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PRINCE 1 THE DAILY N LUPERT, B, G., TUPSDAY, —_—- JULY 241, 1944. | GRUNTY GRUNDY says: The fight in Victoria was meek compared with the fight ageinet the P ®. 4. © last January when the elty wantes to make @ deal outside the city limits — [EN we PRICE FIVE CENTS \UTHORITIES WILL GIVE BATTLE TO THE HINDUS — = ING IN CONFERENCE WITH POLITICAL LEADERS — $200 FOR PRIZES TO INDIANS AT THE FAIR INDUS EJECTED BY FORCE-- RAINBOW AND 230 MEN IN ACTION’: LL DEMAND SURRENDER—FAILING THIS, BLUEJACKETS WILL BOARD SHIP UNDER FIREANY ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE WILL BE SHOT rhe Daily News) | the Komagata Maru The july 24—The Rain-| ment will go on board the Ra Victoria at 10:46 last bow which it is proposed to « ¢ 090 ion aboard, | Mission to escort the Komagata| Maru, with two hundred and fift vith an assorsment | Hindus on board, out of Vaneou i small gun aMm-lyer harbor \ final effort will be] Vietoria, July 20 The eruis t the Hindus to sur-| Rainbow probably will leave hers this faiis an action/at 10:30 tonight connection liately. The deeks|with thea escorting of the Koma- Komagata Maru will be|gata Maru out of Vancouver Hat entrated fire un- | bor She has taken on ai new vhich the bluejackets|erew, ‘calling at the Esquimalt ird the ship and batten! Wharf The scene has caused tches on the Hindus, possi-| much animation among the blue the aid of the steam pipe | jackets. OW The ship hands are busy plae hooters will be placedjing stores on board and getting harf to stfoot any who|the cruiser in readiness to sail p overboard and|She has already got\steam up and hore | before the night is over it is ex- July 214 The 6th| pected she will leave to enforce Irish Fusiliers are|the orders of the Immigration ‘ day in connec. | Departme nt proposed defence ofldus to leave )URED OIL INTO DEBATE DULL SESSION CITY COUNCIL DERMAN DISCUSSED NUMEROUS TRIFLING MATTERS AND SOME QUESTIONS OUTSIDE THEIR in ordering the Hin JURISDICTION f the City Coun ny over plans for the new tele vening. everaliohone building, suggested that hee ; ing bsent including petitive plans be called for the city solicitor iM t i th and the debate Ald ontgomery said the by- wholly to the al iw had to go to the electors first tas lively asiand A Dybhavn added that petitive plans would be call ly sensation was! ed for after the by-law is passed that good socialist Building By-law Amendment ery showed for the Killed the capitalist He Phe law to amend the build- selling of oil stocks : that the many with |ine by-law respecting air space est will net get atun®-}and pl bing arrangements was Peddling Oi! Stocks i brougt p agaifi, and Ald. Mait- Montgomery drew the at-|land asked for it to be laid over f the City Couneil to the | 4 rhe Council wanted to | stocks were being | * | it and retese Saar ae te) i vote it was deeided to take t the city and. he}. the sideration of it and on nquire if these ped-/ine third reading it was killed in licences and whether |... itt the power of the City Garbage Scow Tenders vrotect . . Met hy Soul re also The health committed reported g of promotion stock, |*at they req iired Chas, Benson, \cting Mayor did not | whe tender for the garbage Couneil could do any|S¢oW Was a cepted, to build the recommend the Attor |scow in Rupert, and he refused sl takine action | to y accept it on that condition as nN was passed for the 1 re intended building it in Van pa . mmittee ta take up the feouver. The committee asked for with J. H. MeMullen, | @structio ent Agent | Ald. Montgomery and MeCly- Pp mont moved that the next lowest coe brprent — tender, that of Mr, Peterson, be a drew the atte , 1ecepted, which was carried, the Couneil to the fact This second choice is $460.00 ae que oe to © as | higher than Benson's tender. ith power to act ri committees sometimes | Engaged Audiere led tenders amounting to | The finance committee reported inds of dollars where aoe ecommending the engagement of vere not suppesed to order |the firm of heddell, Stead, Hodges ne over &50 without re. |& Winter as city auditors, one of to the Gouneil the principles to get. The salary \cting Mayor admitted this|is to be $25, per day for the was contrary to the pro-|Prineipal and 815 a day for the by-law and the breach of |@ssistant with travelling ex- law was done innocently. | benses, the total expenditure "lans for Telephone Bidg. I" —— | Basso-Rert who was glane- (Continued on Page 4) oe oo 'o prevent certain legal proceedings, T am com! issioned lo offer Lot 18, Block 17, Section Six, on Seventh Avenue, near MoBride Street, for $2,500; third cash one balance 6 and 12 months; or $2,000 all cash takes this desirable Property, Deeds are in Bank of Montreal, Call, Write or Phone T. McCLYMONT, Agent. #eee. | el | | etbdiataetadate * BOWSER DID NOT LIKE | . THE ROAD * * be * . I Omineeca Herald, in * | . the visit of the «| * Attort f ral and) Hon. * * Kh. W. Ross to New Hazelton * iv > * It tended that the «| * party s ld drive over the #| |* hich level bridge, on to the #| |* old town and then across the * * | River and up the *| . grade on the Govern- * * oad to the South * * ivelton station, where the # * tra vas to pick them up. *} * Unfortunately it had rained #| * a ple of days before the # * visitors arrived and it was # * next to impossible to make * * th ide up the long hill to * * South Hazelton without the * * pas gers walking, on ac- * * oe tof the mud. The walk * * did t meet with the ap- * * proval of the attorney gen- ¥* *e ind he refused to go.” * * * EERE HEH He BIG GALE WRECKS VANCOUVER BOATS Many People Witness Effects of a Terrific Westerly Gale in Harbor Vancouver, July 21.—-Hundreds f people lined the shores of Eng sh Bay Beach and other points to witness the effects of a terrific vesterly gale that struck the harbor yesterday The shore at the bathing beach was littered with wreckage, seven or eight boats having been caught ile and ved before vuuld reach them Many hurried to the and rendered assistance thes could, number of} thrilling and gallant res notwithstand in the e¢ dastro issistance ce shores what resulting in a escapes made, boiling surf being the cues ing The Cradie Hunter.—-Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter, 721 Fifth Avenue, West, on July 20th, a daughter Coenen ennnenenes) * This policy soon brought reward, {Kinghorn putting his team two goals ahead before half time. At} no time in the game did the Cal look like winning, their movements being disjointed and without that forcefulness that is to bring success. In the latter period of the game the Merchants secured another ple of goals, Just previous to this | ! | lies ever hHecessary eou however, through a weak clear- ance from the Merchants’ fenee, the Callies were to seore their only point of the game, Light was now failing and with the lines obliterated the | referee called the game at four | minutes from time with the score standing 4 to-1 in the Merehants’ favor, | } i de enabled | The feature of the the xoal-keeping of Bloomfield, the Callie custodian, who gave the finest exhibition yet seen in this city, game was Leather easy chairs and rock ers at prices cut in two, Geo, D. Tite's summer sale, 161tf HAZELTON WON BOTH GAMES FROM SMITHERS Divisional Point Town Now Out of the Champion Class (Special to The Dally News) Hazelton, June 21 Hazelton jbaseball team won Sunday's league game from Smithers by 15 to 4 The battery was Pike and Rock. On Monday they re- peated the gow! performance and won 11 to 2 against the round house team. Sinclair and Rock were the battery for Hazelton in ithis second game. These two victories put Smithers out of the running for the league champion- ship. There is now much interest in the game, here next Saturday be- tween Hazelton and New Hazel- ton GARBAGE DEPARTMENT STYLE ALL THE WHILE New $4,400 Auto Car for Tin Can Brigade Arrived Here Yesterday The city’s new $4,400 garbage auto car arrived yesterday on the Prince Albert and was housed in Grand View the basement of the fire hall in Hotel the afternoon. The city garbage , department is now “style all the The.blind pig charge against while Antone Bergnach, of the Grand The new t *s will be manned |, : . ; ‘ at ; eS ae View Hotel was heard in police by two crews, each having a liv ebind soach it the wheel] anqg/court this morning and the case two outriders to handle the cans.| Was dismissed. ' rhe truck is a two tofi Pack Frank Ward gave evidence that ard with a big iron tank that can|he had purchased a room for 25¢ be elevated and dumped in a mo-jand a pint of whiskey and water ment’s time for 81 from Bergnach on Satur- Phe (ment is having ajday night in the Grand View. He new wharf and approach built on|got two one dollar bills from the Section Two waterfront, and a|police, who followed him to the new scow to carry the garbage to|place. He gave the police the sea rhe ick will run out on|whiskey and showed them the 75c¢ | the wha ind dump its load into} change. ¥ the scow.. The department hopes} [py eross examination by Mr. with this juipment to give a]patmore, he said he had bon good and reliable service. mvieted of supplying liquor to It was originally intended to/Indians. Witness sail he did not have only two men on a crew but|/owe Bergnach anything for back the auto drivers refused to per-|room rent. form the seavenging service Officers Adams and Marshall It is probable that a garage] gave evidence coroborating Ward will have to be ereeted as the firs chief says it can only be tempor- | arily housed in the fire hall build * FOOTBALL jeri > | eR EERE RE emelan Last night at the Dry Dock YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL grounds the Callies met the Mer- ~ chants for the first time under American league auspices, Notwithstand- St. Louis 3-6; New York 1-2 ing the rather unfavorable, wea Cleveland 2° Washingten 4. ther conditions there was an ex- Chicago 0, Philadelphia. ceptionally large gathering of Detroit 2, Boston 3, 43 innings spectators when the teams lined National up, twenty-five minutes after the scheduled time, After the recent Boston 1 Pittsburg 0. heavy rains the grounds were in| Philadelphia ft, Chicago 8, anything but good condition. Play | New York 5, Cincinati 0, however, was indeed always in Brooklyn 6, St, Louis 7. teresting, the Merchants seeming Northwestern to adapt themselves more to the Seatl racoma, 3 state of the ground, keeping the tallard, 2; Vietoria, 0. ball moving ahead all the time Vancouver, 2; Spokane, 1. ESTHOLM WEST HOLM OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT “THE RELIC” Two-Reels And a Fine Comedy Program With Special “Request” Music by the Or- chestra Admission - 10¢ and 15c Coming Wed. and Thurs. The Greatest of All & Ree! Features “THE CURSE OF GREED” And a Fine “Bunny” Comedy Admission, 16¢ and 250 Children, 100 lleul program, EEE EEE APPROPRIATIONS A — S * *) When Wm. Manson, be, ¢ returned to Rupert last * March after the session at * Victoria, he boasted to a meeting of bis supporters that he had secured an ap- propriation of #216,000 for Skeena roads and bridges, although that amount only half what the appropri- ation was a year Now it appears that even the #216,000 is pretty much of a bluff, and it was never in- tended to spend that amount in the constituency. For in- stance at Bella Coola an ap- priation of $14,000 was made, and the work is stop- ped after #5,500 is spent. In Rupert we were to have #20,°00 on the road around the island. That, too, has been cut out. These appro- priations appear to be ‘a * erude attempt to hoodwick * the constituency. * ee ee ee ih] ago. ee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * o * * cz * * > * PRODUCED BOOZE BUT NO CONVICTION Police Put Whiskey Detective on and of finding the two one dollar bills whieh they had given Ward in Bergnach's room. rhe defence was that Ward had paid 25e for the room and the &t on an old aeeount. No whiskey was sold, and the police did not nd any. rhe pint which Ward handed the police outside the Grand View was produeed in court. The magistrate dismissed the case “THE CURSE OF GREED” Splendid Five Reel Feature Next Wed. and Thurs. at the Westhoime The splendid five reel feature “The Curse of Greed,” which will be shown at the Westholme Opera House on Wednesday and Thurs- day is certainly a highly meritori- ous production in all its details. A mere slip of a boy essays the leading role and = sustains it throughout the five reels amaz- ingly. The plot of this pieture is com- plicated but extremely compre- hensive. The cast in all respects is strong and typical. Beautiful abound throughout. A cabinet scene embracing over 200 persons ineluding clever. profes- sional artists is one of the feat. but the court seene in the reel an absolute master piece of artistic stage production that must be seen to be appre- ciated, The utmost intensity prevalent in” this offering and photographically it is perfeet. A funny “Bunny” farce com- will conelude a most excel. scenes ures, final Is Is very edy Household goods and furniture good as new at half price. as ‘ROSS RESERVED HIS DECISION ON RUPERT HAD TWO {Special to The Dally News) Victoria, July 24.—The deter- mination to reserve decision until counsel representing both had presented written briefs, was the result of the conference Fri- day between the Executive Coun- cil of the Provincial Government, representatives of the municipal council of the city of Prince Ru- pert and the Prince Rupert Hy- dro Electric Company, relative to the matter of the application of the latter company to enter the northern city with its wires and poles. e matter was taken up very fully, the conference lasting from sides Manson, M.P_P., HYDRO ELECTRIC BOTH SIDES MUST PUT IN ARGUMENT IN WRITING- —CONFER- ENCE LASTED TWO AND A HALF HOURS—RUPERT LAWYERS headed the dele- gation from Prince Rupert, which included Mayor Newton, City En- gineer W. MeG, Mason and Mr. Fred Peters, K.C., solicitor for the municipality. The latter was as- sisted in the presentation of his argument against the application by Mr. H. A. MacLean, K.C. ’ Company's Case Later Victoria, July 21.—In the mat- ter of the city of Prince Rupert vs. the Prince Rupert Hydro Elee- tric Company, the city present- ed its case but the company se- eured permission to defer their 1 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. Mr. Wm, presentation till August 10th. London, July.24.—The Union- ists are heated over the proposed conferences between the King and the leaders of the parties. They have instructed Bonar Law not to yield without securing the exclusion of Ulster. UNIONISTS ARE OPPOSED T0 KING HOLDING CONFERENCE THEY HAVE INSTRUCTED BONAR LAW NOT TO YIELD WITH- — OUT EXCLUSION OF ULSTER—LABORITES ALSO AGAINST INTERFERENCE (Special to The Dally News) The Laborites have passed a resolution condemning interfer- ence and a conference with the two armed leaders. The Nationalists held an excit- ime meeting,* the outeome of which is unknown. HUMBOLDT GOES TO AID. OF CRAFT IN DISTRESS Hermken Island and Tows Her to Aiert Bay Seattle Baughman, ship Humboldt, Steamship Company, less dispatch received here stated that he picked the tender B. C. T. at 5:40 p.m. distress off Hermken Island. The had a broken tail shaft and was in a helpless con- dition. Capt Baughman said July 21—Capt. E. G. master of the steam- of the Humboldt in a wire- up eannery in vessel that he had the B, C. T. in tow anu would take her,to Alert Bay. A strong northwest wind was blowing and had not the Hum- beldt sighted hte little vessel and to her assistance she would probably have been driven ashore and lost. The B, C. T. is owned by the British Clumbia Packers’ Asos- ciation of Vancouver. gone THE WEATHER Furnished by. F. W. Dowling Observer. Tuesday, July 24. Barometer reducéd to sea PE: soc) was he bs ae eel 29.960 Highest temperature . 5.0 Lowest temperature ..... i9.0 ER, RS BA During the remainder of the month we will continue to give twenty per cent discount on all goods not marked at = special prices. Demers’. 167 Picks Up Cannery Tender Off INDIAN DEPARTMENT OFFERS $200 PRIZE At Rupert Fair to Encourage In- dian Agriculture As a result of the representa- tion to the Indian Department at Ottawa, the department has de- cided to offer $200 in priyes at the Rupert Fair for the purpose of encouraging agricultural pur- suits among the natives, The prizes have not yet been specified, but the most of the money will be offered for pro< ducts of the soil produced by In- dians. This will result in a good ex- hibit of Indian products at the big fair and will be quite an in- centive to the natives. Some Naqgeneets Trophies Yesterday T. D. Pattullo had placed on the walls of his ofiee mounted heads of a moose, a car- iboo and a mountain sheep. These adornments are all trophies that fell to the rifle of John Horne who is one of the best known old. timers of the North and a hunt- er of great skill. Mr. Horne igs & very modest citizen in Rupert, but it is said that when he strikes the trail in the Yukon that all the big game take to the hills. The Western Plumbing CGom- pany have secured the contract for the plumbing and roofing of the new exhibition building and a contract for similar work en the new Borden Btreet school. Launch Ranger. Ph, Blue 400, TONIGHT - 3 - Three Reels - 3 Ten and Fifteen Cents Crosby's Second Hand Store, 839 SREEEEEEEEEEEEEEREER EERE EE EMPRESS THEATRE - TONIGHT A Sensational Feature “THE GREAT CIRCUS CATASTROPHY” “THE FIGHT IN THE DARK” A Thrilling Brame “THE BUG PROFESSOR” A Comedy That te a Laugh from Start to Finish A Wonderful Circus Picture Ten and Fifteen Cents RARER ARERR RRR AAA RARER RRR