ISCUSS MANY B. C. PROBLEMS Oe roiiidered, ain-j ..-in a rrcommendatioii any that poor indlsent j ae ome a charge Oil a ic after U months' b :" 'hat the place from y ame niiould be re- P wan in Uie mean- ... :inin :im ri.i,..i u hkt-I Hie Kleclric llakery,.will open wry afternoon nr, nn.i ... ... ... .i, . i . .i : nn evening until election nay i ' . II w . -- province. The intercolonial rall-i Ion of B. 0. Municipalities Deal way rommiion on marttimel Ith Number of Resolutions (right linil been appointed by the) at Convention. Liberal government and when' tli-e two commission coiicludd OX z .'j 'I tie annual their work, nie.i-ui-r of refornff. ' Hi.- union of It. C mllt be czprcled. ;.a)'if - opened on luesday i ",,:,::,T.; ' . ;:.T:;:.t dutch submarine ADDIVEC mnnirn AT it ed with the addltion;ilf.ii.....i ? irov.tu.1 minendaiOH be oenl to r iflnndiait muniei-a' that body 1e aked f m'-M -provinoj.il leBis-Hi '1 1 Hie cae of rtuui-p proine to another, solution endorfed wa 1 rf't be made to induce u i-iernnienl to pay laml reverting to the sol-lement Ixiard OYALTY CRY IS DEPLORABLE W, DeB. Farrls Says Conser-! vailves Use (t to Try to Get Into Office v uitVKII. Atng. 55., "I ! v noilitiino ileplorahle In 1 1 ; a r i fe n tha'. we can . 1 eieniiou without Gonscr-' "iug to set into office v a' 3HIIH,' 1 ho loyalty of ally fiMy pc.r cent jot at' iM," declared J. IeB. former attorney ' general 1 in replying to ii speech 1 II II. Slovens a', ths ai nilly in the Holel Van-1 lat tilghl. ig Willi the cuslom i-Mi Farri ncciled Mr. r- of fading to recite cor-material factsi and endeavor- Jusliry the recllallon of a g delaili by placing 111? Utility on the King gov- NOTICE TO LIBERALS T OF SKEENA RIDING The liberal I iiwrul pmiuiiittee comntitlee via I iyal. I-a I'alma, Curacao. Panama, and Maciln;i. WIFE MURDERER HANGS in city of Winnipeg! WIXXIPFIG. Ai g .'0 Attended by n pi-iel of the I krainian ehurrh. Ian Proriev, who mur- . 1 , ...... ili'rni 111- riiiniiioii niw win-, .inin-j fariliio, in their little cottage at; Hie north end of the city last, piing, Hii morning walked iuiei to Hie mallow. and va lianjied. INDIAN SHOT HIMSELF AFTER EOTG WIFE CHILCOTIN COUNTRY WILLIAMS I.AKK, A;.g. :'5. After a hrutnl attack on hi wife. 1 he afternialh or dunking homebrew', an Indian named Xegani h alleged In have liol himelf at Denlli Finale I.nlie in the Chil-kolin district, neeonling to word uroiight to Itedstone, tOO miles from here. Ian Mellae, chief or police here, toft .fojCrUui Ot the traifely to tnkefihe evidence of vilnee. and if necessary to hold an inaue.t. Xeaani s wife will recover although shp Is seriously injured, it is said. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE ll.C. Silver .. Dunwell Gladstone Granby Howe Sound . Independence Indian L. & L. Premier Surf Itilel Lucky. .Jim ... Hid. V.i 1 .11 1 2.00 l.ott 1.72 .30 V, .32 2l.no 2fi.no'. 3U.00 11.00 .00. ,07 u .03 .05-1 ' .00 2.M0 2.10-.03 'i ,0l .10 .20 SOOKE TRAPS Huge Man-Eater Weighed 1,000 Pounds. First Caugt Off Vancouver Island. VICTOniA, Aug. 25. While hauling In their catch at the Cooke salmon traps yesterday, a number of salmon fishermen were surprised to see a large shark, believed to bo of the man-eating variety, which they succeeded in landing after a stiff fight. shark was entirely unexpected and b?fore he was subdued he pulled a score of his captors Into the water. The creature measured eight feet two Inches from the tip of his nose to the end of his tall and weighed ap-provlmately a thousand pounds. Some observers stated It was the first tiger shark caught off the coatt of Vancouver Island. LOCAL MAN MARRIED AT CHRIST CHURCH John Gwendraeth Johns, of This City and Miss Clara Francis Gwyn of Dundas United at Vancouver. A ijuiet weddiiu look place on Monday, August 23, at Christ Church, Vancouver, when Miss Clara, F'rancis Gwyn, daughter of I he laic- Gerald Gwyn and Mrs. Gwyn, of lunula. Ontario, to John Gwendraeth Johns, of Prince Rupert, Hev. Canon Smith officiating. F'red Clark was the best man. l'ollowinjr the wedding, a reception was held at the home of General Arthur Claris, Nelson St., Vancouver. MiVfnttd Mrs. Johns arrived llitd liifitMilni. mi Hu, OrlnrA Shakeup in the Department of Utilities Suggested Following Report of Council Last Night The city roiinrit last night accepted a reurt from the board I next meeting which would brina the matter to a 'showdown" by proposing a rhange. j j Superintendent's Report The report of J. J. Little, superintendent of utilities, stated : lli.il the 1 8-incti main from the lwer house to the1 pumping station wa in excellent condition, due to the maintenance work that hail been done on it. The same 'could not be said,' however, of the 15-inch main from the dam to Un. uoui'r Jioiise mi whieli there 5.O0U would be needed-to place !the line insafe comlitinn tiy in The appearance of the tiger j,a,jnr ,.0i,orHe piers, renewinz work was now under way and !too of the 1.800 had been ex pended. To carry oul the work completely, however. It would cost s.-).oiio or So.noo and the line might still be subject to abnormal strain and posible rupture Engineer's Report Oily Kngineer II. A. McLean, in his report, gave an estimate of ?5.ooo covering the installation of 20 concrete piers, renewal of limber blocking, uncovering joints and lead caulkiiwr. He urged that the work be proreeded with forth-1 with. If there were a blowout, the cosl to the city might be much greater than the cost estimated for repairs. Aid. Perry told of making an inspection of the pipe line and finding it in bad condition and a great deal or work necessary. Referring lo the valve In the line which was the sole prolection of the power house from possible destruction, Aid PerrySaid he had been told this valve was not al George and will make their homej'he dry dock al all, W was lying on Sixth Avenue. , nniinued on page six) hi- TAXI Boston Grill Dand Ambulance Servica Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing Anywhere at Anytime. floor for hire. Itand Royal Hotel, 3rd Ava. I NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, and 6th 81 PRINCE' RUPERT The latest and bent for the MATT VIDECK, Prop. least Phone 487. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper h)L XVI.. No. 199. rarj- l'KINCK MUI'KIIT. b. C, VBI.KSIAY, AUfiUST 2.1, 192G. Yeftenuyi cimiutfon. ism strt site, m PRICE FFVE CENTS. i j-i-t'i .'iap -j, . (INli OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN IN MARITIMES IMPORTANT CIVIC QUESTIONS DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ry of Disloyalty and nnexation Responsible ! For Condition of Trade ickenzie King Flays Tories at New Bruns wick Town When Opening His Campaign in Maritimes WOODSTOCK. N. II.. Aug. 25 "lUd reciprocity carried, 1 ! hi i U jv ti.,t you wiinlil not have in maritime right prob-l i l. ut presviit." mid Might Hon. W. L Mackenzie King all meeting in tin- maritime provinces last night. "There ti ge nnlin mI market nt your door which yon would have had l i but ni the old false Tory cry or di-loyully and annexation." i Iiud worked (o the grwit detriment of the country at large, I imp pur' iHercd more than Hie maritime provinces, lie aid. ! 'Far renrliing meuMiro of reform effecting these provinces rk t oy export opinion." wa predicted by the Liberal loader,! , referring to two commission Low considering maritime prub jlem. To the railway commission the !at government assigned the Willi special instruction to con-j xiiter the claim of the maritime; General .Sir George l!iggmon lakiug the a;ii'.c with the Duke of Uoiiuaught when his old regiment, the Grenadier Guards, nianhed past I to mark his 100th birthday. Proposal to Purchase Electric Plant of City by International up with re tninicndalHJUf from the city engineer and Miperm- nuiuicipal electric light plant wa? made public al lad night s itendent of ulililn and there was considerable discussion in the council meeting when Aid. Jos Greer inquired if anything fur- EPICTA! l'crry, ruaimiau 01 me ooam 01 works tner nau oeeii nearu irom .vir. nownes miicc ni foiiierence witn nKKlTEO Al rKlotU charged memitei - of the utilities with "lying down on the job" the finance committee when the matter was fir?t taken up. Aldv KAN FH.XU:o. Up. Ji. ' The Xet!ierland otibmarinet k.MII arnu'd here thi after-1 nooi completing what is oaiil to; ile tin- longeM voyage of au un- iTnft Tin pfl Ipft in allowing the t nation to come to Mich a jm and the official) Greer explained that .Mr. Hownes' company had already taken with mirepreenlatiou. lie lnrea-!oer the power plant. at Xanatmo - teued to present a motion at the and Imuran and that it wa in- terested in supplying power for; a pulp and paper project at Prinrej George. He had aked the finance committee if the city would consider an offer to lake over the local plant and operate it. He had been, (old that a conference with I he city council wtjuld be arranged when he returned from Prince George, where he now was. City Treasurer Malheson stated that a letter had just been receiv ed from Mr. Howness in which he k,..i .MH ... ,uiMip..:,,w. vL.rtll'rince George ,,p l,afk itl 1rlnce Hu I"1 III? :...! which in ..laces vh in bad condition". At least ',er in alt0111 H'ree weeks' crililiinjr. etc. The report referred to the order that had gone out at the first or the year that as little money should be spent as possible. In view of.-Jhat, gtl.KOO liad been placed in the estimates (his year for maintenance work and it had been proposed to spend a similar amount next year. The He had returned a report cover ing the local power KING EXPECTING TO GAIN EIGHT SEATS ONTARIO PROVINCE OTTAWA, Aug. 2 With Hie landslide in favor of Liberal policies and Liberal candidates grow-! ing more pronounced daily in the east. Mackenzie Kiiyt is assured or a minimum gain of eight seats hi Ontario, these gains being con-reded even by Tory orpaniiers. This would make 20 Liberal seats tin nlario Instead of 12 by Con servative reckoning, and those be hind the Liberal organization de-i ciare that ir they can gel 20 seals they can as easily gel 25. In the Maritime., another mi-, ninutin gain of five Liberal seats' is looked Tor, two in Nova Scotia, one in Prince IMward Island and two in New Hrunswick, so. that with Ii supporters from the Maritime. 03 from Quebec. 20 from Ontario and more gains west of the Great Lakes the return of Mackenzie King to power will be assured. Advertise In the Dally News. PITTSBURG IS IN THE LEAD Defeats St. Louis by Score of Ten to One. Chicago Wins Double Header. Xi:Y YORK, Aug. 23. Pitts burg returned to the top of the! for second place. situation- teago batted fence twice in the second inning of the first game. In the American League all '(same were stopped by rain exempt that between Washington and St. Louis. National League Itrooklyn I. Pittsburgh 10. Philadelphia 4 -It, Chicago 0-9 New York 3, Cincinnati t. Boston 2, SI. Louis I. American League St. Louis 6, Washington 9. Others postponed, rain. BOWSER IS COMING HERE ON FRIDAY Will Share Platform With J. 0. Brady at Conservative Meet- Inn That Evening Hon. V. J., Dowser, former premier of Dritish Columbia, will arrive in the city from Vancouver ' on' F'rlday of this week and thai evening will share the. plairorm with J. C. Ifrady at a public meeting in support of the Conservative candidate'- campaign in SV'cna riding. " The Canadian AuftiMan : freighter WaiaUmu arrived lasi night at Ocean Falls' Ha load n-t!p and paper foe Australia. in Ml HUDSON BAY j Pledges Himself Complete Ball- way, But If Ccst Too High, Will Go Slowly. TALKS AMALGAMATION Says Falsehoods Revamped To j steai vote or Employees or Canadian National. MFILVILLK, Sak Aug.. 25. Premier Meiglien yesterday afternoon reviewed his pledgn to complete the Hutl.on Hay'Railway on the grounds that "we owe. H to the settler interested in that portion f our country- Having spent jmrti.oti oi lioi.ar on it, we liave to. go on and finih it arid 'give it la fair test." he added; "however, if we find it is going to take a jcollo.al sum in the neighborhood iof fifty million dollars; this couh-jtry in its present shape just has jto he patient because this eounlry Icannot afford that much money Jal the present time. I premier ueoiareu tnai ev- Ili'l'i n nit I Utilities Company Been Made ;be liadian; . otnal tine be found the untold j falsehood revarffped, w armed up That H'AV. Bowiies. coiiMiltinir engineer of Kdmontoii.'who asain tba) be intended to amal- Jt -raHmmeuding. the appropriattuu of iTwOOy for the recently vbiled. the Vjty, look. prelmnuary step al that Unia.on!?ania(e tbejfxtjtnv with. that. of n'lmrlTIg' of Xmc 50-incli water main leading from AVoodworth behalf of the International Utilities Co.. which lie repre?ent, f the anadiair Padffr ttie idea be- Iwtkcf ilatii lo the SivH(Uin Miwer lion-e. The report wa barked with a view to opening negoliation for the taking over of the j in? to steal the voles of the Xa- Iional employees, making them afraid for their position or seniority." Reglna Meeting IlKGIXA, Aug. 23. Oitr. Mcigh-en's speech last niglil here followed the speeches ot four other places earlier in the day. The premier spoke in passing of. the war time elections act and turned particularly to statements made in this connection by Hon. C A. Dunning. "I was a, member of the government which passed tjie art," Mr. MeVghen Vafj,. "and I always took my full sTiave of responsibility, have done so before audiences in this city and wilt do National League yesterday by so again." Brooklyn ten run ; lo Mr. Meigl.e.i received an en- said thai he had been delayed ai;"' nnil Hint lie lT.,l,o ",,lr l rji.fci.ei uiuiiiin: jirrtiiic nut iiinr waa a double header with Hoton. sit. a running fire of comment from Hm Louis and Cincinnati are now tied the crowd. The meeting at one nine. t ..... , point halted for several minutes Philadelphia while one interrupter wanted to which he bad obtained from the a dofe. header. ,.ut question, superintendent llpo of utilities while;"" n,?H. V'e "r1".?? d1C31 11 hh 'l' here, here. iieenin noiner oi me season to inc leimoii in nuroniice a urw International I'timics1'"'' game while Catcher Hart- diers settlers revaluation bill if Co. is a new York eoneern. nei! KUOCkeu me oan oer wieireuirnro. mere win ve a juiii- cial revaluation and not a political realuarion,'" he said. BOMB EXPLODES IN SAVINGS BANK Bomber and Special Policeman Killed and Others Were Injured. PITTSHt RG. Aug. 25. An unidentified man of foreign appear ance entered the F'arniers' Depo sit Savings Rank'ilale" 'yesterday and presented a demaiid for two thousand dollars to the teller will! the threat: 'Til Jowrf1fup the bank." " PJ- jf When the -special pojfeeman, George. Ortmann, approached to arrestahim (hetmaa placet), a satchel on the floor and gave it a kick. A violent explosion followed, the bomber being instantly "killed iand Ortmann futaliy liijur- ed while a score of persons in the bant' received minor injuries. The explosion created consternation , in the business .fdislrict, niany :;palrons of lhi theatres nnhiiig to the slreels.