PRINCE RUPERT Northern and Ce ntral British Columbia’s News poacher eicigt as, ee ily News paper ‘7 TA XI Phone 75 and 35 We Never Sleep é or PRINCE RUPERT AUTO tna Ny alee x oM. H. LARGE | : VO) la eee PRI Ul I P| RT i. ¢ Wi DN of z — wre : ‘ESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1049. oa oe a oe threatened Strike Of Coast Pilots wii Continue Individually and Inde- of Pilotage Board un!ess Wage ————— PUBLICHEALTH PRESE COMMISSIONER IS. HAIG WITH His VISITING ANCIENT HOME | Will Hold Sitting in Court House Be m ’ *t 2:30 This Afternoon. orsyde Fund Being Organised As ; pendent : Adi Prominent Members. aa evens risa: Differences Adjusted. | , tain. iiiliaesaatninalinaiens : . th In 7 Win GO. TP. Tel comeal to The News via G.T.P. Telegrapns _n ; " | LONDON. Dev 1 via bank ‘ e of Britich ¢ ; ; ne Torma | RIA December 31.— The coast pilots are threatening : ; ‘ { f the BR mersyde Fund with ( . a i 1 » trike on the first day of the New Year and will only ' i! et pilipenting the es ve” pilots individually and quite independent of the] arrived ' a Bemersyde, the histo a oD e of the Haigs, to Field Mi as « ess the present wage difference between the uning. Th oseed teat a ear a s ield Mat ities 7 red Government are adjusted he pilats ire , ’ 1 sitting | e to the sues sasee of the po i 6 mum of $300 a month aft, ies é aad ; at sh Army during the war, ha a R hertson superintendent of pilots, is here in con j . bine aan pe greavess interest * vith he representatives of the pilots eorg ' ehout th United Kindom ee 7 4 —- ; nsists of | ‘yr - FASE IN | INDIA wi oe. r,s STRIKES LIKELY FROM y C. Spoiford, D. Mi : WR ALL ya NEW EIGHT-HOUR LAW ' W La cretar’ 1 a1 ' - | s LanvAl = FREIGHT RATES i ind imvestigating matters of More Wages Demanded Through- t g mothers out Swoden to Make Up for IT : t in Loss of Hours N GT BR AIN | snree Days Festivities Through-| *"0 pub! nursing a ll as Worked. ° out Dependency to Note Final ser tant questior rt Peace Declaration. headquarters of the con:missior ovis G. TA graphs io Pieduce £50. 000,000 Yearly a I Board f Trade building STOCKHOLM. Dec. 31.—The and Make Raiiways Self Special via G.T.P. Telegraphas.) Supoerting. DELHI, Dec. 31.—Peace cel brations on an elaborate = acals pera | petites: +: commenced in India on Ix mips. v : inereases i3, and continued f three days Fp railway freight rates intended on a vast scale rhe native state Bip produce fifty millon pounds generally joined ig the funct and thereby make the rail- which were of an unprecedent ped eel! suppor-ing, Is creating characters so far as yousness feederable surprise here, Karly ind spontaneity were concerned BMT the Gover! nt increased A small proportion of the Moslen maeager | fifty per population in certain quarters with the mL a a War mieasure pepe of redu invecessary Qwelling wt of the gen- however, held aloof on account the situation in Turkey Be pudil he vere many, He then asserted that the case | MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS rising freight reteee> Was : : i. oe Major Gibson Being Asked by @. = $ that Ge W. V. A. to Stand for Mayoralty: oe, a 8. D. Macdonald Will Run oo oe a For Police Commission. ' is to the ef- 7 nS = sane Mn account of the int ; a ee © “t of .iving aused by the Christmas and New - anet nd certainly Years holiday preparations the - on many VOD- has so far been little interest dis ™ . : — . 'S played in the forth : in we ugher rates cipal elections Beyond tw ul — 7 greater retail didates annowtncine themselves i. 5 a they wit for the mayoralty and the end Wh car ca : on sation of four names Dy the Trades and Labor Council, litth else ia known of the intentions o! [ the prospective « andidates ITAL The Trades and Labor Counc! find now that Messrs. Greer and Allison whom chey endorsed, ar ind they -TOASIA MINOR tecient City and Famous Water- My to be Internationaiised not running for election will consider further Al the Pewue Council, 8. D. MacDonaid, t® names very ! ol the ilisfa tory is yf i tiring member of the Police Gom lide 2 Sen “ mission, will stand f { _ The G. W. V. A. will wa me tn ¢ Maior G, FB. Gibson and ask mB, DD , a oe - he be a candidate for the Mlmalisatin ge ~ oe alty. The genial major is 4 Diy 1 OS ae favorite wherever he goes BY bas boo Dardan~ personal popularity would carry Bs), we a upon’ by him far should he run B laid dow 4 ; . I= the Le : y MOY eorge, 20 wesarded WESTBOUND TRAINS way of contentious IN THIS MORNING + ? ang i —— Will be equally satis. an Aan ‘he nations cen. Getting Colder up the Line and international hele power will be Expected Line Wi!! Stay in Good Order Now Me conne, tine saa strategic ¥Hth the Black kon The slides at Bulkley a! atu, British te the were cleared away late y' ae Mi the Sup (a. © the atternoen and both westbout tes “al is hUS trains arrived here early this Be ea of the Turkish @ morning the first one getti M Will be py moved to ate at 3 o'clock. Tha weather is " Bint Will tikely be located ported as much colder ane oo OMe Of ihe oldest the line and providing (ti MOSlom citios 4Ad | not too much snow railroad , ials hope that there wul be | MY oF PRINCE RUPE much difficulty in keeping Uy ae open. The recent thaw nnetiee to the Public,’ freshets have ben the causé \ | Me den... req atte Be most of the difficulty during Huy. “nts enuly on the past week.or so. bveryth ae : My Abk f Police” op Pevorted tight and in good shai Be given Me. You wilt eure Seis!” MDL Of way over! SMALL POX IN TORONTO Phish. * This proce.| ania Ny ‘ed only in urgent (Special via U. T. P. Telegraphs ‘ TORONTO, Dee. 41 Forty Mae \ ‘jeight new smallpox eases Hay liee h Phos, aa lhaen rep wted here taday AL ins Snip Corsetiere Phone Makers, Pho | Spiretia lorsetie: ne 414. 'Biack 267, iver eight law which be- comes effective from January 2 TOWN COUPLE seems likely to cause a number ; oe + vt ; 4t at iv waif coule rhe workmen's organizations ; demandigg an increase in ‘2 as mmpensation for the losses they must sustain through ri ng skorter hours, The em- 4 ' . ' . . bu } vel organizations announce - their “willingness to pay twenty ent rease for the time Miss Agnes Grant Bccomes Bride ed, b ire unwilling to in- of David Donaldson at Home » the wages for work under- in Gmineca Town. by contract BOTH BRIDE AND GROOM POPULAR CITY RESIDENTS FED, GULLETT GETS ' Van Who Wrecked Allies Cafe D ; Gets Term at Okalla rant, daught iM and Mrs Prison Farm. \\ ( ! { a as + Dy de . . _ 1b , , Fred. Gullett came before Judes fant ' . me ‘ ts sistent to he Am ne Young at 12 noon today for sen here ui s David Donaldsor tence and was given nine months ' ' va » § prisonment at Okalla He j Me ta 7 aded guilty of doing wilful | ‘ ° . , . : — we at the Allies Cafe on Sun- . eo ght, destroying property i i> wa ‘ S11 000 to reprace, mily “erected for the occasion: © NADIAN MONEY LOSES Whe muntegs oabeny wet FIFTEEN PER CENT. | grapes rhe discounting fifteen sux roLEDO today Det if banks ega t adian currency Dy pet nt. NEW SCHOOL BEGINS d is to cali ! of the Che Sch Bo ers tf the excavation Hays { Miss » excavall liately limtined james Ma PUNITIVE EXPEDITION Special via G T. ft Telegraphs CATRO, Dee. 31 An x the punitive expe here against the or * tt Dinka tribesmen, ¥ ho attacked ; . Reitish camel squadnpon in the Nile ur squad s joinin leaving region. VERY HEAVY MAIL TODAY delayed trains this mornings ; Between the tw ist night and . , t. boat the langest mail that / eame to the local pi st office at one distributed today. vo hundred and fifty al \ , , " ' 4 handled evet sacks n yee SiR ADAM BECK ILL the oT. P ”" spec UY ’ . . rONDON, Ont Telegraphe Sil Dec if yalv ill here s ap Beck mre nonia and Lary - i ' Ladysm.th Sual. The dest Prinne | company, Phone 15. | | Hupert Coal | | NE MONTHS FOR DAMAGE = estimated will take well ©! ove i PRICE FIVE CENTS Orders in Council Passed | Under War Measures Act ~ Lapse Tonight at Midnight (Spec al to The News via G.T.P. TelegPavns.) December 31.—Tonight at midnight, all orders- ‘cil passed and enforced by virtue of the War Measures ome ineffective, some hundreds of orders being numbered ong those which are no longer law. Commenting upon this, member of the cabinet stated today that contrary to expecta- | Ous, the order-in-council relating to censorship is among those eing rescinded as from January 1. Only nine orders relating to ide and financial matters and dealing with the enemy now re- nain in effect. Until the forthcoming session of Parliament, the lily orders-in-council passed under the War Measures Act which i will remain are those relating to government control of pulp and }paper, sugar, coal and wool, orders governing silver coinage and gold export, trading with the enemy, and the internment of aliens nd the order relating to the War Purchasing Commission. BIG SEIZURE OF WOOD ALCOHOL IN NEW YORK Conversation Between Bartender and Drayman Leads to Con- fiscation of Eighteen Barrels. OTTAWA, M-cou Act bes ne ! OBJECT STRANGLY TO RECLASSIFICATION Civili Servants Want Board of Appeal as Reclassification Means Decrease in Special via G.T.P. lelegraphs.) OTTAWA, Dec. 31.—The em- ployes of the Public Works De- partment are in revolt against the vil service reclassification. The meatal Department of Agriculture em-| (Special via G. T. P. Telegraphs.) ployes are following suit and NEW YORK, Dee. 31.—A con- their departments are expected to versation between a bantender and hack the mup. They maintain! g drayman overheard by two that nearly all the reclassifica- | revenue officers led last night to tions mean decreases in salary,'the seizure of eighteen barrels which are low enough already,!of wood aleohol whisky and the and demand that a Civil Service! arrest of two men in Brooklyn. If Board of Appeal be appointed to'the poisonous liquor had been adjudicate on the many contested | consumed ad whiskey, there was eases, | | Sufficient in this seizure to have — jeasily killed 20,000 people. More deaths reported here and throughout the country altho RATIFICATION se ie OF TREATY ON 1 ir oie Curis indiote wet | tinuing to levy their toll, Chemi- /cal analysis of the brains of five jmen who died after drinking the ‘illicit liquor showed today that | wood aleohol caused their deaths. Hundred Train Loads of Rilied | Dead in Philadelphia. Troops will Occupy Evacu- Philadelphia, Dec. 341.—Three j ;women and @ man have been | ated Territory. ¥ ; r< oa i |found dead in a rooming house Ss 2 ta G. T e . | 7 pene Us —— |from alcoholic poisoning. The PARIS, Dee, 31. -The exchange | notice believe that they have been the ratifications of the Treaty) dead sinee Saturday last, when of Versailles will take place OD) they were last seen. The finding iuary 6. Baron von Lensner,| 5; these bodies has raised the head of the German delegation, numer of dead in this city and and Paul Dutasta, secretary of vicinity today to six. Peace Conference, have satis- factorily settled all points in connection with the signing of the Peace Treaty, except that re- ANOTHER DEATH lating to the naval material in —, — = _ oe oe FROM DRINKIN over in recompense for the sink- ine of the German fleet at Scapa and this, it is expected, will solved shortly. Che allied troops will proceed January 12 to territories which st be evacuated by the Ger- ns, or where plebiscites are be- ine held, It is intimated that one hundred trains will be needed for this purpose. BETTER LAWS FOR PEOPLE'S PROTECTION riow, WOOD ALCOHOL Fourteenth Victim in CGhicage Sucocumbs—Federal Legisia- _ tion Will be Enacted. (Spectal via G.T. P. Telegraphs.) CHICAGO, Dee. 31.—The four- teenth death in the city of Chicago since Christinas from the effects of drinking wood alcohol has been reported to the police department here. ThiS last victim had been unconscious since attending a Special via G. ft.) Tetewraphs.) : . . : , 34 —Com.| Christmas Eve party. NEW YORK, Dec. 3i-—Com=| ‘The city officials, who today prehensive lawer: ratner 14M) have begun an investigation into luntary arbitration, are neces- the wave of “blind deaths” have to absolutely protect every-| gooianed that federal legislation the ont against imposition on /‘ would be necessary to stamp out part of both capital and labor, neni Indgwe Elbert H, Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corpor- ‘Albert &. McCaffery, Ltd., have tion, declared in a statement to- just received a shipment of five hundred doors and windows—the most and varied stock in Northern day $8,000,000 IN BONUSES Rn. C. tf Special by G. 7. P. Telegrapns,) ced : DETROIT, Dec, The dis- ° tripution of $8,000,000 in bonuses Sh ] Bolts fo omploeves is announeed by the ing e Ford Moter Company. WANTED BERCELONA HUNGRY Any RERCELONA, Dec, 34.—Owing Quantity. - to atrikes, the city is running 4 short of bread and is already Vv Cowper Young without fish or meat, Pnone Ked 42 P. OU, Box 1711 — ~ PRINCE.RUPERT, B.C ‘ Ask for Atkins’ Sausages, =! | wl