2o riif, TAXI and Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Av. gr Uh St. MUTT , . VM'. 'J"e. " linn - . B-:h:i:sti-:ii. Mr. I' -i v, iimsiaiiees i:i ' aioiiii of li 1 1 in it it Tin mil's! imi tij,4 iiiin 11 "' ' i tn a case reported 1 Hui'g hi Vicarage wlier' Willi, in irHiii was found -.It,. I '' it in vfii i it i . .!( ' 'I" liciul w,lh a rifle be- "' U s sister sent .for i : I ihen returned to '"""r.. side, refusing d, 111 aiiv-uii vise In ,.ik-f the i, ii'if aiudher shot was 11 '"' study and Miss llel- f '''in .mi and said: I asked lie would lie and he did r:v, I naw he was dviinr ri,"V s-; I hut lit!,. ..r II.' ' fill Ml '"in was arrcsled. ELS KILLED WHEN "lila., Alar. kill. ..I hi.- PILLAGINGIN ARMENIA i'sTA.Yli()pi.- 2i !! ll'lil, i , "i"' much Sunday ,,,',;n, Hie munitions ' iiii- hi.. i,.j " ., . : ille t..s. STILUS EXPLODED NSHAI.I. "'Ml WiM'ii . it 1,1 ,i. ' ""U largo ""- ,. was canse.I H.ls lohlll ",,r,,"" Co. exploded. 4. 4. t l- 4 PEACE RIVER SHIPS MILLION BUSHELS TO EDMONTON THIS YEAR F.D.MONTON. Mar. -'. The Peace Iliver counlry has already sliiipcd more lliiiu a million bushels of grain, this year over Ihe P.dinoiiliut. Dunvegaii ami II.U. Hallway. The amount (d grain raised in Ihe dis Iricl will jump iniincdi-alely there Is economic tiansi.ortalbin to the Pacific ' Coast. ' . . V lo'lllicr (In-.si-ioml or lliiid wax Kalala. 8(0(HI lbs.; Lraims, 0.r as inbnl, iis.lbir fiistv' ., 5()0 lls: Anija .).. C.noo Ibjt. ; Itc'. In TIiiim! Ilivers the daindge lCyjce, I i.iino lbs.: and (Ujpe inc.liiifi'il JJie .(riiiiildiiig of . IheiOliWir, fi.n't)V 11., to the Caila- to;. of Hit root i-liimney dfjiliaii Pish &:idd Sloragr Ho- ayagamaek Pulp l'... llo7e and 3c. wails. ni winch w oamageil. Mioiiey. -O.ooo His., ni Ocuiit ae Kl. .Mark's' l'.hiirch-( ?hiiwni- gan I'd I Is is closed on account of llic crumhliiu; of one of tlin traiisepU. A wall of a two slorey oiiililing went down. Rink Was Shaken In Ottawa buildings were rock-til and Hie rink in which the (Jaiinilicn-Otlawa hockey match was being played vibrated vio. verified. and the crowd ''there was brought lo the verge of panic. A crowd witnessing Ih'c pupils' concert' at Hie (llebe I'ollcgiak Assembly room pushed for the e.vits and scnral women became, hysterical before order was restored. In (he memorial museum, piaster felt from several of the arches. , The iiiake was not fell west of Sudbury although it shook northern Ontario ami Toronto. In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. Washington. IMroll and other large cities the ipiake was ceu're enough lo alarm millions of people. In Oelroit llic hotel guests rushed into the sheets. Ouobcc city reporls that there is a rumor Ihal fixe persons died of fright or were struck by falling debris on (he soiilli shore, bill Ibis report was not PROGRESSIVES WITH THIS PROVINCE ON LOW FREIGHT RATES i OTTAWA. Mar. ? The Pro-grcssics will sluiul by UrilUh Columbia in I demand for lower freight rales, according lo Hubert I'orke, I heir leader. lo-thetlaiiri'dfaii Fish Jt Hold Storage (lo. Tillicum. ' t.oun lbs.; and Alice II., t. oilO lbs;, til 7c and 3c lo.jhe Hoyal I'ish Co. Kodiak, 151(1011 II. s.. al (' and 3c. lo Hie Alibi Fisheries. Wizard, .VJ.iiun lbs., at Gc and 3c, to Hie Ccinudiaii Fish. A. Cold Storage (a. Arrow, pernio lbs., aj r.(jaiid 3c lo Ibc Allhi 'Fisheries. I'orlloek. Jadi'; lbs., ' al Cc ami 3c. In the liciic Fisheries. President. 3H.0U0 ilVfe. al Cc ami 3c, In Hie Canadian Fisli A Cold Storage ,Cn. Young America, Si.huO lbs.,: and Virginia, Si.ono lbs., al 7o and 3c, to the Ahliu Fisheries. Talioma. tK.Uim lbs., at 7u and 3c, lo llic Hoyal Fish Co. Canadian Alab. I .Win lbs., al o.lc and 3c, lo Hie Allin Fisheries. WHEAT POOL BEING PAID So Far Members Havo Received $1.35 a Bushol With More to Come WINMI'FO. Mar. 2. -Members' oT the wheat pool of the prairie provinces have just received Hie second payment on the wheal they marketed jointly or ,.e a husliel, lirlnguiig the amount so Iar received to !M.3." a bushel for No. I Northern with further prospects of a good payment be-Iween now and March l!).' ' A lolal nf s:iii, oon.oiio will be ilislrilmle.l among O-'.ooo meiu-bers of the pool. SLIGHT INCREASE CUSTOMS REVENUE During Fobruary 1025, $34,-G17.G2 .Was Collected as Compared With $33,532 Last Year Customs and e.veise' collee-liiini Tor this port during the minilli or February totalled $31,-017. (!','. sfiowiug a slight increase over the same mouth last year when thn total was $33,532. Tlie folal, Tor February, 11)23, was only itD,rt 1 2.C.U, SHAlTI.i;, .March 2. V ineel- mg Is planueil lo laKe place Here two Week from today of all those particularly interested in the salmon industry on this coast. It has been called by F. A. Sims, chairman of Hie Uasliiuigton stale board ot fisheries, and all important bodies are expected lo be represented there. Among those attending will be Henry ()'- Alalley, U.S. eoinmisioucr of fisheries; W. A. Found, director of fisheries id the 'Dominion ol Canada: William Sloan, commis sioner id fisheries for II.C, and I. P. Habcock. his depuly; F. P. Kendall of the fish commission of Oregon; N. II. Sehofield, in charge nf the commercial rish- ries department id Ualiroruia; .1. It. Ileckmau of the Alaska Ter ritorial Fish Commission. Among Ihe imporlaiil matters lo be discussed will he Hie value id hatcheries ami the alternative oT improving the seeding beds on I lie upper waters of Ihe streams. An atlem.pl will be made to arrange u .unified pro gram for Ihe whole PaeiNe Coasl dealing with the practical problems uffeeling Ihe industry. Imuorlaiil matters which will un.loiihleilly be discussed will b the further study Of the lire his tory id Ihe salmon ami tagigiug as a means lo thai end. 1 The menace id the fisheries --through Ihe construction of dams ami the harnessing id walerpowers also deep sea studies. Possibly the subject of fish culture will be the hiost important of all these suhjecls for II Is one thai has lately been probed in various ouarters ami with differing -and widely varying results. A son was BIRTH horn at tin? Prince lliipcrt (ieneral Hospital on March t. lo Mr. ami Mrs. W. II. Thorne. F.ighlh Avenue West. KING IMPROVINQ LONDON, March 2. King (ieorge conlinues Id iuakivl-satis-racldry progress. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PIUNUK HUI'KHT, h.C, .MUM)AY, MARCH 8, UL'i. Ulurin't Olroulitoal 1756. NO PACIFIC BONUS FOR THIS YEAR IS OPINION AT OTTAWA OTTAWA, Alar. 2. It is un derstood here thai no bonus will he voted lor this year Tor ship-: ping on Hie Pacific Ocean hull Hie Oovcninieiil will first seoj how the Atlantic bonus .works out. It is said Ihal Peterson freighters will not engage lo ;iny extent in the carrying of grain hut will iJevoie ineir ai- enlion particularly loYaUJe ami lairy products ami general mer chandise. BROKE WINDOW Seatllo Man Hold by Passers by Until Police Arrived YICTOH1A, Alar. 2 rock wrapped in a through Ihe window jewellery store on thirling a an ciueriy man suaicneu-a irayi of rings and walked leisurely no Ihe slreel. lie was held by passers by for the police. Vhen searched he had on his person a quantity of jewellery, a 'haded revolver and a return ticket to Scuttle, lie gave, the name of F. Hrown hut Ihe police say he registered al a '.local hotel as J. F. Ilrueii. FOUNDERED IN GALE IIOSTON, Mar. 2. --' 'PlVe men were iirovvneirinis morning wneu a coal barge roundered in a gale olT Huston light. DROPPED DEAD VANCOUVFIl, Mar. 2. Thomas Filch, 78 years; lif age, father of lleorge Flch,, secretary lo .Mayor Taylor, . 'dropped, dead on 'the street 'Sunday. J TOOK RINGS!; damp clolhj of Martin'! yum Fort Street. Strttt ! 462. - , CONNECT POWER AT SAW MILL TODAY The Seal Cove sawmill is having ils power connection with the city lines hooked up today. Half Hut connected load or about 3(1(1 horse power is being given at this time. This will enable the machinery of the mill lo be turned over. The full load of about HOI) hol-se power will Mm required about April I when it is proposed lo resume cutting at the mill. II was in the fall of 1112 1 when the mill's power was last disconnected, Ihe period since then marking Hie-lime of idleness at the plant. -. ir 4 PRINCE CHARLES IS DUE ABOUT MARCH 15 be Placed on Queen Char lotte Island Run Relieving John Which Will be Docked Thu .sleamrr-J'riuc'' -Charles. formerly St. Margaret, .which ."is lo enter C.N. II. paseiiger service on Ibis coasl, is cxpevlyd lo arrive at Vancouver from Ihe Old Country about Atarch l. As soon as the vessel is io .shape fpr service, she will be put on the Vancouver-iJUeeu Charlotte ls-luiiils-l'rince Ituperl run to re lieve Hie Prince John which vill, l.'e given an exlensivo overhaul. baler in Hie year, it is expected.! the! the Prince Charles will be operated direct between Vaii- couvur and Prince Ituperl reliev- BOSTON GRILL Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing flour for hire. Suitable for dances, banquets and wedding parties. For ratis, apply to Dostor drill. Third; Ave. Phone 467. PRICE FIVE CEN13. rYT i wm hjv t irnn iitf? ai n w-i Am mv-t ORE TELEPHONES AND LIGHT SERVICES IN RUPERT TO-DAY THAN EVER larthquake Shook Whole of Eastern Canada and States Panic was Caused at Ottawa : HI I I n ni ' w vntrm wvwW s were onanen ana in dome naces u m vuiru "fiMUUl i lllUL, T I L.. TL CLL iL - 17- Being fie Worst KEEPING LOW! ()TT N V March Ji. Kuslerii Canada mid Hie New l"it(,'-j Only Six and Seven Cents Paid t.l ;;! ruitf uisiriri a iar souui o ivriiiurKj wvre snaKen For First Class Fish Here xdHliiiiki! Saliinlu) iliglil, which was I lit severest in lhc Again Today iinr oi 'lie Dominion wiisorviuorv aim winch uiiliiorilios claim III; Wtl Ill IWO CeillUIICS. tin' utrc uf ili-liirhaiico i said lit have been at the inuiilh :: Sagacita Itiver in Uucber, in llic (mlf of Ml. 1 Si ilralh is reported as a result of Hit) Ire mors, Ihal jiif Mi1!. I'ugene tin l ean, 2.1 miles 1URCHFIRE AT MONTREAL lillrt 'Of St. James Injured rom Blaze Sunday Morning Result of Earthquake ' R lit: , llril . Mar .2. SI. tin1 episcopal :r Catholics here, il with dcslrnc-lioM when a fir' il damaged flic III CXll'lll of alimi" "iionghl that lln liri'ii mucd by oil 'p dealing system w;t hrokcit by lliffli-nlly Salnnlay i-mmuml' f r from tin fur- IOT BROTHER BECAUSE DYING She Put Him Out of Mis Bony But Was Arrested vivr from I'Ji mm llivers wliii, falling unconscious fin in I In- shock, died shortly afterwards. There were three shocks llalilmt was slill of rrt-l in abundance ai llic Fish K.ehane.'e ivvrcnei'i this morning anil prices coo- linui'il low. Sixteen American linals wen- in willi 3,"iO,om lbs. wliilc a single Canadian vessel had I.CiiHl ll.s. Tli' following were tin Iraiis- j arllun nf Hip day: ' ' bill' American ' t ft S " ' .1 The colorful -ereiuouy oflhe Mieiin(f id Pailiameiil at Uliawa the oilier daj was ulteiided by more than usual pomp. Here is ,-liowu a .dcLiclnucnl of Priiu cis l.iin-e i)mi,'..oii (inanls. which provided the fourteen outriders accompanying liaron H.vng rioin Itideau Hall lo Die Seoul- Ch 1 where, willi Ihe reading of the speech from the lliroue, the 7 session was formally opened. CONFERENCE ON More Lighl Connection and COAST SALMON Telephones than ever before Those -Interested Throughout, This Region -to Meet' In Seattle DISCUSS HATCHERIES British Columbia Representa tives to Attend "as Well as From Alaska in History of Prince Rupert The far I thai there bus been an increase in electric light and telephone accouiils of the city about 100 in each department during Ihe past twelve mouths iiidicates thai the population of. Prince llupcrl is on Hie increase. Inure arc al present lint! light accounls and 1.570 lelepbones in .ope.rnlioji, bo(li figures being higher than ever before in the cilv's hislorv. Oiilers for OF RED ARMY Russian War Minister: WanU More Than Half Million Men for Defense OFFICERS FROM MASSES .MOSCOW. new telephones and light eoiiuecliiois come in daily and. therel's,or ''runzi is a correspoiuliiig increase in the number of water coiisiinier.s. against the i ttt. .., . ... - .. ; .... i from Europe;. uropcan .Mar. 2, in War Jlin- warnilig Russia danger of an attack powers ured tho enlargement or Hie territorial, forces. "The red army of 562,- r00 men is iusulllcieul for mobil- ization purposes in the event of J an attack." he declared in an address before the conference of J communistic members. In lho army he insislud il was necos- sury to have ollieers from Ihav iniisscs who are loyal lo HieZ Soviet regime istic parly. and the eumniuu- DEPRESSION IN GREAT BRITAIN Trouble Said to be Brewing In Three Key Industries According to American ' View LONDON, Mar. 2. The American Chamber of Commerce irt, ils February suininary of conditions says there is trouble brewing in three Hrilish key indu-"" tries, mining, engineering and j railways, ami points nut that un- j employment figures jumped 77,- !000 over the same; mouth the i previous vear anil now aggregates 1,230,00(1. Shipbuilding is much depres sed, only thirty per, cent of the available slips being operaled. The stock of coal is large-, and the export demand slow. Thero is a suggestion of a Oovcinmen. bonus of hair a crown a luu to consumers. WOMAN KILLED BY DETONATING CAPS IN BURNABY HOME YANCOUVKH, Mar. . Mrs. Marie Finery, widow of a former guard fit Okalla, us killed al- ing the Prince Oeurgo and most instantly yesterday by tin Priuce Hupert which will be ply ing ,lo Alaska. Advertise in the Daily News. explosion of ilcloiiatiiig cups in a tin which she Iricifto open by throwing It lo tho .floof of the kitchen in herhIivUgllurnaby. 1 IV.