THE DAILY

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VOL, VIL. NO. 444.

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PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 114, 1916.

 

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GERMANS AGAIN REPULSED AT V

VE TAKEN TURKISH POSITION

ERDUN — ITALIAN PERSISTENCE IS REWARDED

 

RUSSIANS ARE
APPROACHING
CITY OF BAGDAD

Turkish Position Captured—Kut
Surrender is Incentive to
Russians — Austrian
Transport Sunk.

 

 

(Special to The Daily News.)
11,— Teuton
portion

Petrograd, May
assaults on the western
of the eastern front have been re-
pulsed by th Russian artillery fire.

In the Caucasus, the Turkish
offensive at Mamapatun has been
Kasri-Shiru, a Turkish
position 110
Ragdad has been ocecupieu by the

stopped,
miles mortheast of
Russians, three guns and a large
quantity of supplies having been
captured,

Increased Incentive.

The British reverse at Kut-Ei-
{mara is providing an increased
to the
of German
are reported to be assisting the

incentive Russian troops.

Large bodies troops
Turks.

Austrian Transport Sunk.
May 14.—A French sub-
marine has sunk a large Austrian
in the lower Adriatic.
The transport was laden with war

supplies.

Paris,

transport

THE CHAPLIN CONTEST
WAS HIGHLY AMUSING

The Westholme
night
nee, the picture program was not

the most

filled to
and, for

was
overflowing last
important part of the
itertainment, though every film
keen
third
the “Graft” series, which is prov-

was followed with interest,

particularly the story of
ing one of the greatest attractions
ever shown here.

The chief item, the Charlie
Chaplin competition, came after
the pictures, and the famous
riginal Charlie never made the

roof of the theatre ring as it did
the
paraded across the stage, imitat-

Ing the

last night, as youngsters

antics of the great come-
lian. There were eleven of them
and all did well, though several
Were obviously nervous.

Billy Martin and Tom Smith
had the first and second prizes
livided them, and both

‘imply brought down the house.
Billy's

belween

inake-up was remarkably
ood, while his “shuffle’ was well-
nigh perfect, was got-up
the tramp and also
resented a splendid representa-

Tom
48 Chaplin
|
lion of the comedian’s walk and
keneral movement. ‘The third
ae Went to Billy Postolu who
“so did remarkably well, giving
“ good imitation of the Chaplin
‘lde-step., The contest was one
of the most enjoyable features
"Ver Conceived and young and old
“'Mply poeked with laughter all

the time
* time the youngsters were on
the stage.

 

 

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LONDON CAFE

FOR THE BEST MEALS
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Hart Bik. Third Ave.

BOXES FOR LADIES”

 

negie on the stand,
negie
examined by Mr. I.

Duff.

treme

Gen, Sir Alexander
left. In the
the foreground, with Hon.

BREWSTER CALLS FOR
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

(Special to The Dally News.)
Victoria, May 11.—-H. C. Brew-
ster will demand, in the Legisla-
that

General Bowser institute criminal

lower

ture on Friday, Attorney-

proceedings, under section 160 of

the criminal code, against the
ministers who handed over the
full amount of the monies ob-

tained from the sale of the Pa-
cifle Great Eastern bonus Ww the
company, instead of the amount
they were entitled to, in the pro-
portion to which the amount of
work done bears to the whole
work,

The report shows that the prov-

ince paid to the P, G. B, the sum

of $18,035,000, while the entire
road was reported to cost $48,-

802,000.

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HILAIRE BELLOC SAYS
VERDUN BATTLE WON

 

London, May 9. By Hilaire
Belloc) The battle of Verdun is
won. The greatest battle ever

fought, an action with conse-

quences that will affect the whole
future of mankind
much as
the Marne, has been won by the

almost as

the original victory on

French.

Fop the Germans it means that
the effort on which they concen-
trated the whole of their avail-
resources, for they
months in prep-
which they had
such confidence that they risked
declaration of victory and

rich
able wl

had spent many

aration and in

open
definite
has resulted

prophecies of success,

for them in bloody

defeat.

 

MEREDITH-DUFF COMMISSION PHOTOGRAPHED WHILE
IN SESSION IN OTTAW...

is shown on the witness
F. Hellinuth.
is Sir Wm. Meredith, and further to the

 

BOC dtAH.0-EaeTer

Shell contract probe with Car-

In the upper picture Col. David Car-

stand at the right, being
On the bench next to him

left, Mr, Justice

Bertram is seen seated at the ex-
picture Sir Sam Hughes occupies
Wallace Nesbitt on the left.

‘STEAMER ROANOKE
| CAPSIZED IN GALE

'
| (Special to The Daliy News.)
| May 11.—The

} . ‘
| steamer Roanoke, bound from San

San Francisco,

|Franciseo to Valparaiso, has cap-

sized in a gale a hundred miles

fsouth of San
|

lone .of the crew

Francisco. Forty-e

are missing.

|

| The tanker Lansing has gone
lin search of four of the lifeboats
lwhich are missing. The fifth

jboat drifted ashore at San Louis

|Obispo. Three sailors in her

lwere still alive, and five were dead
from exhaustion,

wife
lost.

owned by the

Captain Dickson and his

are reported to have been
The
North

pany

vessel was

Pacific Steamship Com-

and was carrying a heavy

cargo of explosives to South

America, when the cargo shifted

in the gale. The crew was un-

able to provision the lifeboats be-
foundered.

fore the vessel

 

SERGT, WELLS ADDRESSES
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS)

Wells this forenoon

addressed the pupils of the high

Sergeant

school, when he held the children
spell-bound with his account of
the work being done by the Brit-
ish troops on the western front,
while he also ‘gave a graphic ac-
count of his experiences while a
prisoner in Germany. He said
that all who have relatives sery-
ing at the front have good reason
to feel proud of what the soldiers
are doing. At the close, he was

accorded a very hearty vote of

thanks by Principal Brady,
Brady

Prin

cipal considers the ser-

geant one of the finest speakers

 

he ever listened to,

 

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LOTS OF HUMBUG
BUT NO CONTRACTS

Ottawa, May 9.—Lloyd
of the Russell Motor
was the chief witness before the
Shell today. He
stated that they had a floor space
of 70,000 feet and fourteen acres

Harris,

Company,

Commission

available for a loading plant, in
addition to an excellent mechani-
Both he and Mr.
know-

cal department.

Russell had an intimate

ledge of machinery,

On hearing of the contracts for

1,000,000 fuses, they
General Hughes, who told them

    

 

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phonec rooming - house,

GERMANS AGAIN
‘DRIVEN BACK ON
VERDUN FRONT

Night Attack Repulsed — French
Carry German Trenches
and Take Prisoners—
Italian Success.

 

(Special to The Daily News.)
11.—The

delivered a night

ruris, German
attack

near
Vaux pond, on the Verdun front
east of the Meuse.

pulsed with heavy losses.

May
troops

upon the French positions

They were re-

West of the Meuse, the enemy
is.carrying on a vigorous bom-
bardmént of the French artillery
positions in the Avoncourt wood.
A small French offensive west

Hill
The Freneh carried the

of Deadman’s proved suc-
cessful,
German

trenches, taking sixty-

two machine

prisoners and two
guns,
Italian Success.
May 11.—The persist-
ence of the efforts of the Italians,
under Genreal Cadorna, have been
rewarded with success. The Ital-
ian army, after fighting for every
foot of the ground, are now with-
of Trente. The

Italians have penetrated the Aus-

Rome,

in sixteen miles

 

LIBERAL SCRUTINEER

STOPPED THE LIST

(Special to The Daily Newe<)
Victoria, May 11.—At the Van-
couver election enquiry yesterday,
Ainsworth Anderson, chairman
of the Liberal

fied

scrutineers, testi-
that he stopped the list «
304 absentees which was sent in
by J, T. Scott, the Liberal official,
with instructions not to challenge
the votes.

Mrs. Moore, land-lady of a

testified that

Pearce, an assistant to Scott, en

that the matter was in the hands!|gaged two rooms on election day

They

up with Solonel

of the Shell Committee.
took the
Carnegie

told
could not be

matter
General Bertram,
that the
Canada.

and

who them fuses
inade in
They resented this and-the con-
versation got warm,

See Col. Allison.
continued the

“Finally,” wit-

ness, “Col. Carnegie told me that
if | wanted to do anything further
I had bettep see Col, Allison.”

“T asked if Allison was a mem-

ber of the Shell Gommittee and} badly

 

}

and brought a number of men to
the house. Scott and Pearce were
formerly employees of the Sun.
MAJGR A. W. AGNEW
HAS LOST AN EYE
William Agnew, of Victoria, re-
ceived a cable from his son, Major
A. W. Agnew,

last week. Major

enew is now in hospital in Eng-

land, and has lost his left eye,
while his right arm is rathe
damaged, He hopes that

Col. Carnegie said no, so I said | the doctors will be able to pateh

that I was dealing with the Shel!
Committee, He, however, reiter-
ated the demand that I see Alli-
son.”

They got little satisfaction out
of Allison, but finally got a verbal
promise from Carnegie that part
of the held for
them, on condition that they cou!
the They
out instructions, and had every-

order would be

make fuses, followed

thing ready to make the feuses

within the stated time, and on
May 26th were ready to present
their proposals as arranged, but

were told that the contracts lid

“

him up so that he can return to
the firing line.

been let at $4.25, their price be-
ing less.

“heart-to-heart
talk with Col, Carnegie and Gen-

They had a

Bertram, who said it was
that the contracts
had been placed, as the Russell

offer was a good one,

eral

unfortunate

Colonel Carnegie — said

“pressure had been brought to
bear to have the contraets plac-
ed.” He did mot what the

pressure

say

was,

 

yesterday

that

trian frontier for a distance of

eighteen miles.
ALASKA SALMON
ARRIVED YESTERDAY

The Roald brought into port
the shipment of
Alaskan spring the
season. The catch of 6,000 was
bought at 8% cents by P, J. Sand-
wick, the buyer for the Cold Stor-

age Company.

first
salmon of

There were two halibut arrivals
the Jim Ham having
8,000 pounds and the Hi Gill 43,-
000. went to the Cold
Storage Company at 6% cents.

yesterday,

These

BASEBALL

The Colts and the Catholic Club
meet in the second game of the
Park this
when a real good game

 

season at Recreation
evening,

should result.

The batteries will be: Colts,
Bennie McDaniels and Arthur
Manson, and the Catholic Club,

Babe Fortin and H. Astori.

 

Good potatoes on sale at $1.40
Fullep & MeMeekin.

per Sack,

 

WESTHOLME

 

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“THE OPEN TRAP”

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