A Fass Sn Twent) . \ OR SOUTH Se; an sa a te pert. ,... Friday, a.m. wax, TEMP ye 5 29.941 .27 F . ror NorTH 4.0 4, / % A prinieess May....Thursday, Next , —— ! A Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist _—_———— - —— = es — - - ~ = ee — yoL. Il, NO. 214 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., a: SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. ee PPh PS = a —— = ROUSING SPEECHES AND SONGS AT ROSS SMOKER Ww. J. McKenzie Gave a Fine Address With Interesting Political Reminiscences—Ernest Flexman and G. H. Morgan Were Among the Able Speakers A VOTE FOR CLEMENTS IS A VOTE FOR VANCOUVER ‘Vote for Vancouver!"’ would make a fine battlecry for the Conservative forces tomorrow. Not content with foisting a Vancouver man upon the Comox-Atlin electorate, and having the audacity to place him right here in Prince Rupert the city he persistently knocked, for the balance of the campaign, these brilliant strat- egists procee:' now to call to their candidate's aid another Vancouverite, Mr. George H. Cowan, who is billed as principal speaker for their final rally tonight. If Vancouver were in Comox-Atiin Mr. Clements’ candidature would not be so , absurd. If Vancouver had ever shown the generous spirit of a ‘‘booster’’ big-sister city towards Prince Rupert, it would mot have been so insulting to Prince Rupert citizens. If Mr. Clements had not been such a quitter when he was here for a few months, or such an incorrigible knocker of Prince Rupert after he left, it would not jc evening of bubbling|the Henriette. "(Roars of laugh- enthusiasm for Ross | ter). That is a fair Rattling Campaign Song smoker at the} There followed a_ paino by Mr. Adams and Ernest Flex- One wh and roaring and Reciprocity. description of the Liberal committee rooms last even- solo AMM MM OM MR OM MR pe oe ce oe OM OM OO OE Oe OO ing. There were a number of on eee his impressions of reci- have been so disloyal for Prince Rupert to listen to him. Liberal candidate for Comox-Atlin. }getting the drubbing at Kitsum- excellent speeches further eludicat-|procity from the view ’point of the Vancouver is not in Comox-Atlin. Vancouver has never by any chance boosted Everywhere meetings have been kaium-on Saturday in debate with ing the merits of the quesiiga. of}consumer. ‘‘In my household, Prince Rupert. Mr. Clements himself has been known beyond question, as a man swayed by convincing arguments}Mr. Cowper. They had agreed the hour, and a couple of campaign |he said, “the consumption is in- whose epithet applied to our city when he left it for Vancouver, is an insult as un- convincingly put before tie elec-}to bombard Mr. Cowper with songs that were given a rousing creasing (hearty laughter) and any- forgettable as the term is unprintable. tors, to enthusiastic support of|foolish questicns and break up receptior thing that tends v0. make food For the Conservatives now to bring in a Vancouver man to boister up their “quit- reciprocity, and rousing cheers|the meeting. The plan mis-carried William E. Williams presided, | cheaper is to me very interesting. ter,’’ candidate from Vancouver is adding insult. to the insult of Mr. Clements’ appeal for Duncan Ross. Even the most | however, owing to Mr. Cowper’s idress at the opening|He followed with an _ excellent) ge for Prince Rupert support. pronounced Conservatives in the|insisting that all questions shouid which was a clever resume of the | argument punctuated by a couple | x Prince Rupert district are found|come through Mr. Clements and avoring reci-proci | of humorous stories. * in support of reciprocity because|that he should take the respon- with interesting G. H. Morgan gave both @]g¢ s¢ ge se oe ae oe ae se oe ae He OM RE OE OE EOE RE EOE EEE OEE eee ee oe Hit will so develop the district and |sibility for asking them. A sub- that ae speech = song, the a con- ————————— ———_—————————__ —_—_ ee its centre. stantial majority is predicted for rought forward. ren} taining advice to Clements to opper City Crowd Ross all along the line. Mr, | who spoke briefly |‘‘Always burn a ‘night light by VANCOUVERI TE WHO CAI ED SIR At Copper City on Morday a ~————— to the point and his | bed," Then followed the large meeting of ranchers was Fight Pictures at Majestic me e ne, oe ompeee vee gli am held at which Mr. 4S. Cowper What will draw great attention uund in another and eciprocity,”” sung by “Dea- = spoke and answered queshons for to the boxing contest shortly to con Fletcher, everyone joining two hours. The meetirg which take place at the Kaien Island Cowan man Absolutely Cultus in the rie The a of . wes doubtfully disposed at first|(Cjub, is the film that the Majestic Mr. S ng 1¢ Banner|song wi ve found in another ‘ ° erded up enthusiastically in favor satel fit : i < witch Bead Store see Duncan Ross Shows up Cowan For What he is and Crowded Audience Heaps Con- paps : cides sie” fk cau’ oe is putting’ on ate ( Gs l. mt _ * ss an CIprocity. Y : rs rery r i his telling ad-| Am old warhorse in politics, the tumely Upon the Name in Groans, Hoots and Hisses—Duty Prince Rupert vote. jl Scliilia “Sth sche Sale Sake : He closed in these words: |sturdy W. J. McKenzie, . Foley- People Paid For Fruit Wednesday a Point to Remember Tomorrow proposed by Mr. Walker, one of} ye:ween Wolgast and Moran. You : : man coming into} Welch & re ea . apadse Duncan Ross, the Liberal can-| Representative Government {shall be responsible for the money the pane rere val oe a: ought to see this. pee ne in who branded | speaker. : eg 2 ry SAYING | didate, gave. but—a brief address|. ‘‘Just so lomg as the people of|expended. If we took the advice RO A eee ee with a will _——-—- ek 7 ; aie a white ~4 thet sh oe ae chiar PR 5 at the smoker last night, prefacing | Canada have control of their own jof our Conservative friends we and the meeting ended with cheers Jail Breaker Gets Clear e is a man who before the country prospered dur- his remarks with the statement] affairs jjst so long will they|should be saying: You pay the for Ross and reciprocity redoubled. Neteon; Sept. 91—tieenen in the City}ing those twelve years as never ae : : : : . : Clements Couldn't F ’ oT : a ; _|that the arguments pro and con|insist that the people in control|money without representation and Ae Siteat : a Henry Forget, soa of Senator : which has chu¢ ked before. me was weil primed with reciprocityhad been well threshed oo _we will spend the money for you. At Kitseias last night Mr. C lem- Forget of Quebec who was sen- ce Rupert Welfacts and figures and put up a : oc a oe ae This doctrine led tothe Momecra did not turn up to resume : : ’ . at a 3 eee “ He said|°™" during 1 ie campaign to The ye ye se ge ge se ae ae oe REO Oak ae aE ‘his doctrine lec » the Mot in Aaa vt ~ | tenced at Spokane after being 1 now lo hear|convincing argument e sai a + PF dein oti Country losing one of her richest | © 4 vate with Mr. Cowper as ih h beck +i} . ; great satisia on oO t S' Ost | j sing l ) = : . é . b . { riticizing Sir Wil-j that since we lost reciprocity Con- Sanitieh tutcedthadl: Wien dimnely eae x x ritninte The colonists of America challenged. Local Conservatives ee came d * Past vn fy direc terested, tl age earn ( oS. i ) sts -1. . ° é $2. -ared. : yas ° ar a man of|servatives had been advo Bung | { the merchants who supplied 7 ee sas e id—We will pay no taxation|'™ alarm put on their smoking |"™ t ar ali di es oe s }ers and the merchants ) supplie said— i 2) ) taxat ’ es Se ae ae “eH character and | getting it back, and when Minister], Pret ie VOTE F4 |concert previously planned and{'ested for stealing diamonds «an |8 hem, and he purposed saving unless we have our own rep- I y f Siecle bility talking} Fielding reported the result of a i ee red . ce _.) advertised for Wednesday. Many |J©¥S"'Y- ' alKir co : ( his voice for the last meeting x The polling station will x resentatives in parliament to see ' ; ; Lit é +s s Oo Ss wton ne or : ; ' ly ; Tp ( t : ~a : > s ras TT t political | hi visit to Washington th of the campaign this evening. x be at the store lately 3¢/W the money is expended, The]? ne came to the A1ber , aed : : iservative members of parliament difacieiic aie ae f s ‘olonists failed to obtain this}meeting, however, and became] Reciprocity is the one and onl& cuts on to the ' ; he Lil ; Our good friend Tom Dunt x occupied by Campbell's | °°! ists failed 1 btair ‘ ri 1 rs ott jAberalts se 9 : , ial es a c ; * ; ae -. i eines. ae Bis ute, - $ Mr. Ch wetness “ a 4 of dacs mort he began, “has told me there arei ys cigar store on Third | Presentation and they eccuted jconmemod:te Span 6 r a mere oh enue a Beil si ‘ sities Mr sn ogy Haband HEI ly | Seventeen Conservatives in this|y Avenue yy | their independence. thusiastic meeting closed with re-|And reciprocity is a _ straight q tus. : obtainit reciprocity at an early] . : ° ‘ F s Pov e will pack their ld oa ae a city who are still on the fence. | x Polls open at 9 a.m. x| eee are — peated cheers for speakersfor Ross| business issue ard must be dis- " , Pe ast 5S __________]am going after three of them this}, and close at 5 p.m. x | A man will be with you 20) od sartieette cussed as such. nd put them on | (Continued on page +.) evening, and I believe I shall get ee Polling chatthe with ta xx | Morrow night who represented I ) « , them. (Cheers) lye divided into four divi- x! Vancouver in your parliament. CONSER ee TS ee bal ee A smet ct wie ame he gets up| 1 WO MEN HURT BY SHOT VATIVES CONCEDE “I have just one thing to leave | 5 A. to D.—2Thomas Mc- ® linebriety at the time he gets up with you tonight You remember | ge Clymont, Deputy Re- x to speak and in one of these IN TUNNEL AT MILE 44 AJORITY F that about two sessions ago Sir}, turning Officer; Nelson x|°°°°S!0"S he used the term ‘‘tin Wilfrid Laurier, carrying Out @/y¢ Dunn, Poll Clerk. ge | POT NE ivy’ in referring to this a lace ee Alex. Manson’s Able Address at the Ross Smoker— constitutional practice inne E. to L.—-C. H. Kearns, x} pene eet a = ey Tells What Kind of Man the Vancouver Booster of Be aie ee Canediedin See oe = a Steal Gesmianane ee ey, the Vancouver Candidate Really Is navy. re +h a navy in time of |x a ra ary : xe | He forgot everything due to a he ablest political] ‘Clements is dodging the issue,’’ | Peece 1s for policing our shores; | ye M. to O.—R. A. Mec- | gentleman and referred an eis whole campaign |he went on, “and he will be[not for the purpose of interfering! Mordie, Deputy Return- yx) Wilfrid Laurier in these words: ; with which Alex|dodging the electors on Thursday with those who keep within the | ye ing Officer; A. J. Gal- hie is the w pee ivenes cowarc ! Ma closed the Liberal] As Mr. Stork has said, he will law but as a protection and tOls¢ land, Poll Clerk. | who refused to send a man seen smoker last night He came ain packing his little grip early. | §e¢ that all do keep within the x P. to Z.—Charles L. xx | Africa until the people fonted oo he platfors ‘wy a few words, | Mr Pas amee will go beck on the law just as your city police are/y. Youngman, Deputy Re- | to do so.’ (Cries of “Shame and et “ig them with the remark|Venture, (Laughter) doing. «x turning Officer; E. H. x hisses). ne nee must be tired “Another man is coming here “This policy introduced by Sir|/x: Mortimer, Poll Clerk. x Here to Boost Clements uments as the issue}from Vancouver. I see no reason| Wilfrid Laurier was unanimously | ge Py “That gentleman was very prop- Re m been so well threshed| why George H. Cowan should get | adopted by parliament without x F.G. Dawson, Return- xlerly retired to private life by vis no doubt his|a warm reception here. (A Voice:|regard to party politics. Every | 3 ing: Officer. x the Vancouver people, and yet a h a vhen he got started|We'll make it warm enough).|member voted for it just as every | ag G. W. Kissick, Elec- x Vancouver real estate man brings f _ ment upon argument, |Cowan is the man who a few years member was 1n favor ol FOC tion Clerk. x/him here to tell you how you Guene, wet @ convincing se-jago had the whole of his ranch procity as soon as Sir Wilfrid | gs x = ‘ .-' “id iC was all so new and|cleared by Japanese and Chinese | advocated it. (Cheers). MMMM MOM OM MOM MOM OM OM OM CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 en bsorbed and held|iabor. Yet he will come up here ere ene areca pa: aoa Tn eRe UL mr as eee aa ~~~O TOM start ‘ton of the audience}and explode on the Asiatic ques- ems compl : linish, No such|tion, (Laughter) ‘ws fea yi Nt brilliantly illum. “He is the man who is coming / Dolitie a % rm MPO the present | up here to boost tor Clements. i OSS and ecl roci Cumstanc, ; . ion and the cir-}He has been sent for because the befor, beer na to it has|Conservatives of Prince Rupert if foes ven in the campaign. are in a_ pani Phey concede | f the local 7 pace for a few|that Duncan Ross will have Remember the Ross Meeting at the Empress Theatre close, g. coe he made at its|majority in Prince Rupert of 135 genius ; a Sin, Of Sir Wilfrid's |(Cheers), If it is not 185 majority Of chis . i " eCUOn of members|1 shall be very much mistaken { Premiey ae he said that the lin my calculations, (Renewed = Ross ; oe uneye on Dunean | cheers). \ “YHable cabhine : : “yy get flap oon as i Nhen the tin tone: ~— Gy ee a . 4 these Duncan Ross and Other Prominent Speakers Will Address the Meeting Was no é \ i tone § con Wiltriq pa id compliment Sir}committee rooms and help our | eset When he ” Gus constituency |committee to gain others to swell ; Duncan “a veut to ‘send back|the majority for Ross.” (Cheers SEATS RESERVED FOR LADIES GOD SAVE THE KING j Was received with p, House,"” This | and shouts ‘‘We'll do that all right, Oz @ ars Of applause, | all right.’') i discharged. In clear this boring the charge be- Conservative Resistance to (Special Wire to The News) Kitselas, Sept. 20.—A triumph for Duncan Ross and Reciprocity aptly describes the result of vig- orous work on behalf on the SWEEPING SUCCESS SURE ALL FOR ROSS UP RIVER Reciprocity Fails in Face of Convincing Arguments in Favor of the Great Pros- perity Bringing Measure—Many Converts Conservative Conspiracy Details just brought to light show that certain provincial em- ployees had entered into a con- pital—Hansen M This morning a Swedish work- man named Charles Ericson was brought down river from. the new tunnel being driven at Mile 44 suffering from injuries to the nose, | forehead, and face caused by an explosion in the tunnel. was taken to the General Hospital. It is thought that his eye-sight will not be lost. Ericson chest and abdomen, and the doctor thought it toe dangerous to have him moved until his condition improves. .Efforts will be made to bring him in if possible tonight. The accident occurred at the rock face inside the tunnel which is being carried in a curve to avoid the snowslides at this point. A shot had been fired successfully, but on examination it was found that boring remained un- the attempt to one came ignited, and the men were hurled down by the explosion, It was at first thought that both had been killed, but Ericson was able to crawl up. His injuries are cuts and contusions caused by fragments of reck. Hansen is Another workman named Henry | Charles Ericson and Henry Hansen Victims of First Serious Accident on This Work—Ericson in Hos- ay Not be Moved serious shock, owing to the con- cussion of the blow right over th {pit of his stomach, but both will recover. This is the first serious accident since the beginning of | work on this tunnel. ALPHONSO'S TURN NEXT May be in Same Boat as Young Manuel Hansen lies more critically hurt} es at the scene of the accident. He (Canadian Press Despatch) was injured severely about the! London, Sept. 20.—So serious has the strike situation through- out Spain become ‘that marital law is now proclaimed and a revolution feared. The overthrow of the monarchy is now predicted. ROBBED ON LINER S.S. Makura Carried a Thief From Australia (Canadian Pres; Despatch) Victoria, Sept. 20.—A series of robberies has been committed on the steamer Makura which ar- rived today from Australia, Pas- lost watches and con- siderable jewelry some of which was recovered by detectives who boarded the boat here, No arrests sengers heavily bruised, and suffering from were made, fspiracy to save Clements from