Legumtative Library ay WJ a) 2 Sy, y Wings > ON RRR Oy oe RR . wd MA. MY > a @ ily News PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Central British Columbia’s ee TA Xl! Phone 75 and 36 We Never Sleep ~TPRINGE RUPERT AUTOREE 707 Second Avenue} 'M. H. LARGE) 1 Xx, HO. Bee. RU PE RT, PRINCE B. = TUESDAY, DEC EMBER 16, 1919. Fjutter of Excitement Over Premier Borden’s Retirement Suggestion Comes From Washington of British Ambassador- ship; Comments of English Papers and Flattering References from Vancouver; New Government Within a a Month Expected. EARTH DISTURBANCES — ALL NONSENSE, SAYS (Special to The News via § T.P, Telegraphs.) OTTAWA, Robert be appointed and a new government installed within a month December 16.——Sir Borden's eneccessor rate are now being made. this morning but is resting this ngements to this end at any at his office sir vert Borden was VICTORIA, Dec, 16.—"I ernoon, The meeting of the cabinet was not held. think WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—It would not be surprising if Sir , on ve +. tend eae a a. 1ASKE airector o 1e do bert Borden is appointed British ambassador should Kari Grey ’ on Astro-Physical Observa- return. The of Sir Robert Borden was considered as tory when questioned today on the essor to Lord Reading, during the presence of the er in Paris in connection with the peace name Professor that movements of planets Canadian theory advanced — by conterence rta - i eal o ‘ . sie LONDON, Dee. 16.—The Daily Mail in the course of an article ild result, on Wednesday of this week, in violent disturbances possible retirement from the premiership of Sir Robert the earth says it will make a gap, — noite ront rank of not to be untry Dominion | err beg nem be Minister Too fll To Meet Delegation forgotten. filled easily | never be Daily News says Borden's | Jd retirement from ac- | vill be received in ‘nera!l regret ONT se Scere Col, Peck and Mayor McClymont In- sir Thomas Whe) terview Deputy Minister and Will Wait At Ottawa Until Ballantyne ght that mention of} id been entirely with vledge or consent. On} stated, he was not a DOMINION ASTRONOMER |. Arrives. va TEE WEN ARE COMMITTED FOR GROCERY THEFT Red McDonald, Paddy Brady and Jacob Green Come Before Magistrate. William (Red Paddy Brady MeDonald, John and Jacob A. Green, taxi driver, all com. mitted trial this morning by Magistrate MeMordie on the charge of stealing from a boat in rt They will come up before judge Yi to eleet as soon as their dispositions are made out, MeDonald came up first and ef Viekers, J. H. Hilditeh, Harry Paddy Brady, Tom and Jacob Green were ed as McDonald uilly and that he had Kingston to take xroceries trom the Govern- nent wharf up-town to the Japa- ese restaurant of Tom Shimizu. He did not, he know that ih goods were stolen and had rely been hired He was paid 2 for his services in the Chinese joint but denied being ad- cted to the use of drugs or that he had taken Kingston to the shack. He stated King- 1 had taken him there to pay him for his services. Paddy Brady also said that he tad been hired and had received *2 and no more. He did not know fa robbery. The same witnesses e examined in this case. \ccording to his evidence Green i nothing to do with the plot steal and had been paid only which would cover car hire for were for une } Kingston, ; witnesses, inote hired by said, dope Chinese when that leader has and distinction of Borden and the time great national impor- h an event has grave and import. The Vancouver World says it is scest that when the his- Robert Borden's pre- which lead to a monopoly of the fisheries by canneries employing | suggestion | stress will be Mriental labor. placed on the that retu PROHIBIT EXPORT OF NEWSPRINT IF Special rned soldiers should be placed in this industry, PETAIN TO BE GENERALISSIMG ies to be written and NOT OBEY ORDERS lial estimate of his cnmephispianin from partizanship and cmt via Telegraphs ‘Is oe Disposition of Allied is made, he will OTTAWA, Dee, 16. The Gov- Council With Marshal Foch ’ higher in the gublic es-;ernment in Gounei by an order | Presiding. ian his erities at pres-| passed on Saturday has empowel ae epared to concede. ed K, A. Puingle, paper controller (Special via GO. T.P. Telegraphs engineers for the Dominion, to prohibit the PARIS, Dee. 16.—Allied plans} ‘fh 1 export of the output of any news-] >. 4 peace time organization are \ uA ‘ print manufacturing conesrn that id include the maintenanee a disregards or violates the CoOn- |r Marshal Foch as generalissimo| troll > regulations as to the at’ the disposition of the inter- price or supply to Canadian news lied council over which Marshal papers Hoch will preside. Of the 800,000 Lons of news- : : ne Winston Churchill Outlines Plan| print annually produced by Cani GREY 1S T0 DISCUSS For Distribution of dian mills from Canadian pulp,|& 7 i om 80 to So pet eent has been 7 u a ea (MPORTANT QUESTIONS - exporter by GTP. Telegraphs.) : British Ambassador to the United INDON e 5 sto - in i ste . r SCHOONER ST. CLAIR States Returning to London hurehi secretary oO on Leave. - prepared a scheme for PROBABLY SUNK oa i! Air Foree organization 7 (Special via G. 7.1’, Tolegraphs } penge time based on an ex- sport wy G.T.P. Telegrapns LONBON, Dee. 16,—Viscount ; Lure of $45,000,000 yeariy. si. JOHNS, N. B. Dee, 16. Grey. ambassador to the United in Ganeenee pravige fs Phat the schooner ™! Clair Ther-, states, who has been granted uadron far each divi- ‘ault, which was reported about! jeave of absence from Washing vith 4 auiny to co-operate 200 miles from here ecently in ton. is returning to England in © troops im al stagte 0 inki condition with part of} opder to discuss with the British besides three general er crew sick and two suffering important matters of uadrons. " . th all oe i j fro woken Lithids sank with ¢ ta oe Will ave sigMt serviee ae menor is the general belie! \ unt Grey, having been liv Mesopotamia three, Unites eypt seven, while the naval Malta and» probably Alex ll each small init some time in the has had opportunity to ge touch with world politics fYeet that country, and | especially in regard to} and League ine AMERICAN LEAGUE tates BALL CLUB IS SOLD <>," Peace have one TWO SCHOONERS ARE fase oe G0. Tene) fo Nations, Mf SORE VRECKED IN ATLANTIC! os ei WeSiincton, Loaeue| EVACUATION OF FIUME | an ’ baseball club of te America special via 6. T. BP. Telegraphs " ia GT. BP. Telegraphs.) League to Clark © ithe and Wm UM) Dec, 15 Preparations "PIERRE, Miq., Dee. 46. M. Richardson, of Philade!iph'® . w under Way for the evacu Ex\| chooners Faleon andjannounced Phe price '# app - i ¢ Fiume by D'Annunzio and} 16 Wepe wrecked t . . . , »! 2400. 000 . ) rere. There|}imately 4 aa MAS oni. hi 0 one life lost, that of . i | of the AL OF One 41. |pied by Ttalian regulars, | ‘© Men from the Faleon, B. 0. Undertakers. Phone \ ee ia in 8 ome for any office in the poneetianmeeen | ent Special to The News via G.T.P. Telegraphs. \NCOUVER, Dec. 16.—Com- OTTAWA, December 16.—Col. CG. W. Peck, V.C., who with - eae k. Mayor McClymont of Prince Rupert, B. ©, is in the capital to | resignation, ie «Sun “— , interview Hon. 6, CG. Ballantyne, minister of marme and tisheries, ext leaden, whoever he i cannot hope for more]!!! res rd to the situation in northern British Columbia, had a} ’ years in the premiership, | confereuce yesterday with G, J. Desbarats, leputy minister, an I + authority likely to be} jaid before him the Prince Rupert viewpoint } nominal. He will, Hon. & G. Ballantyne, who has been ill in Montreal, will | ‘ y the dignity, and : JO he dignity - | probably iot be in the capital for a couple of days, but it is ex- ears worth striving for.| : il | Vancouver Province says| Pected thal Col. Peck and Mayor MeClymont will remain here | time the retirement of aj until he comes. nister of Canada would It is understood that the delegates will voice a protest against tler of serious public in-|¢josed license regulations in the waters of British Columbia, | “the ‘announced | Licipated the ‘hour. He had been promised » 50 to be paid later for the re- half hour that be had » out with Kingston, Brady and Ve Donald, CASUALTIES AT SEA CONTINUE) Newfoundiand-Labrader Steamer \vrecked—Members of Schoon- er’s Crew are Frozen. imine | 2MERICAN STEAMER DRIFTING TO AZORES (Special via G.T. P. Telegraphs.) CURLING, Nfld., Dee, 16.—The railway company’s steamer Ethie, plying between this port and Labrador, was wrecked at Mar- ‘tin’s Point, 90 miles north of Honnie Bay. The erew and pas- sengers have been taken off. HALIFAX, Dee, 16.—A cable- gram brings word that two mem- bers of the crew of the Lunenberg, Verna B. Adams N. &S.. schooner /have been frozen to death. United States Shipping Board steamer Davidson County, pre- viously reported in distress, is drifting towards the Azores, ac- cording to a wireless message the steamer is using tarpaulins for | sails. The American steamer West Pogus attempted to tow the Dav- idson Gounty, but had to abandon attempt, not having suitable towing apparatus, JOHNSON CANDIDATE California Senator Would Run on Republican Ticket for President. (Special via G. '. ¥. Tetewraphs.) WASHINGTON, Dee, 15,-—-Sena- tor, H. W. Johnson, of California, that he would be a candidate for the Republican nom- ination for president of the United | ste ales MINISTERS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION (Special vie 6.7. P. Telegraphs.) TORONTO, Dee, 16.—As an- all seven ministers in acelamation, Rupert Coa! Company, Phone 16. Daw te Gi ie al lh ile aan oa os oe be tae Drury Government have been | elected by i most ces, the place to be oceu-| Ladysmith Coal, The best. Prince PRICE FIVE CENTS Duff Case Reopened And Evidence Heard Constable Admitted Incorrect Entries But Claimed his Action was Correct; Commissioners, Chief of Police and Taxi-driver Heard. The public ihe case of Constable Simon V. from the City Police force, evening. the After the evidence of case nesday evening, for the public were filled with a meeting of the Police Commission investigating Duff, who was recently suspended was held in the council ch ambér last various persons connected with had been heard there was considerable discussion and questioning and the inquiry finally adjourned until 5 Acting Mayor H. and Commissioners Hill and Macdonald were present. o'clock Wed- B. Rochester was in the chair ‘The chairs representation of the citizens of the city and a great deal of interest was manifested in the pro- ceedings. The meeting came to order shortly after 5 o’clock and the city clerk read a letter from Constable Dull stating that he was not sat- stied with the first finding of the Commission by which he had been asked to resign from the police force. He asked that the matter be or otherwise onorated. Acting Mayor Rochester quested thal Commissioner Mac- jonald give a resume of the case as he was pot present at the first meeting and it would also give those present an understanding of the case. Commissioner Macdonald. In opening, Mr. Maedonald stated that he sought the advice of the acting city solicitor regand- the advisability of getting some higher or outside body to deal with this case, now that the Poltee Commission had already come to one decision. Mr. Manson, acting solicitor, said that the find- ne of the Police Commission was final in regard to this matter. He had then had a discussion with officials of the G. W. V. A. and they had reeommended that the ommission reopen the matter in Police and that he he ex- re- public investigation. He had then asked the acting mayor to call the meeting. If Mr. Duff felt that he had not had a square deal both he and Commissioner Hill wished to go on record as being willing to do anything to make it square. Mr. Macdonald also wish- el to make it clear that he had had nothing to do with the report n the Daily News that the first meeting was a private one. He had not told this to the newspaper although the morning after the investigation he had told a re- porter representing that paper that he had nothing to say about the deliberations of the meeting. _ Fact Not Motive. Coming to the case proper, Mr. VMaedonald stated that Constable Duff had been suspended because lie hdd taken liquor from the police station and made a false entry in the reeonds. No imputa- tion of motive in the matter had ever been made or discussed by the Police Commission. For one ho accepted the statement of Con- table Dulf as to the reason for removing the liquor from the station, but the mere fact of it being taken and a false entry be- ing made was sufficient warrant for his suspension. His action m taking the liquor had been open and he had informed a fellow ot- ficer of his intention, Though Constable Duff had seized 18 cases of liquer he had only entered up {6 cases in the police records and had taken the two away, sup- posedly to help him in making the arrest of the man to whom it had belonged. If Constable Duff had made the proper entry at fimst this trouble would have been avoided completely. Must Have Proof. The mayor had known about this letter from Constable Duff before he had left for Ottawa as Continued on Page 5.) Albert & McCaffery, Ltd. have iust received a shipment of five hundred doors and windows-—-the and varied stock in Northern B, ©, tf Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. tf! ae i Dae Raps. 2 ates 4 — reopened by court’ NAVAL POLICY AND MILITARY IS NOT FORMED So Says éuawe Despatch With an Inspired Flavor Regarding important Matters. PREMIER'S RETIREMENT DELAYS INFORMATION Intimations by General Mewburn and C. C. Ballantyne not Offi- cially Endorsed Yet. (Special via U. T. P. Telegraphs.) OTTAWA, Dec. 16.—Intima- tions by General Mewburn, minis- ter of militia, regarding compul- sory military training in Canada and by Hon. C, C., Ballantyne re- ganding a program of efficient naval defence, find no official ex- planation at Ottawa, It is stated here that the ques- tion of compulsory military train- ing has never been formally dis- cussed in the cabinet’ council. Admiral Jellicoe’s report on naval matters has never been received. Hie will hold a final conference at Ottawa before he leaves, but, in the present unstable condition af affairs, following the intended re- tirement of Sir Robert Borden, definite information of policies on such important matters will likely be delayed. YOUNG FITZIS FATHER’S SON Outboxed Ed. Kinley in the First Professional Contest at Newark. Special by G, ft. P. Telegrapns,) NEWARK, Dec. 16.—Young Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the former heavyweight boxing champion, in his first professional contest, out- boxed Ed. Kinley of Newark in an eight-round bout, Fitz weighed 170 pounds and Kimley 180. The young boxer put up @ clever exhibition of boxing but seemed to lack an effeetive punch, BOLSHEVIKS TAKE MANY PRISONERS LONDON, Dee. 16.—Rolsheviks have captured Novo Nikolevsk on th® Trans-Siberian Railway with over 5,000 prisoners, many e#uns, and several generals of the Kol- echak &rmy. RAILWAY MEETING -_—_—— London, Dec, 16.—A meeting of - Grand Trunk shareholders is to be held in January to ratify the agreement with the Canadian Gov- ernment. CANADIAN EXHIBIT LONDON, Dee, 16.--An exhipi- tion of Canadian products will be made a feature of the London sea- son next year, ‘ Pa. en - Tapa AEM 8 NR eee ee ate = 7 ea > “ * va ‘Be By