25 TAXI Boston Grill and Ambulance Service) Anywhere nt Anytime Stand: Exchange llulldlng MATT VIDECK, I'rop. VOL. XVII., No. 7. CHINA IS STILL FAR FROM GOOD OMiltlON MIMl.ttlltT I.AII;K IN IIINHOW HIT GROWING UllltoK ALONG VANGNTL HIU.II rcK'so Jn to otriciai dispatches i .crt from Hankow Mid thl . tin conditions, while tame- c locally, were growing ted-t L u other cities along the 1 K -tug River The IlrttUh were all missionaries froaj aecessl-.. iluptn llanan and EacV t.rt cautionary messut and cnen titi being moved (ram t. indred miles up the rtver .-. Cantonese stldlrrs had . C- jh eAneewslont l Ksnkow. '.i. en lUly mood and It ' V miiit run tsuk because ived no pay tor several . Rnush withheld fir when ' ht contests! enlrsnct .a Uwf art now bih tr and tht Cblne-S sing the native to i- I V" Wl rs v, rv. w. KfcUKS K YS TERRACE HOME un.iki . .. " " "I .'111. .l.'SI, ! U.S III iim-.Ii TO GKOl ND I Ill-It VV MOKMMi YTTjrt Jan 10. Hi hom ol Mr. Mir 8 r Mllla. south est or town. '' .ctj tht ground with all lt rruisy morning biwi f -3 .MX, Mm u alone at th time. Mr ?T ut hauling polra. Th r. which ;r 7 lUrtrd Irom an orefhetl ad galntd auth headway befsr jkmed that, excrpt lor a trunk ah dragged out with her, h - able to aave a thing. A th -is wai aomt dutancc from any ntlgh- befor an alarm wu broadcaaird. " loo iat tor anyone to b of any I.- ' iioua which wu a on atort 'irui tur. waa originally built for X CJapp of Prince Huprt wha x'.mt th owntr of the prowrty ' m M partly covered by inaurance. PIONEER EASTERN NEWSPAPERMAN DIES MlrOII I.I, III I I CII T K!T.ll- i.imi ottaha nu;: rnr.su ami I OH MANY Y:AHH M AH ITS MII.K ovm:u OTTAWA. Jan. JO.O. 't 84. who helped to V. Mitchell, eatabllah the ulawa rrra Pr... In moa later bfcom- "8 IU aoi proprietor until h told me paper In 1803 when h retired from Journalistic work, died on Sunday. IIOCKKY Piituritii)' More Toronto S, New York American Ottawa 3, Canadleni 0. . Montreal Maroon 3, Oottou 0. Chicago 4. ritUourg 0. iiiula)' Hroren ' ftrolt 1, New York Ranger 4. The Dally New I In receipt of cop-,p of English newspsper published .0 JPn from 8adao Bug a who wa guest for a fw day at th tmperlal Hi !fl lu Toklo. - ----- m Girls and boys crushed so tightly into deadly . . ,INH WRITTEN Tl it i f stairway that walls have to be cut open to extricate bodies SPACE OF TEN MINUTES ENCOMPASSED DISASTER Mass of groaning and shrieking juveniles are suffocated to death proprietor and employees held by police MONTREAL, January 10. One of the mot terrible holocamH In the hUtory of the city took place when fetenty-slx lives were lout n the frenzied audience madly rushed for the exits of the Iaur ier movie theatre In which fire occurred yesterday afternoon. The : theatre wa filled with, eleven hundred persons consisting mainly of t children, a number of the dead being juvenile:. In addition to the deaths at the scene' many who were injured in the hectic wramble for tuifely may die. The fire Marled under the floor of a balcony and the cry of a youngxter who haw It Marled the atnmpede. The flame were noon under control and little damage to the building wa done. The dead were crushed and suffocated. Th tutfway. whteh lb nrtflten found jammed with children, was death cf eplWwn under sixteen to raortng pic trap for the victim. The crush wa so lur, tnmr. uniru special permission ' tight that when a rop wa placed brtn 1Tt around tbt body of on child, twenty , Thu.tr.rre children m city hospital men tugged at It in aln At a turn j ,uHwlng tnm injuries sustained in the tn th tatrs. five feet from th main trt reported today to be recov- noor. firemen again tried to reswore a trnf human ma but It waa found bnpwwsbi I . todoao. tt waa nfeery to cut a hole ! rtitrrp IMTCpinn I in the outsld wall and ut down IUMLLiU I11IMUUU wooden talrwy to gel at to bodies o.' th victims of the tamped ij minute encompaued A urn of the whol tragedy. B)y and guts in a vain stampeding mob from th bsloony pressed suddenly PROSPECTOR DIES lunrral of l-Mtr Jainr llronn of Purlfb-tta Held at Trrraiv from th rear and all (tumbled and Ml. TERRACE. Jan. 10 The funeral of Instant panic then acUed th crowd and Jsmes Brawn, pioneer prospector and there wa a hovlng. scrambling hesp oi umberman of thla district, took place children. In a minute or two the stair- at Terrace on Thursday, the body hav- way became aalld wtth a utfooating. j tag been brought from Pacific. Dcceas-jrcanlng. shrieking and dying mass ied wa well known throughout th dls-Nearly alt thos tsken out of the uir-(trlct. having lived at KlUumkalum in way were dead. The number of death tb 'early days, later moving ta Pacific make It th greatest tragedy of It ktndt which place he died very uddenly on ir. the hlatory of Canada. Bom f amtlle TuevUy. lost a many as three children. All th ' Funeral efvtces were conducted at the victim were taken to th msrgue. i KlUumkalum Cemetery by Rev. A. W. Ameen Lawrand. proprietor of the the- Robinson of Terrace. The accompany, aire, and three employee are being held ing the cortege from Pacific were T. M. by the pollc lor an Inquest tlay. The ' MeCubbln. Thomson and McSHchott. and provincial lir prohibiu th admittance T Moore of Kltwanga Efficiency of Local Elevator Becomes Increasingly Apparent; Two Freighters Rapidly Loaded The Wheat Pool's elevator at Prince Rupert continues to make very uiitlsfaetory loading records and the moro the plant is used the more Is it. efficiency being proven. Loading of the Smith Line freighter. Welsh City, was completed Saturday night anil the vessel laid at the elevator dock overnight, moving up to the lmperiol Oil Co.'s plant Sunday morning to take on fuel before sailing nt 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the itUo,i k-imf.lnm nr continent. She took on here a full cargo of 332,- CIO bushels which was loaded in the very satisfactory total time of lau hour. Thl 1 hout the beat time that could, be mad at an elevator on the coUflth' vessel of th Welsh City Ue.'rnofdentaliy. h took on th largest cargo of wheat ever loaded her. Boon after the Welsh City had depart- ed from the elov-'or wharf, the Ocean Transport Co. freighter. Ryoka Mru, which had completed lining a " dock, took up her berth there on Sunday and, Immediately atarted loading. During the afternoon 4.800 ton waa placed aboard and the vessel should get away with th flrat grain cargo ahlpped from liere to the Orient about noon to-morrow. AVIth th Welsh City MxJ Ryoka Mru taking cargoes totalling over 600,000 bushel, the stock of wheat In the (levator will be rather low but the' plant wilt aoon be full again with heavy loadings on the prairies reported for Prince Rupert. The next vessels due ht. for grain are the Sur.ukl Line freighter Seine Maru. coming about January 30, and the British ahlp Innerton, due on January 33. Bine the local elevator commenced operations In October, ' It la estimated that about 3,000,000 bushels, or nearly three times It capacltly, through the plant. i i: It PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1027. CAM; Of "NAIOIITY" AIMtK Mf rilKKXIN LOS AKOEIXS. Jin. 10.-DH-trlct Attorney Keyes requeated In court today and wat granted a dlunUaal oa crlalnxl charges of Mr. Aim re Simple WcPher-ton. He rtderttci howeter. the charze that the evausellat had left here In the coapany of Kenneth Ormlaton. former An-gelu Temple radio operator, and not In the band of kidnapper as she had it ted. ke-i:li:ctei gflgB jp iBKWvf - , mr'mArir . ssaaaaaaaaaaaai .HeFy IbBBBBBBBBBBBBBK 1 SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl Mayor a M. Newton who received acclamation today to aerve his eighth term. ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED HON. i. K. H.KMUIM! DKNIKS f TATLMKNTS OF MAATOK OOl l.ll AT WASHINGTON I ItDliKUK KTON. Jan. 10. llun. J. K. rirmiiilng, runner premier of New l!ruitwlrk anil now member of parliament for Curlelon-Mrtorla, In a statement otrr the long distance leleplioue frum Juntrr where lilt lumber mills nrr liN-nlrtl, In iier to (.tale-ment nuile lir Senator Gould of Maine nn the wltnev stand at Washington, said that he found (ionlilV testimony full of nils, statements nnil lliat the rhartes made against htm by (loulil were not. true. He Kirllrularly denied (lould's allegation ihat he had hren Hill SUK),h when premier In allow the ronstrurtlaii uf n railway to continue. REV. J. R. FRIZELL HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS PASTOR OF CHURCH At a meeting of the vacancy committee held last evening it wa unanimously decided to nominate Rev. J. R, Frlzell, B.A., L.L.B.. Vancouver Heights Presby trrian Church. Vancouver, to permanently fill the local Presbyterian pulpit. Mr. Frlrell la at present acting a minister temporarily. A meeting of the congregation will be j held during th week beginning January hss passed , 34 when a tgalnst Mr. vote will Frltell. be taken for or ! PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper IS RE-ELECTED! .;i;TS ACCLAMATION TOIUY CON-TLT ONLY IOIJ AlDKItM AMC m;ats No candidate entering the field to : oppose blm. Mayor S. M. Newton wai thla afternoon declared elected oy acclamation for hi eighth term a nuyur of Prince Rupert. There wa talk of "dark horse" appearing In the contea. but no Mral came forward. For the three vacancies on the school board, three candidate were elected by acclamation H. B. Rochester, the pre sent chairman; S. D. Johnstone, also a member cf the present board, and William Gilchrist, who will succeed W O. Pulton, who retire from the boarC. for the four vacancies on tne councl eight candidates were ncmluaUJ: Aid George B. Casey. Aid. W. M. Brown, Aid. W. J. Greer, W. H. Montgomery.! Jsmes Black. O. P. Tinker. P. H. Ltnzey and J. M. Morrison. Frank Dcrry, who was to have been a Labor candidate for the council, found he was not qualified. There were no candidates nominated (or the police commission. Should it be decided to revert to the city police system, a by-election will be necessitated to elect two commissioners beside the mayor. The following were the nominations: I OK MAYOIt 8. M. Newton, proposed bj W. E. Fisher and seconded by .J. JOUll. FOK ALDERMAN James Black, proposed by S. D. Mac-jdonald. seconded by Oscar Larsen. P. H. Llnrey. proposed by C. H. Orme. seconded by S. E. Parker. O, P Tinker, proposed by Thos. Me-Meekut and seconded by L. W. Waugh. W J. Greer, proposed by J. J. Glllls and seconded by E. A. Msnn. I W M. Brown, proposed by Jas. Camp-seU and seconded by Rolf Walker. W H. Montgomery, proposed by C. R. Anderson, seconded by George B. j Casey Oeorge B. Casey, proposed by Alfred Stork, seconded by W. H. Montgomery'- John M. Morrison, proposed by a. B. I Casey, seconded by W. H. Montgomery. FOR SCHOOL TLl'STEKS H. B. Rochester, proposed by E. F. Jones snd seconded by D. J. Matheson. S. D. Johnstone, proposed by George Rorie and seconded by W. J. Greer. William Gilchrist, proposed by Johi Bergman, seconded by H. F. Olassey. WKATHKIt KCroitT. Prince Rupert. Clear, calm, temper- ature. 30. Haezlton. Cloudy, windy, temp. 30. Telegraph Creek Clear, calm, 12 below. Smlthers. Cloudy, calm. temp. 13. Bums Lake. Cloudy, calm. temp. 13. Whttehorse. Calm, clear, temp. 18. Dawson. Clear, calm, 3 below. Terrace. Clear, windy, temp. 5. Ross wood, Clear, calm, temp. 3. Alyansh. Clear, calm, temp 3 below. Alice Arm. Clear, calm, temp. 20. Anyox. Clear, calm, temp. 29. Circulation IMS. 8les 441 There wss an increase also In hemlock and balsam. Interior spruce showed twenty-five per cent decline. Cottonwood Incressed by four hundred per cent and there were small amount of cypress, alder and birch. Following the comparative figure for 1926 and 1923: 3pruce coast .. Spruce (Interior) Baliam Cypress Jaekpme . .... Alder Birch . . . Cottonwood . . 192S 1923 Board ft. Board ft. 6.968472 1.132.00.2 20520.60-7 13.963.163 31473.106 60.773.419 3.733447 4.193420 39.272.658 2ifl6SX. 15.625.918 I3.221.1- 27313 1137- 130416 93.17S 115 19. 283 296419 T234U POLES. PILLS. ETC. Decreases are noted for. the year 1926 as compared with 1925 tn production of poles, piles and ties. 'the figure being as follows: Poles Spruce Piles Hemlock Piles Cedar Piles Cordwood. cords .. Shlnglebolts, cords Ties, Fir, number. Spruce Ties Hemlxk Ties Pine Ties Fence Pots Pulpwood. cords . . 1926 Lineal ft. 1428443 . 10.611 221.1 ft 396.032 5460 330 3423 8.141 533.430 196 3.658 Douglas Fir, board feet Red Cedar Spruce, coait Spruce, interior Hemlock Balsam Jack Pine Birch POLES AND PILE Poles, lineal feet Spruce Piles Hemlock Piles Cedsr Piles Cordwocd. cords Shlnglebolts, cords Pulpwood 1923 Lineal ft. 1431.411 3473 139.473 610.010 2.717 317 10.889 5461 45.40J 714409 132 1450 DECEMBER IIGI KES Following are the district scaling for the month of December: 119.409 2.004.605 5.136463 316.033 4473453 3.577.C30 583 33 336.700 866 1434 5,841 57 6 367 BIG FIRE DOING MUCH DAMAGE ON PHILIPPINE IDS. MANILA, Jan. 10. Five thousand are I homeless and fifteen hundred houses 1 (were destroyed by fir which Is sweep- The Reds are now said to be foment-; iag the Tondo district today. The pro-tng a revolution In Central America, perty loss Is estimated at 3,000.000. No Since they failed In the British coal casualties are reported, struggle, they must look for new fields -to conquer. Advertise In the Dally New. Canada and Motherland Connected by Air When Ottawa Greets England OTTAWA, January 10. The Empire wireless telephone connected Canada and the Motherland on Sunday over the beam radio system between England and Drummondvilte, Quebec, to which Ottawa connected with a land wire. Several conversations were successfully conducted between the two countries which are 3,500 miles apart. The tests foreshadow the opening up of direct telephone communication between all parts of the Empire. It is a new and distinct inter-Empire project which it is hoped to carry out . through the Marconi beam system. Sunday's talk was with Rridgewater, Somerset, England. Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. Price Five Cents IL PICTURE SHOW TRAGEDY 4 4 HI f V VI V UL MJJM Iftf 1 I I IV IV f I lLA' 4 W llfff 1 lIL Uf Iff IV L II I f LI flf W osfry Lmldren Dead as Kesult of Most Terrible Holocaust on TIlATInN IN u uniiun in Record in History of Dominion MAYOR NEWTON i Wase AWuW in Timber Scaling During 1926 by District Fonstir I : j The Umber dealings in Prince Rupert district during the year ! VJ2G totalled 133,414,945 board feet showing a light increase over the total of 135,327,343 board feet for 1925 according to figures made public by R. E. Allen, district forester. An increase in the scaling from 8,253,811 for the month of December 1925 to 15,017,871 for the month of December 1926 brought the 1926 aggregate to a figure in excess of last year's. A six hundred per cent increase in the production of Douglas fir is to be noted when the two years are compared. There wa3 an increase In the cutting of red cedar but a mare substantial decrease in spruce. - PREMIER AND CABINET ARE HEARING CASE A1.IVKKTA ANO SASKATCHEWAN AP-PEALINO AGAINST DECISION OF RAILWAY BOAKII ON FREIGHT KATEH OTTAWA, Jan. 10. The stage 1 set for the hearing today by Premier Kln,r md his cabinet of the appeals of Alberta and Saskatchewan from decision! f the Board of Railway Commissioners in several phases of the freight' rstei issue. The two provinces seek immediate action to remove discrimination alleged to be existing . In grain and flour rates to Fort William. PRINCE GEORGE MILL MAN DIES LTE J. D. .MrARTHl K OF WINNIPEG WAS NOTED WESTERN RAILWAY Itl'ILDEK DIED IN PRIX ATI: RAILWAY CAR W1NNIPEO, Jan. 10. J. D. McArthur, aged 73, pioneer western railway builder, died aboard his private car at the itatlon here this morning on his return from Battle Creek. Michigan, where he underwent treatment for acute anaemia. One of the latest ventures of the late Mr. McArthur, among whose notable railway contracts was the construction oi the Edmonton-Dunvegan railway line 1 the erection of a large sawmill at Prince Oeorge whloh is now neartng completion. MORE PUPILS IN PUBLICSCHOOLS .MINISTER OF Kill CATION. Sl HMITS Ills REPORT TO LtGISLATl "UK VICTORIA. Jan. 10. The annual report of the public schools of the province submitted to the legislature by Hon. Dr. J. D. Mcl-ean. minister of education, shows an Increase tn attendance from 03.000 pupils to 100.000. Four thousand teachers are engaged. Tht total cost to the government tor the year waa HORSESHOE DRAINAGE ASSOCIATION BEING WOUNDUP-TERRACE TERRACE, Jan. 10. The annual meeting of the Horseshoe Drainage District was held on Friday in the O.W.V.A. Hall, Terrace. D. A. McKlnnon presiding over a very small attendance. The clerk ill. HalllweU) tn hi annual report, stated that the total Income for th. year amounted to $1,879.89, and the outlay of 81.648.73 Included th total repayment of all loans against th commissioners. The bank balance was 1331.13 with contingent liabilities amounting to 1333.47. leaving a disposable balance of 17.69. W. Ross Thomson was re-elected a commissioner and the clerk was empowered to carry out the winding up of the business, only two defaulting lots being reported as unredeemed. ' Advertise n th Dally New.