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PRINCE

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C., MONDAY,

DECEMBER 27, 1915.

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PRICE FIVE Sete

 

GE,MANS LOST 8,000 MEN CHRISTMAS DAY

TUR! |S DEFEATED | AT KUT. EL-AMARA-BRITISH LOSS SLIGHT-SERB KING IN ITALY

DECISIVE FIGHT
NOW PENDING
AT SALONIK

Allied Position
impregnable — Greek King
Wired Protest to
The Kaiser.

(Special to The Dally News.)

Believed to be

NO CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT ON THE

Fighting Between Ypres and
Armentieres — Greece
Will not Fight.

Hotel Prince

|, WESTERN FRONT

Germans Lost 8,000 8,000 Men in Heavy

 

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Courtesy Rupert
i on, Dec. 27.—The British London, Dee, 27.—There was
vaiting news of the result}no Christmas spirit in the
battle at Saloniki. trenches this year, heavy firing
Constantine Wires Kaiser. being kept up all day.
king Constantine has tele- Germans Lose 8,000.
hed to the Kaiser saying that There has been severe fighting
| be impossible to allow the|between Ypres and Armentieres
and Bulgarians to enter|which is looked upon as a test of
soil. the Allies’ strength. The Ger-
fhe Allied forces number 400,-|]™ans lost 8,000 men and at no
the enemy have a much|P!ace did they make a single gain.
numbet of troops. The Germans used gas in the
Decisive Battle Expected. attack. The British lines remain i 7
eault of the battle will |intact. se REAL WAR TRAINING FOR CANADIANS IN AN ENGLISH CAMP.
the German plans for the Greece with Allies. A Canadian cavalryman in an English trainingeamp working in
n of Egypt. General uas- Premier Gounaris of Greece|@ flooded trench. Conditions are made as nearly similar to actual
in an interview with the|S4ys that all Greece is with the} fighting as pymerb ie,
ited press at Saloniki, says| Allies, but that she cannot enter 5 eae hoa eee
be impossible for the enemy |*he war. EXTRADITION OF VILLA BORDEN GOVERNMENT
dge the Allies from their rege a,
seen ee i QHRISTMAS DANCE DEMANDED BY BRITISH AND NEW TAXATION
\ position. is admirable both ae Sper en Tome Late Mexican Leader to be Charg-| Ottawa, Dec. 25.—-The chances
nsive and defensive oper- On Thursday night, the em- ed with -Murder of British are that the government will be
P ployees of tne Granby Company Subject—Villa Held looking about for new taxes at
i ah arene se glee aes ee i er im ina ee a plan ato
cin * dighiewine “awa lightful dance by Superintendent (Special to The Dally News.) Ne na ror er
i and Mrs. Bone. The hall was f squeeze they will presumably di- |
iry classes of Greek troops beautifully decorated for the oc- Washington, Dec. 27. rhe, rect their attention to the war|
Lucky Sailors. eee casion, while the daintiest lunch British government is demanding profiteers—that is to say if they |
ms + Sg 9000, BEF RO and the finest music imaginable |*"¢ extradition of General Villa/are careless of hurting their own |
grand Christmas prize in the gov- were provided. The Junch was for the murder of W. 8. Benton, | friends.
lottery has been won by provided by Mr. Macey, boarding a British subject. Mr. Rehhon,: War Although the operations of the
of the cruiser Alfons house boss for the company. a prominent mining man working |shel! Committee have been par-|
The prize is divided be- Programs were served to over|'” Mexico in the interests Of @/tiaily uncovered the public will]
719 men who subscribed 200 people and there were never British syndicate. not rest satisfied until a full]
ra ticket. fewer than sixty couples on the General Villa is held under a|.tatement of its transactions is|
Bs es floor during the evening. The $20,000 bond at El Paso OM @lpjaced before Parliament. Ex-|
TISDALL CONSIDERS dance programs, provided by Mr. charge of bringing stolen prop-|euses to the effect that the Shell |

SHIPBUILDING SCHEME

(Special to The Dally News.)
Dec. 27.—C. E. Tis-

couver,
nd a sub-committee

d of members of the govern-

are investigating the ques
British
to bringing

legislation the

 WESTHOLME

OPERA HOUSE
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW

of shipbuilding in
nbia with a view

on eubject.

 

 

 

“HEART BEATS”

Two-act Drama

“TUSSLE’S RIVAL JONAH”

r'wo act ke y stone |

“GASOLINE Gus”
Comedy.

“HEART OF GOLD"
Drama.

Cc Come dy.

 

Coming next Wednesday and Thurs-

 

day, Ina Claire in “The Puppet
Crown”. Coming Jan. 7th and 8th,
Charlie Chaplin in “Shanghaled.”

2 «=69POPULAR PRICES, 10 and 16 cts.

LONDON CAFE
And Grill

 

BOXES FOR LADIES

MWroree

 

eee |will arrive

Moore, excellent orchestra
played for the dances,
little card, on
thanked the

hearty

whose
were in the
form of a neat
which Mr. Moore
publie of Anyox for
support.

their

A program of twenty dances
stretched out to forty
kept until 3 a.m.

voted

and danc-
was up
the
most enjoyable event of the
and

ing
Everyone dance to be
the
and Superintendent

season,
Mrs. Bone were heartily thanked.

TO SHIP ANTIMONY ORE

 

Gordon McClennan leaves this

week for his Babine claims to ar-
range to bring out several tons
which runs 49
He has three
It is under-

of antimony ore
per cent, antimony,
sacked now.

that the government is to

tons
stood
purchase the ore ab the railway.

mineca Herald.

 

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NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE

 

After January 2nd, trains will
leave for the east Mondays

Thursdays at 10:30 a, ™m, and

on

and oa
on ‘Tuesdays and Fri-

days at 6:15 p.m. A mixed train

Edmonton at 6

will leave for
o'clock on Saturday mornings.

1. H,. Rogers, one of Prince Rhu-
pert’s most popular old timers,

spent Friday in town on his way

to Anyox.

 

erty into the United States.

VARIED PROGRAM AT

There is a splendid blend of

drama and comedy at the West
holme tonight. ‘Heart Beats” is
a very fine two-act drama, and

“Heart of Gold” is one of the

stone comedy entitled ‘‘Tussle’s
Rival Jonah.” A screamingly
funny “Gasoline Gus" comedy

completes a bright program,
Wednesday
management

For and
the
monster eight-reel show,
“The

drama

announces a
includ-
ing Puppet Crown” a five-
act featuring
Next week, Charlie Chaplin will be

at the Westholme in ‘Shanghaied.’

Ine Claire.

 

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The rooms of the Prince Ru-
pert Amateur Athletic Associa-

tion will be formally opened at 8
o'clock on Wednesday evening,
when the boys will provide a

splendid musical program, in Mec-
Intyre Hall,
is of great benefit to the young
citizens

Such an association
men of the city and all
are heartily invited to attend the
The
tainment will be bright and will

opening ceremony, enter-

Jeost you nothing.

 

most pleasing little dramas seen
for a jong time.
There is a great two-reel Key-|

Thursday, | : ;
j hearts on the committee,

Committee is now an _ imperial |

 

| high,

fularly

jing to his number on the patron-

munition board and as such not |

subject to scrutiny by the ¢ lana-|

WESTHOLME THEATRE | 5}. Parliament will be received |

with scant patience and no doubt
Flavelle, the

own which is

Chairman for sake

.of his prestige,

|

will insist on adequate dis-

closures. Honor and good busi-}

ness demand a complete revela-|}
tion before the government can be
off with the old Shell Committee
and on with the

The old Shell Committee

good thing

new,
was a
while it lasted and the
took full

were

profiteers advantage of

it. There several tender |

partic-
dis-

toward Conservative

tress, and all a manufacturer had

to do was to pull a long face and}
that the

business, at the

say war had ruined his

same time point-

age list, to get a fat contract.
The poor mouth became a favor-
ite game at Ottawa, even the

richest manufacturer
in it with
touched the

taking part
signal success. It
Committee's bowels
Allthe

wanted anyway was an excuse for

of compassion, Committee
handing out relief to the faithful,
Charity begins at home and this
shell contracts to
the extent of hundreds of millions
all gravitated to
side of polities.

explains why

of dollars one

 

Apologists for the  profiteers

}
Will go to Saloniki.

Ito go to Saloniki to confer

lence
|

j;dogs when a meteorite
j the

jman for several hours.

jmoney

jmeans,

| the
idivide voluntarily with the

Se

 

SERBIAN KING
~ HAS ARRIVED
AT BRINDISI

«ing Peter is Anxious to Return
to the Front—Will go to
| Saloniki—ttalian Liner

Hl

Submarined.
| (Special to The Daily News.)
| Brindisi, Dec. 27.—King Peter

;Of Serbia has arrived here on an
The King at first
but

litalian cruiser.

refused to leave his army,

yielded to the urgent entreaties

;of the

prince regent that he must

| preserve his order
| that he

the head of his reorganized army.

strength in
might be able to return at

King Peter says that he intends
with
his minister of war.

Italian Liner Sunk.

 

 

Rome, Dec. 27.—An _ Italian
liner has been sunk by an Aus-
trian submarine.

TELEGRAPH LINEMAN

HAD UNIQUE EXPERIENCE |

Andrew Joebosons-atelegraph

lineman on the Yukon wire,

who

s stationed at Naklin, south of

Atlin, had a most unique exper-

 

TURK TROOPS —
REPULSED AT
KUT-EL-AMARA

Official Despatch statesTurks left
800 Killed on the Field—Brit-
ish Losses were Under
Two Hundred.

 

 

(Special to The Daily News.)

Delhi, Dee. 27.—An official re-
port from Genera! Townsend, who
is in charge of the British expe-
ditionary Mesopotamia,
states that a vigorous attack was
made by the Turks on the British
forces at Kut-El-Amara on Satur-
day.

force in

Turks Repulsed.
The Turks driven back
with heavy leaving eight
hundred killéd on the field. The
total British casualties were un-
der two hundred.

were

losses,

 

GOOD SEVEN-REEL SHOW
AT MAJESTIC THEATRE

 

There is a seven-reel program
at the Majestic tonight which
should please the most exacting.
‘Blow for Blow” is a thrilling
two-act story of revenge which is
1ighly sensational. “Crossing
Marmaduke” is a_ screamingly
funny comedy, “Hans and
is guaranteed to make

—

while
His Boss”

 

recently while patrolling

the line. Johnson was travelling
behind his three
fell, killing

stunning the

some distance

and line-

dogs

The earth

where the meteorite fell appeared
to have been subjected to intense
heat. Johnson has fully recover-

| ed.—Victorian.

 

jurge that as the shells were made
for England and were paid for by
the British government the Cana-

dian government has no right to
jtax this outSide money. In making
this argument the munition mil
lionaires overlook three important
|facts—that the

of Militia nominated

Canadian Minister

the Shell

}Committee, awarded contracts on

that
shells is

the
ho

a partisan basis, and

received for

longer outside money, but is now

jingling in Canadian pockets. Al-
together a pretty strong connec-
tion is established between the

old Shell Committee and the Bor-

den government, which, by this

made several of its favor-
millionaires. As good

ites one

turn deserves another it is up to
either to

Borden

new millionaires
government or submit to a tax of
fifty per cent. on their
gains. If Finanee Minister White
has the courage to do this he can
the
millions to

swollen

next year’s interest
debt

from that source alone.

pay
national

on
forty
wit

However, the chances are that

the shell profileers will get off
lightly because it is not in the

government's heart to load a stiff

tax on a group of friends who
would be in the awkward position
of not being able to pass it along
to the general public, as the rail-
ways, or the loan companies, or

the banks can. The shell contracts

 

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anyone laugh.

“The Telegrapher’s Peril” is a
two-act drama which will hold the
interest of all from start to finish.
“The
jungle story

Tiger Slayer” is a great
in which a real live
It is
of two men in love
The girl gets
jungle and of course
at the right mo-

. The

tiger figures prominently.
the old. story
with the same girl.
lost in the
the right man,
ment saves her from a tiger
entire bill is good,

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS SUNDAY

Yesterday being Christmas Sun-
churches
the oc-
rendered
special Christmas music, aided by
the children, who sang Christmas

day, the various were

beautifully decorated for

casion, and the choirs

carols.

MAJESTIC :: THEATRE

Tonight and Tomorrow &§

Special Seven-ree!l Variety prearem
. “BLOW FOR BLOW”
In Two-reel Sensational Drama,
“CROSSING MARMADUKE”

A Rip Roaring Comedy.
“THE TELEGRAPHER’S PERIL”
In Two Thrilling Acts.
“THE TIGER SLAYER”
Starring Jungle Subject Dwelling '
Amongst the Tigers.

“HANS AND HIS BOSS”

One Thousand Feet of Laughs.
Don’t miss it—These five subjects
an entertainment equal to and per-
haps superior to any sertal,

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Wednesdany and Thureday—
A Society Classic Photoplay,
“THE INGRATE”

 

 

 

 

 

Follow the crowd to Self’s
Cafe. There is a reason,. Next
Majestic Theatre, 126f.

 

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