———LLGLALLLLE LOO, . LLL LLL wos > “") THE DAILY NEWS GRUNTY GRUNDY SAYS: Apparently Wm. Manson did not assist the mayor last year to get the government to guarantee the bonde because he was afraid of what the neighbors would say. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS” SREMENDOUS COST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAl LWAY | ARCONI SCANDAL AGAIN INTERESTS GREAT BRITAIN—BIG SALARY F _ FOR BASEBALL PLAYER j | ERY DULL DAY IN HOUSE GOVERNMENT BILLS READ — TIME TAKEN UP WITH DISMISSAL OF ALLEGED PARTI- SANS IN NOVA SCOTIA ‘ al kc Che Daily News during which railways men commence construction was dis- 13.—There was ssed It was suggested that n the house of they be allowed one year to com- \ few govern-|mence and complete in three. advanced a stage.! * J. J. Douglas’ bill respecting | were also voted|the Calgary and Edmonton rail-| bills considered.| way received its second reading. taken up in con- \ bill to amend the Canadian he dismissals by!Shipping.Act was introduced by of alléged parti-| ion. J. D. Hazen, Who said that seotia. the new provisions do not apply to limit the time) in inland waters. DUSE OF LORDS ACTIVE MARCONI SCANDAL RESUMED IEF WITNESS IN INVESTIGATION ARRESTED IN PARIS— WHOLE TRIAL MAY BE GONE OVER AGAIN A c vecial to The Daily News. members in the lords intend t Feb. 14 Che conflict |reopen the investigation into the Marconi share affair which cre- we twp: ROG eee ited so much excitement last emphasized by! ,a». This announcement is co- passing 40) jncident with the report of the iddress. This!arrest in Paris of C. E. Fenner, lustrated next/the stockbroker interested in the ection It is| Marconi deals, who bankrupted the Unionist |and absconded. MISS CANADA'S NINETEEN-FOURTEEN VALENTINE nite, 1" > Daily News » of the report on the the railway lies in construction Transontinental repudiating the government eastern section on completion. of the road, $234,000,000, will charges upon the EASTERN SECTION WILL COST G. T. P. $15,000 A DAY RENTAL POSSIBILITY THE GRAND ‘TRUNK MAY REPUDIATE DEAL AND THROW ROAD BACK ON GOVERNMENT'S HANDS The rea! National the Grand over the lessees of nearly $15,000 per diem. That burden the G. T. P. will likely refuse to assume. If the agreement be repudiated the result will be that the whole eastern section, from Moncton t: Winnipeg, will remain a charge upon the government and would either have to be operated by them or allowed to pass into the hands of some other railway at a rental far below what the G. T. P. expected to pay and at a con- sequent loss to the country. » Province » discussion on the Muni-_ cipal Act before the legislature in Tuesday Dr. McGuire It is very pretty and has a little string to it. —By Harry Moyer “Tt strikes me that the provin- might as well ely be business and, naturally | ap. attached to numbered tickets the Conservative niment will be fer of the tele-|[rene Gampp, Georgina Hunter, Was cutting up}Helen Morrison, Isabel Kirkpat teeth of the hog|Hdna Haslett and Great McLeod,| Fitzmaurice, d nugget about Phe annual meeting of the|Smith ¢ » chairman of the Prince Rupert Liberal Associa out two weeks wed a Mr. Tal echanie of the for the purpose of electing offi- ers for the ensuing year and the * PROC O UO UBUUOBOUBOUB BU UAU BRU UAO UGE URERE UE ORPHEUS GLEE CLUB GRAND CONCERT IN WESTHOLME THEATRE Wednesday Evening, February 18th * Ai 8:15 Sharp. Reserved BORO ria ee oe. $1.00 Area Seats (Unreserved ................ 7150 Baloony (ONPORRIRET Oe ho re 500 re requested to be in theirs seats at 8.15 sharp, Ors Will be closed during the performance of imber, ? FE I I I a a ag ag rks tok SOOISISISISIIINIIIO OID ogni dnininioiniointidoeioiotietd attached to nuinered tieket| tin year it Tooked «hm '&s] HIGH SCHOOL DANCE history ot" the! WAS. GREAT SUCCESS entitling the lucky little guests] thoug presents bearing the corres-|perou tary considerable ilso presented the H. 8. Clements, ponding numbers A pretty bas- | bos | have a sec-1] Kat favour was set at each place of their own] Judging by the gaiety and laugh- (hese appointments ter everyone seems to have had])) ery soon, a thoroughly good time. Miss Muriel’s guests included =the | showed Nugget in Hog's Head Misses Dorothy Tremayne, Con-| being LColo,, Feh., 18 | stance McMullin, Helen and Warren of Dil | Mary McLean Bernice Palmer, ike head cheese} rick, Violet Mortimer, Ruth Rix,]| Cole Giscovered that} Dorothy Tovey, Rhoda Morrison,|H. Smith, joint of her} Notice say, | islett, who left|tion will be held in St. Andrew's | mittee ‘ncouver, will be |hall on Friday, Feb, 19 at 8 p. m.|had } transaction of any other hbusiness|sug \t White Horse | that may come before it. P. W.]privil n that city. {Anderson, Secretary . . 36-40] membe! was comm to deal with Horticu tural and arrangements holding Tuesday, ing horticults dress on order and King beutifying oO Glee day Presbyterian = 1 PERT PILOT BOARD = | Victoria Won Hockey match {BOARD OF TRADE GETS | | RESIDENT PHYSICIAN ee ? anso > > } i Bie tg Sg ae 13 NEW MEMBERS | Wm. Manson, M. P. P., FOR CITY HOSPITAL 0) BE APPOINTED SOON i 4s has made a speech on the | Ca Se |W was ne essary to play 36|Monthly Meeting “Shows Lively Municipal Act. According $|Board Decided to Have One but i Consist of Five Members | rida hyertine.. Interest in City’s Commer- | to the report in the papers Appointment Not Yet Who Will Select | ‘The league standing is as Welfare he devoted it to protecting $| Made Pilots } lows the interests of the other 3) oe “Rupert S| W I Pet thirteenth)? provinces of the Dominion 3} The petition and recent agita- 1 big ocean]\ ria fe & 5 615)}and thirteen new|$ but the interests of Prince jtion for a resident doctor at the pac ~ :mers | \ int ver 6 7 i62}members elected to the board <¢ A Rupert and the Skeena dis- l city hospital apparently had { be} \ S 6 s 428 That « aE trict were quite forgotten. leffect on the hospital manage- 1a p s | good luck.|3 Strange to say, Mr. Manson $|ment. The board met yesterday | Valentine Hostess Ger t's 1¢1$ said nothing at all on the land decided te have their own ibout com Miss Muriel Owen, Chief Con-] showed interest in t ine| clause which prohibits a physician in the buildings. This nt Of Aalcgtable Owen's little daughter was | organization for city having municipal own- question has’ been under consid- i vill consist of |i), proud hostess at a delight , who occupied] ership without the consent eration for some time, and the duty’ it will] f41 Valentine tea yesterdas Phe occasion to ex- of the Victoria government agitation probably hurried the harbor pi-|eentre decoration of the tea-table|press his thanks for his election dao! ision. sh a pilot station.|.as a large cake decorated with|to the From the en- Among the expenditures which board bal ———————E=E= resident doctor $2,000, loss the board Se ee }An Informal Evening Which Everyone Present Enjoyed asked for this amount. commissioner's eport | ee Another plan proposed by the publicity | = {finance committee is to sell progress in the| The dance given by “the High | rickets at $4 per month, payable financial! aid It}school students last evening was|annually. These tickets will en-}| | names of theya most delightful event Ihe;title the holder to free treatment. men, Wholevent was held in St. Andrew's The provincial government, elected: V. A.jhall and Principal Brady. ably|which now allows 75e per day for »» Finad C.)assisted by Mrs. Brady and all]each patient, will be asked to in- ofquist, G. S./the girls, made it a big suceess. |crease the allowance as the in-|! Rauk, J. A It was the third annual dance|creased cost of living has made| Brown , Mason Ram-|/by the students and each year|maintenance expenses higher, , R. J. D.|/the affair grows more popular. Tenders for groceries were re-}| Broderick .. . Mussallem. The decorations in the supper|ceived from Lynch Bros., $247.55 port com-/room were in blue and gold, the}and Musallem Grocery company, commissioner|school colors, and were’ vyery|$248.95. The lowest bid was ac- Dominion | pretty, The refreshments were] cepted. Frizzell’s meat market | appointing |dainty. Werner's orchestra fur-|got the contract for meat, being | her: He}nished the music. the only tender, request the About 80 were present, and —_--——- —— nominating one/|while everyone was in formal Another Indian Case information|dress, the evening was quite in- —_— with the/formal in character, and all en- Wm. Nelson was in police Blossoms From Muskeg and were charmingly attired in}He was found in a drunken state meeting of the|"eWw sowns, yesterday with an Indian woman was held a named Mrs. Nelson of Kincolith. made for St. Valentine’s Day He claimed he had been living meeting on ——o~e with her four years, having met| that meet- February 14th has been kept] her in Vancouver. The woman provincial/as the festival of St. Vatentine|was also charged with being give an ad-|since very early times. It was|drunk. The case was adjourned | until Monday for further evid- muses believed that on this day birds getables ence. vege" began to couple, hence no doubt » socie s x niiiaaieniee ofey e arose the notion of sending let- Giese ‘ibaibioe Won ters containing professions of Vancouver, Feb. 14 George ae love and affection on this day.| Walker, the Canadian middle. | Orpheus|Lovers of Séott will remember|weight wrestler, defeated Sam Wednes-|how old Simon Glover reminded! Clapham of London, England, » weekly meeting}his daughter Catherine, the Fair|two straight falls for the title club will be}Maid of Perth, that “to-morrow/winning both falls, The first! 17th, is St. Valentine’s Day when every/ fal! took 34 minutes 15 seconds 37-39 |bird chooses her mate.” the second 30 mins. 40 sec. done with it. proposals the evidence to all the for- that the only > purchaser will have whether the municipality is actu- ; ally good for the amount. On this , it is the well-known poliey government to} is appointed to straighten out will be made this year are $2,000 orX-ray machine, improved kit- of munici- government have been all British | LLIAM MANSON CHAMPIONS ~ OTHERS BUT FORGETS SKEENA DEBATE ON MUNICIPAL act 8 SHOWS FIGHTING CALIBRE OF PRINCE RUPERT’S MEMBER—AFRAID OF WHAT THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT SAY doubt the deficit would be met from the provincial treasury rather than allow a default.” What Would Others Say? Mr. Wm. Manson of Skeena, on the other hand, is inclined to take a somewhat different view. “If you guarantee municipal: bonds out and out,” says he, “you are Hable to get into trouble. Muni- cipalities will be coming here to get power to issue bonds, and when the government says ‘You are already in debt deeper than you ought to be,’ the municipal- ity will reply: ‘Oh, that makes no difference. As long as we have the government guarantee we can sell them all right.’ How are the provincial authorities going to be able to stand the pressure? | Moreover, it must be remember- Columbia municipalities by see led that if British Columbia un- indebtedness paid in due} municipality gets | financial trouble a receiver | with that all the other provinces its|}shall do the same. We would f the money needed|hear from the other provinces if cannot be col-|}we got them into a fix of that | dertakes to guarantee such bonds the investing public in Great Britain is sure to demand forth- have no kind.” chen $2,000, renovating and kal- H PRINCE RUPERT CLUB somining old building 81,000, WON BILLIARD MATCH | maintenance $3,000, totaling $10,000. The city council will be billard match be- » Prinee Rupert club and » Wanderers club was held last evening with eight teams on each club won by scores were; Wanderers 1 122! Melville 2 165|Davey .... 2 250) Pooler 1 189| Russell 2E jJoyed it thoroughly. The young court this morning charged with ladies were all splendid dancers procuring liquor for an Indian. oe or = Ot o- ( w BALL PLAYER’S SALARY $10,000 AND BONUS Johnny Evers Signs Four Year Contract With Boston Nationals Special to The Daily News New York, Feb. 414.— Johnny Evers has signed a contract to ?) play for four years with Boston National league club at a salary of $10,000 a year and a bonus of $20,000. The contract provides that he wili not be traded or sold 226] without his consent and contains 239)a clause that he should receive 250|MeMillan .. 199| additional money if the club fin. ishes the season first, second or 17104 third, EMPRESS THEATRE .O-NIGHT... PART 2-—-BEAU BRUMMEL—Beau B Richard Mansfield, is here produced by the Vitograph Company with » James Young in the title role. PART 3-——PATHE’S PART 1—A WOMAN OF IMPULSE—A well acted drama from the Pathe ‘ rummeil, made famous by the late it Is a most attractive ploture. WEEKLY REVIEW OF INTERESTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. PART 4—THE LOVE THEFT—A fine story from the detective, Eseanay ‘ PART 5-—-THREE BLACK RAGS—A rattling good comedy from the Vito- PART 6—-ALONG THE COLUMBR—A scenic from Pathe Studios THE GREAT PRAYER OF THE ARABS—An Oriental from the’ Pathe NOTE—The program being a very long one, there will only be two complete shows given. The first will start at 7:15, the second at @ SnD i io JOROIIOIC RR toi nininII OO tot tO otetotick