THE WEATHER Twenty-four hours ending 5 a.m., we (ct. 12 BAR, 29.761 MIN. TEMP. 1H, RAIN 465.0 ) ,x, TEM? 61.0 ed *} Legislative Library yoL. II, NO. 233 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OcTOBER 12, THE DAILY N Formerly The Prince Rupcrt Optimist 1911. "'CTORIA NEXT MAILS For souta Prince Rupert...... Friday, a.m. FOR NORTH Princess May, Thursday, Oct. 12 Pace FIVE CENTE FORNIA TAKES VOTE ON WOMAN SUFFRA TROUBLE ARISES IN CITY COUNCIL QVER THE PATRONAGE DISTRIBUTION Alderman Newton Chivalrously Pc Points Out How the Daily News Has Been Dealt With Unfairly by Comparison—Journal Has Been Receiving Double Its Contract Rates from Council—Even Groceries Were Mentioned Over a motion to do the neces-| dole over that of the other papers. cary advertising for proposed minor Replying, Alderman Newton jocal improvements—the planking said that he knew at least that ‘ . |most of the Empire work for the . Ge etc.—there oer _ city had been done on a straight council last night a considerable} tender basis and the total in- |} discussion regarding the distribu- | cluded a cheque for $250 left over | tion of city advertising patronage|from last year. Even against his to the own particular interests he said [he opening up of the matter}he would say that the treatment| laid bare the situation that afterjof the Daily News had_ been tendering traight rate for ad-|distinctly unfair in this respect. } vertising last year the ‘‘Journal’’| But this was orly ore brarch = t } had considerable|the city’s expenditures in which patronag rned its way at double| Alderman Newton thought tual nally bid without] patronage had been portioned out | wal of tender or] unfairly notit hat the rate hed] He referred to the city’s pur-| l f for the information| chases of grocery provisiors which | f nd the competirg|he said had beer given to a | not even in “our own vored | of the amount of|buhch as we might term it from } 1 ge given during the year|our own view point.’’ He pointed | i to the three rncews-|out that only recently the pur- : I Premier Press was | chasing agent had adaitctea he I City Clerk as follows::|did not make the purchases Empire P ing Co $682.60 Mayor Manson said a return | i P ing Co 632. 80| was being prepared showing where Daily New 375.30{/all the different city patronage | Premier P1 96.25} had gone and that if any apparert | To A Newton who had|unfairness existed, between now voiced strongly his suspicion thatjand the end of the year was the the advertising patronage was going | time to rectify it. too much in one direction, Al- Alderman Hilditch represented derman Hilditch gleefully poin ted | th it the city was no charitable ( ext of Empire's the }concern to hand out doles where NEW FIRE HALL ljannounced, it is understood that SITE BY PRESENT HALLS §:::: transportation of the Italian } |military expedition will not be Work of Erection to Start Immediately by Days’ Labor— interfered with, but that hostilities Hall Will Have Big Basement Open to Fifth Street jit af quar rs will cease ae is But $5000 Fund Will Not Complete Qnarters aie ee It lecided by the city | The building is to be begun at|movements and may be followed | alah to go on|once, and will be put up by | by negotiations looking for settle- | | . days labor under supervision { {} ment. Probably as soon as al a - ore ake the architects, Mr. W. Lailey of | strong Italian army is disembarked Messrs. Munro & Lailey, and Mr.}at Tripoli even the Young Turks] present fire hall, and Potter. The cost of the hall is| premises used tol]a little over $5000 ito car, The new The residential quarters up- be placed far enough | stairs will not be fully finished but Fulton street to enable will be made habitable, to be | ement to open onto] finished in better style late ron. | road city rock and used for roller, G.T.P, FOREMAN IS MURDERED John Lawrence Shot Dead at Edson by a Defeated Rival Edson, Alts., Oct. 11.—Shot rough the body while defending OL a lady from the defeated rival, John G. T. P. foreman, y night as the result wound caused, The fight where afternoon, a Sunday sO occurred after a taurant in Edson, met Sunday words were the fired few passed, a ck, and and oma slaycr drew at his op- feet distance, ; pped mortally wound- Ms unknown the assailant room threatening those who at- ed poli stop him. The mount- ve were immediately notified and i ted in pursuit of him at ONC’ With +) MEM the TevOlNeE s 6'mpted to New lot fancy ies a Waist Flan- Clettes jin particular or not. jinove that the present they were desired but a business run on business whether applied to the Journal proposition to be but his theory lines, did not state “I am not losing any sleep myself over the Daily News ad- vertising,’’ said Alderman Clayton. HAS SUFFRAGE LOST THE DAY Votes for Women Lost in San Francisco by 44,000 Against 37,000—-Initiative and Refer- endum and Recall Carried Easily. (Canadian Press Despatch) San 12.—The suffrage for women lost yesterday Francisco, Oct. in this city. On the vote through- out the state for women suffrage “Well, I am,” put in Alderman Douglas. “There is not a bit of love lost between me and the Daily News. They are very outspoken in re- ard to me, so I will be to them,” dded Alderniaa Clayton. ie advertising | | be given to the Journal." Alderman Douglas moved an | amendment that tenders be called for, and the amendment carried. San Francisco stood, for 37,170, against 44,689. At an early hour this morning it looked as if it had carried. However, on the other hand the initiative, refer- endum and the recall, which in- cludes the Judiciary also, has been endorsed emphatically. S. Camozzi has applied for two months more irk which to complete his First contract. Re- ferred of for consideration and report. avenue to board works WILL ERECT A PLANT IN RUPERT FOR MAKING CEMENT SEWER PIPE Mr. G. W. Hopp of Bellingham Sewer Pipe Works Has a Plan Whereby Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Can Be Kept in the City Instead of Going to Seattle—Business Would Become an Important One to City A new industry for Prince Ru- pert—one that will employ a dozen men from the start and many more as it develops—is promised to the city if Mr. G. W. Hopp, the sewer pipe manufacturer of Olympia and Bellingham, can have his way. A Fair Offer Mr. Hopp came to Prince Ru- pert when he heard that large sums of morey were being sent out of the city for the purchase of clay sewer pipes, and that it wes proposed to send out very much larger sums when the civic schemes are carried out He is a manufacturer which sewerage next spring. of cement fast displacirg clay sewer pipe, is pipe where PEACE FOR ITALY AND TURKEY Reports from Berlin State That an Armistice Has Been Concluded and Hostilities Will Cease---Italy Officially Denies Hav- ing Granted Germany a Port on the Mediterranean (Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, Oct. 12.—An armistice between Italy and Turkey which great diplomats have for be en = |striving for some time is believed jhere to have been virtually cor TO GO ON jcluded. Although not officially It is expected that the new fire hall will be completed before the end of the WILL LIMIT THE LUMBER OUTPUT Many Mills to Close Down for Two Years—-Lumbermen Will Seek Higher Duties from the Borden Government. year (Canadian Press Despatch) Calgary, Oct, 12.—Far reaching changes for the We States | and Canada were decided upon at a conference today by members of the Coast and Mountain Lum- It that stern bermen’s Association is said the members mills on both sides of the line to remain closed until 1913 The Canadian trade during the past year has been marked by the of the American decided to American lumber- will agreed many are encroachment mills, It was all cuts by the and an eflort the Government to meet be made men Ps lo have give rough lines added protection of lumber. The new G.T.P. News Stand for Lowney’s deliciqus Choco- Wallace's. 2 lates, fresh from the factory. tf | supposed report will begin to recognize that there is no ope of withholding Tripoli from Italy. Italy Denies Pro-Germanism .| Rome, Oct. 12.—There is | feeling in official circles here that! Turkey ard her sympathizers as well as those elements that ar jantagonistic to Italy are Nata everything possible to engender | opposition to Italy's plans among | | the powers. It is believed that certain reports that chiefly antagonism with this object. circulated aim Anglo-German One spread relates to have been to play on Germany having planned to ob- tain Tobruk from Turkey to the geninning of jand that Germany will end by jsecuring this important strategic | point from Italy as a base for a operations in the Mediterranean. are officially denied is further dream | These reports < | by Italy and it stated e| that Italy would of | being a catspaw to draw chestnuts not }out of the fire for Germany. | Hello Girl's Holiday Leave of absence for two weeks with pay has been granted to Miss Green of the telephone department, on the recommendation ef E. Love. | Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4 Woodworth Lake Waterworks Survey is Now Concluded and Work Will be Rushed -Five Gangs of Ten Men Each Suggested to Clear 160 Acres Motion by Alderman Hilditch | Col. Davis’ Report | seconded by Alderman Clayton:| Col. Davis’ report at this stage ‘That we call for tenders for!is to the following effect: The the clearing of the shores Of|survey work around the lake is Woodworth Lake by station | completed a contour line 32 feet work ten men or more to a above the lake level has been gang, and alternative tenders] thoroughly blazed, trees at every from private contractors for each | 1000 feet being marked with the station. Contractors to give|necessary measurements for their bonds to the amount of ten] poini, per cent of their bid, and a| Two expert timber cruisers have time limit of six weeks to be] heen employed to range the area set on the work."’ Carried. | Woodworth Lake waterworks propositions reached the stage in- dicated by the above motion last night. Before contracts or station work can be let, however, speci- fications will be prepared by Col. Davis with the water committee Alderman Hilditch regarding handling of the Certain timber valuable in works to kept in certain lengths, and ready and the logs after clearing. the is be made for the saw mill, Some exists on the score of a possible scarcity of yellow in which lumber for building the wood-stave anxiety at present cedar, case water pipe must be obtained from Vancouver, Alderman Hil- ditch, says to be cleared and for some distance above it the amount of valuable Col. preparation of specifications until This to estimate timber available, and Davis advises delaying the their report is in his hands. ss than two weeks. City survey blasting will be in le Meanwhile the making the the work ol natural dam at the outflow Shawatlans Lake. This work will by contract Engineer to begin the of 1s out be done Five Gangs Needed Woodworth Lake 160 acres to clear, and Round there about it is proposed to divide this area into five stations containing ap- proximately 36 acres to each sta- tion, It was reughly estimated twelve lumber men to a station crew the sixty men could good clear the whole area in two months But Col. remarked that there is a probability that lumber- men will be district at present. Davis found scarce in this May Have to Buy Cedar At least half a million feet, board measure, of yellow cedar lumber will be required for the stave pipe to be built, and a big supply of spruce for the con- struction of the dam. Alderman Hilditch is convinced that there is not half enough yellow cedar in the thirty-two foot belt between the lake and the line and what there likely to be too scraggy to serve the purpose well. It will be necessary seek a supply of yellow enough to be useful or to import another class of lumber from Vancouver for the pipe. Yellow is the best and most lasting wood. coutour there level is is to cedar near stave cedar Unless enough yellow cedar ex- within the it will to erect the proposed saw at the lake. The mull eut ists access of lake easy be unnecessary mill is to by Alderman Hilditch that with staves for the big water pipe. prior hostilities WILL DO THE CLEARING BY STATION GANGS asting wear and good work is required. He figured out the cost to the city of purchasirg clay pipe from Seattle, and is willing to make all the sewer pipe the city of Prince Rupert will need for the same price which the city row pays to purchase clay pipe in the United States. The sard and gravel would be purchased in the district, and the entire payroll for making the pipes would be spent right in Prince Rupert. Many cities have granted con- to sewer pipe concerns start up, but Mr. Hopp is willing to start without any cor- cessions to cessions in the way of low as- sessment or free water or site. Ali he wants is that his goods be given fair show against the im- ported article. Facts About Industry cement the cemert sewers laid in the city of Rome about 700 B. C. are in service today, as good es ever. In addition to mekirg sewer pipe, Mr. Hopp’s compar y would also make architectural work in cement, laundry tubs, etc. The question rests ertirely with the Mayor ard council, erd the citizers, whether the hurdreds of thouserds of dollars to be spent in sewer pipe shall go to Seatcle or be spent right at home here in Prince REP HAYS CREEK SEWER Outline of Seles Costing $75,000 is Before Council Consideration of the Hays Creek sewer system was begun last night the council in conference with City Engineer. The cost of by the Vancouver has a2. big sewer factory workirg right Last Alberta. Sewer Pipe Company wes Calgary by the Mzyor| Milwaukee has nearly cement and | day . opened in and council. 500 of laid—some of it having stood the test for twenty-five years. Boston has four hundred miles of cement pipe, and all the leading are using it. miles sewer pipe |¢ about coast cities | The Canadian Manufacturers week the plant of the| Some of |every boat.—Wallace’s. the scheme as outlined by Colonel ccmes $75,000. The |plan arranges for the temporary juse of settling tank space to be | granted by the G. T. P., and the merits of the scheme are urder consideration by the public works | department. Davis to New fall arriving by 2t goods MANUFACTURERS FAVOR. A TARIFF COMMISSION ‘Aparaaeine Would Not Ask for Specific Tariff Changes as Yet—Do Not Want to Embarass the Incoming Government (Canadian Press Despatch) Oct. 12.—The Manufacturers’ Te yronto, Can- adian Association le | : this morning jet their meeting que stion }discussed the tariff lores .t length ard placed shecrkflocd on record of a by as favoring the appoint- tariff com- government, to the ary tariff changes, being of the opinion that ment permanent the declined mission new | They commit association to specific it would be unwise to embarrass the incoming administration with jany pronouncement at this time. After discussirg this phase of the it was decieed to eae w a resolution previously ,t/Ofered, suggesting that the gov- ernment be asked to take steps to fix the British preference at a | flat rate of 33 1-3 per cent. situation, The man who ought to own it will come and look over your soon after you it The arourd property praia to advertise in | Daily News. THE METHODISTS PRAISED TAFT British Delegate at Ecumenical Methodist Conference Prais- ed the Peace Proposal of American President. (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Oct. 12. President Taft in bringing forward the peace proposals betweer Eng- land America. of the “most courageous and magnificent attempts ever made by a man in the history of the world.” Shortly after this statement made at the Ecumenical Methodist Con- ference by Ald. T. Snap of Liver- pool, England, the delegates unani- adopted a resolution en- The action of and is one states- mously dorsing the proposed arbitracon. Phone to Woodworth Mr. Love has reported on the establishment of the phore tem to Woodworth Lake nection with the presert line laid the Cold Storage from the City Central. The of the scheme will be $369, sys- in con- to cost CHINESE REBELS | CAPTURE A CITY Five Foreign Cunhanad are Pro- tecting the City of Hankow— Viceroy Takes to Flight. (Canadian Press Despatch) Peking, Oct. ~The revolutionaries have captured Wu 2. Chinese Cheng, the capital of the province of Hu Poh. by foreign gunboats River are protecting Harnkow. The viceroy escaped making a hasty flight. Five alorg Yangtze the vity of FINAL ‘COUNT TOMORROW All the Ballots in Comox-Atlin Will be Recounted by Return- ing Officer. Tomorrow is the day set for the final counting of the ballots cast in the Comox-Atlin contest. Re- turning Officer F. G. Dawson, after completing his task, will make an official statement of the actual majority of the successful candidate. ers pe i i at