/ s oe: , ? Dri wa ITA RI . ome Phone fb and 39 7 , ae We Never Sleep ' PRINCE RUPERT AUTO ‘ PRINCE RUPERT 707 Second Avenus yj a | Northern and Central British Columbia’s, Newspaper siingiaaa Re ore se oe PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 17, ee choice FIVE cuNTS NO 8 b-Mullen Drydo 8 ck Case Ends — Erb to Buy ‘of John L. | EVAULEAC ge and Jury Kept Waiting in Court Rupert Litigants Arrang nd Advice of Judge To Get Rid of Strife Would Either Sell or Buy, b Buy; Other Contracts to Follow Those in Hand 1) to the Daily News via Government Telegraphs. pecial } e Differences Without T ut finally Decides to; A NCOUVER, April 8.—A settlement is believed to have been | xj out of court in the Prince Rupert Drydock case. It is | sement has been signed although it may be signed today. b of Mullen for the dismissal of the action on technical is were unsuccessful. doe Gregory and the jury waited all day yesterday for the st come together after granting an adjournment to permit onference regarding a settlement. At 4:30 p.m., the hour court’s adjournment, counsel for the defense teft the jury ence, aid Judge Gregory announced that unless a settie- was signed, the trial. would go on without fail at 11 o’clock orning. Announced Trial Off. nt conference continued until late last right after which stated confidentially that the trial was off. The agreement obably be signed this morning. . Justice Gregory, while mildly reproving counsel for keep- t jury waiting so long, commented at half past four that aday well spent if a settlement resulted. “I shouid like yto them that while it may not be the best thing for the the litigants will do wellto settle the thihg up unless question of principle or the honor of some man is at stake,” isLordship. “Get rid of this strife and devote your energies work. You will all make more money in the long run.” Lawyers Conferred. phn L. Mullen, Alex. Manson, M. L. A., and William E. Wii- of Prince Rupert conferred all day with their solicitors, ) Mayers & Smith, upon the proposition made by Erb, which al he would either buy or sell at stated figures. It was the nition to sell everything to Erb that was finally agreed to, wing to Mr, Walkem, s understood that Newman Erb has plans for the utilization 'drydock shipyards in future contracts of great magnitude. \CESTTANKER WAR VETERANS’ NOW INPORT NEW OFFICERS Seen Standard Oil President, Vice-President and re with Fuel. Secretary Re-elected; Motion Regarding Two Posi- yesterday | tions Lost. scharging 68,-} = Of oil at the Imperial | “here, This j ie Nt na Vahdard Oi] din po and is tanker Dil l, a IVE A lange attendance of members ‘ the largest turned out last night at the semi to this porS annual general meeting of the a * a new vessel Great War Veterans’ Association long, and is 438 at which the most important Dilworth is tas dete business was the election of of- Badger, fon ommend o!i\ticers for the coming half-year. &, He oe of the |The following were the oflicers “way dodging elected. during the war, OlOre, She Fran il Say Was Har Nes | Honouary President, Col. C. W. |Peck, V.C., M. P.; Honorary Vice |President, Capt. J. MacGregor, V. (G.; President (acclamation) J. H. ‘Kelly; ist Vice-Pres., Dr. N. Me Neil; 2nd Vice-Pres., J. W. Nieh ,Olls; Sec.-Treas. (acclamation) D. |S. Cameron; Executive Committee, ik TROOPS ME ADVANCING el via gp ‘ ; a ; ; , DPN ‘P. Pelegrapns, ) A. J. Galland, W. G. Dennis, Ji) isi a dry kiln and a new planing m,! 8, April 9 ; : f : Back Wages—Decision Sal agit a en i—Greek troops | Cangill, L. G' B, Davis, N. Breen.) Not aicoiaka. COSTLY EXPEDITION jat the Seal Cove mill. A large Mili 10rized by the Su |Two to be elected by the Execu-| ‘figure for April is predicted which ee ay Coune 3 a PETE: 8 * 10 advance in ve be of the Hve. | Argument was heard in the Case [pip of Soldiers to SiPeria Made ~~ inelege ie “oxvon? oes pation of an oe Minor in \ motion to prohibit a fully | of Harry Plaster et al ys. the Rort | At Expense of Nearly iteo a sc § ; Slaphia Kemal] poe attack paid officer of the Great War Vet Clements Box and Lumber Co.,| Three Millions. " wv, Med a gt ley have erans’ A iati ' ‘Actes itd Bite dam let I ber Co, and the} —————— lategin ans’ Association from accepting | Massett Inlet Lum : , . sector thoy non fast a paid office in any other organi- | Kdmonton Lumber Exchange for) ore os a-ha stat) QUEEN 6 PRIZE WON ” Smyrna ace ‘ave held zation was put up, but it was de-| wages this morning. Judgment | cost of the mi itary expedition to) . ee ma in one to a feated. Despite this the secre-|has been reserved and it is prob: | Siberia was $2,823,900. This was} LONDON, April 7—The Queen's ———_Srer Kthnos, tery cided | able sitten judgment will be|the information given to vo thal i ary, D, 8. Cameron, has decide diable a written J Ae? in that t! li use vesterday by Hon. A. L.| wen by Bridgewater, 6 to 1; Sky- On the to sever further connection with|made, It appears certain that t) | House y y by ( : a Sally 3 ; i rj j tas t |Sifton. "The number of officers ;rocket, 10 to 8, second; Jupiter, Q aie, ows. the Central Labor Council, of| workmen will get a lien, but as \§ 5 a ir a Pei psc mer : UNO akong e \Which he is now the general sec: | what quantities of lumber they and men sent from Canada was | 7 o 4, im , rane A retary, | will obtain is a point in question. | 4,244, jin the event, jally stated that Erb is buying out the Mullen interests, but ' F: sierday two separate attempts made by E. ©. Mayers on | where the defendants and their solicitors were in close ‘” ‘Mr. and Mrs. A. Akenberg, Mr. and "MILITARY CONSPIRACY Interests Mullen and Others Room while Prin em == L. SMITH, Who goes to California after session to oversee the production 1 movie play she has whritten. M. A., MKS. ; the RALPH MILLION FOR RAILWAY CO. . Alberta Government Bill to Aid Dunvegan and B. C. Line to Peace River. (Special via G.T.P. Telrgrapfts.) EDMONTON, April 8.—-Premier Stewart launched in the Legisla- ture yesterday a relief bill to provide $1,000,000 for aid to the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway. The money would be expended only upon the province coming into full operat ing control of the line but it was not proposed to displace the in- terests of the present owners, J. D. McArthur and associates RECEPTION AT HOME OF MR. AND MRS. FRED WERMIG LAST NIGHT Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wermig en- tertained Jast night at a post- nuptial dinner reception in thei home on Hays Cove Cirele. The tables were decorated tastefully and the dinner was looked afier by Mrs. Corrall, whose reputation as a caterer is weil known. Among at the festive board were those Mrs. Iverson, Mr. and Mrs. J. N Sinclair, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wesch, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Johnson, Mr, and Mrs. K. A. Reod, Messrs. H. Capstick, J. Kern, A. Ohnesarg, P. Solem, R. Lawseth and Pau! Alva zol. Besides gifts received from the guests, wedding presents were ‘also received from Mr. and Mrs. L. M. de Gex, Mrs. U. N. Tyre, Sidney Wermig of Winnipeg, Mr ‘and Mrs. Wm. Smith and Mrs. David Annand. WILL GET LIEN | Workmen May Take Lumber for ONE LIBERAL \No Government Supporter Elected Yesterday in By-elections for Dominion Commons. Big fe. rig et" Ferg Soe eg (Special via &. T. P. Telegraphe.: OTTAWA, April 8.—A farmer, land a Liberal were returned in jthe by-elections held yesterday. In Montreal Ferdinand Rinfret, the official Liberal candidate, was ‘ ; 1 -chosen by the electors of the St. James division by a majority of 1,400 over ..phetus Mathieu, the labor candidate. Word has been received from Cobalt, Ontario, that Angus Mac- donald, the United Farmer can- didate, is leading by 1,200 ma- jority. The small polls yet to come are likely to follow the pro- cession and inerease the majority. Major Pullen, the Independent Conservative, ran second, and A. G. Slaght, Liberal. third. DRYDOCK CASE STAGE IS SET Little Done Yesterday Except to Meet and Adjourn for Pos- sible Settlement. CREGORY TRIAL JUDGE WITH JURY OF EIGHT VANCOUVER, April 8:—8 a. im.> The curtain is up, and the stage all set for the drydock case to- day. nesses were in court rhe atmosphere was tense with excitement and a bitter contest is assured. The counsel for Erb were E. P. Davis, K.C., and Knox Walkem: for Erb were 8S. 8. Tay- lor, K.C., and E, C. Mayers. Mr. Justice Gregory is trying the’ action with a jury of eight. As a preliminary move E. © Mayers applied early yesterday t Judge Morrison for dismissal of the case in view of the plaintiff's neglect to comply with the order ) to put up $2,500 security for costs | within the stipulated time. The judge referred the point to the trial judge. Before the jury was swom in vesterday an adjournment was taken at 2:30 to see if some settle- ment were not possible. The procedure in the selection of the jury is for the sheriff to summon 42 men, the two parties then to weed them down to 16. This panel appears in court and each side is entitled to challenge four, bringing the number down ‘to eight. IN BAVARIA PLANNED |Would Have Placed Gen. Luden- dorff and Dr. Heim at Head of Affairs. BERLIN, April 8.—A __ great military conspiracy which was to have been a Bavarian parallel to the recent Berlin revolution has been discovered in Munich. Part of the plan was that General iLudendorff be made dictator over Bavaria and Dr, Heim, of the Bavarian Spartanicist party, eco- nomic dictator. Erb and Mullen with an im- |} posing anray of lawyers and wit-! yesterday. | === CITIES OF GERMANY ARE ARMER’ QCCUPIED BY | j Premier Lloyd’ Georg LONDON, April 8.—Premier will meet today, of the Rhine by the French. the Matin. BERLIN, April 8.—The first zens took the executives of the fired on a mob in Frankfort yes FRENCH ARMY e aud Cabinet Meet Today to Discuss Question; French Moroccans Fire on Mob (Special to The News via G T. P. Telegraphs.) Lloyd George and his cabinet presumably to determine the attitude Great 3ritain will take relative to the occupation of German cities east BERLIN, April 8.—Despatches from Frankfort reaching Berlin through indirect channels report the uninterrupted arrival of French troops in that city and at Hanau, Offenbach, Darmstadt, and Koenigstein. A completely equipped French division of war strength proportions has been assigned to Frankfort alone. PARIS, April 8.—German regular troops have bombarded Duessdorf with gas shells, according to a Mayence despatch to fighting took place in the town hall square at Bochun, when the Reichswehr approached. Citi- red guards prisoners. LONDON, April 8.——From six to ten German civilians were killed and about 35 wounded, when the French Moroccan. troops terday, according to despatches SEATTLE FIRE {Two Killed From Leaping From here today. | Fifth Floor of Bullding. | MANY LOST IN (Special via G.T.P. Telegrapbs.) | SEATTLE, April 8.—City fire- 'men and the police are searching the ruins of the Lincoln Hotel for bodies of the persons who, it is ‘feared, lost their lives when the hotel was destroyed by fire yes- terday. Four dead were identi- fied and a number reported miss- ing. Twelve people were known to have been in the building an: have not reported. The loss to property is esti- mated at between $400,000 and 400,000. The known dead are Fred R. Hamilton, 72, of Berkeley, Cal., president of the Puss in Boots: confectionery concern, killed by leaping from the fifth floor; Miss Grace Hamilton, 20, daughter of, Fred Hamilton, killed by jumping | from the fifth floor; Charles F.; Lacasse, 40, fireman, crushed by | a falling chimney, and Miss Blanche Crowe, 22, resident em- ployee. The body was found in) the ruins. | BUILDING PERMITS STILL ON INCREASE Total of $26,458 is Recorded at Building Inspector’s Office in March. | The figures for building in the ‘city during the month of March given out by the city building in- spector this morning show a healthy increase, the total being $26,458, compared with $6,300 for the same month last The figures for this March are divided into $2,558 for soldiers’ housing, $413,900 general build ing in the city and $10,000 out- side. The outside figures are 'made up mainly of the erection of IN if 66 ” Aa fos at Kempton Park has been | Willow Tree year.) BOLSHEVISM _ DYING SAYS TOM MOORE Free Speech is Killing Unsound Doctrine Deciares Labor Leader. (Specia) via GTP. Velegraphs.; OTTAWA, April 8.—*‘Bolshe- vism is slowly but sunely dying in England,” ~ states Tom Moore, president of the Trade’ and Labor Congress, who returned from England last night. ‘Free speech is killing it. The old country labor man is learming the un- soundness of the doctrine, not from those who seek to discredit the movement, but from the radi- cals themselves,"’ added Moore. IRISH RAIDS COSTLY AFFAIRS Two Million Dollars to be Pald By Ratepayers—Syste- matic Pian. — (Special via UG. T. P. Telegraphs,) DUBLIN, Apri] 8.—It is official- ly stated that the quarters destroyed during the re- cent raids in Ireland number 220. From claims already made for compensation, it is estimated that the ratepayers will have to meet a bill exceeding $2,000,000. LONDON, April 8.—The Daily Graphic’s Dublin correspondent learns that the buildings destroy- ed were not chosen haphazard but in accordance with a plan for- mulated two or three months ago when Sinw Feiners discovered that they were intended for military ‘occupation on the blockhouse sys- {tem adopted in South Africa dur- ling the Boer War. They were | loopholed for rifles and machine guns and fortified with sand bags. - —=—S Tonight Only WESTHOLME THEATRE Viola Dana ote saan. It is the picturization of the famous Broadway Stage Play i “HIS DIVING BEAUTY” Arbuckle Comedy f police head - 4 i See The & 5 % = Tat eo . ox as - 78s 2 oF: hs 2 —=. ak se =. = = . ese - i |g z ; *. _E a” = & ~ * oct Sete t i % 1s di. gem ; & a el 4 ~* +t 4. hs ae { ; ‘* i my iy 1 ¥ wen . s + oe: oer SM a oe ig 8p ts BP 7 | ~~