ee Legisle | “We Hurry | TAXI! Phone 99 Open Day and Night New Management a — x, NO, 276. VOL. tive Library PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Colum PRINCE Lack of Fuel May Cause Decrease in Number of Trains Canadian War Board Gives Notice of Probable Reduction in Service if Shortage of Coal Continues. (Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegrapns. OTTAWA, November 25.—Uniess the coal situation in the United States improves very considerably in the next few days it is very probable that there will be a curtailment of the train services all over Canada. Notification to this effect has been given by the Canadian War Board. A good deal of the coal supply of Eastern Canada comes from United States and this supply has been cut off through an em- bargo placed on coal export by the United States Government. The result is that coal stocks are very nearly depleted both in Canada and the United States. ~—_— RICE LEAVES FOR EUROPE ON Bi BATTLESHIP Declares He Will Come to Canada Again Soon and Often. (Special via G. 7. P. Telegraphe.) HALIFAX, Nov. 25.—Promising to return to Canada soon and often the Prinee of Wales con- cluded his lengthy visit to Ganada and the United States, taking his ast night at a banquet given here in his honor. He came here from New York on the battle- | ship Renown, accompanied by sir! hobert Borden, who made the trip | at the invitation of the Prince. | The prince was given a great ovation before leaving and his} lea taking was just as | spontaneous and genuine as was | the triumphal tour throughont the country, The Renown has sailed direct for England, the newspaper rep- resentatives, including K. GC, Cotes of Prince Rupert, going along. A GREEK PLOT IS DISCOVERED Pian to Assassinate Premier Veni- final leave ! final zelos and Overthrow Monarchy. Special via G.T.P. Velegraphs.) LONDON, Noy. 25.—A plot to ‘Ssassinate Premier Venizelos of Greece and to overthrow the monarchy has been discovered at Athens, A bumber of arrests have been made. Venizelos has been Premier and ‘ittual dictator since the failure oF the effort of Consfantine to i country over to the Ger- ~ and the consequent retire- *nt of the monarch. At that — the influence of the Allies eee supreme and has con- oe so until the present in bile of Germen efforts to cause trouble. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Fou 7 Th Concert Will be"@iven in ® Westhoime Theatre on Sunday Evening. Mies Senn te ne Jenny Taggart, the world ist ; = Soprano, will be the solo- tiene At Sunday's concert, eom- to "" “(9:15 p.m. In order oe “those persons who at- teen to also attend’ the WO ass the orehestra has issued Which SOClate membership cards, members nt be obtained from Walker's of the orchestra, from the tp : Music Stome and from to a. drug stores, Admission holder, ert is free, but. the far have co of associate cards will m, ee reserved up to 9:5 Dp. "lee of cands, 7c. Lag —— TELEPHONE GIRLS THREATEN STRIKE Uniess Action is Taken at Once No One Will Answer “Number” Tomorrow Evening. If some definite answer is not given to their request for a raise in wages the telephone operators will cease Operations at 6 p. m. Wednesday, November 26. Such was the thneat made at last even- ing’s council meeting in a letter received from the ladies in the telephone exchange. The first request for a 20 per eent raise had been made six months ago and Ald. McRae ex- plained that a committee had been selected, consisting of Su- perintendént Duncan, Mayor Me- Clymont and himself, to go into the matter with the operators.| This had been done and a meet- when a ing had been arranged schedule based on present wages comparing the pay for similar work in Prince Rupert with other cities was shown to the opena- tors. This schedule shows tuat Prince Rupert pays 10 per cent) more than Vancouver and 20 per cent more than any other city of its own class. The sub-commit- tee was to have met with the utilities committee and made a report in the matter but no quorum was present so no report eould be made to the council. The matter was again referred to the utilities committee for report. BIG FISHING BOATS HAVE SMALL CATCHES Tom and Al and Vansee in With Total of 51,000 Pounds; Price is Steady. Only two boats were in for the fish sale this morning. Neithen;) of these had full catches owing to the very rough weather pre- vailing on the fishing grounds. rhe Tem and Al sold 33,000 Ibs. to. the Booth Fisheries at 17.9¢ and 10c. The Vansee had 18,0 ibs. which she disposed of to the National Independent Co. at 18e and 10c, MELVILLE TOWN CLERK EMBEZZLES CITY FUNDS Pleads Quilty to Seven Charges Involving Sum of $6,349. REGINA, Nov. 25.—F. H. Clark- son, former town clerk of Melville, Saskatchewan, pleaded guilty to seven charges of embezzlement, the sums invilved totalling $6,. Clarkson was sentenced to serve one year in jail, TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL The negular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council will be held tonight at 8 o'clock, F. W. Welch, president of the Vancou- ver Trades and Labor Council, and L. Cummings, business agent of the Boilermakers’ Union in Vancouver, will be present. All IS CRITICIZED City C ouncil Thinks That Letter _ Strengthening Hand of Postmaster Would Heip © Alderman Rochester at the City Council meeting last night brought up the question of the very poor mail service at present being given the public at the Prince Rupert postoflice. He said jhat the matter should be taken up by the Board of Trade but no action had ever been taken, to his knowledge, so he thought that a letter to the Postmaster would not be amiss. This would strengthen the hands of the post- master in appealing to Ottawa for an improvement. As far as Mr. MeIntosh was concerned he was always courteous and careful and there could be no fault on his part as the service had been much better when he was con- ducting the office on grant. Ald. Rochester stated that one day re- cently he had gone for his mail two and a half hours after the arrival of the boat and finding none in the box had gone to the wicket and asked if it was sorted yet. He was answered in the neg- ative in a tone of voice which as much as asked him whag he ex. pected. Retail Merchants. Ald. McMeekin said that the re- tail merchants had written to the Post oflice inspector in the mat- ter but had yet received no reply. Ald. Casey told of taking the matter up, personally, with the postmaster. He has received every courtesy from Mr. McIntosh and had noticed a great impreve- ment in the delivery of his own mail thereafter. Ald. McRae suggested that per- haps the trouble lay in the fact that the mails came in so irreg- ularly. The post-ofilice _ stall were probably overworked one day and had nothing to do the next. Also the imauguration of the 8-hour day in the postal de- partment would require more staff to handle the same work. The resolution to have a strong letter written to the local postmaster to assist him in his dealings with the department at Ottawa was carried unanimously by the council. HUNGARIAN CABINET FROM ALL PARTIES Majority of Cabinet Members are Christian Nationalists. BUDA PEST, Noy. 25.- new Hungarian cabinet all In the sented in an effort to work a coa- lition of all the interests in the country. The Christian Nation- the} parties in the country are repre- | — = RUPERT, B. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1919. MAIL SERVICE a MORE VIOLATION PROHIBITION ACT Jack Gurvioh Charged With Hav- ing Liquor Mlegally in Possesssion Jack Gurvich was up in the Police Court this morning charged with having liquor il- legally in his possession. It was brought out that he had spent a couple of nights in a agwntown rooming house and during that time had met one Jack Bishop, who brought liquor, obtained by prescription, inte his room. The police testified against the accused while Bishop said that, never taken a drink out of the bottle. Bishop had spent the night with Gurvich and in leaving the room in the morning had for- gotten to take the bottle away. The police, the next morning, in looking up some dope _ fiends, happened across this liquor in Gurvich’s room. He was arrest- ed and let out on $50 bail. After hearing all the evidence this morning, the magistrate reserved his decision till tomorrow at 10 o'clock. , A charge against Jack Bishop of supplying liquor illegally to another person was dismisssed. Marvin FE. Alllen, charged with forgery, Was again adjourned till Thursday morning. SCHOOL OPENS IN BAPTIST BASEMENT School Superintendent Announces Temporary Arrangement Until Hays Block Reopens. The school class under Miss G. Macdonald which has been in the Hays Block room will nesume ses- sion jn the Baptist Church base as far-as he knew, Gurvich had) > ¢ Daily Nets bia’s Newspaper aan Party Big Convention at PRICE FIVE CENTS A National Labor is Formed Chicago Formally Launches Movement with View to Entering Politics in United States. (Special to The News via G.T.P, Telegraphs,) CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—A new 1 Labor Party of the United States here yesterday. This was the cul ational party to be known as the was created at a convention held mination of a general movement towards the creation of a political party which would become a factor in the next presidential e lection. It has been stimulated by the movements in Europe where the labor elements are be- coming very powerful, so much so that there is talk of a labor cabinet in England in the near future. A labor platform will be dra made to embark on a campaign GOLD MINE FOUND ON CHICAGO ISLAND Average Values of About $240 a Ton Shown in Assays. J. H. Cann and associates who have just completed the staking and recording of twelve mining claims on a gold-bearing ledge extending from Lisianski Inlet to Stag Bay on Chicagof sland, have uncovered a great gold propenty. The discovery was made September 22, and the staking has been done since that time. Assays from 13 samples of ore taken at intervals of 412 feet along the ledge show an aver- age value of $239.95 per ton, running all the way from $16 to more than $2,200 to the ton, 4n- other, Sampie Sent to tie states mefrt tomorrow morning. A.°M. McDonald, in making the an- jnouncement, stated that this would be only temporary and it is expected that the class will be back in the Hays Block in about a week, None of the furnishings have been moved. At last night's council meeting a letter was read from District Engineer A. L. Carruthers asking for some new arrangement in the matter of supplying light to Cow Bay floats. At present the Do- minion Government is paying $6 a month for these but is deriving no revenue, which was unfair; The letter was referred to the utilities committee for report. . > . meeeting of the G.W. be held on Thursday, November 27 at 8 p.m. All mem- bers requested tb attend, Busi- ness: Consideration of Re-Ks- tablishment and Fisheries Ques- Special V.A. will tions. 277 The current number of the ‘British Columbia Gazette gives alists have, however, a majority notice that it is now illegal to of the portfolios and that will give them the real power in ey government. have. beaver pelts in possession without a penmit from the Gov- ernment. Try Wilhelm of Germany Next Year in London Says The Daily Mail (Special to The News vis G. T. P. Telegraphs.) LONDON, November 25.—The British Government expects the trial of the form in the new year, Mail yesterday. The ex-Kaiser er German Emperor to begin in London early according to an article appearing in the Daily is still living in Holland, but it is expected there will be no difficulty in inducing the Dutch Government to hand over Wilhelin to the Allies for trial. In all probability the trial will be a long one, and it promises to be the most spectact At Prince Rupert Choral Society’s Concert ON DECEMBER 8th Mrs. Herbert S. Wood Vancouver's Leading Soprano will be the vocal soloist ¥SMith Coal. The Rupert ' best. Prince Coa Company, Phone 16, delegates are requested to attend. ilar in history. the by H. R. Shepard, one of the lo- cators, produced $166 a ‘ton.. It was not a selected sample. Associated with Mr. Cann are Mrs. J. H. Gann, who is the real discoverer, H. R. Shepard, Clyde Kimball and Ed Davies. Walter Johnson and A} Wilson, who were in the staking have sold their in- terests to J. H. Cann-and Clyde Kimball. The claims have been filed as the Apex Group. FORT FRASER Nelson Spencer, M. P. P. of Medecine Hat, has been in Fort Fraser-for a few days looking af- ter the interests of English cap- ital that he represents in the dis- trict. > . . A farewell party was given in honor, of Billy Demque at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Myers on Saturday evening. Mr. Demque has left for Burns Lake where he expects to spend the winter. Local people are looking for- ward lo greeting the German gun for the Victory Loan campaign. The quota of Port Fraser was $1,600 and with 25 contibutors a total of $14,500 was attained. Despite the wintry weather, horse dealers, Tur buyers and land seekers are still coming in on every train. The fur dealers ne- port this winter one of the best seasons yet. — Alderman Perry reported at last night’s council meeting that he had learned of cases in town where Indians were getting drugs from Chinese. He thought the drug businegs was going too strong among the Chinamen and he moved a resolution recom- mending that the Police Commis- sion secure a census of the Chi- nese population of the city with the occupation of each Chinaman, with a view to making a clean-up in the drug trade. This resol. tion went through and was cac- ried unanimously. Central Labor Council meeets tonight in O.B.U, Hall, corner Sixth Avenue and Fulton Street. All O.B.U. members are invited. Toys, blocks, games, dolls, trains, children’s books, mechani. eal toys, at Tite’s Santa Claus’ headquarters. if wn up at once and preparations of education. FAVOR HAYS COVE CIRCLE Meeting Held Last Night and Recommendation Made to Property Owners. At a meeting last evening of representative citizens interested in the passage of the school by- law and the selection of the most suitable site, it was decided to recommend to the property hold- ers in the vote to be taken on Wednesday that passage of the bylaw and the selection of the Hays Gove site for the following reasons: fie Its central location between e S Hae oe ve Ci: mere been set aside for educational! purposes, while difliculties have arisen in attempting to float de- bentures on account of Acropolis being a leased property. 3. Making the new school a high school, using a portion of it for the present to relieve the con- gestion at the King Edward and Seal\Cove School, using the 8- room Borden Street School ex- clusively for public school pur- poses, with new school soon for Section 2. 4. Safer and cheaper fire pro- tection can be had at the Hays Cove site. 5. The Hays Cove site does not overlook an undesirable locality. 6. Bus communications will al. ways be available to Hays Cove right to the very doors. 7. The additional cost, if any, will be more than saved through the Hays Cove site not requiring the construction of an expensive roadway and the cheaper method of delivering the building ma- terials. 8. Teachers are opposed to the climbeto Acropolis, so what about the little children, twice a day, in all sorts of weather, even with the assistance of a hand rail? 9, The hauling of fuel to Acrop- olis for all time to conie will cost $1.00 per ton more than to Hays Cove. B. C. Undertakers. Phone 41. ESTH oLME TONIGHT eee “Heart of Humanity” Pronounced b. coatines Satusday as the BEST eTURE ever shown in Rupert. Overture by the New West- no Mocning Neon and Night” ‘“*Morning, Noon . Cie. Empress Theatre Elsie na “<< The Marriage Price” Two Reel Keystone Comedy “The Two O'clock Train”