25 VOl XV., XO. 20G, TAXI and Boston Grill Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. and 6th St. MATTVIDECK, Prop. i 'Ihtii part of !. ; i. M,ciaMy iii a view Hp- I'ta (liver country A IV lllill Ml! .Wtl Ul (ll v ami ir a wrute rn f" i i -i)rra' "M iii hamllinv iilrni i -inialii with a ' Iiumihi riu' IiiIthI . jr lake ur!i r tinn a- ma ' rial I ' 'i inovliwo. " 1 "vuilfp .. k now ii In In aihvay ileloH(ieiil foi f 11 hit rnuntry ami il i' AtiyftrnlPil thai 'n" el Italily lake ny-r llo ' I' v H.C.. Ilailuay fMoii U- ,1'llt llT,lll IH!1 Id'lllllf ,.i itu'p of A""'1'1" w ii '"' FUR COMPANY H. Llebes A Co. Must Pay Un-slat 'd Damages to Trapper Whom It Failed to Relieve N FJlAM'.lsr.n, l. ?S. ' I .ii In ri' In deliver iiiillen i ' i-oilei'i fur.i iiiuler Iho i ."lis nl mi agreement Willi l ' i.Ki'iiliri-y, a I rapper in the Mi' .-'.me peiiiiiMiln dtirinp iWiJ ' "Hi lU .i, 11. I.ii-lie lUi. of San ill' . n o were today onlenil lo linn ilaiiiaiieii lo lie ileleriuin-' o.v the United Slate eoniini- " r. Ku nKi'iiliers, who asked $15.-'. said lie with his two miii - eil Aiarvalinii when Hie oleum in- in I U2f. fmleil lo roarli V .illiaiiiiie peiiiiifiila allhouuh Ur vessel loin-lied lit other nor-'' ''II t n ! lie wim foired to uli lo ralrhankx. CRUSHED TO DEATHBY ELEVATOR IN ROGERS BLOCK AT VANCOUVER VANCOLVKIt. Dee. 22. With l"'iii and ihoiilihr. caught he-'ween the ennior and Iho fourth ""(r or the llogern Huililiilg when im vlmipi'il oer lo ieroer 'I" hat, Joxepli I,u Don was "u-hn,J to death tliln niOrnlji?. Glrla Looking for "Shingles" or "Bobs" Crowd Out Men In London LONDON, Dec. 22. The halrdretslng parlors are swamped with the rush for "shingles" or "bobs" by women and girls who wish to be at the peak of attractiveness during the holidays. At some of the west end shops as many as 600 customers dally are attended to, while men wishing haircuts are unable to get accommodated at shops catering to women, LOSES ACTION, progressive elected IN PEACE RIVER SAYS JUDGE WHO COUNTED r.D.MllXTON. Dee. 2?. Hii Honor .luil.-c MaliafTy. derlined ti. exelmle fi'in In reeounl total of vole rat in I he reeenl federal eleelion. hallni- eat nl Ihe I'ad-dle Itiver nll. ami in eone-ijuenee of (In deemon, the of-fieial reem -lit stand: Kennedy :i.H(i; riillin-. ;i.!'0!): Itae. U.'Jlt TWO HOCKEY GAMES IN WESTERN LEAGUE SEMUAST NIGHT MIXilXA. Dei- Two hockey game were )layed in Ihe N ern League M-ne lat night. Calsary heal Vancouver three goal lo I wo here while al Saskatoon Ihe home team heal un-foilunalc Victoria, three gpal lo none. BIRTH. A nn was lom at the I'rtricg Hupert (iencral Hoilal on Doc piiiher ?2. to Mr. and .Mr Urerar of the Inlander. Don Duncan McMillan of Iloherlson A McMillan sails (hi nrtprnonn on llio Cardcna In spend a holiday ffi Hie s 'U'h. P. B. Risley Finds Fortune Awaiting H',m Whcn ho Gets Back TOIIOXTO, Dec. .'2. Percy Hoolh llisley, estranged from his family for tl year while he roamed' half around the wor'.l and settled as a blacksmith in the little; Dntario counly village or Zephyr, a short distance eat of 'rdronlti. is lo he reunited wjlli' hls hrolher and sister. and hiis jusl coiiip into possession of a fortune or t(i.o(io which await linn for years. ireenling the ltrititi x)editionar ron-e. wi!h London (notaii on l'li.ilf 'FRANK MUNSEY ENDS-CAREER Famous Magazine and paper Owner Dies Following an Operation Xt: VOIIK, Dec 22. Frank A. Muiirey, niaguxinc and newspaper iiutdisher and author, died this morning of peritonitis following an operation fur appendicitis which was Mrformod on Deceinher 13. Mr. Munsey was 71 year of aae, having lieen liorn in Ihe Male uf Maine in August, 1851. lie slarleil lire in a small wayl and elided liei-umiiiK nne of tin big puhlislier of the conlin-enl. The man who was In control the reading matter Tor million of lit countrymen, started Inisi- nes in a country store. Later he Wcaiue inan.w-r of t lie Western Inion lelwapli llfice al Augusta. Maine. Ileitis: amhiliou and seeing great possihllities in the pilli-lishing liusincss. Mr. Miinsey went to New York in 1885 and started the (iolile Arvosy. a jn- nil' weekly, which later became the Argosy fur adult. In IK8U he laiinrli-d Munsey's Weekly hot this was two year later converted into Munsey'. MagHZiue. Among other puhlicalions owueil or controlled tiy Mr. Mun-ey hae heen Ihe All Story Weekly, Ihe New York Suti nnd Halt lino re iXews. Mr. Munscy al(, wrote a num-her of hooks inrludiny "Afloat in a ((real City. I'tio Hoy Hrokee,'" and "Diireingrorlh." RETURNS HOME AFTER FORTY YEARS ROAMING PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper 1MUXCB HITKHT. U.tl, TUESDAY. UKCEMHKIt 22. 1025. Ytlerdi)'i Circulation, I Sot -Hundred' Mile Hurricane Sweeps France and Does Much Damage Killing Two I'AltlS. Dec. 22. Two death- a score injured ami material damage amounting to several million francs are llie direct result or a slorm or hurricane intensity which swept France Il night. The gate readied nearly 1 00 miles an hour, shaking the Mdid buildings, ami breaking up olhers which were less secure and damaging everything that was in its jialh. Heavy snows ami rain are reported from niay districts, the coast or .Normandy being Ihe worst siirrerer. Henry Ford is Backing Flight Over North Pole of Famous Air Experts NKW YOHK, Dec. 22. The report is current here 1 thai Henry Ford, who recently entered Ihe aeroplane manufacturing rield. is to back the Iraiis-polar non-slop airplane night earlv in Hie spring from I'oint'Harrow. Alaska, to Spitzbergen. The riighl, umirdiug lo Ihe report, is being 'arranged by Slefansson the explorer and oilier. It is aNu reported ;(hat l.icul. John Macready, army transcontinental f tier, and dent, .lames Doolillle. holder of several army flight records, ure to puoi uie plane. One or Ihe pmnioter of the Smith. Alaskan nrosneclor. who iii-iii is sain io oe .Malcolm a ; is 07 veins old. Men Tried to Face Northern Wilds but Failed and Bodies Found Tell Story of Hardship Ylin'OMA, Dec. 22. How Samuel Tiiiinuin and Leonard Mevcns perished early this year while attempting Tor some unknown reason lo penelrale Ihe wild north ol Fort SI. John, was learned loday. Actuitling lo Ihe reports leceiveti by Ihe provincial police who, working n co-operation with Iho Alberta aullior-ilies, iuvesligaled Ihe cusp. The men came Tron. Alberla nearly a year ago and then proceeded north with insurricienl supplies. They were seen by Indians who tried lo persuade tlicm fro in proceeding under the cniuiiiions. . sccomi liamt or Indians who met the couple later and also attempted to discourage them believe that the men were demented as they shot Ihe remaining two of euht horses they started out with anil proceeded north on foot. Uecently the' body of one man was round in what evidently was their last attempt, while the remains of the nlher was discovered on Ihe return trail. .lame N, Kelly will sail this arternoon on the Canlena for Vancouver. Stmt Silei. UJ Hrakeless Hill." He "believes in four wheels on brakes. The man who liii and runs. DRY DOCK WINNER inery or the ilerendanl at the I'lince Ituperl Dry Dock. S. W. Taylor appeared yesterday for Ihe plaintiff in ihe allelic' o Milton (ionzales who liandled tho case. . h. l isher had the ease for the defendant. INFANT DIED. The death occurred in the I'rince Huiiert I iencral Hosniiat last night of (he two-day old son Of Mr. and Mrs. C. SwatOfon. Hays Cove Circle. Funeral arrangements are in the hand of Hayncr Mros.. undertakers. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheat C. I'. It H.C. Silver Dunwell L. I Premier Porter-Idaho Silver Crest Surf Inlet Oladslono flranhy Ilurus Daly Alaska ...y... Howe Sound ........ Lucky .litn , ilazetlnn Marmot Terminus , Indian (llacier Hayview. Ituth Hope Xalional Silver... SiIL-lrl- ISiUcrsniilh Did. I.WTi I I5.un 1.50 t.26 .. .1 1 i 2.12 .(I'J .. .01 i .ti .33 U 20.00 Asked. 1.38 AC, 2.25 lo ii .12 .10 'i .35 i. V.LS .15 30.00 I3U .15 .01 Yi .10 So .05 .00 .08 i .10 05 .0(1 U, 32 V. ,3t) .IIV4 .15 .01 .0t',4 .2 .84 1 Large Upstair Dining Hall, with ''newly laid dancing floor for hire, NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITISH LABOR MEMBERS LEFT mm AS PMIKr BlilH wm. APPROVAL Laborites Left House of Commons as Protest to Rushing Mosul Approval LONDON Dei . 22 The lAnis nl Commons approved the '' MoMl1 I"l"-y "m principle" last night Willi onh V' t" volt'-. Tin- ibhule w.i- ai-rimomoiis early m (In- evening when (lie I - lei I 1 Is t- House in ,(xl. abstaining from voting when ut llddwin asked the lfnii in approve (lie Hrilish dele u. '.on iii accepting the League nf Xalioiis felllcfiienl. oi M it liiiilv before adjournment fur Hie Cliristma Tin L.liiintf. iliiiuii'd thai. Wis pavi- them no iiiMirln 1 w-'dfr wIi-IIht Ihey -11011111 frame amciidnienl. CONFERRING ON OPENING 5 PEACE RIVER; Premier Ol'ver and Brownloe Heeling In Victoria Today t r Railway J M ToMI,. (:".- I'n'ihI (...- w.ii Pr..i.lc, nlcs ..f Albert here today - vneral railway munition MUCH QRAIN WAS HANDLED THIS YEAR AT HEAD OF LAKES I OUT WILLIAM. Dec. ... II i officially un-i!.toiM-fl ;lm 22. J 1 .87 7 bushel of all kind- r Kl'aill have Imhm! shipped from tin- head of I lie lake between Au-u-t I a Hi I lH-i-euib'-i IV WOMEN SWAMP BARBERSHOPS the LiiiiuilMio Eng -di -cmctcrv mi Salunikl rivalr I'. M.llig.ni left . repreeuluig Ciiuudii nnd overseas, an.l Pin. .ii. V u,.i tin' Armi-tue wreath they laid on the Of SI. Dlllist;nr. Over Six Thousand Aulos in Street Accidents Reported at Vancouver During Year 192S YAXCOUVKll, Dec. 22. Six thousand traffic crashes were reported lo Ihe ikjIii c in Ihi cjly during Hie year just uhouf closing ami as a result over seven hundred person were iuju.ed while 111 lives were crushed out. Many of tljose injured were little children. It is intimated ley the authorities here that much or Hie troulile is due to inexperience and carelessness, while undoubtedly Ihe ne or alcoholic drinks had its efrcct. Often pedestrian caiistd Hie trouble by not reiiienjiering the rules or the road. ' During the coiniiv-' year there; " . is to he a tightening up of Miti (emulations, much stricter en-; r . . . i .. ....... ! lorei-iiiciii aim a campaign oip i-iltipnl imi Tin rn1liii-iii'F nrl " " " -'I said to he the chief danger on the streets: The intoxicated driver. The man who flies past standing street cars. The peedcr. The one he.-iilliph( expert. The man who lake a chance when children are in the road. The advocate of traffic bylaws for the ojlier fellow.. , The man who speeds around rdret corner. , : Tlie glare lieadliuhl owner. "Iji'e man who allow hi pas- APPOINTMENT GOVERNOR IS NOT MADE YET Wa ter Nlchol W,ll Continue in Office Until Parliament Takes Votes V1CTOIUA. Dec. 2. The un certainly in ii palllica! situa tion al Ollawa is snowing itseH here wllpre :i niur I imilmitiil senger to distract hi altention.i,mt'rn"1' should have been ap- TI. i,i.. 1. . iK!..!-. ii i rminlprf In InLn ntrirr. flu. I. rir. - -Tio-4Han-uh,,-lblk .il-iuaxiJj9fifjCih lo bull in ahead or another far.iW' eoiTiYlSiTearT'lliahf Hon. W. I.. .Mackenzie. Kin?, just aHer the elections, announced that no important public o.'ficei would he tilled until hi re-election to power had been confirm- eil by Parliament. henrn llm fflUNTY f ftlIRT PASF.Lielt,"Uoxernorl,i.' !' pro - .WW... ..-Mvi Judgment Given Yesterday In Action or G.T.P. Development Co. vs. Skeena Lumber Co. Juilgment for the plainttrr in full or claim with costs was gixen yesterday arternoon by Jiiilse Young in the cae ot the ti.T.I. Development Co. s. the, Skeena Lumber Co. The claim of Hie phtintitr was bir ?2J2.88 cnverini' rcnairs made lo mach vinee must await the. assemblinc or the House. In tho meantime; Waller C. Xichol, who at present holds the position, will be askeil lo continue, Premier Oliver announced yi sterday. His term ends Dert'intier 31. ALASKAN COAL BEING SHIPPED AXCJIOKAiii;. Alaska. Dec. 22. One inuidi-ej tons of bituminous coal from Premier Mine in Movse c-.k la!anv,ka pia! tjcli has ben shipped to Cordova for distribution among consumers -In competition with Hrilish Columbia and Washington coal. The shipment will be followed by regular r -nsignmcnls if tho coal is favomoly received. MOTOR PRINCES WUL PLY TO NANAIMO FROM VANCOUVER NEXT SUMMER VICTOltlA. Dec. 22. - It is an nounced that the steam ferry Motor Princess" will be taken off the Hclliuigham-Yiclorhi run next summer and placed insleat on the run between Vancouver and Niinainio for the purpose of, developing! the motor travel be tween those two clUcs. The business between Victoria and llellmgliam has imt proved liroiunuie. JAPANESE LABORERS ENGAGE GUN BATTLE RESULT OF JEALOUSY TMKIO. Dec. 22. One htimlrel rasuallles including several killed were reported in'-n gun hallle yesieiuay oeiweeriaiiorer near here. A Ihousandi- police were culled oul. severalu) whom were Injured. Tho truidde is said lo be (lie result of Jealousy between cottlractors. i