CGSUNTVE Ts py 1915 A ~ JUL we: " a VoL. VI. PRINC fi RUPERT, B. CG, ee | MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915 RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR THE DARDANEL! = TWO: ‘:ARMERS ARRESTED ON TREASON CHARGE—OFF ICER’S SUICIDE AT VE VERNON CLAIMS HE PLANTED BOMBS ON BRITISH SHIPS (Special to The Daily News.) Washington, July 11.—Folflow- ing the receipt of a letter, signed “Pearce.” from an understudy of m Muenther, the department has flashed warnings to the Brit- ish steamers Howthead and Baron Napier, which left New Orleans July 9. Pearce boasts that he planted bombs on board these ships. He says he will take up Muenther’s ork of killing J. P. Morgan and Spring-Rice, the British at Washington. navy Armnmbassador ANCOUVER OFFICER’S SUICIDE AT VERNON (Special to The Dally News.) Vernon, 11.—The mystery @oncerning the shooting of Lieut. Vard Deen cleared up by the finding of July Greer, of Vancouver, has a letter addressed to his relatives informing them of his intention As feared, it The jury found a verdict of suicide. Sto commit suicide. was a case of insanity. ‘ELECTION RUMOR July 11.—-The Sprints a story which says there Vancouver, Sun vre rumors in the local Conserva- ive camp which indicate a pro- incial election in September, DECREASE OF 34,152 IN VANCOUVER POPULATION A of pOpulation of the this 34,152 the city of Vancou- decrease in er st, is shown in the census taken the year as compared with by compilers of Henderson's Jirectory, which has just been issued. The population of the city, dogether South Vancouver, Point Grey, West Vancouver North of Burnaby, with Vancouver, as well as part is stated to be 163,- 231, exelusive of about 10,000! Orientals, Artistic designs and colorings voted beautiful by ‘those who know'’—the wall paper at half me price—Wallace’s Sale. 161-2 A Strawberry Supper will be held in the Methodist Church on Tuesday, July 13, from 5 to 8 p. in, Admission 50 cents. 161-2 THE CRADLE BORN—To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Bagshaw at the hospital, Sat- urday, July 10th, a daughter. LONDON CAFE And Grill Serves Nothing but the Best Hart Bik. Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIES JACK JUDGE RO! BARNES UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT THE Cozy Barber Shop BATHS THIRD AVE. ALDER BLK. ° and | ivery fine jaMuUsiINg Se RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR THE DARDANELLES (Special to The Dally News.) Manila, July 14.—-The are sending large numbers Viadivostock to All vessels Messtgeries Russians of | the | Dardanelles. of the Fleet | arriving at Sagon, in French Co- | troops from the Maratime chin China, have been Ardered to | unload passengers and proceed to Viladivostock. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE TAKING NO RISKS: insurance companies Ottawa, July The accident bus- iness Canada would not take risk Robert Borden to cover accidents caused by the war to Premier doing in Sir a on during his trip England. When the for jinstructed an insurance prepared to his secretary it accident leave England, agent, 1. jis stated, to place an The the island of Chilian coast is shown in the THE ILLFATED CRUISER DRESDEN AS SHE APPEARS TODAY— Mas-a-tierra, one of the Juan Fernandez group off background. |policy of a very considerable amount on Sir Robert, to cover the time he would be away. How- ever, the head office replied that the companies in Canada, accord- BAH COR A ee breety _ ing to the report, are taking no | terlude last week was Sir Richard soviderit-.visks..at-all-on- people McBride's evidence before the crossing to Europe, but under the | Hoyal Commission on war scan- Detitatannes .that. it. was the idals. It was bounded on the north Premier, the company would ar- iby Powell, the stool pigeon, and range with other accident com. [02 the south by Garland, the panies to co-operate in carrying jgrafter Garland is the faagsela itn Hak dukes toe bat the policy |S@¢ lic is more like the smell—and | would not cover accidents due to | fitted in neatly. - the war, the torpedoing of the} Everybody agreed hat St ship he was travelling on, for ets peihard was in good form. He lample. It is not known whether followed. the usual oourse:.Of ithe policy was taken out with that statesmen charged with breaking exemption, but the company ab- |@)9 of the commandments and solutely refused to give the Pre- denied everything. He did it mier°a policy covering an acci- {Handsomely, too, talking rapidly jto prevent the truth from curd- dent due to the war. “MY FRIEND FROM INDIA” AT WESTHOLME THEATRE , Westholme tomorrow The chief item to- | a} The Theatre night and presents program, is a comedy drama entitled My Friend From India,” featuring that talented actor Walter E.| Perkins. The piece is full of situations. shows to Af. is a thrill- “Hogan The Hearst-Selig Gazette of the rebellion troops sent in South pictures the “The ing one-act drama, the Porter” calculated to make anybody laugh. quell riea, Get-away,” while is a Keystone comedy CORSETRY Spirella Corsets, made to mea- sure, Gives perfect freeaom of body movement. Healthful, sood lines. Abdominal control, eeom- mended by physicians of England, Canada and the U. §. A. Rooin 2, St. Louis Rooms. Phone Red 91, Mrs. Margaret McLellaod Corset- iere, 150-67. Bargains worth while in dry- goods and other lines—Wallace’s Sale. 161-2 Follow the crowd to Self's Cafe. There is a reason.. Next Majestic Theatre. 102tf, “To be continued” Wallace's Sale. 1641-2 jling. ithat His evidence reminded the jhe arers of the old recipe for mak- ling chicken soup without any ichieken it was largely remark- ‘able for what it omitted. it was plain enough Richard was himself Although he charged with offering of British horse, he was volunteering an ex- of 150,000 of the peoples money for However, Sir was not King- for arain. his dom Columbia a planation why he spent $1,- two bargain-counter submarines that to were supposed to swim and want- wanted sink when they ed to swim when they were sup- posed to sink. According to all reports they were the devil’s own two—always submarines, those wanting to do the wrong thing. Sir Richard, it will be remem- bered, purchased these submar- ines his responsibility and then sent the bill to Ottawa, The bill have badly behaved as the submarines, for the first rough draft of it was for $41,050,000, sequently on own seems to been as which was sub- changed on receipt of Albert Rooms == 2nd Avenue=——=> Close to the Westholine Theatre CENTRALLY LOCATED STRICTLY MODERN RENTS REASONABLE Weekty or Memtaly by Arrengoment UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT SIR RICHARD M’BRIDE AND THE DISCARDED SUBMARINES ROYAL COMMISSION ENQUikY DOES NOT SHOW WHY CHEQUE WAS SPLIT—SIR RICHARD’S MOOD UNDERGOES A CHANGE BETWEEN OTTAWA AND TORONTO telegrams, to $1,150,000. thoughts were $100,000 more Second ex- The same ill luck which pursued the submarines and the bill for beset the cheque which settled for them. It got split the to British Columbia the destination of fragment has never been definite- pensive. them, on way and final one ly traced to this day. Sir Richard did not touch on these matters, probably because he was not asked the questions which led up to them. There is no reason to believe that he would less candid in his He put of the two subma- have been any answers on this subject. the purchase rines for defenceless British Co- lumbia (with two German war- ships supposedly in the offing) on the highest patriotic grounds, which was the right and proper thing to do. Nobody expected a statesman of his parts to do less. On certain matters of detail Sir Richard was not quite so convinc- It takes more than a blithe and a bonny smile to wrestle ing. air with no mathematician, as the present of British government finances figures, and Sir Richard is Columbia pretty well Richard said that in condition proves. Sir a period of great nervous tension, “he could not hesitate about the —and that is true enough. He didn’t hesitate long enough to bought the submarines first and sent the bill afterwards to be ratified by Order- in-council, What's more he paid $1,150,000 for without blinking on the of an English he couldn't have them built England for than $600,000 Sir Richard could not af- He was so anx- ious to save the approximate dif- ference of $150,000 between the Seattle the Tyneside price that he closed at once, It that the Chilian govern- ment was only going to pay $750,- 000 for the pair and had refused price” query Ottawa—he them simple assurance navy officer that in less each, ford to hesitate. price. and is true to come across with the money, not beeause it didn’t have the co a but because the submarines had Continued on Page Four.) PRO-GERMAN INFLUENCE ALLEGED BY MECHANICS (Special to The Dally News.) 11.- mechanics Vancouver, July Four skilled were refused by hundred who the commission jon munitions, held a meeting at i Cambie street grounds yesterday. iThey decided to send a cablegram to the papers alleging ‘that pro-German influence was at lwork to prevent their considera- jtion by the coramission. London THIRD CONT INGENT | ARRIVES SAFELY July 10.—The North- land has arrived at Plymouth with part of Canada’s third contingent. London, local boys are on the Gram- The pian, which will probably arrive today. PRINCE RUPERT ARRIVES The the first-class passengers on the Prince Rupert this morning: Dr. McKenna, Mr. White, Mr. MeArthur, Mr. MeDowall, Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, F, Sparks, W. Sparks Miss Cameron, Miss Miller Miss M. Johns, C. W. Wiley, H. W. Brown, J. H. Robinson, C. W. Mil- Mr. and Mrs. Garner, Miss Garner, Miss MeKillopp, G. A. child, Mr. and Mrs. and child, Mrs. G. Irving Mrs. M. Armstrong, Armstrong, Miss Brown, V. Lewis, Miss Henderson, D. K. Book, Mrs. child, Miss Slaugh, Sam Johnson, 8. J. Winsby, A. Falconer, J. M. Mann, M. J. Tyson, Mrs. J. T. Bougner, Winsby, A. Falconer, J. M. Mann, W. J. Bougner, A. Holland, A. Carss, J. T. Bricks. following were amongst lar, Brown and Emney and child, Miss J. Sinclair and CARD OF THANKS . Gurd desires to thank her their and Also shown Mrs many friends for of beautiful expres- for the for the 5u sions sympathy, flowers. kind consideration in many ways during the illness of her beloved daughter. Messrs. White, MeArthur, Me- Dowall and Dr. McKenna, Indian commissioners, arrived on the Rupert this morning and left on the train for Hazelton. “Krex”’ rugs for bedroom floors—cheap and artistic—Wal- lace's sale. 161-2 your The Princess Maguinna did not sail until 6 o’clock this morning. She went aground in the Skeena yesterday and had to wait for the tide. Mrs, J. H. Thompson left for Terrace this morning. Miss A. A. Browning, of Met- lakatla, left for Alaska on the Princess Sophia this afternoon, raincoat! They're go- 64-2 Uneeda ing cheap at Wallace's Sale. FOR RENT Nicely furnished suite of FARHERS ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF TREASON (Special to The Dally News.) Vancouver, July i1.—The pro- vincial police and an immigration” official have arrested Ernest Ha- and David Kitzel, both farm- ers, on a charge of treason in as- alien enemies get across the border. The. men are both of German birth, but were naturalized and lived in Canada and the United States for thirty years. They had farms across the border from Blaine. The penalty is death. GETS SIX MONTHS FOR SELLING LIQUOR At the police ing, ing on Comox Ave., to months Carss, for 6 iicense. mel sisting to just. court this morn- Georgie Petite, a lady resid- was sentenced jail by Judge without six in selling liquor a FOOTBALL The Sons of England meet the Callies in a league game at Re- creation Park tonight. The fol- lowing will represent the Sons of England: C. Brand, 8. Darton and J. Garrett; Newbold, Eeardley and F.. Harrison; C. Smithers, A. Hardy, 8. Hardy, G. Kelsey, and F, Hardy. Reserves: Craggs, Duffy and Slocumb. THOMAS CHALMERS GETS MILITARY APPOINTMENT Thomas Chalmers, agent of the G. T. P. at the wharf is leaving shortly for the old coun- try. Mr. Chalmers has accepted a position in the military trans- portation department. He has two here, brothers serving in the army, and a third left with the third Prince Rupert contingent. special of are many con- By pleased request customers we Anniversary Sale. H. 161-2 tinuing our S. Wallace Co.,Ltd. Two American boats. brought in 106,000 pounds of halibut this morning. The Princess Sophia arrived this morning with over 150 tour- ists on board. Fletcher, left for the interior in- this E.. H. postoflice spector, morning. The Majestic Stock Company left for the north on the Princess Sophia. OPERA HOUSE RUPERT'S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE TONIGHT and TOMORROW HEARST-SELIG GAZETTE—Showing troops sent to South Africa against the Rebels, “MY FRIEND FROM INDIA” — A Comedy Drama in three parts—- Featuring Walter E, Perkins, “THE GET-AWAY—Dcama “HOGAN, THE PORTER”—Keoystnne Comedy, Don't Miss this one, it's Good, Prices 10c and 15c. rooms, McMordie, Apply Mrs.