PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1916. — SD PRICE FIVE CENTS ON NOTE IS PRACTICALLY ULT MATUM ————— TREBIZO AEST i ND F245 FALLEN --- RUSSIANS CAPTURE FIFTY THOUSAND PRISONERS yILSON’S NOTE ~ TREBIZOND HAS IS PRACTICALLY AN ULTIMATUM FALLEN T0 THE CAUCASUS ARMY’ An Immediate Reply Demanded— Last and Largest Turkish Black Diplomatic Relations will be Broken if no Satisfactory Answer is Received. (Special to The Dally News.) Washington, April 19.—Presi- dent Wilson despatched his note fy) Germany today warning her that unless the attacks upon merchantmen carrying American diplomatic rela- cease, citizens tions will be severed. The note is practically an ulti- matum. No time limit is stated, but an immediate reply is de- manded. The President will ad- afternoon, state- dress Congress this when he will make a full ment regarding the note. Count Von Bernstorff, the Ger- man Ambassador, is in conference with Secretary of State Lansing. The Department of Justice is espionage on two including the If a break comes, they will be arrested keeping an hundred Teutons, various German consuls. aid clarged with conspiracy as German secret The deli- wy of the international situation members of the service organization, precluded their arrest before. SUBSTANTIAL SUM FOR PRISONERS OF WAR) \. Woodland, on behalf Mrs. G of the Prisoners of War depart- ment of the Red Cross Society, bees Lo acknowledge with thanks the receipt of $82.50 from the Knights of Pythias, being the pro- teds of their whist drive and dance, It may not be generally known that a Prisoners of War depart- Ment of the Red Gross Society Was recently formed, ‘The office- betrers are Mrs. R. L. MeIntosh, president; Mrs. G. A. Woodland, easurer, and an ex- feulive of Mrs, Geo, P, McColl, Mrs, Besner and Mrs, R, H. Shock- ey, Secretary ty THE WEATHER By F, W., Dowling. For 94 or 24 hours ending 5 a. m. Wednesday z April 49th. Baromety Fy 6d Gics See 29.575 Highest temperature ...... 48.0 Lowest te perature 37.0 I eernrrorecneronnonnonooooooeees WESTHOLM | OPERA HOUSE Th ~n@ House of Classical Productions. WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONLY SPECIAL 8-REEL SHOW ar 40; The near PRICES, 10 and Be. m™ alvereal presents Frank Kee- elt LONG CHANCE”, 8ix NM rilling Western Drama. UNIVERSAL ' Latest , WAR we ANIMATED WEEKLY , WS of the World = ; NEWS, F \SHIONS, CARTOONS “HE wou ; L Keystone DN 'T STAY DOWN” omedy featuring Ford 5, Sterling, Next fF asi Ohaptin ae” and Saturday, Charile His Prehistoric Past,” Acts... g Ten Frigg el! Matinee for @hild= Sea Port Captured — Fifty Thousand Prisoners are Taken. (Special to The Dally News.) -It, is official- ly announced that Trebizond has | fallen to the Trebi- | zond was the largest and last re- | London, April 19. Russians. maining Turkish port in the Black Sea, and was defended by | army divisions, army and the Black Sea fleet. Trebizond makes a priceless pivot for the entire strategy of the Russian campaign in Armenia and its fall means the end of Turkish rule in Asia, Western Front. April 19. lery attacks are being made on The British penetrated the German trenches Paris, Heavy artil- Haudremont. have at St. Eloi, the raids being carried out by two bombing . parties at midnight, The German bombard- ment of Rheims continues. CENSORED Red Cross Carnival. Tuesday of event of the fancy Monday and next be the lyear, all ladies donating week will iwork and sewing will kindly send in same before Monday noon to iMrs. Frizzell’s store, 3rd Ave., or ithe | Fulton St., and 6th Ave. | lcooking for the Welsh Booth in Prince Rupert Grocery, cor. abundance is wanted Monday and Tuesday. Ladies, this is the supreme ef- fort, to raise money for Red Cross work. Our boys are fighting to- day at St, Eloi and other battie- flelds in France. The wounded must have every comfort we can give them, now is the opportunity to do our bit and assist the noble nurses who night and day nurse men and care for the wounded who have been fighting for us. Everybody invited to help. OFFICIAL COURIERS The Grand Trunk Pacific Steam ship Company have appointed two official couriers to travel along the coast pointing out the various tourists. points of interest to Messrs. Metcalf and Lane, who are now acting in this capacity, have just reached here from Alive Arm, Mr. Aubrey Neale, to Mr. A, H. Tomlinson, as as-~- sistant provincial horticulturist, has arrived in the city, accom- panied by Mrs, Neale, Mr. Neale intends to visit the various parts of his district without delay. successor : Mrs, has sent ecuted piece of decoration for the booth at the Carnival Kanaya, of Skeena City, along a beautifully ex- Japanese of the Allies, It 1s made up of cherry blossoms and buds cleverly fortifications and three Turkish | | The stronghold was attacked | by land and sea by the Caucasian | OUR NEW ALLIES—THE The Portuguese artillery, whic operate with the British in East against ish interests Germany SHAPESPEAREAN FESTIVAL IN WESTHOLME THEATRE In the Westholme on Thursday Shakespearean Festival will be held by the staff of the School, at which portions of some evening a grand students and High most popular The ter- greatest 23rd of Shakespeare's plays will be presented, centenary of England's dramatist occurs on April and never before have his plays aroused such interest as at the present day. Throughout the British Empire and the United States, great prep-| arations have been made to fit- | tingly celebrate the 300th anni-j} versary of the birth of the ‘im- | mortal bard of Avon.” The stu-| dents of the High been hard at work for weeks in | School hav preparing for this festival. The costumes will be on an elaborate scale, and, of the Shakespearean period, and fitted for the char- acterization of the several plays. Under the able tution of Princi- pal Brady many of the students | have developed marked dramatk ability and the concert promises to be a memorable one, and, by mant the enthusiasm which is fested on all sides, the festival ought to draw a packed house to morrow night. Reserve your seats at Orme’s ere it is too late. PLANTS AND FLOWERS AT THE_SERBIAN BOOT: The Serbian Booth, at the Car- nival of the Allies, which will be under the management of Mrs, J H. MeLeod, will have a beautiful assortment of carnations, roses, violets and daffodils in cut flow- ers aud in potted plants, spiraea, Hydrangeas, ete., while there will also be on sale some very fine rose trees, daisy and marguerite roots, ete., and potted ferns, The plants and flowers are of the finest and prices will be reason- able, Now is the time to re- furnish your garden and brighten up your homes with lovely plants. FE. W. Doherty left for Port Al- berni on the Venture this morn- ing. worked out in paper, ay and Saturday at 2:90. ettttt es csessesiceccinte POATUGUESE ARTILLERY h is well equipped, will likely co™ \frica, where Portugese and Brit- are largely mutual. ALASKAN LINES ABOLISH WHARFAGE A distinct progressive niet is the action recently taken various steamship companies Seattle and perating between Alaska, abolishing for all time Hereafter the Seattle docks will be considered in the same relation to traflic as a freight depot on a ‘ailroad and the question of Se- likely neve: altle wharfage will figure in any rate to or The again from Alaska. standard charge in the past has been 50} cents per ton and for several years the people of Alaska have been petitioning for its abolition but up to the present year con-/} such that it with ditions have been was impossible to comply the request, Che Port of Seattle Commission reduced its wharfage to 20.cents and 10 cents per ton but this had no effect upon the situation as no northern steamships operated from the Port's docks Now the volume of business is so great that each company oper- iting its own or leased dock, finds that it is not necessary to charge the wharfage and its elimination ilso greatly simplifies the bill’ng of goods. It is a progressive move and one that will no doubt he followed by various other com- panies operating in the overseas trade,—Railway and Marine News. WELL KNOWN MINING MAN JOINS MOUNTED RIFLES , Hyram A, Stevenson, one of the best known mining men in the north, has joined the 14th Cana- dian Mounted Rifles. Mr, Steven- son is part owner of the Big Mis- souri Group on Salmon River along with the Lindenberg's. This property, which was bonded re- be one of the biggest free-milling gold propositions in the world. lew The reserved Shakspearean festival y0oked at Orme's, tf ET SUE AE EITT® «a a0 ea Ee a cle all wharfage charges at Seattle. cently to the Gastineau Company,|the east of Juneau, Alaska, is claimed to|brother-in-law of George Wynn, SERBIAN SOLDIER RETURNS FROM FRONT There stepped off the train last evening a stalwart, swarthy Ser- little | round cap with N. I, in géld braid jon the front of it. The Serbian bian, wearing a curious |was Nicolas Vukilich and the let- iers on his cap represented Nico- jlas L., the King of Montenegro, in Prince |}whose army the Rupert | Serbian fought through the stren- uous days of last winter. Nicolas Vukilich was the six- \footep who carried the Union |\Jack in the parade of the seventy- itwo Serbians and Montenegrins jwho left this city on August 15th ‘last for the seat of war in the |Near East, and since that date Nicolas has had some stirring A month after leavy- ing here, they were in the trenches jand took part in the terrible \fighting which followed the taking lof Belgrade by the Germans. A large number of the men who left killed, |wounded and only a few are now jat Saloniki with the French and British preparing for the spring offensive in the Balkans, | Last December Nicolas received \his discharge at Scutari and made ‘his ‘way to San Juan de Medua jand from there to Naples where jhe took ship for Boston, jwith Daniel Raseta, who is now jin Chicago. experiences. here were many were move- | along He had many thriil- ling experiences but the least ex- iciting been the ldodging of Austrian bombs, for seems to have which Nic has a wholesome con- The dropped bombs from aeroplanés repeated- never yet They also drop- tempt. Austrians ly in his vicinity, but | did one explode. {ped a few on the ship on which he sailed from San Juan de Medua but all were quite harmless, as far as exploding went. Nicolas, who, though a Serbian, was born in Austria, received a welcome from his jright warm fellow countrymen on his arrival in Prince Rupert and, when in- terviewed by The Daily News, was happy the central figure of a gathering in Nie Gurbich's board- ing house on Fraser Street. The older members of the party were anxiously asking questions re- garding the welfare of their rela- tives and friends in the war zone, while the youngsters cast wor- shipping eyes on the returned warrior. SUN AND TIDE * Thursday, April 20, 1916, Sun rises iiss sk. 5:37: a. m: Bi SOCG. cs hve wesc sce 7140. 2% I High water..2:44 a. m. Ht, 22.2 Low water....8:58 a. m. Ht. 2.0 High water...3:7 p, m. Ht. 19.2 Low water....8.59 p. m. Ht. 6.9 Captain MeGee, M. M_§, A. C. H. Hodgson, of the G. T. P. shops in Winnipeg, arrived from last of the Digby Marine Station. If you want to serve your King seats for theland country see Charles Young- may be|man, recruiting sergeant for the ./102nd Battalion. tf night, He is al} SIR SAM HUGHES DEFENDS FUSE ‘CONTRACTORS Says Allison was Entitled to Ten per cent, for Handling the Contracts — Homesteads Act Disapproved. (Special to The Dally News.) Ottawa, April 19—Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia, in reply to the Kyte charges, charac- terized them as petty partizan piffle. He said that, if Colonel Allison had made a million dollars on the fuses, he was taking only ten per cent. profit for handling. He was entitled to profits just the same as if he dealt in sausages or boots. Sir Sam that the committee had bought transport cars, shells, pistols, small arms and ammunition cheaper than Britain had been able to buy them and had thus’ saved millions for Britain, Homesteads Act. Victoria, April 19—A meeting of business here has ex- disapproval of the Sol- said shell Great men pressed diers’ Homestead Bill and declare. that is the only feasable way of help- The meet- extended settlement in communities ing men on the land. ing wanted the benefit to sailors also. iue bill provides homesteads ‘for naval, as well as military vol- unteers.—Editor.) HALIBUT TOUCHES NEW RECORD PRICE Halibut reached the record price of 1034 cents today, this paid by the Atlin for 11,000 pounds brought in by the Ketchikan schooner Dick and 8,000 by the Gilford. The Borealis had 12,000 pounds and the Zora 1,000, The latter Atlin Company. price being Company boats are owned by the Walter T, known railroad contractor, is in Parsons, the well the city on his way to Alaska. MAJESTIC :: THEATRE HOUSE OF QUALITY PICTURES Tonight and Tomorrow = a A GREAT 8-REEL SHOW LIONEL BARRYMORE Supported by Edna Pendelton Se TNT oe “THE CURIOUS CONDUCT OF JUDGE LEGARDE” Five-act Sensational Drama. 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