~ day and night,’ says Jim, “Away
_, down underneath the ground you:
_ can hear the tap,’ tap of Germans}.
who. are mining with the ainiable |

. sdntention of blowing us up,”

| RUNORE CHANGES iN

oe. Libeva) organ, says Premier

. take the position of agent-general :
in’ Great Britain, from whieh .

~ Thomas Taylor, minister of works

_ and railways,
_Ptospective vacancies, it is ‘said,
|. “sail be filled by the appointment
_ of A.C. Flumerfelt as‘ministér of

_ finance and agriculture and the

‘ inelusion in the cabinet of C. EB.

- Tisdall of Vancouver and Lorne

° basis of reference, direct legis-

on the question, leaving the pre-
_ paration ofa bill tothelegisleture.:
_, The-submnission ‘of a vrieasure ‘ to}:
. the’ people -would restrict the
_. . ¢hoies .t0. one “imethod, whereas.
- there: may be other effective

mier believes the plebiscite should

‘be taken at the same time as the

_ effect.a saving to the province of

-cotporal in the: Princess Pats,
says that noted. battalion has been |-

- “Pats for eight months, the writer
» Bays, i e: three, weeks he had just
aa put:

r Foisater ‘Killen by saying, : “Give|:
and everyone. in ith a
a tomorrow evening ¢ onthe subject:

TRE Esti We tang:
or: R qu wil
rents ted toattend ne

VOL. Vv, NO. ii

- HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1915

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

PROVINCIAL CABINET

Vietoria, Nov, &: -—The Times,

McBride ‘is.’ ‘about ‘to retire, to

Hon.J. H. Turner will scon ‘resign,
Rumor foreteils “the resignation
from the cabinet of Dr. Young,
provincial secretary, and Hon.

The present and

Campbell of Rossland.

7 | The Prohibition Problem ..

, Vietoria,. Nov. 9 ‘Replying t to
the prohibition: leaders Sir Rich-
ard McBride states that he. does
not favor the Alberta act asa

lation being un-British in. spirit.
He thinks the people should vote

methods. of dealing with . the
matter. if prohibition carries.

In order that as full a vote 8
possible may. be polled, the pre-

next-general election. This would

$40,000 to $50, 000.:
- Writes From'the Trenches

In.an interesting letter from]:

the trenches, James Turnbull, of
the foreat service, who is a lance

moved south from Armenticred,
He does. not know what part of
the line, it ig on, but it is holding
“the tip of an: infernally big sali-
ent,”’and defending a line which
would give the enemy. command
of all the'valley below.
“The hoom and crash of high -
explosives. goes on incessantly,’

« Although. under: fire with-the

wn tha. hottest time of

his’ : ‘latter: to].

my: ‘regards to the ttle old d burg

ow, M. Scott: wih pidack',

Athens; The Allies have pow
joined their lines, the British ‘in
the southeast, the French in the
center ‘and the Servians in the
northwest, along a 90-mile front
in southern Servia, Skirmishing
is in progress, preliminary toa
great battle = *

If the Bulgarian line can be
pierced, the Allies can combine
with the main Servian army. to
resist the passage of ‘the main
_| Teutonic army ‘eros Servia. The
entire: Bulgarien ‘foree is enfdan-
gered by the new operations.

Saloniki: The entire Bulgarian
foree operating ‘west of ‘ Vardar
has been endangered. by simul-
taneous offensives undertaken by
Servian’ ‘and French troops, ac-
cording t to advices trom the front
The! Serbi have’ takeb’ the: of:

and. are reported to have ‘defeat-
ed the Bulgars at Katchenak
Pass, inflicting such heavy losses
that the: invaders were :demoral-
ized. “Two French cavairy raids
are said to have cleared the
ground between Kriyolak and
Veles. British and French re-
inforcements are arriving at
Saloniki in force’ and are being
sent immediately to Servia.

[BULGAR ARMY }

ALLIES ESTABLISH LINE a
CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CZAR’S ARMY.

fenaive ‘in’ the Supagora district |

Paris:. “the He ‘an legation in
Paris today: id de’ public - the
following corhn nication from
the Serviah Be ernment, dated
Nov. 10. yan

“The | Servign troops have-oe-
cupied, in # order, defenses
to the south and. ‘éast.of Krailevo
and east: uf. Svdgnitza and_also
east ‘of the left: bank: of Moravo
river and south Wyhid, -where there
was. desperate, ‘dghting throug: |'

Leskovitza arid Binatehka rivers
and-at Katchanil. mr

first received sitice last- Monday,
shows that: thé. ‘Servicns on the
10th had not beet cut off between

despatches, 8 id there were

asa

| Rroiide to" ‘bétieves.’ Osi

Petrograd: : “Fofthet advances
for the Russiana': ‘against | the
Germans. ii northwest Rugsia are:
recorded. Kemmern and An-
ting, to the west of. Riga,’ have
been captured by the Muscovites
and in‘ the same district advances
have been made by-them tojthe
west of the tawn’ of Raggatz. |
Heavy losses were suffered by

; ‘the . Germans in ‘the fighting

AY BE CAUGHT

IN SERVIA---

ont Nov, 16, “Edgazements cons
tinue east of Ghitan, ‘upon the

The official ediamanication, the

Krailevo ‘and Nigh, as newspaper

around Kemmern, as likewise
was’ the case in the district of
Ikskull;. where ten, German at-

tacks were repulsed, ‘‘Heaps of
German dead,”’ says the official
statement, “are lying in front of
our trenches.”?

- Paris: Survivors of the Ancona
state that the submarine which
sunk the stearner kept up its
cahnonade while the passengers
were embarking i in the boats and
afterwards chased the. boats, |
capsizing: some.

- Providenee, R11: . Dr Tose ph
Goriear, for fifteen years an
official of the Austrian consulate,
has resigned. He states that the
United “States is honeycombed
with ‘Austro - German intrigue,
spiésy.under “Vor: Bernstorff. and'|
Consul: Generdil’:von: Nuber. being
engaged in ‘a nation- wide _pro-
gram‘to create strikes and foment
violence, .. Over $30,000,000 has
been spent, | He names.promin-|-
ent officials in leading American
cities, President Wilson ‘has |
ordered an investigation. a

oo

AMERICAN NOTE SAYS
BLOCKADE IS ILLEGAL

Washington, Nov. 8:—Publica-

|tion today /of the American ‘note

to Great Britain denouncing: as

‘ineffective, illegal and indefen-
sible’’ the blockade against: Ger-
many and Austria, gives notice
to citizens of the United States
whose legitimate foreign trade is

they should seek redress directly
through the diplomatic - -chanhels

than through prize courts,

in the note, and, in conclusion; .
the United States ‘‘can not with
complacence suffer further sub-

ordination of jis rights and inter-:
ests to the plea that the exception-

fal ‘geographical position of, the.
enamies of Great Britain. require -
or justify oppressive and: illege! oa

practices.”

The note says the government’ :

interfered with by the Allies that -

of their own government rather
Thirty-five points are. treated .

Secretary Lansing declares that: a

“feels that it can not reagonably -.

be expected to advise its citizens...

4o seek. redress before tribunals

‘| which :are; -in‘its-opinion, wnat” °

thorized by the unrestricted appli-
cation of international law, to.

from presenting their claim. to

channels:”,

'. Sinea: the United States does. a
not recognize the existence of” ae

Winston Churchill
hag resigned from the cabinet to
go to the front, ,

LOCAL AND ‘DISTRICT
"NEWS, PARAGRAPHS

W, G. Hamblin. .was Pp from
Carnaby on Tuesday. -

L Yewdall, a Winnipeg fur-
buyer, is in town today.

Mrs. Graham Rock returned
from Seattle‘on Monday.

A ‘provincial constable is to be
stationed regularly at Kispiox.

- Miss Margaret ‘Allen: left for
Prince: Rupert. yesterday, to at-
tend high. school,

The: ‘winter schedule for C.P.R.

. boata’s appears in ‘thie company’ 8}

advertisement this Week.

geek gm

E. R Cox Foturned- on, Wed:
day. from South Butkley, where
he spent the, last few, weeks,

G L, Gullit returned ‘Thursday
from an ‘inspection’ ‘trip | to, ‘Kis;

* Superintendent, Thome and bits
erew have: “completed - ‘thel¥: ‘se8-|
gon "a work, , A considerable: Dots

H. ‘R. Smith, who is in the
railroad . ‘Service at Barrett, ig
spending. a few days i in town.

Local: skaters’ are enjoying
themselves these. days on, Hospit-
al lake, where thei ice ig in ‘good
condition. .

~The annual meating. of. the
Hazelton Cqnservative Associa-
tion will. be held: in the school-
house on ‘Monday evening at 8.

Constable Lavery left yester-

US, He will: spend a. two weeks’
vacation at, the coast, °

© ‘pesientally Sha
- Otto Strom. waa'shot by a’ bul-
let: ‘from : 2 “revalver with’ which

ing. © ‘The thishap ‘occutred on
Monday: at the’ ‘Rowe’ -raneh;,® BB
‘Thiles: north; dnd: Conatable' Cline
and. Bett” ‘Glassy. Hurtied | to the
‘cone, “bringing: the injured man
to tha Hospital.
ing: well, t

|| tion of He telegraph Ainea-tt ‘in, this of 3

MAKE PLANS FOR
"SKATING SEASON

The ‘rink question was dealt
with at a meeting of the athletic
held in the court-
It was de

room last evening.
cided that the price of season

J tickets should remain atten dol-

‘|member of the executive, suc-

day for. New Westminster, with
. | the prisoners: Lapointe, -and An-

‘ava $244.50, leaving a- balances of}

young ‘Reginald Rowe: wal play: *

[6 and will be held at the Mission

vs i | declares: have - bean: adopted . by
exhibit as)
variety and: ingenulty, demanding.

lara, with ladies’ . tickets: «five

dollars. An advertisement for a

caretaker was ordered.
Rey, W. M. Scott was elected a

ceeding J.A. Macdonald, who has
resigned,

_.The financial. statement for the
summer séason showed receipts
of $1672.35 and . expenditures of
$1685.25, . Cash on hand and
unpaid subseriptiona amount to
$96, 05, and. olitstanding accounts

14845 to, be met.
_ Red Cross Ten.

The Red. Cross. Tea. for next].
week. will be “given ‘by Mrs, ||
Wrinch, Mrs, ‘‘and’'Miss “Hogan |;
and the Hospital staff. on’ Wed-
nesday, » November: 17;. from 3 tol

legal blockade, Americans may:
look to their government. for

protection in the shipment of _

non-contraband cargoes, not only

to belligerents, but directly to or
from the enemies of the Allies.

London, Nov. 8 The ” Man.

chester Guardian says that “ak

though’ we shall ‘be unable to.
will depend. on: the manner in

treated.,.

The Times saya: i it. imagines 5. .
that American jurista and diplo- _

matists will feel that the note is

it raiges.a number. of technical.

law, but nowhere.rises the broad

view of the larger issues involved
in. the. ‘world. wart or: ‘indicates’,
_ | the etatesman’s ability; to. adant .
{old. principles to novel: conditions,
= The’ Gazette: hee the een ~

a STe

neutral “trade: ‘toa nies ot. a

but it is notorious. that. the meth-
ods of-: concealment: which it

American. shippers;

thé most thorough ecanten

‘grant reparation, nor to refrain -

Great. Britain through diplomatic,

to neutral countries contiguous .

concede its contentions, ’” much ee,

which the, American note ; _ is.

not altogether worthy.the better —. 7
traditions ofthe republic, since —

pointa:of. disputed International »