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ITALIANS DESTROY AUSTRIAN FORT— SEATTLE HAS BIG DYNAMITE E EXPLOSION

aR wR JOHN FRENCH SAYS YPRES
RESISTANCE WILL SHORTEN WAR |

FicLD MARSHAL FRENCH ADDRESSES TROOPS—ALLIES MAKE
pROGRESS—ITALIAN ARTILLERY DESTROYS AUSTRIAN
FORT ON TRENTINO FRONT — AUSTRIANS
FIRE ON WHITE FLAG.

 

—

(Special to The Dally Newe)
M sf Field

in an

Mar-

S French, ad.
ps who fought in

of Ypres, said
ered against
of

irtillery,

a
stion German |
aided by
isphyxiating gases,
eat deal to shorten |

New Progress. |

iris, M )

i

An official re-
the section north
made new prog-
having repulsed with
a German coun-
Al-

and

trenches at

the offensive

——

captured at first the greater part
of the houses of Albair hich the
‘enemy held

“Wei are again isters, and
holding the entire village at Neu-
ville St. Vaast Street fighting |
has occurred and we took a new
group of houses in the western

) Outskirts.’

Austrian Fort Destroyed.

Italians.

 

WHITE STAR LINER
CHASED BY SUBMARINE:

(Special to The Dally Newe)
May 31.
Megantic,
t Montreal,
off

The |

from

was |
the

hased hy

i submarine

MANY LETTERS FROM

LLOYD GEORGE.

 

* ZOPRDKITCHENED

London, May 34 Oficial. _— bD. Lloyd George and Lord Kitchener, who are jointly con-
Rome Italian artillery has de. | ducting affairs at the War Office

;stroyed the armored fort of Lu-| fg oe
sernon, the Trentino fort, in the JACK DOWLING WRITES LIVE

Austrian Tyrol. When the white

| flag was hoisted, the fort of Belvi ,

does turned its guns on Luserna ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN TRENCHES
rhe summit of Veszana, and the}
village below, are occupied by the |

NOW IN

TRENCHES RECEIVED

of letters

from the trenches arrived in last

Quite a large number

night's mail.

Fred Stork had one from “Bill”
iMathieson, who was recently
wounded, in which he tells of the

Ireland yesterday
ed the
fT Cork,

uth coast of

ut diver when}

NOTICE.

the of

a

request

ud f Prince Rupert,
« will be held in the
Hall,
ist, at 8

advisa-

ber, City on

‘day evening, June
the

ng a central organ-

msider

1 Red Cross Society.
the city, and particu-
tlemen,

attend.

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\a eard from Vic

G, Thorn,
Tompkins.

wounding of C. and also

W. J. McCutcheon has a letter
from Wilfred Macdonald describ-
ing two skirmishes which must
have taken place before the

wounding of Major Peck and Cap-
tain Moore.

Constable Wm. Adams has re-
ceived a letter from Pte. W. H
Kirk. He has been transferred to
the Canadian-Seottish, The boys

had been in the trenches for five

days when the letter was written

Che censor cut out all details of

place and incident from the letter.
Seotty Dennis has an inter-
esting letter from Maleolm Lamb

Ru-

away

tells of a Prince

Belgian who wandered

in which he
pert
from the
the French

and held prisoner

lines and was captured

by as a German spy

for five days

OPENING POSTPONED.

rhe Rupert Table

wishes to announce that they have

Supply

grand
2nd,

delay

postponed = their opening
until Wednesday,
to the

ceiving

June owing

in re-

unavoidable

some important lines

However, they will epen on Tues-

day, and will make distribution of
money on Wednesday, Announce

ment to appear in this paper on

Tuesday evening.

PICNIC PARTIES.

back

is

Belle
al

Launch Rose Il
to her old berth the
ment wharf and ready for the sea
Moderate

govern

son's business

Phone Red

24

for Sunday pienices
400,

Quality, satisfaction and econ-

omy. New Wellington Coal.
Phone 116. aate. |

Follow the crowd to Self's
Cafe. ‘There is a reason,. Next
Majestic Theatre ioe2tf

rates ter’s

The following interesting

very
has |

\W

letter
Mrs, F.

and splendidly written

d by

just been receive
Jack, who is ne

For of
account of trench]

Dowling fre
the
seventeen,
life
powers
ability:
Mother

mm

trenches a boy only
this
shows remarkable descriptive

and no. little literary

Dear All:
We billeted

distance from the firing line, with

the We

quite week in the

and

are now quite a

French farmers.
exciting
for the
we were
tre but the
are subject to a much heavier and
ore shell fire than the
ist forward trenches We
fo the
the
but

an
time.
the

reserve

trenches first

course, in

nches, trenches

severe
te
to witness uses

the rtune

of German

our men have
to a
it
a disadvantage
this

just

gases

accustomed, certain extent,

of course tt
to the

in combating and

rked to

wi
in

fire gas

They
it

enemy.
shells
of ¢
greenish-yellow,
The

and

bursts ahead

It
and is not trans-

and

sur lines is a greasy,

follow up
lifts
But in this instance
the French

machine

parent Germans

as soon as ll

it,

they charge

behind
and also
their
gas lifted on came

our men
stuck to
When the
Germans
but our machine guns opened fire

guns
the

in massed formation

and mowed them down like hay.
When the Germans stopped the |
British and French charged |

themselves, retaking their own

trench and two German trenches.
The
deadly
which IL believe
much

have a much more
called
they are

Prenech
turpenite,

gas,

use, so better if

they do

the base

am now in quartermas-

stores at and will
in the trenches so much;

not be

 

DESCRIBES HOW GERMANS USE ASPHYXIATING GASES AND
HOW THEY ARE COMBATTED — JACK COMES ACROSS
MR. WARTON’S GRAVE—LOCAL BOYS ARE

|
|

KILTS.

 

to
more than is

and I'm not be

in the trenches any

over-anxious

necessary, because it’s pretty

hard on a man’s nerves. IT would
also like to tell you not to believe
talk. We get

in half this paper

oneees and I have read the de-

|

of the battles we

was

were
nothing short of
It looks to me that

lscription
it
a fairy tale.

in, and

jihe papers like to everdo things,

 

had |
|

loft

i

and, for sake, don’t

take any notice of them.

your own

Sergeant Godenrath asks me to

_lsend his best regards and to say

rf}
ithat Mrs.
reserve |

Godenrath had received
an appointment and is now in Ot-

Major

the boys also

‘
{

jibson and the rest
best

tawa,

send their

lregards,

had |

asphyxiating |

become |

 

|

oo to | nardly

lof the wanderlust

England did not appeal to me
but

iup the hope of seeking its pleas-

very much, I have not given
I did not see very much
but

have

ures yet.
of it while IT was there,
tend to I

more of France in two weeks than

I in-

see more. seen

1 saw of England in seven weeks.

Its quaint and ancient customs
unknown to Western Canada ap-
peal to me; for instance, the
farmhouse where we are billeted
was built in 1744 and it still has
its big fireplace, its cobbled
floors, its big treadmill turned by
dogs—and I can say they are the
sort of things that appeal to a

Westerner. When a man leaves

here for Canada, they say the call

is in him, and
he has gone to that country that

calls men (men, in its true sense

and it seems funny to hear them,
but,

Canada

exaggeration,

the
the

common

without any

sturdy
best. I
city
Franee would

does need
at least,
think the
folk of England or
find it an easy job to make a good
the Wild Wooly
as they eall it,

(Continued | on | Page peur.)

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"AMERICAN PRESS COMMENTS —

ON GERMANY’S REPLY TO NOTE

(Special ts The Dally News.)
York, May 314.
to the
regarding the sinking of the Lu-
the submarine war-
fare generally is pretty much as
the American

New -The Ger-

man reply American note

sitania and

was forecasted by
press.

In New York editorial comment,
it is characterized as polite and
The World describes it
pettifogging.
The Tribune says it will not sat-

evasive,

insincere and

as
isfy American opinion.

The note raises the question as
the Lusitania was
seeks to justify the
action on the grounds that Ger-

-

o whether

armed, and

many was acting in self-defence

 

GERMANY JUSTIFIES SINKING OF LUSITANIA ON GROUNDS OF

SELF-DEFENCE—NEW YORK

REPLY AS INSINCERE, EVASIVE AND
PETTIFOGGING.

 

in destroying ammunition, which
was consigned to an enemy.
Full

tion are not yet to hand.

details of the commuica-

 

Lacrosse.
(Special to The Dally News.)
Vancouver, May 31,—In_ the

opening lacrosse game Saturday
for the Minto Cup Vancouver beat
New Westminster, the cup hold-
ers, by 10 to 7.

delicate specimens of
aged and infirm horseflesh were
tethered behind the City Hall this
morning. They looked like part
of the Nova Scotia purchase of
remounts.

Some

 

SUBMARINES BUSY
IN ENGLISH CHANNEL

(Special to The Daily News.)
London, May 31.—The British
and Tulloch-
been submarined in
the English Channel.

The Holt liner Ping Suey was
attacked within five hours
to to Ply-

‘\
steamers Glenlee

moor have

twice
but
mouth.

managed escape

BASEBALL.

Northwestern League.
Victoria, 2-5; Tacoma, 0-3.
Seattle, 1-1; Spokane, 0-1.
Aberdeen, 2-4; Vancouver,
Victoria in the
League, with

i; 1-0.
North-

Spokane

leads
western
second.

American League.
Boston, 1-6; Philadelphia,
Detroit, 7-3; St. Louis, 1-3.
Washington-New York and
ClevelandChicago games postpon-

2-5.

ed on account of rain.

National League.

0; Pittsburg, 0 (five
innings; game called on account
of rain).
St. Louis,
Brooklyn,
Chicago,

St. Louis,

3.
1.

9,

5; Pittsburg,
¢: York,
3; Cineinnati,
Philadelphia, Boston,

New

h
ty

 

Coast League.
Venice, 3; Oakland, 1
Salt Lake, 5; Los Angeles, 4.
San Francisco, 2; Portland, 5.
LAND SACRIFICE.
Pre-emptors and land buyers,
take buying any
serub land, that I have clear title
to the the
Nechaco Valley, and will sacrifice

 

notice before

best half-section in
either half or quarter, as I need
the money. This is the best loca-
tion between the upper and lower
Nechaco within
half a mile of the proposed G, T.
P, and in the center of a
great lake fishing district. It
on a good wagon road at the head
of Fraser Lake. Part improved;
rest can be cleared for $45.00 per
acre, See Roye at the Royal Hotel
before Wednesday morning,
126.127

Rivers, and is
townsite,

is

 

TERRIFIC DYNAMITE
EXPLOSION AT SEATTLE

(Special to The Dally News.)
Seattle, May 31.—-Fifteen tons
of dyanmite, loaded on a scow,
awaiting shipment to Russia, ex-
ploded here on Sunday morning.

 

 

The damage resulting from
broken windows in the city
amounts to $50,000. The shock

was felt for a distance of forty
miles.

The authorities believe the ex-
plosion was the result of a Ger-
man plot to prevent the dynamite
reaching Russia. The watchman
is missing and is believed to have
been killed.

Burns’ detectives are looking
for a man who purehased 450
feet of fuse on Saturday. Win-
dows were broken as far away as
Bremerton. The total damage is
estimated at $100,000.

Get your screens and screen
doors put up before the flies get
bad. Fritz does it. Phone

121-23

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