The Vancouver Sun du lieu suivant : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 1

DELMONICO CAFE Private Dining Rin for Ladles 704 Robson Near Cranvlll SPECIALS FOR TODAY. Creamed Finnan Haddio, Family Style. COLONIAL THEATRE TODAY BIXX.XE RITCHIE la Silk Hose High Pressure la 4 Acts. HERBERT KAWLIVSOH la OK THE LEVEL BrltUb War Pictarea VOLUME 4, NUMBER 282. VANCOUVER, B.

FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS Brave Australian Who Led Troops RUSSIANS MAJORITY GENERALS FIGHT FIERCELY IN RANKS WHEN FULL STRENGTH OF TURK FORCE IS HURLED AT BRITISH ON GALLIPOLI MAINTAIN FAMOUS COMMANDANTS IN GALLIPOLI WARFARE Failure of Landing at Suvla Hay is Attributed by General Sir Tan Hamilton to Use of Untried Troops and to tbe Lack of Water Bravery of Men is Beyond Praise but the Turks Outnumbered Them and Had Plenty of Fresh Soldiers and Ammunition Sir Ian Opposed to Abandonment of Bases. Daybreak of August 10 Sees One of Bloodiest Fights in History Generals Throw Aside Dignity and Fight in Hanks Fists Brought Into Play When Close Quarter Prevent Use of Rifle and Bayonet Britishers Hold Up Best Traditions of Their Kace and Fight Magnificently. 1 I LONDON, Jan.

6. General Sir Ian Hamilton's report on the British operations on the Gallipoli peninsula was published in the official Gazette tonight. It tells the story of the fighting on the peninsula from the beginning of May to the middle of October. Probably no more important contribution to the history of the war has yet been made. The report throws light on the great landing at Anzac Gove and Suvla Hay August 7, which has been the subject of strong attacks upon the military administration of the government, the whole operations requiring the combined action of the army and the navy.

The handling of the masses of troops within a limited area probably was the most complicated ever undertaken and military men are surprised that some important details failed to work out as planned. The Suvla Ray landing failed to accomplish its object, the report shows, partly because the force consisted largely of untried troops under generals inexperienced in the new warfare and partly through the failure of the water supply. The sufferings of the troops for lack of water makes painful reading. operations up to mid-October when he relinquished his command. Concerning his retirement, General Hamilton reports: "On the 11th of October your lord ship cabled asking me for an estimate of the losses which would be involved in the evacuation of the peninsula, I replied in terms showing that such a step was to me unthinkable.

On October 16 I received a cable recalling me to London for the reason, as I was informed by your lordship on my arrival, that his majesty's government desired fresh, unbiased opinion from a responsible commander on the early evacuation." LABOR MEN INSTRUCT MEMBERS TO OPPOSE COMPULSION MEASURE LONDON, Jun. 6. Organizes! labor of Great Hritain, sitting In congress in Ijomlon today, decided against the government's compulsion bill by the overwhelming majority of 1,98,000 votes to Hostility to the government's measure was uncompromising am! ness-sitateU the resignation from the coalition ministry of all three labor members Arthur Henderson, Win. llraee anil George II. Roberta, holding respectively the offices of president of the hoard of education, parliamentary under-sccre-lary for home affairs, and lord commissioner of the treasury, and their resignations were announced during the evening.

The labor congress was, in many ways, the most Important body of the Hnd ever assembled. More than 1.000 delegates were present, representing 400 unions and three million workers. LARGE OR BILL First Reading of Compulsion Measure Passed by Commons With About Three Hundred Majority. Minority is Composed of Na tionalists, Some Liberals and a Portion of Labor Party. Asquith Is Given a Great Ovation Irish Unionists and Nationalists in Opposite Camps for First Time Since War.

LONDON, Jan. 6 Amid scenes of wild enthusiasm, the house of commons tonight passed the first reading of the government bill for compulsory military service by the decisive vote of 403 to 105. The vote came shortly before midnight, with the galleries packed; every seat on the floor of the house occupied, the ministerial benches filled and an air of eager expectancy prevailing. The events of the day had increased the tension to a high pitch, notably the action of the labor congress and the retirement of three labor members of the ministry. Tide Is Throughout the developments outside of parliament, the debate in the house had forged steadily ahead but had been left largely to lesser figures.

It was reserved for A. J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty, to close the debate of half an hour, which roused the lagging spirits of the advocates of the bill and turned the tide of adversity which had been running steadily against the measure through the debate and the outside events of the day. "Let this vote tonight show that we are a united people," was his closing appeal. "Do not let us give a false Impression to the world that in the moment of the country's greatest emergency we are divided one against another.

Abandon your abstract theories, and remember we are dealing with stern realities which call for great sacrifices." (Continued on rage Two) El IN FAVOR OF UNION TORONTO, Jan. 6. Church union has been carried by the Presbyterian church. The majority for union with the Methodist and Congregational churches, according to official figures announced today, was B3.0S6. The minority, however, is so large, that it is thought doubtful if the general assembly, which meets in Winnipeg next June, will force union on the 93,156 members who voted against it.

The total vote was 239,398. The majority given by this vote on the church union "Is considerably below that recorded In 1911. The majority then was 80,251, and in that ballot 14,299 more votes were registered." In the voting this year not one class of the church returned a majority against union In any synod. The members of the sessions gave a majority of 3,026 for union, communicants a majority of 33,079. adherents 16,199, and pastoral charges and mission fields have a majority of 7S2 for union.

There is only one presbytery to be heard from, Winnipeg, and it is understood that a majority for union has been returned there. Million Dollars of Steel Corporation "In view of the prosperous conditions now existing, it was unanimously voted at a meeting of presidents of our iron and steel companies, held today, to recommend that there should be made adjustments of the wage rates to take effect on February 1, and at a subsequent meeting of the finance committee, It was unanimous-up decided to adopt the recommendation of the presidents. It is proposed to Increase the rates of common labor about 10 per cent. As to other departments. Increase will be equitably proportioned.

"Adjustments in wage rates in our mining companies are under consideration." The proposed Increase will affect the great part of the corporation's force of about men and will Increase the annual payroll by about 15.000,000. according to estimates by the corporation' repreeenuth e. IS POSITION Area of Their Success in rSuko-wina Enlarged and Enemy Are Driven Further From Lines. Muscovites Are Expected to Strike Hard Klow at Railway Which Joins the Austro-Hun Forces. Austrians Bringing Big Reinforcements Unexpected Offensive Completely I'pset German Plans for Campaign in Egypt.

LONDON', Jan. 6. The area of Russian successes over the Aus-tro-German forces in the east continues to widen. Although the situation around Czernowitz has not yet been cleared up officially, it appears from advices from Russian sources that the Austrians are hard pressed over a long line of defense and are throwing huge reinforcements into the district. The Russians are expected to strike at the Kalomea-Stanislaud-Haliez line where powerful defensive works have been in preparation for some time by the Aus-tro-Gernians.

Meanwhile the Russian position 250 miles further north on the middle Styr river has been greatly strengthened by successful operations in the region of the great marshes where the Russians are beginning to emerge from the marshes with prospects of being able to use the roads leading either northwest, west or southwest. Their advance here has not been the (Continued on Page Two) DECLARES SWITCHES MOVED BY SOMEONE MOOSE JAW, Jan. 6. James Wheeler, switchman in charge of C. P.

R. switches on the main line east of the depot over which train No. 303 had to pass before it was clear of the Moose Jaw yards, was the most important witness at the coroner's Jury which opened here today to enquire into the case of the wreck which resulted in the death of two persons and injuries to nine others. He testified that the switches running onto the eastbound main line had been "run through." After train No. 303 had gone out on the wrong track, witness said he had found the switches "split" and these had been repaired by a section crew at mid night after the wreck.

He stated positively that some one must have moved the switches after he had lined them up and locked them. RAILWAY COMPANIES MAY REJECT DEMAND NEW YORK. Jan. 6. Representatives of all the Eastern railroads met here today to consider the expected demand of 400,000 locomotive engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen in the United States and for a eight-hour day.

It was said at the close of the meeting that if such a demand were granted it would mean great financial for all the roads and that unless radical amendments to their programme were adopted by the men it would be refused when presented. D0UAI AERODROME GETS SOME BOMBS LONDON, Jan. 6. The following official communication was issued tonight: "In addition to the raid on the aerodrome at Doual, another raid was carried out yesterday by eleven of our machines against a stores depot at Lesara. "This morning one of our patrols dispersed a party of Germans Just north of the Domme with hand grenades." OVER 300 PERSONS DROWN WITH PERSIA LONDON.

Jan. 6. An announcement made here tonight by the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company says that the number of persons on board the steamer Persia who have not been accounted for aggregates 336. Of these 119 were passengers and 217 members of the crew. TEACH HUNGARIANS TO SPEAK GERMAN Jan.

6. Schools have been organized in the trenches nn the Austro-Hungarian front, chiefly for the purpose of giving the men something to do and relieve the tedlousncss of the long periods of Inactivity during the winter. The German language will be taught. W. R.

BIRDWOOD Commander of the Australian forces had temporary command of the Qal-lipoli divisions. INCOMPETENT THE CAUSES Failure on Gallipoli Not Due to Men Hut to Inexperienced and Incapable Officers Says the Times. LONDON, Jan. 7. Both the home government and the generals at the front are severely criticized in the London morning newspapers today as the result of the publication of Gen eral Sir Ian Hamilton's The authorities are especially blamed for their failure to meet Gen eral Hamilton's repeated demands for reinforcements, the lack of which caused the collapse of the military plans.

In contrast to what Is term ed the Inefficiency of the higher commands, the greatest admiration Is accorded the heroic conduct of the men under the terrible conditions. The Times censures the home auth orities for their failure to send reinforcements and says It can find no warrant for the assumption that the great blow from the Anzac region failed solely because the landing at Suvla went amiss. Due to Commanders. "On the contrary," the Times adds, "the chief cause of the failure seems to have been not the inexperience of the troops or lack of water, but the incompetence of some of the corps and divisional commanders. And though condemnation falls chiefly upon General Stopford, General Hamilton himself cannot escape some share of the criticism.

"His own version of what happened is sufficiently extraordinary- It is Inexplicable that, though he points out what the corps and divisional commanders ought to have done, he (Continued on Pago Two) ITALIANS DESTROY AUSTRIANS' WORKS ROME. Jan. 6. The following official communication was issued today: "In the Fella valley our heavy artillery has destroyed near works which the enemy was completing. The works included artillery emplacements.

"On the Tolmino bridgehead, repeated enemy attempts to approach our lines were speedily repulsed. There has been a lively artillery duel from Plava to the sea." ENEMY IS UNABLE TO TAKEOFFENSIVE PETROGRAD, Jan. 6. The official communication says: "On the Stripa front and northeast of Czernowitz our troops have established themselves in the enemy positions they captured. Every attempt to take the offensive in the region of Bojana was repulsed by our fire." Will Add Fifteen To Payroll Thousands of Men Will He Materially Affected by Proposal to Increase All Wages.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6. Because of the prosperous condition attending the steel and iron trade the finance committee of the United States Steel corporation, acting on the recommendation of the heads of its subsidiary companies, today decided to Increase the wages of its common laborers about 10 per the advance to take effect on February 1. Increases also will be made among other classes of employees.

The action of the finance committee was embodied in the following statement issued from the office of Chairman Elbert H. Gary; COMMANDERS GKNKRAL C. C. MONROE. Who succeeded Gen.

Hamilton in the Dardanelles every gun," he says, "then assaulted by a huge column consisting of no less than a full division plus three battalions. The North Lancashire men were simply overwhelmed in their shallow trenches by sheer weight of numbers, while the Wilt-shires, who were caught out in the open, were literally almost annihilated. "The ponderous mass of the enemy swept over the crest and swarmed around the Hampshires and Gen. Baldwin's brigade, which had to give ground and were only extricated with great difficulty and very heavy losses. Guns Tear Gaps.

"Now it was our turn. The warships and the New Zealand and Aus-(Continued on Fags Two) NO DEEBY SCHEME FOR THE DOMINION OTTAWA, Jan. 6. General Hughes tonight denied the report published in Winnipeg to the effect that he intended to adopt the Derby recruiting scheme for Canada. "I have no such- intention," said the minister; "our own scheme is good enough for Canada and is getting splendid results." FIGHT FIRE AS MERCURY BELOW ZERO EDMONTON.

Jan. 6. The fire department, with the thermometer 15 below zero, were engaged in a four-hour fight tonight with an obstinate fire in the three-storey wooden St. Regis hotel. The blaze started at 10 o'clock and was still burning at 2 p.m., but the firemen had it under control.

The hotel was crowded with roomers, many of whom escaped in their night clothes. An 8-year-old girl, Evelyn Johnson, daughter of Private Johnson, of the 66th Battalion, was suffocated. It was not until two hours after the fire started that her body was found in a part of the building where the fire had not reached, but which was filled with smoke. The cause of the fire is unknown. NORSE STEAMER SI NK.

LONDON, Jan. 6. The Norwegian sleamer Fridtiof Nansen of Rcriren. bound from the east coast of Africa for Rotterdam, was sunk in the Eng lish channel yesterday. Two of the crew were killed, while the remainder were landed at Peal today.

She was of 3,27. gross tons. SEND PRISONERS TO AUSTRALASIA LONDON, Jan. 6. Andrew Bonar Law, secretary for the colonies, announced in the house of commons today that it had been decided to deport to Australia all prisoners of war, including women and children, now interned at Hong Kong.

THE WEATHER. Easterly and southerly winds, fresh to high on the gulf; unsettled and mild with rain. SIK I AX HAMILTON Who tells thrilling story of fights on Gallipoli peninsula. Landing at Suvla. The most stirring passages of the document describe the ill-fated landing at Suvla Bay and Anzac early in August, for securing command of the heights of the middle of the peninsula and cutting off from their base the Turkish forces at the lower extremity, where the allied armies made their first landing.

This operation began on August 6. The climax was reached at daybreak on the 10th, when the Turks made a grand attack from the summit of Chunnuk -Bair Hill upon a short front held by two battalions of the sixth North Hampshire and the fifth Wiltshire regiments, which Gen. Hamilton describes as weakened in numbers, though not in spirit. "First our men were shelled by Col. John Ward.

It. who calls himself an "independent laborite," declared in the house tonight that the decision of the labor congress could not be regarded as actually representing the will of the labor men of the country. "For," said he. "you must consider the fact that certainly from one half to one-third of the members of the trade organizations which met in congress are either in the trenches of preparing to take their places there. I.

for one, have done my best in the past to oppose conscription, but I never contemplated the circumstances which have now arisen, and in common with many other thinking labor men, will support this compulsion bill." Italy Spends Ove One Half Billion on War IIOMK, Jan. 5. The sum of is, according to statistics just made public, the expense sustained by Italy for her army and navy from June 1 to November 30. Adding spent in May and December the total cost of the vats to Italy is more than without including the expenses of the military preparations before the opening of hostilities. These expenses have been covered by war loans and new taxes.

Resides, economics have been introduced in all departments, except that of Instruction which, in the laM, five months spent $3,000,000 more than In the sanie period last year. DESTROY MATERIAL FOR GAS ATTACKS PARIS, Jan. 6. The official communication tonight says: "In Artols our batteries dropped projectiles on the railway station on the hill south of Arras during the passage of a train. "In Champagne, in the course of an intense bombardment by our artillery on the German trenches to the north of the Navarin farm, we destroyed all the material for attack by gas." British Outnumbered.

General Hamilton bestows the highest possible praise upon the bravery of the men. He believes that after the middle of August the Turks outnumbered the British and had plenty of fresh soldiers and munitions, while the British government was unable to furnish him with the reinforcements he wanted. The general strongly opposed the abandonment of any of the bases held by the British troops. General Hamilton's report, which was submitted to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war, carried the story of the Dardanelles GOVERNMENT MAY APPEAL TO COUNTRY Wreck of the Iahor Party in Britain Over Conscription is Not an Improbability. LONDON, Jan.

7. The question on every tongue at the political rendezvous clubs last night was whether the momentous events of the day had brought a general election in sight. An appeal to the country and a break up of both the coalition government Hnd the labor party are contingencies of the near future and while the government has secured what in ordinary circumstances would be regarded as a satisfactory majority. 298 for its bill, the defection of a large section of the labor party with the loss of four members of the government, admittedly places the government in a critical position, and many doubts are expressed that it will succeed in weathering the storm. No cabinet council has yet been summoned and a majority of the members of the house of commons are adverse to a general election, but an appeal to the country may come about in either of two ways.

First, the house of lords could, without the consent of the government, bring the life of the parliament to and end by simply declining to proceed with the, parliament and registration bill, which prolongs the life of the parliament eight months. On the other hand, It may still be found that Reginald MeKenna, chancellor of the exchequer, and Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, are quitting the cabinet though nothing is yet known of their position, in which case It would not be improbable that the government would seek an exit from its difficulties by resigning and appealing to the country. Tells Hyphenateds If They Cannot No Room for Them in United States German-Americans Are Told in Plain Language. NEW YORK. Jan.

6. An invitation to "hyphenated citizens," who put the interests of their native country before those of America, to "get off the face of the earth." was issued here today by United States Judge Henry D. Clayton of Alabama. Judire Clayton's remarks were made in addressing the grand Jury that was empanelled to resume the investigation into the activity of German agents la this country. In addition to the formal vote against the government's compulsory bill, the congress rejected by four to one a motion pledging support to the principle of compulsion for single men: and passed by two to one, another motion directing the labor party to oppose the bill in all its stages in the house of commons.

The congress closed with an enthusiastic scene, the feature of which was the singing of the socialist anthem, "The Red Flag." One of the early speakers, James Henry Thomas, assistant general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, kindled his hearers to fierce enthusiasm. He was an out-and-out anti-compulsion speech, appealing to the trade unions "not to sell their heritage of freedom." Cannot Turn Tide. A speech by Arthur Henderson, president of the board of education, as a sedative of the passionate feelings aroused by the earlier speakers. He spoke calmly and logically, defending not merely the resolution before the meeting, but also the compulsion bill itself. But his effort was insufficient to turn the tide of opposition.

With the exception of the Miners' Federation, virtually every trade union of the country of importance was represented in the conference. The number of soldiers voting is given from one source as 409, made up as follows: trade unions, 311; trade councils and local labor parties, 83; independent labor party organizations 15. to Quit Earth Keep Mouths Shut "You gentlemen," he said, "are entering upon your duties as American citizens. If any of you have had the misfortune to be born in a foreign country, I hope that you can truthfully say now that you love America more than the land of your birth. I have no sympathy with any naturalized citizen who is given to carping criticism of this government, or who cannot say that he loves America first, last and forever.

If any citizen has come here from another country to evade military service, let him not criticize our institutions here. If he desires to do so, let him get off the face of the earth or go back and fight for the country from whence he came.".