v THE DAILY NEWS - > ED a — ieee eee i “ i i > - Vor vI. NO. 290. PRINCE RUPERT + » : Pvt a re f a te a alae : ’RINCE RUPERT, B, G., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS + —_—_— _ NAVAL BATTLE IN —— eae eee ADRIATIC NOW SCENE OF BIG NAVAL FIGHT Austrian and Italian Fleets are At it—Russian Gain in Persia —Liner Minnesota is Nearing Home. (Special to The Dally News.) 10.—A great tle is proceeding in the Adria Aus- Rome, Dec. naval which the Italian and in fleets are engaged. Russian Gain in Persia. Dee. 19 Petrograd, Russian have oceupied Sullan, in Rulak Pass, near Teheran, in i, where German troops have for enemys fortifications The the approach ecting the past two weeks disorder on the Russians. Minnesota off Pt. Loma. Francisco, Dee. 10.—The Hill Liner Minnesota is off Point | 1, en route for San Francisco. Captain Garlick refused to give rmation to a party of news men who had chartered the yacht and proceeded Venetia alongside the liner. PRINCE RUPERT MAN IS AWARDED D. S. 0 Frederick L. Puseh, a former resident of Prince Rupert, has been awarded the D. 8. O. for dis- the front. Mr. Pusch-was formerly in the nguished conduct at il estate business here, and irds joined the cold storage the front distinguished him- Going to early war, he Loos on September 25th 7th. o Vr. Puseh went to a house near Loos at’ the time of the big drive single - handed, captured en Gerrans, although himsel! He also ven leved bomb the enemy on the 27th. lly wounded, al service in a ittack Lieut. Puseh was studying law Winnipeg when the war Lroke ut He at once went to London the 19th London Battalion. d joined County of ~ MAJESTIC :: THEATRE Tonight and Tomorrow Rare Classical Offering — Kalem Spectacular Masterpiece “MIDNIGHT AT MAXIM’S"—In four-act sensa ied tional cabaret show, showing New York famous aristocratic cabarets; lhe Maxim’s, the Bustanoby’s, and the Rector’s in the nightly fashion ible splendor, A real baroness ap bears in two known dances, namely sea Mist and Snow Flurry, Don't miss this Sereen Artistic Photoplay. wciberoeinceeelineeteneeeeaeesae Seni eaER ast Seema THE GIRL TELEGRAPHER’S PERIL’ A thrilling railroad drama “THE PROFESSIONAL DINER” A Scream comedy featuring Sidney Drew, a star comedian, ADMISSION 10 and 15 cents. Coming Monday and Tuesday, 215! Episode of “The Broken Coin.” Coming Soon, Chaplin comedy, “The Bank,” >e. LONDON CAFE And Grill REASONABLE PRICES Hart Blk. Third Ave. orecerr one BOXES FOR LADIES Merons. —= THE ADRIATIC -— DISAST IMPORTANT BATTLE RAGING IN = —— ‘BALKANS ROUS FIRES IN THE UNITED STATES : ALL EVIDENCE TAKEN IN JAP MURDER CASE At the resumption of the hear- ing of the Port Essington murder Ki- case yesterday afternoon, 8. mura was called. He described lthe start of the trouble along similar lines to the other wit- nesses. When the general fight- ing began, he retired through the and went to his back window room, from the window of which cafe, He saw a small man and Nagana struggling at the foot of | Ohara a knife. Mrs. answer recalled to the was Kameda was W. J. Potter, jurymen, as to whether one of she related to Nagano. She said “No.” Kimura was then cross examin- ed at length by Mr. Patmore and Mr. Fisher. Alfred then Perkins, hotel called. He testified to paying for the meals of the white manager, was men. He theught they had no money. Nagano Called. Nagano was then placed on the stand, and Ohara followed his evidence with the closest interest. the the soup, ending with the throwing of He had his He described row over the dishes by Angus. back to the occupants of the cafe, the the fracas which followed, witness being engaged at range. In saw Ohara strike Carlson. Pitman lifted Wit- fighting. a stool to hit Ohara, tried to the Witness took no part in the fight the but, with for 1esSs stop inside cafe, being very angry Angus breaking the. dishes, side and approached him to fight. he followed him out- Inside, witness picked up a cleay- er to protect himself from the dishes. He did not strike Pitman, angus While a stream of was the man he was after. felt warm liquid on his face and found blood. He Pitman. near Angus, he it was never at any time struck Witness was very closely cross Mr. He statements made by examined by Patmore. contradicted Angus, Murphy, Ratchford, Pierce and John Wesley. He had not talked with Kameda over the af- fair. He had not promised that he would say nothing about Ka- meda having a cleaver if Mrs. Kameda would be silent about his having a knife. He was then cross questioned by Mr, Fisher and the court. Ohara Called. Ohara was next p laced on the stand, and, for the first time dur- ing the trial, Nagano showed a keen interest in the proceedings, following very closely every ques- tion and answer made. The first part of witness’ evi- all the hitting similar to admitted was others, He Murphy and Carlson, Angus tried to hit him with a stool, and Mur- dence phy struck him over the head with a crutch, After the dish throwing by An- | he viewed the row outside the | Now GERMANS ARE ~ STILL BUSY IN | New Powder Town Destroyed and | Elevators Containing Wheat For the Allies are | Burned. | | eps ethtnannasint | (Special to The Daily News.) York, of Hopewell, Dec. 10.—The town Virginia, has been jdestroyed by fire. The loss is} the steps, and Ohara and a tall | o&timated at $3.000.000. Almost man holding each other on the | every building was of wood an platform. the fire spread with alarming He heard the tall man say | rapidity, the flames becoming something and run down’ the/uneontroHable. steps. Nagano had a cleaver and Hopewell was an entirely new town which had sprung up around the the Company, since new works_ of Dupont the start The powder mill and Powder of the war. being at a safe distance the work of works, from town, are unharmed. The will be proceeded with immediate ly. rebuilding the town Elevators Destroyed. Erie, Pa., Dec. 10.—Two of the three Anchor Line grain elevators, owned by the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, were destroyed by fire today, bushels of wheat lost. The damage is estimated at $750,000. The third elevator, which contained 325,000 bushels, was saved. The wheat was from Canada and was awaiting shipment to the Allies. An investigation is de- manded. for the back door, and then both the the door. Nagano followed white men to front Meantime, and he had each grabbed knives. Witness stabbed door, and Murphy crawled away. Pitman took hold of witness by the stabbed Pitman, who immediately arm, let go witness’ arm and went down the steps. On the way down, Pit- collided with Nagano, who man was fighting with Angus at the foot of the steps. Nagano struck Angus on the head with his knife. When witness saw blood on Na- gano on returning to the restau- rant, witness asked him if he were stabbed, and Nagano replied “No.” Nagano was searchingly cross examined by Mr. Shoebotham. He admitted stabbing Murphy. He would also have stabbed Angus if he could have reached him, He admitted kicking Murphy in the ear, and threatening Ratchford and Pearce with his knife. He would not have stabbed them. He thought they would attack him as he approached. Witness was then cross exam- ined by Mr. Fisher, This closed the evidence, the court adjourned about midnight. Sleighs, Toys, Dolls, Xmas Cards everything for Xmas at McRae Bros, Repairs of all deseriptions— Fritz, the handyman, phone 583. SAFETY FIRST— USE NEW WELLINGTON COAL. PHONE Nagano and witness made £us, 116 ni2. and half a million | Murphy at the} Nagano came out and} ‘COUNSEL ADDRESSES THE JURY IN MURDER® CASE In the Port Essington case this | UNITED STATES oon oie dwelt upon the seriousness of the enquiry in Shoebotham pro- He | described the fracas as a free for all fight. duty devolving upon the jury. There was no premedi- tation of crime. He heid that the fattitude of the |man Carlson was the cause of the Ohara towards ' trouble. Ohara assaulted Carlson and this led to interference on the jpart of the white men. | Murphy bore out Nagano’s evi- dence that Nagano had never as- taken | part in the disturbance inside. He saulted him, or had any dwelt on the evidence which went that jthe cafe not to rescue Murphy, Ito show Angus returned to but to eontinue the rough-house. | Nagano took no’part in the fight started to throw j until Angus |dishes, when he took a cleaver to |defend himself, All Nagano sought |to do was to defend his property land the only man he was angry with was Angus, who was smash- ing his dishes. The evidence showed that Na- gano followed Angus right down The wounding of Pit- }man took place on the steps, while }the steps. Nagano was at the bottom of the Angus said that he told the constable who arrested Na- ijgano that he had the killed Pitman. The constable, who steps. man who had been most careful in taking notes, made no note of this re- |} mark, There was evidence that Pitman Ohara. There | ponderance of evidence stabbed Murphy. was in. a passion, while Nagano struck was pre- that |Ohara Ohara jdisplayed a phlegmatic tempera- iment. Ohara was. boiling wit! | passion; had a knife in his hand; ihad just stabbed Murphy, and was jin a heated altercation with Pit- man, at the top of the steps, while Nagano was struggling with An- gus at the foot of the steps. He ldwelt fully on the evidence of Mrs. Kimura, who were overlooking the fight, stated clearly that Ohara struck the There could one conclusion as to who struck Kameda and and who blow. be only the blow. L. W. Patmore, in the jury, dwelt on the fact that Mr. Shoebotham had thrown all the blame on Ohara. He remind- them that Nagano had bring back Carlson. addressing ied sent Ohara to Ohara was not unreasonable to- wards Carlson; he had told Carl- son that he would have given him a meal. He dwelt on the evidence of Murphy and Angus that Nagano jhad taken part in the fight inside. |Nagano’s evidence was contra- ‘dicted by every white witness and also by Mrs, Kameda. There was evidence that Kameda took a most important part in the row, “but Mrs. Kameda never-saw him at all.. Mrs. Kameda saw one part of the row yet she did not see Pierce, Ratchford, Wesley nor her husband. Ohara did not spare himself. He admitted everything. He held that Ohara told the truth, while the Jap evidence was very (Continued on Page 4) | VICTORIA COAL GRAFT ENQUIRY IS DEVELOPING (Specie! to The Daily News.) Vancouver, Dec. 10.—Follow- ing the disclosures in the coal Victoria, in which Harry Price, secretary of the Con- admitted the coal supplied to the Federal gov- servative Association, receiving a commission on ernment dredgers, John L. Nelson, superintendent of dredging opera- tions in British Columbia for the Federal government, has resigned. His resignation has been accepted GARNET MACPHERSON MEETS WITH SAD DEATH Garnet MacPherson, who was admitted to the h ospital shortly before two o’elock yesterday suf- fering from severe injuries to the head, as a result of a fall in the Borden Street Schuol, died about three o’clock in the afternoon. that the amusing himself sliding down the It seems boy was balustrade in the schoof when he fell to the about fourteen feet, striking his floor, a distance of head against a radiator. Dr. MeNeill and Dr. W. T. Ker- gin were immediately summoned and the injured boy taken to the hospital without delay, but the efforts of the medical men were BIG BATTLE Is RAGING ON THE BALKAN FRONT Bulgars are Reinforced and De- cisive Battie is in Pro- gress—Allies are Outnumbered. (Special to The Daily News.) London, Dec. 10.—The Bulgar- ians, who have been heavily re- inforced, are renewing their at- tacks on the Franco-British force in Macedonia, and the outcome of the battle is awaited with a good deal of anxiety in England. Important Fight. The battle is regarded as of the utmost importance, as it will in measure, determine the immediate future of the Entente Allies in the Balkans. Grave fears felt owing to the numerical superiority of the Bulgarians and their strength in heavy artillery. Possible Withdrawal. A Reuter despatch from Salo- a great are niki, purporting to give a message from General Sarrail, the Freneh commander in the Balkans, sug- gests that the Allies may evacuate Serbia. “MIDNIGHT AT MAXIM’S” unavailing, the boy’s skull having fractured. was the only child of A. H. MacPherson, of who will have the the whole that John Martin, a boy of six years of age, been Garnet Mr. and Mrs. Sixth Avenue, sincere sympathy of community. It seems was the only one to witness the accident. at 2:30 this afternoon. The funeral will take place to- An inquest will be held at two from Hayner’s RSV, Wis Wee Wright will officiate. morrow afternoon Chapel. MYSTERY AND COMEDY AT THE WESTHOLME THEATRE The Westholme holds out an attractive program to movie en- thusiasts tonight, when “The Strange Case of Talmai Sind,” a three act drama heads the bibl. {It is a most thrilling and myster- to hold the interest of any audience. ious affair and is bound There is also our old friend the Hearst-Selig Gazette with some- thing great in the way of naval fighting, as well as types of the latest There are two good “The Undertak- and “A. Perfumed Wrestler.’ Lemburger important the item and, needless to say, the re- fashions. comedies, er’s Uncle” plays an part in perfumed sults are funny, while the funereal uncle is a perfect scream, in spite of his relationship to such a ser- ious gentleman, ‘“The Spoilers” in nine acts comes along on Decem- ber 16th. Chimneys, pipes, and furnaces cleaned and put in or- der—Fritz, phone 583. 2901. ranges Handkerchief sale will be given in basement of the Methodist Church on Saturday, December tith from 2 to 7 p.m. Musical program during the afternoon, Refresh- ments served, 287101 AT MAJESTIC THEATRE There is a most sensational four-act Kalem spectacular pho- toplay at the Majestic tonight and entitled “Midnight at Maxim’s.”’ It is a most remark- able series of scenes in the haunts of fashion in New York. In one cabaret, a real baroness appears in two Mist’ and Snow Flurry.” Mr. Delasala states that this piece is one of the finest been privileged to tomorrow, dances, ‘‘Sea he has ever produce. There is also another of those thrilling railroad dramas. This one is “The Girl Telegrapher’s Peril.” Last, but n ot least, comes the great laughter raiser, Sydney Drew, in of this funniest comedies, “The Professional Di- one ner.’ This is a great show. Christmas Cards—Wallace’s. WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW “THE STRANGE CASE OF TALMAI SIND.”—Three-act Drama. HEARST-SELIG GAZETTE, Featuring Russian Destroyer shell a Turkish Merchant Ship and set tt ablaze; and the Latest Fashions, WRESTLER”, Lim- does the work,— ‘A PERFUMED burger cheese Comedy. “THE UNDERTAKER’S UNCLE" Comedy. POPULAR PRICES, 10 and 16 ots. Next Monday and Tuesday, i3th Episode of “The Diamond From the Sky”, Coming December 16th and 17th “THE SPOILERS” crowd to Self’s Follow the Cafe. There is a reason., Next Majestic Theatre, 102tf. aia nena iati ie a ee a ee ee a ee en ali te a OO ace alee er