ae ee es jules CAFE HOME BAKERY 17 se qe ivt Ni ieee PRINCE RUPERT The Daily News vey 2 211 6th Street eis Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper aes VOL. Xf, NO. 4. PRINCE RU PERT, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 2, 1920, PRI > nt GRNTS --— —- en --—— nt nO epee iglGingiark ant , wee - nai & Prince Rupert as A Public Library Radiating Centre Co-operative Plan Many Benefits j iH, © Victoria Librarian Suggests that Under 'E.S.H. WINN ADDRESSES UNTIMELY ACCIDENT LOCAL KNIGHTS PYTHIAS! TAKES CAPT. Wil. SELIG |Conterred Grand nds Degree Struck by a Locomotive at Cow on Three Local Past | Bay This Morning—Lived mpereereerss One Hour. On Wednesday evening the} Captain William Selig died at members Knights of of Skeena Lodge 45,144 o'élock this morning at the Pythias, were meee |General Hospital as a result of by Past Grand Chancellor, E. 8./injuries sustained at 10 when a Winn, Vice-Chancellor Wish ran into him. The away was in the chair and wel-|captain, who was deaf, was cross- comed the visiting brother after|ing the railroad track at Cow Bay, which Mr. Winn delivered an ablel, arrying a tank on his back, and, May be Secured for Whole District. The possibility of Prinee Rupe for libraries throughout the ce British Columbia is a subject tha the Daily News recently with Miss Helen Stewart, at Vietoria and president of the British Columbia Library Assoc) a- principles of the lretined and the Grand Lodge Rank vas conferred on G, W. John« rt becoming the radiating centre ‘ 8 6 _ stone, 8. Hamblin and J. Knight, ntral and northern district of past chancellors of the local ft was discussed by the editoi of jodge. The ceremony of con- chief librar;an ferring these honors was per- formed by Grand Chancellor Winn tion. Miss Stewart is an enthusiast in Fegard to the scheme aid ae ee: i ahaa fond she pointed out how it would be possible for the towns and ppojate. - villages of the district to benefit from a co-operative movement, | gmmission, Miss N. Fitzger- . fe that the Bolshevist drive against)g}q g Vancouver éourt stenog- Albert & McCalttery, Ltd have bis centre with the purpose ol raphen, taking the minutes. just reccived a shipment cf five cutting kis army in two has In opening,, Chairman Winn indred doors and windows thre brought about a critical situat! arew. attention that the commis- inust and varied stock in Nort he alesse Tay ty _— the great-/ sion was merely a receptive body B.C. 4, SY ae eee, wee to gain an See ante ne ° ° Ape opinion on ese mie ers ant f pom their tour of the province Indian Frontier NEW FILOTAGE ORDER GAZETTED AT OTTAW! Special via G.T.P. Telegraphs.) OTTAWA, Jan, 2.—An order in council gazetted this week estab- lishes the new pilotage district of Brilish Columbia, which now ex- tends from the international boundary between Canada and the United States in the south, to the boundary between Canada and Alaska on the north, excepting the waters of the pilotage district of New Westminster. The new order cancels those fixing the limits of the pilotage districts of Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victovria-Esquimalt, and the new district-is to be known as the | Pilotage district of British lumbia, Payment of pilotage dues in the district is made compulsory. CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT Notice to the Public. Should you require Police or Fire Departments urgently on the | phone, just ask for “Police” or “Fire” as you require. You will) then be given right of way over | other suhseribers, This proce- | duce is to be used only in urgent | cases, 4. ; Launch * ' ‘Alien B," Phone 44. | B. Cc, eT Phon | r % pany was finished they would frame a of Severe report of the recommendations for the legislature From this report would probably be based the Government}! action that The might take on these matters. Scene Fighting in Another “Little War” opinion was growing strength (Special to The News via G. T. P. Telexrepns.) that to be efficient a person must LONDON, January 2.—Dispatches from British India under be healthy and it was generally | gate of December 18 and 20 show considerable fighting to have felt that many people did not *M~) oceurred between the British expeditionary forces and the re- because Thus ursing joy good health merely they could not afford it. the idea ef Public Health N end Health Insurance, jhefove they defeated It was a well known fact that| ‘ ag V c t e d e- rom ichildren, even if the bread-win-| heavy casualties sustained at Sadbag Hill, which they had pr 'royd and Constable Saint, ‘for Okatla prison farm, were taken jsouth to serve terms iast night. ‘to sresume bis university studies. Cannery and Fi: ing Restrictions Rerioved Prince Rupert Delegation i.’ Ottawa Successful in Attaining Their Objective Acting Mayor Rochester received the following telegram last yening from Mayor McClymont in Vancouver:— “Minister Marine has withdrawn cannery and licence restrictions. Now open to all British subjects.” This information will be received with considerable satisfac- fishing of -|tion throughout the community interested both directly and in- directty in the fishing business, ft means that any British subject can either build a cannery if he wants to or go fishing for salmon, without having to secure a licence through the cannery companies as at present. This should add greatly to the number of inde- pendent fishermen, who will sell their fish where they choose. With the permitting of gas boats to operate in salmon fishing on the rivers, the full success of Colonel Peck and Mayor MeCty- mont, who composed the delegation to Ottawa, will have been Mee CHURCH BECOMFS MISCALCULATION - SETTING BLAST CAUSES DAMAGE MAYOR OF TORONTO FOR HIS SIXTH TERM (Special by G.T. P. Jelegrapns.) TORONTO, Jan. 2. =ZThomas| Langton Church was re- elected | meyer for his sixth consecutive | $10,000 Worth Rall: Railroad Property term. He defeated his strongest} ae tink ¢ . Destroyed When Discharge opponent, Controller Samuel Mc-! Goes Wrong Wa Bride, by 5,000 majority and the! a. ewe : > candi | Labor candidate, J. H. Ballantyne,! 4) explosion with rather seri- S ) The # ; | by 20,000. The following is the ous results occurred yesterday total vote: Church, 25,680; Me- afternoon in the G. T. P. yards Bride, 20,844; 4; Ballantyne, 5,642. aes 9) ; when one of the coyote holes driven behind the Knox Hotel, where the yards are being widen ~ ed and éxtended, was shot. vie WED THIS AFTERNOON: dently the accident was caused by a miscalculation of the diréetion the rock would be thrown and the result is that, instead of blowing up and in, thereby breaking up the rock, the powder blew out of the hole, throwing tons of bould- ers on the main tracks and leaving only the outer track intact for traffic. Arriving at idany sunt Port Essington by launch, James A. Brown and Mrs. Janet Donaldson of Port Essington were married by the Rev. Dr. Grant at the Presbyterian Manse early this af- ternoon, They were attended by Miss Agnes Donaidson and Stew- art R. Donaldson and wili make| .4 dozen cars spotted on the their home in Port Essington. 4@maged track were wrecked, five being entirely destroyed. One of the cars completely destroyed was Besides these, *. Brown is operating the saw- mill on the Eestall River. i fet BN as le 5 BD a refrigerator. three oil cars w shed and DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE fall’ thie’ ait edutiute ‘iirowi tact and forming lakes around the WAY RETURN 10 BRITAIN tracks. One car loaded with sal- mon was turned completely over but the eontents will be saved. The fortunate feature about the accident was that not a person was hurt and this was rather miraculous as rock was thrown at least a hundred yards nadiating in many directions. Clearing operations are going on ‘oday. The car that can be ‘removed are being taken out and ‘the rails, which were badly bent, ‘are being uncovered and removed. The debris will be well gathered a ee {up and taken away by tonight and Charles A. Robinson, an Indian tomorrow should see the tracks who conduc ted a store at Hartley in operation again. Bay, died this morning at the! Superintendent McCall, inter- General Hospital. He was brought, viewed by the News this morning, here on Sunday by the Chelohsin ‘stated that the occurence was but failed to reeover from his purely accidental but was most junfortunate for the foreman in icharge, who is reported to have ‘left town . It was yet impossible to form a very accurate estimate | of the damage but it will probably reach $10,000 in rolling stock and — (Spectal via u. fT. P. Telewraphs.) LONDON, Jan. 2.—The “Globe” here says that there is good au- thority for the statement that the Duke of Devonshire wili decline the invitation of the Canadian people to extend his stay in Ot- tawa. Private interests at this time are rendering his return to E nel bpecinles desirable. INDIAN DIED THIS MORNING AT HOSPITAL HEAY PASSENGER LIST With the accommodation taken up and first class passen- ; ‘ gers forced into second class, railway property. cabins, the “Prince George” went, eee aces nana BIRTH south last night with one of the} biggést passenger lists she ever Over sixty passengers | There was born at the General Hospital this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pierce, of Ambrose Ave., a daughter. came off the train en route south. the run makes the work | heavy for the “Geonge.” | Accompanied by Constable Atk- Harry | Kingston, Red MacDonald, Fred. | Gulleté and Robinson, prisoners Shingle Bolts WANTED Any Quantity. V. Cowper Young Phone Red 42 P, 0, Box 1712 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Norris Pringle returned south the Prince George last night | by Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. tf