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§<—-| THE DAILY NEWS
Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist
OL. I, NO. 77 PRINCE Rupert, B.C... Sarv RDAY, MARCH 30, 1912.
PRICE FIvE CENTS
CENTLEMEN—PISTOLS FOR TWO, COFFEE FOR ONE
NOTHER OUTBREAK FEARE
AMONGST THE NAAS INDIANS
Two Business Men Alex. Wallace and Fred Renworth Compelled
to Return From Mill Bay in Lauuch Unable to Proceed Any
Farther Owing to Hostile Attitude of Natives---Fifteen
Other White Men Are Also Forced Back
1 Tha here may be another| mentioned with their launch) ciency of the rifles used in the
vith the Naas River In-| crew, but fifteen other white men} jas; up-rising of the Naas River]
endeavoring to make their way
into the Naas district were also}
j}turned back by Indian antagon-
suspected this morn-| ign so hostile as to make the
Indians, when the provineial po-
lice, under Chief Owen, did good
}pacifying work without blood-
shed, The constable even chan-
ins brewing at present if not
the point of outbreak
w. From the Naas River there men apprehensive of personal
wt ed early today in.a gaso-| injury. The trouble seems to be| °ed - remark ee that 4
aie wine 0 a re-opening of the old racial re-| W45 4'wWays well to we ee
ine boat, Mr. Alex. Wallace and i : : }for trouble with the Naas Ind-
sentment against the incoming!
of the white strangers, though
details are meagre regarding it.
mr. Fred Kenworth, businessmen
) the Naas river dis-
ians in their present state,
though at the moment news of
NO APOLOGY YET
“No,” said Alderman Clay-
ton this morning, “I have
not been approached as yet
by the mayor in regard to
my request that he should
apologize for the expression
used on the political plat-
form regarding myself. .1
am aware of the attitude
taken by the council iast
night in reference to my let-
ter, and I think it very well
taken indeed. .Of course 1!
had never any intention of
implying by my letter that
the council should interfere
in the matter, but merely to
let the letter read before all
the council, account in pub-
lic manner for my absence
from my place at the board. |
i feel that the mayor most
certainly owes me an apol-
ogy for the expression used
and I am assured that I have
the support of the citizens
at large in this.
The Mayor's Statement
“I have nothing whatever
to say on that score.”’—The
Mayor.
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| particular purpose, viz., to open
|} Woodworth Water scheme, still]
CITY COUNCIL AND APOLOGY
FROM MAYOR TO ALD. CLAYTO
Recalling Their Pledges to the Electorate to Eschew Politics in
Municipal Affairs the City Fathers Decide to Leave Matter
to be Settled Man to Man---Mayor Does Not Commit
Himself on the Subject
Although last night's City|carried that the matter was not
| Council meeting was called for a|for the council to meddle in at
all, but that it should be settled
privately between the mayor and
Alderman Clayton. Very dis-
jor reference was made by most
tenders for steel pipe for the}
Alderman Clayton's letter © re-
questing an apology from the
mayor as published in the Daily
News yesterdy, was read and dis-
cussed As the letter was ad-
dressed to the mayor and coun-
cil, if was up to the council to]
deal with it. After some disc us-|
sion they decided by motion duly}
| Only Words, No More
of the aldermen to the facet that
it was a pledge of this council's
to the people that polities would
not be allowed to interfere with
action taken decisively by the}
} council,
J bring news of a dis e uprising ac oO eache
mn of the Indians Provincial Police Alert pasdetarierg : Medien ; cued
g the incoming of Asked whether he was aware! perry js in the city at present.
‘ of the difficulty with the Indians
Boat Forced Back j}up the Naas this morning, Chief | .
B they were proceeding} He is, however, in communica-
and from there when/tion with those who brought the |
h hostile demeanour! the information, and pre pared |
to their}
elurn the way they had] It may have been only a co-}
It was impossible to make | incidence, or it may have been}
her progress into thej|extra preparedness on the part |
without positive risk of}of the provincial police, but Con-|ne hundred and seventy thou-|
) the Indians. stable Godson was this morning | “and miners in the anthracite |
Fifteen Others Turned engaged in theyominous task of "sion of Pennsylvania have}
the business , men|cleaning and seeing to the effi- been ordered by the union to quit)
work tomorrow night, because of
the failure’ of the owners to}
Special to Daily News.
Cleveland, Ohio, March: 30
BBEARCHING INVESTIGATION sertie
INTO MINING DISASTER
50,000 per day.
. |
ury Held Coal Company at Merritt to Blame for Neg-
+ ee eee et TANCE bee
TO SUPPLY PIPE *
Special to, Daily News, | by neglect of prescribed precau-
March 380—Desite the/tions on the part of the com 4
heavy demands ~upon|pany and further held the local Messrs. eee Shae & Evans”
| been piled up 781,327,776 cubic iter considering the tenders, “the
OT A RUPERT feet of snow, and up to Mareh 4| Council instructed the city en-
it had cost the city over $25,000) gineer to go over them and ac-
to remove “the beautiful.” jeept the above firm's tender if
WINTER THIS : aT jeverything were satisfactory
Rev. Warren H. McLeod wil} | @beut it. Following were the
answer the following question of | fenders received:
Inches, Much Heavier Than the service tomorrow evening “Does|Clarke, local representatives
Average — Removal of Snow | Literature Influence Lif’ e'9| $2.27 per foot; Drummond, Me-
Blanket Has Cost $25,000. Morning worship at 44 a.m,|Coll & Co, (Montreal or
— Bible school and Brotherhood | according to telegram, 00;
nowfall this winter} Baraca class at 2.30 p.m, Stran- | Balfour, Guthrie «& Co., $2.46! 4
gers and visitors cordially invit- Evans, Coleman & Evans (Van-
ed to all services held in the Mc-|Couver), | $4.93; W. GC. Winter-
Intyre Hall, Third Avenue, near| burn Victoria), $2.65; Robert-
64.4 inches,
snowfall last winter
. nehes, Sixth Street. json, Godson.& Co, (Vancouver),
owfall this winter has 1$2.46% or $2.26% if shipped by
‘heavier than the aver- ore ef. lwater; Heaps Engineer Co, (Van-
Winters it has fallen Wanted Position a8 @Xper-| . over), #3.00
0 inches, and in 1882|ienced saleslady or chamber- | ou BM Ps
| a single day’s sleigh-| work at once, Phone Black io
DISTINGUISHED PREACHER
Sronto’s Snowfall Was Over 64) universal interest al the Baptist | Munderlah & Co, BK. & i.)
|was signed by King George yes-
* part of the Indians of |for another expedition if neces-|Mundred and Seventy Thicsual Miners Quit Work Tomorrow---
strict ane yeyond, that| sary into the troubled district.
rorsate ea ied Riles Mes Entails Loss of Seven Million Tons of Anthracite Daily ee eee Gee
THE BRITISH STRIKE
Weich Miners to Return to Work |
—Others Deliberating |
wqntoeniiins |
Special to Daily News.
London, March 30—The gov-|
ernment’s minimum wage bill|
terday. |
rhe miners have commenced |
taking the vote on the question}
of resuming work. The Welch}
miners at Chirk have decided by| 3
a vote of five to two to return ai?
work The cost of the strike to]:
NIGHT LETTER SERVICE
reat Boon to Bus iness Men
eine Long Wires to Send
Frank Dowling, the superin-
tendent of the Dominion Tele-
he past forty-eight/inspector blameable in not hav-| Successful Tenderers Subject) graph, announces that a night
lier MeBride found! jg posted or having seen to the| to Serutiny of Terms by City le er rate su( . as they ere nee
, oO outside for sometime, w
cognizance of the} posting of certain notices called Engineer. “i t “ me me oe Lae
rned at Merritt into| for by the provisions of the Coal Ss M + nh a i a erin
t y 2 » oO ‘ s . ( i duced rate | £ or a £ iel-
stances attending the| Mines Regulations Act. On Mon I all probability the-addition-|\o, of 50 words. to Vancouver.
we Gtenstor A the | day TE he question oF these al pipe necessary for the comple-| 4 95- {9 Hazelton 75e, and to
ne Diamond Vale Coal} serious charges will be taken uP|);... of the water pipe scheme asj jihoep points properyon
ir Nicola City, by the Minister, the Department | », as ‘Shawatlans’ Lake will be z
| in its finding held | being determined upon having | supplied by Messrs. Evans, Cole-
olen ae oogastonad most searching investigation. jman & Evans, of Vancouver, as DICK McBRIDE
lowest tenderers Last night af-
CONGRATULATED ;”
Belated Seluree Do Not es
General Result
|the miners to date amounts to
|has decided to erect great stor-
After Ald. Montgomery had ex
ld. Morrissey had suggested)
that the whole matter be left|
over to the next regular meeting
Webster enunciated a fuller ex-
ters over if possible. He said
that he fancied Ald. Clayton, in
the first place had misunder-
over five million dollars.
As a provision against the re-
currence of a shortage of coal
through strikes the Admiralty ,
unfortunate phrase used in the
age docks.
of the council, Ald. Bullock- |
ject caleuJated to smooth mat-,
heat of the election struggle. |
Ald. Bullock-Webster had heard
the phrase and to him it was but
a figure of speech, a hyperbole,
not intended in any way to refer
to Ald. Clayton personally. The
mayor had said “Ald. Clayton
would stab his own mother to
gratify his ambition,” but the
mayor had most certainly never
meant his words to apply liter-
!the council’s business for the | ally to Ald, Clayton and his mo-
city, and this fact impelled the}
ther. The phrase might have
been taken too seriously by Ald.
| Clayton, but it really hardly be-
came Ald. Clayton of all men to
}take it so, when he was so prone
j}himself to the use of strong er-
rt state that after making;Owen, of the Provincial Police, | pressed himself to: the effect that
y without incident into; was not prepared to say that} |he thought the mayor might well
Naas River estuary as far as|there was any serious’ trouble. | apologize to “Ald Clayton, and|
|A
sonalities in his political and
other public speeches.
A Broken Pledge
Ii was Ald, Morrissey who
{brought out the idea that there
had already been too much poli-
tical tendency in the council
which had really practically pled
ged itself to avoid politics. He
pointed out that .not only had
there been two aldermen actual-
ly candidates, but the | mayor
stood. the inten of. the mayor's | himself had taken a strong stand
Continued on Page 4.)
BOARD-—Strictly tariff com-
panies now represented by The|
Mack Realty & Insurance Co., The |
Insurance People, 2nd ave and
crows DOOMED TOWN OF FRANK
liies in great array for Easter}
emembrances McRae Bros.
Crashed Through Roofs of Miners’ Cottages Which
CONTRACT FOR | Were Fortunately Uninhabited—Fissures on
Peak of Turtle Mountain Widening
NEW CHURCH ssesisi vaiiy sews.
Frank, Alta., March 30—Huge}
iedeeneaiaenent | |
Anderson & McKinnon Success-| "0cks came rolling down the side |
ful Bidders for Concrete Foun! >of Turtle mountain today, crash-|
dation of New Anglican Edi-) jye through the roofs of miners|
fice—Easter Services are An-|...i¢g¢6s. Fortunaiely they were
nounced, lininhabitated at the time. The}
ee ee avalanche today came from the
The Building Committee of the] west danger zone, and indicates|
Anglican Chureh have let the/that the fissures at the top of the
contract for excavating and also/;ountain are widening, Many of
the conerete foundation to AN-|ihe families and “miners have
derson & MeKinnon, their ten-| moved to another district,
der ae the lowest, $2,872.25.
| ;
junion labor, will open for busi-
pee a week from today at 9th
\ short time ago the Federal
Government notified the Alberta
government that the district was
unsafe but the latter was loath
to order the abandonment of the
mining machinery, workings, etc,
lvalued at three million dollars.
New Laundry Co.
Ralston Steam Laundry Go.,
avenue, phone 107. Give them
a trial.
*k is to be begun at once. The}
present chureh hall was built eet One Month’s Sick Pay
Anderson in the pioneer days.| It was decided by the City
On Good Friday service will be| Council last night to allow one
held in the chureh hall at 44 a.m.| month's pay to the Assistant
Preacher, Rey, W. F. Rushbrook.|City Engineer during his recent
}QOn Kaster Day, April 7th, the}period of indisposition, this
Special to Daily News.
Victoria, Mareh 30—Congrat- |
ulatory messages from far and|
| near poured in upon Premier
| MeBridk yesterday, One from
|} Premier Borden and several of}
the tee federal ministers was
received Che belated returns do
jnot offset the general result, al-|
though they leave if as doubtful
whether Messrs. Holt and Hen-
lderson, in Lillooet, save their de-
osits
The event of the season, the
Daffodil Ball given by the Daugh-
jlers of the Kmpire on Easter
ts ile on Toron- Piano for rent, Apply Keeley’s| | Father Reaneily:, finin Miandon | Hegonday in the alan {sland Ciuh.|
streets there has| Drug Store. England, Visiting Prince un oat
Wea. Py Rupert | Agericy Transferred
[errors eee Mr. J. H. Rogers makes the an-
_ PRINCE RUPERT NUTES AGO | Father Bunoz has pleasure | youneement today that he has
TWENTY MI announcing that Rey, Father|given up the agency for the
Sheriff Shirley trying to sell red liquor while the Donnelly, the famous pulpit or-| Wells, Fargo pe ie at te 4
vere open, ator. of London, England, will|D@s this morning. deine Rene]
Both men in go 1 fettle “aine oO fine Clayton 3] preach a series of sermons in| fe rred to Mr Douglas Sutperiand,
e00d fetlle and trained down ) ] } « Broker, Sixth Street,
1 Newton 159%. ithe Roman Catholic Church, hy-| Cus stom :
ly does a lang-sleeved silk hat not become Ald, Kerr? ginning next Wednesday evea-|
’ \\ , Webster has the answer. ing, Agr 3rd, New Reaity Firm
, oungsters are keeping an eye peeléd for Chief Vick- een Mr. Fred Button has. joined)
hese days aia: Laundry ye forees with P. MeLachlan in the
Doc, the famous ‘apologia was written by Newman, not Ralston Steam Laundry Com-jreal estate business. The firm |
Swlon pany, union labor, will be open/will be known as MeLachian &
. another Naas rising and Crippen away for business a week from today,} Butlon Both Mr, McLachlan
Foxy returned, at 9th Avenue, phone 107, Give}and Mr, Button are old-timers in}
‘eeeorooe them a trial. ‘Rupert,
1
Church Aid Society. This soe siety | WH preac h on
| ;
ihas just made a grant of £600
|towards the purchase of a sea-|®
| intendent,
Holy Communion will be admin-|amount being in the city engin
stered al 8 a.m., and also afler/eer’s opinion fairly due him in
ihe {1 o'clock service, jterms of the usage with city hall
It will be five years ago to-| employees.
}morrow sinee Bishop Du Vernet e ee
opened St. Andrew's Hall with} Discussed Dispute
Kaster services, and celebrated Last night the city engineer
for the first time on Kaien Is-| adyised in private with the whole
land the sacrament of holy com=/ council on the matter of the Ro-
jmunion, There were 129 men,} san and Olsen contract in dis-
{ boy and 5 women, representing} pute at present.
all denominations, oP SS dete
The Bishop has appointed 45! unemployment and Its Dangers.
his Commissary in England, the
Rey. H,. E. Fox, Probendary of St.) ; Seg WP gee
Paul's cathedral, London, He will|>¥terian congregation = hoi ‘
act for the Bishop on the coun-|**"’ ai in the rawess oe
cil of «he British Columbia] 4! 7-30 o'clock. ,Rev. F. W, '
“The Sin of Be-
ling Idle. The morning service
141 o'clock is held in~ the
chureh hall, 4th avenue near
|MeBride street), the topic being
lwith growing boys are invited to
worthy launch for the Prince
ge coast mission, of which
W. F, Rushbrook is super:
| bring them,
On Faster Monday the annual
Montreal's Many Bars.
vestry meeting of St. Andrew's
|will be held, when reports from | Toronto and Montreal are still
ithe various church -organiza-|spatting, Here's the latest from
itions, Woman's Auxiliary, Sun-|the Toronto Star: “Why need
day School, ete., will be received,|}the Montreal Herald talk at
including the warden’s financial| length about the greater joy of
statement, and lay delegates to|living in Montreal than Toronto,
ithe Synod elected, when it could sum it all up by
ipscie saying that while Toronto has
Prince Rupert's ieading hotel— | but 1410 bars, Montreal has 1,064
Savoy. | licenses?
On Sunday evening the Pres-}
GRUMBLING AT
THE REFEREE
Dan Salt, manneue for Paddy
Scott, Claims Scott Ought to
Have Had Decision in His Bout
With Bayley.
Dan Salt, of the Ballard Ath-
letic Club, who has been manag-
ing Scott, the Seattle lightweight
who met Joe Bayley in Prince Ru-
pert on Thursday night, was in
town with his protege on Satur-
day, thoroughly disgusted with
the decision of the referee, which
made the 20-round go between
the two boys a draw. Salt de-
clares the audience roundly hoot-
ed the decision; he gives Bayley
a lot of credit for his gameness
in going the last sixteen rounds
with a broken hand, but cannot
see wherein that should have in-
fluenced the decision of the third
man in the ring when Seott’s
mastery was s0 apparent, —Van-
couver World,
THE WEATHER.
For twenty-four hours ending 5
a.m, Mareh 80-——Bar., 30,134;
max., 48.0; min., 44.0; preejp.,
06, ”
Best room in town at Savoy,