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(Special to The News

OTTAWA, January

lof portfolios and more changes
Mditions will be maintained for

he cabinet shifts announcec

heut which has been without a
inister since Sifton succeeded
Marvell as minister of public

yorks, Sifton assumes the post
» Burrell.
The acting minister of militia
Mewill be the Hon. J. A. Calder, min-
Meister of immigration and coloni-
Bsation, while the Hon. J. D. Reid,
addition to being minister of
ralways, will assume the depart-
Bement of public works. The com-
ming changes will include the unit-
of the militia and soldiers
reestablishment depart-
4 sments, the :mmigration and
Mecolonization will back to the
Sdepartment of the interior. Should
the be given
heir natural resources, for which
‘ they have been agitating for many
years, the department of the in-
wh terior would not be so important
it is at the present time, and

in

ing

civil
while
gO

western provinces

  
   
  

a
as

one minister could administer
both interior and immigration
atfarc. ii. i sitll catine allie

The belief is that when the

amalgamation of the departments
of the interior and in.migration
and colonization takes place, Cal-

der will permanently take over the

portfolio of minister of militia
and the department of soldiers
civil re-establishment will be
me rjerged with militia. Sir James

Lougheed wll remain the govern-
ment leader the Senate, but
perhaps dropped out of the cabi-

i net,
It is also definitely announced
it Sir George Foster, minister
trade and commerce, will be
acting prime minister during the
4 absence of the premier. He will
not, however, undertake to lead
Fthe House through the session,
d it is likely (hat when Parlia-
ment reassembley a Unionist cau-
is will be held to choose a House
Me jeader, The probabilities are that
the ehoice of the party will fall

J. Doherty, whe has
acceptably in

upon Hon, C,
filled this position
the past.

COASTAL SHIPS
PAY PILOTAGE

Regulations Will Cause
Change of Registry to
Several Ships.

New

2

VICTORIA, Jan, 3.—Under the
new pilotage regulations, the
G.T.P, steamers “Prince Rupert”
“Prince and the C,
Princess Victoria’ must pay
pilotawe dues or change to Can-
adian registry, The G.T.P. big
steamers are registered at New-
on Tyne, England, where
they were built and the “Princess
Victoria’ at Glasgow, on the Clyde
Where she was constructed. Peo-
ple here are wondering whether
the G.T.P, steamers will have Van-
couver or Prince Rupert, where
the company’s Pacifle headquar-
ters are, as their home port.

As these new pilotage aues are

and George”

PLR,

castle

to be collected in and out of every |
port of call, it is expected that the |

their vesseis to Canadian registry
Companies effected will
at the earliest possible
and thus save considerable sums.

2.—Official
fajor General Mewburn, minister of militia, has retired
Mahe Unionist Government and that there has been some shifting

mf secretary of state in succession

change)
moment)

 

via 0. T. P. Telegraphs.:
announcement that

from

made

is

to be made before the departure

lof Sir Robert Borden for the south for a long rest. Political con-

some months at least and the

Sovernment will remain as it is until the return of Sir Robert.
1 place the Hon. Martin Burrell, who
Iey< been secretary of state, at the head of the Gustoms Depart-

 

SURVEY OF NEW
TOWN STARTED

Alice Arm Develcpement Co. to
Put Townsite on Market.

(Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs.)
ALICE ARM, Jan. 3.

an engineering party of eight
members arrived from the south
to commence the survey of the

Alice Arm townsite. “The lots and
streets will be planed by this par-

ty and operations are beginning
at once in order to have a good
start by spring. It is expected

that there will be a rush into Alice
Arm this summer unprecedented
in the history of Northern British
Columbia and the number who
flock in will require to have some
accomodation. Under the present
circumstance with a townsite on

“a iiud flat this would be imposs-

ible.

The proposed townsite
the side hill northwest of the pres-
sent townsite and belongs to a
company known as the Alice Arm
Development Co. This company
obtained the property some years
ago with a view to, some day,
turning it into a townsite. Now
the time seems opportune and op-
erations are commencing. It
expected that a ready sale wil re-
sult when the surveys have been
made the
squatting on a townsite with ill-
defined boundaries between an In-

is

on

is

present system of

as

dian Reserve and private prop
erty has long been a cause of
dissatisfaction and the residents

will only be too glad to become
ewners of their own propenties.

The planned townsite is in a
good healthful location on a hill-
side-and the matter of installing
public utilities will be both feasi-
ble and economical. Sufficient wa
ter supply in reach and
sewerage problems will be easily
provided for.

GEN. SIR JOHN ROSS, D.S.9.,
APPOINTED 0. C. FOR B.C.

Telegraphs.

is easy

 

(Special via %. TP
WOODSTOCK, Ont., Jan, 3.
Brigadier-General Sir John Ross,
D.8.0., and two bars, ©. M.G.,,
has been appointed commanding
officer for British Columbia with
headquarters at Victoria. General
Ross has been visiting his father,

D. R. Ross, of Embro, since his
return from overseas.
PRISONERS IN SIBERIA

TO BE REPATRIATED

(Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs,)

ROME, Jan. 3.—Some 200,000
Austrian, Hungarian and Czech
prisoners of war now in Siberia
may be taken back to their home
countries via Japan and the
United States, according to plans
under consideration at the Vati-

can,

SUGAR PRICE UP
‘Special! by G, T, P. Tetegraphs.)
VANGOUVER, Jan, 3.—An all-

lround advance of one cent a

Last week j

Major Gen. Mewburn Retires
From The Unionist Cabinet

S hake up in Cabinet Rtove Sir Robert Borden Leaves for
: Long Holiday. Sir George Foster Looked Upon

as Acting Prime Minister.

 

 

'WAR PRIZE SCHOONER
RETURNED TO GY NERS

'

Fecalls Interesting Squabble Be~
tween Judge and Cyunsel in
1916 at Victoria.

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Vot-@Tayus.)

3.—The

iS Sse@1Z-

(Special via G. T. P
VICTORIA, B. &., Jan.

schooner Oregon which w

jed in April, 1916, ana coa:temned
lin the prize court tieid hese, has
been returned to her turmor own-

ers. This is the vessel whose case

caused the violent :juarvel be-
tween the judge of the worzs court,
Mr. Justice Martin, aod Mn Lux-
ton, counsel for the tirewn, after
which came the cante!'stion of
Mr. Justice Martin’s voinmission

as Prize Court Judge.

The fate of the schooner Leona
which was also condemned by the
prize court, still undecided.

 

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BIG DEMAND NOW FOR
SILK HATS IN EUROPE

Demands for Toppers Unme From
Sweden and Hoijand. But
Final Destination
is Germany.

 

(Specia! via G.T. Pf. Telex ahs.)

LONDON, Jan. 2. of the
busiest trades now in Great Brit-
ain is the manufacture of silk
hats. This has been
practically at a sfandstill during
the war, but has revived pow in a
remarkable degree. The ««cimand
now far exceeds the puodat ion of
all the factories engaged in their
manufacture.

— One

business

The local orders which are
fairiy heavy are beings cupple-
mented by big demands from
Sweden and Helland, bu! tne ulti-

mate destination of the
de luxe being shipped tu
tinent is believed ta he Ge>many.

338,137 RETURNED

suupeaux

the con-

 

ce g a s
SOLDIERS !¥ CANADA
One-Eighth of Tyicr Want to

Take Up Land anc Noarly

One- Teni* Rave
Arrangad ta

(Special via G.7 7 slezraphs,)
OTTAWA, Jm hiner the
signing of the anmisty fs 2,537
officers and men of the Canadian
Army have been reputiviated, these
all having served overseas. Prior
to the armistica 65,904 ollicers
and men had en returned to
Canada and demobilized. This
makes a total of 388,127 members
of the Canadian Expetitionary

Forces who have neturnwed to civil

occupations since the berinning
of the war
Out of this total of 538,187

$4,278 have applied to the

Setttlement Goard for

men,
Soldiers’

iqualification certificates vw ena-
ble them to take up ‘and. The
number of land applicatious ap-
lproved at the close of th» year

iwas 33,986,

TMPORTATION OF LIQUOR
| IS WITHIN THE iA

(Special via (i, T. P. Te's¢rayns,)

 

 

 

| OTTAWA, Jan. $--Untr’ such
times as the variouy) pr. inces
enact legislation under %t Fed-
era! Act, which provides what a

 

Peta may be taken on the im-

portation of liquor,

according
statement
However, up

Dominion of Ganada,
to an authoritative
made here tonigit.

‘till the present, the province of

 

whith has

| COME TO PRINCE RUPERT:

 

Liberal Leader to Speak in
Victoria and May
Come Here.

(Special via 6. T. P.
; VICTORIA, Jan. 3—The Vic-
jtoria Liberal Association is ar-
jranging for MacKenzie King, the
leader of the Liberal party in the
Dominion House of Gommons, to
speak here on January 20. A
meeting will also be held in Van-
couver at which MacKenzie will
speak, and after this the Liberal
leader. will probably visit Prince
Rupert. He keen on visiting
the northern centre about which

he has heard so much.

Telegiaphs,

is

OLD TIMERS IN
COURT TODAY

Tom Lee Stays Open Too Late,
Pays $25; Same for
Drunk.
Tom Lee, an old offender a-
gainst the Early Closing By-law,
was fined ''wenty Five dollars or
thirty days imprisonment this
morning.
Nels Johnson, another old offen-
der, paid Twenty Five Dollars, or

an option of 40 days, for New
Year’s celebration.
Kittie Beattie, charged under

the B. C. Prohibition Act, was dis~

missed.

CANTEEN PROFITS —
COMING TO SOLDIERS

 

-. Every Canadian Soldier to Receive

About Fourteen Shillings.

(Special by G.T.P. Telxgraphs.)
LONDON, Jan. 3.—The reported
estimates of the full amount

ern front and avaiiable for dis-
tribution among the British fight-
ing forces are all tremendously
exaggerated, according to author-
itie here. The total amount
available will not exceed £2,000,-

8

000, It is true that a huge busi-
ness was done, but the cost of
distributing the goods was cor-

respondingly high, thus bringing
down the profits.

Accormding to the proposed divi-
sion, every British soldier will
receive ten shillings, every Cana-
dian soldier about fourteen shill-
ings and every Australian soldier
sevenieen shillings. The reason
for the distinctive amounts is the
higher pay received by the Do-
minion and Commonwealth troops.

Already £70,000 has been ad-
vanced on the Canadian account,
of which £50,000 has been re-
mitted to Ottawa, The remainder
has been retained here to carry on
the work of the committee in-
vestigating separation allowances
claims, which committee has done
much to alleviate suffering
among the dependents of Cana-

dian soldiers.

POWER LINE ENGINEER
DIES AT GRAND FORKS

Frank J. Conyer, Well Known in
Boundary Country, Dies ae a
Result uf Explosion.

(Special via ‘3.7. P. Telegrapns.)

GRAND FOR¥S, Jan. 3,-—Frank
J. Conyers, assistant superin-
tendent of construction on
ly ower line being built to Copper

{Mountain from Bonnington is
dead as a result of burns which
jhe received while lighting his

|kitehen fire on Sunday.
|

ICR Fa
BRITISH CHAMP WINS

| (Special via G. 7. P. Telegraphs.:
| PORTLAND, Ore., Jan, 2.—-Bob
; McCormick, the lightweight

ichampion of England, knocked

sien ‘mpor- | out Frank Farmer, the light hea- to supply.
tation is within the iw of the yyweight champion of the Paeifle all collected by the Government

iCoast in the ninth round of a
‘scheduled ten round bout.

}
| i eta ek eee

The Knights of Pythias’ first
‘annual children’s night will be

Arrangements Being Made for |

of
eanteen profiis made on the west-|

the)

Anarchists Rounded
Up Over All U.S.

Raids Made by Government Agents in
Thirty-three Cities From Coast

to Coast--Deportations
Will Follow.

(Special to The News via 9. T.P. Telegraphs.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 3.—The greatest round-up of
radi als in the history of the United States was made by the Goy-
jernment acting through the Department of Justice agents in
\\hirty-three cities scattered from coast to coast, last night. The
raids .were conducted in the following cities: New York, Balti-
inere, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Des Moines,
Detroit, Grand Rapids, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Los
Angeles, Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark, Omaha,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland, Maine; Portland, Oregon; San
Francisco, Providence, St. Paul, Springfleld, Syracuse, ‘Toledo,
and Trenton. ‘

The object of these raids, Assistant Agent Garvin said, was
‘0 obtain for submission to the Department of Lahor, cases for
‘deportation for ‘a very large number of our most dangerous
anarchists and radical agitators." The agents of the Department
j;went out prepared to catch the radicals with the goods on them.
A general charge of attempting to overturn the government by
‘threats and violence will be preferred against the persons ar-
vested during the raids.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—It is estimated that there will be
more than 8,500 Reds in custody when the Government com-
ipletes the round-up of revoiutionary radicals, according to the
jigures of the Department of Justice at noon today. The raids
‘are continuing this morning and the actual arrests already total

Important documents, firearms and explosives have been
‘seized in some of the Red headquarters. High explosive bombs
; found at Newark, N. J., had been prepared for mailing. ‘he chief
spirit of the Milwaukee branch was found burning papers in his
j}home when arrested.
The largest numbers of those arrested were found at New
{York, where 650 were gathered in; Detroit, 500; Chicago, 221;
iButalo, 136; Cleveland, 100; Philadelphia, 200; Newark, N. J.,
); Seranton, 45; Milwaukee, 80; Seattle, 6; Portland, Ore., 22.
Reports to the Department state that among the documents
seized in the raids were papers showing that the radicals and
‘anarchists intended putting forward candidates in the November
‘elections, who would be supposedly reputable citizens, whose
\Bolshevik affiliations would not be disclosed until they had

WL SELICS FUNERAL SOVIET RUSSIA
WISHES REOPEN
— - RELATIONS

Burial Pending the Arrival

Beceased’s Brother From
Arrangements for the burial of!
Captain William Selig who was
killed yesterday at Cow Bay have

Seattle.

not yet been made. This morning
a wire was weceived from his
brother, George Selig, of Seattle,
requesting that the body be held)
at the B. C, Undertakers until he} ;
arrives in the city. He will prob- (Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs.)
ably be here on Wednesday. | LONDON, Jan. 3.—M. Tehit-

.uwiS Morning the coroner and cherin, the Bolshevik foreign
jury viewed the body and the in-'minister, has proposed to Italy
quest will be held on Monday|the resumption of relations be-
evening at the Court House. It is|tween that country and Soviet
believed that the direct cause of|Russia, says a Moscow wireless
death was internal injuries. The received here today. The minis-
skull was not fractured although ter points out that the imrainent
there were scalp and back wounds ‘control of the Black Sea coast
and a leg was broken, noute by the Soviet Government

will open the Black Sea to Italy.
EXPECT SETTLE TODAY The Bolshevik message con-

tinues that their forces have oc-
PILOTAGE DISPUTE |cupiea the important stations of
Yosovo and Dolia and are march-
ing upon Mariupol, an important
seaport on the Sea of Azov. A
large quantity of guns and boty
was captured in ‘this region, as
dasa RAS Bs was also the entire Markhoff divi-
i sion, one of General Denikine's

(Special via GT. P, Telegraphs.)
VICTORIA, Jan. 3+—The dis-|Conps, the Mosco'y report adds.

pute between the pilots and the
Department of Manine is causing
‘an anomalous state of affairs.
\Ships entering here have to ap-
‘pty to the former secrptary to
‘obtain the services of a_ pilot
while the new secretary appoint-
ed by the Government is in con-
trol of the office, but has no pilots
The pilotage dues are

 

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Makes Overtures for Resumption
of Diplomatic Relations
With Italy.

CLAIMS BIG GAINS
IN SOUTH RUSSIA

‘Departments Collects Pilotage

Dues But Cannot Provide
Pilots, Who Work
Independently.

Spirella Corsetiere. Phone

Black 257.

Launch “Alice B.” Phone 41.

 

 

 

Shingle Bolts

WANTED
An

Quantity

 

 

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and not by pilots, themselves, ft
is expected that the dispute will
‘be settled today.

is announced by | Quebec is the only ore \, Cowpei Young

held on Monday evening at 7:30 just received a shipment of five

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lad “th” ‘ rig oe ee ace one Canada’s thirsty ene moavy get | wives, Pythian Sisters and their) most and varied stock in Northern PRINCE RUFSRT, B.C.
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