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THE DAILY NEWS

 

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RUPERT, B. G.,,

WEDN ESDAY,

FEBRUARY 18,

 

 

 

1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

 

     

 

|ANGMAN MAKES HORRIBLE BLUNDER AT CALGARY

LING GEORGE WANTS CANADA TO SHOOT AT BISLEY—REDISTRIBUTION BILL SECOND READING

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

MEXICAN BANDIT CAUGHT
FDISTRIBUTION RECEIVES LP Sita
Man Responsible for Tunnel Dis-
SECOND READING aster in Which 50 Lives Lost
a Special to The Daily News
WILFRID ASKS INCREASE IN COMMITTEE TO HANDLE El Paso, Feb, 17.—The Mexi-
BILL—WANTS REPRESENTATION FOR EACH PROVINCE can bandit Maxir Castillo, who
BORDEN WILL CONFER WITH OPPOSITION HEAD is charged with responsibility of
= the Cumbre tunnel! disaster, in
Che Daily News now. ‘There should be a member}which 51 lives were lost, was
4 pe jfor ¢ each province, besides an in-}captured 38 miles south of Sa-
Feb. 17.—The redis-| pease of two to give the west|chita by American troops. This
received its second |jetter representation. In clos-|information was conveyed by|
which was, as ex-jing the debate Mr. Borden said|General Smart, commanding of-|
ed by Hon. R. L. Bor-|that while he was disposed to]cial, in a telegram to Captain
me diseussion the|think that the smaller commit-|White of the Ninth United States |
ed the adjournment |tee would be best, he would con- |cavalry.
until Thursday.|sult with the leader of the oppo- Sled desi |
the adjournment sition in regard to the proposal |
estion of Sir Wil-|for nine members In regard “CELEBRATED Gt GOLDEN
hat the committee|Prince Edward Island's repre- | WEDDING ANNIVERSAR
ndaries of the con- | sentation he maintained that}
¢ |
hould consist of | parliament could legislate on the
of seven mambera) lanbiject subjeet to the subsequent ee Western Pioneers ae
{903 there were | ratification of any chang’ by the ave Many Dltles y
'
vinees, not nine as|]imperial parliament. } Sf
a Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Carey,
] USE B C WwooD VANCOUVER MINISTER who run a restaurant on First
.™« SURPRISED WITH RUPERT eUnhio. neat. then “wWesthoime
IN LONDON BUILDING R my RE f Vancouver Lumber company, yesterday cele-
ey. A. L 0 anco
: has met a great surprise in the brated their golden anniversary
jor Decorations Will Be of | climate of Prince Rupert. Com- They are two of the greatest
itish Columbia Marble, ling so far north and to within 50|Pioneers in western Canada Mr.
Says Premier McBride lmiles of Alaska, he naturally|Carey having the distinction of
| thought that a fur-lined coat and having votes in the first Ree
McBride 108) week | ther winter garb would be in alty elecuions a Winnipeg, : oe
tation from the | order. His delightful surprise | £#!Na, Caigary, Vancouver, eIHOR
Association of|can be imagined when he discov- a Prince wipe es are .
¢ _ e ate “re ejhappy couple, with many Triends
hia called on him|jered that the climate here i we iota
jj even milder than that of Van- here and thi ugh ut the west.
efinitely promised] | uver Mr. and Mrs. Carey were mar-
1 used in the abepy Writing to a friend in the east ried in Dublin, Ireland wher.
ee weer ‘ly he said that the weather here|™rs. Garey was ee of
¥ snes onabta now was very much like May in Perr They came to Canada soon
EL a 4, Ontario, with the evenings a lit-|@fler.
famous fir of this ¥ es ; . dahon a Among the recornitions ‘ re-
: _ |tle more crisp and the days a fe
Richard went fur-| 7 t deal warmer ceived vesterday was a telegram
that the marble of }°P°" : ose oe of congratulation from a daugh-
ia would be used 4 j ter in St. Paul, Minn. and a
m South
s of the interio1 Many From 8 handsome ongraved piece of sil-
Phis was very Passenger list of the steamer Ye from Mr. M. Albert of the
manufacturers,| George arriving at Westholme Lumber company.
ed themselves to-), : 5 ay ae a iar ea
. uroose of furth ’rince Rupert this morning WINS
W eitish Colum. | Peters, JR. Matthews, Mr. Min-1VICTORIA TEAM |
: Miss Thompson, Miss oy
d manufactures. |) Edwards, Mr. Saunders, Mr. PROVINCIAL HOCKEY
Kelly Fi Dock Harvey, Mr. White, Mrs A
ony ee ae tedde, J. Dilman, W. Dickenson, |Will Leave Shortly for the East
ate x Kells N. F. Adams, ©, Coldershaw, W. to Play for the World’s
eid Youngman, R. D. Ross, J. Sparo, Championship
a a few days ag0]( M. Shirley, Mr. York, Mr. Chil- Pie ip.
with a load of|eock, T. Mack, Mr. Reeve, F. Special to The Daily News
reported having|Mr. Tunnell, A. B. Brown, H. Sil- Untonivar  Weh?48,—In- the
Monday. The Proy-jverthorn, Mrs. Hamblin Miss hockey game last night Victoria
Ihe steam fishing] Freeman, Miss Silverthorn, Mr./ defented Vancouver by a score of
Kelly, owned by] Oldershaw, W Wilcox M. Young five goals to four with seven
Fish & Cold Stor-|Mr.. Mantey, Mr. Anderson and], jnutes’ overtime.
arrived this morn-| wife, J. H Deavey, Mr. Allan and Victoria thus gets the champ-
Rupert, bringing | wife, Mr. Woddthorpe, Mrs. De-}ijnship and goes east on Mareh
h f halibut secured by|mers, Mr. Renals, J. Nard, W a, 2nd to play for the world’s title
fleet and ~trans-|Killz, A. Pride, J. 8. Dull, M Weds tig a a
Che Andrew. Kelly| Wright, Mrs. McNeill, Miss Rae, Killed at Granby
Great Northern] F. J. Miller, Mr Devlin, Mr. To- Chris Johansen. erseaman om:
: the first vessel to| bey and wife, Miss Smith, Mr ployed on the barge Henry Vil
mags McL60od. lard, was killed at Granby Bay
spd , last week by falling into the hold
TLAND OUTFIELDER Grand Concert Tonight of the ship. A coroner's jury
SOLD TO VICTORIA Scns brought in a verdict of acciden-
The sale of seats for the grand tal death. The deceased shipped
The Daily News coneert in the Westholme thos. aboard the barge at Tacoma a
Keb. 18.—Christo-]tre tonight has been very large}).. weeks ago and is unknown lo
An OnD the Portland; and practically all the reserve)... of the other members of the
eague outfielder,|}seats have been sold. The Or-| ay dt is thought he has
the Vietoria team by!pheus society promise a good friends in Seattle.
Nick Williams, program and the evening will be ae ge
E one which musie lovers will Mrs. (Dr.) McNeill, who re-
‘meses, King of Egypt,” aj|appreciate, mained over in Vancouver for a
r) Photoplay, at the Empress es short time after her recent trip
ght, Mrs. Demers, who has been] ii) the Doctor to Europe, ar-
—— visiting in the south for some].i..q home this morning She
um Pioneer Cleaners.|weeks, returned on the Prince}... geeompanied by her sister,
George today. Miss Rae, who will visit her for
=isome time,

 

Reserved Seats

Area Seats (Unreserved
Balcony (Unreserved)
Pati are requested
doors will be closed
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ROBO ROLLA LAL ALLURE AI ARAL AA RA AE

Orpheus Glee Club
GRAND CONCERT

IN WESTHOLME THEATRE

TO-NIGHT

At 8:15 Sharp.

to be in theirs seats at 8.15 sharp,

during the performance of

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“Rameses, King of Egypt,” a
superb photoplay, at the Empress
tonight.

 

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF
PYTHIANISM

All Knights of Pythias
and their friends are re-
quested to be present at the

Cue
the
the

Castle Hall, Thursday ev

ing at 8:15, to celebrate

Golden Anniversary of

Order.

Special Public Ritualistic
Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE
The annua ‘eting of
the Prince Rupert Liberal
Association will be held in
St. Andrew's Hall, Thurs-
day, Feb. 19, ai 8 p. m., for
the purpose of electing of-
ficers for the ensuing year
and the transaction of any
other business that may
come before it. P. W. An-

derson, Secretary

 

 

 

CLOUDBURST WROUGHT
TREMENDOUS HAVOC
The News
18.—A
in the

Daily
Feb.

havoc

Special to
“Oviedo, Spain,
cloudburst wrought
of Oviedo, submerging the
country and the lower part of
the town is flooded. The resi-
dents took refuge on the roofs of
the In the dis-
tricts hundreds of have
been away several
roads are

city

houses. country
cattle
and

The

swept
houses collapsed
inundated.

COMMITS SUICIDE
ON EVE OF TRIAL

Great Graft Hunt Started by
Sulzer Claims Its First
Human Toll

Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17.—John
J Kennedy, state treasurer,
committed suicide yesterday at
the Markeen hotel, where he had
lived with his family He was
found in a small lavatory off the
hotel ballroom with his throat
cut. An open knife was lying on
the floor beside him. His jugu-
lar had been severed and he died

Tempo-
by worry

before a doctoy arrived.
insanity, induced
his impending appearance
before a New York grand jury,
where District Attorney Charles
S. Whitman has been conducting
a John Doe graft enquiry,
District Attorney
Dimberger to be the only
that be assigned for
Kennedy's act.

The
the

rary
over

Is Salt
Michael
reason
Mr

by

ean

of the treasurer or
of his examination in the

suicide
eve

John Doe grand jury investiga-
tion started through the Sulzer
case, will not halt the enquiry
into his office and affairs.

 

KING WANTS CANUCKS
AT BISLEY MATCHES

Ban on Ross Rifle Work of a
“Jumping Jimmy

Showman”

London, Feb. 18.—At a meet-
ing of the National Rifle associa.
tion, Major Pixley, Major Fleteh-
er, Mr. Tippins and other well-
known riflemen hoped that it
would go forth from that meet-
ing to the Canadian minister of
militia, Col. Sam Hughes, that
the N. R. A. had not created the

referring
Ross rifle feature,

present difficulty,
cifically to the

spe-

but that it was entirely the work
of a “jumping Jimmie showman"
with the war office name not

specified

The speakers commended Cal,
Hughes for the bold attitude he
had taken up Lord Cheyles-
more hereupon read a_ letter
from his King George,
expressing his earnest hope that
Canadians would not be prevent-
ed from attending at Bisley this
year,

majesty

Northbound

the fol-
vester-

took
north
Broderos, F, G,
comb, J. W. Brown, G,
Box, Cecil Craig, J. Weldon,
Bennett, N. Johnstone, W.
main, Jos, MeCaffery, M. Miller,
I’. MeNeil, W. Bootler, G, Hamil-
ton, Tom Muirhead, F. Norris, A.
Bain, and M. Chillow,

Maquinna

passengers

The
lowing
day: Geo.
Fortune,
Geo,

Buy a ldét in Port Edward be-
fore the railroad is completed.
39-tf

Hal- |

 

GRUESOME EXECUTION WAS

HIGH COST OF LIVING
COMMISSION AT WORK

Special to The Daily News ACCOMP ED AT CA [ GARY
Ottawa, Feb i8 The high | LISH
cost of living commission has de- |

 

cided to visit western Canada and

BODY OF MURDERER WAS cur “DOWN FROM SCAFFOLD BE-

will leave for Winnipeg on Mon- FORE LIFE WAS EXTINCT
day. Their plans after reaching oy ST eee ee eae ’
: Special to The Daily News lation in their presence shocked
Winnipeg are not matured, but . a cm ;
iera , Calgary, Feb. 18.—The execu-|the officials and the coroner’s
it is likely that the commission : ;
tion of Casper Collins, who mur-|jury severely condemned -the
will split, one-half going on to ; , . , ok h
eMina. Bdmonton, Calgary, Van dered J. P. Benson, will go on|hangman and expressed’ the
ae ; rome 2? *“"~ Tl record as the most bungled af-jopinion that the sentence of the
couver and Victoria, while the ; pee ‘ PR hr cic ‘ :
PnAe ail abies “vinit cat fair of its kind in the criminal|court was not carried out owing
other ‘obe s » ‘ é 54
pe ; a te it, 1} annals of Canada. The execu-|to the faet that Collins was not
ar e “OV "es. *
ee a ee tioner cut down the body before|hanged by the neck until dead.

They suggest that in the interest
of the publie an investigation be
held.

life was extinct and the uphappy
man died partly from a disloca-
tion of the neck. The strangu-

POPULAR ENGINEER
BRINGS HOME BRIDE

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tobey Were
Greeted by Host of Friends at
Prince George This Morning

RAILWAY FOR NAAS VALLEY
RECEIVED DOMINION CHARTER

 

 

The Prince George was all
dolled up in her gay rags this i ates ei Burs
morning when she drew into} eN@tisH COAL BARON HEAD OF SYNDICATE—TO TAP THE
port,. She had aboard the popu- GROUNDHOG COAL FIELDS, PEACE RIVER COUNTRY
lar resident engineer of the G. T. AND ATHABASCA
P. and his bride. The occasion ve
was made one of a warm re-| Ottawa, Feb. 17.—Northern|for the company, has made much
Tacs d7'« Witheyiialan animpeeaa British Columbia is likely to have}out of the fact that the chief
‘Co Miaa Lada iohavdla Bamand another railway line. “The rail-|factor in the projecting of the
in Sayers, near Boston, on Mon-]| Way committee of the house has|jine is D. A. Thomas, probably
day, February 9. The marriage] #ranted a charter to the Pacific, the largest coal operator ia
took place at the home of .the]Peace River & Athabasca rail-|Gpeat Britain. It is proposed to
bride’s mother in that place. It|@Y: which proposes to construct tap the splendid coal areas of
was a quiet affair and the bride| 1:200 miles of line in northwest-|the Canadian northwest and par
and groom left immediately after|¢™™ Canada. ticularly the smokeless coal de-
for the west. They arrived in The proposed route of the|posits in northern British Co-
Prince Rupert this morning and|railway line is north of the G. T.||umbia, which would be used for
a great many of Mr. Tobey's|P. It starts from the Pacific, as|the British navy.

friends were on the dock to greet|at present specified, from the The railway committee passed
them. Rice and well wishes}mouth of the Naas river, and|an amendment to the Esquimalt
were contributed in equal pro-| passes eastward through North-|& Nanaimo railway charter ex-
portions. ern British Columbia and the tending the time for the con-
Mr. and Mrs. Tobey will occu-| Peace river country to Prince|struction of the line on Vancou-
py Mr. J. C. MeLennan’s house onj| Albert. ver Island by two years.
Fourth avenue for the present, It is designed, aecording to the Preliminary surveys for this
and later will reside in the new]promoters, to open up particu-|road have been made for some
apartment house on Taylor St. larly vast coal, tar, and mineral] time. It is said the company
ee areas, The route designed is|contemplates using Nasago gulf
WILLIE RITCHIE AGREES one that taps several fields|for a harbor, There is a splen-
known to be rich in these re-|did townsite between the gulf
TO FIGHT AD WOLGAST sources. and Iceberg bay on the Naas
Col. Thompson, the counsel|river side of the peninsula.

 

 

Thousand Dollars |= : —————

"ted Forty per Gant ofthe” | OBJECT TQ DAY FARES
ON TOURIST SLEEPERS

Fight Receipts
Railways Make Protest to Rail-

SKEENA SYNDICATE.
FISHING FOR s/f

Expect to Start Halfbdt F shing

Francisco, Feb. 17.—
Ritchie has signed articles

san

Villie

 

 

for a ten-round match with Ad :
+ 1 o 7 s tee aves on. Marah way Commission Against i About the Firat of
Ole-aS « a i c ) We |
10 Under the terms of the Such Fares } March
igreement Ritchie will get $10,- Special to The Daily News . ab ee ;
000 with the privileges of 40 per Ottawa, Feb. 18.—Representa- an eee of a Aaa 7. River
nt of the fight receipts. tives of the C. P. R., the Grand syndicate returr aysport

this morning. , 4 Says his com-

Trunk and the C. N. R. appeared

 

 

   

Back “From Eastern Trip before the board of railway ccm..|P@ny intends di: og satmon fish-
Mr. N. Scheinman of the Acme|missioners today to protest|'™S this year and will buy from
Clothing store, returned yester-|against giving day seat fares in independent fishermen, Today
lday on the Princes Maquinna. He] tourist sleeper, claiming it would the company have a herring boat
has been absent some weeks on|erowd the cars with an undesir-|5¢!ming in the harbor, the first of
an eastern buying trip to Toron-jable class of passengers. this season's, active operations.
to, Montreal and New York. The Mr. Bell of the Grand Trunk They hope to get a couple of
Acme will put in a very large new] objected to day eat fares because hundred tows of bait, although
stock when they move into their}/any one joining a sleeper at a the season is getting a little late.
new store next to the Empress|wayside station who was only| out March ist they will start
theatre, and Mr. Scheinman has|going a few miles would out-turn halibut fishing.
beei purchasing spring and|passengers using the car as a The company’s schooners to
summer stock for this purpose. | sleeper. be used in connection with dory
eee ee eee The commission reserved| fishing are in Vancouver and
New Fishing Outfit judgement. ° will come up the coast in a few
Harry Watson & company ——— -- —_—__——— days.
have recently completed the out- Port Avena:  Gtters ideal in-
fitting of their new boat the Ilajdustrial sites. sotf BANISH BULLY BOWSER.
for halibut fishing. The boat is s muieemniinemmiamenied
a trim and snug power craft and] _

equipped with the very best gear.
She went out to the fishing banks
Monday and may return any time

Empress THEATRE

 

 

 

now with a eatch, There are
many small independent fishing
craft on the waterfront now, but ... LO-NIGHT...
none of them have anything on Ee
the Ta, 6—B8IG PROGRAM IN SIX PARTS—6
PART 1—PATHE’S WEEKLY REVIEW — Showing great happenings
throughout the world, Including scenes from Liverpoo! and other
parts of England.
GR A N. D B A L Er PART 2—THE FARM HOUSE ROMANCE”—A Max Linder comedy.
“DIONNES ON THE HORIZONTAL BAR”—A fine acrobatic.
PART 3—‘RAMESES, KING OF EGYPT’——Part 1.
under the auspices of
PART 4—“RAMESES, KING OF EGYPT"——Part 2-—A magnificent hie-

torical picture of ancent Egypt; a thrilling i enacted amidst
the magnificent courte of the Pharoahe of Boyt. The marr
ceremony. The high priest invoking the good will of the Diety.
story of a powerful monaroh and a beautiful shepherdess.

some of the great scenes shown in this superb set of plotures.

Fire : Department

in St. Andrew's Hall |
Second Avenue |

FRIDAY, FEBRAURY 20th

Tickets: Gentlemen $%2,00
ladies free.

“PART 6—"THE PRICE OF JEALOUSY”-—A western from Lubin Studios.

PART 6—"TWO GAY DOGS AT CONEY ISLAND’—-A reatiy COMICAL
Comedy from the Selig Studios.

Our tonight's program being a very eng one, only two complete
shows will be given. The first starting at 7:15, the second @ o'clock.

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