itrr ft! irmtrav Mill r.r tuiv M8i, msiiiK am mr-mm i.n.tn:i to xtakt IN M tKt II ft- MtN AltLK v U u V B v a v. C as Lake, who wa in Man m way from lh interior as Uit weather Ufhlena up tsver the enow cruat become ) jmpreor. detael engine and nery will be taken in to ; ea.d Mr Wood bo (lataa -.:-. will probably start ui :: principal owner of the c. it W C Stearman. a a Vamouver hardware dealer INVESTIGATION!: "tmiH roiMlioN lo IT in 'iftoitiA m iii:aii m;rnir..N- T-UIONS I KOM I Ot lt IMIO- inm:.h OTTAWA Niiv 19. The Cuatom decided yeaterday that n 1 'a aeuion at Victoria. At a ' f he commlaaton yeaterday Hi u Kewton W. Rowelt. com-unicl, informed the oommU- 1 he had received a telegram 3 l' OmT D.n.r.l nf Tlrltlih 3 urging that a anting be held a where the Llquer Control " 'uated and where the four . ; A'incea had united to make i wprraentatlona In retard regard to ;srs ' if the altting will be decided OAK BAY HAS NEW MEETING "'-Hid. n,... AT ""KM.tl, (lATIIUtlMI TO Ml'-I'OItT I.AIINI'.lt ""TOitu, Nov 10,- After an exclt 1 :nic5: i. .... w. " ,wlrhlp convention at Kam I hut 'tfn at moettng on November CjiiL . rwl '"tormal by the B.O. :;M . " fcuiive on an appeal to tij r ' "-elected by the Oak 'lf ,Mt nlht at -n'rVMlVM iiougn alleged to be sup- i.uu; cr uut imtruuted LONDON. Nov. 13. Omclal figure of the miners' dUtrlct vote ahow that the Oovernment propiwala for a aettkment were rejected by a majority of three trollern wero wrrcaeq.-yy, VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheat Consolidated C. P R Orsnby Hoe Bound lmlcendence Indian Marmot Premier Porter Silver Crest Bui-: TAXI Boston Grill Wail Ambulance and t Large Upstair Dlntng Hall, Service with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime floor, for hire. Exchange Huildlng NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. Slind: PRINCE RUPERT The latest and beat for the DECK. j, ATT VI Prop. least. Phone 457. c ( tt.t Northern and Central British Columbia Newspaper y0L XVI No. 271. III J PRINCE RUPERT, I5.C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1026. Circulation 1639 Sales 415 Price Five Cents ran a iTr" r i i i rw j r ns roTrTi tti ft r CiHi AliVU LAiVlWMiV LUiV.3 I J J Li IIH V BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE ON ST. LAWRENCE onstiiuuonai tnanges being Brought About as Result of the Imperial Conference in London la I . t . ei with Governor General representing the King and not the British Government L 'CON. November 19. A plan for a kind of diplomatic ex-: rt ucen Great Uritain and the Dominions is understood to be jt URideration from delegate to the Imperial Conference. '"! f ' heme. If adopted, the Governor-General would Ic a re-. e purely of the Crown and not of the British Govern- xmunications would then practically pass direct to Eon-' :e Dominion High Commissioner exercising a seml-diplo-. n and the British Government would be represented in - - on by a special officer who would keep the Dominion slaters of the course or policy of ttee RATONSAT TALTAPIN MINE nniMh cabinet. i-i;.mii:k- ciniMimi; The report of the Premier eomnili-tee to the Imperial Conference on Ue Locarno TteaiMa will commend tbe work of Chmbw1au sod recognize the j part live UMlir pUf in creating a new- atuusoe in Sump "U1 "P1 IN any '"W M oa tb acceptance of tB trestle by th Do- and the IMeh tTre SUt were agalntt AuauaUa apparrAUy favored acceptance but did not wMi to prm the pau unlw the Djmtclowt were united on the qurttton. In Ita cooatltuttonal dellberatlona rrnrrally the premirr'a committee followed the middle oourae. By one ejooe to the eommtttee the reiult of Ita work to deacrlbed aa meeting the demand of Imperial unity and Dominion autonomy. MtJomrv iii.inio AtiAINMT KKTI ItNIMI 4. uoitK roti. mini:? TROLLING SEASON" ON ISLANDS ENDS l lilrf UtUc l'lk i S."MM Cohiira on I liul Trip f SeuMin to IJuren Clurlotlrit ' BK1DEOATE. Nov. 19-On the lasi .... n.u Ot Aa. trip of the Canadian rin - vm o.v,.-aee boat Chief Legtae last week took away 3.000 cohofs. the last oi me sen- son The fishermen an looa iorwru w the ssme boat with Captain avenosca m rhse coming In the spring to continue buying for the same company. The season has not ueen wnas 7 . ,.nrf a auccess. The leather con the fishermen and ditions were against Bid, Askeil. Ul. 333.00 164.00 33.00 3S0O 41.00 ,.05i ' .08 .04', .0S! .08U .10 300 3.03 .08 .08 H .07 03 -03 U CURSED RUMORS I IN VANCOUVER police iuhti nii:i over aminv i Mors letter ami reports or MIOIKINO CONDITIONS 100 BLIND PIGS THERE Mtton i;mi'Lo mxhi-t ..oent to check ri o chief ami (on- liltMH STATEMENT VANCOUVER. Noy 19. Producing ex-crrpu iroat a letter, whose author be rrfUMd to reveal. Oornmluioner McPher-sou at yesterday's Mlon of the police toauntesien demanded au explanation of the report Uut there were two thousand bootlef-w In Vancouver. "8htelr. conditions" prevailed at these Dlaoea. Th letter referred to white slavery and (ambling, assertions which denied outright by Chief Long. Uayar Tailor aneouared that for tao morlkT-Vpl4yJ vcratrfKfitjvhop be pa'M btmteir checking up UUctt uIh nf Utiuur. ni the cttv. The aeeul The tra.ti tU be rtrtber coraMered tt90ttMt h M,d lh.i Ch.cl Long a before tb fWrtl reMhiMon la adopted t,, th,t there mere leaa than one but the tarefMng wUl be the probable huadrwl WUld wltn;n the city outroine Under It Uk Dniruwu ai a , llmiu 4nd th4. 0r thf5e were bare- paat aummer U road,, neither accept nr reiect thej. m.kln. . WM conect. Ulte u U wtoe bi bt j tmtie but It la left to any Individual uadrnUnd whfre thrte ac- . ilut it will be a fairly . Dominion to aaauew the trratlea If It , eunml jua,, anonjmoiu lettera jad and camp buUdiHg wttea On aenpitaoe of the trraiw. colne ttton." aatd Chief Long. "If we ave been ratrnded o a , Ot DununioM. aosording to an unof- M ittcntlou to all the rumora an! ' larger tort of men flelal report, were divided. Newfound- jtoonym'BU, reporu received the entire x manager of the TilU-; land and New Zealand were in favor of j (orrt tnd ,u the ponce commls- oe Babtne Lake tldnlty accepuoce and Canada and South Africa j ,tonm would be in Jail for faUe and mallctoua arreat CONTRACT FOR LOCAL DOCK mill iirn.i ;a roor hoat ion (lUt.MlV fO. Ill HM'LACE AZU'irt: The Iwal dry ilm lu lieeii awanlrd n timtrart )' He (iranh) (invll.jl Mining, smelting A lwrr Co. Ltd, for Hie tiiitrutlon uf a ten Ire IhmI tu rrpljcr Hie Aruritc wliUh a fold tlili )ear lii the ITlnrr lluprrt It-ut lloue In-IrrroK The net r-el. which U U lie Mulshed In four mimtlii, mill be ;3 Irrl long. II lert hi breatllh anil ; frrt Orrp. Of wiMHlen inlriirlloii, miomiiiiMlulloii HIM Ih prut Idril-for from four in H uteiier. The erl u III be Mmerrd w II It a IMI li.p. ikUrt eiiflne. CORONER'S INQUEST ON MARGARET McRAE KILLING HER HUSBAND VICTORIA, Nov 19, At Ue Inquest jesterday Into the death of Albert Me- Rae. who was shot and killed at hit home here Wednesday, tlie coronort Jury returned a verdict that "deceased met death from a gunshot wound at the hands of his wife Mrs. Marguret McRae." The latter appeared In court, heard the charge read and was remanded until tomorrow. VICTORIA WOMAN" COMMITED FOR TRIAL AT ASSIZES VICTORIA, Nov 19. Mrs, Jeaa Bowers, charged with the murder of Frederick Lamarr last Sunday after noon was committed for trial at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing. Her case will b heard at the next at tires. ' Mr. and Mra. R. E. Moore will aall tomorrow morning ou the steamer Cat- ,iu for Vancouver T0 SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS EajsgciiKraslaaHMealtaaaB bHBHe 7iZJLi3fIalanssss VSiaiflaiHeiaS .ariSflSflsVB''MSKfll))))EBaBtl ACCIDENT ON ENGLISH LINE EHillT Kll.l.i:i ANII I.KIIIT 1N41 KEI ON IIIK.MINOIIVM TO VOKK KM'KESI noniEnHAM. Eng.. Nov. 19. Eight people were killed, eight Injured, some seriously. In an unusual accident on the London. Midland and Scottish Railway between Parkgate and Rotham today when a freight car was. derailed aa the express from Birmingham to-York., wua approaching and fell across the express, ripping open the sides of several of the coaches. TANKSBURST 15 LOSE LIVES BALTIMORE, Nov 19. fifteen dry- dock workers were killed and 73 In jured today In au explosion aboard the Norwegian oil tanker Mantilla drydocked at Sparrow's Points, ten mtlea from here. 'Flaming oil aprsjed the workers and surrounding docks. The tanker'a crew of 35 were aboard. Inspector William Splller of,, the provincial police returned to, the city on yeaerday afternoon's train from Prince Oeorge where he wat In attendance at the session of the Supreme Court Head the advertisements of the Montreal Importers on other pages. COLONEL AND MBS. GIDEON MILLER who have been conducting a contfre?es for Indian envoys and sergeant-majors of the organization at lloonah and who are here today to hold meetings before proceeding to Hazelton. Col. Miller was for many .years the field secretary of the Salvation Army in Eastern Canada with headquarters in Toronto. He is a Canadian officer, having joined the army first in Paris, Ontario. Mrs. Miller is also a Canadian officer who first became actively interested in the army in the town of Walkerton, Ontario. Both have been in the service for more than forty years, and. have each year been engaged In many campaigns of evangelism. Steamer Montreal Burned to Water's Edge and is Beached; Five Members of Crew Lost MONTREAL, November 19. Five members of the crew of the Canada Steamship liner Montreal are believed to have peished. three are in Sorel Hospital badly burned and many of .the remaining thirty narrowly escaped with their lives when the vessel burned to the water'8 edge early today, three miles above Sorel when en route to Montreal from Quebec for freight The steamer is the crack passenger ship of the fleet, but on this trip was carrying no passengers. hen the fire was discovered the vessel put full speed ahead and was beached. It is believed that five men who were trapped in the forecastle were overcome oy smoH orjumied overboard and were drowned. LATEST nrroitT MONTREAL. Nor. 18. The Uteat re- porta atate that three of the crew are mlaalng from the ateamer Montreal. The monetary loaa la estimated at 600.- 000. PRINCE GEORGE MURDER TRIAL IS TRAVERSED OHINO TO ll.LNESH.Ol' lilt. IIAKIK OK ( ilM I, MIN t'KOWN W IT- Ms HIS (1KV F.MENT ON STATl'TOKV ITIAltOE The charge of murder against Aaron Kctta which was to have been heard at the Prince Oeorge Assizes this week was traversed until the next Aiies because Dr. O. R. Baker of Quesnel. one of the main witnesses for the crown and the physician who performed a post-mortem exsaitnatlon on the allegedly murderod num. Maurice Orloll, was unable to appear In court having Just recently un dergone an operation for appendicitis The accud was brought to the city latt night In custody of Constable M. Martin of Prince Oeorge and was taken on this tnorninir to Okalla where he will remain pending trial in the spring. Koa ta is alleged to have killed Orlolt at Ten-Mile Lake north of Quesnel on Sep tember 29 of thta year. Both were set tlers and were neighbors. In the second criminal case at Prince f Oeorge. that of Dsn Naphan charged with a statutory offence against a girl under the age of fourteen, the Jury disagreed in the first trial and a new trial started yeaterday. J. M. McLean of Prince Oeorge Is prosecuting In thl case with Alex. McB. Young acting for the defence. A. M. Johnsb.;fc.C .f the, , attorney generaPa department, Vlctbrta.-vtid went to Prlnce'oeorge to prosecute the Kosta cate. returned to the city on yesterday afternoon's train and will remain here to prosecute In the Sankey murder case which la to open here next Monday. By that time Mr. Juttlce D. A. McDonald and M. 8. Bryan, court stenographer, will also have returned here from Prince Oeorge. Milton Ooikzalet returned to the city on jesterday afternoon" train from s 4!:(p .0 Sml'hers "i legal biuiuess. Discussion of Traffic in Liquor out of B.C. Occupies Most of Day Ottawa heaiing of Customs Commission taken up w.th illicit export from Pacific ports to United States - OTTAWA, November 19. The existence of extensive traffic in liquor between British Columbia and the United States was alleged in evidence given before the Royal Commission investigating the Customs Department Thursday. C. P. Blair, chief executive assistant, told the commissioners liquor was shipped from British Columbia ports such as Vancouver, Victoria, Prince Rupert or other points along the B.C. coast where it awaited the arrival of United States vessels, which took it aboard without the formality of obtaining clearance papers and smuggled it into the United States, air. Blair said he knew of njthlng tot . ' prevent tbpment of llu?c to B.C. coaat pointa, but the apprehension of ! veaseU which called far llc,u3r at those pclnta would deal a blow at the traf- , tic- ! The question of the traffic In liquor I In British Columbia occupied a promln-' ent portion of the day'a alttlng. Mr. : BUlr told the commission that theJCKO illlT10MMJ or" rltlONt:R customs department at Victoria ar.di -MY MiKfiEANT ANIi ADMISSION , Vancouver were holding a number of! OF ANsttElts WAS ulitaneeHetf bonttiTfoT Kquor s&paien'ts j because they doubled the genuineness of the landing certificates furnished tbesi. In answer to Newton RowelL K C Mr. Blair said the traffic from British COls-umbla Into the United States In liquor was very large but unless the U.S. ves sels calling for liquor could be aelzed. the customs had no right to Interfere. M)LI BOTTLE TO CHIEF ritOIIIMTION (11 1 ITER KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN. Nov. 19. When one is la the extremely precar BELOW ZERO TODAY t ious vocation of purveying con-. traband commodity, it Is well to 4 choose with exceedingly fastldl- 4 ous taste, those to whom be ' caters. Axel Isaacson found this out when he waa fined 500 and sen- fenced to serve six months In Jail by United States Commis- sioner J. W. Kehoe, on charges of bootlegging. 4 The evidence revealed that Isaacson endeavored to sell a 4 bottle of whiskey to noun other than Wm, Bergfleld. Alaska's pro- hlbitlon chief. 4 IN PARTS OF YUKON The coldest point reporting this morning by the Dominion Oavernment Telegraphs was Nahlin In Yukon territory where the thermometer registered 13 degrees below cero. Other reports were: Terrace Clear, windy temp. 29. Anyox Clear, calm. 30. Stewart Clear, calm, 25. Hazelton Clear, 14. Telegraph Creek Clear, calm, rero. Smlthen Clear, calm, 14. Burns Lake Clear, calm, 13. Nahlin 13 below zero. Wbltehorse- -Cloudy, calm, S. Dawson - Cloudy, south wind, 14. WOMAN SpHED CHARGE OF MURDER OF NEW BORN CHILD NEW WFTIlNoTElt. N6vi,9,- norence t'aimer, me umeiecn year cia Vancouver girl, wat acquitted at the a&alre court of the charge of murder in connection with the death of her new born child on August 31 at Port Hammond, HOCKEY SCORES Ottawa 3, Canadlena 1. Montreal Maroons 3, Americana 0. Boston 3. Detroit 0. New York PRINCE GEORGE CASE QUASHED 1.NCOKKECT VANCOUVER. Nov. 19. The court oi appeal unanimously quashed the conviction of A. Bellos. who was found guilty at the Prince Oeorge assizes of cscault. occasioning bodily harm and was sentenced to two and a half years Imprisonment. A new trial was ordered. Their Lordships concluded that there had been a miscarriage of Justice through the admission of certain evi dence. Provincial police sergeant Walker of Prince George relating answers he had elicited from Belloa lu evidence. According to the court this would give the Impression that Bellos did not tell the truth. This evoked comment from Mr. Jus tice Martin who said the Sergeant ex ceeded his duty when he cross-examined prisoner. SHIPS CLEARED AT VANCOUVER ONLY TWO FILL CARGOES LOADED, ALL OTHERS TIE I NO PARCEL '. . SHIPMENTS VANCOUVER, Nov. 19. The Merchants Exchange reports the following ahtps clearing during the week ending yesterday as followa: Nordbo to Colon for orders, 375.387 bushels. Knoxvllle City tor Avonmouth. 36.000 bushels. , Langton 1111 for Hull, 18,fl63 bushels. Eric Frlssell for Yokohama. 33431. bushels. Burma for Nagoya, 68,668 bushels. Asuka Maru for Yokohama, 33.333 bushels: for Kobe, 50.000 bushels. Sun Heath tor Yokohama, 60,499 bush els. Tyne Maru for Kobe, 81.583 bushels; for Yokohama. 31.667 buthels Usurl Maru for Yokohama. 303.694 bushels. Couob for Wellington, 7,616 bushels. SHAW ACCEPTS NOBELPRIZE (I HEAT AtlTHOK WILL' TAKE HONOR ! HIT NOT THE .MONEY HESl'LT Of AWARD LONDON. Nov. 19. Bernard Shaw, who waa awarded the 1923. Nobel prize for literature, aaya he Is willing to accept the award but not the money prize, which usually amounts to about 133,000, Shaw proposed that the money be used to encourage Intercourse add understanding In literature and art between Sweden, where the award originated, and Oreat Britain.