25
TAXI
Boston
Grill
nntl
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Stand
noyal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
6th
St.
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
vi
XV
NO,
;io:'
FIVE
FIREMEN
HURT
GOING
TO
XMAS
FIRE
M
1
,1
1
'(
Ml
I
).
Mass..
Dec.
30.
-
1
ii
'inas
'
andles
which
set
fire
Mir
window
curtains
of
u
dwelling
here
resulted
in
Injury
five
Medfoid
firemen,
when
i
i.i-i.
ii
M-urt.
uii
wiiii-ii
iiii'j
ivi'i
r
iioiiiliuu
to
Hie
alarm
skidded
f
ion
Hi
t!
rond
and
turned
over
b;
i
eay
pit
20
feel
befow
the
high
way
AeUng
Provincial
Police
In-"Iteeiar
W.
Sdller
relumed
to
he
oily
on
tlte
sleamor
I'rino.j
nupnri
tins
aflccnoon
afler
hav-'t'K
Hiken
prisoners
to
Okalla
1
''iiod
fai
ni.
win
are
also
making
the
trip.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Hid.
Asked.
Wheat
1.70
II.C.
Silver
I.3
1-75
Dunwell
1.33
1
.art
(Hailstone
:30
.33
I..
&
I,.
13
.15
Marmot
'
,
Premier
2-
2.-0
Porter
Idaho
tlVi
.10
Surf
Inlet
.D
'IVniilnu
'5()
(2.
P.
II,
M.0
Daly
Alaska
l3
Howe
Sound
-7.50
Silvereresl
1
1
J
.2Mi
Until
Hope
31
'30
iranby
..:
-
-'"
llufns
l8
l.ucky
Jim
I3
-,c
Hau'llon
Indian
05
.00
Clacler
0Vi
.10
Ilnyvlew
W
Nutional
Silver....
.14
U
.15
VICTUIUA.
Dec.
30.-
A
seven
leeu-fool
launch
supposed
to
b
owned
in
Vancouver
has
beci
found
adrift
olT
Waldron
Island
Washington,
the
customs
depart
ment
here
has
been
notified
l
mam
IN
HER
HOME
Death
Came
In
Tragic
Manner
to
Mrs.
George
Crate
Yesterday
Afternoon
Willi
tragic
uddiiuMs,
the
drtaHi
occurred
elerda
afternoon
al
3
o
clock
at
iier
home.
42J
Heveiilh
Avenue
Cal,
of
Sir
Amy
Charlotte
Crate,
wife
of
A.
O.
Crate,
city
police
eontnlik-
itboiil
warning.
ilecHeil
col-
iaped
and
expired.
'She
late
Mm.
Crate
wa
of
li
in
deeeut
and
wa
burn
in
the
Ujiilwl
HUilu
thirty-five
year
ago.
ishe
enme
to
Canada
SI
y;r
go
nd
ha
resided
li
Prince
lluperl
since
HMO.
Ileshles
the
widower,
decawt
I
urvied
by
four
eliililnni.
'raw.
Harvey,
I.loyd
hih'
(leiinflliu.
Her
mother.
Mr-I'.mil
Hvanson.
live
al
Porlul
North
Dakota,
and
there
U
i
brother
tn
Portland,
tin-con.
DerNied
was
a
member
of
'.In
local
lo'tee
of
Hie
Women
of
li'
Moosebearl
Legion.
Funeral
nrraiuemenl.
whirl;
will
be
announced
later,
are
ii
the
hand
of
the
II.C.
tlndcr-takern.
VANCOUVER
BOAT
IS
FOUND
ADRIFT
Seventeen
Foot
Launch
Picker
up
off
Waldron
Island
by
U.S.
Coastguard
Servloe
the
United
Slates
coaslguarc
service.
Vancouver
newspaper-ami
empty
food
containers
Vancouver
origin
were
found
n
Hie
boat.
STOLE
MONEY
AT
ANYOX:
SENTENCE
BY
JUDGE
RESERVED
,
Joint
C.
Edward,
having
elect
ed
for
speedy
trial
ami
pleading
guilty
lo
a
charge
of
theft
of
various
sums
of
money
at
Anyos
appeared
before
Judge
Young
in
the
provincial
police
court
yes.
lerday
afternoon,
and
wo
re
manded
for
senlence.
The
pri
somir
was
brought
down
from
lbe;;north
-yesterday
ou
the.
Car
tleno'
by
Provincial
Constable
Smilli.
.vale.r
an
hour.
Mie
immediate:)
inderwent
a
survey
and
it
was
otinil
she
is
not
seriously
dai.'i-iged.
The
fifth
day
of
Hie
fog
find
diippiug
out
oT
the
port
com-delely
tied
up
with
only
a
few
Coatwie
vessels
moving.
Deep
ira
boats
are
remaining
al
Vienna
until
the
weather
clears.
MONEY
FOR
BUSINESS
Hoad
of
Bank
of
Commerce
Says
Capital
Is
Ready
for
Industry
TORONTO,
Deo.
SO.
Approximately
$125,000,000
mora
Is
'available
In
Canada
today
for
gnneral
business
purposes
than
Is
usual
at
this
time
of
the
year,
Sir
John
Alrd,
president
of
the
Bank
of
Commerce,
states.
He
further
declares
that
there
Is
plenty
of
money
available
for
Hie
financing
of
new
undertakings
needed
In
the
development
of
Canada.
VANCOUVER
DENTIST
DIES
AT
HIS
WORK
Dr.
Daniel
W.
Massoy
Collapsed
In
His
Office
and
Succumbed
a
Few
Minutes
Later
VANCOlVF.il.
Dec.
30.
Dr
Daniel
W".
Massey.
dentist,
aged
M.
collapsed
iu
his
oTfice
al
1708
Charles
Street
yeslerday
while
working
on
a,
patient
ami
died
n
few
minutes
laler.
VANCOUVER
SHIPS
5.250,000
BUSHELS
VAiXCOPVER,
Dec.
30.
Merchants'
Exchange
reports
ri.S50.OnO
bushels
of
wheat
shipped
from
this
port
during
De
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
MUNCH
ItUl'EHT.
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY.
DECEMHEH
HO,
IW25.
Veterdajrv
cirmmiun,
im
Ashore
at
Vancouver
Tuesday;
Motorship
is
off
Siwash
Rock
VANCOl'VEH.
Dee.
IJ0
The
log
carrying
bare
Hniguinoi;
which
went
a-bore
near
I'oinl
(irey
in
the
fog
while
in
tow
of
Jie
lug
Czar
and
with
nearly
one
million
feel
of
log
uTumid
ol
off
al
higJi
waler
on
Tuesday
with
the
aid
of
tVo
lug
after
inloading
ortic
of
lac
log
into
a
temporarv
boom.
The
Pacific
Steamship
Co.'si
molorslup
Hoobyallu.
ashore
tear
Sivvuh
Hock,
was
finally
refloated
early
.'hi-
morning
after
hree
togs
had
winked
with
the
vessel
i
erd;i
afternoon
and
FISH
STATION
WORK
STARTING
Tenders
Called
For
Building
be
Erected
on
Government
Wharf
The
new
government
biological
station,
lenders
for
the
building
of
wliicli
are
iiuw
licini:
called.
..
;.i
i..
.,,
i
..n..
.
arms
win
lit;
oi
wtrtjiiii
luiisii
uuiiuii
Hint
will
lie
HiluatiMl
mi
the
west
Slrwl
SlM,
47
Iirrni
lease
for
the
ground
floor
of
the
premises
at
303
Fifth
Ave.
which
is
immediately
north
of
'orty
jecond
Jslreel
on
the
easl
iilie
of
The
Avenue.
"The
new
offices
were
opened
yesterday
for
business,
ami
the
lutein
pole
came
right
along.
This
particular
totem
poie
was
II
is,
probably,
the
ugliest
thing
on
Fifth
Avenue,
not
excluding
the
public
library's
celebrated
and
simpering
lions
The
figures,
according
lo
Hie
of
ficial
announcement
sent
out
by
the
railroad
"are
true
or
heraldic
eioblems
of
the
family
to
which
to
the
totem
belongs."
The
totem
itself
is
really
a
memorial
column
intended
to
preserve
the
memory
of
tribal
leaders
and
lo
secure
public
acknowledgement
of
the
title
lo
the
successors.
No
Thing
of
Beauty
I
,
,
.
.
.
,.:
..r
end
of
the
iiiuvineial
aovernmeul
l0le,
l'ult"
,s
"lm?
.I,..
!.
II...
lmil.hi.L-
will
i....Hsiiri.
oeauiy;
ami
mo
init-uiar
p.-,-.
no
r....i
i.v
.-it
r...o
n.i.i
win
I...
two
men
vu
lulled
In
the
canauian
National
Itailways
office
is
nolh-
storeys
high.
Wbile
.the
ereolion
of
the
"'8
'
,,-sl
et'r
w
T"'
building
Will
be
under
the
super-1"
win
an
Atlantic
City
oeaui.
vision
of
the
nrovinclat
denart-
pagani.
us
inree
graues.
ai
menl
of
nubile
works,
the
Do-
rl
ug
lo
iliose
who
are
eApcn
minion
government
will
be
ro-
"
"ie
interpretation
or
totem
sponsible
for
the
equipment.
poles,
which
is
itself
a
(He
long
ii..f..,-..
....iwtr.ioii,..,
u-iipL-
ni.n
siuuy,
iciireseni
a
scupim.
a
actually
procee-l
upon
the
creo-
siiatk
aim
a
sea
monsier,
i:
linn
fit
tti-
ulnllikti
Mitk
I
semi-human
form.
Any
one
wharf
unileruealh
has
to
be
con-
''"
l,is
lu,em
Pol
Wl"
aiderablv
strencthened.
'
Plans
realiie
nninediately
that
a
scui
and
siieeificalions
are
now
beinir
pin,
a
shark
and
a
sea
monsier
iness
since
UM0.
The
exclusiv
I
.
.
.
m
I
oienared
locally
covering
this
l
setni-iiuman
torin.
wne-n
.....
....
work
in
order
Hint
lenders
may
crowueu
logtner
on
one
loiem
be
called.
This
work
will
occupy
pole
do
not
make
the
sort
of
an
anoroxinuilelv
u
month
and
It
ensemble
winch
a
man
should
will
be
some
time
in
February
observe
closely
afler
a
rough
before
(he
building
proper
is
plight
ul
a
rough
night
club.
A
fiiiiiini.ni'...i
niiiiit
hv
the
contiiio-
less
attractive
combination
no
tors
awarded
the
contract.
totem
pole
architect
was
ever
able
to
imagine.
....
.
.
.
.
...
j
VM1P
nilPIKtrCP
III
i""
io'c'"
I'oe
auracieu
a
io
AlUHJ
DUJ111EJJ
111
of
attention
ou
Fifth
Avenue
yes-
IflMnOM
WAQ
nnnn
'''
It
is
to
be
a
permanenl
Exclusive
West
End
Shops
Re-
,
port
Stocks
Sold
Out
exhibit,
as
is
the
oil
painting
in
the
front
ofHce
of
Mount
Hobson,
in
Hie
Canadian
Rockies,
and
llio
broiue
lablel
beside
the
enlranco
which
displays
the
arms
of
the
LONDON.
Dec.
30.
Merchants
nonunion
ol
Canada,
and
or
Hie
reporled
the
best
Christmas
bit
various
Canadian
provinces
w
est
end
shops,
especially
in
I
LIQHTS
WENT
OFF.
UUCAT
IKI
HCrrMDCD
',l,m'
Street,
-
announced
tha
mtbHI
III
VLbLlflDlilX
1
1,
olr
slock
had
been
sold
out
while
cember
to
Europe
and
the
-Orient.
s.i!iUclory
The
city
electric
power
went
manufacturers
said
.they
I
off
last
night,
betw
een
lt.10
and
The
were
satisfied
In
the
wisdom
of
10.10
o'clock,
owing
to
the
fly-
pusliing
the
slogan
"Hritlsh
wheel
on
Hie
oil
pump
supply
goods
arc
hesl"
and
"lUiy
Hril-
iug
Hie
gftveuors
at
Stinwatlan
Ish
good.
Ibe
response
wasll.ake
power
house
breaking
Large
LpsUwr
Dining
Hall,
with
newly
laiJ
dancing
floor
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
The
latest
and
best
for
tlie
least.
Phone
457.
PRIOR
FIVK
CENTS.
ERIOUS
ROODS
EXPERIENCED
IN
EUROPE
VANCOUVER
HAS
SERIES
OF
SHIPPING
ACCIDENTS
ACCOUNT
OF
DENSE
FOG
Much
Land
in
Britain
is
Submerged;
France
and
Continent
Suffers
LONDON.
I)e
:io.
Itapid
thawing
til
snow
ami
i-oiiliuucil
ut
.i!
-
ciiii-iMK
serino-
flood
in
many
jiarl
of
Hie
llril
i
,.t
tract-,
or
land
are
being
submerged
and
in
ovv
li
1
1
m
i
ii
k
i-
tied
np
owing
to
the
rapid
rise
or
water
on
Mil1
It
:
M
l
.
,!
(-
-iliiiilion
i
alo
reporled
from
France
and
in
n
oi
Hie
continent.
Many
live.
are
being
lost
in
;,;
ait'.r
uil'l
Hungary.
i
.
ii
i
i
.1
vii
i
.11
iirit
i
!
AAA
mm
W
W
mm
mm
GONE
BANKRUPT
Herschel
Parker
Files
Petition
In
Federal
Court
at
Portland
i'
III
I
f
.
M
I
Ice.
.III.
fliMscliel
i.i.Mi-i
and
ricntil.
.
'
,,
i
.
.
-)
'
iiiii
of
lutMKi
i.iiry
li:
.
.
i.-
ui
court
l.-rc
ycicrday.-((
d.-i.'.
include
notes
ag-t.
i
"Hun
own
I
U
Hie
Hank
r
u...iii'
and
to
Thomas
...
u'.-k
"I
Auotiuragc.
The
v
it---"
!-imI
irHmlf
iiilr-i!
.t.'ii
;irn'
of
wild
laud
in
K
my
district
of
HrilMi
OLD
ACT
IS
TO
BE
ABOLISHED
nrH.m.
ka
rfTr
ftH
In
fine
cession
Prlvllogoa
In
Great
Britain
Mi.
I
let-.
.HI.
Aholislliltfc
....
winch
huve
e-sisleU
.-ud.il
day-
In
Ureal
HrM-i-.-w
nil
ib-alina
with
Um--
-,ii:iin
nf
..-'ai'
dl
i
IVi.i;.l
H
Hi.
Now
Will'.
l!
dial
cider
uu
ami
.
....
..
.ii.
i
w.hi
(lie
i.'innif
"
in
advantage
over
i.
,,:
i,.T
Male
nnd
w
i
.ink
etpmlly
in
I!,;
.11
(!
.-tatc'-i.
w
t
r
w
w-i
t.
v
w
u
I
B
i
13UKILU
AL1VL
IN
COAL
MINE
"o
Miners
Wcot
Traflio
faie
ai
Black
Diamond,
Washington
'YITIF.
!.
:I0.
Trapped
Hie
re.'!
iielow
Hie
ground
i.:
I
.
in
mr
(.OHIO
'
limn-
"
II
h.iiiii
.iul.
V
11.
limner
and
in
I'uitiei
were
buried,
alive
II
Unitu
i
body,
with
lift
'
.
Iieii
oil!.
wa
ii'i-oxeied
lat
ii
WEATHER
REPORT
I
(iiivernincnt
Telegraphs)
!
Prince
Rupert
raining,
ligh!
southeast
a
tml
;
temperature,
14.
While
Hore
Cloudy,
calm;
JO
above.
Dawson
cloudy,
jralm
;
10
above.
Yukon
average
cloudy,
ealm.
lb
)iliuf,
some
new
uow
fell
yesl.-nlay
und
during
(tie
nighl.
Terrace
raining;
windy:
a
above.
Aiyaiish
cloudy,
calm;
31'
above.
1
llawliun
oudy,
ailni;
froal.
Ilurn
Lake
--
okittd)',
calm;
light
frost.
sjmillier
Cloudy,
culm;
light
frot.
OLD
SCHOONER
IS
POUNDED
TO
PIECES
SAN
l
l.VNl
".ISi:n,
I
lee.
UO.
The
four
uiuied
nehooiier
lloul-
pu.
one
if
f
In-
oldel
veel
on
the
I'arifie
eoal.
wa
pounded
le
(tietiu
by
l-ioavy
a
ou
Wach-iiMflon
lIaml
in
the
Knulh
I'aci-flr
aevonJiug
to
word
reeivtd
here
flertlay.
Member
of
llio
eww
were
uianeined
until
they
weire
pieked
up
by
the
power
ehooner
Hon
I'.rane.
which
I
iiuw
pctK-ecding
In
Honolulu.
OFFICERS
HERE.
II.
r
Keelev,
I'arifie
eoal
manager
of
the
Canadian
liov-ennii'.'iil
.Merchant
Marini'
;
l.
11
Curwetl,
uMrinlendenl
enginepr
with
liiMobuarter
in
.Montreal,
and
1'.
W.
Ilaldwin.
local
auditor.
Vancouver,
arrived
tin
the
xleain-
er
Prince
lluperl
Ihi
uflernoun
'for
the
puri)0!e
of
milking
Html
arrangement
for
the
taking
over
of
Hie
Canadian
National
dry
dock
here
on
January
I.
Mr.
Keeley
will
return
oulh
on
the
Piiuit
lluperl
on
Friday
morn
ing.
Mr.
Keeley
and
Mrs.
Ilald
The
giant
crane
al
Hie
new
Ford
iloek
al
Ford
City.
Out,
handles
coal
al
die
m
e
oi
:&:
(on
per
hour.
The
"Heiison
Ford,"
8,700
ton
lake
lion
I.
named
after
Henry
Ford'.
grand-oil.
is
po'lurcd
making'
lier
initial
call
with
a
enrgo
of
eoal.
DIED
SUDDENLY
Hog
Carrying
Barge
Bingamon
Local
Totem
Pole
Raised
on
Fifth
Avenue,
New
York,
is
Proving
Centre
of
Interest
A
lotem
pole
from
Hie
Queen
Charlotte
Island
recently
creeled
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways
in
front
of
the
company's
offices
on
Fifth
Avenue
lias
attracted
a
lot
of
attention
in
New
York
City.
The
New
York.
Herald
Tribune
of
December
2"
ommeitled
on
Hie
poie
as
follows;
During
a
considerable
hitory
theie
have
been
a
number
of
Dungs
on
Fifth
Avenue:
parades,
principally,
and
shops.
The
1
1,
ish
have
paraded
on
Fifth
Avenue
on
March
17
for
years::
so
j
have
Hie
Htlice;
also
Hie
firemen,
and
during
the
wot
years
itber.
was-
of
course,
an
unliuiit-
-
led
parade.
Al
that
lime
life
mi
Fifth
Avenue
was
jul
one
pro-
i
cession
alter
another.
Vrsi-rday
something
came
I
i
Pi.
Avenue
winch
had
nev?r
bee
i.
'here
be
Tore.
1
lie
Canadian
Naiiiual
llailway
wa
respoh-
rtioie
for
the
innoalion.
I
be
in
novation
was
a
totem
pole.
Never
before
bad
Fifth
Avenue
had
a
'.litem
pole.
Jiroiigli
me
mglil.
Hie
Aestd
came
into
i.ui't
un-'er
her
ownliiip
Haida
lower
making
two
niches
oil
Icolumbia
New
Office
CUSTOMS
HOUSE
IS
BROKEN
INTO
Thieves
Received
Llt'.le
Reward,
However,
For
Thnlr
Pains
During
the
night,
thieves
visited
the
private
office
of
Jarvis
The
Canadian
National
Hail-!
McLeod,
collector
of
customs,
in
way
formerly.
had
New
York
or-the
post
office
building.
Kn-
riees
in
a
building
at
Broadway
irance
was
gauieu
u
ureuKiu
i.l
Tl.ii-lv-lltinl
Stnt
I
lue
irauuin
cr
uib
uuur
in
iuc
year
that
company
signed
a
long
hallway.
Nothing
of
value
was
slolen
as
the
office
only
contained
papers
..peculiar
to
"the
customs
business.
Mr.
McLeod's
desk
was
ransacked
and
papers
-weresl
reWn
iiVef'
tbe
floor
'd
lis-covery
of
the
burglary
was
not
made
until
tins
morning
when
the
customs
staff
came
on
duty.
The
city
police
were
immediately
bruuglit
from
the
teserval,oii
of!"l""",
"v,-r""'
'
"
Mrilisu
,n
cna.ye
oi
invesugauons.
Indians,
in
FATALITY
AT
SEA
REPORTED
Officer
on
Board
CUy
of
Vancou
ver
Washed
Overboard
During
Heavy
Storm
VICTUIUA,
Dec.
30.
It
is
reported
here
that
an
accident
has
The
crests
are
in
effect
coats
oflWeurred
on
Hie
steamer
City
of
Vancouver
now
enroutc
to
this
port
from
the
Orient.
Although
no
definite
informaliou
bus
been
received,
it
is
believed
that
one
ol
the
ship's
oiricers
was
washed
overboard
during
heavy
weather.
The
ship,
which
is
coming
in
ballast
and
making
slow
time,
will
not
arrive
here
until
Thurs
day
night.
HANGED
HIMSELF
IN
RAILWAY
SHED
Ernest
Rodgers
of
Reglna
Committed
Suicide
in
Vancouver
Last
Evening
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
30.
A
m.n
believed
to
be
Ernest
lloitgers
of
llegioa
committed
suicide
in
the
tireal
Northern
freight
sheds
last
night.
He
hanged
himself
ru
in
a
beam
by
kicking
a
barrel
from
under
his
fect.
OCEAN
CITY
IN
MARYLAND
SWEPT
BYNFLAGRATION
OCEAN
CITY.
Dec.
30.
Fire
which
swept
the
summer
resort
city
yesterday
with
an
esl
imaled
loss
or
ftbuo.OOO
wuf
brought
un
der
control
lute
in
Hie
a'ternooa
when
a
shirting
wind
carried
tho
flames
seaward.
Motorship
Norco,
Capt.
I.cn
Williams.
Is
due
In
port
this
afternoon
rroniKelchlkaii
with
a
ca(ro
of
rrt.
lU'ii.
ifry
Jfran-itbrlallQ'n
EaWoverHho
Canadian
National
Railway,