LARGEST CIRCULATION fa gece ' s (? sansa ina ”) he bee Wits, Z iN CITY AND NORTHERN “thy, BRITION COLUMBIA ponane x ~~ Friday, @ a.m. 0 Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist + ——_—_— — —— VO S91 ee PRINCE RUPERT, B. €., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913 PRICE FIVE CENTS ER CHESLAKEE FOUNDERS; SIX DROWNED MORE THAN MORE THAN EIGHTY PER CENT OF ORANGE CROP DESTROYED FROST IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES AND CITRUS CROP SUFFERS SEVERE DAMAGE—sMUDGE FIRES BURN M he high as, chop pine T be i era rt meta Special to Daily News ‘ ‘ he damage it has | PE i ind batters Angeles, Jat ; \ are bv ‘ ea ! errible things f the heavy ! . f he ' he 2 aes ib he poles two days he gh h ! i n ‘ a : oa aa ge belt of Southel Calif ' : s estimated that betwee I awa pred ip Cana the B. ¢ Fisheries x d 90 % of th , ita ir ee ae ro " S vefore Mag ite Cars have d trus ¢! ha ! ! h fis » few siters etraishtoned One J White had laid at $$. CHESLAKEE FOUNDERS; «=! sts yy with assa his he aforesaid fomm SIX PERSONS WERE DROWNED. icuous by tis ab lid 1 worry the er The sé is ye : HIT BY A HEAVY SEA, HER CARGO SHIFTED AND THE VESSEL *!)' sa be assaulted the wh TURNED OVER—SANK NEAR WHARF AT VAN- buneh ind it did t ratte ANDA, TEXADA ISLAND. ibe Pom rh Magistra f ea ! expia tha tha Special to Daily News h stoma egal | le Be ‘ acl going h, as i beedure As White was abs¢ - ‘ s i h i i h a ! " - ss | par i h is af rt , ase any { as fy si ; ike ! ! s he ha ad since vas ( » Capta ! a firs z | he Magis i oon sass ois BRITISH DOCTORS suined the" eharge aenin e ahe whar \ ’ l \\ | ‘ : FALLING IN LINE I the lat Ista I | - we sh i the ‘ i Nearly Ten Thousand Medical at OO : ! ame ‘ Men Accept Terms of the , : oe n i al ! insurance Act. eet 7 UM * ! ! SKIpper his shiy sae aii a The Liberal] The men are under contra ae ots \ \ er the| for vear wit he B, { Fish be Mien ! he f es ¢ if the hich ra f pay 7 al eal : g p 7 i. it h ind ‘ ' Che ippe he any real gric S$ — \ ' : m . | anes I ich holiday celebra S hip (se ' nging ul bad quaiities The ! . ble two of the crew, wh ¢ were y have nstigated the rest rm Assene . "i bellion, seems t have beet he . jeause of a the trouble : , Our has sid ar nformat vel rm - ; Iga s White for ssa and | Camos a ;' — ther ember of the rew has shiy ' , nie ied aid a similar charge against the eht Va en th capla Developments w prot Ee details , a p ably be in order tomorrow f the slea i ge to « Loyal Order of Moose. he ill fate . a er oe a A regular meeting w ut be held - ut fror n the K. of P. H Thursday when a —* ‘ ithe 9th inst at & cloek \ adsice ane ‘ . ’ are ittenda e of members is She keels { | reque sted is the business to pl Was made A. M. I a iam transact is of much importance but before be ac-| \ i Kelly, Doug-| 6s J. D. MEIKLE, Seey shed the boat x nu ~~ this wer and sani - siortaa ees Kitchen and dining room fur- Dp ‘ inch, He] : that six pers ere pays: city |eished other rooms unfurnished a Among the ! jfor rent; over Wallace's H. 8 nes are tw vd : | Wallace 5.7 | | Empress Theatre To-Night : and: To-Morrow : Night | \ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT i { \ NclENG i) WE TAKE BSPECLAL PLI-A vi y ; ) j | | \ yi s \ FEATURE PROG \ \ { ! \ \ \ We consider the proe {{ have ever oflere { | . \ }) PART 4, THE BLACKSMI } A very pretty » { } PART 2, THE BLIGHTED \ \ ART 3 PHE BLIGHTED ] \ ART 4 rHE BLIGHTED } U RT 5. THE BLIGHTH! : { Ihe four par { from the faim t ( \RT 6. MONEY IN | I {{ A particular!) { } ) ach progral therefore the mes given I'he ! the econd & betwee he | Pr LTo | Gold CAPTAIN AND CREW IN POLICE COURT TODAY Member of Crew Charges Captain | with Assault, but Does Not Ap- pear to Press the Case. === KLONDIKE SHOWS BIG GAIN IN THE OUTPUT Production in Famous Northern Camp Nearly Million Greater Last Year Than 1911. Dawson, Jan, & An inerease if nearly a million dollars in the nnoual gold output of the Dawsor amp, as the distriel 100 miles round Dawson is known, is re rded for the year just closed compared with ihe total ar il production for 1941 Che figures for 1912, just con are €5,.250,000, which is a of $900,000 over the pre year rhis gain is no doubt the dredge hydraulic oper More plants, it is stated perate next yea i { imissionet George Black ned from Whitehorse re after the first auto trip he overland tra and he ted prizes at the grand an 1 inasquerade ba of the ‘ c Brotherhood Charies Edwards Wilsen, for Australian racing man, died f anaemia \ now yet to the south of CLEAN THEM OUT. The workers in (he pub ic movement for a business civic government must not be content with running the chief incompetent off his feet before the campaign has fairly started Good government demands that he and his followers be put into oblivion They have proved miserable failures in office and the re-election of any of them would only be placing a stumbling block ofa They good on and their in the way progressive failed op- only council have to make portunity their the functior advice ol! their voice the new that of could have council would be an obstructionist TIPS ON CIVIC POLITICS. As a forlia blight that business Kup- Cal yihing on Prince erts Newton Ward that pu Iwi ddin Will please hote jobs are a designed Mayor coneratu Newlou's paper is lating Toronto o1 her latest venture into pub- lic ownership, the Jj ready and tasting ys Prince The Rupert al- has mayor, how- ever, has he hicipal yet explained advised against of the were Prince why mu- the Ra. C trying ownership when relephone Ce te the franchise. telephone get Rupert Mayor S575 | Maybe the that intends back to tonight's hand at the electors Ineeling Wher thi these cold Bullock wishes she the wolves are chas- ough the deep snow nights, we Webster's doe back in the | ing | } bet | that were OPENING MEETING OF | MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN: Public Meeting Called by T. D. Pattullo Will Be Held Tonight —Mayor Newton to Speak. invited to address the meeting and has consented to do so He will be allowed a full half hour to speak Aldermanic for ven candidates the an the be a the promptly be and board opportunity of electorate As list of meeting is to be at 8 o'clock for Phere there will the most candidates school be gi addressing there speakers called Seats will will large will reserved up to that doubt but crowded ladies hour that house is no as meeting promises to be a Those who wish to se- ild Pattullo’s first the arpaign the interest- ing one cure seats shor early Phis Mr portunity of g0 is op- addressing elee. the present ¢ doubt definite torate He payers a to in will give rate- understanding on publie the city. attitude affect as his is. sues as they THE HERRING FISHING Numerous Boats Engaged Despite Rough and Stormy Weather. Despite the rough weather that has prevailed lately, those en- gaged in herring fishing in the harbor are staying right with it, in some cases night and day. The run is, if anything, greater than ever known before. The difliculty is to get away with the catch. Today several boats can be seen out on the harbor right opposite the G. T. P .wharf, notably the Fredelia of the cold storage plant, the Yankee Boy and the Rosine, belonging to a Vancouve! tfit L. Crippen, of Boneless Herring fame, is putting up a large quan- tity of fish with great success for in the well form of boneless herring that has curing how KDOWD become so popular wherever it has been introduced, The run will extend well into the middle of March, kennel i Acropolis Hill, posing as of the monu- ments of progress of the Newton ac \istration At tonighi’s meeting it is expected tha Mayor New- ton will discourse at some length on “hitting the high spots with the tax rate,” Yukon Crossing Half of the overland trail is still covered by wheels A Royal Mounted Police expe- dition, in charge of Sergeant Dempster, left recently for Fort McPherson, where it will meet the Hersehe! Island patrol, Demp- ster returns here in March J. ¥. Rochester Was amongst he arrivals on tbe Prinee Ru- pert this morning, having spent the holidays with his family in Vancouver LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. rhe annual meeting of the Prince Rupert Libera) Association, for the purpose of electing officers, will be held on the evening of lhursday, Jan, 28rd, 1943, in the K. of P. Hall, Helger son Bloek so7tf P. W. ANDERSON, Sec..Treas BALKAN SITUATION | DISCUSSED BY POWERS No Public Statement Yet Made as to the Intervention by Powers if Peace Envoys Fail Special to Daily News.) Edward in a Com Jan 7—Sir Grey, Foreign Minister, to the House of today regarding interven- the Powers in the Balkan should the an agreemeny, matter was being the but statement could views except the Commons London, statement mons tion by Crisis, to reach the by publhie as to their he made by House of peace ehvoys fail that cussed said dis. that be Powers ne made may the us of consent H. L. Bodwe!l!, G, 'T. P jresident in this city, who has been engineer, lon a short visit to the south, re jturned this morning on the |Prinee Rupert | OO i H. P. Wilson, manager of the floc al braneh of the Koya! Bank, \returned to the city this morn. Ling after spending a very pleas. ant vacation over the holidays at phis home in Vietoria, The opening meeting of the municipal campaign for the election of the City Couneil for} 1913 and school, trustees will be| held tonight in the Westholme Theatre at 8 o'clock sharp. This meeting was called by T. D. Pat- tullo, the only eandidate in the field for mayor at the present moment, before the retirement of Mayor Newton from the contest The latter, however, having an- nounced himself a candidate for alderman for Ward 2, has been EIGHTY PER CENT. OF CALIFORNIA ORANGE CROP IS DESTROYED BY F ROST FIVE KILLED, FORTY INJURED . WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR ‘FAST PASSENGER TRAIN FROM CINCINNATI TO CHICAGO DE- RAILED ON CURVE AT HIGH SPEED. Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 7 so , ec persons were killed and forty in-| Notice. ijured when a fast passenger | Meeting of property owners ltrain on the Big Four left the|/only of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, at jrails today near Stockwell while | Presbyterian Hall, Thursday rounding a sharp curve at a high|evening, January 10th, at 8 speed. The train was bound fromjo'clock. Signed 6-7 Cincinnati to Chicago, H. BE. GAMPP, President. as OVER THIRTY LIVES LOST WHEN OIL STEAMER SANK ONLY FOUR OF A CREW OF THIRTY-SIX WERE RESCUED— THREE WERE TAKEN OFF BY LIFE SAVING STEAMER AND ONE WAS WASHED ASHORE. BITTER CREEK HOTEL WRECKED BY WIND Avalanche on International Mountain Causes Wind Which Demolishes Hote! Special to Daily News.) Astoria, Jan. 7 Of thirty-five members of the erew of the ill fated steamer Rosecrans, owned the Or which ran on a bar this morning, only rescued, Three were taken off the American life saving steamer which was stand- the fourth being washed ashore six miles from the wreck. by Associated Company, | Colum- four in the An bia River have been by by, \ tremendous snow slide com- ing from International moun- the Bitter miles from Stew- the Bear River, ending its trail of destruction by ruining the Forks hotel, owned by Harry Gibson, shortly after midnight on Christmas morning. At the time Mr. Gibson and Mr, Peter Ronn were both in bed to be suddenly awakened by a ter- rific roar as the wind caused by the mighty avalanche swept through the premises, complete- ly wrecking the two storey frame building, tearing out heavy doors aiid all the windows. The kitehen, stables and other outbuildings were levelled to the ground, as was the vacant store directly opposite the hotel. The main portion of the building was split in two. That the two. solitary oceu- pants escaped with their lives is little short of miraculous.. Mr. Roon who was sleeping on the ground floor near the kitehen, went to Mr. Gibson's quarters immediately after the wind struck the building to find the proprietor unhurt in the centre of a mass of wreckage. The force of the wind was so strong that it literally cleared out the contents of the hotel, everything being covered inches deep with a fine ing off tain, opposite Creek The oil tank Rosecrans, in charge of Johnston, bound from Cal., to Portland, when into the Columbia River at 8:30 this morning during a fifty-five mile gale, ran aground on Peacock Spit and was pletely wrecked in a raging storm Of a crew of thirty-six only four were saved. Astoria, Jan. 8. townsite, ten sleamel! Captain Monterey, crossing art, tore across com- Returned to Prince Rupert. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Fulton ar- rived from Victoria this morning on the Prince Rupert. Mr. Ful- ton, who has been engaged in L. W. Patmore’s law office for time, has just passed his examinations for admission to the bar of British Columbia. He is well known and popular in this city and is a brother of Miss Ful- ton, until recently a member of the General Hospital staff. Mrs Fulton, who returend with her husband, is visiting Prince Ru- pert for the first time. The holi- days were spent at Vernon, in the Okanagan, where Mrs. Fulton had been on an extended visit. It is the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton to up their perma- nent residence in this eity. some final also take “‘Qantin, Attention! Installation of officers and spe-|snow. After viewing the wreck- cial work on Friday, the 410th}age and seeing that nothing inst., at 8 p.m. All members are|could be done, the men walked requested to attend Visiting |to Stewart. brothers invited. 5.6 GEO. LEEK, President, Fraternal Order of Eagles. G. G. CAMERON, Secretary The meeting of the Fraternal weil ie Order of Eagles arranged for to- Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners.|Hight has been postponed until Phone 4. Friday, the 10th inst. —_——————— ——— - a PUBLIC MEETING —ON- Wednesday Eve., January 8th Interests of im the the The Opening Meeting of the Campaign lr. D. Pattullo Will Be Held WESTHOLME THEATRE Mayor be al in Invited to Present to Diseuss the Question Is Newton Issue Behoo! Trustees and GOandidates for Aldermanic Honors Are Also Invited to Attend and Wil! Be Given an Oppor tunity to Speak 7: aE Sere = \ + ~ ema