VH
TtiltlA.
Her.
:il.
In
a
r
Yrai
s
n)eaKi'.
Premier
saj:
"The
gotrriiinenl
r
-'v
iWireit
that
for
eaHi
-
a
t
i
In-
year
VJifi
hhall
!
Iian
any
prwwIinK
year.
v
ltd
w
tlu-re
is
no
Uelic
;n
m
i
lif
DiiniinuMi
uiau
I'i
i
oiiiinliia
and
we
uImi
v
L.-UJ.
Li
liat
inteliiKeiil
aipllea-
(iilii)lry
and
fkill
to
llu
inirnv
of
tho
pro-
0
yiilif
an
nhumlant
re
tu
that
end.
I
lie
kov
wi-lies
i'
in-oporale
ami
ru-
nil."
IT
OFFICER;
SIX
MONTHS
aul
Allen
Sentenced
by
Judge
Young
for
Assaulting
Indian
Constable
I'Uiuhnjr
jfililly
yesterday
af-
111'
noon
liefore
Judge
Yoiiiik
((
n
I'
ai-pr
of
axsaullins
an
Indian
Ji
s'alilc
while
Ihe
latter
was
in
I
c
exoculion
of
his
duties
on
imi'i'vi",
Paul
Allen
of
Klneolilh
Ias
seulenced
to
sir
month)
lm
11"'
soiuiienl
al
Okalla
Prison
M
arm
wifh
hard
labor.
..Willln
was
the
officer
nssault-d,
ISIephens
i
J
v.
Ilunler,
po.l
ooice,
in-
wtin
iieauipianers
in
Saskatoon,
arrived
in
the
city
on
Ii-pecior
'lie
'i-oon.
Prlnre
llupqrl
yesterday
f-ti.
OTTAWA.
Dec
Ji
.
Judgment
by
I
lie
railv.ay
roiiiiiiisi(nt
in
Hie
'Pacific
grain
rale
appeal
i
experlisl
any
day
now.
Several
confeffriMs-
1tveen
the
eom-milner
hae
been
held
on
Hie
subject.
The
board
i
a
court
and
Mien"
i
no
wny
of
forrcai!-iitjf
il
decllon
anymore
than
thai
of
n
judicial
tribunal.
Nexer-
lln-lc-
Hie
iev
oldaiii
and
Willi
iotne
r
pa
miii.
that
Hie
or
iginal
onler
reducing
Ihe
wel-
Ktiind
rate
lo
the
enuivulent
of
the
easlbound
rale
i
likely
to
stand,
either
through
hem?
Mip-
porliil
hy
a
majorily
of
the
rom-
nniitn
or
from
Hie
fact
of
an
eipial
diiin.
in
which
rase
any
a
pi
tea
I
fails.
SOUP
KITCHEN
IN
ANTHRACITE
FIELDS
Service
Club
Attempting
to
Ro-
lieve
Suffering
In
Pennsylvania
MOl
NT
C.AIt.MT..
Pa..
Dec.
31.
The
Kiwatti
I'lub
of
lhl
cit
i
lo'oj.en
the
firsl
soup
kilclicn
lo
help
reliexe
Ilie
prevalent
ui-
fpiinir
and
lnimrer
lirooshl
alioui
hy
the
susiMMision
of
anlhracile
pcral
ims.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Wheal
W.C..
Silver
Daly
Alaska
Dinivvell
Ola.
Mono
I..
A
I
Marmot
Premier
Porter
Idaho
Silver
uresl
iiirf
Inlet
Terminus,
C.
P.
11
Ilcwe
Sound
Ilulh
Hope
flranb.v
It
n
f
u
l.urky
Jim
Itaiellon
Indian
(llacicr
Hnyvjow
National
Silver..
Pelkfrk
Sfver8mllh
Hid.
Asked.
1.06W
1.05
1.70
.15
1.33
1.38
.32
.35
ISH
.15
.10
3.17
a.55'
.00
Vi
ll!s
.13
.08
"i
.IOVj
.50
I
DJ.OO
27.50
".34
.36
.
20.00
.18
.
I3U
.15
.01
N
.05
M
.08H
.10
.05
.nH
.
.I4U
-15
.01
.(HVt
MX
.2t
LARGE
ESTATE
Wmm
LEFT
TO
ART
Mott
of
Munsey
M'l
lons
are
Bequeathed
to
Metropolitan
Museum
MAV
YOIIK.
Dee.
31.
The
bulk
oi
the
estate
of
the
laic
Frank
A.
Munsey,
newspaper
publisher,
amount
in?
il
is
e-limaletl.
unofficially
to
10.000.-000.
will
go
lo
Ibe
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art
under
Hie
term-
of
the
will
which
was
filed
for
probata
yesterday.
The
Iruslee
are
given
five
years
or
more
!
dispose
of
deceased'
newspapers
as
well
as
Ins
other
business
in-lercsls
and
property.
VANCOUVER
IS
THIRD
LARGESTJN
CANADA
Board
of
Trade
Secretary
De
clares
It
Has
Passed
Winnipeg
From
Point
of
View
of
Population
VANCOl'VKIt.
Dec.
31
(ileal
-
er
Vanvouver
is
Hie
third
largest
city
in
the
Dominion
according
lo
W.
V..
Payne,
secretary
of
Hi?
Hoard
"f
Trade,
whd
stales
that
the
population
is
now
230,000
displacing
Winnipeg
with
BRITAIN
HAS
MORE
STORMS
Heavy
Wind
and
Rain
Last
Night
Further
Raises
Flood
Waters
LO.NDOlN.
Deo.
31.
Ureal
Hriliiin
was
last
uiplit
struck
by
another
heavy
sale
accompanied
by
torrential
rain
which
further
raised.
Hie.
waters
of
already
swollen
streams.
Two
were
killed
and
eishl
Injured,
when
a
chimney
on
a
work-
houe
al
Stepney
collapsed.
Telegraph
nnd
telephone
wire
are
down
and
railway
service
is
delayed.
Stephen
Dumas,
of
Alice
Arm
who
lois
been
in
Ihe
pity
on
bus.
lne'iipR.
tho
past
few
day.
anlL
ed
for
(he
north
on
the
Prince
JPiperi
last
night.
Jl
OVER
BRIDGE
Four
Killed
and
Four
Injured
In
Tacoma
Last
Night
TACOMA,
Dec.
31
A
municipal
street
car
went
through
the
gate
of
the
Eleventh
Street
bridge
last
night
and
over
the
open
drawhead
Into
the
city
watorway
100
feet
below.
Of
the
eight
people
believed
to
have
been
In
the
car
four
are
dead
and
four
injured.
Charles
Staley,
motorman,
who
escaped
by
jumping
Just
before
the
plunge,
declared
that
the
atr
brakes
refused
to
function
as
did
also
the
hand
brakes
which
he
applied
when
he
noticed
the
open
draw.
As
the
street
car
fell,
It
broke
Into
pieces,
this
probably
accounting
for
the
rescue
of
the
four
survivors
who
were
found
clinging
to
parts
of
the
roof
and
walls
floating
on
the
surface
of
the
bay.
Divers
are
searching
for
possible
other
victims.
PRINCE
GEORGE
MAN
ON
KILLING
CHARGE
RELEASED
YESTERDAY
At
nn
innuest
held
at
Prince
urge
over
I
lie
body
of
Stanley
Oslrowsky,
who
died
on
Decem
arrest
on
a
charwe
of
killing
deceased
on
December
I
R,
lit.
Jur)
returned
a
vmnlicl
that
the
cause,
of
death
was
n
ruptured
bladder
and
the
pr'soner
was
released.
or1
TAXI
Boston
Grill
W
and
J
Ambulance
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
floor
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
""rr
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
and
Gth
St.
"
a
t
-
.11
mT
IX
.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
beat
for
the
"Uil.l,.."'
Hl,n..J'
i'f
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
least.
Phone
467.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
V(H
XV
,
NO.
303
PltlNCK
ItlDKUT.
H.C,
THURSDAY.
DKCK.MUKIl
31.
1025.
YMtfrd.yf
cireuhiion,
itu
sirrei
!.
m
PRIOR
FIVK
CENTS.
SHIPMENTS
BEING
LINED
UP
FOR
THIS
PORT
ig
;
STREET
CAR
GOES
THROUGH
DRAW
IN
TACOMA
AND
FOUR
LIVES
ARE
LOST
Steamer
Takes
Option
of
Loading
Grain
Here
January
or
February
.Sjtf.
ij
hi
D.iily
News
WCOt'YKIl,
Dc
.
.'I
I.
A
leamer
wa
f
ixd
here
eter-Jp
Ihe
opium
oi
loading
grain
ul
Prince
IIu
jhtI-for
Hie
il
Iv
ngdom
between
January
20
ami
February
20.
Vi
deiiu;s
.tic
given
fxi-rpl
thai
the
price
i
a
shilling
a
'
in
than
tor
Vancouver
making
llu
price
llu
same
a
und
With
u
jM'il
haige
here
of
hImhiI
three
pence,
t
li
i
P'nn-e
Hopcrl
n
diviihanlage
of
about
nine
pence
per
Ion
SUMAS
FARMERS
MAKING
APPEAL
or
about
half
a
rent
a
huhel.
1
'rin
iuolaliii
i
not
very
reliable
n
I
he
iuolalion
price
lia
Net'
1
1
challenged
at
Hie
Mer
chant'
hx
change.
Prince
Itupert
i
murh
talked
alioui
ul
the
P.vehangc
here.
Harbor
an.
I
Shipping,
a
local
Will
Carry
Case
Against
Provln-
nuhHraiiou.
)'
that
('..
1.
clal
Government
to
Cover-
Colt.
Mir
grain
broker,
I
not
nor-Ocnsral-in-Counoll
noing
to
establish
an
officf
in
Prince
Ituprrt.
VH
TOlllA.
Dor.
31.
Karnirrxi
;
i
r
lie
Sutna
district
affected
by
---.-mi
M
fur
the
cot
of
re-
aina
i
iii
W"ik
in
(hat
area
will
iii-ri
Monday
to
fluusldcr
mat,
r
u
nn
anneal
direct
to
tin
Hivernoi
lit
urra.t-kii-UuUMcil
at.
rjawn
fur
llir
diMlluutirQ.itul
ivi'.riaf
-tat'ile
mbI
hi
me
-.
irioti
of
me
irgtuiure
t
tiir
annual
amount
of
h
Mini
they
mul
pay.
They
b
-
.
M-k
to
i.li'am
all
nr-itn-R
i.r
Hie
ni"nr
rxpended
K'ii'rnnM'ii'
in
rurryin
.I,-
w-ik.
Tlii'
claim
i
sel
ii.i
i
lie
statute
i
ultra
c
i
tii'ud
tbe
rovince'
menl
and
llller-
f
w
i'ti
tie
funtdii'lion
of
Hie
a1
r-
.
'-
PREMIER
OLIVER
SENDS
MESSAGE
Jrgtt
Intelligent
Application
of
Industry
and
Skill
to
Natural
Resource
YERDICT
ON
GRAIN
!
RATES
EXPECTED
WITHIN
FEW
DAYS
Original
Order
Reducing
West
bound
Rate
l
Likely
to
Stand
Building
Permits
for
Year
Well
iii
Excess
of
Million
The
building
month
for
the
lows
:
January
....
February
..
March
April
May
..
June
July
Ausust
September
October
....
November
The
December
not
heavy.
Saturday.
7.350
1
0.1
50
11,000
28,800
201,801
31.350
37.325
10.730
10,150
875,125
13,105
-.
and
a
Quarter
Dollar
Mark
Itiiililing
pernuls
issued
in
the
city
during
the
year
will
rench
the
high
total
ol
over
1,323,000
in
value,
the
chief
items
having
been,
nf
course,
in
roiiuerlioii
with
the
coiislruclion
yi
Hie
elevator
for
whiih
Ihe
recorded
value
is
9
1'.OKi.OOO
in
tvvu
seivirate
permits
one
taken
out
by
Hie
Northern
Coiislruclion
Co.
in
May
Tor
the
foundation
and
wharf
JJ22IUW0
and
the
second
in
October
by
Carler-Ha5is-Aldiiiger
Co.
Ltd.
for
Ihe
superstructure
-$X07,000.
,
Apart
fmm
the
elevator,
general
permits
issued
during
Iht
eleven
mouths
of
he
year
ending
November
30,
totalled
$237.-8(5l
as
compared
willi
820,J,3I2
in
1021.
Hie
chief
item
in
these
general
permits
was
for
the
llcilhroncr
Klock,
the
value
of
which
was
given
in
May,
who
the
permit
was
taken
out,
as
!?
10.000.
record
month
b
year
was
as
fol-
$
1.321,800
list,
which
Is
Responsible
for
New
Prices
Effective
Today,
it
will
he
announced
on
BREAD
PRICE
IN
VANCOUVER
RISES
i
,
Advance
In
Wheat
Flour
Market
lie-ally
all
Vancouver
bakeries
coiniiieneinu-
today.
The
retail
price
of
three
loaves
for
25c
iu
ber
22
following
a
drinking
bout
been
advanced
to
nine
cents
pe
and
whoso
death
resulted
in
the
loaf
straight.
of
or
Julian
Julian
Okniaskl
ukniaskt
VANCOUVF-ll,
Doe.
31.
Fo
lowing
an
advance
in
wheal
flour
prices.
Hie
Master
Maker'
As
soriatiou
has
announced
an
in
crease
in
bread
prices
in
prae
NO
PAPER
TOMORROW
There
will
be
no
issue
of
lh.
Daily
News
tomorrow",
,w?.Yrar'
Day.
-
'
42
KILLED
IN
lfT
SW'Kl'T
TO
SKA'
M
leal
Iwd
were
killed
nJ
tn
tl
of
ail
kinds
was
completely
demoralized
in
the
terrific
"torm
on
Hie
Mlunli
si;
aboard
The
uiioe
pluHo
lr
Hie
Ambrose
Clianiiel
boathousc,
of
lteiiMnliiirl.
win,
h
was
blown
tve
miles
uul
before
it
sank
MEXICAN
MINE
KAfjil.K
PAS'S.
Texas.
Dec.
31.
Forty-two
bodies,
manv
badlv
inan-
glf,
have
been
broughl
oul
of
tlie
Mexican
Na-
lional
Itailway
coal
mine
al
Patau
in
the
Stala
of
Coahuilla
where
an
explos-
ion
occurred.
It
is
be-
lieved
lliat
Ihere
are
still
more
bodies
in
the
mine.
PIONEER
NELSON
PRIEST
IS
DEAD
Kootenay,
Passed
Away
Presence
of
Physician
NF.I.SON.
Dec.
31-
itev.
Father
Althoff,
aaed
72,
vicar
general
of
the
Kootenay
district
and
par
ii
priesi
nere
lor
J
years
lied
yesterday
niorniiii?
shortly
after
saying
mass.
His
death
occurred
while
he
wa
conver
sing
with
a
physician.
I
lie
laie
I
atlier
Allium
was
a
unlive
of
Scotland
ami
went
to
Alaska
as
a
missionary
when
a
ouug
man.
CONYICTED
AT
OTTAWA
ON
GRAVE
CHARGE
Oscar
St.
Jacques
Sentenced
In
Connection
With
Attempted
Suicide
COOLIDGE
TO
VISIT
GENEVA
White
House
Makes
it
Known
That
United
States
will
be
Present
at
Preliminary
Meeting
In
Geneva
WASHINHTON.
Dec.
31,
informally
and
orally,
but
authoritatively,
the
Wjhiti;
House
has
made
known
that
Ihe
intention
of
the
President
is
lo
acc?pt
the
Invitalion
of
the
League
of
Na
tions
to
the
Uiiiled
States
to
parlicipale
in
the
preliminary
meeting
at
JSeneva
of
reprcsenta-lives
or
18
fjovertinienls
called
for
Kcbru
.ry
13.
1U21S,
to
make
pre
parations
for
holding
art
International
disarmament
conference
under
the
auspices
of
'the
League.
Decision
a
to
Hie
character
of
Ihe
response
to
be
made
to
Ihe
imitation
has
not
been
leached,
and
there
are
other
details
to
be
rielerniined,
smcli
as
vviielher
it
Is
necessary
to
re
quest
Consress
to
appropriate
funds
for
expenses
wTlhc
American
deiegaHon'at
the
preliminary
meellnjr,
but
all
the'in-dicalions
ai-e
thai
a
favorable
answer
will
be
made
lo
the
:
in-
viWrfSn
shor7Tyafttrthftre'is-
sembling
of
Congress,
which
I
on
a
Christmas
recess
until
Jan
uary
I.
:
DOCK
TRANSFER
EFFECTIVE
NOW
After
Today,
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
Will
be
Controlled.
by
C.G.M.M.
Control
of
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock
and
shipyard
here
will
be
officially
transferred
from
the
Canadian
National
Railways
to
the
Canadian
Oovernmenl
Merchant
Marine
as
from
'.tomor
row.
January
I.
In
connection
with
the
transfer,
IML
heeley.
Pacifir
coast
-manager
inanaser
of
of
the
Father
Althoff,
Vicar
General
of
C.O.M.M.:
D.
Car.swfill,
superin-
In
Itrnden!
engiDcer.
Montreal;
and
P.
W.
Haldwin.-
local
,
auditor.
Vancouver,
are
at
pres'nl
visit-
ins
the
rily.
Mr.
Keeley
and
Mr.
Italdwin
will
return
south
to
morrow
but
Mr.
Carswell
will
probably
remain
longer
perfecting
plans
for
future
operation.
COMMISSION
TO
BE
APPOINTED
Will
Settle
Distribution
of
Pro
perty
Between
United
Church
and
Continuing
VICTOIHA,
Dec.
31.
The-
ap
pointment
of
a
commission
at
ten
Hrilili
Columbia
clergymen
lo
sellle
the
distribution
of
(It
I
AW
A,
lec.
31.-4
onvict-
rimi-rh
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day
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