THE WEATHER ty-four hours ending 6 a.m., Aug. 29 MIN. TEMP. 50.5 Twen BAR. tN. RAIN MAX in 29.709 1.07 THE DAILY NE Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist nT VOL. I, NO. 197 MANY PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1911. WHAT PEOPLE ABOUT WATER BY-LAW ARE SAYING Some Pithy Comments Gathered up on the Street and in the Business Centres—Business Men are United Against the Unbusinesslike Proposition er in endorsing the by The now before the Ar tand taker News upon the mone bylaws me of the typical the city enclose remarks rd during few days from citizens discussing ed money bylaws. he past the props forn bylaw passes in its! with no guarantee} | work is to be done by will place within the administra- the patronage it hand it themsels es) Oo out, three years, of them will advant: ° ge King we is bylaw down for another work under mtract system, ter vVear sooner yon thousands will cost he Public let it in and The and i am going to vote law town | Box 953. lare going to bankrupt her. I lam going to get into the band- |wegon and get my share, and then isell my real estate and get ovt."’ “] will stake my reputation as that an attorney the combining jof these two propositions in one money bylaw is absolutely illegal.” “If this work is not done under the contract system, we have absolutely no guarantee as to when we will get this water, or even as to how much of the work will be done for this large sum.” “Tf the ployment city must furnish for the laboring them men who vote ‘right’ vote let contract. It and then out ter- will subsidy wa works on cost us far less,” Borden in Ontario Brocky ille, Aug. 30 Mr. Borden campaign here last night, speaking Special) closed his Ontario to a large audience at the skating rink. He goes to Quebec and then to the Maritime provinces. If you want money apply P. O. tf INCRIMINATING LETTERS Former Resident of Vancouver Charged with Murder I Ly Pp t ) i) es 30) R ! ide1 here identified m the ters on his Bancroft FELT IN MONTREAL Effect of English Labor Strike on Shipping Canadian Press Despatch) M 1, Aug. 30 On account of the labor difficulties in England six hundred longshoremen were thrown out of work here, following the ncellation and non-arrival it the port this week of many large mers stex DUNCAN ROSS EXPOSES CLEMENTS AT CUMBERLAND Proves from Pages of Hansard that the Conservative Candidate Advocated Reciprocity With United States Clements Takes Back Challenge to Withdraw from Contest yy Vj 1¢ Daily News) \ctoria, August 30..-Duncan 88 concluded the most suc- cessful series of political meet-| Ings ever held in Alberni and | ©Mox with a large Cumberland last night. large hall was packed, Crowds stretching out into Streets and meeting at The | the | : the | istenin the open doors and Se Mr. Clements was present, | rig given the same time | i Mr. William Sloan ane and spoke in support aa Ross in a forcible . * nN conclusion he quot- “hala Hansard a speech oe in the House of Com- by Mr. Clements in which the lat ter had : advoc air exchange cated a Ucts with the , “ements dignant 'n natural pro- > United States. reply gave an that menial to the charge sles a advocated recip- © said that if Mr. 08 ; i Mr, Sloan could find 'n Hansard or out of it ANY sneer Peech by him in which in ie ad ; i rau tvoeated reciprocity wi coat Contest. thdraw from the © mad : Lectionigs .. *t?OM€ high pro- St Speech pleading that the wall against American goo- ds be made higher and keeping our national resources for the people of Canada. Mr. Ross produced Hansard and read from its pages that Clements had made the fol- lowing statement: “While I am not a freetrader, and far from it, I would be ready to favor reciprocity as between the United States and | Canada.” Mr. ponent with this bold declara- tion in reply to Mr. Sloan, and asked him if he would with- | draw now or take his punish- ment on election day. He ridiculed Clement's protection-| ist theory and again reading from Hansard what Clements | had said: “I would make the Canadian duty on beans 60c. per bushel and compe! British Columbia to buy our beans.’ “This is the man," concluded Mr. Ross, “who now, asks to represent the miners and other | consumers of Comox-Atlin.”’ The sentiment of the large| body of miners was overwhel- | mingly in favor of Ross and Reciprocity. em- Ross taunted his op- - } a | THE ROAD TO BETTER TIME 7S Toronto Globe WILL NOT BUILD THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM BY COMPETITIVE CONTRACT Mayor and Council Before Noisy Meeting Made Pronouncement—Propose to Spend $550,000 on Station Work and Days Labor—Municipal Expert from Seattle Unconsciously Condemns the Whole Project by Saying that Its Success Depends on Its Being Kept Out of Politics. Not in any overwhelming throng] the rich interior country. “While | he remained on the platform and iI am loyal io Seattle,’’ he said.|spoke in favor of the bylaws. to hear the Mayor and members| ‘'I feel that this town is going to}He was roughly interrupted by ndj labor men taunting him on Foley- | Welch & Stewart's station work| did the citizens turn out last night of the city council advocate the the Hydro- isi ihe dee Alderman lack of of the As voters’ approval of Bylaw, assessment agreement Hilditch audience Electric and deploring his close towards the meeting blamed the weather . matter of fact a plentiful sprink- ling of the audience had departed by that time. Defence of the hydro-electric scheme, the announ- cement that the work is to be done if the bylaw by gangs and days labor, and recom- passes, mendation of the assessment agree- ment the burden of the platform The mistake of having tooo many speakers at the lag of it to a straggling and unconvincing formed song. end the meeting brought conclusion. Liked Seattle Man Without doubt the strongest speech of the evening was that ot Superintendent Ross of the Seattle City Electric Light Power Plant. He spoke in quiet even tones with never an attempt but every word he said carried weight. ‘‘We keep track of Prince Rupert down in Seattle,” said and told how he had townsite thirteen years ago from a Haida dreamt to and at oratory, he first seen the canoe before Rupert was of. He was then on his way Port Simpson after a trip through SIR WILFRID NEW BRUNSWICK Enthusiastic Reception by the People of St. John—He Ad- station | IN be one of che princips | cities, a one of the best this coast.” ownership on tor Seattle His recommendation of the coun- stood strong and geve support Sta- istics i wes the best cil’s idea for the Shawatlans power plant expressed last night, but in his parting word he gave a broad thint to the citizens which those present both sew.and appreciated. Beware of Politicians Upon the character of the men in control of ary municipe| manage ment depends che success of mun- licipal ownership declared Mr. Ross “The which | one thing spoils the whole idea of municipal ownership of any utility is pol- itics.’’ Without a straight, effi- | cient, practical men running the affa bias and prejudice it was evident Mr. Ross had little hope for the success of a municipal power plant. Watered the Wine The good wine of this straight- | Ages petty irs free from political forward speech was sadly watered | afterwards by the remaining speak- Alderman Smith evidently | appreciated the fact that in spite | ers. of Superintendent’ Ross's heavy! blow at politics in municipal af-| fairs, the psychological moment | for the conclusion of the meeting the of Mr. Persuaded by the Mayor vas at end Ross's speech, BASEBALL SCORES Northwestern League Spokane 5, Victoria 4. Sm | dresses an Audience of Seven Thousand. (Canadian Press Despatch) John, N. B., Aug. 30. Wilfrid Laurier opened his cam-| | St. Sir | paign in this province last night, | reception was given | | A monster the great leader, and in the evening addressed an enthusiastic au- but he dience of seven thousand many thousand more were unable io obtain admittance, Seattle 7, Vancouver 6. Portland 4, Tacoma 3. National League New York 2, St. Luois 0. Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 1, Chicago 8, Philadelphia 4. Pittsburg 8, Boston 0, American League Boston 4, Chicago 1. New York 4, St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 12, Detroit 8. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4, utterly | 1 scheme by the days labor system, municipal | system and the system as applied | to the waterworks Alderman Hilditch regretted his in- small had nings, and his His statement that the the audience. council existed to protect citizens’ interests was hailed with ironical applause. had lot poor working man whom he had ton a to say about the |nobly, defended. and was greeted whimpering com- the labor men who you kind, kind man!” Newitor answer with derisive from cried ‘Oh, Alderman direct mencs could not give to the question of a labor man “Did not} the memhers of this council pledge themselves on election, not give more He said station work was not like other contract. Douglas’ Challenge “There is an impression in the out any contracts?’. city that a huge voting machine is to be formed on the waterworks “That cannot happen while I am on the said Alderman Douglas. council for as soon as I saw such a thing I would raise such a roar about it that I would shake Prince Rupert from centre to cir- | (Continued on page 4.) LIFELESS BODY IS DISCOVERED Leading Nelson Barrister Mis- sing for Many Days (Canadian Press Despatch) Nelson, Aug. 80.—The fate of H. A. Stewart, a leading barrister here who has been missing since August 10, was solved on S::nday when three children picking Lerries on the mountainside some distance from town discovered his lifeless body.