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XV
111.,
No.
2.
If
Boston
Grill
ill
il
FLOODS
INCREASE
IN
ENGLAND;
MUCH
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
Britain
Still
Suffers
From
Roods
Following
Heavy
Christmas
Snows
LONDON,
January
4.
Great
flood
following
England's
.',,,UM.rni
are
spreading
today
causing
much
property
damage
but
in.,
of
life.
England
fa
being
turned
into
a
great
4ake.
The
TiH.nM'H
River
haa
risen
a
foot
in
24
hours
and
the
situation
is
alarm-
:ng,
Hartford.
Kent,
la
the
scene
of
the
latest
outbreak,
the
River
kit.
nih
having
become
a
torrent
from
melting
snow
and
two
hun-,,i
'.miilii-K
are
marooned
by
it.
Factories
and
workshops
are
flooded.
faTIirif
1fQ
IM
'
Th
!,rm
of
the
Prince
of
Wlw
at
I
A
I
HI
II
11
S
I
IV
I
temlngtcn
la
threatened
and
the
Duke
Ull
III,
VLUVU
ilS
land
Due
haw
of
York
are
marooned
at
north
of
Loudon.
iimriiA
liver
T
j
Melwyn.
MLAllU
WILL
BE
DISCUSSED
Motion
to
Come
Kef
ore
Federal
House
With
Criticism
of
Sir
Henry
Thornton
"IMW.V
Jan.
4.
-Hon
Charles
Mar-.
m
l
of
Bonaswalure
li
submitting
riiution
at
the
coming
mum
o
:t
rjur
ni
House
akln(
tor
the
reeai:
:
Meilrt
Baiitn,
hteslcan
rousul
ai
lom:..,
and
unaMi
that
"until
th
i
Hi
perseeuUe
against
Roman
1
'
;:i
Meases
a
stopped
Oanad
i.n
discontinue
all
further
inter-
.-h
VleiM.
1
:iwjt
on
disapproves
the
"uncalled
'
,)
'.:
Sir
Henry
Thornton
to
;.
'Hi-.'.
c(
the
motion
ill
be
tu
l
r
,
.
debate
on
Sir
Henry's
trip
v.ir
r
introTerejf
which
followed
th;
-w'wjiiei.r
open
letter
of
Bishop
Mini
l-.m.-r
MacKenste
Klne.
in
which
"
B.-:.,rj)
protested
against
the
visit.
TERRACE
HOME
IS
DESTROYED
I'"ri
of
Contents
of
Place
Occupied
by
ft.
C.
INshop
Hurned
on
Sunday
terracr.
Jan.
The
home
of
T.
'-'
Bi.hop
m
destroyed
by
fire
here
m
Sunday
at
noon.
Fire
started
around
chimney
but
with
a
strong
north
'-'
Kale
blowing
tt
galr.ed
headway
a
""Kly
that
!t
wat
won
apparent
it
uld
be
Impossible
to
aire
the
build
-"
ud
efforts
were
cantered
on
saving
contents
with
some
success.
The
building
was
onetorty
frame
-mrture
built
ebnut
three
years
ago
"
nit
ua
ted
ust
east
of
the
O.W.V.A
u.iii.
FRANCEASKED
RENOUNCEWAR
Suggestion
That
She
Should
Join
With
Olhcr
Nnlions
In
National
Policy
WASHINGTON,
Jan
Trance
haa
'
"
"
asked
by
the
sUte
department
to
-
rr
with
tre
United
States
In
a
"
isMon
to
unite
all
the
principal
na-'
'"H"
oi
the
world
in
"renouncing
war
ls
.
instrument
of
national
poiiry."
KILLED
MAL
r
"'TRIBE
MEMBERS
Kcvolllng
Chieftain
in
Irak
Huns
Amuk
With
Itnidera
BAODAD,
Jan.
4.
Every
male
metn-r
of
the
Irak
tribes.
Including
male
"1'
wee
has
been
laaln
by
Snelb
PeUal
Eel.
DowUh
Rd
his
raiders.
He
wa'
"e
of
the
chieftain
of
Ibn
Houad.
Km
of
the
ftedja,
but
now
appar-
tly
in
revolt.
Advertise
In
The
Dally
Ncwa
,
(
l
r
WIN
u:;l.
4
4
Mnmiv
Etv
yokk
t
ami
iri
hi:
mo.xky
4
BATH.
N
T
.
Jan.
4
Contest
of
the
will
of
Mrs
Emma
Ben-
4
4
nett
or
Prr-ipo.
in
which
s
part
4
of
her
estate
of
116.000
was
ett
4
4
aside
for
the
care
of
her
cats,
4
4
has
ended
in
victory
lor
the
4
4
cats
4
4
Coder
the
satitlsma
?
tivee
of
Mrs,
Bennett's
husband
4
te
whom
a
portion
of
tfew
SStSte
4
f
was
bequeathed,
agreed
upon
4
4
fonceselcru
whereby
a
ssawasie
4
4
fund
ls
created
for
care
of
the
4
4
pet
The
Society
for
the
Pre-
4
4
vent
'on
of
Cruelty
to
Animals
4
4
probably
will
be
named
to
as-
4
4
sume
guardianship
of
the
cat
4
4
which
are
now
living
In
Mrs.
4
Bennett's
former
home.
4
44444444
WARMERWEATHERIS
PREVALENT
IN
ALL
PARTS
OF
THE
NORTH
Warmer
weather
prevail
everywhere
In
the
north
according
to
the
reports
of
qat
Government
Telegraphs
sent
out
this
morning
at
c!:tii
o'clock
tt
waa
snowing
at
S'ewart.
raining
at
Terrace,
and
windy
farther
east.
The
report
follows:
Port
8uupcn
Light
rain,
calm.
temp.
4J
Hayvprrt-
Strong
wind.
rain.
temp.
34.
Stewart
-Snowing,
calm.
temp.
W
Anyox
-C'.oudy,
calm.
temp.
33.
Alice
Arm-Claudy.
windy,
temp.
JO
Aiyansh
-8now
I
nit.
calm.
temp.
IS.
rtceiwood
-Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
IS.
Terrace
-Rain,
calm,
temp.
20.
White
Horse-
43oudy.
south
wind,
lamp
10.
Stewart
River
Cloudy,
north
wind,
temp
16
below.
Dawson--Cloudy,
south
wind.
temp.
16
brlow.
Hailton
-
Clui'Uy.
windy,
temp.
14.
Burn
Lake
-Cloudy
eaat
wind.
temp.
S.
Telegraph
Creek
Southeast
wind.
Knowing,
temp.
3.
DAWSON
CONTRACTOR
DIES
AT
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVgfR,
Jan.
4
-Hugh
M.
Murray,
73
years
of
see.
a
pioneer
building
contractor,
died
yesterday
Ip
West
Vancouver.
He
participated
In
the
Klondike
rush
and
erected
the
government
buildings
at
Dawson.
VANCOUVER
BXCHANUF.
Wheat
O.C.
Bllvrr
Big
Missouri
Coast
Copper
Cork
Province
...
Dunweil
Gladstone
Independence
L.
and
L
Lucky
Jim
Premier
Porter
Idaho
.
nichniom:
Sllvercrea?
Silversmith
Hunh'Ch
Bid.
Asked.
1.48'
1.38
,
1.1b'
at
at'
30.00
3000
41.00
.14
k
.is
J0
.33
lfl
.08
09
.13
13',
.38
39
3.3tl
331
.38
38
lfl
ia
.08
08
.31
33
150
I
SI
Northern
and
THE
I
VI
i.KNA
TlO.N.'iI.
A.
W.
EDGE
WAS
OLD
TIMER
i
Highly
Respected
Local
Citixcn
Died
Today
A.
W.
ltd
re.
pioneer
baasarwsMMi
and
proenlarM
earl
rHIirn
of
Prtawv
Kapert,
punted
away
In
the
Ittar
llapert
rtearral
lioapltal
feltewtan
a
kMctky
lllwrw
from
arMrh
H
im$
been
reallsfd
IMrly
ttaaa
t
Jblw
ew
uj.ble
ehaexw
f
.
feeeer.
The
atlr
sir.
Mfv
rnsse
te
iThirr
IMprrt
Ja'
the
early
iar
and
aned
In
the
paint
hnslneaa.
lie
was
an
et-sldrrman
and
alnayw
teak
deep
Intrreat
In
puMkr
af-falra.
lie
a
a
wtdelv
knon
n
aiMl
Ms
death
will
rwaae
as
a
great
te
many
friend
He
waa
a
irasleal
asrmwer
af
the
Vlswn4e
enter
wader
the
anaptce
ef
wlrtrh
his
fauMesI
wHI
Uke
plnrr,
afraSa-mewtl
Mng
In
late
huada
ef
the
Itr.
t'nderUketw.
A
aathe
ol
Kngtand.
the
kHe
Mr.
I'dgr
raaae
te
Canada
a
a
yawag
man
and
ploiteemt
It
Ihrnaghwet
the
wet.
CIVIC
CONTENT
IS
INTERESTING
Three
Mayoralty
Candidates
Have
Many
Supporter
and
Outcome
Expected
to
be
Cloec
With
the
municipal
election
now
but
eight
days
distant,
the
mayoralty
-jiilest
between
Aid.
M
M
Stephana.
Aid
J
;
Greer
and
Col.
B
P.
MeMordle.
while
being
quietly
waged,
la
attracting
gen.ral
interest.
Bach
candidate
has
many
enthus
aitlc
supprrten
and
theiw
are
many
who
believe
that
the
outcome
will
be
cke.
L'nles
a
"dark
hor"
p;-jr
and
none
Is
heard
of
now,
there
will
be
but
the
thre
cnndldatea
for
the
mayoralty
mantle.
In
the
aldennaiilc
Held,
thtrc
rhould
be
no
dearth
of
material
for
the
four
veals.
Of
the
retiring
aldermen,
Aid.
R.
P.
Perry
will
apparently
be
the
only
one
seeking
rc
-election.
Aid.
Stephens
and
Aid.
Cirecr
are
running
for
mayor
and
Aid.
Larien,
the
fourth
retiring
member
of'
the
council,
state,
that
ha
will
nit
again
be
s
candidate.
Natnea
mentioned
for
the
rddertnanlo
honors
include
those
of
Prank
Dibb.
Prank
Perry.
Theo.
Collart.
Oeorae
D.
Casey,
George
Rudderham,
W.
H.
Montgomery
James
Black.
J.
Arthur
Rmlth,
cU.
It
la
considered
likely
that
O.
A.
Bry
ant
and
Thamaa
McMeekln,
retiring
school
trust),,
will
seek
re
-election.
mm
IN
VANCOUVER
Famous
Rugby
Team
to
Meet
B.C.
Fifteen
at
End
of
February
In
Thive
(J
units
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
4
The
Vrm.ahs.
the
famous
New
South
Wales
English
rugby
tasm
now
touring
Britain,
will
play
In
Vancouver
on
JVbruary
38
and
39
and
again
on
March
3.
It
u
PRINCE
RUPERT
'
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1928
Disarniamt
-
nt
(
onl
t
.
,
ali
i-.u:
.oils
ro,ti:!
.tc!
1
-.i-i.'".
:i,
,il
'ii.-arm
Preliminary
Trial
of
Henry
Rivard
(-narZed
with
Killing
William
Ritchie,
Opened
Today
Coroner's
Jury
Ptmnd
Death
Was
Due
to
Rifle
Ilullct
Hut
no
Evidence
to
Show
by
Whom
Fired
Following
tke
finding
of
the
coroner's
inquest
last
night,
Henry
Kivard,
hggtd
at
Stewart
in
connection
with
the
death
of
William
Ritchie,
ia
hiking
given
a
preliminary
hearing,
the
trial
opening
this
morrrinir
at
atlivtn
o'efock.
The
coroner's
jury
last
night
at
106
brought
in
the
following
verdict
:
"We,
the
jury,
find
that
William
Ritchie
met
his
death
by
a
rifle
bullet
on
the
morning
of
January
1,
1928,
in
a
building
known
as
Rivard's
on
Fifth
Street
in
the
town
of
Stewart,
B.C.,
but
no
evidence
has
been
produced
as
to
how
the
rifle
was
fired
or
by
whom."
4444444444444444
4
St'lsM'HIITIONM
AUK
4
(O.VII.M)
KAI-lllLY
AT
4;
4
THE
lir.KrED
l'liltl
4!
4
l
4
Dp
to
the
tune
of
going
to
4
4
plans
a
number
of
new
sub-
41
4
aoMptlona
had
Mane
In
at
the
4;
4
reduced
raM.
Soma
of
Use
sub-
41
4
scrlberi
any
they
hare
wanted
4
1
4
the
News
right
along
but
the
4
4
price
was
too
high.
4
4
The
Dally
News
gitwa
twice
as
4
1
4
much
aa
they
csu
gat
elsewhere
4
;
f
for
the
aamr
price.
4
i
4
r4444444444444444!
RULING
MADE
ON
MARKETING
Hammond
of
Ashcroft
Broke
no
Rule
of
Committee
in
Shipping
Potatoes
to
Himself
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
4.
W
H
Hammond
of
Aahoroft
haa
broken
no
order
of
the
ocmmlttee
lu
shipping
B
and
C
grade
pouter
to
Vartcnuver
for
sale
by
hunelf.
according
to
P.
M.
Black,
ihair-man
of
the
oommittM
of
direction
ad-mlnlatarlng
the
Marketing
Control
Ac
He
emphasised
that
the
sale
of
farm
produce
In
retail
stores
owned
or
controlled
by
the
grower
of
auch
produce
I,
permitted
by
the
Marketing
Act.
Regarding
complaints
by
the
dry
be't
landowners
and
potato
growers
against
the
operation
of
the
oontrol
regulations.
Black
produced
letters
commend
trig
the
contmittoe
on
lu
aeUosv.
ffSBBssrstaaas
lira
r-v
I
tr
won
!u-
-ia
iiropost'd
that
CHINOOK
SWEEPS
OVER
THE
WEST
Alberta
Has
Low
Temperature
and
Heavy
Snow
in
Southern
Interior
WIKNIPIO.
Jan.
4
Temperatures
in
western
Canada
are
Jumping
aa
high
as
thirty
and
forty
uegiesa
above
aero
as
a
result
of
a
Chinook
wind
which
swept
Alberta.
Battleford.
Bask.
With
10
below
aero
la
the
only
cold
spot
repotting
mis
morning.
Heavy
snows
have
been
falling
la
tb
Interior
of
southern
B.C.
PenUoton
and
Grand
Forks
are
burled
undar
ten
inches
of
snow.
On
the
coast
II
ls
mild.
TENTH
GRAIN
SHIPCOMING
British
Steomer
Holmpark
Due
.
Here
About
Noon
Tomorrow
to
Load
for
U.K.-Contin-cnt
The
British
steamer
Holmpark.
Prince
Rupert's
tenth
grain
ship
of
the
season,
'
is
due
In
port
tomorrow
about
noon.
The
vessel
Is
understood
to
be
already
lined
so
will
be
ready
to
star-,
loading
a
full
cargo
for
the
United
Kingdom
or
Continent.
The
Holmpark
Is
a
new
ahtp
and
Is
not
recorded
in
such
volumes
of
Lloyds
aa
are
available
locally.
1
SI.
trice
or
Daily
News
tut
to
SO
Cents
a
Month
When
Delivered
in
PrincPRuper
.
h
i
Commencing
with
the
beginning
of
1928
the
price
of
the
Daily
News
is
aa
follows:
Delivered
in
Prinre
Rupert.
oOc
a
monili
in
advance,
or
$5.00
a
year.
Out-of-town
in
Northern
or
Central
B.C.,
$:.00
a
year
or
four
months
for
$1.00.
Other
Canadian
or
U.S
joints.
$C.OO
a
year.
The
only
way
to
keep
in
touch
with
the
North
is
to
read
a
northern
paper.
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.
Buys
Reil
Mill
at
Seal
Cove
and
Takes
It
Over
Announcement
is
made
today
of
the
sale
of
the
mill
property,
stock
of
logs,
lumber
and
goodwill
of
the
Seal
Cove
Lumber
Co.
Ltd.,
Prince
Rupert,
to
the
Dig
Bay
Lumber
Co.
which
is
engaged
in
the
construction
of
a
new
mill
close
to
the
plant
at
Seal
Core
which
it
has
just
acquired.
A
consideration
of
40,000
is
understood
to
nave
been
involved
in
the
transaction.
The
Big
Bay
Lumber
Co.
has
not
yet
decided
whether
it
will
continue
to
operate
the
plant
separately
or
scrap
il
for
the
purpose
of
otherwise
using
the
site.
The
site
of
the
Seal
Cove
Lumber
Co.
is
a
valuable
one,
bordering
sit
the
Canadian
National
Rail-
way
tracks
and
the
c.ty
limits,
on
it
la
a
compact
mill
plant
wh.ch
has
been
op&ntcd
f
jr
the
past
couple
of
years,
C.
P.
31c)
having
been
the
manager
and
I
majority
stockholder.
Twenty
inn
nave
been
employed
in
the
mill
atnee
lu
Inception.
In
stating
that
he
would
be
retiring
from
the
mill
as
a
result
of
the
tranaac-ticn.
Mr.
Rlel
expreated
his
appreciation
for
the
goodwill
and
patronage
which
he
had
enjoyed
with
the
trade
In
Prince
Rupert.
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t
4
tviF.
tvonns
or
new
4!
IDUTICAL
UUPEK
AT
.
VANTtrVEK"tt'NCIIEJ.V
T'a
VICTORIA.
Jin.
4.
"The
uc-oaaa
4
of
democracy
in
Canada
4
1
will
depend
not
upon
political
parties,
not
on
parliaments,
not
on
perineal
leaden,
but
upon
the
thought
and
work
of
individual
Canadians,"
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett
said.
In
an
address
yesterday
to
the
Canadian
Club.
Among
those
present
were
the
IJeutenan:
Governor.
Attor-
4
ney
General
Maiuon
and
Hon.
4
1
4
Dr.
Tolmle.
4
!
.
A
tYIKEI.t
KEl'OKT.
S
a.m.
DIOBT
ISLAND.
Overcast,
southeast
wind:
barometer.
29
8;
temperature.
48,
sea
rough:
8
am
steamer
Camoaun.
left
Prince
Rupert,
southbound.
DEAD
TRKX
POINT.
Raining,
southeast
gale:
oarometer.
38.94:
tempera-
1
tt-c
38:
sea
rough.
SlilX
HARBOR.--Raining,
southwest
gr
;
barometer.
39
i9;
temperature.
40:
heavy
swell:
8
p.m.
spoke
steamer
8yd-land.
Prince
Rupert
for
Rotterdam.
107
m'lri
west
of
P-ln?e
Ruoert:
S
p.m.
spoke
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
abeam
bunny
Island,
northbound:
S
a.m.
spoke
I
tug
Pacific
Monarch,
abeam
Betia
Bella,
bound
for
Alice
Arm.
1
NOON
D1DBY
ISLAND
rtalc.'ng.
southeast
gale:
barometei,
38
80:
temperature.
40;
sea
rough.
DSAD
TREE
POINT.
Raining,
AM.
tK
barometer,
3848;
temperature.
41;
sea
rough.
.
BULL
HARBOR
Raining,
southeast
gale:
barometer,
38
78;
temperature,
4(;
heavy
awelL
WEATHER
STILL
BAD
IN
SOUTHERN
CITIES
SEATTLE,
Jan
4
Rain,
sleet,
.now
silver
thaw
and
the
rising
of
the
rivers
have
cimb'rcd
t
interrupt
communication
and
delay
traffic
in
many
parts
of
the
Pacific
North
weat.
LOST
WAY
IN
STORM
I
DIED
FROM
EXPOSURE
WHONNOCK.
Jan.
4
George
Chapman.
88
years
of
age.
died
after
being
I
found
Monday
morning
in
a
berry
:
patch.
He
lost
his
way
In
a
sleet
'
storm
and
death
waa
due
to
eipoeure.
;reinforcements
SENT
I
U.S.
TO
NICARAGUA
I
WASHINGTON.
Jan.
4
-FollowuiK
a
conference
between
Pre.ldcnt
-
Cooltdgr
and
Secretary
Wilbur.
1
.000
marine
reinforcements
were
ordered
to
Nicaragua.
Advertise
in
The
Dally
Newa
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
Gents
If
IS
BURIED
BY
A
SNOW
SLIDE
Part
Owner
of
Mammoth
Mine
at
Sllterton
Loh
Life
by
Accident
NBLSON.
Jan.
4.
SUaaon
Wetterhus,
4J
years
of
age.
a
pioneer
lainklg
man
lol
the
Kootenay
lUatrwa.
was
SMBect'
ia
snowsiide
at
the
Htmima
Mice
near
Sllverton
yesterday.
JmeXtSyHT
prw
asbly
not
be
reoorerad
Until
sprksf
as
It
is
covered
by
tans
of
snow.
-
Wetterhus
shot
down
one
hundred
yards
In
a
dry
slide
whan
a
small
slip
of
snow
struck
him
and
be
was
buried.
Successive
slides
prevented
the
rescuers
from
rendering
aid.
Wetterhus
was
part
owner
of
the
Mammoth
Mine.
ADMITS
MURDER
MARIAN
PARKER
Trial
of
Hickman
Fixed
for
January
25
and
Insanity
is
Defence
Plea
LOB
ANGELES
Jan.
4.
W.
E.
Hickman
yesterday
pleaded
not
guilty
to
che
charge
of
kidnapping
and
murdering
Marian
Parker
with
a
qualifying
denial
of
guilt
on
the
murder
accusation
"by
reason
of
Inssssty."
ine
judge
fixed
the
ijrtal
tar
January
38.
Asked
it
he
understood
that
the
plea
was
an
admission
ot
guUt
to
tke
charge
of
murder
and
a
plaa
that
he
waa
Insane
at
the
tiavat
Kick
man
re-pliod
"Yes
"
He
sat
In
the
eourt
room
with
downcast
eyes.
C.P.R.
LOSES"
DAMAGE
ACTION
Sum
of
$157,000
Assessed
Against
Company
for
Loss
of
Timber
Near
Railway
FBRNIE,
Jan.
4.
Oamagef
to
the
j
mount
of
1187
.004
wasetsaiialTI
against
the
Canadian
Pacific
statTva;
b;
a
judgment
of
Mr.
Justice
D.
A.
UacdonsJd
In
the
consolidated
actions
of
the
Mldlnkea
Timber
Co.
The
actions
were
brougiit
following
.
fire
in
1938
on
the
tiealo
Bloean
branch
of
the
ral'way
near
Nelson,
which
sptead
over
a
large
am.
DROPPED
DEAD
AFTER
SWIM
Dip
In
English
Bay
Affected
Heart
of
d'eorge
P.
Young
of
'
Vancouver
VANCOUVER.
Jan
4
Following
his
customary
dip
In
EntflUh
Bay
this
morning.
George
P.
Young,
vice-principal
of
'.he
Florence
Nightingale
SOhOOl
dropped
rwd
during
a
morning
recces
from
heart
trouble.
Ife
was
87
years
of
ngc.
h
native
of
Sootltatf,