ARMS PARLEY' UNDERTAKINGS C.W.V.A. Gets Novel View on United Slates Dry Enforce- mont Fleet inHY May 0. Finler lite i otiuiinii enforcement, Sitc is building Up ! ( mo flec of armed I h wlinli entilil iiiniiedi- 1 in to service in case . is i hereby violating' f Of Hie Washington i .:: eon fere nee, a'- : f u ii-iTlitn muile l'- j .i hi Veterans' w" tiialil liy Capt. 1. Sl i uml W 0. Stone. -IBEATTIE DIES SUDDENLY! CUSTOMS DUTIES COLLECTED HERE ARE ON INCREASE Custom colleei ions fur Hie I'orl nl Prince Itupert during the iiioiiIIi of April lolalb-d IU,17I.UH nui-siilrrably exceeding the tolal for April last year .and .nearly "doubling Hie lothl for .March of Mils V.ncoUeP Harbor Commissioner FIREMEN KILLED AS Mi -- swno wnne on n..niiii iirno nrv Wa. from Cranbrook i K till I) N It i WAI to Coast VAXiuil VKI. May . 1 am-,1 5(1. hart harbor Hubert coin- Vhai; w l enroulc from L -aiihriMMi. His denlli was, tine '" ' imi.lr ,,,.,1 l.neinl will ''y- i 'ii( in Cranbrook. In Mic last llniiiiiiinii i.iil1i)ii. III'.; II' vv.u .!..,.! ... I I ill. .rill f"r Fast Koolenay. He """i Iiih seal in favor ir Dr. 11 K its. minister oT ptihlle m il was snhseiiiently ap- "" 1 the Yaneouver hitr- ''""' 'uinini.smoii. ADD TO POPULATION . HAVANA. May C The nomilu ATLANTA, Oeorgia, May 0. Six firemen were killed and it is believed that Hirer- more bodies are in Hie runins as a result oT the collapse oT Hie upper floor of a building which was on fire here Ibis morning, mo lirenien were fighting Hie fire from the slreel when I he upper floor and front wall," collapsed' burying them in Hie debris. 11,111 f i.iilin in ,..i .'.? t:t! Indian STOCK MARKET II.C. SiHer liranby llowc Sound '". a slalement Issued ni-r Inlet - 1 '' V I'leval. ehier or. Iho nu- j Premier """"I ri...ss orfiee, says. The L. & ' iit't rJi",',"' Hive n lolal of M,-:Hayview iigaiusl :i,ti3,'.MU Tor ilaeier Daly-Alaska Hid. I. II She . Asked 1.15 la.oo 15.3ft 17.00 .O'.tVi .10 Is .10 .ir.'.'j Mining Man at Vancouver on Way to Prince Rupert to Fly 00 "5i -'.riH .It! ' .27 .18 to Dease Lake Gold District VNCtit:vi.'n Mi... it v....t.ii..,i.t l.Hlle. a delroil mining !''. s ea g he , Va' few y or lriu' m J?n;l.l,.,B arra.nlelds hero ! l fly fro... Priuee Huperl n.lo ' l-ako Lake and and Peace Peace Hivur Hivur districts districls. . "I mi "( we i,i... . , U Us "s I'lin mee. tulfrview here Mr. ,lllle sitid: "If w; rnnl v,iM ' u t'Hainly expect lo tlo so, (here's pli'i.ly oi easlern n.u i tJ lo hack up ii big program of development in Hits I I asl year, on which no income! luxes were paid." Lien onVfessels 1 lie suil is In Ilie loiiii ,ui a lien against properly owned by Ihe companies in California, sain lo comprise two merrhaiil ships Ihe (Juadra and Coal Harbor, both of. which were seized some time ago for rum running. cargo, and the total loss liy fire, and explosion of the liipnr carrier .Speedway, comes Hie advice from San Francisco lhal a suit agaijist I he Consolidated F.xporls Corporal ion, Lid., aiid the (jaiiauiau-.Mcxicnn i.orpn., i,id. or iclona ami vaucnuver, locol led aiiiruximalely 111,01)0 in in- noine taxes, penalties and interest for 1 1- S , has been filed ill I'niled Stales Federal Cnurl. The advice from San Francisco ays : Soil avainst Hie t'onsolidaled Fxorlers Corporation, Ltd., and (he Canadian-Mexican Corporation, I. Id., of Yanconver, H.Gl, to olleel approximately $Jla000 in income taxes, penalties and interests for IU-M, was filed in (he ederal emir! here loday. II is tlle.ed the companies did ap- proxitualely l,mio,000 worth of itlsiness in the Uniled Stales II was reported several days ago lhal no iiidicluienl Jiad been aunuunced against Hie (iual Har bor or ils crew. II is thought by local shipping men lhal Ihe Coal Harbor is being held on a charge of unpaid income lax, as the ves el was lvcnly-lwo miles olf shore when seized and outside Ihe danger zone for ruin-runiiers. Thai liquor exporting from Iliis Province has been dogged by a consistent jinx is indicated in the number of seizures made by the United Slates coastguard, and Ihe series of depressing iucidenls that hits been trailing Iliis bust ness. In addition lo the already iiieulioiied iucidenls that have occurred lo liquor curriers oper aliiig on! of Ibis port and Van comer, Ihe Prince 'Albert has been ordered lo be sold al auc tion lo pay pari of Ihe damage claim made by Ihe Pacific Com inercial Cable Company agaiusl Hint liquor carrier. Liquor Floet Deplotod There remains in Ibis business only the Malahal, blrla de Agtut ami Stiulai'oua. The Sladaeona Is thought lo be en route lo.Yio loria after her trip south with a sigiiiuepl liquor cairn Canada lo .New Westminster; was transferred (here to the Princes Mary and brought to Yicloria, where, il is understood, il will br used to fill our Ihe cargo for the Sladarona's next trip. TAXI BOSTON GRILL 25 and Large Upstair Dining Hall, Ambulance with newly Us id dancing flour for hire. Suitable for dances, banquets and wed-ding Anywhere at Anytime, Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. parlies. turn and 6th St. PRINCE RUPERT Fur raits, apply In Boston Third Grill, Ave. MATT VIPECK, Prop. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 457. VOL XV NO. 107. . . PHINCK HLPKHT, H.-X WKtLNKSDAY. MAY 0, lUii5. YlUrdy' Circulation 1633 trttt Mm, 472. PRICE FIYK GENTS. t VTTFIlmTl . WIlINto 1 4. OHO ARE CALLED FOR MURDER CASE AIRPLANE IS TO LEAVE HERE SOON FOR THE DEASE LAKE MINING DISTRICT Terrace Forest Fire Destroys Telegraphs Started Yesterday Afternoon Three Miles East of Town and is Burning Both Sides of Track hit -l fur uT some proportions, Hie first of Ilie seaoii, :iIi"immI v. i'Ii leb'grnphjr ruiiimiiiiiriiliou lasl nighl and this m 'niiiK Tin! blaze, which started jcslerday al I rriioun, is (iin-" lir' mill's cast of Terrace. II started Iy Ihe railway (rack ana Hu morning was rcporlcd o bo Inirniiif? on both of 'In it iirk tu a will 1 It of loo feci out' mile. long. ? lj u;:n::4'i' - being done (n standing timber, Hie conflagration M , ,i -I flashing. 'Jin' i;nrw.v company Mas liatl a rirw out fighting1 Hit' blaze i.e c fii o clock last liiglil. IS VIOLATING it year wliii'li was URGES THAT PRAIRIE PROVINCES UNITE TO SAVE MUCH EXPENSE F.DMON'i'iN. May 0. --Sir John Alnl, president ami general manager of the Hank of Commerce, urged the union of the II tree pro-xinres. Allierla, Saskalcliewnn Hint Manilulia. in order to saw I he eosl of three separate The llradley family, .'15 strong, n'einlly came from Helloed, Nottingham. Kugland, n lite llauadian Paeifie steamer Monlrlare to settle on neiglilioring farms in S -.skali In wan. ltielnOled are Hie father and niollier, four sous and a son-in-law. with Iheir resjieetive wives and 2. eluldiTii. Liquor Runners Being Sued by United States Government for Income Tax and Other Payments YHrroHIA, May 0 Following th seizujpe of lite Yieloiiai Easy Enough to Cheat Eternity by Living 150 Years Says Sir Donald Ross, English Scientist l,(MM)., May 5. Thai lite span of life eau ILMIpl' III. Ill ttUIIIM Ml' fell III- mill llltl ilplT UHU,y ILII U I IIU71 lUH years. . . The scienlisl Ihinks (hat the allolteil span of .three 'score, years ''and fen should find a man in the cargo or liquor. H was learned prime of life, instead or edging Honald in a lecture, "Hie average here yesterday that during (he bis pedal extremity toward Ihejlile oT a London man was about n:ist week i.lOO eases of con-' itiave. We live ctirlailed lives, al years 7 moulds and of a '. 1... uni 1... ..illicit l :iii. Ilii llllV umil:in .IK i..l lw I Imitillitf In-1' Mr. and Mrs. F. L Baker Summoned to Appear as Witnesses Murder Case VANCOUVKIt, May (1. Subpoenas calling as witnesses lo appear at Urn preliminary hearing or Hie charge or, minder against Wong Foou Sing in coniieclion willi the death id .lam-l Smilh on Friday, were served yesterday on Mr. and Mr.-. F. L. Ilaker, in whose? home Ihe nurseniaiil mel her death. 'The iiiquiry, il is said, will be of the most thorough nature ami is likely lo occupy two days. II is expected that opHi Injibty will be afriirded liiuny people professing to have hilherlo un-divutgeil knowledge of pertinent Tarts to come forward ami tell all they know. YtCTOlllA, May i. Asserling lhal he had "complete confidence in Hrilish .'justice in this orovince and lhal W'onfr had lncii fairlv Irealeil and given the iruleclion of the law ! which iT he was eiililled," llo Tsaug. Chinese consul, loday refilled. an T inleniew allribuled to hint iuT vliich he criticized Hie Attorney I (leneral's deoartnient. Alluruey CeiMM iil ManstJii loday said there j was imlliiiig further to be given out regarding the .lanel Smilh case and all oilier sources of in-forinalioii refused lo make any slalement. Albert. Farrow, steamboat In spec! or. arricd front Vancouver on Ihe Prince, Ceorge this morn ing, his mission' byre being lo inanke an inspect ion of Ihe C.5. M,M. steamer CuiiHtlLar. Winuci' which is at ir(,;st'nl in Ihe local dock for overhaul. NEW ENGINEER TO REPLACE W. H. TOBEY CHARGE OF DIVISION F. W. Lecpcr of ,1'ort Arthur, an experienced engineer has been appointed lo lake lhe;daco or W. II. Tnbey as divisional engineer ftdlijwing Mr. Tnbey' s proinollon lo ihe position of superintendent. $ Mr. Leeper's appolnl-nienl has been elTecUxe u short lime and he $ expected lo arrive here, any time. 1. 4- 4. 4.4-l4 44. AV. fi. Arnctl relunied on Hi? Prince fienrge Ibis mornlhg froin a brief lrii lo Ocean Falls. nf one penny a head spcul in ltrilaiu for and he asscrlcd thai the spending uf a sixpence a lieud 'would make the .monkey gland useless. A scienlisl pf ihe Pasteur n-slilulu- in Paris as predicted that in 100 years from now the uver- age man will live lo be 1 .10 years (dd. Mechnikorr, Ihe , lliissiau scienlisl, lias made Ilie same iirophecy. Tliese visions of a future race of Methuselahs are lo materialize Ihrough the agency of Ihe research labora- lory.in Sir Itonald's opinion. Trace All Diseases The laboratory worker in the next 'generalion, if alfowvd full spope. "will trace all destructive diseases o Iheir source and ex terminate Ihem, instead of com bating them afler Ihey have ap peared, Sir Honald said. Already research laboratories are al work on important medical pro lileuis. The Pasteur Institute is seeking to dchlrfiy itficer am tuberculosis and the lloss Insli Mile in London s working for the eradication pf leprosy. Advanced P.nglish scientist hope lo see research laboratorir in every large city in Ihe world riuanreil liy the state or iiiuui cipality. In ihem; Hie searr wilt lie earned on for unsee enemies of Hie human fapiily un lit the lust genu has disappear ed. If Ihe medical world cotil spend 10,000,000 annually in stead of UDOO-OOfl as now. Sir Honald avers, our children grandchildren would all be een lenarians, and al that be only (dkers lo Iheir uoslerily The passenger (rain, due from the East al .3.30 Ibis ufternoon is Ihirlv iniinili's laic. PRESENTATION TO DR. KERGIN Number of Friends of Local Man Gavo Him a Surprise Last N.ght ' LEAVING ON TOUR. Last nife'lil fifteen men, friend I of He. W. T. Kergiu, jirav e liini a surprise. They dropiied in at iliis flat and nresenled him with hi gold waleli ehain as a mark of japprecialipn of friendship and of eotir!esies nu-eived from him in various walks of life. Heprjje Uryaul made the pre- f-enlalioii on behalf of the us-", seinhled itrouj. After I he ireseilalion the tarly snenl a pleasant evening at (he Kerxin home, ""refresli- inents were sered and they left about midnight. Ir. Kergin leaves litis week for" a lour of the old country, lie spends a day with Dr. Writich at llazellon hospital, tlieit two days wtllt the boys, Will and Fred, al the. University of 'Toronto and a day or two at other . Uauadian lOnlres. . . . Joining the Inlerslale Medical riiin-t'iiiiner (Juadra, willr a .Ut,tKu Jiiitor eargo, and the, lo Ifitt : years al Hie eosl of a-sipeiiee a head, is Hid argumecil uf , , t t ' S sult-eiiueiil seuteneiiig of nieiiiliers of Itep erew lo prison and i Sir Honald Hoss, the Kiiglisli srieulisl whose rcseafelies Jtuvc' , ,. hospitals Tit Ihe biy centres in F.uglaml, Scotland and Ireland. A visit will also be made lo 'Paris. I On his ret u in to F.uglaml Ihe doctor will be joined by his lv.o"J and they will spend a . .HI.F-.T ... ay I-' ; I " ,,. . - ., I.',, i.l .. ,. . I of countless (X pliysie- heavy fines; Hie seizure of Ilie (Jo;il Harbor w ith a s;li(M)(.' lead t.o cures for malaria ami sleeping sickness. .Sir Honald j jaJ )o so u',,,,,, '( arpa enrgu; Ilie seizure of Hie I'esehewa, alsit with a valualde liip'orj claims that a sixpence from Hie purkM of every KiiglUhruaii; f,...!.,:.. U.T,PI, n,,. ,,.,hv nf -i3ii spent in seienhfic research, woo d result in new medical Mow-j(Mors wJU (J jl1Jlul.(u,lt . I. i. ....... II.A..I.... Ii r.'l ii II.. I...UIIH- u ... .iii.iikiu. . .. - ei iiii. ".juiiiih;i iii. un ii i. v.ii.i v iiiuiuii5 aiiu . genus and man can easily reach the age oT 150 and maybe longer. Changs Already "Fighty years ago," said Sir .... .. . . iinvtf win """"" i.iii:iiii linn ..9 years. Thus medical science in HO venrs li.-.s civ.-n us oiCOunlry for a collide of moiithsa years more of lire." This start on cheating elernily has jusl begun, the speaker continued. .Nowadays , the equiwtlcnl .i i . i ... i is uriiitf research. I while the doctor returns iince llupert. OPINION OF lo DR.PUTMAN Educational Survey Head ..Says n a s a r a Finances are at root of a Troubles In this Pro- : vlhce , OITXWA, tMay (5. Dr. J. 11. id man, who 'willi Dr. Weir ofx uiicouserYU iuves(igaieu liter chool syslem for Hie H.C. gov- ernmenl, declared last night that finances were at the root oU Hrilish Columbia's problems as regards education, laxauou. uc aid, was rendered somewhat complicated owing lo varied coii- itious. Dr. I'liluuui said thai Ihe diversified Iruiniug of leacli- had a distinct iidvaulagu for H.C. and he praised the school al tendance of Hie province. PITTSBURG HAS ' BAD EXPLOSION At Least Eight Killed and Many Were Injured This Morning . PlTTSHlTlfi, .May G.- At least eiwhl were killed and several were Injured-' in an explosion wliirh wrecked half a dozen buildings in Swissvale, a suburb, this morning. The blast shook, Ihe entire district and il is feared that the search of Ihe ruins will disclose, other bodie. A daring rescue of fo'r persons from a second storey window was niaile by tin automobile ilrioi! past the buniing1 uulldins, til mm I