_ = —= — A oo y AG EISKAT £ ASS cL ers ' pst? : «at jj NEXT MAILS em ows je the paper to buy yg 4 tee” y says | For South ‘ —— Prince George....... Friday, 9 a.m. ® . ° Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist eras. NO. 109 3 sr MA ae ee ———— menegenenen - yoL. Il, . PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, May 8, 1912. PRICE FIVE C —— meted : . ENTS a ——————_—— —r ———— ()S ° —————— 1 = ee = — a _ = — — = —— —— AT THE THEATRE : DEATH OF AN ieee é being any necessity to assess the Bag Bachelor’s Romance” by the prayers: ROMER. Shee AGE ins E ON TRAIL HONEST JUDGE Ethel Tucker Co. Greatly eee + Delighted ha a a eas 5 fhe council of 1911 thought it OF MURDERERS as advisable to extend the telephone ard of : M W ht to a Ci uma e | q 1p ’ : system, ¢ s ar’s ¢ : eo Judge nga of Ne a py Ethel Tucker's Company The arvels of ealth Broug t to a ity by Resources Behind It have s nttuad abe 6 reed Fugitive Indians Spentiam and flailway or 7 Is doing well. Last night's OL e ° . c 5 4 ORY. ‘ passed Away—Failed to Sur-| sentation of “A Hackaig@e Roel ---Brilliance of Buenos Ayres, City of Rapid Growth In order to completely finish et sean py pelt Mee Opera ee Special Interview With R R the necessary iinprovements 10] Qotrages Pearea—Forty Wea 7 » tele » system, a sum oO Loss. ises made for it by the ang cok a ev. G. W a 1e telephone xs A ment: and Peenaeis th it m we deh ; posolies : reaps Ma ree Ey y say $20,000 was required, and it} Armed and Ready. Special to Daily News.) very large audience in tt Ee z oY ee AAT: =F ebay —————~ prairie country of illimitable|is proposed to raise this by de- ate roronto, May 8—Judge Ma- press Theatre pT! or a um- | speaking on South American | wealth, extending to an area of at|bentures, and this is the object (Special to Daily News.) ha if the Board of having warmed : . ce ere rere in the MacIntyre Hall | least a million and a quarter | of the bylaw. The term fixed is Ashcroft, May 8—It is report- - viaalineel \lied ea .) coe uD ot 7 work last night kept his audience en-| square miles of level, fertile land.| twenty (20 years. The total ed from Clinton today that Chief oonday, having failed to rally and. the toucl oe eat rightly, | thralled with the interest of his Cattle and wheat are the natural|/ sinking fund to meet this is}Gonstable Fernie of Kamloops, i of a double op-| ent in sian ca acne brou-| accounts of life amongst the sa- products of the prairie, There) $707.22, and the interest $900.00) 8"4 trained trackers are close Baa 4 ppendicitis. He sank] jont pestre . Tr aoe with excel-| vage tribes of the interior of the | are farms there extending a hun-| per year, all of which we feel| UPOD the trail of the murderers aa : h retndfhinie, aia se “ raint, Merit shone out) great southern continent. In } dred square miles, raising 100,-| sure will easily be paid out of of Constable Kindness. Yester- Se eue to the last. All the leds hati i members of the cast.| spite. of counter attractions, | 000 head of cattle, Wheat fields) revenue, derived from the sys-|4ay morning about five saddles : eR n and railway met farroll Ashburne as David Hol-| theatrical and other, in the city | lof twenty square miles in extent) tem without any assessment. It and bridles were stolen from a ae | (he. events fhe ane, the hero, upheld his part}the hall was simply crowded and| are to be seen there, without a/is submitted that it is much|Tanch owned by aman named rx An cuetl siniatae of eh with a consistency|the lecturer ,who is a most in-| | single stone on them or even a better to raise this sum over the/Jones, fifteen miles from where a one. Soe eee very pleasing in-| teresting speaker, maintained | | piece of wood, but all rich, fertile| {erm mentioned (han to ask the the tragedy took place. Track- ne Se B ine a Si : 4 iss Grace MeGinn asi} his own in manner which assur- learth. Last harvest represented| property holders to pay this year| ers have been able to trace the iabeo's | be haré to fill aca the heroine, realized her|es him of good audiences wher-_| |no less than sixteen million tons| much increased assessment, or| foot steps of the murderers and 4 ; p "doe Maeaanaanaee ‘ eros role of mingled romp-|ever he may go. | of wheat exported, and this year|to prevent many people from since yesterday nrorning have y ‘ ns dmminiiaies ing and womanly dignity, very Certainly the experiences he | | the farmers imported nine mil-| having the full benefit of the been following the trail direct- ie § i) va with profound much. to'.the-satisiaotion Of: her) tells of are unigue. Himeelf, the} j lion dollars’ worth of agricultural| telephone system. ly from where the murderers e es a ier’ EAcaciia (aaa cna Frequent applause}only white man to penetrate into} | machinery, Great Britain has in-| The second bylaw, namely, the left the barn. Chief Fernie has foalii@a mat? «hal pe 6 the most successful the depths of the South Ameri- | | vested more in the Argentine Re-| city hall bylaw. It must be ad- with him fourteen men who have | e wn: “1tohe ane cenes in the play. Nothing could] can interior, he has seen sights, | ;} public in six months than she} mitted by everyone who consid- been trained for this work, and ble regret that I have been funier than the comi-/and wrestled against odds which! did in South Africa in a year in|/ers the question af all that the should be able to run down the Mabee’ d ath cal exaggerations of Fred Knight/ would have made most men quail | railroads alone. [ am a loyallerection of a new city hall was|esperadoes. in reasonable time. earn eae a feicuare and Robt Ingersoll, as the |He so won the hearts of savages} Canadian, but there is absolutely} an absolute necessity. It was in all about 40 men are in read- f } a 4 ina’ oy quaint old fossils of the literary|}who at first would have killed} no doubt whatever that Buenos! common knowledge. last year iness in different localities to y He Tae nf world Martin, and Mulberry. Mr.| him, that by and by they adopt-| Ayres is now the most up to date] that the city would certainly | V@ylay Spentlam and Paul It r e ¢ o j I 3 | . - < . . “a fs aR Te Ingersoll’s Irish specialties be-/ed him after their tribal: fashion | city in the whole world. There}| have to vacate the premises for- should they make their appear- ong eee tween acts two and three fairly and gave him a tribal name | are tube street railways, the most| merely occupied by them without] ®!C° within a radius of 50 or fatal ‘fiisaneitiees: caught on. Miss Ethel Tucker] weird-sounding and prolonged} jexpensive system of artificial) very much notiee, and it fellow more miles from Clinton. Great : as Mrs. Legrand, showed herself|ad infinitum. He learned thei |docks in America, 189 news-|ed that a new city hall must be EXCH AIST, prevails throughout | sed exceptional a capable actress, and Miss Pat-| customs, how they bury their old} |papers, one of which has the| erected. True it is that at the] this and the northern districts an Scalia sy Grey filled the double roll of}women alive, how they have | | most magnificent newspaper | present time the Fire Hall is be- as it 4s possible that these des- iy tee aipons Harriet Lester, and Miss Clem-|every third-born child sacrific-| |buildings in the world reserved] ing used temporarily, but that is|Perate men will commit ,other e ot while ee ip entine excellently, the latter part}ed by the terrible medicine man, | j exclusively for its use, a ten mil-|only a mere make-shift. The crimes before being captured or z his cowie his being most amusingly interpre-|lest the tribe exceed the popula: | | lion dollar opera house, and more} City Council of last year, seeing shot. ceo fatpiamien ae oi ted. George D. Zuceo, whom we}tion limit they set on it, and how ) millionaires in proportion to its}the absolute necessity of dealing or is , ; have seen before in Prince Rup-|they worship with superstition | size than any other city in the| with the matter, voted $15.000. The members of the Ramble devotion to duty. ert, made a very thorough “plea-| strange spirits. oF ST gear la, It has also very few|This Gouneil might, if they saw|Club of the Presbyterian church pid {Nor ,.|sure loying man,” doing his Attired in | South American ed to remark conversationally| poor people, and no submerged] fit, vote another $15,000 to com-|are requested to meet at the ee One “* hate eae half-seas-over stunt to the life] Gaucho dress, Mr. Ray aided by | that the city of Buenos Ayres is| class. Five thousand ships en-| plete the building, and say $5000 church hall not later than 7.30 f ; r 5 i ea ‘ 5 lee hts a with the mingled earnestness,|}js marvellous collection of cur-|0"° of the most rapidly advanc-| ler the port in a year and thirty-| for furnishing, and this all with- tonight, preparatory to going to Cent "a 8 ner and absurdity of the tipsy bro-]jos. from these parts, was able) !"& cites in the world; that its! one million dollars’ worth of meat] out any bylaw at all. If this|Seal Cove by launch. I -{1-16) ther well realized; while as theli, demonstrate in realistic man-| Wealth is surpassing, and that its|exports alone are handled.” course was pursued, it would add == | modern literary young men, W.| perp some of the strangest cus- population increases by immigra- Added to whieh is Mr. Ray’s| very materially to the amount to Ruswick, and = Ed Battreall a8}toms of the people amongst tion alone at the rate of 4,000) statement that Buenos Ayres has} be raised this year for taxes. The FREE! FREE! FREE! iteynolds and Savage, were both| «whom he travelled. He show-|Per week, while to accommodate] 300 sunny days in the year, and! proposed bylaw is suggested, pamstaking and suecessful. Al-|ed the murderous methods of the this inerease it is necessary 1M|/{hat it has through proper drain-| and it must be remembered that RES A bis eautiful 88 key together the comedy was g00d,| medicine man holding in his Buenos Ayres to build houses at) age become “the second healthi-| it is only a suggestion), would elect er piano, worth and will be remembered pleas-|pand the very club used by the the rate of 30,000 a year, a Daily} est large city of the world.” | spread the cost of this building | away to the antly by the many who saw it. medicine man (o kill his victims News reporter resident in the | The story is an inspiration to| and furniture over its probable National | players in the Base= Among those who were not-| with. and illustrated many other also rising city of Prince Rupert) prince Rupert, which, after all| life, which is put for the purpose St. Louis 2; New York 6, ment pool room, Empress iced at the performance last] jntensely interesting customs | 6Te interested, | his travels, this explorer consid-| of the bylaw at fifteen years. The Chicago 9; Boston 4. Theatre building. night were Phe Mayor, Miss/and practices. “What is the reason for this}ers “marvelous. The most re-| total cost of sinking fund an ins Phila., 8; Cincinnati 5. ° Lockhart and Mr, Helgerson, Altogether the lecture was of} rapid increase?” he wanted to|™markable example of enterprise terest for this would be, sinking Pittsburg-Brooklyn—Rain =|Miss Brown and Mr. Kearney,|surpassing interest and those} know, and the answer was: “Re-|!P €lly building I have ever seen. | fond, $1813.00 a year; interest, American TE Mr. F. Wallace and Miss Dunn,} who missed it last night will find|sourees behind the city.” The| A city with an unrivalled future| $1575.00 a year, and the ques- Boston 5 Detroit 4 ACE HAS Miss Newton and Mr, Garrett,|a ¢reat in store for them tonight}same causes which haye made|OWing to its position and re-| ton Is whether it is not better as] Gnhicago 4; Washington 0 Mr, Kissick and Miss Kinkade. |, the further lecture illustrat-jand are still making a vast city) Sources. | % matter ol business and SOM Philadelphia-Cleveland, New NEW CHURCH cant Tatas ed with magnificent views which} out of Buenos Ayres will.make a} —_—_ — om mon sense to. spread the pay- Corisat. Entec hain 4 Tonight's bill is “The Side- Ra oe , rive G Sa tin et 7 ah tt Aa salar ments over the term mentioned i : nIgAt : , Mr. Ray is going to give. vast city out of Prince Rupert.| Will the party who picked up Coast Opened on § ; walks of New York.” This play is ee “Buenos Ayres,” remarked Mr./a shoe on the walk beside Kauf-| tan to attempt to pay the much Portland 4; Sacramento 2. FH. Du V unday by Mt. Rev.) a most consistent one, the com- When the Rey. G. W. Ray, lec-|Ray, “is a railway city and a| man's music store please leave it larger sum during the present Vernon 9; Oakland 2. Sikes of ernet-—A Pleasant/edy is bright and sparkling and] |... on South America, happen-| waterfront city. It is the key to} at Kaufman's or News office, 3t year. ; Los Angeles 3; San Francisco ce of Worship in a Pleas-|the love story is pretty, It is The third bylaw is that in re-}9 antly Situated City. the story of an indulgent Fo aeEeE=————__—_—"—_——e—s=s‘“‘sé“‘“‘SNS™SCSCS ee eee 7 re lation to electric light. ‘ a - and an ungrateful son, A woman ed The electric light system was i i “Ns ast the new chureh}|who is the unfortunate victim of FINANCI . sginade saskan ery ein pee Pioagen Sleaners, ‘ . i as opened by Bishop] circumstances and a simple aro. whinh although it may have ee PN et aaa ) Yernet, assisted by Rey. T. J.J/eountry boy who shows the in- ( 17 4 SO! a 1] OR T E REASONS |: en fairly 1 ; e Bad } ‘ G ) yeen fairly good turned out to + oe March Vh congregation was|nate of wisdom of a Solomon. a by : : — i t‘ an a w. D., Clifford Here made up of settlers in the neigh-|'The play is one that will enter- a de : Ly eee cee a par- Former member of parliament borhon. wall Rate 4 ole a) aa e t ? 2 : ae E ticularly the cost of fuel appear-|C. W. D. Clifford, intercsted in th a at roe pnd “ tain and si a Several aoot Explain Why Citizens Should Lend Their Signatures to the Bylaw Petition Being ed to be excessive, more coal be-|the townsite of Amundsen, ar- 9 . wes , 8 silua-| specialties wi ye given and & * * ing sed the sue f ) ive is ming i "e- ine ‘tie Tirst terrace back of} evening of genuine enjoyment is Sent Round---Reasons Set Forth at Some Length for Full Consideration SiniGh: -peamien ~ feos ae ae ake rely eae the a, rl station, and near/assurred at the Empress tonight.) ),4) gip—at the present time] by at least one-tenth (41-10th) of; law separately, and it is submit-| question of the hydro-electric] which takes place on Saturday. creat: se park, with its re- eR rT the fate payers of the city of| the value of the real estate in the|led- that every fair minded man} bylaw came up and the then city Ssicigsteeciceiicsctnaceoe ta estas had the ind adjoining, has A smoking concert, under. the Prince Rupert are being asked to|city. Prior to this act, revising| shoula do all he can to allow ajcouncil employed Mr. Ross, of Mathiew Dow Brings Family logs me ne dead} auspices of the Caledonian Foot sign petitions, asking the cit} he Statutes of 1944, this sec-|full expression of opinion, and} Seattle, a man of very great ex- Mr. Mathiew Dow, contractor Pi away, leaving aj ball Club, will be held in the K. council to pass by-laws for the| tion would have applied to the} by signing the petition, no per-| perience as an electrical engin-| for the dry dock, arrived with Marsh a } of tall trees, Mr.jof P, Hall on Phursday SVAnIO8, purpose of raising the following| by-laws for the telephone and | sen does any more than express|eer, and he advised them that/his family from Seattle this Over { lad been away for/May 9th, aj 9 o'clock,” All are sums of money: city hall, but would not have ap- lis Gesire that the bylaws may|when the hydro-electric system] morning. his be ee nihs on aecount of|cordially invited and are assured i. The asin ot $65,000.00 for] plied to the electric light by-law.|be passed for submission to the| was completed, that there would fiat ahaa Sea eS TS 1, receive ‘ in a = ay - ane . Miakate . . . ’ 4 : 3 come from his m, da warm wel-|of a good evening. Tickets 500.) 1. Dunpose of paying the expen-|Since the revised statutes were} people. still be room and a necessity for} For row boats and launches in Tey Us many friends both}can be had at the Western)...” o¢ improving the electric} passed, it probably applies Lo all Having answered the first|an auxiliary plant, and under his} telephone 320 green. Davis boat ‘nd Kiltsumkalam, Plumbing Go,’s office or at the light system in this city, the ex-|three (3). question as to why a petition 13 advice the late council contract-| house. The \W man’s Ausilinge: door, At pense being largely caused by The. petition that the properly | pequired, we promise to make a2 ed for the machinery that is RaW re Tre een Tar oe Hospital Board ary. Of tan enc eae ... {the introduction of new and im-|holders are now asked to sign.) short statement, showing why here and in working order, The} Mr. and Mrs, J. F, Ritchie re- AAR ' wa hold after- Mr. Ray’s lantern views one proved machinery, and the exten} merely amounts to a request that|{hesc particular bylaws should addition of this machinery is|turned by the Prinee George. aid ¢ ' : R . » Mer a» Y 4 ‘ ¢ . . Le abit: es : ; a dhok : Fund raueeal As Hospital} will be show tonight in ne i sion of the distribution of light}the city council should put the! yp. passed. First, with regard to making it easy for the city to in- Sth OnE ; te afternoon, Intyre hall al eaid » a? a and power throughout the cily, | bylaws in such a position that} ne Telephone Bylaw; the orig-|©Pe8se the earning powers of the Band concert and = splendid Knigh if Pyt . Re in the great merit, You cannot a ae 2. The sum of $20,000.00 for|the people owning property iM] jnal telephone system which was electric light plant, not only for moving pictures at the West- WHl be an atte Un hall, This} to be absent. ase the purpose of raising the nee-jthe city may have a right tO]established before the city was holme Opera House tonight, No lar social even ¥ te and popu. ETc a rs essary funds to improve the tele-; vole “Yes” or ° No,” on eact by-| jneorporated was taken over by (Continued on Page 4.) advance in prices, 2t SUppo wa worthy of every : Prince Kuper: s leading hotel— phone system in this city. the cily shortly after its incor- - — ———__—___—_— — ——_——_— |e 8t !' Savoy. 8. The sum of $35,000.00 for poration, and a bylaw was passed , Po eerenne —= ithe purpose of paying for a new in 4910 to raise $40,000 for the OONaG City Hall, and the furniture SECTION 2 IMPROVE- purpose of establishing the sys- thereof. MENTS tem, and this bylaw was duly| RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO The first question that arises petitioned for and passed by the : e. BL que ae - f One Week Commencing is “Why should the property people. The telephone system | owners be asked to sign a peti- _Ameeting is called at theg/has been a paying concern, and ar on Waterfront log-book, “S.8. Prince George rath- tion at all, when notwithstanding city police ulation, Wed- last year the interest and sinking Brose th heavy list to starboard, Unele Jerry aboard,” that petition the same peoplewill nesday evening, May 8th, fund upon the original bond were | wa Minister declares he wants that sidewalk only to afterwards have a right to vote, al 8.30, Lo consider the ad- easily paid out of the income, yt public have easy access to the new city hall. as to whether the bylaw should|% Visability of important im- 3) and no tax or assessment was ETHEL TUCKER AND COMPANY IN FOUR ACT Ssbebe Mabel remarks that it’s too bad the Mayor should §/op should not be passed?” The provements al ‘the western §$|/made against the property hold- COMEDY DRAMA Biot the explaining to Douglas and Peters. answer to this question is that ent of the ol aN eee ers, and the state of affairs at e ‘ty and Hedges Committee sugg ' ) el cili- »M sipal Act vides that ing properly In Seouon & ihe present time shows that the s 0 » suggested to compel | the Municipal Act provides tha ae : ‘ | y e p rome in and discuss Empire Day celebration. no bylaw for the raising of mon: e mae of 7th 7“ i eee Telephone is liable to be, not on- e I ewa S oO ecw or "Ylerian lads and lass + ot al a Seal wy Awan » gertai ified ion 4, are urged to attend, ly this year, but for rears to “ (\ B f asses may ramble safely to sea ey, except for certain specified a y this year, bu pig i 00 hight Blindfold Boy busy at the shaw, purposes shall be introduced, Committees will report. come, a paying concern, and Change of Play Nightly 50c., 75e, and $1, there is no probability of there ° Witeeer ° Orrefors. woree: unless the same is petitioned for ite 1 eae ec OA EO CI ETI Saat SES tae ibis: + Sees ‘ i & i} ; ait tg A 3 ae