THE DAILY NEWS VOL. VII. awe PRINCE RUPER r, BR. C. , WE DNESDAY, MAY, 3, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘RETARY FOR IRELAND HAS RESIGNED THREE IRISH REBELS SHOT --- GERMAN WOMEN ‘SHOT IN BERLIN PEACE RIOTS SECRETARY FOR IRELAND SENDS IN RESIGNATION Augustine Birrell resigns Because of Criticism—London Press Clamored for his Removal, (Special to The Dally News.) May 3.—Augustine Secretary for London, Birrell, Ireland, re- signed his portfolio result of the levelled at today as a criticism which has him the been over disturbance in Ireland. Besides the Northcliffe papers, Telegraph, the Man- Guardian, The Evening Pall Mall Gazette and other papers which have sup- ported the Asquith administra- ‘tion, clamored for Birrell’s resig- the Daily chester News, the nation, The probably the litical publication im London, said Westminister Gazette, most influential po- it “Needs a great deal more in- than at present is available before passing judgment on Mr, Birrell or the other mem- bers of the The Rt. is a Scotchman and f note, He for Ireland for formation Irish executive.” Augustine Birrell an essayist Hon, has been Secretary ten years and did | ithe Italians GERMAN WOMEN ARE SHOT DOWN Vast Crowds Clamor for Peace in Various Parts of Germany— Germans are Again Repulsed. (Special to The Dally News.) May 3.—Vast composed largely of women of Paris, clamoring other the laboring class, are for peace in Berlin and parts of Germany. Twenty-five have been killed and two hundred wounded by the police in Berlin. | Three have been killed and sey- enty wounded in Leipzig during} food riots. Germans Repulsed, A German attack near in the repulsed with serious Harazee Argonne region has been losses to the enemy. There is heavy ar- tillery fighting on the Verdun front. A German offensive which was commenced before Raggasem has been repulsed by the Russians. Barriers of floating mines bear- “Christ is Risen,’ ing the legend in Bulgarian characters, have been discovered in the Black Sea. italian Successes. towns of Crozzon been taken by The and Covento have Alpine following upon the capture of the heights by the much towards the passing of the| Irish Home Rule Bill. He brought ina Home Rule Bill shortly after the Asquith government went into | power but his measure was re-| ecled by the Nationalists, as not} being drastic enough. TWENTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR RAILROADS Italian troops. ‘ANOTHER RUPERT SOLDIER RETURNS Albert Allett, Rupert's first contingent, one of Prince arrived Ottawa, May 3,—The supple- ieantary estimates brought down by Sir Thomas White in the| Hou se of Commons yesterday in- clude fifteen millions for the| Canadian Northern Railroad and eight millions for the Grand l'runk Pacifie. WOR RRR OR RR RR OR ROR Om * Horticultural Society Meets * * Wednesday, May 3rd. * * At s P, M. * * to elect officers for the * * coming year. Mr, Neale, * * horticulturist (suecessor to * * Mr. Tomlinson) will give a * * general address. All inter- ¥ * ested kindly attend. * * M. M. STEPHENS, Pres, * * MRS, FG. DAWSON,V.P. * * ~~ +99 SS OReea eee SOCIAL Re UNDER AUSPICES OF OF nce Rupert Catholic Club sii SOCIAL HALL coeunesday, May 3rc, 1916. ‘ds 6.45 p,m. Sharp. Tickets BOc. GO TO LONDONCAFE FOR THE BEST MEALS STRICTLY UNION HOUSE Hart Bik, Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIES” ‘ithe Germans are beaten. on the train last evening, having crossed the Atlantic in the Allen liner Scandinavian. Mr. Allett was wounded in the right arm at Festubert at the time Art. Noble was wounded, On recovering, he went back to the sustained Givenchy the from a piece of shrapnel, affected by the which was then used by the Ger- mans. Private Allett was beside Lionel Crippen when he fell, and stateg thal was carrying ammunition when he was knocked He reéeived a terrible blow trenches and at a wound in body while gas his eyes were out, in the body and died almost in- stantaneously. Allett was not slow to express his thankful- Private ness in being back once more in Prince Rupert, While in England he met several of the boys who went from this city with the later He states that he opportunities of contingents. had several speaking with German prisoners, many of whom had been in Can- ada. We says that the thinking men amongst them admitted that NOTICE Owing to a large requests the management oO Westholme ‘Theatre announce that that they will show “My Old Dutch” after ‘Still Waters” in the second show only FRIDAY number of f the NIGHT, IN BERLIN RIOTS crowds, 4 BRITISH ISLES The Russians who have French allies on the G snoran- | RUSSIAN TROOPS L°ND IN FRANCE | been landing in western front. 9? ZEALAND IRISH LEADERS ARE TRIED AND SHOT IN LONDON Loyal Irish Demand Relentless Severity—German Officers Promised Troops from Germany. } (Special to The Daily News.) France to fight beside their FIFTEEN HALIBUT SCHOONERS ARRIVE There were fifteen halibut schooners at the government wharf this morning with about 200,000 pounds of halibut. The fares were: Theckla 23,000, Thel- ma 27,000, Elsie 16,000, Aurora 8,000, Eagle 25,000, Norman Sunde 27,000, Teddy J. 18,000, Viking 3,000, Tuladi 12,000, Gil- ford 10,000, Alliance No. 4 9,000, Roald 4,000, Kincolith 5,000, Muirneag 11,000, and Merry Maid 3,000 pounds. There | had been no bidding uy} be | attle. to going to press, but it is ex- pected that the price will around 7 cénts, there being a big | supply of fish at Seattle. The schooner captain of the Theckla thorities for at the joined the strikers, asked the at wharf here, his men havy- ing GOLETAS COMPANY WILL START CURING | Bo, who has. been here for Payson, some time making ar- rangements for the opening of a branch of the pany of Vancouver, Goletas Fish Com- expects to re- | Americ an | days. permission to tie 01 SEATTLE YARN OF MAROONED GERMANS: The following yarn is from the Seattle Times: Marooned on a small Canadian island just north of Queen Char-| lotte four are technically Sound, Germans, who prisoners of war, now face the danger of starvation, according to word brought to Se- | attle yesterday by the purse seine fishing boat Hellenic, arriving from a cruise after hali but Alaska wat- ers, The island on the of this port, in Southeastern touched at the voyage back to Se-| the vessel's Germans had to last three fishermen Hellenic Members of that the flour crew say enough The - | palled by the plight of the Ger-| } barely were ap-| mans. For each German, ~the lvessel left two pounds of butter, | | ibut it two cans of condensed milk and other The j}donated a small sack of potatoes provisions. crew also | They gaye the Germans all the food they could spare from the} iship. | The Germans have a small boat) is too frail to venture out) Queen Charlotte The crew of the Hellenic | on the Sound | waters. turn south shortly. Mr. Payson a sport that the marooned Teutons | has every confidence in the future | said they took up homesteads on of the fishing industry here. His|the island before the European | conipany intends to develop the|war, On the outbreak of the war, | smoked fish trade as well as to}it was said, the Canadian author-} smoke fresh halibut,