THE WEATHER qwenty-four hours ending 5 a,m., iN July 12 : min. TEM?. 44.0 BAR. tN, RAIN 30, 883 : ax, TEMP & 69,0 THE DAILY NEWS Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist DL. II, NO. 155 PRINCE ‘RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JuLyY 12, 1911. Prick FIve CENTS REAT FIRES FO — W HEAT WAVE IN THE EAST ) QUEBEC TURNED OUT 10 HONOR SIR WILFRID ic Reception Was Held in His Honor Yesterday—| BREAT DISTRICT IN ONTARIO SWEPT BY BUSH F IRES Little Town of Cochrane, at Junction di the G G. T. P. and T. and N. 0. Railways is Completely Destroyed---Every Mining Camp from Dome to Whitney is in Ruins---Feared That Many Settlers and Miners are Lost---Death Toll from. Porcupine is Seven---Two Towns are on Fire in Michigan---$40,000 he Premier Made a Magnificent Speech in Re- ply -Capital City Will Also Give a Civic Welcome to the Premier Canadian Press Despatch) ratulating him on his| |Premier of Canada. In re sponse ervices at the Im-/|to the toast of his health, proposed | nference and at the Cor-|by the Mayor, Sir Wilfrid de- ndon. The streets |livered an inspiring address decorated, and the occasion Ottawa Will Celebrate made a fete day for the cel-| This morning Sir Wilfrid left luebec’s greatest son. for Ottawa, wheats’ on. Thureday, Banquet at Night the Chateau Fron-| tender him a compliment banquet was held | ception and welcome home at which complimentary speeches ebec, July 12.—Following the} were made. Reference was made Ble of Montreal, the ancient |to the fact that the day marked of Quebec last night accorded | the fifteenth anniversary of the nd recep tion to Sir Wilfrid | icall to Sir Wilfrid to become | |the Ottawa City Council will also|camp and town along the ary re- ALING VESSEL’S [POACHERS AFTER ALUABLE CARGO. THE SALMON ndred and Fifty Thousand lars ‘Worth of Ambergris off These Coasts This| es’ Exploits. nth, (Canadian Press Despatch) these coasts looks} Victoria, July 12.—The steamer ble venture. The | tug Phoenix has just arrived from Finlay, Durham and Brodies with news that a number of fish pirates Canadian Northern | Company's freigh q ig i Captain Shadforth,|@re actively engaged in a raid on y rich cargo, con-}the salmon traps at the siderable amount] River he pirates tied up the vhich was found |spillar and lifted a large number | by one of | of fish from the traps 'C.N.R. ANNOUNCE Bie tanneries on a A SETTLEMENT it m the west perm W le taken rs, and which] £150.000 engaged in ( mon for shipment hat the run of fish is ex-| Get Forty-five Cents an Hour can-| anda Fifty Hour Week. \t the Uchucklesit t 5O0 oO far is $1.) Winnipeg July 12 A. settle- ment of the labor trouble beiween run of salmon xl as itis at present ( canners will reap the C. N. R. and its machinises t the close of the| V@S announced here today. Under the new agreement the company will increase the wage from forty- the ‘Tall Timbera” two and a half to forty-hve cents} per hour for a fifty hour weeék, | reds are leaving for the] Twelve hundred men will benefit bias If you are one of by the increase BAKE ‘ of dry feet and ~ Froud & Co. have] For rent after July 31st, base- | lmes of boots|ment in Helgerson Block now p made especially for wet occupied by William Grert. Apply | the O. M. Helgersor, Ltd. ERRIBLE WINDSTORM VISITS HAMILTON, ONT. he Roof Off the General Hospital, Demolished a ing of the Boy’s Home, Wrecked Athletic Club’s Grand Stand and Killed a Man Named H. Garfield i Press Despatch) July 12—A° terrific 2 mpanied by lightn- od her last night with | Consequences, Coming Mountains by Burlington adiay : ; by a live wire which the gale blew down upon him. toy mM ac Patients Alarmed A panic was narrowly averted in the hospital among the patients, torm Unroofed the Hos-| 20 feared when the roof was W down the grand stand |blewn down that the building B Athletic field, and des- would collapse and kill them, For- “'ge number of plate tunately the crowds had left the lows in the city. athletic field before the gale a rived, or a great loss of life woul have occurred, ecked Boys’ Home ; TCE gale compl tely wrec k- B Ol the Boys! Home, It AVVO, He With the electric Look cut for the special films ed phone Wires, and|that will be shown at the Phenix Cal ) ‘ Id, wi ‘ofa man named |'Theatre next Wednesday. Good Who yw “s electrocuted | vaudeville and pictures tonight. |' Steamer Phoenix Rites at Vic- toria with News of Fish Pirat- Winnipeg Machinists Will Now; r-| of his arrival in the ward, however, | Blaze at Port Mo (Canadian Press Despatch) Cobalt, July 12.—The Cochrane was entirely wiped out by fire | last night. Practically every build- ling in town is destroyed. including | banks, the station and the A scene and ruin is on every town of two railway Various stores. lof desolation | hand. A Chain of Burned Towns The jshared in by fate of Cochrane has been | almost every Temis- | kaming and Ontario right of way. South Porcupine, Pottsville, and | | jevery mining camp from Dome to} | Whitne y is now a heap of smolder- ing ruins. From North Bay on- ward for a distance of three hun- dred miles, the countryside has been burned over, and prospectors and settlers are in a desperate! plight. Started with Bush Fire a bush fire | After the The fire started with of North Bay. intense heat past month, the bush became like It is probable north a piece of timber. that a spark from an_ engine Gordon | smouldered for some time and then | of Hon. Once it started | Before | started the blaze. there was no stopping it. CONTRACTORS Solicitor Peters MacNeil, and very all carefully and that City Works Carss a Through Supt. of Magistrate severe warning is issued to con- tractors to differentiate between their own plant of the public works department which may be left near their contracts. Supt. of Works Mc- Neil states that all city rails bear mark. Case Today Magistrate Watson appeared the matter missed from la private Before Carss_ this morning S. H. with rails lin connection of the steel which visited this place} mining | and dryness of the} ody Saw Mills. lits rapid march everyone had to| flee to the lakes. Seven Deaths Reported Fire at Port Moody Vancouver, July 12.—-A serious fire broke out at the Emerson | saw mill at Port Moody yesterday afternoon, destroying the kiln and valuable lumber and an adjoining boarding house. At one time the In their haste from \the awful flames, four miners, all | foreigners are known to have been | |drowned at Porcupine, while three | others who tarried were burned to| flames were so bad that it was | death. How many of the settlers|feared that the town would be | and prospectors have perished may | doomed to destruction. The loss inever be known. The country is| has been appraised at $40,000. |heavily timbered, and a fire started in a dry season cannot be | The timber loss will] to escape once | Michigan Towns on Fire Bay City, Michigan, July 12.—A fearful fire is reported be raging seventy-six miles north of here, by which the town of Oscada overta key be enormous. Blow to Cochrane The blow sustained by the town Situat- to of Cochrane is a hard one. lis in ruins, conpletely destroyed | , led in the great northern Ontario} a ji : lby fire. The eighteen hundred |clay belt, at the junction of the} unhabitants are homeless and with- 'Grand Trunk Pacific and the| jout food. Everything they had Temiskaming and Northern On-} : : suet lwas lost in the fire, and it is tario Railway, the little town was 3 jrumored that several lives were |the headquarters for the northern ti Ost. settlers. Its future was bright. | It had a pushing Beard of Trade | The and many manufacturers had re- | to Au Sable, a larger town across flames have now spread }cently located there. A large|the river. Like Oscada it has number of young families had/|little provision for fighting the located there, and its school was| flames, and it is feared that the lone of the features of the town.| place is doomed to follow the fate | The of its sister town. Help is being rushed in along the railway in an effort to save the place from total named in honor Minister place was Frank Cochrane, of Mines for the Ontario Govern-| ment. | destruction. MUST NOT USE CITY PLANT authority knowing them to city property. Mr. Watson, how- ever, had thought that as he was contract he city stock by the Superintendent be of Works, contract. and traced to Watson's The rails were marked recognised. Fish plates also included in engaged on a city might take the rails and use them} necessary and and spikes were the material appropriated. so temporarily, paying if for the use of them or purchasing them outright. The sum and substance of the case was given by City Solicitor that Injudicious Action Superintendent} Mr. Watson saw that his action had been a most injudicious Peters who said the in- vestigation of the , . } of Works left no doubt as to the now identity of the rails, ete., City|one. He was prepared to admit Solicitor Peters stated that Mr.|himself wrong, pay any expenses Watson had explained the matter,/necessary, and be more careful in future. On these considerations the case was allowed to drop. dispute that rails without admitting without he had taken the WORKMAN KILLED AT GOVERNMENT WHARF | | iJ. of died the at J. Stussi, an employee Westholme Lumber Cov., the general hospital at 12.30. to- dat from injuries received at his work this morning. Deceased was engaged at or on a crane at the wharf at the Westholme Co.'s yards, and the first accounts of the accident are to the effect that Stussi was engaged on the crane and fell from it to the ground, Legs and Ribs Broken That he was was realised at once, and he was rushed to the hospital where Dr. did everything possible his life. Within an hour seriously hurt Kergin to save Stussi was dead. The Westholme Lumber Co.'s Office at noon stated in reply to enquiries as to how the accident happened that they did not know. Enquiry of the hospital five minutes later elicited the fact that the man had been Stussi Fell From a Crane a Distance of Thirty Feet and Never Recovered Consciousness—Was Employed by Westholme Lumber Company The ac-]injured man conveted with a fair little after|degree of comfort to the hospital. The Pony Express car was used as fifteen minutes. happened a dead cident eleven o'clock. an ambulance. How Accident Happened Investigation shows that the unfortunate man was up in the air thirty feet on the pile placing crane at the time of the accident. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, striking a pile of lumber with great force. His injuries included a broken thigh, a broken hip, and internal injuries. He was unconscious when picked up, and died without regaining conscious- ness. He was rushed into the hospital, arriving there within five minutes of the accident. New Stretcher Used Only a day or two ago Man- aging Secretary Wright of the General Hospital had placed one of the new stretchers at’ the Westholme Lumber Co.'s premises, and no time was lost in having the It may be your turn next. It matvers not how up-to-date and efficient the fire fighting apparatus is, if you are not insured you are humanly possible. Realty & Insurance Policies possible Co, settlement of claim. Where to Go EMPRESS THEATRE, Second Ave.: Pictures and Music, 7.30 p.m. MAJESTIC THEATRE, Third Ave; Pictures and songs, 7.30 p.m, PHENIX THEATRE, Second Aveuue; Pictures and music, 7,30 p.m, not fully protected as much as is| which the authorities on the prai- See the Mack] ries had Their | js likely to be repreated here over stand for the promptest| the taking of the census. colony of them exists on the lowcr Arrow Lake, gaged in the fruit and jam in- dustry. WERE FOULLY MURDERED ON THEIR BRIDAL BED Young Archie Coble and his Seventeen Year Old Bride Were the Victims of Some Insanely Jealous Monster---Found With Their Heads Smashed in by an Axe (Canadian Press Despatch) Tacoma, July 12.—One of the most brutal and mystifying mur- ders in the annals of the state of Washington came to iight this morning when the dead bodies of Archie Coble and his young bride Nettie were found, horribly mu- tilated in their bridal bed. The only explanation that can be given is that it is the work of some person insanely jealous of the young couple’s happiness. Murdered in Night Young Coble was only twenty- five years of age, and his girl-wife but seventeen. They had been married yesterday, and had gone to their littke home at Rainier, thirty miles from Tacoma. When visitors called this morning to offer their congratulations, they received no response. At last some of their friends went into the cottage to see what was the matter. To their horror they saw the young couple in their bed with their heads smashed in. Left Bloody Axe A heavy double bitted axe, smeared with blood, ahd been left by the murderer. It bore mute testimony to the manner in which the murder had been carried out. The neighborhood is greatly ex- cited over the tragedy and the police are at work on the theory that the murder has been carried out by someone insanely jealous of the young couple. THE TWELFTH IN TORONTO Orange Lodges Celebrated the Day With Procession Talk- — fest and a Picnic. (Canadian Press Despatch) —_— : Dalles, Oregon, July 12.—So far (Canadian Press Despatch) six fatalities have marked the death| Toronto, July 12.—Great cele- list of the wreck on the Harriman |brations were carried out in honor Oregon Trunk Line last night.|of the day by the Orangemen of this Other deaths are feared among|city. All the Provincial Grand those who are seriously injured. | Masters were present, and a gi- gantic parade through the prin- #{cipal streets was held. It is esti- mated that over seven thousand BASEBALL SCORES Orangemen, most of them in fancy {/uniforms took part. There were ~~ |a large number of bands, mounted men, carriages and decorated floats in the procession. The procession finished up in front of the Parliament buildings where speeches were uindlged in. Among the principal speakers were Dr. Sprouls, Mayor Geary and Controller Hocken. This after- noon a gigantic picnic and sports will be held at Exhibition Park. SIX PERISH IN TRAIN WRECK Collision on Oregon Trunk Line Near Dalles Kills Several : Northwestern League Vancouver 12, Tacoma 11; elev- en innings. Spokane 10, Portland 1. Victoria 7, Seattle 4. National League Chicago 6, Brooklyn 2. Cincinnati 6, Philadelphia 12. Pittsburg 138, New York 4. American League New York 8, St. Louis 3. Boston 0, Chicago 4. Washington. 1, Cleveland 2. Philadelphia 8, Detroit 14. THE LAST ROLE CALL British Army Veteran Drops Dead on a Sreattle Steet Seattle, July 12.—George Wil- kinson, a veteran of the British Army who has lived for some