EST CIRCULATION THE CITY AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA THE DAILY NEW Sophia, .Saturday, 9 a, m. iv, NO, 410. $ ARRESTED WHO HAD IN ecial to The Daily News fFLAGI0 OLEN CHAMPIONSHIP TRO TURNS UP IN TIME FOR FIGHT PHY HIS POSSESSION GOLD CHAM- PIONSHIP BELT RECENTLY STOLEN FROM CHAM- PION FREDDIE WELSH. were offered for its recovery and ttle, Sept. 8—The police|Detectives MeDonald and Thomp- Ried bere on Saturday night|son were put to work on the case. » who had in his possession The belt is said to be worth, old championship belt re-|!tinsically, about $1,000, and is stolen from Freddie Wels! couver. ian had breught it here urpose of disposing of il. It is believed that for certainly a handsome trophy. It consists of a series of gold chain links, with an oval centre piece of enamelled work on gold with white ground, showing two boxers e belt is the famous Lons-|in action for the design. There championship belt, won by|/is, on each side also an enam- h in a mill with Hughielelled panel, one representing a han, the -Australian pugil-|man skipping, the other a man Al the National Sports Club|punching the bag. Also forming beland, It was placed on ex-|part of the belt, there are two Bon in the window of J. B.|solid gold plates bearing the in- s confectionery store at|scriptions which show it to be isl Bay, and disappeared in|Freddie Welsh’s trophy won in daylight. Large rewards fair combat. TO FRONT FO LE PRAIRIE PROVINCES SH N HOMESTEADING, THIS CREASE OWING TO RA 6.—Homestead es in Western Canada for Irst half of the present year fawa, Sept. led 15,154, This is a de- Be Of 3,376 or over 20 per as compared with the first months of 1912, despite a iderable increase tm immi- i It indieates the grow- carcity of “free land” in the now suitable within communica. provinces and railway ettlement e of easy ITISH COLUMBIA IS COMING R HOMESTEADERS OW CONSIDERABLE DECREASE PROVINCE RECORDS IN- ILWAY CONSTRCTION, ; British Columbia is now be- jginning to attract the home- isteader, | The construction of the 1G. N. R, and G. T. P. across the jprovince is being followed by a | steady trail of new settlement. | During the six months from Jan- uary to June of this vear home- }stead entries in British Columbia totalled 1,250, the ecor- of 124. During six months last year the total was only responding )WNED MAN HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED osed to Be Percy Hewitt, Drowned in Kispiox. special to The Daily News errace, Sept. 8.—Hugh Taylor Jack Wrathall eame down on brsday to identify the body of Powned man who was found at bey's. They supposed him to who Whed in the Kispiox River late yune, but upon examination no » to the identity of the man ld be found, ’, Traynor returned from Ru- ton Saturday's train, Ranchers from the Lakelse and sulnkalum valleys report ex- Jont grouse shooting now that F SCOSOn 18 Open, iiss Pearson Perey Hewitt, was has been ap- ited teacher of the local schoo) the board of directors. aecount of the ' yesterday the regular week- hoot of the Bark Grey Rifles Withdrawn. Lieut, MeMor- ays this is the first time in © years that a Sunday during * season has been missed, MONEY TO LOAN CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED Prince Rupert, B. ©. Found at Dobey’s Was Sup-| incessant | |NEXT COUNTY COURT | INNEW COURT ROOM Building Is Rapidly Nearing Com- pletion. The sitting of the county court of Atlin in the new tempor- ary court *oom will be held on Monday next, His Honor Judge Young presiding. : The new government building on Third avenue, of which the court room is a part, is now near- ing completion. The various of- fices on the ground floor are fin- ished in slash grained lumber and varnished. The court room and judges’ room upstairs are pane elled with tinted beaver board and are bright and airy, The other rooms the seeond floor are finished the same as downstairs, All the are covered with heavy linoleum, The building heated witha hot water system, the furnace |being in the basement, and is lighted by electricity throughout. All of the materials used in the building and the furnishings have been supplied by local people. Following the arrangement of the offices: On the left of the hall, entering from Third avenue, are general offices of registrar of supreme court and county court, registrar’s private office, sheriff's office, public police office, private police office, On the right are ‘the district forester’s offiee and \the horticulturist’s office, with a public office between the two, and at the rear of these the lavatory, Upstairs at the left the bar. risters’ room and library and at the right a jury room, Occupy- ing the main portion of the s ond floor is the court room, with the judge’s room at the rear, The provincial assessor's of- fice will be in the room up to the present used as the court reom, lirst on floors is is is ec. made cheerful if Dreary days the home is brightened with wallpaper from Wallace's, Ar- istic patterns; moderate prices, 210tf )PULACE RISE IN JAPAN AGAINST THE MINIST NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICAN SITUATION Huerta May Be a Candidate and Trevino Be Appointed Pro- visional President. (Special to The Daily News Washington, Sept. 8. The American charge diaffaires at Mexico City telegraphs that no direct assurance has been given that Huerta will not be a candi- ddte for the presidency. He fur- ther states that General Trevino, minister of war, has been ordered back to Mexico City to become provisional president. These were two developments of the Mexican situation to command the attention of the administration, WIRELESS FOR SHUSHANA To Connect New Camp with the Iditarod Country. Faleon Joslin, the Fairbanks PRINCE RUPERT, B. G., MONDAY, SEPTBMBER 8, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS BASEBALL. GOT LIGHT PENALTY Northwestern Spokane 14-4, Victoria 6-2, Seattle 3-3, Portland 41-2. Vancouver 6-2, Tacoma 2-0. Coast San Francisco 0-0, Venice 2-2, Los Angeles 3-3, 5-4, Portland 9-2, Oakland 2-0. Sacramento SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES Special to The Daily News Port de France, Martinique, Sept. 8.—A series of earthquakes occurred here yesterday and spread terror among the inhabit- ants, but litthe damage was done. WEATHER REPORT. Furnished by F. W. Dowling, Observer. For 24 hours ending 5 a. m. railroad man, who went north re- cently en route to Fairbanks, has all the arrangements completed} put stations in the! Shushana country if the reports | from there continue favorable. | The plan is for the company to} 0 wireless do commercial business. Mr. | Joslin organized the wireless} company that does the business! of the Iditarod eountry, and is} still at its head. Tokio, Sept. &. ation of Mortarto Abe, director of | the political bureau in the for- eign office, which took place Sat- urday evening, has caused a tremendous political reaction against China, al whose instiga- tion it believed the murder was committed, and one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of new Japan being written today. Fifteen thousand men gatherec al a mass meeting in Hibiya Park yesterday and loudly called for military action against China, After a number of fiery speeches they marched upon the foreign office and clamored for admission. They demanded the dispateh of troops to China at onee, and that is 1s take the necessary measures to obtain satisfaction for the killing of Japanese at Nanking. Failing in this they demanded the imme- diate resignation of the minister of foreign affairs, Baron Makino, The speakers denounced the flimsiness and emptiness. of Japanese diplomacy in connection with the California alien act, and declared that the Chinese repub- Seplember 8, 1943. | Barometer, reduced to sea 1GVOR seis 0 os hs 0 29,008 Highest temperature..... 52.0 Lowest temperature.:.... 46.0 NGING.s ors hae shee eo es 1.43 Birth Hicks—At the Prinee Rupert General Hospital, on Sept. 6th, 1913, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hicks, a daughter. Japanese at Nanking republic having stated this. The manifestation was clearly an explosion of popular resent- ment against the ministry. Profit- ing by the of the riots which followed the conclusion of peace with Russia, the Japanese government reduced the risk of violence by refusing to permit a single policeman or soldier to appear upon the of the manifestation. The demonstration was par- ticipated in principally by stu- dents, and was orderly during the early part of the day, But later a score of agitators, including a girl who had been educated in the United States, swayed the mob publiely lessons scene the government of Japan at oncej}and worked them up to a frenzy. i/The speakers decried Japanese diplomacy generally, © declaring that it had never contributed to the upbuilding of the empire and had always ended in failure. The incidents connected with the civil war in China, and China's bearing in regard to Japan generally, were declared to be unbearable, In the midst of these treason- able harangues a sudden cry to ON STEALING CHARGE Men Said They Intended to Pay for Food They Took from Bonanza Restaurant. Frank Bauer and Frank Fisch- arrested on the charge of breaking into the Bonanza res- taurant on Second gvenue and stealing therefrom, Were fined $5 er, and eosts each by Magistrate Carss this morning. The men claimed that they intended pay ing the owner for what they took. James Oxley, charged with stealing a double barrelled shot- gun and some carpenter's tools, was further remanded until to- morrow, Blanche Hart was fined $25 and for keeping a common baudy house on Comox avenue. costs WINNERS OF MANN CUP Vancouver Athletic Club Defeats the Armstrong Team. Vancouver, Sept. 8. — Van- }couver Athletic Club won the }Mann cup match on Saturday | with a score of 18 to Armstrong's i. The Armstrong lacrosse team, challengers for the Mann cup, lare a British Columbia team also. The team was accompanied by President H. B. Armstrong and Coach Billy O’Brien. JAPANESE PEOPLE DEMANDING WAR WITH CHINA AND AMERICA Populace Beseiges Foreign Office Insisting That Troops Be Sent to China to Obtain Satisfaction for Killing of ~The assassin-|of the leaders of the neighboring |stampede, in which many persons were nearly crushed to death and lseveral may die. The crowd |wildly surged through the streets lonly to find the iron gates of the lforeign office locked. Scores ‘pounded vainly at the gates, but the under officials refused to open them and a_ delegation climbed over. A long parley ensued, during which the crowd grew impatient. |A photographer seeking to make snapshots was stoned and the gathering showed growing signs of anger. Then one of.the chief delegates mounted the portal and announced the progress of the negotiations going on inside, He said that they had told the offi- cials that it was the voice of the people speaking and that the agi- tation would never end until their demands were granted. The extraordinary © situation lasted for five hours, finally end- ing when assured that Baron Makino would receive a_ dele- gation and give their representa- tions every consideration. Half of the crowd afterward marched to the baron’s residence, five miles away, but were stopped by Prince Rupert Fish and Cold Stor- age Co,, Ltd., were seized by the sheriff this morning on an exe- cution of J, G. Beatty of Toronto, father-in-law of F, 8. Evans, managing director of the com- pany. Mr. Beatty is one of the stockholders in the concern, Kitsumkalum Chief Dead, Solomon Johnson, chief of the Kitsumkalum tribe and over sixty years of age, died last Friday at the Cassiar cannery from pneu- monia, ‘The body was moyed over to Port Esisngton, where Under- taker Fisher prepared the body, which will be shipped for burial to Kitsumkalum on Wednesday's train, Prince Rupert Exhibition Sept. 24-26 Call or Write for ~ PRIZE LISTS AND ENTRY FORMS L. BULLOCK-WEBSTER Secretary 315 Third Avenue lie would insist upon the Japan-|march to the foreign office was|the police and not permitted to ese flag being wiped out, some|raised.. This caused a general} get too close to the palace, , Fish Market Soized. Pleasant Social Evening. The stock and effects of the At the social on Friday evening given by the young people of the Methodist Ghureh Rey. Mr. Dim- mick presided. The program in- cluded vocal solos by E. V. Ling and George Waddell, a duett by the Misses Easson, club swinging by L. Porter and stump speeches by BE, L. Fisher, A. H, Allison and Wendell Jones. Miss K, Easson acted as accompanist. During the evening refreshments were served and games of various kinds were enjoyed. As a rule it takes less time to refrain from telling a man just what you think of him than it does to recover from the effects esis thereof, US RIOTING IN ROME NARROWLY A ——— -- FOUR HOURS WERE OCCUPIED (Special to The Daily News) Rome, Sept. 8—The_ streets were guarded yesterday by police rarbineers and troops from the Church of St. John , Lanters where the Catholic Athleties heard mass, to St. Peter's, to which edi- fice they marched to be received by the Pope. The great parade planned was prohibited by the police on account of threatened reprisals by the anti-clericals. Notwithstanding the strictest measures to ensure order, a few scuffles occurred, amid the cries of the Catholics, “Long live the Pope.” to which the clericals re- RELIGIOUS RIOTING IN ROME WAS VERY IMMINENT SUNDAY IDED RY—HUERTA LIKELY TO BE A CANDIDATE BY CATHOLIC ATHLETES IN GETTING TO ST. PETER’S TO BE RECEIVED BY HIS HOLINESS. “ sponded, “Long live Free Think- ing.” Four hours were oceupied by the athletes in reaching St. Peter's, where on their uifurled flags they knelt when the Pope appeared on the balcony. ; The Pontiff enquired regarding the obstacles placed in. the way of the demonstration, and urged extreme prudence, The Ossovatore Romano pub- lished articles inspired by the Vatican protesting against the prohibition of the parede, which it considers an offence against the liberty of Cathelics. Dublin, Sept. 4.—Two miles of mourners followed to the grave yesterday the body of James No- lan, the laborer who was killed by a police baton charge last Satur- day. Through the heat and dust of the main streets and beyond to the cemetery at Glasnevin, five miles away, more than 20,000 men, women and children tramp- ed to the solemn music of three bands. They marched with heavy steps and with sullen faces of persons nursing sorrow. There was one moment of swift panic to break the steady trudging to the grave. Restless horses bolted just as the hearse THOUSAND MOURNERS — AT GRAVE OF IRISH STRIKER SHOUTS OF “POLICE” BROKE UP FUNERAL PROCESSION AND LEFT HEARSE CONTAINING COFFIN ALMOST ENTIRELY DESERTED. was passing the Imperial Hotel in Sackville, where at least 10,000 spectators were congregated. So nervous was the crowd after the events of the past few days that shouts of “Police” were. raised and in an instant hundreds of women, carrying babies, were rushing for safety in shops and hotels. The procession was broken and the hearse containing the coffin was left deserted, except for half a dozen men who bore a large wreath on poles. Quite fifty thousand persons were at the cemetery. What police were present were hidden behind tombstones. WORK HAS STARTED ON FAIR GROUNDS. Architect Potter Has Prepared At- tractive Designs for Exterior and Interior. Work started this morning at the roller skating rink in prepar- ing and levelling the grounds sur- rounding that building for the forthcoming Prince Rupert exhi- bition, and from now on there will be a busy scene on Sixth avenue. It was decided at Sat- urday night’s meeting of the di- rectors of the Northern British Columbia Agricultural and = In- dustrial Association to place the construetion work in charge of A. J. Prudhomme and the archi- tect, J. W. Potter. The latter has prepared most attractive de- signs for both interior and ex- terior decorations. A vast quan- tity of bunting —purple and orange, the colors of the associa- tion—has arrived for decorative purposes, and this work will be in charge of Lionel Crippen. INDIANS FOUND BODY IN KITIMAT RIVER Identified as That of Samuel Hen- derson, Drowned Two Months Ago. The body of Samuel Henderson, drowned in the Kitimat River on July 8th, was brought to the city today on the launch Kleetsa, ac- companied hy John R, Graham, the surveyor, who was in the canoe with Henderson when the accident occurred. The body was found at the mouth of the Kitimat River by some Indians on Thurs- day last. The victim of the acci- dent had been engaged by Graham to take him up the river -in a canoe. In passing under a sweep the canoe upset, Henderson being carried under by the swift cur- rent, The remains are now at E. L. Fisher’s funeral chapel, where the last sad rites will be per- formed tomorrow by Rev. F. W. Kerr. Newest styles and materials in. All wishing to obtain copies of the fair catalogue and prize list may obtain same, together with entry forms, at the exhibition of- fice, or same will be promptly mailed on receipt of written re- quest. As there is a vast amount of detail work to be handled by the secretary, it is requested that entries be made at as early a date as possible. F, O. E, social danee, K. of P. Hall, Helgerson Bloék, Wednes- day, Sept. 10, commencing 10:30 p. m. Westholme orchestra. A good time assured, Gents $1.00, ladies free. 209-114 Baptist Brotherhood basket so- cial on Tuesday, Sept. 9th, at 8 p,m, at the new Baptist Church, Ladies bring baskets to be auc- tioned to the highest bidder, No basket over $3.00, Everybody welcome, 208-114 ladies’ Suits and ladies’, misses’ and children’s Coats at Wallace's, 240tf PRINCE GEORGE AUCTION OALE The long looked for sale of Prince George has been announced and will take place at Vancouver on the 17th day of September, Our Mr. Collart, Who has been on this town- site and knows the grouud thor- oughly, will attend the sale. Any orders given us will receive his promat and careful attention, In- ormation respecting this townsite will be given to any one calling at our oMee COLLART & REVHOLOS Fort’ George Specialists Re