2 —_—————e——ooo THE DAILY NEWS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Daily, 50¢ per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance, $2.00 per year. All Other Countries; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING rates on application. HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C, Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers -50 cents per inch, Contract Telephone 98 DAILY EDITION Saturday, May 17, 1913. =e CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT FIRE TACTICS. for the fire department would have a marked effect upon the nel When Mayor Pattullo sud- esprit de corps and perso! : , ow of the department by giving it denly turned in a fire alarm a wider and more useful field and the red devil and fire of activity, and consequently enhanced standing in the com- munity.” laddies whirled up to the pub- lie school the pupils, although they believed there must be a - 4 fire somewhere in the build- PLENTY OF HEROES ing, under the influence of PRESS FORWARD. their teachers behaved splen- M. ——O Arctic last Stefansson’'s didly. In this connection the steamer was on Thursday current quarterly of the Na- taken from the ways and run tional Fire Protection (pub- into Vancouver to be fitted up lished in Boston suggests and take on supplies for his Arctic journey. As on his way north he could pass within a few miles of here, the Canadian Club might invite him to make that firemen should lecture on fire protection, and jundoubt- edly adults as well as children would in this way receive many valuable hints as to the proper a call, as in the event of his course to be first followed on acceptance the sight of the a fire outbreak. These lec- vessel, the meeting with the intrepid explorer and his picked body of distinguished scientists would be an event to be long pleasantly remembered. All his party, and even his officers tures could be made as poputar as those on “First Aid to the Injured.” The Quarterly says this: “The point is made that in every fire station house there and crew, are British, he hav- are usually one or two firemen, ing determined to take no other on his Canadian Arctic expedition. Mr. Stefansson that there were ten times as many clean cut, athletic, intelligent looking, who would make at- tractive figures in their uni- forms on the schoo! platform says before the assembled pupils. British volunteers as can be Some of these men have had taken. This, he says, is one of full public school edpecation; the ways in which the effect of some even higher training. the Captain Scott tragedy on These men could very easily the British people is known. be coached for these simple No doubt the story of these four gallant men has increased the desire for polar adventure, but it is well known that Scott himself and Sir Ernest Shackleton as well were em- barrassed by the multitude of applications that poured in on them when they were forming their expeditions. So may it ever bé. talks to the pupils in the ele- mentary schools. By the aid of the syllabus outlining topics to be touched upon in these short talks, the lecturer could make very interesting and in-| structive points on fire preven-| tion in the home and shop,}| what to do in emergencies, etc. This new field of effort ————EEEeeEeEeE — Beautify requirements are Cover Better—Wear Every can contains Full matter what your painting MINERVA PAINTS Will give you absolute satisfaction, and the most economical results. Ask the “Minerva” Agency for descriptive color folders KAIEN HARDWARE CO. Prince Rupert, B. C. “FROM HOME TO HOME.” HOTEL ELYSIUM Sid. Sykes, Manager The Finest, Newest and Most Up-to-date Hotel in Vancouver. Gixeellent Cafe. Moderate Prices, 1142 Pender Street West . - Phone 8500, Vancouver, B.C. Mexico: Weekly, Daily, $8.00 per year.) Vancouver, May 13,—"'I | | | THE DAILY NEWS | NEW CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR NEW PRINCESS STEAMERS A... STATEMENT MADE IN VANCOUVER S8Y VICE-PRESIDENT BURY UPON HIS RETURN FROM AN INSPECTION OF PRINCE RUPERT'S GROWING TRADE The authorizing that | Captain am in| company is | ja position to definitely Troup to go to Great | the contract has been let for the| Britain and place a contract for say construction of two new and mod-|two vessels for this coast service ern vessels for the trade of this|and make it clear that they were coast These vessels will be of|to be of a type superior (as well the best possible type and cap las larger) to the present Prin-, able of handling the greatly in-| cesses, and it is generally under creased traffic of the Pacific Coast|stood that the new vessels will waters.” This was the staternent|measure up to 5,000 tons Cap made by Mr. George J. Bury, vice|tain Troup has experienced not president of the C, P. R., who re-|a little diMieulty on account of turned to the east on Thursday|the excessive activity new pre night. Mr. Bury added that, as/vailing im practically all ship Captain Troup had had the let-|building yards of the United ting of the contract and was/|Kingdom, “While IT am not in much more familiar with the de- | possession of the details of these vessels, T know that they will ex cel everything that we now have Mr. Bury added tails of the vessels, he would pre- fer to leave the scribe them upon his arrival back.| here,” SIR CHARLES TUPPER TELLS FACTS ABOUT CANADA’S CLIMATE ONE OF ITS GREAT ADVANTAGES 'S THAT IT MAKES MEN— NORTHERN MEN ALWAYS RULERS OF WORLD. captain to de That nonagenarian,{it not for the warm southern splendid ' Sir Charles Tupper talked with aj States and they are increasing. in representative of the London those —"s while native Amer!- ‘ ican white men are decreasing Daily Chronicle about his beloved) ,,, ee : “|We have been saved from that Canada. He said: lgreat problem. We are becom- “T have no specific for long|/ing the great highway between life save one—hard work. I have|east and west. We will soon never known anything else. My puave three transcontinental rail- way lines wor i _ only holidays have been in train} orking and we must jremember that New York is a journeys and crossing the Atlan-|i),.cand mil 4 ' Thi } thous niles sarer Asis , tic. This last was the sixty- |. a if the C com vg a .. |) way oO sanadis acifie ¢ Sonbis tie £ Groeeed it. The : e Canadian Pacifie an /Vancouver than by way of any first time IT came to England was . port . » States in 1840, when I crossed in a port in (he United States. brigantine of 160 tons. We were]! this forty days getting from St Johns, | abrogated the Elgin treaty in or- Nfld., to Lough Foyle, Ireland. | der to foree Canada to join the “Seward knew and he “Canada’s climate is one of her|United States. Our relations great advantages, it makes men.}with the United States are now If you study the history of the|better than they ever were. Hun- world you will see that it is men|dreds of thousands of people from the cold north who have al-| from the United States come over ways ruled it. The southern/into Canada every year and races have always gone under.) settle down. They find the law Then ~you remember that’ the| better administered with us than United States would not have had|with them, and there is greater its ten millions of negroes were} security of life and property.’ | es ———— = —— EE DAILW MEMORANDUM OGEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 OCLOCK ‘A Remarkable Expression of Public Confidence is shown in the statement of this company for the fiscal year ending March 3ist, 1913. As compared with one year ago, the following figures are exceptionally in- teresting: 916.72 11,268.60 647.12 This Remarkable Gain Is Positive Evidence of the Convenience and Practicability of the C, H. I. C, Pian Nearly One-Quarter Million Dollars Loaned to Contract Holders at 5’. Simple Interest during the past Fiscal Year If You Desire a Home of Your Own—If You Would Be Independent of a Landlord—Investigate This Plan Now The Canadian Home Investment Company, Lid. “Canada's Old Reliable” Home Office Pacific Bidg., Second Floor VANCOUVER, B. C. Prince Rupert Office Federal Bidg. Assets March 31st, 1913 - - Assets March 31st, 1912 - - Showing a net gainof - - -« Subscribe For The Daily News | | FRENCHMAN DISCOVERS AEROPLANE SECRET Invention of Automatic Stability | by a Printer Is Said to Be Successful. Paris, May 13 The Freneh aviator, M. Moreau, who has been conducting experiments near Melun, is having eredited with discovered the secret of auto stability for aeroplanes has caused a cer excitement im and a generous matic His invention tain amount of aviation circles patriot has sent him a cheque for $2,000 to continue his exper! ments, M. Moreau before he took to aviation was a printer and he has spent all his savings in perfect ing his invention. The novelty in his design, as far as can be judged from what has been made public, suspended cage that contains the seat of the pilot and room for passengers It is deseribed as a pendulum seat, and the way it is attached under the frame at a_ certain point between the propellor and the horizontal rudders influences the centre of gravity, which is maintained constantly at a fixed consists in a point by the movements of the pendulum seat. Two levers, which are worked automatically as the pendulum seat swings, keep the wings and rudders constantly in the position required for maintaining the sta- bility of the aeroplane. The Kid’s Inning He kissed his sweetheart in the hall, He kissed her o'er and o'er. A jeer came from her brother small, ss “Say, mister, what's the score? Leaves the skin tender — soft — white — aromat- ized. Perfect for nursery and toilet. 2e13 Albert Soaps Limited, - Montreal. PCE RET | | ee | | | Owned and operated by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on the American and European plan. Excellently furnished, with steam heat, electric light, and all modern conveniences, being abso- lutely first-class in every respect. The appointments and service are equal to any hotel on the coast. Rates: $1 to $3.50 per day. G. A. Sweet, Manager. Yes, Indeed, the Boss Was Very “Pail” ac NGL \c Queen Charlotte Islands, Calling at Way Por vver and | bound Saturdays at 8 P. M., Commencing April io. Prine 7 Masset and Naden Harbor, leaving Prince Rupert on (leg W Commencing April 9 ednesdays a RAILWAY SERVICE Train No, 2 leaves Prince Rupert, eastbound, 10 am. w Tickets on sale May 22 to For tickets Office 3rd Avenue Asal Double Weekly Service TO THE SOUTH by the splendid steamers PRINCE RUPERT and PRINCE GEORGE Leave Prince Rupert for Vancouver, Victor Mondays and Fridays at © A. ™ , For Stewart on Thursdays at 8 A u For Granby Bay on Sundays at 8 Am Steamers Prince John and i Maintain Weekly Service Between Victoria Saturdays Reduced rates between Prince v4, @ a ret im” Ma one-third for round triy : reservations, etc., appl A. E. MOMASTER, Genera Agent Prince Rupert Ruy 1a aNd Beatiic on Kupert and New Hay Phone 260 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ARE YOU GOING EAST THIS SUMMER? 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