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Special to The News

3EIN, March 23.-
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men were shot
precipitated by
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ONDON, March 23.—Repo
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XI. NO. 70. caiiaiih

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PRINCE RUPERT, B. G., TUESDAY, MARCH 23 1920.

 

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wo Dead and Four

Wounded In Riots

ch Between Disorderly Soldiers and
~vilians in Streets of Dublin Caused
Disturbance with Fatalities.

 

 

via 0. T. P. Telegraphs.)

—There was @ riot here tonight in which

yur seriously wounded, The riot

the disorderly conduct of soldiers, about 300

o'clock last night singing, jostling

on doors and smashing windows.

ris from Dublin dealing with the

One says the soldiers were leaving a theatre

when they were attacked by a

4, A soldier fired his revolver in self defense whereupon

man and a woman were killed.
atalities were due to volleys fired

 

  
  

FIED 10
CARRY MAIL

They Were Paid Twice
As Much as G, T. P.
Was Getting.

feller from the Superintend-
{Railway Mail Service, J.O.
at last night’s
ri] meeting showing that the
msibility for the Princess
carrying mails in
t lay with the
| R, itself. A copy of the
was ordered to be sent to
in Troup, superintendent of
h. steamships at Victoria.
» superintendent of mail
e explained that the GC, P. R.
been oilered the contract
the Saturday G. T. P. boat

 

od, was read

We

ut of this -pol

laid off but the company re-
fit unless they were paid
as uch as the more eflici-
and Trunk service had
getting,
think this matter should be
up with the C. P. R, direct,”
Ald, Rochester, “and the
should know about the
i this company is irying
et on the city Aldermar
econded the motion. Ald
that the
{ pping iil in boxes

TAND WEST.
HOCKEY MATCH

a Team Defeats the Seattle
Metropolitans by Score

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wa won by a-score of
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The Stanley Cup Ys the
2 “inning team having
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Will meet again

Athletic

Club bil-

® last night success:

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adian News

WOULD NOT

A. J. Prudhomme Wants Market |
Free But Will Not Promise |
Better Prices.

Alex. J. Prudhomme, enna
manager, of Northern Interior’
Co-operative Association, appear-|
ed before the City Council last}
night soliciting the turning over
of the City Market to this Asso-
ciation free of rent for the pur-|
pose of placing the products of}
this association on the local mar-|
ket- Mr Prudhomme stated that
the present city market had never
achieved its original object of get-!
ting the producer and consumer |
together. As far as the people
of the interior were coneerned,
they had never been able to take!
advantage of it.

Intend to Come.

“We have now formed an as-
sociation at a capitalization of
#50,000 that embraces in its scope
the district between Prince Ru-

head, danced over the sky and put|
UT PRICES telegraph wires out of com-|

‘TWO DRUNKS ARE

ICETY COUNCIL LIKES

ADMIRAL EVANS
AGAIN FLOATED

Steamer Was Ashore After Ram-
ming Tug “City of Lund.”

is Boing InvaluaDPe Publicity
Work for the City.

 

 

(Special via G.T.P. Tetegraphs ; | nance eommittee the City Coun

steamer Admiral Evans was float-|™onthly “Resources” at a rate o
ed Sunday night, and proceeding ;*°0 pet: month,
northward unaided. j Was in favor of making it a ful
The Admiral Evans early Sat-|P@8e advertisement at $30

“Oity of Lund,’’| the finance committee.
The

the Seattle tug
and while trying to make shore
to survey the damage went| Lhe council
aground. | “Resources” was doing an ad-
;mirable work of publicity for the
jcity. It was a publication that
jwas a decided credit to the city
Many

jand complimentary
Trouble Everywhere With Tele~ (jie high

graph Wires as Result

remarks. on
class publicity that
| Weston Coyney was giving Prince

of Aurora. jtupert and the district in his
_ excellent publication.
(Special via 6. T.P. Telegrapne.) jnnsal> teadebrase

NEW YORK, March 23.—Aurora
bovealis last night pricked up his

'DORREEN HITS ROCK
IN SKIDEGATE STRAIT

 

 

mission. i

The wire chief at the Western | Was Towed to Skidegate by the

Nidaros Where Temporary

Union headquarters reported that
Repairs are Being

the company had no instruments |

strong enough to measure the | Made-
voltage in the electric currents.) , :
The trouble was experienced Word has just reached town

more or less all over Canada and |?! the wreck of the gasoline fish-
the United States. jing boat, P. Dorveen, in Skide-

fa egal te aE Sel a gate Narrows. The boat just left
‘Prince Rupert gew days ago and
was making her way through the
| narrows when the engine stopped
and the vessel drifted on the
rocks. She was towed by the

ORDERED TO GET
AWAY FROM TOWN Nidaros into Skidegate where
x ‘examination was made and it was

John Graham, who was fined found to have smashed sevenal
yesterday morning for being It is expected that tem-

oe and, disorderly, appeared porary repairs can be made at
the police court this morning, Skidegate so that she come
laving again been arrested last across the straits under her own

night in “ae same condition. This power where complete repairs
time Magistrate McMordie fined \i1) pe made.

 

planks.

MAGAZINE “RESOURCES”

Mayor and Aldermen Feel That it

| On the recommendation of the

SEATTLE, March 23.—Reports/°!! last night decided to take a
reaching here today say that the| alf page advertisement in the

Alderman Casey

and
urday morning rammed and sank|‘!e power to do this was left with

concensus of opinion of
seemed to be that

and should be s ted.
IN U.S. AND CANADA) ,.0 siictmen msde aporeciat |

 

PRICE FIVE CENTS

GERMAN SITUATION STILL

 

 

Spartacans; Officers Killed and Bodies
Mutilated, According to Report
From Berlin.

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(Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegraphs.)

BERLIN, March 23.—Conditions in Germany were described
by the minister of defense this morning as extremely serious.
“You can't paint the situation throughout Germany too black.”
an official at the ministry declared to the correspondent after
a survey of the reports that had come in during the night. The
situation in Berlin itself was characterized as bad. In one case
company Of volunteers had been overpowered by Spartacan
forces, its_officers killed and their bodies mutilated.

The southern and eaStern parts of Germany are reported
quiet, To the north of the Spree River in the Berlin district the
outposts of the regular soldiers have been withdrawn, leaving
detachments to guard the stockyards and railway station.

T.B. HOOPER,

HUSBAND AND |
WIFE QUARREL.

liisusing |Finance Committee Recommends
His Appointment and
Adopted by Council].

 

 

 

Wian Charged With
Woman—Adjourned to Aliow
Opportunity of Settie-
ment-

 

At last night’s council meeting
Henry John Clarke appeared in|the report of the Finance Com-
the police court this morning|Mittee recommending the ap-
charged with assault on his wife|pointment of T, B. Hooper as city
by spanking her. The accused SOlicitor at a monthly stipend of
elected for summary trial and $250 was adopted unanimously.
pleaded not guilty. | Mr. Hooper, it is expected, will
Mus. Jane Clarke, the wife, ap-|De here to take up his new duties
peared in the witness box and Within fen days or as soon as he
told of being married foup years,itan.g-tawuy. from Vancouver.
having one child 17 months old.| Alderman Casey asked if the
She had been in Prince Rupert position had been advertised. The
ever since last’July and had been ’Mayor replied that as local law-
living with her husband. He was yers did not seem to want the
in the habit of going into violent post advertising had been deemed

 

TS EXTREMELY SERIOUS

Company of Volunteers Overpowered by

- NEW SOLICITOR”

|him $25 or 30 days with 48 hours
to get out of town.

Mickey McDonald, described by
locity Prosecutor Williams as be-
‘ing a public nuisance, was also

There were four | tempers, grabbing her by the unnecessary by a majority of the
men aboard under Captain Henry | throat and threatening her ‘life. aldermen.

Doiron- |In September he had made her} PUREE IAC Lanncets erases
VALUABLE FURS SOLD

ma |black and blue by punching her

NOTIFY POWERS OF arms. He had only worked three

‘months since July and she had_

pert and Ootsa Lake. We intend fined $25 with an option of 30

to come into this.city whether
we get the market or not. We’
would, howeven, like to get con-|
trol of the market for a year, at
least, with reasonable limitations. }
We think that we ought .to get!
free rent although we would be}
willing to pay for light and water. |
It is our intention to put on a
permanent staff here and to en-
ter; into close competition with
the other business houses.”
“How would your prices com-
pare with prices prevailing local-
ly?’ inguired Ald- Rochester.
Straight From Farm.
- Want it understood," neplie:
Mr. Prudhomme, “that we are not
coming here to drive anybody out
of business. We would endeavor
to give better value and service
for prevailing prices, The pno-
duce would be straight from the
farm and would mean added busi-
ness to the city. There sre 500
farmers in the district dependent
on the Rupert Market.
“With Jessened overhead ex:
pense we might be able to give
closer prices but I will not make
promises as to price. We would
be willing to handle the produce
of all the districts including the
Queen Charlotte Isiands and Bella
Coola. It is our object to get as
much as we can for the farmer
Stock would be another line that
we would handle. If a daily train
service was instituted we could
supply the city with fresh cream
and milk, We would be able to
supply the market the whole
twelve months of the year.”
Where the Benefit?
The idea that there would be
no cut in prices did not seem to
appeal very much to the most of
the aldermen. The mayor, hin
self, stated that if there was no
direct benefit to the citizens in
the way of low ‘prices he was
through with the matter of letting
the association have the market
free. The market was built by
the citizens and there was no
reason why the fanmer should
get all the benefit and the citizens
nothing, The association would

 

have to show him where there

& miner from Swamp Point.

ACTION OF SENATE)

days and warmed to leave these
parts within 48 hours. Mickey is

 

That Will Probably be First Step |
to be Taken By President

GOOD PRICE PAID wove
. THIS MORNING (Special via G.T.P. Telegrapns.) |

WASHINGTON, March 23.—In/
Few Smalier Fish Boats in Sold the absence of any authoritative |

Catches at 16.30 and 12.2c. prediction of what President Wil-
; son would do with the unratified

The following boats in this treaty, the impression gained in
morning sold their halibut catches diplomatic circles today was that
to the Pacific Sea Products at the first step probably would be
16.3c and 12.2c: Valid, 3,000 Ibs.;,@ notification to the other powers
Nidaros, 9,000 }bs.; Tillicum, 8,- that the Senate had refused rati-

 

 

tion and Ladies’ Auxiliary:

AT EDMONTON FOR
vs: HUNDRED THOUSAND

had heard that he was addicted | EDMONTON, March 19.—One of

been dependent on the charity of
the Great War Veterans’ Associa-_

jto the use of drugs although she the biggest transactions in the

had not seen him use it. ON” pide and fur business for several
Wednesday he had grabbed her by years occurred Wednesday when
the throat and hurt her. the A. Carruthers Co., Ltd,
Continually Nagging. through their; branch manager,

The husband, taking the box, T, H. Halford, purchased from

said he had been in the hospital Lamson & Hubbard $106,543.75
‘for three months,

On the morn- worth of furs. This is the largest
ing when she claimed he made jot'of furs sold in Edmonton by
her black and blue, she had public competition for the last

inagged him to work and had fifteen years. The second highest
finally hit him with a broom. At bid was $98,000 by F. Ramelson.

this time he was under the ‘he purchase nepresents the

Ovuv Ibs-; Pauline, 5,000 Ibs.; In- fication.
gred, 6,000 lbs.; Elida, 2,000 Ibs.
Three cars will come on tonight's
passenger train.

 

would be a direct benefit tov the
citizens before he Would favor
giving the market over. He did,
however, appreciate the object of
a closer relationship between the
producer and the consumer.

The matter has been left in the
hands of the market committe:
to confer with Mr. Prudhomm«
and report at an early date to the|
council.

WASHINGTON,
Senate
Benson,

Explaining his interpretation
the witness said he had not give
sideration then, because he had
he described as an intensely ant
Admiral Benson.

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man

 

Admiral Benson was Man
Who Warned Sims Against
British During The War

 

(Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegrapns.)
March 23.—Rear Admiral Sims

investigating committee
chief of naval operations during the war and now chair-|try. The case was remanded for Saar Valley Commission instead

man of the United States Shipping Board, was the officer whe
told him “not to let the British pull the wool over your eyes, we}

would as*soon fight them as the Germans.” “

Sims added that Admiral Benson was an “upright and honest

‘doctor's care as a result of an pulk of
PE Ta en eee ;operation on an old wound. That Christmas
The two borrowing by-laws for
$50,000 and $10,000, the light
and pole line extension $45,000
bylaw and the telephone extension
$60,000 bylaw were passed by the
City Council again last night
They had been passed previously
but were returned by the bank
solicitors for minor changes. A
standard by-law form is to be
‘ompiled for the use of the muni-
cipalities which will avoid this
returning of bylaws fon correc-
tion.

Lamson & Hubbard's
furs from the Mac-
was the only time he had ever kenzie district. The lot is com-
lifted his hand to her. She was prised of 28 white foxes, 1,356
continually nagging at him and mink, 97-red foxes, 164 beaver, 82
he had warned her that he might gkunk, 49 bear, 1,859 weasels, 9”
lose his temper and do violence: silyer foxes, 14 wolverines, 8
W. E. Williams argued that fishers, 26 otters, 20 lynx, 970
there was no doubt but that the marten, 37 cross foxes, and 6
man had assaulted her. IHhis de- wolf furs. One of the most out-
meanor in the box would show gtanding features of” this ship-
that he was of an unreasonable ment of furs is that they are
disposition. There was consider- nearly all of the most fashionable
able justification for the woman furs, and that there is practically
to want him to go to work. It no culls in the -lot. They were
-was hardly believable that a man ghipped to the Winnipeg branch
would choke a woman in her of the A, Carruthers Co., Ltd., and
condition. Why should she get wij) be sold from there.
‘up to cook his breakfast? What-| :

‘ever decision the magistrate mad@ PECK’S QUESTION

‘the woman would have to have
;protection from the man.

Remanded Two Days: Asks Why Returned Soldier Not

| ‘The magistrate said that he| Appointed to Saar Valley
believed Mrs. Clanke’s story. It | Commission.

lwas, however, a serious matte? splice

‘to break the relations between In the House of Commons C. W,

 

told the | man and wife. The present state Peck asked why a returned sol-
yesterday that Read Admiral could not continue in this coun- 'dier had not been appointed to the

of Mm. Waugh. Sir George Fos- .
ter replied that Mr. Waugh was
ithe best man they could find and
jthat two of Mr, QWaugh’s sons
of what Admiral Benson said, Hear the St. Andrew's Pipe had served overseas, one of whom
n the statement a second’s con-|Band at the Callies football club had been killed.

assumed it resulted from what |concent Wednesday night at 8)

i-British feeling, entertained by ones Anfoon ¢ Pah aan

follow,

»| two days in the hope that an un-
‘derstanding may be reached be-
(veen the man and his wife.

Pianos correctly tuned. $6.00,
G.C, Walker, Phone Blue 389. tf

 

— L-dysm.th Coal. The best. Prince
B. ©. Undertakers. Phone 41. Fupert Coal Company, Phone 16,