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os _NEW HAZELTON, Bi 6. “DECEMBER i “1915.”

German- Canadian ai Engaged’ to ‘to the
Work by German Counsel at-. .
- San Francisco .

a

' San Franvisco,- “Dee. “16—The
German plot to. blow up the; ‘mili-
me tary trains, tunnels and. bridges
mon the C. P. R. has been exposed

fee by an affidavit made’ by Johannes’

von Koolbergen today at the pro-

mea ceedings against Baron von Brin-

Bel ken CG. C.. Crowley and Mrs:
B Cornell. -Koolbergen ° swears he

ee Was employed by~ Franz. Bopp,

" the German councel’ ‘at San Fran-

Ma cisco, and ‘by von’Binken,in April’

Blast to blow up the. military train
abridge or tunnel. between .Van-
ma couver and Revelstoke.

ahHe was supplied with maps and}
full instructions.

a Keelbergen is a German-Cana-
@ dian and he informed the C,P.R.
‘authorities at Vancouver... He]
went to. Vancouver and arranged
with the C. P. R. superintendent

af. W. Peters and the military

# authorities for a story to appear)...

in the Vancouver Provinee, May
10, of a eave-in of the tunnel ° in.
elkirk mountains. - For this job) §
was paid $1750, © von’ Brinken |!

ha ias-té all; L their’ ammunition in..thei
treat through the e deep ‘snow

iting.
Matter the interview: in Bopps.
fice.

Plot AGAINST c. (CABINET CHANGES

PLR. TS. “IS EXPOSED|~

He ,was|'to London,

eee to receive three thousand dollars.

McBRIDE ‘1 IS -FIRED| .

Bowser is: Premier’ and ‘and ‘Attorney-Gen-

~ tal Many, Changes Made— ode :

-. Hection in January

. ‘Victoria, Dec. W- Sir. ‘Richard
‘McBride, ‘twelve. years. premier,
‘has. resigned. — W. 3. Bowser has
been: sworn in as premier.
Tew. cabinet i ig ‘composed of W.

. The

J. Bowser, premier and: ‘attorney-
general; A. C.. Flummerfelt min-

ister of agriculture’ and finance;

C. EB. ‘Tisdale public works; W.R.

Ross. lands;. Lorrie Camipbel! as
minister of: mines; Thos; Taylor,
provincial secretary,and- minister
of education; Wm- :-Manson, pres-

ident of council. MeBride goes
Election expected

the. middle of January.

PARIS WAR DOPE

NOT SENSATIONAL]

Little Scraps. From:-the the - Near Easter
. Front—alltes Retreating to-
. Wards Salonikt

Paris, Dee. 16 The Greek gov-
ernment denies that the Bulgar-
ians: are on Greek soil, ~ 1.

“The French and British saved

ind
| their. losses: were small. poy
“The: efforts of the Bulgavians

“}te -eut: the’ lines failedand the

Bulgarians have shown no: desire’

i}] | toxcome: close, to. the. ‘lines, since

be a witness at the trial, - Other
¥ itness will testify to the. con:

. destruction of the’ Hercules r ‘pow:
der. plant: ‘and Aetna explosive

» [are leaving. the: district,

Monday, -

The allied front. now. extelids
twenty-five miles north of Salon-
iki where. the, harbor.i is crowded
with. transports ‘bringing. troops
and supplies, The. Greek ‘troopd

* Mast be Purely” Véluataty °
~ Prince Rupert -couticil refiised.

ee "| to levy. a “taxcon“the- ratepayers

and Flour
“ clavoauot Dee. 16-A modern

’ patrick, a rancher ‘on “El

Jand, was caught i in asmal

on his way to his: ‘pre: “emptiori,
twelve mileé north of Ahousat.
‘His canoe was gwamped onthe
rocks. .
package of oatmeal...

‘ease coal oil. | ‘Two indians found.

him in a. demented’ ‘condition af-|. |
He is. now :

ter thirty- four daya. ’

His life: was.saved™ ‘by al.
a. sack. of). :
flour, a case of. “matches and al

for the purpose of ; boosting the:
| Patriotice fund. © 'T. D: Pattulo
“as and G.: R.

‘Naden visited ':t t)
couneil and protested against the
Proposed levy. They ‘informed.
"| the council: that. caring : for: sol:

diers , dependents iand wounded PE

soldiers was) 2, natiorial’ “matter

and that the: patriotic fund was |.
for. the purpose of permitting in- |,
making voluntary Gon:

‘TALK ON POULTRY

JIN NEW: HAZELTON|

chiet instructor Terry Coming : With
A. Hy Tomlinson the Latter.
Fatt of January,

al. The. ‘Hefald is endeavoring to
arrange a meeting: in this town
at which Mr. Terry, chief poultry

Mr. A.-H. Tomlinson, - hortieul-
turist, .will be the speakers. It
is ‘possible that'the meeting: will

‘Terry will be ona trip through
‘the north at that time. He is -a
most capable poultryman and will
give the local people a lot of very
valuable information. on this’ im-
portant industry. Mr. ° ‘Tomlin-
son will speak on ‘growing fruit
and vegétables | on town lots, a
matter of the utmost concern to
every citizen. Faller: particulars
will be given later.

. Canadian Germans, Busy. 7
Tt appears. that : the... German

agents in this country have turn-|

ed their attention to an effort to

Ameri¢an elevators. containing

the: allies have been ° ‘destroyed.

eres tars aia

fresh” ‘crimes’ are” reported. -

strikés-one. that the police and the
military: au thorities | have interned
‘only: those loud: talking and inof-|
fensive: ‘foreigners: while the’ real|:
‘enemy’ sof he: country are. still];

dat large and’ ‘free to carry on their

work of destruction...
tems From law

‘London, Dec. 16—Between. two
and twoand a. half’ million’. men

. enlisted under ‘Lord. Detby’s re.
Four thousand:
‘Inatives of Solomon aad ‘Santa
‘Cruz “Islanis. have: perished: ‘byl oo
famine: The ‘sitting of thel A
Reichstag. was stormy: owing ‘tol

eruiting ‘plan.

the’. government, ‘refusing ‘to an-
swer the questions Jof Dr. Fieb-|.
necht, -a socialist ‘deputy. ‘The|’.
peace party has arrived at. t Kirk-
wall, ‘Orkney. Island: E “

yo Answer Unsatistactory if
Washington, Dec. 16~- The re-
‘om: Austria tothe Ancona

instructor. for. the. province - “and

be held about January “4th. ‘“Mr.

shut-off the: British food: supply. |.
‘Canadian wheat for shipment to].

Canadian flour mills ‘are now.-re- eee
. ceiving: attention’ and almost. daily)

i tieutoe tk Austria

GREAT ACTIVITY

Unloading ‘Troops -and . Ame
munition for’ ‘Allies .

(Paris Dee,
have entered. Greek” territory: in.
the: Struma. region, The Greek
government. has ofdered® the’ 5th {i
Greek army corp leavé Salon-
iki.” The. Bulgarigns “have “lost
5,000 killed and 15,000 ‘wounded
in the last:few. days. The Greek.
election: takes’ place next Sunday..
‘Thetkingof ‘Greece is. suffering
‘from: influenza'and: has been ‘or-
‘dered ‘to: ‘take. a complete. rest,
‘The allies. have retired into: Greek
territory. - Their tosses have been
comparatively: small. In. Salon-
'kicharbor. freighters are unload-
ing munitions and stores.
hospitals: are: being erected. to fa.
‘cilitate. the. hospital ,ship-accom:-
medation for the wounded.

SIR JOHN FRENCH.

“he Has Fall, Command me

CAPA Sir John: French,- at «his : own |!
tequest;: has’ been: relieved:.o!
‘command: of the British: forces in:
Flanders.: : i

ted: kingdom. -
~The ‘eotimand of the British |

" forces 1 in ‘Europe has-been given
tto Sir: Douglas © Haig, the com: |

. the. first’ ‘army. “Sit y,
is: ‘54\ ‘years of age arid |:

mander™
Douglas -

“Rome, -_ :

is regarded:: here. as -serions.

and the. Abyssinians:i ins:
dan.. The: allies-may_ obtain: “8

“SALONIKI ae cs

Grek Troops Leaving and fan

16-~The Bolzavians| me

New

_ INOW RELEASED

His. Suceessor i is Sir Douglas Tig ‘and!
a PARCELS 10 co
«London, Dee16- Field Marsh. | te

the |"

He has i been: ‘created | vee
a-viscount’and, made: commander Se fen
in-chief ‘of- the armies in the ‘uni: | ae

has hada brilliant cavalry: career :
and. has seen! ‘service in: v the Sou-

German threat to ‘jnvade’ ‘Egypt! all
It

is: -known - that: three hundred | : .
thousand Ottoman. troops...have | «
-|been concentrated: at..Alessand-|
J retta, and Aleppo... The German Sa
agents have been urging: Senousi Lo

to attack . Egypt. from - the: “west, |
the: Sou-|,

z | military: co-operation: swith. “Abys-, F
{sinia, aunder a guarantee:.of:, her |
{independence as a count

to: the German. efforts. to.cause’ ‘an

O fyi in ‘the be Moraing The .
Police Unable to Locate Hin “
eo Mind ‘Deranged -

“Howard. A Dotterer,: arancher
‘at Lorne Creek, has been lost, in
the woods since Nov. ‘27th atid’ it

Hs very y deep in that lacaltg, Bb On
the ‘morniig in ‘question: a neigh:
bor dropped. into Dotterer’s tabin’
‘and was ifivited: to stay ‘for ‘some-
thing to: eat!) The: host’ went’ ut
igide and “failed ‘to: ‘return,’

‘search: Was at. ‘6nce instituted but’
no’ trace’ could’ be found. of hint:
‘Constable Doolittle « ‘of: Terrace
was‘ notified and: that’ afternoon |
he. took up" ‘the search. There
were: tracks ‘up ‘ the - Por cupine
Trail: for’ ‘about three. miles. ‘bit
from there | ‘were: snow’ ‘eovered:

-| No’ trace ° has: ‘since: ‘been found:

Last Monday’ ‘Constable: Lavery
went: down ‘to Lorné' Créek;' ‘but
the snow in that:country is now
so deep that a: ‘search is‘‘out’ ‘of .
the question.” Dotterer has b been
mentally unsound Aately.

J dets, and “eleiam cat “Same ia
“Rale | as F From. Britait ee