ponsT CIRCULATION in THE © yTy AND yp’ (THERN *oLumBtA PRINCE RU THE DAILY NEWS —— — eee ——— PERT, B. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1918. ee ———— Prince Ruper For Princes# Mary. . Prince Rupert . Sunday, 6 - . Monday, 9 a.m. PRICE FIVE CENTS (EXICAN REBELS HAVE ANOTHER NEW PRESIDENT RMAN WAR DIRIGIBLE LANDS ON FRENCH PARADE GROUND-LIBERAL MEETING LAST NIGHT Daily News cial | rhe eit Apri ‘ reed ta has agi Presi to mes by the p vhere Pas el presi. six hundred has for three by nearly ps eagured Mexic i th preeze a rebels flag gc and arrang- with the rebel N erms could be ar- ebels insisted | liate resignation, in iced his resignation hands and to satisfy all epublic agreed wire He} of | OTHER MEXICAN REVOLUTION COMES TO AN INGLORIOUS END siIDENT HUERTA FORCED “TO. “RESIGN AND TO NAME PEDRO LASCURAIN AS PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT Pedro Lasecura to name in as pro- visional president t« serve out the unexpired term of the late President Madero Thus ends another of the many revolutions with which Mexico has been cursed ever since the strong hand of Porfiro Diaz was forcibly removed by the revolutionists from the reins of government Huerta was impli- i < cated in the shooting in the back jof President Madets and in his jbrief term proved very unpopu- lar. Lascurain is not very well |known and has evidently been se- lected to avoid the followers of known leaders. jealousy abler among and better WON TEA he heavy rain iy afternoon the Kaien Auxiliary in e Ladies spital was well at ge gymnasium i us booths were inged, the presented a decorations ffodil dance still For weeks and members of the n making prep- the event, soliciting ontributions of such an oc- large own hands posed of by sale d ne the aflernoon ! was done. a number of 5 Were disposed of by aug- i cies for ini a col- h with their s DUSINess anit — quite Ir. J. H. Beatty performing vices of auctioneer in a acceptable manner. For artic numbered tickets sold and there was much Ment when the drawing for ®ky numbers took place. ea service, nsed donated by Vintners’ Associa- by Dr. W. T. Ker- eerschaum pipe by Mr. rug by Mr. leather chair and a life size rew. Mrs, Part- handsome clock admired and Miss ld forty out of the on a beautifully the winner of ier’s handiwork, ladies in charge Ss had the 1 8lore a large mbe, a large vs. Besner ) Mr, Pettig h won a 48 much Who s hed hat was of the average depart. saleslady backed off Nap the art of hip here was no 48 shopping one their sales. such simply winsome The in charge sist and craft KI arguments, oth was B WISE B ‘B’ THERE b B Ne Lo Majestie lheatre EEKLY GoLp pr CONTEST as $25.00 Dy Wing April Thursday 10th tees : Island Club | SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS NETTED BY HOSPITAL BAZAAR ES’ AUXILIARY HELD SUCCESSFUL EVENT YESTEPDAY. DANCE WAS WELL ATTENDED—DR. KERGIN SERVICE. J of Mesdames Besner Sweet and j}Allen, assisted by Misses Mor rissey and Astoria The candy lbooth was presided over by Mrs Halsey, Miss Kinkade, Miss Wark and Miss Fisher Another booth in which fancy and useful articles charge of Angus Stew the such a on sale Mrs. Ward art. .-The terious variety was in and Mrs. fish pond, pool from which of useful and sometimes ludicrous articles are obtained, conducted by Mrs. Hugh Dunn and Mrs. Partington. Dur- ing the afternoon light refresh- ments were served, this depart- ment being looked after by Mrs. were mvys- was Mobley, Mrs. Kergin Sr. and Mrs Arnold, assisted by a number of young ladies A musical pro- gramme in which Mrs. Miller and Miss Froud assisted enlivened the afternoon proceedings. The principal feature of the evening, besides the drawings, was a dance, the music for which was provided by Werner's orchestra, Needless to this part of the affair was much en- joyed. The attendance was quite up to expectations. The total proceeds of the bazaar and dance will amount to over $600.00, Much credit is due to the ladies who worked so faithfully in bring- ing the bazaar to such a suecess- ful issue and especially to the ladies in charge of the different booths and special features, The say officers of the auxiliary § are: President, Mrs, Arnold, vice president, Mrs, Kergin; treasurer, Mrs. Mobley: secretary, Mrs. Ward. TO ELECTRIFY C. P. R. The Rogers Pass to Be Electrified This Year—Tenders Being Received. (Special to The Daily News.) Winnipeg, April 4.-—-The Rog- ers Pass section of the Canadian Pacific railway is to be electrified this year, according to the state- ment of Superintendent Bury made here today. He says tend are already being received the work, ers for Card of Thanks. Mr. John Dolan, who buried his wife this forenoon, desires to present his warm thanks for many kindnesses to his late wife and for the many expressions of kindly sympathy in his bereave ment, Crockery, open stock ware in many pretty patterns at moderate prices. Wallace's 77tf dinner ing gathe present, eral from Pre W. Patm fully the Since t party been placed ore comir or to in ment passed the last roaded th men on t ecutive e¢ the the Skeen had and ¢!l we H. F. committee in the na suggested relative provincial censing. clearly they brou son, iberal The re of the I in the K was amo on planks for the provincial Lib- platform, the keynote of them all being the coming general election and the necessity for all to REGISTER, REGISTER. President Manson opened the meeting by stating that, as Lib- erals, they had every reason to be proud of the forwardness of Liberalism in the city Before it had been difficult to get a large body of Liberals together and Liberalism appeared to be dor- mant. This year Liberalism had come to life and they would be glad to know that not only in this city and riding but throughout the province Liberalism was now anized and prepared for made and the re ing in the ond readings, passed and at onee became law. That left the party only until April 7th to get their matte communic bee Planks for the Platform. Mefhae, to and Aldefman Naden, BORDEN’S NAVAL POLICY AND THAT OF LAURIER COMPARED Both Succinctly Explained by Messrs. ‘Petmere and Angers at an Enthusiastic Gathering of Members of the Local Liberal Association Last Night meeting held night, gular monthly Association, of P. Hall re than usually interest- last There were debate ring many an interesting stirring addresses A. M. Manson, L. Frank Angers, sident ore and 1 contest. he last meeting of the this city exertions had to have Liberals 1 the new voters’ lists, sults had been surpris- extreme. The amend- the Elections Act was the closing hours of session. It was rail- rough its first and sec- The local ex- ymmittee at once took r under consideration ated with every part of a riding and the results n simply splendid. he lists. Cheers. He ventured to think that when the next election comes a_ very large number of the applicants registered would be found for the Liberal party. They had more Liberal associations in the | riding than ever before and one! sre doing splendid work. of the resolution », for himself and not me of the committee, for diseussion planks lentirely the civil service, the police system and li- He explained them in the debate which on A, H. Macpher- | Fred Stork, | ght jernment. | iwould see we Campbell and others spoke briefly In the end Fred Stork pointed out that all such resolu- tions to be presented to the gen- eral convention at Revelstoke in May should be carefully ered by the platform committee and then submitted for amend- ment or adoption. It was that this course should be fol- lowed, the committee to report at the next meeting. In the mean- time any suggestions from members will receive tien, Mr. Patmore on Naval Bill. Mr. acuian consid. considera- Patmore said that the Can- naval question was, of course, the live question of the day. If we were to have an elec- tion soon—and it locked as if we were—it would be fought out on the naval issue. What then was the naval issue? The Conserva- tive policy was to vote $35,000,- 000 for three dreadnoughis to be bualt in England and then given to the British government. The Liberal policy was to build a Canadian navy (cheers) of two naval units, one for the Atlantic and one for the Pacific and each to be composed of thirteen ships. That was the present policy of the Liberal party; to spend the same amount of money or more if necessary, but to spend it in Canada. It was in order for Canada to help the mother country and the Liberals when in power had planned to do this. But the Con- servatives, because the Liberals opposed the present scheme of a gift of money, classed them as rebels. The Conservatives were always flag waving but this time the Liberals were going to do some flag waving. The Liberals had a more national and a more imperial policy than the policy of the present government. Looking at it from a constitu- tional aspect it was the old fight lanada had had for generations. 1837 Canada was ruled from Downing street and had no say in the expendi- ture of the monies paid to the British government, and it was not until 1867, when the prov- inces confederated, that Canada obtained a responsible local gov- The man who paid the right to name the believed that they were going back to giving our money Before had a If they piper tune. old the days, ruled} noughts built by Canadian money might be sent to Africa, Australia or the Black Sea and Canada had nothing to say about it. We wish to have protection for our shores with a navy of our own in con- junction with the navy of Great Britain, We have won responsible ernment at too dear a price to trifle it away. Sir John A, Mac- donald, when asked to send a con- tingent to the Soudan, refused unless we could dictate what our g£OV- men were going to do. Sir Wil- frid Laurier went further. He said—-We will send a contingent to the Boer war but it must be understood that it is a voluntary contribution. In proposing to make a money gift to the’ British government the members of the Canadian cabinet contradict and stultify themselves When the Laurier naval policy was under discus- sion Hon. George E. Foster said: The payment of regular and periodical subscriptions would not so far as Canada is con- cerned be the most satisfactory solution of the question of im- perial defence. The present premier at that time said: “In so far as my right honorable friend the prime minister today outlined the lines of naval de- fence of this country I am en- tirely at one with him. I am en- tirely of opinion, in’ the first place, that the proper line upon which we should proceed in that regard is the line of having a Canadian naval force of our own. I entirely believe in that.” “The two speeches made by these gentlemen form the strong- est indictment against the ent Conservative policy. We do not to go of the Conservative party to refute their own contentions. But, they conditions have entirely changed. Today there an emergency. This is not going to be our fixed policy. Yet in the same speech already quoted from, made by Mr. Borden in 1909, he spoke about the great peril Great Brit- ain was in at that time and used the word ‘emergency.’ “Where this emergency? Today Great Britain is using her reserve funds to pay off her na- tional debt. She is paying it off at the rate of fifty-five millions per annum, Why should they be p res- need outside say, is is Ralph Sm —Dra At last ing for held by M the prize. dren gold patrons theatre that Mr, prietor decided t rhursday the sellir tickets to to take April 10t drawn in and| There program powerful jcomedies, MAJESTIC THEATRE New Management. children, will of the above theatre, ith Wins the Gold Prize wings Continued by night's gold prize draw- ticket No, 6482, aster Ralph Smith, won Though the last chil- prize drawing, the many of that Third avenue be pleased to hear Delasala, the new pro. has ») give away $25.00 every night, beginning with 1 of the gold prize night, the first drawing place next Thursday, h. The tickets will be the usual manner. is an entire change of tonight, consisting of dramas and unexeelled tion of the theatre and will put in new opera chairs as soon as they arrive. Troops Destroy @stum even. Amoy, China, April 1.—-The destruction of the opium crops by the government authorities is being carried out with great en- ergy. A force of three hundred troops was dispatched from here today to Tungen, where the farm ers have hitherto resisted the ef- forts of the authorities to destroy the poppy plants. NOTICE All barber shops, Commencing Monday, April 7th, will close at 7 p.m,, instead of 8, and on Sat urdays at 10 pum, instead of 11 79.81 Housecleaning? Wallpaper, pretty, reasonable. Wallace's. 77tf Mavor Pattulle, A. H,. Allison, Dr./ without absolutely any say as to Kergin, W. E. Williams, Howard | how it shall be used. The dread-| Continued on Page 4.) | ' Mr. Del lasala has carpenters ALTERATIONS TO THE onl petasala has | carper'''|GERMAN WAR DIRIGIBLE LANDS ON FRENCH SOIL il Down on the Military Pa- rade Ground at Luneville— Aviators Arrested. Special to The Daily News.) Luneville, France, April 4, Great excitement was caused here this morning by the landing on the military parade ground of a German dirigible of war. The aviators claimed they had become in the clouds but this plea is not considered by the military aviators here as* the Germans must have known when their dirigible passed over the Rhine, Both are held for advices from Paris. Pantorium Phone 4, lost Pioneer Cleaners hi. —new designs, mod- erate prices. Wallace's, TERESTING The April sitting of the County Court will open in the court house here Monday next before Judge Young. There are a number of cases set down for hearing at this sitting, the dates for dispos- day. The list is as follows: Adjourned Cases. Nelson vs. Prince Rupert Skeena Transportation Company; Williams & Manson for plaintiff; Patmore & Fulton for defendant company. Kelly, Carruthers Company vs. Creech; Williams & Manson for plaintiff! company; Patmore & Fulton for defendant. any ing of them to be fixed on Mon- |? ae DOCKET OF COUNTY COURT BEFORE JUDGE YOUNG MONDAY SEVEN ACTIONS TO BE ARGUED, son some OF THEM HAVING IN- FEATURES. Hall vs. Chapman; Williams & Manson for plaintiff; Patmore & Fulton for defendant. New Cases. Northern Interior Land Com- vs. Sargent; Patmore & Fulton for plaintiff company; Fisher & Wharton for defendant. Wright vs. Belanger; Williams & Manson for plaintiff; Patmore & Fulton for defendant. Hoffman vs. Noble et al; Wil- liams & Manson for plaintiff; Carss & Bennett for defendants. Carlton vs. Union Transfer and Storage Company; Carss & Ben- nett for plaintiff; Williams & Manson for defendant company. Southbound passengers on the Prince George and Princess Sophia, of the G. T. P. and C. P. R., respectively, in ad- dition to enjoying one of the fin- ebt scenic trips in America will today have a diversion in the way of a race between the two boats. Both left here at nine o'clock for Vancouver and both looked eager for a race. While the two steam- ers left the wharf practically at same moment the Princess Sophia had the advantage, being headed outward. The Prince George headed inward backed away from the wharf while the Sophia made a complete circle around the G, T, P. steamer. Be- fore the Sophia had completed the circle the Prince George was well out toward the entrance to the harbor having a lead of per- haps half a mile. two steamers the The Prineess Sophia has re- cently been converted into an oil burner and the officers will be glad of the opportunity to test her out. At eleven o'clock, two hours after their departure Captain Donald of the Prince George sent out a wireless that he was leading by half a mile and that he hadn't started to let the big steamer out. He said _ that before sunset he would show his heels to the Sophia at a greatly increased distance. The latter vesse! is scheduled to call at Alert Bay which is more than 300 miles south. The two boats will thus have an opportunity of making a test of speed and en- durance. The result will be awaited with much interest. Later Report. At 12:50 p. m. the Prince George was reported three-quar- te’s of a mile ahead, This mes- sage came from the _ wireless station at Triangle Island. PRINCE JOHN TO USE COAL THIS SUMMER Will Not Be Transformed into an Oil Burner Until Fall of Year. It is officially announced that the G. T. P, steamer Prinee John, Captain Wearmouth, will not be converted into an oil burner un- til next fall, HM was stated some months ago that the Prince Al. bert and Prinee John would both be equipped ‘to burn oil, but as in the case with the C. P. R. boats, the Grand Trunk has been only j able to convert the Albert. It jwill be impossible to carry out jthe proposed change on the John } EXCITING RACE BETWEEN COMPETING STEAMERS PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS SOPt SOPHIA LEFT HERE AT NINE O’CLOCK—FORMER WAS HALF A MILE AHEAD AT ELEVEN. PRINCE RUPERT HARBOR BECOMING BUSY CENTRE Two Big Passenger Steamers Left G. T. P. Wharf at the Same Hour This Morning. The scene at the G. T. P. wharf this morning preparatory to the departure of two large passenger steamers for the south was sufli- cient to inspire confidence as to the future of this city in the most pessimistic, if there are any such persons in Prince Rupert. In addition to the Prince George of the G. T. P. coast fleet which leaves for the south regularly at 9 o'clock every Friday morning, there was tied up at_the same wharf the large and commodious steamer Sophia of the Canadian Pacific fleet which had arrived from Skagway about’ seven o'clock. The two steamers were scheduled to leave for the south at the same hour and the compe- tition for traffic was most inspit- ing. Following their usual cus- tom the whistles were blown at intervals of fifteen minutes. As soon as one boat had finished the other began and both vessels were so inviting it was difficult for passengers to decide which they preferred. Owing to the fact that the Prince George sails, every Friday at 9 o'clock, many had purchased tickets via the G, T, P. line, and naturally that vessel drew the larger crowd. The Princess Sophia, being on a ten day schedule to Skagway, sails fn different days each week, the result being that the publie is not so familiar with her exact time of departure. The entire scene was such as is ordinarily witnessed in a seaport city with a population of hundreds of thousands. Both steamers left at 9 o'clock. Following is the list of saloon passengers via the Prince George: Vera O'Connor, Mrs, H, Frank- lin, Miss Ella Franklin, A, M, Haw, (Continued on Page 4.) Cowichan £ The Only Strictly Fresh Eggs on the Market, Ask for Cowichan Eggs and See That You Get Them, Sold at All First Class Stores 77tf| until the summer rush is over. bn. se " i i