25 TAXI tin Mtim Boston Grill - Ambulance Large Upstair Dining Uall, with newly laid dancing floor for hire. Anywhere t Stand Royal l''fl NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, and 6 u PRINCE RUPERT The latest and best for the MATT VI hiti, least. Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper j V(I, XVI., NO, 117. PHINCK ni'PEUT, H.C., yV):iNKSI)AY. MAY 10, H2(), Ywtfrday'i Circulation, im Street S1m, 417 PRICE FIVJ? CKNTS. AJ0R1TY FOR GOVERNMENT HIGHEST YET NYOX CONCENTRATOR HANDLING THIRD MORE AND INCREASES TO FOLLOW Output of Concentrator at Anyox Increased by Third; More Planned w units to be installed will doable present capacity of plant and enable low grade ores to be used ANYOX, May 10. The ntilpul of the eoiireulratiug mill 'optfii increased liy (Hie third ami it is now treating 1.S1I0 ton jure iluily mtcad (if 1 ,V(i iiiii u formerly, Plans are also tv further incn'up 1 1 1 rapacity of I lie roiireulralor inrreu-i lo unythiitg fruni 2,500 tons to :i,OUO tons daily. This enable If ic plant to handle ores which formerly could not melted economically and will extend (lie life of the Hidden k mine very considerably. The new uniU ure expected lo INY LAZZERI IS NEW HERO AT BASEBALL Lake Recruit Hit a Homer hen Bases Full and Won Oamo For New York li,V YOltK, May 111. Tony izzert, a iuU Lake recruit, wan hero of tliH Aineriran ic yenieniay wtien in tne till tuning with the base full (it a homer ami won the game New Yurk auainsl Chicago. jYanKeen now lead the league liii pc Mantes. 'Uc only Nnl tonal Leaim plaeil. Pillsbung and nklvo were een al the end Ihe ninth when rain slopped Lprocrcdlitg. American League id roll .", Philadelphia 2. Inraao 3. cw iork .i. I. out 3. Ihislon j. IxveLimt I Washington 2. National League InmUyn . Pittsburg V. Called III, rain 01 hern tain '0 YEARS ON THEFT CHARGES Page Who Broke from Jail Last Wesk Goes up on Other Counts AXCOt Villi, Aliiv It'- Two i imprisonment was im hi on liny Page hy MaisUlraie w in the notice court tmiav r lie had pleaded guilty I (i'liai'lll)H of breaking Mini and one or then. .' iiia me was laid against him in iieetion wilh two unsucecss- nUcii.pts In I'eK.ilii.tilK llbcil) week end. ' ' TCLYE CARS ARE WRECKED He Killed and Property Dam- led But no Lives Lost. In Railway Accident , . . , lN)(i.Mn:illtY, N.H., May tl. twelve- head of ealtle were hed lo death and others Inii-d ami grt.UL iUantltlea of rciiandise ami railway ino- ly damaged and the main 'line phi! lianadian Nullnnnl Plved when cars of fatd fieluhl ! Montreal for llalifax wet-e lmmi, Nolle of llic. crew wern lieu, Je in operation early next year. Development work i hems done by Hie rompttny on Ho Hunaiiza properly on tint wcl vide of Ihe .inciter. Half a million Ions of ore had Ik-cii previously Mocked out there mil diamond drilling uow to I1 done il Is eipecled will increase this .i mon ti I very eoiiidderaldy. 'II in opper percentage In lids ore ! nightly lusher .Uin in that at Hidden Creek, which ut fur hn been the chief nurrp of supply for the smeller. The runslruetion of the new siuO.tring plant is inceciliuj. and structural steel for il I be ugr nnrinhled. The style o: ruasting pann will he changed " IS CRITICAL ' OF STRIKERS Seorelary of International Winers' Federation Says Fight Fruitless LONDON, May 19 Severe criticism of tho general atriko was voiced by Frank Hodges, secretary of the( International Miners' Federation since 1924. He characterized the striko as a "disaster motivated by blind passion to try out the machine which, though perfect on paper, took no account of slmplo human nature and economic forces." Hodges maintains that the miners' present fight Is fruitless and traglo against Inexorable economic facts, and prudent leadership would dictate that the miners should not be permitted to go further and fare worse. ..'INDIANS IN ALASKA MAY NOW HOLD LAND WASIIIMil'OX. May III. Th. Semite today aiioincii a uouse icsolulioil aulhorixmg the i- it deeds to Indians ami Kskiinos for tracts set apart for I hem in Alaska and providing for the surveying f llRl' truot- r.ir 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 111' Kskimo towns and i 1 1 inge Sj VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheal ! IMS. Silver .... Italy Alaska .. I Mi it well Howe JSoumI Indian Maiiiml Premier Purler Idaho Silver Cresl Hid. Asked I.50H IM 2.00 .20 I. (50 a 1. 00 33.00 .1)3 ,07 i M 'a .". 2, 12 ii.ao .00 .10 12 -13 Mackenzie King Government Has- it asBBBSSBJBJpsBllBSaBBBBBaP -JBwm.WnKKK&immcm 2BVHBKBnBBS HKi HALLOON HACK- Photo above show.- Hip !ngf bags ut Li'tle Ho k rk .. last week jn l be mire thev nisi off ut ihe start i lie I u ed Stales tialiuuat e' inuiatioii Ta A e wd of "o ,000 were im hand tu v :!te ii! i luke-o: :. Majority of Thirteen on Budget Following Debate Lasting Month OTTAWA. Max li.--After more than a month's debate ending tu an all-night session the House of Commons at 4.0 i Hi is morning defeated Hie Conservative amendment to Ihe mul ct liy u majority of HI, the vole against it hcing 121 mid for; I OS. j On Ihe main budget moliou. the voting was reversed. Lib-1 cial, jitdf pendents labor uud Progresses, who voted again!: Ihe amendment voted af lirnmlive on the main motion (hat the Hun resolve ilsejf into u committee of ways uud menus lo; consider the budget resolution - This wan carried hy a majority t rrirvri 51 an of 13, (he vole for being 121 ami U V I U 1 1 IK ti IW axainsl 4 OS. In Ihe Iwo division the Oov- rumcnt secured the largest majority of the session uu a' him. There were no parly nwilrhc?. Premier lin spoka for three, hours and II. lb lieu net tpok'c In place of Mr. Meteh- en. . . Premier Mnekemtie King snoko of the Manloit amemlmenl fo tha budget us a "milk ami water amendment." It said uolluiig for good or III and did mil touch on the vital ipieslions or the tarilT but dealt 'merely wilh incidental procedure-. ' He charged that! whlleM Mtdgueti pleaded in the eleclion campaign for larlu fe- vhlon on a protective basis Colisefvntives had nut been pre pared jo bring In such a budget amendment., ' II, H, Hennett asserted thai. l!io National debt was in realty uu-staidfajly greater than when. Ihe preseiit f Itoverittuenl took office. Hverlrade Irealy negolialed by (he (fmefninent had meant in- eteasesiiv tradrt for Ihe foreign counlj;.v :aml lesseneit iraite u. Canada, NOT ARRIVED major measure, it was liatr past ; three when the last speech end- Fears Expressed for M. B. Favor ed and .Speaker Lemteux rose to nut Ihu (jnestion. Following its adoption .... of tlm ... budget nitjHoM, ,i. the House went into rominiueo of wayi and means hut only to report progress, after winch it adjourned. An unusual feature of Ihu livisiou whs the fact that neither Prciniflr Mackenzie big oor lion. Arthur Meighen cast a vole, Mr. Meighen being absent Ihrotiuh illness and Mr. Alae-keujtfc King having paired with ; and Mechanic Who Left Two Days Ago For Ketchikan SIvATTI.K. May III. Fears ar expressed for the safely of M. U. I DEADLOCK IN MINE STRIKE Men Will Not Consent to Reduction In Wages or Increase In Hours LONDON, May 19 The position Is a deadlock, declared Secretary Cook of the Miners' Federation today, referring to the Government proposals which come before the miners' national delegates In confer ence tomorrow. The miners, he 1 asserted, would not agree to any alteration In hours labor or wages. Favor, a local aviator and his ...... " . mechanic II.. W. Swlneheart, who NEW YORK FINANCIER lioppvo orr Here Mimlay Tor hel-chikan en route to Hristol Hay. Alaska. Advices from Alaska say he had not arrived . DIES AGED 73 AFTER of DIVORCE AGAINST HIM It is stated that Favoc had bad i but five lessons in flying. He was) NFAV YOltK, May lit. NV. F.. 1 engaged by the salmon eanning Slokes, ?:t years of age, financier company lo spot salmon and re-1 and hotel owner, died this morn port their presence to the fish- aing.. He had been recently In the ermen. public eye because of senna - - uionat divorc brought againl Subscribe lo the laily New. I htm hy his wife. Reading Teacups is Illegal and Must Stop in Vancouver Declares License Inspector VANIHH'YKH, May 11). While palmistry, phrenology, and. astrology are recognized as .sciences under the criminal rode, and persons found practising them tire elgible lo .receive civic licenses, fortune telling by teacup readings ,ure illegal and will'bo banned fn Vancouver hence fo'tlhj Charles Jones, oily license inspector said today. The jiradice of giviiig a free "reading" of Ihe future in Vancouver en fee und, beauty parlors has recently achieved .great popularity bit person.s.perniitting its, conliniianccfire .liable lo cancellation of 'their business license and lo police .action under the criminal code, said Mr. Jones. Final Flurry in City Council Before Passing of Agreement Handing Policing to Province The final parsing of the agreement which handed oyer the policing uf Ihe City of Prince Htipert lo the Provincial force iiinler Colonel Mi'Mullin, took place last night but it was dune '(inly after unite a dramatic reue in which the mayor objected tu his being deprived of the right tu sign the agreement, Ihe cjly clerk having been authorized instead to do so, and Aider-man fjaey fairly raved at what he designated "an iniquitous iigtcemeiit." He threatened that the one who crime tip and Mgned it-would be 'nailed to the cross,.'t The parsing of Ihe agreemeet (was the only mailer or inter est at Ihe city council meetiiu and, although the quest ion had been threshed out. on .severs!, I re ious occasions it a u.i j pone ov.'r flits time, eacti of ui three oi iionents oT the rnvasur.? expresig himself fully in re-; gard to it. When the vole wh laken, those favoring il were Ablermau Joe.tSrcer, Aid. Itrown, Aid. McKcehnic an. I Ablerma:i Perry. Alderman J. V. Urecr was not present although he wh known lo favor il and had voted for it on previous occasions Those opposing were Atderma.i Casey, Alderman I. arson uud the Mayor; Agreement Read ' "itivolIifhg Hiew htver6pcT7ii Hie lebate, excejil that Aldennon Casey chanted it was a political move. The agreement was read showing that the city was to pay IO,000 in four quarterly insta!-men Is and to provide certain facilities, as set out before. The superintendent of police Is lo bt, given absolute control. On-'i third of the fines collected to so lo the municipality and the pro vince, retains the other two I birds. Alderman Casey was the firs! speaker. He said he had been elected to the council ten con secutive times and this would take away all their rights. II was an tumultous iiocumcui. Prince fieorge had been, killed hy similar action. It hair been foisted on the community by five individual men of Ihe commun ity. He urged the mayor to re fuse lo sign it and let someon? step into his seat and do so. "I am opposed to the lining ab solutely," he concluded. Mayor Newton Mayor Newton reiterated l!i? senlinrrnls be had expressed be-. fore. He thought lhey wen making a most serious mistake in taking away the fundamental principles of nil municipal gov ernment. A majority of the council was taking away from majority uf the people the rights held since -the beginning of the city. They were taking serious step, vv hen he was elecleil he was chosen for a dual position, (hat of mayor and police commissioner. The citizenship was being taken unaware. After they had made- a choice, a majority of the council came along and (old them they did not know what they were doing.' Il fell lo Hie lot of .1 majority of the council to let! the citizenship what they should do. He maintained they should go to Ihu citizens for a decision In order to prove that he be lieved and was, ready to back j.up His aciious ne siaxcu 'iur wai willing to bear the cost in con. iieetion with an appeal to the people. Alderman Larsett satd be would like lo have seen soine provision made under the. ingrce- iiienl for taking' over Uievlbcal constabulary. There should be. an assurance that they would he continued In tho service. Tl looked as If they were being Cconhnued on page 2) UNWRITTEN LAW QUEBEC TRIAL Man Who Killed his Wife De clared Guilty of Manslaughter and Plea for Mercy Entered FIRST CASE OF KIND. MONTItKAL, May' lib Ar mand' J'oitras. charged with the murder of his, wife here on April 23, was yesterday found guilty of iuanslaughler bya jury, Svhleb attached a rider to f UK vrnlict TontalningasVrohg , plea for mercy. The plea of tli3 "unwritten law" was used for the defense for the first tiuirf in a murder trial iii Hie history of the province, by Poitras Counsel, who asked for a ver dict of either guilty or acquittal and not one of manslaughter. GRANT CHANGE LIBEL TRIAL Mr. Justice McDonald Says May be Tried In New Westminster or Victoria APPEAL TO BE TAKEN YANCOFYF.H, May 18. On tlia ground that there would be serious injury and injustice to tho case of (ieneral MclVae should the trial of the ?50,000 libel. suit launched by Hon, William .Sloan be held in Nanainio, Mr. Justice Y A; MfclVonali yester- uay oruereu u cnauge oi venuo from Nanaimo tq either New Westminster or.' Victoria, Mr. Sloan to have the choice" or cither city. Counsel for Mr. Sloan announced they woubt appeal from the judgment granting the clmnge and would take the casi to the court of appeal silling ii. Victoria m Junv i MOVIEPICTURE MANINNORTH SKXVA'HI), May It). Ileporl here says .that Me,rle Lav?il, mo tion picture man who is in the wclie tu phographleally record J-Nkipio life, arrived at point Hope in Alaska, S75 miles north of Nome. lie left Nenana last winter liy dog team. s , - A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER FRACTURED HIS SKULL WINNIl'KO, May It). Murdo Mackenzie, general chairman of the Canadian National Locomotive Hniglneers, suffered a fractured rfkull when lu was 'throvvn from a .car, which crashed through a railing ' at N or wood Jlridge. , . "