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BUTCHERY ‘AT VERDUN —- RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE HAS BEGUN -- CANADIAN LOSSES

 

KITCHENER AND
STAFF LOST OFF
WEST ORKNEYS

Simple Message From Jellicoe
Contains Serlous News—The
Cruiser Hampshire and all
on Board Lost.

Special to The Daily News)

London, June 7.—Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe, Commander of the
British grand fleet, has reported

to the Admiralty that the British
with Earl
Secretary of State for

ruiser Hampshire,
Kitchener,
War and Commander-in-chief of
the British armies, and his staff
have been lost off the West Ork-
to the north of Seot-
is believed that the
struck a

torpedoed by a German ship.
A later

hope of Earl

ney Islands,
and It
sel either

ves-
mine or was
report says that there
Kitchener's
rescue,

The news of this disaster was

received in Prince Rupert this
morning and came as a great
shock to the whole community,

the general feeling being that the
British Empire had sustained the
most severe blow of the war. In
spite of the report that there is
no hope of Kitehener’s

is still a flickering hope in
the minds of the people that he

rescue,

will still be heard of.

The fact that he and his staff
had left the shores of Britain on
a mission to a continental power
was naturally kept absolutely

The Naval Fight.

June 7.—British offi

mdor
London

cers of the fleet, who have re-
turned from the naval engage-
nent off Jutland, state that they

Jentilied two of the big German
ships under as the
The

‘indenburg was the pride of the

which went

llindenburg and the Lutzow,

German navy and was the heaviest
and latest of the Kaiser’s super-
ireadnoughts,

It is suggested that, as a re-
sull of the battle, Germany's
Naval ambitions are at an end.
lt is believed that her aim was
‘0 foree a way through the British
blockade for a few fast eruisers
Which, if suecessful, would have

ind j i i
ndertaken a paid on all shipping
In the Atlantie.

 

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GERMANS ARE
MOWN DOWN IN
SOLID MASSES:

Terrible Scenes of Butchery on
the Verdun Front — Enemy
Fails to Make Impression
on the French Lines.

 

Daily

(Special to The News.)

Paris, June 7.—The fighting |
around Verdun continues with un- |
diminished violence, the Germans
keeping up their unsuccessful at-
tacks along this front east of the
Meuse.
Between Fort

Vaux the offensive of the enemy is

Damloup and

particularly severe, but the French
still hold the fort There
have also been artil-

at Vaux.
very heavy
lery attacks at Douamont, and the

Germans have made several un-

successful raids in the Vosges re-
gion.

Certain Death.
In their attacks on
Fort Vaux, the Germans are hurl-

repeated
infantry in mass®s so
compactly that it is certain death
for the first ranks of the adyvanc-

ing their

ing army,

For three days the horrible car-
nage has saturated the ground in
a ravine, through which the Ger-

mans are trying to advance, with
human blood. One German column
further than the
bottom of the ravine. The front
fell as entered the
and the next were pushed
fall

dead

advanced no
ranks they
ravine,
on by those behind, only to
as fast
which was swept by

as they reached the

line, French
quick-firing
As the Germans fell like leaves,
filled the gaps and
too fellin turn. Hardened French

guns.

others they

officers who have gone through
the whole of this bloody campaign
that the
butchery surpasses the imagina-

tion.

UNIQUE RIVER BOAT
ARRIVED YESTERDAY

Hudson's
the
arrived in port yestesday
on her way north,
command of Captain Gardner, one

declare awful human

 

The Tahltan, the new
Bay

Stikine,

Company's steamer fop

She is in

of the veterans of the company.

The trip north was tedious, as
the vessel had to wait for favor-
able weathep conditions in making
her crossing of the sounds. She
of the remarkable

seen here.

is one most

boats ever She draws
eight inches
practically sitting on the surface

of the water, She has three steel

when _ light,

rudders with triple stetl pro-
pellers, In shallow water the
propellers can be raised and
brought inside their tunnels. The
Tahitan is equipped with two
forty h. p. distillate engines,

which give her a speed of twelve
knots an hour under perfect con-
ditions. She is capable of carry-
»5 tons of freight and will

ing 25
be a great acquisition to the trade

along the Stikine.
Genuine Ayrshire Roll
Raw Beef Ham on ice,

and

Scotch

 

 

 

EARL KITCHENER, OF KHARTOUM, K.P., G.C. B.

State for
was 66 years

Herbert Kitchener, Viscount;

and Commander-in-Chief of the

Horatio
War

Secretary of

British forces,

of age, having been born at Bally Longford, Co. Kerry, Ireland, on
June 24th, 1850, ;
After passing through Woolwich, he got a commission in the

1871.
Palestine and Egypt and in 1884 took part
promoted and
For the next few years
the
that he was made Sirdar

Royal Eng
work in Cypres,

ineers in Up to 1883, he was largely engaged in

survey

in the Nile exp*dition, as a captain, being major

later lieutenant-colonel for his services.

his work was chiefly in Egypt andso great was administrative

ability of the young officer of Egypt in
14892 in

His work of reorganization in Egypt,

succession to Sir Francis Grenfell.

culminating in the battle
of Omdurman in 1898 is a matter of history, On his return to
received the thanks of Parliament and was raised to the
title of Baron Kitchener of Khartoum.

Africa,

Lord Roberts in command of the British

London he
peerage, taking the
when he succeeded

1900

His next great work was in South

forees in and in

1902 he was again thanked by Parliament and made a viscount.

Immediately afterwards, he-went to India where he did wonders

in organising the British forces there and on his return became
commander-in-chief and high commissioner in the Mediterranean.
His work in the present war is fresh in the minds of all. Suffice
it to say that he has had the utmost confidence of Parliament
and of the British people as commander-in-chief of the British
army in the greatest war in history. His place will be hard to fill,
and his death is the greatest disaster which could have befallen

the BE bmipire

FAREWELL GIFT TO
MR. AND MRS. C. V. EVITT |

at this time.

| PAULINE FREDERICK AT
WESTHOLME TONIGHT

 

: ‘ale
The management and employ- | Pauline Frederick, one of the
ees at the Georgetown sawmill] }™0s! popular of movie stars, is
and Mrs. C. v, | the big attraction at the West-

have presented Mr,

jholme tonight, in

Evitt with a purse of gold as a}
The gift|Jones’ famous drama,
letter | more.” Miss

jintroduetion to a

Henry Arthur

“Lydia Gil-

token of their esteem.

Frederick needs no
Rupert

was accompanied by a

> : : pi ee
carrying red, white and blue rib- Pring

“Lydia Gilmore”
biggest suc-

|audience and in

bons, and signed by every mem-

ber of the staff and management. |she scores one of her
The letter
gret felt by all at the departure
of Mr,

great

Keystone comedy

| .
expressed the deep re-

| An amusing

|

Mrs. Evitt and and a very fine Eclair Gazette

the fact that Mr.
going to serve his King |
presentation |

The
Mr. Hal Peck. when Mr. Harvey will sing
CS MRR Ses af a lot the Sea” and well known local

Pauline Frederick is at the artists will render musical num-
Westholme tonight, lpers,

also |
}make up a good show.

and

pride in
there will

concert,

Kvitt was Besides the pictures,
and country. be a high-class variety
was made by Sons

 

 

BIG INSURANCE CHEQUE

= Prince Rupert, B, CG, June 5th, 1916.
4d. Lorne MacLaren, Esq.,
Care, The Consolidated Securities, Ltd., Prince Rupert, B, C,

Dear Sir:—I have pleasure in acknowledging receipt of cheques amounting
to $2,134.95 in full settlement of poileles written in the New Jersey Fire
Insurance Co., and The Pacife Underwriters Agency, and wish to thank you
for the prompt attention to the settlement, which is thoroughly satisfactory
in every Way,

I understand I have the unique distinction of having received the largest
single business fire insurance payment in Prinee Rupert,

j {2 Yours very truly,
SELP’S CAFR,

B, F, SELF.

 

Fuller & MecMeekin, phone 56,

 

 

 

 

CANADIANS PAY
HEAVY PRICE IN |

Casualty List of Seven Hundred
Still Growing—The Western
Regiments Bore the
Brunt.

(Special to The Daily News)

Ottawa, June 7.—Evidence of
the heavy toll paid by the Cana-
dians in the recent fighting at
Ypres is contained in a casualty
list of hundred

which has just been received and

seven names

which is still increasing.
After the next of kin of the
killed and wounded have been

notified, the list will be published.
No detailed reports of the fighting
have yet been peceived.
So far as the west is concerned;
the brunt of the battle appears to
have borne by regiments
from British Columbia, Edmon-
ton, Brandon and Port Arthur.
London Report.
London, June 7.—There is no
material change in the positions
of the Canadians and Germans at
Zillebeke, where terrific fighting
took place yesterday. The night
There is consid-
erable shelling on both sides to-
day.

BOWSER HAS NAMED
HIS NEW CABINET

5,—Premier

been

passed quietly.

Victoria, June
Bowser has filled up the
in his cabinet, with the exception
of the portfolio of finance, which
garded with
since it brought dis-
C. Flumerfelt and the

vacancies

evidently still is re
misgivings,

aster on A.

party generally. The following
is the new cabinet:
Premier and Attorney-General,

Hon, W J. Bowser; Minister of
Lands, Hon. W. R. Ross; Minister
of Mines and Acting Minister of
Finance, Hon, J. Lorne Campbell;
Minister of
William Manson;
Public Works, Hon.
lor; Provincial Secretary and
Minister of Education, A. G,
President of the Council,

Agriculture, Hon.
Minister of

Thomas Tay-

Hon,

Maguire;

tlon. Ernest Miller.
The Premier and the Hon, W.
R. Ross and the Hon. William

Manson will be in Prinee Rupert
week, proceeding to Anyox
on the 416th returning to
Prince Rupert, from which point
they will make a tour of the in-

next
and

terior.
METLAKATLAH YOUTH
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY

Edward Venn, aged 26, passed
away yesterday at his native vil-
lage of Metlakatlah. The young
man had been in poor health for
some time and recently spent a
few weeks in the hospital here,
returning home about two weeks
ago. The funeral arrangements
are in the hands of the B. CG, Un-
dertakers and interment will take
place at Metlakatlah after-
noon, the services being conduct-

 

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ed by Major Morrison,

YPRES FIGHTING

RUSSIANS HAVE
“STARTED THEIR
BIG OFFENSIVE

Advance on Extended Front and
Score Gains at Important
Points—13,000 Pris-
oners Taken.

 

(Special! to The Daily News)

long-ex-
the
Germans

London, June 7.—The
offensive by

the
has

pected genfral

Russians against
and their
begun.

From

allies seemingly

Petrograd and Vienna
that the
are actively engaged over a front
extending from the Pripet River
east to and to the
Rumanian frontier, a distance of

come reports Russians

Brestlitousk

two hundred and fifty miles,
The

success on

Russians have achieved
many

taken thirteen thou-

important see-
tors and have
sand prisoners and a number of
guns.
Italian Reverse.

Vienna reports that, despite a
sturdy resistance by the Italians,
the Austrians have made their
~ey- into italy in the Cenjio zone
and have taken the town of Cei-

sano.

The Austrians claim to have
captured five thousand Italian
prisoners; three cannon; eleven

machine guns and one hundred
and twenty-six bomb throwers.

CITY PATRONAGE

council last

At the night, Ald.
Barrie said that he had been
asked to enquire as to the dis-

of the business
the local
as one party felt that he was not
getting his share.

Acting Mayor Nelson said that
the purchasing agent had instrue-
distribute the
as equitably as possible.
Ald, MeRae asked if
should not be a report brought
down of the business going to the

tribution city’s

amongst storekeepers,

tions to business

there

various firms,

Ald. McClymont
was such a report prepared and
that Ald.

thought there

Barrie might examine it
and find out the facts of the
He pointed out that this
there might not be so much busi-

case,

year

ness going, as things were quieter

than formerly.

 

CARD OF THANKS

Mr, J. E. Boddie wishes to ex-
press his heartfelt thanks to those
their efforts his
wife and little daughter
drowning at Seal Cove on Satur-

who by saved

from

day afternoon,

 

Mr. C. V. Evitt, the popular
town Sawmill, leaves shortly for
England to enlist. Mrs, Evitt will

also return to the old country.

 

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