3Sto P- TAXI Boston Grill 25 nnd Ambulance Largo Upstair Dining Hall, Service with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime. floor for hire. Stand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ave. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, and 6th St. Htj, PRINCE RUPERT The latest and best for the MATT VIDECK, Prop. least. Phone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper YOI, XNT, NO. 3. 1MUNCK IUDKHT, H.C. TUESDAY, JANUAHY 11)20. Yrierdy' Circulation, ISIS Stmt Salp. 139 PRICK- FIVF. CENTS. CHECKS STOLEN FROM WOODWARD'S FOUND a LOOTING OF STORES IN NOVA SCOTIA . CONTINUED BY UNEMPLOYED " MINERS ; y Bandits Are Believed to Have Made Getaway to Other Side of Line VANUOrVKII, Jan, .". -- A bag containing hank check -l"lcii from Hit.- Woodward departmental store on .Sunday, he ember 27, v.i round ul the bottom of False Creek at the end ul Ihiriiby Mrot'l on Monday aflcrmioii. The More vu robbed of 7,000 in currency iy four urtiieil bandits who blew u mul! anil after having overpowered lvu watchmen. The finding of the bag lead" (o Hie belief lluil the robbers! ( -aped in a launch to the American fide. The finding of m -cvrntem-fool Inom h ailnft off the YVnshinglon coat hy Uiiite', UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE Prej'flent Coolldge AKi Con-gross to Vote 550.000 for Disarmament Conference Expenses Vt ASJIIViiToX. Jan. 3. Pre-j il.Til lUxdidve rilieed :iiii- 1 yoterday to apj""',l,'"'!,'!vvIMam i" 'Mill lo rover Blpeiiw "I lulled Stale participation in I lie preliminary uwlinir nl Gen hh February 16 on disarmament under the. League "t .Nation. It 1 ixperlel lht PWMbleUt OoolMiif will proceed lo Switlfrlahd lutii r t allelic the meeting. "Pai Ui-ipallnii mi (lie wok nf preparatory dit'iiiui, wod the pridrnt. "involv no committment with repcl i" u:lend-aitee at an future ei-iifei-incc or (lltfii fill l. t!f IICllli of tirinaiii' ii' luin'ai urn." IRVING BERLIN WED ON MONDAY Daughter of Postal Telegraph Head Is Bride of Famous Popular 8ong Writer MAV YOltK. Jan. 5. Irviiifi llerliu. Itiis-ian immiKiant ami former. Howk-ry saloon VaitiT, who bitcrchine one or Amuri-ca'x iiHift popular aoiib writers and producer of rfvue. was yesterday hiarrieil lo Mis Kllen MarKny, ilatighler or Clarence H. MarKaV. Iiead of the I'oslal Tele graph Companv. The couple will embark in n 5,i"0 unite aboard the steamer LfVialhiiu on Satur day to Npeud their honeymoon In Kurope. VICE-CONSUL ISJNDICTED David O. Kerr, Formerly of Van-vouver, Charged With Helping Chinese to Enter States WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. -Four indictment alleging violation of ihe Imminent Inn law were re turned bv n (Irand Jury hero yesterday against David Kerr, fnitnee Aloei'irilll vice-COIISllI lit Vancouver. He I charned with nceepllng bribes fom Chinese tn assist them lo evnilo the Kxclu- sion Act. HOCKEY SCORES Vancouver 1. Victoria 0; at Vancouver, F.dmonlon I). Calgary 2; l Kl monton. Stale roust guards a few day-. , after the robbery here is now connected with I fie escape of Hie bandit. In the launch., when i was found, were Vancouver newspaper and trace of canned food. The police have been iMHlfHioriitcc to locale ihe owner of Ihe launch bill have so far ' been iitiMifcra-ful. PIONEER JOURNALIST OF ALASKA IS DEAD F. Thompson of Fair banks Succumbs Suddenly i to Attack of Pneumonia FAIRHANKS. Jan. :. VilTiam Fctir Thompson, aged 02. pioneer Ala-La newspaperman. died here yelerday of pneu monia after a very hrirf period f illties. He wa? working a' H- desk on Sunday and appeal ! lo Im in ?ohI health. Ihomp-on. wlio can if ii or I tt in 1898 ul Ihe lime of the Kloudyke gob' ruh. travelled by Mail from Kd-iiiiuilon TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED MADE BIG MONEY LAST YEAR NF.W YOltK. Jan. 5. Tlie Twentielli Century Linuted, crack t'.hieaao-New York flier of Hi New York Ceniral railway earned sln.imiMMin duritik- H"5. The train, which axerae three mc I mm. dally and ha run in a- many a seven sections, make the overnight ion between Him rllie in .' hours. Nearly 2,(MMI neclton were used in lli:3. with un mer.ive nasseiiuer list of 250 to eacli section. The previous high mark was 18.000.000. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Hid. Asked Wheal I."" I I.C Silver ,J.i?l 1.75 Dunwell 1. 10 1.15 Uitelion l .0PV4 L. I .13 .15 .Marmot .10 Premier 2.17 2.25 Porter Idaho .011 .10 Silver resl 12 .13 4 Surf Inlet .0J .11 Daly A!nkii . .15 niadstonc .32 .35 Terminus ... .50 C. P. H I J8.00 Howe Sound . . 27.50 Until Hope ... .31 .30 Oranb.v . 20.00 Hufu ,.... i .18 Lucky Jim .. .. I3i .15 Indian ..... . .05 .08 Olaclcr .... . .08 W .10 Iloyvicw . .05 .09 H National Silver-Selkirk . .11 U .15 , .04 .04 H Sllvorsmllh 2 .21 Mi Mrs. Hod Me Lend and daughter arrived in the city this aflernoon fi.ini Aiivox on the Canlena lo resume their residence here. STMtTS WOHLIi TO I. II call liofitldes Hie C.l'.S.S. MOVEMENT OF GRAIN HEAVY Shipments to Paclflo In 1925; Twice as Larue as In 152 WINNII'Li.. Jan. i More than fourteen hundred Irains of load ed (train cars, each U oar in Uuglh iiikI each tram carry iiik uvci tti.ooo bushel of grainj were ruued to move the amount of jsratn loaded on Can-mliuii National lines in Western Cal vi da between August 1st alio December 31st, ll26. aoconling lo year end figure iued today liy official of the C.N.U. at head quarter here. lKaiing uurmp the periwl from the opening or the urain year to the end of Ho calendar year wre almost twice o heavy a thoe of the same nerioil of 101 and were nearly 10.000 cars heavier than Hie pre- Miuis reccu-il eslaldished for Hie same period of l'J23 crop movement. The movement to uneouver durinif the period showed a sink lug cain over Ihe fwures of pre vious years, the increase over the 1114 movement hem? nearly noil ear. In the neriod ended December 31. IU25. a total of 9 lot car of grain were delivered itl the Pacific coast by Canadian National Lines, against a total In the same period of the pre vious year of t.'i'O cars. At Ihe end of the year also there wns nearly twice tne amount of grain in storcage on hmiAilian National line as on the corresponding dale in 1921 when the year clned with II.- tna.nno bushels stored against S0.nil8.000 bushels in tv2a. MILWAUKEE MAN FROZE TO DEATH Body of Tony Swltala, missing Slnco Christmas Eve, Has Been Found MII.WAL'KI'.K. Wis., Jan. 5. After" having been missing ninc Clirislmns Kve, Hie liody of Tony Swilala. It, falher oT five child reii. ha lurch found in Ihe wood on the outskirts of Hie city. U Is believed he became lout in the woods while on his way luiino after visiting a friend, and froie to death. During most the time Swilala was missing Hi mercury registered below xero. VdvertU In the Dally News .Mi Km ii i i ew 1 a paVsei ge -t including m.'iij (vinadian am! Vine in Jo land lei'l New York Deci mber T, on the lirt lap of her round "lie world lour THIRTEEN PERSONS PARRIFu FRfiM FIRF boston tenement Sii.MKUVILI.IL-Mass.. Jan. 5. . , p ,,.,.,,, membens f iwn fainilie., were rarrieil down: lailders in an early ioorniti?i liMiemenl fire here. Dense moke tiiuile escaoe by Ihe stair way impoMiie. .viuiotigu hi re e alarms were -.ounded Ihe damage lo the structure was confined ' he haemenl nf the three storey buildiiiix. .1 ADY1CF. to the U.S. Sir Henry Thoinlon, C N. R. chief, back from Kngland, says thai the consoiidalion of railroad in I lie Old Country ha failed and that it would le wise to think twice before grouping large systems in the United Slates. In Hip group plan, ho says. Hie administration loe. Ihe personal I ouch with the men. TRISCO BUILDING COLLAPSES: FOUR MEN ARE KILLED SAX I-HA.MiltHA), Jan. o. Four men were crushed to death as the result of the collapse of a one storey brick and frame building, occupied by the Peer loss Welding Company. Invest I gallon discloses Ihe fact Hia one of the wall. crumbled when workmen dug a dilch at the base vhile perparinjr for the erection of a new building on 'adjoining property. Tho Norwegian freighter Caplo is due at Queen Charlotte City to load a cargo of lumber nl the Southern Alberta sawmill for de livery lo Hie Atlantic coast. MARRIED, THEN LOST HIS LIFE Fred Ellason of Whltehorse Ap parently Drowned After Going Through Ice of River U III I KHOIISK. Y.T.. Jan. 5. oolprinl in the snow leailinu to a hole in an ire-covered river renrbl. are llironly trace lefl by red Kliason. aged 50. employed a an hostler for the White Pass Yukon Hallway for twelve year., who disappeared irom in home here on December 15. one lay after he Uad luarried woman from Monlreal. RINCETON STUDENTS' FEDERATION COLLAPSE Election of Negro Girl to Execu tive ts Cause of Uproar PlllNCKTON. Jan. 5. The new National Students Federal io' i ended its mcctiu? in an uproar lere following the election of a icgro t'irl as a member of the executive commit lee. The soulh- rn delegates were finally paci fied after several of their nuni-tier had resigned. The federa tion is on the verge of collapse i a resuu oi i ue uouuic, FAMOUS JAPANESE RESORT IS BURNED Tourists Escape With Their Lives When Nlkko Hotel Is Consumed by Flames TOKtO, Jan. 5. Ihe Nikko Hotel, famous mountain resort al Nikko. HI miles from here, was burned to the ground on Monday night. A number of tourists es raped from the buildiin? bul Ihey losl all Iheir baggage. FEW FATALITIES IN B.C. COAL MINES World's Record Is Set for Pro portion of Deaths to Production VICTORIA, Jan. 5. Fatalilii in the coal mines or Ihe pro vince of Hrilish Columbia dur ing the year 1925 were Hie low est yet nnd constitutes, n world' record. The ileal l rnle 1 placed al 2.1 per cent for every million tons mined. Five Places Broken Into atp Glace Bay and New Aberdeen; Promise of Relief by Mayor ALACK HAY. X.S., Jan. Men, women and children, member? of Ihe mining community to the number of several thousand, resumed last night the looting ot provi-ion .-do ex which Marled Sunday night following mas- meetings where ihe unemployed miners protested againt want and destitution among their ranks. 1'jye places of business in (ilace Hay and 4w Aberdeen were looted before Mayor Morrison of Alaee Hay succeeded in getting the ear of the mob and persuaded them Jo return lo Iheir homes with the promise of relief on Tuesday. ! A meet in? of citizens was cal-! - ' led r.r this afternoon to lake! T)Af 1 D ADDUD V .measure, to ?ecure better A-jgUlJj KUBBElKI Clllf'Ill Ul mn aim ..-, IIOr government threaten drastic ar-j Jtlon if Hie loot in? w cui.simeil. 1 i ! EVELYN NESBITT TRIES SUICIDE 4 C1IICAOO, Jan. 5. Kvelyn Xesbitt Tbavv. tiie 4 4 actress, alleinpled to 4 commit suicide thismrt'ii- 4 by drinking ix ounces of 4 ttiiurrnl iliiliifwlanl . Mie i may recover. 4 444 444 4 4 GENERAL PERSHING RETURNING H0MEiw,,u'h Falv" dP,,pid ",e ,,oor IJ IS AL! U fill 111 U IIUllIL.!.nie inai ,.M.avei ,hr0UKlj a real rear Arbitrator of Tacna-Arlca Dis pute Is Stricken in South America WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 5. Uecause of failing health, (ten- ral John J. Pershing is expected . i i. ...nl.;.. ii... H...I lo rriurii iiurc miiiiiu tuv month mini Arica, imiie, witere lie is represent in? Presiden' Coolidge in the Chilean-Peruvian arbitration "over Tacna-Artca. Details tr the. general's illness are not known here, bul reports reaching Washington have some what alarmed hi friends in Hit, apitol. There has heen a marked increase in blood pres- ure in addition lo complications resulting from affected teeth. He in his sixty-sixih year. BRITAIN PAYING HER DEBT TO STATES Of $95,000,000 Paid Into Treas ury Department, $92,000,000 Is From England WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. - The. treasury department announces the receipt of payments aggre gating $1)5.253.371.85 from seven foreign governments- on accouni of funded indebtedness. Of thi amount Great ltnlain paid 92,-;ioo,ooo. WEATHER REPORT (Government Telegraphs) 8 a.m. Prince Rupert cloudy, fresh southeast wind;, temperature, 45. Telegraph Creek cloudy, calm 25 above. Hazellpn snowing, calm, mitd half inch new snow. t Smilhers .snowing, ealm, mild, half inch new snow. Hums Lake cloudy, S. wind, mild. Terrace raining, calm, 38 above. Anyox - - raining, calm, 10 above. Whileborse- Cloudy, calm, 25 above. Dawson cloudy, calm, 5 above. Average cloudy, calm, 7 below. PRINCE GEORGE Masked Man Enters Bedroom of Rooming House Proprietor and Escapes with $45 PHINCK GFOKOK, Jan. 5. If c 01 up in his bedroom by a man with Ins lace masked in a gunny aek, Sil'verio Falvu, rooming bouse proprietor, experienced early Sunday inoniiii,' the first robber)" ot thi nature ever recorded here. ;Tbe bandit, who asked, first for a room, forced Falo at the point of a A...K-ai I.. 1.QII.I ..I'll, &t!l III. ,i;.l ....i A.tiWA "l,'r.-.. ".li IIIU ,1.1 MVl.i-,.., idoor. A suspect is under arrest. Quarrel Over Twenty Cents Causes Two Deaths at Butte, Montana UUTTK, Mont., Jan. 5. An argument ever the payment of 20 rents in a blackjack game at a .Mexican ciuu nere is neiu res ponsible by the police for Iwo deaths and two Injuries. Tho victim were all Mexican. Ri- veria, held in eoiyiection with the killing, admitted Ilia' he was Ihe dealer in the card game, that ended fatally. The police theory is that Gomez, one of the victims stabbed Riveria 'during the argument and that the latter drew a gun and fired in return. ROODSARrT SUBSIDING Twelve Lives Lost as Result of High Water. In Belgium HRCSSHLS Jan. 5. Flood condition., which are tlte worst in the last hundred and fifty year.", are "slowly improving. Twelve lives qre known , to have been lost. The damage Is esti mated at four and a half million dollars. "TEDDY" RICHARDS DIED ON SUNDAY Funeral of Four-year-old Son of Mrs. Richards, Sixth Avenue East, Takes Place Tomorrow Stewart RolieM "Teddy" Richards, foilr-year-obl son of Mrs. Richards. 513 Sixth Avenue F.ast. died Sunday afternoon. The funnral wilt take place . tomorrow afternoon from Hayner Hrox. chapel to Falrview Cemetery. Rev. K. 0. Turner