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ARE PROMPT WEUIRfiTORCOAl MCIPIO TRANSFER CO. HALL A WALKER VOL 46 VICTORIA, B. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1915 NO. 106 BUTTLE OF HILL 60 HAS MADE HER LAST GREAT BRITISH LINER SENT V- SEMES VOYAGE LUSITANIA MunTXt>sfng Gases: Britis DOWN BY GERMAN SUBMARINE; Papers tifge That Counter- Measures Be Adopted 1,253 PASSENGERS ON BOARD ARTILLERY ENGAGEMENTS VICTORIANS WHO WERE ON BOARD LUSITANIA. Lusitania, on Way From New York to Liver­ TO THE NORTH OF YPRE The Victoria passengers on pool, Was Caught Ten Miles Off Old Head board the Lusitania were as fol­ lows: James Dtffismuir. son of Hon. of Kinsale, Ireland; Remained Afloat for Enemy Gained No Ground b James Dunamuir. Hatley Park. Attack at Bagatelle, in Mr and Mrs Cyril Wlcklngs- Twenty Minutes. Bmlth and Infant, mi Margaret the Argonne ..avenue. ----------- - ■-T-r 2 v--------------------- <- fa. G. Wlcklngq-Smith. I960 •eCKSWi Granite street. Mr. and Mr*- Thomas K. Tur- Many Vessels Hurried to Assistance of Sink-, T-ondon, Msy T.—The battle, do deold pln. till Long Hranch avenue. the mastery of Hill No. 60 and th Cecil H. Weir. *107 HrUrea ing Ship; Small Boats Carrying Passen­ desolated country around Yprea ha avenue. : Robert W. Whaley. 1736 Duch- not reached Its final stages yet. ees street. gers Taken in Tow; Attack on Big Véssel The fighting in Flanders finds th Mr. and Mrs George Ft Stokes Germans still making use of asphyxl and Master W. Stokes. Was Made About 2 p. m. To-day —- atlng gases, and there Is a noticeabl Mias K. Barhur. current running through the British Cunningham Smith. press which Insists that the Allies All Passengers and Mrs. Charlotte Marshall. should adopt counter-measures at Mrs. ,B. Hadow. London, May 7.—The Cunard liner Lniitania, which sailed from JAPAN MID CHI SUBMARINES SANK O. B- Blackburn. 1154 Burdett Members of Crew of Avenue. New York on May 1 for Liverpool with 1263 passengers on board, Paris, May 7.—The French war of­ fice thia afternoon ga\ e out the follow­ Lusitania Were Savec waa torpedoed about 2 o'clock this afternoon at a point aboi t ten ing statement on the progress of ho*£* WILL NOTGO TO WAR y TWO BRITISH SHIPS tllities: miles off Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, and later went down. "The Germane delivered an at tacit > ewterday at the close of the day at Republic Has Decided to Grant Candidate and Centurion Sent London, May 7.—The Hagatejle, In the Argonne. It resulted Cunard Company has ascer New York, May 7.—The New York office of the Cunard In complete failure. Demands Made by fokio - - to Bottom Off Coast - ~ nonneed this afternoon that the Lusitania had been sunk. “On the remainder of the front, par Government tained definitely that all the ticularly to the north of Y pres and In of Ireland ON CONSTANTINOPLE the region of Vauquols, there have been passengers and all the mem The Lusitania sailed from this port last Saturday, Ma; %, and Violent'artillery engagements." hers of the crew of the Lusi carried, ia addition to her own, large passenger list, 163 FURTHER CONCESSIONS Athens Dispatch Says Three IT London, May 7.—The British war MEMBERS OF BOTH tania have been saved. transferred to her from the Anchor liner Cameronia. news of office Issued the following communica­ Russian Aviators Flew Over tion lest night: WERE MADE BY JAPAN CREWS WERE SAVED bar sinking was given out by the local office of the Cunard Une and' "There is nothing to report on the Turkish Capital British front exceplJh* recapture by us waa based on cable advices from the home office of the company in yesterday evening -mh more of our lost italKison point Liverpool. Three dispatches wore made public by the line, reading trenches on Hill Nt>. 60. southeast, of Tokio. May 7.—War with China haa London, May T.—The British steam­ Yprea, and that fighting still continues been averted, according (to authentic ship Candidate was torpedoed by a WARSHIPS ATTACKING as follows: In that locality. Elsewhere ihe enemy authoritative assurances in official German submarine yesterday of Water­ has shown no disposition to attack." circles here. It lajieclared that China ford. Ireland. The members of her crew OF ENTERING WAR AT THE DARDANELLES “Wo received from the Land's End station news of repeated had decided definitely to grant the de­ were saved. distress calls made by the Lusitania asking for assistance at once. AUSTRIA PREPARING mand of Japan. The news when made public, caused great demonstra­ The steamship Candidate was of *.«• Big list. Position ten mties south of Kinsale. Subsequently received TO DEFEND HERSELF tons net register Built in Glasgow in Under Instructions From Ber­ Paris, May 7 —Thf first Attack during tions by the psrlflclsts. but the city telegram from Queenstown that all available craft in the harbor had 1AM. shA Wfti 3M feet long. She was lin, German School at Rome th* war on Constantinople la reported generally did not enthqae. Paris, May 7^—Austria Is continuing owned by the Harrison Steamship Co. In an unofficial dispatch from Athena to make extensive preparations for de­ been dispatched to assist." <>f Liverpool. She arrived at Liverpool Has Been Closed la said that three Russian aviator»' on April S from New Or lea \ Th* second message to the local of- fence against/ a possible attack by Peking. May 7.—It was ascertained There la no word of her passengers or Italy, according to a dispatch to the flew over the city, dropping several fic# read as follows: “Queenstown, here to-day that the Japanese govern­ z . crew, who number ever 1(06.*' Petit Parisian from -Turin. Railway Tendon, May 7.—The British steam» bombs which are believed to have *.M p. m About twenty boats of all Home, May 7-^Uppn receipt of a service was suspended for six hours ment yesterday presented to the *hlp Centurion was torpedoed by oatieed extensive damage. aorta belonging to ou. line are in the dispatch from Berlin, the German London, May 7.—The manager of the last Friday and Saturday at- Gras and Chinese minister at Tôklo a note warn - German submarine off the Irish coast The mesFmge raya also that th* RuW-' vlelnMy''-WAW the .usltanla sank. Ia&yhack to permit the passage of mil­ yesterday, Her crew was saved. i-chool In this city suddenly was closed Cunard company has Informed the Ing him that China must accept the élan Black Sea fleet bombarded the About fifteen other boats are making itary train* carrying artillery and am­ The Centurion was attacked about Liverpool Evening Express that he re­ denpupf of yesterday afternoon. The, teachers, for the spot to render assistance." - munition to Trieste. Turkish forts on the left bank of the ceived this afternoon the following the same time that the steamship Can­ with a number of German newspaper _ . I./The third cablegram was dated Liv Considerable German forces are said didate was torpedoed off Waterford. Bosphorus on Wednesday. Revei <rtK>ol and message from the wlreleea station at Tokio, May 7.—A dispatch to the correspondents and several German Old Head, off Kinsale; "The Lusi­ to tie at Gras awaiting transportation Ireland. The Centurion was bound for Russian shells fell within ten mill# * °f Tollowln* rrrelved by admiralty; Xlchl Nlchl from its Peking families, left almost immediately for tania was sunk by a submarine at 2 31 to Zagrab.\Croat1a, ind t hence to Boa South Africa and the Candidate for Ja­ Constantinople. nla and Da\maila, ■pondent says that the Chinese gov- maica. Germany, “GUley Head. 4.26 p. nv, several boats, oelock this afternoon, eight miles nment Informed Japanese Minister apparently survivors, southeast, nine W The Vatican haa advised all German, south by west off this point- Iliolti last night that Kfltyeslred to ar­ The Cgm ulion was 339 feet long and Dardanelles May 7.—The artillery ■Hefif Greek steamship proceeding to and Austrian ecclesiastics and theo- exchanges between the warship* of the range a settlement of the demands In her net tonnage was S.R54 She was London. May 7.—It la believed that loglcal students to.leave Home immedi­ allies and the shore positions Of the f | E PROVINCES •u*h a w»> » lo avoid «. rupture owned by the Harrison Steamship Co., ately. Dispatches received here from Lon the passengers of the Lusitania are iff Liverpool. > Turks continue. Some vessel* are fir­ don, Liverpool and Queenstown con­ ing from the Gulf of flares. The town ■afe. No details of how they may have firmed the news. One of the, messages been rescued, however, are at hand A ” Winnipeg. M^y Soaking and hlgh- Jinan's policy." London, May 7.— Reuter dispatch of Maitloe was set on fire yesterday. says the Peking Ossett$. “Is to extort said It was believed fhat all the big ly benefit lal rain *11 during the last from Athens says that a telegram from message received says It Is not known the entire body of her demands while liner’s passengers had been saved. NO how many of the liner's passengers were twenty-four hours .over most of Mani­ RUSSIANS DISPUTE ■Constantinople states that the Italian Paris. May 7.—The Official Gasette avoiding the odium qf Europe and the definite news as to tip* fati* of the pas- saved. toba/. much ok Alpe -ta and parts of government has recalled the teachers of the navy department published to­ Haskatchewah. Shdwers have been Veiled Htates for exacting from China in Italian schools at the Turkish cap­ had been received by the Relief waa sent out Immediately from day an account of the landing of Cunard line here early this ^afternoon.

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