25 TAXI Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytlma. Stand Royal Hotel; 3rd and 6th St. MATT VIDECK, Prof nipeg 'this Morning '-'ir. f,. 1UIj, XVI., NO, 133. 'If'.l THREATENED ftnymous Letters Suggesting (Idnapplng Received by King and Duchess of York lOXDOX, June M. .The Daily Iror understand that on luymnns letter has ween ru led by i tie Duchess of York ialetiiitff lo V hi imp her when A similar letter threaten King I said to have' been 'nMKeu at J'tickinyham Palace oikline ago. Ilolh letters were u ill fler.'tlu -hatuIvM-i tiiiK and are eliined lo have liecu sent iy an ii'uno person IPERT AGAIN INCOMMONS fry from Fort William . in igard to Uses of Elevator to be Answered TAW A, June 8. -Informa- on a wide variety of sub- wns given by Hie 'iovcru- St yesterday in Hie House of iinon In answer lo qurs- I. rejdy In lion. It. J. Maniou Fori Willi no ns lo whelhei rPrlnce Ituperl elevator leas-Ito tin' wheal pool would be in Hi a Mixing nnuse, me fernfnenl npneksjiiau said Ihal opy of the iigrecmenl respect- tJl he leace would be tallied it House in a left days. 1 ILLISiONOF TWO FREIGHTS llneer Plunkett and Two tramps Killed East of Win ' - - iVIXXIt'KO, June 8. -Kntfjuer r on as Plunkelt and two tramp ling a ride Were killed and rakesmau Is missing as u nil of a head, on collision of freight train) on Ihe I'.ana In National Hallway thisiuoiT- ;5T Sillies Has) of here. NS AUTHORIZED TO PAY OLD ISSUES ITTAWIV, June H -Parliament Iterduy authorized 'tho Oovern- H of Canada lo borrow $ 1 50,- 1,000 lu' retire loans maturing Ion, J, A, llobb. minister of fince, niinouneed that follow- the usual rioliev. I ho mnnnv fcliT lo jiormwed wherevprj it ficapcu as Ihey are lo undertake in the Viorlh. Huilt of light duralium metal, Ihey have a, wingpread of 12 feet mid are driven by too horse power Liberty engines inverted. ' Lieut. Hen 11. While, leader of the expedition. wa pilot of one "I the planes wi(h Lieut. F. F. Kurkelt a second pilot and 11. K. tlergslen. mechanic, (luuner U. It. Aiexainler was pilot of the second plane with i. F. Iloche-ville as second pilot. The latter ship was carrying the expe- ditioii' aerial radio outfit. The mapping expedition, (he eiiuiiiuo-ul of which includes the lender tiannell now on her way ( Kelchikan with a third plane on board as well as 12 officers and men in addition lo her own crew nf 00, will remain' a month and a hair ut Kelchikan, later working out or Sitka and Petersburg Tlin planes rraehed Kelchikan at I :t0 o'clock this afternoon ac-curding lo advice by wireless. PARLIAMENT TIRED" OF TALKING MEMBERS ASWNGJTHEY QUIT (Kdmoiilon Hullelin) Meinliers of parliament, or a'! polilical stripes, are said lo b: slgniti? a round rohin demaud-ing (hat the long-winded minor-ily curb llieir louacity. l'erhas the appeal will yet results. Hut the out-look would be more pro mising ir tho petition were sent lo (In eonstiiuenls of the tire less talkers insleud of to ..them" selves. The Volers have pove lo free I'arl.timent and thn country permanently of th.i nuisance, by making a slaughter of the time-wasters when poll ing day comes. Ami, human nalure being what it is, there renllv ins'l iiiucli chance that Hie vocal inarathoucrtv will vol unlaiily unit Just when they have nol their second wiiii ENGUSH SOCCER mm TEAM IS WINNER ItFdlXA, June H. The touring t'.iiiflisli miccer .team defculed Saskatchewan All Slars two no Jhlng making llielr txth straight victory- VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Hid. Asked Wheal l;52Vi H. K.;lver 2.10 2.11 Considfdated 213.00 Duinvell I.Vio 2.00 (llads'ioue .35' .38 llowcf.pund 31.00 30,00 Indopcnilence 08 Vi .0t I. . x-$ !, oy-i' Marviot'Y..". .00 .08 Vi l'l'i'mlej- 2.13 2.18 Silver 'pVest 12 .15 service available to the general tublic. If the torn hi decides at any ime lo lease or sell any terminal acililies in 'Vancouver, the mater will receive Hie consideration ir Hie government, tho reply lales. BRAZIL OUT OF LEAGUE Formal Notice Will bo Sent to Geneva and Will Not Attend Assembly RIO JANEIRO, June 8. Tho newspaper Oglobo announces that Brazil has withdrawn from the League of Nations. The newspaper asserts that Brazil will not participate In the League Assembly next September and that formal notice of Its resignation from the League will be sent to Geneva within a few weeks. JOHN D. SPRECKLS IS NUMBEREDAMONG DEAD SAX DIKliO, :al., June 8. John D. Spreckls. capitalist, with many interests Here and in San PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper 1MU.NCK lUPKHT, B.C., Tl'KiJIlAY. JL'XK 8, I WHO. TfJXXlS F AX'S J.KADlXli Kl HOI'KA ItOYALTY attended Ihe recent runlets for the Davis. Cup in Hie matches between Honiaiim mid Italy. In the above photo are shown left to righ : Princess Ilelene, ex King lieorge of (ireeee, Queen Marie of Humauia. King Ferdinand of Huinuuiii and Oueeu Klizabetb of Oreere. SMELTER FOR - SOUTH COAST New Owner of Ladysmlth Plant Qona to Denver to Investigate New Process YHVIIHUA, June 8. Herbert Jarmlchael, Xurnierly provincial government assayer'. under the i)cpat'(nieut of Mines of Krilish ' Olunflj(a. left lliis week for Denver, Col., where he will make personal inspection of a plant Allien.. s bciii installed (here under-a new metallurgical pro--cs for the seiarnllon of lead, tine and copper in mixed ores. .Mr, Oiriuieiiae! recently acquired the Ladysmilli smelter, viiie has been idle for some years and has in contemplation 'lie ub'g nf this plant by the 'iislalliilion of a similar process O dial .beinK installed al Den ver. Ihe latter plant will have v capac(!y of one hundred (ous i day, and is Hearing complc "on. Tho puttiiis Into operation ol swell a plant in (hi province will mean much lo Ihe mine operators who a iv now being penal- wed at Ihe I'.xMinp Mncltrj-s tor the treatment or these mixeu ores, mere are Instances where ore carrying values of 830 n Ion in which zinc and lead np pea red in porpurlious thai made the cost of treatment al the misting smelters about 21 n ton. A number of operators on the eol are a wait In; Ihe expecleit 0iening oT ihe. new process al Lad.Vsmlth us a means or solv ing soliie or their troubles in the Irealpient of ore. The visit of Mr. Uarniif liuel to Denver is ex peeled to have uii iinporlanl bearing on the proposition. Fol lowing hfs return it is antici pated he will lie in a position to decide Just what his plans in connection with the Ladysinitli works will be. Government Has No Present Intention of Leasing Grain 'Elevator Port of Vancouver 'OTTAWA. June X. The Ouvcrunieul lias no i a ten t ion al iresenl of leasing or selling any public elevators in Yanromer o tin wheal xtol. it was slaled in answer lo a question in Hie loue of Coiunuuis, yesterday. . , According to the (iuverumeiit slalt uienl. afler verbnl up-dicaliuii had been made fur the leasing of one of Ihe Yalicouver eleviilors. the chairman of the Vancouver Harbor Commission fi'iorled to the (ioveriimeul Ihal the interests of Ihe wheat iool vere at present well served by the present system of operation without in any way impairing the 1 i I I: i 1 Francisco, died yesterday aHcr-i noon at his home at Coronado. He had been ill for some lima. CX. It. steamer Prince Charles, Can't. .Veil .McLean will arrive rroin Vancouver via Ihe QuccI" Charlotte Islands, tomorrow afternoon nnd will sail jn tho evening, al nn hour to be so' lomorrow. direct for Vancouver. . .Miss Flotence;" Mitchcson of ii..: ..i .... ? i.i :.'... ...it me sieiioiirMiiiiieTsiaii oi u Hams, .Mniison VVCiuuales leaving aF Ihe week$n"il for Ihe south on holiday.''- " ' s ' CROPS THIS YEAR VANDERHOOF DIST. WHEAT 326 ACRES Iteceivinfj 75 rejdies lo loo quesl ionaiivs (hat were senl out lo tanners in Hie District, the Vau-derhoof Hoard of Trade has( found that 3,038 acres of land are in crop as rollows: wheat, 320 acres; oals, 1823 afcre; Parley. 48 acres; rye, 31 4 acres; clover. l5 acres; vegetables, 19 Vi acres; timotliy, 1018 acres; red top hay, 538 acres; broom U acres. SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS START IN TWO WEEKS Work New Being Wound up Preparatory to Starting of Long Vacation on June 25 Junior and Senior Matriculation examinations in the High School will commence, on June 2! and Hie Kntrance examina tions in tne puoiic schools on June 23. (Irade 9 and 10 exam inations iii the High School here will commence on Thursday of Ibis week. All school) vvill close for Hid long , suirtmer Auoation oil June 25, BIG LEAGUEBASEBALL American League -7- Hoslon 5, Chicago 10-W Washington 0, Detroit .i, .New York 2. Cleveland' 5. Philadelphia 7, S(. Ljjuiv2. National Leaguer All poslponeil, rain., "'f,' V;: Mi Ylerdy Circuit Uou, M6 Slract Etlei COS MOXTilFAL, June 8. Tho Canadian Pacific Hallway olTer lo the Alherta government in' connection willi Hie Kdmoolon, Dunvegan Hrilish Columbii llailway and the Central Can-ida Itailway, wliich was received ty premier Hrownlee some lime ago, has not yet been accepted, au in railway circles here U not. looked upon as heing much ill advance of Ihe offer of tho ompaiiy which Ihe Albi;rla gov-itimcnl refused at the time s !ease expired in July, l'J25. Continue Lease Under Ihe latest olTer Ihe ..!. u. is wniica to continue Hie ea.e on Ihe same terms and conditions as are in effect al the present lime, with an additional condition. Ihat.lbe C.P.R. is wilting o pay $GU,000 per year to- -.vard (he fixed Charges of the road, and - alsO To Tate Vare .qt a,j',1.interl-st on the ?l,300,uoo nliirfii fs 'Jo'be paid''to-'tie 'Koyal .. V i ..... iiaiiK ioi a pcriou oi iurw years If the bank (aleinent i.' cash .he I'. P. It. will pay the government an amount to cover inter est under Hie terms of the agree for Ihree years. The Canadian National offer. made al Ihe time the agreemcio under which the road i now operating expired. Is to take ove- iml operate the road on a len year lease, Ihe Canadian .Nation al to lake care of all mainten- uiee charges and lo. split profits Ailli the government on a fifty- I'ifty basis. Then wjieu Iheh ii a guaranteed traffic of 10,000,-000 tons annually from the Hrande Prairie and Peace Hive' districts Ihe C.X.H. agrees lo oilii an outlet to the l'acifis coast. Settlers Favor C.N.R. . In (he country served by tii road Ihe C.X.H. offer is looked upon wilh favor as Ihe coast outlet is the real solution of th? northerners' transportation prob- Itm according lo their own judgment. The C.XJt. has not niaiU any change in this offer it tut is can lie learned bei'e, allhoiig'i 1'ivinier Hrownlee asked for a iiiriner oner some lime ago when lie was Jn Montreal. llailroad circles believe th:.l Ihe callitt- of offers from lb" Iranscontinental road is more or less of a gesture, and that Ihe policy advocated by HOn. Vernof w . Muitli, of (lie governmen', taking over and operating Hi roads itself Is Ihe policy which lias pracilcaliy been decided upon by the provincial author! lies. LORD WILLINGDON STILL. FAVORITE AS CANADIAN GOVERNOR .OTTAWA, June 8. - The im pression persists here tliat Lord llnngdou is lo be appoints (iovernor - Ceneral nuceeedinK lioru Hyng. He was formerly Mr 1 reeman-lhomas, member o iiarliament for llaslings and la ter for a ''Cornwall, constituency ociore going lo' India as Gov ternor of Madras where he ro inaineu ui-iii ivn. lie Is said tq nave shown gival skill in hand ling Indian problem?. Suhscrtoe toi the. Dally News. Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, The latest and best for 'the least. Phone 467. PRICE FfVK CBNT8. fWO US. SEAPLANES CALLED HERE TODAY iRAZIL IS FORMALLY mphibian Airplanes Called Here Today on Way to Alaskan Survey ! Two Lulled Hlales. navy umphiblaii airplanes wliich will be! kd this siiintnvr by Ihe Alakoii aerial survey expedition lieu ori lor it nine over un hour today on their way from' li Diego to Kclcliiknii. I'lie 'ton here was in Uic nature of :eiiieigeiiey.. nut or the ship baling run short or gas ufler eloping u leuky carburetor. The planes came down across. ) harbor Hear Ihe uioiilh of MrXicholl. Creek and, after re 1 Irs nail liven made with despatch, the one shin taxie'd to tlnsi e and look on fuel al Hie Ininerinl Oil Co.'s tdant. IIuviiik IYALTY ARE leoine here from Alert May In three ami a half hour 2(U) mile'. Ihey arrived al II o flock aii'l look off again at I:'. 15 fo Ketchikan. (iiinner ". (i. Alexander, pilot if (he plane llial look on gas. stated thai rain and fog wait en-rounlered jul after leaving Alert Hay but from (Jueen Charlollo stiuiil (u Prince Ihipert it was lirartically clear all the way wilh a few scattering clouds ami slight wind . The plane had sprnl yesterday al Alert Hay, Jiavina com, north from Seattle on Sunday. The left Alert Hay at 7410 thl morning, "the two iilimi'M m-i Lintiiiiir liiiltiliiliOins goes to Sandwtck-'wilh her;,lcflfl,Iy .je.fcned for kucIi work WITHDRAWING FROM THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DICKERING FOR MURDER CASE PEACE RAILWAY! IS ADJOURNED C.P.R. Offer Not Much Better Than One Made Earlier, It Is Said GOVERNMENT OPERATION. Preliminary Trial of Joe San key, Charged With Loretta Chls-holm Killing, to Proceed Tomorrow Preliminary trial of Joseph tiankey, charged willi the murder of Miss Loretta Chisuolm at Port Fssiugton on May ; 23, at the request of A. M. Johnson, KAl crown prosecutor, who slaled Ihal he was noyet ready lo procet-d, was yeslerday -afternoon adjourned un(il V o'clock A'ednesday morniitg, L. V, I'at- Inore, counsel for the defen.re, consenting. It is flic intention- o ilroceed with Ihe case tomor row su'that it riiay be ready to be continued at the session of the Assizes provided the accused is committed for trial an,d ft is de-eiiletf lo go on at this time. Afler the adjournment yester day afternoon, Mr. Johnson re quested the witnesses ; to slay behind so that he might interview Ihem. There -are some thirty witnesses in the casei The court room was filled with spectators wbo bad expect-pillba! the case would be proceeded witu yesterday.. BROKERS MUST NOTCOMBINE Government Decides They Are Contrary to, Public Policy and Must go OTTAWVA. June 8, The gov ernment -has decided lo treat jobber or broker combines as contrary lo public policy, and if he law as it stands is not suffi cient to reach Ibis "particular busitie-ss combination, appropriate legislation will be introduced in Parliament to enable it to do so. Minister or I.abdr Kllioll announced in the House Of Coin- ' mons yesterday afternoon in reply to a question from Crote derling, Conservative member or Yale. FOUR HALIBUT BOATS SOLD CATCHES TODAY Canadian Fish Went Hlnher Than American on Exchange There were only four catches of halibut sold on exchange today, prices for Canadian being higher than American, the only boat fetching 17.t0o and tOc, whereas Americans varied froni 15.00c and He to tC.IOc and 8c. Sales were: American Sumner, 55,000 'to Cold Stor age, i .' Foremost, 50,000". to Cold Storage. Iemocrat, 23,000. to Hooth Fisheries. Canadian Cape Spear, B,5Q0, to Atlin Fisheries. BILL TO DEAL WITH B.H WATER RIGHTS OITAWA, -------l June " - .8, alUll Hon. LhaH( lcwtrt. ruitti-nter of the interior, inlr-n.htf r..i u bill into the House of Commons to bring Dominion bwistalioii in regard to water rights in , Ihe rnilway iH'lt or Hritish Colunlbiu into conrormity with legislation passed on the same subject by Ihe Legislature "of the" pi-uvlijcij. ft