PROGRESSIVES ALMOST ELIMINATED No second general election desired so inde pendent groups will vote with the government iTl Y . OH. :h. All Ihe relnm are not cl in and i went) coHliliieurie In hear frntn it i iniHisible i hni't'ly what wilt he Ihe final nili nic of the election :t. The Conservative!" hate wilhui lunr or five of . r all. (nil it i hardly txHd the wilf pel the re-tiidrr lo gtc tin1 in niajorit)'. In Ihe meantime ft holding on in (he l'riiiierlnp and limy eon Unite :t K'Utii infill. Nothing iit certain. I here are a doxen I'fCdiHT an havfl if lit wiidie IhiMH and whether he rvrtrvsinrv iimir UKUNfcK JUKY GIVES VERDICTS . . A M m M II . iruia DBnntin 11 n inp rri inn1 Inary Trial on Murder Charge Today Vr, n l-.Il. Oct. . Th imi which lniDpaliil of I'.vedosikoiT. Ibc -:i ir on the steamer i! .tU early Wednesday vpstenlay returned n ' il' iiiu due lo h iiM'l v a Mpmul'. Ilarol. who will eofin op f"i av nraiing mi ii i'liar' loilay. II rtinn immii H Akl.Hll Wl I H mm A. all lliJil I I 1 1 A A TAKING MONEY rnniAMA . e nBMku n onhl from New York In Answer to a Warrant. 1 VVi. il Y;H. Del. 30. II J it i rrn i i'iI in Xv Y'O'k or ui ihnrglnit 11 in wil'ii ' ii f.MiMM-.Hinii, iiii,ari''l il . o i niu l toihiy iiml wn - ilril until NoiMilier 11. ' : i. nllctii'il to lmve ron-I Urn own ue aproxi-v t: linn of the fuiul of I ho v lotiHiiltilati'il MmiiiK it lMiniiany, with whom a i'tiiiliiyc'l. V i5 m- Shaw reliirncd on 1 lie a asi night from Vancou-llc" lorahng- in the Km nor y ami Ii ii h come north to ' iirraiiBeiiienlM for it'r-t;-!-i v moving miiiIIi in Hit l fltllll-n Mi 1 1 1 I. la rulililV 4. QEORQE BUSHtlY THANKS SUPPORTERS 1 my uiior(er III kei'iia lliillug: Ju.l waul to I'Xleiid ni.v miirere lliank lo the I'coidc of Ski'ciin Hiding fr their niU'iulid loyally and miiiport during'. Ilm Kcneral elct-llon. OKO. L IIUSIIHY. t , 1 1 ii nyr .t rniivi W WW ITT" , iprolmlil) w(i ht Im hi parlia-i nienl. Ol Fllir., net. an. Majw ll'lierh- Pwr. tin- tiroeful ml cantlMale in (Juebec oull, has offenwl Premier King 'in .cat if he deir'r il. Powers ilay. Will Not Retlgn iITAWA. M. 3 - I'renifrr Miipkeiuir Kins ilfinflcly ile-j mod tbf" afternoon the rumor? that In- hail .! -i,c.l In tilaee lil rr -nal 'mi in Ho' liamU of the Uniin"i (mh'i.iI 'AVIomi all Hie relnrii :ir" Ii" lati'il. "I In HON. ARTHUR MEIQHEN Lender 'he t ' cennlhc who h'll lux I'a iv w'ini M'oni like vuioiy in tli eh'clion ye.lerilay. i: 1 rB W .A lend lo iliKOtifs the silualiiin with the (ioM'inor and 1 will then make a slaleinejit m! my lion. Arthur .Mi'ighen rufused i iimki. ii Mtiiiemi'til until the relurim wore complete. Possible Next Slop OTTAWA, Oct. 30. - Should Hon. Arthur Mclnhcn not mtuim- ..i.. i. hmiIupIiv In the lliitio ol Gommoti! a the reuii m ir l..IIini nf viKllTllllV. BOSSlP Mil IL in Liberal circh1!. thai Mao- Lnnie Kim? Will decide lo meet t'ailiiiineiil and challenge a vole nf confidence on Iho !! of high prolecllon. On such a vote ii..'. I.ll.i.ral think all inciidior nut ileflnllely aligned - wllh li.lirlii.ii would volrt' with 11' c MHinlluucd on page six JlM'l a majority of I, COM yesler-"j lhy LATEST STANDING OF THE PARTIES VAXCOl VKH. i. 311. Tin latest report of the "lan.lnu of Hie (11111 it's ui 2 p.m. today mm: kjnrrvative 120 Literal- y Progress ivs I:i I.aor 2 lnrfHil(leliti I Doubt fill 17 ' CABINET SLASH WAS BAD ONE Premier and Seven of His Minis4' - tere Defeated" at Polls , "YesterVay ' ' i TJUIoXTti. )!. ao. Ili'-iie heiiig ilt'fi'nii'il liini!elf. I'ri'iiiH'i Maekenile King lo ceven oilier mryilier? of lil rahinel in Hie laUMNIIiic elirlii- uhirh carrinl I.iloTaU into a minority in life l'Hrliainent ami guve the Coiiirlivr) either a majority or fry rloe to jl. While final remllf are not known it i- purr Iiml the follow liiff Liberal inlnl- !eh 'weri ilefeuleil: lion. NV. K. Kosler, secretar if ?tiile. Hon. Herbert Mnrler. wilhoul po rl folio. Hon. JainiM M unlock, ininiicr of luhor. Hon. Ci. X. Conlon, inini.-lfr of inimigralion. Hon. Heore I, (iraham. min iler of railway. Hon. Vincent Mn!ey, williout (ICVlIOllO. Hon. Tlioiiia, A. Low, minister iof Iraile anil commerce. Il if iiNo prolialile thai J. V,. Sun-lair, miiii.oler wilhoul j.orl folio will he liown lo have heen ih'fi atc.1 when all the returns are in. WHALEN SALE IS ON TODAY Over Five Million Dollars Offered for the Plants and Timber, It Is Said VANCOl 'Vr.lt, Oct. 30. An ap plicnliou for further postpone men I of the .ale of the tiaukiupl Whblcii Pulp and Paper Com. nanv assets ny noiiierj oi uie second debenture issue was re fused by Mr. Justice (Ircgory in ehainbers estcrday with the re sill I that the sale will he held loilay..-. 1 is understood that an offer foi' the properties amounting lb more than five million dollars has been received, which would protect the holders ofthe first bond Issue, The assets of the company in clude three pulp mills, one of Ihcm at Swanson Hay, another al Port Alice on Vancouver Island and a third al Wkiodfihrc. There. are also extensive timber limits under perpetual lease from Ihe provincial government. dverlie in tbe Dally News TAXI Boston Grill W Ambulance and me mtm "e . Large Ipstair Dining Hall, Service with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime. n,o, ' ,, .... floor for hire. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. '11111.. '.: NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, and eth 8t PRINCE RUPERT The latest and be.it for the MATT VIDECK, Prop. least. Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VOl XV,. NO. 253. I'lllXUK III PHUT. H.(i, Kill DAY, OUTOHKH 30, 1J23 rturdr't Circulation 1SSS Itrxt Mm, 7S. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YESTERDAY'S ELECTION WAS VERY CLOSE INCOMPLETE RETURNS INDICATE LIBERALS MAY YET RETAIN POWER OTTAWA No Decisive Results from the Election of Yesterday Although Conservatives Look Like Winners Premier and seven of his cabinet defeated but King is offered another seat; will make statement later PREMIER niGHT HON. W. I MACKENZIE KING laaTKi - WaTaHfHiiHanHBaTHH mWm?WmWRmBte&j!mptl&&g ho avuk yolerday defcBlcd al the poll and vhoe tenure of office i- I ill in tlouht Standing of Parties This Morning Shown by Provinces TOIIONTO. Oi l. ;$(. At 11.00 o'clock thN following was Ihc landing uT the parties: Litis. Camm. Progs, ltnl I'rince lilwaiil Ishuvl.. 2 2 0 0 New llruntwick 1 10 .'o Scolia- ...3 tl (Jueheo 31 J 1 Onlarin l 2 ( .Maniloha ..2 7 ."a.-kalehewHii 11 1 Alberta ' . 2 3 3 HrltMi Columbia ... .3 10 v t Yukon Territory ...... 0 I J2 IIH 1 2 morning Doubt- 18 the Lab. t- ELECTORS OF SKEENA RIDING I take this first possible opportunity of extending to yuu my hearty thanks for electing me your representative in the Dominion Parliament. I lrut that 1 shall he aide lo serve you in the future as well as 1 have in, the pust. Yours faithfully, FMKD ST0IIK. . . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . LL L......) Hid. Asked, j Wheal 1.38 I H.C. Silver 1.10 1.13 Daly Alaska 0.5 Dunwell 1.10 1.00 llaellou .02 L. and L. ..; 3-t .0 Marmot " .10 Premier 2.27 2.15 Porter Idaho II .17 Silver Crest .05 H .07 Terminus .10 Howo Sound '"29.00 : 31.00 Surf Inlet .00 K .07 M (Iranby . 19.50 0. P. 11 119.0;) Gladstone 2 Hi .20 Iturus ,.- .17 silversmith .2. .2lk LucTy Jltn Ui .10 Glaclee , .20 Vj .28 Indian "".01' .00 JOSEPH MARTIN I BIRTH. V; A son was born tasl nlghl to Stork Elected by Huge Majority Yesterday in Constituency ofSkeena Fred Stork, member tor Skeena in the last House of Commons, was re-elected yesterday by a large majority over George II. Htodihy. Conf i votive candidate, and was also given a plurality over bolh opposing candidates. Figures for the riding as lur as available this morning gave Mr. Stork u majority of 700 over Mr. ltu-liliy and a plurality of .17 over bolh Mcr. Ilii-hby and Mr. No-ker,on. The latter will lose his deposit. All the more important poll have been accounted for and delayed returns from outlying points cannot possibly affect the general standing. M Siuik was given a majority i rr- - ! rr" r :ua ami a plurality or .S- in Topley . Prim e lluiierl. Heturns from Ocean Falls uilsnle piiinlc in the district in-j,(an Inlel .. i-rea: ii bis lead by 230. At lbe: Foroldale . las) e'.eiiion lie was given aipallfng i 'majority in the rilling of 38 overi Huzclton Ooi Peck, the Conservative, hH'Francois Lake lead in Prince lluperl bavin?. Discovery toei at thai time 219. lAtlin Tin' lolal vote in Prince llu-Port Kssington. lie : was 22K as compared with I Pacific ;t59 in 1921. The district vo', l.-iUo siiovvs ait iuereaM. as in-,Total lo dal complete return this mornin for :ite entire riding gave a total " of C.57I as compared with the ,oUt vote mmif C.tsl. Taeri- were two nolaide thouuh not unexpected turnovers from .1921 at ili?l!-ict ioiuls. Terrace j jgave Mr. Stork a majority of 10 whereas Col. Peck receivpo a majority of tl in 1921. Port impon. a traditionally Con;tr- vative point. al.o switched giv ing Mr. Stork a majority of 19 as compared with a majority of II for Col. Peck in 1921. Mr. Slork received majorities al such points as Oolsa Lake, (irassy Plains, Dulhie Mines filelitanna. "evv llazeltou, Kil- sumkaluni Ijike, Smilhers 1 1 031 . Port Clements, Skidegate. Tow Hill, Hums Lake, ltoe Lake. Premier Mine, Discovery. Fran- cols Lake and Atlin. Mr. Dushbv won Telkwa, Alice Arm. Queen Charlotte Cily. Massett, Wistaria Usls, Slewart. Huledale. Ocean: Falls. Anyox. llaiellon and Por' i Kssington. At uo points did Mr" Mckerson rwcive a majority and at very few places did he make even second place. The following are the return for 'various polling divisions in Skeena Hiding up lo noon today er- Slork Prince lluperl.. Port SimpsOji.... (irassey Plains.. Ootsu Lake, , Dulhie Mines (ilenlauna Houston IV. II I I t'lfcWU - New llazellon... Kilsiuukaluiu Lake ' f fTTTT-rT-XXTT-TTTTTTT AHCO Anil " ' . - - ' ! Terrace VANCOUVER EXCHANGE jDorreen (Inverness Illaysport Sniilhers IS CAPTURED kv: plox iPort Clements. Skideiiate Man Convicted at Prince Rupert (j.c. city and Who Escaped Is Again In Custdy VAXCOfVF.ll. Oct. Tow Hill Massed Lawn Hill 30.--Joseph i Hums Lake Martin, who was convicted .of Hose Lake I lief I al Prince Hupert and who, Wistaria escaped from the steamer Prlticn Soulhbank lluperl jit Powell Hiver Salurday'Soulh Hulkley night when being taken soulh by Kllwanga a conslahlc to serve his thi aljsheralon Okalla, has been iocapluril,,the Usk provincial police here advise. (premier Stewart Anyox Mine nyox Deah Mr. and Mr. A. II. Silvcrstde.SiHute.laIo LiShth Avenue Last. v IsarnDplt by so SOU 700 21 8 r 3 3 v i '10 00 21 0 17 125 10 17 M I 159 7 35, 5 51 21, ' 0 2t 'St 0 43 10 10 1 92 2,09 , 311 5 'I' 338 I 3 3 o 3 13 13 o 25 8 I) T 33 31 ev: 20 I I 5 0 3 8 50 i 10 nao: 13 17 28 15 18 Di 211 0 0 10 2(51 au 203 13 5 IK 10 5 20 10 7 12 103 103 C 75 15 5 21) 7 a is as l 07 at I 2fi 6 0 22 2612 069 3318 SEIZURE MADE OF MORPHINE Consignment of Drug Valued at $100,000 Came From Hamburg, Germany YAXCOfVKH, Del. 30. The seizure of morphine valued at 100,000 sent from Hamburg, Germany, for shipment to Japan on the Fmpress' of Australia ' which sailed for Yokohama yesterday was made by the Vancouver customs be!-v4" sailing of the boat, il w v 7le''- T,,e authorities had ht'UFtip the con-spninent in a vain effort to learn the identity of tbe senders. NAHMINT SANK ON WEST COAST Wallace Fisheries Vessel Wreck, ed off Vancouver Island but Crew Escape YICTOIUA. Oct. 30 Striking a rock at the entrance to Kyuquot Sound on Hie west coast nf Van couver Island, the Wallace Fish eries vessel, iXahmint, sank in fifty feet of water yesterday. The crew reached shore safely. The Salvage King proceeded to the scene today and will make an 50, attempt to raise the sunken ves-38 sol. "i CASEY CARTAGE IS IUJ I o! 3 II 202 12 17 INCORPORATED FOR Oi 0 . 05 17 II 02 5 lO.-f 38 93 155 83 357 15 17 $10,000 THIS WEEK YICTOIUA. on. an. The Casey Cart it'i" and Fuel Company '"il.ld. of Prince lU'pert. .H.C. wtm 'jlbis week grant"d incorporation 2Mvvilh a capital of IO".00O. . 13 rr . . . .... NICKERSON S THANKS. To the Hleclor of Skceua: I lake this opportunity of thanking you for your support in Hits campaign. Hecausc, we did not win is not a reason for discouragement. Very sincejely, yours, O, W NICKMHSOX. 4