AMEGI? AT 1 in 1 1 1 i nrin k l ii n n iiiu iu rrju i a en or mr. ann imr. i Sasaki on Visit .Ma IH. w AA t J A Ab- The i was Inirni'd at "alit. II isuol f r originali-il j u ...... il... .......ill ..r i simi ui'airr. a: I il nisi roliiriiiil v -la an and liad " M I II it it ill ill it M S;l; :l i says I In- lolal f i.oiio. lit? is Dm f awtnill al Ski'i'iia ! Hi or IhcKhyex v i oinruling oil a il Mr- SasMkl wen1 t 'in tK wilh soim :- il I'luiiicd lo find i: nil's' roliiplck'b "' lab in reiMitf'r any - ilanurr Iml Imlh wimt uuliiuc i. Tin fire originali'il in Hn Hnl'li hanlwari' slnrc ln'lwri-n 7..I0 ami H a.in, Mr. Hol.ji and Andrew .n-ilcrson rirsl imliml Hi"' rif" and llit'y gaf tin" alarm. The rhi'ini-cal fiiv 'nini' was ilium liald ml info i'ili-i' hv AmliTson Jni' was ini'llVrliv" as I hf fin had Ion hi;.' u slarl. II is fslliualfil lii'ii' thai I in total daniac will amounl to alioitl 7r,( MFRAI Mri? AT? SALMON COMMISSION i ii in r-n - mt .11 . i . . mm 1,01 VI 'll M ,. .. , .'i.iir. i.-W44jlj iaj VIII II H l N " "os carries on nis I K,,ll u.. . .. u ruing state ment 18 A 1,1 iaini has heen " "'' UIm'I suit betrun liv Wiltiiiin si,,an nifainst "lie. ul Mcllae. in whll. '" inh 1(11 llll Inn tria I. . t ''itlt if "" " Hie Protineial . . I II .... I I 1 .4. " Wl I I I I III It "J,,'"li r.'mn iiii-.H. Ill' H,,V!ll I , . '" lllsllpn I,., ilii ,i... : i.iil-1, iikt :"".'' expressly cx ,- H iiiim ..r i. Ol I IK' c iiii'irii inimaxes rr, i,.tl i 1 1 Jin it i... was oim or ! dofiiinent ""i n iii,in, , . I., ,. ntsi-l- Ol Mill ill 1 11 no T , i ""II.-0 l.ll il I il n I ..... null passed sun last, Stewart In IN SOUTH IS NAMED Foderatlon Will Endeavor to Solvo Mystorlcs Veiling Lives and Habits of Fish Si:.VITI.K, Mar. IK. Tin' International' I'aeifie Salmon In-vestialion redcralion is tin' name chosen for tbe coinmissioii created lo make investifjalinns with a view lo preserving salmon on the coast rrom, exlincllou by treaties and uniform laws. The re.lerallou will endeavor lo solve many mysleries veiling tins "ves ami habits of salmon. A. H. Warreii, H.N.H. grneral iiniiiiiLrio- jif weslern lines, who arrived rrom tbe south on tin Prince (ieorge Ibis afternoon will wi.il Km!, tomorrow on his oiiviih. car wfiicll will be al- lached lo lh regular way freight. 6ne MIXED COMMISSION ACTING FOR KING DURING HIS ABSENCE LONDON. Mar. IH. The King and (Jui'i'o will rross lo Calais loniorrow when' I hey will nil rain for Oi'iioa. A special commission ninsislin of I'rinep Henry, I he Ai-eh-hishop of (Jailleihury, Vis. count Have, and Premier Haldwin are atiiJoiuliMl lo look after I lie Rifely and trniMl govfriiiiieul of the realm during I lie Kind's alienee. VISITING CITY MR. A. E. WARREN Ctnfril Mtntrrr, Wnlrrn Rttinn, Canadian National Railwaja SMART WORK OF TELEGRAPHER AT BURNS LAKE TODAY Special lo Daily News HtllliNS l-AKK. Mar. IH. This inorulnu when rife broke out lu Ihe adjoining buildings. II. I). Mne.Ncil, the (iiixernntent It'll grapber, remoxed Ihe iiislru menls and records and temper ary ipiarlers Avere ipiiekly estab lished in the fnieslry office. There Ihe keys Were installed and wilbin an hour business was on as usual. BAKER AND SOWASH REMANDED FOR WEEK Alleged Hl-jacklnq Dandlts Ap pear In Court at Victoria Today VIUTOIttA, March 18,Oweit I). Ilaker and Harry Suwash charged willi coniplieily in III" murder of Hiipl. W. .1. (iillis and bis son, 'William, on the power boat Heryl (I. last September were remanded for one vrel when Ibey appeared here foe preliminary hearing today. BIRTH A daughter was born al lb Hrjnee IUiikmI (iciieval lluspllal on March IH, lo Mr. anil Mrs Alfred Fowler of Terrace. 1 , T ti in i At Hie front. i TAV1 -.': BOSTON GRILL 51AA1 and Large Upstair Dining Hall Ambulance with newly laid dancing floor for hire. Suitable for Service dances, banquets and wed-ding o.wwhere at Anytlm. . b.u.i Hotel. Jra av. parlies. no pw em-au PRINCE RUPERT For rats, apply to Bosto'' and Orill. Third Ave. iaTT VIDE, rrop. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 457. vol, XV NO, 00. IMIINUK HLPKHT, 11.11, VKI)NB8I)AY. MAHCII 18, i'J25. Vtitardai'a Circulation 1663 tract 4tt. PRICE FIVE CENTS ENTY THOUSAND A HOMELESS IN TOKIO E DESTROYS LARGE PART OF BURNS LAKE: ROYAL BANK IS SAVED re vripts uui Liiirge run of Burns Lake This Morning Many Business Houses Suffer Worked Until They Dropped in Efforts to , r in I T . 1 n ! ! have Koyal bam ana outer buildings LOSS ESTIMATED AT $75,000 . mm W m m tf I 19 I. II I -1 X U i ' - .1 X- mi r w m m m m w mm m m m m mm u m m m a a lev J j 11 1 1 f I iriuiiuri,! IIUU lu v . iuiiiLu 1 1 uiii v w fic Building: Other Buildings Endangered ', It vs I, KI, Mar. IX,--A large pari I lie business sec ,i Mi iii Like v;ts ilcsliovi'il liv fire Ibis morning fiiliiil many thousands of dollars. Tint fir1 slnrlcd alum, :iippocilly in llnlili's hardware store anil faking T'tcgnipli Office "ml Hit drug slorc. HuriMis fight the fire wa's ul ton o'clock still raging under control. The Itnyal Hank building va g:il Iml il was lliouglil.il cyuld In saved. ( )l In lSpTClal in I rally .News' ItliUNS LAKi; .Mar. -.18. (Nuoil Fin- this morning completely destroyed Hie i. II. Ilobh Hard win. Fred Aslin, general mei- clian.li.-c. Ilii" O.K. Cap', 1 1n- 1ii, loHlcc. uovci-iimcnl Iclcurnnh. of I OQPQ UfiMI? lf'"' ,,ru Imililiiig.- LUuLiU JlUllI-JlOiily liy Hie extraordinary chorl-jcif men timliT Hit direction oi Conslablc Perry Carr was tin splendid building of llo' lU'.va Hank saved. Willing workers on On' roofs anil inside I In- buildiir wcrc in constant danger of tlx' oof collapsing. All Ihe, teams in the cily wen put itilu On fin fighting service for hauling water. .Men wnrke.i uulil they Ml from sheer exhaustion. Tin' plucky hani. inanajri'r, John Yool, had In In furi'k'il away front llif Imildiiw. Tin Omiin'ca llnlt'l and liui'-n Store wimt for a liuic in This iniid-ijatibeil rumsliackle Inxi-cab was one oT Hie eurs wliii li bore, 1u Hit Maine from Paris Hie Krefit'li (roois. which slopped Ihe firsl advancf of Hie (Ifrnians in H'I'i. II is supposeil lo have varried soldiers in Ihe wild ride lo Twenty i nousanare iiitiniTT nnirro AdvcrUse in the Daily News. opie are Homeless in Japan Result Conflagration Casualities so Many they Cannot be Estimated: Fire is now Under Control TOKIO, March 18. Another big fire is raging in Tokio. Fanned by a gale, the, conflagration is sweeping over the city causing great confusion. The firemen, hampered by lack of water, are helpless. Troops are tearing down houses in an effort to isolate the burning district while thousands of people, laden with their household goods, are fleeing for safety. TOKIO, March 18 (later) Twenty thousand people were rendered homeless by a fire which swept the northeastern section of the city, destroying three thousand buildings and resulting in casualties, the number of which it is at present impossible to estimate. The flames are now under control. The fire it is thought started in a factory.- REMAIN STEADY VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION Eght .Boats Marketed 148,500 tnlomoea in mine ana u is oo- Pcunds at Fish Exchango Moved Cannot be Allvo This Mornlny ! .. ! FA IH MONT. Hast Virginia r:..!.;.... i .ii.,. .,..i March 18. Thirty tour miners if halibut calclies lolalliug I 18, ."iDll pounds al Ihe Fish Hxchange this morning. Prices were about the saini! as tvere paid yesterday it! hough Ihe bid' for Canadian niches weakened slightly. Arrivals and sales were as American- .... i Wilson. IH.ooii pounds, al, 1 2.1c and le, to ie Canadian Fish A Cold Storage (jo. Daly, 28,000 pounds, al I2.lr and If. and lloyal, I t, 000 poumls at 12.7c and if, lo Ihe Hooth bisberies Canadian Co. Ilallie 12.000 poiiiids, at t.2.8i and Ic, lo Ihe lloyiil Fish Co. Arclif, ;i8.ooo pounds, at .I2i and It, lo Hi;- PairiHi Fisheries. Canadian M. M. Chrisloplieiv I0,(00 poun'ds, al I Of and Ic, lo the lloyal Fish C". Johanna, 8,50(1 'pounds, at lO.te and le, to Ibe.Alliu Fisheries"'. I.ysekll, ao.OOO pounds, at !).7c and Ic, ( the Canadian I'ish iV Cold Sloragi Co. were entombed by an cxphisjon which look place here last nigh' 'The rescuers penclraled as, far as Ihe stables where all 111" horses, in number are dead II Is believed lo be impossible, thai any of the ineli are still living. SMALLPOX CASE IS REPORTED EDMONTON F.DMONTON. Mar. 18. Small pox has mysteriously broken uol in the city, one case having been recently admitted In the Isolaliot hospital. As the man who con traded the disease had nol been away from Fdmonlon for a eon Nhlerable time, health officials are al a loss lo understand where the dred infection origin Premier MacKenzie King Oat in Defense of Contract with Peter ten in House ot Commons ! OTTAWA Mar. IN. Premier Mackenzie King announced j in Ihe House ol l.uniinoiis Hiut Ilie guveninienl is willing t3 inaki a cmiliact willi any sleutnpliiii t'ompany in Canada sim I ated. Several doctors are said lo have seen the ease ami are sal isficd that it is smallpox. It was recently reported thai some eases of smallpox liav heen discovered al Calgary, but immediate steps were taken there lo check any spread of Ihe out break. ilar In Hie eontrael wilji Ihe Pelersen lines if they are prepured In give a like reliiin. "We are prepared lu make il with Ihe UP.1l. on ideiilical lines wall Hie Peler.sen coiilrael," Ilio pre- imer shim, it Ihe UI'.H. is picpuied; as bir William Petersen has ! done, lo give us control over Ihe ocean tales.' j Mr. king said' Ihe object of Ihe government sclii'ine was to insure that on ai least balf Hie I -- ' ' .trade iielween l.auuda and the jOltl Counlry Hie rales should ho I controlled, not by a combini.' willi heaibluailers in New York bid by Hie .'overnmenl of ( jnii-jada. j lie I iTcinjr In Ihe cHorls iu se-jcure a reduction in rates on came, rreinier 'mug sam ji was because Ihe iiM-rnineul found il iuiiossihb' lo co-operiilion from liaiiadiau shipowners thai Ibey look Ihe further slep lliey tlid willi Sir .William I'etersen. SLAYER OF MURCHIE . IS IDENTIFIED OY CHICAGO DRUGGIST Clllll.UiO, .Mar. 18. Iternard Parke, -7 yearn of uxr is identified by Samuel t.olietr, Hie north idc druggist as the man who shot and killed Archibald Mureliie. Ihli art-student of Vancouver, ll.C during Hie store robbery on March 7. Parke was arrested for disorderly conduct. FELL FROM BRIDGE AND DROWNED AT VANCOUVER Artificial Respiration Tailed Bring Back Life to BIG PARTY OF KNIGHTS to VA.NCOl'VI'.lt. Mar. 18.-- Fall ing into the water in Hie rush- inii tide from, the second nar- iow.s iirnige, wne re ne nan neeu working, l. It. Fox was drowned eslerilay. When Ihe body was brought lo Hie surface alt hour tier by a diver, aiu attempts were made al artificial respira tion but without effect. OF COLUMBUS TO VISIT CITY IN MONTH OF JUNE On June 18 the CP. It. steamer Princess Louise will bring hem on their way o Alaska a parly of I Till Knights of Columbus, jiiciii- bers of Ibe California Council, wilh their families ami friend-. Tbe sleaiuer is specially charter ed for the parly which will in clude a baseball team, jn. orchestra, ipiarletle of vocalists, ills' choral parly and basketball team. AIRPLANE FOR USE IN SEWARD DISTRICT SAN FIIANCISCO, Mar. 18. All airplane for transplanting mail ami merchandise from Seward to the Alaskan canneries and points which canuol be reached advantageously hy other means will be laken mirth on the coastguard culler Hear, it is said be re. unofficially. FREE SILVER AT VICTORIA Bear River Property Shows the Ore That Will Make Miners Rich MACHINERY GOING IN Stewart is going lo be a wonderful camp, according to ki. Seiffert, who returned yesterday from a. visit to Ihe property of the Kmpcror Mines Ltd. of whicli he-i- president. Mr.Selffert says that' just as be was leaving word Was brought by Harry Toomey of the Vicforia Alines that Hnj have struck free silver and ar- xentite on their property. This is (be -ore that 'everyone is look ing for in that district. It is in Ibe same mountain as the Km- peror. on Tilacier Creek. JUst now there is at the dock tt Stewart 150 tons of machine ery, about 60 tons of which is,s going in on Ihe snow to thr" Kmpcror. Other machinery is to,-. be delivered in the district be- fore the snow goes. One feature which is interest-; ing in connection with the de-B velopment of the mines on thoj llnar Iliver is Ihe fact thai most a of development has been done , by Hrilish Columbia capital. The mines are owned .chiefly in Vic-j;" loria and Vancouver vand there is" some Prince lluperl cash invested there. Mr. Seiffert thinks Ibey will all make money. immigration -not settled; Japanese Ambassador Says His Country Hopes Problem Will Come up Again WASHINGTON. Mar. 18. --f Tliuneu Matsudaira, the new Japanese ambassador lo the t iiilcd Stales, denies reports Hint lie received instructions before leaving 'Tokyo lo reopen the Immigration tpieslion. lit said that although Ihe Americans apparently considered Hie malt?." permanently sell led, Japan hopes, Ilie nroblem will come up fon consideration at sonic future lliiue. MARQUIS CURZON IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION1 LONDON, Mar. 18. Marquis Cur.on. who receully underwent an opernlion, is In a serious condition. A bulletin its lo his condition issued lie re says that lung complication is settling in, II is reported in Ibe lobbies of Hie House that Lord Colon's condition is hopeless. U i fcali the bulletins issued Ihrouighonl hts Illness have , underrated IU seriousness. He is 0(J years of age.