~ THE DAILY NEWS SS = apni i tice a a i ni tn aha ee ae VO emanate VII, NO. 23. JANU ee 28, 1916. GERMANY WAITS WII PAING E RUPE AT; a C., Aiea § PRICE FIVE BE mccain albert NS MOVE FOR PEACE STEAMER! AMES CARRUTHERS HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM DISASTER IN NORTH CIVIL GERMANY IS READY FOR PEACE; HAD ROUGH EXPERIENCE (Courtesy Hotel Prince mupert.) London, Jan» 28.-—The powers in Germany are awaiting a lead in the peace movement and look to President Wilson for the initiative. president. Wilson declares that liberty and Honor are more im- portant than peace at the present time. New Route Required. A Canadian colonel, wko has just returned from the front, says that the Allies will have to tak« a new route into Germany, as the German fortifications on the Rhine are too formidable. Under present day conditions © warfare, the banks of the Rhine PS ehich river divides France from can be made almost im. pregnable Along course on the boundary of the two countries the Rhine banks arevery Germany, steep and form natural fortifica-| tions which, Bfence works thrown up behind will ; render them inaccessible attacking force. Attack on Asia Minor- The French have begun an at tack on the coast of Asia Minor. Feared Loss of Steamer. It is feared that a _ British steamer with 166 passengers on board has been lost at sea. eMAJOR HUNTINGTON RETURNS FROM INTERIO! Major Huntington, of the 102nd Battalion, returned afternoon from a visit of inspec- tion to Prince George . He states that. Lieuts- Stalker have about fifty recruits there an yesterday Halsey and them well quartered. major that thi attalion is filling up quickly and hat it will full trength. Men are coming in to have The reports soon be up to 1eadquarters in Prince Rupert in ratifying numbers, there being 10oW about seventy recruits, whilt here are many more to come it rom the outlying districts Adversity is religion’s greates| lly, MAJESTIC :: THEATRE Tonight and Tomorrow a ee ee Kalem Top-notch Photoplay, “THE COQUETTE” In four sensational acts, “THE OPEN DRAWBRIDGE”’ A thrilling Ratlroad Drama, “ITSKY, THE INVENTOR” A Scream Comedy. ADMISSION 10 and 15 cente. Coming Monday and Tuesday, special Seven-reel Variety Program. Coming February 4th and 6th, the big hit of the season— Six reels of Authentic Official War Pictures— ‘On The BattioNelds of Europe.” civil most of its} with up-to-date de- | to an} LONDON CAFE And Grill art he Rhine he BOXES FOR LADIES THE JAMES CARRUTHERS The James Carruthers, Knightall, Captain arrived last night with 80,000 pounds of halibut for the | after a here Cold Storage Company, oy stormy trip. Leaving jon January 2nd, the Carruther jmade Cape Clear, 750 miles north jin good weather, and beatah in ten days under ideal con- | j paige for the time of year. On January 18th with a north- she set out for Cape west wind, in good On the morning of the 19th, she had to be brought round ‘wctoenged on the way home, | weather. i ito the sea with a very heavy sea jrunning, and at mid-day a gal |sprang up from the Nor’ Nor’- Kast, weather. The coupled with fog and zero ship gathered ice were re At 6 p and great rapidly and all hands | quired to keep her clear. m- she lost her rudder in keep- three were | difficulty was experienced ling her head to sea. For idays and nights all hands busy keeping the ship clear of ice, which was rendered harder by the fact that four jously injured on the 20th and had to be taken below. On the 21st captain Fairweather, the having developed such a danger- ous list that he ordered the boats and all deck fittings to be jettis- Fair- men were ser- land was sighted and the made for Cape ship meantime oned. They anchored under weather glacier, having covered hundred miles in three men worked all night only a days. The clearing off ice and on the 22nd started for Cape along the part of the voyage the ship was again in danger of turning turtle, in Iey Straits. In Dixon's they Spencer shore, during which Harbor, they spent two more days shedding ice, and on the 24th again set out for Cape Spencer and after getting through they sighted the which Inian Pass, Andrew Kelly, their distress signals: They mad for Idaho Inlet folllowed by the Kelly. There they gether and transferred 20 tons of supplies to the Carruthers, the Kelly preceeding to Juneau to re-outfit. The Kelly had been six days in making Icy answered lashed to- coal and some Straits from Rupert and = was badly iced up. Last night, the Carruthers arrived home after a most adventurous passage. FISHERMEN SWEPT OVERBOARD IN STORK England, of the New had a The New England Fish very rough experience on the fish- ing banks some days ago, losing five dories and having five overboard, Fortunately Company, men swept the men were picked up again. made her | ICE HOCKEY HAZELTON VS. PRINCE RUPERT At 3:30 This Afternoon. AT THE SKATING RINK and on— SATURDAY AT 3:30 p- m. : RED Citoss remote DAY ON.GOLD COAST ‘s of the British Empire are with in the present crisis is indicated by the pic- Red One of the That the the Mother ture for the her guerd of most eorne Country above, taken on a Cross day when funds ‘were collected British Red Cross: collectors is here seen with two colored boy scouts. TELKWA MAY BECOME AN IMPORTANT CENTRE henor FAREWELL ADDRESS PRESENTED H.P. WILSON | Wilson, who WP, has been Thomas Jefferson, who arrived manager of the branch of the/from the south yesterday, accom- Royal Bank here ever since its|panied by Mrs. Jefferson, left for inception, six years ago, was/Telkwa this morning. Mr. Jeffer- given a hearty farewell at the >son, who has been interested in Prince Rupert Club last evening,| mining in the interior for the past an open night being declared in) five years, represents a New York order to allow many friends who) syndicate which owns forty claim§ which the low-grade copper are not members of the club tojin the Telkwa mountains, be present: make up what is probably A. T. Broderick, the club, acted as by the other directors. The president of most extensive host, assisted property in the north. pres- Some years ago, the syndicate ident, on behalf of the club and gained control ~of forty sections the friends present, made a pres—|of coal lands in the vicinity of entation of an address to Mr?-'Telkwa which they tested thor- Wilson, and, in a happy speech, | oughly two years ago by diamond expressed regret at his leaving.| drill, It was reported at the time He hoped that Mr, Wilson would) that the tests were highly satis- take with him happy recollections | factory, but no further work was of Prince Rupert and of his as-~-| done. is sociates here, and wished him The fact that the company is every success in his new field 00) prepared to go ahead and develop the prairies: Mr. Wilson, that he had no doubts as to the their copper properties on a large seale tends to the belief that the It is supposed that when the ore has been blocked out in responding, sal coal is there. future of Prince Rupert, He wish- ed well for all those in the city,/the company will erect a smelter, and hoped to see the place forge! as the ore is of such low-grade ahead. | that it will not stand the cost of A very pleasant evening Was) shipping, and there is a big prob- spent, with singing, ete, the/apbility that in the near future party taking leave of Mr. Wilson|'Telkwa may become a_ second with the singing of “Will Ye NO|Granby. The syndicate has a Come Back Again,” and “He's large amount of capital at its Jolly Good Fellow.” the work will go On Wednesday and Mrs. Wilson were entertaine: by Ahe the Pioneer Club, command and evening, Mt:|on apace this summer if things pan out as expected. members of They leave on Saturday RR ROK OK OR RR ORR ORR RK OK morning for Moose Jaw. * WIRES DOWN ie Ree * Owing to the government CHEAP FUEL * telegraph system being in length, | * 4 feet|* Good wood cut to any $5.00 cord, 2 feet——84.50, $3.50, Also best had to go to press without lump coal, |* its war despatches. x * * trouble, The Daily News * * ¥ * J30, PONY EXPRESS. eR RRR RR RR RR RE mWence of the interior team. WON HOCKEY GAME The local hockey team managed to defeat the Hazelton boys last the | by four goals to nothing. | weather PRI RUPERT BOYS | | Market Place rink The intensely cold, the there- meagre The ice was in good shape and the game proved the fastest of the season. The Rupert team: showed a big improvement both in stick-hand- The Hazel- ton boys were without one or two of their regular players. The game on Hazelton brought night on was wind cutting like a whip, |fore there was a rather lturnout of spectators. ling and jn team work. " opened with a rush goal which was up by the speedy de- There vas then a period of give and take play in which the local attack was bright and crisp, and the Hazelton fast. There was a good deal of heavy body- checking, two of the players were inclined to indulge in tripping. The vards did not combine so well as defence robust and and one or Hazelton for- usual. La Casse, as rover, was putting in good work for Prince Rupert. and it was from a pass from him to Scott that the first goal was scored: Shortly afterwards, ha Casse found the net with a gooc shot, the first period ending 2-0 in favor of the home team. The second period opened with the players checking very closely, with the result that there were some minor injuries, but nothing to delay the game until MeDou- gall of Hazelton went down, strik- ing his knee on the boards. He was compelled to retire for the rest of the game, Scott. being re- tired from the home side to bal- ance. After this accident, the judge of play became more watch- ful, and Blyth, of Prince Rupert, and Lavery, of Hazelton, decorated the fence, The play now improved all round, some of the players putting in individual while the team work was very good. Two more goals were scored by the Rupert boys, Irwin getting one and Blyth the other. The third period was fast and the visitors doing their utmost to score, and many hard shots were turned aside by the goal-tenders- Brooks and Irwin, on the home defence, and Mac- dougall and Warner, of the Haz- elton forward ling had many a glorious. tussle. There was no more scoring and the Prince Ru- pert team ran out winners of a real good game by 4-0. The line-up was: Hazelton—— Donohue, goal; Lavery, point; Keddie, cover point; Warner, rover; Macdougall, centre; L.- Macdougall, right wing; O’Brien, left wing. Prince Rupert: Rogers, goal; Brooks, point; Irwin, cover point; Holtby, centre; splendid work, furious, La Casse, rover; Scett, right wing; C. Blyth, left wing. H- Love acted as referee, and I.-Gilhuly as judge of play. The second game will be played at 3:30 this afternoon, instead of in the evening: ee) Best quality of household lump and nut coal——Prince Rupert Coal Co, Phone 15, fs. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETY At the annual meeting of the Prince Rupert branch of the Pa- triotic Society last evening special mention was made of the work that has been done by the secre- tary, the Rev. W. E- Collison, and the treasurer, Mr. C. T. Heward. Since the work was inaugurated theip duties have grown greatly until at present it takes a large of their time to keep everything in good shape- They have done the work in the most efficient manner and the society and the citizens generally owe a great deal to those two gentle- men, who by their self-sacrificing work are giving a larger contri- bution to the society than anyone else in the city. The vote of thanks that was given last night was carried by a standing vote. Hearty votes of thanks tendered to the press and to those who aided in collecting. The following office-bearers were appointed: President, 8S. M. Newton; vice-president, Mrs. R- L. McIntosh; treasurer, Cc. T. Hew- ard; secretary, Rev. W. E. Colli- son; executive: Judge Young, J- H. Thompson, Canon Rix, George W. Morrow, Hal Peck, and Mrs. William Manson. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the attendance at the meeting was not large. portion were also TURKISH SUBMARINE SUNK LINER PERSIA London, Jan 26.—An Amster- dam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says: “According to a Berlin report, the Turkish minis- try of marine is about to publish a statement to the effect that a Turkish submaring sank the steamer Persia.’ This dispatch has not been confirmed from other sources: The Persia was sunk off the Island of Crete, December 30th, with a loss of 119 passengers and twenty-one members of the crew. The vessel went down within five minutes after a terrific explosien forward. Nobody on board re- ported having seen a submarine. WESTHOLME OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT AND TOMQRROW “WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BARBUDA” 4 Pat O'Malley, the debonair dare- devil and Gladys Hulette, the dainty miss, in three adventurous acts. “THE CELLAR SPY” Featuring Billie Reeves, the famous Comedian, “THE ALTAR OF LOVE” Drama, with Maurice Costello, “ROPING A BRIDE” Western comedy — Ruogh-house in Camp. Monday and Tuesday, “Diamond” Nights. .Charile will be here soon ;. In a grant “Mix-up”, four acts. ererooonn Follow the crowd to Self's Gafe. There is a reason.. Next Majestic Theatre. £.'PLC, ea = ee