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PRINCE “RUPERT, BC., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1912.

ADDITIONAL FORCE NOW AT WORK ON

PRICE Five Cents

PE LINE

 

   

Special to Daily News. |

 

Feb. 13.—The  flery|
dragon is no more and
s al this moment a peace
public. Three edicts were
yesterday which places
matter beyond doubt or cavil
there is great rejoicing
the republican forces.
three edicts making China
public were all signed by}
n Shikai, the regent of the
emperor, and by the Em-

Dowdger.
he first formally announced
ibdication of the throne and
quishment of the Manchu
y that has existed for three
ed years. The second ac-
a republican form of gov-
in its stead and ex-
| good wishes for its suc
d hopes that under it
ild make more rapid
in national development

er before
third edict was an unquali
oval and acceptance of
onditions before agreed
tween Yuan Shikai and

 

visional president of the
rhis caused some sur-
en to the republicans
selves, as they fully expected
Manchus, at the last moment,
make a strong demand that
i privileges be safe-
mercded The conditions make
1SO1 etary provisions
1 he family, and per-
n is give for its members
ntinue to reside in Pekin,
of the palaces being specially
gnated for the purpose,
here was much cheering and
Bo of fireworks in the

ist night, but there were
bances and this morning

iet, the victorious re
being enthusi

 

 

 

 

 

 

at advancing Im-| Railway Team Defaults to Busi-

i welcomed, The pro
rnment- is now rul- SCENES FROM THE CHINESE REVOLUTIC'N.
he | wery Kingdom, No. 4 Soldiers hearing read the first proclamation of
public No, 2—Revolutionary army in the trenches at the
Indoor Baseball. of Chui Ghow. No, 3—Aiming a mountain gui
ents vs. Teddy Bears at) perial cavalry
rium ‘I uesday evVve,, Feb.

paceful Signing of Edicts Wiping Out the Chinese Dynasty That
Has Existed For Three Hundred Years

a re-
battle

 

Game called at 8:15 sharp

voor sansa T ATEST NEWS
coniyge ae FROM OTTAWA

D. Vance of City Hall Staff

   
    
  

Takes Hie Fortnight. Proposition to Advance Financial
ne Aid to Settlers in Various Prov-
D, Vance, assistant city inces — Cabinet Ministers to

rk, has applied for his regular Have Under Secretaries.
il holiday leave of two

eks at this time instead of Special to Daily News.
as his duties are in condi- Ottawa, Feb, 13.—The Govern
to make his absence less ment has under consideration the

Aly now than later on, TWO) similar to the British system,

rks leave of absence granted These will be for the big depart-

h pay. ments only and would divide the
work with the ministers,

—— introduced a bill do eneourage
glish Non-Conformists Now) aepieuiture by advancing finan

Taking a Hand Against It. cial aid, pro rata of population,
re jin the provinces, The House
Special to Daily News. lspent the rest of the day in com-

ndon, Feb, 143.—At a meet-/mittee on the tariff commission
today of non-Conformists, | bill.

Oonvenient for the city hall/appointment of under secretaries, |

HOME RULE AGAIN In the Gommons Mr. Burrells|

THE RAG DOLLS

ENTERTAINED

S MADE GOOD

Record Short Session for Council)
Last Night Under His Good
Natured Presidence—Adjourn- Quite romantic today is the
ment Called Until Monday.

ispect of the double drowning

In his new capacity as acting story: Mae wee een earee. Wee
jmayor of Prince Rupert Finanee|!¢ss from the steamer Bertha to
| Minister Alderman Douglas made|/tupert yesterday morning from
good last night. Under his good|}#wyer Island. Instead of be-
| ine the bereaved widower he
jimagined, Light Keeper Elster-
~ {mann is with his wife and son

“| MIGHT STATE” | iva nh .dibais 1 rey hte

humored presidence the business

again.
drowning, but those the light
keeper saw perish were not his
own kith and kin. Their identity
is doubtful, but they are believed
jto be two half breed lads who left
jin a small boat from Porcher
lIsland and have not sines been
heard of.

Light Keeper Elstermanun saw

farback as February 1

boat in which to make
The Bertha was the fir
heed his signals.

him yesterday afternoo
mann told his story,
board the Rover wa

ing given as Februar
once said: “But I saw
and child alive on Porct

 

As soon as the Rover

through his telescope the boat in
which he believed were his wife
and son capsize and founder as

st. Since

then he has been almost frantic
with grief, vainly trying to signal
passing vessels, and without a

the land.
st boat to

reached
n, Elster-

but on
s Walter

Warner of Porcher Island, who
on hearing the date of the drown-

y ist at
your wife
ter Island

 

 

|
|
of the council wags all smoothly
carried through by 10 o'clock to}

the minute. As} alderman, H.}
Douglas has ever been swiftest ee caeamiic a

__ SECOND AVENUE OWNERS
APPROACH CITY FATHERS

fo move “extension of time’ when| DEPUTATION HEADED BY MR. DAVID H. HAYS REQUESTS
council debates prolonged them- IMPROVEMENT OF THOROUGHFARE—MAJOR GIBSOW SAYS
selves beyond the closure hour SECOND AVE. IS PAVED LIKE THE ROAD TO HADES.

if 44, as they usually do. But} ui i
as acting mayor Alderman Doug-| Long suffering lot owners, citi-

;such as Second street,

should be

las has made himself famous by|,on. ana busiyess men reside nt|put in shape as far as Second

his able conduct of one of the few

auc jon Second avenue last night ap-
meetings of Couneil which have

proached the City Council by

ended at a reasonably early hour.| 4, putation headed by Mr. David
Besides this the Acting Mayor | 47,

received a large deputation with|,

iing measures to the vote without}
unnecessary comment when the}
members of the Council had had
their say. Acting Mayor Douglas
was pardonably proud of his) pjyigy

residents to the effeet that the
avenue should be put in shape
speedily now. Particular em-

achievement last night, the more} jie. of Mr. McLeod, owner of the

so because by passing a motion’ high Jot next the Albert block.
of adjournment until next Mon- For the good of Second avenue

day night the Council will have aj i; was expedient, they thought,

well earned rest. to have the rock crusher kept on|

Second avenue so that that im-

BOWLING SOORES portant thoroughfare might be

a date as possible. Mr. Hays sug-

ness Men’s Team. gested also that the cross streets,

Mays. In an able address to|

phasis was laid on the advisa-|
of taking advantage of the|

got in smoother shape at as early}

javenue.
| Major Gibson made

the point

‘stick humorously by suggesting

lopinion was expressed
man Clayton that Fi

 

man Maitland, also
} :
their demands. Actil
| Douglas assured the
jof the best efforts of tl
to have the matter sat

jattended to, especially
|

With thanks to the Cc
[deputation withdrew.

that so far Second avenue had
he Council and acting mayor|been paved like the path to a cer-
becoming dignity, and showed | Mr. Hays set forth the claims of|tain sultry place—with the good
himself promptly decisive in put-\ihe Second avenue owners and| intentions of the previous council.
In reply to the deputation the

by Alder-

rst street

should be paved also, and Alder-

Alderman

Morrissey, entirely acquiesced in

ig Mayor

1e Council
isfactorily
after the

jarrival of Mr. McLeod by the
Prince Rupert on W

ednesday.
yuncil the

 

e G. T. P. boys defaulted a

Th
the Business Men’s team last NEW FIRE HALL
evening in a match game at Mor-

wer eri oles TS: CRITICISED:

the following scores:

RESURRECT
DUNEDIN

BLK.

Highly Amusing Novelty Put on J. Scoit ...... 200 9 225 233] Aldermen Morriaaey and Dyb-' Gaunt Old Ruin Reappeare as a
by Ladies of Baptist Church L. Hauley .... 198 1442 143) havn Have Faults to Find in| Perilous Menace to the City
Proved Another Success for) P. Rorvik .... 213 202 225| the Planning and Construction} Again—Once More Matter Goes
Rev. McLeod’s Congregation.;©, Youngman. 168 224 195 in Report Last Night. ' to City Solicitor.

In MelIntyre
other agreeable novelty in the| Totals ..... 944 959 990) ronmed one of the themes of dis-|
way he ete ey eeee| Average score, 193, }cussion in the City Council meet- |
was mu 0 © ae 2s é é - : |

’ nding of Teams. eae an eS hea a ‘

iary of the Baptist Church and Sta 6 a Ww I pie last night, The Board of|
very notably by the organizing vas : ‘| Works had been asked to report}
lefforts of Mrs. W. J. Alder and| Business Men. . 1.000 i B oon the work and a report from

2 ang . J . a “e rs 666 2-5
her daughter, With the whol i ang vi 9-3 7 a] Alderman Morrissey and Alder-

‘ ad ¢ : La Ra . 2 , ON OURS are ‘ | ; ;
hearted assistance of all the other) Gentra 1671-3. 2 4g, man Dybhayn came in, pointing

: sie. nee ‘ ‘ivers 371-3. 2

ladies of the chureh and their Quill pave : 8 ce 4 jq {out that the present plan of the
many friends, the rag doll recep- RPE TR >> 059 . ‘ : ‘ Fulton street floor is ill adapted|
tion proved a huge success, The} any up-to-date extension of|

jhall was crowded with guests and
provided

ithe entertainment

the doli chorus in song
imme

jical turn

gaye

nse

Hall last night an-!

by
and com-
delight,

J. G. McNab. 162 166 192
Criticism of the new fire hall

ito
jthe fire fighting equipment, such}
las hook and ladder outfit, exten- |

sion ladder, ete. Accommodation

vv horses was inadequate if these
appliances were added ‘to the

present outfit and storage space

| : rss
jhiave taken hours of hard sewing} pie hose was insufficient, accord-

Easily Dispersed by Police— Further criticism was directed
Only One Arrest Made and Only jeainst the construction of the
Man Taken to Hospital. basement of the building on the

eaaoial | to . Daily News. strong enough for supporting

Bich was addressed by Sir Ed- | Fearful and wonderful were the}
rd Carson, a resolution was LABOR DEFEATED jcostumes of the dolls, They must
Hpled extending unwavering
Pport to the Protestants of | gouth Australian Government | 0! the part of the ladies to cOM-~| Immense methane on Sunday jye to the report,
Fler in their fight against Home | Beaten by Six Votes. |pletc, ‘They were made of vari-|
Ble, } }ous _ brilliant materials from
Special to Daily News cheese cloth to ecretonne, and
Noted Scientist Passes. | gydney, Feb. 43.—The South | Verily Solomon an all his glory|
London, Feb, 43, Special, a tralian labor government has} |was never arrayed like one of)
| lthese rag dolls. After the dolla}

Prd Lister, the antiseptic dis-|been defeated by six seats at the
Verer, is dead, lgeneral election,

 

PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO

Miller, Phillips & Go. announce concentration on their
Central premises after 45th inst.

The principals in the holdup case that never occurred
‘st night have just been discharged.

Vifty-three men at work on pipe trenching, and another
bang of thirty just starting.

\cling Mayor Douglas states that he has been on the job
at the city hall all morning.

Committee appointed to consider reduction of eity en
eineering staff in session at city hall.

 

| had done their excellent utmost,

ithe guests

| groups and shaved in many amus-| Hospital w
of| the result of the third Sunday at-

the |

jing games,

| refreshme

}whole assembly

{the fare
for them,

nts

broke

A goodly
followed,

greatly

ily provided

festiv

up

int

THE WEATHER,

Twenty-four

hours

a. m., February 13,

20.988; n

For sale,

ters, one

IWallace.

 

temp., 44.0;

lax,

temp.,
precipitation,

one

)

1912;

47.0;

at a bargain,
10 ft.,

9

12 ft.

merry |

service
and
enjoyed |

ending 5}

Bar.,
min,

99

coun-

i,

2t

S.

Vancouver, Feb. 13.—One man,| heavy loads like the storage of
iP rank Flomberg; was taken to the the crusher and road roller,
The whole, matter was referred

{ badly cut head as \
in & On jto the City Ragineay for 2FODOR:

tempt at free speech on the

 

Powell street grounds, The po-| GREY FOR PREMIER

lice dispersed the erowds with- —-

}out much trouble, | Asquith Soon to Retire in Favor
| ‘The much advertised meeting} of Foreign Secretary.
lfrom launches in Stanley Park | a

| cause d little excitement, the po- Special to Daily News,

lice boats and mounted constables London, Feb, 43.—The Daily

keeping the crowd moving. | Graphic (his morning states that

Only one arrest was made all | Mr, Asquith is soon to retire from

|day, despite the crowd at Powell|{the premiership, to be succeeded

[street numbered six thousand, by Sir Edward Grey, foreign sec-

retary. Lord Haldane is back

“New Lot of Ladies’ " neckwear.| from Germany, but nothing has
Wallece’s leaked out as to his mission,

vee ground that it did not appear}

 

nicipal cupboard—the
block—has rattled its
bones in the council
This time the Dunedin
ures as a fire menace,
dows being continually
| the floor littered with

jand inflammable mater
ing Fire Chief MeDonald repre-
jounceil,

}sented the risk to the (
Alderman Morrissey

{had never been clear té

Again that skeleton in the mu-

Dunedin
decaying
chamber.
block fig-
the win-
open and
shavings
ial. Act-

said that

this matter of the Dunedin block

» him; the

building had been condemned, but

somehow this had beer

1 repealed

and the structure remained un-
occupied and dangerous, Alder-

man Clayton agreed
strongly and a motion

the whole matter to the

licitor for immediate a

| passed.

For Sale.
Furniture of four-roc¢
| Apply F. D, Keeley,

with this
referring
City So-
ction was

ym house,

tf

 

JANCHUS ABDICATE AND REPUBLICANS RULE MAYOR DOUGLAS SAW TWO DROWN BUT NOT HIS LOVED ONES

Romantic Position Today of Lawser Island Lightkeeper---Believed
Wife and Son Drowned, Finds Them Alive

on Sunday, the 4th.” Instantly
the aspect of things was changed,
and hurrying the Rover at top
speed Captain Norman Broad-
hurst took the anxious lighthouse
keeper over to the place where
his wife had been staying on
Porcher Island. There she was
safe and sound with the boy.
Elstermann could scarcely be-
lieve his own eyes, and the shock
after the strain he has gone
through all but unnerved him.
But meantime the fact remains
that he saw two persons swamp
and drown before his eyes in a
small sail boat running out from
Porcher Island and apparently
making for his light. The boat
swamped and sank at a _ point
where already there have been
three drownings and_ several
narrow escapes. Three boats,
including this latest one, have
swamped here, Light Keeper
Harvey, who held the position
just before Elstermann, was
drowned there by the capsizing
of his boat. His wife was left
with her child on the light, un-
able to communicate with land.
Three years ago Ed. Hudson in a

 

strong Columbia River sail boat
ran clean under in the same sea-
way and was rescued by the light
keeper after having been in the
water for over an hour. Those
who know the place say that there
is a deadly three way tide rip
there, which in any sort of breeze
becomes a death trap.

In the Rover yesterday there
were brought back to Rupert two
Frenchmen, who after reaching
Porcher Island in a crazy open
boat some weeks ago were unable
to make the home trip in the

 

leaky craft. That the light on

deputation | Lawyer Island should be equipped

with only one boat is a grievance
which should be remedied,

BUSINESS CONCENTRATION

Miller, Phillips & Co. to Develop
Eighth Avenue Enterprise.

Announcement was made this

morning by Mr. Phillips’ of
Messrs. Miller, Phillips & Co.
| that after the 15th inst. the firm
‘ee concentrate its business in
the increasingly populous centre
on Eighth avenue and McBride
street, where they first estab-
lished their store. This concen-
tration means the firm’s removal
from their Seventh avenue loca-
tion to develop their business in
the more central location.

GROWING TRAFFIC

Two Hundred and Sixty Locomo-
tives Ordered in Canada.

Special to Daily News.)
Toronto, Feb. 413.—Canadian

 

railways within the past two
months have ordered 260 loco-
motives, representing an outlay
of four million dollars. The
greater number of these are for
use in the west,

SEVEN DROWNED

Collision Between Two Steamers
in Hull Harbor.

Special to Daily News.
Hull, Feb. 13.—Seven of the
crew of the steamer Lorbay were
drowned in a collision in the
harbor with the steamer Wich-
wood durin gthe heavy fog of last
night.

 

 

 

 

Convention of Liberals!

 

A convention of British Columbia Liberals will be held at
O’Brien’s Hall, Hastings street,
1912. Upon purchasing a first-class ticket to Vancouver via
C. P. R. and obtaining at the
ticket.agent a standard certificate, and upon the signing of
this certificate by the Secretary of the Convention, the holder
will be entitled to a return ticket at one-third the usual fare.

Vancouver, on February 29th,

time of purchase from the

 

 

 

 

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