OO ‘VOL, VIL NO. 120. i PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916. nies PRICE FIVE CENT — PRATE FIGHTING CONTINUES DUTCH REFUSE TO ACCEPT GERMAN VERSION OF THE TUBANTIA INCIDENT biG BATTLE IS DEVELOPING ON ITALIAN FRONT Austrians Strongly Re-inforced by Men and Guns—litalians Rush Enemy from Strong Positions. special to The Dally News.) Rome, May 23. — Desperate fighting is progressing among the snow-capped mountains of the Alps. The Austrians have been heavily re-inforced with both men and guns and strenuously en- deavoring to prevent Italy from aiding the Allies on the French front, while the desperate action on the part of the Austrians is ex- ycted to paralyze the action of te Allies at Saloniki, by keeping away re-inforcements. Strong Defence. lhe Italians have formed strong T t ' ( lines across the moun- defence tain passes and on the peaks, and are successfully arresting the attempted Austrian forward move- ment, Austrians Dislodged. The first offensive rush of the Italians resulted in the Austrians from several of being dislodged their strategic positions, BASEBALL The Anyox Baseball team will play the local boys at Recreation Park tonight at 7 o’clock in the first of a series of three games. rhe other games will be played at a 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The Prince Rupert line-up will be Fortin; H. SON, Fred Manss Astoria; William Man- Henning (Capt. A. m; Ratehford; W. Anderson; Murphy and Earsman, rhe Prince Rupert boys, after a few weeks hard practice, are how in good shape and should Le the the town a able to give boys from smelter real good game. Joe Scott will be umpire. COURT ON JUNE 5TH Young will Rupert on Judge hold court at June 5th, after which he will pro- His Honor Prince ceed to Atlin where court will be held. There is a considerable lumber of mining cases for set- Hlement in the north. - NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION (Special to The Dally News.) May 23.—The Nova a assembly dissolved yester- Halifax, Scoti day, aftep proclaiming June 20th as the date of the general election. ee nee Dance at the Auditorium May aath, Four-piece orchestra. Gents $1.00, 120 Ladies free, "he best strawberries can be obtained at Fuller & MeMeekin’s. rrr o « ao TO LONDON CAFE FOR THE BEST M§ALS STRICTLY UNION HOUSE Hart Bik. Third Ave. BOXES FOR LADIES of it that this profit is to be hand- SHELL COMMISSION DODGING BAD POINTS Ottawa, May 13.—As far as one it the British Way Office considered that can make head or tail of the Bertram Shell Committee was a group of four Canadian manu-! facturers who accepted war con- tracts and filled or sub-let them as they chose, while the Bertram Shell Committee considered itself Canada, a public institution of and to some extent a trustee of the British Government. In the words of the lawyers, the Bertram Shell opinion of the British War Office acted in Committee in the a contractual relation while in its own opinion it acted in a fiduciary relation. As a mat- ter of fact, it acted sometimes one sometimes the other way, way, sometimes both ways. Generally followed the like speaking, it Serip- tural injunction and a per- fectly good piano-player did not let its right hand know what its left hand was doing except that both hands were kept busy. More- over it was always fiduciary in the sense that it had perfect trust in itself and fixed prices about as it self be true, thou canst not then be false pleased. To thine own to any man—that was the way the Bertram Shell Committee operat- ed. It transpires that the Bertram Shell Committee is very anxious to keep the contractual and the fiduciary relation separate and while it has no objection to mak- ing a clean breast of its fiduciary virtues it would much rather keep its contractual transactions under cover. To put it plainly, it is jreadfully opposed to submitti a list of the contracts it made and the prices ii fixed to the inspec- tion of Mr. E. F B. Johnston, K. C., and his associates in the in- quiry. In fact Mr. Johnston had a run in with Government counsel on this very matter which led Car- vell, M. P., at Chief Justice Mere- lith’s suggestion putting a reso- lution on the order paper of the House of Commons for a widening of the inquiry to get at the real facts. How fare at the hands of the Borden this resolution will Government does mot need more than one guess. So far Government counsel have utilized the Royal Commission as a means of making as many good points and dodging as many bad ones as possible. Whenever the watehdog barked too near home, the scope of the inquiry was in- voked to shut ~the off. Naturally Mr. Johnston Mr. Carvell have got tired of this and are now demanding a show down. noise and Meanwhile it is fairly clear that the Bertram Shell Committee allowed the contractual relation in the long run to get the better of the other words the could not manufacture of the manufacturing busi- Where- fiduciary one. In four manufacturers forget that rs and that the best they were part ness is making profits. made a profit of any- fore they thing from $41,000,000 down, and 5 a great virtue is now being made a 6s . LL I A La eR ee ee BARNARD DECLINES TO SIGN PROHIBITION BILL (Special to The Daily News.) Victoria, May 23.—Lieutenant- Governor Barnard declines to sign the Bowser Prohibition Bill, which the premier had intended to in- troduce at the session of the Legislature this afternoon, The Lieutenant-Governor’s re- fusal to stgn is because the com- pensation provisions have been omitted from the bill. The being situation is described as extremely delicate. Bowser has conferred with the prohibi- tion executive and is now discus- sing a compromise to allow the bill to stand as it is and have a separate plebiscite taken on the question of compensation. Bow- ser’s future action depends upon the attitude of the Lieutenant- Governor. Later. Vancouver, May 23.—Bowser is introducing Prohibition Bill this afternoon. There was some fear yesterday that the Lieutenant- Governor might provoke a crisis by refusing to sign the draft bill, but he has re-considered the mat- understood that the the reading, to introduce provision for ter. It is premier intends, at second the appointment of a commission of three judges for the purpose of examining the claims for compen- sation, ed over ultimately to the British War Office. The profit, as I said before, was anything from. $41,000,000 lown. The amount is vague. Carvell, K. C., found a mistake of $12,000,- 000, and Hellmuth,’ K, C, found mistake of $10,000,000 One way and another if appears to be disintegrating, but $44,- 000,000 is enough for advertising another purposes and we can afford to let it go at that. The real questions How did they make thi How does it happen that are these, profit? this large sum of money, so large that it makes ordinary people ner- vous, was not, turned over to the British War Office long ago? H, F. G, French soldiers in their leisure hours indulge in many queer sports. of French aviators at Saloniki are seen amusing themselves in organising turtle races. The start is signalled in the orthodox manner, by firing of a pistol. ( : In this picture a group VANCOUVER ELECTION ENQUIRY PROCEEDS (Special to The Dally News.) May day’s enquiry into the Vancouver election F. W. tive candidate at the general elec- Vietoria, 23.—At yester- Welsh, Conserva- tion, explained his receiving warn- ing before the election that plug- gers were coming from Seattle. He notified the police and immi- gration authorities, who promised to investigate. Pound, of the Pro- vincial Liberal Association, testi- Treasurer fied that there were two campaign funds handled by Scott. mitted paying the salaries of Scott and his assistants. FISH DINNER Ben Self carried out his threat to go fishing over the weekend, when with Charles Balagno, George Bryant and Mr. Bergquist, Mile 214 on about he made Saturday night. A for whem party of fifteen Ben had Narbethong, joined chartered the launch the anglers and Ben provided a fish dinner in the open. WIRE ACCOMMODATION from the light committee was brought down at the council meeting last night A recommendation that permission be granted to the GG... Ty use certain poles on Third Avenue P. Telegraph Company to for the use of their wires. Super- the recommendation provided that the intendent Kennedy endorsed company’s wires did not interfere with the city’s connections, cerning Ae in CHILDREN’S SPORTS The children’s sports will be held at Recreation Park tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. There will be races for the little tots and boys and girls up to twelve years of age. THE CRADLE Born to Mr, and Mrs, John J. Clark, Besner daughter, at the general hospital this morning. He ad-| Apartments a (JAMES J. HILL IS _INCRITICAL CONDITION (Special to The Daily News.) St. Paul, Minn., May 23.—The DUTCH REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE BERLIN VERSION Tubantia Incident Not Closed— Heavy Fighting on Western Front—Food Shortage Acute in Austria, (Special to The Daily News.) 23.—The Dutch after holding a thorough investigation into all the London, May government, circumstances, jrefuses to accept the German version of the sinking of the Dutch liner Tubantia in the North Sea. Western Front. fighting continues be- and the mans in the region of Verdun, the struggle west of Deadman’s Hill being terrific. The Germans have Severe tween the French Ger- been forced to abandon, several block-houses in the vicinity of Avoncourt wood, * There is also heavy fighting be tween the British and the Ger- mans in the vicinity of La Bassee. 570 Fishing Craft Gone. illness of James J, Hill, the rail- way magnate is causing grave Mr. Hill has been in poor health for some jconcenn to his friends. | | jtime and complications have now ldeveloped, the condition of the famous railroader being regarded as critical. James J. Hill was born in Canada, to the United States in his youth, when he entered a rail- Paul. His first step as a railroad owner was made but went jroad office in St. in conjunction with the late Lord Strathcona, when he was a part- ner of the great Canadian in buy- ing out the Dutch stockholders in the railroad between St. Paul and Winnipeg, Later in life he attain- ed fame as the genius behind the Great Northern Railway. BYLAW REPEALED A bylaw repealing bylaw 257, covering local improvements on Claude Street, introduced at the council last evening and read a first time. City Solicitor Peters that the inspector of municipali- was intimated ties and he did not agree on the matter of repealing bylaws, but he was satisfied that the new by- law was quite in accordance with the from a money bylaw. act, being entirely different TORNADO IN IOWA (Special to Tha Dally News.) Des Moines, Towa ,May 23,—A terrific tornado swept across cen- tral Iowa this morning inflicting considerable perty. So far, no lives have been reported lost. damage upon pro- The Alice B, leaves Prince Ru- pert for Metlakatlah day and every holiday at 10 a, m., 42 noon and 2 and 4 p. m, from Davis’ float. $141.00 every Sun- return, SAFETY FIRST— USE NEW WELLINGTON COAL, PHONE 1/116, Britain’s enemies have sunk 570 fishing craft since the start of the war. Food Shortage. The food shortage in the Cen- tral Empires, especially in Aus- tria, is becoming so acute that the people are verging on a state of famine. Emperor Franz Josef, of Austria, is protesting to the Pope to intervene. Canteen Privileges. The introduction of canteen privileges amongst the workers in the munitions industries is con- siderably reducing the drink evil in Great Britain, SWEEPING LIBERAL VICTORY IN QUEBEC (Special to The Daily News.) Montreal, May 23.—The Quebee resulted in a general elections sweeping victory for the Liberals. The government carried 74 seats while the Conservatives managed to retain only 7. In the last Legis- lature there were 57 Liberals and t 24 Conservatives. CRICKET CLUB The annual meeting of the cricket club will be held in the City Hall, Thursday at 8 p. m, All interested are requested to attend, E. A. WOODS, Secy. WESTHOLME TONIGHT MUTUAL MASTERPIECE LILIAN GISH in a picturization of Richard Hard- ing Davis’ Great Navel “CAPTAIN MACKLIN” In Four Great Acts — Cariton King and Gladys Hulette in ‘THE MISSION OF MR. FOO” A strong story of Chinese intrigue A Fine Lubin Comedy “A TEMPORARY HUSBAND” Sydney Ayres In a Strong Drama entitled “DAVID GRAY’'S ESTATE” WATCH FOR GREAT CHAPLIN CONTEST FOR GIRLS