Fred Stork still being mentioned for deputy speakership; number of cabinet members likely to be reduced OTTAWA, March ii-ilrratioii toduv at 8.-- Tli? Irgi-lalive program wa- a nun-ting til tin" cabinet council i .- followed In u lnrtlir roiilertMire belweeu member iljiurl ami executive ui Die Progressive (tarty. No cabinet H'Miiiiliiient was made at Hie caliimM meeting, Pcrmier M.n kiixi- King announced at iU r.loe. While il i- l i ti.nl that Ihere Will he mine cabinet ro- H n.z.Uion the pi... in.iv tuni out Ui he rather a gradual i. h ixnig U h wih Hi" amalgamation of certain department wHt a reulaul decrease In the BLANKET ROPE BROKE ENDING LIFE PRISONER LEAGUE OPENS SESSION TODAY Critical Sosslon Begins Under Chralrmanshlp of Viscount Ishll of Japan (il'.XIAA. rarell H. The League of NalinnH aMinlily Ihh Hileiiioon enleii'd upon Hie hio! l ilinil he-Kidn or Hm lii.-Uiiy uu der the rltutrman !li1p of Vi ' iiunl Nliii of Japan. Th Icatruv elecled runner I'orltwttieMO I'remler Dacofla I'reiiiinii, . mirerediiiK Senator laiiduranl of Canmla. KILLED ON HIGHWAY M:WVi:STMINSTi:n, Mar. 8. AVilliani Callan, 57 year of c wn killed Sunday night on 'lie Pnririr Highway when he 'teoped, in front of an aulo. number of xirtfiln. Xew cabinet pnssiMlilic meu- 'i. ned are v. i. i:uicr 4r Xerih W aterloo. J. C. Elliott of .MM-ami James Malcolm of North llrore. Ire. I Stork. luenrtVr for skeena- it still inr Ml lotted in roitneetiotl with the deiMly ieakei -mIiI p. which Miiioii will Fell Eight Storeys When Tcidna tna4tjUauJiiUiUliii AUQftlV. to Eicaoe From New Los i Angeles Jail s ..i:i.r. Man 1 1, h. Tin- of three prisoner l It" niily juil I" i-rM- fruiii Hlli fliHir hv mean- ui a I Idaiikel rope resulted fit i'Ii )eirrl. (Jirnuli When an improvieed ailed hr fell eight Morcy l-ei-l p.iv -'UH'lil. dying v ani-i-wari'- roa1buiLdg naas valley White Settlers Have Scheme for Route to Tidewater Over Lava Beds l ANSII. Naas Itivci. March I In- liiduuiM are well along ' i'Ii Iheir li hiiI down " Gwinoha i ' have IJie wire strung ft . ii-li-phiiii which 1m being '" - ul led. The while Uler or I he up-1' i Naa are planning a mad I" iili-wHler over the lava and the mutter is In Hie hands of Hie (iii.'-im' AMK-lal which i iiii'i-liii ou the last Saturday of ' ii' li iniiiilli. Heavy i-himm in llio valley stop-I'l'i nil work out of d'Hir re- i-nHv. BOYS WHIPPED IN AN EDMONTON COURT FOR STEALINQ CAR i:i.HNT.. May H. .iiinid lmpH ad- mitiiMleml hy an tiUln-r i.f the i-nurt lo two ile rau?ltt with a mMi-ii mi . I lie lad, when hailed iwiui'i- a' juvenile court pii-Miled over hy Mliliui II . lray anil I'alber .rll"ii. were Mevr?ly re- pi iiimnded and wurninl I hat mIihiiIi) lliey iijfam hreak Ihf law a Iwflve- month leriii wmild In? Hie puiiiliHti-nl. Afler run-ultalioii mid with the rt'ii-enl of hdh pan-i'l- II"- wliippin? wni orden-d. COOLER WEATHER IS BEING ENJOYED IN MOST NORTHERN B.C. The nonunion ntvei nnien' inloifruolnr renorl -tale Dial :ii eiuhl o'clock lhi mornttip coole wealher than at Hie week en I lieiiitf enjo.viil in iiiohI ol iinrlhern U.C. and Yukon terri- .... . . i i .. 1 1 .. . lorv. roliiivvuiK vverc me uemn. leirace: uarly cloudy, calm; temp. rs. Anvo: clear, calm; lemp. under which of Ihe A 4 Stewart: cloudy, calm; temp. 20. Ilaiellon: lear, calm; Irinp. tS 2H. lit. IVIearaldi ilrcek: purlly cloudy leiuo. IV- Smilhii': clear, calm; lomp llurm Luke: clear, calm; lump Vhilelior.c: pleur, ii"illi wiiulj leiun. 18. i ' Selkirk: Foasy. calin; lump. 12 below. ItavvMiu: futy, 2 helow. Average loiiiperaluio ID lilidvo 1 .ero. lii-oruc McAfee, manager of Hie (leorirclown snvvmlll, Is business visllnr in Ihe oily, having arrived from the mill town by gasboat Ihis morning. Ho is registered at the Prince Ilupcrl lb';-: llalilnil arrivaU marLeled a' the Fih i xeliatiKe tin- morning lolalh-il ir.'J.lKMl HiUiiiN, five American Kchouuern ditipoiiic of I Of. 000 pounds mid seven Cuna dlann. &H.000 itound. Aiiierk-Hu flh ItroualH in an averarr aliKlilly il'ld-r I'm- a lid Ht: n.u Uanaiiiau fixh, filthily over 13c and Or. TI.e fdiidiiiKx of the day are a- follovv: American II-svsttH, SI.imIO pound-", to Hit-llonlh I-inherits. Allan, SH.iHMI pounds to Shu tianadian I'mli & Uoid Stumse Ilelianri-. t.000 ,' pounds A I'd Imperial. 0.1M)0 pounds to the ftoyal l'ih lit. Sumner. 35.IMH) p.nmds U the Atlin J iMherieM. , Canadian I he 1'rnian. .ooo pouiHl Alien. V.ooo piMimli; While " Lilt . im.uihJ- ; Muirnrns. O.:,oo )mmiii..; Alii. IJ.OOO tn fill- i "lil S.ofaai". It .4 Til. '1.000 pounds I" the I'!- m i i jitii'lia!' LEAGUE COUNCIL THOMAS KENNEDY American Caught Fish Brought, as High as Fifteen Cents I at Exchange this j Morning I rrtBHal II., Io.ihw iMMmvis to AtlTiTM Nlierie- mmil Ui AND DOMINIONS Matter Will be Discussed at Geneva Before Session With British Representatives !.XMX. March H. While no definite arrangement havo been made o fur a can he as-ertliied, repreMenlalivei of llio Iioniiuiotu ami India will have nmple opportunity of difruins with MkIiI Hon. Aii-tiii I'.haui- herlain and other I!rilili dele- Fatef the propositi enlaiyenieiit of the league of Nations Council' hefure a decision is takrn. The daily Telegraph stales that ti- rirst rare of Mr. Uliaiu-herlain. Lord Cecil and Hie other llrilih delegates on their arrival at (ieneva will he to confer with delegates of the IhHnininii regat-diuit proposed changes in lh? h-ague council. DIED AT VICTORIA ; YIC'IOIUA. March 8. Thomas . Kennedy, in years of aye, died Uddeoly or hear failure yes- lenlay. lie bail resided here for the past fourteen years, haviiug pome frtm Fort William whero he was well known as a building rontcacior. PORTLAND WON FROM CALGARY SATURDAY POUTLANII. Mar. 8. Portland professional hockey leain man lised lo get, away Willi Ihe Cal gary hunch on Saturday night Jiere in a Western League match, Ihe corc being .'I lo 2 in favor of the home team. Miss Felherlon was an arrival In Ihe city on Ihe CaiivoMin last ntghl rrom Vancouver to visit in the Hly with her slsler. Mrs Fni"k l-'.'' h. 9 jl 25 TAXI Ambulance Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, Servlr with newlx laid dancinK Anywhere at Anytlp floor for hire. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rAeg,.,, NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, and 6th 8U u PRINCE RUPERT The latest and best for the mm m teMava t wiwi i v-iur., y 'an,!,,. .u-' lead. Phone 467. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper VMl XVI,, NO, 50 PHINCE HlPEUT, IWl MOXIiAY. MA HUH 8. Win. Slunljm tlrcutillon, IKS Slrrtt Sales. ti PRIOF. FTVR CENTS HGHT YEARS IN PEN FOR BOOTLEG KING NOTORIOUS HI JACKER CAPTURED TODAY AT TACOMA BY POSSE OF POLICE Party Conferences but Cabinet Appointments Not Being Made Yet GOOD PRICES ! HALIBUT TODAY i "KY MESSIAH" WILL VISIT KXltLAM) Mrs Aimie He.iut. "giisinl old lady uf India. ' wi'.h her protege, J. Kri-linaniiiii. piorlairned hy Hie order of the Star ill lhJ Km! at li rt-i-enl meeting in Madia-, holh of whom will I . .1 .i ii.- t I I.' . liii.tiiiipi . iii visii miKiiuiu -iimii. .ii. Lif--ii-i iiivru nii'iHioiiniii age "T 1?. n:nl thai he i- now :to. the age al which Llirisl s (art od on hi- iiii-iuii. Tl young man i a Hindu and was cduralcd in England. Bootleg King Gets Eight Years in all for His Many Offences and $8,000 Fine SEATTLE. March .S. For creating and operating a liair-milliotl dollar international liijuor con-piracy. Hoy Olnistead, former Seattle jtolice ofricer. more receiilly known a "The King or the Pariric Coast Hootleggcrs." wa- fined JS.Utm today and sentenced lo four yeni im-prisoiimeul ul McNeill Island pcnilentiary. He wn? nlso seulenced lo Iwo years for iioporling liipior from Hie Hril-ish I-les by way of Canada and Iwo years rr dislriliiiling ding- iu Hits country. The court atiuoiiuced that the eu-Iciii-es, would uol be concurrcul. Hits tnaking Ihe lolal im-pi isomueiil tor Olmstead eiglil years. y Olm-lead was convicted on February 20 witli Iwenly ollicrs Police at Tacoma Took Notorious Hi-Jacking Fugitive from Justice: TACOMA, N.lrrrh S Twenty -one members of the Tucotna police force umrlwo niefuheis of Ihe Hnli-h uiltitiiliiu provin iat police combined forces heie today lo capture .Mtlo. hgger the notorious fugitive and hi-jurker. The man was lakcii in Hie basement of nil apartment house here this morning. l-.ggers had heen Ihe ohioi l of a nalinii-wule search since his escape n-oiu federal officers in San Franei-co in January of Last year when his brother Arid was killed. " Eggers was wauled iu Hrilish Columbia on Ivvo lii-jacking chaises m connection with - - - - -- liquor robberies in the Gulf of day immediately on receipt of the (ieongia. Inspector Forbes news of Hie capture, to Ify to ar Cruiksbank left for Tacoma to- range Tor cxlradition. WELL KNOWN MINING CRIMINAL LAWYER Cutter Boxer Still Ashore on Whitecliff Island Where She Piled Up Saturday Morning Heeled over on the starboard side toward lite land With her stern in water uji lo the guards al high tide, the tinted Stales government srhooner Boxer, which went ashore on ?at-iird;. morning while on her way from Seattle lo Alaska, is stilt fast on Whileclifi Island off the southern mouth of the Skeena lliver ut a point about 100 feel wesl or where Hie freighter ntur was wrecked a coujile of years ago. Attempts (o float the vesel inre she -drawled have so far proved uuavailiig hut il in hoped Mie may be released on Wttlnes- nay inoining aouul 10 orl'.c when tiiere will he a 19.5 foot lide or a day or so after wheu Hie1 ,ides will he even higher. 'the, vessel is not believed lo be in mucli danger provide! very se-; .ere wealher does not conic up Reginald Edwards and Gilbert and, if she. can, he floated with- Sykcs on Seabee Not Heard oui having to pull her off, il U From Lately Itellcvcd damage will not he e- tensive. It is possible she uiay VANCOl'VKH. Mar. 8. Th-i he brought here for survey but, j provincial police have hern asked The L'niled States coastguard cutter Cygan and 'the Uupert Marine J'foducls tur M.T. 3 are at In order s way lies onto a seovv. MAN OF COBALT DIES DIED QUITE POOR TOItONTO, March 8. William! NEW YOllK. March VAbra The Iloser is a two masted auxiliary schooner with clipper how e-pecially designed for ser vice in the ice ol llehriiig Sea and Strait. Her sturdy build and heavy hull will prohably have aveil her from any severe dam age a- a result or tu?r siranoiog. II was the Hoxer which rescued the crew of the Hudson Hav -ehooner Lady Kindersley when he was lost a year ago last fall 'n Hehring Sea. The L'niled Stales coastguard uller I'nalca. Capt. Weighlman, which came south from Juneau stand hy the uoser and give :-r assi-iance, arrivcii in ine harbor at 9.30 this mot-niftr trom he M-ene of tie strandiiiK and vv;:: return mere tonigni or to morrow morning. The master of the I'nalsa h business he.-cj with Ihe l'niled Stales ronul ind the collector of customs. FIRE DESTROYED NEW YORK MANSION AND ART PRODUCTS NEW YtHIK, Mar. 8.-Fort Tryon Hall, a two minion dollar mansion located on' Manhattan Island, together vvati .a million and a quarter dollars worth of paintings and auliques. were destroyed by fire Sunday. HAYSPORT MAN WAS MARRIED SATURDAY Miss Lottie Stevens of Hazelton ton Becomes Bride of John Thistle, Section A quiel wedding look pla'e f-'atunlay afternoon at the United Church parsonage when John Thistle, section foreman at llaysporl. look to wife Miss Lot tie Stevens of Hazelton. Ilev (. G. Hacker officiating. The only wilnesses were Mr, and Mrs. A. Trelhevvry, CO years of age, disi iam lluntmell, Ihe i otorious AVilliams coverer of Ihe I'relheway mine criminal lawyer w ho dlelrecent- Mr. and Mrs. Thistle expect to at Cobalt and brother of J. O.'ly it) London, left an est, lie val- leave this evenlmg for llayspqrt Irelheway of Ahbotsrord, lhe ied only at S5.100 lnst-id of a where they will live. Alice Arm logging operator, died : million and a ipiarler fol!ars as today. at first reported. I Subscribe to Ihe Daily News TWO MISSING ON A LAUNCH il extensive repairs are neccs-j0 conduct a search or the coast saiy and the vessel can make the jln-tween Powell lliver and Gun-voyage, she may he taken back boat Pass for two men, lteginald lo the Navy Yard al Hremerlou. Kdwards and (Jilbert Syke, who have hee,n missing Sdnce Fehru- ary :t. The men left Vancouver February 1 5, and were last heard to (tre-eut prrseiu standing muiihiidc by. vf . in wuri 0 of ,wh?J Wq?J! they Hiey setil sei)l a a pOSICa postcard KUiioving a HcciToad oT Tan- WPalher rnt?rl1iTWey pla Hi. launed lo leave Powell lliver next day in their 40 fool gasoline cruiser Sealiee for Uiejf destination which was the quarry al Gun boat Pass. Kadio fan were appealed, to Saturday evening for information regarding the "Seahee which carried a receiving set. VANPU VF.H, Mar. 8. - - Sykes and Edwards have been located afe at Field ? quarr near llella Coola. STEALING RIDES TO BE STOPPED Investigation Department Railway to Have Man Locat ed Here as Well as on Line of Inspi-rtator O. J. Whealley, of Ihe CX tt. invesligalion depart ment, Vancouver, Detective Geo. Keep and Constable Alex. Martin, arrived in the city this morning and stale thai there is to bo a much more active effort made to look afler men stealing rides on the railway or picking up good which do uol belong to them. This morning four men who were stealing rules were picwcu uiroff.the tra.inbut as they paid their fares they were altovved h- Inspector Whealley has charge of the whole of B.C.; Iieleclive Keep works on Hie railway be-s tweeu here and the interior and Constable Martin is lo be located here. BILLIARD MAN , SHOT TO DEATH Killed It Is Surprised Supposed When he t Burglar Robbing Safe Mi-LEAItY. Washington, Mnr. 8. A. L. McKeati, billiant hall pniprietor and Moulhwest, Wosli-ingtou iiporistuan, was shot to death hi his eslahlishnieuf early Sunday when lliree bullet nlerced his body". M II is believed thai he was killed when surprised by a robber In the act of opening a safe, ns ggmen, tool lay about Ihe safe.