Whefl
YMi
Wut
ft
TAXI
in
a
hurry
Plane
99
Beat
Cart
and
Best
Service
In
tha
City.
Ratea
Reasonable
VOL.
XIV.,
NO,
31
CONSERVATIVE
is;r;
under
unusuat.
JOINS
LABOR
Hugh
McMillan,
K.C
Becomes
Lord
Advocate
for
Scotland
Under
Macdon&td
LONDON.
Feb.
V.
Hugh
Mv.
Millan,
K.C
.
member
of
the
Scot.
'
li
har.
who
had
nu
previous
i.iowri
roiincrlimi
with
the
l.ahor
Vancouver
Salvniir
Co.,
received!
Vtrly,
r,
linn
i
Iwen
been
appoint
appointed
lrd
4?r!f
Jin.trucllun,
lirucllyiu
tu
tu
sen.
send
a
tug
lo
tlmi
iicli
oiidiliou
i!
PILE
WHARF
IS
PROPOSED
Swimming
Club
Would
do
Away
With
Floats
at
Salt
Lake
Assistance
Being
Sought
I
lie
SwliiiiiiinK
Cluli
piopois
lie
hulhliiiK
of
n
permanent
pile
wharf
at
the
Salt
Lake
lnlnnl
of
(In1
present
floats
and
nl
n
meel.
lasl
nii'lit
In
Ihe
police
roiirt
II
wan
decided
lo
seek
the
as
Mslance
uf
Ihe
provincial
gov
eminent
and
the
rily
in
this
mid
oilier
luolecls
ululilied
for.
Ihe
seuMiu.
Jack
Buddie,
president
of
Hie
club,
look
the
chair
at
the
iiieehnir
ami
others
attending
ere
Messrs.
McKwen,
secretary,
I
C
liihhoiis.
M.J.
D'Kelly
and
J.
W
Scull.
FIRPO
OFFERED
OVER
A
MILLION
Big
Sum
For
Services
of
Boxer
For
Year
With
Right
to
Fight
Dempsey
III
Allies.
Vh.
t.
I.nis
I
'lpo
amioiinrrs
lliul
a
New
York
synilieale
bus
offrred
hlnv
!,-
Mii.Oiiu
for
4
exclusive
services
m
Hie
I
niied
stales
for
one
yenr
Us
time
would
commence
with
his
return
to
the
United
Slides
moulli
mt
l(,
contract)
""nu
leave
hint,
dep.
(1
nrtniiKO
'
flalil
with
Donvpsey
lliioiigh
ulher
promoter.
The
ofrer
einlirncei
a
bout
with
"l,
im
exhibition
tour
and
mow,,
riahis.
M
3,t5
yesterday
aflernoim
"ie
fire
department
responded
In
do
at'
afteruiMiii,
wa
forced,
to
return
tu
port
from
Lawyer
I
-land
Ibroiik'li
lre
of
weather
and
did
no!
reach
Ihe
Amur.
The
I'arhetia
wa
en
roule
to
Cii
inn
no,
(ianluer
Canal,
ami
reacliel
the
Amur
yestenlay
about
'i
o'clock
noon.
Finding
that
there
wa
no
waler
in
Hie
wrecked
vessel
and
that
there
was
.lill
lealu
on
her
boiler.
Capl.
Cam.
nion
enl
a
man
aboard
and
took
a
slern
alienor
iroin
me
strainer
ami
put
il
down.
The
hargr,
which
aflrr
bcitm
secured
alon-shle
Hie,
Amur
hail
gone
adrift,
nil.
picked
Up
by
Ihe
parhelia
about
half
way
between
While
Cliff
and
Ceiui
Island
am
lowed
lu
safely
at
Inverness
rannery.
The
hnrKf
va
iipparenlly
uol
leaking.
The
Amur
went
almre
nlnnil
t
o'clock
yesterday
morning
but
Cant.
Caiiimoii
wa
unable
to
state
what
the
caue
wni.
In
anyf
rnsg
.when
he
left
Ihe
Amur
nU.'l
tt'rliH'k
in
the
aflernooii
she
dl.Tiiol
seem
lo
he
leaking
and
HlH.iilenlt),
liad
no
hide
in
her
nl
Hint
lime.
The
crew
was
stilt
aboard
and
a
part
of
the
vessel
was
under
waler.
Afler
deliver-lag
Ihe
barge
at
Inverness,
tin
Pachena
relumed
here
nl
V.30
this
morning.
The
Amur
is
coiuiiuuiiled
y
Capl.
Oriulstoii,
a
cousin
of
the
skipper
of
Ihe
Princes
Mary.
Marmlon
Returns
Capl.
Hinder
of
Ihe
Munition,
who
has
been,
to
lite
Amur
nml
who
left
there
this
.morning
nt
half
past
IVn
nays
the
vessel
hut
a
slight
leak
in
.Number
1
tank
and
some
of
I
lie
coal
cargo
will
have
to
he
discharged
heforo
the.
vessel
can
be
taken
olT
the
rocks.
Shu
Is
not
submerged
and
the
caplain
thinks
she
cuu
he
gol
olT.
lie
Is
hero
to
report
to
Hit)
underwriters
who
will
arrange
for
salvaging
her
oil.
All
(bo
members
of
the
crew
iiio
still
aboard.
Op
In-
...il
fill
lUiiiDu'y
JlardonahL
luil'tva
unable
(
gel
a
suitable
Mr.
McMillan
is
a
Conservative
)UP
nt
awaiting
further
In.
but
ha
a
ir
reel
to
take
(he
posl,
irurtimis.
f
ipulalilig
that
lie
do
so
on
n
,
Canadian
Fish
A
Cold
tiis
entirely
min-pollliral
and
storage
Co.'
sehuoner
X.ibasso,
v.
hunt
purHrlpaliuii
in
llif
pulley.
ca1
Candnw,
which
,
set
out
for
.if
the
government.
An
appoint,
h,,.
.,-ene
(,f
Hie
wreck
yestrrday
FERN
ANDRA,
BBBaBlS
(iermun
Motion
Picture
Ac.
Ires,
iaIio
denies
?he
waf
...i
,..
i
i
t
...i
riun.ni
ML
I.UU1II
,.UUlt.
J
t'alnv
von
IUMK'trai'ion
Cr
J
.foty
hr
tiuirrrd
jlhr
wtiMllb)'
1
Millicenl
Jlovera
i.
PAIR
OF
JACKS
EXCITING
TRIP
Canadian
Boat
Had
Close
Call
Off
Triple
Island
When
Engine
Started
to
Miss
Afler
an
exciting
passage.
across
llecale
Mruils
and
one
which
nl
limes
was
fraught
with
uliios
Immediate
possibilities
of
disaster,
the
Canadian
halibut
schooner
Pair
of
Jacks,
Capl.
John
Ivarsou,
reached
purl
this
morning
tin
only
urrival
of
the
day.
Her
.catch
of
8.000
pounds
is
held
over
for
sale
until
Monday.
The
Pair
of
Jacks,
had
a
par
lirularly
slrenubus
lime.
crossing
llecale
Straits
ami
the
distance
of
.IK
miles
from
Hose
Spit
to
l.ucy
Nlaml
look
hours.
There
was
a
heavy
soul
beast
Kale
wild
Ireiuemlous
seas
running.
In
the
breakers
olT
l.ucy
Island,
Ihe
vessel's
engine
start
ed
to
miss
ami
it
looked
as
if
she
was
doomed.
The
motor,
however,
by
Ihe
besl
of
fortune,
kepi
going
ami
the
vessel
pulled
safely
past
Ihe
point
of
danger.
LUMBERJACKS
ODD
DEMANDS
Strikers
In
Canadian
Asks
Release
of
War
Prisoners
In
U.S.
VICTdHIA.
Feb.
Jo.-
Lumber
production
hi
central
Committee
Appointed
to
Take.
.up
Matters
of
Federal
Policy
with
Fred
Stork,
M.P.
Various
matters
concerning
the
fishing
industry
of
the
port
were
taken
up
at
a
joint
meeting
of
Ihe
several
fisheries
roinmillees
ami
interested
organisations
which
was
held
in
Ihe
city
council
chamber
last
night.
Those
alleiidiiig
the
meeting
were
Mnyor
Newton
ami
Aid.
Casey
representing
the
cily
council;
Piesideul
S.
.1.
Jlcl.cod
of
the
Board
of
Trade;
II.
M.
Daggett,
secretary
oT
I
lie
Fishing
Vessel
Owner'
Association,
and
J.
II.
Mcituhcr,
John
Penny,
Fred
Miller
and
W.
H.
Cooillai!
representing
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
luiioii.
Mayor
.vewlou
was
ap
pointed
permanent
chairman
of
Ihe
joint
commillee
and
II.
M,
Daggett,
acting
secretary.
Columbia
will
he
seriously
re-'ami
fish.
I
lie
mailer
or
establishing
a
fishermen's
home
in
Prince
llu-
pert
was
discussed
and
it
was
referred
to
the
Fishermen's
Union
to
report
on
the
advisa
bilily
of
such
an
institution,
the
kind
of
structure
and
its
con
I
rol.
The
nerossily
of
improve
ment
al
Cow
Bay
for
the
convenience
of
fishing
vessels
was
taken
up
and
the
question
was
referred
lo
Ihe
Boat
Owners'
Association
to
report
definitely
on
what
is
needed.
The
matter
will
later
be
taken
up
with
the
provincial
government
with
a
view
lo
having
Hie
necessary
work
done.
A
commillee
was
appointed
to
Interior
lake
up
with
Fred
Stork,
M.P.,
matters
coming
within
(he
purview
of
the
federal
department
such
as
the
duly
on
fishermen's
ducrd
next
summer
owing
to
thn
sisls
of
(!.
refused
lo
lecognlie
tha
organ.
A.
M.
Klpp,
manager
of
Hal-
iiallon
of
strikers
who
adhere
lo
moral
Cannery,
came
in
on
last
the
demand
tor
recognition
or
the
.
.
.
r.......
II.
the
a
d,..
Skceiin'uiiions
1
i
,
.,..,i
I
'I
CAll
fn,i
il..
ti..it-
tt..
.......
Inftr
ills
train
from
and
for
tour
dollars
nav
won
Mm
I'lrsl
Avenue,
wlipre
there
was
a'Hlver
and
relumed
to
Vuncou-for
nu
right
hour
day
and
the
re-'mutch
line
"'"oke
scare.
No
damage
was
ver
on
Ihe
Cainosun
this
morn-
lease
of
American
war
prisoners.
'against
Inland,
Thfre
b
o
900
u::
airi-cled,
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
IMtlNtiti
III
I'KHT,
B.C.,
HATlTtDAY,
J'KHBUAItY
,
1024.
VttUrdiv'i
Circulation
1B3S
High
School
Will
Have
Full
Charge
of
Daily
News
Monday
The
editorial
department
uf
the
Daily
News
wilt
on
Monday
he
given
over
entirely
tu
the
Literary
Society
.of
the
High
.School.
Tiiey
will
lake
churgt
nod
will
handle
all
the
news
that
comes
in,
will
write
everything
thai
appears
and
will
edit
lUr,
telegraphic
(leialeies.
Their
reporters
will
gather
the
new
and
the
p;uple
in
charge
uf
public
and
other
office's
are
aked
lo
extend
to
them
Hie
iimihI
press
courtesies.
Following
i
Ihe
staff
fur
the
day:
Kditor-in-cliicf
.1.
U.
Brady.
Managing
Kdilor
Mis
A.
A.
Pierce.
Associate
Kdilor-
Mis
Alice
elou,
Mis
Alice
Pills-luiry,
and
Miss
7,orkn
Sutilovilch.
Man
in
the
Moon
Mis
Margaret
palmer.
Stenographer
Miss
Dorothy
Macdouald
ami
Mi
l.uuis
Fislier.
Sporl
Hditurs
(I
Wuudwurth.
J.
Kelly
and
Don
Matliesou.
llcporler
-KlgoiKl
Sleplieu,
(iordou
Kerr,
Alec.
Mitchell,
Ted
Tile
and
Sam
Joy.
FISH
MATTERS
ARE
DISCUSSED
Joint
Meeting
of
Commltteaa
Last
Night
Flahermen'a
Home
to
bo
Looked
Into
COW
BAY
IMPROVEMENTS
SaasssssssssSM.
'
LaV
Mr.
Jacobine
Ncuhardt,
of
Syracuse,
NX,
who
has
just
readied
the
century
mark,
gives
the
following
rules
for
long
life:
"Be
in
bed
each
night
before
ten
o'clock
and
eat
whenever
hungry."
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
SCOTTISH
CUP
2nd
Round
St.
M'irren
0,
hangers
t.
Kasl
Mirliug
t.
Midannaiidule
0.
Parlick
Thistle
3,
Bones
0.
Cowdenbeath
0,
Abenleen
I.
Ayr
United
I,
Kilmarnock
0.
Forfar
I,
Motherwell
3.
Hearts
C,
(ialstou
0.
St.
Bernards
0,
Slanhouse
Muir
0
Falkirk
2,
West
Fife
0.
Alrdrieonians
I,
St.
Johnston
0.
Hamilton
A.
2,
(jueen
of
South
1.
Clydebank
I,
Arbroath
0.
Clyde
2,
Vale
or
Leven
0.
Oueen's
Park
3,
Armadale
I.
Dundee
0,
Itaitli
O.
Hibernians
I,
Alloa,
I.
ENGLISH
LEAGUE.
Division
I.
Aston
Villa
0,
Sunderland
I.
Burnley
I,
Birmingham
2.
Cardirr
City
2,
Blackburn
11.
0.
Chelsea
0,
Notts
County
C.
Liverpool
3,
Bolton
V.
t.
wmotlles
unit
Hie
niomitiliiienl
nf
I
VI
l.l.lt..ul.
.....
n
V..I
lli.ii,..t.'ii.li
i
'!
,
.'-1
....
,
.
...
.
,
i,.iiiuii
tii
,
i.-.
a.ip,im,vii
Brilish
an
Inspector
of
weights,
scales
'.Newcastle
0.
Hudilersfleld
I.
The
committee
con-jNolts
Forest
t,
Manchester
C.
2.
W.
.Nlckerson,
II.
P.
Pre
I
on
N.
K.
0,
Kvertou
t.
strike
of
Ihe
Industrial
Workers
Llpselt
and
J.
II.
Meagher.
of
Ihe
World
lumber
Jacks
now
Aid,
Ccorge
Casey
occupied
the
proceeding
in
the
interior,
J.
I).
chair
until
Mayor
Newton
was
McNIvcii.
deputy
minister
of
appointed
permanent
chairman.
labor,
declared
yesterday.
There!
-
Is
no
prospect
of
a
selllemenl,
CMPI
AMI).
WINS
AT
I...
..,,1,1
The,
limiliee
ni,nralrjiUUfHI
1IMW
nl
Sheffield
0,
Arsenal
t.
West
Hum
0,
Tottenham
II.
0.
Division
II.
,
Barnsley
2,
Fulhum
t.
,
Bradford
C.
2,
St)uthamploti
I,
Bury
L
Derby
(Viuiity
0.
I
1
..I
....
I
IV.'mIiiI
llillnnn
II
KUUBI
rKUlTl
lKtLANUi'
'
Unill
3.
Coventry
t.
Leicester
2,
The
Wednesday
I.
BKLIWST,
Feb.
p.
-
Knglund
Manchesler
U.
0,
Blackpool
0.
internalioiial
rugliy,
(Hdhnmi
A.
0,
Hull
City
0,
tills
urternooii
Port
Vale
0,
Bristol
Cily
2,
Ihe
final
sconvSoulh
Shields
3,
Nelson
0.
olnu
lb
-t
lv
i,'tii
.r
lUf.ty
0.
SloU
1
Strut
Ml
M7.
Tha
Latast
In
Raatauranta.
BOSTON
GRILL
Third
Avenue.
Best
of
Food
Good
Service.
"
Private
Boxes
for
Parly
Use.
"Taka
Har
to
Tha
Boaton."
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
AMUR
MIL
ON
ROCKS
HAS
LEAK
IN
TANK
MILITARY
IS
CALLED
OUT
IN
ILLINOIS
TO
STOP
FIGHT
WETS
VERSUS
DRYS
Amur
Still
Ashore
Near
Mouth
9
of
Skeena
River
Twenty
Miles
South
but
may
be
Taken
off
The
Oalwie
SUMinliii
w
Hargr
Co.'r.
.-I-'uiiut
Amur
is
.-lilt
firm
nil
luc
n-rT
tit
While
Cliff
Maud
but
her
plight
-
nut
a
serious
ns
first
report
might
have
indicated.
This
i
llic
information
lliul
win
brought
to
tin:
city
Ihi
niurniiiR
by
Capl.
Oammoii
uf
lliu
Kivvr
tug
I'lirhriiu
which
reached
the
scuie
of.
Hit
stranding
eslcrday
afternoon
and
rendered
iissislaine
to
tin'
distressed
vessel
uiul
tuuk
her
barge,
(iriff.
loudrd
with
rual,
tuj
.
ufcty
nt
Inverness
It
i
the
opinion
of
Capl.
(lammnn
that
the!
Amur
is
nut
in
very
serious
danger
and
that,
with
a
wrecking
OUlfil.
she
may
he
pulled
oil;
without
mucli
difficulty
Capl.
I
I
la
Cliff
or
the
C.
P
it.
IraiiHT
I
teal
rice
passed
the
Amur
shortly
ufler
midnight
The
distressed
vessel's
lights
were
on
lnil
she
gave
in
signal
and
was
apparently
in
n
secure
position
II
iit
understood
(hat
the
Coastwise
Co.
lug
.Mar
iiiio
n,
Cuit
lluiilrr.
has
been
despatched
from
Anyn
lo
stand
tiy
and
relieve
the
Amur.
J.
i.
Johnstone,
of
(his
cily
who.
in
I
lie
absence
of
Capt.j
T.
M.
Wilkie.
I
renreneiitliiK
Iliei
Wets
Fight
Drys
in
Illinois
Where
Knights
of
Flaming
Circle
Oppose
Ku
Klux
Klan
IIL'ltMLN,
III.,
Feb.
D.
llcrrin,
the
seen
or
Ihe
inin?rV
riot
in
UlL'.'was
taken
over
by
stale
troop
today
as
a
result
of
a
near
riot
lasl
nigiil
between
wels
und
dry
in
which
Constable
(J.
Caegle
was
killed
and
the
deputy
sheriff
seriously
wuiinded.
The
Iruuble
was
the
result
uf
wholesale
dry
raids
conducted
receully
by
reputed
members
uf
the
Ku
Klux
Klan.
Tiy
Knights
uf
the
Flaming
Circle,
an
anti-Klan
organization,
was
in
session
when
the
crowd
slurmicd
the
hall.
Shooting
followed
and
later
shot
were
fired
an
Lo
Ilia
hospital
where
Mayor
Anderson
took
u
wounded
man
but
nobody
was
hit.
BIG
STANDARD
OIL
MITRDFRFRS
TO
TANKER
IS
IN
PORT
J.
Hanna
Arrived
Yesterday
Afternoon
and
Tied
up
this
Morning
at
Imperial
Oil
Dock
The
big
Standard
Oil
tanker
It.
J.
Hanna,
Capt.
Wallace,
arrived
in
porl
from
San
Francisco
via
Porl
Alice
at
5
o'clock
yesterday
afternoon
and,
after
anchoring
in
Ihe
stream
over
night.
tied
up
al
Ihe
Imperial
Oil
dock
this
inoriiintr
at
til
o'clock.
S
SUPERINTENDENT
HURN!
System
and
Juvenile
Pro
gram
Proved
Very
i
NEWSBOYS
PARTY)
HAS
FATAL
END
Milwaukee
Journal
Truck
Run
Down
by
Train
and
Seven
are
Killed
MII.WAL'KKIm
Feb.
9.
Six
newsboys
and
Arnold
Yoight,
su-periulemlent
of
(he
Milwaukee
Journal,
were
killed
last
night
when
a
train
hit
a
Journal
truck.
The
boys
hud
been
attending
a
party
-and
were-reluming
to
their
homes
.
Pathetic
evidence
or
the
Joy
preceding
the
tragedy
was!J.
disclosed
in
(he
rinding
of
crushed
fruil
und
candies
in
Hie
I
'
i
t'u
Hctiins
dl
EXECUTED
Three
Will
Hang
at
London,
On-
tarlo
on
April
10
if
Sentence
of
Court
Carried
Out
LONDON,
Out,
Feb.
,'1'hrce
Inen
this
morning
were
sentenced
to
be
hanged
on
April
10.
They
are
Sydney
Murrell,
Henry
Williams
and
Clarence
Topping,
all
I1C
convicted
on
murder
charges
dur-
is
discharging
15,000
barrels,
of
".
.,.
r....i
i
...in
i...
I..
....ml
lopping
wa
found
guilty
of
luri
ma
uuu
nni
a;
uiit
uuuii
,
,
.
.
MondarMuorrtiilg-it-Is
tr.jf
wa
co.iv.Sfed
of
k.
Bin;
The
Hanna
came
up
the
outside
.V"
passage
from
Port
Alice
and
was
piloted
by
Capt.
McNeill
of
Vic
toria.
The
largest
porl,
is
Hanna,
which
is
the
tanker
ever
lo
visit
this
of
I38H
ton
register
and
carries
a
complement
of
J7
men.
She
is
one
of
Hie
Standard
Oil
Co.'.
newer
vessels.
SCOTS
ADDRESSED
BY
Husscll
Campbell
during
a
bank
holdup
and
Williams
was
convicted
for
Hie
part
he
played
in
Hie
same
crime.
It
is
expected
a
request
will
be
made
for
executive
clemency
to
save
William
from
the
gallows.
HELD
IN
RUPERT
Address
on
B.C.
Educational
Commission
on
Pulp
wood
Conser-
vation
Will
Sit
In
This
City
on
February
28
A
nival
commission
on
nu
lo
ll.
S.
Hum.
superintendent
of
wmid
chiefly
concerned
Willi
con-.:
public
schools,
delivered
an
in-'.rvaij;,,,
wj
j
prj,-e
Ril.
leresting
and
lucid
address
to
,H.r
on
February
28.
The
full
Ihe
St.
Andrew's
Society
lusl.,,,,,,,,,,,,
i,a
been
divided
into
night
on
"The
F-ducational
Sy.-
w
portions
ime
working
in
lem
in
British
Columbia."
He
Hie
Wesl
and
the
other
in
the
traced
Ihe
advance
or
education-
i:al.
The
commissioners
who
al
method
from
I
lie
earlier
rome
lo
Prince
Hupcrl
will
be
W.
periods
or
history
and
gave
A.
Auslie,
deputy
chairman;
some
interesting
information
on
Commissioner
Sutherland
and
pedagogy
us
il
i
practised
today
Secretary
F..
H.
Finley.
Sessions
in
lliis
province.
icommenced
in
Winnipeg
Jester
There
was
a
progrum
of
juven-Jday
ami
will
conclude
In
Cran-ile
numbers
including
a
one-act
brook
on
Marcli
10.
After
visiU
playlet
"Mary's
Visit
to
Aunt
ing
Vancouver
and
Victoria,
the
I
junta.
in
.which
l.lla
Sleen
commission
comes
hern
later,
sit-S
Sheila
Stuarl
and
Bobbie
Irvine
ling
in
Kamloups,
Ilevelsluke
look
part;
a
solo
by
Bruce
Nelson
and
Craubrook.
Stephens,
and
violin
solos
by
Hester
Black
and
William
Murray.
Jr.
W.
Yaughan
Davies
was
accompanist
of
the
evening
and
D.
C.
Sluart
presided.
Refresh-,
iiienls
were
served
by
the
ladies
ami
there
was
a
very
good
CANADIAN
HELD
MEXICANBANDIT
Sum
of
$200,000
Asked
for
Hla
Ransom:
Refusea
Pleadings
i
of
Wife
HALIFAX,
Feb.
0.-C.
0.
Mo.
Keiuie,
son
oT
Archibald
McKen-
lie
id
River
John,
Pictou
Countyi
who
has
been
in
Mexico
leu
years
as
manager
or
the
Mexico
Northern
Power
Company
at.
Go.
luilliu,
is
held
captive
by
I
ho,
Mexican
bandit
Hippolitu
Villa,
who
demands,
a
ransom
of
9200,
ooo,
according
to
messages
received
here.
McKenzie's
wire
visited
Villu
und.
implored
him
to
release
her
husband,
but
Ihe
buudit
refused.
Union
steamer
Cainosun,
Capl.
A.
Fiudlay,
returned
from
Naas
River
points
at
0.30
this
morning
and
sailed
at
noon
for