Save MoneY Tt,e rhttpcst way to buy the Oaiiv News M to ubscrlbe by the 'rear The coat u $S.OO and your r delivered to your address (tl'h .r enins. Juat figure out the IW;i .oat to you for this dally for twelve month I KT lis ' 'liere wUl be several III: Hi: L. and U 'ni'ouvbr, Match 18-aeneral P. A. s " " returned to Vancouver thl '' "i rrom London. 'or the purchase of the Pa Ativurtua in Thi Dally Newa Lskevlew Lucky Jim Marmot Metal . more i Nat 811. 08 Copper Mountain Fire Destroyed Bunkhouses; Nine Burned to Death Number of Other Are In Hospital at Princeton Severely Injured IteNult of Iiarly Morning Maze Yesterday I KINCKTON, March 19. Nine men were burned to death and . i i.uly injured while several others were burned or hurt in . . .. rly Sunday morning which destroyed the large bunkhouse uranby Consolidated Mining Company at Copper Mountain dead are R. P. lias.sett, Daniel McPherson, II. Towl, Martin Patrick Dermody, N. Solid, McKay, A. Matheson, and W. seriously injured in the hospital here are V. G. Nelson, NEW STEAMER FOR THIS RUN " M'l.u I I OK WHsll. TO TtKE n v i oi riiiM KiM w:tkii i: ' IM N io ILVDE IH II.DEKs to word recem'U Imm Vsn-oiitrsct for the building of imer for the British Colum-i fuuaip Service to take the ean Pells-Prtnce Rupert -m-dlate potffU run. which will i rued over from the Princess the PriaceM Royal. wa Me end of last e in alon-' W Beatty, chsirman and : the Canadian Pa'lllc Rati-i lie contract ha been awarders Falrflelds ol Clydebank, .d the trn rail (or the de- vessel Id emlu mjtr.hs msel Will be 2bO feet long - on of 4 fert and will carry leadesststht of csrgo. Her x' fifteen knot with n knot. She will have ac-n for 110 flrnt-rlam paaaen- MUp wW be flttec 'h a r io facilitate turning in ueh aa at cannery point. SEVERAL MORE SHIPS COMING ' ff Oil HI I'EHINTBNDKNT "v INil-M TION Tltll. NOT Milt l N..tlil Of IM1.H i Mealy. J Sweet, I. Uabo. and V. As- j tcrgord. The flame broke out at four o'clock i yeaterday morning while the bunkhoute waa filled with men of the off ahlft. Dermody. who waa one of the victims, waa yean ago auperlntendent of O ran by plant at Phoenix and later of Providence mine. Oreenwood. IIKKS si Ml LTANEOI H The cause of the fire la believed to be inrendlary aa the (lame broke out in both the old and new bunkhouaes n'.muiianeoutiy. PIm in the old bunk-bouse was discovered and soon subdued u.-tortnnsmy sue n as) ib) ew with the 'Wter ttruetutw wtswe a large nuau)-fg Mat) were ajaWsf) ftt their beds Here the Ossnte gained rapid headway anal soon the structure was a mam of flames. The men bad ; ii t if chance of escape and soon the in.rkhotue waa In aabea. The here lam of Martin Swanson led i.. hi- death. He. had eacaped but not dt'.diiiK hit partner he ruabed back Into tiw build mg to locate him but perished In thf attempt. H Towel jumped to the ground and was killed Many were Injured In , jumping to safety, a number having 1UII - leg or arm fractured. VANCOUVER EXCHANGE j B.C. Silver ! Bay view , Big Mlaaourl Cork Province . . Oeorgla River . . Oolconda Orandvlew Independence . . . Inter Coal iKxdl Bid. Asked 1 TO 11 J7"4 .. rM M .41 J7 .41 9S .60 M 32 SS ' II1, IB OSS OS M .U .174 .1H .18 .IS ' to load (rain cartto brlorc pmdorellle 170 ' the present season. Joaeph premier llad.i ; -uperlntendenl of Albert I'Hil'a PaeUlC Ooasl elevators. ' irie on n Inspect ion trip. " morning tliat their numea vet definitely available Tlx- Hh Pool, first ahlp of the '. ta oomlng beck to the load another cargo for the ''" it could not be atatcd to-tay ' -he would some to Prince R-Vuncouver. ' 'mers Mbutaepool and Oe- now loading at the slsva- the fernm vessel la about i' hii with s full cargo for the Kingdom or Continent. : or iTB cars of grain were re-k i n mornmg to be on the rail- ion went of Jasper Part mov-'' local elevator. SUTTON BACK IN VANCOUVER v4Vv uunifii c.u'iT.w.m.H inti:h , v'to ami hi itvi:vx uiix hi: M.titi: Porter Idaho Ruth Hop Selkirk Stan Silver Lead. Sunloch Whitewater Woodbine Slccan Rambler . a so 17.75 3.70 88 88 MINE WORKERS AND DOMINION aiAitm; maiii: that (anadian nOmtNMr.NT I'AKTV TO ATTACK ON l .H. WOKKkltS HA1IAVAV IMPLICATED MAN MHO tOMK.CTl;i KMC UET-Tl.Xi Oil (OIL THICK IO IlLA.tlK C.N. KII.WAV Montreal Safe in Second Place for the Semi-finals of National Hockey Result Week End Games TORONTO, March 10. Montreal is safe in second place In ih,. National Hockey League as a result of beating Ottawa. The C nniliens 11s a result of losing to Toronto with Montreal Maroons in,-,',, points behind them need one more victory either against New Y rk Americans Tuesday or Ottawa Saturday to clinch first place ..i the bve position in the playoffs in Case Montreal Marions win both remaining games against ritesbtffg Thursday and Toronto SatUrda. ... i,l.knJ nmm nno frnm flnfrnlt. PittHl)Urf I'.V WUIIIIHK " H3"X-JMW UVO, v..v ....... i,h tiw latter city fnr DfUMll sKlit BoM.m Saturday two ganii" dv 'lid Ureal BasUrn haa Iwn made, or 1 has the by.' "-'i he said. Leading eapltallsU, ' iiu been interested in the oid Kiirveya would be made by - 'Mresentlng Brltlah capiUl. Arnerlnoi open tli of III"" ' . for iniro . wits vesnK uimiiiiib lMm " .... ,m.rican etetidtt and only Stain PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper WABHIKOTON. March 10. Charges that the Canadian government was a party to an attack nudo up.n the United Mine Worker in tbe United Statea were made before the Senate coal committee by O. K. Btcn. union attorney, t:day. W. R Woodford of Cleveland, president of tbe Rail and River Coal C m-paajr. was under examination. He had testified that the company waa Incor porated under tbe West Virginia law. out UuU tbe stock waa owned exclusively by the Canadian National Hallway Katon brought out that Woodford contrasted with the Canadian National to furnish coal at cost plus 33c a ton baala sad was ttfd this meant a law of 1110.-000 In a eoal year. This led to an effort to reduce the miners' waggv Baton PRINCE RUPERTTBTC., MOKfDAY MARCH 19, 1028 He charged further that the Can adian government waa participating In natural resource of the United States and wai seeking to reduce the earnings and Using standard of Americas miners. Weodford testified that be had dla- with ' Sir Henry Ttaratssi tbe etosflftg dewn T Use dumitoV Ameg cheee fuel aVa lower rate la tbe non union fields of West Virginia WOMAN EIES 13,000 MILES Mill, KtlTII MII.LKK AMI CAPTAIN KtSTASTKK HKAl'll POUT HAKYtlN. .U NTRALIA I'OHT ltKf .Mraeh w Mrs. KHlh MIHrr an Captain W. N. Isltrgitrr. filing a to-eatrr light Mle, arrlied liere Imlay from Eng-Uestt em the longest ftlglit err Witt by a weman. 11hk miles. TMg startMl haat Oetelirr II and wet with mrral mWIw U) I lie way. At Manlftk. Duieh lt In-iHeis atauary IS, Mrs. Mlller'a ihim wa itreken ami jnieatrr rreettml maswr lajurlrs wlirn the plane AIRPLANE BROKE WING THREE WERE KILLED FALLING 2,000 FEET 4i .83 WILMINGTON, Cal.. March IB. Jack .08 04 Martin, pilot. William Bulbert. and .31 .38 Leonard English, passengers, were killed ago 4.30 .when the wing of the airplane In which 348 8.00 .they were flying rcllapsed and sent the ..81 -83 S machine hurtling 3.000 feet Into the .33 bualness district of Wllmlngtou. The tt&l games between the wlnnen puce in M,n( foaght of the OatMdlan section and that of the rr ( be; one remaining game i American will be played April 8. 7. 10. iri .4 and ana - ------ Pittsburg haa : and 14. left anainsi Monvnmi ,. Hanger Saturday. Boston ,, ol the American sec- Tne .' .Ill ... S,s.sV ttt.t uitine rriB8i on -; . - " ' , V.i. .A utid the winiwrn u. ,,,tlu'i two K'ont' wr'e' The weak-end scores rollow: HATl'KDAV Canftdlena a. Toronto t. Boston 1, Pittsburg 3. Ottawa 1. Montreal 3. Detroit 7, Chicago 0. HI NDAV N Y Ranger 7. N Y Americans 8. ru tsbnrg o, rv-tr.i.' l. nsn sT a ncTari fitif n wwi Far hh rmsr w hi bAML 1ML IN JWlfl MINEB SON OF TITULAR HEIR TO RUSSIAN THitONE: Prince Paul was christened recently in London at the home of hi parents. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitth and the Princes Ilyinnki, lormerly Audrey Emery, daughter of an American leather magnate. Exhibition Association Will Show Splendid Financial Statement at . Annual Meeting Tomorrow Evefiiifg Officers of the Northern British Columbia Agricultural Industrial Association have a splendid financial statement for presentation at the annual meeting of the association which is called for tomorrow evening. This will be to the effect that all outstanding indebtedness, with the exception of a very' small amount of about $60 which there is sufficient cash on hand and ' accounts receivable to meet, has been paid, the 1927 Fair having, thus, not only paid its own way but taken charge of a large deficit which was handed down to it from 1026. Aid. Frank Dlbb ia hoping that there will be a good turnout of members of the association at the meeting tomorrow night. Last year two or three meetings had to be called before a board could be formed. The Improved financial situation this year should result in more general willingness to participate in tbe affairs of the Fair Board. Cenotaph Committee is Asking $5,000 to Erect Memorial in the City -1 railways was completed without : co-ri 6jxmdlug increase in por.ulaticn to !ri'ds waffle This condition pro-jduced what came to be known as "The I Railway problem." "Fortunately." aald Mr. Hurgerlord. "the railway situation ithr.u3hc.u1 the dominion, haa. within the pas: few years, become much less of a problem and it is not too much to hope that If tbe present tide of lmml-g ail. u continue and bualness actlvttj remains at the present blgh level, there will, in a few years, be no rattans problem at all. Tbe gross revenues o tbe railway are steadily expanding and Boston Grill Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the leant. Phone 457. Price Flu- Cents VNKHOUSES S. J. Hungerford Tells Edmonton People Railway Lines in Western Canada Will Have to be Extended Vice-President of C.N.R. Chief Speaker at Banquet to Celebrate Opening of New Railway Stations at Edmonton's Capital EDMONTON, March 19. "Beyond question, the railway mileage in western Canada will have to be greatly added to in the future u meet the reasonable needs and requirements of an increasing population." Such was the statement of S. J. Hungerford, vice-president of the Canadian National Railways, in the course of an address Saturday night at a dinner held in the Macdonald Hotel in c i li-t)i ation of the formal opening of the new Canadian National i;.ii; way's station here. "But having regard to past history," he :. Id, .1, "a care must be exercised in this direction, if the construc-. n ( l lir.es uuneccsearlly In advance ; oi real requirements and resulting in Kcrthera did business at Edmonton In i.uiy unjustifiable flasd charges and(l cj-. rbtt was In the yu we iiic'ldts a.e to be avoided." ,um train entered the city. j it flirt period In this respect, be; t ipl;. ntcl. wa rencned during tbe early I ;,:.i of the war, when a great mileage MILLION PAID FOR A CORNER GRANVILLE ST. TEN HTOKV IUTLIHNO TO HE Elttl'T- AT CORNEK Ol' UEOltdIA M It LET. VANtorVEit VANCOUVER. March 18 The York-itnre and PaelHr aeasirttiev Ud. pur- tat a faster rate than the lncrenee of chased 70 feet with a four storey ! population. Tbe average use of raUways 1 transportation per capita ha been con stantly increas'.ng. In railway parlance the to;: mile is the unit of measurement for freight traffic and It is Interesting to note that In 1B07 the revenue ton miles per bead of population In Canada waa 1836 and that this figure had grown In 1838 to 8888 revenue ton mile per head. Thla means that the average citizen Is shipping twice aa much freight as he did 30 years ago. This means increasing production and consequent increasing rail way revenues." Kilt HEMtV HELD HACK In a talesram to Mr. Huneerford. Sir J,0KTI1 Henry The rn ion regretted hi Inability to be present, owing to the sittings of the special parliamentary committee of the Canadian National Hallway in Ottawa. "I could not be away from Ot tawa." Sir Henry said, without dls- building at the oorner of Oraneflle and Oeorgla Street fr a million dollars Saturday. This is said 86 be a record price for downtown real estate. S. L. Lowe, druggist from Toronto, purchased the land in 1889 for 113,780. The purchasers will construct a ten storey building on the property. STATEMENT MADE HERE PROTESTED V.WrOlVEIt ilOAKH Of TRADE TO lWESTlOATE ALLE GATION'S MADE ItEOAKD- io r.o.e. North Vancouver and Prince Oaorge Bord ' Tna" are Utdtgnant at de-thr ,vp:.r.s tbe w-rk of the committee and claratlon, made In the Prlnee Rupert efcy delaying to Mme .stent the progress of parliamentary affair." IUK WITH DEMANDS TTe erection of the new station. Mr Board of Trade and city council that "the Pacific Oreat HUtern Railway could never be used Mr hauling grain Permission Received to Place Cenolaph on Court House (Jrounds anctsaid. the management of the national " J"" JSJ'J . i .. . . .. . , i. I system eould only endeavor to develop rr,nc oeorge Board oi Trane oy jonn Canva to Le Made to Secure runds for it VZZJ L hi.h . ohvci eon- "' "-p Oaflsbs, and the ln turn enttmunloated , Iditkm and provide a. good tram ser-!'ntrtor "! The committee) having in charge the matter of erecting a C8n- Vlce M WM JugUfled oy the volume of ;wlta th Nortn vaneoawet Board of commemorate the glorious dead of the'trame Trd 4cciwrat that Prlne Rupert had to otanh in Prince Rupert on each section: to operate the Great War has received permission from the provincial government, railway with ail reasonable economy; I"", , !Lt2rS!il through lion. T. I). Pattullo, to place the structure, which It ia esti' and. altogether, make th. system " 7 wmTthT r Nn .tT.nl maieu win coat sunte o.uuu, uu me wn k"""" . . , , .. west we" m of r"n Prince Oeorae. ti r. tw l.vl, la nran. l.v Pant Th..rnt.nn Shari.n the upbuilding of this greet dominion. if Vr and wSdTn "the Thow window, of Rose. TL Cowan & Latta. 'willlam Bgbert. Men t -Governor of the This week and until the end of the Lenten season, it is pro- province. Hon. J i. Brownie, Premier. WOMAN DEAD MAN IS HED IIIMIAM) AKKESTEH PEMtlM! IN- ESTIMATION INTO DEATH Ol' HIS HUE VANCOI VEU. Manli 19.-.nliie ErrnenWii l lielng Jielil while, the mlke lutetHgsle tlifndnUkvief hH Viire, Mury Kreurnkisiuli Ilid' re' suit f u ImiIM Komrrt'Hniidiiy'iilr.lit. The woman found by the Mllre with a St rulllire autoniatlc iWl hexlile her head. Examination rrvruleil Hint the top of the okiill hail heen badly frnr-turnl. Ereiirnkn unlit UU wife went to the riMMii anil horlly aftrrard h heard a "hot. A physician v,lio v,a railed In ald the wound wa nil tin ii mi it I one to be self-lnfllrted. Advertise la tbe Datly News Hunaerferd aald. waa ln IteeU not as Un-i"w ""-"" of the sutasatnt is to be taade by the portent as thst It was an indication of board, through Major Oeneral tbe growth of railway transpbrtstlon j"" 'A D UeB- M P tor Vahcoursr North. which mad. improved and enlarged 18 ttaasa kun liAAlrlArl A sbbbbbIbsbbsM sa 8A facilities necessary. Amid a host ofi" "TJ-'-e rectlv trom " ,h ttr variable and uncontrollable factor., he ?' . i ...it, . mi tin it... ".. - n.i.n ,.UJ. ki.u. ii.rui and astisfactorv instrument apt Bed to hold a drive with the object u. O. Bury, mayor of Edmonton, P. of raising the funds necessary for tbe w Doherty. president of the board of erection of the cenotaph. About I TOO lrde, K. A. Blatchford. MP. Arch-has already been paid ln and iiibtber bishop OXeary and other speakers. Joseph Wells of Alice Arm after hav- Klngaland. general munagcr, Canadian Ing spent a few day ln the city on National Railways. western region, business, returned north on the Camo- ton.vted the board of trade, and W A. aun last night. He and other directors Inrown. general superintendent of the of the La Roe mine will be back In olberta division, pledged the city. A th i'Hv neat week to Attend the an- vet.-rnn rallmftler. here recalled the I I U..1 nuN-tlng of : lie r.inipsny. mo', wl'in ' lie old (",iuiul;.in J WILL PRESENT CIVIC BUDGET 8TO0 to promised. There will be a maet- Dr. Egbert, replying to the toast to mlL nm: or ,g nm ff t YEAH Ing on Tuesday night In the Canadian Canada, proposed by Hon. Perren Baker. ; VILI. HE KE( O.MMHMlED TO Legion headquarter when final ar- minister of education, congratulated! t'Ol'NCH, AT ME)TMI rangemenu will be made for the drive. th, officers of the railway on their L TONKllit It to pointed out that this meetlngwlll ibinry to "visualise the needs of the J be open to all who in sny wayaay future." and said "It la generally recug- j p,, mtMT of bus lores on the feel themselves interested In the pro- ttd that they are giving splendid the ttgMltr fortalghtly meet- Jeet. If any money over the required Mrvloe to thla country. The Canadian (n tonltht tht oM cotlheU will be 88,000 is raised it will be turned eeer National, the greatest transporutlon th, pre,tatlon of tbe civic budget for to the Red Cross or some such oharlt- iygt,m tne oonunent, bss opened th ye.r by Ald Tho Oollart, ebalr-able organisation. ; up the, .west nd made It a great mM of lhe flnanot Mtf,Uaj.VlfVlil' ' ' The Canadian Legion haa gone on J- country." . 'rate for general Ui.UoTot U'tJ Oten cord that the memory of W dead i Hon. Among the other apeakers wre ,Uuck by ttte commtttM and will come can be beat cherished and observed by .j P Ljrmburn. attorney general; John ore the council for raMQsatlon. Last a cenotaph alone. The organisation 1 Blu4, sretary of the board of trade, ytt tne rat, WM nfty m. m , Urf-not in favor of incorporating with It a who toasted , the old tuners, and John L. ,lmllar a.tDnmCnt to that of this public library or any auch use as has a MacDougall. who came west In " yes,. been suggested. 'and who aald "western Canada owes! , .everything to the railroads." w. A. EDMONTON MAN DIES EDMONTON. March IB. J. C. Charlie. Biemner. prominent pioneer of the Edmonton district, died suddenly yesterday. He came here 37 yesM ago. Advertise In The Daily Mews H .ill