gt CIROULATION LARGE wy THE oFTY AND NORTHERN eriTisH COLUMBIA pegalative | brary FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING SOUTH OF MOOS PRINCE RUPERT, B, ©. a TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1913, THE DAILY NEWS 2 NEXT MAILS Venture......° “WY 28 19)3 RICE FIVE CENTS OOSEJAW SS BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS PASSES THE t BILL DEALING WITH MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES WHAT WHAT CONTRACTORS SHALL PAY TION oo FORTY-FIVE CENTS LABOR DEBATED IN COUNCIL THAT ALL CITY CONTRACTS SHOULD INSIST UPON FOR AN EIGHT HOUR DAY 1S DEFEATED. Wh the ney bylaws came |men less than enough to live on caage before the|they would work three months 18 ht Ald, Maitiand|#"4@ duit Ald. Bullock.~Webster seconded hat a suse should be in- the thotion j wh me binding the Ald. Dybhavn said that al , pay not less than|though in sympathy with the’ mo wn hour for an eight/tion, he did not think the council la Everyone knew that/}should take any such method of tof living was higher here|foreing the contractors, and he ha 41 city of British Co-|eould not see his way clear to bia. In Vancouver, the city|supporting the motion There had fixed the rate for anjcould be a provision for a fair ght hour day and he thought/rate of wages, but he did not here should put injthink the council could say ex- ucts some seale of wages/actly what rate the contractors ractors should pay Asishould pay and there was noth ar as th tract for Sectionting in the municipal claus*s act so planking was concerned,| permitting the council to do so hey were st about the same as} Ald Bullock-Webster But he work d be carried out for|there is nothing in the act pro al it 45e an hour, but/viding that you should not stud he contractors pay that?) the contractor to pay a ce taia Ma Place contract the|rate of wages, and as each ’ wa ndertaken for some-|in the council is willing to do his ver and he knew that here/|best for labor and for the work- Ag d be cut. The ex-jman to have the best wages he entracts were some-|can get, I believe the motion ghe thar day labor|should pass If th wished to build The motion was lost and Ala hey should offer the in- * lock-Webster asked that the a d pay for good|vote be recorded The votes for ie here, otherwise} were Kerr, Maitland and Bulloek one coring in| Webster; against, Dybhav: eek, ir good and perman-| McCaffery, Naden and Suther- t If they paid working-| land. inding that has the writte I press at Granby Bay the development the Smelting, wer { Ltd EUSIVE perations, where dated Mining is carrying on no one can the work already Without a personal} The party of G. T Als luding Mr, Dalrym- Mr. Bell, asst manager, Mr. passenger agent, manager of Mcregor, secre- president, rafiie eeneral Niche Mr rlson, to the MeMaste, pent, wh widay were the local general Visited Granby on} greatly impressed |‘ development place, the Ws taken Fortunately ils of the Granby Co. B Smith, general} lent, G. Wy. Wooster, W. Ax Wi superintendent son went up on the eral offic uding MPerinterns retary tp, Asurer ‘lis nd Py ler Dick ‘iy true coneeption of the | ‘| keep the president and A.| that | GRANBY MINES ARE BEYOND THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE SUFFICIENT ORE HAS BEEN BLOCKED OUT TO KEEP THE SMELTER RUNNING FOR TWELVE YEARS result the shown boat and as a railway men were jevery courtesy and given a splen- ldid of | department of the work. The feature le connection j the has that over | have will } the same | visiting seeing opportunity every outstanding in the actual mining that rhe fact miles of tunnels into the ore body impression that along property is with amount of been done three been dug the is proce eeding conveys company +| perfectly safe lines. Sufficient ore already been blocked out to smelter busy for at least jhas | twe lve The work on the smelter | in its initial stages. The jiwhich commands a splendid view of the harbor, has been cleared and the foundations are now un- der construction, A narrow- gauge railroad connects the ismelter with the wharf and an- jother will connect the mine with | the smelter. Over three miles of years. is on- ly site, Continued on Page 4.) NOTHER FINED FOR OBSCENE LANGUAGE AGistrate Cars Intends to Put Stop to the Use of Ob- Scene Language. lis Cy the young man With shooting a 22 rifle its, Contrary to law Ma titer noon, appeared Carss — this, Kiven the ity ' ! ’ tien q © of 810 and costs “5 Mn jail 7s Hid wa trate ‘id Was drunk and disor. ($5.00 and cost or fing lays Charged with us blio " ltnguage on the + "'s, Was fined #10 and Y ten days in Jail W any pe; Wallace's, self SOON GE MAIN ARTERY Grading of Second Street is Rap- idly Approaching Com- pletion. Good progress is being made on the grading of Second street, be the main the G. T. P Between Sec- whieh will soon artery to and from wharf and station ond and First avenues the wor! is completed, a coating of tne crushed rock giving the street a very heat appearance THE WEATHER Barometer, 30,0904; maximum, 40.0; minimum, 39.0; and prec! pitation 55, Rk, &. Bell, locomotive engineet on the G. 'T. P., will return on the Prince George tomorrow with his wife and family GREAT FOREST FIRES SOUTH OF MOOSEJAW 'Homesteaders Lose Their Homes and Belongings—Famished Horses and Cattle roaming Burnt Grass. Special to The Daily News. Moose Jaw, April 22 Reports mm the south are to the effect oe forest fires have been rag- ing since Saturday last, and have done considerable damage in the clearings. All over the surround- ing country for miles fences have been destroyed, bridges and cul- and the homes of he ground = with out-buildings and cattle the burning er for want of food rumors of the life, but these been verified verts burned out, of a rnesteaders all number levelled to the their barns and rhe roaming and famishing There are vague of human have so far not horses are ovel ‘ASS loss Wallace's Wallpaper 89if PETITION FOR RELEASE OF STATE PRISONER Was Ordered Sergeant-at-Arms of House for Refusing to Testify The Special. to Daily News. make himself of the England has been trying to ill by following the militant when imprisoned SOPHIA HAS LARGE HOLE IN HER BOWS Thirty Feet of Her Keel Gone— Will Take Three Weeks to Make Repairs course suffragettes in When the C.P.R. Prin- cess Sophia, Capt. Campbell was hauled out on the B,. C, Marine Railway slip at Vietoria it possible to ascertain, at least a certain extent, the amount damage which the vessel tained through piling up on the rocks off Sentinel Island. As soon as the ways were made fast and the vessel's hull had dried off the surveyors commenced to examine the ship, and it ex. pected that it will take’ three weeks to repair the damage. Extensive damage has been sustained by the Skagway steam- er. About thirty feet of her keel forward was ripped off by the rocks anda _ new fore-foot will have to be constructed, which will involve the expenditure of much time and money. An ex- amination showed that the turn of the bow is very badly damag- ed and all the plates are split or broken in the lower pare of the hull. Abaft of the fore peak bulkhead the vessel in good condition, and the bulkhead has only strained — slightly Resides steamer was to of sus- is is Ottawa, April 22 A petition is being circulated by the friends if James Miller, the “state pris- mer,” praying for his release on the ground of ill health Miller | gave evidence in regard to a cer- tain government contract which his firm secured, but to obtain which they had to pay a large sum When asked to give the names of the grafters, he refused and was ordered into the custody of the sergeant-at-arms of the house. It is not claimed that he |; BASEBALL. American League Washington 8, New York 4 Boston 4; Philadelphia 6. Detroit 3, Chicago 2. St. Louis 3, Cleveland 8. National League New York 4, Philadelphia 2; Brooklyn Pittsburg 8, St. Louis 5. Chieago Cincinnati 5. Boston 3 q; i, Northwestern League Vancouver 12, Portland 1 Victoria 10, Spokane 4. Seattle 10, Tacoma 2. ANXIOUS TO TACKLE. THE REAL PROBLEM Mayor Pattullo Wants an Oppor- tunity to go After the Money A “News” reporter in his rounds of the Cit$ Hall this morning se into Custody OF ns near called on the mayor to e if there was anything new in civie affairs. Busily engaged the remarked that there was inothing especially new, but said lhe the replacing of the keel and the cutwater numerous plates and frames will have to be fitted. At} the present time it is impossible to state the exact amount of the} damage and how long it will take to repair the vessel, READY FOR SHIPMENT Indian freighters busy packing Hazelton station yards from the Erie mine, The first shipment will be all down in a day or two Work on the tunnel contract al the property is progressing very favorably, ; been the New have ore to would take advantage of the opportunity to remind the rate- payers that Thursday of this week is voling day on the money bylaws He hoped that every ratepayer would get out and vote. place Wednesday a. ntil these bylaws are passed,” ihe said, “nothing , can be done jtowards financing our affairs, but as soon as the bylaws are passed we will be in a position to tackle the real problem of the year, namely, getting the mon- ey.’ Auction Sale. The auction sale of household furnishing at H. J. Haskamp’'s office, Second avenue, will take morning at it m. 93-94 FRANK A. ELLIS, Auctioneer. WESTHOLME OPERA - HOUSE To-Night Monday and Tuesday Our Weekly BRITISH GAZETTE Showing the King leaving Sandring ham Palace; also the great charity ball at the Savoy Hotel, London, and many other interesting Old Country scenes. The Great Three Reel IMP LE LUXE Feature 6c LEAH 99 THE FORSAKEN A Pulsating Living Drama Soul Stirring with Emotionalism Prodigous in its Grandeur With Appropriate Westholme Music by the Orchestra Also a Side Splitting Comedy Finale Admission 100 and 160 TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR CITY EXPENSES Consolidation Bylaws for is- suance of Debentures Intro- duced and Will Be Passed Wednesday Evening. Alderman Naden , chairman of the finance committee, last neht at the council meeting introdt.ced two bylaws for the purpose of consolidating several of the mon- ey bylaws already passed and which will be voted upon by the ratepayers the coming Thursday. One of these is a total of $71,009 and the other of $19,000. In .na- troducing them Ald. Naden stated that upon their passage and upon the money bylaws being voted the debentures these called for could be immediately be sent to the To- ledo firm of financiers, who had offered to take them. The bylaws passed their third reading and will be finally passed at a meeting of the council to be held on Wednesday evening. FORCEIBLE FEEDING IS AT LENGTH ENDED Bill Passes House of Commons on Plea of Urgency by Home Secretary. Special to The Daily News.) London, April 22.—The bill to deal with the hunger strikes of the militant suffragettes was in- treduced in the House of Com- mons last night, and after some discussion was passed. Home Secretary McKenna appealed for urgent action, because pending the passage of the bili he felt it his duty to continue the forceful feeding. The bill provides for the temporary and conditional discharge of prisoners, whose detention is undesirable on ac- count of the condition of their health. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners. HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS USING ITS POWER Favored Supporter "Received a Homestead now Valued at Be- tween Three and Four Hundred Thousand Ottawa, house spent April 17.—The all of today’s sitting cussing a motion Hon. dis- of censure of Robert Rogers, former min- of the interior in the pres- ent government, moved by Hon. Frank Oliver, who presided over the department when the Liber- als went out of power, The motion |frelated to the granting of a portion of a quar- ter section of land in Prinee Al- bert to Albert Donaldson as a homestead. Donaldson is a son of 8. J. Donaldson, M.P.P. Mr. Oliver produced a tele- gram from Prince Albert to the effect that the land is worth $374,000. The opposition § did not, however, adopt these figures as the value of the property, but for the most part referred to it as being worth about $100,000, They said that if the government had adopted the policy followed by the late government the land would have been turned over to school lands sold by publie auction, ister MURPHY AND WOLGAST Former Wins in a Mard Fought Battle Which Lasted Twenty Rounds. (Special to The Daily News. San Franciseo, April 22.—-Har- lem Tommy Murphy won the de. cision here on Saturday over Wolgast, the former lightweight champion in twenty rounds it was a hard fought battle up to the sixteenth round, Wolgast effected the style of the top- notchers, these boys, they fought to a draw. At the last meeting of At the meeting of council last night Ald. Bullock-Webster ask- ed what had been done about the printing of the building bylaws The mayor replied that nothing had been done as it had been found that the bylaws would have to be amended. Ald. Bullock-Webster proposed that the roll as at present the city be printed. same year many then assessment prepared by He said the question had come up last and there were then as now who desired to find out what proportion the property owners were called upon to pay, and whether it represented 100 per cent or what per cent. It was well that the property owners should be acquainted with their rights under the premises and whether they could not go to the assessor's office and look at the assessment of as many lots as they wanted to, not only to find out what they were taxed at but what others were taxed at. They should have this information be- fore the court of revision Satur- day Ald. Maitland seconded the motion and felt sure that the printing of the assessment roll would be a great convenience and advantage. PRINTING OF ASSESSMENT ROLL FULLY DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL MAJORITY DECIDED IT WOULD COST MORE THAN IT WAS WORTH AS PROPERTY OWNERS COULD CALL AT AS- SESSOR’S OFFICE FOR INFORMATION. Ald. Dybhavyn said that anyone could go to the assessor's office and get all the information he wanted, and the cost of printing the roll was therefore more than it was worth, The mayor also thought the printing would be too costly an affair to undertake as, in any event, the court of revision was there to adjust all questions of assessment. He did not know of any other place where the roll was printed. Ald. Bullock-Webster said there were several places where this was done. He could not re- eall them for the moment, but he knew it was done in South Africa. Ald. Kerr said the real estate men had sent in a request for typewritten copies of the roll for themselves only but that was turned down by the council. He did not think the roll should be privted unless there were suffi- cient people who would under- take to buy them at say 25¢ a copy.. Then it possibly might be done. The motion was lost. See display of dinnerware in one of our windows. Wallace's. o4ttf All records in the northern in- were broken on Tuesday night in the way of raising mon- ey, when the ladies of the town pulled off their basket social in aid of the New Hazelton baseball club. To say that it was a suc- ces is putting it mild indeed. From a social standpoint it was all that could be desired. There was a good attendance and even though the fair sex is in the min- ority throughout the district the number that took baskets to the social was a pleasant surprise. As a result of the evening the baseball boys received $231.50. The only source of revenue was from the sale of baskets, but the baskets were extra faney, the cause was extra special and the boys dug deep into their jeans. From an artistic standpoint all were agreed that a finer display terior of baskets and boxes they had never seen. Some of the de- signs were novel and beautiful, and all were pretty. Auctioneer W. J. was a huge success McKenzie He opened NEW HAZELTON BASEBALL CLUB MEETING WITH HEARTY SUPPORT BASKET SOCIAL TO RAISE FUNDS WAS GREAT SUCCESS. AS HIGH AS THIRTY DOLLARS FOR ONE AND AVER- AGE OF TEN DOLLARS EACH the sale with a large basket that was bid in at 5.00 flat. That was the only one that got away for the price. Once the boys warmed up to the spirit of the game the bidding was brisk and frequent- ly furious. From_tive dollars the prices jumped up as high as $30.00 for a basket, while $19 or $20 was nol an uncommon price. The average price brought was over $10 for the 24 baskets. As soon as the sale was over the h:cppy gathering sought out their partners and the good things of the dainty bundles were displayed and devoured and the boys say they never had a better feed. The first part of the evening was spent in games and after re- freshments Mrs. MeLean and Mrs. Warner sang a duet. A vote of thanks was tendered the lad- ies and the boys greeted it with three hearty cheers and a couple of- tigers. They all felt particu- larly joyful as the proceeds gives them a handsome start for the ball season. ol ST. GEORGE’S BANQUET Good Program of Songs and Speeches Has Been Ar- ranged. Preparations are now practic- ally complete for the first annual banquet under the auspices of the local order of the Sons of England, in commemoration of St. George's Day. The affair will be held at the Central Hotel to. morrow evening at 8:30, An ex. cellent program of songs and speeches has been arranged. Among others who will speak are Mayor Pattullo, Wm, Manson, M, P.P., Capt. Sterk, 8. M. Newton, F, A. Ellis and J. H, Hilditch. Those who have not preeured tickets ean gel them at the Aretic Studio. Ladies’ and new Wal. rif Prepare for a rainy day and children’s rain coats shipment of umbrellas lace’s., FRED COOK IS NOT COMING TO THIS CITY Famous Journalist Has Declined the Appointment as Secretary of indian Commission Special to The Daily News.) Ottawa, April 22-—General sat- isfaction was expressed here at the appointment of Fred Cook, as secretary of the Indian Lands which was tu in- vestigate into the status ef the Indian reserves of British Co- lumbia Mr. Cook was twice mayor of Ottawa, for many years was the Canadian correspondent of the Londen Times and ths dean of the press gallery at Ot- tawa But this satisfaction ts shert lived, for yesterday Mr. Gook declined the appointinent on the ground of the ill-health of his wife, : Commission,