LARGEST OIROULATION in THE CITY AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Oe armmmmnck zi i AT UT ann aad up some = - x a = = SS eee a en re = == —_——— —— VOL. 1V ve pibrer? 1m ae ‘ qn PRINCE RUPERT, THURSDAY, "DECEMBER 18, 1913 ee ee ———— i aE ce A THE DAILY NEWS GRUNTY GRUNDY SAYS: These are sure days of expen- sive living and I would remind aspirants for municipal honors that the cost of slander has gone PRICE FIVE GENTS THE REV. W.H. WY LEOD 5 HONORABLY VINDICATED PLAINTIFF IN SLANDER CASE GETS $10,000 DAMAGES Verdict Wasa Pupular ‘One Court Room Crowded by Curious Ones Up tothe Finish of Case— Assizes Over Ten thousand dollars dam-j{kins incident. “If 1 had not g the verdict the jury been in the store mvself | might weht in for Rev. MeLeodjhave had some doubts.” e the defendant McFar- tev. W. H. McLeod next took stevening. The jury wasjthe stand in his own defence. over two hours. This closed|He frankly admitted his _ fre- ler case which has 0c-|quent visits to the Robinson y | public attention for days./nome. There were many rea- The verdict was a popular one. se ’ The session in the court|°?"*5™ hy he should do so. Mrs. yesterday morning was Robinson was one of the best hat sensational, as might} workers in the church and took led with the allegedjan active interest in his bro slander and his wifeitherhood work. She often had the witness stand, his children at her house and proceedings were open-|gave them candy and during his he prosecution with the wes illness ha taken meals fa number of points}down to him. He did on one o« for the defence—the ision tell her he had dreamed g witnesses being call-jof a picnic at Shawatlans, and tand for the second|she was there, but certa Vv Sa \. J. MeLeod, H. M. Dog othing erss As stated g 1 Robert M. MecLntosh. jbefore he had _ called for the was aroused to ajbookcase for the’ brotherhoor high pitch when it was heard|/early one morning, but absol Mrs. W. H. McLeod, the|tely nothing of an unusual na- f's wife, would next bejture had taken place. ned Mrs. Robinson one one oc- She said she was here|casion asked him if he meant gainst the advice of her doc wivthing by his friend!y m She was aware of what|ner to her and he had said vn as the Robinson in-{‘‘You foolish woman, you ars {she and her husband] making something out of noth i the matter up and it}ing. The less said about it the been fully cleared up. She|better..”.. He boped he did not ed no ill feeling orjhave the bad look complained on the part of the Rob-|of, but if he had it was his mis- sons since and the families] fortune. een in almost constant He absolutely denied the El- I ation. kins’ girl incident as related by Mr. L. W. Patmore raised an|the Elkins girl and in every f nm to some of this evi-|point recal ed it as told by Mrs the court sustained|MecLeod, Both doors were open \. M. Manson’s argument that;and he had just lifted — the er action the limits of |) igster as he night have extended almost to|done one of his own children. nation. ! W. Patmore nmences M McLeod gave a very dif- h I examination by are in of the Elkins in-|view of the plaintiffs previous which she swears she|career and referred at last to (. The girl, she said, |the cause of leaving Woodstock. head in the door and she In swer to A. M, Manson's i her in and Mr. McLeod,| objection the court allowed the ho was on a ladder. called|question on the ground that un- Yes me in and have a look|less the Woodstock matter was ' Witness asked about|cleared up the jury would feel tile Sydney and remarked|suspicious about the case, NI chubby little fellow he| In reply to the insinuating N must run in the family | questions of counsel for the de \propos of this she thought|fence Mr. McLeod refused to be \ ist be quite a weight, | tied down to “yes” and “no” an- ea then left the girl with Me-|swers, and broke into an elo- ‘tq uent recital of the happenings t {he room while Went to Frizzell’s and on her re-|on his leaving Woodstock, Mr. n 1 couple of minutes met|Patmore tried to interfere Dis the girl just outside. The state-|the Judge said: ‘This man is o” me imputed to MeFarlane | trial for his reputation and ‘s hat there was disagreement in| entitled to defend it.’ a ne she characterized as There was quite a sensation ‘direct lie. “Mr. McLeod and] n court. The witness exclairm- | think more of each other to-|ed: ‘‘I will accept no ruling. J “ay than ever we did.” She|have defended my character up thought the Woodstock affair|to the present and will continue ad been finally disposed of as|to do so, Come on, Sir (to "egards McFarlane when it was|counsel). 1 admit thal I may “iscussed with the Swindells at|have been indiscreet but you her house, may look through all your dic- She had first fearned of the|tionaries and I challenge you to Robinson incident from Mr.|find an immoral tinge attache! Swindell and took the matter|to the word indiscretion. Th? P at the time and there proy-|rumors 1n Ontario were staried *d to be nothing to it. by a church official whose se- Cross-examined she had ab-|counts were not as they shoul ‘Olutely no doubt about the Fl-|have been and whom I compell- A WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE Josephine Deffry Stock Company Season of four weeks ; TO-NIGHT’S PLAY “THE SPENDTHRIFT Society comedy drama in 4 acts Friday and Saturday - “The Tenderfoot’s Turn” Popular Prices - - Doors Open, 8 p.m, * te; Cf ;f Ces coe. Reserved Seats at Orme’s 3rd Ave. 25c., 35c., and 50c, Drug Store Curtain Rises, 8,30 p,m, SIR WILFRID LAURIER ADDRESSES STUDENTS Grand Old Chief Recommends the Study of Languages (Special to the Daily News) Toronto, Dec. 17.—Sir Wil- frid Laurier addressed the stu- dents of McMaster University here today. In his address. he recommended strongly the study of languages, even the dead ones, and referred to the benefit he himself had derived from the study of the noble Latin tongue. Referring to the modern languages, he said that all should know English, French and German. The English lan- guage he declared to be _ the commercial language of the world. It is the language of na- and lends itself to business in that it is more direct than any ure con- other { purposes and language. cise No Booze by Parcel Post Oltawa, Dec. 18.—Hon. L. P. Pelletier announced in an inter- view that the postoffice depart- ment had decided not to allow the transmission of intoxicating iquors by parcel post. Mr. Pel- etis idded that the depart- nent’s decision had not been ifftuenced by the Dominion AIl- liance or any other organization which, directly or indirectly, light be considered as a poli- cal or quasi political organiza- on. The question had been lecided on. its merits and to further the good administration of the pasyet service. Ross’ Land Scheme In speaking of the settlement of the land in a recent speech Hon. R. W. Ross said: *‘In spite of a good deal of political mis- representation the government with which I am connected has honestly endeavored to get the settler on the land.’ He stated that 160 acres are given free to every settler reserving only ands carrying over 8000 feet of timber per acre on the coast and wer 5000 feet iniand. Mor se in the The Loyal Order of will give a grand Smoker K. of P. Hall, on Thursday, the {8th inst., at 8 o’clock for members and their friends, A good programme is being ar- ranged and refreshments will be served. Members’ will at- tend for business at 7.30. 296 Whether we can save money by buying light from the Hydro- Electric is debatable. That you can save money by getting your Christmas gifts at McRae Bros. is a certainty. 295-296 ed to deposit his funds in the bank.” It was al the witness’ quest that his “church from Woodstock was He demanded that six weeks’ notice of meeting be given to enable anyone who so desired to bring charges against him. It was at the biggest business meeting ever held in the chure that he finally accepted his “letter” and hé left with an ab- solutely unblei waracter. Examined as to the parentag of an alleged child in Ontario, the witness turned on counsel. “That is an absolute lie, Sir, anu you should know it.’ It is a foul slander and on a par with your suggestion a short time ago that ! was making a play on the death of my little child to avoid the enquiry.” The witness was fected and the judge interfered at this point and Mr, Patmore allered his,question, asking if own re- lette. delayed. much af- Mrs. MeLeod had not told Me- Farlane that he had been ac- cused in this connection, From the body of the court Mrs. McLeod shouted “I did not, Sir,’’ At this juncture Rey. Me- Leod made a rush at Patmore. His eyes were flashing with an- ger and his fists clenched. He (Continued on page 4) JOSEPHINE DEFFRY STOCK COMPANY AT WESTHOLME Played “The Spendthrift” on Opening Night—Good Play Well Performed “The Spendthrift’ at the Westholme Theatre last night was pronounced a great suc- cess. The chief characters of the drama were an ambitious husband and a spendthrift wife. The husband has made a big success of his business, accu- mulating a foMune of $25,000 a All this he had placed at the disposal of his wife, and even deprived himself of many necessities in order that his wife might have full fling. This goes on well fog.a time but soon the fortune begins to dwindle. Economy is insisted on and the wife does so in little things only year. to be more extravagant in big things. The man_ goes into bankruptcy. A large sum of money is wanted for immediate use. The spendthrift turns up and says..she has the money from a rich aunt who before was known to be antagonistic to her. A _ little later the aunt turns up to declare that she never gave the money. The spendthrift is made to confess a man Tharn gave her the money. This aroused grave suspicions which led to a quar- rel and a separation. They part and are lost to each other for two years, during which time the man is constanily seeking his wife, and at last he finds her in a New York garret where sHe had supported herself by honest work. A final reconc!- iation took place and with the assistance of the rich aunt per- fect happiness was again re- stored. The cast was an excellent and well balanced one, and _ while the number of characters was not large, the various members if the company proved them- selves real artists, giving splen- lid interpretations of the diff- erent parts. This stock company is one of the best which has come _ to Prince Rupert and they will no doubt prove popular with the theatre patrons. The play will be repeated to- night. NO COMMISSION ON HIGH COST OF LIVING---LAURIER ADDRESSES TORONTO STUDENTS COMMISSION ORDERS LOWER EXPRESS RATES Charges for Handling Express Bills of Lading Cut Down (Specia) to The Daily News.) Ottawa, Dee. 18.—A sweep- ing order has just been issued by the Railway Commission with regard to the charges for handling express bills of lading. At present the express compan- ies, besides charging for freight shipment, make an additional charge of one per cent for col- lecting and returning the money. By the order just sign- ed the companies are limited to a charge of one-eighth of one per cent, with a minimum of one dollar. This applies to freight carried over one line, An additional half per cent is al- lowed when carried over more than one road. NO INVESTIGATION HIGH COST LIVING intimated Dominion Govern- ment Will Not Appoint Commission Dec. 147.—The Fven- ing Journal here says that it may be assumed from remarks emanating from ministerial sources that the government not intend to appoint a special commission to enquire info the high cost of living. Ottawa, does Patrosky Wins Butte, Dec. 17.—Sailor Pa- trosky was awarded decision over Leo Benz at the end of the twelfth round. The fight was Patrosky’s all the way through. NOTICE Commencing Monday, Dec- emberi5, the retail price of NEW WELLINGTON Coal wil! be $10 per ton delivered to all parts of the city, west of Hay Creek. We are assurred of a full supply of NEW WELLING- TON LUMP COAL, the best on the coast, and will fill al) orders promptly. Rogers &» Black. Phone 116 dec 22 a” Santa Claus’ Wallace's. headquarters.— 204tf advt. Total charge Total charge Load factor horse power or less. 50. percent. . .-.%0.4- $43.05 40 per 50*ner cent. 3 :.c. sey. 50 mar cent, oi.) ea 60 per Cent. a's. da 40 per cent.. 50 per cent... 2,500 horse power. 40 per cent..... ; 50 per cent..... Wa NOTE power year (Hydro-Electric Prince Rupert Hydro- Electric Co. PROPOSED RATES Comparison in Kilowait Hours and Horse Power Years (1) When the maximum demand for the month is 500 40° per: cent .o. eon C4O eS 4 1.96 cts, (2) When the maximum demand for the month exceeds 500 horse power and is less than 1,000 horse power. pent. aicawor, $33.60 3 3 coeee ae 1.46 cts. 31.88) ee ie 41.37 cts. (3) When the maximum demand for the month exceeds 1,000 horse power and is less than 1,500 horse power. 40 percent. 26.04%). OBO. Bai rh 1.31 cts, 28,45 Bee 1.22 cts, (4) When the maximum demand for the month exceeds 1,500 horse power and is less than 2,000 horse power. 40 per cent......... BRAG, TOS oa yes Ke 1.16 cts, D4 GB ce eee oe 1.07 ots, (5) When the maximum demand for the month exceeds 2,000 horse power and is less than 2,500 horse power. vase enh $25.04... cae k. i 4.15 ots, O9:0t hey, 1.02 cts. (6) When the maximum demand for the month exceeds » 828.49 3 SOB eae ik 0.87 cts, 4 cent per kilowatt hour is ‘equal to $23.00 per horse of Ontario 1909 Report, page 127). THE per h.p. year per k.w. hour ih oa Gh seme bate 1.87 cts. Res 0.96 cts. Commission of the Province (Special to The Daily News) London, Dec, 17.—Sir Ed- ward Grey in addressing his constituents at Northumber- land last night made a signifi- cant reference to the Home Rule settlement. He acknow- ledged that no progress was be- ing made in that direction, but threw the onus thereof on the NO PROGRESS BEING MADE IN HOME RULE SETTLEMENT Sir Edward Grey Says it is Not the Fault of the Liberal Party if Result is Not Peace actions of the opposition. The government had opened the door of conciliation but the op- position, instead of entering that door and discussing terms, persisted in staying outside and shouting things in through the window. It will be no fault of the Liberals if a peaceful settle- ment is not reached. Big Representative Meeting There were half a dozen or more public attractions last evening, but they did not pre- vent some eighty citizens repre- senting business and working interests of the city turning out to the organization meeting for the campaign of Mayor Pattullo. It was a good meeting with en- thusiasm and the right spirit. The chairman was A. H. Allison, and the secretary M. McLeod. The meeting was in the store adjoining Ormes drug store on Second Avenue. This will be retained as a committee room. T. D. Pattullo in his address to the gathering spoke on some of the salient features of the year’s work. The year had been a strenuous one, but he beliey- ed the administration to have been a good and popular one. An attempt is being made to ob- scure the work the council has done. In 1910 the city council made arrangements for a million dol- lars of credit. Since then $290,000 has been raised for new work. Of that sum $150,- 000 has been raised by this year’s council as against $140,- 000 by the councils of the two previous years. Before more money can be raised it is neces- sary to finance the million dol- lars raised by the three year promissory notes. He spoke of the reorganiza- tion of the city hall. If the council had done nothing else this alone should demand ap- proval and support. Last year monies were all in one account, this year they have been put in- to 25 or 30 accounts. It is no longer possible to use the mon- ies of one department for an- other. Irrespective of personal feel- ings he had tried to give good and adequate service in the in- terests of the publie generally, and he had been supported by a conscientious council. The two power propositions which will be put up to the elec- tors represent the true princi- ples of the referendum. The propositions will be put up with detailed reports to the electors so that they can judge it on a dollar and cents basis, In conclusion Mayor Pattullo BUSINESS MEN AND WORKERS ATTEND PATTULLO MEETING Campaign for Coming Election of Supporters to Organize the city work this year and he was willing to devote his whole time to it again next year. Ald. Naden paid a tribute to the mayor. He said he had yet to find aaybody in civic office who had gone at his work with such sincerity and ability. He has not complained of head- aches on the job. He had run the city without party politics, and it would be a calamity if he did not go baek- Mayor Pattullo here announ- ced that Ald. Naden would again be a candidate and spoke of the good work done by him and Ald. McCaffery and other members of the council. Ald. McCaffery believed it a bad policy to change the mayor every year. When you get a good one keep him. Chairman Allison spoke on the same idea. W. P. Lynch made a brief speech in his characteristic and effective style. He spoke of the million dollars worth of notes due in 1915. We have got to have men with brains and hus- tle who can arrange to meet the notes. You cannot expect it of a man who does not know with- in $30,000 of what is in the city treasury, or of a man who_ would submit a fool proposition for sewer plans to cost three and a half million dollars. If you put in a man who cannot arrange to pay those -notes it will be many a day before you get any more money. Pattullo is the only man I can see for txe position. H. F. McRae said continuous suggestion in a newspaper would wear a hole in the public opinion. That is what we are up against. A lot of sympathy had been won for the opposition because of the nasty tions. If the opposition would come out with a charge it would give us a chance to fight back. But they dare not. They have nothing but nasty venom. Mayor Pattullo’s administration had been free of party feeling. That had probably disappointed some people, but that was why the speaker was going to support him. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners. said he had given all his time to Phone 4. E-MPRESS A splendid comedy with “PARSON J Founded on Longfellow’ tiful.” An ter time. “WHERE JEALOUSY ... 1O-NIGHT.... “DOCTOR BRIDGET” From the Vitograph Studios. An excellent Western picture from the Lubin Studios. “VISION BEAUTIFUL” “WINTER LANDSCAPES IN FINLAND” interesting travelogue through Finland in the win- From the studios of Pathe Freres, Paris. — THEATRE Mr. Bunuy in the title role. AMES” s poem “The Legend Beau- LEADS” A Pathe drama. insinua-: EX DURES rte a z % 5 i