Save Money Boston Grill Tht cheapest wsy to buy the Z- J ' u to 'ubscrlbe by the rcit- and have It delivered dally r address Or course, you ;:i . ..sscrtbe for shorter period, rhons 88 and have tt d-; -i today v XV II No. 207 OFFICERS Murderer of Los Angeles Said to Have Been Identified LOS ANGELES, December 20. The polite thin morning an- d i hat the kidnaper and murderer of the twelve-year-old girl, 1. Parker, has been positively identified from finger prints, aid that the child' slayer is identified as Edward Hickman, a . r employee of the Los Angles First National Trust & Savings oj w! ch the jfirl's father is Perry M. Parker, assistant cashier. Vengeance la given a the motive for RAILWAY IN i i SHAPE AGAIN ; This Afternoon' Train, Due at 3-50, I -lie to Division and Will Arrive at 5.10 A 0 . lock yesterday afternoon. oeteen Skeena City and tkii.rh had tied up tramc on 5 ,aman National Railway were M.cl '.Me paaaett-i t:.iin due EM at 3:30 3 .inHay afternoon i;ere at 8 o'cl 1c laat night .. . for the Cast leli aoou aftr. t ut No. S. T i wea;. i n part of the line waa reus morning to be In gom : t .i:r. Thla aftern.n' trail ! i ;e Cast, due at t 30 waa late t -ion and la espected to arrtv one hour and forty minute also rolling over the raUwat m the praltlea to Prince Ru-"r 'y-flve can arriving laa. liome three hubdrd carloadi c 'i". were reported thla mornln; :i the division. 0FFICERS RUPERT CLEAR No Blame Attached to Them for Striking Hippie Hock Says Court VANCOUVER. Dec. 30. Captain Dan Dc uald and the rest of the crew and mpany. absolved of all Mane for trju.idlng the Canadian National tc.imer Prince Rupert In Seymour N'irrjws last summer by the wreck c un 'I personally cmrnot see that the m ier is to blame." stated Captain J. MaePherson, Dominion wreck com-m dinner On the contrary he deserves r.jiMdeiable praise for the skillful ! . atlUns of a dlffleult situation. Every-t' .nft possible was done to avoid accl-di ' The evidence had showed that t. uiUun twist of the line caused the .Ic.icr to strike Ripple Ilock. T'.c papers of the officers were re- SUBMERGED MEN SLOWLY DYING Cannot he Rescued From Submarine Owing lo Sturm PROVINCETOWN. Mass . Dec. 20. Hie faintneee of the sounds coming rra the sunken aubmarlue 64 and registered on the oscillator of her sister ship the S8 Indicate that the six men out of the forty who remained fc.ive are fast losing strength. The 'rm is meantime holding up rescue work. FORCED DOWN LACK GASOLINE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 Remaln-;"K in the air 49V4 hours in attempt to break the endurance record In the monoplane "Spirit of Cnlifornia" cPtain Klngsrord Smith of Aut-iilla ":d Lieut Pond of the TJJB, nuvy were 'o down b, Uu :. ol asali:u; 4 S VS. PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper RUPERT. B.C.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1927 OF STEAMER PRINCE RUPERT PRAISED FOR WORK Girl at the murder. H mistakenly be lieving that Parker had opposed the youth's plea tor probation when he pleaded guilty some time af to charge or forging checks. f TfTttttf ttHt4 mail ioiixii nv IIIKMM1 411'IMM: lIMIIMi MIIOOSlll MATTLE. Dee. 30. To foil the devils which Jspaoeee sea-r farutg men are convinced must have brought bad luck to the Ashing smack Rio Mel Maru which t drifted across the Pacific for eleven months .with a crew of v twele men woe died en route. the xtwti. valued at 117.000. was Mcretly towed to an Isolated heath yesterday sad burned It had tH planned to ship the boat back to Japan but 'tie families of the unfortunate fish- ermen did not want her return - ed. No part of the ship waa sated lest the desnon emenpe the fire. VIl'TOKIA MAN IIIKS. VICTORIA. Dec. 30 Fred C. Pink, wealdent of the Victor! s local of the International typographical union. Is lead. He was born' In England alxty ears ago. NKATIIKU ItKI'OUT. Prince Rupert. Part cloudy, temperature. S3. Stewsrt. Clcsr. calm. temp. 35. Anyox Clear, calm. temp. 33. Alice Arm Clear, calm. temp. 35. Alyanah. Cloudy, calm. temp. 20. Rosewood. Cloudy, calm, temp. 34. Terrace. Cloudy, calm. temp. 28. lUmlten Cloudy, oslm. temp. 18. Smlthers. Cloudy, calm. temp. 10. Bums Lske. Cloudy, calm, temp. 7. Telegraph Creek. Cloudy, calm. temp. 6. Haysrort. light wind, part cloudy, temp. 26. .Port Simpson. Clear, calm. temp. 30. Whltchoree. Cloudy, south wind, temp. 25. ' Stewart River Cloudy, calm. 18 be low. Dawson.--Cloudy, calm, 10 below. thirtyIuried at funeral yesterday Totiil Ciinnlt'e t St. Churle llopirr Tlrr Nv Set at 5I- OTTEitFC. Dec. 20. Thirty and not thirty-six bodies were recovered from the ruins of the Hospice St. cnaries. It was revealed, when the bodies were prepared for burial yesterday. This does not reduce the deatn rou as mere arc 24 sUll missing. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE , Wheat Big Mlseourt .. Coast Copper Cork Province , Dunwcll George Copper Gladstone ndependenct . . Indian L. and L teadsmlth Lucky Jim Marmot Metals Premier Porter Idaho . . Sllvercrest Silversmith (Surf Inlet Stlti 1 Bid. Asked. 1.46U 2& Vi -29 V4 17.00 , 18.0. , ,09?4 . .10' .19 3 1.75 .14V4 .16 .08 .08", .05 .07 .09 .09 !i .04 H .04 TJ .10 23a 2.32 M M .05 V4 .08 .oon 75 Northern and PRINCE MOTIVE AWFUL ABOUT RUPERT GOING ON ROCK Inquiry Into C rounding of Vessel I.ant August Opened Yesterday In Vancouver VANCOUVER. Dec. 20. Inu.!- in; the stranding on August 22 at r.:p; -Roefc In Seymour Narrcwe of the Canadian National steamer P-mcc Rupert jpened here yesterday before Cipta;n J. D. MePhtrson aealated by Captain WeUtnctM Bell and Captain Jamr, R. Stewart as I assessors. The master of the vessel. Captain D. Donald, eskt the cause of the accident was S e6eaf-4o starboard which carried the steamer an the rocks. After she struck twice be ordered full st..m astern. The rudder was then disabled and th skipper said he steered with he vessel's twin propellers and drilled with the tide beyond the danger point. If he had carried on the Prince Rupert would have been awept broadside on to the rocks. "I think you did the best thing." commented Captain MacPhcrson BEATTYMAY . r MAKE OFFER President of C.P.H. Expected Here lo Discuss Western Houte Ell.MO.VTON. Ier. TO. There H tire to be sctl'Hi taken before long In connection wllh the iMnlns up of the Peine River country. E. V. Ileatly Is luiiilnj here to dlru. the Millilll(y of takliiK oter the pro-tliirlul rallnays nlth u view to e-r lemllng through I lie Peace to an outlet on the Pacific, probably at Pnrtliiml Canal. An Oregon railway proinotrr ban been here trying to get a definite propowil I nun ,llie provincial government to take oter the railways unl continue through, either to Portland Cunul or to a point on the t'uuudtun National. Mr Henry Thornton may have another proHivul to make moii hut Indication" here are that the C'.l'.K. it likeliest to get the E.li. X- .'. Nothing ileriiillr hai been done hut there li n general anticipation that before ISttK liat run lt course it definite railway development M-heine will he under way. RAILWAY CONTRACTOR ENDS HIS CAREER AT YAKIMA, WASHINGTON KAKIMA. Dec. 20 Thomas MeKlvei one of the picturesque figures in ral! road development In the northwest died yesterday aged 62. He was born at Seaforth, Ontario. McKlver was the first contractor to begin construction on the main division of the Great Northern Railway at Devil's Lake, following It through to the coast terminus. VIC FOLEY LOSES . TO ANEGR0 BOXER VANCOUVER, Dec. 20. Leslie (Wild cat) Carter of Everett, a Negro light weight, won the decision from Vic Foley of Vancouver In a ten round bout here laat night. r ENGLISH MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT QUEBEC QUEBEC. eDc. 20. Two million dot lars has been subscribed by a group of British capitalists headed by LordOaln- ford for the development of northern Quebec. J. R. Turner, manager of-the Duthle mine, will arrive In the city on this afternoon's train from Smlthers and sail tonight on the Cainosun for Seattle where he will spend the Christmas and New Year hollduy y. Kon a' hl home. TAKING 11.08 POUNDS OF MILK from a Jersey row In three minutes gives Emma Handy of Marysviile, Calif., the world's milking record as this has never been equalled by either man or woman. Miss Handy Won the tiile of champion dairymaid.at the Pacific Slope Dairy Show at Oakland DRIVER IS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER WHEN MAN IS KILLED VANCOUVER. Dec. 20. A man be lieved to be named James Allen, ad- drew unknown, was killed last nlnht when he was struck by a Royal Mall truck. Archie D. McNab, driver of the truck, has been charged with manslaughter and Pleased on bail amounting to $5,000. THE CZARS OF RUSSIA From the left: Kamenev, recently "reprieved" and kept in the party; Kalenin, president of the Soviet republic; Voroshiloff, minister of war; Unschlitht and Budennin PRINCE OF WALES RACKETS CHAMPION Wales won the first. round. In. the Royal Navy squash racket championships, de- featlng Lieut A. F. DeSalls. three games to two CAMBRIDGE DEPEATS DUBLIN AT RUGBY DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec.' 20 Cambridge University defeated Dublin University at rui?by today by a acore of eighteen u- -::x. PRINCE WINS THIRD ROUND LONDON, Dec. 20. Fighting for every point the Prince of Wales advanced to the third round In the Royal Navy squash rackets championships today, defeating Commander C. A. Klrk-ehaw three games to two. wven to nine, nine to one. eight to ten. nine to seven and nine to live 1 i i ' OTTAWA PREPARING FOR FORTHCOMING SESSION - ' . .null tot tf?he -tfeutfon of par) lament were under consideration at a lengthy meet ing 6f the cabinet yesterday afternoon and evening. After the meeting Premier King stated that he had no appointments to announce. KII.I.I II IN EXPLOSION' SAN DIEGO. Dec. 20. Two meri are reported to have been killed and five injured In a terrific explosion on a United States airplane carrier this mornina. Serb Threw Himself in Front of Train and Was Instantly Killed on Kettle Valley Line Letter Said to Incriminate Someone in Murder Case Was Found in Pocket of Dead Man MEKRITT. December 20.Angelo Serbinoff, on of the proprietors of a l-nal rooming house, threw himself in front of the Kettle Valley train last night and was instantly killed. Serbinoff was witness at a recent inqust at which the jury returned a verdict that Emmet t Todd, known a? "Lucky" Todd, a pnnpector, had been murdered in Serbinoff's rooming houss. In the pocket of Serbinoffs overcoat was a letter to Coroner Gillis, the contents of which have not been revealed but it is said to have obtained a statement that might lead to an arrest in the Todd case. i:!i;rit nrsi i.ts in LOVW It TI.I.HIKUMI HAT!. Kilt lit "PERT ' Managrr Leo Wsagh Of the C.'iiaduin National Telegraphs ; a!.noucre. that en Jsstuary .1 the old CTP. Telegraph Com- ! p.iry will be formally rtarged i.h the Cau-dlan Natlwial and i that throughout the system a substantial reduction wlil be made In the rates all round. This will be welcome news for the people of this district, the ' Board of Trade having aifced for rate reduction on more thin one occasion. ' - . , STEAM CARRIAGE OF 100 YEARS AGO MADE SPEED OF TEN MILES LONDON, Dee. 20. "A steam carriage vessel of the season. Is due to arrive is shortly to commence running be- ; this sfterooon at 3 o'clock from Van-tween London and Southampton." aays couver. She already has s pilot on a news item In the London Sunday Od- .board. server of Nov. 11. 1927, which the Ob-: The arrival of the Sydland makes the server recently re-publUhed. "The ma- fourth grain boat to the harbor at the chlnery. ' aaya the Observer of 100 years I present time, ago," Is contained In a very small com- j pass and is to propel the carriage at the rate of 10 miles an hour. At every atage. Instead of the old-fashioned way I of travelling by changing horses, they i a supply of coals and water. MINIMUM WAGE BOARD TO CARRY APPEAL ON LUMLER CAMP EMPLOYEES VICTORIA. Dec. 20 The board en-. forcing the Minimum Wage Act will sponsor the appeal against the decision oi Judge Cayley that the act dees not ripply to dishwashers and similar employee.- in the lumber industry. The Board la determined on the main original order enforcing the forty cents -n Hour wage in the lumber Industry .i ail its branches. BATTERED ON ROCKS AND SAILOR LOST CORK, Ireland, Dec. 20 The ketch Colder Pearl, of Oleucester was battered cn the rocks of the Old Head of Klnsale last night with the loss of the captain ana lour members of the crew during a great storm which Is today sweeping the I Irish coast. WyttLESS1 REPORT i X u.m. DIOBY ISLAND Part cloudy, calm:, baromster. 3033: temperature, 33; sea smooth. 'DEAD TREE POINT Clear, calm; bar- orheter,' 30.14; " temperature, 27; sea smooth, BULL HARBOR Cloudy, light southeast wind; barometer. 30.15; temperature. 42; sea moderate. Niiiin DIGBY ISLAND Cloudy, calm: barometer. 30.33: temperature. 32; sea smooth. DEAD TREE POINT Overcast, calm; barometer. 30.14: temperature, 32; sea smooth. BULL' HARJJOR - Part cloudy, calm: barometer. 30.14: temperature, 45. sea moderate. Lnre Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. Prl. e Five Cent! SWEDISH BOAT ARRIVES HERE - Sydland, Eighth Grain Vessel of Season, in Port Ainderhv About to Sail FOUR BOATS IN HARBOR Loading of the British freighter Atn-derby at the Alberts When Ptnd'a Prteee Rupert elevator with a run caTga a! gjSjUi for the Uatted Ktsgdom or Continent has been completed and the ves sel Is ready to sail tgnlgrjl or tomorrow morning,- 'rifcteonbT Wpfc'TJflJKoen- ' mer, she wfll proceed from here to Union Bay. Vancouver Island, for bunker Loading of the freighter Sheaf Mount is now proceeding and the Ohio Maru ii being lined at the ocean dock preparatory to going on berth at the elevator. The Swedish freighter Sydland. eighth HIGHWAY AND THE INTERIOR Matter Comes up at Burns Lake Board of Trade Meeting Recently The completion of the Terrace-Prince Rupert highway was strongly urged at a recent meeting of the Burns Lake Board of Trade by A. Keller of Francois Lsks. who pointed out that the producers of the central interior looked to Prin:e Rupert market for disposal ef their product and the completion of the highway would help very greatly In the development of both produttreh and marketing. The motion to back the work was held over for the time being because tsro motions bearing on the completion, of the hlghwa had been passed st previous meetings. BELANGER IS THE CHAMPION Outpoints Ernie Jarvi In Twelve Round .Match in Toronto last Night TORONTO, Dec. 20. Belanger. the French Canadian boxer of Toronto, gained the flyweight champtonshlp under the National Boxing Association by outpointing Ernie Jarvls of London In a twelve round struggle here last night. PREMIER CONFINED , TO HIS HOME WITH FACIAL TROUBLES VICTORIA, Dec 20 Premier Maclean is confined to his home with facial troubles and may be indoors for a week. He Is transacting business st his home, his condition not being serl- m