' she’ explained at. length... “native leaders . expressed, ‘their | a Patriotic Pund, and promiséd. to : take some action. - “periptioris: . Previously; acknowledged. ‘$018. 00 He G, Peters... 5,00) © ~ Ay Eberhardt. |. 1,00 iC. Hicks Beach - saa” 6,00 (RA, ‘Sempare eo oe: 6,00 TG, Johnson - re 31!) \-dLee Jackman. feel 250 y subscriptions have been: brom-| feeds" ean Wal. Carr. wow § 6.00 “Sperry: Cline. . | 2,50 . i ~ PATRIOTIC. FUND SWELLS ‘there in the Canadian Patriotic| . = ‘Fund {a reported this week by - oO . Government Agent Hosking, ‘and “jt is: certain that the: local. od ~geriptions- will ‘amount to a sub- Thursday evening,: Mr,: Hoskins was . asked: to attend a. meeting, ae Mem Gee shee | E : ‘Nag. Man ‘Din: a Nag: Man Sik-. . ..Weng Won’. LO cn ‘Stephenson & Cru. . ‘10,00 - “1,00. : R, Cunningham & Son, Ltd. 10, 00; i : . ment of. the ‘forts. lasted ‘for! ten ‘days, the big siege’ ‘guns 3 th Germans doing | im- “the ‘defences. ‘untenable. - wnrUL, MURDER 1S - th : coroner’ 8 inquest into. the VOL. IV, No. 6. HAZELTON, B. C., "SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914 "PRICE $2.00:A°YEAR “More Contiibutiors I Received By _ Committes—Indiane ds .F A good iddition to Hazelton’ 8 stantial eum. tee ne . Chinese ‘and’ Jepanése resi- dents are well represented on the list, and the Indians of. the town ‘promise to-do. their’ share, “On of the chiefs’ eonneil, called -to ‘éonsider: the, war gi ituation, which The]" desire to do something. for the “ Following are the week’ 8 sub-| * Thefollowingadditionn! month- Germans Have’ | ‘Taken Antwerp: | : ‘A despatch received, as wel sgo: to. press: “states that Ant- “Wwerp’ ‘has: fale after a gal- lant defence. - e bombard. nse damage and rendering CORONER'S: VERDICT art, Taylor, was, con- rday, ‘when’ the th where itis ‘expected three million ‘men will: bé .éngzaged, niaking it area the’ er rates ind. possibly the: decisive. battle of. the ‘Russian’ (campaign, » It is believed by many,-that-the war will! soon end ‘if | the: Russians take Cracow, ag their: fe: on Breslau, and, Berlin of his generals. he ofthe tiver "Ose," witness: points, ath earlier ‘deapateh Bald, “the Allis: iad to yield: round. |y GERMAN GUNS THUNDERING AT. ANTWERP! - ‘BELGIAN GARRISON WILL RESIS T TO THE LAST—- : 7 _ ENEMY-IS PRESSED BACK IN NORTHERN FRANCE “Lpiidon; Oct, 10: —The outstanding. feature of the war “ta the sexe ‘of: ‘Antwerp,. which still” continues, ‘the defences holding. out. although: the thunder of>.the powerfal. German guns can be heard: for twenty: miles, ‘The. bombardment .or ‘the-inner forts and out- lying parts of the. city: ‘began: on Thursday. ~ “It ig unofficially report- ‘ed that two of thei inner forts have been silenced. and that the city is burning i in four places. The: Belgiari army is said to be heading: for Ostend.: - Experts are now. beginning to-think chat Antwerp: will be able: to hold out until relieved. _ ~-Meager reports, show that thle 4 garrison is: ‘making'é a brave fight,” - . ; mism, stating that the garrison. at Antwerp {g. making a. desperate resistance, oo The Ursuline: convent has: béen destroyed: by German shells... ~ In. an attempt to amagh a force ‘of Allies, south of Antwerp, a large body « of: German troops yeaterday. was caught in a trap and destroyed, ft ig: believed the ‘Allied force at this point: was one ~ Lwhich landed: at,-or near Ostend and. was reported on Thursday. tol be marching to the relief of the beleagitered ' Belgians at Antwerp. Antiverp,. ~ Officers: of “the. garrison declare ® they. will: hold.out to the last. QB ’ e a In the serious engagement at Royé, it is officially stated, the Allies have taken-sixteen hundred German prisoners jn the last two ‘days. Fort Conde, on the Aisne: river, held by the Germans for sixteen Berlin has warned the German’. people. against excessive opti. “lof the ‘airship hangars and destroying.a Zeppelin, . : Additional reports ‘show great suffering among: refugees from|_ There appears ‘to be little change. in. the situation t in. France. { ' days, has been - taken, by. the ald of the’ big: guna | ‘of the British ‘army. - Paris last night reported thatthe Allies iad made advances, ‘The official. bulletin also’ ‘stated that the situation is satisfactory from a Franco-British point of view. ‘The battle still continues, -. In recent engagements on. ‘the: ‘Bust ‘Prussian frontier, the Russians have > captured ten thousand German prigoners. cand forty. guns, . ; Driven ‘from Poland, the | Germans are. mating % a: stubborn |stand, with reinforcements from Koenigsberg. . - - : od Iti is officially announced that British airmen have made another successful raid.on ‘Dusseldorf, Germany, dropping a bomb on one [repeated the successful tactics of Sept. 23, ” The Japanese’ have ® amounted siege guns on a mountain dominating the Tsing Tan forts, and their reduction is considered ‘only a matter of. days,-: . ‘The Austrian garrison ‘of Premyl is reported to have surren- dered the fortress to the Russian besiegera. coe Colonel Burland, wha left Montreal recently. to take charge of ‘Canadian Red ‘Cross: work in London and on ‘the battle: front, is ‘dead, of heart disease, — ‘The Australian parliament, has vated $500, G00 for the relief of | Belgian sufferers, : The Servian and Montenegrin troops continue their advance ‘against. Austria; Tondéh,. Oct. 5:—Despatches, from thé: battle: front any the Allies,, having: successfully. repulded all .Germanh. counter-attacks, have again taken the offensive, Near Roye, yesterday, the Ger. fiang ‘made several violent attacks on ‘the: Alliés’ line, “without mucceas,,” The Allies:then advanced,.and trench’ after’ trench of the) ‘German; position: fell-into, thelr. poasasslon: .: Tha’ canter. Had. drlen: the enemy further baek- towards the “north. “AE: - Roye, which ig hear Noyon, the Germans had been. reinforced. ‘some. ‘ground; the. Belgians teking” ipa new: and: ‘strong position on the. river Nethe.’ One of: the Antwerp forts « on | Saturday: wiped out ane entire German regiment. _ . Conflicting. ‘teports: “eoricerting the’, campaign. on. the: Russian | frontier. are- coming.in. “The most dependable indicate that the! greatest battle ofthe Russo-German cdnfict is being: ‘fought at j Cracow, where large. forces. of: Germans ‘and Austrians-are ‘arrayed againat a great Russian. army... In. the north fighting still continues | Both sidés claim victories, The Czar has left for'the front... .-The..German.. press: now: admits the. occurrence ‘of cholera | in n Germany and Austria, © - Be ~In their campaign: “against - Austria, whieh ‘i is “being fought ‘ina, he, Servians have made further. gains, The cruiser’ Apres: éf Russia, formerly a Cc P. RB. liner, was in action off thé Islarid of Cebu, with the German auxiliary cruiser Princess ‘Alice, which cattied $10,000,000 for the relief of Germans, in Tsing Tau: Empress of. Ruasia, fled: within: ‘the three-mile limit and was beached to escape destruction.” The money is still aboard, merits, the German’ ‘army’ commanded” by ‘von Kluck would have| met-with: complete: ‘disaster last week, As it ig, the circle is being drawn tighter daily around the: Kaiger’ s ereatest army. and ablest Beneral, Ottawa, ‘Oct, . 5: —The Canadisin government has consented to}. the enlistment: of, 2,500 soldiers in British Colunibia. They may have a: ipekmanent: camp’ ‘and. training grounds’ on Vancouver Island thia winter: If:a necond contingent - is: sent.to. the front, ‘it. is probable that: 4 majority. of the, men will come from the weat, ‘London, Oct, 6: —The ‘Tear ign how: on "the Ruseo-German frontier |while the Kaiser i ig also. reported. to-be. in. East Prussia. The where the Geringins ‘suffered aevere- -loases in killed, wounded and |; prisoners. The * enemy ‘was ‘forced to“ evacuate’ the provinces ‘of: ‘Suwalki tind Lomiva)ti their retreat. abandoning large, quantities of war, uMmeaterial,” *" —_: > ‘The next great battle of the w war, it believed, will be’ at. Cracow, ‘would ane follow.” Aa’ yet there. de: no. decisive arent Viol THE MINER'S TELEGRAPHIC ‘BULLETINS ‘TELL STORY OF. GREAT WAR DAY BY DAY . > Jn the. fighting. around - Antwerp,. ‘the’. Germans have ‘gained . 7 their Italian brethren. Ya large supply of ammunition, both for the use. of ‘the- Canadian “for which reason: 1,800: ‘Belgian’ reservists, chiefly from the- United The Alice,-broken and ‘shattered ‘by the fire of the| < . A London “Inilitary writer says that, but for strong reinforce: front i in France the situation. ia unchanged. . {been notified by’ the German military governor that bombardment|! Russians.won & great victory at Augustowo, on the Nieman river, | ~ force to ‘the ald of the Allies,” -It is also reported from the German capital that three of the ‘Antwerp forts have fallen, ‘This :4a: off- away infantry in desperate attempta to capture the forta, and-have Jost 8000 men, | Thus far, the. forta of. the outer ring have suffered ttle harm... The: big gunsnof-the Genmarh army sive, being-worked. by Krupp: ‘employees. in plain clothes, owing to, losaes among the gun layers, . , that Germans. were using the Dutch flag to carry on trade'in con- traband: of: war, Holland adrhits that the: ‘complaints were justi- fied. To end the contraband trade, Rotterdam May be declared i in & state of siege. - oe A. great Tiesting at Milan, Italy, urged. the Italian government to enter the war. Attempts of the police to restrain the crowd: werein.vain. A-Socialist deputy from, Trent, Austria, addressed the meeting saying that the people ¢ Trent awaited liberation by Ottawa, Oct, 6: —A- shipment, of: an ‘additional 1000 horses, witt: troops, left Quebec yesterday for England. . There was no convoy, ‘States, were left behind. They may. go ‘with the second Canadia::: force, should one be sent. The matter rests with the war office, whieh has given no decision as. yet: ‘A large. party of Austrian, workmen, in New York, announce ‘that they are coming to Canada. The immigration department “wil bar them, - “London, Oct, 7: —As yet the violent battle which is proceeding north of the. river Oise, between . the Allies’ left and the German right, has had no definite ‘result. Along the rest of the battle : “The German ‘forces cuntinue to retreat in | Rast Prussia, having met defeat all along the front in that district, The enemy have been forced to abandon their fortified positions: between Wierzbolo and Lyck, A déspateh from Antwerp says ‘the municipal officials have of the «ity was: ‘imminent, suggesting, that atl those who wish to flee should do so at once, Bordeaux advices say Hon, Winston Churchill is in: “Antwarp, j in conference with the Belgian authorities. The Japanese have taken the ‘Marshall Islands, German colon- ies in the Pacifte, north of New ealand. ‘These islands have an brea of 160 miles, - colonies sinee the opening of the - war up to half the area of: the German empire proper, ‘A’report, which has not been confirmed, eays: that'y von. Malthe, chief of staff of the German forces, has been deposed by the’ ‘Kaiger|" for refusing to carry out the latter's orders for an airship altatk o on England. ~ ‘The Kalser, has also made many changes i in thé location ~ A-riumber of: members of. ‘the Légion of Frontierimen,’ ‘teotn ow ic ‘Western Canada, arrived in:London yesterday and made an. appeal ie direct td Lord Kitchener to yo to the front, ‘They: were accepted. +* Vietoria; Oct. 7:—The.-propdsed.” winter military ‘camp on aficouver, Island for all Canadian: troops: is undér ‘consideration: at. sit New. York before returning.<°- °. ancouver, Oct: 7'A Japanese reaiment ts to be hanived in In this they ; elally denied. _Antwerp reporta that the Germans are still filnging . ' Protests.to Holland. resuite in an investigation of the charg: | The. capture. brings the. total loss of German |. potatoes: in his: args garden at saw a rent: deal of fa a. Ottawa, where Sir Richard: ‘MeBride will arrive today, ‘He will f About the Town of - Hazelton’ ” The - Copper Tavern, ‘Bkeena Crossing’ 8. handsome | new hotel, a is how open for quests, Tor their homé at North: Bulkley, ton ‘this. week, on his way to the Buikley. Valley.’ oa an official visit: ‘to Skeena Crosa- ing and Andimaul. ducks on: Monday, whieh” “i Thanksgiving Day. - and fine potatoes, grown on Glen liggings of the Upper Findlay. The Royal. Bank is now in- talled in its new office in the Aldous: ‘which has been handbomely, fitted up. m Tuesday with some. ‘fine i samn-— ales of ore from new discoveriéa, affects. anknown, _ The election of fire ward for the town, conducted on Mon resulted in the choice of. R.* 5 Sargent, Jos, Naylor and ‘Chas all buildings. This has’ been a splendid son ‘for’ gardens*i ‘in this a me Ys Hoskins astimates the ‘yield. “ot ar ‘tona to the acre, . «aes - The party. which. has beer ir veying to the forth of Groundhog | under T. H. Taylor, returned.ta- Hazelton on Tuesday, “The mei bers report an excell nm und: the accompliahmen oF tensive base line: aurveys,.:; Th ver and’ ita Hetvices: ‘ffered to thi: British Einpire: “awol 3A nother explo of the British 8 te ts, the oficial presé burea. *: ape 23, in are d A ~_ Woontiaued oh- ‘Page Foury: 2 o ame TOCACREWS PARAGRAPHS. Happenings « of the Week In and a Vegetables from the. Sealy. sardens won .a number of ‘prizes _ at. the: Prince Rupert Exhibition, - Mrs. [, ‘7, - r. - Aitken’ and: her baby daughter’ left on Thuraday a F M. Doekrill, of Vancouver, . aperit, a couple’ of days i in Hazel-~ *- James Tarnbull, of the. forest ° | hranch; réturtied. yesterday from — Loeal hunters are preparing for: a field day with’ “the grouse. aid . Mrs. Hogan, of Victoria, moth: He or of .Miss. Hogan, head of the |” nursing staff at the Hospital, i a _ | visiting. her daughter. e Hankin Bros. have pent ‘into 7 town. sampled of unusually: large” Meadow ranch, rear ‘Hazelton, : met Pete Jenaen, the Inginees ‘plo eer, returned this week from his : Surmiier’s” “WOER “Th