25 TAXI and Ambulance Servlca ,n)wh"e n Anytime " gland? Exchange ISuilding MATT VIDKCK, Prop. y0L XVI , No. 2C8. waa who played Watsons : a hearing tor Watson'a eitra- Di iwh Columbia in ronnec-'.is robbery of the bank at nt-mhr 13 103 Harris PIRATES BOARD BRITISH SHIP 1 lit; i;shi i nv in,., hi t - it i ii -tillllVA "UNO Knun .r III' lllllllsll HOAT (UN- "in. o. tno uniim ( t.unnlng waa boarded by pirates ni"C3 ,rom hfre nd wt 0,1 ,,r b.;, " Jrom destruction oy me ai rt ii.. ...... . . ....... H, urmsn gunDOD? .uiueoen. - M tU Wilt" PrtM secured any loot. EXPLOSION IN JAPAN TOKlft '71 T. dua io - Thirty miners are jrr UlJurttl ,n xplwlon which - in uyauu Collifry at l VANCOUVER. 'ot 16. There no response when the namee of 40 men and 33 women charted with bcirw; inmate of gamMlng room at the "Narrow" were called In the dlatrict court yesterday. Their bail totalling M.10Q u ordered PRINCE OF WALES SETS j FASHIONS UNWILLINGLY 3 . the court room crowd f ram LONDON, Nov 10. The Prince of i inuii,n itnM'M attrmDt- u'im nn start a fashion In any ar- x Wataon llcle of ntena wear and often doea but t it the slaying of Harris Is 'he doea it unwittingly and Is certainly BOWSER WINS tr IN VANCOUVER in men chosen as a reauu oi i R for delegates to the Kam .veuiiun at 45 for Mr. Djwser ;r Mr Ladner with five doubl-is the result of twelve meet- Qrey gv Ladner almost aolld seven delegates and Rich- not a wtUing arouer oi rasnion. Rather he Is most anxious to avoid publicity or advertisement of any sort and often goes out of hla way to escape attention. He dresses well and taste-fi.iir but not anr more so than the ! average msn about town. I Hi high rank and popularity, now- lever, are im cu w ....- K lilU I ITV It III 1 1 (i Ti:S Tlim UIIT tailors to do some quiet advertising on ... ith.ir own When It becomes 'known 10 ' UK ,0t: Suah whoring, that the hta of this or that article of favor, Vf.NC0CVEH. Nov 16 The Hawser j Wale, f the f.sh.on mmed become, ed th. day at th. Vancouver a.ure. ,. ' lthuth other may have worn r nnm.ri.. u.t ,.ht Th.e i ateli r Placed by well Informed party j them before NOT ENOUGH GOLD IN BANK OF FRANCE MAKE PROFESSIONAL PAnia Nov 18 There Is not enough gold in the Bamfue of France to Induce me to become a proiwwioua! irmu. player." said Rene Ucoste. world's amateur tennis champion. Ucoste. Jean Dorotra, Henri uocnet f.ntira Drutnon. rrmr Cup quartet, are all of the same mind toward professional tennis. All re-celved oilers while In America and all turned them down. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheat D C. 81lver . Dunwell Olacler Ciranby Howe Sound Independence Indian Marmot Premier pmii-i M.il Bid. Aket. 1.43 1.78 183 1.05 1.11 .OS .07 34.00 $8.00 41. SO 43.00 .07 .08 05U .08 ; .09 3.00 a 03 07', 08 U COL. J. V CAMPBELL, the "Tally Ho" V.C, who -before an attack once at the front, sounded the "Tally Ho" on a huntsman's horn. GOOD PROGRESS ON NEW PLAY C AXTI; IM'Lt ll M .MIli:K III' WELL KNOWN LOCAL YOl Nd rtOn.K The members of the Prince Rupert Players Club are very buty preparing to put on the play: "Mra. Temple'a Tele gram" early In December. A rehearsal was held last night which showed that the players have a good Idea of their parts and some of the members know their lines perfectly. Director Connon from this on will devote hla attention to finishing the parts and It la confidently expected that this effort will be better than any which have preceded Each part has an understudy, ao that tf anything should happen to any of the performer, the work will still, go on, U la planned to take the Westholme Theatre for two nights. Those taking part are Misses E. Mo Kay. Louie Fisher, Nora Rivet. Vlrgtnla Retl. 81dney Hunter, James Palmer. Richard Howe Oesrge Pearson, and It Ponder. The director la Alex. Connon: atagt manager, deo-go Mitchell: and business manager. W It. P Fleming. CUSTOMS PROBE PREPARATIONS VANCOUVER. Nov 18. -A. E. Nash of Toronto nnd R. H. Law of Ottawa, Government counsel In the customs In vestlgatlon. arrived at Vancouver yea terday to gather data preparatory to the sitting of the commission here, lloth ponf erred with Dugald iDonaghy and they plan to co-operate with 'the Hoard of Trade and other civic bodlea i". the prepa! .iti"n .' ovnifuue. TfinnVTO Vnrpmli- If. Adrlrpasinir th mpmhpra of the Canadian and Empire Clubs at luncheon yesterday Governor-General) the low level of the year reached on O.MMITTEi: TAKES 11' tii for rn-oteraUon narticularlv with the Emtnre. July 80. The drtatl deflaUonarr 1 ...... ft' -l - - - I After referring to his earlier days in the diplomatic service when he had liberty to discufs political questions as they arose. Lord Wniinjrdon ild: "But now, in my present jiosUibr? I am. bound o keen myself clear of dtscusrioa of any .political issue. I intend. oeiieve me. durinif my life here, to keep strictly to the narrow path of virtue in this matter, but if, owing to my previous experiences, I ever stray from the way. I trust somee " " sympathetic consideration may be a T T 1 IT iiriffOItT shown me owing to the difficulty I may n I I A VJ I HIH II 111 find lu getting rid of my old habits. ' riiiJLiTll vlllUlllLull JOIINMON Nt .MllEK OI' qi E TIONS OI' LOCAL 1NTEKE5T Various matters concerning this port were taken up yesterday afternoon with Alex. Johnston, deputy minister of mar ine, by a committee of the Prince Rupert Board of Trade consisting of John Dybhavn. chairman. W. O. Pulton and David Thomson. The reting took place In the .rerently opened flaheriea experimental station which was Inspected by Mr. Johnston aud with which he stated he was much pleased. Matters taken up wlth'Mr. Johnston were particularly In regard to aids to navigation such as the establishment oti a direction'1 finding radio station on Lan-gara Island, the installation of a lighthouse and 5g born at Rose Spit and the putting in vt an occulting light and fog hern oa Rachel Islands' The deputy minuter atated that these matters would have the attention of the department but on ths money available would depend the complying with auch requests. Mr. Johnston definitely cleared up any misunderstandings that might have prevailed as to who were qualified to attend the school of navigation." Such a school as this, the deputy minister said, was open to all who wished to attend. Mr. Johnston could not aay If a school of navigation would be conducted here again this winter. Mr. Johnston and his party which consisted of Mrs. Johnston, Commander C P. Edwards, director of the Radio- telegraph Service of Canada, and S. O, Jackson, chief operator of the Oonralcs Hill wirelnu station at Victoria, returned south during the night on the hydro graphic survey steamer Ltlloet on which vessel they are making J their tour of the north. Ill I.I.ETIN KKTKAl'TK WINNIPEG, Nov. 18. The One Big L'rlon Bulletin has retracted alt allega- Hons made In an article published sear ago to the effect that a certain emnlover of domestics, a woman, had treated her maid-servants "Inhumanly And further a snm of money had been given by ths- Umoi' Ut actUenicnt. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1C, 1926. !iON LOUIS A. TASCIIEREAU, premier of Quebec, an office he has held for G years. He is in London attending the Imperial Conference, and is shown in the photograph with his wife. Governor General Willingdon Asks Consideration Should He Stray from Political Virtue MEET DEPUTY MINISTER AND DISCUSS AIDS IS LAID TO REST IXNLKAI. MiltVlCK AT CHI KCII til" ANM'NCI tTIO.V W A tttLL KNOWN AM OTtL.MEll CITIKN With Catholic rites, the funeral took !pla:e this morning of the late Allan WITH, ALEX. iChlsholm. whose death occurred last m-Mr. with ft lirce number or mourners In attendance, high requiem mass was performed In the Church of the An- nuclatlon by Rev. rather P. J. McOrath, I., the choir being present. Follow-leg IOJ the service. Interment took place In FalrvieW Cemetery. The pallbearer were Peter Byrne, J. J. Olllls, Lawrence.taw-ler. A. D. O Ulles. George Holmes and J. Johniuon. Deceased, who was a native of An-tlgonlsh county. Nova Scotia, and 64 years of age had lived In British Colum bia for 43 years and. In Prince Rupert, about eight years. He waa highly es teemed by many friends whose sym pathy Is being extended to the bereaved widow. Amone thos whs sent flowers to mark their esteem were the Longshoremen's Union. Mr. and Mrs. A. Clapperton, Mr, and Mrs. George White, and Mrs. M. Richards and son. JOHN BULL'S BEER IS SOMETIMES POISON LONDON. Nov. 18. John Bull'a famous bitter manages sometimes to get lead, boric acid and an excess of salts Into It In spite of the boatd purity of British beer. . The Minister of Health reporta that out of 387 samples of beer which were taken at random for analysts, nine vamsles contained one of these three idulttrants. WEATHER REPORT Prince Rupert Raining, strong 8.K. wind, temperature 44. 't Anyox. Rain. calm. temp.. 41. Stewart. Snow to rain, calm, temp, 32. ' Terrace. Cloudy, calm, temp. 41. Hazelton. Cloudy, calm, temp. 35. Smlthers. Cloudy, calm, temp. 33. Burns Loke. Part cloudy, calm, temp, ' ' 36. Telegraph Creek (later!. -Heavy rati jid snow at all cabins. Advertise m The Dally Newt Circulation 1653 Sties 544 measures instituted ty roincaire art believed to be behind the rise of the franc but the return of Freatch capita currency is also an Important factor. It Is believed that If thulatter more- ment gains further momentum the advance of the franc is likely to become a skyrocketing affair. FISH ARRIVALS l.aiiiiug Marketed Over llh Exchange ThU .Morning Totalled I8.6VO Pound 1 Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. Price Five Cents v,7i . . mt m V. FV svslv stv am mm mmm mmm Mk sasaw aaasi asm mm mm asassss.. -A b. saassasw mmmm .Bm BBr nMMI txtaiaw LEADERS Ut RUM RUNNERS ARRESTED SECRET SERVICE WITNESS TELLS METHODS OF SMUGGLING Secret Service Agent Employed to Pick Up ! Drugs from Steamers After dragging was successful in locating sack .Qf) f nnium rnnlninma rinc n nenr Victoria wharf ' OL'VER, November 1C The manner in which narcotic ' a -c dropped from Pacific liners nearing the British Columbia ; n d the method employed in nmuwtlini; it into Canada was ie police court yesterday afternoon by V. A. Partlow, secret ; 3 airent in connection with the trial of Frank and Dominic : Dominic CrUtofl, Ice Si nr. Lee Coy, Jim and Wong Sung, - with nmuggllnK drugs. V f)cs told how, employed by a member of the jrang. he -.e the speed boat Dynamite from Seattle to Victoria to pick -- eup load trout the Emprew iincr MURDERED MAN WAS WITNESS dropped nnt the wbsrf it Victoria, Th tint trip u unsuccessful but the next one made on July 14 last was successful , ilw conaidersbte dragging operatlone In locating the sack which latet was found to contain 90 can of opium On another occaalso Partlow aald be instructed to go to William Head until HtUMlH WHoi: HoliY W As nd wait there for a load dropped in loiMi IN III Ml rtUI.li HO that vtcUUst-. WIMV Hot MX TtK hearing la eootlnuing. t ATTKMITEn SUICIDE mi ri: ihii.mi or momin who imi::i to iaii i.ni; Aitr.it in titiMt or iu hlaiii r No 10 Charles llarrto. 90 of Kenosha. WWeonMn. body waa fouad in the :'t Wednesday, la revealed figure in mipocuat hear-Hi- it further Mmufted aa tnrnd of Ito Walaon. fx-' policeman. ba la defendant ie caa ami of Mrs WaV- tempted to end her lift here D'-.r the body of HarrH waa ttetttt . 1 MIMIll.lMI 11111111 l IOUIMTI.lt lltll. IN ' VANIOIW.K COIIIT 1 1 Leaders of Rum Runners Are Arrested Including Captain Geo. Ford formerly of Quadra 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. Government officers last night arrested four men at Los Angeles and two at San Francisco, three of whom are said to be among the wealthiest and most powerful liquor fmugglers on the Pacific Coast, as the organizers of a huge rum-running conspiracy credited with landing in San Francisco last week a single shipment valued at $300,000. All the prisoners are said to be connected with the operations of the Consolidated Exporters Limited of Vancouver and include J. W. Neard, a wealthy B.C. liquor dealer, alleged by government offi cial! to be a powerful figure far the past three year in the rua-runalng i . industry; L. L Tali, a Canad.an, aald I to be the San Francisco agent of the Consolidated, and Captain Oearge Ford, former commander of the tt'ati rumrunner Quadra and who Is now und:r sentence of two years' tmpr-somient. FRENCH FRANCIS MOVING UPWARDS MONTREAL, Nov. 18. The persistent strength of the French franc during the past few months has been the outstanding feature of the foreign exebangi markets. Yesterday It dosed at 336 showing a net rUe of 143 points from BANCROFT SEES MINING IN B.C. FORCING AHEAD 'MilLL PK01'!OK KLTt'KNS TO MONTKEAL AFTER YEAR SPENT IX THIS PROVINCE; MONTREAL. Nov. 16. British Colum bia has mineral resources which will materially assist Ut putting Canada on ihe map aa one of the leading mining countries- of the world, professor Austin Bancroft, professor of geology at McGUl University said 'today on his return after a year's .leave apentln the. of the lead, ttne and "agnation cop- and wwisequent demand for French Halibut arrivals this morning totalled 18.600 pounds, one American veseel dis posing of 8,500 pounds at 16.5c and 10c and three Canadians selling 10.100 pounds at blda ranging from 16.1e and 6c to 17c and 10c. The day's arrivals were as follows: AMERICAN Valorous. 8 200 pounds, to Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. t'ANAIH.W Birdie B.. 1,600 pounds, and Pair of Jacks, 6.000 pounds, to Atltn Fisheries. Verna, 3,300 pounds, to Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. CAPTAIN J. CANTELL DIES AT MONTRE AL MONTREAL. Nov. 16. After a record of '34 years as captain of merchantmen on the aeven seas Captain John Cantell, R.N.R.. died last night aged 66. He retired from active service three years ago. His son, Donald Cantell, resides In Victoria. B.C. WIKELS REPORT. DIOBY ISLAND. Raining, strong SJE. wind: barometer. 30.14; temperature. 44; sea rough; 9 p'm. spoke ' motorship Thomas Crosby, anchored In Nakat Inlet, southbound, towing motorship Nor co. DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer, 39.- 63: temperature. 43. BULL HARBOR. Raining, fresh southeast wind; barometer. 30.33;' tem perature. 43; sea moderate; 8 p.m. spoke steamer Gray at Rose Harbor dis charging; 6:43 pm. spoke steamer Prince Rupert abeam Fog Rocks south bound: 8 ajn. spoke tug St. Faith abeam Malcolm Island bound for Powell River.. NOON DIOBY ISLAND. Raining." strong S K. wind; barometer. 30.10; temperature 50; sea rough. DEAD TREE POINT Barometer. 2.- 67: temperature. 44, BULL HARBOR Overcast, fresh B.E. wind; barometer. 30.30; temperature 43; tea moderate. ' t'OK.MEK MEMBER DIES TANTALLON, Nov. 16. Thomas Sales, 58 years of age. former Progressive member for the federal riding of Hei nle died here list ulght. per mines of that province. While be was unable to say anything today In detail of the Investigations. Dr. Bancroft Intimated that British Columbia waa going ahead fast and that the mining Industry had a great future. "British Columbia seems to be moving along the good solid way. There's no boom on but real progress a being made.'' he concluded. PROVIDE FUEL INHISWILL MERTHVK HI MNESMAX LEAVES COAL AMI WOOH TO WIDOW A.M MMTEKS MERTHYR TTDVIL. South Wales. Nov. 16. The ccal strike waa of ao much concern to Edmund Edward, prominent businessman, who died recently, that under hla will now probated he bequeathed among other things, eight tens of coal and a ton of firewood each year to his widow and five tons of coal and half a ton of wood annually each to his three sisters. MOLTEN SUGAR FLOWING FAST f IKE C.U!Etl LOSS OI' W'AHEHOl'!E HIT IILAZE CANNOT HE PUEBLO, Colorado. Nov. 18,Flre this morning caused loss of the three-qusr- ten of a million warehouse of the Holly 3ugar Company, cno of the firemen be ing seriously Injured. It 1 expected It wUl tske 48 hours to completely extinguish the blaze aa the molten sugar Is running in streams from the Imme'uce pile of 160,000 sacks which fUled the warehouse. REDUCTION PLANT CLOSES FOR WINTER lutki Inlet Etabllliinctit Will be renting Operation NVtt Werk Alter Huy SrHon The Rupert Marine Products reduction plant at Tucks Inlet, after busy season, will cease operations text week for the winter. There wilt be a staff of four or five men kept busy throughout the winter, however, making (he usual repairs, alterations, etc. O. O. Bushby. head of the RAIP.. hopes to keep his fleet of tug boats busy during the winter with local towing work.