gst CIROULATION ww THE orry AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA —_— aes IV no, 116 t ——_— PRINCE RUPERT, B. . SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913. _THE ims News —————$———— NEXT. att Ven owen : ann 8 Sunday, Per sf piipcess M 6 ee. Rupert, « “ Monday, a ——————— a ———— —— AMERICA’S TENTATIVE REPLY TO J APAN’S PROTEST—LIBERAL OPPOSITION To NAVAL BILL BILL —— (HVS (05 OF SCUTARI FORMALLY HANDED TO BRITISH ADMIRAL OFFICERS AND MEN FIRST ‘ENGAGE IN DISTRIBUTING FOOD. TO THE SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF STARVING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. fan Giova di Medua (via All Fought Out. fome), May 15 rhe keys of the New York, May 15. Among | sty of Scutari were turned over|those on board the White Star ip the nava wanders repre-/|liner Oceanic, which arrived last] al ng the great powers at noon night, was Lionel James, the war | wierday in the square op posite | correspondent of the London tbe ita barracks yhere | Times, who said he had only been | fasad Pasha recently surren-|three days in London from Adri red to the Crown Prince ofjanople when he sailed for New Yonteneg! Che ceremonies| York to write an account of the| gre brief and simple. The in-jinternational polo match for his| pmational force was command-| paper i ai by Yice Admiral Ceeil Burney With regard to the conditions | ofthe British navy, and was es-|in the Balkans, Mr. James said| oried into the city by a Monte-jthat all sides were fought out in grin guard of honor. every way and there would be The touching feature was the| Peace and quietness for the next Deesence ar nd the imposing few years He believed that the wd well fed naval brigade of sevy-|"ext trouble would be between wi! thousand half starved and Bulgaria and Greece moat men, women and children, vr — of amare hiiants of Seute » lost |#ro,” Mr. James said, new just a isseah ae en aan 1b6® far he. could go in the Soe CONFERENCE ON CALIFORNIA ALIEN LAND BILL. wee and who are still destitute. }'4" matter.” his is the notable scene in which the Secretary of State of the United States, despatched to Te British commander and ¥ d | California by President Wilson, is unavailably pleading with the governor of that sovereign Gplain Spezzi of the Italian navy O. Besner, of the Knox Hotel, | state not to pass the alien land bill for fear Japan might not like it Governor Johnson is in Heated a force of oMeers andjreturned this morning from a the centre, with the seeretary of state of California on the left and Secretary Bryan on his mi to dist » food and eloth-|three weeks trip to Montreal right The latter's arguments were overruled and the bill has since been signed in spite of m transported from various|whither he was summoned on the protest of the United States, the president and cabinet of which are in great perplexity as Hopean cities for the benefit of|account of the serious illness of} to what they can do in the premises As told in another column, the cabinet wrestled with & wflers Immediately after|his father. Fortunately Mr. Bes this question for two hours yesterday. De presentat of the keys, the|ner reached Montreal in time to ; . —— = Mol the Montenegrin regi-|see his father alive, his death Mi withdrew from the city and|reported a few days age, occur UNITED STATES’ REPLY EXPRESS RATES TQ BE MH to the camp of the Crown|ing after Mr. Besner had left on NAVAL BILL PASSED. CE he [his return trip. TO JAPAN'S PROTEST aes VERY SOON REDUCED Special to Daily News.) Nd COUNTRY IS hinterland of untold resources, and mineral, Mought to 1 ce by the trip of beh Ulmer, a practical mining and prospector, now in Another part of the iru to this Prbness mth agricult ! ra city natural Is Going up the Stiekine Mmowshoes he reached Tele- PMh Creek and from there Woe southward, following the ating Streams. Sinee then he a ‘oroughly prospeeted the = of the unknown country = horth of the Groundhog met for a radius of a hundred les, He creatly impressed Mb what ; _— nay be called his dis- and earnest in his argu- = om the Grand Trunk 7 Should immediately give i, Pron se of building the ‘he surveyed through a from Hagelton to om ‘aman of practical phd oer nee, having worked hn, .? : h leading mining Won ” ih to Dawson and Din BP engineer he built st in Utah, which the ealment of low Copy ind from there vnpedes of Ari- ‘id sO up north, K construction aid fl ; we ie prospector, He “ Fil in regard to this yy tty wo Way out by way of 7 e ‘o Hazelton I found tha: 7 ‘reat disappointment hiking : ae ! Trunk Paeifile is te . “PParent steps to run ie I ' branch from they OUndhog and from Mile to | an I know the My tho.’ (easible one all the ei eh * presenting no Megas, Neulties, From ty this way it is ML a), well watered, fan, ' 488, plenty of Aide, cs Mia moose and “The = “'s Of good fishing. Mr ibecy Y has not been ad |, tha worth of Groundhog Monty tn” nity only for goal, the geological DISCOVERED IN THE HINTERLAND OF RUPERT WATH OF GROUNDHOG ano STRETCHING FROM THE NAAS | VALLEY TO TOOVA LAKE—WELL MINERALIZED AND GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE. section I provincial maps of the prospected ove’ “Tt is a fine country for agri culture and is also well mineral ized. Gold, silver, copper and probably iron will be found there minerals and also the rarer Tungsten [I found in quantity and wherever you find that you find the rarer minerals associated and the with it What is needed only thing needed, to open up this rich country is transportation facilities rhat will come in time, no doubt The country is now ready for the prospectol and the investors who have the means and the time to investigate thor oughly I have never gone through a country thal looks 80 promising in every respect, Tam leaving on the next Prince Rupert for Granby, and afte! shall probably hike back interior country. into this Delegate to Conference. London, May 14.—-The L« societies’ delegate to the Inte! national Geograph al Cont enee, which to be held in To ront® in August, is its president Dr. A. Strahan is Pantorium Phone 4, Pioneer Cleaners formation reminds one of Colo rado, In the Cartner Range, the south extension of the Cassiar Range from the main Cassiar, the formation consists chiefly of primary metamorphic and in trusive rocks. This is flanked by the — lava beds extending from the Naas to Tooya Lake and southeasterly onal to the east by the Skeena series of coal forma tions. “The country, as I said, has never been prospected for quartz though I believe a few prospec tors have gone into parts of it after placer. It is not correctly mapped, even I met up with W. F. Robertson, the provincial mineralogist, in the Groundhog country, to whom I gave some notes which will lead to certain minor corrections in the next a stay there] tative day. the At were day made satio ' I sued HAS Former Had Successful Campaign in Scotland. Among the . arrivals by the steamer Prince Rupert this morn- ing was J. F. MeDonald, a former well known resident of Prince Rupert. Most of the old timers will remember him when he was in the furniture business here. After retiring from ‘the mercan tile business Mr. MeDonald se- cured a government position on the Queen Charlotte Islands About six months ago he was sent by the government to the old eountry to give a series of immi- gration leetures in Aberdeen- shire, Seotland, Judging from newspaper and other reports, Mr. MeDonald has had a most suc- cessful tour. He is looking par- ticularly well after his trip abroad, St. Andrews’ Excursion rhe committee in charge of ithe St. Andrews’ Society excur- wi to Port Simpson on the 24, jhave beard from Mr, Riehards, lproprietor Of the Northern ho- lie! there and R, Boyd Young, the a hant, to the effeet that they W have everything prepared to ive the exeursionists a hearty we and if it should hap ee rain-—which it never does t= Port Simpson, « they ean dance under cover,’ writes Mr tichards. It is well to purchase tickets before the 22nd as only Washington, United States government Japanese | California considered by partments not nal ‘ any Not Made Public. Special to The Daily News.) May 17 \ of the reply of to against lat draft protest land legis the hours Two were of army to Hawaii efforts are army and navy to start any rumors by making | orders that be 1umber ordered Special by the may RETURNED FROM IMMIGRATION TOUR Resident of This City Draft Discussed for Two Hours by the Cabinet—Document ten- the the athe was cabinet yester- vot- ed to the discussion of the draft nature of which is not publie, made officers yester- being sen- rub is- a limited number @an be sold, Ottawa, ‘3 The bill its third reading in the house yester- day by a majority of thirty- May naval passed two, the Nationalists voting against it. The bill now goes to the Senate. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MUST GET LICENSES New Regulations Aim to Protect Immigrants from Unscrupu- lous Persons. Chief of Police Viekers has just received from the superintend- ent of immigration at Ottawa a circular drawing attention to the adoption of more stringent regu- lations in regard to employment agencies. Under the new act all employment agencies must have a license signed by the mayor and chief of police or by the local immigration agent. The object of the new regulations is to pre- vent, as far as possible, un- scrupulous «men from engaging in the business and defrauding immigrants coming to Canada who are not familiar with lan- guage and customs of the coun- try. THE WEATHER. The weather report at 5 o'clock this morning read: Barometer, 30.134; maximum temperature, 50; minimum temperature, 40; precipitation, .06 inch. EMPIRE DAY, MAY 24 Government Will Not Change Date of Wettday. (Special | to Daily News.) Ottawa, May 415. The Dominion government will not change the observation of Victoria Day from Satur- day, May 24, to Monday, May 26. There has been some talk in favor of the change, because this year the celebration falls on Sat- urday, but the date has never been changed in the past on this aceount and will be ob- served as usual this year on May 24. Railway Board Issues Formal Notice Making the 20 Per Cent. Reduction Effective. Ottawa, May 14 rhe formal order of the railway board mak- ing a reduction of 20 per cent. in the express charges in the west has been issued It is as follows: {. That the express companies under the jurisdiction of the board be required to submit new standard tariffs of maximum mileage rates to be charged for express freight classified as “merchandise” between points west of and ineluding Sudbury Ont., making a reduction of ap- proximately 20 per cent. from the maximum mileage rates in excess of 50 cents a hundred pounds now being charged, maximum reduced with the to said rates carry them the appropriate tolls of the graduated tables, scales K and M, and the special tariff for single shipments of five hundred pounds or over. 2. That the said maximum rates, so reduced, for the mile- age group from 900 to 1,000 miles, do not exceed $4 a hundred pounds the sections between Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Crow's Nest, Canmore and Thornton, Alberta, and $4.75 a hundred pounds in the section west thereof respectively, 3. That of the rates be published the fifth day $6, tariffs fore in place of $5 and as now charged. the reduced standard maximum mileage and filed be- of July, 1913 GQ. T. P. TICKET OFFICE Closed as a Mark of Respect to Late Passenger Traffic As a tribute Ww. manager system, curred at Montreal yesterday, passenger the closed today between of 11:30 and 12, late trafie Trunk flees on Manager. of respect to the passenger the Grand death oc. all BK Davis, of whose and tiekel entire system were the hours Montreal (8:30 to 9 o’cloek Prinee Rupert time). In addition to closing of-| CANADIAN PARLIAMENT SHOULD CONTROL SUM VOTED FOR NAVY LIEERALS CONTEND THAT ALL BORDEN PROPOSES COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE EXISTING NAVAL SERVICE ACT—LEMIEUX'S AMENDMENT. Ottawa, May 15.—W hen the j|house met this morning the final stage of the naval bill was en- tered upon when Premier called the third reading. William German of Welland was immediately on his feet with the object of moving his amend- ment, rejected in committee, with the object that the money be voted annually as required and Borden spent under the control of parlia- ment and not of the governor- in-council, as provided by the bill Mr. German said that the Liberals have shown a desire to have parliament united on this question and if it is not united the one man to blame is the prime minister. It had not been con- troverted that everything that Mr. Borden proposed to do could be accomplished under the exist- ing Naval Service Act. Mr. Bor- den knew when he_ introduced this bill that the Liberals could not support it and remain true to the principles whieh have guided the party in the past. He kney his bill would prove to be contentious but was forced to in- troduce it because the National- ists had been promised that the Naval Serviee Act passed by the late government would be re- pealed. Mr. German said that if ———__—_—_————————— BASEBALL. time | during those hours the local of-| flee in the Hart Bloek was suit- ably draped. We close on May 24, Stalker & Wells. Phones 187 and 430, 4115tf Northwestern League. 3, Seattle 4. Vietoria 4, Portland 9. Spokane 4, Tacoma 7. Coast League. San Franciseo 5, Oakland 6. Venice 6, Sacramento 2. Angeles 5, Portland 2. National League. Philadelphia 10, Chicago New York 7, Pittsburg 4. Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 5. American League. Detroit 5, Washington 2. Boston 3, St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 8, Cleveland Chicago 7, New York 0, Vancouver Los 4. 5. CAR LINE STRIKE Twenty-Six Strikers Arrested for Interference With Opera- tion of Line Special to The Daily News.) Cincinnati, May 17 the last night and a youth were badly During two men injured, rioting Twenty- arrested for interfering with the the traction company, ployees are on strike. six men were lines of whose em- Mr. Borden would withdraw his bill and proceed under the Naval Service Act he for one would sup- port him. . Mr. Borden, replying to Mr. German, said that in view of the Liberal contention that all that was being done by the present bill could be done under the old Naval Service Act, he did not under- stand the reason for the Liberal objections, They had opposed the naval bill, declaring it sub- versive of every principle of Lib- eralism, That was neither log- ical nor accurate. Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux fol- lowed with an amendment in the form of a suggested new clause providing that all works under the act be executed under the powers of the.Naval Service Act. He maintained that the govern- ment’s proposal is a backward step which if it means anything, means the beginning of a policy of permanent contribution. Mr. Borden asked Mr. Lemieux to say where he had ever made a statement to indicate that thts was a policy of permanent con- tribution. Mr. Lemieux replied that the Premier's speeches had been 80 conflicting that one could form no other impression. MILITANTS ATTEMPT TO WRECK RAILWAY Startling Sequence to Anonymous (Special to Daily News.) London, May 17.—A startling sequel to the warning received by the officials of the. Midland Railway, contained in an anony- meus letter dated May 12th, came to light yesterday. The letter stated that a systematic attempt would be made to wreck the main line of the company, and was so explicit that the line has since been carefully guarded. Yester- day two men were found hiding in a culvert near Whaley, Lanea- shire, with axes, crowbars and other tools. They were _placed under arrest and it is believed they intended carrying out the threat contained in the letter from the militant suffragettes. Anti-Boxing Bill Killed. Sacramento, Cal, May 14.— There will be no anti-boxing law passed during the present session of the legislature, according to all indications here today. Assem- blyman Brown's drastic anti- boxing bill has been killed in the assembly, and Senator Brown's amended bill probably will never |be brought before the Senate for action, F. O. E. Third Anniversary of Aerie Eagles Will SUNDAY, ALL ARE WELCOME BY C. P. R. STEAMER PRINCESS MARY Leaving Prinee Rupert by the Princess Mary at 8:30 A, M, Exeursionists Will Visit Skeena River Canneries and Port Essington Returning to the City at 6:30 IDEAL OUTING ON THE WATER MODEL EXCURSION STEAMER ROUND FARE TICKETS Only $2 THE CHANCE OF THE SUMMER TICKETS ON SALE AT ©. P. R. OFFICE AND AT Excursion No, 1945, Praternal Order of Be Celebrated MAY 18th EVERYBODY Baa