After
Distinguished
Career
as
Statesman
lose
from
rank
of
humble
journalist
to
one
of
highest
in
land;
victim
of
sleeping
sickness
epidemic
LONDON.
May
IH.
Viscount
Milner,
71
years
of
age,
a
M
ie
i
dry
ior
war
in
me
iiriusn
gov
uninciii,
wiiu
Had
r
r
Mime
linie
from
sleeping
sickness,
died
ul
his
m
ir
Caiilerbury
loday.
I,
:
il
.Milner
had
a
disliugtii'-hcd
career
of
service
in
llrilaiii
g
wli
h
lie
served
as
under
secretary
of
finance
in
Egyp.,
trv
Mic
Cape
of
(iood
Hope,
and
(ioveruor
of
1
lie
Timiis-:::)
Ounge
Hiver
Colony.
He
w
a
ineinlier
of
Hie
war
without
portfolio
and
Serrehiry
of
Slalc
for
(lie
Colonies.
LUMBER
PLANT
i
'
IS
DESTROYED
"'"''"V
lai
day
collection
"iiii-i
AT
VANCOUVER
FIm
Creek
Concern
Burns
Two
Hours
Bogore
Got
Under
Control
il
VI
11.
May
13.
Fire
Pi
ut-lioyed
the
main
--
i
0
plant
of
Hie
llob-"
n.
1
1
Lumber
Co.
on
'
IIumiir
damaRe
s-,
f.
ioo.oou.
All
Hre
av
al
table
w
as
used
in
4
""
flames
for
two
hours
'
ii
under
conlrol.
'("cak
occurred
shortly
rtock
while
the
'
was
al
work.
Just
:
v
siarled
has
not
vr
a
-.ed
'
I0NATIONS
TO
H
die
wlucli
CHILD'S
WARD
poodly
Amounts
Sent
In
by
Local
organizations
for
Needed
Work.
minis
ati'i'u
l-L.
yesti-rday
the
amount
"'it
Hi
IIi.i
r.liilili-i-n'x
"il'l
III
II...
I!..
.1
II.
...II..
I
"al
donations
have
been
IV"
as
follows:
"
v
niiHiy
aiknowlcdire'd
$723.20
&
Co
25.11(1
'-"apier
I'flla
Lo.Irc
Hiiiiiiiif
level
te
'.'iivim
iiirMiiui
"i'
il
I
lie
Mini
or
!M500
is
l'l
l
amounted
to
$723.20
in
!"
sliRhlly
over
fiv-
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50.01)
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oif
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,.
"avt.
Hlll-liiu
r
.w.
...
O.M"
Oyio
club
at
its
regular
j,,JIlily
business
ineetlnR
today
m
ill,l
lo
vol,.
(,c
Miin
or.
50
"
children's
ward
fund
al
'"I"
'''nice
Ilupert
General
Hos-
I'l'al.
Tim
i....
n.
win
cuuiu
out
if'Mieral
fund
of
Ihe
club
ik
separale
from
Ihe
play
prrouni
fuill
DIED
YESTERDAY
TOHiivm
At....
.
...
,,1-,-ve,
nisiiop
or
the
fern'1?,"
1''8B
or
Toronto
and
1.
'
I
KU
i.iv-icii-
v.
vivciuu),
aacu
01.
viscount
Milner'
s
ileatli
is,
the
first
falalily
of
Hie
sleeping
sickness
epidemic,
which
has
attacked
cvcjal
hundred
persons
throughout
Itritain
recently,
t'hysicians"
are
unable
to
explain
the
sudden
appearance
of
tin-disease
ln
t
the
victims
heretofore
have
usually
recovered
rapidly.
Not
of
Governing
Class
Confronted
In
early
life
with
many
otxtarles
in
earning
a
iixing
and
disappointment
in
I
i
iilli-mpi
to
cnler
parlliainenl,
I
!)
iie
of
Alfred
Milner
from
a
liuniidc
commoner
to
be
a
peer
of
England
ami
a
knight
of
the
most
exalte!!
Order
of
Ihe
dar
ter
was
a
characteristic
example
of
Ihe
social
revolution
in
l'.njr-laml
that
followeil
the
Victorian
lays,
lie
was
one
of
a
croup
of
men
who,
in
me
lauer
pari
oi
tin?
1
Villi
century,
pushed
llieir
vay
into
political
power
in
Eng
land,
against
Hie
tradition
of
a
ioerniiiR
class.
Lord
Milner's
first
attempt
to
liter
politics
was
IIiihurIi
par
liament
al
the
request
of
several
romineiil
leaders
of
Ihe
Liberal
Parly.
He
went
before
the
cou-
liluency
of
the
Harrow
division
ill
tHH.".
but
was
defealeij.
The
ii-sull
removed
from
his
mind
;jny
rurlher
IIioiirIiI
of
vaddhiR
M.P.
to
his
name,
hut
Hie
way
"or
his
entrance
inlo
politics
was
pencil
when
he
was
named
pri-vale
secretary
to
the
then
chan
cellor
or
Hie
exchequer.
From
hal
lime
his
rise
in
polities
was
rapid.
In
South
Africa
In
succession
he
was
appoint
ed
iiuiler-seerelary
for
finance
'ii
Egypt,
chairman
or
Ihe
board
or
inland
revenue
anil
governor
of
Hie
Cape
of
(iood
Hope.
At
Hie
close
of
Hie
Hncr
war
recog-uiliou
ciimc
to
him
for
his
ad-(conlinued
oil
paRe
six
'
Flying
Boat
Will
Leave
for
If
Ihe
weather
condilions
are
favorable
and
t
Ihe
ice
011.
Hie
Slikine
Hiver
are
Vickers
Viking
fl.viiiR
alisfnelory
ro-received,
the
boat
from
Three
Misers,
ytiehec,
winch
.
.
.
.til
ii
.i
:
1
...:..!..
...iiniiii.in
tiini
1
1
1
ii'ii
ii'
will
lake
Vrchibaltl
l.illie,
ueinnv
oiiimmb
hi(,im.u,
...i..
.,1
In
T
dcRiaph
Creek
will
lake
i.rf
from
I'rince
llupei
t
early
nexl
week
Work
or
assembling
the
machine
at
Hie
dry
dock
here
!
.
......
ii..u
m.lisraclorily
and
liy
Friday
or
Saturday
il
is
hoped
Hull
lesl
flight
may
.
AwailiiiR
I
be
arrival
or
Hie
plane
al
Telegraph
Frank
Perry
and
(icorge
I'laUer.
well
known
prospectors,
on
who
iscoveries
of
Ihe
past
I
he
present
pii'.oe
expedition
by
ulr
is
based.
There
are
also
four
workmen
there
nuking
u
par
y
navigating
orricers
who
w
II
be
(uken
by
relay
I'.lo
ll.o
Dense
Lake
country,
ami
possibly
youd
by
Ihe
airplane.
be-
2,000
HOMES
Mr.
I,
title
said
this
morning
;
centre
thai
he
would
remain
lu
(he
north
country
lor
the.
entire
summer.
The
plane
and
lis
person-ell
lias
also
been
engaged
for
thai
period.
Mr,
Lillle
hlmseir
wa's
for.j
II.
J
iiyriy
ii
member
of
the
"
United
'
Prince
JAPAN
BURNED
Fire
Swept
Part
of
Kumajaay
Centre
of
Silk
Industry
TOUTO,
May
13.
More
Mian
2,000
homes
and
other
buildings
were
I'eslroycd
by
Hre
Wednesday
morning
al
Kumajaay,
the
or
the
silk
industry,
10
miles
norlhwesl
or
here.
Several
casualties
are
rj'porlcd
but
no
estimate
of
the
damage
has
been
made.
v
Jlacon
relurned
on
Ihe
Ceorge
this
morning
Slates
air
force.
'from
a
business-1
rip
south.
TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
and
Largo
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
mm
Ambulance
with
newly
laid
dancing
Service
ftoor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
dances,
banquets
and
wed-
at
Anytime.
Anywhoro
ding
parlies.
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
Istind
Royal
PRINCE
For
ratis,
apply
In
Uoslon
RUPERT
and
bin
aw
drill.
Third
Ave.
VIDECK,
Prop.
MATT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457.
VOL
XV
,
NO.
113.
IMIINCE
HLT'EHT,
U.O.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
III,
li2o.
Yaatarday'a
Circulation
1B7B
Straat
laid
492.
PRICE
FIVE
GENTS.
1SC0UNT
y
r
.
,,
ifilLNER
DIED
lav
EIGHT
THOUSAND
DOLLARS
MP.
FOB
STEAHE
Tiscount
Milner
Dies
TODAY
AGED
A
parly
of
well
known
Toronto
swininier-
look
llieir
first
dip
of
the
year
in
Lak-
Ontario
on
Sunday.
April
20.
They
are
shown
here
warming
up
on
the
beach
al
Siinuy-
side
before
taking
Hie
plunge
SMALL
CHECKS
Janet
Smith
Murder
Case
is
Tfi
RF
FVFMPTI
Continued
in
Vancouver
and
I
If
If
1J
1
JJUJIIIL'
.11
W
.
.
...
,w
.
-
'
n
-
m
-
'WW
1
Tax
Changes
in
Regard
to
Stamps
to
be
Brought
Into
Effect
OTTAWA,
May
13.
Cheeks
ami
money
orders
for
?5.00
or
.er.s
are
exempt
from
stamp
tax
under
Ihe
ameudiiicnJ
to
the
Tax
devenue
Act
introduced
into
Hie
louse
of
Commons
last
night
by
Hon.
J.
A.
Hobb,
actiiiR
niinisler
of
finance.
Announcement
or
this
came
duriiiR
a
debate
o.n
Ihe
incidents
of
Ihe
stam'p
lax
while
the
house
wns
in
roiiiinitk-c
on
Ihe
bmfcret
resolutions.
The
legislation,
of
last
session
crcaliiiR
a
lien
on
the
as-sets
of
u
taxpayer
for
unpaid
xcise
tax
is
to
he
repealed.
STOCK
MARKET
Hid.
Asked
Indian
.01
.10
Surf
Inlet
OiU
.01.
I'lemjer
2.32
1.M0
elklrks
M
.01
Teriiiiuiis
H
ItayvMew
-
.10
.12
Mi
II.C.
Silver
I.2
LOO
Howe
Sound
I
COO
17.00
Duiiwell
LIS
L.
&
I
'-25
'j
.'-'f.Vi
Haly-Alaska
IH
'.5
firanby
13.00
Olacier
,
V
.21
.27
Independence
.15
.2H
Stikine
River
Next
Week
it
Conditions
Favorable
for
it
oetoeral
Witnesses
are
Heard
VANCOUVER
May
1."..
-
The-
circumstances
surrounding
the
onler
fur
Ihe
enililaiiiing
or
Hie
body
of
Janel
Smil!i,
murdered
in
Ihel
Maker
home
al
Slialiglincsy
Heights
Jasl
July
were
probed
al
yesterday
uflernoon's
session
of
Hie
pielimpiary
hearing
of
Hie
murder
charge
against
Voon
Fong
Sing.
John
Edwards,
the
nuderlaker,
staled
that
Coroner
Hryden-Juck
gave
an
order
for
his
firm
lo
lake
care
of
the
body.
He
did
not
recollect
Ihe
word
"embalm"
being
used
hut
the
process
with
which
Hie
body
was
treated
was
not
strictly
speaking
em
balming,
but
temporary
preserva
tion.
Former
'Constable
ireen
and
Constable
Ffsh
of
Point
Orey
iravc
evidence
together
with
Dr.
Heiiie
Hlackwood,
but
little
io-w
evidence
was
adduced
Iroin
that
given
by
Hie
same
witnesses
at
Ihe
inquest.
Morning
Session
VANCOUVER
May
13.-
When
Hie
preliminary
hearing
uf
WoIir
Foon
Sing
idiaiRed
with
inurderiiiR
Janet
Sinilh
last
July
was
resumed
Ibis
morning,
t
lie
usual
eager
crowd,
mostly
women,
were
on
tiami
in
anticipation
of
sensational
developments
from
witnesses,
but
nothing
startling
developed
before
noon.
The
first
wilness
was
!.
II.
Price,
optician,
who
was
reasonably
ure
the
glasses"
found
be
side
the
dead
Birr
belonged
,lo
Janel
Smith.
Dr.
W.
A.
Hunter,
who
held
Ihe
autopsy
on
Ihe
Monday
following
the
I
ragedy.
described
tin
course
of
Hie
bullel
wound,
us
ing
a
hiiniirii
skeleton
in
illustrating
it.
He
declared
that
the
body
had
been
embalmed.
D0UKH0B0RS
NOT
AT
SCHOOL
Only
43
Out
Monday
of
the
3,000
Children
of
School
Ago
OltAND
FORKS,
May
1
3.
Any
sjjggeslion
that
the
Doukhobors
are
exceeding
Ihe
speed
limit
in
sending
their
children
back
lo
school,
following
the
recent
agreement
with
Ihe
inspectors
lo
do
so,
is
out
of
order.
.None
of
the
three
schools
made
avail
able
for
Ho:
Doukhobors
to
at
tend
has
yet
reapheilihe
quota
agreed
upon
a
week
ago.
Of
life
approximately
3,000
Doukhobor
children
oT
school
age
in
No'
district
13
were
in
alleildauce
Monday.
lion.
TV
D.
and
'Mrs.
Pallullo
of
Victoria,
have
rclimied
home
arler
altendini,'
the
graduation
exercises
in
Vancouver
when
llieir
daughter
Miss
Duns
Pal
luHo
was
Riven
her
Machelor
oT
Arts
degree.
ring
parliiMiluily
the
provision
ilizenship
and
the
course
oT
Japan
and
her
friend
.heievvith.
.
He
quoled
Chairman
Johnson
of
the
House
7
R
PRINCE
ALBERT
TODAY
Shows
How
Gentleman
s
Agreement
with
Japan
IT
LA
mMQ
I
III
Vllff
tf
aV'VVf
II
J
IflfI.
SAN
IIEIINAUIJINO,
Cal
May
1:$.
Al
the
.session
of
Hie
Iiaiid
I'arloV
of
Hie
Native
.Sons
of
Ihe
Oolden
Wesloday,
V.
i.
McClalrliy,
.Secretary
oi
1
lie
California
Joint
Inmnulfou
liojnmitlee,
spoke
on
"llesiills
of
the
Immigration
AcL'
coilsid-
excludiiiR
aliens
ineliRiblu
to
in
connection
luuniRruliou
Ciiininillee
lu
Ihe
effect
lhal
during
Ihe
first
six
months
opera
lion
of
ihe
l!2i
law
only
1531"
Japanese
had
heen
admitted
to
the
country,
all
of
them
for
lem-;
poVary
sojourn
oqly,
while
during
Ihe
year
previous,
under
the
(ienf
lumen's
Agreement,
8,181
had
been
admit
led,
nearly
all
for
permanent
settlement.
Ttlis
fact
alone
he
claimed
fully
justified
enforcement,
of
exclusion
as
was
ronieiuplatH
Ty
President
Itoosevelt
should
the
Agreement
Tail
to
secure
the
desired
results,
t
he
sneaker
recounted
the
el-
(uis
made
by,
Japan
since
pus--a;;e
of
the
new
law,,
Ihroqgji.ill-rect
dehiand
'an
if
'through
"appeal
to
foreign
.powers
and
various
American
interests,
to
have
Jap
anese
exeepled.
froih
operation
w.d;t
of
the
exclusion
measure.
lie
described
(be
campaign
conduct
ed
for
tin-
purpose
by
the
Federal
.'ouncil
of
Churches
of
Christ
Of
America
and
allied
missionary,
rliurch
and
peace
organizations,
culminating
hi
the
recent
movement
headed
by
Sidney
L.
Oulic.k
and
Ocoiige
W.
Wickersham
lo
liave
one
thousand
prominent
'inericaiis
petition
Congress
lo
grant
immigration
quota
to
Japan
in
1927.
He
claimed
lhal
quota
could
not
be
granted
to
I
a
pun
without
violation
of
Hie
long
established
policy
of
(he
nation
as
lo
exclusion
oT
aliens
in-liuible
to
citizenship
and
that
neither
Congress
nor
Ihe
American
people
are
prepared
to
abandon
Hint
policy,
LOCAL
MAN
PASSES
DRUGGIST
EXAMS.
AND
LICENSED
TO
PRACTICE
VANCOIVEU,
May
13
'Ceorge
Shaw
o(
Prince,
Ilupert
success
fully
passed
the
major
examina
tion
of
the
Pharmaceutical
s-
ouiation
of
llritish
Columbia
and
is
entitled
lo
receive
a
diploma
as
a
liecnliale
ot
phar
macy,
il
was
announced
today.
BIRTH.
A
sou
was
born
last
uiglil
the
Oeneial
Hospital
to
Mr
(Special
lo
Daily
News)
VANCOUVEM,
May
I
il.
There
was
only
one
hid
iiiornini'
for
Ihe
sleumer
Prince
Albert
and
the
offer
was
Seized
under
a
lieu
forduma
ges
she
lo
Ihe
PacIHe
thiblWlitch
cut
when
anchored.;
lo
il
al
Mrs.
Fred
Schaller,
151
Ninth
Ave.
West.
Steamer
Prince
Albert
was
Withdrawn
from
Sale
Today;
Highest
Bid
was
only
$8,000
this
onlv
nf
S.X
noil
viliieh
was
refiiM'd
lis
Die
admirullv
court,
the
iU
praised
value
set
by
them
being
$Io,ooo.
The
I'rince
Albert
was
formerly
operated
by
Ihe
(Iriind
Trunk
Pacific.
Hnilvvay
Company
ojtt
of
Prince
Ilupert
.ami
on
the
Hiking
over
of
Hie
line
by
Ihe
Canadian
Covernment
Merchant
Marine
she
was
sold
lo
used
as
a
liquor
runner
lo
the
coasl
of
Calirornia.
runners,
action
was
brought
against
her
owners
by
the
company
and
she
was
seized
and
or-
Iwhile
uctiua
as
a
base
foi'liquoridered
by
Hie
court
to
lie
sold
CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING
OF
FISH
PROPOSED
Halibut
Boat
Owners
Met
Last
Night
to
so
into
Proposal
of
Charles
Folsom
To
discuss
a
plan
of
co-operative
lnarkeling
which
Charles
FoJsour'niiTiirjrd"-'
torjjauize.
a.
meeting
of
halibut
poaF
owners
hebi
in
the
City
Hall
lust
might.
L'nder
Mr.
tolsoins
scheme
it
is
proposed
to
take
qvcr
the
handling
of
Canadian
fish
from
the
time
it
is
landed
here
until
it
reaches
Eastern
coast.
-Much
saving
il
is
said
would
thus
be
eiTeclcu
and
Hie
fishermen
would
receive
higher
prices
lor
meir
risii
man-
iney
are
at
present
getting.
The
;
meeting
decided
to
endorse
the
plan
providing
Mr.
Folsom
can
3
gel
eighty
per
cent
of
Ihe
boats
to
agree
to
it.
1
Dan
Larsen,
president
of
the
J
Halibut
Hoat
Owners1
Assoeia-
1
lion,
was
111
the
chair.
ON
WAY
BACK
TO
ALICE
ARM
Al
Miner
and
Ed.
Pickett,
Sue-
ccssful
Prospectors,
on
Way
North
after
Five
Years
in
California
t
1
Al
Miner
and
Ed.
Pickcll,
two
or
the
best
known
and
ingst
successful
Alice
Ann
prospector
are
passengers
going
through
on
the
Prince
(leorRe
today
bound
north.
Having
been
successful
some
years
ago
in
mining
loca
Hon
and
subsequent
disposition
of
properties,
Mr.
Miner
and
Mr.
Pickett
for
the
past
five
years
.
..
t
I
...
I
...
4
I
nave
ueen
ipcaieu
near
.us
n-
and
Ueles
conduct
ing
vineyilrds.
Not
only
mining
inlpresls
which
they
still
both
retain
,at
Alice
Arm
but
also
the
call
of
the
North
is
bringing
them
u'jic.k
ami
they
will
remain
the
summer
at
Alice
Arm.
Mr,
Miner,
'is
one
of
th
(owners
yf
(he
Ipric
.Mine,
de
velopment
work
on
which
by
the
llumeslake
Mininj
Co.,
Lid.
recently
has
brought
forth
such
I
excellent
and
encouraging
V0
tills.
?"
BASEBALL
i
National
League
Cincinnati
V
Hrooklyn
2.
Pittsburg
13,
Philadelphia
St.
Louis
I,
New
York
3.
-Chicago
0-1,
Uoslon
2-3,
American
League
Huston
it
Cleveland
8.
New-York
I,
Chicago
5.
Philadelphia
(,
Detroit
3.
Washington
3.
St.
Loul
8.