‘ noest CIRCULATION mee NEXT MAILS eave orry AND NORTHERN ee From South ee ; ON : \ereiive “George oo FUEL eee ‘Wednesday priTisH COLUMBIA , | a o ; We, For soutn ; a connate yoeb-be Wednesday —— v a 1 — 7 \ / . R g i yn ———_——____—_—— Op a Cw —=—=—— ee te nee — = ——— 3 : oe vo, 253 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913 PRICE FIV:; CENTS ———— cons se ry a ALL | THE PROVINCES ASKING F OR cr BETTER TERMS” MANY ‘CASUALTIES IN STRIKE RIOTS ANCE OF SETTLING MEXICO TROUBLE SEEMS ENCOURAGING H BRITAIN, FRANCE AND GERMANY JOINING DEMAND OF UNITED STATES FOR HUERTA’S RESIGNATION NEW GOVERNMENT MAY BE ESTABLISHED WIT With Great ; Presi. | and Germany Washing cal’ ah , | mands of the United dnt Wilson is convinces ie Huerta’s resignation soncerted action must be made | holding of a s interested in Mex- j tion, it is Britain, joining France m the de- States for Daily News): 29. the Special to and constitutional believed that a new be established intervention. This the cessation of and the co-opera- revolutlionists, elec | government could without actual will necessitate lall hostilities tion of past unfortunate coun- of the domination or Gene ra} | Huerta Alth sugh the deep in- in this question has fore- se, official circles regarding f f General Felix Diaz |} fom Vera Cruz The General on board the Ameri- VI tit and this \ +g Wheeling of a sea siege Oct, 29.—General Diaz was transferred last night ifrom the gun boat Wheeling the flag battleship Louisiana. » very much al Vera Cruz, Oct. In the shown that Gen matter Rear-Admiral | notified that levent of it being fuge could only be/|Blanquet, candidate for Vice- ry rarily. He had|President, polled a sufficient ma- Washington that Diaz | jority of votes to be elected, con- panions and an Am-|gress declare the Huerta had been and Blanquet, taking Wheeling Vice-President, their lives President further el- announcement Mexican for- ight Mexico City, 29. will votes void, the oath of assume the office as the call for rhis made the leign minister last n iperman on the x that wil jpending | t ees may be placed onlections al ship bound | was by York, WILSON NOW APPEARS TO BE A REGULAR RUFUS WALLINGFORD MAN ON BAIL FOR HORSE STEALING AT HAZELTON BUYING fi avana New HOTELS, MOTOR BOATS,.AUTOMOBILES, AND FISH- ING FLEET ’ Oct. 27. The am-,collection on an English bank. ating na ff the frauds char-| The bank manager declined the Pp. J. Wilson, a mid-|CO™mission He is said to have arranged the purchase of a Lil- poets. Zong hman, in Judge looet hotel, of a $6000 motor Melnues ; On Saturday af yacht, and ordered a fleet of fish- ‘ i many doubts as|ing vessels from plans he had ty This was in-| prepared He left town with a Wilson himself in| $2,000 automobile he had order- ted that his mind|ed from the Begg Automobile ¢ for eighteen | afte making payment with a x an accident at! worthless cheque. In Tacoma he Rochester, N.Y intit he found|was arrested for speeding, and ! 1 police cell a‘few! when his identity became known Gays ago iwas brought back to Vancouver Judge MeInnes accordingly de-|to face the criminal’charge. At ferred making any finding in the|the time of his arrest he had a tase until a medical expert had|cheque for $382,000 in his pock- made a study and submitted a re-jets, and professed to be unable bert on the man’s mental state.|to move and had to be carried to Wilson was first arrested at/the police station, At the time Hazelton on a charge of horse|he bought the automobile he had “ealing, While out on bailla showy Vandyke beard, which aWaiting trial at pert assizes, had been removed before he was Tacoma. Lo be Friday the sanity hte Prinee Ru- came to Vancou- Yet and posed around town as a man of wealth, The man’s: ap- cu ance searcely carried out his pre To a bank manager he fered a cen tft for $3,000,000 for he arrested in Wilson again on which time as to his received, ANOTHER INDUSTRY IN SIGHT CANNERY MAY PUT UP HERRING MATTER IS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY CANADIAN FISH AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY—LOCAL PLANT IS EQUIP- PED FOR HANDLING brought afternoon, verdict of will have up by doc- been Is by epaina lo a statement sche, fehould prove a success provided Vanadi ‘ Lord, manager of the|there is a suflivient market. Com mh Fish & Cold Storage Mr. Lord states that a test was eee * cannery operations,| made on some of the frozen her- the ¢ Sree a few days in|ring taken last winter, a small pany * Ol business, the com-;quantity being put) up in cans, may decide to engage in the]The result was very satisfac- “Mning of jy ring during the]tory. st a ene No definite de- It is to be hoped that the pro- Deen bien Matter has as yet} position will be carried out as it been 0 consider but Mr, Lord has|would mean the employment of a refully fo ng the matter very|good deal of labor in thre « canne ry SUgating ‘ Some time and in. | besides those engaged in secur- i st of the ‘© possible demand.]ing the fish, M the west ee herring used ‘ actentineae ‘though th, Pua from Scotland, Scandinavian Society Dance Bes put ‘ova Scotia can- Se forms "P some in various In St. Andrew's Society Hall, The local ea : Wednesday, October 29th, Danc- ly eQuipped ree is thorough-]ing commences at 9 p.m, Re- erting jn thin ate handling of|freshments. Westholme orches- limited gay te) hd with the|tra, Gentlemen $1.00. Ladies Pply the venture | free. 250-253 the] GUARD RAILS NEEDED. ; necessity the roadway leading to Fairview cemetery was made quite evident yes- terday afternoon when an aulo belonging to the Prince Rupert Auto Co. went over the edge. The auto was conveying the remains of Mr. J, W. Allan's infant son and some of the mourners to Fairview cemetery. For-~ tunately the roadway was only a few feet above the ground and as only the front wheels went over no damage was done. The car was be- ing driven cautiously at the time. There are some very bad turns where there is no protection which the board of works should look after at once. of a guard rail plank | The , on | | | } | ! SIR RICHARD PERHAPS PUT HIS FOOT IN IT Introduced Controversial Subject Such as Naval Policy Before Canadian Club Special to The Daily Oct. 29.- News. Quite a little furore was created at the capi- tal over the speech made by Pre- McBride before’ the Cana- on Monday evening. point at issue was whether Sir Richard should deal controversial subject in an address before that organiza- The Morning Citizen says: “Tt is somewhat unfortunate that Mr. McBride did not observe more closely the custom that prevails at Canadian Clubs of not discussing controversial sub while the Evening Jour- nal declares that MeBride struck a sledge hammer stroke in be- half of prompt action by Canada on the naval question. TWO CHILDREN SHOT IN STRIKE BATTLE First Day of Martial Law Wit- nesses Three Fierce Fights With Strikers Ottawa, mier dian Club The or not with a tion. jects;” (Special to The Daily News. Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 29.— Three battles, the hottest since the strike of the coal miners in Southern Colorado begun, mark- ed the first day of martial law in the district. One mine guard was killed and fovr union men wounded, two of them badly. Two children of non-union men were shot and killed. One mine guard is missing and the county mar- shal was badly wounded. These are the casualties of the three fights of yesterday so far as can be learned. PROVINCIAL BUILDING PLANS NEARLY READY Tenders Wil! Shortly be Invited by the Public Works De- partment Victoria, Oct. 27.—Hon. Thos. Taylor, Minister of Public Works announced this morning that plans had practically been com- pleted for the proposed new gov- ernment building in Prince Rup- ert. The structure will cost com- pleted between $250,000 and $300,000, It will be of brick, stone and steel construction, The plans are being drawn by Archi- tect Gox of Vancouver, Tenders are to be invited by the depart- ment within a short time. Three Specials This Week. Suits, evening gowns, neck- wear. You will be surprised at the low prices at Demers’, 252tf The Daughters of the Empire dance on Friday, Oetober 34, in the St. Andrew's Society Hall. Tickets on sale at Orme’s, 251-6 ATLANTIC OCEAN Drmsx e . D eae %gcE (oO € = s/ eae Livin { FINLAND uy RUSSIA IS THIS THE NEW FOUND CONTINENT? The sketch shows the supposed land in the Arctic which is the quest of Stefansson’s Canadian expedition, but which it is now reported has already been discovered by a Russian expedition headed by grapher who died last year. Commander Wilkitsky, the son of a famous hydro- DEAN 1s ACQUITTED At His First Trial the Jury Dis- agreed (Special to the Daily News” \COAL SITUATION IN CITY IS SERIOUS Rogers & Black Completely Sold Out, but Expect Shipment to New Westminster, Oct. 29. Charles Dean was acquitted by Leave Seattle Tomorrow. the jury of the Assizes Court last eee night on the charge of compli-| TB@ seriousness of the coal city in the robbery of the local |Situation in this city can well be branch of the Bank of Montreal |understood when it is stated that on September 15, 1911, when |Rogers & Black, probably the $285,000 was stolen. This is his llargest coal dealers in the city, second trial, the jury in the first having disagreed. Dean |!@ve not a pound of coal they can was arrested a year and a half |deliver. In fact, they have had ago at Los Angeles. to borrow coal for their own use. Mr. Rogers has put forth every effort to get shipments from “SELF-SEEKERS yarious points and has kept the AND SOREHEADS” wires hot communicating with The opposition to the the southern coa! depots. He has present civic administration a promise of 600 tons from Se- of a little coterie of self $)attle, which he expects will be seekers and soreheads fur- shipped from there today on nishes a striking argument the Amur. Although reports : s ee have appeared in the press that in support of the adminis- 3}the Western Fuel Company has tration. ‘ been shipping Mr. Rogers is in There is Newton, whose 3) oceipt of a letter from the man- motto is “Rule or Ruin”; 3) ocr of that company that all the Gampp, whose application 3/54) taken out so far has been for public improvements required for their own boilers. adjacent to his own property at the expense of the rest of the public was properly turned down; Morrissey, ap- parently because he was not given a job; MacKay, who after returning from a protracted visit south about a year ago declared it would be an irreparable injury to the city if Newton were re- sore elected mayor; Guthbert, whose flagrant inequalities in the first assessment of the city the present mayor exposed to the public some years ago, This would be a fine bunch to conduct the public busi- ness. It is a fortunate thing for the city that we have in of- fice an administration which has given every evidence of a determination to have ef- ficiency in the public service, and which will not be de- flected from this course by the loud protestations of self-seeking soreheads, They state that they hope to be in a position to make shipments in the near future, but cannot make any absolute guarantee. If a cold snap were to strike the city at this time there would un- doubtedly be a good deal of suf- fering. FIFTY ARE INJURED Grand Stand Collapsed at Base- ball Game (Special to the Daily News) Tulsa, Okla., Oct, 29.—Chester Taylor, a private in the United States infantry ,was killed, and fifty persons injured when the crowded grand stand at the base ball game collapsed yesterday. Result of Italian Elections (Special to The Daily News.) Rome, Oct, 29-—The oficial re- turns of the elections held on Sunday indicate that the govern- ment is returned by a large ma- jority. (Special to the Daily News) Ottawa, Oct. 29.—A formal de- mand for an inerease in the sub- sidies paid the provinces, which would more than double the in- come now received from the Do- minion government, has been unanimously set for discussion by the interprovincial conference today. A resolution has been presented to Premier Borden on the subject, to which he has re- plied that the recommendation shall receive the careful consid- eration of the federal govern- ment. The suggestion of the dele- gates to the conference is, in brief, that the provinces be giy- en, in addition to their present subsidy of over ten millions, ten per cent. of the amount collected in the way of customs and excise revenue, This would amount to! thirteen millions annually. Another subject that will be} brought before the conference is| the matter of disposal of the) “The people of Prince Rupert have no idea of what for them during the months,” said V. A. prietor of Cole's cigar his return from a ten days’ busi- trip to the lower coast This is the conclusion he came to from, conversation with people in the south with whom he came in contact. Vancouver people, he have knocking Rupert is in store next eight Cole, pro- store, on ness cities, ceased and says, Prince many have their eyes on the city for investment, commercial and industrial purposes. A number of large concerns intend locating here within a few months. One of these is a fishing company which, he says, has men on the UNDER THE Oct. conviction under the which state that disorderly Vancouver, the first new regulations, “anyone found in a house shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100, Magistrate J. ¢ South imposed a fine of $50 and costs on Waiter White, colored, in the poliee court this morning. The case called forth a strong protest from Mr, Frank Lyons, who appeared for the and the large crowd watching the court proceedings, noted with the remarks of the lawyer. “Why he asked, having concluded the cross-ex- amination of Detective Levis, to whom he put many pertinent questions, “that the police picked out one colored man who hap- pens to be found in one of these houses when so many while peo- defense, who were interest is; it," after PROVINCIAL PREMIERS ARE NOW IN CONFERENCE AT OTTAWA HAVE ASKED PREMIER BORDEN N FOR TEN PER CENT. OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE REVENUE PRESENT FEDERAL SUBSIDY LOWER COAST CITIES HAVE THEIR EYES ON PRINCE RUPERT V. A. COLE SAYS THERE IS A MARKED AWAKENING OF INTER- EST IN PRINCE RUPERT AMONG PEOPLE IN VANCOUVER. FREQUENTER HEAVILY FINED THIS HAPPENED IN VANCOUVER BUT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THIS CITY WHENEVER THE AUTHORITIES INVOKE THIS NEW PROVINCIAL LAW 27.—Marking ple get off without even being|special train from the end of molested? Hon. Mr. Bowser, in|steel to Prince Rupert so that his wisdom, has permitted this}they will have an opportunity of segregated district to exist in|stopping at points along the line this city, and yet the new regu-|where certain matters of con- lations make a_ person liable to|struction need attention. The $100 fine for being found in|party is expected here Saturday these houses. If the ‘police dojor Sunday. IN ADDITION TO moneys collected by the Domin- ion in Chinese head tax, the bulk of which is now reaped by Brit- ish Columbia. The Ottawa Citi- zen says in regard to the mat- ter: “In connection with the insist- ent claim of British Columbia in respect of federal subsidies, it is pointed out that the province has now an exceptional source of re- venue by reason of its geograph- ical situation. Last year it gota million doliars from head taxes imposed by the Dominion goy- ernment on Chinese immigrants. The tax is $500 and half of this goes tn the Dominion and half to the province of entry. “Ty so happens that all, or practically ali, the Chjnese land at Victoria or Vancouver. The Dominion collects the tax and re- mits half of it to the province. “British Columbia secures this revenue regardless of whether the Chinamen stay there or go to other provinces to reside. ground at the present moment looking into the proposition. One of the heads of the company is expected here within a_ short time. Mr. Cole’s principal business in the south was in connection with the building of a hotel in Prince Rupert. In regard to this the only information he could give at the present time was that the hotel is an assured proposi- tion and that a start will be made on it in the near future. As to the location of the building or those associated with him Mr. Cole had nothing to say. There have been numerous street rum- ors, one of which says that “‘Pea- vine’ Harvey of Hazelton is in- terested in the proposition. NEW BOWSER ACT their duty they will haye 100 in court tomorrow morning on this charge.” G. T. P. AND GOVT. ENGINEERS COMING Collingwood Schreiber, 6. B. Kel- liher and J. W. Stewart @n route to Rupert General Superintendent, W. C, C. Mehan, teft in his official car this morning attached to the re- gular train for end of steel to meet a party of the officials and engineers en route to Prince Ru- pert from Edmonton, The party consists of Collingwood Schrei- ber, government engineer, B. B. Kelliher, chief engineer of the Grand Trunk Pacific, and J. W. Stewart, head of the contracting firm of Foley, Welch & Stewart. The party will likely travel by es a 2 : ' : eH ai 5 Pi ae a