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CERIN GERM ANS ARE AGAIN REPULSED AT VERDUN

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PRINCE RUPE) B.

G,, 7 ESDAY,

APRIL 44, 1916.

PRICE FIVE CENTS

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AFTIETH pay OF ee BATTLE SEES GERMAN ASSAULT SPENDING ITSELF

GRMAN ATTACK
MPULSED WITH
HEAVY LOSSES

fast and West of Meuse Enemy
jg Driven Back—Berlin Casu-_
alty Lists—Three Planes
Brought Down.

 

 

(Special to The Daily News.)

paris, April 14.—On the west

Meuse the German

hank of the
attack an Deadman’s Hill from

Corbeaux wood was repulsed last

night,
fast of the Meuse the Germans
altacked our south of
Dowamont, but were beaten back
with heavy This is the
fieth day of the battle of Ver-
im and there is that
i German assault is spending
itself,
Berlin Casualty Lists.
Berlin announces that the Ger-
mans have taken 36,000
prisoners since February 4st and
that the German
the same period amount to 35,198,
The total German casualties pub-
lished sinee the beginning of the
wat amount to 2,667,372, exclu-
sive of naval or colonial
or the casualties of the Teutonic
Allies,
Three Fokkers Down.

AFrench aviator brought down
‘Fokker near Verdun on April
8, while an: Fokker was
bought down by our gun-fire at
Woevre

trenches
losses,

evidence

French

casualties for

losses

ther

AQ uninjured Fokker with an
tnwounded aviat

the Chamy

agne district, the

Malor-being made prisoner, ner was obtained, was made by
— es Mr. Ralph Smith, Liberal candi-]recommended that a net price off
THDERS FOR MATERIAL date for the city of Vancouver, in| 4c. per k. w. h, be made, with a
FOR SEAL COVE ROADWAY |a speech before the Ward TWwo|/minimum of $2.00 per month, the
n reer Liberals last might. power to be supplied by a sepa-
t following tender ‘ Seite . af , :
iC alam , _ rs _ ta pereertne to me ee eee rate circuit. |
f al Cove roadway |premier that the correspondence Ald. Dybhavn said that the

Mision were opened at the city

Coune}| mee evening:

ting last

Ce
ment— Westholme Lumber

Uompany, Portland cement, $2.70 pensivons and salaries to these|,¢ g2.00 was a good idea,

We barre, {0 extra in sacks.joflicials, came with bad grace Ald. Dybhavn, seconded by Ald.
nr \ J. Galland, $4.80 per|from a government which had|/smith, moved the adoption of the
/ tompson Hardware Co.,}made public the private letters of report.

5.00 per keg
$5.00 pep |

Co, ‘7 Beet a Hardware apparent purpose than ibe seemed to be necessary ta neu
a Pe MO) 2 punish Rey. Dr, John waetey Orlwire the houses using power
th, 443.75 7 y Ime Laraber his protest against Or pier ranges, and as all the costs fell
Litt, . : a fir; George}agement which had a 1@/upon the proprietors, he thought
W, Hart, ay "14.25 per M., F.| government of recnt piled . that there should be no minimum
bmn g ‘30 per M,, George-| The case of Mr, J. P. Shaw, the/pate He disapproved of mini-

awmill, $45

per M, and|member for Kamloops, was alsO|m ym rates applied to either light
et hh ‘0 per M, Ald. |referred to by Mr ae nee or power. be
Montgomery : : ded by Ald, /that the member 7 me . i he ‘The mayor thought a minimum
tt ladders ‘ved that the low-|member of the House had arAre of $4.00 would be fair.
‘© accepted, provided}down over $15,000 from the pro- Ald. Dybhayn said that the only

MDDlies ey)
Poties could “© Turnished within

Measonah|, This carried
8 carrier

: > time.
“animousty,

WORK RESUMED ON
ALICE ARM ROADWAY

Mite aia

: hell Albert: pace ed a wit

iv ripe

a Stating that work
PON resun re
16d On the prog

At Alig Le roadwa

6 Arm, the n having =

pte
d $3.00 Per day, with $4.00

board: public committees, = er
boarding with the option of check up legislation in the House,}aged 70, was brought in from
of $3.0 themsely, The vrate|Mr. Smith appealed for the unan-{Skidegate this monning suffering
A aa * yin . .
ginal per day ig Mr. Albert's |imous support of all Liberals for|from mental breakdown, It is
Offer fop a ws , , ar hat she wi ye ’
“Wtstruction, ' work on this the present members of the op-|feared that s will have to be

refusing to make
respondence
Agent-general

or came to earth /ser,

was private and confidential. Mr.
Smith

we & MeNulty,/a

asa came

TT

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SIR SAM HUGHES —
IS EXPECTED IN
OTTAWAFRIDAY; = th eee

 

|

Engineer Admite Excess of Rock |

was Allowed First Month in

Victoria Dredging
Contracts,

(Special to The Daily News.)

April 11.—J. S.. Mc-
Laughlin, resident government
engineer at Victoria,
before the public

by the

from
the post oflice, etc.,
Ottawa,

Who said times

appeared : fo
the above properties. The
accounts com-

mittee yesterday in connection per
with the alleged grafting in the the present time.
Victoria Harbor® dredging con-
tract down the tide
.

. dmitted
excess of 864

McLaughlin that he/¢ as the

allowed an yards of the building opposite.

in the estimate of the amount of

 

LIVING OFF THE PUBLIC

J. E. MERRYFIELD DRAWS........ $175.00 PER MONTH
government for the examining warehouse

 

M. M. STEPHENS DRAWS.......... $117.50 PER MONTH
from the government for
cupied by the Dominion Telegraphs.

M, M. STEPHENS DRAWS........... $40.00 PER MONTH
from the government for the

Dominion Fisheries.

J. G. SCOTT, M. M. STEPHENS AND OTHERS GET $516.33

the government for

in the Federal Block,

 

were hard?
you can afford to pay these gentlemen several prices for
little examining warehouse for
which you pay $175.00 every momth is worth probably $30
month and the landlord would be lucky to get that at

Though it costs‘ a considerable sum every month to keep
in your $95,000 post office
little danger of the hole being covered by a building so long
patriots are getting over $500 per

In addition to a salary as seed inspector,

the sinall premises oc-

little office occupied

the rooms occupied by

You must be rich when

site, there is very

month for part

M. M, Stephens

 

 

GENERAL DEBAIL
Who has left the command of
the French
| France to become military gov-
jernor of the Paris district.

 

armies in

 

 

rock moved in the first month, gets $157.50 per month for part of the Stephens Building

“ on Third Avenue, besides getting a share of the spoils from

POS Aalapeen the, MRyer t87er. the Federal Building. M, M. is almost as aapeedive a prop.
He denied the story of E. G. osition as Sir Dick McBride. .

Mallory and said that he never Colonel Allison got his in one fell swoop, but these

received a dollar of graft from gentlemen seem to prefer a steacy income of a few hundreds

the dredging contracts. per month. When it comes in monthly installments it

doesn’t look so big as in one big sum, but ther don’t really

Sam Hughes Expected. mind how it comes, so long as they get it.
Sir Sam Hughes, minister of
PP PPPS PPS

 

militia, is due in Ottawa on Friday)

 

to testify before the commission

CHEAP POWER RATE -
FOR ELECTRIC RANGES

The superintendent of the light

which is conducting an enquiry
into the letting of munitions con-
tracts.

RALPH SMITH SCORES

BOWSER GOVERNMENT) int on the question of

 

Criticism of the government for |® for cooking

reduction in power

public the cor- Mr. Duncan said that at

ranges.

passing between present power for cooking

Tipnar »y Pre
rurner, ex-Pre- supplied throygh the

mier McBride and Hon. Mr. Bow- at 6 cents per k, w. h, less 10%.
relating to the terms upon a ;
, ae As the wer for ranges
which the resignation of Mr, Tur- As PPOs

be supplied during the day, he

separate circuit required separate
said that excuse given to
the

wiring of the interior of houses.

which had to pay He thought the

the public minimum charge

private citizen, for no other Ald. Montgomery said that it

vincial treasury while in veceipt}pewiring needed would be between
of sessional indemnity, This was|the meter and the range.

in addition to the $15,000 which Ald. MeClymont moved an

from the Dominion treas-/amendment that the matter be

ury. left over for a week as there
Referring to the hard work|/geemed to be a difference of
which falls to the lot of Mr. Brew-|opinion in the matter in commit-

ster jn the legislature with only}tee, The amendment was second-
Socialist}ed by Ald, and car-

ried,

one Liberal and two Montgomery
*
members to assist him in carry-

ing out the investigations before
as well as Lo

 

Annie King, an. Indian woman,

sent ta an asylum,

 

Province.

position.-

 

'PROMISING | PROPERTY

department reported to the coun. | town

& |.

|

 

}more gold

‘AT KITSUMKALUM. LAKE!

Gebhardt,
from
district,
bound

George

Kitsumkalum
that

mining

“reports
to be big
jin that region very soon, Mr.

F,. Law, who represents

has bonded twelve

the

country,

claims at lake,

would | Which is about twenty-five miles

and it is be-
have
worked there that a second Tread-
well is in the making.

north of Terrace,

lieved by mining men who

It is a huge low-grade proposi-
tion with material to work on for
years. The ore runs about $5.00
in gold to the ton, which is nearly
Treadwell,
handled,

double that shown at

and, if properly there
ought to be a big producing mine
there when machinery is installed
and The Thomas in-
terests control a huge amount of
capital and their Groundhog rai!l-
road will run right through this

working.

and as they seem
the mining
there should be

mining district,
to be acquiring all,
property in sight,
something doing soon. ,
CORRECTION
In the rush of telegraphie mat-
ter.on Saturday, we got the Bar-
nard brothers mixed, It was to
G, H. Barnard, member for Vic-
toria, that Mallory reported the
irregularities in the harbor dredg-
ing contracts,
THE WEATHER

By F. W. Dowling.

 

For 24 hours ending 5 a. m.
April 44th, 1916,
Barameteriiscec cakes ves 29.834
Highest temperature ...... 44.0
Lowest temperature ...... 37.0
Rainfall ..... nae bia 3° 4 RERR s 36

THE ORADLE

Born to Mr. and Mrs, H. CG.
Beckenridge, 131 9th Ave., East,
a son, on Saturday.

oe
the |
is | Thomas interests in the Ground- |
light meter! hog

who is in
Lake
there is>

YAemilius Irving,

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|

GENERAL MANCURY
In command of the

military

account of ill health,

JUSTICE IRVING HAS
DIED IN IN VICTORIA

(Special to The Daily News.)
Victoria, April 14.—-The

Aemilius Irving, M, A

 

Hon.
Paulus Ot
C.-L.,

peal, is

Judge of the Court of Ap-
dead.

attorney-general and was

He was formerly

deputy

seventeen years and a judge of
the

years,

Court of Appeal for seven
late Sir
and was born at
1857,

Ile was a son of the

Hamilton, Ont.,
He was educated at Trinity
legiate School, Port Hope, and at
Trinity College, Toronto.

called to the bar of
Ontario in 41880; called to the
British Columbia bar in 1882 and
deputy attorney-general af
this province from 14883 to 1890.
He acted as special commissioner
in the mining dispute in Atlin in
1899, his services at that
being acknowledged in the speech
from the throne.

on April 8rd,

He was

was

time

It is rumored that either Bow-

ser, Eberts, or George H. Gowan
may be appointed to the vacancy

in the Court of Appeal,

 

Festival
by the students of the High Sehool

Grand Shakespearean

 

in the Westholme Theatre April
20th, General admission 25 cents,
reserved seats,50 cents. tf.

eastern |

district of Paris who retires on!

a judge of the Supreme Court for |,

Col- |,

COLE ALLEGES
THAT BOWSER’S
~ FIRM GOT BULK

 

| Half-breed Before Kitsilano En-
quiry Committee—Got Infor-
mation from Clerk in Bow-
ser’s Law Office.

(Special to The Daily News:)
114.—Joe Cole,
|the half-breed who had dealings

Victoria, April
with Hamilton Read in the pur-

chase of the Kitsilano Reserve,

gave evidence yesterday before

the committee of enquiry into the

| deal,
He stated that a clerk named
Boyd, in the employment of the

|firm of Bowser, Reid & Wallbridge

told him that the Bowser firm got
the
Read’s commission of $40,000.
Cole option, in
Read’s handwriting, as proof that
| Read negotiating through
‘him for the purchase of the Cap-
\ilano Reserve following the put-
| ting througt of the Kitsilano deal.
Woman's Suffrage.
Premier Bowser adjourned the
second reading of Jack Place’s

 

lion’s share of Hamilton
produced an

was

 

r}Woman Suffrage Bill last night

jand it is expected that he will
‘announce this afternoon that the
| government will grant a plebiscite

}on woman suffrage at the forth-

jcoming general election, There
jwill be a caucus tonight on the

| Workmen's Compensation Bill.
INSPECTOR
SAW NOTHING WRONG

——e

‘LEGAL

ewes

|

Victoria, April 6.—H, C.
j|nington, inspector of legal offices,
ladmitted that he received $2,000

commission on the purchase of

Han-

|the court house site, before the
| public accounts committee this
e

jmorning. He had no idea that

| anyone would question the trans-
jaction, as everyone was receiving
estate commissions at that

He did not think there was
any harm in it,

in reply to Mr. Macdonald, he
said that it was the only occasion
had acted for the
government in any purchase of
any kind. He supposed that the
attorney-general knew that there
would be
in the deal,

lreal

|
time.
|

on which he

a commission for him

though they never
discussed the matter.
named Kwon On
sitting in a
Avenue store yésterday, He
from Georgetown in
Chief Vickers is in
the

"A Chinaman
dropped deal while
Third
had

poor

come
health.

communication with author-

ities in Victoria regarding the
disposal of the remains.
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