RTILLERY
MEN
in
IF
THIS
COAST
it.i..
ARE
EFFICIENT
Vancouver
"
The
speaker
prttotted
thai
1KI
COM
MUM
I'M
HllMI
VATI.s
01nT
important
paaltkme
on
the
Can-IT
CltMEXTloX
HltM.
HI.LO
IX
National
Railways
were
filled
b
iitTiirt
in
Tiinit
uiv
Americans.
Toronto,
he
claimed,
had
I
.ritl
wlhtNT
unfairly
treated
by
the
CJUt,
i
.
Klawter
ef
Rauwiya
Dunning,
in
re-
'.W,"
Feb.
11
-
At
Us
annual
i
plym
J.
aald:
"I
hav
never
llatened
to
.1
the
Canadian
Artillery
Aa-
owe
astounding
combination
of
tin-L;cut
Co!
J
C.
Hartta
of
related
fact.
The
Implication
are
blttar
choaen
president,
and
grossly
uhfalr.
II
my
honorable
:-aar
Oenera!
cup
for
gen-
frteftd
believed
what
he
aald.
It
waa
hu
.
loaat
drfeoor
waa
pre-
duty
to
conclude
hla
addreaa
with
a
Me-ot
W
K
Crockett,
officer
motion
canine,
far
the
dlamlaaal
of
tbe
.
m
uih
Kr
tttrr
it
president
of
the
aystem."
V
.-.
t
Oovernor
OeDwal'i
The
minuter
then
undertook
to
make
j
:r
-aj
efficiency
In
nMilum
apeeltle
repllea
to
certain
charges
Many
t
-
.Ucry
waa
presented
to
fc
"-"
r
,u'r
M
C.
oftoer
com-
vote
waa
finally
pawed.
3
i
..'b
medium
battery
Van-
THOKNTONs
r.tlllEK-IX-MW
a
cup
for
eOclcncy
waa
VANCOUVER,
reb.
II
Co.
Z.
J.
Ryan.
'.;d
to
Major
H.
T.
Perry,
contractor
bidding
on
the
work
of
con-1
rnsr.dlng
the
31st
field
bat-
itructlon
of
the
proposed
Canadian
Na-:
-j
tlonal
Railway
hotel
here,
atated
thuj
morning
that
Cbarlea
D.
Wltmore.
T.P.
BOND
HOLDERS
BILL
htltOHl
(
i
n
X
I
AVtJII
an
not
m:
common
ami
r.MMui:ii
IV
HUTU
I.IIll.lttLs
AMI
onsehvatives
"".WA
Feb
U
The
agreement
'
..;
London
laat
summer
be-.T.!uif.ee
representing
the
T
Cirahd
Trunk
Pacific
four
P-TJftual
debenturM
and
E"
representing
the
Canadian
ILft:uvu
rmm
hmfnrm
the
(mmona
yesterday
In
the
a
l.u
and
was
given
its
first
11
C
A
Dunning,
minister
of
rail
,s
ned
the
effect
of
the
agree-
1
he
said
had
been
reacbrd
"
J
Une
t.iat
the
Conservative
was
in
power
last
summer
'
f":c.n
government
had
carefully
JH
1
nr1
MnfManl
that
It
'
:
'.ne
debenture
holders
and
Huuh
Outhrie,
Oonaervatlve
e
leader
also
endorsed
the
agree
CLONE
IN
AUSTRALIA
r'ltltl,
IIA.MAlit:
IV
MlltrillllN
AT
ll,25l,IMm
m;'
MAN
KIIXKII
WSBANE
Feb.
UA
evclone
aUuck
northern
part
of
Cairns
on
Wednea-
destroying
half
the
houi
within
a
pus
of
six
mliei
R,v,
wVr
over-
wa
and
shipping
was
affected
to
a
"tent
The
material
damaee
Is
pmated
at
11,250.000
and
one
man
Is
"
"
to
have
been
drowned.
IS
BOlnff
kftAH
t.,..I..M
iral
1,n,t
exctly
the
way
Bolaheviam
,
r
suFPusea
to
mix.
falher-ln-law
of
Sir
Henry
Thornton
and
one
of
the
most
eminent
architecu
in!
North
America,
had
been
retained
by
i
the
firm
of
McCarter
it
Nalrne.
Van-.
couver
architect,
merely
on
a
consulting
nd
not
the
Canadian
National
Railway.
AiJ.Mir.n
roniti
TTION
or
oniriAi.
to
hi:
ckoiikii
nv
jistici:
VICTORIA,
Feb.
11
Hon.
A.
M
Msnson.
K.C..
attorney
general,
yesterday
appointed
Mr.
Justice
Denis
Murphy
of
the
Supreme
Court
to
investigate
the
alleged
corruption
by
bribery
of
Liquor
Board
officials
by
the
Liquor
Interests.
The
inquiry
comes
as
a
sequel
to
testimony
given
at
the
sessions
of
the
royal
commission
investigating
the
customs
In
Vancouver.
'
:i
;
1
:
INFLUENZA
SCOURGE
ON
BRITISH
ISLES
IMglilrrn
llumlerd
lleallia
ltronleU
Purine.
Hrt
tVrrk
In
I'el.ruary
In
(Irrat
Itrltuln
and
Ireland
LONDON.
Feb.
11.
-The
scourge
of
influenza
continues
unabated
In
the
British
Isles
although
It
has
not
reach-Mi
the
nroDoctlons
of
the
1B1B
epidemic.
There
were
1B00
deaths
from
the
dls-l
rase
In
Oreat
Britain
and
Ireland
our-ing
the
first
week
In
February.
.VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
,
Wheat
Coast
Copper
Consolidated
Dunwell
Olacler
Gladstone
Independence
Indian
Marmot
Premier
Porter
Idaho
Silver
Crest
Bid.
Asked
1.41',;
8.60
347.00
1.43
I"
.101;
.v;
.as',;
jo
,iiH
.06
07
.11
aw
a-"
.13
V.
KING
SPEAKS
ABOUT
CHINA
PAKMAMUM
Mill.
HE
(ONMLT-i:i)
II'
NM
ISAKV
NOTIIIM1
TO
(IAIN
IIV
hi:MIMl
TUOOI'f
MHV
OTTAWA.
I'eh.
II
"t
inier
present
((indll
Inns,
the
gmerniiient
frel
that
nu
ii-rf
u
I
putMM-
rim
Id
.lie
rncil
liy
the
ilril(li
of
Cunudlan
lrmiH
In
t'hlna."
staled
Prrmlrr
King
In
the
HiMi-e
il
rommmiH
jiw
lirilJ)'
nfliTiiiiin
In
unrr
In
a
(liieMlou.
K
the
(ircumstHnie
should
(Imiifr,
he
wild,
the
government
would
promptly
i-onsult
I'ar-llameiit
an
to
the
polity
of
t'unada.
"We
hae
full
fynijiathy,"
the
Premier
continued
"both
with
the
desire
ot
the
llrltMi
fof
rnnirnt
to
sreiire
a
peueefill
settlement
of
the
Chinese
iueslimi
and
the
ilrslre'
of
the
Chinese
In
sniirr
conlrol
of
their
own
destiny
hut,
nt
the
same
time,
we
hnvr
full
rrjard
for
the
safety
of
foreigners
In
the
country."
0.
N.
It.
EAUXlXdS.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL
TO
VISIT
HERE
Viscount
Wiiiingdon,
Governor-Gencrnl
ot
Canada,
Lady
Wlllingdon
and
suite
will
pay
a
two-day
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
in
April
according
to
announcement
made
by
M
yor
Newton
yesterday
afternoon.
In
the
course
of
western
tour,
the
vice-regal
party
will
reach
here
at
10
o'cioi-K
on
the
morning
of
Saturday,
April
16,
and
will
leave
at
5
o'clock
on
the
afternoon
on
Sunday,
April
17.
Thin
will
be
the
first
visit
here
of
Viscount
Wiiiingdon
and
douhtless
he
and
his
consort
will
receive
a
hearty
reception,
arrangements
for
which
will
soon
be
formulated
by
city
authorities
Labor
Amendment
Thrown
Out
of
Commons
by
Vote
of
320
to
113;
Concession
as
to
Troops
is
Made
LONDON.
February
11.
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
capacity
and
would
be
paid
by
that
firm
:
te(j
R
klljor
amendment
to
the
address
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Thonc
moved
by
Charles
Trevelyn
challenging
the
government's
policy
in
China.
Tho
vote
was
320
to
118.
Foreign
Secretary
Chamberlain
gave
an
important
explanation
of
the
government's
policy
which
included
the
concession
that,
for
thf
of
advancing
negotiations
looking
to
a
settlement
of
the
difficulty,
only
an
Indian
brigade
be
landed
at
Shanghai
unless
un-
foreseen
dangers
arose
ATHOL
FRASER
DIES
IN
EAST
riCTtftixjt
i:
i'itM:i:it
citizkv
or
NllNCE
Kl
IT.KT
tlOKS
TO
III
I.OMI
Itr.ST
IX
OXTAItIO
It
will
be
with
general
regret
that
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert,
particularly
I
loneers,
receive
the
announcement
of
the
death
In
the
East
ot
Athol
Fraser.
one
of
the
real
old
timers
of
the
city.
His
Tjmlse
occurred
on
February
1
at
Hornlng'a
Mills:
Melancthon
Township,
Dufferln
County,
Ontario,
whence
he
left
early
In
December
to
Join
bit
relatives
In
the
hope
that
the
change
would
be
jot
benefit
to
gradually
falling
health.
Seventy-one
years
of
age,
he
pasaed
away
.
a;
the
place
ot
his
birth.
Hla
funeral!
took
place
on
February
4
from
the
real-1
dence
of
his
alstcr.
I
The
late
Mr.
Fraser
waa
one
ot
Prince
!
Rupert's
oldest
and
moat
picturesque
pioneers.
He
has
a
host,
of
friends
In
city
and
district.
Ot
a
most
active
nature
In
his
ycunger
days,
the
late
Mr.
Fmer
was
period
ended
January
31.
1937
were
forked
at
varloua
tunes
cn
the
trana-a8,604.833.00
aa
compared
with
8S.07B,-
continental
rallwaya
and
In
mining
and
669.48
tor
the
same
period
of
1928.
an
logging
camps.
Coming
to
Prince
Ru-
Advertise
In
the
Dally
News.
ss.
TAXI
Boston
Grill
25
Ambulance
anil
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hal!,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime
floor,
for
hire.
Stanch
Exchange
Building
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
MATT
VIDKCK.
Prop.
least
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
loL
XVII.,
No,
35.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY.
FEBRUARY
11,
1027
Clrcitatlon
14C5
Sales
391
Price
Fue
Onta
MADE
AINST
THORNTON
GOVERNMENT'S
POLICY
IN
CHINA
ENDORSES
BY
HOUSE
hurch
of
Toronto
is
Critical
of
Canadian
National
Management
MSTEK
OF
RAILWAYS
LAUNCHES
VIGOROUS
DEFENCE
ASTOl
NDINti
COMBINATION
OF
UNRELATED
FACTS
CROSSLY
UNFAIR
HE
SAYS
TAW
A.
February
11.
Charge
by
T.
L.
Church,
Conserva-;f
for
Toronto,
against
the
management
of
the
Canadian
Ki
!
ways
and
a
vigorous
defence
of
the
railway
manage-
II
n
r.
A.
Dunning,
minister
of
railways,
featured
last
I).
r
jon
of
the
House
of
Commons.
h
aro.se
during
the
discussion
of
an
estimate
of
$21,000,-:rw
equipment
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways
and
the
I
jvernment
Merchant
Marine
and
declared
that
the
was
r.ot
being
projerly
administered.
"I
believe
there
are
s.:t
cf
polities
in
this
system."
he
d-
I
dared.
He
charged
thit
the
president
's
r
Ifeory
Tbcrnton.
was
not
paying
an.
atuation
to
the
railway
eommUslon
and
complained
of
his
Inability
to
aeeure
any
informatloa
In
respect
to
matters
eon-jecrnlng
tlx
railway.
"Sir
Henry
ban
I
only
returned
from
hla
honeymoon.'
church
went
on
"when
his
father-ln-Iav
as
cnown
over
all
the
architects
in
i
Canada
to
prepare
plan
lor
a
hotel
in
HER
EXCELLENCY
LADY
WIL-LINODON,
first
lady
of
Canada,
wife
of
his
excellency
the
governor-general,
wiio
will
visit
Prince
Rupe.-t
:;
Apru
CHILDREN'S
HOME
ROTTEN
rriM.IC
ACCOIXTS
COMMITTEE
ls.CEs
I
I.TIM
ATI
M
WITH
HE-
'
ypyVT
TO
INTITlllO.N
IX
VANCOIVEK
VAXCtn
VEII,
Icb.
II.
After
an
Investigation
Into
rhargii
that
the
Children's
Home
at
Vanttiuter
wai
mismanaged,
the
puhlle
uerouiits
lonunlttrr
yesterday
l-nnl
un
ultimatum
to
the
effect
that
"therr
wilt
Ih-
mi
more
money
inhumed-
by
the
'
goveriimrnt
to
the
home
until
A,
II.
I
In
mm,
su;ieriiitriiilrnt.
Is
f
'
iio
etl."
Members
of
the
rommltlre
declared
that
the
building
In
wlilrh
the
home
was
situated
was
a
tire
trap,
that
the
moral
eonilltluni
prevailing
there
were
rotten
and
that
art
Ion
must
be
taken
Immediately
for
the
-sake
of
the
children.
WEATIICIl
KEItlKT.
Prince
Rupert.
Cloudy
calm,
temp'.
Terrace.
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
33.
Rom
wood.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
28.
Alyansh.
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
31.
Alice
Arm.
clear,
cairn.-
temp.
33.
Anyox.
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
33.
Stewart.
Foggy,
calm.
temp.
30.
Haaelton.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
30.
Telegraph
Creek.
Fog
calm,
temp.
28.
6mlthcra.
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
30.
Burns
Lake.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
28.
Whltehorse.
Clear,
calm.
temp.
8.
Dawson.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
8.
Minimum
S
above
at
Stewart
River.
a
world
traveller.
In
hla
younger
days
remembrance
of
his
nime
Fraser
Street
he
went
to
Australia
to
engage
In
a
Waa
so
called
In
hla
tumor.
railroad
contract
and
reutrned
home
by
a
Ufe-tong
Liberal,,
he
was
the
first
The
gross
earnings
of
the
Canadian
,y
'
the
Suei
Canal
thus
making
the
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Liberal
National
Railways
for
the
ten-day
8le
circuit.
In
Brltlah
Columbia
he
;
Association,
being
elected
to
that
post-
tlon
at
the
Initial
organization
meeting
ot
the
party
locally
in
1908
In
the
old
Knox
Hotel.
He
was
unmarried.
Such
Increase"
of
685,163.52
or
eleven
per'Prt
In
1908.
before
there
wat
any
tract
)Weu
known
citizens
as
the
late
John
cent.
jo'
city.
WM
fnsed
tn
aurvey
Houston,
W.
E.
Will
turns
and
Mrs.
M.
.
and
clearing
of
the
townslte
and
also
m,
Stephens
came
fnm
the
aame
local-
1
16
harbor
Boundliu,
As-a
permanent
ltT
.,
the
late
Mr
r
-trr.
Conservative
Member
Proposes
Drastic
Action
in
Legislature
Against
Oriental
Penetration
VICTORIA,
February
11.
"We
should
take
no
foreign
dictation
as
to
what
we
should
do
in
the
matter
of
legislation,"
asserted
C
F.
Davie,
Conservative
member
for
Cowichan-Newcastlc,
in
the
legislature
yesterday
answering
objections
made
by
the
Chine3e
consul-general
at
Ottawa
against
the
introduction
into
the
legislature
of
anti-Oriental
bills.
"I
would
say
to
the
lonsul-genera)
that
money
which
has
been
extracted
from
the
soil
of
British
Columbia
has
been
sent
to
China
ami
is
being
used
to
drive
Britishers
out
of
that
country.
What
is
good
In
China
is
good
here.
I
am
not
the
one
to
say
that
we
should
stay
oUr
hanii
part
ot
the
wcrli"
He
warued
th.
j
It
"use
that
British
Cclucibla
could
not
;
afford
to
delay
any
Irsger
In
dealing
with
the
Oriental
menace
and
suggest-
ed
that
no
radical
treitment
of
Onea-!
tala
already
established
In
business
b;
I
derived
but
that
measures
be
taken
to
!
prevent
future
encrjaclunent.
He
urged
..1st
they
be
barred
from
certain
Industries
and
prohibited
Ircm
owning
land'
and
be
left
to
educate
themselves.
Su:h
law
he
thuught.
would
not
only
discourage
further
Asiatics
from
coming
here
but
might
Induce
these
already
tu
t-ie
province
to
leave.
Chris
McRae.
Liberal
member
for
Tan-c
'-iver
wanted
anmtthlng
don
to
dea
w
-a
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railwa:
He
thought,
if
It
weie
grappled
with
in
a
proper
way.
It
would
be,
bef.re
long,
a
Tsiuable
asset.
The
gorernaeat,
he
believed,
would.
beweH.adTlsed,.tP
make
less
out
of
liquor
sales.
F
W
Browne.
Labor
member
for
Burnaby,
also
spoke.
It
is
believed
that
the
budget
debate
will
be
concluded
tcday
when
R.
H
Pooley.
Conservative
house
leader,
will
speak,
followed
by
Premier
Oliver.
Sew
PACKixti
co.
IS
niKMEII
'
:
!
!
HERE
A
despatch-
from
Victoria
announces
the
Incorporation
ot
the
Crescent
Packing
Co
Ltd..
with
capitalization
of
1150.000
and
head
office
In
Prince
Rupert,
The
company
consists
of
J.
Field
and
associates
and
one
of
the
objects
of
the
concern
Is
to
establish
a
cannery
on
the
south
end
ot
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Advertise
in
tbe
Dally
News.
;
SPENT
TWELVE
HOURS
SHARK
INFESTED
SE:
Threr
Survivors
I'rimj
Collier
off
Australia;
Three
Urounrd
stud
Four
Missing
SYDNEY.
Australia.
Feb.
11.
After
spending
twelve
hours
In
shark
Infested
waters,
three
survivors
ot
the
collier
Calava,
which
foundered
between
Newcastle
end
Sydney,
succeeded
In
reaching
land
In
an
exhausted
condition.
They
told
of
the
drowning
of
three
comrades
and
the
disappearance
of
four
j
who
are
listed
as
missing.
MAN
WHOM
CUSTOMS
,
COMMISSION
ASKED
BE
ARRESTED,
IS
UP
I
JERRY
McGEER
!
TAKES
IT
BACK
K)KCEI
ItV
(IIAIKMAN
OK
ItHLWAY
ISOAUII
TO
WITHDRAW"
M
OCES-
tiox
as
ti
c.r.it.
or-
IICIAL'M
VEIJAflTV
OTTAWA.
Feb.
11.
Immediately1
on
the
resumption
of
the
freight
rates
hearing
after
the
noon
adjournment
yesterday.
Chief
Commissioner
Uc-Kebwn
dealt
with
an
Incident
In
the
morning
In
which
O.
O.
McCeer.
K.C,
counsel
far
British
Columbia,
questioned
tbe
veracity
of
William
Nell.
CPU,
operation
expert,
thereby
disrupting
the
..roceedlngs.
After
fefustog
McCeer
pctBiissian"
ta
discuss
the
affair.
Chairman
McKeown
asked:
"Do
you
withdraw
or
do
you
jot?"
"Well."
repUed
McOeer,
"IX
the
board
ms:su,
I
withdraw."
The
court
accepted
this
and
the
investigation
proceeded.
:
TECHNICALITY
ALASKAN
LAWS
HEPAKT.MEXT
Of
Jl'STICE
AT
WASH-
IXtiTOX
KEtEKS
tJlESTlOX
TO
I'MTEII
STATES
sl
I'ttEME
COl
KT
I
t
WASHINGTON.
Feb.
11.
The
De-
partment
of
Justice
asked
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
yesterday
to
decide
whether
search
warrant
provisions
In
the
Aalska
dry
laws
and
the
Alaska
code
were
available
to
the
government
In
enforcing
prohibition
In
the
territory
Evidence
seized
under
an
Alaska
search
warrant
from
the
home
ot
O.
Berkness
was
recently
excluded
from
court
on
the
ground
that
the
building
in
which
Berkness
dwelled
was
not
specified.
The
Alaska
code
makes
no
distinction
between
a
private
dwelling
and
a
public
building.
HALIBUT
BOATS
OFF
TO
ALASKA
EVEItAL
LOCAL
sCIIOOXEIts
WILL
(LEAK
1KO.M
KETCHIKAN
AMI
JlXEAt:
UMIIMI
OI'ENS
XEXT
WEEK
Several
local
halibut
boats
have
al
ready
cleared
for
Ketchikan
and
Juneau
land
will
leave
from
the
Alaska
ports
.VANCOTJVER,
F,eb.
11.
A.
C.
Mc-'shortly
for
the
fishing
grounds.
Boats
Adam
ot
San
Francisco,
tor
whose
ar-
which
have
left
for
Ketchikan
Include
rest
Chief
Justice
Brown,
chairman
of,
the
Onah.
Captain
Harry
Sellg;
Cape
the
customs
commission,
ordered
a
Beale,
Captain
Arnett:
Tahoma.
Captain
bench
warrant
issued,
surrendered
him-
W.
Pierce;
and
Wave.
Capt.
B.
Petersjn.
self
to
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
The
Sitka.
Captain
W.
p.ueett.
clear-Police
yesterday,
lie
appeared
before
ed
for
Juneau.
Mr.
Justice
D.
A.
McDonald
who
treed
Boats
may
clear
from
here'
direct
for
him
on
his
own
recognizance
pending
the
banks
at
the
week-end.
The
fish-the
hearing
of
a
habeas
corpus
appll-
Ing
season
opens
next
Tuesday,
February
cation
which
haa
been,
made
on
his
be-
15
half.
I
GOVERNMENT
OF
BRITAIN
FAVORS
COOLIDGE
PLAN
LONDON,
Feb.
11.
The
British
government
heartily
endorses
the
principles
ot
President
Coolldge's
naval
disarmament
proposals,
the
Foreign
Omce
tted
today.
-
JOHNSTON
IS
NEW
ALBERTA
SPEAKER
i
Session
of
Legislative
Assembly
.Neighboring
Protlme
Opened
I
Thursday
by
Lieutenant
Governor
In
EDMONTON.
Feb.
11.
The
session
of
the
Alberta
legislature
waa
opened
yesterday,
by
Lieut.
Oovernor
Egbert,
Deo.
N.
Johnston,
M.L-A.
for
Coronation,
was
rlerted
epeiAer.'
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