ne a wee gy | is 5 ; =~ Ghe Daily News. ES alies CAFE OTOR:H Pe 15 at 85 AND ‘ We Never E BIMERY | 3 PRINCE RUPERT 7 rae ET wT tm eth Street | ie ee and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper thee tant te Oa cca Ss PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS hirty hina and Metals: ilve pyal Min Millio Unbacked |! N India are Dra Not Enough to go Around. NEW METLAKATLA BASKETBALL TEAM - and Gold -Will be High in Price for Years. } t Worked During War on British Coinage’ but for Eight Months has Turned out Canadian. (Special to The News via G. 7. P. Telegrepns.) February oTTAWA, worth of unbac jion dollars’ Rous countries of the ir some ye ; ; ; : i unexam pled opportunity to dispose of their product at cleaned up all the trophies avail- ar cA ilv high prices vable there. The Rupert team spechv ceptionals 5 re s , . C " } > nrore j¢ not enough siiver in the world to stand behind will be chosen from Clementson, | 5 & uit vet and the hati vil be very omic: Day, Chas. Blyth, Ander- |" supported paper based A rm 0 aoe ions will be very ..,) and Hardy and a fine exhibi- ver to get as much as possible. This is believed to be the case tion of ball is looked for. th gold as W ell. t eee hina and India are Avaimine ee es : se continents of supplies, as SIR DONALD puionethods demand IS BEING SUED FOR i trade balances be settled, no fat wilh presious| QUARTER OF MILLION |votine tals, - | So The products of the mines, TORONTO, Feb. 18.—Sir Wil-| ha few } s ago were not liam MacKenzie and Sir Donald eially workable, can now re Oe ea arate by Mann are being sued by Ane) ies ases be minted at @ Tock ae > oe - Murray, James R- Murray, and d profit. The gold production or yr rienes. George Murray of this city, for, Canada for 1919 is valued at es the recovery of $250,000 alleged 2 0 as against $14,463,- in 1918 and $15,272,992 in 7, For nine months ending rent { last, export of Can- n gold totalled $3,384,952 as inst $7,549,862 in 1918 and 18.—Because approximately thirty ked notes are in circulation in of the craft with their 1197749 in 1917. Of this $2,- 6,907 went to the United States din previous years practically ent to the United States- s great possibility of on by starting up mines lying idle and developing mising properties seems to be ficated. The Royal Mint in Ottawa has n running over eight months Canadian coinage. During the Brit minted for the British asury several hundred million rth of South African send to New York to sup- { ing exchange’ there. hen that stopped the pound be- n to dr 1 ilues as mea- red by the American dollar. SUAL FISH BROUGHT HERE Fish Landed at the Royal Fisheries Plant, is Denizen of Tropical Waters. 3 f the halibut boats un- Ing at th Royal Fisheries al the government wharf *rday brought in an unusual oer rhe fish was at finst 0 |} monster black oe 200 pounds. rt fish ; ; Pe Faery len to be one of the mpeCiiNney e a das it Weighed Se a lew-fish or sea’. ee in charge were Sikes rather unusual catch 9° 7ONOWSi—— 7 Btural horthern waters as its Decorations—E. R. labrum as- ae habitat is the Gulf. of sisted by George Frizzell, Pp. Ror- “Oo or the Lower Califormia vik, R. Pattinson, W. Smith, Capt. pe } Formby, W. Reid, and B, L. Ting- Od in Coley Me Shape of a MS gs Cales like it he er PpeCIesS ac f ha Ask se titiaed kee " for Atking’ Sausages, T r ONIGHT ONLY WESTHOLMR Alice Brady “The World to Live In” F ALS’ atty Arbuckle Comedy and Britis Ca a zette “Bn Uane i ) dian Ga © lt is similar to a black and flesh but is more spring salmon and and is very firm. ay been caught be-’ '@ north but very rarely, tf) * rr CCC ptonepepnel ter were present as well as the merabers of Belist chapter of the Order, of the Kastern Star. he music was provided by Gray's full orchestra and on the program were a number of novel- | ties including the ‘*Tipsy Wipsy” | dance. The old time dances pre- | dominated, many two steps,} waltzes and schottiches being on | ror the benefit of those who have | not been attending dances recent- | ly. On account of this being leap | ladies choices were special| Russia's great seaport Polshevik menace. which took place Refugees are telling 0! the las srews of ships were compe the crowds to prevent them from ove times. were duced several moonlight effects for several of the throughout a most obtained and everyone the event to the utmost Decorations. The hall was gaily decorated ‘with bunting and the emblems of ‘the order, were seen on the walls. 'New lighting effects were obtained | from special installations put in by Pattinson & Ling and, Parkit & Ward, which were most. effec- tive. i | Refreshments were arrange: |} waltzes and happy spirit enjoyed served by the ladies of the Eastern Star un- der the direction of Mrs. Car- michael and they were unusually tasty and daintily served, the tables being tastefully decorated with flowers. Everything was done to make the guests have a good time. Committees. Door and Tickets — Rh. Blance, E. Unwin, and Henry Melliar. Invitations — Douglas Suther- land, John McRae and A. Davies. | -Refreshments — Ladies of the ‘Rastern Star under direction of | Mrs. J. Carmichael. ' Punch Bowl—A. W- McLean. ‘The annual Masonic ball, which bs was held last night in St. Andew's hall was one of the prettiest and dated June nin Range ge most enjoyable dances of the sea- Ae sate, Ts Se pay paperd sou. Practically all the members of $102,750, balance claimed me 7 unpaid with interest on a mort- lady : a d to have been execul- friends from Tyee and Tsimpsean erga Ontivie Lodges and the Royal Arch Chap- agent, to the plaintiffs fo n Dollars of - otes Circulated ining this Continent of Precious: Already on Alaska, the New Metlakatla basket ‘pall team will meet a picked team tomort athe Rink. home town yesterday and are now picking their way down the coast. Local fans are jubilant at the 3 : prospect world, the view 1s expressed here that games, as New Metiakatla is the ars to come the gold and silver mines in Canada will champion team of Alaska, having be O00, The terday vel row ON THEIR WAY HERE their way from sented ow night and on Friday at ane The visitors left their Eighth of a keen series of due as 1913. p ty B real estate th = morning COURT OF REVISION HANDLED MANY CASES Few Changes Were Made, How- ever, Yesterday—Sit ‘Tomor- row Morning. work when remain consideration and 27 have not yet been touched. sessions will be regumed tomor- morning at the large number of appeals pre- few 3 10 yesterday, St ely. 000 to $1,200. longs to bk. J. Walsh. 22. block 39, Section 8, were re- duced from the valuation of $48. and $500 to $440 and $450 re- These were appealed Lot 12, block in It changes were made. assessment for ments at the old Dominion Hotel on the corner of First Ave. was reduced from $2,- This property be-]! Lots 214 and by K. H. Mortimer. Section 2, valuation from $940 to $600- belongs to the F. De Mussy estate. was Started on viet Candidates Being ia4i Via &, 0, P lected. of the Court of Re- vision was nearly wound up yes- there and afternoon sessions, 96 cases being disposed of. There cases for further :30. was cases very reduced BOLSHEVIT WINING IN RUSSIAN ELECTION Monday and : Telexraphs.) LONDON, Feb. 18.—A Moscow wireless despatch says that the soviet election started on Monday penalty on a bond and Bolshevik candidates are be- The bond, !™5 elected in all regions. CARD OF THANKS r $150,- kind expressions 0 his recent bereavement. Mr. D. L. Stewart ahk his ihany friends for their f sympathy in desires both that Trfe Despite improve- and to same liquor being the property the police court. On the request ess for the prosecution will be in his case was taken. He is also charged with exposing for and oifering to sell liquor for the consideration of $5,000, The case was adjourned until tomerrow morning when Bessie Riley and Daniel Leachy will come up for the magistrate’s decision and the cases against Duff and Richard Leachy, charged with stealing liquor will have preliminary trial. The Evidence. The first witness in the Hoskins selling case this morning was Matt Videck. He said he knew ot some deal on the night of Duff's arrest. Some cases of liquor, had been moved from Hoskins’ house at Seal Cove that night but he did not know how much, only there had been two loads. Jack Hos- kins, Duif! and himself had han- dled it and it had gone to the es- gine room at the Cold Storage. Hoskins and the man on the Narbethong and himself had car- ried it. from. there..down to. the float where Charles Miller, and Dui! were- Here ended Mr. Wil- jiams’ examination. Saie Population of Sebastapol Panic Stricken by Advance GONSTANTINOPLE, that ¢ about while of Sé ment will ee Stewards-——J. Steen, Major, Mc- Mullen, G. A. Woodland, K, A. /Mortimer, i, A. Woods, and Harry Birch. A. Brooksbank riade & most efficient waster of ceremores and kept things moving all the time. 97 and 50.piece Dinner Sets at Tite’s February Bargain prices. ‘J Ladysmith Goal. The best. Prince Rupert Co2i Company, Phone 15. Tht Bolsheviki had begun ra fully 5,000 still trying to make OTTAWA, February ceived that Natious—Persia, Chile, Paraguay, significance, Paraguay, for nstance, as compared with over Dominion. $7.00 ALBERTA HOUSE ALBERT of Reds; (Special to The News via oO. T.P. Telegraphs.) in the Crimea, There to -sail. there were (Special to The News via G, T. P. Telegraphs.) four addition yuth American countries in pespect of Canada’s hf now have the same yotin Steam Coal In Car Load Lots $7.00 per ton, on cars at our whart. HOLD SCREENED Guaranteed Clean $15.00 per ton - ~ $7.75 per ;-ton $13.50 per ton - and Argentine. is regarded here in view of ihe stand taken by the Canadian Govern- status and voting rights in the league. a country of only a million population eight millions in Canada, but Paraguay g rights in the assembly as the Phones 116 and 564 {8,-—Official notification h al countries have joined tht League oflon the dock and Matt Videck was The admission as of particular Odessa Outrage Feb, 18.—The population of Sebastapol, is panic stricken over the is danger of a repetition of events at Odessa when the Reds captured that city. t hours spent in Odessa Harbor say lied to turn machine guns upon rloading and sinking vessels king the docks with machine guns their escape. Four More Countries Join, | League of Nations; Chile, Paraguay, Argentine, Persia as been re- $7.00 i COAL delivered in sacks & McCAFFERY, LTD. Mr. Patmore, defending Hos- kins, brought forth the fact that Videck knew the liquor was stolen when he was taking it from the wharf. He had been told by Dick Leachy of a company consisting of Harry Lipsett, Jack Miller, George Sweet and Simon Duff. Not Known Stolen. “I knew that the liquor was from Lipsett’s house,” said Vi- deck, “and the next day | learned that Lipsett was not home when the liquor was taken, I had been Duff and Leachy On Theft Charge Jack Hoskins was Before Magistrate on Trial for Offering to Sell Liquor and Remanded Until Tomorrow. Simon V. Duff and Richard Leachy were this morning charged in the police court with stealing on February 5 and 6 from the residence of Harry Lipsett, 50 ¢ ases of liquor valued at $1,300, of Mr. Lipsett. As this is an indictable offense the accused did not plead in of W. E. Williams, city solicitor, adjournment was made until tomorrow when an important wit- in court. Jack Hoskins, the last member in the alleged liquor ring, came :p before the magistrate this morning and the complete evidence PRICES SOAR AT FUR SALE IN NEW YORK Muskrat Reaches Highest Ever Paid and Other Ad- vances Large. (Specia! via G.T.P. Telegrapns. NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Touci- ing a record mark of $5 per skin, the highest ever paid at auction of raw fur in this city, brown muskrat was sold at the start of the second day of the sale. Mink easily captured second place with marmot, stone-marten, and mar- ten following as named. The sales for the day reached $1,600,- 000. ‘ The grand total for the first two days’ sale reached $3,100,000. Compared’ with corresponding prices obtained at the October sale, figures showing the per- centages of advances as follows: Mink, 100 per cent- Marmot, 75 per cent. Stone marten, 65 per cent. Brown muskrat, 60 per, cent. Marten, 35 per cent.: MANY BLIND ARE FOUND ON PRAIRIES Investigations Being Carried on told to stop on Fourth Avenue, until further instructions were given. Dick Leachy handed me the cases on the street and I put them in the car. I understood that they were from the verandah of the house. At that time I did not know it Was being stolen, in fact, I did not know what was going on.” Charles Miller, who was next called, said that he was buying liquor last Friday morning and that he saw Videck packing the liquor down then. Constable Bailey, who was present when Dull was arresied, testified to seeing the accused af- ter, he had left the boat. He was also there. This closed the case. Counsel Sum Up. Mr. Patmore argued that it had nut been shown that Hoskins had been involved in any trans- action and that from the evidence there was really no Gase. Mr- Williams stated that the evidence of Matt Videck proved the sale of liquor. The case was then adjourned to allow the stenographer, to extend the evi- dence. HEIR TO SULTAN HAS the Sultan has been celebration of the event: There by National Institute. WINNIPEG, Feb. 18.—A cam- paign’ for the care and training of blind persons and the preven- tion of blindness is being launch- ed under the- newly formed *Cen- tral Western Board” of the Caaa- dian National Institute ‘for the Blind. Dr. Daniel McIntyre, su- perintendent of the Winnipeg public schools, is chairman of this board. Its headquarters are at 745 Somerset block and it em- braces Manitoba and Saskatche- wan. A survey to determine the number of blind within this area is being carried on and to date 244 blind persons have been lo- cated in Manitoba and more than 300 in the two provinces. The Canadian Natjonal Insti- tute is already in touch with 6- 000 known totally blind persons in the Dominion, its aim in a general way is: To help these afllicted ones to become self- supporting, self-respecting citi- zens by giving them special in- dustrial training; to bring bright- ness and hope into their lives »by breaking the deadly monotony of BEEN BORN IN EGYP? CAIRO, Feb. 18.—An heir to born and Prince Ahmed Faud is distribut- ing £12,000 among the poor in sitting with hands folded in the darkness; to prevent blindness by teaching proper care of the eye- sight, especially in the schools; and to help save persons with failing sight from becoming en- tirely blind. TONIGHT AT 8.15. enjoy an artistic Come and TENDERS WANTED Rupert Feed Co. ticulars apply to T. Trotier. Tondors wanted for moving Comedy and Music bullding now occupied by Prings For full par- local 30 Church, Romance, Tragedy, —by Miss assisted by Methodist treat —of Nickawa, at the Frances artists, 3 Se. wt cad 7 > iad x