_ Ul s) ) | Legiatative Library qindé and mg gon Ltd tf a perience) agent Br MAGUIRE } coND AVE. u. °° Bi. sa f Engineer Cochrane had Narrow Escape when Collision 7 ’ | } r y ( ’ ; : The Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper a — ~ PRINCE —— ———— .{ Condition of Steamer Prince John Now in Port Occurred; Delay in Salvage would have meant Loss of Vessel fted drunk alter @ a beso to the harbor last nt ane side king, and with @ decider : re vessel d } the salvage hed 10 gnd like @ drunkard, np, sire making & triu wlitord” Bay to well despite her seve mphant entr as the Bio {, where she tied oad what cargo remains, {ne objective of curious and many people went » take a look at the boat. 9 feet from the stern on board side and directly the wireless cabin, is the nt that the Albert tore yesse! when they collided. been patched up by the ihe wrecking steamer with and lumber so that she seaworthy. Coated with Oil. bh is coated with a thick gi right up to the hurri- i showing that the only fhe vessel that had not was the cabin on the here the pilot house WI gieers quarters are lo- Te furnishings and fite fe passenger quarters pof oil and salt water. », with the exception # lumber, has been ruined. Ten thou- worth of sugar on Minto syrup and was a Lumber floated out MENT ESS BY BBASSADOR C. Geddes Sails After Out Bouquet to kwsPapers. 40.7. P. Telegraphs, ) WL, April 42,— Sir Mleddes, sailed for the WO take up the "pose Ainbassador. In a the press, Sir Auk- H his appreciation of f which the British bhelped him since hig t & Sir Aukland said, lhe most important, i host important, en- HY mutual respect and ms between British can be and developed, and relations can be ftom mi eal people sconception, Bm sOck USE FRAUD ~ -—— woposedy Lost Him. Passchendaele is ONVict Y > of- ‘ank Hall,” kK soldier, Mit D0 hospital hepe In peteland last week, ahem €X-convict, ; ay lo England in V0us Lo that time 4» Victions Against iy One at Jy Yer. yal ba Ave Out was ae ring about Mr, 4schendaele Report 8 of Bi, Uated through "lo S6Vera) a ee ny separ: ’ Phone ‘4 long debauch, the steamer Prince evening, dirty, evil smelling and 1 list to port. While delapidated Algerine, she came under her own was still able to make a noise, for | »% .) shrilled out as clear and long as if she had/* y. Eleven hours it took to cross ment is a solid cake. Furniture, which comprised part of her cargo, has also been badly dam- aged. No. 1 shed was pnapared to receive all the salvaged cargo and after discharging it the ves- sel is going on the dry dock for sarvey and estimate as to damage. Close Cali. The crew from Captain Moore- house down were a dirty and weary looking lot when they arr rived, all with strange tales to tell of their experiences. Many | of them lost their belongings, | and, while standing by with the! vessel, had to camp on shore. | Probably the narrowest escape of} all was that of Chief Engineer | David Cochrane. At the time of! the impact he was sleeping in his | bunk on the starboard side. The first notice he had was when his feet and legs were shoved aside | as the bows of the Albert pierced | directly into his room, He was} thrown out of his berth and by} the time he stood up, there was | three feet of water in the room, | Davie as he wmubs his’ skinned ankles, cheerfully says he’s lucky} to be alive for he thought his time had come. The cool presence of mind of! Captain Roberson is even more| emphatically drawn attention to by the crew of the John. There! is no doubt that had he not shov- | ed the steamer ashore after she! was impaled she would have sunk | like a rock and taken every one! on board with her into 300 feet) of water. | Narrow Escape. i Captain Hewison of the Salvage | steamer Algerine, telling of the | rk at Hydah Point, said that} they arrived there on Easter Mon- auy and immediately set to work. Divers were sent down anda wooden patch was bolted on the big hole under water, all the work | being done by the divers. Had the salvage work not been prompt, there might have been no vessel to save, for on the day after raising her, the Algerine re- turned. to the spot to pick up a cage and while doing so a flerce} gale sprang up, the boat that they had lowered was swamped and it became necessary to leave the cage behind, Had ‘the Prince Jobin been there at that time, Capt. Capt. Hewison says he thinks she would have broken up. Cut Scow Loose. Crossing from Aliford Bay, the Algerine and John were lashed together, both steaming. They towed a scow on which were three of the Prince John’s boats. The weather becoming rough, when crossing the straits, it became necessary to set their tow adrift and this. morning the Algerine went out to try to recover it. Capt. Nicholson, who was over with the party, said he thought about flve plates of the damaged steamer would have to be re Placed, but it was impossible to tell exactly until she was docked, A surwey would be made and ten- ders called for the repair work. Captain Moorehouse naturally had little to say in connection with the event except that it was a blinding snowstorm when the collision occurred, The repair work on the wrecked vessel is a big job for the whole Ship has to be renovated in addi- tion to the replacing of the dam- aged plates. | * of the open hatches and the ce- a - ———— RATER ER HS RUPERT fk Ay ty E 2 Voge OF! i! ae, oo he See Phone 7§ an& 35 bi Ys We Never Sleep PRINCE RUPERT AUTO j 707 Second Avenue §f M. H. LARGE PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1920, WILL EXAMINE WRECKED BOAT Ship Repairers when Ex. aminers Arrive Tomorrow The Prince John moves into the local dry dock this afternoon af- * miter the discharge of her water GERMANS MUST *) Soaked cargo into No. 1 shed, * * SELL SECURITIES * BERLIN, April 413.— Panic reigned on the stock |* exchange here in conse- Prince Rupert harbor and her engines | * quence of the coming into ral days under water. word got around that the vessel had made * * pulsory transfer of foreign securities held in many. Ger- % * * © * * effect of an order for com- * * * + * * CRRA eR Oe eH MANY STRIKERS BACK TO WORK Freight and Passenger Trains are Stopped Through Lack of Supplies in Some Districts. } | | | CENTRE OF MOVEMENT | SHIFTS TO THE EAST) (Special by G.T.P. Teregrapns.) |No. 2 shed brick, which is being used as a salvage | depot. There a survey of the ‘damage done in the recent col- jlision will be made and represen- tatives of all the ship repair yards on the coast will examine her and prepare estimates as to the cost of repairs, with a view to tender- ing on the work. The most of the representatives of the southern yards will be here on the Prince Rupert tomorrow morning. Innes H. Hopkins, pres- ident of the B. C. Marine Depot, Vancouver, is already here. Mr, Hardy and Mm. Cameron, of Yar- rows, will arrive tomorrow as well as_representatives from the Vic- toria Machinery Depot, Wallace’s Shipyards and Coughlans of Van- couver. The Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Engineering Co. will also tender on the work. The unloading of the damaged cargo at No. 1 shed this morning was a picturesque sight. From | iron and cement} was issuing forth, the former be- | ing little damaged. Furniture, | CHICAGO, April 13.—While the unauthorized strike of railroad employees, which started in Chi- cago two weeks ago with the walk out of 700 switchmen on the Chi- cago, Midland & St. Paul Railway, today appeared gradually to be waning in the middle west and far east, the situation in the ter- |" 88g ritory east of Cleveland took on! SAILING DATES a more serious aspect. The centre of development in} the walkout of insurgents had! definitely shifted to the east where | additions to the ranks of rebel! railroad workers had caused seri- | ous stoppage of freight and pas-' sengel; trains and the closing of several industries dependent on the railroad for supplies. The situation in Chicago yes- terday showed a marked improve- ment. Reports from other large railroad centres in the middle west indicated that the crisis of the strike was past and that the strikers were returning to work | in considerable numbers. 8. C.. Undertakers. Phone 41. Up Fish at No Shipments are Taken On account of the Chicago Rupert fish market as well as ot the express companies are refusing shipment for the eastern Advice to this effect was received at the local fish ex- change this morning in the following wire from the headquarters of the Canadian Express Company at Winnipeg to the local agent, market. A. D. Gillies: “Until otherwise ad offices in Canada to all destinat be refused.” This makes the situation in is practically no market in Can- ada for the fish and shipments are largely made to the United States, the emost of the catch landed here being American fish in bond. Fish now on its way east will probably be held up in delivery, and, at best, have difl- culty reaching its destination. As yet little,advice has been re- ceived by the waterfront com- panies as to the procedure to be taken. The fish now brought in, it is probable, will have to be put in cold storage and the big prices prevailing the last few days will, naturally, drop. As long as the strike was confined to its original point, Chicago, the situation did not appear so serious but how that it has become more wide- spread complete paralyzing of the market is threatened. It is un- derstood that fnesh fish shipments from Seattle for eastern points are also being refused. n States Ties jured. canned fruit, mattresses, springs, | fresh fruit, spices, soap, grain | and various other commodities | were unloaded all practically | ruined by the effects of the ten | days in salt water. As one spec- tator remarked “I, will be little | @tter than a five per cent sal-!} ~ SOF G.T.P, STEAMSHIPS The 8.8. “Prince Rupert” will | "FOR REPAIRS Prince Rupert will be a Hive or| Former Constable Sn aan resect That Simon V. last February for offering to sell — PRICE FIVE CENTS Conviction of Duff ‘Has Been Reversed of this City is Now Out on Bail Awaiting Trial on Theft Charges in Connection with Liquor Duff, ex-constable, who. was committed to serve nine months at Okalla Prison Farm by Magistrate McMordie and exposing for sale intoxicating liquor, had been dismissed from this charge was the word re- ceived from the south in a telegram to L. W. Patmore this morn- ing. last been able to secure acquittal for the prisoner. Duff still awaits trial on the theft charge and is out on $1,000 of his own bail and two sureties of $500 each. The theft charge will be heard at the next Supreme Court assizes, prob- ably to be held in June. Information is also received that, contrary to the report pub- lished in Vancouver some time ago, Daniel Leachy has not been acquitted but is still serving time. His son Richard, having pleaded guilty, is also still serving at Okalla. Bessie Riley, however, is free. aE IRISH STRIKE BEGAN TODAY Workers of Emerald Isle Called Out In Sympathy With so Called Political Prisoners. HUNGER STRIKE OF MEN WRO ARE IN JAIL | ‘Special via G.T.P [elegrapns.) LONDON, April 13—The gen-! Stuart Henderson, K. C., of Victoria, has been working on the grounds of insufficient evidence for some time and has at ey LORD FRENCH IS SUMMONED — AS WITNESS Calied to Give Evidence Regarding the Death of Late Lord Mayor of Cork. (Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs. » CORK, April 13—The inquest into the murder of Lord Mayor MacCurtain, which began a fort- night ago, but was adjourned over the Easter holidays, resumed, but again adjourned. ‘ Summonses calling fro the at- tendance of Field Marshal Vis. count French and Sir John Taylor, under-secretary to the Lord Lieu- tenant, were issued. The sum- monses are returnable next Sat- urday. They were issued follow- ing the presentation by the jury of a nesolution saying: “Seeing that Dublin Castle authorities are said to be aware of the identity of murderers and the move in- spiring the crime, we desire the eave Prince Rupert on Wednes-|°'4! strike called at Dublin as ajattendance of the Lord Lieutenant day midnight form Anyox Stewart and returning will sail | from Prince Rupert for all points | south at 8 o'clock Friday morn- | ing. Local passengers will board steamer Friday morning. The 8.8. “Prince Albert” will sail for Masset, Port Clements and Buckley Bay on Thursday morning. 88 enliiicliliehaesi ta cia, Miss Jean Grieve will dance a| Scarf Dance between acts of “Captain Rackett.” This Port; switchmen’s strike the Prince her Pacific ports is tied up and| vised all express traffic from all ions in the United States must Prince Rupert serious as there DUMP EXPLOSIONS — MAKING TROUBLE Rescuers Able to Approach Only In Armored Cars—Seven Are Killed. LONDON, April 12.—Two hun- dred persons injured in explosions in a munition dump at Rotenstein near Koenigsberg, East Prussia, yesterday, have been rescued, The explosions are continuing and the rescuers are able to approach the scene only in armored cars. Wt is reported that seven have been killed, PARIS, April 13.—The latest reports on the explosion of the munitions dump at Rosenate in Rast Prussia, state that 300 were killed and several hundred in- ‘ ed to be printed. prisoners, whp are, on a hunger strige, began this | morning. The attorney-general for Ire- | land, in reply to a question in the! Rouse of Commons, said that ac- | cording to the latest information the strikers in Mountjoy prison | at Dublin were all weak, some nearing the danger zone. The attorney-general added that they had all been forewarned of the consequences of their conduct. DUBLIN, April 43.—Officials of the Irish Trades Union Congress and Labor Party today issued a call to the workers of Ireland for a general strike throughout the country as a protest against the treatment of political prisoners. On motion of Ald. Dybhavn, seconded by Ald, Kerr, the audi- torn’s report on city financial af- fairs for 1919 was last night adopted by the council and order- GEORGE BELL Member of the Legislature for Victoria City, a strong prohibi- tionist. and protest against the imprisonment and Sir John Taylor, under secre- |of political tary. ‘ The resolution refers to an in- terview published in a London newspaper late in March, attrib- uting to Viscount French a state- ment that a Sinn Feiner murdered MacCurtain. CANADA CUT WIDE SWATH IN COMMERCE That is Alm of Manager of Mere chant Marine of This Oountry. (Specia) via G.T.P. J ~legraphs VANCOUVER, April 13.—“It is our aim to have vessels of the Canadian Merchant Marine plying to every port of the globe,” was the statement of R. B. Tele, man- ager of the Canadian Government Merchant. Manine, who is here on a tour of inspection. “Now routes are being planned for these ves- sels as the fleet is growing and ‘anadians should be proud of the ig step taken by the government to have Canada cut a wide swath in the trade and commerce of the world,” he said. WILDE BEATS ZULU (Special via G, T. P, Telexraphs.) WINDSOR, Ont., April 413.— Jimmy Wilde defeated the Zulu Kid in ten rounds here last night. It was the Britisher’s fight all the way through. ae - ——s Tonight Only ue WESTHOLME THEATRE ~NAZIMOVA “Out of the Fog” Mack Sennett Comed “The Dentist” ” British Canadian Gazette Prices - «© +.» « te on rmanenseneee a es Ts § a we FO ee —: ee ae a ee ee — = ae