aa CRON SOL Ra MAILY NEWS sili ns oe a Seer $$ ——_————~ — = + — —=—=—— VOL. VII. NO, 1. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS —— — a ____— ——___—_ = - = — ———L—— A DISASTROUS FIRE AT PORT ESSINGTO SINGLF; CIVIL SER —— — = A SERIOUS: FIRE THIS MORNING AT PORT ESSINGTON Over Fifteen Buildings Wiped out, | Including Queen’s Hotel— Jap Killed in Leap from Burning House. (8pecial to The Dally News.) A dis- astrous fire broke out here at 6:30 Port Essington, Jan. 3. this morning when over fifteen buildings, including the Queen's Hotel and Kishimoto’s store were destroyed. The fire originated in the Ka- meda House, owned by the Skeena River Commercial Company, and spread very rapidly The Cale- donia Hotel was saved after a hard fight, the owner, Mrs. Kirby suffering considerable loss in moving furniture from the burn- ng building. Jap Killed. A Japanese, named Maruyake vho, who was lying sick in the Japanese house where the fire riginated, leaped from the upper storey of the building, a distance { 35 feet, to the beach. He fell very heavily on the ice and died shortly afterwards from the in- ries received, HOUSE GUTTED BY FIRE ON NEW YEAR'S NIGHT The fire brigade was called out at 44 o'clock on New Year's night to the corner of 9th Ave. and Lot ere, where the house of M. I Pace was in flames. Ten minutes r the alarm was turned in, the was gutted and everything { he brigade could do noth but prevent the fire from eading to the adjoining houses The cause of the outbreak is nown, but probably an over- ted stovepipe is the explana- Mr. Pace lost all that was house and carried no in- On the way back, the fire en- got stuck in the deep snow rise of McBride Street and have the assistance of a f horses to get out, MAJESTIC :: THEATRE Tonight and Tomorrow 7-Reel Sensational Program, Essaney Photoplay. “MONGREL AND MASTER" in three Sensational Acts “THE BOMB" In two Powerful Acts “THE SIMP AND SOPHOMORES” A Corking Comedy “FITS AND CHILLS” A Scream Comedy Don't Mise It-—Exoeptionally big Bill. Coming Wednesday and Thursday 4 A Classis enthralling Photoplay, “The Prima Donna,” Featuring Asta Niel- | ten, the world famous star, Coming Soon—Serlal and Great masterpieces. ooo LONDON CAFE And Grill DAINTY MEALS AT REASONABLE PRICES Hart Bik. Third Ave. - “2 SINGLE CIVIL SERVANTS ARE TOLD TO ENLIST Fit Single Must Men of Military Age Make Room for Returning Wounded | Soldiers. St. Thomas, Ont., Jan. 3.—Hon. |} T. W. Crother, states that all unmarried men in the employment of the Canadian | civil service, who are physically fit and of military age, must join | the army or leave the service Returned soldiers will be preference for all government positions. 150,000 More Men Wanted. Premier Borden intimates that} Canada will increase her military 500,000 which 150,000 force to men, means the raising of more recruits. The number of Canadians already in 118.922, 50,000 of whom are on Europe 18 the firing line. Martial Law In Greece. Athens, Jan. 3.—Martial law has been proclaimed in Greece, to become effective on January 15th. The Allied authorities at Salo- niki have ordered the arrest of all Austrian and German women em- ployed in cafes, and that all Ger- Turks and Bul- garians of high standing be also mans, Austrians, arrested. Peace Party for Germany. Copenhagen, Jan, 3.—The Ger- an government will permit the Ford peace party to travel through Germany on a special train from The Hague next Friday. “THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY” AT THE WESTHOLME This is “Diamond from the Sky" night at the Westholme, and that should be sufficient to.draw a This week's episode Path of Peril’ big house. is entitled “The and it is just as exciting as last week's. There is also a most iIn- teresting two-act drama entitled “The Old Chemist,” while there are two most laughable comedies in “Who Got Stung” and “Mabel’s Wilful Way.’ The latter features Mabel Normand, who did so much to help the popularity of Charlit Chaplin. Her work is always of the best. Marguerite Clark is coming on Wednesday and Thursday and Charlie himself at the end of the week, THE WEATHER By F. W. Dowling. For 24 hours ending 5 a. m, January 3rd. Barometer ..-.-+eeeeerree 30,166 Maximum temperature ...-- ". 28 Minimum temperature ...+++ i6 CHEAP FUEL Good wood cut to any length, #5.00 cord. 2 feet-—#4.50, 4 feet Special ‘Iaeger” wool slippers fo! | i oa | (Special to The Dally News.) | | } minister of labor, |} ! given |} three HIS MAJESTY WITH THE NEW COMMANDER This photo taken earlier in the war, by coincidence, shows the King in company with Sir Douglas Haig, the new head of the Brit- ish forces, on an inspection tour. FATAL BOB-SLEIGH AC. IMPORTANT LOCAL CIDENT IN VANCOUVER MINING DEAL CLOSED (Special to The Dally News.) With the release today of a Vancouver, Jan. 3 Cecil Ayres cheque for $150,000, the control a boy of 16 years of age living atlof the Surf Inlet gold mine, situ- 907 Homer Street, lated on cars lla se was killed yes- Princess Royal Island, .; terday in a bob-sleigh accident./apout seventy miles south of An auto, driven by C. Miller, of} Prince Rupert, passes from Van- Avenue, West, ran|c 1210 Tenth suuver hands to the Tonapah- into the sled on Homer Street.| Belmont Company, of Philadel- hree other occupants of the sled | Phia- Practically every dollar of this were injured. : money remains in Vancouver, and DAUGHTERS OF EMPIRE HELD DELIGHTFUL DANCE | in addition the local company re iins a fifth interest in the profits of the mine, which is considered T N \ oa tall . itself a ubstantial asset, in 1e ew ears e Dall undé . he enormous tonnage o the auspices of the Daughters of view of { enormous tonnage of pay ore which has been developed, the Empire was voted by all and from which the profits will the jolliest dance of the seas lchor ve extracter since s The Eagle Hall was beautifully 1ortly | xtra 1, ince it 1 ' ted f th the intention of- the purchasers to aecoracves or ic occasion and ; proceed at once with the erection made a splendid setting for one f a mill oO he prettiest ball-room scenes + eRe: pe , Che Surf Inlet has had an in- imaginable. It is beyond the pow iteresting history, and has passs ers of a mere man to attempt ti ; : lthrough various vicissitudes, but describe how the ladies looked, | is now considered a real gold mine Suffice it to say that the youth F lwith indications of becoming a of Prince Rupert neve! and beauty | | he ayy producer of the yellow appeared to better advantage. | , ae j}metal, Vancouver Province, The musie was good; the floor] HARD-TIMES BALL on ste % ind was in first rate ¢ peen su all arrangements had carefully planned by the ladies | i » eve r was a huge suc-] ‘ : that the evening was a " : Jot P. Hall on New Year’s Eve was There were ( sual gree here were the usua immensely popular, the floor fea The hard-times ball in the K. cess ings as the midnight how passed hee crowded with dancers, most and dancing was kep) uP = of whom were got up in real the year (916 was waoyt pte tramp fashion, at least this can hours old be said of the gentlemen. ‘The COLD FEET! ladies naturally could not resist : making their “hard-times” cos- Warm aca ide t top slip tumes becoming in spite of an ap- regular $4.50 and | pearance of poverty. Cr « ¢ ‘ . B36 so best lump coal. ers in all sizes ee ont EXPRESS 1 75; 3 days special, $4.00 Hearty greetings were exchang ar iy : | PECK THE SHOEMAN ed as the midnight hour struck oats ROK ll bs and dancing was continued int reductions on a ae srt sma’ ‘oors,” everybody Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kn ght spent|the “wee having a most enjoyable time, New Year's at Haysport BOXES FOR LADIES 4 OOOO OPP OOOOOOO COOODOOOOIETR days Peck the Shoeman = Sn —_— VANTS MUST JOIN FORCES -- GERMAN SUBS BAG FOUR SHIPS BRITISH SHIPS TORPEDOED IN |Liner Persia Carried Guns When Torpedoed—American Consul Sacrifices Life—Many Americans Lost. (Special to The Daily News.) London, Jan. 3.—It is officially innounced that the liner Persia, |} which was torpedoed by an enemy | submarine in the Mediterranean }on Saturday, was carrying guns. One hundred and _ fifty-eight urvivors have been landed at | \lexandria. Three hundred lives | have been lost, including that of McNeeley, who |gave his place in a lifeboat to a | | American consul oman and two children. The ves- sel sank five minutes after being torpedoed. Three More Gone. The British bound from Yokohama to Gen#a, liner Glengyle, has. been torpedoed in the Medi- terranean near the spot where cue Persia went down. The loss of life has been very heavy and includes many Ameri- cans. One hundred survivors have been landed by other ships. She was a vessel of 9,000 tons and was built in 19144. The Japanese Kenkou Maru, of 2,100 tons, has also been liner torpedoed. Her crew was saved. The British steamer Stoswald, of 3,810 tons, has also suffered the same fate. She was in the service of the British government DOUBLE FEATURE AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE The Majestic announces a great double seven feature program tonight, all-told. The chief item is an Essanay three- with reels ‘act production entitled **Mongrel and Master.’ It is a stirring po- "MEDITERRANEAN RUSSIANS PLAN -TO BREAK HUN _ LINE IN BALKANS Russian Offensive Covers 300 mile Front—Big Effort to Smash German Line—Heights In Bukowina Taken. (Special to The Daily News.) London, Jan. 3.—The Russian campaign through Bessarabia ex- tends along a front of three hun- dred miles from the Pripet Mar- shes to Roumania. The Russians have an army of a million and a half. The movement is regarded as an ambitious strategic step to break the back-bone of the Ger- manic line across the Balkans. Heights Captured. The Russians have captured important heights in Bukowina, The army is abundantly supplied with mu- nitions and is fully equipped. Petrograd reports a series of suc- cesses on this front. | Jap Squadron for Suez. Tokio, Jan. 3.—A squadron of Japanese warships has left for the Suez Canal to protect Japan- ese shipping. taking 870 prisoners. A report emanating from Los Angeles, appeared in the Daily News on Thursday, stating that a Japanese cruisers is already guarding the Cal., squadron of Suez Canal. LOCAL SOLDIERS LEAVE ON TUESDAY FOR SOUTH “The men of the 102nd B. C. Regiment who have been stationed here, will leave Tuesday on the Prince John for They will go south in charge of Captain Brandt. It seems that the author- ities are not satisfied with Prince Rupert as a drilling centre though Comox. litical drama which is full of sen- sations. “The Bomb, act drama, is one of the a powerful two- most thrilling plays on the screen and is certain to hold the interest of all. There are two real good come- dies in “The Simp and the So- phomores” and “Fits and Chills.” Both are calculated to provoke no fend of fun. Mr. Delasala announces a clas- sic photoplay featuring Asta Niel- sen, for Wednesday and Thurs- day. SKATING Starting at 3 p. m., the Alice B. will leave Davis’ float every 45 minutes for across the bay with skating long as ice lasts. Fare 50c. tf. parties, as Miss Barbeau is about to leave town for Hazelton, where she will spend two months with her sister, Mrs. R. 8, Sargent. will close her store in Prince Ru- Pert until March ist. Miss Barbeau Children’s fur top and felt islippers, regular 3 days special, |*! 00, PECK THE SHOEMAN, it would appear to a layman that there is at least enough room here to drill the twenty-odd re- eruits who are at present on the list. WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW “THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY” 16th Episode, “THE PATH OF PERIL” “WHO GOT STUNG” Comedy. “THE OLD CHEMIST” Two-act Drama, “MABEL’S WILFUL WAY” Mabel Normand in Keystone Comedy. POPULAR PRICES, 10 and 15 ots. Next Wedresday and Thureday— Marguerite Clark in “Seven Sisters.” Next Friday and Saturday—Chariie Chaplin in “Shanghaied.” ¢ PP crowd to 8Self’s There is a reason.. Next inet. 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