Foreign observers from tlie battle fronts state that a most noticeable feature uf the campaign, is the primitive aiid utterly unsanitary urraiigcmenls provide!) to ileal with the wounded and also the rapscallion type of Chinese soldier involved, the officers following the usual custom ot PHN I ICTON. Sept. 5. The ap pointment of a hydro-electric power commission similar to lhat of Ontario will be urged by I lie; Union of B.C. Municipalities up- on the government according to a unanimous resolution tiassed nti the concluding session of the annual convention here. Financial relief for hospitals will be sought from Hie government by a Joint committee, re presenting Ihe Union and MANY UNIVERSITIES the; IU" Hospitals Association. A resolution approving the abolition of Ihe Wednesday half holiday was approved but the forty eight hour week was retained. It was resolved lo recommend abolition of police commissioners n municipalities of less than 15.-"OOiuhabilanls. Two year terms for mayor and aldermen were approved, half of the latter to retire each year. Reeve Alex. Loekley of Ksqui-nile was elected president of Ihe Union. The convention next year will be held In Victoria. HlfJA, Russia. According lo Hus'shin educationa I aulhorilies, Hieie are 235 universities it; s"vle Russia, besides 91 work- nxiiieii'N high schools, otherwise Pulled "uooole's universities Nrarly 50 per rent or Ihe 1.(155 pniressor,, listed resided in Leu inrad and Moscow. Belter Babies judging on Sat- moay and Monday. PUBLIO NOTICE The Light and Power will lie shut oil on Sunday monilng, September 7, from' 1.30 to 8.30 in order b) change the oil in tin) governor nl 'Shnwnllans. 210 City Lighl Depl. PRINCE IS ENJOYING LIFE AT NEW YORK Plays Polo and Golf and Goes off on Motor Boating Trip puny on Long Island Sound SYOSSKT, Sept. 5. The Prince of Wales played polo yesterday morning, golf in the afternoon, uud lunched with Ilogers the comedian. In the evening he look a launch out on Long Island Sound without announcing his destination. In consequence of Ihc threatening letter received by the acting British Consul at New York, nil automobiles entering Ihe Burden grounds are slopped and scrutinized. WORLD FLYERS MAKE BOSTON KASTPORT, Me.. Sept. rt ' United Stales globe flyers hopped oIT from Piclou, Nova Scotia, this morning and are .again on United Stales territory this afternoon. The three planes flying fast passed over here on their way to Boston. Lieut. Wade rejoined the llighl at Piclou. businessmen Gold Cobalt Mine io " velopnHMd work thereon. Another Excursion In I lie course of a conversation this morning. Mr. Thompson staled that the Vancouver Hoard r Trade was planning another excursion nexl year to the Imt.t,. taking in Prince Rupert, S.nilheis. Prince George anil other important pmnls. Ihc ,.,,. nf Canadian .National Triangle Tour won in proimmy used. , Mi. fiioninson arrived from and re-l,,,.,,,.,! Wednesday Vancouver on o Ihe city last night aflcr vl-lllno- Anvox. He win ku ... Slewnrl tonight nn.l will be back Conflicting Evidence Glvon Second Inquest Regarding Embalming Body ii. . ii... r.i.. ,l Amalgamation of Three Mining n l U It Will through to Vancouver TAXI BOSTON GRILL 25 and wins Large Upstair Dining Hall, Ambulance with newly laid dancing floor for hire. Suitable for Service dances, banquets and wedding Anywhere at Anytime. parties. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. PRINCE RUPERT For rates, apply to Boston and 6th 8L Grill, Third Ave. MATT VIDECK, Prop. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 4S7. VO! j. XIV., NO. 209. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 11124. VMWrday't Circulation 1.773. Street 603 PRICE FIVE GENTS. ': CHINESt ATTACK NEAR SHANGHAI TODAY IMMIGRATION IS NEED OF THE COUNTRY SAYS SIR HENRY THORNTON Chinese Use Ancient Methods of Warfare in Campaign now in Progress: Attacks Take Place SHANGHAI, Sept 6. Kaingsti forces attacked in I.ohiiho I A MCT 0 MITLPC .lor and continued the assault until lute this afternoon and appeared lo lie preparing lor nuowier tiigni oi continuous ngiu-in" firing becoming more intense hourly and both sides using' pulling Hie least trained soldiers into the iroiil lines. (roups of soldiers willi ropes and handcuffs seize likely looking Chinese for military duly, roping five "i "if together and handcuffing llmsc resisting. " TO ASK FOR POWERBOARD Abolition of Police Commissioners In Small Municipalities Approved by Union of Municipalities TWO YEAR TERMS Reave Loekley of Esqulmalt Is New President Neit Meeting Place Victoria AT VICTORIA IS THREATENED ! ! Famous Journalist Was Friend of! Partly Incoherent Letter Received Statesmen and Other Noted Men VICTORIA, Sept. 5. William ..M.iur.ii, aepi. . i no Hc , i)jsi.aei; on i.ja re mystery of the death of Janet turn fronv ti.e COni.ress at Ber- Smith the nursemaid found shot li aml Ravo ul ,he Message f through the head in Ihe house of i wnl., ,.acp win i,nor. His Maker, Miaugnnessy ueigiuiis.; wrjjss on seVcral subjects have with a revolver at her side, being ieen rPRa,.(ed as authoritative probed by a second coroners textbooks. by British Consul at New York NEW YORK, Sept. 5. V letter' I rani, a noted International jour- addressed lo acting British Con- i nalist, an associate of princes, -ul Brunei of New York, threat- r ... n .statesmen, writers, and scicn- ened the life or the Prince of UYgeS "eSSimiStS IU tOLSt 10 C071 YfCS'l Ofm iisis and a parijiuipaiu in inusi mr iriiur mrru putt's lung, p I J 1 t W IV nC A Til MVv T I?D V of "le stirring events of Britain most of which whs incoherent. J'CiAin W1I tjlLitl I and Western Europe during the said: "If you don't get out of jury following the exhumation1 i far little evidence has been ad lucrd lo show that the girl was1 murdered or to implicate any man or voinan in Ihe suggested enme. Neither the accident or uifcidc theory accounts" for all the facts adduced. Searching cross-examination of witnesses is being com last third of the nineteenth cen- the United States you will meet lury, died yesterday aged 80. a violent death." at Mr. Tran I was an Intimate ot The police regard the letter as George Bernard Shaw. Hc gained the work or a harmless disorder- raine by going through the Paris ed brain. Coninune with George Odger and was sentenced lo be shot as a CYTCMH DftUEDS of the body, is still unsolved. So MfiMTDE AT DftCT CWHICV . muiwur. i uji uiui.ii MONTREAL, Sept. 5. Over one hundredmWojecs, .of the LABOR COUNCIL LONDON, Sept. "5 The Trades! bushels if the elevator wvre here so that be could market it ers easily. All the farmers were looking with great expectations to the time when the local elevator was operating. Colonel McMordie was a of the Board of Trade delegation to. the interior. Other Cnnlena. lie is on business in i Tho Colonel said that ho Was cleared, slock was in 'better; Sir Henry Thornton is Emphatic on Need of Canadian Immigration cpeaRs or raiure or reace River Cotntry: Graham Speaks. TORONTO, Sept. 5. Canada's urgent need for immigrants to develop the country and thereby increase the business of the transportation systems were impressed upon those, attending the transportation day luncheon at the Canadian National exhibition by Sir Henry V. Thornton, K.B.E., chairman and president of the Canadian Railways. Sir Henry and Hon. George P. Graham; minister or railways and canals were the speakers and among the guests were many members of th'e British Association Tor ! the advancement ot science who recently crossed from the i nion Congress has decided to Atlantic lothe Pacific on .awrence river. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Graham paid tribute to Sir v. ...L .,.i..,.i iib,. ff!,v..l will bo tremendous as soon us the elevator is built here, accord- menl of the Canadian National I, ini a order on the day or Ihe ing to Colonel McMurdie who told the Rotary Club yesterday stating that through his efforts ii.r deilh for Ihe removal of Hint he had talked to a lot or the farmers in the interior and Ihc government was able last ?, L r ... ..,.,- fni thai, was their opinion, Charles Barrett of Houston said that year to pay $1,300,000, interest wins Ihe Inquest and had laler while he grew only a small quantity now be would raise 20,000 to Grand Trunk debenture liold- iliscusseiPdclails with him. members ot the club who were with the degelatiOn and who ispokeai spoke at the tne luncheon nincneon were were Cyril oyn' Sir Henry Speaks Sii Jenry Thornton was em- jphatic I in his statement that the ...ii ..r II. . l.. :l.. V...j ..... . . pieseiiuiuvu ut me. l'uuj .. ,, ,,r uanai a cannot have n He told or the splendid exhibits creased earnings on the National at the fair at SnUthers and or Haiway an, reduced height the fine sports at Ttlkwa. They ,.a(e!( at lhe SiUI1(, tilne rMttPrlieS III llU.Lt.llVn frill had Hail met met the tne farmers farmers al ai a a Dan uau- .., am ,,0, a maariciati " he r . lOrmc, Stuart McLeod, and D. o. quel and told them how lo run Hi.t P,mni,i niakn iwn ml two , i , S t l as now become apparent that their opera-prosperity wcpo Ia(e aml oul carly , us p b, '.Wl 1 i'm carried oul .. her hand he interior bene- ha( sllTmious time. He wts st .roninl.lv nn.l practically by an a , run spot! porlation at i amnlgamalion. A great deal would be saved especially gards Iransporlation. Mr Thompson inouiiu it is the intention or Ihe com- ....idU nir o uiili'uu connection with Ihfc firm of N.'born on a farm and he knew shape and Ihe farmers were get-,(coljlp serious." who control the Thompson & Co. Ltd., consulting something about farming. He ting belter returns. ..... . i: .1., the . r - extend the power of the general Canadian National lines. ae, the praln cr0 at 300,000,- council giving it greater control iton. -Mr. iraiiam aaii wiuiinoo bushels which although less over unions in case of industrial Ihe transportation problems of tlian last year, would command a disputes. The decision is re- Ihe country both by rail and . by j good price. He paid tribute to CMDI nVCCC PET VfYTirC f-'al,lnl as investing the council water ana impressed upon his mic 20.000 settlers- in -the Peace L'.tll LAI 1 Liliu ULi l liUUVLi with powers never enjoyed by a listeners llic necessity fur in- single1 body sincq the labor creased tralllc lo off-sel high movement was launched. II now operating costs, (he desirability can go so-far as callingva.-genpral-of-vincriasM).rfMir4Mluction o f River country and the necessity for belter and greater develop post ofHce have been notified; strike without consulting the materials to be carried and of'I)()rilp 0r the United Slates will ) I lint llieir seiSiees will not be re- workers. j immigration to assist in the de- look lo Canada for theif daily lucled.l inired after September 30. Post-: Hie Congress oeciueii to rejeci veiopmeni or resources. lie sustenance . To accomplish all r..i....,iiniir.n i.v ,, n.to. i . kn-. ini. .. I master (Saudel stated that the Edwards of statements made by """ , '?' hrsely over Constable James (Sreen ami F. laker featured today's session. The constable had testified that he had not given instructions for embalming Ihe body. The undertaker definitely declared the olll--cr hail so instructed him and 'hal when he had doubted Ihe wisdom of the course and telephoned the coroner, the instruc-ions were confirmed. Mr. Baker staled he had not instructed staffed since Ihe recent strike. ment there and elsewheri to .meet ihft.day jwhen, ho claims. the Ihe Communists' proposal lo link urged faith in Canada and her these things Sir Henry mainlain-ilself with the Moscow Interna- development and also faith in etj jiat immigration was neces- tionnle. Elevator Here Will Help the Farmers of the Interior in Marketing Their Wheat Crop ' llie ract mat (lie Canadian gov- sary an,i tiat to develop immi-ernment would not shirk any of gratjon there should be collie obligations i had assumed in operation between all working connection with the taking over n that direction, or railway lines. Reference wasl - also made to the problems of the International waterways, which materially affect Ontario and tho territory bordering on the St. HORSE RACING IS CONDEMNED The possibilities for wheat growing in the Bulkley Valley Henry Thornton and his manage. Hon. H. H. Stevens Takes B.C. situation up wvun minister of Justice VANCOUVER, Sept. 5. Pro testing against the horse racing situation in British Columbia," Hon. It. H. Stevens, M.P., has ad dressed a letter lo Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of justice, urging the minister's interven-' Hon. Mr. Slevens asserts thai the law stipulating only wq meets a year of seven days each at any course has been circumvented by hVlrtka fnr PmntflhlP ( InPYflttO T:SU,!U''- t,,c colonel sM that it llieir ranifs, lia rentorked with a cqual jsiXi it js I)ol niy j,rovince resurrecting an obsolele racing iriCIKc lift I I v'BlUIlC vptiwiiw i wag l)l0 fil.:jl limo lle jla, i,een mij,, 'r,c country was going , ii,.r..- i,i ,v ...wn.-.nihlliiv charter and ten weeks contlnn- through the interior and he was ahead. While the farmers had (o (pll you whal will' ial)11PU jflous racing is being singed in llu t ii o....ii,. ,.f ihn i.w Hnzelton pleased to go because the inter- not much real money they seemed (.I.i11 n.i.. . ,. ,!,. 'riiolvieinity of Vancouver, admissions? , i i p li ill ?iiies Ltd the Roche l)u Boule and Delta mines on csls of the coast and the interior to be improving their places and ,owcrln- of n.eight rales pUcc9 pari-mutuels taking t7.000.-j ii' . tin nle Mo uiitaiir near New- Hnzelton is being planned were bound up the one w.lh the culling of ties and poles helped t flirlllPP nwny lhat llay wheil wc 000. This, Mr. Stevens describes: V . Si, d Thomson ion !f tlio first mentioned company who is other, and it was g;odfor them lo kl.Cp then going. wi ,, Hble u, meel caplul rt..Ja terrific drain uVou Ihe eco- sta es NKliol , to work together. Ihe prosper- stliarl McLeod said he went to quiremenls. The Crows Nest'nomio wealth of the country." Ill uiu u.j . !i.li- r.,,1,! rutin liy OI I'llllCe lUipeil liepenoeu Oil i,,,,!- nflo.. lh ..I hrr linvs. Thev n... I... . I ..... "Tim wlinlo nrnmnllnn " lm do IIUt. I 111 im-iuunift r ' " ' v " ...w - - UK l cuiiu-lll nun Liuuiiu jvi-i " ....v.... ,.. Denies lilt, . . . . n I . ....... ii.. ii...:. lln nriwiiprit v of or the Ihn inlerior. inlerior. On On .. i .... and n...i . .. ... ' m . 1 , .litems, serious lo both. Clares "is Dascil on the com- systems. Dis- mcrclalizlng of the gambling in as re- """ .. . mere two years ago anil saw a crjminatious are intolerable. The - for its produce. 'wonderful improvement in that ,.auway i,oari will shortly hand nn l-..t.Hl Tkl. l.i ..... . ..... on I lie nine, mere wua muio muu , 0wii a decision and If it means a reduction the situation will Sir Henry said ho could vis. engineers and' manufacturing had driven a Iitmler many a nule.i ). c. Stewart who was Intro-' ....i,- ,,, .., ...i.,,., itl n.., .... nKCiits, of which he is the head. Thr wheat, lie saw in tho Bulkley Uuced as a potato expert, said . (,r tOImmiIo the flass or all ... ..... ....... .. , . . X.. 1 I ......! II. ....II n I. 1 .1 ury uock matter It was Mr. Thom'j.son who ad vocnled publicly a few years ago that the Prince Rupert dry dock be moved to Vancouver. However we don't need il now," said Mr. Thompson this morning, "for wo in Ihe Inlerior and those people ' axnu, Tuesday nie'l'l ifulua. Uiit. winter. have one ot our own." Mr. were looking to Prince Rupert lo Thonfpson is a great booster for bell1 them. They were surprised his home town of Vancouver and nn.l pleased at the interest taken he says things are flourishing by Ih Board of Trade and, ir no-there now. The tourist Iraffio, H'ing else was done, tho trip m'ade has been very heavy this year,' for closer and lm.rp harmonious people coming from all parts of'relnlions with that part of the the Stales and Kaslcrn Canada in country. mo lop ears. A big grain business Cyril Orme outlined the trip through Ihe port is anlicipated much as it hns already appeared in reports from the special re ' , . . . ;,. " - uti.ixni, ""i- ""nations would fly at the mast- 4 . mnrkab ly rich and Ihe slock was u,e inrge number of farna and .., ,., a. ancl0, .. splendid. he one important the quantity of land under culti- . lin,winil. i,,w.iiiiiHv lmlT thing for ll.em was the elevator, vation, The difficulty they found ,,. , ,,,, K01,t , here. That would provi.le a mar-Uvas in marketing their produce. ',,,. ,nV ... n,.,.,,,,,! ' ket. lie met a lot of Tine people ,. suggested lhat the Provincial ...... , ,.. '.' A I - . ..iiiiv. iiiit'll lull, iifii Lir I r.i . ' a (.iiviriiniint should es ablish . . , ... .i. . n. stinct '.argely at the expense of legilimoto business interests." Belter Babies judging on Saturday and Monday. ' CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT All men requiring work on the City Streets are requested lo make, appli cation enlion'lo Mo Ihe Ihe ofllee olllce o or the in creameries ami in s (here. In '" Smithers1 - "u11" ,,0Nn tional " , , Railways, ' V . I have m rear, . hey were using Kdmonlon butter . iin.. n.,.i i,i,. ,U1' KUtrinnn engineer. and at lla.elt.m he round eggs - PrTorence will be given l' ' evel ment ' ol imported from Prince Hubert. Bbo"ul ,0 ll,Hrr,ed ,nen' propor,y motl is Ul l,,ini ,en Dr. A; T. Kergin, who pre- ,?UI holders and single men sided, in thanking Mie delegates, t who have been resident in said said Ibis Ibis city city could could only only grow grow ures visit West a the city fur a number of as Ihe interior grows. The visit would make greater sympathy between Ihe people here. Sir Henry referred to his re-it years. cent trip through the west and 210 there anil urged the pessimistic imes to ( j visit thai country. He estim-;