“VOL. IV; ‘NO. 8 HAZELTON, B. C., say RDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914" ~ GEDLOGIST MALLOCA DEAD a "Explorer Well Knov Known Here Was “" One of, ae Victims ; Washington, D. C, ‘Sept, 1: a .. Eight white men and an: Eskimo . family, purvivora of the wrecked | 7 :, exploring ship Karluk, are safe . ~ ‘aboard the. revehue. cutter: Bear; “after. being marooned . on “Wran- * gell Island since January. UAT : - relayed wireless dispatch received last night said they are due at Nome. today, The’ digpatch, told : z= “oft the death of three other. explor- | - sera: G. 8, Malloch; Jdeologistit. *. Bjarne Mammen assistant:to.the “photographer, and J. Brodie, Sea: = man, “As a geologiat,, G. 8. Malloch _ of ‘was well-known. in this district.|.. "3 He .was here ‘for’ two seasons, "making an ‘examination of the| , 5 * Groundhog coalfields, and visiting mn) number of our mines, His 5 ~ death will be- regretted by many ao in Omineca district, Another Fatal. Collision ‘Montreal, Sept. 18:---Fifteen were drowned in a collision in the ‘St. “Lawrence. today,” when he. government, steamer ‘Mont: 2! megny Was Yammed bya collier. The: vietlme . i chfldran’ ‘and two women; ~The - adeldent. occurred . twenty miles]; _ ‘below: the- city of. Quebeo, in a , dente ° fog. . ; ae -W. A. Meeting Poy a “the sewing party’ in’ connec- ._ tion with the W. A. will be held at. the / Mission : House ‘at 3:16) -' pom, on Thursday, Sept. 24. It: ig hoped all who” ean will attend : to work for the Patriotic Fund. MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS .. : FOR, PATRIOTIC F UND . “ “The ‘following ‘additional sub- seriptions have been received: by: the managers of the local Banks, for the Canadian Patriotic Fund: s.- Previously acknowledged $ 67,00]! BJS Hall: . «B00 ‘OF-V, Smith” » «4 15,007 Mr, and Mrs. ‘Sinclair. . 5,00 Aging | on ‘thé suggestion of the a *s Lieutenant - ‘governor,’ Govern- |) ment. Agént® Hoakini' has called > Sq public meeting,in connection: ~~”. owith the Canadian patriotic Fund, oe top fied SAU atin Rete | for Tuesday evening, at” 8:80. . ‘Phe place.of the meeting will be i annotheed in The Mier’ f ‘daily bulletin’ on: Tuesday, and a ‘large Attendance t is requested. 0: y Boer Leader Killed. "©" "Capetown, Sept. 16: —Gerieral ; .. Delarey,. the well-known | -Boer me commander; was shot, déad last: night? dede “Johannesburg, while “ travelingin his:motor car, * He as. mistaken: for. .] dexiperado i the poli were purstink. Ray. --inesday’ for. Fort; Georg, where ‘4. thé: annual. “financial. meeting. of ite ‘the: Methodist : diatriet. is ‘being “held «De, Wringh will: -conduct [ALLIED ARMIES CONTINUE TO! ty Many thousands hayé been. killed in the hattle, and more thousands ling fora great forward movement, {neluded™ twelve rae district: 4g) : atores, = oe ‘Germany's plans of campaign:againat: France’ have ‘already failed. as official, says that s seventeen days’ fighting. againat.Germans and; thousand, -killed,. wounded, and missing since ‘the beginning of the I ‘R Hewitt left: on’ Weds ye . tomorrsiw’s services i* the @ Meth-| a GREAT BATTLE OF | AISNE IS STILL RAGING GAIN" GROUND. Bs - GERMAN F ORCES SUSTAIN TREMENDOUS LOSSES} ~ London, Sept, 19:—The war fies. admits that the battle aa the Aisne haa continued for several’ ‘days without important result A midnight official. despatch from. Paris’ says" there is no change. In gains on the left. wing. A: tu in the conflict i ig noticed by. obser- vers, but its vieaning is. not-known, ; : Earlier degpatche: fror : | the front state ‘that attempts by. both unsuccessful, . - The fury of. the Allies’ artillery fire is said” to be unprecedented in thehiatary of warlare, and-its effect indescribable, are ce wounded, Many: engagements were fought in heavy rain. Soe. The’ ‘Gerthans made a dash against the eity of Rheims, on Thursday, ‘and. hod almost reached. it: when they were repull id with heavy. logs. “Numerous engagements are occurring, the Alligs| holding their itnes and making: some gains. - Some authorities he pect. a deciaive result... : on resses on ‘the Russian side of the border, and are evidently’ prepar- Austria . has called outiall available men, including those previously rejected. Al. German. fortresses. along the Rhine have been depleted, of their garrigons, which aro” hurrying weat to support the German): canter, between: the rivets Oise: ‘and Meuse,” PO the general situation, . except. that the’ ‘Allies have continued to miake 7 to negotiate for peace, . i} armies - to “prealt ‘throagh ‘the opposing lines. yesterday were | Russian armies have taken up ‘positions in line with the fort. reply, all the tmembers ‘began the anthem, which was sung with ; | to | the call of duty. a There { is renewed military activity in Holland and Italy, | Many believe these: eountries will enter the war, in support of the Allies Other reports say bath will | remain out. of the struggle, Persistent, reports credit, Germany and Austria with a desire Great. Britain, ‘France and: Russia will not censent to peace until the Jast vestige of the German menace has been wiped out. - “ __More German atrocities have been’ revealed, The’ Pree forces are shown to be more barbarous than those of the Middle Ages, ‘particularly in their treatment of women and children. There is an unconfirmed report that several of theit own ships were sunk: by the Germans near the mouth of the Elbe, being mistaken for Allies’ warships i in’ the darkness. . Japanese tea merchants have given . 100, 000 pounds of tea to the Russian army, 200, 000 pounds to the British: and French forces, and 20, 000 pounds to the Belgians... There was a-notable scene yesterday, when. both houses of parliament were prorogued, A “member asked if singing the National Anthem would be permitted, Before the Speaker could ‘extinordinary enthusiagm. - The King, in: his speech, thanked the army, the navy, and the people of. Great Britain for their response | ‘Parliament will assemble again on Oct. 27, Landon, Se pt. 1 The victory of the’ Alliea in'the Marne’ ‘Hy. | é ate; aecording: t0-#-report "from. General: Joffre, published . jn Paris. . Everywhere. ‘along. the line ‘of conflict in France the enemy: is in retreat, abandoning, prisoners, wounded. and ‘Other™ reports atate that the enemy are now. driven back some fifty miles from Paris, ‘and are ‘atill retreating’ rapidly, It is be- lieved they are aiming to return to German territory, but may be cut off by the ‘Allies “on the. Belgian border, ~ London journals aay In the general opinion, the prestige of the dreaded German war machine. is, “broken, Other. newspapers sound, a warning against over-confidenee. : OA despatch from Petrograd gays the northern army of Austria has been destroyed’ by the Russians, who have taken a total of a’ hundred: thousand: rigoners, including seven hundred officers, from the two-Aubtria 1, Another report from Petrograd, given’ Austrians, exceeding: million men, have resulted in ‘Russian vic- tories,’ The purauit ‘of the. enemy ‘continues, | Reinforced by the Allies,; the Belgians attacked and defeated| a. German-force, at Ortenburg,, between’ Brussels. and Louvain. The: Belgians. are regaining: the territory between Brussels and Liege; captured by the Germans. - An unconfirmed report ‘gays the German crown prince, Wil- helm, and one of his brothers died. ina Brussels. hospital, of wounds. - & “The: Jast yeport of British. casualties gave a total of nineteen ee ae Ge Geran. forces: have invaded British’ East Africa.. a. San Diego despatch: says. the German’ cruisers Leipzig, Narn: berg .and Emden,” | the Japanese ‘eruiser- Idzuma and’: ‘the British, eruiser Newenstle are all within.a 250- inile radian, _ ? = London, Sept, 16 "The Battle of the. Ages” i is the hame given to the five-day conflict of last week, which was won by. the Allies, A lengthy. official . statenient gives. General. French’s report, |: ‘describing in, detail’ the: engagements” from Sept. 4 to 10:.: . The British commander-in-chiet télls.in. terse language of the’ retrent of | the Germans ‘and: ‘the :ceaséless oursuit of the Allies, General, French’ ‘abys the: Germans made the: serious mistake of ignoritig thé Biritiah a& a-factor on their right’ wing. He describes the German forces in France as “demoralized, . -Of many-prisoners taken by the British and French most were ina state of atarvation. 1 Wounded, -aminunition and ‘guns, wore . abandoned i in many laces by the retreating foe, In his report the General, pays. a tribute ‘to the: flying corp: the Allies’ -army. and the-. invaluable ‘character ‘of the informal obtained by the.aviators,’ "In'twenty days, up to Sept. 10; he gay they iwade a-duily average of: :fndbe: than, nine, redotinaissance fligh of over one: hindted miles eaeh,. pr asential Angoen ation. s: oe AN ‘official . despatch reveived froin ‘aria: .y8 the Allies have aking ‘another stand THE ‘MINER'S. TELEGRAPHIC BULLETINS TELL STORY OF GREAT WAR DAY: BY DAY small garrisons-being left. at Prince Rupert, ‘Vancouver, Vietoria and other places. ° are still occupying a strong position to the north of the river Aisne, and that, fighting continues along the whole line, © [evidently determined ,to make a desperate stand: Their retreat is|- greatly hampered by the bad condition of the roads, the result of heavy rains.: . ‘lies are in close contact with the enemy everywhere along invaders’ line. ‘between the river Meuse and Argonne, ‘Kluck with between: fourteen and.twenty-five thousand men of the German right. wing, which’ had a strength of probably one hundred thousand. . It was this wing that the British had been driving east during the last week. had been driven.back fifteen miles ndrthwest of Verdun, on Mon- day, the Allies capturing six hundred men and twelve guns, nee ing; ‘them back-:to. the. Franco-Belgian frontier, cribea the German movement as.a crowning catastrophe, likening it to the retreat of Napoleon's : army from Moscow. ‘Another writer ‘says the German right, which is pursued by the British force, i is 7 now like a fugitive mob.: Pais. in the last few days. - ~.” Prisoners from the | ‘German fortes tell of starvation conditions in the retreating armies. For five days of the retreat: ‘many ofthe 'Kaiaer’s soldiers had nothing out tabloid food, Some were reduced a to eating oats and chewing hay, and were e glad to be made Brison- erg, Allies is nearly perfect. ‘The soldiers are well fed,‘ and are- treated o in ‘Hast Prussia yeaterday.”"”.Thé lods of the Austriang in the Gali- prisoners, or one-third: of ‘the “éntire:army of ‘the doal kingdom, |. Galician refugees fleeing towards Vienna are fedacing the coun y fe . ‘food buppliss, and famine is dreaded: ; ‘hee’ ‘joined. by the Montenegrin: ‘army of 160,000. They have. des}: how an Austrian.army on the Bosnian frontier and are now. pur. 900 Russians had landed at Ostend, --The numberof Austrian~prigoners-now on. their way.to Russie. lia said to exceed 200,000,° _ Petrogead despatches aay the ‘Ag atrian armies’ are utterly crushed... Ottawa, Sépt. 15:"The British Columbia const being now safe, from attack, the regiments which have been doing garrison and guar: duty .at. various points on the ‘const have been ordered home, only” London,. Sept. 16:---It is officially announced that the Germans The enemy is . An official despateh from Paris at midnight states that the Al- The forward movement.of the British. and French continues “An unconfirmed report tells of the. surrender of General Von * Itis also reported that: the army of the. German Crown Prinee . The retreat of the Germans -is almost a rout, the Allies press- ‘Fhe Times des- "Over twenty trainloads of German’ spoils. have been gent to Half of this amount ‘of plunder is said to have been captured. Kk writer, observing the campaign, says the organization of the ike men, not like ‘cogs Ih a machine, “Petrograd officlally: atatea that no serious engagements occurred in ‘theater of war ig eatimated at 300,000 killed, wounded and Hungary: has. been invaded. by, the: ‘Bervian - ‘army, ‘whieh rial! thé beatén foe. . 917, Avoid. an election during: wartime, - he life of the’ present I British fiacliament may” be. e prolonged | ex Coast City Preparing to Enter- _ tain Big Crowds Two .: Weeks Hence Prince Rupert, Sept. 16: tne dian Agent C. C, Perry .. hes prizes for. native work of. avery description. lobtained by those who are inter- eated.. ‘The category includes moccasins, model Indian houses, ate, - There will algo be given several good. prizes to the natives..who appear in. the . most striking. In- dian costumes during the time of the Exhibition. So weare likely to have chiefs in war paint and feathers, which will be a surprise to some. of our eastern friends who are expected to arrive in four-gallon hats and claw-ham- mer coats, This year the judges provided by the Departmentof Agriculture will, judging, be. prepared to explain the reason of their awards and give any information that the Exhibitors may require, _ ; A special space is being reaery: ed for the Department i in. which will beshown ithe producta of tha _}oxperimental farms in the North, -. New Licutenant-Governor 7 . ‘Victorias Sépt. 17:—It is ras prominent business man, who is. director in various companies, ig likely to succeed Lieutenant- Governor Paterson, whose term, ‘expires: at the'end of November. M. P. AUSTRIAN COMMITTED | ON MURDER CHARGE Chief Constable Minty has res found near. Mile 322 about a month ago. The man Popovich, who was arrested in Edmonton, on information wired by’ the "| district police, was identified ag the , companion of the murdered man.. before Magistrate J. B. Hooson, and the examination