THE WEATHER Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist : — eee = oe —— - - —_— ——————————_—_—__—_— —— = ——S = BD WADE RECORD RIDE FROM a TO BE HOTTEST ELECTION Miles in Twenty-Three CHARLOTTE TO MASSET Prince Rupert Man Rode One Hundred and Twenty Hours Riding Time on Same Horse—Made Long Night Ride 4 Through Wednesday’s Storm a Masset, Sept. 15.—To ride a] John which was stormbound, did me distance of one hundred and twenty | not arrive till late in the evening, otte miles from Charlotte City te Mas-| The feature of the ride was the ace set in twenty-three hours without] splendid performance of the Mex: rm changing horses—most of the way|ican’s young mare Annie Laurie, | the during the blinding storm of Wed-|which carried Mr. Cowper the! at nesday night—is the record of|}entire journey, wearirg out two! om horsemanship made here by Mr.| relays of older horses, and finishing | is J. §. Cowper of Prince Rupert, | the trying journey in a fresh con-! bot accompanied by Mexican Tom, the cow puncher of Hoanda River. | te The trip has always been con-| va sidered a good three days’ ride, | ~ and when the party left Charlotte | the City at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday to | - catch the Prince John at Masset | : on Thursday noon, it was freely tor prophecied they were at- tempting the impossible. ; It was decided to make one| 7 day's ride ind then alter a rest | 4 to make a day and night ride to| “t finish. The first day brought the | ‘ perty to Walch's ranch at the| ‘ TI-El River, after seven and a| : half hours ride over the new | ’ trail from Charlotte City, : From TI-El which was left at | 8am., Mexican Tom's ranch was | , made at 2.50 p.m. The storm| by that tinie had arisen, and tite | Mexican’s horse was all in. After | 4rest till 8 p.m. to allow of fording | +} é+ioeal . the tidal rivers start was again | made at the height of the storm | to make ride along the} coast to Tow Hill. Mexican had | anew mour nd led his black | stallion, Marquis, as a precaution | apainst } Only me cident occurred, When the Mexican’s horse fell} x — the darkness. Rose Spit in the storm |} and darkness t} travellers trusted to the horses finding the trail, | Smith's stor Tow Hill was| Reached at 1.15 a.m. after fording | the Heilley River, the riders being | drenched te skin A fresh | ‘art Was made at 7 15 on the last} Stretch Masset eached 11.15 LOST IN THE BU dition. She has never been broken to the saddle, ard’ it was not! expected at the that she} could last more half the| journey but she covered the long | Stert than journey in less than twenty-three hours actual riding time, in the | teeth of a gale, without whip or| spur, finding her way in and out and over the drift logs on the] eastern shore of Graham Island in| the darkness. The record is expected to stand | for many years to come. = | ! TREADWELL GOLD LOST Efforts to Recover Ramona’s| Cargo May Succeed | (Canadian Press Despatch) Seattle, Sept. 16.—Ilt was gold consignment from the Tread-| well mines which went down with | j j | ai the Ramona the other day off | Spanish Island. The amount was | $180,000 consigned to San Fran-| cisco, Efforts are being made to| recover it an may prove successful. MOMENTOUS DESPATCH France's Reply to Germany Over Moroccan Crisis Des-| patched. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Sept. 15. io Germany's demand regarding Morocco was despatched by special | to Berlin after | being sanctioned by President Fal- | courier tonight lieres. The contents of the des- | DUNCAN ROSS HERE FOR France's reply | bis Visit to the Islands C7 z < — <= cc iD Cc ro no (Vy ee \ Z af PCANADIAN V4 oe {HE $0 TRAITOR AuTOWAaMy ~) > To THE - fe IMPERIAL Co- 2 ‘\f pown wit OPERATION "Bi HIM- HES AN -~ pera} f Ottawa, Sept. 16.--Nomination ¢ day yesterday showed that each party had its man in practically every riding in the Dominion. Ik is conceded on all hands that this is going to be one of the hottest elections in the history of Canada. Toronto, Sept. 16.—The first member of the twelfth Parliament of Canada is W. M. German of Welland, Liberal, who was elected by acclamation today. Contests will be held in the other 220 tidings. Welland member is anti- pact. The only incident of nomination day was et Port Arthur, where Carrick, Conservative, was de- clared elected by acclamation by the mayor of the city. After Returning Officer Horrigan, who had announced the postponemert of the election at Thunder Bay to October 12th, had accepted the deposit of $200 from Carrick, he then left the room. chair ruled as above. will be ignored by Liberals. ‘ _— | ler, Stevens and Kingsley. UNION IS STRENGTH A DUET IN DIFFERENT KEYS. Progressive Resolution Londor, Ont., Sept. 16.—The Synod of the Anglican Church has passed a_ resolutior favoring union with other Christian bodies in Canada and throughout the world. ~ veneral BALANCE OF THE CAMPAIGN Showed Him How Rapidly They Must Develop Under Re- ciprocity—J. S. Cowper’s Memorable Ride—Frank Angers Sketches a Con- servative Government, by an Army of Rebels, With McBride as Commander-in-Chief and Bourassa as First Officer Evidence of the popularity of reciprocity in the West is coming to hand daily. At North Edmon- ton seven Conservative speakers The electors present declared this illegal, but the Mayor in the This action Vancouver, Sept. 16.—The nom- inations here yesterday were Senk- Anglican General Synod Passes which was patch are maintained rigidly secret. | Mia cipal —— he Prince | Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4 | SH FOR 7 ‘THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS Terrifying Ex Old Vancouver Man, W Last Week—Lived perience of Mr. Whyte, a Seventy Year hile on Graham Island on Wild Berries and is None the Worse for It To be lost jy Graham Island |; food or Shelter fo WO nights y Perience of Mr # Seventy st week without r three days and ‘s the terrifying ex- \\ hite of Tow Hill, year old retire | ° ' ‘d carriage maker from Vancouy T ms ‘ee Ir, Wh; id ite Who has } : : t ; . < ada long spend his decti..; ging the aay ! declining days by Isang. 1 Pa me to Graham ev coe N ago for a small pre-emny} £9 to look and Wife H iption for himself Horth cose UNA One on the the island near erecting a house small patch of low Hill, and and Cultivat; the land the r A few qo for lays ‘WO he : starte 4 little walk ted out ® Survey | inland following he loge tt ve Be fore g0ing far . te line an Walked to and i d though he "Ot pick it up ae he couid “he ‘ he built « * At night day he “ and slept. Next Ty Set ony ; ha circle | Ut again, Walking iC On a day's ma . ly succeeded after ’ AT( i i tn 1 in getting bac bd g rack remnant OL his last nig S las ht's 1 the woods of | fire, He was then without a match and had to sleep in the cold. Again next day and the | most enthusiastic of the campaign, the hearty cheering starting with ithe appearance of Duncan Ross, |just in from the Queen Charlotte | Islands and continuing all through his address. The candidate was tired from his strenuous trip but that he gave a | his make a speech and he rattling good one. Mr. Ross first told some of the incidents of his trip to the islands, upon which made a telling point for reciprocity ‘I saw the American fishing fleet,” supporters insisted one of he outside of the three mile limit but within sight of Masset. What the Tariff Does “The American fishing boats, you must understand, take ten million dollars worth halibut from those banks, but owing to the tariff, pre- vented from calling in at any port on Graham Islands to purchase their supplies there, and the fisher- men are prevented from making their homes there, but must take their catch hundred miles away to the south. of these vessels are six Canadian waters, prevents the Canadian from get- gint one five cents worth of this catch. After the reciprocity agree- ment is ratified by your votes next Thursday these fishermen will make their homes near the banks at Masset, they will buy their sup- plies there, shelter their boats there, and ship their halibut in cold storage or on the Grand Trunk steamers. What a tre- mendous stimulus that would give (Continued on page 6.) EVER KNOWN IN CANADA Each Party Has Practically a Man in Every Riding— Conservatives Trying Some Monkey Work at Port © Arthur—-The Nominations at Vancouver “GEORGE” DID IT Smart Rescue Effected by Pop- ular G. T. P. Boat (Canadian Press Despatch) Vancouver, Sept. 15.—The steamer Prince George picked up Peck and Hume, two Vancouver men whose yacht was dismantled and nearly wrecked in yesterday's storm. The men were in great danger, and their rescue smartly effected by the Prince George was greatly appreciated by the boat’s passengers. GIGANTIC MILL MERGER Fifty Million Dollar Transac- tion in Washington and Ore- gon. (Canadian Press Despatch) Portland, Ore., Sept. 16.—The mill owners of Washington and Oregon are signing a consolidation agreement effecting a gigantic mer- ger of mills involving capital to the amount of fit‘y million dollars. NOT PLAIN SAILING Air Navigator Makes Only 20 Miles of Long Flight Paterson, N. J., Sept. 16.—James Ward, who started from New York on an aeroplane flight to San | Francisco, landed here tonight, less | than twenty miles from his starting | point. MAINE MAY GO “WET” (Canadian Press Despatch) Portland, Maine, Sept. 16.— Latest reports indicate the defeat of prohibition by a majority of 155. The State of Maine has been a dry state for many years and the The smoker at the Liberal com-|he said, ‘‘fishing off the banks of] ‘‘They take these ten million|were greeted by eight of an au-|change will be almost an_ in- |mittee rooms last night was the}Graham Island. The boats were| dollars worth of halibut from these} dience at a party “rally.” novation. and the tariff eee At Kitselas last night H. S.| Clements in an anti-reprocicity speech issued a challenge to Mr.; J. S. Cowper to meet him on the CLEMENTS CONFRONTED _ BY J. S. COWPER TONIGHT The Elusive ‘‘Bean”’ Challenger After Issuing One More of His, ‘‘Safe’’ Challenges, Will Be Cornered at Last in Kitsumkalum Tonight by Man He Challenged intended, rung out his challenge on empty air. This very morning a telegram flashed defiance along the wires to him, bidding him be off Point Grey tonight Messrs. . public platform tonight at Kit- suceeding night he walked about, vainly trying to find the way out. He could hear shots and shouts of the searchers, and the sound of the but ° the breakers on shore, could not find any path out. At last on the third day found the trail to Cape Fife, but mistaking the direction walked further into the bush, where for- tunately he was picked up by} a settler, During White subsisted and little the for adventure. Nothing daunted by his experience, he is still firmly | decided to spend the remainder | 9 he cceao0e0oe ooo | the whole time, Mr. | wild berries |® bis / 0 | | on is worse of his days with his wife on Graham |@ lo \o Island, ——- er It may smash the Empire if}o inlo Then,|o 090000000000098- little cheaper winter. a this potatoes are Vancouver again, it may not, hours of Friday morning. Three or four men entered the Bank of Montreal about midnight, when the clerk left, blew the safe and secured two hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars. Over twenty thousand of this was in gold, one hundred and fifty thousand in five and ten dollar bills, and the remainder in larger denominations. The Chinese janitor entered the bank at four o'clock. He was seized, bound, gagged and thrown into the basement, where he remained until six o'clock when he got free and informed the police. The perpetrators made a successful get away. They were apparently familiar with the premises. The door of the safe was blown clear. Over thirty thousand dollars in gold and silver and bills were scattered over the premises by the force of the explosion. The furniture was badly damaged. The night was very dark, raining and windy. There is absolutely no trace of the burglars. News staff to outside inquirers during the week that Mr. Cowper's programme was intended to in- oe ‘clude a visit to Bella Coola about o|this week-end. It seems pretty ° evident that Mr, Clements’ chal- o|lenge is designed like the done- over one he dished out to Duncan Ross knowning quite well that Duncan Ross had just completed hard and fast announced arrange- ments taking him out of Rupert. But this time Mr. Clements will find that he has not as he 0600000000000000000 0000000000000000000000;sumkalum, Up till a late hour ojlast night, it was believed in o| Prince Rupert that Mr. Cowper BANK BURGLARS MAKE A HUGE HAUL o} had extended his Queen Charlotte ee o| Islands campaign tour, and would (Canadian Press Despatch) o}not be back in Prince Rupert this New Westminster, September 16.—-What constitutes the largest and most suc- o| week. cessful robbery in the history of the American continent, was pulled off in the early o| Bona fide information had, in olfact, been given by the Daily ° ° ° 990000000909000000000000000009000 ready to make his challenge good at Kitsumkalum tonight. Both Mr. J. S. Cowper and Mr. Frank R. Angers will be there to meet him. He cannot shirk this oc- casion. Nemesis, and this time, fleet of foot, is on his track, for by twenty-three hours record break ing hard horseback travel for one hundred and twenty miles from Queen Charlotte City to Masset, Mr. Cowper managed to catch the boat for Rupert, and took train this afternoon with Frank Angers bound for Kitsumkalum, When Mr. Clements opens his meeting tonight J. S. Cowper and F. R. Angers will be there with sledge-haramer answers to his puny opposition arguments ageinst Ross and Reciprocity—while if Mr. Clements invites it he can have a few more hammer taps from Hansard,