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VOL. vey

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RUPERT, B. C., eSIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916.

PRICE FIVE CENT 9

 

NAVAL BATTLE IN NORTH SEA TODAY

 

 

 

 

GERMANS HAVE CHANGED TACTICS AT VERDUN—TURKS ARE ON THE OFFENSIVE

GERMANS HAVE
ALTERED THEIR

LINE OF ATTACK;

Terrific Fighting Continues—The
French Hold Huns Except at
One Point—Austrians
Are Repulsed.

(Special to The Daily News)
London, June 2.—The Germans
have switehed their offensive from
the region of Le Mort Homme,
northwest of Verdun, to the sec-
tor between Thiamont farm and
Fort Vaux, northeast of the fort-
ress.

They have succeeded in enter-
French first line trenches
between Fort Douamont and Vaux

The attack, which
over a two-mile front, was

ing the
pond, was
made
preceded by violent artillery pre-
parations.

The
slaughts with machine guns and
holding back the
except

French met German on-
succeeded in
enemy forces everywhere
between Douamont and the Vaux
pond, Heavy losses were inflicted
upon the Germans.

Austrians Repulsed.

The Italians have repulsed the
Austrian attacks along the Tyrol
front. Severe fighting has taken
pia the

lorrent and southeast of Arsiero,

ce in regions of Rosina

where the Austrians have either
been stopped or repulsed in dis-
order.
Lively artillery duels continue
and be-
As-

Valley
Upper

in the Lagarina
tween Rosina and the

torio River,

POLITICS IN TRENCHES
WOULD BE DISASTROUS

In discussing the Canadian idea
political elections in
the Daily Chronicle

f holding
the trenches,
Says:
hold

that it would be disastrous from

“Some commanding officers
strongly to the conviction
the point of view of discipline and
harmony on the firing line to sow
the seeds-of political discord on
domestic affairs among the bat-
talions,”’

Phere will be a special musical
the Methodist Church
on Sunday evening.

service in

SAFETY FIRST—USE NEW
WELLINGTON COAL, PHONE
116,

 

WESTHOLME

OPERA HOUSE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

 

 

Another Great Paramount Production
Daniel Frohman presents the dis-
'nguished American Actor,
H. B. WARNER In
“THE LOST PARADISE”
In Five Acts,

“RETRIBUTION”
A Splendid tWo-reel Drama.

 

Lubin Presents
“THE HAUNTED ATTIC”
A Roaring Comedy.

An 8-Reel Show Impossible to Beat.

NOTE--On account of the expense
Of bringing Paramount Productions
'o Prince Rupert, we are compelled
o charge 20c, for the centre of the
lower floor and the first two rowe
2 of gallery, Children 10c,

 

 

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The above is the

 

THE GREATEST AERO BATTLE CRUISER IN THE UNITED STATES
latest aeroplane acquired by the United States army and the greatest ever built on the continent.

carrying ten people and the planes are 72 feet long and 40 feet wide.

 

It carries two 120 h,

 

It is capable of
p. engines.

 

 

BOWSER’S POSITON:
SIMILAR TO ROBLIN’S

Editor News,
Sir:—Now

Prince
that the
has dissolved I would like to say

Rupert,
legislature

a word to the people of this dis-

trict as to the attempt of the
Bowser machine to paint. the
Liberal party as black as every

the
Bowser machine

thinking province
knows the to be.
Thieves and thugs and crooks

person in

have been employed to blacken

the character of a rising public
character in our province and to
injure the Liberal party.

I wish to draw the particular
attention of the public to the
that according to the government
fed party papers, Premier Bowser

refused to grant immunity

Scott, who had been employed by
the provincial Liberal organiza-
and who had

that he

tion

Brewster was

come over from Seattle and give
evidence, Scott is the one man
who could tell the true inward-

whole situation. Let
A SHADOW

ness of the
me ask ‘IS ‘THERE
OF DOUBT IN THE MIND OF
ANYONE WHO HAS READ THE
EVIDENCE THAT SCOTT WAS A
TRAITOR IN THE LIBERAL
CAMP IN THE PAY OF THE
BOWSER MACHINE?’ There never
more diabolical
Fortunately there

has been a plot

in all Canada.

were men in the Liberal party
who would not tolerate Scott's
work and it seems beyond doubt

that this stopped a great deal of
wholesale plugging that would
have taken place on behalf of the
have no

Bowser candidate. I

doubt whatever in my own mind

that Scott was in the pay of the

Bowser machine,

Bowser is in the same desper-
that Roblin found

Manitoba and

further

ate position
himself in seems
ready to go than
Roblin did to retain office. Bul
the same fate inexorable awaits

even

him and his diseased government.
think of this man of the
stated that he knew
In-

Just
who
groasing would do to
white alike
hesitate to employ

world
what
dians and men and
who did not
the process In order to get a few
influential Indians to induce the

of the «tribe to part with

rest
property for hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars less than the

property was worth,

Just think of this man of the
world who, when ¢ hided for giving
away the resources of the prov-
Continued on Poge Three

 

stated to Mr.|
willing to |

 

 

Naval Battle in the North Sea

London, June 2.—The British Admiralty announces that
a naval battle occurred in the North Sea today between
the British and German fieets.
that the British lost four cruisers and one battleship, while
the Germans lost three battleships and some torpedo boats.

 

The official message admits

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HARRY PRICE BOUGHT
THE ELECTION WHISKY

worker who

Victoria,
the story

Conservative here,

 

fact |ordering the

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F

 

lrallons of

claimed he had nothing to do with
liquor for the blind-
this

former sales mana-

Ae was given morning by

. Morton,

to|ger of the Hudson's Bay store. He

before the
soldier,

that on the day

by-election the

said
Victoria
McBride,

sent by

said he had
Price to order
Morton de-

came and

been six

whisky.

cided to see Price. He did so and
told him about McBride, Price
said: “Oh, six gallons is too
much; make it two gallons.”

Later he raised the quantity to

four. The witness afterwards to
the committee characterized
Price’s denial of having anything
to do with the liquor as a lie.

This was relative to Price’s state-
ment that the had no
right to charge the liquor to him.

company

He said MeBride had bought
liquor from the company before
and there had been trouble in
collecting for it. MeBride dis-
tinctly said that Price sent him
for the whisky. McBride was
never billed, the bills were sent
to Price. Morton thought McBride
was only a messenger, Morton

said he did not have the slightest
idea then what the liquor was for.

“THE LOST PARADISE” AT
THE WESTHOLME THEATRE
Another five - act Paramount

production, “The Lost Paradise,”

is the big item in a splendid eight-
at the Westholme to-

Saturday. B. War-

the famous American actor,

plays the and it
should be one of the finest Para-

reel show
night and $
ner,
leading part
mount features ever, It is pro-
duced by Daniel Frohman,
“Retribution,’» a very fine two-
“The Haunted At-
comedy,
The first
of the special concert nights will

act drama, and

”

tic,’ a roaring Lubin

make up this big show.

be on Tuesday when a high-class
musical program will be rendered,

 

BUSH FIRES STILL
RAGING IN INTERIOR

INTERESTING LIQUOR
CASE IN WINNIPEG

(Special to The Daily News.)
The Hud-

refuses to

 

Winnipeg, June 2.—

son's Bay Company

close its retail liquor store and
has displayed liquor for sale con-
trary to the Prohibition Act.
The government has accepted
the challenge and the attorney-
general’s department has ordered

the confiscation of the stock of

 

The bush fires which have been
raging along the
Teaks
continue and the company

had a strenuous time in saving

|
several of their stations from be-|

Special trains of son’s Bay Company invited action

ing wiped out.

fire fighters were sent from va-
rious points to help the men of
the forestry department in fight-

ing the flames, It was discovered
last night that fire had wiped out
the this side of Lake
Kathlyn and a special party of
men rushed from}
Prince Rupert. It is expected
that they will have the bridge re-
built today in to allow of
the passenger train from the east

bridge on

bridge was

time

getting through,

DRASTIC ACTION BY.
THE LIBERAL LEADER

(Special to The Daily News,)
Victoria,
the Liberal leader,
issued a writ asking
Court to
illegal every-
Legisla-

June 2.—H. C. Brew-

ster, yesterday
afternoon
the
order
thing transacted by the
ture of British Columbia
March 15th, when the term of the
Legislature was extended,

Supreme issue an

proclaiming

since

Mr. Brewster is also requesting

that action be taken to compel
the premier to make restitution
of some thirty million dollars

which he charges has been illegal-
ly spent on the Pacific Great East-
ern Railway,

QUIET WEDDING

Miss Rebecca James, of this
city, was quietly married yester-
day morning to Mr. R. McCarthie,
McGraw performing the
ceremony, The young couple are
receiving the hearty congratula-
tions of many friends. They will
Fifth
home is in course of

 

Father

reside on Avenue, East,
where their

construction,

 

———

The best strawberries can be

line of the G,|

for the past few days still |

has | #iven forbidding the wholesaling

liquor amounting ts one thousand

dollars. Instructions were also

of liquor by the company.
It is understood that the Hud-

TURKS ARE NOW
ON OFFENSIVE
IN ASIA MINOR

Russians Evacuate One Position
But Repel Other Attacks—
Turks Strongly Reinforced
by Germans.

(Special to The Datly News.)
London, June 2.—The Turks
are now taking the offensive in
Asia Minor and have brought the
Russian advance to a standstill.
All the Turkish attacks have been
repulsed except at Mamakhatum,
forty west of Erzerum,
which has been evacuated by the
Russians.

Attempts by the Turks who have
been heavily reinforced by the
Austrians and Germans, to drive
Baiburt

miles

back the Russians near
and Diarbekr have failed.

Russian Front.
Artillery engagements and rifle
work by the infantry is in pro-

front, but there is no change in
the positions of the respective
armies.
New York Report.

New York, June 2.—It is re-
ported that British warships have
bombarded the Greek port of
Nauplia and that part of the city

 

by the government as a test case,
involving the the
privileges of the company to trade

question of

without interference.

The company hold that they
are acting within their rights ac-
cording to the deed of surrender
of 1870, The company will take
action against the government in
the civil interfering
with their matter
which way the decision goes the
matter will undoubtedly go be-
fore the Privy Council. —

courts for
rights. No

HEAVY SALMON
ARRIVALS FROM ISLANDS

The Lillian M. came in last
evening with 14,000 pounds of
spring salmon and a deck load of

4,000 pounds of halibut. The
halibut was bought by the Atlin

Fisheries, as also were the fares
of the Alliance, with 10,000; the
Annie St. Leon, with 7,000, while
the Zorra Imd 10,000, The price
was 7% cents.

The Virtue B. brought in 6,000
pounds of spring salmon
Dundas Island. None of the sal-
mon has yet been disposed of, but

from

sales will be effected this after-
noon,
This morning, the Niagara

brought in 11,000 pounds of hali-
but; the Thelma, 24,000 and the
Lincoln 412,000,

BASEBALL

If the weather is favorable, the
Colts and C, C,’s will meet at Re-
creation Park tonight when the
Colts will show that they were
having a holiday in the last game.
The will probably be
Moore and Astori for the C,
and MecDaniels and Wally for the

batteries

 

obtained at Fuller & McMeekin’s.

Colts,

has been destroyed by fire.

The Greek government has pro-
tested to the Allied governmefits.
Nauplia was at one time the cap-
ital of Greece and its fortifications
No
explanation has been given as to
the cause of the bombardment.

UNITED STATES WILL
NOT WITHDRAW TROOPS

Daily News)

were considered impregnable.

(Special to The
Washington, June 2.—The
United States will not withdraw
its troops from Mexico until the
Carranza authorities are able to
demonstrate that they have suffi-
cient control of the situation to
be able to protect citizens of the
United States along the border.

THE CRADLE

 

Born to Mr, and Mrs. W. H.
Willisecroft, of Georgetown, a
daughter, at the hospital yester-

day.

 

 

Saturday Cash Specials

Quaker Corn Flakes.,.... 3 for 26c.
6lb. sks Victor Rolled Oats 2 for 450,
Tall tins Pink Salmon packed at

Real: Gove chiens 6 Wh os 10c. Each
Rope Clothes Lines (white) 10c. ea.
Heavy Weight Brooms(3 wires) 600,
Light Weight Brooms......... 40c.

A Broom Hanger with each broom
sold,

 

GEO. P. McCOLL
GROCER

Phone 88.

 

 

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FOR THE BEST MEALS
STRICTLY UNION HOUSE
Hart Bik. Third Ave.

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