THE DAILY NEws THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly : Guaranteed Largest Circulation } H. F. MeRAR, EDITOR AND MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, 3rd Ave, Prince Rupert, B.C, Telephone 98. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch rates on application. DAILY EDITION E DITO Tomorrow Prince Rupert will | say farewell to a number of her sons who are going out to fight for the Empire. that prompt these men may be different, but their The motives all action tre of the big events that are making history. What part they will play the future has not yet disclosed, but they are to be trusted to give a good) account of themselves if they | get a chance. No better advice can be given than that of the} Roman matron with which she | sent her son to the fight: “Re- | turn with your shield or upon | it.” May they all return bear- ing their “shields” after hav- ing done honor to the cause they espoused. * @ There an old tradition that the planets stand. still while great events are happen- ing, or, as the poet puts it, “The heavens declare the birth of princes.” The battle of Waterloo has always seemed to be Shrouded with a halo that lent a touchofthesupernatural. The characters that walked across the stage of that time appear to be double their nor- size. We stand today amid bigger events than Waterloo because’ there at stake. The trouble, we is mal is more is that too get the perspective. Future generations will look back with amazement at the titanic struggle of 1915, and the men who have even played a little part—if they play it well—will be enrolled among our heroes. Where is the man who is not proud of his great grandfather who fought at Waterloo. The great grand- children of the present age will be just as proud of the men who will fight the battle of Berltn. * however, are to close * * * * A great deal has been heard about the just been has imposed upon the war tax which Canadian STEAM LAUNDRY a> Thursday, Feb. is thrusting them into the con: | | Contract i . 25, 1915. RIALS people of Canada. Canada is} right with the Empire in this} struggle and is quite prepared to pay her share. The strange teagan s! WILSON HESITATES TO BUY RAILROAD President Affected by Campaign Conducted Against Copper River System. Washington, D. G., Feb. 25. THE DAILY NEWS a FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS ABSOLUTE FAITH IN NAVAL SITUATION Minister of Marine Says France ly Not Intimidated by the Ger- man Blockade of British Ports. Paris, Feb. 25,—The. sinking by Germany of mefehant ships ts simply an extension to the sea of against non-combatants said Victor Augagneut her war on land,” While Secretary Lane, on behalf jof the President, was opening the | Exposition at San Francisco last Saturday the Senate in Washing- that which ton was doing just thing about the whole matter, |Secretary Lane feared would hap | however, is that the 7% per|pen should he be absent passing cont inerease duty on imports the sundry civil bill witheut an and the special war stamps|ttempt to raise the year's appro- which will be used on all let-fpriation for the Alaskan railroad ters, cheques, etc., are not for}over the $2,000,000 allowed by the the purpose of raising a war All the money will thereby raised required to make up the deficit of the government for this year. The cost of the war will be handed on to pos- revenue at all. which will be be terity—for what has posterity done for us? oe Everybody knows that the resonrees of every country on earth have been shruftk by the war. [ft is not on that therefore, that the Bor- den government is to be criti- Where they fell was in the unparalelled waste of public funds that took place prior to the war. In this issue there is reproduced an article from the Toronto Globe giving a list of these fearful extrava- The $35,000 which has been sunk in the local postof- and the its excavation great score, cized. down gances. site thousands in been duplicated all over ada. the publie fice wasted has Can- Indeed, wasteful ex- of Ottawa is a good deal similar to that on at penditure funds at which has been going Victoria. Both govern- “ments have shown a disregard that should a severe chastisement from the people. for publie funds receive Latest and Approved Methods \ Only Skilled Operators Empioyed Phone us and we will call for a trial bundle Vote Our Address: 616 SIXTH AVENUE WEST PHONE NO. 8 NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Canadian Steam Laundry Be Good To Yourself by basping in a aese physical trim and you wi friend to yourself and a pleas- ure to ons, Most sicknesses begin in the ordinary and minor ailments of the digestive organs, and for these nts 4 @ have become the most popeles remedy, because — we safe, so certain, an prompt in their beneficial action. They tone the stomach, stim- ulate the liver, regulate the bowels. By cleansing the pete and purifying the they prove that they Are Worth campaign Secretary Lane ts a loyal tat House, subordinate of the President, he would have preferred to re- main here and look ‘after his Alaskan railway. His only satis- faction in the matter must lie in the fact that no opposition to the $2,000,000 appeared in the Sen- ate. President Not Won. If Secretary Lane had hoped to acquire both the Copper River & Northwestern and the Alaska Northern, and many things pont to the fact that he did, there ate evidences that he has not won the President entirely to his way of thinking. To put it bluntly, the President has been affected by the interests have against some conducting proposed purchase of the Copper been any River road. Hence the President's refrain- making a fight to get $2,000,000 this from Congress. Talk that the ad- ministration proposed to buy out the J. P. Morgan road was dis- tasteful to him. ing from more than year The result is a small appropriation and prom- ises of comparatively little work Alaska. granted being done this year in Much of the $2,000,000 will be used in further surveys. Negotiations Not Dropped. This does not mean that nego- tiations for both the Copper Riv- ervand the Alaska Northern are to for the last be Those named road have progressed far. dropped. It is significant that Thomas Riggs, of the Alaskan Engineer- ing Commission, spent several days in New York last week, and th® responsible ownership of the Copper River lies in New York. Also of signifiance in other ways is the fact that Sidney B. Condon, confidential stenogra- pher to John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, has to become of the Harri- man National Bank at Seward, the bank chartered last week. He will Alaska about Mareh 1. Salvation Army. resigned his position assistant cashier leave for ‘Public meetings, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 8 p. m Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Place the curiosity of a young widow before the camera and the A Guinea a Box Directions of special value with every box. | Sold everywhere, In boxes, 25 cents. result will be a picture of some man, a the French Minister of Marine, to the Associated Press “The French government has absolute confidence in the naval situation,’ continued M, Augag neur, “and is not intimidated by the German blockade. When the steamer Amiral Gangteaume bearing women and children was torpedoed and several livet lost, great indignation was felt throughout the civilized world but we now regard the ginking of merchant vessels with a certain calm. Germany did not wait un til February 18 to begin torpedo-|———— ing.” With regard to Germany's al- for her announced sea blockade, M. Augagneur said: Torpedo Not Infallible. felt the Allies’ and leged reason evidently of the blockade German ports, the of blockade is the result. “Germany efficiency of proclamation great counter- We ex- pect merchant vessels fo be sunk not, many expects. The torpedo is not a however, as as Ger many an infallible weapon, as is shown by the of the Dinorah which, after was towed into port case steame! she was torpedoed, Dealing with the right of mer chant vessels of belligerent coun tries to fly neutral flags,.M. Au- gagneur said: “This practice has always been recognized as a legitimate result of war and even has been resorted to by men-of-war, provided they hoisted their true colors before entering into action The Ger mans have no cause for complaint on this s¢ore, as they used it themselves when the cruiser Em- den entered the belligerent port of false col- false Penang flying not only but smokestack.” ors, disguised with a KILLED TRYING ESCAPE AS REPRIEVE IS NEAR Prisoner Held at Whitehorse, Y. T., Awaiting Execution, Makes Break and Is Shot. Feb. 25. tragedy of an Northwest Dominion Ottawa, News unusual Canada yesterday. under sentence to be hanged at White- horse, Y. T., for murder, attempt- ed to escape and was shot by Con- stable Hayes, of the Mounted Police, who was guard- ing him. Two bullets took effect and the man died. A few curred a telegram from the dian of Justice reached Whitehorse, directing the not to the execution, as the goveryment in the Romolo Caesari, reached Northwest minutes before this oc- Cana- Minister had authorities proceed with had decided that Caesari was in sane and had commuted his life sentence to life imprisonment. The sheriff was on the way to convey the news to Caesari when he made his fatal dash for lib erty. rhureday Hot W ‘ald Water Btateroom ‘on for Vancouver, toria \nd Seattic on Friday: at 9 A. M. Vic maha System in Every Excellent Gulsine, and Every Modern Appliance so» , Gre Comton S. S$ .Prince John For Vancouver at 7 P. M. on Sunday, Febru.» 14th, 2 eto., arrives in Vancouver following Tus. 19 ~ Steamer PRINCE JOHN sito maintaing semi-mon: Pm Naas Rivere, Queen Charlotte telands, eto. © 0 Stewen G. T. P. RAILWAY Passenger, trains, carrying Standard Sleepe Prince Rupert for innipe@ at 10 A M. on w : 4 connecting there with lines for St. Paul, Chicag iturde treal, New York, ete Ring up No. 260 for WA, Mog For All Pointe East 2 On use the @RA A , ¢ DOUGLE ie mou PUNK WAWAY by erEy For Full information ‘ond vreau Tickets, apply to a e hird Avenue Tloket OMe AGENCY ALL ATLANTIC STEAMSHip LINES LATE FANNY CROSBY. been blind sinee birth CHINA FEARS FOR HER SOVEREIGNTY Opens Negotiations s With debanao| One of Tokio’s Desires Is Port on Chinese Coast. Feb. 25 him twelve of the has made on China, whieh China has agreed ti nsider. It is sta ed in Chinese ecireles that I Cheng-Hsiang took the initiative in the matter in order to refute accusations of the Japaness newspapers that the Chinese guy ernment was delaying negotia- tions to information frown the Cheng further It governurent According hese Japu Hs Chinese sources, told Lu was awaiting minister that he structions from Tokio ed that the cannot batable d materia A Disturbing Article. to be a is stat Chinese ' accept even the twelve emands unless they are "ly modified special sas the wording foliowing is artiele the has disturbed officials in demands, of “The Japanese government the Chiné@e government, article: “The Chinese government agrees that no island, port or harbor along the coast shall be ceded or leased to any third power.” Word “Third” Omitted. The word “third,” from to That the number of the the ‘foreible was omitted Japanese communication powers Jap anese advisers in political, finan cial aud military affairs,” which Japan desires to place in China is not mentioned is said to be caus- clined to discuss. And many a charitable woman allows her husband to have her own way. and | with the} object of effectively protecting | the territorial integrity of China, agrees to the following speriall MUSIC Teachér of Violin and All Band Instruments A. PESCOTT 462 Eighth Ave. East Phone Green 327 Well known hymn writer, au thor of 6,000 hymns, who died at her home in Bridgeport, Gonn,, on] February 12 in her ninety-fifth year. She was unable to read by the raised letter systeme having] got all her knowledge from het remarkable memory She has Office: Smith Bik., Third Avenue. 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