25 TAXI and Ambulance Service Anywhere nt Anytime Slnnd: Exchange Iluilcllnj; MATT VIUECK, Prop. VOL XVI., No. 30G. BIGG I PROSECUTION OF McPHERSON CASE WILL BE DROPPED Huge Dope Conspiracy Between United States and Canada Exposed Three to four months work results in arrest of Hve men and seizing of $15,000 worth of goods traffic of immense proportions MONTREAL, December 31 The bi'Kircst drug rim? in North America responsible for half the illicit liquor trade on the continent 'or many year has been uncovered through the co-operation of the Canadian and United States governments, it is stated by F. W. Cowan, chief of the narcotic branch of the Department of Health of the Canadian government From three to four months' work enmc to a head yesterday in the arrest of five men Fred Monaghan, my: George Edwards, colored porter on a Chicago-Montreal train; r harica Galley, trainman of the I LARGE TIMBER of DEAL IN SOUTH jj.owi ,oii. or doiola tnt mild iiv iu .miu.h to i . syndicate VICTORIA, Dec 31 Erie lumber. as resident of the ll.C Mill and Timber j Vad:ng Co Ltd.. yeaterday disposed of i ;r timttely twenty-seven thouaand . t rea i standing DMiglaa iir umoer i .j Uie ( ampbell River at a price re-:ed ( be approximately two million t :ir , a Seattle and Portland rn- l d at mhi h plana to retain the hold-11-33 aa an Investment. The tranaac- n waa completed In the land registry j jffice where official! aald It waa the . grat timber deal In British Columbia j ( recent year. The aland U altuated j the llayward district and ha been iicld by the Mamber IntereaU for more , ..n thirty years. Although no deUlU are announced aa the number of feet Involved It i aald that the timber In that area 1 generally valued between MOO and WJD thouaand. I TWO BOATS DUE HERE NEXT WEEK HEI-Sll I ITV ILL AHIMVK I KOM EMiLAMl OX .MOMV AM IIV-OKA MA It I I MOM JAPAN OX Tl EsllW L' adlng of grain aboard the Ocean Transport Coa freighter. Talyo Mru. fttarted yeaterday and the veasel. It la expiated. wUI get away during the holiday week-end for the UnUed Kingdom or continent, whence her cars' la deottned. The nrltlah freighter. Wclah City, of 'he Smith Line of London la now ex-pecW to arrive on Monday. The veasel l coining direct from England and. after being lined, will take on full cargo of grain for the United Kingdom or con tinent. The Welsh City will be followed on Tueaday by the rtyoka Maru. coming from Miiki Janatv to load full for Shanghai APPROPRIATION FOR AIR MAIL OTTAWA tfXUKKMTAMH THAT AP-I'ltOPItlATlOX I'OB MITII M'll VICB WILL HE M HMITTEU TO PAItl.lAMEXT OTTAWA, Dec. 31. It Is understood that the Mtlmate to be presented to rarllament fter It rcumption In February will carry a DOt-offlce appro priation of 179,000 for the development of lr mall routea throughout Canada d that tender from private corporation m h called and the work car- n" :(. toas.K n,rri jt Montreal-Toronto Expres; Joseph .r,,,. Montrel. and Sam Heed, anotter colored railway porter. Drug worth mare. jtfc.n 15X00 mere eelced In two nou. vuited yeaterday and In the possession , ' the men arretted. Hundred of ounoea of nircouoa are being ehlpped to the United, States every day by the ring, aay Cowaa. ! UMslTTlOV Is TEXT " li:KrtNT Till Viuic ' okikntai. i.hi:m: i The five per cent reduction In Japaaeae fishing licensee announced thl week refers only to trailer in District No. 1. All gill nettera In the province including District No a will be reduced by ten per cent this year. OKANAGAN VALLEY HAD SCARE; FEARS WERE HAPPILY UNFOUNDED VERNON. Dec 31 - Considerable alarm waa felt recently In the Okana- gan Valley by the discovery of some eorn cobe that had Buffered damage by an Insect pest. aid feara were entertained that the European corn borer, which has caused euch havoc In On tario, had gained an entrance into Drttlsh Columbia. Some of the damaged cobs were tent to T.Ux It. Ruhmann. provincial en tomologist, and after an examination he wa able to dispel these fear with the announcement that the damage waa done, not by the corn borer, but by the eorn ear worm. This pest haa been In evidence In the Okanagan district for several years, but haa never done any appreciable barm. It ha attacked tomatoes, tobacco, beans, vetches and alfalfa, but corn In the milk la 1U favorite food. ARCHDEACON KIX IS PROMOTED IN MILITARY SERVICE Ven. Archdeacon O. A, Rlx, chkplain ct thfi First N B C. Regiment, ha been promoted from Major to Honorary Lieut. Colonel in the Canadian Chaplain Ser ylce. Active Militia. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Rid. Asked. Wheat 6 Consolidated 260.00 Dunwell It'- w.0 y- W Oladstone MM ' ' Votttt Idaho 13 Richmond -'OH -u' Howe Bound; - 40.00 43.00 Indian M 1M Premier X() I'AI'ER TO.MOKKOW xn.orrow. being New Year' Day, .-. uill be no Issue of the Dally New. The next paper will be the reg- a,.,,. ,. i - .on " Mndiy n'vruoon Northern and PRINCE DRUG CHINAMAN RUNS AMOK AT WALDO W A H t'llTl KKII THIS .MOKMNIi MY dynamiting ml u k in which iik had hahuicadld iii.m- sl.LI' WITH AKMS CONSTAW.E INJURED FEItNIE. Dec. 31. Leas Quay. Chinese laundryman at Waldo, who became violently Insane last evening and barricaded himself In a ahack. preventing anyone to teach him by firing a rifle, wa captured thl morning after a twelve hour telge but not before he had ae-rloualy wounded Provincial Constable Sharpe by shooting him In the neck 1 and hatf slightly Injured anctber mtn. Police reinforcements left here with i ' tear gaa In an attempt to , force the Chinaman Into the cpen but the mad- I roan waa not captured' until dynamite bad been used and the ahack fired. . The Chinaman waa found to be altering from a bullet wound In the atom-' ach and la now in the hospital here. constable sharpe. whose conditian u re- Prted f k lw nntinf't t Ysm fa rm "" " ' the Chlnlmta not 1 hUn c,0e nngt- (th.ttw firm attkmntMl t n r,t .1 r tYtm . ' 1 1 . Z r " cninaman ana a u. u. Mernao, wno weni to hla aid. waa wounded In the face slightly VANCOUVER TO i I SUE RAILWAY M TltK.Mt". COIIST ACTIOV WILL ' ih:mami that cx.k. live it to it! aokee- MEXT J I VAXCOIVKK. Irr. 31. In.trur- tlont to Uunrli a Supreme Court action agalnt the Canadian National lUilwa In rnnnertlan. with Ho ugrrrinrnt with the rlt) for rltlc and railway Improvements on l'ale Creek flats and for the ronMrurllon of a hotel were tit en by the city rounrll to (Irorge E. .MrCnH.Miii. corporation rounl. late yeotrrday. According to the rrsolullon of the rounrll. the CX.lt. I to be notified that Hie modified agreement uf April 13, 1913, between the romNtny ami the rlt y Is nsncrlled. BULLS WIN ON STOCK MARKET ANNtAL VEAIt ENI HATTLE WAS WAOEtl. ON WALL STREET TOIIAY HEAKS I INALLV I.OSINO OCT NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The annual struggle between the "bulls' and the bear" for control o; the price move ment In the final Stock Exchange session of the year wa won by the "built" after the 'bears" had aucceeded In bringing about a sharp reaction in earlier trading. Lowering of call money ratea and widespread prediction of good things still to come In the business world Inspired "bullUh" enthusi asm which set In motion a big buying movement near the close, scores of Issues Jumping to four point over Thursday'e close. WIKKLESS ItKI'OltT. 8 ii. in. DlOUY . ISLAND. Rraln. fresh S.E. wind; barometer. 29.48; temperature ; os. moderate swell; 8 p.m. spoke steamer Orlilco bound from Anyox to Seattle 420 mile from Seattle. DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer, 29.-IS; temperature. 36. SOON' DIOBY ISLAND. Cloudy, fresh S.E. wind; barometer 29.42; temperature, 47; sea, rough. DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer 29.-24; temperature, 40. 1I0CKEVSC0KES St. Patrick's 4, Boston 1. Canadlen 1. Pittsburg 0. Montreal a Detroit 0. PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's RUPERT, B.G, FRIDAY, DECEMBER RING THE ONLY1 FLAG in the British Empire that nover comes down except to be replaced by a new one is that which flies over the Residency at Lucknow, India, day and night. Tennyson wrote a poem on the Incident of which it is a reminder in the Indian Mutiny GRAIN CROP IN BULKLEY VALLEY HAUlT Of HVE HfMMtEII TOXS THIS SEASON SIIOWM lAKMtltS A BK TUllXO. XO flllAIV ami m:i:iv rnonnTiox Drain production during the past season on farms of the Sm It hers district. Including Olentanna. will total clcee to five hundred tons, according to figures supplied from record kepi by the two threshing outfit operated by Chas. Chapman and J. C. K. Sealyi says tbe Interior News. The figures as gathered by the Interior News do not tske Into account, that considerable acreage cut each year as green feed or ensilage, but represents .only that portion of the crop actually threshed. Wheat, oata and timothy seed were the main grain crops, the latter running to fifty tons. In addition to a small quantity of barley and peas, the threshing records from the Sealy out fit show: Wheat 91 tons Oats 108 tons Timothy Seed U ton THUESIIIXO ItETl ltXS Threshing returns from the season' work by the Chapman & Chapman outfit show the following. The figures in the flrt column are for timothy, the .,. CtCVUMU IV4UUIU l.jtmilw ed. and the' third column represent oats. All figures are tons: ' A. P. Legerton ... W. Bruce ..i. 4 I George Sharpe ... 1V4 J H J. Altken 5 40 A. Bruce 3 Oeoree Oulton .... 3 Charles Morris ... 23 Geo. Kldd -r- U 9 J. B. Ltngston.... 8 L. L. DeVoln S IT F. Bayson J 5 E. Wedge 3 3 J. Paul 3 3 O. L, McDonald.. 1 1 McDonald tt Shaw 1 S J. McCabe 0 A. McKentle S Chas. Chapman ..IS 10 33 J. Boyko S 2 Threshing returns covering the Telk-wa. Round Lake and Quick areas have not yet been assembled. VOLCANO ERUPTS IN ALEUTIAN IDS. MOl'XT M A K L S II 1 X HKEAKS OCT 'AND I'EARS EM'HKXSED I'Olt SAKETY Ol- PEOPLE IX XEAKIIY VILLAGE DUTCH HARBOR. Dec. 31. Fire and vapor yeaterday burst from Mount Makushln southwest of here n4 heavy smoke continues to pour from the peak. Fear are felt for the safety of seventy- five residents of Manushln village near the mountain. A slight earthquake was noticed about the time of the mpt ion Newspaper 31, 1926 ON CONTINENT IS THORNTON IN RUPERT? t'MTtl) STATES .POLICE RELIEVE HE ILEIJ TO THIS, CITY .utek'heim! ixiicrri' " AT SEATTLE .SEATTLE. Deo. 31. Comtguard oOlrlaN deelarrd today licit no trace had been found of the sa-bn t Alice on ulileh lloy Thornton, Seattle da lire lull operator, fled from Ketchikan after learning that he had been Inilirted here In eon-net I Inn with the SnohoinMi County lluir lntetlgallon. OflleiaN believe that' Thornton fled to Prince Rupert, OILER MISSING FROM STEAMER 1 EARI'.O THAT JOSEPH IAY Ol Mill SKAOWAY WAS DROWNED AT PORT ALRERNT PORT ALBERNI. Dec 31. Search throughout thl district for Joseph Pay of Seattle, oiler on the coastwise steamer Skagway, last seen when he bearded the I vessel here late Wednesday night, hav ing proven fruitless, fears are expressed that he fell overboard and was drowned. Dragging operations conducted in the .vicinity, however, were unsuccessful In recovering the body. A taxi driver who drove Fay from the hdtel where he spent the evening to the waterfront waa the last person known to have seen him. The driver reported the missing man went aboard the Skagway and walked forward along the deck. Fay was married only recently. GHASTLY MURDER MONTREALTODAY r.XIIIKN .MARTIN', GROCER. HAS THROAT SLASIIKD FROM EAR TO EAR, ONE SCSPECT IS AltKESTED MONTREAL, Dec. 31. Fablen Martin. Sates 433 Will Be Impossible to Make Conviction so Dismissal Asked Evangelist, her mother, accomplice and radio operator to he freed on felony charge-Mrs. Ormiston in Australia says she wants divorce LOi ANGELES, December 31. Dismissal of the criminal conspiracy charges against Aimee Semple McPher3on, the notorious evangelist was forecast as District Attorney Asa Keyes prepared to place his case before the Grand Jury investigating the defendant's disappearance. That the prosecution would move to .dismiss the felony charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother, Mrs. Kennedy, pnd Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Sieiaff was indicated when Keyes declared that the case was in such a muddle that a conviction was al- A cable to the Los Angele? Ttoes'iniPII DDI? MI ED ftom Sydney. Australia, quotes " IKiNH I K T. If 1 1 1.! Ruth Ormiston. estranged wife of Ken- , - .U1I''U,. neth Onaltton. co-delendo.r.t In the Mc- ; Pberson case, as saying that she Is In possession of a most Important letter! purpcrted to have been written during j 'the disappearance. While refusing U disclose the contents of the letter. Him ' Ormiston said that she Inteded to use1 neV7tninl " Iwtltute'dltorce proceedings against the former Angelu Temple radio operator. I'REMIEK OLIVER SICK: "AT HOME" CANCELLED VICTORIA. Dec. 31. As Premier Oliver and several members of his famUy are suffering from severe colds, arrangements to hold the usual New Year's Day "at home" have been cancelled 'It waa announced yesterday. INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. CHANDLER WAS BURIED TODAY With fitting rites performed by Archdeacon O. A. Rlx, the funeral took place this arternoon of the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Chandler. 224 Ninth Avenue East. Service took place at the home at 2 JO and several persons were J present to express sympathy to the . mourning parents. Interment m in Falrvtew Cemetery, the father and My'.es -mhm Latin. n.HK.,,AP. I " - . Those sending, flowers. Included' Father. Mother. Brothers and Sisters, Auntie. Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Cox and Rosle, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. PhlUlpson, Mr. and Mrs. O. Basso-Bert. Mr. and Mrs. Robert ShrubialL Mr. and Mrs. Leash, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. David Olennle. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jorgensen, Mrs. Halt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Balllnger. Beltst Chapter. No. 18, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. R, E. Benson. NEW AGREEMENT FOR LONGSHOREMEN TO BE NEGOTIATED IN SOUTH . VANCOUVER, Dec St.- Negotiations for a new agreement between the Water - ! from Works Association of British Col- reached the stage of an arbitration rd, Three men will hear the argu- 1 menu of both aides before rendering any leclslcn. CANADIAN SENATOR BELIEVED WORLD'S OLDEST LEGISLATOR OTTAWA. Dec. 31. Hon. George C. a grocer, was touna aeaa in nis sioreiumbla and the sapping federation nasi this morning. His skull was crushed and hla throat slashed from ear to ear. The crime Is believed to have been com - mltted with an axe by three men. One arrest has been made by the police who found 81.000 In the suspect's pocket. OYER EIGHT HUNDRED KILLED BY LIQUOR IN NEW YORK THIS YEAR Circulation 1521 .' jDeasaulea la believed to be the oldest NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Indications last legislator In the world. With hi one-night were that the death toll In New hundredth birthday coming on Septem-York City from liquor In 1926 would fcer next, Mr. Desaaules took hi seat In ' exceed 800 Including thirty-four alnce the Senate at the opening of Parliament C'-itma HhiK month 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 SIR JAMES CRAIO TO HE AMONG RECIPIENTS Ol' EW YEAR HONORS t'RO.M KINO - oEBE ;- LONDON. Dec. 31. Sir James Craig, first premier of Northern Ireland, will, it la expected, be raised to the peerage In connection with the distribution of New Year honors by King Oeorge V. Sir James Craig visited Prince Rupert during the past summer In tin course of a tour of Canada, There was a reception In his honor In the Commodore Cafe when many local people had the privilege of meeting Sir Jamet and Lady Craig and their family, TAKING ALLEGED MURDERER AWAY CHIXAMAX CAX ONLY HE TRIED IN DEX.MARK I'Olt KILLING OX HIGH SE.VS VICTORIA, Dec. 31. When the Danish ship Parana sails from Victoria this week end for Australia she will take Lee Kee Chin, a Chlnama&v accused of killing Ootfrted Anderson, chief atewaid. whom British Columbia authorities are powerless to arrest because the alleged crime waa committed on the high seas. only ' .court In Denmark hart Jurlsdlc- . . . ttlon In the case. TO ELIMINATE USE DENATURES STEPS TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL BEING TAKEN IIY HUNKERS' AXNOIXCKII AT WASHINGTON' WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Believing that more effective prohibition enforcement was bound to drive drinker to use industrial alcohol. Secretary of jthe Treasury Andrew Melton 'yeaterday LnounMd hUl ...termination to alim. ; ,ntte tne ust ltron4 poj,, M ; denaturM, AUTOS KILL 33 INVANCOUVER THAiriC ALSO TOOK HEAVY TOI.I. OK IXJl'RIES IX sot'THKHX CITY AND SI 111 lilts DI KING YEA It ' VANCOUVER, Dec. 3I-Twtjf.fur were killed and more than ven hundred were Injured In Vancouver baffle accident thl year. lit the ubufb nine were killed and more than ; o hindvf e ttitrnH "