SS vOL VII. NGEmes : : PRINCE RUPERT, B. c, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1916. PRICE. FIVE CENTS — ~—— = SS ih ry 1) i u HN r & a \ | “we | NAVAL L ENCOUNTER OFF BELGIUM--THE LANCASHIRES MINE GERMAN TRENCHES GRAND DUKE IS FORGING AHEAD TOWARD BAGDAD Turkish Army Driven From Row- anduz Region—Attack and Counter Attack on the Eastern Front. The Dally News.) Petrograd, May 17.—The Rus- sian forces which recently drove the Turks from the Rowanduz re- vion continue to make progress westward and are steadily draw- Bagdad railroad. Special to ing nearer the It is believed that the Duke completely outwitted the Turks, who are led by Ger- man officers, and that the Turkish army compelled General Townshend to surrender, forced to yield to the Russians. Turkish Appeal. Athens, May 17.—Enver Grand has which will be Pasha, work, it wa the B Steve finest gun in the but that for active s not nearly so usef ritish weapon. Win world foi SMALL BOY SENT TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL |,,, tonaik, the el GENERAL ALDERSON HAS Pry ‘| CONDEMNED ROSS RIFLE * (Spectal to The Da ew Ottawa, Ma 17 (ene! derson, who lately retire f the command of the Canad Expeditionary Force in Flanders condemns the Ross rifle active service weapon parison with the Lee-Infield 1 which is used by the Brit troops, General Alderson clain that after a thorough test ha been completed, it was found that the hands of the’ soldiers used the Ross weapon were ble: ing, It has been contended by r¢ fle | experts that the Ross rifle is the ‘ ul even. the Turkish dictator, has appealed year-old boy, who with two others to the Kaiser for men and muni- tions to help block the Russian The Turk- the Kaiser that German hopes of the com- advance upon Bagdad. ish message warns mercial conquest of Mesopotamia crushed if the Muscovites Bagdad. Eastern Front. Germans on the eastern Dvinsk Vilna, advanced Russian trenches Dolje, driven will be capture front, and cap- belween tured near Lake but were terday stealiu power rhe trol, a to the ouvel police Magis aftern iz a We spectacles fr boat. boy's nd the Indust lately, trate MecMullin oon on a chal atch, ci om parents stated he was entirely beyond their magistrate sen rial School in was bre has been causing so much trouble to the before rught yes- aR Val for a period of two yeat back upon their former positions |GemmaNs PREPARING by a Russian counter-attack, Armenians Suffering. York, May 17.—There is suffering the Turkey, and Hundreds are dying New ntanse amongst Armenians in Persia Syria. daily from starvation. THREE HUNDRED KILLED IN GERMAN FOOD RIOTS London, May 16,—Unprecedent- ed food riots occurred in Mann- heim, Germany, last Saturday, ac- cording to the Exchange Tele- graph’s Geneva correspondent, rhe guns into play to quell the mobs military brought machine and 300 persons were killed or wounded, Fugitives from Mann- heim arrived at Basle, Switzer- ‘and, with the story, the corres- pondent wired. NOTICE TO MARINERS Mariners plying in the vicinity »of the North Ghennel, Queen Charlotte Sound, are warned to } ‘ep a lookout for a raft of logs adrift near Browning Island ‘bout one mile from the Mainland In the North Channel, on Sunday, April 8rd, when in tow of the tug B.C , the raft broke adrift. i ‘ontains approximately 500,000 feet and is about 60 feet wide by feet long, standing 16 feet high, tf. ; Boy 100 : svuboraasiiay ao TO LONDONCAFE FOR THE BEST MEALS STRICTLY UNION HOUSE Hart Bik. Third Ave. {BOXES FOR LADIES New hagen says: “Th combi again terday is dey pureh Lyd to the New cook a £00 Dat 24th. 1.00. tary f today.’ FOR Yi rk, despa e German ned lat st the R according to reports ¢ orces are ATTACK ON F May 16. A Co tch to naval and preparing 1d and sea ussian port of urrent Fred Wells from Surf eloping ase, ia Luther been giving trouble were yesterday ir homes. to Port Simpson and the Metlaka Everybody 1s going troupe tonight, Bet d seat. we al Four-piece Ladies the the Jour: iyi atltac tiga here RUPERT SWIMMING CLUB All members and those wishing to become members, will pleas¢ attend a general meeting to be held on Friday, May 49th, alt 8 o'clock p, m., in the oflice of thi Secretary, No. 327 2nd Avenu for the purpose of electing office for the year 1916. ED. H. MORTIMER, Secretary arrived in town yes Inlet, whe property adjo and Chr to the p ordered to vr The former tlah. at the Westl ter go early One Auditorium orchestet, free, to heap re he nine the ‘Tonopah-Belmont Mines, Fred was one of the original holdet of this property and still holds an interest under the terms Oo istine Auriol, two Indian girls who have olice, evurn L£oes latter to the 1olme and -get show only. May Gents 120 SAILORS FACE TERRIFIC GALE. IN OPEN BOATS inhuman Conduct of German Sub- marine Commanders—Crew Turned Adrift and Left to Their Fate. ial to The “ppool, May 47. llinsf of the which a German Daily News.) Chief Of- sritish ship the submarine, { ate, was sunk in Atlantic by eat he yesterday. He Li erpool protested against the the e commanders in setting o| | i 1 conduct of German iu a rift in boats open fui 1 terrific gale with a high The boat drifted for forty-five ‘a running. in which Was, dangerous before it British hours under the most qd trving conditions was picked up by the Naval Encounter, London, May 17.—An encounter took place yesterday off the Bel- gian coast between flotillas of German and British torpedo boat destroyers. After a short engage- t. the German vessels with- their ports. The British sustained no casualties. in the Casement’s Trial. Sip Rog Casement, who 1s cl ced th high treason, will vy t y the decision of the te in regard to his trial. It expected that he will come 1 judge and jury in the or} or the capital { arge CATHOLIC GLUB BOYS TAKE THIRD BALL GAME , beautiful weather, and before yuit i large gathering of spec- ta s, the Catholie Club boys last night defeated the Colts in the third game of the local baseball league, by 7 runs to 4. The game was the most ex- ed this season, the seeping well togethe throughout. Jack Keefe made the hit of the game, driving a beauty to the rock pile, The Colts for the first time in the series had to bring on a second pitcher, Bennie McDaniels relieving J. Grey. It is up to the C, C.’s to take the next game making things all square, with lots of keen ball to follow. Arthur Mansohf caught for the Colts and Harry Astor! for the C. C.’s, while Babe Fortin again pitehed for the latter. Gaplain Gilmore is being asked by his friends if he has been at the front. Cap was good enough to assist someone to roll up a drum of gasoline when the drum skidded, doing quite serious dam- age to the captain’s head, neces- sitating a few stitches, POUND—A batting eye, only slightly used, Looks like a major leagruer's., Owner can have same Dy paying for this ad, Jack Keefe, Dominion Baths. The Callies will hold a football W HY VON KLUCK dane LED -BEFORE PARIS in the course of his recently- nt in an Aeroplane,’ Mr. Ralph Pulitzer, American correspon- dent, atcount an introduces a new theory to Von Kluck’s fatal mistake that led to his undoing at the Marne and the collapse of Germany's great sweep on Paris. for ‘Why did not Von Kluck march when he had _ the IT asked the officer who silting on one side of me, he replied. *‘In 1913 Kriegsspiel (great man- in Germany the theoreti- on Paris chance?” was ‘I will tell’ you,” the evVTesS cal invasion of France by the at- the manded the right wing, Kluck com- precisely did in the actual invasion. in these manoeuvres he came to in his advance where he had to choose between attacking Paris and swinging past Paris in pursuit of the enemy. manoeuvres Von as he a point “He decided to attack Paris. The verdict of the board of gen- erals who were judging the man™ contained the severest kind of arraignment of Von Kluck violated the cardinal | German military | oeuvres for having principle of strategy by allowing a mere geo- graphical point to divert him the of German generalship—the en- from one paramount object emy’s army. We actually possess a copy of this official reprimand, there is noth- for tout s’achete ne that money will not buy,) you} know, “Now, when little over one year later Von Kluck in actual warfare came face to face with precisely | the same choice of alternatives, with the previous year’s censure still stingingly fresh in mind, he ignored Paris and followed the enemy army.” WHIST MATCH the meeting of the Odd- last petition between the the Knights of Pythias the Oddfellows A return game After fellows a whist com- Oddfellows night, and was played, in which were the y ictors. will be played on June 44th. NOTICE The management of the West” holme Theatre announce that, for the benefit of those who did not ee it, they will show “Graft” in the second show only, Thursday night. CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT The shortly 1ew telephone directory. city will issue a Any de- sired changes in name, number, or address, please notify the Su- perintendent of Telephones it before June ist, 1916, writing The Oddfellows, at their regu- lar meeting last night, appointed W. G. Barrie and $8, V. Cox as representatives of the local lodge at the Grand Lodge to be held in Vancouver on June 44th. Baptist Church, Friday, 19th, 3 to 6 p,m. Afternoon tea, 10 cents. practice at 6:30 this evening. Sale of home cooking and aprons. published war volume, “Over the with the evidence given before tacking armies was precisely the! same advance as in actual fact they made the following year. In BORDEN WHITE AND The Toronto Globe, in dealing the Ht was shown clearly that the com- oe was directly responsible to Shell Commission, in which ithe Canadian government, pub- lishes the following extract from speeches of Sir Robert Borden, Sir Thomas White and Lord Cur- zon: Sir Robert Borden (Hansard, March 7). My. Right Honorable friend (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) told us this (Shell) Committee never measured up to the task which set before its that it abso- lutely failed in attempt to the industries of this for the production of that its work has been | was its organize country munitions; a disgrace to the people of Can- and that it has never given any satisfaction from first to last, I will that you could not select any six men in this either or the other who would have made ada, venture to say house from one side CURZON COMPARED LANCASHIRES EXPLODE MINES AND SEIZE LINE Successful Ending to British Sap- ping Operations—Artiliery ~ ‘Fighting on Verdun Front. (Special to The Daily News.) May 17.—On the Vimy on the British portion of London, ridge, the western front, the Lancashire Fusiliers exploded several mines and seized two hundred and fifty yards of the forward line, inflicting very heavy casu-_ alties upon the Germans. Verdun Front. artillery fighting con- and France. The fighting is especially severe in the vicinity enemy's Heavy tinues in Belgium of Dixmude and St. Georges, on the British part of the jine and at Avoncourt wood, Hill 304 and Le Mort Homme, (Deadman’s Hill) northwest of fewer mistakes in the conduct of compelled to carry on. I say this further, that I believe as few mis- takes were made in Canada as in the organization of commercial industry for the munitions of war. Thomas White (Hansard, March 28, after the Kyte disclos- He Wilfrid Laurier Sir ures Sir jsays that this (Shell) Committee | is a committee of this govern- | , ment. Mr. Speaker, there cannot} be responsibility unless there is| authority. It is true that this} Shell Committee was named by this government, but it is also | true that this Shell Committee | was agent of the ete ‘Gov- | ernment, It acted under tions from the Imperial Govern- ment, It authority to take any give unless with the approval or upon the instructions of the Imperial Government. Lord Curzon House of Lords). system adopted by the War Oftice nstruc- had no steps or any order the British In Canada the (in gigantic operations such as the | Shell Committee were eventually tr any other part of the Empire in} production of | /ENGINEER MINES ARE | gineer Verdun, Austrian Claims. Vienna claims that the Austrian southwest of Trente, in the southern Tyrol, have captur- ed Italian trenches, taking 2,500 oops prisoners, including ~65_ officers along with seven guns and eleven jmachine guns. SHOWING WELL AT DEPTH Captain who holds a controlling interest in the En- claims in the Atlin district, paid a visit to the drydock yesterday afternoon and Alexander, Group of was greatly impressed with the plant, Captain Alexander reports that | the Engineer mine is making good | progress, showing good values at lthe 200-foot level, with improve- ment at depth. The ore is free milling and the company has a stamp mill installed on the prop- erty. HALIBUT ARRIVALS Halibut remains” around 6% this: they have made their orders from an early date, through the Canadian Govern- treating the Canadian Govy- their of munitions of has been ment, ernment in fact as agent, for the supply war. “CHARLIE CHAPLIN” AGAIN FRIDAY AT WESTHOLME There was a large audience at the Westholme last evening to see Charlie Chaplin in ‘“The Mix Up’ and all enjoyed the fun heartily, In order that all may have an oportunity of seeing those four reels of laughter, “The Mix Up” will be shown at the second show on Friday. For the benefit of all who did not see “Graft” on Monday, the fourth episode of this great series will be screened at the second show on Thursday evening. To- night the Westholme will be in the hands of Prince Rupert's coon jtroupe, cents, this price being jterday by H. O, paid yes- Roberts of the Pacific Fisheries for the follow- ng fares: Nautilus, 5,000; Selma, 6,000; 141,000, The Alliance brought in 10,000; the Zorra, 16,000; the Agnes B., 7,000 tthe Jupiter, 417,000 Mira, 10,000, and Dorreen, and pounds, THE CARE OF A PIANO ia The piano has a delicate mechanism, The the more delicate its me- chanism, The piano will become as much out of tune by a change of temperature as by constant use. Have G. C, Walker, piano tuner, attend to its needs by the year, All work guaranteed, WALKER’S MUSIC STORE finer the instrument,