ol XI NO ee a abor Leader Defends the beclared it would n as Charged by Leader of she Government; Sure To Come. Special to The News via 0. T. P. Telegraphs.) LONDON, Feb. 12. ‘ forwa / panko William Brace of the Miners’ Federation, Sa toys George definitely stated his opposition to such a c He said it would discourage industry and it would be im- yssiblt to have nationalization without forming a bureaucracy. hat the Miners’ Federation really wanted was full control of » al industry, and that to hand it over thus would be dis- rous to commerce and a misfortune to the miners themselves. Brace, who was the first sptaker when the debate on the neech from the throne was resumed, contended that the miners 4 been led to suppose that the Government would accept the ommendations of the coal commission. He declajed that jionalization would not mean a bureaucracy. The Government ight delay nationalization but, he predicted, it would not prevent WLWAYME MAYNARD CASE ULWAYMEN WBMIT CASE | GETS AIRING T0 PRESIDENT ws, curs ne, Masten seals | Town. rector General of Railways); == -—~—-— Fails to Reach Agreement The Maynard case was given a- With Employees: nother airing in the police court this morning when Mrs. Maynard i appeared in the. police court charged with vagrancy and being a common prostitute. According to the evidence given by Consta- ble MeGlinchy in the box this Morning he was taken to the Mu- tor General Hines decided to| ©hida Rooms last night by E. May- to Prest- | 2@rd, husband of the accuséd r decision. where he found the woman in esident is to Room 1 with another man- . He of. the arrested and took her to the sta- sa they had con-| #!@8- M nes for two Ik .H .Maynarnd, husband of the | had informed} @ccused, stated that his wife had Was 1 hope of an eft his saying that she condi-| a others who would keep her as well as he could. He had inquired since about her from her father who had said that she was going to Ketchikan. Maynard claimed jhat his wifeswas mixing up in- “discriminately with every ‘Tom, Dick and Harry," in town. Mrs. Maynarmd then gave her tearful story. She had left home about a month ago following a quarrel with her husband over a post card. She believed that all this trouble was a frame-up be- tween her husband and _ his friends. She had met the man in question last Saturday, not know- ing he was married He had coax- ed her to go to his*place and this was the first man she had been au.T.} INGTON glo reach an lelegraphs,} Feb. 12.—Fail- igreement with than 2,- ployees on de- Di- WAS lalives | more iiway ¢ ior increased wages, ease equest ju house ler present INBER DIE IN TORONTO Miuenza Claims Total of 292 Victims Since Beginning of Year. cote Telegraphs, ) ‘YHONTO, Feb, 45 Influenza it the province ections having epidemie, In the is spreading ped the gf PPidly, All lines os of business and] ™ixed up with since leaving her Profession is affected and| busband. She was going to Ket- School attendance js graduaj.|Chikan. She claimed she had been good to her husband but he had Nt every city and ry told, her to take her children and ( . Ve been 4138 deaths £o into the street. /nlluenza direct and 4154 The magistrate remarked the é fret oni in Toronto sinee | S¢mious nature of the trouble and “' January, a total of} Pemanded the case till 10 o'clock there were 47|0morrow morning. heumonia. "N28 and 15 from RANCHER DIES adysm ith ~_ Dept o Yesterday ad OM ing Coal. The best. Prince 91 fomnsny. Ragienide John Currie was Employed as Carpenter at Drydock. - PPO n ee Tonight and To OPPO M— POD ORe "i = % : gee hab morrow John Currie, a rancher who has ESTHOLM recently been employed as ship's THEATRE carpenter at the Drydock passed ATE « (hy . away in the General Hospital on in Tuesday afternoon, The deceased iis Fal banks was 44 years of age and has a The Knick oe sister, residing in Calgary, Mrs. . NGKAP . ’ 8. I. Sproule. Interment took mbockep Suckaroo Place in Fairview Cemetery this | i {44 lock, ¢ R morning a o'cloc : ‘anon ix oMeciating. HEST ER Or TING Carpets, floor oilcloth and lino- ‘lleums at Tite’s Rig Sale values. Proposed Policy in Speech ot mean Formation of a Bureaucracy | Nationalization of Mines is Discussed in British House d George Says Miners Federation Really Wants Control Pn Industry Which would be a Misfortune to Country. rd by rtsolution in the House of Com- | *‘’)8!0 and a surtax of $263,510. | EX-KAISER FORBIDS | coming to him after the Govern-} _Discussing the nationalization of mines) ment deducts the normal tax’ of PATTULLO WILL ACT FOR ATLIN While District is Without Member He will Be Glad to Look After Its Interests. = The following telegram was received this morning from Hon. T. D- Pattullo, Minister of Lands and mem- ber for this district: “Realizing that your paper has a considerable circula- tion in the district of Atlin ! would ask you to announce to the people of that con- stituency that, on account of the death of the fate member | shall be glad to receive representation from anyone in Atlin District at any time and to, in the meantime, do everything I can to further the interests of the district.” REVENUE OFFICERS | WATCHING DEMPSEY AND AFTER SURTAX' | — | (Special via G. ¢. P. Telegrapns.> |} NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Revenue |) Olicials say that if Jack Dempsey | ; Wins a $500,000 purse for fighting’ | Carpentier, he will have $195,650, SONS SURRENDER TO oe ALLIES FOR TRIAL DEFINES POWERS OF Special via G. f. 1. BERLIN, Feb. 12.—The former, (Spec Kaiser* las forbidden his son to ae via G. TP BUDAPEST, Feb. 11.—Legisla- Telegraphs rrender to the Allies for trial’ - : nd has requested the Duteh Gov. tion defining the powers of the temperary regent, who is to be ernment to prevent his doing so. appointed by the Hungarian Gov- ernment, is being drafted. The object of the law is to prevent the HUNGARIAN PEACE DELEGATION HAS ~ ARRIVED IN PARIS apetiet wie 6. T. P» Telegrapos.) 12. VOTE $20,000,000 SHIP CONSTRUCTION we heb. —-~ Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs.) ‘0 {IV wact delegation headed by Count Hungary's tener) 4 HUNGARIAN REGENT « regent from usurping the throne.|_ Be Party to Wit National and From | LONDON, February 12,—* betratal of Ireland withholding from the Irish pe | political liberty,” Arthur Hend (Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegreons.) Legisiativ' Library a cyt +77 C2 , Ay , ant) EATS } res Gije Dri D eww : pn XS | : RY Phone 76 and 36 (les ch “a Ay oe Wa Never Sleep HOME BAKERY | PRINCE RUPERT ome Th Pan ‘rent AUTO 11 6th Street ‘Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper M. i. Lance eee “FRINGE RUPERT, 9G, URSA PaO Strongly Opposed Home Rule Proposal Hon. Arthur Henderson Says Labor not holding Symbol of ° Political Liberty Ireland. 5 Labor will take no part in another and will not acquiesce in any policy of further -ople the symbol of natiosal and erson, labor leader, said today. Commenting on Premier Lloyd George’s speech in the House of Commons, in which he expressed the intention of bringing up | his new Irish Home Rule Bill during the present session of parlia- nent, a single friend in Ireland. ihe Irish problem, he asserted. | ' [7 > PRE Ree ee j \* |* LLOYD GEORGE MAY VISIT CANADA | LONDON, Feb. There is strong possibility 12.— > * that Lloyd George will * visit Canada within the * next few months. The * Premier's friends are all * urging on him the need for a long holiday. \* | + VANCOUVER T0 ; | RRKRKHHHR KK OK HRD i Henderson asserted that the Premier's pian did not have Lioyd George’s program will not solve WATERFRONT — ASSESSMENT Court Hearing Cases Today In City Hall — Many Witnesses. The Court of Revision, consist- ing of Mayor McClymont (chair- man), Aldermen McLennan, Roch- ester, Casey and Perry, held its third session this morning when the business of the court was Apponyi aprived this morning in OTTAWA, Feb. 11.—To com- | SINGAPORE actually commenced. Yesterday his city. plete the ships under construc- | idjournment was made out of ee ceneeniineriinrhernemp tion for the Canadian Govern-| : respect to the late Frank H.- Serims, Mareuisettes, Voiles ment, Parliament will, it is under. Mew Service to be Instituted About |oniey, M,L.A., whose funeral ind curtain materials 20% dis- stood, be asked to vote $20,000,- cunt at Tite’s February Sale. tf 000 at the approaching session. International Conference On Finance Is Considered; United States is Obsiacle (Special to G. T. P. Telegraphs.) LONDON, February 12.—J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor announced that the was an international financial conference if The News via of the exchequer, here Government willing to participate in nvited by one of the neutral nations or by the League of Nations, mn being that the assume a epresentative character. The announcement was made in reply to a recent memorial satisfied conference would from bankers and others. The Daily Chonicle said that the Government wished to make it absolutely that the = event of Great Britain’s partici- | JACOB SMOKE DEAD pation the Government could not Paka HDT ia support or take a share in any | After Seven Years Illness Well scheme involving an addition to Known Figure Passes. the liabilities of Great Britain for expenditures in the United States. clear in Jacob Smoke, a well known tig- ure about town and father of Al- Mr. Chamberlain agreed that jo. Pp the inference drawn by the authors of the memorial was not! bxaggerated. He declared’ the attitude of the United States Gov ernment was a matter of first im-j| portance, it seemed doubtful 1 Rooms on Tuesday night after seven year’s illness. He was born / sides his son leaves a widow: lhe funeral took place this af- as ternoon at 2 o'clock from the B.C. whether the United States par-|Undertakers’ parlors, Rev. T. H. ticipation could be attained, and) Nuttall leonducting the services. this must gravely influence the eae errce ; utility of such a conference. Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. if Drink Question Down For Legislative Action In Great Britain This Year (Speeral to The News via G. T. P, Telegraphs.' LONDON, February 12.-—The drink question was brietly dis- cussed in both houses of Parliament yesterday. Earl Curzon told the House of Lords that a bill on the subject to be introduced would contain provision for shorter hours of sale. The experi- ment of state management would not be dropped, he said. "In the House of Commons the subject was alluded to by Sir Donald Maclean, “The fact that America has gone dry is an economic fact of the gravest importance to Great Britain,” he said. He declared the British expenditure for drink absolutely staggered him. The country spent more than £164,000,000 for drink in 1914 and this expenditure increased steadily until it was £259,000,000 in 1918. It was estimated that the expenditure really | . Smoke, died at the Pacific | in Ontario 64 years ago and be-|} ! End of Week by Dollar Company. (Special via G. T. P. VANCOUVER, Telegraphs. ' Feb. 11.—-With the sailing of the Harold Dollar, carrying a heavy freight cargo jabout the end of the week, the Canadian Robert Dollar Company institutes a direct service between this port and Singapore. The first iship on the New York-Vancouver- ‘Orient run of the company will |be the Grace Dollar from New York on April 12. } ‘GENERAL WRANGLE WILL SUPERSEDE GENERAL DENIKINE | ‘Special via G.T.P | BUDAPEST, Feb.12.—General | Denikine will be superseded in ac- ltive command of anti-Bolshevik forces on the Southern Russian \front by the’ thirty-year’ old |General Wrangle- | Gen. Wrangle’s Cossacks have | been long the backbone of resistance to the Bolsheviks. felegrapns.) QUAKE FELT IN MEXIC? ‘ANOTHER Shock Was Felt at Victoria Seis- | megraph—Centre Believed Vera Cruz- (Speciat by G.T.P. Teiegraphs VICTORIA, Feb, 12.—An earth- quake, estimated at 2,600 miles distant from Victoria, was regis- tered yesterday, the record con- tinuing for nearly two hours. It is believed to be centred near Vera Cruz in Southern Mexico. ITAL'AN SOLDIERS — GONE TO DALMATIA TRIESTE, Feb. 12—Two regi- ments of Italian soldiers, accom- panied by artillery units, have sailed for Dalmatian ports. 97 and 50-piece Dinner Sets at Tite’s February Bargain prices, TENDERS WANTED Tonders wanted for moving hullding now occupied by Prince Rupert Feed Co. For full par- ticulars apply to T. Trotier. 39 for the year ending March 31 next would be nearly £400,000,000, the was then taking place. Secretury Woods and Assessor Clements were also present. The business this morning was entirely a discussion of water- front assessment, arising from the first case on the list, that of Lot 1, Section 1, Block F, belong- ing to Akerberg & Thomson. The persons giving evidence were D. Thomson, W. E. Williams, Capt- H. B. Babington, W. E. Fisher, M. P. McCaffery and L. W- Pat- more, ‘The main point taken was that the fifty per cent increase not only inereased their taxes fifty per cent, but owing to the terms if their lease it raised the amount they must pay the railway com- pany as rental fifty per cent. The lessees say they have to spend a lot of money before the property has any value at all. The case is continuing this afternoon and should be decided today. FAMOUS JINGLE POT COAL MINE CLOSED Has Produced 800,000 Tons of Coal Since Opening. NANAIMO, February 11.—The famous Jinglepot coal mine closed for good yesterday. Although but ‘174 acres in area, since 1907 it has produced 800,000 tons. G.W.V.A. Annual Ball at the RINK Friday Night Dancing at I0 p.m. Refreshments i POLO COCS PRO a Br a Ae TONIGHT : E M PRE § - May Allison — Almost Married Also ‘wo Reel Cumedy ‘Dizzy Heights and British Canadian News. OW APPEAL hy - b” a * i» y gt. Pd