PRINCE RUPERT
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ie question OF @™

, before the
yy up
ESOLULLO

; moved by J

wis
wWhere is,
kiderable agi .

the devel lopment

ther

| works
of the st
eo and is encouraged
cial department of

e provin

es, and
eas, the need and foani+1
f establishing the
on this COa
{ by competent authorities,
forts pu forth in
ommendable,
angible takes
: into con-
¢ the clain of all
of the provi should cer-

sec

the
in appear to
t of limonite
| G. KE, Rail-
j | the Provincial

department
‘ial report, and
red a examination by
Dominior department of
sand in their eagerness to
ce their own interests and
the P. G, EB, rail-

‘ilies have en-

fforts of

ected to a dept

prepared a 3]

interests of
outhe

gored the resources and
ities of other parts of the
eat least of which

much more in
deposits and es

an ole

way of iron

tials towards the establish-

tof the steel industry than

weation and deposit which
be the hobby.
Copper River Iron.

leeas, in the Copper River

tcontiguous to Prince Ru-

uv Copper City, 90 miles

found e largest quan-

nonite iron ore yet

nee, and in

inusually ex-

Ble fleld of excellent coking

i ; Water powers

Pall the necessary fluxes

bund,

as well as the coal

Hias been favorably reported

Wy several abhi engineers, in

Ming Mr. J D. McKenzie of the

logical Survey of
bis report of 1915 has esti-
Hed the available tonnage of
iron ore proven by syste-
lt drilling, at 562.500 tons,
“itinued on Page Two)

IN WORK ON
THE UNIVERSITY

a Government to Borrow
& Three Million Dollars
For Purpose.

Canada, who

ca Anis

hihent will make
a loan of $8,-

1 ne
Nincial Gove;

MWigements to,

0.000 for

uthern part of

this |
yet.

, fron and Steel
Works for District

-d of Trade Passes Resolution re-
«ding Copper River Development
, Recommendation of Mining
Committee

 

» jron and steel works for this district was
Board of Trade at its meeting last evening
fained in a report of the mining committee
B. Roerig was unanimously passed.

has been for some time past,
tation on foot in the southern part of the province
of the iron resources and establishment of
This agitation seems to be kept up by the Boards |

steel in-!
t seems to be

‘a whole,

PR INCE RU PE RT, B.

C., WI DNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920.

. FRENCH BOXING CHAMPION AND HIs BRIDE

 

 

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The resolu-

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‘Winnipeg Trades and Labor
Council Withdraws from

O.B.U. Defense Committee

 

(special to The News via UT. P. Telegraphs.)
WINNIPEG, April '7.—Expressing its conviction
support of the convicted strike leaders is a matter

that the
for labor as
Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council last night unani-

mously decided to sever connection with the defence committee.

6.—The

which is largely an O. B. U. organization,
of the Trades and Labor Congress

and invite the executive
of Canada to come to Winnipeg
to consider and decide upon a policy to be pursued. The council

therefore, riot be
the committee

Credit was given by some of

will, officially represented at the:
Sunday morning.

the speakers for the work which

convention

which defence has called for

the defence committee has done, it being stated that a Tund of
about $57,000 had been raised, but it was emphatically stated
that the internationals were the only organizations that eould

hope to get anything like satisfaction and that it was up to other
labor organizations to line up with them and make labor present
a united front when the issues at stake were so very important.

AVIATORS WHO SEAL COVE BIG
ARE IN RUSSIA LUMBER MILL

REOPENS TODAY

 

F. W. Medien Twice Recom-
mended for Victoria Cross;
Collishaw to Organize

 

india. Loge hetied Lae! Last Wight and
- Cutting Commences under
(Special via G.T. P. Telegraphs Management of
LONDON, April 7.—Murton, the Owners.
noted Toronto lacrosse player, —_—-~
who went to south Russia last The big mill at Seal Cove re-
June with Golonel Raymond Colli- opened today under the manage
shaw and W. L. Hay of Winni-'inena of the ownens, the Prince
peg, ave both in London. Murton Rupert Lumber Co., after being

brings good news of others who operated for a year by the Prince

went with Collishaw, notably F. Rupert Spruce Mills. The latter
W. Anderson, who has been twice concern finished up a week ago.
recommended for the Victoria The -opganization throughout
Cross and has received the D.8. is being retained with E, F, Duby,
O.; Herbert Broughall, of To- the designer and builder of the
nonto; L. L. Lindsay, of Calgary; mill, as manager.
Harold Edwards, of Nova Scotia, Last night a raft of big logs
and Bill Aten, of Toronto. arrived here from Georgetown,
Burton last heard of Collishaw they having been purchased from

somewhere in the Crimea. The the Georgetown Spruce and Cedar

squadron split soon after leaving Co., Ltd. The logs are large ones

England, that the Georgetown mill was
Collishaw stands for organizing unable to handle, .

a@ squadron for northwest India Supply of Logs.

 

 

as soon as he returns te England.: The camp operated by the
— Prince Rupert Lumber Co. at

Shannon Bay on Masset Iniet is

NEW MANAGER HERE putting logs into the water and
FOR LOCAL FIRM the first Davis raft is due to ar

rive here on or about April 19

‘The entire log supply for the

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lipsett at- year amounting to from twenty
rived from Vancouver on the jo twenty-five million feet should

Prince Rupert this morning lO pe in stonage at Silver Greek by

ting Ben pu pose of com- Make their; residence in this city. the end of September.
Mily of Britis ork on the Uni-|Mr. Lipsett will take over the The tug Lorne has been cha:
PMinent loeat sh Columbia in a management of the local branch tered by the lumber compan) for
tOrding 4, ‘Oh at Point Grey, of Lipsett, Cunningham & Co., the exclusive purpose of towing
Dr, Mo lat ‘imouncement by formerly held by his younger these logs across Hecate Straits
tion, » MMster of edu-|brother Harry, who is now taking and will commence the work im
ja wouday in the south. Mr. and yediately,
TT a ence |Mns, Lipsett will make their resi-} New Machinery.
1.0.0.F dence on Fourth Avenue West. | The new gang saw for the

      
 
   
 

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year and is returming in a couple jCalts vs.
Phone 41, of weeks.

Mr. and Mrs, Lipsett were mary

 

Ht ellows |ried in Vancouver last Saturday, jnstallation will commence at
Mall Rebekah a their Wives|the bride being Miss Dorothy once, The planing mill is‘on the
\ sent at a a dene to | Cowperthwaite. way and the work of erecting dry
Thursday Night ar Fellows’ caldaieensiatahilarinitadesntendamentattnneeas kiln and planing mill structures |
! - Rall,“ Any triend ie - CON JONES FAILS is proceeding.
10 he S of the ret ee aaa ae PRA ARS
7 cue rg en overlooked LONDON, April 6.—CGon Jones} _ pp, MoGiaanr aerivedl from Ter

unable te in’! ace last night.

 

Leafs vs. Bluebirds, and
All-Stars, basketball at
8 p.m. 82

to make the tour of ®anada this Maple I

lnink Wednesday,

 

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‘VW ANAN AN AS ASB SOAS ASE: SOOO

mill has arrived and the work of|

 

 

 

SUBDEN DEATH
OF OLD TIMER

Robert ©. Jennings Died Last
Night in His Cabin on
Ambrose Avenue.

suddenly
o'clock of

The death occurred
last evening about 6
Robert O. Jennings, a well known
and highly respeeted old timer of

this city and district. It is he-
lieved that his demise was the
result of heart failure. The news

of the
the
neers
nings.

Warden
Police
cover

death came as a shock to
whole city as almost all pio-
in the place knew Mr. Jen-

Bailey, of the City
Force, was the first to dis
the death. Mr. Jennings’
cabin on Ambrose Avetrue 1s “ip-
cated close to his residence.
While he was sitting at dinner a

small girl came to the door tell-
ing that Mr. Jennings was lying
on the floor. Warden Bailey at
once went to investigate and
found Mn. Jennings dead and cold
with the supper cooking on the
stove. Dr. Cade was at once
called and pronounced life ex-
tinct.

Mr. Jennings was about sixty

native of
Coming

age and is a
the provinee of Ontario.
west many years ago he beeame
interested in mining in the
Kootenays. He came to Prince
Rupert about twelve years
and was road superintendent un-

years of

aso

til January, 1917. Since that
time he aequired a promising
mine at Amsbury which he de-
veloped on a small scale. At the

time
ed at the local dry dock.

A widow and two stepdaughters, |

Grace and Dorothy Tovey, sur-

vive him, They are now resident |
in San Francisco and have been |
communicated with. Pending
word being received from them, |
funeral arrangements are being |
efl over, Mr. Jennings was a

of the Masonie Order, al-
atiiliated with the local

nember
ugh not

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branches.

GEORGE LEVICK IS
BACK WITH BRIDE

‘Wedded Miss Ella Rubenack in
California Recently—Well
Known Couple.

Mrs.

 

 

George Levick
from the south this
after their wedding in
recently. The — bride
lived here is Miss
a niece of Miss A,
Board-

Mr. and
veturned
mornings
yenia
who formerly
Ella Rubenack,
Roehning of the Inlander
jing House.

Mr. Levick is one of Prince Ru-
pert's real old timers, having been
lhere ever since the early days.
lle is a member of the firm of
F. G, Dawson, Ltd., wholesale
lgrocers, The large circle of
ifriends of both bride and groom

are offering congratulations to-
Gan

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Mr. and Mrs, Levick will neside

in the Stork Apartments on 2nd
| Avenue,

| Lionel ,Holtby returned
| Vancouver this morning.

from

of his death he was employ- |

ithe Canadian Fish and Cold Stor-

 

“Inc

PRICE FIVE CENTS

EXCELLENT CONDITION
r GUY'S FINANCES

AM! Pubic Utilities Show Prefit Includixg
: Debt is Reduced

water Department;
and Sisking Furd Intact

 

 

The report of W. E. Hodges, the city auditor for the year 1919,
received at last night’s council meeting and ov motion of
Dybhavn, seconded by Alderman Wilson Murray, was
Jtabled for a week to give the council time to consider it. The
statement shows a satisfactory state of financial affairs in city
and the report of the operation of the public utilities
gratifying.
The general revenue shows a deficit of $19,382.26 but off-
setting this are the profits from the Utilities Daparinng A rnalling
26,860.71 which leaves a net a
sumplus of $7,478.45. Owing to
the heavy exchange rates prevail-

ing this net surplus was more FRENCH TRO OPS
than used up in paying exchange |
on the $80,000 remitted on the}

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city account to New York in April.
The profit from the light aie |
partment for 1919 was $17,442.50 |German Troops Aliso Movs For-
as against $7,524.28 for 1918. Ward and Reds are
The total business done in this Disarmed.
department was $66,776.00, as
against $49,776.00 in 1918 which
is an increase of 34.87 per cent.
The profit from the telephone
department in 1919 was $7,772.45
compared with. $883.85 in 1918.
The total business done for the
year Was $35,212, an increase of
34.43 per cent over the $26,194
of 1918.
The water department showed |
profit of $1,645.76 in 1919 as|

was

Alderman

 

matters

is considered especially

 

 

 

(Special via &. T. P. Telegrapne.)

METZ, April 7—French troops
on the right bank of the Rhine
are continuing their advance and
occupied Homburg, nine miles
north of Frankfurt this morning.

BERLIN, April 7.— Advance
troops of the Reichswhr and So-
cialist troops entered the suburbs
of Essen town last evening.

Long columns of the Red army

 

 

 

against a loss of $5,536.94 in|Ppassed through Elberfeld on

{918 due to unusual maintenance| Tuesday. Most of them surren-

done in 1919 totalled $16,926.85 Others marched into occupied

as against $14,132. 70 in the year eae oes where they were dis-

So’diers’ Loans.
Out of the $100,000 cuted TAKE MARKET

or soldiers’ building loans up to

has been granted. An advance of|

#75,000 cash was advanced by the}

covered by city debentures which City Council Authorized Transfer

were issued and are now with the) of Lease io Co-operative

The total debt of the city was Night.

reduced during 1919 by $32,269

the end of 1919. The city oflicials ping of the lease of the city mar-

again take pride in announcing ket fpom the present holder to

few in the province with its sink- tive Association was made at last

ng fund intact. night’s council meeting on motion
Alderman Perry. A. J. Pnud-
homme, who with D. Glennie, the
the council last night, also re-
quested that the clause win fhe

ITS FINDING <<. of $2,000 be deleted or disnegard-

expenses that year. The business dered their arms at Eiberfeld.
previous. “- Pensa by the British. ,
the end of 1919 a total of $57,500/ h
ON MAY FIRST
government but this has been!
government. } Association Last
leaving a debt of $1,609,222.90 al Authoriakion fie dhe transfer-
that this city is one of the very the Northern Interior Co-opera-
of Alderman Currie, seconded by
CONCILIATION present holder, appeared before
Market By-law calling for bonds

This was referred to the

“ arket Committee for report.
Mr. Prudhomme, who is the
Concluded [ts Sessions Yesterday manager of the association, an-
and Contending Parties Now nounced that the association
would be taking over the market
Consider Pane about May 1. He returned to
Telkwa by this morning’s train
and will be back in town next
Tuesday night. In the meantime

The Conciliation Board between

 

age ( , | ( :

ra 50. OE ae ee pe ee the appointment of a manager
y I as ee 0 ‘

Mhich ‘has wher ula will be made,

demands of the packers for an oe

increase of wages proportionate

JAPANESE WILL
WITHDRAW WHEN
CONDITIONS SAFE

with the eost of living and cloth-|
ing necessary to that line of work |
concluded its sessions yesterday |
and has made a unanimous report

for a settlement between the}
contending parties. Reernres
The men had asked for a raise ABpacial \viasG.:T.:P. MeRrRNne:
of 75c and the committee has| TOK!O, April 7.— Japanese

recommended that an increase of troops will be withdrawn from
be granted them, this in- Siberia after evacuation by Czechs
crease to be retroactive from when Japanese in Siberia are safe
February 4 with overtime in pro- jand when conditions in Siberia
portion. An additional bonus of 2° longer constitute a menace to
week is also recommended | Manchuria and Korea, it is of-

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for inside freezermen. It is now jficially announced.
up to the contending parties tO | s-semene a sete

 

epnsider the report and accept
or, reject it.

The Conciliation Board

Tonight Only

WESTHOLME

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sisted of Judge F. McB. Young THEATRE
(chairman), 8. P. MeMordie and, ©

George Rudderham, The chair-| Lila Lee
man of the Fishpackers' repre-|

sentatives was N. Booth and T. H ‘A Daushter of the Wolf’

Johnson and J. W. Nicholls ap- A -enssdliineatesnel tha means
peared for the Cold Storage Com- North West
pany. An official report is being Chester Outing

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