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1916.

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SAPPOINTMENT

 

FRENCH RETAKE LOST GROUND-AUSTRIAN TRANSPORT GONE-MORE SHIPS SUNK

 

FASTER VISIT
10 PARIS MUST
BE CANCELLED

Kaiser Promised Ferdinand that
His Verdun Offensive Would
End in Paris by Easter—
Huns Lose Ground,

 

 

(Special to The Dally News.)
April 8.—Essad Pasha,

Paris,
who is visiting here, im discuss-
ing the future of Albania says

that the Kaiser pledged his word
to King Ferdinand and the Bul-
that the great of-
planned

garian court

fansive which he had
against Verdun would open up the
road t oParis and that he would
oecupy the French capital by
Raster.
French Gains.

The French, by an attack with
hand grenades, have re-captured
lost the

A Ger-

the ground which they
other day at Bethinecourt.
man attack
been repulsed with heavy losses
to the The

tain of artillery fire prevented the

upon Haucourt has

enemy, French cur-
German reinforcements from be-

ing brought forward, while the
French machine guns concentrat-
ed a deadly fire upon the attack-
ing forces that they were obliged
to retreat.

Yy, W. Cc. A. HAS BEEN

FORMED IN THIS CITY)

As a result of the
Burlington-Ham,
recently in the
s Young

clation work,

visit of Mrs.
who was here
interests of the
Asso-
a local organization
n formed, The
consists of Mesdames MacIntosh,
Kirkpatrick, Button, J. McRae and
Peck, and Misses and
\ Mrs. Kergin,
4s president and Mrs. McClymont
48 secretary.

Women's Christian

}
has bee committee

Hudson

larke, with Senr.,

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GI Festival
y the students of the High Schoo!
i the Westholme Theatre April
“Oth. Admission 50 cents and 25
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MAPLE SUGAR

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Special

and Shakespearean
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Sale of Pure,

Fresh Maple Sugar from

the ORIGINAL QUEBEC
Maple Syrup.

We have a limited
amount of Fresh Maple
Syrup for sale. Come
early, as the supply is
limited,

E. E. CONFECTIONERY
ON paR dia iat ak 8 p

 

 

JAPANESE NAVY
MEN ASSISTING |
THE RUSSIANS

Steamer Voviiadoha. | and two flies
are Mined—Speed Saves French
Liner—Norwegian Ship is
Sunk Without Warning.

(Special to The Daily News.) |
London, April 8.—The British
Chatalla, of 5,000

steamer tons, |
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has been torpedoed and the
steamers Braunton and Clyde
have been sunk by coming into

contact with mines.
Colbert

Mediterranean by

The French liner was
shelled in the
a submarine but escaped from her
enemy becaure of her superior
speed,

Norwegian Ship Sunk.

The Nordegian steamer Arena
has been torpedoed without warn-
ing.

Holland Calls Reserves.

Holland has called out her 1917
reserves as part of her scheme of
preparedness,

German Denials,

Germany states that the steam-
er Palembang was not sunk by a
none was
the

reply

submarine as
Vicinity at the-
A similar

German
in the time
ship foundered.
is en route to Washington in re-
gard to the Channel steamer Sus-
sex, in which several United States
lost

WESTERN UNIVERSITIES

citizens their lives.

A Western Universities Battal-
ion, known as the 196 Overseas
Battalion is
British

company.

recruited
fur-

Enrollment is

now being

and Columbia is to
nish a
now taking place at the University
of British Columbia, {Oth
Street, Vancou-

conner
Ave. and Laurel
ver,

The Battalion

officers who have

will be led by
had experience
in the war, the command haying
been given to Major D. 8. Mackay,
who is at present in France with
the 27th Battalion.

made in writing to Major

Applications
may be
R. W. Brock, the officer command-
ing, B.
Battalion,

C. Company, 196 Overseas

Vancouver, B. C,

 

KINGFISHER BOUGHT
FOR GRANBY TRAFFIC

The New England Company's

halibut steamer Kingfisher has

bean purchased by James Gr iffiths

& Sons of Seattle, and will now

be engaged in carrying copper

between Granby and Seattle. The
been bought by

Kingfisher has

the same company which pur-

chased the Amur a few weeks ago.
BEE Sa i ee

Pte, E, H. Maynard,

‘anitor at the City Hall, left Eng-

Canada on the Missan-

formerly

land for
abie on March 25th and is now

 

 

on his way to Prince Rupert. Pte.
Maynard has_ been discharged
from the service as unfit on ac-
count of wounds received on the
field,
Kitchen ye one-third less
prices——Wallace’s,

than regular

COMPANY FORMING chased by Mr.

 

MR. PEMBERTON BILLING,
recently elected to Parliament; w
his election campaign. He has

fence service.

ANOTHER RECORD

PRICE FOR wie

Over twenty - two

pounds of halibut arrived over
all of it in Canadian bof-
Alliance No. 1
Anita,

3,000;

night,
toms. The had |
11,000;

S00;

jon the

4,000;

Roald,

Muirneag,
Debora, 2,000;

Thelma, 600, and the Fisher 1,000]
pounds,

All the above catches were
Bernhoft for the
National Independent Company at

which con-

pur-

9% cents per pound,

stitutes a high record for

halibut

new
at this port.
RUSSIAN BOOTH DANCE
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
The informal dance held in
the McIntyre Hall
auspices of the Russian

last evening,

under the

Booth and in aid of the Red Cross
Fund, proved to be one of the
jolliest dances this season. There
were one hundred and fifty pres-
ent and each one seemed to enjoy
every minute of the evening. In
every way, it was a big success

and reflected great credit on Mrs.
McColl,

worked

George P, who, with her}

committee, indefatigably
arrangements.

to the arrival of Messrs
Harvey, Mrs. Wells
acceptably at the
thei

George

in making the
Prior

Balagno and

 

presided very

piano, all three donating

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services to the cause, Mr. |
duties of}
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Frizzell
M. C.

Light refreshments were
after

with re-

performed the
most efliciently.
served

towards midnight, which

dancing was resumed

newed vigor and kept up until

majority
until the

about 2 a, m., the vast

of the dancers staying

end,

Mrs. McColl wishes to thank al!
who aided in any way towards
making the dance a success, and
particularly Mrs. Wells and

Messrs. Harvey and Balagno for

their splendid services,

 

LOST
auto,

Spare tire and rim from

Finder please phone 99.

 

been

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overseas

 

Reward,

The airman candidate who was
earing his airman’s dress during

stirring up the aerial de-

W. T. DONNELLY SPOKE
ON DRYDOCK PLANT

The Board of Trade rooms were

crowded last evening when Wil-

*’ Donnelly,
‘the drydock, delivered an address
drydock
| Woodland presided,

outset, Mr.

that

eleventh drydock he
The idea of Mr.
structed him in the
to build
take care of ‘the

At the
pointed out

Donnelly
this was the
had designed.
Hays, who in-
matter, was
a structure which would
situation here
years. The dock
built by the G, T. P.

government

for twenty-five
had been
independent of the
subsidy. The financial situation
was such that it was impossible
for the G. T.
arrangements,

After telling of the
had
still being made,

P. to carry out their

efforts
made, and were
by the G. T. P.
to secure work for

which been
and by himself,
the dock, he

tendency amongst manu-

went on to describe
how the
facturers and producers general-
was to control the dis-
This
vas particularly so in the lumber
trade, the Washington

men having

ly today
tribution of theip products.
lumber-
auxiliary
their lumber
He advocated the build-
at this
of the

vessels

wooden
schooners to carry

ing of such schooners

would be out

build

many years,

point, as it
question to steel
while wood-

built quickly
thought that a
$150,000 would

here for
en ships could be
nd cheaply. He
capital outlay of
cover the building of a wooden
schooner and would set the dock

going with more work to follow.
lle pointed out that in this work
the ship shed was a big saving,
as work could be carried out much
more quickly undep cover than in
He took the building

pontoons as an instance,

the open,
of the

George R. Naden asked if wood-
ean ship-building would be a per-
manent industry, and if they could

compete with steel ships for
cargoes,
Mr. Donnelly said that he was

glad that this question had been

 

the designer of

Situation. G. A.

g FRENCH LINER
"ESCAPES FROM
HUN SUBMARINE

Heavy Fighting on Riga and Drina
Fronts—Austrian Transport
Sunk—-Bombs Dropped
In Vancouver.

 

(Special to The Dally News.)

Petrograd, April 8.—A Japanese
naval commission has arrived
here to co-operate with the Rus-
sian board of strategy.

Heavy Fighting.

There is fighting pro-
ceeding on the Riga and Drina
fronts and along the Upper Stripa.
In the Caucasus the Russians have
forced the Turkish army to cross
the Karadere River, *

Bomb Dropped in South.

Vancouver, April 8.—A big gas
meter in the plant of the Ameri-
can Can Works was destroyed by
a bomb last night. The factory
was engaged in making military
supplies,
caped.

Austrian Transport Sunk.

Paris, April 8—The Admiralty
that an Austrian
transport has been sunk in the
Adriatic.

heavy

The bomb thrower es-

announets

 

asked tell
fifteen years ago, a friend of his
built 44
showing good profits.

and went on to how

had wooden vessels il

nine years,
This man went into the business
against the advice of shipping
men but had proven that he was
right, and prob-
ably for

In these days,

years to come, wooden
vessels would earn their cost very
quickly. The timber here was the
finest obtainable for

could not be obtained for

ships while
steel
years.
W. ER,
not

Williams asked if Seattle

was competing against the
world in steel ships.
Mr. Donnelly

the case

replied that this
that the
had been in great
difficulties until recent years,
Mr. Williams asked if there
was no possibility of producing

was not and

Seattle yards

steel on the coast. :

Mr. Donnelly replied that the
coast for fifteen years to come
could not compete with the east
in producing steel, as for the next
few years one mill could produce
all the steel required on the coast
while each mill in the east spec-
the various kinds of
steel required and that it would
be impossible for mill to
produce them all,

Ald. Montgomery asked if the
plant could have handled .the re-
pair work on the Jap cruiser.

Mr. Donnelly that the
Japanese officers were satisfied
that it could, but that the com-
pany failed to land the contract.

At the close of the meeting,
Mr, Donnelly was heartily thanked
for his address.

ialized in

one

said

 

THE WEATHER

 

By F. W. Dowling.
For 24 hours ending 5 a. m.
April 8th, 1916,

 

Baromewee ts os 6 i KES 30.053
Highest temperature ...... 54.0
Lowest temperature ...... 37.0

MALLORY SAYS
BARNARD SAID
IT WAS ALL 0. K.

Revelations in Victoria Harbor
Dredging Enquiry—tLieut.-
Governor of Province
Brought in

(Special to The Dally News.)
Ottawa, April 8—E. G. Mallary,
during his examination before
the Victoria Harbor Dredging en-
quiry committee, admitted classi-
fying 25,000 of material as solid
rock at $9.10 per yard when only
6,000 yards had been handled. He
says that he acted under instruc-
tions from J. L. Nelson, the
perintendent of dredging for the
government, e
He protested against the class-
at the time but was
forced to sign retraction affidavits
McDonald's office. He
reported the matter to Lieutenant
Governor Barnard in Victoria,
who said that an investigation
had been made which had shown
that matters were all right.

su-

ification

in C. E.

 

 

WHAT SHIPBUILDING
IS DOING FOR SEATTLE

With the increased activity at
the yards of the Seattle Construc-
tion & Drydock Company, due to
the big demand for cargo vessels
and orders placed by the govern-
craft,
of men employed at the big plant

ment for war the number

has gradually increased until
there are now more than 1,300
workers 6m the pay roll of the

several departments,
With the
mechanics of various kinds, the
pay roll has increased rapidly un-
ti! approximately $100,000 a
month is at the
plant.

If the record is maintained for
the year, and there are prospects
that a still
the number of men employed will
be made, the company will dis-
pense a total of $41,200,000 for
the twelve labor.
There are vessels of various
types building at the different
yards which will represent a total
expenditure of $11,000,000, and
the bulk of this amount is being
spent at the plant of the Seattle
Construction & Drydoek Company.

recruiting of more

now paid out

increase in

greater

months for

 

Lieut.-Colonel Clayton will give
an address in the Anglican Church
on Sunday evening on “What the
Allies have doe for the comfort
of their soldiers from a religious,
intellectual and amusementstand-
point.”

 

Pedro Salinas, the mining man
of Alice Arm, left for Vancouver
on the Prince Rupert.

 

 

 

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