mil !25 TAXI ndC Boston Grill Ambulance jme Upstair Uinlng Hall, Servlc with newly Ufd dancing A nvahfr mi nvflm floor, fur hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. SInd; Kch,. "-Mm PRINCE RUPERT The latest and beat for the 6 MA n VIII "'i, least I'hone 457. Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper akLl Vl'II v tr.o PKINCE RUPERT. U.C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 13. 1927 Price Fhe Cents TTDnrD CTTCDUrT TA VUAT AT 1 A W1 UV 'iff ff. fliii.A m niirn r nirfri nnji n xn nuikT rr cffifsrr liJillliifiJLiY AI K.A L.l1liJiVU rUA Dili IxUli Uf OULfiLiliJ LM DIRECTOR 0LLYW00D DIES -, t i i Alcoholism - - jioixtwuvu, jut is. Prrerrai Umw jS. film director and publicity formerly prominent In amateur atrlra! ' u-clee in Vancouver and Vte- HPla r!kd at hta borne hrre as a mult tracite alcoholism, according to a re nt th county autopsy surgeon. murdr theories circulated on ounr of the lacerated back of tfe man, which led officers to betleve M might have beta slain. Now it to believed the wound vu due to a I til meultins. it ts asserted, from OH in toxicated condition. The apartment In whir i ! wi.s f una. snowed tne enecia or ."the rive aay arinaing doui out ow- f tr!T v w w vn a tv -v T-i S B f . B ftBBB. HBBBBB. LAST SEASON B It Wltl i ni i .ncH una r ivi liuiinn t lnrl liiftr Sutnn I Imp In 1926 R er operations on Queen Char-. Luanda and the dosing of all the II T :amps. the Umber acaiinga thla aaaa-aaas i II .atvtast r I mllllAit fvta f-fl fact ahead of tb aame period laat year. 4m InUI tn date for this forestry dis trict tlm .-,0 017 000 hnarri fwt 'ttauclu rir .... 533.203 .Bexl! Cedar I.40I.M vamn Dpruce ixiu Podsepole Pine 79031S I Hemlo.;:k 3.7 1.263 I BaUam 2.540,OI8 eottonwood 310.138 conl.nue-. the fellowtrut belns ahlpped urinz June: Pole '.Altai feet) JHJ20 Hemlock PUea 73.197 Cedar Hllea 108.840 Cordw 3d icint-i 141 ehlngle BulU (cord) 29 b. mm.. llll!i ulpw:od rrordai '28 LIKE CITIES OF THE DEAD Earthquake in Holy Land Caused at Least 250 Deaths, rosaibly More JEIIU3ATJM. July 18, Bablui. ancient Stunarllan centre, so nun north of Jerusalem and other towni in in ll I.nri Wik like MUM OI tne acta aa a result or Monaajr a enrui- auike. The latest estimates Dlace tne dead at 150 and In Trans-Jordaiua ai figures give aa high aa a tnousana dead. 400 IIOKIKH HUM) JERUSALEM, July 13. nur hundred oodles have been recovered so lar in KEATING WINS MARATHON SWIM LAKE C1EOROE, New York. July 13. William Keating of New York won first pnre of 15.000 for being the winner of a 24 mile marathon swimming race on Lake Oeorge and finishing here this morning in 18 hours. 47 mlns. 18 sees. after lie left Ilairue. NY vesterdav. rorn dhow.vkii HAMILTON. July 13 Pour Deoole were drowned when a small boat cap Sized off .Ajnlltsm TIplMi In ci apvre .. i, wvm.., .aw. r Murder Suspect Taken Near Langley Prairie Found to be Armed with Gun and Ammunition LANGLEY HtAIME. July l?..-K nneth Dailey was arrested near here yesterday, following reports that a stranger was lurking in the district. He is being held for the authorities of Trail in connection with the murder there of Charles Jury on June 21. When he was taken into custody between here and Murrayville, a nearby settlement where Iiailey's relatives formerly resided, the police found in his possession a letter addressed to Jury's widow, now living in Victoria, expressing regret at the death of her husband, in'whose house in Trail he once resided for six months. The man also carried a loaded revolver and a large supply of ammunition. He came here from the United States. ' f'.tlt KHI I.I II OM.K III r OCC l l'ANTH NOT IUIILY III KT - When the steering, gar of a 4 truck locked and threw the car over the bank at the earner of Pulton and Borden Streets 4 about noon today Clifford Oam- eran. James Irvine and Kenneth Attry had a narrow escape from serious Injury. Aa It was tne car rolled over several Umea but Irvine waa the only one to be Injured, receiving a small t wound in Ute head. GIRL GUIDES USE HAUNTED HOUSE AS TRAINING CENTRE LONDON, July 13. A house reputed to be haunted has been secured by the Olrl Ouldea as a training centre for officers This house la Waddow Hall, standing on the bank of the River tUbble. in Lancashire, and was built some 300 years ago. although much of It has been altered alrwe. In the grounds of the house ts a spring called Peg O Nell's well, reg many years ago waa a servant of the hall. She had a quarrel with her mistress just aa ahe waa setting out with her paU for water from the well. Her mistress cried "I hope you may fall and break your neck." It waa winter and the ground was covered with Ice and snow. The maid slipped and fell and bar mlaireas' male-diction waa realtnrd. Since that time the msld's spirit, according to the story, has haunted the locality, and require every seven years a life. According to the tradition It waa the custom to drown a bird or est or dog in the river to appease the spirit. PLENARY SESSION NAVAL CONFERENCE BEING HELD TOMORROW GENEVA. July 13 Delegatea to the naval conference decided to convoke a plenary snlon tomorrow in order to give assurance that negotiations were continuing In the friendliest pos slble manner. APOSTOLIC DELEGATE FROM ROME ARRIYES NEW YORK. July 13. Archbishop Andre Cassulo. the new apostolic delegate to Canada, arrived liere today. WEATIII.K KKPnitT. Terrace Cloudy, calm, temp. 66. Alyansh. Cloudy, calm, temp. 57. Alice Arm. Cloudy, calm, temp. 67. Anyox.-31oudy, caJm. temp. 58. 8tewaK. Cloudy, calm, temp. 64. Hazelton. Balncalm. temp. 00. Telegraph Creejj.flpioudy. calm. temp. 68. , , Burns Lake. Clear, cairn, temp. 87. Whlteharee. Clear, calm. temp. 61. Dawson. Cloudy, calm; temp. 60; rain at night, raining at Bolklrk. )lil AT V1CTOKIA VICTORIA, July t3. Charles W. m.1ow nmnertv clerk of the depart ment of lands, was found dead, ap parently from natural cauaes. at nis home here tody vieorge Mtpher XThnse appointment as frcif ht frame manager, Canvlian IV inc Railway is announmrl. effective July . Mr. Stejihen's trtrerr lis ml i.n et exneri-enrein irartKlly ail LrHnrho vf railvay freieht traftV U)n m the eat anrl west oflaiidida. Sji.-.t Joh.i. N on treat V inni-ie( and lintiUi C luml.ia. He h.i a wide range of interrala -J n shown by the (act that he is a member, of ;hr AtariitolM Oub. St. Charles Ornitrv Clul ar" the Pine RiHge Club of Winnie; the Aii niboia Club, Kegina; the Canadian (Mub of Montreal: the Vancouver Club, Vancouver; and tbe Edmonton Club, Edmonton. GIRL DROVE INTO OFFICE Three Killed and Four Injured as Hesult of Automobile Crash LOS AM1KI.K.S. July 13. Three pmple were killed and four In-Jiirrd. tan serlul)', when an auto ilrlen hy Mlwi Hetty Peck crashed Into a real estate office. .The dead are Hunter Myers and Norman drill and a young man whose first name I Isidore. FIRE LOSSES" BECOME LESS Marshal Urges the Awakening of Public Conscience Toward Danger . ' VANCOUVER, July 13. Fire Marshal TlKimas forwarded to Attorney Oeneral Manwrn the annual report for last year showing a total Ioks In British Columbia exclusive of forest fires In excess of three and a half million dol lars. This la lees by more than half a million than for the year 1025 and lower (.ban any year since 1922. The fire destruction Included 20 log glng camps and equipment. The report stressed the need of an extensive campaign to awaken the pub lic to the seriousness of "this unneces sary destruction of property" and states "When the public conscience Is pro perly awakened, a person on whose premises a fire occurs will be placed In the same category aa one who drives to the public danger and the onus will be on him to prove that he used rea sonable care to prevent fire." Advertise in The Dally News EDMONTON IS GROWING FAST Population at Census Just Completed Gives City 67,083 Is Announced d EDMONTON. July ll - Hold ng lb position aa tne biggest city in Alberta. Edmonton has a population of 67.033. according to eivlc census figures tuat war-announced by Assessor T. Walker. Thl sbowsj an Increase at 1K over U.e D - minion government's census of laat ycr when the local figures were placed at 66.163. The Dominion census ahowed Oalgar to have a population of G&313. w ll capital city haa no fsrged well ahesa it Ita aouthern rival. Details of the oount which waa earned out laat month by fifty enumerators show 19.429 males and 19 1H6 lenia'. over 31 years of age. Thoae who are under 21 years number U313 mals a., iiJUn fetualea. Tne total for the no:t 0e la glen as &'i3M uhlle thai of Hie uth ude is placed at 1315. mak:n grand total of S7.0&1 "It will be recalled." says the s.-e-' nr. "that the errtaejsnsin in 1926 wis rx.ut 100 tn excess of the ttnw.t- icnt figures, due to tiv fact :UM wc "loded university and college stu- enta aod other transient not counts m the dominion census. These persoi,-had been In the city Jor a per'cd r' lx months and were,, taken into our flgurea but the practice followed In the Government census waito count tbem at" their permanent homes. In orde- that there may not be any si m. lar dis crepancies shown In future counts of tne population. I have thla vc.ir pro ceeded strictly along the lines followed by the governmen- enumerators, The census returns may therefore be taken as showing a bonaflde Increase in the population within the last year " MAKE GRANTS FROM FUNDS Souvenir to Miss Alice Pillsbtiry and Silver Cup to Doherty Infant The President. A. J. Prudhomme, waa n the chair w hen the Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee held their meet- rag last night In connection with the finances of the July 1 and 2 Celebra- ion. Accounts amounting to over 42.500 were pasted. An additional grant of 150 over and above their regu lar fee was voted to the Boys" Band. To the baseball league a grant of 50 for development of the intermediate baseball was voted. The footballers benefited too aa they were given an additional 125; and further 25 was set aside for the 8tew. art benefit fund. An engraved souvenir la to be pre. sented to Miss Alice PUlsbury. the first v. hlte girl born In Prince .Rupert, and who lighted the bonfire on the night of the celebration. An etizraved sterling sliver mug is to be presented to Miss Kathleen Patricia Doherty. daughter of Peter and Mra. Doherty who was bom In tjie local hospital on Dominion Day. A committee consisting of Ralph I Pine. P. W. Anderson and O. W. John stone waa appointed to Inquire into the possibility of extending the bleachers or erecting a grand stand on Acropolis Hill. A complete financial statement will be prevented at the next regular meet Ing. VANCOUVEK EXCHANGE Rid AikM B.C. 6Uver 1,70 1.80 Coast Copper 14.25 1500 Cork Province .... : .08 , ,, .00 Dunwell 1.37 1.39 Glacier ; ,08 .09 Gladstone .19 Independence 08 .68V4 Indian .05 .06 Lucky Jim 18 .18V4 Porter Idaho 19 ..31 Surf Inlet .01 U .02 H CITY MASAtlEK'. PLAN Indianapolis, Indiana, a city of. 314.-194 population, has adopted the .city manager plan by4 a rote of 53.000 to 9 000 Salmon Fishing is to Last Season Improiing on j Salmon fishing is poor this year compared with last year and at present the fishermen on the Skeena River are averaging between thirty and forty to the boat, according to word received from the river this afternoon. Most of the sockeyc are being taken well up , ... . . . . . .. l i i .if.. i -, t i i i 1 1 rl -V. 1 tne ri vwr uui uisappuinimeni is ueing expresseu uy me iisuciiucu at the result of the catch to far this season. . Reports reaching the city yesterday from Dundas Island state that there was an improvement in the run and some good catches of spring were being made by the. trailers. Ward trora Alaska la that they are geiUnc a lot of salmon tn the neighbor- nooo or Keacniaan. Tne soeaeye run la expect ad to Improve on the . Bkeena toward tne end of thla week and thu week haa already been better than last. I'. C. KLMIKIi ! General Director World a Poultry I Cn::2ress MANY SUFFER FROM FLOODS Thousand Lives Lot and Tens of Thousands Homeless in China SIIAMillAI, China, July 13 Word has Just reached hrre that floods In Anwhee Protlnce lo the south, hart up tn July G been the cause of a thousand deaths and that tens of thousand of people In that part of the country are homeless. FISHPRItTS" STILL HIGH Highest Iloat Today Fetches lG.90c and 8c nt Exchange Sale Halibut pricea continued to sell at a good figure today when 163.500 pounds changed hands at good prices on exchange. The 114,000 pounds of Ameri can sold at prices varying between 16 and 17 centa. Arrivals were: AMEKICAV Zenith 28,000 to Cold Storage at 16.40 and 8c. Imperial 24,000 to Royal Fish Co. at 16.70 and 8. Iiwlitg 12.000 to Atlln Fisheries at 16.00 and 8. Havana 50.000 to Pacific Fisheries at 16.10 and 8. CANADIAN Tenien 15.500 to OoJd Btorags at 14.40 bjkI 7. I lira H. 10,000 to AUrn Flslterles at 14.60 and G. R.W. 10.500 to Booth Fisheries at 14.80 and 6. MargurK 5,000 to Booth Fisheries at .14.70 and 6,. Dundas 5.500 to Booth Fisheries at 14.60 and 6. Agnes B. 5,000 to Booth Fisheries at 14 60 and 6. TRAIN ACCIDENT TOLEDO, July 13. Three passengers were killed and nine Injured- when a freight train crashed Into ui inter- nrtm:i trm here thl afterno-n. Not Yet Up Although it is the Skeena River 11414144444444 4, 4 4, hTK.Wtll.KH CAM: 4 4. IS AIWOt KM.ll TO 4 NOVtMltr.K ASSIZE WINNIPEG. July IS. lo enable defense counsel to prepare hi oasc. Mr. Justice Macdonald yesterday postponed the trial of Earle ' Nelson. the alleged "Strangler" untu the November assl?es. 444444444444444 EDMONTON'S HOLIDAY TO BE AUGUST 8 EDMONTON. July 13. Edmonton'. :la holiday haa been set for Monday. August 8, so it waa announced by Mayor TJury under -tnfclty tHIrter. "the mayor la required to proclaim a civic no! Ida y during the year and It has been ustomary to select the first Monday in August. Thla year, however, the first of August fa,s on a Monday so It la felt that It would be more satisfactory to the citizens have the holiday on the second Mon day tn the month. A proclamation to 'ho' effft will therefore be Issued by the mayor. TAX COLLECTIONS IN EDMONTON SHOW WELL EDMONTON. July 13. Edmonton'a tax collections are now $90,000 ahead of last year, reaching a total of some 42.281.000 According to figures given out at the city hall. Although the official figures are not yet available, officials aay that ume 4223,000 waa taken In dm.ng the second Installment period which ended on July 6. Up to the end of June, the total re-reived waa $2,056,409 or $135,352 leaa than for the aame period of 1925. This difference, however, was due to the second installment period this year being extended to July 6. WIRELESS REPORT ' S a.m. DIQBY ISLAND. Rain, calm, baro meter 30.20: temperature, 56; aea smooth: 8 pjn. spoke Cape Scott weatherbound at Glawdzeet; 8 pro. Catala left Prince Rupert, southbound at 730: 7 pjn. steamer Alaska at Juno northbound. DEAD TREE POINT. Overcast, calm; barometer. 29.74; temperature 63; sea smooth. BULL HARBOR. Overcast; wind. SI'., light; barometer. 30.12; temperature. 64; sea smooth; spoke Catala, North Island, southbound. NOON DIOBY ISLAND. -- Cloudy, calm; barometer 30.18; temperature, 69; sea smooth. DEAD TREE POINT. Rain, calm; barometer 29.82; temperature. 58; sea. smooth. BULL HARBOR. Misty; wind, 8.W. light; barometer 30.12: temperature 65; sea. light swell. B30 ajn. Princess Louise left Ketchikan; II am. Catala at Bella Bella southbound. SHIPMENT OF ORE FROM THE WOLF MINE ALICE ARM. July 13. A shipment of ore. totalling approximately twenty-five tons was made last week by J. Flva and P. Peterson from the Wolf mine. The. ore, which Is composed of second grade, was shipped In bulk and la destined for Anyox smelter. The high grade ore sacked at the mine will shipped, at a later date. HOME RUN DAY BIG LEAGUES Ituth, Hornby, Shier and Cy Wil-Hams all Distinguish Themselves NEW YORK, Jty 13. Ruth yesterday made his hirt4en heme run and Rogen Hornsby" tssme run gave the Olanta a three to two victory over Cincinnati. George 8!slcr's heme run put two on in the ninth inajng and gave the Browns a alx to fire vtatory over Boston. Slsler either scored or drove tn all the St. Louis runs for the day. Chicago held first piaea in ute Na-I'-nai League but the Pirates kept at their heels. Cy Wintams got his six-- homer m the St. Lou Is-Philadelphia game. Following were the result lor the day: NATIONAL LEAQIE Chicago 6, Boston 3. St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 6. Cincinnati 2. New York 3. Pittsburg 3, Brcoklyln 1. AMERICAN LEA'HE Philadelphia S. Chicago 8. New York 7. Cleveland 0. Boston 5. St. Louis 6. Washington 9. Detroit 6. ALBERTAAND i THIS PROVINCE Hon. Dr. King Says Interests of Two Countries Closely Bound Together EDMONTON, July 13. That the In-.crests of Alterta and British Columbia are closely bound up one with the oth;r waa atressed by Hon. Dr. King, minister of health In the Mackenzie King cabinet at Ottawa, when addressing a gathering here. The opening of the grain trade through B.C. made the Pacific coast the market for Alberta grain. Dr. King also spoke of the splendid work being done by Premier King, who would go down Into history along with Sir Wilfrid Laurler aa one of the great men of Canada. TO RUSH WORK ON THE ROAD Representative of Contractors Says There Will be no Lying Down on Job Dave Stevens, special representative of the contractors on toad construction for the section to Galloway Rapid, declared to the Dally News this morning that the work on the Job would be rushed. There would be no lying down on the Job. They were anxious to get the work finished. Mr. Stevens will be here only part of his time but James Jjk will be in charge as superintendent 'and the bookkeeper Is D. W. Mortlsdn. Work Is to commence at once. CUSTOMS BOAT IS IN TROUBLE Margaret Reported Sinking is Being Towed to Magdalen Island Port HALIFAX, July 13. This morning the customs steamer Margaret was reported to the .sinking off Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of 8t. Lawrence. S3. Llngan was proceeding at top speed to her assistance. Later the Margaret wirelessed that she had reached the Margaret and waa towing her to Amherst. Magdalen Islands. PROVINCE OWNS ROADS THROUGH RESERVES VICTORIA. July 13. By agreement between the British Columbia and Canadian Governments, the roads through Indian reserve will be owned, by the prrv'nce.