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VOL. V, NO. 10°

- HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6,. 1915 ©

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STATEMENT ON WAR.
BY PREMIER ASQUITH

London, Nov, o: — “We are

win,” . declaration ,- was
made today by. Premier Asquith, |
in his eagerly awaited-speech on
“the war, “This is taken as a hint

that, alLhough Lord Derby’s plan
is proving successful, the govern- descending into Old Ser via to in-
“ment will, if necessary, resort to

conscription, Following.aresome
of the points in the Premier’s
_ Speech:

' The Government has no apolo-
gies to make for the Dardanelles
campaign. It was undertaken
after a {ull investigation “and

discussion, although it was- op- infantry: and British cavalry took

posed strongly by. Baron Fisher,
former First Sea Lord of the
Admiralty.

Since the beginning of the war

the admiralty has transported Krivolak to, assist their allies,

two and one half million troops,
with losses of lite of less than
one-tenth of one per cent. . Also, |
the navy has safeguarded

the transport of 380,000 siclr| -

and wounded men, of three ‘and
a half million-tons-of stores andy
of 800,000 horses," -
The German fleet, Mr; Asquith
said,..was locked up in the Baltic

- and did not dare: show - ite face. pave “the way. for the. esupture
This declaration was Joudly of Uskub. : °

cheered,

After fifteen months of © war, |
the whole - military. and. naval
resources: of Germany had been
reduced to sporadic efforts . by a
few submarines, oe,

_In the western theater. of war;

Mr, Asquith. declared, the Ger- with 3,000 Serbs, is reported.

mans has not gained one’ foot of}
ground: since last ‘April.

British losses. ia. France and
Flanders up to the end of, October
were 877,000. =~

GIVES FIGURES, OF

ALLE FIGHT BESIDE SERVIANS

dtrnied 8 supa voting BULGARS DRIVEN FROM BABUNA PASS
RUSSIANS STILL HOLD. ENEMY IN CHECK

London: A Bulgarian army,
vade. Macedonia by way of Veles
and Perlepe, was defeated at Iz-
vor (at. the entrance of Babuna
pass) after a hattle lasting for
several days, according to an
announcement - made at Athens

by the Servian legation, French

part in the struggle ava gave|-

effective aid to the Servians,
The British horsenien came from

The Servians captured Idsvor and
Gradsko.
The Bulgarians, ‘whose ranks
are said to have been decimated,
are retreating in the direction of

.Yeles,. and have. evacuated. thet...

right bank of the Vardar river.
The safety of Monastir is as-
‘sured by this vietory, which may

‘Athens: The total Bulgarian
logses are 80,000. There is great
anxiety in Sofia, owing to the
increasing: resistance of the Ser-
) vians on the eastern front.

Berlin: “The ‘eapture of Nish,

jehange in the. situation.
Dvinsk, south of Lake Swenton,
, | the, enemy yesterday morning

London:
Lord Kitchener, ‘charged with an
important mission, in the Near

Fast, has already departed from
London.

The Zaimis éabinet is to be
reconstructed and the Greek par-
liament dissolved ,
hopes of immediate pro- -Entente[
action by Greece.

The Official statement
eays a fresh German attack on
the French position at La Cour-

Paris:

tine has been: repulsed with
heavy losses,

German su bmarines have again:
passed the Straits of Gibraltar,
and two French. and one Italian
steamers have been sunk.

i crane _~
” Petrograd: - The ] Russian war
office today fave out the follows
ing statement:

"Near: Ripa yestarday our

~ jt ‘Ops prog: eased slightly toward

the west of Lake Akkel, ” Artil-

lety and rifle fire continues all

along the front in ‘this tegion.
“In -the region of Jacobstadt
and:on the Dvina there is no

The “Post States that.

_ dissipating “

| 8rd delivered an attack from the

_ [we attacked enemy forces which |

jback after a bayonet fight. -.We

Near}

delivered an attack against the
village of Blatonovaka, but was
repulsed with heavy lossses. aie
far over a thousand bodies have D
been counted on the field. . Far-
ther south calm prevails as far as
the Pripet. ,

“To the west of Rafouka (on

the Styr river) the enemy on the

After
fierce fighting during the night,
our troops drove off the Austrian
forces, capturing two guns, three |

village of Kostiukhnovka.

machine runs. 250 prisoners and |}
a large quantity of arms and
ammunition. ;

“In the region of the village of
Volitza, north of Novo Alexiniec,

had approached our entangle-
ments, The enemy was driven
eaptured three -officers and 160
men, Fierce fighting continues
on the right of the Stripa (East |:
Galicia) in the region of Semi-
kovitze, the artillery duel on both
sides being very violent, -

“Our ships opened fire against
the German positions near Shlok,
west of Riga.’’

LAND PURCHASES

oe

“Returning. with: ‘8 very favor-

canada and, N ewfoundiand to-
pether have: ‘contributed 97,600
tor fifteen months of the war,

MANY PASSENGERS
 * * LOST IN BIG WRECK

Marshfield, ‘Oregon, Nov. 3: —
‘The passenger steamer Sanial’
- Clara, plying between Portland’
and. San Francisco, was wrecked
‘on South Spit, at the entrance to|:
Coos ‘Bay, 170 miles south of the
. Columbia | river: bar.
have’. ‘been. -‘Yeeovered - ‘and eight
Life-sayers’ shot.a
“which ‘was

id tmade : thrili-| ‘
| pre: -emptéd, "29,244 acres; war
grants, -2,152- acres;

{met the settlers, ina series of

line to the’ "vesaol,.
half a mile aut,

able i impression: ofthe district, .
Wm. “Manson, M.L. A, for Skeena,

arrived on Wednesday from Fran-
cois and Qotsa. lakes,’ where he

meetings, at. which: the needs of

that section: were” discussed. As
Ja. result’ of Mr, Manson's visit, a
much-needed ferry is to be placed

‘on: Francojs lake, while: the road |

system af ‘the. district is. to be
further, improved... on
“-Disproving opposition charges
that’ the lands of'the district were
held by. -pe2ulators, ‘who owed.
iramense sums on their holdings.
Mr; Manson gave out the. fol-
lowing official: figures: Area be- |
tween. Francois and: Ootas lakes, |*

caliber. -

Steamer Schedule Changed
“As stated in The Miner some

\time ogo, the winter gteammer

schedule’ of the: ‘G. T.-P. takes
effect. this . week." _ While there
will there ‘will be no change in
the train time-table, through
mails .will ‘reach Hazelton on
Mondays and Thursdays from the
weat, steamers arriving on those
days and: leaving’ on Tuesdays
and Saturdays at 9'a.m, .

Super-Submarine Caught
Liverpool: The: Daily’ -Post
publishes a report of the capture
of.one of Germany's latest super-
submarines, 950-feet- Jong ‘and
carrying, in addition to torpédo-
tubes, . four guna: of fairly. large
The submarine . was
launched at Stettin ‘a fortnight

The -Poat states that-with-|. .
in: Da a few hours after leaving. her|

base she. was. ‘caught. “in one, of
those.'trapa we have so skilfully
laid: for. these craft. somewhere in

‘|a miner's cabin and stealing
therefrom, and: was given a two

GETS TWO YEARS FOR
* STEALING FROM CABIN

Peter Angus, the Kispiox In- |.
diaii who was recently sentenced
to four months in jail for break-
ing a window, appéared before
Judge Young on Thursday on
‘the more serious charge.of house-
breaking, He admitted entering

years ’° sentence... The Judge]:
severely censured’ the prisoner,
and atated-that: any future con-
viction ofa similar nature, wheth-
er the ‘criminal was. white’ or
Indian, would. ‘be even moré
severely, dealt; with, :

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wil be

LAPOINTE SENTENCED
TO FIVE YEAR TERM

Five years in the provincial
penitentiary was the sentence
passed by Judge Young on George
Lapdinte, who on Thursday plead-
ed guilty toa charge of wounding
with intent to maim. The victim
was Christine Annot, an imbecile”
Indian woman. Twenty witnes-
ges were in attendance, but only

.. Wrinch and the injured
woman were called.

In a severe lecture to the pris-
oner, the judge said that. the —
charge, but for the successful
efforts of Dr, Wrinch and the
Hospital staff, might well have.
been one of murder.
reading over the depositions and
taking into consideration the plea
of guilty, :his honor. sentenced
Lapointe . to five years’ imprison-
ment.

Constable Lavery will take the’
prisoner and Angus, the Indian
convict, to New Westminster,
leaving on Monday,

LOCAL AND DISTRICT
‘NEWS PARAGRAPHS

1, G. Garrett, of Vancouver,
was among yesterday’s arrivals.

Government Agent Hosking |
returned on. Wednesday from. an
official visit to Smithers.

“Ren frew' Dickenson advertiges

‘this: week" that: ‘he i is prepared: to. :

receive pidnoforte pupils. _

A. W. MeVittie, of Victoria, is
visiting his brother, H.H. MeVit-
he, of the local postoffice,

Jack MeNeil, the popular mer-
chant of Telkwa, arrived yester-
day for a brief businéss visit.

C..L. Cullin, pre-emption ‘in-
spector, returned on Tuesday.
from a visit to the Bulkley Val- .
ley. He left yesterday far Git
-wangal. :

- Parker Willlams, -the, sosilst 7
leader, delivered .a ‘political'ad-—

dress. in New Hazelton last Sun-
day. A number of local people: '
went over to hear him, |.

Operator McCandlish has been
tranferred -to’ ‘the Ashcroft office: .

of the Yukon Telegraphs, ‘and’. a

will leave with ‘Mrs: ‘MeCandlish

for his new, post on: Monday. olay : :

ame .

~ Mra. BE. 8 Morse arrived from i:

After .—

Winnipeg yesterday: to.join her --
husband,’ ‘Who is G: T. Pp. engineer’.
fin, game of work on Sealy Guleh