, ri Y - ws/ # \S/ cS pV. WINGS ? aN Mw VOL x NCQ). 218 Special wo s discussed by the National men and miners. The recommendation of the ustified at all. ker sees it. ploying class. The News via ottawa, Sept. 18.—Minimum wages and the right to organi:e § brought out some sharp differences of opinion, although the rufacturers conceded the justice of the minimum wage fo: tions for bettering the conditions, which have been supported the labor group, have been roughly handied at times by thei. nents and the resolution on the shortening of the hours of or went to the committee with both sides apparently unmoved R. C. McCutcheon of Winnipeg got closer to the substance o! labor argument when he asked for what purpose labor was ing asked to submit to long hours. If it was to supply people the essentials of life, a long day might be justified, but if ere for the purpose of having labor produce an exportable nlus of commodities, it could not from the labor standpoint The opinion was expressed that McCutcheon’s y strikes at the root of the problem as the ordinary favor He is willing to work for the good and welfare ye country’ but not to preserve profits and dividends of tie Avery y enrieierteT THE DAILY NE INIMUM. WAGE WAS DISCUSSED roto AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE BY TP cs LABORITES AND CAPITALISTS cCutcheoz says Willing to Work Long Hours to Feed the People, but Not to Produce Dividends forjEmployers. Surplus Not Desired by Labor G.T.P. Telegraphs. industrial Conference yesterday Royal Commission on industria! AL MEMBER DISCUSSES THE | PEACE TREATY t.-Col. C. W. Peck Tells House Commons Why They Should Vote for Resolution. DGIZES THE LATE SIR WILFRID LAURIE: the resolution eaty of Peace in Laeut.- member for hen debating ying the Tr ist Lommons, LW. Peek V.G.. district, said Spéaker, | rise with a deep gratitude in this i have been spared | vicissitudes of the war ne back to the parliament of untry, the country T leve si ind take part in its debiber- Hs on the treaty of peace and fovenant of the League ol { there ne was one thing that essed me during the whole © passed fi stage to stage Victory, leay > that long swath of men pi into, it was the was expresseth by that it di his poor lity a hundred were Y lo lines eath t that ne nan vhether or a spared, freat rampant power any Ww sa ' Bu 45 Pushe? and Was , restored to World had h have the wea; la ped that this debats in elevated tone an: tlemen who took part hot reflecting on any. partic Would dro; : realizing that the S$ ‘ing with one of the Westions that ever Came ~ a’liament and befor: , > : . Will some e a pa he ay motion, Shall ks to ular ) POLL 8, re this p under endeavor in my re. ‘ liminats *Vverything of Wanted a eo Muckers Apply At Shipbutiding Plant. i Sir MINE IS BONDED BY GUS SIEFERT Yesterday afternoon a very iin- portant deal was cenmrpleted here when the ‘mineral properties o1 J. J. Conaors and Mr. MeNeil in Stewart were bonded by Gus Sie- fert. Mr. Siefert is representing st. Louis capital and is very much pleased with the outlook of the district. He anticipates great do ings up north by next year. The group which has just been sold includes eight claims and they are only six miles from the head of steel. controversial polities. I want to say one thing, however, in justic: lo a great man. | was a followe! and a great admirer of the late Wilfrid the greal jeader of the Liberal party. ise was one of the statesmen in o.. country, if ever there was one, 10 stood for Canada’s auton- omy.” Members—Hear, hear. “lL am very much obliged tor Colonel Peck con- tinued, “but | want to say that great statesinan is scarcely cok in his grave before his followers eome here and seoll at a govern- ment who carry out that ideal le stood for during his whole career. if that revered leader was in wis seat here, while he might criticize features of the treaty, one thing he would not criticize is that our ministers and plenipo- tentiaries went to that conferencs these cheers,” some and insisted that this natioi should have full representation as an autonomous power, ana take its full share and independ ent action in the deliberations o the conference, My only apology for rising is that | have hoped and lived for this very hour. Praise for Beland. “In my opinion the plenipoten- tiaries we sent over to Europe «ui everything = they eoul along the line of the progress of autonomy and independent action They could have done nothing more unless we were to become an independent state, and if hor orable gentlemen think that we should become that, they should say so. I do not think so, I think we are very well as we are, not that I partake in any of the crown colony ideas that have been ex- pressed by honorable gentiemen Opposite. “Before I sit down | want to refer for a moment to the speec: that was made the other day in the course of this debate by the honorable minister for Beauce (Continued on Page Three). possibly PHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C,, — -. Baseball Rupert vs. 5:00 Indian baseball Ks sington Hed Sox vs. Metlakatla 6:30 Football rail Athlet- ics VS. Sons of Kkneland works rire poned until tomorrow display post- even. ing on aceount of weather Exportable conditions, AUSTRALIANS TRIUMPH ON TENNIS COURTS : Major Norman &. Brookes and Gerald Patterson, tennis ;!ayers ex- traordinary from far off Australia, defeated the American nati¢nal cham- pions. William Tilden and Vincent Richards, in a closely fought contest at Longwood, where the tournament drew three thousand epectators from Boston and the surrounding country. ; —_—— THOUSANDS HOMELESS IN. = TEXAS AS RESULT OF BIG HURRICANE: FOOD SHORTAGE (Special to The News via 4. T. P. Telegraphs.) Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 18.—The list of dead from Sun day’s hurricane is around the three hundred mark, ‘The heavy rain is continuously hampering the work of clearing the debris, hus increasing the sufferings of the thousands of homeless. A|! attempts at identification of the bodies have been abandoned be the Burial parties along the Nueces Bay are hurrying the corpses to the nearby towns fo cause of conditions. shores of interment. The rain which fell to the east of Corpus Christi is threaten- ing to stop the relief trains hurrying here over the San Antonio and Arkansas Railway. took an acute turn with the The food situation, serous from the out- set, arrival of several hundred refu- gees from the surrounding country. \pparently uninjured during the voyage over the storm-swept bay in a small wooden box, a baby was rescued. \ reiief partly LLOYD GEORGE’ STARVEFIUME GIVES ADVICE 1S THE ORDER Suggests That Having Overcome | insurgent Forces Who Seized the Big Obstacles They Should Town are to be Cut off Not Quake Before Smal! From Supplies. Obstacies. SED IM Geneva, Sept. 18.—The Jugo (Special via Go. T. 1 leiegraphs.,) Slavs have eut off all supplies London, Sept. 18. Premier from Fiume, which is threatened Llovd George spoke before the with starvation. here is little International Brotherhood Gon-)! od in the town now and it w.ti gress but, as expected, did not in unobtainable unless sent in by touch upon the many important the sea, s London, Sept. 18.—-It is under- here that the Italian Government intends to institute a blockade o! ume to starve out the insurgent forees Who seized the place under ommand of Gabriel D'Annunzio. juestions in which the nation vitally concerned, rhe Premier was given an eh thusiastic reception. rhe spiri of comradeship and co-opera = “oO fac » re tion,” said he, “can effect des! ; ‘hanges The spitit of deep Rome, Sept. 48.— Gabriele sympathy with suffering brother-|D \nnunzio’s forees have occupied . 7 fortified line around Fiume, ac- ding to a dispatch to the Idea Nazionale. D’Annunzio is now in mtrolt of all the strategic points. esentatives of the Fiume Na reported to seized all food stocks, ood, of valor exhibited during) a 1 Wal Having overcome gigan tic obstacles don’t let us quarre! or quake before smaller ob hep pen a al Couneil are The only fishing boat in tu the Ruth with 5 100 whites, 20 cea have morn © Ladysm.th Coal. The best. Prince | Ask for Atkins’ Sausages. tf | hoes end 300 ling cod, | king salmon, This is the big day hose holding season tickets in fair may be said to be a elements. vi close alt ue the day wheu everybody goes. four in order to mi: inasquerade dance afte event. kyverything is now-in place and the exhibits are at their best. iivits and the display of grasses were subjects tu Brain k Dy everyone, of re. ive bands of course were much appreciated, No ordinary lay- ian can differentiate between two musical organizations thal if as geod as the two large In- that played at the yesterday. They will be on their merits this after- at f jan bands rat ued sur o'eloek Industrial Exhibits. Of the industrial exhibits prob- iy the largest amount of inter- est was Laken in the pottery mak- ing by Me. Ebring of Vanarsdel. GE ATTENDANCE AT FAIR YESTERDAY success in TA XI Phone 76 and 36 We Never Sleep PRINCE RUPERT AUTO , 107 Second Avenu - M. H. LARGE | PRGE SiVep et Z when everybody gves aud when everything is at its best; Many fine exhibits. With a paid attendance of 750 and with an equal number of attendance, the first day of the spite of the boisterous And the best of it was that the visitors generally were weil pleased with whal they saw. loday will be the big day, for tomorrow the exhibition proper ike room for the basketball at & rwards. The secoud day is the It is a social as well as an educational ltentious and artistically display- mst of the judging was done | ed. yesvorday and there was hein ‘The Family Shoe Store had a competilion — in most of the| -e of their fine shoes, so well ‘trees, Loe flowers and fruit] sown that they searcely need to and vegetables, thé cooking ex-|jbe exhibited, W. G. Barrie showed a suite of rooms furnished that excited uch favorable oemment. ‘he Robin Hood Flour and Lip- ion’s teas were shown in separate booths and demonstrations of ieir use given. N. W. ROWELL DEFENDS HIS OWN CONDUCT crowd surreunded his booth ali ifternoon and evening and he showed them how the potters vheel was used, practically the ame, wheel that was used by we iyptians thousands Of years ago. So well pleased were the peopk with the work that they bought practically everything that was in the stall. The Deleo light and power vas shown by Pattinson & Ling ind the big searchlight was much in evidence. The exhibit showe: e complete system of generat- ing and storing electrical energy and of using it for pumping and other purposes. The pump shown in operation was the sort of thing that it is proposed to install i: the new school for fire protectio purposes. This plant appeals particularly to the farmer. Welding. Oxo-Acetylene welding was shown in operation by Akerberg- Thomson and also the new long hauler which the firm has perfected and patented and whiel s manufactured right in Prince Rupert. kverything for the lish ine ; erman or for the launch was seen n this stall, Parkin & Ward displayed their eleetrical apparatus and some ol ihe work that electricity will do such as running eleetric washers, sewing machines, and other things. A sewing machine was in spetation and Mrs. Director, the well known corsetiere, was busy giving practical demonstrations of her work, The Prince Rupert Music Store had a fine piano player showing just how this instrument works and what wonderful musical re- sults may be obtained from it. He had a display of Starr gramophones, rhe drydock people showed their foundry work, the whole Process being clearly demonstrat ed for the education of the public. It made an interesting showing. Wonderful Carving. - A war veteran in the person of Alex Yule showed some of his own handiwork in the form of carvings from whale’s teeth. The many interesting and wonderful things made from this ivory is most astoundihg. Since being wounded he is making his living from this former hobby. Gust Selvin's inlaid work was the centre of attraction to a goo many. It showed most painstas- ng and artistic etfort, Of the straight trade exhibits that of Fuller's Grotery, where there was a fine display of tea, coffee, butter and L. M, F. eggs, also Rupert Coal Company, Phone 165.\ as well as extracts, was very pre- ’ Says He Did Not Siander the Roman Catholics of Quebec and Had Only Praise for Those Who Fought. (Special via G. T, P. Telegraph.) Ottawa, Sept. 18.—The debate on the address continued yester- day in the House of Commons, rhe final stage was marked by he reply of Hon, N, W. Rowell to the famous charges made against him in the House by Hon. Charles iurphy, eighteen months ago. howell declared that the charges were untrue. He denied ie had ever received a cent for acting as leader of the Ontario ‘position and asserted that he had accepted the position at a financial loss. It was a falsehood oo that he had taken part in a conspiracy to supplant Sir Wil- frid Laurier. He declared further that he had not slandered the Ko- man Catholic Church in Quebec, vut had nothing but praise for the members of the Roman Catholic hureh who hadgone to the front and served faithfully in the renches. SEVERAL CASES IN POLICE COURT One Vagrant, One Forfeited Bail and an Indian Dismissed. In the police court this morn- Magistrate MceMordie, sentenced to ne before Nels Johnson was \iety days for vagrancy. ‘This s not his first offense. He has been frequently before the court, owing to his strong liking for ‘ssence, Fred Linguist forfeited $20 | money in the court today. fe was out on a charge of lrunkeness and failed to appear ‘8s required, A. Collison, an Indian who was rought to the lock-up by Do- ninion Constable Watkinson, ap- peared on the charge of veing ironk. The case was dismissed is evidence was brought to show that the native was sleeping from ‘ther effects than that of drink, The evidence stated that he was ot in any drunken stupor. BIRTH here was born to Mr. and «rs. uwrence G, B. Davis, of 424 Dunsmuir Street, at the Prince Rupert General Hospital on Sept, 8, a daughter, See Mrs. Director demonstrate corset making at the Exhibition Building. 249 . 3 4 is F iF x 4 asec. lp < en eS s. ES yes “kh ¥ aa, *-, * ae ae ae . a en.