RANCHER
TELLS
OF
AVALANCHE
NO
DOMINION
ELECTION
NOW
While
Nova
Scotia
Result
Was
Provincial
it
Has
Effect
on
Federal
Outlook
Special
to
Daily
News!
OTTAWA.-.Juno
20.-The
gen
eral
impression
here
in
olllcial
circles
Is
that
there
will
be
no
Dominion
election
this
year,
following
the
disastrous
defeat
oT
the
Armstrong
Oovcrniuenl
In
Nova
Scotia.
Ministers
were
not
at
all
surprised
at
the
way.
the
vote
went
but
refuse
to
say
anything
for
publication.
They
say
il
was
a
provincial
issue
,
and
nothing
to
do
willi
Dominion
polities,
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
OF
CITY
CLOSED
TODAY
Llttl
Formally
In
Final
Dis
missal
of
pupils
for
Long
Holiday
The
public
schools
closed
this
lnorninir
and
he
children
now
have
set
uut
oil
their
long
holiday
of
something
likii
ten
weeks
There
we
rn
very
few
formalities
in
connection
wil
h
llio
closing
Borne
of
the
rooms
li
ail
litlh
concerts,
reception,
ami
In
smut
cases
presentations.
Most
of
the
teachers
are
leav
ing
the
oily
for
(he.
vacation,
a
good
many
going
to
their
homes
Hi
the
soul
i
Ler
1
cleiUed
In
brought
word
here
lodaygl
uiii
.Ji'Jj
VERY
LITTLE
HALIBUT
Antigoiiisli
U,U.IVIIIJ
Ull
IIIV
IIVIIII
7iuv
w
.
7
,
,
,
i
x
..i,i..1.
..r,.;M..,i-
't
looks
as
if
(here,
would
and
fell
across
.he
Urosvcnl.o
M
'TC
JW
.,J",",.V,-V:
Vulley
neat
here
Tuesday.
Huff,
who
was
riding
a
horse
ul
the
time,
had
a
narrow
cs
cape
The
aalanche
with
a
roar
bore
toward
him
in
the
form
Ihree
Liberals
and
possibly
one
Laborile,
Archibald
'Ferris,
who
ran
in
Cumberland
county
with
the
endorsation
of
the
CouseryU
lives.
of
a
moving
wall
of
boulders,
trees
and
earth
100
feet
high.
IU
1
wT
I
Ml
vsirm
I
If
lIM
T
Many
ranch
homes
uud
catllef
Hi
J
Ull
V
I
llll
were
lost
but
uu
reports
or
deaths
liuve
been
heanl.
It
Is
feared
further
damage
may
be
eaUsed
when
llio
huso
reservoir
formed
by
the
avalanche
fills
with
water'
by
a
river
flowing
lulu
it,
as
it
will
form
a
lake
six
or
seven
miles
long
and
a
mile
wide
and
a
possible
depth
of
300
feel.
THREATENED
City
Council
Hears
from
wil'
Hams,
Manson
A
Gonzales
Regarding
Women
Book
Agents
Notification
being
given
through
Aid.
Casey
that
Wil
liams.
Manson
&
Oonzales,
act
ing
on
behalf
of
the
Heliiil
Mer
chants''
Association,
intended
to
secure
an
injunction
and
sue
enMi
member
.of
the
council
who
voted
for
the
refund
and
Hie
city
treasurer
if
refund
was
made
of
license
fees
of
$5(1
each
collccled
llie
magistrate's
order
recent
ly
from
a
group
of
women
book
agents,
llie
city
council
decide
lal
night
to
withhold
the
mnk
In-i
of
the
refund
until
the
mai
ler
may
again
be
laken
up
al
the
next
meeting
of
Ihcouncil.
City
Solicitor
Jones
advised
the
coun
nl
lo
lake
this
step.
At
(he
council
meeting
nisi
Monday
nighl,
Hie
council
on
...,.i,.....
vii
c
ilechleo
O
maie
the
refund.
IS
SOLD
HERE
luDAi
i.'i.i,
sales
al
llie
F.xehange
'
n
i.'..
i
ii.
.....i
n
in?
were
sniaii.
rui
lowing
was
the
details:
American
Uranus
13,000
and
Tyec
0,500
I.,
it
I.
Fisheries
at
II.HOo
ami
Ingred
II
leer
1
1,000
in
ii
ml
0.
Canadian
1
1.
OOO
and
Volun
to.
Cold
Storage
D.S.T.
lo
Alliu
Fisheries
ul
10.50
and
0.5,
Yule
1,000
lo
lloyal
Fish
at
10.20
and
0.
Co
Mr.
and
Mrs.
V.
D.
Caslcy
re
turned
to-the
city
from
the
south
on
the
Prince
Oeorgo
this
morn
CENTRAL
HOTEL
Water
Wore
Serious"
Factor
Than
Flames
Which
Broke
Out
In
Roof
This
Morning
j
Due
more
to
water
than
fire,
roushlerable
damage
was
done
lu
4.
Hie
southeast
corner
of
llie
Ccih
(ral
Hotel
this
morning
when
fire
broke
out
in
the
roof
and,
fanned
by
strong
wind,
had;
4,
made,
tome
headway
before
it
was
liscovercd.
I
lie
cause
01
Hie
flame's
had
not
been
definilely
,
ascertained
tli'is
jnorning.
Iliei
alarm
being
turned
in
at
0.15
by
I.
Slhile
SI
evens,
who
from
his.j.
orriee
across
the
street,
notlceii;
moke
Issuing
from
the
roof.
By
the
lime
the
Jiie
department
ar-llved
llie
flames
bad
laken
some
hold
.and
tt
was
necessary
to
siring'
two
hose
lilies
through
the
three
storeys
or
Hie
building
lo
the
roof.
Part
of
Hie
cornice
and
roof
was
burned
but
water
going
down
into
the
rooms
caused
more
damage
lo
the
in
lerior
of
llie
buildings
ami
its
furnishing.
Pete.
Black
,lr.'s
radio
Outfit
also
came
in
for
nine
damage.
So
pleased
were
Mr.'
and
Mrs.
Black
with
the
work
of
tin
lire
leparlnienL
that,
soon
after
the
blaze
,
had
been
extinguished,
they
sent
a
check
for
$50
to
the
llul
'.(0
be
split
up
among
llie
firemen.
The
department
was
also
.given
able
assistance
by
rltlzens
who-happened
to
be
on
luuiil.i
'AaverlWe
In
the
Dally
News
SENATE
QUASHES
B.C.
LIQUOR
BILL
OITAWA,
June
20-A
six
iiioiilns
hoist
was
given
in
I
he
Senate
to
the
bill
amending-
llie
Canada
Temperance
Act
lo
prohibit
Hie
importation
or
liquor
by
private
persons
in
territory
where
there
is
Ooverninenl
sale.
The
Bill
has
intended
to
benefit
Briltsh
noon,
is
rcnorled
011
lime.
I
i
The
mail
passenger
(rain,
due
from
the
easl
at
3.30
this
after
Sbtaff
TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
and
V
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Ambulance
with
newly
laid
danci.ig
floor
for
hire."
Suitable
for
Service
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
parties.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
For
rates,
apply
to
Boston
and
6th
8U
PRINCE
RUPERT
Grill,
Third
Ave.
WATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOL.
XV.,
NO,
11!),
PltlXCK
Hl'PKKT,
BU.
FRIDAY,
JUNE
20,
1U25.
YtiUrdty'a
Circulation
1611
trttt
Sl
429.
PRICE
FIVE
GENTS.
VANCOUVER
LIQ.
VENDOR
WINS
LIBEL
SUIT
NOVA
SCOTIA
STRONGLY
CONSERVATIVE
WIPING
OUT
LIBERAL
AND
LABOR
Liberals
and
Laborites
go
down
to
defeat
when
Conservatives
win
N.S.
Only
One
Minister
is
Elected
and
Combined
Opposition
of
Four
out
of
Forty-Three
HALIFAX,
Juno
20.
Premier
Armstrong's
Liberal
government
wenl
down
to
overwhelming
defeat
in
the
general
elections
throughout
Nova
Seulia
yesterday.
Farly
last
iiiglil
indications
were
that
(lie
Conservatives
under
Hon.,
K.
X.
Rhodes
are
returned
with
a
majority
of
anywhere
from
UU
to
'i0
in
u
house
of
Ml
members.
Premier
ArmstroiiK
was,
bealeu
in
his
own
riding
of
Shel-
burnt.
i
HALIFAX,
June
20
(nooiu.
Nova
Scotia
found
itself
this
,
morning
in
the
hands
of
a
Con-I
.vrvalivc
administration
fur
the
first
time,
in
13
years.
The
latest
returns
show
the
Liberals
with
only
three
sure
seals
in
an
Immense
Lake
Formed
by
Filling!
assembly
of
(3.
of
Valley
With
Earth
and
j
Ki?hl
Labor
rahdldales,
it
is
1
'estimated,
are
believed
to
have
Rock
,
host
their
deposit,
lion.
Wm.
lu'knv
iiw,n.9
.in....
IChishplm.
minisler
of
w,.rks
and
,;
'
uT.rr
'
,,!,..,.!
mines.
Is
the
oi.lf
cabii.el
minis
.So
tins
is
Canada
and
that's
Quebec,1"
lisp
these
I
i
111
c
immigrant
tols
as
they
catch
their
first
glimpse
of
a
new
world
by
lauding
at
an
old-world
city.
Ladies
Home
Journal
Publishers
are
Sued
for
Libel
and
have
to
,
Say
$60OHo
Vancouver
Man
Said
Small
Children
Purchased
Liquor
at
fiR
FNTA
I
C
ffT
.
Government
btore
and
225
Bootleggers
in
City
VAX0OUVK11,
June
20.
A.
C.
Dixon,
government
liquor
vendor,
was
awarded
0,l00
damages
by
a
jury
in
the
Supreme
louil
in
an
action
against
llie
Curtis
Publishing
Co.
and
A.
B.
Macdpmild
of
Kansas
City.
Dixon
libel
acliuu
was
based
on
a
story
written
by
.Mac-
donalil
mid
published
in
the
Ladies'
Home
Journal
for
June,
1U2.
lo
llie
effect
thai
Macdonald
had
seen
children,
who
were
so
small
that
they
were
forced
lo
stand
on
tiptoe
to
reach
the
lop
of
the
counter,
being
served
Willi
liquor
in
(be
Hustings
FIRE
DAMAGES
-
Nrect
siore.
I
In
addition
Macjlouald
credited
Vancouver
with
having.
225
boot-jlegginig
establishment
-in.
which
thousands
of
people
were
drunk
during
Hie
night
-of
Jiis
investi-
alloh
in
December,
1023.
RIGHT
TO
VOTE
Thoso
Who
Served
in
War
Canadian
Army
Are
in
OTTAWA,
June
20.
s
An
.attempt
in
Hie
House
of
Commons
last
nifibl
by
the
British
Columbia
members
lo
exclude
Orientals
who
served,
in
the
Canadian
Army
from,
exercising
the
right
lo
vote
failed
w-Iic.ii
an
amendment
to
Hie
FederabF.lections
Act,
whicli
would
have
had
that
effect,
was
defeated
by
a
vole
of
Ul
(0.
18.
A.
W.
Neill
or
Comox-Alberni,
who
moved
Hie
amendment,
ile
clared
he
would
appeal
lo
the
Senate,
which
was
supposed
to
safeguard
the
rights
of
minor!
lies.
FIREWIPES
OUT
VILLAGE
Catholic
Church
and
Twenty
Throe
Houses
Taken
When
Clayoquot
Destroyed
VICTOIIIA,
June
20
Tweniy-
tlircc
houses
and
Hie
Catholic
Church
oT
the
Indian
village
u
Clayouuol
on
the
wcl
coast
of
Vancouver
Island
have
been
do
stroyed
by
rice,
according
lo
word
received
here.
So
far
as
is
known
110
lives
were
lost.
Heat
Wave
Struck
Southern
B.C.
Victoria
showing
95
Degrees,
New
VAXCOl.VKH,
June
20,The
heat
wave
that
for
llie
pas
day
or
two
has
been
hovering
over
Die
Pacific
coast
stale's
ex
tended
to
British
Columbia
yesterday
when
record
June
temper
alures
were
registered
in
many
tdaces.
In
Vancouver
the
lliermoiryier
mounted
to
U2.t,
within
a
fraction
of
llio
highest
temperature
ever
recorded
here.
In
4ew
Westminster
Hie
record
showed
M,
the
wuinies
in
2o
years.
3
.
..Victoria
went
higher
-Ihan
any,
the
Iherniometer
sh6y!ng
po,
Ibe
htghe-il
yjlho
ot
years
thalhe
records"
huvc
be,en
kjipl
Wong
Foon
Sing
Abduction
Case
Commences
and
Papers
Produced
After
Chinaman
Had
Told
Story
!'COLrVKIt,
June
20.
Wong
Foon
Sing's
sworn
testimony
on
the
kidnapping
on
.March
20
and
the'
incidents
which
followed
for
It
days
before
he
was
released
were
reluleU
in
the
Point
Orey
police
court
yesterday
at
the
hearing
or
toil
of
llie
people,
accused
of
being
implicated
in'
his
"illegal
deteiitioi."
The
Chinaman's,
story
differed
little
from
the
previous
stories
published
and
he
insisted
that
be
had
been
hanged
until
he
lost
consciousness.
His
examination
aiid
cross-examination
were
finished
unit
the
afternoon
session
was
taken
up
with
Hie
pioducloii'
of
the
contents
of
Ihq
"
vault
or
the
Canadian
Detective
SpiIF
A
TDU
EIDC
Agency
seized
by
the
Provincial
J,jf
1
1
f
O,
II.
V.
Itohiusoii
and
his
sou
VAfre
released
on
.bail.
Josenli
Oliver,
counsel
for
Hobiuson,
protested
.thai
the!
-
business
card
of
M.
li.
Jackson,;
Several
Lose
Lives
Probably
In
K.C..
snceial
invesligalor
of
lliei
Blaie
But
Number
Not
Yet
Janet
Smith
murder,
which
was
supposed
lo
have
been
,
found
ill
llobinson's
papers
seized
was
not1
produced.
'
Inspector
Forbes
Cruikshank,
provincial
police
ofHcer
who
seized
llie
papers,
i
denied
that
such
a
card
was
found.
A
long
list
of
papers
and
doc
uiuenls
were
produced
mud
hearing
was
adjourned
unlit
llif
aflqiuouiu
,-.
!.30
KIWANIS
CONVENTION
GOES
TO
MONTREAL
Famous
Canadian
National
Railway's
Pipe
Band
Took
Part
In
Demonstration
ST.
PAUL.
Minn.,
June
2(5.
-
Immediately
following
a
tableau
typical
of
Hie
arrival
of
Champ-
lain
in
Montreal
followed
by
an
official
.invitation,
extended
by
Henry
J.Fllcot
of
Montreal,
Hie
5,000
Kiwanians
assembled
in
this
city
today
voted
unanimously
lo
hold
1020
convenlion
in
M011
treat
next
June.
The
vote
tor
the
convention
followed
a
demonstration
by
the
Montreal
delegation
in
which
llio
famous
pipe
band
of
tue
Caua
dian
National
ltuilway
"shops
al
Transcona,
Manitoba;.'
partici
pated.
Tie
pipe
band
also
loipY
part
in
the
invitation
at
the
convention
hall
following
the
tab
leau
Willi
,
music
nnd
fancy
marching
and
supporting
the
actors
and
the
speaker
as
well
as
displaying
the
huge
Hag
presented
to
he
winning
conven
tion
city.
The
band
was
loaned
by
the
O.N.H.
FRED
MIGGINS
WAS
IN
AN
AUTO
SMASH
t
Fred
Miggins,
Aldergrove.
was
arrested
on
a
charge
of
driving
lo
the
common
danger,
and
his
wife,
Josfc
Miggins,
011
a
charge
of
being
Intoxicated,
after
an
au
tomobile
driven
by
Miggins,
crashed
into
and
demolished
a
lire
hydrant
al
Powell
Street-anil
Campbell
avenue.
The
breaking
of
the
hydrant
caused
a
iiiluia-
Westminster
94
and
Vancouver
92
FIRE
GUTTED
SHOP
CITY
OF
VICTORIA
A
is
1
01
Known
KANSAS
CITY,
June
16.
Probably
35
people
were
killed
and
scores
injured
wien
an
explosion
followed
by
fire
destroyed
the
Burlesque
Theatre
here
last
night
whilejan
audience
of
about
100
Was
viewing
mo-
llieijlion
pictures.
olunteer
corps
ot
firemen
M)ay-iliggliig
i'ti-'mutiithf-debris
debris
flir
for
bodies
b'odie?
biit
but
'Hie
llie
iiug
number
of
known
dead
is
still
uncertain.
The
explosion
in
the
theatre,
which
was
on
the
second
storey
of
an
ancient
five-storey
build
ing,
came
al
eleven
o'clock
arid
was
followed
immediately
by
an
outburst
of
flames
and
the
col
lapse
of
the
floor
and
balcony
of
Hie
auditorium.
1
Most
of
Hie
members
of
llio;
Burlesiiue
company
were
in
a
nearby
restaurant
at
Hie
Later
News
Better
time.
B
Superintendent
of
Provincial
Police
Arrives
from
Interior
and
Will
co
South
Tomorrow
x
iv...s
uj
11,
June
(noon
a
Only
one
death,
that
of
a
Tire-"
man
killed
en
route
to
the
fire
a
at
the
Ciilis
Theatre
last
nighty
is
definitely
known
this
morning
a
and
it
is
believed
that
not
more
J
than
six
or
eight
bodies
will
bo
found
in
the
debris.
COL.
McMULLIN
VISITING
CITY'
In
llie
course
of
a
lour
of
the
district
on
antolliciul
Inspection
I
rip,
J.
II.
McMullin,
superiu
lemleiit
of
provincial'
police
and
former
government
ageiu
nero,
arrived
In
the
eily
froui
llie
In
lerior
lust
night
and
vjll
proceed
south
on
the
Priuces's'
Beatrice
tomorrow.
Mr.
McMulliu'has
been
visiting
Kamloops,
'
yu'esnel,
Prineo
Ceorge
and
Snillliers.
He
lino
no
utile
jal
announcements
lo
make
Ibis
morning
other
thaii
Hint
il
was
expected
to
get
the
and
lim
lure
flood
and
workmen
Don.
Ilia
'
uisirict
provincial
waterworks
department
had
tt
lm
Hce
force
Into
their
new
uncalled
out
lo
repair
the
ilmimtrioto""
'
Vcfy
"w
f"tur"'
Vancouver
Province.
I
.
..
Z
VICTOIIIA,
June
20.
A
Hie
liefV
gutted
Hie
premises
of
llie
Slaptes
&
Carter
Kleclrio
Company
doing
damage
to
the
exlent
of
about
20,000.
Mrs,
I..
P.
Kenny
and
family
are
sailing.,
tomorrow
night
on
Hie
Prince.
George
for
Victoria.
KILLED
BY
AUTOS
CITY
OF
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVKIl.
June
20
-Phyllis
Martindale,
15
years'
ofN
age,
was
killed
on
Kiugsway
last
evening
when
struck
by
an
aulo.
This
morning,
on
the
same
highway,
Lawrence
Couseneau
was
killed
ami
his
father
and
brother
injured
when
the
cur
tjiey
were
driving
u'wo(k
was
sttuck.hy
a
fire
truck.