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PRICE §2,00 A YEAR

~ SMITHERS 6; HAZELTON 4

Local Tear Suffers Firat Defeat
of Season at: Smithers
Last Wednesday _

“On heavy. i ice at Smithers, on
‘Wednesday, the.-home:-team “de: |’
feated the champion Hazelton
fextette 6-4. Hazelton acored
‘the first goal, but Smithers.came| '
right back and at the end of: the

first period were. leading. :4-1..

After the rest, Hazelton took: a
‘brace, gathering two in short
_ order, Smithers failing to in-
‘erease their count. In ‘the final
‘period, Hazelton tallied in ‘two
" minutes, tying the score, after
. Which the play was fast and
- farious, neither side. scoring un-
‘til the last three minutes, when,
with one of the visitors-on the
_fonee, Smithers went through
‘for two. Hazelton’s goals were
“geored by O'Shea, Hume and Al,
“McDougall (2). Smithers: were
~ ‘strengthened by the ‘eddition of
* Graham and Kenney, Irwin. of
- ‘the Hazelton’ team being’ an ab-.
: Hentee, “A:. Harris’ and _Ward
*; handled the’; game. ,

7 Tenis

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. : The Hazélton Hockey team
"plays ita last league fixture’ to-
a “night, when New Hazelton will
* ‘be: here ia an atiampt: to win a
game: from the. league leadera,
~The. ‘Duncan’ Ross eup will be
. presented | to the Jocal team after
- ‘the game, —

: Following it is the league atand-
ie to date: ,

5 ‘Won : Lost ©
 izelton’ a orn fe
_ New Hazelton 2  §
_ Smithers ord . 6
‘LOCAL AND. DISTRICT

“NEWS PARAGRAPHS | '

ode: ‘Merritt, “Of: Prince Rupert,
"wil in town this‘week,

7 ‘came in-on ‘Monday.
RG. Moseley ig: back. from a
‘o- weeks’. “trip, to Bella Coola. ’
me “Al. ‘Harris. left for a-short” trip
2 to: ‘Vanconver . on | |. Thureday’ 8
Strain. -
$. Je ‘Martin and Hugh’ “Taylor
‘ate! ‘speriding: the Jatter part: of
* the week in, Smithers,
Le Knauss, who has been spend-
ine: ‘several months on-the: coast,
_ Feturied” to Hazelton Sunday.
. Pete Jenson left for the Ingen-
- “Hl ‘Wednesday, taking i in. ‘sup-
«lies for. the. Beason’s. Ww kei
A Manson, BF, Stork: “And HL. F.

"expected here fron Smithe
i idaye oe

18 OW & “Cairns; ‘Government in:.

4 i, Bpector of Indian achoole for’ the

_| Proviniee, i nave Wednesday

; i jenight

CeBi
e af ‘the: Port: ‘Simpion: Distriot. ‘of
iy thé Méthodist' ‘Charch;: “is: paying

* A aitiall” ‘fire. eine’,
residprive of C. Ab aoe on : Weds

_| taken. place -at. five: points.
the left. bank. ‘of the Vistula

Jelare .that: the: former German

“lit will be impossible to repair ‘her

en, reduces: ‘the Turkish’ fest to a

|‘believed when this ship joins’ ‘the

a livered, i ‘in the region surrounding
Nieuport, several :minor attacks, ,
‘all-of which were repulsed.

1jIn Belgium,, the day-.of. Feb; 6):
and’ thetoad from -Bethune'to

a enemy’: had-
\positloh, Wal dakcen by the: British;

“the worth ‘of Heurie, German: batter-

“London, Feb. 18: —The British
army in France is now .using
heavy howitzers which, accord-
ing toa report from.an_ official
eye-witness, have gained an as-
cendancy. over. the German heavy

were used in successful attacks
on German positions in the brick
fields south of La Bassee a week
ago tonight. a

Our heavy howitzers took part
in this bombardment, their fire
being directed on a railway tri-
angie.. The eye-witness : saya:
“The boom of- ‘these pieces and
the detonations of. their: shells
were audible twenty miles away,
above the roar of other artillery,
while to those close at hand ‘the
shrieking of: the great projectiles
was ‘most: impressive, as were
the volumes of ‘smoke and
debris thrown up. The effect of
the lyddite shells was truly “ter-
rific, one house being blown bod-
ily into the air, and'as they burst | j
‘among: the \brick stacks ‘they
created : ‘great. havoe among the
enemy.” =
Petrograd, Feb... ce “officiel
communication: -« On the- front

-| between-. Niemen ‘and: the lower

Vistula . “separate” ‘actions. have

Ca

guns, These howitzers, he states,

; ‘AUSTRALIAN NA Wy CAPTURES ALL 7
GERMAN POSSESSIONS. IN PACIFIC

nothing has ‘ocenrred except a
annonade, in which our artillery
has maintained a very effective
fire, .-In- the Carpathians, we
have repulsed .attacks by the
enemy in the region of Svidnik,
near Wyszzkow and Porogui,
and in-the vicinity of Rostoka,
near the Bukowina frontier. ‘At
daybreak on Feb. 11 the Germans
once more suffered enormous
losses -near hill No. 992, in the
neighborhood of Koziouwka,

rwithout: suecess, In the region
of: Luthivisk and Ravadok, our
troops captured a portion of the
enemy’s. trenchés, taking five
‘hundred ‘prisoners and three
machine guns.

Petrograd :— ~The | capture of
Przemay]-i is believed to be immi-
nent, The city, Which hes ‘been'}
invested by the Russians virtual-
ly since the collapse of . the ® first
Austrian advance: on Lemberg,
is abandoned . ‘hy ita. population
and only the Austrian garrison
remains, ~

_ Sydney, © Feb: 18:—The first
Australian naval military exped=
ition has returned after capturing
every: German: possession and
depot in’ the Pacific, including
New. Guinea, ‘Kaiser Wilhelms-

where they made twa attacks)

-{in the English Channel by a sub-

Caroline, Marshall,
and Admiralty: Group Islands,
‘German officials were superseded
and deported to Australia, The
only casualties were six killed
and siz. ‘wounded.

Petrograd:---In bayonet fight-
ing, in the vicinity of Dukla Pass,
Austrians lost 8,300 killed and
1,000 prisoners. They have been
driven back ‘to Seaboro, where
the conflict. continues in the
snow, Fighting has resumed on
Donajek and: the Russians have
advanced to Krosionko. -

Havre;—-It is believed in ship-
ping circles that the British

missing since Jan. 30,. was sunk

marine, A London trader was
sunk on the same date, four of
‘the.gurvivors landing today. .

Paris, official:---From the sea
to Lys, Nieuport, cand the country
of ‘dunes, a violent bombardment
by the “enemy: has. taken. place.
QOur- artillery replied effectively.
On both sides artillery is active
between’ the Oise and Aisne,
Tén German Aeroplanes dropped.
bombs on. Verdun,. but they were.
driven. off: and no damage was
done: At Arras we blew. up we |.

land, Bismarck, Pelew, ‘Ladrones,

tines and captured: the enemy’s
outposts.

" London, Feb. 8:—Engilish re-
‘fugees' from Constantinople de-:

cruiser Goeben,. now owned by
Turkey, was so badly damaged
by striking a.Turkish mine that/:

‘at: Constantinople, :This virtual
loss-of. the services.of the Goeb-

state-of inferiority ag compared:
with. the ‘Russian. Black Seu fleet,

being built at Sebastopol. It is

fleet, Russia will. attack in. the
Bosphorus and,-Black: Sea, while
the Allied: fleet will: cattempt | to
force the, Dardanelles: ~

Paris, Feb. 8, official: —On- the] .
‘night of Feb, 6-7, the enemy de-.

On|
Feb. 4, the’ only operation of any,
importance: waa: -the- bombard-.
‘}ment-.of the - district of. Soissons..,

was” quiet. Between ithe ciinal,

| La. ‘Basse, : a brickyard where thé},
- Maiatained. their!

‘an: ‘that. section: of “A’rzis to the

Hes have: ‘bombaesgihthe- tench}

‘whith ig’ about'to be’ stiengthén-
‘led by a new: dreadnought, now |

Led, the Roumanian,. frontier, near

On.

STORY. OF THE GREAT WAR. TOLD DAY BY. DAY

captured by us-on Feb, 4, but
‘there has been -no infantry at-.
tack,. From Arras -to. Rheims
there have been artillery. fights
in which ‘we have had: the ad-
‘vantage. In Champagne we have
Tepulsed an attack by a half. bat-
talion to the north of: Beausejour,
From Argonne. to Vosges, artil-
lery combats have: been handi-
capped: ‘In: the « mountain region
‘by athick fog... 02) y.-
London, ‘Feb. 8:—~-Four torpedo
boats of the Allies. have. bombar-
ded Turkish forts i inthe Darden.
elles, aecording © ‘to an “Athens
despatch to the © ‘Exchange Tele-
graph Co. 174° Shella’ were dis-
charged. and two ammunition
sheds set alire, | e 7
‘Paris: —Austrian troops, violat.

Turn Severin, and a. farious fight |:
with. the frontier guards | follow:
eb... Roumanian. reinforcements |
arrived, sand after a. three. hour
battle, the Austriang were driven,
back. with many :wounded.. « The
place attacked was the. only. point,
e Dannbe connecting Serbia
and. Roumania, . seta
»Pariat-~ British: Consul George
Richardson: of Hodeida: .wag:ra-.
ilJeaged: ‘today: to..the Italian. cons:
sulate, ..- .:, Darkish officers saluted | .
‘the Italian flag.: --Richardson left,

‘| states that the Turkish: army is

-{ the; .excavations;.- ‘whieh : we.-im-

chantman, Empress of India,
Geneva:---The consignment of
bonds, stock and serip. valued at
$600, 000,000, which was shipped
here from Paris for safe keeping
after France. was invaded, was
returned today.

7 “London, Feb. -9:—The official
press -bureau has. made public an
official despatch from Cairo, which |;

in full retreat eastward,: ‘There
are no enemy forces within twen-

ty miles of the Suez Canal, the
despatch says, excepting small
retiring rearguards, ‘

Paris, Feb, 9, official: ~On the
night of Feb. 6-7 the enemy eX-
‘ploded three series. of mines at
Ba Boisselle, in front of the
houses, in the. village which we
occupied, ‘Two companies ‘and
a half. were then. sent. against
our position,- but were. unable. to
get beyond the excayvations:made|
by. the: explosions. : During the
afternoon. of Feb.. 4, A counter
atlack ; executed: by one .of ‘our
companies. drove the enémy. from,

mediately. occupied... The. -Ger-] ”

To. the « “north: 4 ‘Mesnil-les:
Huriys,. on the night of Feb, 7.8,

“Bougainville

steamer Oriole, which has been! °

PLOTTING AGAINST G.T.R.

y | Alleged Raid on Railway Prop-

_ erty Has Origination in
California a ~
Portland, Me, - Feb, 12i---A

large force of police:and’ watch.
men are on duty at the. docks,
elevators and coal bunkers of the
Grand Trank Railway ‘in conse-
quenea of the disclosure of a plot
to destroy railroad property and
‘bridges from here to the bound-
ary, A message. from the Mon-
treal office says the plot - was
hatched in California, six ‘men
beings engaged to carry it out,

May Declare Blockade

London, Feb. 12:---In view of.
the attempt to torpedo the Brit-
ish steamer Lacortes in. Dutch
waters by a German submarine,
itis exnected that the cabinet
will declare a complete: blockade
against. Germany.

’ Sunday Addresses
- Me. H. G: Cairns, inspector of
Indian schools for B.. C.,- will |
give addresges at the Hospital on
Sunday afternoon, and: at’ the
Methodist Chureh on. Sunday
evening,

' ,Co-operative Creamery. _
- Agenerai meeting of the Baik

Hey Valley. Apricuttural Asan aiid *

Farmers’ Institute will beheld-at -
Svenaon’s Hall, Telkwa, on Wed-
nesdray March 8. ‘The meeting
ip called to discuss the establiah-
ment of # co-operative creamery

-mang ieff. two. ‘httndeed dead on oo
the; ground,

in the Bulkley Valley. The meet-:
ing will be followed by a Farm-
ev's dance ‘at the Telkwa Hotel,
Aldermera, re

FIRST CANADIAN CON- -
TINGENT IN FRANCE — ©

Toronto, Feb, 9:-- Despite Ger-
many’s threats to destroy the
transports, itis apparent, from
private despatehes received here,
that the bulk of the Canadian
First Contingent has safely cros--

sed the English Channel. :The
men landed at Havre, and some
of them .are encamped or billeted
in or near Rouen, which i is a city

‘of a hundred thousand 4 ‘population

on the Seine River, about eighty’ ~
miles north, from: Paris, and not -
far from the port-of Havre... ...

‘Oil Strike

Vancouver, Feb, 12i.--Minag-
ing Director T. F. Patterson dn-

at Pitt Meadows at: .1,687feet,
The:firat, indication occuvied:six
days ago, -but. was . kept, secret
until. confirmed. mee
“The ‘Bhitiati Catiinbia Gazette
announces ' the’ ‘appointment “of. -
Walter’ Noel of S.aithers~ta-be:_
deputy. mining. recorder. for. the.
Omineca . mining : division , with.”
sab- fpeording office at Smithers: .

Catal of Thanks
G. ve Smith wished te
all those who éo-promptly
ed «in -oxtinguishing ‘the:
his residence last. W t

for: I! England on he; armed mer-
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