anosst CIROULATION in ras orry AND ROW BRITISH COLUMBIA THERN ; NEXT MAILS From South | Priocess Beatrice.......... Friday For South. Prince PEO eee eee ee PPh ey i, io ms |TTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF GEN. FELIX DIAZ | NINE CONSPIRATORS BLOWN FROM MOUTHS OF CANNON.--LAURIER’S EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME SS hy HUERTA WILL IGNORE UNITED STATES ULTIMATUM TO RESIGN MPTED ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL FELIX DIAZ IN HAVANA — WILSON’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE HURRIEDLY STARTS FOR MEXICO CITY ATTE LAURIER’S PROGRAMME BEFORE THE SESSION Will Attend Opening of Quebec Legislature—Addresses to Young Liberals Special to the Daily News Ottawa, Nov. 7.—Sir Wilfrid Special to the Daily News) Vera Cruz, Nov. 7.—John Lind,|Laurier has mapped out an ex- " Ips . ‘ilson’s rsone “ep { vexico | Nov. 7.—President cee Wilson’s pet me I P-|tensive programme for the time ‘se { e acco mnie ) 1 ‘ sorta, it stated, will ignore ae ae Pies "intervening before the re-assem Huerta military attache of the Mexican], ). a eae a altoget nt he request of the embassy, departed suddenly last | the eae ers to ees piied States that he resign. Helnight in the direction of Mexico|'° guest of the Lieut.-Governor bas Pes yed, according to cur- City The object of the s idden |?" Nee 7 aes re hk i i ro “ht ‘gisiature. On the «diate seat |trip remains unrevealed. Date Press. ’ to immediately seat i Se {61h he will address the Young he Mexica ngress which has Havana, Nov. 7 An attempt Men's Liberal Clubs of Ontario . ected. (als tkhde jan’ ntwhd i ch bea kali at a banquet to be given at Brant eee ate General Felix Diaz as he was ford, and will also speak at about Wa g Nov. 7.—No new/walking on the Malecon, the fash- the same date at Hamilton. The middle of December the great wwlopments, good,~bad ,or in-|ioné ible promenade He was rinarat o} : s : ‘ ‘a te he; Sté ibbed behind the ear and in the“) Or et On Me E any See ye Seles on ‘Foront s the wore rom the | eo o aatAde ciadaivirid saver) Toronto to formally open the this morning as the | blows on’ the bead ti as ag i Ontario club and address its Mexican situation. |The general was removed the members He will address the I ivers rar associs ons g her has been heard|hospital and it is expected tha niversity ilerary MBBOCIALION f sine’ din présenta-|he will: seeuae His Pe of that eity, and a number of 1 of the ultimatum|was arrested and proves to be a oe ixtnps: S06. Heng consid ered, sig? Mexican. |ABOR VICTORIOUS AT CITY ELECTIONS IN OLD ENGLAND OTH THE LIBERAL AND THE UNIONIST PARTY CANDIDATES WERE WOEFULLY DEFEATED IN MANY OF IMPORTANT CONTESTS. I N 6.—Labor camejary by-election failed to retair the municipal elec. | his seat in the council. 4s h nocithianl Pn riand | At Wigan the Upionists lost five seats to the Laborites, while | eres The Labor party at Bradford only three of seven- i gains, while the Union|{een Socialist candidates wer i le same number of |« ected. Several women candi- The Liberals, too, lost aj dates won seats in various towns The Battersea borough coun- ; ; icil proposes to appoint J. C. - ns in York City eae. a photographer, and a ! the proposed ap-|negro as mayor. If he is chosen 1 railway shunter|he w be the first colored mayor with the resultlin I don His wife is also Liberals lost and the|co ed Archer, who is a co ed control of the |¢ w and a poor law guardia lw is minated by the Progres- I candidate in the;jsives, who have a majority of shire, parliament three over the opposition, CANADA’S PROBLEMS EQUALLY IMPORTANT Ambassador Bryce “Welcomed in London by Large and Dis- tinguished Gathering Special to The Daily London, Nov. 7. A distinguished gathering ed the Rt... Hon. jrecently British ithe United States, | by the The News. and welcom- Bryce, Ambassador to Se re grims’ Club las ebrated writer a devinted a good part of to criticisms of the his work ambas- in with this work he emphasized the id- ea that the British Ambassador to the United States had to deal with beween Canada States, for as important Eng- large James at a given night diplomat ce his address press upon as sador, and connection problems the United ada’s interests to the land's WILL OPEN A BRANCH and Can- were were empire as EW GOLD STRIKE ON THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN TWO MEN FROM CONSTRUCTION CAMP, THIRTY MILES NORTH OF NEWPORT, REPORT THE DISCOVERY ON REACHING VANCOUVER. The Vancouver Sun in a recent}and two companions made the reports a rumored gold|find, which they claim is very “nike on the line of construction | rich. Sever, who worked. for OT the Pacifie Great Eastern |three years in Arizona gold mines, e ue vy miles north of New-|declares that the find is a real va, che article says: strike of importance. ” ‘ming with them rich samples Just as soon as the govern- ,, “old dust and quartz, two men|ment offices open here in the the Toa construction camp on|morning the men will take out miles ‘eile Great Eastern, thirty | miners certificates and will here ee of Newport, reached |leave for the claim again. ; Iwo i, clay with news of a gold|of the discoverers are now keep- Ai nee loc ality,, The men} ing guard on the strike while the me} ‘eg ie of Vancouver, for-|others came to the city to regis- Sever m ‘gland, and CGlaude|ter their claims. The find is lo- an Frenchman, whose homelecated in the Chekamus valley, the enaimo, While employed |above Mile 17. The exact loca- vonstruction camp they|tion has not been divulged, but it LO {Corre ees _ — - lake especial sibaauie in announcing our program ®-Night. We consider it one of the very best that has ‘Yer been shown in the Kmpress Theatre, “THE VICTORIA CROSS” magnificent reproduction of the “Charge of the Light Brigade” “DIRBY DAY AT CHURCH HILL DOWNS” Unquestionably the greatest ‘Race’ picture There are also splendid views of this famous Course, This ig a immortal This Produced. race evel “PATHE’S WEEKLY ” Is particularly interesting this week. “THE RANCH WIDOWER'S DAUGHTER” Is a} i) gh class weste rn comedy from the Essanay OCC Coeee, studios. STORE AT SMITHERS J. S. Gray denprecced With Busi- ness Facilities at the New Town J. S. Gray, who returned last night from Smithers, announces that it his intention to open a branch jewelry store in the new railway divisional town. He has secured one corner of Lynch's new block at the corner of Broadway and Main, the best lo- cation in the town, and will open up about December 1st. Mr. Gray reports everything humming in Plank roadways a large gang up the the new town. have been laid of men is at work putting buildings. and necessary TWO THOUSAND ‘MILITIA Encamped in Indianapolis for Duty During Car Strike (Special to The Daily News. Indianapolis, Nov. 7—Indiana’s entire national guard of more than two thousand soldiers are encamped in different parts of the city, ready for duty in con- nection with the strike of the em- ployees of the street railway company. The town is practic- ally surrounded by troops. is known in the camp that some of the men have made a find, and there is likely to be a sudden rush ifrom the construction camp when the location is made public, The samples of quartz and dust which the men have brought down have every mark of being of the best quality. They state that both placer and quartz min- ing will be good in the vicinity. They expect to make arrange- ments for receiving supplies from Vancouver and will work the ground during the entire winter. } “LAPSE OF MEMORY.” The had tacks has at- memory.” last Evening another of of “failing In its leading night it said: “if it had not been for the Empire’s criticism the city long ere this would have run a very great risk of hav- Empiie those article ing been robbed of all its valuable franchises.” Strange, isn’t it, that its memory is s@ poor on this particular chises? the that fully tude question of fran- It was only during last municipal campaign the Empir- was force- reminded of its atti- on the question of the telephone franchise. The public has not forgotten that the Empire advised making terms with the B. C. Tele- phone Co, and discouraged the idea of starting off with niunicipal Ownership. The public will hardly be gener- ous enough to attribute the Empire’s statement of last night to “lapse of memory.” It will simply put the state- ment down as another of the Empire's deliberate lies made for the purpose of deceiving the people and making them think the editor of the Em- pire is the “trusty watchdog of the city’s interests.” GUILTY OF MURDER a Two Men Charged with Killing of Constable Archibald. Special to The Daily News. Nov. Paul Davis were last guilty of murder in May last Police Archibald in the bushes The minutes, be Vancouver, 7.—Herman Clarke night and declared by shooting Constable on Powell street. out thirty sentenced uary 15th. jury Both are hanged on Jan- was to GRAND DUKE ALEXIS Most recent picture of the future ruler of Russia Married at Kitsumkalum Miss Annie Lever of Kitsum- kalum was married on Monday last, the 3rd inst., to Mr. William Noonan, formerly of St. Johns, Newfoundland. The ceremony was performed at the residence of Mr. Bohler, siepfather to the bride, before a few friends, by Mr. Marsh, J.P. Mr. Noonan was =lrecently agent for the G. T. P. at Pacific, but left yesterday for Smithers where he assumes the agency of the Company's first divisional point out of Rupert. He is an old timer up the Skeena having been with the Yukon tele- graph’s operating staff for a con siderable period. Basketball Tonight Brotherhood vs. Callies at the Auditorium tonight. Game eail- ed at 8.15 sharp. Admission 25 cents, 261 caPr AIN SCOTT nD HIS LAST JOURNEY New Work Just Published Clears Up Many Obscure Points in Explorer’s Diary The Daily News.) Nov. 7.—‘‘Captain Expedition,” Special to London, Last lished today, Scott's pub- clears up many ob- scure points in the diary of the famous explorer. Such inter- esting features as the astonish- ing failure of Evans, the strong- man of the party; Amund- sen’s triumph due to condition of Captain Oates as a contributing est factor, and others. Oates’ last thoughts were of his mother and his regiment. PRESBYTERIANS WILL BUILD NEW CHURCH} ——— Over $1600 Has Been Subscribed Towards Building Fund— Will Ask for Tenders At a meeting of the congrega- tion of the Presbyterian church held last night the report of the building committee appointed at a recent meeting was received. At the previous meeting it was decided that if the committee could raise $1500 the congrega- tion would proceed with the build ing of a new church. The report of the committee last night was a most encouraging one, the chairman reporting that altho- ugh the field had been by no means covered, over $1600 had been subscribed. The committee had no hesitation in guarantee- ing $2000. The committee was therefore instructed to advertise for tenders. The plans prepar- ed by architect Procter were ex- amined and considered satisfac- tory. The estimated cost of the new building is in the vicinity of $4,500, The building sists pf Thos. McRae and D. C. committee McClymont, McRae. con- n. ¥: BURNED EIGHTEEN HOURS Refrigerator Ship Sinks But the Crew of Fourteen Escape Special to the Daily News) Curling, N.F., Noy. The steamer Alcona, the floating re- frigerator ship for the Gloyces- ter boats engaged in the herring fishing, sank in this harbor last night after being swept with flames for eighteen hours. Her crew of fourteen all escaped. ATROCITY IN INDIA Nine Conspirators Blown from the Canon’s Mouth (Special to The Daily News.) Allahabad, British India, Nov. 7.—Found guilty of conspiracy in an abortive plot against the reigning Ameer of Afghanistan, nine of the ringleaders were exe- cuted by being blown from the mouths of cannon. Important Notice—Empress Theatre We wish to announce that at exactly.nine o'clock tonight we will run the great Cines feature release “THE SIGN OF THE BI.ACK: LILY,” in two. parts. This is in. deference to the re- quests of a large number of our patrons, some of whom did not have an opportunity of seeing the pietures on Wednesday or Thursday at all, or came too late to see them complete, and from still others who wish to see them again. They will be run only once during the evening and at exact- ly NINE o'clock. Our regular programme for this evening will not be changed in any way, It is announced elsewhere in today’s issue of the Daily News. 261 Pantorium Phone 4, Pioneer tf Cleaners. WITH DRAWING (Special to The Daily News.) Vancouver, Nov. 7.—An unus- ual trial, in which the crown is complainant and Mr. Justice Cle- ments of the Supreme Court de- fendant, opened before Justice chequer Court. The charge is made that Jus- tice Clements, between August, 1907, and March, 1910, misre- presented to the crown his place of residence and thereby secured about $4000 under’ the rule which allows a judge six dollars here yesterday Cassells in the Ex- MR. JUSTICE CLEMENTS CHARCED TOO MUCH MONEY CLAIMED THAT HE WAS NOT JUSTIFI JUSTIFIED IN CHARGING PER DIEM EXPENSES WHILE ON DUTY — AN INTEREST- ING TRIAL per day expenses, during the days that he is absent on duty from his place of residence, The defence is that during the whole time complained of the defend- ant had a place of residence at Grand Forks in ‘the Kootenay district, and was therefore pro- perly entitled to charge expenses for the time he was on duty in Vancouver or elsewhere. F. C. McLennan of Montreal, is appearing for the Crown, Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, E. P. Davis, E. V. Bodwell and J. MeD. Mowatt for the defence. DANCING AND DRAWING FOR PRI FOR The drawings for the various prizes attracted a large crowd at the Catholic last night and the winners were the recipi- of drawings bazaar congratulations. resulted as fol- ents The lows: For the diamond ring present- ed by P. Burns & Co., man No. 13 extra gang No. 7 Smithers, with ticket No. 335; diamond locket, presented by Lynch Bros., Mrs. Schaffer of Prince Rupert Dairy, with 1,168; leather chair, pre- sented by George D. Tite, Mr Spurr of the fish market, with 1,197; tea cloth, presented by Mrs. G,. Sweet, Thomas Davis, ballast gang No. 3, with 548; carved stand, presented by Mrs. Ward, S. O. Swanson of Knox Ho- tel, with 77; rose pillow, present- ed by Mrs. Besner, Mrs. Hayner, with 1,189. The large bridal doll that was presented by Mrs. J. Fred Ritchie was won by Mrs. Hayner, also making two prizes that went to her. Other winners were as fol- lows: Tea set, presented by-Mrs. P. I. Palmer, won by Mrs. Bes- ner; cut glass vase, presented by R. W. Cameron, won by V. Vail- lecotte; Ganbrals stand, present- ed by H. 8S, Wallace, won by Mrs. Knott; bina and cage, presented by Mrs. A. 8. Davis, won by G, B. Fournier; water color painting, presented by Mrs. B. Curtain, won by A. CG. Jardine; pillow, presented by Mrs. Frizzell ,won by Mayor Pattullo; cake, present- many s.|music THE CATHOLIC BAZAAR WAS A BIG FINANCIAL SUCCESS PRIZES THE PRINCIPAL FEA- TURES LAST NIGHT—PROCEEDS NEARLY) $2,000. Mrs. Hugh Dunn; platinum lock- et, presented by Mrs. A. Little, won by Mrs. Phillips. Last night being the closing night of the bazaar an auction sale was held. L. Crippen acted as auctioneer and W. 8S. Marsha} as clerk. There was the keenest competition in the bidding and the articles sold brought good prices. During the evening a dance was held in the room upstairs. A large number indulged in this form of amusement, being supplied by Westholme orchestra. The bazaar was a grand suc- cess in every way and much cre- dit is due to the ladies who work- ed so faithfully in making the preparations and in carrying out all the plans. Those who mater- ially assisted were: Mrs. O. Bes- ner, the president of the Asso- ciation; Mrs G. A. Sweet, the vice president; Mrs. Morrissey, the secretary; Mrs. Curtin, Mrs. Kin-~ kade, Mrs Flaherty, Mrs. F. Hen- ning, Mrs. F. O. Finnigan, Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Early, Mrs. M. J. McNeil, Mrs. McNulty, Mrs. A, 8. Davis, Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. H. Ward, Mrs. Kenny, Mrs. Landes, Mrs. Rowell, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. McCumber, Mrs. Beryemon, Miss Kinkade, Miss Sullivan, Miss F. McCumber, Miss H. Curtin, Miss B. Curtin, Miss Flaherty, Miss Early, Miss Griffith, the Misses Astoria, Miss Morrissey and Miss Agney Gray. The total proceeds of the baz- the ed by Knott’s Bakery, won by CLARENCE HOWELL SHOT IN News reached the city last night of a fatal shooting affair at Telkwa on Tuesday afternoon. From the information to hand it appears that a young man nam- ed Clarence Howell, employed in the sawmill at Telkwa was hang- ing around the bar-room in the Telkwa Hotel on Tuesday after- noon when a Russian Finn en- tered, Howell, it appears, had no money and wanted a drink. He kept asking the Finn to buy hia one until the Finn started to abuse him by calling him names unfit for publication, Howel! took exception to the language used by the Finn whereupon the latter pulled a gun and deliber- ately shot Howell through the lungs. Howell then walked out of the bar to a barber shop where he inquired for a doctor's office. He was able to walk to the lat- aar amount to $1938. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE LEADS T0 FATAL SHOOTING AT TELKWA THE BREAST IN BAR ROOM BY A RUSSIAN FINN — DIED EIGHT HOURS LATER ter but nothing could be done to save his life. The”shooting oc- curred about 1.30 in the after- noon and the unfortunate man died at 9.30 the same evening. The Finn was at once placed un- der arrest and is awaiting his preliminary hearing. NS ————— ———————————_—_—_—_—_—_ PRIZE DRAWING TONIGHT The first regular weekly drawing for the $5.00 gold prize will take place ‘at the Empress Bowling Alleys to- night when there will be a match between the Buteh- ers and P, R. 8. & D. teams. Game starts at 8.30, Draw- ing at 9.30. Everybody Invited excellent : / J i it a