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VOL, VI, NO. 8

_HAZELTON, BG. SATURDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 16, 1916

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR ©

BRITISH TROOPS AGAIN.

SMASH

SH GERMAN INES,

Canadians Capture Pos Positions |

Allies Advance In Macedonia

London: : Smashing the Ger-
man'line on a front of six miles
north of the Somme river, the
British troops have made another

‘notable advance, taking three

towns and two woods, and gain-
possession of nearly all the high
ground between Combles and
Pozieres.

The Germans, who’ are now

‘under command of Crown Prince

Rupprecht of Bavaria, fought
| The British took
2800 prisoners.

stubbornly,

Canadian infantry was engaged
in the taking of positions strong-
ly fortified above and below
An advance of fifteen

being: maintained, A large quan-
tity of stores and many machine

"guns were captured,

‘The French have captured: a

aystem of trenches 500 yards

deep,.encircling strong pusitions
which had - been held by the
ehemy.

London: According to advices
from Swiss sources, the Austrians

have suffered another defeat weat
.of: Kapul mountain, in the -Car-
pathian, = si t

Paris: The Entente Allies
have won a series of successes on

the Macedonian front. - French,

“British. and Servian forces, oper-

ating at different points, have
broken through | the Bulgarian
deferices,
positions half a mile deep on a

front of a mile..

The Bulgarians have Riven up

. the town of Kastoria.

- aloniki;: A: Greek army corps

of 25, 000, which was surrounded

by Bulgarians, surrendered And

| Was marched off. to Germany ag

prisoriérs of war.
- Greece is: ready. to join the

. Aliies “when she can, “gée the
‘move: to be to her advantage,

* Petrograd: There are. no new |

_ developments. -on the. battlefront

in Ritasia or Galicia,

The French captured

., position. '
(On the Caneasug front: there ia

increased activity by hostile
Kurds in the region southwest of
Kighi. In the direction of Bitlis
our. advance. guards drove the

Kurds out of Tchukur and Nor:

shen, vs
Frosts are being ex experienced in
our new positions in the Priamur

Jand Giumichkan sections, and

snow ig falling in some places.

Berlin:, Prince William of Hesse
has been killed in action.

London: Yesterday’ 3 s British
casualties include 100 officers, of
whom twelve were killed, and
5053 men, of whom 973 were
killed. ,

American Ambassador Page i is
visiting the Italian front,

Germany has demanded a bil-
lion francs from three Belgian
banks,

HAZELTON WINS
FROM RUPERT

The principal featuresoftoday’s
sports program were two ball
games between Prince Rupert
and Hazelton. The first game,
which started at eleven this morn-
ing, was a good exhibition, though
rather one-sided, Hazelton, with
Donohoe pitching and Graham
Rock behind the bat, wot the
long end of a 18-2 score,

The afternoon game was of a
somewhat ragged nature, but af-
forded plenty of excitement.-
Hazelton won by 16 runs to 6.

|COMEDY DREW *

A BIG AUDIENCE

A érowded house witnessed an
excellent presentation of the
comedy, ‘What. Happened to
Jones,” in Assembly ‘Hall last
night... There were several
changes | in the cast which ap-
peared in the performances given
last year, The many amusing
situations of the play were well
handled by the actors, and the
5 | audience testified ita approval by
unstinted applause.

The Second Collapse;
‘Quebec: The central span of
the new Quebee bridge, which is

ito Ke the largest cantilever strue-.
ture. in the world, collapsed’ yes-

terday when being” raised into
Ten men were killed.

i logs is $600, 000.

|FIRST FAIR A
‘SUCCESS

A Large ‘Crowd Enjoys ;

Hazelton’s Big
| Exhibition

Favored by @lorious weather,
Hazelton’s first, annual fair open-
ed yesterday” in mast auspicious
fashion, ~ with a good crowd in
attendance. The directors of the

association and the various work- |

ing committeds ‘acting with them
have done a great deal of ‘hard
work in preparation for the ex-
hibition, but ‘they must feel
amply repaid «by the success
which is attending the event.

The fair ‘vas formallyopened
by . Alex. Manson, . prospective

member for Omineca, who was

introduced by Dr. Wrinch, presi-
dent of Hazelton Agricultural
and Industrial Association, in a
brief address, . Mr. Manson,.in
declaring the exhibition open,
expressed great’ confidence ‘in the
future of the district,

. Townspeopland visitors, alike
were pleased ‘with the exhibits,
which numbered 550. The most
striking feature is, perhaps, the
remarkable display of fruit’ and
fiowers, which is quite sufficient
to dispel any prejudice against
the climate or soil of the district,
Especial mention must be made
of the fine.apples, cherries, bush
fruits, and tomatoes, Tabacco
plants grown in Hazelton are
also shown. a

Much attention was attracted
by the mineral exhibit, which
includes many varieties of ore
fiom all parts of.the'diatrict. In
the press of work the directors
have not been able to gather as
large a display as the district
should provide, but there is

enough to show the richness of
our mines,

There is a very good exhibit of
roots, vegetables, grains, ete.
and the livestock and poultry
classes have not been neglected.
although the unavoidable delay
in issuing the premium list mili-
tated against the success of this
department.

In the department of domestic

‘science and: ladies’ york there is

a splendid ‘display, the fair sex
showing as much interest in’ the
exhibition ss do themen. There
is also a very interesting exhibit}
of school work.

A valuable featuré of the fair

° ia ‘the exhibit of,'the Hazelton

forestry office, which. shows, i in a
nicely arranged booth, : samples
of the various woods produced i in

this district, with coast. products

for comparison.’ Forester Allen
and: Ranger. Chéttleburgh. are to
be congratulated on their exhibit.

» Excellent: ‘vefreghinents.: are:

Vhs

DECISIVE VIGTORY FOR

LIBERALS AT

AT THE POLLS

Soldiers’ Votes Not Yet In--
Suffrage and Prohibition Win

- Vaneouver,, Sept, 15:—Yester-
day’s general election resulted in
a sweeping victory for the Lib-
erals,indications at present point!
ing to a majority of fifteen or
more for the Brewster forces. In
Vancouver M.A. Macdonald heads
the poll, with 7126 votes,  Pre-
mier Bowser polled 5468,and will

~flose his. seat unless the soldiers’

vote gives him a majority. The
other ministers, excepting Hon.
W, R. Ross,. are defeated, on the
face ofthe returns. As many of
the majorities are small, it is

probable that the soldiers’ vote,
when counted, will change the
decision in some constituencies,
but it is not likely that the gen-
eral result will be affected. The
mumber of soldiers from ‘B. C.
who have yoted is estimated at
20,000,

Woman suffrage was carried by
an overwhelming majority, every
constituency voting for the meas- |
ure,

Prohibition also had a large
majority. So far asthe returns
have been made public, the Drys
have won by 7500 votes,

served in the Red Cross dining
tent, where the ladies yesterday
realized a nice sum for the
society,

Stuart J. Martin, the honorary
secretary of the association, spent
a strenuous day yesterday. His

J office is located in thé middié “of,

the row of tents, The location
of the exhibits is excellent, and
all arrangements are 80 good as
to ‘elicit commendation from the
department officials...

The,government officials who
acted as judges in- the agricul-
tural, horticultural and livestock
classes were H. B. Walker, J. A:
McCullough, George Hay, and
A. BR. Neale. Mrs;. Williscraft
and Mrs. Williams judged the
ladies’ work, domestic science
and schoo! exhibits, and J. G.
Powell and E. C. Annes selected
winning exhibits in the mineral
section, |

A list of prize- winners will be
published in our next issue,

LOCAL AND DISTRICT
NEWS PARAGRAPHS

J. J. MeNeil, the Telkwa mer-
chant, is here today.

T. J. Thorp, of Telkwa, is
among the visitors to the Fair.

The financial district meeting
of the Methodist Church‘ will be
held here on Tuesday afternoon.
All Methodist ministers of the
district wil] attend,

- Charlie Fredrickson, Marius
Pederson, and Pete Nielson, who
have been prospecting for placer
on ‘the Ingineca, returned on
Sunday. -. They report. a fairly.
successful season, =|

The street lighting system in-
stalled. by the Progress Club, un-
der the direction of J.F. Maguire,
attracts favorable comment, and
is a splendid argument in. favor
of the proposed electric’ system.

Methodist Church
Itev. M. Pike will preach at 7:80
tomorrow evening on thé subject:
“'God the. Unwearied Guide.’
Special Music. : AN are meat
cordially invited...

PRINCE RUPERT MAN
WINS IN OMINECA

In Omineca district. Alex. Man-
son, the Liberal candidate, is
elected. His majority, with five
places to. -hear from, is 170, and
the remaining polling ‘places: ‘will: .
not have that number of votes in

all. Following are the unofficial
returns:

Manson Doekrill
Hazelton ..:... 84 58
New Hazelton .,. 56 11
Smithers: .,..°.. 74 86
Telkwa.. 2. 25 31°

Kispiox....... 18° - ° 6
Skeena Crossing 3. 4
Rocher de Boule 21 © 10
Howson Camp... 2 2
Lake Kathlyn .. 0 7 8.
Glentanna...... 18 - 2
Hubert... 19 °° 1
Houston 22 ji
N. Bulkley ....°4-. = 2

§. Bulkley ... 7 1
Burns Lake .... 8 11
Endako,. ...... 16 15
N. Francois ..., 27 12°
To hear from: Babine; Manson,
South Francois, Ootsa Center and
Ootsa West. ,

An Illustrated Lecture
Rev.Dr,. White. superintendent
of Methodist missions for B, C.
will give his illustrated lecture
on the province of British Colum-
bia at the Hospital on Monday |
evening at, The lecture. will

ba repeated in St, Andrew’s. Hall
on Tuesday at8p.m.. Rev, Dr.

Osterhout, presidentof theConfer- 7

ence, will probably attend.,
are invited.

al

_ Rod. McCrimmon returned ¢ on.
Tuesday from Grouse mountain.
The surface Showings. ofthat
section, he says,are of a remark

‘able naturé, ‘The Cassiar Crown.
tunnel, whieh i is ‘to. be , driven at.”
| east 500, feet, is now in 240 Feet, Joe