Save Money Ths cheapest way to buy th Dally Nwa Is to subacrib by I be year and har It dtlhml dally la your addreaa. Of fours you -in uherlb for a shorter period J tut phont M Dd hav u delivered today. Chinese Alleged Slayer Taken at Victoria and Also Alleged llurglar ; VICTORIA. Dee-. 24 Leng Chung, alleged slayer of Constable E. Sargent lu Vancouver, was arrested here last -flight by Chief of Police John Pry. The-ar-rest whs made in the Columbia Theatre. James Weir, also wanted In Vancouver alleged to hare broken Into s jewellery a to re. was also arretted. A thousand dollara offered4 by. the Vancouver police commission 'for ' the street of Chief Fry Leug will probably go to FARMERS' INSTITUTE ' OONA RIVER ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR The annual meeting of the Oona niver Fanners' InstltutetBoiC place a few days ago and the following officers were elected: President- J. Hallsnd. Vice-presldent-C. Irerson. Bccretsry T. A. Exelson. Director --C. Iverson. A. Barstad, T.. A, Axelson, J, P. Kanson. and J. Had-" land, Auditors Mrs. A. Norberg and it Quht. MANY CHILDREN M)T YET REPORTED AFTER . FIRE IN THE HOSPICE QUEEEC. Dec. 24 Th,Irty-three Children lost their lives and 66 are ntUl unreported tn the Hospice St. Charles fits of Isst week. j w IIOX. T, l. I'ATTt tl.O kmexdh iHi:i:n(;H 1(1 I'UIXt E III I'KKT everybody my. warmest Christ-ma greetings. Father tune each succeeding year brluga home to Us' s deeper realisation of .the ile:r.(! of Peace on Earth, 'Oood-wlll toward men. Very alncerely yours. , T D. PATTULLO. 41 OLD COUNTRY FOOTBALL Arsenal 3, Everton 1. Aston VUla 5. The Wednesday , Burnley S, Cardiff l. ' '. '' Bury 2. Blackburn Rovers 3. Derby Osunty 4. Birmingham. 1. Isrtcetter 6. Tottenham 1. LlverpX)! 2. Manchester United 0. Portsoioutb 2. Hudderatleld 1. fihtlflfld 4. Bolton 3. ' Bandarland 1. Mlddleboro 0. Weat'llun S. NewcaaUe 2. Ulvlolon II. Bamsley 3, Chelsea 1 Fulham 2, Blackpool 2. Hull City 2. Oldham 2. Ueds S, 8toke City I. Manchester City 3, Notts County 1. Notta Forest 1. Southampton 1. Tort Vale 4. West Bromwlch 1. rrtaton 3. Brtnuby 0. South Shields 1, Bristol City 3. Swansea 0, Reading 1. Wdverhampton 3, Clapton 3. ' ' 'miittisii i i; lllvl-ion I. Cylde 1, St. Mirren 0. Dundee 3, Cowdenbeath 1. Dunfermline 0, Motherwell S. Fsitirk 3. Bonens 2. ' Hamilton 2, St. Johfutone I. Hibernians 2, Celtic 2. Kilmarnock 4, Hearts 0. Queen's park 4. Partlck. Thistle 2. v Raltb Rovers 3, Atrdrteonlana 0. Rangers 6, Aberdeen 0. u i:tiiku KKriiitr Haysport. Snowing, temp 23. Tort Slmpnon. Snowing temp. 32. Stewart. Cloudy, cslm, temp. 22. Anyox. Partly cloudy, calm, tempi 26. Alice Arm. Cloudy, calm, temp. 23. Alyansh. Snowing, calm, temp. 20. Ro&swood. Cloudy, calm, temp. 18. Terrace. Cloudy, windy, temp. 24. Hetilton. Cloudy, calm, temp. 8. iSmlthers.-'Ctoudy. ?ahn, rero. Re1 Mother Romsdll believes the tnlt-" r Burns Uke.Clear, calm, 9 below. sing children are in with their flm Hies in snd around Quebec snd will be rtported within a few day- SOVIET FLAG LOWERED IN SHANGHAI TODAY Telegraph Creek Cloudy, calm, temp, 8. Whltehorse. Snowlng,calm, temp. 10. Stewart, Rlver Cloudy, north wind, 8 below. Dawson. -Cloudy, north wind. It be low, NO PAI'KK JIONIIAV SHANOHAt. Dec. .24. The Red flsg Mondsy being the atstutory hoiwsy t Soviet Russia was lowered on the Uor the observance of ChrlstmasA mere former Soviet consulate here today snd will be no Issue of the Dally New on V red activities In Nationalist China are j that day The hxt regular -dltlon will 1 "moiuily declared at on end. ' u:l T-tcitUty afternoon. TO CONSIDER TAKING OVER PROV. LINES Dominion Considering Proposal to Merge all Railway in C.N. System ' OTTAU't. Iee. a reult of Ihr rerr:tt (oiifrrrni-r r prrsulrra. it U n;itlrMxMl llmf I lie H-jinlnion gMternr'ient N con-lilrrliij Die jro-blnn r Ukl.tn cir. ull ru!nrlul rallwujn suit iimcluK them In the Cunudlan Nstlunal. New lSruns-wlvk s:ul Nova M-olla huir l-n lr;. - Ing lo uul.wd I so rMty for Mime llmr miI and Allirrta In uImi Lrrn lo get rid uf I lie nortlieru lliiri. Ill II Mi (OluinUU tin llir IMI.E. In ejrlt tr murli tlr-iiH on J he IrriiK ilriiisiidril tiy (lie rolnrit snd I lie aimiunt of prexsure hroiijlit lo Iwar lo li:ie Hie mlky tarried out. The iiiaiiacrinriit of the t'.N.K. dor not want Mime of Hie linen, ew I lie I'.O.t, bill It Is well known Dial Mr Henry Tliornton Hiiulil like to hste the grain from Hie IVate Klter country muled over the National. The mailer It likely lo come up for iIIm-uwIihi aiMln early In the new )(, but notlilnj lia Iwn suld to InUiinte what Hill lie the reult. : JOHNFRASER PASSES HERE Death of Pather of Inspector of Schools Occurred Peacefully in Hospital Iist Night Succumbing to a malady from which it had been realized toward the end that hs hsd no chance of recovery. John M. iraser. lather of H. C- Fraser. Inspector of schools for this district, passed away peacefully at 11:30 last night in the Prince Rupert beneral Hoaplta n.e tat air. i-Taser was corn seventy- seven,, years ago last July ln Dumfries, htw Brunswick, of Scottish descent. He tired, In his native province until 1911 when he moved to British Columbia. Residing In Vancouver until the death of his "wife seven year ago. he then eam,t to Prince Rupert and made his home with his son except for occasional trips bscX to New Brunswick. He had been ailing since July 1 of this year. Besides his son here, to whom the sympathy of the community will go out tn his bereavement .the lste Mr. FreeerTls survived by one daughter. Mrs. A. C. McNslly of Frederlckton, New Brunswick, snd two eon, Ernest E. Fraser of Frederlckton snd' O. J. Fraser ot St. John, general manager of the New Brunswick Telephone Co. His elder daughter. Mrs. George Jones, died suddenly ln Vancouver about five years ago. In religious faith, the late Mr. Fraser was a Presbyterian. Mr. Fraser expects to leave Tuesday night next with the remains on the Camostin for Vancouver where inter ment will take place. There will be a brief service here prior to deoarture and It Is being requested that no flowers be sent. LADY HOPPED . NEW VOKK, Itn: 21. Mrs. Irani Wilson (iru)ooii, acvuni-puiilril by a pilot navigator und pirchanlr, liopiml off st five o'-i liM-k last evening for Harbor, (irnce, NeufjiinilluiHl. on Ihr flrt leg- of. a flight to Croydon, England. The machine wan due In the New- fonmllaml port at keven thl morn-lug but had not reported after pasH. ing over the Maine roasl. Mm, (IruyMiu left for Nenfoiindlnnd yesterday afalnot the advice of , the rather bureau and that bureau epreMI ullght lioie for the "Hawn" lnille the fact that the pontoons von hi long withstand the buffeting of wale If. as observer believe, they imiile a landing during the night between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper -L XVII . No. .01 .-. - . PRINCE ill'PRRT Ilf 'fJATIfUn A V nPPPXlrtPD 01 inoT VCpSTUMKS .CHANGE but custotn nevr iruibp -pJdJJinvU of the carol fiintring Christmas waits, this grcfUrof Child'-- rehearsinjf for Citntmas Eve was accidentally" discov-' ered by a photographer in South London iflprrtnrf of filrrru (EljriBtmasrjs tn All Once more we take pleasure in wishing the people of Prince Rupert a very merry Christmas. We hope they will enjoy the festivities to the full. If there are any who feel themselves offended at anything we have said or done we suggest that they forget it as we have done with those who have annoyed us. This is a time for good will and enjoyment. Let us as a community enter into it with zest'so that we may be refreshed and invigofated for the more serious duties of life afterwards. EDITOR Curious Old Christmas Customs Still Prevail in Some Parts of Europe Today Especially England Most of the old-fashioned customs and beliefs with regard to domestic animals and birds at Christmas are fast dying out, but in a few parts of England tha ancient belief lingers that horses 'and cattle kneel in their stalls at midnight on Christmas Eve, or, as some say, on the Eve of the Epiphany, and adore the new-born Savior. In "Northamptonshife, Warwickshire and other Midland counties, there was a legend that cattle turned towards the East, and sheep went in procession on the hills, while in the West of England it watf supposed that the cattle, when they knelt in their stalls to worship the Christ Child, received, the. after dark on Christmas Eve. lest, when gift of speech, and foretold all the the animals obtained the gift ot hu-events that were to happen tn the man speech, one should hear themmen-the next twelve months. It was tlon one's own names among the list of said In some districts that If yoi knelt; those doomed to die during the year and Wished at the same moment that j The- custom of giving sa extra feed this happened, you would; gain., your to the domestic animals and fowls at heart- desire, a belief whlch .also pre-i Chrtstmaa-.i- by no means extinct even vailed in Ireland, where the horse, the! how, lu many parts of the'eountrv. cow and the donkey were considered' In Scotland the feast was eiven Instead blessed beasts" because thev were tun. pesed to have been ln the stable at Bethlehem on the first Christmas night and people wished to see' them , kneel ln adoration. '': In other parts of the country and Ui the Channel Islands, Brittany, Switzerland and some places lh Central and Eastern Europe It was thouiht to be v,'l to, avoid the stable and cowhouse ! st Kew Year, as we read In Burns' "Auld .Farmer's Address to his Mare.'i "A guld New-Year I wish thee, Maggie I Hfre'sa rlpp to thy auld baggier A "rlpp," or "repe." was an old name for a handrul of corn; In thla case, no doubt. It meant oat. Many cld-fasb-loned farmers took a special supply" of food to each animal In stable and cow-(coutlntocd on page four) Boston Grill 3 Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dBc4s floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least Phone 467. V . - j ,M "V' IIlLtlrj' Trice Five Cent? vHb.mWK W VHF PFOPI F MPDDV YMA C SOM CURIOUS OLD Premier Maclean Offers Felicitations to B.C. I T.li- r n una i eus or rroeress VK'TOKIA, December 2 J. Premier Maclean today isauad a uistmas and New Year greeting to the iwple of British Columbia. -ut offering holiday fVlicitaUom the Premie referred to some of tie reasons the people of the province had for being cheerful and . n oying the festive season. He said in partt "Provincial revenue from foreat product still continues to in- tsm! anu in sawn timber the province maintains iU supremacy. "Agriculture shows every indication of a substanthil increase er the seventy-one million dollars production of 192G. - "Fterwrle wttl continue to hold their nnnnnnrrt hk i rn I n ln tn 'lnu pi among au h AT B.C. BOAT RUM RUNNING Prince Albert Mentioned' as One of the Offenders on Pacific . PAN FRANCISCO, Do. It. Ooftst-x-d officials yesterday mailed to r.icraJ authorlUa a protest to te "t-ded to London ''JtaiMt UjiJfol .m-runn:nn aetTVTtiet of tWurtSiil .earners on the Put :lic coast, tb V nc Albert and the Odeon. The complaint state that a Urg cuantlty of liquor was openly transferred by the two bou last week In full view of the two ooastsruard cutters., POLICE CHIEF provinces aud will oomprue ,4f per cent of those ot th whole Dominion. hllt mining wUl show a substsn- j tlal 'Increase in quality produced, ow-I lug to the itwsr price of swuli. the value may be somewhat leas. In ' mining we continue to adrance and are eonaclldatlng our position as next only J to Ontario and Quebec.' , Vlatprla. BC y V December' 34. 1827. les-Daliy .News, . Prince Rupert, B.C. . Will you please extend to I CHRISTMAS i CUSTOMS STILL PREVAIL Alleged Murderer Still Denies . Committed the Crime but Police Sure It Took Place His Room PENDLETON, December 24. Told point blank that the police had. evidence that he killed Marian Parker in hia Los AngeTe apartment, E. W. Hickman in jail here this morning told the Associated Press -It's not true. I didn't." ,v "Under the California law you (ace death for what you have already confessed," he was told. , "I can't help it. I've told the truth and will feel better to let it go " nt way than have to tell a lie," he replied. Hickman displayed considerable apprehension this morning ' ar.iea .u.tmed of the approach of a a Los Angeles officer to take him back ; and as ,ed as to the praiib lenjth of; time before the trial would take place. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24. sn.es. stockings and underwear worn by Marian Parker, the only apparel missing was found in sn alley at Pasadena h'J morning wrspped ln a newspaper date! December 17, the day tne body wss turned over to the father.' .MAN NOT INSANE PENDLETON. Dec 24. WlUlam Hick man, alleged murderer, is not insane in any ser.se of the word. ' So, say Dr. W. D. McMary. superintendent of the East ern Oregon Asylum for the Insane here, whs visited Hlekman at the Jail, listened to his story of the crime and observed him from the medical and professional standpoint. He aald he aaw nothing, out .of the ordinary about him, LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2 tThe police nave jniauy eiiaoiisnea inai tne raur man In a fashionable district of the city. The man Andrew Kramer, whom Hickman blamed for being the actusl perpetrator of .the crime has been virtually eliminated frcm suspicion. Police are tcday claiming that Hickman's as- certlon to that effect was merely a lame attempt on his part to shift the responsibility. Oovemor Scott, has already signed the psper permitting, the remcval to Lo Angeles Cf the "pr joner. The California police Is making arrangements to allp the alleged killer , Into Los Angeles quietly. Feeling, juris high in that city snd trouble Is feared should the public know of the time of Hickman's arrival. WILL IIIVIII KlIEU.tKll .' Chief of Police Tom Qurdane of Pen-dletcn and State Truffle Officer, Buck Lleuallen. captors, of Hickman, announce that they win divide the 100.000 re-' ward on Hickman's tiead on a fifty-ttfty basis. Both men have received a number of otters from show people to gs onto the vaudeville stage or Into the movies. They ssy that they are still pinching themselves to make rure It la not all, a Christmas dream. WOMAN. -.IX CASK LOS ANGELESj Dec 24. - Finger prints foOnd In the Bellevue Apartments of Hickman today definitely connected a woman tn th caie'of the murder of Marian Parker, the police said. PENDLETON, Ded." 24. Told Jhat Andrew Cramer, the man named by Hickman as the murderer of Marian Parker, had. been, in Jail at Los Angeles Mnce August, the kidnapper said his accomplice must have given that name to put htm in bad. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. Possible corroboration of Hickman's' staff that he had an accomplice is seen in a re-part that a stranger answering the description Hickman . gave of Andrew Cramer, had calica at the Herald Hotel asking for a man -In room 602. Hickman had stayed ln room. '402 Monday night and stated he and his accomplice were to meet there. Torlo VANCOUVER EXCHANGE Wheat B.C. Sliver ... Big Missouri .. Coast Copper Cork Province Dunwell George, Copper Independence . Indian L, and I . . . j Leadsmlth Lucky Jim . ... Marmot ...r. Porter Idaho" . Richmond . . . .. 8ilvercrest Silversmith" . . Bid. Asked, 1.45 , 1.25 1.65 '.32!, .33.' 38.50 ,,38.75. -MOis ......10 -20 , ,.22,0 3JXV. ,,,2.70,., 03 V .09 .05 i .07 .on li" .1014 .05 .0314 ' ' .28 J914 pe n .10 3d, J614 .15 05 U .08 . ' .20 ; .2314 4.00 Advertise In The Dslly News SYNDICATES ASK CHARTERS Stewart to Peace Uiver Kights Asked by Three Different Syndicates nCTOaiA. Die. it was stated at the Railway Department yesterday that three' syndicates had applied for charters covering construction- of a rsllwsy from Stewart to the Feaoe River district. Whether the applicants Intend to proceed with the project ot pot has not been ascertained but so far no action, has been tsken towards Issuing a char- It la understood her 'that no encour- demand mutilation of-Marlan .Parlreti.geot.wlll tgrrsbypwliKlalsfc;. tsoic place In rooms occupied by Hick- government to persons engsged In chr termongerlng. They will grant rights only to those ready and wUltng to proceed with actual construction of the railway. ANOTHERBOAT DUE NEXT WEEK Slackening of Activity ai Elevator Over Christmas lioiiday is Anticipated If the railway does not rush ln too many cars, there will be slackening of activity at the Alberta Wheat Pool's Prince Eupert elevator ever the" Christmas hdidsy of the next two days. . By Tuesday the Jspanei? freighter Ohio Maru," seventh . Vessel of tfc season, will, it is ejcpe:td,', be ready to ssll for th United Kingdom or Continent with a lull cargo. Having, completed lining, the Swedish freighter Sydland moved down to the elevator from the ocean dock, last njght uu win prooaoiy start loading on Tuesday a full cargo for the Unlted,,Kingdom Or Continent. BETTING FAVOR MAJ. GOODSEL o Sculling Race is to Take Place -Monday on Burrard Inlet .VANCOUVER. Dec. 24-Major Oood-tell. Is six to four favorite in the aculllng match ln which he will attempt to retain the world championship, on Monday In Burrard Inlet .agajnst Bert Barry. English champion. Bath are reported ln excellent condition. VICTORIA RESIDENT DIES TRANSJQRDANIA VICTORIA, Dec. 24.- A cablegram received here from Transjordania brought the Information of the death, ot a former well-known Victoria rest-' ', dent. Colon: .flray Donald, whofllyed ber lor some June, prior to the world' war. VESSEL WENT ASHORE BUT FLOATED HERSELF VICTORIA, Dm. 24- steamer iaklna, grounded t 'Portler Pass early thU morning arter taking coal for Alaskan points refloated herself and is proceed-Ing, to Nanilmo for survey. She is believed tafbe undamagec Q 1 Stl'Xi m mm mm