VOL, Tv, NO. aT

at _HAZELTON, BG, "SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915

_ PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

FIVE MORE. MEMBERS

Omincea. District the Only New
Constituency i in North—. ©
The: ‘Boundaries.

Victoria, March ‘bs —The spec-
ial. committee: on’ ‘redistribution
has- presented a bill, based on the

report, of the commission, provide |.

ing for five new members, mak-
ing a total of 47. Vancouver
will: ‘have six members and there
will be members for North and
South Vancouver, — Cariboo dis-
trict ia divided, Okanagan gets
gnother ‘member, and . ‘Skeena
district is divided into two dis-
~ triets, called Omineca and Prince
Rupert. Following-are the boun-
‘daries‘of Omineea: Beginning at
the 57th’ parallel and 128th meri-
’ dian, thencé: east to the 124th
meridian, © northeast .
- Grahame; thence south ‘to. the
55th parallel, thence west to the

126th: meridian; thence south

a (east. of Endako)-to the 53rd|

“parallel; thence west te the 127th
: ineridian, north to the 54th par-
allel, west to the 128th meridian’
and north to the 57th parallel,
crossing the G, 1 -P. at Kitwan-
, sak.

| Making Moving Pictures

hs oh party “consisting of J. Utter- |’
strom,’ -F_Von. Gasae,-C. Oaberby,

K. Kaeberg, Otto Strom and Rey
Ridsdale left Hazelton Wednes-
- day with’ three dog « ‘teams, for a
~~. “flye months’ trip in -the. north.

_ They will take moving pictures

during the trip, especial attantion

" being paid to motion pictures of

big game in the ‘natural state,
Pictures were taken of the party
leaving Hazelton and. others will

be.taken on their. return, which.

will b be’ by. pack train. |

Re. ‘HL Gerow, the. Burns Lake
merchant; was. in town’ for. a
couple of daya this week. " He
reports fair business conditions
“ein his. district, :

- On: “Monday Coroner Hoskins
ve conducted” ‘an, ‘inquest ° ‘into the

death: of Lars P: -Petérsen at ‘Ter-

race, ~ The evidence showed that
death: resulted from heart disease,

‘breaking, and ‘elected’: for ©

. _, Speedy: trial ‘before Jiidge Young:
tis alleged the prisoner burglar:
; ized ‘the house of: Hug Sundberg}

at. Lake Kathlyn... Sear
Writing: from. Maple” “Creek,

‘Sask., to. J...W. MeKendriek,:
Fred. H.- Collins, well: ‘known
_ here, age that he hau enlisted

of Fort}

“Petrograd, March 6:—Advices
received in Petrograd. say Aus-
tro-Hungarian forces have met
with a series of reverses at the

hands of the Russians recently,

culminating in the reoccupation
today of Stanislau. which was
evacuated a fortnight ago. . A
sevies of battles is reported be-
tween Mazolaboretz- Pass, in the

Carpathians, and the river San,.

where the Austrian advance -is
said to hiave been ‘checked.’ In
the.vicinity of Salinka, midway

of this. line, two Austrian regi-

ments are said to have been
wiped. out by Russian ‘machine
guns. During the fighting on
March 2 and 3,. Austrians charg-
ed the Russian lines repeatedly,
at. times reaching the. Russian
trenches. — Austrian officers cap-

RUSSIANS AGAIN SUCCESSFUL

DEFEAT AUS TRO-HUNGARIAN FORCES
GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED

tured during the fighting are re-

‘ported to have.said that their

losses never had been heavier,
At Lutowiski, just east of the
San.and thirty-five miles south
of Przemysl, on the night of
March 2, the ‘Austrians made
four attacks on-the Russian line,
which are said to-‘have been re-
pulsed with’ heavy losses, The
surrender of Stanislau was pre-

ceded: during the period from!

adds’ that Ossowectz fortress. is
successfully withstanding ‘the
German seige artillery. In the
Carpathians, the attacks of the
Austriang . are. reported to be
everywhere growing weaker,
London:—The «Petrograd ‘or-
respondent of Reuter’s sends the
following communication: ‘Ht is
announced that during the bper-

ations around Stanislau, between
February 21 and March 8, the
Russians made 158 officers and
18,521 men prisoners and eap-
tured five guns, 62 machine guns,
519 horses and numerous trains.
Feb. 21 to Mareh 3 by heavy
fighting, the Austrians having
heavily fortified Kalicz, a
distance to the north and also the
valleys of the Lonniea and Luk-
Here, it is asserted,

number of guns and rapid firers,

the Russians captured a large

many -officers and men’ and a

quantity of stores,
London:A’ despatch . to. the

Exchange Telegraph Co., from

PERMANENT T BRIDGE PLAN

‘Substantial Erection to be Con-

- structed Across Bulkley
at Hazelton —. ©

The .e bridge which ié tospan the
Bulkley at the site of the present.
Hazelton ferry, according to the
plans prepared by the works. de--
partment, wili be 676 feet long, ©
consisting of four 144-foot spans,
carried by extra heavy piers.. ™
The roadway will be 14 feet in -
width.

Coast fir will be used in the
construction, and as some of the
material must. be specially mana-

factured, the government was |
unable to comply with the re=- ~~~

quest of the citizens that the
bridge be constructed this spring
it being impossible to place the
material on the ground in time.
Naturally, there is some dis-

appointment, but the building of
the bridge in the fall will afford
the much-needed. means of com-
munication, and the necessary - ,

Prasnyz declares that altogether |delay will be forgotten.

the Russians captured, twelve

guns and two maxims with their LOCAL AND DISTRICT

cars and 122 ammunition cases
and one aeroplane.: . The message

-STORY OF. THE GREAT. WA

“London, March LA despatch

‘from’ Athens says the Allies have:

disembarked detatchments of ar-

tillery near the destroyed ‘Dar-

danelles forts, over ‘which -the
British ‘and French flags are now.
flying, The: “fleet continues the
bombardment. A powder maga-
zine has been blown up, causing
hany deaths amongst the enemy.
Mine-sweeping « -still. continues.
There are 50,000 Turkish troops
on the European side and 15, 000
on the Asiatie Bide, . pot

- London: It is officially. an-
nounced that the “Turks have
evacuated Sinai Peninsula, .

Paris ‘(official): ~The enemy
has bombarded Soissons to the

strength of 200 shells, while the

Allies in: the Champagne: district
have: ‘made’: marked: _ progress
along” the. entire front. _ We
have gained ground i in allof.the

| woods — between-- Perthes ° “and
* Gustave. Hall was: “committed

“for: trial ‘on a charge of :house-
a |Your: represented a mile ‘and a

Beausejour, ‘and’ ‘our “gains 3 yea-
terday. to the: north .of-: Beausé-

third: These: gains ‘have been
appreciably extended today.. Two

hundred dead were found in al.

(single: trench; and ‘one: machine-

| gun: was - captiired, : while 500/*
yards. of: the enemy’ 8 trenches:

fell. into our hands at. Hill. 269,
In ‘Argonne,. the total: number of

. ‘Germans. surrendered i in the baat
Ss ten “days ‘wail 3,000.77 =:

Petrograd (official) On the
‘the left‘bank of the Niemen, the
action: ' inereagea in:
During the attack’on Height 108
we captured six: guns and ‘several:
hundred -. “prisoners.
engagements ear Orsowitz- con- |:

:intensity,

“Artillery

|says:
jing to- ‘resume ’. the ‘offensive in

in the evening ‘were ‘successful.
Germans in large numbers laid
down their arms, — :

The number of prisoners ‘taken
and‘sent to the rear on Feb,. 27
was-58 officers and 5,400 soldiers.
The situation on the left bank of
the Vistula and the Dounaietz
sltuation remain unchanged, In
Galicia, during a fierce battle {n
the woods. with Austrians, we
captured 4,000 men and: nine
machine-guns, ;

London, March O:—A Russian
cavalry. movement . succeeded

. jin.” cutting. the German aat

Prussian atmy in twolast Friday
at the’ village of Kranosielo,
aceording’-to the Daily News
Petrograd’ correspondent. 'The
Germans are now. “divided into

two parts, ** the “correspondent:

adds, '
between:them,. :

‘with a considerable - gap
‘The. main: Aus-

trian army. also is in'a dangerous |

position owing to -the sudden of-
fensive taken by the Russiang in

Galicia, .. A Russian force made.

a rapid advance. and threatened

‘the main - ‘Austrian headquarters

near: Stanislau, and. ‘Austrians
are ‘now retreating ‘through’ Kol-
omea towards Bukowina.”’

: ‘Telegraphing froma Bucharest,
the’ Daily. Mail's’ correspondent
“The Russians are prepar-

the fighting around: Czernowicz,
They | already have. -foreed: the

Austrians to withdraw ‘two-miles.

from, this: town. Fresh Russian

artillery. i is-arriving-at Povosielea
onthe extreme northern Rour man:
! jan n frontier, woo,

mat
R TOLD BDAY BY DAY

‘(erations were’ being. delayed by

Turkish’ defences at Gallipoli.

re hur

bad’ weather, '
port says that: one marine was
killed and three weré wounded

"NEWS PARAGRAPHS |
Pete Slavin, of Buck Flats; is

_|Ppending a week in town,

Miss Sharpe ‘spent the" first i
~An admiralty re-| part or the week in ‘Smithers, ©

’ Mra, W. We Anderaon, . who

on..the British battleship Ven- | has been seriously ill, is recover-
geance, in’ the’ Attack on. the ing.

Dardanelles: forta on Friday.

statement follows: “The Monat
ary of thé admiralty makes: ‘the
following announcement: : “The |*
operations in the Dardanelles aret-

- Bert. Schooling has “yeturnad

from a vacation trip to outside
points, ~ 7

Chief. ‘Minty returned on n Weds oe

again delayed by unfavorable nesday. from an offical Visit. to, : wn

. | weather,
galeis blowing, with rain. and

mist, which render long range Hazelton, to Mr. and Mrs, Pp: _ ;
Hagelund, a boy.

fire and ,Beroplane -observation
diffieult.’ ?'-- ;

London :—The steamer Thordis

A. strong northeast | Pacific.

Born, Tuesday, March 2 at

J. A. (Gus) Sampare, formerly: ;

reports ramming a submarine | Sargent’s staff, is establishing _
which attacked her at short/a store at Kitwangak.

range off Beachy Head,

J. McKendrick and T. Hestip

~ A Rome report is to the effect returned from Babine Wednesday
that 5,000 Turks were killed at leaving for Telkwa the same day,

the bombardment of the Dardan-
elles; .....

Forester Allen and H.C, King- .

Le Temps announces an agree- horn, his chief of staff, are pay-.
ment of the Allies for the future | ing an official visit to down-river
status of the Dardanelles, which points, . ws

gives Russia. free access to the
Mediterranean,

Constable Browne, of Endato, .

returned ‘ on’ ‘Wednesday: froma _-

Athens!—The bombardment of | two-month’ vacation visit to his _
the Dardanelles was resumed to-|eastern home, © .

day. .A- Russian - admiral has
joined the Allied fleet.

George Hauk arrived Thursday

" Essad! ¢rom Francois Lake. -He will he -

Pasha is in command of the. here for two weeks before leav-.

London, “March $:—A- semt-}"

: ing for the Omineea,

Miss May. ‘Lindal, ‘who has. been .

official despateh - from Petrograd visiting Mr.and Mrs, J.B. Kirby;
says! “The Germans ‘have ex-liget for her home, at Blaine, . .

pended.a vaat ‘quantity. of am-
rdunition in a futile bombard-,
ment of Ossowetu, An. “Austrian

Przemysl- resulted. ouly-in. their

Wash., on Sunday’s train; -

R. G.- * Moseley ‘is displaying ,

" -Sattempt td pierce the Russian with: justifiable ptide the. Sher-. a
- | front at Lapkow and thus relieve

ati cup, one of the. e