Yin; The Wise Ma. " Th The wise wise man man resda reads ih the clas . S. sified advertisements and uses them whenever he needs to sell or buy, or rent, to find lost goods or to get a job. Vol. XX.. No, 114, niiivr'K) mmpnT xt n ptnniv v UVA. May 17. Gale & LAKES STORM CAUSES LOSS -M IT sTK. MARIE, May 17 in fre irhter Ralph liudti y 's Great Lakes Transporta-, n f ' will be a total Joss, and ' men washed overboard" from Mr. rhtcrW. H. Davickofthe ,n ' ':o Steamship Co., seems to nave (iccn the toll of a storm on Jiy The Ralph Iludd Is 1 : J (brbor. MORGAN OUTFIT WJS LIKE FLOATING TOWN . AT SKIDEGATE INLET "'EGATK. May 17. - Last j..d vho tug Lome brought in J;;Whcfc of R. G. Morgan's log-t"f outfit, all on flat rafts from ile U0(.k Th8 ta th(? flrRt ii' wtow of th,a ha e" Part a,:roM the 1Iecat Straits, ii 'U,nday wwntnir it looked as t!i 6 town w3 floating Into 1,8 ,1 ln'c' behind the Lome. .. """ v, ami ii, i-jj PRICE FIVE CENTS MPE ai res of timber rights lnC ' rn British ColumWa and rr iiiKtui yu per cero eprwc TEN MILLIONS FOR VANCOUVER ouver Harbor Hoard Plans New Pier for Grain Handling TWVA. May 17. The Vn- r j i arbor board bill authorii-'un of J 10.000,000. to har-Tmissioners of that port re- i'i second and third read- t he house of commons hut i October. Three of the eight parties expect to be on their way : by the end of the week. Theyi With each party there will be a surveyor and assistant, as well as the draughtsman, who will r- ... 4 - f 1L. I.. J this city announce thattirv nJ "! supervision of II. irm have purchased a block i mngnorn wyj reporc upon ins timber as well. tirll under toMMetNMMof aiwnnwrai pmrsy proximately $150,000. Thetwtfownnif the wortfi of te big district will be headed by Dean v r. i, u ... ii. i. .d.;ii.i... tic - ompany will supply the i vi vc vn. , i,...,.-... needs of the Rejrina riant wumoia ana w.wi mm u . . , i MMr. nf rMnd. Th Urs..S. J Schofie'd and M. ,f h. nwwIiiMJiMi will be Williams and ci io Ostnwa and Walker- Turnbull, all UritWlf Colum has nothing tri thf x,nelon' OTTAWA, May 17. An amendment to the Vih Inspect'0" Act, placing ftoh pUntsof all aorta under tihe eye of the suierintenIent of marine and fisheries, passed In K - ssela in trouble, one of e j,OUM 0f commons last night. I". WAS THIS HKKR FROM PRINCE RUPERT? a irirrrmKAN. May 17: " ,lt VI . t r, . y-i i ..nttor f!vi?an. Uoasi uuaiu i-uiv. had a fishing party the other day at Nadtaheen Cove. An- nctte Island. Apparently rw,ln if P. Hermann had been tipped off that fishing : iilli i C!I a mud mere hrl so su he a. let down a kate of halibut .-o... millod out one by ono 47 sacks of bottles fil- led with Canadian beer. It was thought that".6 liquid had been Imported 11- llcitly from Prince Rupert. The owner of thc beer was absent, and failed to put in any protest be Y. o?lbffiiHtjidf 61a and minerals. Local conditions in this town should be very good this summer, as thu above parties will mean money spent in the city. GRAF ZEPPELIN -LANDED FRANCE CUERS. France. May It. The trans-Atlantic air liner Gnf Zep- uister of marine and fish-1 pelln w.ieh w.k forced to tum d it proposed to add to! back yesterday on account of mo-n handling facilities at I tor trouble landed here at 8 36 o'clock tonight a tcr an all-day to r A new ocean pier c and a half million i struggle against storms. ted. I CLOSER INSPEUIUN OF FISH PLANTS SOON : light with Capt. until next year. for yeers Mill ONFER Fitzmauricc DICK CONNELLY. r I.O 11I1U UIC TttlUC 111 IflHUt HHIW5 UI.U IVh A "VVt. .. M v. ...... .. .... VANCOUVER, May 17. Rev. A. K. M.M'pn oH KB'ow?a was elected president -df the United Churoh Conference i here yesterday. Other officers are Rev. D. M. Perley of New WW.mirter. secretary; Rev. AJfD. Archibald of I,u'u NMnd, assistant sccre-tary; and Rev. W. P. Bunt, missionary treasurer. '' SPLIT IN STOCKS i. j TORONTO, May 71: The directors of the Canada Bread Company Ltd., have decided to split the common no par value stock of the company to eight Tor one. 1., th. i n." '"" r"ld. .T. tional Railways at Hole-in-the- wan, near aaiyus siauon, icu Domirtion income tax department away ai o:ou mis morning m mc prince Rupert. Prince Rupert General Hoepital A1j circUmstances of Mr. after a rather lengthy illness, vtfs dismissal were thoroughly The late Mr. Connelly last discussed by Mr. Shelly with the summer entered the hospital suf- deleimtions. The returned men of finance. 1 fering from broken ribs and other ; injuries he sustained when he 'was struck by sliding rock. He was going along : an oncominir train to stop when this accident occurred. Sometime. agQ.be wu discharged frem hospital,, apparenlly recovered from theae injuries, but illness brought him baek Into the institution j again. He gradually sank and,, during the past few weeks, it was realised he could not recover, NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Terrace Prospector Is Reported to Have Made Interesting Discovery A Terrace Moore claims discovered Lome Creek race. differ from the ordinary survey' Capt. Hrrman Koehl, famous r--rrv- rr? party in that except for the boat-1 German aviator, who was one of n i I . . r . men, packers and axemen, they 'the Bremen crew which flew the U JlegatlOnS UnSUCCeSSlUl will be all specially trained mea. ! Atlantic Ocean from west to js 'I ast. has postponed a Bimiiar m Securmrr Reinstatement oLocal Government Agent ch eporteli Delegations Irpm the executive of the Prince Runert Conservative'Asaoclation and the Canadian Igififi, which IC TiV AH UPDE interviewed Holi. W. C. Shelly in the matter of the dis-iu ULtiu flLuij missal of Government Agent Norman A. Watt,, w&re assured by the minister of finance last night that he had investigation and was satisfied that Mr. CN.it Wat hman at Hoie in-Wall f T . Uvn., Well Known pioneer Watt had engageil An pohtica activity as alleged, Mr. TVr. murvtAr' I' ICUre in iorth onciiy ucuuicu una uiuc nuum uc uj i ctuiiomcj ' auuu ' m i nis survey ,, . :.i V Ioewgt- ... . . JU..KH..1..1 m..., df ht P.G.B.,; Richard Connelly, a picturesque iwu.jwi, -... and well known pioneer of this urm ... 8,iUU(.. but merely wWch Is to come " later, . i! i iu J i.. j iji ji.i.i.i iL ..u agent and gold commissioner a' cessor here. Mr. Munroewas for merly assistant inspector of the Mid a conference of about an Hour with him and the Oonaerva-ive executive wee about 20 mJn-:tes with the minister. Mr. Shelly was returning to Vancouver aboard the steamer Prince George after having made he round trip to Anyox and Stewart. He was accompanied by MANY MORE OF OHIO VICTIMS MAY YET DIE CLEVELAND. Ohio, May 17. Fear that 80 per cent of the surviving victims of the Cleveland he was a Roman Catholic. lire anil marine liana uuuc luuiauuui ijaumajro. . ... . .. . . . d,. Funeral arrangements are in The present plans Ot the directors 01 Me railway are rcctors of the Barceiona Traction the hands of the B. C. Under- to limit the reserve to S15.UUU.UUU, OUt wnat Will ue UOne i,,ht nnd tower ComDanv. takers. RESIDENT ENGINEERS FIHI3 IN POLAND LONDON, change with the reserve alter tnat nas- . not been decided. The company arge policies had expired with ha u regular insurance depart- other firms. mant with mrxctorS. adillstorS. Tk. t..A t 4U fns...nn An- .. , . a iuuuo uv- tint llfllil Alir,T1Tir,11PP HOLDING lONrfaHhNLLjand other officials, and they pay partment do not show in the an- tho same rate as they would to the nuaj 8latemCnts of profits of the VICTORIA. May 17. A con-Insurance companies . After the company but are kept entirely ference on the work of the coming I rervo llm 1 naf. oe" separate. There have been several ye-.r at which resident engineers ,thfy my reduce the-premiums or , marIne losse8 but a have under the mineral and develop, return the profits to the w been mft. Thc ,osses havc aver. nf th mnna ,mart. company auer sauaiyiiig u ue- ment was held 'here yesterday with j80"8. "j, . w"-"; V" ,! vl m commencing, iir. iiawson Wnlster and thalprot ncJal m MU-.j u.. v.a 4 far. . preacnt with the exception of D. liny of Hazelton. large possible risks. There were shops at Montreal valued at five millions and at Transcona, of four millions as well as several other quito large rlska. Once an nmAiint ai, ff (.ant tn fnvor 4YtAan aged only 37,000 a month. CLOSER RELATIONS WITH WEST INDIES OTTAWA. May 17. The West 'indies Is considering establishing While the business commenced stated here yesterday. He is In- at In 1P23 it did not amount to much , vestigating trade possibilities In until 1924 when most of the 'Canada. TnnOMTn Mm 17- Sir Boston Cabaret Dance, Saturday Night, 9 to 12 Four-piece Orchestra and Special Dinner. Gentlemen must be accompanied by their wives or lady friends. SOON PRINCE GEORGE BUSY RESULT SURVEY LANDS Prince George Busy Result of Survey of Peace Country PRINCE GEORGE, May 17. C. R. Crysdale, chief en-' gineer for the joint survey Which is to be made of the i natural resources in approximately six million acres of land in the Dominion block in the Peace River country, arrived here Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by about 20 men, who will in part make up eight parties, using Prince 1 George as their base for their field work. They have rented sivrn offices in the Princess Theatre and it is under-! 'stood there will be a staff of ap-: linnTIIFnM Tl n proximately 20 located here until I riUKintiumi. WILL SUPPLY REGINA SPRUCE V 4 POSTPONES LONG HOP ; NEW HEAD OF LORNE CREEK ImPerial Conference is t TIMnrn CUWCU MATUED I nni? Called for Autumn to UlUlLtlS VllUlllrll 1111 1 IlbU uvuu Consider Dominion Status LONDON, May 17. It has been learned that the first practical step towards oreDarine fnr trip - w-- V 4 O prospector named itonierence nas Deen taken in summoning representatives to have recently Q.f the dominions to meet here next October to consider the the mother lode ofjgai questions concerning the operation of the dominions gold deposits, aceord-emcioHnn jn v,-pvv nf r.n0A .n1of;n ing to word received In the city n" II "v; "c"cc" .fnm the interior. Moore and his Pafff Vhe Empire. i partner htve oome into Terrace; Questions to be considered include the defining of the j-Hth f.e -nrt that, while pros-status of governor-general as representative of the King, .pect'ng alonx -the upper reaches extra territoriality of the Dominion legislation and mer- of Lome Creek, they ran into a!chant shipping. yAa2,irf.22, ,hs pib1e at Premir Kinof canada win be the inr of qu-tz Mghiy impregnated on'y dominion prime minister to attend the October wRh goM. The report has caused garnering. considerable interest around Ter- t REVISING SALMON TROLLING CjyEENi CHARLOTTES . SKJDEGATE, May 17: of salmon trolling e flaU indicate that houta are averaging about 200 pounds each per day. The run at Hippo has 't scarcely started, fish being- scarce there. CUSTOMS RATE Fishing, Equipment May Be Affected by New Classification nehedule of fish classifications in the custom tariff schedule, announced W. H. Moore, chairman of the advisory board, a a ses sion yesterday. The hearing was adjourned until a date to be ect In the autumn. . Investigations on both coasts have been completed, Mr. Moore stated. Only two applications were really being considered by the boaTd. one from the halibut fishermen of Prince Rupert asking for a lower duty on fishing equipment, so that they might be assfotcd In their competition with the United States fishermen who make Canadian porta ''bases of E. D. Johnson, deputy minister Clinic Hospital disaster will die ! opration the ILTtd 'nag Dawson Tells of Huge Profits Made from Railway Carrying in u few days from the effect of , the poiaon gas was expressed to-: day by Harry L. Rockwood, city herUh commissioner, arid ' concurred In by a numWr 'and d6c- Itons and chemists. I The xact number who inhaled ! .the fumes is not know, but the! doctor estimate there are at least ; 1 100. in addition to those-who have . CLEVELAND 127 CLEVELAND. May 17. f C Uil)n InSUranCe On L rODer t lrdy dled- If Roclwood's fears; Deaths from the explosion of gas - In carrvinir its own insurance the Canadian National prove true. 80 more deaths will be and fire in the Cleveland Clinic added to the present total. j Hospital on Wednesday has now The deceased was born seventy- Railways has since the year 1923 accumulated a surplus of SIR THOMAS WHITE ! t..l 1 1 1 Vl ... - 111 1 1 ll ' J. i.1 on yvmn k" "nu. j - nuuUU ana me inicrest on tnis amount now more man lowej railroading in vnrious nrrlinnrv insnrnnpff losses each vear. according parti. d the world and had been .,,. :v1 thp T,fnrv nnh vpctnrdav hv F. f?. D.iW- for mm yara in Canada and ""S?"!?'""-- this district. In religious faith, an rtuuicoa u "''""."""n"- - reached 127. Physicians said that those who survive the next 24 hours will probably not suffer I ai m iv r . urine dip rnxirEDM'1 y m wiecw oi ntiUJj Dill LUWLCRPI the deadly gas, but grave concern . j Is felt for eeveral of the injured. Several deaths have occurred of Thomas While, of Montreal has P"0 "l til 24 hours gas. after inhaling the FLETCHER IS HEW KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS JONES .RETAINED BY DEPARTMENT TRAIL. M y 17. Dr. T. W. IN TREATY CASE Fletcher c Vancouver wan 4- i elected grand eh an eel W to the v v nf thi. -Hv'urand lodges of the Knights of has been retained by the f Fisheries Department in 'connection with proceedings In the Admiralty Court ag- .alnst the four American trol- ling boats which, were seized last week by CCS. Malas- plna at Goose Island, down the coast from here, for al- leged breech of treaty In connection with the use of N. May May 17: 17: The The Ex Lx- accumulated the department :a tratie comm,S9'oner ,n Canada, Canadian ports. Telegraph despatches nn ... nfa 'H ;Slr Edward Daveson, chairman cases will be tri from Warsaw today said that mere than 100 persons were burn ed to death in a huge y fire Iwlei Toland. I of the west Where the tried and what Indies conference, judge will hear them Is not known as yet. Pythias of British Columbia yes terday. Next year's meeting is to e at Towel! River." i. W Jijipv IV, yn' NOTICE I am instructed to advise 'all citizens that the Annual Clean Up Week is set for May 16 te May 22. H.. A. MeLBAN, City Engineer.