ore - ay ae ans end ae a ag aM see YE ET LAE a) ART lailtive Litrary 7" oe en rar * 5 ¢€ gaye x ah From « the News le the veser to buy 2 ‘am i Cees ; a pu yk Ye Chelohsin..... .7 o'Clo y Prince George...... t Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist — g! re yOL. 1, NO. 159 PRINCH R * re , . gaa aN RI SMS oe RP Naar om "ay a ae vol. WH, NO. 1 Rupert, B.C,, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1912. PRICE Five CENTS SSS = Sa WITH AID TAIN WILL REDUCE HER NATIONAL DEBT” OF THE WIRELESS POLICE MAKE SMART ARREST Suspected Forger is Captured on Board the S.S. Prince Rupert and Held by Captain Johnston Whom He Tried to Dodge by Creeping Under a Bunk---Is Brought Back on the George and Charged Today With Uttering a Cheque in the Name of a Well Known Local A in the police court this morn- named A, MeKechnie ed. charged with obtaining ey d He inded until the 27th inst The ¢ nstances of the case as ht l DY false pretenses investigation re-| ingenious enough defraud and = pretty k, in waich Cap- of the figures Johnston Rupert Got Cheque at Campbells. night from that it} ' dravvy it} \ s ist Saturday sined blank cheque stating vas his tention to signed M cheque, cashed the Very to questioned At once the a forgery had been co was il city r. McNab's na which he afterward 1 a dubious direction On Monday morning ihe left by the Prince Rupert Cheque Discovered. Sh light, | discovered raised Suspicion }il was and the wireless was set Known at once. his han e freedom of he veedily the cheque Calne immediately fact that and was and the hue and ery for the perpetrator lit on accused, had left by the working prac easiiy and a ywed hin hoat Captain Johnst suip t save sxccount and have it|him the indignity of being placed asl he C. P. R, office. He} Ku ito the C, P. RR. of- apparently and there filled; he cheque for $44. But he; {not sign his own name to it.| couver, The first ime that oecurred to} lim was apparently that of Mr.} MeNab, the C, P. R. agent. He| in a locked cabin He was la he was under arrest and ordered to report to the capta in hi petore the boat reached Van Hid Below Bunk. Acerfsed failed to report, but miraitted was whom ed gent Johnst ipta gotten, Search was made him throughout the ship ane presently he was located below Da H Vas then taken it charge and upon landing was handed ove! lo the police al} Vancouve It happened that stable Adams of the Prince | Rupert cif fores vas 8&8 th ! tt so that accused wa ) ght p te by the vers ey wa th p ce George He ar 1 here this morning and was harged before Magistrate Carss as stated Accused was formerly a watchman on board the P cess Royal. Let George Do It. You will want your piano tuned by a responsible, lable pian tuner. George Anuersol plan expert from Portiand, will be here about July 4 Leave - ders with Paul Kautfmann’s mu- sic store, Opposite new post of- | flee. 6t ANOTHER BLACK, BAFFLING MYSTERY OF MID-ATLANTIC FREIGHTER WITH CREW OF 50 FINRS AN OCEAN GRAVE — INSURANCE PEOPLE GIVE UP TRANSATLANTIC FRE- IGHTER AS LOST LOADED WITH MERCHAND- ISE WORTH $100,000.00 4 One of the dies of the sea Prince George Arrivals. io notice in the The fk wing were a mie Lhe s sappearance of the| passengers arriving this orning ghier M Oswald on the Prince George The s ship left Baltimore] Andrews, Mr Young ‘ } - Murray, W. I y i rs Fel {7th with a heavy | pran Rh. B Lippa ie g { chandise, and was Story rh ma an I 4 H x the first week] Sneeban, H. | 1eDan Ld W Sheehan, Mt slbot rs. J Ma She has never been| Sheena! Miss Uoates, P. ( , ! her departur Sunderg, Mi J Patt r. D 1 Balt I : ; “| Sunderg, Miss G Newton, M HE r nore, Patters 2 Keele \ ‘ Miller, J vi . ipsed before the own ASntea’ “ Webb, Thomas W Could be pursuaded that she} Hevenseroft, I Andrews, W.H Jones, TP. OW Munro, yas toast, | a few days ago the] Mason u Ferguson, Hee I signees o ‘mre es Wallace, H. > tice, Frank the cargo were Of-| Wanace, William — Rice, Mrs aH) f ed that the insur-| Wallace, len Hollings W orth M ‘ ' are mau 4 na i i mpanies, which were re- cut aa, Mrs Hobill, W ponsible f amounts aggregwa-} Curran, Mis Vaughan Geors ne y Frazer, G ra a | * roundly 8100,000, were now] Barten, J. D Atchinson, M ready ty v f Handasyade { H Aichinson Mrs pay the total due on the Handasvde, Mrs Brandt, J Policies Perry Biggart, Mrs , . Hogers, M. k Wilson, Mrs Where and how the Mount Os-| Hutson, Miss Wilson rae wald 5 . Soule, MeDonald iss ' al disappeared is a profound! Sone vies Agnew, G. I iyslery, Nesbitt, James IH. 5 \ -- ——— SS - : he was a first class cargo - 4 Wal of 5 i ate? ‘at of 5990 jons, and carried a What! Not Real Est Crey a ’ W of forty to fifty men, | C, Jackson, former!) nt - pe Rossland, and now of Spokane, lnredicts great activily in mining THE LATEST | predict rreal ac 1 }investments ite contends there Want a Trade ‘lark for British | is no longer i rny profit in land in » face the igh vaiues Empire, the face of the high ies ——ew reached and says investors ar London June 24,—Sir J. Cock. | 8*tting out of land and seeking urn, fo : : e for Australia, bas proposed| ® Hew field, the | © Congress of Chambers 9f| Mmerce the adoption of an| Sold in bulk by quart or pints) itnout licenses were dismissed en e : Plre trade mark. 3 Eias basen lnecessity, ice cream at Keeleys. =. : teeaeeeee By laless Vis a easy, Merely Dert's {y COUVe; Wireless Barney lor from the slicker hat Mabel is wonderirg Oubling to IMPOR‘ for the kids to fling for ah PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO icon, Pattullo declares he would hardly have believed ‘at Rupert could show such improvement soon oe popular old tuner weds the girl of his heart, aud “vert rushes out swift smiles of sunshine Johnston declines Lo be app ‘dition to our well knnown private detectiv) Vancouver valiantly «® brought but what's | things al a lot of wooden-heads f on DOROPOPIOLIO STs yinted the forue fi vainly tryibe to with he: Prinee Ru om Van Day. Dominion FOOLHARDY FELLOWS Drank Strychnine in Beer; Both Are Dead. Ss Joseph, Mo., June 24, ‘hilip Scheibe and Henry Silmore, XZ were Tound dead il h ! the other day, havy- swa ved 8 chnine in beer h ht before ifter they had la 1 h her t lo st Presbyterian Minister Arrives. bots supj the pulpit in the || sbyterian Church in the ab- nee of Rey, Kerr, who is away lon his holidays, there arrived tiv i Rev. W. H, Andrews by the Prince George today, Rev, Mr. Andrews whi s accompanied by Mrs Andrews and child, comes airect | Prince Rupert from Queen Street Kast Presbyterian Church, | Toronto Re Andrews is ‘ iprother of Mrs. W. E,. Williams of this city, Police Locate Pocketbook. On Tuesday ‘of this week J, |MeTntosh the theft of a pocketbook contain- bills and a couple ot The located the purse and returned it to the appears thal reported to the police ing $20 in gold pieces police owner today, It there was no theft at all, Mr, Intosh having lost the purse, 7 In Police Court. “homas Regan, d. and ad,, Was d $5 $2 costs in police this fin plus court morning. | | al lchallenge Weleh, dogs Robinson and Mr harboring Mrs charged with The pesolu-|delicious, refreshing hot weather | Chey proved that neither owned the degs in question, prince Rupert's leading hotel— Savoy. “Canners” vs. “Callies.” has received a football club connected with the Cassiar can- for a match to be played on ist and it is hoped that ar. rangements can made to meet ’on that date, when secretary he from a ners July ve the “Canners they intend to show the Callies how to play the game, Subsoribe for the Daily News. INCE MORE ARRIVES MR. T. DUFF PATTULLO, RUPERT’S REAL BOOSTER | | bialiar nanieaielecaelihcdMvesctainaocianie Ate 1 prolonged sojourn in he os h and the commercial s of the east, Mr. T. Duf- Patiullo of the firm of Pat- & Raiford arrived in Prince Ruper ggain this morning by the Prince George. Mr. Pattullo has the reputation of being prob- ibly Prince Rupert’s most per- sistent booster wherever he traveis, He said that he savas well pleased with the here aud that inch of his extensive hold- gs in is for sale Mr. Pattullo declared this morn- ing that a strenuous effort should outlook not an in Princes Rupert be made by the various public bodies of the Gity lo urge upon both the Dominion and Provin- cial governments, as well as the Grand ‘runk, to start much needed iiuprovements and there- by establish a larger pas roll, which w be of much greater benefit to the city at this time than at a later day. He said that the iH ms Labkel out of the whsite by the government and railway ‘ ld ustify them in making improvements at this time and assist the building up of the town, pending the com- pletic of the railway. “The works should be started this year and I believe good results can be tained by nited aetion on the part of the citizens and public bodies regardless of polities. Phe road around the island would be a great asset to the cily, and an effort should be made to get the Provincial government to ful- fi he promise to build the high- vay said Mr. Pattato. V. E. Keeley, brother of F. D. ceeley, arrived here today, Mr Keeley has been engaged in the drug business in Cobalt for some time, James Martin from Oueen Charlotte Islands today, came over Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners. Phone 4, THE WEATHER. twenty-four hours ending S a. m June 26th: Barometer, 0.014: maximum temperature, 67: minimum temperature, 47; precipitation, O08, Commons pro. an i of the exchequer, confirmed in the House of posed to devote $25,000,000 of BRITAIN HAS SURPLUS. London, June 24,—David Lloyd - George, chancellor today rumors that he reduction the $32,500,- to national debt, The rumors had led to an of surplus 000 the of the in the price of the market, imp ovement consols on ee SS EN. Pe Oe STORY Still the Man, Collision OF “HEAD-ON” WRECK ON GTP. WAS NOT QUITE SO Patrick Moriarty, Met Death as the Result of a Brought About Near Mile 41 Through the Non-Culpable Mistake of a Man Not Specially Employed to Direct Traffic and At the inquest the workman killed on the G. T. P, recently, a verdict of acci- death returned, the having been brought the non-eulpable error of a bookkeeper in the employ of Messrs. Carey, Johnson & Hel- mers, the bridge constructors The bookkeeper, who has nothing whatever do with the running of the trains, was asked by phone As a mat- he was the dental accident was about by to flag a certain train, of facet, the train meant to flag passed at he was at the phone Ignorant of this, the bookkeep- er hastened off and faithfully in- lel time structed the men on the track work close by. to flag the train he expected,