IV 1,1 SaveMonejr Boston Grill X c - !ie;ip.st way to buy the r Now ls t0 ubcrlbe by th The cost la 5 00 and vour ' ,., (iriiverod to your address ,p, 'ri V, i'iiin'4 fut figure out the .j,,, ,-,,t id you for this dally IC. ;,.. for twelve monthal Will-. 21 ti.; nsatlon Board. iUES MARTIN FOR ASSAULT Lueky Jim Premier Porter Idaho . Richmond Sllveweat BUvermiih ''winsroN, Jan. 3fl TK main of. ii.t gun .i,... ( """"" . of the Kdmonton uve- jgunloch 'iiiki- wiu. ileal royed laat nlfiht whllewntcr tliiniuxe lieliiK eatlmntert it " Advertise in n VARIOUS MATTERS DEALT WITH Contract for grading and bridging Hudson Bay Railway let as far north as Fort Churchill OTTAWA, January 25 The speech from the thrfciu read today by Lord Willingdon at the opening of larfia ment announced that the Federal Government was con iiderinj; the restoration to British Columbia of the rail .vay belt lands in that province and the Peace Ittfcr block hlch had been conveyed to the Dominion years ago n jtonnccllon- with the agreement fqr thefiuiJdlni''Of-lKH C.P.H. t"- A Formal announcement was made that iCanadiai ministers plenipotentiary would be sent to Paris ant Tolcio. Pending complete revision of the financial arrangements contemplated in the Duncan report, money grantf to the Maritimes made last year will be continued. Negotiations arc continuing with the Prairie provinces for the return to them of their natural resources, which arc at present controlled by the Dominion Gov eminent. The railway problems of several provinces, as outlined at the Dominion-Provincial conference at Ottawa recently, are under consideration. The department of health and soldiers' re-establish-ment departments are to be amalgamated in a single department of National Health and Veterans' Welfare. Trade treaties between Canada and "certain foreign countries" are to be submitted to Parliament. An airship mooring tower is to be erected on an airship base pear Montreal and a public air terminal for airplanes provided there. Aniwiinniniil u"ic itmilo llf illO lpfHtlf lf Iho POtl- ''."land fisherman who waa i iiuiiuuiiiiiiiiiii .uuu - i "t the mouth of the skeena tract for grading and bridging the Hudspn Day cxtcn- Jul, SI, IMS. when hta boat () Cltlircllill. ,,7n C,U1' n The speech cites the volume of trade, building con- mow had been awarded wo.ooo struction, growth of employment and increased railway 2n,T"lLZo ' receipts as testimony to the sound economic development promising Illlllll suuswiiiiai luuniiaa, BILLY BARTON WINS IN ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE NEWBURY Eng.. Jan. M Billy owned in Baltimore, wen the Wln- i . . . (.. .iMnWhiM nvrr a I'miUKinnl ('nmm Ui nnrr Asked ,i. trt.v 'I UlTO Hiur vwm. ' ur uamnnes lor livicuns Mnn From Premie ni -oi vbb. Jan. 36 Monetary " "i of M.J00 u claimed by ilikineon of Vancouver from 1 Martin, Industrial eommta- ' 1 i - U'f Morrison In Ih. MmMin. ' klllUIII .11.. At A enda J- i. I'- .ium 4irtkmlT so iat r "... VANCOUVEIl CXCIIAMJK B.C Big MlMxitirl Coaat Copper Cork Province Mutuatrlal commissioner evicted IndCp,,1(K.nrf ' lrum l premise,,, 9l AAr L 1nf1 L EDMONTON BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE Bid. . Aaked. IM ISO .75 M MOO .S6' , MlVi ; Vi 3,70 4.00 .06 M 13 1 to1,, ao .25' j ' .00 07 :8. .39 M M STB 9.88 52 MV, .17 17V. .18U .20' i 27 00 'a 01 1 10 II 345 250 C.P.R. PLANS BUILD NORTH Will Invade Country in Northern Sakntcheknn and Possible Connection With Hudson Hay INMI'KU. Jan. 6 -l:triltloll i:tMilon tf tif I he raiuHlhin l-ueltle the itorlhlaml wf Kklrliew fnrert l ITmldent lleatty. It Mill lie a rontliHialhm vt lite brsntli Hue frmti Watlrna to Mplwln. Crni- fierlriui with l'rlne Alhert iimile ti.v (he line brtureti ami Wlniile(. Akkrd If tlila uould ineajw r"',,It ully exiriikloii in HuilWn'a lny, MK IliwlUr aald llMt tva In the nature of a )Hll)lllt). VICTORM, Jan 2C - Oeorge Walkwn. M.L.A. f Klchmond a d Pont dr:y. ore of the three provincial n-.ru.i. :- eK.ucd to the LecMMtKre at the last leetlrn. annour. d u the Houje yeaterday hi k'tcn i n to rejoin hl old party, the Conservative party. 4 4 4 'INDUSTRIES ans InrreflsinjC Power Supply to Induce Outeide Concerns to Locate1 There mSUSON. Jen. 'JtS- fewer la the sub-t tfcat la ww yti Un city )ut sow here W pstsft'taAssf' feneeated fer 1 eeent uae but plans are belnc made r inducing tad ua tries to loeate nere id to auceeed there must be cheap swer and plenty ot It. One of toe ilana discussed la for the city to install .i)3ther unit at Bonulngton Palls. The city baa b en in corre.ipondenee vlth aeveral firms lo-.klng for locations ind the advantages of this city have een clearly placed before them. At the Hilary Olub luncben Westbolme Orchestra, entertained oMmbsfs for half sn hour. DRURY OPPOSED TO SUBSIDIZING COAL the SHIPPED TO ONTARIO! EDMONTON. Jan. 2S - Hon. E. C. Drury, former premier ot Ontario, expressed himself here as opposed tc granting a subsidy for the purpose of enabling the railways to carry Alberta c.al to Ontario ard compete with the Aatetleaa product Ha aald he was opposed to the subsidy method as a general principle. PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1028 ADUTBAL DAVTD P. SDXSR8. oommandlng the United State battleshlpa and naval forces in Nicaragua President Beatty of C.P.R. Sees Period of Prosperity with Railway Building Ahead WINNIPEG, January 26. "Canada is on the high road to great and economically sound prosperity and I think I may say with reasonable assurance that during the next ten years, If Canada prograaaee as we anticipate, there will be-more money expended in railway expansion than in any other single industry." Preident Iieatty of the Canadian Pacific said today at a convention of western retail lumbermen. REPRIEVE FOR TWO MURDERERS VANCOUVER Jan. 2(1 The sentences of death on John MoReiiidc. 17 years of iir and Crorj;p Bui-fics. IS, for the murdrr of Otto Beach, hat'e been com-mutid by order In counc'l to life Imprisonment. They were to have been hanged on Friday. Advertise in The Oallv Newt y- J i m yi 1 IZuQnaaa and Japan to bxenange BRISK RALLY TODAY NEW YORK EXCHANGE NEW YORK. Jan 26 following a Hellllift depression near the cloar of the stork exrhKiiKc yesterday, there was a l iisk rally i"day Legations It Is Announced but iil"Aht umJVo Appointment Yet Been Made ! TOKIO. January 2C Diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan will be established shortly, it, was announced today at the foreign of flee. The Japanese government has decided to establish a legation In Ottawa and the statement added that a Canadian minister will be appointed to Tokio. It said that the Japanese government considered an exchanire of ministers would be beneficial to the relations of the two countries. OTTAWA, January 26. An exchange of legations between Canada and .lpn is expected to be announced at the opening of Parliament today. Though arrangements, it is understood, will be made to send a minister to Tokio, no appointment of a Canadian minister bus vet been made. Large Upstair Dining Hall, with newly laid dancing floor, for hire. v NEW SODA FOUNTAIN. The latest and best for the least. Phone 457. Price Five Cents COLUMBIA CLAIMS ARE RECOGNIZED AT OTTAWA kitish Columbia to Be Given Back Her Railway Lands and the Peace River Block Is Forecast in Speech from Throne Today WASHINGTON NOT SERIOUS OVER KERGIN fhinK Proposal to PurchHM? Part of Alaska Would Not 31m With rnvor .' NM.l'.t, ION. DJC . Jan. 26 O-.rrn- .ate an disinclined to take '!ir auggetti3ii in.i'Je In I In - .mure by H V K.-rgm. mem A'l:n. Ut negotiations b . A.t:i the United Smtea looking a by Canada Of the Par : A! nana. They expressed sur-suggestion ej no prcvlsui had parted be ween tli , . : u:enu on the subject ' . Handle presumably c.uld bt nly by purchase (rum tlx .' and there waa no Indira-nai proposal, to pure ha :.ivorabjy received Us admin ir-lea. ' :. attitude of Congress on in. jfllclal brl'.tve there wou'i f-mcua opposition to 11 even -;ve branch were willing U "abject, which It doea no' VIDOW'S SUIT IS THROWN OUT Ileal of Admirnllv Court Iteterweti Award of $20,000 Given for Drowning of Skeena Fisherman ' i" VUR, Jan. 38. Affirming the ! the Workmen's Compenss-ita application to casualties i Columbia water. Mr. Juatlce K Madman, president of the Ex-i "uri of Canada, haa reversed ' r Mr. Juatlre MarUn. local " Admiralty, and dlamlaaed an munched by Mr. Martha S. i against the Union steamer ' ' the dMth of her huaband. Dominion Government has under consideration X II '.in I 1" ! aeaung wun rrovincwi Railways as outlined at Conference of Premiers v,, WALK KM A.VN)l NCK AUALV CONM.UVATIVt: IN. Tl IK I.Kf.lsLATUtt; Opening Speeches in Legislature Refer to Improvement in Industry and Grey Deals with Fisheries VICTORIA, January 2G. In moving the address in reply to the speech from the throne, A. Wells Gray, mayor of New Weatmin- ! ster and member for the same city, referred to the progress m,ade by ine province during the past year. There was marked improvement in various lines of industry. He pointed to the fact that British t 'olumbia stood now the third province in the Dominion in the matter ot manufacturing. Touching on the fishing industry, the speaker referred to the UilliiiK off in the cannery industry on the Fraser River and declared ri i. ti ware caught by etais und aeasv a i f. In any other way. He at-1 ,irhe! iilnme to Ottawa where, he said, i .i authorities had Ideas m regard to j he u '.., . t not in accord with iho j .id iir.e which Ajuld make for re-! -ra' i. ! the ladus'.ry. It time ..e tut that con.rol of the t'.hru , ...s-a.-tl !tiii Die dual condition Into the j and" of the province. j J. A McDonald of Nelsr:n In lecond-:ii the tdare-ii. referred to the stability i : the lnduatries of the province as i h wn by the mon'.ed Interest which .ilarto :he credit of the province on .ugh ground. 4-4- 4-4-4-4- .W l Nlfs IMII.WWH )IH.I) ItfcsT SAYS SYIIXKY TKAYELLLK WalUir asttth .of. 4be CJIA. eRy tlckcV ottfre her has received the rdRbwing clipping from the Sydney i Australia) Sun from J. J. MoOregas. formerly of Prince Rupert and now reading In Sydney: Alderman Oollan. welcomed back to Auburn Council laat night, after a trip round the world, summed up his conclusions: "Switzerland is the cleanea: country In the world. America and England have the best roads. Amer.ca the best street lighting, London the beat traffic police and Berlin the beat traffic signs. Canada has the beat railways." He still believes that Australia la the county which show the greatest potentialities for HOUSEOPENS AT OTTAWA (Hitter of .Military Uniforms and Fashionable Assembly at Formal Proceedings OTTAWA. Jsn. The tlitler wf uniforms and the inealr of military band lent gfctmee In the epen-Iwg rf Iarlh)met taxtay. which wra rarried kmI with live lime nennred reeewentea. all lite wraith and fashion f the ecwitol be4ng treet. ladtea IiHhs v.t In large namliera In wltneoa the event. Tlie eerli front the throne wa read li Isird tYllllngdmi ami after the iwdliiarv rnrinallHex the llne adjourned until toHrrw wlirli the regular btislnraa of the seaaloii will romiiienre'. COST OF INQUIRIES7 ARE NOT VERY LARGE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS SHOW VICTORIA. Jan. 36. - The PublL: Account, which were tabled yesterday, i how that the campaign fund Inquiry I art sprlna coat S2.202. the Carlow invsw-ttrstlon S3.SdS, and the Oauthier probe MJt5. PRINCE OF WALES FARM FLOODED IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE LONDON. Jan 26 The Prime of Wales pedigreed stock farm in the Leu-ton dislrlct of Nottinghamshire was partly flooded from the overflow of tlte River Leen. which Is continuing to rise a u rc-ull of lienvj lain1!. VICTORIA PLAN GREATER CITY Scheme to Include Surrounding Municipalities is Again Ileing Discussed VICTORIA, Jan. Sfl. PoUdwlng the ei-aniple of Vancouver there Is a movement here for the purpose of trying to ar range for a Oreater Victoria whaab will neluae victoria. Oak Bay. Bataieb, and Esquimau. The movesnea la given an impetus by the taet that several wards ot Saanich have strongly urged, that they be allowed to break away tfvaa tb mu-nlctpUny. eteialasj tMt .-ttkty ate tn aoMawn IwUa fee -urbajt parts of Saanich. Also there art eorVUeatij matters in dalpuu between the Vlrloui municipal councils such sa the uae of the public library and the attendance at High Schools. One of the foremost advocates of the Oreater Victoria scheme h Ex-mayor Marchant. The Incidence of taxation la one of the stumbling blocks In any pro pesalx that have been made heretofore. BERNARD SHAW AND THE U.S. Declare He Would be Detained at Ellis Island for Opinions LONDON. Jan 36. Archibald Henderson In an sddreas here eta tad that Bernard Shaw had recently been Invited to visit the United States. Ha replied: Why should anyone who la In London want to go to Ne Tork? X am afraid to go to Amerlsm. t should certainly . be stopped at Bills Island and Incarcerated there If X expressed any doubt sa to the literal truth of the Old Tevtsinent atory of BUsha and the bears. I am. It Is true, a master of comic irony, but even I could not endure to see the Btatue of Liberty." CONSERVATIVES WIN ELECTION Has C!oe Hun With labor at Faversham, England, Yesterday PAVORSH 'M Eng., Jan. 96.Ooner-vatlves retained the seat here by the election today of Adam MirtUnd. Con. j aervatlve. his closest oypoeent being a labor man. The flgUTM la the four cornered contest were: v Adam Maltland, Conservative, Major Dudley A. Meaa. lator. 1U11. John F. Dunn, U beret. Mil. Ernest Hallwood. Tnspadent Con- icrvatlve, 1.000. TRESTLE SWEPT OUT ON ALASKA RAILWAY StwiwiillKe Cattsee linmuje pillowing an lkrthiiMke In That IMrt of Territory SEWARD. Jan. 26 The service of the Alaska Railway waa Interrupted ) ester-Cay as a result of an earthquake last t.mht causing snowsllde to Sweep out a Ioiik treble at Mile Fottr-nlne near here It will he some time before tte structure can be rebuilt and In the meantime pasnennera and mall will be ;v:infcrrcd a.TL tUe gap.