V
ij
XV
NO,
SVi
t.narj".
While
I
!-
Iia
lf-
given
4
Hie
Hi-yrtniiM
in
the
new
Hie
opinion
of
Ho-iiml
lh-
will
-un
-upport
l'-r
lltrir
pl:-i
hey
hi-
.lutlinwl,
to
ui
to
Wiry
on
without
il
will
"p"n
in
the
.mi)
with
.
the
iiaiial
and
tiiiwM
wil!
llu-
aniuplioit
that
ii-iii
will
lie
Kiippotl'-il
:
.yi
iv
I'-H'oll
lo
In--
WHEAT
POOL
CONTRACT
NUL
hllure
to
Enforce
It
In
Courts
Will
Weaken
New
Organ-liatlon.
AW
In-.-.
17.
That
lh'
'
'
H'l
m
an
orgatiiialiou
i
r
iraile.
ami
thai
'
iitiin-c
It
ponlmeU.
up
tin-
farmera
tti
iell-i
iiroiluot
In
them
for
i
wa
the
ileeinion
of
M
-n.-u
r.mliury
here
in
''
hrotiulit
tiefore
him
'
iK'-mum.
it
in
though!,,
will
t
do
pool
ery
materially,
y
if
it
"liinilil
meet
with
1
i'rie
in
llio
mallei-
of
a
iJrop
in
prii-i'.
DYNAMITE
CAPS
FOUND
IN
CASE
'
II
STiix,
(l.r
j
"
'
ao
containing
-'
aim
,m;
lf"
iil
hank
in
"ITU
for
in
ii
i
load,
on
tin-
paeiiger
Iruiii
tlilo
eimOta
!""'
fi
flet-ii
car
load
mi
Saturday,
making
in
all
a
total
oT
63
ear
load
in
'day.
f
lynamilc
Imllan
.
ijps
lariyinjf
(df
name
ir
a
''''
of
Jewellern
al
'
Alieiileen.
as)u,m0(
f,(l
milter
u
IhihIi
0
"'
iiiiill,
of
CicMmi
may
fitr-
11
a
ilne
to
lli..
I.li.nlllv
or
Hin
"
Iwn
men
who.
heM
up
Oclohcr.
now
m'ivIiir
a
parllclpallon
in
th
Loral
railway
niutlnils
'
an
firm
in
their
tielier
lbal
the
new
pn-pm-r
of
AUierlawill
eouform
lo
tin-
wiilien
of
the
lion.
V.
W.
Smith
to
opi-rate
thr
K.D.
A
IM"..
n
a
goxeri
I
en!i'rprie,
and
pro
hie
for
tin-
early
exleunion
of
Hie
mail
westward,
lo
eotineel
with
two
proJeeU.
iaye
Hie
I'llinolilon
Itulh-llli.
II
i-
on
till-
poml
that
Federal
aid
will
le
(oughl
in
exehange
for
the
lieavy
ti-alhe
I
hat
wouhl
flml
it
way
l
tin
fealioard
over
Hie
hori
eporl
nmle
in
Hie
i:.N.I.
from
Prime
tiorge
to
PriiM-e
lluperl.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Wheat
C.l'.lt
IM'..
Silver..
.
Italy
Atyokll
.
Putiwell
Olail-loiio
premier
porter-Idaho
Silver
Urel
Surf
Inlel
-
Howe
Sound
I..
I
Lucky
Jim
llazellon
x.
Mannot
Termlnu
(llactrr
Mliflli
.jt
Hranhy
'
Hayvlcw
II
it
1
1
1
Hope
National
Silver...
Selkirk
Sllverxmllh
Kid.
l.r.ou
t
IH.(M)
1.58
1.35
.
-31
.
SX
.
.ou
.nu
.ii'Ji
13
U
.03
,0U
18.00
.05
,
.32
U
.1
1
U
.04
Advertise
la
Ibe
Uallr
i
The
tieup
of
the
road
lure
lias
uroblem
;
caused
almo.l
a
fi.il
famine
iitj
i
,
,
r
,,..
.
Pn
tilir
riii-
oi
in
iat
ami
l
.miction
kin;-
undertaken,
the
shipment
i.
Hie
imH
of
aoeu-j
Premier
M
u
1,,-lirvr.l
it
was
iitnlMlti-a
order
winch
it
Uas,wu,m,,li-.1iiv
ttri1!r
A
extend
;i.cen
wmme
w
mi.
iw
iraiu
,n
ittr
mi.r
av
n.,.
rotl:
tri
uovernmeni
win
upn
,n
.r
rt
Iihh
through
,
u,ai
by
way
of
Fmlay
Forks
Firllamenl
In
usual
Way
liiini
where
the
flrel
ili-ud
Eipect
to
Carry
on
IrWmlion
will
lake
place.
I
'art
I
of
it
Mill
co
to
Toronto
and
W
.
Dee.
II.-
Mininlcr'
Montreal
ami
other
Caiindhui
!..i
warl
to
a
urcee-
eilie
hut
the
bulk
will
cross
I
hr
i.
omew
hat
strenuous
o-er
to
ClurHgti.
New
York.
io.rli.mem
r..iiMiienr.;iHM"n
ana
xmenrnii
reiure.
ALBERTA
PROPOSES
COMPLETE
RAILWAY
EN
ROUTE
RUPERT
Asked.
.IH
1,12
.33
.11
.10
.It
311.00
.13
.13
.01
.10
.50
.0(1
.10
.IH
.30
.15
.0tV4
.21
Mi
Says
He
Believes
Flnlay
Forks
Route
Would
be
Best
,
VH;'Hlll.V.
!.
IJ.
Premier:
Oliver
in
muiug
tin-
stxuinl
rrailiiitf
or
(hi
P.O.
K.
lull
Ho-main
fralun-
of
which
i
Hit-
pro-
noctl
land
tranl
for
eoloiiizatiou
liuriHi'
to
tiurrlia-ir.-
of
I
lie
road,
xahl
that
it
mii-'til
lc
p"
flbl
t
xeeuri1
the
en-opraliiirj
jif
1
1.
u
ik
MrlirtiMiil
k
gtt
1l.nrlfi
1,1
tvv
ami
Hie
iMmfiiUm
an.l
lrat
I
ItrilHiu
in
the
oluliun
of
the
RAIL
SERVICE
IS
RESTORED
Train
W'
Leave
for
East
at
8
O'clock
This
Evening
Faster
progress
than
expected
havlnn
been
made
on
the
clearing
up
on
the
line
following
the
washouts
and
slides,
It
Is
announced
at
th
C.N.R.
supcr'mendent's
office
that
the
first
passenger
train
for
the
east
from
here
In
two
weeks
will
leave
at
8
o'clock
this
evening.
The
train
wl
I
carry
mall,
express
and
the
usual
business.
Service
will
then
be
resumed
as
usual,
with
the
train
from
the
East
expected
to
arrive
on
time
tomorrow
morning
at
7
o'clock
and
the
train
for
the
East
leaving
at
8
o'clock
Saturday
night.
A
fortnight's
work
of
clear-the
line
completed,
the
two
crews
met
early
this
afternoon
between
Kwlnltsa
and
Salvus
stations.
DEFENDS
BEER
IN
COMMITTEE
Brewers
Appear
at
Publlo
Accounts
Probe
and
Refute
Statements
Made
by
Burde
VH'.TOIIIA.
I
lee.
I".
-
llcptc-xculalivcA
r
the
two
llrilNIi
I'.olumhia
breweries
appeared
he-fore
llu
public
accouulx
roni-liilllee
ami
refilled
cIuukc
made
by
Major
Hanle
of
Albernl
iitialn!
Hie
beer
made
in
Hie
pro
lnce.
The
committee
will
unb
uilt
n
report
on
the
Milualion
lo
the
Legislature,
PORTLAND
WINNER"
OF
HOCKEY
MATCH
25
TAXI
nnd
4i
Boston
Grill
Ambulance
mlm
Servlca
Large
Lpslair
Dining
Hall,
Anywhere
at
Anytime.'
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
and
6th
St.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
least.
Phone
4S7.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
.
BEATING
VICTORIA
I'HUTLANIl.
Her.
17.
-Vlclorln
nuain
came
off
second
lie
I
in
Ihc
"hockey
game
lal
nlghll'orU
land
winning
by
two
goals
to
one
Lord
IMinnrr.
ln-w
high
ninn!i-ionr
for
lu
et,f
.
with
iMih
iMunier.
visiting
Hie
Aniiemait
i-hiir-li
Jerualeni
hoi
Ml
Edmonton
Board
of
Trade
Wants
Square
Deal
for
all
Pacific
Poih
in
Freight
The
teerelary
of
Hie
board
of
trade
has
received
a
loiter
finm
lie
M'cielary
of
the
Kdmoufim
board
of
trade
in
regard
to
41
fron!
page
editorial
in
the
Prince
lluperl
Daily
Xewfj
as
follow:
.A
few
day-,
ago
I
received
a
copy
of
the
Prineu
lluperl
paper
in
whii
h
il
i
staled
that
Mayor
Itlajclifoid
appeared
leJiirilhe5wy'Coiiiiii:iuii
nul
..mvui;t(etJ
a.
Iiigliei
fn'ighl
rale
from
Kdmonlou
lo
Prince
lluperl
than
lo
Vnn-eomer.
"I
do
not
know
whal
hi
exoel
repre.en!ulion
were,
but
I
wan
I
lo
inform
jour
hoard
and
Ihe
people
of
Prlin-e
lluperl
that
Dial
i
not
the
altitude
of
Ihe
l-Mm'ouloh
boartl
of
trade.
We
are
fop
a
-ipiare
deal
for
all
Pacific
port.-.
For
thai
i-enon
we
lrougly
supporleil
Ihe
ercelion
of
an
elcalor
al
Vancouver.
Prince
lluperl,
as
having
claim-
as
well
"JOHN
ULl'K,
"Secrelary.
Needs
of
Hospital
Are
Many
and
Some
of
Then
will
be
Met
by
Surplus
for
Year
in
Sight
The
needs
oT
Ihe
hospital
are
many,
according
lo
S.
K.
Campbell,
chairman
of
the
hopilal
board,
who
last
uighl
reported
011
Ihe
result
of
a
join)
meeting
oT
the
house
and
finance
committee
al
which
Ihe
matter
of
finances
was
mentioned.
.Mr.
Campbell
said
that
by
practicing
the
greatest
economies
and
by
holding
back
on
needed
inrprovt'iiiciits
and
with
the
aid
of
a
provincial
grant
they
found
themselves
wilh
a
surplus
011
hand
wilh
which
il
wa
proposed
lo
carry
out
ome
of
the
im-provemeuls
must
needed.
He
pointed
out
that
changes
in
the
healing
system
may
ue
up
all!rr"
"
their
money
bill
(hey
hoped
not.,
Some
ol
Ihe
mol
needed
im-j
proveinenls
were:
Painting
the
exterior
of
the
hospital
al
a
cosl
of
upproxi-inalely
I500.
CuNiiMilnin-
the
wall
of
corridors
and
some
of
Ihe
ward.
Hi-placing
woruout
sinks
in
kilcheus.
Making
necessary
change
In
Ihe
olhce
so
thai
the
secretary
may
see
all
who
enter
and
leave
Hie
building.
Helming
kitchen
'
rang
wilh
firebrick.
Improving
Hie
'walk
between
the
Nurse'
Home
and
the
Hospi
tal.
Installing
more
wash
basin
on
Hie
second
floor
for
Ihe
use
of
Ihe
il'ielors.
Procuring
nursery
elolhes.
Installing
towel
rack
in
nurses'
home.
Heidacing
wornout
mattresses
in
the
hospital.
Hcptcnlshiug
Ihe
supply
'of
ehlnaware.
Providing
new
pillow
case.
Itcpairing
plaster
al
Nurses'
home.
N
Providing
maunlkln
for
use
or
pupil
nurse.,
,
Providing
needed
reference
book
for
ue
or
pupil
nurse.
Providing
orm
window
for
(continued
on
page
six)
FRANCE
HAS
COLD
SPELL
Blizzard
on
Tuesday
Followed
by
Low
Temperature
and
Fog
PARIS,
Deo.
17.
France
Is
suffering
from
tha
mast
In-taense
cold
spell
In
thirty
years.
The
cold
Is
accompanied
In
many
districts
by
fog,
which
has
resulted
In
a
number
of
minor
accidents
on
the
railways,
which
have
only
partly
recoverod
from
the
effects
of
the
blizzard
on
n,J
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
CITY
MAN
IS
FINED
$300
ON
LIQUOR
BOARD
CHARGE'
.1.
Ilobinson
of
Ouccn
Chariot
I
J
(Wy
has
been
fined
?300
and
cost
for
keeping
liipior
unlawfully
by
.1.
I.,
llarge.
.LP.
at
Queen
Oharlolle
Oily,
ticcordiui:
lo
hifprmallon
roceiveil'
by
the
provincial
police.
The
evidence
was
obtained
and
prosecution
iu-
tiluled
by
operators
if
Liquor
Control
Board.
,
rni.vur,
m
IT.lt
1,
u.U,
lllUliaiMl,
Wl.Uh.MUhU
17.
1U2.J.
ieiriuy
urcunuoir.
isox
sirm
s!r.
1
PRICE
FIVK
CENTS.
IGGEST
FISH
TRAIN
IN
WORLD
WENT
OUT
KAT
BRITAIN
IS
GIVEN
MANDATE
OVER
MOSUL
BY
LEAGUE
OF
NATIONS
Biggest
Train
of
Fish
Ever
:
Shipped
Went
Out
of
Prince
Rupert
This
Morning
for
East
ko
engines
drew
43
cars
making
fast
time
OLIVER
MOVES
Winnipeg
ana
train
win
oe
aisirwmea
j
n
f
r
nil
I
there
for
farther
points
I
I
.u.fc.
BILL)
W
i
thought
to
lie
l
In-
l.irgrsl
train
load
ot
fih
ever
time
Icit
PniKi-
liopert
tin-
morning
wlieii
u
h
two
engine,
iiml
LI
ar
with
fnut'ii
lialihul
ami
al-
I
mil
of
Prince
lluperl
for
distribution
throughout
the
s
I
ln
i
tin
hrl
train
out
following
Ihe
tf
unit
of
t
flood-)
Ulill
wwhuiiU.
i
i
:
i-nr
llu
fih
for
11
car
came
in
from
Kclchi-Mii-
remainder
wa
shipped
by
(he
Canadian
l'ili
ami
gc
plant
here.
II
will
lie
followed
i
evcn
more
car
MINISTERS
ARE
CONFIDENT
OF
GOOD
SUPPORT
Britain
Gets
All
Mosul
But
War
Not
Expected
Chamberlain
says
British
willing
to
try
Co
improve
relations
between
his
country
and
Turkey
by
negotiation
OKNKYA,
Dee.
I".
Neilker
the
League
of
Nations
nor
Oieat
Ilritain
expeel
war
in
the
near
Kal
because
of
the
de-ciiou
of
the
finding
of
the
League's
Council,
which
gives
Moul
virtually
in
it
entirely
lo
(ireat
Britain
in
the
form,
of
u
mandate.
Colonial
Secretin
y
Aniery
declared
lt
idglit.
Foreign
Secretary
Aulen
Chamberlain
said
Ihe
Hritisli
government
does
nut
wih
to
adopt
a
rigid,
iiucompromising-aiti-
!
tude
but
deires
lo
live
on
terms
of
peare
and
utility
wilh
Turnkey
and
will
gladly
lend
ilself
lo
conversalions
to
determine
1
whether
it
will
be
possible
lo
improve
Ihe
relations
between'
Ihe
j
two
countries.
.
IS
AWARDED
FIRST
CLASS
CERTIFICATE
John
S.
Wilson
of
the
Itoolti
Memorial
Stliool
stall,
who
came
to
the
city
as
a
second
ela
teacher,
has
been
awarded
a
first
class
eertiricale
liy
lha
Department
of
Education.
Mr.
Wilson,
who
served
in
I
lie
Ureal
War
and
won
hi
i-oiiiiiii-sioii
as
a
rap-lair.
011
Hie
field,
did
overseas
Fniversily
work
wliile
in
service.
He
taught
al
Houston
last
year.
WEST
OROWA
IS
'
ADRIFT
AGAIN
Freighter
Once
More
Broken
Down
in
Rough
Sea
of
North
Pacific
COIHHIVA,
Dec.
t.
The
freighter
West
Orowa,
which
lias
been
laboring
under
difficulties
in
the
North
Pacific
for
the
past
week
or
more,
lias
again
broken
down
and
is
once
more
adrift
and
helple
in
a
rough
sea.
The
con-voing
ships
are
standing
by.
SCHOOL
TEACHER
OF
YUKON
DIED
AFTER
LONG
SERVICE
NORTH
DAWSON.
Dee.
17.
William
(alpil.
who
taught
school
a
quarter
of
a
century
ago
in
the
Yukon,
to
which
he
came
direct
from
mIiooI
at
SI.
Peter
and
St.
Paul.
Maidstone.
Kent.
F.ugland,
where
lias
was
headmaster
for
2F
years,
di'-d
suddenly
and
was
buried
yesterday
under
the
auspice
or
the
Yukon
Order
of
Pioneers.
POOLEY
ASKS
FOR
PUBLIC
INQUIRY
TAXING
INDUSTRY
VICTOMA.
Dee.
17.
--
It.
II
Pooley,
filed
a
resolution
yester
day
calling
for
Ihe
appointment
of
a
commission
under
the
Pub
lic
Inquiries
Acl
lo
hold
an
in-vesHigalion
throughout
Canada
and
the
I'nited
Stales
into
method
of
taxing
industries
with
a
view-
lo
encouraging
greater
pro-ilnclioq
in
HrilNh
Columbia.
Mis
K.
Milne,
who
ha
bco:
visiting
in
the
oily;
will
salt
lo-
lliw
morrow
iiTternonn
on
the
Prlh.
cess
Mary
for
Viatoria.
BANDITS
TAKE
LIQUOR
MONEY
Cashier
of
Government
Warehouse
Slugged
Over
Head
and
$15,000
Is
Taken
From
Him
.
.
Wl-.VNIPF.O,
Dec.
17.
Slugged
over
the
head
while
on
hi
way
to
a
bank
this
morning,
Thomas
Nulla!,
cashier
of
the
Manitoba
Liquor
Commission
warehouse,
was
robbed
or
fifleen
thousand
dollars
by
two
armed
men
who
made
their
escape
iu
a
waiting
automobile.
'
v
Nuttal,
accompanied
by
two
employee,
was
steppbtg
inlo
his
automobile
at
the
front
of
the
warehouse
when
heiiwas
confronted
with
revolver.
The
bandits
forced
him.
lo
hand
over
n
satchel
containing
13,000
in
cash
and
i.ion
in
checks.
As
the
robber
started
to
run,
Nut
tal
opened
fire
and
a
number
of
hot
were
exchanged.
FUR
PRICES
IN
SEATTLE
Fair
Prices
Paid
For
Large
Offerings
at
Close
of
1925
Auction
Yesterday
SKA
T
ILK.
Di'Ct?
The
closing
of
Ihe
l23
fur
miction
sale
yesterday
hroughtt
fair
price
for
large
offering..
Mink
was
in
excellent
demand,
interior
Hritish
Columbia
skins
topping
the
market
with
an
average
or
from
I0
to
I3.
Interior
llrilnh
Columbia
muskral
sold
tip
to
$1.30:
lynx,
large
and
exlra
large,
brought
from
25
to
28,
and
Hritish
Columbia
interior
wolf
from
)U
to
8tt.
MINIMUM
WAGE
LUMBER
ONLY
Major
R.
J.
Burde
Changes
His
Bill
by
Narrowing
Down
Its
Scope
ViriOIUA.
Dc.
17.
-
The
withdrawal
of
bi
Minimum
Wage
Hill
lii
the
Legislature
by
Major
It.
Jf
Hurtle,
member
for
Alberni,
when
Ihe
measure
wa
called
for
the
second
reading
and
it
HUbstilutipn
by
another
which
he
introduced
lo
establish
n
minimum
wagcjfrUhe
lumbering
industry,
.
tjitj
narrowed
down
Die
scop
df
.Ihe
bill
in
Ihe
original
mentm
one
Industry.
lo
include
bill