Array %U�� CHINOOK EXCLUSIVE LATE SATURDAY NICHT WAR NEWS SUPPL'ED TO THE CHINOOK BY THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIA1 ION Vol. Ill, No. 52���Established 1911 VANCOUVER. B.C., CANADA, SUNDAY. MAY 9. 1913 Price Five Cents LONDON. MAY 8.���ADMIRALTY ANNOUNCE THK IJESTROYEK "MAOKI," WAS MINEU AND SUNK YESTEKDAY AFTER STRIKING A MINE OFF WELLINGHEN. BRITISH WARSHIP "CRUSADER," LOWERED BOAT TO ASSIST CREW BUT THE GERMANS OPENED FIRE FROM SHORE BATTERIES AND THE "CRUSADER" WAS OBLIGED TO ABANDON BOATS. AFTER BEING UNDER FIRE FOR A HALF HOUR. THE BRITISH CREWS SURRENDERED. SEVEN BRITISH OFFICERS AND EIGHTYEIGHT MEN TAKEN PRISONERS. Washington, D.C., May 8.���State Department tonight announced that 225 Americans were lost on the Lusitania. Washington. May 8.���Secretary Tumulty gave out following statement from President Wilson: "Of course the President feels distressed and feels the gravity of situation to utmost and is considering very earnestly but very calmly the right course to pursue. He knows the people of the country wish and expect him to act with deliberation as well as with firmness. Can A Working Girl Live Decently On $3.00 a Week? Grasping Employers Underpay Working Cirls in Vancouver Driving Them to Poverty, Shame and Death���Can a Ctrl he "Decent" on $4.00 a rvcel(, the Wages Paid many in Department Stores of this City? ift| rORKING GIRLS in Vancouver are up against the hard- 1/1/ est kind of a problem," says Miss Gutteridge, ol the Trades and Labor Council, who is a regular encyclopaedia of facts and figures on everything relating to woman's work and conditions of employment in this province. "They are being slowly ground to powder between the millstones of low wages and high Jiving costs. "How can a young woman live���really live���on seven or eight dollars a week? Yet that is about the average wage for a working girl in Vancouver, and many are receiving as little as three or four (Continued on page 4) SATURDAY ^wo hundred and Twenty-five MiruT cvtd a American Citizens Passengers Muni laIKA t ., on Lusrtania S. Cowper, Secretary of Depositors' Committee of Dominion Trust and Liberal Candidate for Vancouver N'ew York, May 8���That Elbert Hubbard even; to his death calmly writing at> article calling upon the Christian nations to rise and crush German militarism i- stated m a coble to lei- family from a prominent American sur- \ i\i.r. Elberl Hubbard, the head of tlie' Roycrofters, had many followers and friends in Vancouver. He lectured here over a year and go al a time when the Titanic disaster was "'.ill fresh in the minds Charles M. Hays. President of the Grand Trunk, had been brought up in the same town as Elbert Hubbard. Thej manner of the railroad magnate's death in tlie Titanic disaster was touched upon by Mr. Hubbard in liis Vancouver address. "Charlie- Hays." said he, "went down with a smile: upon Iiis face. He did as you Britishers are wont to ei". Women and children first!" Hubbard referred feelingly to the deaths in the Titanic disaster of his ( friends, Jacob Strauss and his wife. Mrs. Strauss refused to leave the side of | Iht husband when they tricel t.e persuade her to enter a life lee,at. stating that she had ben so l"iin with htm that she would nol part fremi liim now. "When I read that," saiel Mr. Hubbard in his Vancouver address, "1 sent a wire of congratulation iee his s.m Percy, in New York. Never was such heroism shown by any woman. 1 congratulated Percy upon being the son of such a noble woman." Do Cily Officials Allow Chinatown To Run Wide Open ? Citizens eef Vance,mer's Chinatown are making up a purse of sever.,: sand dollars to finance a fight against the City Police and other civic officials. They charge that $5Q00 bribe money was paiel by a certain Chinese gambling li'iusc feir protection. It is charged that gambling opium smoking and the usual vices supposed t'i be associated with Qlinatown are openly encouraged.by officials who, they allege, are paid to keep quiet. Que land, May 8.��� ft is I in t'.night that German submar- irfare claimed \3M, victims in the sinking of th. leviathan, Lusitania. Americans wh m ��� losl nun bi .��� ��� official re- port, more than 137. among them, in 'addition to Mr Frohman, A. G. Van- It, Charh - Klein and Elbert Huh- bard, n ise coming! ings ever ted the American R. public. Germany' heavily not on- : ly <������ -it many subjects of neutral nations. "I founel." writes Wilbur p. l-'e,rrest, United Press staff rrespondent, "the body of Charles Frohman, great? : all American theatrical niana- It lay in one of the crowded ui - equal in de-ath with the poor> if third cabin victims who were fi How passengers. "In the morgue where Frohman's body lay, I saw tu-.e little children clasped tightly in each others arms, united in elcath. "I looked al mothers clasping tightly at tiieir still forms babies���nursing bii 5���that 'bey clung despairingly to as the undertow from the sinking liner carried them down tee death in the cold waters of the ocean at the very entrance to St. George's Channel ���at a time when they felt certain that within n few hours they would meet their loved ones on British soil. "Latest reports tonight of number saved is given at "06. It is possible only possible that this number may later bc increased. The Admiralty holds out hope that fishing schooners and steamers not equipped with wireless may be picked up and that they may carry survivors. At most this is a faint hope/' Dominion Trust and Hon. W. J. Bowser The Part the^Attorney-General Played in the Scheme Whereby Four Thousand British Columbian Depositors Have Been Swindelled out of Their Savings, as Shown hy Official Records and Statements of Mr. Bowser Himself���By ]. S. Cowper F< (REWORD THIS is a plain, unvarnished statement of Mr. Bowser's connection witli the Dominion Trusi Company, in which nothing is sei down in malice. Every statement herein sei down is capable of prooi bv document or by affidavit of witnesses. Many of the statements are admissions by Mr. Bowser in his own defence em the fl ii the U -.<������ lature on February -1, 1915. Mr. Bowser, it is fair to say, insists that he is innocent of wrong-doing, .-11��� ��� I wis in ��� If an innocent victim ..i the Iui.' \\ ��� R. Arnold. This is intended ti be read in conjunction with Mr. Bowser's published defence. The impartial reader .should havi no difficulty in arriving al a conclusion on the two tatements. WAS N< IT \ LIBER \l. ATTACK Mr. Bow*er in dealing h ith I lominion Trust matters in hi- platform ���speeches, represents tlie attack made on him as a Liberal attack, made from motives of party politics. Whal is the fact? The truth is thai the first public iiii'iiiieeti made of the Attorney General was made by an ol iiier of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, on December 10, 1914. Mr. IL L. Drayton, who had been appointed provisional liquidator e.i the company by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in his report to the shareholders, creditors, depositors .-mel contributories of the company, after reviewing the causes which led to the collapse of the company and the loss of the depositors' savings, said: "I have interview. .1 the Premier and Attorney-General of British Columbia, and have tried te. make them see the situation in the same light as I do, namely, that as the Dominion and Uriiish Columbia governments knew that deposits should never have been taken, and as they were aware that this was being violated, 1 think they should reimburse the depositor-, with the exception of the directors. If the government do not do this, the question will arise as to whether thc deposits taken on and after January 1, 1913, will have any Standing at all." This was the first intimation given to tlie depositors that they had been swindled out of their savings, and that ihis swindling had been done with the knowledge of and without any interference from the Dominion and Provincial governments. , HOW THE SWINDLING WAS DONE Every incorporated joint stock company must have authority given it before it can do business, and the scope of its business is strictly confined within thc limits set out in its charter. The Dominion Trust Company Limited had for years been doing business under an old charter which allowed it to accept deposits. The company wished to expand its business into other provinces, and therefore in 1��12 obtained a federal charter from the Dominion Government. The Dominion government charter did not grant authority to accept deposits. It confined the company to strictly trust business. At this time, Mr. Bowser's firm, Messrs. Bowser, Reid and Wall- bridge, were solicitors for the Dominion Trust Company. Mr. Bowser was Attorney-General for the Province, and there was nn Opposition in thc Legislature, except Socialist members from Newcastle and Nanaimo. A private bill, giving the Dominion Trusi Company power to accept deposits was prepared anel put through the Private Bills Committee, anel the Legislature without dissent or protest, despite its illegal character. This bill was despatched to Ottawa for ratification. The federal government reserves to itself the right iimlcr the British North America Act to deal with hanking matters, anel Mr. Bowser knew at the time lie allowed the bill to pass the house without protest thai the Provincial Governmenl had no righl to pass the bill. He says: "At thai iifnc I held the legal view thai no pn vii ci uld i ilidlj gi\ e power adding to that al ���-% i.i, bj I minion Ce.'.eminent. This 3 tin i nt tha ivoriied ��� no power to givi tdded rights on a matter defined I governmenl ' Speech in Legislature, February -1. 1915. The Attorney-General, as head of thi aw departmenl cli with the special responsibility of protecting the pul lie xom bein timised by fraudulent concerns: he is also sworn to I adviser to his government. Mr. Bowser's lutj vas clear. lo hii admission he knew thai his governmenl had no po ei powers "ii tin' 11 inion Ti nst C I need for wm i I Its duty to the governmi nt his dut} i" thc depositor if the Domini !i id sworn ii��� protect ��� ��� ������ ���-��� 'i.e j floor of ihe Legislature. HOW THE PUBLIC U \S BETR VYED Whal did Mr. Bowser do al thi i in when bj sion his duty was clear? II saj >, in the language of h speech: ".My view nas mel by various op] guments. T Trust final!, expressed its evilingness tee take lb., chances and lhe burden e if disalle wance." To a committee of depositors who waited on Mr. Bowser shortl) after the collapse of the company, Mr. Bowser made a differenl explanation, He said that the members of the Private Hills Committee were unanimously in favor of the bill, and that ha.l he opposed it on the floor of the house it would have meant that the government would have been defeated "with all that that means." Mr, llowser has given two different explanations for his betrayal of the people when the Dominion Trust charter was before the 1913 Legislature. In the one case he says he di.l it in oblige the Dominion Trust Co. (for whom his private law firm wcre acting as solicitors), and in the other case he says he did it to save the government from defeat "with all that that means." The next step in the matter came as a consequence of the refusal of the Minister of Justice at Ottawa to ratify the illegal legislation which the McBride government, without protest from Mr. Bowser, had passed to oblige the Dominion Trust Co. Had Mr. Bowser heen anxious for an opportunity to make a strong stand against a further continuance of the illegal powers his government had conferred on the Dominion Trust, one would think this would have been a powerful opportunity. What did Mr. Bowser do? According to his own statement made to the depositors committee, he took no puhlic steps to warn thc depositors. Instead. he sent for Mr. Arnold, the managing director of the Dominion Trust Co., who discussed thc .situation with the Attorney-General, who. of course, was also head of the firm of legal advisers retained by the Dom inion Trust Co. The outcome of that interview was rh.it Mr. Bowser��������� wrote to the federal Minister of Justice at Ottawa, and proposed an arrangement whereby the Federal minister was to allow the illegal legislation, on the undertaking of Mr. Bowser that Arnold would take n# more deposits, and that at the nexl sitting of the Legislature the deposit powers were to be annulled. The Ministers of Justice of the two Conservative' governments ma . i arrangement whereby this illegal legislation was ratified. In whose interests It would be a gha tly joke to ;uggi st I is done in the inti re ts of the thousands ol thereby. Thi- im] the Dominion Trust Co. was not mi Bowsi Why was it not n tion to offer? 1 hi cir- pass I later making himsel ��� . i. | ��� .���������.' the Do ��� the bill I : ��� Trust chai te ' the eral ministei vva t of Mr. i".< ��� w ser's dul to see thai the peo] :ted I '��������������� he ci ill t] >e ��� ti the Bankers' Trust md List, tin positors and customers of trust com panies had been feeling nervous about iheir security. Even the D min ion Trust, which hael a board of directors composed of well-known and highly-respected business men, shared in the general apprehension. At tlu- juncture Mr. Bowser announced on various platforms that he was going to bring in a new Trust Companies Regulation Bill of a drastic character, Substantial deposits of money with the government woulil be required and compulsory inspection of books by government inspec tors insisted on. Absolute safety for the puhlic was to be ensured in all companies which came under the new Act. Thc Dominion Trust management announced its satisfaction with the new act. The Attorney- General was head of the firm of solicitors of thc Dominion Trust, his law partner was a director, whose speech at the annual meeting held on February 24, 1''14, ha.l been circulated as part of the company's literature. The puhlic felt reassured in regard to the Dominion Trust Co., when on March 4, 1914. the Trusts Companies Regulation Act was passed. Not until the crash came and the report of Mr. H. L. Drayton, thc provisional liquidator, was made public, did the grim irony of affairs reveal themselves. THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME THE THOUSANDS OF DEPOSITORS LEARNED THAT IT WAS ON THE VERY DAY THE TRUSTS COMPANIES REGULATION ACT (Continued on page 6) TWO BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK SUNDAY. MAY 9, 1915 REX THEATRE H^h,,ATVAN(OUV��RS LEADING ��" PtAY HOOSES- P* Scene hum "TUUe'l Punctured Romance" ALL WEEK BEGINNING MAY 10th "Tillie's Punctured Romance " SIX REELS OF THE GREATEST COMEDY EVER SCREENED Shows Commence 11���1���2.30���4���5.30���7���8.30 And 10 p.m. ^Jo&cs The sooner you learn to come to our drug store ior everything you need in the drug line, the sooner you will come to the store that carries none but the purest, freshest drugs and choicest drug store articles. We want your drug business only because wc give you reliable medicines and merchandise for your money. Come to OUR Drug Store BURNS DRUG COMPANY, LTD. Phone 3902 732 GRANVILLE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. Phyllis Davis will become Vaudeville Star Another British Columbia artist haa througii aheer ability won her way to the front in Inr profession an.l her ��� tir-n-ni'l- 'et irienils here and elsewhere Id tin' province ..ill rejoice greatly thai dainty, delightful Phyllis Davis 'ia- signed a long time contract eat a handsome salary with ihe Pantages circuit. Miti Davis for -��� iin. time haa been the pet of theatre patrons through 11 lur capital "ml. in numerous amateur '��� and semi-professiimai entertainments given here ami in Victoria. Before ���he came into t>i��- ken of ihe local public, Nanaimo dlacovered the rare' talent possi --eel by tin- clever girl and the priil. felt liy the cal town in her achievements was something of an Institution. She found a larger field here' a- leading ingenue with the Keel- lies sinews given al lhe Imperial during tin- winter, ami reached Ihe |ei]i rung oi popularity in "Stop, Look ami Listen." the splendid charity performance stage-el recently hy society amateurs. This latur production was transported bodily l" Seattle for three nights, and the Sound metropolis :it- testeel ils approval "i liritish C'e Im il ��� Ilia's talented sona ami daughters by crowding ihe theatre where their performances were given. Tiie bright particular star "1 "St"i>. Look ami Listen," according t" the Seattle press was Phyllis Davis, anil Sayre of the "Times." a most exacting critic, gave her a mil iee that many a star of long established prestige would have given much inr. It was througii the' success she sc.��� r.��� < 1 mi that V. T. Henderson, another man e.i' splendid ability, known for labors ofl ami excellent in local theatrical iu.it- tera, has also formed an organization fe.r a summer tour throughout the Northwest. Our local showahoppera whee have long admired this sterling acleer will wish him the best of good [i ii lune, * * * Mamie Leone ;-, taking a much needed rest at Seal tl". Isabel Fletcher ami Charles 1). Ayres were in New York at last accounts. * s, * Reab Mitchell and Clara livers are meeting with great success in the "movies." * * ed Will Lloyd, formerly a well-known figure along Vancouver's Rial to, has just cleescd a satisfactory season with the Maker olayers at Portland. Mrs. Isabel I'aterson, formerly dramatic critic mi ihe "Province," i- now associate elite.r of Hearst's magazine iu Xew Vork. Will s. in.��� good, kind philanthrq- pi-i please give Vancouver a theatre which is ca]ialile ol" housing first class travelling "legitimate" attractions. In ihe matter e.f vaudeville we are nretty well iireeviele.il for, hul there is no place feer the drama t'> call home. the But lhat sin seldom make- a | tour te, the West ami till local public i- doubly fortunate in being ..lie to ; see her al this nine She Ila- a mOSI attractive array ol popular smig nun- : l,ir- \ strong drawing ean! fe.r the new >lleeU |- ; 11 , .1111:-, ll III "ConSl le lee powerful dramatic ski tch ��ritti n bj Ralph P. Kettering, I ��� will lee presented l> yRodnej Kane.us ami Marie Nelson, th. latter an rxtremi ly pretty girl. Harm- ami Robinson, the "two linj tuneful tots." will alao accepl a mil share of the burden attendanl upon lhe slice-- nl the week. Florence Rayficld, ilu- singer, line- Se ellU- neW Se'llg-. a III!. VOICl .lllll .'l stunning wardrobe to attract discriminating atiiusi in. iii seekers. Pern, Mehan, ami Higele... will open the show with some novelty tumbling ami acrobatic stunts that will link. your hair stand mi end. Comedy pictures by ihe Pantag cope will complete the bill. ANNETTE KELLERMANN STARS IN "MOVIES" Bound Hand and Foot she is thrown off Sixty-foot Cliff "Neptune's Daughter," a photo-play iu which Annette Kellermann, the aouatic expert, lakes the leading pan. will be shortly seen here foi the first time. From a mermaid, a daughter ��� if Neptune, who undertakes to a- venge the death of lier Bister, win was killed by fishermen, \nnette which is also llie name -In' bears i'i the play, is changed inl" a mortal by I means "f a .harm which thc Sev Witch gii ef her, Her intention Ikill th. King v,h" i- responsible for in r sisti r'i death. King William, wlm is a neighbor eef Neptune, i.elis iu love with I mile, Inn met before she- ha- fei: a limilai n for him \f'e r ihrilling adventure - nn land ami sea, \nneiie rescues the Kmg when h. is liirio.n i��� 11��� ��� prison, cir- I e lllll. I Ills his uoulel-ler -lave:-, and, after being hurled, I nd hand ami ' if-,, from e sixt) -i""i cliff, hi i alee.ui ihe "live-happil) -��� .��� i climax. Mi-s K. ll. ruieinn took lhe comp in Bermuda in make 'he pi'' I ami three montha were neceaaary to fini-h the play, ll ..ill lee' shown fnr !n.e, days, Monday .onl Tuesday, afay in .onl 11. ai iln- Broadway Tin l I'.; i leiu.iy. near Main Su. e t. South Hill Palace of Varieties Thi- popular place ia once ni're- making a special eforl i ��� > please iti niein. patrons this week. The large audiences which have been filling the [house every nighl show thai the efforts ni the management are being; appreciated ami they recognize this and are endeavoring in make their entertainment iln premier one in Greater Vancouver. The Country Store item is siill proving very popular ami will be continued and valuable prizes again are being offered 1" lhe lucky holders. Special attractions will he mil i en nexl Wednesday night when Josephine Berc, a popular serio-com- edienne. ami another high-claas lady artist, will enti rtain the audience. MONEY TO LOAN In Multiples of $5,000 at 8 per cent, on inside revenue producing business property. Our client will only consider property that is now paying its way. CANADIAN FINANCIERS TRUST CO. HEAD OFFICE, 839 HASTINGS ST. W. VANCOUVER, B. C. Patrick Donnelly, General Manager. Arfiiiu Ke \. n-t.-iirc. r,Cu.-<!;y and Tuesday. Mr.y 10 an.l 11 Dr. W. J. 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Painless Extraction, per toeeth .. .so Seymour 4679 occasion that Alexander Pantages, i than whom there are fewer shrewder or more enterprizing managers, sat Up and took notice of the litlle lady; from the north. Mrs. Pantages, the magnate's wife, was one nt the patn in ss< s "i the j "Stop, Look and Listen" performan- '' ces, and through her the negotiations with Miss Davis were- consummated. The latter- is Mill in S. attic and lhe date of her opening oil tile Pantages circuit is nol yet announced, hut it is probable lhat Vancouver will have occasion to felicitate itself nn a visil from ihe charming entertainer via tin Pantages circuit. Tlu- news of Miss Davis' success comes through letters to p. rsonal friends in ihis city. Del. S. Lawrence, fi r - im- j ��� ars stock actor-manager of Uriiish Col- junibia. has formed a new stock organization ami taken a lease nn the Wig- ] wain theatre, al Sen Francisco, The persi ami I eef the new company include^ a number nf othi ��� Vancom. r I favorites including Howard Russell and his talented wife, Minnie Town- send; Richard Vivian and Dimple Kel : ton. The Lawrence sea- n is now in I full swing and according to n ; is proving highlj succi ss ful. * �� * Edward Lawrence, Ge Clei land, and a numbi r nf ither pi sionals who are justly populai Vancouver's public, have formed a company for the purpose of louring the province in a repertoire of reccnl successes. Mr. Lawrence is a capital actor, i- thoroughly familiar with llie producing business and his venture should meet with success. PANTAGES Unequalled Vaudeville Meant Pantaic* Vaud.vHle E. D. Graham, Resident Manager Phone Seymour 3406 Marie Dresshr at the Rex The most ci nspicuous success in a motion picture comedy sn far presented to ihe public is Marie Dressier, supported by Charley Chaplin and Mabel S'ormand. which Berl Levey, the- San Francisco vaudeville and picture magnet, will bring- to the Rex Theatre, all week commencing Monday. Maj 10th. in a six-reel farce, "Tillii s Punctured Romance." ��hich has broken all picture records all through the country. X" such combination of comedians has ever been seen in a single comedj feature before, so tin re 1- little doubt that iln- picture is ,1 veritable "scream.1. "Tillies Punctured Romance i- an adaptation eet" Mi-s Dress- I r's tremendous stage success, "Til- lie- Nightmare." whieh ran for two yi ar- in X. iv York cily atom. ami tin i who saw the famous commedi- enue iii the farce can well imagine how funny the picture really is, t pei i ell. -.iih thai prince i an-. Charley Chaplin, playing oppos- iti the geni I star. "Tillies Punctured Romam e" ��.-.- produced bj Mack Sennett, the gn l Key sl in director, and ci ml tins all he j ���' me favorites, in addition pul ites ne mil,m i| .- In ive It w as produci .1 w ith the put a national hii. ami il PHONE SEYMOUR 900 MacDONALD, HAY & WEART BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. 1012 Standard Bank Bldg. Vancouver, B.C. Richard the Great "The Monk Who Made a Man of Himself" Winona Winters The "Cheer Up Girl" And J5 ��� OTHER GREAT ACTS ��� 5 Three shows daily 2.45. 7.20. 9.15 Admission���Matinees, 15c; nights 15c and 25c; boxes. 50c. MONDAY, TUESDAY Annette Kellermann In NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER" 7 Acts Broadway Theatre 114 BROADWAY (Nr. Main) FRIDAY, SATURDAY "THE BLACK BOX" By E. Phillips Oppenheim The Photoplay Serial Supreme Standard Milk and Purity Milk is the food of mankind. Everywhere���in the wilds and in the centres of modern civilization���-milk is the one universal food. Upon pure milk lies the great responsibility ol transforming new-born infants to strong, healthy men and women. Milk is truly nature's food. Milk is on your table three times each day, and in the case of bottle babies with good healthy appetites, somewhat oftener. It is, therefore, of extreme importance to know lhat the milk you use is pure milk���not supposedly pure���but absolutely pure. There should be no question about it. Scene Irom "Ti"ie'ji Puncliircil Rotniflfl Rex Theatre lias dune 80 in every respect. There is a hearty laugh in every foot eef the mx reels, and in every instance the picture makes good at once, The producer did not make any slow spots in "Tillies Punctured Romance." therefore it is no wonder it is the most talked nf picture ever shown in America. Whoever fails to s.e this picture lias something to live for. win Pantages Theatre Richard the Great, the monk- made a man e,f himself, is to headline the bill at Pantages next week, opening Monday afternoon, i.s said lee lie the must wonderful trained simian in the world, in addition to being almost human, Richard is said to have a wide variety of extremely amusing stunts to display. Advance reports say the monkey is the biggest kind of a hit wherever lie appears. Keir the added attraction of the week- Manager Graham announces dainty Winona Winters, the famous "cheer up girl," who made such a tremendous success in Xew York with Sam Bernard in "lie Came from Milwaukee." Miss Winters is such a hit In " 1 Bottling and Capping by machinery Standard Milk Co., Ltd. 405-425 Eighth Ave. West, Cor. Yukon VANCOUVER, CANADA SUKDAY. MAY 9, 1915 BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK 1'IVE British Columbia Chinook PUBLISHED Every Sunday morning by the Greater Vancouver Publishers Limite'l George M. Murray, Editor HEAD OFFICE: Corner Thirtieth Avenue and Main Street. South Vancouver, B. C Editor's Office Burns Drug Co., Vancouver Block, Phone Sey. 5490 TELEPHONE: All departments Fairmont 1874 NIGHT CALLS Fairmont 1946 L kegistered at the Post Office Department, Ottawa, as Second Class Mail Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: To all points in Canada. United Kingdom, Newfoundland. New .Zealand, and other Biitish Possession!: $1.00 a Year McCROSSAN'S DIPLOMACY EVERY lime that Mr. George E. McCro- well-known Liberal.opens his mouth in public the editor of the News-Advertiser faces him with a statement supposed to have been ma. !c Iv Mc< roi san after the last Provincial election in which the electorate was referred to as being composed to ��� large extent of foolish virgins. The shrieks of misery which are goini' up from every city in this Province today, the tirnlil. regi ments of bread-liners upon our streets, the cessation of all manner of development in the Province, the disgraceful quarrel among the members of llie Mc-1 Bride Government, the inefficiency and personal in-1 Postage to American, European and other Foreign Countries, $1.00 Ipmnpnnro r\i ,,, , I f il i f WWW temperance ol members oi that Governmenl all ���9tt year extra. "The truth at all times firmly stands And shall from age to age endure." MR. STEVENS' GREAT WORK [V/| R. STEVENS, M.P *"���*��� loudly of his prowess in saddling Vancouver with a $350,000 drill hall and several Post Offices, the upkeep of which institutions will be expensive during thc next few years. It is difficult to figure where the great drill hall is going to be an asset to us. We have mobilized a large army in British Columbia without the comforts of such a building and have managed to make a successful record in this connection. The war will likely be over before Stevens' drill hall���or M.cSpadden's drill hall���will be completed. Stevens' Post Offices cost $100,000 or so each. The department pay some $40.00 a month rent for premises which serve today just as well as these ornate buildings will serve tomorrow. Historians of the future will say: "Stevens brought many institutions here to Vancouver whose building made much profit for party contractors." Stevens boasts of some of the things which he brought here to Vancouver. He does not mention the Federal Charter for the Dominion Trust Company which Greatly Enhanced the Prestige of that Institution, which was brought to Vancouver in 1912. EXPLOIT INC SOLDIERS' WOUNDS IT sort of dampens our patriotism when we consider that Members of the Canadian House of Commons stooped to steal money upon the purchase of bandages and Red Cross supplies which are being used to stop the gaping wounds of Canadian heroes on the battle line. We are indebted to the British Columbia Pharmaceutical Record for some of the facts in connection with the affair. Madame Plamondon, the woman in the case, said to be a sister of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, got $80.88 for four pounds of glycyrrh extract. A fair price for this material would have been $6.60. Others who were in on this game of exploiting the wounds of heroes got $1.50 per pound for zinc to prove that the people made a grave error in theii reckless endorsement of McBride at the lasl elo tion. We are not interested in the exact wording of Mr. McCrossan's expression after the last Provin- \ cial election, but we believe that before the next , a .l i Provincial election the editor of the "News-Adver boasting rather . ��� .,, , , , ,. 'tiser will hear many statements along the same line more lacking in diplomatic phraesology than that of Mr. McCrossan���statements which will come from the mouths of the very men who supported McBride in 1912. PUBLIC MARKETS FOR VANCOUVER. W ANCOUVFR has one of the largest public �� markets in the world. It is some sixty-six feet wide and extends from False Creek to the North Arm of the Fraser. It will be necessary to rise before six o'clock in the morning to see this market in full swing. Upon this market, the Chinese growers meet the Chinese retailers and dispose of wagon loads of garden truck, meats, eggs and other produce from the | Chinese farms in the neighborhood of the city. The market occupies the whole of Main Street. The Chinese farmers drive their heavily laden wag-! ons over the white man's pavement and draw up at the street intersections. Here they are met by the merchants and the pedlars and bargainings go on from four o'clock in the morning until six. By that hour the coolies who carry the great baskets of vegetables from door to door in the city are loaded up and ready for the day's business. In older countries the white farmers have been known to arise before daybreak and cart their pro- j ducts into the city to market. In Vancouver, however, the truck garden business is in the hands of the Orientals exclusively. The war may have had a bad influence over other lines of business in this city,' but neither the war in Europe or the prospects of a war between China and Japan seem to have any bad influence on the business of the Chinese vegetable growers locally. One would imagine that the fat Chinese farmer, as he drives his cart past the foul old City Market on Main Street, smiles a broad smile. Throughout the length and breadth of Greatef Vancouver there is only one recognized market���the rickety old premises which sits on False Creek. It has several times been condemned as an unsanitary old shack. The City Fathers believe, however, that it serves very well as a public market, a place where the white growers and white consumers may meet for their mutual benefit. A system of properly built, properly managed public markets throughout the city and adjoining municipalities would be a great boon to the householders. It would deal a body blow to some of the food grafters on Water Street, would reduce the cost of living, and would encourage the white man to go in against the monopoly of food production in the Vancouver district held by the Chinese small farmers. MICAWBER SHOULD HAVE CUT HIS|MR. SHAW, OF KAMLOOPS, M.L.A., stat- THROA T !e<^some ten days ago that there had been no change W ,,,�����.. .-.ii l n i ir- 0,f public opinion since 1912. We suggested that I 11.N the London coach pulled oul il Can- ,, , , , ' .. . , i ��� i i i i-i i , , .,.,, ..- I ii '��� had Leen a radical change which would likely terburv, Wilkins Micawber and ms good , , i , . .i .- T \n ci c , ��� , i ..,, ������� .1 brought to the attention of Mr. bhaw. borne -.���.ill- were up beh.ud Mr. Micawber. the very , , r, ,, , t . i i .mm' days ago a convention ot Conservatives gathered at picture ol tranquil enjoyment, smiling at .Mrs. l\]i- ,, , , , . .. c, ii ��� , iloops and denounced Mr. bhaw. ' <iul ��� liny walnul oul a ipi i bag, with ,i bottle -inking out of hii bread po li ,, long tine unce we dined with Mi< iwbei 'N THE LEGISLATIVE buildings at Vidoria, ,..d the wife and Mastei I opp. field at the ("an- J�� be reached by a short stair from the Legislative terbury inn, nervously waited while Micawber Shamber' "a ""'* eqipped bar-room. Whiskey, stalled oil his bill, and in the morning, much reliev- p* beer, champagne, absinthe, ale and the whole ed, -..u the Micawber family well on theii wa) out ,ami|y of Headache makers are on sale there. of the town, * * * Mr. and Mrs. Micawber lived before the days IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS this year is a of race suicide and they headed a large family, des- lar��e <tem f��r soda-syphons. These instruments, cendants of which arc sprinkled pretty well over commonly associated with Scotch whiskey, were the British Empire and a whole colony of them to- llkeb' purchased for the adornment of the Govern- day find themselves in the Province of British Col- ment owned bar-room. umbia. And a goodly portion of the Micawber! * * * population in this Province reside with us in Van-1 IT IS JUST POSSIBLE that all the wines served couver. in the House were bought by the Government and The Micawbers came to British Columbia with Paid for ljy tne people. It is understood, however, something of the same object in view as their illus- that the bar-room and restaurant are leased out to trious forefather when he looked over the field at a private individual who buys his own stocks. Canterbury. The first Micawber went to Canter- * * * bury to go into trade. 'To coals," as his wife put WITHOUT POSING AS being Puritanical, we it. 'Mr. Micawber was induced to think on en- do not hesitate to say that a great deal of the bad quiry that there might be an opening for a man of legislation now on the law books of the Province his talent in the Medway coal trade . . . My opinion would not be there if honorable members of the of the coal trade on that river is that it may require House had not had the little old Government bar- talent, but it certainly requires capital. Talent,, room so near at hand in the course of the debates. Mr. Micawber has; capital, Mr. Micawber has1 * # * nol/l' .,,.., , , , JUDGE HOWAY OF New Westminster recent- Our local Micawbers are heavy on the talent. |y granted natura)ization papers to a German at ol the line, have a port CoquitIanii joseph Shearer by name Mr. something to turn up. SOAK ENTERPRISE EVERY TIME THE Reeve of South Vancouver believes lhat as the owners of buildings in the municipality are the only individuals directly benefiting from the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Municipal Fire Department, they should pay the ointment which sells at twenty-eight cents a pound. I |?xes f��r. tne uPkeeP of that department. The Reeve, himself an owner of a large tract of vacant property in the municipality, would take the burden of keeping up firehails off the shoulders of himself and brother owners of wild land. It is not surprising that the announcement of this policy has caused some alarm in the district. The Reeve would put a high tariff on ratepayers who are progressive. He would arrange it so that owners of ugly va- Tincture of ginger which is listed usually at ninety cents a pound, went for $6.50. Compound cathartic, pills which usually sell at $2.00 a thousand, went to the government at $3.50 a thousand. In practically all the purchases of drugs for the first contingent, graft was rampant. Particularly r local ^^^^^^^^^ short on capital and like thc firs positive dislike for all manner of profitable labor, cr ��� d. n _L n' -a l i ' -ri- -. :.. ��� o , , bhearer is the rort Coquitlam barber. 1 his war is the greatest proposition in the world _ for our Micawbers. They blame everything on the . ..��,., Ic n. ITI -rx/ war. Their debts which were outlawed long be- A MAIN lb ~ a U" . ��� ^T" lnnocent fore the war broke out, have been saddled on the ls the ru,1I)8 "f an Arizona judge. While this the- European conflict. Meantime they are waiting for or-v "rff"* harmonizes with that of British justice. it would be a sale postulate from which to advance __ in dealing with politicians by chance hauled into court. IS OUR MILK SUPPLY WHOLESOME * * * VANCOUVER milk dealers have been wag- A CAMPAIGN IS being started for a "Dry ing a war against each other in the advertis- B.C." The home of the movement is Kamloops ing columns of the newspapers, a war which is not which, of course, is in the Dry Belt. going to help the trade generally. * * * In looking over the tests of Vancouver milk made AGED 245 YEARS and still hale and hearty is during the past few months, we find that the worst' the record of the Hudson's Bay Company. This sample of milk tested by the bacteriologists is near- company is the parent of all monopolies and vested ly a hundred per cent, ahead of the best sample of interests, milk sold in Montreal during the month of April. * * * For instance, during the past month the official (VANCOUVER HAS SETTLED the "jitney" test disclosed the fact that one dairy sold milk to problem. Not more than 7 persons, not including Vancouver householders which contained 29.000 the driver, to ride in a 5 passenger car; not more bacteria. This was the least wholesome sample in, than 10, excluding the chaffeur, in a car equipped the list. The prize bottle tested 2.500. with 7 seats. No one at all to ride on the door, ex- One dairy in Montreal last month sold a milk cept the door be permanently fastened and a per- which contained 9 824.000. The most wholesome | manent seat fixed on same. That resolution, citi- sample sold in Montreal during that period con-j zens, has been laid before the City Council in all tained some 54,000 bacteria. 'seriousness. Don't laugh. , ^ , * * * THE CRY FOR FOOD THERE ARE SOME things impasse even for a I N the summer, British Columbia's wooded areas'Lloyd George. One of them is a prescribed bever- 1 abound with natural fruits, nutritive roots and!a8e. and another a proscribed still. The Dean of bulbs, manv of which make good eating. The Canterbury bluntly refused to "swear off." "I did streams of the Province abound with fishes, ranging once" He said. " and I am not going to do it a- from the slick, speckled trout who rise to the fly in ?ain-" Stimulants cannot be so exhorted although the swift flowing mountain streams to the big salmon ; confessedly "evil spirits. ' Temperance remains a of the large riverj Whv should the unemployed of British Colum- ruTC-r ., , rMMAM ic c m J^H ii , , ,i :. ,i, a ������.l .jn , CHIEF M.I I.W.W lb, < if course, entitled o bia make protest when there is at hand such an a- , . .. , '. ' . ,, i tti L-L���.i l,j r���,- iL. inis ovvn views regarding the destruction o the C on- bundant supplv ot ioods which mav be had Ioi the ,,,., ... ... . , ��� . naught bridge. IV publicilv given to electrolv- taking? ' ��� " i ��� , ������ ,i lis anel stripped wires tneones may serve a pur- This idea no doubt entered into lhe mind ol that |10S,.: |,ll( ,jM, bridge was lestroyed in exactly the South Vancouver councillor when he urged a com- \ rjght place, in exactly the righl way. in exactly the mittee representing the unemployed to "cheer up. most favorable time, and oil a highly suitable occas- ron. I���.!.���. trolj -is be jitneyed, Fvil matter of education. * * * heavy percentages were taken down on such arti- j cant lots would go free. Working men, however,: cles as thc threads which are used in surgical operations ��� delicate lesions bought to bind together wounds from the shrapnel of the Germans. All manner of anaesthetics yielded splendid profits, as did also the pills and tablets which are prescribed in certain cases where it is necessary to artificially stimulate the wounded man. Rubber appliances yielded well to the money- grabbing pharmacists, and upon the delicate instruments and cases for the surgical departments, rich takings were recorded. It was ghoulish business throughout, but the Members of Parliament were equal to it, and not a word of protest was registered by our Mr. Stevens or the others of the solid seven from British Columbia. who build tidy cottages upon their lots, would have to pay the shot. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If such a policy as this latest proposal from the head of the South Vancouver council is adopted, all enterprise in South Vancouver is likely to be permanently deadened. If fire were to wipe out the South Vancouver lumber yards, houses, stores, churches, schools and the like which surround the reeve's own vacant property, which is served by municipal water mains, sidewalks and paved streets, for which all the people pay, this property would sink in value to about a hundred an acre. As it is, the enterprise of others has made the reeve's property worth seven or eight hundred dollars per thirty-three foot lot. Yet he would shirk the burden of paying his share of the fire department upkeep! the berries will soon be ripe! The Lord in his wisdom will no doubt see I" il that the wild berry crop of the Province will be unusually large this year. Any Government who in ten years time .an bring about such conditions that the working men of a state with their families must take pot-luck with the black bears in the proposition of getting a living should receive the hearty support of that class and should be returned to power with an increased majority. In the meantime, the Government of British Columbia spends thousands of dollars in British newspapers advertising the excellent features of British Columbia life and coaxing mechanics to come with their families and settle in our midst. Cheer up, the berries will soon be ripe! INTERN IA ERY MOTHER'S son of them - and do it now. o| BY THE WAY FORTY-TWO Liberal candidates are in the field j waiting anxiously for the McBride-Bowesr party to start something. AN EXPERT ON live stock writing in the "Kelowna Courier," says: "We should not jump at the conclusion that because a certain breed is good on the Colony Farm that it is necessarily good here." The Hon. Price didn't think so. We are manufacturers of DIAMOND CHICK FOOD which has no equal for chickens. The Best SEED POTATOES which are guaranteed to grow. LAWN GRASS SEED which will make your lawn beautiful, F. T. VERNON'S MOUNT PLEASANT FEED STORE 255 Broadway East (cor. Kingsway) Phone Fairmont 186 SIX BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK SUNDAY. MAY <>. 1115 SUCCESS Awjits those who are prepared to accept their business opportunity when it presents itself. Hundreds of OPPORTUNITIES Will present themselves in the great revival of business following the war. 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SUBJECTS TAUGHT. ALL ELEMENTARY STUDIES (Preparatory ��nd otherwise). and NEEDLEWORK (Plain and Fancy). DRAWING AND PAINTING (All branches). MATHEMATICS. Matriculation Syllabus, London University. BOTANY AND NATURE STUDY. With Microscopy if desired. LANGUAGES (By arrangement). TAILOR DRESS-CUTTING AND MAKING (London Academy). SWIMMING, PHYSICAL CULTURE, ATHLETICS, ETC. ENGLISH LITERATURE (Poetry and Prose). Pupils of any age prepared in any of the above subjects, by arrangement, DAY or EVENING. FIRST CLASS WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS R. CURRY, Prop. Mill: Foot of Ontario Street, Fraser River Phone: Fraser 97 PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY CANADIAN CEDAR LUMBER CO. Manufacturers of BEVEL SIDING, BOAT LUMBER HIGH-GRADE CEDAR LUMBER AND LATH Wholesale and Retail GRIMMETT P. O., SOUTH VANCOUVER P. M. HAMILTON F. WILLIS DOMINION TRUST AND HON. W. J. BOWSER (Continued from page I ) VVAS PASSED���THI': DAY THEY HAD REGARDED AS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE DEPOSITS���THAT MR. B( >W- SER AND HIS ASSOCIATES IN THE OPPOSITION-LESS LEGISLATURE, WITHOUT A WORD OF WARNING OR A NOTE OF OPPOSITION, HAD CANCELLED THE DEPOSIT POWERS OF THE COMPANY. Today, umler the obiter dicta oi Chief Justice Hunter, the ilcpositors of the Dominion Trust Co. have not even a claim as creditors on the assets of the Dominion Trust. They are outlawed by reason of the ultra vires legislation which was cancelled on March 4, 1914. M R, BOWSER'S EXPLANATIONS It is not suggested for a moment thai Mr. llowser brought in the Trust Companies Regulation Act for the purpose of deceiving the Dominion Trust victims. That were an offence too diabolic for consideration. But it is charged that Mr. llowser. whei at this time was profiting through his private firm hy handling Dominion Trust business, was recreant in hi-, duty to the general public by failing to warn them that the Dominion Trust no longer had even a pretence of authority to accept deposits. It is charged that hc was recreant in his duty to the public in not stopping the Dominion Trust from continuing to accept deposits. What is Mr. Bowser's explanation and reply to the charge? "Well, il never entered into my lic.-ul tbat deposit! woulel be taken. Arnold told me personally when the bill was before llie House that lie would not take another dollar frum depositors. Arc we supposed to assume that a company is going tu act illegally? Am I. as Attorney- General, going to post a detective in every concern of this kind tee feel- low every move? That's what the stockholders are for. Thc directors hael absolute knowledge of the loss by Lie ceimpany of its power to take deposits," says Mr. Bowser.���Speech in Legislature, February 4, 1915. To the depositors' committee Mr. llowser said he was not supposed to put a policeman in the entrance of the Dominion Trust to see that they obeyed the law. All this may be true. Arnold may have made this statement. Mr. Bowser may have believed it. It may not be his duty to put police officers, even of the "special" variety, mi thc track of wealthy corporations. Although his own Vancouver office was in the Dominion Tin 'I lluilding, hc may never have noticed thc crowds lined up at the deposit wickets. Although his own law partner was a director of thc company anil therefore, had "absolute knowledge of the loss by thc company of its power to take deposits." hc may not have informed Mr. Rowscr that the company was still taking deposits. Everything is possible. Mr. Bowser may even have been made thc victim of an innocent and trustful nature. BUT, ANSWER THIS. MR. BOWSER But, there came a time when, according to Mr. Bowser's own admission, made in his own defence speech in the legislature on February 4, he became aware that the deposit business was alive in th Dominion Trust Co. These are his words: "On August 3 I was in Vancouver and Arnold came around to interview nie about another company more or less connected with the Dominion Trust. As a result of this conversation I began I.) be very suspicious, and when next day I returned to Victoria I at once sent for Mr. Runnells (inspector of trust companies) and asked him to go to Vancouver and make an inspection e,f the Dominion Trust. On August 31, Mr. Runnells was able to make a verbal report and on September 1 presented an official report that lie had found that deposits in tin- concern were mixed with the general funds of the company, which was contrary tee ihe Trust Act, and that the company also failed In have 23 per cent, of its deposits held in liquid form with some chartered bank." This makes it clear that by September 1. 1U14. Mr. Bowser was in full possession of the information that deposits were being taken by tlie Dominion Trust Co., AND THAT THESE DEPOSITS/ILLEGALLY TAKEN, WERE BEING CRIMINALLY DEALT WITH. The Dominion Trust did not close its doors until October 14, the clay after Mr. Arnold's death. What was Mr. Bowser doing between September 1st and October 14 to prevent the Dominion Trust from taking the savings of the poor, and misappropriating them. During those six long weeks he knew that the company was taking the money of the poor illegally, dealing with it criminally, and that if the concern collapsed, the depositors were outlawed as ultra vires depositors. Did he put a policeman at the door? Did he make a demand upon the company to cease its illegal acceptance of deposits ? Did hc by mouth or pen warn a single person of the risk they ran? Did he fulfil his sworn duty as a Minister of Justice to protect the innocent and confiding? These are questions Mr. Bowser has made no attempt to answer, nor can he answer them without discredit. A tearful chapter could be written of thc life tragedies of the victims who placed their life savings into thc coffers of the Dominion Trust in the last six weeks of its existence, WHOSE MONIES MICHT HAVE BEEN SAVED HAD MK. BOWSER TAKEN STEPS To STOP THE ILLEGALITIES OF THE rv^'"\\'Y WHEN 1IF, BECAME ADMITTEDLY AWARE OF THEM. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOWSER Much more could be said about the part Mr. Bowser has played in connection with the closing stages of the Dominion Trust, but this statement has been intended to avoid the controversial and to deal only with THE FACTS AS ADMITTED BY MR. BOWSER HIMSELF, or suiii as are easily capable of documentary proof. That Mr. Bowser is on trial in this election is evidenced by Mr. Bowser's own defence speech. The indictment charges that throughout the history of the Dominion Trust legislation Mr. Bowser was recreant in his duty toward the public he was paid and had sworn to serve as head of the law department of the province. The questions which are submitted to the electors, the jury, are these: 1. Was Mr. Bowser acting in the interests of the people, or in the interests of the Dominion Trust Co., his clients, when he allowed the illegal legislation to pass unchallenged through the Legislature in 1913, knowing it to be illegal ? 2. Was Mr. Bowser acting on behalf of the people or on behalf of his clients, the Dominion Trust Co., when he became guarantor for Arnold to the Dominion government, as a condition that the illegal legislation secured by the Dominion Trust should not be disallowed? 3. Was Mr. Bowser acting on behalf of the people, or on behalf of his clients, the Dominion Trust Company, when he took no steps to see that the company ceased to accept deposits after its deposit powers were cut off by the amendment of March 4, 1914? 4. Was Mr. Bowser acting on behalf of the people or on behalf of his clients, the Dominion Trust Company, when he kept silence during thc last six weeks of the company's existence, when to his admitted knowledge, innocent people were putting their savings into a company of which he himself had taken its deposit powers away under pressure from Ottawa? On the answers accorded these questions, hangs thc guilt or innocence of Mr. Bowser. EVERY TIME YOU MAKE PURCHASES From these FIRMS t^TOT^ Classified Advertisements Y OU WISH TO SELL? Auctioneers ll' yen wi-Ii !., e!is|ieesc of your Furniture. Stock ir Fixture! by Auction to the best advantage, coniult KING & CO. Auctioneers, who guarantee satisfaction and cash day uf Mile. 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Goods called for and delivered PHONE FAIRMONT 812 Open �� a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday 9 p.m. Y OU WILL GET VALUE AND SATISFACTION BY PATRONIZING Bugler Boy of 104th Regiment Crossland's Store 4520 MAIN STREET A nice clean stock of Groceries, Candys and Tobacco. SUNDAY. MAY '). 1915 BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK SE\ J. GUNNER'S ALL By R. J. Fraser : llu i Willi handi that tremble grey-haired lady ��� ��� j > > 11 e < 1 envelope ���d, the little the yellow ���Fnein Jack ;ei Kingiton," the murmured softly. "My boy." Tlie'ii -ii,- read: "Beaten out or the batti rj . have t" take ci mmission witli the' line. \\ e leave here next weele The telegram fluttered te, tli���- floor and -lie. grasped the table edge to iteady herself. Not to k" with the nuns! Ih- father's s6n���a Burnham ���;iml iieei wilh the Hritish gunsl "O Jack," sin- sobbed. "You shouhl have made the battery, A Burnham was always with the nuns." Slowly -lie- stooped rtn��I picked up the papef, "He.iv disappointed liis father wemld have been wire he living lee see' this (lay." she iiiiiniiureel and, Rieinn over lo a desk in Hie corner, opened one of ii- drawers. She drew forih three photographs, and stood them in a row on the mantlepiece. Soldiers all they wcre as their different uniforms showed. "Heroes," she proudly saiel. and the tears glistened in hcr eyes. She drew a chair up lie- fore the fire anel sat, with hands loosely clasped, looking into the flames Well-founded was her pride', fe.r tin- Burn hams hael heen a race of s> ,1- diers. When Jack was but a hoy of seven his father, William Burnham, had won his gunner's stripes al Col- cns.i. A little later, ai Paardeberg, he was laiel in a Ipncly grave. .Tack's grandfather had helped drag his fmir bronze cannon througii the Crimean snows; his father before him, on that memorable I7tli of June', at Quatre Bras, stood by his unwieldy muzzle- loader till Napoleon's horsemen cut him down. A noble record���.���mel gunners all. "Enlist with the nuns, my lie.v. fir that is a Bumham's place." she heid saiel when, on that August morning, ihe lad had rushed home with the news thai Ihe call fur vplunteers was given. And Jiiek. fired wilh llu- mar- tial spirit of his gallant sires, hail gained the trailing corps. Six weeks faithful study ai ihe Kingston barracks and the crucial day arrived, lie passed, lull on lhe lisl was seventh. and unly six were called. "I shall not wail fe.r the second crowd," he said, when lhe firsl keen pangs eif disappointment had passed, "I'm going lee the front." So he entered the infantry class, Unknown to iiis mother, who wailed for word of her hoy's success, While the long weeks followed 'ine another. And neiw it had come���this yellow paper in her hand. Peenr Jack, she knew he. too, musl have felt it keenly. Not until he had joined his corps at Valcartier camp did his little mother write him. "Vou should be wilh tlie guns." he read, "but Heid bless you, my son. ynu will iln ymir duty with the line." Tu his leisure heeiirs, which were hut teen few, the yuung lieutenant hung about lhe artillery camp. His regiment, the 1 Rt li Light Infantry, was stationed next to the latter, ami at every opportunity lie followed the batteries in manoeuvres. He loved tn linger about the dark green guns anil, whenever there was man-handling tn hc done with the wagons, he was the I first to lend his aiel. lie might bc an officer nf infantry by commission ���he was a gunner by blood anil at heart. On thc troopship, when nol nu duty, the lower decks saw him oftenest. There Ihe batteries were stalled. Though far frum popular wilh bis nun males, in the gunners' mess he became the favorite guest. On Salisbury Plain he regularly heard from iiis mother. "Keep Irving for a transfer." was repeated in her letters. "You may get a chance to join the guns." But no opportunity offered and, still with the 18th, Jack crossed the Channel, and eventually found himself along with the liritish Tommies on lhe shell-swept firing line. Day after day they held their own, knee deep in lhe chilly waters nf a Flanders trench. Overhead burst the German shells, carrying death and tor- ture. The liritish trenches stretched along the south bank of a muddy river and in vain had they struggled to force a passage over the stream. At night the foe's searchlight played incessantly on the crossing, and bridge after bridge was blown to pieces by the terrific charges of the German guns, hidden behind the far-lying slopes. Then one day lhe British eightecn- pounders found their target and the big lights were blotted eiut. The engineers chose a new passage, where only an occasional shot found ils mark. When darkness fell they worked like Trojans and quickly the structure reached out towards thc farther shore. At staff headquarters miles away, the 'phone bells tinkled. The I s longed-for menage from that first- line ditch ley the- iiver -nie- hael at lasl reached the general's ear. "11 e-au gi i thc attention of thi ir bi on llle- -eiiuh ridge we-'ll h thrown across before el lylight." I I bearded man with the -'npe - droppi d thi receivei H e-.l over iln- map on .iee -.,',!. ,, e| ,1,, greellp eel' kcill-1 >. e] Mtmel- e lose aboul him. "I Ireh r an attack in forei The- leader placed hit ':ii^.'e r em . on lhe ti'.. r. six mill I be low ti,, bridge "'riie- 21st Royal 11..r-.��� are ��� il Ihe (.'baleen- Farm. They er..-- tin- bridge ihe minute the last plank i- laiel and take up position 'eii Hill No 2. In check llie- advance of iln enemy. Musl hold it till fir.-! elivisje,n j- over. The 18th Light Infantry to supporl the guns." The orders sped -.ver as man;. fercnt wires, and tin- sweating engineers in Ihe river mud learned that their work was nol in vain. With red mb- blasl hurled them bail; from 'lie ere-i Their numbers wen i bin actually ent it "Back I-, ti��� bi Back! nothing I i ��� ��� ��� toll. - III.- - ��� battali n was fai nd th, lay the 1 I.- dii men and horses; wheezj Befe re him . : ink e, , German Dogs Slink and Snap on 6. C. Soil While the Hari-McHarg't, the I.ulla's. the Mcrritl's and the Bell-Irving'* Fall round lhe British Flag D 1 Shields an.l but , ,- shrapnel lied- -. Bul v, hy had tl why iv. - ���:,,. hjjjy Jack rose painfull} to ��� German i iee es we ��� .-,, tjon, but iheir fire' ���., I lit. Theii e-t ,\h. tha it! Ft new p iitie n the Briti ha.l got the range ter the firsl "brae kel led efforts they lashed limb..- to l be-r ami hiirle-il them int.e place. From Krupps. Evert a- Batterj "K" had the trenches the mud-bespattered men '{""'''..*" went the I'm of the 18th scrambled forth an,I laj down in the woods for a shorl rest. lh e in V. iii tlle horses I'm- many of the brave lad we,uld he their grave-. Wei re.ii'. -en ihe Chalons Farm, ��ere watered, then li, ked guns and wagons. Battery "K" of tii,- Royal I lorse awaited orders i-1 ad\ .e- - - These came, with the driving of ihe la-t spik.- in th.- bridge. Drivers leaped I-, their saddles, gunners to their seats. Accompanied by a low eii' er ilie- battery fi six guns turn,-,I into the road anil trotted rivcrwards Tin darkness seemed I" grow deeper, then intense blackness befori tl dawn, and the air was thick with misi Over tin- swaying cm-,-way ihe- horses carefully picked their s',.-[,s. On firm ground again they broke inl" a gallop. From llu- woods bordering ihr road, th,- I8th emerged. They fell into line behind the limber-, with Battalion "(.'" in the lead. Willi Ihem was Lieutenant Burnham enviously In- watched lln- men of the Ibe,--,- Artillery clinging te, ilu- swaying scats. Battalion "C" was just across ami "A" was still nn the bridge when a beam of blinding light frmn the north pierced the encircling gloom. The enemy's searchlight was in play a- gain, and the attacking force stood revealed to tin- German guns. Well hael these found the range fnr the first shell struck fair in the middle of tlle span. Torn men anil shattered timbers were hurled in all directions. Shell followed shell until the structure was demolished. No troops cnuld live in that storm nf lead, and lhe 18th fell back intn the trenches. All but Battalion "C"���the river was behind them, doubling up, ihey followed the way nf the swinging guns. The baltery galloped on. "Occupy Hill Xo. 2 and check advance of enemy!" were the oredrs they had received. What took place behind .lid not alter the command, Orders were orders���always. So they galloped mi. Battalion "C" followed, mi the run. "We've been ordered tn support tlie guns." the major shouted in Burn- ham's ear. "If they can't hold tlle position we fall back nn the bridge head." Up tlie last sleep slupe the struggling heerses hauled lhe six I8-poun- ders, Rear limbers were close behind. They wheeled to the right when tin- cresl was reached and the he.rses wen- jerked to a halt. Then it happened. Limber pins were yet nil- shipped when the first German shell lit nn the summit, fnr lhe enemy had their range. Team number six were still tugging their piece intei place when the concussion ''irew them to the ground. The terrified brutes sprang lo Iheir feet again and bolted overturning carriage and limber. Down the steep bank it was hurled and the crew crushed 'nealh lhe wreck. The hail of shrapnel thai fojlowe fairly blew the battery to pieces. It cleaned out horses and men. One detachment was slaughtered by a single shell. Gun number three had a wheel carried off. number four bail lost its spokes and sank on one side. lln- fierce artillery duels I - i the heavii r guns '. Jack h .,!-.,-,| l,a,k ��� th river. Hurrah! tin pressure on tin bridge w as in n relieved .nn! tl (in his oi tin stream tin- few unwounded nf lhe 1^'h wei .vhai aid they could. "We'll advance .n't II ' ��� Burnham. The crack of a im". t on tl gun -ilie Id brought ��� ion again to the I :' ve r. jusl a- a scattered rille it-, '���: mn and the 1< ad splatte red gnus. Whai a sigl ��� - startled gaze! In close forn k e row - eled behind rank, Germany infantry i- ere pouring b\ er tli< far ��� I ..'.ti inl,. the il,-,-p-eiii road tl i-. thc loiif contesti "K" tti iv v. as -il, net ,1 and tin- Kaise r's les came mi cn ma-.-..' to repel the attacking force. "Whal a mark ihey mak-.!" exclaimed Burnham, ami hi- pi ac ised eye. gauged tin easy range. An idea started ihr.,ugh hi- throbbing brain. I le pulled open ihe breach -if thi gun It was loaded. Grasping iin- traversing near li,- swung tin sights ������������ bear nu the narrow mad. It to ���',. bul i -i'e inl P. depri ss ti,.- muzzle ami train it mi the head ol 'in- .len-, column. I hen he darted "i.r to iln- next piece. lie sighted it slightly in advance fi his target; number three -iili fartln r ahead. The bullets of the on-coming guard flew perilously close by his ears, bin he heeded them not, lie was living the life- of ,a Burnham ���at wnrk with the liritish gun-. Gun number four was the cripple bul he managed tn train il like its fellows. He was ready to open fire. Back tn the first piece he ran. He peered along the sights. Splendid! He reached inr the lever ami. bang! Number 'ine sent it- message nf death, Jack cut fnr the second ami fired il; llie third and fourth the same. Tlle last, mi mn- wheel, was hurled sideways by the recoil, bin nnt before its shrieking shell had flung death into German ranks. He turned his glasses mi the broken mass. "You've revenged yourself, "hi girl," he saiel. as with proud satisfaction he noted the gaps in th,- torn green column, Nu gunner cnuld have made better aim. lint be must nol stop, Dn pping lhe glasses lie ran Inr the limber ami gathered an armful .ef shells. There were only three guns in reload. A- gain he sighted them all before firing, ihen mie ai'u-r another the charge- nf lyddite spread death-dealing shrapnel among the tn iops mi the narrow road. Jack worked like a 'ii nd There wen- tm mel for "brackets" or "ranging shots"���the firing wa, all point blank. Back .mil forth i'i m limber to gun he stumbled, ladi n w iih the heavy she-ll-. Ile tripped over the be.elies of ihe dead gunni rs: .i stricken horse, m iis death struggle, lashed mil and shattered Iiis knei No 1" ger could he keep mi his feel���yel he foughl "'i a- besl he- could. Tearing a bell from the m-ari-sl corpse hc tied the shell- together and, crawling painfully, dragged them over the ground. He bad checked the advance, he i-i-.w. but he must keep them there. In eld them till lhe bridge was finished. lie gave no neetice now In the effect e.i his shots���the time could met be spared. But lhe havoc wrought was terrible. At intervals, each time gr.iwn longer, as 11 urn ham's strength ebbed away, three shells, at point blank range, tore through the com- 1 masses and exploded in their midst. A half company was carried away at a lime. In vain did the officers drive them on. They could not cross that shrapnel-swept zone and the heael of the column melted away- like snow before lhe Chinook wind. At last the troops eipcned out and a regiment, in often order, spread a- muzzlc still pointing to the north.! bout the base eif the hill. The rifle 1! Pa.c ��� . cooling ''ii .em! carried him | I the bridge ' battle ol the river thai Jacl p. In a I.. e , - ' toppei ��� us at last," In 1 n tin- - ing man. 1..- lh, ii--: - '"A hai for?" asked J , 'Fir pulling thn ugh tl fever?" "Vl1 - Ill's." He took from the head little In-",-, n medal tl t I , eve - youthful heir : throne Ind visiti d the we um Th.- -iit-g, nn placed 'in medal in Bumham's hai rl. ��� ; Slowly i I it ovei "For Va lor," I:, read ol "The V.(.'..' In hispered. T I" speak more hi ttu questioning . "\ ��� s." I nswi n il tii . tin r, "it's ��� I tu nli 'K' Ila: ... II ' ; I ���' ��� in indis- tinctly���the dear Id -u- -. ami ihe ei.vc mi tha! gl hill. A -mil,- lii up hi van faci His .-ui"!' N-.' and :: ��� f regrel new ligl ��� ��� ��� his ej ' that wa- left was tin In- um-- return to "I Tl ni;-: ������'.:��� ihe lit tle bronze cr..-- in Ir- hai d. Strucl he knew: pi ;'--.-, ��� fri ni tin be i.'. ... I i -ie his !.":.- | .-������-.'- I ��� fallen. 'I'h.- surgeon broke in on his dn eughts, ' I fen '- --.ine thing ��� '-'��� for ven." |,e said --'i'i., ;,��� ,: n' left il f r you yesterday." Listjesslv Burnham took the paner and unfolded it. But, with lln first glance al iin ,-ii-eei!-. ��i,-ni'e his weaVhess, In- sal upright. "What's this'" In- cried. "Surely nol a commission feer llle?" "You're Maior Burnham of the Re yai ! lorse Artillery." . ���-- - n ,1 thi old surgeon, smiling, and his ham! went up to the salute. "(',..,1 bless ynu. boy. no man living deserves it more than vein." With a cry tha! was half a s-.b Tack fell baek mi the pillows murmuring: "Mv guns, my very i ivn now." The excitement hael stolen his'strength and ius firsl keen joy passed to sweeter thoughts. Before his mind rrent th,- tii, mr. fi a little grev-haired lady Sh,- was gazing with love and pride on tin photographs nf three martial-looking men. "My heroes of the guns," he seemed to bear her say, ml lay quite siill with the picture cradled in his mine!. "Brave little nie'ther." he murmured, "she's due hei -inin- of till joy." At the thought he beckoned the surgeon. "Paper and ink," he ri qui - tee!, "ami please wrap up 'his medal fur mailing." I le- poisi d tl pen moment, then feebly wrote: "Mi ibt r. I'm with iln- guns.1 I de vay Germany will Ireat your John Bul!" Such were the words of Johan Dierssen as he tore up a picture cf John Bull and stamped his feet upon it. The incident happened in Henderson's cigar store. North Vancouver. Mr. Henderson, having a bit of British blood in him, promptly smashed the Prussian in lhe nose, knocked htm down and handed him over to the police. The police held Dierssen for a short time and, according to the newspaper report, turned him over to the militia. The military authorities later allowed Dierssen his freedom. If the lacts are as reported, Henderson would have been quite within his rights had he killed the insolent Prussian on the spot. If the facts are as reported the authorities, both civil and military, who allowed Dierssen to escape, should be summarily dealt with by good Canadians without any regard to the details of the law. On a Main Street car a certain German engaged in business in South Vancouver made, it a practice up to a very( few weeks ago of publicly 1,-iding the Kaiser and of poking fun at British institutions. Believing it his duty, a resident communicated with the officers of the Seventy-second Highlanders and urged that the German be taken in charge. Nothing was done by the regimental authorities ind the German continued his insolence. The civil authorities were also informed of the man's behaviour but apparently did not deem the case worth iny attention. Some little time ago the Prussian spoke disrespectfully of the British flag in a certain printing office in the district and did not close his mouth until the printer in charge hurled a steel galley at his head. >:. if. * It is but the other day that a German reservist who had been arrested by a Provincial policeman, leaped from a train and escaped. The policeman pursued the fellow and, in endeavoring to capture him, suffered a broken leg. A line or so was given the incident in the newspapers and it was forgotten. * * �� In Point Grey a community of fat Germans congregated about a beer barrel to celebrate an alleged German victory. The authorities smiled softly at this and only after much pressure had been brought to bear, did they arrest several of the fellows. * * * Other such incidents which have occurred right in Vancouver could be quoted by the hour. In almost every case, the high-cheeked enemies of King George have received soft treatment at the hands of the authorities. Ninety Germans in detention or Vancouver Island are fed on the fat of lhe land and allowed to loaf away their time. Such as this is sufficient to make the blood of a Britisher boil. The severest penalties should be visited upon these aliens. Every German in this Province should be taken in charge. Put them to work in the asphalt yards of the penetrnti.��ries, make them work in the coal mines, break stone, cut wood���anything. Mount a sruard over each half dozen cf these fellows and make them sweat under the bayonet. Il the authorities are too soft to deal properly with these eneraie? of the Crown, it is up to the people to use their own methods���tar, feathers, stones, fire or buckshot���to rid the community of the brothers, friends and supporters of a nation who, in making war, take 1 their cue from the snakes and the crawling things of the jungle. With the German battery were machine guns anil Ihey swept the crest of the British hill with a fire that left mi life behind. Withoul returning a single shot "K" Battery was blown to pieces. Battle-maddened horses from the hill met the advancing lSth and plunged through their khaki ranks. The very top of the ridge was literally blown into their faces by that hurricane rtf lead. Yet they rushed' it with a cheer. Only when they topped thc rise did they see the bloody work that the German guns had done. Mangled horses and men. alid the ground all harrowed and plowed. God! What a sight for young troops! They scarce had time In look when an Incessant) terrific shell fire, accompanied by a hail of Maxim bullets, swept them off their feet. The fire rew hotter but Burnham, crawling about on hands and knees, was less exposed. lie could n.it see thc advancing Prussians drawing ever closer. He looked only to see that a gun bore mi a body of the enemy on the road, then crawled away to the next one. His firing grew ever shiw- er. bul he maintained bis deadly aim. As long as he could lift shell or pull lever lhe lone gunner kept up the fight. Ha.l he glanced fnr a moment behind him he would have witnessed a gladsome inspiring sight. Freed from the destructive fire of the German batteries the wnrk on the bridge bad progressed quickly, ami even now companies of lhe impatient 18th. were marching across to join their comrades. Behind them were field artillery, with British regulars at their =?) ALWAYS HAVE NABOB JELLY POWDER in the house and unexpected company will be ever welcome - - - it pnly takes a minute to prepare. 10c - 3 for 25c At all good grocers MADE IN B.C. j [GHT BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK I IDAY. MAV 9, 1915 EDGETT'S THE STORE OF PLENTY 118 Hastings Wesl Provision Department w I . n f\fk .i lies for iflsW 11 nn - .-. ,'��� l*rl ". 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MEMBERS VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS VANCOUVER GRAIN EXCHANGE MEMBERS OF CALGARY OIL EXCHANGE DEALERS IN ALL ACTIVE CALGARY STOCKS, BONDS, ETC. OIL STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD "Stock Department, Seymour 6913 EXCHANGE BUILDING, 142 HASTINGS WEST Weel freent, I wunner n yae- hae been peyin' rauclcle attenshun this wee while.-}- back tae the dams o' they political felliei back iii i tttawa. I used iae- think that British Columby hael a monopoly ..' a' ilu- grafters in Canady, but frae whal I ean see tin- whole bang jing o' them arc a' taured wi' the- yae stick. When I hear the kiddies sing-in' the "Maple- Leaf, oor emblem dear," e.r, "i Hi. Canady," I ofteji said tae my-' -el, "Weel, Sanely, British Columby's only a wee bitty o' Canady, an' while I tlu-rc micht be a hale lot o' grafters an' parasites, an' shysters as neet- ain worthy Eddie Gold wml say. here, that's no' tae say it .-hi. cts the Dominion as ,i whole. I wis aye- firmly, convinced in my ain min' that as faur as bum politeeshians, laml pirates, an' general criminals were concerned British Columby wis easy the "banner province" o' Canaely. Hooever, if yaell maybe be notlcin' frae the accounts in the papers o' the investigasbuns bein' held intae the graft connected wi' the rotten Units they made for the sodgers, the knock- kneed cuddles they bocht, an' Ihe big CommisshuHS (a kin' o' fancy name fur graft) that hae been hattndeil oot, a' miner the guise o' pailriotism, a fellie 11 BUtte neeel tae revise liis estimate o' Canady as a whole. I can aye min' in the auld country when we wcre speakin' o' Canady an' the Canadians, oor langwidge t< >'> 1< ��� en quite a sacred sort o' soon'. The folk at hame had sic a great opeenyin o' the Canadian's honesty that they were aye kin' o' scared that they grafters owre in tiie States wud maybe "slip wan over" on oor virtuous bri- thcrs. The average auld country man aye leiokit ilium Canady as bein' lhe hame o' men where graft an' shady politics were unknown. Afore I go ony further, I want tae say that the opeenyin i had o' tlle folk o' Canady at hame as bein' honest, hard-workin' people basnic altered a partickle, but when 1 come tae think o' her political life an' her politeeshians���ach, they wud scunner the deil himsel', �� I dinnie ken muckle o' Canady's past political history, an' maybe it's a guid jpb. My "schulcin'" didnie goi faur enough for that. I wisnie very faur past the bit in history whaur Robert the Bruce killed that big son- of-a-gun De Ilohun on the field o' Bannockburn when I wis removed tae anither sphere o' usefulness, as the ministers say, an' acquired the art o' balancin' a grocer's basket on my pow so that my haun's wud be free tae baud the "penny blood" 1 wud be studyin'. Hooever, that's naither here nor there, but this talk aboot ha'en a Dominyin eleckshun at the present time seems tac me tae be the worst crime o' them a'. While oor brave lads are volunteer- in' tae go tae the front, while the yins that are at the front are nobly layin' doon their lives in defence o' Canady an' the mither laund, oftentimes sac- rificin' lucrative posts (a fancy name for a common, everday job hcrel, no' tae count on the wives an' bairns semie o' them are leavin' abint���we fin' oor politeeshians planum' an' schemin' an' pleettin' no' as tae hoo they can assist Canady an' help the auld country, but solely occupyln their mill's as tae hoo they can save their skins by bringin' on an eleckshun at this time. Of course it's obvious tae onybody that the flag eeeir lodgers are fechtin' for on the battlefield '11 be us.-el at Ihis eleckshun tae cover up a' the misdemeanours o' they dons. If yae had been readin' the newspapers, yae wud hae noticed that they spent very near a whole week argyin' as tae whether the men at the front wud be entitled tae vote1 Noo, of the- crazy, fat-heided things I ever heard tell o'. the sodgers votin' at the front is sharely the limit. 1 could haurdly bring mysel tac believe that men, peyed by the nashun tac look efter its affairs, could mak themsels sao ridiculous. Hooever, they decided the sodgers wud be entitled lae vote, an' accord- in' tae a later despatch, the ballot boxes wcre a' ready tae be shipped tac Flanders tac be held in readiness for the sycological meenit when they considered it wud be the best time tae go tae the country. 1 dinnie ken if the sodgers at the front 'II hae reael o' the graft that bas been eairried on sin the start o' the war. If they hae, I can jist imagine .their fcelin's an' boo they'd be wishin' they had some o' the rascals in the trenches opposite them. While they wud be shocked at the wey the country had been robbed wi' the grafters, their opeenyins. 1 fancy, on this votin' bizness wud be mare in the nature o' intense disgust. It's the maist disgraccfu' thing T ever heard o' yet comin' frae ony self- respectin' body o' men as oor politeeshians claim themsels tae be. Fancy askin' men doin' their duty noblv at the front, never kennin' the meenit when their number '11 be ca'd, tae go an' record a vote so tbat some bunch o' mealy-moothcd politeeshians micht bc able tae fatten themsels at theirs an' their wives an' bairns expense. T can jist imagine what a fine job they fellies wnd hae that wud be goin' roon wi' the ballot boxes. T can also imagine f Sep Ceneral French passin' by at the time, an' tellin' them tae get Sanely js completely scunnered at the political jobbery practeceeee] in Canaely lae- Ii ei,e| ,,' there, sentyments "hich the- Canadian lodgers I'm share wud cordially e ndot ie. It's enieiigh tae mak a fellie hang his he-id in' -hame. Thc while oor lads arc gien their lives eer their bluid in defence o1 hearth an' hame an' in an attempt tae crush tyranny, a bunch ee' politeeshians are only concerned as tae hoo thev ean gel (hem lae endorse their candidature so that they micht be able tae still cairry on the rotten state- ..' affairs. Thre's a time for everything, an' sharely lae- gudeness this i-. nae time feer an eleckshun. an' the battlefield nae place for recordin' a political vote. 1 aye thocht Dicky McBride, Wullie- Bowser an' the vest o1 the miserable' bunch that Compose the liritish Columby legislature were heid yins in the artful dodgery bizness, but I can see while- they're as bad as they're ca'd, an' maybe wurser as the schule laddie wud iay, they hae ye-t lome pints tae pick up as tae hoo lae run all eleckshun. Wullie an' Dick hae made a sorry mess o' this last venture o' theirs, an' 1 dinnie think onybody hae ony true doobts as lae the punishment that's in store for them. The sutler the honest, self-rcspeetin' feelk in Canady get roused up tac their duty tae themsels an' the country, the suiter will Ihey bring aboot happiness an' prosperity tae Ihis misguided launil. It's time Canady wis riddin' itsel o' thc politeeshians that " . . Sum up man's whole duty��� Heaven, Hell an' Number Tine." Yours through the heather, SANDY MACPHERSON. New Telephone Directory The May edition of the 1!. C. Telephone Company's official directory, not yet fully distributed, contains as an altogether new feature a splendid article on "Accident Prevention and First Aid." Special attention is paid to tlle treatment .to be accorded in cases of electric shock. One paragraph deals with the use of the pttl- motor, while in bold face type the announcement is made that these instruments are to be found in the Vancouver city ambulance and at thc General Hospital, Instruction is also given as to what should bc done when a fallen aerial wire is encountered. Several illustrations lend additional value to the article. In no more convenient place than the ubiquitous telephone book could information of this sort be placed, and probably the very novelty of its coming from such an unusual source will bc the cause of its being read by more people than any other agency could have insured. The B. C. Telephone Company has performed a great public service, as even the valuable work of the St. John's Ambulance Corps has never yet succeeded in bringing so emphatically before every individual this most necessary knowledge. The article itself is brief and to the point. Its advice is from the highest DID EDITOR LIBEL SAM SHARPE;ACTION AGAINST UXBKIDGE MAN Uxbridge, April 18. Mr. Tl Gowans, the editor and proprietor of "The Uxbridge Journal," was committed foi trial by Magistrate Thollla- Foster oi Canuington yesterday on charges oi publishing defamatory libel, preferred by Major Sam Sharpe, M P. for North Ontario. Bail was granted The hearing was hehl in the market hall, whieh was crowded, His legal partner. Mr. II. I'. Cooke, represented Major Sharpe, while Mr. Ceorge \ Sedgwick, of the firm if Beatty, Blackstock, t'e.wan, Faiken! & Chadwick, of Toronto, looked after! Mr. Gowans' interests. Ariticles Complained of A week ago Friday Mr. Gowans formally admitted thai it was he- who published the extracts tee whieh Ma- jeer Sharpe has taken objection. The hearing, however, was adjourned at that point until today. The- extracts in question are: "The Wall Street Journal prints a story, evidently supplied that journal, of six hundred officers flunking after enlisting in the first contingent. Wall street is wreing this timi'. There I was emly em.' officer who flunked ami ran home, and that was the membci fe r North Ontario and be got as far as Hot Springs under the Stars and Stripes " This was published on April 1. anil forms the subject of the first charge, i Again on April 8 the following appeared in the Journal, under the caption. "N'eete's and Comments": "Why should he run from Valcartier? My goodness, he had a pass." "Majeer S. Sharpe. reputedly L. 1,. 1!.. says he diel not run from Val cartier. only took the fastest train." Remembers Major Sharpe was there Captain A. C. MacFarlane, an officer in the Canadian Militia, and manager of the Standard hank at Canninglon. said that the complainant was senior Major In tbe 34th Regiment. Witness was at Valcartier in the capacity of Paymaster, and remembered that Major Sharpe was there in uniform. Valcartier was a mobilization camp and was em a war footing. Witness was showm the article in The Journal of April 1. "To whom does that refer? presume it refers to Major Sharpe." Under cross-examination by Sedgewick, Captain Mcl'arlane ed that Major Sharpe had been attached to one of the brigades mobilized f'ir foreign service at Valcartier. "Do you know why Maj��r Sharpe didn't go to the front?"���"No, sir." "Have you heard of Major Sharpe having any disputes witb senior officers or with the Minister of Militia?" Mr. Cooke objected to the question, and in an ensuing legal debate Mr. Sedgewick declared tbat the complainant had to prove that Major Sliarne was on April 1 a member of tiie Expeditionary Force and a member of the House. Tin- questman wa- diiallow<ed on the ground that it was a matter "f here- lay, but when Mr. fee..!., asked whether witness hail e.i his own ktnew- ledge learned eef any such dispute, the answer was iu th,- negative. In asking for commitment eef Mr. Gowans, Mr. Cooke contended ihat publication was ill that was necessary to warrant a trial of the anil that stn h publication was proved by Jobbett's evidence. He referred i" the paragraphs themselves as a gross ami indecent insult ami to Mr, Ce.uate.' conduct in publishing llie in ,<- el.-isi .irelh . Position of Defence Defence alleged thai there had been no liability tee cause a breach "f the peace and thus justify criminal pro- e e e dings, ami that, while the complainant in a libel action bad to be injured in his calling, it li.nl ne.t been shown that Mr. Sharpe- was at present either a member of the1 militia or the- House of Commons, the callings mentioned in the information. Mr. Gowans saiel In- had nothing t��� > iay; ami defence offered nee objection io a commitment <-ti the- second charge, relating t.e tin- paragraph published 'en April 8. 'I'he accused was admitted tei bail ��� ei" $I.(khi ,ei, , ach charge, half eef his own bond in each ease and half oil the bond -.1 Mr. W. II. Kellar. ��� I Sam Mr. stat- LOOK OVER LAST WINTER'S GARMENTS If vni did not hav�� your Rarmpnts cleaned before you pul tbeffl away for the summer gel them out now. Every dress suit or overcoat that '������ nol worn threadbare you ihould Knd to us for DRY CLEANING AND SAVE CLOTHING BILLS Our perfect cleaning ami repairing lervlce ii the moil wonderful aaver <>( "new elothei money" on earth because it will keep every garment in iti new beauty until worn <"it. Pan-Co-Vesta Club Seymour 2834 547 HOWE STREET Blue Funnel Motor Line VANCOUVER to NEW WESTMINSTER Cars leave 410 Seymour Street (Cor. Hastings and Seymour) every 10 minutes, connecting with our car leaving 744 Columbia Street, New Westminster, for Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Hammond, Port Haney, Langley Prairie, Aldergrove, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and other points on the Yale Road. Modern, large roomy cars. Careful and experienced drivers. Phone Seymour 1615 COAL! COAL! OUR POLICY is to supply only fuel of the highest grade. We pay special attention to screening and weight, and delivery is made by our own experienced drivers. WOOD We also have a small quantity of dry kindling wood for sale. MacDONALD, MARPOLE CO., LTD. Phone Seymour 210 427 SEYMOUR ST., City Is 60 Dollar Cents on the worth Saving? You Can Do It --- Travel on Tango Tickets 32 Rides at 5 cent fare $1.60 HERE'S HOW! 32 Rides on Your saving on Tango Tickets $1 Investment $1.00 60 cents Tango Street Car Tickets ��� Good for Continuous Ride within City Limits of Vancouver--Non Transfer ���8 for 25 cents, will be placed on sale by B. C. Electric on Monday, May 10 SUNDAY. MAY 9, 1915 BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK THRE STOVEWOOD 14 inch inside fir $2 ��P per load $2-��Q Coast Lumber & Fuel Co., Ltd. Phone Fair. 2500 Phone High. 226 Phone Fraser 41 The Cost of Operating Electric Household Appliances is Merely Nominal. The actual cost of current for Electric Household Appliances is out of all proportion t'e the comfort and convenience provided, being especially true during the summer months. Look over this tabic of hourly cosl of operation. Coffee Percolator Electric Washer 3'/2 certs per hour tlectnc Iron 3 cents per hour Electric Grill 4 �� 5h��^ts Electric Toaster 4 to 514 cents per hour 5 cents per hour N.B.���Appliances used for cooking arc operated only a fraction of an hour per meal. The cost of others depends upon the duration of their use. Wc will lee.' pleased to demonstrate these appliances at our salesrooms. B. C. ELECTRIC Carrall and Hastings St. 1138 Granville St. (near Davie) The Telephone THE ADVANCE AGENT OF Comfort and Convenience FORMS A CLOSER UNION OF HOME, BUSINESS AND FRIENDS. FOR A LIMITED TIME, BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE TELEPHONES WU,!. BE INSTALLED UPON PAYMENT OK $5.00 RENTAL IX ADVANCE. FOR PARTICULARS CALL UP SEYMOUR ('070. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT B.C. TELEPHONE CO. LTD. The Scenic Highway Across the Continent THROUGH TICKETS ISSUED FROM VANCOUVER TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD The Popular Route to the��� OLD COUNTRY HAWAII AUSTRALIA ALASKA CHINA AND [ JAPAN Up-to-date Train Service Between Vancouver and the East. All trains equipped with Standard and Tourist Sleepers. W J. MOE, C. P. A., 434 Hastings St., Vancouver. C. MILLARD, D. T. A., Vancouver. H. W. BRODIE, Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. "British Columbia Is Hung Up By Seat of the Pants" Waiting For Ottawa To Take It Off The Hook- Some Inside Political Information Written Exclusively for the " Chinook. " By H. F. GADSBY ''^,^^^^^^^^^^YffififiWJw^w\\\\w ��� ��� ��� Ottawa, May 6���1 nd at B '|l,,e. -mli. I "i 'I"' "��������� nch ihat th,- mom they came iu on is the month theyl,he n, thi ;. :t) : as sei - eral othe rea iring i mher. Bj thai time the. war will bi ovei oi ��� ii ivill be nd rill le.' caught the- rebound. Tl e sei relief will lee ��� eat I i anada wil! n I tin i ervativi G to po tt e i h spite 'ei :��� mings. Tl ��� flex action of public i pinioi, is 1 ing I iwll; | ; ��� pyscho ��� Ilabil ��� ind i part) al large, The Honorable Bob Rogers, whe, i- ie,i a psychologist bul a plain nits an election �� hen he- want- it and "eet threi month afterwards, that :',:- is all piffle. I le- hasn'l much use for an outfit of ps) is who can'l r< - the p ij I moment ��� hey sec it. All sorts e.f arguments have been mploj i persuadi the Ministci i Public W'e.rks that Scpti mbi r i- the me .ina ol destiny ''in to all sui h arts I had substantially ri plied: "Why eliel you n aki me Minister of Public W'e-rl - if you didn'l trusi lo know when t i ��ork lhe public?" Which i- a riddle that lakes a li i ������'��� reading. Thc Minister of Public Works, - lhe Hi mi erabli Bob at in rally put there to keep I is - ,,- li th, gn mid i I ��� iw ��[len it's time lo back up and when it'- time I - -��� out and holler. He may be short o: ami) -ne] tin grafl taril worse they ��ill feel againsl the Be r- Govei : The Hone Hob's political instil portunit) by tin flow i-r victory from Ihe m ttie . 'I il iwe r. by the nettle 1 pinion in the country . aiie-t him, not ie- mention the I ltd iv I and repre sents deci i and a numbi r that. It is ii able that His Royal I lighn ��� . v erncd \t ith the dignil j Empire nd tl of Canada than he is ��ith ll if either party - - -ral election be- [on the ii-:- ( 'r the un erg Tin I inl. e- doi - i ' himh] [ing \- thc lists fe r ��� lee' ready bi fore July, a June is said to be oul of the >iu pcopli say Bob migl 1 i ell ��� :��� ��� I'i ��� ��� Meanwhile he has hired I ��� tig It U| , e fullll 55 ill anl ' rn various wa; Boh has tried I ru their feet. If they li-i' it lo tin | lecetit ., da againsl nn election in war time, al Hi: . P_e^^Hl ��� ' I - 'ele kd " ' I ' : a quizzi . , ��� ... I' ��� insidious h le, coi rent daily - ��� : lai to taki les f tin Idii rs at the from ticable :: , ��� ���' British foffi distractioi might sla nterfen - ������ j. absurd thi I'licrs woul their ead long charge - i the Gel mans lo di ��� :��� a ballot for cai didates I name i sues they know nothing about. The dul) of tl let, gel balle I of t;:' ��� . t (ji rman I . I: . boxi ""t ballot ��� : - leae'k not rii irrmam Phi only tence. a bal- i en ��� f- ��� . ears to the parties and the A'hite with tnd i 'i'i* bal lot I SUPP Sed it -lie.lllll le. Il-l el. buiil ��� var coi ditii iris. Tl ��� ���: ini ground that the it the fr :.! k ii! vote���-when et 1 e. bul not luie ro If by September, there may be an el I. If they don't iiit- b) Sepli mbi , the re may l>c or there may not. Me v - while the casualty lis:.- continue to .n and it would bi an insult to ' e m ii' the e . t-iit. There :s babl) nobod) in I lanada - .- e':. ,i \ ie v their effect on the voter-' list-. psychology but he i.s long on human |sn '" I1"' s"'! -mrl11 Y"K'C "' "f1'1" nature. He can Iwa ell when thi " ' ' : boys arc hungry and when it's hard!""1 promised anvthn imi In I" hold tin-in in line any longer His lintance i- with the workei flic party and the workers natui inform liim when tin chain ��� are besl lo turn another trick. A h) is lln Honorable Bob Minister of !.' ex officio, ii hi- advice is not taken? It's a sore touch for Bob He saw a chance gi t ley lasl fall. I - lie t i ... e one go glimmering? By virtu,- of liis position a ing housi of party pi liti ���-. tl Minis-1 ie r eef Public Works faci - the f: I and faces lh - ��� " u'l:, ��� ,--,- Ri chard McBride visited I Ittawa nol long ago, !,'��� hii homing pigi on to Bi ib Rogi r's - f flee. AIM: mgh Iir had business with - thc other Bob who 1 ment, he saw Bob Iv gers first. I'I the tn " Bobs go) , ��� thu - mak- j pair of B.ol md th Sir Richard thai il ��as g ling hard sledding and th il hc had ' e '��� :��� foi amithi : British Coin niiel nol do bettct fi ir thc I' lives and would it started s Thit why British C '';'1 iia :- una ��� ''..e.i. ely 1 the hoi k. Similarl). been tl ��������� . Hoeiorahl B ��� tales of v I till from Ihe Roblin Govi ivuhblin ; maj have w irn Bob Roger's ii it is that l ��� is in ' Dr. M R iu it will ' a Royal ( sion i" im' stigati grafl in tin parliameu buiidii ��� ��� 11 �� ill last, accordin H calculations jusl aboul as ' n , r doi s in ,i i ertain | I ! mentioned on the railwa) timi tables There was some very coars: work done up there and Sir Rodmot d R ���:��� Iin would never have price', into ii if the Lieutenant Governor, who is a Liberal, hadn't pushed him al it. Rumour has it that tlu' Honorable Bob is so little sure oi liis popularity in Winnipeg that he lias offered to take over Sharpe's seal in Lisgar if Sharpe should be disposed to retire from public life. The point is that the Winnipeg bunch who claim to have learned their tricks from Bob, are looking fe.r a goat and Reib may be it. On the other hand, the Honorable Bob is not a man wlm waits for punishment. Like the Germans, he wants to begin the drive first. Common sense, as you will observe, is with the Honorable Bob in desiring an election befure the Borden government gets one black eye in Manito- ��� have not sei ��� breaks. The) bul ' That 1 i lime limit. The Mill;-' ! " . ��� \1 icawbel . turn up. 1 ns - ��� : lection, Imi if nol S ��� Tl ��� 3 nea s it. ni I the ' ; "injus- SMITH MOTOR WHEEL CAN BE ATTACHED TO ANY BICYCLE, CANOE OR ROWBOAT Mosl economical, using only 1 gallon of ga; lini ry 90 miles. Speed frum 4 to 30 miles per hour. V/i h.p. engine. Automati i 'iler, intal ��� e, magm I \n;. om iperate in ! ride a bicycle. Ask for Demonstration and Booklet of same HASKiNS & ELLIOTT BICYCLE SHOP y,b HOWE STREET LITTLE MOUNTAIN HAIL Cor. 30th Avenue and M-^in Stree-t Comfortable Hall for nublic meetings, dances, etc., to Let Apply W J. STOLLIDAY 34 32nd Avenue nt i I, ] Poultry Keepers i ���. ��� "B&B" Poultry Spice Glazed Cement Sewer Pipe MADE IN'^ mm '���: S ile city whei ts lervice and has durability. Dominion Glazed Cement Pipe Co. I5S FROM STREET WEST Phone Fairmont 122 And ECC ij CEK teeni.-. Pi p and Tried /'.! v ti 3 lb. sack, <: k, 90c. 100 lb. sack. $12.00 Manufactured in Vancouver. Sold Everywhere TERMINAL CiTY IRON WORKS El : i i HON AN;e . .NGS KANTS AN" REPAIRS OF ALL DESCRIPTION' flttlHK RAIL TICKETS TO ALL POINTS General Agency Transatlantic Steamship Lines C. E. Jenney, G. A. P. D. Phone: Sey. 8134 527 Granville Street Fireproct Columbarium and -Receivint Viultl b Day .nd Nitht - ' -,-Ser. 2425 HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Vancouver���Office anil Chapel: 1034 Granville St. Phone Sey. :>486 North Vancouver���Office and Chapel: 122 Sixth St. W. Phone 134 KENT & SON SECONDHAND STORE Can supply your needs at right prices. COLLINGWOOD EAST (Right at Station) MAPLE LEAF DAIRY PURE PASTURIZED MILK We are Milk and Butter Specialists A. Tommason, Mgr. Phone Bay. 1417 1935-2nd AVE. WEST A phone call will have prompt attention Fourth. New Westminster Regiment, now away at the Iront FOUR BRITISH COLUMBIA CHINOOK SUNDAY. MAV 9, 1915 The Panama Pacific Exposition Excursion Company HAVE ARRANGED FOR THE STEEL-BUILT SCREW STE wn-'.K "CAM! 'SIN" TO MAKE THE Trip to The World's Fair and Return During months of June and July, occupying in all 18 days, with all the comforts of an hotel, including meals, sleeping accomodation, giving you 9 days in San Francisco. $60.00 1 Telephone Seymo^T2818 9440 | $75.00 BOOK AT ONCE WITH The Panama Pacific Exposition Excursion Co. 53 HASTINGS STREET WEST. VANCOUVER, B.C. WOMEN'S EXCHANGE Cor. DUNSMUIR and HOWE Light Lunch Served from 12 till 2 I International Correspondence Schools W. H. Coulter, Mgr. H Room 10, Burns Block 18 Hastings Street West Keeler's Nursery Grower and Importer of Plants, Bulbs, Roots and Shrubs Cut Flowers and Design Work a specialty. Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs for Spring and Fall planting. One hundred varieties of Roses of Choice Sorts and three hundred varieties of Dahlias. Phone Fairmont 817 I YOU WILL FIND OUR PRICES MODERATE Cor. FIFTEENTH AVE. and MAIN ST :: MOUNT PLEASANT VIOLIN EXPERT Old and valuable violins carefully repaired. Guitars and mandolins repaired. Bows reliaired. Violins bought. JAMES TAYLOR 531 RICHARDS ST. Phone Seymour 3415 DREAMLAND H. H. D��AN, Proprietor COR. TWENTY-SIXTH AVENUE AND MAIN STREET MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 24 and 25 FAIRMONT THEATRE 18th and Main Street "A duel's amang > t takin' notes, An' faith he'll prent it."���Burns. Whal hai ce,nie' over tbat lauve knight, Sir Richard McBride, nominal premier oi British Columbia? Recently he dissolved parliament, announced nn election as pending, then "Folded his tent like- th.- ?rabi And lilently sie ele.- awav." We have' vaguely heard "i him in New Veerk. then in the' metropolis I'i tlle- Empire, wlle-He'e'. 1],- ha* ~eT.t 11. modcit reminders thai be still exists. Has he gone feer g I? Is ilu- place that knew him tee kn<iw him n<> more? Tbe Looker-On imagines thai ii be can feather a nesl elsewhere he has ���haken tlle- llllst eei 11. C. frum his iee! Perhaps he has sensed the' itorm rising in tiie pie,vine against his policy thai has passed the cream 'ef our re- -.���iire.s in land, minerals and timber into the hands e.f speculators and alienated for ever the pee.pie's heritage. Or may it be that he obtained an advance copy of the Ministerial L"nieen's pamphlet just issued, containing ihat tremendous Indictment of the policy eef himself and colleagues with respect to the natural resources nf lhe Province, and found ii such a facer that he fled? In any case that categorical ami weighty indictment bas goi tee be faced hy the accused government. The matter can't rest. Prompt steps must lie taken feer and by the people of this Province for the appointment of a non-partisan commission by the Dominion government tee probe the matter t" ils deepest depths. The Lookcr-On strongly urges every elector tei possess himself nf a copy of this pamphlet, It is entitled "The Crisis in B. C; An Appeal for Investigation." It is isMicel by tlle Ministerial Union 'if the Lower Mainland nf B, C��� anel ean be obtained from E. C. Appleby, -438 Richards Street. Vanceeiiver. It is an eye- opener. The matters dealt with in the pamphlet arc too important and serious t'i he ignored. The names attached to the Indictment and the documentary evidence produced absed- utclv forbid this. It may be that the more acute stage in our unemployment problem has now heen passed. The bread line has ceased and many of the casual workeri have departed for "pastures new." At thc same time there are, and will be feir some time, many eif our own citizens men with family and home responsibilities, who will continue tn fin:! difficulty in keeping the "grub-pail" reasonably replenished, Therefore now i.s the time f'ir every bit of civic work which has been authorized, and feer which money bas been appropriated, tie be set in in,itiein. The Looker-On kneevvs ni more than one such enterprise which ought tee be set agoing forthwith, heir example. Last year plans were adopted by the city council for the construction of a causeway across Coal Harbor at the' Georgia entrance tu Stanley I'ark tn replace the present broken-down bridge. A In-law was duly passed and the money appr.ipriated, $135,(XW. Why has this work been hung up? Because thc money has been spent upon work mher than lhat for which the ratepayers voted il and the' council is wailing until it can be replaced from some more eev less uncertain 'seeuree- such as the sale "I bunds. The Looker-On questions llie legality ni this melheeel .ef handling iln- public money. In any case is is an undesirable method. When the' ratepayers vote money for a Specific purpeise'. il should be im- '���!'��� tu diverl it !'��� any olher channel, except with their direct sain-- in. Yem mustn't play fast anel lo se in this fashion wiih llie rate) ave- - decisions, Weill this work fi the causeway should HOW H" e.n |i ,s much needed at present in furniih w.irk fen- unemployed citizens In connection witli this t'.eal Harbor causeway scheme, a scandalous transaction took place which, as it in- volvei iln- public In me ,r nt' Vancouver, she.uld be nailed down in the counter Of pUbliC 'ipillieell feel' (I ellll C 111 II a - tion by every right-minded citizen ���." lhe- end lhat -neb thing- should never be repeated, C petitive plans feir the scheme were called fur at tIti- linn- frum local anil outside architects. Elaborate plans were prepared ,it considerable cust and sent in by many architects eef eminence fremi far and near. It was expected by the professi n that nne ur Other "i these plans would be accepted as is the custom in all honest e-um]ieiiiie us. Whai was iln surprise anel indignation of the whe ih- profession when it learned that all these plans were put aside and another embodying tin' besl ideas, it is said, of sume eef these plans, was put forward by mir own city engineer, Mr. Fellowes, who, mark you, was supposed to be the adjudicator mi the competitive plans, and this scheme was accepted by thc councill If an author nr a preacher steals another man's ideas and uses Ihem it is called plagiarism and bc is fur ever ruled out of bis profession. Thc whole transaction seems dishonorable tei Vancouver. Thc Looker-On understands that it was scathingly animadverted upun at the time in several Canadian and American architectural journals f .id that our civic character stanels Somewhat besmirched in architectural circles. Crooked ness never ultimately pays. The presence in Burrard Inlet this ' M. S. Cruiser, thc little ' with its accompanying ���alls her plucky and the early days week rif II. "Shearwater, submarine, rcc venturesome voyage in .. of the war, from the Mexican cuast to home waters at Esquitnalt. The Lookcr-On confesses bis imagination ..ooker-un confesses ms imagination fas stirred by that hazardous episode, .t was known that German cruisers were sweeping the Pacific for prey. Each hour of tbe long trip every man must have felt his life hung on a been the custom tee smile when tin Canadian navy is mentioneel. Its insignificance is treated contemptuously. Hut that is not how the Lookcr- On views it. Each of these diniinu- On views it. Each 'bull-dogs" is a miniature Queen live "bull-does is a miniature Queen Elizabeth. The same fighting spirit. devotion to duty, and calm facing of odds animates their crews from cap- Sea and th ada blithe Ol same. "The spirit ..( our fathers shall st nl tin Dardanelles. Give Can- it a chance and she will hold up le! Flag mi the seas jusl the tie.ni every For the- deck fail!.', the . pie life in thc lieertb until June when, immediately before thi elections, he will return and endeavor tei rally the "Id guard once more. Has the Government Any Status Men thoroughly familiar with the liritish Xeerib America Aet anil Canadian law anil llriti-h histeery. aver that tlle Me liriele- government 'hees not exist legally. Tluy point oul that when tin- Lie ute'iiant-Ceiveriiier signed the order iff dissolution after the I' .-mel (',. E, fight, the McBride government went automatically nut of existence. It is known that upon the Sunday follAving ihe signing .,f the documcnl Sir Richard McBride, reconsidering the- matle-r, caused tin paper, then in reality the order of Ilis Majesty, in be turn up. In thii it i- charged that Sir Richard violated the very foundation! eei iln constitution, and it i- charged that the- Lieutenant-Governor, by allowing this proceeding, made himself a party tee an act which might be properly styled as treasonable. No Election for Months Meantime there- is every certainty tbat no election will be held fur Bome meeiiths to come. Prominent McBride men do not hesitate tu admit lhat the case is hopeless fur tin Government, anel that the unly- tactics which ean be employed arc tin esc which will merely have the effect of postponing a- far as possible the- evil day. SPORTING TITBITS The lovers of .port were1 out iu great force hist Saturday afternoon in th.' neighborhood of Carleton Hall when a baseball game playeel by the local teams iu Collingwood was on tap. The- enthusiasm shown by the cr.ewe] presenl augurs well ior the success of iln Collingwood teams in this line uf sport. The lacrosse team was .else, onl ainl had a strenuous practice, ami from present indication! it hieiks as if Collingwood will be beard from in the lacrOSSi u.erM before lhe siiir.- mer is far gone. * * * Cricket ii much in favor at Central Park way and last Saturday afternoon the yuung nnn in their while flannels were out in gieoel force ami en- joyed ���! splendid afternoon at the "Id time popular game, Keep it up Central I'ark ami let us hear freun you along this iin, during rlu- summer months. i The' things a man forgets are those he wishes he could re-member. el> * * Another reason a married woman dreads death is that she doesn't want her children reared by her husband's people. ��� -��- The- women say Mrs Gib Childers, who applied for a divorce three- months after her marriage t" 'ob. had matri- ni'iny in lis varioloid form . * * * Give a man his "rathers" anel he will ask. for money. Everyone seems to realize- thc futility e.f the si-arch for happiness. * * * A good many of you will remember that there was a time when the oid- fashioned velocipede was considered a menace to pedestrians. * e* ele Before giving a man crcelit for refusing tee sell himself, find out whether he bad anything that anybody wanted to buy CAN A WORKING GIRL LIVE DECENTLY ON $3.00 A WEEK (Continued from page I) wave'. il was their field of j ean was iheir grave." j The Mystery of a Cabinet All the Latest in Motion Pictures SOUTH HILL PALACE OF VARIETIES (Three blocks south of Municipal Hall) ALL THE LATEST WAR SCENES AND BEST OF MOTION PICTURES AMATEUR NIGHTS, WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS While the average man would like to be ahead, he is pretty well satisfied if he catches up. The difference between college graduates is that some have opinions and others an education. (Special to the CHINOOK) Vi.': iria. May x- Bt il ih is M ithout a ;.'"��� I til Since Leutcnant-Got ei n ,, the .1 icumenl illin diss ilution of Pat lianu nl .1 ci ndition has obtained hen n< 1 - r i.i hn n in .my Canadian proi ince since lhe passing of the British North America Act. < her the entrance to the office of the- Premier the spiders have- built a large cobweb. Thi blinds on ihe' windows of the superb suite are drawn and within the ehist thickens em the mahogany desks disturbed only by Ihe ghosts which haunt the place ��� the ghosts of lost opportunities and the ghosts eif shady deals which resulted in the big bread lines in the cities of Hritish Columbia. At tbe Parliamenl buildings there is only one man eif any standing who remains at his 1 >ost. That man is Mr. K. E. Gosnell, the veteran journ- a'.'st, who during the past few years has been the brains and thc inspiration of the Government. Upon Mr. Gosnell's shoulders falls the burden of the responsibilities of which should properly bc borne by Sir Richard McBride. When the Premier's former secretary ended bis life with a bullet. Mr. Gosnell, always faithful to Richard McBride, in victory or defeat, vvas installed as private secretary. Mr. Gosnell knows more ahout the affairs of the Province than ���any Cabinet Minister or all of them combined. In those trying days he is indeed being allowed full scope for his knowledge and his talents. Sir Richard is still in London. He cannot say goodbye to Leicester Square. What his business bas been there he and his Maker only knew. Following bis violent quarrel with Mr. Bowser. Sir Richard's movements been 1 mj I rj ti lish Columbia. Where is Dr. Young? Thr honorable I Ir. Young, Ministi t ni Education, has dis ipi cai 1 d from thi ' apital. I lis �� I" I. ah,,nt, are 1 1 Mr. Bow - r Btati d 'nie,re In- himself left for a destination nol given, that Dr. Young "had ��� i" the country." It is whispered thai Dr Young is nol likely tee recover from a severe nervous trouble which ha* been settling 11 ju ni him for the past two years. It is known that Dr. Young will never again take his seat in the legislature. Hon. Mr. Ellison in Retirement The Hon. Price Ellison has not been in the capital since he left her in disgrace last January when bc wired from Saline.11 Arm, on bis way home, his resignation from the Cabinet. Hon. Mr. Taylor Gone Too Thc Hon. Thomas Taylor, Minister of Public Works, has gone to Revelstoke He is endeavoring to patch up his political fences in that riding. His whereabouts are known and he keeps in touch with his department whatever his other faults may bc. This might also bc stated of the Hon. William R. Ross. Where is Mr. Bowser? Unable to further stand the scorns of thc opposition and the slurs from his own party, the falling of the Government, and the general destruction brought about by recent developments at Victoria, the Hon, William J. Bowser has gone off to the north woods. This week'he spoke at Prince Rupert. He advised close friends that he would be gone for a month. Mr. Bowser's health is said to be breaking down under tbe strain and hc will live the sim- dollars weekly. Of course a girl can exist on seven dollars a week, for $5.00 or $5.50 weekly will secure board and room at the Young Women's Christian Association, but how can she buy clothes, shoes, pay car fari, and the dozen and one little expenses of daily life? What about amusement? What can she save to meet emergencies, such as illness or accidents? Remember, too, that many occupations are 'seasonal,' that is to say, the work lasts only during the season, which may be for two or three months in spring and as much in the fall. Another fact for consideration is that even in the best of times only a limited number of women wage-earners are steadily employed, the great majority being hired or discharged to meet the exigencies of the individual business whatever it may happen to be. Some months there is a rush of orders and girls are taken on; in a few weeks, perhaps, orders fall off and some, or perhaps all, the girls in that particular factory or workshop are discharged. �� * * WHITE LAUNDRIES BIG BLUFF "The White Laundries of Vancouver" have devoted a good deal of space lately in the newspapers to extravagant claims regarding big reductions in prices which, upon close examination, prove to be almost wholly mythical. Lying advertising is the greatest menace to morals of the day, and the firms who deliberately mislead the public with claims that have little or no foundation in fact can hardly be expected to be honest in their dealings with the public nor liberal in their treatment of the workers they employ. 'When the high-sounding and pretentious claims of 'The White Laundries of Vancouver' regarding the great reductions they are favoring the dear public with are carefully analyzed, they prove to be nothing more than trivial cuts on a few items of laundry work which are but little in demand during the summer months. On the great bulk of goods on the list the price remains the same as ever��� that is to say higher, perhaps, than in any city on the continent for work of the same grade. For those familiar with wages paid employees in The While Laundries of Vancouver,' the following excerpt from a recent announcement of theirs is not merely humorous but screamingly funny: " 'Our present low prices arc as low as will permit us ... to pay employees wages with which they can live up to the high moral standard which our civilization demands.' "Generous, self-sacrificing employers! Wilh what complacency must they listen to the pastor's sermon on Sunday morning, mentally patting themselves on the back for the liberality with which they reward their workers. But do not run away with the idea, gentle reader, that the employees of the 'White Laundries of Vancouver' drive to work in their own autos, wear silks and satins, sparkle with diamonds and spend their spare time conning over their bank books. Some of them do receive as much as $8 or $9 a week, when they are working, which, speaking broadly, is only part of the time, and this for back-breaking toil in the midst of intense heat and volumes of unwholesome steam, with the constant risk of having their Rands badly scorched between the hot rollers of thc machines they are feeding. "It was Bret Harte who said that for 'ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, the heathen Chinee is peculiar,' or words to that effect, but if the printed effusions of the past week may be taken as any criterion, it seems more tban probable that the Christian white laundrymen of Vancouver can give their almond-eyed Oriental competitors lessons in sharp practice. In this connection it must specially be emphasized t>"��t the tactics they are employing in the attempt to j.:..- .... ' 1 Chinese laundrymen from a field of employment in which they have always shone (no pun is here intended) is essentially opposed to the British ideal of fair play which has made the Union Jack respected a-^ '-- -J in all the countries it waves over.
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Title | The British Columbia Chinook |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited |
Date Issued | 1915-05-09 |
Geographic Location | Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward. |
Identifier | The_Greater_Vancouver_Chinook_1915_05_09 |
Series | BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-08-24 |
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/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0315487 |
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Longitude | -123.1138890 |
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