lIRE
DAMAGE
ON
CUR.
WAS
LESS
!c
ti:
kciKI.
T
IKOM
tVti
H
SIH.OOU.
ritllTMTION
Of
1
1(1
L
ANXOl
M
l.fi
d
line
of
the
-i,t
during
18.4
at
.
previous
jrr
has
been
W
A,
Ktlby.
dates'
of
f&r-sl
the
company
Thia
deputed
by
Ur
KUbr
to
in-
1
a
id
to
the
aampalgT'
writch
haa
been
syi4nat-rd
among
the
emraoiees
during
the
past
yar.
On
u
jim
including
line
in
.'u.
where
fire
haaard
4
the
aprtng.
0.000
acrr.
.
er
with
an
approximate
'
Dl
141.660
aa
comparaa
i
c
and
ItlXM
in
1U
i
4
.00
m
!ra
of
fire
guarda
j
"rd
on
the
western
region
i
r
r
i
pr
-caution
wa
main-1
en',
the
ignition
of
fire
.
7.:
i
r
jmotiTt
LD
TIMER
OF
CITY
IS
DEAD
KI(KM).
,ill
M.
PAsslD
lMY
IN
IKlM
lfM.
.AT
MllllT
xi
urred
last
evening
in
:
ni:;if
General
llaapltal
o:
i
pioneer
of
the
city
and
f
Sweden
Deceased,
who
waa
'UK
nth
year,
had
bitn
tn
-
t
for
aome
Ume.
He
waa
f
ni
rlty
unti
a
ehort
time
w.is
recently
removed
from
Ma
.''.
hoapltal.
.
Mi
Erickaon
la
survived
by
1
uree
children
and
to
them
.10
sympathy
of
the
entire
'
a
thl
time.
funeral
ar
which
are
In
the
handa
of
I
r.derukera,
will
be
announced
0
NOT
HANG
BOOTLEGGERS
Win
t
AITr.lt
INslsTM
Til
AT
HE
I1"'
mi;
i;vi:x
ir
he
iu.
kii.i.
"in
mu:ethiLiit
CIi
OQ.
Feb
2.
A
waiter
named
'e
who
earned
MO
a
month
and
;-
me
a
bootlegger
with'
receipts
ot
UOO.ooo
in
eight
month,
malting
y
tu
December
alone.
U
held
In
-HI'!''
lall
rhiraml
ultt.
kKnllliO
-
"
".,.1.
,.
.twa.o
err.
hi
turMa...i
.rt..
'-1
Tha
lYir...
l.iL.iaJ
-
J.
CAluuliWU
VW"
v"
t
that
he
had
expended
150.000
a.
.
aw
ajaaaa,
aia
uiijiitii
f
-nt
,h
had
then
juted
him.
Tho
lr'
:3nrimnn
...
.
.
.
.j.
sruicai
out
Micneieue
tr,,
"
J-wtoU
that
he
would
not
be
L
'stt
ni
whoever
hard
nf
a
:
-nged
In
OhleagoT"
in
character.
It
la
understood
thaV
the
BrUlah
government
la
considering
the
advisability
of
diverting
portlona
of
the
ttpcditKHiarr
forte
to
1
1
wig
Kong
and
Wet
Ha!
Wei.
four
hundred
miles
north
of
Shanghai,
but
aome
troopa
may
alio
be
quartered
at
warehouse
on
dork
and
other
premtMa
or.ed
by
the
British
at
Shanghai.
Fni
2
-A
saving
of
more
,
damage
romlunf
frow
i
t
t
a
t
t
1
1
1
1
t
1.4
J
.(.tllUII
U
IIKI'.MIIOt
k
1-4
.t(ltl
IS
TIKMIlli:
VICTW1A,
Feb.
2
The
log
tarrying
barge
Drumrock
la
aground
at
Takuah
Harbor
In
Smith's
Inlet
off
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
The
ateamer
Sal
eagt
King
left
here
early
tbl
mornlr.g
Ur
render
aailitance.
I'rbrnar)
18
Had
Itren
Srt
a
mm
III
Ion
Ajipnttrd
'Mi
25
TAXI
Boston
Grill
Ambulance
.
Iarge
Upstair
Dining'
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
at
Anytime
floor,
for
hire.
Sland?
Exchange
Building
NBW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
MATl
VIDKCK.
Prop.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
437.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
XVII,
No.
27.
VOL
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEPNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
2,
1927
Circulation
1527
Sale
46S
Price
Five
Cents
COURT
UPSETS
FUEL
TAX
mATION
IN
CHINA
IS
NOW
DESCRIBED
AS
BEING
GRAVE
kitish
Cabinet
is
in
Session
to
Deal
With
Latest
Developments
oreign
office
insists
that
negotiations
are
not
broken
down
buts
admits
military
threat
has
ruined
prospects
for
early
peace
'
.inN,
Kcltruary
2.
The
British
cabinet
wan
called
into
afternoon
to
cpnsidcr
what
newgpaitcr
term
"grave
re-n.
(
hinn,"
The
Foreign
Office
insist
that
negotiation!"
iujtonene
at
Hankow
have
not
broken
down
but
admit
-
raising
the
question
of
whether
Rending
British
military
anghai
has
ruined
prospects
of
an
early
signature
of
iitemen.
providing
for
settlement
of
recent
incident
vv
mid
Kiukiang
in
which
the
British
concessions
were
-stormed
by
anti-foreign
mobs.
Ovlu
to
the
difficulties
arising
through
the
fact
that
Shanghai
foreign
settlement
would
be
International
!.
SANKEV'S
EXECUTION
HAS
BEEN
POSTPONED
I
Vancouver
Province)
execution
on
February
18
In
Okalta
)all
of
Joseph
Sankey.
Indian,
aen-tenoed
to
death
tor
the
murder
of
Mia
Lorrtta
Chlaholm.j'
school
teacher,
at
Port
EMlngton
on
May
23,
haa
been
poatponed
until
after
Sankey'a
appeal
haa
been
heard
by
the
Court
of
Appeal.
Notice
of
appeal
ha
been
given
to
the
March
sitting
In
Vancouver
of
the
appelant
tribunal,
although
the
crown
waa
anilout
to
have
the
case
heard
at
the
present
session
In
Victoria.
Sankey'a
counsel,
J.
E.
Dlrd,
contends
that
a
certificate
by
the
registrar
of
the
court
that
an
appeal
la
pending
automatically
atari
the
execution
Notice
of
the
appeal
has
been
aervrd
on
Sheriff
H,
P.
Martin,
who
would
supervise
the
hanging.
THESE
CHILDREN
WERE
LUCKIER
WHEN
FIRE
VISITED
THEIR
HOME
TOHONTO,
Feb.
3.
In
thU
city
four
mall
children
were
burned
to
death
laat
week,
the
parente
having
left
them
alone
while
on1,
a
visit
to
friends;
,Th
father,
did
indeed
return;
but
finding
all
aleeplng
he
went
away
again.,
Fifteen
mlnutea
afterwards
he
was
childless.
A
more
fortunate
fate
wa
that
or
four
amall
children
carried
from
a
burning
house
a
few
days
later,
by
two
gar-agemen
who
noticed
amoke
lasuelng
from
It.
Significant
Is
the
paragraph
In
the
news
Item
which
followa:
"The
fire
atarted
in
a
clothea
closet,
where
one
of
h.
rhiMren
la
reDorled
to
have
dropped
la
lighted
paper.
The
mother
was
out
of
the
house
at
the
time
or
me
u..
turning
Just
as
the
children
were
car-ried
out."
C.N.1L
EARNING
The
gross
earning
of
Uie
Canadian
National
Railways
for
the
week
ended
January
31.
1M7,
were
$4,823.j
w.
compared
with
M,3SS.808.22
for
the
same
week
of
1030,
a
increase
w
or
lx
per
cent.
AN
EXCLUSIVE
PHOTOGRAPH
just
received
from
Russia
which
records
what
may
prove
to
be
one
of
the
world's
greatest
ethnological
mysteries.
For
the
last
three
years
P.
K.
Ko3lov,
a
Russian
scientist,
has
been
exploring
in
Mongolia
and
Thibet,
in
regions
never
before
penetrated
by
white
men.
A
dwindling
tribe,
known
as
the
Orotchi,
were
found,
with
whom
the.,,
party
spent
a
considerable
time.
They
bore
an
amazing
facial
resemblance
to
the
North
American
Indian,
and
many
of
their
customs
and
their
ornaments
were
found
to
be
almost
exactly
similar
to-tho.-o
of
some
of.
the.
.Missouri
Mississippi
.Valley
ladianjiJTiua
js-.a
family
frfnhes
Glmyt
DorgJe
tribe.
ABOLITION
OF
STAMP
TAX
AMI
ItKMOVAl,
I)!-
I.NCOMi:
TAX
I
IHIKII
I
I1
OTTAWA
OTTAWA,
I
l.
S.
A
ICeliill
.Mer-rliaiito'
AtMM-latlou
delegation
waited
upon
I
lie
MlnUIrr
of
limine
)e-lenJjy
rrroiumeniiliig
the
remoial
uf
lani
late
on
notrs
lrn(t.
and
rlirk
and
the
abolition
of
the
Income
ln"
Iterance
It
ranniit
be
eiUllabl
applieJ,
wills
IJo.ihhi
pr.
plr
pajlnj
la-t
jrar."
The
govern-n.ent
was
lo
keil
l
alt
In
the
endeavor
to
-.Uulllte
price
-in
the
IntrrrM-.
of
a
general
itMributlon
of
biiolnev"
Mr.
Itiihli
iiroml'et
ruiikldrrallun
tn
the
tarlou
inutlrro,
COL
ANDERSON
WA
tlllll
KMilM.KIt
Kilt
I'AKTMKNT
Ol
MA
KIM;
AMI
I
IMI-1.
It
IKS
AND
rOMMAMllll
IIH-I.I.V
TKA.M
IN
IlKll
OTTAWA.
Feb,
3.
Lieut.-Col.
William
Patrick
Anderson,
C.M.O.,
commandant
of
the
Canadian
Blaley
team
In
1004
and
prominent
Dominion
official,
having
bten
tor
several
years
chief
engineer
for
the
Department
of
Marine
and
Fisheries.
Is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
73
years.
Deceased
waa
born
at
Levis,
Quebec,
on
September
4,
1851.
and
was
educated
at
Bishop's
College,
Lenno'xvllle,
and
Manitoba
University.
He
entered
the
civil
service
uf
Canada
as
assistant
engineer
In
1874
and
was
appointed
chief
engineer
and
general
superintendent
of
lighthouses
in
1891.
He
was
a
member
of
the
geographic
board
ct
Canada,
of
the
Canadian
Ll'hthou&e
Board,
and
a
charter
member
of
the
Canadian
Society
of
Civil
Engineers
of
which
he
was
president
In
1004.
As
lieutenant
colonel
commanding
the
43rd
regiment
in
18G8
he
served
during
the
Fenian,
raids,
and
waa
awarded
a
medal
and
two
clasps.
He
waa
a
member
of
the
Canadian
Blaley
team
In
189S
and
commanded
the
team
In
1804,
He
founded
and
edited
the
Canadian
Mllltla
Gazette
from
1883
t?
1837
and
waa
a
member
of
the
Ottawa
School
Hoard
tor
many
years,
111
1B13
he
was
awarded
the
CM.C1.
The
late"
Col.
Anderson,
whose
wife
wo
Dorothea
Susannah
Small,
daughter
ot
Henry
Beaumont
Small
of
Bermuda,
Is
survived
by
four
son
and
one
daughter.
He
made
hi
residence
at
64
Copper
Street.
Leader
of
Opposition
Takes
Exception
to
Premier's
Old
Age
Pension
BillPremature
VICTORIA,
February
2.
When
Premier
Oliver's
old
age
pension
bill
was
up
for
its
second
reading
in
the
legislature
yesterday
afternoon,
it
was
subjected
to
criticism
by
R.
H.
Pooley,
Conservative
house
leader.
The
bill
proposes
to
bring
into
effect
by
proclamation
a
provincial
measure
based
on
a
Dominion
Act
which
the
Ot
tawa
government
proposes
to
introduce
into
federal,
parliament.
Mr.
Pooley
criticized
the
introduction
of
a
measure
which
he
said
war-intended
to
cover
legislation
to
be
introduced
in
the
federal
house
but
which
had
not
yet
been
brought
in.
He
said
that
the
premier
had
condemned
any
proposition
to
In-
the
brll
and
submit
a
resolution
asking
vest'.gate
campaign
funds
until
the
eri-
the
Dominion
government
to
call
the
deuce
waa
before
the
House
yet
he
had
conference
as
suggested.
tntrduccd
this
bill
to
approve
legisla
tion
that
had
not
yet
been
even
submitted
to
the
House
at
Ottawa.
Mr.
Attorney
General
Manson'a
bill
to
govern
duties
of
sales
agents
for
products
of
the
soil
with
a
view
to
ellmln-
Pooley
advocated
a
conference
between
atlng
difficulties
experienced
by
fruit
various
governments
concerned,
thote
of
.
men
ot
the
province
was
given
It
seethe
Dominion
and
the
different
pro-
ond
reading.
vtnees,
to
arrive
at
a
Just
basis
in
con-
nectlon
with
old
age
pensions
leglsla-
Science
has
found
something
smaller
tlon.
He
aiked
the
premier
to
withdraw
than
the
atom,
but
mentions
no
names.
CAN'T
REGISTER
COMING
OVER
AS
CANADIANS
TO
VICTORIA
i.Mtou
.mi:mhkk
ioui'lains
in
u:u-IM.ATI
nr.
at
l
oss
or
ukai,
nationai
i
i'
is
ur.rouns
VICTORIA,
Frt.
3
Canadian
children
cannot
be
registered
as
Canadian!
when
they
are
born.
Frank
Browne.
Labor.
Burnaby.
protested
In
the
Legislature
when
a
bill
to
ameifd
legislation
on
the
registration
of
blrthi.
marriages
and
deaths
was
under
consideration.
Mr.
Browne
urged
that
Canadians
be
registered
as
Canadians
on
birth
records,
Instead
of
telng
classed
according'
to
th6
ancestry
of
their
parents.
Attorney-Oencral
Manson
explained
that
he
had
considered
thia
point
him
self
but
on
looking
Into
the
actual
methods
In
use
for
registration
had
come
to
the
conclusion
that
the
registration
of
Canadian
was
Impractical.
The
Federal.
Government,
he
aald,
wanted
to-
trace
the
blood
movements
ot
It
citizens
and
Insisted
on
a
record
of
their
parents'
nationality,
so
as
to
trace
the
mixture
of
races
In
Canada.
On
this
account
It
waa
necessary
to
maintain
the
present
registration
system.
The
new
legislation
makes
only
minor
changes
In
the
form
ot
registering
birth
and
effecta
no
change
In
policy,
Premier
Oliver
atated,
as
the
bill
wa
given
second
reading.
Advertise
In
tha
pally"
News.
WASIIINOTOX
l.r.(ill.TOIt.H
WILL
(
IXKIlltATK
WASHINGTON'S
I1IIUIIDAV
IN
II.C.
OASIS
OLY.MI'li.
leh.
t7
Wahlngtiin
Mate
lr;l-lutors
plan
o
celebrate
the
birthday
of
I
lie
father
of
the
nation,
(Seorge
Washington,
Under
the
llrlt-Kh
flu;.
It
hat
been
derided
to
extent!
the
week-end
adjournment
from
trbruarj
19
tu
t'ebruarv
23
and
Journey
to
Victoria
where
they
paid
Mich
a
nuie(nl
Tliunkgltlng
Day
tlit
In
llliJ
to
the
legislators
ot
llrlllvh
Columbia.
WILL
OPERATE
MORE
ALASKACANNERIES
'27
Pacific
American
1'Micrle
Company
'
Makes
Announcement
of
Plans
BGLUNGHAM,
Wash..
Feb.
3.
The
Pacific
American
Fisheries
announced
that
thla
year
canneries
will
be
operated
by
the
company
at
Port
MoIIer,
Ikatan,
King
Cove.
Squaw
Harbor,
Excursion
Inlet.
Annette
Island
and
Gambler
Bay.
Ist
year
the
company
operated
here
and
at
Bering
River
and
Unlkak.
The
Pacific
American
Fisheries
spent
044.000
in
wages
last
year,
Fifteen
hundred
men
were
employed
,
at
the
peak
of
the
jfsson.
Attorney
General
May
Take
Case
to
Highest
Tribunal
for
Decision
OTTAWA,
February
2.
The
British
Columbia
fuel
oil
tax
was
declared
invalid
in
a
judgment
handed
down
in
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
yesterday
dismissing
with
co3ts
the
appeal
of
Attorney
General
Jlanson
against
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
for
an
accounting
and
to
recover
money
allegedly
due
the
province
as
taxes
under
the
Act
VANCOUVER,
February
2.
The
fuel
oil
tax
case,
will
be
carried
to
the
Privy
Council,
it
is
understood,
owing
to
the
large
amounts
involved.
The
government
anticipated
a
revenue
of
$400,-
000
annually
frrai
thla
aiurce
and.
Its
U
the
tax
be
possible
gasoline
might
w.-.
Ar1
T
subjected
to
a
similar
attas'
depriving
the
government
of
an
additional
45O0.-000
annuaUy.
it
la
felt
that
the
Attorney
General
will
refer
the
case
to
the
high,
est
tribunal.
IM1.11..VA
DEATH
TOLL
IN
EMi
LAND
rim
WEEK
IS
no
LONDON.
Feb.
3.
There
has
been
a
big
Jump
in
the
Influenza
death
toll.
Seven
hundred
and
twenty
people
died
In
London
and
other
big
cities
ot
England
during
the
week
ending
January
29
aa
compared
to
the
Crystal
Gardens
and
died
later
In
a
local
hospital.
With
his
wife,
he
arrived
tn
Victoria
three;
weeks
ago
from
New
Zealand.
STATE
DEPARTMENT
IS
ASKING
APPROPRIATION
FOR
CANADIAN
CONSUL
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
2.
Plana
to
send
regular
United
States
diplomatic
representatives
to
Canada
and
the
Irish
Free
State
have
so
far
progressed
that
the
State
Department
has
a
request
fq(
ap
propriation
tor
mis
purpose
now
oercro
the
budget
bureau.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
Bid.
Asked
Wheat
1.41;
Coast
Copper
7.2J
7.73
Dunwell
t.90
1.83
Olacler
.09
i
.11
Gladstone
Si
Ji
.29
Indian
08
.08
V
Marmot
101i
.13
Premier
1.93
-
1.99
Porter
,
Idaho
.....
'
.14
,
.18
Silver
Crest
...
.
00V,
.
.07
K
RtehJaond
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IKUliihK
W
J.
K.
GORDON
.
PASSESAWAY
lilt.
CtOlttiE
11.
fiOUIION
tr
PHILADELPHIA
WAS
KNOWN
IN
TERRACE
AND
PRINCE
lit
I'EItT
TERRACE,
Feb.
2.
J.
K.
Gordon
received
word
on
Monday
night
of
the
death
of
his
brother.
Dr.
George
B.
Oordon
of
Philadelphia.
The
message
znerelv
uld
he
hart
heen
YHled
In'
an
i.wtth.
473
during
the
Vi-iiiit
to
follow.
week.
Of
the
total,
433
were-fS
Dr
,in
be
re!nembred
by
London.
mlny
bert
and
pce
Rupert.
r
T-
FISHERMEN
URGE
.
as
he
lectured
In
both
places
during
the
war
on
"Our
Empire."
He
has
also
visited
with
his
brother
and
sitter
here
since
that
time.
lilll
IrlL
Kill
i
verslty
Museum
of
PhUadelphla.
hi
special
work
being
the
preserving
and
llut
In
Canadian
Outy
on
Small
Elec-
restoring
oi
oia
art
treasures,
and
in
trie
runts
Asked
i
these
interests
spent
some
time
In
j
Egypt
severs
years
ago
Investigating
OTTAWA,
Feb.
2,-VThere
will
be
two
j
old
tombs.
mbllc
sittings
ot
the
Tariff
Advisory
loard
of
Canada
in.
February.
In
addi
tion
to
the
meeting
which
began
yester-
lay
with
the
tariff
on
boots
and
shoes
ihe
principal
matter
ot
discussion,
the
boardna
announced
It
will
hold
public
hearings
February
22,
23
and
34
Within
quite
recent
years
Dr.
Gordon
wrote
a
book
"Rambles
In
Old
London."
which
received
very
favorable
comment
and
has
had
a
large
circulation.
While
In
thla
district.
Dr.
Oordon
made
a
study
of
the
Kltselas
totem
Two
new
references
are
on
the
list
'poles
and
Ister
wrote
a
very
Intcrestlns
One
asks
that
the
duty
be
wiped
out
in
rope
over
one
and.
one-halt
Inches
thick
used
in
lobster
of
net
fishing.
history
ot
the
Kltselas
Indians.
Besides
his
brother
here.
Dr.
Gordon
leaves
three
sisters,
Mrs.
IL
E.
Smith
Another
re.'c.-ence
from
the
Dtlco
Light
of
Terrace
and
the
Misses
Ada
and
Company
asks
that
small
electric
light
and
power
plants
Imported
for
other
farm
purposes.
A
reference,
back
for
a
second
hear
ing,
requests
a
seasonal
tariff
on
cer
tain
fruits
and
vegetables
during
the
period
the
Canadian
crop
Is
available.
LONDON
VISITOR
TO
VICTORIA
IS
KILLED
milium
tlauirs
llopVlns
Was
struck
Itonn
by
Automobile
Near
Entrance
to
Crystal
Harden
Last
Night
VICTORIA.
FebT"-
William
Bayncs
Hopkins
of
London.
England,
a
visitor
in
the
city,
was
struck
down
by
an
au
tomobile
last
night
near
the
entrance
Margaret
Gordon
of
Portland.
Oregon.
Another
brother,
MacLaren
Gordon
was
killed
overseas.
FAMOUS
OLD
HORSE
DEAD
OI.ll
TAV
IlKIIXiE
WAS
EAEHCISINO
IOK
(1UANII
NATIONAL
STEEPLECHASE
IN
WHICH
IE
WAS
.
SECOMI
TWICE
LONDON,
Feb.
2.
Old
Tay
Brld?e.
veteran
steeplechaser,
beloved
ot
the
English
news
and
snorting
public,
dropped
dead
whUe
exercising
at
Weyhlll
In
preparation
tor
another
of
his
many
effort
to
win
the
Grand
National
at
jAlntrce.
Thirteen
yean
old,
he
twlcs
Iran
second
In
the
Orand
National
and
once,
while
leading
but
three
fences
from
home,
fell
to
lose
the
race.
BIG
POW-WOW
i
IN
VANCOUVER
Will,.
HE
KTAIIEII
ON
DIAMOND
Jlllll.l.i:
OF
CONTEDEIIATION
NEXT
Jl'LY
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
2.
-All
the
Indian
tribes
of
British
Columbia
will
be
represented
at
war
dance
to
be
stajed
as
the
feature
event
ot
a
great
pow-wow
to
be
held
here
in
conneatlon
with
tho
Diamond
Jubilee
Celebration
ot
Con-tdrstlon
n
July
1
next
according
to
plan
outlined
yesterday
at
the
City
Hall
by
Andy
Paul,
aecretar;
.
of
the
Allied
Indian
Tribes
of
British
Columbia.
.
American
aklpper
cant
marry
pa-sepgers.
One
by
on
they
eliminate
the
tMuwrct
ef
ocean
travel;