t:
ttx
tit
m
Tmo
KKarh
WaN
1
HAD
TO
RIIPF.RT
i
tltll
111'
ltti..
II.
It
AKKKK
NtMi.o
ii:i:am
iti.u
'
'tie
wiuv
held
in
the
Terrace
Tui
'.fla-.
evening
with
J.
K.
Sing
committee.
'
ag
C
idoracd
th
Prince
Ilu-'
project
and
the
secretary
was
'1
'
write
the
proper
author!-
1-
:;t
thn
work
on
the
road
t
Terraoe
be
pushed
ahead
and
-t
a
aiart
be
made
on
the
road
'
Ht
S-UW1
if
if
RFAR7S
!
a.
ss.i
the
daughter
giving
7,
t;
a
profeeetOBel
atnger.
lalmed
124.000
and!
I
000,
the
mother
being
!
1
'
1
;
c:s
f
'b.
29
K
meeting
of
ticj
,
:
di
.m.
In
the
chair.
Dy-laws
ptc
led
t
o
appoint
a
aeparate
end
A
II
Barker
waa
elected
!
ftffi
:e
J,
u.
Agar
retaining
the
-
::ip.
hr.HIMl
nvrii'LU'V
fttl'vtl'l.
III.
.
..
.
.
,
,
,.
wi
........
UMlTlli;.N
IIKAHIM1
lltltw.
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l
K1IU.I1
...
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i.
v
-
iimu
iuuucii
viiBiHc
a1'-
'""
v.lUfc
II.
Will
llOb
OC
lte
next
week
The
latest
delay
defence
Clashed
on
ths
admissibility
".uciica
nr
Artmii
mnnv
an
inter.
"venue
collector.
The
defence
con
-
uiiorniation
otnainea
ay
m
w
not
acceptable
to
the
court.
uurnmmi
.1
.
.
.
...
.
a......
V.
U
1
11
.
1
.
RUIITl",i."
hut
.
"
Ytll.1.
.tlMir
HOMKX
ts
HVNOIt
MK.MIIEKH
VICTORIA.
Teb.
25.
Women
wUl
be
admitted
at
member
of
tht
Anglican
Synod
In
British
Columbia
with
the
restriction
that
"in
every
parish
at
leaat
fifty
per
cent
of
the
elected
representative
.shall
consist
of
male
communicants."
It
was
decided
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
synod
here
yesterday.
The
admission
of
women
to
the
synod
has
been
a
vtaed
question
for
several
years
and.
at
time,
has
caused
some
strong
feeling.
LONGSHOREMAN
KILLED
WHEN
SLINGLOAD
FALLS
IMt
Ii;iliei1)
KIHril
onl
WIMIiim
Mnllli,
Um
Srrluly
Injurril,
Ulten
Iron
Inllx
IiI
H'l
VANCOUVER.
'
Feb.
24.-
Two
long-shoremen
were
Injured,
one
fatally.
whJi
a
allnj
load
01
acrsp
iruu.
ui"s
loaded
on
to
the
steamrr
Belcher
here,
fell
into
th
hold
yesterday.
Pt
Flaherty
died
ten
hours
later
In
hospital
where
It
Is
said
that
hi
com-panlon,
William
Smith,
Is
expected
to
recover.
The
Katl6nal
Ocmmlttee
for
the
celebration
of
the
Diamond
Jubilee
of
Confederation
this
year
comprises
some
two
hundred
or
more
member
Includ
ing
most
of
the
promineni
pryii
Canada
according
to
a
copy
of
Hansard
where
the
struck.
committee
VANCOUVER
Wheat
Dunwell
Gladstone
Oranby
Howe
Bound
Independence
Indian
Mannot
Premier
porter
Idaho
Sliver
Crest
Surf
Inlet
..
Richmond
.
Coast
Copper
was
recently
ixCHANGE
Bid.
Asked
MIK
ISO
l.M
.20
31
38.00
sO.OO
40.00
4200
.10
.
.00?;
.07U
.It
.tJ
2.21
a
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',4
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U
.07
ti
.OOK
,13Vi
fl.25
LIS
IS
t
Bait
TAXI
Boston
Grill
5
and
mXm
Ambulance
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
nt
Anytime
floor,
for
hire.
n
f
1I..MJI
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
lanu;
r.xcmuiBc
maiming
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
latest
and
belt
for
the
MATT
VI
DECK,
Prop.
least.
I'hone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
.
Circulation
1450
Sales
418
Price
Five
Cents
-
r
-
PRINCE
RLTERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
25,
1927.
mrT9S
L"
mm
mam
mj"!l
V,.
BUSY
SKIDEOATE.
Feb.
24.
With
Hev.
J.
Olllett,
Indian
agent,
presiding,
the
Skldcgate
native
held
thetr
annual
election
of
officers
recently
and
W.
II.
Rusa
was
named
chief
councillor
with
II.
E.
Orcen,
secretary,
and
T:
Crosby.
A.
Jones
and
S.
Wilson
also
on
the
board.
The
new
council
will
Instal
electric
lights
throughout
the
village.
They
will
use
water
power
for
their
dynamo
and
there
will
be
a
thousand
tights.
newenglIndWs
ALASKA
CANNERY
ItlK
Hunt
ut
Cordova
ll.i
Changed
Hand
Arcoi'illiig
to
Announcement
In
Vuiii-uuver
SEATTLE,
Feb.
35.
A,
U
Hager
of
Vancouver,
acting
for
the
New
England
Fish
Co.,
Lta..
ha
purchased
the
Cor
dova
cannery
at
Cordova.
Alaska,
a
five
WITH
ENQUIRIES
i
h
i
i
m
i
mj
ar-ia
f
iihyh
i
r
w
a
-w
a
ia
v
w
a
f
a
i
j
ar
m
w
a
im
rm.
m
m
m
a
iifijiyiv
rniriA)i3
iAii3Jiu
3Jjcr3
siuunoi
utunnuunj
.
k.
a
A
.
M.J.
J
r
t
n
meinoa
or
Enquiry
into
Gauthier
Charges
I
I."
V
IIL'I'I
tllL'k:
I
I
T
a
1
f
I1T
L'llkl'lHI
SfltV
fl
I
S"
l
El)
BY
GOVERNMENT,
HAS
BEEN
FOLLOWING.
HIM
AROUND
VI'
TORIA.
February
25
The
resolution
to
provide
for
an
,
c
i
i.,'"
the
charges
of
the
Gauthier
affidavit
in
connection
13
rur
having
of
liquor
reached
the
stage
of
voting
In
the
jiru
on,
Thursday.
An
amendment
by
Joshua
ilinchcliffe,
c
ve
member
for
Victoria,
to
the
effect
that
the
commission!
:
.'::.'d
under
the
Public
Enquiries
Act,
which
is
the
procedure!
i
by
the
government,
have
power
to
carry
its
investigations
rt
of
Canada,
Great
Britain
or
France
was
laid
over
for
the'
j
'
having
it
printed
on
the
order
paper.
On
a
vote
of
25
lo
18.
It
u
decided
to
amend
the
reo-
AKUAbAINM
ti
i
nn
nnnsn
a
aiw
i
n
i
I.
ii
imi
1
i
in
u
,
lutlon.
aa
the
government
aaked,
for
a
commission
under
the
Public
Enquiries
Act
instead
of
a
royal
commission
aa
the
or.
final
raaolutlon
called
for.
R.
H.
Pooler,
ComerTatlTe
house
leader.
MM
he
waa
not
concerned
with
!
the
reputation
of
Oauthltr
whom
he
hid
met
once
in
1915.
He
did
not
go
into!
MM!
IIU!-IIU
I.Osks
licit
the
matter
with
the
man
fcr
Oauthi
VKUli:
111
f
CillTs
TlliV
had
told
him
that
he
bad
aurrendered
j
iimtiiiv
itrltlltl
lli:li:T
hi.
iukm
t
W
X
MeArthur
and
the
i
,
Speaker
of
the
House.
Mr.
Pooley
ii
-
Damage
dared
that
hie
fooUtepa
had
been
lol-
were
averted
by
a
loved
about
by
a
secret
service
man
ry
yraterdaf
in
favor!
In
the
employ
of
the
government
or
It
.,.i.w";if
her
daughter.
1
liquor
beard,
a
man
who
had
made
the
Brutta
C
.uaibH'
several
eaU
on
hUn
and
referred
him
to
r
.
Lid
.
f
in)urteplktotrapblc
eoplea
of
document,
they
were
paattnget'
Ths
Attorney
Oeneral
dented
that
a
aipar.y'e
tMea
which
:
detective
had
followed
the
Opposition
city
and
Hew
West-.
leader
with
hU
knowledge
or
consent.
!rre
statement.
thejUr.
Pooioy
had
aaked
that
the
meas
be
ita
liability
for
the
cleared
up
and
aald
British
and
December
7.
1HI.
in
t
Eastern
Canada
teattmony
waa
essentia!
w
.men
who
were
the
to
make
the
enquiry
of
any
talue.
.
respectively
of
Chief
"
"
,f
on.
of
th.nUh.:
:..:.!.
received
tnjurt
CONSULATE
ROW
at
Shanghai,
where
the
con
uls
of
the
leaMing
nations
of
the
world
have
their
homes
and
on
which
the
eyes
of
every
Jiatio.i
are
fixed,
in
view
of
possible
danger
arising
out
of
the
strained
relations
with
the
military
pan
es
In
China.
There
has
been
no
reply
to
the
request
of
the
military
chiefs
of
the
parties
asking
for
the
neutralization
of
the
international
settlement
of
which
the
picture
shows
an
important
part.
BENNET
NEW
TORY
LEADER?
AU.
MIINH
HUNT
T()
IIIM
AS
rilOI(X.AI..ATItl.VtL
fO'...
""
vt.xilos'riiiH
vEtit
(Sprrlal
In
D.illJ
.News)
OTTAWA,
Feb.
13.
All
olsns
ilii
to
Ihe
kttrrtloii
uf
lion.
It.
IL
llennrtt
of
Csl;ry
Mrst
dominion
Indrr
of
the
('onertathp'Mtry
at
(he
national
rtintrntlan
t
le
lirhl
In
Ulunlir
In
October.
Not.
wit
Islanding
Hi"
fart
Ihut
Hon.
.
Hugh
flutlilr
I
the
nominal
House
lailrr
of
Hie
party
at
the
present
time.
II
Is
Mr.
Ilrnnrtt
lio
Is
the
rrul
opnkruman
In
the
lloue.
It
Mil
lie
mIio
rrHii(lril,
on
behalf
of
lil
wrty.
to
the
linl;rt
sprTrh
Uht
week.
He
roinpllmrnted
the
inlnMrr
of
rinanep
on
the
rlearne
and
falrn
of
thr
iliHiimenl
but
lie
ulx
iirtlinr(l
Ito
r(Ir
(
I
rnr
In
irully
rrilmliiR
the
CanaillMii
lx
hill.
Mr.
Itrnnrlt
U
iiinnirlonl)l)
the
imt
(iiilvUiulliij:
man
a
far
as
the
political
Rilltltlr
of
the
urty
imI;i.v
are
roiirrrneil.
Ill
rrmnl
a
a
former
minister
of
Jutlre
and
fur
u
hrlrf
time
hit
)mr
an'iiiln-l!rr
uf
f
I
mi
in
r
quallO
111
lit
for
the
highest
honor
hi
purly
inn
lr-Mow
uion
him.
Ill
aiilllly
ami
political
vigailt)
I
iinlietloiirl.
Furthermore,
he
mine
from
the
n
uhrre
It
I
rsrnthil
that
the
Consmiilhr
iniit
rrlrlrtr
their
Mlltli'iil
forlune
uml
lie
Is
unl-trrsMll'
Niulnr
Willi
inrinlirr
of
the
urt)'
from
the
Fuiiflr
to
the
Alluiltlr
coast.
SKIDEGATE
GETS
ELECTRIC
LIGHTS
NIAV
VIIXAfii:
FOl
Nt
ll,
INTEXIIN
TO
I'IKIVIIli:
TOWN
WITH
II.I.f.MIN-AT1MI
FACIIATIKS
Customs
Commission
G
ven
Recommendation
with
View
'to
Abolish
Liquor
Export
WINNIPEG,
February
25.
Recommendations
which,
if
concurred
In
by
the
Royal
Commission
investigating
the
customs,
will
mean
the
abolition
of
the
liquor
export
houses
in
British
Columbia
were
made
today
by
Hon.
N.
V.
Roweli,
K.C..
counsel
for
the
commission.
Basing-
his
recommendations
on
large
number
of
findings
which
he
asked
the
xommission
to
make,
Mr.
Rowell
recommended
the
enactment
of
federal
legislation
which
would
render
impossible
the
continuance
of
export
houses.
He
asked
that
licenses
or
bonds
of
the
Consolidated
Exporters
of
British
Columbia
and
all
its
branches,
the
Joj.
Kennedy
Co.,
the
Commercial
Bonding
Co.,
the
B.C.
Distilleries,
and
the
B.C.
Brewers
be
not
renewed.
In
addition,
Mr.
Rowell
asked
the
commission
to
recommend
that
evidence
as
to
the
violation
at
the
Criminal
Code
by
the
said
companies
and
their
officials
"be
forwarded
to
the
Attorney
General
of
the
province
of
British
Columbia
and
to
the
minister
of
justice
for
appropriate
action."
Other
recommendations
providing
tor
the
collection
of
arrears
in
income
and
sales
taxes
from
the
companies
included
in
the
auditor's
statement
were
made.
Witnesses
Substantiate
Charges
Made
by
Dr.
Sutherland
Respect
to
Request
Made
for
Hush
Money
Of
R.
II.
Pooley,
Conservative
house
leader,
proposed,
in
return
for
of
R.
F.
Pooley,
Conservative
house
leader,
proposed,
in
return
for
"hush
money,"
to
influence
Mr.
Pooley
and
have
the
Conservatives
"lay
off"
the
investigation
of
contracts
awarded
to
the
A-
Palmer
Company
of
Vancouver
was
the
testimony
of
S.
B.
Rainsford,
assist
ant
manager
of
the
company,
before
the
public
accounts
committee
of
the
Legislature
yesterday.
Rainsford
further
said
that,
a
week
after
this
interview,
Gibbons
returned
and
said
that
he
had
written
Mr.
Pooley
telling
him
to
desist
from
the
investigation
of
the
Palmer
Company's
operations.
In
addition
to
-
this,
the
witness
testified.
Gibbons
had
offered
to
secure
htm
a
Conservative
n
m.
nation
at
the
next
election
for
S.0O0.
Olbbons,
who
also
appeared
before
the
committee,
admitted
aome
of
the
proposals
but
declared
that
he
had
"only
been
Joshing"
when
he
made
them.
He
testified,
however,
that
the
"majority"
of
Ralnsford's
statement
were
untrue.
C.
X.
R.
EAIlXlXtlS
The
gross
earnings
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
for
the
week
ended
Feb.
14.
1027
were
14.830,154.00
as
com.
pnred
with
I4.4D4,
412.32
for
the
same
period
of
1928.
an
Increase
of
333,-741.63
or
seven
per
cent.
Advertise
In
the
Dally
News.
Situation
in
Shanghai
Still
Tense
as
Northern
Troops
Are
Forced
to
Retreat
Into
City
SHANGHAI,
February
25.
The
defenders
of
the
foreign
settlement
of
Shanghai
remained
alert
on
Friday
to
prevent
native
incursions
from
the
opposing
Chinese
forces
struggling
for
possession
of
tho
city.
The
armies
continued
to
concentrate
and
volunteers
of
a
machine
gun
company
were
mobilized
thb
morning
and
held
in
readiness
while
British
troops
paraded
with
two
six-Inch
motorized
howitzers
along
the
Bund.
More
Northern
Chinese
troops
arrived
!
this
morning
and
it
Is
estimated
that
eight
thousand
in
addition
will
line
plant,
from
th
Carlisle
racking'
be
in
the
ci,ty
by
tonight.
The
Northern
'co.
it
ti
announced
here,
'Sung
Kiang,
only
28
miles
from
Shanghnl.
em
forces
have
retreated
to
Would
Buy
Land
Back
from
Yellow
People
and
Ship
Them
Away
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
DENOUNCES
TREATY
THAT
MAKES
IT
IMPOSSIBLE
TO
LIMIT
EMPLOYMENT
!
OF
JAPANESE
AND
CHINESE
I
VICTORIA,
February
25.
Declaring
that
the
Japanese
'treaty
jniade
the
bill
limiting
the
employment
of
Orientals
ultra
vire.s,
j
Attorney
General
Manson
said
in
the
Legislature
on
Thursday
that
!
the
Dominion
government
should
be
asked
to
denounce
the
treaty
end
to
take
every
step
to
prevent
the
further
influx
of
Orientals
into
I
British
Columbia.
Mr.
Manson
was
speaking
on
the
bill
of
C.
F.
Davie,
Conservative
member
for
Cowichan-Newcastle,
which
would
esclude
Orientals
from
various
occupations.
This
bill
passed
ita
second
reading
but
another
bill
by
Mr.
Davie
to
exclude
Orientals
.rsm
yubllc
sihacls
of
the
province
we.
delisted.
Member
of
the
government
zoted
against
both
bills
on
tie
ground!
hat
they
were
ultra
vires.
j
Aittr
pointing
out
that
the
natural;
rate
of
Increase
of
Orientals
exceeded
!
that
of
white
rettdent
of
the
province.!
Mr.
Manson
aald.
"I
believe
we
should
take
all
property
owned
by
Orientals,
pay
them
a
lair
compensation
and
trans
port
them
all
to
other
climes.
The
expense
would
be
enormous.
It
would
run
ltto
millions
but
It
should
be
borne
by
U
of
Canada.
The
people
of
Canada
should
consider
taking
this
step
before
.
Is
too
lae."
ADZICK
CASE
COMMITTALS
tOU.MKIt
HEPl'TY
ATTOKXEV
OEXEItAL
OK
AM1KKTA
AXI)
l
II
I:
ARE
SENT
I
P
KU.MONTOX,
Feb.
5.1.
Hugh
C.
M
Donald.
K.C..
furmrr
drpul)
general
of
the
province
of
Alberta,
and
.Mr.
Mirgarrt
(Prggy)
Adzlrk
were
rnmnilltril
for
trial
here
yesterday
by
.Magistrate
Primrose,
on
charge
of
Hounding
Veko
Adzlrk
In
a
brawl
at
hi
home
In
the
Adzlrk
Apartments,
Hi'Jnd
street,
on
New
Year's
Kve.
On
the
stand.
In
the
course
of
the
prrllmlnary
trial,
Adzlrk
testified
that
he
had
heard
.MrOonaM
Imut
to
.Mrs.
Adzlrk
to
kill
Mill
11
lie
lay
011
the
floor
writhing
in
pain
from
a
number
of
knlfr
wound
I
nil
let
rd
by
hi
wife.
The
rasp,
which
ha
caused
a
sensation
here,
will
be
followed
with
Interest
to
the
higher
court.
It
was
known
that
MrDmiald
was
Involved
1iit
It
wa
hardly
thought
'
he
would
be
committed.
The
prosecution
called
every
witness
to
the
a
lira
v,
u
well
a
tlio
who
were
alleged
to
have
been
ut
the
party
before
the
urtual
stabbing,
with
th"
possible
exception
of
Thorn-as
(I.
Uv
lug-tone,
who
Is
now
ut
Fort
Saskatchewan
Jail
srrvlng
u
mouth's
sentence
on
a
charge
of
pudding
the
pujroll
of
the
Northwestern
lllllllrs,
Ltd.
and
who
I
alleged
by
the
police
to.
.Inive
been
at
the
celebration.
BODY
OF
BOY
IS
RECOVERED
111
MAINS
OF
AI.ICK
CIIERN.MKNOFF
'
I'Ol'Nll
IN
SEWEK
PIPE
t'NDEIt
j
.MAIN
STREET.
VANCOI
VER
of!
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25.
The
body
Allck
Chernmenoff,
aged
10.
who
was
last
seen
alive,
on
Sunday
when
he
went
to
play
near)
an
open
sewer
on
the
False
Creek
flats
near
the
Canadian
National,
Railway
station,
was
found
late
on
Thursday
In
a
sewer
conduit
under
Main
Street
by
police
officers.
The
body
was
lodged
against
sacks
which
prevented
It
from
being
swept
out
to
the
open
water
of
False
Creek
beyond.
Mrs.
Olen
McMillan
'sailed
for
the
south
on
the
steamer
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
on
a
brief
holiday
trip.
She
was
accompanied
by
her
mother,
Mrs.
R.
E.
Au'cu.
LITTLE
INTEREST
IN
BY-ELECTION
ONLY
IM1.EN
VOTEKS
TIKXEU
Ot'T
MIMNO
HUST
HOIK
THIS
MOKNIMS
Little
interest
was
being
taken
In
the
civic
election
In
the
early
part
of
the
day.
E.
F.
Jones
Is
returning
officer
and-Frank
Vlckers
and
W,-E,
WUHs-
,
croft
are
acting
as
deputies.
Jas
Harnp-Itcn
and
F.
Lanza
were
acting
as
scrutineers
for
P.
H.
Llnzey
this
tnorninj
and
J.
Allen
for
Jas.
Black.
At
the
counting
of
tfce
ballots
this
evening,
II.
jo.
Crewe.
H.
ColUson,
J.
Allen
end
Jas.
Hampton
will
act
ts
poll
clerks
In
totalling
up
the
number
of
ballots
cast
for
each
candidate.
The
first
hour
of
voting
thla
morning
brought
out
only
about
a
dozen
voters.
There
seemed
,
to
be
a
little
more
Interest
taken
In
the
election
towards
boon
and.
In
the
early
afternoon,
cars
were
busy
carrying
voter
to
the
polls.
At
1.30
this
afternoon
over
200
had
cast
their
ballots
with
a
fairly
steady
procession
of
voters
appearing
as
the
weather
cleared
up.
It
Is
expected
that
there
will
be
around
600
cast
their
ballots
before
the
poll
closes
tonight
at
8
o'clock.
HALF
MILLION
BUSHELS
GRAIN
...
WAS
SIlll'I'EII
FROM
VANCOI
VEK
TO
POUTS
OF
WOltl.ll
IH
ItlMI
PRESENT
M
ELK
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
25.
The
followlns
grain
shipments
were
made
from
this
port
during
the
present
week:
Wltell,
option
Hamburg,
Bremen
or
Antwerp.
115,733
bushels.
Java,
for
Hull.
74,000
bushels;
for
Denmark.
15.437
bushel.
Statesman,
for
Liverpool.
74.667
bushels:
for
London,
73.509
bushels.
Osorgc
Washington,
for
Hull,
162.400
bushels.
Point
Fcrmy,
for
Port
Colombia,
14,-5C0
bushels.
LIQUOR
OUTFIT
OFFERS
TO
QUIT
t'NITEO
ST.VIKS
OOVFJIN.MENT
CAN-MIT.
HOWEVER,
CHIME
TO
AN
AtiREE.MEXT
WITH
COXSOI.I-HATED
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Feb,
.25.
The
San
Francisco
Examiner
say;
that
the
Con
isuiinaieu
axporicrs
oi
v.ansau
oucfeu
to
quit
alleged
rum
running
activities
and
relinquish
claims
to
two
ships
seized
by
United
States
officials
on
condition
that
th
government
drop
all
Indictment
against
officials
of
the
company
which
offer
the
United
State
government
refused.
The
seized
shlpa
are
the
Coal
Harbor
and
the
Quadra.
Income
tax
due
on
Illicit
liquor
profit
was
the
rock
on
which
th
proposal
was
wrecked
although
the
offer
Included
the
promise
to
turn
over
to
th
Canadian
government
$2,000,000
worth
of
liquor
ready'
for
shipment,
the
''paper
ay.
'r.
ft
l
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