ative As: THE WEATHER { oty-four hours ending 5 a.m., NEXT MAILS “Nov. 9 13 i9\ For south : :/ 29-778 “00 Prince Rupert....Friday, 8 a.m. | _ ee \ Princess May....... Friday, a.m. . ‘ . ~ VicToR Vy Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist a ——————— od Prick FIVE CENTS OL. I, NO. 256 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., ‘THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911. JACK FROST PAYS CITY AN EARLY CALL THIS YE _ Late ria eine aie i = ie i as Ei A MONTREAL’S BIRTHRATE EXCEEDS 4 ; | ALL THE WORLD'S GREAT CITIES | Montreal, Nov. 8.—The remark-| rate only exceeded by one. The| Rome 23.6 18.5 * en | able increase in the population of following table has been prepared | Milan... ..23.3 17.1 a ee f ° e o j , yi, » ‘inric > D -. is . . . i ormon President Joseph F. Smith Says the High Cost | 2 bec shown by the recently | ae Papeete ic ea fs, “ante A Capt. Klaus Larsen Has a Thrilling Trip Through the 3 ¢..¢ : yublished census figures is explain- “pe y % . 5 ee “ i ; i | of Living and High Cost of Hats and Gowns ea re the b rth 7 i "houtn ‘or | Pet thousand of population: — Great Whirlpool Had no Mishap, But t ’ pirth-ri ‘ ts : . Makes Monogamy Preferable Montreal which are published to-| City Births Deaths| The general birth rate for Eng- Never Again’’ Says the Captain yi day. These show that Montreal} Montreal. . .. 86.45 22.40) land has fallen to 24.8. Six years| \j; > : “ : stops ; ‘ itt oO olygamy | s ‘re The j . adie ‘° > : > 7 Niagara Falls, Nov. 8.—Captain|came near capsizing once in spite aoe W gion, Nov. 8.—Polygamy oe more, The women of/has not only the highest birth|St. Petersburg. .. .27.8 24.1 |ago it stood at 27.2. It reached Ki: : ses i thal le ” lof. the seks aero pila of ae practised by Mormons, ri ay all demand that they be}rate of any of the large cities of | Berlin............ 25.5 14.7 |its maximum in 1876 when it mt Shapes et tle ak Oy ooh eae sand tallest in hee hold, in & who is caught taking | Cressed and - pnd a as/the world, but has also a death|London......... 23.6 12.7 | stood at 36.3 per thousand. gated the Whirlpool Rapids in In the whirlpool the suction of ret it 4 is promptly excom-| With ae a lraae petit ce és side i ate - mania the moior boat Ferro, has repeated| +} maelstrom was so great that be , says Joseph F. Smith,|be in terrible straits if he mae the feat by covering the seven | for about two m nutes it threatened ig ih resident of the Moromn | several wivedan his Sia site aoe nd KYRLE BELLEW ‘ ICE-COLD DIP NO WHITE HOPE miles between the Falls and Lewis-|to pull the motor boat into the ra bi ‘ ti eae ae ie ; ery. ; ; .| swirling mass of logs and rubbish bani Se pr ent Schltdl cyte ee ne oe het at PASSES AWAY AT G.T.P. SLIP BUT A BLACK jon stty-one minutes tn the oer in the water's gap PALE Presid i ; ea Sale OO : a Niagara, a fifteen-foot motor boat. Larsen brought his ‘Coat about i |e yu ages no ive in liom insta . ‘ i “ ‘ . iii as * eer s - et ves he snactian prior | A NARROW ESCAPE Famous English Actor Played | Not Poetry, but the Chill, Cold, | Has 112-Inch Reach and Weighs The entire trip was made without] sharply, and headed direct for the uy ; ion of the Supreme Many Parts on the Stage of) Hard-frozen Truth as Proved} More Than Three Hundred ja hitch, the ten horsepower gaso-| American shore. With his engine ma} United States that iT Ae a ; Life-End Came Suddenly. by M. M. English Who Fell in Pounds. line engine forcing the little craft racing at full speed, the current on te inlawful, and before| | Wo Aviators Have Collision in ‘ the Soup Last Night. i through the rapids at sixty miles|tugginy in the opposite direction ne sued its manifesto the Air- Escaped With Bad) Sai: Lak: City. Nov. 8.—Kyrle a Chicago, Nov. 8.—A _ modest]an hour. like a giant, the Niagara stood Fb ral marriages.. Since| Bruises. Bellew, one of the foremost actors| Late last night as he was landing | colored lad, seven feet and seven} _ Instead of sticking close to the/still for what seemed to the Fis the presidency, “gone of the stage, author and explorer,|from the launch “Agnes” at the] inches in height, reached Chicago|Canadian shore, as he did last| watchers to be an eternity. Then Pee e said. had. been Mineola, Nov. 7 [wo aero-|died here shortly after 5 o’clock|Grand Trunk boat slip, M. M. | today on the trail of Jack Johnson. | year, Larsen kept well in towards} ;ith a leap the little craft broke & rd inducing his fol-| Planes collided in mid air during an| this morning of pneumonia after | English, manager of the B. C.|The ‘‘tar baby,’’ who makes the the American shore tili he reached | nature’s grip and sped out into tise Ionogainy exhibition flight here yesterday brief illness. His body vill be| Packers’ Association on the Skeena| white hopes look like dwarfs, gave|the head of the rapids. Striking|the stream. thought it best| Both machines were smashed but | taken to New York at noon today, | River, slipped on an ice sheathed|his name as George Bell, but let|the first giant wave of the rapids] “‘J'1) never make that trip again. sic ate one wife, | the aviators escaped with only bad | accompanied by the members of|plank and plunged into the ice-|it be known that he prefers to be| fairly, the little motor boat rose| This is the second time I’ve done i f 'fye wives and the uruises the ‘Mollusc’ company in which|cold water. He sank out of sight, }called the “black prince,” as the] thirty feet into the air on its crest] it, and that’s enough, believe ne,’ rty-three children re-| Mr. Bellew was playing at thejand but for a sturdy heart action | latter name is much more attractive |and dropped out of sight into the] Larsen declared after the trip. ie Ladies’ Home Journal Patterns. | time he was taken ill |might have sunk to rise no more|he thinks. trough. For a second or so it] The Niagara is fifteen feet over f ; days of the high cost Wallace's x tf Kyrie Bellew's private life was|in the freezing water. But com- Bell, who is but 19 years old,}looked to those ashore as if the idk Ge daae ate acs Sia $i f a in 0 Gani th eh 6 : varied and adventurous as the|panions around, and Captain Let-|says he hopes some day to grow| boat had gone to the bottom. Then|*"» V€ sie: sgratge sein timere Also” F aor re 7 _. |roles he played. Born at Calcutta,|nes of the Agnes, hurried to his|up and bea full-sized man. Wheth-|she bounded up on another wave, |feet eight inches deep, propelled : much better off Mr. and Mrs. J. Lome McLare ee | & oaks I If a man cannot|returned to the city vesterday on | 1857, of English parentage, his|rescue and jabbing a boathook]er or not the ‘‘black prince’’ ever|and was tossed on her miie-a|by a ten horsepower four cycle Le Aanbn ie) tt eeenitel haat: the Pitics Boner “After |{@ther being the chaplain of Cal-|into his coat when he rose to]achieves his full growth, he intends|minute course down stream. She|Scripps engine. She is built of be igs : : ; S 7 upert, alert cutta cathedral for seven years, | the surface and swam within reach] to attempt to spank Jack Johnson|rode the waves like a cork, but| five-eighth inch pine. vf ossible for him to}an enjoyable trip south. ’ . it : | walle he was a cadet in the British navy,}of them, yanked him near to the|when he learns to use his pile-} es a 2 a ae ny but the discovery of gold in/slip. He was endeavoring to scram-|driver-like hands to a little better i 4 A Beautiful Picture weekly. The publishers deserve|Australia tumed him from the|ble out, when he slipped back-|advantage. Just at present he CLANSMAN MADE GOOD MAINS FROZEN i i ’ is the title of| the immense circulation the paper]service and he spent a number of|wards again out of the grasp of|is taking an elementary course ‘ ‘ Bis oy Be t beautiful victures } DOYS. years in Australia working as a|his rescuers, and went over the|in boxing and thinks he has the seer * _ by :- W. be ey forem em hit e 5 . I 1 ; tet eet sin miner in Ballarat and as a reporter|head again. The steel barb of |A. B. C.’s of the fistic business tae led, d by D. ae ge Were Ou f Bu ee Br BF country t is Reed otal on Melbourne papers. He made|the boathook stuck firmly through | learned. Sutherl . a Tee on Pipes Were Out of Business. Ph he f love and affection : - his stage debut at the Theatre|his coat collar prevented a re-| George, unlike most tall men, is See Owi t ad : ; will be like a ‘Valhalla of S. H. and E. F.|Royal in Brighton, England, in|currence of the risky pastime, and| well proportioned. He weighs 327 “The D as elect saan VOrene ae F one a4 imily. penis “<- | will give a social with dance in|the early '80's and achieved im-|Mr. English once ashore made]pounds and possesses a pair of is aS oe sitll meh ggg Fiend” , Seminar Ob ne eee * size 22 x 29/K. of P. Hall Saturday at 8 p.m.|mense success. |swift tracks towards the best}shoulders that speak of great aa aes express pu dlicly Me hold Ane we apy house- <4 is for framing, is} Aji Scandinavians invited. Gen- In 1900 he again felt the call] going stove within reach. hitting power. His reach is 112 1-2 oO Ss ens to r.| holders are engaged in the task ie free to all who tlemen 50c. 3t lof adventure and headed an ex- eee Seine inches. Jack Johnson boasts that J. B eae Prince Ru- of solving the waver problem. bok: Family Herald i pedition into North Quéensland|“WHITE SLAVE” LECTURES|his arms, extended, measures 76} Pert, B. C., for a donation of a|“Pipes Friz’?” is the morning , bp Star of Montreal hick tandad ea hee | ape: hundred pounds ($500) to the|compliment now quite ‘de rigeur. ee | ‘ ’s sul i Popular Dance Wey coe caiite tear sat Meath . Daa s : mo 4a ‘ ” ; funds of the Sutherland Celtic]Across Hays Creek today even ete ae A a, po Gee opular|,{4e returned’ to the stage in|Continued Interest Excited in| The ‘‘black prince’’ was dis-| Goo a ei = ; , picture, is only Another oO rays = popular) 1902 at the head of his own com- the Majestic Series covered picking cotton at Zebula, Society. x the mains have gone out 0 busi- The picture alone |dances will be given it MelIntyre} pany. His work as an explorer oer e Ga., by an industrious boxing Above oe from eS . Oban jness, and the stand-pipes simply sought for the} Hall tonight, Thursday \ good! gained him a fellowship in the|' Last night at the Majestic Thea-| promoter, who persuaded him that se _of October 21st. Scotland ers There's nothing else doing i ne knows what |time for everybody, with good| Royal Geographical Society and|tre the illustrated lectures on the|it was much easier picking lemons|*°" /V€T: rom them. by per the Family | music assured—Gray's full orches-| he was a member of many clubs White Slave Traffic again attracted |in the ring and dollars at the box ee BE Eh, eae ; HL yale ekly Star is Alljtra. Dancing commences at 9.30 Mr. Bellew was unmarried and is| large crowds who were impressed | Office. Ladies Home Journal Patterns— Blankets—you need Ce } ; } f that great| Tickets $1.00. Ladies free lsurvived by .as.sister. known. as laitidhie anbstians alice dnewineria eee over 2000 of 'em.—Wallace's. tf | have ‘em.—Wallace’s. ft Bib 1 ‘ ubsta ‘ it Sister Mary Monica, now living/ subject. The pictures showing]NEW BALL GAME LEAGUE} ——————~ ————— — $$ ____ we : n the convent of Fourpareil, Not-|the methods of those who take ero ss : : 5 THIS THE ACTUAL STONE chom, Foglond. “Mr. ‘Bellew part in this nefarious business were [Meeting Tonight in Police PRESBY TERIANS ELECT . lways mair Court Room to Form a Fresh tained his British cit-| remarkably effective. Tonight an ORRIN 9 teen. senor ee OFFICE-BEARERS OF CLUB There is to be a meeting tonight in the police court room of mem- bers of the first indoor baseball |league of Prince Rupert, and all interested, with a view to the jlustrated will be exhibited and : oe | J. F. McDONALD LOST CASE|the lecturer will deal with this Archdeacon Wilberforce Arouses a Great Controversy | leant of the subject in his in- in London Over the Stone in the Coronation | Judgment Given Against Him | teresting, and instructive lecture Chair—Points to the Cleft for Proof MOSES DREW WATER FROM? ii ee ee ieee eae ae hee ie Sa AR Frank Ellis is President, Miss Mackenzie Vice-Presi- dent, W. D. Black, Secy-Treas.—Short Discussion on Municipal Government by Commission in Lawsuit Involving $504.78 | and warbing and Costs. Harvey & Briggs | ee eee Press Despatch) in the rock was made by the stafi] vs. Prince Rupert ‘Wholesale ALD) -HILDITCH starting of ances league an Officebearers were elected at the | aspect of the question was broach- Nov. 8—Is the big|%! Moses, when he struck the rock Liquor and Supply Co. Soa aa Sai ti meeting of the Presbyterian Church oe ae Oe ae coronation chair of The question as to whether ar eee ; LOVES US SO Roval BI : Ribt oe ee ian ated Club last night after a short dis- geal SATE : Deiat a va alae py ft a, By +] : no the coronation stone is the} Before Judge Young in _ this} nae ee ya ue Kibbons, is a biennia cnesinn on the sublet of Main ideas Dennis who remarked that if ; ; ne actual stone/ one that Moses knew, promises|moming’s session of the County | Chair of Public Works D trophy, and must be won twice |CUs fe bi Municipal! the best governed cities in the } e, when in anger to become the “‘silly season topic’’}| Court the case of Harvey & Briggs | eenan / ae, 7 OF me €= | before it can become the property Government iby Commission led world were governed by Council er to come t0l; | ondon this yeat lvs. J. F. McDonald was decided | partment is so Fond of Prince | of any team. Therefore the new|by Rev F W Kerr and Mr H F |he saw no valid reason for any . — OF Re ee An old Scottish legend that came | against defendant, J. F. MeDonald.| Rupert's Press That He is|!eague will have an exceptionally | McRae Following are the officers}Change. The whole matter, he I =e with the stone, says that it was|The action is over a promissory | Coming to Live on Newspaper | 'eresUng aim in view. lo wrest} elected: said, depends on the people them- ' Wilberforce implied the original stone on which Jacob|note, the amount of defendant’s}’ Row Near the Daily News the trophy from the Royal Blues President, Frank Ellis. Mr |selves. Good people, good govern- it 1s Mm a recent pillowed his head at Luz, wher | liability being $504.78 and costs. | Office means going some, Be at the Ellis was not present last night, | ment, bad people, bad govern- { Wi ry ; Abbey, |he saw the visior ingels|W. E. Fisher appeared for plain- , ee meeting tonight at eight p.m. but he is to be approached by a er Péwek Rei ; brought down ON|accending and descending from] tiffs. Defendant was unrepresent-| , ' ‘Iditc ; aot Mae hea es ee deputation of club members in- AY, S . Kerr gave a brie : om of the scoffers. | heaven g led Ppa pen, ecu : as punta a Mr. ave Demnest, Ee tee a rents him of his election, with | ™esume of the whole subject, em- : ; eacon is not pe rturb- | Pevetpatpanebediy sitar. Fong alk ‘ied ee oyal an , aS Jonec the sta a view to overcoming any “lack phasising the opi ion that Com- to the cleft in the) “CQUNCIL-MANIAC GOV- WELCOME RETURN VISIT | Sonar Crh tata tase bo ei of the Daily News. Mr. Demers of time” plea which he may|Mission Government is best be- stone and says that | ERNMENT" |Centre street near ‘the An as mons of the FRORES old-timers possibly put forward The ad-| Cause it tends to eliminate politics, } 1 word so ls well | |Sherman Cleveland Opera Co. | Church. He is to Sauer the ne ~~ oe ee. _— wie vantage of having so energetic/@ Very desirable thing. Mr H JF ’ Cees that the | Singularly Appropriate New Made Good Here in August- | building entire from its present an eee Nohes Decseee ma eoree...s ene in this position ee weet ety Cone 3 ——————= | Word Coined at Presbyterian Is Welcome as the Flowers in| cite and take it to a new site on| Rien Levee ms is ApRNCE ted DY pastor and mem- Feces DereeS Ee ee “Or : : Club Meeting Last Night. mY “ bosib road cas ner seny ores Not the Millionaire ; eter Miss Mackenzie.|0 Other reason He pointed out ks|, On Saturday night in “A Stub-| win take up residence re-fitting | J. a: Rogers, » prstisent i |Miss Mackenzie was elected after | the futility of the slavish “let well ¥ In the course of a few remarks) | Cinderella” Prince Rupert the residential part of the building council recently in the effort to], cjose contest with Miss Barker,|alone”’ policy which if it had been a * on Government oy Comnussion) | io doubt again prove the|;_ aa “ aoe ner i = it hie get a clear sidewalk between his} \4j<< Matson, Miss Scott, and Miss| @dhered to by all would have kept j F in the Presbyterian Hall | Pinca Clea tert a eeaehan ieneiace aif mer e ; aoe nae +l ep Steamship Office on Second avenue} MacDonald. The election was a|the world where it was two thou- i a last night a speaker stumbled Cleveland Opera ‘Commeey. Titel : eholc eq ene 4 we and Sixth street, is not M. K. popular one. sand years ago. Lakh 2 |a little over the phrase “Alder-| van, of talented artistes did| wn ee “ oe . Toe | powers: He wishes he was. M. K./" "4, Secretary, Mr. W. D Black W. Reilley gave an address on Ca hd manic’ and “Council Govern-) oa in August ehwn_ they fa dale adie oe ene - Rogers is a mining man and|was appointed. He was nominated | the council side, stating that he had Lee | ment.'' He combined the terms presented many. different highly 2 ah ac pe aS sae a — and reputed millionaire. Curiously for president, but declined the had to do with a commission eit t cony eniently in the phrase ‘‘¢ oun- | aaepenetil aah ane entmara poecesanee bp seterbiy i oo mre however, he a brother nomination. Though persuaded | government — movement _ before PM Ho cilmanic”’ but to a reporter present,| -- dies, that the certainty is|Aiqerman Hilditch has made ar- J. H., but not our J. H. not without difficulty to accept|Which was ending in a swing back Lah Be whose recent experience may hav lthat they will draw bumper houses|+angements for the dis ana) cat TT Pee ere a the appointment of secretary Mr. | Of the pendulum he believed today. REY & | zi colored his imagination got the] o this return visit. The company | ji. . an cad sdeecea ae Social Note Black is certain to do excellent|Others, however, in their short + : 4 word down “‘Council-maniac lbrings with it an entirely new | vmraogae din t oie far out of Mrs. J. Fred Ritchie gave @/and conscientious work for the|addresses showed how strong is tHe i} form of Government. ‘Council rep rtoire, but some of the old| the | z a ae o i man of highly | successful Rinking Party | club in the position, the general opinion that Com- Raat i : maniac’’ seems too good a term 10) (ites will very likely be staged |» eee the Chairman of the last, night at the Auditoriun, 1 Owing to the sudden extreme|™ission Government is the best ‘his lose. I by request. Not only the capable | Public Works Department number of ladies and gentlemen cold, the club meeting last night |System yet. ie q , jar d effectively hard working prin-| . ; peing Barend and the rink reserved was not so well attended as usual, Next Wednesday night there will St. Andrew's Society lcipals of the company, but also] a i Perse PROM ics te but as soon as the members ap-|be a Mayoral Contest. Three er aes tah | 8 o'clock in| the heartily energetic and good} Get her, a Christmas present Albert Morrison: charged this preciate the fact that the new]contestants, to be named later, will he Carpenters’ Hall there will be {natured chorus will be welcomed | of furs. We have them in stock orning with being drunk and hall 16° "@y COBY and comfortable be put up, will make speeches, y ote of the Andrew's|by Prince Rupert. rhe girlsjup to $35 and have agency for di ardent mn Pa od anti Seca was | bathering place very different from}and have their supporters with Coro ‘ Se Eermee nake arrangements for|worked with a will and to the} best furriers in the East. Furs are fined $5 » aan guiity ai as the old shack on the reserve, cold|them. They will go up for the “NATION CHAIR AND STONE Ge , a nee Night, November | ap reciation of full houses in song, | going up—order now.—Wallace’s. ned go ng Clore paren Ays. nights will not reduce the at-| verdict by vote of the com y aera iy aDch. All Scotsmen desirous of|dance, and merry patter last Au-| eRe 2A Chinen dele: eee ke tendance. ~ ___| present, and the successful ““May- M the actual stone that|becoming members are invited to] gust and will surpass themselves ba ; ' rr ae, . ‘ inte In the discussion on Municipal or’ will enunciate his views on ) tote, and that the cleft|be present | “A Stubborn Cinderella Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4, ' coats,—-Wallace’s, tf'Government by Commission, no| immediate municipal reforms.