25 iiiini - d ii and C in an i 1 ii ii i TAXI and Ambulance "-"vice Anywnere i l.oUuln, Stand Royl V Uht VOL XIV, No, 250, RlnLL JUI111 A' """.' II..,, '' MATT VIDECK, r.v,- IS ALL RIGHT, N it slenmer Jrmce Jolin. Neil McLean, arrived in f-1 1 . . i-t J y liefure uiidiilghl lasl She hail a lame passpu-and considerable frciglil i TtiiO rases of salmon ' I ukmoii May. I .Lilni i-ould have eonllnueil In dole to Stewarl and Any-' preiiaintions had already li'aile for the sending of Ihe Hunerl I hen', it at first 1 g lu'eii feared thai Ihe John k' nut of I'ommissiou. The l nrcordingly is doing Ihe linn run today and, return-1 ate tins evening, will sail 1 Vancouver it hour late. ' was announced this aflernoon I t he Prince lluperl will not ' e ft uit the south Saturday iif Hint. ronseiiieutly , I here 1 ) le no sailing south thai lie Orlnen Jnlm tLill rosimie i 'e with Ihe next regular iriluled nailing for Stewart and cv:x on Wednesday, October StL DEWDNEV election IS UNDER PROTEST vHTOIlfA, Oct. :'3. -Maxwell mini ,i.,r,... i ...i .ii.i.. i i.i 'cwdney riding filed a wril in supremo court here protest - IIU III.. t 1 V.II..... " ei-i.llil III .1. ,1, ""u on leciiuical grounu oi '''Kiilarltlea on Ihe recounl. M's I- 0. Harris ami children ' Islclnn r.iillfiifnl,. nrilveil ;il iiii.i .... 11.. .. . 1 .1... UK IIL llll I III I'I'llll'l. .11,1111 Vill. . .. . .'lis i,. I' , nn MUKCIIIIOrK M,h whom they have been vlsll-"I Watun Illver. Tliev will ...II . . o on tiie Prince lluperl loiilgbt 'ie noulh. Mrs. Van Valken l,,r will visit for n . Mi ln V. . 11 'If .11- tams Kkrfnla nitaiinl Arf I IIIIIII 1 1 1 V B nM 111 1 ll 111 II II il il I L IT Howevar. With Sndlna of utufar iU Urm of Hie ae which Large Boat to Anyoi and Stewart hating been delayed for' .. . i ii. p ..I. i. ...... n lit lliowiting Miiranre io ti' iiu" oi -iuu grallou ofllcers. LIQUOR VOTE IN ONTARIO Electors Casting Verdlot Today on Question of Prohibition or Government Sale TOIIONTO. tcl. ?3. Whelher II will be prohlbillon or modera-(fou i the nil-absorbing ipie.slion in Ontario today, (ioodly numbers id the two million men and women who are entitled lo vote on the ipiestion are going to the. polls lo cast their verdict one way nr the oilier. The plebiscite I to decide whether the Ontario Teniperniire AH of lll restrirl-inir Ihe lesal sale of liiliioi lo 1...... nil. Ia .iiiuiiltlles oil mm SMITH MURDER BEING PROBED Vancouver Weekly Has Article Charging That Money Being 1 Used to Shield Qullty The rurrtol iiuniler of the Saturday Tribune edited by J S. :owper. formerly editor of 'he. Prince Ituiierl Daily New, lias ai front passe eililorial article en-' .tilted "Mas Money Heeu Led to Chinese Released from Prison Hush 110 tin Murder of Jaiiplj Sentences by Chief Justice jSinilh" In il the writer draw, Hunter attention to Ihe obvious fact that' 1 the faiuiliarily of the murderer VICTOIUA. Oct. 23. Failurelwilh the Maker Home narrowed ; iug mi uogioit in me of ,,P (.r,,,,,,!,,,,, 0 insert the .men deinralely spat in wur,,, f Chinese origin" in ..f Mi- Ilbgbin and the ri,,,,-,,,. (,f fraudulent entry inlo u,i- Hial the cnide had to q,,,,,. preferred again! Choitg -ii ihe ' .-i;as. jllHtis aud nine hUuHjlbtome ,ih- " " " der the Chinese itumiuratioti el led to the "Hashing of conviction ami prison lends ngainl Ncrused yesterday in Ihe Su preme Court under Imbra cor pus lilolloil. Chief Justice Hunter held thai proof of Ihe allegation of na- down the cop- of the inquiry to a limited circle of susprct. He say further: "At the present moment name of members of Ibf younger and ftiore drookeu of Miaughuessy lpinhl social leaders are being spoken of wherever people meet. They are demanding that an iiu ipjiry he mtadc inlo an alleged "party" held at the scene of the murder on the night prior In the) announcing of the killing of the girl." The arliele aslo says: l sel aside enressl for I life l"-rieni irau aooui ii, of Chinese origin. 1 1,1 "I'inion or Ihe great pub- The ndease of the accused, lic wbich I wrought up over llii fr..... P..iniHinii. ieinnie.1 I hem ' dastardly mtirder. Ihe whole not vet Jane miiiiii inuroer, taken up of her oil pump being landed in Canada and I hey will be "Uicidc. with oil from a dirty returned to China by the muni- u--nle has uasiy jiunai ami vcroici smells of Money. MUSICAL CLUB OPENS SEASON The first meeting of Ihe season nf Ihe Prince lluperl Ladies' Musical Club met yesterday af lernoou at the home of Mrs. lirnrge Mryaul, Fourth Avenue. Mrs. D. Iloss was in charge of the program which was a study nf "Madam Mutlerfly" by Puccini. An outline of Ihe opera was given by Mrs. Iloss mul also the author's biography. Mrs. Hubert Ward played selections fronv Ihe i opera on the piano and Mrs. Ilonney sang Ihe Aria. The secretary reported Ihe club lo be in healthy condition. Four ' """ ;. . ' "1.-0 ...rvive w,,l,m lor,,,rriy ,pe" ,ncml The records also show Ihe 101 s ' ' r "", c""' 1,111 ,,n'1 11 .. Vii ;. V ... (n ,,,r'' ""IM"d!.lsfer oc Hiiruivi 11 win ' ....I. her., me now Jt mem hers comparatively open sale al government dispensaries as In ltril-tsh Columbia and Ihe most of Ihe Canadian provinces. AGED MAN KILLS Witt ANU StLY IN LOS ANGELES) I LOS ANOF.LF.S. Oct. 23.--Ous-lae Fwli. aged HO, shot and killed his wire, Leontine, aged 71 here lasl night and (hen killed himself according to Ihe police. The aged couple are said lo, have relatives in Camilla. 1 Wll us Is hii nir for Juneau 011 the CP. It. steamer lomnrrow in answer lo a call by wire thatj his brother Harry Is lying tlan-1 n r.mt.te of fircrously HI Ihere. Mrs. lMlIas ouver. iSr 1 ni- going in all. ROTARY CLUB TO SEND CONDOLENCE TO MRS. DU VERNET The Holary Club today put off lis regular program and instead made Ihe meeting somewhat in Ihe form of a menrorial lo Archbishop Du Vernet. A letter of condolence was ordered sent to Mrs. Du Vernel and family and and it was decided that members of the club would 11I lend (he funeral in a body. The Archbishop was an honorary member of Ihe cluli. s 'r;iiv of a claim on the north beach lo A. 11. Ilobson, purser on lie S.S. John. QUIT LISTENING LONDON MF.LFART. Oct. 23. The new radio broadcasting station here has increased the. Dumber of Irish amateurs. Previously I hey had lo tunc in on distant London; now Mel fa si ' gives then nightly a program of Irish flavin including Irish music. Heeeivim sets find a ready market. Mrs. J. L. Marge and her daughter. Miss Dorothy Marge. arrived on lite Prince John last jnlghl from Uneeii Charlotte City They will sail tonight for Van. leouver where Mrs. Marge wilt visit. Miss Marge resuming her position there after having spent a vacation at Oiieeu Charlotte i PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper I'lUNCC HUI'KHT, H.C, Tlll'HHDAY. OLTOIJKIl Ht.it. oirci.t,, 1.771. The l'nnce tf Wales . here seen ,i nl. s a id'ic boy. Willi the late King Kdwitrd VII, H Q leo Alexandra, graiidfallier and grandmother. mid 'be ate Qnecn Victoria, great grandmother. Two New Companies Formed to Extract Gold from Sands on the Queen Charlotte Islands Charles T. Cabrera who was the engineer in charge or the P.M.C. Mines Companies' work on (iruham Island is staying al Ihe Hotel Mupert. He arrived last night on the Prince John and is on his way eat on a business trip. D. l. Willemar or Smilh-ers. Ihe assistant manager, is in temporary charge or the 'company properties. ' r , Mr. Cabrera announces Ihat while he relaiW his interest in the IMt.C. Mines Co., be is in no way connected with Ihe management or active business affairs or Ihat company. Two new corporations will : commence operations on Uraliam wrt-irnnf w itr i t in Island before the first or the K H I ( KIKAN IS ear. Molli of these companies llLl 1 Vlllllill 1 IU are from the eastern pari of the Slates and are composed entirely of experienced mining men. Among the placer claim owners on (iraham Island are: Frank L. Tack, a well known Oklahoma oil operator. His claim is situate on Hie east coast near Cape Fife. , Walter Pinius. a prominent real estate operator of Philadelphia, is the owner of n claim on Ihe northern coast of Groliam. S. S. Williamson of Ihe firm of Williamson & Williamson, patent attorneys of Washinglon, D.C.. owns a placer claim jus! , i members were admitted. Ihree of ,., f Massed IIOU-I , , , , i i ... WORRIED OVER HALIBUT DUTY Wants to Handicap Prince Ru pert In Order to Get Busl-, ness Thore Wort' jonies from II. e south I that a movement has been started, emanihaling from Canada, to induce President Coolidge to eliminate the laritT on fish says the Ketchikan Chronicle in a belated issue. This is lo aid the Canadian fisheries which are competing with Iho American fishermen. At Ihe present time the Ameri can naiihiu usneries nave an advantage of two cents per pound over Ihe Canadian boats I'alk at Prince llupert and Van couver was that alt sorts of 're taliatory measures would be taken against the American fish-ermen unless Ihe tarilT was wip ed out. Such talk, of course, was pure bunk and it failed. Now Canada wishes to lake a new course, with the hope of deluding the American government at Washington by persuasion and sweet words,. They should not prevail in their endeavor. Prevent Move .Through misunderstanding, some of the fishermen opposed 'he imposition of a duty on Ihe fisheries. They have seen, how-"ver. Ihat it has worked to Iheir Vim 1 eiiPil km pag" SiT1 dollars. lrt ! 40 S SIR EDMUND OSLER LEFT $4,000,000 Late President of Dominion Bank Was Wealthy Man Will Filed For Probate OTTAWA, Oct. 23. The lale Sir Fdmund Osier, president of the Dominion Hank who died recently, left an estate of 000,000 according to the which was yesterday filed probale. GOOD CATCH OF AN will for AMERICAN SCHOONER Foremost Brings In 70,000 Lbs. and Sells at 20o and 7c The American schooner Fore-! most brought in a large catch of halibut today. Site had 70,000 lbs. which sold at 20c and 7o lo the Cold Storage Cotnany. Other sales were: . Pioneer, 6,000. at 20c and 7o to Atlin Fisheries. age. BOSTON GRILL Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing four for hire. Suitable for dances, banquets and wedding parties. For rates, apply to Boston drill, Third Ave. Phone 467. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LABORITES ARE DISORDERLY POLITICIANS SILVER WAVE IS FOURTH VESSEL CAUGHT THIS SEASON IN NORTHERN ICE Wild and Stormy Receptions are Given Opponents of Labor Party in Old Country Election Campaign LONDON. OH. IM. Wild mid stormy receptions were .11 prominent Liberal and Conservative candidates at .several I hugs 111 Mcull.iiiil last night. When Might lion. II. II. Astiiilli rose lo address 11 meeting 1 !-! he wan greeted Willi I he Mnging of the "lied Flag." "Ut -everal lime brought the proceeding to 11 standstill. t (ilusgnw- Sir lloherl Home was forced lo iibaiidon nl-N (o -peak. Free fight occurred mimI several of Die demon-1- were ejected. Women 111 the audience fled lo (he plal- 1 HliUilK lor aieiy. i' li.iitliln. Liborat, contesting '.siililiMicy of North Hal- ' .1 1 against S. Haklalvala. iMiiist. wh made the butt: w, and abuse by Labor r hu't . While acciuiipau - ' . Lis wife i-'Miiluelliif h run-. l 'lie coiislHiieiiry, he vvn "I by a molt nf iiiph who 1 wilil threnlo at li I tit. ,j in own through the wind-j 1 of lie i-nr 01 which he FAULTY CHARGE SETS MEN FREE Ice Carries off Schooner in Ice of Arctic Ocean While Skipper Watches Helplessly NO.MB, Oct. 23. Gasoline schooner Silver Wave of Nome iih four men aboard has been carried off by the ice of the dir. This is the fourth vessel seized this season in the fatal ip of the ice in the Alaskan Arctic. She was caught in Kotze-je Sound, 180 miles norlh of Mering Strnil, whither she was irrying for safely on her last trip before winter. The Silver Wave first lauded her cargo and the passengers were taken off near the end or the Long peninsula. AVhile Capt. Ileness. master and Owner and engineer were ashore the " sciioonei- was seen moving out LOGGERS WIN DAMAGE SUIT , Six are Awarded Nearly Quarter of a Million Dollars Under j-idnment into the ocean. Slush ice prevented Hie master and engineer from reaching the vessel and kept the four men, Ihe remainder of the crew, who had remained aboard, from coming ashore. ' The gasoline schooners Arctic and Letts of San Francisco and the Lady Kindersley of Vancou- i ver, M.C., were lost in Ihe ice. the VANCOUVKIl, Oct. 23. Six cargoes of the Arctic and Kin-logging operators were awarded dersley being lost. The crews of .33,315 damages against the h1' u,ree v-els were saved. , '.aiiada Timber and Lands Ltd. siy Harold Mrown, deputy, regis trar of the Supreme .Court, who 'conducted Ihe referenca pernuanl lo Ihe judgment of the judicial committee of the privy council, handed down ' ' November -28, 1923. The loggers are Julius Clausen. Phillip Cain and William J. Mluudell. The Privy Council sustained the judgment of Mr. Justice MANY MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE Telegrams Pour In From ..all Parts of Canada to Archbishop's Family Miiruhv. who ileci.le.l that the de- Scores of telegrams from all ren.iani rniimanv wrnnsfiillv tpr-lpa"1 ot Canada have been re minaled a contract by which veiyf ,l,e '"''i' ot the late olainlilTs were ussins 200.000.- Archbishop F. H. Du Vernet and (100 feel of fir, cedar and spruce on Toba Hiver. The successful litigants claimed damages for over a million Archdeacon G. A. Rix lamenting the death of the Archbishop and extending deepest sympathy, to the relatives and the diocese. The following is the texlol a Selegi-am received by Arehdeaifou Hix from Archbishop Matbeson of Winnipeg, priinate for all Canada: "I deeply grieve to learn of the death of my very dear friend the Archbishop. Kindly convey to his family and the diocese my heartfelt sympathy. I regret that il is impossible for me-to reach Prince llupert in lime for the funeral. His passing is a loss to Ihe whole Christian church." MEMORIAL SERYICE VANCOUVER SATURDAY Bishop Du Pencler and Prlnolpal Vance Coming Here for Archbishop's Funeral Misltop Du Pencier of Westminster diocese and Hev. W. H. '.Vance, principal of the Anglican Theological College of M.C., will arrive in Ihe city on 'the Princess Mary tomorrow lo participate with Archdeacon 'G. A. Hix in the funeral service for the late Archbishop F. II. pu Vernet on Saturday. ' A telegram received from Prin- eiiuil Vhiipp Iiv Arcliilpupon tilt mine tuc, j.iuiu, ai oc auo c j js as f0Hows' to Atlin Fisheries 1 "Bishop Du Penoier and I will Livingstone (Canadian!, 12.- al.,.ive , 1rince Rupert on Ff,. 00(1. at l,o and 8c to Cold Stor- 1nv IlinmnPui a0rvioi, h, NOTICE As a mark of respect lo Ihe lale Archbishop Du Vernel, will stores and ofllces . please close from 2 to 3 o'clock on Saturday aflernoon, the funeral hour, s; M. NF.WTON. Mavor. O 4 v J tvi v v w waw been arranged to take place in Vancouver at 2 o'clock Saturday aflernoon in Christ Church. The three co-operative theological colleges Mel body-1, Presbyterian and Anglican have cancelled their lectures for that day and will attend the service - body. Mrs. A. Garcin and daughter arrived from Naden Harbor on the Prince John last night ami will sail Ibis evening for Victoria where they will speml the winter. Mr. Garcin is the manager of Ihe whaling station at Naden Harbor.