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ee RUPERT, B. C.,

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1916.

 

 

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PRICE FIVE CENT?

 

 

WHOLESALE SURRENDER OF AUSTR

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BRAVE CANADIANS” HAIL ED BY LONDON CITIZENS — TWO HUN CRUISERS GONE

 

FUROPE AMAZED exican CROSS
AT RAPIDITY OF
RUSSIAN MARCH....::

ithe vicinity of St, Ignacio.

Special to The Dally News.
Paso, June 16,—Mexicans
again crossed the border in
Several
austrians Have Lost sekeis Atty per cent |?! the bandits were captured and
of Force—Unable to Cope many were killed.
With Terrific Rus- wo thousand

sian Drive.

refugees have

arrived at Juarez. Famine con-

ditions are prevailing around ‘Tcr-

al to The Daily News reon and the civil

Teuton

population
London, June 16.—The vould welcome United States in-
, in the big Russian offensive | °tVeotion as it would relieve the
danger of starvation, which is the
f the Pripet River to the Ru- - a

newest issue,

an border are estimated at The

Carranza currency is ab-

hundred thousand men. The/solutely without any purchasing
supply of cartridges captured in| power,
the Str

pa trenches was sufficient

have Tasted the Austen’ “°° THE TORIES ADVANCE
; ON ANYOX DEFENCES

Bowser, with his

Europe Amazed.
Aus-

{ . have evacuated Czernowitz

grad, June 16.—The
Napoleon
he Russian advance along | staff, arrived on the Prince Ru-
entire southeastern front is|pert this morning on his northern
shing Europe because of its|campaign. He was suported by
lity and force. a battalion of
pt in the centre of the Rus-|the

ty the Austrians are quite} Young, Hon. W.R. Ross, Hon. Wm,

ible to resist the terrific drive|Manson, D. N. Melntyre, Pearl
already lost fifty per|Fleming and Messrs. Blue and
Matson

Vancouver Province

politicians from

south, including Hon. Dr.

and have

of their forees. Brown, representing the

Complete units are surrender-|press and the
x and military trains containing | respectively.
Evidently the commander-in-

chief

equipment in wholesale

tities have been abandoned. reckoned that his forces

 

hussian losses are small. iwere not strong enough to carry
ithe trenches at Anyox for strong

| reinforcements were taken on at

MRS. HUGH DUNN HEARS

OF HER BROTHER'S DEATH | Prince Rupert, along with a stock
| With such a dis-

iquid fire,
Hugh Dunn yesterday re-| play of strength, it is hoped that

y wire the sad news that!the Anvox defences will crumple

ther, Alex. F. Quinn, had/up at the approach of Napoleon
led in action on June 3rd.
left for the

rst contingent from Vancou- | Napoleon

and his army,

front with | As was fitting in such a chief,

himself did not show

\ () mn

ind saw some strenuous fight-|up while the transport Prince Ru-

i the early stages of the war.|pert lay at this port, but remained

vas wounded at Festubert and,|deep in study of his campaign In

:
ecovering from his wounds, | his state-room. His staff attend-

fYered his discharge from | ed to the shipment of the rein-

the forces, but preferred to 80 | forcements. The transport left
to the front. He met his|the wharf with the bugler playing

ith in the terrifie battle which|*And You'll Remember Me.” Noth-
ed around Zillebecke on June/eould have been more appropriate
snd and 3rd.
Nl citizens will go out to Mr. and| Rupert

The sympathy of|that the bugler’s selection: Prince
and B. C,
member Bowser.

surely will re-
Mrs. Dunn in their bereavement.

RETAIL MERCHANTS
Important
Merchants

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| BASEBALL

meeting of Retail | . a
Association will el The Colts and the C, C,
Recreation \Park this evening

game. Karl Louis,

‘s meet

eld in Board of Trade rooms at}
®* p.m. Monday, June 19th, Alllin a league
merchants requested to be pres- I who pitched so well for the Colts

l. W. W. WRATHALL, Secy. will pitok

on their northern tour,
- for the Colts tonight and Art Man-
Frizzell’s,|son will be behind the bat. ‘The
Ic, C.’s battery will be Bryant and
jAstori, It should be a real good

WESTHOLME Jxame, as the Colts are out to win,

CHURCH UNION

C.D. Butter, 40e.

nares

OPERA HOUSE

ae,

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

 

 

(Special to The Daily News.)
June 16,—-President

Toronto University,

Winnipeg,
Faleoner, of
has been elected Convener of the
Presbyterian General Assembly in
place of Dr. 8, D. Grant, of 'To-

“THE LOVE ROUTE”
Nive-act Famous Players
_Drama.

SELIG TRIBUNE WEEKLY

of the latest world’s news. ronto, who has resigned,

: saaesnenetenieenteeeeeeeeeenaceen 4 new committee with powers
“SWEEDIE’S HERO”

i to consider chureh union matters
Great Essanay Gomedy.

Se ee has been appointed,

NOTE—One Show only on
Saturday.

 

SAFETY FIRST —USE NEW
WELLINGTON COAL, HONE

116.

 

JUNE 23rd 18 CHAPLIN NIGHT

IIOP CCR OOO e OOOO OTE E OE IIOD

 

 

 

AMERICAN ux LONDO ON HAILS

CANADIANS AS
YPRES HEROES

Citizens Display Banners Bearing
Words “Brave Canadians’ —
Heavy Bombardment
at Verdun.

(Special to The Daily News.)
London, June 16.—The citizens
of London are displaying banners
bearing the words *““BRAVE CAN-
ADIANS,” in recognition of the
victorious action by the Dominion
Lroops in the vicinity of Ypres.
Imperial officers are making high-
ly complimentary statements in
regard to the splendid conduct of
the Canadian soldiers on the field,

There is intermittent shelling
British portion of the
western front and the
of the

changed, the troops from the Do-

along the
situation
Canadian line remains un-
minion occupying the trenches
regained
fenemy yesterday.
Verdun Front.
Paris, June 16,—Intense artil-
lery fighting continues at Dead-
man’s Hill and at Hill 304. A
German trench and one hundred
and fifty have

captured,

which were from the

prisoners been

The Germans continue their
violent .bombardment of the
French positions north of Sou-
ville. Souville is the key to the
inner’ defences of Verdun itself.

SPLENDID CONCERT AT
WESTHOLME THEATRE

The Seotch concert between the
shows at the Westholme last
night was a huge success, every
number being greatly enjoyed, en-
cores being the order of the even-
ing. Annie Stewart sang ‘The
Blue Bells of Scotland;”

Kemp gave splendid exhibitions of

Gladys
Scoteh dancing; J. E. Davey was
nevep. heard to better advantage
than in his rendering of “Mary of
Argyle; A Clapperton sang ‘The
Land O’ the Leal” with great feel-
ing, while his rendering of “Dun-
can Gray” was in his best scyle.
J. G, Sinclair in impersonations
of Harry Lauder simply brought
down the house. He gave ‘Fou’
the Noo,” ‘Killiecrankle’ and
“The Farm Yard Song” in a fash-
ion which would have done credit
to the great Harry himself,
The
played by W.
Davies is in charge of the ar-
rangements for the Welsh night
at the Westholme and it gives
promise of being one of the finest
here. Next

accompaniments were

Vaughan Davies. Mr.

concerts ever given
Thursday is Irish night.

 

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MR. AND MRS. BOWERMAN
ARRIVED THIS MORNING

Mr. T. Bowerman, of the Digby
wireless station, who has been
south on a vacation, did not re-
turn alone this morning, but
brought back with him a young
lady who is now Mrs, Bowerman,
The genial operator is receiving
the hearty congratulations of his
many friends in Rupert and on the
island,

 

 

 

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planned, when she was sunk by

WHERE THE CRUISER HAMPSHIRE WENT DOWN
Map shows the route to be followed by the Hampshire with Earl
Kitchener and his staff on board,en route for Russia probably to
arrange for the closer military co-

operation for new movements

a German torpedo.

 

DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
DR. WOODROW WILSON

(Special to The Daily News)
St. Louis, Mo., June 16.—The
Democratic National
has unanimously

 

Convention
nominated Dr.
Woodrow Wilson as its-candidate
for the Presidency, with Marshall
as Vice-President.

W.J. Bryan, formerly Secretary
of State, endorsed the methods of
the present administration and
approved of Wilson's attitude in
Bryan ad-
vocates that the United States re-

the Mexican situation.

main non-participant in the Euro-;
pean conflict.

PRINCE RUPERT ARRIVES

The following
the first-class passengers on pert

were amongst
Prince Rupert this morning:
Lottie Dougherty, Mrs. Tepsert,
C. Solem, Mrs. Skinner, Mrs. F.
Hall, W. Blue, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs.
Kennedy and two children, Miss
Kennedy, Mr. Thompson, Master
Kennedy, Mr. Fortine, Mr. H. Lee,
Mr. Bertram Lee, Mrs. Lee, Rey.
Stapleford and wife, E, Brown, T.
Bowerman and wife, W. Todd,
Miss Marie Jackwith, T, Hansen,
O, McKinnon, Mrs. Bardwell, T.
Montgomery, C. T. Marsh, R, P.
Moore, J. H. Pilsbury and wife,
Miss Haufmann, C. Gorman, C,
Zemantz, J. F, C, Jacobson,
Hon. Dr. Young, R. H. Merritt,
Hon. Wm. Manson, Miss Babbett,
Mrs. F. Poole, T. Murphy, J, N.
Brice, C, Wolfe, H. Veale, wife and
two children, J. Jennings, Mrs. J.
Jennings, 8S, De Winters, Miss
Waller, Mrs. Macey, Miss Macey,
Mrs. Kerigan, Miss Kerigan, Mr.
J. Macey, Miss Richards, J. H.
Dennison, Mrs. J. H, Dennison,
J, M. Sykes and

Price,

Dennison, Rey.

wife, Mrs. T. Sykes and _ child,
Miss Sykes, Master ae Bi J,

Keats, RK. N. Block, Mrs. T. Ward
and child, F, A, Cady ai child,
S. Levy, Mrs. T. Hamanaka and
child, Mrs. J. CG, Hanbury and
child, J. Hodson, Hon. Win, Bow-
ser, Hon. Wm, Ross, P,. Flemming,
W. 8. Jones,

 

PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN

Vancouver, June. 16,—The Pa-
cifle Great Eastern Railway Com-
pany contemplates the laying of
track from Clinton to Quesnel
this year.

 

JOHN REDMOND MAY
BE IRISH PREMIER

June 16.—The almost
immediate establishment of an
Irish parliament is looked for. It
Dublin Castle
will be the home of the new legis-
There will be no prelimn-
inary election as the Irish mem-
bers of the Imperial Parliament
will constitute the new assembly,

London,

is supposed that

lature.

‘

but it will be necessary to form
a Senate. John Redmond will
probably be the first Irish Pre-
mier.

GERMANS LOST
TWO CRUISERS
IN THE BALTIC

Russian Flotilla did Effective
Work—Kitchener Stood on
Bridge Calmly Chatting
as Cruiser Sank.

(Special to The Daily News.)

June 16.—In the
battle between the German convoy
and the flotilla of de-
submarines in the

Copenhagen,

Russian
stroyers and
Baltic
sunk the German cruisers Herz-

yesterday, the Russians

mann and Konig Von Sachsen;
two armed trawlers and ten of
the merchantmen.

Hampshire Survivor’s Story.
London, June 16.—Survivors
from the cruiser Hampshire de-
clare that a mine was résponsible
for the disaster. They say that
they last noticed Earl Kitchener
standing on the bridge chatting
wth the captain as if nothing had
happened.

‘ In East Africa.

Havre, June 16.—The Belgian
Expeditionary Force in German
East Africa has been pressing for-
ward so strenuously that it has
compelled the enemy to retreat.
SUBLIME HEROISM

OF FRENCH AVIATOR

The following story of the sub-

 

 

ONTARIO MINISTER
PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY

June 13.—Hon, J. J.!
Foy, minister without portfolio in

Toronto,

government, died
His death |

the provincial
at 3:40 this afternoon.
was sudden, though not unexpect- |
ed. He had been suffering fr om|
hardening of the arteries, He was |e
: In Feb-
1906, he became Commis-

born at Toronto in 1847.
ruary,
sioner of Crown Lands in the
Whitney gavernment and attorney
general shortly afterward, resign-
ing this portfolio about two years
ago owing to ill-health.

FAMOUS PICTURES SOLD
IN AID OF THE RED CROSS

$217,465 was realized from a

istationed in Haute-

lime heroism of a French aviator

lin an air fight which took place
ijabove Muelhausen is recounted in
| :

the Paris Matin.

A’s soon as the French machines
had been signalled above the Ger-
man lines the enemy squadrons
Alsace, as well
as those of Fribourg, were on the
j{watch, and immediately went up.
The squadron stationed at Hab-
sheim comprised a Kampfilugzeug,
a bi-motor with two mitrailleuses,
whose hundredth fftight had just
been celebrated that evening. The
which had as-
French

Kampfilugzeug,
cended quickly, saw a
aeroplane above it, and, profiting
by its superiority in speed and
armament, it attacked the French
machine, and after a stiff fight,
pierced the petrol tank.

 

twelve days’
drawings in aid of the Red Cross
fund at Christie's in London.
“The Broken Lyre,” a drawing
specially made for the Red Cross
Society by Louis Raemaeker, the
famous Dutch cartoonist, fetched
60 guineas. The purchaser would
not reveal his name, and imme:
diately handed the
to the auctioneer to be resold. It
fetched 50 guineas on the second
great cheering.
The picture represents the Kaiser

drawing back

occasion, amid
as a disconsolate Pierrot return-
ing from Verdun,

CCAL— Favorite Ladysmith
Wellington lump and mut, best re-
sults. Phone 15.

There was quite a jump in the
price Of spring salmon yesterday,
24,000 pounds which was brought
in from Massett by the schooner
King George, went to the Cold
Storage Company at 7% cents.

 

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sale of paintings and |

P.R. CG, Co, tt

At once the petrol went in

flames. Seeing that he was in-
evitably to die,
thought that his death might as
well be a useful one, and in a
circle of fire he darted straight
iat the Boche machine, and, grap-
pling with it, dragged it with him
in his fall,

the French pilot

PIRATES’ INNOCENT VICTIMS

Three hundred and fifty-three
women and 124 children have
perished at sea as the result of
German submarines, not includ-
ing the deaths of women and
children on the Sussex and Persia.

 

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