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Ambulance
and
Boston
Grill
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime
fldor,
for
hire,
Stand:
Exchange
Building
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
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I'rop.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
tho
least.
Phone
457.
".it"
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOL.
XVII.
No.
21,
I
PRINCE
It
U
PERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
29,
1927
Circulation
1528
Sales
471
Price
Five
Cents
DEMAND
RE-ADJUSTMENT
OF
TERMS
BRITAIN
AMELIORATES
HER
ATTITUDE
TOWARD
CHINA
If
Maritimes
Are
Given
Better
Terms,
Six
Other
Provinces
to
Demand
Consideration
Oliver
Premier
urges
house
to
unite
its
efforts
toward
securing
return
of
railway
lands
B.C.
has
paid
with
(lesh
and
blood,
he
says
VH
TORIA,
January
2D.
If
the
federal
iarliamciit
give
uffetst
:
o
ommendationn
of
the
royal
commission
which
last
year
in-Ari
the
claims
of
the
maritime
provinces
for
better
treat-:'
hc
other
six
province
of
Canada
will
immediately
demand
.:'
'.merit
of
the
terms
upon
which
they
form
a
part
of
the
Do-Premier
Oliver
predicted
when
he
laid
his
"better
terms"
i;'
ire
the
legislature
yesterday
and
appealed
to
the
House
to
v.
(
s
in
a
united
effort
to
secure
a
return
of
railway
grant
j;n.im-iitl
control
and
to
"secure
this
measure
of
justice
to
New
election
WILL
BE
HELD
I'iimv
i
oi
iit
hmoint
shows
IL
II
.
tv
AMI
jmks
iu.uk
tin:
Tin
miu
tou.Mii.
m:at
in-
application
of
The
Labor
Council,
through
IU
1
D.
Mardonald
to
hart
P.
H.
v
!-.m
hi
Honor
Judge
Rob-,;aty
court
fnuad
that
there
dccj.
.uough
ln'.lott
eat
for
'CJ
w!io
rtttM
according
to
4;j1
vf.tta
.Hi'-
Win
M
w
t;
Jam.
Black
re
um.
which
tk
place
jet-,
::e
wrc
severs)
ballot
which
.
.
:o
arruttnv
by
IIU
Honor
j
tils
decision
until
tbla
t
.
i
whether
they
should
be
T'iu
morning
when
court
;o
Judge
decide!
that
the
bal-.
i.sd
been
rej.
ted
by
the
rt-effker
wer-
spoiled
and
should
:-.oo
iravlng
'lie
count
even.
:
n
Die
statu'
e.
It
we
found
:
uion
had
been
made
forj
at
a
deriding
ballot
In
caae
id
rut
election
of
Mr.
Lin-
Td'
i.iily
declared
void,
lesv-j
!!.
!he
council
to
be
filled
ee.
'io.i
i
EXPLOSION
MADE
GHASTLY
SCENE
:
aahlch
the
province
la
entitled."
,'
Submitting
hli
motion
aaklng
the
leg
talature'a
approval
fcr
paat
endeavor
j
and
lla
support
in
future
effort,
the
.premier
aald
he
believed
that,
tt
th
Orltlah
Columbia
hous
pasted
a
reaolu
Hon.
It
would
have
a
hastening
effect
on
the
Ottawa
administration.
Brltial
Cotumbt.
he
aald.
paid
for
the
construe
'.ton
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Rai!a
not
only
with
a
pound
of
fleh
but
vith
the
drop
of-
fetood.
The
province
paid
tint
when
it
contributed
Ita
full
quota
of
land,
tor
the
second
tune
In
the
form
of
tta
preporUoa
of
47J.OOO.OOO
expended
by
the
Dominion
In
the
aid
of
construction,
and.
for
the
third
time.
In
the
form
of
what
he
declared
to
be
ex-horMtant
freight
rate.
"I
believe
from
my
paat
experience
that
there
la
lack
of
Intereat
In
the
fedrral
capital
vlth
regard
to
British
Columbia's
Interests."
Mr.
Oliver
declared.
The
debate
aa
adjourned
by
Deapard
Twifg.
Victoria
Conservative
member,
who.
It'
1
understood,
will
offer
an
amendment
to
the
Premier'
motion
call
tng
for
th
appointment
by
the
Dominion
government
of
a
royal
commlaalon
to
go
Into
the
whole
matter
of
"better
term"
In
a
manner
elmllar
to
that
followed
in
the
Maritime
province.
LONDON.
Jan.
39.
Forty,
thousand
cattle
are
dead,
river
I
are
dried
up
and
natives
are
swarming
Into
the
towns,
fear-
lng
starvation
owing
to
tlie
worst
drought
In
the
living
memory
at
Petersburg
In
the
Transvaal,
South
Africa.
Lions,
because
of
th
scarcity
of
food,
are
aald
to
be
conitanUy
raid-
hmmi.
,n
the
"u"
kr""'
roi
ici:
in
it
m
......N..
i
ah
totiui.vw
wiikih:
ms
Ah
KIIIH)
Willi
liV.VAMITi:
CO;
"TENAY
Jn
20.-
So
ghastly
wan
,:r
at
a
diverted
logging
camp
t.
wurre
William
Shevlock
waa
!!y
blown
to
piece
that
provincial
I'
iifftcers.
who
Inveatlgated
the
aocl-c
fire
to
the
remains
of
the
'''
"ii.i.;
In
which
the
explosion
occur-u
Tno
authorltlea
believe
that
the
vi
-m,
wh.
had
been
carrying
a
bag
"t
tuvc-
and
detonating
eapa,
aat
down
'
i
sat
of
dynamite.
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
i:mii.ihii
i.KAdi
i:
DIvUIoii
I.
Al
"
Villa
i,
Blixkbum
Hovers
3.
llurttlirsfleld
a.
Tottenham
0.
eundcrland
3.
Leicester
0.
Wcat
Dromwich
3,
Bury
1.
Utlklim
II,
Blackpool
3.
Manchester
City
4.
Oldham
a.
Bradford
City
1.
,
,
arimiby
J.
fctotu
County
4.
'
'
NtOTTisii
iliAdi.i;
Clydo
1
Dundee
United
0.
Cawucubeath
0,
Alrdrieonlans
0.
i
Dundee
3,
Motherwell
1.
w"
.uillllbUIIV
U.
f..
I
Ilnsiei...
amnion
1.
a
Celtic
.
a
(abandoned).
uunrermlln
3.
Kilmarnock
3,
Partlck
0
"ofton
3,
Aberdeen
4.
Park
1.
st.
Mlrreu
0.
K'lniftrs
1
Henrt
o.
wiiior
mtoriiiiT
in
TKANSVAAI.
IHHTimV
!
I
GOVERNOR
GENERAL'S
4
SECRETARY
IS
DEAD
(lenrrul
It.
H.
IMxirnr.
Vtlm
I'iiiiip
In
Canada
Only
Itrcrntiy.
MhtiimiIih
to
I'liriininiilii
I"
Olluun
OTTAWA.
Jan.
30.
Ocneral
ft.
D.
Oborne.
M.C..
M.V..
who,
within
tne
nut
few
montha
came
to
Canada
as
secretary
to
the
Oovernor
General,
died
last
night
from
double
pneumonia,
ui
death
was
very
sudden
for
up
to
a
few
days
ago
he
was
at
his
dek.
He
was
40
years
ot
age
and
haa
been
associated
Ith
Viscount
Wllllngdon
for
neversi
years.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
'wheal'
n.C.
Silver
Coast
Copper
.
Dunwcl!
li
III
-IV
Bid.
1.42
1.60
8.25
1.48
Olscler
IJft
Oladstone
"Ik
Independence
Indian
0JK
Marmot
Premier
92
Porter
Idaho
3'
Silver
Crest
08
Richmond
.
...
15
Asked
1.70
0.00
1.50
.UVi
.39
.12
05
1.04
.14
.07
U
in
SURVEY
OF
ORIENTALS
TAMA
liY
PIlOtlM
IAI,
tiOVKKN-
n:T
mi;s
mimk
t.ut-
I.INO
l(jlltl:s
IG.IMMj
.N
II.C.
MLIOKIA.
Jii.
TJv
The
Oriental
MiiuUIIMi
of
llrltMi
Ci.luinbU
l
ai;nlnialrlr
IG.immi
or
elglity-oue
for
ctrry
Ihuu-and
Mhlte,
a
rrtTiilly
tniii:rlrl
mnrj
of
all
part
ijf
tlir
pruklnce
ha
dl-lo-pit.
The
rrMrt,
whl
h
a
made
publlr
yesterday
li
I
he
)riarlnirit
of
Atrlrulture.
elate
that
the
Oriental
are
Increav-lr
rapidly
li'it
Ja;unrM
are
making
111
sreatr-l
tain.
It
u
I
prupeity
lirld
by
OrlenlaN
l
arvel
at
Siki,omi
anil
more
Ilia
ii
three
thvuanil
of
llirni
are
llren-ed
to
rarry
uu
bulnrr
of
aluKrtt
all
klni!.
The
alleiiilani-r
ul
Oriental
rlill'lrrn
In
the
M-limdn
liu
IniiruM-l
at
a
'Uitllnj
rat
repre-fenllng
3JI1
r
renf
of
-.thrttiehool'
Ixipulatlnii
and
otlll
inrreailng.
MIKE
MTeTmKES
.
PAUL
BERLANBACH
QUIT
.New
rk
JUIrh
IU
Miwil
In
I'ourtli
Hound
After
Winner
Hail
Movrrd
III
0iwiieiit
Three
tlinra
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
39.
Mike
McTlguc
scored
a
technical
knockout
over
Paul
Berienbach
In
the
fourth
of
a
twelve
round
match
last
night.
McTUue
floored
his
opponent
three
time.
SKIDEGATF
There
has
been
a
big
run
of
herring
Into
the
Inlet'
for
the
psst
two
'weeks.
Spring
salmon
are
reported
to
have
been
aeen
jumping.
Coming
extra
early
this
yesr
and
foreboding
an
early
arrival
of
spring,
robins
have
already
atarted
to
show
up
on
the
lalauds.
The
mission
boat
Thomas
Crosby
returned
at
the
first
of
the
week
from
Cape
St.
James.
Calls
were
made
at
all
the
camps
and
settlement
on
the
way
down
and
back.
Rev.
It.
C.
Scott,
who
la
In
charge
of
the
boat,
reports
everything
going
well
along
the
southern
portion
of
Moresby
Island.
C.
D.
Emmons
of
Portland,
Oregon,
Is
back
on
the
Islands
again.
He
Is
looking
over
the
oil
shales
around
llrnncll
Bound,
Oraham
Island.
Dr.
Bleekcr
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
City
hospital
paid
a
visit
to
Skldegate
Mission
aboard
Copt.
Newberry's
launch
Skldegate."
Cspt.
W.
Duss
came
In
at
the
first
of
the
week
from
Logan
Inlet
with
the
towboat
Ray
Roberts.
Powder
was
loaded
at
Queen
Charlotte
City,
and
the
return
to
Logan
Inlet
was
made
the
next
day.
E.
8.
Richardson
of
Tlell
came
dowu
from
the
ranch
In
his
motor
car
'accompanied
by
his
mother.
They
arc
visiting
here
with
Mrs.
C.
de
Bucy,
Mr.
Richardson's
sister.
TWO
HUNDRED
MEN
RESCUED
IN
MINE
Hurry
Mielilon
Die
from
Krltenient
When
lire
llriuk
tint
III
Vrt
Mr-(In
hi
Colliery
MORQANTOWN,
West
Virginia,
Jan
29.
Kndanjercd
by
fire
In
Scott's
coal
mine,
two
hundred
miners
were
rescued
yesterday
from
a
smoke-filled
underground
tunnel.
Harry
Sheldon,
whose
death
was
due
to
excitement,
la.
be
liever?
to
have
heen
the
only
victim.
LILLI
STREPPETOFF.
a
beautiful
Cossack
girl,
who.ie
father,
a
general
in
the
Caucasus,
was
killed
in
the
revolution,
is
now
attracting
attention
by
her
skilful
riding
feats.
She
is
in
the
costume
of
a
Cossack
general
a
family
heirloom
and
is
accompanied
by
her
beautiful
Russian
collie.
She
has
challenged
many
daring
riders
to
imitate
her
horsemanship,
but
none
has
succeeded.
She
is
soon
to
appear
in
London
Provision
bf
Fishing
Fleet
Accomodation
and
Facilities
Being
Urged
Upon
Government
Representatives
from
the
various
public
and
semi-public
organizations
in
the
city
last
night
met
the
fisheries
committee
of
the
city
council
and
endorsed
the
buHding
of
floats
at
Cow
Bay
by
the
Dominion
Government
and
the
conveyance
at
once
of
the
necessary
waterfront
by
the
Canadian
National
Railway
and
city
to
the
Dominion
government
in
turn
for
the
city
relinquishing
its
riparian
rights
in
Cow
Bay.
The
meeting
was
attended
by
a
fair
number
who
freely
expressed
their
viewpoints
and
listened
to
a
discussion
of
what
action
had
been
taken
in
the
past
and
the
best
means
of
securing
action
In
the
future.
receiving
water
frontage
east
of
the
Msyor
Newton
called
the
meeting
to
Georgetown
holdings
which
they
In
order
and
then
proceeded
to
read
from
turn
were
in
a
position
to
convey
to
the
records
of
the
city
council
as
to
the
Dominion.
Government,
provided
the
attitude
they
had
taken
in
conncc-
they
also
assumed
responsibility
of
con-tlon
with
filling
In
of
Cow
Bay.
He
structlng
floats.
showed
that
the
council
had
passed
a
J.
C.
Brady.
M.P..
read
a
telegram
resolution
favoring
the
closing
of
the
which
he
had
forwarded
to
Hon.
J.
C.
Cow
Bay
In
consideration
of
the
city
(continued
on
page
four
British
Isles
Visited
by
Severe
Storm
Which
Takes
Toll
of
Life
Estimated
at
Twenty
death
in
the
ruins
of
-warehouses.
nitals
Fifty
people
vere
taken
to
hos-
me
passengers
were
peuea
with
rain,
damage.
Scotland
They
aald
that
the
cars
rocked
like
ships.
Hay
ricks
were
seen
whirling
through
the
air
fnm
neighboring
farms.
LONDON,
January
39.
Friday'
storm
was
general
from
the
south
,
of
England
to"
the
north
of
Scotland
'and
'waa
till
continuing
thle
roorjiltur.
Twenty
t.
The
express
train
from
Berwick
to
Newcastle
"was
stopped
for
forty
minutes
near
Dunbar
when
a.
ninety-two
mile
an
hour
wind
was
encountered.
Oravel
was
driven
,
persons
are
dead
and
hundreds
tn-
through
the
windows
of
the
coaches
andjured
In
addition
to
extensive
property
May
Drop
Concessions
Having
International
Settlements
Instead
PEKING,
January
29.
Notification
has
been
given
both
Peking
and
the
Nationalist
governments
that
Britain
is
disposed
to
;
grant
a
large
share
of
the
rights
which
the
Chinese
contended
are
I
theirs.
While
nothing
official
is
obtainable
concerning
tha
British
!proposal3,
it
is
believed
that
they
have
virtually
offered
to
give
up
the
British
concessions
as
such
in
Hankow
and
Tientsin
and
to
!
substitute
therefor
international
settlements
In
which
the
Chinese
would
have
a
very
large
voice
as
to
the
government
of
municipalities.
The
territories
would
become
somewhat
like
the
former
German
concessions
but
apparently
with
-
safeguards
respecting
efficient
administration
and
In
regard
to,
foreign
representation
In
the
councils.
LONDON,
Jan.
29.
Shanghai
news-1
i
papers
report
that
the
plans
of
the
Can-!
jtonese
army
have
been
suddenly
changed
'
Indicating
the
abandonment
of
their
In-
LOGGER
HAD
A
BAD
TIE
AITEK
ton
ItEMAININO
IN
WATER
H
MOCKS,
J.
MrCCL-
I.OKill
WAS
ON
UAKKEN
Isl.tNII
t()ll
Z'i
HAYS
MilllEOATI',
Jan.
J.
MrCul-
IiiiijIi
of
Uivkeport,
well
known
loj-tliiR
mail
of
these
purf.
left
l-orkr-Mrt
before
Chrltma
to
gt
wilt
on
hi
gathout
to
a
point
where
lie
wa
liaiullngKliiK,
Off
I.
Me
Island,
hi
bout
riiucht
fire
and
blew
up.
The
ulr
tank
In
the
bow
kept
the
lMt
nflout
anil
to
this
Mr.
Mr-(,'ulluiigli
hung
for
eight
hour
until
he
ilrHteil
ashore
on
the
Island.
Then
he
wamlrrrd
about
for
turnty-tun
iIujk
thing
on
shell-fish
until
he
wit
picked
up
liv
a
bout
going
Into
Lockcpovt.
Ill
hand
and
fret
were
In
a
terrible
condition
owing
to
the
exposure
In
the
cold.
GLASGOW.
January
2D.Seven
are
repot
ted
killed
and
many
CONTRACTING
PRICES
lnjurcu
in
xne
coiiapse
or
a
number
or
uullcHngs
yesterday
during
a
fierce
windstorm
which
swept
Scotland
and
Northern
England.
Four
lives
were
lost
when
two
tenement
houses
were
demolish
TO
BE
INVESTIGATED
V
ed
In
this
city
and
three
men
are
renorted
to
have
been
burned
tniW"
Cotton
ami
t
J.
iiuwon
of
van-
router
Ordered
to
Appeur
Public
Ac
counts
Committee
of
Legislature
VICTORIA,
Jan.
29.
The
public
accounts
committee
ot
the
legislature
decided
yesterday
to
order
the
appearance
ot
Miles
Cotton
and
F.
J.
Dawson,
Van-
was
the
hardest
hit
couver
contractors,
for
examination
on
with
nineteen
deaths.
In
Glasgow
Monday
regarding
prtcea
paid
sub-con
'
there
were
three
dead
and
100
Injured.
tractor
on
th
trans-proylnclal
highway
'
Houses
were
wrecked
and
tnuuears
construction.
overturned.
London
suffered
property
damage.
The
storm
also
swept
i
oi
iii
!i;r
-h'
damage
One
cannot
praise
Mussolini
and
his
Ireland
doing
system
without
reflecting
on
the
Italian
people
who
tolerate
Ulm
and
endure
tt
RAILWAY
MEN
ASK
INCREASE
tentlon
to
advance
on
Shanghai.
Aj
despatch
says
that
all
Nationalist
troops
j
STATION
AOEXTS,
ASSISTANTS,
TELK-have
left
or
are
about
to
leave
Chlklangj
citAI'IIEUs,
LINEMEN
ANI
POtVEK
imrcusn
wnicn
mey
nave
peea
aavanc-i
MEN
vVAN'T
INCIIEASE
Of
ing
in
tne
airecucn
oi
snangnai.
i
I
BIRMINGHAM.
Eng..
Jan.
29.
"I
have
i
j
no
apprehension
of
a
military
defeat
In
(
i
China,"
Lloyd
George
declared
last
eight,
"but
there
Is
real
danger
that
we
may
suffer
diplomatic
defeat
which
'
wUl
shake
our
position
In
the
whole
.
East."
Ke
declared
that
the
only
solution
.
I'ltTEEX
I'Ell
CENT
WINNIPEO.
Jan.
29.
An
Increase
of
fifteen
per
cent
In
wages
wUI
be
sought
within
the
next
thirty
days
by
station
agent,
assistant
agents,
telegraph
operators,
linemen
and
power
men
of
the
Canadian
National
R&Uways
It
was
an
nounced
here
by
E.
Phillips,
official
of
for
the
Chine,
problem
was
the
wUeand
ci,
,egripherf
union.
Official,
nmnt
MnMtlirt
rf
f
K
at
I
at
Tl
ftn
a
t
a
Ch.ueae
demands.
POWELL
IIIVKK
CO.
KLNNINC.
..M
HVEV.S
SKIIIEOATE
INLET
SKIDEOATE,
Jan.
29.
Packers
and
surveyors
have
been
going
Into
Tagon
Lake
by
way
of
the
Honna
Rivers.
Surveys
will
be
run
from
Yagon
Lake
tt
Shannon
Bay
for
the
Powell
River
Paper
Co.'s
proposed
logging
railway.
The
company
la
losing
no
time
In
arranging
for
this
big
development
In
the
timber
Industry.
It
will
mean
the
employment
of
several
hundred
menand
a
new
town
will
probably
be
established.
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
telegraphers
are
In
session
here
and
It
Is
understood
that
similar
demand
wU
Ibe
made
by
them.
?
THORNTON
TALKS
,
,
i
!
V
!
OF
FREIGHT
RATE
II'
C.S.
SCALE
It
Alt
I'KEV.MI.KII
IV
CANAHA,
EAUNINO
LAST
YEAH
WOCLD
HAVE
Itt'lCN
ALMOST
TWICE
AS
MICH
MONTREAL,
Jan.
29.
If
freight
rates
In
Canada
were
on
the
same
scale
as
freight
rates
In
the
United
States,
the
Canadian
National
Railways
would
last
1
year
have
had
net
earnings
of
472,000.-41000
Instead
of
146.000.000.
This
was
one
lot
the
comments
made
by
Sir
Henry
Thrrnton
In
an
address
before
the
convention
of
the
Canadian
Pulp
and
Paper
Association
here
yesterday.
RANCHER
OF
PEACE
RIVER
IS
KILLED
HUNTING
ACCIDENT
EDMONTON.
Jan.
29.
Wtjlle
hunting
lc
the
Whltelaw
district
where
both
were
farmer.
Steward
Lumdl'en
accidentally
shot
and
killed
H.
Hendrlckscn,
aged
S3,
according
to
a
report
here
yesterday
frcm.
the
provincial
police
In
the
Peace
River.
AGAIN
HETdsIoCIA'l
SERVICE
OF
CANADA
Vrry
Rev.
I..
Norman
Tiirker
of
IjhiiIoii.
Ontario,
Chosen
I'reslileut
of
Council
for
Twrirth
Year
RfjaiNA,
Jan.
29.
Very
Rev
L.
Norman
Tucker
of
St.
Paul's
Anglican
Cathe-
Idral.
London,
Ontario,
has
Btfn
elected
for
the
twelfth
year
as
president
ot
the
Social
Service
Council
ot
Canada.
THE
ANNUAL
MASONIC
BALL
will
be
held
in
the
MOOSE
HALL
on
Friday,
February
t.
All
sojourning
:
brethren
kindly
phone
Green
S26
for
Invitation.
'
.
.
..
at
a
.
.
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