i 27,1915

B ELEctions FIRED.

“FOR OCTOBER vi

ae amen

Premitr will Atteingt: fo Mate’ Liqvor
- Mebiscite Chief Feature—A ”
© Big Convention e

“Vancouver, “Avg. B— ~Bigeh {he

a hundred ‘delegates are in ‘session
Bat the prohibition .conyention, |

5 General dissatisfaction 1 is expres-|

@msed at the offer of Sir. Richard
to take a: plebiscite: vote, A

SB cotivention | demands: a re ere \-

mdum.on.an act. similar to the’.Al-
Mberta act, to be ‘passed at: the

Bnext session of the legislature and.
ta ‘eostly: effort.

The Sua has. made a- statement | —

Bic become effective duly'1; 1916.

B that the date -of the provincial | .
Mclections has been fixed :for Oct. |
mG, and that the” premi “wi :
deavor to make the Hquor. plebi ;
a cite the chief ‘feature. ° _ “

How Did the. indian. Die.
: Up to the present: ‘the’
have been unable to ‘discover the
cause os young Robinson’ 8 death.

| that. he had been drin king: a home -
mimade brew with other. Indians,

are that he started up: ‘the ‘river
mon horse sing ti with ‘the intention

2° | ened:with treops, ont the shor ‘of lina
° "the Gult of Riga, To

I Geo. Clothier “went | down’ ta
: he coast on | Wednesday. eet

John Brown i is working on:

ing ° ae
other contract at the Great: Ohio: st

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‘f
a

RB. ish NOT Dt DONE
WITH. DARDANELLES |.

~- London; “Aig 26~ The’ -Britisti|.
have extended their ground” ‘and

connected. their, ae ona Ey twelve

not: taeat- that ie Dardanelles
are:‘to be. opened “immediately.

;Lhé public is;warned that in spite
of the ‘encouraging “reports . -the] i

real ‘objectives, _ the: campaign
have not been gained, and a ‘de-
cisive victory. will it only be. won nb y.

s SHELL ¢ " ORISIS Is. AT. .

‘crisis i in Russia is‘nuw over, “said

of munitions; :the statement. con:
‘ l tinues,-
doubled and all necessary supplies

tion ‘is. ‘gradually . now: being .ad-,

‘ing: for the Russian armies. -

END IN: RUSSIA|
London, : Aug. 26~-The ‘hell!

chairman Shingareff of the Duma,
. | defence:committee toa Petrograd
;| correspondent, » -The quantities

has. been: Mor e:: ‘than:

are..going.- forward:. -promptly.

The Russian army is in splendid
fighting ‘condition’ and the’ snach-:
inery, of the internal. ‘adminstra:|

opted ‘to the. new conditions’ and
the” future’ -promises® smooth, Sail-.

{ORE SHIPMENTS. BY.
. ROCHER: R DEBOULE

"Bight, thousand | five hundred
and sixty tons,: or two: hundred
and fourteen ears, of: ore. have]

been- shipped, from: the. Rocher|
Deboule mine up. to the: present |

time... flops ae

~The. new, ‘and modern living.
‘apartments. for- the. men:is near-
ing. completion.: They: expect to
move.in about: Sept. -20. -.: The
building will be steam- heated;

With the: completion of thenew
apartments the. company. will. at
once increase: ‘the number. of: ‘men.
jand thé. output. of the: mine, also,

i their profits. . pet tga bed

“On ‘August 16 ‘and 19th a: fleet
of German ships. took: ‘advantage
of & heavy fog and: ‘attempted : ‘to
land several: barges, heavily lad-

felose’ aid thet Leite ‘fire!

13 troops.¢ ‘compl tely exterminated.

ln the naval engagement; ‘thet

(Germats: lost’ very ‘heavily inboth |".

ships’ and men. The. German
fleet bas. left: the’ Gulf after its | j

second. “unsiecessful ” attempt to i
“| enter the Gulf ai
| suppl babe “‘for™-Von” Hinden.
7 ue arrested nowher e

stablish there

“London, ‘Aug. 23—The' capitals|

of. ‘the entente : allies, are, en

er t the, unexpected naval t

sabingelo} aeponr eruiser “Moltke,
‘the. Joss, of _which, added : ‘to’ ‘the!

¢| torpedo’ boats’; and four” ‘trana- 28
| Ports,” ai greatest

containg’ few ‘details in "in i
to.an ennumeration of the Ger-| dir

man Josses. _ Itis. ‘assumed that, in

| Germans 2 ‘Made Disastrous Attempt to Break Through | Russian Line ‘in ‘the Gulf of of
_ Riga to Assist Land: Forces:--Two: German. . Cruisers. and Fight. Torpedo
ae Boats Destroyed-—-British Submarine, Sinks Cruiser Moltke =:

“On the 19th and: 20th’ thé “en-
y" ddone athena in. different,

af » Strack Some Rich’ ‘Ore “

Hoh pershed gloriously. in’ an

oe ‘fight: with’ an” ar

i} eruiser ‘which’: was. escorting” a

d/ torpedo” boat’ craft’ and came’ ‘up|

7 ‘| to‘a. distance of 400° yards ‘of her,

af; a8 it‘will, ‘pro-
‘allay the im:
pression. incident to the continued |.
Russian retreat, “which. has been
except in the}

[panes of. the German fleet. “

1 The Sivuleh;: enveloped i in flares,
continued’ td’ ‘reply. ghot for shot

until she! ‘sank: ‘having first sunk |
enemy ‘torpedo’ boats.

In view of: the" losses * ‘suffered: .
and the, futility. of, his efforts, the

enemy appears to have evuncated,

| Goodman, R. -Hennesey, » :
= |drews..and..other. people’ of Me-
- | Bride ‘are at’ an: altitude ‘of 7, 000

- : . " |location.

EoD. the.énd of the’ war,

“TCOPPER CLAIMS I IN

A HIGH ALTITUDE |

Ore Said tobe: Rich’ En Enough to. Over-
-, come the’ Transportation D Dif- :
- ficalties and. Pay

“Not only a1 are e gold mining ‘oper:
ations being carried-on extensiye-
ly in the vicinity of Barkerville,
but it is learned that. eleven. pea-
cock copper élaims have been ‘lo-

eated about-15 miles south: ‘of:

Crescént island, towards Barker-
ville, at the head waters: of Snow
Shoe’ creek:: The claims: ‘which
are held: by. LC.’ Jamieson, J.
at ‘Ain- :

feet:.and are in.a rather diffleult
“The ore. is: however. cof
a grade that will repay the: ‘maoney
[spent on roads. ot

* Reftised Prohibition

- Sir Richard’ ‘McBride refused
the request: ‘for’ prohibition ‘until
fe express-
ed: himself in favor, ‘pather, of | a
referendum test of public ‘opinion
on the subject. |

are working down’ ie the
and will this be able to.
operations all winter. ee

' Between’ the 16th and let two aver,

* enemy cruisers ‘dnd: no fewer than
o eight. torpedo
ejeutk or placed ‘hors de, combat. |!
;| Simultaneously, our ailies succeed-
+f edi in ‘torpedoing i in the Baltic one
"108: the- most: :powerful: ‘dréad-

Ss. were either

a

ve The’ big Gérniair battle’ cfuiser
| Moltke. .was' a- vessel. of 23,000}
; ton nd carried i in ordinary times ;