THE DAILY NEWS vl Vi a Vil. ah er rIVE HUNDRED per BE ROP es Be Gs, | SATU HRDAY, APRIL 29, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS ARE KILLED IN] SH REV TOWNSHEND’S F ORCE HAD TO SURRENDER—-CRUISER RAINBOW MAKES CAPTURE TOWNSHEND’S FORCE OBLIGED TO SURRENDER Relief Column and Food Ship had Failed to Reach Kut—Huns are Frustrated in Big Verdun Attack. (Special to The Dally Newer) 29,.— General at Kut-Hi- has been obliged to sur- the Turks, following the failure of the relief column food ship to reach them. ship got stranded in miles from Kut- a gallant effort London, April fownshend’s force Amara render to or the The food the river four bl-Amara after to reach Kut. Germans Again Repulsed. Paris, April 29.—An_ infantry attack by the Germans along a front centering upon The several attacks with iifteen-mile the Meuse has been repulsed. enemy made bombs, gas and liquid fire but all were repulsed, The German troops which were massing near Avon- court for the attack, were dis- persed by a heavy artillery fire, Von Jagow Resigns. The Rupert Hotel bulletin says that Herr Von Jagow is to resign and that the Kaiser has asked Prince Von Buelow to become Imperial Chancellor again. Treason in Bosnia. Sixteen people have been con- demned to death and sixty-eight have received sentences of im- prisonment fop treason in Bosnia. — os PROPOSED ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF TRADE \L a meeting of the executive of the Associated Boards of Trade Of Southeastern British Columbia }* in Vancouver on Tuesday, it was decided to hold a convention on May 12th to which representa- lives of all the Boards of Trade of the will be invited. It is proposed to/ form an asso- Cation of all the Boards of Trade province, province of this THE CRADLE Born to Mr, and Mrs. Horace Iu Vernet, at Shan- dilla, April 28. a daughter, uppep Skeena, on WOR ea a a a Ea a RF * ANNIVERSARY SERVICE * * saa * * lhe Oddfellows of Prince * * Rupert will attend divine * * service in the Presbyterian * * Chureh on Sunday evening, * : * April 30th, All members * * and visiting brothers are * * earnestly requestedtomeet * * at the lodge room at 6:30 * * Dam: * * A, BROOKSBANK, N, * * W. G, SARAIRen * (TORR RK Qo To LONDON CAFE FOR THE BEST MEALS rmeruT UNION HOUSE art Bik, Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIES CONSERVATIVE IDEA OF editorial of the clearly Vieloria demonstrates the work which the recognise as being corrupt: According to the the contractor for the Public on Thursday, the for plumbing and awarded to the highest tenderer, Accounts sub-contract heating was a Victoria firm, whose figure to have been thoroughly in ac- cord with the established practice of our “business government” on such matters, of the affair as disclosed contractor’s story, as the extract from feature in the following his evi- dence will prove: “Mr. Macdonald read Contract- or McDonald's letter of May 20, 1914, to the minister of publie works, in which, as the first mem- ber for Vancouver said, he went through the solemn form of say- ing ‘there are three heating and plumbing Victoria be- appro- tenders from firms and Hayward & Dods, ing the lowest, with your val, we will award them the con- traAot,’: Mr. Macdonald — * say, that was not a port of the facts?” “It looks that way.” “And just as solemnly you get from the Deputy Min- correct re- an answer ister, Mr, proving of Hayward & Dods get- Foster, ting the contract?” “Yes.” “Had you spoken to the Deputy Minister before you the Minister on May 20?” “T had talked to him.” mentioned wrote “Had you any of the figures of the tenders to him?” “T mentioned two or three.” “So that when you wrote him that lowest Hayward & Dods_ were.the tenderers he knew there were lower ones?” “He had the other don’t know what took place be- tween him and the Minister.” “What other conversation took place?” “He said he would see the com- figures. I mittee.” “What committee?” “The patronage committee.” “What did he tell you when he came back?” “That Hayward & the choice of the patronage com- words to that effect.” Dods were mittee, or “Some of these patronage com- mittee saw you at times, you said?” “They did.” “What were the names of these public servants who took such an interest in these matters?” “rt don’t remember. I did not know them. They would mention Shinn '? the Price, name of a eee There is a whale of a show at the Westholme on Monday night. First-class bicycle SAL bo { condition at Fred Stork's 104. FOR in A, | Hardware. Times kind of | Journal does not evidence of the new wing of the legislature building before Committee ex. | ceeded the lowest bid by $11,000. But that proceeding which seemed, drove was not the worst} Needless to} | on May 28, ap-|: FIVE HUNDRED heen WERE KILLED IN IRISH REVOLT Twelve Thousand Rebels—Liberty | Hall Shelled—Casement will Probably Hang—Canadian Navy, Scores. (Special to The Dally News.) April 29.—Five London, hun- dred men have been killed in the lrevolt in Ireland. There are a hundred dead in Dublin. War- ‘ships shelled Liberty Hall and out the rebels. Troops | armed with bombs drove the rebels from St. Stephen’s Green, taking four The it is believed that they were arm- hundred prisoners. rebels number 12,000 and ed from German submarines. Sir Roger Casement will prob- high treason. ably be hanged for He requests the authorities that they use a silken cord. Rainbow Scores. Vallejo, Cal., April 29.— The Canadian cruiser Rainbow has captured the power schooner Ore- gon in the Gulf of California. She charter to a German \firm and was en route to Guay- was under mas, ‘MAJOR A.W. AGNEW IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Word reached the city last jevening that Major A. W. Agnew, adjutant of the 48th Battalion, Ih ad been. seriously wounded ‘somewhere in France.” The re- | port stated that the Major's right arm and eyes had been injured; his condition was not dan- and that he was getting thas |gerous, on well. Major Rupert's taken part in the original survey Agnew was one of Prince real pioneers, having afterwards going with J, Fred did much being the of the townsite, into partnership | Ritchie. Mr. igood work for the city, | engineer who laid out the greater Agnew part of Prinee Rupert's water land hydro-electric plant. It will | : : jbe the sincere wish of all citizens ithat he will make a good and speedy recovery from his wounds. FOURTEEN RECRUITS FOR B. C. BANT#i:.. Lieut, Greenhill and Corporal Roe, of the B. GC, Bantams, re- turned last evening from the in- terior bringing fourteen recruits with them, The sturdy little cor- poral marshalled the recruits on the platform and marched them up town in real military fashion. The men looked pretty big for Bantams, but they can be ex- changed for small men from the 102nd. Lieut, left for Victoria on Rupert this morning. new Greenhill and his men the Prince You must be at the grand open- ing of the Westholme on Mon- day. Balagno has resumed taking pianoforte pupils, Terms reasonable, Phone Blue 408. — tf Charles ‘smashed her signal lights, several ee | o = Ol ACK SEA = | | | ae y— 6 | “ o ain a zing: PR sagt ved Meee, sates an’ See 4 7 son > Seen SRE : —_ RY 4 Diarbendir S32 ‘~ Hee Linon, mm TREBIZOND TAKEN.— It’s a long way to Constantinople from Trebizond—575 miles— but the fall of the great Turk- ish seaport will have a demor- alising effect which will be felt at Constantinople and will be followed by Russian at other advances points. Cities which objective underlined. In the shown Kut-El-Amara it is reported today, the British are the Russian are south is where, have surrendered. 2 sends ote 8 “aw =_ SERIOUS MISCHIEF DONE BY YOUNGSTERS have A bunch of boys kept the young busy for Seal youngsters police very several past around Cove district. The have been carrying on a campaign which, in days mischief would of wanton older boys, constitute a As a result the a gunsmith’s very serious charge. of the office now resembles shop, there being two a shot gun in Chief Vickers’ keep- these having been taken frora a house on Sixth Avenue, East, from the steamer Amie, be- Clayton. investigation, police rifles and ing, and longing to G. L, The youngsters also did about $100 worth of damage to the launch Vasa at Seal Cove, having skylights and thrown a quantity of fishing geayp overboard. They also broke into the home of the Rey. Mr. Rushbrook appropriated quite a deal of stuff including a watch, the of which have just bean found by the police. The had wrenches and tools of kinds cached away behind stumps, and seemed to have been imbued with the freebooting idea. exactly what action will be taken and remains boys various Just by the police has not yet been decided upon, Howard Pringle -left on the Prince Rupert this morning to join the 14th C. M. R., and Harry Welford and Donald Crearer left to enter the ranks of the 68th Battalion of artillery, There was a large gathering of friends at the wharf to wish them godspeed. Ten per cent, of the receipts at the Westholme om Monday will “KELLY” ADMITS REHEARSING HIS EVIDENCE FIRST Chairman of Committee Prevents “Kelly” from Revealing His Real Name—Enquiry a Farce. (Special to The Daily News.) April 29.—Before the John J. alias Spencer, of Seattle, Victoria, legislative Kelly, testified that he was hired with committee, a dozen others to come to Van- couver on election day and im- for M. A. Macdonald, refused to sonate “Kelly” right name. He could not re- member the polling places at which he voted in Vancouver. He admitted that he had hearsed his evidence before Law- yer Bullock-Webster before see- ing the committee. He was prom- ised immunity from arrest last Saturday in Seattle by John L. Sullivan, a Vancouver hotel-keep- er who brought him to Victoria. H. C. Brewster declared that the proceedings were a farce when he was prevented by the chair- man of the committee from find- ing out the real name of ‘‘Kelly.” Mr. Brewster pointed out that pers reveal his re- PRINCE RUPERT BOY DIES OF WOUNDS Lance-Corporal P. J. Lumsden, who was recently reported wound- ed, is now listed as having died of wounds, Mr. Lumsden was one of the brightest young men his death will be mourned by a large cirele of friends. His home was at Canso, N. 8 DR. L. W. KERGIN AT SALISBURY PLAIli A. M. C.,, Camp, on Lieut, L. W. Kergin, R. is now located at Sling Salisbury Plain, and is kept pretty busy from 6:45 a. m. until even- ing. The doctor describes the plain as being a piece of prairie country about forty miles by twenty and an ideal training ground except in wet weather. He expects to go on active service but exactly he does not know. shortly, where, of course, SUN AND TIDE April 30, .6:18 a.m. Ht. 3.8 .12:22 p.m, Ht. 18.9 6:20 p.m, Ht, 6.4 Low water High water . Low water Monday, May ist, 1916, BUR PiGOR cha ss oc ke 5:44 a. m. TE BRE Ieee ae 8:12 p. m, High water ...0:20 a.m. Ht. 24.0 Low water ....6:58 a.m. Ht. 3.2 High water ...4:04 p.m. Ht. 419.4 Low water ,..... Tp.m. Ht. 6.6 Captain McGee, M. M, 8. A. Bishop Du Vernet left for Van- couver this morning, While in the south the bishop will attend the annual meeting of Latimer go to the Red Cross fund, College. 5: s who left from Prince Rupert and Sunday, 1946, Something doing all the time Sun PiSOR Sei ei a Bead a m.] Ten per cent of Takings for SuN SOtS.ccsaeceseones 8:9 p,m, RED CROSS immunity was only voted in the legislature on Wednesday, while the hotel-keeper had promised it to “Kelly on the previous Sat- urday, WESTHOLME THEATRE THE PLACE FOR A HAPPY EVENING nwo. > Under New Management =—_—_— GREAT RE-OPENING MONDAY, MAY 1ST. The World’s Greatest Ghar- acter actor, ALBERT CHEVALIER INS “MY OLD DUTCH” A picture of Laughter and Tears, The Prince Rupert Ladies Red Cross ITALIAN CABARET SHOW Will give a complete per- formance of musical comedy, solos and chorus during the evening. Other Pictures, Songs, Etc. NEXT WEEK 2nd story of “GRAFT Kach episode a complete story. 8th Episode of “THE GODDESS” Five Chenges pf Program eekly. A Great Feature Every Night in the Week. PRICES ADULTS, 15c. Children, 100. MATINEE EVERY DAY Children & cents to Matinees. Free Matinee every Friday for Children. 5 e o