; 25 mi TAXI and Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime, Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. ' itind and 6th 8L wftTT VIDECK. Pr XV NO. 112. ""'., ''"t. . S VIT,- Mav l1' - "i hms or the .. . . -''Il'l 11)1 lllllll ,''0"1VA. M(tf if. h""'MM, lert here on "' riH" u.i kins salmon, Wllll'll '-hum' k on "I l.ieul United service reserve corps Hilly killed and It. V. wus badly injured when 'irinv anplane piloted by i"M KKi feel near Sam! 1 ' ill ion fiill T.nkp W JSllll Inn 'Cl... ..i...... .. - I II I; IUIIII' HHIft l 1 Hi- in i, a jrvove of trees. KING SALMON SEASON . STARTS AT CORDOVA fishermen Leave for tho Grounds "no Canneries Will Open on Friday Next Many .Momlay Ihe run flailed on Salunlay. will Ileum uiieralions hiiv 'I'liii u.ii, ...... i:i 1 1 1 ,1 . -IIIM1.I1 1 llllilll l' liavi- lucrageil '.Ti pounds in ;J Tlio lee m, Cupper 11 expected to break lo- J NOTICE. A tnoelins will InV held i1" Mo- City Hall tonight. H O'elnelr I., .ii . v lw uisi-iiss mai-Jm atrecllng all (Julla-."' 'HHl,ui fishing ,ve-All we,.H uf L,ludiaii bonis, please Mi'ml. whether inembers 01 ''is association or mil. '""lian Ihilllnit nshing "sel Owners' Assoc. , ' . I I Word was reeeivej yesterday la,(ljaflerimon thai the C.M.M.M. rreigliler, Uinailiau I'lospeeior. which is eomint,' to the local dry iloek for overhaul, will not arrive until Friday. The vessel is coming direct from the Orient, having left .Shanghai on April :';t. After the work on the bout here is tiuislied, she will proceed lo Vancouver ami Victoria in loud cargo. DEATH SENTENCE ON EIGHT BULGARIANS Were Connoctcd With Recent Bomb Outrage in Sofia Cathedral snriA. May I-. iMght men. including a sacristan who admit hi lieilv Willi the re cent homh oulrnge in the Svetil nil Calhednil. were seulenccd lo death yesterday and will pro bably' be executed this week. Ihe sacrislan Was granled privale cxeculion. The public acecpled (he .sentences without NEW C.N.R. STATION WANTED BY EDMONTON KDMO.N TON. .May I '- I'd- minion is seeking a new C.N H station. Mayor Bhilehford look n .line on mi his recent Irin UK Him ' ' " lo Ollawa and will consult fU I' ll ...ii. i..i.,,iil In mans wiin 1 nil . . ' ' - A. K. Warren, general manager of western linea. OFFICER APPOINTED MURDER TRIAL IS PROCEEDING Dr. B. Blackwood Was Witness In Janet Smith Case This Morning YANCUUVKIt, May li. The adjourned preliminary hearing of Wong Sing, charged wilh the murder uT Jancl Smith, vvas re-siiineil in Ihe l'oitit Grey puliee court Iflls iirorniug. Itefore the first witness was called, it was agreed between crown and defence counsel thai the evidence aken last Friday should nol be ,rone over. This evidence, liietly of an e.xperl nature wilh "erard lo the deseriplion of Ihe isnni'iil oT the Baker house, was objeeled lo at first by J. H, M'liklyr. eji.tmnyl for .Vkjyiw. bc-I tiTise if liiii not heen iulerpret- eil lo ucciised. .Since then, however, Otiinyow. Ihe interpreter, rauslaled Ibis lo Wong. Ir. B. Blackwood, who was summoned to the Baker home following the discovery oT Ihe body of the murdered nursemaid, was the rirsl witness this inorn-iim. He testified thai when he arrived the body was still ahiiii and stiffening had not yet set in. ELECTION NOT YETIN SIGHT Conservatives In this Riding are, However, Getting Busy Will be Hard for Them to Win While there is no definite prospect so .far of a federal elec tion this year, preparations iir-being made all over the country especially by the Conservatives for the contest; The decision as lo when an election will be held rests in I lie hands or I lie gov PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper 1MI1NUB Rt'PKKT, B.C., TUESDAY. MAY IS, IU25. YtlUrtUy'l Circulation 163S Slrttt Silt 40S BOSTON GRILL Large Upstair Dining Hall, with nrwly laid dancing Hoot for hire. Suitable for dances, banquets and wed ding parlies. For rat, apply In Boston Orill, Third Ave. Phone 4S7. PRIOE PTVK 0ENT8.. nir it.. nil nrrT am paapt af iFAnMM DMMONS TO VflTF. MftNFY FOR FI FV4T0R HFRE WHFN TFM1FRS flPFNEn MS i4mit Inability to Handle Speedy Booze Running Ships DillliO. May IS. Tin- Belgian ship (ierrude. reported , 5 . i . -r - Hi me rousigiiaril riiiiiM' I anim us to in1 in n rt i iirii ill m u m m m USHER DIES Col. E, J. Chambers was : Well known Dominion ! Figure i v V 4... M.iv r.. ci iliaiuber, genlle -i Hie Black un iix-il suddenly al I i i.'uiufi iiuiue ill Aiiuuveuli on 1 following mi uaiy troulde. r . ! lie whs soldier, -, lent, wliior anil I press censor v. nr r live, lie was u s known figures in m ai. parliament. la vit on the I'aeifie lie oei'iiMion or I In .! uver of the ::ll n.i'a. ttm .r.K v i .r. MAN KILLED "HD lUUU9 kWilOUa WMQ nd R. w, Roberts Hurt In Accident at Seattle lln' first in , -hi- il Hit' ru i 1 1 y disintegrating Atlantic eonsl rum fleet lie i appearance on I he Pacific, is said, In lie only one of ,, hi iiv crusing off (he Lower California coast. The coastguard forces here are mil as sluing as on Hie At-i !)::-i unci it was ailuiitlt'il loday dial limy were badly "ilK'cj ,ii their of furls In prevent liiuur laden ships now ofl ,; four uf whirli fly Hie British Hag, rrnm retailing llieir - cargo In small lioals winch ply jlroin tin1 slmre. The wet craTI an' all faster than the govcrn-! iiieul boats. The Tnniarus, vvjiirh is now in iiiirt. discovered the new fleet on 1 lnv I :llul !r:ii itlmi llii viw- i'ls scattering in different direction. ' One boat, which was lolhiwcil fur 1 CO miles, round refuge in Mexican lerriloria! AtitiTs. Later another lupior fieri was fciiiinl al a Santa Rose Islauil rendezvous wlieliee il firsi hail fled tin I the 'i'aniartis Hod I wits inrei'ii i reiiirii in t-an )i'!ti loi- fuel mill proMsliiUK. " PROSPEQOR IS NOW DUE FRIDAY C.Q.M.M. Vessel Coming Direct from Orient for Overhaul In Local Dry Dock POtlT F.SSINOTON, May 1. . ii .. . . 1 ., 1 1 J..I .Stall' Caidain tiurrmaer vish.u the ,1'orl K.xfiuub'ii Saivaiiou Army last week and tippoinled M. N. McKay uf Kilselas to lake ..i ..f i in. Armv corns here rnui.!; 111 '' for the summer season. The Ambrose Avenue Pavement Local Improvement Bylaw was laid over for one week by Ihe city council lusl night. ernment a! Ottawa. No indica lion has vet been giveu or an iiumediaU' dissolution of parlia ment bul it Is, of course, ipiuc ... . . . i iiosslPie mai an uiiuoiiiictMiiuin miiv be made aloni' these lines be fore'. Ihe present session eiiu So far as can be seen on (lie surface, there is little political stir in Ibis riding yet. The Con servatives have, however, called a iHmilmiliug convention for May -Mi and Ibis week there will meetimr of the local As- soldaliou lo seleel delegates for thai convention. Who will be Conservative candidate not even I In. 'lories themselves yet seem lo hiive any idea. In all probability. Fred Slurk the silling member, will aguln iii'iii- the Liberal standard. , He has given Ihe dislriel good ter vice duriiiif the last lerni and it will be dilllcull if possible Hud a candidate to heal hiiil. BASEBALL American League Philadelphia -', Cleveland 1. Washington I), Chicago 0. Boston 7, Detroit . New York 10, SI. Louis ll. National League No games scheduled. Ii lu Trinidad is u lake coulaiiiiug one uf the largest ami slraugesl pitch deposits in the world. The water is drained uff and Ihe raw prodiiel removed. Then Hit basin fills up again wilh vv.iler, from where no one knows Democrats at Washington Plan lo Rehabilitate Themselves by Controlling House and Senate WAS1IINUTUN. May IS. By Canadian Pre f rulipJiuvdcrs lluiise ol Bepic or the rael some if liiey do caplur hurl i'u I her Ihan help llieir parly in M'S.S. I lei no- So fiir us the henale i- concerned, Ihe Democrats believe Ihey will capliire il wilh little effort. 'I Ins is Ihe case because if ihe fuel lieurly all Ihe Senator whose terms will next end an epghiicuii. In oilier words, the Democrats believe the Senate live nor llic icgisiaiive. nruncii, ill fall into llieir control in IVJd are free from responsibility. On almost inevitably und, .that being, the other o, they will do llieir utmost also lo capture the House. The -danger the' Democrats see ill gaining control in Congress in the 'middle of the Coolulge administration is that il will en able the llepublicaiis lo place a large -share of responsibility fur Ihe course of legislation on Hie Democrats. Now, the Demo- rals. having neillwr the execu- LOCAL MEN . IN SMASH Andy Donald' and Babo Fortln Badly Shaken up on Pacific Highway (Spoclal to Dally News) VANCOUVER, May 12. Andy Donald and Babe Fortln, both formerly of Prince Rupert, were badly shaken up but not Injured In an auto smash-up here yesterday. Donald, driving a McLaughlin Six, collided with a Ford on the Pacific Highway white driving with Fortln to wltnoss a ball game at Now Westminster. Both cars wore badly damaged. Donald, whose nerves were badly shaken ,ls being charged with driving to the common danger. hand, Hie Democrats feel that lliey will erred something for parly rehabilitation if they organize and make u real fight for control in 1112(5. Thai process of reorganization and re-habililation, as they see it, will lend to orfsel the drawback of having In bear some oT the re. spuusibilily for the course of government in a llepublicun MORE ABOUT MAYO BLAZE Half Million Estimate for Local Grain Plant Considered at Ottawa i OTTAWA, May IS.- The vole or .."tl,0(0 to be devotcil in the cunslruclioii of Ihe terniimd grain elevator at I'riuce Ittfj perl bus been allowed lo slum! over until ufle,r lenders- for llic minding are opened. ' When Ihe item came before Lite ' House of Commons on Monday in coniniillee or supply, Hon. T. A. Low, minister of crude and commerce, agreed wilh members of Hie opposition I .hai it might i,-e advisable to ret urn lo the mailer laler in (lie session when further details of the. construction will lie available I lie tenders for the construc-l" - - -- tion ot 'lie superstructure will be opened on May IK, il is expected, and no delay is anticipated in gelling the money voted ami Hie work under way. MAY QUEEN IS ELECTED vill ill, mukt. iuuke,.u a big big drive dmv .next ucxl yUr ywur loaidiuJliL i' totalled V t:t(l.70(l . nnutnls. 1 Three Ms- XlnsktUwt her smiluUu'.s. This i '.un.sidere.1 setllcd, in spile "Wds yo J?.- tfiaids of honor for the May Hay s of Ihe Democralic chiefs have the reeliug lhal '"'i !'""ads and six UinadraiH, caniiui, to bt luUw Kx,rhu re control of one or both houses next year il will Vnuuh Prices were st,II jon bnimtft Vlx Miiy UII(Jer Situation Was Saved by Bucke; Brigade with Everybody In Town on Job l . WS( N. May ' 1 2. Furthei word about the fire al Maylt slates that six buildings wer desl roved including a liolel. Many building were partly burned. The 'eilizeiis had all I Ihey could do lo lcVp Ihe entire lown from going up in sniuki'. . The lire engine was' out of coul mission and Ihe situation was saved by a bucket brigade. F.very I man, woman ami child iu the I town was on Hie job. The loss i has mil yet been eslinuited bul III will probably run into many i thousands of dollars. Hindenburg, Sworn in Today as , President of Germany, Receives Cheers of Multitude Assembled ItlMlLlN, May IS. Field Marshal von lliiidenmirg was sworn into orfice us president of (ie-rmnny before a great crowd iu Ihe lleisejislag luduy. The event passed olT sinoollily Willi the exception or a brief shout of protest from Coiuuiiiuists. Ilindeu-burg was given ti vociferous welcome upon his nrrivul in Berlin yesterday and during his rive mile drive through packed streets. The Socialists and Communist refrained from welcoming Ihe. Nationalist hero but did not indulge in any counter demOntlru lions such as were ex peeled. AMERICANS GET BEST PRICES FOR HALIBUT Total of 130,700 Pounds Mar keted at Exchange Bidding Was at Good Level llaiiliut arrivals litis morning airly good, Americans getting in average 4if 15c and Ge two i-nls heller than the bids for Ciinailian fish. Arrivals and sales were as follows: American (Jlacier, 21,000 pounds al. 15.2c and (5c, to the lloyal Fish Company. Spray, 2,200 pounds, al loc and (ic, and . Yakulal, IH.ooo iiounds. at 11.5c and (5c. to the Canadian Fish x Cold btorage Co. v Canadian Scrub, 11,1100 pounds, al lUc ami 1c; lliugleailer, 7, uOO pounds al lac and Sc. and Selina, 10,000 pounds al lU.Ue and 1c, to the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Company. Hose Spit, I2,(H10 pounds al 13.1c and ic; Cape Spear U.OOO pounds al 13.2c and ic; anil Kiiieii. 7.500 noiiuds. al 13.20 and ie. lo the Allin l isheries. Salmon Narbelhong, 3,300 pounds i.J red salmon, al I2.(5c, lo llic Atlir. and lloyal Fish Co. BEER ON CANADIAN NATIONAL TRAINS Sir Henry Thornton Says Com pany Will do Anything to Make Money if it is Within Law OTTAWA, May 12.- -Sir Henry Thornton, asked this morning if the Canadian Nalional Itailwiiv would sell 1. 1 per cent beer in Ontario, said: "We'll sell any thing that will make money and is within the law." , STOCK MARKET Bid. Asked B.C. Silver 1-12 1.50 Howe Sound 1(5.00 17.00 Dunvvell -t 5 Premier 2.35 2.40 Terminus .15 .CO L. & 1 25 W .20 Dnly-rAlasku ...... -IH -5J5 Selkirks 05 .05 Vi Indian 0Vi .Oil1; Bayview '. 10 .13 Ornnby 13.00 Olacler , M Vi .27 Surf Inlet 05 M, .00 Independence ...... .15 .20 Miss Myra Klnslor Will Reign Over Event Staged by Fair Board and Elks , Miss Myru Kinslor, u pupil of the Boolh Memorial School, lias been elected us Hie May Uueeit, and the Misses Beruice lloss mid i'olema Cameron, pupils of the . the direction of Airs. Duve Thorn. son. The election of a May (Jucerc was held al the Burden and ifooth Schools yesterday afternoon when Mioses Polenta Umii-; erou and Beruice Itoss were, elected by Hie pupils of the for titer school and "Misses' Myra Kiuslor and Annie Walker by they, liooth School pupils. The fiuul, .selection was made by Mayiitf, Newton who drew the names iu the order slated above. PEACE RIVER RETURN MADE Little of Property Given to Dom inion by B.C. in 1871 la Disposed of OTTAWA, Hie acreage block .which province of the Dominion in May 12.-Liltle of in Hie Peace River was deeded by the British -Columbia .lu disposed of was return tabled in 1871 lias been revealed in 'i Hie House .of Common un Monday, or a total or three and a hulf million acres bul 1130 acres have been sold, $2321 being received as .a result of the sale, lu addition 75,231 acres have . been leased and 83,100 received for the rental. CUSTOMS SEIZE RUM SCHOONER Llrlo de Annus, Nicaraguan Ship, Arrested on Return from Voyage to South America VICTORIA, May 12 The Llrio de Augus, a schooner formerly under Canadian registry but now Hying .the Nicaraguan ensgn, was sei.ed by the customs ott; it? return Saturday from a South American voyage. The vecset cleared from Vancouver in January vvitli 0,000 cases of whiskey and returned in ballast. Pending the making of a full report to 'Ottawa, the customa would not disclose the reason for '.the seizure. - 4