[f^A^A %As>.s;- -#;■ ■ ■§y£®'^0#j&i,*if> t^jt"* ?v *>*' v> tft, - ■ f - \\^- <0 \^ f* *Vv *'vv.-v*r«. VOLUME 1 NO, ^T, OWNED, CONTROLLER PUBIISH1D $Y DISTRICT 18, tJM.w,<rf A. €tb$w & FERNIB,. B. O, Miners In Britain Lay Down Their Tools WORKERS USE THEIR INDUSTRIAL FORGE TO CONVINCE THE .GOVERNMENT THAT THEY ARE DETERMINED THAT THE PEOPLE SHALI*OWN AND CONTROL THE OOAL MINES OF GREAT BRITAIN. . The latest news from Great Britain regarding the strike of the coal miners shows that sailors frou> warships have beon sent to keep pumps going in many of the mines and for fear of the sailors being attacked by the miners troops liave been despatched to all the mining districts. The triple alliance of labor, wliich is composed of the railwaymen, transportation workers and miners, met in London behind closed doors and -registered a vote of 217 to 11 against conscription, participation in Russian campaign and the inter vent icu of military force Jn trade union disputes. There is no doubt that Lloyd-George 'b government- has met the most serious situatiton in domestic affairs tlmt it has yet had to deal with, one which may bring to a focus all the labor discontent wJncii ha*^ been accumulating since the armuttrce. The premier «nd the other ministers were serious-faced today; -they were jn conference for hours. David Lloyd George's genius hibherto has been shown in fois ability for compromised. Now he is placed between two opposing forces whose interests are in direct opposition. %The miners, who constitute the strongest organized labor body in the couutry, are determined upon the nationalization of the mines; the coal owners seem equally determined to maintain their property rights. Moreover, 300 members of Uhe premier's coalition party in the commons have signed a strong protest against nationalization as a principle. • The majority of the newspapers display appreciation of, if not sympathy with the miners standpoint aud say "that the miners were given to understand that the government would adopt the report of the Sankey commission. This commission recommended partial nationalization a month ago, but the government 'has not yet taken steps to follow this recommendation. CONDON, July 21.—As a pro- j George announcedTin the House oi test against the increase of six shillings in the price of coal which came into effect today, following the refusal of the miners' federation to accept a compromise on the wafre and other questions, thousands of miners in the Mansfield district of Nottinghamshire refused to go down into tlie pits this morning. The men in othor dis- triots are expected to do likewise, despite the recommendations by the federations in all districts that work be continued until the government settled the question of piece rates growing out of thc increase in the coal price. Some 200,000 miners likewise are out in Yorkshire for an increase in wages granted oy South Yorkshire mine owners, aubjeett to approval of the coalition tribun- al, The West Yorkshire owners, however, withdrew from this a- greement. The strike is generally considered as very serious because the workers engaged in pumping and other labor essential to the safoty of the mines, have joined the strikers. Heretofore such workers have heen allowed to continue at their task during strikes. Forty-five thousand miners also went on strike in the Derbyshire district as a protest against thc increased price of coal. Three mines in the Yorkthir*? district are flooded and 12 others are likely to he filled with water in a day or two, Premier Lloyd Commons, as a result of thc pumpmen's strike. Some of the mines, he said, would be ruined. The government is sending men.from the fleet to aid in pumping out the mines. f' ._ ^ . Mr. £loyd George said the last 24 hours had witnessed grave aud unprecedented developements in the miners' strike. Tie said the Yorkshire miners had called out the pumpmen nnd engineers, and that many mines in that district were suffering from the rising water and wero threatened with destruction. At 58 mines, he said, the nceos. sary men were nt work, but that in 85 mines pumping had beeu stopped entirely. Mine officials. he added, continued the pumping for thirty-five minutes nfter the men left. A staggering blow Ims been struck the Sheffield industries by the strike in the Yorkshire coal Helds, Hays a despatch hi the livening News from Sheffield today. Thousands of hands weiw thrown cut of work this nioraiii't hy th»* stoppage of the engineering work* >n Sheffield, which anrot-inced that on account ol! the shortfti-to ot conl will remained closed until lhe end of the stike. Before the end of the week it is feared that all tito large works will be shut down, the advices add. A liU'ge numliev of nw-Fiuv wnrh- also on strike for the same shorter hours as thow granted tin- miners at the mines in South Walt* are :J - -26th, 1919. I Printed By Union Ubor Interesting News Notes In th© Toronto Trades and Labor Counoil election the progressive element completely wiped out the moderates. The Socialists are practically in complete control much to the discomfiture of the big daily papers. The United States shipping board has cut the rate on coal shipments to South American ports $2.50 per toa. This has been done to encourage Amer- can shipments and enable more successful competition against British coal. The order went into effect last week. Sn Auckland Geddes."-Ilritlsh minister of reconstruction, in a speech recently warned the people that the prices of food next winter -.-.'ill climb to a level never dreamed of." Sir Aucklland denounced the limitation of output as "stark, spring lunacy." The "white colar slaves" of StJohns, Newfoundland, have organized as the United Brotherhood of Clerks and the new body in Its call says: nWe call on all clerks to organize with a view to ensuring a living wage to each and all by means of collective bargaining.'"' S. A. Tipping; of Winnipeg, addressed Glace .Bay miners last week on tbe subject of the big strrlke. The meeting was to have been held In the Casino theatre, but the crowd that gathered would have filled the building sev- erall times over and an open air meet-' ing was necessary. . Tipping had a great reception. ■Race riots In Washington, the United States capital ctty, have resulted in th-e killing of five persons and the serious injury of a»> least 50 others. Troops of cavalry* were called out to quell the disturbance. A bill has been introduced for tlio separation' of the races in street cs?a in the"District'of Columbia. The bricklayers, teamsters, garment workers and metal workers are still on strike lm Toronto and the letter carriers are threatening -to come out tbls week. The letter carriers in Montreal are also threatening to strike unless a wage grievance L^ettled immediately. ■IDestroyer" Robertson has his hands fUU" » Two hundred United States war vessels of various classes are now on the way. from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast for the "protection" of the western shores. Another Interesting move in the United States was a meeting recently fifctiMn the Bankers' Club New Yorit City, between representatives' of American oil Interests in Mexico and a leading religious organization to map out. the campaign of spiritual uplift for our boys in the Inevitable war with Mexico A dirigible airship touring over Chicago took fire on Monday afternoon and crashing down went through the glass roof,of the Illinois Trust-and Savings Co. Elleven persons were killed and twenty-six injured ers, and for extra pay for weekends. A number of other strikes in varknis parts of the coal fields are reported. Oue colliery in South Wales has been closed because of alleged harsh treatment of the men, while at another colliery the men are striking for the maintenance of the custom by which they were supplied with coal at nominal prices for their homes. ■*. 4 general strike, the despatches state, is threatened on this question. It was pointed out that the proposed increase.of six Hillings per ton for eoal,annonnced-hy the gov- ernmeht.will make the best quallity cost 52 shillings and sixpence in London, with a -bottom price of 46 shillings and sixpence. hhulllalllyo^4sthra WORKING PLUGS SAVE I CORPORATION TIMBER LIMITS Why Do Not Small Business Men And Professional Men Pack Blanket And Flsht Fires? To The District Ledger: It is a pity that the working plugs cannot see very far. Maybe it is owing to working below ground with only a small tight to guide and that to how we feel to day on the surface guided by very small lights in the labor world of Canada. One day this week I saw a very sad procession wending its way to the Coleman depot in charge of two government fire wardens who had commandeered the services of the working pluga of Coleman to fight fire on the Crows Nest Pass/Coal Company's and other corporations' timber limits on the mountains of the Pass. Whilst we are out on strike to uphold the principle ot more wages and teaser hours these men (who do not consider one minute to calling a man a Bcab or something worse for keeping the mines in repair) willingly shoulder a blanket and trek their way to a fire tor lees wages and longer hours than they are fighting for at the mines. Now, I ihave been to District 18 tor a number of years and It seems to me to be a disease with the men that whenever we are called out on strike a large number iinake it a point to slough away to do other men's work at a less wage; as they say to "cut down expenses." -My way of looking at tt la that they are cutting off their noses to spite their facea, because if we are out on strike to uphold a principle let us ALL stay out till we sink or or sw4m. We do not see the store keeper, the pool room keeper, the clerk, the law- yeyrs, the clergymen or any of that bunch having to shoulder a blanket although they are supposed to be more interested in "saving the country" as the working plug. Where are our leaders that the^ allow such a thing to happen? A Timber Wolf. Coleman, July 24,1919 dF SBSB m ORPHEUM1 THB HOME OF GOOD PICTURES Salardqr UUm 1.80. Sttordty Nights Writ Show at7 Friday and Saturday, Jaly 25 and 26 FRANK KHENAN In AtnlnmlU mintmnnttnmnij ant dnmo mitknlendlnori.lt which Citn Mr 1 Knmmllboo tl-tot^tim^ | ike Pdohrthm Xriirc pt the CSrcu*Mci>aj*. t •' SALE Monday and Tuosday, My 28 and 20 A Mf amn pott feature at regular prices Wednesday ami Thursday, Jaly 80 and 11 THBDABARA tea supremo pfcotodramatic masterpiece "Visiter Tlie Yoke" A battlo for love of a woman wit* no regrets The Clearing Sale of all summer goods at greatly reduced prices is now on. It will continue until August 15th. Make your selections early. No Settlement of 18 Trouble In Sight Director of Coal Operations Armstrong In Calgary But Has Not Yet Had A Meeting with Either Side Awaiting Return of Secretary McNeil of. The Western Coal Operators Association 'Sty* *■><■,!■.:, ' As.fM S-Mm - ,*s +zi"a • -*v r ,*".5T| Four International Officers In Calgary Discussing I What Part Indianapolis Will Take In The Affairs of The District—It Is Said That Proposal Is To Place Two Men In Charge For Making of An Agreement *sl *r On page three of this issue correspondence published by Secretary Ed. Browne will show the statua of the situation in District 18 as it existed at the close of last week. On Tuesday night Director of Coal Operations Armstrong arrived m Calgary to "take matters up" as promised in his telegram of the 17th inst. from Vancouver. On Wednesday and Thursday he was unable to "take matters up" because W. P. McNeil, secretary of the Western Coal Operators Association was in Edmonton. At time of going to press on Priday we have not learned if Mr.McNeil has returned. In the meantime the Director of Ooal Operations and the Opera- tors' Association have been in touch wth tho In^an^i y,**A9,„ •3 :.*e&l ters of the U. M. W. of A. at Indianapolis. International Organtecr Dave Irvine was in Fernie this week on his way toward Calgary froni his home in Seattle. Jtuft previous to going home Mr. Irvine visited Indianapolis and discussed with the officials tlie situation in this Dib- • *** trict. In Fernie Mt. Irvine waa reticent in regard to what action the In- ternational waa to take but the impression follows his visit that two men from headquarters are to take charge of the making of an agree- ment in District 18 and of affaire generally. If the membership fail to approve of this action it is underetood that the Interuatioul charter wtill be taken away and possibly a campaign for reorganization of the U. M. W. of A. commenced. The operators claim they want an organ- ization of the workers and it is even alleged they would stand for a closed shop policy and a quite liberal agreement if they can get tho organization on the right lines and the proper elimination of the O. B.U. International Board Member Dalrymple, of Oklahoma, ond Inter- national Board Member Ballantyne, of Iowa, arrived in Calgary ou Thuraday and International Board Member Caddy, of Washington, waa to arrive on Friday. The first two to arrive would giv© no expres- aion of their intention and said they would await Mr. Caddy' arrival. A new feature has been added to the situation by declaration trom C. P. R. sources that a more than usually profitable business will be done the coming autumn and winter iu the carrying of coal westward from the head of the great lakes to make up the shortage caiued by the atrike in District 18, This alao gives the C. V. 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A Popular Minstrel At Popular Prices -Hfc- PAGE T^O THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERjWp. B. C, JULY 18,\W M The Atitude of Allied Diplomacy Toward Bolshevist Regime How Germany's Real Enemies Were Opposed While Allied Monies Went To Support of Governments Which Were Using German Troops To Quell Domestic Disturbances The second installment, written by William Hard, of the experiences in Russia during the Bolshevist regime of Col. Raymond Robins, head of the American Red Cross mission, appears in the Metropolitan Magazine for July. We extract frcsm.it the following: 7 . The Russian army was helpless and hhopeless, yes. But could some support be got from the Allies? Would the Allies promise to intervene with help, with some sort of help,"if at Moscow the Russian Soviets, instead of ratifying the peace, (of Brest Litovsk,) should repudiate it.? A memorandum was written, in it an inquiry was addressed to the Allies. Their answer belongs to the third chapter of our diplomacy in revolutionary Russia, ln this se'eond chapter there was simply the memorandum itsali*. It asked the Allies what they would do in certain circumstances. Is that right?" But Lenin already suspdSJted what they would do. So did Trotsky. Trotsky had said to Robins one day:' 'Haven't you Americans got a Russian Railway Mission, of Americans, somewhere? "Certainly." "Where is it?" „ "Nagasaki." "Gone to Japan?" "Yes." "What's it doing there?" "Eating its head off." "Why don't you send it in here?"' "'Why, Mr. Commissioner, you, know there are many American—" "Yes, they think I'm a Germun agent. Well now, suppose I am. Just assume, for argument, that I am. You admit I have never told you I would' do «, thing and then failed to do it. My motives may be bad, but my actions go with pjg|T| * i ifftigps'tf yrfrirn TtTnnifHT5 •^-^iss-t-aasfiefta Workers S Unite LOGGERS and CAMP WORKERS THIS MEANS YOU JOIN THE B. C. LOGGERS UNION 61 CORDOVA ST. W., VANCOUVER, B. C. DO IT NOW ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION FOR ALL CAMP WORKERS Loggers of the Interior Country Take Notice The Loggers of the Coast Districts have formed an organization known as the B. C. Loggers' Union, industrial in its scope, comprising all workers in the lumber industry, and construction camps, affiliated with the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor. my pi'omises. "Yes." "Well, then, out of some motive whieh you may qssurae to be bad, I am willing to share the railway system of Russia half-and-half wdth the United States; and if yoii will bring your'-Railway Mission into Russia I promise you lhat I will give its members complete authority over half the transpoi'- itation of all the Russia of the Soviets." "What do. you ineanr-Hhalf ?" "I mean this: "I will accept anybody you Am- ericans want to name as your rail-, way chief and I will mala- him Assistant Superintendent of Russian Ways and Communication, and his-orders will, be-orders. ■* Then, as well as we can, we will divide all our available transportation facilities into two equal parts. You will"use your half to evacuate war supplies from the front and to;carry them aw&y in'o the interior, so that the Germans will not be able to get them. \\ •» will Use our half, you helping'tw. to move our food supplies from the places where Ave have a surplus to the places where we have a deficit. You see?" "Clearly, You want us Americans* to reform and restore your railway system for you so .that it can carry food successfully and so that you can feed your people and keep your Government going." "Yes. But I propose to pay you in precisely the coin you most need and want. Colonel Robins have you ever seen a gun-map of our front?" We Invlteall Loggers in the interior to join Tmndirwitlf us in a united effort to better our conditions, "which can only be clone in this manner. Organizers are now on the road and will pay you a visit in the near future. So get ready! Por further information communicate with E. Winch, secretary-treasurer, 61 Cordova St. W. VANCOUVER, B.C. PHONE SEYMOUR 785G Trotsky unrolled it before him. • It showed some six hundred miles of locations of cannon and of shell—nesrts of cannon, dumps of shells, usan'.e stuff, quantities of it, the material leavings of a once mighty army. It showed cannon that had never been fired—cannon new and of the latest type, with their shells beside $hem. ''There it all lies,'' said Trotsky. "It's of no more use,to us. Our army does not fight in any more foreign wars just now. Lenin says the Germans will advance. If they do, they will take all that stuff. We can not move it back. We can do small things on our railways now, but. not big things. Most of our technical railway managers are against us. They are against the revolution. They are sabotaging the Revolution. Our railways are headless. The whole point is: our railways need new heads. Will you supply them?" "I'll inquire." ''But be suire you make this (•Hear: My motive, whether good or bad, is entirely selfish, I get a reorganized and effective i*ailway system for Soviet Russia. And your motive so far as I am concerned, is entirety selfish, too. You save a mass of munitions from all possibility of falling into the hands of the Germans. You get n benefit. 1 get a benefit. Mutual services, mutual benefits, and no pretenses! What do you say?" "I'll find out." So again Robins ran to diplomatic circles with what he thought was good news and again it was he heard the wisdom of the palaces. The peasants were really rising now. Lenin and Trotsky were really falling now. The real Russia, the Russia loving the whip, the Russia loving the strong man, KaJedine, Alexeiey, somebody, was asserting itself. Up from the. Ukraine. Up from the Don. Up from the Urals. No use bothering with ljenin and Trotsky. No use at all. So those guns and! those shells remained where they were, and so the Germans (took them and made use of them on the bodies of the Frenchmen and Englishmen and Americans in -the March drive and in the June drive of 1918 on the Western front; and Lenin and Trotsky were still standing. Lenin and Trotsky came to think that the Allies would never co-operate with them for any purpose. They came to think the Allies would co-operajte with any sort of White government sooner than with, any sort of Red. They came, to think that the Allies were not so much interested in saving Russia from Germany as in destroying the Red government at Petrograd. They thought too much, but they had much reason. In Russia, in the'territory of the old Russia, along its eastern front- ,ier, there liad emerged three governments. There was one in Finland. There was one in the Ukraine. The one at Petrograd was Red. The other two were AVhite. In all three regions there, was a struggle between Whites and Reds. It was the same struggle, involving everywhere the same funda- In Finland, the French gave formal recognition to the White government. It was fighting and killing Trotsky's and Lenin's Red Guards. It was a "good" government;. It at once called in the Qerinans and accepted German troops; and turned Finland into a German dependency. lri the Ukraine, the Allies gave the White government their active favor and support. This government also was a "good" and a "law and order" government. It also was fighting Lenin's "and Trotsky's Red Guairds, From A1-" Med money it received an official present of 130,000,000 francs. Fouir days later it cadiled in the Germans and filled the Ukraine with German troops; and, of its own free will, not Junder foreign compulsion, but purely for domestic Red enemies, it turned the wheat fields of all southern Rus strong in propaganda. Its army was^d-issolved—-dissolved by economic and moral exhaustion ensuing upon 'intolerable effort." Tlie American Commmitfee on Public information whieh co-operated with the Bolshevik Government in propaganda but then became one of the Bolshevik Government's bitterest enemies, said, nevertheless: "Russia fought on to utter exhaustion,, and her army yielded only when the power of further effort Was gone." ; In these circumstances, looking at the three governments and ob- ■ serving that the Government at Petrograd was by far the largest and by far the most important what did we do? , * To the Government at Petrograd" we refused to give any officers for keeping goods, from going into Germany, and to tlie Government into German wheat fields and' at ^Wd wo refused to give received without interest. Again mental social issue. sia Odessa into a German pott The government at Petrograd, among these three governments, was the only one that, was Red, but it also showed another difference. It wlas -the only ono that never called in German troops a gainst its domestic enemies and ailso the only one that at any tfme ever did Germany the slightest harm. It did it the'/prodigious harm described by General Hoffmann. It rotted the fibre of imperial loyalty out of a whole section of the German army and out of a whole section of the German population. But this Government was as TRADES UNIONISTS OF CANADA STOP! READ! THINKl WHAT IS THE USE OF INCREASED WAGES If the Manufacturer, Wholesaler, and Retailer are to add to the increased wage cost, their usual percentage of profit, and compel you to buy back the commodities you produce with with three scales of excess-Profit added? Protect Wage Values by organizing Co operative distribution and ulti mately Co-operative production of the merchandise for which your wages are exchanged. FERNIE GO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LTD. Incorporated 1907 ■W99W ."KJKBUfflMK. 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In tlie Ukraine, serving the Ukrainian AVhite Government, officers appeared and munitions appeared from Allied sources and under Allied orders. Trotsky made this fact the peroration of his angriest and greatest spei i-h—the one in the Third .Congress of Soviets at Petrograd in January. He saw t'he Russian Soviet Government attacked e- qiially by the Allies and by the Germans. He-ended: "And at this very moment, while the French Ambassador sits at Petrograd, wo see French cannon, directed by French officers, shooting .our comrades on the plains of Bessarabia." In <hat atmosphere Trotsky conducted liis diplomacy, and in that' atmosphere Lenin went to Moscow to attend the Fourth All-Russian Congress of Soviets and to debate the Peuee of Hrest-Litovsk. Rob- - ins, under orders from the American Ambassador, went to Moscow, too. He had now seen another chapter of our diplomacy. He had seen it consist of a stifled indoor contradiction. He had seen it consist of -staying in Russia aud ■*of"be,ing"Un£rierid lytcrthe^esisting—■ Russian Government. So he had seen it come to the conclusion described by Generall William V. Judson, when MilitaryAttache of the American Embassy, in a letter to the American Ambassador. General Judson said: "All American aid ito the Russian people is at a standstill, while the German emissaries are everywhere, working day and night in th'e interests of the enemy." Robins clung though, to his laat hope. Lenin and Trotaky had writ- ton that mem-orandum. lie awaited, they awaited, in Moscow, the reply from London, from Paria, from Washington. ("Bolaltcviut Russia" will bo con- tinned in the August Metropoli- *»"•) J_ .6— *■ GREAT INTEREST TAKEN in co-operation mm~m t *»**» Co-operative Movement li Making Progress In Canada Considerable interest is being taken throughout Canada at tha preaent time in co-operative distribution. Tho Co-operative Union haa been approached for advice and information on the subject by the New Weatminstor Tradea and Labor Council, B. C, and a aodety is being organized under iia guid- anee at Halifax, N, S. The Tradea and labor Cuuuuil, Saakatoon, haa alao been in communication with tho union for a similar purpose, and individual enquiriee bave neen attended to from Haliburton, Oril- Iia. St. Catherines, Cornwall aud Oahawa, Ont.; Kdmonton, Alt*., and South Vancouver, It, C. Tbe eo-operative committee of ibt Ottawa Civil Service Association and the Machinists Union at Strat* ford, have alao aaked to be advised aa to the organization of co-operative aocietiea in theee cities. Tlie Kingston (Vopm*4v* So- efely commenced huafneaa on the l«t of May, and, Although tba Ua* chiniat*. of which the membership largely eoitaiata, have been on Ktrtke during the month, an aver* age trade ot ♦150© weekly, on entit eenh tnrwi* Ime hoot* no***. a hlfhllv fwditsbte twmnxtm***- ment, iftto intermtinf fratnre ia tbat 10 per cent, of tbe trade haa been furnished by the farmers of ihe district, whieh ehonlld eon* ♦riHnt* wwwiiWuMr in n hoilor ttn. atanding between rural and turban nvtltra. The -ftrganlaalion department of ihe Cooperative Un- ganixation aud iworpomtion at Ocorgetown and Gananomie, Ont., and In both place* aawlaeta-rx progr«s is being made in •eeuriog the initial cepital and memberahlp. i "mi n iww-^-*» Bafvfitap Wtt, M f! i -i \ *M u o ■■ 14 i* ( (.. r %?'" mmm*m*---*m*l-f *<«»*i TflE fc^TMCT l&Dfm, WN&4. 0, JULY 18, 3-819 / PAGE THBEB I Cte -fi- nAi&j„sn PITY THE PRINCE. Last week we published a suggested itinerary for the Prince of Wales. The official announcement however, shows that there will be little chance for our coal miners to become very well acquainted with him. But we can't blame the Prince. He is a really decent sort of a, chap who is unfortunate enough to have be*§n -bom in a sphere where he has to have his traill through life carefully blazed out for him, his wife selected and al the rest of it. It is too bad that there will be no chance of his picking a wife in Canada. The nearest we have to royalty over here are ''Sirs" but even their daughters wouldn't , qualify in the marriage market when a prince is looking for a wife. Their personal charms or the fatness of their dud's pocket book would cut no ice. lt is "ordained of God" that royalty must stick lo royalty in the official bonds of matrimony although occasionally one of them breaks off into a morganatic marriage, which Webster says is sometimes" called a "left- handed marriage.'? That is a German custom,-however, and since the prince has been over fighting Germans he snrely would never think of adopting the practice. A morganatic .marriagu is one in which royalty marries a person of inferior rank with thc stipulation that the inferior person nor her children cannot enjoy the rank or inherit thc possessions of her husband. The average human young man of the prince's age coming from the old country for a trip through Canada, would contemplate or anticipate as part of the delights of such a tour the joys of meeting with, dancing with, and probably flirting with scores of pretty girls. But just think what a predicament the prince will be in. Ke will have to associate with only the very "highest toned" people we hav^j,. people who are supftased to be rigidly correct and people wbo know that the prince must not be allowed to smile an> thing more than the most innocent of smiles on their daughters «ihT w"ho will warn those daughters sixteen of morcsuiritners sfent the heart., a pit:a-patting against the ribs and the tinkly, trembly joyous feeling a running up and down the spine; and recalling 'also "the visions that come to youth at that age, we say with deepest sincerity- it must be hell to be a prince. But there is hope for the Prince of Wales. The Anglo-Saxons are becoming moxe and more democratic with a speed that may overturn a lot of these old customs that have been built around so- called "sacred property rights." It would not be surprising to find old England leading in a tremendous change of social.and politi-- eal affairs. There will be no king- killing or royalty slaughtering in Great. Britain for there is no animus against King. Queen, Princes or Princesses, neither is there much of that old superstitious reverence of the middle ages when it was thought that kings ruled by divine right and the touch of royalty was a remedy for disease Royalty is royalty today because it can't help itself and a change in the structure of society, the establishment by perfectly peaceful and constitutional meaiis of an industrial system whereby hereditary privileges and profiteering power would be eliminated, would result in the making real and free human beings out of the Prince of Wales and all his relatives. Now ■that we are to have the Prince over here with us we must try to. reach him with some radical teachings. Wc believe he would be a ready convert but, we will have to warn him that he must.be extremely cautions in regard to any ''revolutionary literature" in which he ,may become interested for in Canada we might Quickly put him in the coop under order-in-douncil and with the l.vws we" have we could easily depart him, ' =*s READ THE CORRESPONDENCE Thc District Officers are pursuing a wise course in placing before the rank and file of the mem- bership in this District the complete correspondence that has been carried "on regarding theresuming of operations in tlie ooal mines' of Alberta and South Eastern British Columbia. In a few months the cry will bc going around the country that coal is scarce and high "in price and that the poor consumers of the cities are suffering because the iiiiiurs of this District refuse to ^hey^Htt3*Hio.^mier^ny^m Th& were not. ready and had another excuse framed up'for the prolongation of idleness in the mineff and the further "stabilizing" of the price of eoal and the . further "beating" of the miners who they hope to see brought down, to unprecedented docility. The president of the Western Coal Operators Association, who in turn takes his brdTers from, those still higher up, evinced a great fear of the "stability" of a new agreement made With District 18, conveniently forgetting that ho and his concern have a reputation in regard to scrupulously adhering to wage agreements. The Director of Coal Operations is also i&uejt^lanned regarding officers who \^are not "vouched for by the international" and is well playing his part in the interests of those who want the mines to remain closed down for a still longer period. "We hope that every reader of The District Ledger will carefully read the correspondence published in this issue as sent to us by Secretary Browne. All this correspondence was mailed from Calgary to 'be published a week ago but mails have their peculiar way of delaying certain letter^ and when package of correspondence reached this office on Monday it was plainly evident that it had been opened after it had been mailed in Calgary. It is splendid to have such a paternal government to see to it that no bombs are enclosed in letters or packages addressed to a paper which is the property of the workers. • -o—^„— MINERS STRIKE IN BRITAIN Fifty-two shillings per ton in London for coal is a price which naturally makes the inhabitants of that great metropolis dread the coming of the cooler days. How much of thait extreme price reaches the miner and how much is diverted into other channels is the subject of study in the old land today. > The miners say the government had no right to allow the extra six shillings to be placed on the price, and, by way of protest, have gono on strike, swine three hundred thousand' of them. The enginers and the pumpmen have gone out, too,and the mines are going to destruction. The government is alarmed. Men from the navy were called to man the pumps but, for some time at least, they were not on the job, and it is quite probable that the Jackies refused to seal). Secretary Browne Publishes All The Correspondence Relating To Present Lock Out of Workers In District 18 To the Officers aud Members 4of Local Unions of District 18. Greeting:— Your Policy Committee met in Calgary on the first of July for the purpose of trying to arrange a meeting between the Western Coal Operators and themselves for the purpose if possible of making a new agreement under which the membership of this district might resume work. The district officers had met Assistant Commissioner Harrison on June the 27th and had at that tiirte verbally requested him to try and arrange this meeting, and on July the 2nd the following communications were received from Mr. Harrison: Dear Sir:- With further reference* to our conversation of June the 27th 1 beg to enclose herewith a copy of my communication to the Commissioner of the Western Coal Operators Ass*- ociatlon and also a copy of his reply wblch has been received this morning. Yours faithfully. P. B. HARRISON. Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations. P. M. Christophers President District 18 U. iM. W. of A. as Secretary on behalf of thc Policy Committee. Before making reply -to Mr. Browne's communication, I night say that Air. Christophers and iMr. Livett when in Ottawa last spring on their return from Indianapolis, stated to the 'Minister of Labor in presence of *Mr Armstrong and myself, as well as various Operators who were pres- eut,"that owing to the action taken by the International this district was hot in a position to make an agreement until after the declaration ot peace, ana went to" some length explaining that the declaration of peace was when peace was ratified by the United states Senate, Tbey further stated that the General Scale Committee of the International would meet atter peace was declared and lay down a policy for all districts to be governed by. This was afterwards confirmed here. From (Mr. Browne's letter of July 2nd as well as his letter of a few days ago, it would now appear that there is a change with respect to when an agreement should be made. As it would appear that matters of this nature are still in the hands of the Director of Coal Operations and it would further appear that the policy as outlined at Ottawa by the International is changed, may I ask if you have any information with respect of the international Organization regarding making agreements at this time. Yours truly, (Signed) W. P. AIcNEIL, Commissioner. eration, "make eyes" at royalty. The Prince of Wales will have to many a scion of the Hohenzol- lem family— but, no, ho can't do that for that lot are out ofsbusk ness. He can't get further mixed up with Russian royalty for the Bolsheviks are supposed to have removed all that bunch. If he hurries up he may get a wife in Spain for Alphonso and his Holland wife are bringing up a consi- derable of a family. He will have to hurry, though, for the Spanish throne is tottering and it is alieg- cd that Bolshevism is spreading in that eountry. There's a prin- ceaa or two somewhere in Italy, but even there revolution ia rife and there ia no telling how long they will be left. Royalty is in a bad way in Austria, in Hungary, in Greece. Thero ia atill a little hope up in Norway and Sweden, Denmark and Holland for they are a bit slow from a revolutionary standpoint, Imt the marriageable princesses in those countries are few and not very attractive. Thar© ia no getting away from it, the outlook for a happy marriage for the Prince of walea is not bright, and, hedged in aa he is bv tha cuatoma of bygone agea he is certainly «to be pitied. Befalling the daya of the early twenties when appetite waa keen and the red blood coursed through tho veins with all the vigor of youth and when the proximity of a wy daily papers will see to it that all the blame is thrown upon the work ers. The operators wore prepared for and anxious for a cessation of work during this summer—that is the controlling operators were; thu smaller fry get little consideration by the big association. The C.P. R, had banked up enormous stocks of eoal and the'Giw Northern interests, entwined round the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company and also round much of ihe mining and smelting interests in the West, were also prepared and anxious for work to stop toi a few months, so far as the pioduction of coal was concerned. " It will help xtab- ilizo fhe marker." is tho way oonc Pernie official put it. "It will bc a chance to teach those damn miners iu the Crow a good lesson'' was the way another prominent figure in the corporation put it during a meting in Spokane. The situation was well engineered. The workers of District 18 wero without funds when tne strike started and are without funds now. They instinctively rebelled against Order 124 which they saw waa the entering wedge for a.general reduction of wages despite tho in. ereaaing cost of living. Tho only weapon they had for defense waa the atrike and they used it aa the "big una" knew they would. At laat- the men were willing to re- lurn to work even under thu ob cheeked, mfschievoua-eyed Mw of noxious order but tho "big uus" BE CAREFUL. "We"can hardly conceive of a British bluejacket sinking to such a depth of depravity es to be a scab. The miners, of course, are being <abused for their "Bolsheviki action." The landowners and mine* owners and factory owners of the old eountry are aghast at theae men—native born Britons—allowing property to go to ruin. On the other hand the miners have no objections to those owners stepping in and saving the property themselves and even would like to see them lay of their ailk hats and kid gloves to run the pumps and dig the coal, It would be quite shocking donteherknowf " It is not our property,'' aay tho miners, "and since you are ao anxious to save and operate it, carry on. When the mines become the property of the peoplfe and we haw an intereirt in them we will feel more concern." Th© government ia evidently half-hearted in ita attempt to carry out the recommendations of Uie ooal commission, and the mine own era are determined to prevent the nationalization of the mine*. It waa a significant utterance of President Smillie laat week when ho said i "The mincra will pledge themselves to atrike if necewary to assist the government in bringing to light any combination of employ, ent." Tt is a novel suggestion. Tlie strike in Distric* 18 ttaa shown a combination of employers whieh ia detrimental to the wslfaro of the province and the Dominion, but Ottawa, Edmonton and Vic- toria aw no completely in the titnrih of the big intern**, they help them in tlieir dark triekn and are partic* to their depredation*. m WNnv. Al A HtONT&ER Little Wood* Head of tte Vital Qtttonmmt. Waa Dtopty I* temtad te Winnipeg's Bif Sttfln ., The following is a copy of Mr. Harrison's communication to Mr. McNeil: Dear Sir;—I have to day received a verbal request from the President and Secretary of Distriot 18 inquiring to know it the members of your associa tion are in position to commence ne gotiatiohs for a new agreement I would appreciate it if you would kindly furnish me with a reply in regard to tbls inquiry at your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully, P. B. HARRISON Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations W. P. McNeil, Esq., Commissioner of tihe Western Coal Operators Assn. In reply to the above communication Mr. Harrison received the following from Mr. McNeil: June 30, 1919 Mr. P. E. Harrison, Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations . Calgary, Alta. Dear Sir:—I beg to acknowledge re^ ■ceiptrof-yoarrof"tlie aTtffTBPTwEefe^ tn you stato that yon have received a verbal request from the President and Sesretary ot District 18 as to commencing negotiations for a new agreement I am this date forwarding a copy of this communication to Mr. Wilson, President ot the Association, and while not speaking for the association it would appear that we are still under the direction of the Director of Coal Operations, and I have some doubt if under these circumstances there is any authority vested in the two parties to meet and make an agreement Yours truly, (Signed) W.F. Mc.VBIL Commissioner In reply to the foregoing communication the following was sent to Mr. Harrison by the Policy Committee: July 2nd. 1919 Mr, P. E. Harrison Assistant to the Director ot Coal Operations Dear Sir:--We are In receipt of your communication of even date. Also enclosed a copy of a communication from yourself to tbe Commissioner ot the Western Conl Operatori and bit reply thereto. After reviewing the reply of the Commissioner of the Western Coal Operators to yours of the S7th of June we are somewhat of tbe same opinion vlx. that tb* Director of Coel Opera- (tons is still (n control of tba situation, i lt was agreed that whon peace wan ■lined tbat the employers of tbli district and tbe representatives of tbe men should meet in joint session and discuss a new agreement. Peace hay- lng been signed we believe that It now devolves on ths Director* of Coal Operations to brlag both parties to- rather foe that pnmann* la consideration of tbe foregoing tbe Poller Commute* ara In a position to meet tbe Western Ooal Operators at aay time yes may taggett to discuss the making of a new agreement. Yours sincerely, (fllgnedl . oa behalf of tbe Poller Committee, BD. DROWNB. Sscty It had become apparent to your Policy Committee that the one- thing that now stood in the way of obtaining an, agreemont was not the question of compulsory arbitration on which the strike was called but whether this district was or was not International and whether they intended to remain such and in consequence the following letter was sent as a reply to the foregoing: July 7th, 1919 P. E. Harrison, Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations, ■•' **.,■'■ Calgary. (Dear Sir:— Yours of the above date to hand enclosing a reply from Mr. McNeil to yours of the 3rd inst. In reply to yours we wish to say that the following is the situation at present regarding tbe International. The Constitution of tbe One Big Union was sent to all the local unions comprising District 18, U.M.W. ot A., on the l*2th day; of June, 1919. All locals were asked to take a vote on the same and inform the District of the result. ^p-to-thisrdats-les&HhaaiHi5Be»f©urth-sf- the locals have sent to the District office aa to whether or not they hare even given the O. B. U. Constitution any consideration whatever.; Of those that have replied some have accused and some have rejected and that leaves us still working as a district under a charter ot the United Mine Workers ot America, and as such we should be prepared to enter Into an agreement with tho Wobteru Coal Operators'Association. In reply to Mr. McNeils questions we may say that the statronwits made by Bros. Livett and Christophers at Ottawa and afterwards confirmed by the Policy Committee at Catgaryv w«»re subject to a mutual arrangement being made for an extension of the nqree- ment. As tills was not done we believe we are now In a position to make a contract without waiting for an ex- presslon ot what will be tbe position of the International In making agreements across tbe line. We quite agree with Mr. McNeil tbat tbe whole matter is in the hands of tbe Director of Coal Operations and believe that It would be In tbe best interests ot all parties concerned that some arrangement should bo made to bring about a meeting between the operators and ourselves for tlw purpose of matting a now agreement. Hoping tbe foregoing will ncalvo your early consideration, we r-mviln, Yours sincerely, On behalf of tbe Policy Committee (Signed) BOW. IHIOWN8, Hecretary ant Director Mr. Harrison: July 8, l9ii» F. E. Harrison, Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations, Calgary. Dear Sir:—We are In receipt of copy of wire from the Director of Coal Operations to yourself and in reply we beg to say the Policy Committee was appointed at tbe regular convention of this District for the purpose of making a new agreement. We are prepared to enter into an agreement with the Western Coal Operators' Association and should to the best of our ability, be prepared to carry out the agreement made during its lite. It must be distinctly understood, however, that any agreement made by us will have to be submitted to a referendum vote of the membership, If the agreement so reached is ratified by the membership we have no reason tojbelleve thai it will not be carried out in its entirety. We are still a part and parcel of tho International Union and as such the agreement would be made and carried to ita logical conclusion.. On behalf of the Policy Committee, (Signed) EDW. BROWNE, Secretary. The Policy Committee left for their homes on the evening of the eighth and ou the 12th Secretary Browne received the following communication from Mr. Harri son: July 10th, 1919 Dear Sir:—With further reference to your communication- of the 8th inst,, I beg to quote herewith a telegram received from the Director ot Coal Operations bearing upon the subject, which reads as follows:—"When miners have returned to work under Order No. 124 and properly authorized officers of the United Mine Workors of America, vouched for by the International, and are In a position to negotiate new agreement, it will be possible to negotiate something workable." Yours faithfully, P.E.HARRISON. Assistant to the Director of Coal Operations. Edw. Browne, Secty. Dist. 18, U.M.W. ot A. PVNOP8I8 OF t-LANO ACT AMENDMENT -Pro-tuinion now confined to nurv*y*t fcnds only. Records will be granted oov.rtm only land suitable for agricultural purnotM -Mid which is non-limber land. Partnership pre-emptions abolished. out parties of not more than four may arrange for adjacent pre-emptions, wltfc Joint residence, but each making necessary improvements on respective claims. Pre-emptors must occupy claims for Sve years and make improvement! te value of $10 per acre, including clearlrg and cultivation of at least 5 acres, before receiving Crown Grant. Where pre-emptor in occupation not less than I years, and has made proportionate improvements, he may, because of ill-health or other cause, be granted Intermediate certificate of improvement and transfer bis claim. Records without permanent resldenoe Say be Issued provided applicant makes lprovewents to extent or $100 per an- aura and records same each year. Fatl- wa to make Improvements or record same will operate as forfeiture. Title oaiinot be obtained on these claims ta Has than 5 years, with improvements of flO per acre. Including 5 acres olearcd fcnd cultivated, and residence of at least 2 years. Pre-emptor holding Cf own Urant may record another pre-emption, tf he re- gulrea land In conjunction with his farm, without actual occupation, pre* vid-ftd statutory improvements mad* ana resistance maintained on Crown granted land. Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding II acres, may be leased as homesltea; title to be obtained after fulfilling residential and Improvement conditions. Por erasing and Induatrlal purposes, areas exceeding 810 acres may be leased by one person or company. PRE-EMPTORS' FREE QRANTa AOT. The scope of this Aot Is enlarged te Include all persons joining and serving with His Majesty-s Forces. The time within which the heirs or devisees of a deceased < pre-emptor may apply for title under this Act is extended froas one year from the death of such person, as formerly, until one year after tbn conclusion of the present war. ThU privilege is also made retroactive. TOWN8ITE PROPERTY ALLOTMENT ACT. P»ovlslon ts made for the persons holding uncompleted' ._ ments to Purchase from th* Croa •uch proportion or the land, U dlv aa the payments already mad* „ cover in proportion to the sal* pries _ the whole parcel. Two or moro pmntm holding such Agreements may gTMOt Interests and apply for a pnTps-F tlonate allotment Jointly. If itltiwti their :: .::..._;... Jo considered advisabn covered b, tlonate allotmeni to divide application for a: nt, an allotment The Policy Committee was summoned to Calgary and met on the morning of the 14th and after some discussion they decided to send a committee to interview Mr. Harrison on the matter of the flpenlngoi{iJjf-^ie~mis^^-->^-th^ interview it was stated to Mr. Harrison by tha committee that they wer6 willing to recommend to the men that they return to work provided that there waa to be no discrimination against any man who had taken aa active part in the atrike. It was however un-1 STRIKERS WIN IN of equal value selected from at Crown lands in th* locality mar made. These allotment* are ooitdltioj upon payment of all taxes du* ths Crown or to any municipality. Th* rights of persons to whom the purchaser from the Crown hu agreed to sell are also protected. Ill* dooiaton et tbe Minister of Lands In reap*et to to* adjustment of a proportionate auoaum Is final. The time for makln* appUoft* tion for these allotments ia unltod to the 1st «tay of May, l»l». Any application made after this dat* will not k* Thew allotments apply to considered. town lots and lands of the Crown tt public auction. nf lafonaatlon apply to any rtfcl Government Agfcnt or to t G. K. NADBN, Deputy Minister of Lan«v FERNIE LODGE, KNIGHT8 OF PYTHIAS, NO. 31 Will meet regularly •very Tuesday even- taS_aLAje!gia£lL___ Visiting members cordially welcome. W. Pennington, Alfred Bakar, C. C. K. It. S. derstod that any return to work under Order 124 would be sub- ject to a referendum vote of the men. Mr. Harrison agreed to wire Mr. Armstrong on this and on the morning of the 15th tbe following waa received from Mr. Harrison s (COPY) P. E. Harrison, 121—8tfc Ave., W'Oit, Calgary, Re your telelgram: Wben officers who are to direct district when men resume work are properly vouched for by the International and that torms of agreement will be fulfilled, will take matter under consideration. W. J|. ARMSTRONG. No reply being /<•! from The Director of Coal Opera- r»«'»»iv«*d f>,> of mm fmm* Rtvtnvt to Dmlop B.C MtANTOORD. July 2i-TUe fotlotrtnff renolutlon paaaed by the Brantfoni Tradat and Ubor Conn | A„ ****** *mm iwtmammi »« i lrW| M'i' %'i.ili'i.. " Whore** Ibt- report of (lie htfb- *mts*t-lMn$ tttomrnkmiomr nkmn lhat \*rtm\*r Borden baa eonrider- able atoek fn a efffoln Winnipeg |»*V.L«M» t-^MMUtt, WtUlbMi, *i ** ■*»<-**• «d madt ©iw fifty par tmt pn* fit*; and wheroM, onr federal fov* eminent baa paaafd laws govern* in* ottom proflts, and no action baa batn tak«n, Uitrefoiw br it r*. «nlr#d, lhat wo, Brantfond Trad* awl Labor Cmmil alronaly pro- t**l agate* lh* Amnrniwng em- mim of »1tt\t% and Ibe prootll®- tion of tit fittMf* lift in Canada, •nd tkat Pftwwr Borden and all members of tbt fttkral parliament wbo bav* atoek to mf of tbt *oaa. blotter mmpmim wMth tow Wan gullty of abifgiiig a**aa» ptotHt, he aaked to an dawwy t«> Hi&ttl*MA *mmmmmmo trtompn omto. Nothing waa beard from thc office of tho Dlroetor. of Coal Operation* until the 7th of July wben tha following eommuniea* tions were iweived ? laljr 7th tilt Denr glr:~*#forrinf to pir «w»»«it mim nt tbo toi tail, t MrMtfMla Unas aad to Mr. W. r. M«Xait, Com- mamtmr ot tbt tfnntttn f*»| Oyta; tlM* Aawetettoa, I ka» am tnmtti JTwrtr tnm Mr. Awwitwia to «•»• Ont I MMMM oettmito tmt «* • «■"" I tat tba matter. 1% e tunmttmi *«wr & aHiee aa to vbttiar District li aa national «!»?,»,,<£ll5r ~H<« t* •One Mf Volm* When Wint 'U> i*9 l^♦»v«''',•; »»««wf*»t*M. » -i*nt,ra **i****. data It if rem woaM abo ktadtr a* TiWam fomriiot tble ometm fmm tnltbtnllr f. % 1URRUON Assistant to tht Dtnetor et Coat tytmtvmo r* *rSSw?S!Siw rt wmwnr <t Ctltonr tion to our comtinieation of tht 2nd of July the following wire waa **nt direct to bim at Vniteou- ver? Inly fib, !'jI9 W. H Armstrong, fm, Director of Cool OptraUont, Vaaeoaver. II. C. Policy CommlltM bave bttn In arn- ■!on ono wttk trytaa to arntnaa a conferenet with Operators. Wo b*« Have It to be In best Interests of utt parties that oonfereww be colled tor parpose of msklna new agreement. Operator! apparently boiler* declalon to cai) eonferenot run with yourself. Policy Committee owsite yoar rtplr. tSnid) B^fWlk flee. Wit 11. VM.1T. ot A. SUNNY SPAIN. Thia huelf was definite enough. It 'allow* tlmt before the men eould return tu work the uflieer* of the di-strict must be vouched for by tho International. If thia was to be the cane it brings in to the position we occupied two yeara ago wheu we were asked to place the whole Imsinem in the hand* of the International. If this waa dont* they may aend into this district anyone they may choose and the l>er«oii elected would have full enntrwl of the affair* of the di«- triet. After reviewing the condition of the diatriet generally the l'oliey Committee aent the follow, ing wire to the Director of Coal Operations i July ir.th. nm W, ll. Arastfnat. INrector of Coal Operation*, Rower RaiMlng, Vaittn«v?r, »'' Policy Committee sr* t>rnter»'i t« adilst men to return to w*ir*t imd^r Order No III and leave -motion ot new ogreeiiit'Ot In sbeyaiKe until pot. Icy of IntenwttoMi is oaiMn«4, Would tbls be atreeebte to yoo* He- ,.>.,... i ii it . lt«ntloaof tbepreiri* market*, tetnttt Oa the following d» Mr. mt- wmntn sapply of coel wets 5*«f»tv »on handed to thr rohry < >»ro« m jnamHI as t*ir*rtnr et t'eal Optr Complete Victory Over Gov. eminent By Workers. There io no need for pessimism because an apparent setback has been received by organized labor. The laat Canadian strike was prac. tically tho flrst political strike ever indulged in, and labor was not sure of what tactics to employ in the struggle. It learned many 1««. sons and should it become necea* sary to go to the bat again a different ending may result. Because a strike is lost is no criterion that it will be Jost the second time. The following taken from the French workers paper he Populate shows what the workera of Spain woro recently able to do in what alao may be termed a Political atrike, because sonic of the demands of the strikers were asked of the government, Thc account: Th»» governim-nt locked up the militant syndicflliKts of the electric company *o .effectively that the strike spread to other trades. The drnkirs r< fu*.-d tn luimll** C4»*l «W'»»KiMil ior ttm m military work; the authorities repine*! Ihom with a«)dii-iv It wus uow Uie turn «f th« Federation of Transport Worker* ti» r<*fu*? to handl-n thi* bargtit iioplKtl by th« troops. Vainly the prisons of Usr^'luiM wert» jaimttf*! with militant*. The strike fontinu*). The elfHric -m*ttip*i»>,v offered to nt-gt»tint<*, The seeivt committ"* replied by |ml>!i*li»tiif th* MW- ing -*f<»nditi'«,fiv 1. Thi« loiMpsnr to pny the Vtonto un itob-mt-n' ,.f V*1iw*» nyntit,.nti' an nob'imt■»«.* ftemotn** 2. Till' K-mrrtUtirtit to lift* nil ••iti/ri<» wh«» hav»' Im*i*m »injiri*<»it. t**l l***t*an*t** **f f»}»f*ii*!i»nt»»?t in th*1 mi.V-HIH-llt '*t. tb* toiiipntiy fo ivinitaf* all lilt.f fit refdv In Ih* ehnvo it.* #a" «* »-.(*.«•■»*.*.*■• •--.-*.•<-. i '■ •' I waa rrertvrtl from Mr Arm««tfvi*n*fl,'*i* rt'i'itfinn* tin* •v*i»tt"'»«» • ■»*»•' «<*. im iftw morning «l tlw* 11th; Imske «^r»»»i» ^m#«e-»str»n« r<*?rnr» Van«iwt*r. Jnly u. IW»| ing eondithma of work Mw. Urowne, j Tlw go%vrnwifii il*r.*s«reu a state «t, Retls Ilotml, Cnlfsry, Uf mire*. The trsmwa** ttribi* nm Wtll be In CTntiary early «»*t wk!,^ t.riV, rison handeil to Ulr roliry \.:**m* m xnarn-ll as lUr*et-nr et t'eal Optr mittee the following eopy of wire attoos policy Cootorttt** a*att»yent which he had re^ive,| (mm Mr "Jj^^ mM tmnwxtt. Armstrong: H*rtr tCWHt Vaaeetvtr, Inly t. #. #i, tta*ttmm, CnHtnttt AWs W«b retard, to repeat of tbt nm* tnm tt mmtm WtSmoo Ut the or- gettatlea sf • sit agroemeot wm yoa plenet Mb tbem tt stetrtoln «>i(.*»ti*»T *wr**wt*mi will ♦» w»*» nntl eanled oot by twwgwtao MM «f AMtrieo er witb -Oiit »t ^Iob.- U ie sbeolately ettentlal liat tbt nM- cers gift ittolit ttatMBtot apeo tMs If tbey bare ott tbe boo« W.' llARMariU)v«t . Nfv<«* of Cm! Optra *wno§ The matter an it now atsnds U The following was Mr. JleXeira t^ply to Mr. TTsrrfson. lair ttt i*tl r. * 5KTlUy,,slSt"n^s^^T^|*fcrt»>er yonr dnly eleHetl OMetft tbe we»bmblp. ind your l'oliey Commit ie* have W. ff. Armftfrtnjf. J fa tw vaui'lv^d t*>t U*t sU«- \*,wi i,» j*'o«r.i \*> wr* ■ "—' j tional beforo tbe lliWtor of C«w»I {prison Wc m\r -naw dourly trhat wiM,0|wt'*»u»n* *.**, ***** i'»*m t» *i**\ 'ib* i'nntir* ^wtrnnn-n raw^t wa* th*1 reply. h»*p>rv^l bf !h*r famous l**.-!!^ of ||rinn<l in Hm» railway strifei*. lit* lfovinim.nl iiiobili-z^l Ibi* rt**f. viats, V.trn trhm ilrwwed in mrti. laty nniform* tb«* rHNrrrtsta ww «ii«*» wrrt put tn holding np the staking of a new agfvement. We bad m tevetal ©<•• rooaUm beon verbally infotmed tbnt tb^ wonM be no agreewent mode ritb tbe "Om Rig Voim" h mTSS*m m m mmm m Cab* Openttam* Catfftfy fc^lgaili* ^tX'^J^t^SSt few reply to the f«r^,in|mj Sii *Sw eXSSr Wtome ftrwwieifolloirtng ww aent t* At bn«oe«s. Th* question owrjnn*! adhered to • rmolntion to wbi^-h tb* strik* wo« *»IW hi* J print r^lfcisf *-.*««-Ta»f Sin ps«ir<*r! into oblivion amt tbe an** J strike. question ia, are pm ready to give j The victory of tbe strikio* ayn* w« 9..... .... a gaaraat** tbat ym wdl abidejdieoteo wan r**«i»M#. Tbe atatt ttt rtnfff nntr ir* batf mthing **• o»iti tlu* IuU*i;uAti*-.u*l m*i* ***m*-**i«**ii*»ma* t«i'i»4, * wiwttioiwwal to • etmmxtnimtitm aad it standsf tlibertieo we* tmMomi. ond tb» wire tba J KDWAHD RRf>WNK. [workers went back to work ia Mlowing om o*txt t« tit AomM** Wtrtj Uhtir <M ptbtm. vf**^i!^iFi^^*"yrfy^^ .'■**"f*,--Sy*1' . - i ■ % , , **. **'i'.,'*llWi,*f Ly.*" . -^*y...*w***,^V-*«,,j, '*,■*'*, v^^T—l '9?*t,V ■ >*.'? T^*j^^*i?^^W^*E?«,^^7'^j7^jr5K^ PAGE Foyiv t.J1t? THE DISTRICT LEDGEH, FER-N1E, B. C, JULY 25,1919 * ^ *■ ^ 2J Vi f* li.'- It '?■*• FERNIE NEWS —We would advise you to book your seats early for the Minstrels on Tuesday night. —Pernie folks have been looking upwards for some days for the Curtis airplane "which is attempting the flight from Vancouver to Calgary by way of the Crows.Nest Pass. The aviator has met with some delays but may pass over early next week. —The rising rate of exchange between the United States and Canada has made it necessary to increase the consular fees charged by the American consul here and elsewhere. The ordin ary invoice fee of $2.50 will be increased to $2.60 and the Invoice on returned goods will be $1.04 instead of one dollar as heretofore. This is to go Into effect August 1. Special! PIANO TUNING Special I Mr. Geo Gannon, Pfa.soti Ss. RiscSi Piano Tuner, will be in Fernie in a, few da.ys. Leave your tuning orders with M. A. KASTNER, ■* Mason & Risch Agent, Fernie, - B.C. Brule Fernie's Big Peace Day Celebration —A fire In a house at Hosmer on iMonday morning caused considerable alarm and'help was sent up from Fernie. The fire was confined to a limited area. A fire near Alexander Creek broke out and Crows Nest phoned here for assistance. The fire raneers sent help and they were successful in cutting off the progress of the fire In some directions during the inght. —Manager R. M. Harvey, who owns and personally manages the Harvey Greater iMlnistrels, is justly proud of his preolo beauty, eborus, as It is a-de- cided novelty to have women with a minstrel show, but it adds to the picture in the first part, and makes the singing ono of the features with the show. The claini is made that -they are ^Beauties" and will create a furore here. They are to be at The Grand on Tuesday, July 29. —The funeral of William Kurlowich who died suddenly at the hospital last week was held on Sunday with a gathering at the miner's hall. Kurlowich was a Russian about 28 years of age. He left a wlfo In the old country and was hoping to be able to return. Ho was thoroughly in sympathy with the Russian revolution and was much interested in the trials going on at Winnipeg having collected considerable money in small amounts from fellow workers to aid in the defense. The funeral was largely attended. Tho body of Nick Slemko was found in the C. P. R. yards early Tuesday morning, the head being almost completely severed, Slemko was a worker on the railway section and came here less than a year ago. He was a Ukrainian by birth and had a number of relatives at 'Medicine Hat. From a card found among his belongings it is presumed that Slemko had become despondent over having *been disappointed by a young woman whom he expected to marry, —A'mine rescue and first aid contest will be held in Nanaimo, B. C. ou Labor Day, Monday, September 1st Teams are to participate from various provinces and also from Idaho, Mon- tana, Washington and other -states "TBeT%rnle~Team has been selected and practices commenced Thursday evening and will be continued every night until the going to the coast with the exception of Saturday and Sundays. The following team is to represent Eastern iBritlsh Columbia in the contest: B. Hesketh, E. Rutledge, E, Toy- loy.W. Green, iMiHllton, A Hancock, E. Hesketh will captain th-x mino rescue team and A. Hancock wil! captain the flrst aid team. Inspector-*! of Mlne.i Strachan and Lancaster and J. Puckey. instructor at the Government mine res cue station have klntll/ consented to supervise the training of tlm teams. FIRE RANGERS PUT UP COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE. Extreme Dryness In The Forests, Thn Quantity of "Slash" And Ths High Winds Soon Csrry Fires Beyond Control It was a characteristically si«unk-llko attack made ln the Fernie Free Press last week In Its comment on the fires which originated near Fairy Creek. It said: "A few men could easily have taken wire of tMs fire when it was flrst noticed, but the Are ranger* wero miles away and nothing wah done until it wus too late." The fact Is tliat FtedNanh, assistant ransrer. was at tho (Ire within two hours after It bad startrd and another ranger George McParlon was on the scene shortly aft«rward«. lK»th mew with commendable speed and prompt- um* nrgnnirinn Ar<» fluhtor* at tlm earliest moment possible. Th* extreme dryness, the quantity of dry "slash" and the high wind made it absolutely impossible to ehcrk the pro- (tress of the flames. So far as ihnr» noi b#*lwr "enourh patrol m«n to ta%<i mw of tha dlstrfci," It would tak* a man fnr everx' f*w hnwfrwf ner** fr Ioh* tin no score hrtnt flisif* h>' witter tMe effectively ensure safety or the forests; full time. This avant waa staged beat such a period and even th n therej tween tha two ball garnet snd draw a w<miM In* fir<>« whtfh would y<-' t»i v-r nd gtenl -trewi of sfWfiators control, tn Idaho and Mon<i<u there] The milt foot nee was ran, won and are four rangers to everv nn* in »t C. j tost hy members of tte Pint itm!- hut tlw recent of ,,*> itr? nrt ment Injiias of Kootenay, tailed up by a rear* this prov inc.- rota iwrw* * **r * in * or-, *enUtir« of tto African race; no wMM ably lt»«t*Nl with tte wor* *tm* <x* cont-fstsnt entering cross the border. John LoafTlmo-Otar won lba mil* Mm directly In toneh *.Uh tte »tt« want, Kennedy, of tte 0. W, V. A. tak- iFemfs Peace Day . celebration brought out the largest and most elaborate procession of docomted lloats and cars that hae ever been assembled on Victoria Avenue. The program was carried out in every detail and the ceremony of crowning Miss Jessie Richardson as Victory Que-en by Mayor Uphill under the Arch of Triumph was the culminating event of the great paradt After tho mayor had crowned the Queen ami presented her with a box of jewels, she replied very briefly and modestly. A. I. Fisher, *I;PJP., then spoke for a few minutes and was followed by Rev. C. E. Batzold, on behalf of tho G. W. V.A, He delivered the following brief address: "Beneath this Arch of Triumph I uncover my head. In the presence of the Victory Queen, whom you have chosen as embodying all this great occasion means, I bow. "On this occasion, when not only we, as a city, or as a province, or ab a vast dominion, but as the empire and a .world celebrate peace. "On this "-Occasion, beneath this glorious arch, inscribed on the one shle with "Peace" and upon the other with "Victory," On behalf of the Great War Veterans, I greet you. We who went to -France did our part as you did yours here. We realize that this might have been a day of peace but not of victory; then we should this day*, and always, have hung our heads in shame. '(But we have assembled to celebrate "Peace and Victory." May theae two words be enshrined in our hearts for all time! May we find that this spirit that mad© victory possible, that during the last five years called us, lifted us, carried us, Inspired us, sustained ub and led us to this glorious day, keep us ever. Amen." Among the many floats, that with "Britannia" carrying her shield and wearing the traditional helmet was conspicuous for its effectiveness. The C. S. E. T. boys had a good float and performed some of their stunts as the procession passed along. The jaza band, or "Sus'seys band" as If. •aifta lnho^loil pioda -p^rth fnr ♦hn kids. The bagpipes carried by Messrs Watson, A. McNeill and A. Graham assisted by the Fernie band, the Salvation Army band and -the bugle corps furnished the music. A striking and unusual feature of the parade waB tho Indian contingent, dressed in all the finery and feathers of the traditional Indian costuming. They formed a picturesque feature of the procession. The Fernie detachment of the It. N. W. M. P. led the parade on horseback, and a hundred return soldiers In uniform marched at the front. Alter the cermony under the Arch the procession broke up and tbe great crowd wont to the Park where the afternoon was spent ln sports, races and base ball contests. The latter drew the most attention as the contest between Fernie and 'Michel and the final game between Fernie and tbe crack Waldo team drew a very targe crjwd. Fernie won from Michel In a very evenly contested game but whim tbty went up against those log rollers from Waldo they fell to Inglorious defeat. For tha first four innings the game was an evenly contested one the vis* Hors succeeding in getting In bnt two runs, but later the Fernie hoys went up in the air and ara still 'here. It was useless for counter-bopocrs to go ngalnst n set of husky cant-hook men. used to log-rolling aud rant- hook exercise every day in tha weak Those Waldo fellows are a gauey lot ot boys, however, and flayed clean ball. Only onea did ona of thoir players undertake to debate with umpire Kast aer, but he waa drowned ont by the cowd. Tbe Fernie battery wns a good ona titu tl.- suppoit Ml dc»n at vrititnl momenta. Fhe foot ball game tet a ont t'oal Creek and Fernie was a hot number, The Trites - Wood Co. Saturday Specials Bananas, per pound ..... 12y2 Okanagan White Beans, 3 lbs. for 25 Sweet Biscuits, special mixed, 2 lbs. for -•-... 55 Libby's Tbmato Catsup, per bottle ....•• ..--.. ,25 Libby's Sweet Potatoes, 2y2 lb. can 35 Chase & Sanborn's fresh ground bulk Coffee, lb. 60 Lipton's Cocoa, -V^ lb. tin 25 Libby's Grape Juice, 2 qts., each 60 Roses Lime Juice, quarts, each . - 60 Ontario Honey, 5 lb. tins .. • • 2.00 Wagstaff's Plum, Red Currant, Pear and Peach Jam 1.00 K. B. Raspberry Jam 1.15 Warners Spaghetti, 1 lb. packages, each 10 Clark's Baked Beans, 3 lb. tins 25 Heinz Baked Beans, 2 lb. tins 25 Pie Filling, 2 lb. tin • • ..... 40 Toilet Soap, 5 for 25 Castile Soap large bar, each • • 30 Castile Soap, small cake, 4 for 25 Clark's Prepared Soups, 2 tins 25 Braid's Special Blend Bulk Tea, per lb 60 Good Quality Old Potatoes per 100 lbs. ... 1.50 BRULE, July 22—At a meeting of workera held here on Sunday- lt was proposed to send a resolution of protest to Ottawa agalnat the Imprisonment of the strike leaders in Winnipeg. Consideration of the fact, however that -Borden & Co. are already aware of our protest and thajt auch czarkan measures as the infamous 41 to the immigration act are the jresult f such knowledge, and considering fur* ther tha$ not only are the eleven on trial in Winnipeg, but a half dozen .of our own members are in the hands of ihe courts, tt was decided that the wisest course would be to "dig down" and help in the defense at Winnipeg. It was not self-glorification but self- defense that prompted ub to part with some of our coin, which, needlees to say, is getting scarce in this camp. Seventy dollars wus the amount donated -to be sent to Winnipeg. The following box's did their bit Wm. Rolling $1.00 Chas. Jacob! l.OO John Jacob! 1.00 B. Sirra .50 Dotto Valentino .50 S. Pualli .50 Alloso Vittorio .50 P. Domlchello 1.00 D. uMacri 1.00 R. Jacob! .50 P. Taconls 1.00 R. Stutti 1.00 P.Galdi 1.00 F. Doran 1.00 A, Ahlstrom 50 M. Punok .50 Jim Lesko 1.00 L.Mlhorvkh 1.00 L. DerDono 1.00 C. iCalleti 1 00 B. Daynoko l'.OO A. Loi ..50 B.-Saasooza .50 M. Berg 3.00 O. Gambia 1.00 ^ J. A. Sortmson 2.00 FOR FIVE BOOM HOUSE on two lots in block il, only $1,000.00 SIX BOOM HOUSE, electric light, water, on south half of lot 11, block 82 $1,160,00, terms. TWO ACRES OP LAND, partly cultivated, with large seven room house,. outbuildings, and stable which will hold car of feed and 27. head of cattle, 4n West Fernie, a snap at $1,100.00 DWELLING, on McPherson Avenue, in good,location, $1,300.00 ■ y RANCH with large house, and five acres of land; partly cleared and fenced, about two miles north of Fernie, terms. INSURANCE:- We write, Fire, Life, Accident, Health and Automobile Insurance: • Special Monthly Payment on Accident & Sickness Policy . u for the Working-man THE B. WINNETT INSURANCE AGENCIES, Bank of Hamilton Bldg. Fernie, B. C. The TRITES-WOOD CO., Ltd. Branches at Fertile, Michel, Natal and Coal Creek FOOTBALL NOTES ation and who fotwttt with th« ran g»rs agsrin* xh* Iin* ar*» rordtal ii tlwHr pralut* of balk .V»»»i nntl MrVer- Itm. Port* «f th*n* m#>n a^MinHv rlik-wl th«lr lives in th. Ir £ul"4.i t» ami lh* « endeavors a ere not al'iw-ihvt nn.in^ cmntul aa a namlxr of i»r«p*rt/ own« ee* psn **»*iffv Tbe rm: nt I -imt rt,rtimi**t*m*r nt Ottawa has disitiwirw! that a 'parti' cnlsrlv fxfnlf-iow**' -pomhltt-f i* psspon- tnht* t»t (I*" »«1%!»i»*h«4 pttt* lng second tnonn At iydnay MiMs. .V. «, U. tl. Mae K-»n»i#, tb* llbmJ iMdar In tha How nf Commons addiwaMd * nut-tint ot uorUr. on th* IU* tost. Wnermtt J»i»#s McLaebUn of Dtetrkt H. tl. II. \V nt h nakrtl Mf, MieRoBfl* why bn toted tot the ntmrnimom lotbetmrn** mmm art sad tba liberal leaders !»• frilMtthtt bated torn lad to Iwtlatt "br pmmlwmt ihmiImhw ef Ite (•Matt" ttt naat- tini xh* nnttmaimmt waa o**eaantf tm To Secretaries of Football Clubs in " CrowB Nest Paas Greeting: At the beginning of the present season an attempt was made to rehabll Itate the C; N. P. Football League, but owing to the; many unfavorable conditions that prevailed In several of the camps Which heretofore comprised the League, this attempt did not get support necessary *o practically, carry out the purposes of the League. How- ever, since that time It would appear tbat conditions have somewhat chang ed. An earnest attempt to revive the old-time standard of football in the B. C. section of the Pass has met with complete success, whilst there Is, no doubt, in the Alberta section, a very earnest and enthusiastic effort to line up with their associates of tbe western part of the distriot In view of these facts and at the solicitation ot many of those interested, I desire to suggest for your consideration the following program as a wind up for the present season, believing that it will be thh means of atlmulatlng and laying the grounds for a real successful league next season: 1 That tbe clubs of Alberta, call a meat lng and arrange a aeries of matches to compete for the Crahan cup whleb Is now fn Frank. 3 That the clubs in B. C. inaU-a similar arrangements and compete for tbe Mntt Cup, which is now held by Coal Creek. S Thai a team ba selected respectively from Alberta and tt. V., to play in o grand final on Labor Day at some place to be arranged later. I shall te pleased to hear from tha several clubs as to their views on this matter, but as the season ta fast closing ( would urge immediate action on tte part of those tnte-reatad. Yours Sincerely, A. i CARTKR. Michel opened hostilities with a rush on the Vets defence. Tennant returning the ball, and Robertson taking up and centering weakly to Linning who shot with little force. Nothing result _ ed from ntree kick on a fnul by stea^^eBd-^ tary aad all kind* nt plumbta* supplies. ] pat • sn #nd to tte ravolatlonaiT feat Habits wttt i'*t. aiuinniuricl wtot, m-mmm--'ntm et th* Wtunlpmg strlka," $*ttrn born ot t»» (KiunnhiiM h..:,i »mh la; tary MeLacklan tata a clear «ptao* mM#' »*w#**i.'MM*t'<-, *•'!-■ «• *-*«.■' .*« *'■• > ****** •*: twtom **t "mt Y^,H*fv %-it*r-ts. i*i» 1^*^ «tv*^ *n tvn^V 1*^^ * ffif'f-* ^^^ *m1** i« at»er*r n^t^wary f^M^nc# lifi^Mff ««4ttM» mni]<*t..l**bm-'*^ wii* emembr *i*i*tnmi1***t bf I (LetMrldg* Herald) iMtetel Football Club's Tint to Uth- bridge on FHday proved to te quite aa popular and pleasant to all concerned a* was -tmpntad. A great trowd grttt- ed them at tbey took the Held which goes to prova that an occasional visit from an outside team of good calibre Is* very acceptable to the fans. It waa to te regretted that (he match eould not te placed en tte P*aee Day's program, which waa already filled up, bui It provided excellent sport for tte large holiday crowd already in tte city. Mletel waa unable to Held Its full team, owing to Injuries reettved from ab enure strenuous game in the Crow's Not League, but tte ttam pat on was well wenir «f it* babm aad reputation Tte VHaraa's team aa advertised was weakened by tte unavoidable absent* nt Whyte otd llnkbttum, whfeh tav. evened up mattfts, and a aaaw was wttaetsad which sp«tt football alt the •ay. aad tte crowd certalaty ted Wa money'e worth. The visitors, ia an lutervlew with tte HeraM espreesed ureal pfoasur* at ttelr itnit, and were toad la Ite atsttmKufcdum aaf Bfe^t btm^tmaianmimimxb ^^y^tf^i^li-^^l a^^^^^ ffniUMUH Wtt Ifffe flWfflfPfVI ■^T^fTWWI IIUFffl J, Smolik -- D', Smanlotto ,M. Lyons M. Campbell W. Wblssam P. Contardo T. iMasl F. Parma R. 'Pelosi r. Brussefii B. Cunardello N. Peterson .50 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 100 1.00 1.00 1.00 P. Campagnodo 5,00 B. Scai-pino S. Serra J. Honlgan — Fuerd M Sheyjeka M. 'Hyncka JoeTrislnsky P. Doskoz G. Vincy J. Kwaaney R. McFegan B. Logush M Logush D. DefllMppl SaraCohin Ph, Morris M.fialka J. Dietz L. Kutxnic and Miohel made a Ono run down the field, gaining a corner whioh was well cleared. The visitors, nothing daunted, came again with lots of steam, this time getting through. Yates finding the net with goal No. 1, ten minutes from the lulck off. TJte homtesters now took tbe initiative, voting tbe otter end, when Robertson from tbe right wing took a pot, Guest saving at thn expense of a corner, Robertson placed nicely, Linning heading over the bar A foul against Anderson gave Michel another lead, the resulting shot bringing Dunlop out of his goal to save the situation. A corner at the other end was also fruitless. Several nice passages by tbe Vets pleased tte fans immenaly, trom a great kick by Tennant, Linning passed to Irwin, who returned to Linning, the latter ilninsing with a long shot just over the bar. Michel, after a free for a foul by Shaw came within an ace of making lt two, but Dunlop relieved tine situation. iMichel returned again only to be pulled up for offside. The play for quite a while wai mtdfleld, each side striving to get past tbe backs, but the half back lines were both good, and held tight. W. Linning, getting away, took the ball down the field where be neatly snipped tt to Uurr, Norman passing a great one to Robertson, tho latter to Allen, wbo shot wide. Gurr followed with a nice centre, but tbere waa nobody ln shooting poeition. Guest came out and with clever work gave tbe ball to A. Ball on a long drive tte latter geUlug away on his old time form but hia forwards were not up and the chance wai lost. Half time arrived with tte visitors ahead on aa even half by one goal. •eeend Period Lethbridge got away jn the k!ck off, Robertson passing over to II. Linning, who again had his toe too far under and the crossbar too ton. Por tha next ten minutes tha battle waa a hard one, each aide flawing like a couple ol mammoths, aaUt unable to move the other. Michel showed good form, frequently gaining a good stem of applause frem tte stands, the locals alrt playing a laa game. That followed a scrimmage around the Michel Sit, oae of tte visitors bringing the II down with hia hand. Referee Out awarded a penalty aad W. Llaalag evened up for Lethbridge twenty minutes from restart. Some aloe combination* between (turr and Ltanlag waa worthy nt a better result, but Gaeat aavad Gun's shot In mastsriy faahtoa. Tbe game wae partlariarty fait far mm mlaatt*. ite Hatter gotag froaa •vd te end ind from head to teed, liwtw heading met. Mtctel followed with a pretty passing fame, fetttat within scoring distance, to te spoiled again by offside. Lethbridge now woke up and eta rtert to run in ihota, tmr ito> lag ta. la five a»taats«. Gaeat waa In tmmt *t*em e**t h**t*A*tt Item all. At- Red Terror C. (Marriott Sek -Malichyn J. Sande F. Bolchuck C Lang KLEgford Joe Ceorponerk 1.00 3.00 6.00 1.50 200 .60 .60 1.00 .60 .50 1.00 .25 .60 .60 2.00 .50 1.00 .50 .25 1.00 M 1.00 .50 1.00 .60 1.00 1.00 Michel Tte members of tte Michel Football toam wish to extend their sincere thanks to Doe Weldon for hie kind assistance in connection with the Lethbridge trip. Enough Mid. The boys of Miohel having won the medals and shield In the Crow'* Nest League would Uke to tear from tte Fernie sports when thoee trophies will arrive. The bard knocks aad brulaea that the boyf received during that series will constantly remind them that there are a ehtetd and medals coming. The engineers of Mtctel have again received Instructions from their executive to eome off tha Job and «e te lleve this lato Information la what tbey have teen watting to get, aa the Mletel siccative waa Informed that aa son aa tte (tha engineers) beardfrom their besdquartem thay would consider quitting. With lhe axoepttoa of tte above the workmen of Michel are atill soltld and do not intend to te driven to work like a bunch ot dogs. OOLORlDMWiTEIXJ abb an mr, A matter m great sauefaeuau to tkemf imi pnn la a loag osm over tte wa* Jii' iiuU V JA! A r/'A' J-i'-J ►'•■V.WJ mm f GRAND FRIDAYS SATURDAY # July, 25 and 26 Jaefc Plelcford in "Tb« Spirit of 'IT •Ito "The Matter My*tery"and Mack Senntlt Comedy MONDAY, ONE NIGHT ONLY ClteMrltui Ray iti "Ki» NUUm'a Boy" ■tto N6te F»IO Tl* Bol to Eftf, TU1SDAY.1IJLY 29 ^ Harvey's Greater Minstrels um.. lii'imm [Qtrr living up to Mt reputation, and they wish aa to elate ttet as on ethfb- lliea «f' ntfensetag It nm ite taeat they have eeen this eeasnn nil Hooker entertained the bm* ,.....*,. ...... ,.*,.,...,*. * . did tte* ntfl tte wen torn' tears of a jm^m. t^^^moo Ift^k I^Mia Mk*wdta^.*.^^H*^fhuug|ubJg baa ttwat^M mSMnn Wmf IWH *• o*m FWmt-WJmwWWwm n IW Cll^p. tte toaaw Haei up et f .10 ia fte m^tm^Mt^tt^^jm. Mu*^^tta*a^u||dh» T. flaeet w» jminS ^r. HanMea .1 Ctett n TttwU TT. Btu*tt A. Ttevts 'J. Travm R. torn O W*aet*r I fnttt **.. Of., w., m. i*L *M*i4t*n*ii i.1 i^*,Je** H-hkii nm'- wik*. Mktel tool a tara M MUfk'Pg. sad W«am Uadod a beeaty right lato imatapa bands AiMlter itet una efearai ht Aadseaoa. Tte crowd waa now on the Uploe of wcttement. the *M9M** m*t*m ma*** *** *.*% .'*.. -.w.w;.'. ef tte eHy. Tte vltftata made a *ee- pevato try tm ite wtaaiag geal. tet oar tefeaoe heM irm. Irwla plautedi a •Inf 9Mi Wnm IwQ CIUHV W^9H& l^p^ teft K Wt tte tmttm. mrt toe*. Veta Tte laat Ire mhat*s play wea hut end Ui* Vwn; cteat* ted uttTTb Uwatit talMd ia eiet aftor iM. Mi tta tte tftm bnO a $**** 4*t*m**\ tmt wm tbm rnadri %m tbt orbmm tbim UO The modern minatretay tBtrolrtd from the colored race. Tlw notro if lit can be restrained from be- eomint mU conaciooa raakea the best mlnUrel man. Any peraon U mro of a good Uagb if tbey eu bat bt around ■ group of inflow thirty, mlnutoe wkbout the litter knowing they are near bajaoae tlw colorad man ia then perfectly natural. Tbere have tew Many talon* minatre) abows whieh were un* aatiafactory in their eotoruio- mtnt baeanai tht etltred ptf^ lonntfi wtrt mn* mw-.^sww» wma did not aet natural Mr. It H. Harrcy, a well known dm* awn undertook tha taak of awmbltef a eompany of clever eotored peo- nte wl» wort not fomWv who wtw oattaMo of alwoft rwaining it* taraUveo on tha compaay wtU te at TiModay. Johr *%. xBBmBB-***^*^™**^^^*^^^ Hungarian Situation (Prom the Workers' Divadnaught, London, June 5) A comrade who has joined the Hungarian Red Army wires to the Avanti, under date May 23, liis impressions:— Such "stories" as that Dr. Bela Kun has died of extreme hunger and that a general strike liad been declared against the rule of the Soviets are all lies. Here in Hungary, owing probably to the want of great resistance on the part of tbe Hungarian capitalists, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is a mild rule indeed. Dr. BelaKun is more alive than ever, surrounded by the affection of all workers; he is optimistically inclined, in spite of the fact that his eountry is surrounded by an enemy well armed and well supported by the international reaction, and, consequently, without access to the market of the world. All the factories here are working at full speed, in order to increase production for the benefit of all. I have visited, together with Comrade Morgari (the Italian So cialist) the great workshop for agricultural machines, the 'Lang- maschinen Fabrik," and I have found the greatest possible harmony prevailing between manual and intellectual workers. The; same thing I observed in the work on -the fields, and, but for the menace of the Allied Powers, the Hun- garian people would be able soon tenproducOnouglTfoFlts neeiisT Never has the countryside been ao intensively cultivated, and this year the crops will be more abundant than ever before. I spoke with Capt. Arcami, of the Italian Military Mission, which has remained here, and he confirm' ed this view. Naturally enough, the Soviet Government's chief care at the moment is the formation of a strong Red Army. The Commissionaires for War, Fidler and Szanto, together with the Commander-in-Chief Boehm and Commander Landely, and, of course, with the assistance of the trades unions and various political groups, have In leas than three weeks put together an army "tbat can face the Caeohs, the Roumanians, ete. Yesterday I went with Morgari to visit the north-east front and where we were about a mile from the Ctech position of Miskoleci. We crawled for a whil* on all-fours to avoid being hit and in order to uudy the enemy position. Thut night that position, a town of ")0, 000 Inhabitants, waa taken by the Ked Army, wit'j many prisoners and thirty matitu guns. Everywhere thv discipline oi the Red Army is good; they go to the front singing thi Marseillaise and the International. At Raring, the soldiers stopped onr ear and a pri* vate from the ranks stepped forth and spoke, asking us to convey to tbt workera in Uie factories the assurance that the workers in un* {form wilt fight to the last for socialism. The military organisation is also good. On the 19th inst., at a given point, I aaw tbat 56 trains passed Democracy Endangered in 40 boon, carrying soldiers to tbt front. The soldiers have meat, ST. CATHARINES, Ont.,— That tho basic principle of democracy was endangered by the recent amendment to the Immigration Act, permitting the deportation of members of certain organizations, wns alleged by Alderman Queen and Pte. Dunn, two of the Winnipeg sffike leaders, at a mass meeting here yesterday attended by labor iiien and returned . soldiers. In requesting those present to sign a petition asking the minister of justice to allow the five Russians arrested the right to a trial and the production of evidence against them in open court before deporting them, Alderman Queen said the eases of these men were in the hands of a deportation committee of the immigration department, whieh was not in the nature of a judicial body which did uot iuquire into the facts of the case and had no administrative powers. Referring to the five Russians who were arrested with him, he stated that if they were deported they would be handed over to the Kolehak forces, which, would mean that they would be shot. "These men are not going out of the country if we can help tt in any possible way," he declared. "If necessary, we will fight this case right to the privy council iu London, We are not asking that these men should be liberated. We are asking that they he given a fair and opn"tiiRi^naccoTOffrofi^1hrBritv ish procedure, before they are pun- inhed by deportation or in any other way." No Sovietism. Aldorman Queen repudiated any suggestion that there was an effort to establish a soviet form of government in Winnipeg. There had been no trouble in the city, he declared, until the police force was locked out, and special police were armed with wagon spokes put on the streets in their stead. He alleged that at the time of the arrests women had been ordered from their beda by policemen and annoyed by a search of their bodies for hidden literature. Methods were similar to those in Russia, he declared. Private Dunn epoke at length from the standpoint of the returned soldiers, declaring that 90 per cent, of Winnipeg's returned aoi- diers took part in the demonstration in the city. Private Dunn deliberately char, ged the mayor of Winnipeg with inciting the people to riot. He had held a counter-demonstration of a few returned soldiers, who did not sympsthUe with the strikers, and iu apeaking to them aald they should go down and march around the Labor Temple, which would havt been deliberately looking for trouble. "We have not in tho.Do- minon today that for which wt have fought—(democracy," be added. Practically all those preaent at tbt meeting signed tbe petition and pledged themselves to write the minister of justice asking tbat a fair trial should bo given tbe men arrested in connection witb Winnipeg strike. x, omtn Lfantat Aftea Rettnsea IXmHy It wee a greet tajoyed by fte I ^^^m£^^ Mia MMyl MMb tt^EHt^-mm mmm »^^W w-^^P EwntteweyoasliSH s Jltetei wfllatemje te ^^ttlfe mtm ■mmm^^m^mmm tmt i tho ut* »§ "b tm tenet weati t m i tta af vegetables, broad nearly white, but alcohol, to nrtrj form, \n strictly bibited. Tobacco ia oot lacking. Chief-Commander Boehm is a metal worker, who rose from nriv. att to lieutenant; beeame Minis. ttr for War under tbt govtrumtat of Karolyi, wben bt rapidly ear Had out tbt demobilisation of l,- 700,000 men of all forces. Ha baa now shown bio skill in an equally tunlit mntrilfratfcm nf Ite ttm - '^^tttf. tha UKtrn UomrsdeJ.Atpary. whoie with Dr. Bela K*n at tbt Ministry of Foreign Afain, thinks that tht 1. Adk^l jmmm*amW-mtmM^nmm*,-m^a*-X bum ABub, Dab' nangar tsptnaoita oy um ista fiTTOT Tfi ifw fmf ffWTw fri rtfffff Tnm had a beneficial effect; it hss united the workers the More. He, too. is boptfW of final aueeste and tends greetings to the workers of tU MONUMENT! W%wmmmtnm^f wWWtfelW 1WPB mtW^tm-mtetwotmt ^^PW P.O. tea Mi Thee** Mi tislean 1 & iww^i mm ^w WWtWrteOP ^W W»^w Ktatsaays Wm« MOlMiOft ip. W. L Pkkeriif ftattibfliDretltani WHh»t art aow S90 Italian Be- eiiliati who bave atto volunteered i •tmr mmvo mmmuj way mmj mil wa trmitoet? wt knew ttet wt gb^^ ^^^^^^^^^^k. o^^^al^^^ui mtgaJb^Ltg^g*^ mmm mo HMBfR mommo mptmtm •*» ttt -ttttb s^m^K tet^* «g^||HguuiH||^M|^b, og| *iii^k ^mi* aa ettttL-WSem ^^*^m w*wr ^tewa**o^n*tao^a itm* ^mmw otmt -m *iiw om^o ormoo ont-bot* UITI-1101AVD BCTIIIOS Bim AVE SDMIERWOOD Baa
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : [publisher not identified] |
Date Issued | 1919-07-25 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1919_07_25 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 5dc750e6-4570-4a6e-8f61-2c8d865f226e |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0309057 |
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Longitude | -115.062778 |
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