HE DAILY NEWS

 

 

 

Yo nseaniahiaiiaiataaae

vil. NO. 45. r

PRING i RUPERT, B. C., WEDNESDAY,

——

FEBRUARY 23, 1916.

 

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

 

LAS GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON WEST FRONT

TURKS EVACUATING TREBIZOND

 

 

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_. GERMANS REPULSED IN RIGA AND GALICIA

 

 

CREAT GERMAN
EFFORT ON THE
WESTERN FRONT

Triple Offensive May be last Hun
Attempt at Offensive—Jap
Fleet Reported in the
Mediterranean,

(Special to The Daily News.)
Feb, 23.—A triple Ger-

man offensive is

Paris,

in progress in

Flanders, Artois and north of
Verdun. These are believed by
experts to form the last great

German effort to break the Allies’

lines.

If they are unsuccessful, the
Kaiser will be obliged to assume
the defensive. This will prob-

ably prove to be the turning point
in the entire war. With Germany
frustrated, France, Britain
Russia will co-operate in a gigan-

and

tic campaign to earry the war intof

Germany.

The Kaiser arrived at
Argonne,
the German general staff
is located,

Japs in Mediterranean.
Feb, 23.— The
newspapers announce
that they have received despatches
from Italy stating that a Japanese
fleet, by a_ great

of aircraft, has arrived
Mediterranean.

has
Charleville, in French

where

Copenhagen,

German

accompanied
number

in the

 

ARNOLD CONFESSED
TO TRUST AUDITOR

 

rMr. Manson, Mr.

received a report from A. B.

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PRINCE RUPERT CLUB V.

this
of the Prince Ru-
The
Assurance
Limited for

Judge Robertson morning
heard the case
pert Club Limited y, Kkmploy-

ers’ Liability and Cor-

poration

late assistant secretary.
Alex. M.
the
Carss for
H, F.
elub,

defendants and Carss
the plaintiffs.
Macleod,

was the first witness called

secretary of the

the court seats for luncheon.
tarss, the wit-
books of |
the club were kept and how the
of the

Examined by Mr.
ness explained how the

services assistant

tary had to be dipensed with.

examination — by
Macleod
mitted that the directors had re-

Under cross

Foster
auditor for the club, in which he}
pointed “out that the books
not been properly kept, the
than was ac-

had |
eash
on hand being more
counted for in the cash book, Mr.
Manson read extracts from the
report showing that the directors
had been advised by the
that the matter should be faken up
with the
Macleod

auditor

assistant secretary. Mr

said that he was’ in-

structed by the directors to point
out to the assistant that all
monies collected must be care-
fully enecun ted for and that all
money be paid at the oflice of the
club. The auditor’s report also
stated that there were no trial

‘balances available.

Questioned by Mr. Manson, Mr.

rMacleod said that the Liability
(Special othe Gahy Howe) Company had not been advised of
Vancouver,- Feb. 23. During Fyy js report at the time.

the taking of the evidence for It transpired that Mr. Foster
discovery in the Dominion Trust was the agent for the Liability
case, W. E. Hodges, auditor for rCompany and that the director
the Dominion Trust, admits that notified him by letter of the de-
the late W. R. Arnold confessed ‘falcations. The case was ad-

to him that he had vommitted>
acts for which he could be put in
the penitentiary. Arnold had an
the

he met his death.

appointment
the time

with auditor al

ICE STORAGE

The Canadian . Fish and Cold
Storage Company Limited call for
tenders for the material and labor
for the Plans and specifi-

cations and conditions of tender
can be

Of the

above,

seen at the general offices
company during the pres-
ent week in office hours.
CANADIAN FISH AND COLD
STORAGE C co., LTD. 48.

 

 

| WESTHOLME
OPERA HOUSE

Great 7-reel Show at Popular Prices.
(Special Feature, )

Daniel Frohman presents
Everybody's Favorite
MARY PICKFORD
wean Mace

: “ESMERALDA”
‘\ four acts, by Frances Hodgson
Burnett,
TOPICAL BUDGET
‘test English Gazette showing the
Heroes of Ypres, torpedoing a
liner, ete,
“YE OLDEN GRAFTER”
Keystone Comedy, Lots of fun in
P this one,
oo REWARD” Thrilling Drama.
ne next Friday and Saturday,
cools Chaplin in “His New Job,”
by forget Special Charile Chaplin
& Matinee on Saturday at 2.415 Pp. m.

 

 

journed until 2:45.

 

DOUBLE ATTRACTION AT
THE MAJESTIC THEATRE

There are two big features at
the Majestic tonight, ‘‘The Par-
don” is a three-act drama whicl

is full of the human element. It
is the story of the struggles of
a destitute widow and her only
daughter. The mother has re-
sented the advances of Trow-
bridge, her landlord, only to find
that her daughter, after a term

in an asylum, falls a victim to

them. The couple elope and the

mother shoots thi

follows and

man. She is sent to prison, and
then the daughter

The girl sets to work

is brought t
her senses.
and retrieves the past by securing
mother, It is
play.

is a story

a pardon for her

an intensely dramatic
“The House Divided”
‘of the domestic troubles of a
‘doctor who has been unfaithful.
He is separated from his wife,
taking his little girl with him.
How the boy and girl bring about
is beautifully told in
There is

a reunion

the two
Pathe Gazette and a film of Bray's

are particularly

reels. also a

eartoons, which

clever.

 

97-piece dinner-ware slashed
in price at Geo: D. Tite's,

 

BiMPLOYERS?’ LIABILITY!

recovery of
a sum of money embezzled by the!

Manson appeared for |
and ;

and was still being examined when |

ad-|

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ALLIES’ SANDBAG ENTRENCHMENTS NEAR SALONIKI.— The German drive on Saloniki hangs

fire. All

FOUR PROVINCIAL
OFFICIALS JOIN FORCES

During the

secre-|

past fortnight four
officials of the department of
agriculture at Victoria have join-
ed for overseas service, Messrs.
Rive, Wm. Newton, G. L,
|Foulkes and W. H.
|} having enlisted in the 5th Cana-
Artillery.

chief

Robertson

dian
Mr, Rive
and

Garrison

was dairy in-

spector was well known

the
his

throughout province as an

expert in line, having been

secretary of the B.C. Dairymen’s
Association for five

Mr. Newton
Macdonald

wide

years.
is a graduate of
and

College, Quebec,

had a practical knowledge
of farming.
Mr. Foulkes,

player,

the well

tennis was secretary of

the horticultural branch and has
been with the department for the
past five

Mr, Robertson

horticulturist on the lower

years.

was assistant
main-
and Vancouver Island and is

of Ontario

land

a graduate Agricultu-

ral College.

ODDFELLOWS HOLD
JOLLY SOCIAL EVENING

held an

 

The Oddfellows open

social evening last night in the
K. of P. Hall, when about fifty
members and friends attended.
The following program was
greatly enjoyed and heartily ap-
plauded. Recitation, “My First

“Scenes
Moore;
Messrs.

Blue;
Lane,’ Mr.

Two Beggars,’

Reeital,’’ Mr. song,
Down Lovers’
duet, “The
Glapperton

Jones: song,
Mr. Corkwell;
Fifth,’

and

and
Vale,”
recitation, “The Dandy
Mr. Silversides; duet, ‘”
Messrs

recitation,

“Down the

enor
Jones and

“Robin

Baritone,”
Clapperton; and
Nell,’ Mr, Phillips,
venge,” Mr.
After

served,

and song, “Re-
Jones.
been

had

indulged

refreshments
card games were

in and a thoroughly enjoyable

evening brought to a close
the “Auld

" “God Save the King”
Jolly

RED CROSS SALE

was

with singing of Lang

Syne, and

‘They are Good Fellows.”

 

 

Miss Stevens

weekly Red Cross

Mrs.
will conduct the
the Red Cross rooms on

Lots of home

Sweet and

sale in
Friday. cooking is

required, The demand is greater

than the supply every week. Ladies

are requested to assist

Sweet and Miss Stevens by send-

 

known}!

Mrs.

ing along all they: possibly can.

reports agree that the Allies are

ready for it.

 

 

‘JS. COWPER CHALLENGES
MINISTERS TO DEBATE

(Special to The Daily News.)
Feb. 23

Bowser will speak in the Orpheum

Vancouver, —Premier

Theatre on Thursday night in

support of the candidature of

Hon. C, E, Tisdall.
J. S. Cowper, formerly editor
lot the Daily News and one of the

candidates at the forth-
and who

Liberal
coming general election,
A. Macdonald in
has. challenged
Premier Bowser, Hon..C,_E. Tis-
‘dall and H. H. Watson to
him in debate in the Orpheum
Theatre on question of the
legislation, the
to the Pa-

is supporting M,
his campaign,
meet

the
Trust
oceeds to be handed

Dominion

otic Fund.

THREE ADDITIONAL
AMERICAN BATTALIONS

(Special to The Dally News.)
Feb. 23.—Sir

militia, an-

Toronto, Sam
minister of
that he given his
consent to the raising of three
battalions for the

They are to be

H ughes,
nounces has
additional
American Legion,
Winnipeg

recruited in Toronto,

and Vancouver. The . Vancouver
contingent will be known as the
211th Battalion.

 

MARY PICKFORD AT
WESTHOLME THEATRE

Mary
Hodgson Burnett's great four-act
“Wsmeraldd,”

Pickford, in Frances
is the great
the Westholme to-
Pickford is always
and on this
appears in one of

drama
attraction at
night, Mary
a welcome visitor
occasion she
the finest plays ever sereened,

It is a typical drama of Ameri-
sudden rises
from obscurity to affluence. Mary

is the daughter of a humble farm-

can life with its

er who has” suddenly become

wealthy through the discovery of
and her mother,

“bug”

gold on the farm,
the
suades the father to remove to thi
Meantime, Mary, has fallen
with a neighboring young
but the mother has great-

who has society per-
city.
rin love
farmer,
rer schemes for her daughter's
rfuture,

How the young farmer_in turn
becomes rich and ultimately wins
his most strikingly
depicted. It is a most interest-
ing story, and gives the famous
little stay ample opportunity to
display her art. There is also a
good Keystone comedy and a

splendid Topical Budget.

bride is

 

 

TRADES AND LABOR
COUNCIL MEETING

Trades and Labor Coun-

 

At the
cil meeting last night, Sergeant
T. Rh. Maitland, of the 102nd Bat-

talion, addressed the meeting.
Mr, Maitland, who has always
interested
who represented labor on the city
number

council for a of years,

took the opportunity of thanking
the Trades and Labor Council for
the support given him while in
the city. He had endeavored to
do his best to serve the interests
of labor, assisting in the organi-
zation of’ different unions and in
the up-keep of a fair wage. He
did not accept nomination for the
city council this year, on account
of his enlisting in the service of
but,
which he hoped to do,

his country, if he returned
to the city,
he would again assist the Trades
and Labor Council in every pos-
sible way.

President 8S. D. Macdonald, on
behalf of the Trades and Labor
Council, thanked Sergeant Mait-
the
had rendered to organized labor,
and, though
ing, wished him every success and
return.

The question of the endorsation

* .
land for able assistance he

regretting his leav-

a safe

of the bylaw to increase the rate
of interest on debentures to six
after
was

per cent. was raised and

considerable discussion, it
decided that no action be taken.
felt that the city
not furnished sufficient
formation, so that the public

intelligently on the

It was council

had in-

could vote

Tbylaw.

The president of the Trades
and Labor Council took the oppor-
John

tunity to compliment Mr.

rViereck on his appointment to the

license board and intimated that
he hoped that in the
his work he would be able to fol-
low out the principles of organ-
ized labor,

course of

HJALMER THOMSEN WANTED

The Salvation Army has been
asked to one Hjalmer
Thomsen who is a Norwegian of
medium height and dark. Last
heard of in summer of 1914, Ad-
dress box 1732, Prince Rupert, B.
C, Anyone knowing his where-
abouts kindly communicate with
Staff Captain Sims, 259 Fountain
Street, Winnipeg.

locate

 

abe

The woman who is ¢areless in
her frock should ever keep on the
dooy of love a lock,

himself in labor and}

rturning

RUSSIANS ARE
STILL GAINING
IN ASIA MINOR

ae
Turks Evacuating Trebizond—
Russians Approaching Rizeh
—Huns Repulsed on the
Riga Front,

(Special t> The Daily News.)
London, Feb. 23.—The Turks are
evacuating the province of Tre-
bizond on the Black Sea and the
Russian advance forces are within
a day’s march of Rizeh.

The Turks

Erzerum to Rizeh in an effort to

are fleeing from

reach’ Trebizond and the Russians
are forcing a movement to cut
roff the Turkish retreat.

Germans Repulsed.
Petrograd, Feb. 23.—The Rus-
sians on the Riga and Galician
fronts are active, They have
seized the Teuton positions at
Olyko and Dubno, repulsing all
the Austro-German efforts to
carry out a counter attack.

Two Taubes Downed.

Near Riga two Taubes were

driven to earth and the German
aviators taken prisoners.

D.S.0. AWARDED TO
WIRELESS OPERATOR

News has reached the city that
H. J. Arnold, formerly at the Do-
minion wireless station at Ikeda,
Queen Charlotte Islands, has been
awarded the D. 8. O, for distin-
bravery in the aviation
Arnold is a flight
‘sub-lieutenant and had:a most
thrilling experience while scout-
ing under the enemy’s fire. His
commander obliged to de-
scend owing to the injuries to his
machine and the daring aviators
a river, the aeroplane
and Lieut.
Arnold was instrumental in say-
ing the life of the commander,
while he kept up signalling oper-
while the machine was
dropping to earth,

 

guished
service. Mr.

was

landed in

over over,

alions

 

 

MAJESTIC :: THEATRE

Tonight and Tomorrew
7-Reel Double Feature Offering
“THE PARDON”

Three-part Drama. A gripping story
of a widowed mother’s sacrifice for
her Daughter,

PATHE GAZETTE

One Reel of War News,

“THE HOUSE DIVIDED”
Two-part Drama, A Human interest
Story that will reach every heart.

 

 

 

 

 

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