VOL. VII. NO, 82. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., THI JRSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916. ——_ ] PRICE FIVE CENTS — I ibrapy 7 (CH AND BRITISH S Ci N WEST ive | | | | | < ATTEN TED AIR RAID ON ENGLAND--HUN SUBMARINE SUNK—NORWAY ANGRY FRENCH TROOPS CAINED GROUND WEST OF MEUSE German Submarine Sunk—British are Successful In Mining and Artillery Work—dZeppelin Driven Off, (Special to The Daily News.) Paris, 6.—The French have captured a large portion of positions on the front at Bois-Carre and of the Meuse on the \yvoncourt-Bethincourt line. German Submarine Sunk. Che Minister of Marine nounces the sinking of a German submarine by an Anglo-French The submarine crew April the German Avoncourt west an- squadron, were taken prisoners, British Success. The British have carried out successful mining and artillery operations destroying enemy po- sitions at St, Eloi and north of Ypres on the St. Julien road. Norway Angry. The Norwegian press takes a threatening attitude towards Ger- many, being angered over the tor- pedoing in the last few days of eleven Norwegian ships with the loss of twenty lives, Attempted Air Raid. London, April 6.—A single Zep- pelin attempted the sixth air raid on the northeast coast of England this week. It was driyen off by The dropped bombs into the sea and returned gun-fire, airship home. A second Zeppelin was hit in the last raid judging from the carbon copy of a wireless message from her commander, Which has been picked up. _—- - CARNIVAL The British Booth committee, who will have the exclusive sale of faney work at the Red Cross of the Allies,’ to be held April 24 and 26-at the Agri- Hall, request that the ladies of the city and district do- nate all faney work that they feel “Carnival cultural they can reasonably spare for the noble cause from now on until that date, sending the same to Mrs. Frizzell’s Store on Third Avenue, and to the Prince Rupert Grocery, corner of Fulton and Sixth Street SUN AND TIDE Friday, April 7th, 1916. PUN T1808 65 i zs ee 6:03 a, m, PUD. S68. ae Tec ae TAT DM, High water) 340-4 4:30 a, m. LOW Water... acne 44:08 a. m. High water........). 5:38 p. m. LOW water, oaks es 11:16 p, m. Captain J, MeGee, M.M.S.A. LOST. auto, Spare tire and rim from Finder Keward, ee S*Pone. please phone 99, Qo TO LONDON CAFE FOR THE BEST MEALS STRICTLY UNION HOUSE Hart Bik, Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIER : ES FOR LADIES ] BRIG.-GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING United invaded In command of States Mexico His command forces who have in pursuit of Villa. is the 8th Brigade. SPLENDID CONCERT BY THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB A large audience, presided over by Mr, W. E. Williams, thorough- ly enjoyed the program provided of the Fort- nightly Club at its closing meet- by the committee ing in the Presbyterian Hall last evening. Mrs. Bay and Miss Brand gave a very fine rendering of Mendel- March as a Mra... 0; - BL; Longfel- Beautiful” Mrs. Wil- liam Miller sang a dear old Irish song entitled “Maire, My Girl.’ A quartette composed of Mrs. Dar- ton, Miss Messrs. Darton and Currie blend- sshn’s Wedding pianoforte duet. Munro’s recitation of low’s “Legend was particularly pleasing. Kathleen Grant and ed their voices very effectively in “Sweet and Low.” “Tilda’s New Hat,” a “Cockney” sketch, played by Mrs, E, H. Pat- terson, Mrs. T. C. Miss Margaret McColl and Mr.Corkhill, kept the ripple of amusement, and reflect- Duncan, audience in a constant ed great credit on the performers. Mrs. Norman MacKintosh made quite’a hit with her Scotch song, “Willie’s Gane to Melville Castle” and had to respond to an encore, giving “The Weaving Song.” Mr. and Mrs, Brady de:ighted the audience with a dialogue from “The Merchant of Venice,’ Mr. Brady played the part of Bassanio choosing the casket, Mrs. Brady took the Portia. The accompaniments while part of were syih- pathetically played by Miss Irwin and Miss Brand, “God Save the King” brought one of the most enjoyable con- certs Of the season to a close. WwW, hours Dowling. ending 5 a. m. By F. For 24 March 6, 1916, Barometer ..-eerrtereee 30.289 Highest temperature ...4.. 54.0 Lowest temperature ...+.. 35.0 eres SNAP Two first-class residential lots for sale, choicest location in town, splendid view; the money. Cash or terms, Apply 84. real snap; need p. ©, Box 665, City. HUN SUBMARINE FIRED TORPEDO AT RESCUE SHIP French Official Report on Sinking of Sussex—Brazilian Blockade Runner Caught—tIntrigue in Bulgaria. (Special to The Daily News.) April 6.—The report by Admiral Grasselt, of the French Admiralty, in connection with the sinking of the Channel that the captain and passengers saw a tor- London, official steamer Sussex, states pedo speeding towards the ves- sel eight seconds before she was struck. The captain tried to his ship to avoid the The part of the Sussex was severed and founder- maneuvre missile, fore ed while the after part remained afloat. after she three a, Twelve hours was struck, about m., when a British destroyer picked up the subma- the vicinity of the Sussex, fired a tor- boatload of survivors, a rine which was hiding in pedo. Blockade Runner. The Brazilian steamer Saldan- na De Gama has been seized off the Orkney Islands with a cargo of 1,200 tons of raw rubber con- New York. was making a deliberate attempt to run the blockade. Intrigue in Bulgaria. M. Chenadieff, a former premier arrested, signed to The vessel of Bulgaria, has been others, on a the along with seven charge of intriguing against government. W. T, DONNELLY HERE TO INSPECT DRYDOCK Mr. W. T. Donnelly, who plan- ned the drydock, arrived from the south on the Rupert to- day, Mr. Donnelly intends to in- spect the dock and return south Prineé on Saturday morning. Interviewed by The Daily News | with reference to the possibility of work coming to the dock at an Mr. Donnelly citizens of early said, “The Rupert must realise that the Grand Trunk Pacific any tricks in The company is, in the very nature of date, Prince overlooking are not this connection. things, anxious to see speedy de- velopment at their Pacific coast terminal, and is spending large sums every day to keep Prince Rupert on the map.” Questioned as to his visit to Ottawa, Mr, Donnelly said that he went straight to Ottawa after his last visit here and laid the claims of the drydock before Sir Robert Borden, while he also interviewed the representatives of the Britis! government who were oyer here at that time. BIG PASSENGER LIST The Prince Rupert this morning carried over a hundred first-class and the had quite a tourist season appearance after the berthed, There were twenty-five through passen- gers for Alaska, who left on the Prince John this afternoon. passengers wharf vessel LADY HADFIELD Hadfield, running the Anglo-American hos- pital in France, is the wife of the the manganese steel, Sir Robert Ab- Lady who has’ been clever scientist, inventor of bott Hadfield, F, R. C., who was awarded the Bessemer gold medal in 19144 Elliott Glosson gold medal in Philadelphia. Lady Hadfield is the daughter of Col. Phila- and the Samuel Wickersham, of delphia. TWO LADIES BRUTALLY MURDERED IN SEATTLE (Special to The Dally News.) Seattle, April 6.—Mrs. Corinne Wheeler, aged 76, and her sister, Mrs, Kate Swift, aged 53, have been murdered with an axe at North, and robbed of $2,000. The bodies were discovered by nephew of deceased, H. S, King. LEGAL INSPECTOR (Special to The Dally News.) Victoria, April 6—C, C, Pem- berton, broker, in examination be- fore the public accounts commit- tee, has admitted that he divided the Court a commission of $4,000 on the House site with H. C, Hannington, purchase of Victoria inspector of legal oflices for the provincial government, Money Bills Passed. Lieutenant-Governor the money The vote for supplies The has given his assent to bills today, totais eleyen million dollars, and includes J. H. Turner’s pension of $6,000 and a bonus of $5,000. COLONEL KIRKPATRICK AND MAJOR BULLOCK-WEBSTER Colonel Kirkpatrick, Major Bul- lock-Webster troopers of the 44th Mounted Rifles, arrived on the Prince Ru- pert this morning on a recruiting and four Canadian mission, Major Bullock-Webster is look- well after The Major made after the doctors had given up all hope of Though ing remarkably his spell of typhoid, a wonderful recovery his ever getting better. still wearing the shoulder badge of the 54th to which he was at- before for the present, at least, with the Mounted Rifles. tached his illness, he is ‘huge sums were paid before any their residence on Westlake Ave,,| SHARED COMMISSION BLOOD MONEY IN FORTUNE IN TURNING The revelations in connection with the fuse and shell contracts let to dummy companies by the shell committee, and on which work was done, have caused con- sternation in Ottawa and through- the country, The Toronto Globe deals with the matter edi- torially as follows: “The lid is off at Ottawa. Fur- jther pretence that the revelations |made do not warrant an investi- gation into the operations of the Shell Committee will be received with indignation by the Canadian The excuse that the Com- mittee was responsible to the Im- perial government, and that” any investigation must be made by authority of Mr, Lloyd George, can no longer be advanced with- out people. out bringing Sir Robert Borden's ministry into contempt. “Documents have been pro- duced and read in the House of Commons showing that one of the transactions carried out by a group of ‘high finance bandits was formally endorsed and ratified in the fol- ‘lowing terms: “‘*T. Major-General the Hon. S. |Hughes, Minister of Militia and most scandalous jever |Defence of the Dominion of Can- a} : ; 7 ada, in accordance with authority | duly conferred upon me by His | | Britannic Majesty’s Government, | hereby ratify and confirm on its behalf the foregoing between the American agreement Ammuni- tion Company, Incorporated, and the Shell Committee, Dated at A. D. 1915, “What was this agreement so ratified con- firmed by the Ganadian Minister of Militia and Defence? The American Ammunition Co, was a June, unreservedly and make-believe company, organized by dummy directors and officers under the of the State of Virginia three weeks before the laws agreement made between it and His Britannic Majesty. Its authorized capital was a million dollars, but only $1,000 was sub- This company, without plant, or factory, or assets, or any means of carrying on business, was awarded a contract by Gen- eral Bertram and the Shell Com- mittee, with the approval of Gen- eral Hughes, for 1,666,666 graze fuses for projectiles at $4 each, and 833,334 time fuses at $4.50 each, On this huge contract, involv- ing almost ten and a half million advance of $14,- 041,000 was made on the day the contract was signed, and another advance of $520,000 was made four months § afterwards. These sums should have been sufficient to build and equip at least four up-to-date ‘fuse fac- tories of large capacity. There was the most urgent need of pro- was scribed, dollars, a cash cash Ottawa, Canada, this 19th day of P MILLIONS FOR MUNITIONS GRAFTERS CONFIDENTIAL FRIEND OF MINISTER OF MILITIA MADE HUGE OVER CONTRACTS FOR FUSES AND SHELLS TO DUMMY COMPANIES sians were being driven out of Poland for lack of shells, and the Canadian factories were piling up shells that were useless without fuses. Yet more than six months after the contract was made the American Ammunition Co, had not delivered a single one of the 833,334 time fuses it had con- tracted to supply, and only 160,- 000 of the graze fuses. Under similar circumstances a contract into with another mushroom concern, the Interna- tional Arms & Fuse Company, and this organization two weeks ago had delivered only 6,000 fuses out of a total of 2,500,000 con- tracted for,*and upon which cash advances of $1,687,000 had been made by the Shell Committee. “WVhy this criminal delay? Who was behind the scenes influencing the Shell Committee and securing vast contracts for irresponsible middlemen without means. to manufacture the articles they had contracted to supply? The sin- ister figure of Col. J, Wesley Al- lison, the confidential friend of the Minister of Militia,"is seen in the background. B. F, Yoakum, who secured a rake-off of $475,000 for ‘negotiating and effecting the contract with the Shell Cormmit- tee, out of a total of a milion dollars divided between the mid- was entered |dlemen involved, was a partner of Col. Wesley Allison, under this partnership agreement, was en- titled to receive a portion of the rake-off on the American Ammu- nition Company's contract, “Was that commission pai. to Allison and to Yoakum out of the cash advances made to the com- pany should have been spent on the purchase of material and the equipment of factories for the manufacture of urgently required munitions? That ques- tion must be answered. [If Sir Robert Borden does not permit an inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee or some other compe- tent tribunal he and his governs ment should be forced to go be- fore the electorate to defend their refusal. Canada’s honor is in- volved in the disclosures made by Mr. Kyte. A group of Canadians appointed by Mr. Lloyd George on the nomination of the Government of Canada to manage the manu- facture of mtnitions in Canada refused to take steps looking fo the making of fuses in the Do- Continued on Pcge Three DANCE In aid of RED CROSS FUND In MeIntyre Hall Friday, April 7, at 8:30 p. m. Admission 60 cents. Under auspices of the Rus- sian Booth. Cards and Refreshments. . which jectiles, for at that time the Rus- 1 pn