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VOL, IV, NO. 29

HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS

Italy Making Final Preparations
—German Crown Prince
Disappears .

Rome, Mar, 20: Military. au- |

thorities are distributing the
identification badges to troops

‘which are worn in active. cam).

paigning._

Netherlands Protest
- London, Mar.|20:—The Nether-
lands government has sent a pro-,
test to the Allies against the
general blockade.

Crown Prince Disappears

Copenhagen, Mar. 20: — The
disappearance of the Crown
Prince of Germany for-the past
six weeks is surrounded with
mystery... It is ramored that he
‘has been killed ‘by a member of
his own staff in a quarrel.

Watchman Killed ©

Vancouver, Mar, 19:-—Charles
Paiter, a nightwatehman on the
B,C, E. R, was shot through
the body this morning by an un-
known Italian .whom he had ar-
rested for stealing copper from
_the tracks on'Oak Street.

Marine Losses

” London, Mar, 20:—Submarine
. “paids for the past week’ resulted
‘in the loss of eight vessels, total
“tonnage 22,885, out of 1639 ar-
tivalsand sailings. Threeothers
‘reached port. Total loss since
war started: 96 merchantmen and
AT fishing: vessels,

German Consul Anested -
Seattle, Mar, 18: — German
. Consul Muller with his assistant

Schultz ‘have been arrested for

conspiring ' with employees of a
’ ship construction company for

the theft of papers. An effort is

‘being made'to prove a breach of

“neutrality. The German Embas-

sy has made protests against the

-arkesta, :

‘Hindu Faction War
Vancouver, Mar. 19:—-A fac:
-tion war: is in progress in the
“Hindu colony here, “In an affray
“ine a Hindu store on. Granville
Street one man was murdered,
“one shot through the foot and
‘another fired at by Jagit Singh.
"When arrested. by two constables
it was discovered that ‘he was
‘loaded~down with ammunition
“and hada kukri in a sheath con-
<eealed inhis coat, The shooting
is the outcome of the Komogata
sand temple shooting.

Lawn Tennis Club)”
:; A meeting of Hazelton Tennis
~£Club will be held in the Union
iBank on ‘Monday, the 22nd, for
& the -purpose of organizing for the
season | ‘and géneral “business,
' Members’ and those’ interested
i ‘are requested to iittend.

“Incorporation has been granted

| de! the “Upper. Skeena. Farmers’
with | head: office: at

i Institute, .

The. first’; ‘meeting

10,at Gedarvale.

WARSHIPS LOST IN DARDANELLES
FLOA TING MINES SINK THREE BA TTLES} HIPS
CONSTANTINOPLE IS NOW IN A PANIC

“London, Mar, 20: ~The Brit.

\ish ; battleships~: Irresistible and

Ocean and the French battleship
Bouvet were blown up by floating
mines while engaged with the

|remainder of the allied fleet in.

attacking forts in- the narrows
of the Dardanelles on Thursday.
The..crews of the two British
vessels were virtually all saved,
having been transferred to other
ships under hot firé; but an in-
ternal explosion took place on
board the Bouvet after she had
fouled the mine and most of her
crew was lost: The Bouvet sank
within three minutes of the time
ske hit the mine.. The waters
in which the. ships were lost-had
been swept of mines, but’ the
British Admiralty. asserts that
Turks and Germans set floating

‘ {containers of explosives adrift)
‘fand these were edrried down

by the current on to the allied
ships gathered inside the en-
trance of the straits, All the

ships sunk were old ones, the

Bouvet having * been ¢ompleted
nearly.twenty years ago and the
Irresistible and Ocean in 1898.
They were very useful, however,
for the work in which they were

engaged in the Dardanelles.

The sunken British ships are
being replaced by. the battleships
Queen and Iniplacable, vessels of
a Similar type, and aresaid to have
started ‘some time ago fer near
western waters, in anticipation
of just such losses as have now
occurred. . Two other ships en-
gaged in fighting, the British
pattie cruiser Inflexible and the
French battleship Gaulois, were
hit by shells and damaged. The
British casualties, according to
a British official report, were not
heavy considering the scale of
operations.: :

'.The damage done to the Turk-
ish forts by the, heavy bombard-
ment has not yet been ascertain-
ed. Itis stated that operations
against ‘them are ‘continuing.
The forls attacked were those on

either side of Kephez Bay and on
Kephez Point. outside the nar-
rows, and those on Kalid Bahr
and Chanak, in the narrows.
The Kephez forts replied strong-
ly when the battle ships ad-
vanced firing up the Dardanelles
and as the ships were hit, it is
is asserted that these forts were
finally silenced and a bombard-
ment of those in the narrows was
under way when the three battle-
ships were blown up by floating
mines,

The blowing up of the ships
did not cause 2 cessation. of the
fighting, which continued until
darkness intervened. It is un-
derstood that the engagement
was resumed today.

London:—It is officially con-
firmed that a Russian squadron
has approached . the northern
part of the Busphorus, says
Reuter’s Petrograd correspond-
ent. Appearance of the squad-
ron caused a great panic in Con-
stantinople, |

PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR DAY BY DAY

Paris, Mar. 16:;—Official reports

‘(say British success. on a part of

~f{the western front is absolutely
complete. British heavy and
field artillery did splendid prep-
aratory work, Canadian forces
formed part of the solid wedge
at Neuve Chappelle. General
French congratulated General
Alderson, who commands the
Canadians. . oe

London:—Halil Bey, president
Turkish chamber at Sofia, offers
Adrianople and the return of

{territory won in the second Balk-

an war if Bulgaria attack Greece
and _ occupy Greek: Macedonia.
The premier’s reply was Toh-
committal,

London:—Germans are massing
troops in the Yser region, prep-
aratory to an attempt to break
the British lines,

Athens:—Former premier Ven-
izelos appeals to the new govern-
ment of Greece to abandon
neutrality. “He says the present
offers‘ an opportunity to Greece
to quadruple itself, Turkey. has

_|offered:to renounce all islands in

the Aegean Sea occupied by.
Greeks if neutrality is kept. Von
der Goltz has left Constantinople,
London, March, '15:.— Tele-
graphing from Pétrograd, the
Times correspondent says that

_ |the German advance in. Mlawa,.

in the region of Poland, has been
delayed by the Russian. action
on -their. front. and ‘flanks, « The
German:. ‘columns. moving: ‘up the!
Orzeyo.and Omulew valleys have
béen checked. : The enemy's in-

and ammunition.

way in the plains north of Przas-
nysz. Milder weather enabled
them to entrench, adds the cor-
respondent, but during Friday
night they wera séized with
panic and: withdrew three miles
to the north, abandoning arms
Our action
on, the extreme left of  Field-
Marshal von Hindenberg* sarmies
appears to have modified his
plan,

" London:—The war office has
made the following announce-
ment; ‘A’ heavy counter-attack
delivered by the enemy on Sat-
urday afternoon.. and several
minor counter-attacks earlierin
the day were all repulsed. Judg-
ing by observations on various
parts of the field: of battle and
by statements of prisoners, of
‘lwhom there aré now 1,720, the
enemy’ s losses must have been
very heavy and canndt have fall-
en far short of 10,000 men within
three days. A train at. Don
station was destroyed by our air-
craft on Sunday morning.”

Bordeaux:—The steamer Aug-
uste Consil, from ‘Cardiff to Raven
‘with’ a cargo of coal, was tor-
pedoed: by a submarine off Start
‘Point,. near the southern extrem-
ity of Devon, England, on Thurs-
day ..afternoon.. The crew of
twenty-eight men are reported | -

to have been. saved by a Danish

steamer and taken | to. Falmouth.
‘The Auguste’ ‘Consil, ‘belonging

to: the’: Society iles.-Affreteurs:

Reunis, ° swag '® steamer: of: 1,862
tons.” roy ty vs Po

London:—The Swedish steam-
er Cloris, grain-laden from La
Plate for Stockholm, has. been
captured by Germans and taken
into Swinmund, according to a

despatch to Reuter’s Telegram

company from Copenhagen.

London: — The Daily Tele-
graph’s Pekin correspondent
says he is able to assert on re-
liable information that 27,000).

| Japanese troops have embarked

for China and that China ‘is
about to appeal to reat’ Britain.

Petrograd:—An official state-
ment says that the borhbardment
of Ossowetz continues, the.ad-
vantage being with the defend-
ers, Two German ‘companies
endeavored to attack, but were
repulsed with heavy loss, their
ammunition and transport being
shelled. At nihtfall our scouts
captured the enemy’s outposts.
At Prasnysz the artillery ~ battle
continues. We hold the enemy
on the entire front. —
ians deep snow causes the troops
to move in Indian file, involving
heavy losses. The Austrians
continue in their vain attempt to
relieve Przemayl,

_ Athens:—Several batteries of
Turkish artillery were destroyed
by British warships. They were

posted above Kum Kale, at the

extrance of ‘the Dardanelles,
London:—All but. nineteen of
the crew of the Dresden were
saved , by, the- cruisers . Kent, and
Glasgow, - after’ the Juan. ‘Fer-|.
nandez fight. The” Dresden, |
after. ‘hoisting the’ white © flag,

ean Hire and. exploded’: ater.

(Continued, on Page. Four).

In Carpath-] .

OTTERSON PARTY LEAVES

Large Force of Men Will Carry
On Work‘on Manson Creek

This Summer | -

G, W. Otterson, manager of
the Kildare Mining Company,
arrived . Wednesday to arrange
for the season’s operations. It
is intended to work thirty men
during the season, two shifts be-
ing worked continuously, and
arrangements will also be made
to work-a force next winter when
extensive drifting operations will
be undertaken.
which left yesterday included D.
Purvis. T. Harrison, P. Enoch,
F. E, Hough, G. Lovelace, A. J.
Otterson and Geo. Comba.
Others will go in later, some by .
way of Vanderhoof. A good
geagon is looked for on the Kil-
dare property this year, the pay-
atreak which was uncovered last.
fall will be thoroughly worked,
and some startling results are
promised,

Work will be started on the
property controlled by M. J.
Bowen, authority having been
given to Mr. Otterson to start
a crew immediately,

A Pleasant Evening
The entertainment: and dance
held on St;-Patrick’s Day, under

_| auspices of Athletic Association,

marked another step forward
in ‘the line’ of entertainments.
The concert program was splen-
didly -rendered, and. the farce,
“Aunty,” was staged in a man-
ner that would have been a credit:
to professionals, The orchestra:
which took part in the concert
and aasisted at the dance”
was a’ sensation, the’ finished -
manner in which it performed .
eliciting many expressions . of
pleasure from the audience, The
dance lasted until three o’clock
in the morning and was thor-
oughly enjoyed by all present.
A large number were over from
New Hazelton for the event, the
hall being filled to capacity, . ~
Those who took part were:

Mrs. Hoskins, Mrs. Burrington,
Misses Sharpe, Smith, Goddard
and Soal and Messrs . Forster,

Brewer, Phillips'and Fuller. «>

‘The orchestra: Mrs. Hoskins, _
Miss Sharpe, and Messrs Reid,
Widmoyar, Fuller, Matthews,
Leverett, White and Renworth.

County Court
County Court will be held in
Hazelton on the fourth Thursday
of each month in future,

' Ty. H.- Hicks Beach, formerly
of Hazelton, has -been gazetted
as police “magistrate in and for

the City of Courtenay.

’ Walter Aitken, George Hauk
and W. Leverett left for the
Omineca this morning, They.
will spend the summer on their. -

holdings at the mouth of Slate” 7

creek.

3, H “Hosking is. Faia of,

yotbra In-the new. -Omineea set
oral district. Tak, wn

-The first party,” -