VOL. VII. NO, 98.

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PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.

 

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

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L LAW TODAY

CLEVER GERMAN SCHEME MISCARRIES -- FRENCH SUCCESSFUL IN AIR DUELS

HUN AVIATORS

ARE WORSTED «

IN AIR DUELS

Four Planes Brought down—Duel
Over Zeebrugge this Morn-
ing—Conscription is
Postponed.
(special to The Dally News.)
paris, April 26.—A German in-

ry attack in Lorraine has

, repulsed, There is artillery
vhting on Lhe Verdun front.

viators have destroyed

eneu
rrenet

German aeroplanes in duels

\ French aeroplane and a Zep-
pelin fought a duel miles
hove Zeebrugge at two o'clock

this morning, The aeroplane ii

two

incendiary shells into the

Zeppelun
Zeppelin Visits England.
\ Zeppelin the
gland last night. When

Visited east
ist of Et
t rose to a great height
and was foreed to flee.

Cabinet Decision.

fired on
ured ’

London, April 26.——Following a
secret Session of the House of
Commons, Premier Asquith has}

issued a statement that the vol]
untary system of recruiting will
27th. If
additional

‘
be followed
{

until May

ft

| thousand men

have not enlisted by that time,

the government will introduce
conscription,

Americans Leave Germany.

The Rupert Hotel bulletin says
that Americans are leaving Ger-
iny, as they believe that a rup-

s inevitable.

rhe Russian troops in France
ire camped between Paris and
Verdun, There will soon be 3090,

Jof them on the western front.

 

ITALIAN ARRESTED
ON ROBBERY CHARGE

(Special to The Dally Newer)

Vancouver, April 26.—Julo Gio-

Yanni, an Italian, has been ar-
rested a charge of obtaining
ge sums of money from mails
‘ent to local Italians by imper-
Nation methods,

o

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Sixtoon Episodes, each a Complete

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SOLDIER.

invalided home, who took a

These pictures,

fighting.

billet. The

long row

shows a six-inch

converted cruiser.

CARNIVAL REALISES
OVER THREE THOUSAND

The Carnival of the Allies,

this morning, far exceeded the
expectations of the most  san-
guine, the sum of $3,055 being

The
result reflects the greatest credit

realised during the two days.

arrangements, while it also
speaks volumes for the spirit of
the people of Prince Rupert.

Too much praise cannot be be-
stowed upon .the committee of
the

and

three ladies who carried out

preliminary ' arrangements
also upon those who managed the
various booths along with a host
assistants,

and able

We do not mention names, as

those ladies are thoroughly satis-

fled simply to know that by their
efforts the Red Cross fund of
Prince Rupert’is the richer by

over three thousand dollars.

a crowd present as on the open-
ing night and an even larger sum
this of
course being due to the
fact that the of the
raffles were included in the draw-

of money was realized,
largely

earnings

ings,
About
ing mayor

eleven o'clock the act-
mounted the platform

and announced the names of the

winners-of the
These we will publish tomorrow

various” raffles,
is not quite complete,
speech, Ald.
ladies who had
the
Rupert as a

as the list

In’ a short Nelson

complimented the

the carnival and

charge of
Prince
great success of

citizens of
whole upon the

a ’ He als
the huge undertaking. t also

warmly complimented the Indians

 

PICTURES OF CANADIAN FEONT

taken by a

gxives a good idea of the conditions

The picture with the

and a half behind the trenches and is shelled every .day,

Germans only a few yards away.

|
upon the ladies who have worked

tirelessly fop weeks in making the}

Last night fhere was just as big}

TAKEN
Canadian soldier
small camera to the front trenches
under which Canadians
stately the

tree in foregrouns

port is halted,

The dark streak is the Gana-

dian trench with the Germans 80 vards beyond. The gun picture
gun mounted as a stern chaser on a Canadian
The soldiep beside it created a stir by smug-

gling a cat in his sling across the ocean on returning to Canada

| TOM SILVERSIDES IN

Harry Silversides has received

i
a letter from his brother Tom,

the

Tom was in the recent

corporal since entering

ltrenches,
jheavy fighting and saw many men
fe °
| killed around him

and wounded

j}but none of those were boys from |
; McKay, McGuire, Miller, Brewster

| Prince Rupert.
| He has had experience on list-

fening post duty, which entails |

jing out all night in the ‘“‘no man’s
jland” between the trenches with-
lin a Very short distance of the
jenemy, He says there is no night
lthere as the Germans are con-
|tinually using flashlights to |

leate the British while
the

ithe time,

positions,

sharpshooters are busy all

 

They are supplied with braziers

hot tea

on which they prepare

|
lit,
HALIBUT FARES
Yesterday afternoon the follow-
ing halibut catches were brought
jin: The Hy Gill, 15,000 pounds;
the 15,000; the Dolphin,
20,000, the Nellie, 5,000,
steady demand
the
price is certain to

Fram,

and
There is a
halibut
the

around its present high level for

throughout east and

remain

some time yet,

 

on the loyalty and generosity they
had displayed.

Dancing was kept up until
about 1:30 a.m., when the Nation
al Anthem brought the proceed
ings to a close, Messrs. Charles
Balagno, H, A. Harvey and J, Ls
kindly the Metlakatlah
Band in providing music for the

dancers,

assisted

 

The boys get plenty of|

good food and are all fit and well. |

and coffee whenever they require |

BY A RETURNEC

how

are

1

is a suburb of Ploegstreet, the white building was used for a
of trees defines a main road at DickieDush
on which the Canadian trans The road is a mile
The
Hottom picture shows the battle line in broad daylight with the

    

 

E

RECENT BIG FIGHTING

 

(Special to The Dally News.)

ELECTIONS ENQUIRY | FISHERMEN WILL
| COMMITTEE SELECTED

 

PRESS THEIR DEMANDS

In considering the report from

|

which closed last night, or rather); who has been promoted, to lerise,t Victoria, April 26—The pre-| Mr. Cunnjngham of the findings

mier has announced the appoint-|of the Fisheries Advisory Board

ment of the following select

mittee to investigate the alleged/tions submitted by
attempt at plugging in the Van-|men,

couver by-election:
and Parker Williams.
The

Liberals demand

the

Messrs,

that
committee be

com-}

Neil

the

exX-

tended to take in the alleged she-

been run by Frank Slavin in Vic-

 

toria ~on election day and also to

enquire into the

reason for

the

‘withdrawal of the charges and to

linvestigate

|
j
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|

alleged

irregularities

in the Rossland election.
The committee meets on Fri-
day and Monday, and will an-

nounce itS decision

regarding a

}police court trial on Monday.

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MEXICAN FIGHTING

(Special to The Daily News.)
Kl Paso, April 26.

Col, Dodds

have
Both

and his advanced cavalry
been in an engagement.
sides suffered losses. It is not
known whether they encountered

for lbandits or Carranzistas.

DRYDOCK SUGGESTION

There is a suggestion

afoot

that fifty ¢itizens, in order to get

the
contribute

work started at
should each
the

shipbuilding

wards founding of a

company

local

with the

idea of building a wooden lumbe:

carrier along the tines laid

by Mr, Donnelly recently.

down

Here

is an opportunity to do some real

solid boosting for the town.
don't all speak at once,

Now

the resolu-
local
council last
detailed

prepared by the combined fisher-

in connection with
fisher-
the

brought

night
down a report
lies committees of the city coun-
cil,Board of Trade

the

and. citizens,

in which various | matters

which the board had refused to
have altered were gone into in

j}detail, with a view to submitting
itiem to J. D.

of marine and fisheries, the pre-

Hazen, minister
miep and the leader of the oppo-
sition.

Ald. Montgomery explained that
the report was in the form of an
explanation of their demands,
going more fully into detail than
the first instance.

He explained the advantages of

was done in
the abolishing of the boat-rating,
the permitting of the use of gaso-
line boats in salmon fishing, ete.
On the motion of Ald. Dybhavn,
seconded by Ald. MeClymont, the
report adopted and will be
immediatély prepared for sub-
mission to Ottawa and Victoria.

was

SIDEWALK ENQUIRY

At) the council
letter from F. W,

last night a

Chandler was

drydock,/read in which he pointed out that

$500 to-

he had been charged with local

jimprovement taxes covering a

four-foot side-walk on Claude St.
and

Seventh had

never been laid down. Personally,

Avenue, which
he would prefer that a plank road-
way be laid at this point. The
matter was referred to the board
of works,

 

REVOLUTION ON
SMALL SCALE IN
CITY OF DUBLIN

Rebels Seize buildings—Acting in
Conjunction with the German
Raiders—Casement is in
Tower of London.

 

(Special to The Dally News.)

Lonuon, April 26—Dublin is
under martial law today. The

greater part of southern Ireland

 

lis undep” military control, follow-
jing an attempt by the members
jof the Sinn Fein society to start
la revolution.

Revolutionists captured Dublin
post office and adjacent houses
and buildings in four other parts
of the city. In the fighting which
followed the occupation of these
buildings, three officers, five sol-
diers and two of the police force
killed, The

rebels unknown.

casualties of

anise

the are
Troops Arriving.

Troops and machine guns are

The eut-

planned in conjjunc-

the

ning exploit which was frustrated

 

atreee on the scene.
| bre ak was
| with German

tion gun-run-

yesterday.

Sir Roger Casement is confined
in the of London and it
is expected that he wiil charged

Tower

with high treason.
The Naval Raid.
The attack on Lowestoft by

German cruisers is believed to
have been intended to distract at-
tention from affairsin Ireland and
to assist the conspirators to carry
out their schemes. j

All the British ships have re-
The extent of the
injury to the German vessels is

The British casualties

tunned safely,

unknown,

were twenty wounded and none
killed.
PORT ESSINGTON

RED CROSS DANCE

The ladies of Port Essington,
who are ever to the front in Red
Cross and other patriotic work,
held a most enjoyable dance on
Monday evening to raise funds
for the purchase of wool ete., with
which to make supplies for the
soldiers. Everybody along the
river was present and a thorough-
ly good time was had by all. The

sum of 843 was realised.
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Mitchell Albert wants men for
Alice Arm, This is the last op-
portunity. Boat leaves Friday.

 

 

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