a —_——ee eee OE EE SE SE SS a ae eS ae a F | : THE WEATHER Twenty-four hours ending 5 a.m., “J NEXT MAILS Nov. 10 / For SOUTH Mar, rime, MI TEMP 30. 165 Ks Princess May.....Saturday, a.m. Camosun, Sunday......... 9 a.m. em s . . Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist VOL. II, NO. 267 PRINCE Rupert, B.C., Fripay, Novemper 10, 1911. \ Price Five Cente FIRE, R AND RAPINE DESOLA OW CITY ———e SECTION TWO FIXED FOR NOV. 29th Mr. D. H. Hays Makes Authoritative Announcement Concerning the Forthcoming Sale—All Lots Will be Sold Without Reserve The date of the sale of the Sect I'wo lots is definitely fixed tak ce on Wednesday, 29th Noven ‘ 7 is the official information give by Mr. David H. Hays dent manager of the Prince Rupert Townsite and De-| velopment Company, Ltd., to the Daily News this morning, and will set the rumors that have ted that the sale would D News job depart- work printing the readiness for. the sale, V take place in Prince Ruy the 29th inst. Mr. H has authorized the N te that he will have SALE IS Re aaa | in Walkout of 6,000 Men Nov. cents | London, 9.—A_ dispute over six deducted by an owner from the wages of a driver was the direct cause of a walkout of 6,000 drivers and the paralyzing Jof London's taxicab service today. The companies also complained that the men have robbed them of one and half million dollars annually by failure to register and turn in “‘extras’’ collected in ad- dition for baggage from passengers. The men have not returned to full charge of the sale, and that a there will be no reserved portions }of the section. All corner lots as well as all inside lots owned by the Townsite Company will be | offered for sale, and knocked down | work, and will not do so until to the highest bidder. ; ordered to do so by their union. Arrangements are being ‘made ——-———— |to secure a hall in Prince Rupert to use as an auction room, and the jname of the hall will be announced las soon as the arrangements are completed, together with the fullest | perticulars regarding the sale. | and misses’ winter Wallace's. Children’s coats. tf| league. TAXICAB DRIVERS’ STRIKE WANT TO PLAY. WINTER GAMES | Indoor Baseball League are Ar- ranging to Provide Sport for the Winter Evenings. With a view of arranging a winter season for the indoor base- ball league, a goodly number of enthusiasts met in the court house last night, and discussed the ar- ranging of a winter schedule of games. Rev. W. H. McLeod, president of the league, was in the chair, and Mr. W. D. Vance acted as secretary. A committee composed of Messrs Blake, Evans and Johnston was appointed to interview the team managers and arrange for a winter It is probable that six In the meantime, all those who desire maps of Section Two ean |} obtain them by calling at Mr. Hays’ office. INDIGNANT AT THE GOVE teams will enter. The committee will report at the adjourned meet- ing next Thursday. The question of the proposed city athletic ground came up during the evening, and it was arranged to endeavor to secure promises of support to the project from all the aldermanic and mayoral can- didates at the forthcoming elec- tions. Settler's Enterprise C. G. Muller has opened a new cleaning and pressing business at 533 Eighth Avenue West. Mr. Muller is a Kitsunkalum Valley settler endeavoring to hold his own by personal effort and enter- prise in the city during the winter in order to have funds for the spring development of his farm up river. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4 |ACtion in Not Placing Their Lots in Section Two for Sale is Freely INCREASE IN HALIBUT FLEET Victoria Sealing Schooners will Take up This Growing Fish- ing Industry. \ Noy. 9.-—That the four formed the Vic- this year will halibut fishing in- west coast of Van- was the intimation of the owners. I rstood that the owners | Mine, Jessie, Thomas d Pescawha will form or the operating of ff the coast and that cking house will be Victoria. From here d be shipped to all world. This the which vessels can hg occupation cn fleet ] d years on account etween Great Bri 1 State s, Russia and American have been op off the west d catching the halibut I within the three-mile d to be excellent nds The American to keep outside the lespite heavy weather nake excellent catches. ror present the an announcement of the rs the coast schooners intention ld t time, GRANBY CO, EXTENDS be Latest Enterprise is Bonding of Copper Queen at Chewelan, B. C., for $50,000, orted that the Granby ted Mining, Smelting & npany has taken a bond forthcoming in| | lor Chewelan, B. C. The development ll be under the supervision o tore ae. Campbell, | engineer for the Granby Company, | $50,000 on the Coppe r Queer mine at ; | wi { Criticised by Citizens---Is a Hindrance to Development UNSCRUPULOUS REAL ESTATE SPECULATION and work will begin as soon as| By Taking Advantage of Their Freedom from Taxation, the Government is Now the necessary arrangements can be | made. The long tunnel will be com-} pleted and the property thoroughly | prospected by diamond drill. A large force of men will be em-| It is understood that the pro-| ployed, as the company plans to] yincial government does not in- }put the mine on a shipping basis|tend to offer for sale its lots in jas quickly as possible. The ore,|Section TWo, at the time of the | which is self-fluxing, should prove | forthcoming sale of G. T. P. lots. valuable for blending with othe r| There are 781 all told in ores. |Seection Two, and of these the | provincial government owns 186. EARLIEST SNOW FALL | | been acquainted with the intention Vancouver Old Timers Say Re- cord is Broken--Six Inches Deep and Wild Weather Below lots to hold a.sale of the Section Two but according to Mr. D. H. | Hays, the resident manager of the lots, (Cnaadian Press Despatch) Townsite Company, he has _ re- Vancouven Now. 0 of their Section One property out off the market, until jthe development of the citizens }had made them valuable. Grip on Section One A Daily the News who provincial reporter visited assessor's | | Five, Six, Seven and Fight. condemnation of Alderman Cley- ton. “I'll fight you here now, or anywhere you please,"’ he said. Without pausing to say any- thing, or to hear more than the straight for the press table with clenched fists. Ready for Him Mackay was ready for him, standing with blazing eyes, and with a quick forward movement landed the on-coming alderman a blow on the nose, knocking off his glasses which some accounts say were shattered. Mackay wes following up the advantage with a smart left hander to jaw, when Alderman Clayton got in a heavy body punch or two, and the men closed. In the clinch Mackay did some severe punishing, and, ac- cording to the most general account winded his opponent with sharp returns to: body Hot)Time Followed By this trme, however, there was a regular scuffle i@ the hall first few words of the challenge, Alderman Clayton rushed down} from the platform, and made ALD. CLAYTON HAD A FIST FIGHT — WITH THE EMPIRE REPORTER for it, and smash you up for it|both sides indiscriminately. too,”’ or words to that effect, said | combatants were parted with diffi- Mackay with determination, and| culty for blood wes warm between followed his chalienge with rapid| them, and a section of the meeting | | while friends of both,,sides en- deavored tv ‘separate, the men, and non-combatants yelled for Holding 112 Lots Idle in Section One, and 314 Lots in Sections One, Five, Six, Seven and Eight—Will Now Hold Another 186 Free of Taxation —Government’s Policy is an Injury to the City vincial government offered to sell a group of five lots in the Market Place. ket price, and showed that the to drive a hard bargain with the |city of Prince Rupert for any of public purposes’”’ from the original sale. A Conservative Opin on As a well known member of the Conservative Association said yes- terday in discussing the situation with the Daily News, ‘‘Govern- jments all over the world are |making sacrifices in order to de- | velop their new towns and frontier |districts. This government does It enters into the sake of the high prices it can extort later on, after the Recently when the city wanted | local citizens have made the lots a site for a city hall, the pro-| valuable.” ‘Meeting of the Conservative Association Broke up in Disorder---Ald. Clayton at Close of Lengthy Attack on Empire’s Editor, Started in to Attack Reporter---T hen Fur Began to Fly The of Mr. Mackay left with him, Alderman Clayton remained and growing cooler, apologised, it under- stood, for his part in the ‘trough house.” Interviewed this morning the principals are quite outspoken on the subject, and freely express their versions of the affair. Mr. Mackay's Position Mr. Mackay'’s attitude is simply that he resented he con- sidered unwarrantable ‘attacks made by Alderman Clayton upon his chief, Alderman Newton, and that he further most certainly resented and will resent to the point of personal combat at any time the referncee to himself as “Newton's ‘Man Friday.'"’ He certainly did hit Alderman Clay- ton on the nose, and so far from denying or regretting it rather glories in it. He declares himself ready to hit Alderman Clayton on the nose again and knock him out if he wants more of a lesson in calling him. insulting names from any platform, Ald. Clayton's Statement Alderman Clayton's attitude is similarly firm and defiant. He in support the hall is ea Wiial The price demanded, $25,- 000, was above the ordinary mar- provincial government is prepared the lots that it had reserved ‘‘for Fierce Hurricane Has Been Weather of the wildest, most inclement kind has been raging along the Skeena Valley during the past two days. Fierce gales hurtling down the river estuary from the east combined with the terribly keen frost, have made boat work and railway work up river a bitter experience taxing the strength and enurance of men to the utmost. « . Here in Prince Rupert we can have no possible conception of the violence of the wind that has raged up river, savs Meteorological Inspector F. W. Dowling of the Telegraph Department. Prince Rupert is protected by the Kaien range of mountains from the east DURING TERRIBLE STORM RUPERT WAS PROTECTED Raging in the Skeena Val- ley During Last Two Days—Mountain Range Has Protected Prince Rupert from Storm frost here it had not been so severe as on the Skeena. Ice is now coming down the river rapidly from the points above where the stream is freezing over. There is drift ice down as far as Kayex, and rapidly spreading out into the estuary. Some was seen op- posite Essington this morning. During the height of the storm |yesterday and the day previous, boats broke adrift in the stream through the pressure of ice against them, and the fierce force of the lwind, So far the mail |has not been interrupted, but the |telegraph service has been main- | tained only with extreme difficulty, land by the arduous labors of the service wind, and though we have had the linesmen and operators. says: ‘‘The oniy thing I have t« say about the matter is that this man Mackay had aggravated me at different times, most recently in this little matter of the note passed at the council meeting, and also in my office here. It came to the point where patience ceased to be a virtue. I regret the incident, but at the same time, should like conditions present them selves, the same results will fol- low.”” Has Political Aspect There is a political aspect of the situation, Mr. Mackay rather resenting the exercise of ring in- .|fluence within the Conservative ;j|ranks, and Alderman Clayton de- claring that Mr. Mackay as re- porter for the Empire first at- tempted to bribe him, and then threatened to retard Alderman Clayton in his mayoral aspirations by the influence o the Empire: On these matters, however, both men prefer not to be quoted. MR. BALFOUR RESIGNS Leader of Opposition in British House to Retire from Active Politics—Demands of Tariff Reformers May be Reason. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov 10.—Announce- ment of the resignation of Mr. Balfour, Leader of the Unionist party of Great Britain, was made today. Advancing years and en- feebled health are the reasons given out, it is believed that the demand of advanced “ tariff reformers influenced his decisien. Walter Long is mentioned as pos- ible successor, while tariff re- formers favor Austen Chamber- lain, Sir Edward Carson and E. F. Smith are also mentioned. Tail-less Tale By amputating the tails of three generations of dogs an Ohio lawyer has succeeded in breeding a tailless dog. HANKOW IS IN FLAMES TODAY 400,000 People are Destitute— Thieves are Busy Looting the Bodies and Buildings—Ter- rible Scenes in Stricken City. (Canadian Press Despatch) Hankow, Nov. 10.—More than two-thirds of the city is destroyed by fire. The lowest estimated loss amounts to fifty million dollars. Four hundred thousand persons are destitute and hundreds of half burned bodies many of them those of women and children lie among the ruins. The city has been looted, the Imperialists taking a hand in the pillage but all refugees are being deprived of their loot upon entering British Concessions. Carloads of valuable furs, silks and jewelry are being seized. The David Hill school connected with the Wesleyan mission was looted. Paris, Nov. 10.—Representatives of American, French and British bankers interested in the ‘Chinese currency reform loan have decided at a meeting here that as the situation in China is so critical no action can be taken furthering the loan. FIND MISSION MILLION New Census of Canada May be Taken Next Year. Govern- ment Investigating. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Nov. 10.—There is every probability that census of Canada will be re-taken next year. Ministers have the matter under consideration and if convinced ‘hat the census machinery broke down a new census will certainly be taken. Warm gloves and mitts —Wal- lace’s. tf Trenton, Nov. 10.—Some sen- sational facts are coming to light in the investigation here of the United States Steel Trust and its subsidary companies. It is stated that the United States Steel Corporation was char- tered under the laws of New Jetsey on February 25, 1901. Its total capitalization was then $1,402,000,000 (including bonds). It is strictly a “holding company” that is, it does not mine, manu- facture, transport, or sell; it simply owns the stock of its constituent companies, Of the $1,402,000,000 capitat- ization, $510,000 000 was in pre- ferred stock; $508,000,000 in com- mon stock; $303,000,000 of cor- poration bonds, and $81,000,000 }of underlying and miscellaneous | obligations —a total of more than $1,402,000,000. MORGAN GOT 62 MILLIONS FOR UNDERWRI WRITING TRUST U. S. Steel Syndicate is Said to be Watered to the Ex- tent of 281 Millions—Tangible Assets are Worth 682 Million Dollars The commission to the Morgan Underwriting Syndicate, according to Commissioner of Corporation Smith, was $62,500,000 in cash. The Steel Corporation, accord- ing to Smith, showed a total in- ves ment in tangible property on December 31, 1910, of $1,187,- 000,000, as against outstanding securities of $1,468,000,000, with $281,000,000 worth of ‘water" in the stock. On the outstanding obligations, however, the corpora- tion was earning 12 per cent, according to Smith's figures, In 1901, according to Smith, the tangible property was worth only $682,000,000, against obligations of $1,400,000,000—showing $718,- 000,000 “watered” stock. In ten years, more than $425,000,000 had been added to the tangible valua- tion of the corporation, ae = SS es epee