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VOL. Ty, NO. 28.

- HAZELTON, B, ¢., SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

‘CALL GENERAL ELECTION

“McBride: Government Decides
To Go to the Country—
Ellison’Resigns ;

Victoria, Mar. 11:-- On ‘the

legislative assembly dissolved,
and it was decided to hold a gen-
eral election on April 10, nomin-
ating day to be April 8 It
. developed, hawever, that this
would not allow sufficient time
for the preparation of the lists of
voters for the new_districts, and
Premier McBride today an-
nounced that the election would
- be deferred for that reason. The
date has not been made known.

‘As a consequence of the crit-
icism directed at his action in
buying cattle from the govern-
. Inent’s colony farm at prices con-
siderably lower than those paid
for the animals a year earlier,
Hon. Prize Ellison has resigned
the portfolio of finance and agri-
cullure,: It is reported that Wm.
Manson will take his place. In
the. meantime, the attorney-gen-
eral is acting: minister.

The government will probably | .
ask the country_to endorse a loan
of $7,000,000 for the completion
of the P. G. E.

BIG. ENTERTAINMENT | .
° FOR ST. PATRICK’S. DAY

~The entertainment to be given

letic Association on St, Patrick’s
Day.’ promises to be a greater
suceess than any hitherto at-
tempted:in the district. A splen-
did program has been arratiged,
* inelading & one-act farce entitled
“Aunty,"’ which is deseribed as
@s8cream. One of the most in-
teresting features of the evening
will be the appearance of Hazel-
ton orchestra, enlarged” for this
occasion to nine pieces, which
will. assist at the concert. and
i dance that will follow.

- Groundhog Prospects Good’ .
‘There “appears a probability
that something will. be done - this
summer towards the development
of the-Groundhog Mountain field,
SHYS the Province. Engineers
who went in there last summer
were favorably impressed with
the coal-orcurrenees and estimate
. that’ this field If opened up, can
supply the Coast cities and ad-
jacent territory with anthracite
coal of as good quality as tnat

=

which has made Pennsylvania}

one of the richest coalstates. A

_ -locat anthracite ‘gupply would
command an immense market |
for domestic heating, and the
opening. up of the field. should
create’ a market. for double the

- present coal output of the “prov-
ince. Be.

AL: the annual general inecting
- of. the Hazelton Hall Association,
held: Jaat® Monday. evening, J. E.

conclusion of the session. the.

tinder the auspices of the Ath-/.

London, March 13:—The Allied
fleet will-enter the Sea of Mar-
mora in a fortnight, if the land
forces maintain their, advance,
The Anglo-French battleships
are now bombarding the last
nine forts protecting the passage,
Seventy mine sweepers are at
work.’ The bridge from Chanak
Kalessi to Gallipoli, used for the
transportation of supplies and
ammunition, has been destroyed
by gunfire, The forts at Smyrna
are being bombarded. .

jor. Turkish marksmanship has
improved, owing to the accession
of German gunners, but their
ammunitlon is deteriorating.
Many of their shells fail to ex-
plode.

Reuter’s Petrograd correspon-
dent sends a -semi-official com-
munication issued in the Russian
capital, which says that the bom-
bardment of Ossowetz has weak-

-‘}aned . somewhat, the Germans

sparing their shells. ‘'The Ger-

."Bhein- 2
habitants have fled to the inter-

man offensive on our positions at
Przasnysz -is being conducted
rather feebly. Their -artillery
has developed a-violent fire, but
the infantry prefers to entrench
1,500 paces from our lines. Ger-
man operations are characterized
by extreme prudence, To the

east of Plock, near the village of

Cikanowo, our fire, directed
against an enemy battery, explod-
ed a great quantity of ammuni-
tion,
7? The admiralty announces the
‘loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bay-
ano, engaged in“patrol duty. On
Thursday wreckage and bodies
were found, cireumstances. point-
ing to the Bayano having been
sunk. by an enemy torpedo,
Highit . officers ana! eighteen men
were. rescued, bat it is feared
the remainder of the crew was
lost.

Paris (cficial)} ‘In the east]
of Lombaertzde . (Belgium) we

4

have taken.a German fort about,

100 metres in front of our line of

F LEET NEARING CONSTANTINOPLE

ALLIES WARSHIPS SHELLING LAST EORTS
| _—-GERMANS SHOW PRUDENCE IN POLAND

trenches. Three kilometres east
of Armentieres, nine miles north
of Lille, British troops have oc-
cupied the village of Epinette,
In a section of Neuve Chapelle
progress of the British army has
been followed up. After repuls-
ing two strong counter attacks
this army took possession of that
part of the German line which
is situated between the haralet of
Pietre and a hill of. the same
name and captured about 400
prisoners, including. five officers,
In Champagne, on Thursday
evening, we carried in front of
our right—northeast of Mesnil--
several of the enemy’s trenches
and took a-‘number of prigoners,.
including officers. On Friday we
made some slight progress in the
the same region. Farther west,
parallel with the Tahure read—

northeast of Souain—we have
occupied several German trench-
‘es, At Reich Ackerkopf we re-
pulsed night attacks and advanc-

ed ‘two -hundred metres . (about
600 feet). . .

Petrogiad, March. 8 (oficial
communication) :—Our offensive
movement continues on the left
bank of the Niemen River and in
the district northwest of Grodno,
Our troops drove the Germans
back behind the front of Sopotz-
kin-Lypskov, and. then pushed on
vigorously. In a similar manner
in the Miawa district our attacks
were crowned with success. .We
took about five hundred prison-
ers, including seven officers and
also three machine guna. © On
the left: bank: of the Vistula, | in
the region’ of Pilica, fighting is
assuming . the -character of a
great battle.” In the, Carpath-
ians, between the Ondawa und
San rivers, Austrian attacks con-
tinue, . Southwest of Litowiskov
the enemy tried to cross to the
right bank of the San, but in-a
counter-attack, Saturday’ night,

‘the Austrian units, which had
succeeded in crossing the river,
were annihilated, .

Paris, March 7 (official com-
munication) :~To the north of
Arras. at Notre Dame de Lorette,
Germans: attempted a ‘couinter-
attack, which did not succeed.

Subsequently they delivered three
counter-attacks, which also faited,-
In Champagne, to the north of
Prethes, ‘the Allies have gained
a footing in a very strongly fort:
tified wood’ and captured prison-:
ers to the north of the same vil-
lage, : "We repulsed a ‘eounter.

east of Le Mesnil.- Ground was
gained ‘and’ we carried another

rénch ‘to. the north of: “Beause-|

jour, In Vosges, we made prog-
regs on the flanks of. Reich Ac-
kerkopf and took: prisoners at
Hartmans-Weilerkopk. -Here we
repulsed five counter - attacks,
Despite vigorous. and well-
planned attacks, Germans were
repulsed for the fourth time be-
fore a blockhouse in the Le
Pretre wood.’’

London: ‘Russia has still anoth-
er battle on her hands. While she
is declared to be pressing her of-
fensivein north Poland and east
Galicia and holding up: Austrians
in the Carpathians,. Germans
have launched an attack in the
region of the Pilica River, to the
south of Warsaw, where a hig
battle is developing.

‘ London, March 9:—On behalf
of the Russian naval general
staff, theofficial press bureau to-
night made the following state-
ment, ‘On Sunday, ‘our fleet
botnbarded Kutguidiak, Kozlon
-land Kilimill (ports on the Black
Sea) destroying ‘all structures
and ‘plants for the shipment of
coal, -The bombardment was
followed by a terrific explosion
and fire. Four batteries | were
silenced and eight : steamers were
destroyed, Our casualties wore
three. men wounded, mo

London:—The ‘Adiniralty. an-
nounces that the British: collier
Bengrove was sunk:.on Sunday,
probably; by.a torpedo, off ,ifra-
combe;, which lies ten miles. north=
west of Barnstaple, County: De-
van, ' England, -

Amsterdam: The Telogreat’

PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR DAY BY DAY.

Tirlemont, Belgium, eorrespond-
entin a despateh confirms the
report of the destruction there,
last Thursday, of Zeppelin’ air.
ship L-8, which was forced to
make a hurried descent owing to
a derangement ofitsmotor, The
correspondent says that the air-
ship collided with some trees and
smashed its. cars and that seven-
teen’ members of its crew of
forty-one men were-killed,

London:—The Admiralty has
issued the following statement:
“Wing Commander Longmore
repurts that an air attack on
Ostend was carried out yester-
day afternoon by Bix aeroplanes
of ‘the naval wing. Of these,
two had to return owing to the
freezing of the retrol. The re-
mainder reached Ostend and
dropped bombs on the submarine
repair base and four bombs on
the Kursaal, headquarters of the
military. All the machines and
pilots returned, It is probable
that considerable damage was
done. No submarines were seen
in the basin. The. attack was
carried out in a tresh northwest. |
arly wind. .

London:—The British Admir-
alty today made public the fol-
lowing statement «concerning op-
erations of the allied fleets
against the Dardanelles: ‘‘Opera-
tions agaiust.the Dardanelles are
progressing: in. ‘fine weather. |:
Vice-Admiiral - Sackville Garden

reporta~ that: on - ‘March’. 6 -the
| battleship” Queen Blizabeth,: sup-
‘ported by the battleships . Agam-|1

i (Continued on: "Page Pour)

| Thursday, ‘to ‘try Gustave Hall, .

breaking. .The case was dismiss-.

cliarged: with: conspiracy in con:

SARGENT FOR OMINECA

Popular Merchant Favored as
' Candidate for District by
Hazelton Conservatives

At a well-attended general
meeting of the Hazelton Con-
servative Association, held: on

Tuesday evening, R. 8S. Sargent,
the popular general merchant,
was unanimously endorsed as the
Conservative candidate for Om-
ineca district in the approaching
provincial election,

Mr. Sargent, although he has .
barely reached middle age, is
one of the oldest residents of the
district, and is ‘known and res-
pected by all. His company,
R. 8S. Sargent, Litd., operates
general stores in Hazelton, Smith-
ers and Telkwa, He has always
displayed a keen interest in the
development of Omineea district,
and it would be hard to finda |
better man for our member.

The date of the nominating
convention, at which Mr Sar- ©
gent’s name will be brought for-
ward, has not yet been fixed,

Interesting X-ray photographs
taken with the new apparatus at
Hazelton Hospital, are on view
at the Up-to-Date drugstore.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT”
- NEWS? /S'PARAGRAPHS

Dr. Badgero, the dentist, ia in. -
town fora week, ~

8. J, Martin Jeft-on Thursday.
for a visit to Prince Rupert, ;

Hugh Taylor returned on Thurs-.
day froma fying visit to. Smith-
ers,

R. S. Sargent was a pastenger *, a
for Bulkley Valley points: oy - -
Wednesday. |

James Latham and G. Burring- .
ton drove down to Skeena Crogs-
ing on Wednesday.

C. W. B. Jones, of Babine
hatchery, was among the week’s
arrivals in Hazelton,

Preparations for the resumption .
of mining on the Rocher de Boule. -
are progressing rapidly, ae

G. Rosenthal, of Smithers, is’.
here for a few days, He repdrts'- |”
that stock in the Bulkley Valley.
has wintered well.

J. M. MacCormick, manager.
of the Cunningham store, re-
turned .on Wednesday from ‘a.
business visit to Port Essington.

‘Judge Young held court on

committed bya Smithers: justice
of peace ona charge of house.

ed, The judge will return to -
Prince Rupert. tomorrow, |

A. jury. ‘Had. acquitted” Harry.” :
Thaw. and. four others who were).