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- ‘VOL. VI, ‘NO. 51

HAZELTON, B. C,, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS!,

"Items. Of General h | interest From
Hazelton and § Surround-
ing District -

—

ad Davie, of Edmonton, was
here this week,

Dr. H, Saddall, of | Vaneouver,
_arrived last evening.

Miss Pear! Allen of Smithers,
is isiting Mrs, Graham Rock.

“A. C. Garde, of Prince Rupert,
came up on last evening’ 3 train.

Mr. and Mra, B. R. Jones, - of

Skeena Crossing, were in town
during the week,

WwW. OW. Auld, -of Alberni, ar.
rived on Monday to join the
Cunningham staff,

Shannon’ Jones and George. BE.
Boggs, of Kaufman . Texas, visit-
ed Hazelton on Thursday.

Stewart Norrie, fisheries de-

. partment ‘Inspector, returned on |:
fires were ob erved at Ostend

Friday from a trip to Babine;

F. P. Schell, of Kansas City,

“ Mo,, was in town this week,

looking over his business interests
in this district.

Mrs, John R. Law, who hag
--baen. -visiting.. Me.: and Mrs, Jas.
»MacKay.lett't witht her. family for
_ the ‘coast: on Friday, :

" ‘Miss Margaret Allen, who re<|.

‘ ‘cantly resigned ‘her ‘position .on

the. staff of 'R: “Cunningham &
- Son, Ltd.; left for her home in

Prince Rupert on Sunday. -

IT Phelan t and FE. W, Dow-

- ling, general’ superintendent: and

district. superintendent Tespect- |,

ively of the Yukon Telegraphs,
were in Hazelton this week.

. I. F. Maguire ‘returned | on

_/ Wednesday from a businegs visit
to Prince Runeit, He was. ac-
_ eompanied up from the coast by |
. his daughter, Mrs, D, B. Morkill,
of Vancouver,\ -

‘By meana of : @ watch : donated

by. L...Helas, which wag raffled
, bo iD MeDougall, the sum-of
| $15 was added tothe funds of
_ the Soldiers’. Aid.” L, Roblahand
was the winner, :

Chief: Constable Taylor left’ on
Wedriegday, for his. new Post: in
thé Peace River district; making
his~ headquarters at Fort St,
= The” best wishes of the
fhe citizens go with hin,

e A Shocking Death
“Information reaching Coroner |,
. ‘Hoak ns yesterday from Smithers
fa to! ‘the effect that a farth labor-
cant en\haniet Johnson: fell ofa, Joad

, OE. Tay, on: the Sealy ranch and

wae killed’: “Deceased leaves a
“wife andsfamily. os

con Coaper-Skélhiorrie: a.
car, oo \ Cee ‘wedding took place i in
St ‘Peter's’: ‘Church. yesterday,
when’ ‘Sydney’ ‘George: Cobper,
‘ lumiberman;: ‘OF Telkwa,” was join-

‘ad’: inthe: holy, bords of matri- |

. -emény to Miss Bllzabeth | ‘Blanche} Messrs. ‘Scott arid Frost,

Skalhorne, algo ‘of, Telkewa.':
Revd: ‘Field: ‘oficlated “at t

' Ct

ed.

London: The Germans last
night made two counter-attacks
against the new Britlsh positions
near Loos. _ They gained tem-
porary success, but subsequently
the British line wag re-establish-
_ The Canadians now hold
Lens ini‘a very: close vise.

- Many tons of ;explosives were
dropped last night on enemy air-
dromes and railway Stations by
British naval Planes. Several

railway station, on the Thourout
railway and the Chistelles air- -
drome. -

The total number of prisoners |,
taken by the Canadians in, _Ahe
action around ‘Lens was over nitie
hundred,

The beautiful St. auentin Ca-

}mactyred eathedral: ‘of Rheims,

Beyond the. cathedral j is-saeni the

ing into the sky. - The fary of
German destructiveness i is again
asserting itself,

_ Major-General Sir Arthur Cur-
rie urges Canada to do hér duty
by her soldiers.

thedral today is a smoking mass|.
of rains, a duplicate of its sister

Paris: Germans last night
attacked thé new positions gain-
ed by the French on the Steen-
beck river, in Belgium, but were
repulsed. ; . Vigorous German as-
saults on the Aisne front were

beaten back.

Petrograd: General Korniloff,
commander-in-chief, arrived here |;
yesterday for a conference with
Kerensky. ,
Korniloff said that, as A conse-
uence of the enerzetic. measures
taken, the morale and fighting
capacity of the men has been
considerably strengthened. What
is hoped for: ‘is the complete re-

In an interview,

the Dniester and Moldavia, enemy
attacks, were everywhere repuls-
ed; except at.a single-point south

smoke of nurherous villages eur]. ;

mountain trenches ‘was lost.
t

Rome: The roar of the cannon
is the best answer to peace talk.
Leading Italian papers urge Allied

activity from Flanders to the

Gulf of Trieste. They declare
‘his holiness does not urge return
to the status quo,-as the return

‘generation of: ‘whe Russian forces, ;
’ Onthe Bukowina front between

of Varna, where a. portion of}

GERMAN ATTACKS ARE USELESS

ENEM Y CANNOT OBTAIN PERMANEN' T HOLD
| CANUCKS CAPTURE ‘A THOUSAND HUNS

of Alsace-Lorraine and Trieste is
on the papal program.

The Pope is reported to be
greatly depressed over the gen-

eral ‘unfavorable reception ac-

corded his peace proposals,

Amsterdam: The Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger - thinks the Pope’s plan
is too favorabls to the Entente
Allies,

Berlin:
recaptured the town of Lange-| ,
marck, taken by the British yes-
terday.

The appointment of Vor Bern-
storff as ambassador to Constan-
tinople, is: forecasted,’
Tarnowsky will soon become the
Austro - Hungarian minister to
Sweden. , -

Count

Ottawa: Premier Borden de-
nigs emphatically any ‘ollusion
with the Nationalists. He ‘says
their attitude is ‘unpatiiotic. and
the first duty of his supporters is
to assist in their defeat, '

Shaughnessy will back Laurier,
A report says he is opposed to

conseription and the purchase of
the CNR,

|RED-CROSS SOCIAL _.

MOST OST, ENJOYABLE

Tuesday evening ‘last, when St.
| Andrew's Hall was.the scene of
ai very successful social h ald un?
der. the auspices of. the Hatelton
branch of the ‘Canadian ‘Red

-Croas Society.

‘The hall-was filled. to eapacity
by a ‘erowd who enjoyed the pro-|
gram to.the fullest. <9...
An excellant, address was de-
livered by Dr, W.. J. Sippreii, the
popular pastor of Mount Pleasant!

Methodist Church, ° Vancouver,

who is’ a “fluent and versatile) 5
speaker, :
-A number of vocal ‘and instr.

y~ fimental numbers ‘were . rendered

during the evening, the artistes
including’ Mra. - _ Chappell,’ “Mrs:
Chettleburgh, ‘Misg Smith, Mts.
tamel. and. Miss, Goddard, - and

‘Refreshments: served ing ‘the|

Tadign of, the: soclety. -aftet: the |

A pleasant time was. “spent on

MacKay,” Miss‘ ‘Wattie, ‘Miss Dus:

completion of the ‘program con-
cluded the-entertainment:' . -

iReceipts from the sale of candy
ard ice: cream and from voluntary

donations. were thé means o7}-
adding’ the sum of 62,55. to the
treasury of the society, : ’

Card of Thanks _
The Red.Cross. executive com-
mittee extends ita cordial Yhanks
to all- ‘who: made the’ social ‘on
Tuesday evening. such a Success,

OB. Tyrrell Here

J.B, Tyrrell, M B., of Toronto,
the noted geologist, Waa in town
During the week. te ‘Tyrrell
is: reported to hava taker over
the. inferest of M.\Menasse | ins the
Glden Wonder. Group, at’ Car-
naby, ° ‘and: will in. future develop
the property in: aasociation - with

partner of his, er ve

‘Methodist: Church ©
‘A.song setvice' will be, held at

the usual: ‘hour tomorrow: even-

ing.”

i All “ave invited, “ oe ‘|

M..W. ‘Suthorla dao. old tim
ee me good ‘of: the: ‘world; * he urged, : m

.| DANCE WAS A .
GREAT SUCCESS

A most enjoyable dance was
held in Assembly Hall last even-
ing in honor of a number of fair
visitors at present in our midst.
While the evening was inelined
to be warm, : dancing was carried
on with zest to a late hour, to
music as provided by Horace, A’
Duhamel, to whom credit for the
excellence of the arrangements

(ip due,

the war, ”
The speaker went -on “to des-
cribe the disgust of the aoldier. at

the tactica of the. convention and. :

said that if. an lection should
come about it was. the duty of |
the citizens to vote for . the: man
who would vote for ‘conseription.:

“'Make one. vote count ‘for the

ae predietet that the Great: W,
gyans’ would eventually.

Ms idates - and get a-footing: in

parliament: bebauge.the men. ‘wlio

had fought for ‘their - country

were: campetent | to: rule it ne

PROHIBITION IN OCTOBER

British Columbia Will Go “Dry”
In Fall by Bill Passed
. |” Yesterday’

Victoria, Aug. 18:—Prohibition
will become effective in B. ( ‘on:
October 1, The measure was
given its second reading and

The Germans have}.

considered in committee without
change yesterday. The only op-
position was voiced by. Pooley.
The house has rtow.a clear man-
date for the legislation, said
Premjer Brewster. R. H, Pooley
wants the tuforcement of the

| act. deterred until the new. year,

Wet interests will work for. beer
and light wines at the January

session.
The house may prorogue today,

EXPRESSES SENTIMENTS -
OF. CANADA’S SOLDIERS

: Private’ David GLoughnan,. a
veteran of the 72nd Highlanders,
formerly of Thé Miner staff in
‘Hazelton and now president of
the provincial branch of the Great
War’ Veterans, at a great meet-
ing held in Vancouver on Sunday
évening- ‘expressed thésentiments
of our soldiers towards the Win- .
nipeg convention, '

‘We are not here alone to voice
a protest against the iniquitous

|political intrigue under the dis-

guise of a win-the-war convention
recently held in Winnipeg,” Dave
declared, ‘But also to plead the’ —
cause of our. comrades in France.
“Tn' all our ranks we have not .
amember who is such a traitor
to his comrades as to join in with
a political party which would.
vote down conscription. © That:
convention was badly named.
The win-the war party of Canada
is wearing khaki in France to-
night, They are doing the work

an,

={an@ the politicians are doing: no-

thing but talk,

"“With all the twisted wording
in the resolution and the turning
down of of the four words which
meant conteription—‘by compul-
sion if” necessary ’—those dele-
gates did not voice. the sentiment. of
of the West, but of Quebee, |:

“Are we going to be ruled ‘by:
Quebec?” he asked, and thecrowd |
shouted ''No,” ;

“We stand pledged a] support ;
no party,Lut we do stand pledged: ~

the boys at the’ front.
sons, brothers, fathers, husbands, .
fighting there, “Are you going
to vote for the men who. ‘would .:
turn down. conscription? :
A Voice—Never, ry
* “The. men best ‘qualified to:

judge if conscription ia necessary _

are the men who have returned! .
and who, are wearing that thin ~
gold stripe - which: shows | that a
they have shed. their blood, ‘ _
“When Bairier heard of: the re
yutcome. of that: -cotivention. he.
| telegraphed: Frank * Oliver. that
the ‘resultq were very cheeriiig,’ ~’.
Will the result’be cheering to: ‘the ©
boys in: France’: Those delegates

‘want to: win, an n elestion. and 1 ot’

to aur utmost:ability: to support --
-You have."