I
25
TAXI
A.T
sr..
,t
Anywhere
at
A
"
l
:irT
.
SUnd
Royal
Hote
t.
,
Mar
and
6th
t
'
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MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
"
Mil
XV
NO
?t7
m
t
al
plane
iwuiuii;iru
ij
rj4uaie
nure
lo
sit
lor
an
WNitltYl.lt.
Dec.
:.
De4en
.ucd
by
the
I.ighliiinvi
u
Id.
IHavH
A
Drainage
I'd.
after
d
Cariboo
Hiincj
.p.
I.
lea!
to
the
Mine
Op-b
'...nifiy
r
South
Da-a
wiili
the
stipiilalion
thai
ift't.-i
wan
eniitled
lo
fifly
.
mI
s.f
llM
output.
IX
Die
ls-II
an
aetiun
bclween
the
K'H'i
firm,
backeil
hy
the
vn
r.
and
certain
lioiid
i"
-
whose
inlereslc
total
.
"
IMKI
The
ruse
opened
today
Supreme
lOlltt.
EIGHT
DEAD
IN
MINE
DISASTER
Flro
Broke
Out
Last
Night
Wobb
Coal
Mine
South
of
Beltalre,
Ohio
In
111
Mill:.
Ohio.
Dec
23.
1
kIu
men
are
known
lo
be
dead
i
ii
resull
of
a
fire
which
last
1
-it
entombed
7l
miners
in
Iho
Yvehh
Coal
mine
south
of
here.
Seven
bodies
were
taken
front
Die
hot
om
of
the
air
ehaft
nl
mld-
tjiht
(llhcrs
are
believed
lo
liuve
escaped.
YV
Hoppe,
found
guilly
on
a
charge
of
vagrancy
ul
Sinillier
ntiil
Keiilenced
lo
nix
iiioiiIIik
at
'lie
Okalla
prielin
farm,
wit
drought
to
Iho
eily
Mils
morning
ti
eiiKlody
uT
Provincial
Police
li'
-pei
Iot
gplMcr
8te
.-
1-i'nl
with
the
barking
of
xaHitnaftuii
under
the
insertur
National
-"irMplii-
Siiciel)'..
of
training
school
in
the
de
ii
iorrr
hnif'-lf
wtll
ut
he
parlment
of
thr
minister
of;
.
uu,..,
of
ii
p.-dilioti
but
health
for
Ontario.
Will
u.il
tn
tin-
makiu?
CARIBOO
MINE
CASE
IN
COURT
f,
-
..,u.
ii,
pniie.1
t.
vii
i
rn
IM
FA
I
I
tiin
k'-l
h
!i
IM.roit
A
via
-
iy
..f
whirh
Willtani
it.
iir
l
ord
ehn-f
enisiii-
,.r.
DOWN
SHIP'S
HOLD
Idrnt
It
t
.
Thm..
r.,
Rrolh..
f
S.m
Ii,.i
Mr
J
..id
limU
"
"
,.i...i
...
the
McClay.
Former
Harbor
Board
Member,
Lost
his
Life
this
Morning
YAM'iOl
VEH,
Dec.
23.
-Tho.
iMri
'.la)
,
hint
her
of
Sain
MrUuy.
iloniirr
harltor
loard
ihcihIht,
I.
Ii
down
the
hold
wf
Hie
liernia.i
-
.ii-amet-
lleriiiil
while
enK''d
American
Owners
are
Suing
Sond,.t,
i,.,.!,2
jje
vesnel
to
mwr
Holders
In
Supreme
Court
K
rain
i-aivu.
Action
GREAT
BUSH
FIRES
RACE
IN
AUSTRALIA
Country
North
of
Melbourne
Damaged
to
Extent
of
Several
Million
Dollars
II..
&
I..
........
Premier
Porler
Idaho
Silver
Orsl
Surf
itilel
C.
P.
11.
It.G.
Silver
flladdone
flranhy
Hufus
..."
Howe
Sound
-
I.ucky
Jim
lltuellon
Marmot
Teriiiimis
Indian
("lacier
Hayview
Riilh
Hope
National
Silver.
Selkirk
Silversmith
...
Is
MKl.IHll
ItXE.
Dec.
23.
Ureal
lin.li
fires
are
raging
near
Alexandra,
one
hundred
miles
north
of
Ihis
city.
Four
thou
sand
acres
valued
al
$3,500,000
hac
hern
destroyed.
VANCOUVER
EXXHANGE
Daly
Alaska
Hid.
Asked.
1.329i
.15
.
1.27
1.35
12
.14
2.18
5.2(5
.(UK.
.10
...
.i09i
.IS
(10
.ltt
115.00
1
.5(1
33
.35
"i
20.00
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30.0(1
13
.15
.oi
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.50
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.00
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.04
H
.24
.24
Mi
Port
Simpson
Gasboat
Clara
S.t
Cast
up
on
Green
Island
and
Is
Smashed
to
Pieces
.1
XMAS
SHOPPING
IN
FULL
SWING
Local
Stores,
AttractUo
In
Appearance,
Have
Wide
Range
of
Offerings
In
spile
of
inclement
and
un-soumiiibI
vM-alher.
Ihe
city
is
ago
with
Chrislinas
excilemeni
ami
the
sUiies
are
crowded
Willi
young
and
old
lent
on
wunng
suitable
guts
al
I
lie
last
uiiiiiim-for
their
loved
ones
and
friends.
11
is
Ihe
general
concensus
of
oniiilon
among
local
nierciianis
that
Hie
Christmas
spirit
is
very
much
abroad
this
year
and
thai!
good
business
is
beinig
done
in
all
lines;
Never
did
the
local
store
win-,
lows
appear
more
attractive
than
Ihcy
do
at
this
Christmas-tide
and
the
storekeepers
have,
if
anything,
surpassed
previous
effurtsi
along
these
lines.
livery
slore
is
bountifully
slocked
with
delightful
and
use
ful
gifts,
particularly
suited
to
Ihe
que
great
season
of
the
year
and
iioihlng
has
been
left
undone
from
his
lovinig
Utile
friends
by
Ihe
business
people
of
the
city
lo
see
that
their
customers
are
amply
provided
for
in
the
way
oi
gift
selections.
Toyland
The
great
attraction
lo
the
yfiuufslers'
are.
of
course,
the
windows
displaying
loys
and
Simla
Clans
will
bo
the
busies!
I'eter
Sliejdierd.
Owirpe
NVUHt'1
ami
William
Jeffrey,
luul
a
nar-
row
e-eaiM
with
their
oi,.
HlHf
vktfltrjrtnTnt'nS
"Ifc'KirtCT
(
lbi
rit
an
Port
Sinipn
when
Ilie
enirtiie
of
lh-tr
;ra
wial.
Clara
(!.
broke
down
ainl
the
craft
wa
eal
up
on
lireen
Inland
and
cina-hetl
to
pii'ce.
!-(ail
of
I
heir
experience
are
not
yet
available
here
allliousli
a
llieKe
WH
reeenetl
yesteiday
aflenKmn
that
they
had
le'ti
piekeil
up
hy
the
llxhthoue
len
der
NewOtfrton
at
ftreen
Iland
und
eoneyHl
mi
that
eiel
to
their
home
in
I'ort
Siinpon.
Four
lHatx
lef
Port
Sinipon
lo
teareh
for
Iheni
brnr
they
were
pirked
up
by
Ihe
iNewington.
man
nn
earth
during
Christmas
Ee
endeavoring
lo
keep
pace
wilb
Ihe
many
rejucsln
received
From
expensive
toy
railway
sets
complete
with
rails,
signals,
elc
lo
'he
less
expensive
doll
and
(continued
on
pajfe
three)
ViHEAT
TAKES
SUDDEN
JUMP
Special
lo
Daily
News;
"
CIIICAMO.
Dee.
ZJ.
lleMrls
thai
American
wheat
medeil
at
home
has
already
been
slilppcd
abroa.l
was
ivpouHle
for
a
jump
of
as
much
as
li'i
rents
ikls
morning.
wtxxiPEo
D.
:s.
Inder
the
C.WVaito
influ-rWf
lie
wl
feimerd'-4e
this
iiiornuiir
BARRED
FROM
GOLD
FIELDS
Decree
Ordering
Foreigners
From
Russian
"Klondyke"
i
;
(Special
to
Dally
News)
YATUSK,
Siberia,
Dec.
23.
The
Russian
government
has
lisued'
a
decreo
ordering
all
non-Russian
residents
to
depart
within
a
month
from
the
Aldan
River
goldfleld,
Russia's
"New
Klondyke,"
which
Is
already
overrun
with
hordes
of
Koreans,
Japanese
and
Chinese.
An
Investigating
commission
sent
to
the
field
states
that
tons
of
gold
Is
available
In
an
area
of
six
thousand
square
miles.
Food
supplies
in
the
district
are
short
already
and
there
Is
great
suffering.
STRUCK
BY
TRAIN
WHILE
WALKING
ON
TRACK-IS
KILLED
KAMI.OOPS.
Dee.
23.
Dave
Potter,
CO,
Louis
Creek
rancher
vvns
killed
la
night
when
he
was
struck
by
a
Canadian
Na
tional
train.
Deceased
was
walk-
ng
on
I
lie
track.
MANY
FISHERMEN
ARE
MISSING
AS
RESULT
OF
JAPANESE
ST0RM
TOKYO,
Dee.
23.
Twenty
fishing
boats,
containing
150
fishermen,
are
missing
as
a
result
of
a
storm
olT
Northern
Japan
yesterday.
Many
Jioines
were
wrecked
and
forty
vessel.
wore
capsized.
NOTICE
TO
MARINERS.
Unchartered
rocks
1.2
miles
from
the
western
end
of
Ihe
western
end
of
Ihe
southern
Skedaii
island,
Queen
Chaiiotlf
Istands,
are
reported
by
the
intti
in.
department.
Sfato
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PHINCE
HITEUT.
11.11,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMHEH
2,J.
11(25.
Ve.ierday
.
armum.
net
IS
IN
PROSPECT
4
Yukon
Having
Zero
Weather
and
4
!
Lower,
But
In
This
District
It
Is
Soft
':
With
Yukon
Territory
now
in
the
grip
of
lero
weather
ami
be-
low.
today's
weather
retiorts
show
Northern
and
Central
Dril
.
4-rMi--d4inbia
t
be
IravlHgr.-eofl-
weather
with
rain
towards
the
roat.
It
looks
like
a
sreen.
wet
Christmas
for
prince
Hupert
and
the
district
immediately
adjacent
I"
ihe
city.
Weather
at
8
a.m.
today
,
at
various
dislrirt
iKiints
was
re
ported
as
follows:
Prince
lluperl
Itainiiig.
freh
southeast
wind;
tenipcfa-lure,
40.
Terrace
Ilainitu?.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm.
Stewarl
Raining.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm.
soft.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
soft.
Hums
Lake
Rained
all
liight
turning
to
sleet.
Telesraph
Creek
Cloudy,
calm:
temperature.
19
above.
V'hite
Horse
Zero,
cloudy.
norta
wind.
Hawsotj
flear.
calm:
tern-.
perature.
29
below.
Yukon,
average-
Clear,
calm
".'0
below.
XMAS
DINNER
FUND
IS
SLOW
Response
Will
Have
to
bt
Better
If
Full
Objective
Is
to
be
Obtained
Donation
to
Ilie
Salvation
Army
Christmas
cheer
fnd
to
furnish
dinners
and
a
happy
lime
on
Christmas
Day
to
those
H
need
in
Hie
city
are
not
cumin?
in
as
ffl
as
is
neee..ary
lu
in
sure
the
maximum
number
-
of
men
obtaining
a
good
time
on
the
great
day
of
the
year.
II
will
gue
one
a
deal
of
pom
fort
lo
lliink,
when'
they
s
tlowa
to
a
bounteous
meal
on.
Friday
that
they
have
in
a
small
way
helped
anolher
less
foriuttar
person
to
obtain
similar
itfijuy
limit
under
the
auspices
of
the
Salvation
Army.
Now
is
Ihelimo
to
do
your
bit.
Subscription
may
be
left
with
Gapl.
Ilea.
Sal
valion
Army
citadel,
or
at
tin
Daily
News
office.
"
Previously
donated
.63.00
Iluddy
and
Keiiney
50
(purge
Ilorie
5.00
Itev.
.
(!.
Hacker
1.00
A.
Friend
1.00
Henry
Siuf'.h
-
1X0
Oeorge
Little
arrived
in
the
eily
from
Terrace
on
this
mornings
train
and
will
return
to
Hit
iulrrior
(miilit.
Strwl
Sitei.
leg
TURKEY
AND
RUSSI
A
MAKE
AN
AGREEMENT!
Mutual
Neutrality
is
Pledged
Should
Either
Country
be
Attacked
CONSTANTINOPLE,
Oee.
23
An
exchange
telegraph
says
that
iHinel
Pasha,
premier
of
lur
key,
has
announced
the
signing
il
I'axt
leceniber.
J
7
jX
.ja
new
agreement
between
Turkey
and
llussia
pledging
mutual
neutrality
should
either
country
be
attacked.
CHILDREN
TRAWLED
Boston
Grill
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457.
PRICK
FIVPi
CENTS.
COMMinED
FOR
TRIAL
MURDER
CHARGE
BRITISH
SHIP
IS
HELD
CAPTIVE
BY
CHINESE
PIRATES
FOR
FOUR
DAYS
Hazelton
Half-breeds
Sent
up
by
Smithers
Magistrate
on
Monday
(..tiiittiuMivl
I
mi-
in.
ii
.it
Sntiilier-
mi
Moudav
by
Slipeudiar
(r.
t.
S.
II
ll.i-k.n-.
Fred
Hud.
Alex.
Hud
and
Ja.
k
Dir.
gcd
Willi
lh
murder
uvcr
.i
vr.ir
ago
at
llazelloit
of
Matthew
I
I
1
it.
hi
Indian,
were
brought
Id
Iho
city
Ihis
morning
by
'!)
W
illiam
Spillcr
of
Hie
provincial
poUre.
On
Fnd
iv
ik
ir
thev
will
le
taken
south
lo
Okalla
where
Ihev
wil.
n.il
at
Ilie
-essioii
of
the
Supreme
Court
asizp
here
i:--pr.i.g.
Tlie
three
Hiciied
are
lialf-hrreil.
The
allege
irr
,s
-
nd
to
have
been
the
oiil.-onic
of
a
drinking
bout
on
I
-.
-em-
nl
Dazeltnii
m
Ihe
full
ot
K2L
Pfll
AR
Fl
MHT
GRADUATE
NURSES'
IS
CONFIRMED
ontarioreplaced
'
.
.
T'litu.vpi.
ih't
.
(Iiy
Hop-off
From
Point
Barrow
In
,.,,.,,
The
pra)lual.
Spring
l
Planned
Steffan-
.ur
A
latum
or
Ontario
ton
In
Interested
lna
ttoite
out
of
existence
and
in
-
!
M
U
nlllv.
Dec.
M
Sii
i
ihiikoii.
the
explorer,
to-
jy
.
.t
li!
tued
the
rejioct
of
it
place
has
roiue
the
IteRi-Icrcd
Xurwi.'
Association.
'Hie
ItMtwer
society
arhieed
the
aim
Wwbirli
il
worked
duriritf
10
.f
ilii
in
lie
allenipleu
from
year.
A
m
result
uf
il
rfrti
i
lUtiou
tf
U
iiiiitt
ill
an
il
nw
made
compulsory
for
hH
The
LaaaiJUa
ii
Y,.ng
li
emele
v
r."
Salon
iK
shown
above
in
a
re
el
phortigrap
1
Most
Daring
Instance
of
Piracy
in
Many
Years
is
Repoited
from
China
Sea
T
HONfi
KOXli.
Dee.
2:f.
The
Brilndi
owned
tea
in
er
Tung
Uhow
.
.line
into
put
t
yelenlay
with
a
iiiiinber
of
foreign
passenger-.
Mime
of
lliem
women,
after
having
been
for
four
(Jays
the
prize
of
Chinese
pirate
who
looted
her
au3
directed
her
.aiiiug
for
1,00(1
miles.
It
was
one
of
the
mut
daring
iuIanres
oi
piru
in
ni.iiiy
years,
in
the
China
Sea.
The
UritNh
captain
if
ihe
steamer
wa
sliol
by
the
pirates
but
lie
will
recover.
The
steamer
sailed
from
Shanghai
tor
Tie'iKiii
and
the
pirales
came
almard
diuised
asj
teerajr-
paHjierer.
On
Oeteni-
'tiei-
18.
wtien
tin
vessel
was
3I!0
mile
south
of
Weihaiwei.
tlieyi'
si-izf.1
ei.niruaiid
anil
sailed
to'
llias
Ila
where
tliree
small
boats;
cum''
an.l
i.
ink
off
the
loot
as!
well
as
I
ne
pirates.
!
iBROWNLEE
AND
OLIVER
MEET
Til
nFATH
AT
FRIPin,l
r
"'e
Peace
Iliver
country
Panic
Ensued
After
Collapse
of
Scats
at
Outdoor
Christmas
Observance
ERIE.
Pa,
Dec.
23.
Three
children
were
trampled
to
death
a
panic
resulting
from
the
collapse
of
seats
at
an
outdoor
hristmas
obsenance
here
last
night.
Many
mure
were
injured.
VOLUNTEER
FIREMEN
LOSE
LIVES
IN
FIRE
AT
WAYNESBURG,
YA.
WAYNKSHnUj.
Virginia,
De.
3.
Four
volunteer
firemen
were
killed
and
five
were
injured
when
a
wall
rollanse.1
during
a
fire
in
the
business
section
of
this
city
this
morning.
'The
property
loss
is
estimated
at
WIRELESS
REPORT.
8
a.m.
IHOHY
ISLAND.
llaiiiim:
fresh
southeast
wind;
kirouieter
29.C4:
temperature.
19";
sea
roasti;
7
a.m.
spoke
steamer
City
of
Vancouver
bound
Yokohama
for
Victoria.-
1007
miles
from
Victoria.
HILL
IlAHHOIt.
Kainijir.
light
southeast
wind;
barometer
9.90;
temperature
17:
sea
mod
erate;
12:30
a.m.
spoke
S.S
Princess
Muquinna
at
Alberni
northbound.
,
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
llainlng.
southeast
wind;
liarometer
29.80;
temperature
13:
light
swell.
Noon
D1UHY
ISLAND.
Raining
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer
29.71;
temperature
50;
sea
moderate;
steamer
Prinre
Rupert
In
11.10
a.m.
northbound;
Princo
John
abeam
liorne
Hilt
north
bound.
HL'LL
1IARHOR.
Overcast;
llghl
southeast
wind:
barometer
29.01:
temperature
50;
sea
moderate.
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
Clnuo'v:
calm:
barometer.
29.8
:
tempeja-
M'.ue
40;
sea
smooth.
Peace
River
Railway
Question
)
Discussed
Yesterday
by
Pre
miers
of
Alberta
and
B.C.
YK.TOIUA.
Dec.
23
"Premier
Hrownlee
is
keenly
iriteresled
in
Ihe
Hritish
Columbia
proposal
for
the
opening
up
of
the
Peace
P.iver
country,"
,aid
Premier
Oliver
yesterday
after
a
conference
wild
the
Alberta
premier.
"Mr.
Hrownlee
thought
that
this
diLioj)iijLe?i,
the
.
railway
proWeniso?
D&TTi"
provinces
and.
while
the
discussion
-was
naturally
general
in
character,
it
served
to
establish
one
point
on
which
we
agreed,
namely,
that
Hritish
Columbia's
and
Alberta's
interest
in
the
develop-.
lis
a
common
interest.'
GEORGE
SMITH
IS
COMMITTED
Former
Alberta
Cabinet
Minister
Sent
up
For
Trial
by
Magistrate
EDMONTON,
Dec.
23.
George
P.
Sntith,
former
minister
of
education
in
the
Alberta
government,
was
yesterday
committed
for
trial
on
a
change
of
the
theft
of
5.820
from
the
province
at
the
conclusion
of
the
preliminary
hearing
before
Magistrate
Primrose,
t'nlil
the
County
Court
sessions
open
in
January,
Smith
Is
released
on
bail
as
set
before
the
preliminary.
HUDSON
BAY
BUYS
MAUD
Amundsen's
Famous
Exploration
Ship
Will
Replace
Lady
Klndersley
SEATTLE,
Dep.
23.
Roabl
Amundsen's
famous
schooner
Maud,
it
is
reported
here,
has
been
purchased
by
'
the,
Hudson
Hay
Co.
for
use
in
the
Arctic
Ocean
to
replace
lhe,Lady
Kin-
dersley
which
was
lost
last
yea.
The
price
paid
is
said
to
be
8
40,-
000.
SOME
MEMBERS
OF
CREW
OF
CRIPPLED
SHIP
ARE
PICKED
UP
HALIFAX,
Dec.
23.
A
radio
from
an
unidentified
steamer
re.
ports
that
she
hae
r-W.Jioard
Ifl
men
of
the
crew
tjityjie
Italian
steamer
Marina
whfehiwas
abandoned
In
Ihe
North
Atlantic
on
Sunday.
The
ineisagi'Sudded
that
a
second
lifeboaf
containing
18
Tenons
had;
not
been
located.