VV..
,.
V.MMV.,
.....
,
.
.
f.
EIGHT
KILLED
Damago
Estlmatod
at
Million
Francs
Causod
by
Storm
In
Belgium
iia
UIUSSLILS.
May
20.
i:ght
'
;:
were
killed
by
ligli.Jniup
Ul
1
uuinnyu
estinialed
at
a
mil
1
'
in
s
was
caused
by
storms
!'
secliiin.
The
prindiial
Minugt.
was
to
farm
crops
ul
tlJuli
the
houses
in
towns
and
'
1
H'
uiil'n
)i
1
1
I
I...
liimw
-
.
Mill
I
l
1,
'V
IIVM.
'hut
broke
thousands
of
''.
All
trallio
and
com
"'"
"
a1
ion
was
impeded
and
'in
I'laees
stopped
aiK
Pliisealor
of
Terruco
'
arrival
from
tseatlle
on
nif
Georyc
this
niornin
HEAD
OF
MNTIES
Selkirks
.00
Vt
...5
H-25
2.3(1
.50
.To,.
I.
IQ
15.50
.25
Vi
Aieci
cay
j
ir.
Jomorm.
,,wniin?.
,,
V
UvI,;;v'V
V
t
Chinamen
oil
Sal-',.
.
...
...
.....
.Acme
Importers
k
g'ombe
Inlet
can-.v
indes
norlh
of
Alert
liy
their
eating
nlslols,
uceordintf,
.
..a
reaching
the
sal
here.
All
four
y.
slated,
had
gone
uv-r
to
work
al
Ihe
kv
Ii
is
now
being
presume
operations,
i
sc
were
living
in
a
ieiiisclves.
BLOCKADE
OF
RUM
RUNNERS
New
York
Officials
Say
Only
One
Boat
Is
Now
Left
of
Big
Atlantic
Fleet
In
I
'Ii;
I
W
H'
.
ilu!
lur
';
YollK.
May
20.
Halifax
:
ale
that
ihirleeii
liipior
-sels
have
docketl
here.
discharging
cargo
i
jiy
to
re-entering
more
'
firighlinig
business
and
i.
t
taking
on
provisions
Ksain
pulling
out
lo
sea
'
!firials
here
Interpret
t
rts
as
cuiiNriuatiuii
of
sit
inns
that
the
"Hum
I'i
u
kade
is
proving
effee-
I
s
staled
that
only
one
'
Urt
or
the
eighty
odd
w
!
off
the
coast
of
Unileil
;rfore
Ihe
campaign
com
"it
it
May
5.
Col.
It.
S.
Kniuhl.
coniinaiiditiu'
.ffieer
in
UCilish
Columbia
oi
the
Itoyill
Canadian
.Mounirn
Police,
is
visiting
the
cily
in
Ihe
.
,
.
.
.
course
ol
a
senerui
Irin.
lie
arrived
on
corse
this
morning
from
Van
couver
and
is
stopping
at
the
JMince
llupert
lintel.
STOCK
MARKET
Hid.
Askrd
Indian
Surf
Inlel
Imnwell
Premier
-
Terminus
Ialy-Alaka
......
I
fay
view
I
I.C.
Silver
Howe
Sound
...
L.
I
Gouglas
Channel
irm.l.V
u
.00
Vi
:i.7o
2.10
.70
.30
1.50
.01
QiVt
.01
Any
Time
Today
or
May
be
Mailed
Tonight
,
This
i
the
last
day
for
rc-'ceiving
donalKms
toward
.the
'children's
ward
at
the
General
Hoopilul.
Subscriptions
may
br
,
sent
in
any
time
today
or
may
be
mailed
tonight,
as
lon
as
they
arrive
in,
time
for
the
final
acknowledgement
t
in
lliee
columns
j
tomorrow.
Aiiiniiiils
elude:
Previously
acknowledged
SI
177.3"
Ladies
of
Moosehearl
.
.
..
rn
....
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1
Insr'
.
.
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,
i.
lillil.lll
h
iniiir
iiii.
Ilia
I
the
situation
was
watched
carefully
and
no
mi
this
end
is
Hiilii'ipated.
lunts
received
from
the
interior)
ludiiv
were
to
the
elTecl
that!
cooler
weather
had
arrived
and
the
walers
were
siibsidiiitf.
in
rn
Innddelry'-'H!-"1'
W-
A'M-
jSYISITING
CITY
Col.
R.
S.
Knight,
B
C.
Officer
Commanding,
Arrived
From
Vancouver
This
Morning
1
1
nwo
I.
Sunderland
iJoliii
Hlnw
....
Ormes
Lid
I
Gyro
Club
IL.'W.
Wau;.'h
Milililenanre
Clerks
I".
II.
ItifTou
..
G.
Ile.ner
Kraser
Valley
Mrs.
J.
Meclon
....
..
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fiuhl
singed
in
the
o
f
AV
a
y
Haucher..
BASEBALL
t'T.UO
5.00
'
5.011
5.00
50.00
5.00
2.00
2.0C
50.00
50.00
1.00
10.00
2.00
EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS
10.00
10.00
.50
PRINCE
RUPERT
TODAY
I
he
Atiiencau
dollar
is
ipioted
Insppclion
i
,
(ay
al
par
and
sterling
the
Prince
xery
clo-e
to
it.
Following
are
the
exchange
prices
paid
locally:
.Sterling,
1.H3.
Ilunir
Kong
55.15.
France,
5.17.
United
Stales,
100.
American
League
Philadelphia
3,
Chicago
1.
New
York
5.
Hetroit
11.
'
Washington
i.
Cleveland
3.
Uoslon
2,
SI.
Louis
H.
National
League
PJIIsburg
5,
llfooklyn
V.
Chiraiio
H,
New
York
2.
Cineinnalll
7.
Iloslou
3.
SI.
Louis
I.
Philadelphia
-H.
BY
LIGHTNING
Two
Chine
Killed
and
Two
Wounaea
in
DunRnouse
ngiu
at
Shingle
Mill
Yesterday
VWCOUYKH.
May
20.
Yum
Lambert
anil
Xak
Hip,
!...,.
i..
sii.inirle
Coiunaiiy's
til
ill
at
Port
Moody.
both
ine
.viiiinx"
".....-
-
.....
...
v
n.,.,.,,,,1,
n...
i,.,..
,.i
nk
llil'
'"e
cook
ai
uic
nun,
.-inn
imii
i..i"i.0
..v....
arid
head
ami
then
wounded
two
others
before
turning
the
gun
4,11
''wo
oilier
Chinamen,
who
escaped
from
the
fnsilade
of
bullets
alletnpled
lo
gei
away
hi
an
inno,
qui
mv
no
nt.v.
uuu
both
were
taken
into
eusiouy
ny
,1,,,
p(l,t
Mooily
police.
-
The
direct
cause
or
the
shool-ing
N
thought
to
have
been
Ihe
oirtcomc
or
criminal
lavv
cases,
street
fl8l.
mM
'r
ol"
,
1ttn''
sluggiii-s
in
Vancouver
s
China-
town
some
time
ago.
The
freighter.
Salvor
arrived
hi
port
Ihls
morning
and
is
discharging
a
cargo
of
coal
at
G.
T.
P.
wharf
No.
1.
protecting
the
main
dykes
which
are
holding.
The
river
last
night
al
Mission
was
10
feel
K
inches
and
steadily
Ilivers,
Quebec,
although
decided
upon.
COLONEL
RYERSON
DIED
AT
TORONTO
TOHONTO,
May
20.-
Major
General
George
Ilyerson,
71
years
of
age.
a
colonel-in-chief
of
the
Canadian
army
medical
corns
died
here
Ibis
morning
at
the
hn-i'i'l.
TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
and
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
with
nrwly
laid
danoing
Ambulance
f'.oor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
Service
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
Anywhere
at
Anytime,
purlins.
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Av.
For
rat,
apply
la
Boston
stand
PRINCE
RUPERT
and
6th
St.
drill,
Third
Ave.
mi
ATT
VIPECK.
Prop.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
SO.
119.
1921.
VttUrdif'i
Circulation
1668
ItrMt
!.
PRICE
FIVK
GENTS.
V0l
XV.,
'
bun,.?-
PHLNCE
HI
PERT,
U.C.,
YVEIlNESUAY,
MAY
20,
REIGHT
RATES
ARE
TO
BE
new
le
of
ultra
violet
ray
by
means
of
which
"smi-JifjliT'
can
be
administered
inlernally
is
being
demonstrated
in
Kuf-'laiid.
1
ed
m
the
uioiitli
ami
(liroal
il
bus
proved
beneficial
n
cases
of
several
diseases
Fraser
Valley
Floods
Cover
Thousand
Acres
Low
dykes
protecting
Dewdney
district
failed
o
hold
and
ranches
are
covered
with
water
VANCUUVKIt.
May
20.-
lhoiiand
acres
oT
laud
in
crop
has
been
flooded
out
in
Ihe
iiiidyked
areas
of
Glen
Yallejy
Fori
Langlev
ami
the
lowlands
of
Nicoinen
lland
and
-South
YVesl-ininisler
as
a
result
of
flood
conditions
in
the
I'raser
Viflley
under
pressure
of
Ihe
rising
walers
of
the
Fraser
Hiver.
The
low
dykes
prolecjiug
Ihe
lievvdiiey
district
east
juf
Mission
failed
lo
hold
and
last
night
gueat
quantities
of
water
poured
through
Ihe
breaks,
flooding
Ihe
fertile
ram-hes.
Kfforls
lo
sloii
the
progress
of
the
waters
were
confined
to
Hewdney
i
Glen
Valley
and
Fori
.Langley
district
are
inundated
to
n
depth
of
three
feel
at
some
isiug
at
the
rale
of
half
an
inch
I
places
and
road
communication
an
hour.
Miles
of
roads
in
the!
is
suspended.
ENGINE
WAS
Everything
Now
In
Readiness
for
Hop-off
of
Airplane
to
Telegraph
Creek
The
engine
of
Ihe
Vickers
Viking
flying
boat,
which
will
be
flown
from
here
to
Telegraph
Creek
by
Archibald
Litlle,
le-
Iroit
mining
engineer,
and
his
associates
within
the
nexl,
few
days
first
.
,
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,),
..iil.i.ttlsl
V
v-,,llllllpil
IIS
II
'11.
......
...
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i
linn
imi
inui-i.-
.i.v
.-
..
-
'
-
hiht
TURNED
OVER
:
was
turned?
over
for
the
tnme
yesterday
afternoon
and
worked
very,
satisfactorily
Col.
Williams,
pilot
or
the
machine,
slated
last
night
thai
every
thing
was
now
in
readiness
for
Ihe
hop-off
which
will
lake
place
just
as
soon
as
favorable
reports
from
the
north
are
received.
In
the
fall
Ihe
plane
will
be
flown
hack
to
Prince
Huperl
and
probably
on
to
Vancouver.
It
may
even-
be
flown
from
Vancouver
to
its
headuarlers
at
UIIIUISI,
..V
mi
.
.
.,
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lit
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Ml,
II
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COOLER
WEATHER
j.
CAUSES
WATER
IN
SKEENA
TO
DROP
tlA.KLTON.
May
20.--The
cool
weather
which
has
just
set
in
following
the
extreme
heal
of
Ihe
wiH'k
end
when
the
Ihef-luoiueler
was
up
lo
t0
degrees
in
the
shade
is
causing
the
river
to
drop
a
little.
II
was
very
high
and
much
earlier
than
usual.
!
sen?
EQUALIZED
LOODS
IN
SOUTH
AND
AT
PRINCE
GEORGE
ARE
DOING
MUCH
DAMAGE
height
Rate
Equalization
to
be
Subject
of
Legislation
this
'
Session;
Peace
River
Dropped
YWCOLYEH,
May
20.
"I
am
not
optimistic
regarding
:nh(v
of
anything
being
done
this
year
to
rliie
trans-
fficullies
for
Ihe
Pence
Hiver,
Premier
Oliver
staled
r.
urn
this
morning
from
Ottawa.
g
hug
Hie
question
of
freight
rale
equalization,
the
xpres"-etl
confidence
f
Iiat
the
proposals
lo
be
brought
Mitienl
shortly
by
lion,
George
P.
(iralium,
minister
OUR
CHINESE
WERE
POISONED
BY
TOADSTOOLS
TRAIN
DELAYED
BY
MCBRIDE
WASHOUT
Will
Not
Arrive
Here
Until
Tomorrow
Morning:
No
Floods
Yet
Six
Delayed
by
a
washout
ju-d
cast
Lived
Toqethcr
In
Camp
at
King-;
f
Mrllrlde.
the
train
due
from
V
AmK
ln(l
rinnfm
tit
A
Am
Hie
r.asi
ui
.I..H)
mis
aiicruooii
LAST
DAY
FOR
HOSPITAL
WARD
will
Mils'
Hit
problem.
The
Premier
udmitlcd
Dial
Subscriptions
know
(leriiiilcly
what
I
hi'
proposals
were
Inn
added
:
mi
in
this
iarliciilar
is
dial
I
have
confidence,
the
will
be
relieved."
Will
be
Received
Vceeived
1oday
in-
Prince
George
Partly
Flooded
as
Result
of
j
Rise
in
Fraser
River
Railway
Grade
Partly
Washed
Away
and
the
Passengers
had
to
be
Transferred;
Water
Still
Rising
PHIXCK
(il'OHlii:,
May
20.
Prince
George
is
threatened
willi
con-ideiuble
inconvenience
wud
danger
as
ihe
result
of
the
slagu
of
water.
This
year
the
Nechukn
and
Kraser
Hivers
have
rcutbed
the
flood
stage
about
the.
same
lime,
the
Nechaku
being
two
or
thiee
week
earlier
Mian
usual.
The
w-.iler
is
within
a
foot
or
ib
high
mark
ot
Hii'J.
It
is
still
rising
and
made
five
inches
last
nigliL
Unless
there
is
a
change
in
weather
conditions
the
I
water
will
conliniie
rising
for
another
four
or
five
days,
uud
two
or
three
feet
may
be
added
lo
the
present
Jiigb
mark.
Ihe
west
bouud
train
was
not
able
lo
reach
Prince
George
lastj
nipht.
The
railway
j;rale
acisj
as
a
dyke
asaiust
the
walers
of
Ihe
.Nechako.
Yeslenlay
the
water
had
risen
on
the
river
side!
1
until
it
vva
standing
six
fet
I
il.
u
li...l
mi
llu
Kiuitli
side.
UI'WH
fc..V
"V
...
-
-
-
-
-
There
was
a
wale
in
the
srade
a
.-hurt
ilislance.
from
ihe'
western
i
iid
or
the
bi,
bridge.
which
sj.ans
the
Collflucure
of"-'
the
A'cchako
and
Fraser
and
the
pressure,
of
Ihe
water
became
so
strong
that
it
tore
through
the
?ale
and
carried
away
a
section
of
the
jrrade
neeessilatiiiisr
a
transfer
of
pas-
ers
on
I
lie,
iiicoiiunv
tram.
The
effect
of
the
breach
in
railway
grade
was
to
raise
the
the
level
or
Hie
water
several
Meet
over
that
portion
or
t'he
lownsite
east
ot
George
Street.
It
us
within
two
feel
of
some
id
the
warehouses
ami
preparation
are
uiider
way
to
remove
merchandise
stored
in
them.
The
water
today
is
within
two
reel
of
the
crown
of
the-
load
which
connects
Prince
(jeorge
witli
Ihe
highway
to
Quesnel.
The
prospect
Is
that
the
roail.
will
be
put
out
of
business
within
the
next
two
days.
For
weeks
past
the
railway
company
has
kepi
a
gang
of
.
.
i
.....
nen
woi-King
on
a
jam
which
nus
been
forming
against
the
piers
or
the
big
bridge
but
the
drift
is
coming
down
the
Fraser
in
such
quantities
that
the
debris
is
piliiiig
up
faster
than
it
can
ie
broken
away.
All
authorities
agree
that
the
water
will
con
tinue
to
rise
for
another
four
or
five
days.
It
will
mean
inconvenience
at
this
end
and
pro
bably
serious
danger
and
damage
along
Ihe
lower
reaches
ot
Ihe
liver.
L.
W.
Palmore
was
a
passenger
last
night
on
Ihe
Cardena
for
Vancouver
on
business.
Airplane
Here
is
Only
One
of
its
Kind
on
Continent
Guarded
with
Jealous
Care
Tlie
VieUers-
Vikine
amphibious
Hying
boat,
which
is
now-
all
assembled
at
the
dry
dock
here
awaiting
receipt
or
ravorable
wenlhcr
reports
fnitu
the
north
before
taking
off
wjth
Archibald
Little,
Detroit
mining
engineer,
for
Telegraph
Creek
on
a
pros
pecting
expedition
into
the
Cassmr
gotu
ticius,
is
ine
om
machine
of
its
kind
on
the'
continent.
The
nurhine
was
bdill
by
Vickers
in
Knglnuil
unu
imported
to
Cauadu
by
its
owners,
Ihe
J.aurenlide
Air
Service
Co.
Ltd.
or
Three
Hivers,
Quebec
It
Is
powered
"with
a
o()
hbrc
power
Napier
Lyon
engine
una
is
equipped
with
the
latest
oi
ever
thing
in
safety
and
efficiency
devices.
It
has
a
wing
SO
feet.
The
fuselage
and
wing
.flouts
are
of
mahogany
bronred
"where
they
touch
the
water
and
the
wings
ure
of
h
routed
fabric,
the
truls.
or
course,
being
of
the',
STERLING
IS
HIGHEST
TODAY
SINCETHEWAR
Quoted
Very
Close
to
Par
on
Both
London
and
New
York
Markets
LOXDON,
May
20.
Sterling
today
reached
1.80
1-8,
the
rise
in
rate
being
assisted
by
the
Hank
oT
Kngland
s
purchase
of
nearly
a
million
pounds
or
gold
bars.
Sterling
has
been
piaking
a
gradual
and
apparently
sure
progress
toward
return
to
parity
which
is
i.80
2-3
under
the
steady
support
of.
American
and
'
local
interest.
Today's
point
is
,
I
he.
'.highest
reached
since
the
re-
omplion
of
the
sold
standard.,
:
NIAV
YOHK,'
May
'20
Sterling
exehaune
today
was
Jiuoted
at.
the
New
Ymk
market
'
at
1.83
J
7-8,
the
highest
priciv
siuco
November
101
1.
CHINAMAN
MAY
GET
LIBERTY
Effort
to
be
Made
by
Counsel
fo.
Wonn
Sin?
to
Get
Him
Released
VANCOUVKH,
May
20.
In
order
that
Wong
Sjng,
commit
ted
Tor
trial
on
a
lOiargj'
oT
murdering
Janet
Smith,
may
not
re
main
in
prison
for
from
five
to
six
months
until
Hie
next
assiza
court
convenes.
J.
II.
Senkler,
counsel
for
the.
accused,
yes'er-day
look,sleps
to
Jay;
Ihe
founda
tion
Tor
an
application
aimed
at
the
release
from
custody
or
the
prisoner.
What
form
the
application
will
take
has
not
yet
been
decided,
said
.Mr.
enkier.
GERMANY
AT
WORLD
COURT
Has
Entered
Appeal
Against
Ao-tlon
of
Poland
In
Upper
Silesia
GENEVA.
May
20.
It
is
offi-
pread
oflcially
announced
today
that
Ger--
-
I
many
has
appealed
to
the
world
iiiiv
ell
lionnl
iiiiidune
snruce.
i
court
of
justice
to
settle
tier
The
landiiiig
wheels
are
low-'dispute
with
Poand
concerning
ered
or
raised
by
means
of
a
'
the
expropriation
by
Poland
in
quadrant,
-They
are
controlled
Upper
Silesia
of
German
owned
(continued'
on
page-ixi
jimlusirial
rural
prmyry.