Save Money v cheapest; way to buy the C: New t to subscribe by ttt -r s:id hv U delivered dally , address. Of course, you .,i inscribe (or shorter period, -iion 98 and bare it de--.-.i today. 11. N" 27. TWO GRAIN VESSELS IN Railway Service is Dislocated and Ships Sheltered from Gale Terrific Storm Iuishinjc (ireat Temperature VUiU WINNIPEG. December 8. The prairie are in the grip of -ub-zero weather, varying from five to fifty detrreen below Hudson's Hoiie, in the Kritish Columbia Peace River valley. .".I )elow and Edmonton, 41 below. Railway service is dia- i throughout the west with many trains anywhere from two hours late. Owing to a storm in Minnesota, some of the n-iim the south have been cancelled. The storm xoue has shifl- :ln (.treat Lakes and into the United States. Lake Superior is being whipped by a fifty-mile bliuard and all LABOR MOTION CENSURE FAILS J, Ramsay Macdonald's Motion Defeated by llritih Parliament by Ijirfje Majority ljl.N Dec 8 A BlOtlOO Of 0M- o by too leader of the British J ItaaWy Msedeaaia. - - lie Premier Baldwin for 111-ik- pan in thr coal lebabi en '. 16. was rejected laat night on 47 to 12 a coal qu-t:oi waa up for ml considered no Important : memJaem th". they refused inor siecnber of the Oovern-sUted thai Premier Baldwin .'latlt speak far thf Govern -lively scene followed during ' Houae was adjourned and ius remarks were passed by av they were leaving the MAKE SURVEY PIONEER BELT Canada to Co-operate in Ascer-tuininir. Potentiality of l.and Posfible of Settlement OTTAWA Dec S Canada will co-op-le with a committee of tbe United '. National Research Council la notion Into th- five pioneer belts in- world A survey will be made ,i vle-w to determining the capacity jeee belli to aswimiiate immigration luereasc the production of food aaip- ' matin. Siberia. Australia, South and South America are the coun-.11 which the leading pioneer betta uated I'anada the belt extends through rthern portion of the country l- Atlantic to the Pacific,- NOMINATIONS KANSAS CITY Republicans to Hold Annual Convention Next Year at That Centre V AHHINQTON. Dec. 8 - Kansas OMJT iMHn today M the place for hold-! in- 1028 convention of the Bepub- i !rty at which a candidate for i, iit will be chosen. "' definite elimination of President and Secretary Hughes front the !'-sii leaves the result of the om-'; "Pn to much apeculatl'jn. FOUR EMPLOYEES SWEPT TO DEATH PALO AN ALLS, Que.. Dec. 8 FJll: "tiuction company em v loyoe - '' ' ' '' )! to death In re a; Uio powe :' iii- morning when a ateel cable ' ' ran on which they w.-r-br .ikr Tlie dead are Ruber' Bn-kcuri.!c Queoc A Lake lllizzardx and Sub-zero Canada and Slate 'hipping ruu bom forced to seek shel-trr with the danger or a number of vewel being trapped in the le. The steamer gawa Is aahore on the south cf Orand Manltoulin Island and la being battered by tbe aeaa. tbe erew being In danger. It la the worst Horn In tbe history of Port Cc! borne where a 100-mlle gale la laablng the lake waters fifteen ft above normal, flooding the streets. There are blbaarda and tub to waathar in tbe United States, the oatd met landtag to Use OnU of Mexleey. PROTEST SHORTNESS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Tbe curtailment of tbe school holiday" tin - year is prjteited by tbe writer of a letter to the Vancouver Bun. The letter aaya: It seem the Christinas holidays of our schcol children are to be curtailed this year, and no pro teat from Parent-Teacher associations la of any avail. The children have usually bad tbe week before Christmas and the week alter. This year, the wee before 1 taken away and ail because tbe children back east have had to close aehooU on account of Infantile paralysis. Why penalise us? Our children and teachers need the two weeks. It bju usually taken the teachers the beat part of the first week to mark examination paper. The young folks are working as hard or harder than they ever did. and it is up to us a parents, whan things arc done In this summary' fashion, to take the law into our own hands and keep the children home. COYOTE HUNTER IS VICTIM OF BLIZZARD LETHBRIDGE. Der. 8. An unidentified man, said to be. a coyote hunter, waa found frozen to death near Rono- ieac in the Vauxhall district. This Is tbe sixth known. death aa a result of the bliaeard which swept the western prairies Monday. VANCOUVER'S WINTER FAIR OPENED YESTERDAY VANCOUVER. Dec 8. British Columbian third winter fair was opened yesterday afternaon by Premier MacLean t Hastings Park. VANCOUVEK EXCHANGE Bid. AsXed B.C. Silter 1) 1.75 Bg MlaaouM M AO Coast Copper 1900 15.35 Cork Province -10 Dunwell -314 XI Otorge Copper v 33S Oladstone 47 IndvptMniw M Indian ' 4 J07 leadamltb -04 M .03 Marmot Metals ... .10 Premier 2-3 234 Richmond 13 V4 Silver CreM -05 M Silv!TMi;lt:i .ai1.- 2t Surf luU-: 01 'i S.m!--ii Tone 4- 4.75 wiiiium Smith nalL- tomorrow morn li, Prli-.ce Rupert lor Vancouver Northern and PRINCE W'PEUT, 1J.C. TlU'liSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1927 UNITED STATES USING MOSTLY j FOREIGN SHIPS Out of $GOO,000,000 Paid Out $loO,UOO,OOO.Kent to Foreign , Owners, i WASHINGTON. DC. Dec. 8. Foreign ships carried more than two-thirds of vlve baited Mates foreign tsade in 1028. Of CHI vessels aggregating 2fl.330.000 gross tone required to move the trade eatiy 14W were uwlcr the United 8.at: flag. These figures are Included in a Ship plug Board report which alto showc. that an trances and clearances icr tin year totalled M.40O. Imports amounted to 44.860.000. long tons and extorts 66,- 87000. Ualted State "shippers paid about tW.O0O,0on tot ship carriage, the report aatd. of which amount foreign shipowners received about 40 000,000 Oursem reports Indicated that n Ootober l. 19S7, them were 130 privately owned United States merchant vessels of 1 .600 gross tonnage and over wtqb a total gross tonnage of 8.034.I4S. more than Si per cent being In active err toe Of thla number, however, only 170 veeaels were engaged iu overvesa service, tbe remainder being on coastwise ind Caribbean routes The report showss) that the -sailing reaver has ndt been 8ntiir- retegated to ooastwlM shipping, there being 347 such era ft. aggregating 380,000 tons, actively engaged In transporting United State j gooda to foreign ports. Of that number 306 were under United States registry. RESCUED MEN FROM ISLAND Were Cast Ashore liy Storm When (las Iloat Universe Swept on to Peach FOUND TRAPPERS' CAIHN Were Marooned for Fifteen Days on Chirokoff When Picked up hy Steamer SBWAHD. Dec. 8. Raacued from ChlrokeC Island where they bad been marooned since they were shipwrecked November 33. four members of tbe crew af the gs boat Universe arrived here, three others remaining at a trapper's :aoln on the island. Caught in a fierce northwestern gale fifteen Aaya ago the Universe was swept high on the beach under a high cliff which the sailors were barely able to climb Only two of them were strong ruougb to walk the eleven miles to the trapper' cabin for aid. After fifteen day on the island, the steamer Starr, looklnn for tbe Universe since she disappeared after leaving Kodlak, took them off WISH INCOME TAX ON PUBLIC UTILITIES BE REMOVED BY DOMINION Montrral Itrlrsalliin Walls on I'rrmler .Markrji'le King ami I'roml-eil t'on-Idrralhin OTTAWA. Dec. 8. Yesterday repreeen tatives of the city of Montreal waited on Premier Mackenzie King and urged that public utilities be exempt from In come tax. The Premier heard all the arguments in favor of tbe proposal and then premised that the eabiset .would consider the matter and the minister, oj fmsaee would have It under c$ut atlon In the preparation of hfe (next budget. MASSIVE DREDGES BOUND FOR FAIRBANKS 8EWARD. Dec. 8. The massive dredges, the first of a battery of twelve to be installed within the next two years, arrived here on the freighter Diuun today tor lite FatrbanX- Exploration Company Tbe dredge? are in- f !. m li i 'li:r t PRINCE RUPERT Central British Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE Fleetwood, England, whert over 1.000 homes wjre fiooded when a terrific- gale drove high tide eight feet above normal level CATALftSAFE IN'DOCK HERE Jnion Steamer, Wrecked Just a .i om n Ago, jsenvcreu rrom , Mist Island Yesterday Towed by the Paouic Salvage Co.'a big UsS xUhrag Kit aVeHt&fcMfc4jag snowstorm, tne union teiier cauia which stranded on Ncveaaber H on Mist Island near- Port Simpson being :e-:ecd on Monday of thla aeex and beached In Pearl Harbor where tbe wae paicned sufficiently to enable h;r to be wrought to Prmoe Rupert, arrived safely n port at 4 eloc li - yeaiertit jr aflvritocm and tied up at the government wharf overnight, moving up to the dry dock ehortly after 8 o'clock this morning where, with the assistance of tee Salvage King and Salvage Princess, she vas placed on the pontoons. The anowstorm somewhat hampered the landtag of tbe vessel yesterday but a good job was done of It and there were no eventful occuirencee. The Catala will receive further tem porary repairs at the local dock and In a few daya will be towed to Vancouve: where, according to announcement In the south, she will pe permanently reconditioned at the Barrard dry dock. Salvage work on the Oatala has taken exactly a mouth's time. Credited fo. ne successful conclusion of the work ire T. W. Allen and W. Jordan of the Pacific Salvage Co., Cap. J. II. IlewUon it the as. Salvage King and T. C. Wark- man. aurveyor for the London Salvage Association. Capt. A. E. Dickson, mas ter of the wrecked vessel, has also been on the job continuously and took ar active part, on behalf of the ownera n connection with the salvage. SHEEP HERDERS ARE VICTIMS OF BLIZZARD OALOARY. Dec. 8. The death toi: from Monday's bllazard In Southen Alberta has been Increased to eight with the discovery of the bodies of twe unidentified sheep herders working foi the Taylor Interests east of Taber. HIKKI.KSS KKI'OUT. X a.m. DCOBY ISLAND CI eudy, ealm: baro meter, 30.08; temperature. 33: Bet smooth; 6 pjn. spoke steamer Alameda, arriving at Wrangell. DEAD TREE POINT. Snowing, calm. barometer, 30X10. temperature. 34; ser smooth. BULL HARBOR. Showery, calm; barometer, 29); temperature. 46; heavy swell; 10 p-m. spoke steamer Camosun. left Namu. southbound: 9:40 djij spoke steamer Oardena. left-Namu; bound for raelia Osola; 8 pjn. spoke motorshlp NoKOr Seattle for,KetefilkftQ,255 mile Wrom Seattle: 8 mm i spoke , tug '81 Faith, abeam Mastermaiv Island, bound lor Powell River MIIIN DIQBY ISLAND. Clear, light east wind: barome'r. 30.15; 'temperature 26: see smooth 10 JO jn. steamer Aln- derby. arrived at Triple Island, bounf for Prmoe Rupert DEAD TREE POINT Overcast, calm barometer. 30.00; temperature, 31: se smooth BtU HARBOR -Showery, northeaa; rind iMUromc'": 29.73; temperature RUPERT BRITISH SHIP MMDERBY HERE Fifth Grain Vessel of Season Ar- nves anu is ieariy itcauy to Start Loading Prince Rupcit'a filth grain snip of Le jteMaifcUht .Brlth steamcr-Alnilerl jy. reached port ' this aftefCftbn. having come In ballast from the United Kingdom. The vessel was piloted in from Triple Uland by Capt J. R. El- ftrt, harbor master, who went out this morning at 4 o'clock to meet her. Being already lined, tbe Aluderby baa but to be fumigated before going on berth to start the loading of a full oargo for the United Kingdom or Continent. Oood progress is being made In con nection with tbe loading of the steamer Warlaby and It is expected to get this vessel away with a full cargo fV the United Kingdom' or Continent on Sat urday. The sixth snip of the season will be the Japanese freighter Ohio Maru which s due to arrive about December 15 from the Orient. This boat will re- lulre lining here. RESCUED GIRL MAY YET LIVE Miss llessie Howe Must Have Three Operations Itesult of Shooting ANCHORAOE. Dec. 8. Miss Bsesle Howe, government teacher, who figured n an aeroplane rescue from the village .! Nlnlllchle. after she had accidentally hot herself, has an even chance for re-overy. She must undergo three opera--lons because of Intestinal perforations. LORD CARSON WEPT ON LEAVING THE BAR LONDON. Dec. 8. Lord Carton, who retired from the bar and from the louse of Commons on the same day, after spending 50 years at the former md 39 year In the latter, recently told he following story: "That was the bitterest day of my 'tfe. I went to my room knowing I vould never again appear as an advo- -ate. I took off my wlgg my old wlgg that had been with me In so many llfaculties nd I threw It on the table and began to cry. I locked the door for fear anyone should come In. ind then 1 let myself go. Then I went down to the House where I had been for 'over 29 years, and looked around So 'I was promoted to the dignity of a peer. WILL SEE VISITORS AT THE COURT HOUSE Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands tad member for the district, announces hat he will be available .to citizens ho wish to take up any matters with Mm between the hours or 10 and 13.30 n Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of ext week at the governmeni agent'- !'!..: . V C licit-. V Boston Grill HARBOR Marketing War is on with Control Board in Ashcroft : Over Shipping of Potatoes i ASHCIIOFT, December 8. A car load of II and C grade potatoes shipped by nV. II. Hammond left here last night for Vancouver with no license from the committee of direction responsible for the operation of the Marketing Control Act. I Hammond has defied the committee to take action against him. Ashcroft land owners and growers state that their storage cellars this fall are filled with high-grade potatoes which cannot be moved because the Vancouver market is filled with potatoes from the uncontrolled Lilooet and Fraser In Victoria yesterday Hon. E. be prosecuted if he shipped. nNOTKER SPELL OF COLD iS EXPECTED Prlnre ItHI.-ert lla IU llr:itlet S now tall ' f tV'liler Friluiveil by Sudden lrn) In Tern peratu re Yesterday afternoon and last night Prince Rupert experienced its heaviest single snowfall so far this winter, a total of 83 lnchea having fallen dur ing the 24 hours according to report made this mornlag by H. D. Tee. Dlgby Island . Dominion meteorologist. As the snow ceased, the thermometer dropped to 23 degrees above zero but one degree bighar than the lowest .reading so far Ibia season. . YUfe the taaxometarMshowing a ten dency to - rise- 'ancbtih variingwUul7 seeming to centre from the northeast. the p roe peet this morning waa for : another cold spell with the possibility of a change to clear conditions. LAST RITES FOR LATE MRS. MURRAY TODAY nlrrtnriit in Kalrvlen Cemetery lollows Inire--lve srrtfi-e In l'lr-t Presbyterian t'liunli With a large congregation present to pay last tributes of sympathy and re-ipect, funeral services for the late Mrs. loan A. Murray were held this afternoon li' First Presbyterian Church after which interment took place In Fatrvlew Ceme tery. Rev. J. R. Frlzell, assisted by Rev. A. Wilson, officiated and spoke words of sympathy and esteem. Hymns, favorites of deceased, were "Shall W Meet Beycnri the River?" "O Ood ot C:tbel." and "Reck of xei." Mrs. J. II. McLeod sang "Not Now. but in the Ccailng Years." John Davey presided at the organ. Notable among the many mourners were members of tbe local assembly of the Native Sons of Oanada. of which the widower Is a member. Pallbearers were F. W. Hart. George Smith. William F. Cameron, S. A. Nlokerson. P. W. Anderson and John Wynn. Those sending floral tributes included the following: Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Woodland. Mr. and Mrs. James Parks, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Stuart, Mrs. Herbert McLeod (New York), W. J. Raymond, and Mr. and Mrs. John MeRae. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maekay. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cameron. Alex Yule. WLUTIIKK HKrOKT. Prince Rupert. Overcast, calm; temperature. 22. Haysport. Strong wind. temp. 18. drift Ice in river. Port Simpson. Strong wind. temp. 20. Stewart. Clear.' calm. temp. 11. Acyox-C)ar, calm. temp. 10. Alice Arm. Clear, ealm, temp. 10. Atyansh. Clear, calm, temp. 4. Roes cod. Clear, calm, temp. 4. Terrace. Clear, ealm, temp. 4. Hazelton. Part cloudy, zero. Smlthers. Clear, ealm. 7 below. Burns Lake.-xtSnowtng. ealm. 5 below, Telegraph Cnek. Clear, nortfc wind. 30 below. .ClM-tley. . Clear. 42 below. Nahlln. Clear. 50 belcw. Whltehoree. Clear, north wind, 50 below. Fort Selkirk and Stewart River. -58 below. .Dawson. Foggy, calm. temp. 52 below. NOMINATIONS TO SKNATU WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 Postman nominations sent to the Senate today ln-c tided James H Anderson fur Nome A:.;;!.., Larjre Upstair Dining IlalL with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. Priere Five fntf TOD A Y Valley areas. D. Harrow said Hammond would RAILWAY INTO THE FLIN FLON Contract Let and Train Load of Equipment Enruute to Scene WINNIPEO. Dec. 8. The first train-load of equipment to be used on the Flln Flon railway is on the way from Montreal It was learned here, and far Into the night a battalion or workers, toiling by the light of arc lamps and 'interns, continued to assemble more ttores tor what may prove to be the meat Important railway construct ton contract since the. luudto pi the transcontinental - road. - The letting of the contract to the Dominion Construction Company and W. S. Tomllnson. Toronto and Winnipeg, waa announced at Canadian National Railways headquarters. OPENINGSFOR British (iovernment Will Investigate Possibility of Sending Them to Canada LONDON, Dec. '8. When Lleut.-Col. Arr.ery. secretary of state for Dominion affairs, who is on an Empire trip In his official capacity, visits Canada in January, he will discuss with Canadian authorities the question of finding openings In the Dominion for the unemployed miners of Great Britain. Sir Arthur Steele Maltland. minister of la-bc-r, told a questioner in the House of Commons yesterday. He pointed out. r owever. that the matter could proceed only by agreement between the governments of Great Britain and Canada. RAILWAYS MAY SELLLIQUOR Clause in New Manitoba Hill (irants Them Power Within Province WINNIPEG. Dec. 8 A clause of the Mnnitoba Liquor Control Bill revealed during the second readlne last nliht would empower the commission to f-ant licenses to railway dining cars to sell beer and wine by the glass or bcttle within the borders of Manitoba. TWO VANCOUVER BOXERS WIN BELL1NGHAM. Dec. 8 Billy Town- fifKA of Vancouver, fc.C knocked out J. .E. Hoff of Portland In the second round cf a six round bout here last night. Danny Martin of;Vancouver got the decision from Jim Deck ot Tacoma. ' BROKE HISSHOULDER Pete Leplne of Canadlens Met With .ti-rlilent at IkMton MONTREAL. Dec 8 -Pete Leplne. star relieving centre to Morenz of the Can-adlene bmke bis shoulder ui Boston