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vol II, NO. 247

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, “1911.

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

      
 

(Canadian Press Despatch)

ife of Man Arrested on “Murder Giiers Says He Was) entered the Rama age jewelry store
Always Afraid That Someone Was After Him— early last evening and stole two|

ARE RETURNED

 

BATSON SNOWDEN KNOWN | re ae ii
AROUND PRINCE RUPERT **"*"" ae

 

Toronto, Oct. 28.
| ion cabinet ministers who presented |
. Vancouver, Oct. 28—Burglars| themselves for nomination today in j
the various provinces were returned | ment today appointed four justices

| ; | by acclamation.
}dozen diamond rings valued at |

WESTERN CANADA COAL MINERS ST

J. P.’s ARE APPOINTED

"S| Preparations Made to Instil
he Allowed Return by Acclama- |

| Law and Order East of the
Yellowhead Pass.

Eleven Domin- |

| (Canadian Press Despatch)
Victoria, Oct. 28.—The Govern-

of the peace for the country east
lof the poe head Pass through

Coe hrane | |which the G. T. P. will run, also

| two additional constables.

 

Lived in Terror of Arrest at Porcher Is. $3,000.
Watsor »wden, the man whom|there with the neighboring settlers. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4.
e Val r police have arrested On receipt of the wire from Van-/}

oe th the murderae Wile | couver, Chief Vickers had Porcher |

 

mm his way here when |was most wretched. They came to
e following wire re- | Rupert from Seattle and the woman

a }sought and obtainec yme

ved by Chief Vickers shows. | £ and obtained employment in

The telegrat as se c the | ;
e telegram was sent from the |i orceit and her smail baby boy, but

ef i e at Vancouver, and | Snowden as well, He would do noth-

 

 

 

 

} ‘ 5 . | Island searched for him in case he
fee; Urquhart is well known in should be back in his old haunts
nee Rupert. He was, in fact, sup- The life of Watson and his wife

a laundry. She supported not only| That is What the Committee of Citizens Decided to Request After
a Long Discussion Yesterday Afternoon

1 \rrest Watkins (Watson) Jing to support his wife and child, ‘
Bowder rder suspect Forty | she declared.
Five tet wight inches, One| ati the time they were in Prince) ~=ARE QPPOSED TO PRIVATE LEASING SYSTEM
nd nety Stout built.| Rupert, Mrs. Snowden declares has

rg ace Clean shaved| husband insisted on keeping a gun i 7 . ere

Left Nanaimo for|at the head of the bed in case of an | Mayor Manson Thinks That the City Could Not Administer the Wharf to Advan-
h Known SRTOOge 9h ANS | SreaNeey,.. WOOK she. asked what | tage, and Urges That the Government Retain Control_A Commission of

August, 1910." | he did it for she was told that there| ° ° °

ae: evans eiaahie hails tore! aoe taba ohh ike ats soft antl Three Will be Asked for to Assist the Wharfinger—Subject of Great

early days he used | “get him” and that he would “never | Importance to Prince Rupert Shippers is Fully Reported

trouble over threat let any one get him without shoot

| Resolution No. 1.—‘'That

ete He also ran ajing ‘em full of lead.” hi eit f ;
i his name is on the|/ One day when six men arrived in | this gat cr Bet at act te
rovincial police a boat at Porcher Island he hid all pees o rince upert Is

|opposed to any leasing of the
| Government Wharf.’

emption on Porcher|day in the bush for fear they were

kept serapping over |
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after him
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meeting approves the running

§. GOVERNMENT PLANS Stents Gore

| Resolution No. 3.—''That

TO BREAK UP STEEL TRUST err mccene suescre ees ane

| mission of say three, on which

ong Con tense Bette is at Last Begun in the the city shall have representa-

}ernment in the management of

ithe wharf.’

to be a Memorable Action

Trentor N J., Oct 28 The} maintain a monoply of the steel bus-

government’s long- | 'Pess : | Above is the compact concrete
The action promises to be one of ; : :
break up the so result of the discussion in open

was begun here to. | the most memorable in legal history, | me¢ ting yesterday afternoon, of

'owing to the great array of legal

KooeR oth th. thal the general situation regarding

the Government Wharf at the
foot of McBride street now ap-
proaching completion, which took

are being atte ted by . be of ' 4
are being attempted by the probe o | place at a meeting between W. W.

> talent, the commercial standing of
nti-trust action ever

; the witnesses, and the results that
department of jus-|

 

only asks for the | Justice | Foster, De puty Minister of Public

ie United States eprpiarchinernieasigiedoan Works for the Province, and about }

ee n, but for all the The office of C. H. Handasyde, thirtv leading citizens interested
ary companies | Jr manufacturer’s agent, wil] | in waterfront affairs

| to be in the com-| be elosed until Nov. Ist, while| Mayor Manson presided,. and

F Sherman law| Mr, Handasyde is south on bus-|°Ppened the meeting with a short

ng or attempting to | iness. 3 |statement of its purpose. The

lidea of calling this meeting, was
the Mayor's own suggestion acted
| upon readily by Mr. Foster.

“The Government Wharf which

 

EERELICT ‘COAL STRIKE
IS SIGHTED time is at last nearing com-
said the Mayor, “and

hing Schooner Adrift Off}So Announces Hon. Robert | FO i.
Nest Coast of Vancouver Is-| Rogers in Telegram to Hon. | ‘'" "

land —S :
nohom - ‘ f
cue, ish a the Res } Martin Burrell to the operation of the wharf,

| orn ‘
| . ; Therefore, Mr. Foster has come
| (Canadian Press Despatch) .

Vi Oct. 28.—The Steamer} Nelson, Oct. 28.—Hoa, Martin | here +O THOSE YOU and freely discuss
eB Japan outward bound| Burrell on his arrival here Jast the situation.
wireless sighting|night from the coast announced | Only One of Its Kind
schooner off the/ the receipt of a telegram from Hon Mr. Foster remarked in com-
Vancouver Island. |Robert Rogers stating that he Pireaphitaeg ‘(rhs ip: the onl
eamer Snohomish |had succeeded in bringing to an Government owned wharf in Brit-

lend the Western Canada _ coal

edad | H ahat oth ish Columbia at the present time
, s ssage s ‘ (
“HOMESPUN” IS WRECKE mike, i asa “ we , ie Its cost will come to upwards of
IhCKED settiement hac been en $160,000 to $170,000 before it is
aptain ver and Muciesie John | diet lela | mople te, and it is the . only
Woodward seriously Burned—Mi | OR | ferro-concreete = structure of the
sion Boat Beyond ‘Fenat ec * IMPERIAL O1L TANK BOR er | kind in. Northern BO. if not
©) epair, | > ‘Ee RUPE | : :
pair PRINCE RUPERT} 110, the entire Pacific Coast
odlst Mission boat an ea aaen : : las far as ‘Frisco. |
; which only recently | Will Be Erected on Wharf to Serve |° ‘The Governinent in. anxious!
I a Rh J r ' , rl "hen Converted to | ‘ x : ened
, Rupert, when mem- a mB, meats Whep Co |to have the best information re-
it nference visited this Oil Fuel. garding the administration of the
( <a b ally, but with conalderable | wharf, and accordingly I have |
‘im Oliver and Engi-| Unofficially, but wi , “the ;come here, and at the suggestion |
n , : te the
dward of the Metho-|8round for definite sta Caer f jof the Mayor this perfectly open|
Vir at “Homespun” are | news has reached the city that the }discussion has been ¢ afled, It

pital suffering from Imperial Oj} Company w ill ¢ rect a lmay be your idea to have the
‘8 A result of a gaso-| big oil tank to serve the G. 7 P wharf leased to a private cor-
Which wrecked the | flyers when they are converted to poration, and so run, or run by
as lying on the beach | oll fuel for next season There 8), speci lly appointed board. It
to be a tank at their wharf at Van-| ta tay vou to mention your views

e Mill, Vancouver, the
im-

‘either man is in dan- |couver, and one at Rupert, The
''ns’are painful mense saving in time and labor of}
the oil fuel will be appreciated by
VACATES QUEBKG | passengers, and the increase of effi
Vil Now Ronnasenn clency and speed will place the

now:”
Government's Position
Wiis ID

decided to have the wharf a

 

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House— tepreas nt Soulanges in the|q 1, P. boats in the forefront of

the Liberal 's Saving a Seat for |the northern coast fleet Government operated concern?”
Mitecia Tot ————- Mr. Foster—‘‘No, not yet. That
a Oct, 28.—8ir Witrid| “LAKE CHAMPLAIN" AGROUND what I am here to gain in-
t for heunced that he will a ,| forms ation for.”
Bhus ‘ses In the new House, | Liner Refuses to Budge From Shoa [he Mayor read the resolution
he » Quebec Kast, which Even With Hight Tugs at Her, | passed by the city council to the
Dears. “sented for thirty-four Montreal, Oct. 28.-—-The steamer} effect that the city council ap-

The “Lake Champlain’ ran aground this| hreciated the visit of the Deputy
the lat are sure of tarrying |morning on the Southside channel.| Minister of Public Works and
Bouts, & bye-election, while|In spite of the efforts of eight tugs | desired that the new Government

ould probably have|to get her off, she is still stranded. /wharf here should be administered
ative It is feared she is badly damaged as economically as possible in the

 

 

interests of the and people of

Pertinent Questions
Major Gibson asked if the Gov-
Resolution No. 2.‘That this |

y a private concern.
Mr. Foster replied:

city’s leasing

Circuit Court at Trenton, N. J.._Promises wuatibaee eres das Maid

management
the wharf under Jease
rd think y you will fi id the citizens | ,

in favor of the city’s| by the Mayor who asked if the|

the system of management?”
Foster sketched

existed in his mind for the running
of the wiiarf in the man
coasting and other vessels calling
regularly and occasionally and for
tramp steamers—also with regard
steamers to wagons, etc.

About Freight Rates

IS SETTLED |na teen delayed fora tons long!

s come for the Govern-|
ment ,to do some thing in regard |

question of all,

| ports and based upon the calcula-
a fair return on the «
outlay for the wharf.
of freight rates was not one to be

state that Prince Rupert's present

» prevailing at

than prevai'ed at other ports.
Cheaper in the End
Douglas enquired if
rates were to be based on the| would be allowed.
origins il cost of the wharf—if

Foster pointed out that the wharf
was really a cheaper wharf in the|one corporation’s owning nearly
wood piled wharf,
F freight | plained that Mayor Manson who
al|had been instrumental in getting
manner consistent with this.

Rogers gave it as his
handling of the

 

Here S. M. Newton inquired:}|
“The Government then has not}

of management, and said that he
fancied both Government and city
might make a little profit besides | certainty existed that either the
reducing rates.

For Whose Benefit?
J. Morris asked if it was not|the possession of the Jease, and
[ s|much as they might Jove these

of Prince Rupert. Could this be

effected by leasing the wharf?

 

that a Jeasing system properly
handled under public completion
would result in benefit to the
citizens and city.

“There will never be any higher
rates at the Government wharf
than at the other wharves in
Prince Rupert,’ said Mr. Foster
in reply to a question by Major
Gibson.

Wants a Commission

Alderman Douglas suggested <

lon this particular point aiso as|San Francisco.

of | Waterfront Bottled Up

G. T. P. did not intend to give

leases of their waterfront to coal |

merchants.

be) “Mr. J. Rogers replied from his

own experience that the G. T. P.
were not to do this. ‘‘They have
the waterfront bottled up,’’ he
said.

A. E. McMaster said that the}
retailing of coal from the water-
front was allowed by the G. T. P.
“Yes, but look at the revenue you
jare getting from it,’’ said Mr.
| Rogers. (Laughter).

Wants Citizens to Benefit

“The wharf was offered to Prince

rates| Rupert for the benefit of the

citizens, and u would be best
to have it run by the city council.

Government proposed to deal with} We want the benefits of the wharf
The Deputy Minister stated
vexed| Rupert, not to the citizens of
and said that
that freight rates} Morris.
should be fixed by estimates gained

to accrue to the citizens of Prince
| British Columbia,’ said A. J.

“Why give it to the city council
to manage?’’ asked Major Gibson.
“Haven't they got enough to do?”
(Laughter).

The Prov nce's Interest

Mr. Foster replying to Mr,
Morris said that he thought that
the interests of the province de-
manded some consideration if only

| the interest on the public money
jinvested by the Department in
|the wharf. Mr. Morris explained
jthat he quite intended to imply
| that interest at the rate of 4 to &
|per cent on the cost of the wharf

Mr. Foster went on to say
jthat the position was unique in
| British Columbia and the wharf

lunder discussion was the Provin-
|cial Government’s method of re-
| fieving the situation occasioned by

the whole waterfront. He ex-

this means of relief through Gov-
ernment established competition
might be able to explain further.
The Voice of the Government
The Mayor stated his personal
view that the whar? was better
run by the Government, at least,
at first. If put up for Jease the

 

iG, T. P. or the C. P. R. would
joutbid every other concern for

two companies they hardly wanted
|that. Mayor Manson agreed that
the council! had enough to do for

(Continued on page 6,)

 

afloat as to the reason for the trou-

experiencing over its undertakings.

Not merely the hydro-electric Perhaps the Mayor will take the
scheme, but a number of very Minor | citizens into his confidence on Mon-

 

| commission system—the board to
replied that the “laa composed of members of the
to| city council and Board of Trade.
ascertain the feeling of the people| He said this system prevailed in

 

The question of coal shipments |

and handling was brought up} ——
ng UB I lceived here trom passengers on the | Beach Near Nome for Four Miles Is

 

Methodist Church Will Erect $17,000

include among others.one for the not Make
Methodist Church building on Mus-
grave Place at a cost of $17,000,
and an ornamental iron works on
Ninth Avenue for J, L. Flanders to of
cost $1,000, Several alterations to
properties were sanctioned,

this morning by the Prince George.

 

KE SETTLED

REPORTED TROUBLE OVER
HYDRO-ELECTRIC BY-LAW

Question of Its Legality Comes Up Again Over the
Difficulty the City is Having to Obtain
Advances for the Scheme
There are a number of rumors; mission was not revealed. The Mayor
is out of town today, visiting Stewart
in his capacity as member for Skee-

na. Under these circumstances a
statement trom them is not possible.

 

 

bles that the Finance Committee is

civic improvements ure at a stand-|day night.

 

 

still. The council so far has not “
taken the people into their confi- DIED IN HOSPITAL
dence. F

The News is informed that the| Daniel Stanley, Young Man Aged
trouble is over the hydro-electric by- Thirty Years—Parents at Masset,
law; that the city’s bankers refuse Q. Cc. I

to advance money on it, taking the
position that the form in which the Daniel Stanley of Masset died yes-
bylaw was drafted makes it illegal. terday afternoon at the General Hos-

It will be remembered that Thej| pital. He was only thirty years of
News offered this criticism to the|age, and his parents are resident in
bylaw at the time it was submitted, | Masset, from where he was sent to
and was latter endorsed fn its atti-| the hospital here, suffering from an
tude by legal opinion, although the|internal ailment. The parents are
Mayor and the City Solicitor had|now on their way here from Masset,
announced they would take full re-|and the body is reposing at the
sponsibility for its legality. Funeral Chapel, 317 Third Avenue,

City Solicitor Peters left hurriedly |in the care of E. L. Fisher, under-
for Victoria on Friday, ‘‘on business|taker. The remains will probably
for the city.”’ The nature of his| be shipped to Masset for interment.

TURKS ANNIHILATE THREE
CONPANIES OF ITALIANS

Reports of Refugees from Tripoli State That the Turks
Tortured the Italian Officers and Then Hanged
Them-—Serious Reports from Tripoli

Malta, Oct. 2§
from the seat of war have beon re-

 

 

 

 

 

                   

STRIKE RICH “DIRT”

Rich With Golden Particles
Nome, Oct. 28.—Another discovery
of rich pay dirt is reported from

steamers from Africa calling at this
port. They state that on Monday

|last the Italians, outside Tripoli,|the beaches at Nome. The gravel,

were routed by the Turks, who in- | Which extends for four miles, is
flicted serious losses upon the en five cents a pan in gold.
lans

It is said that three companies oat
Italian infantry were surrounded by | City Enngineer of Victoria Fired One

COUNCIL FIGHTS MAYOR

|the Turks and completely annihilat- Day, Re-engaged the Next.

ed Several hundred of them were Victoria, Oct. 28.—The city coun-

| wounded ‘il last nigbt unanimously re-ustated

The reports state that after cap-| City Engineer Smith, who had pre-
turing the officers, the Turks tor-| viously been dismissed by Mayor
tured and then hanged them. Morley on a charge of incompetency.

TO DISCUSS C.P.R. ORDER
“BETTER TERMS” NEW STEAMER

Premier McBride aia Mr. Bows-} She Will be Used on Vancouver
er Will Go to Ottawa to In-| Island Service—500 Feet Long
terview the Cabinet. to Cost $250,000.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch) (Canadian Press Despatch)
Victoria, Oct. 28.—Premier Mc-| Victoria, Oct. 28.—The C. P. R.
Bride is to Jeave on Wednesday|are closing a contract with the
for Ottawa where he wil] take up|B. C. Marine Railway for the
with the Federal authorities the| construction of a steel steamer
questions outstanding in the pro-|to be 500 feet long. She will be

}vince and Dominion, and known|used on the Vancouver Island

as ‘Better Terms,” including that| service. Her cost wil] be $250,000.

of the Indian lands and the juris- OPS WIP A Nae ae

diction over fisheries and water} ROAD TOHUDSON’S BAY

rights. | nen
Manitoba Government Will As-
sist with Funds to Secure Its

BRING FRENCH INTO PROV INCE

 

Col, Davidson of the C. N. R, Plans Construction.

to Locate French-Canadian Colony —_—_—_——
in British Columbia, (Canadian Press Despatch)
Winnipeg, Oct, 28.—Col. Davyid- Winnipeg, Oct. 28,—Premier

son of the Canadian Northern Rail-| Roblin has announced that the
way is here in connection with a plan | Tailway to be built by the Canad-
to take a large colony of French-|ian Northern from this city to
Canadian families into British Co-| Hudson's Bay will run along the
lumbia for the purpose of working | ©@St coast of Lake Winnipeg and
at the mills, ete., in that province, that the Government would assist

saiarieaaa te Mit iaahie to assure its construction,
BUILDING PERMITS

 

HY DRO-RLEC CTRIC | APPOINTMENT

 

‘ _ Meeting House City Council Inundated With Appli-
The building permits for the week cations From Excellent Men, Can-

Decision at Once,

 

Forty out of the fifty applications
for the position of engineer in charge
the hydro-electric scheme have
proved to be bona-fide applications
from first class men.
City Engineer Col. Davis is going
over the applications and credentials
submitted and making a tabulated
Roca. rake ENS eR eee statement of each applicants qualifi-
Mr. and Mrs. Spain arrived byj|cations which will come before the
the Prince George this morning. council on Tuesday.

 

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