utes,
25
VOL
XVI.,
No.
300.
TAXI
Boston
Grill
and
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
nt
Anytime
Stand
Exchange
Building
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
'PEG
THEATRE
BURNED
TODAY
m:
i
iukm
an
ku.i.i:i,
dm:
missino
TUtl.VK
IVirilKI.
AMI
SI
50.000
'
DAM.vni:
H
d
to
forecast
Intentions
of
the
.
Md
full
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
.an
Reindeer
Co.
Ltd..
whose
believe
that
operation
may
be
d
on
more
auceeasfully
in
the
west
Trrrltor.ee
according
to
he
ng
star
Officials
of
the
company.
t
Vancouver,
recently
secured
a
fed-
pi
a
barter
The
concern
la
capitalized
h
i:oo.000
and
own
five
hundred
cows
Uree
hundred
bulla
h!ch
It
Is
:ned
to
remove
to
a
range
near
Oreat
e
Lake
EXPIRED
IN
POLICE
COURT
I
KINfi.
Ol'
VICTORIA.
MAS
IIMMI
1
1tll.ll
I
OH
ASSAIL.
ON'
1OI
MI
(llltl.
VICTORIA,
Dee.
23.
-Aa
he
left
the
iicm
aland
J.
r.
King,
advertising
Mltor,
auffered
a
heart
attack
today
'
a
died
within
ten
minutes
in
u
-iice
court
where
he
waa
being
tried
a
charge
of
assaulting
a
young
girl
;io
kept
house
for
him
alnce
hla
lfe
died
on
November
37.
Jessie
King,
I
f-Ss
cousln'a
daughter,
who
brought
the
-arge
against
him,
waa
present
in
the
urt
when
he
collapaed
at
the
end
of
cross-examination
lasting
twenty
nun-
continent.
She
la
about
the
same
sire
ar
DtrfcaDa
a
little
latter
that
the
Talyo
Maru
although
of
mora
modern
de
sign.
1'
-
Special
Interest
wUl
attach
Itself
to
the
Ocean
Transport
Otx
-
steamer
Ryoxa
Maru
which
Is
due
here
from
Mllke.
Japan,
on
January
beeaue
this
will
be
the
first
boat
to
foad
grain
here
for
the
Orient.
The
vesael.
of
0.000
tons
deadweight
and
a
little
larger
than
the
Talyo
Maru,
wilt
load
cargo
for
deliv
ery
at
Shanghai.
She
Is
a
fully
modem
freighter
and
waa
built
In
japan
about
aeven
yeara
ago.
The
fourth
vessel
on
the
llat
la
the
British
ahlp
Innerton
of
the
Common
Line
which
la
due
direct
from
England
on
January
9.
The
veaatt.
which
Is
about
the
aame
size
aa
the
average
grain
boat
coming
here
will
also
load
full
for
the
United
Klngdcm
or
continent.
The
final
vessel,
the
booking
of
which
to
this
pott
tor
8r'n
'
now
announced.
la
the
Suzuki
Line,
ahlp
Seine
Maru
which
Is
a
alster
ahlp
to
the
Yprcs
Maru
which
loaded
here
last
week.
She
U
due
January
15
from
Japan
and
will
load
full
for
Shanghai.
4.
-f
-r
T
rate
.m:.u,
Comino'.
'
"
"'
"
r
,-ti'n
J
ii'
af.rtooo-
I'l'
ON
JANl'ARV
10
OTTAWA.
Dec.
33.
The
Government
has
fixed
January
10
as
the
date
for
hearing
the
ap.
peal
of
the
province
of
British
Columbia,
Alberta,
and
Saskatchewan
to
the
cabinet
council
from
an
order
In
regard
to
freight
rates
-oi
westbound
grain
and
flour
of
the
Railway
Commission,
(
KAISER
CHANtlEH
HIIINKS
WlNNIPEd,
Dec.
33.-On
fireman
"-'"I:
I,
.
of
uermany.
w.
ucv..
....
was
kiiurf
twelve
if
more'or
e.
aeriousr;
.njured.
w.y.
patronised
a
g
wd.
ern
Is
K
rwult
of
a
fir.
at
noon
today
which
champagne.
.
tin
(h,
mtprpii
oi
euuiiuiuj.
-
-"iroyed
the
Winnipeg
Theatre
"
VOl'Ntl
MON'TIIKAL
MAX
MKCTS
TUAtilC
HEATH
IX
VANCOUVER
ANII
HIS
COMPANION
H
I5i:i.(l
IIKLIl
la
being
held
by
the
police
pending
an
investigation
Into
the
fatality.
He
was
UcLeod's
roommate,
the
two
having
arrived
from
Victoria
on
Wednesday.
RECORD
MADE
ON
EXCHANGE
PACIIIC
L.M
TOCK
IS
IIRST
TO
MOINT
TO
OVER
SJ.IHK)
I'EK
SHARE
IN
HlliniMl
NEW
YORK.
Ore.
t3--iumiliig
a
iiiiith
a
1
(HI
mlnt
on
a!rt
In
ten
Imrr
lil,
Tea
l"aclflc
Unil
Trnt
Co.
slock
today
arhlrrd
the
dMInrtlnii
of
lirlng
the
flrt
luc
In
m-II
boe
IJ.ooo
jwr
Mmrr
on
the
New
Vork
Mnrk
Exrlunsr.
I
Ihan
one
humlml
fliuren
rlungrd
handt
In
t
lie
forrnoon
Iraillng
tiwl-r
with
the
rlir
niounthiK
from
SI.HIKI
to
!,0I0.
Early
IIiIh
r;ir
lhee
harr
had
hern
quoted
at
low
u
$10.
HlM-orr)
of
Mitvh
on
the
-in-hii)'ii
irntertlr
ami
a
Urge
In
irrn-c
In
rririior
frtnii
nilnrml
unil
ull
lrur
ktlmulalrd
tlrniand
.or
the
WRIT
ISSUED
FOR
N.S.
BY-ELECTION
The
body
of
McLeod
waa
without
coat.
vest,
collar
or
tie
when
found.
In
the
room
occupied
by
the
two
men
the
nn
,
i.
fM.nrf
hnl.
In
t
Km
vlnriM
Kir,
I
Noiiilniillont
uii
Juniiury
II
and
Elrttloii
tti-ek
lilrr
lo
Kill
AiillgonMi-tlliyohnro
Sent
OTTAWA,
Doc.
33.
A
writ
for
the
by-
election
lu
AntlgDnlsh-Ouysboro,
Nova
Scotia,
made
necessary
through
the
recent
death
of
John
Douglas,
Conserva
tive
member,
was
Issued
yesterday
afternoon.
Nominations
will
be
held
on
January
11
and
election
on
January
18.
PREMIER
WILLING
CUT
DEBATE
SHORT
If
Opposition
Agrrriiblr,
Thrre
Will
Not
lie
Muc
h
IMsfiisslon
,
In
Reply'
to
;
l.rllatlr
Throne
Speech
VICTORIA,
Dee.
S3,
Premier
Oliver
today
signified
his
willingness
to
cur
tail
the
debate
tn
reply
to
the
speech
from
the
throne
when
the
present
session
of
the
Legislature
la
resumed
on
the
condition
that
the
Opposition
I
agreeable
to
such
action.
Advertise
in
the
Dally
Newi.
shaft
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PRINCE
.RUPERT,
D.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
23,
192G
WE
GkAIN
BOA
TS
Tpi
irade
fact
between
Lanada
to
have
been
dazed
by
the
tragedy
end.
j
according
t
tbt.poUce.
he
aalfie
.leiM
hi
room
and
went
to
the
ground
floof.
returning
a
few
minutes
later
to
find
j
McLeod
mlallng.
He
looked
out
and
aaw
j
what
appeared
to
be
a
body
lying
onj
the
laundry
roof
and
notified
the
"
It
la
sold
that
McLeod
and
Burdlck
were
fellow
students
at
the
Royal
Mili
tary
College
in
Kingston.
"
Burdlck
was
released
this
morning
In
the
custody
of
his
father.
A.
C.
Bur
dlck.
a
well
known
resident
of
Victoria.
and
Gzecho-SloVQhia
Will
-
Make
Dominion
Goods
MartH
!
1
HVITH
RKillT
HANH
i
IIROKEN,
VIC
tOt.EY
WINS
WINS
A
A
HECIMON
HECIMON
,
-
BELUNQHAM,
Dec.
.3.
Vic
Jj
Foley,
the
Vancouver
boxer.
broke
his
right
hand
In
the
second
round
of
a
bout
with
Frankle
Repose
of
Brlllngham
last
night
but
continued
the
'
scheduled
alx
rounds
with
hla
left
and
won
the
decision.
AMI
HAVE
IIEVERAUE
MII.U
INSTEAD
IN
GOVERNMENT
LHJIO"
STOKES
VICTORIA.
Her.
,3-The
Tluie
M)M
"The
sale
of
beer
by
the
gla
In
Government
r.tatitlliinmt
Instead
of
In
privately
owned
beer
par-Ion
It
to
be
our
of
the
proposal
(tit-riiNM-tl
In'
.the
present
elon
of
the
l.rgUliitlire
when
Hie
eiitlre
lliior
HilmliiNtrullou
of
the
pro
lnrr
will
he
under
rigid
ret
lew.
This
plan
l
nldrty
faiornl
ili
a
uiruiiH
of
takinK
brer
ultnjrlhrr
Out
of
(MilUIrs"
:
i
TWO
FLYERS
KILLED
.
WHEN
PLANES
CRASH
iimn
am
iiiiMmc
Detroit's
City
hall
will
be
replaced
by
RANTOUL.
111,.
Dec.
33.
Four
army
an
elaborate
structure
on
the
Detroit
oH
leers
on
Chantefleld
were
killed
today,
river
as
the
nucleus
ot
a
civic
centre
It
j
when
two
airplanes
crushed
head
on
In
plans
ot
Councilman
John
C.
Lodge
mid
air
above
the
training
camp
near
materialize.
here.
Air
Mail
Service
in
Canada
is
Being
Considered
States
Postmaster
General
Veniot
ST.
JOHN,
N.D.,
December
23.
"Proposal
looking
to
the
establishment
of
an
air
mall
service
system
in
Canada
is
under
observation
and
consideration
by
the
Post
Office
deparement,"
Postmaster
General
Veniot
said
today
at
Hathursf
in
an
interview
on
the
long
distance
telephone.
"The
matter,"
he
said,
"Is
only
in
a
tentative
stage,
as
yet,
and
a
definite
policy
has
not
been
adopted,
but
we
have
it
in
hand
and
expect
to
make
definite
announcement
in
the
near
future."
x
Whether
the
matter
will
come
before
Parliament
when
it
jneets
In
February
in
the
wy-ot
aDnroprla-laald.
"has
followed
with
interest
the
sue?
Hon
of
money.
Mr.
Veniot
was
not
pre-
cess
attending
the
'Idea.
$n
the
United
pnretl
to
sny.
"The
department'
hr'e'Mw."
Circulation
158a
WITHIN
3
Sales
485
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hal!,
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor,
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457,
Price
I-'ive
Cents
WEEKS
WTED
STATES
IS
CHECKING
UP
ON
COAST
RUM
RUNNERS
Wheat
Shipments
to
Orient
Will
Be
Instituted
by
Two
Freighters
from
This
Port
nnouncement
made
of
ships
coming
here
fj
$
FLOORS
ntTafw
rrn
m
tnmnnn
tn
Innn
Inv
f
I
H
nf
UIKbl
IllIll
-HIUHU
IU
IUUU
IUI
(.!.
Ul
j
TJAXCI
WfKfflflW
continent,
also
rom
Janan
11U1LL
HinuUT!
for
Shanghai
WELSH
CITY
DUE
NEXT
WEEK
fyoka
Maru,
Innerton
and
Seine
Maru
will
follow
all
being
expected
before
January
15
to
load
full
at
local
elevator
Five
ocean
freighter,
three
Japanese
and
two
British,
includ-
r.;
wo
that
will
institute
full
cargo
shipments
from
this
port
to
the,
t,
yi
dl
be
here
loading
grain
between
now
anc
January
15
oft
hlv
v.
hi:,
the
pext
three
weeks'
time.
The
list
does
not
include
K
L
:;k
steamer.
Kifuku
Maru,
which
sailed
at
noon
to
day
with
Jl
cv
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
continent.
F
:;
on
the
list
is
the
Ocean
Transport
Co.'a
freighter,
Taiyo
.
u,
C
apt
K
Okamoto.
which
arrived
last
night
at
o'clock
after
uneventful
voyage
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
':frpm
Yokohama,
.
aJ.p-n.
bleb
port
she
left
en
Decern-
10YE
REINDEER
TO
MACKENZIE
RIVERREGION
fcuMIMOV
(
IMH.Mt
CO,
Ol
VAN-
lOltl.R
THINK
THAT
IHsTKHT
t
more
iavoruu.i:
ion
TIIKM
VANCOUVER,
Dtc
23.
The
transfer
::
thousand
head
of
reindeer
from
t.
the
Macken-ie
River
basin
ber
t.
btt
remslnrd
to
the
stream
overnight,
passing
quarantine
and
custom
inspection,
and
was
to
go
to
the
dry
dock
for
llnlag
this
morning.'
A
rNwl
of
umi
8,439
ton
deadweight,
the
Talyo
Maru
la
one
of
the
unique
old
turret
or
"whalebatk"
type.
She
was
buUi
36
yean
ag
K
Qreat
Brit
am
for
the
P.
&
O.
Una
being
especially
designed
for
operating
through
the
Suet
Canal
Later
ahe
brca(
Ue
property
of
Norwegian
Interests,
finally
passing
into
the
hand
of
the
Ocean
Transport
Oo.
of
Kobe
which
eencern
now
owns
and
operate
her.
The
aeeond
boat
new
due
la
the
British
freighter.
WeUh
City,
belonging
to
the
Smith
Line
of
London."
Th'-s
vet-act
fa
due
here
on
December
28,
next
...,
,4
,
ir&At
fMun
frin
s1
nH
nrl
Will
I
ft
UOUM;
.
UHIV
a
I
-,aa-
-.-
"
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
S3.
Kenneth
Mc-
Leod.
aged
34,
aon
of
prominent
Montreal
family,
was
Instantly
killed
here
last
night
when
he
fell
from
the
sighth
flocr
of
the
Hotel
Vancouver
to
the
roof
of
a
laundry
building
below.
Reginald
Burdlck.
aged
23.
of
Victoria.
MISS
LUCY
WRIGHT
is
the
general
car
distributer
of
the
Grank
Trunk
Railway,
working
from
Detroit,
and
her
Job
1s
to
keep
15,000
cars
moving,
so
the
shippers
cart
always
have
one
ready.
She
'claims
there
is
no
position
in
the
world
a
woman
cannot
fill
as
capably
as
a
man.
Consolidated
Exporters
Corporation
Figures
in
California
Indictments
Thirty-eight
members
of
alleged
ring
are
committed
by
U.S.
Grand
Jury
Puget
Sound
.
liquor
men
also
arraigned
'
LOS
ANGELES,
December
23.
Thirty-eight
members
of
an
alleged
Pacific
Coast
liquor
smuggling
combine
have
been
indicted
by
a
United
States
grand
jury.
The
committed
men
include
virtually
the
entire
list
of
stockholders
and
officers
of
the
Canadian
Consolidated
Exporters
Corporation
which
is
said
to
have
been
the
leader
in
the
shipment
of
contraband
liquor
from
Canada.
The
indictments
charge
conspiracy
to
violate
the
National
Tariff
Act,
and
,
are
the
result
of
investigations
,
which
federal
prohi-
fl!
A
1
1
J
i
-
Diiion
agents
say
nave
ueen
unuer
way
since
last
juiy.
SEATTLE,
Dec.
23.
The
federal
grands
,
,
,
.
Jury
which
convened
on
December
14:
to
Ifireatlgate
charges
of
liquor
graft
ilhUy
Uj
M
A
fl
violations
In
Snohcoilah
and
King
coun-
f
JJ
I
i
jL-JXAULtl
ties
last
night
returned
sixty-lour
in-
dletoents
Including
21
aecret
and
43
1UITLI
DITH17DT
op
l
.
rn
rr.ru
1
-M.
..ANOTHER
(lOOU
KECOKU
IS
MADE
AT
ELEVATOR
t
.
Another
good
loading
record
'
was
maae
at
me
wneai
root
s
'
0-local
elevator
when
7,060
tons
of
PAUL
tUDWIG
DIES
IN
LOCAL
HOSPITAL
vVii".
Old
Timer
of
City.
Il-vlng.
Formerly
Lltrd
on
(urrn
Churlottr
I!and.
Many
old
timers
will
regret
to
learn
ot
the
death
at
.the
Prince
Rupert
Gen
eral
Hospital
last
night
In
his
st:h
year
of
Paul
Ludwlg.
Deceased
was
first
ad
mitted
to
the
hospital
in
the
early
part
of
October
where
he
received
medical
attention
until
December'
11
when
he
left
the
institution
only
to
come
back
on
December
31.
Of
Oerman
descent,
deceased,
formerly
lived
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
but
during
the
last
few
shears
has
been
employed
as
cook,
on
various
boats
operating
out
of
here.
,
.Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers.
MANDAMUS
ORDER
"
REFUSED
BY
JUSTICE
LIlior
ship
ClirH
Morllrr
Will
Have
to
Remain
liidrflnltrly
at
Victoria
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
23.
Chief
Justice
Hunter
today
refused
an
application
tor
mandamus
to
force
Collector
of
Customs
Davey.
Victoria,
to
clear
the
Chris
Moeller.
The
ship
with
a
valuable
cargo
wll
lbs
held
Indefinitely.
NEW
BATOHURCH
MINISTER
IS
COMiflG
Kev,
W.
Y.
prlrr
of
strttlrr,
Alta,
Ac-rrpts
Cull
ot
Um-iiI
Congregation
Rev.
V.
F.
Price
of
Stettler,
Alta,
who
has
accepted
a
call
to
the
Baptist
church
here,
is
expected
to
arrive
in
the
city
the
first
week
in
January
and
wilt
commence
bis
mluistry
on
January
0.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Bid.
Asked.
Wheat
.
,1.37V
B.C.
Silver
1.83
-
173
Dunwell
1.03
1.03
Independence
08
14
.08
)i
Porter
Idaho
13',
13(',
Silver
Crest
.05
.04
H
Ruth
Hope
.
.
.
.
.
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33
YA.MA.MOTO,
OF
OCEAN
TRANSPORT
CO..
HERE
t'ROM
SE.VTTLE
IN
CONNECTION
WITH
UK
UN
LOAHINO
N.
Tamamoto.
representative
of
the
wheat
was
poured
into
the
Ocfan
Tranaport
Co-
whose
ve&sel,
the
freighter
Kifuku
Maru
In
16
V
T1!"3
Maru.
Is
her
to
load
grain
at
4.
hours.
Shipping
men
of
ex-
tne
local
eievatan
arrived
la
the
city
T,
T
'.
T
.
,
.
r,
pertence
who
are
here
atate
that
from
Seattle
yesterday.
Mr.
Tamamoto
F,.e??1.beru23TA
has
been
COmrareia'
and
trathy
betWeJe"
Cf"-J
U
U
a.
goci
time
aa
could
be
I
haa
alridy
had
time
to
inspect
the
ada
and
Chechoslovakia
negotiated
approved
by
the
cabinet.
Jfhe
Department
of
Finance
states
that,
by
means
of
it,
Canada
obtains
the
lowest
rates
of
duty
given
an$
country
on
a
list
of
some
seventy-one
commodities
which
comprise
all
the
important
Canadian
exports
to
that
country.
In
return,
Czecho-Slovakia
has
been
grafted
benefits
under
the
Canadian
intermediate
tariff.
The.
treaty
will
become
effective
on
January
1.
Canadian
goods
given
favored
treatment
under
the
pact
In-elude
flour,
wheat,
hosiery,
wrapping'
paper.
barley,
oats.
rye.
buckwheat,
malt.
'
peas,
fresh
and
dried
apples,
all
kinds
oi
fish
Including
canned
fish,
lard,
butter,
honey,
cheese,
canned
fruits,
vegetables,
condensed
milk,
agricultural
Implements,
tools,
rubber
footwear,
rubber
tires,
lead.
zinc,
engines,
motcrs.
adding
machines,
automcbllea
and
various
other
Item.
1
A
statement
Issued
by
the
.finance
de-i
partment
points
out
that
It
la
the)
first
commercial
agreement
concluded;
since
Canada
obtained
Its
new
powers
i
at
the
recent
Imperial
Conference.
I
rr
MAY
ABOLISH
BEER
PARLORS
made
at
any
other
Pacific
Coast
'
harbor
and
lta
facilities
and
he
port
It
speaks
weU
for
the
presse
himself
aa
highly
pieaaed,
pre-
ability
and
convenience
of
the
dlcUng
that
many
Japanese
vessels
will
local
grain
plant.
use
this
port
for
loading
cargo.
'
Mr.
Tamamoto
la
only
three
months
cut
of
Japan
but
he
haa
a
surprising
command
of
English
which
is
taught
In
!the
Japanese
schools.
!IC
RODGERS
TURNS
BLUE
CANT
GET
His
5300
HACK
SO
HE
WONT
HAVE
A
VERY
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Pocr
Vic
Rsdjers
was
a
blue
porter
the
other
day
when,
on'
asking
City
Solicitor
Jones
for
a
check
tor
3oo
which
he
thought,
he
had
coming
to
htm
tallowing
the
appeal
he
won
last
Friday
on
a
charge
of
keeping
liquor
tor
sale,
he
learned
that
Mr.
Jones
had
entered
-n
appeal
and,
therefore1,
could
nst
give
htm
his
money.
Now
Vic
can't,
give
the
boys
a
free
turkey
dinner
aa'
he
did
last
Christmas.
JAPAN
IS
HAVING
MUCH
INFLUENZA
ai.ri:ahv
m:kly
i
ihmhikii
IIKATHS
AliK
ATTRIIIl'TKIt
TO
IHSiasE
IHKI.MI
.MONTH
Of
DtCK.MIlKR
TOKIO.
Dec.
33.
Influenza,
is
spread
ing
In
Tokto.
Fifty
on
deafht
reported
on
Monday
make
a
total
of
501
for
the
month
ot
December
ao
far.
'
In
connection
with
the
epidemic
here
it
la
noted
that
Japan
was
not
hit
so
seriously
with
Influenza
when
the
plague
was
sweeping
the
world
In
the
fall
of
1818.
LEGISLATURE
OF
I
.
ONTARIO
TO
OPEfh
.
'
AFTER
NEW
YEAR
TORONTO,
Dec.
33.
The
Ontario
Legislature
will
be
opened
on
February
3
Premier
Ferguson
announced
last
night.
The
chief
business
of
the
session
will
probably
be
legislation
to
put
Into
force
the
sale
of
liquor
under
government
control
which
was
endorsed
by
the
electorate
In
the
recent
provincial
election.
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