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Intrepi
After a Hazardous Journey

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Across the Seuthern
Polar Region.

(Special to The Dally News.)
sydney, N. S. W., March. 24,
nest Shackleton

arrived hit afler

has
the
from Weddell!
of|
Ernest was,las t|
mber, 1914, when

heard | \ . ’ |
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for the

Crossing
ntinent
to Rh Sea, a distance

1.7001 Sil

he left > h Georgia
frozen regions. |
for |

he party has been absent

and the intrepid

that all
expedition

are well, |

\ jetais i the are}

withheld publicafion mean-

The expedition was largely

Scotch Capital, Sir

James ( the wealthy Dundee

facturer who died

Whe it canal

that the}
|

expedition uuld not be carried

f a shortage in the

plions, Sir James

pul up t necessary capital to}

MEXICAN REPORTS
OF VILLA'S DEFEAT

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jat Verdun yesterday,

'Woevre 1

night,

ihe inteaie aaah: "PARTIES DIFFERED ON

with
ling

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HUNS CARRIED
THE TRENCHES
BY LIQUID FIRE

No sts. in Verdun Situation—
Military Committee Demand
Reprisals in Kind—Heavy
Bombardment,

(8peciai to The Daily News.)

Paris, March 24,—There was no

change in the military situation

fighting be
ing confined to intermittent bom-
bardments.

The

 

which

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French trenches

were carried recently by t!

mans, were taken by means ¢

liquid fire attack, Phe French

mnilitary committee is demandin

that reprisals be made in kind.
Heavy Bombardment
There

ments in Arg

wert heavy hombard- |}

nne and in the]
egion throughout

Mal:
the

incourt woods we

French batterte

and
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SALARY FOR M’BRIDE|

Brewster gave the]

his conference
After charg-
“breaking the
Liberal lead-

had

true version of
ihe premier.
with
the

the

Bowser
ivacy,”
declared that premier

misrepresented on the floor of the

 

 

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KINGS’ SONS AT ETON
photograph of
left

Belgium;

is the

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two young noblemen taken together -at
Duke of Brabant, the second son of King
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(Special to The Daily News.) house what had actually taken

San A March 24—Re- | place. PD. PATTULLO SLATED ~ |LIBERALS OBJECT 1

fo Mexican sources have) Dealing with tae iaterview with} FOR PUBLIC WORKS) EXTENDED MORATORIUM
by General Funston | the premier on March 44th, Mr. Sacer

the « t that Villa has been|Brewster said Mr. Bowser had The Vancouver World to hand (Special to The Daily News.)
American-Mexican |admitted there was a doubt as to | vasterday states that ,while Mr. Victoria, March é : A ae
forces at El Oso, The gener: » leg if ‘5 es after], deputation of financial men wait-

’ ‘ rh general | Ub legality of the sittin ifter Brewster, with characteristic I .
ua \ i's stronghold is|/midnight that night. ‘We talked| ; 4 :| 90 on the premier and urged the
tpected to take place today. the matter over,” said Mr. Brew- Scotch caution, refused to predic inclusion of a - compensation

— aia “and so as not to embarass|®@ Liberal sweep at the general | ejause in the Prohibition Bill. No

SUN AND TIDE the government I said I would{elections, some of his followers|decision in the matter has been
af lores to a reasonable extension /are not so wary. They see noth-}announced.
i th, 1916. : 3 :
Sun 1 e lor the life of the legislature, four|ing ahead but the defeat of the Extended Moratorium.
5 sé a ce °AQd ¢ . . Tha apals i . sriels 2
Sun sete . ae Be MT nonths’ supplies and to defer| Bowser administration. The Liberals in the legislature
St elgn eee 6:11 P. M-Jin4 general election until after} go fap has their confidence car- | ObJect to the passage of a bill to
Cow aia. 7 Dy. the May court of revision on con-|pjeq them that they have been extend the moratorium, owing Lo
igh ed ee nf aay +) dition that no contentious legis-|qpafting a Liberal cabinet, the a blanket clause which gives the
OM OUO s 6 spa geaie :9 ¢ . cake fee aS
tea 6:9 a. m, Nation was introduced. following beijag the one which | Lieutenant-Governor powel to use
WEE 0 00 a 0 6 4 mtbin ID ¢ | alithannn : iy a vee
Capt : ' . : a. M. | Negotiations Failed. meets with most general accept | hi liscretion in regard to pay
; . ms 3 : 4 ) ‘OL t s ft ae
ae | “\We agreed on a half holidayjanve among the leading party ments on coal lands, and pu
Big tone ik aan lweekly for clerks and other mea-] men in the city. chases and leases of petroleum
, ions in prices still | ’ ’ 3 + nile
FOIng at home -fur nishing ,|sures, Then Mr. Bowser asked Premier and President of the |*%" °
ale a4 |us ) ld stand in re-|/Qouneil +. Brewster, Victoria. TT TTR
71,\" where 4d a | ( : Council, Mr. Brew . ! ; Aa Everything for 25 cents, See
ar » prohibition measure orney - General, Mr. M. : :
jgard to the pr ) Atlorney enera ayanalle: ke Seniesa Saas
Beef, mutton, hearts, |2@ had promised to introduce, 1] Macdonald, Vancouver. =
ry *le., Midway Market, cor. | asked, ‘will you refer the measure Minister of Finance, Mr. P. Don Pop spring renovating, see the
ner Oth and "raser; phone 188 eo the people to become law?’ |nelly, Vancouver, big values at George.D. Tite's.

: —____ejand when Mr. Bowser said ‘yes Minister of Agriculture, A. D. ‘ Re
ehnenovcorccoveennebeiaientiien Fr then replied ‘then that is non-| paterson, Delta. April the 3rd is the date.
MAJESTIC * THEATR leontentious.’ (applause. Minister of Mines, Mr. J. | “

" oes IHEATRE | “Then Mr. Bowser brought up}Thompson, Grand Forks, ;
Tonight and Tomorrow i Lhe question of proy iding for Minister of Publie Wor! leg. ro aaa ; esthalme " heatre
ee | ‘ : ;
BR : iHon. Mr. Turner and Sir Richard] pattullo, Prince Rupert. ; Ty ‘
OADWAY STAR A . : 3 : yim an eee
TTRACTION } 3 , f ur surprise he i step of Lands, F. A. Pau
“THE MYSTER eae 1 tl ne : hould mnie 2 STOP! LOOK!! LISTEN!!!
’ iat the province shoul , Saanich, :
thadh on v OF MARY” 3 Propose: | ime ni MY Be ena 3 netics cin
\ “l modern drama, ‘vole a bonus of a thousand Provincial Secretary, Hr. NINE 3 ek eens atid
"BLACK EYES” , pounds to pay off the private|Granbrook. 7 | |
uning Comedy, debts of Mr. Turner, give him a This slate provides forthe a $
" ° . > .°
“THe ee pension of $6,000 a year for life}ditional ministep whieh is to bh 3
A rr OE TRAIN" and a further pension of $3,000} areanged for this session by the} 46 Episodes in 2 Acts Each
: “Ne Kallroad Drama ; f ; . 4 : hg Oe tae ek
7 a year for life to his widow in|division of the agri ulture and} .
Mr, Jann 7 ee Bt ae LOOK! LOOK!! LOOK!!!
Celebpat akes a Night Off” the event of his decease, and on] {finance portfolio.
EMed darn Comedy: Ser Se co —| Starting
= vey Series, top of that to vote an allowance
= — v @ mnt to that and that we MONDAY, MARCH 27TH
Coming mM ” of $15,000 a year to Sir Richardjnever cons: 1) {
Great Sesies a and Tuesday, The McBride.” must regard the proposals al | Admission
Selected ¢ he Goddess” and a ni ‘ I do not believe the Adults, 10c. Children 5c.
©Medy Program “T told the premier at once, contentious, :
ore, , F 1d on Poge Three i a
-isaid Mr. Brewster, “that we could Continued on o

 

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T HE CHAMPION SNIPER OF

GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

vai yw, AROUND DVINSK

The
the

airo Evening
following
the

an Australian

graphic ac
work of
the
story be-

count of wonderful
marksman
the
ing written by Private Frank Reed,
other

Gallipoh Peninsula,

Australan:
Trooper W. E,

Australia’s

Sing may well

be termed champion

shot,

was on Gallipoli he accounted for

rifle for during the time he

over 200 Turks. Of course, dur-

ing enemy attacks he probably

shot many more, but as a sniper}

ie knows that over 200 fell owing
excellent marksmanship.

methods were
to those of the

at their

Sing’s sniping
somewhat similar

Turk. He played them

own game, and beat them badly.
His ‘tposy’” was so close to the
Turkish trenches that their ar-|
tillery rarely troubled him, He

distinct targets that his
tacit left to
was trench

rad three

mates. by consent

him. One an enemy

350 yards away, another was a

communication 500
off, the third

1,000 yards

sap
a track in a
distant.

was

fortably esconced in his nest,

ing lay with a couple of tele-
copes foeused on likely places. |
\n officer lay near with another
lescope. So afraid were the

Purks of these unlucky spots that

patient sniper often lay al

getting a

whole day witheat

slimpse of the enemy. On other
Turks (new troops prob-
for They

into view at a bare

days the
ably looked
walked boldly

and Sing

trouble,

900 yards,
“It's
sport.”

them ovep exclaimed, too

called
Locating His Posy.

Every time Billy Sing felt sorry

for the poor Turks he remembered

easy to be

snipers picked off the
the

how their

Australian officers in early
days of the landing,

ened his heart.

at a stretcher-bearer or at any
af the soldiers who were trying

to rescue wounded
first the enemy had not the slight-
est idea whence the death-dealing
bullets came, Often Sing

bag a Turk, and the ¢nemy would}

 

yards

Com-.}

as he toppled |

and he hard-|
But he never fired |
|

Turks. At}

would |

RUSSIAN DRIVE
IS SUCCESSFUL

Three Lines of German Trenches
are Taken — Deadly Russian
Bayonet Work—Activity
in Black Sea.

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(Special to The Dally News.)
March 24.—A Rus-

| the Dvinsk region

| by three armies on a seventy mile

|

|

|

|

Petrograd,
sian drive in
'front has resulted in the capture
of three lines of German trenches
at Lake Marocz.
as a result of the bay-

There was much
slaughter
onet work of the Russians and a
twelve

thousand Germans

and
|machine guns were taken.
Black Sea Activity.
Bucharest reports great activity
iby the Russian fleet in the Black
iSea. Russian submarines entered
jthe Bulgarian port of Varna and
torpedoed the ships in the har-
bor.
dreadnoughts

ironclads encountered

Three Russian
jand three
ia fleet of Turco-German vessels
lof Constana with a convoy and
lsunk them all.
with petrol and cereals.
The Russian
bombarded Trebizond three times

‘and Sinope once.

FATAL COLLISION ON
GRAND TRUNK ROAD

(Special to The Dally News.)

They were taden

squadron has

 

March 24—There has
been a collision at Port Credit
Grand Trunk eastern
Eng
flier,

Toronto,

i between the

| lier and a coal train. ineer
Harry of the
/killed with his hand on the throt-
‘tle W. O. Anderson
iwas also While Brakeman

Ed-

Overend, was
fireman
killed,
missing.

and

Fireman
injured,

i; Ward is
ward Hanahan was

Wi as
the Canadian Express

 

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| Nattress, route agent of
Company,
Alaska to

work in

lis here on his way to
establish
conjunction with the sailings of

the G. T. P. fleet.

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blaze furiously at some of wai a
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loopholes a hundred yards away. | ESTHOLM
But after a time they located him,|% W 1K .
and the sandbags and_ bushes | OPERA HOUSE
around his “posy’ were riddled | Rupert's Popular Play House
: }
with bullets. On ome occasion a} TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
bullet found its way through the |
: | Monstrous 7-Reel Shew, featuring a
loophole, badly wounding a ser-| GREAT DETECTIVE DRAMA
}
geant who was observing, and} “THE THUMB PRINT”

: : ~ | In 4 acts—Thrilling situations, keeps
slightly wounding Sing, Another You Spellbound.
sergeant took the telescope, and} SELIG TRIBUNE °
Sing, -after having his wound | Showjng the World’s Latest Events
dressed, resumed his sniping. Ham and Bud Comedy—‘HAM THE

A Hit that Didn’t Count. STATUG"—1t's 8 : Boar.
i

One day a well known General | TOO MUCH TURKEY”

‘ a oak - Side- “splitting Comedy,
crawled up into Sing's ‘‘posy”’ to ee

; : od 2 eee eS aoe | Coming Monday “and Tuesday, “The
observe for him, Sing was in @)3° piamonD,” Wednesday and Thurs-
bad mood, for it was blowing hard|% day, Hazel Dawn in “The Masquer-

: | $- aders,” in Five acts.
and he had missed a man—actu- 2
ally missed a man at 300 yards.|~
“Ill have to start and learn ;
shooting again,” he said dis- ao TO
gustedly. Just then a hat showed E
on a parapet 500 yards off, Once LONDON CAF
more Sing sighted and waited, FOR THE BEST MEALS
Soon a head appeared and Sing STRICTLY UNION HOUSE
pulled the trigger. As he fired Hart Bik. Third Ave.
two things happened. A gus ae eee ps eee
wa happened. “A gust of BOXES FOR LADIES
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