J vou M,No. 4:

:. 2 x are. Vigiting their Bulkley Valley |.

. ‘milesions i in May, “constituting ‘a

. new electrical lighting. anid Bow:

190" gallons’ an: “hour, and the
"lighting | jaystem " ‘pre ©. -working|
“h “aplendidly, under Enginest Me-|~
oe Crbady...

_ ‘installed by an: expert within a

“have agreed ‘upon very reason
“able terms, ") 8.

nla mining man, who hag been in
; the mining camps of. the district |.
, for ‘some weeks, returned home |,
7 this week, ‘with: a very high opin-
_ ipa. of the’ mineral Tesources of
- Omineca. district...

| - . Mra: Ww, ona returned |.
=) Monday. from: a vig
tives 1 Port: Essington,

_HAZELTON, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST.8,. 1914

: HOSPITAL HOARD) MEETING ,;

Large Attendance During | Quarter--The

"New Plant—Additional Funds Re: =
_ gulred For Equipment “ee

2 : At the: ‘quarterly meeting: -of|
a ‘Hazelton Hospital advisory board, | -

held: on _Satarday evening, “Dr.

-Wrinch; “medical: superintendent, Low

reported: that the attendance for!
the quarter had been the highest);
in the history. of the ‘institution,
‘with, the-exception of one quar-
ter,” ‘There were thirty-eight ad-

record, - “During the. quartér. the

2er plant was. installed. . The
jpump,, which . has” a ‘capacity of

The’ Koray, plant, which
4a of: the’ “most - ‘modern: pattern,
“is Now on the~ way, “and. will be

week-or two,9 °o >>:
The ambulance, which | origin-
ly. cost $1,800, is in use, an ar-
gement -having. been made
with Ruddy & “MacKay; * who

Neweomers: An’ ‘the: -dia=|>

Spencer. C. Browne,the Catifor-|’

~~ WOUAL NEWS PA PARAGRAPHS ar

Mr. and. Mrs. J. dL. c kK. ‘Sealy

it to rela-

‘McHarrle ‘and. Messrs, wile

. kingon and Gordon Wilson’ .re- |"
> ‘turned on Sunday, fon eir |
trip to Babine lake, mitch pleased |:
> with. the: land they went to i in-
““apect...- 3
“ OeWi. Homer, provincial. asiiess
4 for at Prince Rupert, . ‘Spent: Bev-
*. eral days: in Hazelton this week,
7. on_official business.”
ns la. paying a visit to Mra. A. L
Ford, at Rose ‘Lake. »

Mrs, Homer

George: TT. “Stewart, who: was

down from. Ning-mile during’ the oo
b week, reports, that the Sunrise {p

ee enginear,, and rE WwW. Vale
leau see a gold commiasioie

: of Italian porta,
.¥3 The- dubscriptions, - while very:
| “bal, fall $600 short of the]
- amount’ required ° to “pay for’ the} -
new. plant, and an‘appesl is made},
to thode who haye not yet hadan
~- opportunity to ‘subscribe to the.
finds.
_ Aida } reyuicated: isto. ‘doln-the ae
older: residents, in; Supporting, this | at
-well-equipped and. _well:managed Be
: institution. oe :

| =r CLAWS OF GERMAN EAGLE

BR risH NA ark REPORTED TO HAVE ADMINISTERED
~ CRUSHING DEFEA T:

TO ENEM Y’S FLEE r IN BIG FIGH T

- London Iti is reported that in the grest naval attie which his
heen raging’ ‘in: ‘the’ ‘North: ‘Sea, Germany : “lost: nineteen : “warships
sunk and . eighteen: captured, * “The. British loss was six warships,
ineluding the Iron. Duke, the flagship of ‘Admiral Callaghan. - ‘This
is "generally: believed,’ ‘but “the: admiralty will neither. confirm: nor

victorious is ‘given by t the official declaration that the wholé east
coast i is free io ‘shipping. The German fleet j is said. to Tiave heen
driven. back into the. Elbe and ‘the: Kiel Canal and bottled up’ by. the
‘British: fleet, a a
"After . three days’ habe at Liege, itt ia 5 ffiially afated that
the. German: ‘loss i in dead and wounded ¢ exceeds 25, 000... ~The Belgian
loss, ‘while hot given, ia said to he “much: smalles:
have entered | the. eity. ‘of Liége and the streets. are rdpning bload..
The forts defending the city are still held by the Belgians, who are |
"| fighting. heroiéally,’ _ ‘The Germans have asked for an armistice, to
bury their dead. No. reply: has been given. © A. French army: “is
the deferice ‘af ‘Belgium: : rt ‘detisive. battle i is expected 1 near Lieg
It ig Teported that Italy. hae ordered all German : “warships out,

- Portugal has. announced that she will. support Great: rita
a

-Vaiwower: The, Pree Rupert, and. ‘Prine George, @.

be: latd up in Seattle, ‘The Prince. Albert. and Prince Toki wl re
‘main. on. the run until further orders,

a 7 nailer ection. be: “taken. 1 throng “the provinee.
The government i aimounces that pensiona will be: provided for those
wounded and. that eompensation wil bé paid to. the families. of |
tose killed. — . SR wos vet

- Ottawa:, “ec Gazette announces ‘that ‘Canada. is ina
state of war, . Iti ig. unofficially, stated that. Lord Dundonald. ‘fot-|
merly in ‘command of. the Canadian forces, may ‘take ‘command of |
the Canadiair’ ‘troops on “foreign service, * Part of the Canadian
= forces: will gail from Quebec i in three weeks, =:

sand Russtan’ reservists. living i in Canade.. ‘are
ir war, galling. from Vaneéuver for Viadi-,

voatok. oe ,
AIT Gorin consulates i in. Canada have been ordered closed anal:
the representatives, have been: given’ 48 ‘hours: to leave the country,
~ The. erniser. -Rainbow, whieh’ has’ been for some’ ‘days on the |’
California. coast, barely mmisbed, capturing. a “German merchant |
vegsel . ‘with a ‘million’ ‘dollar’ ‘cargo, : “The. latter ‘bailed’ ‘into ‘San
Francisco Harbor only a couple of hours after thé Canadian warship.

a a]

| n: Tt is nofially reported hat Holland has’ declared
wae: on Germany. Ss ™ :
“Ataly has. definitely. decided to remain n viral: iotwithetanding
the. Triple Alliance. . Italians are anxious to Join Britain ‘ind Prince
in the war. Me oo rer are
‘The native: atates of India have offered the British government
the services of all. thelr military’ regiment, on

© Pokyo: * British sarah have botted up, the, German Bacifs|
| fleet at Toing Tau. ae : a

- Berlin; the Katser, in

a prodlnton inaued Friday, say

deny: it. “Confirmation of ‘the’ ‘report ‘that the Britistr navy wasp

The Germans | ;.

now in Belgium, and Gt ia: believed & British army “will Boon join‘in nf:

“ purehase locally i in. taken as meaning that Canada regards as serious

Ta saved. ‘The mine, ‘had. been laid. by, German vessels before’ the

. both sank after an. éngagement: off the Chinese coast...

_ that ‘the decisive battle of the Franco-German campaign will be:
ect, tween Atigust 16 and August 22°) **°

es gians sustained a much smaller'loag, -. Fierce fighting continues in
— i Belgium, ‘The Germans still beteize Liege, whieh may be captured.

he neutrality of Belgium, vid land
Belgium. Wad. inyaded a

‘against the. German armada, which: Was. cleared for action: “ have
confidence that the British fleet will revive, old glories of the navy,
Tam. sure that the navy will again ‘shield Great Britain i in this hour
Jef trial. “Tt will prove the bulwark of: the Empire. ”- This was the
‘first i message’ gent. to the. fleet since ‘it cleared: from’ Plymouth har-
bor’ and saited to a secret rendezvous i in the North Sea.

Byer § since, the wireless has been silent, and no word was. 3. per-
waited t to go forth until tonight, The signal for the most'tremendous
naval . battle -ever’ fought flashed out: through darknezs from. the}
bene wireless station at midnight, Immediately after the

rdera to destroy the. -etiemy had been flashed to the admiral com-
[manding, it was followed by: the icing’ 3 own word.

“The French. have ‘sank’ the German cruiser Panther off the
‘Algerian’ coast,
* -Lonjion, ‘August 5 Premier Asquith has relinquished the w war
portfolio, and Lord Kitchener has been ‘Appointed Minister of War.

No naval engagements of importance have yet ‘been veported,
‘The British cruiser: Amphion punk the ‘Hamburg-American. liner]
| Koenizen Luise, which had beer fitted out for mine-laying, ©
; French and Russian troopé, on the western and eastern. fron-
fiers, are, opposing strong resistance to the German ‘advance, | Bel-
‘giang | lso are ‘suceessfully combatting the German ‘ invasion. Bel-
gian ‘losses have been: small compared with those of. the Germans.
Thousands: of Germans were killed in the attack on Liege, . which}

of 100,000 Germana ‘is. now marching to Belgtum. British ‘and
* | French troopa will Join those of: Belgium. .

Victoria, ‘Aug. B:—Two torpedp boat destroyers, arrived hare
“|today from Seattle and.’ ‘were. immediately manned : by. bluejackets
orate the Esquimalt. navy yard.” They-were: bought. by. the. Dominion
| go vernment: for: the protection ‘of the British Columbia coast, Their
‘| eatimated cost fs one million dollara, ..Hoth veasals are modern Bub-
inaities, capable; of high’ apeed, ‘and.the two- could. ope: with a hos-
tite feet’ of considerable propirtiogs, ©
“<The action’ of the Dominion government i in. ‘making’ this auiek

the danger of an attack hy. German warships. on Vancouver and
Victoria, er .

“Hon, “Sam Hughes anndiinees that Canada | is raising a conting-.
ent of 20,000 men ‘for service, abroad. They will be mobilized at
Quebec: - The militia department has offers ‘from over 100 000
Canadian volunteers;

men out of work.

. Twenty snapecied spies have been arrested { in Bogland,

- Itis resorted that the land and fea forces of the United States
are tobe mobilized, e: :

< London; Aug. 6 A. naval engagement hetween British. and
German fleets was in: progress today in ‘the North Sea, but at mid- |
night: ‘no: information .concerniog. the battle had been allowed.to
transpire, A despatch from: Hull states, however, that the hospital
‘authorities there had received orders. to Prepare for the reception
of 250 wounded. ‘from the British fleet, aon

» That the British fleet was successful Js; inferred from the fact
that shipping firms have been, notified. that. ‘the west. coast is now
clear from: ‘Aull to London, ; - Coastwise service has been resumed,

and. the’ fishing fleets are free to proceed to Iceland. a

The British: steamer Amphion struck amine and sank, with a
loss" of 130, “The: cominnder ‘and.195 of the crew and officers were

Intter had been punk by. a British torpedo boat, =.
- The - German cruiser - ‘Emden ‘and the ‘Russian cruiser Askold

. It igs predicted by the war "correspondent of the London Times

‘The German loss in Belgium is estimated at ,000. The’ Bel:

* Ottawa, ‘Aug.'6 It is btated: ‘that the the British government will
rigoners of war. to. i la, “placing ‘hers in in ramps ar

faer is on n her way. tol;
as The’ whip ia believed ta:
ac a German. mere rant, cruiser, ¥

Baturday. ne

aa ‘vepuledd i ina most herole manner by the Belgiana,, An army| -

previous Sunday. |

Lith. sailed from ;

At Smoker Monday Evening -

the governinent office ataff, ‘and
| Constable’ R: Ponder, naval- re-

evening passed most enjoyably,
witha. ‘program ' of. patriotic
‘| speeches and songs.

late hour.

80 much real enjoyment in the

DROWNING. FATALITY. —

‘Hera’ at 10:80 this morning,

ferry cable, to bring his partner,
T. G. Johnson, across the river.
Johnson states that Barton held
the stern line'too tight, causing

the boat-to: capsize and throwing...
him, out:.:.The. current: tore: the’: :
boat loose from the Tigging,, but.
tthe victim waa unable to reach 7

éither boat or shore.
Road Superintendent Carr has

search for the body. .

© London, .Aug. 5:—The dislocation of traffic has thrown 20; 00 TIGERS AGAIN CH AMPIONS a :

“PRICE '$2.00/A YEAR

RESERVISTS GO T0 FRONT :

Hazelton Men ‘Called to ‘the. Colonie
Given Big Send-off by Townspeople on

‘The first men to leave for. war,
‘service were Stanley. Geary,” of

serviets. who-were called to: join
the colors:and ‘left on Tuesday < -
morning, On the: eve of their: *.
departure they. were given a”
rousing send-off at agmokerin |. -
the Omineca Hotel dining-room,
A large number of their towns-”
‘men’ were on hand to extend :
good wishes to the tara, and the

At the con-.
clusion of the ‘ baseball banquet, CE
the crowd whieh had been’ cele.”
brating the winning of the cham-, ane
pionship joined the: “Imperialiat- oe
bunch,” with the result that the e
smoker was prolonged -until |a e ,

Dr. MeHarrie, a visitor “from:
Seattle, said he had never seen: --

same time as he witnessed in. .
Hazelton on Monday evening. eee

'IN. SKEENA RIVER. 7

- Harry. Barton, a young. man’ ee
. who recently. came té Hagelton .
from Waldo, B, C., was drowned
The
unfortunate youth was crossing
the. Skeena in- the beat..which: =:
was temporarily attached to the ”

taken a canoe down the’ river, = .
and ‘the police have instituted a

The McClary Cup, ‘emblematic an
of the baseball championship of! .?
‘Northern B, G., _Temains at. ae eg
zelton. : a
‘Hazelton won the final game ©
of, the league achedule by defeat- —
ing the New Hazelton team: on.
Sunday on the latter’ 8 ‘grouiida, . _
a ee the same: score a8: on the: >.
The large: >
crowd, including the: ‘buried | ‘that!
came down from Smithers’ on: a.
special train, ‘got their ‘money’ "3
worth and then some—as’ one’
man who wagered: $106. on the =~
result put it, “I lost $5 and had -
$100 worthof fun,” oo
The New Hazelton team ‘were eo
strengthened - by : Tobey. and -
Blanchette,. two of the: hig. -play- en
era of the Rupert. team, who re-
"| placed McDonell and. O'Shea” atl
second. and short—these 5 going to
right, and center, ‘field.
were ‘confident of - victory - “atid
they. looked the parte ’ Hazel tori
played | Rady: Mp ‘at: center

They |: