fn pharge. of the rink construe
. tion
"will -be‘completed: in plenty of
“.. ey-nwenaon.

"were fixed'at'ten dollars for men
: ‘aiid’ five. dollars fo for ladies...

_ Friday. evening, Nov.’ Of.

- were congratulated on the excel-|.

- 7 the:second time, of the champion-
ship, and the McClary. baseball
: cup, were algo recognised.

_ — discussion, the association unani-
. mously voted against: the pro: |:
arr posed residence. rule, and -in
ae fayor of ‘six-man teams,

the chalr,
Hom LEAGUE”

Jan: 49 Smithers at NewHazelton

Feb, 16 Smithers : at NewHTazelton

aid of Hazelton public’ school, is)”

ley are looking forward to. a good. :
. time. at the

dermere ‘Hotel | on. ‘Worneeday in

rey . “tee, _
oo ‘honorary segretary, has prepared

“VOL: TV, NO 12.

Good Condition-—-The .
New. Rink. -

Repotts of. officers and com-
mittees, presented. at the. general

meeting of Hazelton Athletic as-|; :
‘pociatidn on Tuesday evening, |.

h “
were ighly ‘satisfactory to. the} the: ‘army eatiinates and: provided. ‘for’ another army of a million :

members,, who were “presnt in
goodly number. > .The executive

lent manner in which the affairs
of:the association had- been-. con-
ducted,.. and. the ‘services of
Captain Graham Rock, -whoge
work resulted in the winning, for |-

Trensurer Kinghorn reported
a deficit, of $76.80, which has al-
ready. been provided for. «

‘Hockey matters coming up for

Prog-

wey

we reported- by thé committee

‘It is: ‘expected that work

time for the. opsning af. ‘the hocks

The: “prices -of season tloketa

President 3 RS. , Rooke war in|.

"SCHEDULE, g1418|.-

Dec. 80 NewHazelton at: Smithers
4an. 2 Hazelton at NewHazelton
Jan. 5. Smithers at Hazelton. Be
Jan, 18 Hazelton at: Smithers 7

Jan. 16 NewHazelton at Hazelton

Jan; Qt: NewHazelton at Smithers
Jan. 30 Hazelton at: ‘NewHazéltou.
Feb. 2 ‘Smithers at Hazelton
Feb. 10 Hazelton. at Smithers .
‘Feb, 18-NewHazeltonat Hazelton}

School ‘Social Next. Friday” ’
asket ‘social, .and -dance, ‘in|’:

to’ ‘be held int Assembly” Hall; “On,
it i ig
hoped the ladies of the ‘town-will |:
co-operate: to’ make: this- event: a
success. Good music will be pro-
vided, and, &: Very, ‘pleasdnt
evening is. anticipated:;: > All are
invited to come : cand enjoy the]:
fun, cle ym

” For Patriotic Fund:
"The. speaple of the Bulldey ¥ vat.

which id" to" bé iveh. at the Al-|™

4c Fund, .

READY FOR HOCKEY GAMES

Hazelton Athletic ‘Anscciation ia AS

_| left over twelve: hundred dead on the field.

situation.

oping.on, the. eastern. front.. -

2 dreadnaught Audacious was sunk, ‘two:weeks ago, after striking a
| mine off:the coast of Ireland, ‘and: “that the crew and ‘officers’: were
: all saved,

gent, says Canadian. cavalry and machine guns have been in action
‘at Lille, ‘France:.”
already at the front,

ory: of Lord :-Roberta, The. death | of the ‘véteran. warrior has
created a deep. impression in: France,
minster Abbey or St. Paul's.

to’ break the Allies’: line.”
were ‘repulsed,
‘ground. south of.Bixachoote, while the rest of the’ ling’ is: unchanged.
The Germans. have evacuated the Yaer canal region.

“On the east, the Russian forces continue their: direct ad vance,
particularty'i in the direction of Posen and | in Galicia, .
: ‘fant éhgagements are reported,

to be levied at the coming session of fa

The™ dlatital commit]! - : ]
of which %. a Thorp. isl: towns: ‘by ‘the-Kaiser’s armies,
Eaat Prussia, which is now-occu
: m Tinhabitants to guerilla re,
=| etiemy are declafe tab
{or the eine to take

1] raior, in:
armies: dontinus their advance.

~ HAZELTON, B.C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914

s DESPERATE ATTACKS F RUITLESS!

* LAST THREE DAYS DISASTROUS

TERRIFIC FIGHTING IN MAN Y PAR TS OF EUROPE

0 ENEMY... ae

“Loiidony Nov, 21. The house of commons Jast night passed
men, in addition to the. 1,100,000 now in training, :

’ There. is «no: definite’ news of the Germaa offensive i in Russian
Poland, although reports, say the Russians have been pressed back
from the German border i in the direction. of. Warsaw, Petrograd.
reports: -contintied success ‘in Bast’ Prussia and. Galicia. In the,
latter district four towns were taken and 3,000 Austrians ‘eaptured.:

In Northern: France and Belgiuni there is a'lull in the fighting.
The bombar dment of Ypres has been heavy. Attacks by the
Germans upon ‘the positions ‘held by the Allies have proved fruit-
leas, the enemy “being repulsed . with tremendous losses, The last,
three days’ fighting has been most dicastrous.to the Germans. _
Ina spuce of half a mile square, east of Ypres, the Germaiis

‘The French’ government has moved back to Paris; indicating
the confidence'of. the Allies i in “thé defeat of. the German objective. |.
: French experts believe Germany has. made her last great effort
in the’ ‘west and expect a great retreat at an early. day,
Snow i in Belgium is. causing ‘much illness, particularly among
the German ‘troops, : Copenhagen: reports say Berlin military critics
estimate Germany's total losses: at. 1, 250, 000. killed, wounded and
missing, with an additional. 500,000 sick. .
Austrian troops are centering in- great atrength with the object!
of destroying the Montenegrin and.Servian armies. Servian: troops ¢
have. been forced back into thelr own country, and preparationa
| axe: ‘boing thade to” move the capital: from Nish to Uskub.

ate ‘Engagements ‘of secondary importance 5 are reported In: Russlan:
Caucasus, A. Turkiah . column. was defeated -and ‘forced back.:

7 the rebels split into small bands and scattered.

eavor to hold that point.

Fighting is impeded by the impassable condition of the roads, ~
. British, operations against the Turks in the Persian Gulf littoral |
fae . proving - successful, The. Ottomian forces were driven out of
their trenches at the point of the bayonet, ° Many, prisoners, with
a. umber of guns and a large ( quan tity of ammunition, ¥ were eap-
tured. no
oe ‘The. South ‘African. revolt, is vapidly’: ‘approsehing. an “end:
General ‘De. Wet’s forces lack ammunition, and the Beried allowed
for acceptance of an atnneaty expires today. -
* AS Pretoria: despatch - ‘Says .Col.- Celliere, ‘commanding British
foees, encountered Beyer’ 3: rebels i in the: ‘Orange Free State. After
a ‘running fight for eighteen miles, in which ‘casualties were light,
The horses of the

cavalry were too exhausted. for further. pursuit. Many prisoners,

rebels.

- Six hundred of the Canadian contingent took part i in the mem-
crial service for Lord Roberts at Salisbury ©: ‘athedral,

- Seven thousand. Germans, of.engineers’ corps, are Proceeding:
to Dixmude with material for the construction of bridges in the.
flooded. country, while an Austrian motor battery of heavy guns
is being transported to Ostend, indicating that the Germans will

_ Acting under, orders from Washington, United States officers;
‘on a revenue cutter, boarded the fast ateam yacht Winchester, off
Staten Island, and ‘destroyed its wireless apparatus,
Ottawa; Nov, 21:—The number of men under arma in Canada

n :
is likely to be increased from 90,000 to 50, 000. From this pumber
relnforcements will be sent to. Evgtand as required, |

"Landon Nov. 18;—Lord. Roberts: js dead. ‘<:He: contracted ‘a
severe cold while bn.a visit to the. troops in Franee, and te: re-
sults, at his, “advanced -age,: were speedily. fatal.” me

‘The Allies have resumed'the offensive-dlong the battle front i in
Flanders. Renewed German attacks of the moat desperate char-
acter. have. been repulsed, 4 ‘There is no ‘important change i in the

- Phe: Prugsians’ ‘are’ fleeing | before the, Russian. ‘advance, and
panic id spreading throughout Germany, In Berlin the Russian
menace is. Tegarded, as, of . paramount dmportance.  The'Czar's
troops: are engaging the “Germans along'a wide curve,-from Stallu-
ponen to Soldau, ‘a distance of 150 miles. “A great battle i is 3 devel-

“Mew York;: Nov: 15: Its reported that, the British, super-

"There js Tio- -confitmation of the report.in London.
Toronto, Nov.” ‘15: ‘A letter froma membér of the ‘first: contin-

Tbs is ‘believed: a large body of. Canadiad troops is

“London, “Nov.- 46: Many tributes. are botiag paid to.the mem-
- His body may gest i in West.
- In West Fianders the’ Germans coritinue their atrenuioua ‘afforte

~ Attacks inthe, Ypres district yeaterday
‘The Franco-British foreds. have gained’ some

‘No import-|

~_ Reports: of ‘the lous, of the nna ont: “Atdacious ‘Ate

ren

tis: reported that, Cracow tt
“ait th os datiage.

jenna, saya Cracow

“RHE, ‘MINER'S: TELEGRAPHIC. BULLETINS: TELL STORY. OF: GREAT: WAR ‘DAY. BY DAY |

Calais j ia looked for.

: Ren wed attacks by the enemy on the northerd: ‘part, of the® Une (hi

where the snow is ‘already ankle deep.
Belgium’ was a blizzard in’ England. -

“s The ‘75th list” of German - "eagnalties, up to Oct. “24, has ‘been.
issued in’ Berlin, : It gives: dosges of 535,000, and daca not. in-

The storm which swept

the last. three weeks on the west: front.

sult ‘of continuous and: heavy rains,. ° The district of Nieuport and|+
Dixmude is avast swamp in which-are-embedded guns and war
material abandoned by the Germans. : ‘Countless corpses aye float-
ing on the water. . The floods are said to have cut: off a large body
of. Germans.

-Premier Asquith has ‘moved | “the ‘additional _war “credit. of. a
_| bition and a quarter, the greatest: single demand in the history. of
British government... It will undoubtedly be voted, Britain will
loan Money to Belgium and Servia, .

~ No official reports were issued in London or Paris last night,
“Tt is claimed in-Bevlin that: Bedouins have captured the British
seaport of Aden, Arabia, and that the Khedive of Egypt will leave
the Turkish. capital . soon’ {0 assume command of the operations
against Figypt. He is to. be accompanied by a suite of fifty,

: “The spy-agitation in England i is growing. All persona leaving
London for the continent must depart from the designated railway
station, and the person and baggage of evéry passenger are subject
to, Search‘for. maps, drawings, or. anything else intended for the uge
-| of the: enemy. ~

.. Many mines have been washed ashore on the Dutch coast dur-
ing the storm of the last few days:

‘Another attempt by the. ‘Germana to break: ‘through towards

» London, Nov. 18:—Owing to the indiscriminate. mine-layitig of
the Germans, the British government has declared the whole North
Sea a military. area. . It is-also declared that all subjects of enemy.

‘te. The great’ war loan is. being. readily taken up,

6 official communiyae from Paris states that the Allies have!
the offensive along the center and southern. pact, of the battle:
_ Progress - is “ pronolinead:. on. some ‘portions - of the line.

ch headquarters ; stated ‘that!
7 with. great. violence .. betwee |.
. On.the canal south: of
i enemy?s: forts .to ton: ’
wbieh hd to: ot evacuated. tao

: ania;
-There is no: palraicedr of the report that.Cracow ia. burning,

with rifles, arnmuinition, wagons and stores, were taken from the]:

clude those of the retreat from Poland or of the severe hghting of |

The flooded: section in ‘Belgium i ia increasing in area, as are-

countries found on neutral vebeels anywhere may be amade brisoners a
of, war,
fara Chancellor} ’

" Lloyd: George stated i in parliament that. one firm: alone had taken |:

ca Road May Begin ..
_o ln Spring. of

on his way to Ottawa, -

district. Reeonnaisance ‘maps

early next year.

' May’s Trial Dec. 2:

and Victoria. John May,...

case, |

also tried at Prince Rapert.
Win. Templeman Dead

toria yesterday.
SUDDEN DEATH OF

Davis,
“Billy”? ' Davia,
here on “Tuesday,

was: "received:

erson.,

throughout the. district,

New c P.R. Executives ..
Montreal, Nov.
Manager MeNicholl, of the Can.
adian Pacific. railway, will - reti
at the end of. the year,

Bury, whose present position will--
probably be taken by Grant Hall.

There, was a. good, attendance.
lat the annual - meeting : of Hi.
‘ton Conservative 38
held i in the choolhc ie

day evening, |

‘the reault being a
Sir Richard Mel

; offical bureau ts silent aA. ~ ‘Unofiietal: I reports

- PRICE $2.00 THAR =
TO BUILD TO GROUNDHOG.

Pacific, Peace’ River & Athabes- : : “

wey

Vancouver. Nov. 19: ~ Charles:
F, Law, Canadian ' representative’ ee
of the Thomas interests, ‘which’.
: control the’ projected Pacific, a
Peace. River & Athabasea raile
way, left Vancouver yesterday:
He : has.
been called to England, toconsult -’
with his principals on the plane .

:| for the railway to Groundtiog :
coal fields and the Peace river’:

have been prepared from recent —
surveys, and Mr. Lawastates that -
construction will probably hegin. a

Chief Constable Minty - and; -
‘Constable Mills returned on Wed-.:. _
nesday from New Westminster. :
the.
Indian accused of murder, whom >
they took to the provincial jail,
is to be tried at Prince Rupert: oa
assizes, which open on-Dee, 2)°~ .
“The local police office hag issued =
twenty-two subpoenas ‘in : “this”
Sam Morris, the negro”
“*/oharged with: shooting: Seétion ©
Foreman McDonald about three
mouths ago, near Topley,. will be _

Vancouver, Nov, 16:--- ton,
Wm, ‘Templeman ‘died™ in Mie”

BELLY" DAVIS

News of the. death of. 4 We.
familiarly. . known ee Sra

Mr Davis, Be
who was a pioneer of the district. ard
and-a general favorite, left. Haz. | mr
elton last-year for Stuart :river,”
and was latterly located in Fraser...
-|Lake and Vanderhoof,- where: he, -
-was in the emuloy of J. .W.- Pat. - J
_ His death occurred sud-* -
denly, on Monday,. from heart..
disease, His untimely taking off.
will be regretted by many friends, i o

21: —General.- . 7

| He will. .
be succeeded by Vice- president -

Conservative Election . Be —_