I'' 25 TAXI Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave, and eth St. WATT VIDECK, Prop. v II XVI NO Ct VI II Murrb U. -tin- iriiM.fl if mot i In- ciuil lln v ml lir li i Iii' Iliillllliliii '. -.I'1II1T .!( IH'IIIM- lirlx ftPMMn ED LAKE IS IALM0N RIVER mmcr ,,! II W'. f -.illhlcrcd ul a i ihi.lay lietwocii . in-..'i-ii.i' Htnl ovcr- Hi! Mill i. .if the n-t V M.iHterwcll. rliiff ready 1500 Prospectors Scat tored Over District and Hardship Likely to Follow '(IT V u rin n. Mar. i.' i''-'- lush Leasos all Taken Over the 8obakwe Company Through B.C. Silver ' ! ' ' liul llii' lli'd Lake di-W'.niid licconif Hie wmhl '. iimiiiiiw rainp. hihiIiIv n- I In- Klondike w ni'i'l' tt. i Hyde, rivll eniriH h-i ii'llii'iiml I lit I he II. liMifh lllal utile-'' 1 i!''"-uutM'ii me liikea ill he imn'li Imrilfliip Hie l ilt mile I rH II rriuit 'I', 'liiliiriu, Hf il will I"' It" i' tn g-l in IoimI iiiiplie-ii'. I Mill pi'dMiieelnrH now il i. vim- ii ratlin- niil . nit DEAL CLOSED by Ii' 'iiiiiK'ri'ial iiiiiir-ial uliuoii . MUHIIII," , ' IT i-u?rlVi W oci reeeiNeil from London H I" he elieet Unit the milium leases vi in number, owned by I'"' lhis (Jonipuny have been GREAT CAMP!. Itaniled oei' lo the H.l'.. Hllve:' llorporation, auenls for Iho akwc unit IHslrlcl. Mines. H lliiniuoft has been hppolnltMl lioiiuiH engineer In flnirizi. '""- f"i ill Hie Seluikwi" Mines Is held by .in sulukwH Cumnauy. DENIES PETTICOAT ADMINISTRATION IN SEATTLE THIS YEAR sr.viTi.i:. M' 12. "I am templed In ri'iiiurk I hat I hey iliui'l wrui'em any ururc" iHii Mr. I .amies, mayor elect f shuttle bc-rr leavim lat mglil for .fpw (Hy reel following I h e rather strenuous mayorull nmnpaiKU, ' n-jinnl In remarks (lull had IteMi iiMtile about " lUrnnl government." She mM he Mlnniitly rc-M'nd'U lilt- remark. She intended In iiimimI a man chief il miIii'i liul it WOllld lIlM III' SeVerVlls. FIRE AT CLAYBURN CUTS OFF BELL1NCHAM CI.WIII IVN. Mmrli IV. Tiro liimnui'il Hie r. MViitirii l.lee- t fn- iil-KtuMou Uen? Iln ufter- i mid Imitl'orarily nut off lite Mier Wllieil JM'iiiiiuinioi ri-rnnui- fn.iii t lit- Kllie I.nke plant. CHILD SMOTHERED TO DEATH DIGGING CAYE NKl.SiiN. Miu-elt 1-'. Wall. i Walker, leu ear l UKe. wan xiiinlliernl lo di alli in n lux in miMiiid. inornniK t"1' vieiuna oie i.u will recuperate. II was nece - juiry t" carry him aboard the .learner Princess Mary. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheal H. C.. Silver Huiiwell Oludskuie .... I. . (A 1. Premier porter Malm Silvererest Surf Inlel cave Col. .1. W'. Nialiolls, ooniptroller for the Canadian l ish & litdd Sloi'Msrc sailed fni' the soulli on the Prinres .Mary this nioni-iliK ellfoule to New York llti.l oilier lJislern poinls on eoiniany liusinesf . eompaiiy peit. Mrs'. Nicholls will iir-liim as far us W'liini- Hr. 1". I'. Kenny, who Mistamrd n wevere strain to his hack whil'. al Slewarl last week, sailed I Ins .... i Hid. Asked 1.51 It ,1 .Mil l.ilO :2.Ul if .23 .in .10 Ifi .18 10 U .It .15 .OK V-j .00 Sir Henry Thornton Tells Wanu facturers That Happy Medium Is Necessary ASKS NATIONAL UNITY Canada Ha? Lowes'. Tariff Railways of any Country In Civilized World HAMILTON, MfH-eli I. powerful (ilea lur a nulioiial unify. iiihIiv id J 'eeltniiHl inJere anil liux :',- : ! IdHnifi the dewjiniiliii'iit of ida uIimib liroad I lotiiin ')' Sir Henry eln nn Hie "ex Growing Danger In North Paclfio Shipping Is Warn-t ed by Japan YOKOHAMA, March 12. Tho customs authorities have warned shipping of the growing danger from Icebergs In tho North Pacific Ocean. It Is officially reported that an Iceberg five miles long Is drifting 25 miles from Nemuro, Hokalda, one of the northern Japanese Islands. BOY WAS CRUSHED" on a ar .vm mail'" iiy Sir iteurv I'aiiri) nil.- cliHiruiiiii an. I ii-eiri' n lie Cnuudmn Nut al ltm way. n an a(llw ui-,"vr me iiutni Hftrijiiliit--i1ifiiMdtni M-n ufaeture lUnwciaifon 1; niuiit hi remark )' i-iii lla piiinilllK OUt HlHl He Wits -ilM'ii iuit In lle leadei - .ir pr"jj'T?f ' h iiianufaetnrni nlre t I an ttilM, III "PiUfluir of I lie lHim iniun" an H wen- ami wlnle lifl e!iiiiiii)ieil tin- fail I hut no oik wan loon. oj"eii to an oiprei- iiv hetxlil ruii- Hiun lie wax. it! u-hm Hiiverlliele.- iieeeisni'v lot slrike 'b happy, medium whereby Hie "ruilwny were cut il led lo re-eeive a renoiintile relurn for netniren Riven." I'lilcn thai were iif.iiril. Sir Henry wii con-vine-d Uial "Imrd lime" woulJ ioevitahly come lo Cunuilu: "An n rallwuy president Kpcnk-In mi uuilieiiee of Hit1 Mnutl-fneliini- A-Kiieiatiou I tn i K li t n uiiirk wilhiiul prejudice that I In t edtielioii of freifrhl filter ulwayi n popular nuliject. hul i' iiiiil he remembered that lodirv Canada Inn 'he lowesl freiRhl rale known I" the civilized world.'' ' ICEBERG 5 MILES LONG BENEATH STREET CAR KD.MONTON, Mar. 1 2.- Struck by a south-bound blue line sheet car nl 7 o'clock Monday evening when lie ran out from behind iiorlli-hnutul street eais .liminy lli'lliiiny, r.-yenr-nlil son of John K. llellamy, was Instanlly killed I ho Wheels of Hie A'ar did not strike the bo.v. but lie was lolle hoitealh the Kcar casing of Hip. froiil trucks and his skull and .jaw were fractured. f tjr tSBtSS PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper 1MUNUB IltT'KHT. H.C., J-'HIDAY, .MAIIUI! i'Z. 10S0. i'terJii'J ClrrllUll'ili. 1(03 THMI ! ooo Mi UK I- oil W Hit Ms nu llnvik ami Mo Sam lie J iIiiimiu. both or Pnm e Hope i. H.C. who hiked through he lilted wuds of Ceuu-ai Hrnish l.oliiin-luu in order thai they iniglii win u bet. They earned d ill puck and were armed will) revolvets. The hike occupied nearly a mouth. Mis llorvik recently left l'riiue Hupert lo live yn Vancouver Island BEER NOT TURNIPS IN FREIGHT CAR ON ROUTE TO CHICAGO KITCHEN KM. Onl.. Mar". I". - Twelve thousand bottles of nine per cent proof spiril beer were seized in a freight ear consigned' from Waterloo to Chicago as containing luruips. NEW COMPANY VILL CONTROL POWER OF B.C. ELECTRIC RY.i VlintHilA. Mutch 12. . Tho llritish Columbia Klectric Power and Oas Company Ltd. has been CHOPPED BODY OF JOURNALIST Palmer Hutchinson Came In Contact With Propeller of One of Wllklns' Air planes FAIRBANKS, March 12. Palmer Hutchinson, news writer with the Arctic expedition of Captain Wllklns, was killed when the propeller of the nlrplano with which he accidentally came In contact as It was going full speed chop-pod through his body. OIL LAMP EXPLODED THREE BURNED DEATH incorporated with u rupilaliciitmn YOUKTON. March 1 2. - Mr ol H2i.lMiii,0U0. lhe new com-: Aliirri .uontauko and two younu puny will have control of the i children were burned lo death in power and as plants of the H.C. 'Sluritis district following Hit' I'.leciric lliiilwny. ienlosions of an ml lamp. Gold Strike Sixty Miles from Nome is Reported with Three Dollars a Pan to a Paystreak NOMK, .March UV lleporls ol a gold strike itenr IHufl'. 00 milt's, en! of Ntune. caused inaiiv persons to slninpetlc from here yesterday, dog leam.s being in grout Oomuml with which lo inuko the trip. Old prospectors believe lhe strike is similar lo tho heiich diggings find in I ho vicinity of Nome unit Hint il continues up ami ilowu Hie Mehring Son const lor many miles. An eighteen inch payslreak. nvornging lliroo dollars lo lhe pan. il is siud ha lioon hiculcd. Slrfe! Sllel. 34 (naturally as ever. The .vessel ,canic here under her own power., '.tap W tiitlam. white . awaiting ins' ";r!Uins, says ttiat dry thick- Ins is unnecessary and he is' reiuly to uroceed on hi voyage jlo 'Seward. ' I-ir l reports received ljure yesiHrrtuy slated I hul the lloxer would ie towed into Prince Mu-pi tuirl'Or lint, when it was fo nil Dial I he engines were in urdi" and the ship apparently .sound. I lie vessel went to Cbal- ,mcr Anrhoraiai', across the chan- leniii the seene of the strand-ins !nel and speni the night therei ,w'ude further examinations were made and Hie eneralor. which bad riiuie in contact with water, was lesieii ami inuini ai-o in ue in order. Visibility Poor Speaking of the Btranding. Cupt- W iiitlam stated thai u oc curred when visibility was poor in a snowstorm early Saturday nioiniiiK. The reef was sighted before the impact occurred bul Hie heavy current at thai point made it impossible to avoid the accident. Capt. WHiillaiu was at the helm whcu Hie vessel struck. having been culled a few minute previous. Had the vessel passeu 75 feel west, the accident would not have occurred. During the five days she was ishore, no part of the lloxer was ver subniertred, (iapl. W'jiitlain laled. She whs listed over at a fifty degree angle al row water, (continued on page six' SPAIN WILL RESIGN IF EXCLUDED FROM COUNCIL OF LEAGUE (inNKVA, Mar. 12.- Tiie representatives of Spam at the assembly of the League of Nations here have ninth' it plain that unless thai country is given a permanent seat in Hie council of the League she will resign from' the l.cutgue of Nations v Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor for hirv NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, The latest and best, for the least. Phone 467. PRIP.F. FTVP. f.F.NTS. OMPULSORY ARBITRATION LAW IN ITALY ITEAMER BOXER ARRIVES HERE AT NOON LITTLE WORSE FOR BEING ASHORE ompulsory Arbitration Bill Passed by Italian Government Mncf AuAnrintic nnA f nnmrtanitc rVWfc A 1HUUVIVHU UIIU VVUI U V U? kemier Mussolini says Fascism is convinced pRF(JHT RATES pitalism, with all its virtues and defects, p . w . vc has many years ot lite before it yet lli lirtiLfmiu ..in ii i. i ' "I.1.. ..... i 1 1 ... i . MK Man Ii 12. Ta.ini is convinced Unit rapil.iliwu I - virtue mid deled- till has enliirio til life before I HiTiuier M - mi of Itiily iii a speech -itpjmrliug in arbitration lull which v.i i I h Hie llulian -i niglil. ..mi, in In- -.mtIi ile-.criletl the bill us tlx "most nl c -iiiit.igt'iiu .ind mini rvtltiltoiiur reform vol he K.i-i i-i gm eminent." II provides for Hi' -m nil-, i,i i.iiinr dipulet Hint is designed to do uwuy - t utiri'iv. INGER CLOSED SALMON SEASON : oposal Wade at Conference Wednesday a Result or More Intensive Fishing ti Steamer Boxer Little Injured as Result of Being Ashore 5 Days Arrived here today at noon and expects to continue voyage to Seward with her cargo of ties W illi no damage other than a .slightly' splintered keel ami Mem lo i-hovv us n refill ol her stranding early last Saturday mwi'iiiug on a reef off Inlecliff Island anil the five days she MihM'tpietiUy spent n-hore there, the American government aux-ilt u v --hooner. Hoxer, HapL S. T. L. Whilhmi. arrived in the ha iioi ai 12 o'clock noon today and is now lied up at the ocean dock awaiting instructions from headquarters. The vessel is liul leaking and, iiecoi'diug lo her master, not a timber was spr ng uur o pipe hi me engine room broken or displaced. Afiet she was Hoated shortly' be. i !. noon yesterday, the main j TTlflff TVI If ami auxiliary motors were turn-j li H rlHll SS led over and both functioned as BROKEN TODAY Arrival of Big Catch of Fresh Salmon From Vancouver Island Upset Plans " YANCOL YKlt. li t:, " Jlarch 12. In "the Vancouver Province II was reporliyl thai, "lhe arrival here of the fish carrier Yielory Hay from the west coast of Vancouver Island with 30.000 pounds of fresh salmon indicated the breaking of an alleged boycott ONLY TWO HALIBUT BOATS SOLD TODAY Only i wo boats sold thet catches at the fish exchange this moriiiui:. the Kodiak, un Amori can boat with SO.uOO pounds tt 15.70 and H to Hootli Fisheries and tho Marguerite, a Cuuadi'r.n with 7,500 pounds at 13.80 and tie. lo the Utihl siovane Company ainl Canadian buyers by Hie organized white and Japanese fishermen. It is reporlefl that lhe fisher men created a pool, and obtain ed two large fish packers lo de liver their catches in, Seattle un- " der contract. The results were 'inatisraftlory as a ;large percentage of the fish were graded low. especially the lower layers which were crushed eii roule to Seattle. lUssatisfacliun with lhe Seat He price led some of Hie fishermen lo withdraw from the mill, thereby giving Vancouver a share of the wcsl coast catch." FUEliLTAT CASE APPEALED Will be Heard Monday It Is Arranged on Application of Attorney General VANCOLVKM, March 1. The Canadian Pacific and Union teaniship Company have agreed lo next Monday being set us lhe date for the hearing of the ap peal of the Attorney Oeneral from the decision of Mr. Justice Morrison in (he fuel oil tax case it the present sitting of the lourt of Appeal. TEN CHILDREN WEIGH A TOIiALTOGETHER LKItOY, III.. March 12 The ten children of Isaac J. l'orbes lip lhe scales ut something over a ton, and with one exception, each weiiglis over 200 pounds. 'I hey evidently inherited their size from Mr. Forbes, who Was one of a family of eleven Ken-tuckians. six of the children are boys and four are girls.' Mr. and MrJten Holf flailed aboard the PiMneos Mary thi morning Tor Victoria. Mr. self being on buincs. They expect lo return to Ihe oify next week. i i i, .ii: mil Ml I i-i. I