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All Night Session of British

Commons Deals with the Navy)

Eight Hour Discussion en Important Topic; Lady Astor Sits
it Through; Government Rebuff over Coal Mines
Profits; Adriatic Trouble Discussed.

(Special tw The News via G.T.P. Telegraphs

LONDON, December 12.—The Government met with another
ebuff in the House of Commons when it was obliged temporarily
to suspend the discussion on the second reading of the bill which
imits the profits of coal mine owners,
aod the miners are opposed to the bill.

The Commens rose last night at 2:25 o'clock after an all-night
cession and following an eight-hour discussion of the navy esti-
mates, which ended twenty minutes after midnight. At that time
the Government's Housing proposals were introduced. This
cignalized the departure of Lady Astor, who resolutely sat through
ihe long discussion on the navy estimates. The housing pro-
pdsals had passed through the committee stage when the House

Both the mine owners!

 

son, Indian agent, acted as in-
terpreter at the court trial.
Record Quick Case.
lhis case is one of the quickest
on record tp be disposed of. On
Monday night the theft was com-
mitted and the alarm turned in.
On Tuesday Constable Logan was
on the ground and had the con
fessed robber by that night. By
Wednesday the prisoner was in
the city jail and preliminary trial
took place on Thursday. Today,

PRINCE RUPERT, B. G., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.

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PRICE FIVE GENTS

    
   

Open Fisheries and.
Use of Gas Boats

Large Meeting of Fishermen and Others
Discuss Proposals made by Colonel _

Peck and Endorse Them.

largely attended meeting of citizens, prominent among
ana a ail Now that} whom were a number of fishermen, discussed the matter of open
al Lhe » ave ned,iy ‘ a : :
ul of the men have returned, 'iicheries and other matters pertaining thereto last night in the
there are fewer parcels for over-}_. ‘ : .
seas, as well as letters. (City Hall and passed resolutions endorsing the policy being
Christmas business is making pursued by Lieut.-Col. Peck, V.C., M.P., and: expressing con-
g &
itself felt in both the outgoing tidence in him.

 

OLD COUNTRY
MAIL LIGHT

Return of Soldiers Eliminates a
Good Deal of Overseas
Business.

DAILY TRAIN MIGHT
BRING CITY DELIVERY!

 

 

The Old Country outbound mail
this year has fallen off a good
deal owing to the return of the, A

 

 

 

ye oa 4 cane oo \cting Mayor Rochester presided and 8. E. Parker was ap-
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wile a eienthind ‘aevenaealll a pointed acting secretary. Among the speakers were Capt. Selig
ness and the post office staff will Gi, W. Nickerson, Alex. McLeman, ee a

find it hard work to cope with it. Mt. Wright and a

 

This morning three mails ar- fishermen.

number of NEW DOCK

 

 

rose

Right Hon. Walter Hume Long’s presentation of the revised

naval
mitted
po wy
were .
divation of the fighting

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estimates were made to an almost empty House. He ad-
1 fhat the Government had not yet decided on its future

In the general debate the most important points raised
the position of the air service in regard to the navy, co-
services and the feasibility of Lord

j\sher’s idea of new construction.

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to abandon
subm

Sir Forte

he second point Mr. Long replied that it would be criminal
the great type of warships on the ground that the
ind airship would replace the navy.

sque Flannery declared that nothing would bind the

other country and the dominions so completely as the co-ordin-

ition of the

iavy int® one great Imperial force.

Sip Andrew Bonar Long, Government leader, answered several

questions

aT * Jiseussion between

, the House. hinted that the Adriatic trouble was the
Premier Clemenceau of France

and Foreign Minister Seialos of Italy and the representative of

lurkey

rerence

MINIMUM TERM

HAS GIVEN FOR
POSTAL THEFT

Postmaster and Constable Give

Evidence of Robbery
and Arrest.

ACCUSED ADMITS THAT
EVIDENCE 1S CORRECT

The preliminary trial of Alonzo
lait, charged with robbery of the
ails at Port Simpson, was heid
yesterday afternoon in the Court
house before Stipendiary Magis-
trate MeMullin. This morning the
msoner was tried by Judge Young

| sentenced to three years in

‘he penitentiary. Two witnesses,
Charles Bertram Flewin, post-
aster, and Constable Logan, were

eXamined,

Postmaster Testifies.

“harles B. Flewin testified as
! aking up the mail on the
‘orning of Monday, December 8.
ll was to have gone @ut on a gas
boat, but had missed the boat so
Was left over until the Venture
Mat night the mail sack con-
lained letter packets,,3 papers,
me parcels as well as one pack-
e registered mail. The
parcel contained four
Separate packages, one of which
a the Canadian Bank of
“Mineree at Prince Rupert and
‘ich contained $4,280.37 in cash
id cheeks, The bag was in good

‘ition and was seeurely lock-
ed

It was

$0

registe; ed

Y o'clock before the wit-
‘ess noticed any loss, then he
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GOES TO ENGLAND ON
LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Viscount Grey Notifies Secretary
Lansing today of his De-
Parture.

“pecial Via GO. BP. Telegraphs
WASHINGTON, Deo, 42.—Vis-
inh, Pea of Falloden, the Brit-
Res \Dassador to the United

_ HOtifed Secretary Lansing
day that he was woes Bont to

*and vepy s00n on leave of ab-

Fred ; -

Mrs “ rehard, son of Mr. and
“. Orehard, who arrived
last week, underwent

Dital ‘Ation in the General Hos-
a last Night,

the eo y
an Ope

He gave no indication of the policy adopted by the con-

noticed his personal money was
not in its proper place. He, how-
ever, did not search at all until
11:30 when he took the mail out
of the sack to re-sort it and dis-
®overed the loss of the registered
package containing the money.
Looking at the bag he saw it had
been neatly slit between the folds.
He examined the place and noti-
fied the Prince Rupem police as
soon as possible.
Police Evidence.

Constable Logan said that he
was called at 10 o'clock on Tues-
day by Chief Minty to investigate
the case. He arrived at Port
Simpson on Tuesday afternoon
ind at onee. proceeded to look
into matters. He went to the
hospital and questioned accused
He discovered that he had been
lying about being near the post
ofiee. Accused finally confessed
and said that he would get the
money and he took the constable
to an empty house and produced
$781 from over the bedroom.

rhe checks, he said, he had
hidden under, a tree and he could
not locate them in the dark. The
next morning they went to look
for the checks but they could not
discover them. Accused said he
was very excited when he had
hidden them and could not re-
member exactly where they were.

Constable Logan then took ac-
eused and the money to Mr.
Flewin, who identified it. On the
eonfession of the accused and the
identification of the money Con-
stable Logan arrested Tait and
gave him the customary warming.

Evidence Correct.

The accused on being question-
ed if he had anything to say said
that all he would say was that the
evidence given was correct. Ac-

cused has his head bandaged and)) 7 eo the Government and the mine workers’ union.

has been in the hospital at Port
Simpson. He is said to be in a
bad state of health. After con-
fessing he gave the police all the
assistance possible in getting in-
formation and making recovery

of the stolen money and checks

The case was rushed through
this morning when Tait was sen
tenced by Judge Young to three
years in the penitentiary, the
minimum penalty for mai] rob-
The accused elected for
trial and pleaded guilty
he had

bery
speedy
Owing to the assistance
given the police and his repent
ance His Honor dealt with him as
lightly as possible

Tait said that he was sorry he
had committed the theft He had
sick man for two years
the mo-
commit.

been a“
and, on the impulse of
ment, he thought that

Friday, the accused is sentenced
to three years’ imprisonment.
Constable Logan takes him south
on the Prineess Royal tomorrow
night and on Tuesday morning he
will be in the penitentiary to com-
mence his term. The prisoner's
own confession and ready admis-
sions were a large factor in the
quickness of conviction.

NEAT SUM REALIZED
BY BENEFIT CONCERT

Mrs. Herbert 8. Wood Appeared
for Last Time Before
Leaving City.

\ good crowd greeted the bene-
fit concert for Mrs, Charles Wells
and family at the Westholme
Theatre last night. Mrs. Her
bert 8. Wood again appeared and
was delightful with her rich and
clear soprano. J. OC. Brady was
oudly applauded in his readings
and Will Edmunds rendered ‘cel

lo solos in his usual artis-
tic style. The male quartette
consisting of Davey, Edmunds,

Lancaster and Clapperton was
well received. The performance
was opened by a piano solo by
W.J. Pitman. The proceeds from
the concert were $172.50.

Mrs. Wood returned to Vancou-
ver on the Prince George early
this morning. e«

Skates ground at Akerberg,
Thomson's Machine Shop on the
Wharf.

8. C. Undertakers. Phone

Many Coal Mines Working
In the United States
Following ‘Settlement

(Special to The News vie G TOP. Tele®raphs.)

GHICAGO, December 12.—Work has been resumed in the the progressive fishermen did not Kothall
mines in several of the states as a result of the settlement in like the ol@ style of fishing.

ived together, the two-day east- Captain Selig was the first to
ern mail, and the

letters from express his views on fishing mat. | . W
Stewart and Anyox. Besides the ters. He objected to the use of

sorting of the local letters those drag seines, stating that if their
bound for other points have to ne use was continued the industry
re-sorted here and a good deal would be destroyed. They should
of work of that kind keeps the use purse seines and thus give
local postal staff busy. In spite the salmon a chance, He also)
if the large triple mail this morn- objected to the whole coast being
ne the letters » re all distributed tied up by the canneries. The Stewart & Welsh, contractors;

9:45. fishing grounds, he thought,'; 4 Neamen : chief eagi.

Postmaster RK, L. McIntosh is should be open to everyone, and pop gop the Grand Trunk Pacific
looking forward to having a daily if the canneries wanted the fish and W. H. Dobey, divisional En-
train service during the coming they could buy them from the in- gineer, made a trip of inspection
summer. Such a service would dependent fishermen. As it was over the site of the new extension
simplify the mail distribution the industry was controlled by the to the Grand Trunk Pacifie dock
and would make possible a city Japs and white men had no ’

 

Col, A. E. Griffin, Contractor, and
J. D. Heaman, Chief Engl-
neer, Were Here.

Col, A. E. Griflin, representing

yesterday morning.

; ; It is expect-
delivery, It would, however, elim- chance. He gave instances of oq that plans and specifications
inate the Sunday night sorting and purse seining. will arrive here in the course of
these looking for Sunday letters A Dog's Life.

two weeks and work will proba-
Capt, Selig also urged that bly commence before long. Full
morning. those who wished should be able particulars of the extent and na-

to use gas boats. To fish with ture of the new whanfage has

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SEVERE WRATHER * \the row boats as they did now been given in these columns be-
ON was a dog's life. fore. There will be 1000 feet of
4 THE PRAIRIES. The statement

recently pub- additional wiarfage put in at the
lished by Col. Peek was then gone west end of the present dock and
Due to the extremely cold through clause by clause and with sheds will be built.
weather, prevailing in the east the one or two very light amendments! Col. Griffin was here looking
trains are meeting with consider- unanimously endorsed, and there over the ground “in the interests
able difficulty in keeping on time. was added to it a resolution ask- of his company. It is probable
The train that was due here at jng the right to use gas boats for that when specifications and
7 o'clock last evening did not get qshing on the Skeena River. plans have been prepared they
in till 7:30 this morning. Ex- [pn discussing clause “ec” having will make bids on the work. Col.
tremely severe weather was re- to do with the use of purse seines, Griffin was assistant director of
ported all along the line. Stories Ajex McLeman objected to the use light railways in France during
of terrible cold at Winnipeg pre- of purse seines. With their use the war under Major General J.
vail but the accepted figures for the Skeena would soon be like the W. Stewart, who is head of the
Monday were 45 below zero. At Fraser, no fish left. He objected firm of Stewart & Welsh. He re-
Jasper Park it was 40 below and ¢ the power the canneries were turned to Vancouver on the Prince
at Prince George, 35. As a result given and thought they should George this morning.
of the train being late the Prine not be allowed to have any licenses Mr. Heaman came to town on
George did not get away for Wan- for fishing. Wednesday morning and is on his
ecouver till 8:30 this morning. The whole matter of the use of way to Winnipeg. Besides the
purse seines and drag seines was wharf matter he has looked into
discussed and the clause was then several problems in connection
.—_—___________--—— slightly amended. with the local engineering depart-
The extension of the open sea- ment. He leaves on to-morrow's
son Was criticised as it was sug- train for headquarters in Winni-
aested that fish could be followed peg.
up the niver and they would have

no more chance of escape than if
there was no close season.- BASKETBALL GAME
Use of Gas Boats. AT RINK TONIGHT
In moving for the use of gas - ctiivhiemnaaiis

boats, G. W. Nickerson said tha! The opening match in the bas-
league series is.to be
He played at the rink tonight be-

Would have to wait until Monday

 

Ask for Atkins’ Sausanes. tf

Indianapolis of the strike in the bituminous coal mines, but no thought that if the same aid was gween the Drydock and the Sons

relaxation of the fuel restrictions followed the plans for a retury given
to normal of the passenger train schedules under consideration. fishing

INDIANAPOLIS, Dee.
fields of Indiana has started.

PITTSBURG, Dee.
WASHINGTON, Dee.

{2.—Mining in the bituminous coal them in farming they would have poe throw
Reports from all the belts indicate 500 returned men fishing on the
that the resumption is pretty general.
12.—Not a union mine in the Pittsburg the
district resumed operations today.
the men will be back not later than Monday.
{2.—Fuel
resignation is in the hands of President Wilson because he dis- entals
agrees on principle with the coal strike settlement arrangements

returned soldiers in the of Canada and a keenly contested
industry as was 8iVeN game is anticipated, The ball will
n up at 8 sharp.

 

Skeena. At present 80 per cent of, BIRTH

fishermen were Japanese.! ‘There was born at the Prince
It is confidently expected that Where the canneries controlled or gyupert General Hospital this

where there were government re- morning to Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Gartield’s strictions it was found that Ori- ppoman, of Telkwa, B. C., a son.

controlled the business. Seed
Applause). William P. Lyneh arrived in

Administrator

 

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Must Buy Less From The
States Says Minister to
Remedy Un

(Special to The News via GO. T. P. Telegraphs.) . | The : :
| NEW YORK, December 12.—The stock market was visibly fdence in Colonel Peck was then| Sixth Street, Prince Rupert, B. ©.

equal Exchange i'n xa. * ot onrtone

regulations were a disgrace to 4 |.orne suffening from a broken leg
civilized country, They found which he sustained in his logging
that they could not get anything camp on the Islands. He was im-
passed by the Government if it mediately taken to the General
was a workingmen's proposition. Hospital for medical attention.

‘One speaker told of having been ppo accident, though painful, is
able to use gas boats at one time

i upEsnpemeenptes

NOTICE
| have bought the Palace Cafe,

 

Final Resolutions.
motion expressing con-

affected and fiuancial circles are gravely worried by the violent carried unanimously and a reso-|4Y accounts against the said

ldecline in the exchange rates,

discouragement at the situation and declared that unless remedial « bounty be placed on predatory December

International bankers expressed jution by Mr. Wright asking tha: | °#fe nell

measures were soon forthcoming @ serious curtailment of the |hirds and animals that destroyed which time T will not be respon-

country’s exports would soon be inevitable. !

Remittances or demand bills on London fell to $3.67% to the | grounds be improved, was passed,
| pound sterling against a normal pre-war rate of $4.86%. An over-jand the chairman empowered to Po ae 4
night drop of nine cents brings the rate such that it represents appoint a committee to embody
a discount of almost 25 per cent of what for several years has the resolutions in a telegram to
lheen regarded as the basis of international exchange.
OTTAWA, Dee. 12.—The only remedy is to buy less, said Sir| mont at Ottawa.

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Henry Drayton, minister of finance, commenting on the very low)

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and that the spawning L. K. MAIN.

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Toys, blocks, games, dolls,
trains, children's books, mechani.
eal toys, at Tite’s Santa Claus’

Colonel Peck and Mayor MeCly-|) ..qquarters tf

 

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