I- I CLASSIFIED HABIT g ie read the Clulftd Adi, i j joee. sdvertUe Xor It. f :id. locate the own. v . rr you need. advertUe lor It , T THE CLASSIFIED IIAHIT. No. I'S'l WOUVEK, Dec. 1. Three gunmen held up - tverninclt liquor store on Howe Street at 11:30 morning and made a get-away with $'20fil. It is cd they escaped in an automobile in which a i h man waited, although some witnesses said they ntil they disappeared in the traffic on Granville cct. 1 he holdup occurred in the beer section of the 1. Forcing their way through the customers, one covered V. Montgomery, the vendor, a second ,cc the crow d back, w hile a third remained at the '1 ii bandit covering the vendor took all the paper from the cash register. Threatening death to , ho pursued, the men backed out of the stare and : t bandits w ere young men and unmasked. ' ARCHING AT 1 Received Up to Noon to Puaibl Fate of 'one and Johnson Kirn expectancy in the lor .tome word from .! to the faU' of K . nil Thor Johnson, w ho o to have been drown-"i. Tuesday nifht whil nf - Many . been circulating a proven very diatre .iny and all thoxc wli-in the solution i' '1 trngedy. Up to noon had been no word re ; ii Hartley scire ' TIE CI A NCI' IN UlNti'S CONDITION MON, Dec. 1.' loillctin this -The of- morning king's condition stat- in sjdt( q HI ijlajesty . "iussed a fair night 's been a MiM rise ruture slricVyeSter 1 ii his general condlt m;iins the same." 'N'WiN. Dec. 1: The rn bulletin said. "The iiud rather a disturbed uith short intervals of uui is therefore some- : latigued." ' 4 ALLEGED MURDERER Cordon Stewart Northcott, 21 : SEARCHING FOR KETCHIKAN. Iec. 1 Rough weather has been hampering the land owin' t heavy st'as. NEW COMMANDER AT ESQUIMALT MILITARY DISTRICT APPOINTED OTTAWA. Dec. 1. Brigadier- C. McNaughton, TO ueA Maior-General II. C.ment. Thacker as chief of the stan at the beginning of the year, wMlbe rommandinf offteer purr -ed as of Military District No. U, with headuuertens at Victoria. . by iiJIWneml J. Suthefln 'Brown, formerly director of mll- NEW ROUTE TO PACIFIC FROM PEACE RIVER k Itdic. Sena Senator Kefus Pope ia di- movement, according1 to infortnatKMi in local transports-j tion hum circles. viivivti This a mso foilowa iviivns vaav the an Srfllv Bay, indicat Mti3rw,r" "f n'- " M)du ,!"Ve Kntfinw McUod of the Canadian " h h yert. rday, t tonfMMd to kw of MeKcan , . Railway.. i iovcn fruitless, la 'lie 'body should b uuuld be immediately Qte city by One boat h search, while the I n-nviin to look for th " iwinir to deen water. il c-urrnts and other j i. believed that then- n n I, Table difficulty in 1! dragging operations. ; is found by Monday, m may then be discon- 1 :.iy Indiana, it ia stated, 1 fear of the water near h.-i t- the double drown-I'rvrd to have occurred. 1 Ives, it is aid, have been Application to He Made For I Charier fer Railway Cutofl ' to Parkgate I I EDMONTON. Dec. 1 A special dispatch to the Journal from 1 Winnipeg Bays: j 1 ! Finn t arkgat on the main line 'of the National a new railway in1 jbajM nlffcned to rive the Peace Kivef raver aiscrici eJstri acceaa in ue rs that the Use could be constructed without vreat difficolty with good graden at an estimated cost of JS,000,OO. The proposed road. I ACT irrPOriT O in the opinion of Pope, would have )W V hEiLJ two advanUges. It would belli- field and H would shorten the rail Woik llmeml by Hough nuu between the Peace River dis-Weatlur. Which Progenia tricl and Pacific coaat ports. If landing On IsUtuld these were constructed products of the Peace River district shipped bv Canadian National lines to the Pacific coast would be consigned warch for the halibut vessels nt Worn tiranue i-raine w I2aiifivn1 unci Imnerial. Icy Straits larkirate. h distance of 150 miles, and Cross Sound have been: nstead of from Grande Prairie to Marched by the Akutan. The! dmontOQ, 402 miles and thenc Unalaga searched the vicinity of west to Parkgate a farther (Hs-Mlddleton Island, but was unable Unix of 190 miles. From Pain-to get landing parties on the is- gate the goods would be hauled through the Yellowhead pass to the Kooky Mountains and tnence either to Vancouver or Prince Ru- lrt. Thus the route would be short ened' by some 400 mtles and no expenditure for new construction through the Koeky Jloumains would be incurred. A bill to authorise this expenditure will go who before the next session of parlhv PRICE OF WHEAT VANCOUVER Dee. l.-The price of Number 1 Netteern wheat here today was f 1.184. maVtlt " ttsnrn amlnnai 4 PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper prince uupeut. b. c. Saturday. December i, 1028 CANADIAN NATIONAL EARNINGS HIGHER Three Gunmen Robbed Government Liquor Store in Vancouver and Got Away with $2,064 at 1130 SHE'S JUBMRST LADY OF CHUffA Mm, Chiang Ki .-Ik. wife of the President of Nationalist China, who, as May Lin Soon, was a graduate lrum a Euraneon seas- nouncement that the C. N. R. has ' . '. Is we" know" to mJtx,ne "Jer as a trassUtor joined Uie C. P. R. in acquiring01 c","lc, thinwte poetry. Inset is a picture of President CHiang the northern Alberta linen. But!1 Shek- it i not disclosed ihat joint own-' " j iSlJSUNSAREUSED ! TO RE-ORGANIZE Grande L'nirief ieha rartwuy, Pope aaya. would touch the famous iioppe or Smoky River cwtl fu lUs now in the possession of the Dominion government at a distance of 77 miies from the main line of the National railways. At Grande Prairie the proposed railway line would reach the gateway of the re. ice River district. Senator Pope stated that the route of the proposed railway has been sur- veyeu unuer me direction oi v,niei boy and is aecuaea oi ewer McUod u in- ; his authority for the staicment MEXICAN SENATE" THE FISHERIES MEXICO CITY. 1M. 1. A ae-1 Kepott of Allanlic Fisheries Com cent incident in the itenate ha led MMstm Is .Made Public -o renewe-l divrus.-Ion of the pro- j Today liriety or carrying pistols in the halls of congress. Them is n rule .-.gainst taking weapons into the session chambers, but it is flagrant!)' violated. Spectators in the galleries of the st-nate were thrown into Bank, a short time ago when a bitter argo- SAYS a elimax with one of them draw- should be given advanced methods, . ' prewinwuon nere, ing his pistol in " branches of the industry. I compared wit! 78412 inches for j Immediately minx flsahe into! upHetl-at of officers should ft 11 msathi i of 1027, 8-. viw in varioars parts of the msll, I votc4. j ar uiw year, urom a-? t senators with pistols " Ml in ha eMsm ad ; Great xa.w imtWiMrnMfa SALVATION ARMY WISHES TO PROVIDE A of CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE ENTERTAINED i. inunsBilie. me tivvrm nw iwwi luipvi kivv wcews . . . - . j ducked behind their desks, ready ' I i nl work should be emphasised. "u.r'; , t to defend thne.ves in of . . Org.nls.tibn of fishermen's as-1 JZZ S iwral' ! sniping engagement, and the audi- stations should be encouraged, i W0S 'Trnln J bJ 11 r as D ence stampeded to the street. A intelligence and publicity T l7JuT Lou , V 'TT r'T'" "I w,arHneni , meteorogollst : Sydney a Hunts-r. who has been be established. , ToU, wJad milew. iaia up wim a severe MKd, is Ke-organlsation along tnese feeling better although he In still ; lines is to be undertaken im-confined to his bed at home. j mediately. Average velocity, 9.T miles. Greatest velocity, ftC miles from the southeast on November 1ft. Total sunshine, 48 hours. IPghest barometer resdrng at I he Salvation Army is planning to provide a Christmas dinner for Greatest daily rainfall, those who are not uiherwiae provided for on the great day of the inches on November 12. year. This they hoi te (to through the aid of local people who feel I inclined to donate for the purpose. While there ere few poor peo- TWO DRUG HOUSES h in tne city, were are Mways strangers drifting in and some local folks who have not the resources to provide entertainment for them selves or their families. The plan is to serve a home cooked dinner at the citadel to which all homeless ones are Invited. Boston Grill LARGE CABARET Speeial Dinner Thursday and Saturday Dancing txrrj Haturday night from 9 to 12. , Dance IU11 lor Hire Accommodations (or Frlratc Part tec rbone 457 PRICE FIVE CENTS SIR HENRY Canadian National Will Earn Over $80,000,000 During Current Year Sir Henry Thornton Urges Vigorous but Sane Immigration Policy for Country and Avoidance j of Exploitation ! TORONTO, Dec. 1. The net earnings of the C N.R. for the year will exceed $00,000,000, as compared with $3,-000,000 in 122, Sir Henry Thornton announced here yesterday, in an address boiore the Rotary Club. Ho was firmly convinced, he said, that the profits of the Canadian National Railway were criterions of the nation's advance. i Sir Henry said that the Dominion's immigration policy I should be vigorous, but sane, and that new arrivals should be made to feel at home. Above all, they should see national resources developed by, and for, the people, and 1 avoid exploitation. WEATHER IS NO MIXING AT ! BETTER HERE PRINCERUPERT .Month of November This Year T11 Account For Hisher I Has Itcen Milder Than Usl; j Prices for Western Grain, Figures or Year H Is Said Improved j ! WINNIPEG, Dec. 1. Higher I The month of Noverabeg hist1"fc r paid for wheat at Van-yeHr has been considerably milder wwiver and Prince Rupert than in than it was last year. In Novem,-1 U ' "t wd. beeaWe mix-ber, 1927. Prince Rupert had 16 ing is not allowed on western inches of anow and a cold snap of ; route shipments. At the head of 121 deirrees above sero. There has the lakes there are big raising been no snow in November this houes. where shipmenU are pre year and the coldest official thermometer reading has been 29 above. While precipitation for I November this year totalling 9.84 OTTAWA. Itor 1 Tha rm-nr. inches ha been in excess of last pared for cuHtomere woo want that kind of grain. The whole mater is being investigated by the Saskatchewan royal commission, members of ganiiation of the fisheries serv- November's 7.22 inches, sunshine ! "which are now viniting at the lake ires in Canada, in light of the re- for the month jut past aggrc a-1 h"ad and ..bout the first of the port of the Atlantic fisheries com- ting 48 hours was ahead of the1 year will be on the Pacific coast. tti iHion, was announced by Dep- 31.9 hours during the same month uty Minister Found yesterday. last year. Reports say that encoermieuent. " tnl'" -ver-lner MAQUILLA CREW , ISTAKENOFF Japanese Veaw-l Hound for Yolo- s Capt. Seoit and Company VESSEL LEAKED IIADLY VANCOUVER. Dec. 1. All officers and crew of the steamer Chief Maquilla have been taken aboard the Japanese freighter Yogen Maru bound Jr Yeko-haiv.i. it was announced this raor- sea level. 30.53 on November 17.njnR by the Canadian-American Lowest barometer r ading. 29 on shipping Co. November 12. The Maquilla waa abandoned in Maximum temperature, 66 on lhe face fttrthr intake of November 2. j water and the approach of rough Mean temperature. 43.6. , wher. Caot. E. K. Scott, who Precipitation. 9.84 inches. :nined with the ship after the ARP AMAIHAMATFn if st had left, joined hii shipmates at three o'clock this nwr-Udnr. ; )' . . . . . 'y nuumimuuroM NKV PlIDIiT VANCOUVER. Dec. 1. Thei i Vancouver and Victoria, MEXICO TAKES OATH YRSTERDAY announcement is made of tn,'i amalgamation of the Nations! L uvrtrn riTY iw 1 4 In addition, ChrisaMM hwapers will he sent to needy families. Drug and Chemical Co., Ltd., in Kmj, Variw loo oatn Some ef these are st oeeeViourn points. Adlotast Kerr hat the imMc in hand and thaae wfahine to tub- A. Tepoorten. Ltd . iv ... a .ii l. 1 1 a.. tu noii.. Drug Co.. Vancouver, and J. "I, j: , . L TZui ot Briti8h Columbia News business office at In either eg Ary headquarters. ease ae- prugg Lt witn a capita, (lf hM knowledgnent will thnroph these columns. a million. as provincial President, yes- Wholesale lerday ud pledged his ad- under the . . ,,. . ik. ,iufo. 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ex iivu w iwrs 'wiv vk of oiu-egon and Callw. , !