GOOD E ogisiativ® s ATS ALES GE Sy wome Bue 211 6th Street | a, Librer? a Cie Daily Ne Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspape PRINCE RUPERT TA XI Phone 7§ and 34 We Never Sleep PRINCE RUPERT AUTO 707 Second Avenue M. H. LARGE of 4. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENT NO. Sp Me zislatio ) ” ‘ormal Opening of - Legislat aaker Chosen and Program of n for Session Outlined by ure Today Lieut. Governor E. G. Prior This Afternoon. VICTORIA lature opened this afternoon with all the formalities usual Buch an oct for, officiated for the first time. entered the building promptly at 3 o'clock, preceeded Before taking his seat Secretary Muskett pilice he Ra guard of ay January & “asion. honor. The Lieutenant-Governor, Liewt.-Col. E. (ry. Arrayed in the usual regalia yemed the sergeant at arms that His Honor would not declare House open until they had elected a speaker. j i | | j | | | The fourth session of the present BOMB THR a ae —— a INFLUENZA IS STILL RAGING IN THE EAST Pelice and Fire Departments of Kew York Severely Handicapped By lilness of Men. tsfiecial viaoG.d.t i-legrapus., NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The po- lice afid fire departments are hard hit be the influenza. Two hun- dred policemen and between two and three hundred firemen being unable to report for duty. ; Itis announced by Bird §. Coler, ‘commissioner of charges, that 80( gallons of whiskey have been bought by the city at $10 and & a gallon for medicinal during the epidemic. HON JOHN OLIVER Farmer Premier of British Co- lumbia, OWN AT purposes The Lieutenant-Governor then retired and John Keen, member The influenza has reached a Kaslo, was chosen, and a message to that effect sent to His EGYPTIAN MINISTER new record. Reports show that Ba é there have been 5,598 new cases On his return Lieutenant-Governor Prior read the speech Car Smashed But Public Works a 7 ie ie Prat a comes ee : | Officer i y uenza deaths in the last 2 bn) the throne, which had been prepared by the Cabinet, 99: Meisii2 sau hours were 65. icing the policy of the Government for the present Sesion. | (Special via G. T.P. Telegraphs.) CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—The in- fluenza in Chicago caused 87 \fter a bill had been read a first time and a resolution pre- Bi TB SUST HVE) GaN juse adjourned, GIVIAN AINED PAINFUL WOUND ught in Tackl e of Fishing Boat Commonwealth and Leg Fracture d in Three Places. us Ince Rupert er G | I we rey t to the Bergmi mong the tac } s fro caught ragged to th y ed il ey eCaks | whe 1 Prom Hin Hos ng s we) am th eC s and pair befor uy pi vill be a since he tn? pital atch, ONDON Chamber of Have Definite ment With Russia. ly OTP. Velegraphns.) LONDON, Jan. 29.—-The Rus- 4 section of the London Gham- F “ommerce has passed a a lo the effect that the hh et Proposals regarding i Russia ane inadequate ee ‘\lisfactory and. suggest- © ‘at the Government make Cetnit ind not indefinite ar. range iénts for n ty ese *dart 5 Mwnonnnnoonpennosoniosbeaunaiinnn TONIGHT 1} WESTHOLM 1 MARY PICKFORD ‘The Hoodlum’ } Chester Outing, Weee Pree. eee of a ( istained einan, lishing air Oo lo Seattle FREER TRADE Commerce. Would t been brought to very painful hy Gaptain of the big fish- ommonwealth, on grounds last to the men of Al,’ who brought » local waterfront, working launching boat and the gear Was winch, His leg i three places, one bad com- was in the in kle in e OIng re the bone is pro- the * flesh. to is taken he Capt. ediately pital where treatment. | over 40 years of} 1 although hope is maine | " iful and it will be| putation will not e accident is very ‘e the well known around again. No| received from Ju- was taken to the with her WANTS Trade Arrange- trade relations, akare Phane 44 E JEATRE “Jap Van Winkle” Commonwealth ,thrown by a man impersonating a photographer at a motor car in HON. T. D. PATTULLO Minister of Lands and member of the Legislature for Prince Rupert, who was one of the prominent figures at the opening of the Legislature this afternoon. MEMORIAL MAY bE COMMENCED DURING SPRING Great War Veterans Suggest that Public Library Could be Installed There. the Association matter of to the Do- Montreal in special meeting of War last at reat held sending delegate minion convention at March considered. On the recommendation of the executive the question was laid on the table and will be considered later. \ special committee was ap- poinaed to arrange a series of entertainments for the purpose of raising funds for the associa- tion, ihe {he memorial building matter and the concensus of opinion appear- ed to be that it was useless to hink of putting up a $100,000 building in this city. The support of the people should be strongly after now and the erec- tion of a building about the value of $20,000 should be started on the lot granted by the city on Fourth Ave., West, near the City Hall. In view of the fact that the city is considering establish library in this city a Velerans night the a was sociation alsa discussed gone ! [BARTENDERS LEAVE ing a public it was suggested that this might well be housed in the Memorial Building. OT POPPI IIOOPOROOOR Ladysmith Coal. The best. Prince with the Rupert Coal Company, Phone 16. | Victoria, Aanopareby. andthe new. kingawill Assembly convenes. Weather Report For 1919 CAIRO, Jan. 29.—A bomb was deaths in the last 24 hours while pneumonia deaths numbered dds which the “minister of public 8 health department announced. ; works, Ismall Sirry, was a pas- ew eases of influenza numbered! i senger, The car was shattered. ! ‘2 and pneumonia cases 400,] but the minister was not hurt.| ‘undreds of gallons of liquor seized by the Government in raids ‘bomber was captured. has been distributed to hospitals lyst eo a to be used in fighting the epi- ‘HUNGARY WILL BE demic! | t TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 29. | A MONARCHY SOON Phere are 778 new cases of in- | iain fluenza reported to the = Stat New King to be Chosen by the Board of Health, bringing the National Assembly. number reported to 2,892. The — — disease is prevalent in 77 of the (Special by G.7.P. Tetegraphe BUDAPEST, Jan. 29.--—Premier | sca ae URDEN STILT WITH JELLICOE STATES FOR CUBA ts Saia to Be on His Way to England —!s Staying With Ship. 'G5 counties. ye Chosen as soon as the Nation: special via G. t. it. Teltewraphs CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—Departine | mial via G.T Telegraphs | at the rate of twelve a day Chicago ; : saloon keepers and bartenders are ITTAWA, Jan, 20-1 weed going to Cuba. according t rae ist ted yesterday in quarters Hopper, internal revenue deputy h are generally accepted as that Sir Robert Bomder collector. Pera : w actually on his way to Ss with Admiral Jellicoe on SEATTLE WINS AT the fo First Sea 77 s going HOCKEY YESTERDAY Since the visit to South Africa or wes cancelled, it was said that, Special via G.T.P. Telegraphs vhen Lord Jeilicoe’s visit to} SEATTLE, January 29.—In the’ Seuth Africa was called off the league hockey match. here st' Peeme “Minister stated he would night the home team put it stay with the ship wherever she Vancouver by a score of four ‘as going three. The game was fast ————_ close. Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. tf Shows Less Rain; Lower | Temperature Was General ' sa The annual weather report as compiled by Frank W. Dowling, | over four Yominion Meteorologist here, shows a decrease ot inches for precipitation at Prince Rupert from the report of 1918)! al | considered a very satisfactory year from The total precipitation of 82.58 inches is which, itself, was weather standpoint, otf cousidered exeessive and there have been, indeed, no &x- hemes. The highest temperature for the year was 77 on August against 81, the highest for 1918, on July 15 of that year. The west for LOL9 was 6 above zero on February 28, while the lowest for 1918 was tf above on March 114, It will be seen that the general temperature for the lower than city of the province, 48.7. somewhat ‘ : (the summary of the weather year was { ; ‘e extreme.,, , {918 though no more ext | hore during the year 1919 follows: T oar rratiure Ae y sim his lowe r tempenature was gel Voneh Max, Min. M. Temp,Rain Snow eral all through the province. | sanuary 670 940 375 1164 198 The month of July last year) February i880 60 203 613 92 iM . 5 ar * was an extremely dry month, there re . as ae ’ _ 1 16 . ” 3% ) being only 1.97 inches of rain.) ya 580 330 451 . 747 while in 1918 there was 5.09 inS./| June 630 380 497 508 : | ° of rain in the same month, Al- ww 4 it Bes re - 4 Z Augus 77 57% 307 though recorded with a total ar Santora vant ate ana aes 4.44 inches the snowfall for 1919) ocioper 560 970 446 10586 computed in rain’ figures would! November 580 240 885 1021 86 amount to about 44 inches as} Pecember 580 100 356 7864 08 rain precipitation is about 1-10 an ch be the density of rain, The mean SATE AA Sy temperature of Prince Rupert,| Total Precipitation (snow .44) 82.14 Ins. : : Highest Temperature 77,0, on Aug, 24, 49.7 . ar ‘apy ¢ “ab! (3.7 compares very favora : Lowest Temporature 6.0, on Peb. 98. mean temperature 0 Average Mean Temperature for the | I | iwarnings have not had the slight- Mr. Justice Murphy Gave No Opinion on Validity of Board Refused to Pass on Issues Between Erb and Mullen, Which will be Tried at Vancouver Soon. . “Phat Mr. Justice Murphy directed that it. should be distinetly understood he was not prepared to and would not pass upon the inerits of either the law or the facts insofar as they affected the Ife would not say whether the old board or the new board was a valid board but would leave that ige.” That is tht report brought from Vancouver by J. L. Mullen of the J. L. Mullen Construction Go., and organizer i the Prince Rupert Drydock & Engineering Co., who attended in regard to the shipyard injunction. Mr. Mullen says that he expects the trial will take place -in Vancouver in the course of the aext five or six weeks and it promises to be quite interesting. Giving a review of the proceed- ings in connection with the in- junction by Mr. Justice Murphy in chambers at Vancouver, Mr. Mullen said:— Giving a review of the proceed- ssues between the parties, le ior the trial jue he ¢ourt proceedings ings in connection with the in- | junction by Mr. Justice Murphy | in chambers at Vancouver, Mr. Mullen said: “Prince Rupert has contributed to the legal history of the Proy- ince in the recent Dry Dock inz junction motion, as it is said that this was one of the most import- ant motjons ever fought in. the province . The material filed by the contending parties was very voluminous and several attidavit« of over twenty pages each were sworn to*anrd “Hed. In the origin- al affidavit filed by Erb in obtain- ing his ex parte injunction he swore that he had invested $85,- 000 in the enterprise and that the company was owing him this a- mount. Cross Examination. “Under the cross examination of Mr. Mayers, Mr. Erb produced what he described as an approxi- mate statement of his investment which showed that he had $33,- 610 invested but that he had $8,- 000 in the local bank apparently in New York to set off against this. Among the items in the statement proauced and sworn to »y Mr. End on his cross examina- tion was a payment of $20,000 to the Inglis Company of Toronto and a payment of $10,000 to the bonding company. “Mr. Mayers filed aflidavits on behalf of Mr. Mullen attaching telegrams from the Inglis Com- pany and from the bonding com- pany showing that only $15,000 ind *$8,000 had been paid them respectively. Another item men- tioned in Mr. Erb’s statement was one of $4,000 for Montreal ex- change. In reply Mr. Mayers filed an aflidavit to the effect that only one mereantile account of $7,300 was paid in the United States by the New York office and Mr. May- FRANK MOBLEY Of Prince Rupert, Member of the ezislature for Atlin and Govern- ut Whip, who was present at opening today at Victoria. ie OSLER URGES PREPARE FOR HARD TIMES President Dominion Bann Issues Warning That Economy Must Be Practised. P. Telegraphs,) 29,—-Sir Spectal via ou. TORONTO, Jan. kid- mund Osler, president of the Do- minion Bank of Canada, at its annual meeting here, referred to the numerous warnings given that economy must be practis¢td in this country, “but so far these est effect,” Sir Edmunds said. “Extravagance has been the or- der of the day and will continue to be the order of the day until conditions change and hard times eome on us.’ ; , ae ers argued that $4,000 for ex- .} es : aninas ) ahi sg al change would transfer some $80,- range conditions w ' “"}000 or $100,000 to the United ‘No money can be expected from ireat Britain for investment in this country until exchange con- ditions change.” States and the Court was entitled to an explanation of why that a- mount had been transferred to the United States to pay a $7,300 ac- count. Striking Item. The most striking item how- (Continued on Page Six.) PALESTINE HAS HER FIRST SHIP Will Sail Under Fiag of Zlon and is Named Hecholutz. NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The first vessel of the Palestine contem- plated merchant maririe hoisted the blue and white flag of Zion and was renamed Hecholutz (the Pioneer at Jaffa recently. The vessel was formerly a Ger- man craft and has been purchased to ply along the Palestine coast making the ports of Beirut, Tyre, Haifa, Jaffa, and several others W. R. ROSS Member of the Legistature for Prince George and former Minis- the reputed fine weather | year, 48,7. ter, of Lands, in Egypt.