25 p , II n 'Him Serve- " 'Wj,, l Anywhere at Anytime. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. and 6th St. MATT VIDECK, Prop. .-... ... VOI, XV, NO. SOU r-r-r-rrr- . . : - ' l'ltlXCi: HI PHUT, H.C., WJ-3HXK8UAY, SKPTBMBKn 0, 1U25. r..t.rd.,t cireuution 07 str.tt m. PRIOR FIVK 0KNTS. FAIR OPENED YESTERDAY IN FULL SWING HON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN GETS AFTER SCALP OF PREMIER MACKENZIE KING Meighen Flays Premier in Opening Speech of Campaign in Ontario INOIIA.M, Old.. .Sept. 0. In u speech replvmg lo charge! made bv Premier Mackenzie King. Saturday, uud making a de- uration of the policy of the Uniscrvalite parly on major issue-1 l in rthiir Mnghcit loihit opened hi election campaign, lit ' epculetl u dc liiration made lie fore that the present liovern-! i is feeble ,.n.I futile" larking a policy on the main prob- m "lie uay aii'i ipnie nnaiiie lo curry on the business of. m.nlrv in a Kiirre-vful maimer. i ll'tl'!'"''ivt' l'a,lt'r "'lirized the part of tlie Premier's wmiWiHigannnTaiw speech in whirh Kinit blamed A rnlD AV IC 1 A 1,11 If fill T 1.1 , - Mflllf HI rini llllTl Mil riArXP. "" Had Big Ranch In Wyoming and It Now Earl of Port- mouth - : "iHUDAN Wvoiiiiiitf. Sent. ' Wyoming rowty ami' n,, , .urceisled lo an i '...lay when lfon, Oitvcr it- v Wallop received word of " J'" "J .r J:?!":r- iw one of Hie biggeat tin- district, owmmc rid a ( of land He in 189". and wnsc! a eowiii.v. FISH PRICES KEEPING American Boali Get Rotter of Canadian Today on Local Eichanfle Ti!i (li.'f of fi if keeping til Hip price paid Ameriean! ' ' 'oday wax a good deal llian Canadian. The al!j w American Majciic, Jtl.tlOO pouii'N. at 1 "Or and 7e, lo lloolh I'ikIi- I( inorral. iH.noO pound, at !- and 7e, lo Atlln 1'iHherie. num. 5.00(1 pound, at 15:10c '!l i. lo Cold Storage. June. It. 5(10 pound, al I Re ft'id jr. lo pacific lhcrieit. An:-a-in. 15.000 pound, at 1 ' 'Or ami 7c, to Cold Storage. Canadian Iii-ed II , O.oiki pound, al I H0c and 7c, 0 Hoynl Msh Co. Y -her. u.ono pmnpl. nf 1 . lOo u'd i to Cold Storage. lls Spil. 10.000 pound, at l .'.fiOr and 7c, lo Atlln Fisheries. Prosperity A.. 1 1,000 pound, at Ij .iOc ami 7c, to lloyal Fish Company. I'ouil May. 3,000 pound, al 1 i Or mill je, fn lloyal l ull Co. REDS SUFFEf ' REVERSE TODAY Beaton on Proposal to Form Ono Dig Union and Also-on Participation SCAItlJOUOUtlll. P.nglaud. Senl 0. The radical wing of the 'rades union emigre met an Mllnil I ... I I O i, iiu'iju uioii nrii ii- proposal lo furin nun big uiflon 11'.. I . . .1111 ... ma iiuiriuini ny nan a minion volcn, Yesterday llu nronosal Hint all ti ii 1 1 ii m in. r..i.....i ii ini,i llll'S 111 li llUl.nl., ,, rf.,..l IliLr il 11' ' oi workers, was iiufcui'U. try Mm Mpa,",n f,,r Mn "principal cause of (he country' ealami- tie.." lleicrrlng lo migration of i:"'lin!. In the United Slate. Mr Mciifbeii Mated "They went 'practically everyone of Ihpm. be- cause they couldn't slay. They bad Hvi and went where work 'WM I' fund." He criticize.! ''he expenditure on Canadian Xa 'i0"1 raitwa.t and staled if re- '"mod lo power ' I will -top thenei capiini xp(iiiiiur4 the rirnl """"' " in power." ' WILL HOP OFF FOR VANCOUVER AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITS The' fir-l .Kp dial weather permit. Ol. J. Sroll William. will hop off in the Vickers Viking flying boat of the Laurenlido Air Service on In projected non- lp flight lo Vancouver. Doug- pxpcrl to be a paen-Vaneoiixer on the big plane n w ll a- havid Thomson. BANK MANAGER TOOK POISON AND DIED vvi".nrvr.ii smi Sptr. Hilinmi l'roi poison caused the jlenlh of Arthur O. McCosh, former manager of the Hank of Mi'iitreal at Keiowna, accoritlng lo Coroner V l. Hryden Jack. n iniiiu'! will be held. 800 BESSARABIANS TRIED FOR PLOTTING VILNXA. Sent. t. V is learn ed here thai H00 llessarabiaii peasant are on trial al Kish inev, Itoumania, charged with plotting lo deliver licssnrahla over to Soviet llnssia. STOCK MARKET Hid. Asked. AM) 1.00 I.J5 2.00, ' .01 .02 Vd .22 V4 .20 3.20 2,:)5 .23 ,11 .00 Vt .00 ?i .as .18 .10 22.00 .20 .2D 17.00 .10 ..15 II. C. Silver Daly-Alaska . Ilunwell Ilaxellou I.. anr Li .... Premier (oiler, Idaho Silver Crest SurJT Inlet ... I'eniilnus .... Ilufus Mariuol Howe Sound (lladstone (Iranby tllaeier . . ENOAQEMENT Mr and Mr- I'M wan I llauipr .i.... Mnriimer announce Iho e.i- of their daughter Via i,.i n. Paul II. Yeltun, son of Iho I,. i.. Vinli'll Charles Yellon and Mrs. Yellon of Holler, Koultico' i l... i,.,iii nire will take iil.ii' on Urtoiie J Pniiuc llupori She Northern and ' t tM : KINQ INSISTS ON MAJORITY KHIXDALF., Out., Sept. D. Speaking at the Peel County Liberal picnic on Monday, P r e tit ie r King Inllmated thai if the government majority in Hie next house win not uf-licieut he would a.k for 1 dissolution a second time. ! "I should ask for dissolution to get this mutter 4.! straightened out until we gel a majority suffi-cienl ! to meet the country' need in the way of effective government." : ACTION AGAINST iliiinu ptp l liotiin UniUN JlLAmjnlr i COMPANY COMMENCED Flsherman Sues Them for Slrlk-Mng In: His Boat Off Mouth of Skeena River VAXCOIVKII. Sept. 0. Arthur Carlson has coinmrnei'd action against I lie I nion Slemnslup Company for damages .iPcimI'Io have hern received when ih': C.i l lata strurk Ins fishing hit! .iff j the nioutli of the Skeenu It iter on Juiy :l. i SOLARIO WINNER OF I ST. LEGER STAKES IKIXCASTKIt. Sept. U Solario! won the SI. Leger Slakes, the! final racing classic of t iio sea- Mn. run here today. PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper ART EXHIBIT PATRONIZED BY EVERYONE ------ Splendid Collection of Pictures Loaned by National Art Gal- I.... 8een .. ! lery at Fair One of the attractive feature of the fair this i ar was the art exhibit which has tieen loaned to the local assgcialiun by the .National Arl Hallery. II includes nearly twenty pictures by famous ilatnuliait u,rli.-l. 'ami the very varied. The , in.-iuirs are onus seui on irom here lo be shown in Vancouver ami Mctoria, where they will be featured. -r Thai Prince ltuperl people ap- I,rt .fe'T S jexhiinl. Xearljceryone alteud- the fair visited the separate tiuiidiuji vsbeie l!ie picture are hung. Most of them can be seen !o advantage, a great deal of cure having been taken wilu the lighllug arjtmgemeuls. Considerable "di-cus.-ion took plaoe aiiHing visitors as to the relative merits vt the vanou pictures, ami seldom did I'ao people ajree as to wtial picture jlhey likeil basl. Most of the pic tures are iione in oils, mil a notable example is that of t la-It el low moccasin flowers, or la- w,,,ch ure 1,1 w- ter-color. 1 '. Father (iodfrey arrived in the eily from Ocean Falls on the Prince (feorge ihis morning. year. as follows: 1025 1U21 l:tr i:t2 120 110 702 .7 !15 00 new pupils are enrolled for replacing Miss F.lsic Hardin?, who resigned to be married. At Itorden Street Schools. Mi . A. Mills, principal, announces there are 301 pupils enrolled, 35 of Ihem beginners. Miss K. M. Lauder has been added to the slaff of that school. Miss lluth Slewarl, principal of s-eal Cove NMiool, reports a total enrollment there of 71 pu pils. Or 22 new pupils to the school, 20 are in f t lit beginner' class. Parochial School Sister Superior announces 120 pupils enrolled in the Catholic Parochial school. The kindergarten in the convent will open In October and Hie commercial classes next Monday. Increase in the Registrations at Schools Indicate that the Population of City is Growing The reopening of various schools in the city yesterday found 70 more pupils in attendance than there were at the re opening in IU21. The total number of pupils enrolled in the public schools, High richool ami Catholic school yesterday was 1017 as compared with 07 last The figures per school are High School Catholic School Public Schools Al t he High School, where the first lime, Principal J. 0. Hrndy report the following in the various classes: Senior matriculation H Junior malriculatlou 20 tirade 10 35 Grade 0 16 Commercial 2G ." Total .135 Publ',0 Schools Of 120 pupils enrolled at the Hoolh School, Principal IV II. llaiiness reports between 30 and 3.V beginners as well as a good number of newcomers in oilier grades, A new teacher on the staff ( the school is John S. Wilson of Houston, who suc-p'reld Miss .lean Kier, resigned. Mrs. Darlington of Victoria is now domestic science teacher. Fair Attractions 3 p.m. Aiyutish Hainl Pantile. 3.20 p.m. Uapl. Ash will give a roping exhibition on the. Acropolis Hill grounds. 3.30 p.m. Haseball game. Ketchikan v. Aujtix. EVENING ATTRACTIONS. Oreheslnil Concert by New Mellnkalla Jazz Kings. Cap I n in Ash will give a shooting ami roping exhibition, Haml concerts by Aiyuush ami New .Mellakntlu Immls. WARRANT IS OUT FOR SEAMEN WHO REFUSED TO WORK MKLHOlllXK, Sept.- D. Charged with re,u.- nig lo return to duty aboard ships on which they are employed, a warrant for the arrest of GOO rtriking Hriiisii sea- men lias been issued ' here. C.G.M.M. MANAGERS ARE YISIfING CITY H. Milburn, Assistant General Manager, and B.C. Kealey, Pacific Coast Manager, ' on Way to Alaska II. Milburn of Montreal, assistant general manager of the Canadian . .(iotcrnmeul ...Merchant Marine, ami H.O. Keeley of Van-couter. Pacific Coast manager, arrived;. from the south on the Prince eore today and wilt make the round trip to Alaska on the eet. 11 will be the first I rip to Alaska for both Mr. Keeley ami Mr. .Miiiuirn. iiotti are ac companied by their wives. GOVERNMENT TO GO BACK Large Majority Over All Parties, Says Hon. Dr. King at Winnipeg WINNIPEG, Sept. 9. That the King Government wilt be returned with a large majority over all groups was the prcdlct'on mado here lest night by Hon. J. H. King, British Columbia's minister In the Dominion Government, In a campaign address here. The m!plster staled that there was no rapprochement going on all over the Dominion. HAWKESBURY LUMBER YARDSJRE BURNED IIAWKKSIIl HY, Out.. Sept. D. More than 50.000.000 feet of lumber owned by the Hawkes- bury Lumber Co. was destroyed by fire today, the loss being t limited at 7,000,000. At noon Ihe entire yard had been swept by the fire, which later Was brought under control. OFFICIAL FIGURES OAFISH LANDINGS Official figures on fish sales issued by the Department of Fisheries show the following huntings at this port during the iiioulh of September: American: Halibut, 28,501 cwts. Salmon, 3.238 cwts. Canadian: lniilmt, 10.210 cwts. Salmon. 121.273 cwts. LEAGUE BASEBALL National League Hostou 2-5, New York 3:4. Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2. Phil. 0-3, Hrooklyn t-l. Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 1. American League New York 5-7, Hoslon -. St. Louis 1, Detroit II. Chicago 2, Cleveland 4. Was'MUgion i. Philadelphia 0 iSplendid Exhibits at Annual Fair Opened Last Night by Mayor Thai Ibe fruit , vegetable anil flower exhibits this year are better than they hove ever been before at any previous exhibition is the general verdict or those who attended the big fair at the opening last night. The exhibits were well displayed and particularly well arranged and attractive were the big exhibits put in by Hie Terrace, Francoi Lake anil Prince Oeorge dis-f riefs. These covered a very wide range and showed what fertile soil ami equable climate combined with industry will do. This year there wa an absence of the big freak vegetables and iolalo. these being re-, placed hv finality exhibits, manv w of which showed great excel-1 I . . ! i lence. Some of Ihe- potato. i' shown there could scarcely lie' beaten anywhere. Opened by Mayor The fair was ooened bv Mavor' XpwIoii, who officiated in the! absence of Fred Stork, who wasi unavoidably detained wing In! train dislocation. Pen Self, pre-1 blent of Ihe association, intrndue-ed the Speaker, who referred lo the excellent work that had been done by the association and the jCo-jMcacb" Vital "trad been shown by IbcdirtMi-. lfp Hjm appreciatively of (be recent ef forts to secure a greater degree of ro-o'-eralion in all efforts in which bol, i town and country were interested. On the platform with Mr. Newton were the officers o.f the Tair and directors. Throughout the evening excellent music was- provided by Mf'i native bands one from Mella-kalla, Alaska, and the other from Aiyuush on Ibe Xaas Hiver. Until played well and their efforts to! please were appreciated. i The flower exhibit this year ' better than usual, but unfortunately the judging was delayed and many complaints from exhibitors were lieird that Iheir flowers would not appear a! their best after being so lonir a exposed lo Ihe rather rouah usage of the big crowd that gathered lo watch the shooting and roping stunts of Capt. Ash They were well staged and excit ed many compliments from vis itors. Many Exhlbtors' Tuning to the loft upon entering the hall Is the exceptionally fine' mineral display of northern licit ish Columbia. :e which high-grade ores play a prominent . part. The Canadian Fish A Cold Storage Co. is represented by a miniature cannery built of Hn-pert llmnd" salmon tins sur rounded by real water in which trout of every description gaily disport themselves. The Iron! were caught at Shawallans- bv Hill House, the teteran trout fisherman. The postal educational exhibit is a very utieresnng one nn' gives nil soils or advice in pam-pblet form on thc ourrrel tviy to use His Majely s mail. Walker's ninio slore is fe.i!- urinz rtvinit mainlines, gramo phones' and player pianos, which tire tastefully se.t. out. Mussallem s Ltd. aro repre sented withal fine stall al which soft drinks, Ice cream, etc., arc dispensed. ( (iainer V Ltd.. ruinous for m-con and hums, have nice di-play just at the"-fc'nlriinre to the .Midway. F. (1. Dawson Ltd. hate a ter representative exhibit in which are displayed the many will-known lines handled by the lo cal wholesale grocerv concern. Model of Mill ' The Hiu Hay LimiiIm i l ,'cuit!iijued on paye six Boston Grill Ice Cream goes with dinner Large I pstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, The latest and best for the least. Phone 467. - Tinim I fTITrn HS,IM All KH liiin ti.f i iinii IS POSTPONED " Penln3 to Take Place November 2 In Order not to Conflict With Federal Campaign VICTORIA, Sept. 0.-- The dale of the opening of the Provincial Legislature has been changed frm October 20 to November 2, it i announced Premier Oliver recommended tile change in order dial the session might not con- flirt with the federal election :umpa;gn which is now on anil which clof with the election on October 2D. QUEBEC ASKS UNITY CANADA Governors Attending Conference at Ancient Capital British Columbia Represented QMIHKC. Sept. 0. The unity of Canada through co-operation of all the provinces was the key note of an address delivered at receplon tendered last night by Lieutenant - Oovernor VarcUo Perodeau of Quebec p the Governors of the various provinces here in conference. Hon. Waller Nichol, LieuL-lioveiuor of llritish Columbia, was oresenl. BOND ISSUE SOLD CANADA Sum of $75,000,000 Four and Half per Cent Securities Bolnn Marketed OTTAWA, Sept. 0. -In order lo meet maturing government obligations, Hon. J. A. llobb, minister of finance, announces an issue of 75,OOO,OO0 fifteen-year four and a half per cent bonds, the principal nnd interest payable in Canada onIV; Tli is sue is lo be disposed, of through a Canadian syndicate. A. J. Lancaster, who has been south on hi vaeuliou trip, returned o the cilyvou iliel'rincu licorue llii morning. Il BOXING Empress Theatre Time Changed from 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. Hoai leaves immediately ii er main bout.