r. tl ;.-!: 11. it Mu; C v X TV Sj'urday afternoon that he did nut think there was any jc n a large scale in his district. He urged that there a sea patrol at the northern port as it was impossible the roast from the land. : ' r:sl witness Saturday afternoon was Hon. 11. H. Stevens, ustoms for a brief period this fall under the Meighen tv'" testified that, while he was minister, he had given in- UueUotw that clearance to United nOii OLD COUNTRY t 10 C.t.tll ttltll AIX-MAU NoriMi Aiiom.otiio iv imis MltlUII IIV UIIMIM AM (iill.ni(i: XR M 6. Orerahadowing a Victoria rtpreaenUtUre j the tlrat MrKerhni Cup ' 'ie aeaaon on Saturday by , u u :ij .u one out 01 of the n arm moat pro- n gr iund beneath a ttruggiing ' Jttm who was formerly a member 8 ttuh international team i';;t i.i Canada two jear agi. I' f j iv a widow who waa preaent a i--:d their two children. 0 ' untlnued with a aubttuw place but. draplte th 1-anl fight, they mere unable i-t th Varalty aggregation ' ry 21 to nothing. SUDDEN DEATHS IN VANCOUVER ""4 tit Ullliun I 1 I.. I1...-I lllfil "lille hru, .Man ilsrrr.l 'lnj Agalni Feme COVXtn. Dec. O.The ody of rfa. sged 48, was found da r Bunuay m gai.fllltd room on fi e;ei 8h, WM lut Mll BUve " '""'uiasy night. ' body of llobrrt (n, gKl 40. "or 4 ,Jfnlg ",JCe ,U Aprl tTotn l,ght wound on th " face there were no other atgn w "Wcnce fVE ships" booked" TO L0AIHRA1N HERE T Hl S(, ,.1r l nilllmr( win tuke Tlmxr ViiiiiMincril Alrrmly JJM the MclcMi Marit. MeK 1 Yor?U bwth ' th elevator, and the will , nd YPfM Mru' both ot which VB b0t lne mlJdle of thl k t ir, ,0 fnor ahlpa, ao far unamneil, th h?01""' I01 rBl" "tiring tr-uttr'nt mouth according to a Stats porta should be denied retads tarrying cargo nhtefc were excluded fioat that country. Law officer of the crown, however, ruled that the inatruc-tiona eacevtfoti hi auUtomy and they ere accordingly rescinded. A bonded warabiMt which, according to the colkKtor at the port of Orand rw. tatMtd tar ike purptat of supply- A t'.4-tni m the rapiul. who ujujru uuruig "' Ptrallona failed to aar th 1 . ;f Mi ; y who died In boapiul jut J ' ' afier he bad been carried :.. i unconKloua from injurif ! . 3 t3 : ;i received while he waa ly- ------ tj4 tt a a. lA R llAP t K 4. CRANBROOK YOTES FOR BEER PARLORS i:pri-M-il TIrmM-lie by 371 ! KM In l-rUI Itrfrrriidnm llrlil oil turiUy CRANOtlOOK, Dec. . Votera of Cran-brook on Saturday, by means of a referendum authorised by the proving government, exprrwed thenuelve in favor ol the eatabllahment In the city of The vot wa 571 for and j beer parDra lot againat. BRITISH COLUMBIA " V"'cperatiOiU of mutual benefit to cm ,. waretiouM waa of any uae except for i J' .i... .rrolied "No " In..r lh. nnllM HL.IM M4U'" ,"I"J riiiMi; or aii . AMI im.nuiv 111 IIT fANVOt OTTAWA. Dec 6 The Prince of WalM aad fTmler Baldwin bar beta Inrtted and It la understood hare accepted an invitation to participate in the Diamond Jubilee of Oonfedera- l irt tragic drain of j 4. tlon on July I next year. Al- though no dennlte arrange-menu have, aa yet been completed it la expected they will attend the celebration for which elaborate plana are already being mad throughout the Dominion. PIONEER IS DEAD J11I111 r f H I""''. K"' -" rruilmr In IIW9 Ky' '" glnrrrn VICTOHIA. Dec John Cox. agrd Oi li dead here. He came uw rv'imhia with the UoVal Engineers In v- ; 1859 and w one ol in nrai the Klondylce after the atrixe waa mu. there III the late nlnetlea. badfirein" seattledock nwivoi: at roini miii-vaho i aim o NAHiiotv i:f- u mo nvMAiii: CAI'i; OF IIOATS ...mu Dec7T--Flre at the Told J....iLk thia morning caused a loaa of .rt ihri-atened three docka .t aa.ooo.ooo. The liner Lucken- ;l.k and four whaler, tied up. at th. wure tnreaieiifu " To this end committees of a substan tially equal number of foremen or other Iscal supervisory officers and representatives of the workmen were ae-lectrd by the employeea themselves in the respective ahopa. and have a'.nce J held meeting at regular interval at which all auegestlon relating to the xrk and aurrouridlng clrcumsianecs excepting wagea and conditions relative theieto have been atudltd and discussed, with th mult that substantial Improvements ot mutual interest to both partle to the plan hare been secured. In addition to the various local mixed committees a auntlar cwnmltlee has been established on each general manager's rrglon and alas oue for the entire ayatem. to deal with questions of a general rather than a local character. "Among the various questions consid ered by th system committee was the premium plan of payment In compari son with the fixed hourly wage basla and. aa a reault of these atudles, the. conclu sion has been that, while the premium plan Is attractive theoretically and oper ate satisfactorily in factories where large numbers ot new srtlctea ot similar dealgn art being produced. It U very difficult to administer In railway ahopa hereby far the greater proportion ot the work consist of refitting w:rn parts rather than msDufscturtng new ones. Under these conditions It Is not as generally aatlsfaetory as the hourly wage basis snd has certain Inherent objection able features Insofar as railway repair work la concerned. "The operation of the co-operative plan has now reached auch a stage that the bonus system has ceased to be either sdvantagcous or attractive. Therefor the management regards It as eminently Just that the premium sys trm should be abandoned and an ap-nrcDrtate bonui. In addition to the hourly rate, be paid, as a rc:cgultlon of their co-operative effort, to alt employees of the Canadian National Ratlwaya In the mechanical department. Therefore, In pursuance of thl decision, the bonus or premium system Is fcbollshed In an shops ot the Canadian National Hall ways. Effective December 8, 1920, ail ot the employees, referred to will receive sn Increase over and above their present hourly rate of, two cents per hour, In lieu of the premiums previously f TAXI Boston Grill 25 Ambulance ind Large Upstair Dining Hall, Service with newly laid dancing nwhere nt Anytime floor, for hire. Exchange Building NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. sunds PRINCE RUPERT The latest and beat for the MATT VI DECK, Prop. least Phone 437. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VOL XVI Xo.286. ii. .. . PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER C, 192G Circulation 1593 Sales 503 Prici Five Cents EXTRA ""fine- PARLIAMENT SESSION 10CAL COLLECTOR TAKES STAND BEFORE COMMISSION frince Rupert Fairly Free From Smuggling States Jarvis McLeod Son. H. H. Stevens tells how his efforts were frustrated Grand Forks collector reveals warehouse there VAV Ot'VER. December G. Jan if II. McLeud, customs col- f. . n.... .1 t A It I rm . k " it; 1 1 nre uuH-n, siau-u ueiore me uoyai i ommiMion in mis t RUGBY PLAYER FATALLY HURT PLAYING GAME lft Mitt II IV Mllttill IOK McKMIIMi: I I r (ft till, or 11.11 K Ml II-t IRlOKIt n.M K iBONUS SYSTEM ! ! IS ABOLISHED INSlEAl III' Till t'.X.K. MILL IN- ckk.w: pay of it Mior i:.M-liOl.l te PER not ft MONTREAL. Doc. 6 Abolition ot the bonus or premium system In 11 shops or the Canadian National Railways with the payment irora December 8 of an increase ot two cents per hour to employee thus affected. U announced in a atatment made public today by 8. J. Hungerford. rtee-prendrnt In charge of operation. Canadian National Rail-way. Th statement feUowa: "Following the amaltama'.lon of the rail ays now constituting the Canadian . National Railway systtm there were: found, at would naturally b expected, , many varisUons In practice and method. ' Obviously, uniformity waa both necea-j aary and desirable uader the new conditions aad the management ha been j progressively study. ng each of the-ques- j Uona tnrulwd with a view to (electing that method which waa considered the, brat MaSable tor the particular pur-, pose or. a an aUefnatlve. the dereljp- t ratal of an entirely new one. fori adoption throughout the system, j "At the beginning of 1925. a plan of! co-operation between the federates j trade ai.d the management of the Can-j adlan National Railways was inaugurated ' which had. amobg otntr objectives, the ins. Isaisor to tooatonm waa revealed : ' 7 . e V AM Oltr It ON Cook, in rpl, to a queatu from Com- l. ' m.,.,r. Mltd . JL: whsrves I was 'V' under . ontwl disbursed. "Under the new method, the company will not pay the workers. In the segregate, any more than has been paid hitherto, and, In addition, will secure certain other economies. Having regard of all ot the factora Involved,- t is con fldentlv believed that this change In practice will on the whole be bf bene fit to both the railway and the em ployees concerned." Ohio Btato University's R.O.T.C. Is among the largest In the nation. Thirty- fire six hundred snd twenty-eight students I nre participating in the corps activities, IssK ivlHH9sissHsssHstH9BF wtKuBBBtBSk BURMESE SACRED WHITE ELEPHANT arrived in New York a week ago with eleven native attendants. He will winter at Bridgeport, Conn.,, and tour the country next summer with a circus. ONTARIO HAS BIG ROBBERY REAL WINTER: IN ST. PAUL 1 hMltV r VSTOIIM MtKM'S MUTIIKKX j-TliKIX IIAMUTK n aut of rnoviM 1: with ;V,:7 Til E; EM zkko TEiri:KATi iti:.s lOICONTO, Iter. B Ontario had lt flrt real tuMe of winter over the Mcek-eml when a miow anil windstorm ilrlilng lit trout Northern .MUliljan wept the province from UlmlM.r to Ottawa (rating a Mankrt of miow nine Indie deep In nut plnrr. II wa the heat lest early Orrrmbrr onoufall Hut MHithrrn Ontario hail eprrlenred lit jean. With II ritme zero anil below temperatures In wmie parts with slightly ubotr In otliir. NEW YOIIK. 1 . C The east-irn stairs front 'Maine to Vlrxlnla are dicing out today from one of the hrutlest and earliest snow storm 011 rn-oril wliHIi caused a half ilorn ilrutlis anil M-rioiisly Impeded all Irafllc. .In New York tm thousand men ttnd almost 7 00 plow are working In 13 hour shifts to prevent R gt'nrral tlr up of traffic. Great Britain will have a cooperative national, theatre, ssld to be the first of the sort ever attempted In England. The first production will be , launched about Christmas, In London. OKCE WATCHMAN IS KOHHIM1 , , HEI'AKTMF.VT STORE OF S3,0II0 ST. PAULs Dec. 6. Mere than S50.0O0 In cash, stocks, bonds, and Jewellery was obtained by three bandits who blew three safes in a department store In this city lsst night. The men entered the store from the root of an sdjslning building snd eelzed two watchmen, forcing one to make hourly rounds of the building between eight o'clock and midnight and ring the signal boxes. The robbers set off six charges In blowing the sates but they covered up their work so well thst the attention of hundreds of theatre goers on the streets was not attracted. FINE NEW CATHEDRAL MARKS SPOT WHERE WAS PIONEER CHURCH WINNIPEG. Dec. 6. The new 8t John's Anglican Cathedral built upon the site ot Western Canada's first church was officially opened yesterday, Rev. Canon Cody of Toronto preaching the dedicatory sermon. The first log church of St. John was erected on the site In 1823 by Rev. John Wes,t, Over One Hundred Boats with Cargoes Valued at Millions Tied Up for Winter in Lakes SAULT STK. MARIE,, December C The gigantic ice breaker, Saint Mnriei assisted by tugs and lighters charged again on Sunday with little effect against the icu formations on St. Mary's River which threaten to imprison for the winter the fleet of lake vessels bound for Canadian and United States ports. After working all Saturday night and Sunday, the Saint Marie succeeded, in. freeing three upward bound vessels the C.P.R. liner Assiniboia loaded with passengers, and two freighters. A total of 1-5 vessels with aggregate" cargoes valued at more than $25,000,000 are still tied up in the river. IN ,XT. 1.AM I1ENCK 14 steamers, mostly outward bound, were j morning as fsr a the eye coura see caught in the ice on the St. Lawrence : the river was covered with a coat ot River during tho wcck-cad. This ; . :e six inches tiuck. Many Important Bills, Already Delayed, Must I Be Handled Separately OTTAWA, December G.-In addition to the work that will be presented at the session opening on Thursday, members of Canada's sixteenth parliament will find awaiting them about seventy bills left over from Ia3t session, of which forty-eight are divorce cases. The unexpected dissolution of the last Parliament left in the air a number of important measures and it now ajears that they will have to be considered again one by one -before the new Parliament can pass them. The supply bill will be the first to demand attentio.1. This 'was not even Introduced at the lasts 1 seraion because the e-11ima.es had not pasted the ccmmlttce stage. Several Important bills had, however. paiscd bjth houses of which the Rural. Credits Bill was considerably amended j In the Senate although It is now ready : for Royal Anotu:. SIE'MER STEWARD DIES IN HOSPITAL ; I lrt Hunter Taken Suddenly III and . F.ipirr on Saturday The death occurred In the Prince Rupert General Hospital on Saturday ts!ter&oon of Bert Hunter who was str.cken. suddenly ill while coming j north on the steamer Catala on Fri-fday. I The deceased, who bad been employ-led as a steward on a Yukon river boat j during the summer season, had only I recently entered the employ of , the j Union company. On" Friday he com plained .of not feeling well and before the boat arrived In Prince Rupert, he became unconscious. He was Immedi ately taken to the local hospital wftere his condition continued ta give cause for anxiety and on Saturday afternoon he passed out without rallying. The head office of the Union SS. Co. was immediately advised by wire and It la expected that the remains will be shipped south on the Cardena tomorrow. Deceased waa about 32 years of sge and is believed to have been unmarried. TABLEAUX SERMON DREW BIG CROWD 'The Ouidlng Star" Proted of tJreat Interest at salvation Army Citadel Last Nljlit "The QulldUtg Star." a tableaux ser mon on. the influence of a good mother. drew a record attendance to the Salva tion Army citadel last night. Seven scenes pictured the life of a lad from the cradle of Innocence to the "great choice. Those taking part were Elsie McOu&tt, Wlllard Rea, John Pierce", Ed. H trm on and Ed. Kane. Contributing to a pro gram of music and solos were Mrs. J. Mastln, Miss E. Faulkner. J. S. Wilson. Mrs. Cadwallader and Mrs. Rea. The program was as follows: Solo "Mother. When I Think ot Thee." Solo Mather's Gift: "Take my Child. my Lord. I Pray." Solo "Oentle Jesus. Meek and Mild." BuUdlng Proverbs. 3. 18 Solo "Other Voices Call." . Duet "The Way That Seems Right." Solo Now the Old Home Vacant." Solo "Oh Cross that Llttest up my Head." VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheat B.C. Silver ........ r Dunwell ' ' Premier Bid. 136 U 1.72, - - 4.UU ii Asked 1.78 1.06 2.6a rorteV Idaho xyw , jPH SllvercVeiUiiTT T-07 Surf Inlet 02 .02 Vi Richmond . . . . .03?, .06(4 WEATjIEK REPORT , Prince Rupert Part cloudy, light southeast wind, temperature 47. Terrace Cloudy, calm, temp. 33. Rosawood Cloudy, calm, temp. 31. Alyansh Cloudy, calm, temp. 30. IUzelton--Cloudy, calm, temp. 28. Smlthcrs Cloudy, calm, temp. 9. Burns Lake -Clear, calm, temp. 23, DELIVERIESOF GRAIN RESUMED FOUTV-FIVE OF 179 CARLOADS WHICH IV EKE IIELO IT THE LINE AKKIVEO LAST MOOT MEIGEN MARU LOADING . , Ypren Maru and Yorrlr are Oue About Middle of Week to Load Full , The Suzuki Co. freighter, Melgen Maru went on berth, at Jhe elevator and stsrted loading wheat for the United Kingdom or continent yeaterdsy morning and loaded 3953 bushels in seven hours, probably half ot her cargo. The vessel, should get sway with her 250.000 or so bushels about the middle of the week. The big freighter Ypres Maru. also ot the Suzuki line, is expected to reach port from the Orient tomorrow morning snd will go to the dry dock for lining. The Bank line freighter tras to have left Vancouver yesterday via Union Bay for bunkering and will be here on Thursday. She will take her berth at he elevator direct as she Is already lined. Both the Ypres Maru and the Yoserlc will load full for the United Kingdom or continent. The C.N.R. motorshlp freighter, Lille- horn, Capt. Dan McKlnnon, which is now loading coal at Union Bay for this port, will arrive this week and, after discharging, will take on some 100 tons ot scrceninra at the elevator for Seattle delivery. With grain going out of the elevator now, the, movement of wheat to the port has been resumed. Ot the 179 cars which were being held up th line. 45 arrived during the . night and are now being unloaded at the eleva-' tor. No advices as to loadings on the pralflcs for this port had been received thia morning. NEW BOXING STAR RISES EDDIE KOIIEKTS OF TATOMA HEK-ALDED AS WELTERWEIGHT CON-TE,MEll FOLLOWING I'NEX- I'ECTED VICTORY OVER JOE Dl'.NDtE SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 8.A new contender for the world'a welterweight title looms up as a result ot .th victory here on Saturday ot Eddie Roberts, Tacoma. who defeated Joe Dundee. Baltimore. In the first of a Scheduled ten-round bout. It was one ot the greatest upsets In Pacific Coast pugilism in years as Dundee was a three-to-sne favorite when he entered the ring du to his knock, cuts over Mickey Walker, former, welterweight and present middleweight champion, and other outstanding per. ' ' fermaficesj i OTTAWA SENATORS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP Drrratrd Toronto Varsity by til In 7 In Dominion Uujhy Final 011 (iaturtlay TORONTO. Dec. flr-Ottaws Senators 's-ftii th tYimlnlnn riurtiv rhimnloiuhln by defeating Toronto Varsity by 10 to 7 on Saturday afternoon.