75.

VOL, Vil. NO.

 

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DNESDAY, _MARCH 29, 1916.

PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

 

 

 

DESPER ATE GERMAN ATTACKS REPUL

 

FRENCH HOLI; / HEIGHTS da “= - GERMAN RANKS RIDDLED BY TERRIFIC FIRE

 

 

FRENCH STILL
HOLD HEIGHTS
OF MALANCOURT

Violent Attack Foiled by Deadly
French Artillery and Smail
Gun Fire — German

Ranks Riddled, -

 

(Special to The Dally News.)

Paris, March 20.—After a lull
of six days, the Germans tried an-
other violent offensive yesterday
making an unsuccess-
ful attempt to break the
on the Malancourt front.
a week of shelling along
front, the German ar-
concentrated on a
front between Malan-
Avoncourt, after which
attack by an entire

aflennoon,
French
lines

After
the entire
tillery was
half-mile
court and
an infantry
launched at 3

new division was
p.m,
French hold Firm.
The French artillery, including

batteries of 75 centimetre guns,
concealed from the

threw a screen

which were
view of the enemy,
of shells over the enemy’s posi-

tions, preventing reserve troops

from coming up, while machine
guns and rifles decimated the at-
Wave after wave surged
forward but all were repulsed.

still hold the

of Malancourt as firmly

tackers.

The French
heights
as ever.

EXCITING EXPERIENCE
OF LOCAL VOYAGERS

 

\ few days ago four ship-
wrecked carpenters arrived in
port, having had quite an excit-
ing experience in an attempt to
make Alice Arm in a gasoline
launch, They left here about two
weeks ago, with a smaller launch
in tow, The first night out, they
encountered a very heavy snow-
storm; their engine broke down;
the smaller launch broke adrift
and they spent a trying and mis-
erable night. Ultimately they
Stranded on the north end of
Dundas Island, where they spqnt

a kind of
a Robinson Crusoe existance.

In the Jong run they rigged up
a sail and

about ten days leading

Prince Rupert
further adventures.
he small boat which broke adrift

has not been heard of

made

Without any

ee

Best quality of household lump
and nut coal, Prince Rupert Coal

Co., phone 15. ul

Moone,

WAR PRICES THE LATEST HIT
WOES THE LATEST HIT

WESTHOLME

OPERA HOUSE
Popular Play House

Rupert's
Special Feature Programme
Wednesday and Thursday
~ L. Lasky Presents the Inter~

nally Famous Romantic Star

Lou TELLEGEN
in
“THE EXPLORER”

BY Wine
play of apy emerset-Maggham, A

for

Jesse

African adventure, strife
and love,
Lates: qeOPlCAL BUDGET
SeSt War Ww .
war zone pews from the Allied

British Navy,
ji On Paris, ete,
seen FALSE COLORS”
he NOSTaA Talmadge and An-
OnLo oreno—C B
‘i ; somedy,
" Prices the Latest Hit, 100, Bo.

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WN DESTROYER
RAMMED BY NEW
LIGHT CRUISER

German Crew Saved by British |

Fleet When Destroyer Sunk—

Austrians Driven from
the Gorizia Heights.

(Special to The Dally News.)
London, March 29.—The Brit-
light Cleopatra
has rammed and sunk a German

ish new cruiser

destroyer in an engagement be-
tween a squadron of British light
cruisers and a flotilla of German
the coast of Bel-

The crew of the German

destroyers off
giuin.
vessel was saved.
Italian Success,
Italian infantry has ejected the
Austrians from the heights north
west of Gorizia,

dred

taking three hun-
prisoners.
Eastern Front.

German prisoners captured on
the Dvinsk that the
Germans are for de-
result of

state
preparing
operations as a

front

cisive
the
bear upon them by the Russians.
Dutch Steamer Sunk,
Another Dutch

Duiveland, been

pressure being brought to

the
The

steamer,
has sunk,

crew was saved.

 

TWO DOLLARS SPENT
FOR ONE RECEIVED

(Special to The Dally News.)
Victoria, Marelr 29.—Continu-
ing the debate on the budget, Mr.
H. C. Brewster attacked the
wasteful

gov-
because of its
the
and its flagrant abuse of the pa-
Brewster

ernment

expenditure of publie funds

tronage system. Mr,
accused the government of spend-
ing two dollars for every one dol-
lar received in revenue,
CHAPLIN’S LATEST AT

THE MAJESTIC THEATRE

Charlie Chaplin is the big
traction in a good program at the
Majestic tonight, in “A Night At
The This is
Chaplin’s most recent productions
and the that it

does not show a scratch, Besides

at-

Show.” one of

film is so new
being screamingly funny because
of the accidents which happen to
Charlie the
film gives a real good vaudeville
It is certainly one

and his neighbors,
entertainment,
of Charlie’s best efforts.

“The Girl With the Red Feath-
er,” a Selig feature, is another
splendid piece of work, while the
War Gazette is first-rate, showing
football between crippled soldiers
and nurses and some war
The rest of the bill is of
The new ven-

good
scenes.
a high standard,
tillating arrangements render the

theatre quite cool and pleasant

 

no matter how crowded,
Mr. D. C, MeRae left on the
Venture last night en route for

Spokane where he will attend a
convention of the district agents
of the Curtis Publishing
pany. The convention will be ad-
dressed by Hill, the
Washington, and

Com-

James J,
‘governor of

 

other notable men,

James H,

avill be played by Mr,

Miss Stella Chisholm,
the bride of the heir
very talented as well as beautiful.

bridegroom,

 

a wealthy
of the Earl of

 

AUSTRALIAN HEIRESS WEDS LORD LOUGHBOROUGH

has become
to be
Photographs show the bride and

Australian heiress,
’ Rosslyn, She is said

 

TRUE BILLS AGAINST
ROBLIN AND OTHERS

(Special to The Dally News.)
Winnipeg March 29.
bills

the Grand

True |
yesterday by
Rod-
Caldwell, |

were returned

Jury against Sir

mond Roblin, George R,.

|
Howden and Thomas |

Kelly. They are charged with]

conspiracy to defraud in connec-
|

erection of the Man-|
This |

finding of |

tion with the
itoba
action arises out of the
the
conducted an

Parliament Buildings.

which
the

commission of judges

enquiry into
matter.

SEAL COVE CONCERT
Red coneert in
school tonight,
“An Imp of Mischief,”
and Mrs. E,

Cross

At the

Seal Cove house

the sketch,

H. Patterson and Miss Marjory
Freeman, The pest of the pro
gram is first-class and a real
good time is assured to all who

attend.

THE - CRADLE

Born to Mr. and
J, Anderson,
the general hospital yesterday.

Mrs. Daniel

Inverness, a

 

son, al

IN THE EMPRESS

 

 

iChicago to New

OOPPOPO DOLE LL LL OLLIE DLE LL DL LALA III ID

Public Meeting Tonight

 

In view of the fact that Mr. W, G, C, Mehan is in the city
until tomorrow morning, it has been decided to hold the
public meeting to discuss the drydoeck situation

WEDNESDAY MARCH 29TH
M. P, McCAFFERY, Mayor,

POOP O POLO IEEE DE DIOL EDIE LILI

"SEVENTEEN KILLED IN
A RAILWAY COLLISION

(Special to The Dally News.)

March 29,—
killed and
injured as a result of a
between the -Twentieth
Limited of the New York
the Lake

 

Cleveland, Ohio,

Seventeen have been
many
cOAlision
Century
and

Central Company

} Shore passenger train bound from

York,
dent took place at Amherst during

The acci-

a fog.

ROADWAY EXTENSION

TO THE COLD STORAGE
board of works and finance
the
recommendedto the council Mon-

The

committee of city council
day night that the Seal Cove road-
way be extended to the boundary

of the Cold Storage property, at

a cost to the city of $2,535,
The mayor explained that the
road as at present led to nowhere
and that the cold storage com-
pany found it necessary in taking
down supplies from the city, to
‘nd two men by boat. The cold
storage company is paying the

their
track,

construction from
the

The report was adopted.

cost of

property to railroad

 

THEATRE AT 8:30

 

JOINT ACTION BY
COAST FISHERMEN

The Fishermen’s Protective As-
headquarters in
Vancouver, is taking up the ques-
tion of the restrictions put upon
fishermen by gov-
The associa-
that the Fisheries
Act is violated from time to time
by the cannery companies and by
the government officials and that
the Pacific Committee of the Ad-
visory Board is a body of gov-
ernment appointees whose sole
guiding principle at all times is
the welfare of the cannery com-
panies.

In a circular to the press, the
that the time

sociation, with

independent
ernment olflicials,

tion asserts

association states

has come when, if B. C. white
fishermen intend to remain in
existence in B. ©, waters, joint

action must be taken in defence
means of obtaining a
the cannery com-
panies, in the
government officials, will totally
eliminate white men from the in-
and B. C. waters will be
to Asiatics entirely.

The Fishermen’s Protective As-
sociation is organised to this end
and with the following declared
objects:

To secure Me! all white fisher-
men of B, C, the right to obtain
a living by ahine in B. C. waters;
to sell their fish in open market
and to whom they please in any
place in B. C.; the right to have

of their
livelihood, or
conjunction with

dustry

Siven over

seaworthy boats propelled by
power in all B, C. waters: the
right to fish im all B. C. tidal

waters; the abolition of seining
rights; to demand that the gov-
institute an annual li-
cence which will permit fishermen
to fish for all classes of fish in
their seasons in all B. C. tidal
waters; to resist the encroach-
ment of Asiatics and other aliens
by compelling the government to
white

ernment

issue fishing licences to

fishermen in preference to Asiat-

ics; to secure the abolition of
Continued on Pcge Three

LASKY FEATURE AT
WESTHOLME THEATRE

 

 

 

“The Explorer,’ a Lasky pro-
duction featuring Lou-Tellegen,
the famous star, is the chief item
in the Westholme bill tonight. It
is a story of adventure and love,
the scenes being laid in the wilds
The

of Africa. scoundrel of the

piece involvds the explorer in
tribal strife, but afterwards’ sac-
rifices his life to help save the

which
is splendidly acted,
the photography being remarkably

others, It is a strong play,

staged and
good.

There is also a good Topical
Budget of up-to-date news and a
entitled
making a first-rate 7-
show.

comedy Under False

Colors,”
reel

ALICE ARM ROAD
CONTRACT IS LET

 

The contract for the road and
wharf at Alice Arm has been let
to the Westholme Lumber Com-
pany. Equipment will be taken
in on the Princess Maquinna on
Friday and work will be started at
onee,

 

- e a

HUNS RENDERED
DEAF AND DUMB
BY CONCUSSION

Hundreds of Unwounded Germans
Removed from Front—The
French Gain Ground
—Naval Activity.

 

(Special to The Dally News.)

London, March 29,—Reports
from Milan state that trainloads
of German wounded are arriving
daily at the Swiss frontier “from
around Verdun,
Fifteen hundred unwounded
Germans have arrived at Blot-
sheim. They have been rendered
deaf and speechless from the ef-
fects of the terrific artillery fire
and have become nerveless auto-
matons,.

French Advance.
Following a German assault on
Avoncourt, the French made a
night attack, carrying the Ger-
man works, ‘The Germans made
no effort to recover the ground
lost. 5

German Naval Activity. |
German nayal officers holding
temporary land commands have

been recalled to their ships.

RUMORED DISCOVERY
OF THE WESTWARD HO
The Washington Posten, a
Scandinavian paper published in
Seattle, reports that a rumor has
reached Seattle from Petersburg,
Alaska, to the effect that the pas-
senger steamer Al-Ki had found
the fishing steamer Westward Ho
150 miles Prince William
Sound, with only Captain Freder-
ickson on board, the rest of the
crew, thirty-seven in number,
having perished.
BILL PASSED :
The City of Prince Rupert Pri-
vate Bill has now passed its third
the legislature and
now only requires the assent of
the Lieutenant-Governor. The
city will lose no time in making

from

reading in

arrangements for the placing of

the serial bonds.

MAJESTIC :: THEATRE

HOUSE OF QUALITY PICTURES
Tonight and Tomorrow

Excellent Seven-Reel Program
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
In His Latest
“A NIGHT AT THE SHOW”

 

 

 

 

 

THE GIRL WITH THE REDFEATHER
A Premier Selig Production,
PATHE WAR GAZETTE

A pathetic incident—football match,
Crippled Soldiers v, Nurses,

 

 

Admission: Adults 165c. Children 6c.

 

Friday and Saturday, Mary Pickford

in “The Girl of Vesterday,” “The

Case of Nurse Cavell,” two com-
plete features.

 

 

 

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