscow from Odessa, which left here last night, derailed 200 milesv;away. A break in Ihe track 1 was'the cause. which was attached, to it.. The police have no clues lo work on, U is understood. J. A. Kirkpalj-iek relumed yes terday rrom a short visil Terrace. ' 1 lo BOSTON GRILL Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing flour Tor hire. Suitable for dances, banquets and wedding parties. For rales, apply to Boston Grill, Third Ave. Phone 457. PRICE FIVE CENTS. is well pleased wjlh the prospects. After Ihe doleful tales of crop railure, he was glad to find the grain much better than be expected and a fair yield, assured. PRINCE LOSER IN TWO EVENTS British Lost Tug-of-war With Americans on Board S.S. Berengaria Yesterday Aboard S.S. Herengaria, Aug. 28. The Prince of Wales was on the losing side in a lug-of-war, one of Ihe events of Ihe sports meet on the ship yeslerday. The ' prince and his British colleagues on one end of the rope put up a stubborn fight but were pulled over the line by the United States n team. a The Prince also took part in a. potato race but was disqualified for misplacing a potato. f FISH ARRIVALS Ten Halibut Schooners Marketed Catches Totalling 64,800 Lbs. at Exchange This Morning Ten halibut schooners marketed catches totalling Gi,800 lbs. at the Fish Exchange this morning. Two American, boats had 12,000 lbs. and eight Canadians, 52.800 lbs. The American arrivals have been light the last lew days but the boats. are "bunch ed together and Will likely be in before long all about the same time. Americans had a one cent advantage in the' bidding on first, class fish this morning but the Canadians received correspondingly higher bids for seconds. Arrivals and sales were as follows: American Hravo. 9.000 lbs., at 14.6c and Cc, to the Booth Fisheries Canadian Co. Eastern' Point, 3,000 lbs at 1 1. 2c and 0c, to the Canadian Fish & and Cold Storage Co. Canadian Margalice, 1,500 lbs., and M. M. Christopher. 9.000 lbs., at 13. lc and 7c, lo the Royal Fish Co. Roe Spit, 12.000 lbs., at 13. ic and 7c; Hrandl, 0,000 lbs., at 13c nnd 7c; and Alliance, 8,000 lbs,, at, 13c and 7c, to the Atlin Fisheries. Minnie V 5,50ft Ib,, at 13.1c and 7e, lo the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. H. ap.l R., (5.000 lbs. at 13.2e and 7ct 'nn(l Kobe. 1800 lbs. al tn.tr and 17c, lo the1 Royal Fish 1C0.