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Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist

 

II, NO. 156

 

PRINCE Rupert, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1911.

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L OF PORCUPINE nE DSTI im
NOW VAST BLACKENED RUIN

o Hundred People Are Dead at Sink: Four Hundred at Golden
City and Streets of South Porcupine Strewed With Bodies

SIX THOUSAND FLUNG THEMSELVES IN LAKE

ven by a Sixty-Mile Gale, the Forests Were Like a Gigantic
Blast Furnace---Relief Trains Are Being Sent---Eight
Hundred Children Sent to Toronto for Safety

‘anadian Press Despatch)

alt, July 13 ‘hat hundreds

been in the

Por-
mining district yesterday,

that of dollars of

ve ha done is now

certau

res have lost

fires which swept the

millions
been
So awful and com-
destruction in
the full extent
toll may never be

ve

has been the
places, that

> death

o Hundred Dead at Dome

an indication of the ghostly
of the forest holo-
it is reported from West
, that out of the eighty-four |
only three}
scaped, while at the town of |
itis helieved that the whole
tion of

CLIVeNess

 

pmployed there,

two hundred souls}
yt rishe d

umped in the Lake

)

rcupine, the six thousand |}
!

pts only saved themselves |
to the lake and jumping

get

Ing

ym aged to out

of Golden
| wiped
Iscarcely a
jever

in the middle of
rafts and logs.

to be drowned.
from there at an early hour
morning, placed the

dead at three hundred.

dred perished in the flames.

Some of the Dead
Among those who are known
to be dead at West Dome are

Robert Weis and his wife and child.

Towns are in Ruins

The towns of South Porcupine,
Pottsville, Dome, and a portion
City are completely
the map. There is
sign that human life
there. At South
are strewn

off

existed

the
with the dead
of human
and cattle,

streets
and charred bodies

Porcupine

beings, horses, dogs

showing how they had

 

E BASEBALL LEAGUE

FIRST E

lishment in Splendid Spirit of the ‘Prince Ru-|

VER IN RUPERT

rt Indoor Baseball League’? Last Night—By-
Laws and Rules Drafted, Member-
ship Unrestricted

cee '
intly purposeful manner
nisation of the

}

proposed

for

base Prince
afted last night by

selected, and with
Dproval of

all league
was ar

nmittec

represe;tatives

present}

Y existing teams in

lecided that the league
“The Prince
Baseball League,”’
was laid on the fact
is intended to be
no stakes to be

x” entitiled
Inodor
nha is
phi

(
ateur one,
for
estricted Membership
Humber of players in any
8 limited twelve, but
Ms registering in the league

members without re-
), This

to

Cure

point came up
*(estion of professionalism
lelt by some of those

that possibly
cl the

in-
a player
© might find himself
‘ol having previously
a professional, and it

ided to mz iintain the prin-
1 the

as

amateur game in

with recognised Ama-
iations.

Ice

This, however,
Npose restric tion

Td to pl

son leams
ayers who can be

“Ss amateurs without
: It was left in the
, :

th Secretary to take
t er

“ Steps to secure thé re-
1
ee Ol any of the present
5 of ioini

s teams joining the
‘hO may }

é lave ¢ J

ad, it one

Protessionals, that
One,

Spalding’ 8 Rules

iy

6S Rules are well known
Jia
Yyers of indoor baseball

 

in Prince Rupert,
of the Prince Rupert Indoor Base
ball League will be in accordance
This meets with the

the

with these.
of

the live game in the city.

approval enthusiasts for

the lake on boats,
Many are believed | are
The latest report; those who had failed in trying to

this | escape from the flames.
number of |
At Golden |
City it is reported that four hun- | of eyewitnesses is beyond des-

Weis was manager for the West |
Dome mine, and head man for
Heinz, the Montana mining mag-
inate.

All along the mine road§

' :
| perished,
of charred of

lines corpses

Like a Blast Furnace
The fire according to the stories
|cription. For a width of twenty-
miles, the
With a
it
hot fury,

le
| five country was
mile gale

flames to

on
| fire, sixty
fanning the
white the flames rushed
at breakneck speed across three
hundred of
suming everything it touched, and

behind

miles country, con-
giving no chance of escape.
Money Loss is Great

Apart from the terrible loss of
life,
Hundreds and farm-
houses with implements were burn-
Mining camps and costly
destroyed.

of farms

ed up.
mining machinery are

The mining loss at Dome is placed | ,

at $800,000.
Relief Train is Sent
A relief train is on its way here
as fast as it can

from Toronto

travel, bringing provisions, bedding

 

}

|

aid the rules) eight hundred children and a few

Presidirg over last night's meet- |

the baseball team

ing of

resentatives and the committee | worst situated.
By-laws | by burning forests, and fears are
proved | felt lest the remainder of the town

Chief |

l ‘
George

to draw the
Alderman

himself a capable chairman

KuCc

Kerr

up

Vickers is Secretary and his ex-
perience and erc.csicsm in all
matters of live sport is of great
advantage to the men, ard mech

appreciated,

To Draw Up Schedule

On Tuesday, the 18th inst., in
the Police Court Room at 8 p.m.,
will be held the important meccing
of the committee @nd men in
terested at which the orgenisation
of the League will be finally

approved, and as many as possible
of the players representing teams
formed, being formed, or proposed,
should attend.

The
names
the Le:
and it

closing date for receiving
of teams intending to enter
igue is fixed for July 21st,
is the purpose of the com-
mivtee to draw up the Schedule
on the 25th inst. If the young
men of the city are half as live

as they look now there should

be ten teams in the league. This
is the Pioneer League for the
city, and enthusiasm for its success
is naturally keen, even if the
League were not also the fore-
runner of the coming Athletic
Sports Park which will be ob-

tained through its establishment.

Je
rep- jin

i safety.

 

and medical comforts for the vic-

tims. Thousands of dollars have

i} been voted by public bodies for

| relief purposes.
Eight Hundred Children
nurses are being
from all parts of the
One train which passed
way
with

Doctors and
sent in
| province.
on its

here today

crowded

| through

| to Toronto was

lwomen, on their way out to
Danger Not Over

The danger is not yet all over,

though the worst has passed. The

flames break out again and again

Golden City the

It is now encircled

places. is

may be burned up.
Must Give Reasons

A letter from the City Board
of Trade was read at the council
last night asking that the water
and Hydro-electric by-laws be vot-
ed on separately. The Board of
Trade will be asked to give their

the money loss is consdierable. |*

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

NTARIO

 

 

 

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BASEBALL SCORES

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Northwestern League
Vancouver 14, Tacoma 6.
Seattle 4, Victoria 3,

Portland 7, Spokane 4

Pacific Coast League
Oakland 3, San Francisco 0.
Portland 6, Vernon 3.
Sacramento 3, Los Angeles 12.

National League
Breoklyn 5, Chicago 3.
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 13, 6.
Boston 6, 6; New York 4.
Philadelphia 4, New York 4.
Boston 6, 6; St. Louis 13, 6.
Pittsburg 4, Cincinnati 3.

American League
Chicago 6, Boston 3.
Detroit 9, Philadelphia 0.
Cleveland 4, Washington 3.
New York 12, St. Louis 2.

“SHIPPING NEWS

Princess Mary and City of Se-
attle will Both Arrive To-
night.

 

(By Dom. Govt. Wireless)

Triangle reports the steamers
Princess Mary and City of Seattle
in Millbank Sound at 11.30 a.m.
both northbound. Arrive in Ru-
pert at about 10.30 tonight.

Tatoosh reports the steamers
St. Julian and Yosemite, outward
bound at 10.30a.m. The schooners
J. H. Lunsmann, Mahoney and
J. P. Bruce in at 11.15, the steamers
Montana and Nelson in at noon.

Pachena reports the steamer
Tees east bound off Kyuquot at
9.15 a.m.

WHOLE FAMILY —
DIE IN HORROR

Baffling Mystery is Finally Un-
ravelled by a Clever Detective.
Exclusive Story for the News.

(Special to the News)
London, England, July 13.—
Have just finished one of the most
interesting episodes in my career,
and succeeded in solving the mys-
tery of how the Tregennis family,
one by one, died from _ horror.
Watson and I nearly met the fate

WAY IS NOW CLEAR TO

ISSUE BOTTLE LICENSES

 

|
‘Mayor Manson, with Ald. Kerr, Hilditch and Smith Gave the Re-
| strictive Clause Its Quietus Last Night---Newton and

Douglas Alone Opposed the Proceedings ---
Ald. Clayton Did Not Attend

By a vote of four to two Alder-
man Kerr's Liquor Licence By-law
Amendment was finally adopted
lby the city council last night.
;Clause 36 of the City Liquor
|Licence By-law is suspended for
two months. This means that
| the hotelmen and the other licence
holders may make application for
renewal of licence right up to the
day of the sitting of the Licence
Board.

How the Vote Stood
The voting was as follows:
Yeas; Mayor Manson; Alder-
men Hilditch, Kerr and Smith.

Nays: Aldermen Douglas and
Newton.

There were no verbal pyro-
technics last night. Alderman

Newton wanted to have the by-law
held up for six months and moved
an amendment to that effect. It
was defeated. Alderman Douglas
moved... that the. suspension of
36 be for the benefit of
hotelmen only. This was defeated.
He had one lone supporter in
Alderman Newton. Alderman Cl-
ayton was absent from the meeting.

Clause

Challenged Ald. Smith

Every effort was made to have
the final adoption of the sig-
nificant by-law held up by Alder-
men Newton and Douglas. The
former finding his amendment to
have the final adoption held over
for six months was doomed to
defeat, challenged the right of
Alderman Smith to vote in view
of it being an issue in which a
relative was concerned.

City Solicitor Peters explained
Alderman Smith could not be
disqualified on the ground men-
tioned.

“Then I would like to ask
the City Solicitor why Alderman
Smith refused to vote at the
Licence Commissioners’ meeting?”

This Mr. Peters explained was
beyond his jurisdiction.

Board Meets Saturday

There was some see-sawing for
a time oyer technicalities, then
Clause 36 was legally laid aside
for a two months’ holiday.

Though Alderman Smith did
not actually record his vote last
night, the new procedure by-law

says that silence when an issue
is being voted on must ne taken
affirmatively.

The Licence Board will meet
on Saturday afternoon to issue
licences and renewals to liquor
sellers.

Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4

INQUEST TODAY

 

Funeral of J. Stussi Killed at
Work Takes Place Tomorrow

An inquest into the matter of
the death of J. Stussi who died
at the hospital yesterday after
being injured by the fall from
the crane at the Government
Wharf was opened this afternoon
at two o'clock. The body is in
charge of Messrs. Hayner Bros.,
and the funeral is fixed for to-
morrow from the Anglican Church.

For rent after July 31st, base-
ment in Helgerson Block now
occupied by William Grant. Apply
O. M. Helgerson, Ltd.

 

 

 

THE FATAL HEAT

 

IN MONTREAL

Over Four Hundred and Fifty
Children Have Died There in
Past Twelve Days.

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Montreal, July 13.—The effect
of the recent hot wave on the
health of the children of this city
is shown by some startling mor-
tality figures. First the ‘twelve
days of the month 96 per cent of

the deaths which have been re-

 

of the Tregennis family, before

then we concealed his crime. Wat-
son was greatly interested in the
case, and has written it up for the

News under the title of ‘The
Adventure of the Devil's Foot.”
It will start in next Monday's
paper.

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Look out for the special coron-
ation films that will be shown at
the Phenix Theatre next Wed-
nesday. Good vaudeville and
pictures tonight.

 

reasons for the request,

we succeeded in finding the mur- | of infants under five years of age.
derer of Mortimer Tregennis, and |The

July ist, are those

| ported since

 

total number of deaths is
473, for infants 454.

For the first eight days of the
month there were 432 deaths of
which 324 were children. Since
Saturday there have been 171
additional deaths of which 1380
were children.

At the Fountain

Ice Cream Cones 5c, Ice Cream
Sodas 10c, Sundaes 15¢ and 20c,
Ice Cream 25c pint, 50¢e quart.—
C. H. Orme, Pioneer Druggist,
Phone 82.

 

 

RESULTS OUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS

 

Eight Out of the Ten Candidates From Prince Rupert Passed and Both Candidates
From Port Essington—Exams Were Stiff and Over Fifty Per Cent. of the
Pupils Failed to Pass The Tests

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Victoria, July 18.—The High
School entrance examination re-
sults were made known here today,
for the whole of the rural High
Schools in the Province. Out of
three hundred and thirty-two who
wrote for the examinations, only
one hundred and sixty—less than
fifty per cent—passed, Prince
Rupert was well above the average,
eight of
passing the educational tests.
highest marks made in the entire

out its ten candidates

The

 

examination were by Miss Mar-
jorie Tennant of Royal Oak School.
Saanich, who obtained 827 marks
out of a possible 1100.
Prince Rupert Results

Prince Rupert: Number of can-
didates 10; passed 8. Those who
passed were Frank D. Holland,
685; Edith M. Sing, 657; H.
Lloyd Johnston, 633; Wallace f
Anderson, 624; Alma M. Chris-
tiansen, 583; Genevieve M. Mac-
Donald, 575; Kathleen F, Haslett,
570; Katharine S. Johnston, 559.

 

Other Local Districts
Inspectorate No. 3; Non-muni-
cipal schools; Alert Bay Centre.
Alert Bay: Number of candi-
dates 2; passed 1, Nora V. Olney,
560.

Quathiaski Centre, Cortez Is-
land: Number of candidates 1:

ton’s
remarks, and regrets if in any
way an unjust inference was drawn
from them,
hand
recollection of Alderman Newton's
remarks seemed clearly to indicate
that Alderman Newton was charg-
ing that Alderman Smith had an|*
interest in two of the licences.

SAYS HE DID NOT MAKE

CHARGE AGAINST ALD. SMITH

Ald. Newton Says he Did Not Say That Ald. Smith
Was Interested in Two of the Bottle Licenses—
A Protest and Explanation

At the close of the council meet-
ing last night Alderman Smith
said he wished to contradict a
statement that appeared in the
News on Tuesday to the effect
that Alderman Newton had said
that the two bottle licences were
controlled by Alderman Smith.
He said he had spoken to Alder-
man Newton about the matter
and the report in the News is
denied, consequently he was forced
to believe the statement was print-
ed maliciously.

Newton's Denial

“I did not make such a state-
ment as appeared in the News,”
said Alderman Newton in reply
to Alderman Smith. ‘‘What might
have led up to the statement
being printed was that I said
it was generally believed that the
two licences were one. I was
dealing with the issue as if it were
one, That is how I suppose it
came to be reported. It may not
have been done purposely.”

 

The New accepts Alderman New
interpretation of his own

Our reporter's short-
notes, as well as our own

 

KING LEAVES IRELAND

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Kingstown, Ireland, July 13.—
After a very successful visit, the
King and Queen left Ireland to-
day, sailing in the Royal Yacht
for Holyhead. They will take
part in the elaborate ceremonies
attending the investiture of the
young Prince of Wales in Car-
narvon Castle tomorrow.

This Is Good

The speci. oday and tomorrow
at the Palac of Sweets is regular
80-cent boxes of rich chocolates
for 50 cents. These chocolates
are extra fine and made from a
recipe which cost hundreds of
dollars.

The new candy maker at the
Palace of Sweets is an expert at
his business.

 

On Trip to Alaska

Mrs. S. P. McMordie joins
friends on board the Princess
Mary today and takes the trip
Juneau, Skagway and Lake
Bennett, Alaska.

On her return Miss Whyte and
Miss Blish of Chicago will be her

guests for a few weeks.

 

 

If Alderman Newton did not so
charge—and he declares he did
not —the News very gladly hastens

 

passed 0.
Heriot Bay: Number of candi-
dates 1; passed 0.
Port Essington: Number of can-

didates 2; passed 2, Mary C.

to correct the impression pre-
It is superfluous
The

any

viously given.

to state that News has no

malice towards member of

 

'ntig, 053; Walmot G, Rudge, 550.

the council,-Ed,

Where to Go

EMPRESS THEATRE, Second Ave.:
Pictures and Music, 7.30 p.m.

MAJESTIC THEATRE, Third Ave;
Pictures and songs, 7.30 p.m.

PHENIX THEATRE, Second Aveuue;
Pictures and music, 7,80 p.m,

 

 

 

 

  
 

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