ft 5 TAXI and Ambulance Service Anywhere at Anytime Island i Dvchan-ji: Building MATT VIDECK, Prop. 0l. XVII., No, 10, m has been to give relief to people not to any specified communities, says minister; obligations down and revenue up OTTAWA, February 17. Announcing tax reductions oti- led at $27,000,000, lion. Jame A. Robb, minister of finance, pre- Mr Robls announcement included an estimated reduction in r-lt-imr IVrMins Killed Vr-lertUy liMini x'li I1iim' Mere IK-inolMinl "I I.Jublnkr llrrrniotlim Feb. J7. Nlnety-one per-1 EKlHADE ere Klllcd when a terrific earth-k demolished twenty-alx housea at o.nxe lierremovlna In the same re- P which wai ahaken by dlsastroua mWon on Sunday. PEE KILLED IN i MID-AIR CRASH AT TEXAS AIR STATION ANTONIO, Texaa, Feb. 17. ! "l B. A, Coyle. Cadet J. W. Green ' Private R, c Bartel were vled In ""o-air plan crash at an altitude of V (eet over Camp Stanley. i -ertist in the Dally News. enrt debt In the present fiscal year of All NIAMM HKblM - ..... .... .itl.n n TIM A I HA Vl A I lb th n,llonal drbt of 'lW.000.0O0 during J 1 llllrX 1 lvl3 lllliLLl "h Pl four years. The net debt re- ducllon for 19JJ-23 la pUced at 127.700.- AXT fA A T r'ACTP 000 o,iiPrl 12200.000 eu- emit amounting to tT.- reduced from five to four per cent, ef-estimated in a memo-' (retire tomorrow. :d in the House i4 Com-1 Income tax cut by ten per cent all W. :rda by Hon Charles around applicable to this years e.ssss- his fourth budget in the House of Commons today. "The aim Ied been." the minister wild, "to lighten the burden for every tax- r rather than afford relief to special groups provinces or m-c- i I of the country. We arc again in the happy position of being lo report a continued tory of progress for the current fiscal which clones in .March." estimated at IEH.8GO.O0O. an increase of I 'tut COMMON' ta:Ts A STATE- anM.000 over l2S and IKC, ktr (IN M tTTI-lt or I sIXi The estimated surplus Of revtuue over ; xjndlture for the present J ear ta M4.. (AN Mil N INSTi:li or XMrKK'.t Villi. - ... , . ...... ..- .. . ! t 11 The approximate Canadian coal to Cen-rcuiace imported Amerl- t J imulvt an annual extra! public of IM.00000 j aJvj be an annual loaaj RevtewMtg trade eoodluona. the gave an esUrasted favorsWe trade balance this fiscal 'year of approximately I2i0.000.000. TtX ui;mcTioxs Tax rrductlona in the budget are 8alea tax by twenty per cent. viz.. rate i lei of the interior To menu. i i repared by the Dominion! Excite taxes on matches cut by 25 C :e estimate being based per cent I XOOX DIOBY ISLAND. Overcast, strong 8.E, wind; barometer, w.u; ...... ql rotiffh. neb. Lady Hs'mWft." hoe engagement to Mr, 11. 8. Hubert Dormer, I announced. Bhe la the widow of 81r Ererard A. Hambro. lata director of th IUnk of Eng. land, to whom ahe waa married In 1911 t cost The calcula-j Stamp exemption, increased from ,;,,OUT HIUi ,.E MAIK TO ,ml; : assumption "tnsi me, to em. 1 be raised to a point ex-:. r,;i m against the of Alberta coal carried d;:l;ar freight rate" OTHER LARGE flMBER PROJECT 'MllnX NTIttlTS TIMIIIK I'M. I". I'AI'ITlt lri AT Xt.lMMl.tMKI. fIU, OIK II Mi; AT mmpkmi i.aki: "A Feb. 17 Application for I :n of the Uroughton BtralU ( Ltd. with eanltallratlon of tlCC yesterday revealed a newly i.T-orn which Intend to take ie Miuara miles of timber I Ntmpkuh Uke district near F C:; and to be one of the finest r ' ; . re; Istund. Provisional dl-P - .. :rt nnmhjr of Toronto r -z tiunncrs men as well as 1 D. llamil im. Vancouver. Dritlah I" ' :-.up :nr..(ir of the Canadian I ;f C )tnmer :e IJAKES IN BALKAN STATES CONTINUE All checks over ten dollars bear flat rate of two cents, elective July. I. Stamp tax on overdrafts and advances abolished. Special War Revenue Act amended to I maxe It Clear was printers ic uuic w tales tax. No tariff chenges. ROAD COMMITTEE from Hon. John Oliver. Hon. T. D. Pat- .(. . tullo. Hon. W. H. Sutherland. Hon. S. s t F. Tolmle. H. F. Kergln. M.L.A.. and H. AI.lll.KTA XATl KA L o. Perry. MU acknowledging receipt ltl ol IK l TALK of letters from the aeeretary of the itl l.Kli ll!T 01' IIOI SK committee on the subject and promising , f consideration of the proposal. 'Ject this summer. BULL HARBOR Part cloudy, strong 1 The meeting was attended by the ma-, east wind; barometer au.eu; ieP"-:jorlty 01 tne memoers 01 .tne commiivee ture 36; sea rough; 10 ant. spoke and WM presided over by tho chairman, steamer Catala abeam Pine Island, i Alderman Jos. Oreer. with S. E. Parker northbound; 8 a.m. apoke tug St. Faitn acting as secretary. south of Cape Calvert, southbouna. WICRt n n. si DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer. ?.-;. r.T-r rVV": '!( fit 47: temperature 37. ,. , v ' PULL HARBOR. Clear,, atrohg east wind; barometer 28.74; temperature. 3f: sea rough. Corsets for girls are anathema and hard derby hata and stiff collars for abomination, says Dr. S. boys are an Hcnnlng Belgrade, secretary of tha New Health Society of England. In Utopia the rents are Just as high at here, but the tenant acquires title to the property after he has paid for it vn (!m. . VANCOUVER KXCHANfJi: uiacier Oladstone' Indian Marmot Premier Silver Crest , Richmond .. Const Copper Bid. 1.41 1.S3 1.43 .27; .10H .10 2.17 .061, .14 7.2S, HOLDS MEETING ISM'ON'.YllHK.tM'i: or A PltO- poi:ii iiKiinv.tv to tlk-i: a l At a meeting last evening of the committee selected to advance the con struction of a road from Prince Rupert I to Terrace eommunleallona were read Asked 1.62 1.46 atart." VANCOUVER. Feb. 17. Counsel for PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PMNCE RUPEKT. B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1927 IMTKIU.M) WRATH f XX IALISTS, CONEKVATI W, Tlll.'tl CH II. II POSTMASTER IIKNEICAL THUMP- STEVKXS. OrfEll TO OIVK TIIEIIl CU-OPEKATIOX M ItKI 1KI IIKAItlMi IX COMMONS OTTAWA. Feb. 17 The first Ultima-' t'.on of the possibility of a brief session In making brief statements and etptan- R. J. Cromle. publisher of the Vancou-. Mr4 of wineMlayN Keloii a Spent the libel autt launched against the paper during the last election campaign FAIRBANKS, February 17. The story of how $3:5,000 from a dog sleigh at an isolated Alaska road house began to; OTTAWA. Feb. 17. uiacuasion tetters endorsing the highway were umoiu in tne iuucrai court ncre last nigni wncre ciua uaie, uims postofflce department trailed Schcrmeyer j eleven men and one woman. Premier King Refuses Tory Request for. Production of Correspondence Over China ,0' such revelations, stating that he was sure the British government .13 2.20 .07 .1SH would not desire the publication to the world at present of confiden tial correspondence in connection with the matter. T. L. Church, Toronto Conservative member, sponsor of the motion, said that the attitude of the Premier was unfair both to tne 7.B5 House and to the country as there were ' many' Canadians In China whose people The way to get the most experience did not know where they were. The for . the - least money Is to keep the country, he contended, was entitled to neighbor's children for day, 'know what Steps the goveflimeut hid taken to protect the lives and property of Canadians In China, What' Chicago needs Is a few personalities on Its police force, Circulation 1472 Sales 343 slide kUled are other casualties In various places in the the H0UM of CcmmonUhe was met with . ' ..."T;: the part of the state from causes - - . . " aiirmuiea 10 " me a; torm. A Los Angeles Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. i'hone 457. Price Five Onts UDGETIS PRESENTED AT OTTAWA WORST STORM IN HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA CONTINUES lanada's Progress Permits of Reduction in Debt as well as Further Relief from Taxation LABORITES HOE 'SESSION MAY ; Tempest Kills Twenty-MINISTER DOWN BE BRIEF ONE rJL J m1 in Golden State South MENTIONED FIU1NO S(JUA1 as given lo the House or Commons by ikoSPELT TODAY WAS FOR MORE UNKIND ELEMENTS ' iOrtati rr i mt iIvt eral Thompson waft , shouted down WU1U WCIlt I E V, Ul DBl'J. W C flail C 1 ft rHnonre from the ministry, such s e j the House 01 Con.mw. yea.erday whea faaTe t f ....j,. w "i-; - - - ,nInk i caa 44sure thejJ of reiaonaWc Labontea atarted a .,demont ration loN ,-o.jrjticn " COUNTRY IS ISOLATED AND RIG CITIES ARE INUNDATED THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS SAN FRANCISCO. February 17. With twenty-four known to be dead, three missing and believed to have loat their lives and re- crcydon m which be deMirqd that the remif!J P0"-" 01 twenty-eignt injured, some prooaoiy iaiany, in wnai ue-firing prm, t0 the criticism of aquad woula b! the anaaer to scribed as "the greatest storm that has ever visited the Pacific Coast s resoiut:0n before the h;u aaid any one wekmg ta preent the as-emb- ..DurUjg Il4t WMk 1 'thlx th:i'in its known history," California, this morning, faced the prospect Ur-g of traps in a of war with. HoUie hM witnea-cd a apint of cov.nejy:of another storm during the next forty-eight hours. Approximately China, in hi apeeaSt. the poatmaiter nd cvopertlljn mni.n, )n my opinion, three thousand Californians have been left temporarily homeless as General aakt with to all.g.U .reerence h&s betn unprillle!ed durln? mJ a nmlt of the storm ""fl''iLf"1!! to Prment we have expe-. Teleirranh comnanies are gradually restoring service but the Jtcd tne pass: n 3 or tsnou mcurfs. I .. turm semblL of do that , Ute AutamsbUe ..ftlB repo rt. the, . L troopsj flf they Ablation ,nnce thc ract thlt th tft. they will end up. and ry pr.pcrly too. Jn .,dv.nced lm Uat e.. vee. 0r,t ITriir ) 1 OTAD . . generI Pon at ive ,ea. wall 1th firing In against party bl,u far tne of fln,ne J UhJ PAMIIK front of them. It is Jurt as well that , . The greatest loss of life was In tne lllill 1 ilUlVll they ahould .now that nght from the t- P - J? " thirteen. There COMING HERE anouu si auuui. uuoi U1U1 .,.n W h.r. h.rt . i-minl, nf . ........ ... ,...v . .. .... and tSe4umult that he V L V .7 .1 7 J despatch aUted that, from Teachlpl ti '" ...-..i..iv.., ...... irreat ana. so ao gTrai was was uiumuii, mas no r o( of nretty pretty hard hard parlUmentary parlUmentary duty, duty, and and .. t . ....... APrOIXTMENT ipmivTiicvr us- OK nr.v KEV. J J. u K. could not make himself heard. DISMISS SUIT FOR I think bit's country and parliament wiil be better for a little aurceaae from bitterness and controversy. I can say Vanromer sun Hi sleen I.FGISL ATURR EfllfiAfiED l.llrl I j I the Mexican border in aouthern Califor nia, the country was almost Isolated as a result of the floods, wind and rain More than five feet of water In Mission I ATI DDnecniTinil h VKey. hack of San Diego, forced farmer. llilLLL TO LOCAL PIXPir COMPLETED (Special to Dally Newsy there to quit their houses while It Is' v.i,uuvr.. reo. k.-as a "li'S, Mtlmtd thAt lztrxour block in tfte he mcderator. : O. Me-Beach northeastern section of the city of LonS Jr. P,ev. e'n pre"td a call to Rev. J. R. is under water with about two t Viriii nH nrftnni tn r. nntiti Ati nfmni 1 r r driven from their byterian Church, from the First Pres byterian Church at Prince Rupert. A In rtrious suburban districts of Los ' . 0..m r ver Cun. has applied lor dismissal or h, c.MHniliire at". Electric llsll- .Angeles, floors of residences and busl- . . ... ,... , u vi V44V v (ass ndiwx a ouotatu r,!aia mfm f1Ae1e4 flooded W with 1 h several aVn av Hill li lness places are I I m.iMv la.Mn. T all.' l t41V.lC9 UUUC IUUUUJ .M&wua. unu. v. T-W...l. w- tr i o . n t..w VTrmnfA p.h 17 For th crrlr ....... . . ..... i.vu. u ... ii. oui, tv w. -" - - canyon, tne lasmoaaoie resiaeniiai niu , kM.un.n Apif i ti 1 1 r ft. tmiinii iinan nart of the session on Wednesday, the ....-i-. ...... which the dismissal I. being i.ked. A legislature was engaged In committee ,nd the home owne thtre, fnrlag Und. J d,Sh tad hoJrL eo writ w.. Used .g.lnat Cromle who .1- of aupply. A nut.be, of vote, under ,re movlng out. ,mftUer "'"f- "C.f Lr5 he leged that Steven, had used Houae of the Department of Agriculture were houSM were burJed und mInor noods. ,h!t hL r f " 1 wm be unable to Commona letterheads in promoting oil disposed of before the committee rose. The 0,tered the only secure means share aelllng scheme. The B.C. Electric Railway bill wa, uPlof tMponMon and communication ro thf per" for dlMiMlon on its second readme . J 80, lne Induction induction wm wm be DC periormea Advertise In the Dally News. State Prosecutor Opens Mail Robbery Trial at Fairbanks; Storv owry or of Lost losi Monty monty is is Told 101a FISHERT1EN, FROM mmmmR j. of Alberts', natural resouices In ,i r.d fmm Terr.re Telkwa. NewXil He lipnttip and bettor known as "HIaek Boar, is charired with papism twii wen, uamr IStlOU US w HV uvo. . , L.,Lt-i-ll-- 1 ..... ! Prince Rupert. Cloudy Holt and halibut fresh on to- 1 they ex- one of port for ..... . - i n i ii r t n nni, innm , i unii l.'ninn ri i minii.fi inn :i,"i",i,iii . un H .k. ....ah ur..t ..in iki. wmm. wind temperature, 33. Terrace. Snowing, north wind, temperature 6. Rosswood. Cloudy, calm, temp. 3. Alyansh. Snowing, calm, temp. 3. Alice Arm. Snowing, north wind, temperature 9. Bmlthers. Cloudy, calm, 10 below. Whltehorse. Cloudy, calm. 16 below Dawson. Foggy, N. wind. 43 below. 52 below at Fort Selkirk and Stewart River. The shaving mug social register stilt exists ln a Moberly. Mo., barbershop. The proprietor has rows of handsome ed by the Presbytery and accepted by The new pastor at Prince Rupert will . v-.in- ,or oulnera by Rev. W. J. Seeds, who U already at the h. debate being adjourned .dto,, . pnjperty loM ln MUthero CaU. Rupert rorma irom me siorm win amouns m p,, ha, resigned the clerkship several million dollars. Bridges have Qf Westmmster pre5bytery and Rev. been washed out at Los Angeles and at -momM Oswald was appointed to suc-Taft one hundred oil derricks toppled ceed hlm over. VANCOUVER HOME nil a TTrn nnnnrn CAPE CLElR, LEAVE f IvUDLU .- ...1-1. -. , ... ... , . .u. II..... nnmmnn 1Ks rill. d. .. t. n.. n. f. . r . U.. ll l. - .11 I ...... U . n LOUU VllCS Ol VUB Ul-l.CU a mi out of order on Wednesday. r.riw. Autnmnhfi Aunni.tien. nulk'er vi, ..-., ,... t.,.. titn n.. ...t. r itrn tll schooner Cape Clear are leaving . . - iuui Ji'iun iiku riuuuh iwv jimca vuhii u nviv vu w V tuuniuu .ic... , , . - c , , , K boat for Seattle where j. Th. nnim u uken that the ,..n.. i,nn,ni,ii. i.i.iinn Rt.rt . .., , ... , . , . iL morrows r w t rosecuior r.ins, in outlining tne case, iraceo. tne route 01 tne . . to emniovment j. -., under reference to the n.rn nt T.d vieNn of Telkw. 1 . .... .... .. ... ..... .. . .. Pc 10 secure .ur. empiojmem on on T I " , n..d. .nd " . 7 7. . ... money from the lime it left beattie until it disappeared a montn the fishm vessels out of that. OLIUI IJUC wuiv w. ---- . , U1SCU PtllLIC AtTOlXTS COMMITTEE 1IKAKS THAT TIIEliE YYEUK OVEU-CIIAKOES HIT THAT SI-IT. HAXX.VS MAXAtiE.MEAT (iOOI) VICTORIA. Feb. 17. Charges of mis- 4, waa to be heard in narcn. uie t mean. ot advancing the scheme further " -f"" -- - " management of the Vancouver Children's . The team the from Alaska to Mexlc. and back again Ing that he would not consider the qucatlon thus being sub-Judlce. and ,t declded that It would be passenger. atepped during AW Soclet Home wer Iurtoer alred be. good plan to have a reconnaissance h'Sht of December 33. 1S2J. at William to Los Angeles where he was arrested building of another fishing boat this fore tfce c aecountl coaimlttee ye,. 4,4.4.4.4.4,4. made ot the country between here and Schermeyer'a road house and the next and. it Is alleged, coniessed. involvlnj year but. perhaps, ln the fall, might when ,Upcrln- . . . I 1 iwlJ U'lulr anil n t - aa s-. w. It M tt VtlllKLE Ut.l'OUT. 44; temperature 32. ascertain, route morning me money was missing iron , oiaca ocar. "J w I Terrace to a possible teudent. appeared, supported by a dele land also th probable coat. The matter "e sled. After burying the J3.000, the f After the prosecutor had made his Adolf Anderson, the other members of gUon of dlrtct4rs of the tnjtuutton. y prosecutor cnargeo. mac near- ana siaiemeni. me acience rav wic vu t.c-. v . of financing the undertaking was con- wa rretly admlUed that the governmsnt H u.ni. isldered and the committee will con- the seventy-year old Sehermeycr dug It .case be dismissed on the ground that kan at the first of the week and will overchtrged for caUdren from uno'r. D10BV ISLAND.-Cloudy. fresh SE. ilder ,t utcr date the possibility of "P nd. finally, divided it In September, the charges detailed in the Indictment try to secure berths on the crews of ganl2ed dlstrlcUi 0WWg t0 mi,takes in wind- barometer. 20 63; temperature. lhavlng a preliminary reconnaissance 34. Sehermeycr la Jointly accused with ;dld not constitute a crime. Judge Rlt. fishing vessels out of that port. accounting, but It was generally felt 33' sea smooth: 6J0 a m. spoke Ala- mnde. Jt waa ststcd at the meeting me woman out nis case nas not yet ocen cnie rcservca nis uecisiou uu wre mo-: meets left Ketchikan 3 am. for Seattle, that possibly the provincial government "Ued for trial. The prosecutor recount- t Ion and Instructed the state to present' DEAD TREE POINT. Barometer, 29.- 'engtnrera would be considering the pro- how Inspectors of the United States Its testimony. The Jury Is composed of j WEATHER REPORT. that Hanna'a management was excellent. sk. LOCAL, JEWELLER IS he contends. In a Missouri barbershop. (held hre. NAMED DIRECTOR AT VANCOUVER MEETING VANCOUVER, Feb. 17- At the annual meeting ot the British Columbia section Anyox. Snowing, north wind. temp. 0f the Canadian Jewellers- Association, 10. 'Alex Waters was elected president and Stewart. Snowing north wind, temp. j0hn Bulger of Prince Rupert was Q .V...- . ..K.. ,K. A ...,. 01TAA, rebruary 17. A motion asking for the production! TeWranh creek. ciouav. calm. eero. ... ,11; 01 an correspondence between the Canadian and uruisn govern- Burns Uke. Fog, calm, below. ,28?; menta regarding Chinese troubles waa defeated jn the House of Hareiton. snowmgv n.e. wind. 4 b:UAWrniIUlTD MAM IC oranby 33.oo 35.00 Commons yesterday afternoon. Premier King voiced opposition to1 low. Independence imiviuuiLin mnn u HEAD GRAND BLACK CHAPTER OF ORANGE NEW WESTMINSTER, Teb. 17. C. E. Carpenter of Vancouver was elected grand master of the CI rand Black. Chap ter of Orangemen , In British Columbia gilt-edged cups, the largest collection, at the twenty-third ; annual meeting