an GooD EATS Ms cuFe —~ Che Daily News ITA XI Phone 76 and 36 We Never Sleep HOME BAKERY PRINCE RUPERT oa aa 211 6th Street J - Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper M. H. LARGE at NO, ah hc ee a2 ___PRINCE RUPERT, B..C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920. a... rvs cheers , - —$$___— ‘ctoria Delegation Expects Strong ms Placed in Estimates for Aid to Local High School, Support For District Morse Creek Bridge, Government Buildings and errace Bridge Rebuilding Dock. and Roads | MARINE DEPARTMENT MARKS VENN PASSAGE TEN-CAR FISH TRAIN OUT THIS MORNING Five Local Companies Ship Fish by Canadian Express Co.; Bought Last Day or So A fish special of ten cars, repre- senting the big catches sold here in the last day or so, went out shortly before the passenger train this morning enroute to the east- ern market behind engine 67. The train was made up of car load lots from the Booth Fisher- Statement. off Claim of Newman Erb in Dry Dock Lawsuit Asks Court to Declare Meetings of Di- rectors and Their Acts to be Illeg- in North Are Considered ies, Atlin Fisheries, Pacific Sea ai: Al im m Products Co., Canadian Fish «& ? 20 Cla $ Da ages G Ss age > Liftilfa See rt. ee - old Storage Co., and Pacific (Special to The News via GT. P. Telegraphs.) een Charlotte Islands Drainage, Usk Ferry, Road) 4. jn proyement that will prove Kaien Island and other mat ers Surveys cn Receive A wd of Trade delegatio <1 night to the Board rhey say they had a go¢ s wi { passed, as seem nity. nt necessary for; n of Government /rince Rupert the Estimates, and | ierstanding that! ivailable for con-| g the 1920. | Local High School. | 4 eral amount will} n the estimates year \ j costs of a n which recently visited Vic The following is th = TN ttention. toria| of Trade in a most optimistic | xd reception from the members| will be of great benetit s likely, | e report: UNTS STATES FOR HER DELAY | olher PAST METLAKATLA Fisheries. TO COLLECT DEBTS great boon to fishermen and launch owners has just VICTORIA, February 7. Newman Erb’s statement of claim ycen completed by the Marine De- partment which has its headquar- ters at Digby Island with Captain saunders in charge. ‘The follow- ng are the locations of the rent and that sums have been placed in the esti- | buoys: Red Spar Buoy in approximate five fathoms L.W. off the reef | North of Grindstone Island. Black Spar Buoy in approxi- mately Five fathoms L.W. off the outer pock which dries eight feet, jto the Eastward of Wilgiapshy Island. Black Spar Buoy in approxi- nately Two fathoms L.W. off the ENTERING WAR shoal approxifnately Two Cables! West of Du Vernet Point. Red Spar Buoy in approximate- ly Two fathoms L.W. off Dundas FROM ENEMY NATIONS Clearing House to be Established For Purpose Government Destides. OTTAWA, Feb. 7.—The Cana- dian Government has decided on the establishment of a clearing house for the purpose of collect -] ing debts from former eneiny nations. AT CENTRAL HOTEL Peter Black Making Provision for Extensive Improvement at Popular House. A building permit was let yes- against John L. Mullen, A. M. Manson, M. P. P., and others at Prince Rupert in connection with the suit for control of the Dry Dock and Government shipbuilding contracts has just been filed in the Supreme Court here. This cyrstalizes the plaintiff’s case in a clean cut form. When the statement for the defence is filed, and this wiil be at as early a date as possible, the stage will be set for the big fight. In the statement filed Erb asks for complete nullification of all dealings and transactions, such as the issue of shares, ap- pointment of directors, etc., by the defendants, dating from and including the mesting Bf December 20, when William E. Williams and Miss Ethel Thompson assumed to be the sole shareholders and acted accordingly. Erb asks for a declaration that all these proceedings were beyond the power of the defendants, were illegal and void, and asks in addition for damages. The Directors. ar The statement of claim filed by Knox Walker as solicitor for the plaintiff sets out that Erb, The Empire Ship and Dry Dock Corporation, W. M. Madden, H. B. Bianchard, I. M. Dittenhoefer, the |ftalian Newspaper Makes Savage { Prince Rupert. | attack, incensed by Letter of =| Point. Red Spar Buoy in approximate- tertlay afternoon to Peter Black, proprietor of the Central Hotel, plaintiffs, and Alex. M. Manson and John L Mullen, defendants, were the only shareholders in the company, and that the directors the Minister a Secretary Glass. (Speciai by G. '.P )elegrapns.) } ily Four fathoms L.W. off Auriel Point. for eXtensive alternations and ex- cavation at the cost of $9,000 in were the individuals named. tative of this dis- x hard to increase already but} the basement which will make the any reference house one of the most comforta- ble and well appointed in North- made, ROME, Feb. 7.—The United | cone eeraein Gr sue Cee aS States is savagely attacked by CURRIE STARTING BAKERY BUSINESS ern BC. The work is in charge see |The Epoca,” which today prints? position Lo Make Ba lengthy comment on the letter : ) of Secretary Glass in regard to. Of Dalvarno & Watts. tement. further credits to European coun- (Former Confectionery Store to i e st ayei nt of 86,000.00 will ul zee — « STEAMER ASHORE each of the individual directors five The Empire Company is cited as having 5,975 shares and s each. The document then alleges that in December last Manson, Williams, Mullen and Ethel Thompson conspired to usurp con- trol of the company, and that on December 20th Williams and iiss Tivonipson wronyfully assiiming to constitute themselves yul ir ax estimafes, for See- tates. } RB. Uridge. will be carried a Cees (Special. by G.T.P. Tetegraphs.) s for adequate re- paper says, “does not take Into, The huilding formerly occupied NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—I wireless ent Wharf, as ii consideration that America did by “Candyland” hag been pur-' from Otter Cliffs, Me., reports of the Govern- not participate in the war until chased by James Currie who will | that the steamer Politus is ashore on ct same in or- Western Europe was out of re-open his bakery business there.’ near Mosquito Island. t the public may reeeive GSN8er, and that the United States yy. (uiprie bas made application | w — benefit took good care that Germany ©... jviiding permit at the es-! BIRTH Publicity. should not be excessively trame ji iiated cost of $1,000. He will) — tters of publicity for pled upon and impoverished, she tear down the small building at! A daughter was born at th n Government being p an excellent American the rear and build a modern bak-' Prince Rupert General Hospital liscussed and , CHlent.” ery equipped with bake ovens in'yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. J. ssured that Do ae ais a place of it. Brown, of Biggar Place. British Go- GERM AN HONOR ER ee ae se” as good treat- WJ “ ob Shipment of Cattle Here sentation has} Bella Coola t tter road facilities pening up of the} ind the minister } el; with Grazing | MacKenzie, will} “Secretary Glass,” the news-_ Become a Bakeshop | Prince IS ENDANGERED von Buelow Says Men Whose Surrender Demanded Simply Did Duty. On Way to Graham Island For Currie Stock Range sole shareholders did, without notice to the real shareholders, purport to hold an extraordinary general meeting of the company. It alleges that they reduced the directorate from five to four, and appointed the defendants, J. R. Morgan, S. P. McMordie, E. C. Gibbons, and F. F. Schellenberg directors. At another extra- ordinary meeting held the same day the two defendants are alieged to have increased the capital of the company from $500,- : 060 to $750,000. A Loan from Mullen. The new directors meeting on the same day are alleged to have allotted one share each to Williams, Miss‘Thompson, Mullen and Schelignberg, and to have granted Mullen a bénus of one hundred fully paid up shares in consideration for a loan of $13,000. The defendants are also alleged to have-purported to hold an annual statutory general meeting of the company on January 3rd without notice to the plaintiffs and to haye appointed Mullen Schellenberg, Gibbons and Morgan directors. It is also alleged that defendants took control of the plant and contracts. the Grand Trunk What is probably the largest single shipment of cattle to pass of the Bella Coola|/ WIth NOT SURRENDER ‘through this port for the Queen Charlotte Islands is in town today MEN VOLUNTARILY | Prince John when she leaves ¥ to obtaining first | ond will be taken across on the The remedy asked is simply a declaration that all of these proceedings were illegal, and consequently null and void, with a tien and determin- | hat is best for. that} Queen Charlottes. | \ Will be placed on| of Maer’s | ‘charlotte Islands, | of a large area | templation. The area a neces- nity is of the con-} id from Port! el. Last year an the situa-| Four.) ligated p age eee eee eee 3 POPPE FORO OOO TONIGHT mV LSTHOLM THEATRE Lonsiance Talmage A Virtuous Vamp’ tueina vamp? Don’t %@ wrong! See Con- | ; ; Ej - 4 | You’! | AN (¢ Sunshine Comedy ®°8e your Exit” Mutt and Jeff MPRESS June Elvidge N Love Defender” 12¢} . 2 ith Episode of-- Th Carter @ “The Iron 3 ase’’ lest’? ve POC, eo, and speciai via G. T. P. BERLIN, Feb. 7. cid their duty to the Fatherland,” was Prince von Buelow’'s view of the acts of the Germans, whose extuadition is demanded by the Council of Ambassadors of the Allies. In expressing his opinion of the demand von Buelow said he considered it an evasion of the treaty. It was compatible with German honor that not.one of the men must be surrendered voluntarily. Telegraphs.) TWENTY YEARS AGO in Trail Creek News of January, 1900, Local People are Mentioned. The Tpail Creek News says in a recent issue under “20 Years Ago: “Dr. Rothwell and sisters left Sunday evening for Rossland. down to see them off and wish than a pleasant journey.” The two sisters referred to are | Mrs. F. G. Dawson, of this city, and Mrs, Fasken, of Regina, Dr. Rothwell is now established in the medical practice at New West- minster and his mother, Mrs. | Rotliwell, just left here Thursday night iast to visit. him, By Government test, Cadomin furnace coal (mine run) is by far the hottest coal sold here, Phone Oop poem 7. Consumers Coal Co, 82 —‘**They simply ,of cattle on the land, A iarge number of friends came) (for the north island tonight or The shipment, which arrived yesterday morning. fror ranch of Ronald Qurrie;j,at Tow is accompanying the stock and jast two months buying them. and will for breeding purposes. Mr. Currie speaks very favor- ably of the prospects for the cattle raising business on the is- lands. He has three quarter sec- tion tracts of good grazing land ‘there, and has alneady ten head The ani- lmals are to be used solely for beef raising as Mr. Currie is not in the dairy business. Develop- ments of the lumbering and fish- jing ing§tries in the vicinity of |Masset has provided a good home market and it is not the intention of the owner to ship any of his beef from the islands. The buying of this stock repre- sents considerable investment. \Bought at Calgary, they cost $. ‘per head and the freight on them lto this port was over $400, in addition to the further cost of leetting them safely across the straits. Mr, Currie, however, 35 lquite confident of the success of ‘his venture as meat is searce on the Islands and consequently a leood price is offered. The cost lof feeding stock is simple as they can be grazed out all winter, al- lthough Mr. wurrie intends to feed Stewart. oe be used ‘these,in the barns during me jmost severe spells. ' / tomorrow on her return. from consists of 26 head of heifers, n ‘Calgary and is going to the » Hill near Massett. “Mr. Currie has been on the prairies for the They are good healthy animals HAVANA DOCK IS DESTROYED Conflagration Destroys Property Valued at $10,000,000, (Specia! via GC. T.P. Telegraphs.) HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 7.—There jwas a big conflagration here yes- terday when the entire dock and buildings of the American Agri- cultural & Chemical Co. was de- stroyed by fire. The dock which was built of wood was totally de- stroyed, the loss being estimate: at $10,000,000, COURT OF REVISION The Court of Revision to decide complaints against the 1920 as- sessment will sit at 10 a.m. Mon- day the 9th instant, to be sworn {in, and will then immediately ad- journ until Wednesday the 11th at which meeting com- filed with the Assessor heard. ERNEST A, WOODS, City Clerk, instant, plaints will be ‘ restoration of the situation that existed before Decembtr 20, and damages. THREATEN 10 CALL BIG RAILWAY STRIKE Way Employees of Detroit Would | Make It Nation Wide. | (especial via G.T.P. Telegrapns.) DETROIT, Feb. 7.—A_ confer- ence of way employees and shop , laborers connected witi the rail-| PARIS; Feb. 7. WITH RUSSIA ' Doubt as to Practicai Working of Scheme Develops. (Special via G.T.P, Telegraphs.) Doubt as to the ways met here yesterday and de- |) actical working of the plan fon cided to call a nation-wide strike 4p, partial resumption of trade if the demands are not met by the’ i+) Russia through the Russiam Washington conference ; | LIMERICK CONTEST Wirs. H. L. Purdy Carries off Daily | News $5 Reward. The’ three from the large num were this morning judged by an expert and he adjudged that fhe) winner is Mrs. H. L, Purdy. He | says that there is evident pad- | ding in the other verses, but in| this one practically every word counts. The following is the verse Mes. Purdy submitted: St. Regis Cafe. The High cost of living’s no joke, It’s keeping the most of us broke, But to eat every day At St. Regis Cafe Is a good way to hand it a poke, | | } ‘ co-operative limericks chosen Ladysm.ih Coal, The ber submitted Rupert Coal Company, Phone 15. societies, was de- iveloped at today’s session of the PRIZE. WINNER IN re scheme length. Ambassadors... The discussed» at. some of was Carpets, floor oileloth and, lino- _leums at Tite’s Big Sale values; best. Prince ona WANTED Nurses wanted for Span- ish Influénza. Volunteers are urgently requested to report to or to send their names to E. A. WOODS, Ciry CLERK