_ Secretary pro tem,

THE LEADING ‘WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

“The Omin

VOL, V, NO. 19

HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916 .

PRICE §2.00 A YEAR

‘ORGANIZING BRANCH

OF RED CROSS SOCIETY

Hazelton will soon have a regu-
larly chartered: branch of the
Red Cross Society, preliminary
organization having been effected
at a meeting held last ‘night in

St. Andrew’s Hall There was al
good attendance of interested

residents of both sexes, and the
resolution for’ the formation ofa
local branch was carried unani-
mously.

Dr. Wrinch was called to. the
chair, J. R. Fuller being ‘chosen
“After dis-
cussing the question of organiza-
tion, it was decided to place the
enrolment: of members in the
hands ofa committee consisting
of Mrs. Hall, Miss Ward, Mrs,
Anderson, H. H. Little, S. Cline,

GR. Faller and W. M.. Seott,

This body: has authority to call a
general meeting for permanent
organization when it has com-
pleted its work,

Membership in the local branch
is open to all, the subscription
being two dollars a year, The

organizers are ‘confident that the|

enrolmentin Hazelton. ‘will be

Jarge,’ and ‘that. the Soeiety here

will ‘prove ‘a popalar and useful

7 organization,
‘Hand your subscription to ‘any
member of the committee,

Parliament’ Next Week
‘Ottawa, Jan, 8: —The house of

commons will open. on ‘Thursday
next. ‘The: government will asl
for an éxtension of the life of

parliament for twelve’ months, :

and it is helieved the opposition

: will consent.

Kispiox Farmers. To Meet
_ Notices for the-annual meeting
of the Kispiox Farmers’ Insti-
tute, which is to be held “in -Kis-
piox Valley Hall-on Wednesday,
Jan..19, at 2: “p.m.,: have ™ been

isgued by- Secretary “Anderson.
The public, inelading the Indies, |
are invited to attend:.’ ,

nes. Sa ratatcnremarens

‘Curlers, ‘Attention!
-A meeting of all those interest-
edi in forming a curling club for

_. the present séason. will be- held
in. the -courthouse on Monday
‘evening next, ‘Jan 10; at 8 p.m.
Stuart J. Martin, Sec., pro tem.

ws Wel

_~ The Ww. AS will resume ‘their
"’, Sewing: ‘afternoons’ on’ Thuveday

next, Jan, 13; at 3 Pim... As it is
the first’ of the year; it ‘wili bea

ae business: One -and will. be. hold! at
the Misslon House, ;

‘Methodist Church:

Petrograd (official) : “Tn the

Riga region, near’ Olland Zall, the
Germans. discharged gas against
Near Duek-
ern, in the region of Jacobstadt, |
30 Russian scouts. engaged in a
hand-to-hand fight. some German
scouts’ who had lost their way,

our entrenchments,

bayonetting a large number and
capturing 86, including an officer.

_ “Our detachments captured the
town of Czartorysk and the
height for two versts (1% miles}.
We captured three officers, 76
soldiers and a quantity of barhed
wire. ', Hostile. counter-attacks.
with the object of dislodging us,
failed.

Northeast of Czernowitz, the

phyxiating- gases, tried: to coun-
ter-attack, but were driven back
to their trenches by our fire.
‘ ‘Caucasian front—On Tuesday
evening thie ‘Tur ks, taking ad-

‘Audttlans,. after employing « ass |'t

vantage of the fox, assumed’ the

offensive near the villages of Alla

and Bildasso, aouthéast of Lake
Torhim. The offensive broke
down before” our’ fire,
opened when the enemy. reached
some of our artificial defenses,
The Turks: ‘returned . to” their
trenches, but. with heavy. losses,
- Tn Persixs some, hundreds of
enemy: infantrymen and cavalry|
tried to take the’ offensive from |;
the town of. Dowletehad, ‘gouth-
east of Hamadan, but were driven
back beyond _Kendellam’ Pass.”

‘London: Séme idea of the de-
termined nature’ of the Russian

blow on the Bessarabian front is
con veyed by. Petrograd despatches
‘today, which’ sigte. that the ‘Ras- -
jsians for fifty-hours canceritrated,
400 guns.on:the: Austrians’ posi-
2 tions at Czernowitz, as A pr epara-

tion for infantry attacks. The

{Russian communications donot

which | °

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES

SOU THERN ARMY RE TAINS INITIATI VE---
A US TRIANS WI THDRA W FROM MON TENEGRO

yet claim that Czernowitz has
fallen, but despatches from Ger-
man sources admit the Teutonic
position there is critical.

London :
squadron is again bombarding
Varna, the Bulgarian port on the
Black Sea,»

A Russian naval

| Pari is: Owing to the increasing.
pressure on the Teutonic forees
in Bessarabia. the Austrian troops
have been’ withdrawn from Mon-
tenegro to. reinforce the armies

opposing the Russians, "a

‘Rome: Six classes of field and
coast artillery have been called to
the colorg, to report Jan. 12

Amsterdam! AZ eppelin: ‘of the|

newest type, ‘while being launched |

at Namar, caught in: telegraph
wires, took fire and was destroy-
ed, Two of the crew were killed
aud several injured. . a

The Athletic: Association has
arranged a dance for Jan. 14.

Constable Fairbairn, of Telkwa,
is the. father of a boy, born on
Monday last.

‘Miss ‘Barbeau, . of Prince Ro-
pert, is visiting ber sister, Mrs.
RS. ‘Sargerit.

‘A carnival will be held on Ha-
zelton rink on Jan.28. Particulars
will be pubtished later.

of the local Hudson’ 5. Bay staff,

‘D. L, Purvis and Tom Stephen-
gon are about to resume work on

‘|the Iron Mask | ‘Broup, | on Four-

Mile,

“Manager Ware, of the Hudson’ 8
Bay Co.,
Babine post.
fortnight.

He will be away a

at Telkwa; ,arranging the renmioval
of police: headquarters from: Al
dermere to the: former town,

Lieut. Caras, of Prince Ripert,
has advised Chief: Minty that he
will'be in Hazelton ‘on Jan. 12,'to

- -}reeruit men for ‘the 102nd i Battal.

’ fon, ' is

Rev. W.. Me Scott. will. preach |
‘tha:

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS|.
Wrinch, contracted measles while

J.R, Tannock, ‘formerly of Fort| - =...
Fraser, i ig a temporary member |..

left on Thursday for |’

Chief Minty spent the weekend

‘Leona?d. Wrinch, son of- Dr,

in’ Vancouver, - and. will not be
jable. to. retitn-to high school for
some little time.

Peter Brown, a. halfbreed who

'|is on the: interdicted list, aucceed-
ed in- getting drunk-in New -Ha-

zelton. where he: eansed a dis-
turbance which Yesulted in his
arrest. -'-In the police court yes-
terday he was sentenced to four
months in n Jail, for’ vagraney..

Compulsory, Service ,

London: | Amid scenes of wiid
enthusiasm. the house of commons
last night passed thé first reading
of the government bill -for com-
pulsory military ‘service by the

| decisive vote of 408 to 105. .

_ In Central Africa .
London: The Gerinan armed
steamer. Kingand surrendered on
December 26 to a British - naval
expedition ' on Lake’ ‘Tanganyika,
in Central ‘Atrica,- it was an-
nounced: in an official. statement

|last night.

“The! action lasted ten: -min-
utes,” adda the statement. AN

the.German officers. were. killed]

and the: ateamer, : deapite | its!
sinking sanettions: was. brought

: into. port.”
‘On’ Feb; 29 8: Leap Year ‘ball. ;

ct be given in. Asgembly Hall by ths],
. : ' dé A mn vl Ibi :

{tempts to approach our

‘had taken to the lifeboats,

which the enemy was completing,
The works included artillery em-
placements. On the Tolmino
bridgehead, repeated enemy at-
lines
were Speedily ‘repulsed. There
has heen a lively artillery duel
from Plava.to the sea’?

- Artillery Busy. aa
Paris(official): ‘In Artois our
batteries droppéd projectiles on
the hill south of Arras, during
the passage of a train. In Cham-

pagne, in the course of-an in.
,|{ tense bombardment by our artil-

lery on the German trenches to

the north of the Navarin. farm, |-

we destroyed all the material for
an attack by gas,’’

Petrograd still ¢laims consider-
able successes in the early stages
of thé eampgign, and despatches
emphasize the equipment supplies

and munitions that Russia laid}:

up for‘ this purpose during &

period of comparative passivity.

Tokio: A squadron of Japaii-
ese .warships has gone. to. the).
Suez Canal, to protect shipping,

‘New York: | A “wireless: ‘ins

sage which came in’ fragments

Jast night: from: the-Greek linor
Thessaloniki, said that the craw |.

fates before. above, ‘hours... No:
_| money orders. w

FIVE HOCKEY TEAMS:
IN TOWN LEAGUE

Although the ¢ championship of °
the Hazelton hockey team is not.
disputed this year, the town is
to see some good games. A town
league hag been formed, with

two teams in class A and three

in Class B. The Class A teams
play their first game on the rink.
at 7 this evening, when the fol-
lowing. puck chasers will line up:
Government—Sinelair (captain),
Morison, Welch, McKay, Halland —
Fuller. Business Men—O’Shea
(captain), P. McDougall, A. Me-.
Dougall, MacCormick, Scott and

Donohoe. A return match will

be played next Thursday evening

at 8,

Following are the Class: B
teams: Blues—Burrington, Cary,
Mathews,’ Sargent, Dickenson,
Latham; Greys—Little, Graham
Rock, Reid, A. A. McDonald,
MacKay,Naylor: Reds—O'Brien,. .
Blackstock, Goddard, 'R. J. Rock,
Germaine, Glassey.

- Blues and Greys play at 8 p.m.-
on Tuesday, the winners to play —
the Reds next Saturday evening, _

"Red Cross Fund
Asa result of the efforts of the.

ladies of Hazelton W.A., a. draft: roe

for $678. 62 has been gent to. the

_| Canadian Red Cross headquarters : ;
lin Toronto. as a contribution from

the residents of Hazelton. a eh

‘Through error, the’ statement ;

of ‘receipts in our, last i issue did

not include Mrs. Sinclair’s doll _

raffle, which realized $7.50. In
the list of Red Cross téas it should
have been mentioned that Mrs.

|Hamblln was associated with.

Mrs, MacKay in giving a tea,
and that Mrs. Cline co-operated
with Mrs, Grant. sO

Fatal Fire at Essington.
Port Essington, Jan, 8:—A fire
which. broke out this morning in -
a Japanese house owned by the
Skeena .River Commercial Co.
spread very rapidly and destroyed
fifteen buildings, A Japanese

was killed in- leaping from awin-.

dow in: the - ‘building .where the
fire first burned.

Following are now- the hours .
of closing’ for mails.at Hazelton :
poatofiice:

_Eastbound—4: 16: De rh. “Monday 7 eg

and Thursday; 1. p. Tt, ‘Saturday.

Westbound--9: 15 a.m. Tuesdays. . a

5:30:p:ta, _ Wednesday; 8: 15 apa Oo ;
Friday, 2
Registered mail closes 30. nine

“ill be issuéd after :

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