THE DAILY NEWS E DAILY NE GRUNTY GRUNDY SAYS: 1 ley to have Rip Van fe Prince Rupert's leading Paper winkte? tor Were. he might ‘net OLEAN RELIABLE ALIVE =e wa a — = — = nt OL. V., No. 156 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS _ on sepeeiiniiliiian = = = aaa UGHWAYMEN ROBBED ITCHIE CRIED LIKE A CHILD WHEN HE HEARD DECISION ENT WAS CHEERED AS BRITISH VICTORY—SOME AMERI- CANS PRESENT DISSATISFIED — WELCH GOT THE DECISION IN TWENTIETH ROUND Special to The Daily News Kitehie repeatedly on the face and don July Xx Freddie | finally drew blood, ithoxed Willie Ritchie in| titchie tried continually to get rounds, and on the ref.|a knockout but either was a little decision won the light-|short or Welsh got inside or un ht championship of thelder his swings. dj As a British vietory it} Ritchie broke down when the cheerd to the echo although | decision was given, and was in was some dissat sfaction | tears when he went to his dress ressell by American specta-l|ing room He refused to talk it the decision because, they| then. ed, neither man was beaten| At the hotel Ritchie said: “I do the finish not intend to holler, but I think t was a fine exhibition of box-|at the worst I should have got- rhe struggle during the last|ten a draw. Welsh was holding inds was of a hurricane |back all the time, and I was doing cher jthe fighting Therefore I think sh was quicker and tapped!the decision was unfair to me.” OF. INSTALLATION {EMPRESS WRECK DF OFFICERS LAST NIGHT! DECISION WILL BE ce Rupert Lodge rain GIVEN SATURDAY Officers Last Evening * a ’ Montreal ssion of Spect The Dally News 8 rhe into the disaster e Pr July nstalled as fi at a br Secretar com Em ex Sat 1. © n ince Kupert Lodge, inquiry Ireland ite de ording to advices from The collier Storstad the Admiralty wn today Tt fieers last eve a t ; re Is llows i | wive Ss) non Ph ips MeNeil = il. M. Dagett hrank Satler Ne sold in Court ~wecretary is tinder the rer, 5. M B. Gillis itt He ! of N.G. Wm N.G., Ben Self. of V.G n V.8., Dr. I I Sweder \. Douglas s.. Kh. Walker MeDonald installed D.D.G.M ds M Kinley wton, the were Pp wre ‘BIG GOLD NUGGET “oo | PICKED UP IN ALASKA W. Kergin | | Second Largest Found in That | | | | | ter nick int District Weighs Over 137 Ounces = we ’ Allis ‘ast Gra un, M Barrie by as Alaska, 8 | The second largest nugget ever uod 1 few | Fairbanks, July riimer rhomp in Alaska was weeks ago in the camp, sixty Anectic Circle, rd received . Ferguson's Narrow Escape|iuo by J. W fie rhe nugget yunce was Kinney picked up Koyukuk north of according to few days | ina Douglas } af-| iments were served gold the miles tallation wi here McCord weighed 137% found by J. C, of Ester Creek, above discovery, Ham ond River \ |, who of Walla large property the cily, had a very nar ‘scape from killed aj! Hie had purchased | Kinney Portland Bill Redux it home, having iim on a the the pay out crossing went Ferguson, and is a formerly r in No, 4 being Murray and working the and are taking at a great rate. They edly picked up nug- 8200 to 8600, Charles nd lease ¥ auto and was are Mrs Fer-| him As railway the in 1 in car with as a have repe leaving him | ets W on ele d on the trac ks, t then id the curve d the dead car rie dead an express NOTICE the and came enginere put on L. oO. ! 10, bringing Meeting in ~ will have the K. of P Saturday, the members are re that night 30 p.m, for 156-9 a reency breaks eye \l attend on at 7 ain up within a few feet of| Hall, at on uilo }t4ith inst sational eut the now in ‘ tor prices open Anniversary | degree work Wal being at quested t Lodge will } ' Launch Ranger Ph. Blue 400, EEE EEE EE EEE EEE \ FEATURES The Magnificent Productions of ALL FEATURES THE FAMOUS PLAYERS ©O. 150 Yo and 160 Shown Exclusively at thie Theatre 10¢ and he Empress Theatre OMING! COMING!! COMING!!! On WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, July 8th, 9th THE BIG FEATURE ATTRACTION “THE MASTER MIND” 5 «~ In Five Parts - who brought PANY, HIS GREAT PRODUCTION 18 BY THE LASKY COM ut the wonderful “SQUAW MAN" Pictures which were chown, in x MPR some weeks ago. “THE MASTER MIND” |s even a ys or pees No one should miss an opportunity to see these splen Pp IMPORTANT jotwithstand| fact that these magnific a eden SS in the larger cities, we shall aqhere, striotly to our announcement of two weere ago and wi show them at the uniform price of TEN AND FIFTEEN CENTS L FEATURES grease “BIG FEATURED vo and 160 \Pevows EVERY WEEK - THREE FOI III III Inciokiniinininnin® . , » » a * > » FFFSeee uotlo ent plotures are being shown ALL FEATURES 100 and 160 x 5 a ” x x x x x x 5 x x x x ” “ . 4 x « ” 4 5 “ x x 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 a » 5 TCHIE WEPT WHEN WELSH GIVEN DECISION-THIR MAJOR R. W. LEONARD TENDERS RESIGNATION Minister of Raliways Will Take Over Work of Completing Transcontinental Ottawa, July 8.—Major R. W. Leonard, owing to the near com pletion of the Tranpeontinental Railway and tt demands of his private affairs upon his time, has tendered his » resignation wae transeontinental commissioner A bill adopted at the recent session enables Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Railways, to exercise the powers and dis- charge the duties of the commis- sion and under his personal sup- ervision the work will be pleted. In asking to be relieved Major Leonard bas offered the Ministe: the benefit of his advice and as sistance regarding transactions during bis term of office, an offer of whieh the Minister himself. ITINERARY FOR BOARD OF TRADE EXCURSION Over Hundred Businessmen and Wives Will Spent Thirty com- will avail Hours at Sea Arrangements were eompleted this morning for the itinerary of the Board of Trade’s exeursion to Granby Bay and Stewart on July 15th, when over one hundred businessmen and their wives will spend thirty hours at sea on board the good ship Prince Rup- ert rhe visitors will leave mid- night mext Wednesday arriving it Granby Bay the following morning at 6:50. Breakfast will be served sharp it 7 am. so as to permit all de. g ft board the train to be provided by the Granby Consoli dated Company, at 8 a.m, to in spect the smelter and mine rhe vessel will leave Granby Bay at 14 a.m., and luncheon will be served at one o'clock. At this meal Mr. Ernest MeGaffey, head of the Provineial Government's publicity department, will give an address. rhe afternoon, during the trip up Portland Canal, will be devot- ed to games and a bridge tourna- ment for both ladies and gentle- men will be held, for which Cap- tain €. H. Nieholson has provid ed suitable prizes. At 4 p.m., af- ternoon tea will be served, rhe Prince Rupert will arrive mn Stewart at 5:30 p.m., giving the visitors two and a half hours at that pretty seaport. Returning home the boat will leave Stewart at 8 p.m..when din ner will be served. The even ing's tertainment includes a concert to be given by members of the crew and a dance to be fo!- lowed by midnight supper, Phe boat will reach port at 7 a.m. on Friday The above arrangements were passed upon at a conference on board the Prince Rupert this morning at which were present Oaptain D vard King, Davidson misstoner have already MacKenzie, Chief Ste- General Agent Albert and the Board's Com- Over one hundred signfled their inten tion of joining the exeursion, in eluding thirty and it essential that reservations be made at the office of the Gom- at a date some ladies, is missioner possible, as early as >_<» FOR SALE Five room fortable, an acre 200 chickens nicely housed, Sockeye, Mile 16, G, T, P, lent soil and “beautiful Price and terms 78, Daily News house, very of land tom- and at Excel location arranged, Box tf Handsome 97 piece dinner set to be given away at Wallace's. Kach of one dollar's worth of goods entitles you to a purchaser ticket for the drawing. 155.6 [= TEEN DROWNED AT SKAGWAY “AT NE ELTON SATURDAY REE EEE HEE H HOSPITAL TICKETS The Prineé Rupert General hospital are dssuing Hospital Tickets, which entitle the holders. to; free hospital treatment af the Institution including th services of the Resident Deetor, at the fol- lowing rates: Monthly Titkets...... $1.00 Six Months! Ticket. . $6.00 Tickets ape on sale at C, H. Orme'’s 2nd Ave. Drug- store and at the Hospital, or by mail fran the Secretary of the Hospital. RRR ERK HEHE RE RRR EEE EE * * * * * ” * * ° 7 . * o * * * * * * * RRR RR TRH H 7? a, #- Launch Cap in Lynn Canal ofr gway Last turday ” Skagway, Alaska, July 8. rhirteen persons were drowned Saturday in Lynn Ganal by the capsizing of qhe gasoline launch Superb, which, while bound from Skagway for guneau, with twenty persons aboatd, was struck by a heavy southefly gale. The dead are: | Henry Bermhofer, of Skagway. Oscar Carls of Seattle. Robert Saunders of Seattle. J. H. Bell, of Whitehouse, Y.T. Simam Rade ich of Whitehorse. Otis Oakes Joseph Logan. Lynch. Monte Price Thomas D noevan, Joe Logan M. Montuerien. Negro woman, known as Myr tle, from Haines, rhe saved are: Jud Matthews Kossuth Cassidy, George Boone rom Running, H. Orehard, Stan levy D and Peterson. rhe Superb set out from Skag- way Friday night, catrying pas to attend the Fourth of sengers July celebration at Juneau. At a point fifteen miles south of Haines the storm. struck the launch fu the face. The lit tle craft managed to turn about and run f Skagway. At 4 o'clock Saturday morning when the Superb was three miles from Skagway, a huge sea hit the stern at an angle and threw the launch to the trough of the waves The passengers were thrown to ® side of the boat, which heeled almost to the tip ping point A second large wave struck the Superb broadside and turned her over. Nearly all the passengers were thrown into the ity waters. Six clung to the bottom of the overturned launeh. The other survivor, rom Running, swam 100 yards to shore and elambor ed over the rocks to Skagway with news of the disaster. Boats that put out from Skag- way rescued the six persons to the launch and also reeovered the body of Logan. ANOTHER HAZELTON ROBBERY clinging A special to THE NEWS from New Hazelton says that yester- day highwaymen boldly. entered the Northern Hotel kept by R, J. McDonell in that town and de- liberately carired off the cash register. The hotel clerk was there at the time but was unable to prevent the robbery. Further details are not known Just yet, but Provincial Chief MoGammon left this morning for New Hazelton. me MANY JAPANESE GET FISHING LICENCES Receipts Issued at West. minster The New Westminster “British Columbian” publishes the follow- ing regarding the fish licence sit- uation in that district: “The Provincial police office staff are busy men thése days issuing the Provincial fishing tax receipts and today several hun- dred issued, the big ma- jority going to Japanese fisher- men, many of whom bring the papers and licenses of twenty or thirty of their countrymen, pay- mert being made by B. C. Pack- ers’ Association for the totals. “This morning quarters of the office and the small debts court room were crowded with the little brown fel- lows and a dozen or more were camped just outside the doors awaiting their turn. Many of the white fishermen have already paid their provincial tax and others are drifting in day by day.” DECISION LOSES HIM MILLION AND A HALF James Dunsmuir ‘Defeated in At- tempt to Secure Steamers and Bank Account were cheque the cramped . July 8.—Hon. Jas. former lieutenant- Vancouve Dunsmuil wove { British Columbia and the richest citizen of this prov- ines ses $1,500,000 in an ad- verse judgment delivered today by the privy council in London. lwo years ago Mr. Dunsmuir sold his coal mines on Vancou- ver Island to Sir William MecKen- zie and Sir Donald Mann for $11,_ 000,000, The new owners claim- ed that they bought the current iccount in the bank as well as a ‘ouple of steamers used in the ‘oal carrying trade between Union ind San Francisco, Mr. Dunsmuir, a few days be- fore the transfer oceurred, de- clared a * dividend to himself which wiped out the balance in the bank of several hundred thou- sand dollars. He also claimed that the coal mines alone were sold and not the steamers. The privy council has decided favor of the new owners with osts, ACTED AS SUPERS AT PICTURE PLAY How Premier Asquith and Other Prominent Persons Were Hoaxed n London, July 8—A colossal but hritliant hoax whereby the Pre- mier and Mrs. Asquith, the Dueh. of Rutland 150 prominent in the social and ar- life of London were made to play roles as supers in a mov- ing picture play was earried through successfully in the small hours this morning by that arch joker, Sir James Barrie, Gran- ville Barker, who will produce Barrie's new play in the fall, and George Bernard Shaw, who when the proceedings were fin. ished, let the eat out of the bag. The bait that lured the guests ess and others tistie Was an invitation from Barrie and Barker to a cinematograph supper in two aets at the Savoy lheatre, beginning at midnight. Ie electric power transmis- “BUNNY IN DISGUISE” - ae - sion line will cut straight aeross — Will Play New Hazelton country from the power house to No Advance in Prices! Seal Cove where it crosses Sha- Admission - = 100 and 180 rhe baseball club are making|watians Passage he clearing ee irrangements with New Hazgelton!/of this xhit f.way is finished} team to play two imatehes injand most of the post holes are | EST HOLM Prinee Kupert next week Thejduge ready the poles At) Cel Visitors are expected on Thurs.|Shawatians Passage a steel tow- | day of next week and will prob-jer will car the line across | O PE R A H OUSE ably play Thursday evening and The wat works portion of the! again on Friday, undertak starts at the power} New Hazelton now has a first! hous: \ \ is put in the 45) - GHT Class team and should give the|inch pipe and the city water sup. boys a good game, ply comes through an eighteen}, HINDUS WILL RETURN HOME CANNOT COERCE CANADIANS | POSED RIGHTS—MARU WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG—EXPECT CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO | PAY | (Special to The Daily News) Vancouver, July 8.—J. E. | solicitor for the ,either the plans diseuseed or any Bird, | other arrangements you may Hindus, has re-| make.” jceived this note from Gurdit; Mr. Bird did not disclose the | Singh: “We hereby instruct yOu) nature of the plans diseussed but j bo waive to the Board of Inquiry | is believed an appeal will be jall the rights of phose aboerd| , aiid the Catal |the Komagata Maru to enter orwarded' 0 _ a an Gove |Canada, and negotiate the return|¢rmment for substantial finan- of the Maru to Hong Kong under jcial asistance. —— READY FOR PERMANENT WORK ON HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT TRENCHING FOR PIPE LINES FINISHED—SOME PIPE LAID— ALL READY FOR POWER HOUSE AND DAM CONSTRUC. TION—WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED Just four months ago the city started on the undertaking to build a hydro-electric | power plant in the primeval forests and to bring light and power and wat- er to the city from the hills several miles east of the city. To- day the preparatory work of the big undertaking is complete and actual construction of the per- hHnanent plant has begun. The city officials anticipate at the present time that electric power developed from Wood- worth Lake water will be ready to be turned into the city on Novem- ber first. Their efforts are now strained to accomplish that pur- pose. inch steel pipe to Acropolis Hill Reservoir within the city. ‘The water supply pipe line runs around the northeast shore of Shawatians Lake and will con- nect up with the line laid to the foot of the lake last year, and through which the supply is now being pumped from Shawatlans Lake. Trenching for this eighteen inch water main is finished and about 1,500 feet of the pipe is already laid. The trenching for this line was comparatively a simple job as the water level of Shawatlans Lake was lowered several feet leaving a beach all around it, The pipe for this line distributed along the lake shore by a scow. 1s The scheme of work begins at the foot of Woodworth Lake, an This same scow and a gasoline irregular shaped body of water}poat serves as a means of trans. which nestles among the snow- portation from one end of the capped peaks away over on théliaxe to the other. There are maintand to the east. The lake wharves at either end. drains by a creek into Shawat-| Another railway a few hun- lans. At the top of this ereek qred feet Jong runs from tide the base is now being excavated i water to the foot of Shawatlans Lake. Thus at the present time the transportation facilities are ready the trenching for all the pipe | for a 25-foot concrete_dam. This dam wil! raise the level of Wood- worth Lake some 22 feet and it is estimated will store sufficient water to run the plant now being} jjnes is complete and the right of . put in for ten weeks without rain_|way for transmission line is fall or water from glacier |cleared. The actual construc- streams, tion of permanent work can now From the dam there will be a proceed, i5 inch steel pipe line running Shipments of pipe are coming in by every G. T. P. freight boat. Gravel for the concrete work on the dam will be brought in a to the power house a distance of 7,800 feet down the round figures about stream or in one mile and a half, This 45 inch pipe will] seow from a gravel bed up Wood feed the turbine in the power worth Lake. “i house under a 252 foot head. Yesterday the Gity Couneil, and representatives of the City Coun. cil were up to inspect the pre- he excavation for this big line was done by station work and is now complete. It is practically liminary work and to get in touch an eight foot roadway trenched| with the lay out of the ground along the side of the hill, Mueh/and local conditions. of it goes through sand and the Te bed of it has to be made of eor- For rent: Furnished house duroy on some portions. It is|ejose in. until October 4st. Apply wide —- te put a Tr W. M. Law, Fifth Ave. and Young lines, but only one wi ve pullse or L i y in at the present time. This r Lew-Retier.Lo, 454.158 trench or roadway cost about — “i $30,000 rhe big pipes will be hauled from the power house “A THRILLER” along the trench by horses and THREE BIG REELS OF EXTRAOA- wagon, DINARY INTEREST From.the power house to the head of Shawatians Lake, about three-quarters of a mile, a rail- way with plank walk between the ‘OFFICER JIM’ eracks has. been installed, ‘This |$ Pieplendld Lubin Posture thet witt , : , ’ ’ you speli-bound for f railway will be a permanent minutes in a veritable easton” means of transporting machin interest and excitement ery and. material from the head ——ae of Shawatlans to the power house, Also the Greatest of All Comedies