25
TAXI
Service
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
Stand
Royal
Hotel,
3rd
Ave.
and
flth
St.
MATT
VIDECK,
Prop.
VOL,
XVI.,
NO,
103.
low
or
noilmiK
that
would
(o
M'-ciu.-Hkmi
homU
of
lire
tiion'
than
to
have
Mich
a
II
lalhcrinv
a-,
the
Imperial
Iference
held
on
tin'
uliore
of
I'anfie
We
ans
tit
tlm
cro
Ms
of
the
hmpirc
and
pxamina-
if
i
lie
hum'
of
the
world
will
Iflriu
lliM
ITH
STOCKS
AND
WHEAT
TAKEADROP
Ambulance
,.H
YOMK.
May
3.
Numer
ti:V
IciolliiK
slock?
lnoko
three
;
I
on
points
on
Hie
stock
ex-
pnue
today.
Uommodity
mar-
were
aUu
weaker.
Acliv
at
feature
wan
the
Mimipint?
fllnee
cent.
k
INNI1'I:I.
May
.1.
Wheal
Imped
SVii
rents
on
the
posul
lly
of
i
ho
llrilUli
(ioveriiiiieiii
Itllmmix
a
form
of
Oovern-
liil
ronirol
in
the
purcliae
of
lipllet
if
(he
strike
ii
proloiiu
ERATING
DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT
SHIPS
iliXUVA,
May
Tim
opor
i
deficit
of
I
lie
Canadian
fcrnmenl
nlilps
during
1U-3
wed
heller
than
IU2,000
Iho
pievlous
year,
ncconl-lo
Ir
loday.
the
annual
fepoit
pub-ed
Vllliain
Ooldblooin
sailed
t$al
lay
nlglit
cm
Ihq
l'rineo
Clutr-
;for
Ahyox
tiiul
Alice
'Annon
llmi
.,.
REPUDIATION
ASKED
FROM
UNIONS
LOM'ON.
Ma
i.--
The
ai'liun
of
Hie
Labor
t"ongies.
in
i
tg
a
general
slnkc
and
oilier
overt
a.liou
involve
a
chal-
.'c
to
coiisiiiuiioiiui
right
ami
nit
irecuom
of
the
naiioii.
HARRY
HARTZ
NEW
RECORD
Makes
Average
Speed
of
135
Miles
an
Hour
for
300
Miles
at
Atlantic
City
ATLANTIC
CITY,
May
3.
Harry
Hartz
of
Pomona,
Cali
fornia,
expert
driver,
won
the
300
miles
auto
race
Saturday,
covering
the
distance
In
Z
hours
14
minutes
at
an
aver-ago
speed
of
13S
miles
an
hour.
Eighty
thousand
spectators
watched
the
big
race
In
which
Hartx
created
a
new
world
record
and
won
a
twelve
thousand
dollar
prlie.
BIG
LEAGUE
BASEBALL
SATURDAY
QAMES
American
League
Chicajto
!.
Cleveland
(5.
Ik'troit
II,
Si.
I.oul
2.
Uoslon
Philadelphia
I.
uWMiimtlnn
I,
New
York
.
National
League
SI.
Louis
8,
l-hlcaiKd
il.
h
Philadelphia
1,
Itrooklyn
2.
Newi
York
.
Imslon
5.
Cincinnati
l'illsbtirx
.1.
SUNDAY
GAMES
.
National
League
Pillslmrg
a,
Cinemiiait
1.
SI.
Louis
5,
Chicago
.
Philadelphia
7,
New
York
I.
Muslim.
1
1
Hrooklyn
American
League
c.
llie
government
in
a
MuU-mi'iit
issued
by
them
lhii
inning
"Tin
government
Ihereforc,
if
it
i
lit
continue
iic-i
i
ion.
must
require
Ironi
I
It
e
I
rndes
union
Congress
Loili
i
idaL
'II
of
tin'
a-lioiis
referred
lo
thai
have
already
taken
i
mid
immediate
iiui-omlilintial
withdrawal
r
the
iiislrtir-
KS
MEETING
CONFERENCE
ON
THIS
COAST
no
Urging
Desirability
of
.
Imperial
Gathering
ANCOl
VI
,
II.
May
J
in
"
Sntutilay
lo
prwiiler
Leone
King.
Mayor
Taylor
,
lion-
for
a
general
strike."
I
Any
hope
of
uvoidmg
a
gen-,
cral
strike
Dial-
humr
on
Sun-;
day's
negotiation
between
tii
!ovcriinii-nt
and
the
Trade
I'moii
Coiyire
nnill'd
at
om
o'clock
I
hi
morning
when
ft
waul
finally
aiiiioiiurnl
that
i
adon
had
broken
down.
'!'
oveninirti!
immediately
inr.l
""
n
statement
rcfutim?
lo
reHim-
r
Taylor
Wlret
Mackenzie
H,,..,.
initio
tlotiBrv
wtlhdrt-'V
other
overt
acl
which
the
Uov-critnirnt
descrilN'a
h
"chiilletit.-ihn
constitutional
riant
nud
III
In
ii
tele-IfnMMioiii
of
the
nation."
No
Excitement
t'ovcrunieiit
cnokeiinnii.
BrMni
luii
the
l4aiiadiaiitllliHiiiW
i.,
I.,u-.niiniifii
ni'es
m
i
lir
Imperial
into
lice
in
Miiiuon
in
inuooer
nv,
rurti
'
oiit"
Unit
the
next
icrenee
following
it.
whleh
bably
will
boHield
in
U'.'H.
Mi
llrili.-h
Coliiiidiio.
'here
iloej
Hot
fcem
lo
In
a
lie
olijer'ioii
lo
the
nioal."
'he
mayor,
in
an
interview,
ileh
cannot
he
overcome,
and
afternoon
ald:
"News
from
this
II..-
country
i
eminently
satisfactory.
There
is
iw
exeiU-lnetit
mid
everything
is
normal
Offer
of
services
are
pouring
'ii
rrom
all
over
tin-
rouulry.''
One
Jiou-anil
Iroops
wen
landed
at
Liverpool
today
ami
proceeded
lo
(lie
famous
Ainlree
rare
roiii-e
when
lliey
nr'
hc-
iug'hehl
in
readiness
lo
move
Ic
any
part
of
Lancashire
at
a
moment's
notice.
iii,ii...l.di)liia
X
Wasliiugton
4.
Chicago
H,
Cleveland
3.
DAILY
MAIL
SUPPRESSED
BY
PRINTERS
Objection
Taken
to
Editorial
Saying
Strlte
Could
Not
be
Tolerated
the
effects
of
the
strike
In
England
was
the
non-appearance
thle
morning
of
the
Dally
Mall,
owing
to
a
strike
of
printers,
who
took
exception
to
the
Mall's
proposed
editorial
on
the
strike
situation
under
the
caption
"For
King
and
Country."
The
editorial
declared
that
"a
general
strike
cannot
be
tolerated
by
any
civilized
government,"
.
N
HALIBUT
ARRIVALS
TODAY
NOT
HEAVY
Seven
Boats
Land
85,000
Pounds
and
Receive
Good
Prices-Some
Salmon
as
Well
Halibut
arrival
iln
iuoruiii"j
totalled
ttj.ono
pounds,
two
Aiiierienu
vessels
landinj;
57,000
pounds
ami
five
Canadians,
2$,-
0ni
pound.
Price.
for
American
fish
wore
ii.lv
and
lc
and
Ittc
and
to,
and
for
Canadian
from
lu.'Je
mid
Vc
to
.
li'.Kc
and
Uc.
Two
sainon
packers
also
sold
their
fares.
'Iho
arrivals
were
as
follows:
American
Panama,
2'.."0n,
to
tlm
Pacific
Fisheries.
Mildred
IL.
H,0ini,
lo
llnyal
Fish
t:o.
Canadian
Ingreil
It.,
(t.nun,
to
(he
Itoolh
Fisheiie
Canadian
Ho,
Imperieiise,
l.i0O;
It;
V.,
0,-
000:
and
trout.
l.iH'O
in
tlie
rnadiaii
Fih
tt'
Cold
Sloruge
Co.
Muiriieag,
8,000,
lo
Iho
.
Allin
'
'
Fisheries.
V
Salmon
Tiiplow,
3.HIMI
rod
and
300
whiles,
at
17.
Jo
and
3c,
to
llie
Itoynl
Fish
Co.
Peli-el.
1.000
reds,
at
17c
lo
the
1
trial
Ii
Fisheries
Canadian
Co.
VANCOUVER
EXCHANGE
UM.
Asked
Wheal
1.5f.i
C.
P.
II
157.00
11.
C.
Silver
1.80.
1.02'
Consolidated
l7.0(l
'
Dunwell
IM
1.87
tlladslum
32
-3d
Howe
Soitnd
......
31.50
35.00
U
V
Lw...-
11
.14
Mai-mol
,
07
.OH
Prcmlpf
".'.'.'S
2.30
Poller
blaho
OlMi
.10
iriirf
Inlet
.00
Vnilik
Cliipp
Is
Viuikingii
busi
ness
1
pits
today
to
Porl
IMward
C.aliuery.
lie
loft
on
this
morn
irnz's
train
ami
will
be
back
this
evening.
II.
M.
Slewarl
was
a
passenger
aboaitl..
llie
Prince
Charles
Sat
iirdayuiflernoon
on
his
way
from
VjelorJa
to
Slew-art.
jubsctThe
to'lhe
Dally
.News,
spa
I
el
ie
arriving
heie
are
brief.
they
convey
IJip
idea
thai
much
may
lie.
bidden
lielow
the
sur-
There
i
a
great
struggle
gin
i
ii
K
on
in
(ireal
Hntuiii.
the
cnl-
!
minatioi!
of
an
agitu
ion
whieli
ha
urowii
uuf
ill
lie
war
anil
Uhe
hard
time
wlntli
folioweil
it.
i
Dwiiif,-
to
competition
from
(icrmany
and
!)'er
Uuropean
,
jnaiioii-,
to
Jlitj
disarmu
m
eiit
4.
ipp'rani
uinJei
vii
ich
t
lie
build-.
ing
ii
wur-iliip-(lia
been
cur-'(ailed,
ami
lo
oilier
indiHlrial
;iauie.
Hrili-'li
in
J
u
trie-,
have
...
....
1
1'.
1
i
Kinirriii
rejii)
aim
mere
un
prowiiiK
pniwlnp
jevini
feeling
01
of
uu-
uii-
PRINCE"
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
.Columbia'
Newspaper
PIUNGi:
Ill'I'EIlT,
B.(j.r
MONDAY,
MAY
3,
lUiit).
Silurdaj'r
ClreuUtlon.
ISO
!.
.
.
I
iM-eu
a
4,
4.
4.
SETTLEMENT
BASIS
CAN
BE
REACHED
IS
OPINION
OF
LA30R
LONDON.
Jlay
3.
The
ha!
of
a
setl!ii:i'iil
of
llie
general
strike
can
lie
reached
if
neiolialioa
an-
rcsuiiieil,
ay
a
rtalemt'iil
issued
this
eveniiu
by
the
-Council
of
Hoi
Trade
.
L'nion
C011-jfress,
following:
a
joint
ineettiiX'-nf
tint
eorire,
the
pHrIlaiiienl.tr.
labor
party
and
Hie
minors'
executive.
jrejl
111
the
country.
I
ti
1
lia
Iniade
it
poible
fur
labor
lead-
.
ppinrrf
nrll
jer
lo
itue
Ihu
general
slnke
jLAKLlLI
A
VL
L
1
order
at
llie
week
end.
1
....
.
.
.
J
1
m
irceiu
qiiiiooK
i
mil
a
mmnnm
m..
rt
nn.
f
ipleaviiii
tint.
'While
llie
ile-
LONDON
EXCHANGE
IS
MADE
TODAY
LONDON.
May
3.
-Scarcely
a
ace
ami
thai
development
may
deal
wa
made
on
ilie
sloek
etr
be
rapid.
No
one
knows
what
eliair.'e
today,
most
of
the
work
tomorrow
may
,
bring
fortti.
eonsitiiix
in
inarkiiiL-
down
iuo-
YVhalrver
buppei
i
bound
lo
latino.
esiK-cially
home
raib
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
i
nave
n
jiowerioi
ei
leri
on
1111s
ana
uumiriai
snares.
coiiC.iienl
ami
especially
on
(laiuida.
iih-erlh'
t.
the
Diilv
News
Another
Million
and
Half
Men
Expected
to
Join
the
Million
and
Quarter
Strikers
LONDON.
May
3.
l'nles
(he
unforeseen
happens
it
is
expel
led
that
another
million
and
a
half
men
will
cease
work
a(
midnight
and
join
Hie
million
and
a
quarter
miners
who
ait'
idle.
Premier
Hahlwin
lohl
Parliament
this
afternoon
thai
a
continuance
of
llie
coal
subsidy
lo
llie
coal
industry
was
nut
of
llie
ipieslion.
The
strike
situation
eal
a
pall
of
gloom
over
the
financial
district,
nllhougli,
according
lo
resousible
railway
aulhorilies,
it
is
nol
likely
that
the
whole
train
service
will
ceae,
if
llie
lliiealenetl
general
strike
becomes
effective.
On
the
oilier
hand
il
is
staled
holh
by
members
of
llie
National
Itailwayiiien's
Union
and
Ihe
Sociely
of
Luco-niolive
Kngiueers
Dial
lliey
will
obey
the
strike
call
lo
u
man
but
have
offered
to
run
food
trains.
Premier
Baldwin
Places
Strike
Position
Before
Parliament
in
Address
Declares
nearer
civil
war
than
ever
before
in
centuries;
pleas
for
reopening
of
negotiations
by
opposition
1
J.
II.
Thomas,
teaaers
LONDON,
May
a.
Premier
Haldwin
told
Parliament
Viduy
lhal
labor
leaders
by
ordering
a
general
strike
were
threatening
Iho
bae
of
orderly
government
ami
were
nearer
proclaiming
civil
war
Ihau
Hrilniu
had
been
before
for
centuries.
"The
only
light
heard
in
llie
cuutitry
loday
are
those
who
either
envy
or
hale
us
because
lliey
see
llie
whole
of
dctuocraliQ
freedom
entering
a
course
which,
if
successful,
can
only
siibsll-tule
l
raiuiy."
Hie
Premier
declared.
"II
is
uol
wages
that
arc
in
peril
but
freedom
of
our
very
coii-tilnlioii
who
followed,
pleaded
for
Hie
reopening
of
negotiations,
i
Lloyd
Oeorge
Joined
bun
and
said
he
believed
the
House
should
aKree
(o
limited
eonliimauco
of
the
coal
subsidy.
"Not
Iwo
per
cenl
of
the
people
would
vote
for
revelution,"
he
sabL
"This
situation
is
not
revolution
but
a
plain
economic
dispute
in
which
justice
is
wanted.
,
GOVERNMENT
AGENT
VERNON
APPOINTED
VICTOllIA,
May
3.
-
Colonel
ifloss
Napier-
assistant
deputy
minister
of
finance,
who
resigned
Wliia
(o
ill
health,
has
now
been
appointed
igovernmenl
agent
at
Vernon.
V
Street
Site.;
,
.
.
.
f
.....
Boston
Grill
Large
Upstair
pining
Hall,
with
newly
laid
dancing?
floor
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN,
The
Idlest
and
best
Tor
the
least.
Phone
457,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS.
RITICAL
POSITION
GREAT
BRITAIN
TODAY
XPECT
MILLION
AND
HALF
MEN
WILL
JOIN
MILLION
AND
QUARTER
MINERS
ft1
I
.
in
I
r
at
ignt
ana
rreeaom
or
nation
Challenged
by
Trades
Union
Congress
Says
Government
hope
of
avoiding
general
strike;
offers
of
help
pouring
in
from
all
over
country;
troops
at
Liverpool
EDITORIAL
GREAT
STRUGGLE
Inquiries
Made
Regarding
Coal
l
rx
r
m
11
a
Development
Near
lelkwa
and
Possibility
of
Securing
Market
.Slating
that
lie
1
interested
in
tlm
development
of
a
large
tract
of
coal
lands
011
llie
Morice
River
near
Telkwa
and
i-
(anxious
lo
secure
certain
data
on
the
possibilities
of
marketing.
etc.,
Alexander
Cuninghame,
M.B.,
of
llie
Lonibustioti
Control
(lo..
New
York,
City,
lias
wrillen
llie
Prince
Hupert
Hoard
of
Trade
seeking
the
following
information:
1.
YVhal
is
the
tonnage
of
coal
received
at
Prince
Rupert
from
Vancouver
Island
and
what
i
the
selling
price
or
same?
2.
YVhal
is
the
price
of
fuel
oil
and
nnantity
used
by
Hie
railroad
and
for
lmnii,riu:
ves-J
sels
3.
What
would
he
the
fiVixlitl
rale
on
coal
from
Prince
Hupertj
lo
Vancouver?
I.
VAkat
facilities
have-
you
for
loading
coal
Cargo
inSoT
ship.
.
In
the
event
of
qur
devel
oping
tlie
mine
rererreu
lo.t
what
assistance
would
the!
Prince
Hupert
Hoard
of
Trade
tgive
in
opening
a
campaign
lot
.
.
.
.
.
...
.
.
1
gel-
Hie
railroaii
to
mirn
coal
1:1-1
slead
of
oil
in
its
locomotives?
The
communication
stale
-hat
hoiilil
llie
mines
011
llwjand
Morice
Itiver
W
opened
up,
ill
is
expected
lliere
would
be
atlt
expenditure
of
;.000,000
an
II
eslimale
.hnw
thai
eji;il
in
Princ
.-tbel4dt.li.vered,
8,351
tons
and
Hie
dry
dock
1,-000
tons
and,
in
addition
lo
Hit
75,000
tons
i
used
in
Alaka.
Mine
run
coal
from
Vancouver)
Island
is
sold
to
the
dealers
for
I0
per
ton.
Figures
are
also
given
by
the
boird
as
to
the
retail
price
of
fuel
oil
here
llioug1!
information
is
not
available
a
to
the
price
paid
by
the
railway
company.
I
in;
project
oi
oai
bunkers
here,
llie
reply
slates,
i
being
worked
upon.
The
Hoard
gives
assurance
that
?t.50
per
ton
coal
here
will
capture
Hie
market
although
there
is
little
likelihood
of
Ihe
railway
com
pany
being
induced
lo
use
it
on
account
of
provincial
govern
ment
forest
protection
regula
lions.
The
Hoard
of
Trade
also
suggests
the
possibility
that
lh
Oranby
Co.
might
become-
a
purchaser
of
coal
produced
in
this
district.
STOCKSDOWN
WALL
STREET
United
Stales
Money
Market
Reacts
to
Labor
Crisis
In
Britain
NEW
YORK,
May
3,,
A
sharp
decline
In
stock
prices,
a
drop
of
more
than
half
a
cent
In
sterling
exchange
and
ihe
establishment
of
the
lewest
levels
for
all
time
by
French
and
Belgian
currency
was
Wall
Street's
reaction
to
the
British
labor
crisis.
Itev.
Dr.
Charles
.1.
Cameron
who
Is
on
a
brief
Irija
to
Van
couver,
will
return
lo
tho
rity
at
Hie
end
of
this
week
apd
re
sumo
charge
of
the
pulpit
of
the
First
Presbyterian
Church.
Scr
vices
yesterday,
In
the
absence
of
Dr.
Cameron,
were
taken,
by
P.
H,
I.inzey.
T.
A.
Sandison,
dislrtcls
hiaos
uer
of
Hin
Maritime'
FfslteVies
iiled
.fur
AlifonL
JhiybnJ.Jhe
Prince
Jo(
U
Satuda)'
Xg$;
Party
of
Forty
Enroute
West
Passes
Through
Winnipeg
WLNNTPKO,
May
3.
Forty
Arctic
whalers
passed
through
Winnipeg
Sunday
evenintg
via
Canadian
National
en
route
from
the
Old
Country
to
Vancouver
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
where
they
have
h'eCn
engaged
for
work
with
the
whaling
fieri.
Small
fannV
similar
to
the
"s
,
or
ViUicouver
IslaTiil
inP
Ificy
Board's
Reply
f
jiroptwe
to
combine
agriculture
The
sei-r.-!arv
tr
the
Hoard
or
wi,b
ue,r
wrk
as
whalers.
The
Trade
lias
answered
that
111.000
Iialill-.
illduslry
ill
llrllish
Col-
tons
of
coal
is
consumed
anuu-
,1'ia
Kring
rapidly
and
ally
l.v
n-sidences
and
small
in-
CQ'''l'-,r''uIe
exlen.lon
has
lakeu
dustries
in
the
city
of
Prince!
P,ac"
,,,,rin
l,!lst
r
in
Ruiwrl
anil
llial
II...
I'anudin'i
,
lromcuuii
m
iciiiutcr
auu
Fisli
&
Cold
Slora-re
Co.
uses!
WHALERSFROM
OLD
COUNTRY
oilier
prfilucls.
CARPENTERS
REFUSED
WORK
Not
Taken
on
When
They
Object
to
Signing
Pledge
for
44
Hours
VANCOL
VKH,
May
3.
-i.
Approximately
1,300
carpenters,
bricklayers,
flooiiayers,
lile
setters
were
refused
employment
this
morning
by
tliu
large
contractors
when
they
reported
for
work
and
refused
lo.
sign
the1
pledge
to
continue
fur
a
It
hour-week.
It
was
reported
that
several
branches
of
the
building
trades
will
quit
in
sympathy.
LILLEHORN
HERE
T
FOR
FIRST
TIME
The
Hril
is
Ii
motorship
Lille-
horn.
Capt.
Dan
McKfnnou,
re-
cenMy
chartered
Dy
tlie
UI...M..M.
to
be
used
in
freighting
to
Prince
Iluperl
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Iiands,
arrived
here
at
noon
yesterday
from
Vancouver.
This
Is
the
first
visit
of
the
Lillehorn
lo
this
port
and
she
i
unloading
ereooted
piles
at
the
lumber
as
sembly
wharf
before
prticeedinir
lo
the
Qucn
t'harlotle
Islands.
OSCAR
STRAUS
DIES
NFAV
YOItj,'May
3.
-
-
Oscar
Lstran.
formers
iliplomat.
mem
ber
of
the
Li?,
cabinet
and
fi
nancier,
died
tUiIsVinorning
aged
70.
W.
F.
Draney,
son
of
Ihe
manager
of
the
(lossc-MHIcrd
cannery
at
Shannon
Hay,
arrived
from
Vaneouver
.oit
tho
Prince
Charles
Saturday
afternoon
ami
proceeded
to
the
Islands
on
tho
1
r
j
nee
John.
,
,
,
Harry
Smith
;jpf
Alice
Arm.
ha
been
appohilcd
a
Notarv
Public
afeordiilo!
Jhe
H.C.
Ktazetle,