VOL. V, NO, 9°

' HAZELTON, B.-C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30; 1915

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

WILL DEVELOP THE
RED ROSE GROUP

The Red Rose p group on Rocher
de Boule mountain, recently bond-

be added to the list: of working

properties i in the course of a few:

days. The Skeena ‘Copper Co.,
Ltd., is now heing incorporated
to develop ‘the claims, and the
work will be under the manage-
ment--of Howard D, Thompson,
an experienced mining man, who
arrived from Edmonton yester-
day and at once began prepara-
tions for active operation. -

Mr, Thompson, who is well

known in the Slocan district,’

informed The Miner that he hoped
to have half a dozen men at work
next week, ‘as soon as supplies

. ean be taken up ‘to the property.

The cross-cut tunnel is to be con;
tinued, and the stiperintendent
yesterday purchased a supply of
rails for the necessary track.
He will make his first trip to the
elaims today and will -make an
inspection, before beginning work,

LATE TELEGRAPHIC. .

~__.NEWS DESPATCHES|,

"A great memorial ‘service for

- ‘Baith Cavell, the martyr-nurse,,
: was held in St.. Paul’s, ‘London, |.
yesterday, -

‘An i immense throng
‘attended.

‘King George ' wag injured while
“inspecting troops’ ia France on

_ ‘Thursday. Hig horse, extited by

athe cheering, | rearéd and. fell.

The: King was bruised severely
- and is confined, to.his bed.

. Six offirers of the: interned
Kron Prinz Wil helm, who. escaped
from. Norfolk on the yacht . Be-
lipse,, had ‘their buceanéering
voyage brought to an-end on
Thurgday by the British cruiser
Melbourne, which, captured the
‘Germans and. sank their Yacht, .

‘A. Yespateh ft from Ottawa today
says Sir Charles Tupper,” ‘former
Premier of ‘Canada, ig dead i in
England, at, the age of 94,

‘Wm, Fortune, a “suspected
foctpad, ‘was shot in Vancouver

- thia morning by. a detective. The
wounded . man and two others

“held up and robbed two Jaips.
Fortune. tried to. escape after
‘arrest. no ‘

. Four: Months for Indian. +,

* - ‘ Tn the polica court this morning
“Peta ‘Angus; -an.Indian, was aén-

‘teneed: to four, ‘months: in the

lockup for. breaking. the windéw
-30f:a-cabin in, New:Hazelton:: ‘On

a charge af housebreaking, he

Was remanded until Monday,: The

‘police: believé-Angus has’ be

‘vésponsible: for: several the:
He

‘| Russians

‘ed i in Petrograd, not only to the

{in Russia has-been bought at-the

| soldiers wounded, says a despatch

ti destroyed the’ railwhy,station and}
| din with the!

EN ENY'S GREAT LOSS IN. RUSSIA

GERMAN ADVANCE DEARLY PURCHASED

ed by Edmonton capitalists, will

-=- SITUA TION. IN SERVIA IS; CRITICAL

London; “ Accounts have
réached here,”” says a Reuter’s
despatch from Petrograd, “of a
spectacular fight on ‘the island of
Daien,:in the Dvina river, a few.
miles south of Riga, whither -the
lured ‘the Germans,
‘install
themselves ‘before heginning a
bombardment from- both sides.
Spectators saw the river. choked
with German ‘corpses and ‘stated
that the German forces had been
almost wiped out.!” -

allowing them time to

The failure of the Germans tol’.

take Dvinsk and Riga is attribut-

difficult nature of the heavily
wooded country, which prohibits |:
mass movements of troops, but!
‘to: a German shortage’ of, ammmu-
nition, which i is said to becoming
critical. :

“Petrograd: Germany’s-advance

greatest cost, A recent army
order issued by the comimander
of one of the Russian armies
reads; ~~ _

“Five months of strenuous
work has # been wort kecom-

; between Oet. ‘Band 2B: vn

plished by us. We took 2,517
officers and 100, 892 soldiers ag
prisoners and captured’ 67 guns
and 445 machine guns.

“This is the report of only one
Ruséian : army. ‘Altogether. Ger-
many lost in September . alone
800,000 in’ killed, “wounded and

prisoners. and” ‘Austria 250. 000.

Thesefigures include 80, 000. prig-

oners.: -The armies-of Von Mac-

‘kengen and Prince’ Leopoid lost

50,000 drowned or suffocated i in
the Pinsle marshes,

London: Phe Liverpoo! Post
publishes alist of twenty Germdn
ships, .. aggregating more than
38,000. tonnage, sunk. by British
submarines ~” “ity, the’ Baltic Sea

‘London: A despatch to the
Exchange ‘Telegraph Co., ‘SaY8:

“It is learned from a ‘good
source, that the F French, “afloy a
three days’ fight,- have oceupied
Strumnitza and advanced 82 kilo-
meters. (about 20 miles) ‘into Bul-
arian tenstory, The Bulgarians

"| lost heavily,??:

“Copenhasten? "Rist is about
to begin an, offensive against

. foulé. -

Bulgaria, ‘A large army of Rus-
sians has embarked at Odessa to
invade Ferdinand’s Black | Sea
coast, which, ig defended by Ger-
man troops: A strong squadron

of warships is conveying the

Htranspurts,

- Paris: - Joffre’ Ss ‘forces have
made additional progress at Bois- |:

es were captured yesterday . -and j,
many prisoners were taken. ' “
JA violent attack by the’ enemy |
in the: district. of Souchez* was
‘Yepulsed ' with loss. oo a “
The French have advanced on
a 150-meter front in Champagne,

“London : The position of Ser- |"
'via'is daily becoming more diffi-
Although ‘French. forces

have invaded. Bulgaria on the},

‘| southeast; the troops of the latter

threaten Nish and in the north

the ‘Austro- Germans are opening

the ‘way. towards the . great ar-
senal of Kraguyevatz, oo

Washington: Secretary 1 Ban:
sing will ‘inform the’ German
government that the torpedoing
of the Hesperian. by.a submarine

has bee: proved. .

- PROGRESS. OF THE GREAT WAR DAY. BY DAY

( | "HONDAY, OCT.25 J

Bombardment. Successfull -

London: The bombardment of
Dede - Agach, Bulgaria, _ caused
the death of ten civilians and
over.one thousand soldiers, and
also there were latge. numbers of

to the Exchange. ‘Telegraph. Co.,
from Athens, A large, portion
of. the military casualties, the
correspondent adda, . Were in. the
barracks which: housed the Forti-|;
eth. Butgarian - regiment, : The
barracks - were ‘crowded: with
soldiers,’ ‘who: -were preparing for|.
their. mid- day: ‘meal, when the
bombardment, was. opened. at one
o'clock with . accurately®. ‘aimed:
shells, which demolished the bar~|™
racks, burying the oceupants in
the ruins, | .

‘THE. troops engaged i in ‘digging
trenches’ ‘around: ° “Dede. » Agach
algo sustained very “Heavy” losses
during the bombardnehe: *. Fires |
Caused, by ; the: exploding shells |-

buildings,

stown,
-part.«

docks and much shipping, doing
enormous damage. ; It is said
that’ the entire loss from the
bombardment, which lasted four

hours, will be. geveral : million

pounds sterling. ’

‘The correspondent. says the
bombardment - was directed. by
deroplanes, whith flew over the

‘Twenty warships | took
_ Bulgarians are now pre-
paring defences. on surrounding
mountains, .,

‘Porto Lagos was bombarded by
eight warships on-T huraday and
again on Friday. =~

| German Cruiser Sunk

Petrograd: A British submar-
ine, operating near Libau, sank
a German cruiserof. the Prince |”
Adalbert ‘class, “ gecording’ to ‘an
official. ‘announcement leat. night, |"

The Prinea« Adalbert-i id an. ar-
mored cruiser 898: feet in’ length,
and with a- displacement of 8,858

tons." She carries: A crew. of, B87 5
mens Se sgh es
‘Freinco-Servian. Succed_

‘Paria: “A brillant success was
gained: by ihe | ‘Frenah: fordes: in
Seryia.. Yesterday,

guns, were taken. -.

turned the flank of three. Bulgar-
ian’ columns while the Servians
attacked in front, causing the
Bulgars to retreat. The French
and Servian forces effected, a

-| junction at Krivolsk, . Bulgarians

suffered heavy losses, -Four

It’ is now believed the Auatro-
Germans will not resume their

offensive against Servia until able].

to effect a junction with the Bul-
garians. Authorities. -mairitain
the engagement demonstrated the
inferlority of the Bulgarians to
tHe seasoned troops of France

and England. .

A. profound impression. “hal
been created in Greece by the
success of the French movement,

; Other War News...

‘Paris . (official}: A>. ‘German |
salient of one. mile, i in the Cham-
pagne district, was captured ° by
French troops on Sunday.” **

Berne: General Joubert, the
Boer. léader, ‘is on his way to
Saloniki, ‘where he’ Proposes. to

7 foin, the Allied, fovea, ~ as

Rome: .

[Palen ‘troops’ in: “Austria are

Continued, on, n Page Four :

en-Hache, where German trench- ;

LOCAL AND DISTRICT

Co., was here on’ Monday.

George A. Kerr arrived from
Prince. Rupert on Monday.

* Indiaw Agent Loring has gone
to Victoria for a couple of weeks,

eee

‘LL. T.- Kenney returned from
Smithers ‘on Wednesday and left

‘Tharsday for his new station at

Eighth Cabin.

—_

Dr, Wrinch. has a “display 0 of.

of the Up-to-Date Drugstore. ._ _—

on Thursdsy from a trip. to Ba-
bine, where Mr, | ‘Birchall, was
engaged on fisheries ‘business.

R. Cunningham | & ‘Son, ‘Lid,
arrived from Port Essington : On
Thursday’s train, and-will spend
a few daysintown,: —

‘James May, the popular old:
‘timer, who is one of the very few
received many

placer ‘mines, |

the attainment of | his: eighty.

third year. --:

many, friends, °

Well-Known ‘Railroader Killed

| ,An a rear-end collision which
oceurred yesterday, near Mile 43
‘from Prince Rupert, Train Agent

Tippen, of the way freight, was
killed, . The engineer of a fish
train, which crashed into ‘the
caboose of the freight, was also

A Assailant Committed
« George Lapointe appeared ‘be-
fore Magistrate Hoskins ‘on a

election on Thursday. next, when
court will be held here, ae

- Red Cross Social

cents for each person,
invited, a

-Further.successes for] '. |

NEWS PARAGRAPHS

R. A. Grant, of. the P. Burns |

Mr. and Mrs. Birchall returned .

RG. Camningham,, head’ ‘of

‘surviving pioneers of the Cariboo: Lo

congratulations on ‘Thursday, on:

Inspector T G. Wynn, formerly 7
".lehief ‘constable here, and.” now
deputy head of . ‘the - provincial. -
police. force,- arrived on Thursday ,
‘on: ‘his annual tour of inspection, ~
‘He’ was warmly greeted by. his.

killed, according to reports re-
ceived, here, a .

charge ,of felonious- assault; in—
connection with the wounding of

an Indian woman last week, He
was committed for trial and: will:
appear before Judge Young, for’

“On: the: evetiing ‘of “Friday, ~
November’: 5, :the: Misses Grant :
will give’a aocial. from 8:80,-at' :
their’ home,’ at a charge. ‘of 25.7
Allegre

mammoth vegetables from the .—
Hospital garden, in the window .~ -