REBELLION RELICS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 19 May 1916, Page 3

REBELLION RELICS.

REPUBLIC PRICE LISTS. FREE BREAD, CHEAP WHISKY. According to a London message to Vancouver, the leaders of the rebellion in Ireland issued special lists givincr the prices at which necessaries were Being supplied. The lists were printed under the heading, '-The Irish Republic." Some of the prices quoted were: Boots 3d a pair, whisky id a bottle, bread free, flour Id' a lb. Other prices charged by the looters of Sackville Street included": Fur robes 2s 6d, gold watches 2 S 6d, diamond bracelets 2s 6d. Several soldiers who have returned to England have brought with them rebel arms as souvenirs of the outbreak. One is an old discarded rifle of large bore. Most of the rifles used by the rebels wore Mausers of the 1900' type. Connolly, the rebel leader, commandeered the office of the 'Freeman'.Journal,' adjoining the post office. The premises are now gutted. Connolly published a daily paper of Irish war* news untrammelled by censorship. In Dublin itself the rebls never numbered alwve 3000. Of these 800 were either killed or wounded. The military casualties did not reach marly that number. CANADIAN CASUALTIES. HEAVY DEATH ROLL. ' VANCOUVER, May 4. Two Canadian casually lists issued in Ottawa yesterday. They contained 119 names. The Canadian casualties retorted since the opening of the spiing campaign ana • the Battle of St. Elois- number 2958, of whomi 723 were killed. HOT WHILE IT LASTED. COLLIER FIGHTS SUBMARINE. The armed collier Wand-10, which foug' t a submarine and came out of the ordeal with flying colors, was enthusiastically greeted by a large crowd as she came up the Thames on May 4. Captain Mastie said that the encounter with the submarine was very hot while it lasted. He showed must concern for the damaged boats. 'T'm sorry," he said, "that the i-eum messed up my lifeboats." When they landed Captain Mastie and his crew were carried off shoulder-high to the Wandsworth (London) Gas Company's premises. This company owns the Wandle. Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, on behalf of the directors, pre en ted the captain with t'so and div ded l £2OO among the crew. LOUD LAUGHTER IN CHARGE. FRESH GLORY. A press message from Paris statethat a recent attack that resulted in an important French success was carried out by part of an amy corps that has ' several times covered itself with jjlory. The men were about to be given a week's leave, but when they ieanied that a big operation was impending the-,-begged to be allowed 1 to carry it out. General Retain yielded' to the reque.-t. A wounded officer says that the men , fought like lions. "We carried the j whole position at the point of the bayonet without firing a single shot." be added. "We dashed at them laughing aloud," said a wounded corporal. "The Germans were petrified with surprise. The paucity of prisoners taken is accounted for by the fact that the trenches were packed with dead after the terrible French bombardment.'' HUNGRY WAGNERIAN HEROES. PILLOWS OF SAUSAGES. Tlie London 'Daily Mail's' Rotterdam correspondent says that a party of German operatic artists, after a tour with Wagnvr's operas in Holland, left, carrying away with them the country's congratulations and much of her com modi tie*. The property) dragon was stuffed full of flour. A woman performer had a , side of bacon fixed round her waist, while a hollow spear, belonging to one of the actors, was filled with margarine. Albericb's helmet was packed with' butter, Rrunnhilde's bosom bulged with soap, and her pillows were stuffed with sausages. Siegfried carried 221b of fat. The entire haul is now iii possession of the Dutch Customs officials, and several of the artists are under arrest for smuggling. In the famous Ring operas of Wag- i ner Brunnhilde is one of the Valkyries, and Siegfried is the renowned hero who releases her from the exile of fire, to which jshe has been sentenced by Wo tan. Alber'ch. the chief of the Nibehmg. is the principal conspirator of the Rheingold, and causes all the trouble by his theft of the gold, HUN PRISONERS ESCAPE. SAID THEY WERE DETECTIVES. Sub-Lieutenant Johl, a survivor of the German battleship Blucher, and Lieutenant Schan, of the Bavarian army, escaped from Haliforth camp, in Cheshire. They were arrested at Manchester by a. special constable-, who is a schoolmaster. He was on duty at 2 a.m., when he heard the men speaking German. He talked to them and lured them into the police station, where they were searched. A sketch map of the ManchesterHolyhead route was found, together with a compass, a timetable of the boat service to Dublin, and 1 some money. The pair daringly professed to be London detectives', Thev carried spurious metal tokens suggesting that they were attached to Scotland Yard. WAR ON MERCHANTMEN. The Spanish steamer Winifreds, 1441 tons, has been towed into Comnna. She was torpedoed without warning. One life was lost. The American vessel Brindilla, which was reported sunk, has been brought in to Kirkwall Roads in a badly damaged condition. Tha Brindilla is an oil tank steamer ( of 4171 tons, and is. owned by the Stan-;' dard Oil Company,