MciuIiimi :i renorled liy ' anaillan Pre: 4 "Mr Mnltrlmn .lonii'il I lie uinoi' lie was present at a I'olilteai picnic in Xorlh York, when n Conservative t'oaker was said to have Muwgesled Hint iintnigrnnls m the first nenerallon b" detued r..'iiiflii.'in franchise. Mr. Meimheti said that he Hid not eonslder himself hound by nnv but Hie sot- 'ted and imiri.id nnlirv oT his parly. The Conservative 1'iii'ty. he snld. was ready to welcome nil pood elllrens ' Canadian shores." ltrndy's (Campaign 10 Commit lee -s ST. LOUIS IS STILL AHEAD Retains Lead of Five Points In National Race New York Cinches American j Pennant. NF.N YOHK. Sept. 7. St. Loui relumeil their five iHtinl lead in the pennant race today after desperate holiday attacks by close rivals for first place. Thirty-seven thousand fans watched the Cardinals and Piltstourg break even in a double header yesterday. Cincinnati held on to ceoal place by dilliiig two games with Chi-oavo. I'tUMiurg holds third place, rwelve'potnts behind the leaders. Malheiilatically $peakug the New York Yankee practically cinched the American Loaguo are, beitva six full gume.4 ahead of Cleveland, with each team hav ing twenty ,gaines to play to complete the schedulo. American League Cleveland 7-1, St. Louis C-3. Pliladclidila 5-1, New York lioslon I. Washington 2. Detroit t-0. CIncaKo r-7. National Leaguo St. Louis X-;', Pittsburg 1-1. Cliii:aco .'-I. t'.iucinnali 0-7. Hroi.klyn H-:. Pliiladeliiliia 0-8 MANN CUP IS WON BY WESTON Winnipeg Tigers Defeated at La crosse In Each of Two Qamea TORONTO, Sept. 7 --The Mann Cup. emblcinatle of the Dominion amateur lacrosse championship was won Jiy Weston,, the champions of the east who defeated the Winnipeg Tigers Monday eleven to three in the second game of the series. In the first game on Saturday Weston won by Hie -same score. Over 400,000 Pounds Offered and Most or It Sold. With Sunday and the holiday intervening since Hie last sale on SalurdnyA there wa- a large quan tity of halibut offered at the roll Kxohange this moriinw.' Of the total of 107, 500 pouuds. 18:'.50n pounds was sold, two Canadian boats, the Pair of Jacks, with 11,- 000 pounds and Cape Spencer, 11.000 pound, refusing in accept the mark4 price and choosing to hold over until tomorrow. Ten AmerltftiB -sruooner. sold ?7.t0tl pound tit prices' '.haiizini: from I4.S and 8e to 10. Ic and "J.5C Eleven finnatJian. luiats old 11-.-300 poutltU nt prices from. 13.3c and H lo ll.sc and Kc. v . Th i arrivals were: 'American llrisk, 13,000 pounds, aruLAnna J., U.OOO. lb Atlin. (Irani, 13,000, nnd Democrat, 18,000. to Itoyal. Paniann. 52,000, nnd Alkl 11, 000. to Month. Akutati. 33.000, and (Uacier. l(M'00,,t Pacific- Nordle. 2K.O00. and Middletou, 21,000, to Gobi SloraRe. Canadian llrant, U.OOii; Inpred II.. f.'.OOO; Alii. 7,000: Tramp. 15.000. and aikcii. v.aoti. to ('.old stoniae. Helen, 10.000: Yule. 3,500. and D. S. T 7,000, to the Itooth Can adian 'Fisheries. Joe Maker, 0,0,00, to Hoynl Fish. P. Dorieen. 10.500. and Imper- eiise, 0.000, o Atlin Fisheries. J. W. Scott has been in the in- lerior allendliiK the Stnithers Fair and Telkwa llarheeue. He will return In town tomorrow. its authority to impose a settle ment. Winston Churchill reminded the owners that berore passing llie clplil hour act. Hie owners had icoiiis.-e.l in negotiations on a national -basis, but bluntly stated lli&l the government never would have passed the act if it had sup posed it would be shutting the door to a national agreement. NURSE LOSES LIFE IN AUTO ACCIDENT HF.lilNA, Sept. I. Amber Wheeler, a nurse at the Ittvina Cicucra! Hospital is dead, while eUhl others are in the hospital siifrerin iniiirie.s sustained in an auto accident near here Inst niirlit. FATAL ACCIDENTS VANCOUVER SUNDAY VANCOrVF.lt. Sept. 7. Walter McAlpiue, captain of Number 8 fire hall was, drowned when bathing at Flnglish May Sunday, evidently succumbing to heart Josephs t'.ole of Powell lliver was killed in an aulo smash on Kingsway Sutntay and P. F.. Kru scliane of Kverett was fatally in jured when he .felt from tho sexenlti story of a local hotel. C. W. PECK, M.L.A., T. S. BAXTER and MRS. A. J. PATERSON Will Address a Public Meeting In Auditorium (Skating Rink) WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 8, AT 8 P.M. THF Pl'HLIC IS COIUHAI.LY 1WTTKI) TAXI Boston Grill 25 and Ambulance Large Upstair Dining Hall, Service with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime. floor for hire. Stand, Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN,i and 6th 81 PRINCE RUPERT Tbe latest and best for the. WATT VI DECK, Prop. least, Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VOL XVI , No, iO'J. PJIINCK HL'PKHT, H.C., Tt'KSDAY. SKPTtfMHKH 7, 1020 YnteriUj- Circulation, I6SS Stmt Stiff MS price rrvE cents. GREAT mv m r UVA11UN GIVEN LIBERAL COAL STRIKE iFISCAL POLICY NEGOTIATIONS , IS STRESSED AGAIN FAILURE Winston Churchill Chides Owners j For Attitude In- Regard to National Settlement.' LONDON. Sept. 7. The conference between the government and coal owners Monday failed, the latter persisting in refusals to consider a settlement on a national basis. As a resnlt tbe strike seemingly will continue indefin itely unless the government uses I Premier Melghen Makes Feature Before Ontario Audi ences. Must Squelsh Liberals. Liberal MltANTFORD. Sept. ;. Liberals as well as Conservatives should vote for the present government on the slreugUi of their fiscal policy. Premier Meishen totd.his audiences in Ontario yesterday. He spoke at Niagara Falls. Paris and Mrantford, stressing the issue of protection. dame McCarthy was INTERESTING VISITOR Head of British Army Nursing Service Inspected Local Hos pital and Saw Points of 1 Interest Dame Maude McCarthy, tna-tron-in-cliief of the territorial army nursing service of (treat Itritaiu, was a distinguished visitor in Prince Rupert yesterday. She arrived in the city by train from the Fast and proceeded south by the steamer Prince It it perl to Vancouver, the lateness of the boat in departing allowing her ample time, accompanied by Miss Jean Harrison. H.N.. lady superintendent of the Prince Hu pert (ieiieral Hospital, to inspect the local institution and visit points of interest in the city. OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL ENGLISH LEAQUE Division . Mollon 2, Arsenal 2. Cardirf 3. Leeds t'nibM t. Murnlcy 3. Newcastle 3. Wednesday I, West Ham 0 ToUenham 2, L-ireerWr"5 Wsl Mronnvich 3. Everiop ;2 rooms, 303 Third Ave., ne.v' to the Electric Makery. will be nnen verv nflprnnon LEADER STORK OPENED HIS CAMPAIGN LOCALLY AT THEATRE ON SATURDAY NIGHT Greatest Crowd of Campaign Greets Liberal Leader When t Speaking at Montreal Meeting Baltery of Seven Microphones Carries Message of Liberalism to People: Constitutional Question Featured MDNTIIKAL. Sept. 7. Tim greatest crowd which lit' Un I it! in lln campaign greeted litis tit. lion. V. L. Mackenzie H tig here last night. Nearly twelve thousand people rose Li Mi leei wtien the cheering announce! the arrival of Hie fonner premier Speaking into it battery of seven microphone Mackenzie U ,,., Hf abdication W ,tt . I "I mnt hiiri Hint t'ftllr rirafcMl, liir , mil l I tmlell jiev a:;.' twliute n it is n desire on your part Ut express ap-e ai :i .n.i support of those Liberal Hilirie initiated by Sir irrrprpi r itiit rir U BU BU ! IK U W IYL11LL TrtLLLI , ilfrtil Laurier. Speaking on the SPANISH PLOT TO SEIZE THE KINO WAS SUPPRESSED LONDON. Sept. 7. A Daily Mail ile.taH-li from r llrnrayu on liu Spanish frontier. awiTl that a ptol to K iik Alfonzo and ton' Inm to nbsii an agreo- Uoiilitiilional question, Mr. Kiij Mndrkl , xai.l the stand of the Liberal party Later itat i-ltfi lva that relationship of the miii- I Ml"1 1 li'nirir,TTll '"lr l" ,io,'r"' General of I llMH At I till4 (V 1 "'-a":'l4 should tw in all partir-tilllLl njJlVlal 1 uljin, thr gtn, u, y, rotation W- m it ween the ministry and the crown . ..... , . . ! f . . I I 1 .... f I ... I .. AM Four miiea wnen rreioni i rain? j-m. . Derailed on Bridge Near Jetalca. Wiail Yl.H. Sept I. Four' in w re killed aim a nun mired when a heavy n '-4i'i -ii IU- Ketlle Valley un- derailed on the bridge j. --i. j. loo miles tfdt of nuv-i Sunday and crashed to 'ni f a one hundred fool Fire later destroyed the a nnd partially burned 20 . rim whieti were preotpl-j u canyon. j iirail ar-- Engineer II. Marie. : J l. Uuinn. Trainman S i :iKr. and 0. A. Johnon, lli'owktnere. II. Lett, the a Aiinped ami escaped with t, injuries. A a result Of the aeeident the w.il he blocked for ten days. Train Was Runaway , oil It r... Sent. 7. Late re-tiro Ktnle that tratiunan mnor the fifth member of ermv or the Kettle Valley which plunaed oer n liridge nay wa killinl. AUo it l re- i) ilia! upveral men tea!irtf loi flir-u- liven, hut thl l' ronirnie.l. The train vraii a? rii a ditanee of 17 mllec "i jumping the traek at a on to the brliLse. Daid tilennle left on the tea-Prinee r.liarliM yesterday af-naon to make Iho round trip to "war'. Anyox und Maclt Inlet. AN EXTRACT FROM MEIQHEN'S SPEECH The followiirg i an ex- ' an from a ipeeeh deliver- ''d in Montreal on Sepiem- uer hy the Hon. Arthur iyiivcriiiiieii' l i because I wih I to ! Ihi- rrnwn firmly t'Malt- lilii.l fli.i: I i . 1 1 In ., Miir.i?nv erntiieiit in lbi cnunM-y. for selt- i kovci mil"-!, i ti- rn'-ner tone of ;the Ilntiftti Kmpire." was r rnidtrated mly by prompt .iiiie.ji..i! of Hie military r revoif ami : lie Kind's de- naitnre rr.'tn an Selialian stale that feveral branches of tiie 4 Sitrils ar! tilery in various entire. rev. -lied early Stin-V if ay tint tin- jrovcrnnvtil an iioin'ce. llu- liu- tteen put dii witli little tituodsbed. - . . . MUCH HALIBUT LANDED TODAY aaHHH -a". aaliaT-i. I., in H .. i . . k plan' w ard. i the mentor oi u ypenai type o' poi.ito which has rrtMliiceil tt lo:s tu itie acre on the farm ut Frederick Ituidge. u lilitoi-iua. Local Liberal Campaign Opened Saturday Night m Westhoim which lie declared would only be put into effect by a Liberal gov. cinm-nt and which lie said the ' l -onsen alive party could not and would 44oi undrrtako-wilh all ils- ! Interests centred as Uiey were in; the province of Ontanc. Mr. That 1 Rowen dismissed the customs scandal as an issue in the cani-paun, declaiming that a real issue, however, was Hie constitutional ;uesliou. Mr. 'Stork also poke, answering questionaires that had been submitted by' J.he Trades and Labor Council and Native Sons of Canada, putting the fish rap question a far as he was concerned at rights and referring briefly to general matters, including the Liberal policy for the port of Prince Rupert The stability of the government land the Ora'nd Trunk Pacific end coul. I not be obtained, he said, unless Liberal-i'ropressive policies of the last five years were voted down. of the Canadian National Hall ways. The meeting, which was well attended, considering Hs short notice, was presided over by Dr. W. T. Kergin. t NOTICE TO LIBERALS OF SKEENA RIDING . The Liberal committee Mr. Hmven saht it was a de light for him to be in Princo Rupert. The development of Pa ciric coast ports he said was s matter of great Importance to (be prairies and Prince Rupert alike. It had been Hie Liberal policy to develop the west. Ttit Mackenzie King government had done many things thai directly affected Hie homes such as reducing .the income tax and re moving the tariff. It was in such thincs as these that tho people were lively interested and, If for nothing else, women as well as men, on September I should express appreciation for the Rivlub hudset of 1920. Customs Scandal There liad been a lot of uoisi nml talt at mi n I tlie snnimsi'i It may have made, an impression upon some people. It had been intended to be the chief artict of impression in this campaign so as to win votes at the polls for the lory party, so mucti liad been said and such a furore raised about it that -even Tory 'iKincrs'had been coninellad to say thatin,was' tune to slop talking about the customs and get down to soma real issues Hittrlnrtlie "optiUori 'It MeighVp arid Hie other Co'hservattvi : "can dtdates. there was nothing to nlk about other than iniquity and scandal. And, after nil, tho scandal consisted mainly of Canadians responding to tbe temp tation of large profits in smug- irliug Itiuor "Into tlift United States. There has been no gain saying that the business had srisen to tremendous proportions and evening "until election I"'"!- immediately after the 1925 dav. eject ion. the Liberal government t 4 1 'continued on page 2) Theatre Fred Stork end Edmonton Visitor Enlighten Electors on Policies now before Electorate of Country Holding that Prince Hupert and other Hriti-li Columbia ports for their own benefit should co-operate with the provinces of Aiiierta and Saskatchewan by endorsing .Mackenzie King and the Liberal policy of western development at the polls on September 11. J. C. Howen. former leader of the Liberal patiy in the Alberta legislature, was the speaker of the evening at a campaign meeting on Saturday night at the YVestholme Theatre in : the interests of Fred Stork, Liberal candidate for re-electuju in iSkeena at the federal election. Mr. Uowen, who is a quiet but impressive and tdeasing speaker. rrTr:- I dealt with many i-sues of the' campaign cmphasizitiz the d?sir- j I tlh Uhf H ability of western development !jULu1i1A X llviV CAMPAIGNING done to Stewart to Help Try to Defeat His Old-time Opponent To give his assistance in tha energetic campaign that is being waned by Hie Conservatives to win the seat of Skeena from the Liberal: column, Col. C, . peck. VjC.. formerly M".P. for Skeena and now M.L-V. for the Islands, arrived from Victoria Sunday evening and proceeded through to Stewart and Anyox lo address meetings on behalf of , J. C. Brady, the Conservative candi- late. ' Col. Peck was accompanied fropi here by T. S. Haxtqr, .former mayor of Vancouver, who arrived from the Cariboo district where he lias been campaigning for J. A. Fraser. Later in the week. Col. Peek and" Mr. Maxler will support Mr. Hrady oif;the local platform a the final Conservative rally. ( v Fred Stork went north on the same boat to Port Simpson. FIFTY LIVES CINEMA HALL Tragedy at Movie House In Irish Village Sunday Night When Fire Broke Out LIMHHICK. Ireland, -Sept. 7. Fifty lives were lost attd a dozen people were seriously injured Sunday nishl in a fire at a tern- customs scandal Mr. Mowen sahl.iiwary cinema ball in Uin village of Drnmeollogher, near here. The projection machine caught fire and in (he panic women and children were crushed and tram pled on i their frantic efforts to escape from the blating hall. Jinny were trapped insiue to on burned alive. The village, which has a popu-Ulion of 500 hus-a poor water supply. Tbe building burned f if-jyejy. ,v ., . SIXTEEN LOST LIVES IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION TAHONA, Okla.. Sept. I. -Sixteen miners los' their tlves in the gas explosion which toot place in the Superior Coal Mines yes. jerday, seven bodies baving been recovered up to Ihi morning. A day shift of 130 mejt had just started when the blast occurred. all but .tin s:x'.e"ti sca;ns