ir.: Tit f ir Tli JAP AT OK ALLA MURDER CHARGES';; Megcd to Have Cut Throat of Countryman With Rator as Lay in Bed " H l It. April 28 Y. i Japanese chared i f Y. Isojima al j Thursday, wits CHAS ii 1 1 nr. ilia ycsTenlay in i i ln --! at diiin Mm "Jh Sellout v.. .111 IIIMII prc- li in m al port Al iff - j i n! who had nil her It nl with it razor as nail TWOPREMIERS REACH OTTAWA OHer and Greenfield Will Havo Conference With Government on Peace River "'T'VW Y April ;;8. Premier M,V 1 f III n...l II I, ll.i - ' r i c i . i hi n i i.. ii i .imri la aii! ni mis '"v f"i 'In- purpiisf or urging "' " 111 KUMM iimcnt iarly con- "" " 'In- railway outlet " nee liivrr h.ivv Uv.,1,,. i' l'iniris and members '", I -'".In-ill Government is i '-'nil i ' "M il.iv , wo. ilislrirl. vrcn 1 1 STOCK MARKET S.IU'i "y """'"mi (il,t, ' "Ml "'' hiln 'unwell !; (dar.r ilh Al'i'ka Soui.,1 1 ''IlllrC Mkir. ' IUM lllllli Uf . Wed., Apl. 29, 8 p.m. '"'kids 7r. from lllnli siu.lents or i "ie door. 1 A two 'ulc place within Hid Hid'. Asked. I. nr. i. in i i.tiii .... jii Vj .in li .'1)5 i .(111 n.i) u i ..in .til) .25 .:u ...... 18.(10 s.:5 2.15 .).' ii .115 Q. D. RDRPRTfi Lecture - Rectal income la, super and death tux. FISH ARRIVALS .National. IH.OOO pnunds, al irs. mid :, lo Iho Allin i isiier- Ill lie. I t.l1"" pounds, al N.yi and :ic, lo Hip H"'" i Canadian Cape Si.ear, (!U pounds, al ! and :te. mid IliiiK'leader. 5,- '.lilt utllllilrf !t i' K.He nnd :ir. H' MM' J""ioo- , e Canadian Fish V coin moi- m-'e i.o. Salmon Tiinlow. 1 1.500 pounds, al IH 1 . .... I.. Illl for red ami :e ior woo.-, Allin Fisheries Went to Sitka NOT SO HEAVY Eight Boats Sell 146,500 Pounds or HaPbut at Prices About Same as Yesterday llalilnil calidie-' .sold al Hie Fish Kxchaugf this morning totalled I iii.rilin p. muds six Aeiiirfnin lioals ilispusiiu' of I.12.IMMI ami Canadians, M.DDO poiind. Prices were nhotit Ihr satne ns, yeslerilay. Arrivals and toilr wrre as rol-lows. j American Seynioiir. .'lli.iinn' pounds, al .He and :ic, lo llu; raciuc risn-rie. ! Venus, iMt.nnu poinidi'.,. at He. and .le. lo llu- Hoolli r IsniTU's Canadian Co. (iiilveslnii, iO.UOO pounds, al K.le and 3c, and HrifK .in.uim poiiinls til He and ."Ir, lo the Canadian Fish V- (Jidd Sloinse Co. hoouer Mil- i in- i ii veslenfay iifliM'iioou nr " ... .. .I..IW ..rv (.pled Ho ami f. -,'"' " for n rnlfh or s.-"'- NO AGREEMENT ON RAILWAY Prospects or Action on Peace River Outlet This Year Said to be Vanishing SETTLERS LEAVING i Ottawa Correspondent or Winnipeg Paper in Rather Pessimistic Mood r W'l.XMPF.r., April ;'H. The Miiiiitolni Fire Press prints Ihe following rroni its Dlliiwa wr. respondent : "1 iseoura"e.l hy Hit vanislii:. prosperls iiniiiediale relief ami hy llo eoinplele asenei or iiKi-reno'iil hetwecn Hie various Koriiiicnl and' railri'ads, Hie m Mf-rASM -UnJ'c'ffi-efUivei-'IU-Iriel ore ahaudouiuu Jlheir hold-nsfs and roiil1. llu " L'iiH'd Sink's." This is a slaleinenl iniiih here today h (icorfri .Mills, .M.L.A.. in the Alherla l.tisla-lore for Hie roiislitueney of Mhah.'iska, who is a iii.-mlx-r of Hit delegation of rili.i'iis from Peaee lliver who is in Ollawa. After survey in'-' the slliiation. liu'lilhers of litis deln-'iitioii. while I hey would nol say o, ;- iear In have triven up hope oT olilainiiin an oullrt to the Paci fic coasl this year. .Mr. Mills made the slaleinenl I hat lo III- own knowledge I.OOO selllers left the Peace Hiver eounlry duiiuc Ihe past five years and if indliinv was done this year, half or lliosc left would he .'one hy this time nf.U year. Weston Coyney. pioneer join- nalisl of the eily. who lias hcen in Ihe Prince lltiiierl fSenerul Mospllal Tor lhe"iusl year or so, will tie leavin!,' in a Tew days, for Kauiloops where he will lake up lis ful lire residence. ENGLISH EXCHANGE GOES UP A CENT RESULT OF BUDGET NF.W YOUK, April iH. Ilemaiid .slerliiij;: advanced one cent on the slock exchange' loday lo fM.H-'l, Ihe highest it hits ln'cn in leu years. The aiinounceiueiil of the advance came leu minutes after, news of ircal Hiit-ain's ret urn lo a yolil slandiiid was received. Sir Broderick Harkwell Tells People he Duped of Failure to Successfully Land Liquor inviniN nril as.- The Daily Mail, which recently lold , J' in.'iek llnrkwell's luisudvcntiire in whiskey running ..: ...st. nuw mis'k Harkwell lias circiilurized I! .1 in erred mat ii uv..pj-u.n.g in ti.e do '" . 'A, ..1 000 ...ises in s Ii nnieiit. AnuTiriiu uulliorilies ore . ... seized more than JIS.tHM) iimr il if prohlemali ! ,i f e her he 'hulnnce can he disposed of owing to ll.e risk of , ....... "''""Approxiinulcly 'i.OiiO cac were disposed uf. TAXI BOSTON GRILL 2 nnd Large Upstair Dining Halt, Ambulance with nrwly laid dancing flour for hire. Suitable for Service dances, baniucts and wedding Anywhere al Anytlma. parties. 3rd f 4. ,l Kind Royal Hotel. PRINCE RUPERT For ratis, apply to Boston .nrf eth at. Grill, 'Third Ave. VI PECK, frrop. y' MATT Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VOL XV N. "" I'll! NCK IILI'KIIT, B.C., Tl I'.SDAY, AC III L 5J8, 105. Vuttrdajr't Circulitlon 1613 Stftft Salts 401 PMGE FIVE CEiNTS. BRITAIN RETURNS TO THE GOLD STANDARD PROMINENT LIBERAL ADVOCATES UNION OF TWO BIG RAILWAY SYSTEMS Great Britain Returns to Gold Standard Today Announces Right Honi Winston Churchill in Speech deficit of Nine Million Pounds on Excess Pro fits and Corporation Taxes but Increase on Others EXPORT OF GOLD TO BE ALLOWED ,ll.iO. April '2H. Might Hon. 'inl4iii Churchill, ii .J ilir cxrlit'ipicr, announced in his budget speech in i t ( .o ii 1 1 1 1 1 i i today lliut ucl-i prohibiting Hie export of ion would In- allowed lo InpM mi lift ember III next, i ' important niinoiioicinriit in lire. .skitIi wn. thai i jil would In' iTloiTilt iliiling from l"ilay. Hy : I lie Hank of Kugluud w ould lie allow ed In t url .'ii. ' Ii ti' i'ior rlinraclciizcd Mm yield from internal re venue n silisfncjory. I.xcess profits and corpora,') ion profit laves showed a di'fii'it of iiini million pounds' slfrliu;r ww what was estimated, hut these 'inorilitiiid'' mid were rotiu- inri'd by t In yield from Mile. Louise ei-s, tdilor uT "lF.iirope Xouvrllu," who has jusl hcen inude a Che-valiei; til' Ihe T.cgiou of Honor, will visit t lii ?-couirueiil in Oelolier with a view lo esluh-, liliiii!-r uu t'llilioii of her iiui.razine here. Public Meeting Thursday will Discuss Fisheries and Drydock and Oihtr Public Matters Here On siifrseslioii of. Aid. IJiist-y, wTiom- molioii was eromlotl hy.Ahl. Larseii, Hie ril :ouiiciI tlerideil lusl, infill lo call a public ini'ctiii on Thiirsduy night al whicli will lie considered mailers jtrfecliiig llu; welfare of Ihe city including Hit halihut fish-erics Mliinliuu untl Ihe ilperalioii of Hit dry dock. , Aid. Casey said thai (here were several citizens who were ili-inuis of. having u puhlic meeliug held In consider Ihe fisheries ipu-sliom Tin mayor had proposed a couple of years ago lo call puhlic meetings of llu citizens lo go inlo mailers affect- mir Hie wuli-ueing oi -lie cuy. Sucli a merlins he deemed it j maliou of Ihe govt'iiiiueiil, how-would he advisable . to .call i.iow. i t.vprt there had also heen a The silualioir was such thai, if transformation oT business. Ite-conlinuetl, it looked as ir in -lairing uf large vessels here had uiolher year I here would he no ; meant Canadian halibut fleet operaliiiK out or Prince ItupciT. A ureal disaster seemed lo be impendim: hir Ihe fleet ainl the couununiiy. ")eliinueucy in the mailer ol iiperalion of Ihe dry dock," was another lliinu' Thai Aid. Casey fell should be discussed by Ihe public. Formerly, il had been ileeined that there could he no remedy for Ibis situation when the dry dock was a "governineiil iuslllu'liou In Ihe hands oT enemies lo the eily." Since llu-n Hie adiiiiiiislraM.nl had changed to one described as "u friendly government." Siiuu tjie Ijausfor- lo carry out Ihe promise. I been discontinued and il was now round lliut the C..N.H. was doing all it repair work elsewhere. Instead ot biiildint' a new boat here as had been intended, the old steamer Prince Charles hail been purchased in Ihe' Old Country. Alterations which it was expected would cost some HK.U0U were lo be made lo Ihe vessel mid il was proposed lo do Ihe work in Vancouver. The Prince lieorge, Prince Hu perl and Prince John had been nverhauleil in ' Vancouver I hi winter. The citizens were be- feoulinueil on pase four) Little Else but Talk at Ottawa Among Members on Both Sides on Budget; No Election This Year OTTAWA, April SS. The prohmgalion of Hie delnjle on Ihe Iiudgel rroni week In week wilh nhoiil one-lliird uf the iiieoiliers of Iho House id Commons Inking part 111 it i pruuainy " ... . . I l! ! ilne to lwo ma ill muses. There is Hie evuieni iieierniiuuuim in Ihe Conservatives to prolong Ihe prt'senl session lis lale us pus sihle In make it very difficult for Liberals lo assist in Hit I'lo viiiiM.it L'eneral eleclions 'this siiiniuer ill Nova Scolia ami New Hriniswick nnd ror Ihe Progressives to have 11 hand in the pro liiifial conlesl coming in .SaskaU-hewaiL Second. Iheri 1 aliunde of privide meiiibers (icnerally in the House Hint whether or not there will be 11 Federal general election- this year I they wlil lake no chances mid are, Ihererore, gelling "on re. rord" this session ror campaign purposes whenever Ihe conlesl conies. No General Election All this rear or-a Federal ap peal this year is in the race or various indications Ilia! .the King fiov iiiiiu'ill is apparently muK ini no plana ror an elecliorii hi bu'e Dm evidence Is in Hi fuel Hint a confeiTiice has been called ror Ihe latter part or Jnni tr Ihe repiTsenlalivcs of Iho various Hrilish West Indies with the lUiniiniou .Government with a view to lnyin Ihe liasts for u new trade pael. T'hen,, uguhi there is Id be the conrerence bt Ivveeu the iiroviucial and Hid red era 1 mivcrnnieuls on the (continued on pase ro'ur) Another Advocate of Union of Railways is Heard Ottawa House Chairman of the Railway Committee Orges in Strong Terms Amalgamation of C.N.R. with C.P.R OTTAWA, April 2S. V. I), Killer, indieiuluiil I.iiVeitil member for Nurlh Waterloo, Tiairniau of ihe House (jomniiilce. on National Railways and shipping, in Ihe budget dchale .srung-v ly advoculeii the auialgapiaiion of Ihe Canadian Pacific iiinK C.iii.idi.in .National Itailways. He meutioucd that under such t, si heine Ihere would he a saving of one hundred million dollars.; This figuie was given him hy "as high an aulhorily as we liavts in Hits, tounlry." Killer said he believed Ihe people of Ihe country would ile-! slroy any ioveri.nieiil Hint dared lo hold Hie National Itailways in opposition lo a privalrhy owned o.poralion. The union of Ihese lwo systems would give the .sou u try and not ihe CP.lt. Ihe benefit oT savings arrecled. Ibis. ie said, would enable the I'iovernmcnl to icirucc MUxaliou by one third of al least one tpiar-Ick. 1 1, would rt'sloro ejiitjijiunci: and encourage the Canadian people lo go alieair'kniiwinu thati Iiuht wus breaking on the finan cial horizon. II woubl sHuuilnfei trade and lower Hie cost ufj livinu. encourage enlerprize and lead lo more rapid development or Ihe natural resources or Hie country. II would solve Ihe gen eral rales problem and on could in- be ijusi-ii bused a .i NO DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE SOON SAYS PREM. BALDWIN LONDON, April -'8. Prime Minister Hablwin, replying lo a tuestiou in Hie House or iJoinmons regarding possible suin-moping id another armameul conrerence, declared he did not see siyns of an early call for such a conrerence from any ipiarlcr. 4, 4. 4 H-44- 4 ANTI-ORIENTAL ACTION URGED Resolution Passed at Victoria Asking all Immigration bo Stopped From Japan and China VICTOIUA. April 28. A re. solution urging Ilia lederal Government lo put a tola! stop lo Ihe iinmigrnllou of Japanese, and Chinese into Canada was adopted al it mass meeting at tended by 100 delegates of vari ous organizations .under Hie auspices of Ihe Sous, of Canada. BASEBALL American New' York n, Pliiluilelphhi 8. Si. Louis In, Del roil 8. Cleveland I. Chicago 12. .Washington 2, Hoslon I. National Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2. Hoslon 2, Brooklyn 15. , 1'liituilclplilu 3, New York 5. Pittsburg-St. Louis, rain. IUYL11 RAILWAY LOST OVER$50,000 Edmonton Dunvefan and B.C. Not Yet a Financial Success is Announced F.D.MOMO.V April S8. lion. V. W. Smith, minister of. railways, will continue lo represent the Alberta government oil. the a directorates of the, K. H. & C. I.-Miil Ceilli-jil C.ili:iiln c;illw:ivs All - --j-- - - iiiuriiuai, : I., hi . - . cbeine for extinction or the na- i'" oiiicers ami oireciors oi iner lioiiid debt. ,vv" roans w ere re-eiecieu at I lie; annual ineeiinps, wnlcli were ii :. n! . . . . n 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4 4. 4. ineiu 111 v iniiipeg ami irom 4, winch .Air. Smith has just returu-n ' cd. 4. . uencii on operaung accouni or ?5K,VIH was reporled Tor Hi. -5 calendar year 11121, as coiiiinireilj with "5trjK,l7r in the year pre-s ;ceding. This loss is ahsorbeil jliy 'Hie Canadian Paeilic llaiiwaa 4!liutler Ihe terms oT its agrecuienl .j. ! willi the goverumeiil. No action was taken at the. meeling in Winjiiiieg in regard lo any future change in ,lhe inanagi'ineiil of the northern roads, Ibis beiny left, to await ihe results of Ihe iiegolialionsj now pending in Ottawa. Kxpendilures on inainleiiancd ami capital accouiils id sonni $:t 1 41.001) bir both roads, were, authorized, oil condition thut ways and means ot rinancing 1 1 hem can be found. These are bir such items as ballasting, ii renewals. straightening steel, reneing, sidings and miscellaneous improvements. VETERAN MOUNTIE DIES AT VICTORIA VIliTolllA, 'April 28. Oorgo L. Service, a veteran of the Itoyal .Norlhwest Mounled Police and id the second lliel rebellion ilied here aged lift ears. lie vvus Willi Hie force rroni IH70 lo IU0U and served in Hid Yukon in the IH'JH gold rtisli. CANADIAN CLUB . LUNCHEON In honor of Clius. D. Ilohcrls, poet and author, Hoslon Hiill, ' TliuVsday, Apr" Jin, I p.iu, 'Tickets .ill LOO 'at Gnntis Ltd. or Oeo, IIIH's store.. , .