•MP A I The Joaraal {High Class $5.00 Job Printing -in all Lines I a year xtnu Wki VOL. II. PRINOE RUPflRT, B. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1913. Price. Five Cents. NO. 149. UNITED EMPIRE FLEET FOR GENERAL DEFENCE THE PEACE RIVER Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden At Grand Gathering Given In Toronto Shows What His Policy Aims At DR. LARGE HAS COUNTRY IS GOOD Doing for Canada and the Whole Empire-Imperial Squadron With Headquarters At G0NEJ0 GRANBY TRAVELLER WHO HAS MADE A Gibraltar Is In View-Cruisers and Torpedo Boats To Be Built In Canada UNDER INSTRUCTIONS, HE LEFT TRIP THROUGH THAT PART BY. THE VENTURE TO HOLD OP PROVINCE PRAISES Under His Scheme of Action—Adequate Bases Will Be Main­ INQUEST IN SMELTER THE OUTLOOK. tained on the Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts TOWN. Gold Is Quite Plentiful in That Company, It Is Said, Will Lose No Northern District—Weather Time in Getting Things in Toronto, May 20.—Rt. Hon. II. L. Borden, Premier of Canada, was Conditions Were Not Shape Again at the given u most magnificent reception here lust night. Toronto lias accorded Had. Works. CHINESE TAXES . to public men in the past great receptions. The enthusiasm which mark­ SUFFRAGETTES TO ed the reception to Premier Borden was never equalled before. Captain James Scott has returned Dr. Large, of Port Simpson, act­ Mr. Borden spoke in splendid form and was given u most responsive to New Westminster from a trip MADE LARGE SUN WAGE WAR ON GOLF ing under Instructions from the hearing. It was plainly evident at every moment of the deliberate speech through the Peace River country In chief of Provincial Police here, in­ he delivered that he was but voicing sentiments that were heartily en­ ST. ANDREWS FAMOUS LINKS the deijth of winter. He travelled THERE WERE WELL ON FOR tended to leave last night by tbe dorsed by the audience and lie was cheered to the echo. His speech was ARE BEING GUARDED DAY over 600 miles by dog team and EIGHT THOUSAND PROM steamer Venture for Granby, full of epigrammatical sentences that drew forth hearty applause. AND NIGHT AGAINST three times as far by rail and CHINA ARRIVED IN CAN­ where he will hold a coron­ The following are some of the points scored by Mr. Borden in his VITRIOL BRIGADE. steamer. ADA LAST YEAR, er's inquest into the circumstances speech: surrounding the deaths of the two Captain Scott tells of much gold "But for the fact that Britain ruled the seas in the days of long ago Sentries Armed With Umbrellas to The Head Tax Gathered - In Prom who lost their lives by the bursting in the Peace River country. In the there would be no Canada now." Protect Their Paces Prom the Them Represented Over Three of the dam there. Dr. Large will, Babine country he and his party "We asked the Admiralty for a plain unvarnished statement. We re­ Acid That May Be Million and a Quarter of therefore, be on his way to the found good silver and galena pros­ ceived in reply information of a grave character." Thrown. smelter town now. In the absence of Cash. pects being worked, and many "The aid which Canada can give at the present time cannot be J. H. McMullin from the city, Chief leases on old creeks have been taken measured hi ships nor money." Edinburgh, May 20.—The town of Owen communicated with Dr. Large up in that vicinity where f rospectors Ottawa, May 20.—During the last "Sir Wilfrid Laurier's naval policy is the separatist's policy." St. Andrew's, with its famous golf to act. are getting some gold. A tragedy of fiscal year 7745 Chinese entered "The Senate is not, never was, and never will be above the Canadian links, fears a suffragette vitriol It is reported that the mining the north country was revealed in Canada. Of these, 367 came in as people." brigade, and the famous golf links company will lose no time in restor­ the Btory told by Captain Scott of students. "A United Empire fleet for general defence." are being guarded day and night. ing the loss that has been sustained two men who were snowbound 50 The remainder paid the poll tax "The disposition of the fleet to vary with the changing situation of The militants have threatened to de­ there. Work is expected to start at miles from the nearest camp. They imposed, which aggregated $3,349 - the world policies." stroy the grass there with acid. once in replacing the works and no started out for food, and one of them 442. "Canada to have adequate naval bases at Halifax and on the Pa­ The sentries have been supplied time will he lost in the carrying out was found to a starved condition at cific." with umbrellas to keep the vitrol of the general scheme of develop­ Old Hogom and was fed by a Bear "Adequate shore defences on each toast." from their faces should such an at­ ment at the mines and the smelter. Lake Indian. His companion was COMMANDER, KILLED. "Small cruisers and torpedo boats to be built in Canada." tack come to pass. o found frozen to dea.th about six "The administrative headquarters of the Imperial squadron to be at o • *************** miles away. Gibraltar." **** + ***** * * * * * * Vienna, May 20.—Essaid * * WON THE LOT. * Tbe captain said, however, that "The Dominions which contribute a gift of ships will arrange the • LIPTON TO RACE. « * Pasha who commanded the * * The drawing for Lot 50, * the climate was good in the Peace general itinerary of the squadron." * Turkish troops at Scutari, has * * Block 38, Section 8, under the * River country. They experienced * been murdered at Tirema, ac- * London, May 20.—The New * auspices of the Prince Rupert * some 40 below zero weather, but * cording to reports which are * York Yacht Club has accepted * Yacht and Rowing Club, took * camped on bare ground on April 15. * reaching Trieste. * the challenge of Sir Thomas * place last night at the West- * The fine bright weather in spring Lipton to race for the America •holme Theatre. There was a large * caused his four companions to be­ Cup in September of next year. * attendance present and the * come snowblind and he had to leave PROCLAMATION * drawing was done under charge * them. He left them at Hazelton, Outing May 24. * charge of Principal Brady of * slowly recovering their eyesight. TUNING PIANOS. * the High School. Ticket 160 • . o The Baptist Brotherhood will pro­ * proved to be the winner. The * Ex-Aid. Douglas is going to take vide an outing on May 24. Launches In view of May 24th "Empire Day" fall­ George Anderson, piano expert, * holder of it was Mrsr Simmonds, * another holiday. He is leaving for will leave the Government Slip for Bishop's Bar, Metlakatla, at 12:30, from Portland, will be here on his * of the Bayview Hotel. The lot * \i Seattle on Friday, where he will be ing on a Saturday this year, the City Coun­ third annual trip about May 16. * won is quite a valuable one. * present at a concert that his son is 2:30 and 3:30. Men's tickets, $1.00; Leavre oders for piano tuning and * There is an offer of $300 cash * tutting on there. This habit of tak­ boys, 25 cents; ladles, with baskets, cil has proclaimed Monday, May 26th a free. A most enjoyable way to spend repairing at Kauffmann's Music * for it. * ing holidays is becoming very mark­ Store, opposite postoffice. w ed with the ex-lord of the exchequer. the holiday on the sandy beach, tf Civic Holiday, to be observed as such in addition to the Dominion Holiday of May I PRINCE RUPERT IS 24th. ERNEST A. WOODS, City Clerk. SHAWATLANS WATER NEAR WHEAT BELT TO CHECK EMIGRATION. COST OP GERMAN ARMY. EXPECTED IN JULY Lloyd George Sees in the Exodus to Each Man Costs His Family at Least the Dominion and Elsewhere $238 During His Two Years of The Proximity of This Port to the Immense a Danger. Service. Work on the Foundation for the New Pump Grain Producing Country of the Peace "This serious stream of immigra­ At a time when Germany is about That Will Be Installed There Is Being Car­ tion," is how Hon. Lloyd George, to make a big increase in her army, ried Out So That There Will Be Lit­ River Valley Will Make It Well Nigh the chancellor of the exchequer, de­ it is of Interest to note the economic scribes the present state of affairs in effect of the present peace footing Britain in regard to emigration to tle Delay When the Pump Gets Impossible to Cut Off the Ship­ upon a typical peasant family. This the Dominions and elsewhere. The Here-A Carload of Pipe Is ping of Cereals By Way of chancellor views with alarm the aspect o Germany's military burden steadily growing tendency on the has been made the subject of investi­ Still Needed to Com­ This Harbor to Mar­ part of Britishers to leave their na­ gation, and from reports on nearly kets of World tive land and sees In it a severe 2000 peasants' families in Bavaria, plete the Line blow at the backbone of Great It is seen that every soldier costs his Britain as represented by its Indus­ family af least $238 during the two The prospects are that by about ed by a few of the council of that This city seems destined by na­ way that will bring the point where tries.