vOL, Vil. NO. 78.

—_—_—— i ——___

——

1916.

B. c. S ATURDAY,

APRIL 4,

PRINCE RUI PERT,.

— = —

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

 

TWENTY-E CHT KILLED BY 7

N

 

BOMBS

 

 

—_—_——

 

TERRIFIC FI IGHTING WEST OF MEUSE - - RUSSIAN HOSPITAL SHIP IS TORPEDOED

 

NINETY BOMBS
ARE DROPPED BY
FIVE ZEPPELINS

Twenty-eight Killed in Latest Air
Raid on England—One Zeppelin
is Captured off the

 

Thames.

London, April 1.—-Five Zeppe-
lins made an attack upon the
eastern and northern counties of
England last night, dropping

ninety bombs. They crossed the
coast at different times and

places.

One Captured.

The Admiralty announces that
one of the Zeppelins was captured
off the estuary of the Thames.

badly
fire of anti-air-

The German airship was
damaged by the
craft guns and was forced to de-
scend,

surrendered on the
approach of a British patrol ves-

sel and her crew taken prisoners.

She was

The Zeppelin was taken in tow
but broke up and sank in the
river,

This is the twenty-second air
raid on England out-
break of the war, and the airsup

since the

taken last night is the third to
come to grief on these raids,
The craft being used now are

larger than the types used pre-
viously and the raiders of last
night travelled at a great height.
Nine bombs were dropped into
the sea. Twenty-eight persons
were killed and forty-four injured.

 

MONSTER VARIETY SHOW
AT WESTHOLME THEATRE
nine-reel
at the Westholme
including five reels of
“Fatty and Mabel and the
is full of funny situations.
Mabel getting into
serious trouble because of a law
“spooning.’’ Ford Ster-
“The Foreman of the
is also good, “Dirty Face
which
amuse young and old, while
Sheriff of Bisbee” is
reels of western fun and frolic.
A Soul

There is a monster

variety show
tonight,
mirth,
Law’
Fatty and
against
ling, as
Jury,”
Dan’ is a comedy will
Vastly

“The two

Astray, a two-act

drama, is the story of a ne’er-do-
who has gone through a

been driven from home,

well,
fortune,
and is

now &beach-comber in

 

WATCH

E. E. CONFECTIONARY

 

SEE OUR WINDOWS

TODAY

MAPLE SUGAR
ee *

MADE FROM

PES MAPLE SHRUP

THE ORIGINAL

QUEBEC PRODUCT

 

GERMANS FAIL
IN ATTEMPT ON

Desperate Fight
Meuse and at Malancourt—The
Enemy Repulsed Leaving
Thousands of dead.

Paris, April 1.—The fighting
west of the Meuse from Malan-
court to Avoncourt woods has

reached a stage of intensity which
the
Deuamont

is comparable with terrific

onslaughts at and
Vaux.

The Germans attempted to at-
tack the French
Deadman’s Hill and sueceeded in
the first
trenches but were
A second attack on the
failed,
Thousands Dead.

positions 6
entering line of Frenel
later expelled
hill com-
pletely

Thousands of German corpses

are strewn along a two mile front
as a result of the German efforts

against the French batteries on

Deadman's Hjll.

RESOLUTIONS MOVED
REGARDING FISHING

The following is a copy of the

resolution moved by Mr. George
W. Morrow at the public
held Theatre on
Wednesday

unanimously:

meeting

in the Empress

eening, and carried

Resolved that this meeting of
the citizens of Prince Rupert,
presided over by the mayor of

said city, hereby endorses unani-
mously the suggestions and reso-
lutions recommended and passed
in public meeting by the Fishery
Committee, composed of the City
Board of Trade, and
submitted to Mr. F. H.
Cunningham and Mr, D. N. Me
Intyre, representatives for British
Advi-
the

city on

Council,

citizens,

Columbia on the,Fisheries
Board of Canada, during
sessions held in _ this
December 2nd last and that eopies
the

Premier

sory

of same be forwarded by
mayor of this
Bowser, Mr. H. C, Brewster, Mr.
Parker Williams the Hon.
William Manson ,and further that
this meeting instructs the mayor
to request Mr. Parker Williams
to introduce a resolution in the
Legislature,

city to

and

Provincial demand-
ing the government's withdrawal
of further opposition to th
granting of concessions asked, so
the the

of British Columbia has

far as government of
Province
and thereby de

any jurisdiction,

stroy an outrageous monopoly
existing under
protection, and that British sub-
jects be given their just rights

and privileges in connection with

now government

the salmon industry in northern

British Columbia.

 

Bree ere alae cca
the South
snapshot taken by
sweetheart discovers him

Through a
a friend,

Seas.
his
former
and writes a letter imploring him
but this prodigal
does not return, The Bahamian
ws are interesting and instruc-

to come home,

vie
tive. “The Missing Pearl,” a
peautiful colored film, completes

 

 

MR; pono; CC ODEETS

a big bill,

DEADMAN’S HILL:

West of the!

 

 

GOOD LUCK FOR WAR BRIDE ON ST. DAVID’S DAY
sellin g

a Welsh girl in national costume flags

on St.

Picture shows

for in London. A war bride

is being decorated.

INTEREST IN ALICE
ARM DISTRICT GROWS.

last
of the

patriotic purpose Dav id's Day,

 

‘/THIRD PIONEERS ARE
NOW IN THE FRAY

The latest
front show that the

lists from
3rd Pio-
in which battalion many of

The’ Princess Maquinna casualty

brought north

the road and wharf
Alice
has been undertaken by

evening part
the outfit for

construction at

ners,

Prince Rupert boys, including

Dennis and a number of

Arm which | @UF

Mitchell

‘Scotty”

Albert of this city, while the the other men of the 48th, are
steamer also carried about seven-|°S¢'v!28 have been in action,
ty men bound for the new mining So far only one Prince Rupert
camp. Passengers from the south boy, Lanece-Corporal Frank Me-
state that there is more excite- Vittie, has been wounded. The
p ers 1os our k »d ¢ sev-

ment in the southern cities over)’ 102°°FS ° t four killed and sey
this new camp tlftn there is up eral wounded in recent fighting.
here, Te Weahas ee ee ke

: : HARRY HINCKLEY GOT

Sol Gameron, who will have

f tl AWAY THIS: MORNING
0 1e

the

construction work,

charge |

passengers. He

was among ;
|; Harry Hinekley, the fourteen-
states that the work will be start- }
tiatel { thafafter t -lyear old bugler who has_ been
ed immediately, ant iat after the ; i
: : lmaking strenuous efforts to get
snow is gone more men will be} :
es _ |to the front, managed to get away
brought in. The contractors, in} :
: ifrom the city this morning, en
addition to the road and _ the 2 ;

; ee ~ {route to Comox, where he will
wharf, will build a sawmill at the : ong "
Doll Vard ; , ljoin the 102nd. This determined
Olly arden mine in order a} > * cys

% : lyoungster had a host of difficul-
supply lumber as required, |

: 4 ties to overcome right up to the

WM. Law, one of Prince Ru- ;
i ld last minute and even this morn-
yert’'s old timers who 1s Opentin; : B 3
pers ing it looked as if he might be
a general store at the camp, was

detained. However, he managed

having |

iLo get

also on the Maquinna,

aboard and the Prince Ru-

 

i |
yart of his stock on board, M1
: , ‘Ipert sailed with one supremely
Law will spend the weekend in
happy boy.
Prince Rupert on business and
will go north owthe Prince Albert

Best quality of household lump
on Monday.
Charles Vaughan, of the

and nut coal. Prince-Rupert Coal

smal
home tay phone 15. t!

took part of this firm’s a im
around the goyv-

 

Company,

stock north last evening and Mr.|were very lively
Scheinman will follow in-a fewlernment wharf last might after
days. The Acme store at Alice}the arrjyal of the Maquinna and
Arm, which was built by W liam everything points to Alice Arm
Angle of Prinee Rupert, is now jbeing a real live camp this sum-
ready. ner,

Ws Dalhoun; who has been) aires =

 

south for some months, also came

 

LAST CHANCE

north from Vancouver, Mr. Cal-|

houn is interested in the Alliance | moe

property opposite the site of th You have until Monday at
new wharf. He states that there | 5 p,m. to get on the pro-

is quite a deal of excitement in vineiak voters’ list, See a
Tacoma and other cities over the notary or commissioner im-

developments at Alice Arm.
All the men interested in this

mediately if you want to as-

sist in bringing about rep-

district are anxious to see genu- resentative government in
ine work done, They haye abso- British Columbia, Register
lute faith in the future of th at J, H, MeMullin’s office be-
camp and do not want it to bi fore 5 p.m. on Monday.

 

CLEMENTS’ CASH
CAME FROM SALE
OF LULU RANCH

Herb Denies that Money Paid Him
by Contractor was Share of
Dredging Contracts
Graft,

(Special to The Daily News.)
Ottawa, April 1—H. §S.. Cle-
ments, M. P. for Comox-Atlin,
before the public

 

was accounts
committee yesterday in connection
with the probe into the dredging
contracts at Victoria Harbor.

Mr. Clements gave an emphatic
denial to the insinuation of
Messrs. Carvell and E. G, Mallory
that he got $1,500 from Sub-

stated that the payment of $1,500
made to him by MacDonnell was
the first payment on the sale of
a ranch on Lulu Island which Mr.
MacDonnell had bought from him.

RUSSIAN RED
CROSS SHIP IS
SUNK BY HUNS

Hospital Ship Sunk at Anchor in
the Black Sea—Many Wounded
Soldiers Drowned—Swiss
Frontier Bombarded.

(Special to The Dally Newe.)
Paris, April 1.—The Russian
hospital ship Portugal has been

 

sunk, while at anchor off Shatie
in the Black Sea, by a German
Torpedo,

The vessel carried Red Cross

signs and was carrying a large
number of wounded soldiers at
the time shé was torpedoed. One
hundred and fifteen were drowned.
Swiss Frontier Bombarded.

Contractor MacDonnell in con- Geneva, April 1.—Two aviators
nection with these contracts. He iSiiped" hehe on the Swiss
said that he had mever got five|frontier town of Porentruy. The
cents by graft in his life, He|bombs contained instructions

printed in German.

The Swiss government is de-
manding that the “aviators be

punished and that a payment of
an indemnity be made.

 

NURSE CAVELL’S STORY

 

 

STARTLING CHARGES
OF MUNITIONS GRAFT

The allegations of Mr. George
Kyte, M. P. for Richmond, which
caused Sir Robert Borden to send
a hurry-up cable to Sir
Hughes, are indeed serious, Mr.
Kyte states that
panies were incorporated in New
the handling
of Canadian. munitions contracts.
For instance, the American Amu-
nition Company was incorporated
with an authorized capital of $4,-
000,000 and A SUBSCRIBED CAP-
ITAL OF $1,000. This company,
along with several others of a
similar calibre, authorized
to manufacture shells, cartridges,
ete., though mone of them

“dummy” com-

York expressly for

were

fuses,
had any plant whatever,
The

Fuse

Arms and
Company, which had an
capital of $1,500,000

OF $3,-

International

authorized
and a PAID-UP CAPITAL
received a contract from the
Canadian Shell Commission for
2,500,000 time fuses at $4.50
each. Up to March 44th, they
had delivered 6,000, though the
contract was signed on June 419th,
1915. ON THE DAY THAT THE
CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, THEY
RECRIVED FROM THE SHELL
COMMISSION A CASH ADVANCE
OF $1,125,000 AND WITHIN
FOUR MONTHS THEREAFTER
AN ADDITIONAL $562,500, OR a
TOTAL OF $1,678,500, Sip Sam
Hughes’ friend Colonel
implicated in some of the
tracts.

000,

Allison is
con-

VIOLET TEA

A violet tea will be given by
the ladies of the Presbyterian
ehurch on the afternoon of April
8th, There will be a sale of work,
home cooking and candies and a
good musical program,

 

Phone your order or send the
kiddies. We aim to please, Mid-
way Meat Market.

Sam |i!

Big Saturday

AT MAJESTXC THEATRE

The Majestic Theatre was
crowded last night and everyone
must have been delighted with
the fare provided. Mary Pickford
1 “A Girl of Yesterday,’’ was de-
and this great little
never appeared to better

lightful
actress
In the quaint costume
looked
acting was

advantaze,
of fifty
charming,
just as quaint as her
There a dull
throughout the five reels.

the great Nurse Cavell picture
was the most striking feature of

years ago she

while her
costume.
moment

was not

one of the finest shows ever
screened anywhere. The scenes
are remarkably realistic and the

picturing of this war tragedy must
prove an incentive to recruiting.
The life story of Britain’s martyr
nurse was followed with breath-
A very fine Gaumont
news completes

less interest.
Graphie of war
this magnificent show.

Midway Meat Market. Saturday
special—All T-bone, and sirloin
25 cents per pound. Order

 

steaks
early, phone 188,

 

Fresh hearts,
ete., Midway Market,

 

 

WHIST DRIVE AND

DANCE

In aid of Prisoners of War
Fund under auspices of
Skeena Lodge No, 45 K. of K.
Entire Expenses, of Dance
are being borne by the lodge.
Monday, April 3rd.
Admission 60 Cents.

 

livers and tripe,
phone 188.

 

 

°
Go TO

LONDON CAFE

FOR THE BEST MEALS
STRICTLY UNION HOUSE
Hart Bik. Third Ave.

BOXES FOR LADIES

 

 

 

 

 

spoiled by wild-catting. ‘Things

 

 

special,

 

 

 

wa

 

 

aoe

|