Legislative Library en a Serene ee a ee BY S A ¢ vou xX ' 288. P _PRINGE The Daily News PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia’s Newspaper BIBI CI af — a ——— RU PERT, B. o., WE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1919. Mining Commission Proposed As Settlement of Controversy End of Coal Strike is Forecasted, but up to Last Night no Agreement Had Been Reached; President Wilson’s Proposal Being Considered Again n Today. comme « SUES FOR HALF | channels (Special to The INDIANAPOLIS, Mine News via 6.7. P. Telegraphs 10.—The America, December Workers of general ihe United meeting to president Wilson’s proposal for the ending of the strike of coal | miners, it was announced last evening, rose without reaching an agreement and is meeting again today. the miners at fourteen per cent increase of settlement of the wage question by a commission. wages, This fina | | sommission would include one practical miner and one active | mine worker or operator and it would not only adjust the wages | according to the cost of Kving but would adjust coal prices to meet the advance without allowing too great a burden to be placed | upon the public. | INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10.——-(Noon). A> settlement of the pituminous coal miners strike is forecasted by officials of ne Mine Workers Of America. One man, high in the councils of) the organization, stated that control and conservation was in minate the Gnel vote. : would do CAPTAINSMITH BIGFIREAT | INAUSTRALIA . TULSA, OKLA. BY AIR ROUTE ovsiness iin Taratenes ana Conflagration Not Yet Filed From England by Way of | one sr Egypt and India—Wins (Special via &. T. P. relexrapns Big Prize. | ‘TULSA, Okla., Dec. 10.—The ibusiness district of the city has 1) via G.T,P. Telegrapns. ibeen threatened with extinction ‘l DARWIN, Australia, Dec.;py a fire which spread over an Captain Ross Smith, Austra-|entire biock. The fire started at arrived here from|3 a.m. and is believed to have - nning the prize of | been due to a sudden increase in ed for the first avia-|ihe gas pressure which caused the t ake the voyage. He left/iurners to flare up. lounslow aviation fleld near The flames ane still out of con- London on November 12; reached|trol and no estimate can yet be iro on Nevember 18; continued] given of the amount of damage vember 19, and was reported |ione. Eleven alarms were turned * having reached Delhi, India,|,,_) during the night. One lumber vember 23, yard with a large stock was - burned tu the ground, the five de- \NINISTRATOR FOR satus. auie fen UNEMPLOYMENT FUND | sig} 0} pueye O} JONISIP Sseuisng THROUGHOUT CANADA ia iWiator, \ section, ALD. KIRKPATRICK Specias 4.T.. Te > KINGSTON. +e Seimei WILL STAND AGAIN ne loss, M.L. A. for King- l, has been appointed adminis- sughout Canada of the! fund for f soldiers out of work. al Ross has gone to Ot- ‘Wa and will begin the work of stnization wt ence, PRINCE JOHN HAS COATING OF ICE Reports to the Trades and Labor | Council on Work of Council | and Meapiees Board. Valor thre federa inemployment The Trades and Labor Council held its regular fortnightly meet- ing last evening. There were fourteen delegates from the dif-| ferent Unions present. Alderman Kirkpatrick was pres- ent and reported on the work be- ing done by the Hospital Board Weather so and the City Council, of both of p Cold That Seas which bodies she is a member. roze on Mer Bow. Mrs. Kirkpatrick stated that she l p ce considered that the new matron, ; vrince John arrived fgyom Miss Atkinson, was a decided ac ) eg ‘ laat bast Charlotte KI trip “hd whey night via Lower | quisition to the hospital manage. Island points. improvement was experienced | ment and general the boy iwas looked for. It is expected that) ~ v plunged in the) the new 8-hour system will be} Spash — Straits, the wa- adopted, thus cutting out the long Oe om the forward); io 7 shifts. mt quickly fiose Mrs. Kirkpatrick stand rd ns — thet all the for- again for election as alderman if o lee sturdy lit. she receives nomination. “er is coated with an inch ee ee Of i¢e, ; left an oclock for ~ Cargo. of Ne Camp \ as f nd cabins will John GREY NOT TO RETIRE this afternoon Stewart with a supplies for the (Speciat via G, 7, P, Telegraphs. ) LONDON, Dee, 10.-—The report that Lord Grey 15 about to retire : om the position of Britfsh Am- NOT a CANDIDATE from the p bassador to the United States at Washington is denied. By P _ "ON, Dee cuiihe 10,.——-Lady tat ' has declined the in- . — become @ eandidate Ladysmith Coai. The best. Prince Nah tos 'e'ish constituency of| Rupert Coa! Company, singe ts inder.Lyne, } Pome | Albert & MeUatlery ane traing ) JOCKS, games, dolis,|just received a shipment 0 “ildren's books, mechani-| hundred doors and windows the loys farther heag at Tite's Santa Claus’| most and varied stock in Northern Warterg. url B. « tr Ltd., have | i | i L he President's proposal provides for resumption of work by | S Angeles Man Claims He pending a| | DEMOBILIZATION OF said in 1944 the British navy had “5 “seussed but no change has 500 vessels of all classes and qa een made so far. personnel of 220,000. At the time Mr. MeNicholl says that the of the armistice the navy consist. weather in the south was much of 400,000, from 100 to sonnel from 47 Irish Question | Expected according to a statement made in a speech by Walter Hume Long, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Senate United States to Build Government board in regard to a naval construction program for 11024 include two battleships, one battle cruiser and scout cruisers, “| year, $6,000,000 to be PRICE FIVE CENTS INCREASE IN HANDLING COST OF FREIGHTS Shippers will be Called on to Pay 60c. a Ton, G. A. MoNichol! Announces, Following Conference in Van- couver. MeNicholl, gen- eral passenger agent for the G, PREMIER MINE. 1. P., returned home this moma- ine after a tour of inspection of wer, TT, P, in the south as lat While in Vancouver he met W. P. iiinton, vice-president and gen- assistant ollices and agencies “Grubstaked” R. K. Neill. eit e eval manager; W. bk. Duperow and SPOKANE, Dec. 9.—Claiming Mn, Kosevear, It is possible that that he had “grub-staked” R.-K."™ Hinton may return this way. Neill in June, 1916, Maurice D.1 *H¢ Chief business of the trip W Bacon, of Los Angeles, ei" o* = conference held at Van- entered suit against Neijl for a “UUVer to diseuss the matter of half interest in the Premier mine, |!"eigsut charges on the steamships. It is alleged that Neill deceived |' some time the cost of oper- Bacon as to the. value of the mine | “tion of the boats has been ad- ind thus obtained contro! fraudu-|\@"eing, and it is possible that lently. the costs will continue to increase. n order to meet this to a small extent it was decided to increase the handling charges on freight THE BRITISH NAVY in es ncety: the charge tor PROCEEDING APACE this was 25¢c. a ton and this haute will be increased to 60c, a MONTREAL i 10 on on December 15. Jellicoe, speaking at a Admiral banquet the question of passenger rates « of 5,000 ships anda personnel ike it has been here, except that The grand fleet nose they have more snow, There was 300 vessels, the per- a fall of snow last week and some 000 to 100.000. of it is still on the ground. Phone 41. >. Undertakers. ¢ Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. ow to be Settled Soon to the Satisfaction of All (Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegrapns. LONDON, Dec. 10—For the first time in history there is very prospect of the Irish question being settled satisfactorily, Premier Lloyd George will introduce the Irish Home Rule bill 1 Parliament on Monday, according to the the Daily Mail. The mil provides for two legislatures. The powers allotted to the have not yet been defined. Number of War Vessels; Navy to Equal Any Other (Special to The News via 4/7. P. Telegrapns.) WASHINGTON, December t0+—Recommendations , ot the destroyers, flotilla leaders and six submarines. The the United States should ultimately be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world 1025, five navy ot not later than the report adds, For development and air craft during the the board recommends approximately $27,000,000 with used on experimental construction, construction of AAA AB AR aE RARE aR aR a ap a oe eet eo ee Benefit Concert Tomorrow At Westholme Theatre Aid of Widow and Her Children Mrs. Herbert Wood, who sang at the Choral Soolety as Portland. | Issue New Smelted Down for (Speciai to The News OTTAWA, December bar silver is commanding in the result in a reduction in the am which the Canadian silver coins from circulation and melt them So great is strong amongst officials of considerable quantity is being converted into bullion. Bar silver, has recently sold as high as $1.39 an ounce on the inetal market Within the past few days it sold at $1.32% an ounce in New York. In former years the value of silver coins as bullion was half that amount. At the present rate of exchange between Canada and the United States the situation finds Cana- dian funds at.a discount of five per cent. or thereabouts. Cana- dian coins can be purchased for about 92 cents in the United States. This tends to make «it profitable to withdraw Canadian coins from cireulation for sale in the United States as bullion. Canadian coins are struck from a metal which is 92% pure silver, whereas the coinage of the United States is only, 90 per cent. pure silver. Silver coins of Scandi- navian countries and the Straits Settlements contain 80 per cent. pure silver. in order to lessen the tempta- tion to withdraw Canadian coins from _cireujation to be melted down and sold for bullion it is now proposed to reduce the per- ecntage of pure silver in them. The change, however, cannot be made before the end of the year, because the Dominion could not issue coins of different standards of value in the same year. ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED IN TWO WEEKS Committee Appointed to Report on Suitable Names for Consideration. At last night’s meeting of the lrades and Labor Council a com- iniittee was appointed to name four; candidates for the consider- ation of the Council as candidates tov municipal honors at the forth- coming city elections next month. This committee will report back to the council at the next meeting on December 23, when nominations will be formally made. SIX BIG HORSES ARE SHIPPED TO STEWART be Used in Operations of Premier Gold Mining Company. Wiil Six fine big horses were loaded on the Prince John this morning for the Premier Gold Mining Co. at Stewart. These animals are of heavy draught and will be used fou sleighing ore out from the mine and taking supplies in. They arrived on the last freight from Remo where they have been used by the Kitsumkalum Lumber Co, which has closed down operations for the winter. Besides the ones going to Stewart, Jack Lindsay, of this city, bought four of the horses. The concert Monday night, will give a short program of popular and semi-popular songs at the Westhoime Theatre tomorrow night between the first and second shows. There will be no extra charge for this, but a collection will be taken for Mrs. Wells, whose husband died at Anyox recently. Mrs. Wood is one of the finest soprano singers on the coast. Those who heard her on Monday were de- lighted and doubtless they will be out again to hear her tomorrow night. SBSERSLES*E PO SSSSSSF OSES FORO ORO RIOR SARA AA REAR RA REE E RRR OR 2 jrest of the thirteen were bought | by people in the vicinity of the jimill up the line. NOTICE | have patema the Palace Cafe, Sixth Street, Prince Rupert, B. C. Any accounts against the said cafe should be collected before December 13 at 5 p. m., after which time I will not be respon- sible. 204 L. K, MAIN, is the demand for silver Coinage | After End of Yad So Much Silver in Present Dollar That Coins are Being Bullion and Money Becomes Scarce. via 6. T.P. Telegravns.) 10.—The high prices which Canadian metal markets of the world may ount of alloy in the metal from are struck. With bullion prices at their present level there is a great tendency to withdraw coins for commercial uses. coinage that the belief the finance department that a eee eee THE SIMPSON P. 0. ROBBERY Indian Charged with Crime and is Being Brought to Rupert Today for Trial. MOST OF THE MISSING MONEY IS RECOVERED PORT SIMPSON, B. C., Dee, 10. —Charged with breaking and en- tering the Port Simpson Post Of- flee, Alonzo Tait, an Indian, left here today under the care of Con- stable Logan of the provineial police department, for Prince Ru- pert, where arrangements will be made for the preliminary trial. It is understood that all the money stolen from the post office has been recovered, with the ex- ception of some $40. The total amount missing was $764. It is also expected that the cheques which were rifled from the mail bags will be forthcoming as well. FARMER LEADER HAS CLOSE RUN Elected Yesterday in Ontario by Majority of 130 With One Place to Gene From. CANNI INGTON, Dec, 10.—Pres- ident Robert Henry Halbert of the United Farmers of Ontario was elected in North Ontario yesterday after a hard fight against Nei] D. McKinnon, Unionist. Halbert’s majority with one polling subdivision to hear from was 130. His election is conceded by the supporters of McKinnon. PASSENGERS AND SILK FROM ORIENT VICTORIA, ‘Dee. “40.—With 130 saloon passengers and 55 in the steerage and a valuable cargo of raw silks, the 8. 8S. Empress of Japan docked from the Orient. ARRANMORE FLOATED BY STEAMER MONTCALM GUEBEC, Dec, 10.—The Cana- dian Government steamer Mont. calm succeeded in floating the stranded steamer, Arranmore, which went ashore near Haring- ton on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. POLICY I DECIDED Government Reset: on Policy for Distribution of } Large Sum. OTTAWA, ‘Ree. 10.-After a long series of conflicts, the Gov- ernment has decided on a policy in regard to the distnmibution of the $40,000,000 voted by Parlia- ment for the help of returned men, The main problem, that of un- employment; will be handled by an organization based on the original of the Canadian Patriotic fund. Skates ground at " Akerbers, Thomson's Machine Shop on the |Wharf. ¥ ¢ al