Scuba = PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, » FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915. EK GOVERNMENT REMAINS NEUTRAL PRICE FIVE CENTS —— ee ol “= — SSS = = BULGAI; FTA WILL AID CENTRAL POWERS--HUN INVASION OF ! SERBIA HAS BEGUN CREEK COV .INMENT Iss UES DECLARATION OF NEUTRALITY BULGARIA JOINS CENTRAL AL POWERS -—— MACKENZEN STARTS INVASION OF SERBIA—~‘00DS 41D SERBIAN DEFENCE—VIOLENT CANNONADING ON WESTEiN FRONT (Special to The Dally News.) which runs from Belgrade, the Oct. 8—The Greekjcapital of Serbia, to Salonika, in ic has decided to issue} Greece, le tion of benevolent neu- The Serbian government is Hyality d the entente powers. | moving its archives to Istip, fifty rhe | rian government has|miles from the Greek frontier. tn he Dede Agateh rail-|The Serbian resistance is aided Bway, which runs from the Aegean|by heavy flooding in the Moravt a westerly direction Purkey Bulg i has issued a manifes- intention to aid the Invasion of Serbia. leutonie invasion of Serbia Von hich have been with- Forees under Poland, are seeking issage southward with { of seizing the railway Valley, down which Mackenzen hopes to force his way. Western Front. Paris, Oct. 8.—Heavy cannon- north of Arras, in the re- north of the ading gion of Roye and Aisne, The a_ violent continues. out the and there is Germans are carrying bombardment in Champagne district, fighting southeast of Tahure. active trench of the y Hlage HARGES AGAINST GOV- ERNMENT VETERINARY (Special to The Dally News.) Vancouver ; ~Sir Charles Davids , O66.:8 today conducting an i ligation into a charge made by obert Dixon against Dr. GC. M. government veterin- iims that the veterin- lo pass a shipment of $25. the deal to ga ess he was given that he paid over the llenderson allow has been ied to appear before the Mh ‘dies of the Methodist Ch Will hold their annual bal ! on the evening of “Mon- day efinning at 6 p.m. The Will offering will be a { he chureh, All are cor- ‘ ited. Children must be a anied by thelr _paronts. Meereree. WESTHOLME - dillon Gun ana e3} OPERA HOUSE RUPERT'S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW “TWICE RESCUED” VITAGRAPH _TWO-REEL DRAMA “WELCOME TO BOHEMIA” hedy, featuring Wally Van, , HEARST-~ “SELIG @AZETTE Wing all the Latest News. “FLASHLIGHT SLIVVER” edy, featuring Bud id and Ham, ih) py JINTO THE NIGHT” ode of ' ‘The Road O° Strife”. POPULAR PRICES, 10 and 16 ots. Don't Forget M onda pe Diamond From ight “The ” “The | Ww aie ' the crowd to Self’s : ® There is a reason., Next “Westic Theatre 102tf, in on Saturday. Y | hoof to be deposited to his ac- THANKSGIVING BANQUET count, and that he issued the cheques in good faith. ‘The letter JUDGMENT RESERVED IN FERGUSON CASE Before Magistrate at the morning, G. W. Carss, police court this charged with ob- Ferguson was taining money under false pre- tences, J. Y. Rocheste Hotel, testified two cheques of $10 each for ac- r, of the to having Empress cashed cused on September 20 and 22, and that protested by the hoof, Mr. Ferguson claimed that on {6th he three bank at Vander- the cheques had _ been bank at Vander- on which they were drawn. September mailed $20 bills to the containing the money was put on at Skeena Crossing, reached the bank. the mail car but The ment had never magistrate reserved judg- until this afternoon. BROADWAY ATTRACTION AT MAJESTIC THEATRE The Majestic Theatre and tomorrow presents a blend of chief fea- Broadway tonight drama and comedy, the ture being a_ special istar attraction, in three acts, en- | titled “Between the Two of Them,” a very pleasing drama. “Taking of Mustang Pete” is a single reel drama, the mere name of which suggests thrills and ex- citement. The lighter side of the program includes the funniest comedies imaginable, in “A Pipe “Disciple of Plato.” the 41th Coin.” two ol Dream” and Monday episode of “The This great serial is gettin interesting and exciting as it de- brings along Broken g more velops. TT THE WEATHER By F. W. Dowling. ending 5 a. m, For 24 hours October 8th. Barometer ..--++-seeeee'? 29,811 Mamimum temp. «+--+: 56 Minimum temp. -+++++?? 4A .58 Lord Reading (Sir Rufus and head of the ward Hopkinson, land Bank, largest those of th Ltd., the posits of over twice They were terms to offer for the THIRTY DAYS FOR cused of breaking value of $5.00 in the Rupert Ho bar on Lawrence and of committing Munro, that others, It seems accused, with three entered the and called for drinks. were supplied duced The the bar When he turned to put away t 15 cents to pay for the bartender left one drink threw a heavy beer glass at | head, smashing a quantity glass behind the bar. accused was fined $5.00 and $5. costs, and on was sentenced to 30 days prisonment, H. B. Rochester, for the ho company, informed the accused, and several others, h made a habit of hanging arou the hotel, making themselves nuisance, particularly on the rival of the train.. Accused h been offered work, but prefert to loaf around. “TRAFALGAR DAY wristlets, tobacco, on Trafalgar Day, October 21 All who would like to contribi with Mrs, MeMullin, governm<¢ buildings, between 3 and 5 p. on that day. and Cochrane pr the second char Isaacs Anglo-French financial managing director joint e photographed during a negotiation grealest BRITISH FINANCIERS CONFER OVER BILLION DOLLAR LOAN , lord chief justice of England Ed- and Mid- with de- Bank. best commission, and Sir of the stoe] London City bank in the world, American National discussion vegarding the of the loan. ASSAULTING BARTENDER n- a At the police court this mor ing, before Magistrate Carss, man, James Cochrane, was ac- glass to the tel an assault bartender. along bar Four drinks O- on and lifted the other three. he three unpaid-for drinks, Cochrane is of On the charge of breaking glass 00 ge 1 tel court that ad nd a ar- ad ed he Q), It has been decided by t Queen Mary Chapter of the I. D, kk. to make a collection of sox, and chocolate st. ite are requested to leave their gifts nt m,. G. LP. TELEGRAPHS NEW MANAGER APPOINTED Montreal, issued by President E. J. Sept. 29.—A circular Cham- berlin announces the appointment as manager of telegraphs, Grand Trunk Pacific Mr. H. Hulatt, resigned on account Trunk and Grand Railways, of vice A. B. of ill health, Smith, The appointment is effective October 1st. News of the resignation of Mr. \. B. Smith on health will be account of ill received with keen regret in railway and_= general He has taken a the business circles. prominent part. in develop- ment of telegraph and telephone engineering in Canada. A native of Montreal, Mr. Smith entered the servise of the Montreal 'Tele- vraph Company in 1862 and rose to the position of superintendent of ceonstruetion of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Com- pany, which took over the main- the Company's tenance and operation § of Montreal lines, He Telegraph joined the Grand Trunk manager of Pacifie Ralway as telegraphs in 1905 and under his management the telegraph system of the G. T. P. and an efficient com- has been brought into being, mereial telegraph service organ- 1913 Mr, extended to System. ized. In Smith's jur’s- diction include the entire G, 'T, P. was SERIES BASEBALL Woktp’s (Special to The Daily News.) Philadelphia, Oct, 8.- phia won the first world’s championship series to- day by a score of 10 to Boston's Fe -Philadel- game in the MUSIC CKARI.ES BALAGNO (Pianist at Westholme) TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE Former pupli of F. G. Strong. TERMS MODERATE, Phone Biue 408 or LONDON CAFE And Grilli Faultless Service of Fault- less Food Hart Bik. Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIES Rainfall (Special to The Daily News.) Wheeling, Va., daring Oct. 8.—A most train robbery was perpe- trated near here early this morn- men held up the Baltimore and Ohio train, bound from New York to St. of booty ing, when two masked Louis, taking a large amount from the express car. hundred men One are in pur- suit of the robbers, who have two The prevented from taking a consign- hours start. robbers were ment of $2,000,000 of gold owing to its weight. They obtained a hundred registered packages and unsigned ninety packages of notes. The value of the currency stolen is &500,000, THE PART PLAYED BY COTTON IN EXPLOSIVES Some striking faets regarding cotton in its relationship to the manufacture of high explosives recently given by Sir Wil- In the first place were liam Ramsay. it should be explained that gun- DARING TRAIN ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH HALF A MILLION —_-—--— - TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD LEFT BEHIND—A HUNDRED MEN PURSUING ROBBERS — THUGS HAVE TWO HOURS START OF PURSUERS—CURRENCY OF $500,000 TAKEN WOODEN RIFLE BULLETS PRODUCED IN MILLIONS London, Oct. the conditions of the completely novel are fighting that all sorts of strange experiments are being adopted. There is one big firm of bobbin the England that is at present turn- These wood, manufacturers in north of ing out wooden rifle bullets. bullets are made of -hard on which the finger nail can make no indentation, and are being painted red. They are exactly the same size as the ordinary service bullet used in our rifles, and they are being turned out by the mil- lion. They will go through two inches of solid wood at fifty yards range, and would, presumably, be quite effective at modern fighting distance. It may be, however, that these novel intended purely for practice purposes, but one hardly thinks so from infor- projectiles are cotton is really cotton waste, | {mation available. Other firms of carefully cleaned, combed, and\ nation available ther ; , ‘ same character ar urning dried, soaked in one part nitric the sam haracter are turning acid to three parts sulphurie acid. It is afterwards dried and pressed into cakes. It is employed in the navy in both a wet and dry con- with thirty dition, the former, per cent. of water added, being much safer to handle, Sir William Rarmsay points out that there is no adequate substi- tute for cotton for propulsive am. munition, Other substances haye and fibres, but they have not the propulsive cotton. To materials been tried — wood, hemp, other material with woody power of propel as far with woody would need a larger charge, which would entail the enlargement of the bar- rel of every gun and rifle. The expenditure of ammunition in this war is unprecedented, At a conservative estimate, Germany requires 1,000 tons of cotton a day. A whole bale of cotton is re- quired to fire one of their biggest guns, or for every 80,000 rounds of rifle The total cotton stocks in Germany at the ammunition, outbreak of the war was estimated at 250,000 tons. This would have carried on the war for 250 days, or about eight months, had cot- ton,in the opinion of experts, been made contraband at the ning of the war,—lEx. begin- Three American halibut boats came in this morning. The Tom and Al brought in 35,000 pounds, the Jenny F. Decker, 12,900, and the Lincoln, 6,000.