“od THE WEATHER » for hours ending 5 a.m., 9 1N, RAIN MIN p. BAR, E- siative “Asso My Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist DAILY NEWS NEXT MAILS For SOUTH PrincessBeatrice. .Thursday, a.m. FoR NoRTH Princess Royai...Thursday p. m. VOL. Il, NO. 190 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., TuEsDAY, AuGusT 22, 1911. PRICE FIVE Centa CONGRATULATIONS FROM KING TO LLOYD GEORG JS, NAVAL LIEUTENANT’S WILD TALK AT VANCOUVER harged With Flagrant Violation of International Etiquette During Banquet to U.S. Officers on Recent Naval Visit—Lt.-Commander James Faces Court Martial ( ian Press Despatch) listing between the United States Bret n, Wash., Aug. 22. land Canada. CITY TO BUY PERMANENT PIPE Morse Creek Pumping System Needs $8,000 Worth of Pipe to be Used for Woodworth Water Later. , HASEBALL scones | BASEBALL SCORES mm me eter ea” Northwestern League Spokane 9, Tacoma 0; forfeited in the fifth. Seattle 6, Vancouver 1. In view of the urgent need in| Victoria 1, Portland 6. the city for increased water supply American League both for domestic purposes and New York, Detroit 5. fire protection the council last Chicago 4, Washington 7. night carried a motnion authorizing National League vio- | In His Cups officer's slightly harged with having grossly ciples of International} The } rigid ob-ser}that he young defence is ed pril demanding wes intoxicated ANCe m a naval officer while | at the time, and allowed his*spread- ien country, Lieutenant|eagle spirit to get the better of mt James of the United|his sense of the courtesy »due Cruiser West Virginia is|the country extending its hos- Court Martial at) pitality to him. While this defence , Washington. His case|may be entertained as fully as oks serious, but his | possible in order the more to fen | be fully considered reduce the possible resentment that Speech at Vancouver imay have been aroused in the T ficulty is the outcome of | Dominion by the ill-chosen ex- , the end of last week | pressions, the officer's position is | C. West Virginia to|sufficiently serious, especially at \ banquet was given |the present political juncture. | States Officers by the \ uver on July 27th, A. Cuthbert, secretary of the dl Commander James} Prince Rupert Civilian Rifle As \fier the banquet he | sociation, has written to the city mad wild and |council on behalf of the association peech in which|suggesting that the council might offer a trophy for the association. Referred to fina rks which Seriously friendly spirit ex- nce committee. SIMPSEAN CO.’S PROPOSALS yor Consults Engineer Tho- | DOWN ON ORIENTALS Laundry By-law Places Exact- ing Conditions on Them pson of Seattle, Regarding Some alteratior designed to Them. Seattle Engineer jmake it still more difficult for the oes not Approve. }Chinese laundrymen to start up lor extend their business in this N \ ria attending to|city, were made last night in the G. T. P. asess-| by-law-to regulate laundries. : ook occasion Alderman Newton would like ' Thompson to have enforced clause on ult) them making them wel mp nee Com white labor a fatal LUSC me the Chinese leundry try—but ipson was by no} City Solicitor Peters declared this » regard the pro-|impossible. The by-law is. still He would not| under consideration. hurriedly, but] fter corsideration. | Beach Place Water i was in Seattle} Colonel Davis has reported on with Engineer} the extension of water mains to \ nd secure the | Beach Place Referred to water : proposals committee. ITED STATES BEWAIL BAD HARVEST PROSPECTS shington Departmans of FT saliuse Issues Worst Report Since 1901 Owing to the Crop Failure Southern Pacific Railway has 160,000 Cars Idle and Has to Fire 6000 Hands \ug. 21.—A me in | tre-| western states are regarded as excellent Aihibnoh during | July that} from a_brief,} spell show he from |® | the condition Out the country | suffered i drought and heat the last fhcial figures and in the territory but excessively hot Later advices, that the damage this spell of drought has been more serious than was calculated upon | and the effect upon trade in gen- eral bad. A despatch from | Portland this morning states that owing to poor times and the failure of the main crops in the district generally, the Southern Pacific Railway Company has decided to six thousand of em- Officials of the company not month however, to crops monthly Department of lhe report the neral con- department has ingle month since > 1X ! { } is crop is criously affected Ww York and Penn- d to the Rocky I cing all the d hay-predue- In the the ex- North ple rains served to lly favorable con- ul the past month, ‘Ons thus dismiss its ployees. state that little doing season for many a has no tewer of the y have seen this The 160,- country, so for them at year. than f With Virginia company 000 empty ears lying idle on hands, Canadian transportation compan- ies on the other hand are wondering | and if they will have cars enough to harvest far continue handle the bumper In the Pacific North- pected, i the | Both By-laws passed their third lreading in council last night, expenditure of $8,000 or so on permanent water piping to be laid in connection with the Morse in- Chicago 2, New York 3. St. Louis 6, Brooklyn 1. Pittsburg 10, Philadelphia 7. to be Boston 6, Cincinnati 7. Creek pumping plant stalled and afterwards to be used Pacific Coast League for the permanent water supply Vernon 3, Oakland 3; called to from Woodworth Lake. ‘enkiie twelfth. ; Alderman Douglas was most anxious that this motion should |~——— ae ee eee carry ‘‘we fellows.”’ he said, “rushed | g Py an ae ee ee it over the trail among all that |g | devil's club while some others o VANCOUVER o| stayed at home with their cold ° NOMINATION ° feet on the stove. We want tolg © see some good of it.’’ o (Canadian ive, ‘ss Despatch) 0} Alderman Newton, who went by ° Vancouver, Aug. 22. ° proxy on that memorable occasion, le The nomination of Con- 06 supported Alderman Douglas on © servative Sandidate will 0! the ground that the need for fire |g take piace on Tuesday o protection was most urgent. “Welg night. Primaries are o}| have diddle daddled over it too} g beingheldtonight. Am- o| long already,”’ he said with some © ong the names before o eae: 10 the convention will be 0) . |o those of Alderman Ste- o Welcome Home vens, Sir Hibbert Tup- o/| Tanned by the southern aie per, and Mr. James Fin- o and zephyrs, Mr. J. H. Kugler, dlay who are hot favorit- o| “Uncle Jerry,’ returned from the es with supporters. o| south yesterday afternvon on the] 9 o| Princess May with his wife. He lo ecoeoeo eon ooo eoo°o has been away on a business trip. | Returning with Mr. Kugler were his son Jay and his wife. P. R. Indoor Baseball League. Mayor is Home | Mayor Manson, Alderman New- | Drivers at the Auditorium, Tues- ton and Clayton returned home|day, August 22nd. Game yesterday on the Princess May | called at 8.45 sharp. Admission from the south. | 25 cents. NOBLE STEEDS COMING FOR CITY |Mayor Pinchanel Fiery Chrag- ers for the Civic Chariot. They'll be Here Wednesday. On Wednesday witness the ar- rival at the wharf of Mayor Man- son’s noble nags purchased for |the city by the Mayor himself while he was down below. T. H. | Jaeger, veterinary surgeon advised | Mr. Manson and the horses are | guaranteed in good shape. | Alderman Clayton suggested | that they should be insured. This |was referred to the finance com- mittee. City Solicitor Peters doesn’t think much of livestock insurance. “Did you ever collect a claim for a lost horse?’’ he asked Alder- man Kerr. “Yes, five times,’’ replied Al- derman Kerr. “You're lucky,’’ returned Mr. Peters. “Well, you see,’’ remarked Al- derman Kerr with an innocent air, “] didn’t employ a solicitor to icoliect for me.” And Alderman Douglas tee-- | hee’d. | Inspector of Works MeNeil is authorised to set about building \ a civic stable at once. | tee Board | The city engineer’s report on sewer schemes has been referred the board of works for con- | sideration. Sold Lot on Fifth H. F. McRae & Co. sold Lot Block 5, Fifth 14 ;.O 18, on avenue Brotherhood Crescents vs. Quill yesterday to Solomon Mussallem | and Fifth for $1,470. | If you want money apply P. O.| | Box 953. GRAND TRUNK AGREEMENT WATERWORKS BY-LAWS: Final Stages Reached in Council With By- T.P. Assessment Settlement and to Raise Laws to Ratify the G.| $500,000 For the | Woodworth Hydro Electric Scheme---Both Pass Third Reading Late Last Night---Citizens Decision by Ballot Saturday, September 2nd. considerable relief at having! steered these two matters so! On Saturday, September 2, the By-law to Ratify the Grand Trunk Assessment Settlement will be submitted to the vote of the citizens of Prince Rupert |together with the Hydro Elec- 'tric By-law to sanction the | borrowing of $500,000 for the purpose of constructing the |'Woodworth Lake Waterworks nd Electric power system. The | hours and modes of procedure lin connection with the ballot will be in accordance with the Muniaiual Clauses Act. M. M. Stephens is appointed Returning Officer, and Polling will be in the City Hall or other convenient place appointed la- ter. The By-laws will be print- ed in all the city papers at least four times to give the citizens every chance to make them- selves thoroughly acquainted with the purport of them. far towards the final decision of the people regarding them. Reporting to the city council last night on the visit to Victoria the Mayor stated that on the main | there, viz.,| Government the | matter of his mission the gaining of the sanction and_ signature oe aie had caused him rather more trouble than he had. expected. Government Objection The Government objected rather emphatically to the transfer of much property the city simple which does the out its share property also to the handing over of 100 ft. of water frontage to the city. Mayor's Memo Mayor Manson had a terribly hard time of it to convince the Government that the points in question should be favorably re- garded, He pleaded and argued but all in vain. The Powers at Victoria demanded that he pre- pare a memorandum setting forth to assessment agreement so to in fee Government of the ot quarter ‘and will come into effect if | favorably regarded by the cit- izens, on September 12, May- or Manson conducted the final llands to be transferred. to Give Their | | | sanction | for so arguing for the of the ¢ ment. This the Mayor did at | lgreat length setting forth the ladvantages to the city involved, | jand finally on Wednesday last | the great guns of the Government | made a like an approv: ul of the affair and agreed to sign the agreement a form as approved by city and G. T. P. and to effect the conveyance eS the Provincial noise Govt. Withdraws Offer The Government gave the May- or no trouble at all in regard to the 999 year leased park sites, etc. | But in view of the transfer of the waterfrontage and the fee simple withdrawn the offer made some time ago to sell five lots at Market Place suitable for a city hall site, |« for $5000, The Mayor remarked |: that while he had considered this | offer an advantageous one, still in view of the greater advantages of the assessment settlement sanc- tion he was ready to relinquish the idea of purchasing these Mark- et Place lots at the terms men- | stages of the business in coun- ‘leit last night with an air of'in black and white his reasons tioned, codfish can be prepared in the same manner as that from Norway and Scotland, there possibilities of the market.” lands the Provincial Powers haye|or imported from Scotland a bat- talion teach the apt Canadian the art required by this time since the Scotch girls were eagerly wooed and wed by young Canadian stal- warts, and now they ‘have other KING’S CONGRATULATIONS FOR MR. LLOYD GEORGE Premier and Chancellor of the Exchequer Receive Royal Message of Appreciation on Peaceful Ter- mination of Old Country Industrial Strife— Work Being Resumed all Over (Canadian Press Despatch) London, August 22.—King Geor- ge has sent a special message of congratulation to Premier Asquith, and to Mr. Lloyd George, Cnahcel- lor of the Exchequer, as an expres- sion of his royal appreciation of their efforts towards the settle- ment of the great industrial dis- pute in the United Kingdom. Thanks to the unstinted erergy of those in authority, and the tactful handling of a very strained situation, the strike trouble looks practically over now. Violence is at an end. The men ere return ing to work. Truce on Railways Business kept going with comparative smoothness owing to the truce railways is at present on the various affected by the strike. All the railway lines except the, London and North Western are running as before the trouble, and an early settlement of the diffi- culiies with the latter corporetion is expected confidently. For the first time in three weeks work in the London docks is in full swing. Mechinery is running, end the yards resound egzin to the sound of gangs of men heard at work. Still a Little Strife Although undoubted commenda- tion is due to the high authorities is still a slight unrest apparent throughout industrial centres, as might be expected after so serious a disturbance. Here and there slight outbreaks ere occurring where less tact hes been displayed by lesser controlling agencies, and one or two instances of violence occesionally filter through the news however, all the industrial In general, United Kingdom, sources. the tendency over is towards peace after the worst war of the century. SOLOMON IS SORE Hasn't Got a Hurt Leg but Wants a Fruit Stand Solomon Mussallem is sore that a fruit stand should have been al‘owed to go up and do business at the corner of McBride street avenue. The stand is owned by Andrew Hansen who got | permanently disabled on the work of clearing the and in- stead of going away to become a charge or live his relatives stayed with the city ard is eking a living out of the stand. A kind hearted alderman allowed lhim to go ahead with the stand townsite elsewhere on and the council sanctioned the matter later. Now Mussallem who has a big store farther out on Fifth wants leave to put up a lfruit stand beside the cripple’s |ard threatens to cut up nasty | unle ss he gets permission to do so. TO ABOLISH STAND PIPES Ald. Hilditch Thinks Them a Serious Expense to the Water Dept. Committee will Con- sider. “Stand Alderman Hilditch, jthe water department. pipes” says “are an expensive to They frequently left running by children are and it is absolutely impossible for the from the users of them. tax collector io get money I would suggest that the water committee the cutting out the given into the houses or matter of the all water into of wherever go again advisability stand pipes can be close up to them.” The by the water commiitee. matter will be considered MORE DEMAND FOR FISH FROM OUR LOCAL WATERS overnment to the agree-| Cuban Market Can Take Quantities of Cured Fish— Prospects Ever Brightening For Thriving Fish Curing Industry in Prince Rupert—How Scotland A Cuban firm interviewed a Dom.Govt. commissioner stated that they imported codfish from Canade; but ‘the fish poorly salted and cured would not star.d the’ humidity the Cuban climate. If, by was that it of however, sO is no limi. to the Romantic Reciprocity Not long ago Canada attracted of sonsy fisher lassies to of fish curing, particularly haddock uid herring curing. ‘A new im- rtation of the same variety is Can Help the Canadian exported product of salt fish, «s practice.inder the guidance of those who have had the art at their fingers’ ends for generations. Here in Prince Ru- pert, reciprocity passes and the railway gets through, we shell have the best possible field for a fishcuring irductry on the largest scale. once Rupert Will Benefit To Prince Rupert Canada wili probebly attract the Scotch fisher lasses. In Prince Rupert fish curing plants will be ereeted at a dozen points along the waterfront, and from Prince Rupert the finest fishing fleet on the Pacific will sail to the finest fishing grounds in the world right at our doorstep. Incidentally perhaps Prince Ru- pert will supply the best breed of men for the coming Canadian fish to fry” in the shape of their chubby cheeked children, All that is required to improve Navy and Naval Reserve, Scot- land has done as much for the Imperial Navy from her fisher lads as all the world knows, for their teciful intervention, there