a

erick: of Austtia at Breslau. .

| WAS SMOTHERED

: ‘Avstrian Found: Dead in His Bank on

artillery -duél is now: raging ‘on
the Belgian coast. between Brit-

ish: ‘warships ‘and. German . land).
Detonation-of the big!

batteries. te

- guns is plainly ‘audible from the
‘west. Anothér British war fleet
is: yeported to have put into the
_ North Sea;: lying off. Ostend. |
‘The. ‘kaisér was. ‘in: conference
‘yeaterday - “with. ‘Archduke Fred-

WHILE HE SLEPT)

thé Work Train Near Carnaby. |
: — Inquest Held Monday”

é end. ‘of, last week an Aus-|
trian laborer on the Grand Trunk
. Pacific: was found’ dead: in. his
bink-on the work train when the
: trainwas. near. ‘Carnaby. | It. was.

found that. the fellow had become
xic cae at Sntithers aind eh

Ben "He was. lying face d down
and. -Smothered,to death,”
mains: were’ broughé to: New Haz-
elton and. a coroner’s inquest was:
held on Monday’ afternoon. “Dr
| Writieh. performed an autopsy but,
found” ‘No indications of, Foul. play,
— bit: stated’ that’ the smell’ of: whis-:
ky? ‘from, ‘the stomach was very
noticeable, The remains were in-
teri d. ‘in n the Indian cemetery.

(ca STORM ON NINE MILE

“Heavy: Snow and Wind: Last Tea
“Obi terated Roads: to- ‘Mines : :

~ Last week's storm: caused: ‘con-
‘siderable e. trouble and. inconveni-
-enice to’ Nine Mile miners, : Geo.
“Stewart. and: Fred. Brewer. landed
“in: town: on ‘Monday night seeking
aid dn. clearing. the: road to: their
| Silver Betl: property: of the fallen
‘timber. ‘Geo.-only recently com:
- pleted” cutting . the road.in ‘from |:
the government road and ‘hes Says
‘that. hundreds of. trees were laid
iacross it by: storm, “The: Ameri-
“ean. Boy. owners: ‘Suffered similar
ay with their trail:up the ‘hill.

x erman: “retreat “along: -the
_-Yser. continues and is apparently.
to: ‘prepare | against new ‘attacks
by” the- British - fleets. A: fierce

ia -the vicinity

official reports, — a :

is: being fiercely’ contested. The
‘|-Russian ’ forees are reported to be
within’ ten miles of - Cracow, ' and
the Austrian situation ‘at Przem-
ysl i is said to be desperate.

_ [X-RAY APPARATUS .
TS NOW WORKING

Local Hospital Placed on Equal: Foat-
- With the Largest Institations in”
, Canada by the Installation

The. Xray apparatus has been
installed and put in ‘first class
ranning order. at the. local’ hospi-
tal. It - was used’ ‘for the: first)
time. last week and fave excellent
satisfaction. 7
|many.i more vements. for. which a

some months ago. “AML the: ‘other
improvements. have been” “made
for some time, It is not: heces-
{sary to. go to the city now- for the
X-ray.. The: local hospital i is: quite
‘as.modern. as-any‘in the} Provinces,

The increasing thunder of: guns]

f Ypres. and. the
arrival of ‘wounded ‘at’ Bruges
is taken here’ to. mean that. there
has been’ ‘greater activity i in | West
Flanders during: the past several
days’ than has been” indicated ‘by

- TGladno. The Germans in this di:

" Reports reeeived here ail 2 agree rection are making desperate ef-|

that the “battle in: “northern: Po:
land is still undecided and thatit

“| fositions tothe north of: Lodz,

. CANADIANS SHOOT |
‘CANADIAN. BULLET|

| has.
Goverament Agiees to a to a

This. completes . the! |

Von Hindenbg's $ ‘Abe
Which. He Disastrous Defeat

Petrograd: says that the Germans
after a: desperate effort, sueceed-
ed in. ‘establishing a front. be-
tween Strikow and Sedunskarola
‘onthe’ Warta river, but where
this line. extends beyond Strikow
‘Vit appears. to ‘have been turned at,

forta to retreat. and‘to cover ‘the| |
rear ‘guard actions of the larger
forces.

&

* Petrograd— There w was a 4 lull on
all. fronts yesterday. ° ‘In region
of Lowiez the action’. was con-
.| tinued, but with less. intensity.
| Towards midnight the: ‘Germans,
marching ina: compact column,
made-a fierce: ‘attack: against our

but were repulsed. In. region of
Cracow we have: made progress.

Ta!

‘ets,

"peanest from|?
Lead Mine Operators: to Diiltze
- Only Canadian fedact

'tia:to arrange that lead produced |.
in ‘the dominion’ shall. be’ used in
the. manufacture: of -bullets. re-
quired for. the: use ‘of: Canadian |,
troops, in.preference. to. imported |, 4

ye Attack on the Allies’ Line Have S

: ‘Paris, ‘és i A despatch from -

, ‘Theavy bombardthent: to the.

-}in silyer mine securities; of New|
| York, dealing with ‘the question

. jand its: future standin, as a
ievInresponse: o-an-appeal- made! gannenae ces ee i

| to. the: ‘Canadian minister’ of ‘mili-

_Jpoms oP ON
~ KRUPP JPP FACT ORY

sas Perform Fea Feat— All German

Beta ea Repalsed: in France

“Lone on, , Dee. ‘At A" message
egraph company says the aed 0
factory -was. yesterday bombard-
ed. by. aeroplanes.’ : Bombs: drop-

‘the aviators. escaped | ‘uninjured.

haa not been ascertained. "

"Paris, official Yesterday there
were lively” artillery., exchanges |i a
between: ‘Nieuport and Ypres and|¢

of Lens, In Argonne several. at-
tacks were repulsed . suecessfally |
by the allied forces,

SILVER TO. TAKE
_ PLACE. cE: OF GOLD,

Meridian Reactied in Pr in Production of the)
‘Yellow Metal and. Silver Will:
See. Increased Demand

A very interesting. ‘Brochure “
“just. been issued by: Charles}
A: ‘Stoneham and. Co, specialists | ¢

of silver as‘a medium of exchange |

inadequaey, of “gold: st te the ‘as’-a| will}
standard ‘tee of ‘exchange

from. Berlin. to the. ‘Exchange Tel. from™Be

ped on buildings’ ‘and sheds, and |t he te ;

The extent’ of the damage corel m 2

and -the: ‘staff: quite’ as skilled: -

The machine. was given a fine:
tryout: ‘and. every plate was per-

formed that the in: have ees bag

Z when @ man. was. put under its

fect.’ On Monday the apparatus
was put. to its’ first real’ service

rays to locate. a -dainageil bone,

come to a favorable’ decision in
this | matter and. that ‘as ‘far as].
can be. done. only Canadian: lead
will i in future be used’ for. above

purposes. Since practically. all

by the B European war. §

knowledge, ” the pamphlet’ adds; |. oo a -
“that ‘actual: “money supplies | inl! OR

n| dustrial eatin quan ithe |m
past‘twenty. vears-has‘been-em: {tit
phasized - by: the: dematids made ca

“Tt is a ‘matter of very ‘general |

: the plant. ig gathéred from the

|The trouble was clearly depicted
onthe film and an. ‘operation, was |
performed. on ‘Tuesday.

Evidence of the efficiency. of

fact that Mayo: ‘Bros: of Roches-
ter, Minn., : who -are recognized

the lead produced in Canada
comes from this province, and‘is
refined at Trail, : this decision ‘of
the. Federal’ government: may. be
expected’ to he. of considerable
importance to the lead- "mining: i in-
dustry of British Columbia, °

| the:requirements of the next five:
for ten: ‘years’ are certain. to: ‘be

people of ‘the district have ample

as among the greatest. surgeons
on ‘the American continent, and

-who recently opened: a new hos- |"

pital. tested: machines from five|:
of the. leading tnakers cand | with-

the one put ‘in here, In: this: the

assurance’ that the: very: last: word
Jin: ‘surgical equipment: ig available

out. any: ‘hesitation installed seven :
machines identically similar to|:

WITNESSES IN MAY CASE

Large Nuriber ‘from Hazelton Atten He lee
ing ¢ ourt. in Prince Rupert .

2

The following ig a list of wit: |! =
nesses from: ‘Hazelton i in: the cage | ]
of John May,- ‘charged with: the}!
thurder, of: Bert. Taylor... They all

| stupendous,

Fores must. not i: dered.?”
left here on. Tuesday for. Prince ab .

|| for those unfortunate enough: tol Rui :

a require ‘the services:of the: Kray Chi
of: ahy makes: ch will also know

globe are totally below pressing
requirements; that there is a fa.

currency - calculation; that,:while |’

there are conerete i} 1

a “the p

practically every : country: ‘on’ ‘the eo

mine. of specie upon which’ ‘to, cue
: predicate or base @ more ‘fluent My