Vou. W, "NO. 20» " HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915 PRICE $2.00 A. YEAR --HAZELTON WIN Smithers Goes Under in First |. Two Hockey League ‘Games ly opened in Hazelton on Tuesday “night, with’: Smithera as the visiting team. The divisional point gent along a weak team, and having had no ize to practice "on before they left,. the result of the game was never in doubt. The score was 8-0 in favor of ’ the Hazelton -boys, and ‘would have been.a great deal larger but for the sensational work of Cran- ~ dal in goal for Smithers. -* Of Hazelton’s eight goals, * Hume seored 6, Kinghorn 1; Me- - ‘Bougal 1, and McKay 1). Owing > to the leniency of the officials, = " the game developed into an ex- _ hibition ‘of slashing, tripping; , charging and crosschecking.’ In - the last period the game had to . - called at one stage to prevent.a free-for-all fight, and just before "* the..final. whistle, .O’Shea was Jaid out by a -blow over the head _ with a hockey. atick while on his Aeneas: on the, ice. . *] placed O'Shea: and. scored the “last. ‘goal for ‘Hazelton: after. 80 |. “‘Beeond’s ‘play... ‘fhe teams. lined | 2 pas follows: -” wt , ta pA planer ree Uta ee . _ sMeTHERs ’ Crandall : «goal: “oO Shed point. ~« Gogne Ringo? 2 caver . Keddie B. MeDéigal,, center ” Jardine Hume --* Le witg | -MeEwen rs McDougal r. wing “McDougal “| ..Referee—McKenzie . Judge of play—Hall . ‘ Pollowing i ig the league atand= lng to date: | “Won Lost - Hazilton mo Bo Q we “New: ‘Hazelton mh 2 Smithers 16 local: ink’ “by: the ‘Athlete ¢ Association — ‘was a. decided -suc- cane reess, both socially and financially. The costumes. were ‘many and varied,. a number. in costume coming from New Hazelton. The band, played, . there. Were | races oo anda broomalo. ‘game, - and - ree . “reshments were: served, - ‘The’ ; were “prize winners:— . costume, : ‘Mra, Sealy, as entlemen’ S.. |.coatume, v. Kirby, as ca Hinda . Sowar. avalry). ‘Sustained. character;. athleen “Allen. ‘as Chinese lady: hildren's: dostumes,.“Roby- ‘Ane erson. and Ernest Kirby, | MIG Arwin won the van ala 8}: counsel toi May, Hazelton - ‘Indian - ‘convicted. a | -tha! ‘his right comment in his charge to: th: “The hockey season was : official ‘Teity of Plock. McKay. re- |! race; ingle Allen the-jadiea’, |’- Co inch and hd a ey has ° received “na. confirniation ‘lot the reported naval: battle ‘hé: a RUSSIANS CONTINUE T0 ADVANCE GERMANS ‘SUCCESSFUL ON AISNE “Petrograd, Jani” 16:—On ‘the right bank of the lower Vistula the Russians continue to advance, driving the German cavalry out- posts before them. Since yes- terday’s report, the Russians have. ‘moved -another scare of miles westward, -and are now about twenty niiles north of the sl No information can be given as to the strength of the Russian forces. moving westward, north of the Vistula, but it. appears they are’ well ahead of any German movements in this,. region. since they. ha ve encountered only cavalry ‘pa- trols. . As yet the Germans havé had the advantage of a perfectly open and level: country,: whereas the country covered by the Russians 3) heavily wooded and much broken with hills, - providing an admirable ground: for defence against superior -forees. “There ag, been noticed several’ times a certain nervousness on the part of the Germans, concerning. their flank. This is protected by the broad Vistula. river, only bridged at.Plock and Viotslavsk, but.there are half a dozen places where crossing could be affected by an enterprising’ force takiog advantage of the islands which narrow the fairway’ pretty con siderably. - Phe Germans. made one at- tempt to -cross the Vistula, but totally failed. The . Russians, after waiting until the bridge was nearly ready, and a number of Germans already 1 across on an Island, “suddenly “swept them away with their. attillery. " BUKOWINA OCCUPIED BY RUSSIANS: London: —A Petrograd des- patch to the Havas ageneyv states that it is reported from: Sebasto- pool, that the Russian fleet, dur- ing the last few-days, sank eight sailing vessels which were trans- porting reinforcements to the Turkish army in Asia Minor. London:—How the Russians gdined command of the most important position in the Carpa- thian passes by daring exploits, js told by the Petrograd corres- pondent of the Times, The nai- ive. Caucasian . troops,. holding to the tails ef their hardy moun-, tain ponies, are said to have scaled at night, an apparently impassible summit, gaining the rear of the Honved battalion, which was surprised and surrounded,’ The Grand Duke Michael was among the, Russian soldiers in the thick of the fighting. STORY OF THE GREAT. WAR: TOLD DAY BY DAY - official ‘statement: ays: Oy the: Landon,. Jan... 11: -—The limes} asserts that sixteen German aero- planes: were seen over the _Eng- lish Channel on Sunday morning, Evidently they contemplated .a raid'on. England but apparently: the’ pilota “found conditions too} bad to continue the journey, for |: they: returned i in the direction of Dunkirk, . Immense’ ‘preparations for a {general advance, which cannot be far distant, are being made by: the French and British’ ‘forces dn |: Northern France’ and - Flanders: |: ‘Details: of ‘preparations are not : ‘permitted ” to .be: given; although thany of the. preparations: ‘cannot have éscaped observation, ~~ -A despateh, to the -Daily Ex- [press from ‘Boulogne, asserts that | taenaten ‘has: been obtained | Lille, and that city’ is Tow: vir- | tually.i in possession, of. the. Brit-| ish, 3. Phe: liklihood of a ‘break be- tween ‘Lutkey and Italy” over the} unwillingness. of the. Ottoman government to. comply. fully with the demands for reparations for the Hodeida incident,:i is: regarded here as, of the’ uttnost’ import- ance. ‘Varkey, according to the Italian ultimatuin, imust apologize for the: arrest: of the British ‘con- g {sul ‘at Hodeida, and must -algo a siilute: the | Italian flag, oe tae Rio Janeiro;—The Havas agen- tween the British cruiser’ ofnvin- eible:and:the German cruiser. Von Der Tann off the South American’ AS li ‘and [egaste": Nava), officials herg: place [sold : Wee & ofedeties i in'the veport.’ are - | Most of them: ha i-|tremely old; pattern which: “ae Bit Black Sea engagement, between |. Turkish: and - Russian warships, Breslau:and Hamidieh were bad- ly damaged. + Geneva, Jan. 11;—The strugale heavy-rains, there “being more trenches... The Germans. ‘Have already lost 6,900 ‘killed and wounded, - Belfort, the great ‘French ' fortréss: is, ‘filled . with ‘prisoners, mostly. men over ‘forty years of age: ' Steinbach has been taken and retaken six dif- ‘l ferent times, but is now in the hands of the French.. Paria, Jan, 1hj—The following statement was. issued today:|- "The. French ° “government ° an- ‘nounces that, because- the Ger- ‘mand: are: holding. French sur- geons’and nurses, Frahce. will hereafter expatriate German sur- geons'and nursed held as. prison- ers, - only-i in proportion to the re- ‘turn, | of French syirgeons and nurses who are. “held “prisoners by Gérmany. “The ‘government will in, -fature = “accord German prisoners ‘only ‘the’ gume treat- ment accorded French | prisoners held: by- Germany. os London, Jan. 12:—The Daily oe | Mab correspondent. telegraphs from’Rome: “‘Thie whole ‘of the Austrian Crown tand of Bukowina as “now. been, regularly occupied by: Russian: infantry, -who- have yg ‘tap! Gad ‘Coasacka,’” on, Jan. 6, the: Turkish cruisers’. in Alsace continues: in- spite of. than.a’ foot of: water. in. the ‘of taking Wargaw.: ree number -of Austrian 4 : ¢ ing, operations in’ ‘Poland. order, open tho ‘idea’ of: it~ lee ring. of an ‘ex-| tac practically useless, : " Paris:—An. :Athens « despateh Says the situation of the Greeks in Asia Minor is. becoming des- perate; ‘owing. to the. persecution and violenca’ ‘toawhich they aré being subjected... :-Greek: ‘stores have been pillaged, “women -.in- sulted and men forcibly ‘enrolled | in the army at®Sidnoa, At Mag- nesia, several Greeks have been murdered in the streets and con- ditions are.so bad in'Smyrna that a massacre is feared. .- .. According to advices received frota Athens it is reported in the Greek capital that ihe plan to have the eighth army corps pro- ceed from Damascus to the Egyptian f frontier has been aban- doned. ~ “London —The Daily - Mail cor- respondent telegraphs from. Pet- rograd: “Along the Rawka;, ‘west of the Vistula, in the woods. and marsh ijand which border the the-stream, the Germans are still pouring men into that bottomiess sack which the Rusdians hold out for them, for: they always try to fight the “Ruasians in the open. ~ The_ “Germans: are atill hammering away at the same point along.a front of a few miles ‘without anny. obvious tactical idea, The belief is gaining ground that they recognize the” impossibility The methods. the Germans are adopting sug- Hest that they” do not quite’ ‘know what to do.” The: tillilacy critic of: ‘the. Russy* Slove. ‘quotes an army: order said:to have been ‘is- ‘sued by the German staff: conduct- -leourt on the 14th, the’ following “Bard va. | SERIOUS FIREIN SMITHERS jouist: Church and parsonage era ‘and organ, This | be ITALY SUFFERS Severe Earthquake Destroys Towns and Villages~-Many Persons Killed: Rome, Jan. 14:—Italy has ‘a- gain been visited by an earth- quake: of great extent, which, according to latest advices hag ~ destroyed many towng and vil- lages and resulted in the. death of 12,000 persons and injury of possibly 29, 000 more, Theshock . was the strongest’ Rome’ has felt , in many years, .- <2): Coroner’s Inquest _ wo At the Elphinstone inquest, held Friday afternoon, the jury, — after bringing in a verdict. that deceased came to his death through exposure and exhaustion made the following recommenda- tion:—"We recommend to the — Yukon Telegraph Service that the shelter cabins between -sta- tions .and half-way stations, . be fully. supplied and. maintained, so as to afford ample shelter for their employes, © County Court wae At the sitting of. the. County | BY Re Jones & “Co, Judgement for Bard for. $98.60, Broughton - and McNeil. Ve: FE, Strauss, Judgement forBrough- ton and McNeil for $172.80. Tn. . Williama-Carr LumberCo. “ya. Carter case was retransferred to Prince Rupert, — mae ‘F. Dy Eason of Smithers ° “WAS. granted a certificate: af natal. . ization by Judge Young.” Preston-Edgar PT At New Kit-zé-guekla, on Mon- - day January the Eleventh; James Vietor Preston to.--Susan:Jane | Edgar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, 7 George Edgar. _ cases'were disposed of. > Smithers: Jan: 1 l:—The Meth: were completely destroyed -by: ~ fire-last night. Thefireisthought “ to have started” from ‘an’ over. heated stovepipe.. : - The buildings. i and contents are a total. Jog,’ with the.exception of ‘the | ‘piano. - “The loss is estimated: at $3, 700, with insurance ¢ on the’ . church of $1,000. ‘At New Hazelton on Moiiday’ night, the home. team. defeated ~ Smithers 4-1 in a listless game, New’: ‘Hazelton had’ Warner on. the forward ling, and ‘E.’ Harits - in goal, ‘Smithers playing practic- 7 ally the: same. ) team. as: against Hazelton... - ha ny . “The date of, the Pound Dane .