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N STEAMSH P DISASTER

 

CROWD LEFT HERE LAST
NIGHT TO GO TO SHUSHANNA

E ON WHARF LOOKED LIKE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE OLD
KLONDIKE DAYS IN SEATTLE—MORE MOUNTED
POLICE ON BOARD.

  
 
 
     
 
  
   
  
  
 
   
    
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
     
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
    
     
  
    
   
     
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  

. excitement over the Shu-|help to relieve the Mounted Po-
a gold strike is rising to}lice at Dawson who have gone to
heal When the Princess| patrol the road to the diggings.
a went north last night if Among those who got on board
i as if a scene from Van-/here were the following: Tom
r or Seattle in the old Klon-|MeLeod, H, Trunkstad, T. Gra-
days was being re-enacted.|/ham, A. McPherson, H. MePher-
Pcteamer was crowded with] son, G. McPherson, A. Hoch, J. ©.

determined to try| Knight, J. B. Salmon, B. Morton,
at the diggings.) A, Hanson, A. J. Samuelson, F. A.
er big crowd got on board] Deverill, Mr. and

Mrs. Wie
their packs on their backs.| Boyee, D,. Clark, D. Dawson, I.

vho were

fortune

 

whart was crowded with)Stagarvig, J. Martin, I. N. Ogil-
e who went to see the sight./yie, W. H, Pinkerton, J. H. Me-
‘ked as if the whole town|Leod, W. J. McDonald, EB, W.
here, | Robertson, N, Nicholson, Roy
ther detachment of Royal| Butters, Fred Southern, R. W.
west Mounted Police was on| More, John Ketehford, J. Brad-
i, bringing up a number of | bury, ©. Burlsond, R. Hendrik-
s for the force. They will}son, Fred H. Verney, Roy Gordon.

 

STRALIA WANTS CONFERENCE
CONCERNING PACIFIC SQUADRON

E MINISTER OF COMMONWEALTH PRESENTS POLICY
SOF GOVERNMENT TO PARLIAMENT—DESIRES RECIP-
ROCITY AMONG DOMINILONS

minister declared
government was opposed
of

14 When

yesterday

The prime
that the
to the principle

Ibourne, Aug.

ament convened

preference to

rime mimsver, Rom, Joseph unionists where the public ser-
outlined the poli¢y of the vice was concerned, and intended
ral party. He advocated the|apolishing it.

ast consideration of  inter- Mr. Cook intends to introduce

inion reciprocity and. theja bill whieh will prohibit the ar-

ius arising out of the im-|bitration court ordering prefer-
| conference of 1909, which] ence to be given to unionists and
a mportant bearing on the | which will. also. exempt. rural
1 programme of the common | workers from the. operation of

h and imperial interests in| the arbitration act,
racific, | The prime ministei further
iweested in the Liberal|stated that the government will
a conference on the}maintain the accepted protective
ct is advisable at an | policy and will leave tariff re-
nd communications | vision to an interstate commiis-
defence of the Pa-|sion, which will deal chiefly with
adressed to the|the question from an ndustrial
ties. land commercial point of view,
vhile the government in-| particularly as regards the effect
ring to Admiral Hen-|of the tariff on the investment of

n's defence seheme. capital

 

'S. S. PRINCE GEORGE
EN ROUTE NORTH

Left Vancouver. on Time Last
Night and Is Expected Tomor-
row Morning as Usual.

SITIONS RECEIVED
FOR WATER AND WALK

. Gampp and Other Citizens

ake Request to Council for
Improvements.

petition from H,.B, Gampp

others for a Hoard walk from

Albert Davidson, general agent
for the G, T, P. is today in receipt

 

h avenue to the corner of{of advice from the Vancouver
rey street and Seventh ave-loffices to the effect that the

was received by the city|steamer Prince George left there
neil last evening and referredj}on time last night for Prince
the board of works and the|Rupert, It was feared that the
engineer for report. accident on the last trip north,
nother petition for a water|When the steamer grouned off the
in that distriet was also re-|end of White Cliff Is land, might
Bed. Alderman Bullock-Web-|necessitate taking it off the run

inoved that this petition be|for a short time. The publie
led, and Alderman Maitland |will be glad to know that this was
Huded the motion, Alderman|not necessary. No details have
len pointed out that it should|been received as to whether or
lergo some consideration and}not the steamer went into dry

uiry first of all, and moved an|dock while south.
endment, seconded by Alder-
n Sutherland, that the petition
referred to the board of works.

* amendment was carried,

vicTIMS OF THE HEAT

(Special to The Daily News.)

 

 

 

\ report of the board of works Detroit, Mich., Aug.. 19—-The
minending that the sum of|heat wave which. is visiting Mf-
000 be advanced to 8. P. Me-|chigan has been the cause of a
brdie on the grading work whieh|number of deaths, In this ety
( been done in Section Twolalone eleven deaths were record-
after some little discussion,}ed during the past twenty-four
opted, hours.

A public meeting will be held at the Empress ‘Theatre

On Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of
discussing the financial affairs of the city.
I urgently request a large attendance in order that

every citizen in the city may be thoroughly apprised of
the situation,

T. D. PATTULLO, Mayor.

 

 

THREE PR Nc RUPERT MEN
REPORTED AMONG SAVED

Telegrams announcing that D.|
Rh. O'Neill and Thormund Brown |
of this city were among the
saved were received last evening |
by friends of these men in the
city. Word has also been re-
ceived at the government tele-|
graph office that George O'Dell |
was among the saved. No»news|
has yet been received of Miss|
Wilson, who was reported to be|
missing.

There were 130 passengers and
a crew of 66 on beard. The last
report says that all but thirty-|
two were saved. Other weports |:
put the number of lives lost at
from twenty-five to thirty-eight.

The Worst Report.

The worst report received came

yesterday evening, It has not

been confirmed by other reports.
Victoria, Aug. 18—8.45 p.m.

Ketchikan reports that steamer

City of California belonging to
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
struck an uncharted rock leay-

ing Gambier Bay at 8.30 o'clock
on Sunday morning. The steam-
had been taking on freight at
and was coming out on
of Admir-

accident oe-

er
Cannery
the southeastern shore
ally Island when the

 

curred. The ship commenced to
settle immediately and a terrific
explosion blew up the deck and
the ship disappeared from view
three minutes after striking the
rock It is imposible to state
First Report.

The following was the first re-

port of the disaster received in

Prince Rupert:
Word has just
here that the steamer ‘State of
California,’ which north
from here on Friday evening last
sank in Gambier Bay Sunday
morning. Between thirty and
thirty-eight lives are reported to
have been lost. It is reported that
Mrs. Ward, wife of the assistant
general manager of the Pacific
Coast Steaniship Company, was
among the drowned. She was

been received

went

 

STRATHCONA RETIREMENT |

To Succeed the ‘the Venerable as|

High Commissioner

(Special to The Daily News.)

Ottawa, Aug. 19—A London
cable again announces the early
retirement of Lord Strathcona,
and among those prominently
mentioned to sueceed him in the
position of High Commissioner
are Sir Hugh Graham, Sir Ed-

mund Walker, Sir Richard Me-
Bride, Sir Edmond Osler and Hon,
Clifford Sifton,
DEF! TO UNITED STATES
Huerta Government Gives Uncle
Sam Twenty-four Hours.

Special to The Daily News.

Mexico Gity, Aug. 419,—The
United States was. given until
midnight tonight by the Huerta

government in which to recognize
the government officially as that
of Mexico, or otherwise the rela-
tions between the two countries
are to be severed,

 

Five bags of flour to be given
away, See Quaker Flour adver-
tisement on page 4. 190.2-4

 

 

| bier

} passenger

 

Miss Wilson

Some of the passengers
board the State of California
recorded in the Seattle office are
Mr. and Mrs. John Van
Los Angeles; Blanche Fridd
Marion Harlan, Portland, Ore.;
Miss Alice T. Johnson, Vancouver.

Thirty-two Lost.

Juneau, Aug. 18.—Thirty-two
lives were lost when the
State of California sank in Gam-
Bay. The in
Stephens Passagé when hit
an uncharted rock

Lila Ward, the faughter of the
issistant ge neral gyiuanager of the
| Pacific Coast Ste amship Company,
Iwas drowned, wit® her mother.

vessel was

she

 

 

with any degree of certainty the

number of people lost , although
one report states that out of 170
passengers not more than thirty
were saved. There seems to be
no doubt but that the loss of life
will be very heavy. Already ten
bodies have beem reeovered.

It is reported that a large num

per of the crew were lost inelud-
ing one wireless operator and the
fourth engineer.

J. H. Rogers, the local agent of
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,
reports that nineteen persons
took pasage from Prince Rupert
on the ill-fated steamer. Of these
thirteen were first-class and six
second’ class. Having sent in the
list to the head office

travelling north in company with
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd. Mr. Floyd
is the Seattle agent of the com-
pany.
sank in Gambier Bay this morn-
ing. Between thirty and thirty-
eight lives are reported to have
been lost. It is reported that Mrs
Ward, the wife of the general
manager of ‘the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, was among
the drowned. She was travelling
north in) company with Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd. Mr. Floyd is the
Seattle agent of the company.

No word has been received con-
cerning any people who got on
board the steamer at Prince Ru-

FORTY-FIVE SURVIVORS
OF WRECKED STEAMER

Coming South on Str. Jefferson—
Spectators, Powerless to Help,
Saw Steamer Sink.

 

A wireless despatch from |

on| The

State of California
the oldest

jnorth Pacifie Coast.

pone of vessels on
She had

forty-one years in

Delass, |
and}

about

jand considered her
of the best
She
for many
the la

Alaska service.

was in

pone steamers on

of

years,

“oast. plied out

|
!
|‘
| Franciseo

jonly during st year or

steamer |

jentered the

| ‘The steamer

was of 1,260
jregister and carried a
|seventy-six men. The skij
\Captain T. H. Cann, was
iknown on the waterfront, we
front, where he was very pop
| His fate

of the
not

company, a detailed li
available.
among those
C. D. SHAW.
Miss J. J. WILSON.
Mh. AND MRS. PUGH.
Db. Rh. ONEILL,
THORNE BROWN

resident of Prince Rupert,
been for time
Orme’s Drug Store on
enue,

some

Third

man with Law- Butler Co., o1

the real estate firms of this

pert. Among those who
from here were
Thurmont Browne and Mr.
Mrs. Pugh. Mr. Pugh was
merly with the G. T. P. at

race.

below Juneau, when
This was at

just
struck a rock.

the compression of air in her
lers caused an

have been drowned.

 

BANQUET FOR HAZEN

crew

LORGE O’DELL.

F R \NK RU SELL.

Miss Wilson was a member
the publie school staff of
city.

D. R. O'Neill is a well-kt1

Number of Those Lost in Sinking of “State of California’’ is ‘Now
Placed at Thirty-Two---No News as Yet Concerning

was
the
been

service

day

the
San
and
two

tons
of
per,

well
iter-
ular,

has not yet been learned.

st is

The following are
who left from here:

of
this

10Wn

having
in charge of

Av-

Thormund Brown was a sale3-

1e of
“ity,

left

D. R. O'Neill,

and
for-
Ter-

The steamer had just left the
cannery in Gambier Bay, which is

she
8.38

Sunday morning. She immediately
began to settle. As she went down

boi-

immense explo-
sion, blowing up the upper decks.
Between thirty and thirty-eight
of those on board are reported to

He and “Bobby” Rogers are to be

Fussed Over

(Special to The Daily News.)

Aug. 19-—The
this city are f

Vancouver,
servalives of

Con-
lan-

{ning to hold a large banquet in

jhonor of Hon, Robert

Rogers,

Ketchikan states that the steamer | Minister of the Interior, and Hon,

Alaska
on

Jefferson, of the
Company,
forty-five
of the

message

ship is its way

survivors
of

with
the

south
wreck State
California, The also
states that a_ large of
people stood on the wharf at the
which the accident

from
crowd

cannery, near
occurred and watched the ill fated
. sink, but to
assistance,

vessel were unable
give any

Charles Barnes of Prinee Ru-
pert was registered at the Covent
Garden Hotel, Southampton
street, London, England, in the
first week of August.

 

 

If an old soldier's story doesn't
line up with history he blames it
on the historian, who probably
wasn't there,

Steam- |

J. D. Hazen, Minister of Mé

land Fisheries.

FOR BETTER TERMS

at Last Named

 

Ottawa, Aug. 19—Follo
the conference with Pre
Borden on Sunday by Sir Ric
McBride, it now annou
that Lewis Harcourt,
state for the colonies,
named as the third
the “Better Terms”

is
has

commis

THE WEATHER.

 

64; minimum temoprature,

member

Arine

Third Member of Commission is

(Special to The Daily News.)

wing
mier
hard
need

secretary of

ee
been
of

sion,

The weather report at 5 0° clock

this morning read: Barometer,
30.1432; maximum temperature,
47.

 

“May L inquire as to the { par-
tieulars of this item of $5,000 for
incidentals?’ asked Alderman
Bullock-Webster in (he suavest
of tones at the council meeting
last evening. The council was
considering such estimates for
the year as remained in dispute
after last meeting.

“In connection
said Mayor Pattullo, “I want to
see that there is no more mis-
understanding. The Empire
newspaper has stated that the
mayor's expenses on his trip to
England were $5,000. This is ab-
solutely contrary to fact. I said
that one of the items under the
head of incidentals for which the
sum of $5,000 was asked was the
cost of the journey of the city so-
licitor and inyself to the east and
to England. I have not vet had
time since my return to total up

with — this,”

the expenses of the trip, but I
surmise that they amount to
about $4,000.”

Alderman Maitland thought

STATEMENT ABOUT EXPENSES
OF JOURNEY CONTRARY TO FACT

MAYOR PATTULLO REMARKED ON CERTAIN MISREPRESENTA-
TIONS CONCERNING HiS MISSION TO ENGLAND—
| ESTIMATES eee PASSED.

Alderman Bullock - Webster
also questioned the amount? set
aside in the estimates for sal-
aries. He thought that the work
was getting less and the salaries
getting bigger. He didn't see
how there could be enough work
a present to keep some of the
officials busy. 8

Alderman Naden then pointed
out that if the staff had been the

right size last year there was
something wrong somewhere, as
the financial report was six

months late in getting out.

The mayor thereupon pointed
out that the accounts were in a
very bad muddle last year. ‘‘An-
other year like last year,”’ he said,
“would have meant, beyond any
doubt, government intervention
to protect the eredit of the city.
By the end of this year, however,
the finances of the city wil be in
as good a state as those of any
private corporation.”

Alderman Bullock - Webster

 

the council should have details as
to the cost of the trip.

Alderman. Dybhavn, seconded
by Alderman Naden, moved that
the clause be adopted. In reply
to Alderman Maitland, it was
i pointed out by Alderman Naden
that the council was now going
over the estimates, not over the
accounts, which would be consid-
ered on another occasion.

FROM THE ASYLUM

Believed He Has Crossed State
Line—Warrant Issued for
His Arrest.

 

(Special to The Daily News.)

New York, Aug. 19.—Harry K.
Thaw, the murderer of the fam-
ous architect, Stanford White,

escaped from the criminal asylum

at Matteawan -early yesterday

morning. The details of his
escape are not yel known, nor is
any trace to ba found of his

whereabouts. It is known that a
powerfu] automobile was waiting
for him outside the prison, that
it speeded away with him and
there the trail ends. It is be-
lieved that he has safely crossed
the state line. It is reported that
his mother has received a letter
from him stating that he is well
and that he has gone into the
country to take a rest.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
Warrants have been
the arrest of Harry K. Thaw, !
charging him with conspiracy, It
is believed that if he has not left
the country he will undoubtedly
be arrested and brought back for
trial, no matter in which state he
may be found.

Aug. 19.—

HE WAS BORN LUCKY

Brewery Hand at Fernie May be a
Millionaire

(Special to The Daily News.)

Fernie, B.C., August 19—John
Kempen, who is employed at a
local brewery, is one of the seven
heirs to a fortune in Holland
amounting to ten million dollars.

RITCHIE ON THE SPOT

Ready for Bout With Welsh for
World's Championship

(Spe ial to The Daily News.)

Vaneouver, Aug. 19——Rilehie is
here and will remain until he
meets Welsh at Brighouse on
Labor Day to do battle for the
world's championship,

FOUND—A watch,
H, S. Wallace.

Apply to
194

 

THAW HAS ESCAPED

issued for}

also questioned the point relat-
ing to the unpaid accounts that
were left over from last year.
One item was entered as being
necessary to meet the deficit, the
other to meet the debts left by
last year’s council. Alderman

Bullock -.Webster thought that
these were only there for effect.
He wanted to know if the item of

 

(Continued on page 4)

CANADIAN TO OPPOSE
SOLICITOR GENERAL

Toronto Man is Candidate for the
British Parliament to Re-
present Manchester

 

 

(Special to The Daily News.)
Aug. 49—Harry
on, K.C., of Toronto, late direc-
tor of the Union Life Insurance
Company, has been chosen as
Unionist candidate for the con-
stituency of Northwest Manches-
ter.

He will have as his opponent a
member of the cabinet of the
same name as himself, Sir John
A. Simon, K.C., the solicitor-gen-
eral. The latter has announced
that he will give up his safe seat
in Walthanstow to contest Man-
chester constituency because, as
he says: “It will be a critical
campaign for many causes which
Liberals hold dear, and among
the most important free
trade.”

This intention, it is alleged in
some quarters, is due to the de-
sire of those radicals devoted to
Premier Asquith, to lessen Lloyd
George’s influence i nthe cabinet.
All of which goes to show that
the Toronto man is in for a hot
political battle.

London, Sim-

is

 

THAT NANAIMO STRIKE

No Rioting Breaks the Quiet of
the Situation.

(Special to The Daily News.)

Nanaimo, Aug. 19.—-The situa-
tion in the coal districts remains
unchanged, The strikers are
quiet, but there are no mines
working on Vancouver Island,

The military have taken charge
of all telegraps and telephones.

 

 

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY
' DANCE

IN ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY HALL
(Formerly Kaien Island Hall)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 9:30 P. M.

 

Scotch and Canadian Dancing

St. Andrew’s Orchestra

 

Gents $1, Ladies Free Ice Cream