THE DAILY NEWS The Dailiy Ne WSs The Leading Newspaper and the Largest Circulation in Northern B. C ‘ Published by the Prince Rupert Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING —50 cents per inch. on application. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico—DAILy, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. Other Countries— Daily, $8.00 per year; in advance. WEEKLY,’ $2.00 per year. HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New YorK—National Newspape: Byreau, 219 Rast 28rd St SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. LONDON, ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Square. SuBscripers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of New York City, non-delivery or inattention on the part of the news carriers. DatLy EpITIon. TAKING THE FINAL VOTE ON CHU seipre RCH UNION. ’ 5 ‘ ; ‘ } The time is at hand, points out the Vancouver News-Adver- | tiser, for the laymen of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congre-| galionalist churches of Canada to deal with the question of church union. Assemblies, opportunity. resort, three months. all churehes concerned will be conferences, the members supposed question and studied the basis of union. unions, the and the considered adherents of to have three the Rep resentative gather- All Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly FRIDAY, JAN. 26 church press, the clergy, the elders, the delegates have all had their Now the question is going to the court of last It is referred to the church members by congregations, and the whole popular vote will be recorded. During the next ings of Congregationalists have by a large majority accepted the basis, dist annual conference. than three to one have recommended union. certained before this is year gatherings really represent the mind of the bodies to which they belong. The congregations of Prince Rupert might do well to take up this subject at an early date. would be of more than passing interest and of a certain educa- tion value from a theological standpoint. pulpits, the Methodist church and the Presbyterian church, the out It these should be how far Full discussions of the subject In two of the proposed church union will be the text on Sunday morning. GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC FINANCES. In yesterday’s Empire appeared an editorial suggesting that the reason the Grand Trunk Pacilic was not prosecuting its pro- posed new undertakings in this city, in accordance with -the promises made at the time the citizens were asked to ratify the! assessment agreement, was probably a matter of finance. dispatch from Ottawa is appended showing that the railway is seeking legislation empowering it to issue additional debentures. | But it seems to us there is room for an erroneous impression to| be conveyed because of the fact that there are two Grand Trunk| ees railway corporations, one known as the Grand Trunk and the other as the Grand Trunk Pacific. powers to raise further capital by the sale of debenture bonds, | Prepare for winter by getting your far- or perhaps it is only one of the two, Perhaps both are applying for We are inclined to the latter opinion because The News has also a brief dispatch from Ottawa, in which the Grand and quotes from a notice in the official Canadian Gazette. everything affecting the railway our readers, we append the two to draw his own conclusion, THE EMPIRE, “Tt is learned through official channels that the Grand Trunk Trunk, Pacific, is seeking powers to raise capital. the Grand Trunk It is a press despatch As is of the deepest interest to all and not dispatches and leave the reader THE NEWS. “Notice has appeared in Pacific Railway will seek legisla~ Canadian Gazette that the Grand tion at the present session em- powering the company to issue additional debenture stock, per- petual or terminal, up to a total of five million pounds. This means that, following the change of government, the Grand Trunk Pacific being called upon to do its own financing, without throwing additional burdens upon the country. The company needs is an additional fifteen millions to complete its railway, purchase rolling stock, construct branch Mr. Hays and his as- preferred to get the way of government they got ten millions ago, but, this being apparently impossible, the com- pany finds the further of debenture stock necessary.” lines, ete, sociates money loan, as three years by a issue Trunk is applying for legislation to deal in securities of the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company up to thirty million dollars, and also to aid by a loan and guar- antee acl any company now or hereinafter fMaeorporated and con- trolled by the Grand Trunk or the Grand Trunk Pacific. “For these purposes permis- is asked to issue further sion Trunk consolidated de- stock Grand benture at 4 per cent, in- terest.” Telephone for Guests HT Beautifully Furnished pancy. Steam Second Avenue The rooms in the Alberts Block are now ready for occu- Everything up to date, Furnishings all new and,up to the minute. ALBERT’S BLOCK UPSTAIRS Near New Theatre Heated by Steam Rooms Now Ready - including bath and telephone. Heated Head of Centre St. Qe representative local It has*been approved by large majorities in every Metho- The Presbyteries by a majority of more as- In} order to show that this railway company is short of funds al - —E. EBY @® Cos = the | | | W L. BARKER Architect Over Westenhaver Bros.’ Office. | Second avenve and Third street | H. Gordon Munro MUNRO & LAILEY Architects, Stork Building, Second Avenue. Contract rates STUART & STEWART ACCOUNTANTS -:- AUDITORS Law-Butler Building Prince Rupert P.O. Box 351 W. Nicholson Luiley Phone No, 280 HOW IS THIS FOR A KNOCK Extract from an Article by oe ids of the Interesting Play Listener,” One of the Editorial Staff of the Vancouver News- Advertiser, in Sunday’s Issue. | When Biil Miner was in the /beautiful Similkameen he made himself beloved, came and went and worked with the best, par- ticularly distinguished himself by ALFRED CARSS, . of British Columbia and Manitoba Bars. berta Bars. CARSS & BENNETT BARRISTERS, NOTARIES, ETC, Trafalgar Office—Exchange block, corner Third avenue and Sixth street. Prince Ruvert. 8 WM. S. HALL, L.D.S., D. D.S. DENTIST. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. All denta! operations skilfully treated. Gas aid loca! anasthetics administered for the painless ex- traction of teeth. Consultation free. Offices: Helgerson Block, Prince Rupert. = } | Alex.M.Manson B.a., W.E.Williams,8.A., L.L.D | WILLIAMS & MANSON Barristers, Solicitors, ete. | Box 285 Prince Rupert, B.C | PLO. BOX 22 JOHN E. DAVEY TEACHER OF SINGING PUPIL OF WM. FOXON, ESQ., A.R.A.M., LON., ENG GEORGE LEEK & CO. MERCANTILE AGENCY COLLECTIONS AND REPORTS Fire, Life and Accident Insurances | 618 8rd Avenue Phone 208 and Green 252 PRINCE RUPERT PRINCE RUPERT A. M. BROWN HARNESS & SADDLERY MANUFACTURER Repairing a Specialty. Complete Stock Carried. Outside Orders Promptly Filled. bid Avéshetween {0th and 11th Sts | @xies of costly illumination, were THE IROQUOIS | POOL | | jina } English and American Billiards Twelve Tables + Cor. First Ave. | and 7th Street } were Hotel Central European and American plan, steam heated. modern conveniences. Rates $1.00 to $2.50 per day. : § Peter Black - . Proprietor REAL ESTATER Kitsumkalum Land For Sale KITSUMKALUM R Cc, Chimney Sweeping and Furnace Cleaning naces and flues put in order by C. H. CUTTING Prastical Chimney Sweep Address: Knox Hotel, or PHONE 71 E. L. FISHER Funeral Director and Embalmer CHARGES REASONABLE THIRD AVENUE PHONE 356. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT HAYNER BROS. UNDERTAKERS anp EMBALMERS Funeral Directors Phone No, 86 8rd Ave. near 6th St. PHONE 801 P.O. BOX B04 PONY EXPRESS SYSTEMATIC MERCHANTS’ DELIVERY SERVICE Baggage, Storage and Forwarding Agents. For Kige or Motor Car day or night Seventh Ave, and Fulton Phone 301 Deeoa Hotel. Workingman’s Home Free Labor Bureau in Connection Phone 178 Ist Ave. and 7th St, GEO, BRODERIUS, Proprietor? CARTAGE and LINDSAY'S “’storace G, T. P. Transfer Agents Orders promptly filled, Prices reasonable, OFFICE~H. B. Rochester, Centre St. Phone 68 SMITH & MALLETT THIRD AVE, Plumbing, Heating, Steamfitting and Sheet Metal Work Office: 3rd Ave, Phone 174 Workshop 2od Ave, bet. 7th and 8th Sts And Get All the News pinerwseaain pacar Rago ee . LL Re oe cg eI W ihiensale dt Read The Daily News Savoy Hotel Cor, Fraser and 5th. Choice Wines and Cigars RUPERT'S PALACE OF COMFORT Cc. V. BENNETT, B.A. of B.C,, Ontario, Sas- - ne , katchewan and Al- {transported his to Vancouver in helping in a church bazaar, What it his bad angel had suddenly a time of snow like that which ‘has ushered in the recent out- rages? What if he had trudged about for work in weak boots and scanty clothing while every crossing was clogged with mire or choked with seyeral inches of | snow, slush, or water? What if jhe had slipped and stumbled all }day upon glassy pavements and }evil-smelling hummocks of last week's trodden snow? What if he had shivered at corners while the snowbound car service kept him waiting for the means of re- turning from his long fruitless search for work to his miserable lodging? | What if his 10-cent meal had |been snatched upon muddy floors, amid the sickening odors of sod- den boots—and all these physical depressions and disgusts had filled his mind with the not un- reasonable conWetion that he had come to a city of don't-care, a slough of fat sheep who lavished thousands upon costly electric lighting while they wallowed in mud up to the knees? What if he then observed that while the few main streets flaunt- | immediately adjoining these gal- SECOND AVE | ed not less than six lights to each inhabited house, the rest of the big city, especially in the streets plunged all night in a forlorn and tempting twilight? What if he learned that some of the wealthier cattle left garages un- locked at night?—that if a crim- | got away with his booty on a borrowed motor car a few miles only so as to pass the city limits he was comparatively safe (owing to complicated disarrangements between the municipal and the provincial police spheres) from the pursuit of constables? What if he had never heard of the existence of Mr. Cornwall, who alone of our citizens is on record as having stood up to and tackled (January 3, 1911) an armed footpad? Would not Bill Miner's best self be quenched, and the bad man in him be tempted, irritated, precipitated almost into crime of the precise kind which in a brave, well-balanced, tidy and strenu- ously beautiful city dies down from the mere absence of dis- orderly and ugly suggestion, due to environment? DRAMA OF THE BALKAN EMPRESS Which the Servian Socioty Is to Stage on Saturday Founded on Real History. | | } SAMUEL HARRISON | (NOTARY PUBLIC) | Samuel Harrison Real Estate and Stock Brokers APPROVED AGREEMENTS FOR. SALE ~4 eesiatinsngname | ‘ All who are interested in the | Prince Rupert = and = way the great Dominion of Can-| ada absorbs, develops and con-|= = Iverts into happy Canadians the | gon, asemermmcemernsrmermnsrmmermedprmmedprensdprmsrmsrmsres~ people of other lands will be in le RY A rey lterested in the great dramatic} snartind bes show to be staged in Prince Ru- pert by the Montenegrin citizens} “The Drama of the} Ralkan Empress” is a tragedy of the real history of the Monten- grin’s land, and the story it tells an intense and _ interesting! chapter of loye, treason and war-| fare not unlike our own “‘Hamlet.”’| Briefly this is the piot: Stanko, youngest son of Evan, Prince of Montenegro, loves Danice, daugh- ter of a powerful leader, Perun. There is war between Turkey and Montenegro, and Stanko a traitor to his land. Bribed by Ebraim Ago, a Turkish emmis- sary, he is about to join the Turks to make war on his father and brother George, George taunts Stanko, saying that he is going to marry Danice. Stanko upbraids Danice, believing her faithless to him. Dean upbraids on Saturday. is is Evo, to save his land misdelivers a letter from Stanko to Ebraim Ago into the father’s hands. George takes the field against the Turks. There a great battle. Danice and her nurse search the battlefield and, finding Stanko amongst the wounded, Danice tries to kill him. He is saved Dy is a servant, but Danice in despair drowns herself. The play ends with George giving thanks for victory over the Turks, though a by the Montenegrins to rehearse and prepare it for the stage, and Saturday night's performance in the Empress Theatre will tainly be intensely interesting. cer- LAND PURCHASE NOTICE Skeena Land District—District of Cassiar, Take notice that I, James T. Fullerton, of Vancouver, B. C,, occupation engineer ing student, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted 52 chains east of Naas River and 40 chains south ef pre-emption No. 397 (SEC), thence 40 chains north, thence 24 chains west, thence 40 chains south, following the Naas River; thence 52 chains east to point of com- mencement; containing 160 acres, more or less, J. T. FULLERTON, R. H. Stewart, Agent, Dated Prince Rupert, Dec. 11, 1911. Pub. Dec. 13. 0 No ovher gun in the world can equa ness of pattern, combined with striking and is but one of the many features cov will be sure to interest you. W. 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The following is, a sample of a kind of letter The Daily News frequently receives. one is from a man in Alberta Dear Mr. Editor: Me and some friends of mine would like to buy a few city lots in Prince Rupert, but we don’t know anyone at present in Prince Rupert, so we have written to ask if you would be kind enough to send me on your daily paper, as I am told it advertises the most city lots and property fer sale in Prince Rupert, for which I send you on some stamps, This fortune teller has warned him Every Wednesday at 1 p. m. for Stewart. c . Also maintains weekly service to Queen that his rule will be brief. Stanko Charlotte Island points. For particulars 2 . mm es hone 260. escapes alive into Turkey. deeds ied a ee Die, rs Train Service to Van Arsdol Ambitious as the play is, tre- Mixed trains Jeave Prince Rupert mendous trouble has been taken | Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. m. | | | ry Lowest Prices in Northern }2 ne tes ele rere rs rs Bhs tt ee ee ee re ede ede sre rere. LYNCH BROS Genaval Madlandie “ La ; loch Gy lil! BOOT Stanko for going over to the AND Corliss Coon Collars Turks, and Stanko stabs him. ee Danice declares that whoever SHOE kills Sianko shall have her for ° bride. Stanko’s father is in ig- HOUSE Harry Smith ” » norance of his younger son's me treason, but Stanko’s” servant, ——SS=——ee— —— _—— “ry — — ———— —S—_—_—_—_ Sails Every Friday at 8 a.m. for VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATIL 8.8. PRINCE JOHN For all points East of Chicago travel via the Grand Trunk Rallway System for safety, speed and comfort For full information, reservations and tickets to all points apply to A. E. MCMASTER GENERAL AGENT GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RY. CO, Agency all Atlantic Steamship Lines en PULTE als RAILWAY B.C. Coast service — Famous Princess Line Princess Beatrice Saturday, January 27th, at 9 a.m. | For Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle J. G. McNab General Agent NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an applica- | tion will be made to the Legisiative As- | sembly of the Province of British Columbia | at its next session for an act amending | Section 3 of the British Columbia & Alaska | Hallway Act, 1910 (Ch, 56, Statutes of} British Columbia, 1910), by striking out all the words after the word “Columbia” in Line 10 of said Section and substituting therefor the following “And or from Fort George easterly direction to the valley of the Parsnip River by way of Fort McLeod, thence along the Parsnip Hiver to a junc- in @ north- tion with the Peace River, thence along the valley of the Finlay River through Sifton Pass, thence down the Stikene Kiiver to a Junction with the main line at Telegraph Creek; also powers to build branch lines either through the Pine River or Peace River passes to the eastern boun- dary of British Columbia, or by way of the most feasible route, or in the alterna- live by the most feasible route between Lytton and Teslin Lake, also to build from 4 point on said line of railway to the City of Vancouver or from the City of Van couver to @ point on said line, by the most feasible route,” We are clea hence the 2nd ave We forters wind are ils and Blank BIG FURNITURE STORE F. W. HART Phone 62 Ave Entrance & 6th & Shoes.. JOHN CURRIE BECOND AVENUE RUPERT Servian Labor Benefit Society No. 195, § 4 the Meetings held every ist month in the Carper G. VUKOVICH, Secretary I Northern British Exclusive Agents for NORTHERN B.C. LIQUOR Co. The Leading Wholesale Columbia BUDWEISER BEER rs of OS for Brass, Copp: Rubber Boots, Dross and bi 735 THIRD A Hoping you will oblige us, and apologizing for the trouble. Yours respectfully, THE DAILY NEWS has the biggest circula- tion of any paper in the district. bona fide circulation too. homes of real estate leading city in Canada as well as England and the United States. Do You Catch the Hint? i naakin oxen ay caabaaaat i a ie Rey a o-phiemptNe a le Fan ene z Pl sa ala RE PP oe ee ewe, CE As , an It is all It" enters the investors in every |} chains along west line of Lot 3062, |} 8065 to point of commencement, contain Prince Aupert Cas Sto WE BUY EVERY THN — ee We Pay Highest Prices re And further, for an act extending the time within which the company has to commence construction and expend ten. per ee cent of its capitalization, . . Dated at jictoria, B. C., this 5th day of ~—? ecember, ° —o —o—_o— -@-—? - - ROBERTSON & HEISTERMAN, "> ° ‘ Solicitors for the Applicants, the British ay Columbia & Alaska Railway Company, J FRED ST¢ IR ‘ x \ —_—-—-— ———— ~—General Hardwa: q LAND PURCHASE NOTICE t ! 4 Builders’ Hardy 4 Valves & Pipes Oxi a Prince Rupert Laud District—District of — : r ‘ 7 L0ast, Graniteware I , Take notice that I, Lemuel Freer, of ‘ Vancouver, B, C,, oceupation broker, in- Serres send ? Spray, fOr ermission to purchase UE 4 1¢ following described lands: I Commencing at @ post planted on the SECOND 7 AV! ' shore in @ northerly direction from Port oo? Nelson Cannery, marked L, F.’s 8.B. corner, | @—@--@—@—® — @—-@—* thence 20 chains north, thence 20 chains — west, thence 20 chains south to shore line thence east along the shore to point of] ~ a ree tag commencement, containing 40 acres, more ee Little’s NEWS Avenel | LEMUEL FREER, i Dated Dec. 7, 1914. vane es BS Pub. Jan, 5, 1941. ners ines :: Periodicals :: Skeena Land District—District of Coast Magasines is jexiogion’* Kangeb, Take notice that 1, CAROLINE JOHNSON,| CIGARS TOBACCOS of Vancouver, B. C., occupation marriec woman, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at @ post planted at the southwest corner of Lot 8°65, thence south 80 chains, «hence east 80 chains, thence north 60 chains to the southeast corner of Lot $0692, thence west 40 chains along south line of Lot 8062, thence north 20 thence west 40 chains along south line of Lot ing 560 more or less, CAROLINE JOHNSON, Kt, Carr, Agent, ii, acres, Dated Dec Pub, Jan. 19 i2 23, 18, 19 G.T.P, WHA! Advertise i aper its The Daily News