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ras Gy TURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1916.

 

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

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/ANCES RECORDED ON EVERY

F “OR KITSILANO RESERVE. DEAL NEVER VOTED BY THE

 

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ON WEST FRONT

All Quiet at Verdun and East of
the Meuse—Artillery Fighting
on West Bank—F usiliers

Advance,

(Special to The Dally News.)

London, March 28.—A French
official statement states that there
is no Change at Verdun and that
all is quiet east of the Meuse.
West of the Meuse there is artil-
lery fighting, but no infantry at-
tack has been made as yet.

British Success.

The British have eaptured six
hundred yards of first and second
line German trenches at St, Eloi.
The enemy suffered heavy casu-
alties in the attack and one hun-
dred and seventy frisoners were
taken,

The Northumberland and Royal
Fusiliers advanced after explod-
ing mines under the German posi-
tions.

SHOP ASSISTANTS
WANT HALF-HOLIDAY
(Special to The Dally News.)
Vancouver, March -28.—At a
meeting of shop assistants, it has
been decided to support a_peti-

lion to the government for a Sat-
urday Half-holiday Bill, making

it compulsory for stores in all
towns with a population over
three th isand to close on Sat-

urday afternoons,

In Australia, such an act has
been in force for several years
and has not occasioned any ser-
1lOUS inconvenience since the pub-
lic got used to it.

RED CROSS CONCERT AT
SEAL COVE WEDNESDAY

There will be a concert in the

Seal
"eat Cove school house on Wed-

ALLIED GAINS -
ARE REPORTE
ON EACH FRONT

 

 

 

 

Caucasus—Italians Capture
Val Piccalo and Teutons
Out of Greece.

(Special to The Dally News.)

Dvinsk region and an advance in
the Caucasus. Enemy coal trans-
ports have been destroyed in the
Black Sea,

Italian Success.

Rome reports that there have
been artillery duels around Gor-
izia, ending in the capture of Val
Piccalo with the bayonet, after
six Austrian attacks had been re-
pulsed.

Teutons Driven Out.
Saloniki reports that all the
Teuton forces have been driven
across the Greek border.

Persian Prince Missing.
Prince Bahram, of Persia, was
a passenger on the _ torpedoed

reported missing.

It is also reported that Lord
Kitchener was a passenger on the
ill-fated steamer on his way to a

council of war in Paris.

 

 

BENNETT'S PROHIBITION
AMENDMENT CARRIED }

(Special to The Daily News.)
Ottawa, March 28,.—R. B, Ben-

nett’s amendment to H. H. Ste-

vens’ Prohibition Bill was passed

in the House of Commons yester-

day, thus defeating Dominion
prohibition,

Prohibition is limited to the

provinces whicl have enacted
provincial legis] tion and, under
the Bennett anendment, the
transportation o! liquor in those
provinces is prohibited.

nesday at 8 p. m. in aid of the MAYOR M’CAFFERY

Red Cross fund. The arrange-
ments are in the capable hands
of Mrs, Jarvis McLeod, Mrs. J. B.

Johnson and Mrs. Frank olland
and an excellant program \ ‘ll be
Blven. ‘There will be mu: ‘sal

talent both from the city aud
from ‘cross the Creek, and a most
"Woyable time is assured.

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—

PRIVATE BILL
Mayor McCaffery received a
5 sd last evening from the
lon, William Manson _ stating

that the city of Prince Rupert
Private

; Bill was yesterday passed
YY the

i Nea of the whole and
ie third reading will be
ier day or Wednesday and
i Will be assented to as soon
48 Possible, City Solicitor Peters
wil leave for the marth today,

Ww
HIST DRIvE AND DANCE

ae Auspices of K. of P.
Ogre T

age, Total proceeds in
aid of Ppy

"soners of War fund
Monday, April 3rd,
Admission 50 Cents.
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In a casualy unassuming man-

ner Mayor McCaffery intimated to
the city council last night that,
while in Victoria, he took the mat-
ter of the annual fee of $2,000,

in connection with the holding of

the Wark Channel rights, up with
the Hon. W,
William Manson, and had been
able to get the amount reduced

R. Ross and the Hon,

from $2,000 to $200.

Ald. Casey congratulated the
mayor on his having been able to
save the city such a sum of money
annually,

The mayor explained that the
reduction would not prejudice the
city’s position in regard to the
rights,

The report was ordered re-
ceived and filed,

Hight men were brought before
Magistrate Carss this morning
charged with culting down trees

They were dismissed after re.
ceiving a severe reprimand and a

 

warning,

 

 

Russians Advance in Dvinsk and

London, March 28.—Petrograd |

reports Russian advances in the |

 

 

 

Mediterranean.

 

WRECK OF THE FRENCH D ESTROYER LOUIS.—This is the
boat destroyer Louis, which bec ame a total wreck in running aground during operations in the
seen on her partly submerged decks making notes of everything it is pos

salvage of the French torpedo

 

 

OTTAWA'S ATTITUDE
TOWARDS PROHIBITION

prohibition

Channel steamer Sussex and re}:

chariot along,
“Let the provinces do their

* motion during which

, except to say that the dis-
cussion would be

prohibition

the order paper could not be con-

» prohibition of the
manufacture,
tion of intoxicating liquor during
the period of the war.
» is taken prohibition will
not be much ’ legal enact-
» Dominion government
EFFECTS BIG SAVING which takes the view that ¢
» expression of

As opinions cost

The only con-

Rumor has it that R,
» resolution up

government's
that when all the provinces haye
enacted total prohibition they will

government

 

to second the

the manufacture and importati

measures of Seiicn they pass
the Borden government will con
on the city park on Ninth Avenue.|sidep itself warranted in ¢

that sentiment

policy is one of laisse-faire.

 

MR. LINNELL PROMOTED
IN CONSULAR SERVICE

Mr. Irving N, Linnell, American

government does not embrace the | Vice Consul at this port, has re-
the|ceived notice by the United States

Department of State of his ap-

hoosts|pointment as Viee Consul in the
necessaries fy; Ame?Tican Consulate General at

from!| Vancouver, B. C, He will not,

however, be able to leave Prince

old;}Rupert until the arrival of a
» seems |newly appointed consul to relieve
‘him of the duties in the consulate
the Shell Com-| here, and the notice of such ap-
nittee suits us better.” jpointment has not yet been re-

y notice-| ceived.

Mr, Linnell is receiving the

jhearty congratulations of his
ar Borden did mot open his}

many friends on his promotion to
a more important position in the

} ‘

jconsular service, though all are
sorry that it means his departure

* resolutions on

along with Mrs. Linnell and family
from the city. Mr. Linnell has
been in Prince fop about four and
a half years and has gained the
high esteem of all citizens.

 

surmise, accurate or not, about

‘|represents the warmth the Bor-

den government feels toward a
inovement that would deprive it
of twenty-five million dollars an-
nual revenue which would have to
be made up by other taxes.

At all events the Borden goy-

ernment as a government remains
jstudiously aloof from the pro-

hibition movement, and, on the
plea that it is not a party ques-
tion, allows Mr. Stevens, of Brit-
ish Columbia, a private member,
to introduce the resolution. This

Nilooks like chasing the devil round

the stump, because all questions

with an overwhelming — public

jopinion behind them are party
| questions in the sense that they
jare put up to the party in power
government |with whom it rests to meet them
could then do because when there |}pravely or otherwise, This same
is no place in all Canada to sell|question of nation-wide prohibi-
NO\tion Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s gov-
hardship in Se aie eee met bravely enough by

svranting a Dominion plebiscite in
1898, At that time publie opin-
ion was not as strong for prohib-
ition as it is now, not quite half
the voters were anxious enough

jto cast ballots, the province of

Quebec was overwhelmingly

jugainst the measure, and one
best}way and another the government

(Continued on Page Two)

>

WAIF OF THE SEA
BROUGHT TO PORT

The halibut schooner Tuladi
brought into harbor this morn-
ing a prize of the sea, in the shape
of the 65-ton schooner Volante,
with a quantity of salt and a large
supply of fishing gear on board.
It seems that, while off Danger
Rocks, Banks Island, Captain Tom
Smith of the Tuladi, sighted the

 

 

derelict with her anchors out

‘drifting towards the rocks. He

put some men aboard, took up
the anchors and _ proceeded to-
wards Prince Rupert.

The Volante is the supply
schooner which dragged her an-
chors in Icy Straits during the
terrific storms of the last week
of January, the crew deserting
her in the straits, She has been
drifting in the Pacifie for the
past two months and looks like

it. She is a weather-beaten old

hulk, with ribbons of sails still
clinging to her jib.

She was sighted by a Japanese
liner several weeks ago, having
evidently been. driven , south by
the gales and then carried in to-
wards the coast by the Japan
current and afterwards brought
north again by southwest winds.
The boys on the Tuladi are proud
of their capture and should profit
considerably by it.

Frank Polot, the skipper of the
Anita, reports that he sighted the
vessel first and went on board,
but could not handle her, He
went round the island to get the
assistance of the Tuladi, but the
Tuladi had learned of the pres-
ence of the Volante from the |
dians and had gone round the
other side of the island, and, by
the time the Anita got up, a crew
from the Tuladi had taken pos-
session, It is a debatable point
as to whether the boys of the
Anita have any claim to a share

of the spoils. The wreck is quite C

a centre of interest today, many
people having been out to have a
look at her,

 

FIRE
A house on Comox Avenue was
Wiped out by fire last night. It
was fully insured, An over-heated
stove was the cause of the blaze.

NO VOTE TAKEN
ON KITSILANO
RESERVE DEAL

Auditor Forgot to Place Matter
Before House—Lorne Campbell
Content to Swell the
Provincial Debt.

(Special to The Dally News)
Victoria, March 28—In_ the
private accounts committee, the
provincial auditor adtnits there
was no vote taken or special war-
rant issued for the spending of
the $300,000 which was paid for
Kitsilano Reserve, He stated that
the matter had never gone to the
legislature owing to an oversight
on the part of the auditor.

The Budget.

Hon. Lorne Campbell has intro-
duced his first budget, in which
he estimates that the deficit for
the ensuing year will be $4,643,-
000.

Skeena will get $176,000, Cari-
boo $123,000, while $175,000 has
been appropriated to equip the
new provincial building in Lon-
don,

The public debt of the province
amounts to $18,589,178.

MR. THOMSON TAKES

 

UP SHELL QUESTION

In view of the great demand for
shells Mr. David Thomson, of
Akerberg, Thomson Company of
this city, took the question of
machining and assembling shells
up with the Imperial Munitions
Board, and received the followings
reply from the chairman:

Dear Sirs: > letter
of the 5th. I regret that Iam un-
able to encourage you in the ex-
pectation of receiving an order to
machine and assemble shells.

The development in England
has been very great, also in the
United States and Canada, and in
the aggregate, there is a greater

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capacity to machine and assemble
than is required.

It is well to remember that the
shell is not effective until it is
complete and ready to fire, In all
countries, the equipment to ma-
chine and assemble an empty shell
has been greater than the de-
velopment in the production of
propellants and the manufacture
of fuses.

“ Yours very truly.

J. W. FLAVELLE, Chairman.
February 415th, 1916,

 

PUBLIC MEETING
The mayor has decided to cal!
a public meeting to discuss the
drydock situation. It will be held
in the Empress Theatre on Fri-
day at 8:30 p. m

Best quality of household lump
and nut coal. Prince Rupert Coal
o., phone 15, tf

 

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