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467
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newtpaper
prince
RUrERTi
p.c.,
Friday.
December
ao.
1927
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Cent
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GRAIN
SHU
WtMbLUW
VAJSLUUVtK
;
,
NEW
POSSIBILITY
SUGGESTED
REGARD
TO
PEACE
Vancouver
Worried
at
Slow
Loading
of
Grain
and
Looking
for
Cause
Private
Ownership
of
Elevator
i
Criticized
by
Some:
Ijirge
Fleet
in
Harbor
Makes
Pretty
Picture
Hut
Not
Efficient
VANCOUVER,
December
30.
Considerable
comulaint
is
be-wijt
retfiMtered
by
numerous
ship
captains
over
the
delay
in
securing
r
a
n
cargoes.
Yesterday
Captain
Wyatt
of
the
Uritish
steamer
In-i;
t
on.
shaking
before
the
Kiwanis
Club,
criticized
the
delay
and
"ic
jreneral
summary
of
the
opinion
of
the
captains
is
that
"a
large
:
anchored
in
the
harbor
makes
a
pretty
picture
but
doea
not
;cl
efficiency
in
port
administration."
No
one
seems
to
know
exactly
what
js
the
trouble.
The
ships
uiT
here,
the
grain
is
here,
yet
the
vessels
do
not
get
the
grain
with
SNOW
FALLING
I
ENGLAND
TODAY
.not
Food
Problem
Causing
Concern
in
Some
Parts
of
the
Country
LONDON.
Dec
30
The
people
began
gel
aniloua
over
the
food
aupply
aa
i..
w
irii
again
in
aviuw
mxw
vi
vn
stuttaweat
of
England
with
the
prospect
ai
turner
mKiniuinn.
Dairy
farmers
were
unaWe
to
deliver
e.
X
In
many
instances
and
poure-
x
Jtundreds
$t
gallon'
a
way,
the
absence
of
snow
plena
armored
-.am
and
airplanes
were
pressed
Into
aetv.ee.
I:,
'he
provinces
many
reetiona
are
.iieO
and
cue!
and
food
shortage
la
xa-
concern.
GAVIGAN
CLAIM
FOR
DAMAGES;:
Solicitor
Say
llasement
Was
Flooded
and
City
Asked
to
Pay
Loss
of
floods
Tf
nty
cjoacll
was
last
night
in
receipt
ofii
communication
from
Milton
0(
tii-aiea
acting
on
behalf
of
J.
C.
Oavl-gan
who
claimed
MJ1J1
damages
fr
lots
of
goods
through
the
flooding
of
iouement
through
the
breaking
of
a
ewer
or
water
main.
The
city
clerk
waa
designated
to
act
w"h
J.
L
Christie
to
examine
the
gtoodi
which
were
claimed
to
hare
been
spoiled
and
the
matter
was
referred
to
the
beard
of
works
to
report
as
to
the
cause
of
the
flooding.
B.C.
FARMING
ON
INCREASE
Total
Value
in
1927
U
Estimated
at
$72,000,000.
a
Million
Ahead
of
Last
Year
VICTORIA.
Dec.
30
The
Department
of
Agriculture
estimate
agricultural
production
in
British
Columbia
this
year
at
$72.000.000.,
a
gain
of
St.
000,000
over
last
year,
thus
breaking
all
previous
record!.
A
summary
of
condltlona
indicates
that
the
increase
will
be
made
up
In
fruit
returns,
despite
the
smaller
apple
crop,
poultry
returns
and
dairy
uig.
SHIPS
AND
PIERS
ARE
DESTROYED
Disastrous
$2,500,000
Conflasra'
lion
Occurs
Today
nt
Ilobo-Jien,
New
Jersey
HOROKEN
Nw
Jersev.
Dee.
30.
The
Clyde
liner
Seneca,
two
7C0-foot
piers
and
eight
bargea
were
destroyed
today
by
fire,
the
damage,
being
estimated
at
2.500.000.
The
Seneca,
three
hundred
feet
long
and
formerly
In
Ue
run
from
New
York
to
Miami,
bad
been
here
alnce
September
and,
waa
valued
at
2.eoo,ooo.
-a
speed
that
is
considered
businesslike
Oat
explanation
lit
that
there
la
a
ahcrtaaw
of
the
gradea
which
Uv.
char-ten
call
for.
hut
some
shipmasters
fel
tnai
private
control
cf
the
elevators
u
proving
wholly
satisfactory
aa
It
costs
2S0
a
day
tj
hold
the
ahtp.
The
harbor
board
Insists
that
all
ships
be
given
tlespateb
according
to
rotation
on
the
nt
aLd
the
amount
of
grain
ready
to
be
loaded
on
the
vessel
...............
i
kkmiui
maclean
hols
to
ottawa
on
motive
ni.
ih'sim:s4
VICTORIA,
Dec
30,
Premier
UinAfin
leavej
tomorrow
Xor--,
O
turns
where
'
he
will
discuss'
with
the
federal
government
matters
which
came
before
the
Interyrovlnclal
conference
and
on
which
it
Is
possible
the
Dominion
Parliament
may
be
asked
to
take
action.
.
Many
of
the
questions
are
of
great
Importance
to
the
province
of
British
Columbia
and
It
Is
is'd
the
railway
question
la
one
of
these
AN
EIGHT
YEAR
OLD
BOY
ARRIVES
CANADA
WOODSTOCK.
Ont.,
Dec.
30.
Having
made
the
tourney
from
Scotland
unac-
Icompanied.
James
Truscott.
aged
8
I
years,
this
week
was
reunited
with
a
;
mother
he
had
not
seen
for
five
yeara.
:
Mrs.
Truscott
came
to
this
country
'fire
years
ago.
leaving
her
three-year
jold
son
with
relstlves
In
Glasgow.
Re
cently
she
found
herself
in
a
position
to
have
him
Join
her
in
thu
country,
and
he
arrived
Just
In
tune
to
celebrate
Christmas
ESQUIMAU
DRYDOCK
MAKES
GOOD
BEGINNING
VICTORIA.
Dec.
30.
The
Esquimau
dry
deck
revenue
for
six
months"
period
of
operation
amounted
to
S19.300
with
jightctn
veaActs
docked.
As
the
rates
Charged
here
are
the
lowest
on
the
coast,
the'
operations
are
considered
!
satisfactory,
J.
P.
Forde
announced.
OIlAMiKM
AN
MLS
OTTAWA.
Dec.
30.
Ex-alderman
L.
E.
Stanley,
former
grand
master
of
the
grand
black
chapter.
B.N.A.,
highest
degree
of
the
Orange
order
of
Canada,
Is
dead
here
aged
60.
VANCOUVEIl
EXCIfANfJK
'
Bid.
Asked.
Wheat
B.C.
Silver
........
1.40
1.70
Big
Missouri'
'
31
3
Coast
Copper
.....
33.00
33.50
Cork
Province
.
.ft
.15
Dunwell
.18H
.21
George
Copper
.
.
a.4o;
3.60
Olfldjtone
.16
Independence
08H.
Indian
-
.OS
.07
L.
and
L
.12
Lucky
Jim
23
29
Premier
2.30
2.31
Porter
Idaho
36
31
Sllvercrest
.05
.00
Silversmith
30
23
Surf
Inlet
.oo
y4
Sunloch
120
12S
Toric
3.00
DECEMBER
1
the
first
train
over
the
New
Ontario
provincial
railway
Into
the
Rouyn
mining
country
was
-greeted
with
a
ceio
bra:
ion
at
the
head
of
steel
at
Rouyn
village
PATTULLO
IN
i
NEW
POSITION
!
v
t;
.,
.vai
Appointed
Provincial.
Secretary
1
in
Succession
io
William
Sloan
!
VICTOIMA.
lire.
30.
Hon.
T.
II.
fiittnllo,
inliiMrr
of
land,
was
KHorn
In
lixluy
a
prutlnrlal
we
rets
r.r
In
siir'e)uloii
In
lion.
William
slwuij
Hho
lu
rrt-lgneU'
on
the
uN
the
uf
hi
ili)klrl.tn.
Mr.
NliMli
continue!)
In
the
cabinet
a
minuter
uf
mine.
.Mr.
ruttnllo
retains
(lie
laiuli
Mirtfnlii
amirdiug
to
announcement
iiiade
by
the
premier
today.
GRAIN
SHIPPED
AT
VANCOUVER
Clearing,
for
Week
Mostly
for
European
i'orts
and
Little
For
Orient
'
i
'
VANCOUVER.
Det.
30.
Most
of
thei
shipments
of
grain
from
here
continue
I
to
be
for
Eurcpe
and
little
gees
to
the
i
Orient.
Leadings
during
the
past
week
'.
have
been:
Canada,
for
Scandinavian
porta.
156,-
i
600
bushels.
.
Uganda,
far
Rctterdam,
276474
bush-
I
els.
.
Clearypn,
for
Rotterdam,
271,612
j
buahels.
'
I
Rlalto..
for
Naples,
with
option
of
,
Marseilles,
37433
bushels;
to
Gibraltar
I
for
orders.
123.033
bushels.
King
Bleddyn.
to
Hampton
Roads,
for
!
enters,
548.'930
bushels.
sntoniltall,
for?
Rotterdam,
328547
bushels.
'
Hardwood,
for
Hamburg.
116,553
bushels.
.
-
YoJIn
Maru,
for
Yokohama,
33433
bushels.
lyo
Maru,
or
Kobe,
33533
bushels.
Osaka
Maru
for
Nagoya.
79,167
bushels.
8
A.
Perkins,
for
Callao.
18.667
bushels,
DOCTOR
CHARGED
WOMAN
MURDER
I
a
Hc.ji'IctTirFarf
$otind
fn
Canvas
Sack
at
I.os
Angeles
City
Limits
-
LOS
ANQELES,
Dec.
30.
Dr.
Charles
McMillan
was
arrested
last
night
charged
with
murdering
Mrs.
Amelia
Apple-by,
'whore
body
was
found
sewed
In
canvas
sack
near,
Mulholland
Drive
opposite
the
city
limits
Monday.
McMillan
had
Uvea
with
the
woman
some
time.
JVs
Poqs
Dae
Tuesday
to
i
.
.
Load
Giain
at
LocaLEknata
But
Movement
of
Cars
Slows
Up
The
ninth
vessel
of
the
season
to
load
jrrain
at
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
Prince
Rupert
elevator
will
be
the
British
freighter
Toes
Pool,
which
is
due
here
next
Tuesday,
it
was
announced
at
the
elevator
offices
this
morning.
It
is
expected
that
the
vessel
will
load
a
full
cargo
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent
in
which
direction
all
grain
so
far
shipped
from
Prince
Rupert
this
season
has
gone.
The
Tees
Pool
belongs
to
the
"Pool"
Line
which
has
already
had
several
boats
in
Prince
Rupert
for
wheat.
Owing
to
extremely
cold
weather
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
prairies,
fifteen
above
being
recorded
here
and
as
low
as
53
below
zero
eastward,
there
has
been
a
slowing
up
in
the
movement
of
grain
to
the
port.
While
nothing
arrived
during
the
past
twenty-four
hours,
railway
offices
this
morning
reported
375
carloads
on
the
division
bound
here.
Loading
of
the
big
Swedish
freighter
with
a
full
cargo
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent
Is
proceeding
at
the
elevator
but
it
is
not
expected
to
get
the
ship
away
before
next
week.
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jwno
recently
Twteq
lung
ueorge.
AGED
EMPLOOT0Fi.fi
i
J3D;
Y.W.CJTRIDES
HER
LAST
TRAIN
HOME
EDMONTON.
Dec.
30.
Miss
Annie
Durand.
78
years
old.
In
the
service
of
:
the
TraveUers1
Aid
Branch
of
the
Y.W.C-A.
,for
18
years
met
her
last
train
at
seven
o'clock
one
morning,
and
died
ou
her
return
borne.
i
HICKMAN
DID
I
NOT
YET
PLEAD
i
Charge
of
Kidnapping
and
Murder
!
Will
be
Brought
Against
I
Jlim
on
Tuesday
LCS
ANQELES.
Dec.
30.
When
Hickman
entered
the
court
yesterday
afternoon
he
was
remanded
until
Tuesday
when
ho
wUl
plead
to
the
indictment
of
kidnapping
end
murder.
WIFE
OF
DISTRICT
.
ROTARY
GOVERNOR
,
DROWNSAT
SEATTLE
!
SEATTI.E
an
VT
vi
f
Manny,
wife
of
Henry
Manny,
district
j
governor
of
Rotary
International,
waa
'
drowned
last
night
when
an
automobile
In
which
she
waa
riding,
plunged
off
the
rear
end
of
the
lake
Washington
!
ferry
boat
and
sunk
In
46
feet
of
water.
CAR
BARGE
ASHORE
,0N
SIDNEY
ISLAND
Three
Cam
of
Cotton
Went
Overboard
and
llarge
Partly
Inder
Haler
VICTORIA,
Dec.
30.
Car
barge
Sidney
II.
in
tow
of
the
tu
Chieftsin-
weut
ashore
at
James
Island
yesterday.
Three
can
of
cotton
went
overboard
and
the
barge
Is
now
halt
under
water,
-.
v
Advertise
In
Tne
Dally
Ners
Writer
Suggests
C.P.R.
Use
Prince
Rupert
and
Canadian
National
Line
as
Outlet
for
Peace
River
Country
A
new
slant
is
thrown
on
the
Peace
River
problem
by
George
Edward
Van
Buskirk
of
this
city
who
writes
to
urge
a
move
to
get
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
to
take
over
the
E.D.
B.C.
Railway
in
Alberta
and
then
build
a
western
outlet
to
the
Canadian
National
line,
securing
running
rights
from
there
over
the
C.N.R.
to
Prince
Rupert,
and
making
this
port
useful
to
the
C.P.R.
as
well
as
the
Canadian
National.
It
is
an
interesting
letter
but
as
to
the
possibilities
of
securing
what
is
advocated
it
is
for
"readers
to
judge.
The
letter
follows:
:;a
Dally
Newas
1
-
"
A
stranger
In
your
midst,
taking
a
very
Ir.vtA
Interest
In
the
qutstlon
of
a
,
new
pr.vlnce
for
the
North
and
a
suit-
'.
able
cutlet
to
the
Pacific
Coast
for
the
jrodv.cts
of
the
Peace
River
country,
I
.
with
to
give
my
r!ewj
on
the
subject
Jd
present
a
srfuttcn
that.
If
brought
i
Into
effect,
wUl
perhaps
satisfy
the
peo-
j
pie
living
In
the
Peace
Elver
district
ai
well
as
others
Tltally
ciucerned.
The
question
nay
-be
asked":
"Am
1
1
qualified
to
give
expert
opinion
on
Prince
Rupert
ai
being
a
first-class
seaport
how
It
cmpares
with
V&nsouve:
Ijt
the
shipping
of
Alberta
and
Saskatchewan
grain
to
all'
points
of
the
earth;
also
how
the
port
la
far
sate
entrance
and
egress,
at
all
times
of
the
year,
for
the
largest
steamers
afloat,
as
weU
aa
being
the
logical
outlet
for
that
great
country
known
as
the
Peace
Itlver
district?
Yea.
I
consider
t
am
ouallfled.
My
qualifications
being
the
very
best,
vis.:
practical
experience
in
ahlDDinz
and
harbor
matter,
with'
wrUlPfsvporVtc
Prom
1899
to
180
I
was
the
active
head
of
R.
Bauld
ti
Co.,
proprietors
of
me
uaiiiax
ccai
co..
ana
was
inatru-1
mental
in
revolutionizing
the
ccal
business
of
Halifax,
b;th
on
land
and
water,
as
well
as
establishing
speed
records
for
discharging
ccal
steimers
and
fpr
bunkering
ocean-going
steamers.
At
that
time
my
firm
owned
and
controlled
large
waterside
properties.
I
think
I
am
correct
in
taylng,
outside
of
govern-
ment
owned
property,
the
second
largest
tor
harbor
frontage
In'
the
city
of
Halifax,
having
three
piers
capable
of
taking
'care
of
very
large
ships.
I
refer
to
commercial
docks
and
our
property
in
the
south
end
of
the
city,
now
owned
and
used
by
the
Dominion
Coal
Co.
ITItST
TO
III
II.II
l;U.VATOIl
f
V
firm
viam
th
flwt
tn
K,,14
-
modern
cl
elev.tnr
m
Hl.f
m,
handling
large
coal
cargoes
at
a
low
e
t.
We
owned
sixty
heavy
draught
horses
ard
at
times
had
as
many
a,s
200
men
working
in
our
employ.
We
had
two
vessels
under
time
charter
carrying
our
coal,
one
the
Norwegian
steamer
"Eros,"
cargo
capacity
100
tens,
the
other
a
3-masted
schooner
carrying
600
tons.
We
defied
the
great
corporation
known
as
the
Dominion
Coal
Co.
which
brought
on
a
desperate
fight
which
finally
end-(oontinued
on
page
three)
CIVIC
ELECTIONS
OX
JANfAHV
U
AMI
TIIK
.NOMINATIONS
JAN.
.
The
nomination
for
the
annual
election
of
mayor,
aldermen
j
and
school
trustees
will
take
place
cn,
January
9
and
polling
on
January
13.
That
was
decided
by
resolution
of
the
city
council
last
night.
.
The
council
appointed
'"B.
F.
Jonea
returning
officer
and
Prank
Vlckcra
deputy
returning
officer:
4
.
BRITISH
WHISKEY
IS
TO
BE
SOLD
AT
THE
LIQUOR
STORES
VICTORIA,
Dec.
30.
The
liquor
.control
board
baa
placed
in
the
llquCf
Stores
a
new
brand
of
wblskey
Imported
In
bulk
rrotn
Britain
"and
bottled
here
ra
otder
to
provide
a
high
class
liquor
at
relatively
low
cost.
.
The.
reputed
quart
Crown
I.
wlU
sell
at
$3
50;
'Crown
II.
at
as:7S:
anrt
III,VM-00-
ImPrlal
quart
fetch
tS3S?
a
ana
o.7.
Tne
quality
will
be
of
the
but
though
tfc.
price
will
be
f
bout
the
same
as
the
lower
class
brands.
OUTLET
SEARCH
MADE
.
FOR
PIONEER
CORDOVA,
Dec.
30.
Ah
unsuccessful
isearch
cntluued
for
the
65
foot
boat
Pioneer,
mt&tug
alnce
1t
'
left
Katalla
a
fortnight
ago
tor
Cordova,
Orave
feara
are
held
that
the
recent
storms
may
have
capsized
the
vessel.
Captain
William
Taylor
and
Harry
Hart,
engineer,
are
believed
to
have
been
the
only
men-cn
board
the
missing
craft,
which
Is
owned
by
William
Crocker
of
Seattle.
The
game
commission
.boat
Seal,
ont
il
the
vessela
searching
Jox
the
Pioneer,
returned
to
port,
having
developed
en-:lne
trouble
after
battling
with
'heavy
,
"
lnrec
a'-
rhe
forestry
boat
Chugach
will
con-
.SS-
aaa
'
KiwlA-
ATTEMPT
MADE
STRANGLE
NURSE
Man
Entered
Home
at
St.
Mary's
Hospital
Hut
Made
Escape
When
Girl
Screamed'
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
30.
Miss
Louise
Lafrance.
nurse
at
ft.
,Mary'a
Hospital,
was
nearly
strangled
In
the
nurses'
home
yesterday
morning
where
she
slept.
An
unknown
man
entered
and
grasped
her
by
the
throat
Shefought
him
off
but
be
returned
although
he
f?iP'
w"
tbe
aroused
by
the
nurse's
screams.
Miss
Lafrance
Is
prostrated
today.
ZERO
WEATHER
ON
PRAIRIES
Vancouver
Coldest
Point
on
Coast
With
Ten
Above
This
Morning;
WINNIPEO,
Dec.
30
Sub-zero
weather
prevails
ou
the
pralrlea
today.
Edmonton
reports
30
below
and
11
from
ten
to,
twenty-flre
below
is
general.
VANCOUVER,
Dee.
SO.
Clear,
cold
weather
prevails
In
British
Columbia
today.
Vancouver
li
the
cfldest
point
on
the
coast
with
ten
sbovc
tero.
It
u
lfl
below
at
Kamloops
and
.30
below
at
TERRACE
NOW
INCORPORATED
VICTORIA,
Dec.
30.
-r
Following-
a
petition
submitted
to
Jhe
government
last
September
an
order
In
council
;
wasf.
t"1
ctfc
ujcurfwraving
-.Terrace
,
aa.
a
village
municipality.
J
''
Thla
means
that
the
vlllaze
will
hiv
the
prtvUege
of
electing
a
council
and
controlling
their
own
expenditures
on
streets
and
mm
and)
other
expenditures,
ralsjni.the
ruon
ty
fronr
municipal
taxes,
PREMIER
BRACKEN
IS
MUCH
IMPROVED
TODAY
WINNIPEO,
Dec.
30-The
condition
of
Premier
Bracken,
who
ha
been
111.
ia
much
Improved
thin
morning.-
and
it
la
believed
an
operation
wilt
no
be
neces-
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3