125
TAXI
and
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
8tnd
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
Cth
8t.
MATT
VIOECK,
Prop.
VOl
XVI
?l
IS
IMPROVING
Increased
Buying
Diminishes
Stork
an
Hand
Savs
HI
In'-
I
tor
of
Agriculture
Mi
TMlllA,
ltd
Ii
i"
lillMHn
It-li.
I.
-Increased
llll
I
If
-ll
Tllilll
of
Me
i-w
egg
price
l
having
a
rffwi
iiii
the
i'S
situation,
-.ml
II.
mi.
II.
U,
Harrow.
HUiiistc
f
uK'n
iiUiiTf,
'li"
returned
her-today
uTIit
Hlleiiiluw
'he
ronfer-rurr
of
tin-
linli-h
:luMtlm
I
iti(
i-yiiifti
n
Ainriaf
inn
al
New
.
-Uihii-Ut.
"Thr
campaign
w.ii-
ii
producers
lime
been
eon-1
da
'
tuji
in
i
m-i-tt-.
rgJi
ron--iilii.l
i.mi
i-
ruluis
inlu
tin-
tiUt
-uiiiUi
winch
li.m
hern
d-pre
i.r
iin-
u.arke'
."
BAIL
GRANTED
Still
Some
Work
to
be
Com
ploled
on
Dock
Galleries
and
Shipping
Spouts
BURNED
TO
DEATH.
I,,
""'Ik
STEWART
WOMAN:';
Gladys
Gale
Charged
With
Murder
Reloased
on
$10,000
Bands
at
Vancouvor
V
AMXH
YKIl.
I
i'h.
I.
Xihnlj-lialc
awaiting
,r''
'kalla
m,
ii
i-liurpe
nf
murdering
Jmiih!'
liimiilil
ul
Sli-wiul
mi
.lmiuary
I.
wiii
efiiifUay
reli'UHi'il
on
!.-lino
tinil.
Xn
aiiiilicalinn
for
hail
ha
"
iieci.
uiaili'
hy
llilby
lloliin.
who
wn-
jointly
riiarged
with
Ma
mui'iler
almiK
Willi
iilailyx
IihIi'.
ELEVATOR
DONE
ON
FEBRUARY
15
V.
CI.
Hi..
.'".
Tin-
nmriiuig
Hie
entire
notil
and
central
Alhiuli.
i.'imkctcil
with
liemy
now
utid
leu
thousand
mm
EGG
SITUATION
CHINESE
II
in
tiiiiiii'
I,...
Gotistilidillrd
Ituuwclt
(Hailstone
('..VSiil'iil.ls
Miph..
l'eb.
4
1
William
Vtlkinnou.
his
wlfr,
snn.lVnMiUcr
-daughter
ami
an
infant
were
I'orler
Idaho
burned
to
ilealli
thi
morning
SiHereresI
when
Urn
in
une
was
destroyed.
!S,n-r
Inlel
STRIKE
ON
C.P.R.
SHIP
HUXii
KO.M.
Fii.
t.-
r.hiiM
firanien
on
4be
Iiimt
Kuipre
of
lluofia
nut-
u
strike
an
a
rvauii
l
labor
trouble,
which
had
lli"ir
origin
in
4
TWO
INCHES
OF
SNOW
''
:
re
i'
ni
i..vi'il
clearing
New
Yurk
idreeU.
Tin
Fume
liner
Manchester
Producer,
bound
irm
II.
.1.
mix
Liverpool
with
general
cargo
and
ruttle,
i
reported
i!al
-Ii.ijk
Hit
rodder
i
gone
and
llii
Herman
steamer
Hui
ivi
.-
-landing
by.
'
4
FALLEN
AT
SMITHERS
Tin'
llnlillliK'li
liiiViTlltlieill
Irlfi:
i
aplnr
ri'imrl
id
vea!her
eiMidilioH
kIiowh
(IiiiI
I
In
iiiorn-
IHK
at
etglil
oeliifk
Iwo
indie
f
npw
now
lt4
lallen
at
inilli-
Lm
nml
it
wa
till
novinp.
The
rpporl
fulltiwi-:
Terracr:
elomly.
calm;
temp.
32.
.nyix:
elmiily,
nalin,
lemp.
B-sirwart:
clnuily,
calm;
temp.
Miii'llon:
riouily,
i-nlin;
lemp.
TelcrHili
Uni'k:
ealui;
tenii
Siulllier
lemp.
an.
iiiwirig,
calm.
lluiilK
Lake:
imfl
cloilU)
liiii.
:'5.
Wliilvlmr:
clnmly.
wind;
temxi.
In.
calm
Hhw!oii:
fofc-y,
calm:
letup.
helow
xnrO.
.erauc
f"i
Yukon,
cloudy
calm.
&
nelow
i'in.
VICTORIA
LIBRARY
KOUtll
HAS
WIDE
APPEAL
u:T(iltlA.
Fell.
4.
I
he
nii-
mti!
reiiorl
uf
Hie
Yieloria
pub
lie
library
uliow
that
17.471
ih'okIc
iim
Hie
initlilutiwn.
or
47
f
the
tiiinulaUuii.
Tin
I,.
Inl
tiiimher.
iiioludiiitK
the
oul
Midi'
districts.
Jiing
the
library
Ih
ni.r.ti:'
The
total
nuniluT
of
hooka
hi
ri...
i
i
.........
..i...
,,i..i.
u'
i
1
1
1
1
.
u
inirv
in
uu.i'ii.
nun
in"
l
III
iih-hi
IH
'
mil
ii
....
.....
he
finally
completed
hy
February
,neciBe
daily
eirewlalmn
is
I.UIM.
1&
and
Hhorlly
thereafter
will
Im
formally
lyrned
over
by
Hie
eon-liaftorx,
Carler-llullH-Alillnuef
iio.
I.
III.,
lo
the
Heiuu'tmetit
of
Trade
A
Coni'mcree.
There
Ik
nlill
hoiiio
work
lo
be
rotnpleled
i
y
the
dock
galleries
and
tdilpping
HpUUlN.
,
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Hid.
Asked.
I
.(Hi
').
Hin.no
1.03
1.08
217.00
l.ItK
1.15
.35
ti
.37
.13
.14
J.
SO
.24
,
.
.10
.11
.ii
.ia
.07
74
Olt'x
Rose
Yesterday
From
15G
to
160
Due
to
Now
York
Buying
London
Hears
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
4
C.P.R.
stocks
made
a
sudden
jump
yesterday
from
1S6
to
160,
a
rather
phenomenal
move
for
so
stable
a
stock.
Various
causes
are
said
to
have
contributed
to
make
the
big
Canadian
railway
securities
attractive.
LONDON,
Feb.
4.
The
sharp
rise
In
price
of
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
stock
here
to
approximately
160
Is
understood
to
be
largely
due
to
New
York
buying,
according
to
the
Times
of
this
city.
The
advance
Is
regarded
as
having
relation
to
the
recognition
of
the
company's
large
holdings
In
Consolidated
Mining
A
Smelting
Company,
which
stocks
recently
made
a
sensational
climb.
FILM
ACTOR
IS
LOST
IN
STORM
Famous
Lamonlca
Oa
Iroom
Santa
Monica
Battered
by
Waves
Yesterday
I.OS
AXllKI.Kti.
leli.
.'I.-
Heg-
Innld
nenny.
film
uclor.
ami
I.asl
niifhl
the
ruinous
I.
anion-.
....
w:.
.......
I"ie
iea
iiaiicooin
ui
riiui
.itu
whs
Iniillv
battered
by
t
In
waves
anil
il
is
exiii'i-leil
the
loss
wil
reach
;ion.nno.
CHILDREN
LOSE
LIVES
ON
MONTREAL
ISLAND
FIRE
EARLY
TODAH
MOXTHKAI.,
Feb.
4.-
Three
ally
Fitted
to
Give
View
or
Scenery
to
Passengers
YICTOIHA.
Feb.
4.
Tim
Htner
Prineess
Charlotte
will
again
be
operated
on
Hie
Prince
lliinert
Alaska
service
Ois
year
and
is
already
outfitting
here
with
thai
end
in
view.
Altera
tions
are
"lielnsr
made
to
the
oh
ervalion
room
with
view
In
jriv-
iii!t
jiassenjefs
a
better
view
of
the
masnifieJeui
seenery
on
the
northern
rim.
Three
vessels
will
he'
used
on
I
he
Alaska
run'
Ibis
year.
children
of
Alnhmise
Ycrden.
TACOMA
PLANT
burns
rinmiiu
from
five
years
old
to
eighleen
inoiillis.
were
hurneil
to
TACOMA.
I-eh.
4.
Hie
plant
ilonih
when
the
home
was
ties-
of
Hie
Uolue
Lumber
i.o.
was
Iroveil
oil
.Mont
real
island
early
destroyed
last
uighl
by
a
fire
tin
II,:.
moi'iiiilL'.
I"-'
:i
O'
tiny
to
fIM0,
000
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
IMIIVCK
HITKHT.
B.C.
THIBSHAY.
FKHHIAHY
i.
1!I2.
TeMerd
Circulation,
mi
MASK
Hi
BALLS
jY
Kfc
N
M)
I1FU
t;Ol
IlT
--Her
Kxreileiii"
Lady
Hug
eut-e
-hi
v
i
;i
h
m
a
Lather
ne
lie
in
a
wlw
h
she
wore
al
Hideum
Hal)
lus
weik.
1'
ie4iuiei
lie
lam
self
nd
u
e
eto
us
her
ladies
iiiwaddig.
Left
to
r.ghl:
M:
V
It
'
V
Sia.Jert.
Mrs
lliitnih"ev
S
.
L.,.fv
HMig.
Mi.-
h.
Sa'.ioi-i
asm
Mi
-,
n.
illis-O'CoiiiKir
C.P.R.
STOCK
-'MAKES
JUMP
Victoria
Had
Biggest
Storm
on
Record
Yesterday
When
Sixty
-
Mile
Gale
Raged,
Steading
to
48
Yltrn'MHA.
!'!.
i.
The
great
furm.
which
hu.
been
owcejiing
I
lit
Nii
Hi
Pacific
for
the
jiat
two
da,
was
fell
in
full
folic
here
yesterday
when,
the
wind
increuM-d
to
(it)
mile
an
hour,
(liilhoniid
hipping
was
delayed
ly
Hie
storm,
several
j
vesels
waiting
over
imlil
liiduy
before
putting
oul
to
e.
Afler
blowing
Tor
an
hour
at
the
sixty
nuie
rule,
the
gale
sank
back
to
about
a
iS'mlle
rate,
al
which
it
wa-
raging
last
night.
I
he
storm,
according
to
the
local
meteorological
otliee,
was
tne
sirongcM
ever
recoroeu
nere.
LOG
CARRYING
BARGE
:
WAS
IN
DISTRESS:
IS
1
LATER
REPORTED
0.KJ
lluki'i'l
Ward,
local
i-epresen-j
lulivc
of
Hie
Vancouxer
l)redirniK
iV
Salvage
was
notified
thi'
nuu'iiuu:
!
get
a
tugboat
anil
derrick
scow
ready
lu
proceed
tn
the
n-stslanee
of
the
luinuer
i,aer,yhiB.',l
Jwrge
Hlaek
Wolf.
which
was
in
ilistrss
amrth
ot
Milhank
Sound.
A
later
mes
sage
was
received
caneeinn1:
ine
urraiiKeinents
and
stating
that
the
hargc
was
ull
nidil
aain
ami
was
proceedinj:.
It
is
believed
Hial
the
Hlaek
Viirs
earjio
shifted
in
the
slnoor
soutlieal
wind
nv
iiilinir.
She
was
lieiing
lnl
lowed
by
tin
Pai-ifie
Moiiarey.
PRINCESS
CH
ARLOTTE
FOR
ALASKA
SERYICE
Hirer
rniiiiaiiions
ore
feared
to
observation
Room
Belno
Especl-
lu
lost
with
a
small
yawl
on
wfeit'h
I
hey
were
sailing
yesterday
tn
the
worst
storm
I
hut
lias
lash
ed
the
OtHfornia
coast
in
yeui!.
GALLERY
OF
ELEVATOR
IS
BLOWN
AWAY
Columbia
Elevator
at
Vancouver
Crippled
by
Losing
Means
or
Loading
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
4.
During
a
heavy
blow
here
last
night
the
conveyor
gallery
of
the
Columbia
elevator
collapsed,
the
entire
structure,
200
feet
long,
disappearing
Into
the
water.
No
one
was
Injured.
The
loss
from
the
falling
of
the
gallery
amounts
to
$4,000.
A
temporary
structure
Is
being
erected
today
In
order
to
facll-
Itate
grain
loading.
IKAMLOOPS-KELOWNA
RAILWAY
TO
OPEN
ON
FEBRUARY
15
WlXXIPF.li.
Feb.
t.
Kf
fee
live
February
to
passeticer
t
service
w
ill
be
inauuainiteil
ou
ahe
jiew
Kaiuloops-kelowtia
'llneij
of
the
I'auadian
National
Hallways
in
Hrilish
(Columbia
aeeordlng,,
to
an
itunouneement
made'
here
to
day
by
the
IranspHrtalion
v
and
passenger
deparlinenls
of
the
system.
A
diesel
oil
electric
motor
ear
will
leave
Kamlooits
daily
except
Sunday
on
arrival
of
train
minilier
Iwiv'Uie
Uonjin-tiueutal
Limited,
front
Vaiu'iui-ver.
w
ill
return
on
the'
same
day
in
time
d,
eonneel
with
the
westbound
Continental
Limited
al
Kiiinloons
for
Vancouver.
S'lbsi-ritie
'.he
Dai'y
X"ev.
Plrtrl
sale.
M
Boston
Grill
Lurge
lpsta.r
Dining
HalU
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
The
lBtesl
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457.
PRir.F
FIVF
0KNT8.
SNOW
COVERS
ATLANTIC
SEABOARD
TODAY
SIXTY
MILE
GALE
BLOWING
AT
VICTORIA
YESTERDAY
HOLDING
BACK
SHIPS
Ten
Thousand
Men
Engaged
in
Clearing
Snow
in
New
York
Sixty
mile
gale
damages
shipping
off
Atlantic
coast
and
Furness
liner
is
in
trouble
with
Hanover
standing
by
K
YHK.
Feb.
4.
F.ighl
men
are
believed
In
b'W
drowned
when
threw
barge
foundered
olf
the
New
Jei.ev
night
in
ii
snowstorm
uud
Oil
mil
K
ih.ii
overlook
j
if
ijc
"i
.tindl
rrafl
bound
for
Nv
York.
Uvv
I
lil
Sir
Henry
Thornton
Sees
Great
Prospects
in
Development
of
a
Nation
Based
on
Local
Industry
Urges
Need
cf
Immigration
to
Utilize
Natural
Resources
of
Country
Which
are
now
Undeveloped
TOHONTO.
Keh.
i.
Sir
Henry
Thornton
chairman
and
presiiieiit
of.
the
Canadian
National
Hailways,
in
an
address
delivered
before
Hie
Young
Men's
Canadian
Uliib
hert.
deaif
in
u
business
way
jvilh
Hie
problem
of
Canada
and
intimated
that
the
solution
lies'
iii
immigration
so
that
the
unsettled
arable
lands
ot
the
nation
can
be
broken
to
the
plow
and
turned
into
productive
larnis.
.
"W
bile
we
have
shown
a
ineasiireable
progress
in
thai
the
lines
have
been
rehabilitated
and
our
net
operating
earnings
have
Uicieaseii
from
te.s
than
?3.niMi,-l
-Oim
in
to
approximately
I
,ail
no
faith
in
the
future
of
(iim.iioo
in
lUii.
lliey
do
not
Canada.
This
ileelopuienl
give
mi-
i
llif
annual
eapH.al
reipiif-jai,
inslauee
of
Hie
alluring
at-it
s.
lo
sunt.
"Hut
we
must
re-;
(ruction
of
our
white
coal
to
nn-nilier
ilia'
a
larpe
iuri
of
the.
capital
and
I
am
in
accord
with
Ihii
were
built
in
'advance
nftlioe
who
refuse
lo
part
with
si
iHenii
ni
ami
for
the
urpuonr
power
lo
foreign
countries,
of
opemii
up
the
eiiunlry.jxhis
power
i
tart
of
our
-rreat
,
Therefore,
if
the
result
of,
our'nalural
resources
ami
we
should
net
eariiM.jss
do
md
meet
thejuse
it
to
tiring
uianufacturers
to
fised
charges
we
must
remember
0ur
country
If
they
want,
to
t
tie
character
of
the
mileage.
One
take
iidanta?e
of
it
they
should
of
our
objects
and,
1
might
say.
come
here
ami
give
employment
our
duly
is
to
try
ami
secure
j0
our
workmen."
settlers
t,.
open
up
the
teriilory,
-
-
for
there
is
no.
oUier
w
ay
that
the
imleliteilness
incurred
can
lie
wiped
n.it.
The
mileage
on
which
r
.the
.fjiyxir"""
irr'H"
f
rs
at4
no
si'liemr
of
auialgaiiialioti
or
shIc
ran
wipe
il
out
and
repudia
tion
of
(he
debt
we
cannot
con-
emplate
a
Canadians.
Citizenship
Faking
for
his
theme
"Citi-
ciislup.
Sir
11
ear)'
skutciieu
l.ie
evolution
of
its
ideals
in
Hie
Hr.'tisli
peoples
from
the
times
of
feudalism
and
pointed
out
that,
with
the
course
of
years.
the
utilisations
increased
as
men
s
vision
expauueti
ami
mcir
knowledge
of
world
affairs
was
brought
more
forceably
into
their
seope
through
the
evolution
of
the
international
system
of
com
merce.
Today
the
obligations
of
citizenship
are
manifold,
lie
added,
and
a
man
lo
be
a
good
citizens
must
of
ueeessity
he
a
lose
student
of
the
various
problems
which
confront
the
ua-
ion
in
a
national
and
iulerna-
iional
way.
"The
rmuing
or
the
railway
mil
(ele-raph
entirely
altered
Hie
eourse
of
citizenship
in
Can
ada,"
Sir
Henry
staled.
"WBierc!
previously
community
interest
,
reigned
it
lator
became
provin
cial,
lin'ii
national
and
lastly
in
ternal
niuil.
Our
interest
widen
a.
our
commerce
develop.
Therefore
we
must
fliink
in
iuoau
terms.
Willi
the
verfert-ng
of
our
complex
commercial
relalimis
there
is
no
town
or
village
winch
may
not
be
affect
ed
by
some
.international
eompli-caiiou
that
niay
arle.
And
if
we
are
to
exert
intelligently
our
rights
as
citizens
we
must
be
in
a
position
to
pass
judgment
upon
such
t'uestions
to
the
best
aihantace
of
the
nation."
Factors
or
Success
In
speaking
of
the
future
of
Canada
Sir
Henry
stated
that
a
short
time
ago
he
spoke
to
one
of
the
noted
American
econo
mists,
a
banker
of
national
re
tile,
and
that
this
banker
had
stated
that
In
knew
of
no
coun
try
which
stood
on
Hie
thtesli-
hohl
of
an
era
of
o
great
a
pros
perily
as
did
Canada."
We
hae
three
factors
for
suecess."
Sir
llemy
said,
"our
soil,
our
mineral
wealth
and
our
water
power.
irj-at
iiexelopiueias
are
now-taking
place
on
the
Saugeuuy,
which
will
produce
3.000,0110
horse
power
and
work
is
just
starlet!
which
will
employ
4.000
men.
Fully
t
00.000,000
has
been
invested
and
do
'you
think
that
men
who
can
imesl
Hint
lin-
tneimi'
.urn
would
do
so
if
they
LUMBER
YEAR
OPENS
WELL
Scallngs
for
January
Tw
ee
what
They
Were
for
January
1925.
The
lumber
year
opened
well.
While
January
is
ahvay
a
slack
month
for
scaling,
the
amount
reported
by
the
lofal
forestry
department
is
just
twice
that
handled
by
I
lie
scalers
uf
the
dis
trict
in
January
last
year.
I'll
total
this
January
was
UHI7.G08
hoard
feet
in
addition
to
piles
and
lies,
'lite
following
is
th:
letail:
Red
Cedar
73i.5Ci
Coast
spruce
i,3iC.0i7
Interior
spruce
2I5.
80
1
llemloek
i0-MC8
Halsain
3i'J,328
Jackpine
...
57.040
Poles
Lineal
feet;..
I.2t8
Hemlock
piles
.........
25,177
Cord
of
wood
1.380
Pine
Ties
23.0
It
COMMITTEE
OF
INVESTIGATION
Government
Confers
With
Opposition
In
Regard
to
Appointment
This
Afternoon
OTTAWA.
Feb.
4
At
the
open
ing
of
yesterday'
sitting
of
the
House
of
Commons,
Hon.
O.
II.
Hoivin
announced
that
the
government
wa
prepared
to
confer
with
the
leader
Of
the
opposition
at
once
mid
would
appoint
a
committee
with
power
to
inves
tigate
the
customs
department
ehuivres
and
submit
Hie
result
to
the
IIouse
today,
for
their
approval.
Mr.
Meighen
on
behalf
of
Ihe
opposition
accepted
Hie
invitation
to
attend
a
conference,
in
regard
to
the
mailer.
AFRICAN
REBELS
ARE
t
DEFEATEDBY
ITALIANS
iii.it..i.
Tripoli,
leli.
1.
Holiel
tribes
in
southern
Cyrenlea
were
routed
in
a
battle
with
Italian
colonial
forces,
the
natives
fleeing
iuln
the
desert
and
leaving
many
dead,
nfcorditug
lo
despatches
ret'cHod
here.