or
TAXI
Boston
Grill
&kJ
Ambulance
Large
Upstair
bining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Moor
for
hire.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
NEW
80DA
FOUNTAIN,
and
6th
St.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
least.
Phone
457.
I:
.1
...
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
"Da.
VOI
XVI.,
NO.
H7
!
..
"1.1k
pitiNCK
hipkUt.
h.C,
nVkhnkhiiay,
aph.il
m,
wsn.
)et-rcla
clreulatlou,
1403
Slreft
a!e.
Hi
PRICK
FIVE
GENTS.
BLACKMAIL
ELECTION
BATTLE
AT
Weird
Story
of
Blackmail
Told
by
Milo
Eggers
to
Judge
of
the
Superior
Court
in
Self-Defence
TMXI.MA.
April
1
1.-
Fighlmg
to
avoid
cxlr.idihon
lo
llntli
Oduiiuu
ii
ln-jaeker.
Milo
Kggcrs
before
superior
iiiirl
judge
Ernest
Card
jli-lii
.
revealed
the
inner
working
uf
what
In
ill'1
1'iriMl
lu
be
it
lniiiir
.Hid
blackmail
ring
i
is
Scuttle.
Egger
charged
lliht
lit
wn
(he
victim
of
a
blackmail
con-1
.
IK.II:
I...
....
..
...
I
pirii
v
engiiiccrcu
ij
vviiiiaiu
r.iwomi,
wnom
lie
alleged
lu
ue
ii
pari
tier-hip
wild
Lizzie
Mad-en
f
Sim
1
1
If
m
(he
liquor
i
ii
i
-(airi
ng
iradr.
Knv'
Ml.
Eggcrs
alleged,
w
actual!
the
ni.ui
who
hi
ALASKA
SOLD
i
.
Statesmen
of
Day
Did
Not
Real-
lie
Value
of
Country
at
That
,
Time
i.ihii-M"
April
!.
"If
Hie
:ne
MIHe
nail
ouii
I
M-uwmtou
value
of
A
i
he
United
UI
he
butfietfl
oouufei
i
vv
-i
wrwtl
al
I4UI-
U
-
il.r
lirlirK-
IV
Mae-j"
mil
head
tin-
.!-
II-
uuelU
etpedilion
tit
Hi"
In
year.
"
IIioubI
i
vrinie
of
.lev.-lopiiicitl.
A
1
i!
'It
lrli-
'
line.
I
lie
lis
today
-aid
McCLYMONT
PARK
U
HAS
AO
DAI
POLICEMAN
If
C
M
A
M
Fred
Rlffou,
Caretaker,
lo
bo'
Sworn
In
at
Olflcer
and
Phone
Will
be
Installed
.
iHoMrl
Murttn,
of
Ihe
baonir
Mt
i
nit
Park
'
fniii-e'linierial
Mining
(iinaiiv
lamleil
eiMin'il
wllli
lhi
anlliorily
"I
jiui
o'uiril
of
up'tir
ami
"aw
On
ri'romnuMi.Ulfii
!
hmmiI
al
I'alnirr
ereek
mi
Mare!i
li
ooanl
of
work.
Hie
eil:i(i
ami
-limk
(oimI
pay.
lilt
Jl
ileCKlei
l
innlil
in
Fllil
lllffoll,
the
inre--
il
inieeial
eonlahl'-
uml
lime
a
(fleihone
inlallel
at
pa'K
BAGLEY
APPEAL
IS
COMPLETED
Doclslon
Will
bo
Rendered
Within
Next
Few
Days
by
Court
of
Appeals
N:otvi:n.
April
it.
aiku-
ineni
in
rompleleil
in
the
appeal
(if
William
Himley
ajniinl
a
tu-lenep
or
len
year
ami
twenty
iiln!
In
rniitieetioii
with
Hie
Hnyal
Hank
Hnbbery
ul
Nimninio
Id
heceinber.
The
ilefllxlftn
or
the
iMiurl
reerveil
but
will
lie
ttiveii
in
0
few
day.
BYLAW
VOTE
TO
BE
TAKEN
ON
APRIL
29
Ralnnjvnr
IAIII
DooldO
FatO
Of
Elevator
Exemption
and
Streot
Surfacing
Bylaws
ltaleiiavers
of
Hut
t-'ily
will
olu
between
tho
liount
of
H
and
h
mi
Ai.rll
U
on
tlm
elt'xulur
taxiillmi
uxeinhtioii
and
918,000
H
I
I
Kill'
laeliuir
hvlaws
which
were
pi
veil
Ihrir
third
readiiiKS
liv
Ilia
ellv
eotincil
last!
ntaht.
1
'.
Jones
will
bo
returning
oMrer
wllh
K.
H.
Alllstono
and
NV.
IL
Wihun
Murray
as
depultus.
jacked
ila.iM'l
on
March
i,
I9SI,
'tealuui
hi
own
liitior
so
a
to
avoid
payment
for
il
tit
Ihe
Con-1
olnlu()
Importer
I.iniili-il.
Then
l.vw-r
charged
that
l.l-
I
attempted
lo
blackmail
hi
IhIIi't
hi
Si'uMh
and
a
Taconia
dh
iM'i"hiiiit
Mini
failing
in
hi
niri
ui-iiiuie.i
I
In
legal
pro-
reeling,
now
i-inimw.
DIRIGIBLE
NORCE
-.REACHES
OSLO
ON
ROUTE
TO
THE
POLE
mL,
Norway,
April
II.
Tin-
clirigtrdr
Norge
of
i
in-
noin.lfii
-
I'.loworlh
point
expedition,
arrived
Int.
I
hi
afternoon
after
ruu'li'
fi'Mii
I'lilham.
F.ng-
i.iml.
move
to
cassiar
is
N0W
PR0CEEDING
AND
miners
are
going
in
si
VlTI.r.,
April
15.
Wor.l
ha-
I
ti
received
hen'
that
lie-
fn
i
-learner
of
I
he
season
sailed
from
hen-
for
Telegraph
:reeh.
"Jarh
IHiek,
liem
.Hiipernnni.
eiH
of
be
Heae
Lake
mine
ami
a
hydHUilte
plant
will
he
latuletl
.1
Lateloii
to
he
inlalleil.
ThS
mine
wllf
ho
in
operation
by
August.
outfit-
thill
left
'raiiell
lu
.mull
boats
haw
readied
Tele
un,i,li
ereek.
II
i
ruuiored
thai
i
In-
Canadian
(.oornment
i.l.iMiurm
to
elosi
Ihe
Iea
Lake
'
.
.
i
i
hail
'"'
repairs
uiiiii
.luiiti
i
.-i
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN
BASKETBALL
WILL
BE
PLAYED
APRIL
23
VANCOl
Vlill.
April
IL
Tin
Ni-w
Vesliiiiuter
Ailanac.
the
iir.n.h
Columbia
huskelhiill
champions,
will
meet
the
Winul-
onif
Toilers
there
in
a
two
panm
r
.
i
at
for
MTies
on
April
i
II,,.
,wit
lo
an
F.ast
after
the
Canadiaii
i
hainpionsnip.
ASSISTANT
LIQUOR
VENDOR
UKUrS
UtAU
NI.W
WIXT.MINSTI.H,
April
ii
i
W.
Vincent,
asilaul
liiiuor
vendor,
dropped
dead
In
the
slore
lust
evening.
Ho
l'd
I,,.,.,,
unwell
for
several
days.
FIRE
AT
ST.
JOHN'S.
.
ST.
JOHN',
NTld..
April
I
.-
Fire
ibis
arieinoou
in
Mount
Gassel
Unman
tlalholie
boys'
Industrial
lustllulioii
near
hero
Ihrealened
to
wipe
onl
Ihiyrnllro
'
building.
'
.
"
;
'
ALLEGED
IN
HI-JACKING
CASE
HERRIN,
ILLINOIS,
BETWEEN
KLAN
AND
OPPONENTS
FAMOUS
GOING
TO
VANCOUVER
Repairs
Made
and
Steam
up,
Vessel
Left
Balmoral
for
South
Under
Own
Power
Her
hull
ami
laik
(op
which
were
holeii
III-
lilkliw
l.ouiscl
llot-k
near
lialmoral
i.anuerv
u
Mfrk
aso
lal
iimlay
henitf
pal
ehetl
up
Willi
luiiilier.
the
eou:
1
frelahtrr
Famou
.tteani
up
clenlay
ami
naileo
lal
iiijiIk
fnim
llalintiral
I'.aiinery
for
Vancouver
umler
hr
own
power.
I.oeul
salvaae
outfit,
whn-li
haU.
heeti
worktiiK
on
the
sileanier
for
he
a4
week,
rrlurneil
to
thO
oily
tluilng
the
nhjlit.
ADrr
having
beeu
heacheil
m
a1
lir.1.11
Itonr
lIAIIilir
'.alt-'
irry.
leinoorary
vtim'r-
werei,
itiailp
In
llw
Famous
ami
ehe
wa
(iwvil
to
Jlalinorul
'where
her
Cirvo
of
(initiate
wa
iiuloaileil
J
nil
her
engine
ptil
in
operation
main.,
The
loral
ca
mi
line
Itoatl
Jinan
i
ami
-.'H
a.iteii
me
.-fl
lif
Ihf
work.
'Ill
Initiate
haviittf
lrn
!olil
In
a
Jallle
mirhaer.
tart
of
It
(
alreailv
on
iU
way
miuIIi
nlMinnl
the
freichler
Men
in.
for
merly
Hie
t
m
1
1
1
1
1
1
a
ri
l
.
anil
the
Imlnnce
will
he
laken
from
Hal-
nioral
by
I
In
.Hlkirk.
l
i
e-litnatrd
that
about
.t.-
nuo
damage
wa
ilone
to
the
Famoii
ai
a
renull
of
her
ilramlmg.
f.apl.
Heriuit.
Ilie
owner.
i
inKeiiin;
oU(ll
Willi
Hie
vessel.
STOCKS
DROP
WALL
STREET
Selllno
AtUck
Brings
Down
Almost
all
Industrials
on
Market
NEW
YORK,
April
14.
A
savage
selling
attack
against
sugar
stocks
most
of
which
broke
from
two
to
twenty
points
to
a
new
low
level
for
the
year
unsettled
the
stock
market
today.
A
renewed
drive
followed
against
motors
which
dropped
as
much
as
6
points,
General
Electrlo
8
and
other
Industrials
3
to
5
points
before
the
close.
U.S.
Steel
hit
117
3-8,
a
new
low
level
for
the
year.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Hid.
Asked
Wheat
..
1.50
ludiiui
.08
.10
('..
I'.
It
..153.00
Marmot
..
.07
U
.OS
H.d.
Silver
i.ur,
2.10
I'orlrr
Idaho
..
...
.
.11
Italy
Alaska".,
...
,io
Sllvrrcrrsl
.1
1
.14
Ituiiwell
........
...
i.t
2.10
Surf
lulel
.08
,0'J;
Howe
Sodnd
...
32.00
:iii.oo
.Molorsbip
Helliut.'!ium,
Ca;
Anderson,
arrived
in
port
at
noon
lodav
.IWIIh
vanolher
carload
ot
J-'
vt.
.
i
.1.1
iresu
v
uaiimii
lor
iiiiiiiiioii.'i
East
over
the
Canadian
National
Hallway.
'
m
(
I
I
Ii
I
I
1
,
!
,
I
I
,
Mm
IssKs.
NF.W
IMMOUTAI.:
(leorjjes
I
I.ecomte.
tin'
notfd
novelist
and
leu
lian-s
presiilcul
of
I
hr
Soeiete
ile-
lien
de
l.eltre.
1
pliolorapl'
t
on
llu
recent
orcasi'in
"f
In-1
ol'fieial
reception
info
1
lie
French
academy,
sucecednt;.'
Frederic
Masson.
BISHOP
OF
LONDON
DUE
IN
VICTORIA
SEPTEMBER
NEXT
YHntlltlA.
April
It.
Iti-hl
Hev.
F.
Winiiinglon-
liiKra.li.
Jlisboi)
of
London,
will
be
ni
Vic
toria
111
Seiteiiiler
to
lay
the:
corner
sUim-
or
(lie
new
AtiiiliP.an;
t'.alhedral
winch
11
to
be
built
1
here,
the
1
atliudral
authorities
nni.ouoced
Inst
night.
Sensational
Pitching
Marks
Opening
Big
League
Baseball
Before
Large
Crowds
of
Fans
NKW
YOHK,
April
I
.
.Vtprnxiiiialely
".'21.000
huis
braved
the
generally
chilly
weather
eslenlay
to
set
Hie
major
league
races
gel
nway
lo
a
thrilling
slarl.
Sensational
.liitching
featured
Ihe
opening
bailies.
Waller
Johiisuu
starting
Hie
Iwenlielh
season
by
blanking
Philadelphia
one
to
nothing
In
lo
innings
and.
allowing
six
hits.,
while
Ed.
Itniiiiiiel
was
toiiehed
Tor
nine.
Jess
Petty,
Ilia-
Hrooklyn
willi
one
scratch
'hU
at
the
polo
Scores
for
Ihe
day
follow:
American.
League
New
York
I-.
Hdsfon
II.
Philadelphia
0,
Washington
t.
Cleveland
Itetroil.
I.
St.
Loins
I.
Chicago
5.
Herrinf
Illinois,
Again
Scene
of
Faction
Fighting
and
Six
Killed
in
Gun
Fight
at
Election
llUmtlX.
Ills.,
April
11.
Hitlerness
between
Kit
Ktux
Klaii
ami
anti-Klau
forces
brought
gun
play
buck
to
faction
lorn
ller-rin-yesterday
as
citizens
went
lo
the
polls
lo
vole
in
the
priinury
election.
The
result
was
thai
six
men
were
killed
and
One
wounded
in
Ihe
righting
which
took
place.
,
The
dead
Include
a
brother
of
a
former
chief
of
police,
two
constables
and.
throe
deputy
'
Military
-werd
niched
tu
GOLDEN
GATE
REACHES
PORT:
Norwegian
Vessel
Had
Good
Voyage
Across
Pacific
Until
Nearing
Queen
Charlottes
w
d
re
from
Moji,
Japan,
the.
mi
w
-iiii
iiciiii
piruiiitrr
uuej
a'e.
IIait.
A.
Kylsloarrived
?
iin
port
al
H
o'rlock
last
nislil
to
ti
f
'
1
A
'I
O
clear
ruloms
and
lake
on
oil,
701
tie
0101161,
April
Z
ami
ston-i
liere.
This
being
done,
1
he
e.el
cleared
at
2.30
o'clock;
That
l'alrick
John
Hun'hall
came
to
Ins
death
by
drowning
h
afternoon
for
Queen
4;har-j
in
Wuikc
Channel
011
April
2
as
a
result
of
a
scuffle
in
a
boat
lone
(o
load
one
million
feet
ofpwilh
Velev
lleorae
was
Ihe
verdict
brought
in
by
the
jury
ves-
IUIIllM-1
iMr.
She
will
coiiiplele
all
1-
lu'lewooil
and
other
southern
mill
wilii
lumber
cargo
for
Jlus-.
;:
and
New
York.
I
up).
Ko!lo
riiorleil
a
good
oyaiS-
in
ballat
from
Japan
un-;
'il
i
earin
the
Oueen
(lharlolle
amis
when
he
ran
into
a
stiff
soutieater
whiih
delayed
her
;wo
day
in
arrtvin
here.
Tim
Oolden
(Sate,
which
is
a
(s-el
of
2.95n
(ons
net.
was
mii:i
in
Sea
Hie
in
1917
for
her
Norwegian
owner,
Kntit
Knul-on
Her
home
port
is
.
-Ilaiigc-s
md.
Norway,
but
she
has
oijy
!een
there
onee
in
1921
Towani
hv
em!
trt,,Uw
-shTlwaitirt
secviec
011
Hie
'Pacific
Ocean.
1'wo
year
nyn
he
called
at
Swannf
May
to
load
lumber
tor
the
Southern
Alberta
Lumber
Co.
w
hich
was
then
operalinjr
there
ami
which
now
eoildiicts
the
Dm
Charlolte
City
mill.
'.
EDMONTON
GRADS
WERE
DEFEATED
AT
TORONTO
YESTERDAY
TIIO.TO,
April
It.
-In
one
of
Ihe
greater!
basketball
jrauif.
eer
wil-uen!ed
lien
Hip
'Lkesjde
ladies
leant
defeated
Ihe
famous
Kdinonlon
(innls
last
ni:ibt
by
a
rore
of
2t
In
iU
in
the
rirl
of
a
two
same
series
for
Ihe
Canadian
Champion-hip.
The
second
frame
will
be
played
tomorrow.
t
.
1
southpaw,
shut
out
Ihe
(Hants
grounds
before
Kt.tiOO
fans.
.
National
League
Hrooklyn
3,,
New
York
I.
Itoslon
a.
Philadelphia
0.
Pittsburg
ti,
St.
Louis
7.
Chicago
ti,
Cincinnati)
7.
sheriffs.
.
,.;tei'fCv
'
the
city
to
quell
the
rioting.
Fisherman's
Death
ReSttt
$cuffle
when
Thrown
Overboard
ur
i
r
e
wesiey
ucorge
comessea
w
ponce
oemg
cause
'
of
death
of
Patrick
terdav
aflemooii
at
Ihe
inquest
now
being
held
by
Ihe
provincial
police
and
his
preliminary
trial
011
a
charge
of
murder
will
proceed
011
Thursday
before
Stipen-diaiy
Magistrate
II.
F.
MrLeod.
HurchalFs
body
was
interred
today
in
Fairview
Cemelery
by
Ihe
H.(l
Undertakers.
lupeelor
William
ypiller
appeared
on
behalf
of
the
crown
a'
the
inque!
and
Millon
ion-
zales
represented
Wesley
George.
The
first
witness
was
Dr.
J.
A.
West
who
performed
a
posl-innr-
tern
on
Hie
body
of
Hurchail.
llej
I
...
.I..I..II
i..t..
..
.l..uH,.l
1.11
Willi.
a,
UMau
iuiu
..v---.i"""'
of
the
body'
and
declared
thu
!
there
were
no
marks
of
disease
or
violence,
death
in:
his
opinio
having
been
jjjie-
Ht-
5.lroyaiti
were
missins
anu
me
resi
wr
loose.
Harold
L'rquhart,
trttlHnjr
fisherman,
told
of
Hurchail
an
I
George
leaving
shore
in
a
boa'
HmicIiuII
at
the
prow
and
Oeorae
in
(be
stern.
About
twenty
mill-ules
later,
he
saw
Wesley
Ocoree
come
ashore
by
hlmseir.
Witness
said
to
George:
"!
hear
that
your
partner
has
been
drowned."
George
replied
short:
I
ilon
t
know.
I
wish
I
wax
drowned
.to
t
only
I
haven't
the
courage
lo
drown
myself."
Witness
said
to
George:
"You
don't
want
to
tell
jverybody
around
here,
that
you
find
a
scuffle
in
the
boat
with
your
partner."
Georire
replied:
'I
don't
care.
I
will
tell
the
truth
anyway."
About
threc-ijuarlers
or
an
hour
laler,
l'riihart
went
lo
George's
shack.
Geor?e
was
sitting
on
his
bed
with
blood
flow-in?
from
bis
wrist
and
a
safely
razor
blade
in
his
hand.
Witness
said
to
George:
"You
have
cut
yourself."'
George
replied:
J"Yes.
I
did
il
on
purpose.
I
am
..
..
!...
crazy
ami
1
wain
10
oie
rigui
now."
Urouhart
said:
"You
don't
look
crazy."
George
re-
nlied:
"I
am
crazy."
Witness
said
to
George:
"Oon't
commit
suicide.
Saying
that
I
here
s
the
girl
-right
there,
Geong'-'
nulled
his
suitcase
from
under
Ihe
bed
and
banded
witness
the
photograph
of
a
girt
with
him
self
standing
beside
her.
George
then
took
the
photograph
back
and
placed
il
in
the
suitcase!
which
be
kicked
back
under
llu
bed
sayiiw
"I
don't
give
a
damn.
It's
all
olT
now
anyway."
Wesley
George
was
a
bigger
man
all
around
than
Hurchail.
Witness
did
not
see
Ihe
row
in
the
boat.
Ho
had
heard
from
neighbor
that
Hurchail
bad
beeu
drowned.
'
Could
Not
Agree
0.
It.
Flewlu,
the
next
willies..
told
of
George
and
Hurchail
hav
ing
arrived
the
Monday
previous
at
Ids
"fish
camp.
Wesley
George.
complained
of
nervousness
and
thai
he
had
not
been
sleeping.
Later
be
said
that
he
was
pot
satisfied
as
things
had
been
misrepresented
to
him.
From
George's
conversation,
witness
had
obtained
Hie
impression
HoU
George
and
Hurchail
could
no'
agree.
He
hud
advised
Georg.
that
if
ho
and
his
partner
could
not
agree,
il
would
be
advisable
for
Ihein
lo
separate.
First
Hurchail
had
uld
that
tie
would
(coatmud
on
pases
two)
j
.
l
-
John
Burchall
in
into
Hiirchall's
death,
(leorge
is
iir
a
nn
1
w
mm
W
AKKUlV
I
III
MI1UUUU11
V
V
A
FOR
BABE
RUTH
tero
of.
Baseball
Field
Falls
to
'
Pay
Income
Tax
and
Rouses"
Collector
-s
v
HOSTO.V.
April
It
-
Warrant
for
the
arresl
f
Habe
llulh
are
held
by
the
Massachusetts
state
police,
it
was
learned
today,
when
the
New
York
Yankee
baseball
player
visited
Hie
income
tax
headquarters.
After
u
conference,
the
service
warrants
were
joslponnl
a
week.
Hulh
i
changed
with
failurt
lo
pay
income
taxes
for
the
year
1923
and
1024.
KILLEiTsON
KODIAK
ISD.
Drunken
Man
Said
to
Have
Shot
Through
Door
Which
Was
Slammed
SKWAHD,
Alaska,
April
11.
Advices
received
here
state
that
John
Numoff
is
held
by
the
grand
jury
for
killing
his
sou
George,
fifteen
years
of
age,
in
a
cabin
al
L'zinki
on
Spruce
Island
in
the
Kodiak
group.
It
is
said
the
father
was
in
a.
drunken
condition
and
he
shot'
through
the
door
which
the
boy
slanuned
behind
him,
the
bulleX
entering
Hie
boy's
head.
DAIRYCOWSHERE
TO
BE
INSPECTED
City
Council
to
Ask
Provincial
Authorities
to
Have
Tests
Made
for
Tuberculosis
The
city
council
feels
that
the
time
has
arrived
when
dairy
cows
in
(his
city
should
again
be
inspected
for
tuberculosis.
It
was
decided
last
night,
on
recommen
dation
tif
the
board
of
works,
to
get
In
touch
with
tho
provincial
authorities
with
a,,
view
lo
having
tiie
tests
made.
ANCIENT
LIGHTHOUSE
TOPPLED
INTO
THE
SEA
PIIILAIiKLl'lliA,
April
J
I.
The
recently
abandoned
Cape
Senlnpeu
lightbousr.
built
by
tin
Itritlsh
in
17(15
when
hit
by
a
northeast
gale
yesterday
toppled
lithe
sj;a
4
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