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OL, I, NO. 137

THE DAILY N

Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist

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“PRINCE Rupert, B.C., TUESDAY, JuNE 20, 1911,

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PRICE Five CENTS

 

CANADIAN LIST OF CORONATION HONORS PUBLISHED

 

 

 

    
      
      
   
    
 
   
  
    
 

RATHER NARROW ESCAPE

is Boat the Just-It Sank During the Night at the
Wharf While He Was on Board—Had to Jump
Ashore for Safety in His Sleeping Costume.

The spectacle of a man, clad|clear account of the matter, his

boat's bow was by some means
the rocks at the
railway grade. As the tide fell,
so did the stern. Finally the
stern got so far under water that
she started to fill. As she filled
she fell off the rocks stern first, and

ly in his underclothes. running
b Centre street in the early hours|driven up on

the later

gasoline

this morning, and
ctacle of the boat
lying sunk at the float,
exciting rumors

today. it

st It,
e rise to SsOmmne

the waterfront

jl the elements of a thrilling/dived under the water. Kohrt
story who was sleeping on the boat
iter investigation showed that} just had time to make a hurried

the boat
Oniv a
of her nose is to be seen.
The Just It
well known round the
front,

exit before
disappeared.

thinly clad man, Captain
ry Kohrt of Just It, did
ean escape from a watery bed,
ugh it robbed the of
tic possibilities.
ring to the story of Kohrt
late hour this morning|to convey prospecting and survey
nable to

practically

the few inches

and her captain
water-

being in frequent demand

story
are

¢ of its drama

 

give

GRANTS HOSPITAL
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS

ncil Passed Large Grant Despite Ald. Newton’s
ight to Make it as Small as Possible—City Will
Get Two Members of the Hospital Board.

that if it had
him in committee he

a very | parties up and down the coast.
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of $5000 was voted by | however,
il last for the

tli HAiSt
Newton with | have got the grant reduced.

come

night before would

tal Alderman

hon of regard for} Hilditch Heartily Supports

 

 

use tried hard to get the | oe, :
a piso In striking contrast to this
even only by a], :
aT attitude was that of Alderman
8 lar It grieved him
ee | doll ; Hilditch who is a strong believer
© g000 dollars going out
ie Aer | in the civic support of the hospital
eip hurt citizens]
; It was too bad, he thought, that
IZens need so ,
rovemanite jthe biggest part of the burden
, of supporting a hospital for the
Newton Wo : : :
; uld Reduce It sick and hurt in Prince Rupert
he Mavor .
. ‘ayor assured him that/should be borne only by the
H ‘ ; ;
Board would now/|liberal minded members of | the
“0 members of council to|}community. He expressed him-
On their body ei ‘ i
, tir bedy thus seeing |self enthusiastically in support of
a ' Was properly spent,|/the $5000 grant, and said if it
Ald \ . e
cer ‘ewton said the |had been $8000 he would have as
the grant had never |enthusiastically supported it. The
In } , ° ‘ ; as
per rought before him,| motion to make th« grant $5000
V { ot elit . ;
p her not discuss|was carried, everybody except Al-
pes il. He was sure,|derman Newton in favor of it.

 

 

REST FIRES IN|
WASHINGTON

Area Near Hoquim is Ablaze
beging Camps and Hoquim
ater Supply are Threatened

BORDEN OPENS
WESTERN TOUR

Had a Great Ronentiais from
the Conservatives in Win-

nipeg.

Canadia >
a Press Despatch)

(Canadian Press Despatch)
June 20.

Winnipeg, June 20.—Mr. R. L.
Borden opened his western tour
here last night, addressing a tre-

ACOMA
; o Heavy dam-
3 tt

forest

h }
HAVE

eatened by fires

veen raging near Ho-

Woh cee hours, mendous meeting. He declared
ES to spread ae the | himself _unalterably opposed — to
IS withis hail @ ai a the | the reciprocity agreement. He
es which fava tae cee ‘tae was given a great reception and
bly for Hoquim Gertie cheered to the echo, He ad-
Pg camps in i weve mie vocated a permanent tariff com-
Mtened and the burst ots THSAON to deal with all trade and
Popping into the H '§ leaves | tariff matters. He said the Con-
equim. servatives if returned to powet

would put into effect the govern-
ment ownership of a_ terminal
elevator, and the government own-
serhip and operation of the Hudson
Bay Raliwey.

R WILFRID's DENIAL

no Intention °
Prd Strathcona
-Mmissioner,

f Succeeding
as High

Hetkindnd Again

( anac
two Chinamen who

lig
iN Press De ‘Spa tch) were
lune 20.

MN the

The

Adon,
arrested on a charge of procuring

A rumor eur-

‘apital, that Lord] two white girls, were re-

shortly retire from

It} young
ona will ore *4
Hig} manded again today. They will
8) Comn ‘

; . . .
Sir Wil issionership, and |come up for preliminary trial on
1 rid i :
him 3 Laurier will sue- Thursday, A large quantity of
as be : N :
*n given an em- opium, cocaine and other poisons

\ denial bmi
'Y Sir Wilfrid him-| which was in their possession is

being held by the police.

 

Seattle Cracker and Candy Co.
Building is Gutted—Damage
is Estimated at $50,000.

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Seattle, June 20.—A serious fire
this morning gutted the third
and fourth floors of the four-
story building at Occidental and
Jackson streets, occupied by the
Seattle Cracker and Candy Co.,

causing a loss estimated at $50,000.

 

 

 

 

Northewstern League
Vancouver 8, Victoria 1.
Foritand 4, Tacoma 2.
Seattle 11, Spokane 4.

National League
Pittsburg 3, Brooklyn 0.

American League
Boston 6, New York 8,
Chicago 5, Detroit 8.

Pacific Coast League
Vernon 4, Portland 2.

 

 

 

 

Engineers Kelliher and Scrie-
ber Will Inspect 100 Miles of
G. T. P.

To look over that portion of
the G. T. P. main line east of
here now in operation, Mr. B. B.
Kelliher, chief engineer of the
G. T. P., arrived in the city yes-
terday afternoon won the S.S. Prin-
cess May.

Mr. Kelliher is up the line today
with General Superintendent Me-
han.

 

 

 

——

COUNCIL DIVIDED OVER
ENGINEERING MATTERS

 

Reorganisation of the city en-
gineering staff to effect a saving
of $9319.92

staff pay roll,and fabulous sums

per annum in the

in expenditure on city work is
recommended by the special com-
mittee to look into the matter
of the department. The con
Alderman New-

the

nittee

 

reported last night,

ton alone signing report as

chairman.

In the reorganised staff Colonel

Davis has no place, and A. W.
Agnew’'s name is also missing from
the list of the select seven who

with a stenographer are to compose
the ideal engineering department
for the city for the present. Sweep-
ing allegations of blundering were
made in the report.

After remarking that since the

existing contracts must

and as it is impossible

work on
soon end,
for the city except
the

fc r

to do any more
Hydro-Electric
have

the scheme,
city

the

will shortly no use
engineering
Newton's report
sweet ping

present depart-

ment, Alderman
goes on to condemn in
manner the work of the engineering
mgratulating the
that by the

Thompson

department. C«
city the fact
ployment of Engineer
of Seattle, they have

of his advice as consulting engineer

on em-

the promise

without further fee during the
progress of the Hydro-Electrie

scheme, Alderman Newton winds
up his report with a _ general

accusation of discourtesy on the
part of the engineering department
towards the aldermen athirst for

information in the past.

 

Ald. Newton Brought in His Promised Reconstruction Scheme---
Col. Davis and Mr. A. W. Agnew Are to be Dropped and
Department Will Jog Along With Assistance From the
Seattle Engineer---Whole Matter to be Debated
on Wednesday Evening

Caused a Scrap

From Alderman Morrissey came
the motion to adopt the report.
Alderman Newton posed as secon-
der. Instantly Aldermas Hilditch
rose to the defence of the depart-
ment. Before the battle was ter-
minated temporarily by the calling
of a truce until Wednesday night,
he had earned for himself honorable
Called * or ‘‘two-
or both,

‘higgerunt”’
by his foes, he still

scars.

faced"’

smilingly returned the compliment
and challenged Alderman Newton
to produce a more efficient en-

gineering department in the length

and breadth of the Province of
B,
Blamed Unjustly
“The engineering department.”
he said, “has been blamed in this
report for many things for which

they are not guilty.”” He offered

to prove his words with the single
exception of the retaining wall
allegation. As for the cost of

the department he believed it was
two per cent of the cost of
Vancouver and Seattle
paid their

least

only
the works.
he was pretty sure
engineering departments at
five per cent. He gave Colonel
Davis credit for having prepared

the Woodworth Waterworks sche-

 

me which Engineer Thompson oniy

afterwards, the main change being |
a reduction in the extent of the}
scheme to suit a population half
that estimated by the City En-
gineer (which is what you might
expect from a Seattle man). He
showed how tremendous had been
the task tackled by Colonel Davis

SIGNING OF 6. LP. AGREEMENT TS DELAYED

 

At last night’s council meeting
the Mayor reported that his visit
to Victoria to meet the Govern-
Authorities regarding the
P. Assessment
in

ment
signing of the G. T.
Agreement had not
the immediate achievement of his

resulted

desire regarding it, but that the
plan and agreement had_ been
sent to Premier McBride in Lon-
don, and hé would probably wire
back a “ to it. Mean-
time the submission of the terms
of agreement for the apprové al of
the citizens must be delayed until

ah nar TAL
yes” or ‘no

about the first week in July.
Letters from Mr. Hays, and Mr.

 

Chamberlin. were, however, read
at the council board stating that
the works proposed would be
started as soon as possible on the
assumption that the necessary sanc-
tion would be forthcoming both
from the citizens and the Govern-
ment. Mr, Chamberlin’s letter
referred to various particular mat-
ters of engineering which had been

mentioned to him while he was
here, and which will be looked
into by Mr. Kelliher, G. T. P.

chief engineer, who is now in the
city.
Mr. Kelliher arrived by the

 

ment,
: : |
approved with a few suggesti«ns | incident.

who had come here an absolute
stranger with an absolutely new
staff to organise, unique problems
to combat, and a new council to
work with. Without wishing to
blame the first council, Alderman
Hilditch pointed out that the
City Engineer had acted in ful-
filment of his instructions. The
first council went to work with
the understanding that each prop-
erty holder would construct his

uPT. HARRY KOHRT HAD SS O1s.Re pasa coms [7 FNAL ©: WELCOME THE HINDU AND

THUS UNITE THE EMPIRE

This is the Plea Earl Crewe Made This Morning in
Discussing Hindu Immigration Before Colonial
Conference—Wants Better Feeling With India

a genuine welcome, and would not
be looked upon with dislike or
suspicion, a great deal would be
done to bring about better re-
lations between India and the
overseas dominions. Until pleas-
anter relations were brought about
between the dominions and India,
the British Empire was far from
being a united Empire, said the
Earl.

The matter is still under dis-
cussion. It is expected that some
of the colonial representatives will
take up the subject.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)

London, June 20.—The vexed
question of the admission of Hindu
British subjects to the dominions
occupied the attention of the
Imperial Conference this morning.
«dF Ut was brought up by Earl Crewe,
Lord of the privy Seal in the
Cabinet, who suggested that it
was possible for the Dominion
governments, working within the
limits laid down for the admission
of immigrants, to make it more
sasy and pleasant to admit Hindu
subjects of the British Crown to
their countries.

He said that when it became
known within those limits that
loyal Indian ibiects would receive

There will be a Baptist Broth-
erhood Picnic to Metlakatla on
Thursday.

 

 

 

 

 

TITLES ARE BESTOWED
ON EMINENT CANADIANS

Vice President Wm. Whyte of the C.P.R. is Now “Sir
William’’—Dr. Osler Becomes a Baronet—Judge
Routhier, President Falconer, Senator
Melvin Jones and Mr. C. C.
James are Honored.

Minister of Agriculture for Ontario
to be Companions of the Order
of St. Michael and St. George.

Dr. William Osler, Regius Pro-

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)
London, June 20.—-The list of
Coronation honors were made pub-
lic today, and comprise distinctions

 

 

own retaining wall portion, there-
fore provision was not made in
the estimates at first. The light
plant was intended only as a tem-
porary street lighting expedient
at first. It was lighting the
streets and many business prem-
ises too. Alderman Hilditch was
ready to refute every single one

fessor of Medicine at Oxford, and
a Canadian by birth is made a
Baronet. Knighted-hood is also
conferred upon Senator L. Melvin
Jones of Toronto, President of
the Massey-Harris Company.

Mr. William Whyte, Vice-presi-
dent of the C. P. R., is also knight-

fro many personages throughout
the Empire. Many of the Colonial
premiers receive honors, along with
eminent members of their dom-
inions.

Honors for Canadians

The following distinguished Ca-
nadians figure on the list: Sir

 

of the accusations made against

the department in the report signed |
by Alderman Newton with the}

. |
exception the retaining |

of

siv gle
wall item.

Morrissey Regrets
courteously Alderman Mor-|
“regretted to have to take
exception to his friend Alderman
Hilditch’s remarks on this matter.”
He begged to point out to the|
Alderman certain irregular things
by the engineering depart-
notably the retaining wall
He hinted that a council
of laymen had been left to wrestle
with the problem without suffi-
cient advice from the experts
employed to attend to these things.
He believed the retaining walls
had cost already $40,000 and they

Very

rissey

done

(Continued on page 4.)

| land St.

4 ci :
| Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice a Hatae 5 uaep
lof the Supreme Court of Canada,
to be a K.C.M.G. Knight Com-
| mander of the Order of St. Michael
President Robert
Yniversity,
Deputy

Coronation Day Picnic
There will be a Baptist Broth-

erhood Picnic to Metlakatla on
the 22nd. Ladies free; gentle-
men 75c,

F. T. CONGDON
ON WAY NORTH

Well Known Member of Old
Yukon Council Paid Hurried
Visit to Friends in City.

George;
Falconer of Toronto
Mr. C. C.. James,

COUNCIL MAY
ERR IF IT LIKES

Declares the. Matai Minutes
Must be Adopted all the Same
Record of Blunders Stands.

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frederick T. Congdon, Liberal
member of Parlaiment from Vic-
member of Parliament from Yukon,
was a passenger on the Princess

 

At the opening of the council
meeting last night on the reading
of the minutes Alderman Morrisey
objected to the record in the
minutes of the vote on the Prud-| May yesterday afternoon and while
homme Appeal grant. He de-|here made calls upon Fred Peters,
-'clared the vote was illegal accord-| city solicitor, an old time Ottawa
ing to the New Procedure By-law, | friend who has on several notable
because the Acting Mayor took]|occasions been his opponent at
a casting vote. He wanted the|the bar. Mr. Congdon also called
minutes corrected. upon Alex Prudhomme, Morte

 

 

Authorities at Victoria Refused lrsahis ol Until Premier Has Seen Documenis
But Developments are to go Ahead—Chief Engineer Kelliher of G. T. P. Here

to consult with the City Engineer
on the points raised duving Mr.
Chamberlin’s visit. These include
the question of Centre street plank-
ing, certain sewer outlets through
Hays Creek, the entrance to the
through G. I. P. property
of the Woodworth watermain,
etc. Mr. Kelliher has instructions
from the president of the G. T, P.
to meet the city as liberally as
possible consistent with the con-
of G. T. P. interests,
not only the
present necessities of the com-
munity but the advantages of
the city for the future.

city

servation

and to consider

 

Princess May yesterday, and is

The Mayor took the position|Craig, Thomas Trotier, Weston
first that the council was not yet}Coyney, Dan H. McKinnon and
actually working under the Newjother former Klondikers. He is
Procedure By-law, and second that | making a hurried trip to Dawson
the record in the minutes was|in order to be present at the re-
correct as a record of what had|assembling of Parliament next
occurred, and could not be altered. | month.

“The council may make as many
errors as it likes,’’ he declared,
‘if the Clerk gives an exact
record of what really took place
there is nothing for the council
to do but adopt the minutes.”

 

 

 

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