T4XI .v,.; iance , a v . Anywhere at mi,, ,me. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. and 6th St. MATT VIDECK, Prop. VUl XV NO. 217 and Ihe oilier in the in- ' Tliey were: W. (irey. Liberal. New! " ' -! uunsler. ' W. Humphrey, Fanner ' li n . Kooleuay NYosl. SELLING STOCK F0R o ian. have oled luxation ileges for the proposed ele-Vl" mid they have made an ' -""infill to Unit erred with the 'X'ipiiny propping to build II. ' "ren ion of the big building i 1 uurcd, appareully. Slock 'he couipiiny I being nld mid it is expected lo place ' I ini.mn) worth here. COMMUNIST PLOT" THROUGHOUT ITALY 100 ARE ARRESTED l'LOIir.NCI'. Ih.K. IH With Iho urresl of lot) coininu- ,,,sK Ihe police believe Ihey liae: discovered u wldespreml plol for " general insurrection llirough-cut Huly. ( on wheal' and wheal products itreu rrom which grain and man ufacture thereof can be suc-cerully sent to world market via Hrilisli Columbia port and Ihe Panama Canal. This area even bernre this change In the rules had been extended as Tar east a Moose Jaw, Saskalche-wan. for Hie shipment of im- VIPTnDIA El EVATftR1 iK'r,anl (',,"m,,",K! u'r l,UI" iiuiuilin tiUf ni H,.in nuirkeis. I I,,, new onler has been I'tllllA, epl. IH. Whilel rrived wilh accliiltn in Hrilisli Columbia and lliroiigiioiu .viuer-la mid a portion of Saskatchewan. On Ihe other hand, It is I...I al Wiunineg and Ihe bead or Ihe lake a detrimental lo Hie interests or the etablili-rd grain and shipping facilities uud institution. The railways iil undoubtedly suffer reduc tion in revenne not only because ..r n... actual cut In rates luvoi ved tint because of the Increased amount or tonnage which will consequently !' "ve.l over the shorter hnul. Booming Western Route ii.u new order, If it Is sus tinned, will loud momentum to .. r.l.anmi in Irnde conditions which has been going mi in the nrnlrle provinces ror some years. there has been In Ihe first place (c.inltnucil on page uvo; uilli Din iTiikI ilinuirlhiit -, . II . which w Hi Iabor" lay erle- bralton. The committee in charge re.torled thai Ihe celebration on Labor Hay had proved lo be Ihe mol urcerul ever held in Ihe city since the inrep- lion or Ihe holiday. The public had responded generously uud in addition lo contribution already published Ihe receipt of -5 from Carter. Hall, Aldiuger Co. was acknowledged. A Mimmillee wa appoiuled consisting of James Hlack, J. II Meagher, and J. J. (lilli. lo-gelher wilh the president ami ecn,lary lo draw up a question-1 aire mi question affecting the working rlaes to be presented lo both candidate in the forthcoming federal election before election day. STABBING AFFRAY ON BOARD STEAMER Sieve llainlisli of Anyox appears in Ihe provincial police court here his afternoon on a charge of wounding with intent a u result of an alleged stabbing affray yesterday afternoon on the steamer l'rincc Ituperl as that vessel was on its way hero from Anyox. The trouble occur red in a stateroom on the boat and the man who was attacked, llobeii Pleas, received cuts about Ihe face aud body. LEAGUE BASEBALL National League llostou ?, Pittsburg II. Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 5. American League Philadelphia 0. Chicago 3. Cleveland 0. New York 5. Detroit 12-u. Washington 0-1 St. I.oui 0-0. Hoston 'J-4. LEAGUE STANDING. CIIICACO. Sept. 18.- I'iltsl.urg leads Aew ork .y seven games Thai team must win seven or the remaining twelve game to cinch Ihe pennant. Washington leads Philadelphia seven and a halt game. and must win nine or the remaining sixteen lo take the pennant. Charles Hocking, general man ager of Ihe. (iraiiby Co.. wa paeuger going south from Any o to Vancouver on the slemner l'rtnco lluperl last night. Well Known Author and Spiritualist Says Spirits Tell of Disaster LONDON, SepL 18 Everyone is warned by the spirit world through the medium of Conan Doylo that a great catastrophe hangs over the world. Doyle says he has been receiving messages from the VANC.Ol YKH. Sept. tH. David Liddle, who had an arm and leg severed when he fell under a locomotive al North Item! Thursday morning died yesterday afternoon. He escaped from the provincial industrial school Sunday last. BIRTHS. A son wa bom at Ihe Prince lluperl General Hospital on September IH, toMrs. Julia Alalia. Seventh Avenue Fast. A sou was born at the Prince llupeii General Hospital on September 18 lo Mrs. Matilda llolquislad. Steele Hlock. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper IMtlXCK lll'PKKT, H.C., FIWDAY. SKPTEMHKK 18, 1023. rttrdar'l Clrculll6n 1613 A. It. MrNiehol. Winnipeg Imchclor. realtor and movie magnate. v(ui ha started giving away his .(t.0(0,00tl fo(l toe to rhurtlies and rclalives. Premier Oliver Criticizes 1 Meigheh for Being Against New Western Freight Rates VICTOIWA, Sept. IS. Premier Oliver criticizes Hon. Arthur .Meigheu who is reporled to have said in Halifax Mondax lhal lite freight rates secured in Hie West on grain were "utter ly indefensible." Oliver says: "If the Conservative leader uud his following believed that recent legislation was discriminatory in its effect, why did they not seek to amend Ihe legislation during the course of its passage through parliament ? 1 think Mr. Mejghen is simply trying to square himself with Ihe Montreal Hoard or Trade and the CIMl. in the application for the rescinding or the rales reduction." CATASTROPHE PROPHESIED CONAN DOYLE MEIGHEN NOMINATED PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE i - Chosen Again to Contest Seat Which Defeated Him In ' 1921. I'd UTAH K LA PHAIIIIE, Sept. 18.--Hon. Arthur Meigheu was numinateil yesterday to contest ihis riding on hchalf or the Conservative party. The Conservatives met in convention here aud chose Mr. Meigheu tor tho sixth lime. Mr. Meigheu was tirst elected lo Ihe House or Commons in 1008 and ugaiu in I "Jit. I'Jli. In I"'.' I he was defeated but was nominated and elected spirit world for three years ,,,v ,(. cuseivalive r Urenville dui ihe naiure or the impend- jm ul ., ,y-elecion Ing disaster Is vague. Of one thing he Is sure, he says that the chastening will last three years. Britain will escape more lightly than other nations though why he does not know. DIED AS RESULT OF BEING RUN OVER BY STOCK MARKET Hid. Asked Hilmvell .... I.IU 1.00 (iladstone 26 H .t?8Vi Iliuellon 01 W .02 I., and L. ... Marmot ! Premier LOCOMOTIVE . ON RAILS y Silversinllh n,r Surf Inlet ... Lucky Jim .. Howe Sound .. IS ninny H.C. Silver .... Porter Idaho Terminus Daly Alaska Hinder lUifus Indian Selkirk Hayvlew .18 2. It .00 H .I't .00 .IIW 23.00 IG.00 ' l5 .18 .ot .04 .OS .12 ;.t8 .to .07 .10 1.10 ,;i .10 n .38 IS .00 .01 H .01) H II. L. Johnson-Walton Co. Lid shipping agents, report the tin perlal oil tanker Mina 11 mi (hi hero about Sunday with n full cargo of fuol oil rrom loco tot the local tanks. Btrtt Stlt it. SET ON LONG HIKE TO VANCOUVER WAY OF PRINCE GEORGE Miss Anna Horvik aud Mrs. Sam Johnson left at five o'clock this morning with Hie idea of hiking to Vancouver by way of Prince Ceorge and the Cariboo Iload. They will sleep al hotel or anywhere (hat seems convenient. Should thpy find the going too hard it is BOOTH SCHOOL IS it was exprcled would curry the' chool through the winter until! permanent work could be effect ed. The temporary work, it was iim:ilil wool. I cos I I (Kill Mr. Ilochesler Naid the trouble with the walls to faulty coping stone but said that the walls were also frost bitten through .. water hav- ..... have In be taken down considerable distance FISH ARRIVALS for Halibut arrivals this morning totalled 100.500 pounds. Sale ul the Exchange were as fol lows : American Sitka, 30,000 pounds, at 11.3c ind Oe, and Alki, 1,000 pounds, at 12.3c and Ge. to Ihe Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Go. ' Middlatou, 21.000 pounds, at ll.2c aud to to the Pacific Fish eries. Hoyul. 15.000 pound, at 12c and Ge, lo Ihe Hootli Fisheries Canadian Co. Canadian Kaieu. 1 4,000 pounds, 'it 10.00 and Ge, and Muirueag, 0,500 pounds at 12c andv0t to the At- liu I- ishens. D.S.T., 0.000 pounds at lie and Gc, lo the Canadi-in Fish & Cold Storage Co. Hruut 5.000 pounds, nl 1 1.2c and Gc to Ihe Itoyal Kih Co. LATE DESPATCHES Hrltlsh Admirally has ordered llm use ot Douglas fir for warship decks. Imperial diet building al Toklo has been dntrovcd bv fire. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Caslcv sailed last night on the steamer I'rinco Huyort for Vancouver. Boston Grill Ice Cream goes with dinner Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. PRICE FIVK CENTS. WESTERN GRAIN RATES ARE DISCUSSED GENERAL MULCAHEY MOBBED BY NEW YORK REPUBLICANS ON HIS ARRIVAL Value to West of New Export Grain Rates is Discussed in Toronto farmers and to ports on Pacific Ocean including Prince Rupert The lnwr gram ra!c. which promise so much for Prince It ;. mil Vancouver ami will tutul to improve conditions gh'tiil Hie whole of Hntih Columbia, arc being opposed v lv the Canadian Pacific Hallway and by Hie citlc or Mou- umipcg mid Fort William. Other centre like Calgary m ,it CIUI. towin are nol very enthusiastic over the new 'lung-. 'I' (if .I..Ci I Hill llf lllf I" l It t. lliul il. I..-.. ....II.. I : ....I POOLEY LIKE WASP IS SHARPENING HIS STING Leader of Opposition Looking for Lively Session of Lcgfc- lature. I VICTORIA. Sent . 18. It. II. I'ooley, leader of (lie Conserva-' iHve opposition in t lie Provincial . 'Legislature, is looking forward n I n i .1. in Financial rost points out advantage to Alberta ',w a livp "? " fan- n iliuvu noun' lillln things up lus leeve -which he think!) will cause Hie Liberal worry. The (iovermnenl i preparing ils cs tim ale and Willi that work in hand all Ihe depai Hiicnls are very busy. Although the legislative program will be light there ire a lot of matters that need attention, anions; tlouu being the Vancouver water situation. .- the wt-trro ...illet of the Canadian National. The! ROUTINE BUSINESS ;Mrliir Horse Pass through! PAMPrnU A TIITP the railway crosses the I IINMKV A I IVrN .mountain, i high and rugged KWW D A If 1H A UOrViMl'' "'" ,:,,n,li Nalional to AINU KA1LW A i a !:r:"rjj. r:"': Hon. Arthur Melghen's Poilt'on Slated at Headquarters at Ottawa , Sept. IH. - Hon. Mrigln n h a 1 1 i t u d .uiialgainatmn of the 1 ' Pacific anil Canadian railway is set forlh ' i ir public b); Conservative fi here today in a 1 in whirh he cay he ' uiiy lime advocated the ilion of Hie railway. - Ik- expressed a tear 1 1 1 :t I iiimenl ilnJilterale pol-- Ho past yar of loail--te'ni of tin' Canadian .Railways with huge un- obligations wa drlv--vtcm in to a piilioi. M Il It would l'i' cXcecil-'. ' ' till to rxlrn-.il- ll. NOMINATIONS TWO RIDINGS ..n i oil fl niliri fjlH'ir U way and grain can be hauled over il with the nine Hisrr unl 'n the pralri 0r atmrt division's. The rareul order of the rail I from pruirie points through the Orey Chosen In Woatmlnster and, llorky mountains lo the 1'aciric Humphrey In Kootenay West piusl. on a basis of the rale uu at Candidates similar shipments lo the Allan-. I jr seaboard, and the ignoring of V ANCOl Yl.lt Sept IH. - Two the higher col on the mountain ! I' Columbia nomination haul, will have the effect or ma-i. in.-.. v...i. , n,n' lerially exlendfng the prairie i . . .... .. OF LABOR COUNCIL Report on Celebration Shows It Was Most Successful Yet A meeting of the Trade and libur eounnl was held lal night in l!anenter Hall, S. I). Mar- donald. itrenidenl. (Ki'iiiiyitut the . . . ... .. . . . . . . r wai-J'MHi-ii iaorii vtUiae iiupcrt lohalr. Iloulme mailer wr HhirYanriHlvrr a airalnt Wln- niiieg. Fori William aud Mon treal. II faiiir the Canadian National a rfgaint Hie CP. II. ami il will lend lo bring greater profperily lo the farmer jn Ihe prairir and lo the rommeree of Ihe I'Helfle eoal port. 1'ortmlo I not very much af- reeteil by- Hie change and o the people tit thai elly re apt lo ee the llinillon from an iinbiael (tut of view. The Financial I'icl of lhal city ay: j Flnanclallst's View Although (here is' uucertainty for the tunc being as to whether1 the minority order .-meeting eleru gram rales issued by authority or the llailway Hoard will continue or b rescinded, Hie rulinti opens up important aud interesting poibilitle. It can readily he understood lhal the I'TlccI or a lowering or the rale . .. re e j 4ga)l iCof Irish Mobbed General Mulcahey at New York on Landing from Ship NKW YOHK. Sept. i8.(ieneial Hichard Mulcahey, former lomniauder or the Irish Free Stale army and four companions were given a rough reception on their arrivul last night Jn 'heir way to attend the inter-parliamentary union conference at Washington by a mob of Irish Republican sympathisers, who hurled rotten eggs, tomatoes and sticks. The delegation was also beaten, Mulcahey being knocked ofr his feet before the gangplank was cleared. Police reserves finally quelled the : COLOR WAS BAR THIS MARRIAGE Woman Arrived In Vancouver to Meet Correspondence Groom Who Was Negro VAXCOUVEH, Sept. 18. Funder, who came to Canada !five years ago from Denmark, arrived in Vancouver yesterday to marry Amos Jackson, a Ta- I -iS;J2L: L L. IlPa Plumber, tqwhom she bq- in a few day. 'from Briarcrest, Saskatchewan. trior fliA firt itrrir'i mji i-1 1 n f ! ; : ji-r" Jkson waV a Negro, Emmy consented to apply for a marriage license, but the GETTING REPAIRS Jocmnent. - ; Emmy is now in the hands of Christian YAV C A- Tony Doing Tempor-.,,,e " ary Work to See Building iRAILWAYS MOCK Trustee Rochester reported to lie chool board last night Ihat tony christian was doing tern-: ORDER OF BOARD porary repair work on the fire . wall of the Hootb School which Prolest Made and wm b8 Taken up at Meeting on September 29. . VAXCOUVEH, Sept. 18 Replying to a message from O. tS. Mctieer received Tuesday which claimed Ihe railways were making "complete mockery" of the , ... ing penetrated. He predicted "?' s 'l";r u" rt' hair.nan Mct.owan wired that the walls would eventually- . . . .. ... . ftoi v railways c aim new rates a. ' . - are in coiuormity wiui me board's order. Have notified them ot your complaint, which may be spoken lo ui the hearing here on September 2D." BULKLEY VALLEY HAS HAD SEVERE FROSTS Weather Has Been Quite Cold In Interior This Week No Damage Done to Crops There have been lieavy frosts in the Hulkley Valley the past two nights according to word re ceived from I lie interior today. There has not been much damage done to crops, however. Some hay thai wa still out had been a i ion iv rumen oj Heavy rams and such grain as has not yet been cut is sufficiently matured to withstand damaging effects of the cold. TRAWLER BACK WITH CATCH OF FLATFISH The Canadian Fish x Cold Storage Co.'s truyvler U. F.. Foster, Capt. Sandiou, returned In port last night with' 100.000 pounds of flatfish after four day's fishing in. Dixon Entrance The vesel wlM. go out ajtaln a oou us her catch is unloaded.