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THE DAILY NEWS

Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist

 

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NO. 100

Prince Rupert, B.C., Fripay, MAy 5, 1911.

ONMONS DECIDE TO ADJOURN

 

HOUSE TILL JULY

 

 

INDIGNANT ALASKANS IN REBELLION

AGAINST UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

ee Hundred Citizens of Cordova Start Another “Boston Tea Party”---Angered
_ the Way the Country is Chained to the Coal Speculators, They Dump Three
Hundred Tons of Imported Coal into Harbor---Mayor is Powerless
to Preserve Order and Has Appealed to the Governor

anadian Press Dispatch)

va, Alaska, May 5.—In-

at the action of the United |

which has re-

the

Pgovern ment
to deal

, three
busy

with
hundred
the wharf
ma Steamship Company,
the heroes of the
ty of
' ndred

men are

of the

on
em-
Boston
1773, by
tons of Canacian
to the

horities. Powerless

sca,

coal lease}

dumping |

for Assistance---Citizens In Sympathy

|wiiee the news of the receipt of
}@ message at the company's office, |
from its agent at Washington
| leaked cut. The message stated
that the government had reported
jagainst taking

to the
Supreme
the

any action in re-

gard coal land leases,

as
the Court had not cor-
sidered appeal from the de-|
cision of Judge Hanford, quashing |
the indictments against the claim |
the English

claims.

ants in

Alaska

group. of |

coal The Gov-}

speculators and millionaires who |
have blanketed the country,

that it is impossible for the ae
of Alaska to touch the at
their doors, a long time
they have been obliged to import
from Nenaimo in Canada,
over a thousand miles away to sell

coal
For

coal

here at $25 a tor.
Rush to the Wharf
The coal on the wharf had been
Alaska Steam-
the receipt of

shipped in by the

ship Co. following

ecling here is intense over! ernment report added that nothing | their agent’s message that nothing

There

towards the steamship com-

ation. is 0 ani-
id is eral feeling is behind
hundred citizens

local

afford protection to

mand authorities are
pess to
and have

Alas-

pany s prope rty,
@led to the Governor of
) send aid.
» Cause of the Trouble
trouble began this morning

rhe}

could
the coal fields until

be done towards epening
after the court

had passed on the case.
Coal from Nanaimo

The
River district

the

been

people from Copper |
greatly

They
Alaska is one
the of |

for. the

have
exercised over the question.
| point out that while
field,
sport

great coal

Alaska

people

are coal

citizens it

would be done to oper up the coal
It is valued

secret

at
of
the

fields
$8,000.

this year.
At

meeting
that

a
was decided

| best way to show the indigantion

of the to follow the

example of the heroes of 1773.
The work of throwing the coal

into the still going on.

Practically every able bodied man

people was

sea is

| in Cordova is on the scere.

 

NCIL ACCEPTED NEW
FIRE ENGINE LAST NIGHT

Yor and Aldermen Pleas
» After Given Joy Ride Y

ed With New ‘Red Devil’’
esterday—J. E. Gibson

Appointed as Driver—Machine Showed

Up Splendidl

. :
Ance Rupert owns that fine}

red auto-catr
the
final
were completed
Chief Meliunis

and equipment |

fire-fighting

spec ial ot city

meeting

mci! jast night the stages
Bhe purchase
ot

machinery

Oris Fire
me e
nd on

d
to

car, a
read a approved

motion accept delivery

iy was carried,

Imoprtant Document
B fore the in
Methe car

council
B of Alderman Smith will have
irned to the
in order

cheque
is signed and sent off

on the recommenda-
original
that it

referey

them
er for the
filed
names
the ordering
liable
Bterity

car,

ty be for future we

those responsible
ol vehicle
handed down to

Mr. J. E.

for

of

tne

to be

in short.

son will be engaged a

term of sixty days as

ver of the car. His credentials

trained

he

enginet!

good, and is a

chanical with marine!
well as motor car experience.

can repair a breakdown,
Trial Run Yesterday

Zast night's special council
ting was the result of ;
ular speed and efficiency trial
which all the civic officials
ho could be crammed on board
bk part. There were the Mayor
d council, There the
press armed with

spec-

vere
the
Beedometers and stop-watches.
ere was Fire Chief MeInnis, and
ist but not least there were
mmett P. Browning, western
es manager for the W. E. 5ea
fave Co., Walkerville, Ont., who

the car, and William Lee,

t the wheel and levers.

Everything went splendidly.

| dollar
| water,

pevery

its performance, |
Then }
|

and

payment |,

y in the Test
like a

yacht

The car behaved million

in smooth
the
steering gear.
order.

steam
It

touch

obeyed driver's
on the
It
It

never

started
took
a sign of hesitation.

it

and stopped to

the steepest grades with
Right
to Seai Cove spun with its
load of

journalistic

out
heavy civic, mechanical

genius at an

average speed of thirty miles an

hour
up to

rhe car is capable of doing
miles hour
took
the

another

thirty-five an
be. It

minutes to make

only seven |
trip to Seal

it

if need

Cove h seven was
back hall. Here
genius and civie dignity dismount-
ed in front of
to take a picture of the
and in. the Ev-|
tried to look pretty, but |
youthful |

again at the fire
a camera waiting
party |
beside, machine.
erybody
fresh
imel outdid |

|

lithe car in its

glory of rich red eni

them all.
Fit for Fire Service

Fifteen hundred of
}can be carried by the new car.

hose |

It}
lis equipped with a large tank of |
the exting-

| uishing newly fires.

|This saves property from damage |
Gong and loud warn ing |
attached to the|
auto on to}
the |

leet

|
|

for speedy

started

| chemical

of

by water.
horns are
path for the
a fire. Everything
machinery is ia excellent shape. |
It isa six cylinder engine, develop-
ing 80 In every
way the new ear will be ac improve
ment on the old system, so trying
Had it been in
the Hays Cove

clear
its way
about

horse power

the men,

when

on
opera tion
Circle fire happened the other day,
there would probably have been
far less loss.

The title of the
curbstone vernaculal
Devil.”

jigger in
“Red

new
is the

 

 

| He

NEW COURT HOUSE

Building for the Police Will
Cost $600

the
and court
and Fourth street,
involve of
In adopting the report of
property

To

pe lice

build proposed new

offices house
on Third avenue
will an expenditure
S600.
the streets works and
on this last night the
! the first idea
building. | Mayor
Manson stated that rent a
suitable building, such the
old Bank of Montreal would cost
$50 per It
to proceed with the
and court house.

committee
council considere<
of renting a
to
as say,
month. was decided
new . police

station

PIONEER IS
GONE HOME

. Ebenezer Robson Is Dead

at Vancouver

| Rev

WAS WELL KNOWN

Was the First Methodist
Missionary to Enter British
Columbia—A Brother of the
Late Johnson Robson, Once
Premier of Province.

(Canadian Press Dispatch)

May Rev. Eb-
the pioneer Meth-

Vancouver, 5,

enezer Robson,
odist missionary in British Colum-

|bia, passed sway at his home here
this morning. He was in his |
\eightieth year, and for over half |
a century his name had
closely identified with the history
jof the Methodist church west of
| the Rockies.

He brother of the late
Hon. Robson, who was
Premier of British Columbia frem
1889 to 1892.

Will Develop Claims

B. F. Stanwood, the well-known
prospector is back in the city from
a trip to California. He will
leave here shortly for Copper

been

was a
Johnson

at

BASEBALL SCORES |

Northwestern League
Vancouver 8, Portland 5.
Tacoma 2, Spokane 1.
Victoria, Seattle (rain).

|

 

National League
New York 7, Boston 2.
St. Louis 1, Pittsburg 17.
Brooklyn 0, Philadelphia 7.
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 9.

 

 

“WILL BREAK
ALL RECORDS

Prince Rupert Will Outstrip All
Coast Cities

HOLD ALL HER TRADE

| Convincing 1 of Prog-
ress and Prosperity Made by
the City on Mr. J. P. Graves
of Granby Consolidated Mine

“Prince Rupert can take care
of all the business of her surround-
ing district.”’

The words were said confidently |
and with all the convincing de-
cision of *. far seeing business man
well satisfied with his first im-
pression of our city. The speaker
was Mr. J. P.. Graves, managing
director of the Granby Consoli-
dated Mining and Smelting Co.,
president of the Spokane Inland
Railway Co., and director iof
many flourishing concerns in the

Is

American League
Bostor. 2, New York 0.
Philadelphia 6, Washington 2.
Detroit 4, St. Louis 2
Chicago 7, Cleveland 7.

Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 7, Oakland 5.

Los Angeles 16, 'Frisco &.

SIR JOHN CARLING DYING
Veteran Minister o of Agriculture
ill. Sinking Fast
(Candaian Press Dispatch)

London, Ont., May 5.—Sir John
Carling who was Minister of Agri-
culture in Sir John Macdonald's
Cabinet was overcome today by a

|sinking spell, and is not expected

to survive the hight

Going South
Sever ty-five passengers went
south on the S. S. Prince Rupert
this morning, 35 of whom were
first class and 40 second class.

\Trice Declared in Reciproci

Any Extra

(Canadian Press Dispatch)
Ottawa, May 5,—It is now prac-
tically decided that Parliament will
adjourn from May 23rd until
July 16tk. The decision has been
come to after a conference between
the two leaders.

Fielding to Lead House

It has been agreed that Hon.
W. S. Fielding is to assume the
leadership of the House during
the absence of the Premier in
England atter.ding the Coronation.
For Sir Wilfrid to have given up
his visit to London on this oc-

 

NO VOTE . TAKEN

District Ministers Wil! Discuss
Church Union Next Week

No vote was taken on Church
union last night at the concluding
session of the Methodist ministers
of the district. The matter was
left over until next week when all
the ministers of the Methodist
Church of British Columbia con-
fer in Vancouver. The pastors}

 

Waking UP
Another dollar has found its
way to the fund to buy King
George a coronation souvenir. This

 

Eastern States. Mr. Graves
well-known in business circles in|
New York and throughout Canada.

“What most impressed me on
my this city,” said}
Mr. the magnificent |
water route to Prince Rupert. It}

}
as}

journey to

Graves, “‘is
commercially
it is beautiful. And the certainty |
of rapid transfer
the Grand
markets

is as valuable

of goods via}

is another

about Prince Rupert.
“Never before in the history of |

the Pacific Coast has there been |

Men |

such an influx of population. |

and money are pouring in steadily.
Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver |
sprang up fast, but they had aot
behind them anything like the|
tide of immigration which is set- |
ting towards Prince Rupert. While
it is impossible for a coast city in
the making avoid its dull
spells in the time of waiting fc°
the completion of transportation
facilities, I am that
Priice Rupert’s growth is going
to break all records for coast
cities. The great wave of inflowing

to

convinced

population greater now than ever

before in the "tery of the West

makes this an absolute certainty.”’
Paying for the New Fire-car

Payment for the new auto-
chemical hose wagon just accepted
by the city will not be made until
thirty days after date of acceptance
of the car, that is in a month from

TLOW.

Real Entate Moving

Some evidence of the fact that
real estate is moving in the city
can be gathered from the monthly
report of Mr. O. M. Helgerson
who closed deals last month am-
ounting to $34,290. Most of
the lots sold were in Sections 1 and
5 and were to people living away
out of the altys

Shop early On Saturday sO as
to pick up some of the snaps in

 

River to develop his valuable

calims there,

shoes at Scott, Froud & (Co.'s

Tn !
Trunk .to the eastern}

lis the second dollar subscribed by
| the local Georges and it came from
George Frizzell.

Aldermanic Candidate
Mr. W. J.

Alder has consented

to be nominated as an aldermanic |
the!
|

to fill
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mr. T. D. Pattullo.

candidate in Ward 2

This must be
before two o'clock Monday
afternoon. George Phillipotts has
not yet decided whether he will
consert to run,

OUTFIT FOR
“WORKS DEPT.

City Resiicior'a emake on
First Avenue to Start

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

Tenders for ube of Rails,
Pulleys, Car-wheels, etc.,
From Three City Hardware
Firms are Before the Streets
Committee,

Another step in the establish-

ment of a Public Works Depart-

ment in Prince Rupert was taken
by the council last night. Con-
tract “B, 6” First avenue on
which the City Engineer bid lowest
has not yet been started
before it can be begun a regular
outfit contractor's tovis must
be purchased. These will form
the nucleus of the Public Works

Department equipment
Tenders for the materials and

tools required were called for

the other day by the City Clerk,
and last night these were opened.

on
and

ol

tendered, but not all as completely
as the council desired. The firms
tendering were the Prince Rupert
Hardware Co.,

ware Co. The

 

Bargain Counter,

red to the streets committee.

PLAN OF

 

 

Will Involve

(Canadian Press Dispatch)
| London, Eng., May 5.—Lloyd-

ance of workers, the most radical |
legislation ever yet undertaken
| by the Liberals. The measure it is
estimated will involve an expen-
diture of $35,000,000 in 1912-13
rising to $100,000,000 in 1915-16.

Bill Is Approved
General approval of the bill is
the representatives
of all parties, though some of
the details are criticized. It
admitted that a system of State

expressed by

is

WILL ADJOURN HOUSE AT
OTTAWA FOR CORONATION

ty Struggle from May 23rd

to July 16th—Members Will Have to Come
Back to Work in Dog Days Without

Indemnity

casion was felt would not reflect
to the credit of Canada, and though
the Premier was ready to make
the sacrifice in his fight for recip-
rocity the declaration of a truce
is welcomed.

Heavy on Members

In a general way, the truce is
admitted to be a victory for the
opposition, but the terms will bear
heavily upon the members ail
round. They will have to return
to the House in mid-summer to
complete their work without fur-
ther remuneration.

of this district will meet there and
vote before the matter is discussed
at the conference.

This morning most of the dele-
gates who attended here left on
the S. S. Prince Rupert to attend
the conference. Rev. J. C. Sing
will leave for Vancouver o1 Mon-
day morning and will be away
for ,early two weeks. On Sunday
May 14, Rev. G. H. Raley of
Stewart, will preach in the First
Methodist Church.

 

VAST INSURANCE SCHEME —

LLOYD-GEORGE

Two and a Half Million Workers at First Will Be Safe-
guarded Against Unemployment at a Cost of
$35,000,000 — Extension of Scheme

$100,000,000

| Insurance is likely to meet with
}success and the wide-spread ap-

City Clerk | |George introduced to the House | proval of the great mass of the
great factor) Woods has not yet received the| today his system of State Insur- | | people.
which has favorably impressed me| Official nomination.
| done

The measure is of course
aimed at the problem of un-
employment.

Two and a Half Million

At first the system of State
|Insurance against unemployment
as devised by Mr. Lloyd-George
will be applied only to the en-
| gineering shops, the building, and
| house-building trades. These trad-
'es alone, however, are represented
|by about two and a half million
|

workmen.

 

LIGHT-KEEPERS' RAISE. |
}

Lonely Watchers of Our Coast |
Will be Wealthier
|

|
Taking ce from the’ begin-

ning of present year, an
increase has just been granted by
the Dominion Government by!
which salaries of the lighthouse |
keepers of Canada have _ been|
20 to 35 per cent.
~vigil over

the

raised from
men who keep lonely
the waters of this coast will receive

In
has

their arrears since January 1.
every instance the increase
been a substantial one.

It is not very long since the
lighthouse keepers were awarded a
good increase. The government,
however, has sized the proposition
up rightly, in their belief that the
men who take up positions on the

 

Three of the city hardware firms!

Messrs, tiandasyde|
& Hurt, and the Thompson Hard-
veaders wer. refer-

stormy shores or barren islands

The| G

G. T. P. BOYS WON

Beat F. W. ea a S. Outfit Again

In the bowling match between
Foley, Welch and Stewart's office
| staff and the G. 'T. P. team in
| Morrison's Alleys, the G. T, P.
|boys came out champions, For
making the highest individual seore
of the evening Mr. Mader of the
T. P. team, was given a box o
cigars by Mr. Morrison. The rail-
roaders won by 98 points. The
scores were:

G. T. P.—

Crandall.
Melville........
Madets i650 ca as 166
Holthy cee) 169
Bees OP aa cee 188

Totals 2521... .845

 

should be well paid. ‘The highest
salary on this coast is $1,770, and
ioe class includes Race Rocks,
Carmanah Point and

{Cape Beale,

Pine Island.

F.W, &S.—
Malmburg......... 168
Levenhagen...... 175
McArthur. 144
Johnston. 307.4% 190
Stenstrom. 168

 

For the first time this spring

swallows were seen in the cit;

Totals, 2423. . .809

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