VOL
XVI
NO,
IS.
TAXI
Boston
Grill
UiJ
Ambula
Servici
Anywhere
at
Anyllrrv
j
Stand
Royal
MoUl,
3rd
and
6th
8L
applies
to
Point
Barrow
May
Hm
to
go
Forward
by
Airplane
Route
FORTY
MILES
IN
WEEK
V
-u.
ttf
Fwir
were
dial
Imw
show
M
ug
down
Ihe
lan-A
i!
break
through
llw
uiilittue
journeying
'
am
I
had
Iwiielled
unl
if
leaving
Neiiana
a
mmI
Ii.
t,
dial
Captain
reaching
Seward
iicxl
i-r
l
In-
itjply
parlv
'
enterprise
ami
rc-
ntu
If
I
III-
Mlpli
..-
iii
i
lit!
motor
"
V'
rarrird
lo
l'otnt
airplane.
1RAIN
OUTWARD
?R0M
VANCOUVER
Mili
I'll
in
ii.
i
uceil
in
aiiiiuivi'i
(liirin;.
ft'-ek:
M
iru
tor
SluiuKUai,
'
'
Mam
ftn
"koluiina,
"Ui-U,
for
K"iif
10.00)
Miiiu
for
Yokohama
:"iln'l,
for
li'e
M7.
t
in
lniHrUr
for
l.oiuloi:
"i
of
AiiKvrip
tiH.5.i
4
ii
for
llordeaiu
wilh
:
Antwerp
ll."i.;;i.i
luliel
'lk
fur
l.ivi'i
pii"!.
III-
i'-i.
I'u
Avon
mouth
272.-i
i
iv
ti
i.oi'.n
fur
or
It
'
IMKiirlv
WAREHOUSE
IS
BROKEN
INTO
ICoodi
Romoved
from
Stewart
Mobley's
Wednesday
Night
and
Attempt
Made
to
'
Open
Safe
AV
'rn
Wednesday
evening
Tiiuriluy
morning,
the
ale
vnrvhouo
of
Stewart
M
1
n
the
waterfront
was
11
''''l
and
it
ii
known
thai
V'
iiiiviw
..r
nl
....
i,.i...
iictieved
thai
cigarettes
ami
l":
nn
inlalitvaUo
have,
heen
'"'"veil.
Id
udilllion
an
ntlcmpl
"
aii
in
01K.U
tl0
office
KafD
vv
lumi
uuccess
although
this
o
i
lie
lunge
were
reniov-
MUry
was
made
through
thu
'
Hi"
warehouse
Libia
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.'
'"'amcni
JjW,
f
for
pi
pur
I.
)
A.
total
of
1.8MI.I22
hii-lieU
of
wheat
was
stored
in
Vancouver
elc-
airi
at
uiRluiplil
mi
February
IJ.
Durum
tltr
2
k
hour
MGJ.Oi?
bushel
have
Immmi
UumIci!
into
LARGE
QUANTITY
OF
FUR
IS
CONFISCATED
Waller
Julian
Fined
$10
Here
Thla
Morning
for
Trapping
on
Game
Reserve
.
Waller
Julian
of
tin-
Stikiii
Ither
appiMrnl
nImv
Slieiuli-ary
Mlliai'
II.
I
.
Mclwd
in
Mir
prmmriai
hIii
ourt
tin-
liiiirmiiK
ainl
wai
fined
910
fur
i-apphit:
on
a
Hani'"
rtrve
in
I'lililion
Jo
wtueh
iwnally
aliuul
litn
worth
of
fiir
which
weir
in
M.
i,ip4i(iii
were
eon
f
i
oca
ted.
Ai-niKo).
who
IV
Hf
twiiiK
ilinitmh
here
on
liU
way
inilh
lien
itllHIHIOMI'il.
v
hroiight
ln'fiiif
i
he
eoiirl
ai
a
ri'ull
of
lln
arliulie!"
of
Provincial
I'.on-niable
Van
Dik
wlm
rerently
lileil
Ihe
Slikme
district
on
if
Nine
pal
rut
diilie.
ATTEMPT
TO
BREAK
FROftl
SHANGHAI
JAIL
Five
Killed
and
'Eleven
Wounded
In
French
Part
of
Chinese
City
SHANGHAI.
Keli.
I'J.
I'oliee
preenleil
ti
jail
tiroakintr
thi
ni'Tiiiiig
of
nearly
a
tuoiiwinu
Jiinete
inmi
ihC
l-leneji
inuni-
ripal
jail.
They
openfif
fire,
killing
fiv
nml
woiindnw
weven.
WEEKLY
HALF-HOLIDAY
ABOLITION
PROPOSED
vwmtl
VI
II.
l
.
h.
IW.
The
ailp.kiiiti"it
i
a
ilneilny
half
holiday
nml
iln-
keeping
open
of
Ihe
niore.
eurh
week
day
hut
wilh
iinnr
whs
Ihe
principle
mlvoenled
al
a
iniijling
or
th
.
l...........
f
II,
n
,-niii
I
merr
unit
iiiin-iiu
ui
lioanl
of
I
null-
yn'lenlny.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Wheat
C.
I'.
II
-
U.K.
Silver
CmiMiliilatetl
Diily
Alaska
fuuvell
niadlnne
Marmot
fremiti
porter
Idaho
Sjlvn
-'
Illd.
Asked.
t.58
15700
4
l75,
'T
(
...Sl'(UIOft
-;07"'
.
2..10
2.50
.11
A
I?
13
Volume
by
Henry
Zimmerman
Who
Accompanied
Eiplorer
Is
at
Victoria
SWASTIKA
LOST
THREE
DROWNED
Norwegian
Steamer
Standing
by
In
Hope
of
Possibly
Saving
Crow
of
Launch
Yir.TOItlA.
I'.C.
February
I'J.
Three
men
eomprisinig
Ihe
crow
of
Ihe
iseallle
launch
Swas
tika
were
driven
luhore
on
reef.s
off
l.iiiiain-e
Island
at
the
ap
proach
lo
(Jiialsino
Sound
iind
it
is
believed
they
perished
last
iiigldnwllh
the
sinking
of
their
craft.
A
radio
message
from
the
Norwegian
sleuiner
(iohlen
ate,
which
had
been
standing
by
all
day
in
hope
of
rescuing
Ihe
Swastika'
crew,
said
last
night
thai
lite
liii.il
was
no
longer
visi
hie,
on
Hie
reef
nml
had
nppar
cnlly
1ieen
swamped
and
sunk.
i
The
Golden
Hale
continue
to
Maud
by
allhinixh
the
gale
is
irnwing
worse.
HOLDUP
MAN
HANGED
AT
MONTREAL
TODAY
MOMItl-Al..
Feb.
pi..
Joseph
Miium
was
handed
this
morning
fur
Ihe
murder
of
Donald
Carra
?iher
in
a
holdup
al
the
Dream
tand
ninh
on
.Inly
22
lat.
v
BIRTH.
At
the
General
Hnspilnl
thi
niorniftg
a
,on
was
bom
to
Mr
ttrd
Mi's
II
:are
Hale
!
been
made
more
or
less
political
issues
in
western
provinces
al
various
limes
but
never
considered
seriously.
TREATY
WITH
IRAK
IS
RATIFIED
DY
BRITISH
COMMONS
I.O.N
DON.
Fell.
It".
The
House
of
tkunuioiis
last
night
"fat
If
M
the
Treaty
of
Irak,
wfiicli
eon-sils
of
a
c'invetilion
between
Ureal
It
ri
tain
and
Irak
Kingdom
whereby
the
llrtlish
mandate,
in
thai
country
is
el
ended
lo
a
maximum
!
25
years.
RUSSIA
WILL
EXPORT
WHEAT
Expects
to
Regain
Pre-war
Level
for
Export
by
Year
1028.
ST.
PAIT..
Fob.
I'J.
ITuss'an
grain
export
is
expecieil
to
regain
iln
pre-war
level
of
half
a
billion
bushels
annually
nixiut
11)28.
Soviei
trade
del'
gate
D.
P.
I'avlov
told
Ihe
inlei
M.ii
iniial
wheal
poo1
;
a
confere
here
today.
BOOST
VANCOUVER
AT
ORIENTAL
PORTS
Official
Will
Leave
For
Far
East
Tomorrow
to
Explain
Advantages
of
Southern
'
Port
YAXCOl
VFlt.
Feb.
III.-
C.
O.
Julian,
for
many
years
superintendent
of
Ihe
Vancouver
harbor
police,
sail
Saturday
lo
make
a
tour
of
the
Orient
to
explain
Iho
trade
advantage
of
thi
port
of
Vancouver
Pn
behalf
or
Ihe
Hoard
"f
Harbor
Commissioners
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
MORS
RESCUED
I'HIXCJK
IU;ii:UT.
11.(1,
Fit
I
DAY
KKW1I
AllY
y,
1020.
Secession
Movement
Mooted
in
Nova
Scotia
by
Business
A.UIIKIIST.
!
meiieiiig
a
err
YeitiTdays
ClrcuUllon,
I
III
Will
JOHN
M
MIIY
liOKS
MlllOAD
ot
;)-
c
p
.
hi
w
e
.ud
Hie
chililr.
n
in
!..
nglu
Juh.
uif
M'uf
:
J.tnr-.
II:
Hi'
liinl.
:
Tom,
7:
Ah.e,
j;
llcli-u.
i:
Jtilm.
:i;
K.Uvanl.
2:
jihI
Mary,
three
uiontfis.
Tin
Diiiiphys
live
in
Chi-eago.
They
:ir-
iowii
on
lliir
ilep;nlme
fi
ijm
New
York.
STORY
FOUND
People
Who
Will
Debate
Issue
Yovn
Mrului.
F'l.
I''.
The
m.-iIm1i
of
colli
-
-ion
iiiovemeiil
in
the
.Maritime
iukmiiii
wii
MirnilllA.
Feh
IV
The
mi-'
'Iun"u"y
dieuMl
here
lat
night
liy
a
few
liwal
hiiineniei
iiiu
-liny
wrttlcn
li
.iiniiierman
j
alxii
I
In-
IraveU
or
UapUiin
,
Inine.
.1
ook
in
Hie
kouIIi
a
loi-aim
in'
nine
ago
in
.wlUrrlautl
1
1
ha-
Ix-en
brought
here
hy
I.im-iI
Fn-neh
of
Victoria
who
ha
juI
armed
and
who
will
preenl
it
to
(he
proviurial
iim-eain.
The
book,
wlileh
wa
putdHheil
in
173
wa
wriiien
ny
iienry
inuueriiiaii.
who
aiummpanieil
Cook
on
In
faun'ii"
IraveU
in
Ihe
rmire
of
wlneli
I
'.ook
wa
Hie
firl
ltrilih
eaniaii
to
land
on
Vancouver
iianu.
The
exileiiT
"I
I
In-
book
had
ln-rn
(Imilile.l
foi'
ni'iy
yearn
by
-itnlcnN
"f
iH'il
liw-'t
hilory.
iiuuueu
ti.ini'r
i
f-iiii.iiii.
a
pniiiiineiii
.
xiaiiiit.ieiurei
.
-
meeliiig
to
foniiiillx
deliate
Ihe
iiielion
will
he
railed
at
an
early
dale,
it
wn
l.itriJ.
The
mnlli'i'
ol
m
i
c-.-mmi
fiuru
Ihe
Doiiiiuion
i
no
new
one.
Nova
Seolia
joined
i
onfederatiou
ag;iin-t
Ihe
will
of
a
giral
many
of
Ihe
people
.mil
..I
varioii
tunes
Mure
then
there
liav
lieen
eeeMon
iimxrmenl-
lurlnl.
Similar
iiioein'iii-
Uu
EEVATOR
IS
NOW
COMPLETE
Little
Cleaning
up
to
do
Follow
Turning
Over
of
Galler-
les
Yesterday
.
i
Willi
the
turning
over
yoster
day
afternoon
of
the
last
bell
oi:
t
J
l
lie
iioek
gniieries
was
marke
.j,
the
virtual
completion
of
tlie
lurvv
.
I
terminal
grain
elevator
;lt
this
.
I
port.
All
thai
remains
to,be
doue
now
is
.
some
cleaning
ail.
before
Ihe
plant
is
turned
over
iiy
the
contractors.
tSirtec-Ilall-
Co..
Ltd...
to
Ihe
Dcparliiiejit
ut
l'raile
,ii'l
Commerce.
W.
X.
dialer,
who
has
been
lere
for
Hie
past
year
as
en
iineer
in
charge
of
llu'
Work,
-ailed
thi
morning
on
the
l'ruice
Uuper1
f"r
Vancouver
to
Con
.suit
with
C.
D.
Howe,
head
of
the
linn
designing
Ihe
plant
and
u-
crisitiM
il
construction.
lr
dialer
will
return
to
the
city
ill
i
week
"i
ten
days
and
will
re
main
fur
a
sli"ii
lime
before
pro
eeiiini;
In
Fi-r:
William.
FARMERHANGED
MURDER10DGER
Confessed
When
he
Was
III
and
Believed
he
Was
About
to
Die
I'Oltl'AGF.
I.A
1'ltAllUI),
Feb,
ly.lotin
Kooting.
a
Shoal:
I.aku
farmer,
was
hanged
this
'finorn-ug
for
the
murder
of
Dymclr
Schaciy.
a
loik.'er
at
Ihe.lKoollug
home
In
Xoenvber.
ll2l
For
four
years
the
police
were.
-baffled
in
seeking
the
culprit'
until
Konllmg,
taking
sick
andbVliev-iug
he
wan
about
to
die,
confessed.
sub-
;
nr
i
he
Dady
Xcws
Street
al.
411
in
order
aud
rttiithl
lie
Jiwnil
au
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
wilh
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
The
latest
and
besl
for
the
least.
Phone
467.
PRIOR
FIVE
GENTS.
JAPANESE
SHIP
1ECESSI0N
MOVEMENT
IS
STARTED
IN
NOVA
SCOTIA
AMONG
BUSINESSMEN
Itarving
Sailors
Were
Rescued
from
Steamer
Helplessly
Disabled
TOKHv
Tel).
I').
Steamer
Javu.
ImhiihI
rrom
Yokohama
t.
vireil
today
lliat
sjie
bml
cM-oiinlcieil
s.Vi
-Mi-..t
of
Yokohama
Ihe:
-learner
Tui.Imii
Alani
whoh
1
filing
helple.
fur
n
moiilli
following
u
lurin
whoh
'I
(i
-lining
-Hilur
alumni
I
lit
e.el
were
rcs
tied.
Dlicr-
(ook
to
Ilii'
hoals
on
February
X
and
an-
believed
,:
-Il'd.
IAY
ABANDON
SUPPLY
TRAINS
!
'
V
1
VANCOUVER
GRAIN
BUSINESS
LARQ
v
V.WCliI
Mil.
Feb.
111.
-
Case
for
Western
Canada
on
Railway
Rates
to
the
Pacific
Coast
Ports
is
Being
Heard
Soard
Atked
to
Set
Mileage
Scale
on
Grain
and
Flour
to
Van-couver
and
Prince
Rupert
DTl'AW
A,
Feb.
!'..
The
old
bailie
over
Pacific
coast
.
alt
-
n
grain
and
flour
wa
renewed
before
the
railway
coni-iii-.in
A
to
iiie-lrrelleil
application
by
the
jtroviiHT.i
of
Al-jei
S,ikat
hi
van
and
Hritish
Columbia
scheduled
lu
Ue
iiran)
in;:
tin
vvlnlc
alleriioon
was
occupied
in
delenuiiiing
win
n;
not
i!
-hoiild
be
considered
now
or
.i"
pari
of
the
.cite,
i
i:.lc
in,
est
i
gat
ion.
The
appiication
covers
two
points,
it
ah-.
ii
the
ln-t
place,
that
rates
on
gram
and
flour
to
Pacific
o,i.
puiiils
for
exort
"be
corrected
to
bai
of
eipia'izatiou
prow!-;
:
;.
;n;ttf
n;ttf
to
to
instance
uisiaiiee
slic:
cany
expoi
:
of
III
IOtl(M-.
a
uruiii
and
flour
would
M
moving
eastward
for
as
provided
in
an
ordr
board
of
railway
comnii-
siei'oii'U,
it'asks
that
the
board
of
railway
commissioners
et
a
niilense
cal'
of
wtial
rales
on
grain
and
Hour
lo
Vaneo'iver.
Victoria
ami
Prince
fluperl
for
export
sliould
be.
the
commission,
alter
hear-.tr
angumenU,
decided
to
hear
lie
application.
Chief
Uiinmis-
iioner
MeKeowii,
Dfimiy
Chief
Commissioner
Vieu,
and
Commissioner
Frank
Oliver
all
took
Ihe
view
that
the
application
was
CONTRACT
LET
REBUILDING
OF
FISHERY
DOCK
John
Currle
to
Replace
Concrete
Piles
w'.th
Timber
Readlnsss
for
New
Ou'.ldlngs
!
The
contract
for
tlie
ceiiuihliirg
of
a
pari
of
the
Provincial
Gev-erniuent
dock
was
let
yesterday
to
Joh,ij.
Jiurriiecon
tfacfer,.
arnl
the
worS
on
ffTOVElready'"
iipo.se(
of
by
the;
boaril?at
ifteTcUiunienced.
It
is
Ihe
intehlion
rest-til
lime.
ikMiigiissioiier
rush
it
through
so
that
Ihe
Joyce
ami
Commissioner
I.aw-
'euee
look
Ihe
g
t
on
ml
Mia)
ine
application
was
not
in
order
in
view
of
judgments
already
reil-
enil.
ami
lliat
it
could
not
b!
leall
with
by
the
board
save
as
art
of
Ihe
penrral
rale
investi
gation.
Assistant
Chief
Coni-
nfssioner
McLean
agreeil
wilh
the
chief
commissioner
that
the
first
part
of
the
application
deal-hiig
w
it
h
I
he
order
in
regard
to
ales
ijyi
wesllKUind
grain
and
lour
could
be
dealt
with
at
the
resiMit
hearing,
lie
disagreed,
lowever,
in
reganl
lo
the
second
art
of
Ihe
application.
The
pieslion
of
establishing
a
inile-ise
scale
of
grain
and
flour
rates
or
Hie
wesl.
based
on
Ihe
east
ern
i.rowsnest
rates,
involve!
go
ing
inln
the
eastern
rales
anil
bronchi
in
the
question
of
dis
crimination,
etc..
which
should
be
deal!
wilh
inn
general
inves
tigation,
he
thought.
Violating
Law'
Just
lief
ore
the
commission
rose
J.
v
.
Ward,
representing
ihe
Canadian
Council
of
Agricul-
u
re.
contended
that
the
railways
ere
violating
Uio
law
and
order
of
the
board,
and
were
not
mak-
,ug
Crowsnest
rates
effective
in
the
west
us
instructed
to
do
People,
were
bivinning
Ut
wonder
who
was
supreme
in
this
conn
try.
the
railways
or
the
govern
ment.
he
said.
At
tlie
opening
of
the
hearing
;i.
G.
MeGem1,
K.C.,
representing
the
province
of
llritish
Columbia,
requested
ttiat
his
province
be
associated
with
Alberta
aud
Saskatchewan
as
applicants
in
Ihe
ease.
CABINET
APPOINTMENTS
AWAITING
ADJOURNMENT
HOUSE
OF
PARLIAMENT
tiFTAWA.
Feb.
l.
Premie
Mackeniie
King
announced
yes-lerday
that
thero
was
n,o
foundation
for
Ihe
rumor
Unit
Hon.
G.
P.
GrnliMn.
minister
of
railways,
would
be
appointed
to
an
execu
live
position
in
Ihe
Canadian
Xa.
tionul
Hallways.
The
Prime
Minister
further
stated
that
there
would
he
no
cabinet
appoint
inents
until
after
Hie
present
uepaie
in
the
House
was
con
luih'd.
work
on
the
biological
slatio-
and
Ihe
building
for
tlie
Itacou
l-'isheres
may
go
forward.
1"
should
lie
completed
in
a
month
or
six
weeks.
The
chief
work
is
the
replac
ing
of
Hie
prescnl
concrete
pile-
with
timber.
The
eohcrele
had
never
proved
satisfactory
,and
or
some
lime
east
thai
part
of
the
dock
was
roiisidcred
unsafe.
ALASKAN
BILL
ON
FISHERIES
Forbids
Importation
of
Foreign
Caught
Fish
at
Alaskan
Closed
Ports
.
WASIIIXGTO.N.
Feb.
IV.
A
bill
has
been
approved
by
the
House
murine
and
fisheries
com
mission
which
forbids
.tho
importation
into
Alaskan
closed
ports
of
salmon
liken
in
non-Ainencan
waters.
Tlie
bill
gies
the'
secretary
of
commerce
power
over
Alaska
fisheries
and
would
authorize
Ihe
secretary
to
set
apart
fisliing
areas
and
to
designate
close
seasons
in
Alaskan
waters
for
tip'
purpose
of
protecting
Ihe
salmon
and
perpetuating
the
fisheries.
Grants
of
exclusive
privileges
contrary
i,
general
restrictions
will
be
prohibited.
MUSTPAY
COST
REPAIR
DRYDOCK
Negligent
Navigation
Caused
Damage
to
Government
Basin
at
Esquimau
VICTWHIA.
leb.
tJJ.
Negligent
navigation
of
the
fsleamcr
City
of
Vieloria
va
Uih
cause
of
her
collision
with
Iho
old
Ksqui-nialt
dryiltH'Ji
on
June
-55,
ll2l,
and
IheJi.C.
Sleatnh(n
Com-pany
of
Vancouver
nilfsj
pay
the
damage
done
to
the
baln,
Mr.
Justice
Gregory
ruled
in
the
supreme,
court
es;terday.
Action
l
now
proceediivg
to
doleiiulni-Ihe
eost
or
repairing
damages
to
Hie
dock.
Plaintifr.
which
in
the
Cana-Ui
.i:
gAve:
nuien'.
claims
9.;30.
m