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[Public Meeting

: ‘Saturday, March 20th,

SST Baie Pee I ees

- Alex. M. Manson

THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915

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summer samples are here, and
the styles, as well as the
materials, ere particularly well
selected.

COLORS— Dreadnaught Grey,
Belgium Blue, Fancy Mix-
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Job Printing
At
‘THE MINER OFFICE

Assembly Hall
New Hazelton

8 o'clock p.m.

(LIBERAL) |

Candidate for Omineca Rid-
-ing,.and others, will address
“the: ‘meeting in the. inter-
eats: of the, Liberal Party. .

| fleet,

ers Atlanta, 519 tons and the
Fingal, 661 tons, have been tor-
pedoed. Six lives were lost on
the Fingal,

The interned German liner
Macedonia has disappeared from
Las Palmas. She carries war
stores and is equipped with wire-
less.

A British mine-sweeper has
been blown 1p in the Dardanelles,
with loss of several lives. .

The enemy is farious!y bom-
barding Nieuport with 16-inch
howitzers, according to a Paris
report. The British fleet ig con-
ducting a vigorous bombardment
of Westende. The German ar-
tillery reply in a feeble manner,
Torpedoboat destroyers, which
are protecting the battleships,
shelled a German submarine
which attempted to approach the
Aeroplanes are directing
the fire of the warships.

Amsterdam: — The Germans
have posted 42-centimetre guns
at Snaeskerke on line from Os-
tend ta Thorout, as well as at

Ypres. There is much activity in
mounting heavy guns in this

»|region as well as the sending of

troops to the coast to withstand
possible landing parties. This

£ is taken as an indication that the

German military authorities ex-
pect that a forward movement
of the’ Allies will be directed in

-} part against the extreme north
lof their line,

Germans still fear
a British attempt to land soldiers
on the coast of Flanders back of
the German lines and are mak-
ing preparations for such a move-
ment, says the Echo de Relgi,
now published in this city,

-At Snaeskerke there is an in-
crease of two thousand in the
garrison, while at Heyst a force
of five thousand fresh troops is
expected daily, Reinforcements
are also being sent to Bruges,

Piazensa: — A commission of
artillery officers tried out some
of the new 305-millimetre cannon
recently. ‘They said the guns
would be most powerful engines
in making an attack on fortifica-
tions, These cannon, together
with others of the same calibre,
are now ready at Genoa for
transportation to Piazensa,

London, Mar. 18:—A heavily
censored despatch from Paris
tells of the magnitude of the
preparations under way by the
Allies preparatory to a big ad-

|vance. ‘The greatest quantity of

munitions of war ever assembled

ern France. These will be trans-
ported to the front by the rail-
roads, the carrying capacity of
which has been increased by the
laying of additional tracks along
every line radiating towards the
front, as well as by thousands of

“‘|fmotor vehicles of every kind,

which have been gathered for
the purpose.

In addition to Engiand’s ‘new

has been moving across the chan- |.
nel, for two months, France has
a million soldiers splendidly
equipped and ready to take the
field at a minute’s notice,. and
who have never yet smelled gun-

4) powder, having been in training.
during. the-winter montha,:.

“The artillery brigades. ara “ be-

. ing auginented and ‘thousands, of etill affoat

has been got together in North-

army of over one million,: which,

Geneva reports that the Germans
are heavily fortifying the val-
leys of the Largue, bétween
Moos, St, Louis and Loerraen,
near Lausanne.

‘ London:—tLhe Battle of Neuve.
Chapelle is reported by the official
“BKye-witness.”” ‘The Germans
made heroie resistance. Three
Hohenzollern princes are among
the dead. Prisoners say that
the British artillery bombard-
ment was-the most terrific during
the entire war.
German dead outside the village,
their entire loss being 18,000,
The British casualties are estim-
ated at 8,000. The Kaiser is at
Lille today to attend a council of
war.”?

London:—Reuter’s Copenhag-
en correspondent reports that
the Karlsruhe has been blown
up, 150 of the crew being rescued,
These survivors were sworn to
secrecy regarding the loss of the
ship.

London:— The Anchor Line
steamer Cameronia, which ar-
tived at Liverpool from New
York, on Mar. 15, with a cargo
valued at $5,000,000, on Saturday
ran the German submarine block-
ade. The vessel reports that she
was chased by three German
submarines while on her voyage,

The interned German liner
Macedonia, which escaped from
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, on
Monday, has been re-captured
by a British cruiser, according to
the Daily Mail’s Madrid eorres-
pondent. The correspondent
adds that the Spanish govern-

ment has ordered on investigation

of the ship’s escape.

London:—-A special telegram
to the Times from Petrograd says
the Russian military. authorities

are convineed that some of the

thirty-three German army corps

{massed in the eastern theater |i

of war have already gone to Bel-

gium or France, presumably to lg
reinforce the troops facing the|s
British. The despatch says also |®

that the Germans are probably

sending reinforcements to’ the!
Galician theater, where Rusgians |f

have gained a complete mastery
of the situation.

Their are 2,500)"

Everything |j

. Fred Renworth arrived from
Prince Rupert Wednesday. |

8.'J. Martin is home after |

spending a week at the coast.

George Jennings came up from
Skeena-Crossing on Wetnesday’ F
train,

A. B. Anderson, of Edmonton,,.

is a business visitor in town this
week,

“Scottr’’ Ogilvie returned from
Seattle this week, after spending
the winter on the coast,

E E. Charleson, formerly of
Hazelton, is now in England
with the Canadian Aviation
Corps, holding the rank of lieu-
tenant,

The Sewing party in aid of the

Belgian Relief Fund will be held
on Thursday afternoon next,
Mareh 26th, at .Mra. Naylor’s
house, at 3 p. m

for their: promptiess: in:answer-
ing the fire alarm on Friday and

_.|preventing the spread of a blaze

at their residetice,

H. Glassey. ‘and Hugh Taylor

: jarain Smithers for .the. Liberal
which .

nominating convention, .
took place last night. A. M.

Manson, of Prince. Rupert, was -

chosen to contest the coming
election for the Liberals...

British Steamer Torpedoed -

London:—The British steamer
Leet warden, bound from London

for Harlingf, Holland, has been

torpedoed | by the German sub-
marine U-28, four miles south-
east of the Maas, Holland, light-
ship, according to Reuter’s Mags-
luis correspondent, ;

Germans Leave Riviera
Paris:—All Germans in the
Italian Riviera have been notified
to leave, ;

‘The Miner is two dolar a year.

DENTIST
Dr. BADGERO is now in town

OFFICE OVER DRUG STORE. -

Port Essington’:

goes to show that owing to these!

causes a serious German offensive

in East Prussia must .be aban-|i

doned.

Several i incoming steamers re-|B

port having been chased by Ger-
tian submarines, |

ported having escaped one of

The ‘steamer |§
Glencunny, from Calcutta. re-|—

these. craft. which, officers of the|— —-'

‘Steamer say, succeeded in gink-

ing another steamer which they |B -

were unable to
Beachy Head,

Paris (official):—A Zeppelin |g
airship has dropped some bombs|§
on Calais, ainiing at the railway |
No serious material|§j
damage was done, but ‘seven | §

station,

employes were killed.
Geneva:—Information recéived

here from Kiel. is: to the effect °
that. all German dreadnaughts 5
in the harbor and canal are. Uun-|§

identify, off

dergoing steam and screw trials|M@.-:. -

in order to test fully their boilera

and machinery, while their crews |#

are being carefully drilled.
London:—The Admiralty. ‘ane

nounces -the torpedoing’ . of. the. .
coasters Hyndford and. Blugjackeb _.

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