fjn pour QUEBEC WOMEN REALLY FIRST TO ENJOY VOTE IN WHOLE BRITISH EMPIRE i But Men-Minded Assembly Revoked Privilege 10') Years Ago and Fight Persists for Provincial Suffrage T. By R. K. TAYLOR ' Canadian Press Staff Writer QUEBEC, April 9: (CP) Women of Quebec await the next development in the vexed nuestion of whether or not they should get the vote in provincial elections. Like women of other provinces they already have the vote in Dominion elections on the same basis as men." Though Quebec virnor iiv h.ivo nn voe in provincial contests it a fact f riHfr y tn? -r- - - -. proving ver- tv ft in tb- Bt- "ir' hi;""",hv -f ( tlsh Empire to vot '-n "enc-M el- ,f - "'-'cise cxpases the tlon. Kotirrf?n IfMO and women to all the passions and ad- 183 Tn he latter yeir the As- ventures of electoralism. sembly of Lower Canada put a stop' 3. Because social reforms, econ- to woman suffrage, Dassing an Act omlc reforms, hygienic reforms, etc. limiting tne voting privilege to men. "-" - a..u..u iwuiuniu, T - the right of woman suffrage can. Following' Confederation In 1867. be obtained Just as well through' Alberta women were the first of the influence of women's organtza-i their sex in Canada to vote. This tions on the edge of polities. I was in the provincial election of 4. Because, in fact, it appears to June 7. 1917. Then other Canadian u- that the very great majority of provinces, one after another ex- the women of the province do not! cept Quebec, granted the ballot to desire it. women In provincial elections. The Speculation on the effect of this' franchise was first extended to wo- statement was Instant In the legmen generally In Dominion cam- Mature Leader of the Opposition palgns in the general election of Maurice Duplessis asked what the' 1921. government would do with resnert the forecast legation, For the last 20 years Quebec wo- men who wanted to exercise the Premier's Reply franchise In 'provincial elections . Premier GodboutreDlied: 1 i i 1 nave luugm jur it jii a ctui(jai&u . that has ranged from muddy Que- 'l do not know actly when the announced they don't want the vote their water-soaked clothe. But bee fair grounds to fashionable bU1 wU1 1x5 submitted to the House and even "abhor' the idea. they conUnue distributing lltera- drawing rooms and from the Que- or ln what form 11 wUI appear but The statement by the spiritual ture. wetting their muddy clothes bee Legislature to Buckingham Pal- 1 can tel1 mJ' honorable friend that leader or Quebec's Roman Catholl:s like shining armor. Along the path ace. ,n tne Present case' as In other leg- added a new factor in the drama of to women' votes this Is Just the They believed it within reach Islatlon. we will not exploit elevated the years that has produced already water haaard. ' 1 11 1 i . spntimpnt- In this nrovlnrA fnr thp MmHi nnA -.a... t-.-j.. . wjien n was announced in wie - i wwvmj -.m- uioi-uajtu, wiivw Speech from the Throne at the op- benefit of Detty politics and. and Joy. enlng of the present session of the B""6c w hhu, neie are scenes iron, me panor legislature inai a 0111 wouia dc in troduced to that effect Church Opposition However, Rodrlfue Cardinal Vll leneuve recently listed In an offlc lal communique four reasons why there are still some people who,, ma of events once they have given their word, keep it." If (Meet Her in a Meter Cab) DE LUXE METER CABS PHONE 13 4 Can Ride for Price of One Your Coal Problems Solved We have In stock a well pre- Went' A tSSOr ,JBk pared carefully screened Coal tyottsteAtttrdrn, to suit your individual re- XfotAinf Sut" ouiren'cnt. tAe besfr As In coal, to procure the best in Lumber and SAND cod ' 6uri Sopplie VKtV - TU? Phones 651652 152 Philp y, .2.) M$aE& CEMENT (TTK ott Evitt & Co. Ltd. GRAVEL "RUPERT BRAND" Smoked BLACK COD Smoked Daily Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Prime Rupert Co. Ltd. British Columbia officer and shows I n nn . . M. 1 , . ID0RA Roller Rink Dally Sessions as Follows: Mon.. Tues., Wed. 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday 7 to 11 p.m. Friday 6 to 10 p.m. Dance 1:30 to 2 a.m. Sat. Children 10 to 12 a.m. 2 to 4:30 p.nv 6 to 8:30 p.m. 8-30 to 11 p.m. Special Arrangements Can Be Mafe for Private Skating t Parties NEW ROYAL - HOTEL J, Zarelli Proprietor "A IIOMK AWAY FROM HOME" Rates 75c up 80 Rooms Hot Si Cold Water Prince Rupert, B.C. Phone 281 r.O. Bos 196 aoooooooooaoDooooaoooooo VELVET ICE CREAM, MILK SHAKES and GOOD MEALS At the U and I CAFE 3 Waterfront li ooaooaooooooooaoaooooooooo- THE DAILY NEWS Apr;.! FIRST LORD HAPPY TO OBLIGE NAVAL HEROES Sailors from thf Fv 1 : u: : A; ax beseiged U-eir boso. First Lord of the Ar'swa. "v Win tau irom an airplane flying ln a bright blue sky on a day In 1930. Intrigued by the novelty of the de- Historic Precedent "very method, hundreds read a mea- femlniU- "' ov The vear Is 1809 and ih nla.. ,. 4 the me bill uiu is is introduced iiiiiuuuccu and ana pass pass- - . - erneaa mere u a grandmother aet- es the Assembly, where many rural "' 'r ""nay- ng as aerial delivery boy. She It .u members have been "e 4nock,"g to he PU fo traditionally Mrs. John Scott, veteran leader of . election Of i - w it ni memher in thf T-rir he 1? "not in favor" of women suf- opposed to such a measure, it will , fj""0" r, lm,emers -".Qwbec feminist. .. sun nave to nass me Leisiative -" " th?lr Intention of voting. Champion Radly Hurt -rnl. r,nin. um Tit. fin. Council of Quebec's bicameral legls-ln"y 11V VVMlUIUItllUV Mill ! enc believed he was expressing ln lature. the document "the common feeling Even before the Cardinal's state- of the bishops of the province." ment. there was some feminine op- I K.itt. 4 II I.J 1 1 1 . Amazed returning officers hur- . ... rledly scan the Constitutional .Act'nSj Vf of 1791 under which the vote wm'? n.,lhe.,r?.,f,atU.r? ,n 1W2- granted to persons owning a specl- vZ Z J V" t 1. Because It goes against unity tion. Farm women's societies have , th. ... u-n.J?,l 'u the House for the woman's vote. He . -Inrov.d.n; "th7;V .m. ha bd a barrage of A fine-looking woman, trin, and T Tne 'f' h,f speh erect, appears before the returning -o ui i aaia MJ on Churchill forat j .:: t. km the welcome home celebrating givei 'nesj L ,dou upon their return to Ennd after having driven the German pocket battleship Oraf Spec to suicide" outside Montevideo s harbar last December. POLICE IN PR. GEORGE Montreallers watch pamphlets 'Deficit Of Prompts For New Agreement . ... . . . i "vcm uiu wiirn inr mnn nr her propertr a . MU-iemlnUt n. vUlt to a . " " .memoer nuns tne chair from h "- --- .. . . .. "uc?l'?ns- m,. ne iic returning itrvuriiiiiK i oi-' of-; . ""T . . . " - prt ed . a n nrmi premature nn tooth uuv. n.v,i.k which I kl.J ll . - I ... . . f.l.ll.iutl MfWlll WHICH nAMHM.I . W n....M HL..I I . I I ... uccr asics now sne win vote. ; , hurting the tnm child's tonau l0ngue "I wlU vote for Louls-Joseoh Pan- Lauhler roar out but is hushed - JBll1.l.. W f l . ... wr. Miles in tne "v fau LOS ANOELES. April 9: ICP ri horseplay increase, as he;-r"! t? M . 10 IrOf five vears no rhamnlnn nf nn. ir. . . , , .. V Suffrage Campaign ,men', righU could be found to ln- drawing morns r Qu becdSn LVr m ' 8lmUar WIL Spokesmen for many of the nnSilI?; Qubec w,lh the re,t of the Bri' Rreat-grandchildren of Quebec wo-and , and mud mud puddles are growine deeo-'ti.h tv,i i ...i.... t .... .l Jzi.. ,LJ iJ'" muuic M a iw iusi me nni 10 vote in T around a tm,mn( -,"., Sinl.? W?!n.!5.! Kln5 and h,s celebrate provincial election, in 1834 are ha. refuwrfthm i . . ine,r Jubllee ln 1935- Quebec w- noperul ,nat wncn e next pro- w? held they will tribute tribute woman suffrage 7 literature. their voteless plight, follow the his- have it back So at the gates thev stand p. nri..i ,.v. L . , li. ; traiii UI (JCtUIUUlUg UlCiri ... .vy.Wv. oiiiaii mure mua on King, George V. The petitions are to bear con gratulatlons to Their Majesties and appeal for help in getting the vote ' The petitions pour in at the Montreal headquarters. More than' 10,000 women attach their names. Feminists believe their campaign ln the press, in the legislature, at the fairs. In the factories and on the i rm has won a huge body of supporters. Official channels refuse to convey the petition overseas and return It. So a Montreal woman who is Britain-bound I. given the extra task or carrying the petition she arrives at Buckingham Palace and she delivers the petition to household officials. And so they continued their cam- IN TIIK Ml TKKMK rol'UT OF ISUITIMI rOMIMIIIA in ruoimi: In Hi .Mallir f the fMale of ltr Julian Jkctoori, DrvaavA TAKE NOTICE lW hv 4Arr. Pro. bat burned out of the Supreme Court I " -uuui ixitmoia. I wm. appoinrtxl Executor of Uve UtMe of Jeie Jullm Mcluon, Dcceiwed. late of the City of Prince II upon. Brttlnh Columbia, who oled on the 37th dy of Jiuary 190 at Prince Rupert aforewUd. and .11 person Indebted to the Etait of the rtd- Je Julian Jackson, Deoeaaed, are required to pay the amount of their iiiurqwancm 10 me fonnwnn ana an Droii having Halmii aint the wild Eatate are miuirwl to file thn with me properly verified on or before the SOtih day of April 190 fallln which dldtrtbutlon of Ui mid Eetate ahall be merfe Ulrtnn Into account only well clabiM m ahall then tiave been film wUih me. I DATED at Prince aupert, D. O. thU '23rd day of March 1940. g I SYDNEY DOUdfAS JOHNSTON 5 Exermtor of the Brtate of Jwe JullAn JitnJcfton. Decennrd. (lislFitO FOR SALIi FOR SALE Baby chicks from vigorous new blood leghorn breeding stock. Unscxed $10.00 per 100. pul lets 197) $25.00 per 100. Also Rock and Red chick. $12.00 per .100. Appleby's Poultry Farm, Mls-lnn Plfv nn " " r,.. i i w. FOR SALE-Sealed tenders for the purchase of the gasboat "Audrey W." will be received by the undersigned up to noon of Monday. April 15th. Length 42 feet, width 10 feet, draft four feet and powered by 18-20 Easthope. Boat may be seen at Yacht Club. Terms: Cash. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Norman A Watt, Official Administrator. (88) FOR SALE Piano and windows Write Hayashl, Sub P.O. No. 1 Prince Rupert. B.C. (go "WANTED WANTED- Housekeeper, middle aged widow preferred. Apply Box 491, Prince Rupert, B. c. tf WANTED oirl for general housework. Apply 220 Fourth Avenue West. j If you h&ve somfetnlnif in ... try a Classified Ad. 1 i Whifflets From The Waterfront J Canadian National Slratmhlps Summer Schedule Relief, Melville and Zapora Here on Way to Hanks ' Canadian National StrarmhlDi Prince Runert and Prince Oeorie will go on summer runt. Including the Alaska scrvle. about th mH-dle of June. There will b a weekly boat to Alaska, arriving here as usual Wednesday mornings from Vancouver. Powell niver and Ocean I Falls, sailing at 1 p.m. for the north and returning here Monday morning and sailing at 3 p m. that day for Vancouver. A change U made In the week-end salllnj here, arrival from Ihe uth Friday morning, mlllng at noon for Stewart arriving Stewart ft pm. and leaving at midnight, returning here at 11 a.m. Saturday and sailing at 4 pm. Saturday for the south. The Mllhut boat Relief. 0nL Merrill Sollows: Melville. Capt John IU.MUIIT .nd u.m Show NUM., Southbound from 8kagway to Vancouver with a list of 45 passengers. OP.lt steamer Prince Nor-ah. Capt. WlIHam Palmer, arrived , . In rwr A .'.11. I I . - I InVBtlOn ternoon and sailed at 8 pm. for Vancouver. The vessel landed three passenger? at Prince Rupert and wvn knu 111111 iitric on Entrance, which was renorUd n.rud MICKEY Ro v-i ..... . . by 7 given inw Um I i oney Jl'IlV Garland In le Grinds MulJ Wllh CHARLES WISXIgJ 7:Z and :Ji) ADDED Tele Smlth'i "nomBttJfc Potato" terrace" Mrs. P. van 8i ,!n uu tuiiui. iui. LMit inursatyi train ! tn Voge. arrived In nort from Van- Alberta. rruiuary as oeing " missing from a ou month fr I. ., . . . . . . . ... it mor,nM- moorinzs. has nas hem been replaced rrniir in In w nrc pwxkwkiic- Mitau nut, uccituse ne is my son out . y because he is an honest and loyal, ,"Ifered vere Injuries. Weeks palgn. in the mud. In the legisla- subject," she replies. before he can quit hU bed. ture. in the press and over the air ?Prr!?1 P03'110"-lt annpunced by rt . . ... ... v PnHUnil Crrttflrmlm . . . . . ibiiiv;! to m in vrHlo HlllKTHV a t4 ciuver over the week-endthe Re- lirf on Friday, the Melville on Sun- Mr. and Mr o r Bundu day and the Zapoa on Monday, returned to Terrarr a,rr Z. The Melville and Zapora are pro- the winter monih, ::, ,h, eeedlng to the bank today and the Relief expect to get away PROBE BY MILITAf by Soldirn f Orthetlra Uadrr a Ilomt Caltirv CALOARY. ' April 9 fp.- M . ... inruiKiuik lkl - t..n .i.. S3J1S0 Durlnr Ymp tan an nlma comprehend IU " "V ,u" niii" Commltsloner "mmulnTo'c... To Call f'"0" Sil1?.. nas been a question upon which "iwor,wi, there hat hern rilffru nf nnin. colored orchestra Sradr PRINCE OEOROE. April 9:- T. 'n Some ttn,ma, "IdenUy ean. nfct W. s. Parsons, commissioner of n etldcnUy cannot. The -a- J"'lh provtiKtol police, has notified the KU"' H PPfr- l of crea- , '. th4t h' h city mndUf thTSten o! lur" that mon- Ljr'. the department to terminate the dl!rlnfC lhe day. " J present contract for the Doliclnz alyard 0011 on fr- of Prince George in view of there ,ronl unn a P4 ' to Zl..,:.. tT l Ravi no fuLn - ilium be seen for eonsiderahlr Umi In . . . .. r "v,ii u UTllUk W 4,dlJ.4U ' ' during the past year. Negotiation tr,ued bv a "h'nr 't of windows rc ueing carnca on. CAN VOU RK.T THIS? In which they were evidently seeing i .A nfl cenl their .hadows. Ther n.kH .w..Pf,en ton msny W!a (for quite a while and became so ! TJ violent that some feared they wrmld break the windows. Paaersby mere much Interested In the performance, i Rose Bolt rat nd whistle buoy. I.IM1 Mlfllt r TrrlKkiU el TM1 N It Tb Mtlrrly M I fl ifrxil Krr) r, ll II. U1 ti. 1. (II; of rrlniv Kim Mi WltCnKAII Mrftr1rtor ,r ' of fh tbov Orrt-ifi' t- of Cmi'! ' Ihte " r twl th kj Mt Orftf irt Prtfv. niiprrt. 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