ec _ a ; year ‘Foreign, Three Déllars a year. | v - Jutland naval battle continues to aceumalate, despite the efforts of] _ ‘ships which the Germans say are at the bottom of the sea. . _ ports, ‘and place it with such information as has been cast on the ‘ sands by the tides that wash the coast of Jutland. . To neutrals: we owe the facts of the destruction of the cruiser : which have: figured i in neutral statements since the battle, and still ; «neighbors of.any false impressions which may be entertained, The a up on the coast of Jutland, : upon which she. presented a glowing picture to the British battle - eruiser squadron. . first! is ‘that she is down; the second that she was towed i in, quite |: a 2 first line ship carrying fourteen- inch guns, which was being built Gn: Germany’ ‘to'thé order of a Mediterranean. netitral whén the war a a Rostok,..° =... . woe a ‘. vod 2 i £ a ships, in view of his. resources in destroyers, is a matter” towards _ cruiser sunk i in the Baltic, turns out to be one of the finest fighting Pony Meroe serra ns: § The ‘Omineca Miner - Pu1isHep EVERY SATURDAY: AT HAzEron, THE CENTER OF THE "GREAT OMINECA Disrrick 1 OF. Barrisit ‘CoLumBrA. ot A R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | Canadaiand British: Posséasions, 1 Two Dollars a .ADVERTISING RATES: ‘Display, ‘32.50. per inch per months: Readirig Notices, 20 cents per line. for ech insertion, .Lagal notices inserted at B. C.- - Garett rates. - ; . | Vow. V. _-Sarurpay, Joby 22,1916, -. - ‘Now a Evidence substantiating. the British elain | of victory in’ the}: .the Germans. to. conceal their losses. The enemy ‘fleet whith retreated before the British -warships is hidden from ‘sight at Wilhelmshaven, .As'a neutral writer says: | FS “They have cruth imprisoned in.Wilhelmshaven, but the order .is, "No callers.” We have seen the. ‘defeated’ British fleet, and the Why may we not be allowed to see the ‘victorious’ German fleet? Why _ has Wilhelmshaven been stricken by the plague?’ Stricken it has _ been, they are ‘convineed, but-by a trouble other than would call ’ ‘for isolation of a victorious fleet, ~ The curtain of silence did not descend upon Wilhelmshaven swiftly enough to satisfy the German naval authorities, and it is. _ interesting’ ‘tovcollect the information which leaked out from there cin the’ first twelve hours after the battle and trickled to neutral Neutrals were confident as to the sinking of the great battle cruiser Lutzow long before the German authorities had come‘ to the conclusion that “military reasons” for witholding the trath might ¢ cease to apply, *Elbidg, and their laughter over the German efforts to attribute the - loss of the eruiserto any agency other than the British gunnery whieh wiped her off the German navy list has not yet died away, Taking - the other ships in the order of their importance, the list of vessels *, igure i in these, constitutes in itself.a serious call to the German 2 gov emment to reassure its friends and disabuse the minds of its ” large battle fruiser: Hindenburg is reported torpedoed by a Dritigh \. destroyer; caps bearing the name Hindenburg have » been washed The Tigér pounded a battle cruiser, -believed to.be the Derfflinger, in the course of that action; via the “Netherlands, ‘ex Wilhelmshaven, there cones a statement that the Derfflinger, disabled and battered, sank while being towed in. The Seydlitz, “or her ghost,’’ was seen on fire during the " race of the German ships for shelter. That was the second ocedsion Concerning her there are now two reports, The “disabled, The Pommern, a. vessel. which hired the name of a smal! ships i in the German navy,and i is believed to have been the Salamis, ~. broke: out... Neutrals. were early. ‘with the: news that she had been © destroyed: Other heavy ‘ships reported upon are the Ost Friesland, * ‘pelieved gunk—a Danish’ report’ from ‘German’ survivors of ‘other ‘snips; the’ Thuringien-—caps being ‘bearing that name have been washed ashore - on, the. Danish coast; the: Konig, battleship, badly « damaged and out of. agtion meatitime;. thé Kaiserin, battleship, «reported from Willielmshaven sources as sunk by a British h destropers| * the Rheinland:: battleship, similarly reported as badly. battered and’) out’ of ‘action® ‘for a ‘ednsidérabla ‘time’ to” ‘come; the Frankfari, .-gruiser, in. like condition: There. is no doubt. of course, as to the “logs. of, the German, ‘eruisers, Bibing, ‘Weisbaden, Frayenich hind. - The’ niunabler of & aivemy’ ‘ geatndyers sent to ihe bottors, whilge a matter of alight importance. ag compated with the statd of his heavy, the ascertaining, of which the neutrals ‘have’ been directing « a nidat . “ deal’ of attention, . ; Danish. reports are agreed that tha number {8 abot seventeen., 7 From the Netherlands, and from sources which — “Or: as‘Tohn, Wanamaker™ énee | Cheese, factories of. Trae butions Z Es ‘stated . it eta? “ahothgr ‘way, “Adi States auiidilly: proc os vertising i ig no, game for a. ‘quit for ench, inhabitant, af be. pute tor.” try luce. 4. Poufida . ; broken ‘bottles « ona public. robd.| ; SOLDIERS, NEED..:: "HEI TOBACCO - Among | the any. ‘papers ‘left by ‘Richard. ‘Harding Davis, the brilliant American war corres- "| pondent and author, his bréther discovered the following message, .|written apparently a few days previous to his death:.. “Men at home who breathe tobacco smoke* ‘a8 freely as they breathe air, cannot know. how much: tobaeco means: to the man dn: the trenches, ’ or rather, how ‘tmueh the loss.of it means... Dur- ing the Spanish-Ameriean. war,, in. the U.S. army regulations, tobaeco was officially classified ag ‘Officers’ Supplies.’ It was con- sidered a luxury. “When I cabled from Cuba that our ‘soldiers in Cuba needed ; tobacco, my appeal was ridiculed and I was asked if our soldiers did net also want silk pajamas and eau-de-cologne. The man who had- never gone without to- bacco, and who could fill his pouch or case at the street cor- ner, still considered it a luxury. “It was Sir Frederick Treves, during the South. African war, who made people understand that, for’ ‘the; “soldiers, tobacco was a necessity, * A man’ can hunger,he can.suffer cold, fatigue and wounds; tliese things. he can endure if he can. smoke. “‘T. have been. a looker-on of | seven wars, and I find it so with each of them:and with. men ofall races. there is no hardship’ that-they wiil not cheerfully suffer. . So with the purpdse of your fund, 1, for one, am heartily in accord. — “If the glorious record of the Canadian troops has been’ made on short rations of tobacco, we ‘|may feel confident that well sup- plied with it: ‘they will in a short time be in Berlin, which i is the heartfelt wish’ of _ Ricuarp Hagprne Davis.” The above is the testimony of a nian who has Keen through seven |, wars,and who himself personally knows a ‘soldier's needs; No ‘comment is, necessary on’. our. part, That. great Imperial insti- tution, the: Over-seas | ‘Club, is endeavoring ‘to supply the. needs af the Empire's soldiers from overseas. It’ ‘has organized Can- ada’s: ‘Tobacco Fund for the com- fort of our Canadian soldiers,and has already’ ‘raised j in Canada ‘up- wards of $180, 000 for. this pur. pose, . Unfortunately, the. money be- ing .subscriked ‘is insufficient to provide each Canadian soldier with a weekly. tobacco. supply, ‘and an. earnest. appeal. is a made for t more finds... Readers’ ‘Who’ ‘desire. to ald i in! this good work, will! find a sub. scription list at. the government | F “are in ‘close commercial touch with the enemy, comes the’ assiirgned ‘office, or, may remit: to the gov-|f] "that the: number: is, certainly. not Jess than, that, .. ae ee ernment “agent, Ss. H, Hoskina, “he Smallest contri- Th is a criminal offence to throw a Give them tobacco and ~ in J ~ HATELTON —hitetior— _ Prospectors, | “Miners, * Landseekers; Surveyors » and: Sportsmen will find “the merchants of Ha- elton prepared to meet, every requirement in ‘outfitand supplies. Hav- “ang . -been engaged for many years in outhtting parties for the Northem © _ Intetor, Hazelton ‘busi- ‘ness men-are qualified .. “to give valuable advice and assistance to new- Nol comers. _ eee A Hazelton As ‘sitizated at the confluence. ‘of. the. _ Balley ‘and Skeena - rivers, a ‘mile and: a - quarter from Hazelton” “station on. the Grand "Trink Pacific railway. - Enis may be ade ve : __ dressed to The Distributing Point oe for the Great Northern Ses ay whee . | ey ee rtan