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CHARGES
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Given
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of
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If
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Answer
Correct
VI
InltlA.
)tr.
ir.
ilharjwn
1".
Imi.
Coiimtvu-
thr
I'ffwi
lhal
AUorw-y
al
Maiwini
had
K'vrn
fal'
ini-lradinj:
uimwiira
In
n
ii
ukfil
iMKrct
111:
liu
1
lii-rr
and
I
In
arnin!'tiii'iil
ROBERT
HENDERSON
YUKON
PROSPECTOR
IS
IN
HOSPITAL
INJURED
M'TOIUA.
Dec.
15.
Unbent
l!'
iiilei'Hon.
7tt
yi'ai'H
of
ago.
n
1
'.iKi.ii
pioneer,
crediled
with
vusl
ii'iiniiK
discoveries
in
the
Klnn-"'I'P
at
Indian
lliver,
Js
in
the
ti
f-piial
here
at
Hip
resull
of
in-iii
ii-
Huslaliied
Sunday
wl,ien
he
r""
down
it
an
fool
clirr
while
Prospecting
(lu
Vancouver
Islaml.
MURDER
CA8E
ADJOURNED
VAXOOUVKn.
Dec.
15.
The
murder
rasp
nT
llenllo
IVisquale,
Was
yeslet'iliu'
adjinn,n,l
"
Thursday,
.'"-i
Winnipejt.
,vni
pound
In
ll-raonlon,
tr
nine
poumt
to
Van-rottVfr.
f
Hie
extra
amount
qulred.
the
llrilili
aovermenl
will
provide
the
arealur
part.
ANOTHER
GRAIN
SHIP
RETURNING
TO
PORT
LOADED
VANCOUVER
viirrniu.v.
iff.
id.
With
her
upperworks
damaged
Iftm
h
severe
aloriM
lh
ili"aunr
Arlf-mifliuii.
w
h
I
r
h
uli'arvil
fmwi
Vain(Hifi-
ssiturrty
fur
lli-
OriiMil
with
ii
nii-u,,
iif
wlii-al.
i-
imllniK
Im.-k
t'i
itn-l.
KENNETH
BLATCHFORD
MAYOR
OF
EDMONTON
ELECTEDJHIRD
TERM
i:D.M(NTtN.
Hoc.
15.
-
Ken-uelh
lllalchfoid
was
yeslcrday
re-clecled
inaynr
or
Kdmtintnn
over
sereval
nlher
candidales
who
were
aumrinu
I"
HP
h'",,r
is
his
third
c'1"'
VANCOUVER
BEAT
Th
it
CALGARY
AT
HOCKEY
VAXOOl'VKH.
i"'"-
:'-
Vl!"
hockey
ma
rh
cimver
won
Ihe
lst
nigh'
apaimd
flalgary.
he
score
being
3
lo
in
fvor
or
H'
h.me
Miin.
At
a
ineelini:
iif
Hit'
iriitii
Hoard,
bvltl
in
llie
City
Hull
hi-1
I
nielli.
M.
1.
McCaff.-r.
rituii-iiinii.
i
prciding,
a
htter
wa
i
'Htl
ft'tifiii
Fred
Shirk.
M.I1..
Ullii;i.
which-
slated
negotiations
liail
iiin
un
dertaken
between
linn.
Or.
Km;.
Hon.
J.
A.
IUftii
and
thr
Culaary
Wheal
Pool
for
Ilii"
operation
f
lh
lural
nlfvalor
hut
Ilia!
it
MihiI
i
hevn
found,
for
aiinu.
n-aRin'-
iuipmllH'
i
inifi
th-
iliMiiunrt
nf
the
lultir.
Hnwner,
Mr.
Work
iiitimuted
in
In
h'tlri
thai
tlirri
tin
(iouht
Hi
ytliwn
i
the
local
rtatir
Mnjr
nmnl.l
niul
lhal
Milrui
iit'tiK
hail
iicrnj
ffiturd
iy
I
llf
viM't'tiiiiriil
!
liu'!
patmer
aiilliwiin
in
N-v
and:
wori
oul
iHHiirlliiiu.
lhal
would
N
SMM,,taWr
In
I
hi-
Whi'ai
I'oo1
!
and
I
In
jnrtriitiiPiit
ilciiarHm-n'
nonw'rniHl.
In
In
IHIi'i-
Mr.j
Siork
aiiviiM'd
lh'
l(H-al
Itoard
I"'
con
limit-
ili
lalair.
in
I
In
rviilj
of
the
inallr
finally
fulliiiu
tliruvTh
frui
a
jrv
i-ism?ti
!
j
.Htatxloint.
i
Aflw
dioruanion
il
wh-
dei
uli-l
4.,
In
wire
U.
1'.
t'h-K,
lifad
of
llni
Gil
OorMiraluiii
I.
id..
anion
4!vi,r.
lhal
I
hi
Oram
lliaid
wasj
villiiiK
llial
hi'
hi't
i.nif
ti
iiimiiliiTj
of
the
Hoard
and
I"
a-si.l
lnn;l
in
eery
way
iHmlik
m
ohiain-iu;t
Brain
nliiiiiMsnta
Uirougii
Hif
I'ritice
'ltuxrl
ulrvalor,
any
fni-t
Imm'
di'taiU
lo
lit
laki'n
m
:
llllli
iHl'MMially
Willi
till'
lirai"
It.iuril.
"MUCH
MONEY
BATTLED
TWO
HOURS
rnn
i
lAiTnn
OVER
PROPOSED
BILL
j
rUK
LlyUUh
TO
AMEND
NOTARIES
"ii
tne
liovrrnnii'iii
ami
u"-;
,.
()l
i.
sUimittiil
'
viitnati'd
llri'w'ri'
Amiicy
j
pj,,,,,.
r
the
miim
11)11
1
1
!
Will
III'
lim'MIHIUIHI
'f
puhlir
Hi'pounl-
rnininil-
ii'Kiilutlon
to
l
In
i-rri'i!
Hilled,
the
Iloufte
dividitw;
?0.
YICTOltlA.
Ir
I'.
A
""-
lijjillw
of
lay
u,,,,
'
or
tin
LiniHla'tiif.
lawyer
aiH
nnlaripo
puldif
of
Uriliah
Cwl-1.
mliia
lialllPtl
for
l
houi'
over
i.miiiKxil
nnn'liillilPlll!
lo
t
III
No-J
laiif'
Act,
ami
Mwai
rniiriMUn
tttunn
ini
lr.
W
rinrh.
phalrman
of
Hi.
IIhum'
I'oininu-ti'i-.
ha
I
ln
mill
1
01
uiidi-r
i
Prince
Rupert
Ranks
Third
City
In
Province
In
Amount
Ex-
j
Expended
i
Itclurns
liroiiuhl
down
in
the
I.eislalure
show
that
Princr
llti-perl
is
prominent
in
one
particular
aud
thai
is
in
the
amount
or
liiiuor
disposed
or
by
the
ixov-ernmeut
here.
In
Ihe
total
sales
Ut
Ihe
liquor
store
and
al
the
beer
pallors
Tor
Ihe
six
mouths
rndirnt
September
:iti
Prince
lln-
pcrt
comes
third
in
the
province
wiiii
ms
ifi.nr.o.
5.
Acrniitiis
un
lo
Deeemliep
III
Sir
iieoi'tje
Lloyd,
ionni'i
8,-uvei'iiiii
lUunbay.
who
sufct'edrj
Lord
lieueral
Vllenliy
as
Hi
1
sh
llign
Commissioner
in
l'gypt.
He
has
li
ail
a
long
diplomatic
career.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Vancouver
leads
the
pruvliu'ej"'"-''''
'i5
with
?,!'i!.27n.
and
Victoria
see-H'--
n,r
on.l
elliuc
rita.mni.
Naualmo
Uuwon
..
ciune
.rituilh
with
i18l.yi
and
naieuon
New
Wesliuinsler
fifth
with
Iti(i,55S
Nainilino
and
Trail
liolh
came
ahead
of
Prince
Huperl
in
Ihe
anvmiiil
sold
in
beer
parlors,
Nn-iilveiciesl
...
.
.
......
...
I,
tvl
na
urn
se
inir
Ptd.uaa.
'iraiiiu"
uuu
and
Prince
Huperl
?:i5..
In
llipinr
sphl
by
penwil
Prince
llupert
eaiin
third
wilh
Vancouver
ami
Vicloria
ahead,
New
Wcslininslcr
rourlh.
and
Na"
iiiiimo
and
Nelson
lied
for
HUh
plllPO.
I..
&
I.
Marmot
Premier
Porter-Idaho
Terminus
In.yilllng
f
1
1.030.00
weie
passedIUilli
Hope
for
jiaymenl
by
Hie
eily
cnuncil.Nalional
Silver.,
la-i
nilit.
I
Selkirk
Hid.
Asked,
1.57
1.37
.lli
.08
Gladstone
3
Indian
Olaeier
...
U.
1'.
11.
Ittifus
Howe
Sound
Daly
Alaska
flranby
tayiew
.05
.W
h
.145.00
.
.-7,00
18.00
.05
.321.4
.114
.04
l.ill
.Oll'i
.I3'.
.10
.ao
.10
.OH
.50
.32
.00
.10
.18
30.00
.12
.nns
.30
.15
.04
H
25
TAXI
Ambulanc
and
Boston
Grill
Large
Lptair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
floor
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
A
"-",.,
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
and
6th
St.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
WATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
'
'
least.
Phone
467.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
y
)I
XV..
NO.
290.
lMUNUK
Itl
l'KHT
H.U,
TL'KSUAV.
WECKMHKH
15.
l2o.
YMterdjy'a
circulation,
1468
Slrvrl
X.
403
pnrr.B
fivk
gknth,
A
BIG
IMMIGRATION
DRIVE
Irish
Constabulary
Refuse
to
Disband
Unless
Paid
Compensation
foi
Jobs
:0:
JlKlil'AST,
iH'f.
l.".
.Menilicr-
ol
the
.nriul
ron.-Jii'i-nlnry
Unlay
M'izeil
1
hi
I'rinre's
)urk
Hurrurk
in
tlii-
n!.
ili'rlaring
llit'j
will
hold
the
lniiliing
(ii'iuling
a
.
;i
I
i
Tm
-1
1
i-
ri'piy
liHlit'if
detiiaiid.
for
otniu'iiMilion
for
dihuiidiiieul
nnut-r
Ihe
Ifili
agit't'iueiit.
In
llerry
uUo
Hit
oitaliiiiui'
have
plm-ed
aimed
giiariN
over
Iheir
lures
ami
arni'i
to
jirevi'iil
the
uutliori-lii
reiniiviiig
lliem.
SIKI
KILLED
BY
GUNSHOT
Found
Dead
at
Hell's
Kitchen
With
Wound
In
Back
This
Morning
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
15
Battling
Slkl,
the
Senegalese
pugilist,
was
found
murdered
in
the
East
side
district
known
as
"Hell's
Kitchen"
this
morning.
He
was
shot
in
the
back.
Slkl,
the
Negro
from
the
wilds
of
French
Senegal,
Is
one
of
the
men
who
had
the
honor
of
defeating
Georges
Carpen-tler.
He
was
later
beaten
by
McTigue
In
Dublin;
has
had
several
fights
In
the
States,
but
without
success.
His
life,
since
he
came
Into
the
lime-llgh
has
not
been
such
as
to
help
him
In
his
career.
Several
attempts
had
been
made
to
kill
him
prior
to
the
final
successful
attempt
last
night.
GUSTAFSONIS
SENT
OXALLA
i
cts
Fifteen
Days
For
Driving
Car
When
in
Intoxicated
I
Condition
liiiiial
of
Carl
iulafon
in
in
i.-ii
iioiuT
cm
i
Pi
by
Jlajri-
.
alt-
Ml-i.I
mout
on
a
cbarvt
of
iini:
a
innlor
vt-hich
while
in
ivnuti'il
wa
riverid
this
o;nin
in
the
iHinJy
tmrt
hyl
nli'
nuiu
and
aeciieil
wa
I'lili'iired
lo
fifteen
da)'
i
in
ioi:iiiiiiI
at
(ikalla.
Tin
pro-
rulion
was
in
liu
liuiicJi
of
ily
SoHrilor
II.
F.
Joiiti
on
in-lrnc:ioii
from
I
lie
policr
eoin-
'iisMion
and
awii'il
coiiducled
ii.x
own
defence.
Tin'
wifnefes
for
the
crown
veie
Serjeant
Italley,
Siecial
tamnlahle
(iilker.
Uonttahle
Mac-
louald.
Cunttahle
I'ollerlon,
-Mrx.
V.
.1.
Mrt'iitrhtini
and
II.
II.
Skinner.
The
officers
lold
uf
liu
ir'uiii!tances
or
an
acnitleiit
on
1
lie
nifrht
of
.Novi'inlier
lt
when
rciici'd
luriied
his
ear
over
on,
1
lie
sidewalk
heside
Wallace's
lore
on
Fullon
SI
reel
and.
as
al
the
police
,
court
trial,
tesiried
thai
he
was
under
Ihe
influenre.
I!e
was
slafrerinj;
and.
further
more,
upon
hein;:
lakeu
to
the
police
slalion
admilted
Ihut
ho
iini
lieen
ili'inkliiK
and
that
the
iiivnieiii
wus
his
fault.
He
was
'
1
m
inucit
on
pave
six
MUCH
TIMBER
SCEED
1925
Slightly
Less
Than
Last
Year
Owing
to
Buckley
Bay
The
limber
si-aliugs
to
the.
end
of
November
are
large
although
not
tpiite
so
large
as
at
this
lime
last
year,
owing
fo
Buckley
Hay
mill
having
been
clo-inl
down
all
season.
The
lotal
lo
Novem
ber
30
amounts
to
17,073,502
boa
11I
feel.
The
lutal
for
the
month
of
November
was
IwliKl
feel
made
up
as
follows:
t
Douidas
fir
I3.t0
Mill
cedar
383,1
SI
Coast
spruce
(5.851,121
Hemlock
Ijt
12,707
Halsam
8tl3,2t
Interior
spruce
..
..
(U't),l70
Cottonwood
1O8.C
Poles
and
piles
ate
measured
by
lineal
feel,
railway
ties
hull
Ihe
month
follows:
Poles
Hemlock
piles
.
,
.
Cedar
piles
Shimrle
holts
.
.
Spruce'
lies
,
Pine
lies
Pence
posts
...
.
,
Pulpwood
IS
PLANNED
VANCOUVER
GIRL
TRIES
TO
ARRANGE
SUICIDE
PACT
BEFORE
KILLING
SELF
Vigorous
Immigration
Policy
to
be
Carried
Out
by
Canada
in
Comine
Year
Declares
Minktpr
Agreement
said
to
have
been
signed
with
GreatJjy
fQJ
oruain
tor
co-operation
in
regard
to
assisted
passages
to
Canada
j
WINNIPEG,
Dec
15
-"Plant
are
under
way
for
the
out
of
a
vigorous
immigration
policy
covering
United
States,
British
Islet
and
European
countries,"
declared
Hon.
Charles
Stewart,
acting
minister
of
immigration,
who
left
here
today
for
Ottawa.
Mr.
Stewart
said
he
believed
Canada
could
sbtorb
2CO,000
agrarian
settlers
each
year
and
efforts
would
be
maeo
to
secure
that
many.
LONDON,
Dec
15.-
While
details
are
being
withheld
until
later
in
the
week,
the
Canadian
Press
is
informed
that
the
LEGISLATURE
SITS
MORNINGS
Vote
of
23
to
19
In
Favor
with
Woodward
and
Perry
Dissenting
Ul.
I
.
IS.
Tlie
Lea-
u
lllvitHI
lIl'CHfol
I"
;Miiijt
v
after-ujc
hrrraflMr
Ulilil
tin-
,
'
llll
I
In-
diT'-
urived
a
!
:if'-'
H
ill-
(luring
It
1
It
I
.
iml
an
Mti.
tn.'
W-i
ii
ruh
iHitin--
in
-'hr-ouaii
i
i"if
Ctirl'-
eku
Churl-i
of
Van'-oiiver
and
M.
'
Prm
liixirac
bolt.
.llliull
tllNl
I
llf
UoUlM
-
uilili-
after
i:hniiMa
'
t
i-ulnnu
Ihrnuirli
W.
i.m.,
I
::i
(
IV
ii.
;.
Illoiti.nn
lltlllR.
settlement
Cllef
III
i.i'W
'ivclru
atlfP-:
ni'iii
between
Canada
Mllll
treat
liiiiHiti
liu-
Imwii
mkimmI.
the
iiuiiii
Ii'mIihi-
iif
ulncli
will
be
a
llliataillial
t'l'lllH'l
Mill
in
till!
amount
of
Kit
wliifli
an
approved
mum
rant
will
have
Ui
put
up
under
lite
iUmJ
fAjr
KSSlflUI'.
The
aar.riin,iil
inuil
lame
tayiuiiii
Ity
l
he
t
Rpvprti;
meni..
-fitHWBtf-Ww'li"io
funii-li
approximately
three
pound
Irn
sVillinns
fur
the
hi-
t-usr
i,.
Halifax.
five
imiuimW
to
GRAIN
BOARD
.Letter
Received
from
Fred
Stork
In
Regard
to
Dlspos'tion
of
Elevator
Sporting
Offer
Made
to
Employer
by
Girl
j
Before
Shooting
Self
Suggested
that
if
he
would
not
run
away
with
i
her
they
should
both
commit
suicide
j
VA.NCOl'VKIl.
Her.
lo.
The
coroner's
jury
iuvestiguling
j
Hie
death
of
.lone
Hose
luiind'
that
she
shot
herself
in
the
of-1
fire
of
her
employers.
Davidson,
Wright.
Ltd..
while
tempor
arily
insane.
KvKlence
showed
that
Ihe
girl
had
made
what
she
culled
a
"sporting
proposition"
lo
A.
11
Wright
'.hut
they
both
commit
suiride
mid
that
he
refused
to
eulcriaiu
the
proposition.
Short-k
irierwmls
the
girl
killed
herself.
Wright
swore
that
his
relations
with
the
girl.
iniileilly
intimate.
had
always;
-
-
been
proper.
The
day
before
.the
tragedy.
Wriidit
teslirieil.
the
sirl
cajne
to
him
in
a
jrreally
distiirhed
mental
state
and
said:
"It
you
won't
run
away
with
nie
I'll
make.
while
nd-
GRAND
LARCENY
CHARGE
MADE
you
a
sportin;
proppsilion.
lf
-
you
shout
yourself.
I'll
shootj
Skipper
of
Latoucha
Secures
Ar-myseir."
j
rest
of
Harry
Quickstad
of
-
--
-
the
Barite
Wines
j
4
IMMENSE
SUWI
TO
BE
'"
SPENT
DEVELOPING
FLIN
FLON
MINE
Wl.NMPKi..
I
.
i:
The
JIanilo4ia
Free
Press
slates
that
I.OIllMllifl
is
involved
in
the
purchase
and
oirliseiuenl
develop-uient
of
the
Flin
Finn
Copper
Mine
of
Northern
Manitoba.
The
purchase
price
of
the
properly
was
"Jl.oUtt.-non
or
which
the
miuing
corpnratioH-
of
Canada-sels
k3.110it.IMMi
anil
ten
per
cenl
interest.
H.
!'
Wlnl
ney
and
his
associate-
of
New
York,
are
the
purchasers.
JAMES
MITCHELL
IS
HONORED
AT
ANYOX
Presentation
Made
to
Him
by
Students
of
High
School
In
North
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
Mitchell,
formerly
or
this
city,
were
a
few
das
ago
the
recipients
of
a
silver
centre
dish
presented
to
(hem
by
ihe
students
or
the.
High
School
or
Mr.
Mitchell's
eluss
of
last
year.
A
eougrutululnry
ad
dress
prepared
by
diehard
Slubbs
was
read
by
Miss
Annie
Mo
I.aclilan
and
I
tie
presentation
was
made
by
Vnsten
Lindgren
STEAMER
WEST
OROWA
STEAMING
TO
JAPAN
COUDOVA.
Dee.
15.
Steamer
West
Orowu
is
reported
this
morning
to
be
proceedieg
toward
Japan
under
a
jury
rudder
convoyed
by
the
steamers
Wesl
llol-brouk
and
Admiral
Dewey.
Itev.
F.
W.
Casstlis-Ki'iMiedy,
who
has
Im'imi
in
the
city
for
the
past
week
on
busmen;;
in
eon-
fvidual
count
aud
other
sundries!
neel
ion
with
Oriental
missions
of
1
by
cords.
The
cut
Of
these
.for,
the
Anglican
Church,
will
nl
urn
I
to
Vancouver
on
Ihe
Canli'iia
185.800,
this
afternoon.
4,000
j
-
Ol.lOHi
Tliomns
A.
Kelley,
well
known
30
Queen
Charlotte
Island
logging
3,139
operator,
who
has
been
here
for
35,748
a
few
days
on
business,
will
re-5
turn
lo
Vancouver
on
!h..
Car-H7id-'Nu
.'!:;-
afti'l'lioon.
tjt.ATTLi:.
Dec.
15.
A
grand
larceny
charge
iia.
iiree'u'
Issued
j
against
Harry
UuickstaiJ.
presi
dent
of
the
Harile
Gold
Mines
Company,
a
JI.C.
Corpora)
ion.
lhal
is
said
lo
have
operated
in
selling
stock
extensively
in
Seattle.
The
warrant
was
issued
at
the
request
of
Captain
K.
J.
Koivula.
skipper
or
the
Lalouche.
one
or
the
Alaska
Steamship
Company's
vessels
plying
be
tween
here
and
Alaskan
points.
Capluiu
Koivula
alleges
he
had
been
swindled
out
of.
3533
(i
in
a
fake
slock
deal.
Trie
mining
property
was
represented
as
being
in
Alaska,
close
to
the
H.C.
boundary
line.
ELEVATOR
IS
ABOUTREADY
Can
Receive
Grain
and
Will
be
Completed
This
Week
and
Men
Off
Job
The
elevator
is
now
ready
to
receive
zin
and
the
building,
it
is
announced,
will
be
completed
and
all
the
men
uff
the
job
this
week.
The
dock
lufs
yet
16
be,
finished
und
this
will
take
some
little
time.
It
will
no!
be
completed
before
the
end
or
the
mouth
und
possibly
not
then.
No
word
has
yet
been
received
ot
Krain
beinK
shipped
for
the
eleator.
The
condition
of
Iho
road
has
been
such
that
shipments
litis
way
were
impossible.
MRS.
STEPHEN
LEACOCK
DIED
AT
LIVERPOOL
LIVF.HPonl..
Dee.
15.
Mrs.
Heat
rice
Lea'-oek.
Wife
of
Stephen
Leacoek.
I
lie
noted
Canadian
hnmoi'is!
and
writer
and
head
of
Hip
department
of
political
economy
at
Mrtljll
luiver-sily,
Montreal,
died
liete
yesterday.
!l
FELL
FROM
PILEDRIVER
AND
KILLED
INSTANTLY
VANCOt
VF.lt.
Dee.
Ill
While
working
on
a
pile
driver
at
Thur-low
Island
lumlier
camp
Tbur-lay,
ThomuK
iMcKenua
rl-ll
45
'eel
and
was
instHnMy
killed,
it
wi
s
tcHWed
fiete
today
when
Ihe
i-1
ii.--
'diT:td
itere
Xur
uurlal.
W