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HUNS GOT BIG SCARE IN SEPTEM

TROUBLE RIFE
AMONG GERMAN
MUNITION MEN

Several Hundred Men Sent Sky-
wards by Their Fellows—
Venizelos Issues Elec-

tion Manifesto.

 

(Special to The Daily News.)

Copenhagen, Dee, 6. There is

great dissatisfaction amongst the

munition plants in

es parts of the German Em-

1 '

ammunition factory

lalle, in Prussian Saxony, has
vn up by the workmen,
ss of several hundreds
a similar disaster

while
was ‘just avoided at Bogen, in

y the discovery that the

plant ha been under-mined.
Many arrests have been made.
Venizelos’ Manifesto.

Athens Dec. 6. Eex-premier
Venizelos has issued a manifesto
requesting his followers to ab-
stain from voting in the general
elections which take place on
December 19th, as the constitu-
tion has become merely a scrap
f paper on account of the power
haying been wrested from those
fo whom it was given by the peo-

ple at the last election.

SONS oF ENGLAND
ELECT OFFICE-BEARERS

 

At meeting of the
eff Friday night,
neg office-bearers for
elected.

Hill;

vice-president, 8.

Sons of

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dent, S. King;
rt haplain, B., Unwin; seec-
treasurer, 8. M.
Smith; 2nd
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Davis;

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Vpn; ist comm., H.
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Inner

Fuller;
guard, H,

er guard, M.
auditors, Fred. Stork and C.
Rix and C.

Free-
stees, Canon

delegate to Supreme
Lodge, A. H. Silversides.

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On Western Front—Krupps’
Preparing for a Big
Last Effort.

(Special to The Daily News.)
London, Dec. 6.—A

Switzerland,
are working feverishly

western front in January.
If this big effort fails,
will appeal for mediation on

part of the and President

Wilson.

Pope

Got Big Fright.

The German General Staff got
1 big fright when the Allied drive
last
cars packed for

started September, and had
three days ready
in the event of

for flight a con-

tinued Anglo-French advance.
Vienna Wants Peace.

The peace movement in Vienna
is growing. “Women say that they
have had enough of murder and
starvation, while the Masonic or-
der in Hungary is pledged to use
all ‘possible means to secure
peace.

Germany is attempting to form
Austria, which
will practically the

of Austria within the German Em-

a Zollverein over
mean taking
pire.

PORT ESSINGTON MURDER

IS CASE HEARD TODAY

The

Case

murder
this
Shoe-

Port Essington
occupied the
morning. At the outset, Mr.
botham asked that the accused be

assizes

given separate trials, on the
ground that they did not set out
together to commit a crime, but

that the death.of Pittman was the

result of a fracas. One hand
having struck the fatal blow, he
claimed that it was unfair that

Ohara and Nagano should be tried
together.

His Lordship held that a joint
trial would not be unfair and
ordered that the case be proceed-
etd with,

The following jury was elected:
P. MeColl, P. Lindsay, J.
Harrison, J. H.
Blake, J. Basso-
Brochu, T. J.
Heward.
Burchall

George
TT; Potter; 8.
Barnsley, H. J.
Bert, W.
Davidson and ©, T.
At noon, Constables
and Lee had given their evidence
as to finding Pittman’s body, with
a trail of blood stains leading up

Grant, F.

to it from the Japanese restaur-

ant.

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IN SEPTEMBER

Allied Drive Looked like the End

Lausanne,
correspondent of the
London Times writes thet Krupps |
preparing |
for a great final offensive on the}

Germany |
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BER--VIENNA PEACE M MOVEMENT STILL GROWING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DARING FEAT AT

Photo shows Lieut Guy D’Oyly
plosives and arms with which he
skirting the

way line

THE DARDANELLES.
Hughes with a raft bearing ex-
severely damaged a Turkish rail-

shore after swimming from a British warship

 

ING WHAT TO DO WITH

 

Ottawa, December 4.—It is a

mistake to picture the Borden
shivering on the
ago

been the case,

government as
brink of an election. A year
that
but since

and the

might have
then the

government

brink has been
moved now

hopes to get an extension and

hang it out until after the war is
over. So far as the government
doesn’t care if
comes off All

ft alone.

is concerned it
the election never
it wants is to be le

Not to put too fine a point on
it, the government has a bad case
of cold feet.
parliament is ‘its last.

The next session of

 

The rapid

are near and the daylight is pas ty

and unless their political oppo-|

nents can be persuaded to grant

a stay of proceedings the govern

 

ment is bound to shoot the chutes
This
trouble as the sparks fly upward. |
It has had nothing but
since it took office and now certé “

|

|

government was born to

 

trouble

defeat looms up ahead.

The of fear in the

Conservative camp is the more or |

first sign

criticism of Premic

Borden by his own friends,

l@ss open
som |
of whom have been saying lately}
that he is not the the |
job. This is no complaint |
on the part of Premier Borden's |
They said it in times

man for

new

supporters.
of peace and they are much more
liable to say it in times of war

It will be remembered that the
premier made leader of the
Conservative party in the
of Commons on the defeat of Sir
in 1900 for three

was
House

Charles Tupper

chief reasons. The first reason
was that never having done any-
thing there could be nothing

against him; the second was that

flnone of the wrangling leaders ol

the old brigade wanted that par-
ticular job at that particular time,
and the third was that
was an amiable

Leader
Borden

 

where

 

person,

THE INTERNAL TROUBLES
OF THE BORDEN GOVERNMENT

DISSATISFACTION WITH THE PREMIER — CABINET WownDER-

 

BOB ROGERS—RUMORS OF

SUPPORT OF SIR SAM HUGHES AS SUCCESS-
OR TO SIR ROBERT BORDEN

 

pushed forward or
The third
the
real hero came along

who could be
back at will.
probably

When the
Borden could be brushed

reason
had most weight.
Leader
aside and no questions asked,

to time the Conser-
vative looked for the
coming of the feal hero, Premier
Borden being considered only a
tenens. As far back as
Pope, M. P., and his
little peevish their
long march in the
thought they saw the real hero in
McBride, of British
They made signals to

From time

party has

locum
1910 Rufus
band, from

wilderness,

Sir Richard
Columbia.

him to come and take his proper
place at Ottawa, but Sir Richard

was a Wise young man and re-

i mained in his own little flower pot

he had grown so well. Thus

was Leader Borden's life saved at
that

power

time and when he came to

Rufus Pope was made a

senator and the other conspira-
tors were choked with butter and
so that little matter

But the trouble has broken out

was settled.

again. ‘Again the captains mur-

mur. Again ‘doubt is expressed
| whether Sir Robert is the strong

man for the crisis which Canada
is now going through. Some of
the knockers go further and.speak
of his lack of backbone in a man-
ner which would have been deem-
ed rank treason a year ago, It is
worth nothing thag these doubts
(Continued on Page /Two,)

 

 

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price from $4 per annum to the
The

Liberal Monthly is a synopsis of

nominal charge of 25 cents,

the political events of the month,

 

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CHINESE NAVY
HAD A LIVELY
TIME SUNDAY

Cruiser Crew Mutinied and Fired
On Shanghai Arsenal—Other
Ships Chased the Crew
Ashore.

 

(Special to The Daily News.)
Dec. 6.—A
| broke out yesterday in the Chinese

Shanghai, mutiny

 

| navy, when the crew of the cruis-
ler Chao-Ho seized the vessel and
opened fire on the town arsenal.
the

Ying-Swei

cruisers
and the
Tung-Ching opened fire
When the Chai-
flames the

Loyal

Haj-Chi

}funboat

crews on

and

jon the Chai-Ho .
|Ho burst
{landed in launches at the Shang-

into crew

hai foreign settlement and re-

newed the attack on the arsenal
and thespolice station with bombs.

The thoops guarding the arse-
them, killing

nal opened fire on

three and wounding five, after
which “the rebels were dispersed
down the Hangchow railroad.
Bernstorff Dissatisfied.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Count
Von Bernstorff, the German am-
assador here, is demanding that
reasons be given for the reeall of
his naval and military attaches,
and intimates that it is the duty

of the United States government

HARRY COWPER
IS BOATSWAIN
ON MINNESOTA

Vessel Making Slow Progress—-
Three of Crew in frons on
Suspicion of Crippling
Machinery.

 

(Special to The Daily News.)

Dec. 6—Wal-
lowing in the trough of the sea,
with only fourteen of her thirty-
boilers working, the CQreat
Northern liner Minnesota is mak-
ing only three knots an hour.

Three in Irons.

Three members of the crew are
in irons, suspected of crippling
her machinery. The tugs Daunt-
less and Iaqua have gone to her
and are due to reach

San Diego, Cal.,

six

assistance
her today.
Harry Cowper on Board.
The Minnesota is a ship of 28,-
000 tons and is the largest ship

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under the flag of the United
States. Harry Cowper, formerly
of the G. T. P. steamer Prince

George, and well known in Prince
Rupert, is boatswain on board of
her.

 

SALE OF WORK

 

In the Anglican Church on
Wednesday, December 8th, com-

 

to secure safe conduct across the
Atlantic for Boy-ed
Von Papen and their

Lieuts. and
successors.

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NEWS OF RUPERT
BOYS IN ENGLAND

Ay inter eating S Sitter has reach-
ed town from the Scotch boys who
were drafted from the 67th Bat-
talion at Vernon to fill vacancies
in the 48th in England. They are
Folkestone after
time at
Major
along

now located near
camped for a
Aldershot.

command

having
Bramshott,
MecMordie is in
with Captain Pettigrew and Cap-
tain The writer describes
the camp as a little Ru-
so many of the boys of the

near

Agnew.
Prince
pert,
battalions come to visit
Joe Howe and Bill Mathe-
Bill has

his

earlier
them.
son were recent callers.
from
still

recovered splendidly

wounds, though he limps
rather badly.

James Stewart and Alec
both

around and

Holm-

berg, who were wounded

early in the year, are
looking fit and well. The boys are
all in splendid condition, and find
the to that of
Prince Rupert, regards
rain, the drill grounds being ankle
They
The
regularly,

climate similar

even as
deep in mud. look eagerly

for copies of Daily News
which arrive
tween visitors from this city and
the arrival of the

they feel quite at home,

and be-

local papers,

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Mare MacDermott in the 3-act
feature of lover’s ways in war,

‘COCKSURE JONES” — “Shirtless”
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URBAN GAZETTE— By the Kineto
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Wednesday and Thursday, the great
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