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VOL. IV, NO, 82'-

_ HAZELTON, -B. G., SATU

RDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.

PRICE §2,00 A'YEAR.

jaw ‘MURDER TRIAL

Henry McMecken. is Sent Up

For. Trial’on Charge we
: OF Murder ~

The preliminary. ‘trial of H.
“MeMeeken, charged... with. -the| .

murder of “P, Dunnigan, was|- a
‘held at~ Telkwa on fuesday.|°- ”*
’ Magistrate. Hoskins precided:and}-

A.C. Minty. prosecuted for the
crown, After fourteen witnesses
were examined: the ‘prisoner was
committed for' trial and: will: be
sent:;to New Westminster . to. a
- wait: trial ‘at the next agaizés, *

at Telkwa last: ‘Monday, upon ‘the
death: of Peter. Dunnigan, the

, jury: ‘brought: in: the. following

“verdict: That = Peter Dunnigan
met hig death on ‘the’ second” day
‘of April, 1985, at Telkwa, By G.,

the

ry McMeeken,:

aS ‘Now pen|

The aseball season was opened
in Hazelton’ Jast ‘Sunday, when

; the’ ‘married’ and. ‘single: men’ lined.

up for their. ‘annual - -atruggle:
‘The single men came out on top

a with a 10-4-score, ‘and the -bene-
diets. AFB. chow looking: for - re-
me _venge.!-
follows: - ‘Married: — ‘Little,.\-Bob
“Rock “Gratar':- Rock, ‘ "Glassey,,

The. teams: lined up as

; Taylor, McLeod,’
' Single — McDougall,
“Humie, : + Berta; Doe" ‘Rock, Lof-

- quist, MeCorinick, ‘Forster, But=,

ke, A. McDonald. |

oh On ‘Monday, the: Bazalton. and a
- Glen Vowel Indian” teams play-|°
- .ed, the: ‘former’ winning by 99-16,

‘The. ‘teams, , having’ won-@ game

“apiece,” are’ playing” a third to-
day, to decide the, series.

" Rifle Clab Meeting .
At: the: ‘ahnvaltieéting- of the
2 Hazelt n Rifle Club held‘on ‘Tues-

. day: evening, tho: following: -offi-
 <cera-were elected, for 'theensuing

-year: A; R, Macdonald, : “Captain;

°C, “Reid,” Viee- Captain;. C. . Be
ue "Simpson,. Sec, “Treasurer; d. Ro
Fuller, -A. D.:MeLeod, . HH.  Mat-

“thewa and 'R.. E, “Allen, exeutive
jt committee, :
“Satisfactory: financial ‘statement

and work will: be commenced’ at
‘once an the local ranges ‘i in: prep-|
“aration forthe seagon' "sactivities. |

-It.was.deelded 'to: loan “six rifled

_ to the Smithers Rifle... Glab un ‘a
ee their, supply is received. | 4

| Chicege Elects Mayor
— Wi lian

elected : oF 1g today, . with” a

39,893). As a: result},
| » eB

3

Tacoma, April 93+

cars| eru
of- aeroplanes for: se by the Rus- ure
in Ta a:

” the: Austrian move:
-Jand: ‘France’ have -agteed™ to:let:

At.the coroner’s’ inquest held Russia conclude.a separate peace’

The club: Showed: “a|'

AUSTRIA NOW 5

al HAVE ABANDONED ATTACK ON SERBIA
_ “ANOTHER FRENCH SHIP TORPEDOED

fe

“Petrograd, “April 10: _Negotia.
tidns to obtain an honorable peace
have been opened by.- Emperor
Francis Joseph, Fear of irrepar-
able devastation. i is the catise. ‘of-

‘with Austria, provided that. Ser-
hia is: allowed ‘to realize. her
aspirations,
surrender of. all Galicia, ineluding
Cracow.
to protest as the Russian occupa-

tion of Cracow ‘would menace.

Prussian Silesia! © 'The- Eniperor
has appealed to ‘the: Vatican to

“laid the peace... -
. Paris, April. 10. (official. .state-+

intent) "After g a new and «brit:
liant. attack - “on the: important

position of: ‘Le- Eparges;: which
dominates the Plain of -Wosvre!

and which’ the © enemy defended
obstinatély; is:now in our ‘hands,
We' carried 1,500 metres (about
1,600 yards) of trenches. yester-
day. only - leaving the - ‘Germans
holding in strength two: ‘isolated
positions on the plateau: : - ‘These
we carried Yesterday. afternoon,
taking'150 prisoners, ‘We have
thus-attained: one’of: the: principal
objectives: ‘of our operationa “of
the” last ‘few ‘days. Farther

“England,

Russia: ‘demarids the

‘Gernjiany i is expected |

| to ‘retake *

4

‘north, in the fore bet of Ailly, we
have maintained, all the ground
gained, 200: metres on 3 a front..of

400 . metres and: Have | repulsed

three. counter attacks. - In the}

forest of: Montmartre,* the Ger-
mans. made: -15 ‘Attacks to retalre
the’ trenches’ which we wrested
from them on’ T rsday. They
were repulsed i5\tines,
of German. Aodies’ are lying on
the ground, |.

ten, the Germaiis, by an attack,
oceupied a trench'on the ‘left
bank of the Yser, while the Bel-
gians made. attacks, debouching
not far. from- the spot-on the
figt ht banks; and: installed there a
brides.” head’ ~ In Champagne
there haive’ bedi’ i infantry attacks

of quité local but very vigorous,
character.

To ‘the tiorth of Beau-
gejour, the Germans. endeavored
part: of the trenches

lost by them last month. T hey

were mown down: except: at.-one.

point’ where -they suceeded - in
installing themselves ‘in: "an ad:
vaneed French trench. We. made
8 counter-attack and. recaptured!
the place, - pushing . the enemy

back to; his. main. positions and

inflicting appreciable loases upon
“him.” On the southeastern Blope

Heaps:

“In Belgium; near Rrei: Graahe

‘took 1,200 prisoners,

ING FOR PEACE.

of Hartinenns-Weilerkopt the

number of prisoners taken by us

during ‘the last. few days . Was

‘about 150.”

Petrograd (official) -—“On' the|;
front “west ‘of the Niemen River
there have been actions of sec-
ondary importance. In the Car-
pathians our troops repulsed a
number of German and. Austrian
counter attacks and ‘continued to
progress, We now: hold in our
hands the: ‘whole:of. the’: ‘principal
chain, ‘extending for more --than:
110 versts about. 73 miles) from
Reghetovo to Volossate, with the

exception of. Hill- 909, south. of
“On April’? wej->~
In- alll:

Voliamekhova, -

other sections of the front there} -
ig no marked change.”’
‘Geneva:—The Austrian move-
ment against Serbia has been
abandoned, The General. Staff
admita the loss of 26,000 men,
two batteries of 12-inch mortars,

twenty. ‘quickfirers, four. ‘miscel-.

laneous: batteries and ‘other minor

equipment in-the fighting on. the}

Dukla-Epries front, 9:
“Paris:—The- French ship Chat:

eaubriand;: from ‘Lonion to. “Nes

York with ® cargo of chalk; WS

torpedoed off Barfleur,

was saved. mo

London, “April 5 AY Reitter' 8

‘Amsterdam correspondent * “SAYB:
Ja. Berlin deapatch received ‘thera

states that Turkish headquarters

- reported : ‘that ‘the: Turkish fleet

was. on Saturday ‘near Odessa
and that the ‘cruiser’ Medjidieh,
while: - “pursuing: eriemy ‘mine:
sweepers in - the vicinity of: the
fortress ‘of* Oteb: tow, : atrick | &
drifting: mine and ‘:sank. Her
craw waa saved ‘by. Turkish ware
ships. ° “The. sailors of the. Medji-

'dieh, -before she ‘sank, removed

the breachblocks” of” guns and

torpedosd: the. cruiser ‘to’ ‘prevent

her’ being Yefloated iby the Rus-

despateh “fiom ‘Stoclehdlm gays
the. German steamer Hamsoth

jeg the Ee ‘Gretna Hamsoth ‘Au
ea, a: ‘veauel: of: 1,654 tong and.

Was “_engagéd. in: traffic between

~ Petrograd (official): —“On the |

front; ‘west. of Niemen river;

fighting ‘is: ‘developing: greatly in
our favor... Our cavalry;ion the
road between Kaiwarya and Su-
walki, after.a stubborn fight with
German cavalry—which was sup-
ported. by infantry—madea dash-
ing charge, asabreing many. of

the enemy. ‘and. eapturing others, :
They ® ‘drove: ‘the. Germans. from
the. region , they were occupying

and’ are: now pursuing them. ‘In

the Carpathians, on Friday, we

gained a great. success. in sector
north :of..the -rozda leading. to
Bartfeid © ‘and also ‘in the region

between: Mesoladorez. and Luto-
yiska,*
tured: ‘on: the Carpathians front |
more* than | 2,000 soldiers . ‘and |.
d; three “guns. and: three, “machine |;

During that-day we cap-

essuyed an ‘offensive,

~* PROGRESS: OF THE ‘GREAT. WAR: DAY BY DAY

west of the Niemen ‘River, yes-
terday, our: - troops ‘continued to
make successful: ‘progress at-cer-
tain points. - In, the Carpathians
during the’ night of ‘April 8-4 and |
during the whole: ‘following day,
in; the region.to the north of
Bartfeld, there was ‘fierce fight-
ing. with artillery . and bayonet.

We took twenty officers and more
than 1,200 men as prisoners. and
eaptured two’ machine guns. At
the same time we: continued : to

‘make’ progress on ‘the front of

Mezolaborez-and Uzsok,-. In the
course of ‘the. ‘day we. captured
about: ' twenty- five officers and
more than 2, 000 soldiers and took
three 1

well ag a great stock of ammuni-

tion find ° part. of By. Provision |
the. ‘Liberal _canididate . for hia .

‘smashed; -

‘Thearew |,
‘ last Monday. ;

“Having. séeupiad t the: railway

station -at-Cisan .(in-the: Garpath-
7 dans, on. the Galician” side, - about.
ig ‘| fifteen miles east of Lipkow), 1 we

captured. én ines‘and coaches, as
‘but: -all ‘their attacks failed com- | . e

RIOTING IN N VANCOUVER

Unemployed ‘Mob Raid Restiaiic
‘rants and Stores When’ Re"):

* .. lief Work is Stopped -

Vancouver, April T:—Serious

rioting ending up with the raiding

of down-town stores took-place
last night by a mob of 600 unem-
ployed,
Russians and Italians.
ton Lunch, White ‘Lunch, P,
Burns, King Shoe Store and. gev-
eral Italian fruit and cigar stands

were raided: ‘and the™: ‘windows.
“AY ‘number - “of the
-. Relief.

raiders were arrested,.

principally | Austrians, -
The Bas-

work has been stopped: in the. _

city.

Vancouver, “April .8:— Mayot

Taylor hag annotinced: that he
will ran as an Independent Lib-
eral. for - the Legislature. Joe
Martin has. started proceedings
to unseat Taylor as mayor.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT.

is here on Dolice business:
i EB Merrytield, of Prince

NEWS: PARAGRAPHS F
- Constable Kelly, of: Smithers oe

Rupert, came in on Saturday” 8

train.

The tennis club is . getting ite

courts into ‘shape: for: ‘the coming ; ' os

season.

EB M.- Flops, of Telkwa, | ig

spending afew days i in town ‘Ont

‘business.

*Coioner Hosking went ta Tell yo,
wa forthe - Dunnigan. Anquest, ee

“Mr, ‘and Mis, Bike

Essington ‘are in town on ‘the 7

way to Babine,

HOC. Kinghorn took - a “fying
visit to Prince George on forest eek

ty. business Saturday.

Ss. H Crum and- family have .

left: for. Melville, Sask.

ing.

duties of fire ranger, a

A. 8 Fletcher, inspector. of
governnient offices for B.:.G.,°
spent the week’ in “town and Is,
leaving for Smithers tonight, .

Hazelton’ a first Japanese eal “ i.

J. Breariy, SE. Cedarvale, ig
leaving today. for: ‘Burns Lake, .
where. he:. will: ‘tak

or. ne ;
Crum ¥ will go. in for. wheat. grow oe

ding took place Thursday. night,
when “‘Tonokichi : “Katsumata | ‘aud
Toku ‘Asebuja”: ‘were: married ‘in

St.. Peter's Chureh, ‘Rev. J. Field :

officiating.

AL “Manion. of. ‘Prince ‘Rupert, ws

| district, was: i

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